The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-27
PERSONAL AND MPhRsoNAL.

"A Berlin dentist. in drawing lady's
tooth. had his finger bitten by convuI-
sive closing of her mouth. he died in
two days from blood poisoning
On the body of notorious brigand
recently killed in Turkey was found
twenty thousand dollars and note
book. which showed that he had killed
one hundred and ninety-two men
DIR. John a Andrews, of Worces-
ter, Mass, has been in practice over
sixty years, during forty-elght OF
which he answered calls day and night,
and now, at the age of nlnety-one, he
still has large Office practice and IN
cludes among his patients some of the
third generation he has treated
"A foreigner employed in an Albany
iron foundry was asked his name by
the cashier. 1t proved TO be stag
gerer in the way of pronunciation, hav-
ing about ten syllables, chiefly conson-
ants. Rather long, isn't it?' gasped
the cashier. YAH answered the me-
chanic Since then the man with the
big name has been called Long for
| short.
A philosophic father in Missouri
town has self-willed daughter, who,
somewhat against his will, had chosen
| her future partner. He reluctantly
gave his consent in these words, ad-
dressed to the recorder: MIR. Cleark-
| hear is young man that wants to get
married to my daughter give her to
him as nothing els will do him let them
fight"
Mrs. Ballington Booth, the wife OF
| Ballington Booth and daughter-in-law
of the founder CT the Salvation army,
| is pretty, has remarkably strong
sweet disposition. and is wonderful
leader and organizer. doing almost as
much as her clever husband, besides
helping in the publication of the War
Cry, and taking charge of her home
and her three young children.
There are a few members of the
senate who do not use eyeglasses OF
spectacles. either ali the time or fol-
reading. PETER, singularly enough, is
the senator who affects the greatest
luxury in his glasses. He wears habit
ually pair of gold-rimmed spectacLes,
and keeps beside on the lapel of his
long frock coat a pair of gold eye
glasses fastened 70 a gold clasp and at
tached to gold chain that is heavy
enough to attract attention
Mrs. Kate Douglas Wiggin, who i:
almost as well known in London as II
New York society, has been brought
| by birth and education into touch witt
many sides of American life. She is o
New England ancestry, of Philadet
phia birth, of Yankee education, ant
has lived in California and in New
York. She has the honor of having es
tablished the first free kindergarten
west of the Rocky mountains. Sh
taught in college a year before he
marriage. She is a widow now, ant
having no children of her own, de
votes herself to two favorite nleces
-Harper's Bazaar.
There was a certain bishop o
Amiens, who was consulted by lad
as to whether she might wear rouge
She had been with several directors
but some were so severe and some S
relaxed that she could not satisfy he
conscience. and, therefore. was come I
monseigneur to decide for her, an
would rest by his sentence. Il see
madame" said the good prelate, 'wha
the case is: some of your casuists forbi
rouge totally; others will permit you t
wear as much as you please. Now, 10
my part, love medium in all things
and, therefore, permit you to wea
rouge on one cheek only"