The Portland daily press., 1897-05-01
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.


Loard Rosebery's income is said to be
S1000,000 a year.
I Frederick Saunders, of the Astor library,
| is the Oldest living librarian. He was assist
ed to his place by Washington Irving.
The King of Siam is to visit Queen Victoria
next summer in his $500 ton steam yacht,
Maha Chakri, which was built for him in
IScotland.
Mrs. Langtry's daughter, Jean, will make
her debut during the present season in Lon
don. She is second edition of her mother,
though much taller.
Bryan's royalty on the sale of his book for
the first month was $4,000. The hoy orator
will undoubtedly be able to keep the wolf
from his door
Since the year 1880 the Paris police have
arrested as many as 10000 children who
were being trained for begging. and vice.
In Vienna the servant girl is not permitted
to climb out on the windowsill to clean win
dows without safety belt and rope at
tached to it.
1t is said that Australian shepherds can
forete1 the weather from the condition of
the w DOL on the backs of their sheep. An
increase in the curliness indicates better
weather.
Italy gives to the world outside her Dor
ders $500. 100000 oranges; Spain, 4ooO OoO, 900;
Portugal, sO,OOO,OOO Paraguay, 60, 900:
Florida nearly as many as Paraguay.
Far from diminishing the consumption of
liquor, the government monopoly of spirits
in Russia seems vastly to have increased
drunkenness among the subjects of the Gar.
For, whereas formerly the authorities
frowned upon the dramshops ard favored
the establishment of tea drinking establish
ments, the con trary is now the case since it
has been found that the popularity and.yogue
of the teashops affect injuriously the reve-
nues derived by the State from its monopoly
of the sale of spirits.
The Russian government has just revived
decree issued more than half century
ago, and which has been permitted to fall
into Oblivion. According to the terms there
of Jews are absolutely debarred from living
in Siberia. To those in whose minds the
name OF Siberia has always been associated
with ideas of cruel exile and terrible penal
servltude, the calling into existence once
more of this obsolete law will appear in the
light of boon, rather than as a hardship
Lord Salisbury is spoken of as being so
busy that he has not even time to walk to
bis work, but must be whirled to his Office
in swift carriage. During the Cretan
trouble he has even at times foregone his
short walk in ST. James park OF along the
embankment. AT no time does he care for
sport or sports. He has played few strokes
at golf to humor Mr.. Balfour, but it is onlv
in his chemical Laboratory that he finds anv
congenial recreation.
President Diaz will shortly apply to the
Mexican government for three months
leave of absence. He is worn out with bis
long terms of serving his country as ito
highest official, and he wants to visit with
his son, who is attached to the Mexican To-
cation at Paris.
The Princess of Wales prefers the tricvcle
to the bicycle, and many of the fashionahlo
women throughout England are folovino :.
her example.
queen Christian of Spain is modern mn
to-date woman, and long before the 1estrc-
lions on horseless carriages in London wora
removed she ordered an electric Victoria -
be built for her.
Sir.Julian Pauncefote was originally n Ton
don barrister. He began his public caroa,
thirty years ago, when he went ia H..
Kong as attorney genearl. His Introduces
to foreign affairs was through the door -
law, when he was made assistant LEGAL ~,
d er-secretary of State for foreign affairs
Rudyard Kipling's latest book of noa,.a
"seven Seas" is in it's fourth edition.