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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-22
Beautifying Towns.

In former days it was considered that
the approaches leading into a town
should be orderly, stately and attractive,
and such as should generally give some
idea of the plan of the place. But nova
days people usually enter a town by
rail at the back door, and see but little
of it, and that the very worst. Still, in
an aesthetic aspect, the matter of ap-
proach is very important to a town.
1t should be large, free, and open, giving
a glimpse of the taste of the town and Of
its order and thrift-an approach which
should fix itself in the minds of all who
go and show an inviting welcome to all
who come. Among the New England
cities the best examples of this are afford
ed by Worcester and Providence, and es-
pecially Hartford, where there is not only
an open space, but where one is comfort
ed by charming little park, which &C.
cupies ground only few years ago either
lying waste or subject to sordid uses.
Parks are absolutely necessary, and an
instance is not known where the land has
been given back to commercial purposes.
Besides their other advantages, they have
a decided tendency, As Is illustrated in
various monarchial governmental, to re-
fine the turbulence OF the masses. Parks
should be large and fine, without deep
cuts, without any lsbored disturbance Of
natural contour. The sweetest and love-
liest phases Of Natures handivork should
be broaght out For Q cemetery. the
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-22

How PoIsoNs ARE SPREAD.-G. Owen
Rees, Consulting Physician to Guys
Hospital, London, has called public at.
tention to some unexpected sources of al.
senical poisoning. The green calico lining
of bed curtains has been found to have
produced, for months, severe symptoms,
which we're treated as those Of natural
disease, without benefit to the patients.
When the curtains were removed the pa
tients at once recovered their health. The
beautiful pale green muslin, largely used
for ladies' dresses, has been found to con-
tain not less than 60 grains Of the arsen-
ical compound known Is Scheele's green,
in every square yard. He suggests that,
in order to prevent much Of the nausea,
vomiting, headache. Inflammation Of the
eyes, etc. from which 20 many suffer.
there be prohibition Of the manufacture
of ssch deaeserious fabrics Red, scarlet,
and msuve-celorea fshrses are net always
free frsm xrsenic- He adds that the agi-
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The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-11-16
Post mee DrolleTies j.

The Portland Transcript collects
|. the following. Almost any post
Office clerk OF long experience
could report equally amusing
'humors Of the mail-service =
The following dialogues took
place at a country post-ofiee il
Kings County, n. B.:
/ want bil-stamp.'
of what denomination 2
Hay?
7 mean do you want q ona=eent,
tbree-cent or six-cent stamp 2
g, wantit to put on note
'Well, how big is your note?'
Customer, impatiently, and meas
uring on his hand, %, it's only a
little one, about that WideH
Another customer wanted two
three cent po8tage,stamps, and
earnestly inquired how much they
we're apiece.
A third party came in a hurry
and wanted a postcard He had
brought an envelope to put if in,
which be wanted the P. M. to ad-
dress for him and put The card in it.
The obliging official addressed the
envelope, but finding it too small
TO contain the card, got another,
and put the card in that.
and now, said the customer,
producing a twenty.dollar note,
I'll pay for It,
The postman objected to 50 large.
a bill, and said the postcard was
only one cent
But, said the customer, 7 want
ed tWenfy-dollar Postcard
Q, it's post,ohice money
order you want isn't it ?
He said be didn't know some
said a cost order, and some said a
post card, and any way, one
sounded 50 much like both he
tell 'tother from which,
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fierce rebellion was brewing. The
clock ticked the same as ever, The
boy across The street pounded on
an old tin pan the same as ever.
The big conspirator was suddenly
seen to throw a paper wad across
the room.
He was ordered tocome forward.
He said he didn't want to.
It was moment ofperil, but the
teacher didn't realize it. She walk
ed down the aisle, took the big
conspirator by the collar, and in
ten seconds he wondered whether
he was down cellar or up in the
garret, while twenty other boys
grew white around the mouth, bent
to their lessons with renewed
energy, and mentally whispered !:
BE still, thou Wildly-beatlng
heart-wait till ] grow a foot or
two more 7
The big conspirator IS now
thrashing them in solemn success
sion. He reached number eighteen
yesterday Free Press.l
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-11-16
The Engineers DFing Wife.

Each locomotive engineer has a
peculiar style Of whistling, and his
family or friends always tell when
he IS passing or coming in, from the
sound Of the engineers whistle.
The Richmond (Tnd. Independent
tells touching incident connected
with tits popularity
Mrs. Gaylord's husband is an
engineer on the Cincinnati road,
and upon reaching Richmond found
a despatch announcing the failing
strength Of his wife, The difficulties
among the railroads made it impos-
sible for him to get off. A second
despatch arrived, saying that she
was sinking fast. 1t was then he
decided to run a locomotive to
Dayton. The dying wife, whose
ears were fast. closing to all earthly
sounds, listened for the familiar
whistle which she knew he always
gave as a eign esf rfptoaelr. Tlan
hour flew fast aud the sands Of
'ife were running very swiftly !;
St Il she could not 60 without say
ing farewell to him. At night.falI,
when the sun had set over her last
day on earth, when tie chill Of.
death was creeping over her and
the pulses were falling, her ear
caught the sound Of his coming.
She alone heard it, and she said,
will is coming that is his whistle.
And lie reached the bedside III
time to receive her dying message
of farewell.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-11-16
EnlistfRg q LaHyer.

An old recruiting sergeant tells
the following story.
Well, mind, now, this is as true
as gospel. It was on the 18th Of
May, 1929, [ listed a recruit in
dublin, and put the question to
him, as is usual, and gave him the
shilling, and walked him to bar
racks as fine as a fiddle. Well, il
d few days he was claimed as a
prentice, and so be was had up be
fore the mayor and he committed
him for trial. Well, at the follow
ing sizes | was called as witness,
and the lawyer that defended him
told me that I did not list him.
I did, saysI.
Did you put the questions to
him rightly 2 says he.
I did, says l.
By the virtue Of your oath, now,
says be, just ask me the questions,
for | don't believe you asked him.
How do you knov?' says | ;
for, by this and by that, you
weren't by
None Of your business. says he j;
and he held out his hand, and ae-
cordingly / pulled out a shilling
and elapped It in his fist, and then
| asked him the questions, and he
said Yes tothem al.
Were these the same questions
you put to the prisoner !? says he.
Yes, they were says I.
We'll, here's yer shilling back
for ye, says he.
i can't take it, sir, saysI.
Why not 2 says lie.
why, says | why, can't take it
back till We so before the mag
istrate and pay the smart money,
(which every recruit must pay if he
wants to be released from service.}
You'll be changed, says be, and
he put the money in his pocket;
and / called.to his lordship on the
bench for d witness that I had
listed him and, @, but there was
q roar ID the court. Begorfa, the
judge laughed till the tears ran
down Ills face We'll, the decisions
of the court being ii ny favor /
azed the judge # | might take
away my new recruit, aud they all
Ioared again, and the counsellor
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-11-16
FORT BENTON, NJ T, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1877

got as red as a turkey-eook, and as
mad as q bull with the eolic. Al
last he made the best he could Of it:
and says I to tie counsellor says
L:
Don't list in the line next time
sir.
What then 2 said he, snappishly
@, yer 'oner, saysI, stick to the
rifles that's more IN your way
Well, begorra, when ! told the
major | thought he'd die ana
when he'd done laughing he bid
me keep the smart money for
myself.
SHORT AP0LoGUEs.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-11-16
ADVERTISING RATES.
Poetry.
WHERE'S BABY

Tottering through the flowers,
Tumbling at the box,
Actually hidden
In the holly hooks.
FIourishing a shoekin,
Dropping it TO smear.
All himself with gravel
Isn't he a dear?
Little knows the rascal
Mamma sees his tricks
Look at him the darling
Tugging at the bricks.
Are his eyes the blnest
Or the skies above?
Now he's coming-coming
Oh, he is..a IoveF
Not yeti A pebble,
FIRST of all to MUNICH,
What dreadful playtbing
Baby-what a lunch
Yes ! no !-he sees me,
Shouts, and shows his toy
That's my bonnie blessing!
That's my clever boy!
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-11-16
The schooIlonse Tragedy.


The scene is laid within half a
mile Of the Clay School. Twenty
one Of the largest boys gathered IN
solemn council in one corner of the
yard, and decided that they were
too big to he licked by any school
teacher walking the face Of the
earth. After arriving at that
decision q conspiracy was entered
into. The biggest boy in the crowd
was to bring on a conflict with the
teacher as soon as possible, and the
other twenty were to back him.
Death to oowardsR I shouted one,
as the plan was all fixed.
No backing down-no hesita-
tion!' cried another.
"A rush together one wild yell
one mad struggle, and victory
will be ours!, yelled the smallest
Of the lot.
It was desperate plan.
The schoolhouse was not defend
ed By even q Calling gun.
1t might be the commencement
Of a rebellion which would not end
until every schoolhouse il the land
was turned into an establishment
eor the sale Of mourning goods.
Scene second came Oh fifteen
minutes later. The innocent teach.
er looked around upon her scholars
without tie least suspicion that 9
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-11-16
Selected Story.
HOW I GOT & TICKET.

/ A few years ago, when the Pacific
Railroad was new thing, [ hap
1 pened to be at a place then called
Mud Cat Station, ON the above
mentioned road, one hundred and
lforty miles from Denver, and with
the biggest kind Of scrape on my
hands. Now, when I tell you that
1 it u as eleven o'clock at night, that
\ | had apositive and important en-
gagement at Denver in the morning,
| that the train would be due in half
an hour, and that | did not have a
single cent in my pocket, the del
icacy Of my situation will be seen
at once.
Not taken the least aback by the
sombre aspect of affairs, I sat by
the sickIy light Of a suffering
candle, in the waiting-room, diIigent
Iy reading. In the midst Of the
sentences, however, now and then
I. a sense Of my situation would rush
over my mind, disappearing as
some new feature of the story
would excite increased interest.
The train dashed up. carefully
marked my place, and sauntered
out to see what would turn up. ]
knew not a single soul to whom |
could apply for loan, and had not
even a watch or revolver on which
to obtain the sum requisite to car
.ry me to Denver. I wasin trouble
that is, you would have been in
trouble but 7, being used to dilem,
mas of this nature, felt myself fully
equal to the occasion.
Time few. I had but five minutes
left, and was not step further out
Of the difficulty than ] was an hour
before. | nerved myself up to the
crisis, walked over to the res
taurant, and looked in. A dozen
men--some Of them railway
,employes-were seated round the
tables eating
/ turned, and went back toward
the train, looked in at window in
one of the cars, and saw my victim.
| knew he Was my victim, for
telt it in my bones /; yet | didn't
know what was going to do to
him, but | had a presentiment, !
|may call it, that he was the man to
help me out Of my difficulty.
knew him we'll, although | felt GER
tain that he did not know me.
He was q noted preacher Of
Denver, and | knew at once that
he was not a man with a full knowl
edge Of the world-of its ways
that are dark, and It's tricks that
IRE vain
Still musing over the difficulty, |
walked back to the restaurant
again, saw d conductors cap,
with a gilt band, lying on the
Window sill, and | seized 1t.
| knew the reverend gentleman
was shortsighted. slipped my
nat under my coat, placed the cap
oamy head, seized lantern, and
sprang for the car. | rushed fran
'leally u, and shouted
'lickets!
Ihe old gentleman was reading
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just enough to make them fit for a
child out Of creeping clothes. This
year Jones wife uses them as a
dish cloth.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-11-16
SHORT APOLOGIES.
FROM TIE CaALnEE.

THE WISE NAN AND THE SERPENT.
A wise man one day asked the
serpent, Of what advantage is it
to thee to deprive men Of life +?
The lion kills and deyours his
prey, The tiger, the wolf and
other fierce beasts do the same, in
order to satisfy their hunger but
thou biteSt thine innocent victims,
and sheddest mortal poison into
their veins, without reoping any
benefit from theh death, save the
cruel satisfaction Of destroying
why askest thou me this ques-
ton ? rejoincd the reptile. Ask
rather the slanderer amongst thy
own race, what pleasure he finds
in poisoning unto death those who
have never injured him
THE WORM AND THE Fly.
The worm and the fly one day
had dispute. The fly despised
the worm, and said-tAlI the earth
IS my free heritage. I enter the
palace Of kings, rest on their heads,
and eat at their tables. / fly with
hersoeYer ! choose, and feed on
the most dainty sweets whilst
thou, crawling and abject, canst
not rise one inch from the ground
I cannot fly, it Is true,' replied
the worm, and yet I am every
where-iD earth, ii water, in the
bodies Of both men and beast and
if thou bosatest Of feeding on mans
daintest food, l feed on man him
self
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VOL. III.

book. He looked round, then push.
ed his spectacles little higher on
his nose, and exclaimed
Dear me! 7 had quite forgotten.
Then he handed me his ticket,
which I ooolIy pocketed, and was
moving away, when the old gentle.
man said
This is a new rule, to take tick
cts at starting, isn'tit?'
Yes, SIR | replied, touching my
cap only just come in force, sir
or he said, coughed, and began
reading his book again.
Rushing out to the restaurant, |
hurriedIy deposited the cap and
lantern, then called for a cup Of
coffee and a biscuit, and began cat
ing voraciously. The trainmen
arose and went out, the bell for
starting rang, and the conductor
criedout:
All aboard I
[ dashed down the cup Of coffee,
rushed out on the platform, sprang
for the train, and was just in time
to swing myselfiD.
found myself in the car with
my victim, and my first point was
to see 1t he recognized NE. With
this object, took a seat near him
and began a conversation. To my
remarks he would reply blandly,
and with a look on his face ofsuch
perfect innocence that I left satisf-
ed that [ was unrecognized.
SuddenlE the door opened, and
the conductor appeared. He was
a new man on this part Of the line.
and [ saw at once a strange resem
blance to myself.
Tickets, gentlemen
gave him mine. But the clergy
man looked him blandly in the face
and said
It's all right I gave my ticket
to you before we started, you
know
The man looked surprised, and a.
cloud gathered ON his brow, but he
quietly remarked
You are mistaken, my friend
Tickets and hurry up, please
I tell you I have no ticket. ]
gave it up
Money, them
Slowly. and with the air Of one
deeply injured, the clergyman drew
forth his p0cket-oook and counted
out the fare.
There, said he, I hope you are
satisfied; you have ticket and
money BOTH
It's all right said the man, cool |
", and went on with look on his
face that said as plain as words
This road won't stand dead beats.
a nice chance for a legal diff
fculty, | remarked to the preacher,
after we were left alone.
Yes, said he, and I'll see about
it, too-see if don't
We reached Denver safely. and
Of course I sent the amount to the
reverend gentleman the next day.
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NO. q
CIRCULAR NOTES.

paper.
Lizzie, it IS eleven o'clock; /; tel
Ed. to please shut the front-doo
from the outside.'
Nothing suck eeed5 like suck
sessl is what the smart small DO,
observes when he sucks cidel
Through a straw.
Gracious me Z exclaimed lady
in Witness.box, how should
know anything | don't know any
thing about?'
Barbara Freitehie' lifts her old
gray head to ask if the public has
satisfied itself who Osman Pasha
is and # 50, how many?
Brown says he has been so often
deceived in the chicken be gets at
his boarding house that he now
calls it the nlocking.bird.
An Itisbman tells US of a fight IN
which there was only one whole
nose left IN the crowd, and that
belonged to tie tay-KettIe.'
The Sweet By and By when
the sugar is passed two or three
times to the boarders on the op-
posite side of the table before YOU
can getit.
'YaW! she's a deuced fine gwirl.
and all that, Charlie but I cawnt
throw myself away on anything
less fhaWn hundred thaWsand,
yer know, old fellawp
\ girl just home from boarding
school frightened her old mother
almost to death, the other day, BY
asking Have you seen that
That Husband Of Nine yet?'
= iaay VINO was told oy her son,
p11ii5ef, silas ne had been sticking
y 9e OIL cay o1efed 70 lend him
!, - s1'l1iois' say1hs = would MAKE
.p 80 o0'9 pasAlas a neeole.
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THE MAN AND TIE VINE.

Il. one of the early years after
tbe creation of the world man
began to plant a vine. and Satan
saw + and drew near .Whaf
Dlanfetb thou. son oftha earth p,
said the prince Of the demons,
a vine = replied the man.
What are the properties Of this
tree ?,
oh. its fruit is pleasant to look
at, and delicious to taste. From #
is produced a precious LIQUID which
fills the heart with ioy,
well since wine ma kas o.lad tha
heart Of man. T will helm 10 plant
this tree
So SAYING. the demon BROUGHT !
lamb and slew it. then a lion. then
an ape, aud last of all apie. killing
each in succession. and moistenipe
the roots Of the vine with fbe blood.
Thence it has happened ever
since. that when a nan drinks q
small portion of wine. ba becomes
gentle and earessino as alap,b af.
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SpeiIing

|
It's vulgar to say easy chair,
when you can mention instead the
cushioned receptacle which later
civilization has designed for mans
comfort, a Southern novelist
has it. A writer, the other day,
went into . newspaper Office, and
said, I've got an article on 1Iahom-
ct for some paper that spells it that
way He was Immediately k eked
down stairs, for he had gone into
Mohamet Office. Then he climbed
the stairs into Mohammed Office,
and was let out on the fre-eseape
gently, but positively. Next he
struck a magazine where the proof
readers were partisans Of the old
school Of Mahonmed, and he went
sadly away. One man, whom he
met on the stairs Of a religious but
practical Journal, informed him that
Mehemet was the style there. An
hour after, he was seen to be let
down the coal-hole Of a Mohammed
establishment. Parents should al.
ways teach their children how TO
spell. IN. Y. Herald.
JONES WHITE FLANNEL sun.
Jones says that white flannel suit
lie bought year ago has proved
a very economical investment, and
has been Of much usein the family
Jones weighs two hundred and fifty
pounds. and when he bought i it
fitted him remarkably well. After
the first washing, his eldest son,
who weighs one hundred pounds
less than Jones, senior, foundit an
excellent fit Two Washiags mo- E
made it delightful for d youth Of
nine, and at the end Of the season
the baby was adorned with the
habil;ments, which had shrnnk
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