The Portland daily press., 1897-02-10

furnished and 1T ID the scene Of many
social functions, though there is never
any ostentatious display.
King Humbert of Italy is the most
heavily insured man in the world. The
amount of insurance he carries is over
$1,000. 600, The late Gear Alexander
III. was insured for So, 10000
Ex-Seoretary John ". Foster is teach
ing a Bible class in the New York Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church Of Washington,
which is attended by about TO people, IN
Guiding several public men.
Ex-senator Tabor, who is now reported
to be at work as day laborer In Color
ado, built the Tabor Opera house at
Denver, and in his time was one OF the
most magnificent of the bonanza MIL
lionaires.
Maria Pia, the Portuguese Queen
Dowager, wears the gold medal OF
Lisbon Humane Society. 1t was granted
her for jumping into the Tagus after
Alfonso when he WAS a little fellow. 1he
Queen is plain, but very interesting
woman.
Chauncey M. Depew says that he has
had personal experience in seeking
office-not for himself, however, but
for others-from every Republican Presi-
dent. He says that Mr.. Lincoln would
always listen attentively to what he had
to say and then tell a funny story. On
his way back to the hotel he would think
over the .story, and finally see that 1T
landed his candidate way out OF sight.
Florida, Of all the states, has the most
water within it's boundaries, 44z0 square
miles.
A Hillsboro. N. H, young lady has
completed piece of fancy work, in
which by actual count there were 3l6.-
935 stitches.
In mediaevaI times rhinoceros horns
were emf Logged for drinking cups by
royal personages, the notion being that
poison put into them would show itself
nv bubbling. There may have been some
truth in the idsa, as many OF the ancient
poisons we're acids, and they would de-
compose the horny material very qulck-
ly.
A small town in Rhode Island is proba
bly, at the head in the matter OF public
libraries. This town is Warwick, and
itshas seven. 1t may be asworld s record.
1t turns out that Mrs. Craigie John
Oliver Hobbs) is engaged to be MARI ed,
not to George Moore, as was repe rted,
but to wealthy English land owner
named Walter Spindler.
The word lingo seems to have estab.
lished its place in the language, and has
taken ON certain character of legitimacy
which may give it permanence. By lingo
is common Basque oath and means
"By God" the dialectio forms OF the
word being jingo, jinco, jainco, gincoa,
yinco and yainco The jingoes lin strict
genealogical sense) are theI the
swearers, those without moderation or
restraint, prone to premature explosions,
boastful, vain, oyerconfdent.
Mr.. Zangwill and his brother, who
writes under the name 'tZZ. do their
literary work at opposite sides of writ
ing table, and working at white heat
they throw the sheets on the floor, gath
erinQ I'D and sorting out the debris when
the DAVIS work is over Perhaps the &C.
casionally disjointe1 effect of the style of
Zangwill (I) is caused by an accidental
Interpolation of page from ZangW1ll
(II) left in during the sorting process on
account of the mad rush Of getting to
press.
Mr.. Barrie recently referred to Emily
Bronte in lecture in Edinburg. "But
thought it was Charlotte Bronts that
wrote jams Eyre, was the question
heard ON the platform sob, Emily
was Charlotte's second name,'' was tho
explanation whispered back.
A. W. Jones of Augusta, Me-. has a
valuable coin in his possession over 100
years old. 1t is Of black bronze. and in
it's fine state of preservation shows the
figure of Emperor Lucius Caesar, in
whosetreign the coin was made.
The largest am punt of gold coin and
bullion in circulation in the United
States was in 1890. THE. most silver was
in circulation in 1891.
After being lost for over 80 years the
deed to ST. Stephen Episcopal church,
Wilkesbarre, has just aheen ssfound, con-
siderably gnawed by mice, in some old
rubbish.
The Congressional library, which is
soon to be housed in its new and elegant
building. comprises over 740, 600 books,
$50, 900 pamphlets and about 200, 000
mum bered periodicals.
In the long Arctic nights there is a
constant difficulty in keeping awake.
Greedy had to make worry strict rules
to keep his men awake during the long
Arctic night. Beds were not allowed
to be made, and the men were compelled
to get up and move about.
A farmer of Ozella, Fla, recently
found hairpin made of something like
gutta percha four feet below the surface