Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 111, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1881 Page: 1 of 4
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Job Printing.
Business men of Fort Worth should
not forget that the Democrat office Is
prepared to do all kinds ot commercial
printing and book work. We can make
gg good a book as can be had in St. Louis,
jnj on as good terms. Specimens of
(lUv work can be seep at any time.
Daily Democrat.
VOL. 5.
FORT WORTH. TEXAS. FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1881.
NO. Hi
BALLS AND PARTIES.
The Democrat job office has
just received 3,(TO of the finest
invitation and dance program-
mes ever brought to this city.
Remember this committees, tf
y first-class show.—'Galveston News, March 21th.
Streets thronged to witness the gorgeous procession. A splendid performance*—
Houston Post, March 26th.
Ten Times Greater than the Greatest.
A Million Dollar Amusement Poof.
THE NEW GREAT PACIFIC!
The largest railroad menagerie and circus ever organized, in colossal combination with
WELSH & SANDS’
Great New Orleans and San Francisco railroad eircu« and royal English menagerie,
making this the most stupendous show on earth.
Will Exhibit in its vast entirety at FORT WORTH,
on THURSDAY, APRIL 21st.
Seven enormous continental menageries in one, alone presenting full
a thousand shows. Among its Titanic and transcendant marvels,
the only $30,000 living white Nile Hippopotamus, the genuine
gore-sweating, tremendous Beliometh of Holy Writ.
IST A TWO-TON PAIS OF NEW-FOUND UNNAMED AKCTIC MAMMOTHS,
A$-1*2,000 cavalcade of 14 performing KENTUCKY THOROUGHBREDS, the larg-
est number ot the most beautiful and best trained horses in Hie world,
and more than a whole show alone. The colossal $10,000
bareback equestrian < bacma. the most remark-
able and intelligent animal on earth,
A $100,000 Orient Caravan of Elephants, Dromedaries
and Camels*
The largest animal known to man.
1 hrice the smallest elephant ever seen.
Fitry tons of-educated beasts.
Prof. Sam Reinhardt's $20 000 troup ot
performing dogs and monkeys.
The Great ROBERT STICKNEY
The uni',er&al senilis and hereof the rinr
The wondrous man and woman water
witches.
The champion circus of a 100 chiets.
An enormous Polar sea aquarium.
A huge den of hideous tropic saurians.
A rainbow rivaling aviary.
A grand, free, cloud walk, hazardous
ascension.
1 Qaar’.er of a Million Street Paraie, a tidal ware of SptaSors in Procession.
Three superb martial musical brigades. The new leviathan locomotive steam band.
A 100-voiced jubilee colored chorus. Always exhibiting past what it ad-
vertises. Each promise made is kept a sacred pledge.
ONE TICKET ADMITS TO ALL ADVERTISED SHOWS. J&S
Children under nine years—half price.
TWO GRAND EXHIBITIONS DAILY.
It controls millions, backed by millions more, and so far as it is concerned, no other
show exists. Will also exhibit at
Dallas, Apiii ibtb.
WEATHERFORD, April 20th.
fOHN NICHOLS.
President.
A. M. BRITTON,
V ioa-Preaidenfc.
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S, W. LOMAX,
Cashier
"WALL I*APER
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BRUMS mot STORE
los. 63,
T and 69 Houston Street, corner Fourth.
•i-«i vy F«fc<n
No Intramural Penal System.
City ]M ational Bank
OB’ FORT WORTH,
& Regular Banking Business in all its Branches Transacted.
taking. Bought and Sold and Coll«otloM mail, on all j'liuia“ltaly. a'S>" “
.hang, on ’
*a»—
W. A. HUFFMAN
Inxj>leira.oixt^*
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s.’ and Studebaker
ain Drills, Wagon Bows and Sheets, rents, etc.
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. O&w 849-79
ufrtes pTQ>'Tsifj»t<y artswsw**
Gal.eston News.
Thu prospect of a strictly intra-
mtuai penal system iu Texas has
not been improved by the present
cash balance and the latest legis-
lation. At every session of the
legislature a law is passed to pro
vide lor the organization of the
penitentiary, and by this time if
would appear, if such legislation
has been practically conducive to
its professed end, that this insti-
tution ought to be the most thor-
oughly systematized and most effi
cieutiy conducted of its class in the
whole country. If it is not, t to*
fault is not with the preceding leg
islatures. Every change that has
heretofore been made has been
made in the right direction, or,
rather, with the right object iu
view, which, in the language of
the enactments, has been to pro-
vide tor keeping the largest num-
ber of couvici 8 within tue walls. A
recent act of the Seventeenth leg-
islature, however, modifies this
specific declaration ot policy.
For many years the politicians
have yelded to popular demands
to the extent of declaring unequivo-
cally that all convicts should he
confined iu state prisons but they
avoid the responsibility of enforc-
ing this demand upon the plea
that the financial condition of the
state would not permit it. Vow
the present legislature, in its act
ot reorganization, which is ap-
proved by the governor, enunci-
ates the. doctrine that'the object
of penitentiary legislation is to
build new prisons and workshops,
“to the end that the largest num-
ber of state convicts that can be
profitably employed and comfor-
tably accommodated therein may
be eoufiued and worked within the
walls as soon as practicable.” Thus
it appears that the first session of
the legislature, after t he cm bar
rassed financial condition oi th-
state has been changed to $1,000 -
(100 cash balance, and theie is no
lunger the excuse of poverty, and
when the day has come to inaugu-
rate the long-promised reform in
our prison system, the reform is
abandoned, and it is by implication
of terms announced that the penal
system of Texas is designed as an
institution tor profit rather than
for the safe-keeping of convicts in
the interest ot law and order and
the protection of life and property
As is well known convicts can not
be as profitably employed in xh<
prisons as on faints and railroads,
and, as it is declared to be a qnes
tion of profit where they shall be
employed, the public aio now in-
formed that they need not expect
convicts to be kept where they
have been sentenced to bn kept,
and where the safety of the com-
munity requires them to be kept.
Yet the legislature has provided
immense sums for building prisons
and workshops. And what fort
>Tot, it seems, to incarcerate all
the convicts and utilize their Uboi
within the prison walls. Wfiat
for, then, unless for some acciden-
tal benefit not or au eminently
public character ? Winn t he stun
ImUdSf ‘T'ubbi&h-wiiew ftuuiUuj”
inn who are the “rubbish-carriers”
wbeu couviets build! The Rusk
Prison has been complete for two
years, and an extensive cell build-
mg at Huntsville has been nearly
complete for four <>r five years.
There is money in the treasury in
great profusion, yet convicts are
scattered over the state in camps
and shanties. They annually es-
cape by the hundreds, and always
the more desperate and devilfish
are the ones that escape. Every
effort of a few enlightened mem-
bers of the legislature to fasteu
upon the reorganization act a re-
quirement looking to a timely in-
carceration of convicts within the
walls, and their employment in the
workshops should be completed,
was promptly defeated. While
providing for the “rubbish-car-
riers” those gentlemen who framed
ttie law evidently were opposed to
the people or the state having any
participation in the flourishing en-
terprise.
Profits of Authorship.
The 30,000 received by Lord
Eeaeonsfield for the last novel is
believed to represent the largest
amount given iu England for any
work of fiction. Scott received
$40,000 for “A oodsvock,” and
George Ediot the same amount for
•* vliddiemarch.” Bulwer Lyturn’s
earlier novels, even when lie was
the rage, did not bring him m
more than from $3,000 to $5,000;
but he subs quently received
handsome amounts for the copy
right of a collective edition. Lord
Baconsfield’s early novels, not-
withstanding tue success of the
first—Vivian Grey—and very lim-
ited sale, and could be bought tor
next to nothing within a few
months of publication. They nev-
er became iu general request as
components of a horary, and, iu
England, were only read witti in-
terest by reasons familiar with
political and social life. “Ooimgs-
by” excited by far the most inter-
est, and the key, which soon after
ward appeared, was eagerly scru-
tinized. Probably “Endymion”
and “Lothair” have together, pro
duced more than double as much'
as all the previous works oi the
author, albeit very inferior to some
oi them. The “Curiosities oi Lu-
Hrature,” by tin- elder Disraeli,
must have produced a large sum
oi money; itfoims part of every
good collection of English books,
and has passed through many edi-
tions. Dickens left $400,000, aud
a considerable slice of this came
from books ; but it was tus “read-
ings” that marie him affluent, and
so too with Thackeray. For re-
ceipts from actual writing no one
has yet approached Scott, whose
uicome for several years ranged
from £IU,000 to £15,000, mainly
drawn from this source Richard-
son was the first Englishman who
made a real good tiling out of
writing,-and mainly because he
was publisher of his own novels.
Iu the past thirty years French
novelists have received Very large
sums, but Bailac’s rewards fur his
genius aud tremendous toil were
miserably small. Urobabiy Mis*
Bs add on’s receipts from wridng
rank among the first dozen highest
among writers of fiction ; she has
the advantage of a publisher for
a husband, Reynolds, who wrote
“fee Mysteries ot London” and
other works of a low sensationa1
type, was, from a pecuniary point
of view, one ot the most success-
ful of British authors. Many of
those books which pay so well are
the last that would occur to per-
sons as bring lucrative; tnua,
“Thorton’s Family Prayers” has
been a little mine of money to an
English Family.
Tiie Price of Treachery.
The senate of the United States
has now been in session tor over a
month, and has accomplished ab
solutely nothing. Why is this ? It
is certainly not the fault of the
Democratic senators. Tne mem-
hers of that party have been mu
only willing but eager to proceed,
aud day alter day have repeated
their motion to go into executive
session aud attend to public bosi
ness. Where then is the source
of tne difficulty ? it, may as web.
be known that the present di*
graceful state of affairs is attnhu
fcanle fcOiely to the members of the
Republican parry. They have
steadily refused to give any atten-
tion to the business laid before
the senate by a president of their
own shade of political opinion. D
is apparent to the least observing
that, the riuoiic has a direct infei
esc iu knowing precisely what
reasons the Republican senators
may have for this remaVkab e aud
disgraceful conduct.
It will be remembered that when
the partnership of Mo hone & Co.,
was being formed, the Republics
senators constituting the o” of
the- concern aud Mahone agreed to
Set a price on the base treachery
of the renegade r pudiator.' In
other words, there was a corrupt
bargain between themselves and
tue purchased Virginian senator.
Strange as it may seem, the men
who could become parties to such
a disgraceful compact, now pre-
tend ihat their scruples ot con
science require them to faithfully
discharge ihis obligation. They
now insist, that payment of Me
none must take precedence of the
public business of the country.
They chain that the affairs os the
United E al es are matters of sec-
unduiy importance as compared
with adjusting the business ol
Mahoue & Ou. Here then is to be
found the secret ot the pie«en<
senatorial dead lock. The Repub-
licans of the senate are obstruct*
ing the business of the country for
the purpose of discharging Lien
obligations to the reuegade and
traitor Mahone. The question
docs not ahimt of any douot, and
they are nut even making any at*
tempts to disguise the fact, fck-u
ator Hawley, of (Connecticut., atat
ed in public the other day that
•*w« organized tne Senate iu fit
committees wall Use aid of Ma
hone. Now that we have gos
die organization it is not ta;i
*o adjourn aud Leal him with in
o j6 of the sen it #rial p aces and I
think we must, for our Word as
well as lor general utility, go
ahead.” Here, then, from the
mouih of a prominent member "of
their party, we have the wfioie
c«se in a nutshell. He makes no
noues about it but. freely confesses
that the public business is being
obstructed for th * purpose of pay-
iug Mahone.
Jay Gould’s Power.
New York eUfrr.
Jay Gould’s movements are
watched more intensely than those
of Vanderbilt, because he is con-
sidered t he man of destiny. Com-
ing down the Hudson river road
lately 1 noticed in one coiner of
the car a countenance on which
m.nya glance was concentrated.
There was a missive black beard,
a parrot like beak, aud a pa r of
jet black e.y*s pfiaci-ing ami in-
tense in expression. A led hand-
kerchief encircled the neck, «*nd
the diminutive body was encased
iu a plam overcoat. Such was
the lasl appeaiauee of Jay Gould
before he went South, and since
his return he is more eager.y
watched than ever by the specnl »*
t!ng cro wd. He no w cont roIs a
uaif dozen railroads, and will
probably add a few more to the
dst before the close of the year.
Gould has a peculiar faculty of
concealing his purpose until the
Lme of development. No one has
ever been in uis confidence. He
ust-s his associates to serve, his
purposes, aud they, as a matt er of
course, share handsomely iu the
profits, but as a business man he
“dwells apart,” and may there-
fore he termed the hermit king of
Wall street. He is now rebuild-
ing the conservatory recently de-
stroyed by fire, ami is determined
tha> it. snail excel anything of the
kind iu America.
—A corporation to be known as
•he American Refrigi-rator Transit
company lias been organized, de-
signed especially to cover the
Gould system of southwestern
railways. Oars to the nu mb r of
1,500, embracing all the recent im-
provements iu refrigeration, are
now in proc-ss of const ruction.
Competent aud experienced men
will be. put in charge of the organi-
zation. The special business of t he
'me will be rim transportation of
semi-tropical fruits aud early veg-
etables to Kansas City, So Louis,
Chicago, and other cities. As the
i ran spoliation of perishable fruits
has oil ate years developed into au
enormous business this company
can be made to serve a good pur-
pose.
— A philosopher say s “f he young
mail who takes everything quietly
gets along best.” Certainty. If
he didn’t do it quietly he Light
arouse suspicion
—Joseph A. !><■«.: wu, a venera-
ble citizen of Little R ek, who
died ou '.I hur^dav, claimed to have
ran the first steamboat \ \, uo t*
equity, lie Las a canUidatc for cd Oh tne TeuueetSctt V
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Daily Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 111, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1881, newspaper, April 15, 1881; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1049000/m1/1/?q=central+place+railroads: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.