Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-28

lcV5 - common sense, WHICH is Inc
ground work OF Tellreguiated mstrimony.
Marriage ia s sirgulRrly severe test Of
human natlTe--fsr more severe than cell
bates insgins-uddei !Ae most auspiclous
circumstances.
There doesn't really ex!zt In this coun-
try sDy opportunity for youths to be-
come skilled workmen. his Is one Of
the main reasors why AmeIIcsns syoid
mechanical pursuits.
It never was otherwise than cruel, de-
moTalziGg ard dangerous to keep prison
eIE in idleness; the mischief of such .
course would be incomperably greater
now tban eve; btfore.
Vanderbilt became the great commur-
ist CT the tine when he reduced the cost
! OF moving yesr's supply OF food thou
ssnd miles TO the Eesalre OF days
wages Of al Ordinary mechanic.
No set OF circumstances tbs. does rot
include periecs enthusiasm Of the soul
for universal good, csn ever en.hle men
to c7eTc3Rs the slothfulness Of their ali-
pai nature and do :hsif humAu baat.
1. is t, iho children Ct soldiers and
lean literature coDfeesedly al the lead cG
the currer. literature CT the world btfore
the birth>acUr Ct the twentieth ceLtu'y
arrives.
l. is 6 ;mmoa though mistaken idea
that ell nan AID women are fixed fo-
wedlock, and that they cannot embrace 1t
too soon afssr sr-.v!rg g. maturity. The
error is most Dischevlous, spd hfs ruinsd
the lives Ct thou ss1ds, Wdo, with proper
enligh.ment en- :he subject, might have
ossa as E..la Gisco2fenfed as sre average
mcEtsls.
II there is anything for which the WORK
men Of to-day, through Gil their orgsniZ-
stioEs, ought to agitste, IL Is for the es-
tablishmens Of technical Echoc IL, to re
place the cid Wearisoms, Wssteful sp,
premiership, aud TO elevate the whole
mechanical profession; schools in which
Intellectual and practical instructions
SHALL 60 hand IN hand.
In sincerity Of passion and aspiration
as well as In woelulness and humiliation
that attended its downfall, the history Of
the C5nfsderacy stands pre-eminsnt In
human epochs. Everything shout II YVES
en- grand scale. The man who fights
and wins Is only common IN human es-
ieem. The down'sH CT empire is always
the epoch OF romance.
Lfck OF money Ia generally decried IN
this country as s miserable excuse for not
marrying. But IL is not. A certain
amount Of capitsl or iEcome is almost
indispensable. Msny c union has proved
disasIous. which, Il the couple had not
been very poor, m,ght have gone CT
ifE IN m q
great saver OF friction sid preyeRter of
coniugsl woe,
Comparing recent discoveries IN bse-
tefiology, By mesrs OF perfected micro.
scopicsl apparatus, with discoveries In
astronomy ry the use Of the grest teIes-
copes, It seems thst the small has the
sGYal2age over the great, at least 80 fSs
as advances in knowledge have influenced
the happiness and welfare CT the human
race.
The Chinese method OF granting titles
OF nobility to the ancestors OF him who
now serves his country may well be ap-
proved; but no title gained in the psst,
unless sustained oy lis representative in
the present day By correspor ding service,
will long be tolerated ~ one ei.her OF
privilege, honor or credit 10 him who
bears II.
Rapuoiicsnism cannot continue when
any lsree c!sss Of the psople is dissstis-
aed. Uader these circumstances, 1t Is Of
the utmos. iDportar 3 that VS. should In.
yestigste the causes Ct the present coz
tempt for and aversion TO manual labor,
in order that, II possible, we may remove
them before their effects have worked
JYr2medIahia evil