The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-07-21

The Duke of Orleans will visit Canada
next autumn. Paris reports say that he e1-
poets warm welcome in Quebec and Mon
treal.
In the Honolulu Advertiser sealed bids for
the purchase of the wrecks of the u. S. S.
Trenton ana Vandalia snow on the reef in
Apia harbor" are advertised for. The pur-
chaser will be required to remove the wrecks
within three months from date of purchase,
fulhment of contract. There has been
scarcely any change in the condition of the
vessels since they were wrecked.
The Toronto Mail has been running this
month ten-day advertising competition be-
tween the Kings Of the Royal Realm Of Ad-
vertising' to decide which of them is the
most effective advertiser. Each introduced
new advertisement every day, and coupons
were provided by which the public were in
coupons each received to be considered as a
test OF the spread OF the paper.
The st. Croix Courier says: A gentleman
who was not wholly himself jumped from a
rear three story window in the Commercial
hotel Wednesday morning alighting on the
roof of the one story shed adjoining. Like a
cat he fell on his feet, but the force of the
fall threw him backward and his head struck
against projection in the building, inflict-
ing somewhat severe cut. A doctor was
summoned and found the man not very much
the worse for his flying leap. He halls from
montreal and Is commercial traveller. If
the man had been sober he would probably
have been killed.
A day or two after Chauncey M Depew
sailed for Europe, says the New York Times,
a stranger sauntered into the office of the
president Of the New York Central railroad
and oekad IN COO Mr. nopaw stua boe co,o
to Europe" said the colored sentinel at the
door "Can 1 see Mr.. Du Val?" said the
stranger Hes gone to Europe, too," was
the reply. swell. can see Mr.. Cornelius
Vanderbilt" "He is in Newport" "Can
l see W. K. Vanderbilt" HE is in New
port, Also" Where can find Vice Presi-
dent dent Clarkew He has gone to Albany"
Where is Vi,e President Hayden" HE
Webb?" HE is in Europe" "Can / see
Superintendent TouceyP" "He is up the
road" We'll. where is General Passenger
Agent Daniels?" HE is gone to Cape
THE railroads" exclaimed the stranger i'm
patiently. II guess it do be running ITSELF"
replied the imperturable sentinel.
A small box, with combination lock, was
found among the effects of the late Roscoe
Conkling, and as no will appeared among
his papers it was suggested that this box
might contain the desired document. The
administrator did not care to break the box,
and every possible word which Mr.. Conkling
might have used in setting the combination
was used on the lock, but without success.
at last his daughter said that her father was
especially fond of words which contained
the letter U pronounced with its long sound.
She said her father would frequently utter
The word Rome, dwelling particularly upon
the vowel, and asserting that the word was
one of the most fascinating in the language
for him to hear. She suggested that he
combination. The word was tried; it proved
to be the right one, for the combination
yielded to it, the box was opened. and with
in was found the short and simple will
which Mr.. COnkling had written many years
before.