New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-17
PERSONAL.

w J. Corners who has just bought Inc puma"
Courier" once worked as deckhand on 'he tu9
George Tarrant of the Durham TOWING co'n .PPin l.
n chayaStcr all by himself. There isn't ano'her
such man to be found anywhere
The Nowob sirdur Mahomed Afzul Khan. OF the
native Indian army. whose death Is ani'ouao ,,
was Of Afghan birth and descent He entered I'M
Indian army at an early age, joining the mn -
gal Lancers. better known as Probyns ,'o''e ST.
1S73 he was attached TO the mission to the CAPITA
Of Yakoob Beg OF Kashgar, under the ia'e o''
Douglas FORSYTH. When the Indian troops were
sent to Malta he came with them and visited ,Gu
a aIin dnc,mn 70 the Prince of Wales During me
Afghan war he served the political star; ana
took on an nft t6e present Amer Abdrrahman In
1852 he was appointed the first naive ,tcbnrsed
his delicate duties with much tact until his failing reais
syessh compelled For n his a5fp services
Companonship OF the Star OF INDIA
"One morning not long ago" says THE Phiia-
deIphia Record" when the servants or the CleVe-
land household came downstairs for their days
work their astonished gaze rested upon DUCKS by
the score There were ducks before the porch ana
ducks upon the wlndowsil.s Whole focks OF ducks
nodded from the branches Of the trees surrounding
the house. and still others squatted upon the avn
e ersV of ribbons and days utered gayy in the
ing breeze The opening of windows and doors
and and AZ moments investigation showed that they
all decoy ducks. with which some lnnustrlous
young had decorated the Presidents prem
Uses during the night The men about the Place Place
Rad half-days work in collecting the decoys from
about the house and from off the trees
Richard John Seldom, tho Premier of New
Zealand who arrived In Chicago the other day. on
his way to England. said to reporter in that city;
You are ahead of New-Zealand in the matter of
railroad travel. perhaps. We do not have your
sleeping-car arrangements, but otherwise QUA
coaches the American instead of the Eng
sh plan We are far ahead of you in the matter
rough pavements you have for your business
streets Our streets are paved with tarred plank
on foundation of concrete. the whole being sur
faced with asphalt"
The late Max Maretzek used to tell the following
anecdote of Adelina Patti IT remember once at
the Howard Athenaum. Boston. Nine. Barili Patti.
the mother OF the Patti sisters sang the part OF
Norma. with Amalia Patti as Adelgisa, and AIDE
lima. then a little child, one OF the children OF
Norma. Adelina. always wilful, insisted at re-
hearsa In singing the music Of her mother and
sister in the duo Mira Norma and when, after
several warnings, she would still continue to sing
her irascible mother took her up and gave her "A
regular spanking before the eyes OF the assembled
orchestra and members OF the company. Now Ade-
lima Patti gets $4,000 night for singing. instead OF
tons in the OF Eliza Hensler. Adelina Patti
made her first appearance In public under my d.
roction In concert at Tripler Hall, In February,
1852 She then child of nine years, and at
that early age not only gave evidence or her pre-
cocity in yocaliZing, but also In making bargains.
The conditions on which she agreed to sing there
celvng 1t before she went out TO appear before the
public"