The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-13
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR


presumed, definitely that Christopher Co.
lumbus was born in Calyi, Corsican town.
letter written by Martha Washington
was sold the other day at auction for hun
dred and fifty-ons dollars.
Pope Leo's autobiography, which he is now
writing industriously, will be published SIM
ultaneously in four languages-Latin, Eng
fish, French and Spanish.
The American colony in Paris numbers
about three thousand people, but the shop
keepers say it is worth more to the trade of
the French capital than its thirty thousand
Germans and tw enty -eight thousand Italians
| combined.
A Tantivy coach is now running regularly
between the Hotel Brunswick and Pelham.
1t is managed by Theodore Roosevelt and
Frederick Bronson, and the fare is three dol
lars. This is rather novel amusement for
rich young men.
| Kate Rowsand, the dwarf, known in Eu-
rope as Mime. la Marquise." provides in her
| will that twentydolls of her size shall be
| purchased, dressed from her wardrobe and
| given to orphans. She was so diminutive
that her clothes would not fit the smallest
| child.
| Mr., Andrew Carnegie now owns the beau
tiful island of Dungene,s, on the Florida
| coast, where he has built fine stone CASTLE
| Hereafter he will be able to drive his four
| finland, during the winter months, through
| miles of tree-arched avenues and over mag
| nlfcent beaches.
The Princess Metternich of Pesth has in
| vented the most powerful attraction yet de-
vised for a charity show. 1t is ballet, ex-
| clusiyely composed of ladies of the tip-top
German and Austrian nobility. who will APP
pear on the stage of large opera house.
The money OF common folks will be taken
in exchange for tickets.
There is small tree growing in gnleh
near Tuscarura, New, the foliage of which
at certain seasons is said to be so luminous
that it can be distinguished mile away in
the darkest night In its immediate season
it emits sufficient light to enable person to
read the finest print. Its luminosity is said
to be due to parasites.
The Chicago anarchist who was arrested
for making an incendiary speech and was
found to have concealed upon him business
card setting forth that he was deaf and dumb,
and begging the charitable to buy his needles
to save him from mendicancy, admitted that
It did not interfere with his principles TO
work little fake" for living.
The parcels post has proved SO successful
and generally satisfactory in England shat
the limit has been increased to eleven pounds
and the price reduced. The charge is now
gu LOT the uTSI pOeno ana l3Q 10r eacn add
tional pound, so that the rate for eleven
pounds would be about thirty-six cents.
Here it costs one cent an ounce for merchan-
disc, and there was strong effort made to
have this rate doubled, but happily the
scheme, engineered in the interest of the ex-
press companies and interior local trades
men, was defeated.
Some idea OF the success which has at |
tended the growth Of the celebrated Resti- |
gouche Club in Canada, may be inferred |
from the fact that a share of stock which |
was worth less than thousand dollars only |
lew years ago can now be sold easily for |
five thousand dollars. This club is CON-
posed OF rich American gentlemen who own |
the Restigouche river and part Of the adj |
jaccnt property, and who visit the place ey-
cry summer to fish for salmon. Ex-Presif |
dent Arthur has been for some time the |
president of this club, and is about to be |
succeeded in that position by some unknown |
person.
Miss Alice Wheeler, says the Boston Tray
eller, has in her studio strong and life-like |
portrait of Mrs. Mcdowell, the heroine of |
'The Story of Margaret Kent and the
Sherwood Bonner of literature. Mrs. Nc
Dowell's maiden name was Kate Sherwood
Bonner, SO the supposed nom de plume was |
really portion of her name. Her little |
daughter Lilian-the prototype Of the child |
Gladys in the neyel.is now girl Of IA years,
81.
ing an effort to send her to Wellesley college
to be educated. The Kirkes of Philadelphia
are interesting themselves in this. Mrs.
kirke ELLEN W. Olney) is the author Of '"The
Story of Margaret Kent"
A highly interesting piece Of work is at
present being executed at the Berlin Royal
Academy under the direction of medical and
artistic experts-the wax model of a care
fully prepared human body of life size.
From 1t a cast in zinc Is to be made showing
with rigid exsctness the muscles, arteries
and veins. An idea of the nicely of the
work may be formed from the fact that if
teen months have been spent upon the head
alone thus far, which is not expected to be
finished under three years more. The i'm
importance of the work for anatomical stud
les, when completed, will amply compen-
safe for the trouble, time and money spent
hibited and bought by the government.
Among reigning sovereigns who have
written books are Queen Victoria, Dom Pc
dro ii. of Brazil, Dom Luis of Portugal, the
Shah, Oscar III. of Sweden, Prince Nikita Of
Montenegro, Ludwig Ii. Of Bavaria, and
Queen Elizabeth of Roumania; and among
princes and princesses who have dabbled in
literature are the Princess Christian, the
Crown Princes of Germany, the Princess
Theresa of Bavaria, the two sons Of the
Prince OF Wales, the two sons of the King OF
boWOuCh, DuhC VI LuIuDuIBH anu buC |
Comte de Paris. But all these are amateurs
compared with the Crown Prince Rudolph Of
Austria, who is now editing and in part
writing very magnificent publication, ',The
Austro- Hungarian Monarchy in Word and
Picture" Its production will, it is estimat-
ed, cost not less than 100000.
The death of Henry II. Richardson, which
occurred at Boston last week, robs this coun-
try of one of its most expert, original and
distinguished architects. Mr. Richardson
was born in New Orleans, and was grad
uate of Harvard College. At the time of his
death he had not reached the age of fifty He
was great-great-grandson, on his mothers
side, of the famous Dr. Priestly. He stud
led architecture in the Ecole des Beaux Arts
at Paris, and some of his excellent work may
be found in that city. But his reputation is
associated with New York and Boston, and
his designs for Trinity, Church in the latter
lily brought him quickly into prominence
He was one of three architects chosen to SUI
1erintend the building of the Capitol at AL
1any The others were Frederick Law Ohm
ted and Mr. Eidlitz. Recently Mr.. Richard
,onIhad been elected amember of the British