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Unhappy Marriages.

The truth is that these too frequent
unhappy marriages are the offspring of
ignorance quite as much as of
actual sin or wrongs. Fools, and es.
pecially vicious fools, have NO right to
get possession of an honest woman's
life and soul, which they cannot COM
prehend, and the elevating influence of
which they throw away even more by
stupidity than by wilfullness. A wcm
an, by her sex and character, has q
claim to many things besides shelter,
food and clothing. She is not less
woman for being welded and the man
who is fit to be trusted with a good
wife. reco]lects all which this implies,
and shows himself perpetually chival-
rous, sweet-spoken, considerate and
deferential. The fools and brutes who
abound among us may think such de-
mands hard; but they are not nearly as
bad as to live the cat-and.dog life,
missing the dearest possibilities of hu-
man intercourse.
What right has man to expect hap
piness in household who brings no
sunshine into it? What right has he
to look for graces and re6nements Of
early love when he violates them with
rough speeches, i'll manners, and the
disregard of those little things upon
which the self-respect of wife is built
and maintained =? The cynic who rails
at marriage is generally one and the
same with the thoughtless egotist who
lies into the presence of his wife careless,
stubborn and sour tempered, though
ne never went to his mistress except on
his best behavior. The fate is horrible
which poor and faithful girl may en-.
dure by encouraging in him whom she
weds not more actual cruelty or injury.
but stupid incompetence to understand
q woman's needs, dull forgetfulness of
the daily graces of life and oblivion of
the fact that while men have the world,
women have only their home. These
grossnesses OF masculine ingrxtitude do
not, indeed, often lead to visible catas-
trophe, nor grow in absolute tyranny;
but they equally tend that way. They
drag down q wife's soul to the poi at
where she must despair; they change
the sublime meaning of marriage to
vulgsrity and WEAKNESS; they spoil the
chance Of that best and finest OF all ed
ucation which each man obtains who
wins reasonable good woman for his
companion, and they cost more to mil
lion households than money or repen-
lance can ever pay back.
There was . great excitsment in front
Of fruit commission house ON South
Water street little after one O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. A party Of deal
crs overhauiing and investigating q
large lot Of peaches which had Just ar
rived in the market, discovered one
basket with the fruit Just % good at the
bottom a. at the top. The error was
soon rectified and quiet restored. -
Chicago Journal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-21
A Chunk Of Gold,

Oos day vhils vs. q work in the
driit oes Of our party Who U.s. bsilins
in Tie shait aid:
"Thsss . sonsthiag big happened ND
shove Too / hear . great bszzing and
shouting"
perhaps it's . 6sht."I suggested,
- 4 stznek my pick in the soil and nm.
earthsd . nugget - big ~ walnut.
Perhaps its end" suggested my
mate.
There's Q find here" said. a /
cravled out Of the drift and exhibited
the nugget ! had Just taken out. Then
/ heard the clamor. also il vas like
the nurmur OF distans waves. We
shook the rope, and receiving no an.
sver 10 our signal, concluded that
something important had happened q
our mates above had evidently left the
vindlAss. A moment later . shadow
appeared above. and Bills voice wss
heard shouting:
Come up. boys. and see the big
and"
Where is it ?" / asked on reaching
the surface but l scarcely needed 10
ask. for it must be where the crowd VA
collected. some fifty yards distant from
our claim. The crowd was large and
every moment increasing, but being
brawny and broad shouldered, I pushed
my way through it, and was almost
overwhelmed with establishment at the
sight that greeted my vision /; it WASN'T
q nugget. it Was bowlder. No wonder
that the miners we're excited. The
spectacle was enough 10 excite the most
phlegmatic individual that ever
breathed.
It was a solid mass of gold as large or
larger than leg of mutton, and not
unlike one in shape. This was the
mass which has since been known as
the Welcome nugget. A facsimile OF it
may now be seen in the mineral de-
partment of the Boston museum of
natural history, where the weight il
given at 2, 165 ounces, and the value at
Sal ,8227O; the further information is
impaired that the nugget is the largest
piece of gold ever found. This is an
error. A larger nugget was found at
Bendigo lead on February 8. 1869 ; it
weighed 1S9. pounds l ounce Troy, or
2, 269 ounces.
had been mentally congratulating
myself on the discovery of nugget a.
large as walnut, but the sight Of all
this mass Of gold took all the conceit
out of me. Nevertheless, I was glad
the nugget had been found, for the
claim from which it was taken was right
in the direction in which we were work
ing, and our claim was daily growing
richer in ore.
The Welcome nugget as big as it was,
did not enrich its finders, for there we're
twelve shareholders in it, and il
brought them less than FL 900 apiece III
would have been a lucky find for q
couple of mates. The man who dug it
out tainted dead away before he un.
earthed it. When his pick first struck
it, he reached out his hand to pick up
the lump the light from his candle
shone upon it and revealed its nature.
To his surprise, it did not yield to his
touch. Then he began to feel around
it with his hands. and it grew in size
under his exploring digits. He gave il
q wrench, but it did not bulge. Seiz.
ing his pick, he began to dig around it,
and as its proportions grew under his
eye the spectacle overcame him, and he
tainted for joy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-21
Fashioa Sprays.

All the nov jswslry partakes Of OH
entail designs.
The sailor collar il much worn with
dresses Of al kinds.
Yellow and all the gold shades are
very fashionable.
Pure white toilets are still preferred
for evening wear BY young ladies.
New silks are worn with heavy reps;
are lustrous and make . pretty comhi-
nation.
Dark satins animated BY light polka
dots are very stylish and pretty for
plain silks or satins.
An Irish lady has introduced terra.
Gotta buttons painted by hand and
glazed without firing.
Birds and feathers take the place OF
flowers, and are worn exclusively on
felt and velvet hats.
Some Of the buttons used by Paris
ian dreesmakers cost three or four times
~ much a. the dress.
Pierrot collars, made OF two plaitings
Of lace, one fat and the other erect,
are worn With high-necked gowns in
Paris.
The newest shirring consists OF
groups Of three or four tucks, with in
tervxls between, making q series of lit
tie puffs.
Silk embroidered by hand, and worth
S35 yard, is on exhibition in Boston
shop. Of course it is only intended for
trimmings.
Vests made with lace insertion, al.
ternatiDg with pulled India muslin, are
lined with bright colors and worn with
dark silk toilets.
A new shape for sleeves is shirred for
space Of about three inches from the
top, pulled over the elbow and sloped
towards the wrist.
The panisr mantle is one of the new
est designs in wraps. AMI is made OF
the handsomest materials. 1t can be
worn with any dress.
Crimping the hair is still in favor
among young ladies, who willingly sac
rifice their locks in order to look CO.
quettish for the present.
A Chicago fashion writer says, small
hoops will be much worn. The East
is conservative, the west is progress.
sive "--in this as in less important mat
ters.
Worth makes the skirts of walking
dresses q little longer behind than in
front, instead of giving them the round
shape that has been in vogue for some
time.
New winter dress materials show the
cashmere colors seen last season in tho
cashmere feathers, which also enter
largely in the materials used for mil.
linery.
Balls of blue steel or of duh gold
studded with bright steel are among
the metal ornaments used on bonnets,
and lozenge-shaped gold pins with
flowers in garnet are also seen.
Rough linen and toweling are now
used for anti-macassars in lieu of the
crochet and woodwork SO extensively
employed hitherto. This linen is dec.
GRATED in fanciful design with indelible
ink. Table sets of gray linen are made
in the same way.
The stuffs prepared for hat aud bon.
net trimmings are very rich, both in
color and texture. Shot goods, velvetl
with threads of different color in the
pile, printed foulard and brocade inter.
woven with gold threads, are among
the new materials.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-21

he DIDN'T NEED ANY.-A politician
who had been on terms of intimacy
with actors and artists is suddenly
elevated to an important official
position. One of his friends, distin-
guished actor, goes to call on him, and
entering the Office, says genially,
Hullo, old fell, hows -"
~ beg your pardon, SIR" says the
official in glacial manner; II am oc-
cupied for a moment. Be so good as
to take seat"
The actor sits down in surprise in a
chair, and presently his friend says {:
|" Now, sir, what can I do for your"
I Why, don't you know me9 I'm
II do not precisely follow you" says
the official. "You have come to ---?'
II came, sir" says the actor in a
terrible voice, jamming his hat down
on his head" I came, sir. to give you
some hints as to department now that
you are a public official, but by the
Nine Gods you don't need any Good
morning, sir !"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-21

FEMALE EDuoATIoN.-Keep as much
as possible in the grand and common
road Of life patent educations or hab-
its seldom succeed. Depend upon it,
men set more value ON the cultivated
minds than on the accomplishments of
woman, which they are rarely able to
appreciate. It is . common error, but
it Is an error, that literature units wom-
en- for the everyday business of life.
1t is not 30 with men. You see those
of the most cultivated minds constantly
devoting their time and attention to the
most homely objects. Literature gives
women real and proper weight in So
cie,y, but then they must use 1t with
discretion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-21

A clergyman being requested to ad-
dress weary meeting at late hour,
won the hearts of the audience by say
ing Speech is silvern; silence is
golden. l don't happen to have any
small change for you this evening. and
30 will let you of with the gold !"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-21
Slain by Her Defender.

Orange, it was usual, at the end of the
campaign, for both armies to retire
into winter quarters, and numbers got
leave of absence to 60 home and see
their friends. Among others who
availed themselves of this privilege,
was a young Highland officer whose
relations lived in the upper parts OF
Perthshire. He visited about in that
district, and entertained his friends by
talking of the battles in which he had
fought, and the wonderful events he
had Witnessed; and he everywhere met
with the most cordial reception. He
was at last invited to house of a gen.
tleman who had an only daughter.
whose beauty was the universal theme
of admiration. He there. as usual, re-
cited his martial feats, till, like Othello,
he made an impression on the young
lady, which the gallant soldier soon
perceived, and he contrived to settle q
plan with her for their clipping together
at midnight. They got off upper.
ceived, and, having travelled several
miles, they at last came to an inn where
they thought they might refresh them
selves in safety. The enrsged father,
however, as soon as he had discovered
his daughters flight, assembled men,
and pursued them with such speed and
eagerness that he overlook them soon
after they had got into the inn. The
lover, though he had nobody to support
him, yet was determined not to yield
up his mistress, and. being well armed
and an excellent swordsman, deter.
mined to resist any attack made upon
him. When the party pursuing en-.
tered the inn his mistress ran for pro-
lection behind him, but, as he was pre-
pairing to give deadly stroke the point
Of the sword accidentally struck her q
violent blow and she instantly expired
at his feet. Upon seeing what had
happened he Immediately surrendered
himself, saying that he "did not wish
to live, his earthly pleasure being
gone" He was executed the next day,
but We fail to perceive upon what
ground, either Of justice or humanity.
MIL ToAsr.-Cut slices of stale
bread half an inch thick, toast quickly
and dip each slice, as toasted, in boil.
ing water; butter and salt slightly and
lay in covered dish. Have ready in ,
saucepan enough boiling milk to covel
all we'll. Melt in 1t little butter and
salt and pour over the toasted bread
Cover closely and let it stand five min
utes before using it.
TOAST WATER.-Brown slices of tOHs
without burning, and pour over then
enough boiling water to cover. Covel
closely and let them steep until cold
Strain the water; put in q little lemon
juice and sweeten to the taste. Serve
in a small glass with piece of ict
in it.
A dress made by Worth for New
York lady has eight buttons of solid
gold, each enameled by q celebrated
artist from his own designs. The dress
is Of ruby velvet, its sole trimmings
consisting Of the buttons and cascade
of Alencon point worth $500.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-21
How the Sea IS Sailed.

Many people imagine that ocean
water is naturally salt, and will be sur.
prised to know that salt comes from the
rocks and is washed into the sea.
The sea depends upon the disintegra-
ton of rocks on land for its sadness. It
does not originate in oceans and seas.
Rains wash it and hold it in solution as
particles are liberated by violence, de-
composition and gradual action of
natural forces. All streamlets and
rivers, therefore, are constantly trans
porting salt to the sea. If there is more
than can be held in solution, then it
accumulates in masses at very deep
points, which, in the revolution to
which matter is subject, may again be
q stratum OF salt somewhere remote
from where the mass was formed. Thus
the salt mines of Portland, and the vast
horizontal bed of pure salt in Texas, as
we'll as that mountain Of rock salt in
Domingo, was collected at the bottom
of ancient seas, which are now dry land
remote from water.
There are places in Africa where the
process of disintegration of salt from
water is regularly going on, but there
is not water power enough to force it
onward to the sea. Hence, the PARTICLES
are spread abroad and mixed up with
tho soil. The negroes of Lalhul, in
Northern Africa, having discovered its
distribution where there is no water to
dissolve in the ground, leach it. In
that way they separate the salt. By
evaporating the water holding it i'll So
luton, an excellent article for domestic
purposes is produced. Salt pervades
the earth. It exists in the grasses and
most vegetable products on which ami
mails feed. In that way they derive
enough in most countries to meet the
demands of their natures. They re-
quire as much as civilized humanity.
With them salt is necessary, as with
ourselves, for keeping the organs of
vision in good condition. Stop the
supply and blindness would become
universal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-21
DR.. Spinney & Co..

II Kearny st., San Francisco. There are many
men from thirty to sixty years OF age suffering from
which they can not sccount for. DR.. Sptnney will
guarantee perfect cure In all such cases and COM
plete restoration of the physical and powers
Call or address as above. Send for DR.. Spinney Il
Co. q new pamphlet
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SAN JOSE. September "a. 1879.

SAN JOSE. September "a. 1879.
To tie Standard Soap Co.-Gentlemen:
1t affords me pleasure to say to
the public that ] have used and pre-
scribed your PHOSPHATE SOAP
as a remedy in various forms of
cutaneous diseases with the hap
piest results. I am Of the opinion
that it is the mildest and most per-
feet detergent that can be used,
either for cleansing the skin and
leaving it soft and healthy, or for
.emoving the fetor and corroding
Influences Of sores and alterations.
should be sorry to be without it
IN shaving my face or making my
toilet, to say nothing Of my good
opinion of its remedial qualities.
A. j. SPENCER, n. D.
The genuine merits of PHOS-
PLATE SOAP and persistent adj
vertising Will force every druggist.
groceryman and general dealer to
order 1t by the gross sooner or later.
Ask for 1t IN every store. The re-
tail price ID as cents per cake. We
wish to cell It only at wholesale, but
in case you cannot find IL we will
send q nice box Of three cakes by
mail, postage paid, on receipt of IS
cents in stamps.
STANDARD SOAP CO.,
80 Sacramento o.. a.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-21

Its the poet who bankers m ost for
rest that never thinks of giving anyone
else q taste OF it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-21
A Sad Rogue.

Unfortunately, most women admire
beauty in q man, so that the handsome
scamp runs long and triumphant ca
reer before his trickeries are fully ex-
posed. He has great power over the
sex. It must be confessed that he cares
very little for purity and the sanctity Of
home. He would just as soon make
love to another mans wife AZ he would
to o supplemented maiden and if he
succeeds in blasting her reputation, and
rendering her husband miserable, there
is reason to believe that he feels quite
proud of the feat which he has perform.
ed, and has the inclination to repeat it,
or indulge in some other, of similar
character. on the first opportunity. It
is his delight to make conquests and
then to throw them on one side, and he
seemingly feels no more concern when
he casts aside an old love than when he
discards an old glove. He is always on
the lookout for his prey, and always
shining and glossy, from his necktie to
his boots, and smiling. If you are in
innate with him he will not. probably.
attempt to disguise his aims from you.
Indeed, he will gloat over his successes
and ridicule the little fools who are
breaking their hearts for him. He
knows nothing of pure love. Women,
as class, he regards with magnifi-
cent contempt, and he seems to hold
that they are unworthy of any consider
alton at all, except when they happen
to be beautiful of person, and fascin-
ating and graceful in manner. Though
he is SO anxious to charm those who
please his eye, he never wearies of rail.
ing at his sex collectively, and Of indi-
eating that they are all as bad at heart
as he is himself, even though they may
have indicated no disposition to do
wrong in any way. Yet the silly-and
generally giddy-creatures whom he
works so much mischief amongst will
not be warned against him. but in
many instances prefer his attentions to
those of individuals who. if less mere
triciously attractive than he, frequently
possess far more brain power as we'll as
feeling and conscience than has fallen
to his share.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-21
THE ETNA
WARM Mineral SPRINGS,

C1TUATED 10 MILES EAST OF NJ.
OHelena in Pope Valley, Napa CO.Cal. These waters
closely resemble the Ems OF Germany In analysis and
sanitary effects: They have cured many cases Of
Heart. Kidney, spinal and Liver Dis
eases also DyspepstA. Jaundlce. Paraly.
sis, Erysipelas, kheumetlnm, Nciaticn,
Neuralgia. General Debility, Bronchitis
stages.
See pamphlet descriptiv Of analysis and cures at
the ONCE OF j. A. Bauer. Esq, Chemist and
Apothecary, No. lol Post street, San francisco.
Board and Baths SO per Week.
VIM. A. LIDELL. Proprietor.
e1-The Etna Springs stage will leave the Palace
Hotel. st. Helena, Tuesdays and Saturdays at $50
A.. N. Fare q. WIN. A. ELGIN. Proprietor.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-21

ICELAND Moss JRLLY.-One handful
OF moss washed in several waters and
soaked an hour; one quart of boiling
water; juice OF tso lemons; one wine
glass of skerry; one-quarter teaspoon
ful Of cinnamon. Soak the moss in =
very little cold water; stir into the
boiling water and simmer until dis
solved. Sweeten, favor and strain into
molds.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-21

Coon BARoMETERs.-Common tree
toads are good barometere they say,
and economical pets, for they eat moth
ing. Connecticut lady has kept one
in fruit-jar (which she leaves OPEN
for over year. A small wooden lad
der placed in the jar enables the crea-
ture to ascend to the top whenever he
chooses; and of this privilege he avails
himself whenever damp or rainy
weather is coming, climbing to the top
round. and singing his loudest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-21
CURE FOR CANCER.

Red Clover cures Cancer, Salt Rheum. and all
other blood diseases. For references and full par
ticulars address w. Z. Needham, sole agent for Pa
Cihc Coast, T. o. box Az, san Jose, Cal.
, 1879-08-09

The name OF John, though now so common. In
our midst, WAS not faroritc with our early En-.
glish 1orefathers. With few raru cxceptluns,
Ii does not occur before the Norman Conquest.
aud wheu We look at tho muss Of our familiar
nanlta we shall Bcs tint this Ia tho cnse with
every one Of them. Robert, Thomas, William,
Henry, Richard, James. Mary, Ellen, Eliza.
Emily. CathnrlnG, Margaret, Jane; none u thpso
n1e, commonly found as native nnIncs until after
tue invasion OF Duke William. In fact we 1nny
say in certain sense, tint truly English Chris-
tsan names arc now all but unknownln England.
English days, whcu tho Enrltah uat!on spoka
the pure English tongue In its unatlul-
tcratcd form-which foolish modern prac-
tico has rhrisseued An0o.Saxon-mcn and
wotls having 4 common Significance In the ]atl-
gnago OF tile day. Such names, IN our own
time, arc those Of Mercy, Gharity, Or Patience;
and, to lesa degree, Ernest, Cen!ont, OF
tt0ns to-day, such "a those tnstanccl ahove, ut
once show their foreign oriEln by tl,e fact tint
tlley convey no mean1'u. to US Us they stani.
Dane and iks Norwegian frou Scandinavian
lands, or tho Norman 10 Scandinavian With
lacquer 0f Romantic cYll!zation) had oyer1owc,l
the country, every English lnan Or wo,nau boro
he sa1as w9 n Il Il. oSs e9sss'a saE 81 so 10
names survived through lhs Middle Agcs, bo-
cause they belonged to popular saints, o. ln tic
case OF Edwnra. which was 60rn1 by the
Gsnfis'e M Sa ess GaTs SS'F lis Or G S; ES
OF BURY ss. Edmunds, md the salns
modern times, q. In tho case of Alfred, Edgar,
aud Edwin, which owe their present popularity
tho wat u,hzs have been 50 utterly depressed by
the foreign Intruder ihat their very memory has
passed awas And whsa We seo them now 10 t}ls
pnEes Of 3lr. Freeman ur aIr. Green, they scem
IkG ktf6nUH and I'm M RI a frnx fror