The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-02

religiously rather than fashionably. She
md her family are devoted to the Epis-
copal church and are regular church go
ers, and while there is no austerity about
their observance of the Sabbath, it is not
in their city or country homes the gala
society day which it is in many fashion
Die residences.
Chairman Carter is one of the most
efficient business men that ever held the
office of land commissioner. When he
assumed that place one and a half years
ago affairs were behind, but now every
thing has been brought up to date. The
business of the office, it is said, was never
in SO advanced a stage as at present.
Mrs. S. L. Ballentine, of Port Huron,
Mich, has just received a patent for a
device to secure glass in the doors of
stoves and furnaces. The process of bak-
ing in the oven can be watched through
the glass, and there is a saving of fuel,
since frequent opening of the doors will
be needless, and the glass will allow the
heat to leave the ovens less rapidly than
iron. A Canadian patent will also be Sc
cured for the device. Many OF the larger
stove companies have already begun to
negotiate for the patent.
The Sultan of Johore, who is soon to
visit the United States, is an Oriental
potentate with all the vices, but with
few of the virtues of his kind. His grand
tour of Europe a couple of years ago
was protracted spree from start to
finish, and a costly one, for he was the
or 1ap nd a6 vAr n
quality on the continent. The sultan is
said to be handsome man, with an i'm
mense amount of vanity and a consunl-
ing fondness for bedecking himself in
fine clothes and brilliant jewels.
The sale by M. Alexandra Dumas Of
the rare art treasures in his Paris house
was not due to the dictation of economy,
for he is, in all probability, the richest
of French authors. The income he re-
ceives from his successful plays is large,
and this is increased by the royalties
from his fathers novels and by the hand
some marriage portion brought him by
his wife, Russian lady of rank and for
tune. M. Dumas is missed nowadays
from the Paris boulevares, where his
eccentric figure was once well known.
He has retired to his country seat at
Marty, and expects to pass the remain
ing years of his life there. These years
will probably not be many, for though
still designated as Dumas fills, the author
of the "Lady of the Camellias'' is 70.
He has almost entirely abandoned literary
work.
The average ministerial salary in the
United States is 800 ranging from $50
to 5000. DR.. Morgan Dix of Trinity
gets $4,000; DR.. Talmage gets $4,000,
supplemented by literary endeavors to
about $4,000; DR.. Taylor, of the Tab
ernacle, gets $4,000; DR.. Paxton, S12,
600 raised from $4,000; DR.. Wilton Mer-
rill Smith received $1,000 his first year
his neighbor, DR.. Lloyd, has $4,000. DR..
Macarthur has $4,000 and received a
purse of 81 900 the other day in addition
to farewell send-off down the bay. DR..
Biting, of the Mount Morris Baptist
church, declares that sit is good for his
congregation to pay big salaries-they
can and they've got top DR.. Lubbock, of
Zion and ST. Timothy, has $4,000; DR..
Henry M. Sanders, $4,000 and each of the
pastors of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch
church gets $4,000.