The Washington times., 1901-09-29
Personal.

| Ordway Partridge's statue of Nathan
Hale for Yale. University Is almost ready
| to be set up. II represents a man of six
\ feet and athletic build.
The German Crown Prince has COM
| pleted his first term at the University of
! Bonn. For the next semester the plan ar
ranged for him comprehends twenty-one
| lectures week. including ''privatissima"
| by nine professors. Twice week Con-
| cert Master Seibert will come to Bonn
from Cologne to give the prince lessons on
| the violin.
| TIE Heuheu. the Maori chief who was
presented to the Duke and Duchess of
| Cornwall and York in New Zealand. gave
to the colony the splendid national park
| that includes the volcanoes of Ngarahoe
| and Ruapehu. He is the grandson of a
| famous cannibal chief. who, ffty-five
| years ago. was buried alive while DEFY
| ing the elements during a destructive
landslip. TIE Heuheu, in all the glory of
war paint, and wearing little more than
the primitive flax mat around his loins,
took part in the exciting martial dance
of his tribe before their royal highnesses
A little later, when he came to receive
the medal from the duke, he was no lon
ger the wild warrior, but q seds.te, court
ly gentleman, attired in silk hat and
faultless frock coat
The most wretched man on earth is said
bodia. He has a gorgeous palace fur
nished according to the most expensive
ideas, but he adheres to the customs of
his ancestors, and sleeps on an ancient
carpet in kind of shed that has not been
cleaned since the creation. He is mis-
cradle victim to hypochondria, and all
day long he heaves long signs OF utter
wretchodness. This monarch is a short,
fat person with one eye. ur
When President Roosevelt decides to
take a short rest and goes to his Oyster
Bay home he will find waiting for him at
the Long Island Railroad depot in Brook
lyn what viii hereafter be known as the
presidential train ut viii consist Of
special engine and combination coach and
one of the two famous club cars used by
the millionaire travellers on the line on
their trips to their summer homes This
car Is now being refitted and when com
pleted will have all the comforts of home
without being gorgeous.
The Mayor of Buenos Ayres apparently
believes in keeping hisisrbordinates out of
temptation. He has issued orders that no
empioye of the finance department shall
attend horse races.
One of the Oldest of British journalists
still in active service is John HoIIings-
head, who recently celebrated his seventy
first birthday anniversary. Mr. Hollings-
head worked for Dickens and Thackeray
when they respectively. controlled
Household Words and the '.CornhiIi
Magazine"
Two distinguished japanese are now on
their way to this country. The MARQUIS
Ito is crossing the Pacific for the benefit
of his health and Prof. Hatoyama. of the
Imperial University, is coming to Yale TO
receive the degree OF LII ID.
To Lord Charles Beresford belongs the
credit of inaugIlra ting a new svster, n,
English naval training. During the recent
maneuvres of the squadron under his
command he placed all the ships success
sively under the direction of his captains
giving to each of the latter one day of
supreme command. Hitherto the possible
killing In action of all the admirals in
fleet has nor been provided for and in
thus educating his subordinates Lord
Charles intended to provide potential nag
officers for any emergency.