The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-15

PERSONAL AND PECULIAR

Congressman-elect Sherman Hoar. of Mas
sachusetts. was the model for the statue Of
JOnn Harvard, which stands In the Delta at
cambridge, near Harvard College.
oittlng Bull Is circulating petition among
MS tribe, asking that they give the money
they receive for hides for the purpose of
tnuying large circus tent in which to hold
thelr dances during the winter.
Nellie Tetrau, Of Lumpkin, Col, girl of
IA, Is in charge of one of the immense
road engines used In hauling logs IN
the saw mills, She is said to handle the
throttle as well as any of the male engi-
neers.
Acow club Is in existence in Iron Noun
tain, Mich. Each cow owner. on joining,
pays seyenty.fye cents for every cow in his
possession. When members COW dies an
assessment is levied, and the owner of the
dead cow receives forty dollars.
French attorney was writing out brief.
He was in splendid health, only forty years
old, and was writing rapidly, when all at
once once, ne stopped, and from that moment
out from him like flash of lightning,
1t Is only six years since electricity was
nrst put to actual use in propelling street
cars, and now more than one-third the mile
age OF street railways in the country is run
py electricity. How soon can we have what
are now steam cars run by electricity. and
get rid OF cinders?
The moonstone has come forward strongly
as the peculiar stud Of f1ll-dress that COM
pletely fills the requirements. There is GER
tainly nothing Objectionable in the moon
stone. while 1t Is dull, quiet decoration
suggestive of the pearl.
There has recently been found among Mr.
Thackeray's papers collection Of drawings
from his pencil. They were apparently in
| tended to illustrate the strange adventures
Of fisherman at BOulogne, who set himself
| the task of, single-handed, capturing the
British fleet. Thackeray never finished the
story, but the drawings tell IL with consid-
cradle effect Mrs. Richie. daughter of the
novelist, is writing an article on the treas
ure trove.
The longest trip probably ever made on
hsnd-car was completed by j. q. Thomas,
roadmaster If the International and Great
Northern railroad, who travelled the entire
length OF the road. a distance of nearly 500
niles, the Journey occupying seven consecu-
tive day. The object of the trip was to OBJ
tain particulars Tor his annual report cor
corning the amount of road material on hand
ana the amount necessary for the coming
year.
Gladstone's daughter, Helen, is thus Dc
scribed by IAN American girl at Newman
college: In looks she resembles her father,
and she has, / fancy, his vitality. She is al
ways laughing, joking, telling stories. She
keeps the high table in roar indeed. When
ever hear any commotioR, l turn to see if
Miss Gladstone Is not about and she gener-
ally is. She is utterly regardless of dress,
comes down to o'clock dinner in bingham
and for lunches and garden parties gets her
self up to look like the strong-minded practi-
cal wife OF a country minister.
One Of Mr.. Gould's attorneys went to him
not long ago to explain that some act of him.
self and his Missouri Pacific board was lille
gal and had got the company into trouble.
Mr.. Could" said he, sit seems to me YOU
should have consulted your legal advisers be-
fore doing this. Any lawyer would have
told you that it was illegal" Mr.. Gould
hung his head minute and then raised 1t
and said: "Yes, l know you would have ad-
vised againstit, and that's the reason didn't
consult you. But the thing is DONE and It
can't be undone; and now it's for you law
| yers to get us ont of the scrape the best way
| you eau, That's what we keep lawyers for