Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
A Characteristic Letter from Sunset
Cox--Hls Description Of a
Drive in Turkey.
A Bit Of History in the Life Of Secre
tary Lamar--G George Alfred
Townsend.
The Beau Brummei OF wasbInaton-- A
stenographio Hfacitine--A Won
derfui Invention.

From 0ur Regular Correspondent
WAsHINGToN, May 1.-The following
letter has recently been received from
Minister Cox by personal friend in this
city. II gives his experience at blowing
In Turkey: "Mrs. Cox drove me out--I
mean coachman did--upon the grand
hills and into the superb valleys that
suburb this city. There are, be 1t known,
fine farms and gardens plenty upon these
hills. From them one may overlook
ASIA and almost Africa. Well, we saw
man, q full-breasted, wcll-turbaned
Turk, With goud and sash Of endless
length, driving two noble oxen--descend-
ants OF the OK which forded here with
Europa many centuries ago; worthy to
be sacrificed to JoVe, who had retired
behind Olympus seventy miles away
when \ took the plow-handlei There
was only one handle. Ceres smiled
seriously. | haw'd and gee'd the oxen,
but they did not understand the lingo OF
Ohio cattle. Box and Cox Is an old
farce, but OK and Cox--wcll, brought
out OF that field more mud than Cincln-
natus did when he left the only share
he took stock In, and made Rome howl
Tor him as a patriot and cult
My shoeblack charged me piasters
extra for the soil / did not turn up, ex-
cept on my boots. And this from the
farmers friend, Just from the Isclatlc
court, and In view OF an Asciatlc, who re-
garded my effort with an earthly gravity
ESTABLISHMENT, there arc splendid drives
about bere. Indeed, some say the Turks
themselves will have a dryel The war
seems imm inent May 1. The armlstice
lasts TIL then. The Serbs are mad cause
they were licked, the Russians mad
because they did not help the prince lick
them, and the Turk looks on and says.
"Kismet!p He will have TO leave some
time.
One OF the strangestand queerest sights
on the streets OF Washington Is a young
fellow who dresses In the most eccentric
and extrayagant fashion. lie wears a
pair OF boots with heels fully four inches
high. His coat sleeves are so long that
they cover the tips Of his fingers, and
even beyond that be has pair OF enor-
nous cuffs, This young man Is son Of
wealthy parents and Is generally regarded
as being trlfie off. One OF his peculiar
tiles liz u love with his own figure. He
thinks he Is the hAndsomest man alive.
He rents an Office in an uptown building
to which no one save only favored few
are admitted. :. This room he has |
arranged so that walls and ceilings |
are entirely covered with mir |
rors. Strange stories are told of the
young mans actions In this apartment.
IL Is said he will remain there for hours
admiring himself as reflected ln the glass,
all the while cutting up the most extraor.
binary antics. On the street he never
looks to the right nor to the left. He
never speaks 70 anyone unless first adj.
dressed. Several times he has been
guyed by young fellows, who thought
they could have lark at his expense.
In each and every instance thoy have been
soundly thrashed, for he is one of the
most expert aud scientific sparIers In the
city. This man Is one OF Washngton's
most notable oddities.
~.
Galusha a. Grow Of Pennsylvania. who
was speaker OF the house thirty years
ago, lisa familiar figure In the lobby of
Wizards hotel, He has his eye on MIR.
MitchelPs seat In the senate. Incidentally
nc Is supposed to be Interested IN tariff
legislation, and will fight the Morrison
bill In the ways and means committee.
The following interesting incident In
the congressional history OF Secretary
Lamar Is thus interestingly told by Col.
j. ID. Elliott; "Sam Randall deserved
infinite credit for the successful parlia.
mentary fight he made ON the Force bin.
but without Lamar's assistance the battle
would have been lost He said TO Lamar.
who fought with equal courage and ahln.
ty In the crisis of the controversy, thathe
could XII time no longer by an appeal to
the rules. Both, for three days and nights
mad gone without sleep or rest. Lamar
staggered under the remark OF Randall,
ana N Inc spirit OF desperation, in a brief
recess OF the house, wandered through
tho corridors, he knew not where.
Quite TO his surprise he found himself
In the presence OF Blaine, who rallied him !
ON his detected, haggard locks, and In !
qnired the cause. lie renlafs ed that the !
game was ended--the South must 70 un. !
der. Blaine, who was at heart opposed )
10 the act, asked him why he did not call :
Tor the reading OF the three days proceed '
ings, which right could not be denied To 7
4 member AS quick az thought no has- I
tened back to Randall aud reported the r
result. The call for the reading was then v
nade,whch would of itself have consumed s.
lver half days time and thereby closed V
no session, when tho adversary, per- II
'elving tho advantage thus gained, sur. a.
endored the contest, The lght was U
'oandoned aud the victory won.h W
- -
George Alfred Townsend, who Is com. a
monty known as "Gath,n Is probably the ~,
most successful newspaper man I'm the ~
United States. The Cincinnati ENQUIRER ~
ays him $1,000 year for certain nun. y,
er Of letters week, and II is estimated IN
nat MS income from newspaper work N,
lone Is not less than $4,000 per annum =,
Is strange fact that 80 successful n e.
ewspaper man never reyiscs his matter
tier debating II. He travels through "a
70 country, visiting the principal cities -
iyeral times each year, and In every m
rominent city he has a stenographer In m
nom he reposes the utmost confidence. Al,
9 usually works in the afternoon, say va
ON 4 to O'Clock, and Ia that time W M n,
ctate from five to eight thousand words. mi
he mas q wonderful faculty for dlcta- 4,
ng, and Is well prlmed with the facts In mn
g subject which he Is handling. In cr
aed his fund Of information Is mex.
.ustlblc When the 5tenographsr has -,
tanned the maximum limit at letter, Inv
y nom two to three thousand words. ~
r. Townsend Will stop talking, but tni M
at period is reached he never hesitases NJ
his dlctation
There Is no doubt that "Gath'sn name bo
worth considerable TO the papers TO
hich he contributes, aud they can wen IN
ford 10 Pay him the enormous salary for m
8 productions, which are eagerly read de
an appreciatiye public. pc
-.
The most important novelty shown at W,
0 Turiu exhibition ~ the stenographlc W,
lchine OF Signor A. Michela, which is OF
scflhed In the Journal 81 the Society OF tn