The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-30
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Barney Barnato, formerly circus aero
bat, now King of the Kaffirs, whom it is
the fashion to call the richest man in the
world, is probably the most striking
| figure in the field of speculation which
England has seen since the days of Hud-
| son, tie great railway king, little more
| than half a century ago.
John Harvard once owned the old
Queens Head tavern in the High street
Borough, London, which is over 300
wears old, and is now to be torn down.
It was originally mansion belonging
to the Poynings. Henry VIII. turned it
into storehouse for artillery, and I'M
der Queen Elizabeth it became tavern
under the name at first of the Crossed
Keys
The Rev. DR.. Edward W. Blyden, the
distinguished colored clergyman, who
represents Liberia at the court of St.
James, London lectured on the future
of the negro the other evening in Balti-
more. After saying that the negro must
give UP his dream of any such thing as
negro empire, he continued: "There is
this consolatory truth for the race whose
lot is not to WELD sceptre of empire,
that it is to those who serve that belong
blessings of ultimate precedence"
William Atkinson, aged eighty-one
years, surprised the court day crowd at
Harrodsburg, Ca, by riding bicycle
down and then up Main street, Monday,
while that thorouhfare was crowded with
vehicles.
"The Washington Times" says that
when Monsignor Capel was in Washing
ton, few years ago, the lady who was
entertaining him at dinner asked her dis
tinguished guest what had impressed
him most in this country. "The extra
ordinary precocity of your children,
madam" was the reply, and upon being
asked the reason, he told the following
experience: 'sWhen in Baltimore few
| day since l went with the Archbishop to
cali upon Mrs. W. During our visit her
beautiful little boy of four years ran into
| him to me, Mrs. W. said: Carroll, go
and say good morning to the Arch
| bishop Fancy my amazement when
the child turned and, with an indesoriba
| BILE air of bonhommie. said, with a friend
| ly nod: How are you, Arch" Truly,
American children are remarkable. "
Dr. Andree has selected, as his com
panions for his proposed balloon expedi-
ton to the North Pole, Ekhorn, the
meteorological. of Stockholm, and Niels
Strindberg, an amanuensis in the Stock
holm University
Professor Raoul Pictet, of Berlin, has
set up in that city Kalteklinik or cold
cure, for the "frigotherapeutic" treat
ment of diseases. He says he cured him
self of dyspepsia by boxing himself up in
refrigerator. When he came out he
h11nn a
very cold. One thing can be said III
favor of this method of curing disease;
the very poorest families will be able to
make use of it during the coming winter,
without going to the expense of visiting
DR.. Pictet's Kalteklinik.
Mallet Hail. of Stepney Conn, is the
last man to think he has discovered the
secret of perpetual motion. In desorib
ing the machine he says: ''It consists OF
metallic pulley designed to be attached
to. line of shafting in the usual manner,
the spokes of the wheel being extended
and provided with easily working joints
at the wheels periphery; at the end of
these spokes heavy weight is attached.
When the motor is not in use these ex-
trension spokes, with their several
weights, lie folded back at the hub of the
| wheel By lever the spoke at the upper
side of the shaft can be thrown out to it's
full length, where the entire weight at
tached to it's end exerts a leverage which
causes the wheel to make partial revo-
luton, other spokes being automatically
extended to keep up the momentum &C
ouired, and automatically thrown back
to the centre of the wheel when the low
est point is reached. "
j. J. Van Aliens father was success
full merchant, but retired in early life
with competency. He married the
daughter of another successful New York
merchant, Miss Steward. She died in
the early infancy of her only child and
heir-the present J. ]. Van Alen-leav-
ing him so we'll provided for that when
he attained mis- majority his father, who
was his trustee. turned over to him Sc