Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-19
NEWS AND NOTES.
A daughter Of Carat, Marie Antolnetto's
isic teacher, died in Paris few days


A daughter Of Carat, Marie Antolnetto's
music teacher, died in Paris few days
ago,
Mrs. Pickett, the widow Of the Confed.
crate general who led Lees "forlOrn
hope" at Gettysburg, has been given
place In the Interior department.
A measurement Of heads In Great Brit
ain reveals the fact that Gladstone wears
"A hat, Lord John Russell "a; John
Bright ~ and the prince Of Wales
How utterly insignificant do these skulls
appear In comparison with that Of the
president OF the United States, who calls
for M
Chow Ju Tien, Chinese Buddhist
priest Is IN New York, on his third visit
TO the United States. He IL eighty years
old. AS well as being priest Of high or
der he Is Il physician. Every ten years he
visits America and stays about a year.
The other nine years he passes in other
countries, making the circuit OF the
world
A barrel, weighted as II would about
be with three bodies inside, is TO be sent
experimentally over the Horseshoe Falls
by two men now on the ground or In the
vicinity. II the barrel does not remain
too long under water and thus indicate
the hopelessness Of the feat, then the men
will 90 over the falls themselves In the
barrel.
The test Of good poetry, as Of good
wine, an English critic says, Is not analy-
sis, but taste and he adds: "a collec-
tlon Of really good poetry made by good
crltlc--such as Palgreve's Golden Treas
uTy'--helps more TO elevate the popular
standard Of poetic excellence and TO fix
an absolute standard than any quantity
OF ingenious analysis, In the details OF
which probably no two critics agree"
Senator Jones OF Florida, In a letter to
a friend In Washington, denies that he
had any desire or intention OF marrying
or wanting to marry the young lady In
ID ,troit, and assigns as his reasons for
remalng away from the senate that he
wanted rest and recreation, and that, In
his opinion, there was no place upon the
American continent more delightful than
Detroit. He viii return to Florida, so
the letter says, about December /.
As the schooner q. Coke was coming
down the PatuXent river, Md, something
was seen In the water which, at distance,
looked like large serpent crossing the
river. A near view led the crew to de.
clare that II was horned serpent. When
the vessel drew still nearer the monster
turned and made directly for the o, Coke
and the crew got out poles aud pixies IL
repel boarders. They were not used, fol
the animal proved TO be gray squirrel
which was taken, tired out, from TIN
water and given his liberty on tn
schooner
Col. Ploetz OF Greifswald, Germany
the eminent naturalist, has committed
suicide by taking poison. In the lette
which he lett he stated as reason TO
his desperate act the fact that he wa
threatened with total blindness, and tina
the certainty OF being deprived of Sigh
within u few weeks, and thus becoming
unable to continue his studies, made lifI
no longer desirable for him. He adde,
: that he felt he had right, in his seventy
third year, to put an end to an existenc
I that was,no longer of any use to himsel
or TO his fellow men. Only week befor
he had sold his magnificent collection O
butterflies, probably unequaled anywhere
u In the floral representation of Ger
4 Grants tomb at the state fair at Philade
:. phla about one hundred barrels of flow
ers were used. Its dimensions are sal
to correspond exactly with those OF tn
3 original tomb. The mounds about tn
r floral tomb are beautifully sedden, an
r. In them are planted several large palm
Al to represent the trees at Riverside parl
The main covering Of the tomb is mad
~ OF hydrangeas, the masonry line bein
Ie marked by ridge OF plnks and whit
Q. asters. The front OF the tomb IL tast
- fully arranged, the btickwork, the gat
y with the letter "Gr surrounded by
III wreath on IL, and the cross above u
ut keystone being represented IN aster
II many.colored roses, tube roses, dahlia
=, moss and maiden-halr fern, The case Z
=. the casket inside is seven feet long al
vi three tett wide, aud Is composed of
OF drangeae, dahlias and asters, trimm,
"a with roses. The inscription, "U.
=, Grant. Died July %, 1857 Is work
Nv In purple lmmortelles. The stain
or glass window in the back part OF
er tomb is represented In old gold and cri
IL son and white dahhas. The whole I
a. sign is sixteen feet long, fourteen Il
:" wide and fourteen feet high.