The Portland daily press., 1888-08-29
DEMOCRATIC FINANcIERING
rSan Francisco Poet
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

OoferuoI OIeeH OIL new Jersey, attended
the State muster in his State the other day
and qualified as marksman at the rifle
| range at the 100 and 800 yards targets, but
| failed at the 200 and 500 yards targets.
Gen. Felicie Solomon, ex-President of
Hayti, whose abdicaton and flight from Port
au-Prince two weeks ago was announced by
| cable at the time, arrived in New York last
| week on his way to Paris, where he intends
to bny residence and spend his remaining
| days.
| The latest Partisan canard is new fiirta-
| ton dodge coming from Berlin. In the SIM
pie, apparently careless, placingof an inno-
cent postage stamp whole love story can
be read If the stamp is stuck Old correctly
it means 81 desire your friendship" if side
ways it asks, "Do you love me?'' if the head
is put downwards it says, "Write no MORE"
and If placed on the wrong end of the letter
It means write at once" There is long
list of variations, and IL has been noticed
here at the General Post Office that the
clerks examine letters with far more atten-
ton than formerly.
The Duke of Portland, whom London Cos
sip insisted on having engaged to marry Miss
Mary Anderson for two seasons, is one of
the greatest sportsmen in England. The
duke has been doing his two shooting places
this season, the extent being nearly 10000
acres. The breed of deer, of which there is
now very heavy stock. has been improved
by the Introduction of English stays from the
royal herd at Windsor. The duke also had
another estate near Thurso, which included
one OF the best grouse moors in Scotland,
which he recently sold to Mr. Pilkington.
who had been the tenant there for several
years.
J. c. Bancroft Davis, formerly assistant
Secretary of State, has said in one of his
essays that ''our treaties in two languages
with powers not using the English language
have rarely been the subject of contention as
to construction. On the other hand we
have made few treaties with great Britain,
with which we use the English language in
common, the construction of which has not
been more or less in dispute" One reason,
doubtless, that more disputes have arisen
concerning onr treaties with Great Britain is
that there are more of them, and, owing to
our more intimate relations with Great Brit
ain, the cases to which they apply and in
which differences are possible are very much
more numerous than those in which treaties
with any other power are concerned.
The latest Illustration of woman's devo-
ton to her loved ones came TO light in New
Orleans the other morning in the form of a
telegram from jacksonville. 1t is a simple
telegram, but hidden beneath the simple
words is quite an interesting little story.
The telegram reads thus: "Stop Mrs.
Hoerner on her way from Cincinnati to
Jacksonville" The message was signed by
the lady's husband. A police sergeant was
detailed to work up the case and stop the
lady. When the yellow fever scare broke
out in Jacksonville Mr.. Hoerner was at
work there, his wife being in Cincinnati.
She wrote to him, after reading the news
paper accounts of the fever. begging him to
come back to Cincinnati. His business was
such that he could not leave, and he so in
Jacksonville to be with him in case of any
danger. He orders her stopped in New
Orleans to protect her from the dreadful
fever
The sum of $37S, 900 was drawn last year
from the private purse of the King of the
Belgians to support the Congo Independent
State. Every year since 1879 this remarka-
BILE King has contributed large portion of
his income to carry on his chosen work of
exploration, territorial acquisition and gov
eminent IN the Congo basin. He has demon
strated his unwavering faith in the posi-
bility OF retaining savage Africa by pour
ing out millions of money in support of the
stupendous enterprise which he originated,
and of which he has borne unaided the
entire financial burden. He sees at last cap
ltalists stepping in to survey a railroad and
10 put trading steamers on the upper Congo,
but the entire cost of administration, and ali
the outlay for supplies, are still drawn to
the last franc from King Leopold's pocket
book. 1t Is remarkable instance OF royal
fealty to purely philanthropic idea Ii The
enterprise meets the success which its pat
ron expects, it will make his name far better
known to future ages than those of many
other kings of his time.
The North China Herald says the quality
of 'nervelessness" distinguishes the CHINA
man from the European. The Chinaman
can write all day, work all day. stand in one
position all day. weave, beat gold, carve
ivory, do infinitely tedious jobs for ever and
ever, and discover no more signs of weari-
ness and irritation than if he were ma
chine. This quality appears early in life.
There are no restless, naughty boys in
China. They are all appallingly good, and
will plod away in school without recesses or
recreation of any kind The Chinaman can
do without exercise. Sport or play seem to
him so much waste labor. He can sleep any,
where, amid rafting machinery, deafening
uproar, squalling children, and quarreling
adults. He can sleep on the ground, on the |
floor, on bed, on a chair, in any position.
1t would be easy to raise in China an army
OF million men-nay, of ten millions
tested by competitive examination as to
their capacity to go to sleep across three |
Wheelbarrows, head downward like spider, |
their mouths wide open and fly inside.