The Portland daily press., 1893-11-02
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

King Behanzin of Dahomey is said te
be follower of modern fashion in his
correspondence, for he has selected gor.
geous coat of arms, which embellishes
all his letters. His letters are written by
his secretary, and bear the official stamp
of Behanzin. The king is said to be
fabulously wealthy, and to an English
correspondent he deplored the loss Of 16O
pounds of gold stolen from him after
his retreat before the French. He re-
Gently sent cable message to England
by way of Lagos that cost 100 pounds for
its transmission. In payment the king
sent down to the coast coin that had evil
IDENTITY been buried for generations, and
including the currency Of many nations.
Elk Minister Ell. Phelps, who resides at
Burlington, VT, takes carriage drive
daily when he is at home, and the wealth.
er is pleasant, holding the reins'over a
pair of handsome chestnut horses Al
though over 10 years of age he carries
himself with remarkable agility and
sprightliness and looks like well pre-
served man of not over So years of age,
His extensive law practice keeps him
crowded with work, yet he finds time to
consider the social and economic cues
tions of the day, and his opinions are
much sought after by newspaper and
magazine publishers.
Carter Harrison always wore SLOUGH
hat. He slapped it on his head in free
and easy way, but in all other respects
his dress was the perfection of taste and
good breeding. Only on one occasion did
Mr.. Harrison lay aside the SLOUGH hat
which has made him so familiar figure
in Chicago for SO many years. This was
when Princess Eulalia visited Chicago
in june. He then wore silk hat for
the first and only time in his life, and
his old friends and neighbors in Chicago
hardly knew him.
Money raising entertainments in
cbucrh-whether oyster suppers, turkey
suppers, strawberry festivals, concerts,
humorous lectures, or thearticals-find
no favor in the eyes of the Rev. William
Hart Dexter OF Springfield. He preached
sermon against. them last Sunday.
Scetchmen fairly swarm in the high
places of the British government nova
days. They hold the premiership, the
war Office, the vice-royalty of Canada,
and the goyernorships Of Victoria, New
South Wales, South Australia, New Zeal
land and the Cape Colony.
According to Geroge NJ. Pullman, Chi
cago is going to be the London of this
hemisphere and New York merely its
Liverpool. "The time for buster and
brag about the greatness of Chicago is
past" say Mr.. Pullman.
Sir John Willoughby, who is in COM
mand of the chartered South Africa
Company's forces in Mashonaland, was
formerly captain of the Royal Horse
Guards, and celebrated as being the
smallest officer of the British army. He
served both in the Egyptian and in the
Nile campaigns with his regiment; has
been on many a hunting expedition in
Africa, and for a time enjoyed much
prominence on the turf. during the last
three years he has devoted his attention
exclusively to South African enterprises.
IN some of which he is associated with
the Earl of Dunraven.
A Pittsburg mariner, Captain King
ston, has just finished three small sail
boats OF 81, 26 and 90 feet in length re-
| spectively, on new principle to prevent