The Washington times., 1901-08-22
PERSONAL.

The old home of Francis Parkham the
historian, near the pond at Jamaica Plain,
| is now included in the park system of
| Boston. The spot is to be marked by a
memorial.
The Duke of Norfolk, who has given
81, 500 to the new building fund of the
Sheffield Royal Infirmary has, on another
of his properties. just contributed to a
fund of lighter purport. Though the re-
lief of actual suffering has the stronger
claim, the provision of mere amusement
to the healthy is not overlooked by the
duke. who. an ascetic for himself, has
never confronted the public as a Puritan.
His contribution to the band fund at Lit
tlehampton is Decides. made from his
heart well as from his pocket. Per-
sonally he happens to be a lover of bands,
and a barrel organ is one of the few
things that induce him to loiter in the
London streets-to the great pscuniary ad-
vantage, it may be added of the grinder
Leslie Stephen, the eminent critic was
UP to a few years ago. a remarkable pc
destrian and when a young man used to
wa from Cambridge to London in a
day.
The distinction of being the youngest
British officer to receive the Distinguished
Service Order belongs to Second Lieut..
d. l.. Campbell, Of the First Battalion of
the Welsh Regiment in South Africa. The
deed for which he was granted the dec
Grafton was the defence of a troop train
which, on May 20, was attacked by a
large force of Beers at Alkmaar.
Slatin Pasha, like many others who have
attained eminence in Egypt, is not a ma
tive of that country. He was born in
Vienna, but left that city when lad of
seventeen to become a clerk in COM
mercial house at Cairo. and six years
IS
who appointed him Governor of Darfur.
In this position he became known as The
Hammer of the Arabs, owing TO MS
many victories over the turbulent tribes,
but in 1888 he had to surrender to the
mahdi Then began an Imprisonment that
lasted until 1885 when. by secret aid from
the authorities at Cairo, Slatin managed
to escape.
Prince Kropotkin. who was recently on
a visit to this country. like many other
Russians, finds the environment Of Eng
land more congenial than that of his ma
tive country He lives at Bromley, Kent,
and keeps in touch with all the Socialists
and anarchists His own county is too
warm for so pronounced Socialist.
The first man in the Boston directory
&c Aarold and the last is Zyzick. The
shortest is Re and the longest is
Schneckenberger Venus Is teaInster'
jupiter is a laborer Mars Waterman
Neptune a baker, and Charon hospi-
tai cook.
Despite his patriarchal age. Lord Grim
,borne the octogenarian designer of Big
Ben. has Just devised weathercock
which works upon a fiat piece of agate
and is warrant ed not Ito stick last or
''s,9ueak," or otherwise misconduct ITSELF
Edmund Rostand the author of Il Aig-
Inn - has never met Maude Adams, who.
after Rernhardt is the best delineator OF
the title role on the stage, and has sent
her "A request to stop IN Parls on nef way
back to America and let Mime. R0stanu
entertain her for rev days Doth tne
PLAYWRIGHT and his wife being anxious to
make her acquaintance before her return
to the United States
NJ. F.. Mecartes, of San Juan. San
Benito County Cal, claims to have in
vented a magnet which will attract gold
and silver. The magnet is a common
steel chiscl drawn down TO point.
Emparor William has appointed Prof.
Erich Drygalski to command the German
south polar expedition The objective
point of the expedition is ktrguclen and
thence southwark. IN case the south polar
land is discovered a scientific station IS to
be erected and maintained for at least
one year. The expedition must return in
the spring of 1874 at the latest.
Prof. Sylvester Warehouse has re-
signed the chair of Greek lite nature In the
Washington University at ST. Louis after
a service of forty-four years. lie is re-
garded as one of the most learned men
OF the West
Commissioner Kerr. the head of the city
of London court, who is retiring after
long career, is a native Of Glasgow. Scot
land He would have left the bench some
years ago but for the dispute about his
pension, which will now be $4,000 a year.
Nj Kerr is about eighty years of ag..