Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-13
FACTS OF INTEREST,

Gustave Dore's will directs that his
paintings shall be kept two years, and
then sold.
1t IS said to be socially very dull i.
and stupid IN the American colony in
Paris. and nobody knows the reason.
Hotel el-keepers at Cannes have ad-
vanced their prices since the advent
OF the Prince of Wales and Mr.. Glad
stona. ..z......
Apicture painted by blind girl is
on exhibition in Paris and attracts a
great deal of attention. The subject
is ruined castle on the Rhine.
The Atlantic Monthly will hereafter
be published simultaneously in Lon
don and Boston. Messrs. Ward.
Locke & Co., are the English publish
ers.
An American dentist in Dresden
drives fourth hand and entertains
better than the average prince. He
gives the idea that dentistr. is profit
able.
Many of the London theaters have
abolished the system of feeling for
showing seats and securing bill of
the play because of the many protests
made against the extortion.
The Italians put the lime intended
for mortar in pit and let it lie under
water two years before using, and to
this is ascribed the remarkable dur.
ability of the Italian mortar.
A st. Petersburg dispatch says:
Forty students have been imprisoned
for expressing doubts of the admin
istrative ability of the Minister of
Public Instruction.
The ceiling in Cornelius Wander
bits drawing-room is of iridescent
glass in mosaic work. The effect at
night is said to be wonderfully bril-
liant. The glass came from the ruins
of Pompeii, Thebes and other places.
The walls are covered with hand
wrought tapestries. ard the curtains
are of delicate yellow satin. There
is constantly flowing fountain in
the place where the fireplace ought
to be.
A bill has been introduced in the
Connecticut Legislature which has
for its object the reviving of section
of the divorce law allowing divorces
to be granted on the ground Of gen.
eral misconduct. When this section
was in operation in former years Con-
necticut had the reputation Of offer
ing advantages for dissatisfied mar
ried people almost equal to those of
Chicago.
Cleburne, Texas. boasts cat ranch.
1t is on the premises of Col. j. B.
Chambers. In the summer of 1881
the wheat in the barn was threshed
and considerable quantity of straw
was left in the rail pens. A few cats
at once took possession of the pens,
and they have multiplied until now
at least 500 cats of ali colors-black.
white. yellow, gray, &c.-inhabit the
inclosure.
The Paris Kentuckian says a cat
and a canary bird in that city mani
fest great affection for each other.
The cat listens with evident pleasure
when the bird sings. and the feath-
cred sengster, appearing to know this,
seems to pour forth the sweetest
notes it is capable of in order to
please its feline friend. The cage
sits upon the table and the cat has
often been seen to jump up and lie
down against the cage and allow the
bird to pick fur from its body to line
its nest.
A woman went to a Michigan
clergyman for advice as to business
adventure, and implicitly followed the
directions which he did not hesitate
to give. The result was disastrous.
She now sues him for 81 500, that be-
ing the amount Of the damage which
his bad counsel caused. His defense
is that, while his profession made him
an expert in spiritual affairs, the
woman had no excuse for relying
upon his judgment in business mat
ters.
A favorite antidote for rattlesnake
poison in Mexico is q strong solution
OF iodine in potassium iodide. Mr..
ii. ID. Croft has tested some of the
poison itself with this solution and
finds that light brown anorphous
precipitate is formed, the insolubility
of which explains the beneficial ac-
tion OF the antidote. When iodine
cannot readily be obtained solution
of potassium iodide, to which few
drops Of ferric chloride has been
added can perhaps be used as an an
tidote to snake poison.
Louisville has discovered that
women are particularly fit to be drug
clerks, and q number are already en-
ployed in the best stores. ''They
seem to learn by intuition" says an
employer; lone look or work sufices
where a man would require hundred
words of instruction. When nv
woman clerk has a matter in hand I
am certain that my order will be car
ried out"
Robbers in Minnesota farmhouse,
being unable to find the money which
they knew was hidden on the prem
ises, placed cooked. pistol at the head
of baby and threatened to blow its
brains out. This made the mother
give up the other treasure. This plan
calls the turn on King Solomon's
racket of dividing the body of dis
puted heir.
Some weeks ago druggist in Burs-
lem, England, had carelessly served
customer with poison instead of
magnesia. He summoned the bell
man as soon as the mistake was dis
covered and sent him about the
streets warning the unknown pur-
chaser not to use the deadly drug.
This is rather novel way of neutral
lzing personal error, as it may be
called; but it was successful.
Good breeding consists in having
ovt,o ,1or l. .