Wichita eagle., 1889-04-06
IRREGULARITIES OF PEOPLE.

QUEEN VICTORIA, who Travelled to France
as Countess Of Balmoral, took her own bed
and bedding with ner, a custom which her
Majesty never breaks, even if invited to
stay in royal palace
Mrs. Polk, now eighty-five years old,
wears black kid gloves all day and walks
with gold headed cane. She never leaves
Nashville nor goes anywhere in that town,
except to church on Sunday.
JUDGE TRACY, the Secretary of the Navy,
is an enthusiast in horsefiesh His especial
hobby is the trotter, and of the best strains
OF this blood he processes to be as good a
Judge as he is conceded to be of law.
JAMES WHITCoMB RILEY is authority for
the statement that Private Secretary Elijah
Halford was never known TO whistle in his
life. Mr. Riley and Mr.. Halford were
brought up together in the same newspaper
office, and it may therefore be assumed that
Mr.. Riley knows whereof he speaks.
JOHN JACOB AsToR has all his life been a
firm believer in the efficacy of pedestrian
exercise as a means of health He rarely
enters public vehicle, no matter what the
weather may be, and seldom makes use Of
his own private carriage, one of the plainest
and most inconspicuous of all the million
aires in New York
EX-SENATOR PALMER, the new Minister to
Spain, Is fond of dogs, and IN Washing tOn
is often seen with one in each overcoat
pocket and another peeping out of his vest.
He has no children, and, as he and his wife
are OF an affectionate disposition, their
houses in various parts of the country are
regular menageries.
GENERAL SHERMAN recently said, in dis
GUESSING the subject of death with his friend
General Slocum: 4" am a coward in the face
of pain, and l can not bear to think of the
physical sensations that may attend my
death-the choking in the throat, the paraly-
SIS here, the torture there; but that aside,
think of death as though it were sleep and
rest, and | have no feeling whatever Of
dread of the hereafter"
Mrs. STOREY, widow of Wilbur r. Storey
of the Chicago Times, is said to have large
cedar chest filled with lace handkerchiefs.
all made by French manufacturers at tie
special order OF her husband, who disliked
to have her use any other kind. Another
of his whIms was that she should have
quart of unset precious stones, and he
bought and bought until jewel casket,
made to hold just quart was filled.
IT is the pet ambition of the Princess
Maria Theresa, of Bavaria, TO own more dogs
and know more people than any other men,
Der of the royal families of Europe. She is
unmarried and travels with maid of honor
and chamberlain, to whose tender mercies
are confined the fourteen animals that com
pose her travelling menagerle. When in
Madrid she carried 4 tame rat in her arms
when she walked abroad, and was followed
by her chamberlain, who was chained TO a
small cinnamon bear.
THE New York World saws: A great
many people wonder why Mr.. Cleveland
was SO ANXIOUS to settle down to hard work
as lawyer, instead of taking a vacation
after reslgning the Presidency The fact is
that Mr.. Cleveland is not happy when he is
not busy. He rejoices in the scratching ola
pen, the rustic of important papers, the sub
dued sounds of earnest conversation, the
tonic influence OF the presence Of far-reach-
ing AFFAIRS, and against all this the charms
Of leisure weigh with HIM not at allm