The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-16

n. Carnot completes his term of Office as
president of the French republic on De-
cember 3 next,
Rider Haggard is coming to this coun-
try to give public readings. 1t is also
rumored that certain English literary men
are contemplating the same step.
The sixth Harvard Yale debate will be
held in New Haven probably during the
week of April % q. Harvard has been
given the choice of sides on this question:
Resolved, That full membership should
be given the house Of representatives to
members of the.cabinet"
A new book by an English writer that is
receiving in England little more than
the reviewers regular notice is called
yellow Aster." intended by its author,
Mrs. Mannington Caffyn, wife of a literary
physician. to serve as "A protest against
loveless marriages.
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Introducing ex-President Harrison when
the latter was about to begin the first of
his law lectures at Stanford University,
President Jordan said: st is, think,
one of the things Of which this Republic
has right to be proud, that man who
has enjoyed the highest honors of the Re-
public is not above the ambition of wish
Ing to be good teacher.
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Herr krupp. the great gunmaker, pre-
sented 100000 marks to the city OF Essen in
honor of the last birthday of the emperor.
The money is to be used to found fund
for the benefit of the Essen poor, to be
known as "the fund of Emperor William
III and Prince Bismarck" His majesty
gave permission to have his name coupled
with that Of the ex-chancsllor.
1t Is told of the late DR.. Francis Park
ham, the historian. as illustrating his
strict idea OF justice, that friend met
him one day walking along street lead
ing street boy on either hand. "What
in the world are you doing. Parkham9"
asked the friend. 81 found that johnny.
here, be answered, chad eaten all of the ap-
pie without dividing with his little bro
ther. l am going to buy another for the
younger boy and make Johnny watch him
while he eats it,"
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The suggestion of Governor Mckinley
that the statue of ex-President Hayes
should be added to "Ohio's Jewels" the
statue for the statehouse yard, has brought
out this idea from the Cincinnati Times
Star: 'If additions are to be made to the
group of statues known as "Ohio's jew
els, why omit General McPhersons Ohio
ftarpiShoH 70 hn TTninn
gallant and brilliant soldier than General
James B. Mcpherson, who fell in front of
Atlanta, department commander at the
early age of &c."
Professor r. L. GARNER the monkey
man. so to speak. said in a London lecture
that the first night he spent in his cage in
the African forest was one of the proudest
of his life. Sometimes, indeed, be was
lonely. The gorilla was an animal of shy
habits, but his own monkey travelling
companions attracted them, and gor-
lila now and then would pay him a visit.
he believed he had seen more gorillas
than any ether white man. The natives
told him he would have seen more if he
had blecked his face, but the scarcity of
water deferred him from doing so. Dur
ing the nine mouths he was on the coast
be had fever twelve times. His friend
Moses was also Ill, and his other chin
panzee, Aaron, treated Moses with the
greatest sare and tenderness. The natives
regarded the cage as a sort of fetish. Ou
one occasion hs was favored with pro-
longed visit from a lady gorilla who was
chasing dog to which he was in the habit
of giving an occasional bone. He was nor,
however, able to hold much converse with
her, as she WAS too much astonished to
talk. 1t was his intention to return to
Africa, bring back number OF chimpan-
zees. and give practical illustrations of the
progresS be had made