The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-09
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

--Lcuis 1. of France was the STAN
nnerer, because of q defect in hi.
speech. Michael H., emperor Of the
east, had a similar defect, which gave
him the same designation. It is sait
he could not speak until he hai
stamped his feet.
Alexander the Great was desig
mated by his subjects The Conqueror
. title, though much less deserved, be
slowed by his people on Alfonso o.
Portugal and Aurunzebe, the emperor
of India The same title has been giver
also to James L Of Arragon; Osman l.,
sultan of Turkey; William l., the CON
queror of England.
M. Hippolyte Raymond, author Of
Lies vingt huit jours de Clairette.
and many other successful farces in
the style of Labiche. shot himself
through the head recently IN Paris on
Hccount of insomnia and worry. His
plays were having long runs, and the
latest. Mile Bernol," is being re-
hearsed at the Guny theAter.
Lii Hung Chang. who is not a to-
t'acco smoker, has one Of the finest col
1ections of smoking utensils in the
world. He has pipes of all ages and
from all parts OF the world. He keeps
pdding constantly to his treasures in
this line. Cigar-holders Of every va
riety-some of them exceedingly costly
form an interesting feature of his
collection.
-Viscount Mountmorres. who II q
member of the London county council,
has informed the London press that
he is ready to furnish it with contr-
buttons at the rate of one dollar and
fifty cents per two thousand words If
taken by the week, or at lower rates
for longer period. He says that he
is "a vivid and graceful writer of more
than ordinary capa abilities"
-DaRobert II. Of France was The
Young. He was years old when he
nscended the throne Leo IL and
Louis VII. were also sometimes thus
designated, the former having been
only 4. and Louis VII, who was II on
his accession. Ludwig IL Of Germany.
who is also designated The Young,
was % on his accession, and Romanus
H., emperor OF the east, was 20.
Nelson's medals were offered for
sale few weeks ago, and now those
of Field Marshal Lord Hill, ''Welling-
toms right arm" and for a time CON-
OF the English army,
are to be sold at auction. Among them
are the Waterloo medal, the Grand
Cross OF the Order OF the Bath, many
foreign orders and swords of honor,
and the gold casket in which the fres-
dom of the city of London was present
ed to him.
"A violent attack on the behavior
Of the French in the last war printed
in the Morgen Zeitung under the title
OF 'Hyenas on the Battlefield" con-
serious accusations against
the troops engaged in the battle of
Woerth. has been shown to be stolen
from the Garienlaube Of 1855, where
the attack was on the conduct Of tho
Austrians at Sadowa Tho only
changes In the article were the substl.
tuition OF Woerth for Sadows and
French names for Austrian.
-Maseagni has written an article on
opera librettos for q newspaper at
Cerignols, in which he says that over
one thousand FIVE hundred librettos
arc written In Italy every year, and
that two hundred of them are sent to
him. BE has had books from a rail-
road porter, from sailor, shoe
maker and . pig doctor. One dealt
with italian unity, among the charac-
'ers being Garibaldi, baritone; the
Pope, basso. and Victor Emanuel. = |
enor. Another called May Day" was
bout strike. and had chorus, I've
want an eight-hour day"