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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
C4PELESS LEGISLATION.

The Savannah News thinks the Georgia
legislature spends too much time listen
ing to the reading of bills, and proposes
to do away with one reading, giving as
reason the large saving of time and
money. The opposite evil is observed in
the Texas legislature. It seems beyond
belief, but it IS an absolute fact that
many bills pass through the Texas legis-
lature and become laws without so much
as one reading. The constitution re-
quires all bills to be read in full in each
house on three several days, but provides
that the rule. may be suspended in either
or both houses. by a four fifths vote.
This is frequently done. Under such
suspension bills are read merely by cap
ton and go through the several stages of
first, second and third readings and find
passage in one day. It is doubtful if the
legislation in any other state in the
Union is rushed through III such Grim
inaIly slipshod fashion as prevails in
Texas.
Notable examples of this prevailing
custom were furnished during the last
session. The tax bill was ordered to en-
grossment in the house with a great
many amendments. When it came up
on its third reading and final passage
something prompted the members to al
low it TO be read in full "a thing that
does not often occur) and Hon. R. B.
Rentfro, listening attentively, ana com
pairing it with the notes he had kept,
found that twenty-seven amendments
adopted by the house had been omitted
by the engrossing committee.
Another bill which was Dumerously
amended was passed by the house without
being read q third time, and after it got
to the senate the discovery was made
that fifteen amendments adopted by the
house had been omitted by the engross-
ing clerk, and the final vote had been
taken on a bill entirely different from
that which the members thought they
were voting on. The one day in which q
motion TO reconsider is in order had
passed when the mistake occurred, and
the blus was recalled from the senate aud
doctored up tyssome sort of parliamenta-
~ hOcus pocus not lad down in tAe
books. a
When the bin appropriating nloney6or
the support of the state reformatory vas
before the house on q second reading.
that body went into the committee
of the whole and agreed to numbeEs of 4
These amendmentsHe fsi
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

Happily the fuse wouldn't burn and the
diabolism missed its aim Worse than
this. more cowardly, indefensible and
abominable was the recent attempt TO
blow up the old schoolhouse in this city,
which the Salvation army had made its
barrack. There is nothing in the charaC-
ter or operation of that queer form Of
missionary effort that we can concede
much respect TO, but if it is
as often silly as sensible, it is
harmless for all we have ever heard,
and secret attempt to destroy its house,
which, if successful, might, for all the
assailants know, have made q score of
murders, is certainly one Of the most
ineXcusable and infamous proceedings
we ever encountered. So far as we can
recall this is the first attempt to intro
duce in this city the dynamite form of
individual or factional maIignity that has
become only too well knOwn-mainly by
futile exhibitions, however-through the
country generally. The perpetratOr
should be found and severely punished.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

SOME very able-bodied lies have been
from time to time circulated about
Georgia wonders - but the last one
given out to the public to advertise the
land of COOLERS and watermelons takes
the cake: GA woman of Athens, Ga.
who is eighty-seven years old. it is said,
does not remember TO have ever taken q
drink of water, and cannot bear to drink
the fluid: Her eyesight has returned to
her, and she can now DO the finest needle
work without the use of glasses. She is
in fine health and bids fair to live a
century. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
ABOUT MEN AND WOMEN.

London bankers fight shy of the paper
of the prince of Wales.
BernhaIdt's autograph is worth $3.50 in
London; Boswell s brings $50.
MIR. and Mrs. GIadstome's golden we'd
ding will be celebrated to-day at the Ma
tional liberal club.
EX-Speaker Carlisle has written let
ter IN which he says he will not be q can
Gidate for United States senator to OF ,gOse
Senator Blackburn. Ex-Governor Nc
Creary and eX-COngTessman Mackenzie
are now the only fighting competitors
against Blackburn.
"'In the matter of dress, 3" says a Sar-
atOga letter writer, Mr.. Morton dis
plays the best of taste His clothes al
ways fit him to perfection and are cut ac-
coEding to the latest fashion. His neck
ties. gloves, canes and hats are chosen
with the best Judgment, and his shining
patent feathers show off his slender feet
to good advantage. :"
Freddie Gerhard is off for California.
He has one of the best located and
compile tely furnished, ranches in the
state, 100 miles east of San Francisco
Contrary to general belief Mr.. Geb-
hard is richer now than ever, and this
is said to be the result of the good
advice given to him by the prominent
actress who recently sailed for Europe.
The wedding presents already sent in
for the Fife affair would stock q good
sized jewelry shop. The ROthschilds and
the shah both give diamonds. The
duke of Fife s wedding present to the
princess is a splendid tiara of diamonds.
The bride viii wear a dress of white and
silver brocade, with a veil OF Honiton
lace and diamonds and pearls presented
by the queen.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
Epidemics Of Crime.

Sociologists have frequently noticed,
and attempted to account for what they
call ''epidemics of crime. - The most
conspicuous of these, or at least that
which first fixed phIlosophic attention &,
was suicide, but twenty or thirty years
ago. A mode Of robbing by choking
called garroting-the victim and plum
dering him while unconscious or helpless
came into vogue in London, and for
time became as familiar to the courts
and popular reports as pOcketpiek-
ing or forgery. 1t passed awayg
and robbery fell again into the old
channels, though occasional cases stilI
occur. Violent robbery, except ofsrail =
way trains-an oGense unknown in
Europeans never been epidemic dere,
as it was in the days of the English
highwaymen, but we have substitutaa
for it a far more dangerous crilfs I'M
the forgeries and embezzlementsa of,
cashiers and other gentlemen holding
positions OF trust and responsibility
"men,'' as the reports uniformly say,
"of hitherto unimpeacued integrity and
high social position.
Cfenses of this class may be counted by
scores annually iii the last half dozen
years. No such sweeping moral disorder
was ever known III any other country.
Very recently an epidemic of domestic
murder, completed by suicide Of the
murderer, has been raging in this cOup-
try while sporadic cases have occurred
abroad. It has really reached such
measure Of development that III most
cases of murder of a wife or mistress the
murderer kills himself at the same time,
and usually by the same means.
Within week we notice three
cases, one in Memphis, Tenn,
on the 9TH, in which a man named
Brinish cut his vile 5 throat and his OWL;
the second at La Sale, Ill. on the eth.
in which q Polish Captain Goshinaki shot
his wife, the last on the Sth i'll Palouse
City, Wy, in which q Mr.. r. s. John
son killed his wife, son and daughter and
himself.
We believe that fully thTee-fourths OF
all the wife murders of the last year or
two have been followed by the suicide of
the murderer. Without attempting to
speculate on the causes of this singular
development of human nature, we may
suggest that it is altogether better thing
for community and the cause of good or
der, that the murderer of q wife or mis-
tress should kill himself than that he
should leave the law TO do It.
Still another epidemic of crime has at
tackled our people and some Of those of
Europe as well. That is the use of dyna-
mite in the destruction OF residences and
public buildings, with many chances of
murder included. Many instances have
been reported by the press. Some ap-
parently the effect of political anlmosity,
others merely n particularly cowardly
form of revenge or expression of indi-
vidual malice At Bradford, Pa, on the
9TH an attempt was made TO blow up the
Office of the Evening Star. with dyna-
mite cartridge. This may have been per-
sonai or political enmity, but in either
case a most cowardly and infamous act.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
NEWS AND EOTES.

The Tavages of cholera Infantum in
Boston are frightful. There is q daily
average of eight deaths.
The humidity Of the atmosphere this
season is unparalleled. It is said by the
New York Herald to be the precursor of
severe wind storms.
There are but 20, 600 houses in New
York city each of which is occupied by
one family, while Philadelphia has 81 -
T! 600 in the same category.
1t is a singular fact that the number of
newspapers that died in 1888 was, accord
ing to the Newspaper Directory, just
1888. The number that was born was
2655.
A new lacquer named 'ardenbrite'
has just been brought out in London
Eng. It is said to be proof against
water, steam, smoke, sea air and sea
water.
The syndicate Of London paper manu-
facturers has about completed all the ar
rangements fer the proposed combina-
ton. The capital of FL, 800 600 has
already been guaranteed. It is expected
that the immediate effect of the combi-
nation will be an advance of per cent.
in the price of paper.
The production of the ballet founded
on Shakespeare "Tempest' at the
Paris academy of music is said to be the
grandest scenic effect of modern times.
Purple gTottoes, vast antique ships sur
rounded by MAIDS, enchanted islands, al
formations of storm and calm-all are
produced with wonderful skill and with
astonishing richness.
Nebraska began the experiment of
high license in 1881. Since then the sa-
looms in that state have increased faster
than the population. H. W. Hardy,
the former mayor of Lincoln, says that
in 1880 the number of government saloon
permits in Nebgaska was one to every
45I of the population, while in 1885 it
was one to every 292. Since then no
census has been taken, but the ratio has
not varied much.
OF the 1900 kinds of flowers which grow
in Europe only 42G, or 10 per cent. are
odorifeTous. The commonest flowers are
the white ones, of which there are 1894
kinds. Less than one-ffth of these are
fragrant Of the 95I kinds Of yellow
flowers seventy-seven are odOriferous; of
the 1913 red kinds, eighty-four; of the
594 blue kinds, thirty-one; Of the sos
violet blue kinds, thirteen. Or the 24O
kinds with combined colors twenty eight
are fragrant.
Statistics of sleep may not prove any
thing of Importance, but they are inter-
estiuC. According TO statistics prepared
IN Russia the need Of sleep is greater in
women than in men, the duration of
sleep being longer and the percentage Of
tired morning and evening ana of not
tired being three TO two and two to three
respectively as compared to the men.
Students sleep longer and are less tired
than other men. The time needed to
fall asleep is about the same in all three
elasses-2O.8 minutes for the men, H..
minutes for the students and 2 min
ufes for women. In each case, however,
1t takes longer for those who are frequent
sdreamers and light sleepers 10 faIl asleep
than persons Of opposite characteristics.
~ 50.
sti4sIisnf an6ss zsearinssia Issry thing. 5cc
144o
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
THIS YEARS ELECTIONS.
Political Interest Conferred in the Newly Ad-
mitted States OF the Northwest.
Albany Argus


Albany Argus.
The current year is notably an ''off
year, in general politics. Only eleven
states elect state officers this year. Ken
lucky will hold a general election for
state treasurer on August 5. Elections
in ten other states viii take place on No
yember 5 On that day
Iowa viii elect governor and lieuten-
ant-goTernOr.
Maryland viii elect comptroller and
attorney general.
Massachusetts will elect governor and
state officers.
Mississippi will elect governor and state
officers.
Nebraska viii elect a supreme court
Judge and two regents.
New Jersey will elect governor and
state officers.
New York will elect state officers, ex-
cept governor and acknowledgements
Ohio viii eject governor and state off,
GERS.
Pennsylvania will elect state treasurer.
Virginia viii elect governor and state
officers.
Political interest this year accordingly
is conferred in the elections of the
newly admitted states, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Washington and Mons
tana, which are now framing their con-
situations, and VIII elect full state goEe
ernments and legislatures, which via
choose eight new United States senfs-
tors. Each new state viii also elect%a
representative in congress, except South
Dakota, which viii elect two.
The terms of no United States sena@
tors expire next year, so the election of
members of the legislature this year5sis
of interest as bearing on national poe
itics only in cases where members Oh.
the legislature chosen this year hold
Office for two years. The senate elected
in New York state win vote for a
United States senator in 1891 10 succeed
the Hon. William n EFarts.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

IT OUGHT to be possible to devise
some plan by which such counties as
desire it can cooperate in movement
to promote immigration. That section
of Texas bounded on the south and east
by the Santa Fe, running from San
Angelo via Bolton to Gainesville, needs
people and has much to offer home
seekers and capital. Such counties of
this section as desire to cooperate
ought to be able to find some one who
can suggest a feasible plan.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

THE open, brazen manner in which the
Minnesota papers def1ed the law prohib-
iting them from publishing details of le-
gal executions has never been equalled.
They published full details, and now they
are Dragging about it. The law is a fool
ish one and ought to go. The only way
to muzzle the newspapers is to turn loose
characterless Iitigants and briefiess law
yers on them. But, then, the people do
not want the press muzzled.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
Getting 1t Down Fine.

FRANKLIN, md, July 2O.-John
Kelly, young man of this city, was
brought before Mayor Overstreet to-day
upon warrant sworn out by one Miss
Flora Ogden, who charged Kelly with
committing an assault and battery upon
her, in that he did, while out walking
with her last evening, place his arm
around her waist and squeeze and kiss
her three different times. Much legal
talent was displayed in the case, but
after hearing the evidence and argument
on both sides the mayor fined Kelly
SO. 1915 for each kiss, making sum total
of SII.35.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
Rain at CarrOIItOn.

Correspondence OF the TazeLte.
CARROLLToN, Tx, July 24.-Begin-
ming soon after O'Clock this morning
we had four hours rain. This rain
will assure a large crop of corn and cot
ton. Wheat threshinG is set back again
for days. Only few crops have been
threshed up to date. The yield is FROM
ten to fifteen bushels per acre.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

ENGLISH money is behind nearly all the great
''trusts'' that are organized in the United
States. The thing TO do is to strike out from the
shoulder. The people ought not to submit TO
them. There is danger ahead. The time for
strong men to defend themselves rs before they
are bound and gagged.-[C Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Right you are; and the tariff is the
thing that binds and gags US while the
trusts rob US. Let US cut loose from it
now
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

THE Denison Herald is a new afternoon
paper printed in the Gate City by Good
win s. Webster. The Herald is neat
geographically and able editorially.
The new candidate gives its readers the
telegraph news and is a welcome addition
to the ranks of the Iaborers for Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

"GATH writes q letter from Paris to
the Cincinnati Enquirer in which he at
tacks. the fame of Lafayette, and the
Enquirer s silly headliner heads it
''Shattering an American IDOL. - Think
of it! George Alfred Townsend detraet-
ing from the fame OF lafayette!
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

THE New York Mail and Express says
the weather IS beastly. And yet that
paper processes to be American. Your
au-round. this-country 's-good- enough
foT-me American doesn't speak of the
weather az beastly.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

BISMARCK is not saying very much just now,
but he keeps on saving wood all the same
cincinnati Enquirer.
Wei, he ought to say something. It's
time for him to kick. The idea of man
of Bismarck IS age and ability having to
saw wood! And in this weather, too.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

SOME of these1ays the whole state of
Texas will get up on its hind feet and de-
mand a new constitution. Then the
politicians viii swear they have wanted
one all the time
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

DoNoT complain of the heat, but think
how much more pleasant it Is now than
it wiz be next year, when you are sweat
ing III the heat of a political campaign.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

THE tariff on salt has always been
seuseless. When it shall have aided
trust to increase the price of this neces-
sity it will have become criminal.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

FORT WORTH has out her towline and
win pull number of manufacturing and
other wealth-pToducing enterprises into
port in the next few months.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

Tom PLATT having returned from
Alaska, has been interviewed in regard
70 the next presidential race. Strange
that anybody should think man could
learn anything in Alaska about the next
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

IT is thought that Bayard viii accept
the nomination for governor of Delaware
which the Democrats of that state are so
anxious for him TO take.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

WHILE Uncle Jerry Rusk is talking of
g second term for Harrison the coru and
cotton OF the country are growing up
with weeds
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
BRANCH OFFICES.
DALLAS.

DALLAS.
G. II. BAILEY, Correspondent and General
Agent, 725 Main street, where orders for sub
sCriptiOGs and advertising should be left.
THE GAZETTE can be found on sale at all news
stands III the city.
WACO.
JAMES Il. QUARLEs, Agent and Correspondent.
WEATHEREORD.
Il. B. DORSEY, Agent and Correspondent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

WHAT n lot OF work there is for the
next legislature to do. And making a
proper libel law IS not the least OF it.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

SAWNIE ROBERTSON writes well. He
says much il little and cuts clean to
the bone
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

Mr.. WANANAEEE proposes to make
teIegraphing as cheap ds he has ready
made gents pants.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

THE English royal family should hasten
slowly, lest IN reaching for a few thous-
sand pounds they shall lose an empire.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

4 GREAT deal of work must be done for
Fort Worth ere the leaves begin to turn.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

THE White House IS too small for Mrs.
Harrison. The country IS too large for
her husband
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

REPORTS continue to come in telling OF
the marvellous wheat crops raised in the
northwest
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

If SOMEBODY did not work more than
eight hours a day the Ipse DjXIts would
starve TO death
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

SPEAKING of the railroad trust-but,
pshaw, who ever saw a railroad trust?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

presidential election. They have hardly
had time up there TO hear from the last
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

IT Is to be hdpg3itbat the Republicans
viii keep Corporal Tanner at the front
untl 1892.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
First a Pigny-Anon a Giant.

Ne are too apt TO regard small ailment much
aS,Ee would some pigmy, unpleasant Of aspect
ana prankish indeed, but incapable Of serious
1psschief We ignore the fact that it grows
psodigiously, strengthens in proportion, and
Bsgets evil progeny A fit q Sndigestion,
Slight bilious attack, sensatioras8f unrest and
s42ngouE. When the system sTeatd have been
Traced hy recaEt slsEafpnas Esrtable new
n hat zfeth eseSeS thssp fR, ss0TsSSf obstinate.
al sericRs boil ss,Ir In s7sher OF A.
aISbge 9etcies keflmossS ssnse sd exPSS5-
ssltce unitss5n indfEzting FssiEtetter s Ss5AaSh
B8tters as ne best pTevenSfce, PaTticuI2fly
should its use be prompt when the langonr,
yswning, chilliness down the back, and fever
ishness that precede malarial attack, manifest
themselves. Incipient rheumatism gIO~S
apace. Don't neglect it. So with constipation,
and debility.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
FORT WORTH. June 10, 1889.
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A. R. Anthony, Agent William Radam's Microbe
Killer.
DEAR SIR: My wife has had a very severe case
T1eod aIar, re1ne5T- Taarg Of &c veil Ne tysS;
several prominent physicians, buJ found ;7atTs2
lief until after she began taking " iaiii
Microbe Killer. After using f0fScziiees She is
nearly entirely well. She ETesssEsetih very bad
health, general debility beings ffe only cause the
doctors could give eaE say truthfully that the
Microbe Killer hasHo4Ie her more good in 4 short
time than t6s deetOrs have been able to do III
years. EetfaS; E. h. HORNE.
P. S.-fsent for jug of MicrObe Killer, but
vas 54Ydu ced to take another medicine claimed to
sc Just the same, but found it very inferior; IN
fact it done my wife no good, and have thrown
part of it away and got MicrObe Killer again.
Z. Il. HOME,
No. 500 West Third street.
Beware of imitations a. 4. Anthony, sole
agent, 5I3 Main street, Fort Worth, Tex.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

THE greatest blood remedy on earth for
beiIs, ciffbaR cIes, oIa sores Rheumatism >,
lndisestion Bright 'sgiseass Ssnd consti !.
patioR is Dks .Fhurmend Is $Lone StaI
Blood Syrup. TRY 1t. s& s,.z,.,sSss
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
OKLAHOMA.

Northwest Texas Interested in SEEING
the Territory Filled with Settlers.
Fort Worth and the Northwestern CoUntfs,
Should Push on q Movement that Will
Help Them in the End.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

OKLAUNIoN, TEX, July p. Issa.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
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