Wichita eagle., 1889-04-02
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

GLADSTONE sleeps in a small uncarpeted
room.
CONGRESSMAN GAY, of Louisiana, never
held a public Office until he was seventy.
PRESIDENT DIAz, Of Mexico, is worth
about 81, 100000, and lives in modest, .un'
assuming style.
JACOB SHARP hewed and built with his
own hands the log cabin to which he took
his young bride when they were first mar.
ried
MISS ROSE ELIZABETH CLEVELAND says OF
her brothers. wife: Frances loves pets bet
ter than any one ever saw. 1t does no,
matter what they are, she loves them ALL
AINswoRTH r. SPoFEORD, the Librarian
of Congress, who is noted for his wonder
full memory, is nearly siXty-three years old.
He is Of slight physique, dark complex
toned, with iron-gray whiskers. He has
held his present position for almost quar-
ter of a century.
AMONG prominent society girls of Wash.
ington who have become nuns within a
comparatively recent period are Miss Febi-
ger, daughter of Rear-Admiral Febiger;
Miss Constance Edgar, Colonel Bonaparte' 8
step-daughter; Miss Bertha Gerolt, daugh-
ter of former German Minister, and Miss
Sands, daughter of Rear-Admiral Sands.
THE illustrious Nine. Alboni says that, in
all her career, she never faced an audience
without being scared half out Of her wits.
Even now, having long retired from the
public stage, though with her voice still as
perfect as ever, she says she can cot stand
up to sing before a dozen friends in her
own parlor without q fit of nervous trem-
bling.
Rev. ANToINETTE BROWN BLACKWELL now
lives in Elizabeth, n. J. Just how old she
is none of her friends seem to know, but
her sweet, motherly face will keep her
young looking for a generation yet. She
was the first woman in this country to pre-
pare for and regularly enter upon the min
istry, and loves to be called the another of
the women preachers"
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, of telephone
fame, was a penniless boy in Edinburg
twenty-five years ago. He is now forty
years old, and is described as handsome
man Of modest demeanor. He came to this
country in 1872, and has beautiful home in
Washington. His wife is deaf mute but
she and her husband converse just as well
as other people, for he understands every
movement of her lips, as she does Of his
Ex-Governor SAMUEL T. HAUsER, Of
Montana, is said to be one of the jolliest
politicians and millionaires IN Washington.
His life reads hike romance Many years
ago he started out poor boy, with nothing
but pluck, energy and well-balanced mind.
Like Pizarro, he dreamed that there was an
FL Dorado, and he found it in Montana.
There were few IN the Territory that could
throw the lasso, ride and shoot better than
cool-headed, daring young Hauser.
In 1865 Jenny Lind in Edinburgh visited
music sellers in Prince street. The at
tendant, young man, asked her if she had
ever heard Jenny Lind The Singer replied
in the affirmative, and herself asked if he
had heard the Swedish nightingale" He
replied that the very high price of the tick
cts kept them far beyond his income. She
asked him to play an accompaniment to the
song which she held in her hand. He did
so, and at the close the singer saying:
g Now you have heard Jenny Lind" walked
out.
a WASHINGTON correspondent of a Chi
cago newspaper writes that back of the
Logan house in Washington is a ten-acre
lot, lying idle. 1t is plated in lots, but
only one corner of it yields any revenue to
the owner. This corner, which is less than
quarter of an acre, is directly back of
Mrs. Logan's yard, where she has flower
garden. a gentleman who visited Mrs.
Logan was invited to walk out among the
flowers. AS they strolled about she pointed
over to the other plat of ground and said:
There is my vegetable garden" docs
the land belong with this property" asked
her companion. mo" she replied, d" rent
it. pay fifteen dollars a year rent for it TO
Senator John Sherman