The herald., 1896-03-12
PERSONALITIES

Myron E. Henry, the welknown western
driver and trainer. has signed five-years
contract with the imperial stables of the
car of Russia.
Lord I4eighton's last act on the night of
his death was to dictate a letter for pub
licatlon expressi lg his thanks for the
numerous congra ulations he had received
on his elevation to the peerage.
Edward Everett h lie is "a, but his tall,
rugged frame suggests many more years of
literary activity. DR.. Hale is now making
tour of the far west. which he wrote
about many years ago and of which he is
likely to write again.
Mr.. Ohm Hays Hammond, the American
mining engineer, who is now under arrest
at Pretoria for taking part in the rebellion,
states that three days after his first arrival
IN the gold reef city, he was fined SIS. for
laughing at policeman.
Mark Twain trip to the four corners of
the earth has been wonderfully beneficial
to his health When he left San Francisco
he was far from we'll, but he told re-
porter at Bombay that he felt ten years
younger than when he sailed for the
orient.
Count Leo Tolsto is a vigorous hater of
Eng land. He says the English and the
Zulus should be herded toge her as the two
most brutal nations of the earth. His chief
regre he declares. is that he cannot spare
the time to write book about the English
people. a-s
r. f. Benson of Dodo fame, is now in
Egypt. He is writing romance. The scenes
of which are laid in Greece during the time
of the war of independence, and filling up
his spare time by eXcavatiEg iuiued tenn
pies. Mr.. Benson has been doing arch;e-
oiogical work in Greece under the auspices
of the British School of Archaeology.
President Kruger of the Transvaal re-
public lost the thumb of his left hand
while he was boy. He was out hunting
when his gun burst and shattered the
thumb. He calmly took out his jackknife
and cut what was left Of the member of
at the joint, after which he tied his hand
| up as best he could and went home.
Emperor William as a child attended the
wedding of the prince and princess of
/ Wales. He was under the charge Of two
| uncles, the duke of Edinburgh and the
duke of Connaught. Young William
tidgeted sadly, and received an occasional
warning tap on the shoulder. His uncies
were in Highland dress. and the future EN-
peror siyiy knelt down and bit into their
bare legs with great earnestness, by way of
ayenging himself.
The miksdo is the religious head Of the
Japanese, as well as their ruler. His place
is hereditary and it has been filled by MEM
bers of his family for more than $500
years. His is incomparably the most
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one hundred and twenty-second of the line.
The founder of it, whose hope of posterity
in his widest dreams could not have
| equaled the result, was contemporary with
| Nebuchadnezzar, ego Is. G.
| DR.. Nansen is described as fine stall
| wart fellow, the ideal Norseman, with
ruddy face, fair hair, and the limbs of a
ant He is married to an accomplished
! lady, who, after his departure on his haz-
| ardous expedition, coolly settled down to
| her singing and musc-she is a teacher
aud vocalist by profession. When at home,
the explorer lives near Chrsiania, where
| he has d pretty little house which is I'M
commonly comfortable, to judge by pic
| lures. ..-g
| DR.. julius, bishop of Christ church, New
Zealand. has appeared in pubic on a tri
| cycle. He is very Unconventional. Some
time ago he insisted on laying the last
brick on the restored spre of his cathedral
and was hoisted up in a chair at the end of
rope. He recen ly addressed congrega-
ton he was visiting as foiowss IL never
saw so much bad coin in all my life. To
offer to the church, to the cause of God,
money that the butcher or the baker would
not accept shocks me. The man who
| would do that wants the grace of God very
badly-or three months"
A phren ologist who has recently had a
| chance to feel the bumps" of George Du
! Maurier, says that in the panter-novelist
the basilar region of the brain is well de-
veloped. the most prominent faculties
| being csmbativeuess, secretve ness. anna
tiveness, appropriateness, ideality and the
| perceptives as group, form, size, weight,
comparison and imitation. These give,
with their combinations, great taste, re-
iinement, love of decorations, an ex-
quisiteness of finish to all works of art.
passion for the beautiful, skill in ath-
letic sports and a great fondness for