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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20
MEN IND WOMEN.

Edward Grail, the business manager of
the Harrisburg Morning Call, died at
Carlisle Monday of blood poisoning pro-
dueed by cigarette smoking. He was
twenty-five years of age.
The wife of Congressman s. V. White
of Brooklyn, is said to be the only hostess
in Washington who has followed her con-
science this winter and refused to give
her guests champagne and punch.
A Brooklyn real estate agent set trap
for Mr.. Cleveland, batting it with an
offer Of house in Brooklyn for $50 ,O00-
in New York city, and wouldn It be
caught.
The president Of the Dover railroad of
New Hampshire, Mrs. Mary E. Dow I,
has increased the profits of her road, re-
duced fares, increased wages, bought
horses and won prizes for craftsmanship
and is worth $500 GOO.
Senator Payne of Ohio shares with Sen
asor Morrill, the title of patriarchal.
Theyare both seyenty-nine Senators Saw
yer and Dawes are seventy-three; Sauls-
bury is seYenty-two; Reagan, Hampton
and Evarts are past three score and ten.
The prince of Wales eats clans direct
from the shell, which he holds in his
hand. The great Napoleon was passion
ately fond of shrimps. Henry Ward
Beecher chewed roast lamb and eschewed
roast beef. Charles Dickens, when lee
turing in Brooklyn, drank bottle of
brandy and two bottles of champagne
during the course OF single evening.
Mrs. Colt, the widow of the famous in
ventpr of the Colt revolver, is described
as quiet, dignified lady of middle age,
gentle and cultivated in manner and de-
cidedly aristocTatic in appearance. She
usually dresses in black silk, very styl-
ishly made, and her white hands are or
namented with a number of diamond
rings of great brilliancy and value. Her
gray hair is arranged in massive coils.
Two spinister sisters up in Maine who
run a sixty -fve-acre farm are credited
with being the smartest women in the
state. One of them chops every winter
the year 5 supply Of firewood, going into
the woods early in the season and re-
naming until the work is completed.
She works. in the hay field in summer,
and digs from seventy to 100 bushels OF
potatoes yearly and puts them in the
cellar. The other sister is the carpenter
of the family and has added all manner
of improvements to the farm.
Gen. James Longstreet passed through
Atlanta, Ca, on the 18th INST, on his
way to Gainesville, from visit to Wash
ington city. Gen. Longstreet was look
ing exceedingly well, and seems to be in
fine spirits. He was not disposed to talk
politics, but in very complimentary terms
referred to Gen. Harrison, and said that
he was satisfied the new administration
would be satisfactory to the entire
country. While in the city the general
made his headquarters at the Markham,
but did not register: he casually met
several friends to whom he spoke con-
fidentially. Gen. Longstreet will remain
in Gainesville a few days and then return
to Washington. He will visit Detroit,
Mich. on the 22d instant, as the guest
of the Michigan Republican club, and is
booked for short address upon that
occasion
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20
Republican League convention.

BALTIMORE, ND. Feb. 10. Andrew
B Humphrey, secretary Of the Republican
league of the United States, arrived here
yesterday and found the arrangements
for the national convention which con-
yepes here the 18th of this month quite
satisfactory Mr.. Humphrey said:. At
the national convention held in New
York in 1887 only 800 clubs were repre-
sented, but at this convention thirty
states and territories viii send 300 dele
gates representing 10 900 active clubs
and over a million volunteers. A num-
Der Of Republicans viii be here, making
in all probably 1000 persons in attendance.
1t is intended to make the club feature q
permanent and prominent feature in Re-
publican politics and to promote a social
feeling in order to hold the clubs together
in off years. L believe the Republican
majority in the next congress is due
almost entirely to these clubs.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20
Calico Charley.
occasion -.


And so we are to have Foster for sec
rotary of the treasury-Ohio Foster,
''Calico Charley Foster, of memory
repugnant TO the heart of every ancient
carpet-bagger and frowsy scalawag. It
was Foster, if we remember right, who
first conceived the idea of throwing the
Southern rump Republicans overheard in
order to secure acquiescence in the in
famous electoral fraud of 1877, by which
one Hayes Of Ohio was made president.
Well, we'll! And so this Buckeye apple
is in the political swim again. Trot out
the old guard! Hurrah for "Calico
Charley, - with all which his name i'm
plies! He is truly of the sort of men
who in this country are called statesmen.
Give him the key Of Uncle Sam IS strong
box! He never drank a drop in his life.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20
ATTEMPT At TRAIN WRECKING.

The Narrow Escape OF a Louisville and
Nashville Cannonbau Train.
CINCINNATI, ONO, Feb. 10 "A morn
ing paper gives an account of an attempt
to wreck train last Friday night for the
purpose of robbery, which has hitherto
been concealed. 1t says big pile of ties
was placed on the Louisville and Nash
vile road near Walton, Ky, to wreck
the cannOnball train due here that night,
but the train was going at such high
rate of speed that the shock broke the
tie which was to lock the pilot and the
train passed in safety. The train hands
searched the vicinity for half an hour but
failed to find any robbers in waiting 1t
is surmised that the robbers knew the
train had a carload of government silver
dollars going from New Orleans to Wash
ington and they wanted to wreck the
train for that. There were one hundred
people on the train.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20
Real Railroad Reform.
New York Star.

Railroads have made the West With
out the abundant means of inter-com-
munication which they supply the growth
Of several great commonwealth west of
the Mississippi river would have been very
slow. But the very superabundance of
such facilities has led to a misconception
on the part of the local publics which the
railroads serve The abuses involved in
competitive methods have absorbed at
tention. Consequently the rights of the
owners of the properties have
been lost sight of. The so-calIed
Granger laws some years ago were
a manifestation of this spirit, and
the attempts to regulate railroad tariff by
state railroad commissioners which are
now in progress in several Western states
are another example Of its influence.
There are already indications of a re-
action in the public sentiment of Iowa,
where the most acute display of this ten
dency has been in progress. The press of
the state has recognized to some extent
that the reduction of railroad rates TO an
unremunerative basis is practical appro-
priation of other people IS property. That
the people who own the stocks and
bonds of Iowa railroads are non-resi-
dents-Eastern and European capitalists
only makes the case worse. This is a
wholesome feeling. If it can be devel-
oped into full recognition of the fact
that there are two sides to the railroad
problem it viii probably result IN sub
stantIal benefit all around. The internal
reform of railroad methods VIII have q
better chance if it is not complicated by
any unwise restrictions on the part of
granger legislators.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20
IN A DREAM.

Once in dream kissed your hair, .
And from its auburn flame
My very lips have grown so fair
They do not seem the same.
Nay, they are mine no more, ard so
The same they could not seem,
Since when they caught your tresseS' glow
Once n q dream-a dream!
Once in a night a soul may taste
A cup of Joy so Deep.
But soon-too soon VIII day lay waste
The paradise of sleep.
But yet my lips in beauty grow;
The same they do not seem,
Since when they caught your tresses' glow
Once in dTeam-a dream!
Once in life such dreams may come,
Then evermore depart,
And leave behind q darkness dumb
Upon the dreamer s heart.
But still my lips in rapture grow,
More sweet and pure they seem,
Since when they caught your treSses' glow
Once in a dre2m-a dreaml
But if on mine your lips, my love,
Some night should be, not seem,
How soon ~ wake in heaven above,
Perfected by my dream!
For then my lips would grow divine
AS music's golden stream
Because your kisses had been mine
Not in dream-a dream!
u Henry Austin in Times Democrat
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20
IOWA AND ITS RA1LROADS


Readers Of THE GAZETTE may remem-
Der statement printed in this paper
several days ago to the effect that judge
of Iowa had refused the injunction asked
for by Iowa railroad DIS against the railroad
commission of that state which, the roads
claimed, was regulating the life out of
them. Now comes this interesting piece
of news by Associated Press:
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb. 18.-The Chicago, Burl-
ington and Quincy has reduced its passenger
service in Iowa to the extent of 5000 miles per
month and is preparing to still further reduce
it. The object is to cut down expense in the
same proportion that the state railway commits
sioners of Iowa have curtailed the revenues of
the road in that state by enforcing their low
schedule Of rates. Other Iowa roads, it is stated
viii take the same step.
In Iowa, no doubt, there are statesmen
who contend that "'the right to regulate
carries with it the right to destroy -
and, from this telegram printed it The
GAZETTE yesterday, it would seem that
the regulators are becoming destroyers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20
The Solid South.
Alta Californian.

It is reported that Senator Mcmillan of
Michigan, who has just been on visit to
indianapolis, is authority for the state
ment that Gen. Harrison intends to give
an ex-Confederate place in the cabinet
The reason for this action is that it is a
move to break up the ''solid South -
If the selection fall on a man with char
acter and ability there will be no particu-
lar call for adverse criticism, but the
idea that placing an eX-COnfederate in
the cabinet viii have any appreciable eff
feet in breaking up the solid South - is
the merest moonshiue. 1t has been
tried, before, and it failed, failed ut
terly and ANONYMOUSLY. The way the
new administration deals with the
South as a whole viii be the main factor
in determining how far the Republican
party will make inToads upon the Demo-
cratic strength at the South If the solid
South is to be broken at all, it viii be
broken by the effect OF Republican poll
cy, and not by the bestowal of Office on
any man or set Of men. r. 3. Hays ap-
pointed D. n. Key, an ex-Confederate
brigadier and Democrat, postmaster
general, but the appointment had no in
fiuence whatever on the political com
pleXlOn of the South. Gen. Grant aD-
pointed Alderman of Georgia attorney
general, and James L. Orr of South
Carolina TO foreign mission, both
representative Southern men who
were identified with the defunct
Confederacy. but the South became
steadily more Democratic instead of be-
coming Republican, Every Republican
administration since the war has been
liberal about giving Offices TO ex-Confed-
crates, but in each case the converts
were simply those who drew salaries
Longstreet, Mosby, wickham, Ochiltree
and others brought no recruits TO the Re-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

IF IT be true as mas been
stated that patent upon barbed-
wire was granted in France to
an inventor named Janin in 1866, some
time before'a patent was obtained in this
country, our barbed-wire monopoly is in
danger Of going to pieces. The supreme
court Of the United States has held that
device patented in a foreign country can
not be patented here even though the
American inventor never saw or heard of
the foreign Invention. The question is
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20
TIE CONVICT QUESTION IN NEW
YORK.

The complaint comes from the state of
New York that iIl-adYised legislative
tinkerIng with the convict question is
costing the people much unnecessary
expense and agitation. A year ago the
legislature, intimidated by the cry against
convict labor, passed law to abolish
prison labor and maintain the convicts in
idleness within the penitentiary walls.
The results have been unfortunate
for the felons, and no good end has been
served to the industrial or labor interests
of the state. AT a recent meeting of the
Union League committee report was
read which showed that the labor Of the
states }convicts during the year when they
were most remunerative to the state was
but small item in the aggregate value
of the labor OF the state
for that period, and that it
could not have entered into competition
with "honest' labor.
The trial of the sentimental plan
must always result in return to the
practical common sense plan of making
the convicts pay their way. Texas may
have the benefit of New York IS expert
ence by studying it. New York viii
return to the old system. 1t is not likely
that Texas viii abandon 1t.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

The West Virginia legislature has
torneY-general, and declared the Demo-
cratic candidates elected by pluralities of
GOA and 167 respectively. The vote for
governor has not yet been counted as re-
quired by the constitution. Golf has a
plurality of loo on the face of the re-
turns. but it viii take judicial decision
to ascertain the result.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20
LETTER OPENERS.
A Regular System OF Opening Letters at Samoa
by Steaming Them


SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Feb. 10 .-Ex-
United States Consul Greenbaum to Sa-
moa is quoted by the Examiner to-day as
saying with reference to mail matter not
reaching Capt. Leary when at Samoa
Islands: 1t is nothing new TO me- When
l was in SamoaI was informed by an en-
ploy Of the German trading company that
they had regular system OF opening let
tiers by steaming them. 1t was then easy
to take out the contents, copy all the
correspondence therein and replace them
in the proper manner without being no.
ticable. On this account I used a silk
thread and ribbons as fastenings, seal
ing them securely TO protect my mail
and notified the government at Wash
Ington
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

Having been troubled for many years
with catarrh of a stubborn character,
which manifested itself both in the bron-
chial tubes and urinary organs, success
fully resisting the best medical skill,
was induced to try Dr.. Thurmond $
Catarrh Cure, which has, upon a short
trial, produced most beneficial results,
and L can heartily recommend it 10 all
who suffer from this most disagreeable
malady WM. J . BASsETT,
Pastor of Dixon Street NJ. Z. Church,
Gainesville, Tex.
o. NJ. Waterhouse, Fort Worth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

THE legislature should move very
slowly IN the commission matter. The
fact that the bill, as it came from the
hands of Its trainers, proposed to sus-
pend the writ of habeas corpus showed
the extreme lengths to which its friends
were willing to go. That provision has
been cut out, but there are others almost
as far reaching. Better be too slow
about this matter than too fast.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

E-AH letters or Communications for THE
GAZETTE, iehether on business or for
Publication, skould be addressed to THE
GAZETTE, o., DEMOCRAT PUBLISH
ING CO., Fort Worth, Ter, and MOI
TO Any INDIVIDUAL.
al communications intended for publica-
ton mast be accompanied By the aeriter s
name and address-aot for pablication-but
as an evideace Of good faith.
Parties a1ritiag to THE GAZETTE on
business personal to themselves avilI please
iaclose stamp for reply.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

THE senate has confirmed but six out
$50 postofice nominations sent in this SEES
sion. 1t does not propose to shake the
persimmon tree again until Republican
congregation is collected under its
branches
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

IT IS proposed by the commission bill
that the commission shall ascertain and
publish to the world the exact salary
paid to every officer and employe of every
railroad in Texas. Have the roads no
rights that are worthy of respect?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

THE woman who spanked Harrison
when he was a boy has turned up. She
viii please inform the Democratic party
which end Of her victim proved most
susceptible to argument.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

''THE right to regulate is the right to
vocate in his speech before the lower
house of the Texas legislature. To de-
stroy the railroads of Texas would be to
destroy the churches, che school houses,
the stores, the factories, the mills, the
farms and the homes of Texas. If Texas
legislates in this spirit, Texas will pay
for If
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

EDITOR Guilds paper gravely declares
that the favorite female costume in the
Sandwich islands is the Mother Hubbard.
As Mr.. Childs spends his summers on the
coast he ought TO be able to discuss the
relative merits of the Mother Hubbard
and the Daughter Hubbard.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

one of peculiar interest to Texas which
has already invested several millions of
dollars in barbed wire. and will be COM
PEELED to make still heavier investment
in that article-in the future.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

THE greatest joke of the season is that
Warner Miller has been offered a cabinet
position and declined it. A man who has
rendered himself and been declined as
often as Mr.. Miller may be depended upon
to accept anything that comes in sight,
from honorary membership in a base ball
club up or down
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

LIE CARoN, the informer and leading
witness of the London Times against Mr..
Parnell, is charged by Mr.. Powderly with
having proposed the use of dynamite
upon the Missouri Pacific property during
the great Southwestern railway strike,
begun in Texas in 1886. The merits of
the Times case may be accurately
gauged BY the witnesses it uses.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

publican standard when they accepted
places under it. AS long as the RepubH-
can policy was TO treat the Southern
states as conquered provinces, living in
the Union as constituent parts thereof
merely on sufferanee, Offices without
number could be bestowed in vain on in
dividuals-the voting masses could not
be caioIed
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

THE papers that are calling upon Gen.
Brenckenridge to resign his seat in con-
gress because of the murder of his OPP
ponent, to be consistent should insist up
on Gen. Harrison s declination of the
presidency because of the purchase of
the Indiana vote in blocks of five. What
is sauce for the Democratic goose ought
not to be refused by the Republican gan
dor
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

MINISTER PHELPS reached home from
England with lO4 trunks. 1t has long
been feared that President Cleveland
caught Republican IN disguise when he
appointed Phelps. A carpet-bag and a
hickory stick furnish complete travelling
outfit for the true-blue Democrat.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

THE inaugural march to be played
when Gen. Harrison rides to the capital
on the fourth of March was written for
his grandfather s use on a similar occa-
son by Susanna Warfeld, of Sykevllle,
Nd, who is still alive. Susanna viii be
at Washington on the fourth in new
spring bonnet.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20
DR.. Snow Heard From.

Special to the Gazette.
HENDERSON, TEX, Feb. 19-Dr. J.
L. Snow, a specialist, whom parties are
in quest of, arrived IN this city during
the latter part Of last month. He re-
manned here but a few days, however,
and left on the lst of February. His
supposed destination is Erie, Kan.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20
ExEcurIvE MANs1ox,
wAsuNoroS, D. { Jan. =. IS:

~. = -.
John 2. White, Esq, Secretary, Etc:
Dear Sir-I have received an invitation
of the Tariff Reform league to be present
at the convention of tariff reforIners to
be held in the city of Chicago the 18th,
20th and 2ISt of February. I have also
read the circular of the league accompa-
nying this invitation in which the objects
and purpose OF the proposed cOuvent ton
are especially set forth The scheme OF
practical and efficient work therein de-
seribed meets with my hearty approval
and promises, if honestly adhered
to, most valuable aid in the fur
therance of 4 cause which is
very near TO the interests aud welfare Of
our people. The danger which We have
to guard against Is the misleading Of
our countrymen by spurious theories
cunningly contriYed and falsely Offering
to the people relief from their present
burdens and ultimate expense necessary
to secure the benefits OF beueicent rule
under the sanction of free institutions.
The declared purposes of your league viii
not be attained until all those interested
in the economic question which IS now
pressed upon their attention are freed
from all sophistrIes and cloudiug fallacies
and until the subject of tariff reform is
presented to them as a plea inrOlviug
suit of the plain people of the land in
their homes against useless and unjust
expense. The question is q simple, plain
one and needs but to be fairly presented
TO be understood. 1t is the positive duty
of your organization TO guard the
people against deception. Ny extreme
interests in the work which your league
has undertaken and in the expressed OBJ
jects of the proposed convention would
lead me to accept your invitation if it
were possible to do so, but my public
duties here positively prevent such ac-
ceptance. Hoping that the convention
will be very successful and with an earn
est wish for the prosperity and success Of
your league in its efforts TO enIighten and
benefit the people, am yours very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

Diseases can be cured, if properly treated in
time, as shown by the following statement from
d. c. FREEMAN, Sidney: Having been a great
sufferer from pulmonary attacks, and gradually
wasting away for the past two years. i affords
me pleasure TO testify that Seott's Emulsion OF
Cod Liver Oil with Lime and Soda has given me
great relief; and cheerfully recommend It to an
suffering in a similar way 10 myself. In addi-
ton, I would say that it is very pleasant 70
.aka.''
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

A delightful beverage either hot or cold. The
best known tonic. Restores lost vitality viii
cure dyspepsia; settle disordered stomach and
induces sleep when everything else fails. Full.
valuable for the sickroom. Worn-out brains ard
nerves find in this their quickest restorer. For
sale by a. G.. Rintleman & Co., 1924 Main, corner
Front street
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

FORT WORTH never depended upon
homemade interviews with Jay Gould
and Fort Worth is on the road to a bona
fde population of 80, 600.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20
BRANCH OFFICES.

DALLAS.
C. NJ. BAILEY, Correspondent and General
Agent. rs Main Street
r. GUNNER, Calculator and Subscription
Agent, 6IZ Elm street, where the paper can al
ways be found on sale. and where orders for Dali
las city delivery can be left.
WACO.
JOHN NJ. CoEEoR, Agent and Correspondent.
WFATHERFORD.
II. B. DORSEY, Agent and Correspondent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

FORT WORTH is no trickster, but pays
and works for what it gets, and Fort
Worth is afraid of no rival on earth.
Fort Worth is blooming happy.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-20

THE brain of man is twice the size Of
that of any other animal 1t is a mys-
terry where some people put it.