Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-08
FOREIGN GOsS.p.

The little son of the King OF Greece
has been Christencd "Andrew." He is
the only Prince in Europe who bears
that name.
The total population of Paris is now
2.223,9O0, against l,9eS,S 500 in 1876 and
1,S5l,792 in 1872 The increase is
greatest in outlying industrial quarters.
1t is said Queen Victoria is rapidly
growing old in appearance, and her
health is more iniirm than the royal
press of England cares to make known
to the world.
Queen Sophie, of Naples, is rs ac-
complished a horsewOman as her sister,
the Empress of Austria. She has spent
the winter at Paris in the eccentric pur-
suit of breaking horses and ponies at
the Iiippodrome.
The golden rose, which the Pope
blesses on the fourth Sunday of Lent,
and sends aS mark of especial favor to
some Catholic Princess, was this year
sent to Stephanie of Belgium, bride of
Rudolf, Prince Imperial of Austria.
The new Lord Wilton promises to
become the first man in the English
sporting world, Egerton Lodge with its
fine stud of hunters having beer left to
him by the late lord, while he has been
left an income of $4,000 10 support it
with.
An eminent Queens Counsel in
England, who has found time in the
midst of legal work to amass one of the
finest collections of postage stamps in
the country, has decided to part y it'll it
to French collector even more !irhly
esteemed in the postage stamp world.
The price given IS $40, ,000-a truly mar
velous sum for batch of defaced post
age token.
Mr.. Macdougall, the famous tartan
manufacturer of Inverness, died q few
days ago. 1t was owing to him that
Lord Brougham always wore trousers of
shepherds plaid. His lordship sent an
order to Inverness for "two pieces" of
the cloth, and this being interpreted in
a wholesale sense, Macdougall de-
spatched two large webs, which afford
ed an ample supply of trousers for the
purchaser during the last thirty years of
his life.
Many of the cedars of Lebanon have
come to an end through the utter care
lessness which has allowed the destruc-
tion of many historic trees, but they are
in future to have the protection which
has heretofore been wanting. Rustem
PaSha, the Governor of the mountain,
has inclOsed the cedars with wall, for
hidden the erection of any huts within
its bounds, and also the kindling of fires
by tourists, who have made u picnic
ground of the spot.
The ground in the Jura Mountains
is in state of movement, as is shown
by some curious observations pointed
out by M. Girardot. Villages that were
invisible to each other at the beginning
of the present century, or even thirty or
forty years ago, are now visible. First
the roofs appeared, and then the upper
part of the walls. Such is the case with
the villages of DOucier and Marigny,
near Laka Chalain. Important changes
have been noted even within ten years.
The result of the great national
steeple- chase at Liverpool, which was
won by Lord Manners, riding himself
his own horse, has created stir in aris-
tOcratic London. The steeple-chase was
over course of 1-2 miles, and Lord
Manners, after severe competition,
brought his horse-Seaman-in first bv
a short head, winning an amount equal
to whole years income of the Arch
bishop of Canterbury. The enormous
odds of $4,000 to $4,000 had been
taken.