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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25
A PAROxYssrAL DRINKER.

A man with an ugly light ia his eyes enter
ed saloon on Congress street yesterday.
The bartender slid in behind his counter and
smiled al prospective profits, but the stranger
waved his hand and said: "I want none Of
your vile decoctions. Mix me something to
soothe my raging thoughts!'
- -'Gin and sugars" insinuated the saloonist.
you want to mako a volcano of mes"
exclaimed the stranger. 81 want something
as soothing to my tumultuous thought as the
mothers lullaby song Is to a weary child"
i..sf' Take milk punch" au8 i~'
II want tobe soothed. I tell youi" whoopcd
tse man. S "a s.--.
Take a Tom and Jerry 2"
Would Tom and Jerry drive these wild,
raging, terrible Thoughts away ?" ,eF
81 think. II would" replied the bartender,
and he mixed one. He made 1t unusually
good, and the man slipped It with great salts.
faction, and exclaimed: , t, ~ lo.
All, that soothes me--that does me good
that turns my raging thoughts into dreams
Of ecstatic blissi"
AS he wiped his mouth on the back of his
hand the bartender said
i''Change, please" !" A
aa' Yes, that has changed me, was the reply.
tissI want fifteen cents, II you please"
"a "For whatsn "'ftt
"For that Tom and Jerry"
..Look out, sir! am soothed now, don't
get me raging again!p M as @"t.
AZ Rage and be hangedi Iwaut pay for that
drink y Gs, 7.s : 9,iN 3siT h1 g
Look out for the reactionI' warned the
man. 81 am calm and peaceful now, and ]
hope you won't bring back those terrible,
fiendish thoughts which burned my heart ~
molten Java alps, down the rugged sides oi
Mt. Vesuyius!'' te,s Il Id 80 3ass a9l&e
lyon pay for that drinkl" m
"Now ] rage againl" yelled the man.
"Now, the soothing influence has passed
away. Nothing on earth can calm me again!'
He bit the bartender between the eyes. tore
down the stove, and would have made . sad
wreck Of things II the police hadn't stopped
him. He was taken TO the station and locked
mp. After about three hours he called out
"I am soothed--I auf calm again" But they
didn't let him out. Detroit Free Press
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25

tY- One night, recently, clergyman Of
New Haven was called down to his parior at
midnight to marry couple who had just ar
rived In town. i1s
9. l will take your Certificate said the par
son.. 81
"We have no certificate said the fcmi.
nine. fss i1 s f,gI4is sss sa tYs4t sssGsss
II cannot marry You without = certificate
from the Register remarked the parson
bring you certificate in the morniagsn said
the woman.
sit will not do at ALL cannot break The
law for the pleasure Of amy party" was the
response.
.'.Then you will not marry us to-nightfg
she said sharply. br,a s.
No, marm-I will not. !"
Well then, said she looking at the man.
(" William, we will 60 and marry onrselyes.n !
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25
THE EAGLE AND THE sERPENT.
NJ WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

serpent saw an eagle gain,
sa On soaring wing, mountain hesgth,
And enyiel him. and crawled with pain
To where he saw the bird aight.
So hcklc fortune oftentimes
Befriends the cunning and the base, D
And on the groveing reptile climbs
Up 70 the eagles lofty place.
Reading, Pa, Is a bad place for tramps:
An old maid Of that place recently msrricd
one who applied for aid.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25

EB- The American Dairymen's Associatioa .
have concluded to erect > butter and
cheese factory, at.sa cost Of e4,000s ON
the Centennial Exposition grounds, where
the whole process OF butter and cheese making
will be exhibited. Ip addition there win be
an extensive exhibit of dairy products, under
the auspices Of the Association, stE
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25

HIS BOYS QUEsnoN.-The Free Press
says that the other day Detroiter who
has a good record of army service took
down his revolver to shoot cat which
had been hanging around the house.
After looking at him while he fred six
shots the cat walked away.
While he was loading up for more
destruction, the shooters small boy in
quired:
Father, did you ever kill any one
while you were in the army
81 suppose 80, my son."
After pause the boy continued:
Then you must have got neal
enough to hit 'em with an ax, didnt
you9" - 9.
1t was then discovered to be about
school time.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25

THE BEsT COOP AT HoME.-What a
blessing to th, household is merry,
cheerful woman--one whose spirits are
not affected by wet days and little dis
appointments, and whose milk OF hu-
man kindness does not sour in the sun
shine of human prosperity! Such a
woman, in the darkest hours brightens
the house like little piece of sunshiny
weather. The children go to school
with sense OF something great to be
achieved; her husband goes out into
the world in conqueror's spirit. No
matter how he is annoyed abroad, at
at home he is sure to find rest
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25

Slavery drinks mead, and freedom water,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25

A MARVELLOUS CLOCK "A marvellous piece
of mechanism has just been exhibited In Par
is It is an eight-day clock, which chimes
the quarters, plays sixteen tunes, playing three
tunes every twelve hours, or at any interval
required. The hands 60 round as follows |;
One once minute one once an hour one
once week one once . month J; one once q
year. 1t shows the moons age, the rising and
setting Of the sun, the time OF high and low
water, half ebb and half flood and there 10
q curious contrivance to represent the water,
which rises and falls, lifting some ships at
high>water tide as II they were In motion !;
Sands. The clock shows the hour of the day,
the day Of the week, the day Of the month,
the month of the year and in the day Of the
month provisions Is made for the long and
short months. Ii shows the signs of the zos
diac it strikes or not, and chimes or NOT,
as may be desired and 1t has. an equation
table, showing the difference between the
clock and the sun for every day in the year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25

Teach not a swan to swim.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25

Nor IN THE FAAfHY;--An old Detfoitcr,
says the Free Press, brought home two jugs
the other dav, one labeled "boiled oil and
the other 'turpentine." Thcy placed in the
barn, and pretty soon 1t was noticed the old
man had business there at regular intervals.
His oldest son slyly followed him, and saw
him take deep draught from one Of the jugs.
The old man heard q step outside, and before
going out he arranged those jugs according
to his artistic taste. He was hardly gone
before the son skipped in and took drink
from the jug ont Of which he supposed HIS
father drank. The next moment he was
sputtering, coughing, and gasping, and the
old man entered and asked ]: - sFssa
Turpentine doesn't agree with you, does
it?" ''s'F*
"But Isaw you drinkingitlv exclaimed the
injured and indignant son. " $50
"lrhat Is true" said the old man, whiIea
beautiful smile played oyer his face, " but It
doesn't .necessarially follow that the rest Of
the family must relish turpentine because /
dop' E3l ElfaH 4a Fa@M
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25

! A HERorc BOY 4,Fhe swiss Timts itiIk !
iyery nice st0Sy of . sheppard nd fnnrssen
years of age, ,in Canton Grison. On The 1gonte
di Campo the youthful shepherd fed his E6Ek,
when q huge bear made his appeainncs aAd
began 10 feed himself on
the same flock VIXEN he had sefxed one If
the finest sheep, the courageous boy begauto
beat him about the head with sfetipk, In
order to drive him away The infusiated
beast turned upon his aiender assAilant d6e1r-
mined to finish his mutton on him, The
there there was sj not e's iar oii eorEs SeaaIy ss swc
hundred feet deep, but SO harrow that he
might clear 1t by vigorous leap, started for
It, with Bruin clsse at his heels. He reached
the edge of the ravine, and, by very des-
perate bound, landed safe on the other side,
while the stupid brute behind him, not motto
ing his danger, stumbled headlong 10 the
bottom. The boy descending the gorge, found
his enemy disabled by the bruises, and soon
dispatched him by beating out his brains
with stones. Little Chief. lii
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-10
Insult, 90 the American Flag.

NEW JERSEY, July S.-The purser of
the steamship Tybce from San Domingo,
has for warded to the Secretary of State
from the American Consul ut that port,
the details of the insult TO the American
fisc. 1t seems that the Tybee on her
way from this port 10 San Domingo took
rl board as passengers At Cape Heyton
Gen. Pueblo Villisnucva, ex-Minlster OF
War and Marine under PresideRt Con
zales. of Saint Domingo. Arriving nj
San Domingo, williamson sent ~ the
authorities asking permission 10 land, but
was refused and warned if he did
land he might expect 70 be
arrested. immediately stterwsrd Capt.
Kiple of the Tybee, was ordered to put
the General on shore, the government
sverring tha, he had been endesvorins,
on the Hayiien frontier, to ferment n
revolution against the existing Republic.
The captain refused ana submitted the
case to the American consul. who decided
that ss the General WAS All ordinary pay
ing passenger and had not been on shore,
he was entitled - remain on board and
was ua her the protection OF the Ameri-
can fay. On the 25tb Of June, - the
Tybee WAS resdy to sail, An order was re-
ceived from the Minister Of the Interior
commanding her To remain. The Ameri-
can Consul made reply that
she had on board special bearer
of dispatches 10 his government,
that the ship was properly cleared, and
she would sail unless detained by force.
This message was unheeded. Seeing an
attempt WAS TO be msde to take his pas
senger, Captain kiple tied American
days a. the stsnchions on both sides OF
the gangwsys, and all in;ruders were
warned away. In little time field
piece was brought on the wharf, and fifty
soldiers armed with rides, tore away the
fisgs, wen, on board and. despite the en-
phs,ic prc,es, Of the American Consu,
General Villanuevs, 'ame and disabled,
Was taken from MS state-room and carried
on shore. and the vessel WAS permitted -
sail
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-10

THE Democrats of Jefferson county
held their District Convention on Satur.
day last, and by communication IN
another column it will be seen that
though there was considerable fire mani
tested in the discussions on the different
questions involved, yet there was no vlsl-
BILE bad feeling. AS may be further OBJ
served IN the letter referred to, resplu-
tion was offered TO support the Ono
platform and reject the National one
adopted ut st. Louis. Fortunately the
resolution was defeated, after hard fight
on the part of its friends to push 1t
through. 1t really was test TO ascer-
tain in what direction political sentiment
was drifting in regard to the st. Louis
platform and the nominee of the
Convention. And we may
add, it is pleasant to
to contemplate the result. 1t is very
positive indication, rs our correspondent
says, that the Democrats up there pro-
pose 10 work for victory in November,
and intend TO subordinate all other
views to that end. In this respect We
may learn something from our oppo.
nents. It's hard to find Republican
that ever had any preference but Hays,
or any other views on platform ex'
cept those embodied in the one adopted
al Cincinnati.
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Daring Railroad Robbery.

ST. LOUIS, July S.-Another daring
railroad robbery took place in Western
Missouri Inst night, equslling all re-
spects, aud exceIIing in many, any other
on. on record. From the confused ac-
counts given by passengers and railroad
men the following facts were gleanci.
The eastward bound train on the Mis-
souri, Pacific road left OtterViIIe, Mis-
souri,. few minutes past ten o'clock last
night. When two and ball miles east
of that place and IN deep cut, the engl
peer saw signal light 70 stop.
Thinking that some obstruction was
on the track be applied the air brakes snd
after running 'ew yards he discovered
A nile of tie a'd lumber On the trsck.
He comprehended the situation At once,
but could not stop the train and u WAS
no, Till the locomotive had climbed part
ly upon this pile Of ties that the train
came to = stand still. Al the same IN
sIant a dozen or fifteen men appeared
with terrific yells and tischsrgIng pis.
tbs. dashed nj the train procIaiming their
intention. Two jumped on the er CINE
and with navy reyolvsrs covered the
engineer ard Eremsn and threatened ~
kill them II they offered any reslstence.
They were then marched into the bas-
GAGE car and plseed under guard. Al
the same time the other robbers ciimfed
into the express car oy the siIe
door. which was open. Bushnell
the express messenger, bowayer hsd
been too quick for them aud da'hed
through the tram u the rear sleepsr,
and giving hIs safe keys % brakeman
made him put them in his shoe
Mr.. Conkling. the baggage man OF the
train, was in the eKpress car when the
robbers entered, and they demahdei
the KEYS Of the safe He told them thsi
he Was not the messenger and had no
key, Two Of the robbers then put
CGnkIing in front OF them ard Siih
rsyolyers a hi. heai msrchet hin
through the train. demanding that he
should point out The messenger Shen
thew came 70 him. Ia this way they
,.s.ed through the entire train ~ the
terror OF the women and chIldred and fear
Of tbe male pssssogers, mshy Of whom
srouchet down under the seats and hid
th.mselyes IN various wsys Arriving
AZ the rear of the sleeper, Conkiing
pointed OIL, Bushnell, aud the robbers de-
msnded the safe keys Of kim. Under
the circumstance there sss nothing 20 do
bot yisld. and Bushnell took the keys from
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CONDENSED TELEGRAnS.

The House Of BOrrection nj South
Fi,chburgh, Ma,s, including tho work.
,hops, Office, chapel, kitchen keeper re.
,idencs, and strbIes wsro burned ysstsr
day morning. The pris0nss w 10 nun.
Der were saved. Loes $4,000 70 f5,-
90.
POrty-two persons we're killed and "
severely injured by the eIpIoskn Of
fire damp nesr SAINT Avsld, Englsad.
Gov. Connor has notified the Speaker
OF the House Of Representatives .,
Warrington that be has sppoir tsd Jas.
q. Blaine Senstor In Congress, and that
Mr.. Blsins ha, pla,sd IN his hands hs
resignation NJ representative from the
Third Congressional District. Mr.. B.'s
health 10 improving.
None Of the members of Congress can
approximate the time ~ adjournmsot.
although il 10 supposed st least tvo more
weeks will elapse before that result |.
reached.
The Belknsp Impeachment cass vii BE-
concluded within the nett tsn days.
Goo. Williams va lynctsd ness New
Richmond, o., Saturday. He Wa chsfg-
ed With ravshins two yosng lsd'sa.
Tb. Twenty second regiment Of U. y.
NJ ntry, stationed st Detioit, MbhgaD
h.ve received orders 70 JON Gen. T~rry's
command st Fort Abraham Lincoln.
The lo<s in the Stats d lows BY the
recent hood will smoant ~ millions Of
dollars, and in Warren eoauty alone
10000
Hsn. Edwards Ycerg Parsons, nom
Der Of Congress from the L,uisvilIe tkyJ
Dis,riet, a,sd In WAshingtoa SATURDAY.
The New Orlssas whisky risg pr'son.
err l.f. that city Tor the AOundsvilss,
w. "a, penitsotnry Friday night.
Rasi. will remain simply . spsrtstor
in the Tureo-Ssrvian var.
The old circular building o. tqe -.
t.ry, nj Nov Y0k, known - Casils
Garden, was destroyed BY Ire Saturday
night. Loss 10000, insured.
Six prisoner overpovsrsd Tbs guard.
ii Cleveland, yesterday, and sscapsd.
[Additisosl Tslsgrsms On YsartA Pags ]
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-10

PEOPLE seldom think of the losses &C
curing through theJnedium OF the irsc.
lional currency, and yet their are con-
siderable when summed up and pre-
sen,cd in the total. Al the close ot the
last month there was Sl0,479,O76 out
standing oi the first three Is ucs oi this
clsss Of money. OF this amount IT Is
committed that ten millions will never bc
returned for liquidation "r redemption,
and almost the whole of this loss will
fall upon individuals. To this must
likewise be added heavy margin Of
coun,erleits which will tini their ulti
mate resting. places in the pockets oi
the business community In eight wears
the whole amount Of fractional currency
issued from Washington WAS $l39, 1885,
l41 4G. Silver Ia The amount Of -, l5S,-
pas has been exchanged for irsctIonsl
currency within the last three months.
Or this, however, but very small part
belonged IL the first three issues. oi the
is,ues msde between 1869 aud lSIG il IS
the opinion of judges that the loss Will I've
sk,ut five millions al dollars, making the
whole amount shove fifteen millions.
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the brakeman and handed them TO the
robbers. On, OF the latter then stood
guard over Bushnell, while the others
marched Conkling back to the express
car, where they opened the Adams Ex-
press Company safe and put the contents
into wheat sacks, which they brought
for the purpose. Not being able to
open the other safe with the keys they
got from Bushnell, one of the men went
to the engine and got pick, and with
this broke in one of the panels ofthe safe,
and its contents was also put into the
sack. The robbers then took the Mis-
siouri, Kansas and Texas letter box and
broke it open, but finding nothing they
wanted, scattered the letters over the
floor of the car. They also went to the
Adams Express car, but found nothing
there that seemed worthy of note. While
these acts were being performed, the re-
mainder of the robbers were making
night hideous by marching up and down
the outside of the train, yelling like
devils, and firing of their pistols. The
passengers were completely terrified, and
not the least show OF resistance WAS
made by them. When their work was
done they left the scene of their daring
exploit, and departed in southerly di-
rection. 1t is understood that party of
citizens are in pursuit of them, and nj
last accounts were only ten miles behind
them. SO far MS can be learned the
Adams Express Company lo.e some
S4 600 and the T7tcl States Company
about $4,000, but thess amounts may
prove TO be too small. A report is in
circulation that the loss is much greater
than the above, based upon the supposed
fact that this train had tour days express
matter from Texas on board, but the eI-
press officers here deny this and Say that
during the break in the NJ. h. X T. road
the valusbles had been brought from
that State by another route.
The railroad company has started tn"
sheriff o. Pettis county, with posse "l
men, in !rsuit OF the robbers. General
Bacon Montgomery, of Sedslis, noted
fighter of guerilas during the war, hss
Also gone in pursuit with party Of
picked men, and struck the trail some 10
miles south OF otterville, and another
party has been sent from Clinton on the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad !;
and still another from Lebsnsn, on the
Atlantic n Pacific road. The country
between these points will be thoroughly
secured, aud from the well known char
acter of the men sent out the prospect is
good for at least some of the miscreants
being .aptured. All the robbers were
masked while on the train, and therefore
were not recognized, and 80 far NJ known
no clue TO their identity has been OBJ
tained.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-10

Tux Bellaire Lsddcr is giving some
good slvlce 81 the Democrats Of Bel
mont county about ttfe selection Of their
county ticket Amongst other thir gs,
that paper warns the mans ayers that the
people will not elect to office man who
will get drunk upon every occasion. This
fact may ss we'll he borne in mind over
here as we'll Much Of the corruption and
prohgscv ol the times, that are dis
gracing and running the nstion. arises
nom placing in responsible positions
men Of dssolute hsbits. The people
mesh Reform, in this as well AS in other
things.
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ruIs is what the Boston Daily Adrcy

rHus is what the Boston Daily Adrcr-
hsry says of the Democratic candidate:
."Hr has done good work - retormer
AID is entitled ln AL the credit of it.
And here is " hat the New York Tribune
says of him: "The taxpayers of this
State know that reform which reduces
Ring gentlemen know there IS no sham
about il, tnn.h Now what can friends or
enamies say of HAYES rs reformer2
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-10

JUICE JAMKs ID. ARMsrRuSG of the
Hampshire District, met with u severe
accident at Keyser, on the Sd mt. He
WI. in his buggy at the depot, when
h,s horse took freight st the engine
and ran away, throwing the Judge 10
the pavement with great violence. He
WAS Knocked insensi5le from the fall and
remsined so for some time, but the admin
'strstion of.restoratives and good nursing
have brought HIM to his feet again.
We congratulate Judge ARMSTRONG
on his fortunate escape; and congrstu-
ate the people of his district and State
That his valuable services are spared to
them.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-10

Col. MCCLURE ot the Phlistelphis
Tn,fS, who Is one ~ the shre"hrs' p"iiti-
cal cal,ulstors in the country, hS been
taking another look At the Presidential
horizon. He thinks ali current political
signs are deceptive if the nomination Of
Governor TILpEN does not yet prove to
be one of positive and perhaps omn'po-
tent strength. The Democracy, he says
hsve given the country leader who is
himself the embodiment OF the issues OF
the contest and there must be resc-
tionsry wave stronger than that OF
August 1872, if be shall not be the Gen.
tennial President of Peace.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-10

ALEXANpkR MARTIN, ID. d., formerly
Ot this Crty, end afterwards President OF
the nver-ir, At Morgantown, is now
President "l the Asbury University, in
Indiana. S.nce his connection with that
institution Dr. MAKr,N has been earning
golden opinions from the Board OF
Trustees, visitors and patrons of the COL
lego. We are surprised at this, and are
"lad il is so.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-10

THE Republicans OF Mason county
have nominated the following ticket u
he beaten by the Democracy OF that
steady going old Conservative county:
Ho,es If Deiegatss-Jsbez Beard and
Rev. J. l.. Hensley.
Prosecuting attorney. james b. Me
nsGer.
Pre>iie,d County C1Ut-Benjsmin J
Redmond
.NIHrtuor--t r W. SlSSon.
MsriT-C. Shrewsbury.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-10

RADICAL argument: West Virginia
delegates to 81. LouIs voted for ALLEN
and EwING's soft money plank in the
platform. TILpEN issued several millions
ol shin -plas,ers and is II soft money msn;
therefore. the West Virginia Democracy
must oppose TlLDEN.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-10

The New York Observer, q lesiing
or2sn ot Prr,hyterisnlsm in the United
States, whose editor knows Governor
rupEN welt, says of him:
ain hi rsr' ,'st opposition to the Tweed
ring he hrcsrre prominent IN the work
oi Reform ~ This city, and IN 1874 be re-
c,.lved the Democratic nomination for
Governor and WAS elected. de has
made strenuous war upon the Canal ring
whl. Governor ot the State"