The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-04-25
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

rdmalns at Alaccl0, the capital OF Corsica
wnere Napoleon was born.
The complete census of the Methodists Of
Great Britain shows them to number 424, 1903.
with 2S.095 in probation, and the junior
! classes numbering 62,416 The numbers are
notas great as many had expected.
Nellie Grant Sartoris, aside from her do
mesticltroubles, is said tobe most fortunately
situated. She has plenty Of money and
moves In the best English society, even be-
ing entertained by royalty.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland is said to be liberal
purchaser Of rare books. She has a finely
bound and complete collection Of Spanish
authors, and Barcelona edition Q663 Of
Cervantes Is included among it. 1t 1t the
only one OF this edition in the United States
Gen. Hawley has been selected by the COM
mittee of the city council OF Boston having
the matter in hand to deliver the eulogy on
Gen. Sherman at the Boston services in COM
memoratiOn, and Assistant Secretary of the
Navy j. X. Solely that on Admiral Porter.
The founder of Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Paper was an artist by the name of Henry
Carter, who took to himself the name of
Frank Leslie. when he came from England
to this country p. Il. Barnum furnished
the capital for Carter to start Frank Leslie's
Illustrated Paper. Extrayagant living ran
him into bankruptcy. He paid his wife $685. 900
Tor release from his matrimonial obligation
aud married the lady now known as Mrs.
frank Leslie, who was originally Miss
Miriam Follin. Miss Follin was at one
time Mrs. Peacock, later a Mrs. E. G.
Squires, and later the wife of Frank Leslie.
The orange crop in Southern California in
1889 amounted to about 1900 carloads, each
car containing 800 boxes, which means that
Southern California sent East 100000 boxes
of oranges in that year. The oranges now
being packed and shipped from that region
will easily fill 800 cars; and it is at this rate
that the cultivation Is advancing annually
in this section. The first oranges in South
Mission Fathers, who undoubtedly brought
the seed from. Spain. In the past 10 years
the consumption of oranges has grown 800
per cent In that state alone. Rival and new
roads nave opened up market which 1t has
never before known.
DR.. Jordan, president of the Stanford uni
versity at Palo Alto, Cal, has completed ar
rangements for the appointments to the
faculty of Stanford university and has made
the following names public: DR.. Andrew d.
White, ex-president of Cornell university. to
be the nonresident professor of history: +.
stanford OF Lake Forest university to be the
associate professor of mechanical engineer
ing; Prof. Joseph Swain of Indiana 1nlyer-
slty to be the associate professor in physics;
Horace b. Gale Of Washington university
st. Louis, to be professor of mechanical en-
gineering; Prof. Joseph Swain of Indiana
university, to be the associate professor of
mathematics; Douglass I'll. Campbell of In
diana university, to be associate professor in
botany.
DR.. Stricken, head staff physician in the
German army, describes in the Medicinische
Wochenschrift twelve cases Of tuberculosis
which were healed under his care by the ad-
ministering of Kochine. All the patients
were soldiers between 20 and 80 years of age.
Four of them inherited consumptive tenden-
cles. After the most painstaking examiDa-
tlon OF every man, DR.. Stricken declares that
not one OF them can become again consump-
tive without new infection. On the other
hand. Prof. Schultze or Bonn has declared
that Kochlne Is just as liable TO kill as to
cure. Prof. Nauwerck in KonigSberg has
expressed the opinion that the injections
cause an enormous increase of the number of
bacilli. In Berlin medical circles the verdict
is That In the use OF Kochine, much, If not
all, depends on the manner and circum-
stances in which the remedy is admins
tered.
The late Chief Justice Chase's daughter
tells this story of visit to old General Win
field Scott at Cozzen's. West Point: she
gave us seats at his own special table, and
was very kind to us. but l was terribly
afraid of him. One Of his greatest pleasures
at the table was to mix the most fiery of
salads, which he would send by his own man
(wh0 always stood behind his masters chair
with the generals compliments, to the
favored few, My gastronomic tastes were
far from being developed, and the old gentle
mans red pepper and mustard nearly killed
me. l simply could not eat the burning
stuff. Feeling the generals eve upon me, l
vainly tried to swallow 1t, but failed ignomi-
nlously, with tears coming into my eyes with
the EFFORT. 10 add to my discomfort and
notification, voice roared out In deep
tone from the generals throne. The little
Chase does not like my salad"
Congressman Morse, Of Massachusetts, is
what may be described as "pushing man."
de puts into public affairs the same persis-
tency and enterprise that have made such
success of the Rising Sun stove polish bust
ness. In the last Congress Mr.. Morse want
ed public building at Taunton, and he pur-
sued his object so persistently that other
MASSACHUSETTS, men had to take BACK seat.
General Cogswell wanted one for Haverhlll,
but Morse quite crowded him out Finally,
alter sllenclng objections by declaring that
TAUNTON would rather give the site than lose
Inc building, he got an act through auth0riz-
ing me construction. But it was necessary
20 nave an Item in the appropriation bill
before the building could be begun. Morse
at once turned his batteries upon that COM
mlttee until be tired every one out But
finally they told him that the matter had
been attended to; and he went home salts
hed. since then the people OF Taunton nave
been waiting for the Treasury Department
to send an agent to select site. No agent
appearing, Mr.. Morse wrote to Washington.
he was rhunderstruck to receive In reply
the announcement that the people OF Taun-
ton were expected to donate the site, since
the clause in the appropriation bill had this
conditional clause "On site to be donated to
the government" 1t is said that Mr.. Ccgs-
well, who is a member of the appropriations
committee, is smiling now at his colleague
Morse.
In the history of our country we have only
five Instances of father and son being
members of the United States Senate. BY
curious coincidence, in each Of these cases
one or both of them were graduated from
Princeton University. The families who
have thus held the honor for more than one
generation are the Stocktons, Bayards, Ere
linghuysens, Colquitts and Camerons. The
most prominent instance Is that of the Stock
ton family, who have held the honor for four
generations in direct descent from father to
Son. Richard Stockton princeton, class of
1747 was member Of the CONSTITUTE 1nal
Congress- and signer of the Declaration Of
Independence. His son. Richard Stockton
GLASS Of ITO, was member Of the Senate
Of the United States, as was also his grand
son, Commodore Robert F. Stockton Glass
of 1874 and his great-grandsOn, John p,
Stoclto now i A5 5ss Ja Gsee@ # NsT
Princeton. class of 1884 was member of
The Senate, as were also his sons, Richard
Fl. Bavard (class Of 1910 and James A. Raw
ara Rs%s9S nc a1 Sd BIZ
Frederick Frelinghuysen princeton, 1770l.
his son. Theodore Frelinghuysen princeton
1914 and his grandson, Frederick Freling,
5uyse al three C fSi9Dfd seats II tie
Quit Princeton. 1870; and j. Donald Came
ron princeton, 1852 fills the seat Of his ia
ther. who was not a college man.
According to the Belfast Journal there ia
+ronhIa on account of cheap labor nj Groani