Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-14
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

President elect Harrison wears open shirt
fronts, and pays s27 dozen for them
Prince Bismarck has been made D. D.
The Germans consider him 1.-THE divinity
that shapes our ends"
The king of Greece and the king of Italy
hate music, but are in the bald headed row
when the ballet comes on
Mr.. Surgeons illness makes it tolerab'y
certain that he will not be able to pres,
again before next spring.
The cornmander-in-chief of the English
army, the Duke OF Cambridge, has completed
his fifty first year of service.
Postmaster General Don NJ Dickinson is
said to be superstitious on the subject OF
white horses. This may be due to the fact
that his whiskers have reddish tint
Count Won Waldersee, says Henry La
bouchere, will be the de facto ruler of the
German empire in conjunction with the
kaiser before another year has passed.
John Dillon will visit Australia during the
coming winter. His main object in making
the trip is to recover his health, but he in
tends also to do some work in the interest of
the Irish cause.
1t is now announced that Gen Pauker will
succeed Admiral Possiet as minister of rail-
ways of Russia. Admiral Possiet was dis
missed on account of the recent accident to
the cars train.
They have started the story that Baldwin,
the aeronaut, now making himself famous in
London by dropping from balloons with a
parachute, is none other than Lulu, who used
to be shot out of a cannon.
NJ Rohel, the Russian petroleum King"
gave a breakfast recently at Bakoum in
honor of the car, which cost $4,000, and he
presented the cZarina with diamond bouquet
holder of the value of 100000.
Sir E. Cecil Guinness, of "London stout"
fame, recently purchased Savermake, the an
cestral seat of the rowdy Marquis of Allies
bury, for s3,500,00O. This is the largest real
estate transaction for many years in Eng
land.
The Sultan of Turkey has decorated Sir
Arthur Sullivan with the order of the
Medjideh. This honor is the outcome of the
delight afforded the Sultan by selections from
Sullivan's operas, which were recently played
to him.
Emperor William is having Pullman car
built which will cost $50, 900. The emperor
always pays the expenses Of his railway
travel. He pays mark and a half C36 cents
per mile for the locomotive and 42 pfennigs a
mile for each pair of wheels.
Rev. Newman Hall, the distinguished
English divine, writes to friend in Toronto:
81 suppose at 72 l ought to be old, but l feel
as young as ever, and preach about five times
a week | can walk ten miles without
fatigue. My voice is as good as ever and
preaching an increased delight"
The emperor's recent journey to Vienna and
Rome cost about 100000. Among the pres
ents that he distributed along his route were
eighty diamond rings, thirty diamonds and
emerald necklaces, fifty scarf pins, thirty
gold watches and chains, six sabres studded
with diamonds and emeralds and 100 boxes
Of cigars.
Citizen George Francis Train holds that
flesh eating is shortening human life. He
has only contempt for people who dine upon
the carcasses Of animals and birds. He con-
fines his diet to oatmeal and baked beans,
and this. together with abundant fresh air,
promises to carry him through 200 years Of
pleasant existence
The Rev. Thomas Wakefield, president of
the general assembly of the United Methodist
Free Churches and one of the distinguished
missionaries Of the present day, is some 60
years of age, of medium height, with a thick
set, well developed frame. His hair is of a
grayish tinge, and but sparsely covers a
massive and well formed head, while his face
Is bronzed with the exposure of quarter of
a century to the rays of an east African sun.