The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-12
TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. IL.
Men and Women.

Shack Nasty Jim, the once famous Modoc,
has raised !, 200 bushels of corn and wants to
learn the process of preparing it so that it may
be eaten out of a flask.
queen Pia of Portugal, the daughter of the
late Victor Emanuel, is blonde, beautiful and
OF dlgn1hed carriage, having resemblance to
queen Marie Antonette
MIR. Tennyson's youngest SOD, Lionel, is to be
married at Westminster Abbey during the
first week in March to Miss.Eleanor Locker, the
daughter of that writer of delicate and charm.
ing verses, Mr.. Frederick Locker.
Washington letter says of Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton: 81 suppose she has the pretti-
est hair In America. Spun glass could not be
winter, fresh snow wreaths were never lighter,
thlstie-down was never softer, than the rolls
and rings and tendrils of her locks; and on
hands, all dimples and pink nails and soft,
white flesh, there shone wedding ring, too;
and her mouth was of shape like Cupid's
bow, but what indignant words she used to
shoot like arrows from it into the masculine
ranks"
The new king of Italy, says Anne Brewster,
"has an iron will and an obstinate, naughty
temper. He is ruler after the cnt and form
OF the Brandenburgs; he has something Of the
rudeness of the Middle Ages" Prince ANA
deus, the ex-kiug of Spain, is of an almost
monkish temper. "He proposed to go over to
the Vatican, see the holy father, and soften
matters. King Humbert burst out in rage:
II prohibit thee! 1 will not commence my
reign with single act of humiliation or sab
mission
Mrs. Mary Clemmer describes Senator Mer-
rmon, of North Carolina, as venerable man ,
with white hair and fine, sympathetic features
Hill, of Georgia. as a Methodist, and local
preacher, a tall, sandy -haired man with round,
pale blue eyes and rather sour expression of
visage-albeit that is not the normal Methodist
visage-whicb, though often of the earth
earthly, is seldom sour; Mcmillan, Of Minnesota
as one whose strong features hint of his Scotch
lineage, but whose honestseyes give unmistak
able hints of kindly heart; Angus Cameron,
of Wisconsin, as man of large brow, finely
cut features, thoughtful face that seems tt
hold in its compact compass any amount Of
reserved power, and yet earnest; man Of
whom Massachusetts is justly proud, ant
whom all good women may delight to honor, il
George f. Hoar, of Massachusetts,, looking
strangely like Horace Greeley-like fur
bished-up, brightened-up Horace Greeley, but
still Horace Greeley; Mitchell, of Oregon,
smooth, comely man; and cambridge Wad
leigh, of New Hampshire, man in the prime
Of his years, who, with every look of health
and prosperity, carries in his face shadow o.
sadness, as if, after all, life had not been t,
him an unmixed sweet.
An eyewitness draws this picture of Kinl
Alphonso and his betrothed as they appeare,
just before the marriage ceremony: "ais ex
preston is frank and resolute, and his wei
formed head is not cast into the shade by TIT
splendor of his uniform. Short, brown whis
kers and fine coquettish mustache give hin
an air of manly youth which strikes every
body. His hair is brown, rich and glossy. Or
reaching his seat he turns toward the specta
tors with frank and natural smile, greets on
with nod, another with the hand, addresses
few words to the ladies of honor placed be
hind him, and exhibits joyful and happy ex
preston which lights up his open face. Aud nov
Princess Mercedes, rather pale, and her fine, dar
eyes slightly moistened by emotion, slowly ad
vances on the arm of the Princess of the Astu
rias. She is dressed ia white saint he mantle be
t1s dAso anu TiCuly ouuIoiuoIou. liz
white mantlla is festooned by diamond brooch
light crown of diamonds on her brow. he
figure is rather stout-set, but full of grace, he
pale face contrasting with lips of charming
redness. Before the marriage the betrothe'
couple amused themselves by conversin
through telephone connecting the palace of th
King and that of Aranjuez, where the princes
and her family were staying"