Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-07
Alexander Graham Bell and His Riches
---What the Telephone Has
Done for Him,
Ex.Presidenl Arthur's Quiet Life So
cial Charities OF wathinglon
ADIa,@ona Nee klace.
Frescoine About On ,,,,s s.,,.er
cinidren on the W.
sim Scare.
nom onr regnlAr rorrosnnnannl.

From our regular Correspondent. KAN,
n WASHINGTON, Feb. o. ar o
Graham Bell l. very rich mar. s \
!, all his relatives lie Is TO bccon,NaA
!, o an Important telephone suit, ana VIII,
ia cannot be deprived of his prcRen
AN es, yet his future income is very
nnrA IN doubt should the ease 30
eqnins. Bell and his friends the people Of
Inc coun try viii get cheaper telephone
service. Az I'd the Golfers OF great mo-
nopoly win no longer be stuffed fun to
oyernowlng. Bell Is handsome Can.
adam and enjoys the luxury Of the hand
soonest house n Washington, for which
he paid Sia0, 900. He IL well-built man,
with black hair and beard Just beginning
20 turn gray and Ice has young-looking
face.
rhe interior Of his home is superb,
everywhere you are surrounded by rare
paintings, WAGER colors and etclEngs, and
the furniture Is marvel of taste, The
library, which is Just off tive main en-
trance, is model room, and contains
many rare works The bindiag OF the
books Is OF the highest perfecsiun, and
you almost fear 70 touch the covers
| Many OF the chairs are of carved sandal
Bells house is a little cottage which he
bought from Andrews, the artist, where
he teaches deaf children
| Two OF the cherubims on the frcscoed
walls Of one OF the senate committees
have tho faces of JEFF Ravis' two chill.
dren. AT the time the froscolng was done
\ Mr.. Davis was secretary CT war, lie
desired Gen. Meigs, then in charge OF the
capitol, to have Brumidl paint the chill
dren's faces. IL Is also said that the face
OF Davis appears conspicuously in the
canopy above the rotunda. The son OF
Gen. Megs, pretty golden-haired hey.
/ does duty az cherubim also, Ia company
with little girl, the daughter of Mr..
Walter, at one time the architect at the
capitol. Mr.. Walters likeness IL also
there, as is that OF Robert Morris, the
great secretary OF the treasury. In the
senate committeeman on foreign affairs,
are the portraits Of Henry Clay, Charles
Sumner, William Allen and Simon Cam.
eron. The faces of Washington, Jeffer-
son, Hamilton, Fulton and Fitch appear
! in appropriate places, and there are OF
, course many other portraits, but they are
, out OF the realm OF allegory, and are not
: actually part of the irescoing. The
, frieze In the rotunda is about three
| fourths completed, although begun by the
famous artist Brumidi who died when he
: had finished less than one-third OF II,
. Competent artists have been found whose
work compares most favorably with that
! Of Brumdi, and Il would take an art con-
s noisseur TO distinguish the work.
The ablest Republican in the house IL
: John y. Long oil Massachusetts, closely
followed by Reed OF Maine Long is q
\ LAWYER, ana WAS formerly governor OF
o Massachusetts,. II Longs popularity
Y lasts, and the Republicans carry the neNi
! house, he will probably be their choice
4 for speaker No Republican compares
with him as q debater, and he Is head ano
shoulders above all Republicans on thC
floor as a parliamentarian, although Ton
Reed gets good deal Of credit for his
}. sarcasm, which Is his strongest weapon
. Mr.. Evarts Is a valuable acquisition u
the senate, where he is perfectly at home
His place there was already assured be
fore he came. lie was personally known
20 nearly every senator for his facility
and felicity of expression. Eyarts has NJ
r peer in the halls OF congress. His speech
on the presidential succession bill was ,
l. mastery effort, and attracted a grea
4 deal of attention. For a little, dried-ul
c man, weighing perhaps l00pounds, Eyarti
J. carries more brain to the square Inch thai
II any man IN the country
l. The oflce-seeker Is getting disgusted
o and the deadlock between the president
i and the senate Is liable TO increase his
y discomfort. The same old story OF thu
p early DAYS of the administration Is nov
&c told over again. The ofilce-seeker wen
d home only to return. The Hobbies Of III,
o capitol are crowded with men eager TO
II position, trusting implicitly the backing
&c Of their congressman, whose life is mad'
r daily bore by a hungry horde OF con
* stituents.
of The hotel proprietor looks aghast q
III the amount Of wining and dining on tn
"exta account" and trembles for hi
bill.
The hotel Hobbies are illled with pollti
NJ clans who believe In division of Tn
r. spolls, and who roundly abuse the presi
dent and the administration for not turn
ing the rascals out. II is safe TO say tina
not one In every hundred will receive pre-
ferment Ia ohlce Yet, they hope on an
hope eyer, and believe that d pollticu
=, =. mascot will eventually come 10 relief
=. their distress.
~ We hear very little OF ex-President Al
~ thur, and he keeps very quiet In Ne'
:. York. II is said movement IL on foo
" TO send him to the senate, and 1t woul
really be good thing for Arthur. III
~ change of life Is severely telling upon hi
~ health. He enjoyed his official GREATNESS
"a and cannot reconcile himself to the chang
~ back to private lifc. lie saved very littl
money. He declines all invitations 10 g
out and is gradually becoming cor
iirmed hermit He has not been In Wasi
~ ington since he left the White House an
y, lives quietly by himself in New York.
u The past week has been an unusual
~ busy one for society people. In addiuo
~ to the afternoon receptions, teas an
~ luncheons and evening parties, thcl
~ have been two entertainments for "swe'
% charlty's sake" A katie klatBche give
X by the ladies OF the Homeopathic hoepita
in the hospital building, which has bl
recently been completed, was d gre
lly success. The reception committee !
sh yiled Miss Cleveland, and the preside
sent flowers for both evenings. ~
yum.ynm booth was speci
feature OF the entertalnmeI
N. The Chinese minister was kind enough
on assist the young ladies with their ca
AZ tunes by loaning them an oriental dfc
as a pattern, AID he also donatcd sol
3 fine tea for me deicctation Of the ma
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