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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-19
A Remarkable Man.

At the city editors desk of one of our
contemporaries sits man who has had
Q remarkable and exciting career. but
who now honestly prefers the life he ID
leading to any to which his known and
varied abilities entitle him. We refer
to Mr.. A. Oakley Hall, ex-Mayor of New
York, q prominent lawyer, a man we'll
known in society and in literary and art
circles, where his quick perceptions,
ready W.T., correct tastes, and, above all,
his sympathetic appreciation of what
ever was good of its kind, caused him
to be regarded as second Admirable
Crichton. There is no public promi-
nence about the position which this
gentleman now holds. 1t is, to be sure,
u place of great Importance, one second
scarcely to any in journalism so far -
responsibility is concerned; but it re-
quires of its occupant the hardest OF
hard work and gives him little or no
honor except that which comes OF the
consciousness OF having worked we'll
and successfully. Mr.. Hall must, BY
his own rules, be the first man at his
own Office and the last to leave it. He
must not for moment drop thu thread
of his work, for it is not one easily
found again. Associated with hundreds
and thousands of men whom others de-
light to honor he is compelled by tho
exigencies OF his position to deny him
self, although his tastes and inclina-
tons must urge him in that direction.
He is. in reality, what his position i'm
plies--a hardworking servant of the
people, and the marvel of it all is that
he goes daily to his work with spirit.
Q pride and Q satisfaction such as arc
supposed to be possessed only by young
enthusiasts. Almost any other man
subjected to troubles, annoyances and
reverses such as Mr.. Hall has suffered
fer ten years, would have grown pre-
msturely old and helpless, if indeed he
escaped with his reason; but this 70
marksble man blows his troubles away
with o laugh and gives has thought and
his strength to what is before instead at
wasting them upon bygones. Such
patience. energy, industry. recupera-
tive power and adaptsbility to circun2-
atances is simply wonderful, even in
this country of men who seem to have
found the secret of perpetual youth.
and there is no American who has out
lived reverses or who is still struggling
against them who will not find cheer foe
himself and hearty admiration for it
cause as he contemplates the WorlGs
busy city editor, A. Oakley Hall.-Neo
York Evening Telegram.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-19

Remember, you cannot be suspicious
of others without making others suspi-
cious of you, and you cannot spend
time in talking against the honesty OF
others without exciting the feeling that
you yourself will bear watching.
The wild oats of youth change into
briars of manhood.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-19

A good waterproof cement is made
by diseolving five parts of gelatine in
hot water, and adding one part Of chro.
mate of lime the cement must be kept
in vessels which are we'll shielded from
light.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-19

To soften tho hair: Beat the yolk Of
one egg into o pint of warm rain water;
rub the scalp and Hair we'll with this ;
then rinse the hair thoroughly and dry
with towel. Use q very little oil If
the hair becomes too dry.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-19

SALAD DRRsslNa.-Three eggs, table,
spoonful of sugar, oil, mustarde and
salt, one cup of vinegar and on of
m,lk beat the eggs. then add the
other ingredients and stir all together
over kettle of boiling water to the
consistency of boiled oustard. II put
in closed bottle and kept in cool
place it will keep two weeks.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-19

Mrs. Shoddy is thinking about keep
ing q carriage. She says she has thought
it all over, and come to the conclusion
that brooches are almost too large; that
these ere coupons are too shut up, but
nice stylish pony phantom seems to be
ust the thing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-19

The Rev. DR.. Thompson, who has
been missionary in Palestine for
forty years. has returned to New York,
and is preparing q new and deliberately
illustrated edition of his "Ths Land
and tho Book"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-19

One of tho English dress associations
has Just hired one of Worths cutters
at a salary Of $500 ayear and car
riage.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-19

A floating debt is certain in time TO
sink any enterprise.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-19

Rely not on opinions, but cling to
your own conscience.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-19

The GLASS SL1rPER.-Adieu TO the
illusions of childhood /! Now we are
told that the "glsss slipper" in "Cin-
derellA"' of which from our youth
upward We never questioned the
authenticity, though we'll aware that
no one who was not a pvotegee of fairies
would think of dancing in such an ar
ticle, was not part of the original story,
but has been due to misunderstand-
ing Of o word used in the French
version of the tale. The slipper in
question was originally . slipper
trimmed with . particular kind Of
rage fur, called in French vair-the
fur of q creature Of the weasel kind.
But this fur not being known to ordin-
ary French story-tellers. they spoke Of
q pantovge de rerre-s glass slipper-by
. sort Of unconscious pun. Certainly
the new reading is far more creditable
to the sagacity of Cinderella's god
mother, a. q purveyor of comfortable
clothes for whatever magic power the
glass slippers might have had of surviv-
ing . dance, it is impossible that they
could have been comfortable to the
feet. and must have resulted in all
probability in serious corns.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-19

Poverty is in want of much, but
uvarics demands every thing it has not.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-19

The engineer states that an invention
has been patented by the late chief
mechanician of the small arms manu-
factory at Steyer. It consists of an ap-
paratus by which an ordinary brooch
loading rifle can be temporarily con-
verted into repeating arm. The device
holds ten cartridges, and it can be
carried by the soldier in his pocket.
It can be fitted on the rife in mo-
ment.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-19

A cat in gloves catches no mice.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-19

TRUE GENT1EMAN.-"I beg your par.
don" and with q smile and touch OF
his lat. Harry Edmond handed to an
old man, against whom he accidentally
stumbled, the cane which he had
knocked from his hand. ~ hope l
did not hurt you. We were playing
too roughly"
mot Bit" said the old man, cheer
lily. Boys will be boys, and it's best
they should be. You didn't harm me. "
I'm glad to hear it )" and lifting his
hat again, Harry turned to join tho
playmates with whom he had been frol-
licking at the time of the accident.
What do you raise your hat to that
old fellow for?" asked his companion,
Charlie Gray. "He is only Giles, the
huckster."
THAT makes no difference" said
Harry. "The question is not whether
he is = gentleman, but whether IN
one and no true gentleman will be
less polite to q man because he wears q
shabby coat, or hawks vegetables
through the streets, instead Of sitting
in 8 contingencies" Which was
right?
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-11
About Albums.

Extremely pretty and very amusing
picture albums are made from out of
date fashion plates. Select suitable
figures, cut them out, arrange them
singly or in groups, with Photographic
heads OF friends or celebrated people
where the head Of the original was, and
you have a most amusing page before
you. If you possess some artistic skill,
q bit of scenery may he sketched in with
color, shadows added, and the picture is
complete. Some of the French plates
are the most effective. A friends face
may be fitted INTO becoming hat or
bonnet, and the face colored to make
the whole complete. This is quickly
done by mixing little liquid gum with
the color or putting it in, delicately
tinting the cheeks brightly, while still
wet. Sweet faces OF old friends, fright
full in the old-fashioned and ugly
garments, are cleverly reiuvenated
in these French toilets. and then
photographed. The center of
screen was cleverly arranged
from these plates with Photographic
faces. 1t consisted Of a groupe OF
friends, both gentlemen and ladies, ar
ranged as if sitting in an opera box, and
was made with o gold back ground, which
produced a very beautiful effect, as it
throws up the bright colors of the
dresses and resembles oiled paneling.
Groups formed of children in the ex-
travagant but picturesque costumes of
those plates, but with the faces
of the children of our love, are as
if they had been touched with
magic wand, and turned into the
queens and princes of fairy land. The
diversion of arranging the groups and
selecting the costumes from such an
embarrassment of pretty things as the
French fashion plates offer, is thoroughly
appreciated by an invalid or sick child,
to whom amusement and occupation are
of more worth than all the physic that
Macbeth thought fit only to throw to the
dogs Cincinnati Gazette.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-11
How the Country Seems.

In this country che would not expect
to find any city so environed that the
aspect Of the fields and woods is unfa-
mlliar to the most poverty stricken OF
its inhabitants. Every city has it's parks
and squares with foliage and flowers;
the people are migratory, and those who
are stay-at-homes have innummerable
excursions within their reach But the
life of the very poor falls in a groove
out Of which their feet do not often
stray. Unless the parks are in their
own neighborhood they do not visit
them; the least costly of excursions,
provided by managers in search of profit,
are too costly for them, and in all large
cities there is an increasing class i'm
prisoned in alleys and tenements, to
whom there is an unknown region dimly
characterized as "the country" The
ideas of what the country is, possessed
by the children taken to it through the
beneficence of the fund previously re-
ferred to, would be amusing were it not
for their pathos. give been to
the country before. Ny pa once
took me to Jersey City, said
little girl, as she was on the point
of leaving New York. $50 have l."
said another with burst CT pride: and
when she was asked what country, she
answered 'Ireland," probably from the
fact that she had heard it spoken of by
her parents as "the old country" Once
beyond the city, and among the fields
and hills, their interest and wonder
ment were unbounded. "How nicely
the hills 60 up!' said one boy: "Whos
been wetting this grassl" asked another,
as he felt the morning dew. els it
reall' said third, as he felt lawn;
and when he was convinced of its genu-
ineness, he threw himself upon it, and
rolled over it and over it again. Every
object had freshness and interest to
them. Occasionally an interest became
laughable, despite the pitable ignorance
that led to it. Several children at a
village in New York asked for permits
sion to play with the chicken-coops
and although the attraction of chicken
coops could not be understood by the
farmer, the desired consent was given.
The playful fellows came back in little
while, and it was evident that chicken
coops as a source of pleasure had fallen
vastly in their estimation. When a
reason was sought, one of the children
explained that the flies ''bit too hard"
and on further investigation it was
discovered that the chicken-coops We're
the bee-hives, the inmates of which had
severely opposed the experiments made
upon them. - Sunday Afternoon for
September.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-11
The West Unequaled in Story
Telling.

1t is no use for an eastern man to try
to tell big story when there is west
ern man about. Causeur has tried it
and got beaten, beaten clean out of
sight He thought he could spin yarn
that would test anyone's credulity, but
he always found that western man
could go him one better. "When l was
a young man," said Col b., 1--WE lived
in Illinois. The farm had been well
wooded, and the stumps were pretty
thick. But we put the corn in among
them and managed to raise fair crop.
The next season | did my share of the
blowing. We hal 'sulky' plow, and |
sat in the seat and managed the horses,
four as handsome bays as ever man
drew rein over. One day l found a
stump right in my way. | hated to
back out, so | Just said word to the
team, and, if you'll believe it, they just
walked that pillow right through that
stump as though it had been cheese"
Not soul expressed surprise. But
Maj. S, who had been a quiet listener,
remarked quietly, "It's curious, but l
had a similar experience myself once.
My mother always made our clothes in
those days, as well as the cloth they
were made Of. The old lady was awful
proud of her homespun-s said it was the
strongest cloth in the State. One day |
had Just plowed through a white oak
stump in the way you speak of, Colonel.
But it was little too quick for me. 1t
came together before was ont of the
way, and nipped the seat Of my trows-
ers. felt mean, | can tell you, but |
put the string on the ponies, and, If
you'll believe it, they Just snaked that
stump out roots and all. Something
had to give, you know.-Boston Tran
script
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-11
The Fate Of Arctic Explorers.

Behring's Straits derives its name
from Vitus Behring, Russian naval
captain in the service of Peter the
Great, who died from exposure on the
Arctic coast nearly century and half
ago. Bafiin. whose name is borne by
the bay which he discovered, met
violent death. James Hall, under whom
he had previously served, met similar
fate Still earlier in date Sir Hugh
Wiiloughby, vino sailed to discover
northeast passage, was, with his whole
crew, frozen to death. Sir Hendrick
Hudson became famous rs a discoverer,
and his voyage to the mouth of the riv-
er which bears his name was simply be-
cause his crew would not bear the sever
ity of the northern climate. He after
wards discovered Hudson's Bay, and on
his return voyage was the victim Of a
nutinOus crew. Gosnold, who discov-
cred Massachusetts and gave to Cape
Cod its name, died miserably on the
James river. Captain Cook was slain
and eaten by cannibals. Sir John Ross,
who many years afterward undertook an
exploring voyage, was imprisoned i'll the
ice for four Winters and was only res
cued by Russian ship which happened
to learn his condition. The mysterious
fate of Sir John Franklin hardly needs
more than mere reference here, but it
may be added that Dr. Kane, who COM
manded the Grinnell expedition, was a
martyr to his enthusiasm. The disease
which he contracted while in search of
Sir John Franklin carried him to his
grave soon after his return He died
early, but had already won distinction
and conferred honor upon his country
n. Y. Cor. Troy Times
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-11
Napoleon and the Automa ton

When Napoleon came to Berlin, the
figure was furnished again for his enter
tainment. He played against in person.
1.-THE contest" says Walker, twas
marked by an interesting circumstance.
Half a dozen moves had barely been
played, when Bonaparte, purposely to
test the powers of the machine, made a
false move. The automaton bowed, re-
placed the offending piece, and motioned
to Napoleon that he should move cor
rectlv. Highly amused, after a few
minutes the French chief again plaped
an illegal move. This time the autom-
atom, without hesitation, snatched off
the piece which had moved falsely, con-
fscated it, and made his own move
Bonaparte laughed, and for the third
time, as if to put the patience of his an
tagonist to a severe trial, played false
move. The automaton raised his arm,
swept the whole Of the pieces OFF the
board, and declined continuing the
game. "-Belgravia.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-11
States.

1t was Washington Irving who first
knit together those bonds of family and
don este sympathy between England
and America of which | have Just
spoken. After the violent disruption
which tore us asunder, he had the grace
and courage to dihuse his own kindly
and genial feeling from his sunny cot
tage on the banks of the Hudson
through the lurid atmosphere that has
been produced by the successive wars of
l775 and 1912. Westminster Abbey,
Stratford- on Avon and Abbotsford were
transfgured in the eyer Of Americans by
his charming "Sketch Book" and from
that time has set in the pilgrimage of
Americans to our English shrines, which
has never ceased, and which cannot but
render any further dislocation of the two
countries more difficult.
Bryant, Longfellow and Whittier
have done, perhaps, even "a greater ser
vice by touching with the sweetness and
the light of their poetry scenes before
but little known in the natural objects
and the historic splendor of their own
country. Bryant, to use the words of "a
distinguished American ecclesiastic, first
entered the heart of America through
the Gate Beautiful. When we see the
green river and the rocky slopes of
Berkshire, we feel that he did for them
something of what Wadsworth effected
for the lakes and mountains of West
moreland. Lonfellow and Whittier
achieved their fame, not only by those
poems which appeal to the general in
stincts Of mankind, and are entwined
with the sacred recollections of Europe,
but they also attach themselves directly
to the legends of the early inhabitants
Of the northern continent, and to the
stirring scenes Of the great conflict both
of America with England, and of the
Northern and Southern States.
The romances of Hawthorne, which
connect themselves with italian life,
may to us for the mouent have the most
interest, but those which shall possess
the most enduring value are the strange
scenes of New England in the streets of
Boston and Salem. Such pathetic and
elevated sentiments, intermingled with
national character, must have share in
raising the nation above the ''rustic
murmur" of parochial and municipal life
into "the great wave that echoes round
the world. dean Stanley.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-11
The Queen of All.

Honor the dear old mother. Time
has scattered the snowy flakes on her
brow, ploughed deep burrows on her
cheek, but is she not sweet and beauti-
full nowl The lips are thin and
shrunken, but those are the lips which
have kissed many hot tear from the
childish cheeks, and they are the sweet
est lips in all the world. The eye is
dim, yet it CLOVIS with the soft radiance
Of holy love which can never fade. All,
yet, she is a dear old mother. The
sands of life are nearly run out, but
feeble as she is, she will so further and
reach down lower for you than any
other upon earth. You cannot walk
into midnight where she cannot see
you you cannot enter q prison whose
bars will keep her out you can never
mount a scaffold too high for her to
reach that she may kiss and bless you
in evidence of her deathless love.
When the world shall despise and for
sake you when it leaves you by the
wayside to die unnoticed, the dear old
mother will gather you in her feeble
arms and carry you home, and tell you
Of ell your virtues until you almost for
get that your soul is dis6gured by vices.
Love her tenderly, and cheer her declin-
ing years with holy devotion-Ex-
change.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-11
Will You Go Home

1t used to be said in the early times
in Denver when the free and easy life Of
pioneer days was thought necessity
that ladies sometimes masqueraded in
male attire, especially at night, just to
see what it was that detained their hus-
| bands down town so late. One in par.
ticular had very attractive husband,
and womanlile, she was very fond CT
him. 1t seemed to her that SO precious
possession should lie guarded zealously,
and she did her best TO keep him in
view. But his mornings and outgoings
We're frequent. Like the Irishman's
flea, he was anywhere but the place at
which he was expected to be found.
Nevertheless, she buckled bravely down
to her mission, and but few were his
escapades that failed to come under her
personal observation. One night she
she traced him to dance hall, and just
as he was about leading one of the reign
ing bellies of the place to form a cotillion,
handsomely dressed boy interposed be-
tween them.
81 beg your pardon, sir, but have u
weakness for this girl myself, remarked
the youth, land with your leave I'll have
q dance with her."
Before the astonished gentleman could
gather his senses about him the youth
and the girl were whirling away in the
mazes of the dance 1t was the look and
tone of the intruder which had dumb
founded him. He had seen that face
somewhere, and the voice was as familiar
to him as Spring violets.
"He looks to be every inch a boy, and
yet l swear it's woman" he muttered
doubtfully.
In few moments the dance was over
and the boy came close to him.
"Arent you tired ?" he inquired.
"Well, yes" replied the citizen, "a
little p
"Well, let's so home" suggested the
youth.
"Go-home !" interposed the citizen in
tones long drawn out, while a faint ink
ling of the youths identity began to
dawn upon him. Then he stopped and
peered wistfully into the face wreathed in
smiles.
"Will you 60 homer" the boy again
inquired.
1t was hardly necessary to have made
the inquiry. 1t was evident the citizen
had begun to comprehend the situation.
But he heaved sigh rs he replied
cordially
IL think | will"
1t was the last night out. The places
that knew him once knew him no more.
Pleasure taken under such espionage had
ceased to be pleasing. The gentleman
now is one of the pillars of society
Denver News,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-11
The Queen of Hearts.

Card players of all nations, sexes and
ages, will learn with great discontinue
that the queen of hearts is dead. This
serious calamity occurred last week in
Vienna, where her majesty had resided
for three-quarters of century, in the
ENJOYMENT of revenue suitable to her
regal dignity. She was believed to
have attained the age of hundred, to
which, indeed. she was lately won. to
lay claim with an authority that none of
her courtiers ventured to dispute; but,
as matter of fact, She expired on her
seventy-sixth birthday. Gifted with
the faculty of pre-science, intimately ac-
quainted with the most recondite capac-
tiles for interviewing the destiny of ev-
cry member of the pack, from her own
illustrious consort down to the humble
black deuce, deeply learned in the lore
of prophetic lines traced by the graver
of fate upon human hands and feet, this
lady devoted her days to unraveling the
tangled secrets of the future, charging
those whose curiosity prompted them to
pry into the region of the unknown 81
per revelation. As many of the leading
ladies of the Austrian aristocracy We're
among her clients, the accuracy of her
forecasts having earned for her mighty
reputation throughout the realms OF the
Hapsburg, she contrived to amass a
handsome fortune, which she has left to
her only dauphtcr. although that prin.
cess had grievously offended her by con-
tracing a mesalliance with master
butcher Of the Kaserstadt The de-
ceased "Herz-Dame" was person of ex-
traordinary acumen, and a physiogno-
mist of the highest order. Her sources
Of private information were numerous,
and their notifications are believed to
have permeated every class of Austrian
society. She has passed away at ripe
old age, and her place in the fortune
telling pack knows her no more.