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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-09

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90 . god asd ysss man He ..s es1-
tent nth his regular gains, which .sre
Q certain pr Cen, or eoo0issson 60 all
has Transactions He re0aised saraf 20
good old age. His frieod died, and he
retired, rich and hanored. When be felt
that his end could not he far of, he called
his sons, me and my eide: brother joan
mes, and said to Us, i am now old and
feeble. l shall not live long. want to
give you my last blessing and counsel
while have strength to do it. have
only one thing to say, but il has great
weight Of meaning. Moor gice nor take
a bride; and Goi will bleSs you, and the
Holy Virgin will watch tower you, and
you will die in peace in yeur own homes,
rs do in mine. Ny contemporaries
have lived by another rule, and they gen.
orally died by the bowstring."
ibid you both follow this rule!" we
asked.
~ have always followed it; but my
brother Joannes forgot the wise counsel
of his father. He fell into the ways of
others. He took large gifts, became very
rich, but was beheaded, as his tombstone
indicates by sculptured head and knife,
and his property was mostly con6scated.
but did the Government compel you
to put that sign Of capital punishment
on the tombstone9"
"Oh, mol" he said, laughing. 1--WE es-
TEEN it rather sign Of honor. You
must be somebody to have your head cut
off" ...,.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-09

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-09
The Mayor Of salem, HAS,. Rebukes
weber. thu Plano Maker.
TO the EdilOrs Of Ths Pitkzbut.aA Pozl
CITY or SALEM, MASS,
MAYORS OYPlCK. Dec. 1th. 1877.

Weber. the Pian0 Maker.
To the Editors Qr Ths PittsbuygA PosG
CITY or SALkA, MASS, -
AAYoRs OFFICE, Dec. AHh 1871.
SIR In your issne Of the 18th inst notice that Mr.
certain figures purportink to have been made by
Examining Judges On Musical Instruments Ut the
Centennial Exhibition, held Ut Philadelphia In 1876
NY object IN this communication IL To Say that the
ngures on the Weber PianOf0rtes asrribed to me by
N.Y. Alfred Weber are trrOneOusy quoted. the re- .uit
PianVf0rte, according 10 my Uwn private record book
now before rue, being ~ follows. viz:
Quality, Touch. possi6s 4 on this Instrument
The total msrks all his four styles were y follows:
Grand, a. An aggregate OF Ii out OF Doe.
rarlOr Grand, "A. sble vs. and On average on the
Uprieht,H. four STYLES OF u IS out OF pos.
MI. kupks (of Viennal one OF the four Judges on
MuacaI Instruments. gave me before his departure
LOT home). from his own private record book, his
snmmed up average on the four different syes Of the
weber fanotortes At Is g out Of = possible *.
ever attached our signatures u any certificate or
document giving to Weber's PianOforte as follows
VIE:
E S"s ToSyc:S.s Aout Of possible u.
declare to be wholly false.
add. also, t"at to my own knowledge. the Judges
IN Group XIV have furnished TO Messrs Steinway 4
sons Ohly-and within the pust few mOnths-tiese
ngures 70 enable that hrn 10 contradict the untrue
ana MS agents persist In publishing. Signed,
~, HENRY X. OLIVER.
the centennial Exhibition. "
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-09
Purch Naing Agency.

ANY parts DESTROYS OF having goods purchased for
them In san Francisco can do ~ by addressing Mrs
W. H. Ashley, who will send samples Of goods for
their inspection. To the idd.es would say that
have hrstcass establishment for Dres king and
am prepared " execute country orders with dispatch
Being engaged In business here have the advantage
Of buying goods direct from the importers at whole
sale, aud would give my patrons the beneht Of same
GOODS purchased and sent c. o. d. Send for Circular
Address MRS. W. II. ASHLEY, l3O Suffer street,
Room 81, San Francisco.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-09

FREE! LEISURE HoURs, Q splendid l6-page family
literary paper full OF Choice Stories Sketches Poet
~. etc, sent three months, with a pair OF beautiful
6xs ChronOs. worthy " ad0rn the walls of any hUme
y pay mailing eApenscs. The pu bsher. j. L. Palten
Double Value OF money sent tiSD In prizes and bS
pay, gwen " agents. rare chance t. make money.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF superior Anish at Morscs Palscs
Of Art. eli Montgomery street, San Francisco
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-09

HERBINE should be In the hands Of every
nrst-class druggist. Ask your druggist fol
1t, aud II he has none, tell him TO order 9
dozen bottles.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-09

J. W. sHAEFFER 4 cos GREEN SEAL
CIGARS are made from finest Havana To.
bacco. S23 Sacramento st.. San Francisco.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-09

HERBlNE Is worth $50 bottle to any
person who needs 1t, but is sold for $2O0 per
bottle,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-09
"All in q Glow"

A walk in wintry weather is not, we
are confident, enough in favor with our
people especially with those of sedentary
habits. And yet it is the best time of eli
the year for realizing the full pleasure and
profit of pedestrianism. How grateful
the crisp air is to the lungs! How clear
and sweet it is to the nostrils! How it
inspires and sustains one in a swinging
gait of four or five miles an hour! How
the cheeks glow and the eyes shine, and
the muscles Jingle with delightful vigor,
after such a walk through the wintef SUM-
shine!
The able bodied man who will crouch
down shivcringly in the corner of a street.
car-in an air rank and fetid from pack
of humanity breathing and exhaling
therein-when he has only two or three
miles to walk, deserves to be assailed by
the demons of influenza, neuralgia,
coughs, colds and headaches that Turk
therein. Even ride in buggy or sleigh
robs the trip of half it's benefits. The air
is good, to be sure, but the exercise is
lacking, and its resulting benefits to the
blood and the muscular and nervous sys-
tens.
Who that has experienced it would ex-
change the exhilaration that comes from
being ''all in glow" after brisk walk
through the sparkling air, for the social
or the merely lazy satisfaction Of having
had q ride2 The reflections Of the
poet Holmes "proud pedestrian" are no
fanciful sketch to the real lovers of win.
ter's walk. The lsssitude of spring and
languor of summer which made saunter-
ing either q necessity or u delight, nov
give way to the vim and vigor OF health,
seeking its natural activity under favor
able conditions.
Winter walking Is . sure cure for cold
feet II banishes the ''crecp-crasis' from
the spinal column. and sends the sluggist
eisod alouf its business As -nervine
IL 10 a uaillbos times eetfer taza mxdicine.
and fsr improving the eonpssxion u Is
surrh . u kaie Axrex fall Of sstloss s4sa
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-09

HERBiNE should not be confounded with
cheap nOstrums made TO sell Of low price
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-09

HERHSE contains nothing injurious ie
the system.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-09

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-09

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-09

HERBiSE should be a-ed BY every family
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

THE national party of Ohio met In
Columbus, in state convention on the
23d inst, and nominated the following
ticket. Secretary of State, Andrew
Roy, Jackson county; Judge of the
Supreme Court, Chiffon A. White,
Brown county; member Of the borrd of
public works, j. r. Falls, Lucas county.
The platform re-affirms and adopts
the platform adopted at the Toledo con-
vention on February 22d Of the present
year. The convention was large, over
200 delegates being present. 1t was by
all odds the largest convention of the
kind ever assembled in the state, and its
numbers appeared to surprise the advo-
Gates of unlimited greenbacks as much
as either the democrats Or republicans.
Sixty eight counties were. represented
by delegates, and twenty by proxies.
there was considerable excitemen t
shown during the afternoon some of
the delegates favoripg open Reputation
of the bonded debt, while others de-
manded that there should be protective
laws SO strong as TO entirely shut out all
importations. Both republican and
democratic parties Were thoroughly de-
nounced. $3.50 'i4eLe SAD s''
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31
A Tramp's Practical Joke.

New York Times: A crowd of pas
sengers were making their way through
CommunipaW avenue to the Central
Railroad, in Jersv, City, at 9 O'Clock
yesterday morning, when a man,
evidently a tramp, fell to the sidewalk
apparently unconscious. A large num-
Der of sympathetic people gathered
about him, and to them he murmured,
when he had recovered his senses, that
he had been sunstruck, was much in
want, had had neither food nor lodging,
and would be grateful for aid. Purs es
were readily opened, and a number of
little gifts poured into his hand. Some
one, Of more practical than sentimental
turn of mind, suggested that homeless
stranger, suffering from sunstroke,
should be sent to the station-house for
treatment, and an officer and stretcher
were sent for. The suffering patient
heard the m ention made ofa policeman,
and, quickly gathered himself up from
the sidewalk, he walked away from, the
group Of astonished sympathizers with
wonderful alacrity When two officers
arrived with stretcher, they were dis
gusted to learn that the suffering man
they sought had proved to be but an
ingeni ous Ibeggar who had excited the
sympathy of his z fellew-citizens by a
iseasonable pracicaljoke. )ak,S ,09a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31
LIE MANNEQUIN.
Queer Little Statue, and the Pretty
Legend Connected with it.
c. c. Fulton in Baltimore American.

Among the fountains of Brussels
there is none that commands such at
tention Of the stranger as this diminu-
tive figure, and there is none that is held
in such reverence by the people OF
Brussels. 1t is droll curiosity, while
at the same time it is a true picture of
innocence and nature. He stands on
his pedestal, showing by his counte-
nance that he is oblivious Of the fact that
he is surrounded by spectators, and that
some Of them glance at him from be-
hind their fans. 1t is the figure of a
hearty and robust little boy, about
years of age, standing on a pedestal
over half-circle basin, and as he has
been frequently stolen or defaced an orn-
amental iron railing incloses both the
basin and the statue. But LIE Name
quin is an historical character, and he
has stood for 400 years in his present
position. The first statue was in stone,
but 260 years agoit was replaced by the
present bronze figure by Duquesnoy.
There are various legends in connec-
ton with it, the best accepted Of which
is that the son Of a distinguished man
had been lost for some time, having
strayed away. This part of Brussels
was then a thicket, and it was on the
spot on which the fountain was subse-
quently erected by his father that he
was found, after diligent search, just in
the position and in the act which the
statue represents. In gratitude for his
recovery the fountain was elected. and
has stood during all the vicissitudes of
war and changes Of government. II
has been from time immemorial an OBJ
ject of popular affection. On grand
holidays it has always been the custom
OF LIE Mannequin to wear costume,
and an officer is regularly appointed
and paid by the city council of Brussels
whose duty it is to dress him on these
occasions and to keep him in repair and
in running order. When LOUIS XIV.
captured Brussels in 1747 he wore a
large white cockade on his hat. In 1889
he was dressed out in colors of the Bra
bancon revolutionists, and the empire
girded him with the French tri-coor
under Napoleon. The Dutch govern
ment imposed the Orange colors upon
him. The days of September beheld
him dressed in a blouse, and under the
present reign, on grand occasions, he
generally wears the tunic Of the civil
guard. This little inanimate figure has
been the object OF several requests, from
which some idea of the sentiment of
the people Of Brussels in relation to
him may be judged. The object of
these beouests was to furnish fund not
only to furnish him with dresses for
fetes, but also to keep the fountain in
good order, and repair and renew it
when necessary. This is the fund which
the city administers, and which pays for
his chamberlain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

The treasury officials express them
selves as very much pleased with the
manner in which Treasurer Gilhllan's
recent letter to the depository banks
has been received. This letter, it will
be remembered, notified all such banks
that they could have all the silver dol
lars they desired, the object being to
put in as large circulation as possible
the new silver dollars. This letter was
sent out last Thurday, and already
orders had been received for more than
$3.50 900 worth Of the new coin. These
orders ranged between $1,000 to $780,
900, coming mostly from eastern banks
near by. Treasurer Gilfllan expects
that as soon as the other banks at re-
moter distances shall have received the
letter orders for silver in large amounts
will be crowded upon the departm ent.
In this way he expects to contribute
largely towards resumption by lessening
the amount of outstanding legal tenders
and at the same time cancelling 81 and
So notes. On account of the heavy ex-
penses of transporting silver dollars by
Adams Express, an arrangement has
been made with the postoffice depart
ment whereby all this new silver is to
sent in pound bags as mail matter.
This expense, which is to be borne by
the government by way Of an induce
ment to the banks. will be only one-ff-
teenth of what the cost of expressage
would be. t.s .di ..4-..a.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31
The Pay of Authors.

The majority of authors and writer's
of every kind are VIGOROUSLY poor, but
if anybody prints paragraph that any
one of them has received $4,000. $780,
600, or even $4,000 for book of an
ordinary sort, the paragraph is reproduce
ed everywhere, and quite generally be-
lleved. The latest story of this kind
going the rounds is that Harriet Beech
er Stowe made 100000 by Uncle Toms
Cabin. Why not put the amount at
100000? One set Of figures is not
more improbable than the other, and
not very much wider of the truth. Mrs.
Stowe has never got over $4,000 or
$50, 1000, say those in position to be
informed, from her great anti-slave
novel, although likely it has sold more
largely in the time following its first
publication than any work since the in
vention of printing. George Eliot has
been repeatedly credited with fabulous
sums for her novels. She has been
most handsomely paid, albeit her pay
has been increased from five to ten fold.
Dickens would have left an estate worth
millions if one 1.-THE Of the pen earnings
he has been charged with could have
been substantiated. Tennyson, prince
ly as his compensation has been, has
been treated niggardly by his publish
ers, compared with the reports circulat-
ed concerning it. Victor Hugo's earn
ings-and some Of his publishers have
dealt so literally with the poet that
they have lost heavily by him-have
been so exaggerated that, were they
orrect, he would be one of the richest
citizens Of France. Taine, Renan, Du-
mas. Feuillet, Angler, Auerback, Spiel
hagen, Collins, Reade, Longfellow, En-
erson. Lowell, Holmes, if public rumor
might be trusted, would be rolling in
wealth. But it is not Of the eminent
poets, novelists, philosophers, and his
torians alone that these fables are mar
rated, Authors Of merely respectable
talent and quite mediocre capacity have
thousands accorded to them where
they have not received hundreds, or
perhaps nothing at all. Book making
is very profitable compared with what
it once was; but still it is for the most
part, the reverse of lucrative. The ma
jority of the books do not get out of
their first edition-usually 1000 copies
and they that are reckoned as fair
successes seldom yield to the authors
more than $1,000 The man or woman
who derives $1,000 or $4,000 from a
work is exceptional; and they who
render themselves independent by
writing, are the black swans of itera-
ture. The highest financial aim of
most writer's is to live by their calling;
and how many of them fail!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

The farmers of Minnesota are IN great
need of help in saving what the storms
have left of their wheat and the lazy
tramps who prowl through the state, in
stead of going into the fields to work
for their living 60 in at night to burn
the reapers. This is the class of fellows
some people are wasting sympathy
unOn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

AFTER eight days in session the Texas
democratic state convention compro-
missed by leaving out all the candidates
and uniting upon p NJ. Roberts, chief
Justice of the state, as the candidate for
governor. The nomination was &C
copied by Roberts and the convention
completed the ticket and adjourned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

IT has hitherto, been contended that
to cover an animal with an impermea-
BILE varnish would produce a fatal re-
suit, and this assump tion is supported
by the story of a boy who died in conse-
quence of being coated with gold leaf,
to represent an angel in religious cere-
mony., A German savant has lately
tested this assumption. Two healthy
men allowed their limbs to. be coated
with Dimpermeable plasters, while the
trunk Was varnishe ed. with several lay
ers of flexible collodion. Nearly a week
was allowed to elapsel before these APP
plications aIWere removed, but there
were no bad consequences; and the in
ference" is that the gilded boy was
poisoned by some Ingredient IN the ma
lterial aHpliedto the skin. '9isd 9di ~as
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

New YORK proposes to utilize the
tramps by securing court sentences to
so many months hard labor on the
work of deepening the Erie canal. If
New York adopts this scheme it will
not benefit the canal but it will rid the
the state Of tramps.