Wichita eagle., 1889-06-09
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

per week.
Prince George Of Greece has Joined the
French navy.
Gen. Sherman's mail is large enough each
day to fill bushel basket.
Senator Stanford hopes to open the great
university, founded in memory Of his son,
next year.
A Minnesota woman dislocated her jaw in
yawning, and had to ride twenty-three miles
to physician.
The empress of Germany has received q
necklace valued at $50, 900, the gift of the
sultan of Turkey.
Mrs Humphrey Ward, who is now engaged
upon society play, aspires to be novelist,
playwright and poetess
President Carnot says that Perry Belmont
is one of the few men of the world who have
refused the cross of the Legion of Honor.
Mary Anderson, who is now being royalty
entertained in the great city of fogs, wiy
spend portion of the autumn IN Scotland
Alexander III of Russia is anything but a
soldier emperor, and very little in sympathy
with the army, especially the younger genera
ton of officers.
Buffalo Bills immense success IN Paris is
ascribed to the fact that he and his horse go
far toward replacing the departed Boulanger
and his black charger
Algernon Charles Swinburne is engaged
upon long poem with medieval back
ground. He evidently realizes that he has
become middle aged man.
Mr.. Adolph Sutro is travelling about the
world getting ideas and plans for the great
public library building which he proposes
putting up in San Francisco
Justice Miller, who intends to retire from
the supreme bench in the fall, is q years old,
and has been a member of the court since
1862. He began life as doctor.
One of the presents received by George ".
Childs on his Goth birthday was a handsome
Mexican sombrero, gorgeous with gold cord,
that was the gift from friend in the west
The shah of Persia has granted to Baron
Reuter- the privilege of establishing ''the I'm
perial Bank of Persia" with capital of $780,
900, 900, and to have the exclusive right to is
sue notes.
The expected visit of the shah of Persia to
England recalls the fact that no Pers n mon
arch ever had gray hair. Gray hair is by
universal custom prohibited in Persia and is
never seen.
The Rev. T. De Witt Talmage said in
Washington few days ago: II might have
asked the president for the appointment as
minister to Brooklyn, but got that place
some years ago."
The late William W. Harding, of Phila-
delphia, although less than SO years old, had
for "a years been publisher of The Philadel-
phia Inquirer. He had also published 2,00O,
600 copies of the Bible.
Surgeon &c eral Hamilton is said to be
one of the hal 1somest men in Washington.
He is rather short of stature, has raven black
hair, large and dreamy eyes, and complexion
clear as healthy young girls.
President Harrison devotes about an hour
a day to newspapers. He reads the editorial
comments cut out for him by Elijah Halford,
spends a few moments on the telegraphic
news and always looks over the baseball
scores
The popular impression of Mr.. Parnell,
that he is cold blooded and phlegmatic, is
said by one of his parliamentary colleagues
to be incorrect; he really is highly nervous
and excitable, but has the great gift of ALSO
lutte self control
NJ. Hippolyde Carnot, sol of the president
of France, will shortly marry a young lady
with name SO long that she will probably
not be unwilling to change it for Carnot
At present the bride-elect signs herself ''Laure
lie Teller de Tulles-Perret."
Autograph hunters will do we'll to let DR..
Hans Won Buelow alone He has engaged
clever young Russian to write replies to such
bores for him, and she does so in Russian,
generally with touch of satire, as "Hans
Won Buelow, commercial traveller in Beetho-
ven."
The prize fighter John L. Sullivan says if
broken down business men would diet them
selves their blood would soon get in good con-
dition and their health become robust. He
thinks the average business man eats and
drinks too much for the sedentary life he
leads.
Baron Alberto Franchetti, who composes
operas, expends immense sums on their pro-
duction His work, ''Asrael," was rehearsed
for month previous to its performance in
Florence, 700 people being engaged. The
mise en- scene was estimated es costing
100000
Gen. Boulanger's money, or rather the
source of it, is the cause of no little inquisi-
tiveness on the part Of the ''Grundys" He
spends money like an English nobleman
married to the daughter of a millionaire
citizen of Porkopolis who has salted down
the wherewithal.
The Duke of Cleveland is Sc years Of age
He is the fourth Of his title, although the son
Of the first duke Two of his brothers pre-
coded him in the family honors. At his death
the dukedom, like that of Buckingham, will
&c extinct, as he has no issue by his marriage
nor any near kinsmen living.
Isaac Pitman, the inventor Of the system
of short hand writing that bears his name, Is
good example Of vigorous and industrious
old age. He is past 76 years Of age and
works daily from in the morning until 9 In
the evening He used to work from q In the
morning until 10 at night, but now says that
he is getting too old 70 work all day.
George Bancroft the historian, has been
for years familiar figure in Newport, where
every day he was seen on horseback riding
down Bellevue avenue to and from his home
on Bancroft avenue and the Cliffs Now tina.
he is in such bad health and has sold his sad
die horse his face will be sadly missed, and
Newport has lost popular attraction
Emerson, in his recently published diary,
relates this: Henry Thoreau told me as we
walked this afternoon good story abou: a
boy who went to school with him, Went
worth, who resisted the schoolnastsr's COM
mand that the children should bow 70 DR..
Haywood and other gentlemen as they went
BIZ. and when DR.. Haywood stood waiting
and cleared his throat With HEM Went