The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-03
MEN AND WOMEN.

John G. Whittier. the aged poet, re-
Gently refused $1,000 from a magazine for
a short Christmas poem.
Mrs. Cleveland is well up i'm national
politics, and corresponds regularly on the
subject with n few intimates.
Mrs. Matsu, wife of the Japanese minis
ter at Washington. dresses handsomely i'm
costumes Of occidental make. She has
entirely her native style of
dress.
Franklin b.. Gowen made n scrap-book
of the hundreds of threatening letters
which he received during his prosecution
OF the Molly MaRuire.' and i'm after years
often looked IL over with grim amusement.
Colonel John c. Boone, grandson of the
pioneer. Doniel Boone. is living friendless
and needy near Sulphur Spr nRs, Ark.
and u movement for his relief has been
started i'm Missouri, Arkansas and Ken
lucky.
Queen Victoria has expressed her will
inRness to accept a copy of Miss Woods
latest work on "NursinR." Special per-
mission has to be obtained before n book
can he sent to her majesty. Then the vol
umne has to he bound by the royal book
binders i'm color and material to match
the other books in that part of the queens
library i'm which the new volumne il to be
placed.
Marie Louise Baldwin,, colored, has
been appointed principal of the Agassiz
school,, which in the only school in Cam
bridge, Boston, in which n woman prin-
cipal il employed for grades.
She is ths oldest daughter OF the late p.
L. Baldwin, who was an mploye in the
Boston postoffice for many years. She
was graduated ut the high school with
high honors. After graduating at the
training school she taught IN Chestertown,
Ind, and was called from there i'm 1852 to
a charge of the ninth primary grade in
the Agassiz school.
The little son of Mr.. Clymer. instructor
OF English at Harvard. is remarked by the
curious in such things as being descended
from no less than five different siRners OF
the. declaration of independence. His
mother, who was of the Livingston family
Of New York, represents three of the
siuners. His father is q grandson of the
late Admiral Shubrick, and n lineal de
scendant of that George Clymer of Penn
sylvania whose name appears at the bot
tom of both the declaration of indepen-
dence and the constitution OF the United
States.
King Alfonso of Spain has had n great
many di1nities since his birth. The latest
one was his elevation to them The
church's eyes-serious function OF god
fathcrhood. He promised and vowed Thy
proxy, of courseI i'm the name of q youth
ful son of the Connie and Comtcsse de
Morella, to ~renounce those pomps and
| yanities which are the best reason for the
existence of thrones. The christening
took place at St. Petersburg, and the am
bassador OF his most athoiic majesty was
Alfonso's proxy.
Tbs German Emperor is nm indulgent
father. as was shown by an incident Mt a
recent banquet in Hanover. It is the Gus
tom at Berlin dinner parties to hand
round. with the desert, bags of sweets and
cakes, with the euphemistic inscription,
..For the worms" which are intended for
the children of the happy banqueters. and
taken home by the latter. A beautiful
model i'm chocolate of the yacht Hohenzol-
lern, filled with dainty sweets, Rraced the
center of the table at the Hanover dinner
aud this his majestysdemanded and OBJ
tanned ..for the worms" who rejoiced and
were exceedingly glad when their ship
had come home one day as they gathercd
round the dinner table at Potsdam.