The herald., 1895-07-07

tune the soap had thoroughly dried on
his face. When the barber returned Mr..
Miner demanded TO know what he meant.
The barber said he had to ''dress lady s
hair. 1t took Mr.. Miner exactly three
tourths OF an hour to secure a shave.
Police Captain Mason, who has charge
OF the police telegraph system of Brook
lyn. has been having great time in Lon
don, and the officials of Scotland Yard
have extended to him every courtesy. He
went on tour of inspection to Windsor
castle the day before the queen returned
from Scotland. In this way Captain Ma
son managed to see all the private apart
ments of her majesty, which is very
| unusual privilege for a man. I'D,
The number of near relatives in the
new British cabinet is much discussed.
Father and son are found in the Cham
berlains, Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain
and Austin Chamberlain, respectively
Junior lord of the treasury. Then there
is father-in-law and son-in-law in the
marquis of Salisbury, the new premier,
and the earl OF Selbourne, the under sec
retary of the colonial department.. Then
comes the brothers Balfour, Right Hon.
A. }. Baliour; the first lord of the treas
ury, and Gerald William Balfour, the new
chief secretary for Ireland. both of them
are nephews of the marquis OF Salisbury.
Finally there are the two brothers. in law,
Lord George Hamilton, the new secretary
of state for India, and the marquis of
Lansdowne, the new secretary of state for
war. There is much gossip among the
agricultural classes in regard to the fu-
ture policy OF the government. A great
many of the landed gentry profess to
know that the marquis of Salisbury Will
favor an import duty on foreign products
other than wheat. and numb of Irish
Tories are using this argument in an at
ton 4 fn -nfo
Senator Richard f. Pettigrew of South
Dakota sails for home today after three
months tour of the continent.
Eau Gallie. formerly Utica, Mr.. Croker S
horse, is no longer in the stud. 1t was
found necessary to perform an operation
on him, as he had become very savage
and nearly killed one of the stable boys.
Besides, Simms could no longer ride him
on account of his temper. Since the
operation. however, Eau Galle has been
as meek as a lamb, and Simms takes de-
light in going into his pux, thing he
did not dare to do week ago.
Jerome K. Jerome does not seem in
clned to apologize to Mr.. Croker in re-
gard to a statement in Jerome's paper
about Simms. He published Mr.. Crok-
er's letter on the subject, which was
written the same in wording as the one
written to Mr.. Laboucnere and published
in Truth but he adds:
and it would be to the advantage of the
public that the affair should be carefully
inquired into"
The rumor that Lord Rosebery is to
marry one of the prince of Wales daugh-
ters is revived this week and it is said he
may relinqnish politics entirely. 1t is
understood that the queen would offer
no opposition to the match. Rosebery
continues to be her great personal
favorite. as her bestowal upon HIM of
the late duke of Hamilton's order of the
Thistle indicates.
Lord Rosebery already possesses the
| order OF the Garter, and it is extremely
rare for anyone not of royal blood to
| hold both orders, the only other instance
on record being the cases OF Earl Aber-
deem and the duke of Argyle.
Commenting upon the possibility of an
| International university athletic contest,
Lady Colin Campbell's Realm says:
The American universities have moth
ing like the authority in athletics that
! ours have. Things might easily go
| wrong. The baser kind of sport hangs
ABOUT the American tracks, from falsify-
| ing record to poisoning a competitor. "
Reviewing the prospects of the Cornell
crew at the coming regatta at Henley,
| w. B. Woodgate the expert English oars
ress made by all the crews which will
| compete for the grand challenge cup.
| predicts that this leader and new college
| crews will be first and second. Mr..
Woodgots also expresses the opinion that