Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-09-26
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Iaurcitc on account OF his antl-lrlSl
doggerel.
AT bear and bull fight in San Diego
County, California, the bear had every.
thing its own way. and three bulls
were killed.
Information gathered in London is
SAID to Show that cats catch diphtheria
from human patients and carry the
disease to healthy persons.
The lower part of Fifth avenue. New
York, is rapidly becoming undesirable
as place of residence from the intru.
sion of club houses, fashionable stores.
hotels and flats.
M. Quad" the humorist and sketch
writer of the Detroit Free Press, is paid
1925 week for his work. He wei CHS
| l20 pounds, is very eccentric, aud is a
perfect child in ali business matters.
An exploring party sent out by the
Seattle Press to Alaska six months ago
has returned. They report having
suffered terribly during the winter
from snow and high water, but they
found a rich country and evidence Of
ancient inhabitants.
There is 4 great demand for metal
furniture in Australia. not only for
household use. but in places of business.
school houses, etc. The demand is
caused by the ravages of the white ant,
which eats all kinds of wood.
A monster crab was landed in a net
from wharf in San Diego recently by
l.. G. Bragg. The body measured six
teen inches across. while the spread of
the nippers was thirty-six inches. This
giant crustacean was Ornamentcd with
barnacles of five years growth.
On a little boat house on the North
River this sign is displayed: Sand
worms and all summer drinks for sale"
And near the foot of Wall street, New
York. 4 sign with the following legend
may be seen: Umbrella Hospital"
The falls of the Rhine at Wintcrthur
are to be utilized for developing cleo
tricity to be used in lighting. driving
machinery and smelling metals. The
engineers hope to obtain 1900 horse
power of energy from this source.
A man recently went to the city
hospital at Hamilton. Ont. suffering
from diseased kidney the other be-
ing perfectly sound. The doctor in at
tendance removed the sound kidney by
mistake. and the man died shortly after.
r. II. Dustin. of Tunbridge, VT. has
a book that is nearly two hundred
years old. it having been printed in
Boston lat the corner of the Prison
lane" in 1851. 1t is THE life of the
Renowned John Elliot" by Cotton
Mather.
Jay Gould has resumed his former
habit of spending one or two evenings
each week in the crowd of Wall street
men at an uptown hotel. He does not
do a great deal of talking himself, but
he is close listener to what others
have to say.
Miss Courtney Walthal. daugAser Of
the senator from Mississippi is de-
scribed as by all odds tho prettiest
young woman in the senatorial circle
at Washington. She is q petite brunette
with will-renpded figure. clear complex
ion and beautiful hazel eyes.
Mrs. John E: McElroy. sister of the
late President Arthur, is q Quiet little
home. body. and lives at Albapy. Her
loye Of domesticity. Eeg charm Of man
ner and her beauty are still as notable
as when she was the first lady of the
land, presiding in tho White House.
The German emperor always has a
large box filled with orders when he is
on his travels, the value of which Is
some $20. 900. He is fond of suddenly
producing one of these. with the need
ful diploma, and giving it to somebody
who is not expecting anything Of the
kind.
King Dinah Salifou, the dusky mon
arch of the Nalous. who attended the
Paris Exposition accompanied by the
sons of several political opponents as
hostages of peace in his absence. is not
dead, despite the reports that he was
poisoned or strangled for introducing
European customs.
A novel method of blowing was that
recently adopted by colored man in
North Carolina. His steer refused to
work when hitched to the pillow, and
thereupon he hitched it to a cart and
fastened the pillow behind the cart. He
proceeded to plow with the steer with.
out any further trouble.
Judge w. T. Newman. of Atlanta,
owns pewter coin bearing on, one
side the representation ci Independence
Hall at Philadelphia s.ask the date 1896.
on the other side is she liberty bell andl
the inscription, ';Proclaim. LjbcrtNl
Throughons the Land; Unto. AL the Inr
habitants Thereof" with. the, deaomina,
ton, "85,M
An. ear. of oopR o. exhibition ut San
kpis QbispoA Cal.. is described as being
N the exact form of a human hand.
the wrist. palm. thumb and fingers be.
ing all perfect. II is covered With
small grains to near the tips of thsI
fingers. which are bare prongs of cobs,
giving the hand the appearance Of bel
ing clad in q mitt.
English religious papers. frequently |
sneer ut this country because. a mar
rage which is lawful iA ono state. NAV
be unlawful in aHothsr state. But al
similar condition Of things oxists in1
great Britain. Ia England; for in-J
stance. marriage with a deceased wife's]
c."sS1 y 1teS4t Wuilo III tu0' 4SIiIll OIL
Jersey such a marriage is valid.
A ghost of very aggraxating ways
resides somewhere il: Brooks County,
Georgia. II iR often seen on the public
roads even in the daytime. 1t is seem.
ing ten feet high. and dresses in black,
with white hood and shoes. 1t follows
horsemen and moves very rapidly, and
Is generally seen about dusk. It has
terrorized many persons in that section.
The Marquise Clara LAMA, DR.. Ham,
mond's daughter. is described as q de-
cided blonde. whose fluffy hair, lying
in short boyish locks against foreheaH
and neck. could scarcely be. a palexl
yellow, or her skin of most unSary-
ing pallor. She has lovely eyes. of q
rare grayish blue. and regular features.
but her charm lies chiefly II the mo.
bility OF her expression.
A firm in Munich has made q car.
rage which is propelled by gas gener-
ated from benzine o. analogous ma.
terial. The motor, which Is not visi-
Bile from the outside, is placed in thcl
rear OF three-wheeled carriage overl
he main axle. and the benzine used is
carried in o closed copper receptacle
secured undcr the. seat. from. which i'll
passes drop BY drop to the generator.
The speed is regulated: by q lever. Ten
niles an hour can be. made.
Some very interesting facts of crime
ire revealed by Scotch sheriff. He
Knew of one woman who, between tkei
ears 1874 and 1865. was committed to
prison for being drunk, and when
trunk her invarable practice WAS to