Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-22

We OF congress held on By a single rnb
ner band drawn over the shoe at ire ton
u Is said that Senator Beck OF Kentuctr
has the largest fout In the senate. IL
wears a broad eleven of calf Senator
voorhees, Of Indiana can stand No l0-
II broad at the toe, while Senator Bntler
.oi South Carolina has the smallest foot
excepting Senator Mahone. Mr.. Buuer
wears No. 3, with a stylish narrow toe
ana be Is always careful to have them
shining"
1T IS QuIrE POSSIBLE
that Representative Mills Of this state
may De elevated to chair at the other
cad OF the capitol Mr.. Mills NAV be fair
" eiassed among the most Influential men
IN congress. He holds extreme frec-trade
views and is uualterably opposed 10
iederalstlc ideas Of government He is
about fifty years old six feet high, straight,
well proportioned, and as vigorous In MIS-
physical as he Is in his mental make.up.
History Is his passion. His remarkable
memory has treasured historical dates
and events until IN knowledge Of the an.
nails OF our own and other countries few
OF MS political peers can cope with him.
lie uses his knowledge finely under the
direction OF quick sense OF applca-
ton, and with the Illuminating power OF
fertile fancy Scholarly congressman
from the West are rare, but rarer
still are unsocial ones. Mr. Mills is
solitary In his habits He has a we'll
worn path from his rooms to the capitol,
and never DIVORCES from II unless it be to
make occasional visits TO the depart
ments. OF social lite he sees absolutely
nothing except what is afforded him in
the charming circle about his own Are
side. He has never been seen ont at
night unaccompanied by his wife, unless
there happened to be night session OF
the house. He always commands the at.
tention of the house, because he always
speaks well and because he enjoys the
reputation of saying honestly lust what
he thinks. His oratury is better suited
to the hustings than TO the halls Of con
gress, but 1t is vigorous and entertaining
always, and not unfrequently IT rises to
oloquence.
Says "Fleetquill" OF the Troy Times;
The debates of the past few days have
brought out Representative John II
Reagan as one uf the master minds OF
congress. Mr.. Reagan Is seventy years
Of age, but In all save his voice he Is still
powerful man. He has had an 0ctiye
and important public career. Old readers
know him hest as the postmaster general
of the Confederacy. The old man was
wrong on the secession idea, but is so
thoroughly right on some of the questions
Of to-day that all who met him learn to
respect and admire. the young Northern
fellows occasionally twit him OF the past,
hut he generally gets back at them in an
effective manner. He has been a resident
of Texas since 1889
One Of the mOsJ famous as he was one
of the most popular lawyers Of Texas Just
before the war was Judge George w,
Paschal, When the uthern states Sc
ceded Judge Paschal, who was unlonist.
came north and pIacticed law In New
York After a time he went to Washing
ton and built up very large practice
there. He was attorney for James Nc
Garrahan among others
His youngest daughter, Bessie, was a
singularly beautiful girl who was highly
educated at convent. When quite
Young, and the belle of Washington, she
married Frank Gassaway, then q bank
cashier. Mr., GaSsaway shortly and un'
tremendously left her. taking up his res
ideuce in San Francisco, where he now
enjoys celebrity as Derrick Dodd, the
humorist. BY her marriage with him
Bessie Paschal had one child, beautiful
and extremely intelligent boy.
Her next alliance was with Capt. Ed
ward Wright OF the ordnance department
who, albeit, an amiable and accomplished
man, was iusanely jealous. In his par
oxysms ne thought nothing OF chasing hei
at midnight across the parade ground a
Frankford arsenal in her night clothes to
place of refuge at the house Of the chap
| lain or some other married oillcer
/ 1t was while temporarily derhnget
4 that Capt. Wright, in 1880, blew
ont his brains at Washington, Hi
widow came to New York, and after
spgce got an introduction TO Mr.. a Nj
| palmer. who, with characteristic kind
ness, found place for her in the unio
/ Snuare company. She was not q grea
success as an actress, although a singr
larly fascinating woman, and a dangerou
illness forced her to retire from u
stage. She next took TO journalism an
became FREQUENT contributor TO tn
World during the management OF MI
Hurlbert.
Mrs. Wright was lost to Wow for
couple of years, until she quietly espouse
the gallant and industrious Thoma
O,Connor Power, the home-rule memoe
of parliament to whose extraordlnar
faculty of organization Mr. Parnell az
mits he owes much of his great success:
II is an open secret that Mr. Power
deeply indie bted, in turn, to the genius
his brilliant American wife.
In person Mrs. Power is rather pel1'
with beautiful figure, and a race so va
liable in charming expression thal :
photograph can do it justice. Der ey'
are as softly brown as those Of GOV
: md her mouth is exceptionally beau
= mi. Her cares and trials have sprlnki,
7 her thick black hair with too early y
q YER. but in other respects she Is scarce
G more than girlIsh. Her voice Is mo
+ melodious, and she speaks with oout
$ ern accent so dainty and characterls'
I that n cannot fail TO be regarded IN 10
y don as one Of her greatest charms
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