Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-27
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE

The Prince of Wales devotes acres of his
estate at Sandringham to the cultivation of
tilies-of-the-valley.
LADY BROOKE was great 'catch" in her
girlhood. She was then the pretty Miss May
nard, with large fortune ami host of suit
ors.
GODDARD CLARKE, the juryman who
created a sensation by questioning the Prince
Of Wales is fellow of the Royal Statistical
Society.
LYMAN BRYANT, the old sexton of the
quaint town of Holden Mass, now dying AT
the agc of 81, had during his forty years of
office inferred 500 persons.
BERNHARD is liked by the Australians. At
Melbourne, after "La Dame aux Camcliias, "
The seats for which were sold at auction a la
Bosom, the audience sang the Marscillacisc
CouST Toi.sTo's clever wife has secured an
audience with the Gar, who has promised TO
protect her husband from the anuoyanees TO
which the committee Of ccnsors has been sub
iccting him.
ANDREW CARNEGIE has the short, thick
set figure that characterized Grant, Meissonier
and many other notable ''littlc"mc lie
wears full gray beard, and his eyes ara gray
and kindly
SIR MoGELL MACKENZIE, the distinguished
British physician, is a slender and active man
OF So He began life as "A clerk in II store, but
before he was 30 he had become an authority
on diseases Of the throat.
MARIE VALERIE, the Archduchess of Aus
trla, has entered into competition with Carmen
sylvia, OF Roumania, in the literary field, and
written a drama calld Elm Goldstuck, (Which
which will be presented soon.
LORD SALISBURY, stOnt and INDECENT as he
may now seem, has been hard worker and
IN 1892, when he was robert Cecil, visited the
BcndigO and Ballarant gold fields, where he
lived in tent, did hisown washing and cook
ing, and dug and gathered nuggets.
MRS. MERlDY SMITH, of Newman, Ga, VINO
is one Of the twenty-three Revolutionary
widows on the pension rolls She is earru-
Gus old lady with remarkable memory for
her country's history, and despite the great
age and decrepitude her mind is vigorous.
FRAU Won BISMARK is most charming
and attentive hostess in her quiet home and
f. looks after the comfort of her guests with al
most motherly solieitude. Her husbands de-
yotlOn to ucr Is most touching and She is the
contdante of all his cares both private and
official.
SIR WILLIAM NHIrENAY, the NAwfound-
land Premier, whose defiance of British con
troll has made him famous, has long had
reputation for able craftsmanship. lie is a
man Of middle life, stout, and well preserved,
with expansive side-whiskers and u military
muStache.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, while a mem
Der of a band OF art students at Barbizon years
ago, the question arose as to which one OF their
number could be spared by the world, The
vote was unanimous in favor of Stevenson.
lie has contradicted the wisdom of their choice
somewhat emphatically.
GEoRGE AUGUSTUS SALA is jolly. red
faced and small-eyed man of IS who is al
ways trying to cultivate somewhat attenuat-
ed mustaclie, which does not seem to be on
good terms with itself. lie is one of the
pleasantest and most readable writers on the
London Telegraph, but is at his hes; in Cos
siping, shetchy and amusing personal and
scenic description. His Journey Due
North" is one Of the best examples Of his mi
mitably discursive and descriptive style.