PERSONAL NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2206, 11 June 1896, Page 47

PERSONAL NOTES.

' . • It is the pride of the Earl of Winobilsea that he has the finest collection of eagles' eggs in England, and that he collected them all with his own hands. • . • Mr A. J. Balfour is one of tho few really good musicians in the House of Commons. He follows the movements of the musical world with keen interest, and is no mean performer on the pianoforte., * . * Madame Sarah Bernhatdt has a much valued trinket in the form of a bracelet. Upon it are numerous charms connected by thirl gold chains, and forming mementoes of the different European and American towns which the famous actress has visited during her travels. *.* Antonio Maceo, one of the leaders of the native army in Cuba, is one of the tallest men in the tropics, standing 6ft Sin in height. He is almost worshipped by bis followers, who have again and again demonstrated their willingness to undergo the gravest peril and hardship in bis service. •.' The Hereditary Piince of Armenia, Gay de Lusignan, lives quietly in Paris— a lover of music and art, the author of over 50 books, and a highly esteemed scholar and. critic He is described as a slender, graceful, handsome maD, with white hair and features of patrician delicacy. ; *-t Oanrcft ITflrAfHfh. as Mfl Atitlutaur '

Tiollope, rides to hounds as boldly and* brilliantly in old age as in youth. He alao tramps miles over moor and field la all sorts of weather— dressed in a oream-ooloured flannel shirt, a blaok-and-white ecarf, and a mole-coloured corduroy coat and trousers. * , • M. Andrea, who is about to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon, is a" virile man. He is 42, and ifl more than 6ft high. He is a veteran aeronaut as well as a Bailor, and bas already made many voyages in the Arctic Sdas. His chief assistant, Or Neils Sindberg, is a young physician only 24 years old. Like his leader, he is a tall, strong, handsome man. *.* The Premier of Aa&tria, Oasimlr Felix Badeni, is the son of a cook. His lather wan ohaf to the King of Poland, and was mado a count. Badeni's aunt, the famous German actress Anna Wiarer, left him half of her fortune. The Premier is said to be worth about £500,000. In 1888 he was made Governor of Galloia, and held the office until his recant promotion to the Premiership. • . • Sir Evelyn Wood, V.0., tells this story : — An entertainment was given in bis honour at his Norfolk home on bis return from Egypt. Among the crowd assembled on the occasion was the wife of an agricultural labourer. She was very eager to know Sir j Evelyn Wood, and a bystander pointed him • out to her. " What ] " she exclaimed, in , amazement, " that little man General Woodl Why, my owd man could clout ["thrash"] him easily." "Never," said Sir Evelyn, as he concluded his story, "had I felt more humiliated iamy life." * . * Cardinal Bonapaite, who died recently, was a grandson of Luoien Bonaparte and an idealised likeness of Napoleon. He was a very oharitable man, and spent a fortune on the poor. During one of his illnesses a servant came to him and said that a poor person at the door begged for alms. " Give him what money you will find in my parse," said the Cardinal. "There is no money, Emiuence." " Well, then, give hits a silver spoon." "The silver spoons are all given away. We bava nothing left but pewter spoons." " Well, bring him in and give him a good meal," • . • A representative of a Home paper has had an interview with Sir Edward Clarke, the Solioitor- general. From tbis it appears that the result of Sir Edward's first year of legal work was exactly £100. In the second year his professional income was increased to £200 : in the third year it rose to £300 ; in the fourth it "jumped" to £600; and nice years later it reached £3000. The writer of the article remarks that Sir Oharlea Russell was for many years Sir Edward Clarke's only rival, and adds — " Rnmour, in attributing to these joint leaders incomes exceeding £20,000, was, in one instance at any rate, not excessive in her estimate." • . ' General Gomes, the leader of the Cuban insurgents, is a study in repose and action. He is slender in build, not over lOat in weight, about sft 7in in height, and as straight as an arrow, although he is 60 years old. His face is tanned, his hair and moustache are iron-grey, his cheek bones are prominent, and his chin is firm. His 0001, calculating eyes seem at first to absolutely measure you, and then the face breaks into a reassuring smile. His knee is stiff from a wound received in the last war ; .bat in the saddle he is simply a part of the horse, or rather the horse is a part of him, for he never seems to guide it. ■ . ' The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol is lame, and the lameness came about in tbis way. Some years ago he was in a railway accident, in whioh both legs were broken. ( Though assistance was speedily offered him, ! he at once refused to be removed, as at a little distanoe he perceived, under the ruins of the engine, a stoker too firmly wedged to be moved. He accordingly got himself laid beside the dying man, and spent some time in soothing bis last moments. When at length the stoker died -and the bishop was conveyed home, his legs were stiffened in their broken position, and oould not be propßrly set by the surgeon*. As a consequence Dr Eilicott has been lame ever since. • . ■ A gallant.man passed away the other day, one of the grandest of grand old men. Captain John Moore, V.0., who died the other day at Douglas, Isle of Man, had a marvellouft military career. He joined the army in 1829, and saw much service in India. : He was wounded at Ferozeshab, shot through the shoulder at Sobraon, and once carried off ' the battlefield for dead. The colonel under whom he fought the last battle fell, dangerously wounded, and, although a murderous fire swept the spot, Captain Moore dashed to the rescue, placed the colonel on his horse, and galloped off. For this gallant deed he 'received the Victoria Cross. This gallant old | hero was formerly a well-known figure in Pall | Mall, but old age gradually made him retire to the background of life. Captain Moore died in his ninety-first year. • . • A traveller in the East gives some interesting details about the personality of the ruler of Turkey. The Sultan's general appearance (he says) is characterised by a sort of tired dignity, mingled with an expression of sadness. His black beard, now slightly tinged with grey, is short, thick, and trimmed almost to a point. The forehead i is bread, and bulged over the eyebrows. The lines running down to the base of the nose, I which indicate profound and meditative I thought, are accentuated. The eye is* dark ' grey, largo, well-formed, pensive, kindly, very changeable, and anxious. The nose is long and thin at its base*, bony and strong at the nostrils. The Sultan's hair is black and cut short;. The skull recedes toward the top; the little brain being strongly marked. Abdul Hamid's voice is i sympathetic and sonorous. He bas an exI cellent memory for faces, but recalls names with difficulty.

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