The Portland daily press., 1878-05-11
SATURDAY MORNING. MAY IL.
Men and Women.

Men and Women.
Senator Herman is said to have a long, prac-
tical, sensible nose; Senator Conkling hand
some, fighting nose; Senator Lamar an artistic
nose of great possibilities; Senator Howe long,
triangular nose with sharp point; Senator
Bayard an inquistive, yet courteous nose ;
senator Edmunds firm nose, the nose of
gnarled and knotted character; and Senator
Barnum a dashing and needless nose So gos-
sips Washington writer, who thinks he knows
all about it.
The wife of Senator Dorsey is the very abso-
lutely, positively handsomest woman in Wash.
ipgton. A gushing correspondent describes
her as a radiant brunette with large, clear
brown eyes, and manners-such manners! She
is brilliant con-ver-sa-tion-al-ist, takes an
active interest in politics, was born at Oberlin,
o., has husband who owns 10000 acre
sheep rancho In New Mexico, and spent last
summer there with him, riding thirty miles
day on horseback, and at night cooking for six
men.
1t is related concerning Mr. E P Whipple,
the accomplished writer and lecturer, that the
chairman of rural lyceum several years ago
awAwsrdly introduced him to his audience
thus: "To-night, fellow-c citizens, we are to hear
some remarks from Mr.. E.! P! Whipple of
Boston, will amuse ard instruct you
probably p DR.. Bellows used to mention a
man in New England town, who hung round
the tavern where he lodged the morning after
lecture, and finally as the doctor was about
stepping into the 'deep o Kerrij'' to leave
town, sidled up to him, slipped a dollar into
his astonished palm, and said: IL heerd your
lectur last night; 1 approve your views and
want to see 'em forrarded"
In the HARLEM, Holland, papers of April 5,
appears the following announcement: ''Died,
Feb. 13. 1878 aged 35, my beloved son, Ange
Enanuel, descendant of my husband, the Duke
of Normandy the son of Marie Autoinette and
OF Louis XVI. King of France" This declar-
alton is dated Bredu, April g. and sigued "The
Dowager de Bourbon, Duchesse of Normandy"
The man whose death is thus announced was
Second Engineer on a Dutch man-of-wai.
Several members of his family still survive.
They, it will be seen, claim descent from the
ohild-prisoner of the Revolution, whom Simon
had committed to his custody, and who GER
tainly died in the old Reds hands, despite all
the later stories of the American Bourbons,"
and the like.
Mr.. Edison, the inventor, is said to dislike
eating and to be very impatient of the time
spent in that pleasant exercise. His friends
say that when the frenzy of new invention is
upon him they are obliged to study his moods,
and put food about on benches where he can
not help seeing it. 81 hate this eating bust
ness" be is quoted as saying; 81 always avoid
it when can" He is working on an ex-
tremely cheap and efficient electric motor es
pecially Designed to operate sewing machines
aud light machinery. He is perfecting the
monograph, and has been able to reproduce
words spoken fifteen feet from the instrument.
He has improved it SO that words spoken into
the instrument in the ordinary tone of voice
by any person are perfectly recorded and can
be reproduced.
The London World tells story of Rouma-
MAN barber in London who loudly boosted to a
customer that "if you scratched Roumanian
you would find a true Roman" aud thereupon
sneers at the fierce little son of Moldo-Wal-
lachia because "this representative of the
brave Latin race barely exceeded five feet in
his shoes. His ancestral spirit" it continues,
"contrasted strangely with his physique" Yet
that the "biave Latin race was especially re-
markable for its low stature. The conquerors
of the world we're of the build of David, not of
Goliath. Roman skeletons, as a rule, are
much shorter than Gaulish or German skele-
tons; and on the friezes and tablets of the Ro-
man triumphal arches the contrast between the
gigantic barbarian captives and their low
statured captors is most remarkable.-N. Y.
World.
John Morrssey had serious his faults, but
when he went to Congress he did not have the
presumption to suppose that he was the
best man for vacancy ON the COM
mittee of ways and means He took
boxl of fine cigars to Speaker Colfax
aud intimated that he desired to see him about
committee appointment Mr.. Colfax appre-
ciated the cigars so he said in a very apologetic
tone: "Well, Mr.. Morrissey, should
be very glad to oblige you in re-
gard to the committee, but you will under
stand that there are great many old mem
bers, and all the best places belong by right
to them. Still, will see what 1 can do for
you." Well, Mr.. Speaker. 1 am pretty partic.
ular, but will at any rate tell you what 1
want. If there is comm ittee that has no
committee-room, never has any business sent
to 1t and never meets, should like to be put
on the tail end of that committee How does
it strike you?" "You relieve me wonderfully,
tee of revolutionary pensions" Both gentle
men expressed their gratitude, shook hards
and separated.