The herald., 1898-12-26
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Lord leicester has IL 900 swans upon hia
estate at Abbotsburg, a charming little vii.
age few miles from Weymouth, England.
The cost of caring for the swans averages
over $4,000 per year.
That there is after all some sort of "hons
or among thieves" is shown by recent COM
munication TO a leading paper OF Palermo,
Sicily. Candino, a noted brigand, writes that
one Galbo, a notorious member OF his band,
has been expelled for "discourteous and
unmannerly conduct in his dealings with
the public"
The Journal Officiel lately contained in
list of pensions granted to widows of French
officers the name of Berthe Amelie Bertin-
court, widow of the late Colonel Henry, who
committed suicide in prison after having
confessed that the Dreyfus bordereau was
forgery She gets 1867 francs a year, or
about 1888.
Owing to his general resemblance to tho
popular idea of Santa Claus, Senator Will
liam Morris Stewart of Nevada is sometimes
addressed by his famliars as Papa Christ
mas" Mr. Stewart was born in New YORK
more than scventy-one years ago. lie IS
now nearing the close of his fourth term in
the senate.
Sir Thomas Upton, challenger for the
America cup, has offered to come to the res
lief of the distressed English colony OF Bar
bados. He is prepared to invest S5,OOo,OOO
in the sugar industry of that island and has
named to the English government few
easily filled conditions.
Brooklyn firemen hear with mixed feel
ings that Kate Claxton has leased the Park
theater in that city and viii begin her MAN.
ageral career by presenting The Two Or
phans" This is the piece in which she ap.
lpeared on the night of the terrible fire in
Mrs. Conway's Brooklyn theater twenty
years ago, when scores of persons were
cremated.
Michael O'Donnell who has already served
in Sing Sing prison nearly eleven years of
ti.scty years sentence for burglary, may be
pardoned and released because his brother
James has confessed on his deathbed that he
was the guilty man. Michael knew this dur
ing all the time of his imprisonment, but
said nothing because he expected James to
die soon of consumption.
Lord Rosebery, who is an admirable host,
had OH one occasion at dinner farmer, who
was then called upon to taste ice cream for
the first time. Thinking that something
had gone wrong in the kitchen he whispered
his fears to Lord Rosebery. The latter list
ened gravely and then called a servant, with
whom he hed,a few minutes low conversa.
tion. Then, turning to the farmer, he said'
Its all right, Mr. Blank. They tell me it's
new kind of pudding and that it was frozen
on purpose
Two of the richest men in Montana-W.
A. Clark and Marcus Daly-are competing
for a senatorship in Montana this term. Mr..
Clark, who has had burning senatorial
ambition for years, is expected to open q
large barrel, but will have to buck against
an equal financial force welded by Mr..
DAILY, who is sworn to defeat his longtime
foe Merchants in Helena are looking for.
ward to profitable season, as many state
legislators are expected to earn more than
their salaries.
Congressman-elect John L. Burnett Of
Alabama, who will probably be the smallest
man in the next house, is an able lawyer, al.
though he is known in his own state as "the
Jack of Spades" When he first appeared
before the supreme court of Alabama to
argue case he stood up behind high
bench on which lawyers were accustomed
to lay heir books and papers. May it please
the court" began the diminutive counsel,
when the chief justice broke in: "Mr. Bur-
nett, it is the custom of lawyers to rise while
addressing TINS court