The Portland daily press., 1897-06-02
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4'lg Ia~' '*aaiAiaG granddaughter Of
4. se.an9tl y34 Humboldt, Mathil1e yon
.-ara oiis. died few weeks ago in
r. was born in 1880 in Ottma-
G.. II ;eaia, the ancient family scat.
~, ii C0blsntz and Ottmachau till
her llo, ner 5 death, when she removed to
Rome, where she was the leading spirit
of the German colony and well known as
II friend Of young artists of talent.
The friends of Bishop Merrill (Metho-
d ist), of Chicago, have presented to him
IA silver fellowship cup in commemoration
Of his twenty fifth year in the Episcopacy.
Marie Lehman, who accompanied her
sister Lilli lehman on her recent visit to
this country, has returned to Vienna,
where she was for many years singer in
the Royal Opera House. 1t is said by
the Vienna newspapers that negotiations
have been opened for her re engagement
at that institution.
Dean Farrar thus describes Oliver Wen
dell Holmes when he made his last visit
to England in 1856: "He was an old
man, and his diminutive figure perhaps
showed that he could never have had
great physical strength. 1t is fatiguing
thing to go over the Abbey, ana he un-
doubtedly felt tired, and was glad to get
back to my house for cup Of tea. But
he has recorded the intense pleasure the
visit gave him, and he told me that he
thought those two hours in the great
Temple of Silence and Reconciliation
were among the most interesting he had
ever spent. He mentions also the curious
TACT that we are often more struck by
little things than by great Amidst the
imposing recollections of the ancient edi-
tlce, he writes, 'one impressed me in the
inverse ratio of its Importance. The
Archdeacon pointed out the little holes
on the stones of the cloister benches,
where the boys of the choir Che should
have said of the Monastic SchooD used to
play marbles before America was dis
covered-probably centuries before, it
may be. 1t is a strangely impressive
limpse Of living past, like the graffiti
of Pompeii.' -
DR.. William Thomp son, brother of
President Thomson, of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, has been made Emeritus Pro
fessor of Ophthalmology in the jefferson
Medical College of Philadelphia.
Once upon time, )" says the Boston
Herald, Senator Cameron called upon
President Lincoln at the White House in
behalf of an applicant for consulate who
was a particularly pestiferons person to
him. Where do you want to have him
sent? asked the President. There was a
large globe in the room. The Pennsylva-
mia Senator put one arm around it as far
as he could reach, and said: 1 do not
know what my fingers is on but send him
there. And he was sent.
"While woman" said the Cummins-
vile Sage, ''has succeeded in gaining
much more standing in the business
world, it should also be noted that her
standing in the street cars has increased
in far greater proportion "-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
An adult has about twenty eight pounds
of blood, and ten pounds are sent through
the veins and arteries at each pulsation.
A novel educational scheme was recent
ly tried in the capitol at Washington.
A number of teachers placed their pupils
in groups on the floor of the rotunda, and
each child was instructed to draw ON pa
per some interesting feature of the great
dome. The children seemed much inter
ested in their work, and number of ex-
cellent drawings were made.
Russia has a submarine boat, driven by
electricity, that can make ten knots an
hour. 1t is nineteen feet long, weighs a
ton, and the machinery is SO simple that
one man can manage it without special
training. 1t does not sink more than sew
en- feet, and can stay two hours under
water.
On June 2, 1776, a force of less than
100 Carolinians, under command of
Moultrie, protected by the rude fortifca-
tion on Sullivans Island, in Charleston
harobr, made of the trunks of the palmet-
to, repulsed the attacks of a British feet
under command of Sir Peter Parker, and
when the State of South Carolina was or
ganized the State seal, which was first
used in May, 1777, was made to commem-
crate this victory. A palm tree, growing
erect on the seashore,. represents the
strength of the fort, while at its base an
oak tree, torn from the ground and de-
prived of it's branches, recalls the British
fleet, built of oak timber, overcome by
| the palmetto. to.-Charleston News and
| Courier.
There came into vogue about that time
a nonsense verse; SO called, bearing
upon my humble self, and vivacious
enough to be widely quoted in the news
papers. 1t was composed, 1 believe, by
Mrs. Sivret, of Boston, and ran as fol-
| lows:
''There was young curate of Worcester
Who could have command if he'd choose
ter,
But he said each recruit
| Must be blacker than SCOT,
Or else hid go preach where he useter.''
AS matter of fact, it came no nearer
the truth than the famous definition of a
curate by Cuviers pupil since had never
been a curate, had already left the pulpit
for literature before the war, and was so
far from STIMULATING for colored regi-
ment that had just been commissioned
in white one; nevertheless, the hit was
agsnsan aways rs enl4yed alyand Monb