The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-07
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yelled in the Lake Front Park, Chicago,

yelled in the Lake Front Park, Chicago,
on July %.
Monsignor Doane of Newark, N. j.,
started recently for an extended European
tour. The monsignor was born in Bos
ton " years ago, and is a brother to the
Episcopal Bishop Doane of Albany. N.
T.. lie himself studied for the Episco-
pal1an ministry, and was ordained q
deacon iii that Echurch, but he became q
catholic before being advanced further.
Archbishop Corrigan. as president OF
the Catholic Missionary Union, has re-
ceived two gifts of $1,000 each from Mrs.
Josephine Heeker, widow of George
Hecker, and her daughter Miss Anna
Hecker, to promote the work of the union
in establishing and maintaining missions
to non-Catholics throughout the United
STATUS.
The red parasol is preventive of
freckles. The rays of the sun will have
no terrors for the summer girl with a
supply Of red parasols on hand.
Emile Richbourg the French novelist,
is said to have amassed $500. coo in 20
years by writing sensational stories for
LIE Petit journal
Mr.. Mckinley weighed 1871 pounds the
day he was nominated. A few days he
fore going to Washington to be inaugu-
rated he was six pounds heavier.
King Oscar Of Sweden, has sent an
autograph letter to Bethany college at
Lindsborg, Kan, in which he promises
| to send copy OF his great orations to the
| student WHO wins the coming oratorical
contest.
Mr.. Theodore Delyannis, the Greeb
premier, is now over 70 years old, but be
Is still vigorous in every respect. He
| belongs to an old family of Morea; but
his first start in public life was as copy
ist in the civil service of the Greciar
government.
| Railway bridges are nowadays replaced
in very shsrt time but it is stated that
the Great Eastern holds the record, al
the servants of that company removed an
| old bridge over the Lea, south of Totten
ham, Eng. and put up the new one in
nine hours, in spite of snovstorn
which occurred during the work. The
new bridge Weighed $50 tons.
In the Belgian parliament when Q
member is making long speech he may
JIG Supplleu WlUH Dfhluy duu Wdbcf dt
government expense.
The longest known telegraph circuit
made on this continent for actual bust
ness was the report from San Diego to
Boston recently. The line was out out
the full 3400 miles.
Bath, Eng. now boasts of three canary
birds hatohed out of one egg. The little
fellows were about the size of humble
bees. bnt are nlive and growing.
G. A. Barber of Salem, O., claims to
have violin that was made in 1414. and
believes it TO Re the eldest iii the world.
A Pers an carpet has beeu.in use for 200
years in the main hall of the shah'a
palace in Teheran.
II takes 81 specially constructed and
equipped steamers to keep the sub
marine telegraph cables OF the world in
repair.
England consists OF 81, 900, 900. of acres,
Scotland 10, 500 600 and Ireland 20. 500, 600.
Near Phenix, A. H., James Boy
found a steel lance point that appears to
date long way back. Some Of the local
antiquarians refer it to the march OF
Coronado. A few inches of the wood,
much deoayeii, remain attached TO it. This
grain shows the wood to be live oak,
which is not found nearer phenix than
in Mexico, but was plentiful in Spain.