The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-21
PERSONALITIES.

The crown prince Of Bavaria Is the Wis
iting surgeon OF the Red Cross hospital
OF Munich.
The Earl OF seaheld holds Great Brit
aims record as tree planter. with
60,o00000 trees planted on 10000 acres i'm
Invernesshire.
King Edward VII Is. as Is well known.
an ardent sportsman but for fishing he
has never cared. II Is. he once said too
lazy sport to appeal TO him.
According to Berlin correspondent the
demand for "Rismarck's Recolections
and "Reminiscences" continues 10 be as
great as ever. Up 10 the present, he says,
the publishers have made net profit OF
about one million marks on the book.
Or Frank S. Morris, Of McCool juno
ton, Neb.. has a wireless telegraphy sys-
tenn OF his own. He has number Of
carrier pigeons. and these are left with
his parents, within hfty miles OF his
home. so that whenever they are III they
send message.
One Of the most interesting possessions
OF the late Lord Vantage was Frotherin-
gay castle, where Mary. Queen OF Scots.
was beheaded and Richard Ill was born.
The place is now ruin and Is used as
farmhouse. having been destroyed by
Cromwellian soldiers.
The stenogra pliers of the French senate
gave 60 NJ. Leygues the honor OF being
the most rapid speaker in that assembly.
Inc minister OF DlDlc
speaking nj full speed. pronounces from
230 TO 80 words minute while other
speakers average from lI0 to lS0
Sir Ellis Ashmead- Bartlett I'm bankrupt
cy proceedings recently testified that his
losses In South African shares a the time
Of the Jameson raid amounted 20 S200, coo,
and that he had recourse TO money lend
ers one OF them he said was fairly
rlouc~ate" and the other fairly heavy, -
the heaviest one charging him 6o~to 20
per cent.
Or Hatoyams a member OF the Jap
anese diet. and a well-known jurist, will
leave Japan in September for the United
States - receive tht degree OF IL. ID.
from Yale. DR.. Hatoyama Will read an
essay comparing the laws OF France and
Japan. and will return TO Toxic In time
20 take his seat when the diet meets at
the close of the year
A few months ago the Venetian painter
Braus, bought four pictures for 500 from
a Dalmatian peasant named Braidotu,
who had picked them up when neigh
boring villa was dismantled Recently
Braus found that one OF the pictures had
been painted over another on the same
canvas. and on cleaning OFT the top one
he discovered n St. Sebastian by Titan.
which had been stolen from Italy by one
OF Napoleon's generals. Braus has sold
the Titan 20 the Count de Castellane
for $4,000.
A correspondent OF the Inter-Ocean. OF
Chicago. has this 10 say OF Robert It..
Lincoln. at Deal. N j.: Mr.. Lincoln pays
$1,000 rent for his cottage for the season
OF two months, and Is regarded with
some awe here in consequence Years
ago soon after Mr. Lincoln had entered
politics the busy wits at the Chicago
club had christened him Icechest Bob
as a reward for his reserve OF manner.
He must have discarded that manner IN
coming 20 Jersey, for they tell me there
Is no one more popular at the golf club
than he"
Joseph Chamberlain az 50 Is among the
Youngest men In the house OF commons.
lie could very well pass for ten wears
Younger: I'm broad daylight and AZ times
he looks positively youthful The last
no or three years have touched his
Sven locks with gray. but his figure Is
as slim and alert as ever. The colonial
secretary is striking proof Of the truth
that every man Is law unto himself.
lie boasts Of never having taken physical
exercise and walks only when Ia is inn
possible 90 ride. Vet he always appears
10 be in perfect training" and a touch
OF gout now and then IL the only re-
mlnder he gets that flesh IL mortal.