PERSONAL NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11396, 13 April 1899, Page 6

PERSONAL NOTES.

—To Count yon Eulenburg, the Master o. the Kaiser's household, belongs the distinction of being the most decorated man in Europe. With 63 decorations he beats pis marck, who boasted of 5. only, and Moltke, whose total was : 10 below that of the Iron Chancellor. .:■■:■.■.'■ . . — Lord Bramwell was a great judge, not , only by profession, but in that he was everlastingly set on doing justice. " Anybody s wrong was his own personal wrong.' Hence, when he left the bench, ho thundered judgments in The Times. . What lc.tcrs ; those. "B" letters wero—one's brain glories in, them!— Academy. ■ , j■-■ . i ■ ' — The Earl of Mar and Kelhe ur credited with-the longest lineage in our peerage. Although his oldest title, ." Baron Erskine,, goes back less than 500 years, the family is . older than any existing records, and, in the words of a learned Scottish judge,",'its origin is lost in antiquity." ' :,'. , /.'■ ... — On the evidence of his chef, the Austrian Emperor, although himself, a man. of the simplest tastes, spends £50,000 a year ou his palace "tables/ The daily cost of furnishing the Imperial table is from £10 t0.£50; while a State dinner, with from 50 to 100 guests, , costs'from £100 to £600. •. "; '.' s ' ' —Mr Zangwill has been glorifying the Ghetto to fashionable New York audiences, and has exultinglv called himself," a product of the Ghetto." He says boldly, "My, father is a Russian, my mother is a Polish' woman. Yet, can you produce my like, you .who are so superior to my .Russian father and Polish mother?" '•'-,"■■■ -. . Henrik Ibsen, the .Norwegian' dramatist, was intended at first for a'doctor';, and, at the age of 16 he had to' don a druggist's .apron. His ambitions carried him a little, beyond that; and he decided to become'a;doctor, and read up for examination at- Christiania. In the course of his study he was reading Sallust, and the character of Catiline so took his fancy that he wrote a little play introducing him. This was Ibsen's first dramatip effort. '• ' .'.'■'" ' ','.: — The Earl of Aneaster, in his' 68 years of life, has borne more names than fall to-the lot of most peers. He began life as.Mr Heathcote, the son of Lord'Avelandj.'at the age of 37 he succeeded his father as. Baron Aveland;'lo years a!go he ; became twenty-second' Lord Willoughby de Eresby in succession to his mother; and six years ago he Was the. Earl of/_-ncaster,. -It was'through his.mb ther that ho came into possession of most, of' hit 132,000 acres arid of his three castles .in Eng. land, Scotland, and Wales. , ,-.' -—x\s a mere youth of 19 Charles, Bright, the engineer, though he had: received'no special training'for the career'in' which his subsequent fame was attained, made his mark .by valuable telegraph work in Lancashire and Yorkshire; while a twelvemonth later he was appointed chief engineer to the Magnetic, Telegraph Company, and could enumerate mo fewer than 21 inventions which he had :evolved and patented'in conjunction with his brother. The year of his coming of age and of his marriage was also that in which he conducted' the laying of the first cable between England and Ireland.—World, -,-.-■ . ' - — The Marquis%f Granby is one of the few sons of peers who are able to win titles and fame for themselves, quite, apart from any honours their fathers may leave,them. He takes rank with Lord Battersea ,and Mr George Wyndham as one of the handsomest of British legislators, is as inseparable from a fishing-rod as, in his younger days, at any rate, from his eye-glass; loves Nature.better than-he does Courts, is an accomplished writer,, and is the husband of one-of, the cleverest and most fascinating women in Eng-

—Dr Conan Doyle styles himself an-inter-, mittent golfer, getting very violent attacks al regular intervals, "it, usually-'takes ihe," he wrote recently to a golf club, "about two months to convince myself that I shall never be any good, and then I give it up' until a fresh burst of enerej; sets me trying once more. I played in Egypt until they told me that excavators had to pay a special tax. I inaugurated a private course in Vermont also, and the Yankee farmers asked us what,we were boring for. If ever the Club should wish any part of their links returfed, I could undertake in a few games to clear away: any sod now existing."

— Tho Hungarian' novelist Maurus Jokai, is, like Tolstoi, a former, his specialty being grape ..ulture. and the making of wine, on. which subject'he has written several treatises.' Luckily hi? books yield Him sufficient profits' to enable him to indulge in the'luxury of. a farm. To a visitor, he remarked the other day: "Baron Rothschild once received some rcynl visitors on an estate of his. 'After showing them the sights, he remarked jocosely, '.What can I offer you to drink—claret, champagne, or milk? The cost is the same to me.' Now Rothschild's experience with milk is my experience with wine. And that is one reason why I like it belter than the wines I buy." — The late Mr Dingley was an-enthusiastic upholder of the temperance cause. There was an honeply of purpose, a strength of conviction, which persuaded all who heard him," and made them respect the speaker, even when lhey did not share his views. He never attempted to pose as an orator, but he was lucid and logical, qualities which'secured him a good hearing whenever he chose to address Congress. When he had to attend Sessions of Congress ho used to reside in one of tbe smaller hotels in Washington, and ride to tho capilol on the street car. His country home was modest in its unpretentiousness, and he was much respected by-his neighbours for his kindly nature. . '

— The Rev. Father Brindle, one of the R.C. Chaplains to the Forces, whose retirement is announced, has had, like the Rev. J W. Adams (the only clergyman who holdi the Victoria Cross), a distinguished career ir. the field. Entering the service in 1871. Fathei Brindle was present at the battles of Tel-el-Kebir. El Teb, and Tamai; he, took part in the Nile Expedition of 1881, and in the following year was present at the battle of Giniss. Ho was at Dongola at the series of battles which took place in connection with the recccupation of the capital. He was also.at the battle of Atbara and has been mentioned in despatches for services rendered at Omdur'm.,n. Father Brindle holds many decorations.

— The French engineer, M. Berber, whose proposal to tunnel the Straits of Gibraltar is said to have been approved by the Spanish Government, is making great efforts to interest Englishmen in his scheme. He recommends it as providing a new route from London to Bombay, which journey, he says, can be made in a little over a week, without scarcely putting foot on board a ship. — Among the 'treasures of the Austrian Crown aro some religious relics that would make the fortune of a church. They ir.cludo. a nail from the Cross, a fragment from the Cross itself, a piece of wood from the manger at Bethlehem, fragments of the apron worn by the Virgin, and a tooth of John the Baptist.

—An old man has just died in Blaydon, Northumberland, who could number 136 descendant* round his family board. He had fivo sons, two daughters, 60 grandchildr«j, and 69 great-grandchildren.

— Glycerine is one of the most useful preservative media for microscopical manipulations. Pure glycerine should not, however, be used, as confervoid growths are apt to appear in it. To obviate this, the addition of about 2 per cent, of camphor water is r_«v*__mended.

...do ' But while I wits still in the north | P_.onn.iKK.-Pon thf. Tketii ano Bbeatii- -_ c'irac of his death. His unceasing A few drops of the liquid " Floriline " sprinkled work week after week, night and day, on a wet toothbrush produoos a pleasant undeV the severest conditions, wis more lather, which thoroughly cleanses the teeth than human strength could stand. He f rom a n parasites o Wmpuritios, hardens Iho remained at "his post of duty, refusing even Km ns, prevents tartar, stops decay, gives to the the strongest appeals of his family, till the teoth n. peculiar pearly whiteness, and a dove rl' whs done It was then too late; his lightful fragrance In the breath. It removes all .tieriiilhwa- exhausted. He had given hi. unpleasant odour arising from dooayed tootli su-uuHi »«" „„„„;„„ n f ntbpi-s Will nr tobacco smoke. " Tho Fragrant Floriline," very life in the service ot otlic s. >v composed in parts of honey and sweet the sadness of personal bereavement. 1 Hold d( l, liciol]B to tho taat , Si a „ a t ]_o greatest SHCrod among my prison e.-peneiiee. tut toi)( , t (liscovel . y ot t ho ago. Price 2s Gd, of all nrivilce of having known this noble una chemists and Perfumers. Wholesale depot, 33' splendTd character. Fnrringdon road. London. England.-Advt.