Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-02
PERSONAL.

TkBSONALs
Hold the Fort" 10 Nn. Hayss's e.
70, ite musical selection.
Veto: Hugo says England prod
wealth admirably. but distributes il
missIsb!y.
OrgJn newspapers defend General
Howard against hipPant critics sho
never saw an Indian.
Miss Helen Taylor, dsuehter-in- la~
of John Stuart Mill. has been bomi-
mated for Parliament.
The Capital ADVISES Kearney that in
the struggle of life brains suffer a.
much as his muscle do.
The London Void believes DR.
Newmsn to lie the greatest master Of
English in the world. and John Ruskin
the second.
John q. Whittier says that Ralph
Waldo Emerson il the one American
Who is sure III being remembered n
thousand years.
Womsn's rights, or writes. rule the
Harper establishment. Ten out of
seventeen contribut"rs TO the Septem
W. ~ 80 "puths
Governor Vale Hampton has expe.
rienc. d little benefit from his trip II
the mountains. He il still too unwell
te resume his Official duties.
Mr.. J. W. Harper. Jr.. Of Harper
Brothers. HIS crossed the Atlantic sig
times during the past year. He be-
gins TO feel rs though his home ~as on
the sea.
Moses Ovens, "the ell-known poet, "
is an inmate Of the aim shouse in Bath,
Me. where he is in q filthy, idiotic
condition, his Incorporate habits hav-
ing separassd him from family and
friends.
Miss Anna Dickinson is being oppor-
tuned to lecture during the coming
season. A lecture bureau is said to
have offered her very liberal terms il
she would undertake tour extending
over at least one month.
Mrs. Coates was comforting with O
dentist about now set of teeth. THE
chewing capacity OF these teeth is uu-
surpassed" said the dentist. "Maybe
can chaw with EN-" said the lady,
"but can jaw with 'em ?"
Fame is priceless, but it brings its
annoyances. "Jew," "adventurer,'
"Asian mystery" arch lingo" "char-
latan," "mountebank, and lin poster. u
arc some of tho names given Lord
Beaconsheld by the Radical press OF
England.
The alumni of Princeton Theologi-
cal Seminary are invited to contribute
dollar each to place three mural
tablets in the seminary chapel-one in
memory OF Rev. DR.. Miller, another in
memory of the Alexanders, father and
son, and third in memory of tho late
DR.. Hodge.
Bayard Taylor's recent illness was i,
it appears, severe. His doctor forbade
all reading, writing and brain work of
any kind. During his sickness Mr..
Taylor and his family were at Frieder-
inhschoda, in the Thuringa Valid, but
. they have now returned to Berlin,
where he has resumed his official and
literary labors.
General Grant, after visiting Aus.
tria, will go to some watering. place
and await the arrival of friend from
Philadelphia, whose wishes will decide
his movements for four or five weeks.
His present intentions is to prolong his
stay until next May or June, complet-
ing in the meantime, a tour Of the
world, spending the winter months in
India and China, and returning by way
of San Francisco.
Mr.. Henry Watterson made the adj
dress of welcome ut dinner given in
Louisville, KY, the other day to a
party of visiting journalists. Speaking
as one who speaks from experience. he
said: "There is not IL particle of diff
ference betwc. II the detonation of the
cork as 1t flies from the bottle in Ohio
in Kentucky. in PENNSYLVANIA, and il
West Virginia. Believe me, it makes
the same music in them all; and very
good music, too"