Wichita eagle., 1889-08-22
PERSONAL GOSSIP.


The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough ara
TO make long tour in America next fall.
The shah wears jewels to the value of
million and half Of dollars when he is fully
| dressed
Professor Mather, of Amherst college, has
! been in the service of that institution for
thirty years.
Solomon Hirsch, the American minister to
| Constantinople is in Paris on his way home
| for brief visit
1t is said that Pope Leo XIII has deter
mined to take refuge u Spain, in case he is
! forced to leave Rome.
! Lucas Silva who was doctor in the indie
! pendence army of Bolivia, is still alive He
has reached his 12sth year.
! Prince Eugene, of Sweden, and the Princess
/ Kalakaui, Of the Sandwich Islands, are said
to be engaged The prince lives at Paris,
! where be studies painting.
! Sir MoreIl Mackenzie is strongly opposed
/ to the use of tobacco and alcohol by those
/ who use their voices in public.
/ The chasuble worn by Thomas Ewing Sher-
/ man celebrating his first mass was made Of
! the wedding dress of his sister.
! Mr. John Boyle OReilly is building a fine
/ cottage at Nantasfet, but will not have it
/ ready for occupancy this year.
Buffalo Bill, Amelie Rives-Chanler, Belva
/ Ann Lockwood and Whiteiaw Reid formed
an interesting group at recent reception in
/ Paris.
! Marshal MacMahon is still as agile and act
/ i've as a young fellow of 30. He takes great
interest in the Paris exposition and goes there
/ every day.
/ The famous French biologist, Claude Ber-
/ nard, confessed that he could not vivisect'a
monkey; its gestures were too Ike those of a
human child in misery.
The Prince of Wales, despite his rank and
income, doesn't disdain to turn an honest
penny by breeding short horned cattle, which
are sold at private sale.
G.. NJ Hitchcock, editor and proprietor of
The Omaha World has purchased the good
will and plant Of The Omaha Herald, and will
consolidate the two papers
Private Secretary Halford says that Presi-
dent Harrison devotes seventy-two hours
every week to the public business, and gives
only five hours to the Office seekers.
Prince Bismarck takes more pleasure in re-
counting the dueling and drinking feats of
his students days than in relating any of his
tr1umphs in the field of craftsmanship.
Governor Ftzhugh Lee has accepted the
SUPPLEMENTARY of the Lexington VA Mill
tary institute. He will not, however, take
the place until his term CT Office expires on
June l, 1890.
DIR. James Hammond Trumbull for forty
years member of the Connecticut Historical
society, has declined reelection to the presi-
dency of it, which he has filed for quarter
of a century.
Prince Bismarck and Count Won Moltke
have become honorary members Of the COM
mittee for the institution of a Beethoven
house at Bonnie. Herr Joachim is honorary
president Of it.
Mr. Gladstone has increased his allowance
of wine for dinner, rarely drinking less than
pint of his favorite port now. He says that
quantity affects him less than half pint did
generation ago.
President Carnot has made II. Auguste Luz
pin, the dean of the French turf, chevalier,
ION account of the valuable services rendered
by him to the cause Of horse breeding for up
ward of half century,
f. Fl. Winston, of Chicago, who served as
United States minister to Persia, thinks there
are only about dozen Persians in this coun
try, and q like number of Americans in Per-
STA, mostly missionaries.
Edwin Booth is a prominent figure at
Narragansett pier. He viii spend the sum-
mer there with his daughter, at whose cot
tage he is stopping. llr. Booth seems much
given TO pedestrianism this year.
Charles B. Woodcock, once celebrated as
the favorite Of King Charles of Wurtemberg,
is now living quietly in New York. He sees
no strangers, does not use his title and is I'M
decided whether be viii return to Europe or
not.
Congressman Randall is very comfortably
fixed in his quiet summer home. Wallingford, /
Pa, and his health is improving rapidly. At
no time since his serious illness one year ago /
has his condition been as favorable as it is |
now
Hisaya Iwasaki, student of the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania, is a son of the richest |
man in Japan. He has gone home TO be pre-
sented to the mikado, and it is uncertain /
whether he will return to complete his edu- |
cation.
Venerable ex-President McCosh, of Prince
ton college, and Mrs McCosh have gone TO
the coast of Maine on their summer vacation. /
DR.. McCosh has nearly recovered from his |
late serious illness and appears to be in good /
spirits.
Jay Gould'S engagements for the day are /
scrawled on blackboard in bis private Office. /
Russell Sage scribblss his daily programme /
in hieroglyphics on his cuff. John Jacob As /
tor keeps tally OF his time on the margin Of /
an almanac's pages
Col. Robert G. Ingersou is said TO be one Of
the best cooks In Ne Eork. He is also said /
10 be gourmet OF g-- highest altitude, and I
his friends say he s00etiue5 prepares with
his own hands part 81 the menu at the pri-
vate dinners he gives at his home
Gen. Bculangeg has been compelled to con-
fine his diet to fruit and cereals lie is al
lowed to drink milk, bat Is vigorously denied
wine. His complexion IS very pale and be
looks far from well. He is obliged TO pay
CREST attention 10 his constitution.
The eccentric George Law, of New York,
who gave valuable diamonds last year to all
the sporting characters of Saratoga, has lately
distinguished himself again by losing SS2 900
at faro in Long Branch gambling house.
He tried 20 ''break the bank but with disas-
trouS financial results
Ills imperial highnesS the Grand Duke Con-
stautlne Coust8ntnovitch, cousin 70 the car
of all the RuSsias, has Just Issued book Of
his own poems, entitled ''New Verses" This
is an extraordinary fact, for never before has
a member Of the imperial family INDUCED in
literature. and, indeed hatred Of letters was
rather traditional in the RomanoG family.