The Portland daily press., 1897-04-20
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.
Senator Pugh of Alabama is the cham

London shop-windows, are those Of the
Queen, MI. Rhodei, and DR.. Manson.
Queen Victoria sigma herself to her
sons and daughters-in.law, "Always
your affectionate mother, V. r. l."
In the Russian village Vjalova there is
peasant named Satov who claims to be-
1873 years old and that his father lived
$50 years.
Pope Leo XIII recently received a sum-
mons from a notary in Sycngyos, Hun
gary, informing him that he had been
left $40 by a priest named Anton Syurky,
and telling him to come and claim the
bequest, and to bring with him the OIL
oial fee of florins and 81 Kreutzers
President Gilman announces that M.
de Coubertin Of Paris, president OF the
Union Franchise des Universities
d'Amerique, offers to bestow annually IN
the Johns Hopkins University medal,
which is named the Tacqueyille medal,
In honor of the illustrious Frenchman
vino made the well-knoWn study OF
Democracy in America" The medal
will be awarded to that student who
shall have written the best essay Oh some
subject in historical OF political science
taken from French history or politics
IRON 1918 TO 1871.
The late "Oliyer Optic" once wrote a
play for his son-iu-law, Sol Smith Rus
sell, but it didn't seem to strike the
popular fancy.
Among the new ohevaliers of the
Legion of Honor are two Americans. W.
I. Donnat, the painter, and John VAN
amaker's son, Rodman.
Holm
banker who married Mis-. Victoria Wood
hull, died lately at Las Palmas, in the
canary Isles, of pneumonia.
Mr.. Hanna has more mail than any
other two mon IN Congress, and he never
receives a letter that is not answered
courteously, cocisely, and completed y.
Mr.. Hanna's mail is averaging consider
ably over 200 letters day.
There is absolutely not q single office
at the disposal OF Secretary of War Alger
even his private secretary icing subject
to civil service rules governing appoint
ments. But. Notwithstanding this, nearly
3. 600 applications for Office have been
filed with him.
Isaac Allen. the Boston negro who
was elected mem Der of the Common
Council, thought he would make Let
of money by Occurring on GLOW l Got
There" in the towns of Massachusetts.
He began with Haverhill, but as the ie-
ceipts footed up only 50 he refused to
speak.
Mgr. Merry Del Val, the papal dele-
gate to Canada, will make Ottawa his
headquarters and i'll take up his resi-
dence in Sir Donald Smiths cottage.
AS contribution to the revived con-
tIoversy over the authorship of the song,
Tenting Oh the Old Camp Ground, COR
respondent of the Boston Transcript
claims the honor for Mr.. Kittredge, who
is now living in Reeds Ferry, N. II.
A newly patented grip for bicycle
handles is composed OF s6t of spiral
springs set between two metal GAPS anu
covered with woven cane to make cool,
spring grip.
A newly devised gearing for bicycle,
has steel ball ret in every link of the
chain, the sprocket wheel being followed
out to receive the balls, the chain being
SO made that the teeth of the sprocket
wheel are used as well rs the Eall
SOCKETS.
There are only pine different tones In
the human voice; but there are, it is said
II, 500, 1856, 044, Ais different sounds.
A Swede went into a lawyers office Mt
Sigourney the other day to get him to
make out conveyance for some land
which he had purchased. He said he
wanted "A mortgage, but the lawyer said
be should have a warranty deed. "No.
replied the Swede. II once had war
anty deed to farm, but another man
held mortgage and got the land.
want a mortgage "-Wellman (Iowa)
Advance.
Women were first employed as tele-
graph operators In 1864.
Karl Mendelssohn Bartholdy, who died
recently in Germany, was the son OF
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, the com-
poser. He had been confined In an insane
g sly lum for more than twenty years, and
WAS generally supposed to have died
years ago. SO completely had he disap-
pearen from the public eye. Indeed, his
death was reported in 1874, and the
Mendelssohn family of Bertha family
| of high prominence in the financial
| literary and social circles of the German
capital-hsd never denied it. He had
written several historical and bioqraphi-
cal works that were highly esteemed re-
| lating to the conflicts between Greece
anu turkey Since l400. ne WIS DCIn
| in 1888.
The product of aluminium in 1s91s in
the United States was 16S,00u pounds
Since then it has steadily increased each
year until last year it was 1900, 900
pounds. In the meantime the price has
fallen from IS per pound to 40 cents and
it is still falling. Ihe uses are increasing
as rapidly as the product. 1t is already
being used for many household purposes,
it will probably soon become part of
the house itself. Indeed 1t would not
cost very much more now to do of a
room with yeneering of aluminium than
with soue of the costly hard woods
Then hard wood costs more and more
while aluminium is in every bank of clay.
The Breton is too poor to have meat
except on fete days. Tea and coffes are
known to him only by rumors from til Q
manor house. Bread he has in plenty
and greatly enjoys and milk and cider
are his drink, which he accepts with all
thankfulness and contentment. The
Breton loves his wife and children, ia
laval tn his nd mi