The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-05
are very anxious to find clever, sensible
"a for. In,

are very anxious to find a clever. sensible
| wife for him.
| There is a spring near StoniDgton, Conn.,,
| the water of which has a peculiar result on
those who drink it, The water flows from
| crack in high rock and the veins of a man
| drinking from it begin to swell and he looks
| and feels as though he was about to burst,
for ten minutes. Then the effects gradually
| disappear.
The English army and navy feel outraged
| by the sight Of men in the uniform of the
highest officers parading about the streets
| of London at the head of professions of
| sandwich men advertising soap. 1t has been
| discovered that there is no law to prevent
| any one from wearing any uniform except
| that Of policeman.
The recent decision of the British Govern
ment with regard to the most honorable
Order Of the Bath must be regarded as a
| sign of the times. 1t has been determined
that the costly insignia of the Order are no
longer to be made Of eighteen karat gold as
heretofore. In future they will be of mere
silver gilt, and will be supplied under con-
tract to the Crown.
The latest thing in canes is very huge in
thickness and has natural wood gnarled
knob head. The ferule is now the most
decorative feature of the walking stick and
mayhap this is the reason that certain idiots
are to be met en- promenade carrying these
club-like stats end upwards, and holding
them rigidly at an angle Of 45o.
The public expectation will be raised to
Eiffel Tower heights to see the steam yacht
ordered for Mr.. William Rockefeller,
Standard Oil magnate, If the photographers
keep on publishing the gorgeous advance
ready been reported, one Is led to look for
hoatlng white marble mansion, with an
acre OF lawn and ball room 100 200 feet
on the upper-deck.
Oyergaiters are clearly the vogue. The
swagger men have begun to wear them.
Nor does it appear to be essential that the
color should match any other article of cos
tune although this would really seem to be
desirable. heavy swell of the swells wore
ashes OF roses overgaiters with quite plaid
trousers, black silk hat, black buttoned
rough faced cutawaycoat and single breasted
waistcoat.
A professional rat-eateher estimates the
number of rats in the United States at five
for every man, woman and child in the ccun-
try. For every child born there are twenty
eight rats, and each rat brought to It's death
costs the people an average Of four cents.
He says that If every person in the land
should set out to hunt rats for month the
number could not be reduced to less than
100000.
Justice Lamar, who never accepts pass or
present of any kind, tells of himself this
one Down in the locality in Mississippi
call my home lives old John billiard. Some
years ago John presented me with very tine
Alderney cow: | said John never receive
give me your note. and, as you will never
a cow ahead }"
The Thomson-Houston Electric Co.
Boston, Mass. has just issued neat cata-
logue, printed in Spanish and fully illus.
trated, showing the company's lighting and
motor apparatus. The catalogues are to 90
principally to the Spanish American
countries where electricity is peing adopted
very extensively. These countries are next
to the United States in adopting electricity
for lighting and motor purposes.
Attempts recently made to acclimatize kan
garoos in England appear to have been re-
makably successful. Instead of keeping
fully tended, they have been turned loose in
parks and woods, and have been found to
thrive and breed freely. There are now in
Tring Park twenty eight or thirty kangaroos
Of different species. and the curious crea-
lures seems destined to rank among IA
miliar domestic animals.
One of the problems which reporter on
morning paper has to deal with is the trouble
of finding at home the man whom he is as
signed to interview. Assuming 100 to rep
resent the certainty of finding the person
sought, Montreal reporter, after long ex-
perience. has estimated the chances very
accurately as follows: Clergymen, on Mon
day and Saturday NIGHTS. as. other nights,
AZ, ola lawyers, 70; young lawyers, unmar-
ried, Is; capitalists and bankers. rs; clerks
living at home. 20; clerks boarding, 10; mer-
chants, 60; mechanics, 20.
A marriage broker is doing an excellent
business in Bachmut, Russia. Anybody
coming to Bachmut is sure to be met by this
man at his hotel with the inquiry :" Sir. do
you wish to marry?" He carries an album
full of photographs of people of both sexes
who would not mind getting married. On
each photograph may be found details con-
corning the social and financial standing of
the person pictured. On his arrival at Bach
NUT the broker visited every house of inter-
est to him in his special line, and was kindly
received everywhere. There are already
many happy brides and grooms IN the city to
whom he points with pride as his customers.