Salt Lake Times | 1890-07-05 | Page 4 | Doings of Royalty

DOINGS OF ROYALTY. The shah of Persia's eldest child, a daughter, was born to him when he was 18 years of age. She is 45 now, and is the wife of the son of a former master of the mint, who was one of the richest officials in Persia. Prince Bismarck is reported to be restless rest-less and uneasy in his enforced retirement. He is said to busy himself with writing scores of letters, which he no sooner finishes than he destroys. ' He suffers terribly from insomnia. Queen Victoria has become a member of the English Jersey Cattle society. The queen owns two very fine herffs of Jerseys, one of which is at the Shaw farm, near Windsor, and the other on the Home farm, at Osborne. The German Empress Frederick loves little children. She never fails to notice every one she sees, and will often stop in her walks and speak to them. Even grubbiness will not deter her from taking a particularly fine baby in her arms, though, of course, she prefers them clean. The German emperor has just had a magnificent sword manufactured in Berlin, Ber-lin, as a gift to the sultan. A lion's head in gold with ruby eyes forms the top; the hilt is formed by the sultan's monogram mono-gram in gold, set with very 'fine brilliants. The blade is of gilded steel with a nickeled nick-eled scabbard, and the sword knot is set j with diamonds.