The Portland daily press., 1885-12-19
Personal AND PECULIAR.

Messonier painted the portrait of the late
W. H. Vanderbilt in 1880.
The average cost of session of Congress
is s3,OOO,OOO.
Mr. Hendricks is to be honored with mon
ument in Indianapolis, and the Sentinel
stands guard over the cash box, into which
everyone may toss dime or dollar.
"Thirty-fve per cent" says Philadel-
phia professional card Writer, "of all the
men who come from Chicago are called John
Henry, and they all call themselves j. Hen
ry instead of John HI.
Mr.. Dennis F. Murphy, official stenogra~
pher of the United States Senate, receives
| S55. 900 dollars per annum for reporting the
debates, but out of that he pays for all as
sistance.
Silas Lapham as readers of Mr.. Howells's
story doubtless will be astonished to learn,
is real man, rich cattle dealer, who made
the best speech at the st. Louis cattle Con-
vention the other day.
Queen Natalie of Servia, recently purchased
forty sewing machines-of American make
of course-and set seamstresses at work on
them in the palace at Belgrade, making gar
meTrtS for the troops which she cut out WITH
her own fair hands.
Gen. James s. Brisbin said in st. Louis
the other day that there's millions in it"
for the man who shall patent some plan for
branding cattle. Excessive branding causes
loss Of about $5,O00,000 year in this coun-
try
The Italian newspapers report the death
of the poet Andrea Mapped He was famed
chiefly for his translations into the Italian
tongue of seven of the leading poets and
dramatists of England and Germany, includ-
ing Goethe, Schiller, Shakespeare, Milton and
Byron He also wrote many original poems
of great beauty.
j. W. Daniel, elected by the Virginia DEM
ocrats to the Senate, entered the Confeder-
ate army when 10 years of ageas second lieu
tenant and was assigned to Stonewall jack
sons brigade. He was three times wound
ed at the Henry House, and soon after was
promoted to adjutant for gallantry, In the
Battle Of the Wilderness his thigh was
crushed by minnie bali
The combined capital of the firm Of the
Rothschilds is now placed, by persons who
pretend to know. at the sum of 100000
600, one-half of it gained within the last
twenty-five years, and the whole Of 1t in
scarcely more than century. The founder
of the family and its fortunes, Meyer An
selm, was poor clerk IN Hanover DanK-
ing house.
The Tramp law Of Connecticut was de-
nounced in his sermon at Stratford on sun
day morning by the Rev. Mr.. Hand (Metho-
dist as the only one of the State laws he
could not obey. He appealed for pity and
charity 10 the poor and the outeast wherever
found, and advised his people to ignore the
Tramp law and help the needy under all
circumstances.
Hannibal Hamlin used to be conspicuous
because of his scoFn for overcoats, but dur
ing the last three or four winters ne has
fallen into the line of custom. There is
another statesman, however, who doesn't
wear anything heavier than his frock coat,
and, at the opening of Congress this big.
white-haired, white bearded, blum old South
Carolinian, Representative Tillman, faced
the keen, nipping air of Pennsylvania Ave
nue. with many smile, but not single
SILVER.
Prince Alexander life, especially now, is
one OF almost uninterrupted work from
morning until midday he receives his Minis
tiers: in the afternoon military matters are
discussed. and seldom are the evenings free
for recreation. At the court of Prince Alex
ander. If court it can be termed, there Is OBJ
served neither the etiquette of the East nor
of the West 1t is simply military society,
where ceremony is little thought OF and adj
mission is easily to be obtained. AS there IS
no aristocracy among the Slav people OF the
Balkans, there is no mark OF dlstlncuon pc
yond the possession OF greater OF lesser
store of roubles. Consequently every bulgs-
rian has a right of free speech with his ruler.
and this right he is fond OF using: Inere II
one drawback to 1.-THE want OF personal
cleanliness on the part of his loyal subjects.