The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-22
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The late Alexander Mackenzie, ex-
premier of the Dominion, had few of the
graces of an orator, yet he possessed
persuasive powers, and was one of the
rare speakers whose utterances would
bear verbatim reporting.
Hubert P. Gorringe, brother of the fa-
nous civil engineer who brought over
Cleopatra's Needle to America, died a
few weeks ago in a poorhouse near Chi
cago. His identity was not discovered
until after he was committed to pau
per's grave.
The statue of John P. Hale, which
Senator Chandler is to present to the
State of New Hampshire, is being exc
cuted by Muller of Munich, and is ex-
pected to arrive in Concord in Nav. 1t
will be located in the State House Park,
and it is probable that the unwilling cere.
monies will occur in June.
Secretary Elkins's country house in
West Virginia is kept open all the year
round, his father and staff of excellent
servants occupying the place in the alb
sence of the secretary. Mrs. Elkins will
leave the capital with her children for
u1llo liOulC w ACll w d1 W6dUllCI SGUS III,
An Indian woman, Miss Nancy Corne-
Illus, a graduate Of the Indian school at
Carlisle, Penn, has taken full course
in the Hartford Training School for
Nurses, and has received her diploma.
This is the first Indian woman to pre-
pare herself for nursing by a scientific
training.
Miss Alice McLaren, Scotch lady who
has studied at the London School of
Medicine for Women, and who has quail
fed at the London University, has been
appointed house surgeon of Leith Hos
pital. Mrs. Wilson, also student of the
Women's Medical School, has been ap-
pointed house surgeon at the Temper
ance Hospital, Hampstead.
Joseph Flick of Hastings, Neb., re-
signed the postmastership at Verona,
Wis, 26 years ago to go to Nebraska.
His accounts were not settled, and year
ago he got a draft for SIT. The next
year came ano oher draft for SIT. Last
week he got notice that the government
still owed him S22. By 1900 he expects
to be square.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale was asked
the secret of keeping young at the age of
70. and this was his reply: 'First, never
do anything yourself which you can get
another to do for you: second, never
trouble yourself as to who will get the
credit for what is done; third, never
work after o'clock in the afternoon;
fourth, sleep ten hours out of every
twenty-four''
Thomas A. Garfield, the only brother
of President Garfield, for quarter of a
century has lived in obscurity on small
farm near Grand Rapids, Mich. He has
no more property now than he had TWEEN
ty years ago, and it is claimed by his
friends that he remained poor all his life
because of early sacrifices made for his
great brother and for Grandma Garfield.
Oliver Semmes, a son Of the doughty
Confederate admiral, has for 20 years
been judge of the city court of Mobile.
After the war the admiral himself prac-
ticed law in Mobile, and one day it hap
pened that he was arguing an important
case in his sons court. The Judge found
it necessary to rule against his father on
some point of law, when the old gentle
man lost his temper and made some caus-
tic references to his sons legal knowl-
edge. After a sharp tilt of words be-
tween father and son, the judge said:
''At home, sir, respect you-but want
you to understand that this court has no
more respect for you than the humblest
citizen in the county. Take your seat,
STRIP
Mr.. William G. Winslow, honorary Sec
rotary for the United States of the Egypt
Exploration Fund, writes to the Boston
Herald about the lamented Amelia B.
Edwards: ''The Ito me) sudden death
will not interrupt the highly important
work of the society. We shall sadly miss
her brilliant pen, her suggestions, her in
spiration, her influence at our council
and stated meetings; but, fortunately for
the cause, she leaves an assistant. Miss
Emily Patterson, now thoroughly in
Quoted into the duties of the secretarial