The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-16
FUN OF THE WORLD.

Kenny sou Nc1cCilFE NdS cNE1
ar acute annoyance OF him, and aided
greatly 70 his innate shvness Of meeting
strangers and going into society. lie
referred to i. and once sad. 1t led %
rather az amusing incident a fen years
ago Hailam and I went with M Glad
stone as Sir Donaid CurTis : guests among
the HebriGss and thence 10 Denmark
While lying II the har5sr OF Copenhagen
We were invited 10 dine Ak F'redenssorE
with the King and Queen OF Denmark and
the next day the whole rnyaI is.rty
came onhoard 20 luncheon. Thsre were
The king and queen. the princess. the
car and czarinR. and their attendant
ladies' and gentlemen. After luncneon.
the princess asked me, 20 reaG one OF
my poems. and Some one fetched the book.
1 sat on the Sofs in the snois3ng-l coIa
next the princess and another lady came
and sat beside nc on the other side The
czer stood up Just in front OF me. when
I finished reading. this lady said some
thing very civil and ! thought she was
andrew CLARK 5 daughter. so / pGtted
h'r very aflecuo1ately on the shoulder.
and said: My dear girl. that's very kind
If yots. very Find I heard the car
chucSling nightly 70 himself and 50
looked more nearly at her. and God bless
me. was the ozarina herself
At Beaumont lately the waiter who
served former Gov. Hogg OF Texas was
one George. a sable-skinne6 gentleman OF
numerous accomplishments. George Is a
model waiter. Each day At dinner George
would receive from the Governor his tip.
81. George revealed his wealth. lie was
the envied OF all the other walters. he
was The happy p9ssessor # good
thing"
The other day when the Governor en-
tered the dining room a strange dtrl1y
stood behind his chair. Where's George
asked the governor brusquely- The new
waiter bowed low. Use youh waiter now.
he said softly. But where's George2''
again asked the Governor. Again his
new retainer assured him. Else youh
waithah now The Governor looked up
from his paper sharply. He was snme-
what nystifsd. and with increasing en-
phasis demanded to know where George
was. ANYWAY.
We'll. you see sab" began the new
conner with some hesitation. "Gawgs and
was out las night playing craps. sawge
went broke: ! won his Pile. Then here
his voice dropped lower and his manner
was couhdential-"he put you mp against
three dollahs and won. So. lse youah
waitah."
sag
III Nle northern racine panic q young
New York man OF leisure won Some
SEQ 600. the story OF which has thus been
told: Years before that eventful ath OF
May. Blue Thursday, he had been induced
to buy 800 shares of the Northern Pacific
IT SIS outright and Law them away "a a
safe deposit vault. This investment Of
s. Sl0 was forgotten until the afternoon
of May S. when an old friend in the street
said 70 the boy. Where is the Northern
Pacific You bought IN 1887? Got II yct7 ]
think YOU said you had several hulGred-
shares. It's likely TO rise 20 sky IN the
street tomorrow. II is lending over night
at 50 per cent and 7 expect TO see the
price so above zoo" The boy fourd his
guardian and got his stock out Of the
vault oue minute before ~ closed for the
day. On Thursday he sold Il for sise a
share. realizing $225c9o. He managed to
do this because he was rich and did not
need the money.
Rg zg
When Senator Parkins vas merehan-
dis!Bg in California in his younger days
there came 10 his town man who claim
cd 10 possess Il prodigious memory He
could perform all manner % mental tasks.
BY a clever trick Senator Perkins shared
with him the distinction of being also
man who could remember anything.
Mr.. Perkins ,old the man 20 write down
q list of names which he could dictate.
Bv the time the list was completed 5here
We're ~ least a hundred uames-ail odd
sorts Of names which apparently had
no connection with each other. Now.
said Mr.. Perkins TO The man with the
memory. "turn around four times. The
man complied. Now. continued Mr.. Per
Sins. walk up and down for i've min
utes." The man walked Mr.. Perkins
prescribed several other diversions and.
finally. when several minutes had elapsed,
he remarked to the man that he could
repeat the entire Hst Of names back
ward.
Impossible" said the man
But Il was not impossible. MT. Perkins
went over the whole list name b. name.
in reverse order. The man and the crowd
which were watching the performsnca
applauded heartily. and theTeaftc, Air.
Perkins enjoyed reputation
The feat was very simple Mr- Perkins
who knew everybody ia town. bad mere
ly dictated the names of the people
doing business along several blocks. When
he came TO repeat the names backward
he simply commenced at the Other end
OF the street and went up instead Of
down. Try for yourself. said senator
Perkins. II is the easiest thing 10 the
world"
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The New York Times credits Bishop
Potter with the following little anecdote
A Chicagoau had been taken armand
Boston ali day 70 observe her bGlwarks.
but had failed 90 exhibit any ~ those
s yrapt0ms ~ PARALYSIS which are accert-
q ole 10 the 3o8touian mind.
'.Sow confess said the Bcstorian
host, after the burden and heat ~ the
day. "Isa't Boston q unique toxn
p. a.