The Portland daily press., 1890-03-29
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Chauncey M. Depew's n ew home is in TIE
old house of ex.Surgeon General Hammond.
one Of the roomiest and most imposing of all
the brownstone mansions in New York.
The Spaniards intend to perpetuate the
memory of their favorite tenor, Gayarre, by
striking medal in his honor and placing
his bust and memorial tablet on the front of
the house where he died.
The population Of Rome is increasing at
the rate of 1000 month. The current saying
that all roads lead to Rome seems to be veri-
fed in the rapidly increasing number Of her
Inhabitants.
John Russell Young sailed from Nice few
day ago as the guest of James Gordon Ben
nett on his yacht, the Namouna. for cruise
of two or three months, going as far east as
Ceylon.
Some genius has invented swinging arm
rest by which person can write on the cars
without his manuscript looking like Stephen
H0pkins's signature to the Declaration Of
Independence. A wise invention.
Pittsburg is shuddering at the probable
near necessity for returning to coal and
smoke. A Pistsburg iron merchant expects
to see the end of natural gas come within o
year. The diminution in the supply is very
perceptible.
Emin Pasha's accident recalls the fact that
Karl Mauch, another German-African ex-
plorer, passed successfully through great
dangers In the interior of Africa for several
years, but fell out of a window on his return
and sustained fatal injuries.
In China the man who lives nearest the
scere of a murder is accused of the crime. and
he must prove his innocence or else stand
the punishment. 1t doesn't take Chinese
detective long to find clue, and thus thous-
ands of dollars are saved, if the accused is
not.
Baron Dowse, the joking Irish judge who
died the other day, once told an American
that it was better to have small career in
Ireland than great one in England, because
in Ireland when one said funny things pee
pie understood them, and that made life
worth living.
The new suburban Communication ticket on
the Boston & Albany railroad resembles the
tape to a stock market ticket more than any
thing else. Is 1t possible that the l0ns-string-
of-ticket form has superseded the book form
as a matter of economy The new arrange
ment certainly is inconvenient.
AS an illustration of the frail foundation
upon which great story may rest, we are
told that the report that Jay Gould contem-
plated second flyer in matrimony was start
ed by his sending down this word to re-
porter who called to interview him: Il am
engaged at present"
Points for Anglomaniacs: In England mo-
lasses is treacle; bowl is basin; pitcher
is jug; donkey is moke; a druggist is
chemist; hash Is a mince; bad actor is a
''rotter"; chill is rigor; a good play is
mot half bad; and humorous speech is
mot unrelieyed by wit"
Arabs who have had experience with
mules in America say that old obstinacy is
no comparison to a camel for general. mean
ness. A camel will set his own gait, and a
prairie fire can't make him move faster, and
If he takes notion to lie down his driver
can build fire and roast him, and he won't
move.
A German gardener named new sort Of
potato Of his own discovery the Major Wiss-
man. Among the other varieties of potatoes
advertised by the same man are the Prince
Bismarck, Emperor William, Frederick Carl
and Pho Mono. So says foreign exchange.
This man, IL seems, deals in large potatoes,
and small ones, too. You can make your
choice.
A Georgia fisherman recently baited his
set-hooks with small green frogs. He left his
hooks in the water all nicely floating-hav-
ing been told that this was the best of bait
expecting to return next morning and find
fish by the dozen. He returned and, to his
surprise, all Of his baited hooks were sitting
out on the banks looking at him, and as he
came close to them they Jumped back
into the water "ker-cnunK. re had eNper-
iefS Sss,, but S no fish
When Mr.. Depew has to deliver a speech
that rises to the dignity of an Grafton, after
| he has mastered the material for it he tunes
| his mind up to the right pitch by reading
| from some good author, usually Macaulay.
| and when he has caught the right key he
| pitches in and makes quick work Of the
speech. His favorite authors are Dickens
| literally saturated, and this may. in meas.
ure, account for his all pervading genial
| good humOr.