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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-01-22

S- A wee bit of boy having been
slightly chastised by his mother, sat
very quietly in bis chair for s0nas snin-
,utes afserward, no doubt thinking sery
profoundly. At last be spoke thus:
g Muzzer, I wish dad would got annzzer
housekeeper I've got tired o'seein' you
',Onnd /.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-01-22

Pnov.NG HER Elear TO VorE.--A
woman at Medicine Bow, depositing
her vote last election day, was aroused to
hear rough sing outs " I challenge that
woman's, yote.'' son what grounds,
sie?" ''She hasn't been long enough
in the Territory" Did the woman sit
down and cry over it9 1t il not to be
SO recorded. Her dainty hand glided
back into the folds of her pull-back, and
the next thing that audacious cuss knew
he was gazing into tho muzzle of q der
rin3er, while the fair voter said; How
long have I been in the Territory, sir p
/" Look out, dame--don't. That GUS
sed thing might go off, take it away; I
beg pardon. I-don't touch chat tris-
3er-I-I-Pm mistaken in the woman.
Please point that the other way. I'll
lick Che iyia' sheep thief that says you
haven't lived right here in this town for
ten years. ] swear 7 will" He scoos-
ed around the corner, and she smilingly
passed in her ticket. Wyomi',g Her,cld.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-01-22

10 The areas of Che five principal
buildings of the Centennial Exhibition
the Main building, the Machinsry,
Agricultural, and horticultural build
ings, and the Art Gallery -amonnt to-
4Sk acres, or ten more acres than we're
provided at the Exhibition at Vienna,
and yet the space is all exhausted, and
additional brildings will be required.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-01-22

EE A young woman of Pekin, Ill.,,
was asked by her minister If her husband
feared the Lord. She replied. Pear
him! Bless you, he is SO afraid OF him
that he never goes out of q Sunday
without taking his gun along"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-01-22

eS- Vienna has just produced COM
pany OF youthful actors. whose ages
range from 6 TO IA yeats aud who are
giving dramatic performances in the
various theatres OF Germany. Fairy
stories have been dramatized for them,
and their acting is said to give .he full
est satisfaction to both young and old.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-01-22

s2r Tryipg TO do business without
ADVERTISING is like winEing at pretty
girl 10 the dark; you may know what
you are doing, but nobody else does.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-15

CHEERFULNEss.-Addison says: Il
have always preferred cheerfulness to
mirth. The later | consider as an
act, the former as q habit Of the mind.
Mirth is short and transient, cheer
fulness fixed and permanent. Those
are often raised into tho greatest
transports of mirth who are subject to
the greatest depression Of melancholy;
on the contrary, cheerfulness, though
it does not give the mind such an ex-
quisite gladness, prevents us from
falling into any depths of sorrow
Mirth is like fash of lightning
which breaks through a gloom OF
clouds and glitters for moment;
cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day
light in the mind, and fills it with a
steady and perpetual serenity"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-15
THE TERRITORIAL Press AND THE


Ninth SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE.
1t has heretofore been the practice
for the two Houses of the Legislature
to provide themselves by resolution
with copies of the different newspa-
pers published in the Territory. The
present session has, as yet, taken no
action in this matter. We did not
wait for this, but in courtesy to the
two houses have caused the Statesman
to be laid upon the members desks.
We believe that they have also been
furnished with other papers published
in the Territory. Of course if the
Legislature accepts this service the
publishers will expect to be paid by
the Territory as formerly. Mr. How.
ard, Of Idaho county, i'll bis place in
the Council, yesterday, while speak
ing to the question of appointing a
Journal Clerk, opposed that measure
on grounds of retrenchment, and said
that he foresaw that many attempts
would be made to draw money from
the treasury through the Legislature.
He mentioned the fact that his desk
was being supplied with newspapers,
and that no doubt, it would be eX-
pectcd that the Legislature would or
der the bill paid. These papers, he
said, had not been ordered.
We do not know what view our
contemporaries may take of this mat
ter. but we can assure the Council and
the House that what we have done
was a pure act of courtesy while
awaiting an expression from them.
The Statesman has no desire to in
trude, nor any desire to force claim
upon the Territory.
We will go as far as any member
of either house in the way of reform
ard retrenchment, even to the extent
of keeping away from places where
we are not anted.-Sdtesman.
The Statesman is correct. The ap-
preparation for furnishing members OF
the Legislature with copies of the Ter
ritorial press should have been made
ere this. We, like that paper, have
been furnishing the members with the
WoRLp, thinking provision for paying
for them would be made as soon as
the permanent organization was COM
pleted. 1t should attend to the mat
ter Immediately. The Territorial
press is of considerable value to the
members
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-15

\ New YOSEMITE is not gener-
ally known that there exists in Fresno
county rival of the Yosemite Valley.
The new valley is on Kings river, is
forty-fve miles long from east to west,
and has an average width at the bot
tom of about half mile The Fresno
Republican says: ut lies five thou
sand feet above the sea, and its walls,
which are about three thousand feet
high, are very PERCEPTIONS. In this
valley q new grove Of colossal red
wood trees has been discovered. One
of them eclipses all that has been dis
covered on the Pacific Coast. It's cir
cumference, as high as man can
reach and pass tape line around, is
a few inches less than hundred and
fifty feet. This is beyond the meas
urement of any tree in the Calaveras
grove. The height is estimated at a
hundred and sixty feet; and part Of
the top lying on the ground is over a
hundred feet in length"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-15

The Presidents message recon-
mends the establishedment of com
pulsory education and the disfran-
chisement of all who become citizens
after some fixed period, who cannot
read and write the English language.
It claims that foreigners who do not
take interest enough in our laws and
institutions to learn our language and
inform themselves do not deserve to
have any voice in the choosing of the
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-15

JONATHAN, where were you going
yesterday when saw you going to
the mill?' "Why, to the mill, to be
sure" "Wall, | wish I'd seen you;
I'd "a got you to carry gfist for me"
"Wby, you did see me, didn't your
"Yes, but rot till you got clear out Of
sight,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-15

Or no little interest is plant now
known as the Darwinian fy-catcher,
from the fact that Mr.. Darwin, the fa-
nous naturalist, has made it the sub
ject of several very interesting pa
pers. The plant is Of the moss order
in appearance. AS it lies closely to
the ground, it is dotted all over with
little yellow platters about the size of
three cent piece. These platters
are surrounded by a fringe of tendrils
perpetually spotted with little glob-
ules that bear the appearance of dow,
and hence the common name Of the
plant is sundew, because these beads
of apparent dew sparkle as if exposed
to tho sun. Well, when Mr.. Fly
comes waltzing along and not mind
ing his p's and as literally as well as
metaphorically, puts his foot into it,
these tendrils suddenly come the gi-
rafee over him, lay about him in all
directions, hug him closely to the pal
pitating, golden-hued bosom of the
flower, and there the amorous adven-
turer is forced to stay, giving gasp
by gasp, his vital energies to the
plant, until life is extinct. Then the
tendrils let go their hold, the lascivi-
Gus coquette throws off the old love
and coolly "lays" for fresh one.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-12-15

A WONDERFUL CAr.-A few even
ings since, Alvy was paying visit
to his dulcina. She had smuggled
him into the parlor, and the darkness
only served to conceal her bushes
while Alvy told his story of love.
The muttered words reached the par
ent's ear, and coming suddenly into
the room, he demanded to know Of
Mary who it was she had with her
"It's the cat sir" was the numb
ling reply.
Drive it out Of herem! thundered
paterfamilias.
"Scatw screeched Mary; and then,
soto voice, "Alvy, meow little"
Alvy set up a woeful yowl.
"Confound it, bring a light and
scare the thing ont"
"This was too much, and poor Alvy
made leap for the window, carrying
glass and frame with him.
"Thunder, what a cat?" exclaimed
the parent, contemplating the ruin af-
ter the light was brought; 81 never
saw anything like it, and confound it,
its tail is made of broadclothw as he
viewed q huttering remnant hanging
from the window.
, 1876-11-09

Gondet, ho received message from tho King,
who had been unable 10 walt for him, and
begged him 70 return TO A.towu. n. dc sarseck
ss 1 nsao aqss f q ho1s Ea
him bis farewell audience. Tha King had per:
mlttcd sl1em to take back fourteen
zS so p'ons ssa etse h'e q 'fa sTe G G0a ap
psom!sinE to treat bin well, bnt wanting 10
dctaln him as d hostage. Witnt on tho 9th Of
December, N. de 8arscck got back To ,Areso,
sa cGn5 ca was no %pFs t e 10 s X;
those who we're charged to convey him tc
Adora, they having recognized him "a ono ol
tho leatlafa OF tho EEgptlan nf1nT. Let mo here
sRSn o s.re a # hi M s s e 1 t M s a,
Axun, tic hu1y city of AIyss[nia, to oRsro thanks
to the Almighty fur the victory ho Ind won
and that tlfs army dispersed TIL further notice.
~ II. dc sarseek could not understand hoy , tl,s
Arcndroop, Z!c!lv, and 50 many others. could
hare been e1tcrtninated IN loss than twenty
minutes. This vas explained on tho spot.
ssh.s h% Th II m Il: rse rat s' ' i h' asfsc s1a e
posted posted At Kherad Iska. In tic light,
while bis canp.lFes, carefully kept up, led to
@ t ss,, ss a b s s gs;ss sssse fh: s ss Sas sS% @
placed themselves on tho flank of tho Egyptian
ran at less ttan mile distance. At the mo
mcnt when tue latter, concealed tn little WoDds,
were preparing to turn tho hill to fail DacAt
there was heard something Ike long peal OF,
thunder, getting louder d 1t approached, and
before there wns time to give command this
living hurricane covered the narrow space on
which the litt|u Egyptian troop was fnassed.
The IL 900 Abrssinian cavu1ry passed over tho
unfortunates. This onslaught lasted q quarter
0f an hour, and when tho lost hprses had eross-
Cd the space, only Zicly, unconscious and mu'
tlatcd, remained aliYe, for In their galop. the
Ah{ysslnians struck down 81 wh9 attempted t. ia
Cd in the duudet Valley awaiting tho order
massacre. ila took The coninand Of lilo
army, aud tried To strengthen Ills position
during tho three hours which elapsed
before his own death. The Abyssiulans nerotr..
p!shcti the distance In two foufs and half. ntll
attacked Ills inpruylscd intrenchncnts. They
wcrc twenty to one. The Egyptians fought
liSc lions during thrcc-qnaeters ot an hour;
difficulties ot tho ground prevented tho effect.
lveness Of the rocks. tbs ot,cmy, slfpptng
through the trees ptOtiting by tho eltghtGat ac-
cidcnts, l,ad soon hommci IN tllo little army.
anil rendered tho use OF aro-arms useless; for,
driven forward by those behind them, they
a1tlotl by attacking tho intrencflmcnts with t1le
bnyonet, and insldo there was tand,to:hand
etruEglc., The Abysslntans had Bta killed and
500 Or JU1 wounded. Arakcl died like a hcro.
Struck BY a first bullet, ho kept ou his l,orsc,
1cauing on twu soldiers Of Soudan. a SECOND
hall nude hitn alp from Ills horse. At tho pstat
| Of death hc perceived tho Naib Daskiko, who
had drawn Egypt Into thts expedition, a1li who,
| alter throwing OF Ills clothes, was trying to
creep among tic Abyssinfans: Arakcl, raising
| Of revolver, aud died after seeing the Saib
| fafj
, 1876-11-09

HIH fFHHcI4EH FftH. n -
Tt.are are now l4Y wheat vessels on route to
EUROPE from tlls port, all cleared siuee July /.
This IL 4 much laryur fleet thau was ever known
to bo Gu route for Europe from the Pacific States
at this season VI ths year. The wheat aeet In
lux tb, ~ tus,s Ut tonnage, witt, \ carrying
capacity for l&U O0 tolls Or 0eO centals of
wheat, vi of which lnust bs )o.uted By tho lst
of January. Thtru urs also seventeen ships ats1
b4rks tn port Awalttug charter, tnost u wltch
arc suitable to curry wheat. Thcso vessels rep
resent 2D,l00 tons OF tonnage aud .thesu are
4lu0 tpuA ulvsv fully due.
, 1876-11-09


"eue'1nI'. aa
l;c Tribune believes that everything hinges
ea tinE!fa, and that tho lcpublfcanB have cur
tsa iaxl State and tint the College stauds-
lfaycs, ls5; T,ldcn, lB4.
~ las Irtrsae's Washington spcciai says tho
EE.2aMG,eaha haTe prublbly carried North
Il. ihc TINES declares Hayes elected, giving him
:, !te Hera|d conaIders that Florida will decide
"e e'ett1o1, aud considers 1t u doubtful Statc.
, 1876-11-09
n,11E TERRITORIES.

MONTANA AND UTAH.
a,.-f,,Yr, u. T., Nov. 8.-sfag!nnis, Demo.
r,,le, Is elected Delegate from Montana. IN
lt,h. Canno Mormon. ls cectea IN opneISegate nS
todty. wYow,no.
ru.rsssE, N.ro. Ter, Nov. a.-Latest ,re, re,
,saa ,.Iye Corlett, Republican Delegate, l,Oo0
msjodtI. ,,ro7.
Y4ys7os, .. T., Nov. s,-The election re-
sy.s .a1}sG IN slary s tsn set' ose1 'esse ess
i.paeY iso1e' Yankton County gives D. total
ees .esS' Of 1907, giving, Ktdtler,
nasuh,tcan. ;oM for delegate, Urrr Sphinx, Delho-
,ra !rf ,ajority Of 1o7: All tho county ilcp!lht
11, 1I.,n ,cEct II elected except one. Onts!tto
n1ntIcs give Klddcr largc majority, probably
mo binH hlQ1,
, 1876-11-09
HOPE.


80, "a, followed by genera! out
tRtpupllta" ,t"ska. whu were superior y!
tt.kk o. to Tic whites, AMI n'. w' opened ned
!an nens1tiilc tic whios, taking con'pcty rosses
ion Of thc s, .r,, i1rinp occurred. fntenRe cx-
r,1e ana u,,@mr sn throughout the city for .olnn
deueut Icy !e'e et,nua,tcs of United Sitter troops
hours inI nII,uIle-atckc, 10 tic SCENE, ana dis"
;:ss: I'd sT isS s;s $ss!; ss;sf! + :a III
treets,, as"rioue1Y wut,ndnl. Ono willie. d
tlght 0t9s,a 0taees Wstcr, prominent rut1o1, 11,tT-
ton Of i,.J tSu md about dozen Whites wound
3 c Nor 1c, sres to s' sss,o 'sS 10
?:sfs .;sss r: 5 fs s:es''ssn L. aSt 300 ss:S %sS':$ +
n. aIIo"ec co,'.y. The Dcneerah have rar.
tied tae t'ae,ou o.ats County approxImates 1900.
, 1876-11-09
SURE.
CoHGnEssMKN.

sp<eta, I'*patca 10 ne Tribune. ~
..x,,,rxr, Nov. 8.-1o. =. m.-Ihe Ao-
.Ls.. h1L" cItct i've Congrcsstncn-Willlaus, In
,ao!lTrJtp rr.t District, $500; Caswct in tho Second,
;he Fns. ,s.s1,on In tic Third, 2500; Humphrey,
y; Ha,stb, Hsesentb, ool; Pound, IN tic EiEht, y
ID tae ,i 1sit snnority. The Democrats e!eGt 1.y@nuc, @
,t1aslir irn"!tl,, 100; Bragg, in the Fifth booo;
y @.ass tns fn IN thc Sixth, LOO TITO stote Is Re-
Bseis.n Sobfss sure " probaab';y, ;,,;h9 2,m' 2e,u
,,.r,uxEE, NoY. 8.-Cornplctc and partial
a,s M"fCi fs,nn forty cout,t.c: slow uct r.
ten5,,s t,asn n Tain Of 4,200 oycr last year. THIS
rue,sabb n s overcome y tho counttcs to be beard
sa1,0' tda rio RI Republican maturity iii tho Slate
nHiih, nj he fulir 5000.
, 1876-11-09

North German l,loyd.

The steamers Of this COMPANY wn ssil ave!y 6atsr.
day from Truman Isr. f0uk Vt ThtEt.e. !lon9ktn.
Kate. ot .passass fram New io1k IL e saustsmpton; M
Lupdop, IAfre, and ErGlnen Ant cAt1n Sloi kcGoau
csu, 3hI so1; steeruse. $40 cntTGncy; fpr trcxht
sDowIlhs Gtoen. New fufk.
, 1876-11-09

CONGRESSIONAL.
DECISIVE RETURNS.
Tic following tablcs gfyo tho returns Of tho
vote In tllo t1lrce Congressional Districts:
FuK CHS1ERkHMAk--yIEsT nisrEtpr.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-02-24
ROTATION OF CROPS.

II Rural World says: CAS- desirable
as rotation in Office may be, it cannot be
more SO than judicial rotation of crops
raised on a farm. No matter how fertile
tie soil, it is conceded that constant crop.
ping with one, two, or three kinds Of grain
will wear OF the land. All good farmers
ccncede that proper rotation of crops,
including the grasses, should be followed.
Chemists inform us that the nutriment of
food producing plants is taken in part
from the soil in solution through the leaves
and, therefore, that suitable food must be
provided or manifest deterioration will
be the result. The good farmer, while he
aims to produce the largest crops at the
least expense, will also be careful to keep
up the fertility of the soil by a judicious
rotation of crops, supplemented by the ap-
piication of mauures to the land" In ad-
diton to this it should be borne in mind
that the beneficial effect of judicial rota
ton depends upon suting the crops to the
nature Of the soils and varying them with
each other, so that while the greatest
amount Of produce is raised off the land
still that the soil shall not suffer TO any
undue extent. Ia growing a cereal crop
quantity OF phosphates aud nitrogen is
removed from the soil. Returning the
straw to the soil IN the shape of baruyard
manure restores part of the salts which
were distracted, while the nitrogen may
be restored by sowing green crops.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-02-24
Wellington and NapO!cOh.

Wellington has been censured for want
ofjudgment in selecting the plains of Wa
teroo as his battle ground, French military
critics contending that the Duke fought
the battle in position full of difficulty.
This charge he Indignantly repealed, and
after thoroughly generating himself, con
cluded by saying: "My Plan was to keep
my ground until the PrussiaIs appeared,
and then to attack the French position,
and executed my plan"
Wellington was ever just toward those
who opposed him. When asked what he
really thought OF the Emperor Napoleon as
great general, he said 81 have always
considered the presence of Napoleon with
an army equal to an additional force of 49,
600 men, from his superior talent and from
the enthusiasm which his name and pres
ence inspired in the troops" On another
occasion the Duke also said that he thought
Napoleon superior to Turenne, Tallard, or
any Of the old generals of former times !;
but Napoleon had this advantage over
every other general, himself in particular,
that his power was unlimited. He could
order everything on the spot as he pleased
If he wanted reiaforcements; they were
sent; if to change the plan of campaign, it
was changed; if to reward services, be
could confer ho1ors on the field of battle;
whereas he, the Duke, and other gen erals
were obliged to write home to Ministers,
and wait their decision, perhaps of Parlia'
ment; and he himself had never had the
power of comforting the slightest reward
on any of his followers, however deserv
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-02-24
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

The London Live Stock Journal says
that In the London dairies shorthorns are
very largely in use. 10 fact, pure bred
short horns and their crosses constitute the
principal source of the metropolitan milk
supply.
A correspondent of The Prairie Farmer
says he bought four bells of different sizes
to the leo sheep, and put them on good,
active specimens. This was about twelve
years ago, and be has not had sheep
killed by dogs or wolves since that time.
Some Of his neighbors have tried the same
| plan with similar success.
The Rural New Yorker says: at has
/ been proved in the case of thousands of
cows that have lived to a good old age that
| they can be bred to give milk ten months
in the year, bear healthy, strong calf,
and be ready for a good milking season
the next year. We should seek such cows,
and discard those that persist in drying
early, even if they give good mess for a
short season."
The Rural Home says: "We tried the
experiment this year on several alternate
rows of potatoes, about thirty rods long, of
planting part about two or three inches
deep, and another part five inches deep.
The latter invariably produces from 20 to
rs per cent. more potatoes, the treatment
in every respect being the same. They
were cultivated fiat, which always gives
more than when ridged."
A correspondent of The Country Gen.
tleman says that the latest explanation Of
the beneficial effects of gypsum of plaster
is that it enables or helps plants first to
decompose and then absorb nitrogen, Of
which atmospheric air, when pure, contains
seventy pine parts to twenty one parts of
oxygen. All plants are composed of oxy-
gen, hydrogen, and nitrogen, bot plants
cannot take up, assimilate or feed upon
them in an elementary state; they must
first be decomposed.
"A fCeSihftiy SCOh "iisSo w IL
Country Gentleman that his experience
with sawdust is that it is the bes. bedding
to be had tor horses or cattle. 1t is supe'
rior to straw in many respects. 1t is a
much better absorbent than straw, and is
much cleaner. For a paving horse it is
much better, inasmuch as he displaces the
bedding only where the foot touches the
floor of the stall, while straw, being long,
is displaced generally by the act of paw
ing.
The nest-bcxos of hens should be moya-
bic, so that after Matching, and cccasion-
ally when used only for laying, they may
be conveniently cleaned. One way for
cleaning is to whitewash them; but an
other, preferred by some, is to kindle a
fire inside and char them. This practice
will effectually destroy vermin and their
larvae, and will thoroughly purify the nests
by leaving a coating of charcoal inside.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-02-24
WATER IN BUTTER.

In the course of some Investigations by
Profs. Angel and llebner, in England, it
has been ascertained that butter is in
many cases adul,erated with water. Out
of an analysis IF Is samples, determined
by them, II, which were undoubtedly good
butter, contained 6 to Is per cent. of wa
ter. The astonishing quantity of - 8 per
cent. was found in one sample from Lon
don, or an excess Of 81 per cent of water
for which Londoners pay from 80 to As
cents per pound An tier samplebutter from
the same place, had "A per cent. These
high rates were due to the fact that butter
had been treated with milk On the other
had, -~--r~i~ r-.--~L---I-.- U--.---
found to contain under 4 per cent. of We
ter, but contained about so per cent. of
foreign fat The Professors also found
that genuine butter spread cut on sheets,
and exposed for week to the air in the
laboratory, became, SO far rs tic senses
could judge, irdistingulshable from tai.
low.