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Show ' ' DOINGS OF ROYALTY. Prince George of Wales has ordered newspaper clippings concerning himself to be collected by an agoncy in New York city. Queen Victoria haa granted a pension of 300 a year from her privy purse to Lady Seymour, the widow of Sir Francis Fran-cis Seymour. ' Empress Frederick has herself written the pathetic story of her husband's last days, which is to appear in the forthcoming forth-coming ''Life of the Emperor." The emperor of Germany has presented present-ed a gold watch to the captain of the English sailing vessel Alborough as a reward re-ward for his gallantry in rescuing the crew of the German steamer Marco-brunner. Marco-brunner. Queen Christina, of Spain, has telephonic tele-phonic communication established between be-tween her room and the Madrid Opera house, in order that she may enjoy the opera without having to appear before the public. |