The Portland daily press., 1896-05-16
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR,

1t is said that the income of Cecil
solidated Gold Fields COMPANY last wear
exceeded 81, $50, 600.
Senator Quay preserves every letter or
scrap of paper be receives and copy of
every letter he writes. This volumino
paper library is carefully indexed and
filed away.
Among the noted people in New York
who have become wheelmen this season
are Brander Matthews and his wife, jean
nette L. Glider and e. Berry Wall.
Sam Jones, the evangelist, has been
careful of his material prosperity. His
new home in Georgia is quite palatial.
His stables have fine horses, and there
are blooded dogs in his kennels. His
wife has collection of souvenir spoons
which is said to have cost $500
John B. Robinson, of South Africa is
said to be the richest man in the world.
Eighteen years ago he was in debt and
kept small grocery store in the Orange
Free State. He and his wife begged their
way to the Kimberley mines. There
Robinson picked up rough diamond
which turned out TO be worth 81, 216
This was the foundation of his fortune
He is snid to be now worth $40, $40, 600
The father Of the late B Baron de Hirsoh
was q Bavarian merchant who was
knighted in 1869. Baron de Hirsch was
born in 1888 and before his 18th year be.
came clerk in the thanking sshouse of
Bisohoffsheim & Goldsmith. He married
the daughter of the senior partner. De
Hirsch secured some Turkish bonds sup.
posed to be worthless, and from them
built up fortune which nearly equalled
the Rothachilds 1t was u popular super
stition of late years that he was possessed
of an evil eye, as so many of his intimate
friends and associates met sudden or vic.
lent deaths.
Leonard Huxley is hard at wGsk on the
life of his father, the late Professor Hux-
ley, but the volume is not likely to ap-
pear before the autumn. An interesting
feature of it will DO a number of letters
on social and political SUBJECTS addressed
by the professor TO an extensive circle of
correspondents.
The Marchioness of Drogheda. whose
death is announced, was a leader of
fashion in her day She was the only
peeress frequenting receptions, in Dublin
Castle who resolutely and consistently re-
fused to allow herself to be kissed by
lord lieutenant at the yiceregal draw.
ing room reception.
The will of H. A. Massey, the million
aire manufacturer of agricultural nipple
ments of Toronto, Can, was probated at
Cleveland, O., where he lived few years
ago. Among the requests are the follow
ing: University of Mount Allison, of
Sackville, N. B., 800, 900; Wesleyan
Theological College of Montreal, $50, OOC;
Universityssof Victoria of Toronto $500. 600:
Wesleyan College of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
500, COO.
Professor Roentgen dislikes being lion
ized He recently intended to spend a
few days in Florence, Italy, but hardly
had his arrival become known when 200
students came to salute him. He told
them bluntly they would have dona bet
ter to attend their lectures. Later on
planned, he took the first train and left
the city.
A.: The christian" King Meneek is said
to have cut off the right hands and feet
of moro than 500 Askaris prisoners, many
of whom afterward died.
In seveh months General Booth has
travelled 49, 900 miles.
The Persians consider the ]ate Shah O
wonderful ruler for having escaped assas-
sination forty-eight yearE.