The herald., 1896-04-09
IN THE. PUBLIC EYE

Representative johnson of Indiana wears
the laurels of the fastest taiker in the
house. Representative Lacey of Iowa is a
| close second.
| When Wordsworth was made poet lari-
reate he had to borrow Samuel Rogers
| dress coat to go to court in. and, strangely
| enough, when laureate honors fell on Ten
| nyson lie, too, borrowed Rogers very coat
| for the same purpose.
| No American plutocrat is as luxurious a
| ruler as was the late sultan of Morocco.
He objected to being carried up and down
stairs. SO a railway was built from his bed
chamber to the ground floor. The line
was built on gradual curve, and ihe cars
were easy chairs, with fianged wheels, con-
vertibIe into couches.
The will of the late Chief Justice Doe is
said to be one of the simplest and briefest
documents of the kind on record in New
Hampshire. 1t gives 10 each OF his chill
dren and grandchildren the sum of 81, and
the residue of the estate is bequeathed to
Edith Ii. Doe, bis widow, who is made eX-
ecutriX.
Few men are more TO he envied than Pro-
lessor Willard Fiske, who owns the Villa
Landor. at Fiesole, Italy. There is no
more beautiful villa in that neighborhood
of beautiful! villas than the one in which
Walter Savage Landor made his home.
MIR. Flske was a professor at Cornell until
he married and removed to Italy, where he
has lived ever since.
1t is reported from Washington that
President Cleveland's tailor announces
that he charged the executive $40 for his
latest suit of clothes on account of the
amount OF cloth required. The sartorial
artist vouchsafed the further information
that he could afford to make a similar suit
for man of ordinary size for $50.
There are but two European potentates
who manage to get along without change
81. Al .
and the sultan of Turkey. The sultan has
never left Constantinople since he assembled
the throne in such tragic circumstances
nineteen years ago, and his holiness has
remained within the precincts of the vati-
can since the triple tiara was placed upon
his head.
The Princess Marguerite of Orleans, who
is TO marry the son of the late Marshal
MacMahon. is % years old. tall, cookbook
ing, and highly accomplished. The pros
pective bridegroom holds the title of Due
de Magenta. He is Al years old and
good soldier. The match is viewed with
enthusiasm by the royalists of France.
Pope Leo NH. has presented to the
queen regent of Spain the Palazzo Altempo
in Rome, which he purchased recently for
100000 francs. The palace was form
erly a monastery and was rebuilt and dec
GRATED by Cardinal Marco Altempo. Re-
Gently TIE queen regent of Spain expressed
strong desire to own a palace in Rome,
and the pope has gratitied her wish.
The Oldest physician, Free Mason and
justice of the peace in the world is prob
ably William Salmon OF Scotland. VINO was
LOG years old on the 10Th of this month.
There is no doubt about his age, for his
birth and baptism are recorded in the par
ish church of his native town in Suffolk.
Dr.. Salmon is in excellent health and
spirits, and able to be about his house, but
rarely goes outside, and is enjoying life
much better than many younger men.
Gladstone sent him birthday congratula-
tions. as he has each year for long time.
King Menelek has managed to gain the
sympathy of Frenchmen by his courtesy
to French explorers. Nor is it forgotten
that after the Franco German war the
king asked missionary whether he might
contribute sum of money toward paving
off the indemnity. 1t is remarkable, too,
that while the Italian generals drove news
paper correspondents out of their camp,
Menelek has given press tent close to
his own, with other facilities to journalists.
Extracts from European newspapers are
read to the king by one of his nephews,
who studied in Paris.