Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-15
PERSONAL NOTES.

Ex-Ambassador Bayard has had his ia.
vorite English horse shipped to this coun-
try.
King Leopold, of Belgium, is said to be
very fond ofgoing about incognito. When
ever he finds it possible he goes to Eng
land unaccompanied, and strolls around
the streets like any humble tourist.
w. l.. Chambers, of Alabama, formerly
United States land commissioner in Samoa
has been selected by Great Britain, Ger
many and the United States to succeed
Judge Ide as chiefjustice of Samoa.
The late Perley Derby, of Salem, Mass,
was one of the best-known genealogists in
the United States, and for thirty years had
been employed in making genealogical re-
searches in almost every State in the
Union.
Mr.. Bayard's son-in-law, Lieutenant
Commander W. S. Cowles, naval attacle
to the United States Embassy, is said to
have been for some years the most popu-
lar man in London diplomatic circles, and
his departure is greatly deplored.
The Right Reverend Alphone Joosten.
vicar apostolic and bishop of the Dutch
West Indies, is the first clergyman of epis-
copql rank to succumb to leprosy, with
which he became infected while admins
tering religious instruction and consolation
to leprous adults and children at Curacao.
The pri vate library of the late Professor
Du Bots Raymond, Of Berlin, has just been
purchased and presented to the Newberry
Library OF Chicago by Professor Nicholas
Sem. This library consists of 400 vol
umes, chiefly on ply siology and allied sub
jects, and is a very valuable one. 1t was
once offered to the University of Pennsyl-
vania.
The 10th birthday Of Sergeant Victor
Ballot, a survivor of the Battle of Water
loo, has just been celebrated in the little
village of Carisay. The centenarian lives
with his daughter and son. in-law, aged re-
spectively 81 and 70. Ballot enjoys good
health, the only drawback to his happi
ness being deafness, the result Of cannon
AIDES, as the sergeant was an artillervman.
Professor Law, Of Cornell University, is
very hopeful concerning the eventual vic
tory over tuberculosis. He says; "It may
not be accomplished in our day, it may
not even be attempted along the lines that
would warrant an expectation of speedy
success, but as surely as humanity is adj
vancing to a higher and better future so
surely will this "white plague, 'tuberculosi,
be eradicated from our herds and finally
from our homes"
Though DR.. Carnard was refused a pen
sion by the Connecticut Legislature it now
seems likely that one will be raised by pop
ular subscription. The Hartford "Cou-
rant" has taken the matter in hand at the
suggestion of one of DR.. Barnard's friends,
and headed subscription list which is
rapidly growing. 1t is to be hoped that
the "Courant" meets with success, for no
educator in America deserves more from
the public than DR.. Barnard.
When President Mckinley was Cover
nor of Ohio his father was still alive The
President then signed his name "Wm.
Mckinley, Jr." After his father died he
wished to drop the "Jr.," but he took the
oath of office as "Wm. Mckinley, Jr.,"
he decided to retain it. When he was
Governor for a second term his name was
signed with plain Vim Mckinley.
Gradually the letter "m" in "Wm." be-
came almost a straight line, and so he de-
cided that as President he would sign his
name civilian Mckinley