The Portland daily press., 1897-12-03
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Mr.. Sidney James Low, the retiring
editor of the st. James Gazette, Of Lon
don, who was entertained at dinner in
Saturday last by the most representative
gathering of English newspaper men in
ary, on tour of the world Among the
givers of the dinner were Messrs Rud-
yard Kipling, Gilbert Parker, Thomas
Anstey Guthrie and William Ernest Hen
| ley. Alfred Austin, the poet laureate,
sent poem.
1t is reported that Pierre Lott will def
| nitely retire from the French navy soon
and devote himself entirely to literary
| work.
ST. Pauls cathedral, London, England,
will commemorate. the two hundredth an
niversary of its reopening after Sir Chris
topher Wren had rebuilt the edifice, on
Dec. 2, with-a great Masonic service.
Chess players often die of brain disease.
and the latest example is Berthold Eng
lisch, the Austrian champion, who was
famous for his proficiency. Since 1879,
when he first became widely known, he
had engaged in frequent Contests with
masters in the art.
| The Rothschilds have made it rule to
intermarry, and have def1ed the doctrine
of the scientists, who have forbidden the
marriage of relations on the ground that
| it debilitates race. A Rothschild gen
orally looks among his cousins for q
wife; uncles have married nieces, neph-
ews have married aunts.
| a Prussian officer in the German army
has Been in the habit of questioning raw
recruits on simple matters of national
history. Here are a few replies to his
question, "Who is Bismarck?'' IBIS
marok was Emepror of the French. .
Bismarck is dead Bismarck is a
| pensioner and lives in Paris IBIS
marck took part in the campaign of 1870
and received medal for good conduct. .
| Bismarck descends from the Hohenzol-
lerns, and was born on April 1.'' OF
/ sixty six recruits whom the officer had to
/ instruct twenty one had never in their
| life heard the name of the Iron Chancel-
| ]or.
The establishment of peace between
Italy and King Menelek of Abyssinia is
to be sealed by the giving of number
of presents by King Humber. He will
send sword Of honor, richly chiseled,
and service for "tegg,'' the nationa
drink of Abyssinia. For Queen Taitou
will be sent goblet of buffalo horn, in
crusted with silver; a parasol of red SILK
with gold and silver ornaments, and 9
parlor organ. For the rest of Menelek'
family will be set a tea service ornament
| ed with the monograms of Menelek and
of the Queen Of Italy. Finally, Ra.
Makonnen will not be forogtttn n, but vii
receive richly ornamented gun.
Soon after the laying of the Atlantic
cable" says the Westminster Gazette
Lord Kelvin-then known as Professor
Thomson-was racking his brains to de
wise some means of perfecting the ordi
nary telegraphic apparatus used on over
head wires, which was not suited for tn,
varying current passing along the cables
The tagging of the electric currents haC
the effect OF making them run togethel
into one bottom current, with surface
ripples, which correspond to the separate
signals OF the message, and the difficulty
was to invent means of Interpreting
clearly and easily all the delicate fluctu
aitons. Unexpectedly one day Lord Kel
WINS eyeglass dropped off and swung IL
front of the magnet The eyeglass reflect
ed its movement, and from this simpl,
incident the mirror instrument wa,
devised.
The Topeka Capital says that Charlie.
N. Fowler, the member of Congress from
New jersey, whose bill to reform tn,
currency is attracting considerable atten
tion, is form er Kansas man, He WAS n,
one time law partner of the late Jude,
JOEL Holt. When he lived in Nortbwes
Kansas he did not possess enough finan.
cial ability to conduct his own busines:
successfully.
By the will of Warren G. Roby, o
Wayland, which has been filed in Boston
Mass. the sum of s2s, 600 and half an acr
of land have been left to the town o
Wayyand, for the purpose of building
and establishing a public library.
United States Vice Consul Genera
Brock, at Berlin, has resigned his posi-
tion and Will return to the United State
Consul General Goldsohmidt has appoint
&c, Mr.. Day, one of the consular clerks, t.
be the successor of Mr.. Breck, subject t.
tie approval of the United States authori
ties.
non,+ hurry Take time fo avo,,,;x.