The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-20
MASCULINE MENTION.

The Duke of Fife il such an extreme
dade that he insists upon being measured
fer his necfSeA
Editor Csf4eae A Dana predicts that the
hour will come when only one flag will
float from the Arctic to distant southern
seas, and that shall be the stars and stripes.
The roommate Of General Grant, when
q cadet at West Point, Is resident of Fall
| River, Rev. Elihu Grant, at present q
clerk in the Office of City Treasurer Bright
man.
Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, is q
man of tall and handsome figure His
complexion is dark and swarthy and his
hair coal black. He has one daughter, a
girl sixteen, and son a few years younger.
It is the boast of DR.. Gallinger, the new
senator from New Hampshire, that he has
set type in nearly every newspaper office
north of Mason and Dixon's line, and be
tween Maine and the Mississippi
Henry Clausen, Jr, occupies high po-
sition among the brewers of New York,
| and has powerful political following.
He is an eloquent and forcible speaker.
He is slender, of medium height, and is
ffty-siX years of age
Arthur Brooks, the New York divine, is
q brother of Dr. Phillips Brooks, the great
Boston preacher. The New York minister
is not 30 large man physically as his
Boston brother, and looks much like the
typical English squire.
DR.. Charles G. Schaeff, of Davenport, Ia,
is linguist and an oriental traveller, and
one of the few Americans-or, indeed, out
eiI 10 ho or;o 1r- -h0 Ea1
the good fortune to make friends of Abdul
Eamid, the sultan of Turkey.
Edward Fl. Green, a young man of
twenty-three, manages the vast estate of
his mother, Hetty Green, the richest wom-
an ia America. He is fine specimen of
humanity, six feet tall and weighing 200
pounds, and he lives in Chicago.
Almon Fillmore, nephew of President
Willard Fillmore. carries an old fashioned
open faced gold watch which belonged to
his uncle. 1t is an English lever, and sew
enty-tive years ago was probably one Of
the most valuable watches in America.
Russell Sage goes to bed at ten O'Clock
every night in the year and is up at six.
He is very abstemious in his habits, but
during the winter months he takes a
spoonful Of whisky in water every morn
ing and occasionally drinks little claret
for lunch
George May, of Baltimore, is a society
man of high degree in Maryland, and
something Of a politician in the bargain
He has the reputation of being the hand
soonest man in Baltimore" He is tail and
dark, with the physique of an athlete and
the manner of diplomat.
A NJ. Sloan, of Greensburg, Pa, has a
portrait of General Grant that he prizes
very highly. 1t was painted from life by
an artist who afterward was forced to part
with it because of poverty. Mr.. Sloan has
been offered a handsome sum for the pict-
ure, but refuses TO part with it.
Mr.. Depew's desk stands near the center
of his large Office, and never is any va
can't chair found within twenty feet of it.
Mr.. Depew will lean back in his comforta-
BILE armchair and pour ont anecdote, story
and witticism without end; but he never
invites his listener to sit down.
st. Louis has great pride in and respect
for the venerable head of its Roman Cath
Ole archdiocese, the Most Rev. Peter Rich
ard kenrick, whose golden jubilee will
come Oct. |. Many of his admirers are
about to present him substantial token
an elegant residence costing about $4,000.
Wilbur w. Smith, a Connecticut vet
eran, row postmaster of Seymour, has
just recovered the sword that he lost at
Charlottesville in 1868, where he was
captured. 1t was returned to him by T.
NJ. Caseriy, Of Warrenton, n. c., who &C
cidentally discovered it in possession of
one of the officers of the Warrenton
guards.