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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-17

"Efie Mo, of Ireland; aged
seven years; is on her way to her aunt,
Mrs. Nc, Fort Kearney, United
States of America. Kind friends, be
kind to this child. She was her
mothers darling, who died the 18th
day of December, 1875. This poor
child is all that is left Of the family,
and her friends are sending her to her
aunt's, at Fort kearney."
One rough-looking man asked her if
she had anything to eat, to which she
replied by showing him some little
sweet cakes. and said do you think
these will be enough until l get to
auntie's 2" He replied, "Give me
your reticule," aud opening it, com.
menced filling it out of his wellstored
basket. Others brought in their sup
plies, until there was more than the
child could we'll carry. An old gentle
man, about eighty years Of age, said
he would take care OF her as far as Kan
sas City; black man said he had moth.
ing to give her to eat. SO he gave her a
half-dollar. She became
more and more q theme of interest for
hundreds of miles, until we seemed to
have forgotten the space, when the cry,
East st. Louis startled us, and re-
vealed the fact that to some at least,
the journey had ended. We parted
from this dear child in tenderness and
with prayers, for she was fast asleep,
with her little Testament, which she
could read, in her pale hand. All were
the better for her presence; all re-
GREETED that she could not journey on
with them along the way Of life DR..
UuL,LJuOre
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-17
The Smasher's Friend.

That is the writer of this present az
ticle. He is friend of the baggage
man. He happens to know that it is
hard work to deal gently with a two
-andhfty-pound trunk He
happens to know that if train "goes
into the ditch a big trunk will smash
the poor baggageman's head or leg, at
least, as badly as little one. He be-
lieves in little trunks. So he proposes
to adopt the elephant as a fighting
Siamese twin, and start on missionary
tour in defense of the baggage
smasher.
All this savage talk is occasioned by a
series of pictures in the last number of
Harper's Bazar. which we think is cal
culated to cast unjust reproach on that
long-suffering individual, the railway
baggageman. If any man will ever
make lis calling and election sure by
virtue of tribulation and punishment
here below, the baggageman is the
very fellow. He suffers not merely
punishment, but useless punishment.
The enormous trunks that are used
nova days, by commercial travellers
and travelling ladies', are hardly emit
tied to veneration. They ought to be
smashed.
The chief object in making sample
trunks" so large, is to sneak the pay
ment of extra weights. 1t makes no
difference how many poor baggage
man breaks his back over them, as long
as the wholesale dealer savesa dollar or
two on travelling bills, or the young
lady can pack fine clothing for a whole
season into one cottage, put roofess
bay-window on each end, and call the
whole thing trunk. The baggage
mans back is worth more than the
trunk to him. You cannot make him
believe that it is his duty to handle in
great hurry, and in a most gingerly
manner. gigantic pieces of bag
gage, almost as large as an ele.
plants form. He knows that he
cannot do it. He must sling ii
the best way that he can. The train
must go, and those trunks must be
taken care of.
My lady's trunk might be made in
two, and her property thus more easily
handled. The big sample trunks are
an inexcusable nuisance. They might
just as we'll be made smaller. Then
the baggage could be much more easily
handled, and less damage done thar
with the larger boxes. The lady's fine
clothing might be as we'll packed in two
small trunks as in one big one, and the
baggagemaster then would have no rea'
son to destroy it, or to 5stroy himself
in trying to handle it. The big trunk
is an insult, and the baggageman has
right to resent it.-Haukeye.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-17
An Aged Heiress Haying.

The Reading Eagle says: Elizabeth
Leibesberger, aged ninety-two, resides
in Richmond Township, this county,
and is, in all probability, one of the
richest maiden ladies in the county.
She owns several beautiful farms in
Richmond Township. where she had
lived nearly all her life. Her brother
is also large land owner. Miss Lsib-
esberger is remarkably we'll preserved.
She was never married, aud has lived
ninety-two years in single blessedness,
without being dragged down by the
cares of married life, domestic troubles
and other vexations and tribulations.
She has silvery gray hair, is neat and
trim in appearance, and, considering
her great age. is quite active and alert
A few days ago her farm hands COM
menced hay-making. To their great
surprise the aged lady and land owner
made her appearance in the field, rake
in hand. She was suitably attired for
the occasion, her skirts and dress being
well gathered in and tucked back 80 as
not to drag or give her any trouble in
moving over the field. She said she
was going to show them how to work.
This was greeted with clapping OF hands
and cheers. Miss Leibesberger went to
work in good earnest, tossed the hay
over and over, raked it in rows from
one end Of the field to the other, and
then helped to rake it in piles, and final
ly assisted in loading and raking after
the wagons. 1t was an exhibition Of
.old-time hay-making, the way "they
used to do when she was young girl, -
she said, "before the patent machinery
was ever heard Of" The lady WORKED.
in the field the entire day, and kept up
her pluck remarkably we'll.
CREAM JELLY CAKE.-One coffee cup
Hour, one tea-cup even full of sugar.
three eggs, one teaspconful cream tar
tar rubbed in the flour, piece of but
ter two-thiris the size Of gu egg mix
half teaspoontul sols in q half cup
milk, nutmeg bake in four tins quick
ly. Cream -One cup milk, three tea.
sPoonfuls cornstarch, one egg, sugar
and let0on to flavor boil until thick.
Ours to msnkind-The dog DAYS.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-17
By The Sea.


Ny blue eyed pet with golden hair
Is sitting on my knee.
And gazas eagerly sfar,
Across the beach, beyond the bar,
Where rolls the restless sea.
She puts her little hand in mine.
And laughs with childish glee.
To see the fosmins pillows splash,
As on the shore they fiercely dash.
Then glide back silently.
But whle she laughs SO metrily,
Ny heart il far away;
And as look upon the shore,
Where loud and long the breakers roar,
NY Sal soul seems TO say
"Thr sea i, ike human life;
1t breaks upon the shore
OF time with resisiless might,
And when the 20 a is just in sight
Dies 10 retura no more.
"And al along the shore Of time
Fall many wreck doth lie;
The psngs Of many mad carouse,
OF blasted hopes and broken vows,
OF happy days gone by"
Yet, willie | muse III mournful mood,
And gaze uporftLe sea,
My blu e,cyed pet with golden hair.
Whose heart has never known care,
Still sits upon my knee.
Her head ia resting on my breast
Her eyes in Sumo. 1a,p:
The same rough sea whO breakers roar
And madly, fsrcely lash the shore,
Has lulled my child to sleep,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-17
Ammonia,

Ammonia, commonly known as spir.
its of hartshorn, is invaluable for
domestic purposes, and is almost
household necessity. 1t ia q powerful
alkali, and dlssolves grease and dirt
with great ease. 1t is nearly as useful
as soap, and its cheapness brings n
within the reach of all.
Grease spots may be removed from
almost any fabric, by sponging them
with ammonia weakened with o little
water. When dish towels have become
soiled and discolored, boiling them in
water in which some ammonia Las been
poured will do much to restore them to
their original color. When the busy
days of housekeeping come around
ammonia will be found great help.
For cleaning paint and woodwork put
teaspoonful into quart of warm
suds, dip soft cloth in it, and go over
your woodwork and see how rapidly
the dirt will disappear very little
scrubbing Will be necessary, and no in
jury will be done to the paint or hands.
The same proportion of suds and am
monia is good for cleaning marble
slabs and nantes. For washing win
dows, mirrors, and glass ware, it has
no equal. 1t will cleanse and brighten
silver ware wonderfully, wash in warm
suds and ammonia, wipe dry, and pol
ish with chamOis skin.
1t is also great stimulant to plants.
For house plants, five or six drops to
every pint of water. and applied about
once week, will cause them to flour
ish, and give them q vigor not to be OBJ
| Co., -, e.,
in the water in which cut flowers are to
be placed. will restore them. if begin.
ming to wilt.
Ammonia has also excellent medi.
cinal qualities, and has the advantage
of being familiar to most persons
cheap, and easy to obtain. Headache
sometimes may be relieved by its use.
Care must be taken if it is applied to
the face, for if the ammonia is very
strong it will blister, and burn the
skin. For the sting or bite of insects,
apply it, and it will be found to neu.
tralize the poison. 1t is said that in
Simultaneous relief from toothache MAY
be obtained by saturating bit Of cot
ton with ammonia and applying to the
affected tooth.
For toilet purposes ammonia is
equally useful, and no lady who has
once recognized its merits will want to
be without it. A person who has an
oily, shiny complexion, owes it to an
unusual secretion of fatty matter by the
skin soap fails to remove it, and it is
altogether better to use little ammonia
iu the water when washing. The phil
osophy of this is. that ammonia being
an alkali, unites with the minute glob-
ules of fat to form soap, and thus the
face is both cleansed and freed from its
greasy appearance. If used in the bath
it will remove all disagreeable odors.
Nothing is better for cleansing the hair
and removing dandruif. 1t is equally
good for cleaning brushes. so no
housekeeper should be without bottle
of it. 1t should have glass or rubber
stopper. as it will eat away cork, and
allow much of its strength to escape.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-17
The Cuisine in Sweden.

The habit of lunching in the yer
presence of dinner, OF going to side
table and eating Your fill of anchovies,
raw behring's, smoked beef and cold eel
pie while dinner is on the very table,
still prevails, and is hardly conducive
to health. It is said that the habit Of
taking "sup," as the Swedes call it,
arose from the scarcity OF delicacies.
1t was hard to get enough of any one
nice thing to make a meal of, so you
were first delicately innuendoed of to
the brandy table las it is called), and
then allowed TO sit down to dinner.
The practice is universal in Sweden.
Private houses, hotels and boarding
houses all feed you on preliminary
scraps, and woe be to you if you limo.
Gently turn away from the protfered
luncheon You fare like an ascetic
and feed yourself on odors. The or
binary routine of dining seems in
Sweden to be in wild confusion. Soup
sometimes ends instead Of beginning
the dinner. Iced soup and cold fish
are dainties to the scandinavian palate.
Much of the soup is nauseously sweet,
favored with cherries, raspberries and
gouseberries, often with macaroOn cakes
and spikes of cinnamon floating wildly
about in it. This is eaten as a sort of
dessert, and is cold and often beauti-
fully clear.
If Heme bitterly reviled the English
for bringing vegetables on the table
al natu-el, there is no such complaint
to be made here. Heaven, earth and
hell are eaten with sauce-sauces red,
white and blue, green, yellow and
black--sauces celestial and sauces in
fernal. Strange combinations of ice
cream heaped over delicious apple tarts,
or strange dishes of berry juice boiled
down and mixed with farina; sugar
and almonds, then cooled, nodded and
turned ont into basins of cream, to be
eaten with crushed sugar and wine, ap-
pear at the end Of dinner.
The Swedes share with the Danes
and Arabs u passionate fondness for
sweetmeats. Everything is slightly
sweet even green pease are suaared,
as we'll as the innumerable tea and
coffee cakes, SO. that long before the I'M
happy tourist has finished his tour he
is hopeless dyspeptic or a raging
Swedophobe. -Lppincotfs Magazine.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-17

A QUICK-WI1TED BoY.-Some years
ago, ragged lad was earning his live
lihood by selling newspapers in the
streets of Philadelphia. He was famed
for being swift runner, aud was often
called "Deer." One day he happened
to be on the line of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, when he saw an engine rush.
ing down the track without any driver
or tender. BY some chance it had been
separated from the cars, and was driving
on alone. The boy knew that it would
meet an express train this side of the
next station. He had about four min
utes' start, and darted down the track
after it. The engine was, of course,
not at full speed. yet nobody but Deer
could have won in such race. He did
win was cool enough to remember the
signal to the station-keeper necessary
to have the switch placed so that the
engine would be turned on to another
track. 1t was done just two seconds
before the express train went thunder
ing by. Deer, for this service, was
granted by the Pennsylvania Railroad
corporation a monopoly of the news
paper and book trade on its trunk route,
and from this he derived q handsome
income. 1t was to the boys GOODNESS,
as we'll as to his feetness, that hundreds
OF human beings owed their lives.
Boys cannot be taught swiftness of foot,
but they can be taught self-control, and
acquire the ability of keeping their wits
about them in the event of danger.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-17

UNsUccEssFUL IN THIS LIFE con-
fess that increasing years bring with
them an increasing respect for those
who do not succeed in life, Us those
words are commonly used. Heaven is
said to be a place for those VINO have
not succeeded upon earth, and it is
surely true that celestial graces do not
best thrive and bloom in the hot blaze
of worldly prosperity. Ill success
sometimes arises from superabundance
of qualities in themselves good, from a
conscience too fastidious, q self-forget-
fitness too romantic, modesty too re-
firing. I will not so SO far as to say:
with living poet, that "The world
knows nothing of its greatest men,,
but there are forms of greatness, or at
least, excellence, that die and make no
sign there are martyrs that miss the
palm, but not the stake; there are he
roes without the laurel, and conquer
ors without the triumph.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-17

The agricultural papers are saying.
this is the best time OF the year for
Kidding the garden and fields of weeds. u
That would undoubtedly be all very
true, if by a remarkable coincidence
this was not the very time of the year
when the boy of the house regularly
disappears with iishing-rod at A. NJ,
and reappears at Z p. NJ, with pair of
wet pantsloons aud a fine collection of
stone bruises, and nothing else to speak
Of. unless it might be tue appetite of a
wild ostrich of the desert.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-17
AnecdOte of Gen. Taylor.

It is related that General SCOTS ia
nous letter to Zachary Taylor announ.
cling the withdrawal of most of the reg
ular troops from Taylor's command to
be placed under his own in projected
movement from Vera Cruz toward the
capital of Mexico, was received while
General Taylor was at supper with his
staff near Monterey. The General
asked Colonel Bliss to read it to him.
He had just replenished his coffee cup,
and was engaged in cooling it with
spoon while the reading went on. This
appeared to make no further impression
upon him than that indicated by a con-
temptuous sniff" but as the real i'm
port of the letter began to appear his
whole manner changed, and he alb
stractedly dipped the spoon into bowl
of mustard, which sat upon the table,
and stirred it in the coffee. This he
repeated until by the time the reading
of the letter was finished the contents
of the mustard bowl were exhausted.
Without saying a word and to Bliss's
establishment and horror he raised the
cup to his lips and gulped down the
whole abominable compound. He then
broke into an excited and profane ha-
rangue, consigning to everlasting damna-
ton every one concerned in the pro-
posed depletion of his forces, and only
ceasing when his speech was overtaken
with paroxysm of suffering, which,
with him, usually followed a violent
outbreak of temper. The Colonel felt
sure that from the amount of mustard
he had swallowed combined with the
intelligence he had received. it would
infallibly sicken him. but nothing un-
common came of it. Ratsbane at
that moment" said Bliss, "would, I
am convinced, have had no more effect
upon him than upon the stomach of
Mithridates." General Pleasanton,
who commanded the Generals escort in
Mexico, says that when once thoroughly
aroused he was the maddest man he
ever ssw-mad from the crown of his
hat to the soles of his boots.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-17

He that gets out Of debt grows rich
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-17

Ours to msnkind-The dog days.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-06-04

their akin, and drled in the SUM- they are re-
duced TO meal, in great request in the West
Indies for children and invalids. A recent
French exchange states that efforts are be-
ing made in Venezuela to get up an export
trade for meal of this sort, the supply being
much greater than the home demand. Pro-
lessor Johnston states thaat the fruit
approaches most nearly in composition and
nutritive value to the potato, and the meal
to that of rice.
All the species contain large number of
spiral vessels, and afford strong aud val
liable fiber, from which cloth and cordage
are made. The substance called Manila
hemp, much employed for cordage in
America and Europe. is obtained from one
OF the species (Musa textiles.) Scarcely any
parts of the useful plants are devoid Of use
70 man. A nmpid fluid issus from wou nds
In the body of the plant, which is used in
medicine. as is also the root. 1t has been
recently stated in a foreign medical journal
that the property which these plants pos
sess of keeping the surrounding soil moist as
pointed out by Boussingault) has been taken
advantage of to afford shade and moisture
to the coffee plant in Venezuela; and that
the cultivation of the latter has therefore
been greatly increased.
Still another industrial use has lately been
proposed for the fruit in the latter country
this being the distillation of brandy. Ban
ana brandy, even from the first dIstillation,
is said to have q pleasant taste and SMELL
recalling that of the fruit. 1t contains 80
per cent of alcohol. As two hundred weight
OF the fruit produces about ten quarts of
alcohol of 90 degrees, banana brandy may
yet be destined to play as important part
in economy as the alcohol of the sugar cane.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-06-04
The Governorship.
Hartford City Telegram.

dartIOru City Ielegram.I
As the time approaches for selecting men
to ill the various State offices, we should
begin to cast about and endeavor to choose
from the host of capable men who may come
prominently before the public to fill these
places of trust and honor. We must have
men of worth, energy, intelligence, untiring
zeal and sagacity, men OF experience,
pie, men who will watch
over and guard the interests of the majority,
men who will enter into the canvass OF 1880
with determination to sustain. the right.
In taking comprehensive view of the pros
poets and persons who are likely to be pre-
sented by the Democracy for governor, no
one seems to possess all the required oualifi
cations in as eminent degree as does Hon.
Franklin Landers, of Indianapolis. As
public man his record is without fault,
and whenever he has succeeded, his success
has been universally victory in
Congress brought him conspicuously to the
front as a consistent and valuable represen-
tative of the laboring class. Possessing
wealth himself, he seems to be an exec option
al man in working egainst his own indi-
vidual interest to better the condition of the
less fortunate. He became popular with the
masses by his persistent efforts while in
Congress, to have greenbacks receivable for
all public dues. He attacked the bulwarks
Of the monopolists and succeeded in
bringing about the reconciliation OF silver.
Had it not been for Franklin Landers we
would not have the silver dollars jingling
over our counters to day. He has been an
incorporating Democrat all his life, and
when the currency question commenced
to agitate the country he took advanced
ground, and was nominated for governor by
the Greenback party in 1876 with the under
standing that the Democratic convention
would indorse him at their meeting sooh
after, which would have been done had it
not been for a few hot heads
who defeated him. Failing to get that in
dorsement he refused to be the Greenback
candidate. His nomination for governor in
1880 would insure vigorous campaign and
inspire the people with confidence. We
could overcome every obstacle and walk
easily to victory, knowing that we were
supporting an honest man whose character
can not be impeached or motives impugned.
He would bring to his support all the
Greenback and National element in the
State and center all the opposing elements
of measures that have proved SO disastrous
to our country, all the oppo-
sition to monopolies and corruption, all the
opposition to favoritism, nepotism, and
| sycophsnt party treachery. and unite all the
elements opposed to the policy that has
brought ruin to so many business men. His
election would insure healthy administra-
ton of public affairs, the elevation of the
laboring man. He would preside with hon.
esty and dignity, would be sustained by and
looked upon with pride and pleasure by all
the intelligent people of the great State Of
| Indiana.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-06-04
The Jacket and the nranteIet.

AS the summer advances we shall doubt
less have new shapes in lace to chronicle,
shawls having long ago ceased to be fashion
ably worn. Lace can, however, always be
made up very prettily from the piece in any
style preferred, SO thai it is rather discourag-
ing to the manufacturers OF lace garments to
try to follow the ever changing fashions in
garments which are finished ready for wear.
Moreover the styles in made-up lace can be
completed with much more exactness In re-
gard to the details of ruffled porderings or
ribbon bows, an advantage fully appreciated
at the present time when so much trimming
ia used. At present, however, the garment
made en- suite with the dress is the one tn at
is most conveniently and suitably worn, and
it depends upon the climate as to whether
this should take the form of jacket or the
smaller, lighter and cooler mantelet form.
For the North and for going abroad, the
walking dress should be accompanied by a
jacket. For city wear at home or in warm
climates, the cooler and more dressy little
garment will be found much more appro-
PIRATE. Very neat. we'll fitting ulsters, with
double or triple capes and collars, are being
made in dark gray linen, in mobair and in
summer silk, for busters and travelling pur-
poses. They are much more tasteful than
the old-fashioned, large capped garment.