The Portland daily press., 1888-04-04
Personal AND PECULIAR.

The students OF Princeton college, assem-
bled in a mass meeting, have adopted resolu-
tions expressing their interest in the work
carried on by Anthony Comstock through
the Society for the Suppression Of Vice, and
pledging the students to Mr.. Comstock In his
efforts. The sentiment OF the resolutions
was heartily endorsed by President McCosh
and the members of the faculty.
The women of the ancient town OF Anj0u
have acquired worldwide reputation for
their proficiency in the art Of folding linen
for all purposes. Their huge linen presses
show some marvellous chef d'eupres in the
way of folded table linen. AT a vast table,
cloth folded into trough, twenty-four sheep
formed of Medina napkins are supposed TO
be drinking, watched by large napkin In
the shape OF a shepherd, and half-a-dozen
doilies fringed taking the forms nf dogs.
Others are In the shape OF castles, mitres,
towers. windmills, pitchers, jars and boots.
Mr.. Robert Bonner landed in America as
an Irish lad In 1889 and began life as the
"devil" in the Hartford Courant Office. He
got his board and twenty-five dollars q year,
with an increase Of ten dollars a year till he
went TO New York In 1874. Four years later
he went into the Merchantile Ledger and
soon bought the paper. Everyone has heard
of his great success, which has enabled him
now to retire. after turning over to his three
sons to start them in business about two
million dollars-one million in the Ledger,
two hundred and nfty thousand in the
building and land on William street. and the
rest In valuable New York real estate. The
young men are showing themselves chips OF
the old block in their management OF the
paper, and under their entsrprising manage
ment the Ledger is holding and adding to its
former popularity
There Is considerable interest In Europe In
the expedition across Greenland to be under
taken by NanseH, the Curator of the Muse
UNI at Bergen, accompanied by four picked
Norwegian athletes who are expert snow
shoers. They sail on May from Copen-
hagen to Iceland, thence by wha Ter to the
east coast of Greenland, whence they start
ON their perilous expedition. Attempts, both
governmental and private, have been made
ever since 1928 to explore the interior Of
Greenland, which Nordenskjold calls a
northern Sahara. but all have failed more or
less completely The American engineer,
Peary, last year beat the record by penetrat-
ing l6O kilemeters, but he learned little
polar polar sea. Nansen's theory is that these
have all made a mistake in starting from the
relatively hospitable west coast and work.
ing into desOlate county, whereas he will
start from the barren east coast and have the
Incentive before his men of getting to de-
cent place of safety by winter.
The English public. as rule, take little
interest in the marchings and countermarch-
ings and brilliant victories Of the volunteer
sham fight at Eastertide. This year, how
ever. the operations possess some novelty,
owing TO the fact that for the first time
cyclists have been engaged, not merely as
scouts, but in actual offensive and defensive
operations. Most of the machines used
were bicycles, although some were tricycles,
and the bicycle most in favor was what is
called 9Th, rear driving safety" A heavy
machine with four wheels and seats for
three riders was fitted with a Maxim ma
chine gun, but it had not gone far when it
broke down. Altogether the experience was
not favorable to cyclists. Starting from
Guilford with the intention of going to VIM
chester and thence to Salisbury, they found
the roads heavy, owing to recent rains, and
strong gale was blowing In their teeth. so
that arriving at Farnham, the commanding
officer decided to send the corps to Winches-
ter by railroad. Arriving there the cyclists
set out for Salisbury, meeting on the way
the advance guard Of the enemy, who fired
on them some time and met volleys in
return. The result was uncertain, but the
cyclists, when tired of fling, took no further
notice OF their assalants and entered Sails
bury In triumph.