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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05

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WOODEN ToorHpIcKs.-Eycry eating
house visitor Of this city and other lead
ing cities Of the Union has doubtless no.
ticcd small tumblers of wooden tooGhSl
picks upon the counter ofthe eashier, tes
the use of customers. These, toothpicks.,
are good feature of the present day.
The wooden toothpicks have to I .consid-
erable extent superseded the gold, horn, :
ivory, and other articles of the kind far-
merly in use, Their mannfacture il aeay-
ried on by but one establishment, wkieh
has been in operation four years. It Il
near Boston, and employs thirty hands Se
both sexes. The machinery has besaI
patented, and is propelled BY yIwatsr- -ponar.s
The woods used are maple and willows
The agency is solely in this city, and On
purchases for use elsewhere must Be niale
here. The toothpicks are packed ID pasts-
board boxes Of two sisos. Ono boxsia
three inches long. by TIVE vide asd apa
deep. i Il contains three hundred,s apds
sells, for six cents. The other, inclosss
twenty-five hundred, aud Ii Eve inoASs'
long, three wide and three deep ~
boxes ara packed 10 wooden 6asssfsG
shipment. or retailed il the city siAsl1 N.
the carriers. The sales are quite laEga,
and amount at times TO forty or my 60
. day, each containing one 6dndfSd t1ida-
saad toothpickA The ssgriaisass = II
therefore, ,imounss iss ahat Pggiod ,aelbAss
osfve millions, suldsr, og psx
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05
E An Urbaua Ohio lady, residin

u An Urbaua (Ohio) lady, residing
in Germany, writes from that country
Women carry the water to the third
and fourth stories in q wooden vessel hold
ing about ten gallons, made to Ct the
back with wide girting straps to go over
the shoulders, Wood is carried in, the
same way in largo baskets. The conse.
quences of these heavy burdens ars q
great many crippled backs, which we CON.
stantly meet, both Old and young, and
even with very young girls.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05

~ Red Jacket, the nohlest Indian
brave that ever welded tomahawk in de-
fence ola friendless aud prosecuted race,
died with these touching words upon His
lips. Wawka,campaxoosac, seinne6oato.
Observation-Disclosures" els Z
There was not dry eye in the wig.
wan. - ISL ei bsiisaai ssr q ri *4Sl
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05

~ The story IS told Of farm which
was brought up from 6yc, to- tvcntys6ye
bushels Of wheat per acre by tha use ot'
clover as a green crop. es'nfs ''s' y g
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05

~" 1t is, says Rumford, 81 maxim,
as auoieat, | believe, as the time Of Hippo
crates. that .,aaatsuAx. fleases tie Paiate
soxrishes; 'andaI / have often had reason
to think it perfectly just" Oh ssosrfl
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05

~Seth Hardin says that critters are a
good deal like humans in good many
things-they ain't above stcaln'. You
put sack o poorish hay next t the barn
yard fence SOS the stock can put their
noses through and pull at it, and they'll
take to it uncommonly. Last fall We put
q stack O buckwheat straw right in the
no'theast corner o the yard, and set it up
in a square pen o rails-same's wo set up
a crib O charcoal-and yoa wouldn't ha'
believed how the young critters have
thieved into that pile o buckwheat.
There's lots o mcn.foks, and women-folks
too, that had great deal rather put their
noses through crib, snuifin' what don't
belong to 'em, than to go about their own
business. .. b.. ..
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05

THE SECOND DELU0E.-Thc theory Of
NJ. Adhemar concerning the next food
that is to sweep over and destroy the
earth, in the course Of some six thousand
years, is attracting considerable attention,
for the reason that it assumes to be sci
cntiic deduction. His ideas, and the CAL
culation by which he rcaches them are, in
brief, that as the northern hemisphere is
becoming colder, ice is formed and retained ;
aud as it is thus becoming steadily
heavier, the time will come when the cen
ter Of gravity Of the globe has reached a
point 50 far north that the earth will sud-
denly turn, and the north pole will face
the sun. This will necessarily occasion q
sudden redistribution of the oceans, and
an immense wave will rush to the north
aud overwhelm the earth. It repeats
this process every ten or twelve thousand
years. Noah's food took place according
to tho modern Hebrew text Of the Scrip
lures, in the year 5349 before the Christian
era, but, according to the Samaritan text,
the Septuagint and Joscphus, took place
2O26 years before Christ, and came from
the South y 1ea aa % aasilaa ae% a3aa
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05

. A CARPET KNIGHT following
pertinent article on the airs the Grant
family arc putting on, illustrating the me-
NAL services that army ofiecrs ssemo par.
fectly willing to render their chief, 10 tsksn
from a late Lancaster (Pa.) Ipteltigexcfs.
"Gen. Horace Porter went TO New
York to buy carpet for Mrs. Grant and
not in connection with the gold ccutros
verscy.' ~ s ~ go.
We clip the above from the Washington
correspondent. of the Philadelphia Ledger.
1t shows to what brave uses our high army
officers are put by our Republican Presis
dent. A Brevet Brigadier General i sent
to New York to buy carpet for Mrs.
Grant! We suppose we will next hear of
Colonel detailed to stretch the carpets on
the floor, and Captain to clean the
White House spittoons! Ip oldcn times,
we, are of opinion, a General in the army
would have felt insulted if he had bceu
ordered to New York on such co,nmis.
sion as that Of Portcr's, but nowadays
they seem quite ready to do ncnial oAfcos,
around the person of their, Sovereign.
The simplicity of our Republican court is
fast passing away, and We mayss0uSS1r
pect to see our President attended with
all the ceremony Of royalty, with Ladies'
of the Bedchamber and Grooms Of the
Bedchamber, and our Msjor-Generals
struggling for the honor Of pa'ling of the
Presidents hose and clspping ON his aightl
cap! Well there is no sdisputing about
tastes. But We would suggest 70 Gen.
Porter to adopt coat.ofarms, with 4 rag
carpet Of brilliant chain as the feid. with
a device composed Of a set Of criucaiasE
rampant, and an epaaletsed poodle eosSk-s
ant beneath. r. 8fssf. e.fs ,,..t.,...
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05

CV The Louisville Jownai says that
. the Radical idea Of reconstruction is cv-
identity borrowed from John Robinson $
circus Those who have witnessed the
performance of the great American conbi.
nation, will remember how the clown
knocks over the young man in the gold
lace. and then cries out "poor fellow and
SETS him up and goes to washing him clean
again: as he says, with a dirty broom.
Then he dusts him off with backing
brush. Then he polishes with rake.
Then he whirls him about aud asks, "Now
isn't he beautiful" That's rcconstruc-
tion over and over again. Congress takes
a State and knocks it down. Then it sets
it up. Then it scrubs it with negro suf-
frage. Then it polishes it with hayonets
Then it dusts it with martial law. Then,
finally, if it goes Radical, like Mississippi,
it says, 'Now, isn't it beautiful?'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05
/" Ifa body meet a body
Comm thru the rye,
An a body kiss a body,
NcaI a bniv rye, 1;'

1t doubtless Influenced the action Of a
certain official the other day, whose wife sud
denly entering his private Office, detected
him lavishing the most tender caresscs
upon q yonng and beautiful female.
"What are you doing, Judgc?' she very
rcrt;n,ntIy irquired. Z" Why-ah !? bless
my so1l-yes!{ Why this young lady is
taken suddenly i'll, and 1 was just feeling
her pulscv And, as if in proof Of his
words, the young lady appeared to bc in a
severe faint "Well, Judge, you feel too
high up for the pulse. It's in her wrist
mot on her lips Y was the suggestive re-
joinder.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05

IAu ingenious Yankee is said to have
invented machine for feeding his horses,
cattle, and poultry, without the help of an
attendant. 1t is clock-work arrangement,
by which at certain hour bottom drops
out Of a hopper, and the feed goes to the
animals, while the farmer lies soundly in
his bed, or hovers in the chimney corner.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05

T The length Of the Suez Canal is
100 miles, the new town Of Ismailia being
about midway between tho two termini.
The depth of the canal was intended to
be 26 feet, but it is reported to be less
than that on the average. As the breadth
ofshe central or navigable part Of the On
nal is, only II feet two large vessels will
not be able TO pass each other, without
one or both getting aground, and there
fore basins, which may be compared to
sidings on single line of railway, must
be constructed at intervals before regular
traffic will be possible
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05

~A Port Elizabeth (South Africa
correspondent Of the New York World
writes of a great excitement which exists
there over the recent discovery Of valuable
diamonds. One diamond was sold there
for ELL 800. The last steamer took
over 800 diamonds. It says that s.a s.
The greatest excitement has been around
regarding the discovery Of 23O diamonds on
one farm. On the day before the discovery
the farm was virtually sold for $4,000 10
bluebacks,. worth about two shillings to the
pound sterling, but on the day Of tho dis
covery the owner refused to close bar
gain with the first buyer, and sold il to
another party for 92 900 in coin.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05
OF What sponges Consist.

The common washing sponge is still
considerad BY many naturalists as q vege.
table species, and ia. fact most people look
upon it as Of vegetable growth. Still. it
seems now to be. .de6nitively established
that it belongs to those low forn,s Of ami
malcule that are compromised under the
term zoophytes. "Will you make us be.
lievc, here you cxclaim, - that this fbrous
network, in which ono is unable TO detect
the least indication Of any thing that IRE.
minds ~ of animal lite, is not moss o,
something like is?" Exactly so. How.
ever the sponge which you use daily in
your ablutions, and which forms one OF
the most indispensable articles Of the toilet,
is not the animal as it lives and thrives,
but only its horny substance, its skeleton,
if you like to call it so. When cut loose
from the submarine rocks on which it is
found at considerable depth, the sponge
presents itself TO you as black, jelly Like
mass, which, when left in the air for only
few days, will give off a most disagrcea-
bic smell, originating from the gclatinous
part in question. In the natural sponge,
you have not one single individual before
you, but regular colony of animalcul;e.
The elastic, horn.likc network of your
toilct-table is then i,npregnatcd to its iu-
nermost parts with a Shiny substance that
is penetrated throughout by fine capillary
tubes, not visible to the naked eye. Upon
examining this curious being further, ex-
cccdingly fine ella (eyc-lashcs) will be
discovered. They project around the Gu
frances of the pores, aud by their motion
produce current which, in passing
through the numberless tubes, leaves be
hind whatever they may need as food.
The horny network is probably only their
secretion, like the house of the snail But
that the sponge is of animal origin is now
proven by the discovery Of spcrmatozoa
and embryos in the interior, as we'll as by
the composition of the 6brous elastic part
itself, which contains one Of the constitu-
ents Of silk and the spiders web.
In order to prepare it for use, it is first
left in the air for short time, until the
gelatinous part is decomposed, thep the
mass is washed in hot water, and after.
ward in & bath of dilute muriatic acid
The toilet sponges arc blsached by means
Of chlorine and hyposulphite Of soda. The
! so-cailsd wax sponges, that are used by
doctors for dressing ulcers, are purified
spongcs dipped into fluid wax, and then
pressed between hot plates. fT
The French and Austrian governments
have lately commenced to rear spongcs ar
tificially-:h former on the shores of the
Mediterranean, the latter on the coast OF
Dalmatia The cultivation is said to be
perfectly successful, and to yield large
profits. I ie- Brss5t 9a5
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05

~ Kossuth is in Turin and in abject
poverty. -...r
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05
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vor of those who advertise four squares, or up
wards, by the year.
Bszy- Legal notices vii! be charged to the
attorney or officer authorizing their insertion,
N5y- Advertisements sent from n, distance,
and transient notices, mast be accompanied by
the cash
EssJ- Announcements Of births, marriages
nnd deaths in serted free of chargr.
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h.lf our regular advertising rates. We will
not hereafter deviate from this rule.
nSs- Blanks. bil-hcadS, cards, CIRCULARS,
catalogues, bills OF fare. posters, programmes,
pamphlets, etc, printed at reasonable rates.
Orrics-"orner Of Second aad Washington
Streets.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05

- There has always been comfort to
soured, unamiab'c bachelorhool in those
quaint, and beautiful, ideas expressed in
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-03-05

e~ Queen Victoria has sixteen grand
'''a 80 'a . = sh,'
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-23
Trustees Sale.

NY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
Is made on the S0th day of January, 1865,
by Robert b. Woods 10 ). Brady, Trustee,
and recorded in the Recorders Office OF
ohio county, West Virginia, in Deed Book
No. -, page 81, 1 will sell at public sale, al
the mont door of the Court House, on SAT-
URDAY, OCTOBER y, 1870, u acres OF land,
situated about three miles north OF the
civ, ON the east side OF the new turnpike
road now being constructed from Wheel
Ing 10 Gleun's run. Said Deed of Trust was
given by said X. b. Woods ON AZ. acres OF
land, being the northern part OF the home
larlu OF A. Z. Woods, deceased, and joining
ceased, on the east side OF the Ohio river, To
s.Sure the Merchants National Bank oil
West Virginia the payment of $1,000 in six
note or notes that may be given in renewal
OF IN part payment oil The same; s1DO having
h,.l paid on said note and Is lilo acres OF
>aid tract (which was sold To Jacob LASH
hrluG released, sale Will be made OF the TeS-
idur n acres OF the tract, default being
made in the payment of a note for S-JOU, due
August I'd, 1870, with two months interest
ana costs, which represents the balance OF
principal aud interest dne OF the aforesaid
noe OF 500. said II acres will be divided
mo smaller tracts Plat Of the same can
%. seen at the Recorders Office of ohio
county, West Va.
lEKNS Or SALE-One-third cash balance
I'm six and twelve mouths, with interest.
sale To- commence IL O'Clock A. NJ.
5. BRADY,
aug19 trustee.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-23
BETHANY COLLEGE.

TIME THIRTIETH SESSION OF THIS
i Institution will commence on MONDAY.
the 9th Of SEPTEMBER, 1870. and terminate
on the 18th Of June, lS1l. IL Is romanucslI-
Iy situated in the midst Of he hedutIiu!
aud healthy hill-countrv OF the Panhan-
die" of West Virginia, easily accessible oy
railroad or river and surrounded with the
most favorable influences for student lie.
1t has a property in Endowment, Build
ingS Apparatus, Library, sc. oi over SoE--
W and Is thus enabled To sustain a EicuitS
aud furnish facilities for thorough euucd-
cation OF the very first orJler.
AMPLE AUCoNMODATIoNs are provided ioI
both public and private boarding, anu I'M
furnished rooms will be let 10 students VINO
wish TO board themselves.
COURSE OF INsTRUcrIoN.-l. Regular Lat
erary Course, including the Ancient Lam
guages, for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts.
,. Literary and Scientific Course for the
Degree OF Bachelor OF Sciences. q. he
Course for Master of Arts. !. The Course FOL
Master OF Sciences. ,. Special Courses III
Practical Chemistry, Civil Engineering, &c.
Detailed Information as To these Courses
will be found in our catalogue.
APPARATUS AND MUsEUA.-The lnSutu-
ton has a complete set Of Philosophical
Apparatus, and students who wish II are
trIlined in the use of Field Instruments
also thoroughly fitted up laboratory, for
practical instruction and work In Chelnlchl
Analysis, and an ample Museum Tor the
study Of Natural History.
TERMS.--TuitiOn, So per session. Board
ing from 81 TO s. per week. Unfnrnislrd
rooms 81 per session To each student pre-
pairing for the Ministry. Free tuition 10
sons Of Ministers of the Gospel OF all de-
nominations.
For further particulars apply for cata-
TO w. X. PENDLErON, President,
iylg Bethany. West Va.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-23
Regulations for the Election i'm
Georgia.

The bill which has passed for an
election in Georgia was drawn with the
helm Of Attorney General Akerman.
The officers to be chosen are, members
to serve during the unexpired term OF
the Forty first Congress, and members
for the Forty-second Congress; Sena-
tors in the State Senate; Members OF
the House Of Representatives Of the
General Assembly; sheriffs, clerks Of
the Superior Court, tax collectors, tax
receivers, county treasurers, coroners
and county surveyors. The Governor
appoints FIVE persons in each precinct to
conduct the election. The following
form prescribed for these managers, IN
d;cates the classes who are allowed 70
vote: II do swear that | will faith
fully, fully and impartislly hold the
present election. will prevent no per-
son from voting who is of appropriate
age, resident Of the county, and who
has not previously voted at this cleo
ton I will not open any closed ticket
until the polls have been closed, MOI
will l divulge for whom any person
has voted, unless called upon to do so
BY some legal tribunal. l will perm''
no one to challenge, delay or hinder
any voter from the free and speedy cast
ing Of his ballot"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-23
The Imperial Ukase.

The following characteristic instruc'
tons have been written by President
Grant to Collector Ford, OF St. Louis:
| regard the movement headed by
Carl Schurz, Brown, etc, as similar to
the Tennessee and Virginia movement
intended to carry a portion Of the
Republican party over TO the Demo
cratic, and thus give them control. /
hope,you '0W see yo,r ,cay clear 10 gre tie
regular ticket your support"
OF course, if Mr.. Ford does not see
his way clear to VOTE or the regular
prescription candidates, he will see
his way clear" out of his snug office
Grants exalted ideas of Presidential
dignity are happily cXemplited in his
interference in local politics.
We understand that Grant is TO be
called on to issue manifesto against
the Reform movement in Allegheny
county, and that Russell Errett, Joe
Ross and Miles HUMPHREYS have been
appointed committee TO proceed to
Long Branch and secure the document
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-23

WHITTEMORE, the carpet-baggcr IL
South Carolina, was q Radical patriot
and loyalist until he was caught sell
ling cadctships, and then when he was
down, Radicalism kicked at him. But
Ter the Tennessee carpet-bagger, was
likewise a patriot and loyatst in the
eyes OF Radicaldom until he was de-
tccted forging pension papers, and then,
being no longer of use to his coaijutors,
he got the cold shoulder And Holden,
the carpet Dagger of North Carolina,
who was also Radical patriot and 10y
alist while he was doing good service
in the Radical cause by arming and
sending out militia to murder men and
insult women, is now that he has been
buried by the peoples. ballots, being de
serted by his boon companions. 1t is
the old story of the master who fed his
hound while he was Young and had
sharp teeth, but kicked him when he
could no longer bite. Let all Radicals
who are doing the dirty and scoundrelly
work OF the party, in the words of the
song. take warning in time.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-23
Trnst Sale.

ny VIRTUE OF 4 DEED OF TRUST
Is executed TO me by Samuel q. Robinson
md Mary \. his wife, anu George W. Rob
iu>on and Ellen his wife, bearing date on
the olh day of June, 1864, and now ON record
m me Recorders office Oh Ohio county, in
p,rd Cook ~, pages j622-.SS, will on
Thursday. the roth day of October,
Next,
Al 10 o'clock \. NJ. OF that day, AT the front
Inor OF the Court House oil ohio county,
Ill To the highest anu best bidder the IOl-
lowing property, tn wit:
All OF Inat certain piece or parcel
of ground lying and being in thai part
81 the city OF MDeellnS, ONO county
West Virginia, known Us North Wheeling,
The sune being the Western Division OF the
SIuare bounded by Wood, Main, Mcclure
and West streets, and embracing Five Lots
i'm All, which are numbered forty five, forty
>.x iUrty-Seven, iOrty-eighl anu forty-nine,
-, %, Il, Is and 49, upon which are situated
what are known rs the Robinson Glass
Works.
Also all that piece or parcel of land, known
~ Lots thirty-four and thirty-nVe lJi and
~ in that part OF the city of Wheeling
which formerly belonged 10 Jonathan Zane,
and Was laid of into lots by David Shriver
and Others, and conveyed 10 :. u. * u. w.
Robinson by Margaret II. Wallace and
others by deed dated February ~, lSV6, ana
un record in Ohio county.
TERMS or SALE-One-fourth of the pur-
chase money in hand, and the balance in
s!X, twelve and eighteen months; the pur-
chaser giving notes and approved security
FOR the deferred payments, and the title
retained until the said payments are made,
aud a deed OF trust executed on the same.
Selling as Trustee, will convey only such
little as Is vested in me by said deed Of
trust, but il Is believed TO be undOubted.
J.F. UPDEGRAFF,
auplS Trustee.