The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-14
PERSONAL AND iMPERSONAL

Edward Blake, the brilliant Cana.
dian liberal, declined the honor OF
| knighthood offered by the queen few
| years ago and has set his face against
the introduction of old world ideas into
| the dominion. He has commanding
presence, fine voice and the courage
of his convictions.
"A woman sanitary engineer has
been chosen to represent the English
women at the congress of hygiene She
is a woman of versatile genius, pos
SCISSOR of certificates for art, music,
hygiene, divinity, physiology and SAM
tary science. She visits professionally
slaughterhouses workshops and dairies.
and understands all about the laying
of drains, water mains, connections
and SO forth.
The late Thomas Nelson, the pub
Usher of Edinburg, left $500, 900 in
legacies for the erection and equipment
of five workingmen's clubs and reading
rooms, which will be erected gradually
and will be so fitted as to attract work
ingmen. Among other institutions to
receive benefits are the Free Church of
Scotland and the Edinbnrg infirmary
1t is reported that Mr.. Nelson's estate
amounts to million pounds sterling.
"A British humorist named Lock-
wood often visits extremely wealthy
and hospitable friends in the country.
These friends have a room ready for
him whenever he cares to occupy il.
The house is seven miles from a rail-
way station or telegraph Office. He
once telegraphed them from London:
MAY l stay over Sunday?" His host
paid ten or twelve shillings to the mes
senger, and replied: ''Of course; but
don't telegraph" To this Lockwood
innocently replied, by telegraph: WHY
not?"
"A Harvard boy outran his allow
ance and other resources so much that
he was in imminent need of aid So he
sat down and wrote to his father thus,
Dear Pa: had the misfortune to be
upset in boat while out on the Charles
river, and lost the beautiful watch you
gave me. I would like some money to
employ a diver to recover it Your af-
fectionate son, THOMAS" The old gen.
tleman was no fool. He replied: ''It
is not worth while diving for it 1t
might as well be in soak in one place
as in another"
"A few years ago Boston physician
a romance in his own fam
lily which excIted his amusement, saws
the Mahogany Tree. An aged relative,
a woman of So, married a man a few
years her junior. 1t was love match.
DR.. c. met DR.. Holmes and related
the incident to the Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table. Holmes chuclxled
81 have been intensely interested in
that little tale" he said, slowly; ''of
course, at their age, they didn't have
any children; but, tell me, did they
have any grandchildren?'
The most beautiful unmarried
young princess in an Europe, is the
youngest daughter of the king of the
Belgiaps, the Princess Clementina She
is just % years of age, very tall,
has beautiful dark hair and eyes and
carries herself like queen. She has
led a sad life on account of the mis-
fortunes that have befallen her family
The suicide of her favorite brother-in- !
aw, the Archduke Rudolph, and the
1eath of Prince Baudouin, of Flanders, |
who had been mentioned as her possible /
nus band, have com bined to impress her |
with the feeling that she should spend /
her days in the retirement OF a convent |