Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-21

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handsome dover from her hArd-"orAinA
father.
An, that dover
on. THOSE MARRIAGE sErrLhNhNis'
Letters from London received several
months ago informed me Of the PROBABLE
breaking OF Of the Cairns Grantesponsals,
on account of the MISUNDERSTANDING
which existed regarding the wealth OF
both. Since his fathers death Cairns mas
been spending money at a rate whieh
would better suit the bank account oi the
house OF Dudley than the house OF Cairns.
I Lord Cairns, the elder, was piouss
man, a PRESBYTERIAN, l think, ana
always lived quiet, Sou'ieaL'
! Ing life. HIS residences were only
two, one q town house opposite the Sou'n
Z Kensiugton museum, and the otheI
[ beautiful marine villa at Bournemou'h'
In his win he left choice between these
two houses 10 his wife Tor her nome t0e
other TO be sold She elected LOT neI
Bournemouth residence, and the mousse az
South Kenslngton was Immediately Pul
upon the market. Garrnoyle was sent 70
Sindhurst for military efucaton' out 4
believe did not complete the course the
Fortescue AFFAIR coming up 10 prevent. IN
addition 10 the 5000 paid the
wronged actress, Gsrmoyle's foreign
tour. taken while the arrangements 10
settle the breach Of promise case were
being made, was very costly. While tne
foolish fellow was abroad his father died,
aud the boy was not able 10 secure part
ing blessing from the learned man 70
whom be had given such useless annoy
ance. Since he has come into the title
his extravaganza has been OF the widest
kind, He paid seycra-yr thousand dollars
for flowers TO decorate his carriage In the
promenade Of the Flower Battle az Nice
last year; but / believe the general I'M
preston was that Miss Grant was
an srchi million heiress, and
that anything Cairns chose TO
order would be paid Tor out OF the brides
fortune. Dickens, with that wonderful
knowledge he had OF the many
CURIOUS PHASES or ENGLISH LIE,
has gwen rs two characters who married,
each under the impress lion that the other
WAS rich. Thevare Mr. aud Mrs Veneer,
and having become perfectly and dis
gustedly aware Of how great an impOSlor
each has been to the other, they, for the
mutual interest, Join forces 20 deceive the |
world and make IL suppose them tc be |
real mahogany. A young American girl 1
whom | know. was married in London 4
TWO years ago to q young Englisbmau she /
had me. on the Pacific coast The course I
Of their true love was uuruihed 4
until Il reached the rock Of the marriage
settlement. She had 500, 900; n nad ,
nothing but his pay as an army officer, /
aud yet his family wanted 10 compel her 1
to make q settisment by which, In the /
event Of herself aud husband dying with /
out issue. the brides money was TO 60 .
10 the husbands family. Naturally, the /
girl desired the money to 90 TO her own /
people, for, though she had atidy little for
tune herself, like a good many OF the rest
Of Us she boasted Of poor relations galore. /
They settled the matter by spl Lifting the /
so that the two families should /
divide, in case, and so forth. Fortunately, /
old Dame Nature-that rollicking old 4
settled that settlement in |
one course, and is clInchlng II by repeti- |
ton.
The hand of sympathy in these frizzlinc
days! Like Jack at sea In a storm, whU
pities all those poor folks on shore to-
night, so we New Workers, ourselves u
the various stages Of broiling, roasting, |
frying, wonder how you in the interior
stand these liberties taken by that uppish !
party, the thermometer on, the whit, |
heat of IL, Nothing to do really nothing /
but TO fy to the rivers or the sound, and |
there imbibe such cooling airs as are
youchsafed US from off the bosom OF tho !
white and shining wave. Once get on a |
boat and the thermometer falls, in your
own individual case, TO a bearable point |
A. I 20 I
take the nearest ferry at hand, and after |
ten or flfteen minutes delicious floating
ind myself
AT ASTORIA,
8 grewsome little town of poverty, with !
here aud there handsome house and
grounds rising to view amid luXuriant
shrubbery The place has the worst pos
sible reputation for malaria, and the dark
marshes which abound tell their own tale
20 the vision and to the eliactorles, Pre-
sumsbly Astoria belongs TO the Aston
family; but 1t may only derive Its name
from a senseless rechristening, after the
region Of peltry In far northern
attitudes, where the original As
tor laid the ground plan OF his colossal
belongings. Part OF Astoria Is now
called Steinway, and the celebrated firm
u
factory there. This year an attempt has
been made to secure a portion OF the
summer custom Of city-heated patrons
by the opening OF a bathing beach cal ed
BOwERN Ray
An infelicltous name, think. There is
quite enough Bowery in New York. But
twenty minutes ride aud only 10 cents
fare are potent attractions to many thou
sands Of people in this great metropolis.
Thus 1t Is that Bowary Bay is crowded
daily, and the Astoria ferry does
thriving trade. Crossing the
river one gets a splendid view OF
the now shattered Hell Gate, over
whose ruin tall iron tower rises, bear
Ing upon its apex four maryelously brill
liant electric lights The penal islands,
Blackwell's, Randalrs, Wards, with the
imposing architecture which Is demanded
by The nature Of their population, fasci.
nate the eye which tries TO peer amid
their mysteries, as the boat gliaes
swiftly past their banks. It
THESE WONDERFUL WATERWAYS