Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-27
ABoUT MEN AND WOMEN.

In London q few days ago, the manu-
script of Charles Dickens first and last
contribution to Punch sold for $50. He
got a half sovereign 81 .5O) for the ar
ticle.
GOut threatens Queen Victoria, and
she has been advised by her doctor, Sir
William Jenner, to give up champagne
and claret and drink whisky and apOl-
linaris
Mrs Henry B. Light, living in
Louisville, gave birth to three little girl
babies on the 29d inst. One weighs
four pounds and the other two six pounds
each.
Mr.. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in a re-
cent address ut Brighton Beach before an
association OF women, predicted that in
ten years women would have the ballot
in every state III the Union.
Forty dollars was recently paid for the
manuscript of only four stanzas of Tom
Hood $ ''SOng of the SHIRT. 1t is re-
lated that Tom was given chOp-hOuse
supper, with plenty of beer, for that
production.
Here is Senator William NJ. Evarts
definition OF a contingent fee: cit is II
very simple thing. | can explain to you
what a contingent fee means in Il few
words. In short, if I lose your suit get
nothing; if l win your suit you get moth
ing. -
Hon. George L. Converse, ex-memheF
of the national house of representatives,
was married on the 23d instant to Miss
Elouise Landon, daughter Of DR.. c. p.
LandOn OF WesteTVille. Ohio, who has
for years been prominent in medical
circles and Ohio politics.
Millet's picture, the 'tAngelus, - has
just been sold for 500 900, with four
great nations competing in the purchase.
At the time of its production there was
paid for it a trihe over three thousand
dollars, of which the artist received
about five hundred dollars, the balance
going to his hackers and agents.
Russell Harrison received marked at
tention from the railway officials of
England. They do not know exactly
who he is, but they have heard that he
has dined with the queen, and that is
sufficient for them. Furthermore, his
baggage is marked "R. H - which
they interpret ''ROyal Highness, and
so he travels about in delightful style.
Henry Sturdivant is negro farmer
who works on the farm of K. ". Berry
hill, three miles out from Rome, Ca, on
the Alabama road StuTdivant has
always been accustomed to having his
shoes made to order, One of his feet Is
larger than the other. It takes No.
20 shoe to inclose his right foot and a
No IA to house the other. The largest
shoe in the world Is worn by q young lady
in Kentucky, who sports No. "a.
Lafayette Cornett, residing near
Brownstown Ind. is the happy father
of the most interesting specimen of hu-
manity on record. The babe is sixteen
days old and weighs only one pound. a
lady's finger ring can readily be passed
over its hand and the full length of the
arm to the shoulder, while a pint cup
will cover its entire head, body and
limbs Mr.. and Mrs. COrnett are both
good size and sound health, and have
several children Of full growth. The ILL
liputian wonder is lively and apparently
in good health. The child is Of the fem
mime gender.
Mrs. Emma P. Ewing, III her talk at
Chautauqua on Household Economy
announced that over five million dollars
is spent uselessly in this country every
year for hluing, and that l 900, 900 fam
lilies throw away from twenty-five dollars
to one hundred dollars q piece in soap
grease in the same period. Moreover,
she claimed that $50 600 900 would not
cover the amount paid annually in New
York alone to men for baking bread,
which any bright housewife might bake
better herself at home, and that $780,
600 200 would be saved if all the matTons
in the United States would combine to
drive men out of this particular industry,
70, ,5yh Trai
ted them.