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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-22
Proposed to His Grandmother.

Col. Thornton, of the East India SER
vice, tells thus the romance of his
youth:
"One clear, starlight evening in
June, Helen and I were walking on the
terrace among fower-beds that were
cut in the soft, green turf. Inspired
by the stiffness and odorous influence
of the air, I told her my hearts secret,
with all its hopes and fears.
"She looked up at me wonderingly,
and tears glistened in her beautiful
eyes as she said:
"'Ah, Capt. Thornton, are you sure:
Do you-do you love me? It cannot
be. No, never
why 1 cried, impetuously press.
ing my suit and her, you love an
o,her?'
"'Sir,' she said, almost sharply, do
you know who I amp
"'The loveliest girl in England"
"'No, sir, am not great heavens,
Capt. Thornton, I am your grand.
mother
"'AIy grandmother Talk of sudden
shocks after that, won't you? ! tried
to speak, but my voice failed me. I
reached out my hand and touched her.
Yes, she was there, real enough, and ]
was not dreaming.
""Tell me all! gasped.
"And standing there, by the broad
stone coping, she told me all. How
her parents had died when she was lii.
tie more than an infant, and Sir John,
her guardian and my grandfather, had
watched over her with jealous care, al.
ways keeping her at school, however,
until he brought her home--a young
lady.
"Then, while 1 was in India, the
poor old man fell suddenly ill, and on
his dying bed persuaded his young
ward to marry him, just in order to in
herit his vast estate, which she had re
fused to take as legacy.
"'And, believe me. said Helen, q
did it only to keep it for you, the right
full heir, whose wildness had Temporal
rily provoked the old gentleman ~
Washington Capital.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-22
The Baby.
A SHORT AND SIMPLE LESSON IN NATURAL
HISTORY.
is What Ia this animalp"

What is this aaimal?"
"This is baby. He is now about
three years old, and at the wickedest
point of his earthly career"
What countries does the baby most
inhabit?"
''He can be found in every inhabited
country on the globe. the same as mos
quitoes and boils."
"Can they be tamed?"
eyes, quite easily. After o little
judicious discipline they cease to strug-
gle and become subservient to the will
Of man."
"Does the baby eat grass ?"
Yes, or anything else. They swal.
low pocketknives, thimbles, buttons,
spools or any other object a little
smaller than teacup. If offered milk
they seldom refuse it."
DO they Craze through the day or
only at night?"
"They are always grazing, paying
not the least heed to the hour. When not
actually eating they are generally giving
utterance to peculiar cry. Strong
men often jump out of bed at midnight
in the coolest weather when hearing
this cry"
"What meaning is attached to this
cry?"
that it means to wake up the neighbor-
hood and have some fun"
"Of what benefit to mankind is q
domesticated baby?"
"They are of no earthly account for
the first few years, but by-and-by they
can slide down hill on cellar door and
carry articles out of the house and
trade them for a wooden sword, or lose
them in the grass.
"Do you know of any instances
where the baby has attacked the house
hold and killed CIR injured any one?"
"Such instances have been related
by such eminent naturalists as George
Francis Train and Texas Jack, but we
don t put much faith in them. How
ever, if the baby was maliciously and
persistently provoked, there's no know
ing what it might do"
"Are they healthy animal?"
"No. On the contrary, no druggist
could make enough profit in year to
buy him pair of Arctic overshoes but
for the presence of the baby in every
household. There is hardly an hour
in the day that the baby does not de-
mand peppermint, paregoric, milk. SUI
gar, cordial, cod liver emulsion, ipecac,
or something else costing money"
"What machinery is made use of to
compel the baby to take dose of castor
oil ?"
"There are several patent medicines
for the purpose, but most people follow
the. old rule of knocking him senseless
and getting the dose into his mouth be-
fore he RECEIVERS"
Is the baldheaded baby more do
nestle than others?"
"Not bit. He kicks around after
the same fashion, and has even O worse
time fighting flies and mosquitoes"
"What music do they seem to pre-
fer?"
GA bass drum is their first choice,
but they have heavy leaning toward
the sound of stove handle, knocking
the nose off the pitcher with the emp
tings in it." This is all about the baby.
Take another look at him, for next
week we shall write of some other rep
tile.-Det'oa Free Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-22
New Years at the White House.

The weather was bad and q great
many people were out of town, so the
receptions were less numerous than
usual and calling was not so general.
The customary formal reception took
place at the White House, attended by
oil officials and the diplomatic corps
and thousands of citizens. The death
of Judge Sherman, of Cleveland, oil
course, prevented Mrs. Secretary Sher-
man, Mrs. General Sherman, and Mrs.
Don Cameron from receiving, all of
whom had made extensive preparations.
One of the most popular receptions was
that of Mrs. Bruce, the bride Of the
Senator from Mississippi. 1t was Mrs.
Bruce's introduction into general soci
ETY. here, and there was some curiosity.
owing to the conspicuous position she
occupies as the wife of the only colored
Senator, as to how she would receive
and be received, but she made an OK.
ceedingly favorable impression upon
her numerous callers, and nowhere
were people more gracefully or hand
somely received. She wore q black
velvet robe of Worth (being part oil
the wardrobe she purchased during hel
recent trip abroad) and handsome dia-
monds. Mrs. Bruce has unusual per
sonal beauty, and stranger would sup
pose she was of Spanish blood. The
Senator is living temporarily in the
residence of John M. Langston, minis
ter to Hayti, near the Howard Univer.
sity, but is fitting up house which he
has leased for the remainder of his
term, where Secretary Delaro used to
live. He will have for his neighbors
Congressman Blair, of New Hampshire,
and the United States District Attorney
Wells. 1t was a noticeable fact, and
one that will call out universal COM
mendation, that no wine was offered to
callers. in any shape, at the receptions
of the Cabinet or Speaker Randall. A
punch-bowl of lemonade was substi'
tuted at some places. This is unusual.
and not owing entirely to the good in
fiuences of Mrs. Hayes, for the Cabinet
are all temperate men, and their wives
are temperance women. 1t has been
customary to find claret or champagne
punch at nearly all New Year recep
tions m Washington, aud at many
houses buffet well laden with liquors
has tempted callers heretofore. But
the many who went to the farthest to
day, and tasted the most lunches, saw
less wine than was ever offered before
in Washington on similar occasion
CORRESPONDENT The Inter. Ocsdn.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-22
For Crippled and Deformed r
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Henry Smith, 307 Polk street, San Fran
cisco. (Merchant.)
Giles II. Gray, $50 California street, San
Francisco. Uawyer)
Singer Manufacturing Company, 118 SUIT
ter street San Francisco.
E. E. Eyre, S11 Montgomery street, San
Francisco. Stock Broker)
Yates & Co.. 113 Front street, San Fran
cisco. (Merchants,)
II. NJ. Shotwell, 313 Montgomery street,
/ San Francisco. Stock Broker.)
California Furniture Manufacturing Com
pany, 226 Bush street, San Francisco.
I W. P. Willard, National Gold Bank
Trust Company, San Francisco.
John Crockett, 419 California street, San
Francisco. mining Secretary
Pacific Rolling Mills Company, 16 First
| street, San Francisco.
Ehrman s. Co, 1O4 Front street, San
Francisco. (Merchants.)
Fred. A Bee, $50 Pine street, San Fran
cisco. Uawyer)
w. W. Hollister, Santa Barbara, Cal
GARNER and Capitalist.)
B. S. Brooks, 9 Montgomery Avenue, San
Francisco. Uawyer)
Sidney V. Smith $50 Sacramento street,
San Francisco. Uawyer.)
VIM. s. Chapman, San Francisco. (Capi-
talist.)
G. w. Clark, GAS Market street, San
Francisco. (Merchant.)
Chas. NJ. Plum & Co., GAL Market'street,
San Francisco. (Merchant,)
George w. Prescott, Union Iron Works,
San Francisco.
L. s. NJ. Sachs & CO., corner Battery and
Bush, San Francisco. (Merchants.)
Balfour, Guthrie s. Co., 800 California
street, San Francisco. Commission
Merchants.)
Ogden Hoffman, Judge U. s. d. Court,
San Francisco.
Cutler McAlister, Nevada Block, San
Francisco. Uawyer.)
George D. Morse, AIT Montgomery street,
San Francisco. (Photographer)
j. W. Gale s. Co., 400 Davis street, San
Francisco. produce and Commission
Merchants.)
VIM. Alvord, President of the Bank Of
California.
A. Hayward, 2s4 California street, San
Francisco. (Capitalist)
B.-Persons wishing to become subscri-
bers to the COMMERCIAL ADVOCATE will
please address
Commercial Advocate,
SEC Montgomery street.
Terms: ss 90 year. I'm advance.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-22
How to Select q Husband.

1t has been profoundly remarked,
that the true way of telling toadstool
from q mushroom is to eat it. If you
die, il was a toadstool, if you live, ii
was mushroom. A similar method is
employed in the selection of husbands
marry him, if he kills you he was bad
husband if he makes you happy he is
a good one. There is really no other
criterion. AS DR.. Samuel johnson re-
marked, the proof of the pudding is in
the eating thereof. Some young men
that seem unexceptionable. indeed very
desirable,' when they are single, are
perfectly horrid as soon as they gel
married. All the latent brute there is
in the heart comes out as soon as SEN
sitive and delicate being seeks her hap.
piness in his companionship. The
honeymoon lasts very short time, the
receptions and the round of parties are
soon over, and then the two sit down to
make home happy. If she has married
o society man, he will soon begin to
get bored; he will yawn and go to sleep
on the sofa. Then he will take his hat
and 60 down to the club and see the
boys, and perhaps not come home till
morning. If she has married man
engrossed in business, he will be tagged
out when he comes home. He may be
a sickly man that she must nurse, and
o morose man that she must seek to
cheer, a drunken man that she must sit
up for, violent man that she fears, q
fool whom she soon learns to despise, a
vulgar man for whom she must apollo
gize-in short, there are thousands of
ways of being bad husbands, and very
few ways of being good ones. And the
worst of it is, that the poor silly women
are apt to admire in single men the
very traits that make bad husbands, and
look with contempt or ridicule upon
those quiet virtues which make home
happy. Men with very little personal
beauty or style, often make the wife
happy-and sometimes quite the re.
verse. The number of ways of being q
bad husband is almost as great as the
number of ways of being ugly. No one
can tell from the demeanor of single
man what sort of husband he will be.
Meantime she must marry somebody.
Eat it: if you die it was sort of toad
stool, if you live it was a sort of mush-
room.-Balhmore Ere,y Saturday.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-22

To MAKE WoRsTED BALLS FOR tt.
DIEs.-Cut two pieces of pasteboard
round say the size of a quarter of a
dollar, cut out of the center of each a
small round piece. Take any color
worsted. Tie the two pieces firmly
with one end of the worsted, then put
ting worsted through the hole, wind it
smoothly round and round, in and out,
until entirely filed. Then with sharp
pointed scissors cut the worsted on the
edge, through to the center. between
the two pieces of cardboard, all round,
keeping firm hold of center with thumb
and finger of left hand, then take a
string and tie it round where you cut
the worsted, very firmly. Afterward,
cut the circles of pasteboard, and draw
them out, and there is the ball, need
ing only little clipping to make per.
fectly round. Enlarge the pasteboard
pieces so the center to be cut will be
the size of half dollar, and made same
way, with about four ounces of shaded
worsted, will make child's ball for the
house.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-22

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-22

Lord Falmouth, the English turfman,
won S193. 900 in this seasons races, and
since 1869 his horses have gained for
him about $500, 900. Previous to 1863
he was constant loser, and his good
fortune may turn bad again.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-22

~ notice." said Prince Metternich
to his wife, the best dressed woman of
the second Empire. that your bon
nets grow smaller and smaller, and the
bills larger and larger. One of these
days the mak@ will bring nothing but
the bill"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-22

sold Abe, the Wisconsin war eagle,
has earned over $50. 600 for all sorts Of
societies by the sale of photographs.
histories, aud entrance fees to fairs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-22

An engine has been built in Phils-
delphia for the A. T. & S. f. Railroad
that weighs liz. 900 pounds-the heav-
lest locomotive ever constructed.
Strangely enough, the wheels are mac .
of paper, with steel tires.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-22

Private Dalzell is not an Ohio man.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-18
shERIFF's SALE.


Dyy1RTUE OF DE"REE AND ORDER
Il of sale issued of and under the seal OF Che non
second judicial District Court in and for Osoy county
.nd state of Nevada, the 4th day OF January, A
1879 on Judgment in favor of Robert Livingston aua
J G. Dorsey and Maggie P. Dorsey, defendants, lor the
,n,n o $3.50 principal of debt, and the sum OF s 90 IN
4rest thereon to date of Judgment at rate OF = per cent
Dr month until paid and the sum OF 500 81 counse Zee
and costs of $40 So and accring costs III
the sum of IS 60 and all costs which may accrue by rea
son of sale etc. all United States gold coin and to me
directed commanding sell certain real property sci
ont and described in said order {" sale, and in pursuance
hereto have levied upon and will expose az public sale
between the hours Of and P. ", to w.t. at P NJ
GU TT ESDAY, THE 2sth DAY OF JANUARY, A. u. 1872
ss ordered the following described property All that Ger
tain piece parcel of land lying and beng situated III
carson CITY, Ormsby County, Nevada, bounded ana de
ssrbed as follows: commencing at point on the horI
line of Washington where said street ntersected
kv the section line between Sections seventeen and eight
sen az and lS) Township l.; urth Range 20 east and
running thence along the norUh line OF said esg
ton street point hundred and seventy feet west
from the intersection OF Washington and Minnesota streets
on the north side said Washington street. thence nort
one hundred seventy feet thence east to SAID seco
line thence south along said section line one hunured
and seventy the place OF beginning together WIN
All and singular the tenements heredtamen> and app
tenances thereto belonging i'll anywlse apItrtannS
5. T. SWIFT,
Corson City Januarv / 1870 Sheriff
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-18

Carson City, January 4, 1870
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16
Weary Women.

Nothing 10 more reprehensible and
thoroughly wrong than the idea that a
woman fulflls her duty by doing an
amount of work that il far beyond her
strength. She mot only does mot fulfill
her duty, but she most signaily fails In
1t, and her failure is truly deplorable.
There can BE no sadder sight than that
of brokcn.down, overswerked wife and
mothers woman who 10 tired all her
life through. If the work OF the house.
hold cannot be accomplished by order,
system and moderate work, without the
necessity OF wearing, heart-brsaking toll
toll that is never ended and never
begun, without making life treadmiu
of labor, then for the sake of humanity
Let tbs work 30. Better to live in the
midst of disorder than that order should
be purchased at soshigh price, the cost
of health, strength, happiness, and all
that nskes existence endurabie. The
woman who spends her life IL unnecsssaI y
labor ia by this very labor unified for
the, highest duties ofhome. She should be
TIE haven of rest to which both husband
and children turn for peace and refresh
ment. She should be the careful, intel.
ligent adviser and guide of the one,
the tender confdant and helpmste OF the
other. How 10 it possible for woman
exhausted In body, ~ . Datursi conse-
quence In mind slso, to perform either
Of these ofieesf No, IL 10 not possible.
The constant strain is too great. Ma.
ture gives wsy beneath IT. She loses
health and spirits and hopefuiness, and,
more than sill. her youth, the last thing
that woman Should allow to slip from
her, for, no matter how old she il 10
years, she should be young in heart and
feeling, for the youth Of age ID sometimes
naore attractive than youth itself 20
Che eyerworked woSasn this green cid
age IL out of question; old age comes on
her sere and yellow before its time. Her
disposition il raineds her temper il
soured, her very mature Is changed, by
the bRraen which, too heavy 70 carry, u
drsyged along as long ~ wearied feet
ay.d tired hands can do their part. Even
her affections sre biunted, and she
beoomss merely maehine--a Womsn
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16
A Woman and Something Over.

The wife Of certain well-known
rancher living near this place has got
the true grit. Her husband was away
on business whole week recently, and
one day while he was absent the pump
gsve out. The nearest neighbor lived o
long distance, so she hoisted up the pipe
herself, and found that the trouble Lay
in the suction leather, which was too
much worn TO work properly. Away
she went and cut q new one, using the
old one as pattern. On returning, she
found that large hog had fallen into
the open well Nothing daunted, she
got strong rope, made shp-noose,
fished il around the squealing porkcr,
and them lifting as hard as she could,
made the end fast to the curb, thus rails
ing the animal partially out Of the water
and preventing it from drowning. She
then harnessed horse, htched nina TO
the rope, and in less time than it takes
TO tell it the hog,
All dripping vita freshness, arose from the well.
But before the rescue Of the parent
animal, two OF her offspring, crowding
too close to the curb, probably to SYM
pathize with their mothers distress, lost
balance and were now laundering
around in the water at the bottom. In
stantly the hog was rescued, our heroine
set about the recovery of the pigs.
She procured a ladder, which, however,
though long enough to touch the water,
was not long enough to reach the bot
tom of the well. Necessity is the mother
of invention, and. procuring fence
rail, she thrust it through the top round,
resting both ends on the curb. Then,
climbing down the hanging ladder, she
rescued the two pigs, bringing both
safely to the surface. This done, she
quietly completed the job by putting i'm
the new suction leather, lowering the
pipe into the well, closing the curb, and
pumping water for her weeks washing.
-Livermore (CoI.) Herald.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16
A Wonderful Clock.

The Ohio State Journal describes O
clock which has just been finished in
Columbus, as the result of eight years
toll. It issfive feet wide and ten, high,
and has "three times more dial indioa-
ions and more moving embellishments
than any clock on earth" The two
sides represent the two great periods
in American history, the War of the
Revolution and the War Of the Rebel
lion. Independence Hall IL shown, with
it's cracked bell in the old belfry, and
an old man to ring ii. The hours are
struck by the Goddess Of Liberty, and
Justice balancing her scales. There il
also o reproduction of all the figures
shown in the famous Strasburg clock.
Historic scenes are enacted ON stage.
At the first quarter hour locomotive
appears, as the emblem of our progress
in industry. At the second, the bell is
tolled in Independence Hall, and Wash
ington walks Enthusiastically across the
scene. AT the third, the apostles bow
TO the figure of Christ, Peter denies his
Lord, and the cock crows. A skeleton
hastens along, bearing green scarf on
his shoulders with the words slime
hies," and an infant energies from an
opening door with rattle-box in it's
hand. Just before the full hour arrives
. phonograph makes music to herald it's
coming. At midday emancipation is
acted Lincoln, proclamation in hand,
moves toward 8 slave bound to an AUG
ton block, while the slave turns 10 look
at his deliyerer, his shackles fall and his
hands are raised as in aprayer Of thanks
giving.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16
An Interesting oregon Family.

We have an old pioneer in Jackson
county, Mr.. James Savage, of Rogue
river, who has raised q family of thirteen
children. The boys, four In number,
are between the ages of IA and 2s, and
these four boys have manufactured, by
their own unaided labor, three yiOlins
and q bass VOL, all of exquisite tone and
finish, and on which they execute diff
cult musio, having been without an in
struet0r. The instruments are made of
cedar and maple, and but recently one
of the boys was offered $40, which was
refused, for his violin. The boys can
make rife or wagon, shoe horse,
mend clock or watch, work out an
algebraic problem, swing pick In the
mines, or follow reaper with equal
success. The girls Of the family, nine
la Number, have the same musical tai
emit, and are not ashamed to wrestle
with kitchen work, afraid TO mount Q
bueking horse, or BOW their skiff across
the river, even when IL ia dangerously
swollen.--PoTtlafsd (Oye.) Bee.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16

inscriptions (which have never been de.
clphered, by the wsy), and the latter
have no place in the collection of Mr.
Lamson, with a single doubtful excep
ton. Prot. Putnam did not ATTEMPT to
assign any special age to these remains.
1T should be noted. in conclusion, that
anumber OF distinguished critics present
put these down as forms initiated by the
Indian aborigines of Central America
from the Aztec civilization adjoining
them' and deny to them an antiquity
even equal to the more elaborate Aztec
remains found in Mexico.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16
Personal Appearance of tin g
Savior.

IA. Mazieress doubt of the authenti.
city of M Remains description of the
personal appearance Of St. Paul sppsars
to have set the Paris book.worms at work
delying among the works of the early
Church fathers. The result is not only
the justification of Rensn, but good
many curious discoveries, of which the
following are perhaps the naost notable.
st. Clement, Of Alexandria, thus
sketches the Savior: "Jesus had no
beauty of face; his person offering no
physical attractions; be only possessed
beauty of soul, which lie the true beauty"
fSt. Iresus, q disciple Of OF. Polycsrp,
who was disciple of St. Johns, wrote
that his master had often heard the be.
loved disciple say that the hair of Jesus
had already turned white when be began
his mission.