The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-03

.4 DlrtA1zy. u y said that tn
Duke Of Suez,v as be + pIavfuII,
called. when he went up for his bach
eior degree in isg2 passed cresiitals,
In the humsnitieS. but failed rnise-
ably II geogrzphy, he could nor ,ss
the cardinal points on the map.
Mrs Cleveland has made MANY asss
tsoas 20 her collection OF pets At fsal
View this snmmer. Besides a t,os,sII..
-. bernard. parrot. eauarv b;rsi
cali two kittens and i eow. he rser
has tame fox which was given her :
Marion, small collection AZ wf,fs.
mice, tao rabbits and eight or -
pigeons.
President Hyde OF Bowdoir college
the youngest college president n rs,
country. graduated from Harvard II
1879, and few years later from An
dover Theological seminary. He va.
recommended 20 the present position
by Professor Egbert smyth 10 whors
y was first offered. President Hvd.
Is 20 years old.
T. " Wilson, who i occupvi,r Ia.
pifiable position OF Democratic eanai
date for governor Of Minnesota. Is III.
man whose adyocary of Duluth ],
claims for q government appropriation
called forth from Hon. Proctor Knot
his famous speech about "the Zeritf
City Of the t1nsalfed Seas. .
Ellie Webster, the little i6-fnonths
Old baby OF Mr. and Mrs. Webster o.
Reading. Mich, i representative d
the NTH living generation having
iather and mother, grandfather and
grandmother on both sides, great
grandfather and great-grandmofhei
on both sides, and great-great-grand
mother on the side OF the father-nins
grandparents.
Louisiana has five papers edited b,
women. Mrs f. J. Nichols inherited
the New Orleans Ficagnae about II
years ago. and has made the property
signally successful. Another pauer
the Asnxaipfion Pioneer. edited br Mrs
suran Dupaty. took an active part II
the reform movement, as did also the
Carroll Benaef, edited by Mrs. M. l.
Garner.
Alfred G. Hobbs of Hartford. Conn.
IL now 20 years OF age. He Is the man
who succeeded in picking every l0ch
placed before him at the Crystal Pal
are, London, IN ISL. and won 500
offered by an English firm to any ONT
who could pick the lock thev manu-
featured. pr. Hobbs became lion
and was presented 30 the duke Of Wei
lington and Queen Victoria.
Ex-President Solomon Of Uavti. tn.
exile who was recently in New Yort
on his way 10 France, i IS wears oil
and is a giant physically. standing
feet inches in his stocking. HI,
features are regular and OF ebop hue
and q crown Of white hair sur11ount,
q broad forehead. under which are -
q pair of keen, black eyes. His yoies
Is deep and melodioas: has gestures
easy and graceful.
Thomas A. Edison is IN again from
oyerwork. "A. b." IN the EpoeA
says that he has for months past beer
working literally night ard day Al hi:
various inventions, the phonograph
naturally monopolizing the greater
part Of his time, and he has ended
with an attack OF acute dyspepsia e
severe that he has been compelled Il
run away from the many temptations
toward oyer-exertion which beset him
when within sight OF his laboratory.
Lawrence Oliphant, who was re
Gently in America, Is dying at Nal
vern 10 a hyaropathic establishment
suffering from brain trouble which
| renders him little better than u luna
| tic. II was only upon the announce.
ment of his Illness that many Of hi,
| friends learned that he had recently
married again, the bride being Mis-.
! Rosamund Dale Owen. granddaugh
| ter Of the weli-known socialist. Mrs
Oliphant, whose father 4 a spiritual
list, takes after her grandfather, and
has often lectured before socialist so
eieties in London.
| Simon Cameron. who is now nearly
90 years OF age, spends the SUMMER a
| his country home In Lancaster county
| Penn. He usually dresses IN a gray
/ suit, with a long-tailed coat, wearing {
| big Panama hat, and invariably carry
| ing q stout hickory staff. He leads /
quiet, regular life. He takes a break
| fast of milk toast and tea ut s O'Clock
then he sits in a big chair on his front
porch, where he reads the newspaper,
| and sees his friends; at II O'Clock b,
drinks pint OF champagne; at 1.
O'Clock sharp he has dinner, which
consists OF a roast and such vegetable.
rs are in season, without any desert OF
4
loanging and mapping. 4 supper oil
mush and milk Is eaten at O'Clock
and at the general retireS-not I,
sleep. however. bat to read Dickens OF
Thackeray till II or II O'Clock.
Ex-Queen Isabella Of Spain spends
most OF her time in Paris. She L
worth several millions Of dollars anc
ought 10 enjoy life But she is proba
bis rs dissatisfied and DISCONTINUED !
creature rs the world contains. Ago
she Is now sand the txhaustinl
excuses Of former years have APP
parently DESTROYED her ability TO enjoy
| the pleasures that once formed tn,
object OF her existence. She pays ;
good deal of attention to horse-racing
bat laments the good old days OF bull
| fighting. She usually has two OF
three youthful lovers, mere boys
dangling about her, and pays them
| handsome fortunes to pretend they
are in love with her II must he j
sweet task for them. Imagine bright
fresh lad of Il or Is years fOndting
and carcssing fat, coarse old woman
of So. who has had thousand lover.
before, whose face Is scanned with
marks of dissipation too deeply
| for paint TO cover and who
lii She were not an ex-qucen
would be called bag. Doubtless the
young men earn their money well
hut no one can regard this eXiles
queen with pity,