The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-03
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The French chemists are expert
menting with cold, and in a recent
test it was shown that dog would
die at ninety-eight degrees below zero,
while snail could live to one hun
dred and ten degrees below.
The simplest way to tell iron from
steel is to pour on the metal drop OF
nitric acid, and allow it to act for one
minute. On rinsing with water a
the metal ia iron; black one if it is
steel.
Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian au.
thor, carries small mirror and comb,
and from time to time he glances at his
hair, and if any part of it appears to be
in place he forthwith combs it into the
disorder that imparts to pictures Of him
that scared expression.
-Archduke Eugene Of Austria, who
was a year ago a candidate for the
hbishopric of Olmutz-which went
to cardinal who has taken his par.
ents, Jewish peasants, to live with him
in his palace-has accepted the COM
mand of an infantry brigade stationed
at Olmutz.
Bret Harte, although past fifty ana
in poor health, is a very handsome
man. His face retains an appearance
of youth, while his hair is silvery
white. He has slender figure and an
erect and graceful carriage. He is a
clubman and much sought after In so
ciety, but goes out infrequently.
William Watson, the English poet,
has entirely recovered from his recent
attack of insanity, and is writing once
more with all his accustomed grace
and charm. His new poems, among
which are some very powerful sonnets,
will soon be published in the London
papers. and have already been copy.
righted in America
The first President Harrison, this
"Tippecanoe" of historic fame. left
many descendants, two of whom live
in Washington. They are named Eey'
nolds, and they have in their posses
sion a big hair-cloth armchair that
was given to 'Tippecanoe" by the la.
dies of Indiana 1t is very uncomfort
able, as there are great raised flowers
done in worsteds, and an American
eagle in beaded work.
-Recently-published pictures of Pad
erewski show that his remarkable hir.
suite development was not congenial.
At least, in the portraits of him at the
ages of three and ten there are no in.
dications of an extraordinary growth
of hair; in fact, at those ages his hair
was straight and short, but by the time
he reached eighteen his head had be-
gun to assume the appearance that i.
now familiar to the music-loving pub
lie
w. Martin Conway, who is lectur'
ing at the Royal institution, IN London,
on his recent explorations in the Him.
alayas, has traversed more ground in
those perilous regions than any other
explorer. Although his journeyings
there have covered over three thousand
miles. he says that the portion Of coun-
try which he explored, compared with
the mountainous region that has no,
vet been touched, is as the size of
postage stamp 10 . large ouarto page.
-Gaiusha A. Grow, Just elected con-
gressman-at-large from Pennsylvania.
is one of the most interesting living
links connecting the present with the
past When he entered politics Lin
coin and Sherman were country law.
yers, Grant an obscure captain on the
Pacific coast. and Garfield q mule
driver on the Ohio canal He saw Clay
and Webster in their old age and Sum.
ner and Everett in their prime Mr..
Grow Will be seventy-oae next August