Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-09
ABOUT MEN IND W0MEM.

Governor. Gordon of Georgia has three
newspaper men on his executive Staf.
Clara, Barton is the only Anne ridan. en-
titled to wear the Iron Cross of Prussia.
Senator EngallsSs collecting a librafyy,
After he finishes the gathering he ought
to rea6athe books on good manners.
The biography of Father Damien, the
heroic leper priest of the Sandwich Is
lands, is in preparation, and will give q
full account Of his life and sufferings.
Governor Beaver is a base ball era
no, enthusiast. He goes whenever he
gets the opportunity and enjoys the
game, applauding every fine play made.
Anita Mccormick, who is engaged to
Emmons Blaine, is one Of the prettiest
girls in Chicago. She is also one of the
richest, as her share of her fathers es-
tate will amount to 50 600 900.
Mr. Whitelaw Reid, American minis
ter to France, now speaks French fluent
". When he went abroad he could read
the language and had sufficient knowl-
edgd of its structure to acquire it with
marvellous rapidity.
United States Senator Evarts, it is I'M
derstood in North Dakota, wrote for a
fee of $500 the draft of the constitution
which was handed in for the copsidera-
ton of the North Dakota constitutional
convention, and whose completeness
surprised the members of that body.
A correspondent of the London STAN
dard, writing from Turin Italy, gives an
account of the venerable Hungarian pa
triot, Louis Kossuth, whose eightieth
birthday was celebrated by q magnificent
2 off Sirrbf
says the writer, "and clear as q bell
rang the voice of the aged speaker
through the vast hall. -
Ferdinand Guzman, the most famous
bandit in Spain, is dwarf, who at one
time kept small store in Granada. He
became angered at some action taken by
the authorities and took to the noun
tains. He is hideously ugly in appear
ance and utterly inscriptions. The ro-
mantle chivalry attached to Spanish
bandits does not apply to him at all. He
has gathered about him q crew of the
worst cut-throats in Europe, and over
them he reigns supreme The Spanish
government has determined to arrest him
and his followers.
Edgar F. Lincoln of Topeka, Kan. J,
has taken out more patents during the
1dSO IGO years Jiidu any HIGH III Inc
country. His inventions cover all fields
and he has patented almost everything,
from an improved electric light to a
celluloid toothpick. Like a great many
inventors he finds it very difficult to
make money out of his cleverness.
Other men reap the profit of his brain
effort. His latest design is toboggan
brake. It enables q toboggan to stop III
the middle of the steepest incline in
stantly if any obstruction appears on
the chute.
The emperor of China, who IS q young
and progressive man, IS very anxious to
make a trip to this country. He Is IN
constant communication with the Chinese
minister at Washington on the subject,
and shows good deal of Impotence at
the latter's advice. The minister has
written to the emperor that there is to be
an exposition III New York in 1892, and
that he had better defer his trip until that
time. 1t would be strange coincidence
if the celebration concentrating the
advent of Columbus should be made
memorable by the presence of the en-
peror of China.