The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-12-27
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.


Gen. Harrison win have the opportunity of
making more than one appointment to the
Supreme bench. Oae of its members is in
his 10th year, and two others are past ", all
three being eligible for retirement upon a
full-pay pension.
General Sherman, who was present at the
New Englander's banquet in New York last
Saturday night. spoke very sorrowfully and
was evidently much depressed. "a year
b. nce," he said feelingly, 81 may be with the
silent majority"
Milwaukee proposes to entertain the Grand
Army boys right royalty at the national en-.
campment next summer. The city govern
ment has voted to ask the Legislature to
authorize the leyying of a special tax of one.
halI miii on the dollar to all taxable prop
erty OF the city to enable the committee OF
arrangements to Gefray expenses. ai
Richard w. Hubbard National acade-
miciau and landscape and marine painter
OF considerable merit died suddenly at his
home in Brooklyn, y. Y, Friday night. Mr.
Hubbard was related TO Gov. Richard D.
Hubbard Of Connecticut, and was born al
Middletown in that State October 10, 1876
studied in England and France; was made a
member OF the academy in 1858, and was
president of the artists fund society and the
Brooklyn art association.
A few evenings ago at the WashingtonRid-
ing Academy was woman of Queenly build
tall beautiful and graceful, says Washing
ton letter. She wore rich silk plush coal OF
subdued color and trimmed with tiger fur.
Surrounding her head of luxurious dark
auburn hair was an English riding hat
pointed front and back and trimmed with
peacock feathers. She was attended by her
daughter, an attractive girl in her teens
Inc mother moved among the distinguished
men and w0menwh0 had gathered to witness
the competing ladies and gentlemen for prizes
for high jumping Everyone turned to adj
m MR. that qucenly form and striking face,
Every one was interested to know who the
apparent stranger was. At last-so goes
the unending changes of Washington life
sne was greeted by an acquaintance of a
quarter Of a century ago as Mrs. Kate Chase,
daughter OF Lincoln's Secretary of the Treas.
ury ana Chief Justice OF the United States.
The death of Laurence Oliphant, the adj
venturous and romantic English author is
announced. He was most wonderful man
Whenever he appeared, whether as boy in
Hindustan, negotator with Indians in Can.
ada, war correspondent beyond the Cauca.
sus, member of Parliament, spiritual mystic
AZ NCotCAh NOW IOTh, DIillldut ugufe In
Manhattan society, or dreamer OF Jewish
restoration to the Holy Land, he brought
with him that stimulus to the imagination
that always attends certain characters. One
OF his trips in America illustrates his love of
adventure. He came to Washington with
Lord Elgin and assisted in the reciprocity
treaty Of 1854. Then he resigned and trav-
eled through the far west of that day, as a
result issuing book on Minnesota and the
Far Vest and going South fell in with
Pierre Soule, and through him Joined fill
clustering expedition to reinforce William
Walker, "the gray-eyed man of destiny" in
Nicaragua, He was captured at San Juan
by the British fleet commanded by his
cousin.
Prof. Bryce, in his great work just com
pleted about the American Commonwealth,
max this among many interesting observa-
tions; "The best proof of the superior
place American ladies occupy is to be found
in the notions they profess to entertain of
the relations of an English married pair.
They talk of the English wife as little bet
ter than slave, declaring that when they
stay with English friends or receive an En-
gil b couple in America they see the wife
always deferring to the hu sband, and the
husband always assuming that his pleasure
and convenience are to prevail. The Euro
pean wife, they admit, often gets her own
way, but she gets is by tactful arts, by fiat
terry, or wheedling, or playing on the man s
weaknesses; whereas in America the hus-
bands duty and desire is to crafty the wife
and render to her those services which the
English tyrant extracts from his consort."