Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-05
ABOUT MEN IND WOMEN.
fr. Bright Believe in phrenology


Mr. Gladstone says he can quote from
memory any page of Homer of which the
first line is given to him.
Blanche Willis Howard, the novelist,
has patented a music rack and a bath
shoe. There is a versatility about her
genius which makes her a remarkable
woman.
Widow W. b. Vanderbilt instruets her
butler to lay different service of plate
glass and china every time he prepares
the table for dinner. There are not 365
sets, but there are enough TO last long
time before beginning over again.
Mrs. Lucinda Ruggles died at Dodge
vile, Wis, few days ago, and she was
buried in coffin made from walnut
tree which her husband had felled forty
years ago and stored away to make lum-
Der for his own and his wife s collins.
Perhaps the poorest rich people in this
country are the heirs of Commodore n :.
w. Kittson. They have So 600 900 in
sight as theirs but the trustees of the es-
tate refuse to pay them dollar except TO
settle their monthly bills, because the es-
tate is made the defendant in suit for
So ,000, 00G.
Joe Jefferson, the famous actor, is q
D. onounced spiritualist. He not only be-
lieves firmly in the theory, but he has
himself developed marked powers as a
medium, and he is convinced that on
various occasions he has held extended
conversations with the spirits of deceased
relatives and friends. He does not,
however, accept the claims of mateFiali-
cation, but regards that affair as piece
of trickeTy produced by jugglers who are
not genuine spiritualists.
The death is announced in Baltimore of
Hon. Moses Mordecai of ossifieatiOn OF
the heart, aged eighty-five years. he
was a native of South Carolina, and rep
resented that state in the United States
senate for two terms. Mr.. MOrdecai was
identified with the steamboat interests of
the South and was quite wealthy, though
he lost heavily by the war. His claim
for large amount against the govern
ment for carrying mails is still pending.
Speaking of Salisbury's cabinet, Hen
nv Labouchere says: 'The present team
of ministers is-and I say this without
party feeling-a poor lot. Mr.. Smith is
worthy, decent sort OF man; Mr.. Bal
four is clever at repartee, and one or two
Others have administrative ability; but
should say that the only one in whom
there is the making of a real minister is
Mr.. Richie. Brilliancy disappeared
from their bench when Lord Randolph left
it -
Congressman Henry II. Bingham, of
Pennsylvania, IS preparing bin for in
PRODUCTION to the next congress, provid-
ing for the establishment, of parcel post
system similar to that in operation in
England and continental Europe 81
am making the fullest possible study of
the matter - said Mr. Bingham recent
", 'sand | am giving all my leisure
time to thorough investigation of its
nature and scope. While the postmaster
OF Philadelphia, about twenty years ago,
/ saw the need of such system, which
has worked so advantageously and sue
eessfully in the European countries. There
is not the slightest doubt if adopted that
it would prove equally successful in this
country. In the bill which l shall pre-
sent the maximum weight of the pack
ages is to be six pounds.