The Portland daily press., 1894-03-31

noGDurg with a little pig one month Olu
in her arms. AS she entered the palace
the master of ceremonies told her she
| must leave the pig behind. She insisted
upon carrying it. however, saying that
it as present for her "good emperor"
1t was with great difficulty that the
squealing animal was taken from her
arms The woman had her interview,
but was obliged, much to her sorrow, to
carry the pig back to her home. She
could not understand why his majesty
would not accept presents OF that kind
from his subjects.
It is said that Mrs. William Betts,sthe
new woman deputy United States mar
shall at Cincinnati, is the second woman
to receive such an appointment. The
first one is now in service in Oklahoma
| territory.
Two Populist newspaper organs failed
in the State of Kansas for every month
of 1853. The record for this year would
be still more formidable but for lack of
material.
South Carolina society has boycotted
Governor Tillman and all his family.
His charming niece had lovely evening
dress made and expected TO attend the
annual grand ball at Columbus, but
nobody would sell ticket to any of the
Tillmans aud SO the poor girl stayed at
home and cried her eyes out about it.
Kipling's Vermont neighbors charac-
terize the author as odd" He is never
seen without his pipe, never carries
spending money with him, wares shabby
clothes, says begad" a great deal, drives
shaggy horses and likes to play with
his baby. Perhaps the chief point OF
objection OIL the part of Kipling's neigh
hor 10 h he Il aG a.
ton in the choice of his acquaintance.
The interesting news comes form Chi
cago that club of young women there
is fostering Byronic revival. The
daughters Of generation ago found
Byron's works on the parental index ex-
purgatorius, but there has been a re-
volt of the daug hters" since then, like
wise great popularization of risky
literature. These young Chicago women
appear to have taken DR.. Colts hint that
women may attain mental equality with
men when they have been granted all of
mems rights and privileges.
The Populists in Congress have adopt
ed badge, which they now wear in the
otherwise useless buttonhole in the left
lapel of their coats. 1t looks something
like Grand Army badge and is easily
mistaken for one. The object of this
decoration is no doubt to enable the army
of Gen. Coxey to distinguish their friends
in Congress when they arrive in town.
The button bears three-leaved clover,
and on either leaf is a letter, r. l.. T."
Some of them translate the legend
s Friendship, Love and TRUTH" but
the Hon. Jerry Simpson says they repre-
sent Finance, Labor and Transorta-
ton, "the three principles of the Popu-
list party.
G.J.Gould, the young multi-million
aire, has announced to the assessor of
Lakewood, N. j., that he intends here
after to vote and be assessed there for
his personal property, which amounts,
according to his statement to that
| leased cottage there for three years,
but one of his intimate friends is author
lty for the statement that he intends
soon to build residence there.
E. Taylor, the Cornell student who
refused to testify before the grand jury
atyItnaca in the chlorine gas case, is
still held in Jail by. Judge Forbes for
contempt. The decision Of Judge Smith
is that if he believed that the answer to
the questions reclted in the commitment
would tend to criminate him he had
the right as a matter of law, upon testi-
fying to such belief, to refuse to answer
the said questions. But If he shall ap-
pear before the grand jury at its next
meeting and there make answer to the
questions which have been asked him
or make oath that the answer to such
questions will tend to criminate him,
be may then claim his privilege and
will have purged himself of the con-
tempt of which he now stands COM
mitted.
The Office of archpriest of st. Peters
Rome to which Cardinal Rampolla has
just been appointed is considered the
most important office in the church next
to the Papacy; and the tituIar dignity
Papato." Cardinal Rampolla who is 81
years Of age was born in Polizzi in
Sicily and is regarded as the ablest of all
the cardinals.
Mrs. Sarah Newton Blanchard who
was buried in pauper's grave at Dan
bury Conn. on Wednesday was formerly
prominent belle at Washington and
was born in Boston in 1910. In her 9Th
ear while a student of Miss Topliff's
academy in Boston she had the honor of
presenting General LaIayeGCe bouquet
as he passed through the city on the oc-
casion of his second visit to America
The election of Rev. DR.. Thomas Spur
geon as pastor of the Metropolitan
Tabernacle London to succeed his father
will disappoint many American friends
ofssRev. DR.. A. T. Pierson. 1t has been
frequently stated and never publicly de-
nied.by DR.. Pierson who is Presbyte-
rian that he was baptized by immersion
in order to qualify himself for election.
Two'of the children of the late astron-
omer Richard Proctor are devoted to
their fathers pursuit. A son is we'll
known astronomical writer now in Eng
land and an unmarried daughter has
been lecturing in this country for sew
eral months on kindred topics.