Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-05

Y anXlOustT awaited.
: San Early American Railway" is bi
a OF history regarding this mode of travt
: tnat must be new to most readers. Tn
|, first railway system in America Wa
e owned by two young men, and wa
1 bought at Louisville in 1929 for exhibi
y ton purposes, costing $500. Its roIlin
n stock consisted Of 8 steam locomotive,
|. passenger car and movable track. Tni
y Is long remove from the late
, sppendages OF Gould or Vanderbilt
! system, and the profits from the plan
seem to have been proprotionstely less
, Julian HaWthorne's criticisms o
! modern cooks under the head O
, Literature" form an excellent feature O
this periodical as do the psges devoted Il
"Tne American Pulpit" "HouseholC
Art, " Health" and Timely Topics"
THE WRITER, Boston, Mass
The February number OF this monthly
comes freighted as usual with al
abundance of excellent matter for literarS
workers, for whom it caters.
THE CENTURY.-The Century Publishing
Company, Union Square, New York.
The pages devoted to "Topics OF the
Times" in the February number OF this
! AASANAAAJ ALO4CAtC5 VJ SAOlGc VI suUlECI
the trend of public thought at this time
in matters pertaining to the general veal
A quotation from PlAto's dialogue,
"PolLticus," reads oddly as > definition
of what is called politics in the Nineteenth
century, when even the name of states
man has become so perverted as to con-
vey to the mind of the hesrer certain
sense of more sstute form of morsl
| nhIinnifu il
! politician. To awake to s sense of en-
individual or social degradation is long
step towards reform and articles, such as
"The Real Nature of Politics." and
Honesty st Electious," are admiral
lessons lucidly presented for all those
who are aroused to 8 knowledge of the
low estimate IN which modern politics is
held, and the shameless Venality that
controls most elections. The remedies
| suggested are worthy of consd-
GRAFTON, and it is to be hoped the
dsy is not far. distant when politics
shall rise to its true dignity By
adjusting conflicting social interests in
such way as to secure equal Justice to
all, and enable all to work harmoniouslY
for common good; once right public
sentiment is fixed, the promotion of
honesty at the ballot-box will cost little
fort.
The description of Russian prison st
the fortress Of PetropavloVsk by George
KEENAN,, is confirmation of all that has
been written OF the horror of life within
its Wahs. Diagrams are given of the
construction of the fortress, showing the
dark and dismal dungeons where, in soil
tary, silent confinement, prisoners OBJ
noxious to the government, spend months
and years Of untold agony; who exercise
every possible ingenuity to relieve the
tedlum of their existence, and to whom
death, or even an exile in Siberia is re-
lief
The department Of fiction Is well filed
by such writers as Edward Eggleston,
George Cable and Frank R Stockton.
WIDE AMAZED. Lothrop Company, Boston
The enterprise OF the publishers OF this
monthly is unfa gging, neithtr
pains nor expense are spared
to render it, as we'll IS their |
other juvenile periodicals., all that can be |
desired for youthful resders. Not con-
tent with stimulating among this class
desire for valuable information, and by |
an Introduction to the best au-
thoTs awakening Z spirit of |
careful research, this company by |
an offer of $4,000 in prizes is seeking to |
secure class of competitors whose |
work shall win the approval Of such crit I
cs as Edward Everett Hale, Maurice |
Thompson and President Angel, snd |
thus in tWofold manner bsneft the pub
lie
This February number in the "Around
the World Stories" contains q descrip-
ton of trip made by the writer to Pc
king, including sight of the Great Wall
of China, which, in spite of modern IN
believers, she discloses it to be "the pre-
else realization of the picture Of it in the
old primary Biographies"
The story OF sn 'Ambuscsde" is Dor
der bsllad by our own southern poet, Paul
Hsyne, snd there Is also ashort sketch of
the author.
There is. peep into the workshop Of
Rosa Bonheur, whom even the children
know as the most wonderful delineator of
now living.
The purchase oy an American merchant
Of Munkacsy's grand picture of "Christ
Before PLATE" for the sum of $4,000
allotted much comment at the time, and
many were disposed to consider 1t in the
light OF an advertisement, but the charec-
Ter of the purchase warrants the belief
hat he WAS ac!usted by higher motives
than those merely mercensry, and really
desired to place within the reach OF the ,
common people woIK of art embodying
essons of beauty and Of religious truth.
That this grand object lesson may be
It'll farther disseminated, the "Manhat-
an Art Company" have prepared s photo
etching of this masterpiece. and the mo-
nentous scene in it's admirable portrayal
" this justly celebrated artist is now
placed within the reach Of all who de-
light in art or reverence Christ, the sub {
ime sufferer.
OF the original picture it is unnecessary I
o speak; the judgment Of tlcritics in
II countries is that as work Of art 1t c
anks with those of the grand masters /
whose names are familiar to all. The
opy faithfully reproduces the life-like
fleets OF the wonderful painting. This {
itching is sold at the low price of 81, and
mis- company offer good contracts to q
gents. The terms can be obtained by 8
ddressing Manhattan Art Company, So
lafayette Place, New York.
A Big Reward. *.