Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-11-25

wish realized, namely, that, 10
Townsend should be city Of 500,
inhabitants, and Portland at least
double that. |!
Gatherings by the Wayside.
Only peace and a revival OF trade
can prevent q financial crisis in Aus
tria. {
It is estimated that California wll
next year spend $4,000 in educa
ton.
Man is more distinguished from
other animals by his crimes and vices,
than by his intelligence.
Mr.. Ole Bull recently began +
draw the bow on his third and last
farewell tour of America, in Boton.
The Congregational Association 81
New York denounce all the charge:
against Beecher Us false and slandess
GUS. !
A mothers pretty saying: Which
of your two children do you love the
most?" Always the one that is all
sent" :
The Hawaiian parliament has vote!
King Kalakua $500 to cover tbR
expenses incurred by his trip to tlt
United States. !
Another growing distress of out
afflicted country is the overweeninE
desire of certain classes of society Il
get something for nothing. !.
The money left by visitors in Phil:
adelphia for accommodations anF
amusements this year is estimated Il
have been not less than sos 900, O0g
The Governors of the severe
States Immediately interested met 81
Omaha the other day to devise mean.
of Kidding the country of grasshor'
pers. :
They have q campaign song Begin
ming, " Come, all ye honest Republic
cans" Why is it that they thus
leave the great bulk of the party uni
invited? 1
DR.. J. G. Aver presented beaut5a
full hall, COSTING $50, 900, to the tow
which bears his name. The wood
work is all finished in cherry pectoral
and has q light and Avery appear,
ance.
It is better to begin now to leavs
your wallet lying around loose than
to wait until December 10th and hav4
your wife demand fifty dollars in d
lump to buy you q nice Christmas!
present.
The Fish Culturists' Association
recently in session at Philadelphia;
was treated to a fish dinner at one 81
the restaurants on the Exhibition!
tho meal consisting of So
varieties of fish.
Two boys and two girls, neithe@
over IA years of age, and thd
youngest orly II, eloped from Couni
Gil Bluffs. They: took 500 from a
savings bank on forged order, and
are supposed to have gone to Cali
fornia.
An old seaman, at q prayer-meeting
in Dublin, in relating his experience,
stated that when at sea in storms and
tempests, he had often derived great
comfort from that beautiful passage
in Scripture: "Faint heart never won
fair lady"
A telegram from Calcutta states
that 10000 persons persisted dur.
ing the cyclone which passed through
Eastern Bengal on the 31st of Octo.
Der. The government is taking &C.
tive steps for relief of the distressed
population of the district.
Brookville Jefersoniaa: GA waiter
advertising for situation says he can
-" fold napkins in 800 different ways
but what the boarding community
wants most just now is q waiter who
can carry q dish of soup without soak
ing the first joint Of his. thumb in it.
The hardest worked jury in the
Centennial Commission is that or
wines. They have already sampled
over 5000 specimens, to do which
must have required eighty drinks pc,
day, or one drink every six minutes
for eight hours day.
That word usufruct," which Til.
den used, is.:defned as "the right oi
using and enjoying the profits of q
thing belonging to another, without
impairing the substance" You cal.
kiss pretty girls lips under that head
but must not bite them.
A young girl, now living in the
Rue Voltaire, in Bordeaux, France,
who was born without arms, uses heI
mouth in tho most extraordinary
manner. She can write with the
greatest facility, can thread the finest
needle, embroider, knit, do crochet
work, mark linen, &C., with marvel
lous regularity, and can even with
her mouth tie q sailors knot.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe has
the largest autograph album in the
world. It has 500, 248 names. The
prominent ladies of Great Britain
signed an appeal to the women Of
America in 1852 on the slavery
question, and intrusted it to Mrs.
Stowe, who has ps eserved it in &c
volumes. Any one. who may wish to
peruss the work VIII be granted tn,
privilege.
Moody and Sankey are to open d