davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21
TO DINE a CARDINAL.
NIr. Blaine no Longer Constrained tC
Secrecy in Religious PreferenceA

Mr.. Blaine no Longer Constrained to
Secrecy in Religious PreferenceA
The secretary intends doing a certain
thing this month that perhaps he has wanted
to do for long time, says a Washing
ton letter, but circumstance beyond his
control have prevented it. That is, he
intends giving dinner in honor Of Cardi-
nal Gibbons. 1t is said, and is probably
true, that Secretary Blaine has all his life
at heart cherished the religion of his
mother, who was Roman Catholic. 1t is
known that when he had his famous sun
stroke Catholic medal or scapula was
found around his neck. His mothers fam
lily seem to have been very devoted Catho-
lies. and he himself was brought up in the
strictest obserYanceS of the church. When
his eldest daughter married Col. Coppin-
ger, an altar was erected for the marriage
at the Blaine house, priest performed the
ceremony and it was noticed that Mr.
Blaine Followed the religious serv-
ice very punctiliously. Q Almost
Immediately after the marriage
his daughter became a Catholic When
his son, James g., Jr., began to give
trouble to his parents, Mr. Blaine sent him
to the Jesuit college in Georgetown, having
a high opinion of the power of the Jesuits
When the Jesuits had to get rid of him, Mr.
Blaine sent in person and begged the presi-
dent of the college to keep the boy-but the
request could not be granted So the
theory is colorado that Mr.. Blaine now
feels at liberty to entertain his early pre-
objections u little more than he used to for
in 1852, he wasn't entertaining dignitaries
of the Catholic church in any very marked
manner. Things are changed in 1892.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21
JAY AT THE CAPITAL.
The wizard Greater Attraction Than
President Harrison.

The Wizard n Greater Attraction Than
President Harrison.
Jay Gould has been the lion of the week
at the capital, says q late Washington
letter. He has been dined and wined by
senators and cabinet officials. He attended
the presidents reception on Tuesday night
and witnessed the worst crush of the
seasonal pushing, nl-mannered, rushing
mob, compared 10 which the fiercest and
most demonstrative crowd of brokers that
ever assembled on the floor of the New
York stock exchange was a sparse and
orderly gathering. When one person came
to see the president ten came TO see the
little wizard OF Wall street, and they all
bowededown before tho golden calf Well
dressed women tore the gauzy lace from
each others shoulders in their anxiety to
get near him, and men forgot common
politeness and rudely pushed aside delicate
women in order TO set eyes on the man who
boosted bank account of over hundred
millions. Like everybody else, big
or little, in the social, political and busi-
ness world that comes to Washington, Mr..
Gould called at John Chamberlin's
and tested his famous hospitality. He
sent for Chamberlin on Wednesday and
ordered special dinner to be prepared for
himself and two or three friends. He
said: ''John, have not eaten any corn
dodgers since had them at your place at
Monmouth park in 1872. and want some OF
them now" His wish was gratifed-
Chamberlin informed me that Gould got
away with, beside the corn dodgers. some
deviied crabs, terrapin and canvas backs.
At the close of the repast Chamberlin
offered him some old and very rare whisky
MIR. Gould poured out about tablespoonful
OF it in glass and turned 10 DR.. Mum, the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21
rhe Turk PayIng pebts

The tsick mani Is giving unmistakable
signs of convalescence. The Turk IS be-
ginning to pay his debts with punctuality.
/ hear from Constantirople that for the
second time the Porte has paid the full
amount of the installment on the war IN
dennity due TO Russia-that is TO say, the
sum of eT350, 900. The increased regular
INV with which the Turk IS meeting his
financial engagements, which originated
with Agop Pasha, has been maintained by
his successor, Nassif Bey, and the time
may not be far OF when Turkish DEBT
will be regarded as no less secure than
that of any European government The
Russian indemnity consists of an annual
sum OF eTS50, coo, payable for ninety-two
years No capital sum was fixed. But
Turkey only paid eTl00,00O in the first
year. eTl40, 900 in the second year and
GT20O 600 in the third year. During the
last two years she mas not only paid the
entire annuity due, but also considerable
sum against arrears. At q moment when
the condition Of Russian finances can
hardly be described as brilliant NJ. Wish
pegradsh will certainly be glad to include
In his annual revenue so important an item.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21
She was Once Regent OF Spain.

The Duchess de Ia Tore, who gave so
magnificent an entertainment at Paris the
other day, is no other than the widow of
Marshal Serrano.
The latter NAV be considered as having
been The most prominent maEl in Spain dur
ing the present century, for besides being
one of the most distinguished generals that
SPAN ever possessed, he, moreover, held
the position at one time of regent of the
monarchy, while at another period he fig
ured as resident of the Spanish republic.
1t is no secret that he was the real father
of the late King Alfonso of Spain, who re-
sembled him in the most extraordinary de-
gree.
Nine. Serrano bears the reputation of
being the haughtiest and most talked of
woman of the Iberian peninsula. Formerly
she was very beautiful. and she has re-
tanned much of her comeliness and also of
her elegance.
She is very capricious and an inveterate
gambler, being greatly interested in the
ups and downs of the bourse Fortunately
her losses do not affect her very much, as
she possesses an enormous fortune, which
permits her to maintain on the most
princely scale two complete establishments
one at Madrid and the other at Paris.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21

men on each side OF the square there are 100
men to the mile, or one at intervals OF
about fifty feet. The lines are supposed
TO move one mile each half-hour.
Every man has horn or drum.
and his instructions are to make as
muoe noise as he can. Wolves are not 70
be killed until rounded up in the common
center. They may be dubbed into run II
necessary. At a distance of one mile from
the center the report OF q cannon announces
that the battle is about to begin, and the
forces are assigned and put IN readiness.
Only such Of the hunters as are designated
by the general carry firearms; the others
are armed with clubs 70 prevent the beasts
from escaping. a great number Of wolves
are often rounded up. and when the word is
given they are picked off by the appointed
sharpshooters. While the drive" IS the
occasion for great deal of fun, killing is
the business of the day, and the best marks
men attend to this
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21
MEANS OF MOVING.
All That Have Ever Been Used by Man to
be at Chicago.

All That Have Ever Been Used by Man to
be at Chicago.
The history of transportion, illustrated by
every means of locomotion that has ever
been known to man, will be one of the great
features of the Worlds fair. The arrange
ments for the display are in charge of MIR.
Willard a. Smith, chief of the department
of transportation. The transportation
building, by the way, will have sixteen
acres of floor space, of which 100000 square
feet will be reserved for exhibits. OF this,
250.000 square feet al 10 be devoted to rail-
ways. and the remainder divided between
and interesting things promised in this ex-
hibit are: ",Tinrikshas, - or Japanese pas
senger wheelbarrows; Andrew Jacksons
carriage made out of the timbers of the old
warship IronsideS; carriages belonging to
and used by Lafayette. Stephen Girard,
Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln;
models of SUCH marine craft as the dahgSa of
Malta, the caique of Turkey, the dahabeah
of the Nile, the barcaca balsa and jangada
of South America, the kyak of the Esqui-
maux, the ballam baJtel and the sea cata-
maran of Ceylon, the banca and casca of
the Philippine islands, the trabacole
brazzera and chiozzota of the Adriatic, and
the sampano- tekpais house, mandarin pas
senger and war-junks and leper-boats Of
China; Trevethick's first locomotive car
riages. duplicate of Stephenson's
Rocket" one of the original passenger
cars of the Boston and Providence railroad,
Peter Cooper locomotive, one of the old
''camelbacks.'' and of course the "palatialn
travelling and sleeping cars of the present
day. In addition there will be display Of
such modern railway appliances as air
brakes and switch and signal systems.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21
NEW ELECTRIC ROAD.
No Overhead Wires. No Storage Batteries
and Plenty of Speed.


and Plenty of Speed.
Two score of electricians, railroad and
newspaper men, brayed the cutting winds
that blew over the Coney island sands yes
terday TO inspect new system OF cleo
trical locomotion, says New York dis
patch Those who are directly interested
in this new system believe that it solves the
problem of the application of electricity to
the propulsion of railway cars.
For good many months the American
engineering company has been experiment
ing in a quiet way, and it is now believed
that the new plan has reached the stage OF
perfection These are some of the ad-
vantages they claim for it: No overhead
wires, no conduit, no mechanism in the
street, no slotted openings in the streets,
no storage batteries, no inaccessible
mechanism, no disturbance of the rails,
stringers or ties, no danger to horses or
pedestrians and no sectional rails or con-
tact sections,
A special track, full of sharp curves,
was laid near Brighton beach, and the visl-
tors were whisked over it for an hour or
more. When the experiments were over
Superintendent Martin of the Brooklyn
bridge remarked: This is unquestion-
ably the coming system of locomotion. -
IL is called the multiple distributing
station system" About all that was to
be seen, aside from an ordinary car, was an
unobtrusive little metal plate, SIX by elght
inches, sunk in the middle of the track, al
most flush with the roaobed. These little
plates are twelve feet apart. They are no
obstruction to ordinary traffic, and there
is no slot connecting them, and no rumbling
noise, as in the cable system. These plates
are termed ''heads" in the electrical YER
nacular The distributing system is so ar
ranged that all of them are absolutely
dead" or free from electricity, except the
Tn,. fba an,1T. nv "a
car as it runs along. 4 longitudinal metal
brush underneath the car takes up the eec-
tricity from the heads and communicates it
to the motor.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21

There is an echo of the Cleveland Blaine
campaign Of 1884 in the story behind the
nomination of Roland B. Mahany of New
York as minister to Ecuador. The mug
wump fever, which was epidemic in Massa-
contracted by not few of the students of
Harvard college. President Eliot, too,
bolted the nomination OF the Maine states
man. Young Ddahany defended Mr..
Blaine's career and stopped the stampede
that had set in. The fight in the college
was fully reported at the time, and came
ton Mr.. Blaine wrote letter to the young
man thanking him for his action. Suisse
quently young Mahany was introduced to
the secretary, and Mr.. Blaine took a strong
liking TO him. His appointment was IN
doubtedly suggested by the secretary.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21

that brought about the foundation
OF a new industry IN the world
Of commerce. was that of crinoline- The
famed hoped skirt, at first merely petit
coat is horsehair cloth (the genuine crino-
line from which all the other machines for
giving amplitude to ladies' dress skirts took
their nancy was devised to conceal the
evidences of the approaching advent of the
Prince Imperial Queen Victoria, never a
great advocate of the adoption OF French
fashions, was induced to conform 10 the new
style by the expected arrival of the
Princess Beatrice. Thus introduced by
two queens, one the fairest and the other
the greatest one in Europe, the new
fashion rapidly spread all over the civilized
world and reigned supreme for a number
of years It is to the Empress Eugenie
also, and to the smalluess and symmetry of
exquisite foot. true Andalusian foot in
shape and proportions, that we owed the
introduction Of the short walking-skirt,
fashion, alas. now unfortunately fallen into
disuse. May it speedily be revivedl
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21
a MAIDEN WIDOW.
The Contrast Between Duke Clarence
Betrothed and His First Sweetheart.

The Contrast Between Duke Clarence's
Betrothed and His First Sweetheart.
Princess Mary of Teck has not foot to
fit into Cinderella's slipper, if we are to
Judge from her shoes, says a London cor
respondent. Nor is the figure slender for
that of q young girl A French lady, who
knows her very well, and whom I met
looking at the above described dresses, says
that amid the royal family she shows to
advantage, not having their solid freshness
and general appearance of too good living.
The French photographers do her the bad
service of placing the Duke of Clarence's
likeness between her and an ideally beauti-
full photograph of the Princess Helene of
Orleans, for whom the poor young prince
sighed for six years. Helene has all that
is required to make a singularly striking
beauty, if she had just little umatronly
fullness. She is in a ball dress, with
white ostrich feather boa, and is STOPPING
to look at miniature which she holds in
her hand. She is tall, slim and graceful.
The features are exquisitely refined, and
she has in a supreme degree an air of dis
tinction, which is so painfully wanted in
the Princess Mary's portraits. st court
pageant the Princess Helene could not fail
to eclipse all other royal ladies of her years.
She does not look conventional or self-con-
scious, and yet seems ladylike and high
bred.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21
SHORT TALKS on MANY SUBJECTS.

with 500. OOO. 600 He found them. The
matter was kept very quiet. and they APP
piled for leave and it was granted in the
usual order. Passage was enaged upon one
of the great ocean steamships which
has a sspecic room,n a steel-lined
barrel in which gold is transported
across the ocean. The three men
started of. each with an extra strong but or
binary looking black trunk. They never
left their luggage until it was on the
steamer, the pilot boat had been dropped
and they were well out at sea. Then, at
stated times, they would visit the vault in
company with the captain and purser
When they landed at Liverpool the great
est precautions were observed. and the
bonds were finally handed over to the
London branch of the Rothschilds' banking
house. The three men returned, and no
doubt enjoyed the return trip much more
than the going out.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21
CHAsMs on THE SUNS FACE.
Peculiar characteristics of Solar Spot
that is Now Visible.

that is Now Visible.
Astronomers are intensely interested just
now in the great sun spot recently de-
yeioped on the eastern limb of the sun. By
means of piece of smoked glass anybody
may observe this great chasm on the SUMS
face, and it will well repay observation. A
warning must be given. however, against
the inexperienced use of an opera glass in
this connection, as the concentration of the
suns powerful rays is sufficient to crack
the glass or burn the eyes.
sun spots will probably be much talked
of this year, as spot period is now APP
preaching, and during maximum the suns
surface is hardly ever free from them.
Sometimes as many as forty or fifty will be
visible at once, while at minimum not
one will be seen for weeks. The spot period
is about eleven years. The last maximum
was in 1881 but it was year behind time.
It has been established that there is q de-
cided connection between these violent dis
turbances on the sun and so-called magnetic
storms on earth-Such manifestations, for
example, as the gorgeous aurora borealis.
Sun spots are vast cavities on the photos
phere of the sun, and it is as yet uncertain
whether they are caused by or a1e the cause
of eruptions on that intensely heated
luminary. They are usually found ia two
zones extending from deg. to 70 deg. of
latitude north and south of the SUMS
equator, and develop rapidly, lasting but
short time-from few days to a month or
two. One spot was known to have lasted
for over fifteen months, but that was an
exception.
They are usually quite irregular in shape,
and are composed of two parts-namely,
the umbra, or black center, which is dark
because filled with cooler gases and va
pors which consequently absorb light; and
the fringing gray penumbra, consisting of
long, feathery flaments reaching toward
N1..,- l..
lovely in form. The diameter of an umbra
varies from 500 to 1000 miles in small spot
to tremendous rents of $1,000 or 10000
miles in \ large one, into which our little
earth might be dropped many times with
out making an impression on the penumbra.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21
EXCEPTIONAL OFFER.
webster's Dictionary to the RaIser OF
Every Club of Six Subscribers
to the Weekly Gazette.

The GAzETTE's premium, Webster's Die
tionary, which is advertised elsewhere,
VIII be sent to any one send,ug n SO
subscribers in one ordaRssaNEf Sfor the
Weekly GAZEIIRaHasezr
sIRiSaa.Sashe Chance to get a Webster's
FINAL Unabridged Dictionary.
Send US six subscribers for one year TO
the Weekly GAZETTE in one order and s.,
and the dictionary will be sent, by express,
prepaid. to your address. Address all or.
ders and money TO
DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CoMPANT,
Fort Worth, Tex.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21
Rlrh or Wrnnu

Which viii We have:OIt does seem az e
some folks prefer 10 have the last conGit len OF
the liver rather than the first. They perpetu-
ally dose themselves with purgstives totally
without virtue as Alternative OF liver trouble.
HoStetters Stomach Bitters Is the successful
candidate for the peoples choice. and yet Pep.
ular and well known as e is. there are unfortu-'
mates who keep on tEFlhg the, a1<s remedies
former days II $40 the i55k gent poptlon q
q tpe PUBLIC fhat tie well t5noWnand long trfed
properties ittersep pS1f ReasQn SHOULD
be aeidefB yes erienea tse matter q meGles-
tio4 %fhf 4sst guieA,1o our feet thet4amp
ofAxFEee ceP said Great patriot - IL early
rek4uIoAarf perfeE and The ~eztsaIlf Zion is
zegpanf ~ 1tutA For,5oFcr d Ind Of q,
|enfslry tof Bitters d8flF las net Ys5n the END
sdoEsemeh1 Of people suffering from liver COM
PAINT malaria. constipation, rheumatism de-
pility and troubles accompanied o5 dyspepsia
Lattc-iy It has declared itself and been
srlppe-'
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21
STYLES SET BY EUGENE.
Fashions That Had Their Source in the
WhIms of the Beautiful Empress.

Fashions That Had Their Source in the
WhIms of the Beautiful Empress.
There has often been mention made of the
fashions that the Empress Eugene in
vented, but do not think that they are as
numerous as has been imagined, says a
Paris letter. Her first invention in that
line was the introduction of gold and silver
hair powder. gold being used by brunettes
and silver by blondes. She was still the
Countess de Teba when she brought about
this novel and brilliant innovation. With
her fair hair glistening with silver, detail
that added dreamy etherealness to her
beauty, she looked Ikea vision of fairyland
in the ballroom or the opera. Next she
brought about change in the couture of all
the fashionable ladies in the world, by roll
ing back her hair in front over two long
narrow horsehair cushions, placed at the
side of the head. and known later by the
familiar name of rats The style was
becoming and was universally adopted soon
after her marriage to Napoleon III. But
her chief invention. and one
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21
GREAT SPORT IN KANSAS
Is Furnished BY the Wolf Drives-Mni-
tary Methods.

Is Furnished BY the Wolf Drfves-1Iui-
rary Methods.
The Kansas ''wolf drive" is 2 great in
Etitution, for it satisfies the natural craving
of man TO kill something without exposing
himself 10 danger, and it is, therefore, ex-
ceedingly popular. In the townships of
Walnut, Sherman, Grant and Crawford,
wolves and foxes, which multiply alarm
ingly fast, have been driven by the severe
cold this winter to acts of depreciation sur
prising for their boldness and ferocity
The farmers have risen up and organized
for the purpose of clearing the country of
the four-feoted raiders. Upwards of four
thousand meu engage in the wolf drive,
and they beat over tract ten miles square.
The affair is conducted with military ex-
actness and discipline. A general is chosen,
and he in turn picks out his staa and bat
TALON and company commanders. The sig
nal for starting is fusillade of shots fired
by the leaders OF each squad. With 1000
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21

physician who always accompanies him,
and said: Doctor. may drink itl'' '.You
may replied the doctor, and the man Of
many railroads threw back his head and let
the nectar from the blue grass region slowly
trickle down his throat.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21

a prominest railroad superintendent living
> IN SavannalBE one suffering for years from sfa-
lar1a and Gene.al Debility, says on hSvtp9re-
covered hi4ffealtk by the 1seof P. p n, thfhls
that heE5I live soIeYer, q he clIs5yssl~ayGg
p PsPssS Priels}s Ash, Eoke1 Edst and Pot
spplscation.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21

There are only 10000 people in Iceland,
out they print eight newspapers on the
island
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21

Gen. AnnenkoR is at work on the plan
for canal between the Black sea and the
Caspian ,y.,J.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21

The Seattle Telegraph complains that
there is no law in the state Of Washington
70 punish bigamy.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21
ENTIRELY SATISFACTION.

W. J. Arkell, publisher of Judge and
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, writesi
JUDGE BUILDING,
Cor Fifth Ave and Sixteenth St,
NEW YORK, January Il, 1891.
sAbotlt three weeks since, while suffer
sfng frome severe cold which had settleden
my chest. L ,Rpplied an AGLcocKssP oaDus
PLAsTE1, and in a sherF time Obtained re.
ief. & ~
80 aIusfny opinian. thesB plastafs should be
I'm ss<ery hqRSehold for llseziE easdsot
any kind. 81 know tHassfh my case the re-
ssults have been entirely satisfactory and
beneficial
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-21
A HUNDRED MILLIONS
In the Custody of One Weak Man Who
Died Last Week.

Last week man died here who was the
custodian of perhaps the largest amount Of
treasure ever transported from one country
to another, says Washington letter Dur
ing Senator Sherman's administration the
Rothschilds agreed to take S160, 600 600 OF
United States bonds. But they had to be
delivered in London Secretary Sherman,
as he was then, looked about for three men
IN tee department who could be trusted