Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-10
AsOUT SOME PEOPLE.

Kate Field gives rather clever dehni-
ton of plagiarism when she calls II q lack
of skill in effacing coincidents.
Emperor William is fond of shooting, but
because of his wlthered arm he IS not an
accurate marksman. 1t is with the great
est difficulty than he can shoulder MS flle.
Alphonse Daudet, the French author,
who is reported TO be dying. was n country
school teacher earning very scanty salary
when he set out for Paris to better his con-
dition.
Senior Montt, minister for Chilli in Wash
ingtor, is d rich, dappcr ana bandDoN-llhe
gentleman who, while small ana dencate, IS
bright and clipper and much like Spanish
exquisite in manners
The Princess Victoria, eldest daughter OF
Princess Christian-the Princess Helena,
daughter of Queen Nictoria-has been pc
trothed to her first cousin, the grand DUKE
of Hesse. The princess is twenty-one years
of age.
On the anniversary Of Lord Nelson's
death every October his flagship Is e;aoo-
ratelv decorated with evergreens, and the
white ensign is freshly displayed. rs 1t was
all the nigh. long prior to the battle or
Trafalgar when he ordered it kept IN view
ON every vessel of his feet to Indicate that
! he would engage the enemy the instant he
| encountered him.
The old mill at Ashland, Va, TO which
| Henry Clay used to ride with bag OF his
| fathers corn for the miller TO grind, sui
| stands near the Clay homestead; and gusn-
| ing from a bluff near by is the spring OF
cold water from which the great kentuchian
| used to drink in bis boyhood. 1t vas to
| this spring that Clay first directed MS loot
| steps when. grown famous, he made 4
Journey from Kentucky to his birthplace.
| Senior Luis F. Carrillo, an enterprising
citizen of Bogota. is taking time by the
| hang of opportunity and arrang lng series
| of excursions from Columbia and other
| countries of Central and South America 10
! Cisit Chicago in 1888 to see the World is falr.
The parties are to be composed OF from
twenty-five to fifty persons. are to be per,
sonally conducted through the United
States, and will spend ten days IN Chicago
Lord Tepnyson was much irritated dur
ing a recent interview by his visitors con-
tinually pronouncing Ralph in the com
| mon English fashion, so as to rhyme Win
safe" At length he sharply corrected
the speaker, emphatically pounding Inc
table meantime. But he declared that the
name should rhyme with laugh anc
chat" In relating the incident the
London telegraph inquiries: Why was the
inoffensive ~ left out In the colds'
When Prince George of Wales took com
mand of the gunboat Thrush, he also tool
upop himself the usual duty of conducting
the religious service on the vessel on Sun
day morning. Everything went on well zap
parently, but at the end OF about foul
weeks someone suggested to the prince
that he was not reciting the liturgy accord
ING to Cranmer, although the ships com
pany was highly tiattered by his rendering
, he had been reciting fervently and humbly
1--WE have done those things that we ough
To have done, and have left undone thos
, | things which we ought not to have done,
and the crew had been accepting his state
ment of the case and feeling good.
No American poet ever received NOR
! | enviable compliment than one paid to doh
Howard PAYNE by Jenny Lind on his las
visit to his native land. 1t was in the grea
2 National hall in the city of Washington
= where the most distinguished audience tina
had ever been seen in the capital of the Tt
L public was assembled. The matches
{ | singer entranced the vast throng with he
most exquisite melodies-''Casta Diva tn
,.Flute Song the Bird Song and tn
8 Correcting to America" But the gre;
: feature of the occasion seemed to be an ac
of inspiration. The singer suddenly turne
: her face to that part of the auditorium
i where John Howard Payne was sitting, an
sang Home, Sweet Home" with sue
d pathos and power that whirlwind of e,
r citemeut and enthusiasm swept through tt
vast audience Webster himself lost a
self-control and one might readily imaSlr
n that PAYNE thrilled with rapture at this u
c expected and magnificent rendition OF n
own immortal lyric.