The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-24
PERSONAL AND .MpERsonAL.

The ruler OF .Coburg, better known
"a the duke of Edinb burg. is asnnan OF
many hobbies. Among them must be
counted his curious mania for collect.
ing miniature silver ships. At the
present time he is the proud possessof
of a fleet numbering considerably over
fifty.
The big fog whistle or siren was
blowing at Sandy Hook one day last
week when deaf old gentleman at
Atlantic Highlands, n. j., put his hand
back of his ear and said. while his face
beamed with pleasure: That's the
first cornet playing I've heard in thirty
years.
Rev. G. w. Slaughter, of Palo Pin
to. Tex, now in his eighty-third year,
is a veteran of the Texan war of indie
pendence and of the campaign Of Gen.
Burleson against the Cherokees, which
ended in q great battle on the bank OF
the Matches river. Mr.. Slaughter was
present at the surrender of Santa Anna
after the battle of San Jacinto.
Sarah Bernhardt says that before
presenting ''Izeyl' to the Paris public
she made a deep study of Buddhism
her role. The French actress confesscs
to great admiration for Ellen Terrys
methods on the stage, and says that
she has initiated some of them with
profit. II adore the Lyceum,'' says
Sarah; II go to school there
-Verohese loved to represent festive
gatherings on a colossal scale. His
Marriage of Cana'' is thirty feet long
and twenty feet high and contai ms one
hunderd and thirty figures. The most
remarkable feature of the painting is
the group of musicians in front round
n table. Among this party Veronese
represents Titan, Tintoretto. himself
and other celebrated painters.
-Nuley Hassan, the late sultan Of
Morocco. was the possessor of a fine
physique, and led a hardy, active life.
He had a lofty and rather protruding
forehead, differing in this particular
from most of his compatriots. clean
cut, auuiline features. and a keen. pen
etrating eye: but his under lip was
heavy and sensual, as is usually the
case among the Shereefian descendants
of Mahomct.
The sultan of Turkey has little Of
the old Turkish reserve about him. He
recently invited party of English la
dies and gentlemen to the palace in
Constantinople, and entertained them
with a circus performance of the
trained horses in the imperial stud.
He afterward asked them to dinner,
which was served in western fashion,
and both the sultan and the young
conversation.
1T has been said that the lsnighting
of Augustus Harris, the we'll known
thea trica1 manager of London, was a
democratic trick to hold up the nobility
to ridicu1e. but that is untrue. He was
in the line of promotion and the gov
ernment couldn't help itself Harris is
the best advertised ma n in London. If
a volcano catches fire in Borneo he
writes to the pa pers all about it. adding
a rider that he will open a new show at
Drurv Lane on Tuesday week.
The new president of France has
passed through one of the most trying
ordeals that belong to celebrity. He
has had his photograph taken. For
three hours he stood in all manner of
positions before the camera. He was
taken standing. sitting. signing pa pers,
beside his desk and in front, profile
half full length, and various poses with
his son. a youth of sixteen. A vast
number of negatives were taken, until
the president finally became exhausted
and fed.