Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-17

to sleep, and when he rises this makes him
stagger little before he can get himself hrm on
his pins. He has, however, perfect control OF
his limbs, which understand is not the case
with persons ati icted with the above disease.
The sto y of his brain being unbalanced reminds
me OF a remarkable sensation which was sprung
several years ago in regard to his mental con-
ditiOn. 1t was then stated by one of the cham
pion liars of the United States that
Stanford's body worked just in the opposite
direction from his mind and will If he wanted
to go to sleep ne sure to stay awake, and if
he wanted very much to keep awake his eyes
would spring together like rat trap when the
cheese within il was bitten. If he wanted to go
to the north his limbs would pull HIM off to the
south, and the result was that, liz order to do
anything that was necessary to be done, he had
to desire to do the opposite thing to be able to
do the necessary one. The truth is, Senator
Stanford is as healthy O millionaire as there is
in the country. He is perhaps little heavy,
and he might reduce mis- abdomen with comfort,
but he has had nothing to do with the doctors
and prefers to doctor himself. He does not be-
lieve in paying $50 IS for guess to his con-
6ition, and he believes in travel as health pre-
server.
The department clerks are many of them away
on leave. Every clerk who works for the gov
eminent has the right to one months vacation
during the year. and her salary goes all the
same. Many of the department girls save up
during the whole year in order to cut swell
during this month"; They go to the seashore
with good wardrobe, register themselves from
Washington, and have time that is giddy and
gay. 1 know of one very pretty maiden who will
May. She is the daughter of one of the most
prominent governors of the country o couple OF
decades ago. but her father unfortunately died
poor, and left her with very fat tastes and very
lean pocketbook. She expects to make a catch
this season, and she has a wardrobe which she
bought on installments. Think of wearing
dress before it is paid for, and of paying so
much per month after it is worn out. Well,
that is what this young lady is doing, and mas
much as she is beautiful and accomplished 1
Will not be surprised if she drops her clerical
work after this season and takes the place OF
Madam Midas, whose check is good with Worth.
The Koreans and their ladies have returned
from Berkeley Spring and they are again at the
legation building on Iowa Circle. They are
discussing the question as to whether they
ought to put on mourning for he queen dowa-
ger, who has recently died in Korea, but have
practically decided that it is an imDossibility.
This queen dowager of Korea was not the
mother of the king, but she was the wife of one
of the predecessors of the man who now reigns
over Korea. She had the selecting of The
king and she picked out this young fellow when
he was boy. During the present reign she has
occupied palace within the same walls as that
of the king and her palace has been very near
the kings. She has lived within the palace for
over seventy years and she now dies at the age
of eighty three. She was probably the most
venerated and most loved woman Of Korea, and
have Just received letter from Gen. Dye,
who went out there to re-organize the Korean
army, describing the excitement that prevails
as to her decease. For the past three weeks the
doleful blast of the Korean trumpets have been
sounded around the palace in anticipation 81
streets are now filling with mourners and the
whole nation will go into sackcloth. On the
day after her death her body was put into the
coffin and there is a fixed ceremony for this
event. The body of a common woman goes into
the coffin three days after she dies, that of
royalty five days after, aud of one of the i'm
perial family on the seventh day after death.
The body of the queen dowager will not be in
tered, understand, until five months from
now and in the meantime business is suspended
and the II, 000, goo people in Korea are supposed
TO be weeping. II the old rule prevails every
man in the country will put on hat big
an umbrella; will hide his face behind fan and
will dress in yellow sackcloth.
Col Dinsmore, our former minister to Korea,
is now on his way home and he is expected at
Washington shortly. He is one of the brightest
young men who has ever had q place in diplo-
matte service, and he will probably be given
other mission as soon as the Democrats come
into power. He was appointed to Korea at the
instance OF Acknowledgement Garland, and he is
one OF the closest friends OF the king CT Korea.
Judge Denny, who has for years been the adj
wiser OF the king of Kores at salary OF 81, 900
year, is also coming back to America, and we
have had diplomats by the dozen in Washington
during the last two weeks. Consul General
Bonham, who has represented this country at
Culcutta for the past four years, has been
spending some time here with his wife and
daughter, and he viii shortly go on to Salem,
Ore, where he lives. He was, am told, very
popular in Calcutta, and he entertained very
nicely there. His dAuahter lie quite an accom-
plished young lady, and she blossomed from
girlhood into womanhood during her stay in
India. understand that ex-Minister Straus of
Turkey will spend part OF the next season In