Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-26

Financial, Social, Moral and Religious
Topics Discussed.
Death Of Cyrus Mc0omick--A Long and
Useful Career.

here has been the gamblers panic in
the East In view of her very init
mate commercial relations with the
metropolis, Chicago refers with par
donable pride to the fact that during
the crisis her banks and merchants
were mistaken. This can no longer
in truth be called d city of simply
wind and speculation Said Emery
Storrs To New York Tribune re-
porter:
We are ON the ragged edges OF the cyclone
now stocks are still going down, hut this
mas becn stock paaic. Produce aud PRO,
visions are the things 10 watch. You can
bet on one thing, ana that is that the Cnicago
banks are solid. they are sharp fellows out
there. They have seen this thing coming for
some time, and governed themselves accord.
ngly. The New York. people used 70 talk
has no "~h hr pw,a OF Th,Sago' nnt Tint day
should withdraw their New York baiapccs
,hry would create n panic sure enough: and
the western banks should sill do that the
bottom would all drop out. There Is no
danger of such thing being done. hut IL is
proud.
AT a late meeting of the Society Of
Moral Education, DIR. Thomas deliv-
cred an address on Brotherhood and
the Preparation of Young Men for Its
Duties" He referred to the presence
OF sex and its laws of reproduction in
. all animal and vegetable life, from the
lowest to the highest. to the rarity
!. of finding an imperfect reproduc-
J ton In any form below the human
, family, and said:
i, Hut when we come TO man, the highest In
the scale, standing erect, with hands 10
work, eyes To laugh. and n soul looking out
OF the depths within, what do we flnds Here,
carried on. IL is not always in the most per
feet way or with the most Ideal results. II
we could see the dcformity, weakness, pain,
immortality and crime that exist because o.
: the abuse of sexes we wonld stand utterly
amazed. The laws OF nature walt on us, hui
:. them. Just 50 long viii things continue a.
N they are.
N Hereferred to the facetious remark o
$ DR.. o. w. Holmes that "the way to ge
rid of rascals is to stop raising them,
and said the way 10 reform peopl
y is to reform their grandmothers
d There is very little that can be done a
y reforming present generations. III
!. questions the safety of man continuing
}. TO create his own image after IL Is brt
a. tslized, animali2ed and utterly corrupt
He urged the necessity Of moral train
J. ing at home and in social circles, an
e deemed il more important becaus
q more practical than those teaching
y. from the pulpit, and said;
&c Every boy should be taught early TO loo
~: forward TO matrimony and paternity, an
VI every girl TO matrmony ana motherhoo
and they should be charged as their mo-
\. sacred duty To bring forward tomanhood nm
IT, womanhood pure bodies, enlightened mind
II and divine hearts. Let The rising generatlo
"A be taught this way at home, in the school an
Va from the pulpit, ana IN tw-nty-tive FEARS s.
On ciety Will lake care OF Itself.
Bishop Samuel Fallows very tersel
% referred to three points which had OF
IS cupied his thoughts
tn /. To reach the people not reached by u
rs. church we must 20 down 10 them.
,r. q Ii must be by undenoni national, unset
le- aTian efforts giving only the simple Gospt
ST. g. Wcmust provide halls for recreatio
giving all that the saloon does not give ~
=, all that It does give except the enemy TN
u. steals away mems brains, aud III this dire
er ton Will be the peoples Ina that Is 70
rs; built shortly, where the admission Will Ia
IL exceed fifteen cents.
The old saying that it will take
~, Philadelphia lawyer TO unravel an
as, knotty legal point, might be change
~ so as to refer to IA Chicago lawyer.
OF case Is about to be carried to the 81
MS preme court which has never yet bee
passed upon by that body. 1t Is TO d
RT eide whether a prisoner can waive
Sos trial by jury and submit instead to u
Ter tender mercy of the court. The ATTIC
,k ney carrying up the case is Mr.. II.
. Thompson, formerly assistant state
~; attorney, and the point is a nice one.
,a al In late number of the Centu
ce, there was an interesting open lett
IRIS from Chas. II. Robinson on worshi
, m ing by, proxy,i e., having the chur,
singing done by soloists and quartet
= who MT only TAIL TO put soul or ferv
Say into the musical worship, but sacrifi
,or clesr enunciation and sentiment
m musical artistic effect. The subje
has been attracting considerable ,
H, tention.
Ice The death of Cyrus III. McCormi'
yer took from us great inventor and o.
of the most charitable men of the cit
= He came from Virginia originally.
n was at his old Virginia home that
~ first conceived the idea OF his famo
- reaping machine. In making his e
NJ periments he was very material
ira ira aided by an old blacksmith who III
70 gested the idea of the teeth on 3
cutting bar. IT. proved
- Immense success. Mr.. Met ormi
moved to Missouri, and then came
- Chicago, about thirty years ago, wht
re he mas lllet WIN tho btc"'SSe reSsSe'
an inventor and manufacturer OF fai
implements. After he had becor
ma, thoroughly established, he was 81
!. prised TO receive letter from a frie
= In Virginia telling him that the {
?, black smith was very destitute a
,r,h needed help, No sooner had
eets learned the particulars than
- presented his old friend q
balnar with money enough
cor more than PROVIDE
ali Of his earthly wants. This rs bu
On single incident Of the beneyoier
be,- which characterized this good M,
use. He seemed TO realize fully that, T"
,ry YOU can hold ia your cold, dead la
D Is what you have given away.
. Many of the people, including
AT press and pulpit, are very rnuch agita.
over the proposed scheme OF
ICE Chicago Driving Park association
Van have Sunday racing. IL has been
subject of numerous strong serhe
RS al ana editorials.
Fort Mayor Harrison and one Of the IN
listers are having n dispute about
MD numbers OF abandoned women In
tion cirv. His honor says there are
inns than one thousand, but the revere
- gentleman, who Is doubtless nea
'UB- Correct. declares that there are AZ lie
AND AND 40 600, ranging In age from twelve
fif,v years. This unsavory SUBJ
. WAS introduced in a sermon last b,
a ,,nn day, and was brought ABOUT ~
proposition to have sunday racing