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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16
Fell into the Mouth Of - Whale
Minneapolis Tribune,

14lDAuSs
"MY nsrrowest escape from DEATH"
ssid Captain F. D. Haskell, retired ses
captain, "wss when fell Ike Jonah,
into tbs very mouth Of 1hsle-whicb,
however, did not swallo y me, probably
not thinking me choice morsel. In my
whaling days We didn't hsve the hsrpoon
gun, but were obliged to row up close to
the whale and hATpoon him by cast
from the hand. The whale that 1 spoke
CT gave sudden twist and threw me
backward out OF the boat. I tumbled
squarely into his mouth, which hung open
sixteen feet from jaw to jaw. He closed
hje mouth and crashed my legs rather
gently for whale s1d let me go agaiE,
when was picked up By one otshe ship'e
boats. VI got the whale, taNsh."
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If SENATOR INGALLS, of Kansas, will re.
duee his proposition to diRfranchise the
negroes writing, the southern Democ
rscy will state their opposition to It.
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To GENERAL BENJAMIN HARRISON:
The Democracy proposes TO move on
your works in lows, Illinois. Ohio, Mich
igAn, Wisconsin and Minnesota in 1892.
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GENTLEMEN Of the Fif.y-first Congress,
Fors Worth is in favor Of the old nag
and an appropriation - Of S250,0c0
for e postc flee building.
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THAT the t&riK is 4 lax has been in-
pressed on the minds Of the American
people, and the people will hereafter deal
with 1t as q tax.
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LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining In the postofnce st Fort Worth, Te1 .,
Monday, November Il, 1855. To obtain any OF
these letters, the applicant must call 10,
"advertiser letters" and give the date of toe
list; also, all letters advertised shall be
charged with cent, in addition TO the regular
postage, TO be accounted for as part OF tee
postal revenue as per section $50, page 2f
United States postal laws,
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A SORGHUM mill at Fort Worth would
be q good thing-for the city and for West
Texas.
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PURE Democracy and unde fIed is this
Vote the Democratic ticket straight.
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No; WE will not divide Texas even to
gain more United States Senators.
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MORE people marry than die in Texas.
See our altar and tomb column and come
to Texas.
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TIKI mugwump hath lost his SAVIOR, Snd
the side-issue parties are engulphed. For
this much, thsnks.
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To TIE farmers CT NortuWest.Tsxss
SOW more wheat.
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DEMOCRATIC state government in the
south ia honest and cheap government
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PRESERVE your tariff facts and fgureF
They will be needed for duty in 1892.
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HISTORY will write Of Cleveland that
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cidea', but the hsss informed CT the min
ers ssy that it Wss the result OF On over
charge OF p9gr pu. in by q
miner in tha hfsEsentry on the north
sidsf %hsre FaACsagd Italians were en-
pIoJ s The N'thsSSsge OF the explo-
s.o2 ws4ee IreatssFsnd
k.A SINGLE PERSON
IN tho enIASear escaped death, and
their bodiesB sa{Rorrioly mingled. The
DISSOLUTION oEFr 4tensc is complete and
general. Cge-hsli CT the homes
IN < that xaittle villsge have
lost Sheir husMnds and the cries Of the
ssEig&en ogEA are sad incident
of sszsss calamity. Many Of
the families are destitute {:
S4oeHEs subscribed for the destitute
Onsa the men who escaped said that IS
he tsn through the msin way to the air
shat the miners were gathered in
bunzses, and sll were
H ENGAG8D IN PRAYER,
n&Erying to escape. Shaft NJ . was
.Ssned about seven years sgo and
Is 12O feet in depth, and en-
ploys full force OF about
200 miners End is the largest of the three
owned By the company st Fron.enkc
The miners censure the company
for employing incompetent men
which they say made the operation of the
mine SO dangerous that many CT
the best miners hsd quit
1t and gone to other mines At
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-07-04

and the more directly the state is interested
in the earnings of the convict, the more is
required of him in labor. To be palmer:
the moment the state takes all control of
the labor OF the convict. and the cost of his
maintenance is upon her shoulders. the
question OF profit from his labor is vested in
officials. who will seek to make ''the great
est possible profit out of the convict
Whether the officers are elective or appoint
i've, the principal requirement will be to
make the scheme profitable. and every Off
Ger from lowest to highest will be in a GER
tain sense responsible for the success or fail
ure of the new system"
&. K. pleads for experience and says:
And if we can only learn by experience,
then give us experience. 1t may not bring
way to prove it,"
In the entire article there is not a pro-
posed substitute for that system he would
tear down. If experience of abolition of
the contract system in all he asks for l re-
fer him to New York, where men are idle in
their cells, dead expense to the state.
Now, it he has new scheme to substitute
that will afford the realization OF all these
dreams, he would confer an untold blessing
by giving the world the benefit of it. TO
my mind there is no profit in mere destruc-
tiOn, and destruction is not reform. 4 bet
ter system must be. substituted before it can
be said to be in the line of reform.
L The side issue in his article respecting
degrees of responsibility OF the learned and
ignorant. l will pass, by referring to my
former statement quoted by him. l have
not changed my opinion. but have not space
here to prOlOng the controversy. Perhaps
in some future article | may give fuller ex-
preston to my views upon that subject.
In conclusion. will only say that this
article is intended to open the field to not
only G. E. and l.. NJ. but to any of our
contributors. and when you are through
with me if there is enough of my unlucky
remains left scattered about this curiosity
shop" where am now retired on an annu-
ity of S27. 90. payable at future date on
conditions, | will try and look you over in
the most friendly spirit. l admire, l.. M.
and G. E. in their earnest protest against
that which they believe to be wrong, and
solicit further discussion OF the subject. The
question is live one and concerns not only
us. but the people of the state who must
soon adopt different means of employing
convict labor or continue the present sys-
TEN by legSlating to that effect.
OBSERVER.
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FROM OVER THE SEA.
What We Must DO to BE Free---''AIl
Are SlsVes BesfdeS.',

Dear Prison Mirror:
My interest in you and in those who write
for, and those who read your columns is as
great as ever. am glad, so glad. of this
opportunity TO send you these few lines. In
reading your paper there are two words
which often see. and these are "Reforma-
ton" and Liberty" | do believe that
there is not one within the walls but who.
deep in his heart has the desire to reform;
not one who has sunk 50 low as he can al
most sink, but who really longs for better
life and shudders as he thinks of the dark
past: not one but who has tried and tried
again to reform himself, but has tailed. and
now perhaps is almost giving up in utter
despair Oh. dear brother, do not despair,
there is hope for you. You have been try
ing to do what for you is an impossible
work You CANNOT reform yourself. The
devil does rejoice when he can keep you
trying to do it. He well knows that when
mans nose is kept to the grndstOne OF
making himself better there is no chance of
the poor soul succeeding, little chance of
escaping from mis- cruel service. But there
is power which can reform man. No
matter how far he may have gone in the
way of sin the power of God is sufficient,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-07-04
Defense Of the Contract system.

Defense OF the contract system.
Editor Mirror:
1t is recorded in Roman history that Cato,
the Censor. never rose to speak or vote on
any subject without adding the words. Il
also think that Carthage should be destroy
ed" My friend g. E. pursues somewhat
similar course against the contract system
of employing convict labor.
1t will be remembered by our readers that
some weeks ago | undertook defense of
the system employed here. and as my arti-
Gle is now assailed by one of the two con-
tributOrs who first attacted the contract sys-
tenn. it becomes my pleasant duty to en-
deavOr to sustain my position.
From general view of the article before
me. it would appear that G. +. not only
cOmbats the system under controversy. but
he enters a field, the horizon of which
reaches to the extreme confines of our
country. He attacks the very foundation
of our governmental structure: for if the
state has. from the beginning. legislated
against the moral requirements Of her sub
jects, and the general government by con-
stitutional right has delegated this power to
the state then it follows as a logical con-
clusiOn, if the state is wrong both in SEN
tence and treatment of the criminal class,
the government is responsible. Instead of
the state having the right to sentence the
criminal as now. and devote his labor first
to his own support, she should, according
to q. E., support him as her charitable sub
jects are supported. Well | believe q. f.
is one of the very few who believe this, and
| will prOphesy. that the Millennium will
not have arrived this summer. Nor will
there ever come a time, in my opinion.
when ''the enemies of society" will receive
better treatment as a whole, than we are
now receiving. SO far rs our physical treat
ment is concerned.
My position will be readily recalled when
say. as l said in substance in my former
article on this subject:
The evils which my opponents would as
cribe to the contract system are due to the
prison system. in not affording proper edu-
catiOnal and industrial training advantages
in connection with our present system. The
cry raised by the gentlemen is like that of
the anarchist who would abolish all govern
ment simply because wrongs exist within
its scope. l stand with those who say if
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[Selected.]
WHEN THE SONG'S GONE OUT OF
YOUR LIFE.

when the songs gone out of your life, yo
can't start another while it's a-ringing in you
ears. but it's best to have bit of silence. an
out O. that may be psalm ill come by-and by. -
Edward Garrett.
When the songs gone out of your life,
That you thought would last to the end
The first sweet song of the heart
That no after days can lend
The song of the birds to the trees.
The song of the wind to the flowers,
The song that the heart sings low to itself
When it wakes in lfe's morning hours!
You start no other song.
Not even a tremulous note
Will falter forth on the empty air;
1t dies in your aching throat.
1t is all in vain that you try.
For the spirit of song has fled
The nightingale sings no more to the rose
When the beautiful flower is dead.
So let silence softly fall
On the bruised hearts quivering strings;
Perhaps from the loss of all you may learn
The song that the seraph sings
A grand and glorious psalm
That will tremble and rise and thrill.
And fill your breast with its grateful rest.
And its lonely yearnings still.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-07-04

Do not look upon suffering as an unmixed
evil. Some of the best things, both of this
life and the life to come come to us through
suffering. Gospel Letter.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
Thunder Proverbs.

If the birds be silent, expect thunder.
If the cattle run around and collect
together in the meadows, expect thun-
der.
If the clouds grow rapidly larger.
expect much rain, and also thunder.
Two currents in summer indicate
thunder.
If there be many falling stars during
a clear evening in summer, expect
thunder.
Increasing atmospheric electricity
Oxidizes ammonia in the air and forms
nitric acid, which affects milk, thus ac-
counting for the souring of milk by
thunder.
Thunder in the evening indicates
much rain.
When it thunders in the morning it
will rain before night.
Thunder in the north indicates cold
weather.
Thunder from the south or southeast
indicates foul weather, from the north
or northeast fair weather.
With a north wind it seldom thun-
ders.
Much thunder in July Injuries wheat
and barley.
Thunder in the fall indicates a mild.
open winter.
Distant thunder speaks of coming
rain.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
WHOLE NO. l,725.
A Surprise.

Golng out to the ball game TODAY ?'
NO; I've got to move stove this
morning, and will be busy around the
kitchen lifting barrels and carrying leo
until evening"
" Well, you're busy man, indeed.
But you will be at the races to-morrow
won't you?"
" No, / think not. Tomorrow I've
got 10 Carry three or four hams and a
bushel of potatoes up from the store in
the morning, saw half cord of wood
before noon, and put in the afternoon
tearing down the partition between the
dlnlng-room and the sitting-room, so
they can dance. Then there's a car
pet to be ripped up, and dozen chairs
to he carried home from the furniture
store, and l suppose I'll be kept busy
until midnight writing invitations and
licking stamps"
What in the world are you doing
all this work for ?"
" Surprise party"
Surprise party? Whom are YOU
going to surprise ?"
" No one. They're going to sur
prise me. You see, nv wife Thought
it would be pleasant to give me a sur
prise party next Monday-my birthday
and after l get through saving wood
and borrowing dishes, and moving
stoves, so there won't be much heavy
work left for the women folks, I'll go
down to the Office to give them a
chance to send for me, and let the peo-
pie jump up and yell when l enter the
house, and grab me by the hand, and
shake me out of joint, and just par
alyze me with surprise. Now, if you
Will give me lift on this bureau, I'll
be able to work on this partition"
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
New York in Midsummer.

At certain period of the year New
YORK always reminds me of q bakers
oven, with the fires well fed. This period
is now about upon US. There has been
enough sunlight Suring the past couple
OF weeks to get the town well heated.
and 1t Will not cool again until the season
changes. 1t will not be much hotter for
the sufficient reason that it cannot be.
Only an Exceptionally torrid sun can add to
the enervating heat that is radiated by
miles Of houses, whose sunny walls
scOrch the hand, and of streets whose
pavements exhale the caloric of furnace
doors. By day the town sends up a SHIN
mer Of heat into the air After dark it
still retains it's sutfocating temperature.
Every breeze that blows through the
streets is wilted out of all freshness in its
passage, and in order to get a breath that
is not stale, you have to climb upon YOUR
roof, and you are in luck if the roof is a
high one.
The parks by day and night are like
tropical jungles. Even in Central park
you saunter as if in the calendarium of a
Turkish bath, for whatever air does
wander around its winding ways is
exhausted by its journey through the
city. The experienced New Yorker who
stays in town for the summer continues
to exist by keeping indoors as much as
possible, aLeviating the temperature with
closed blinds and plenty of zee water. l
have been in tropical cities in midsummer,
where the heat was not as great or oppres-
sive as 1t is at the same season here.-Al-
rred Irumble in Pittsburg Bulletin.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
When Railroads We're a Novelty.

Out in one Of the suburbs of the Qatel
Boston and Lowell railroad, where at
present there is a wilderness Of pretty
villas and cottages. there still lives an
aged couple who were inhabitants of the
same neighborhood in the days long ago
before the railroad was built, and when 1t
was usual to go to Boston in ones own
carriage. Well, these people were at that
time young and well-to-do. and they read
with interest the stories in the papers Of
the new means of conveyance that was
about to be introduced They talked it
over agood deal and canvassed the prob
able effect upon the system Of being
hurled along over the ground in cars at
the bewildering rate Of fifteen miles an
hour. Then they compared these harum-
scarum cars with their own comfortable
carriage. and the husband then and there
announced his decision:
II have thought it all over, and I've
made up my mind that we won't keep q
carI'
That was the originally prevalent idea,
perhaps, concerning the railroad--that
one should keep his own car, Just as he
did his carriage. and hitch it on when the
locomotive came alongl-Boston Tran
script Listener"
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
Coffee Among the Arabs.


The great event Of the visit is the
coffee. The host has a kind of brazen
shovel brought, in which he roasts the
beans; then he takes pestle and mortar
Of the oak Of Bashan, and with his own
hands he pounds it to powder, making
the hard oak ring forth a song of vel
come to the guest. Many of these
pestles and mortars are heirlooms, and
are richly Ornamented and beautifully
black and polished by age and use; such
was the one in question. Having drunk
coffee (for the honored guest the cup is
filled three times), you are quite safe in
the hands Of the most murderous.
So far do they carry this superstition
that a man who had murdered another
fled to the dead mans father, and before
he knew what had happened drank coffee.
Presently friends came in, and, as they
were relating the news to the bereaved
father, recognized the murderer crouched
beside the fire. They instantly demanded
vengeance. NO" said the father, 'it
cannot be; he has drunk coffee, and has
thus become to me as my SON." Had he
not drunk coffee the father would never
have rested until he had dyed his hands
In his blood. As it was, it is said he
further gave him his daughter to wife,
Last Journal of Bishop Harrington.