The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-24
MEN AND MATTERS.

The Prince of Wales is to be installed
as chancellor of the University of Wales
in the coming summer. The ceremony will
take place at Aberystwyth, the seat of
the oldest of the constituent colleges of
| the university.
movement" said Thomas c. Plat to a
circle of friends in the Fifth Avenue hotel
| the other day, reminds me of the dog
| which was chasing the rabbit and ran so
| fast that he got ahead of the rabbit"
| Canon Gore in a sermon at Westminster
Abbey recently. informed his congregation
| that much of the Bible must have been
| taken down in shorthand. He said that
the speech of st. Stephen. Acts xiii, could
only have been recorded in that way.
The youngest son of ex-President Hayes,
Scott r. Hayes of Cleveland, takes a very
practical view of life. He is an electrician
and began his business at the lowest
round working in shops and acquiring
the details of the business. He has done
well and has a large business.
Jack Chinn, who was so prominent In
the recent Kentucky senatorial deadlock,
says: MY father learned me not to look
for trouble. My son. he said, If 1 ever
hear of your provoking a difficulty I'll
give you a thousand lashes And If you
get into one and quit I'll kill you. -
The dowager duchess of Newcastle is
living in the slums during Lent and de-
voting herself to charitable WORK among
the poor. For this purpose she takes a
house on Tower Hill, in the east end of
London, with which Americans who have
done much Summing there are familiar.
Sir Francis Evans, who has been elected
a member of parliament for Southampton
was once before elected while absent in
America. His success then was due to his
American wife, who was very much pres
ent in Southampton. Lady Evans is a
daughter of Samuel Stevens, once attor-
ney general of the state of New York
The habits of the young King Alexan-
der of Servia are such as to furnish inter-
estng matter for investigation to a stu
dent of heredity. The founder of his ma
jestys family was a swineherd. The king,
who is only 10 years old, is of phenomenal
strength and physical development and
takes pleasure in knocking his courtiers'
heads together.
There is a story that Mr.. Disraeli once
said of Sir William Vernon Harcourt:
He has the three essential qualifications
for success In politics-a fine person, a
loud voice and no principles" This saying
was repeated to Sir William Harcourt,
who observed that, leaving out the first
two qualifications, ii might almost be ap-
piled to Dizzy himself"
While DIR. Jameson was in prison Mrs
w. S. jameson and another lady went to
pay him a visit and as they were leaving
naturally inquired whether they could do
anything for him. Was there any partic-
ular delicacy for which he had a fancy?
Thanks" remarked the imperturbable
doctor, for goodness sake send me some
insect powder"
The duke and duchess of Marlborough
are expected to arrive in England about
the middle of April and will spend a fort
night at Blenheim before settling "in
town" for the season. The duchess will
be presented either by her mother-in-law,
Lady Blandford (the only divorced wo- |
man the queen has permitted to come to |
COURT, or by the duchess of Buccleuch.
The suit against Prince De Looz-et-
Ccrswarem, the representative of the IA |
nous Belgian family, who was charged |
with breaking various laws in France,
Belgium and England. has ended at Brus- |
sells In his discharge, to the great aston |
ishment of many people. The court found |
him suffering from hereditary degener- |
acy and without penal responsibility"
f. b. Head, who was probably the old |
est printer in point of service in Indiana,
lied the other day at Franklin, Ind, after |
a lingering illness from a complication of /
diseases. He was Sc years old, and had /
been a printer for more than 20 years
He was a son of Jesse Head, a pioneer /
preacher, who married Abraham Lincoln,
md his recollections of Lincoln were very |
accurate.