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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-04

already numerous on Fifth avenue.
Glasses havn been formed. and the In
structinn Of wcll known professor"
is listened 10 with as much unt cure
as iR the sermon OF the Rev, Mr.. cas-
sock when 1t IN not too long. Some OF
the high bred ventrlloquiAts have
reached that degree Of proficiency
whore they can experiment on the in
nooent public, only day or two ago
! was travelling down the avenue In
one OF the lntc MIR Elliott Shepard'g
stage coaches, mildly 0dmiring the
comeliness of two dcmure girls who
sat opposite. Pretty soon n corpulcnt
Gcrmun entered with o huge murket
basket on his arm, In a few moments
thorc issued from that basket a Won
derful succession of crOwings, cack-
lings, grnwls and squalls thnt amused
the passengers and aRtpunded the leu
ton. He raised the lid Of his hamper
and anNlously pecrcd Inside. There
was absolutely nothing there, rs we
all could see, silence for a brief space,
and then the sound OF frightful dog
nght from behind the skirts of "a prlm
HpinEter In one corner Being still en-
gagged In watching the demure damsels.
] caught the almost imperceptlble
movement OF their slightly parted lips.
Tho secret was out and u little judi
ciouH Investigation enabled me to learn
tho details Of the new fad. II would
seem TO be eminently feminine. this
''vox, ct praeter nihil'
WILSON DWIGHT.
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on the left OF the pulpit. looking
towards the dais Is the tablet erected
by John Quincy Adams, sixth Prosi-
don't OF the United statesi. To the mem
DRY OF his distinguished fOther and
pious worthy mother The inscrip-
ton reads:
Libertatem. Amlcitam, Fidem. Reu-
nebis.
D. q. NJ.
Beneath these walls
are deposited the mortal remains of
JOHN ADAMS.
Son OF John and Susanna (3oylston)
Adams.
Second President Of the United States,
Born 1890 October. 1885.
on the Fourth OF July, l11G,
He pledged his Life, Fortune and
Sacred Honor
to the Independence Of his Country.
ON the Third Of September, l7Sa,
He affixed his Seal to the pelnitive
Treaty with Great Britain,
Which acknowledged that Independ-
ence and contaminated the re-
demption of his Pledge.
ON the Fourth OF July. 1896.
He was summoned
to the Independence Of Immortality
and to the Judgment Of His God.
This House win bear witness to his
Piety:
This Town his Birthplace, TO his
Muniicence,
History to his Patriotism.
Posterity to the depth and compass Of
his mind.
At his side
Sleeps. till the trump shall sound,
ABIGAIL.
His beloved and only Wife
Daughter Of Elizabeth and William
Quincy Smith.
fs.... q
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The present movement Il on firmer
basis apparently. More than thirty
young men Of very prominent families
have united Into n "Knlckerbocker
League" as their association ~ called,
and they have each pledged Them
selves to wear nothing but knee
breeches al parties, balls and recep-
lions. first. last and all the time. They
are constantly laboring with their
friends, and converts are said 10 be
Joining rapidly. AS the fashionable
TAILOR Is generally the court OF last
ratloi-t, and at all events Yields n tre-
mendous Influence In settling questions
Of dress In New York. concluded that
he ought 10 be heard before sending
this Information into the world. The
swell creators Of aartorial dreams are
opposed TO the Knickerbocker League
without a single exception. so far as
my observation went. They are firm
in their belief that no amount OF NILS
elonary work can abolish trousers. 10
long as legs are crooked and calves
ecrawny One OF the most expensive
talIursl who constructs masterpieces in
the heart Of New Works. financial CEN
ire, talked In this wise about the Cruz
sade: "The thing = linpracticable aud
Impossible. BEFORE you put men into
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-04

other day in an English insane asylum.
Joe l4Annon, George In blanche. H.
Marine, and other great boxers appa,rad
IN this room. As | said before. ii lie stlii
IN existence. but when O'Railiy died The
p.Sihinent members lost all interest
anu departed one by one.
I'm afraid have written at altogether
BOO great length Of the pust, especially
as intended this article To deai more
particularly with the present and fu-
ture. AS | said above, there is al pres
en- great revival OF the sport In Bos-
ION. Legislative enactment prohibits
all kinds Of boxing entertainments with
OUT the unanimous consent. Of the
Board OF Aldermen. on the first day of
the New Year, when the aldermen were
new To the business. they granted three
licenses. such a howl went up as has
been seldom heurd in Boston.
The managers FOR the scrappers did
great deal Of kicking because one
man got all three licenses. SO numerous
We're the objections that the aldermen
voted not to grant any more licenses
during the year. The result was the
spflnging up OF several athletic clubs.
VINO hdd charters from the state. I'm
der these charters boxing exhibitions
can be given, but only for the members
of the club. Among the clubs who now
and then give successful exhibitions
are the Charlesbank. the Lafayettes
ana the Fdrraguts. The leading club
ia New England, and perhaps Of the
whole country, so far as boxing is con,
eerned, Is the Suffolk Athletic Club
All the great contests which have
taken place IN this section OF the coun-
try IN the past year have been success
fully pulled on within It's spacious
building. 1t has a club membership of
more than 400, and while II has q great
reputation in all-aruund sporting cir
cles yet 1t Is as boxing club, when
all is said and done that Il is best
known, The club is able to pull on
any kind OF contest. but 1t seems to
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-04

knee-brcechcs. you must mould their
legs all over. Here and there a man
Is symmetrical, but q great many raore
are not ~ gentlemun may he willing
10 exhibit an imperfect calf on his
swiftly moving bicycle. hut you will
never be able to induce him to show
business hours or to ladies' during the
evening, Then the difficulty of dress
ing the upper part Of the body with
such a rig IL another reason against II.
The gentlemen OF the league may have
the best intentions In the world--somc
OF them are my own customers-hut
they Will fall, just as alt other efforts
IN the same direction have failed And
yet. three hundred years ago men we're
willing 10 dress plcturesquely. Has
the masculine leg deterlorated?
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lugton, Tarrytown Sleepy Hollow
what wealth Of tradition IN there what
suggestion " the early days of Ameri-
can literature, what clustered recullec-
tons OF the life OF New York three or
four decades ago. when great fortunes
were Just sprlnglng into being and the
frat ulti-millionaircs OF our new civ
ilEation were going up the Hudson to
IND rest In the carrAs Of Mother Ma
turc. Here used to come Jay Gould to
escape the babel Of wall street.
Thlther the Harper brothers Ned from
the rumbliug Of their presses, The
HinanNs ceased counting diamonds for
awhile to revcl In other Jewels In thlS
favored land, Mckee Rankin, cyrus
w, Field, the Ihnruys and many others
OF great name In those days sailed up
the wondroua Hudson and fingered on
its banks, The years have rolled away,
and Times IMPLYING scythc has mpwn
down almost all OF the rich ones who
FIRST went up 90 lrvlngton, and yet its
reputation as q home region FOR money
kings is sim uudimmed. Those princes
Of gold, John u, ana William Rookie
TELLER, have erected palaces midway be-
tween TarNtuwn and Sing sing. Mrs.
Elliott H. Shepard has made the Scar
borough wilderness to blossom like a
rose around her stately mansion. At
nohbe Ferry. NOT FAR away, Henry VII
lard, the railroad magnate, entertalns
hosts OF friends at hls house Here
also Chauncey NJ nepoW haH a pnlatial
home where he delights 60 smoke u
reflective pipe after particularly hard
duy with applicants for free passes
over the New York Central. There are
scores OF others, some uf whose names
you might not recognize, but all OF
whom hnbitunly toy with bond cou.
ponn and have chicken every day ic
they feel like n,
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Az PURITAN PRESIDENT
John Adams Sleeps Under the
Shadow Of Merry Mount.
IN QUINcYS OLD CHURCH.
President John Quincy Adams Rests
BY His Fathers Side.
TYPES OF TRUE DEMOCRACY.
Ing Tribute TO This sturdy Race
In dorothy o."

Under the shadow OF the Merry
Mount or Mount wollaston. as it is
known today, where that stern old
Puritan, Governor Endicott OF Massa-
chusetts, broke up the revels Of the
ungodly Maypole dances, lies the little
city of Quincy, hallowed name. insepar-
ably connected with the growth and
greatness OF our country.
Here It was that the spirit OF indie
pendence had it's birth IN the eccleslas-
cal turmoils of the early Puritan days.
for the Liberals Of Quincy We're the
first torebel against the tyrannous man
dates Of those ministers who. banished
from old England for worshipping God
according 10 the dictates of their con-
science. denied to others that freedom
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-04

slender white tube. and with II scdu-
lousy WOO the Guddrss Nlcutlnia, But
they do not go abou, buying the CONF
mon article that * - vulgar an TO be
sold for ten cents a boN--nut they, The
rich mans cigarette has now become
a work of art dream and a costly
thing "a trinc with, Most wealthy New
iorkcrs with any nrctenslnns to family
now have their cigarettes nude to
order and stamped with the crest OF
their race. lf their race hasn't any
crest they have one manufactured, And
the priccs they pay for these affairs
nre enough to staggor belief The man
who Leads an the rest Ia this respect Is
10. \. Schultge, a young millionaire OF
orange, His short and Fat cigarettes
beautifully embossed With his mono
gram cost him SIS thousand Theo-
dore HaNCmrNer The sugar magnntc,
CNpends $500 a month On the choice ar
tlcles he smokes. Mayor Strougs sou
bradley pays over four cents apiece
for his. II stands Andrew $ Hamer-
slcy q neat sGm for the pleasure OF
having his family crest stamped upon
the rtrc cigarettes that are made FOR
him In Cairo. T. Marion Crawford the
novelist revels In a thin anair sumr aiN
inches long. wrapped In corn husk
paper that comes from Mexico. ROYAL
Phelps Carroll has q most elaborate
decoration consisting Of the crest pf the
CAROLS Of Maryland a monogram Of
his initials and below that hls name
spelled out Ia nun Even the clergy
is not exempt from this little vanity
for Rev Or Potter of the Second
avenue Tabernacle is an Industrious
cigarette smoker and has his weeds
made for him of Turkish tobacco aud
marked u. @ 4. An the Wistocruic
club Of New York now have tholr spc-
ciAl brands. aud they are Of tho finest
1
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Gotham to nuke every scheme Of
economy blush Tor very shame His
plan la simple, hut most effective. aud
II well managed Will create profound
respect for the person who adopts II.
lie noticed thar one Of the chief glorlca
of returned tourists was Ia the various
labels OF foreign railway stations
pasted ON their trunks. The more Of
these Cnlored Hlgns Of travel, the more
satisfaction on the part Of Mrs, Newly
rich or Mr.. parVonoo, or even OF Mr.,
and Mrs Bloodbuo. So the Parialan
sent home for huge stock OF sample
labels embracing nearly al the FASH
lcunble resorts Of Europe He had them
carefully initiated over here, 10 that n
big stock Of exact reproductions was
the result. He then cautiously began
to let his business be known, mainly
through French walters and other ser
wants. orders for him 10 call around
and doctor trunks began 10 How In
upon him with regularity, ana now he
has all he can attend TO tn the way Of
decorating the lmpedmenta OF the
proud and impccunious. He charges
1--WE cents for pnch label stuck on, or
two dollars for a complete Job OF u,
A wall-trcnted trunk makes "A brave
showing indeed az II comes out of the
house bound for Newport or The coun-
try, and "a corresponding sensation ~
made when It tumblea into the hotel
al the other end Of the journey, blaz0n-
Ing forth the fact that It's owner has
lust seen Rome, Paris, Baden Baden.
Meutonr and "a dozen other places
ncrogs the pond II 81 really too bad 10
give the scheme publicity but u IL one
IL those things that are 80 clever us
10 deserve full recognition
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-04

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Son OF John and Abigail (Smith)
Adams,
slsth President OF the United States,
Born II Of July, 1867.
Amidst the storms OF clVil commotlon
He nufsed the vlgor
Which nerves a statesman and a
patriot,
And the faith
Which inspires Christian.
For more than half a century.
Whenever his country called FOR his
labOrs,
In either hemisphere OF IN any capacity.
He never spared them In her cause.
on the 24th of December, 1914.
He signed the second treaty with
Great Britain,
Which restored peace Within her
borders.
on the 23d OF February. 1913.
He closed sixteen years Of eloquent
defence
OF the lessons Of his youth,
By dying ut his post
I'm her great national council.
A son, worthy ot his father;
A citizen, shedding glory on his coun-
A scholar, ambitious to advance man
Kind;
THU Christian sought 10 walk humbly
In the sight Of his God.
Beside him lies
His partner for nifty years,
LOUISA CATHERINE.
Daughter OF Joshua and Catherine
tSu;h Johnson.
Born r. Februtry. l775i
Married 20 July. 1881;
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Lord u, proverbiol hater Of Ameri-
ca and Americans, was dining lately
In Paris with the British minister
Next to him at the table was noted
Newport belle. Miss y.
The conversation had drfted to n
discussion Of things American. and
Lord -. mudc some dlsagreoublc re-
marks about some Americans he had
met and some Yankee customs he alb
horrcd,
why. dye know" he continued.
with an objectionable want Of tnct
"that AT Some OF the plncea | dlned NJ
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Deceased Is May. 1857;
A..

Deceased 10 May, 1857;
Age a.
Living through many vlclsshudes and
Under high responsibilities.
As a daughter, wife ana mother
She proved equal to all.
Dying. she left to her family and her
sex
The blessed remembrance.
or a woman that feareth the Lord"
Herein Is that saying true, one SOW
eth and another repcath. | sent you to
reap that whereon ye bestowed no
labor. other men labored. and ye
are entered into their labors.''
Here they lived. In Quincy. those
Adamses. with horns uneNalted by tenn
poral greatness; here they met on sun,
day in the old meeting house with
their fellow townsmen imnloring the
blessings OF the great Jehovah ON our
common country; here their sputlesa
lives are u more enduring mark of
fame than gtoried arm or animated
bust: they were prophets with honor IN
their own country
on the occasion " the two hundrcdti
anniversary OF the establishment OF the
church. President John Quincy Adams
composed the following hymn for the
celebration.
Alas how SWIFT the moments nyl
+, How Hash the years alYngl
Scarce here. yet EonC already by,
The burden OF SONG
See childhood, youth aud manhood pass,
,,Anu aae, wilh iuit9wed brow
limo was Time shan be'-drain the
But whore In Time is Now
,,,.,. 49,. .--.. 49,.
W r. W "iuuaulC nWs W V'""Se'
The past the future, ~ the range
OF Times uuccuglng .Ouud.
Whfere' then Is Now IN realms above,
with G0d's atoning Lamb
In Regions OF eternal love.
Wh'fe H'is onihrened M"
go,
T9me n -p ngrim; i ,. thy iloy9 and tears
hut heheviogtl a!l my hopes ana ic9Vs
M ,Hn3 H1 ~, ~, y " I.., Nm
Win truth, with Write, I'VE;
50 Nv me DUES that Ilne denies
htcthlS shoi give
mt. l.. ,,..,. -
There IL true plety In the ltuo song
OF praise. IL opens the religious heart
Of the "otd man eloauent' to the gpze
Of the world.
~. put tney were Grlnu race those
.Nuaulhes anu Qulncys' true democrats
IN the broad INTERPRETATION OF that
much-abused word. They were brave
men. and their women were Vlrtuuus
aud beautiful our own oliver Wen
doll unI,ncs ,,lr,g 49, ,,,,.,,,,,,,, ,,,l
i,,,a fl,. ~, tts,, ,,,.,s a. ~,
loNe Tor thvhc historic names III ms
,....,.-..,...
1tannNuihet o. mother hcr age ] guess
aii,il,y,' , sg",L ,l, OF s2ngIhihk ies"'
Smooth s5ii1rs for,h,.,J Vim n,r,ucl
hair
Lips that lover has never Kissed;
Taper lnEcrs and slender wrist,
hanging sleeves OF Sun brocnde,-
30 'A"S painted tho lito mnld,
ON hor hand a r,rr,t ,.r,,r
site unm"rI1,s ~ hr..,h .,,..,,
Hold Mn thr canvna mn lr s,rV
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mouths yellow silk knots. The panels
are Vanished IN old Chinese red. and
all the ornaments are OF gold ofe very
line finish The inside OF the box In
upholstered with heavy yellow silk. In
the front OF the seat there Is n toilet
box with a clock. mirror. vlals, etc.
Under the slodge there Is n signal bell.
which rings when one presses a but
ton. In the front II big gold dragon.
Taken altogether the sledge Is highly
artistic and comfortable. When the
Emperor rides forth on state occasions
the sledge II surrounded by a corps OF
blue bioodcd ihandarins. who act az
a ruf.ie d'honneur.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-04

Mrs. Gradley dearfully)-1 don't
care who knows H. Ny husband has
got TO give up either me or bis lodgel
He gets worse and worse; don't be-
lleve he'll ever be any account. the
worthless brutel
Nelghbor (soothingly)--I didn't think
II was so bad, But Mrs. Gosslper did
tell me yesterday that your husband
was Il poor creature at best.
Mrs. BRADLEY daring up)-Oh ahe
did! did aho? Wen, III Just LET that
backbting gossip know she cant run
around slandering the best man In this
town. Poor creature. indeed, He's
worth thousand Tom GosslperH. and
IN let her know ~ Wait TIL get my
bonnet.
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AANHAA NV ~
tent. II also re-
mninsa fact that
the milllpnulres
OF Gotham. es-
pecially if they
chance to have a
drop or two Of
what is known
as 50 porting
blood" In their
veins. love the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-04

be the general i'm 40 Yard Champion,
preston that such a contest could cas-
lily be pulled on without any inter
ference. But the authorities would not
stand contest t. d finish,
The Sunoll. Athletic club was organ
lied Jan. a. 1892 1t is made up Of 400
sturdy, athletic young fellows. many
of whom are wealthy, some not 50 well
fixed, and all thoroughhreds. Their
frs, public exhibition was held IN the
Connolly now matched to fight George
Dixon, bysted Dan Mckinnpn. Some
other notable contests So managed by
the club were contests between Peter
Maher and Jim Hail for $500 purse,
which, by the way, was a fake between
the boxers the club will never forgive;
Jake Kllrain and steve O'Dunnell,
which ended In a draw; Patsey Fenton
and Eddie Connolly OF ST. John; Kid
Mccoy and lack Wilkes, which result
ed In an easy win for Mccoy DICK
OBrien and Mccoy, draw of twenty
five rounds for a $500 purse, an other
memorable battles. In track al sbcs
the Suffolks hold the championship Of
New England, their crack team heins
made up of Tom kedne, w. j, Holland,
A. NJ Remington and Frank Rowe.
In '93 the club had 800 entries In open
events. winning about $50 points. These
included the winning of the New Eng
land championship by Tommy keane
nj 4lo and 300 yards. Charles II. Bean
won the five-mile championship.
Bean also won the twu-mile handicap
at the Worlds Fair. where team of
SUFFOLK athletes competed In "a the
suffolk Athletic club again proved It's
power as winning organization, for
in addition To making large total
of winning points kcOne and Bean de
feated Americas greatest runners for
the national 44O-yards and hNe mile
championships, respectively. Among
the star athletes now members of the
CLUB are Tom Kenue, Charles II. Bean
James Il Rusn worth, one-mile champion
of New England; Tom Watson, cham
plon pole Vaulter OF England who now
resides in Boston: Phil Stingell, champion
high jumper, and muny others 1he
present officers are Al G. Downing, the
well-known amateur sculler president :
Grover Watts, Vice-president; r. y.
Russell. secretary; James A. Doyle,
treasurer; B. kempton, captain; L.
Stingel. lieutenant, and Hubert Nowles,
second lieutenant Nelse lines, whose
picture Is in the group, always with the
SUFFOLK ala more than any other one
man to make the club known through
out the country.
mn when all is said and done, the
Suffolk Club is being recognized as
the greatest patron Of boxing there is
In the country. In Dallas the athletic
club will win temporary renown, but
when the great battles have been de-
cided It will, in all probability go
out of existence. The Suffolk Club
will stay for many years to come.
James w. Westcott, one Of the best
known sporting men in the country
is the matchmaker for the club. He
is preparing for n great season of
snort. The midsummer carnival OF
boxing which the CLUB proposes TO
manage in August promises to be sec
ond only to the great fights which take
place later in the fall at Dallas. Mr..
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IN America / saw people cat with their
knives and spin their soup on the
tublecloth."
Miss X. was thoroughly provoked by
this time. but she replied with an APP
parent uuconcern:
What poor letters Of introduction
you must have had. my lordr
There was no more unpleasant talk
about Americans that evening.
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Tommy Blngo-Slster had her young
man call TO see her last night. and l
was neeping through the keyhoie look
stopped me.
While Sllmsoi--What did fhe do?
Tommy Bingo--She took u look
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-04

She Con the evning OF the wedding
day)--ohi Harry. Just look what a
large piece OF the wedding cake has
been ieftl Whatever shall We do with
III
Hell tell you what. my dear. IN
send It to the night Waterman at our
works, then l shall be sure he won't
sleep tonight.
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succeeding season.
Now II ls swoet
charity that en-
crosses her cndc1v-
ors now minstrelay
and again the oc-
cult sciences. The
very latest In ven-
trlloquism, und Ii
W. said that the
fair disciples OF
Valentine NoN are
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-04

not It's equal In
the new world Tor
enhancing charm
and memories OF
the most foscln-
atlng sort. /
mean that por-
ton of Westchcs-
ter county lying
along the IIud-
son river lrV-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-04

The Prince OF Wales was once com
PEELED 10 pawn his watch. That took
place. however not in England. but in
France. and, OF all places In the world,
at Sedan. II was about year after
the war and the prince, in the strlotest
incognltn, was visiting the battlehelds,
recngnftion, so as not to wound French
susceptibllitles. He found himself imam
cially stranded at Sedan with insufil-
Gent money either to pay his hotel bill
~ ~ ..ullu.aN fnre hack % IrAnkfOrt
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d rec In II a In
knlckerbOckers and
silk atO @ X | n gs.
There have, as you
know. been many
atts IN pts In the
past made 20 cree
ate a healthy de-
nand for the alb
breviated Lex COW
erlngs, but without
any great success,