Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-06

preparation.
Ellison. the electrician, has obtAiDe,
biz 3tl,t ratent.
Mr.. John |. B'ai~. of B'airstown
y. j, has given 50 600 t. "Liow III,
Presidents Cnsir of Lttay cite Cplleg"
filed by DR.. C.tttell.
/ The only remarkable thing ti.ua -
about the Dcrnhtrdt's visit is, thai she
has rot endorsed every piano rs the
best in the market.
Good old Mrs. Garfield, looking It
the grand display on Inauguration day,
quietly remarked that she did not
think it was right ito have all this inss
over James, that it was hot "qulte
Republican"
4 favor;;e paragraph with Lpcretia
Mott, when her autograph WAS asked
for albums, was, " In the true marriage
relation the independence of husband
and wife is equal, their dependence
mutual AMI their obligations recipto-
CAL"
Miss Anna Dickinson signed con
tract to play "Claude Melnotte,
Hamlet" and probably " Macbeth" in
Chestnut Street Ihea:er, Philadelphia,
three evenings this month She appears
on alternate evenings With Stlvini, and
bis excellent company supports Miss
Dickinson.
Carl Sehurz was never offered even
the lowest position under his own
government, says u New York paper. -
Detroit Free Press. Mistake. He
was offered the lowest dungeon meath
the castle moat of -. We forget the
name of the castle; but never mind, he
accepted it.-[New York Commercial
Advertiser.
Olive Logan, who is on lecturing
tour, talks thus about Fanny Daven-
port: " 1t is q terrible experience for
any woman to observe the signs of her
loss of beauty-the growing dullness
of the eye, the lines about the
mouth, the lack luster hair, the
changing figure, whether it he losing
its rounded curves or gaining obesity
at the the sacrifice of symmetry; but to
an actress this gradual decay is terror
only second to death itself" Mrs.
Davenport-Price's remarks about Mrs.
Logan.Sykes have not yet been re-
ported.
The Imperial family of Germany is
quite able to support itself. If the
Grown Prince were deprived of his in
heritance he could easily win bread and
butter by his skill as turner; while
his eldest son, Prince Wilhelm. is an
excellent amateur artisan. On the
n ,,nrnr'c col hi ~ uax,nrnl ,,,1 oe,
of his dead grandson Waldemar's pro-
ficiency as bookbinder. This acqui-
sition of a trade is in accordance with
the Evolutionary custom in the royal
family.
. Mrs. Stone, the we'll known lady
philanthropist of Boston. has made the
following requests in addition to those
already announced: To the Hampton
Institute, Fortress Monroe, Virginia
Olivet college, Olivet, Michigan; Ripon
college, RIpon, Wisconsin,; Illinois
college, Jacksonville; Beloit college,
Beloit, Wisconsin. and Robert college,
Constantinoele, $40, 900 each; to Mari
eta college, MARKETS., Ohio, and Berea
college, Kentucky. $1,000 each. She
gives $25, 900 to the Howard university
at Washington, SIS 900 for evangelical
work in France, and So, 800 to the New
West education commission.
A story is told concerning Secretary
Kirkwood and a person of high civil
rank in Washington, upon whom he
once called. The Iowa Senator who
waited his turn. After disrnissing the
several callers with such answers 90
their business required, the great man
slowly turned his office chair, and,
looking the Senator over from crown to
sole, said, coolly: "Well, my man,
what can l do for you? You look as
though you would be most at home on
farmW
A PRINcELY DoNATIoN.-Mr. Amasa
Stone, OF Cleveland, Ohio, has just per-
formed deed which will live to per-
petuate his generosity long after he
has departed. He has given the mag
nifcent sum Of $500, 900 to the Western
Reserve college, attaching the condi-
tons that the institution shall be re-
moved to Cleveland, it's name changed
to Adelbert College of the Western Re-
serve University, and that the Board Of
Trustees be increased to twenty-three,
eleven of whom shall be selected by the
donor. The Trustees took Mr.. Stone
at his word, and on the 20th instant he
sent in the names of President Garfield,
ex-President Hayes, John Hay, and
other eminent citizens of Ohio as his
selections.
Sore Throat-Ammen's Cough Syrup.