The herald., 1896-11-19
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

| Max ORell says he saw very few'stu-
pid faces in America.
Sir Hope Grant tells of a statue Of
| Queen Victoria which was made in India
| and had large rings in each nostril
Two Paris aeronauts are going to try
| to beat the balloon record by remaining
twenty-four hours in the air. The record
| is now held by CASTOR Tissandier who,
! in March, 1875, made a balloon journey
OF twenty hours and forty minutes.
Judge William L. Putnam of the Unit
| ed States circuit court has started from
| Portland. Me-, for Alaska, where, as u
| member of the Behring sea commission,
| he will investigate the sealing, boundary
and other problems which that body is
expected to settle.
The monument to Empress Maria
Theresa which is being erected at the
ancient coronation city of Presburg, on
the Danube, will be one of the handsom-
est raised to commemorate the millen-
ium. The work is approaching compile
ton, but the executive committee now
fears that the date fixed for unveiling
will have to be postponed until the
spring of next year
The emperor of Russia offered the Or
der of ST. Andrew to Lord Salisbury dur
ing his visit to Balmoral, but it was de-
clined, in accordance with the rule which
forbids British ministers to accept any
foreign decoration. Except royalties,
the only British knight of the Order of
st. Andrew has been the duke of Well
ington, who received this order from the
Emperor Alexander I.
Though Mrs. Mckinley is an invalid
the state of her health is not such as to
prevent her from taking the prominent
but not laborious part in Washington's
social life that naturally falls to the
presidents wife She has endured very
we'll the excitement of the last few
months and has received multitude of
visitors, so large that many stronger
women woua have hesitated to under
take task half as onerous.
A queer Maine notability is William
Brown, an old man who lives now in one
village and now in another devoting his
time with much success to the trapping
of foxes. This year he is camped near
Oakland, Kennebec county. where, in
the last twelve months, he has caught
over 100 foxes, including two of the very
valuable silver gray variety. He is ac-
companied in his wandering life by his
wife, who is said to be an artist of con-
siderable talent. Brown has a dog and
a gun, but owes most of his success to
a mysterious scent with which he sprin-
kles ordinary steel traps. He will not
reveal the composition of this substance
to anybody.
A retired army officer says that the fell
low officers of General Custer used to tell
him that it was not good for an officer to
associate with privates. Custer, how
ever, persistenely disregarded this un-
written law, and might be seen day aftef
day joking and laughing In the midst of
a group of men. Finally the officers de-
cided they would stand it no longer, and
appointed spokesman to reason with
the general. This spokesman approach
ed a group where the plush jacket and
yellow curls were towering above a
group which surrounded the general.
Calling him aside, the spokesman said:
General, we officers would like to know
why you associate with the men instead
of us, as you should?" "Oh, WELL" said
Custer, turning on his heel, Il can learn
more from them than can from you."