Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-28

lIonaire, IA plain, commonplace IN ap
pearance, having light hair, closely cut
blue-gray eyes, forld complexion and tn
air u country merchant He Is YER
quiet, IL particularly hospltable, and Ike
20 have few lively fellows about him, q
whose rallies and stories he feebly laughs
Nine. Patti, according 10 Fraueir
Louisa Lauw, deliberately proposed u
the Msfquis dc Caux; not he 70 her. one
evening while they were sitting chatting
alone he innocently mentioned that Parii
reported them TO be engaged--and b.
| laughed every well-why nof
should be very happy, I am sure" re
| turned Adelna; ana, with some pleased
coniusidn, the marquis accepted he hanc
then aud taere.
Two gentlemen OF Bay City, Mich, went
10 q apirituallstic seance and agreed "a
| pay 81 each IL allowed 10 converse with
| departed friends whom they could recog-
nize. One called for the spirit Of bis sls-
ter Nelly, and II came aud spoke TO him.
/ The other asked for his uncle John, and
WAS astonlshed at hearing mis- relatives
voice In the darkened room. The first
man never had q sister, and the other
mans uncle was not dead.
Henry Bergh says that when be first
began the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals movement the only
donations he received came In 81 or So
lots. Later on 500 checks began TO take
away his breath, but now immense for
tunes float around his way, aud he gath
ers them into the society'g exchequer
without any excitement. Speaking Of the
contest OF Miss Welton's VIII, Just decld.
ed In his favor, he said: at has already
cost the contestants $4,000, and think
THEY will not appeal"
Michael Munkacsy, the famous artist, is
just now the lion Of New York. He Is
stopping at the Hoffman house, this man,
who, when boy sixteen years Of age,
aud carpenters apprentice, worked
with plane and brush at Bekesvar, early
and late, In cold and wet, OF en-, as he
says, with the skin Of his hands broken
and bleeding from hard work aud expo
sure. Since the age Of manhood, life has
shown the sunny side to him, and his title
to Immortality Is now considered better
assured than any living painter. His name
ID pronounced "Mooukathee.n
Barthold's statue has been called the
largest IN the world. This is not so.
The Afghan boundary commissioners
have discovered two colossal statues OF
Buddha at Bantam, on the high road he
tween Cabul and Balkh, Of which the
larger Is l73 feet high. They were cut
IRON the solid rock at least eighteen hum
dred years ago, ana are believed TO have
been originally covered with metal. The
height OF the Bartholdl statue from the
top Of the pedestal to the torch is 81
ieet. IL would be very easy to put
twenty-five foot hat on the goddess, how
ever, and thus exceed the works of the
anCi-nt heather.
There are IN Paris over 10000 people
who make their living out Of rag gath
ering and burrowlng In the ash bins Of
the city, and many more who are depend
ent Indirectly on the rag industry. I'm
like their professional brethren in Lon
don, they have not taken TO rag gathering
as necessity when everything else had
iailed They are organized ana knit to-
gether Ike any cooperative or Industrial
society, and are divided into two great
classes of workers--diurnal and nuctur-
nal. The nocturnal breed begin TO apply
their work about II O'clock They NAV
be seen going from street to
street carrying a huge bas.
ket on their backs, and with a Ian
tern In one hand and an iron hook
called crotchet In the other. They walk
smartly along the gutter, look keenly
about their feet, and now and then pick
mp something with the crotchet and pitch
IL into the hottle, or basket. They stop
AZ every dustbox, and after ransackng it
to their hearts content proceed on to the
next The weaker and younger members
Of the fraternity work at home. The rag
gatherers have special beats In the streets.
When chiffonlur wishes to retire he sells
the good viii Of his business to his sue
Iessor before he gives up his medal.
Every master chiffonler has certain
number Of plckers attached TO him. He
pays mem by piece work. The daily
iar1lngs of the craft vary from Is. to
Is. Ga.