Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-24
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Ride Haggnrd got $3.50 for liking
Solomon'S Mines and the publishers
made $50 900 from it.
The Emperor William has renewed his
grandfather order that none of the inn
perial servants shall wear mustache.
General Greedy of the United States
signal service predicts that the coolest
day VIII be between January 20 and 30
There is little hope that the empress OF
Russia viii recover from the nervous
shock caused by the recent railroad acct
dent.
Robert stevenson, engineer, OF Glasgow
is the first one TO claim an invention
which viii drive ocean ships up to forty
knots an hour.
At ninety-two years of age, Ex-Goy-
ernor Berry Of New Hampshire is i'll Wig
orous health, and goes out walking or
driving almost every day.
Adelaide Detchon has taken to whist
ling rs Il way of entertaining London
society. She is u clever imtator of birds
and would introduce short scenes in her
plays that allowed her 10 speak pieces
and chirp.
Calvin Fairbanks of Angelica, My,
still carries on his back marks OF soInef If
the $500 stripes he received while jR3tfie
Frankfort (Ky. Jail. He served tNtnty,
years for running fugitive slaves over the
Ohio river.
1t is asserted by those who have seen
Mrs. Amelie Rives- CHAMBER that she is
not by any means so beautiful as her
pictures represent her Her nose has a
decided hump, and when proofs of her
photographs are sent to her, she com
pletely tones down her prominent olfac-
tory organ with fine lead pencil and
touches up the features generally. She
is something of an artist herself and I'M
derstands just how to do it. -
The Prince of Wales is losing his skill
as a marksnan. st the imperial hunt
in Austria he missed four stays, much to
the surprise and disgust of Francis
Joseph. The reason for this decadence
III his ability as hunter is not hard to
discover. He smokes too much to retain
a steady hand; and his nerves are not in
q healthy condition. 1t is said that he
smokes ten cigars a day, and large
number of cigarettes besides.
In 1880 will end the term of 100 years
during which the cities of Boston and
Philadelphia have each enjoyed the rev.
enue from the bequest of $4,000 made by
Benjamin Franklin. The money was to
be loaned to young married artificers,
and the trust has been executed, al
though the lapse of q century requires
new disposition of the funds. 1t is sig
nificant that while in Boston the $4,000
have grown to nearly 1928 900, in Phila-'
delphia the $4,000 have become only
$40 eco, and that in both cases the
amount is less than Franklin estimated it
would be.
Howell Osborn, whom Fay TempletOn
has gone to Paris to join, was not sue
cess as a financier. He left several big
unbalanced accounts as mementoes of
pyrotechnical exploits in Wall street.
His father, Charles j Osborn, was one
of the most. successful operators in the
street up to the time of his death. He
got his start as broker executing orders
for Jay Gould, and when he started
specializing fortune, aided by his own
shrewdness, favored him. He left his
son a large fortune, but he wisely left it
in trust. 1t yields $50 200 q year.
Young Osborn was an ultra dude when in
the heyday of his career. The stage
always had great fascination for him.
Every night he had n box at the theater,
which he filled with his companions. He
sent flowers by the cart-load to actresses,
and treated the &" fOotlight favorites' to
expensive suppers after the performance.
He will probably marry Fay Templeton.
''The Duchess is Mrs. Hungerford,
who lives in one of the most beautiful
homes in all Ireland. She has earned a
handsome competency with her pen, and
anything she chooses to write is sure to
bring her comfortable sum in return.
Her Erin home is one of singular taste
and richness, for the teller of so many
stories is also careful housekeeper and
manager. She has an interesting family
who help to make her home a cheerful
and a desirable place. As to the reading
public she is simply "The Duchess, - so
to her neighbors she is simply Mrs. Hun
gerford, and it is said that many of them
do not know to-day that the pleasant VS.
itOr at their homes is the author of the
stories which are on tables and on the
shelves of their book cases. She is
strangely sensitive on this point, and
never associates her nom de plume with
her identity where it can be avoided.
Personally the author is a most charming
woman, and her company is sought on
all occasions by large circle of friends.
She is fond of young people and courts
their society whenever possible.