The Portland daily press., 1895-03-09

almost every Senator. So keen was his
ear that he could tell, at the instant of
the ringing of the bell, the identity of
the statesman who wished to be elevated
Rev. Elias brewster billiard, who died
the other day at Pennington, Conn,
was llneal descendant in the eighth
generation of Elder Brewster, of Plym-
ionth Colony. His father, Moses Hillard,
was in France 1.-THE time of Waterloo,
and entered into, an arrangement, that
Napoleon should be concealed in water
cask on his vessel deck and SO escape
through the English feet. But for SOME
reason he was not conveyed on board as
had been agreed andlthe plan failed.
l. California oranges are being shipped to
Florida for use in tie large hotels like
the Ponce de Leon. eSs
Is The final disposition OF the Tilden Trust
Fund has been decided upon. The plan
the details of which are now practically
completed, provides for the consolidation
of the Astor and Lenox Libraries, the
Tilden fund and the private library of
the late Samuel J.Tilden into one great
organization. comprising collection of
more than 100000 bound volumes, an
I'LL luCHSC uQlI OCi VI IdI0 anu Vdludult
pamphlets, ard including property aud
endowments amounting to more than
IS, 600, 900. he new library will he
known as the Public Library of the
City of New York, Astor, Lenox and
Tilden Foundations" 1t will be a
library worthy the great city of New York.
The city of Humboldt, Kas., has not
had regular municipal government for
fifteen years, the mayor and other
off Gals never qualifying. The object of
this was to avoid paying some bonds.
But now the acting mayor has been ar
rested and the debt will probably be COL
lected.
After the fall of the Roman Empire the
sexes started about fair in tue matter OF
clothes, says Lippincott's. Our Teutonic
ancestors adopted costume which was
almost the same for men and women,
and consisted of 1.-Two main garments,
the Roman tunicfand toga. The tunic
was virtually shut with long sleeves.
and was buckled at the waist. The men
wore it reaching It@ the knee and the
women TO the ankles. In colder northern
ATTITUDES the men,sas l. great innovation,
added trousers, bat these We're looked
| uI on in the lightlofa distinct extra, and
were not considered obligatoryain hot
/ weather. There seems to be no 1doubt
Ethat the blouse of the modern peasant
las direct descendant of the tunic.
III M. Faure, the President of France, is a
man Of great physical courage. In 1871,
during the French Commune, while
acting in the capacity Of "adioint" or
advisor to the Mayor at Havre, request
was made to him from the Mayor of
Paris for fremen and engines. The city
of Paris was in flames from one end to
the other, and aid was being asked every
where engines and firemen. Faure at
once called for volunteers and showed
| his courage and won the hearts of the
firemen and people by going with the
volunteers as their leader. With all the
| engines the city could spare they has
tened to Paris, and for three days, with
out having scarcely any thing to eat,
fought the flames.
John D. Rockefeller is an enthusiastic
bicycle rider.
Benjamin Harrison rests mis- mind from:
legal and political worries by reading
current fiction. He is especially pleased
with the new school of which Conan
Doyle, Stanley j. Weyman, S. Levett
Yeats, and Others are the opponents.
| A Viennese who died lately left diary
of all his expenses from II TO TO- In that
time he smoked 62s, 713 cigars, of which
,639 were given to him. The rest cost
him Sl2, 500. He wore eighty-five pairs
of trousers and seventy-four coats and
vests, put only sixty-two pairs of socks.
For drink the record is for fifteen years
only; he had %, 7S6 glasses of beer and
36, 0ol other drinks, which cost him SIS, 14C
besides 81, 030 for tips.
1t is thought that both the great ma
tional party conventions will meet in
Chicago in 1896.
The Saxons called March Lenet-M onath,
because, according to an old writer,
"the days did then begin in length to
exceed The night. And being so called
when they received Christianity, and
consequently the custom of fasting, they
called TINS season the Fast of Lenet:
hereoL IL cometh that we now call ii
Lent"
Waiter Besant's price is 10 guineas
every l,Ooo words he puts on paper.
Max MULLER knows eighteen different
languages TO the extent of. being able
TO speak or write in any one, and con
siderable number in addition less per
fectly.
Frince Bismarck, in recent CONVEX.
satlon with deputation from Leipsic,
said that his happy moments were en-
tlleiy collnhed to the seasons when he
was in private life.
Ii Is SAID that Susan B. Anthony has
not Slept at home for four wears, so busy