The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-18
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The old house in Florida, Mo-, in which
Mark Twain was born was demolisl
the other day.
The statement has been frequently made
that Miss Kingsley, who has been lectur-
ing in this country, is daughter of
Charles Kingsley. In point OF fact, she
is the daughter of George Kingsley, a
| brother of Charles.
In announcing the death of Admiral
5. P. Lee, the other day, number of
papers referred to him as lineal descend
ant of Light Horse Harry General
Harry Lee.) This was mistake: Adj
mlral Lee was a grandson OF Richard
Henry Lee, who was a cousin OF Light
Horse Harry Lee.
len years ago. says the Philadelphia
Record, John ]. Boyle was Western
Union Telegraph boy. Tomorrow he
will sail for Europe, the proud winner of
the Academy of the Fine Arts travelling
scholarship, with $500 prize money safely
slowed away in his inside pocket. Young
Boyle is an interesting example of the
ambition of young America. He was
born on May 30, 1874, and came to Phila-
delphia when he was 10 years old, locat-
ing in Germantown. He sought employ
ment in the mills, and subsequently be-
came messenger boy connected with the
| Chelten avenue office of the Western
Union company. Later he attended the
Daniel l.. Keyser School, and took q
night course at the Spring Garden Insti-
tute, being graduated with the highest
hOnorS."
The Philadelphia Press says: "The
selection of DIR. George NJ Sternberg as
6ny,f Of thn A
citation confers due honor on one who has
done much to make American medical
science honored at home and respected
abroad. In the van himself in all that
signifies the new medicine of today, DIR.
Sternberg has made the new knowledge
felt in the direction of prevention, both
for the community and the individual.
His discovery of the action of the white
blood corpuscles on disease germs, after
ward made famous in Europe by Metchni
koff' s researches in phagocytosis, marked
| the American as a representative bacteri-
ologist This discovery, which is not
pushed to the extreme by DR.. Sternberg
| in his deductions as it is by his European
confrere, gives a new and rational reading
| to the old phrase of natures healing
| force. -
In glowing speech commemorative of
Queen Victoria's long lease of power, DR..
Parker of London declared the other day:
| ''We do not celebrate the Queens long
| reign, but the Queens good reign" With
fine independence DIR. Parker added
'We owe much to the Queen, but the
| Queen owes much more to us. Let her
| close her splendid reign by restoring to
God the titles Head Of the Church and
| Defender of the Faith. " This passage
was greeted with loud cheers.
The Rev. DR.. William H. Milburn, the
blind chaplain of the United States Sen
ate has sailed for England with his
daughter. He is a frequent traveller over
the Atlantic and is well known in relig-
ious and social circles in the British
Isles. He has number of pulpit engage
ments this summer the longest being at
DR.. Forster's church. Queens Park, Lon
don, which he supplied last summer.
Until the United States Senate adjourns
his post will be filled by President Nc.
Kinley's pastor, the Rev. DR.. Hugh John
ston, Vice President Hobart kindly con
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