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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-20

EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL FESTIVAL
IN BOsToN.-The way music is employed in
Boston was cxempli6ed at the recent great
National Peace Jubilee held in that city,
in honor Of the restoration Of peace over
the land. An immense colosseum was
crsctcd'which contained over fifty thousand
persons, who enthusiastically "took up"
the choruses. The principal feature Of
this mammoth concert comprised chorus
of twenty Moxsamd roices, selected from the
schools of Boston and vicinity, who sang
national airs and hymns of peace, accom-
panied by mn orchestra of one thousand mat
s;c;ans, with the additional effects of aftil-
lery and infantry firing, Ginning of bells
and other accessories. The following is a
part ofthc programme: "lIail Columbia
Full band of one thousand. grand chorus
oftwenty thousand, bells Ginning, drums
rolling, infantry firing, cannon pealing in
the distance, in exact time with the music
The bells were rang by electricity. and the
guns fired by the same agency from the
music stand. Almost all the musical soci-
ctics in New Englandattcndcd, performing
in this the granicst oratorio chorus ever
assembled either in Europe or America.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-20
PEcULIARlrY or VOLCANIC ERuprIoNs

REGULARITY or VOLCANIC ERUpTIONs.
"A correspondent of the Pail Mail Ga
zette has been to look at Vesuvius, to see
for himself what the eruption ofthe volca-
moi like. He finds it sufficiently terrible.
lie went up the mountain and stood upon
the lip of the crater, and peeped into the
roaring abyss on one side, taking advant-
age of u strong wind that was driving all
the suffocating steam and vapor to the
other. Presently the eruption came:
1T does not consist, as the pictures nee
ccssarily lead one to suppose, of a continu-
Gus shower at ALL Still less does II consist
of continuous shower of black ashes shot
out from fire blazing on the top of the
mountain; it is rather series of cxplo-
sions. But the roar and glare ofthe abyss
is continuous. You look into the pit, and
though you see no actual fame, yet its
sides are in state ofconstant incandescencc ;
from the mouth Of it there roars up inccs.
sanity dense cloud of steam; and in the
depths Of it below you hear the noise of
preparations for the outburst that is next
to come. Then you hear sharper cracklc,
and then, without further warning, fol-
lows II loud explosion, which shoots into
the air torrent of white hot missiles of
every shape and size. So enormous are
the forces at work, that not only small
pieces of stone and sulphur, such as you
might carry away as mcmcntos Of your
visit, but huge blocks of mineral, each
enough to load railway ballast-wagon, and
all in II state of perfectly white heat, are
tossed up as though they were SO many
crickct-balls. The explosion lasts, per-
haps, no longer than minute; and then
there is cessation of some seconds, with
the noise only Of internal preparation once
more, after which theexplosion is repeated"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-20


EFFECT OF BRIGuT RED ON ANIMALS.
We have never been able to arrive at q
solution Of the curious effects of the sight
of scarlet or brilliant orange or crimson OF
animals. No treatise on natural history
We ever have seen gives satisfactory ex-
planation of facts which must often beer
noticed by the most unobservam. An ex.
change says:
"Many persons have unqucstiohable
lost their lives in consequence Of wearing
articles Of dress which provoked domcstica-
ted animals to such pitch of fury as to-
lead to melancholy results. Females, for
example, in attempting to cross pasture,
wearing red shawl, a red GOV errg for tl-s
head, al scarlet dress, flowing scarlet rib,
bons, where bulls are grazing, hazard their
lives. Oxen otherwise peaccably disposed,
become intensely infariate1 atsomc reasons
by fhesight Of bright red handkerchiefs,o or
almost any article Of fchAnle dress Of that
particular color. His equally curious thsSs
turkeys manifest the same rcstlessuess and
ultimate excitement at. red flags Or rcd
dresses. They turkey cock on such occA-
sionsf assumes Extraordinary dignity, COB
bling most uproarioasly and creating On :
immense excitement in his family, not ac-.
custoncd to the sight: Nearly all the wild
grating ssininS1s exhibit extreme I surprise,
if DOT positive flight, when !, red cloth =
hoats before them. ''''
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-20

DECLIvITY OF RIvERs.-A very slight
dcclivity suffices to give running motion to
water. Three inches per mile in smooth,
straight channel, gives a velocity of three
miles an hour The Ganges, which gath
ers the waters of the lIimalaya Mountains,
the lofticst in the world. is estimated at
eighteen hundred miles from its mouth, only
about eight hundred feet above the level
ofthc sea, and to fall these light hundred
feet in its long course, the water requires
more than a month. The great river
Naydalcna. in South America, running
ono hundred miles between two ridges Of
the Andes, falls only two hundred feet in
all that distance. Above the commence
mcnt of the one hundred miles it is seen de-
sccndng in rapid cataracts from the moun-
tains. The gigantic Rio dc la Plata has SO
gentle descent to the ocean that in Para
quay, fifteen hundred miles from the mouth,
large ships are seen which have sailed
against the current all the way by the force
Of the wind alonc-that is to say, which, on
the beautifully inclined plane Of the stream,
have been gradually lifted up by the soft
wind, and even against the current. to an
elevation greater than that of our lofiicst
spires.
MnNCv IlCE-trn,n n ,narch I'm n Mt
Albany to delinquent at Ro.eburg:
"ALBANY, Jan. &, 1869.
Mn. McC-: Dear Sir-I shall be
under the necessity of enforcing payment
by law, ifmy claims against yon are not
satisfies; Immediately. .
Yours, &C., c."
ROsEBURG. Jan. II. 1869.
Mn. c.: Dear Sir-Encloeed l
send the amount of my Indebtedness to you,
$50 in greenbucks, at scvcnty-tivc cents.
Yours, &c. MCC-.
P.S. should have sent it sooner. bat
am just recovering from severe attack of
smallpox. McC-."
Merchant, Mortified, drops the letter,
and exclaims 70 his astonished clerk, c,
stick that d. letter and grecnbacks in
the stove D-thc fool. wish hadn't
written to him. Confound it. l can't 60
home now, I've been exposedw
Next day letter is received from Rose.
burg from Mr.. McC-, stating that he
had not had the smallpox, and hoped he
never would; it was only a joke.
s., did you burn those grecnback as
I told you?" "Yes, SIR" Course the
luck."-Albanv Register.
FACTS AND FIGuREs.-A legal stone is
fourteen pounds in England, sixteen in Hol-
land.
A fathom, six feet, is derived from the
height Of full grown man.
A hand, in horse measure, is four inches.
An Irish mile is 2,24O yards; Scotch
mile is ,9S4; aGerman, 1906; an Amer
lcan, i,76o; Turkish, 1925. g.
An acre is 10 square chains, or $50 by
G6 feet.
A square mile, 1,786 yards each way,
contains $40 acres.
The human body consists Of 240 bones,
kinds OF articulations or joinings, 100
cartiiages or ligaments, 400 muscles or ten.
dons, and 100 nerves, besides blood, arter.
les, veins, ctc. >fs. s > a .a
u One Of the French papers publishes
an exact description Of the present style Of
velocipede, taken from paper published
ninety years ago.
A BcRE.-The man whopersists it talk
ing about himself when you wish to talk
about yourself. - h@fs
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READY.MADE OBITUARIEs.-Packard's q
Monthly, in describing the manner in which
the Tribune is conducted, gives the follow
ing curious information '.In the bottom
drawers of this cabinet We find series Of
carefully written obituaries ofdistinguished
live mon, all arranged alphabetically, and
in charge Of DR.. Wood. They are curios-
tiles in their way. Here is bulky one as
long as your arm. 1t is marked Peter
Cooper Here is a second, Lilliprtan
roll. small enough to 60 into needle-casc.
We find this labeled 'The Life of Walt
Whitman These obituaries are often
found very valuable when news Of celc-
brated persons death is received at an ear:
ly hour in the morning. Thaddeus Ste
vcns died at Washington, at midnight,
yet four column sketch Of his life ap-
pcarcd in the Tribune Of that morning
1t had been put in type and was standing
when the news of his death was received.
This was tho case of Buchanan and Mar
tin Van Buren,, though the latter cheated
the Office so long that the type w~ distrib
uted, and the old man with sinsalar rcr.
versencss, died within two days thereafter.
The Biographical Bureaa is, indeed, . rare
feature" aa a1
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-20

~ New York lawyers complain bitter
ly Of duh business.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-20

TmE Cosr OF INDIAN WXRs-$S00,
OOO,00 SPENT IN FORTY YEARs!--A
computation from the official record regard
ing Indian wars shows tho cost Of various
wars for the past forty years to have been
as follows: Black Hawk war, 400 lives
and s5,0O0.00 Seminole war. l,500livss
aud 500, ,000, ,000-only 1900 Indiana b.
ing warriors; war with tho Greeks 49,
Chcrokecs, about the same time, cost Sl,-'
10000; Sioux war Of 1852, 800 lives
and $4,000, 900; war Of 1862, 1000 lives
and seO,ooO,0OO; Cheyenne, 1867, 500
lives and about 500, 0,0o0,0 900; Indian
trouble on the Pacific slope Hf tho last
twenty years, about $500, 900; three
campaigns against the Navajoesi $50, ,OO0,-
900; the whole troubles in New MexiAe,
of which tho last item is part, $3.50, ,OoOr
900. Members Of the Peace Commission
will meet here in short time, and urge
upon Congress to pass all measures necas.
mry to carry oat the policy it has adopted.
-Colrado 7tib,me, Dee. l1fh
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THE:WI WAsHlNc7oN.ES STANDARD
JOHN MILLER MURPHY,
EDITOR AND PROPRI ETOR.

Subscription Rates.
six months. ..........'''. z w
INVARIABLY Nv ADFANCE.
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~ Hlcnce passes for. Wisdom.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-10-28

Nvantic maid on the bareback steed, who
quickly took advantage of the clear space
on the pole side, and rapidly passing one
after another came under the string neck
and.neck with the third horse, and only
a length of the lead. The young men cheer
ed and yelled; the young ladies applaud
ed with their fans and kerchiefs, while
the tears ran down their pretty cheeks !;
the old people in many cases, embraced
each other in their joy, while the thick
tongues in their choking throats murmur-
ed in broken syllables, "Nyantic !" AS
she rode back on her toaming steed, all
covered with dirt by his fall, and her
clothes torn almost in shreds, the grand
stand resounded with the cheers of thirty
thousand voices, and the surrounding
groves prolonged the echo.
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Lamps and Lamp Goods /!

A FULL stock Of Lamps, Lamp wicks, &c.,
with oil the late styles of fixtures, which enables
US of a very short notice to lake new lamp OUT
of an old one Don't forget the place.
WALTERS BAKER, Druggists
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WESTERN GIRLS IN A HORSE RACE
Twelve ladies appeared to contest tho
pzizes for equestrianism at the Decatur
(fll.) horse fair last week one Of whom,
Salie Wilkinson, of Nyantic, had her sad
die removed. and mounted bare back, just
before the horses were sent off for Il scrub
raco. The word was given, and in an in
stant every horse was under full run, tho
ladies were applying the whip, and the
arr was filled with hats, ribbons, laces,
and atkins" which have no place on q
rucetrack. The maid of Nyantic gave
her bluck horse the whip, and soon passed
the rear horses, and then the middle
group, and was in the act of taking the
lead when her horse stumbled and fell up
on the grass at the edge of the track:
She was up before him, however, and had
hold Of his bride, when four or five men
sprang over tie guard and held him while
she mounted from the ground. AS the
horses were nearing the grand stand the
lady riders cut the air with such swift
ness that their long skirts floated over
tho backs of the horses. For some dis
tance now no change had taken place;
each doing her level best, except with the
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On the secret psychological history OF
that interview propose to drop veil
The Evil. One helped him, and with
that reinforcement he worked too many
guns for me. Sufficient to say, that
went in fighting cock and came out
plucked.
Hoping your readers have followed tbl,
narrative thus far with their sympathy,
have only to add that among my posi-
mortem papers. l have two non-some
thing Policies for five thousand each.-.
One is the Back Action Equitable Securi
tv of Hartford, and the other is the Hos
pitable Union and Mutually Satisfactory
Life Assurance Company OF New York
Henceforth, my life-whose life! not
mine: sold out last week, and gave bill
OF sale for it, Somehow, price has been
set upon my head, and l have agreed to it.
The remnant of my days on earth has
been footed up. My sands have been put
into the scale, and [ have got the weigh
er's certificate.
If go abroad there are two more
places to. call at, besides the passport OF,
fee.
1 NAV not travel unfcttered below GER
tain parallels of latitude. never regard:
ed those imaginary lines much, since
was boy at school, and have often crossed
them back and forth, without anybody's
leave.
1 am tied up like horse to curbstone,
with weight at my head that must first
be lifted before start. The freedom of
the seas is exchanged for the range of a
yard, walled in-with the caution, no exit
except through the Office.
Of all the restraints which this fertile
invention of high civilization have I'M
posed upon rowing spirits of modern
means, this is the sorest.
The bands Of Hymen are strong, but
thew are not fastened like ball and chain
around the ankles, nor thrust like an um!
brella between the legs when you attempt
Iocomotion. There is no refuge for the
victim of Life Policy but suicide-and
suicide is forfeiture; and then you don't
get shilling. ~
We had yet one sable drop more hang
ing upon pen nib -unce tain what to do
with it--whether to place it carefully back
in the inkstand for future service. "bill in.
side," or to use it as kind of button on
the foil, which we now do, filing the
small space yet remaining, and we wish it
were larger, with most sincere apologies
to our Life Insurance friends for the liber-
ty taken with their useful and honorable
occupation, in attempting to force feeble
smile at their expense.
But smile is smile, feeble or not, and
smiles are rare and precious, these hot
and dull summer days. Smiles facial, of
course; "Smiles" liquid, such as are born
in tumblers and have their residence in
side the lips, are under Major Jones' ban,
and therefore not to be dreamed OF, much
less longed for. by any Life Insurance Of
ficial.-Comn,ercia Bulletin.
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Columbia Advertisements.
Established 1913.
PLAIN STREET, NEXT TO MAIN
COLUMBIA, S. C.
THE old established FURNITURE WARE
H0uSE nf

THE old established FURNITURE WARE
HOUSE of
M. HI. BERR
Still keep constantly on hand, and is now recev-
ing weekly, from the best manufacturers in Balti-
more, New York and Boston, the largest stock Of
Furniture brought to Columbia since the war, con
sisting in part of Parlor. Dining Room and Bed
Room Sets in Mahogany, Walnut, Chestnut and
Painted. Also, large stock of Bureaus, Tables,
Chairs, Bedsteads, Mattresses &c. The sub.
scriber fatters himself, from his experience Of
thirty-fve years, and large facilities in buying
his goods, he is able to sell as low as any house
South of Baltimore. All kinds of Furniture made
to order in the latest style, at the shortest no.
tice. Terms cash.
NJ H. BERRY.
Oct 7, 1869 15 I'm
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PATENT MEDICINES I!

Such as
Hostetter's Bitters,
Panknin's Hepatic Bitters,
Southern Bitters,
Old Carolina Bitters,
Hooflands German Bitters,
wolfe's genuine Schnapps,
All of DR.. Ayers Preparations,
Tarrants Aperieut,
Citrate Magnesia,
Hegeman's Elixir Of Bark and Iron,
Browns Ess. Jamaica Ginger,
Cooking Extracts, large quantities,
DR.. Hurley's Preparations,
DR.. Railways Preparations,
All of Jayne's Medicines,
Sanford's Liver Invigorator,
Heinitsh's Queens Delight,
Stafford's Olive Tar, -
Eureka Oil,
Rowan's Tonic Mixture,
Darbys ProphylaGtic Fluid.
Hygienic Wine for delicate females,
And many other articles which we propose to sell
at proprietors' prices. Call on
WALTERS & BAKER.
Druggists.
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Beautiful and True.

The horticultural department. of the
Reconstructed Farmer is under the special
editorial control of DR.. J. B. Cheshire,
from whose saulatory in the first num-
Der, we make the following beautiful ex-
tract:
1t, then, We wish to see our Southern
country arise out of her present depressed
condition and put on the beautiful gar
ments of plenty and prosperity, we must
begin with strong arm and rosolute
heart to cultivate mother earth and make
her bring forth all her hidden treasures.
Here is the starting point for all true ma
terial advancement; this is the foundation
upon which all improvements must rest.
Every farmer must consider it his special
vocation, not just TO make cotton and
corn, but to bring around him all the pro-
ducts and improvemrp which will give
variety as we'll as profit to his employ
ment, and educate himself in the highest
branches of his noble profession. He
must not only have his broad acres dcvo-
ted to the main crop, but he must have
his special acres for his orchard and his
vineyard, and the ground about his dwell
ling made beautiful with ornamental trees,
and shrubs and flowers. He must study
the art and practice the skill, to make
himself familiar with these things and
shey will repay him by opening to him
thousand sources of enjoyment which he
never know before The beautiful has it's
uses in life, as we'll as the more material
and profitable. There is a silent and mys-
terious education of the soui, which goes
on through the esenses The beautiful and
the ornamental have constant influence
upon those who move among such scenes.
to elevate and purify the mind; to make
us less material, and more open 10 the
sway of those invisible powers that lie
beyond the veil. They lead us "through
nature up to natures God" and thus they
arc beneficial to society at large, as we'll
us the individual cultivatur. He who i'm
proves and beauties his grounds, is i'm.
proving and eevating the whole tone OF
society no embclishes his own estate,
with the additional satisfaction of know.
ing that he is giving new charm to the
life of his telow-m men. The horticulturist
who adds new graces to the scenery and
new fruits to the food of men, is, in q
measure, improving the character, and
health, and happiness and long life Of his
neighbors; and thus, ip some degree, is
proving that be loves him as himself, and
fulfls, thus, "tbe royal law"
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PAINTS, COLORs, sc.
Dry and in Oil.

Dry and IN OH.
WHITE LEAD, assorted, from l to Is pound
cans, Drop Black, Lamp Black, Chinese Blue,
Prussian Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Spanish Brown,
Vandyke Brown, Chrome Green, Paris Green, Yer
digris, Red Lead, Venetian Red, Vermelion,
Chrome Yellow. Yellow Ochre, White Zinc, Raw
Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Raw TIMBER, Burnt TIMBER,
&c., kept always on hand. by
WALTERS s. BAKER, Druggists.
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Legal Advertisements.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ANDERSON COUNTY,

IN THE COMMON pLEAs-EoU1TY SIDE.
Catharine D. Norris, Executrix, vs. Samuel H..
Langston and wife, and others.-BW for Con-
struction of Viii, Relief &c.
1T appearing to my satisfaction that Alpha Nor
ris, Heirs of Harriet Davidson, names and num-
Der unknown, Robert X. Norris, Andrew o. Nor
ris jr., Mary Norris. John Norris and other chill
dren of John H. Norris names and number un-
known, Defendants in this case, reside beyond the
limits of this State, on motion of Reed Brown,
Comp. Sols.,
nlead. answer or demur to said bill within forty
days from the first publication hereof or an order
pro confesso will be entered of record against
them 5OHN W. DANiELo,
&C. P. Anderson County
Sept 80, 1860 IA
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Sept 80, 186
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ANDERSON COUNTY

IN THE COMMON PLEAs-EoUITY SIDE.
Joseph N Brown, Ex'or, vs.. Berry Hix and wife,
Nancy Hix.-PetitiOn for Relief.
IT appearing to my satisfaction that Berry Hi1
and wife. Nancy Hix, reside beyond the limits of
this State, on motion of VIM. S. Brown, Sol. Pro.
Pet, it is
Ordered, That said Defendants do appear and
plead. answer or demur to aforesaid petition for
relief, within forty days from the publication
hereof, or the same will be taken professo against
them.
JOHN W. DANIELS,
C. C. P. Anderson County.
Clerks Office, Oct 81, 1869 l7-6
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SUMMER BEVERAGES f!

INCLUDING
Soda Water,
Congress Water,
Citrate Ma&nesfa,&c.
OUR Soda Water we guarantee to BIZ up to the
best manufactured, well iced at the uniform price
of Five Cents per glass. Call in and ccol off.
WALTERS & BAKER.
May 20, 1859 Al
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FANCY GOODS,
of Eyery STYLE and Quality.

Of Every Style and Quality.
WE quote few
Burnetts Cocaine, Lyons Kathairon,
Barry's Tricopherus, Reeves Ambrosis,
Sterling's Ambrosia,
Icons Electric Hair Renewer,
Ohevaliers Life for the Hair,
Halls Hair Remover,
Bay Rum, in bottles or by the gallon,
Soaps of every description,
handsome stock of Gents Pocket Flasks,
Tooth Brushes, Nail Brushes, Hair Brushes,
Shaving Brushes, Ladies' fine Puff Boxes.
large stock Toilet Powders Toilet Sets,
Pocket, Coarse and Fine Combs,
Cork Screws, Lead Pencils,
Cologne, in great variety,
And many other articles of the same class for.
sale at short profits by
WALTERS & BAKER, Druggists.
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OILS, OILS F!

Including varieties of the following
Linseed, Train, Straits Tanners, Machine,
Vacuum Oil for leather and harness, rendering
the same entirely waterproof,
Best ITO degrees Kerosine Oil,
Oil Spike, Oil Castor, by the bottle or gallon,
Sweet Oil, Salad Oil, Spls. Turpentine, &c.,
Cheap by
WALTERS s. BAKER, Druggists.
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VARNTSHES !.

CONSTANTLY on hand--No. Coach Body,
Imperial Wearing Body, No. l Polishing Furni-
ture, No. Copal, Extra White Damar. Black AS
phaltum and Black Leather Varnshes, low for
cash by WALTERS & BAKER,
Druggists .
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I'm the Probate Court.
I'm the Probate Court.

Elihu wigiugton, Applicant, vs. E. G. Wigington'
and others.
IT appearing to my satisfaction that the heirs at
law Of George Wigington, decd, names and num-
ber unknown, Defendants in the above stated case
reside without this State, it is, therefore,
Ordered, That they do appear and object to
the division or sale of the Real Estate Of John
Wigington, deceased, within forty days. or their
consent to the same will be entered of record
w. ". HUMPHREYS,
Judge of Probate Anderson County;
Sept %, 1869 13