Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-03-20
Never Speak Sightingly Of Women.

Never Speak slghtingly Of Women
! At recent meeting in Boston. at which
no ladies were present. man, i,l respond
iny to the toast Of =" Woman dwelt almost
exclusively on the frailty Of the sex, claim
ing that the best among them were little
better than the worst, the chief difference
being in the Surroundings. At the con-
clusion Of the speech gentleman rose to
his feet and said:
"1 trust that the gentleman in his appli-
cations refers to his own mother and sisters,
and not to ours" 3.i.,Ioe+d % .d i9sse
I The effect Of this most justtand timely
rcbukc was ovcrwhe!ming--,thc ,maligner
Of woman was covered with confusion aud
shame !s-''''. . "a" "'iR '-'' n'od ba!~'i"
This incident serves an excellent pur.
pose in prcfacing Il few words which we
have for long time had it in onr mind to
say. OF all the evils prevailing among
young men, We know Of none more blight
ing in its moral effects than the tendency
to speak slightiugly Of the virtue of wo-
man. Nor is there anything in which
young men are so thoroughly mistaken rs
in the low estimate they form Of the integ-
rity OF wonWn--not their own mothers aud
sisters, thank God, but Of others, who.
they forget, are somebody clsc's mothers
and sisters.
AS a rule. no person who s,irrcnders to
this dcbasing habit is safe to he trusted
with any enterprise requiring integrity of
character. Plain words should be spoken
ON this point. for the evil is general one
and deep rooted. lfyonng men are some
times thrown intothe society Of the thought
less, they have no more right to measure
other women by what they see of these
than they would have to estimate the char
deter Of honest and respectable citizens BY
the Developments Of crime in our police
courts. f'1f ''' " "'ln -s.9'i 9lR
a Let young men remember that their
chief happiness in life depends upon their
faith in woman. No worldly wisdom: no
misanthropic philosophy, no generalization
can cover or weaken this fundamental
truth. It stands llkc the record of tod
himseli--for it is nothing like this---and
should put u seal upon lips that are wont
to speak s!ightingly Of woman.-Er. ,i
- = - - 'N
TRANSACTION IN TIE LAND OrslcE.-
We learn from Hon..F !. NJ. Fletcher, Reg
| lister Of the Land Ofkccin Vancouver! that
during the month Of February, 1860,
6.05O acres were sold at private entrygrc-
alixing 81 ,4S9 90 to the Government.
During the same period 2.7Sl were taken
by seventeen homestead claimaiits. Of which
eleven reside in Walla Walla county, four
in Clark county. QUO in Cowlitx, and Onein,
Yakima county. lG0 acres were pre5etnp-l
ted and three donation certificate Were is
sued. Ia addition to the foregoing there
were 2,24O acres located in this district
with Agricultural College strip, issued by
the State of Tennessee. The grand, tta
amounts to 1230l acres, which is doug n
Land Office business" indeed. We learn
from other sources that large portion Of
the land was entered by Mr.. +. Drew. asl
agent for the Puget Sound Mill Co., who III
is said, have lately entered the best portion
Of tho most valuable timber land in the
Territory, for securing the monopoly OF
the lumber trade. This is seriously inter
fering with Lcauder, the stump map.-
/ ~ VIII - ! ~ !. - =. = 1-A'oY1np@
r How NATURE PnEsERvEs A. 'REoORp.
IA very curions incident occurred ip the
surveys Of the Iron Mountain road ia the
swamps of Southeast Missouri. The en-
ginecrs, having orders to locate their sur
vcys in connection with the Unitesf States
land surveys, had occasion u search torabe'
marks or records made years ago, in; tho
swamps. The hind surveyors had marked,
the results Of their work Wy cutting into
the body Of u tree, alevcllng of q smooth
surface ofthe trunk, and epgrossipg thoir
record on the tables thus prepared, IA The
engineers found the trees Of the old sur.
yccys, and recognized 'thd EARS " fSfhlcr
I cuttings b,ts 10 reach the 7ecorAs 'tkerc
compelled t0cutinto; the trees againsoI a e*'
wood had grown up roysyi tho old, yecot9E
completely hiding and protecting it. But
after cutting iIto The body down 10 TIC pr,.
iginal tablet, they fosfa the sdrveyof's :
record y rlai" and risi' distinct ~ y whf" 1 rst 81
made. ."7..@' ~
New ,CopE or AIoEoR.-Gen, Grant,
in biz inaugural. expresses, himself in "a
| yor' Of the adoption and ratification Of tie
proposed FheeenxR AaAcadmcnt.o . Hin
sta ndingIon platform, shat asserted that
"the question Of outrage in AL tho loyal
States properly belongs to the people 9fcthose
States" and now. announcing himself IL fa-
vor Of tliis ahscndmcns which wosld De-
priye some Of III. unwilling States Of ths'
right Is rule Of honor taken from the
same code Of his Which sahctions his lying
TO johnson to hcip Stanton, asta Ais r,'h'I
berry Of the people to pls"se the aheodAold,,
ers.-FwAesd r1is7aLf:,n ybns1d hna IT,.
HThc now fabric plant 81 the South.
Ramie, has, 6nc ibre q long and rs
strong ~ aax; it is us white ard as fnc
as cotton. and a. glossy as s'Ie, *hilo i
needs ltxs cultivation than idithef,u and
bears three crops year. II is not in