The Portland daily press., 1897-04-10
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR

in this country that nearly all 1.-THE new
expressions in the English language are
American. He says Englishmen watch
the oper ,tion like boys Cooking ON ut a
blacksmith, and racing for his red
chips"
A Philadelphia paper states that 1t
sold $50. 053 copies after the prize fight,
and only 103, S25 on the strength of the
Presidential election. The city of broth
erly love and peace societies simply
wanted to find out what happened in the
last round.
One tenth of the millionth part of q
second can now be exactly recorded by
photography. The stroke Of hammer,
supposed to be instantaneous, takes a
long time in this measurements, and a
Hash OF lightning dawdles along az if it
had the spring fever.
Archbishop Heanessy.o of Dubuque, Ia,
will be the orator at the silver jubilee of
Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia on
the Wednesday following Easter. They
vera former chums at St. Louis and
Carondelet
The Pail Mall Gazette has this interest.
ing bit of naval news: 1t has recently
been announced that the Lords OF the
Admiralty have decided to introduce
homing pigeons as an auxiliary branch
Of the naval intelligence department MS a
means OF communication between vessel
at sea and the naval bases. A large pig
con house, to accommodate 900 birds, is
to be erected near the signal station of
the naval oommander-il- chief at Devon
port.
The Prssiden appeared on horse back
one day last week. General Miles pre-
scribed the exercise and picked out the
horse. MIR. Proctor Of the civil service
commission rode with the President
Besides all the fun and glory, Senator
Quay gets out of that Florida adventure
OF his pair Of panther skin slippers.
The new Archbishop OF Canterbury has
invited Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson of
Mississippi to preach lin ST. Paul's
Cathedral, London. June 81 the annual
sermon before the venerable Society for
the Propagation Of the Gospel.
1t is curious freak of circumstances
that the first of the British isles to grant
the right Of franchise to women should
be the Isle Of Man. 1t rather reminds
one of the story English women are fond
of telling. A school inspector once asked
class to name the islani Of the British
realms. No one mentioned the Isle of
Man. To remind them the Inspector
asked: "Well what would you call an
island that had no women in lt?" And
gallant small boy promptly cried, "I
know sir. The Scilly isles.
Statues of women, other than queens,
are remarkably rare. A writer in speak
ing of the subject the other day was able
to recall only four that of Joan of Arc,
at Rouen; one of "Sistsr Dora,' that
famous nurse. who was thus honored by
a public subscription among the work ink
people to whom her life was devoted,
ana who placed the statue at Walsall;
one of Harriet Martineau, erected as
memorial of hers.auti-slavery work in the
Boston city hall; and the last in honor
of certain Nine. Haughery, Door
milk-seller, who became famous for her
self-sacrifice and courage during .ansepi-
demic of small pox in New Orleans.
Founded in the year 1900 by the modest
appropriation of SIS, 900 for the purchase
of such books rs may be necessary for the
nse of Congress at the said city of Wash
ington," this collection has grown, not
withstanding the ravages of two fires, to
the present aggregate of 740, 900 volum es.
The acquisition Of the Jefferson library
In 1915, the Force Historical library in
1865. the Smithsonian library in 1867,
and the Toner collection in 1882, all con-
stituted specially important and valua BILE
accessioDs to its stores. And by the ell.
actment OF the copyright law of 1870. fol-
lowed by the international copyright
act of 1891, this library became entitled
to receiva two copies Of all books, peri
odicals and other publications claiming
the protection of copyright in the United
States.
The following statement appears in the
report of the Jefferson Laboratory of
President Eliot of Harvard: "Prof.
with Mr.. M. H. Ittner, fin
ished the work on parabromdimetani-
trotoluol, which was begun last year and
continued with Mr.. III. A. Torrey. the
study of the derivatives of chloranil OBJ
tanning results which throw some light
upon the constitution Of the oxide of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~
It is custom at Harvard that each
class shall at graduation susboribe or
raise among Its members fund
suffi cient to pay for the annual reunions
OIL GQ6 C1hSS, lOr bu0 uluuefS u6lQ every
few years, for the class reports, pub
lished every five or ten years, and for
similar purposes. AS the class becomes
extinct these funds are turned over IN
the use OF the college, and 1t also fra.
quently happens that the fund beoomss
SO large that part Of it is given to the
college while there are still many mem'
bers of the class living. The capital of
the funds now paid in to Harvard Col
lege stands about AS follows: 1sOa
81, 800; 1914, $1,000; 1915. 6,0S9, 1 1sIs'
81, 2O7; 1928, So, 415; 1884, $1,000: 1sss'
81, BIZ: 1841, "a. 1873; 1852, 81, $50. 1ss9
So, 725; 1856, 81, 600; 1867, s., 444. -o''
Furs are know to produce serious sk,,
troubles, owing to the dyes with which
they are stained. Such poisonous ohem
icals as arsenic. sulphate of copper. su,
plate of iron, anthony, orpiment -,
copper dust are used to dye sealsk ms a anS
So bles, and all the dyes are decided,va i.'
furious. Women should be as carefnn, u
possible in selecting furs. Chronic ao W as
ma may be induced by wearing oar. 49,.
dy ed furs naxt to the skin. "in