The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

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"Alumnoid" is new term used to de-
scribe man who has taken partial course
in college, but has not received the sheepskin
OF an alumnus.
General Won CapriVi has banished the de-
tectives who used to watch night and day
before Prince Bismarck's palace when the
latter was chancellor. Capriyi says that he
is soldier and can take care Of himself.
The value of property injured by fire which
could be traced to electric wires and lights
the duty of the most vigilant and alert super
vision of electric appliances,
1t has been established beyond doubt that
the "Marseillaise" was composed by Jean
Baptiste Lucien Grison, the old choir-master
come off his patriotic perch.
Nathan Harvey Of Topeka has a suit of
clothes made So years ago which shows the
handiwork Of Oliver p. Morton, Schuyler
Colfax, Gen. Burnside and ex- Congressman
Shyrock.
Rain-in-the Face, once great Sioux chief,
has an application on file for membership
on the police force of Bismark, Dak II he
gets the place he viii soon learn enough to go
in when it rains.
Samson was the first man to advertise. He
took two solid columns to demonstrate his
strength and sew eral thousand people 'tum-
bled' to the scheme at once. He brought
down the house."
There are sixteen colored jockeys in this
country Who receive from $500 to 5000 a
year. There is not a colored minister in the
country, bishop or pastor, who receives as
much as the least expert Of those jockeys.
More bridal couples are said to have visit
ed Washington this spring than ever before.
One of the hotels makes present of bou-
quet to each bride that enters its dining
room, and its flower bills this season have
been enormous.
Standing six feet away from the stage and
hurting bouquet at female soloist, was
the novel feature that an usher introduced
at one of last weeks concerts In Boston.
The audience smiled. but the fiowers-and
the singer-wilted.
Miss Murfree-Charles Egbert Craddock"
has been for some time at st. Louis, but
has lately gone to her old home at Murtrees-
boro, Tenn, where she will reside with her
parents. Their house is on the spot where
the battle was fought, and Is close to the
forts.
The pistols carried by Gen. Wolfe, when he
was shot at the taking of Quebec, are now
town, p. E. l. Mr.. Welsh has been offered
S25 900 for them by the London Historical
Society, but he refuses to part with them as
they are family heirloom.
The State of Connecticut has taken the
lead in creating law imposing fine Of
seven dollars upon minor found in any
public place or in the street smoking a
cigarette. This Is one Of the most encou-
raging examples Of the times in regard 10 the
pfpo ~ tho aUil raculfinO IN V0ufl from
the use of tobacco.
Nine prominent citizens Of Grant county,
Kansas, including three county officials, have
presenting the same wolf scalps several times
and securing the bounty thereon. Over SIG,
600 has been paid in bounties since the first
of January, and it is thought that the most
of it has been fraudulently disbursed
James Hines took squat claim" in Ar
kansas. He was warned off, but decided not
to 60, and held out for three years. During
that time he was shot at thirty,shT,a" times;
wUunueu -FOUR times, had MS CABIN set on
fire twice, his wife was driven to suicide and
his boy ran away, and at last the man grew
weary of life and hanged himself.
The results of English researches in Assy-
ria the past year are said to be exceedingly
valuable. Almost the whole of Sennaeherib's
great palace at K0nyunjik has now been
cleared out, including the library and cham
bers, and the result is that some 1,700 new
tablets, ETC., have been secured for the Bri-
fish Museum.
The people of Savannah were much i'm
pressed, during his recent visit, with the fact
that ex-Secretary Thomas +. Bayard had on
his visiting card neither his first name, or
his address, nor his age, weight, height, &C.
cupati0n, religion, nationality, sex, color or
previous condition of servitude; nothing, In
fact, but "Mr. Bayard."
A lady and gentleman walked into the
rooms of the Baptist Missionary Union in
Boston, recently, and surprised the officials
in charge by handing him 5000. They ex-
planned that their brother had intended to
bequeath this amount to the Union. but death
overlook him before he made his will. This
is an experience that does not occur every
day.
Young Japs are regarded by American
naval officers as the best kind of servants on
ship-board They are marvels of neatness,
intelligence, obedience and courtesy. Some
Japs of excellent position at home are per-
forming such services on American men-of-
war. They easily pick up enough English
to understand orders, and they have tenac-
ious memories for their employers peculiar
tiles Of taste.
Nine. Nordica has taken to London some
American curios which will make the
Britishers renew their confidence in the
belief that buffalo and antelope can be killed
on Staten Island and painted and feathered
Indians do daily war-dances in the neighbor-
hood Of Jersey City. Bows and arrows,
Sitting Bulls hat trimmings and fiddle
backed chair, covered with piece of Mrs.
Abraham Lincoln's dress, are among the
treasures she has sailed away with.
Gen. LIE Gendre has been appointed advis-
er to the Corean government, vice Judge
Denny. Gen. lie Gendre, like Judge Denny,
is citizen of the United States. He was for
merly in the United States consular service
for some time in Annoy, China. Then he en-
tered the japanese government service, and
accompanied the Japanese military expedi-
zion to the south end of Formosa a number
of years ago and gained great "kudos" for
the able manner in which he discharged his
duties.
While all Europe is talking of Prince Bis
mark, few know how the great Chancellor
and his ancestors got their name. Bismark
is the name of one Of those ancient castles a
short distance from Stendal, on the road
from Cologne to Berlin, in the center of the
old Marquisate of Brandenburg. The castle
had this name because 1t defended the
"Marca," or the line where the River Biese
formed boundary in former times, or mark
OF defence against intruders. Hence the
name Bismark.
A drop-a-penny. in-the-slot machine that
will furnish man with his picture-tin-type
has appeared in London. It's the inven-
ton of an Englishman, and works in this way
The person steps on the platform, looks at
the indicator, and drops in his penny. In a
moment gong within rings. This means
for the man to look pleasant to get ready
Then there is a click, and the man steadies
himself and stares. This is momentary.
There is another gong sound; that means
ment an automatic tray delivers the picture.
A Berlin correspondent Of the Glasgow
Herald reports that Emperor William, a
little time ago. wishing to realize the sensa.
tions of soldier on guard, put himself on
duty for twenty-four hours Ia an extern.
ported guardroom within his own garden at
Potsdam, and stood sentry, during four spells
Of two hours each during that time He wore
the uniform OF private soldier, carried a
rifle, and ate OF the soldiers ordinary. ONLY
one or two persons of his encourage were
aware OF what he was doing until he had
done il.
A couple Of spotted snakes were turned
loose in the hold of a steamer at Pittsburg
Pa, few days ago, and shortly after a
great cUmmOti0n was noticed among the rats,
wnlcn always infest steamboats, and barges
| In great numbers, and hundreds OF them
were observed scampering ashore on the
handspring and stern lines. The evacuation
| continued all night, and in the morning the
| captain found both snakes dead, having been
literally torn to pieces by the Infatuated anl
I mails, but not one Of the latter was found re
maiOinfr IN tho hnat