The Portland daily press., 1895-08-14
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

VINO died last Wednesday, mad a
profound contempt for the swimmers
who had taught themselves, and he never
wearied of talking about the advantages
which scientific swimmer had over all
others. He devised an apparatus which
he said would make good swimmer of
any man or woman who used it under
his advice He started his pupils always
with cork life preserver and taught
| them the motion of swimming. Then a
| belt attached to pulley which moved on
| an iron bar was put about the beginners
waist, and under the teachers eye he
was taught to move along in the water.
Then long arm of iron which reached
out over the water and to which the
pupil was attached by belt and rope
was swung over the deeper part of the
| tank and the pupil had the first lesson in
| deep water swimming. Diving and
and trcading water were accomplish
ments that followed.
Hoke Smith, of Atlanta, Ga. is the
youngest member of the Cabinet, and
was born in Newton, N. c., September g.
| 1856. His descent is from English and
New Hampshire ancestry. In his personal
| appearance he resembles Justice William
| L. Putnam, of Maine and also in his
agreeable manners
| At the recent sale Of the first portion of
the library of George A. Sala seven vol
umes of Burke's works and nine of
| Pope's went for one shilling.
| Marquis de Sannicola, young Floren-
tine, has sent his photograph to the New
York Herald with a letter, in which he
declares his desire to wed "a demoiselle
of the United States She must be
young, well bred and wealthy, stipulates
| the noble Marquis, and the Herald gen
erously gives both his communication
and his portrait to the pubic.
Rev. George G. Lorimer, pastor of
fremont Temple chucrh, was invited to
lunch with Mr.. Gladstone recently, and
afterward accompanied him to the Ar
menian meeting in Chester. After
luncheon DR.. Lorimer had long CONVEX
sation with Mr.. Gladstone in the latter s
| library. They discussed the various as
poets of the Armenian question, Mr.
Gladstone laying the greatest weight up.
on the cooperation of the United States
| in the matter
| A revival effort that reversed the usual
plan of operations was started in a
church at Bradley, Mich, two Sundays
ago. The same preacher has been ham.
mering at the congregation for eight
years without much of result to show
for his labors, and on the Sunday men,
| toned woman member who had
PATIENTLY listened for like period arose
in her place and exhorted the preacher to
get religion, to get it quick, and to get it
good. and she had eXhorted for eight
minutes before the preacher recovered
himself sufficiently to suppress her.
A wounded sea lion on the beach at
Bear Harbor, CAL, which hunter had
shot and then lassoed, dragged the hun
ter and his horse into the surf, and got
the rope SO entangled about the horse
that the hunter had to abandon his
animal and swim for his life. The
drowned body of the horse was washed
up on the beach next day. The rope was
broken, and no trace was found of the
wounded sea lion. The sea lion was 50
powerful and dragged the horse into the
surf SO quickly that the hunter was un-
able to use his knife to cut the animal
| free.
Bootblacks IN Seattle Wash, formed a
union a week ago, it's main purpose be-
ing to maintain prices and to shut out
imported cheap labor. The price of a
shine in Seattle has stood at ten cents as
long as the average bootblacks memory
reaches back until recently number of
Italians drifted in from the East and be-
gan cutting prices The union will en-
deavor to maintain the price at ten cents
Any member cutting below this will be
fined 80 cents for the first offence. 81 for
the second, and will be expelled from the
union for the third. The union was Or
ganized with the help of the Newsbov's
Union formed in Seattle some months
| ago.