Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-11
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

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suffering invalid
Er. Arthur L. Thomas, the new governor
Il Utah, is a Pennsylvania Of good or
Welsh ancestry.
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild is said Il
have lost SIS, 900 by the collapse Of the
copper syndicate
Tennyson derives from his works between
So. 900 and S35, 600 year, Browning, SIC, COX
and Swinburne S., 900.
Charles Dickens youngest son, Mr.. Edward
Bulwer Lytton Dickens, has been elected g
member Of the New South Wales pariiar
meut.
Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria is really quite
a useful and manly aristocrat. He practice:
as physician at Munich and never receives
fee for his services.
Mr.. Gladstone considers VOW the most diff
cult tree to fell; next comes beech and ash
Oak, though very hard, fells well; but the
easiest of all is Spanish chestnut.
Congressman Tom Reed, Of Maine, has q
passion for rifle shooting, and when in Wash
ington he frequently drops into riff, gal
lery and skaters glass balls by the score.
Gen. Lew Wallace is writing book, Oh
which the scene is laid in Constantinople in
the Fifteenth century, and the subject is tbs
capture of that city in 1853 by Mahomet the
Conqueror.
The Prince Of Wales has strong dislike to
the fashion of any one wearing black tie
with evening dress. He has crossed OFF sew
eral persons from the visiting list Of Marl-
hrro thou I<I IN l,iu
particular.
Capt. Watkins, Of the ocean racer City of
Paris, says that he expects to lower the REQ
ord still more this summer. He lost three
and one-haf hours by a fog during the last
trip, and expects to keep to the five day rec
ord every trip in future.
The Prince of Wales, says The London
Star, lives the life of regular country gen
tleman at Sandringham, eating the hugh
breakfasts of the Norfolk farmer, going in
extensively for home comforts, looking after
his farms and stock, and taking keen inter.
est in sport
Baron Erlanger, the great European finan-
cier and capitalist, when registering at a
hotel writes after his name, London and
Paris" Napoleon Ives, the great American
fnancier, may soon follow suit by register
ing Sing Sing and New York.
The fact that Henry Irving's real name is
not Irving" proves the absurdity of the ru-
NOR that he was to be knighted by Queen
Victoria He could only be admitted into an
order Of chivalry by his own name and under
no circumstances under an alias.
DR.. Elliott Coues, whose knowledge Of
birds is far reaching, is going to make trip
around the world in the interest OF the Theo-
sophical Society OF America. Already his
coming is heralded abroad, and preparations
are being made by scientists and theosophs
for his entertainment.
A Hohenzollern, for the first time in the
existence of his house, is soon to marry a
Bourbon. He is the eldest son of the Prince
Of Hohenzollern-Sigma who was the
pretext for the war Of 1870 and of the Portu-
guese infanta, who used to be often on visits
at the Tuileries before that war.
sian minister OF war, is, singular to state, Of
French origin. He was born on German soil
and entered the Prussian army as youth.
1t was he whom King William sent down
from the heights of Frenois into Sedan to
summon the garrison to surrender
Rider Haggard, the novelist, will visit Per-
STA and surrounding countries unattended.
He is an experienced traveller and is used to
the ways Of the Orient When he starts of
on an expedition like the one he now contem
plates be buys small dog to accompany
him. This is the only weapon he takes with
him.
The late Carl Rosa was 'boy prodigy"
and was billed at concerts as tie Juvenile
Paganini" He married Nine Parepa, his
prima donna, during his first tour of the
United States He is said to have never
taken a benefit or testimonial in any form.
Music was bis profession, but politics and
pictures were his pet hobbies
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D., has
been seen sometimes during the day in
dress suit. The true explanation, it is said.
may be found in the fact that he is one of the
most extensive workers Of the age, and that
when he has an evening engagement Of
social nature he is prone TO put on his dress
coat when he gets up in the morning to save
time.
The king Of Italy intends to pay visit to
the Empress Frederick at Homburg during
his stay in Germany, and as the projected
between the Prince OF Naples and
the Princess Clementine of Belgium has been
abandoned, it is exceedingly probable that
the young prince will be betrothed to Prin-
cess Margaret of Prussia, the youngest sister
OF Emperor William
Gen. s. ". Crawford, Q. S A, who Is
writing series of magazine articles on the
condition of European armies, states that tie
pay of the Russian officer is exceptionally
meager and virtually keeps the commissions
in the hands of wealthy men. A full general
receives $500 per year, major general
$3.50, a colonel $50, q captain Of line under
S325 and lieutenant $l6a