Arizona republican., 1900-11-08
BITS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mir. Cecil Rhodes keeps two llon1 in his grounds in South Africa He once tried his own powers as a lion talnsr-rried for wceks-but withou; success T could have controlled a man in @ much shorter time, and got him to do what I pleased" said the groG- politician. Lions are nobler crea- lures than men, that's evident"
 Lord Salisbury, England's prime mir-ster. is posse of a pretty wit, but it rarely finds it's way into his pub Lc utterances. At q dinner party, it is said. he was speaking of Hiram Max i'm. the gun maker, and created cons:d- erable merriment by referring to the famous American as the man who has prevented more msn from dying from old age than any other person Who ey- CT lived"
 The Princ. of Wales is very fond of animals. Amongst the large collection Of pets at Sandring&am is a llttle green rlrrct which talks splend.dly; he is b. cated in the hall aHI to every visitor calls out:
 Now, then, hip, hip, hurrah for the queen"
 Ii seems that the young king of Italy economically inclined though he be in all oah5r respects intends to indulge in good music. and plenty Of it. Both the king and queen are passionately fond of music, and Victor Emmanuel III has already engaged the composer Sganlba;i. who was the official direct or Of Queen Marsher:ta's private con- -.,.+-- nj n director f music The present pres ent king of Italy is prc5abiy the first prince of -ha house of Savoy who has taken an interesl in musical matters. His grandfather Victor Emmanuel II frankly detest-d music and said when the cannon were roaring at the battle of So!ferinO, that is ,he only music l hava ever been able to appreciate.' And his son, King HumSert, was exact ly Of the same opinion.
 Before his appointment as minister at Pehin Sir Claude MIcDonald served fer over twenty years in tae S5veE.y- fourth Hignlandars. He was for some years attached on special service to the agency at Cairo. and it fell to his To- to try many of the prisoners who had taken part in Ihe Arabi r. Dellion. On one occasion in the military court over which he was presiding, man after man was brought up to he interroGated and each of them told the same tale of having only joined Arabi under com pU,siln. At last ca- man stood prouI- ly forward and said: T fought with ArlDi b caul.e I hate the English; and I would fight them again if 1 got the chance" The major rose from his seat and shook the man by the hand, and. telling him he was the only man who had had the courage to speak thc truth ordered him to be at onc= discharged. There is a pretty story about Lady Roberts and her trunks, which comes from South Africa. At the he.ght of the transport difficulties, in th- teeth { of the officials, she carri eight large trunks from Cape Town to Bloemfun- tein. Every one wondered, every one murmurcs. No on bat Lady R1cer.s could have got the things tIrousl. The Transport of z-or-s nal been stop Fed fcr the time, the sick lacked every comfort and those who WeIr not sick were Eaf starved and laif clad. There fore When a fatigu- parry was tod of tO fetch th-.e eight trunks from Bloem- fontein r-a..on things were sad, prob ably about the plague of WomeH." But next 5ay seven of th- trunks weTs unpacked and their contents distribu-