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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-12-21
DIR. SIP I'M N EX.
NO. II KEARNEY STREET,
Treats nll Chronic and Special Diseases.


xol11aS Mon
NTHO may he suffering from the effects
w OF youthful fOllies or indiscretion,
will do well to avail themselves Of this,
the greatest boon ever laid mt the altar OF
suffering humanity. DIR. SPINNEY will
guarantee 10 forfeit $5O0 for every case of
Seminal weakness or private disease of
any Kind ar character which he undertakes
and fails to cure.
MIDDLE-AGED MEN.
There are many at the age OF thirty 20
sixty who arc troubled with To frequent
evacuation Of the bladder, often accom-
panied 10y . sligbt smarting or burning
sensation. and weakening of the systeun
In . manner the lAtient cannot account
for. On examining the nriuary deposits q
rOpy sediment will often be found and
sometimes small particles Of aibumen will
appear. or the color will he Of thin milk
ish hue. again changing % q dark and
torpid appearance. There are MANY men
Who die Of this difficulty ignorant Of the
cause. which h the second stage eli semin- |
nj weakness. DR. =. will guarantee a per-
fect cure in all such czses. and q healthy |
Of the genifpurinary organs.
OKylcE Houns--l0 r. aud TO 8. sun
days from 10 To II A. =. Consultation Tree. /
thorough examination and advice. S.
Gail or address.
DIR. SPlNNEY Il 90.
No. II keaTBy ~. San frunisso.
6An Francisco. Cal. AL. u. ISIS ly '
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-12-21

Col. w. MINOR ROBERTS, civil en-
gineer on the Northern Pacific, has
made Arrangement to enter the SER
vice of Dom Pedro, Emperor of
Brazil, for the improvement of the
water ways of that empire, at q sal
AIRY of $40, 600 per annum for three
years, and if less than three years
the compensation to be S25, 900 per
annum. Col. Roberts will immedi-
ately close up his relations with the
Northern Pacific and depart for Bra
zil at the earliest practical moment.
On the 9th inst, Col. Roberts was
elected President of the American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-12-21

Ora lines have again fallen in
pleasant places. This afternoon Mr..
Chilberg made his appearance with
half of mammoth cheese, which
some kind fairy directed him to
place on our table with the simple
explanation that it came from a
Friend. Then when the Zphyr ar
rived, Mr.. Talcott FASTENED to our
office with a supply of canned clans,
rsent up by Messrs. Hicks & Wells.
from their cannery at Arcadia.
Well sample them in due time,
and then discourse further on the
subject. They will serve as a fine
appetizer for our Christmas turkey.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-12-21

The HtelligeAccr inclines to the
opinion that faro gamblers are not
so bad as stock gamblers; that if
statistics could be proved, it would
be found that, d" the Stock Boards
of San Francisco have caused more
broken hearts, ruins and desolated
hearthstones than all the gambling
bells of that CITY," While We agree
with that paper, on general terms,
we fail to see any honesty" in sa-
loon gambling of any kind. Evil is
veriest evil, to us, in whatever walk
of life it is encountered. We be-
lieve in treating these things in a
radical, fat-footed manner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
A g RalSa. -

Ensign Lucien Young escaped from
the wrecked ster mer Huron on "balsa, "
which is thus described by an exchange:
The balsa is q raft or float, and on the
Pacific coast of South America, whence
the name is derived, it is made of whole
hides of bullocks sewed into air-tight
bags, two of which are fastened together
at the smaller end, and form float, upon
which board is la crossways. On this
board the occupant of the balsa sits, with
legs dangling in the water, and, by
means of paddle guides the buoyant
raft through the surf. The balsa is much
used by Peruvian women, who 60 out to
vessels at anchor off shore to sell pro-
visions, fruits and whiskey to the sailors.
AS they sit on the cross-board, with the
inflated bags spread out like two wings
from their point of junction, near which
the board is placed, one end of the balsa
is elevated igh above the water, and it
is only necessary to turn this end to
shore as the balsa approaches the break
ers to insure safe passage through
them. The balsa Of the Huron was
probably an air-flled India rubber doat,
sufficiently like it's South American pro-
totype to bear the family name. 1t saved
the lives of two men, and, under more
favorable circumstances, might have car
ried line ashore and been instrumental
in saving the lives of others.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
Words of Wisdom.

It is easier to blame than to do better.
If you wish to succeed in life, govern
your temper.
We love much more warmly by cher
ishing the intention Of giving pleasure
than an hour afterwards when We have
given it..
If man be gracious and courteous to
strangers, it shows he is citizen Of the
world, and that his heart is no island cut
off from other hearts, but a continent
that joins them.
The last, best fruit which comes to
late perfection, even in the kindliest
soul, is tenderness toward the hard, for
bearance toward the unforbearing,
warmth Of heart toward the cold, and
philanthropy toward the misanthropic.
In this world q man is likely to get
what he gives. Mems hearts are like q
whispering gallery to you. II you
speak softly, a gentle whisper comes
back !; if you scold, you get scolded.
With the measure you mete it is meas
ured to You again.
Chaerfulness is an excellent wearing
quality. 1t has been called the brighter
weather of the heart. 1t gives harmony
to the soul, and is perpetual song
without words. It is tantamount to
repose. It enables nature to recruit
strength whereas worry and discomfort
debilitates il, involving constant wear
end tear.
The greatest man is he who chooses
right with the most invincible resolution,
who resists the sorest temptation from
within and without who bears the
heaviest burdens cheerfully,; who is the
calmest in the storm, and the most fear
less under menaces and frowns whose
reliance on truth, on virtue and on
heaven is most unfaltering.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
Custer's Father.

Mrs. Custer has a room at Lansing
full of relics of her late husband. His
pet, Scotch hound-a great creature
into whose eyes he used to look and say
to his wiie that no one could doubt that
animals had souls-is in possession of q
Cleveland lady, but the other animal,
who travelled with him always by flood
and field, sometimes across the saddle
and sometimes put into box and
forwarded from station to station, is in
his fathers possession, as is also the
horse which he rode up to the time of
his death and which carried him to the
very scene of slaughter. The horse was
purchased by some Of Clusters brother
officers and presented to Mrs. Custer,
who gave it to her husbands aged faith
er. The elder Custer is feeble old
man with snow-white hair, but not day
passes but that he mounts his "Artie's"
steed-(Custer's middle name was
Armstrong, abbreviated into "Artie")
and takes a gallop along the road. He
talks of his dead son continually: Gall
my boys were good boys to me, but you
know 'Artie' was my baby" he will say
piteously. A great friend of Mrs.
Custer, who brought her late husbands
aged father from his Western home to
West Point, to attend the burial, saw a
pathetic little sight that will show how
much the poor old man-old enough to
have been Clusters grandfather-thinks
of his dead hero. One day she sought
Mr.. Custer in the barn, she found him in
the st.ll devoted to his sons steed. He
had come in from ride, and having
fed the animal, had gone to sleep with
his arm thrown over tie horses neck,
and his white hair streaming over it's
glossy coat. There were tears, too, on
his withered cheeks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
Looking For Her Husband.

A well-dressed prisoner, about twenty
years of age, clad in neat gray over
coat, fashionable trousers, Byron
collar and a black silk cravat, stood
before the bar of the Fifty-seventh
street police court.
"Well, young man," said Justice
Wandell kindly, for, as he said after.
wards, he was rather prepossessed by the
looks of the boy, "what are you here
forp"
The officer who had the prisoner in
charge turned red, fumbled awkwardly
with the greasy Bible, which he had just
kissed, and then said: "Yer honor.
she aint a boy, he's woman; that is,
sir, it's a woman with mems clothes on. u
Justice Wandell looded over his gold
bowed eyeglasses and saw a slight
figure, with smooth round face, closely
cropped brown hair and mild blue eyes.
"Well," exclaimed he, "young woman,
what are you here for9"
81 don't know, sir" answered the
prisoner in a pleasant voice. Il came
to the city sir, from Paterson, N. j., to
look for my husband, who has deserted
me and my two children. Don't You
think its right for me to find my hus-
band if I can?"
"What is your name"
"Nellie Raymond, sir.
"Mrs. Raymond" said bis honor, II
would advise you to discard that male
attire directly"
"But have no other, SIR"
"Well, we'll, well," said the court,
"of course I mean as soon as you can.
You are discharged, aud advise you to
go right home,"
"Thank you, sir" said the prisoner,
turning and walking rapidly out of court,
the picture of bank clerk in hurry.
-Ne,1 York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
Mercury and the W0Odman...A Fable.

A man Telling tree on the bank of a
river by chance let bis axe slip from his
hand. It dropped into the water and
sank to the bottom. In great distress
at the loss Of his tool. he sank down on
the bank and dgrieved bitterly. Mercury
appeared and asked him what was the
matter. Having heard the mans story,
Mercury dived to the bottom of the river
and bringing up golden axe he offered
it to him. The woodman refused to
take it, saying it was not his. Mercury
aived second time and brought up a
silver one. This also the man refused,
saying that, too, was none Of his. He
dived third time, and brought up the
axe the man had lost. This the poor man
tooa with great Joy and thankfulness.
Mercury was SO pleased with his honesty
that he gave him the other two into the
bargain.
The woodman told this adventure to
his mates, and one of them set off for
the river and let his axe fall in on pur.
pose. He then began to lament his loss
with loud voice. Mercury appeared
as before and demanded the cause of his
grief. After hearing the mans account,
he dived and brought up q golden axe
and asked him if that was his. Trans
ported by the thought of the precious
metal, the fellow eagerly answered that
it wss, and greediiy attempted to snatch
it. The god, detecting his falsehood,
and impudence, not only declined to give
it to him, but refused to let him have hi.
own again. Thus 1t is seen that greed
Furnishes itself.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
Peeping Frogs.

It is well for all people in the country
to know the difference between "peep-
ing" and. croaking" frogs. Ameng
the first and most noticeable OF the
spring sounds that comes to us from the
neighborhood of the ponds and streams
is the voice of the peeping frog; and
this little creature will well repay ones
attention. It is commonly thought to
be the young of the hullfrog, but this is
not 80 it seems to be distinct variety
of the frog family. He makes himself
heard in the spring as soon as the ice
has melted, and is most musical during
the evening. You will find him sitting
among the old broken grasses and leaves
at the edge of the water and as soon as
he hears your football. down he fattens
himself, and you would easily mistake
him for a brown leaf, but, trusting to
your ears and not eyes, you soon will see
this little brown leaf cautiously rise up,
swell its little throat to half the size of
it's body, and give "peep" shrill
enough to leave no doubt as to what
makes that sound. These frogs are,
when sitting, about an inch long, and
vary in color from a light to very dark
brown. They are easily caught; and
by putting them in wide-mcuthed bot.
tie, covered with thin muslin, and
placing this under a hat, or in any place
away from the light, they will continue
their peeping for some time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
Punctuality of Martha Washington.

Miss Peale; the daughter OF Japcs
Peale, tells this story of the punctualItv
of Martha Washington: My father ha!
an engagement to paint miniature OF
Mrs. Washington in Philadelphia, the
general being then out of town: He was
Obliged to go to her house, and the ap-
pointment for first sitting was al
ranged for seven o'clock in the morning:
NV father arrived at the house, and
taking out his watch he found he was
exactly on time. The thought then
struck him that possibly it might be to
early to disturb lady, and he decided
to give ten minutes grace before knock.
ing at the door. He accordingly walked
the pavement, and at the end of ten
minutes pulled out his watch and rang
the bell. He was ushered into the
parlor, and Mrs. Washington accosted
him, drew oqA his watch, and said she
had given hui orders for the day, had
heard her daughter take her lessons on
the harpsichord, and had read all the
morning papers, and after all this had
been waiting for him ten minutes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
Pretty Well. Thank You.

"Why, howdy do. Mrs. Crippins ; are
all the folks pretty well?' asked one
woman of another, in market, the other
morning. "Oh, yes, tolerably SO,
thank you. Father is laid up with his
side again, and mothers rheumatism
has got 80 bad she hasn't been able to
get down stairs for a week, and Martha
Jane had another fit yesterday, and
Billy cut his foot with hatchet, and
Tommy can't speak above a whispe,
for o sore throat, and Eliza has gath
ering in her ears again, and the baby
has had four spells Of Group, and my hus-
band can hardly work with his sore eyes,
and I thought I'd die last night with a
sick headache, but we're all about e.
we'll as common. How's your folks 9"--
Cincinnati Breakfast Table;
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
Whole Farms Washed AWAY.

The Latelligencer, of Romney, W. Va,
has this to say about the recent floods in
that section of the country Never in
the memory of man has there occurred
such rise in the streams of Hampshire
county, W. Va, as by the recent food,
nor so great destruction Of crops and
fencing. So extensive has been the de-
struction that it amounts to calamity.
Along the South Branch scarcely shock
of corn or a stack of hay remains the
whole valley is clean sweep; crops
and fencings and the embankments are
all broken and swept away. All the fat
cattle and other stock of every kind are
left on the hands of the farmers without
food, and probably not suficiency OF
ground; consequently the cattle must
be thrown on the market, or seek more
favored country for food.
A dispatch from Moorefeld, Hardy
county, says that the destruction by the
flood in that county alone will reach
$4O0, 1000. There are not q thousand
shocks of corn in the valley of the
south branch of the Potomac. Farms
have been washed completely away, and
land that was worth 500 an acre is now
utterly without value. The suffering
among the cattle is very great, and hun
dreds of farmers are ruined. The tor.
rent reached from mountain to mountain
and was twenty feet deep.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
The Feet

Many OF the colds which people are
said to catch commence at the feet. To
keep these extremities warm, therefore,
is to effect an insurance against the
almost interlninable list of disorders
which spring out of "slight cold. !"
First, never be tightly shod. Boots or
shoes when they fit too closely press
against the feet and prevent the free
circulation of the blood. When, on the
contrary, they fit with comparative loose
ness, the blood gets fair play, and the
spaces left between the leather and the
stockings are filed with q comfortable
supply of warm air. The second rule is,
never sit in damp shoes. It is often
imagined that unless they are positively
wet it is not necessary to change them.
This is q fallacy, for when the least
dampness is absorbed into the sole, it is
attracted nearer the foot itself by the
heat, and thus the Precipitation is dan
gerously checked. Any person may
prove this by trying the experiment Of
neglecting this rule. The feet will be-
come cold and damp after few moments,
although on taking off the shoes aud
warming them. they will appshr quite
dry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
He Made a Mistake.

A Michigan farmer. named Harris, has
had so many adventures with burglars
that he never dares to 60 to market, IN
Detroit, without having a gun behind
him in his wagon. Soon after daylight
last Tuesday he saw something on tn
highway that looked like horse blankets
and while he was getting out OF the
wagon to pick it up man confronted
him and cried out : II was waiting for
you to come along" Without delay the
cautious farmer seized his gun and fred
a charge of bird shot almost in the face
of the enemy, who retreated in great dis
order, screaming and yelling. The
farmer drove on very complacently,
thinking that he would have a good
story for the boys at the tavern, but
discovered few yards down the road a
broken wagon loaded with poultry: The
man whom he had stuffed with bird shot
was not q robber, but small farmer
who had lost his horse blanket and gone
back to look for it, The repentant
marksman went back and tried to
comfort his unfortunate fellow-traveler,
and found him sitting on q log and count
ing the wounds-some thirty or more.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
Taxes on Editorial Faith.

One of the greatest trials OF the news
paper profession is that it's members are
compelled to see more of the shams Of
the world than any other profession.
Through every newspaper office, day
after day, go all the weaknesses of the
world; all the vanities that want to be
puffed all the revenges that want to be
reaped ali the mistakes that want to be
corrected all tls dull speakers that
want to be thought eloquent all the
meanness that wants to get it's wares
noticed gratis in the editorial column, in
order to save the tax in the advertising
columns all the men who want to be
set right who were never right; all the
crack Drained philosophers with stories
as long as their hair, and as gloomy as
their finger nails, OF all the bores who
come to stay five minutes, but talk five
hours. Through the editorial and re.
portorial rooms all thefollies and shams
of the world are seen, day after day ;
and the temptation is to believe in neither
God, man, nor woman. It is no surprise
to me that in this profession there are
some skeptical men only wonder that
journalists believe anything-Talnaage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
A Huge Stick.

The Gold Hill (Nev.) Ne,Os says Prob
ably the largest stick of timber ever
brought to the Comstock was recently
received at the new Yellow Jacket works,
east of the second railroad tunnel. 1t Is
to be used as chord for the pump-bob,
and it's dimensions are thirty.eight by
forty-eight inches, by forty-three feet IN
length. The weight ia q, 800 pounds,
and the freight from San Francisco
amounted to $416.70. Two cars we're
required to transport this stick, and 1t
cost twenty dollars to load it. The
timber came from Oregon, and cost over
5000 delivered in San Francisco. Good,
heavy material is being put into the
machinery at the new works OF the
Yellow jacket Mining Company, and "
will stand the strain Tor years 70 ecnae.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
What Whisky is Made OF.

The Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Jour7aal
confirms the statement that probably
999 gallons out of every 1000 that
are sold as brandy. are made from
vile compound of whisky swill,
distilled spirits and chemical abomlna-
ton, and adds: eff the world at large
knew of what villainous stuffs brandy
and whisky and wines are made the
present crop of drunkards would be
about the last, or, at any rate, all future
crops would be small. Nearly or quite
all the liquors that are retailed nova
days are undoubtedly slow but sure
poison, and to drink them habitually is
simply roundabout way of committing
suicide, and unless you guard yourself
carefully, the way is not so roundabout
either"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
Apple Product of the United States.

From an article on the "Ups and Downs
of the Apple Trade" given in a recent
number of the american Cuttivator
(Boston), the following facts of interest
are taken The crop OF apples OF 1876,
it will be remembered, was the largest
ever grown in the United States, and
prices we're lower than for at least twenty
years, In some sections the fruit was
SO plenty that the farmers could not
give it away, while the cider-makers
were overrun with a surplus of stock.
The yield this year is not 80 large as it
was year ago, but the quality is some
what better, although many bad lots
have come to market. Prices are higher
than they have been for several yeal 8,
and stand just about the same as they did
in 1875.
The orchard products of the United
States are estimated at value OF $780,
600, 900 annually, in which New York
leads, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and
Michigan come next but there is no
data showing the number OF barrels OF
apples raised in the country, either in q
single year or from one decade to
another. And yet the apple is the
national fruit, and is the only fruit OF
the orchard that is, like the cereal
productions, exported to foreign coun-
tries. We know pretty nearly how
many potatoes are raised in the
country every year-some 0,OOO, 600
bushels - and how many pounds of
beeswax, but as to apples, we are left in
state of dense ignorance. Mr.. Young,
who has had charge of the national
bureau of statistics for series of years,
ought to be reminded of the fact that
the apple crop is an important crop in
this country, and of itself constitutes a
mine of wealth.
Over nine hundred varieties of apples
are found in the gardens of the Horticul-
tural Society, London, and over fifteen
hundred varieties have been tested
there. Most of the improved varieti es
are the result of accident or of accident
al crossing. It is generally considered
that apples grown on the fertile lands OF
the West, though large and fair
Colorado not excepted, with its phe-
nomenal capacity to produce the fruit
in nearly all its varletles) are yet
inferior in flavor to those grown on the
strong, gravelly and sandy loans of this
section. Hence the preference given to
the Michigan, New York, MASSACHUSETTS,
and Male fruit, while the apples grown
in the British provinces, of which
thousands of barrels are sent to Boston
and New York every year, are, in some
respects, among the best sold in the
eastern markets. In this connection,
and we have the testimony of Colonel
Wilder, it is a remarkable fact that
where cultivation and protection from
insects have been regarded, as in our
gardens, the apple is as fine now as it
was in its pristine days, going back even
as far as the days Of the Garden of Eden.
1t is also significant fact that the apples
originating in New England - for
Instance, the Baldwin, Rhode Island
greening, Connecticut and Roxbury
russets-are still the great favorites for
market, and that from Western New
York annually there are sent more than
], 200, QUO barrels,