The herald., 1896-04-12
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT

Josef Hoffman, the boy pianist. still Eeepa
up his reput tation a.s a musical prodigT, and
$500 was taken in, which Hoffman f.urned
over to the Rubinstein fund.
The pavement i'm front of William Fl.
Vanderbilt's residence in New York city
cost over $40, 900. !rhe single stone lying di.
rectly in front is the largest known having
stone, and cost, transportation and all.
$4,000.
a Olin Schreiners "Story of an African
Farm" which had unexampled vogue q
few years ago, but has recently not been
heard of much ON this side Of the, Atlantic.
has just reached its eighty-third thousand
in London.
The memory of Thomas Hughes is espec-
tally green in Chicago, because after tho
fire he sent that city colle6 jtion Of 1000
books to serve as basis OF g new puLle
library. The books were all English and
many of them autograph copi es from writ
ers then living.
Emperor William of Germany finds It
difficult to obtain suitable designs for the
bee be erected e in II the Sieges Alice Of the ThIer-
garten He told the competing artists not
to give the people chancet to crack Jokes
at the monuments.
Admiral Dot. the we'll known dwarf,
who has exhibited hims elf all over the
world, now runs hotel at White Plains,
CORY, is the admiraT,s night clerk They
are the smallest boniaceS in the country,
but they do big business. for all that.
Miss Alice Luce, a graduate of Welles-
Of Philosophy, multa cum laude, from the
University Of Gotting en-. after two years
semester at Gottingen. She is the fourth
woman to receive the doctors degree at
that university.
Lii Hung Chang is making arrangements
to impress the western world with his
wealth and power. He will travel with q
suite and in style that will testify to the
Chang is an abstenlnous and simple man
in his tastes. but he long ago learned the
value of magnificense for impressing the
crowd.
Stewart Cumberland, in his book on
South Africa, tells story about President
Krueger having accepted an invitation to
After few preliminaries he announced
in his loudest voice. to the amazement Of
all present. I'm the name Of the Lord
Jesus Christ / declare this building
opened"
A New York newspaper recently offered
Rudyard Kipling $1,000 for 1000 words on the
whip the United States. The creator of
Terence Mulvaney declined the offer on the
ground that it would involve discussion
of the armed strength of the empire a
question on which no British subject has
any information for sale"
Speaker Reed. when he was at Bowdoin
college, was a tall. lanky boy, who worked
his way through college by teaching school
during vacations. He was one of the fore
or be IN ana socnty
which he belonged. His graduation ora
tion was on 1.-THE Fear of Death" and it
won for him the first English prize.
Many of the leading explorers and scien-
lists in Europe believe that DR.. Nansen
has really reached the POLE and that before
early fall he will have returned to cviliza-
ton and proved his claims to, glory. Es-.
pecially in Russia is faith in NanSens s sue
cess prevalent among men who have made
a study of matters geographical Baron
Toll, the Siberian explorer. believes that
Nansen has reached the north pole.
Osman Digna. who in the rebellion of the
mahdi performed such prodigies of valor
and was continually reported dead, and Is
now reported a leader in the new holy
war, is a terrible fighter. Osfnan is the
son of a French nobleman. and was edu-
made an excellent Mussulman. and when
E,l Mahdi started his religious war of Brit
ish determination both his French and
MuSSulman inclinationS led himto fight
with the prophet.
General Baratieri the Italian commands
er-in-chief in Abyssinia. who has been per-
emptorily ordered home. is man of 6i
He fought in the campaign of 1885, anr
gained two medals for military valor. Cap
tain of the famous Italian SharpShooters,
he was made colonel in 1888 and general in
1892. The general knew something Of Af-
rica before he was appointed to post in
that country. He was member of an ex-
ploring party which a good many years
ago made its way as far as khartoum.
And now it appears that the Republican
party of Arizona is rent in twain. 1t is
bursting into smaller fragments daily. For
instance. Maricopa has about eight fac
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