Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 182, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 12, 1890 Page: 9 of 12
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PART
TWO
DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO
FORT WORTH TEXAS
Tho Texas Spring Palace Is an original
conception for presenting to the publio
the products and resources of the state
It Is not a fair in any sense of the term
but a Karporama a picture of the
fruits of the soil the orchard the gar-
den the farm the forest the mines
the streams each wrought into form
and shape with great ingenuity and ar-
tistic skill The visitor who attends the
Palace to see crazy quilts lace handker-
chiefs smbrofdery threshing machines
clothes wringers etc etc will find
these articles conspicuous only by their
absence The grains of the country he
will find represented by a beautiful pic
ture of the goddess of the forest con
Etructed of cereals and clad in xaimYm
made of tho same material j effwhole
presenting a veritable pJcCQrbeautif ul
attractive and pleasinj pT3very product
of the boII Is tr teoSin the same manner
and when fiuijlied the whole Palace pre-
sents tifioTirrtho appearance of a scene
troaifFairyland than a gathering of the
jiroduotB of the earth
4 In addition to this the threshed grains
and other products are presented by
camples in show cases on shelves and in
glass jars neatly arranged for exhibi-
tion
The birds of the state are theretreated
by the Taxidermists art and the fishes
swimming in their native element in
glass aquariums There are also the
eong birds by the hundreds whose voices
fill the building with sweet notes attest-
ing their appreciation of the beautiful
scone that surrounds them It were
futile to attempt a description of thi3
wonderful work A few have attempted
It and we reproduce the efforts of some
of the more distinguished The Fort
Collins Col Courier condensed the
whole in a single sentence exclaiming
It rivals all the visions of youthful
fancy
The Buoyrus Ohio TelegrapJi recog-
nizing the poverty of the English lan-
guage to do the subjeat justice said
It is indescribable The greatest ex-
position ever before the people One is
dazed by the splendor which greets the
eyeThe
The Evansville lnd Courier said
It is a magnificent structure built
entirely of produots from Texas It is a
grand object lesson showing the world
at a glance what Texas is and what she
lias to offer to capital and immicration
Tho St Louis GlofaDemocrat made an
effort to enlarge upon it to some extent
but it found the task of minute descrip-
tion a hopeless one and ter flounder
ing around in two or three columns of
details it olosed by saying that
The decorations of the entire build-
ing are beautiful beyond description
There are scenes of Texas landscape
birds flowers musical instruments
views of the Gulf of Mexico with a rail-
road trestle over real water all wrought
by skillful hands from the product of the
soil Without and within both as a
whole and in minute detail thed jj
tions are indescribably beau 3s lhd
wonderful in artistic oon fmou and ex
ecution iSmPf
Leaving liQ presT and descending or
asceri ifig as the reader pleases to in
tvmual opinion we quote from the
Hou Jonas Cleland Mayor of Sioux
City Iowa who says
It would be impossible for me to in-
dulge in any extravagance in saying to
the people of this entire country that
no more beautiful or more unique pioture
was ever erected upon the faoe of tho
globe
Hon J M Thayer of Nebraska af
erviewing the Palaoe said it is aPal
ace of marvelous beauty rivaling in
grandeur a temple lined with gold and
silver and studded with precious gems
made of Gods handiwork of the fruits
of the Gold We see here an abundance
of what Texas can produce Everything
is beautiful and everyone will say
Well done Fort Worth well done
Texas
Gov R B Hubbard exminister to
Japan who has visited oriental coun-
tries and seen the most skillful and
dextrous handiwork ot all nations
said
This is a veritable wonderland
Such artistic arrangements of the cereals
such beautiful decorations and such a
wonderful exhibit of marble granite
minerals and wood I have never seen be-
fore
This was was the verdiot of last yearss
Palaoe the maiden effort on the part of
the people of Texas
The Palaoe this year will be much
larger more comprehensive and if skill
and experience can make it so more
beautiful than that of last year It is
well worth a trip across the continent to
see
Tho famous Elgin band will be present
in full force and will discourse the finest
music ever heard in Texas
The Palace opens May 10th and will
continue twentytwo days
All the railroads will make reduoed
rates good for thirty days enabling you
to see Texas at a Glance
Write for Oirculaijs
B B PxiDDOCK President
JXO P GROE E Secretary
SIXCORD
COTTON
Dealers
li5SBBn Squar TNcw Yorg t Aug 31st 1889
AteA a series of tests at our Elizabeiltfortfactory extending over
c period of several montlis we have decided to use the
WJLLIMANTJC SIXCORD SPOOL COTTON
Relieving it to be ihp best thread now in the market and strongly
recommend it to all agents purchasers and users of the Singer Machinep
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING
CORNER ajjyEgppJXTFOtTRTH STREETS PORT WORTH TEX
Eatey3gj er Day Geo C Hudgins Manager
NATIONAL SUNDAY LAWS
Five Precedents Given for Congressional
Sunday Legislation
Such Laws Seemed Both Beneficial and Merci-
ful Especially to the Poor and
Dependent
For the Gazette
The revised statutes of the United
States in 1878 contained four operative
Sunday laws One against distilling on
Sunday with a 51000 penalty two inter-
mitting studies on Sunday in tho rnilitrry
and naval academies and a fourth de-
claring Sunday a dies non a day not to
be counted in baukruptoy proceedings
The same year tho Fortyfifth congress
second session page 213 passed a Sun-
day law for the District of Columbia to
protect not employes but game birds
forbidding any one to shoot suoh on Sun-
day
Here are five precedents for congres-
sional Sunday legislation The question
is not therefore whether congress shall
begin such legislation but whether it
shall logically and equitably complete
what it has begun Its Sunday legisla-
tion is like the unfinished Washington
monument of a few years ago In its ugly
and reproachful incompleteness Lot
congress complete this undertaking by
adding the propospd Sunday law for the
capital and then put on the shining cap-
stone by giving the oivil rest day to all
who are under its jurisdiction This
would be only a logical expansion of the
oldest national Sunday law found in the
constitution itself in article I sec-
tion 7 whioh says that the president
shall have ten days Sundays ex-
cepted in whioh to consider any bill
sent to him by coneress before it can be-
come a law without his signature That
parenthesis Sundays excepted
is an acorn which millions of petitioners
ask shall be allowed to grow into its log-
ical result the widespreading oak of the
Sunday rest latv under whose shadow
with the president all others who are
uuder the jurisdiction of congress may
also enjoy their day of rest
An enumeration of national Sunday
laws would not be complete without a
reference to those made by tho execu-
tive the proclamations giving Sunday
rest to the army issued by Presidents
Washington Jackson Lincoln and Har-
rison
The judicial department of the national
government is represented by a decision
of very great importance though little
known which deolares the constitu-
tionality of Sunday laws The decision
was a unanimous one delivered bv Mr
Justice Field March 16 18S5 113 U
S 710 and is as follows Laws set-
ting aside Sunday as a day of rest are
upheld not from any right of the gov-
ernment to legislate for the promotion of
religious observances but from its right
to protect all nersons from ihe physical
and moral debasement that comes from
uninterrupted labor Suoh laws have
always been deemed beneficial and mer-
ciful laws especially to the poor and de-
pendent to the laborers in our factories
and workshops and in the heated rooms
of our cities and their validity has been
sustained by the highest courts of the
states Wilbuk F Crafts
New Iork
Decatur Board of Trnde
Correspondence of the Gazette
Decatur Tex April 9 Yesterday
evening a number of the business men of
this plaoe mot in tho distriot court room
for the purpose of organizing the Deoatur
board of trade Col D A Holmanwas
called to the ohair and briefly explained
the objects of the meeting C B Beard
was made temporary secretary After
adopting a suitable constitution the fol-
lowing officers were elected to hold for
one year Hon T A Fuller presi-
dent J M Bennett vicepresident C
B Beard secretary R S Vance
treasurer The board of directors are in
addition to the above named officers who
are exofficio directors Sam Levy C
C Jones C D Cates J F Johnston
and J W Chaneworth A committee
was appointed to take proper steps to-
ward securing a charter The meeting
adjourned to meet next Monday evening
to perfeot organization
Wieatlierforcl
Special to the Gazette
Wkatherford Tex April 10 The
young society gentlemen of the city gave
a complimentiary hop at tho opera house
last night in honor of Miss Maggie
Mitchell of Taylorsville Ky who is
visiting the family of her uncle Judge
John T Harcourt in this oity A
splendid evening of enjoyment was had
and those in attendance were high in
their praise of the entertainment The
following society ladies and gentlemen
were present Mr and Mrs Gaston
Mitchell Mrs and Mrs A INT Grant
Mr and Mrs W M Carter Mrs C S
Penn Mrs Mary Barradell Miss Maggie
Mitchell of Taylorsville Ky Misses
Blanche Harcourt Leah Couts Ollie
Taylor Lillian Penn Maud Sisk Kittle
Noland Annie Bacon Lucy Johnson
Mollie Cotton Messrs L E Penn Guy
M Harcourt Wright D Taylor F S
Thurston A J Hood Jr S D Con-
ger Dr W C Mullins Evan O
Roberts W K Bell Ralph Penn P
W Price city and P Heaton Ken-
tucky
Mesaers W B Wells and S D Con-
ger are now with the dry goods house of
Munnegen Zaoharias Co of this city
London Wool Sales
London April 10 The wool sales
opened today There were offered 3322
bales There was a good attendance of
jjpme and ioreign buyers Tho
italogues were fairly represented
Prices though slightly lower than
at the proceeding sale exceed-
ed expectations New South Wales
greasy combings were keenly competed
for esnocially by foreign buyers Vic-
toria sooured sold slowly All merinos
showed an average decline of 5 per cent
The better grades of crossbreds were
steady The lower grades deolined 5d
Cape of Good Hope and Natal de-
clined 57 nd Scoured wools were
well competed for There are
112000 bales of New South Wales 31
000 bales of Queensland75000 bales of
Victoria 1400 bales of Tasmania 31000
bales of South Australia 1 10GOO bags of
Swan river 56000 bales of New Zealand
and G000 bales of Cape of Good Hope and
Natal
The following are the Offerings and the
prices obtained
Victoria 15000 balesf Scoured S d
ls Sd scoured looks and pieces Is H
ls 5d greasy 7dis 2 d greasy
looks and pieces 71 < Cdi0d
New South Wales 2100 balesScoured
10 jdlsGd scoured Idoks and pieoes
Is fj d greasy 7 dll d greasy
locks and pieces 3 < far9 CL
Queensland 1200 balps Sooured Is
3 < dls 52d scoured locks and pieces
10dls 3d greasy 50d4il greasy
locks and pieces 5 dSd
South Australia 300 bales Scoured
ll < jdIs 4d scoured locks and pieces
10dls 3d greasy 8d greasy locks and
pieces 5d
New Zealand 1000 bale s Scoured
8dls d scoured locks and pieces
5Ji > d greasy 7 dls greasy locks
and pieceo 7d
Cape of Good Hope and Natal3200
bales Scoured 8dlsGd greasy 6 S
9 d5 greasy locks and pieces o d
A BLACK BliUTE
An Aged Lady in Detroit Mich Assaulted
by Her SonInLaws Coach-
man
Detroit Mich April 11 Mrs
Sarah Sidmore was a victim of a violent
assault yesterday afternoon at the hands
ot Georee Freeman the colored coach-
man of Mrs Sidmores soninlaw
Freeman became enraged at Mrs Sid
more because in lockiug the door ho took
it as a slur on his honesty He grabbed
Mrs Sidmore by the throat and choked
her then stabbsd her in the neck
inflicting a wound whioh it is
thought will terminate fatally Not
satisfied with bis fiendish work the brute
then attempted to criminally assault the
aged lady Freeman left his victim
presumably for dead and resumed his
labors Mrs Sidmore recovered con-
sciousness and gave the alarm and Free-
man was immediately put under arrest
The other members of tho family were
absent at the time of the assault Mrs
Sidmores recovery is doubtful
RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE
Upon tho Death of Robert H Donald at lowls
ville A Band Benefit
Srecisl to the Gazette
Lewisville Tex April 10 A very
large crowd of Lewisville oitizens met
last night at the Masonio hall to be pres-
ent at and participate in a musical con-
cert given by the Lewisville cornet band
which was much enjoyed by all present
It was understood the objeot of this was
to raise funds to help the band boys out
and to this end they charged ten cents
admission and then served oyster soup and
fruit and cake at ten cents a dish all of
whioh yielded the nice little sum of
4925 The musio was good much
better than anyone expected indeed the
general opinion is that the Lewisville
cornet band can play equal to any band
in Texas organized this year 1890
Professor Bane seems in his proper ele-
ment leading a band
J N Kealy left today for Burnet
Tex to the sick or dying bed of his
brother
Rev J J Moore pastor of the Pres-
byterian church here for five vears left
today to attend the Guthrie Presbytery
whioh meets at Whitesboro tonight
Rev Moore goes fullbanded having
colleoted all of his assessments and more
He will bo gone until Monday
Rev Buck Hughes of Dallas is visitiug
in Lewisville this week the guest of
Rev O S Thomas
At a regular communication of Denton
lodge No 201 A F and A M April
5 1890 the following preamble and res-
olutions were unanimously adopted
Whereas It has pleased the Great Architect
of the universe to remove from our midst our
late brother Robert H Donald and
Whereas It is but just that a fitting recogni-
tion of his many virtues be had Robert Hen
derson Donald was born in Ray county Tenn
August 1821 He was the youngest son of
Rev Mathew Domald a minister of the Old
School Presbyterian church He lost his parents
while quite young and was taken to Monroe
county Tenn where he lived five years and
from there to McMinn county where he lived
till 1S3G when he moved to Coosa county Ala
and in 1842 was married to Miss Sarah Francis
Rowe daughter of Rev DanielRowe of Georgia
Of this union thirteen children were born eight
of whom survive him Brother Donald moved
to Texas in 1S32 and settled in Smith county
and iu 1834 moved to Denton county and settled
on his farm which has since been his home He
was made a Mason in Smith cojinty Tex in
IS He assisted in organizing the first
lodge in Denfon county in 1834 at
the old board school house and was a
charter member of Denton Lodge No 201 in 1857
He served the South in time of war being or-
derly sergeant in company C Bourlands regi-
ment and served from the beginning to the
close He served his country in time of peace
He was a member of Ihe Fourteenth legislature
and filled this important office with honor to
himself and the respect of the constituents He
wag several times master of Denton lodge He
was wise in council and skillful in labor
For many years he was the strength and support
of his church In every station in life he acted
his part well
Saturday morning April 5 JS90 he departed
this life therefore be it
Resolved by Denton lodge No 201 A F and
A M that while we bow with humble submis-
sion to the will of the Most High we do not the
less mourn for our brother who has been taken
from us
Resolved that in the death of R H Donald
this lodge laments the loss of a brother who was
ever ready to proffer the hand of aid voice of
sympathy to the needy and distressed of the
fraternity an active member of this society
whose utmost endeavors were exerted for its
welfare and prosperity a friend and companion
who was dear to us all
Resolved that the heartfelt sympathy of this
lodge be extended to his family in their afflic-
tion Resolved that these resolutions be spread
upon the records of this lodge and a copy thereof
be transmitted to the family ot our deceased
brother and a copy to the Fort Worth Gazette
the Denton Chronicle and Lewisville Headlight
for publication M L Braley
J R BOUBLAKD
W D MlLLlKES
Committee
Sentenced to the Workhouse
Memphis Tenx April 10 Charles
S Pullen exsecretary of the taxing
district of Memphis was found guilty to-
day of fraudulent breaoh of trust and
sentenced to thirty days in the work-
house He was also sentenced to fifteen
days in the work house on a former con-
viction An appeal was taken in both
instances and bontl given There now
remain eleven indictments upon which
the exsecretary wftl be tried for larceny
and fraudulent breach of trust
i
FOUT WORTH TEXAS SATURDAY APRIL 12 1890 TWELYE PAGES
1S0HIBITI0N IN IOWA
The Legislature knnkeylng with license law
An Outline of tlu > Bills and Restric-
tions Proposed
Des Molves Iowa April 10 There
seems to be little probability tiiat the
present legislature will disturb IowVs
prohibition law License measures that
have been advocated are practically
dead Tho senate spent today consid-
ering two license bills one by Mr
Schmidt in accordance with the Demo-
cratic platform the other by Mr Law-
rence Republican Both bills were lost
on engrossment All license bills which
have been before the senate have now
either been defeated or indefinitely post-
poned
In the house Mr Schmidt is on the
calendar with a recommendation from
committee of the whole for its indefi-
nite postponement and as the house
stands littyone for prohibition and
fortynine for license there is little hope
there for the bill
The senate bill provided for tho calling
of an election to decide for or auaiust
license or if not elections to be held
every two years If it is decided for
license the power of issuing shall be
given the district court and all appli-
cations must be published for at least
two weeks previous to issuing the license
Remonstrances will be considered by the
court The minimum license fee was
fixed at 500 all of which shall go to the
county and corporations may impose and
collect additional license A 5000
bond must be given by the person
eetting the license for the proper obser-
vation of the law and penalties and eva-
sions are provided
The Lawrence bill provides in a similar
manner for elections nnd if license car-
ries the governor shall appoint three
excise commissioners for the locality
who shall have power to issue or revoke
license The minimum fee isS500 all of
which goes to the oity treasury The
person receiving license must file a bond
for the observance of the law
Restrictions are made that no liquor
should be sold to minors or habitual
drunkards all saloons to open on the
publio streets to be closed by 11 oclock
p m on all days and all day on election
days and Sundays No games are to bo
permitted or soreens or music Per-
mits to manufacture shall be granted in
counties deciding for license Penalties
are prescribed
BROKEN DOWN MENTALLY
Tho Queer Doings of Alonzo B Cornell Ex
Governor of New York
Special to the Gazette
New York April 10 Alonzo B Cor-
nell formerly governor of this state is
missing His disappoarance is causing
serious comment in finanoial oiroles
owing to certain transactions which have
lately come to light and which
are not favorable to Mr Cor
nells business reputation It is
generally known now that he is either
in hiding or has kept out of the way to
avoid the sheriffs officers as judgments
have been entered against him for about
S5000 on promissory notes of which he
was either maker or indorser Half a
dozen judements for various amounts
have been obtained against the governor
and It is also reported in banking circles
that he has issued a great deal of bis own
paper and secured discounts for it here
and there The general beliof is that a
large amount of such paper is
either now outstanding protested
or waiting maturity Some of
tho governors intimate friends have
said that the reason for his peculiar busi-
ness transactions is due to what they be-
lieve is mental prostration and that sort
of overbalancing of the mind whioh
comes from overwork and mental strain
He seemed to have visions respecting the
negotiation of business schemes of vast
magnitude which his friends knew per-
fectly well were purely imaginary His
manner has been nervous and con-
strained and he has become irritable
very loquaoious and has been seen going
around the streets talking to himself in a
nervous and excited manner Some of
his relatives state his transactions also
have been so peculiar that they have
confirmed the fears his friends have of
his mental condition
SIE GEOEGE M PULLMAN
He Visits Wichita Falls and Is More than
Pleased with What He Sees and Hears
Wichita Falls Tex April 101S90
To the Gazette
Among the many visitors here yester-
day was Mr George M Pullman of
Chicago the president of the Pullman
palace car company Mr Pullman and
family were en ronte to Denver from Hot
Springs The party was met here by
Superintendent R G Duucan of the
Fort Worth and Denver rail-
way who accompanied them
north This is Mr Pullmans first
trip through this portion of Texas He
is largely interested in both the Fort
Worth and Denver and the Wichita Val-
ley Line now being built west from this
point
Mr Pullman like all others who visit
this seotion was agreeably surprised and
much pleased at the progress made in
this section in the way of farming
When he was informed by a high official
of the Denver road that this county had
made an average of twentyfive bushels
of wheat to the acre last year and an
average of twentytwo bushels in 1888
with 80 per cent of the soil in cultiva-
tion sod land the first crop he remarked
That beats anything ever done In the
way of wheat raising in the United
States
Mr Pullman said Gen Dodge had
induced him to invest in tho road and
he always had great faith in the generals
judgment and now that he was here and
could see for himself the products of tho
country and progress made in so short a
time he was fully convinced that Gen
Dodge made no mistake in recommending
this portion of Texas as a farming coun-
try
The party spent half an hour in
looking over tho Wichita Falls
country exhibit of products at
the emigration headquarters ask-
ing questions in regard to the country
in general and seemed to take great
interest in this section Mr Pullman
tood with him in his private car samples
T
of Wiohlta county wheat oats and corn
to show to his friends North saying he
would try to enlighten them on the
Texas of today No doubt Mr Pull-
man s trip through this section will result
iu good for Texas in general He is a
man of large means and influence and
now that he has seen the country and
its advantases he can speak by the
card In leaving he remarked to the
writer that if tho farmers of
the Northwest knew what Texas was and
how easy it was to secure a home they
would not be long in coming bore
Nothing soemed to surprise or impress
Mr Pullman more than to learn tho
prices received here by the farmers for
their products When we told him that
wheat brought within two cents or the
Chicago market corn forty cents and
oats thirtyfive cents he couldnt quite
understand it until it was explained that
we had a home market that our surplus
found ready sale in the cotton sugar and
lumber districts of our own state as well
as having a water outlet ou the coast
Great is Texas sure enough said
Mr Pullman as he pulled out
for the North 1 am more than glad
I came around this way Wouldnt have
missed the trip for anything
Mr Pullman is a well preserved good
looking old gentleman of about fifty
five very pleasant man to talk to nnd
like all Yankees will ask questions is a
good listener very unassuming much
easier to converse with than many 40 a
month clerks puts on less red tape than
many of his conductors and is more
easily approached In this country he
is plain Mr Pullmen notwithstanding
the fact the queen of England gave him
the title of Sir Pullman
The Pullman Brothers are self
made men thorough Americans
and have illustrated the fact that men
are made not born The Pullmans
count their wealth by the millions and
they are still in the harness giving em-
ployment to thousands of men and while
they make the public pay for it they give
good service and have an excellent sys-
tem
MEXICAN MATTERS
Raising Money for a Hallway Connection A
Suspect Arrested Men of Prominence
Expected Note3 of Interest
Special to the Gazette
Citv of Mexico April 10 The citi-
zens of Durango are raising money for the
construction of railway to unite that oity
with Huntingtons International
A small section of the southwestern
part of the oity is overflowed by waters
from the canal which was kept at a
hieh water mark by the new steam navi-
gation company to the detriment of the
poor classes of the city
The council authorized the purchase in
Chicago of a large amount of necessa-
ries
Garay minister to Italy died today
The difficulties in the state of Guerrero
are settled and peace is absolute
A person coming from Acapulco and
registering by the name of Baron Paulan
was arrested on suspicion of being Ey
randwhopihe resembles but was re-
leased there beiug no positive proof but
the general opinion is that he is Eyrand
and it is known he left tho steamer at
Ataculpo having paid fare to Panama
On tho steamer he is still watched
Ministers and legation of BrazilGuate
mala and Japan are expected here within
a few days
Tho Mexican press club committee
called on the Workingmens union and
secured their aid to work in favor of
abolishing the importation on foreign
printing paper
Gen Carillo with the Twefth and
Twentyfourth infantry and Eleventh
cavalry will formally open the campaign
against the Yaqui Indians on the 15th
inst Col Torres will command irregu
lar troops in the campaign
Norther blowing in the gulf
ILLEGALLY MATED
A Couple Taken In at Anson Who Had Eloped
from Kentucky
Correspondence of the Gazette
Anson Tex April 9 About four
months ago a couple arrived in Anson
and gave the name of Mr and Mrs R
B Ray men claiming they were from
the state of Missouri A few weeks ago
letters were received here by the Masonio
fraternity from Carrsvilie Ky inquir-
ing for C B Sharp and Mrs Lena
Lemons who had eloped from that
place Investigation developed the fact
that Mr and Mrs Raymenwere the par-
ties sought and last night Sheriff Gynn
arrested them Sharp was as sullen
as a bull and refused to say
anything but was lodged in jail The
woman was carried to the residence of
the sheriff and there told it all She
says her husband was an old batchelor
She was forced to marry him against her
will and never loved him in the least
Notwithstanding Sharp had a wife and
three children she could love him and
turn her back on her husband and two
children and flee to Texas Here she has
lived content with her illicit love until tho
law steps in and says this thing must stop
She now seems very penitent and ex-
presses some anxiety to return to the
husband and children she so cruelly de-
serted
They were well received here in the
bost society and the woman served as
organist frequently on religious occa-
sions Sharp is a lawyer and had per-
fected a partnership with Dan M Jones
for the practice of law here
Our people are very indignant over the
way they were taken in by these two ad-
venturers and some have gone so far as
to intimate that a good lariating would
not be amiss
The examining trial will take place
this evenincr
Clarendon
Correspondence of the Gazette
Clarendok Tex April 9 Work on the new
courthouse in Clarendon ia progressing nicely
The new bank building will be ready for occu-
pancy In a few days The Masons will have a
hall in the upperstory Messrs Trontman
Bros of Trinidad have begun work on a new
brickyard here This is the second brickyard to
begin work in Clarendon They propose to put
brick on the cars here at 7 per 1000
Another brick building for Clarendon has bq
comean assured fact Col JJ Dobbswfll
bnild a 50x100 feet twostory brick during the
summer at the crossing of Sully and First
streets
Quite a number of cattle are beginning to be
moved on the Fort Worth and Denver and the
management of the road have brought in three
additional large enrinea for the service
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YOL XIV jNO IS2
TKUE EDUCATION
A Comparison of the Commou Schools
and Schools not Common
To Have a Government Of For and By the Peo
l > Ie tho Voter Must Understand tho
Needs of the Whole People
For the Gazette
The greatest value and virtue ot the
common school in comparison with all
schools not common consists in tho com-
munity life there awakened and nour
ished whioh makes up the indispensable
foundation of a republican form of gov-
ernment In order to vote justly and to
make good laws and to exercise the
right influence one must have an abiding
senso of the charncter aud needs of the
pocple of whom bo forms an integer and
for whom he lives In orde to have a
government of the peoplo for th >
people and by the people the sovereign
unit of the people the voter must un-
derstand tho needs of tho whole people
Thus the social factor in a republican
education stands above all other factors
in importance No course of study
however elaborate no methods or teach-
ers can instruct pupils in their duties
toward all without the presence in tho
school of a representative of all grades
of society and of all phases of religious
and politionl thought The common
school is the practice and preparation
school of tho nation it Is the govern-
ment in embryo the infant republic
Virtue becomes living and active only by
the constant necessity of and exercise in
virtuous acts Tho poor are not al-
ways with a high class private school
Human sympathy whioh springs from a
mutual understanding lies at the foun-
dation of our government and the gar-
den and nursery of that sympathy and
understanding is tho common sohool
The real danger of all schools not com-
mon belOw tho college both parochial
and private is the segregation of one
class of children in a community Tho
product of sucll seggregation is lack
ot true sympathy misunderstanding
Classbuilding has for its inevitable se-
quence dislike hate and bigoted intol-
erance all of which make a true demo-
cratic feeling impossible There is no
danger whatever in the religion per so
taught in any private school tho sole
danger springs from tho lack of active or
applied religion which consists in tho
doctrine taught by the Master Little
children love one another Convincing
proofs of the effects of seggregation of
classes are not far to seek they fill the
worlds history
Indeed the seggregation of classes in
the same community has always been the
one tremendous problem of all absolute
monarchies and centralized governments
in the preservation of their power So
long as oivilized opinion allowed it tho
simple and cheap plan of keeping the so
called lower classes in utter ignor-
ance produced the desired result When
Germany the first nation to lead gave
her people publio educationthe difficulty
became far greater It was overcome
however by class schools making free a
kind of pauper school called the Volka
Shule Thus the stratified condition
of the people upon which alone a mon-
archy oan rest was perpetuated Com-
mon schools would change any monarchy
on earth into a republic in two genera-
tions A people oan be intellectually
educated by seggregation out of all
sympathy for each other
Moral or true education is only possi-
ble in schools where the demands aro
constant for the exercise of every virtue
Known to the highest Christian or ethical
life Our forefathers with a divine
prescience laid the foundations of the
one system of schools that can in any-
way overcome the bigotry intolerance
and hate that hayo filled human life with
misery and made history the rficord of
ono long bloody struggle
No one can cr s the line into Cdnada
without feeling the sharpest change in
the moral atmosphere The air is filled
with intense sectarian hate that looks
and feels like war Canada has excel-
lent publio schools but they are not com I
mon In a fatal hour the government
divided the school fund between Catho
lics and Protestants and the result is
that the one thing that children learn j
with all their hearts is to hate the other
side It is readily seen that a republic
of Canada is impossible just so long
as this sad state of thinzs continues
Either the means of democratic growth i
the conditions for a strong central power j
or internecine war must come
To any student of progress our owni
nation furnishes countings examples of
the effect of common schools A few of j
the most evident may be given
Fifty years ago a believer in womans
suffrage was looked upon as the rankest
kind of a fanatic an abolitionist not oxJ
cepted Today there are few intellij
gent men in this great nation who do
not believe that women have as much
genuine right to vote as men there aref
exceptions to be sure aud it would be
interesting to know whether such men
ever attended mixed schools What has
wrought this wonderful change Sittingi
and working side by side boys and girlsf
in the common schools All the elo
quence of an Anthony a Stanton or aj
Willard cannot equal the immense pracj
tical value of commnnity sohool life
where the equality of the sexes is practi
oally argued day by day and week DyJ
week
It would be hard to find a Catholic ml
this country the son or grandson of anl
immigrant educated in our common
schools and there are millions who isf
not a zealous supporter of our commonj
school system It is a great mistake toj
suppose that the majority of Catholics
are opposed to common schools and it is
still greater mistake to think that anyj
religion is at the bottom of the opposi-
tion to common education The oppo
sition is a genuine product of old worlc
ideas ideas that have dominated tht
world for ages It has Its origin deep if
the roots of time It is the representa
tive on this continent of central govern-
ment versus democracy The aristo
crats parvenu and hereditary carrj
on the same exclusiveness by private
schools It is unfair to put the burder
of opposition upon Catholic Every pai
rent who has a son or daughter too gocti
to mix with the hoi polloi is a praej
tical opponent of common schools
F W Paiucer Englewood 111
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