Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-25

Ither words, Texas, with a total
Fan Of .59l, 749, spends 1921, 1915
|Icr public schools, while South
n, with a population of 995,577,
only Si0j,j5l, and Georgia,
.542,lS0 inhabitants, spends
Ia Texas has only 1860
kpople than Georgia, and yet she
Ss62, OS5 more every year upon
lccation OF her children than the
IN State OF the South" The
|luud Of Texas is arranged upon a
lat will soon bring the average per
III school moneys in the state to
he figures above quoted were made
/, since which time the population
h has increased to 100000, while
\ centage Of illiteracy, ] am credi-
Horned, has fallen from 29.I to
b.
decrease OF illiteracy along with
'mendous increase Of population
attributed to the large immigra-
EiAtr Of professional men-doctors,
I, writer's, book-keepers, and folks
h Tx. Just as soon as young
up in North or South
b gets his diploma he
UP his grip-sacks, converts
HHNle property he may have into
HI then he comes TO Texas. The
II the emigrants to the Lone Star
ee whites; negroes in the up coun-
very scarce, indeed. In 1880 there
+ l,asS,359 whites in the state, of
4 Nl,l 6l--only about one-half-were
n born, There were in the same
III negroes in the state, 2S9, 544
Sou were natives and l4,7GS Of
csme over the line from Louisiana.
Eileisare authority for the statement
d immigration to Texas is now a
Rloia million souls per anuum and
4 his vast army fully 60 per cent,
&ie.
NJ he newcomers TO Texas like par
fg Is the school fund law previous
8huoned. just in the proportion
a wealth of the state increases the
n 81 the fund is increased. Every
ereal estate of county doubles
The school fund of that county
TOO. Ask for gilt-edge county
lssued within the last decade, and
vii you find them2 In the hands OF
Esaool fund.- where they are held
&hVestment in preference to govern
aolds, simply because they are
lellaDie as government securities
III higher rate of interest. You
n BUY A No. Texas per cent
ponds for less than . per cent
~ Just as fast as such bonds are
n, s1ey are gobbled up by the mana
ne school fund, and consequently
money paid on the coupons re
\ home and goes to pay tht
q Aeial life OF Texas is extremel,
Here are met people as cul
sua refined as any in the land; la
asse grace and beauty would pu
le many an Eastern belle; mel
Nlfuy manners and formal polite
'ul'nQ one OF "those good old day
- not" when a gentleman
'DsAed according to his behavior
aalry, his sense of honor, an,
we weight Of his purse. As
saaS women are not beautiful, bu
.,e charm that at once holds tn
-Mey are always interesting
y, nave a quick wit, good figures
w delightful amount Of "chic.
'sss one half way with mixtur
s.ss and righteousness that quit
sihe susceptible masculine heart
se,l mat fexas winds will ruin
& 4 ,,,insAlon, but this is a gross libel
K. M londer girl; surely she Is TAI
~ Ahd yet that same young We
N twenty miles across the prairl,
I'm on the back of hall
rassans, aud in the face OF win
SEAS 70 become u regular nortt
'ae most likeable things abou
4. Itople is the fact that they rea
1. sapers and know all that
"A y the big outside world
II !, ~ = aoWn as a frozen, stalectiil
81 80. .sAAs patroniZes literature to
NJ wrnent than any other Souther
saaln her borders are printe
NJ a. asgalar publications, having
4. u more than GOO, COO copies
a ~ about 1000 different pul
T. ss, rs imported into the state an
s' a.y by the 1878 newsdealei
+ W uineraole carriers and sui
Trspatable newsdealers in sue
M, ~ worth, Austin, Houston
,6s,. 1au san Antonio say that the
4 ~ s.ss Of copies OF all the leadir
w.. anu periodicals both America
sssla lfelaDd Of Texas, in r
81 s y me North American II
NJ olac points well worth 7
I'M ssle, According to GOV. II
y, IN. y ies5, at the close OF Ii
4 4 -ssa'noiAlized and almost RUNE
sne aad been spared the tran
s'a'es yet her material veal