The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-17
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR,

Miss Bessie G. Robertson of Aurora, ILL.,,
is the champion census enumerator Her
average has been 262 names per day. This
means that she has earned between ~ ana
So a day.
Miss Gwendoline Caldwell, when she came
back from Europe, had twenty-nine trunks,
not to mention hat boxes, bundless, rugs and
steamer comforts. Her sister. who brought
home trousseau, had twent-six pieces of
luggage.
A pupil in San Francisco public school
drew revolver on his teacher the other day.
just as policeman appeared on the scene.
The other boys of the school were searched
and 35 revolvers and dozen knives of the
sort that are used to kill and weapons of
other description wera found on their per-
sons.
Melbourne. Australia. and Birmingham,
Eng, are competing for the honor of the
best governed city in the world But there
is own Salt Lake City, which has no debt
and the lowest rate of taxation ever known
In city of $4,000.
A wild Westerner attended church on Sum-
day wesk in Winnipeg, Man., for the first
time in 20 years, and during the services
lighted pipe and enjoyed a smoke. On last
Wednesday he was fined $40 for disturbing
worship.
AhO OdhduAuh PuPCio odJ thab oOdlOCiy q
day passes but what one or more families
from Dakota cross the line into Manitoba to
seek new homes. For one day last week, no
herds OF sheep, several horses, and consider
able household effects, reported and were
passed at Gretna, Man.
A depression has been discovered in the
Egyptian desert, which is all that remains of
reservoir constructed by the patriarch
Joseph for irrigation purposes when he was
Pharaoh's Prime Minister. 1t is proposed to
re open 1t, and 1t has been estimated that
this would add 100000 acres to the 5000, 900
now under cultivation in Egypt. The reser-
voir originally covered $50 square miles, and
was $50 feet deep.
Within few weeks the British Museum
has become possessed of a Chinese bank note
issued from the imperial mint 300 years be-
fore the circulation of the first paper money
In Europe, or in the first year, or one of the
first years. OF the reign of the first Ming En-
peor. The first real bank in Europe was
that of Barcelona, established in 1401.
The design Of the badge about to be
adopted by the reporters who were at Johns
town last May is very pretty. The centre
figure of the medal is Of gold and shows a
reporter sitting on a box and writing upon
barrel, while the telegraph wires running
from the poles above his head are clicking
his story to the newspaper The circle sur
rounding is of blue enamel, with the golden
letters, "Johnstown."
The governor of Louisiana has issued
an order forbidding the shooting of alliga-
tors on the Mississippi between Baton Rouge
and New Orleans. The reason for this is
that rats do an immense amount of damage
to the corn on the riverside plantations and
the alligators are trough on rats" Since
the stock of alligators has been decimated by
the hunters the rats have increased formula
bly,.
Bridgeport physician when asked if he
had filled out the census, blanks and
made the return as complete as was called
for, with sly expression of humor,
replied "Oh, yes, that was easy
enough to do, and without disclosing
professional secrets either. The way /
managed it was to take brief vacation and
go out of town. The vacation lasted only
che day. but before starting / turned over
my patients to the care of other doctors.
Then during my absence | filled out my
blank with the report that had no patients
suffering with the diseases or infrmities that
the profession object to making disclosures
about. They were not my patients at that
time and so | complied with the law suffi-
GENTLY for all purposes. and at the same
time got around the other difficulty"