The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-10
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Some Interesting Notes of Those in
 the Public Eve.

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 pr. sigurd Ibsen. son of Henrik Ibsen has been made Minister of State at Stock holm. or Representative of Norway, at the Swedish court. in the newly recon structed Norwegian cabinet.
 Dr. Theodore l.. Cuyler of Brooklyn, who is in his 81st year. has declined to write an autobiography, but will describe the more interesting episodes of his life in a forthcoming book of "reminiscences.
 Colonel B. F. Hawkes., who made a speech at the decorating of the statue of General U. s. Grant in the rotunda of the capitol. Is one of the three living comrades of the general in his cadet days at West Point. Generals Dana and Long, street are the other two.
 The day Mark Twain received the de- gree of Doctor of Laws from the Uni versity of Missouri The Philadelphia North American telegraphed him: How does it feel to be an ILL. D.?' In an hour or two came this reply: "It feels like official emancipation from ignorance and vice."
 In the autobiography which he fur nished for the Congressional Directory Representative Robert w. Davis of Flor ida tells of his early struggles and subse- quent achievement, adding this touch of galantry: Before reaching his major ity he was married to Miss Mercer, and to her influence is due whatever of suc- cess he has attained
 Senators Allison. McMillan and Platt of Connecticut met at the Senate elevator one day last week; and after exchanging bows each waited for the others to pre- cede him. While they were still engaged in this courteous rivalry Senator Mason came rolling along. stepped into the wait ing elevator and said sharply: ''Third floor. please" Up went the elevator. leaving the other three statesmen look ing at each other some what foolishly.
 Members of the smart set are already discussing the advent of Michael Henry Herbert as British ambassador to sue ceed the late Lord Pauncefote. The new ambassadors station in Washington, 1t is supposed, will advance the prestige of the Vanderbilts in the social set and thus attract the members Of that family and their immediate friends to Washington next winter, as Mrs. Herberts sister. Is the wife of young Cornelius Vanderbilt.
 An odd complication has arisen in the case of c. c. Sheets, at one time a Con- gressman from Alabama and well off. but now in reduced circumstances. Congress voted him a pension recently, but the bill had his name Christopher c, instead of Charles C., as it should be. The mistake arose through his being known to friends as Chris" and Mir. Richardson, who prepared this bill, supposed that this was an abbreviation of Christopher. Now the pension authorities are confronted with the problem of having authority to pay a pension, but without having anybody to pay it to.
 Bishop Taylor of the Methodist Church, who died on May IS at Palo Alto. Cal. had for over half a century slept with his head pillowed upon a stope. He gen orally carried the stone in a satchel, and always laid his head upon it at night wherever he was. thus literally carrying out the words of the hymn: My rest stone" A Baltimore clergyman says that ( iShA x.icif fnH when the temperature was far below zero. and that the bishop slept in the room with all the windows thrown up and with his head on the stone.