The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-18
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Some Notable Paragraphs of Those
 in the Public Eye.

Albert w. Paine of Bangor, Me, has practiced law continuously for sixty-sev- en years, having been admitted to the Penobscot County bar on May 2S, 1885, He Is the oldest lawyer in point of con- tinuous service in New England.
 Senator Kittredge of South Dakota, saw two street urchins quarreling in Wash ington and said to them: Come now, boys, try to get along without fighting" We ain't fighting" said one of the urch- ins, we're only playing Senator's" Mir. kittredge walked away muttering: Con- found Ben Tillman-and McLaurin, too."
 About once in so often there bobs up a rumor that Russell Sage has made will in which the bequests to charity and philanthropy are so great as to place the name of Sage in the same gallery of fame with those of Peter Cooper, George Peabody and other great benefactors of the human race. The rumor was on duty again last week in New York, but the aged capitalist refused to discuss It. Mrs Sage. however was less reticent and said : There is absolutely no truth in the re- port
 In conferring the degree of master of arts on John w. Alexander, Professor Andrew F. West referred to him as "an artist of the first order in mural decora- ton, especially in portraiture." He add ed: The fint brilliancy of his work, tempered by an even finer restraint, and the engaging beauty of his conceptions, marked by a like beauty in execution mark him as master in his chosen art of painting whom we would gladly en- roll as a scholastic master of arts in Princeton"
 Edward Ten Eyck. champion oarsman of the world comes by his ability quite naturally. Members of his family have been noted oarsmen for four generations. His grandfather. now IS years old, is a fcrryman at PeeksRill. up the Hudson, and is willing to meet any man of his age. The old gentleman's father was in the same business at the same place loo years ago and the present patriarch taught Ed about all the latter knows. The champions father is now training a crew at the Naval Academy, Annapolis.
 While addressing the Senate a day or two ago, Mr. Bailey of Texas, said: Tn dian agents may be divided into two elasses-the smart and the good. The trouble is that the good agents are never smart and the smart agents are never good" Another clever remark is this by Senator Blackburn: The position of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections in regard to the bill for the election of Senators by direct vote of the people reminds me of the man in Ken lucky who got mired while driving an empty wagon down a hill. He couldn't | unload and he couldn't back up''
 Chief Judge David Torrance of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors has decided for the validity of bequest of $100,000 made to controvert the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. The tes- tator, Sidney Hall, was an eccentric who gave much study to religious questions He died in Hartford three years ago, be- ing then a member of the Advent Church of that place. He left the sum named to the Advent Christian Publication Society of Boston. which he charged with its ex- penditure for the purpose mentioned Relatives contested the will. but Judge Torrance has finally disposed of the mat ter by holding the clause valid.