The Portland daily press., 1891-01-14

ment at Washington have started a popular
subscription, which it is hoped will be made
n national movement to secure a monument
for the late General Spinner.
Atno time of her lifel.has Mrs Henry
Ward Beecher been SO handsome as now.
Her mar, which is very abundant, is snow
wnite' her eyes are dark and brilliant and
her complexion is soft and fair with the
delicate pink and white of n bahv's face.
MIS-. beecher lives In pretty, modest little
nouse ~ brooklyn. She has an assured in
ooue oi SoOOO year, and is constantly en-
gaged IN literary work. which is always III
demand.
frederic Remington, HarpeI's celebrated
artist, is big, good-natured-lookin man.
with red, round face, and a physique like
that of gladiator. He tips the beam at
something ever 200 pounds, aud is as strong
ana muscular now as when he was the IA
nous hanback, of the Yale football team
OF his college days.
restaurant has been established in Lon
don by Mrs. Cooper Oakley, the dressmaker
patronized by Americans who desire fetch
Ing gowns when they are to be presented to
Der majesty. A luncheon Is served for
about sixteen cents which is very attractive
as TO service and cooking. The venture has
proved decided success.
Prof. Robert Koch has given Hamburg
firm permission to call one of their vessels
by his name. A bronze medal has been
struck eff also in his honor in Berlin. 1t
contains on one side an excellent likeness of
the doctor, with the inscription Professor
Or. Robert KOCH" On the other side are
the words, ut Sementem Feceris, tia Me-
tes."
The analysis of the brain of the late Laura
Bridgman, since her death in May, 1889, has
been carried on at Clark university at Wor-
cester, under the direction of President G.
Stanley Hall; and the first report lust pub
lished In the American Journal Of Psychol-
ogy shows but slight variation from the
brain OF the ordinary person. This differ
ence, though slight, is the apparent explana-
tlon OF Miss Bridgman's lack of sight, hear
ing ana speech, There is shrinkage and
ueIormlty noted In those parts of the brain
which are believed to bear a direct relation
10 these faculties. This interesting analysis
IS Dut just begun, and it is supposed the
most important facts are yet to be brought
out.
Ii is said in Washington that Elaine Good
ale, the poet and philanthropist superin-
tendent of the Sioux schools, Is engaged to
marry DIR. Charles A. Eastman, a full-blood-
ed Sioux, who gained a high reputation as a
scholar and man at Dartmouth college. and
subsequently took his degree in the medical
department of Boston university. Ohoiyesa
Tor ne was, known by his native name
among his college fellows-is very remark
aDie young man. He had no purpose except
10 9solcate himself to the welfare of his race,
ana he went straightway to live among them.
ne mas been very efficient ia the present
troubles, though owing to the unfortunate
precipitation OF hostilities he has done less
IMAM he hoped. At present, ne is at Pine
dams.
From Paris we get the news that the mas.
culine habit of removing the hat to salute
ladies, is to be superseded by the oriental
custom OF laying the right hand on the heart
aud inclning the head a. little forward.
Many gentlemen abroad now recognize their
acqualntances of the other sex by merely
touching the brim of the hat, after the man.
ner OF the military. 1t must be confessed
tnat This Is much more graceful than the
present mode. Baldheads and perhaps some
others will welcome the change.
Hardly woman on the stage has amassed
so large fortune as the late Emma Abbott.
This was due to the fact that Miss Abbott
(Mrs. WetherilD had a shrewd eye for bust.
ness and. moreover, sense enough to stay
away from a town where she wasn't wanted.
New York wouldn't have her, so instead OF
repeating a disastrous experiment, she
turned to the West, grew up with the
country, and reaped a rich harvest from the
less critical audiences of the Pacific slope.