Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-09
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n Glory. The PARKS anu
= Y. y, esv with the yellow blossoms
y s, sIs aud the white splendor q
|''is, ol,ss The peach and apple
Y S,oom. and the capital city is
y s s@en ii It's greatest beauty.
serc plautcd along the parked
as y, var "sls AGO have grown to goodly
y and spead their foliage
aen' Sidewalks. No city IN
u.s States presents so
ValM snec. az Washington. One
u 49, what to most admire
, ,ny as straight as arrows,
IN shade trees, the green
e na circles that meet the gaze
no stately public buildings,
q ,,sgspce of private residences,
's,inl society, or the softness OF
~ here everything is utopian.
4 fast growing IN CONNER
,er,ance. Within the past
+. .pvs enterprises have been started
n. gs n thls brief space are now on
4 basis, Building was never so
IA as soon as the strikes are
anrdreds Of houses now in course
son viii be finished, and no one
& I'M, the end OF the impetus thus
a tails direction.
wi
york Of painting the historic fresco
.o,uuda Of the capitol has appar-
u 'me h full stop. "There Is not
4 enough to 90 around" says the
n ma WORK is designed to illustrate
+ lam The history of the new world.
: "a see Columbus and his followers;
S,spes depicting bargains struck
Y Indians for their lands; then fol
II glorious war for Independence,
n second struggle with England.
7 ,Yuthe Mexican war form the next
N and then the eye runs into a
sDace What is to be done with
,.bsinlng space? This is the missing
history, and the artist exclaims,
~ a Italian and English, Gee In
4 M used; zee soldiers all gone,
N n lie rs waiting for sugges-
An emancipation panel was
"a q. but was discarded as objec-
Finally Architect Clark and
I'm Spoford put their heads to-
TO create an idea for the
|scstaggini. They suggested first
Z psentalion of the discovery Of
nd California, This did not suit the
: bus Italian. Then Mr.. Spofford
Y Ia to idealizo the driving of the
rs he 10 the Union Pacific railroad
suggestion met with similar
bic tragic assassination of Lin
"a d Garfield was proposed, but Cos
was struck with horror by this,
now been iurloughed. He ha:
search Of au idea and we hope hi
Nil
strious congre Ssman has invented
calls a ''dummy key racket III
r. OBJ Of the large hotels. He Is {
ood.nAtured fellow, and his room
+ iendezyous of many friends WHIT
pAEtake OF his hospitality. Thi
i-essy fashion Of turning his room
clubhouse was altogether too ultr
genial representative, and he hi
p following plan to forestall hi
iols. He noticed that visitor
after boarders In the hote
looked at the key-boxes back 0
rk's desk. If the key was gon
was probably in, but II the Ike
3Atae plgeon-hole it was safe TO as
|nat he was out. SO the fes
Congressman had a DUNN
q made which is Away
box except at a yer
uf at night, when the clerk re
! only to replace II next morning
eme has worked TO a charm, an
H. o. having 1t patented as a sci
s. y 70 bis fellow members.
y the past mouth a Brooklyn pho
n et has been making Il great dei
Y here by producing spirit pit
Ne has had a great ran Of cu'
and his place on G street
daily with those who desil
ls OF his work. He makes
snd cells the negative all for s.
not a very exOrbitaht price fc
more ghosts Of youe dead rel
AmoEg his customers are nun
lAay senator's and representative,
se holding high official position
several extraordinary phenor
v been Witnessed at the res
u q number of society poop
Y altogether splritualism has b
y only the sensation, but Il
esn' temperance of LETTERS,
pubic life recalls his form
N Washington. He lived he
W 2 1861, during which time
ae United States senate.
aAlng with former clerk in q
1slnept he told me some int
~ lalseences during the career
,aNh as secretary OF va
Gays Mr. Davis lived
near Eighteenth. It was
Z: reach the department befc
a soon as he entered
y would make tour of all
zee i the clerks had left tn
<. goa condition, II the desk
x. .'.. -'pttans,e fellow was found
\ : note was made Of u and
llcly censurod.
w was looked upon as a mai
gnleial career, and was one
yslrnatic heads The depaftm,
M IRON until 4 he remain
= "oiki and there was not I
S ,s Of The department W
W va, was not perfee tlg familiar.
ee't dislike for Gen. Sec
constantly undniug
me latter. Though STR
c nas eminently Just and
Nsrks always received {
a. MS hands. His success
, ~, vas good politician.
q Of no executive abilI
N 'nass OF the war depastm
q. 7 y such : condition that II I,
o,ss " pai the machinery in g
a..
: ,ss q. y on foot TO rid the caplto
e ~ q, news and ple-stauds wi
,rs. me approaches 70 the no
I u, ~ ~ has always been d sou
4 Fay these eye-sores were
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