The Portland daily press., 1893-09-04
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.


Mount Schafbergu, in the Salzkam-
mergut, Austria, which is celebrated Tor
it's magnificent view of ten lakes, can
now be assembled by a railway Whlcn
has just been opened to the public.
Some interesting experiments in mill
tary cycling have just been made IN
Moscow, under the direction of the Com
mander of the Forces of the Moscow Dis
trict. Small parties consisting OF an
officer and three or four men in full
marching order, with rifles, etc, set out
stimuli taneously from vladimir and Var
oslavl, to Moscow, and from Moscow TO
vladimir. The vladimir route OF 10
IL miles was done with full nights
rest and frequent stoppages, the best
time of three separate journeys being "a
hours, and the longest AZ IL hours, OF
Which.only II were spent in actual riding.
The Yaroslavl route of 176 IL miles was
done in A hours, including two full
nights, rest of 16 hours, and 70 hours,
actual riding.
Bishop Ash, septuagenar1an, enjoys
the distinction of having taken the long
est carriage drive of any person In Yer
mont, and possibly IN New England
Sixteen years ago he drove to Minnesota,
and remained some time. He then went
to Oregon, and down the Pacific coast.
Seven months ago he decided to visit
Vermont again, and in covered wagon
drawn by two Indian ponies started on
his journey. Arriving at Chicago he
visited the Worlds Fair. The trip
thence to Vermont, 1000 miles, was made
in 43 days. The wagon was nearly used
up, but the ponies show little effect OF
the journey.
An associate of George Stephenson in
pioneer railroad work, the Rev. Ralph
Swinburne, is now living in Ashland,
| KY, at the age of IS years, and is said to
be the Oldest railroad engineer in this
country. AS boy he first met Stephen
son while repairing wooden rail line
near Newcastle. Later he was the con-
| tractor for the Stockton & Darlington
| road, and others of which Mr.. Stephen
son was the chief engineer. Mr.. Swim
| burne came to America ins1850, and at
| first was engaged in railroad WORK; but
| in few years he retired and removed tc
| his home, where he was ordained as q
| Baptist minister
| Senator Hills distaste for the society
| of the fair sex is so pronounced that he
takes his meals privately when at hotels.
He was driven to this step by the request
of lady at the Arlington Hotel in
| Washington. She asked the head waiter
| to place her at the table at which Senator
| Hill was sitting. He heard the .whis-
pered request saw the lady take a seat
near him, and then yarose and left the
dining room before finishing his meal.
He never again appeared in the general
dining room of the Arlington.
The British Board of Trade is trying
to extend what is known as the Nudge
system to such continental ssports as
Havre, Dunkirk, Rouen, Antwerp, Rot
terdam, Amsterdam and Hamburg, in
order to prevent the systematic robbery
of sailors, who often lose the wages for
| whole voyages in single night on shore.
| Under this Nudge system, as soon as
| a ship arrives in port, a Board of Trade
| officer, specially appointed for the pur-
pose boards her, and , after ascertaining
| how many hands wish to proceed home
without delay, obtains from the master
particulars as to the wages due and the
| deductions chargeable to the men. Each
seaman, after vouching for the accuracy
| of his account by signing it, receives a
| ticket for his destination with small
advance to defray minor expenses, and
! leaves for home as soon as his services
can be dispensed with on board ship.
| The balance of wages due to him is
| forwarded by the Board of Trade officer,
and thus his earnings have a chance OF
reaching his family instead of filling the
| pockets of the crimps.