The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-14
MI AND MATTERS.

The car Of Russia owns singles es-
tate 100 $4,000 acres in extent, and is
said TO be the largest in the world
MIR. and Mrs stephen G.. Thurber OF
Warren l.. l., aged respectively 80 ana %
years. died within three days OF each oth-
er last week and were buried together IN
the same grave.
Nine Adelina Patti has been made a
member of the Royal Academy at 30
logna. This distinction is more hatterihg
from its having been only once before ac-
corded to a lyric artist.
Colonel Charles +. Croker OF the san
JOAQUIN valley, California, has secured
from Central America 1000 yearling col
fee plants and will test the question
whether the coast can raise coitee
ALBANY Ga, has quaint ADVERTISER
whose speciality is roof fixing, and whose
style is shown in this paragraph: Lots
of men would be upstuckin ana DlSge'y
when everybody praised their work. pu'
l am not that way. ! speak just as po-
litely TO a poor man as l do to one VINO
owns n metal roof. That's my way.
Lord Benent, the son of the Earl OF
Tankerville. is i'm Tacoma with his wlie,
and is interesting himself IN reVlNh
meetings Within a month Lord ana Lacy
Benent have taken an active part IN
two large revivals and they will continue
their e1 angelstic work in the west uhtli
spring, when they go to New YORK ana
London.
Lord Pennryn, who owns large slate
ouarries i'm Wales, is an out-and-out
Briton. Quite recently he started in 10
boycott Merchants who bought iorelsh
slate as we'll as the product of his own
ouarries. on some objection being raised
his lordship's agent declared that the
noble lord only refused to sell 10 mer-
chants who imported American slate:
Rossini was born on Feb. 20, and 1t
| pleased him to have his birthday cele-
brated only in leap years. In his old age
| he ,,sed To saw that he was 20. This year,
| as usual every four years, the composer
| native town Pesaro, will celebrate the
| event and as Mascagni Will prepare the
| programme it is likely to be most inter-
| esting.
| The car has ordered a large painting
of his marriage ceremony win canN as
| 16 feet long and 10 feet high. The paint
ing will be done by Herr Tuxen. the
| Danish court painter. There are TO DE
| three replicas of the work one Tor queen
/ Victoria, another for the king and queen
| of Denmark and the other for the grand
| duke of Hesse.
! General Harrison is the youngest man
who has ever declined a nomination for
! the presidency, and the only one who mas
| ever declined q second term. Washington
| and jefferson, who declined TO be canul-
! dates for a reelection for third term
! were GA and 66 years old, respectively
| when they made known their determine
ton in the matter, while General Harrl'
son is 81.
| Senator Wolcott is described as looking
enough like Olney to be his brother. al
though he is much younger in years thar
the secretary. They are t about th'
same height and size, both are athlet'
and they have the same short neck aho
broad shoulders. Senator Wolcott Is Z
man of very engaging personality ana o.
great popularity in the senate. AS
| speaker he is witty to the point OF sar
| casm.
Herbert d. Foster. professor of histor!
| at Dartmouth, was enthusiasucall!
horned" by the students the other night
. ! For an hour horns were sounded, pell
were ruug and the babbling of man.
voices went on increasingly beneath tn
professors study, but he stirred not
Neither did the cutting of wires, which
put out the electric light. disturb him
for he had lamp. The students thlnl
Professor Foster makes history too har'
a study.
John Chamberlain, the Washington res
| taurateur, possesses the personal friend
| shin of the Earl of Rosbery, and that &C
counts for two very handsome picture
that were recently hung on the former
walls, They are of Lydas, winner OF tn
l 900 guinea stake and derby of 1894, an
Sir Visto. who won the derby in 1895. o
each picture is the earl's autograph an
that of NJ. Dawson, the trainer, who live
.bo 6paSt houses in England,