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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

10r The strong minded women, by their
constant efforts in that direction, are open
ing to their sex all the avenues to success
in life. For instance, Miss, Kate Gorman
has made, it is said, no less than thirty-ive
thousand dollars by picking pockets In
New York: s..f,
8 ~ Grants Motto ought to be changed
80 as to make it," Let me have peace."'
His own peace is about all he seems to
consult. Boutwell, runs the Administration
apd the Uuiou League seems to DO running
the country. ~ 2 s&F'ia
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

TAccording to DR.. Livingstone, the
Nile must be the largest river in the world
1t extends from latitude 10 deg. or IL deg
south to latitude 81 deg. north, a distance
in straight line Of nearly or quite three
thousand miles, or much more than the
whole breadth Of the temperate zone be-
tween the tropic Of Cancer and the polar
circle, within which lies uinoteen-twentietbs
Of the continent of North America. .o.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

~ At dinner party, Krskine was
seated near Miss Henrietta -, COM
comfy called Miss Hennie -, who had
been celebrated for her beauty, but was
then somewhat past the meridian Of life.
"They say you are great man for making
puns," said Miss Hennie to the wit:
"could you make pun on me-" "Ah,
Hennie," was the cruel rejoindcr, "ye are
no chicken y
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08
~ Omaha. Nebraska, is growing

E Omaha, Nebraska, is growing rap
idly. and in few years will be one Of the
our most populous western cities. The
United States Government authorizes the
building there Of Court House and Post
Office at cost of S250,000. Next year a
hotel will be erected worth Sl50,OOO; a
$4,000 Opera House, $50, 900 German
school house; Masonic Temple 70 cost
$4,000; 1000 dwellings, and two rail-
roada
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

~ Weeds on gravel walks may DO kept
under by watering the gravel with the tol.
lowing solution Dissolve two pounds OF
blue vitriol in an old pan, and then dilute
it with six or seven gallons Of water; ap-
ply this through the fnc nose Of water
ing pot, and It will destroy evcry sign OF
vegetation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

u Communism has found homo in
Iowa, near Marcngo. There is colony Of
one thousand three hundred inhabitants,
owning over twenty thousand acres of land
and having all things in common. They
are religious sect, and Germans. The
colony was organized in 1855.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

~ Twas bit ofsarcasm on the part
of the ncwsboy who sung out, Eres your
Police Gazetie. Another Of them things
from Harriet Beecher Stowe. irg osis
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

s<y- is proven that J. Russell Jones,
whose appointment to foreign mission
excited surprise, gave Grant hundred
acres Of land just before being appointed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08
THE CAMEL's HuMp.-Modcrn re.

THE CAMEL's HUMp.--Modcrn re.
search has determined curious circum.
stance in an organic contrivance in the
camel aud 1cech, unlike, as they are in
structure, function and habits which has
reference to supplying them with food
from storehnsc in their own bodies till
Supplies are attained from other sources.
The hump is an immcnce collection oi
fat stored in reticulatcd cells, piled up ono
upon another, which is concentrated food.
When fodder cannot be. had, as frequently
occnrs on their long caravan travels jn the
in the desert, q peculiar set of absorbent
vessels draws upon the .magasine-the
hump-carrying the fat into the circulation
till food from without puts stop to the
draft on their back. The hump is very
scnsibly diminished at timcs-even being
almost completely levcled, but that which
was thus borrowed to sustain life temporarily,
is Immediately replaced when the stomach
is set in motion again in its accustomed
manner.
The medicinal leech, or blood sucker,
low as it is in the organic scale of life, is
as carefully provided for in regard to the
contingencies of life as the king of the
country. As the blood passes down the
gullct of the leech, the current divides
right and left to enter two arterial tubes
instead ofcntcring directly into the stomach.
Those canals arc folded, zig-zag backward
and forward in loops as it were, from the
head to the tail. When perfectly filled
the leech let's 60 its hold. 1t istben plump
and full, with stock Of food on hand that
may ordinarily last for one or two years,
in case it has no opportunity to take in
another in that long time.-HearM and
Home.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

Bay Tho Empress Eugene has pur-
chased the ground adjoining Mount David
where it is supposed the Virgin Mary is
buried
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

16- The Grand Master Of FREQ Masons
in France has summoned a general con-
yention of the Masons Of Europe to Paris,
on the Sth Of December, in opposition to
the Ecumenical.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

DSy The distance between tho west end
Of Lake Superior and Seattle, on Puget
Sound, over the surveyed route OF tho
Northern Pacific Railroad, is l ,174 miles,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

"a T,A house withaat children is Ike d
lantern and no candle; garden and no
flowers; vine and no grapes; brook
and no water gurgling and rushing in ita
channel.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

T The vaults Of the Bark of France,
which it is asserted, contain more treasure.
than any other single spot on the globe are
accessible through an iron door, which has
three keys, kept by the three principal
officers. Tho iron stairway, leading to
the vaults can be detached, and by y.
chemical apparatus a supply Of deadly gas
is made to penetrate every part, destroy
ing human life in few seconds, while the
whole vault can be submerged in ten min
ute's notice, so that any attempt to rob ita
would be attended with certain peril. .,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS has had
new triumph in Paris, in the case Of the
clerks of the large retail dry goods shops.
Last spring the clerks employed in these
establishments petitioned for Sunday as a
holiday, and for some abridgement Of the
hard drudgery to which they were sub
jected Their employers seemed at first
disposed to comply with their request, but
finally declined positively to do 80. A
general strike among the clerks was the
result, who have turned the tables upon
the shop keepers, by organizing them.
selves into cooperative societies, and open.
ing enormous stores, exceeding id size
any others in Paris. The manufacturers
send them all the goods they need, and as.
sociations representing an aggregate Of
100000 workingmen have promised them
their custom. '''
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

u It is said that o son of Josh Bill
lings attempted to spell crockcry and pro-
cceded this way, Kraughkcarrcighe-"
but expired in spasm before he could
make y, with which he intended to end
the word.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

a. 4 California town, 'ovcrrun BY ped
dlcrs and insurance agents, wants to tar
them one hundred dollars a day.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08
D@ There arc in the whole world abo,

D% There arc in the whole world about
1900 lighthouses. Ofthis number 1859
are on the coasts of Europe, 694 on tho
coasts of America, 16l on those of Asia,
l22 on those of Oceanica, tnd 100 on those of
Africa. The best lighted coasts of Europe
are those of Belgium and France. Next
comes the eastern coast Of the United
States, which have lighthouse or pharc
for every twenty miles of coast line. Nearly
two-thirds Of the lighthouses in the whole
world have been established within the
last forty years.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

anxious to have all the work done along
the route by their own forces, so that
shops will be built by them, and stations,
aud bridges. turnouts, and in fact all that
may be required for first class railroad,
and all along, therefore, settlements will
spring up. There will be no difficulty in
obtaining all the cmi grants in Europe that
may be needed with such offers as employ
mcnt at good pay aud farm besides.
The scheme seems to us, in all its aspects,
to be thoroughly complete one, and full
Of tho greatest promise for the county,
and especially for our railroad. Its most
pleasing as well as remarkable feature is in
its not asking any government subsidy, and
being built wholly on the reliance of the
land grant already given, and the conf
dcncc of the stockholders in their invest
mcnt
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

COMING TO THE TABLE.-HaTs Jour-
ual Of Hcahh, a monthly that every fami-
ly should read, thus talks about table mau-
ners:' "To meet at the breakfast table,
father, mother Children all well, ought to
be a happiness to any heart it should
be asourcc Of humble gratitute, and should
wake up the warmest feelings of our ma
ture. Children in good health, if left to
themselves at the table, become. after a
few mouthfuls, garrulous and noisy; but
if within at all reasonable cor bearable
bounds, it is better to let them alone they
cat less, because they do not eat so rapidly
as if compelled to keep silent, whilc the
very exhilaration of spirits quickens the
circulation of the vital fluids, and energises
digestion and assimilation. The extremes
Of society curiously meet in this regard.
The tables of the rich and the mobiles of
England are models of mirth, wit and bon
hommie; it takes hours to get through
with repast. and they live long. If any
body will look in upon the negroes of a
well.to-do family in Kentucky, while at
their meals, they cannot but be impressed
with the perfect abandon Of jabber, cachin-
alton and mirth; it seems as if they could
talk all day, and they live long. 1t fol-
lows, then, that at the family table all
should meet, and do it habitually, to make
a common interchange Of high-bred courtc-
sizes, of warm affections, of cheering mirth-
fullness, and that generosity of nature,
which lifts US above the brutes which per-
ish, pronotive as these things are Of good
digestion, high health, and a long life.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

a RADICAL SECESSION PLoT.-What a
vast difference there is between "twecdle-
dunn" and " twccdlcdec," and what dccid-
ell sensation it creates, even in the toughest
understandings. when the shoe pinchcs our
own feet instead of our neighbours. The
Radicals in New York cannot reconcile
themselves to the idea that the State has
gone hopclessly against them at the late
election, and begin to buster in this man
ncr:
1" 1.-The people Of the State at large will
not always submit to be overriddcn by
Tammany reporters and ballot-box suffers.
| few moro elections demons trate that
there is no other remedy, the division Of
the State will have become inevitable"
The above is from the Buffalo EJprcss,
and furnishes happy exemplificatiaa of
the mutability of human affairs and politi-
cal opinions. We presume that the Er-
press means that, in case the Democracy
hold the power they have just gained for u
few years to come, thcy-thc Radicals
will insist upon division of the State, and
if the Democracy decline to consentto such
division, secession will be in order. We
beg our cotemporary to remember that
" the pcstilcnt heresy of secession" is said
to be cflectually settled by the recent de-
cision Of the sword. and that the loyal De-
mocracy of the country do not intend to
allow a revival of the defunct dogma either
in New York, New England, or elsewhere.
The defeated Radicals in and around Buff
ialo had best biud up their bleeding wounds
and possess their souls in patience Mis-
souri RepubIican.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

o Wisconsin ought to be called tho
River State" Here is list of streams
(and their lcngths) which irrigate that
thriving Commonwealth: Wisconsin, so
miles long; Chippewa, 220; Fox, 225;
Rock, 25; Menomonoe, $50; Wolf 1G5 /:
st. Croix, 10o; Rod Cedar, 95; Black,
l4o; La Crosse, 45; Lcmonwier, So !;
Manitowoc, As; Milwaukee, rs; Sheboy-
gan, SO; Montreal, 81; Kickapoo, 76, and
Mississippi, 2l2 miles in length.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

H Negro deck hands on the Mississip-
pi boat. arc addressed as follows by the
mate, '' Here, you Fifteenth Amendment,
shove out that plank"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

EG~ Blanks, bill-hcads, cards, circulars,
catalogues, bills Of fare. posters programmes
pamphlets, etc, printed at reasonable rates.
OrrIcE-Corner of Second and Washington
Streets.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

E1- Thcs. E. Hogg is called the "Tcx-
as Poet" Who'd ever thought that poe
trd could be found in hog ?-Erehange.
We never knew hog who could write
poetry, but We have read the productions
of Bacon, which wore rcplete with good
sense. We have also seen bacon which
was full Of bad scents.-Nems Letter.
You are denying fact to get off joke.
One Of the sweetest English poets Of the
present age is Hogg, and We assure you we
have perused some delightful etfusions
from that uoggs pen.-Galreston Dis
patch.
We remember him well; his FIRST effort,
We believe, was Root Hogg or de-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

UnO square, one insertion w
Each additional nscrtion..................- l 90
business cards, per quarter..... 90
RG3- A liberal deduction will be made ir fa-
vor of those who advertise four squares, or up
wards, by the year.
BkD- Legal notices vii! be charged to the
attorney or officer authorizing their insertion.
Dsy Advertisements sent from a, distance,
and transient notices, must be accompanied by
the cash.
n6y Announcements Of births, marriages
and deaths inserted free Of charge.
R6r Obituary notices, or "poctry' append
ed to marriages or deaths, will be charged one
half our regular advertising rates. We Will
not hereafter dcyiatc from this rule.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-08

POISONING CHILDREN.--A physician
writes to the San Francisco Medical Ga
sette that having been called to see an in
FAINT six months old,' which was dying from,
the effects Of narcotic poison, ana discov-
ering that it had been doscd with Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup, he had the
Syrup analyzed and found that it contained
nearly grain of morphine to an ounce of
syrup. The physician Says;
have always discountcnced the use
of this preparation as / did not know it's
composition, and supposed it contained
some anodyne, but had no idea of its
deadly strength. II ID . familiar fact that
children are very susceptible to the inAu~
cnce of opium, and four drops Of lauda-
mum has been known to kill child nine
months old. think it important that
this analysis should be published, that the
profession, and through it the public, may
be warned of the fearful effects of adminis-
tering this dangerous and popular nos
trum. The quantity used in this commu-
nifty is enormous; it has doubtless killed
hundreds of children, and would kill
thousands, were it not that by beginning
in very small doses and gradually incrcas-
ing, tolerance of the immediate poison,
ing effects is produced, although the mis-
cradle little victims of domestic drusging
are reduced to puny and cachetic creatures
that are carried off by the first disease that
takes hold of them. ~
A hundred thousand bottles of this poi
son are sold in San Francisco annually,
and many mothers habitually dose their
children with it under the belief that it is
harmless. -t
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-11

The board are merely ministerial,
whereas the right of the people OF
Williams county TO a Representative,
is secured to them by the Constitution
itself, the highest authority IN the
State; and this constitutional right
the board had no right TO set aside. "
The Democrats respond that the rem-
edy of the peopleof the cOsnty sprop-
erIy a saoosd0mlts, directed to the
board. The Republicans rejoin that
the board Is no longer in existence,
and that the proper remedy for the
people o. Williams Is to elect their
Representative, and have their claims
sanctioned 10y the House, which l. the
constitutional judge of the election re-
turns and qualifications Of if mem-
bers.
The Bill providing a board OF Al
dermen for Cincinnati was passed
February An the Senate a pet!-
ton was presented for ten per cent
interest law. A bill was presented to
further regulate the action Of County
Commissioners. II cOmpels County
Commissioners to make annual re-
mort to the Court OF Common Pleas,
and 10 have the same published in the
newspapers. The Bill legalizing dis
sections was adopted. Mr.. Blakeslee,
of williams County was decided to he
entitled TO his seat.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-11
Neu Rail Road we


New Rail ROad.-As We are gener-
ally supposed, in this section to have
railroad on the brain," we submit
the following as another of the roads
to be built through this county. 1t
from the Plymouth (Richland County
AdUertiser, and shows that the peo-
pie of that section are alive:
On Thursday last our people were
called upon by representatives from
Ashland, Wooster, and New Lisbon,
i'm the interest of a Railroad to be con-
structed from Pittsburg to Toledo, to
be controlled by the Baltimore & Ohio
r. r. Company, the latter Company
now owning road that is nearly fin
ished fon Cumberland, Md, via
Connelsville to Pittsburg and the COM
many are about extending their road
to Toledo. Surveying parties are now
looking over different routes. The one
in which we are interested is to run
from Pittsburg TO Smiths Ferry,
thence to New Lisbon, Wooster, Ash
land, Rome, Shilo, Plymouth, Attica,
Tifin, and Toledo. The different sur
veys will, when made, he submitted
to the Directors of the b. & o. r. r.
Co. and one route selected, and the
construction will Immediately follow.
What Is now asked of us is TO assist in
showing the surveying party, which
will be through here in a few days,
the best route, and pay for the survey,
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-11

| which will cost about 500. Meetings
were held OH Thursday, which were
largely attended. An organization
was affected by selecting Colonel r.
McDOnough rs President, f. Case.
Treasurer and H Graham, Secretary.
After which remarks were made bV
Col. r. McDOnough, III. c. Brecken-
ridge, ID. Brewer, w. w. brennan, r.
Case, J. Deveny, J. b. Getman and
others.
1t was resolved to pay our portion
of the preliminary survey. and use our
best efforts to secure the route through
our town. An executive committee
was appointed to carry out the project,
consisting of II. G. Breckenridge.
John Deveny, L. L. Kilburn, W. W.
brennan, VIM. Cuykendall, W. II.
Sykes, Col. r. McDouough and J. q.
Streit. y Finance Committee con-
sisting of 3. Getman, +. Porter and
Thomas Kinney; and Committee on
Survey, OF 3. E. Taylor, 3. VinsOn,
DR.. Z. L. Austin, J. I. Barr and John
Wilson.
Now as the time Is short within
which to do this work, let Us all render
immediate assistance in every way
we can to forward the enterprise. The
amount of money wanted viii not be
felt if each one does his part. Don't
wait TO be called on, come up with
the money and pay over at once and
save time, and the work viii soon be
done In this enterprise we can lose
nothing. The survey will be worth
the cost even if this enterprise should
not be carried out at present. We can
not have a road until q survey is
made. The survey on this route is
now made from Pittsburg to within a
few miles of Ashland, and the Tiffin
people have a survey from their city
to Toledo. Twenty days of work will
finish the location. Now let us put
our shoulders to the wheel and move
right along.
The Attica people, both east and
west, should be up and doing at once,
and secure the road through their
| town.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-11
Outrage on American Citizens One
Man Killed, and two Dangerously
W0Undpd tr.f .".-

HAVANA, February YESTERDAY
morning, about II O'clock, fouI
Americans, Isaac Grcenwall, Henry
X. Foster, Hugh Johnson and Gard
her Wells, all of New, York, were on
their way to visit q photograph gal
lery. They intended to have their
pictures taken, and all wore blue
neck-ties. Near the Talon TheareI
they We're stopped by a man whopOin-
ted to their neck-ties and addressed
the men in an excited manner, in
Spanish. None Ofthe party understand
ing the language, no answer was re-
turned. The unknown man then took
out revolver and fired upon them.
Greenwall was killed, and Foster
and Jackson were severely wounded.
They are in a precarious condition.
Wells was unhurt. He ran for his life,
a number of people following and
raised the cry of "stop him." but he
escaped. The wounded men were
badly treated by the crowd which
gathered around them. The man who
fired the shots disappeared immedi-
ately after, and it is not known
whether he was volunteer or not. The
declaration of the parties and of wits
nesses of the affair are now being la
ken by the legal authorities, In the
presence of the United States Consul
General. -.' 81 80.
The Indignation of the Captain Gen.
eral at the outrage is very great. He
has called on the Chief Justice and
other leading officers of the law to
use every means to diseOyerthe perpe-
traitor and abettOrs of the deed PeO-
pie of all parties denOunce the act.
The officers of the Volunteers are
hunting for the assassin and his accom-
plices, and the Governor has placed the
entire police force in motion. q.
De Rodas has offered Il reward OF
81 900 for the arrest of the cIIlpable
parties, who If found, will be tried
by drum-head court martial, and eX-
ecuted within two hours after SEN
tence is passed. ..t
The victims of this unfortunate
affair arrived here from New York
several weeks ago, to open n cosmetic
and pcrfumery store for Danman x
Kemp.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-11

From Alaska comes the word that
great want is experienced among the
inhabitants there, and especially the
Russians. Orders have been given
that the commander of that delight
ful sun-shiny, ACKNOWLEDGMENT
-around-country issue Government
rations TO the suffers.
Alaska must be a fine country to have,
especially as it gives us an OppOrtuni-
fy TO dispose Of our own surplus sup
plies. But we rather wonder what
has become Of the brilliant pictures of
the delights of that country, its pro-
ductiveness, its rivers of whale and
seal oil, its large cucumbers-from
which they get their brilliant sun
shine-and its other many beauties. =
Certainly there must be a mistake
somewhere, for in such fine parcel
of real-estate starvation could not take
place.
If all that has been said of it lately
is true, we are forced to the opinion
that while VIM. H. Seward may be a
great statesman, he is mighty poor
real estate agent Alasi poor Alas
ka.