The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-06-15
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

G. W. Botsford, Phi. D., who has just
been appointed lecturing instructor in
Greek and Latin history in Harvard, is a
little over 80 years old and is graduate
of the University of Kansas.
Prince Dimitri Khilroy, rich Russian
nobleman, has followed Tolstoi's advice
and divided his estate among his peas
ants reserving only seven acres to him
self, which he cultivates to support his
sanity He devotes his spare time to
teaching the peasants.
Matthew Boulton and James Watt S
Soho foundry at Birmingham, where
Watt worked out his idea of the steam
engine, after an existence of 1888 years, is
now idle, and will soon be broken up and
dismantled At one time it employed
4, 900 men, but it's business died away,
and when it closed it's doors it had only
400.
f. L. Coombs of California, ex-Minis-
ter to Japan, thinks opportunities for
Americans in Japan are not good, as the
japanese are themselves back of every
new enterprise like the introduction of
electricity, and others meant to develop
the empire. "The Japanese have the
money too, to push forward these
things" said Mr.. Coombs "They do
not have to borrow it, Their exports last
year exceeded the imports by $50, 600, 0oO
and sums like this in a small country
among economical people, count good
deal. "
just been received into the French Acade-
my.
Henry Irving acted in "Don Quixote''
on the evening of the day on which it be-
came known that he had been knighted.
When Maria in the play says to the hero,
But you have not been knighted'' the
audience rose and cheered, and toward
the end of the play, where he says
Knighthood sits like halo round my
head" the play had again to be stopped
| for several minutes, till the house quieted
down.
The emblem which the Republicans of
Kentucky have selected for the distin-
gushing mark on their ballot is the log
cabin.
While storning the first line of forts
at Port Arthur soldier belonging to the
Twenty fourth Regiment raised his rifle
to fire at an unusually conspicuous Chi
naman. just as he was about to fire a
puiiSp llOlL OliC cuS1liy SLUG Ceblll0 WulZZ-
| ing on and, marvellous to relate entered
the barrel Of his own gun as smoothly
and neatly as if the muzzles had been
placed mouth to mouth Of course there
was an explosion, and the soldiers piece
was shattered to the stock, but without
his receiving any injuries whatever A
| fractional variation to the right or left
would have caused the hostile bullet to
enter his head or face SO that his escape
was nothing short of miraculous. He
preserved the stock of the now useless
weapon. and afterward exhibited it to
his Colonel, who permitted him to keep
| it as a memento of his narrow escape
A sad sequel to the wild rush into the
| Kickapoo reservation was viewed in
Guthrie when man named Winchester,
from southwest Kansas, drove through
the city en- route to his old home, having
in his wagon coffin containing the bod
les of his wife and fve-year-old child,
who were both killed in the rush for
claims at the recent opening. In the first
wild dash Valchester's wagon struck a
stone, was partly overturned, throwing
out the wife and little one, who were
trampled TO death by score or more of
horses.