The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR

David Irwin Of BryOn Center, Mich,
claims to be the Oldest Democrat in the
country. He is 1O2, a veteran of the
Mexican War and has voted the Democrat
10 ticket ever since he came of age.
Pet names are In frequent use in the
royal family of England. The Duke OF
York is called "Maodun. " and the Prin-
cess OF Fife ''Her Royal Shyness." Little
Prince Edward OF York has always been
known as 'the new boy" The Princess
Patracia of COnnauRht born on St. Pat
rick's Day, is dubbed PADDY.
The proposal to place memorial to
John Ruskin In Westminster Abbey Is
being opposed on the ground that the alb
bey Is already too crowded with such
relics while the friends of the late Duke
OF Westminster have been plainly told
that they may not place a monument TO
the duke IN that pile, because he
never did anything TO deserve such honor.
Senator Cushman K. Davis, of Min
nesota, entertained the Old Telegraphers'
Association at its recent reunion IN Mil
waukee with tales Of his experience when
as youth, helseryed as operator near Mil
Waukee and delivered the messages him.
self.
Arohduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to
the Austrian throne who was invited by
the German Emperor to take part in the
German autumn army manouvres, has
been officially connected with the Ger.
man army since 1888 In that year
Kaiser Wilhelm appointed him to the
Uhlan regiment Graf Dohna No. and
IN 1895 named him chief of the Uhlan
regiment Prince August OF Wurtem berg
No. 10. At the great spring parade in
1899 for which the Archduke came to
Berlin the keiser appointed him to the
Kaiser-Garde Grenedier Regiment No. q.
OF which Kaiser Franz josef is the chief.
There is, or was, letter In the.postofllce
for Sverdrup the Norwegian Arctic ex-
plorer who went up on the west side OF
Greenland two summers ago and who
Gas expected to explore the northern por-
tion OF that continent this summer posi-
bly, crossing on the Ice by sledges. A
Danish expedition under Lieutena mt
Amdrup visited the east coast this year
going ashore in latitude "A degrees 30
minutes. On a pole near Sabine Island
he left q mssage for Sverdrup. to be called
for. " Whether or not it has been found
by the man for whom 1t is intended it
is yet impossible to say. But party of
Swedes who also visited the east coast a
few weeks ,ago observed the letter and
left 1t alone.
The Russian philosopher and sociolo.
gist w. S. SoIoviev died at Moscow on
August 13. He was a son of the historian
Sergius Soloviev. He occupied stand
point very like that of ToIstoi, and in his
writings dwelt severely upon the breach
between an ideal religion and the actual
institutions of the modern Church and
State. He had only reached his forty
seventh year.
Isaac Stephenson, who is looked upon
as Wisconsin's coming United States Sem
ator, in place of Senator Spooner. has
been prominent in the political and busi-
ness life OF Wisconsin for more than forty
years. In 1866 no worked for Fremont,
and he has been a delegate to several
national conventions. He predicted
President MoK1nley's future at the Con-
vention OF 1892, and the President has
more than once pleasantly recalled the
incident Mr.. Stephenson's interests are
largely in the lumber line, and he is
wealthy.