The herald., 1896-11-28
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

The Shah of Persia is a persistent
caricaturist. On the white paper walls
/ of his private room he scribbles quaint
pictures when the spirit moves him.
When he gets tired of the lot of them the
room is repapered.
Mrs. e. F. Stetson has erected at Read
vile, Mass, a memorial of Phillip
Brooks. a beautiful building, to be used
as library and reading room by the
people to whom, in the Blue Hill chapel
close by, the bishop preached his last
sermon.
Mr.. Kato, the secretary of the Japan
ese legation in Paris, has just been ap-
pointed commissioner general of Japan
at the exposition of 1900. His govern
ment, which has already voted $50, coo
for the occasion, will undoubtedly vie
with European nations in the extent
and magniticence of the exhibits.
The Marchioness of Lorne is an ex-
ceedingly clever sculptor. She sets 10
work in a most busnesslike way, with
her sleeves tucked up and her gown
covered with huge white apron. Lately
she has made study of animals, and
some very successful pieces of sculpture
from living models are the result
In a recent performance of Carmen
az Magdeburg, Germany, the prina
donna was Nine. Norcross. an American,
who sang in French; Don Jose was sung
in his native tongue by Signor Morello,
an Italian, while Frau Gehrisen. a Bel
gian, appeared as Micallo, singing in
Flemish. The rest of the company sung
In German.
The new Archbishop of Canterbury
belongs to an old Berwick upon-Tweed
family. In 1862 Anthony Temple, of
whom the archbishop is a descendant,
represented Berwick in parliament. The
primate's great-grandfather was twice
mayor of Berwick, on the last occasion
in 1853. when the present town hall was
finished. The archbishop's grandfather,
Rev. William Johnson Temple, was ad-
mitted to the freedom Of Berwick
borough.
Mrs. Lucy Hall Chandler, daughter of
Senator John Parker Hall. is indignant
because somebody has been claiming
for Commodore Stockton credit for Sc
curing the passage of the law which
banished flogging from the American
navy. She says it was owing solely to
her fathers efforts that this barbarous
and degrading form of punishment was
abolished in 1850. and she adds that a
gold medal given the senator by the crew
or the man of war Germantown as to-
ken of gratitude for this successful ef-
fort in behalf of the sailor is now in her
posses sion, and will be one of the most
valued legaces she will bequeath to her
son.
Miss Clara Evans and a mouse, the
one teacher in Baltimore public
school and the other a resident of the
same building, collided while travers-
ing their respective orbits one day last
week. and so startling We're the noises
which ensued that a panic among the
children present was the result They
rushed for the door and down stairs in
widest terror and a. citizen who saw
them emerge tumultuously into the
street promptly turned in an alarm of
fire from the nearest box When the
engines arrived the entire neighborhood
was filled with excitement and mothers.
but finally Miss Evans managed to ex-
plain most of the trouble.
Mention has frequently been made Of
the fact that Mrs. Jerry Simpson is an
invalid, but the story of how she came 10
lose her health has never been told.
During the terrible winter of 1885. saws
the Kansas City Journal, Jerry was en-
gagged in the cattle business in Barber
county. Along with many of his neigh
Dor ranchers he lost the greater portion
OF his herd in the Billiards which came
so frequently that year. and pretty much
all ne saved were the hides of the frozen
animals. Tn the work of skinning these
frozen animals Mrs. Simpson assisted
her husband. and more than once that
winter SHE spent hours in the cold and
snow. The exposure resulted in an i'll
ness from which the brave little woman
mas never entirely recovered.