New-York tribune., 1901-03-06
THE PASSING THRONG.

P r. Northcote. Of London, England. told the
following anecdote apropos of Queen Victoria at
the Hotel Imperial yesterday: In
WORE HAT the early days Of the Kingdom Of
IN PRES- England the monarch gave curious
ENCE OF rewards in many cases for services
QUEEN rendered Undoubtedly at the time
they were given these privileges
had some valuable significance to their owners but
while In many cases the rights have remained. the
reason for them whatever value they may have
formerly had is not now apparent. There is such
case with the provosts of Trinity College in
DuGlln tIG who have for all time the right to
E te b ndts IN the presence Of their sovereigns. II
IT, from provost TO provost. For one reason or an
cenfrv haq h not been exercised for upward Of
Tstt 9ut one TO Ireland the provost of Trinity Col
however. of his Intentions nor advertised the orr
Prov05 66 o the So Tat Wa or the fact that he held it
me occasion of her visit to Trinity College, wearing
burst of indignant comment. The Queen however
,T appaFentIy took no notice OF the matter and
yost was wearing his hat and that by doing so he
was rather upset by the reception he received and
10 relieve the situation he finally said, Your
binary that I am wearing my hat By so doing
fdqa @ 9gt E STeTciSns Isl right which was granted BY
College, that they might any and all times ap-
sented the great Queen but did he also grant You
the PRIVILEGE of wearing your hat in the presence
George Ward. Of Cleveland. Ohio formerly spent
sum- 'iiiIe III JOHaiHeSDurS south AFRICA, Wnere
he was engaged in mining. When
BROKE the Fifth Avenue Hotel
RECORD OF yesterday he told the following
HAILSTONES. story Of experience which he
had had there: "One day. at the
Primrose, Barney Barnato's banner mine at
Johannesburg. where l was employed a tre-
mendous haiIstorm came up. Hailstorras as
you may know, are prevalent in South Africa; in
deed 50 large are the stones that they frequently
even heen known to knock them down.
,4,S AS IL was summer We had wate- cooler in the
oLlcr, ana aIter the storm died down an idea
occurred TO me- so I sent for file. and. fishing
which was some six or seven inches in diameter, I
ned II roughly into the shape OF a gigantic spher-
a crank on All nefeoric nr0bieIns I1 was pa vCay
and the Kaffirs all in the kraal awaiting the
end OF the storm. in order 10 come up 70 the office
and obtain their weeks wages
factory shape rolled IL into the Of the path
by which the Kafirs would come 10 the pay
masters office. l then laid low and awaited de,
velopments Pretty soon kaffr comes along and
TO jabber and lot of other Kafirs join him. and
them picks UP the stone and carries it to the pay
masters window; all the rest accompanying him
pbore his ao bR uu the ,s wdndeTf discover he
had made. The paymaster awfully decent
old chap about sixty-fve. aud his hobby was
meteoroogy. When the Kafir showed him the
stone he not only told him where he picked IT up.
but also swOre that he had seen IL fall, state
ment which LOT of the other Kafffrs confirmed as
eye Witnesses The paymaster az once ceased pay
ing off, and began to examine the ice he care
fully made transverse and cross measurements Of
the spherOid and. after taking all other possible
measure erneuts. sat down and wrote detailed de-
scription Of its general appearance All this time
he had held the men up on their pay
The measurements and description finished"
continued Mr. Ward he came to me. and. telling
me OF the object that had been
AsTONISHED found. asked me If he might not
THE have the balance Of the day off
SCIENTISTS. He was as excited a girl on the
of ball T. Of course,
gave him the time he wanted. and that very day
he wrote description of the marvellous hailstoru.
which shortly appeared in The Johannesburg
star This article attracted widespread attention.
Men from all over the world entered into corre-
spondence with him. and the discovery that he had
made created much excitement in scientific circles
Z I ought say that he was scrupulously honest
truth which caused his statement about the hail
be accepted without contradiction by those
who knew him
After some time he finally wrote essay
the subject Of his hastone. which he sent 70 Lon
don. where IS TO-DAY part of the archives of the
meteorological department OF the Academy or Sci
of greatest haStOne that fell so far as
IS known. upon the face OF the earth. II is not
extraordinary that the society accepted his state
meut- The wish IS, as you know. father 10 the
Thought. and when he wrote this essay he Specih
CalIy stated In il that he personally had the
stone fall. He told Of the number OF negroes who
tail and altogether he brought mass of evidence
20 bear that practically irrefutable In fact:
to-day there is way to contradict the story and
personally manufactured hatlStone VIII proba-
bly, stand for all time the record breaking Jumbo
Of hailStoueS. | willing TO wager large Quantt-
ties of wealth that never again Will one approach
ing IT in either size or beauty OF appearance be
discovered