The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-09-29
Men and Women.

Dr. Schliemann is now engaged in excavat-
ing the ruins of the Acropolis and the Lion
Gate of Mycenae.
You Bulow is recovering from his dangerous
illness, but will be obliged to give up bis profess
siou for some time TO come. He was last at
Godemberg on the Rhine.
So great was the rush to hear Christine
Nilsson sing at one of her concerts, in Stock
holm last month, that her husband, who was
present was very nearly crushed, his wrist was
badly sprained, and his clothes torn in making
his escape from the crowd.
Rev. Henry Hayworth, rector of St. Georges
Church, Hanover Square, London, is dead
During his thirty years ministry he Joined in
wedlock more ar:stocratic couples than any
clergyman in the realm. If Benedicts of noble
blood are generous in proportion to their ranks
he must have handled snug sum in wedding
fees.
1t will be news to most people that Washing
ton was marshal of France. The story is
that etiquette would not permit the count de
Rochambeau, being acknowledgement, to
serve under any other than a marshal make
Washington marshal of France then" said
our envoy, Laurens. 1t was done, and French
military punctilio was satisfied.
The journalists of Europe are almost struck
dumb by the calm, Indifferent, democratic con-
duct of Dom Pedro. They observe with awe
that he refused the place of honor in the st.
Petersburg congress of orientalists, and sat in
commonplace chair, and they discuss his con-
descension IN using the equipages of the hotels
where he lives, and in visiting schools and
scientific institutions
The family of Sir Isaac Newton is no rep
resented by Isaac Newton Wallop, earl of
Portsmouth, whose ancestor married daugh-
ter of the philosophers niece, and large mass
OF Newton's manuscripts have been carefully
preserved at Hurstbourue. Lord Portsmouth
has recently submitted these papers to Prof.
Adams and other Cambridge men of science,
with view of presenting to the university
such as are Of purely scientific interest
A few miles from Cairo Egypt, is a syca-
more which is called ''the tree of the virgin
mother" 1t is of immense size and evidently
several centuries old; and tradition has it that
the holy family reposed under its shade during
their fight into Egypt. At the opening of the
Suez canal the viceroy presented the tree to
France, and the Empress had railing mt
around it and appointed two guardians to pro-
feet it. These guardians are still paid by
France.
A charming anecdote is told concerning the
late Felicia David, or rather, of his friends
A little before his death he applied to be adj
mitted to the academy of fine arts. and every
member promised to support him. Not one
voted for him One of the vow breakers called
upon him. "Perhaps you have been aston
ished," he said to David, sat what has taken
placer" Certainly" replied the artist swell
the fact is" said the academician, shat We
had prize of $4,000 francs to bestow. We
could not give it to one of our members, and as
we thought it might be of more use to you
tnana nominal honor, we did net elect you"
The following day, David received the money,
which was very acceptable to him. az he was
lar from being rich man.
II ever there was rolling stone, it was Mr..
=. p Kingston, who died recently in London.
Playwriter and actor, traveller, spritualist. In
dian chief, Fiji courtier, agent and accountant.
pedestrian, manufacturer of Dutch clocks
Journalist. Cincinnati pig raiser, notable
brave" amongst the Maories and South Sea
Islanders, saeep-shearer in New Zealand, and
storekeeper in 'Frisco-no man ever saw more