New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23


taste and they will have special facilities in
the galley. but the other Celestials will have the
usual table Much nonsense has been written
about LIS rice diet. He eats poultry, duck
pork. vegetables and rice when he wants it,
He does not know word of English but his
sons speak the language we'll. He has been
warned OF the invasion of the ship by American
,nterviewers off Sandy Hook. but he smiles Sc
renely and doubtless will lombard them with
questions through his interpreter. In England
he has the reputation Of being the most inquisi-
tive traveller who has ever been brought into
public notice; yet he has left the impression
everywhere that he Is man OF remarkable
sagacity and lucidty of mind. He is great
admrer Of the English women, and has al
lowed one of them. Miss Mortlock. TO paint ms
portrait in his yellow jacket crimson plush robe
peacock's feathers. and all.
The funeral of Sir John Millais was an inn
pressive service. like that held seven months
ago. when his intimate friend Lord Leighton
was buried at St Paurs. The music and the
order ot the cathedral service were repeated
with few notifications, and there was the same
undertone of deco and genuine feeling, for Mil
lais like Leighton was loved we'll as re-
spected by his associates in the world or art
and fashion The cathedral was illumined with
mists of rich sunlight, whereas IT was dark ana
gloomy when Lord Leighton was carried TO MS
last resting place Royalty. diplomacy states
manship. literature and art were there 10 pay
homage to the painters memory Holman
Hunt his pre-Raphaelte associate headed the
palbearers, and Lord Rosebery and Sir Henry
Irving whose portraits Millais had painted
were behind. while all his associates In the Acad-
emy except Watts were there to mourn their
lost chief and cherished friend. An excellent
suggestion has been made that next winter the
exhibition at the Academy be wholly devoted 10
works By its last two presidents 1t would DE
an admirable method of attesting the estimation
in which they were held by their associates
Another equally effective tribute to the men,
DRY of Millais will be paid in November, when
his successor is elected; since with watts ex-
cluded by his age. and Burne-Jones by his with
drawal from the Academy, il will he necessary
% choose president far inferior to him in ar
tistic prestige and thereby to testify 10 his en-
inence in British art. Many names are already
mentioned for the succession.
Dr. Jameson is said to be amusing himself In
jail by writing a book telling what he knows
about the Transvaa raid but it Is not proDaole
that it will be published without the knowledge
and consent of Cecil Rhodes Ii Hung Chang
eG-tO ID a
Journey around the world, rising early every
morning to record his impressions OF his pre-
vious days experience Those two books ought
10 make the fortune of any publisher.
The book market continues dull with the pros
meet that the autumn and Christmas trade VIII
he lighter than usual E. A. Fitzgerald, whose
mounting climbing in New-Zeaand furnished
the groundwork for an interesting book, is pre-
parng himself for a new expedition TO South
America where he purposes TO go 10 the top or
Aconcagua by hard work in the Alps and 10y
camping for weeks on the summit or the Dorm
hansen has shown himself an explorer capa-
BILE Of predicting what actually happens His
forecast of the course Of the Fran and the
safety OF her crew has been verified by the ar
rival Of the ship with flying coors. Apparently
the chief result Of his Polar expedition aside
from his success in reaching the highest latitude
over recorded is the establishment of the great
depth Of the Arctic Ocean. This tends TO prove
IN the Judgment of Arctic experts. that all the
land imasses of any extent have already been
discovered, and that the pole itself Is covered
with deep-sea ice While the Fran came OUT
about where hansen expected she would WITH
the current setting westward II is probapie tha'
II she had entered the pack further east ana
nearer the line Of the Jeannelte's drlft' she
would have been carried across the poie u
Greenland The drift is so strong that II IS eN-
trernely doubtful If the best way of reaching the
pole Is from a ship embedded in foes Nansen
retreat from his high latitude to Franz JOSEF
Land makes II possible to reverse the direction
OF the march and to convert that archipeiaso
into future base Of operations. II he returns
10 the Polar quest he will start from Franz JOSEF
Land and not from his ship. driving helplessiy
in the ice.
The Yachting season has been brought to
nra,na t,,re close by the tragic end of Baron Won
Zedtwitz The Britannia the Meteor the Ailsa
and the other big yachts have already peeh laio
up since nobody has any heart for fur'her rae
ing. The evidence of the yacht captains al the
inquest failed to disclose either common uhuei
standing in regard to the rule OF the ROAD III
yacnting or any ground for censurins any oouS'
The Meteor apparently ran INTO the isoioe al
orde, ia avoid running into the Britannia, and
there were too many yachts in dif1ereht races
mixed ND at one point in the course The
ooroner.s turv was completely dazed by the evil
dence. and the subject was dropped with me
convenient verdic. of a pure ACCIDENT. Inc
Yachting season in British waters has peeh
hoac,er,1ed ny "hukes' and techncaitles
ratbar than by good racing. and has ended IN
catastrophe
Grouse hunting is now at its height ana sport
~ ALI kinds is at its best. The Devon ana SOM
erset s,aghounds have had an exclting meet
u,,,h, n long chas. after a stag from E-Amooi
toward Barnstaple, where deer had not oeeh
seen in many years. The meet ended ignohliili-
ously. the stag catching his foot in wire "hiie
taking fence ana being trapped ike rat Win
all the gay hunting company close oehino.
/. n. F.
DIR, NANSEN MAY SPEAK IN LHERPOOL.