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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-30

II Prosch very iusinatingly askes what
bottle we draw our inspiration fromin max
ing certain comments upon his course. Not
the bottle which Prosch drew " his aspira-
ton" from on the evening Of March 5th,
the night Of the first performance of the
Carter Troupe, in this place. How about
that vow registered in Heaven" Bro.
Pre- .h2
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-30

HT Our Seattle correspondent blames
Capt. Finch, very unjustly we think, for
the discontinuance Of the semi.weekly
steamer. If the Department, "Our Dele
gate and his party choose to iufict a
"Cayuse" mail service upon the people,
when the Olympia was at their service,
they deserve no especial favors from Capt.
Finch.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-30

Wool WANTED.-Mr. Roseuthal re-
quests US to state that he will pay the
highest price for all the wool in the coun.
try. Producers will consult their own
interest by calling upon Messrs. Lishtner
& Rosenthal before disposiug of their
wool to other parties.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-30

pT Our devil found upon the side
walk an article Of ladies' apparel which
he is anxious to return to the owner. The
young lady interested will please 90 to the
devil for particulars.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-30

r9- The Offices of the County Auditor
and the Sheriff have been removed to
rooms in the first story of the Columbia
Hall.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-30

Dag The steamer HINT will leave at
eight O'Clock this morning, to take the
Sabbath school children on au excursion
down the Sound.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-30

~The Thurston county Democratic Con-
vention to nominate County officers will be
held in this place on Saturday, May l4th.
Delegates will please bear this in mind.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-30

p9- Gales buildings on Fourth and
Main Streets are about inclosed. Anew
days more will make them look quite "pre'
sentablc."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-30

Observation-Disclosures young couple
have eloped. IF this thing continues
Olympia will become famous for Hymen'a
mischicvous pranks. .....'....r
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-30

~ A regular session of the County
Commissioners begins on Monday, at the
Auditors Office in Columbi, Hall.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-30

u Mr.. W. c. Lowe has been appointed
agent for the daily and weekly Herald, in
this place. -
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Prevention as we'll as Promotion.

Our friend, 81" relates this incii eat "a
having encouragement for the temperance
workers:
4 respectable christian man was once
elected member of the Common Council
of the city of New York. You may find it
Il hard thing to believe, but assure it is
true and he served faithfully his two years
and then retired.
Some of US who knew the self denial and
effort it had cost him, were doubtful wheth-
er ''the game was worth the candle" and
we said, since we could not see it, "Well,
Mr.. X, what good have you done by all
this service and work" "You should
rather ask, was his answer, what we have
prevented. You may not see it, but there
is where our work tells"
Some say of our churches, what good
do they do? The world is just as wicked as
ever, perhaps worse Yes, but you should
see what they have prevented and how
much worse the world would be without
them.
SO of temperance societies. They say
They are an utter failure. They have not
got hold of the right principle. Better
give them up entirely"
Not so, my friend. If you could but see
how much worse we should be without
them. A food of immigration of the wors
kind has brought strong drinking force
against them, but their work has not beer
in vain, and the right is not going to give
it up, because the world is not reformed il
five minutes. Even our Lord himself some
times, apparently, preached in vain,-Ad
| urnce.
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The Love of Christ.

The love of Christ is precisely like what
my piano is 1t is not playing all day,
though it is there to play the moment |
wish to. 1t is full of music; there it Is,
and waits for me. The sense OF Gods sup
ply through Christ is to me as the Ridge
wood water 1t is not running all the time
it is ready to run in abundance any time
| turn the faucet. carry about in God a
present help in time of need. But there
come special moods and exaltations in
which this love flames up more perfectly.
You never carry any one feeling all the
time-not even the mother, | don't care
how tender she is. There is not minute
in which we are not under the remote infiu-
ence Of love, and there are a thousand
things in which intellection is connected
with this central passion of love- but, after
all, it is not railways emotional, but intellect.
ual. Emotions in their very nature are
intermitting; other feelings come in, anc
there is perpetual change. Now it is il
| remembrance, now it is in thankiulness
now in love, now in joy; and so there art
shifting feelings in the soul Ifyou ash
Tor monochord running through your
soul, through the year, you ask for what is
not true to nature. Christ says, "If yol
love me"-what? Enthusiaze-showi it il
rapture, and be filled with joy? No. 81
We love me, keep my commandments" HI
accepts these things in lieu of emotion
And yet, with all this, there will be unac
countsble experiences. There is great
broad sphere which the mind traverses.
believe the spirit Of God acts upon the hu
man soul by ways of its own, for which W
have no tests and can apply no philosophy
The only thing we know is, that, in Orde
TO be accepted as divine, it must be the ex
element that works in the divine direc
ion of love- | believe that God gives
man hours that are full of unspeakable jo
and glory and the peace which passeth al
understanding. Gods love pays regula
dividend of ten per cent. and every littl
while biesses the stockholders with bonu,
This is the rich reward to those that kee
their souls pure and open to Gods love-
Beecher.
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Heavenly OCcunationS.

Thanks be to God our Saviour, for his
words concerning Us of the Gentle world,
that "many shall sit down with Abraham,
IsSac and Jacob, in the kingdom. Ay, sit
down with them That is the way to listen
to their grace taught stories from their fire
touched lips. Sit down with Abraham,
Issac and Jacob, and if with them, then
also with Adam and Eve, Abel, Enoch,
and Noah, and all the children of God of
every age and cline.
Will not that be glorious? What 4 world
of wonders, new and old, there will be to
hear and tell? What a clearing up of mys-
terious things! What an unfolding of the
riches Of glory, both Of the wisdom and
knowledge Of God, which have been hidden
from all the generations past, and which
now are past finding out What an unveil-
ing of the fullness of his love which pass
eth knowledge, And what a wealth Ofheart
history, now unknown, will be opened up,
to be known and read Of all-Rev. W. E.
/ Boardman.
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The Bible and ifs Lessons

A bible was given to an intelligent and
honest Roman Catholic who had never be-
fore seen it. He took it home and began
to read it with deep interest, 1t opened
before him an entirely new field of thought
and feeling, of truth and duty. After a
while he said to his wife, "Wife, if this
book is true, we are wrongw He went on
with his reading. 1t showed him that he
was a sinner, and great sinner against
God. "Wife," he said, eff this book is true
we are lost ~ But still he went on reading
the bible, and soon learned from it to know
and love Christ as the only and all sufIi-
cient Saviour, and then he said, "Wife, if
this book is true, we are saved r'
These are the three great lessons that
the bible teaches; that in view of its per-
feet and holy standard, we are wrong; that
through our sins, as its light exposes them
we are lost; and that by the Redeemer,
whom it so graciously proclaims, we may
be saved!
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Within and Without.

There are two ways, | apprehend, in
which we may advance the cause of tenn
perance. One is to take possession of the
inner life Of man; to bring the moving
motives, the forces OF his inner life into
conformity with temperance principles ;
bring him to love total abstinence, and he
is secure; place him where you will, sur
round him with temptations, put him in
circumstances Of difficulty where he is TO
battle with the temptations of life, and be
will stand, he will be hero in the fight
under all circumstances, because then b,
is armed against all temptations from with
out. But the great mass of men will not
be moved by this inner motive power; you
must reach them from without, through
public opinion make it dishonorable, dis
reputable, disgracefal for them to drink
and they will avoid the intoxicating cup
Here, in part, is the work Of the temper
ance man; it is to create right publ
spirit, right sentiments in the community
This must be done through the press, thro
literature, through conversation; it mus
be done by the example of men in hig'
places and ofextensive infiuence.-Sendto
Patterson at the Congressional Iemperonc
Meeting.
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The Church Thermometer.

Well, what is that? Ask any veteran
pastor who has weathered the storms and
rejOiced in the sunshines of long ministe-
rial life, and he will tell you that it is the
social prayer meeting. The true thermom-
eter of church, to indicate its spiritual
temperature, is the weekly gathering ar
ound the mercy seat A cold prayer meet
ing makes 4 cold church. 1t is at once
the cause and the effect of spiritual declen-
sion.
If the place Of prayer is well nigh desert
ed; If the few who are present bodily seem
absent i'll spirit; if the payers offered are
languid, formal, meaningless, withoutpoint
and without JUNCTION, then the pastor has
abundant cause Tor heart heaviness and
tears. Sermons preached to such people
are like discourses delivered in one of the
ruined temples Of Luxor, with the shrivel-
ed dead embalmed around him, and grim
heads of stone looking down from every
capital. His hands hang down, and his
spirit taints.
And as a church has no surer symptoms
Of decay than a decaying prayer meeting,
so nothing feels the approach of a revival
so palPabiy as the place of prayer. A re-
vlval begins there, commonly. The desert
ed seats are filled. Those who could not
leave their business" now find but little
difficulty in closingthe doors OF their count
ing rooms. The absent Thomases are once
more with the deserted flock of disciples,
and wonder to find their Saviour there,
too, speaking Peace be unto you" Those
who seldom prayed, are now ready to pour
out their souls in supplication. The gift
4 of tongues has descended. The slow OF
/ speech have become eloquent. The timid
have grown bold. The sluggish are mount
/ ing up with wings as eagles. a latent
power is developed in the church, which
astounds both pastor and people.
The prayer meeting, too, becomes a
place for communion with each other, a,
well as communion with God Old differ.
ences are forgotten; old wounds are healed
| Church members will grasp each other.
hands, and inquire about their neighbor'.
health with more eagerness than they man.
ilest in asking about a sick friend They
will linger together about the hallowed
spot, talking Of the mercies of God to theii
SOUL and they will be 10th to 60 away
They are one in heart; the church is liv
ing unity.
The experienced mariner constantly
"consults the glass" Brethren, if We ar,
wise, We, too, will keep a lookout upon thu
thermometer of the church. \ Praye
meeting ''bclow freezing point is a fata
indication.-Rec T. l.. Ctyler.
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Bishop Simpsons Charge.

Bishop Simpson recently gave an unique
charge to several young Methodist minis
tiers who were ordained at Philadelphia
In the course of it he said
Talk neither too long nor too loud.
The measure of our duty is the measure of
ability. You must use the tone and power
of your own voice and nothing else. Be
as God made you and what he has given
you. Guard yourself strongly and thor
oughly, both mentally and physically. By
your care you can work for years. An
earnest heart with thought reaches the
people. The more natural we talk the
more effective will We be. Take time for
speaking. Speak naturally and earnestly
and stand erect in the fear of God. Be
careful about your diet Don't eat late
suppers have found that nine out of ten
ministers who eat after preaching die early
Endeavor to live long, and try to do as
much good as you can. Oh! if after we
have learned to live, we could live thou
sand years, what great amount of good
we could do here l am more anxious now
to live than | ever was"
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A Beautiful Comparison.

Rev. Dewitt Talmage closed sermon
as follows: SEATED at country freside,
the other day, saw the fire kindled, blaze
and go out, aud gathered up from the
hearth enough for my reflections. Our
mortal life is just like the fire on that hearth.
We put on the fresh faggots, and the flames
burst through, and up, and out, gay of
sparkle. gay of flash, gay of crackle-emb-
lens of boyhood. Then the fire reddens
into Goals. The heat is fercer, and the
more it is stirred the oreit reddens. With
a sweep of the fame it clears its way till
all the hearth glows with intensity-em-
blem of full manhood. Then comes the
whiteness in the Goals The Pickering
shadows have died along the walls. The
faggots drop apart. The household hover
over the expiring embers. The last breath
of smoke has been lost up the chimney
Fire is out Shovel up the remains. Ash
es p
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OF a Roya' Line,

Very worthy to be set away among the
thoughts that shall be daily help to our
souls are these words:
'He that overcometh," according to the
Saviour's wonderful promise, is 10 sit down
with Him upon His throne.
It is a poor privilege for 4 private ind.
vidual merely to sit down in a monarchs
seat. The seat itself brings little of dignity
to the temporary occupant, if regal title
and kingy authority be wanting. One may
even be on a throne aud have title and
realm, and yet be the object of contempt
and ridicue.
To the position and the name and king
dom there must also be added kingly quail
tiles, a noble bearing, a skill in ruling that
his subjects will confde in; wisdom and
courage that his rivals will respect, and
more than all a conscious se'f-control that
will give him brave heart among his fel
low men, The very throne, title and do.
main sink into insigniicance in COMPARE
son with these regal qualities.
When Christ promises that we shall sit
down on his throne, he does not surely
place before US such an empty honor as to
sit for time on a throne for which moth.
ing within Us or without makes us it, Nor
does he mean, merely out of his love, to be-
stow upon u such an unsuitable dignity
as a title which all will not freely accord
US, or kingdom which we cannot most
successfully rule. The regal heart, the
kingly bearing, the brow on which angel~
have written, "He has overcome" are the
things Of real value in Christ's promise,
and if these are ours, it matters little if the
outward tokens of royalty be wanting.
Our Master gives to the greater part o.
us an opportunity TO achieve this genuin,
royalty in the ruling of our spirit" which
is better than taking city. He limits th'
contest to one or two strong besetments ant
bids us to address ourselves to the battle
saying, Fear not, have overcome tn,
world" 81 will give you the victory.
"He that overcometh shall eat of the Ire
of Life, shall be clothed in white raiment
shall be a pillar in the Temple OF my God
shall be given a new white stone, shall 81
down with me on my throne"
1t is one thing to go abroad among mel
with sense of being overcome, defeate'
and ashamed; and quite another to fee
ones heart enlarged with conscious tri
umph to have the step and brow Of ,ov
ereign. God has a realm for us all an
means what he says, when he calls US king
and priests, and means that, if we will, W
may assume royal dignities at once.
]. II. L.
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DYING Words of Women

Dying testimonies of rare beauty have
fallen from the lips of pious women, and if
less familiar than those Of eminent reform
ers and divines, they are not less worthy as
witnesses Of the power Of religion to impart
spiritual comfort and triumph at the hour
Of dissolution. Pious women as well as
worthy men have, near the heavenly por-
tails, been filled with exultation and triumph
have seen transporting prospects from the
delectable mountains, and have heard the
music Of celestial harps and the ringing OF
celestial bells. They have walked in Beu-
lah, leaning on the arm of the Beloved,
and their souls, amid the wrecks of mortal
ity, have been freshened and exhilarated
by the fragrance and glory Of heavenly
atmosphere 20, those rays of glory" said
Mrs. Clarkson, when dying. my God, |
come flying TO theew said Lady Alice Lucy.
Lady Hastings said. 80, the greatness of
the glory that is revealed to mep'
Beautiful is the expression OF the dying
poetess, Mrs. Hemans, 81 feel a. if were
sitting with Mary at the feet Of my Re-
deemer, hearing the music of His voice.
and learning of Him to be meek and low
ly." No poetry, she said, could express, nor
imagination conceive, the visions of bless
edness that fitted across her fancy, and
made her waking hours more delightful
than those even that were given to tempo
rary repose. Similar was the experience
Of Mrs. Rowe She said with tears of joy,
that she knew not that she had ever felt
such happiness in all her life. Hannah
Moores last words were. "Wecome Joy !"
80, sweet, sweet dying!" said Mrs. Tai
bo', OF Reading. "Ir this be DYING" said
Lady Glenorch, at is the pleas ante,t thiI <
imaginable" "Victory. victory, through
the blood Of the lamb said Grace Ben
nett, one Of the early Methodists. al shall
60 to my Father this night, said Lady
Huntingdon The dying injunction OF the
mother of Wesley was, children, when
am gone, sing a song Of praise to God"
Looks a. well a. words often express dy-
ing triumph. SIy- one. after quoting the
last prayer Of the Countess of Seafield,
with taese words she closed her eyes, and
seemed to all present to be yielding up her
last breath. But in little time she OPEN
ed her eyes again, and with an air as it
seemed Of JOY and wonder, she cont nued
looking upwards with fixed gaze for near
half an hour. BY degrees she let her eyes
fall, shut them, and yielded up her last
breath. Those who were present were not
little affected both with her last words
and her last looks"
Said Lady Margaret Steward, torewarned
Of her speedy dissolution, "Sirs, tell you
that this night when your sun goes down
my sun will arise, and never go down p
She testified, II have many times besought
the Lord that death might be no surprise
to me; and neither is it. And / have
prayed, likewise, that death might not be
terror TO me, and neither is it. And
have sought that might not be terrible t.
others in dying" The sun sank low in the
west, and as its last rays lit up the hill-top'
she sank to rest amid holy CALCULATIONS anC
in great elevation Of SOUL Waterman ana
Reflector.
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Power of Love.

A certain man had hayward son. His
conduct brought down his father to a pre-
mature grave. On the day of his funeral
the son was present, saw unmOved the pale
face of his father in the coffin, stood I'M
moved on the brink of the grave. The
family retraced their steps. Their fathers
will and testament was read in that tesla
ment was the name of the undutiful son.
As his name was read his heart heaved
with emotion. his eyes were bedewed with
tears, and he was heard to say, 81 did not
think that my father would have so kindly
thought of me in his will" In the family
Of Christ some of US, in reading his Tesla
ment, and thinking upon his great love
and marvellous gifts, feel our unproita-
bleness and unworthinesS, and are filled
with contritiOn and gratitude, with love
and wonder-Rer JOHN Diaries.
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Light BFahmas.

John 5. Ives Of Salem, writes to the
Massachusetts Ploughman: In our market
where the prejudice of color yet prevails,
a dark feshed fowl will not answer the
fancy Of Yankee epicure; a dozen pairs
of bright, yellow legged, or yellow feshed
fowl, well dressed, will command third
more in market than the same number
dark feshed. The Creves are actually
very superior table fowls, maturing early,
always plump, and in good order, fine
grained, and Of superior quality, with the
exception of a prejudice to color 1 consid-
er them No. l as poultry; with me they
have proved superior laying fowls, far
ahead of the Houdans. have an import
ed hen that laid last season 90 eggs in 104
days. She has laid all winter and is still
laying. | have not kept an accurate ac-
count of the eggs produced from my FIVE
Creve hens, but think they have averaged
three eggs per day since September. When
chickens they are quite tender, but from
eightweeks | consider them hardy. have
nearly every variety of the newly introduce
ed breeds, but am still of the opinion that
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Are You in Earnest 2

care you in earnest, teacher? ~ said a
little bright eyed girl, looking up into the
face that was 50 tenderly bent upon hers.
II am very much in earnest, Carrie"
said the teacher. "Your soul, that will
never die, is in danger. Unless your are
saved by Jesus you can never be saved |
don't know whether | will be able to speak
to you again about it, for this may be, for
all we know, our last time of meeting to-
gether. My dear, want you to give your
heart to Jesus, here and now"
Here and now Reader, when we press
the subject of their eternal salvation upon
our fellow beings. let us be definite. Let
us say to them, Now is the time, this is
the place" Let us be in earnest.
Some days ago the papers gave an ac-
count Of very terrible shipwreck. Five
men, naked and starving, chung for days to
piece of the wreck, hoping till hope was
lost in despair, that passing ship might
save them. By-and-by, in the distance,
their eyes caught the white glimmer of a
sail. With all their feeble, failing strength
they made signs for it, but the vessel pass
ed on unseeing. At last, when they were
nearly dead, came by another vessel which
took them aboard.
How much in earnest they must have
been when they sgnalled the ship that first
caught their straining gaze! Like them
we, if out of Christ, are in danger, out or
the ocean Of Time, with only a breaking
spar between us and eternity. Unless W.
can get into the ark we shall be lost. Beau
tiful ark of the covenant Blessed Gospe
ship! If we make our signs, if we raised
voices, that ship will never pass US by, 70
its commander is the Captain Of our saliva
ton.
But, my friend, are you in earnest? Ar
we all in earnest p Christian at Work