The Portland daily press., 1890-09-26
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The Rhode Island commissioner of indus
trial statistics finds that type-writing is the
most remunerative employment for women
In the state. This has induced the secretary
of the Rhode Island society for the encour-
agement of domestic industry to offer silver
cup for contest at the state fair.
A piece of land in Melbourne, having a
frontage of 1872 feet. was sold recently for
100000, or close upon G. 300 foot. The
price of land in Melbourne Is running up to
fabulous pitch, and it is the more astonish-
ing when 1t Is remembered that this very
land was sold by auction about fifty years
ago at the rate of e45 and ESQ an acre.
Death has an odd way of picking out its
victims. A traveller went quietly to bed in
Pennsylvania town last Monday night,
and before morning a locomotive, ran off the
track, ran into the house and killed him as
he slept. RAILROAD" hotels are usually I'M
comfortable enough at the best, but it has
been supposed that they were safer sleeping
places than the track.
The new editor of the weekly Boston Com
monwealth. who has been accustomed to
work on daily, announces discovery.
He says that lone has only to include, In
ones mid.week copy, reference, compli.
mentary or cOndemnatory, to the weather
then existant, to insure a prompt and radi-
cal change before the end OF the week, when
the paper comes out" The Commonwealth
is welcome to the discovery. The copyright
on 1t ran out years and years ago.
A certain citizen of Colorado went recently
on prolonged spree. Having recovered In
measure from its effects he was put to work
in logging camp, where in handling log
he disturbed large rattler that stuck his
fanUc daox, int a,,ta
contrary to the expectation of the interested
observers. did not circulate, but the snake
cropped dead. This story is dedicated to
prohibition uses.
"Ye're hair, Jock, has got to be very sell
dom," said Scotch Highlander, as he land
ed in New York and saw his bald-headed
brother for the first time in twenty years.
"Ay. the hair is very seldom now on the ton
of my GRANNY" was the reply. This Is rath-
er queer way of describing the loss of the
hiTsute decoration of the pate, but 1t may be
heard mot very seldom" among the Scotch
Highlanders.
A very peculiar and unusual accident &C.
CURED on the Watervliet. Turnpike g. Rail-
road Co.'s electric road running between
Albany andTroy. About o'clock all the
cars stopped, yet there was no sign of any
thing wrong at the power house. The cir
emit breakers on the switch board were not
blown out, as they usually are in case of
ground currents on the contrary they re.
manned intact. me company iap sent out re-
were unable to find the reason why the mo-
tors on the cars would not work. The cals
had tn be carried over the lines by horses, as
the electric service was useless
Phil. Armour thus explains how he got his
name: 81 was named Phil. after bad col
ored man who lived in our town, and who
was the terror of all the boys. The name OF
the fellow was Philip Morgan. and he was
up to all sorts of capers; and suppose De-
cause 1 was SO full of pranks myseil inc poyS
called me Phil. too. The d. in my name name
stands for Danford. That was my latnels
name, and was named Danford Armour
But the boys insisted on calling me Phll.'
and Phil. remain, my mother finally con-
senting to call me Philip ID. Armour. %
you see l got my first name from Daq
darkey, and suppose that is the reason l
have been so bad ever SINCE"