The Portland daily press., 1897-01-21
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR

Count Tols6oi is fond of music, but re-
fuses to attend any entertainment for
which an admission fee is demanded.
Byron wrote his celebrated poem of
"The Bride of Abydos'' in onesnight.and
without mending his psn. The pen is
still preserved in the British Museum.
Mrs. Arthur Sewall, wife of the late
free silver Dem oorasic candidate for Vice
President of the United States, is an ex-
pert amateur photographer, and has re-
ceiged diplomas fer her work, not only
in New York and Boston, but also IN
Paris. Mrs. Sewall. who has travelled
extensively both. in America and Europe.
has made charming collection OF land
seape photographs.
Cardinal Eatoll', lately the papal dele
gate to the United States, ia now arch
priest of the basiIiea OF st. John Lateran,
the cathedral church Of Rome, having
entered upon bis duties on Christmas
eve.
Mr.. Bryan had occasion to define the
word fanatic" the other day, and he
gave the following detpition: II used
to think the word fanatic very harsh
term, but after I wac able to define it
myself il didn't seem SO bad. A fanatic
is ane who thinks SO deeply upon certain
SD bjeets as to make himself a nuisance
tosevery body who doesn't think as deeply
on that subject as he does.
Gen. Felix Agnus, the proprietor of the
Baltimore American, has been obliged
again to deny the story that when he
calae to this country he began his career
az barber. 81 came to this coun try,
he SAYS. 90 under engagement rs chaser
and ecuIptor to the great firm OF Tiffany
& Co. of New York, from which estab-
lishinent I went dire ct tn the ranks as a
priyate soldier, though net speaking
word Of the English language.
The most expensive royal regalias In
the world are said to be those of the
maharajah of Bnroda, India. First
comes gorgeous collar containing 500
diamonds, arranged in five rows, some
of these az largo as wainuts. A top and
bottom row of eIneralds of equal size
raIievs the luster of the diamonds. A
pendant is composed of single brilliant
called the 'sStars OF the DeccgD." and
there are aigrettes, necklaces, bracelets,
rings. and;ohains to match. The mahaTa-
iah's own special carpet, ten by SIX feet
In extent, made entiraly OF pearls. with
a big diamond IN the Conlef huu III edCll
corner, cost 81, 900, coo.
London leads the list of cities in it's
mum bar of women who are either domes-
tic or skilled workers. New York Is next.
The Eworhing women over 10 average
about SEQ, COO in New York city, as
against rs, 600 quarter of a century ago.
There are probably about SOC, GOO women
of working uQe in city like New York,
with it's a,0O0, 0C0, and this shows that
half of them are obliged to toll.
The Hindoo holy books forbid woman
to see dancing, hear music, wear jewels,
blacken her eyebrows, eat dainty food,
sit at a window, or view herself in a
mirror, during the absence of her hus-
band, and allows him to divorce her II
she has no sons, injnres his property,
soolds him, QuaIrels with another
woman, or prssumes to eat before he has
finished his meal
Next to Gibraltar, Malta Ia the strong
est fortress In the world. After it came
into the possession of the English. dur
ing the Napoleonic wars, the harbor of
La VaIetta was defended by system of
works which are considered by compe-
tsnt engineers to be impregnable against
any force that can be brought to bear
upon them.