Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-25

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with the plumber. A minute aiterwar'
| Curtin met Jaehne on nm upper stairway
t'Haye you got the boodle?" he asked
eyes, SAFE" was the response,
s'where are the stonesi" Curtin asked
tHere," said Jaehne, holding out
handful Of diamonds.
"Swailow 'cm. d--n you, swallow ZEN
quick, or we are lost!"
The Jewels were promptly swallowed
liz turned out to be false alarm, bu
i Jaehne's pals kept close watch on hin
/ until he arrived In London, where dos'
OF physic was administered and the pre-
clous stones were recovered. ZIsKA.
TaE STAGE AND THE RING.
Mary Anderson made her rentre'
here on Monday night.
She has been almost as successful al
Dixey do not know II Il be wealth o.
art, but she has new dignity. She II
not the gaunt border beauty that she wa
few years ago, when she played Paul
| ine' ia a seven.yard train and trumpeteC
"My own dear Claude" like cornet
The majesty of success has not added
lnches-a thing she did not need-but i
| has given discretion, thing she did need
I
| She played that carbonacious 'Galatea,
and nothing was ever more carefully
quarrlcd and chiseled than her impersona
ton.
She is still the American girl. insist
upon II that she is the most epluribus, pre-
patria, continental, hail columbia orb ia
the starry banner OF the native drama
Critics may weigh her tones and disseci
al ttI -hp
conceptor she is-but the unshackled
American takes her at draught and asks
no questions. She hangs over more lonely
bachelor bedsteads than any woman alive.
She creeps into all albums and sets her
divine features on oil cigarettes. Toilet
soap glories in her profile and baking
powder gets additional luster from her
eyes. Her arms are round the whole
population like a pair OF lovely anacondas,
her foot is on oil their necks.
THAT'S all I've got to say about Mary.
Smuggling matches are coming into
vogue again. 1t Is long time since New
Workers have had an opportunity TO pay
~ head to see couple of beef-eating
prize-nghters punch each other out of all
recognition. But the enterprising gentle
men to whom is lntrusted the manage
ment OF these affairs have changed their
base of operations AS soon as the pub
lie found out that the ''knoclSipg-out bust
ness" in Madison Square garden was
played out, and that the authorities were
determined to put an end to 1t, the public
stopped patronizing pugillstic entertain
ments
Why?
Because mere science and skill, I'M
mixed with gore, tended TO increase
rather than diminish the ennui to which
all well-regulated club men and men
about town are supposed to be subject.
They had taste of slugging and knock
lDg out, and the Marquis Of Queeusberry,
aud they would not brook any milder
form Of pugilism
They had just begun to have q critical
appreciation OF sluggers' ability when
Capt Williams baton put stop to the
sluggrng.
Following this came period of dull
ness and depression in sporting circles,
inbroken till week ago last Wednesday,
when Mr.. William Madden, the discoverer
If John Lawrence Sullivan and Charles
came to the rescue alike Of the
impoverished prize-hghter and the fam
shed dude, thirstng for the sight Of
blood. ] went to see the affair--an affair
ii six Queensberry rounds-partly to
iatlsfy my curiosity and partly to see
resuscitated.
Did betake myself to Madison Square
garden to witness the sangulnary CON
est?
Not Il bit of 1t.
Then wherep
To the Germania assembly rooms, of
course, on the Bowery, with its myriads
4 electric lights.
| paid 81 for admission and 81 extra
or seat.
The ring was pitched on q raised plat
orm at the end OF the hall. On either
ide sat Il goodly number of dudes and
Iubmen, WEARING high SILK hats, higher
ollars and trousers eXquisitely creased.
they were The golden youth of the
metropolis. They sucked their silver |
eaded walki,g sticks and thanked their
tars that they were out OF Capt. VIII.
iams' precinc' aud in i
Capt, McCu II sah's.
Capt. McCuilagh--than whom there Is
lot more efficient officer ON the Metro
oiitau police force--loves rafting
et-to and looks upon pugillsm with
indy eye.
The preliminary contests over, the
rowd waited impatiently for the gentle
men who We're 10 do the knocking out. |
his gave their hackers an opportunity to
elect referee. | could not help being |
by the appearance OF this OH |
ial when selected. He was scrupulously |
ttired in gray business suit, wore a |
lark, closely cropped beard parted In the |
snglish fashion and dainty boutonnlere
the lapel of his coat. He looked like a |
Vail street banker When, later on, | |
earned his name ! knew that he was q |
bad man." that he had private Gem
terry In the vicinity of Chicago; that he |
hot aud killed "Jimmy" Elliott in the
after ctty-in a word, that he WAS the |
glorious Jere Dunn, slough, gambler
nd. "sport," who has summary method |
4 settling all "arguments" by means OF |
sN-shootef!
There was an uproar when the uprinci. |
ais" appeared, They were heavy weights.
heir James Jack Ashton of Provence, |
III Dick Collier sof Leicester, Eng, |
'9e'gentlemm from Rhode Island was in |
Ne pink Of condition. Not so the Brit
sher His flesh was iaccld. He looked |
S though he had trained on Canada malt
nd whisky seurs, The truth OF those |
onclusions was borne out by the result.
There was a sardonic grin upon the
udcS' faces when tho gloves ware nrn !