The Portland daily press., 1885-07-15
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The Sunday collections in Spurgeon's great
congregation in London average $345
A Baltimore student has translated Cleye-
lands Inaugural Address into Latin.
A japanese inventor has made from sea-
weed paper transparent enough to be sub
stituted for window glass.
Bonner expects Maud S. will beat hereford
2.094, at Cleveland by alfull second, and per-
haps bring it down to EOS.
The roll of doctors who are women in the
United States now includes more than $500
names.
The New York aldermen have ordained,
the mayor approving, that hereafter Bed
loe's, Bellows or Bedlough's Island sqall be
known as Liberty's Island.
Secretary Lamar has a grandson, L. Q.
c. Lamar, Sd, who is 6 years old. and saws
Cleveland is the greatest President the
country has ever had
1t is estimated that the wealth of negroes
in the South is at least $100000,OO0, S35, OO0,-
600 of which is in Louisiana and $1,000. 900
in Georgia.
By the latest estimates the fisheries of Great
Britain are rated worth $50,0o0,0cO annually,
the United States second in the world at S43.-
100000, and Russia third at $685. 100000.
The boss boot sinner of America lives in
Saratoga. He owns two houses and has a
fat bank account. His name is Pat Malloy.
and he Shines for all.
Miss Cleveland's book was written in a
large, clear hand on white Irish linen pa
per, marked Executive Mansion, Washing
ton,p in blue letters. She is the first lady of
the White House to publish book
Georgia politician has three planks to
his platform, to wit: No whisley; no fenc-
es: dog tax. His notions are to stop max
ing drunkards, to leave off cutting down
trees for rails, and to quit raising sheep for
dogs to kill.
A fire originating curiously occurred the
other night in Charlottesville, Ga. A clock
cord broke, letting the weight fall upon and
ignite a box of matches lying on the bottom
OF the clock case. The family were all asleep
at the time, and the house was nearly burned.
Colera is said to have been carried to every
country on the globe except the islands of
the South Pacigc, Australia, the Cape of
Good Hope, the islands of the North Allan
tic and the western coast of South America.
all separated from India by wide expanse
OF ocean, and having no commercial inter-
course with that country.
Victor Hugo hated Goethe because the lat
ter severely criticised 'Notre Dame de Par
isl when it first appeared. Goethe" said
he to a visitor, ''only produced one really
good work, ''The Robbers" The visitor
was astonished at the apparent blunder un-
til Hugo added with sheer, "And that one
was written by Schiller~
The following American men of letters are
not college bred, but derived their education
from common schools and the newspapers:
Walt Whitman, Whipple, Trowbridge Field,
Parton, Stoddard Bayard Taylor, Eggleston,
Harte, Howells James, Aldrich, LAthrop,
Stockton, Piatt, Cable, Crawford, Fawcett.
Glider, Harris, Carleton, Mark Twain and
Burroughs.
The actual cost of what are usually sold as
fye-cent cigars at retail is thus stated by one
who claims to be informed on the subject:
Actual cost of tobacco namely, what the to-
bacco raiser gets for it, for 1000 cigars, 50;
cigar boxes, 81; wages for 1000, SO; pack
ing, 81; stripping so cents; total cost of pro-
ductlon, $3.50. or II cents cigar.
grand piano, just presented to the Prin-
cess Beatrice, is a unique affair. 1t is in
black case, ornamented with gold. The sus-
tanning pedal enables the player to prolong
the sound of one or more notes, on the or
gan principle. The piano has so elastic
touch that all the gradations, from the most
subdued whisper to the greatest fortiss imo
passage, can be accomplished with fine eff
feet
A story, good, whether true or not, is told
of a prominent New York Democrat, now an
officeholder. He was riding with William
r. Travers, the witty Wall street man. They
stopped at an inn and Mr.. Trayers went in
side while his companion waited in the car
riage. The landlord inquired as to who Mr.
companion was and was told his
name. "He's big fellow isn't hep" said
mine host refectively, looking at the great
frame of the Democratic politician. "B-big?"
said the wit, 'B-big? You ought to s-see
MIN II he was as b-pig as he thinks he is