The National tribune., 1907-12-12

| him at o'clock, his usual hour for
stopping work, he cast away all busi-
ness cares and worries. He found his
pleasure and relaxation in his hobbies,
and one of these was his stock farm OF
| 900 acres, where he took the keenest
interest in breeding horses for road
purposes. But his real hobby was his
property on Bayberry Point. Here he
| had built two villas in the Venetian
style, and thru the property two canals
were dug, one 2,100 feet long and l50
wide and the other 1000 feet long and
! 800 wide. On account of these canals
and the style of architecture of the
houses the place was called 1.-The Mod
ern Venice" Mr. Havemeyer owned
much real estate in New York City,
among which was the old home of Gen.
Grant, which adjoined the Havemeyer
| town house.
The oldest Judge in the United States
| in point of age is Judge Charles Field,
who is SO years of age and resides in
Athol Mass. He still sits regularly in
the First District Court of his County,
holding frequently as many as five ses-
sions a week. Altho having reached
this advanced age, Judge Field is still
able to read without glasses, his hear
ing is only slightly affected and his
mind is as clear and his memory just
as reliable as it was so years ago. Judge
Field can claim distinction in several
ways He is the Oldest lawyer practic-
ing at the Massachusetts, bar, and the
only living member of the MaSsachu-
sets body who voted for Abraham Lin
coin for President. He knew Lincoln
when that great man was only a strug-
Cling lawyer, and heard several of his
speeches in 1910. Judge Field was only
nine years old when Waterloo was
| oil flnr
derful changes which the 18th century
brought to the world, and especially
America. His first Presidential vote
was cast for William Henry Harrison
| in 1886, and he has voted for every
Whig and Republican Presidential can
didate ever since. Judge Field was 20
years old before he was appointed to
the bench, but he had been connected
with the legal profession for quarter
of a century.
Dogs are being trained now in the
| French army to hunt up the dead and
wounded in battle and conduct to them
ne nurses and doctors, SO that they
may be relieved at the earliest possible
moment That millions of poor SOL
diers have perished because of this
lack of prompt attention is true, the
reports of our own soldiers in the civil
war showing that men frequently lay
for days on the battlefield without be-
ing discovered or relieved in any way
from their terrible suffering. The idea
of training dogs for the above-men-
toned purpose was first conceived by
| Surg.-Maj Bichelonne, of the French
army, an enthusiastic believer in the
practicability of his idea, and he in
duced some members of the Red Cross
Society to undertake the experiment.
A remarkably intelligent dog was chos-
en-, carfully trained and an exhibition
of her skill recently given near Bor-
deaux, which decided the French army
to adopt the device. When the dog
finds the wounded man, his cap or some
larticle belonging to HIM is carried back
in the teeth to the doctor, who is then
conducted to the soldier. If unable to
bring back anything, the dog returns
and barks which is the sign that some
one needing assistance has been found
! Dogs have always been the friend OF
man, and have rendered him valuable
service since the days of Adam. In
performing this last great service for
humanity, altho it is to be ardently
!. hoped that it is a service which will not
be greatly required, We become again
their debtors.
), OF all Shaksperes characters Ham
let is perhaps considered the most in
teresting by the greatest number oi
people, and those actors who have
achieved unquestioned success in that
, great role stand out consricuously from
their fellows largely on account of that
fact The truly great Hamlets have
. been exceedingly rare. The part has
a fatal fascination for all Shaksperear
Iaspirants of the stage, and few, if any
can resist attempting its portrayal, gen.
orally, however, to meet with mortify.
ing failure. Hamlet's mental equip.
ment was SO unusual, the workings oi
: his brain so subtle, his temperament sc
fine and highly strung, that only actors
of high order of intellectually anG
of mental characteristics somewhat
similar to his can understand him al
all, and such men have been found
+, very rarely upon the stage. Edwin
Booths Hamlet was considered great