The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-20
THE FEELING IN YORK COUNTY.
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Probably the Oldest physician in active
practice in America is DR.. G. T. H.
Wilgohs OF Doylestown, O., who is still
practicing at the age of 90. He has the
appearance of a man of 60, reads the
newspapers without the aid of glasses
and eats three hearty meals each day.
He is an habitual smoker but never used
tobacco until he was 80 years old. He
attributes his longevity to heredity and
TO careful regularity in all his habits of
life.
The Gar and Czarina, in honor of
their coronation, will receive great
number of gold and silver souvenir
spoons and icons, pictures OF saints
framed in jewels. Two different firms
have each finished $50 spoons of elaborate
workmanship for the imperial pair
presents in most cases from different
cities in the empire.
M. Jacobs. prominent merchant Of
Portsmouth, o., has almost completed
a dwelling house built according to his
own designs. The amateur architect ha 8
just discovered that in his new $1,000
residence he failed to make any provision
for fireplace, hue, or chimney.
Ex-Gov. Boies OF Iowa, has farsa of
2, 500 acres and makes farming pay. He
is worth nearly $500, 600.
The admirers of Elizabeth Barrett
Browning have decided to erect memo
rial to her in Kelloe Church, where she
was bapti zed.
Little Queen Wilhelm ina of Holland Is
described as both pretty and amiabIe,
but she has what is known as "a will
of her own," which has shown itself
chiefly in the form Of resistance to ma
ternal authority. Wilhelmina has not
| scrupled to remind her mother occasion
ally of her own super ior position in the
state, but these revolts have always been
followed by tears and repentance. The
queen is idolized by her subjects and
her portrait in the quaint national cos
tune of the Dutch is to be found in near
ly every PEASANTS cottage in the country.
Queen Wilhelmina's education has been
OF the most practical and common sense
desori ption, differing little from that of
any girl OF the upper middle GLASSES. AS
a consequence, her tastes are simple, and
she has little liking for the pomp and
parade OF ordinary court life.
Tolstoi's favorite diversion just now
is ohopplng trees. Every afternoon, rain
Ut Sulue, ud goes TO Gne WCOu, ak IN halQ
to cut through a big trunk and strip it
ready for the saw of his men. He has
also fondness for bicycling, for in his
sixty eighth year he has bought a
'ssafety" and learned to ride it, to the
great astonishment of the peasants on
his estate. His daughters generally &C.
company him on his excursions.
Mrs. Jane L. Stanford's devotion to
the university which bears her sons
name has been shown { in way SO I'M
common as to attract special attention.
Although she was receiving under an
order of court, an allowance of $40, 600 a
month, pending the settling up Of the
estate, she regal ded the needs of the uni
versity as being paramount to her own,
and voluntarily asked the court to reduce
her allowance to $500 month.
Queen Victoria absenting herself from
England every year at Easter has led
Fren chmen to believe that she is secretly
a Roman Catholic. The Figaro has
thought it necessary TO disprove this.
At the time of its great popularity
Brick Pomeroy's Democrat earned its
proprietor as much as $500 day. The
Democrats letter mail was the event of
the day at the La Crosse post Office.