The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-21
GOSSIP of the World.

carriage the shaft breaking the window
and just missing his head The great
pianist remained calm and that evening
| played as brilliantly as ever.
The viii of Colonel John P. Cameron,
Of Randolph county. No. who died re-
! Gently. leaving property valued az SO
600. contained the following singular pro-
| vision: II have no wife or children, but
if any come forward and lay claim TO
my property they will be given 8 each on
| establishment of that fact
| Rome correspondent writes: The
other day a horse and cart, going along
| a country lane in the vicinity Of the
Catacombs of ST. Callixtus. suddenly dis
| appeared, greatly 10 the CONSERVATION Of
| some laborers who witnessed the phe-
nomenon and raised an alarm. 1t was
| found that the hole, fifteen feet deep.
| communicated with a narrow passage Of
| the Catacombs, wherein man, horse and
cart had got firmly fixed. The driver was
| able to emerge shortly afterward under
the guidance of monk who led him
through the intricate mszes Of the Cata-
| combs for about mile before they came
| 10 the main entrance, but the horse is
still underground.
The Framework Knitters' company are
! to be congratulated on the restoration Of
the lost certificate of their charter. says
the London City Press. Curiously enough,
| in view Of the Cromwell tercentenary, the
| charter was granted by the proctor the
| date being the year 1861. The circum-
stances under which ii was lost are not
known, and even for how long II has been
| missing is not certain. The credit of the
| find belongs to Mr.. aJmes Funston. the
clerk, who came across it by chance in
an old print shop. and picked it up for
mere trifle.
An English shell whoch had been laid
at the bottom of the harbor of S. asto-
| pol since the Crimean war was -,ised
recently by a dredging machine and ex-
| ploded by the conclusion of being thrown
| on its deck A workman was killed and
| the other dredgers were panic-stricken,
! fearing a similar accident. The case IS
| unique, for the explosion Of shell after
it had lain forty-four years at the bot
| tom of the sea is altogether unparalleled,
and has given rise to many expressions
| of astonishment at the quality of the
English shells.
! A gentleman with a very singular cpl
sode in his life has just died in China.
| This was NJ. Piry, the father" of the
| Chinese customs service, which he en-
tered when it was first formed by the
| consuls at Shanghai in 1854. NJ. Piry was
a Frenchman by birth. and In his boy
hood went 10 sea. Being shipwrecked on
the Korean coast. he was taken by the
natives and despatched to the king at
| Seoul. as a great curiosity. The king.
! possibly desiring TO send a rare and
| strange present to his suzerain in Pekin.
put poor Piry in a cage and sent him
| overland TO the Chinese capital TO the
emperor The latter after OBTAINING him
some time, sent him down 10 Shanghai
to the foreign consuIs who gave him a
post suited TO his age in the newly es-
| tablished customs, and there ne remained
until his death.
A lunatic called on the old king of Den
mark the other day and requested him to
| abdicate in his favor. The man said that
| he met the king in South Africa twenty
| years ago, who had agreed with him
| that when he could build ironclads with
| copper wire and make balloons capable OF
attacking fortresses the king should ad
dictate in his favor. The object Of his
visit was, he said, to notify King Chris
titan that he had fulfilled the conditions
| and to claim the throne. The palace
officials called in the police, and the man
was removed to an asylum.
| The London Chronicle tells this story
OF Faraday: Lord Melbourne once an
| nounced to aFarday that il was his pleas
! ing duty 10 offer him a pension. but. he
| added: 81 suppose al this science Is hum
| bug" Faraday at once replied: IF that
! is your opinion. my lord, I decline the
| pension" and retired. eMlbourne. on
meeting some of his colleagues. said: II
have had strange thing happen; man
| has declined a pension" But these gen
| tlemen knew Faraday's position and repu-
tation better than the premier. and urged
! him to rectify the blunder. Faraday was
again interviewed, but Melbourne was
obliged TO retract and apologize before the
| pension was accepted.
A packing case which CONTAINED a
Peruvian mummy intended for museum
at Client was opened by mistake AT an
English railway station thereby causing
the authorities no end trouble. Muir
der was at first suspected, but the coro-
ner's jury disposed of the case in quick
order. rendering this unique verdict:
THAT the woman was found dead at the
railway goods station, Sun street, on
April -. and did die on some date IN
known. in some foreign country, proba bly,
South America. from some cause IN
known. No proofs of a violent death are
found and the body has been dried and
buried in some foreign manner. probably
sun-dried and cave-buried. and the jorors
are satisfied that this body does not show
any recent crime in this country. and
that the deceased was unknown and
abount p years Of age"
sequel to pretty little romance.
which had its inception years ago in the
Minnesota School for the eDaf and Dumb
at Fairbsult. has just developed in the de-
parture from S.. Cloud for Australia OF
Miss Pearl French the Z2-year-oid daugh-
ter Of J. S. French. a well-knOwn citizen
Of that western city. Immediately upon
arrival there Miss French viii become
the bride Of A young man named Eddy.
who like herself is a deaf flute. Bride
and groom eleven years ago were pupils
together at the Falrbaulr State school
and after leaving school c0rrespo1ded
Eddy Is the son Of an Advent missionary
in Australia. who went from Battle Creek,
Mich wears ago With MS mother he
visited St Cloud last summer when the
courtship actively. began which viii end
81 happily upon the arrival q tire next
steamer from San Francisco. Miss French
viii make the trip unattended. EIter-
slve arrangements have beeu made for
her safe arrival there
An Indiana boy has 5us. started tor Rus
sia under curious conditions. ISIS name
e Thomas Mack. and when ne reaches
Moscow ne vii b employed ~ shaei--
The horses belonging n the Gar Mack
* ony q years ID. Re vas a very clever
chap az handling the feet % horses. snG
when call came from horse owners o.
the state fair grounds race track T7fI7--
sp0lis. Mack was sert orr - do ere
work Frank starr = -efi-known hose
trainer. observed the lads Ecrk zr8 Eas
much impressed with ire sklllfuiness =