People

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 10, 6 March 1902, Page 10

People

Mr. Rider Haggard, the novelist, is a barrister, but has never practised. The Tope has conferred a Knighthood of St. Gregory on Mr. John 1). Crimnnns, of New York, for zeal in religion, and special acts of charity. Architect Henry Sontag, of Wiesbadui, who died last December, lunmg no heirs, left ins noble fortune of about 1,000,000 marks to the Catholic Boniface Association. There lias just been celebrated the golden iiibilee of Rev. Matthew O'Keefe." of Baltimore, U.S.A., an Irish-American priest who once recei\ed a splendid gift from the Emperor JSjapoleon HI. for his heroism in boarding a fe\er-stricken French ship and ministering to the crew for several days. King Alphonso s coronation is to be commemorated by the issue of I' 3 new kinds of postage stamps, each of nlmh is to bear the head of one of Ihe 1 •"'> kings ot the same name who ha\e inled o\ei Spam. I'iesnluit Roosevelt has appointed Mr John Crossland United Slates Minister to Libeiia. Mr Crossland is a npgi o and this will, no doubt, arouse < onnnent so soon after the I'iesident's famous dinner with the negio professor Brooker T. Washington. As a fact, however, all the JMnnsteis to Liberia have been negioes, and \eiy amusing peisonages some of them Were. Uev. Constantino Mai 10 von Mi ostu-Huelshofi, son of Baron von I>i oste-l luelsholl, of the diocese of Westpalen, Ccrnianv. died at the St. Francis Hospital, .Lacrosse, Wisconsin, on New Year's Pay He had gi\en up the life of a nobleman to enter the pnesthood, went to Amei ica ,'SO years ago. and had lived in Lacrosse for the past 15 years The ' (!ni s Realm ' recently offeicd a pi ize of ill Is for the best plot of a no\el, and the price was awarded to Alice Giant Rosinan, of South Austialia, who is an oxstudent of the Dominican Convent, Cabra. Miss Rosman was also awarded a prize for her description of a wild Australian garden Colonel Fox, formerly Commandant of the New Zetland forces, died suddenly at his residence near Napier on Thuisdav morning, the cause of death being internal hemorrhage. The deceased was in his forty-fifth .M-Mi', having been born in Westme.it h, Ireland, in 1857. At the age of 10 he entered the .Imperial army, <md saw service m Buuuah, Afghanistan, South Africa, and Egypt. Ten ,\eais ago he came to New Zealand with Ihu lank of Lieutenant-Colonel as military adviser to the Government, a position he resigned in 1896. Colonel Fo\ mail led in IS<)5 a daughter of Captain Russell, <M H It , for Hauke s B.xy. To lllustiate the life of Chi ist in wood (says the 'San Francisco Monitor 1 ) with only one tool, and that a pocket knile, 27 years of the life of .John O'Donnell, of Salt Lake City, USA. were icquired. lie has linished the work. It stands as a marvel of ingenuity and an example of patience and perseverance the equal of winch may not be found in history. There aie more than 150 life-like figures, each one of which v\as (.arved by hand out of a solid block of wood The whole, in its frame, represents three j'ears' actual whittling. It is called 'The Crib at Bethlehem ' The figures are from tluee to nine inches m height. Some aie in bird wood and others are in lighter matei lal They are all varnished or painted, and will exist longafter the author is dead and gone. Mr O'Donnell intends to leave his work to someone who will appre-

ciate it. Tt never entered his mind to sell it or part with it for remuneration, but he has spent all his time and labor out of pure love for tho subject. Mr. Justice Heal, of Queensland (writes the Sydney correspondent of the ' Southern Cross), who has just returned from a twelve months' holiday in Europe, is at present in Sydney. 1 1 is Honor is one of the most striking personalities in Australia. ITe is about Oft liin high, and a fine figure of a man When he was little more than a child he went to Queensland with his parents in an immigrant ship. The family settled in Ipswich, and after spending a few years at a primary school, the future judge was appienticed to a Cdrponter. He served his time to the trade, and pnfered the service of the Government as a lourneyman, supporting his parents by his labors. While working at Ins trade he studied at night, and acting on the advice of a priest he read for the Bar His sister once told me that her brother used to take his sandwiches and billy of tea into a railwax carriage at the Ipswich workshops, and study there during the Tunch hour. His lellow-workmen, who ridiculed his ambitions, thiew stones on the carriage to annoy him and called him ' Pat, the barrister. 1 Hut he persevered, and shortly after lie was called to the liar he sprang into eminence lie was a (me lawyer and a great pleader and cross-exam-i" 01 I ha\e seen many prominent barristers at woik, but I ne\er saw any one who could take possession of a court and break down au opponent's case like Real He was a great pei .sonalit v. and e\en the most experienced witnesses cowered before him Stiangely enough he kept out of political life 1 think the demands upon his tune were too heavy. Before going on the Bench he was making from i;f>00() to £6000 a year but 1 fear he kept little In Queensland .Judge Real is simply worshipped. The stones they tell of his generosity, of Ins kindness to struggling \ouths, would till a \olume. 1 know of the case of a laborer's son who went to him for advice. The boy had matriculated, and he wished to go on to the University and become a doctor. Keal sent him to the Melbourne University, then to two Universities m the old world To-day he has a^ Ing practice in his native town This is only one of many cases about which the wot Id knows nothing To the Chinch Justice Henl has alwa\s boon most generous. He is a model Catholic Many will remember him at the Catholic ' Congress m Sydney He came down on purpose, ,md wns in the chair at the final meeting when the work of the Congress was renewed.

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