Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-31

the wonderful nagnifceuce of the peacock
throne OF the Indian mogul. Shah Jehan. This
butterfly rests with outstretched wings fat on
the head Of the brunette. It measures about
two and a half inches from the tip of one wing
to that of the other, and these delicate wings are
made of many little diamonds spotted
with blue sspphires. red rubies and green enc
raids. so that they look like real wings pulled
from the angelic plumage OF scrs heavenly in
sect. The head is a great ruby ana the long tail
and body which extends between the wings and
for two inches downwards, is of the finest enc
raids. The background of the butterfly is, OF
course, gold, but these precious stones hide it,
and it is SO we'll made that as it sparkles and
changes under the rays of the chandeliers it
looks like thing of life. 1t cost fortune, but
the girl has, am told, an income OF SIS, 900 a
year, and she can stand it.
SOME DISTINGUISHED CHARACTERS.
We have had number of noted men here this
week, not a few prominent Washington society
women. Mrs. Wanamaker and her daughter
are in cottage H., of the United States hotel and
the postmaster-general has spent ten days with
them. Mr.. Wanamaker thoroughly enjoys such
a vacation. He is good talker and good story
teller, and he has had ma ny pleasant chat on
the hotel piazas. He understands how to throw
of his work when he goes aw ay from it, and he
is as lively a BOY. He and Mrs. Wanamaker
have taken a ride every afternoon, and they
both appear to be in perfect health.
Ex-Postmaster-Ge General Tyner and his accom-
plished wife also here, and Judge Tyner's
health is improving through the of the
waters. Ex-Governor Curtin is a. the States
and Mrs. Curtin is with him. The old war gov
satyr, He came here for his wife's health, and
this has so improved that he will go home in a
few days. He does not drin K the waters, but he
likes the life here and comes here every year.
One OF the characteristic faces here is that of
Congressman Vaux, who takes Sam Randall 9
place in the house of representatives. He has a
ieonine face with a fresh fair skin. and his big
head is covered with long curls OF that reddish
gold which Titan loved to paint upon his most
beautiful women. Mr.. Vaux must be seventy
years old but he does not look more than fifty.
He is tall and fine looking, and he is the beau of
his hotel, courted alike by the grandmothers
and the maidens. He danced you know with
Queen Victoria, and there is no more courtly
gentleman here. He is rich and able and he
seems to know every one.
EI-Minister to England Phelps OF Vermont is
here and see also the stout, short, proud. the
gray beard and the bright eyes of General z.
Lawton, who represented us at Vienna during
the Cleveland administration. Ex-diplomats
are thick. and there are five ex-ministers ct q
single hotel.
GREAT MEN N COTTAGES.
There are a number Of other prominent men in
cottages here, and 1t is growing quite the fashion
for the millionaire to come here and rent or buy
cottage. Everything in the way Of private
residence goes by the uame OF cottage, and
Judge Hilton cottage is as big as q hotel and
the grounds surrounding it include 1900 acres,
and there thirty-two miles Of walks and
drives in them. Many of these rich men seldom
appear at the hotels, and the ONLY prominent
Wall street broker is Henry Clews who is at
United States. I saw him to-day, and as I
looked at his bald head / remembered the re-
mark which the late millionaire Trevers slut
tered out TO him when Clews was once Boosting
that he was q self-made man. "I-I-I-I sup
pose you t-t-t-tell the truth C1-Clews,' said
Travers, ''B-B-Bu-But for the life of me IL
III can't see why when you were making your
yourself you didn't put more hs-ha-hair on
your hesd!'
STORY BY TOM ocHILTRER.
Tom Ochiltroe is here with his crutch. He
has the skin Of baby, aud his handsome face
is as fresh and clear As that OF q Scotch girl
from the Highlands. He is very gallant, and
I asked him to-day how he liked the things said
about him in the papers. BE said II can an
swer best by telling story. New York
drummer once stopped at one of our cross
woods taverns in Texas for dinner. The coffee
was SO thin that you could read paper through
it and the landlady as she set down the cup
said Pm afraid mister ycu viii find this reeth-
er week Its all right. said the drummer as
his eve counted the grounds In the bottom of
the cup, through the amber liquid. It's all
right and don't bothef! II your coffee Is weak,
your butter is awfully strong, and the general
average will DO very well. So continued Mr..
Ochiltree as to my newspaper notoriely get
variety of evils and the general average does
very well. - MISS GRUMPY, il.