Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-29
Personal.

The Democratic State Convention
0. X .u<as has nominated Miss Sarah
A. Brown for Supr,intr,dent # Pub-
lie Instruction
Mr.. CSrus W. Field, Of NV York,
i; about to make tour Of the world,
and is low busy arranging his affairs
for sn absence Of nine or tea months.
Julian llaw thorne. the novelist, at
present r, siding III England, La. &c
copied consulate in Japan. oilered
him Ivy the government Of the United
States.
A. Bronson Alcptt hns not tasted an
.mal food for half IL century, and drinks
nothing but water. except al OCCASION
al cup Of ten or coffee, made extremely
weak.
The MsrlUis # L1rne has been Wis
ting Nova Scotia, greatly to the de-
light of the people. who declare that
he is mn'h lnIdaol.cr than his photo
graphs.
Theo' ore Tlliou, his two dau ,hters,
Mrs. Llura &. Ballard and Mrs Curtis
have left Germany for Paris. where
:Le Misses Tilton will remain this win
ter to study Freuch and ainting, Mr..
Tilton VIII shortly return to the United
States.
Miss Nelson, says T,Wh. Was born
IN the neighborh0ad CT Leeds. of al
English father and u gypsy mother.
But the truth il, according to the New
York Times correspondent, she was
lurn at liu!l. Of poor but honest York
shire parents.
Tcnnyson attained his seventy first
birthday Oh August 9th. Browning,
Matthew Arnold James X. Lowell and
other friends of the laureate. called on
him at his residence in King street,
Ulatcry ode.
Wilhelmj, the violinist, spent the
summer in the Catskills. vt Windham,
Green county, n. Y. Ia kindly vol
untcrtd his services for concert at
the Presbyterian Church, in the vii
lage, to help in the purchase of Il Sun
day school orgaI
Mr.. Spu,geon of The London TAI
ernacle Is IA martyr to govt, and is un
able to walk M, co siderable distance.
He is described Us being short and
thick in stature, and as having broad
face, II large fiat nose with wide nos
trils and thick lips. There is homely
magic i'll his voice.
Mr. f. lison says that the flying ma
chine is the next thing on which the
thought of the scientific world will con-
centratc, aud that ho himself has been
thinking the matter over little, and
proposes ut some time to make II few
preparatory tests with captive ma.
chine worked by electricity.
Gen. James H. Weaver is described
as being large robust man, fully six
feet in stature, possibly more. With
the exception Of large mustache, in
which the gray Is fast getting the mas
terry Of the original dark brown, he
wears no whiskcrs. His face is com
fortably large, and surmouuted by u
square forehead.
The books, letters, and manuscripts
belonging to John and Charles Wesley,
with about thousand others, illustrat-
ing the history Of Methodism, have
been presented to the Drew Theolog
ical Seminary. The collection was
made by clergyman living near Lon
don, and WAS lately purchased for the
Drew Seminary by New York mer-
chant interested in the schools.
- Tb~ 2yfGeyss *. = axes Is described
as a picture of modest good taste as
she walks the deck of her husband s
yacht. She always wears thore plain
ly made dress of some dark color, with
a sailors hat, or close soft hat. which
is exceedingly becoming to her. Her
little daughters are dressed in dark
serges or simple cOttons. and sailors
hats always crown their long, fair hair.
The OLDEST CHURCH IN THE UNITED
STATEs.-Just east of the Indian House,
Santa Fe, stands San Miguel Church.
This is the Oldest church in the United
States. 1t is supposed to have been
built about the year 1910. During the
insurrection by the Pueblo Indians in
1850, it was destroyed by them. 1t
Was rebuilt as it now stands in the
year ITO by the Marquis de la Penuela,
through his agent, Don Augustin
Flores Nergara, AS is shown by an in
scription on rudely carved old beam
supporting small gallery over the
door to the church. 1t is built Of cdObe
on foundation of small stones laid in
mortar. Its length is 100 feet, the
width is sixty feet and the height is
forty feet. 1t is in II pretty good state
of preser> alton, considering its great
age. The walls Oh the inside are high,
whitewasled, and run to sharp peak.
There are IL few little low benches, Il
dome-shaped altar containing the usual
ornamenta of Catholic church, and on
each side painting of great antiquity.
The walls are lined with Il number of
paintings representing the various
stages OF the crucitiXiou of Christ
Services are held in this church every
day by the the TT. Rev. John Il. Loury,
metropolitan OF the province, whe! he
is able to holj service.
Mixed YELLOW PICKLE Two cab.
bageS, green tom ttoeS and cucumoers,
either picked or from the brine. i'll
equal Quantities, horse radish to taste,
several pods of green peppers and two
or three ears Of green corn; these in
gradients must be minced tine and
mixed tOopthpr. nnur loiijny VINEGAR