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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-21

SUMS As SMALL as ONE DOLLAR |
WIN Be resolved from any parson and Bank Book win
b furnished without charge.
Married Womem
And Minor Children may Depo<t money % that No
One else draw t.
May deposit Money from time 70 time and before mAk
ing the first Deposit, may Provide by Vote how and by
Whom Il shall be drawn out and, provided copy Of
the Resolution be furnished 70 the Savings Bank,
money will be pAAd, unsw IL provisions ars strictly
Depesaeers,
Whether Foreigner CitiEena have the rights
To Property, and In Of Death any money their
credit will be pAid TO thsr LeA representative whssh
or they are In this country or elsewhere
Printed forms Of Wills have been prepared by the Coun-
sci Of the savings bank that any deposor may legally
designate some who may take charge Of his money
and property and be guardian Of his children in Il
his death. Thus much Inconvenience and expense may
be avoided An ofcar Of the savings bank without any
charge for his SarVieea prepares VIII for dePostoF
applying.
Vt the rate IL per cent. per annum, Is paid a
sums Of Five Dollars more.
Working People
heed not lose any time. the Savings Bank n kspa
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-21

The retail stores are hing great prepare
tions for the holidays och dealer seems
determined to display his goods to the best
advantage, door knOckerd and door handles
are festOoned daily with ineture pamphlets
and hand bills, small boz meet the Pedes-
trians at every corner, threting printers ink
and paper into their pockks and faces, until
every man on arriving hol finds himself q
walking catalogue Of the goods and small
wares Of the enterprising kalers who are on
the sure road TO success, bNreely patronizine
the printers.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-21

Depo~sts d FIVE CENfs and upwArh received, and
intsrae shs rAss u nm per cent pr annum allowed
payable ssmi annually.
tntsrssa not drawn out b added to The deposit thus
mAking eempeanA interest,".
Mousy dsposltsd on or before the nfth day Of each
moueh draws interest for the nmE month.
Married women and children under age may deposit
mmney 20 that dss roach d.
Monsys may be deposited Dur cAildFsn or BY scciseiss
or a trust hznda, subjeca 70 sdeciAl condition..
Gold and silver bought, Domssae and Forehp Rx-
ehAses sold. anA gsnsE.f banking facilities s4ordsd
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-21
LABORING MEN |!
MECHANICS
Please Take This Home and Read Il.
FIVE HUNDRED LOTS

you not the Of your own home, You will
do well TO read this and upon the advice below given
very wealthy man owns
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14


LUCKY MORMON WoMEN.-By re-
cent decision of the authorities in WASH
ington, the Mormons are given very de-
cided advantage over Gentiles in acquiring
title to the public lands The laws permit
q widow, or the head of family, to pre-
empt land or take up a homestead by oc-
cupatiou aud settlement. A married wo-
man living with her husband cannot do
this, because, by legal construction. she is
not the head of family. A Mormon
weman, who describes herself as plural
wife and the head Of a distinct family,
having made homestead entry, in Salt Lake
district applied to the General Land Office
to know if she would be permitted to per-
feet the same. In answer to this applica-
ton Commissioner Drumford wrote that,
under the laws of the United States, the
applicant was not the wife Of the man re-
lated to her by Mormon usage, and that, as
she was the head Of a family, strict COM
pliance with the homestead laws would en-
title her to patent for the tract she had
entered. So a Mormon having sixteen
wives may profit by this ruling to the ex.
tent extent Of having fifteen Of them
acquire houiesteads, while Gentle, with
one wife cannot secure homestead, except
10 bis own name. "a. yH .Baio4 ..I +
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14

SHORT OF MEAT.-A deacon beinging
a neighboring town one Saturday, fell in
with a travelling minister and invited him
to come to his town and preach next Sun
day and to his house to dinner. So Sun
day morning the deacon told his family
that the minister would be there to dinner,
and, as they were out Of meat, told his
hired boy to go to certain place BY the
side of the road, and dig out woodchuck
that was supposed to have burrowed there,
aud they would have him for dinner.
While the boy was digging away at the
woodchuck hole, the minister came along
on his way to preach. Ga seeing the boy
thus digging, he hauled up aud accosted
him with .t.. l....a:L.
swell, my son, what arc you doing
there?" :,
Digging out woodchuck, sir" said
the boy. ...- ....e 80. =.
SWhy, but don't you know that it is
very wicked ? and besides, you wont gel
him if you dig for him on Sunday"
"Git i'm !" said the boy. Thunder
I've got to git i'm; the minister's com'aa
to our house to dinner, aud we amt got ne
meat"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14
TIME-KEEPING. FLOWERS.

The flowers of certain plants ara SO sen.
sitive to the effect of light and heat that
they open and close at exactly the same
time each day, marking the SUMS altitude
and inclination. This fact was made by
'Linuaeus, the great botanist, the basis of
many experiments and observations result
ing 10 the arrangement called his floral
clock" It consisted Of three divisions,
containing flowers that open and close
earlier or later, according to the state of,
the atmosphere. This was the g meteor.
illogical division" and indicated the state
of the weather. A tropical DIVISION"
as it was called, contained flowers that
marked sunrise and sunset, and f." horo-
logical division" consisting of flowers that
opened and closed at fixed and invariable
hours. 1t is curious fact that there are
twenty-four varieties Of plants whose BIOS
SONS open successfully at the different
hours Of the day and night. Looking
over this list, we find that the day lily
opens at FIVE o'clock A. NJ, and evening
primrose at five p. NJ. Midnight belongs
to the :" cactus grandiAorous," or night
blooming cereus, whose magnificent flower
expands and diffuses a subtle perfume
soon after sunset, gradually unfolds, and
then closes before day dawn, when its
strange mission is ended. The African
marigold opens at seven o'clock in the
evening, and closes at four, if the weather
be fair, if it does not open, rain is certain
the next day. 1t is said the flowers of the
water-lily close and sink into the water
precisely at sunset, rise again to the sur
face, rise again to the surface and expand
with sunrise. Pliuy describes tho lotus
of the Euphrates, which follows the same
order; aud the reverence which was paid
by the Egyptians to the lotus is supposed
by some to be from his associations with
the sacred sun. Flowers aud fruit Of the
lotus are engraved on Eastern tombs and
monuments, and adorn the heads Of their
sculptured deities. Besides the aoral
clock" there is floral calender, in which
each month is marked BY its own loyal
flower.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14
HEREAFTER.

'Tis sweet to think. when struggling .
The goal Of life to win, e'''''' ~
o That just beyond the shores Of time /
The better years begin. l.u ...,.
! When through the nnmeless ages 1saWa
cast my longing eyes,
Before me, like boundless sea, iAf'1s2
a.. The great hereafter lies. esfgfus e@y
Along it's brimming bosom. II .t iis' 4
~ Perpetual summer smiles,
And gathers. like a golden robe, y '!'a Z
o11ArOund the,emerald isies.Ig35el laui.
in the blue long distance, 'Jii'w
d. .,, BY lulling breczes famed. ....
1.seem to see the Towering groves" ''
}'l Of fair old Beulah's land. ar.f. sij0i7
And far beyond the islands a. - stfow
l.- That gem the waves serene. Ire'
The image of the clOudless shore
OF holy Heaven Is seen. 1a 3-H
Unto the great hereafter .''o .fsf
u Aforetime dim and dark ag .ug,rfo
! freely now and gladly give
or life the wandering bark. 7 10
And in the far off haven, o.T 4sF
When shadowy seas are passed..
By Angels hands its quivering sails '- jag
30 Shall all be furled at last. f,i5,i, sI sag
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14

V Bcechcr some time since received a
letter from young man who recommend.
ed himself very highly as being honest,
etc, and closed with the request: "Get
me an easy situation, that honesty may be
rewarded" To which Mr. Beecher re-
piled: Don't be an editor if you would
be easy Don't try the law. Avoid
school Keeping. Keep out of the pulpit.
Let alone all ships, stores, shops, and mer-
chandise Abhor politics. Keep away
from lawyers. Don't practice medicine.
BE not farmer nor mechanic; neither
soldier nor sailor. Don't study. Don't
think. Don't work. None Of them are
easy. o, my honest friend, you are in a
very hard world! can tell you Of but
one real easy place in it. That is the
grave" .....t- r...,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14

BoTu FOR GREELEY.-The following,
in view of the fact that tho election came
off in West Virginia lately (22d) will
be of interest: "Governor j. j. Jacobs, Of
West Virginia, the independent candidate
for Governor, and supported by the Grant
Republicans, is announced as having de-
clared that he shall support Greeley and
Brown. The regular Democratic candi'
date for Governor is for Greeley. Both
candidates supporting the same Prciden-
tial ticket takes all political significance
out of the contest and makes it personal
affair."" .. .-...e s2rs s
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14
re- Jeff. Davis was a rebel, but whe

u jeff. Davis was rebel, but when
the city Of Montgomery, Alabama, bought
handsome residence and offered il to him
as a present, he respectfully dcoliued, on
the ground that he could mt consistently
with bis self respect and the dignity Of
the Office, accept gifts from any source.
Gen Lee. at the beginning Of the war, was
offered similar present by the citizens OF
Richmond, but he refused to receive it,
and the money was refunded to the sub
scribers. Comparisons are odious to some
people,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14


THE PUNcrUATINa BoRE.-Is it not a
pleasure to have converse with you one
of those individuals who punctuate their
relation Of what they consider particularly
good stories Of funny occurrences With
pokes, nudges, and digs in your ribs
The worst Of it is, the jokes of these fun
ny creatures are made up Of nine parts
nudges and thrusts, and one part wit, as,
for instance, in listening to tho story of a
large headed man trying on small hat,
we endured the following: t.a
4" BY the by, speaking of hats"-pokes
US in the bread-basket and stands back as
if to view effect" did you hear of that
joke on Bumps ?"-Slaps US on the
shoulder and laughs" Biggest joke Of
the season." Punch in the breast
"Bumps, you see, was just about coming
out of the hotel dining hall.-Nudge in
our ribs with elbow" Well, he's got a
tremendous big head, you know"-grab
on lapel of our coat" SO two of US just
hid his hat'-wink and poke in ribs with
bony index finger" and put four other
fellows drab hats just like bis in its place.
Poke into shirt bosom.-Bumps comes
out, tries first one hat"--poke-" then
another er"-punch--" finally, ha :! ha! he
got mad and"-elbow jab-jammed the
third on so hard he split it open" Tire.
mendous thrust in stomach" Ha ha
jim Bustah's hat! And Bumps had to
stand treat; three bottles; ha! ha! ha!'
Tremendous slap between the shoulders
that took all the remaining breath out Of
our body. ii 13orr qtf
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14
GATHERINGS BY THE WAYsIDE.

lowed free on tho Detroit ferry boats
-Thcrmcmeters have appeared as the
latest fashion for gen,lcnaus' breast pins.
-Chicket, so much in favor in Eng
land, cannot be popularizcd in Canada
A. w. Bartlett one of the mos, PROM
inent Republican speakers in New Hamp-
shire. is out for Greeley.
Tx Governor Stone, of Iowa, is out
for Greeley aud Brown. He is one of
the most influential Republicans in that
State.
The Cincinnati Commercial states
that Ex-Governor Stephen S. Harding,
Of Indiana, au original Republican, is OUT
for Greeley.
w. NJ. Coburn, who was in 1868 elect
cd Attorney General Of the state of Iudi-
ana on the Radical ticket, has written
letter indorsing Greeley.
AT meeting of the Wcx ford County
(N. Y.) Farmers Association recently, n
vote was taken on the great national ques-
tion, resulting in So for Greeley and 3 for
Grant. SO goes the good word.
%. =. Stubbs, on Iowa State Senator,
aud great man in his part of tho coun,
try. after presiding over a Republican
Judicial Convention, changed his mind
about Grant, aud on the 10th instant came
out for Greeley in speech at Fairfield.
A correspondent having written to
Rev. Theodore Tilton inquiriug about the
past aud present reputation Of the rival
candidates in relation to the temperance
cause, Mr. Tilton replies: 1--WE honestly
believe that President Grant and Horace
Greeley (takcn togctheD drink about as
much wine aud other liquors as any other
two average imbibers, of which aggregate
quantity, however, Mr. Greeley drinks
none at all"
Wilkes Spirit Of the Times, in view
of the organization OF diamond expedi-
ion to Arizona by the White House ring at
Washington, whose expenses will be paid
from the public Golfers, thinks that General
Grant, if re elected, ought to be worth
100000, 900 ut the expiration of his Sec
ond term. 1t is proposed that ho then
turn author, and write book on What l
Know about making Money out of the
Presidency" .,.I. ..
- At a meeting of the Academy Of
Science held in San Francisco, last night,
Prof. Agassiz was introduced, and warmly
welcomed He made short speech,
thanking the audience for the warmth of
their welcome, aud assured them Of the
Il unbounded pleasure he felt at finding him
self at last, after SO many years of long
ing, standing on the shore Of the Golden
State. He paid high compliment to the
people Of California, and gave an account
Of tho work accomplished by the expedi.
ton which has just reached San Francis
GO, under his command '3 hff
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14
WHOLE N0,,...BlS..,
THE CAMPAIGN OF le4o.

The great speech used N o. campaig0
document 10 1910 was that made BY ChaS.
Ogle, Of Pennsylvania. eoncernipg an up.
preparation pending Of ga. .665 ",for sliers-
ton and repairs Of tho Pfesideat's hones
and furniture, for purchasing trees.
shrubs. and compost, and for superiutend-
encc of the grounds" Only think Of Abe
tremendous sum! But Mr.. Ogle speErh
won many voters to his party, especially
in the country districts, q where tbo.simple
people we're korri6sd at such extrAvsRlnGa
Have those people any successes. w sour
day? Itscarcely think 30" for only yrlass
evening / heard some, one insisting that Il
was disgraceful that We did not pay our
President Sl00, 900 per snuup., and ,IIhavs
before heard many persons belopgiegf to
both political parties express the same
views / have some extracts from MI.
Ogle's speech before me, which were re-
published just after the incoming Of the
present Administration in noticing the
Improvements at the White House, aud
copy one because il indicates the great
change in public sentiment since such
words were deemed scathing in their sa-
tire:
sob! sir" said Mr. Ogle, 7" how de-
lightful it must be to real, genuine Loco
Foco to cat his pate de ,fois gras,- dinde
desosse, and salade a Ia t0laille from sill
yer plate with golden kuife undo fork
And how exquisite to sip with a goldes
spoon his soupe a la refine from . silver
tureen! 1t almost makes my mouth va.
ter to talk about it," The plain style ib
which General Harrison lived was held up
ia contrast. He, it was asserted, lived IN
log cabin, the. latch string Of which was
always out in token Of hospitality, and he
refreshed his guests With hard cider while
French wines were served ID the White
House. There was coon somewhere
about General Harrison's3 establishment
that played prominent part in campaign
speeches, songs, and torchliga: process
sions. The country took up the watch
words of hard cider" !" log cabin" sad
coon" with tremendous enthusiasm then,
and waged war with tremendous effect
against the existing Administration. aed,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14

u The Cincinnati Enquirer says: An
enthusiastic Grant man took a vote OF the
employees of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, at the main Office in this
city, yesterday, with the following result !
Grant II, Greeley 80. A vote was then
taken on the report circuits Of the princi-
pal cities with the following result: The
Chicago Office votes for Grant; Detroit,
Grant; Toledo, Grant; Adrian. Grant
Chicago3 Branch, Greeley Cleveland
Greeley; Dayton, 'Greeley; Columbus
Greeley Pittsburs, Greeley GAINESVILLE
Greeley; St. Louis, ,Greeley; lpdian.po
lis, Greeley New Albany, Greeley; Mad
isou, Greeley; Lexingtoa. Greeley Nash
willie, Greeley /; Memphis, Greeley ; Evans
vile, Greeley. ~
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14

SMALL FARMs.-There were in 1870
nearly seven thousand farms in the Uni.
ted States of three acres or less, on which
at least Eve hundred dollars worth Of pro-
duce had been raised for sale in that year :
among these are included market garden
ers, but not family gardens, or vegetable
patches from which the owners did not
produce living. p2 e@" s
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14

~ It is said to be curious fact that
while foxes, cranes and squirrels are
abundant on the Indiana side of the Ohio
river, they are never seen on the Ken
tucky side; and strange enough, the gray
squirrel,1t to be found anywhere on the
Kentucky side, is never seen on the ln-
diana shore. a.4 Ifs
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14

+. TURNING MEN INTO FISHES. A
French inventor has patented an apparatus
for swimmers. For the hands he has "a
large membranous fin which is held in its
place by loops passing over the 6nsors and
a strap around the waist. The surface
presented to the water by these fms is SO
large as to add greatly to the effectiveness
Of the strokes of the arm, but not so large
as to exhaust the muscular power. Their
effect is to reduce very much the effort rc'
quiredHto swim without them. But the
greatest ingenuity is displayed iu the, form
and fitness of ips for the legs, which arc
attached to the ankles, and SO, formed that
they act upon the water both in the move
m,ut of bringing the legs together and
throwing them back. They act SO finely
10 g treading water" as swimmers call it,
that one can really walk, if not on the wa
ter, at least 10 it. The difference between
swimming with this apparatus aud without
il is very much like the difference between
rowing q boat with the handle and blade
Of an oar. The old swimmer has no diff
iicalty in using the fins at drst trial, and
is surprised to find with what ease he can
swim without exhaustion. 81 lie easily
swims twice as fast with the apparatus as
without It, and he can sustain himself for
hours upon the water, or swim. miles
with it. - 'ta FEH s'aN8
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14
THE PERSONALITY OF NEWSPAPERS.

There is q certain personality about
newspapers which an editor feels and en-.
joys that is wholly unknown and uncared
for by the general reader. We open all
our exchanges with feeling akin to that
which would be experienced could we grasp
the hand of the one whose cast of mind is
more or less reflected by the columns Of
the sheet before US, and as we read what
each one has written we imagine we see
their familiar faces, hear. their we'll known
voices, aud fancy, as We take iu para
graph, that we know just how the writer
would say it, if he stood before us in bod
lily presence. If it is pleasant and genial,
we see the good-natured face of our friend
as it kindlcs with the expression of his
sentiments; if the paper is full Of denun.
citation and wrath over the wrongs inflicted
by men or government, it is Thor yields
the pen, and the dumb types become 'hail-
stones and Goals of fire." Here is paper,
with whose editor we have been for years
on the most intimate and friendly terms !;
how familiar is every stroke of the pen,
and how one feels the invisible presence of
him whose thoughts have been put in more
enduring form than if written on brass or
granite. ........-. ......... zee 5a'4
And there is nothing truer than that an
editor unconsciously makes the same dis
tinction with his exchanges that he does
with the individuals who conduct them
giving their utterances weight and import
nnce in proportion as he has respect for the
wisdom and manliness Of those who write
and print. The paper is the reflex of its
maker, and newspapers are good or bad
according to the law enunciated by Christ
that corrupt tree cannot bring forth good
fruit. Some papers have all the eccentric
tiles and fobles of their editors stamped
upon them as prominently as the like
characteristics are upon their children.
Others have less individuality, and they
take up the pen without creating any sem
sation in the editorial world, and lay it
down again without being missed. Editors
who dislike each other personally, are apt
to dislike each others paper, so much does
this personality permeate every line and
column of the printed sheet. The gen.
eral reader looks over his paper for iufor-
nation in regard to the worlds doings-
the markets, the latest news. the most re-
cent casualties, and the freshest aspect Of
political affairs engage his attention, while
the editor scans his brothers production
with the eye of an artist, and judges it
from professional standpoint. An editor
shut in his sauctum with bushel Of ex-
changes on his table is not alone but in
the best of company, feeling the Invisible
influence of those who are hundreds of
miles away, hearing their voices, urged on
to higher achievements by their words Of
encouragement, and sometimes so conscious
of their presence that he almost sits face
to face in friendly communion with them.
-Janesrille Gazette. t-y ...... g;r- .
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14

DoN'T GRuMBLE.-He is a fool who
grumbles at every little mischance. Put
the best foot forward, is the old and good
maxim. Don't run about aud tell ac-
quaintances that you have been unfor:u-
nate, people dom, like to have unfortunate
persons for acquaiutances. r3r
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14

There is sufficient railroad iron noW
in the yard at Kalama to lay thirty eight
miles Of track, and $50 tons more are now
on tho route from San Francisco on board
the bark HeLfaot. ......s.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14

T The New York Ere7,ing Post says
that General Grants Ignorance and con.
tempt for law and decency are daily be-
coming more prominent" Compliment
ary, isu'tit t' "-H
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-14

T D. Brown, wealthy fruit-grower,
near St. Joseph, Mo-, offered his wife, with
whom he has lived over forty years, Sl6,-
900 to sign bill Of separation, so that he
could marry the hired girl, blushius
damsel Of sixteen years. Mrs. Brown
thought the $4,000 of more account than
the husband and accepted the offer.