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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-25

THERE will be no meeting of the
Blue Ribbon League next Monday
evening, bot on the succeeding We'd
nesday night Sociable will be held
in Tacoma Hall, for the benefit OF
the organization, under the manage
ment of the lady members. A sup
per is to be provided and q reason
able admission fee will be charged
adults. The two-fold object of the
entertainment is TO provide funds for
paving necessary expenses and to
make the proceedings interesting to
the young AS well as the children
OF older growth"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-25
Wreck of Steamer Old Settle,

On the morning OF the sd instanI
the startling intelligence was broucs
to this place of the total loss of I'M
steamer Old Settler, Capt. Taylor. h
Oyster Bay, during the furious cal
which prevailed on the previous da1
On the morning of the 22d the weatl
or was calm and everything presege,
smooth sailing Tor an indefinite mar;
cd. About l. A. NJ, the good steam
er got under woy, laden with an an
pie cargo of ".Olympia" oyster
The captains bearing as he pace
the quarterback, indicated hope Of
speedy and successful voyage. Thu
song of the cook, as he hustled abou|
the galley, filed the heart of passep.
gers and crew with delightful anticI
pations of gustatory pleasures. The
merry dashing of the waves as the,
broke upon her bows, the clank d
the ponderous machinery as it SLOW
ly rose and fell, the song of the sea-
bird as it tapped its wings over Tho
white crests of foam, for a time d.
verted attention from the dark cloud
so rapidly rising in the western hor.
zon. But they had not long to wait
The dream of happiness was soon
dispelled. Rapidly the Storm King
marshaled his hosts, and the quick
eye of the captain discerned the dan.
ger just in time to place the noble +
ship in position to best Withstand its +
power. But alas! what work of man
can resist the elements OF ma.
ture. What mere egg-shells are the
finest specimens of naval architec.
ture compared with the resistless
might of old Ocean,! The first wave
filed the lee scuppers and threw the
steamer on her beam sends; the
next broke over the quarterback and
filled the main saloon with water.
Then lull ensued, and captain and
crew, assisted by such passengers as
were not paralyzed by fright, en-.
deavored to launch the life-boat.
Vain hope! 1t broke from its lash.
ings and was dashed into thousand
pieces, amid the cries of distracted
children and the shrieks of terror.
stricken women.
"They were crowded in the cabin,
And the stoutest held his breath;
While the hungry sea was roaring
And the breakers talked with death"
All hope was abandoned when
the storm increased to a gale and
it became evident that the good ship
must go down. One by one the
masts, the smoke-stack, the pinnacle
and the wheel-house drifted away as
the steamer went to pieces. About
30 P. NJ. she rose on gigantic wave,
paused q moment as if gathering
strength for the final plunge and
with shrill shrek of the steam
whistle, sank below the blue waves
there to repose until the sea gives up
its secrets.
after life's fitful rcyage she sleeps we'll"
The old Settler was build in this
place in 1878, and was owned by Mr..
A. J. Burr. She was commanded by
Capt. Taylor, and our well-known
townsman, J. A. Gale, was her first
officer. A tear to their memory
They passed away in the discharge OF
duty, and no tablet can perpetuate q
brighter record.
Requiescat IN pacel
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-25
Artificial COlOring of Butter.

fully explained why, while butter
should exist definite substance in
The udder of mammals, still, when
mechanically separated from the
milk, it exhibits a variety of tints, the
prevailing one Of which is the much
admired yellow or golden color.
Modern agricultural chemistry has
progressed so far as to have shown
that certain elements may be intro
duced into the Winter food of cow,
even though she be not remarkable
for yellow butter in the Summer,
as shall wonderfully improve the
color of her milk and also that of
the butter which it produces. These
methods are not practical, however,
and it is doubtful whether an entire
ly harmless pigment can be found
that shall be, at the same time, pro-
fitable in its operations. We know
there is great temptation, on the
part of ambitious housewives, to i'm
part a golden color to their butter
during the Winter months. Wheth-
er artificial or not, the world seems
to accept this color as true indica-
ton of the good quality of the arti-
Gle. 1t is fact quite noticeable. of
late, that less and less white butter
is finding its way into the popular
markets than formerly, not because
cows no longer give white milk and
butter Of corresponding color is
made, but simply and only on &C.
count of the mania for highly COL
ored article. The substances used
for tinting purposes are as various
as the shades of color impaired to
the butter; tumeric, saffron and
marigold are among the most COM
mon agents used in the rural dis
tricts where the butter is made, but
where the coloring process is carried
Oh i'll the large way, by extensive
dealers, it is justly suspected that
many ingredients are added which
are questionable, if not positively
deleterious to health. When a harm
less coloring matter is introduced
into newly churned butter, and the
whole mass properly worked so as
to make it entirely Homogeneous,
there is, perhaps, no we'll grounded
objection to such procedure; the
whole thing only resolving itself in
to matter of fancy on the part of
the consumer. After all, it is not to
be for moment supposed that artifi-
cially colored butter is to be placed
upon an equal footing with that
which owes its bright golden COM
plexion to the peculiar qualities of
the milk as it comes from we'll fed
and carefully sheltered cows. In a
word, we cannot hope, in this in
stance, to lay aside the product of
nature for patched up, fabricated
article. After all that has been said j.,
close attention to the effects of vari-
GUS modes of feeding mich cows in
the Winter, will be found, in the
long run, IA far better and more abid-
ing method of producing butter of
the desired hue, than by striving to
discover the philosophers stone by
means of external pigments and ex-
tracts. The recent attempt to i'm
part an agreeable, aromatic aroma
to butter, is happy conceit which
will doubtless meet with universal
favor among all classes of consumers.
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-25

The people are asking us what was
done at the railroad meeting on
Monday evening. If the company
desire to properly inform the public
on this subject, they have only to
furnish us copy of the proceedings.
We ask no more, and it would seem
that they could do no less, than
comply with the wishes of the com.
munity who have made them what
they are to-day. The air of mystery
which is assiduously thrown around
all the proceedings of this corpora
ton is neither suggestive of wisdom
or true policy. Have the claims of
the creditors been consolidated
What is the grand total? Has a
mortgage been given in security,
and who is appointed to hold it and
pay the pro rata sums to creditors ?
All these are little things, indeed,
but vital to the interests of everybody
concerned in the railroad enterprise.
Let us have the facts.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-25

TIE good people of Chicago have
made unsuccessful attempts to re-
peal the ordinance prohibiting the
- Of the Bible in the public schools
- that city.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-25
Slow and Sure.

Edison will have to get up anoth-
er one of his spasmodic efforts or he
will be laid in the shade by his COM
peers across the ocean. He has done
some very clever things, already, in
the way of the photograph and a
long category of other graphs"
but the people do not like his period
ical announcements that he is Just
on the point of catching some great
thing by the tail, and then his sud.
den subsistence, for months togeth-
er, from the notice and knowledge
of an eager public. The experience
of the world shows that those invent
ors accomplish the most good to
mankind whose works came grad
ually into notice. The slow-growing,
; hardy trees of the temperate zones,
make no great ado from the time
they are mere sapiings till they are
large enough for the keelson of a
frigate. SO it has been and must be
with great men, whether inventors,
engineers, philosophers, or poets.
Slow-growing men are the solid
men of the world. The chief objec-
ton we have had to Edison is his
tendency and eagerness to exclaim
in the gushing exuberance of expec-
tation, " When I have got the rat I
am after, and four more, I shall
have fve!' Keely was going to turn
the world upside down with Thin
ble-full of water and he has been Just
on the point of doing it ever since
we first heard of him. We are fast
being confirmed in the idea that Ed
ison will not be the man to discover
and apply the final mode of electrical
illumination, while he may yet be
the instigator of that great desider-
alum, by whomsoever it may be
brought into practical application.
There are different classes of inven-
tors as there are different classes of
artizans in the same machine-shop.
Some are heaters, some strikers, and
some polishers and filters. Edison
appears to be q heater. By dint of
q good deal of true merit, combined
with corresponding measure of fa-
naticism, he has succeeded in doing
what, perhaps, few other men could
have done, raising the worlds inven-
tive faculty to q fever heat on the
subject of electrical illumination.
In this direction, he may ultimately
accomplish some good to the world
in provoking the hidden truth, by
sheer worrying, to make itself mani
fest to a practical Franklin or Morse.
To speak candidly, this is all we can
hope of Mr.. Edison. The sun does
not announce his rising by suddenly
sending dazzling meteor to the
zenith. On the contrary, we are I'M
able to fix the line of demarkation
that divides the night from the day;
but somehow, even before we are
aware of the fact, the sun is above the
horizon and shining in his wonted
splendor. So it should be and must
be with inventors. In the mean
time we are watching and waiting.
Mr.. Robert Frost informs us that
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-25
Floral Hints.
BY A PRACTICAL GARDENER.
The HOliyhOck.


err. 1t is the result of an improve
ment on the AUhRa Rosa, q native OF
China, and in one state of perfection
or another, has been an inhabitant
of our gardens for over 300 years,
being mentioned by DR.. Turner as
we'll known plant in his time. AS it
seeds freely, and has for so long
period multiplied by that means, va
rieties have, as matter of course,
continued to appear.
Whether regarded as mere for
lists plant. and grown for purposes
of exhibition, or as an Autumnal
decorative plant in our flower gar
dens, the bollyhock is deserving Of
the cultivator's attention, as we have
no other plant of equal merit to pro-
long to so late a period the interest
and beauty of our gardens.
The hollyhock is capable of propa-
cation by seed, in Autumn, soon as
the seeds are ripened, or in the
Spring. Autumn sowing is prefers
BILE, provided the seeds have fully
ripened, thus enabling the young
plant to attain sufficient size and
strength to carry it through the
Winter. Spring sowing should not
be deferred beyond the beginning of
March, tc give the plants all the
growth possible before the Towering
season. The time for blooming is o
period of much interest to the ambi-
tious cultivator. Every flower should
be examined, and those which prove
of inferior merit should be immedi-
ately removed from the beds. It is
best TO secure plants from the seed
to ensure n stock of any choice vari-
ETY.. Some varieties come so true
from the seed that it is very difficult
to trace o difference between them
and the parent, but this is not al
ways to be depended upon.
Immediately after the plants have
done Towering, the roots should be
carefully dug up and divided into
two, three and sometimes four por-
tions, according to their size and
number of eyes or buds on the crown.
But care must be taken that the roots
be as little cut as possible for each
portion should have as many roots
as can be secured.
Excellent plants may be produced
from cuttings and single eyes, and
the operation may be performed from
March to October, or as soon as cut
tings can be got in the Spring and
as late in Autumn as they can be
furnished with roots. The cuttings
may be secured when they become
somewhat hard at the base, and
should be set in sandy soil in pots or
in warm border.
The hollyhock is not fastidious as
to quality of soil. Its large roots
abstract great amount of nutriment
from the ground and it's large bulk of
foliage and flowers requires it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-25

SHOOTING scrapes and house bur-
glaries are unpleasantly frequent in
Portland.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-25

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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-16
Care Of the Hair.

Prof. Wilson, OF England, is the high
est authority on the hair. He condemns
washing it, and advises, instead, thor.
ough brushing. This promotes circu-
lation, removes scurf, and is, in all re-
spects, better than water. Cutting the
hair does not, as commonly thought,
promote its growth. Most OF the speci-
fics recommended for badness, not ex-
cepting petroleum, are mere stimulants,
and are seldom or never permanently
successful. Some of them give rise to
congestion of the scalp. When stimu-
liant is desirable, ammonia is the best.
1t is safe. For falling out Of the hair,
DR.. Wilson prescribes q lotion composed
of water of ammonia, almond oil and
coloroform, one part of each, diluted
with five parts alcohol, or spirits of
rosemary, the whole made fragrant with
dram of oil of lemon. Dab it on
the skin, alter thorough friction with the
hair-brush. 1t may be used sparingly or
abundantly, daily or otherwise. For a
cooling lotion, one made of two drains
of borax and glycerine to eight ounces
of distilled water is effective, allaylng
dryness, subduing irritability, and re-
moving scurf. Both badness and gray
ness depend on defective powers of the
scalp skins, and are to be treated alike.
What is needed is moderate stimulation,
without any Irritation. The following
is good: Rub into the bare places daily,
or even twice day, lirimert of cam
phor, ammonia, chloroform, and aconite,
equal parts each. The friction should
be very gentle.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-16
Relics Of a Deer Fight.

Two pair Of deer horns, interlocked
so closely that they can not be wrench
ed apart, were shown in Reno last night.
Their owner is on his way East, and is
taking them with him as a curiosity.
The horns were found attached to the
skeletons OF two bucks, near Honey
Lake. A man named Wade Fairchild
came upon them the latter part of last
month while travelling over the noun
tains. The skeletons Of elks, moose and
deer, in pairs, with horns inextricably
interlocked, are sometimes found in the
same way, though rarely. It is well
known that the males of the deer. fam
lily fight desperately during the .'call-
ing" season. What battle that must
have been near the shores of Honey
Lake, years ago! Fancy the two bucks,
their antlers firmly locked, fighting un.
til worn out with exhaustion. Then the
vain efforts to get free. At last came
starvation with all its pangs. Perhaps
one died first, and the survivor remain
ed fast to the dead body, until death
came to him in turn, and relieved him
of his fortunes. And the doe, the cause
of that terrible tragedy, probably
browsed around TRANQUILITY all the time
until they died, and then left the neigh
borhood to look for a suitor that could
keep himself free from entanglements.
Reno (Neu.) Gazette. ,f e.--i..i --s
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-16
MY LIFE.

Oh, who would fight, and march and counter
march,
BE shot Tor sixpence on a battlefield,
And sloveled up into q bloody trench
Where no one knows.
But let me live my life.
Ali, who would cast and balance at a desk,
Percned like n crow upon three legged stool
TIL all his juice Is dried, and all his Joints
Are full of chalk
But let me live my 1--we.
Why serve the state2 for II ! carved my name
Upon the cliffs that guard my native land.
] might as well have traced IL In the sands.
The sea wastes all.
But let me live my life.
-Te7rpvsop.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-16

THAT reminds me- " observed Grand,
father Llckshlngie' wnen the giri
brought him piece OF oroiiea mackerel
at the breakfast taole-"that REMINDS
me OF fish that me ana your grand
mother had. 1t was q goidnsn; reckon
it was the most remarkable nsn that any
body ever heard tell OF. we never
noticed any thing peculiar ABOUT II I'LL
one bright, sunshlny day, when II Jump
ed up on the alge OF us giooe an begun
to sing for all the world IKE q nlSntin
gale or q orlole. we had q canary
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-16
LITTLE FEET.

Two little feet, so small that both may nestle
In one caressfng hand
Two tender feet. upor the untried border
of LIES mysterious land.
Dimpied and soft. and pink as peach-tree
in April's fragrant days.
How can they walk among the briery tangles
Edgingthe worlds rough ways?
These rose white feet along the doubtful fu-
ture,
Must bear woman's load;
Alasi since woman has the heaviest burden,
And walks the hardest road
Love. for while. VIII make the path before
An dainty, smooth and fair
win Gull away the brambles. letting only
The roses blossom there
But when the mothers watchful eyes are
sbrouded
And these dear feet are left without her
guide,
Who shall direct them then?
How will they be allured, betrayed. deluded,
Poor little untaught feet,
Into what dreary mazes will they wander.
s What dangers will they meets
wRithey go stumbling blindIy in the dark
OF sorrows fearful shades?
or find the upland slopes of peace and beauty,
Whose sunlight never fades?
! D..
VIII they go toilng up ambitions summit
The common world aboves
Or i'm some Bameless vale, securely sheltered,
Walk side by side with Love:
Some feet there be which walk LIES track
unwounded,
Which ind but pleasant ways;
Some hearts there be to which this life IL
only
4 round of happy days.
But they are few. Far more there are to
wander
Without hope or friend, .ff
WHO find their journey full of pains aud
losses. l
And long to reach the end.
How shall IT be with her, that tender stran-
ger, y.tr.-ry
Fair faced and gentle-eyed,
Before whose unstained feet the worlds rude
highway l4
stretches so strange and wider
An who may read the future? For my darl.
ing
all blessings sweet.
And pray that He who feeds the crying ravens
2 wnlguide the baby's fest.
~ , y = go i-Piorence Percy.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-16
Cash VS.. Credit.

The man who builds and wants wherewith to
pay,
= Erccts a house from which to run away.
So says the poet, and the experience
of many business man, as well as
many a farmer has Endorsed this state.
ment. But it is more especially applica-
bic 10 farmers Merchants, from the
very nature of tbeir business, must trust
and be trusted in return. To them a
credit system is Indispensable. When
a demand for certain article is created
on short notice, the tradesman must be
able Il, supply his customers, and to do
so il often becomes necessary for him
to go in debt for the goods; but If he
has foresight, buys with judgment and
understands his business, he will in 3
short time have disposed of the goods
at profit and be ready to pay off his
debt Not so in the case Of the farmer.
In his business there are no sudden hits
to be made. For him 10 go in debt, in
90 cases in 100 hampers his prosperity
instead Of promoting it. His income
consists in what he derives from the sale
of his products. his grain, fruit, hay,
potatoes, stock and dairy produce.
These are slowly produced. Many
disasters beyond his control, are liable
TO interfere with his plans, of which the
present condition of affairs in Englsnd
furnishes striking example, and when
quick and sure returns can not be had
IL Is, to say the least, hazardous policy
TO 90 in debt st
What we desire to impress upon our
readers is to keep clear of debts. OF
all rash acts, we believe that to borrow
money even for permanent improve
ment, unless such Improvement is an
absolute necessity, is most likely to be
repented of. A new house may afford
much cherished comfort, but comfort
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-16

"A young man made his appearance
at Deadwood last week in pair of white
trousers. He was promptly escorted to
the cars, put on board Of them, and an
injunction placed upon him never to re-
visit the place. 1--WE can stand billed
shirt, you know" q miner exclaimed,
"but when it comes to wearin' billed
drawers we just make them git up and
git"