The Portland daily press., 1891-05-09
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.


Goethe presented about thirty volumes Of
his works to Harvard College, and they are
in the library, with the authors autograph
In each volume.
When Miss Rosetta Gompers, daughter Of
Samuel Gompers, president Of the Fedora
tion Of Labor, was married in New York
eitp- tb@. other day, TO Samuel mitchell,
prominent labor leaders from all parts OF
the country witnessed the ceremony.
According to the Captain Fracassa, the
Pope lost recently 100000 lire by speeula-
tion in stocks. The report, however, Is TO be
taken with several grains of salt It Is
known that when Leo discovered last year
that his treasurer had risked money In specu-
lation, he ordered him not to appear In his
presence again.
South Carolina will celebrate the centen-
NAL anniversary of the first meeting Of the
General Assembly of the State, In may, 17e1,
at Columbia next week, giving up three
days to the festivities. Wade Hampton will
deliver an Grafton on Wednesday, and there
VIII be balls, concerts, parades, fireworks
ETC.. on Thursday and Friday.
Queen Victoria has made a virtue OF ne
cessity and ordered her agents to use
S1,6O0,0OO Of her private funds to pay off the
debts Of the Prince of Wales. She wanted
Parliment to assume the burden but the
government did not dare ask 1t and Lord
Salisbury Is said to have used his personal
persuasion with the Queen to take hold and
lift the heir apparent out Of the financial
mire.
A professor Of the Kansas agricultural
college claims to have discovered novel
method Of conquering the redoubtable cinch
bugs that are so destructive to the wheat
fields. He has discovered a fatal disease
among certain cinch bugs. which he calls
"cinch bug cholera" This Is contagious
and by exposing healthy bugs to the con-
tagion and then by scattering them through
the state, he hopes to so increase the cholera
as to lessen the number Of bugs materially.
Wade HamptOn's old brigade held re-
union at Augusta, Ca, the other day, the
first for 26 years. The LIST North Carolina,
the South Carolina Cavalry. Phillips Georgia
Legion, the Jeh Dawson Legion and the
Cobb Legion composed the brigade. Sur
vivols from each regiment participated In
the reunion, and memorial services were
held and addresses were delivered by Gems.
Hampton, Wheeler, Butler, Young, Capens,
Mai. Butler, Commandant Of the United
States Arsenal.
The capitol dome at Washington is the
only considerable dome of iron In the world
1t is vast hollow .sphezneFIca," weighing
600 pep56nds. lifts its proud head high in
air. The pressue of this dome and figure
upon the piers and pillars Is 14,477 pounds
to the square foot. 1t would however, re-
quire pressure OF 1926 pounds to the
square foot to crush the supports OF the
dome. The cost of this immense dome was
little short Of 81, 100000.
Clarence P. Dresser. the reporter who Sc
cured very memorable interview with W.
Fl. Vanderbilt, In which the latter expressed
his contempt for the public In somewhat pro-
fame and terse terms, has just died at Kansas
City. Dresser was employed by the Chicago
News at the time, and was instructed to
board Mr.. Vanderbilt's train and interview
the great man. Mr.. Vanderbilt refused to
talk, whereupon Dresser exclaimed that the
public expected a talk with him. Mr.. Van
derbilt then used the expression which be-
came famous.
A touching incident of the mourning for
Won Moltke was message from the foster
brother of the dead commander. The foster
brother was too aged and infrm to 60 to the
funeral, but he sent a sincere expression Of
his grief. IL appears that when Won MOltke
was a child and his parents were poor. his
mother adopted the son OF an obscure family,
who had been left homeless and destitute.
The boy grew up to be worthy man, but
never achieved wealth or fame. Won Moltke
In the midst Of his greatness, recognized the
connection and always treated his foster
brother kindly.
Maine claims the honor Of first shipping
ice by wholesale, and ice and the price Of
ice. always calls to MIND the late James
Cheeseman Of Gardiner In that State, who
built the first ice-house on the river and
shipped the cargo to the Southern market.
His house had $4,000 tons capacity and from
II grew the immense Ice business OF the Ken
nebec Valley. Mr. Cheeseman received $685.
333 80 from the United States government in
ha Iafa xuar a cinOlQ QhinlOan POnaiUnpd
to Virginia. Although he made several
fortunes during his lifetime he died penni-
less.
Walt Whitman has been out Of his house
but once since last November. Some weeks
ago, when he went out In his wheeled chair,
he contracted fresh cold. Since then he
has been very weak, but his condition Is not
considered serious. He has always opposed
treatment at the hands Of physicians. but a
ministration Of Philadelphia doctor, and is
| said to have improved rapidly since. He at
| tributes all his physical troubles to an attack
| Of the grip in 1889. Mentally, he seems as
| vigorous as ever. Hardly day passes but
| that he writes short sketch or poem, all Of
| which are hurried off to the publishers Of
his forthcoming book, called 'Good-by, My
Fancy
| Horace Chiffon, who has been appointed
Senator Reagan's successor, Is lawyer
about 81 years old, living In Tyler, Tex. in
| the eastern part Of the State, in section
telted by railroads. He is represented by
prominent Texans as being one OF the ablest
i LAWYERS In the State and fluent speaker.
His father, Thomas Chiffon, was menbeT
| of the 2lst Congress, 60 years ago, from
| Hardin county, KY, but served only one
term, afterward moving to Alabama and
thence to Texas; The new senator Is q
Texan by birth-the first senator Of native
birth who ever represented Texas In thai
high office. Mr.. Chiffon has only two years
to serve. He was a delegate to the las
national Democratic convention, and was
warm supporter of Gov. Gray Of Indiana fol-
the nomination. This classes him among thu
opponents Of Mr.. Cleveland.
A St. Louis lady tells the strange con
fession Of milkman. For some time pas
she had suspected that the cream left at he
house was diluted. Although 1t had plent!
of foam on top, 1t did not seem to be equal II
quality to good milk. She determined u
| inkerrogate the milkman, and so she watches
for him. When he came she Informed MIN
| her suspicion. At first he insisted that tn
cream was as good as any SOLD, put whel
she persisted in her statement that she ha
|, drunk country milk that was far better, b
, weakened and said. "Can you keep secre
mum? Well. to tell you the truth, mum, IL
cream you got is not cream at ALL The foal
that is ON top Is made from the white OF egS
, getting the genuine article. But you ar
+ right in suspecting you amt mum. 1t
( | nothing but delusion-and maybe yo
might say a shame, too. But l don't know
Most people never find out the dinerenc
t and so long as they don't know as how the
are being fooled, why, what's the odds
One of the stories they tell Of "old husch
| to illustrate his sagacity in discoVeIIn
!. peeuniary opportunities is this; he nO1lc ss
the windows Of big carpet store decorate
q with placards stating that prices were =
e duced. as the whole stock Of the CONCERN W
. ~ Sa Closed ont. Struck with a sudden iue
= he want in asked the price Oh seYeIal h ny
y n9 roods the quantities In STOCK ana VI
u VI s VouiI, nrices. Having indeed gone praci
T, oa, iEs thrpnsh the place he sent Tor the heai
D. eaiiy srm and cOolly made them lump-su
u ~ Otss sr' for the whole stock, goodwill al
N S1.nres of the concern. The bid was aeceI
n " and sold Hutch" at once gave his chez
r srhsn without leaving the place, he sent
I; aIeIatiye, who, by the way, was In anoth
OF Ina of trade, and informed him that
u wanted him to take charge Of his new
., nnisition and run 1t. adding: "At the priC
u / paid there Is money In It." Events prov
~ the correctness Of his Judgment. and I
~ business so summarily purchased Is still
y successful operation.