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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
E1-Pres,deut CIeveland,s Fat.

Considering all that is said about ex-
Presidents Cleveland obesity, it
may be just as well right her
TO tell the truth. for fat is
likely to be prime factor in the poll
tics of the coming summer. The ex-
president is by no means the picture that
Mr.: Dana would have US believe. l saw
him on Broadway yesterday, and he did
not strilzs me as being too fat. AS all
the world knows, he is man of large
stature, and at rough guess l should
say weighed about 260 pounds, certainly
not more. But his clothing hangs loosely
on him, and his habit of wearing frock
coat gives him the appearance of being
of much larger proportions than he really
is. looked at him very closely, but
could not find that there were any rolls1
of fat hanging over his shirt collar. ,s5k3e
looked to me to be in perfect phKfcal
health-a trifie pale, perhaps, but thaE
Is all.
Nothing has annoyed him so fkdch
during his life as these attacks upsu his
obesity. he is peculiarly sensitive on
that point, and dislikes very much to be
held up to public gaze as rival Of the
famous Daniel Lambert, who, 1t will be
remembered, weighed nearly $50 pounds.
Mr. Cleveland is undoubtedly doing all
that is in his power to keep his flesh
down. He is particular in his diet, takes
q large amount of exercise and is follow
ing the instructions of the physicians who
have him in hand. Unless all signs fail,
he will be in prime condition for the race
in 1892.
If the treatment that he is undergoing
does not produce the desired effect, it
might be well for him to try the recipe of
the famous marquis of Coetania, gen.
eral of the bloody duke of Alva, whose
body, history says, was in condition of
enormous obesity. BY the use of vinegar
he SO reduced himself that he could fold
his. skin around him like garment.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
Talmage Loyal to Brooklyn.

There is not an atom of truth in the re-
port that DR.. T. Dewitt Talmags is to
leave Brooklyn. Some one who knew
nothing of what he was talking about the
other day said that the doctor was dis
gusted because the people of Brooklyn
had not subscribed more literally to his
churoh building fund. This is not true.
The subscriptions have not been as large
as was expected, but the work of build
ing the church is being pushed forward
vigorously. A great force of men are
employed in exeavating the foundation,
and in few weeks there will be an army
OF carpenters, bricklayers and working
men, who will rush the work forward as
rapidly as brain and Drawn can do it.
DR.. Talmage is supervising the entire
work. He has not the remotest
idea Of leaving Brooklyn. What would
the city Of churches be without him?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
Talking 14oe Miles.

A coed deal of talk has been indulged
in about the successful experiment in
long-dlstance telephoning which Is said
TO have been recently made between
Moscow and Boulogne, distance OF 1880
miles. Experts in this city dlscrsdits the
statement, and also the accompanying
rumor that the Russian engineers are
making preparations for & similar test
over 1000 miles Of wire. In speaking
about the telephone as means Of long
distance communication, Mr.. Angus S.
Hubbard. the general superintendent Of
tue American long-distance telephone
company in this city, said to-day:
AS matter OF fact, I doubt very
much whether there Is in the noighbor-.
hood plant Of wires over which such an
experiment could be successfully, carried
out. If, however, the Russian engineers
have plant properly laid out in accord
anee with the bees ideas that we have at
the present time, they might do It. We
have talked over our own lines in exoe-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
Tho Big Policeman and the Blind traveller,

The Big Policeman and the Blind Traveller
The Brooklyn bridge policemen and
guards on the bridge trains have been
accused of almost every crime IN the CAL
endar, but,thsy sre not SO heartless
after all. Every morning few minutes
after clock, a medIu m sized man OF
about thirty-fve years of age, with
cane in his hand, feels his way up TO the
bridge entrance In Brooklyn. he Is
hopelessly blind, and moves along with
shifting gait, as most blind people do.
Before he reaches the ticket Office a big
policeman takes him firmly by the arm,
SAYS a cheerful "goOd morning. and
skillfully pilots him through this surging
crowd to the ticket office. He purchases
his ticket for him, leads him to the ticket
chopper, where another man takes the
poor fellow and passes him along. A
half dozen men follow the example, all
with a kind word for the unfortunate
traveller. When he reaches the bridge
car platform the passengers stop crowd,
ing and pushing for q moment, and the
guard takes him kindly and puts him in
ii fsvorits position on the platform. The
poor fellow is profuse in his thanks, and
well he might be, for no loving mother
could more tenderly care for her babe.
To-day there were tears of gratitude in
ais sIghtlsss eyes as a policeman led him
out of the crowd and said pathetically,
"lt's too bad you re blindl"
"Oh, - replied the patient traveller,
and his face lighted up, "it's pretty
world, after all. I can't see It, but
then everybody is SO kind to me, and
that helps to make up.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
Professor Proctor's Neglected Grave.

Professor PrOctOr's Neglected Grave.
In one of the obscure plots in Green
wood cematery lies the remains of that
gifted scientist, Richard A. Proctor. the
astronomer. He died of yellow fever, it
will be remembered, and his body was
indecentIy hurried into the ground.
There were no friends to drop tear at
his coffin. The OILY persons present
/, were the undertaken and his men. The
grave was quickly closed up, and to-day
it is in disgracefnl condition. 1t is
covered by a tangle of weeds and bits of
old refuse that the high winds have scat
tered. No loving hand has planted
rosebud there, and the great man s last
resting place is sadly neglected. His
widow and family have had hard time
of it since his death. The deceased
left no fortune, and Mrs. Proctor was
forced to battle for bread for herself and
little ones. She tried many things, but
without much success. Fortune refused
to smile on her. Finally she went on the
lecture platform and delivered some of
her husbands famous lectures in the
hope that sha might make enough money
TO feed and clothe her children, and have
her husband 3 remains taken back to his
boyhood home in England. But in this
she failed also, and in the meantime the
grave is covered with debris, and there
is no stone TO mark the spot.
It is an excellent opportunity for some
one to do good
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04

rimentinR distance OF 400 miles, but
there is not in America plant which is
SO laid out that conversation can be CAR
ried on any further than that. The ex-
pertinent refer to was made from Phil
adelphlH to this city, thence to Boston
and return, and up the Hudson river to
Buffalo. We have now In operation
38 eco miles of wire, with offices as far
away as Boston and Buffalo, and we ex-
pset 60 reach Chicago very soon. l have
no doubt as 70 the result of line to Chi
cago. In our experiments we have never
reached limit, ard it is among the
range of possibilities that San Francisco
will be brought into connection with New
York at no very distant day.
The best results In telephony have been
obtained by using copper wires in me-
tallic circuit, that is by using an extra
wire for the return current instead of the
ground, as in short lines and telegraphy.
Experiments have been made in this
country by doubling up wires running
between two points, but this cannot be
considered as fair test. The wires run
on one line of poles, and the induction
from one wire to another makes 1t as IL
the distance were only about thirty miles
or so. could hitch up our whole system
of 80 900 miles of wire and talk over 1t,
so that any one sitting in another room
could hear 1t, but it would be untrue to
say that the sound of my voice actually
travelled over the whole distance, for the
reason / have stated.
sin America we are away ahead of
anything they have done in Europe in the
matter of long distance telephoning.
France has probably as long a system as
any country on the other side, commu-
nieation having been established between
Paris and Marseilles, a distance of 500
miles England has not made any great
progress in the business. but Germany
has the most perfect local telephone sys-
tenn in the world. The Berlin exchange
has 100, 900 subscribers, or about 1000
more than we have here in New York.
''It is unlikely that we shall ever have
telephone communication with Europe,
in view of what we know to-day. Placing
the wires in cables throttles the effect of
the telephone and weakens and dampens
it, so that the eight miles of underground
wire In our line from here to Boston
seems to place that city 200 miles further
away than it really is. Business men of
all classes use the telephone now between
this city and Boston, and our eighty
wires between the two cities are kept hot
all the time. Bad weather does not
affect the working of the telephone wires
as it does the telegraph lines, and in this
the telephone is superior, because you
cannot hang a man on hook as you can
his telegram.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
BISHOP CAspEl. BORGESS.
He Dies in Kalamazoo from Stroke Of Paral-
ysis-Bls Life and Work.

ysis-His Life and Work.
KALAMAZOO, MICH. May 3.-Bishop
Casper Borgess., who was stricken with
paralysis at st. Augustine, Mich, last
Sunday, died in this city this morning,
aged sixty-two. He has been siling
each day, but remained conscious until
the end. Bishop Borgess. was born in
Kappenburg, Germany, in 1884, but
came to this country with his parents
while quite young. He received his ed
ucation for the priesthood In Cincinnati,
and for many years was rector of st.
Phillips in Cincinnati. He was chosen
to succeed Bishop Lefevre, who died in
1880. Bishop Borgess. official career in
Detroit was a notable and eyentful one.
He believed in vigorous work,
and early took steps to
strengthen his diocese, both spiritually
and financially. In 1875 he promulgated
series of orders, in which he required
that all church, school or pRrochial
property then held or to be subsequently
acquired, should be decided to himself in
fee simple and not his successor in office,
and that the financial authority on the
contracting of church debts and the ex-
tension of church buildings should be
vested in him. He used his authority
greatly to the advantage of the church.
Bishop Borgess., during his administra-
ton, succeeded in establishing nine
charities IN Detroit, and his work will
ever be known as memorable one. In
the spring of 1887, knowing that he was
subject to heart disease, Bishop Borgess.
sent IN his resignation, which was IN due
time acted upon and Rev. John Foley of
Baltimore chosen to succeed him.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
nemarknhle Fnst Trpewritinc

English newspapers have given consid-
cradle space of late to the feat of par
liamentsry shorthand reporter who
transcribed 66OO words in two hours and
three minutes. In a conversation with
Mr.. J. E. Munson, well known as the
graphy, and one of the oldest law re-
porters in the country, he made some in
teresting statements about rapid writing.
"The fact is, - he said, 1--WE have IN
this city one or two typewri.ers who
write from dictation at a speed of forty
folios of loo words an hour, and any
number who can write from thirty to
thirty-siX folios in that time. Twenty
four folios is only the average time of q
good typewriter. L understand that
there is difference in writing from die
tation and transcribing ones notes, but
do not regard the feat spoken of as
anything but fairly good work.
"The highest authentic speed in short
hand that l know of was the feat of a
lady who wrote SOC words in one minute.
There is a great deal of humbue in the
way speed contests have been conducted
of late years. A man sits down to write
after q very fast reader. He takes down
what he can, and what he cannot get he
lets go. The number of words that he
has taken are counted and this is given
as his speed, looked at from a practical
stenoErapher' standpoint, every mis-
take made in a contest by the competitor
should be counted against him.
''The shorthand writer's in Washing
ton do as good work as is done anywhere
in the world; and l think, taking 1t on
the average, the best law reporting is
done in the CITY of New York. We have
a number Of shorthand writers in this
city who have written IS fast as $50
words minute for five or ten minutes.
The matter IN these tests was new to them.
ga court stenographer works about
five hours day. In that time he will
take, IL thee Examination is quick one,
about 400 folios. This, however, is
heavy day s work, and the average is $50
10 800 folios. 1t is not always necessary
TO transcribe the notes of q trial. In re-
porting the debates at Washington the
stenographers srs relieved every twenty
minutes to write out the matter they
have taken, SO that the proceedings are
nearly always written out almost as soon
as an adjournment Is taken.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
Cabln Notas.

DUBLIN, May 2.-The railway strikers
will probably resume work on Monday
Archbishop Walsh having accepted the
modified terms of the railway directors.
LISBON, May 2.-The strikers have re-
sumed work throughout the country.
MADRID, May 2-The strikers at Bar
celona conducted themselves in q riotous
manner throughout the day. They I'M
peded all kinds of business, stopping
market carts and scattering and tramp
ling their contents of provisions. The
civil guards were continually engaged in
attempting to dispense the rioters, but
failed to quiet them. Finally state of
seige was declared.
At Valenoia-many of the masters con-
ceded the demands of the workmen, but
the strikers prevented the men from re-
Stunning work. Railroad goods porters
and deck men joined in the strike. The
movement became riotous, but was sup
pressed by the cavalry. Troops are now
guarding against disturbances Six
hundred employees on the state railway
have struck.
BARCELONA, May 2.-10 p. ma mob
of strikers set fire to tool house. The
guards charged the mob and two of the
strikers were injured. Several shots
were fired. Another group of strikers
attacked q printing office in which the
siege prcclamations were being printed.
They put stop to work and the author
tiles were obliged to have the proolama-
lions printed elsewhere under military
protection.
BERLIN, May 2.-Vessiche Zeitung,
says: The army bill increases the in
fantry 5000 men and the artillery 5000
men and adds fiftY-four batteries to the
field artillery.
CoNsTANTNoPLE, May At is re-
ported that Lord Salisbury offers to CON-
olude new convention with the Porte
arranging for the valuation of Egypt
provided England be given the right to
intervene at any time and rs-occupy
Egypt without notice should internal or
external danger threaten the country.
HAMBURG, May mime thousand men
have been dismissed for beng absent
from work yesterday.
LONDON May 2.-The Standard 3 Paris
correspondent says: Gen. Boulanger's
friends have insisted upon tbs general 5
return to France. They threaten II he
does not return they viii abandon his
cause.
LONDON, May 2--The Times PARIS
correspondent says on good authority
that the passport regulations in Alsace
will shortly be abolished.
BERLIN, May at is stated the En-
peror William has sent 70 Prince Bis-
MARKHAM appropriate letter from Stras-
burg.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
nrrs. Pottsr in Austrnlin.

1 saw letter the other day from Mrs.
James Brown Potter to friend in this
city, in which she wrote of her success
in Australia. From newspaper clippings
sent with the letter 1 learned that the
critics ad dealt very leniently with her.
She is playing to crowded houses in Mel
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04

To The Gazette
As the time for tbsz opening of tn
Spring Palace Is near ut hand, ask
space in your columns for q suggestion or
two to the management of the same.
Visitors to the Spring Palace Will be hui
man beings, endowed with ali the at
tributes of humanity. The human body
is machine, governed by certain mex
orable physiological laws, the vibration
of which laws results in discomfort. dis
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
AIFR AND TOMB.
The eazetts's Daily Compilation Of Texas
Marriages and Deaths

Marriages and Deaths
MARRIAGES..
Mr.. G. NJ. Brady and Miss Maggie McElrath
near Waxahachie, April 30.
Mr.. G, W. Hardy and Miss Lula Garlick Cor
sicana, April 30.
Mr.. Alonzo Vaughan and Miss E. A. Rike,
Honey Grove, April 30.
Mr.. J. W. Porter and Miss s. c. Young, sher-
man, April 30.
Mr.. ]: strOthes Brown and Miss sallis Allen,
Sherman, April 30.
Mr.. T. D. Andrews and Miss Lizzie Rogers,
Cleburne. May /.
zales, April 30.
DR.; R; R; sample and Miss Jennie Dickinson,
Crockett, April 20.
MI. W. W. Harren and Miss Nora Bently,
Atlanta, April %.
Mr.. Wallace Mcleod and Miss Lizzie McFar-
MT Henry 4. Finch and Miss Fannie shipe,
Mckinney, April Is.
DEATHS.
Mrs W D. Haynes, near Pamela, April 2s.
Mr.. Dick Brasher. Pamela, April Is.
Mr.. Joseph Carswell, Pamela, April IS.
Mr.. Sam n. Wilson, Sherman, May 2.
Mrs NJ. G. Treece, Timpson, April q.
Mrs. Bertha Kirk, Cedar Hill, April %.
Mrs. L. P. Monroe, Midlothian, APRIL.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
NEW TEXAS SPRING PALACE.

He held this position until 1871. During
the last two years of that period he filed
the chair of chemistry in the Indiana
medical college. In 1872 he was chemist
in chief in the agricultural department
at Washington. He was the author OF a
work on physiology, which was used as
text book for many years in the schools
of this state. During this time he was q
minister in the Christian church, and on
last Thanksgiving day preached his fifty
fourth annual thanksgiving sermon.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
A sCIENTIsT-MINIsTER DEAD.
DR.. Ryland 7. BrOwn-Mention of Various
Prominent Positions Filled.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, May 3.-Dr. Ry-
land T. Brown, possibly the best known
scientist, minister and scholar in In
diana, died yesterday in his eighty third
parents, in 1881. In 1859 he accepted
the chair of natural science in the North
west Christian university, IN this city.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04

Hamburg dorm a Turner & Dingee's.
Remember.afor issd tea the He-No
tea makes thesbesfsummer drink.
FoH WORTH GROCER Co.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04

bourne, and her trip will be q financial
success. A great ovation was given her
leading man, Kyrle Bellew, upon the
opening night. Bellew is no stranger in
Australia, for he was reporter in Mel
bourne twenty years ago, and has visited
that city many times since. Mrs. Potter
said nothing about returning to the
states. Her intimate friends here seem
to be inclined to believe that she will not
be back in hurry. And all the while
her patient, loving husband goes about
bis daily work uncomplaiuingly The es-
arrangement between this ill-assorted
couple was no work of his. ~
s. FOSTER Q6Aaks.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04

Look out for She cid favorites, Moore,
Vernon and the ftte little Pearl Winans
at Andrews thssfsS Monday, May 8.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
A large assortment of molasses and
syrups at Turner s. Dingee's.

The Queen Bee ia the best Cigar for the
money to be had Send your orders to
Fort Worth Grooer Co.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04

Bes. asseStmentk of fresh parohed
coffee in BE city, including Mocha,
Golden Rio s&9d Peaberry, ct the Fort
Worth Grocss Cos.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
a PoDnlar sop.l,arn oov,-nor

One, Of the most popular southerners
who visit New York Is Governor John b.
Gordon of Georgia. he comes to this
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04

Always on band, fresh butter and
bread, at TuEfdg s. Dingse's.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04

Seedless raisinA oiEr6ns, orange and
lemon peel, prItsq, ourrants, dates,
$all new goods, Fort Worth Grocer
Co.'S. s.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04

Fifty cents 8aezen for gsraniums at
Baker Bros. Main street.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04

The celebrated ~ o. Stanard St.
Louis royal pateat Hour.
#TURNER s. DNGEE.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04

Twenty-Five gsranh8ms for 81 at Baker
Bros. 515 Main street
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04

-
NJ winsle4 ssooshias SIM sor chfslIFsn
tsefaing, soce tAeEchild, thes ms,
s1iAys pain, Srdfes wind ds5so. Esd if&h5 best
remedy for diafrheA Is cents bo64l
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04

Malt vinegal
White wine vinegar.
Old orchard vinegar
And pure apps EEaegar at
RSER s DINGEE IS
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1T EXPOSES and DenOunces
Eyery Business Man,

work. Thousands Of volumes per week are be
morocco imitation, with double spring back, &
boards. Some idea Of its enormous size can BE-
thick, occupies over 800 cubic inches Of space
publishers at s. 90 per volume which - very /
other works, but viii be