The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-27

Mich., was appointed postmaster by
President John Quincy Adams and st 1
holds his office. He is 81 years old and
has heen postmaster siXty-nine years.
Nine. Hip nlyte Garnet, mother of tbs
late President Carnot, died lately in
iaris. She was over so gears of age. Her
family name was Jeanne Marie Grace
Claire Dupont. Nine. Garnet was the
widow of Hippolyte Carnot, French
Senator, formerly minister OF public in
struction, who died III 1888.
Professor j. W. Hoffman of the State
CoIored College of South Carolina is the
first eoloretl Il an to introduce among his
people of the South the science of dairy
ing and agricultural biology. He is in
PRODUCING a line of industry among ms
people in the South that will make MS
work felt not only by the colored people
but by both races.
1t q plan now on foot is carried out,
Vice President-elect Hobart will call the
next United States Senate to order with
a gayel made from limb Of one OF the
old apple trees standing on the tafm
where lie was born. The gavel Will De
highly elubellisbed and will bear an ap-
pArPAi"eO ApoAOA III q 6OAN P'~So-
Four months ago there WAS rule
placed in effect OH the Galveston. LII
Porte and Houston that engineers would
be required to pay for all stock killed by
them on that line, and since then the
amount paid for dead cattle has not o K
ceeaed $40 per month, while before it had
amounted to nearly 81, 200 per month.
NJ. Jansen, Fren Oh scientist who
has made many accents of Mont Blanc
is now building an observatory on its
very top, font never, before attempted
or deemed possible, the observatory now
highest up the mountain being QUO feet
below it's summit. The material for this
work has to be carried up the mountain
by men, each taking weight of 81
pounds.
The obituary addresses delivered upon
the occasion Of the death of a mem Der Of
Congress cost the government good dea1
of money. Usually $4,000 copies are
printed, with steel plata purtrait of the
deceased, fifty oil which. bound in full
morocco with gilt elges, are for the
family of the dead congressman. The
cost of obituary volumes in she Fifty
first Congress was over $50, 600.
The Hyacinth has its hame from Greek
mythology. According to the story as
told by Ovid, Hyacinthus, beautiful
boy, was the son of Spartan king and
the favorite of Apollo. Zephyrus, being
envious Of the attach ment of Apollo and
Hyacinthus SO turned che direction Of a
QUOT which Apollo had pitched while at
play tn at it struck the head of Hyacin-
thussand slew him. The fable concludes
by making Apollo transform the body of
his favorite into the flower that bears his
name.
The copper mines of the whole world
are being taxed to their utmost to supply
the demand for copper wire and the other
apparatus used in the application OF cleo
trioity.
The work of excavation going on in the
ancient defenses of Jerusalem on the
south has brought to light many impor-
tant specimens of masonry, mosaics,
pottery, lamps, inscriptions and coins.
1t liz asserted by Lyell, the geologist,
that at period comparatively recent all
that portion of the United States south
Of the Black Hills was under from 500 to
900 feet of water.
to the size of their bodies than any, other
living creatures. They are. endowed with
a high quality of instinct, display
accountability and good judgment and
possess powers of reflection and caleula.
tion
A 15-pound goldfish recently examined
was found to have roe containing
4, 1922, 900 eggs.
Because her husband CANDLES, Pine
grove, Penn, woman sought divorce.
The matter has been adjusted by the
offending husband promising not to play
cards on Sunday.
1t is said that the Indian library of the
British India office, which is now being
catalogued, will be, when finished, the
most complete of oriental literature in
the world.
Thirty years ago Berlin was smaller
than Philadelphia, and now it is lsrgel
by 100000.
It was at Matobuen, N. j., that the
unmarried young men were invited te
bring all their gloves, socks, etc, need
ing repairs to a Presbyterian church
sociable and watch the girls mend and
darn. cup of chocolate aud sand
witch were additional attractions. Il
cost each young man dime to get 1I
and lots of them gave it. The scheme
proved a great money raiser.
Spain has more sunshine than any
other country in Europe. The yearly
average in Spain is 5000 hours, that Of
ItaIy $500. Germany 1900, England 1900