Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-18

greeablc In that direction" replied Lizzie,
twas the day we had those splendid warm
biscuit for tea that he is so fond of, and he
found bit ofsoda half as big as a pin-head
in his first one, and commenced in his old
strain" .~
IF remember rightly, the unfortu-
nate biscuit went flying out Of the base
ment window before he could collect his
wits and recall the remark" said Jennie,
laughing at the recollection; and he was
forced to make out q meal with stale
bread, which he detests.
Dropping in few months later, we 6nd
that Mr.. Chester has been i'll, and now sits
propped up in his armchair Watching his
little wife as she fits about in the perform.
ance of her various duties. .s
"Do you know" he suddenly exclaimed
+" that you have seemed more like your old
en- self for the last week than at any time
since the first year of our married life ?"
Have l not seemed natural to you all
the time, Robert?" replied Mrs. G. kncel.
ing by his side.
"No.n.no, not really" stammered Mr..
Chester.
"Did you think that I was acting my
real self when scolded you and the girls,
and made myself a nuisance generally r.
asked Mrs. Robert, earnestly, laying her
hand on his arm.
"Why, yes-I suppose so, of course. y
replied Mr.. c., a new idea seeming to strike
him. "You don't mean to say that you
have been acting part all this time p
he exclaimed, lifting his wife's face and
looking earnestly in her eyes.
II mean to say, dear husband, that
came to your home, and found that you
made yourself aud family unhappy by a
habit of constant fault-fndiug, which too
often merged into harshness towards your
children and me, and I have only striveu
to show you the same faults in myself,
hoping that, when you saw me as others
saw you, you would recognize the likeness
and abandon the habits initiated"
| "And this is the meaning Of dry ginger.
bread for company, and divers like expo.
riences ?" said he soberly.
eyes, Robert" answered the little wife,
tearfully. viii you forgive me for de-
ceiving you?" ac
But Mr.. Chester was busily reviewing
the past and after long silence he took
the plump little hand in his, as he said,
with much feeling. Will you forgive me,
dear wife, for giving you occasion to use
such deception And as he read his an
swer in her eyes. he continued, "God
helping me, will profit by the lesson and
finish the good work you have begun"
A year has passed, and Mr.. Chester has
not been forgetful Of his promise but if
at any time he returns to his old habits,
Mrs. Roberts has only to say, " Bridget" !"
in imperative tones, and he RECEIVERS his
lost ground immediately Harpers Bazaar.
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Noses AND SNORING.-Those who are
cursed with an i'll formed nose, can now
have it "quickly shaped to perfection" for
the ridiculously small sum Of ten shillings
and sixpence. A contrivance has, it seems,
been patented by an enicrprising London
tradesman which it applied to the nose
for an hour daily, SO " directs the soft car
tilage Of which the member consist that
the ugliest proboscis 10 creation becomes
:" 10 few days" nose worthy Of chef
d'exwe of Phidias or Polycletus. Wheth-
er, while it is being worn. this new and
wonderful instrument is ornamental to the
patient and soothing to the soft cartilages
we are not informed, nor are We told
whether, by persistent use Of it, noseless
man eau afford to dispense with the Tall
cotian operation. We must not, however,
be too sceptical. We all know that 10 the
Western States Of America an instrument
called nose-warmer" is in large request.
1t is a sort of extinguisher or pose mug,
lined with fur, which. when once il is
hoisted, is if not exactly decorous, yet at
any rate warm and comfortable Nor is
the nose-warmer" the only patent Of
modern nasologists. Snoring is of all bad
habits. the most intolerable and it is CON-
forting TO know that device has been
found out to mitigate its horrors. A long
and flexible tube leads from the nose Of
the patient to his ear, and thus the undul-
Get sound which he creates awake their
author. He. in effect, consumes his own
snoring, much as woll.constructed factory
chimney consumes its own smoke, and. be-
ing thus convinced Of his own sins, learns
to repent him, or keep his own nose under
better control. It is evident, then, that
SIaw wkenbergius left much to be desired.
That book should have been written
upon noses, 10 an age which knew nothing
Of nose warmers, nose-correctors, or noso-
consumers, is but another proof how great
was the presumption Of our ancestors.
Meantime the new nose-corrector can b
purchased for the ridiculously small sun,