The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-11
AND IMPERSONAL.

Gordon Mckay, who has announced
his intention of leaving the great for
! tune which his shoe machines have
brought him to Harvard university, is
said, while machinist in the employ
of the Boston & Maine Railroad Co., to
have once estimated before its con-
struction within ten pounds of what a
locomotive weighed when completed
and with coal, water and men on board.
Alexander the Great, the conqueror
of the world, died when he was 80
years old. Maurice of Saxony, the
greatest captain and statesman of his
time, died at the same age. The duke
of Wetmar, one of Adolphus' generals,
died at the age of Sc, while Gustavus
Adolphus died when he was So Pas
cal, the great French writer, and Raph
ael, the great Italian artist, both died
at 81.
"A little dispute in Tacoma BARRIERS
shop led to a serious result A Gus
toner said to the barber that the sham
pooling fluid he was applying to the
patrons head was nothing but soap
and water. The barber declared that
the chief ingredient was alcohol '1'll
bet it won't take fire." said the Gus
toner. The barber applied a match to
the mans hair and in an instant it was
ablaze
This is the official report of Senator
Edward Murphy, Jr., as a student at
the college in Fordham: HE left St
Johns college, Fordham, while in the
third grammar class, the class just be-
low the freshman. The records of the
college show that he was well up
on the prize list in the studies of Latin,
Greek and mathemat tics, and in pro
fciency,' which is the special college
term for general class standing. He
was weak in the study of religious in
struction and kindred lines"
Mrs Clara Abbott Poor, of Law
renee, now in her Goth year, Is the
daughter of Caleb Abbott, of Andover,
Mass, who was a soldier from Andover,
Mass, in the revolutionary war. He
served throughout the entire war, was
at Bunker Hill, where he had brother
killed, at Saratoga, and at the terrible
damp winter camp of Valley Forge.
y u.
with some 200 of his surviving COM
rades, attended and took part in the
ceremonies of laying the cornerstone
of Bunker Hill monument
"A smoker usually considers himself
free of the deck on passenger steamer
at sea, but the lookout does not want
him in the forward part of the ship at
night A passenger who was smoking
free burning cigar in front of the
wheel house of a coastwise vessel one
evening was startled by an angry
growl from the captain: Don't burn
q cigar like that out there You've got
a fire like a masthead light 1t inter
feres with seeing" Fifteen minutes
later the captain was out there smo<-
ing the same kind of a cigar. But, then,
he was captain.
Mr.. Gladstone is counted an alb /
stemious man in the matter OF indul- !
gence in wines, yet his daily allowance
is a respectful bic one from an American
point of view. For luncheon he drinks |
two glasses of white wine and one OF I
port, and for dinner he invariably has 1
claret and port The port he sips with /
the cheese aud dessert OF his dinner, (
with coffee, which keeps
him awake. When he dimes out he 4
drinks about three glasses of cham /
payne This is a mild allowance as
with that of Pitt and other 4
four bottle" prime ministers, but, like
Mercutio's wound, twill serve.
No Use for 1t.
Farmer Grayneck (who has spent the
day in Eastville)-Wal, Marthy, wha.
did you lend Neiehbor klaw while I've
been gone? Never knew a day when
ae didn't want 10 borrow something.
Mrs Grayneck (solennlv )-Neighbor
Klaw went to Westville this morning
and returned q corpse before noon
Farmer Grayneck-Returnej corpse,
III? That's bout the first time ever
heard of his returning anything.
Found he had no use for j. after he'd
got it, suppose Wonder where IN The
name OF goodness he borrowed It L tee
irst place. Tribune