The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-07-20
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 20.
Men and Women

Mr.. Hepworth Dixon once attended masked
Dali without mask or domino. The lady of
the house, little p;qued at this slight, ap-
preached him and said, "And pray, sir, what
Character do yon assumed" 81 appear as
gentleman" said Dixon. Sab! capital dis
guise!" and Hepworth withdrew for repairs
Bismarck is immensely taken with "Dizzy,"
and says he is the only man he has met for
some years really worth talking to. That may
be partly because the said "Dizzy'' 80 seldom
does talk that when he unbosoms himself he is
really worth listening to. 1t is an odd thing,
but it is true, that no one in London can really
be ssid to knoao this strange, lonely sort of man
who has placed himself at the head of the
English government. He has no confidants,
and few personal friends. 1 asked gentleman
who ought to know him well whether he talked
much to him. "He never talks to anybody"
said he; sometimes, perhaps, to Monty Cory,
but only on matters of business. He will not
dine out, as rule, and when he does go any,
where the chances are that he will not say
much" A man, one might have supposed,
after Carlyle's own heart, but Carlyle detests
him. There he is, however, the central figure
in English public life -Neao York World.
The editor of the St. Louis Republican does
not believe that the portrait found in the pos.
session of an old pilot at Kitty Hawk was ever
intended to represent Theodosia Burr mrs
Allston). He says: "No mention has ever
been made of any portrait of that lady except
the one painted by Vanderlyn not long before
her marriage The same distinguished artist
painted Col. Burr at the same time, and tolera-
bly, accurate engraving of both are attached to
the biographies written by Davis and Parton.
Some weeks ago Dr. Pool semitic a gentleman of
this city, who is the owner of faithful copy of
the Vanderlyn portrait, requesting an opinion
as to the resemblance of the two The verdict
was not favorable to the Kitty Hawk claimant.
We feel safe to affirm that if Vanderlyn
painted trustworthy portrait of Theodosia-
which has never been disputed-then the pic
ture said to have been brought from the cabin
of the unknown schooner is not Theodosia and
therefore does not deserve the reputation which
it seems to have gained The original Wander
lyp, we may remark, has disappeared and left
no trace behind
This is description Of the present Lord Bea-
cons6eld made many years ago by N. P. Will.
lis: "Disraeli had arrived before me, and sat in
the deep window looking ont upon Hyde Park,
with the last rays of daylight reflected from the
gorgeous gold flowers of splendidly embroid.
cred waistcoat Patent leather pumps, a white
stick, with black cord and tassel, and a quan-
tity of chains about his neck and pockets,
served to make him one of the most conspicu-
Gus objects. His is one of the most remarka-
BILE faces ever saw. He is lividly pale, and
but for the energy of his action and the strength
OF his lungs would seem victim of consump-
tion. His eye is black as Erebus, and has the
most hooking, lying-in-wait sort of expression
conceivable. His mouth is alive with a kind
OF working and impatient nervousness, and
when he bursts forth, as he does constantly,
with partially successful cataract of express
sion, 1t assumes triumphant scorn that would
be worthy of Mephistopheles. His hair is as
extraordinary as his taste in waistcoats. A
thick, heavy mass of jet black ringlets falls
over his left cheek almost to his collarless
stock, while on the right temple it is parted
and put away with the smooth carelessness
OF girls, and shines most unctously. With
thy incompatible oil, Macassar."
Thibet is the old bachelors paradise for it is
there that he can flirt with a hundred girls
simultaneously, and get married without know
ing it. I. T. Cooper, an agent in the English
civil service-he was recently murdered at Bha-
mo, although that is neither here nor there
resolved to travel through China by route
comparatively unknown, and full of dangers.
Starting from Hadow, he went along the Yang.
tse-Kiang to Eastern Thbet One day he
found himself in grove, surrounded by a
group OF girls, and, according to him, 'tthe
whole scene was 50 Arcadan, and the romanti,
effect SO irresistible. that, though struck by the
remarkable absencs of the male sex, he gave
himself up to the influence of the situation,
and waited with languid curiosity for the de-
nouenaent of this pleasant little adventure
BE smoked with the girls and shared their
meals. and afterward they dragged IN young
girl OF sixteen, attired in a silk Dress seated
her by his side, and then began to dance round
the pair. He could not make it out until his
servant explained that, according to one of the
customs of Thibet, he had, without knowing
1t, allowed himself to be married. He at first
wished to resist, pleading English customs, but
the tribe among whom he was would accept no
explanations, and he was compelled to take the
girl with him.
4uOnoo lIWluR OBcEudu, O6u6Tdl Ou6rIu an
son, previous to his departure for Europe,
wrote to q friend in st. Louis declaring his pur-
pose to become Catholic priest The follow
ing is an extract from the letter which is now
mada public: II write to inform you, and to beg
you to communicate the information to those
who may inquire concerning me- that assume
to myself the whole responsibility of my choice;
as with me alone rested the duty and the bur-
den of choosing path in life, 80 with me
alone rests the blame or praise of having
chosen the church instead of the law. Nv
father, as you know, is not Catholic, and,
therefore, the step am taking seems as start
ling and as strange to him, as have no doubt
it does to you, my dear sir. 1 go without his
approval, sanction or consent; in fact in d.
rect opposition to his best wishes in my behalf.
For he had formed other plans for me, which
are now defeated, and had other hopes and
expectations for me which are necessarily
dashed to the ground. In conclusion, my dear
sir, have one request to make, and make it
not only to you, but to all our friends and rela.
tions to whom you may sac fit to show this let
ter or communicate its contents; it is this:
Feeling painfully aware that 1 have grieved
and disappointed my father, beg my friends
and his, one and all, of whatever religion they
may be, to spare him inquiries or comments of
any sort, for 1 cannot help feeling that any.
tn ing of the kind would be ill timed and in
appropriate"
Threatened Conflict Of Authority.
The State and United States courts in South
Carolina will soon be in open conflict unless