Wichita eagle., 1889-09-08

try his hand at the drama. ne Is writing
play together with NJ. Meilhac.
Boulanger is life member Of the Canadian
Society of St John the Baptist, and is popu-
lar among the French population.
Baron Hirsch has been blackballed at the
Paris Jockey club, although his propoSer and
seconder were popular men.
A w. Ankeny, of Wheeling, has tin plate
which, it is said, belonged TO George Wash
ington when the latter was soldier
The approaching retirement of Lord Lytton
from the post of British ambassador at Paris
is attracting good deal Of attention.
Mr.. Henry Shaw, the founder of the cele-
brated botanical gardens in st. Louis, has
Just commemorated his o9th birthday.
Richard Henry Stoddard has abandoned
literary labors In this he now resembles
Shakespeare, Milton and Mother Goose.
joaquin Miller has become rich man.
Some years ago he bought 200 acres near Oak
land, Cal They are to be taken now for
town lots.
John K Davis, of Cleveland, O., has the
smallest hand Of any man in the country. He
wears gloves which would be too small for
girl of 10.
Sir Charles Dixie has entirely rewritten his
work on Greater Britain, and the new edi-
ton will shortly be published by the Messrs.
Macmillan.
Thomas A. Edison conteuplates long trip
to the countries of the East. He has worked
very hard for good many years and he feels
entitled 10 a vacation.
Pierre Lorillard has a scheme to cover
Jerome park with glass and light the interior
by electricity so as TO allow racing in winter.
He figures the cost at $1,000
Since the Bishop of Ripon's response at the
dinner of the Artists Benevolent society,
artists may regard themselves as the ''epi-
cures of the passions and art as the sun
beam of life"
Mr.. Morgan Grace, NJ D., brother cr ex
Mayor Grace, of New York, and member Of
the upper house at Wellington, New Zealand,
has been nominated by the pope count of the
Holy Roman empire.
The Rev. Charles Ray Palmer is to repre-
sat Yale university at the dedication of the
new Congregational college, at Oxford, Eng
land, from Oct. IA to IT, lie will preach in
the new college chapel.
The heirs of the brothers William F. and
George ". Norton deceased millionaires, of
Louisville, KY, have decided to give $50, 600
to the building fund of the Southern Baptist
Theological seminary of that city.
George Bucket, a Louisville inventor, is to
the fore with a mysterious vacuum bed,
which will cure all pain and triple motor
to travel with equal celebrity, ease and econ
omy on land or water or in the air.
Mr. Gladstone, on the occasion of his golden
wedding, is reported to have said that he had
solved the domestic problem in this way:
"Whenever Mrs. Gladstone insists submit,
and whenever l insist, she submits"
The lectureship in English literature at
Trinity college, Cambridge, recently vacated
by Mr.. Edmund Gosse, has been conferred on
Mr. John Wesley Hales, professor of English
literature at Kings college, London.
It is stated that Sir Morell Mackenzie has
decided TO set apart portion of his autumn
holiday for the preparation Of a work to be
entitled 'Six Months Residence at the Court
of the Crown Prince and the German En-
peror."
DR.. Schlieman, the noted explorer, has re-
turned to Berlin, where he owns a beautiful
house. TO remain some time. 1t is his inten-
ton 10 arrange the fruits of his excavations
in Egypt which he has presented to the Royal
museum.
Senator Cameron is strongly in favor Of
enlarging the presidents house at Washing
ton, or building a new one But he would
not have the present White House, with its
iIlustrious historical associations, removed or
demolished.
Ex-Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, al
though 81 years old, spends a great deal Of
his time out doors, working in his orchard
and flower garden or taking long walks. He
is said 10 be still good for ten or fifteen miles
day on foot.
A. D. johnson, of Waterford, Pa, pos
sesses a literary relic in the shape of Fruits
of Solitude in Reflections and Maxirns Re
lating 10 the Conduct Of Human Life by
William Penn. founder OF the commonwealth
Of Pennsylvania.
DR.. Charles Theodore, duke of Bavaria,
the philanthropic physician, recently ce!e-
brated at Tegersee in Bavaria, his removal
of the thousandth cataract from the eyes OF
his poor patients 1t was made the occasion
OF great ovation.
L
the yachting cruise In which President Har-
rison INDUCED at Bar Harbor. Somebody re-
marked TO him that they hoped the internal
relations Of Turkey were peaceful, where
upon he groaned aloud
Baron Ferdinand Rothschild's lstest ac-
QUESTION for the picture gallery at Waddes-
don Manor is the famous portrait Of Mrs.
Sheridan. BY Sir Joshua Reynolds, which he
has bought from Lord Lansdowne, who has
recently sold several pictures out of the Bo-
wood collection.
Buffalo BIZ must be happy man, for ths
shah has conferred upon HIN and one OF two
members Of his show the order Of the Green
Peacock. His majesty seems to have been
especially pleased with the shooting, and is
said 70 have offered Miss Annie Oakley an
engagement 70 teach TIE girls ne left behind
nirn IL ais barren how 30 s1cot-