Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 27, 1881 Page: 1 of 4
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Daily Democrat.
VOL. 5.
FORT WORTH. TEXAS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1881.
NO. 44
TO GET
DRY GOODS,
Ming- Furnishing Goods
Low Enough to Suit Everybody.
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SANGER BROTHERS
Having determined to close their Dry Goods business in Fort Worth
in order to open an
EXCLUSIVE BOOT AND SHOE ESTABLISHMENT,
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JLave marked down their immense stock of
X>r*CSrOOds, 3F*1^3ajQ.ols,
WATERPROOFS,
NOTIONS,
Clothing and Furnishing Goods,
The Goods
of Cost. !
are Bound to Go. Come One, Come All
Betore the ssortment is broken.
Sanger Bros.
X4L Houston Street.
COUNTERS AND SHOW OASES FOR SALE.
tkos. A. Tidball.
BL M. VanZandt,
J. J. Jarvis,
J. P. Smith
TIDBALL, VANZANDT & CO.
BANKERS,
Fort Worth,........
A General Banking Business Transacted
^COLLECTIONS MADE AND PROMPTLY REMITTED
Exchange Drawn on all the Principal Cities of Europe.
Agents for the NORTH-GERMAN LLOYD line of steamers,
wemen to Baltimore. )3&w
Texas.
from
J®sss JONES.
8. P. TUCKER.
H. W. TUCKER.
Jones & Tucker Bros.
■HetaJI-
lEOCIH8
And Dealers in
COUNTRY PRODUCE, ETC.
Gor. Wlalrs and Weatherford Streets,
TEXAS
JL. PERFECT
Avalanche of Goods
Suited to the Present Weather such as
Overcoat®,
Shawls,
rSvilyui®
OVERSHOES
BLANKETS, FLANNELS,
Heavy Underwear*
NUBIAS,
HOODS,
J. J.
-AT
GLOVES,
ISo. 30 Main Street.
WORSETHANIBAKKRUPT STOCK,
ON AND AFTER MONDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1880,
We will sell our entire stock of
Dress Goods, Notions
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TRIMMINGS,
fout worth,
W.A. HUFFMAN
"DEALERS IN
l^apini ii n; Implemciits *
Wonpr0s>'an^ Studebaker wagons; Sorgo Mills & Evaporators asoJfver
&fss?ijrzsi?£i
^hellers, Wheat Fans, Fire Brick, Rubber Belting, Cultivators, uoi
H Grain Drills, Wagon Bows and Sheets, Tents, etc.
. Artesian Well Drilling Machinery a Specialty.
Fort WORTH, TEXAS. Branch House at WEATHERFORD, TnXAb.
J&M? COST l
This stock consists of Dress Goods, Cashmeres, Flannels^ Silks Aipacasb Whlte ^nnth.Jrn^ ati& * l°°
Goods, Satins, Worsteds, Ladies, Misses and Children s Hosiery, Buttons,
Gloves, Fringes, Gimps, Laces, Embroideries and in fact everything
Political Power of Manufac-
tures and Commerce.
N. O. Picayune.
Our people are in the habit of
regarding the pursuit of manufac-
tures as a source of solid wealth.
If New Orleans would, for in-
stance, manufacture into yarns
and cloths 1,500,000 bales of cot-
ton worth at home §80,000,000, it
would be worth $240,000,000. But
150,000 bales manufactured in the
Fall River mills support at an es-
timate 35,000 people. The stock
of New Orleans manufactured
would then subsist three hundred
and fifty thousand people.
It is at this point that manu-
factures assume a new character
to the Southern statesman. This
number of people at the same
ratio, would be entitled to two
members of congress and to two
electoral votes with a large frac-
tional excess of numbers. Is it
not obvious then that in abandon
ing manufactures to others that
we not only lose the employment
of our own people, the profits of
our own enterprise and capital,
but even arm our opponents with
the political power which we
might reserve at home! It is
curious, but indisputable; that the
whole manufactures of the North,
to the extent that it depends upon
a Southern demand, constitutes a
political force in favor of the pro-
tectional doctrines of the North,
aud against the free trade doc-
trines of the South. Let us give
a few short examples of this
truth.
Under the census of 1870 the
values of manufactures would
have subsisted a population of
12,500,000. These at the present
ratio would have been represent-
ed by about eighty-one members,
and the same number of electoral
votes.
We need not pause to estimate
what portion of these member
were furnished by the South. It
may be estimated from the state-
ment that follows. A table of 64
cities having more than 30,000
population gives an aggregate of
1,443,042. If then the whole num-
ber is entitled to 68 members and
electors, then the South would be
entitled to one-sixth of that num-
ber, or a little more than ten
members. These numbers may
not be literally accurate, but they
are only taken to illustrate the
political force of manufactures.
It is not, moreover, pretended that
this urban population is all sup-
ported by manufactories, but it is
by vested capital, commercial and
our object has been to show that
in cultivating those industries the
South will secure a political power
which will otherwise be built up
against it upon precisely the
same resources. It is only our
intention to call our readers to
the political power of our indus-
trial pursuits. We may some- j
what in detail show her capacity;
of commerce in capital in shipping
and in railroad, river and canal
transportation, to subsist popula-
tion and g*o to create political
power. The same result may be
arrived at by deducting agricul-
tural representation from the
whole congress; the balance of
the members will be due to the
great interests alluded to. Is not
of
our Southern statesmen !
Red Tape in Time of War.
Capt. D. W. MeClung pleasantly
responded to the toast “The Quar-
termaster” at the reunion and ban-
quet of the ex-army and navy of-
ficers in Cincinnati, on Thursday
evening last, and in the course of
his speech related the following;
“I had a friend, Gen. Simpson,
who was an officer engineer, a
man of the keenest honor and
most sensitive conscience. A
short time before the battle of
Nashville Gen. Thomas ordered
him to purchase and forward a
1,200 foot pontoon train. He re-
jected my advice to get it in the
quickest possible way and foi ward
it to the front on the ground that
the law required so many days’
notice, the taking of proposals,
submitting them to the head of
the bureau. I urged that time
was everything. The penalty was
plain and enormous, aud disobe-
enee touched his honor. I urged
that any law that interfered with
saving the country in time of war,
when centuries are compressed
into days, when human life and
happiness are staked upon the
crises, ought to be broken. Break
the law and save the country. But
he replied that he was not respon-
sible for the law, aud, if it ruined
the country, its authors were res-
ponsible. The result was that,
thirty days after the battle of Nash*
vilie was fought, my friend had an
excellent pontoon, all legally
bought and built, which was stored
to wait the next war. I would
have committed a felony in like
circumstances, but, all the same.
Gen. Thomas would have had his
pontoon, and the remnant of
Hood’s army 'would have crawled
through a smaller hole than it re-
quired atter his route. In pursu-
ance of this policy of obstruction,
of making men honest by law, the
government undertook to bind
everybody by a repetition of oaths
at every transaction. The amount
of swearing was enormous. Every-
body was required to swear about
everything. Oaths were required
to bring every horse and mule into
the service, and oaths were re-
quired to muster them out. ‘The
army in Flanders swore terribly,’
but it was not hing to the legalized
and compulsory profanity which
afflicted the quartermaster depart-
ment. In one year I paid more
than $1,200 for swearing at 25c
per oath ! Of course, such legal
enactments, such pious profanity,,
such righteous moral bonds, could
not fail to make everybody honest,
except, possibly, congressmen!”
appertaining to a stock of Fancy Dry Goods.
Our Wholesale and Clothing Business
Have increased so rapidly that we find it impossible to give this branch of our busi-
ness proper attention, and we must and will elose out our Dry Goods by -
JANUARY 1, 1881.
THIS IS NOT CLAP-TRAP ADVERTISING.
COME WITH THE CASH
And we will sell you these goods 50 per cent, cheaper than you ever bought them
before.
Closing London Tower.
The Tower of London is locked
up every night at eleven o’clock,
and the ‘officials are obliged to go
through an old-time ceremony
which somewhat resembles the
very juvenile games of “Queen
Dido,” “Haveyou a chicken !” and
Shall John marry Sue !”
As the clock strikes the hour
the yeoman porter, clothed in a
long red cloak, bearing a huge
buuch of keys, and accompanied
by a warden carry a lantern, stands
in front of the main guardhouse
and calls out, “Escort keys.” The
sergeant of the guard and five or
six men then turns and follow him
to the outer gate, each sentry chal-
lenging as they pass with “Who
goes there ? the answer being,
“Keys.” The gates being careful-
ly locked and barred, the proces-
sion returns, the sentries exact-
ing the same explanation and re-
ceiving the same answer as before.
Arriving once more atfife© front bf
the main guardhouse, the sentry
gives aloud stamp with his foot
and asks, “Who goes there!”
Keys.” “Whose keys !” “Queen
Victoria’s keys.” “Advance Queen
Victoria’s keys, and all’s well.”
The yeoman porter then calls out:
“God bless Queen Victoria.” To
which the guard responds,
“Amen.” The officer on duty gives
the word, “Present arms,” aud
kisses the liiit of his sword, and
the yeoman porter then marches
alone across the parade, and de-
posits the keys in the lieutenant’s,
lodging.—Exchange..
All en
cjuiries promptly answered.
d&w 3-19-79
wm. brown,
PORT WORTH GROCER
DEALER IN
and Fancy Sracenss, Tobacco and Cigars, Etc.
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taeast corner Houston anfi Fust Streets. J. H* Bftfwn 8 s
Everything Will Be Marked in Plain Figures,
We invite the public, especially the Ladies, city and country merchants, to call on U3
With the Cash,
and secure bargains before the assortment is broken.
Remember, Everything is Marked in Plain Figures.
E SCHWARTZ & CO. i to^u^oabis
A Legislator’s Duty.
Detroit Free Press.
The committee on judiciary,
who had been asked to investigate
and report on the query from Tole-
do : “What is the duty of a mem-
ber of the state legislature !” re-
ported as follows :
1. To take a free pass from
ebery railroad m de state. Dis
puts him in a posishun to wote
agin railroad monopolies an’ sub-
sidies.
2. To be absent as oftin an’ as
much as he kin, an’ anti draw his
salary wid promptness and dis-
patch.
3. To push frew bills favorin’ de
interests of himself an’ friends.
4. To spin out de seshuns as
long as possible, in order to drew
de salary.
5. To let no occashun pass wid-1 t
out matin’ a speech, an’ to have j —An editor who was told that his
ebery one of dese speeches printed i last aticle >• as clem as mu.1, said,
an’ sent home to an anxushus con- j ‘‘Well, that covers the ground,
stituency. anyhow.”
The report was accepted and i —5--—--
filed, and Brother Gardner com- j —When congress began opera-
tions the circuses ail went into
winter quarters. Funny* isn’t it 1
—Burdette says: “A. corres-
pondent writes that he would like
to become an editor. You would,
eh! Well, after you become an
editor and write, ‘I kissed her un-
der the silent stars,’ and the com-
positor sets it up ‘I kicked her un-
der the cellar stairs,’ you will just
ache to grow bow-legged following
a pair of oxen along a crooked
furrow across a forty-acre lot.”
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