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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20

In No Other Country Arc Life and
Property So safe ns Finland.

In No other Country Arc Life and
Property SO safe nS Finland.
1t might be rash perhaps to assert that
among the criterla Of nations civilization
security of lie and property deserves
prominent place, but II IL certainly quite
safe 70 aflrm that IN no other European
state not even in Sweden and Norway, Is
HE and property 40 secure as In Finland,
The confident. maitur-lf-tact way In which
trunks, parcels and plr,manteauB are loft
for hours Ia tho public streets Of cities With
out any ore to look after them could not fail
to edlfy an EngilEhman or a Belgian, whose
portable property often seems to disappear
by magic,
In tn. country districts the houses are
for the most part unbolted unbarred and
unlocked. Then again It is no uncommon
thing for blooming girl Of seventeen or
q young married woman 10 drive alone In
her cart distance OF nifty or sixty miles,
through dense fores,s and by the shores
OF gloomy lakes, conveying the famlly's
butter. cheese and eggs to market, Ia town,
aud then 20 return home alone with the
proceeds,
Finnlsa honesty is proyerblal. In trade
the Firms. a. a rule, are not only scrupu-
lotisy honest. they are herolcally quix0t-
lcally 80. a brakeman viii tell you the
whole truth about his wares, oven when he
knows perfectly woll tina, by doing 70 he
loacs customer whom the partial truth.
slight suppressio verl. would have secured
him.
This seems exactly the kind of apparatus
I am looking for" said to a merchant In
Helslngt0ra some months ago, in reference
to an article that cost about fi5. and
Will buy 1t at once H. knowing what want
It for, you can honestly recommend me to
take IT,"
mo. sir, do not recommend you 10 take
II. nor have | anything in stock Just now
that would suit YOU"
And l loft the shop and purchased what
l wanted elsewhere,
Here's your fare" said 10 a peasant In
tho interior who had driven me for three
hours through the woods on his drosky,
handing him four shllllngs.
NO. sir: that's double my fare" he re-
Piled returning TO me half the money.
Aud when / told him he might keep II for
his honesty. he slightly nodded his thanks.
with the dignity OF enc OF natures gentle
men. from which defiant pride and cringing
obseoulcuHness were equally absent.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20
The Features That First Strike
a Visitor.
EVIL DOOR EVERYWHERE.
And Everywhere, Too, the Great
Sky-Scraping Buildings.
RELICS FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.
The Metropolis of the West So New
That Everything Dates From
"The Big Fire"

An evil odor is the first thing that strikes
the visitor to Chicago; the next is dust,
whom the weather is dry. mud when 1t is
rainy. Lake Michigan lies at Chlcago's
feet. but she seldom washes them. Per-
hapa they arc too large. There is no doubt
about tho blgnoss OF everything in the
Windy City. From the sky-scraping build
ings down--or should It be up?-to the
conceit OF the average Chicagoan. bgness
Is the most prominent feature. II you get
Into the city In daylight. leaving the train
which has brought you from the East. say
at the Union Depot. you may not at first
receive the impression that you are in
big city. The smoke and smell which will
assail your nose, and the Bquslld disreputa-
blllty Of the West Side street which will
be the FIRST glimpse Of Chicago that you
Will get upon emerging from the very pro-
vincial depot the Pennsylvania Railroad
thinks good enough for what It's inhabl-
tants forclbly call the Metropolis OF the
West. are not apt to remind you Of any
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20

thing grandcr than Jeryy city, In sum
mer timo there is more smell and less
smoke To winter more smoke aud less
smell. You can take your choice Of seasons
without danger Of missing much smoke or
smell in Whatever month you pay Chicago a
visit.
Tho hacks outside the depot VIII make
you ahiver to look at them. Take the adj
vice Of one who has tried them-loaye them
roliglously alone. one OF tho signs OF in
telllgence in the Choag0an is his avoid
anca VI hacks aud cabs, He never rides In
a wheeled conveyance over the downtown
streets, unless tho police invite him to
free jaunt in a patrol wagon. When cab
is worn out completely In New York they
send II to Chicago. The horses, one may
readily believe. are natives for no foreign
qundruped could master the rocky lntricl-
cles Of Chicago street, Not that they have
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20

not good paNemcntB within the city limits
the guide books toll truly Of hundreds OF
miles OF maca1emlzad bouloyards-but these
are IN the fashionable residence quarters
or where some day there Will bn residences.
II is a fad with ChicagOans TO bestOw pave
monts, elaborate water aud sewer systems
upon the annexed districts which are sun
virgin prairie and It 10 no uncommon thing
TO come upon boulevard with carefully
curbcd sidewalks OF stone and avenues Of
promising young trees hours after one has
loft the city behind But the streets In
the shopping and business center are worse
than the Eastern Imagination. even with the
assistance OF Tammauy object lessons. can
coniuro UP. To do the people OF this mis-
governed city Justice, they do not boast
about their pavements. II Is the only con-
siderable thing they do not ask you to look
at and duplicate n you can.
II you walk over TO your hotel from tho
depot you must cross the Chicago River
an open sewer which supplies large part
Of the oder already referred to. The draw
bridge will probably be open, so you will
have time to examine the inby tlde-no,
not tide, for the so-callcd water Ia stag
nant. and IN fact so nearly a solid that
an ingenious Chicagoan has suggested that
with very little pressure It might be con-
verted into bricks OF peculiarly durable
character, The drawbridge will not remain
open all day and when you have crossed
tho river Chicago In all It's glory will lie
before you, fof all that is'worih seeing in
the city save the parks, Is crowded into
a scaut half mile between the river and
Lake Michigan. Everything that has tho
ialntost SAVIOR OF historical interest ia
lammod Into a smaller space still This
docs not matter much. for Chicago has
barely enough history 10 justify the forma-
ton OF the Inevitable historical society.
The Eastern man who lo0ks FOR historical
rollcs, traditions or anything concerning
the past in Chicago will be disappointed
II the Chieagoan Is an elderly man he may
occasionally refer to tho massacre Of 1912
but more probably he will date everything
from the ERE Of 1sTi Generally speaking,
these arc the only dates IN his city's his
tory known 70 Chioagnan. and there were
hundreds u thousands probably who hadn't
an Idea when Mr.. George NJ. Pullman Greet
ed statue Of Blackhawk. the friendly
Indian who saved some whites In the Fort
Dearborn MASSACRE. In hts front yard. nom
inally part Of Eighteenth street, what
event Il was meant TO commemorate. The
Worlds Fair year Will soon push that OF
the great Are out Of peoples memoriea in a
city where they caro- nothing for tho paet.
none too much for tho present, but bank
heavily upon the future
Il viii strike the Eastern visitor as very
singular that about a half dozen people
monopolize Information about the Important
features OF t'hicago's civic existence, For
example. ask Choagoan some historical
data. and after he has pointed out the tab
let In a warehouse wall, showing where Fort
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20
HON. GEORGE WEST
as no appears daily
legirlatlng for hia
constituents.

Thousands OF his constituents had never
aeen him. and the Photographic were reye-
lauons TO them. Uncle George used 10
say: II win many votes BY not showing
myself" But the carleatures really created
burning desire OF every man woman and
child In the district TO SEQ him, and he
made dates to speak 10 every town. MS
opponents chucltled aud said. "Now we
hsyo got Hun; as soon as tho voters see
him they will not vote for him" Thuusands
turned out to see him. and they not only
stayed TO hear him, hut every mothers
ION OF them gworo they would vote for him
hrat, last and all the time. Ills frank
Jolly way OF taking tho audience into his
confidence. his Witty remarks about his
"beauty' and the delightful sarcasm which
no sprinklod over his opponents fairly cap-
tured his hearers. Ho was chaered and an
plauded and overwhelmingly reelected.
II was a triumph any stz;asman might
have enyied and called Attention 10 the
fact that the Jolly paper manufacturer OF
Ballston had wonderful talent and native
ability. In truth. the pictures OF him
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20

There ID a Bible In Lucas County, o..
which was once baked In loaf OF bread
II now belongs to Mr. sohpbolt. During one
Of the cruel prosecutions In Bohomla an
edict was passed that ovary Blble IN tina
hands Of peasants Ghould be delivered uu 10
the authorities and destroyed. Various OK
pedlenu were Fesorted 10 by Blbls.loyInl,
Proteatann 10 preserve them. Mn. sche-
bolt, grandmoiher OF the present owner,
placed hens In the center Of batch Of dough,
which was ready for the oven, and naked M
The house was carefully searched, but no
nlblo found, and when the Invaders had de-
parted ard tho danger was past. mo Bible
was taken uniniured from tho loaf IL
waa printed 100 years ago.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20

In the De Beers Mine recently two dls-
monds were found emb4dded In a piece ~
well preserved wood. discovered at a deptb
Of 200 feet. on splitting the block.
which was fully ten inchss thick. a cavity
was disclosed to view In which repnsed
living spaclmen OF tree frog. The local
seieutlnc people compute the age OF ne
tree 90 $50 ycara. during $50 years OF whlch
hpggy had been entombed. The Jumping
81 catnte did not. however, long survive me-
sloek OF gazing upon a busy world after 50
long seelusion. but soon expired. Fig.
urahyely speaking. It liyes-ln a phlAl OF
spirlt--st the kimberley Museum.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20

quent beats" have not sx's
changed the genial current 4
As president OF the Press CD
with becoming dignity and ~
TALLY. His election has CIV;
petus to the social life Of TIE
members have faith In his ~
about needed changes and r'li
They see In their minds els y
ters up town-a comforiabls
members can enjoy hours q
leisure and a cuisine at'Aenn
delight the soul OF the met
Mr.. Howard has the execullTs
ly developed, and whatevfT y
do he does without any pltir1
blowing. His election wa I :
served compliment, because y
a candidate. His friends JUL
and voted for him, and he *
ingly elected that he viii y u
lead tho way out OF the p.si
difference IN the club and ~.
orous, frst-claas social hanf
lists no one who knows hin "
one Is more qualified to Epeik Y
men than MIR. Howard. bsa
won his spurs in the greasei =
experience. His coup de man. ,
with the war Of Wales u -
the war, shows his fertility q
order to keep rival corrtsp
sending a dispatch lie mad y, 4. &
eight or ten chapters OF ihs ~
Tho fact that the husband q Z
William Waldorf Astor ana y
clded that her remains snl.A
in the new graveyard Of y
Church Is proof positive mL
fact that Mr.. William WMes
practically Angllclzed hlnlsM
get away from family 'raa''4
toms.
The Astors have always eeia
to speak, Of Trinity Church -
bears, for the most par, h
vaults in the old chnrcny.l.ss y.
OF Wall street. But the heil.
Of New York city prohio.
the city limits now, save VIZ w )
ditl0ns, and the result is ~
lnterments a year are na'tr n,
churehyard whe'e AlexaF9a ~
Charlotte Temple and naiI u
sa,1iars ~ Nav Amsterilri u
The new Trinity cemelsu.
William Waldorf Aslor NiA "a
better favored In the matte. u &
was the old Trinity chuToai, z
shut in and oyershadows,s.
buildings. The new IEinls
is lust outside the city llnl,1 f',.a
come distance above wnef,t ~ 4
resis pelow II aews he ~ f
what Washington irylns ~
Zee one can see the froWnllns y.
toricai because above ,ns.A <
paced and watched the BIZ 4
held New York. II Is me ".
burial place about New !
others have got conserya,l''s:., . 4
notice that the fashionapls ri. ss y 4
anxious to die and rest ia ~ ~. Z
Chaise OF New York than ~ " /
an Astor died. 1t - bAfa
fashionable cus;5n. i. nil
II will be interesting = (
York city's reform Mayol ~ 80.
,,a,,, ,nn,rtunitv "a achieve ~
US" opp0''uH'' Fos5Ss
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20
SeeSi ssa2Hsasd
os9a.Te4fahIa'5I6l
5t $685. 90 WI
ISaETVOo 900

These are sad days for Wall street. The
Jolly little broker, so-called. Is very far
from being Jolly. Wall street Is as bare
OF gold dollars ms the floor OF country
school house. Business with the specula-
tors Is dull, insunerably dull, aud the out
look for fortunes to be made In the manipu-
lation Of stocks is far from rosy, No longer
is heard the swapping of champagne
corks at the luncheon hours. Brokers are
content 10 drink beer instead OF the Vinous
product OF France. In the old days, when
money was plentiful and stocks were see
saving the restaurants in and around the
Stock Exchange were crowded with brok-
ers who picked at birds and terrapin and
washed these dellcaoies down with Dur
gundy and champagne. The old days nave
passed away. and the new days are mere
with sandwiches and beer. The gorgeous
Offices and parlors, in which the heecy
lamb was led to the slaughter, are tempo
rarily closed. or else occupied by men IN
other lines OF business, To put II mildly
the blight has fallen upon Wall street speeu-
,atlon. Instead OF cabs, brokers now use
the cable cars. The high priced tailoring
establishments adjacent to Wall street are
not doing the business they used TO DO.
Economy is the enforced motto oil the
hour, and the brokers are sad. very sad,
Indeed.
No lady In New York looks the grande
dame more than the wife Of ex-senator 7.
c. Plat. She is tall. has a regal carriage
and the fine patrlelan air which is the herl-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20
Millionaire West Enjoys Jokes
Upon His Beauty.
HONoRED IN SAN FRANCISCO.
The Ladies Voted Him the HandsOm-
est Man in the East.
ELECTED BYAN OLD PHOTOGRAPH
Political Opponents Meant II to
overwheim Him, but IL Proved
TO he Boomerang.

The homellest man IN the Empire State
IS also the joillest and most popular-ex-
Congressman George West OF Ballston Spa
Instead OF being sensitive on tho subject
OF his looks he fairly reyels in any incident
or Joke that accentuates and calls atten-
ton to his general tout ensemble He is
witty. humorous and gay. and although a
soptuagenarian no is considered one Of the
blows" and he Is as active and as exuber-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20

Dearborn probably never stood, and with con-
scioH pride begged you to admire the pic
lures" OF old Chicago In the Palmer House.
he will refer you without more ado to Mr..
Fernando Jones for anything else In the lis
toricai line you may desire, Mfr. Jones Is a
delightful old gentleman. who came 10 Cnl-
cago In the thirtles. and has well-stocked
memory and lively Imagination He Is
the only Chlcagoan who In conversation can
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20
a FORT DEARBORN MEMORIAL TABLET

20 back Of the great fire and be interesting.
He is the historical m1nopoist.
II you are In search Of social memorabilia
lit Is scarcer, II possible. than the his
torical artcle-there Is only one resource
Mrs Potter Palmer She Is charming
woman, who has risen superior to the Palmer
House. and Its belongings, Including Mr..
Palmer. and Is at once the repository Of all
vaRrant honors OF the feminine gender and
the last court OF appeal in matters OF eti-
quette. lately introduced In Chicago. man.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20

in his letters from IN. ,.
e ., one Of the Fes .,O1t b
also predicted that ,ba aeaeral &c
time. His letters rs war woul
n ,'inn, ana ana when he returnsSS feel
name name was announced IL , ,S hol
cried out; 80 you are ~ sne ono
the war will be n,a,e me man
il Inn Sr Nv two had elapsed, ~ ehl'
sln nl.,i the great editor ,s ana q
Baclty and presclencs Deiieysf
correspondents wsr@ ~ Nj
one occasion in Virginia 's
saved him from es sa
friends with a souibssu 4
the Federal Army LET hrS +
evening no and a nnna nd
were IN the parlor beiSs' ~
lady OF the housa s ms slt.., =
q a.. poay OF confedera,s ~ = y i
Mr.. Paige Is rather sSe e ,e1si1 Z!
stout, so he could no, ~
Inc officers ran on, Nv e'esn f
Paige sat calmly IN M y q, +
was surrounded, and n prT
came In they wanted ~ ~ q
oh, he Is one on M, nst d
Is on furlough," saId ~ 'itsi Il
He Is a noted arncs,ias v
al philosophers fro. sli =
After the war he edi,.sp ~ linz
i leans. and aired his yIe,. .ls K
1ects. One day a Biz 'r ~. ~
entered his once. an, sss5e :
ehloglze such men a. ,ussss
Darwin l,. Darwin" aid aai'' M
never be buried in w.'.z
Ten or fifteen years ~. m,a'Ga
when Mr.. Paige had N.Y. u &
National l,, lawyer he me, i NJ
victoria Hotel. London 70 III
me-" said the lawye, n. "
you something" - tN
lie took him to wss,n,,.
silently pointed to the tons !;
~ must picturesque Nh.
past is ex-senator Al n W
lyn. He represents al, e. \
mad entirely different MIL, !,
present 1t was before ~ WY, .:s.s
with a big X. had per I'm ,,'
that Mr., Daggett III Icy. =
behind a dark cloud Iooms, \.
glory upon the pollticsl ~. :
eoruscated with IDEAS. api Y.
went to his Residence !, Y
night to wake him up and n
to give them an idea. NIX
open. he would deliver A y.
marks and send the clams.'.l
on their way rejoicing. Il.
was writing circulars. and n.
side know that he wrots X, /,
frying circular which VA. Y.
Republican National Lesss i
Foster vas president SONS ~
Daggett was running The lI.s.s
the league. and he daily NM
lars by the hundred. merei,
bureau from growing rusty Y,
A happy inspiration Of an I'M. +
acter came to him, and h ~ f
cular wherein he said ia N "
fried out OF the big MANURE,
then the star Of his pulitIsl =;
declined somewhat. and Il N IS
gated to a reminiscent nleh. /
out now as the author Of Il, +;
circular, which created corr,,
the ranks Of the Republic, ,
which made political capltai X, m
Gratis. The ex-senator Is M r
still wears his short milItist Z /!
and carries himself with n =;
Of man who can furnish lsen Y
political parties. He earrlts + &,
political secrets, but he lstns X
not leak them out to ever B4
Harry who tries to "jolly hIr
to hear him talk. ~
One Of the most notable nj
figures in Gotham is Joe Hssa
of the Press Club. He has W
journalism for over forty III
has the same ylrlle snap thai Il
the day he accompanied ls.
coin to Washington to be hi.
1861. He was correspondent hi
daily, and sinc1 then bis ts.x
Gotham dailies has kept hin i 4
ness. Hard work, brilliant "a,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20
MAssAoRE rRnn ANp puLLMAN HOUSE

right up to date. To the man who likes al
venture and Is not afraid OF anything. Chi
cage Offers about as much as Central Africa
ereu' EASTERNER-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20

y, ssw professional men have had m,,,
nli'eu ana successful career than Ns,hns..,
$50, o. Washington, the well-bnnwr ''' a.,
war 70 lawyer and savant pnr,ns IN, ~,
rrrih,,- was a war correeponaan, ~ .,ie
Harsna and and naturally came In con,an, ~, sas
ersas svteeiey. Hls fmt meeting viii WIZ ,ha
' '''''f Wa not pleasant. M Ps iss
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-30
PRISON PLANS.
Architects to Compete for the Designs
for the Addition.

&7ecsGt 10 ttsc JeTSeD tatv lsctcS.
TRENTON. April 80, 1884 meeting
of the Prison Commission was held at
the state Prison yesterday afternoon,
and it was decided to advertise for a
competitive submission of plans for the
new addition by arehitects. The general
idea will be given on which the plans
are to be drawn, and the architects VIII
be asked to submit estimates of price.
The plans are to be for 200 cells and
prison inmates or fifty persons. They
are to be for both steel and brick cell
Construction. The Commission IS unan-
fmously in favor of the former. except
because of this increased expense, and 1t
Is for this that they chiefly want the es-
They know that the steel cells viii be
the most e~xpens-ve, but have no knoWl-
edge Of what the additional cost will be-
They are more eompac and 1t Will not
take so large a building for them, so
that there Will be more saving in that
The advertisement for plans will be
got this week, and the Committee ex-
poets to have the plans submitted IN its
hands in less thar a months time. After
it Improves them they must be approved
by the Governor and the joint legislative
comm.ttee before bids can be solicited.
State Comptrpller Hancock, who is one
of the Commissioners. said last evening
that all possible haste will be made and
the work of construction begun as soon
as possihles
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-30
GET GOOD SALARIES.
whore Normal Graduates Teach and
the Recompeuse Received.
Special to tho jersey Citg Meas.

Special to tho jersey City Nctts-
TRENTON. April 80. lss5.-The number
Of students graduated from the State
Normal School during the year 1894 was
129, Of whom II were males. All Of these
graduates are now teaching, with the
exception of one,ttMbo is kept from it
temporarily by illness IN her family.
The average monthly salary received
by the class is $42i2, a decrease of a
cents from that received BY the class OF
tributed by DIR. Green to the change In
the school law, which so postponed the
appointments that many of the grad
yates feared lest they should not secure
positions # they waited, and hence took
appointments ct lower salaries than they
The Glass Of 1893 have. during the
year, raised their average monthly sal
AIRY from $43. 1G to Sf4.46. fA.s0 1S3
THE above amounts. received. as they
were, by recent graduates, when com
pared with the average salary paid III
Green, n his last report, First, tlst
Normal graduates receive the preference
IN -employment; second, that the appre-
citation Of their value Is increasing. This
IS as It should be. II training is OF
value. It should be appreciated by those
remuneration that would somewhat re.
smburse the greater expense Of
According to the same report. there
are 81 Normal ~graduates employed IN
the b State rs e r ssashe & aa gfrg Mercer cepa III.
loWs WITH III. Prom thIs number the
decrease down: through the other counz
ties IL Gradual; With Cape May At the
bottomsDf . 3tst, enaplop:pGz eotgseR