The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1891-09-26
PERSONAL MENTION.
Countess Of CaIthnsss IL the Exact An.
titbesls Of Mime. BIayatsky.

Austin DobsoL thinks Of coming t
the United States in the autumn TO give
readings from his own works
The King Of Italy takes great interest
IN raising camels when he il not occu.
pied in trying 10 raise the wind at any
rate Of interest.
Judge II. X. Douglass, who was a Ma
Ior on the staff OF General Stonewall
jackson, will be one OF the speakers at
the New Hampshire soldiers reunion at
The Weirs.
Oscar Wilde frankly entities his new.
est book a study Of Christianity from
the Outside" Some who consider them
selves in 1t could give only real view Of
the subject.
Mr.. Ruskin thinks the English people
ought 10 love the apple tree, not for it's
fruit, but for its flower "a sentiment
with which the parents Of the American
small boy will fully sympathize.
The oldest jockey on the turf and still
one Of the best Of them IL William Hay-
ward, who rode Preakness in the famous
dead-heat race for the Saratoga cup in
1870. He lives at Eatontown, n. j.
II is always pleasure to know that a
King is OF some practical use. King
Humbert is a cook OF no mean order,
and can boil potato or broil steak in
a way that would make dyspeptic feel
hungry.
Gray hairs continue 10 crowd about the
temple OF Will S. Hays, editor, poet and
song writer, but his ebony mustache is
resplendent with youth and vigor. He
writes better than Joe Howard OF New
York, and tells more truth.
George Haven Putnam, the New York
publisher, has received from the French
government the cross OF the Legion of
Honor, conferred upon him for his serv-
ices in helping to secure the passage of
the international copyright law.
The late Empress Augusta Of Germany
was very rigid in her opposition 10 being
photographed. There is, however,
picture TO be seen in the shops Of Berlin
representing group of the royal family,
with the Empress Augusta seated on the
left, holding book up so as to hide from
view her imperial features.
The Countess Of Caithness, the new
high priestess of theosophy, is the exact
antlthesls OF her predecessor, Nine. Bla-
vatsky. Her figure is slender, her man.
ners elegant and her tastes refined. She
dresses in great taste. Her only resem-
blance TO Blavatsky lies in her fondness
for diamonds, but that is a pardonable
womanly weakness.
Oliver Wendell Holmes enters his SD
year with his characteristic good humor
and cheerfulness unabated. The genial
: autocrat," who thought it "better to
be 20 years young than 40 years old"
has the same feeling as to his eighties, |
except that partial failure of his eve
sight causes him some trouble.
Captain George Dewey of the navy
has lived for the last five years with ONLY |
half liver. The other half was cut off
by an Italian surgeon while Captain
Dewey was lying ill from liver disease at
Malta in 1886. From the day the opera
vas performed his health began to i'm
prove, and he has enjoyed life ever since.
Ex-Judge John Erskine, who retired
rom the Federal bench about five wears
lgo, is ranked as one of the greatest iu-
lists in the South, and when he retired
he bar OF Georgia gave him great ova-
ion. He was appointed by Andrew
Johnson. He lives most of the time
low with his daughter, Mrs. Ward of
New York, and spends few months
ach year in Savannah.
The Presidents salary is paid to him
n monthly installments of $4,166 81.
The warrant is brought to the White
House by special messenger OF the
,reasury Department, and after the
resident has indorsed it as he would an
rdinary draft his private secretary de-
,oslts it at the Columbia Bank. When
he President is out of town the draft is
nailed to him. The same method is
ursued in paying the Justices of the
unrama Court ,