The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-29

celebrated recently, TecAHS some anec-
dotes of the bishop. He refused to live in
Dorchester, because the brooks there were
mot large enough for Bass to swim in. -
His first marriage displeased his parish
toner's, where upon he preached to them
Il sermon from the text, They will slay
me for nv wife's sake. His parishioners
would often get in arrears with his salary
which never was more than 5000.
Brigadier- General Zenas Randall Bliss,
whose nomination as major-general was
sent to the Senate on Monday, will not
reach the retiring age until April II,
1899. In the Civil War he received the
rank of brigadier general of volunteers,
at the request of General Grant and other
superior officers, for gallantry and meri-
torlous services at fredericksburg, Va,
ana IN the Vicksburg campaign. AT
the beginning of the war he was in COM
faaha at Fort Quitman, Texas, and was
forced TO abandon it, marching six hun
cred miles to San Antonio. On May 8
1901, he and his command were taken
prisoners at Adams Hill, Tex, and he
WAS helo as o prisoner of war till April 5,
loo., When he was exchanged. In ad
dltlon to the other engagements men
Uloned ne was at the battles of the Wilder
- ne'7H Huu N1pOUuSy lNdHlib ana G0e siege OF
petersburg and the explosion of the mine.
An American travelling in Palestine
describes in the Hartford Courant din
her he recently ate in Jerico 'sWe sat
down on the porch of the hotel, !" he says,
latter dinner at which we were served
with butter from Norway, cheese from
Switzerland, marmalade fro M London,
Wine from Jerusalem diluted with water
from the well Of Elisha, raisins from
Ramoth Gilead, oranges from Jerico Tin
no respect inferior to those from Jaffa or
the Indian river, Florida), and almonds
from the east of the Jordan, smoking
Turkish tobacco, which, like the Turkish
empire, is inferior to its reputation, and
a cup of coffee fronl-the corner grocery
of Jerico."
AS late as 1906 Harvard college was
raising money by a lottery. 1t offered
10000 tickets for sale at S. each, with
prizes ranging from $4,000 down to 81.
> In the above scheme y said the prospec-
tus, the just expectations of the publick
and the interest of the University have
been consulted. 1t is worthy the atten-
ton of Adventures that the highest
prize is nearly double in value to any
that has been drawn in this common
"SeNAeii III 1liebiiy years DdSU, though UI1O
usual price of tickets is preserved. The
manager solicit the patronage of the pub
hex IN general, and of the friends of liter
allure and the University in particular,
and, considering the object of the Lottery
they will combine the prospect of gain
with the certainty of beneftting the Uni
versity, and by lending their aid to the
means of education will promote the best
interest of their country. New York
Tribune.
1t is estimated that during the present
century no less than 80, 900, 900 of civilized
men have persisted in war.
The annual output of grain in New
England fell off from 1850 to 1890 from
$4,000 tons to 100000 tons.
There are now S04, 6S7 telephones
licensed by the Bell Telephone company.
Big stories are being told of the vitality
OF the Turks. One man shot through the
stomach in recent battle stayed in the
| ranks till the fighting was over and then
marched ten miles before reporting to
the doctors. Another with a wound in
each leg and one in the shoulder kept on
duty for twenty-four hours, when an
officer noticed him and sent him to the
| hospital. The doctors attribute the quick
recovery of the Turkish wounded to their
abstemious habits.
A Spanish saying runs: "No woman
sleeps SO soundly that the twang of
guitar will not bring her to the window :"
Says Professor Davidson in the Forum:
The true test and proof of Greece's
indomitable spirit of culture is her edu-
cational system. have visited Greek
schools throughout the land, from the in
FAINT school kept by the peasant in the
open air against sunny howell wall to
the Arsakeion, or girls academy, and
the noble university, with 1920 students.
Greece is amply able to govern and
civilize the lands now wasted by Turkish
misrule. The sums Of money given by
rich Greeks for schools, and the hardships
undergone by the children of the poor in
remote districts to avail themselves of
these, have no parallel anywhere, save in
the United States and Scotland
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.