New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-01
PERSONAL.

xo-, ,,ot Congressman Morse, Of MASSACHUSETTS,
,o doclipod another term. there Is talk OF hoi'
Mating W C. Lowering chairman on the rooo"' "
publican state Convention, III HIS S'''u'
Fx-speaker Feed is one Of the many bicycN riue''
IN he found among public men III "aShhs'oh' anu "o
~ ono NJ he earliest residents OF that city to indulge
in This mode Of transportation. "lhc Warrington
,. sov that nj home in Portland he uses the biggest
r,rrbt wheel in the state OF Maine but at the Natoha
copItal he rides low-scatcd safety'" In te a''c'
noce he Is disposed to avoid publicly whe .'sporuS
himself. and rarely consents to li'c run WIN INC
bcycle club. The other members u the eiuD a'e
=, xious that he shall exec for they have II IN nina
an "oId tn dcnutze him to represent thcn shond
,bcv he called upon to annihilate some outside COM
petitor for wheelmeas aonor''
c-,rp. the shipbuilder thinks his son has goo"
ronorv and gives this Illustration Of ii. When some
Russian officers came over J." n''pu'. VI" ,,a con.
MrvCramp but for their government inc COR
oct gave q rccerion In ;hcr hohor. Meantime
h,s son had bccomc tolerably well acquainted WIN
tho foreigners. although he could not SPEAK 'hc'r
language AS they came In Ton the evening Vi
the reception says Mr.. Cramp. Il thought OF .ne'f
names with fear and trembling and coh'iudeu 10
make no attempt at prOnounclng them. but III! SUI
stood right behind my shoulder and us the INST one
omo nv he spoke his nrle In my ear in time for
me 10 repeat IT, That { int astonish me- but tha'
vounc man went on and repeated every one on NE
,omr. nf tho,. officer, without single mistake.
rhr-. vcr, eighty OF them. and he had even AL the
accents correct. got quite r:puIIloh ior NY
Rus.ian. but ! wa, only the parrot
Although william Dewitt Hyde has been president
Of Bowdoln College nearly seven wears and perhaps
no longer deserves 10 be called. formerly the boy
president he j. still Young man. being ONLY thirty
four years Of age lie Is fond Of athletic sport, ana
Is devoted father. II j. no uncommon thng 10 se,
this dignltary todding around town WIN iS hM,,
bov his Side or upon SLED drawn ny the prouu '""
aHectiOnatc parent.
Bishop Potter will sail on the 2sth OF LAY y T
New-York lie Is now I'm Nice.
II Is more than fifty years since General Zachary
ravlor was elected President and terminated his bi1el
career IN tha; Office III, daughter Bette, now Mrs
Dindhige ~ Winchester. Va. presided over the
White House In those days She Is stll living and Is
visiting friends In Baltimore at the present time:
The Monumental City. by The way. Is the nome OF
another mistress Of the Presidential mansion Mrs.
Harriet Lane Johnson.
Dr.. FrdthjOy hansen, whose expedition 10 "c
North Pole will start next January. has chosen three
companions for his pcItlous journey They are Cap
tain svcrdrp a relative OF the late Norwegian Prime
Minister: Lieutenant scott Hansen, Of the Navy, the
Astronomical expert. and Captain lngebrigtsen, q
Trom>o. a fearless fellow who las arcsny gone Ofi
many dangerous expeditions. The preparations hr
Nanscn's expedition are about complete
Kate Field I'm her Washington" has this to say OF
n recent event at the National Capital: "oncc in
several generations society l. startled by actually
being entertained at one OF is entertainments. Such
a sensation Washington experienced last week when
senator and Mr.. Brce Invited four hundred friends TO
assist at a musicale Of remarkable excellence