The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-25

| Voltaire and Piron We're enemies. To
their embarrassment they met ono day
at the country house Of friend. Firon
got up early, went to Voltsire's door and
wrote upon it the word Rogue At
break Voltaire snilingly said toshiin:
81 thank you for showing yOur interest
| in my welfare by leaving your card mt
| my door this morning"
It ia said that in one corner Of the
Union Pacific yard at Omaha stands the
private car built for President Lincoln
in 1864. 1t is forty-two feet long by
eight and one-half feet wide, and it is
divided into three compartments. One
Of these is quite large. and Was USED by
President Lincoln as an office and study
The oar is ironclsd, armor being set in
between the inner and outer walls to
render it bullet proof. 1t has not been
used at all OF late, owing to its great
weight, and its sides ara now cracked
and weather. beaten. The interior fur
nishings have all been removed.
The French government has by decree
prohibited the sale of all frozen meats
unless each piece exhibited for sale bears
large tag with the words frozen
meat.
In Florida the judges of the Supreme
Court draw straws for the position of
Chief Justice, the Constitution of the
State providing that the official shall be
chosen by lot.
Public story tsllers still earn a good
livelihood in Japan. In Toxic alone 600
of them ply their trade, provided with
small table, a fan and paper wrapper
IN jlluzrfa n a and pmOnaSiRa fhe DOiptS
of their tales.
By law coming into force this year III
Sweden dwelling house must not have
more than five stories. An attic contain
ing stove is reckoned story. The
height of the building must not exceed
the width of the street by more than
i've feet.
A bill has been introduced in the
State Senate Of Tennessee forbidding any
person to linger or loiter on any street,
alley road or lane in the vicinity of q
young ladies' boarding school. Neither
shall any one try to Communicate Sc
cretly with the inmates of any such in
stitution, nor loaf. Turk and luitsr where
the inmates of such institution are likely
to bs found.
The convict bill passed by the Alaba
ma State Senate is a radical measure.
At present the convicts are being worked
In the coal mines. This bill proposes
that three-fourths of the State convicts
and all of the county conviGts be taken
out and worked on the farms, in the brick
yards, and cotton factories belonging to
the Stats.
M. Osires, of Paris. who recently
bought the Castle of Malmaison, is hav
ing every room in it carefully restored.
Among the best known rooms are Napo-
Icons study, billiard room and drawing
room, and the room in which the EN-
press Josephine died. La Petite Malmai-
son, where Josephine had her green
houses. has already been restored by the
Count de Barrie, brother Of the King of
Naples.
There are so, 900 characters in the Jap
anese language.
China and India together contain about
one-half the population of the earth.
Electric omnibuses have been success
fully tried in London, and will soon be
running regularly.
On the return OF the Japanese regiments
from the Chinese war the fayorite tune
of the military bands was Marching
Through Georgia"
1t is stated that s25, 600, 900 have been
lost in attempting to start daily papers
in New York during the last fifty years.
They make their own bicycles in Japan
now. AMI cali them jin-ten-sha, which
means literally man. wheel vehicle.
1t is asid thataone of the colored Kings
of Borneo has just placed an order in this
country for fourteen-inch searchlight.
The city of New Orleans is now six
inches lower than it was forty years
ago.
According to Homef's own accoun
Helen must have been at least go years
old when Paris fell IN love with her.
ssThe Queen is sending telescope to
Lii Hung Chang as present.
The newest color for the hair (accord-
ing to fashion writsr) is dark brown,
with strong dash of deep. decided COP
perry red in it.
The bridal veil Of a japanese woman is
most carefully preserved after the cere-
mony, and it is not used again until the
death of the owner, when 1t is used as