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

-AnAacquaintanca of well known
METROPOLITAN novelist was asked how
she liked her Not much" she replied,
with a. wry face ''She tries to be so
bad and queer, you know. Puts her
feet upon ,the piano and tells strange
stories with a cigarette in her mouth.
No I don't fancy her" The startled
iAterrogatmnould but fain tly calculate;
WHO could?
Ono of y5ae lecturers in the free
course at tl,e public schools at New
York city was complimented a few
nights ago byafhe janitor. That func-
tionary said: THAT was "a mighty
good thing. 1t was the bestswevc had
here this winter. People liked it, too.
Beats the others" Then he added
with perfect simplicity: It's the only
one I've heard.
"A man who has a generous quantl-
ty of gray in his hair, but none at all
in his heart, says that he finds OCCASION
ally great satisfaction in eating a pint
of peanuts. He docs this after dark,
buyinr them at a. street stand and
having them not putsup in paper bag,
but emptied right into his pocket. He
knows of 10 pleaSanter reminder, of
youth than peanuts.
Robert Melee of Excelsior Springs,
No. seems to merit apensiOn as much
as anybody upon the list tie has been
shot in the ribs and scalped: has been
speared seven times throughsthe body.
tomahawked twice on the. head. had
L. ,1.,o,>nl off, chat
through with two arrows, and had a
lot of other slicings and cuttings from
Indians in the wars
The guns in use ON the ships of our
modern navy have d plate Of steel
armor fastened over them and bent
slightly back. so that a missile striking
il would be DETECTED upward. A visitor
to one of the ships, said he supposed
that this was a servicaDle protection to
the men who were working the guns.
"Lor' bless yer.". replied the old salt
who was explaining the mechanism of
the big rifle, faint to protect the men,
it's TO keep the works from gettin'
knocked out of order. There's men
enough"
Prof Dl Bots Raymond. the German
scientist, celebrated the iif.ieth aniver-
sary OF his graduationlf from the univer-
sity and the receipt of the title of doc
tor recently in Berlin. The emperor,
in honor of the occasion, made him a
privy councillor of medicine. Addresses
and memorials We're sent to him from
almost all the universities in Europe.
Du Bots Raymond, who is the most
famous authority living on animal cleo
tricity, is handsome fioridfaced man
with heavy body His beard is snow
white. He was crippled early in life
and is lame. The professor is one of
the most popular teachers at the uni
versity of Berlin
The late Samuel Walker. of Law
renee, Kansas, had career that has
been compared with Kit Carsons in
point of adventure, hair-breadth es-
'capes,- etc He was one of the aboli-
tionists who took up their residence In
the new state in the days of border ruff
tianisrn and his pro-slavery neighbors
made life burden for him. His farm
was piundered, his house, barn and
havstacks were burned, and every eff
fort was made to drive him out But
he staid and survived He organized
the first Kansas military company, the
Bloomington Guards" went to the
legislature, and achieved prominence
that made him in after years one of the
most interesting of the ''old settlers of
the state