Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-04-14

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in his recent speech against the adj
mini,tra;ion, and is signed by Al
tome and many others.
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Tux Gulf STREAM-The grea'
river of the ocean, known as thu
Gulf Stream, from the Gulf OF Mexico
10 the Azores, is three thousand miles
in length, and its greatest breadth
one hundred and twenty. At first its
speed is four miles an hour; but this
gradually declines as it becomes more
diifused In the State of Florida its
Temperature is eishty-three degrees
or nine degrees abovethe surrounding
waters; and off Newfoundland, in
winter. it is twenty-five to thirty de-
grces warmer than the nei9hborina
seas, thus causing the dense fog il
that region. 1t ia a great dispenser
Of heat and moisture in its course.
To its intluence are owing the verdure
of the " Emerald Isle, and the mild
ness of Western Europe compared
with countries elsewhere of cores
ponding ATTITUDES. 1t arrests the
chilling Arctic icebcrgs, which melt
away in its tepi waters. 1t is of a
deep indigo blue as long as it's current
is deep and narrow; and the line OF
demarcation between it and adjacent
waters is so marked that a vessel may
be seen floating one half in the Gulf
Stream and the other in the common
waters of the sea; and two buckets
let down, one at the bow, the other
at the stern, will draw up water diff
ferins in temperature by no less than
thirty degrees.
APPROPRIATE Cards are still
played at the White House, though
tho allurement, of draw-poker
played with all prestine ferocity do
not fascinate our pastoral Hayes,
who delights rather in the innocent
excitement of" old maid" and ''hes-
gar my neighbor." The other eve
ming they were making up party,
but had only secured three player,
when one of their number called out
heedlcssly and perhaps innocently
to Mr.. Hayes: " Mr.. President, shall
We count you in?' An awkward
silence succeeded, and Mr.. Hayes
turned red as fire, bnt Mr.. Schurz
seated himself at the piano and
played some selection from the "Bat-
Ito Of Prague" and diverted the at
tention of the company ill . Senator
Stanley Matthews and Charles Fos-
ter had removed the unfortunate in
liyillial and crucified him.
\ VICTIM OF THE FREEDMAN's
BaHK. -" I amt votin dis year, boss"
said a venerable darkey to a gentle
man from whom he had solicited ten
cents, Jest ter git lie ole niger \
DRAM" Il amt votin' dis year, cause
l rec dey are gwine to take de COM
mand frum Gineral Gsant. 1 amt
foolin' with politics no how. De
more I voted de more money los in
dat Freedman's banks. Dey was
Jest bilkin ne RICHTER long"
why. didn't you make a fuss
about it?' queried the gentleman.
Lor, boss! What de reezin de
pullet don't cackle when do Niger
rome long and lift him often de
loost."
The gentleman couldn't face the
conundrum.-.Sa,unna NerS.
* An improved apparatus for
obtaining fresh water at sea, under
eXisent circumstances, has been in
vented by an English mariner. 1t
is remarkably compact, and fits into
such small compass that the bows
Of any ships boat are sufficient to
contain it, and it produces good and
lrinkable water from the sea at the
rate of u pint and half per hour.
The method of working it as follows:
An oil lamp securely suspended
keeps.a small boiler filled with sea-
water continually boiling, the steam
from which passes into condensing
and thence in the form of
fresh water to a tank, whence it is
lrawn off by tap as required. To
assist the condensine process, con-
tinual stream of cold sea water is adj
nitted through the stem of the boat,
md, passing round the cordensing
is got rid of again through
waste pipes at either side. This con-
trivance is thought to be more sim
pie and serviceable than any other