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Mrs. I,. C. Van Hoak.
Persia.
Mrs. Abide M. Stebblns,
Debra Dum, India.
Mrs. 11. C. 1 Iav..r;h,
Toklo, Japan.
Mrs. N. W. Campliell.
Mrs. F. O. Knniicr.
Katanga, Africa.
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GOVERNING HOARD OF THE SOCIETY.
MISS MARY JEWETT, TABRIZ, FERSI A.
Episodes and Incidents in the Lives of Noted People
HE late Dr. Emll Holub, who
headed two South African explor
ing expeditions under the aus
pices of the Austrian government,
made a fortune by his discoveries.
but lost It and spent the last years of his
life in poverty. On January 1, 1901, the
government granted him a pension of 5,000
crowns, but he lived only two months to
enjoy it.
Ex-Governor George S. Boutwell of
Massachusetts, who, aa governor of that
state, attached his signature to the docu
ment Incorporating Tufls college, assisted
in the celebration of its fiftieth anniver
sary on Monday and also had conrerred
upon him the degree of honorary doctor of
laws.
In 'Scottish Mm of Letters" Mr. Gra
ham, the author, relates a story showing
that though David Hume was popular
among the upper classes In spite of his
skepticism and supposed atheism, he was
not tolerated by the orthodox of the lower
class. "One dark night, as he walked along
a footpath over a buggy ground, bis pon
derous frame fell and stuck fast in the mud.
His calls brought a woman to the spot,
who sympathetically asked, 'Are you Hume,
the Infidel?" 'Well, well, good woman,
Christian charity bids us help our enemies,'
he pleaded. 'I'll dae naethlug for ye If ye
dinna say the lord's prayer and the belief,
but leave ye where I fand ye.' The phil
osopher readily obeyed, and the body of tne
deist was laboriously extracted from the
mire by the Christian."
Emperor William is master of four lan
guages and fairly proficient In two more.
but they say that when he is thoroughly
angry be talks in them all by turns, in
dulging in polyglot profanity that makes it
sound as if be were speaking in two dozen
different tongues.
Last summer Mr. and Mrs. O. II. Ilent
ley of Wichita, Kan., had an outing in tho
vicinity of Colorado Springs. They were
in:: ing down the mountains one day, when
they met two men who looked like tramps,
llentley started a conversation with the
men, but pretty suon Mrs. Bcntley called
him away, saying somewhat testily:
"What are you talking with those tramps
for? You are always joking with tramps."
"Well, I happen to know them," replied
llentley.
"I don't believe any such thing," said
Mrs. llentley. "Who are they?"
"One," said llentley, chuckling mightily,
"Is General Archie Williams, chief attorney
for the Union Pacific, and the other is his
brother."
Among the stories being told of the late
Cecil Rhodes is this: When taking leave
of the German emperor after several Inter
views in relation to Africa bis majesty
said: "I wish you were a German, Mr.
Rhodes, for then I would ask you to be
come my minister of foreign affairs." Tho
kaiser was somewhat startled at this char
acteristically blunt reply: "If your majesty
were only an Englishman I would hnv
suggested that you ccme to South Africa
with me and become my business man
ager." For the first time In the parliamentary
history of Italy an avowed anarchist, Tlelro
Calcagno, Is a candidate for a seat In the
Chamber of Deputies. Hp lives on a small
island in the Mediterranean and must not
leave there without government consent.
Signor Calcagno has been Imprisoned sev
eral times because of his anarchistic ut
terances, was released only a short time
ago on account of ill health and has fled
to this country and to England more than
once to escape the police.
The Italian poet Glosue Carduccl, who
is In poor health and who, like many
other authors, has found literature in Italy
not to be a lucrative profession, was
troubled by the thought that at his death
the library which he has collected with so
much care would be dispersed and sold
piecemeal. Queen Margin rita, to whose
personal Influence the conversion of Car
duccl from republicanism to monarchlsm Is
due, has saved him from worry by buying
his library for 4',,0H0 francs, on the con
dition that he retain the use of It during
his lifetime. The queen's act has been
much applauded, and It to practically cer
tain that Carducii's library will eventually
be handed over to the municipality of Bo
logna, where Carduccl has always lived.
General Schofield, speaking in favor of
the new army bill before a committee la
Washington the other day, gave the follow
ing Illustration: "Von Moltke is probably
the best illustration in modern times of
what the military chief of staff may be and
should be. He was the chief of staff of
the German emperor. A report would come
In, for example, from the crown prince.
He had had a terrific fight and he would
say: 'Such and such Is the military situ
ation; what are the orders?' Then von
Moltke would read that dispatch to the
emperor and after reflecting for a few mo
ments or, rather, giving the emperor a
few moments in which he might seem to
reflect he would turn to blm and say: 'In
view of what the crown prince reports,
your majesty will doubtless order so and
so.' Tho emperor would say, 'Ya ya,' and
von Moltko's order went out at once and
was delivered and executed as the order of
the emperor, the commander-in-chief of
the German army. Everybody knew that
It was von Moltke. Otherwise they would
have been very anxious. Kilt lie had all
that power of the German emperor behind
the order and It was von Moltke's order,
and he was the best soldier in the world."
Prof. Felix Adler regards Booker Wash
ington as a greater benefactor of mankind
than Cecil Rhodes. In his address before
the Society for Ethical Culture, Prof.
Adler in New York City said: "Rhodes
was visionary, with a theatrical Imagina
tion. He wan no vulgar money grubber for
money's sake. He dreamed of empire mak
ing and British domination of the world.
He was big, large, vast, but not great.
Greatness depends upon quality and not
upon quantity. His startling and remark
able will following his vast ideas of uniting
all the English-speaking races deserves
the attention of all. On the other band,
the scheme for the union of all English
speaking people for world domination Is as
Immoral as impossible, and a delusion. In
the mind of Cecil Rhodes, as I see It, there
ma too close connection between civiliza
tion and commerc'allsm. Civilization with
him meant Increased trade. I am not dis
posed to discuss at much length the charac
teristics of Mr. Washington, who Is yet
with us. Contrasted with Cecil Rhodes, be
sceins of very small slutnre. He Is much
magnified when we think of his life work,
the real benefit he baB conferred and his
Influence tn the moral character of his
race. He has taught them no dream of
conquest, no theory of perfect equality
with the whites. Ilu found the two chief
faults of his race to bo a desire for social
equality and indolence. He haa taught
them that recognition would come If they
deserved It, and has shown them how to
deserve It. To my own knowledge, he de
clined an engagement to lecture fifty nights
at fl.OOO a night, because he could not
spare the time from his work. And bis
work Is the welfiire of bis race."
Young Cornelius Vatnleiiiilt is becoming
quite a favorite with other workmen in the
Mott Haven shops of the New York Cen
tral railroad. It Is not uncommon to sett
him lying on his back among coal dust
and cinders Inspecting the construction nf
a locomotive firebox. Grimy-faced en
gineers and firemen like to chat wlih tho
young millionaire, not so much because he
la his father's son, but because he Is u
good mechanic and understands the topics
they like to discuss.
An old gentleman who hud got lost wan
diTlng around the capltol building In Wash
ington stepped up do a quiet-looking man
and asked to be shown to Senator Quay's
room. The stranger conducted him thlihcr
and asked whom be wished to see. "Sena
tor Quay," was the retponse. "I am si na
tor Quay." said the quint-looking man. an t
the old gentleman collapsed.