The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-04
PERSONAL AND lMpERsoNAL

1t is not generally known but it is
a fact that the prince of Wales is very
fond of modern English poetry. Sir
Edwin Arnold and Algernon Charles
swinb,lrne are his especial fesetite1
and lie ne5ef traT-ls without copies 81
their works: The prince is not what
would be called a literateur, but he is
well read, especially in English fction
and poetry.
An effort is being made in Japan,
backed up by certain newspapers, to
persuade the emperor to visit Europe
and America with a large suite, includ-
ing a military staff. The emperor has
never been outside Of Japan, and
there are. those am5ng his subjects
who feel that a little globe-trotting or
bis part would be of advantage to his
country and himself.
Prince George of Greece is the
handsomest and most agreeable young
prince in Europe: lie Is tall, square
shouldered and athletic, with short
cropped golden hair, blue eyes, and
the pleasantest possible expression.
He is bright and full Of fun and is al
together a brave and manly young fell
low. He is a sailor, commanding u
corvette in the Danish navy.
Pope Leo MIL, who now is In his
eighty-sixth year, is described by
Cardinal Gibbons as pale and enact.
ated, with a pallor almost of death
upon him." ana this is heightened by
the white ecclesiastical garments he
habitually wears. And though his
body is considerably bent with age,his
eye is bright, his mind clear and lumi-
nous, and his capacity for physical en-
durance remarkable.
The young king of Spain has just
witnessed his first bull fight. His
mother. who has a horror of the Span
ish national sport, had the fatal mo-
ment postponed as long as possible,
but after his tenth birthday she could
not prevent him from seeing a fiesta
according to precedent. The little
king viewed the fight quite stoically,
and as he departed without rewarding
the successful matador, the Spaniards
are not pleased.
-lIloy 4RCbiy oOluSl oSo LAuob Soh-
tinue to draw part of her income from
the sale of liquor. She has only a life
interest in the property of her hus-
band, and undertook to refuse to re.
new the leases of the public houses on
it unless an agreement was made that
no intoxicating liquors should be sold.
The chancery court has just decided
that she has no right to make the
stipulation, even for the term of her
own life, as it would diminish the val
ue of the property which she holds in
trust, and would also be detrimental
to the interests of the public.
Duluth has two of the tallest po-
licemen in the country. Patrolman
Royal Mckenzie is 6 feet 1o11 inches
high and still growing. He is only 20
years old and weighs 257 pounds. He
can reach a point 10 feet from the
ground. Detective Thomas Hayden,
also of Duluth, is 6 feet z inches tall.
The two make a great team, and the
ough woodsmen of the vicinity are not
inclined to be boisterous when either
is around. Superior, Wis, claims to
have a policeman a trife taller than
Mckenzie, but he is past growing age,
and Mckenzie hopes to beat him be-
fore the year is out.
Mrs. F. ". Vanderbilt has contrib
uted five thousand dollars, in addition
to three thousand dollars given by her
some time since, for an operating room
OF the Newport hospital. This amount
practically covers the cost of the new
: perating room, now nearsly ready for
occupancy. Mrs. Vandefooo has at
various times given several fine -ambu-
lances to the different New York hos
pitfalls. A good ambulance will cost
nearly a thousand dollars, but with
the springs, mattresses, and other
complete equipments with which Mrs.
Vanderbilt fits the vehicles, their cost
is not under two thousand dollars each.
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