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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25
"L0st /! Lost Z"

My heart was sad as I walked along
the city's crowded thoroughfare, for /
had been to lay fresh flowers upon q
little grave, and because I no more
heard the music OF her voice, nor felt
the touch Of baby fingers, I said that
my child was "lost."
The din of the city was upon my ear,
but I heard not, and the signs of busy
life were around me, but I cav not.
On all Gods fair earth / needed naught
save the little green grave beneath the
dark yew tree, where my darling slept,
and in my rebellious heart murmured
at the work of the hand which "chas-
teneth in love-"
As I walked slowly on, with bowed
head. I felt touch upon my arm, and
there stood beside me woman whose
hair was white as new-fallen snow, and
whose face bore such impress of woe as
filled my heart with COMMUNICATION.
Behold ~ she cried, as, while one
hand still rested on my arm, she pointed
with the other to an elegant open car.
rage which, impeded by throng of
vehicles, had paused near US. Be-
hold and repine no more y
Within the carriage. reclining upon
the velvet cushions, I saw woman.
She was youthful, and so beautiful that,
involuntarily, rs looked, an exclama-
ton of admiration fell from my lips.
She was fair as the purest lily, and
her eyes were bright as twin stars,
while hair like spun gold fell around
form more beautiful than 1 can describe.
She was arrayed in costly attire; gems
sparkled on brow and bosom, and upon
her delicate hands cleaned diamonds
worth the ransom of q prince.
was about to ask the name of this
fairy-like creature, when my companion
spoke again.
"There," sine exclaimed, is one who
is lost, in very truth--lost in body and
soul-lost for time and for eternity"
Then saw, with dismay, that from
the lovely face, yet almost the face of
child, the holy light of purity and inno-
ceuce had fed-that light which oil her
gems could neither counterfeit nor re-
place, and which once banished, may
never more return.
Even as looked the beautiful eyes
became dazed, and reeling to and fro
like drunken man, she barely escaped
falling beneath the impatient feet of the
prancing steeds.
THAT creature was once o child"
continued my companion, "as inno-
cent as she is even now lovely. She
slept upon my breast, and called me
MOTHER and now / curse the hour
that gave her life. Who shall repine?
Thy child is saved, but mine is Lost
lost u ....
Then the carriage moved on, and my
mentor disappeared, following with pit
iful eagerness among the crowd, while
the despairing cry rang upon my ears:
Lost-lost p
I went to my lonely home wiser
women, and when next I stood by her
green grave, I said no more that my
darling was lost, for my heart was sub.
missive, and was thankful for the mer-
cy and far-seeiEg wisdom of One who
doth all things well. Carrie clifford
in N. Y. Weekly.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25
The Baby Mysteries.
BIZ GEORGE MACDONALD.

Where did you come from, baby dear?
Out Of the everywhere into here.
Where did you get your eyes Of bluef
Out of the sky as came through.
What makes the light in them sparkle and
spin?
Some Of the starry spikes left in.
Where did you get that little tear7
found it waiting when got here.
What makes your forehead so smooth and
high?
A soft hand stroked il as went by.
What makes your cheeks like warm, white
rose?
1 saw something better than anyone knows.
Whence that three-cornered smile OF Bliss
Three angels gave me at once kiss.
Where did you get this pearly carp
God spoke, and it came out to hear.
Where did you get these arms and hands2.
Love made itself into hooks and bands.
Feet, whence did you come, you darling things ?
From the same box as the cherubs' wings.
How did they all just come to be you?
God thought about me, and SO grew.
But how did you come to us, you dear?
God thought about you, and so am here.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25
The Tyranny Of Fashion.

"There! look at that lady, Sarah.
That me ICES five times since I've been
in town to-day I've seen 'sm do that.
DO what, ma 2"
"Why, reach over and snatch up
their skirts, and then make off as grand
as the queen-what queen was it, Sarah,
that showed off 30 that King Solomon
writ O song about her? But this must
be the very latest fashion"
"Why, they've been doing that, ma,
for ever so long,"
els that so? Well, that's generally
the way here in Missouri; most every
body gets the good of the latest fash
ions before we do. Now watch me,
Sarah, and see if / do it in the correct
style"
Goodness, ma, you can't do it; you
are too fat"
"Too fat, am I? You'll see that
your mothers agoin' to do everything
that's in the fashion. Now look, Sarah. u
The mother, substantial lady of two
hundred pounds avoirdupois, measured
the distance with her eye between her
hand and the ample skirt beneath it.
She was resolute, but Sarah, the daugh-
ter, was fearful. The first attempt was
not successful.
"Now, ma, don't try any more. You
can't do it, you are too fat. Don't try,
you'll break something"
But what Missouri woman of ambi-
ton was ever deferred from the enjoy
ment of the very latest quirks of fash
ion by trifing break? She tried
harder than ever. 1t was inability to
grasp the object this time that made it
failure. She gasped for breath, but
felt encouraged.
"Ma," said the anxious daughter,
"they bring it up with kick--this
way--sometimes," and she illustrated
the fashionable pedal motion.
The mother promptly tried it, and as
promptly abandoned that method of
doing the new fashion.
"That sort of O kick may do for
ships of girls, Sarah but your mother
amt no colt and I don't reckon there's
any call for sensible married women to
be frisky like that with their heels,
even if it is the fashion"
"We'll give it up till we get home,
ma there won't be anybody round to
sco, tuou, anu you AeeUu caIo IL some-
thing does break"
might never have another chance
to show EN-. I can do it as good as
the fashionsblest, and I'm bound to do
it right whether things break or no.
You'll see me do it this time, Sarah"
But, sad to relate, she failed to do
the fashionable act. Things did break,
to such an extent that both mother and
daughter were hastily pinning up the
damages.
When mother and daughter passed
on down the street and witnessed the
fashionable skirt feat accomplished
again, the mother tossed her head
scornfully.
"I amt got no chance to be in the
fashion, Sarah, till we get home. But
when that back porch is cleared off and
nobody looking, I'll do it, if it bursts
every corset string in Missouri.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25
Dissecting the Chlmpanzee.

The body of the male chimpanzee,
which died several days ago at the
Geological Garden, was removed shortly
thereafter to the medical department
of the University OF Pennsylvania,
where DR.. Joseph Leidy, Professor Of
Anatomy, has been making daily dis
sections of it in tie interest of science.
DR.. Leidy has already dissected the
bowels and brain of the animal, which
afforded not only an interesting study,
bnt developed certain facts in the
anatomy Of the chimpanzee not hitherto
known. There were in some respects
several marked differences between the
brain OF the female which was dis
sected by DR.. A. O. Chapman some
weeks since, and that of the male now
under the soalpel Of DR.. Leidy. DIR.
Chapman reported in his paper ON the
subject, that the brain Of the animal
under his examination greatly re-
sembled that OF human being, with
the exception that the cerebrum did
not cover the cerebellum. This state
ment of DIR. Chapman coiIcided with
that of distinguished anatomist whose
dissection of the body Of the chin.
panzee, many years ago, is one of the
only cases on record. DIR. Leidy, on
the other hand, finds that in the case
OF the male chimpanzee, which he is
dissecting, the brain Of the animal
closely resembles the human structure,
and that the cerebellum is covered by
the cerebrum, indicating greater intel
lectual power in the male. From this
fact the gentleman infers that the pres
emit is the only case on record IN which
an anatomical examination of O male
chimpanxee has been made. Another
striking difference in the anatomy of
the male and female is mentioned by
Prof. Leidy as most remarkable Pc
culiarity in the formation OF the vocal
organs. This popularity consists Of
natural bagpipe, which communicates
with the larynx or voice, extending to
the breast and into the armpits. It is
covered by powerful muscles. To pro-
duce O loud sound il is obvious that
but slight motion of the arms was
necessary. In discovering this singu-
lar physical arrangement, the Professor
wrote to the Superintendent Of the
Geological Garden to inquire if the
male chimpanzee had any distinctive
call or cry, to which the Superinten-
dent replied that the voice of the
male for so young an animal was
simply enormous; its cry when enraged
was loud, piercing and shrill." It is q
we'll known fact, said DR.. Leidy, that
this vocal arrangement is found in the
male gorilla, the orang outang, and the
bowling monkeys Of Southern Africa,
whose cry can be heard for miles
Philadelphia Ledger.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25
Marshal Haynau and the Draymen.

Messrs. Barclay and Perkins brew
cry is great attraction for visitors to
London, and more especially foreigners,
and the visitors book will be found
to contain the names Of many eminent
percentages. One of the best remem-
bered visitors. perhaps, is Marshal Hay
nau, who was speedily and unoere.
moniously elected by the draymen
some years ago, in consequence OF his
alleged Entertainment OF Polish or Hun
garian women, which had come to the
knowledge of Messrs. Barclay and Per-
kins' draymen. Marshal Haynau, dur
ing the sanguinary war in 1849 against
the Hungarians, had gained consider
able notoriety from his excessive cruel
ty towards the Mayors, particularly the
women. The following year, having
fallen into disgrace with the imperial
Court Of Vienna, and losing his mill
tary command, he occupied himself in
tour through Europe, visiting London
in due course. On the 4th OF Septem.
Der, 1850, he paid o visit to Barclays
brew-house, and complied with the Gus
tomary practice of signing the visitors
book on entering the brewery. In less
than two minutes the word was passed
throughout the establishment that the
notorious Hungarian woman ogger
was then in the building. A number
of men quickly gathered round him as
he was viewing the large vat, and COM
menced showing signs Of hostility.
Finding that his presence was 30 decid-
eddy Objectionable, the Marshal was
about to retire, but this he was not
allowed to do without receiving some
marks Of violence from the draymen
and workmen employed in the brewery.
A truss Of straw was dropped on his
head as he was passing through the :
stables, his hat was beaten over his
eyes, his clothes torn of his back, and
he was almost dragged along by his
beard and moustache, which were OF
enormous length. Some Of the carriers
employed in the brewery and laborers
from the Borough Market commenced
flashing him with their whips, accom-
panied with the cry, "Down with the
Austrian butcher r. Give it him !"
Both himself and two companions en-
deayored TO defend themselves against
the mob of workmen, now swelled to
upwards of 500. In his attempts to
escape from his pursuers. he rushed
along Bankside, and entered the
/" George" public house, close by, fol-
lowed by the throng. Several rooms
were entered by the mob, but in vain.
At last the Marshal was discovered
crouching in dust-bin attached to the
house. In the meantime the police,
having been sent for, appeared on the
scene, and with some difficulty the
crowd was dispersed and the Marshal
conveyed through back door to po-
lice galley which happened to be near
at hand. He was then rowe1 to Water
loo Bridge, and conveyed to Morleys
Hotel.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25

The sunset Of day is not real. only
apparent; such is the sunset of Chris
tian life. For the good there is no
death; it is only step in life. And
there is no horizon that separates the
earth from the sky it is only apparent.
And we would faihn believe there is no
spiritual horizon separating our earth
~ life from the heavenly, but that
even now, while we sojourn below we
may abide in spirit with the innu-
merable company of angels and the
spirits OF the just made perfect" in
that sweet heaven Christ makes within
and which cometh not with observation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25
ToMAroEs F1Rsr EATEN IN AMERICA

TOMATOES FIRST EATEN IN AMERICA.
-" Seaweed, Newport correspondent
OF the Boston Transcript, asks for fur
Their information concerning the first
eating Of tomatoes in Americs. The
correspondent says: It is Newport
tradition that tomatoes were first eaten
in this country in about 1928. in house
still standing on the corner of Corne and
Mill streets. About that time there
came here an eccentric italian painter,
Michele Felice Corne. He bought q
stable on the street now called for him,
fashioned it into dwelling house, and
there lived and died. Previous to his
coming, and long after, tomatoes, then
called "love apples, were thought to
be poisonous. A gentleman told me
to-day that in 1919 he brought them
from South Carolina and planted them
in his yard, where they were looked
upon as curiosities, and priced for their
beauty. They became later, however,
q very unpleasant missile in the hands
of a small boy. A charming old lady
also told me to-day that in 1924 she was
sitting with sick person when some
one brought in to the invalid as a tempt
ing delicacy some tomatoes. Would
you poison her was the exclamation OF
the astonished attendants and vet Corne
In his section Of the town had been
serving them for year previous. As
late as 1885 they were regarded as poi
sonous throughout Connecticut.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25

Things are great or small according
to the end of the microscope through
which you look. Some people manage
to look at their troubles through the
upper end, and 80 incont;nently mag
Nifty them, and at their good for
tune through the lower end, and SO
minimize them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25

Love teaches cunning even to inno-
cence; and, when he gets possession,
his first work is to dig deep within .
heart, and there lie hid, and, like Q
miser in the dark, to feast alone.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25

If man be gracious to strangers, it
shows he is citizen Of the world, and
that his heart is no island cut off from
other lands, but continent that joins
them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25

Tenderness is the genius of simple
minds. If passion knows no obstacles,
tenderness knows no bounds. Passion
is the attribute of soul which no lon
ger controls itself; tenderness, that Of
. heart which no longer belongs to
itself.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25

Cincinnati papers complain that their
city is ovearun with musical quacks.
They must have ducks of music teach
ers, then.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25

A man in Troy made Judge be-
iieve that he had to steal grindstone
to support his starving family. A man
in Detroit stole sack of -four and
couldn't make his Honor believe any
such thing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25

No one is more profoundly sad than
hs who is obliged to laugh.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25

Our institutions are passing away.
With Che close Of a heated political
contest, and the coming on of cold
winter, we miss the battle-cry of the
campaign newspaper. The average
campaign weekly has fulfilled the mis-
sion for which it was created, and hays
ing nothing further to look after. folds
its tent like the Arab and skips up the
golden stair. The'Batler Bazoo and the
Democratic Dug Out KNOW they did all
that great moral engines could do to
purify politics and SAVE. the nation
from disaster, and each closes its career
with the consciousness that id will live
in song and story. The WeAkly Rip
roaring Republican, passes over to the
shining shore, pointing back with pridf
to the fact that it was nothing but itA
stupendous licks that brought victory
to the banners of its party. We mid
the weekly visitations of these friends
and foes in politics, and realize that We
have seen their marginal appeal,
/" Please X" for the last time.-On City
Derrick.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25

Clean brass kettle before using it
for cooking with salt and vinegar.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25
How Careless Men Can be with
Money.

My friend was the paymasters Of a
large railroad company, and one day
he went out with $4,000 to pay the
men. The money was wrapped up in
an old newspaper, and he carried it un-
der his arm. He stopped at q way-side
hostelry for dinner, and left the money
on q chair when he went out. He had
not gone many miles from the place
when he missed it. He few back and
asked the woman if she had seen par
eel. "There's bit of newspaper on
the chair beyont," said she; perhaps
that's it." which it proved to be. and
my friend returned, a happier and q
wiser man. Another circumstance A
man I know of lost roll of bills
amounting to $4,000. They, also,
were tied up in newspaper. He told
q friend, and the two talked over the
loss and the probability Of finding the
money. The friend made him tell all
the ground he had been over since he
had the money. The last place he was
at was the postofice. The night was
wet overhead and slushy under foot.
They stopped at the postofice, and GO
ing to the place where the man had
been, found two or three torn bits of
newspaper. 1t was the same. They
looked further, and found the lost
treasure. It had been kicked in turn
by every one who came into the Office,
and when found was all united and
completely soaked in slush. They
seized it eagerly and returned to their
hotel. where they spent several hours
in cleaning it. It was all there, and at
last they got it dried. The grateful
man took his friend out and bought
him the handsomest gold watch chain
he could find.-Coyrespondence Boston
Saturday Gazette.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25

Cowper died. fgel 60 years.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-04-25

The kingdom of God is within you.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.

A counts of railroad accidents frequently
state that although the engine and cars
were much damaged, the passengers es-
capped without serious injury. Yet many
persons can reoollect instances of men
whose health steadily declined after they
passed apparently unharmed through some
misha p to train, and whose sufferings
were terminated by death more or less
sudden. Some light has been cast on
cases of this kind by a paper read recently,
before the Medical society of the King and
Queens College Of Physicians, Dublin, by
DR.. MacSwiney In a railroad collision
there may result to a passenger ~ shock
merely, or (2) conclusion, or(3 confusion
of the cerebro-spinal system. In shock the
functions of the nerves are impaired, and
tn action of the nervous system is thus
lowered. 1t has been been found that
grea confusion and injury, either tempo
rary or permanent, to the nervous func-
ton sometimes follow from shock to
the cerebro-spinal system, when the soft
cerebral and spinal mass is struck violently
against the bony case in which it is in
closed. That slight blows often cause
ser ious results is now well established. An
apparently trifing injury to the back or
sacrum may give rise to an infammatory
process, which may, after the lapse of years
even, end fatally. And often a slowly
creeping-on paralysis will ensue upon q
snock to the cerebro-spinal centre, when
at first no i'll result was apparent. In such
cases, the seeming contradiction may some
times be noticed that, whereas the more
severe and dangerous phenomena often re-
suit in the very cases in which injury ap-
pears to be trihing, on the other hand, it
occasionally occurs that the severest pri-
mary LESSONS present to observation only
slight and unimportant symptoms.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22
DUNS In INDIA.

The Mahratta mode of recovering debts
is curious. When the creditor cannot get
his money, and begins to see the debt is
rather desperate, he sits dhurna upon his
debtor; that is, he squats down at the door
of the tent, and becomes in a certain nlys-
terious degree the master of it. No one
goes in or out without his appreciation. He
neither eats himself, nor suffers his debtors
to eat; and this famishing contest is carried
on till the debt is paid, or the creditor be-
gins to feel that want of food is greater
punishment than the want of money. This
curious mode of enforcing q demand is in
universal practice among the Mahrattas,
Scindiah himself, the chieftan, not being
exempt from it. The man who sits the
dbuyWa goes to the house or tent of him
whom he wishes to bring to terms and re-
mains there till inc '3air is settled, during
which time the one under restraint is con.
fined to his apartment and not suffered to
communicate with any persons but those
whom the other may approve of. The
laws by which the dhurna is regulated are
as well defined and understood as those of
any other custom whatever. When it is
meant to be very strict, the claimant carries
a number of his followers, who surround
the tent sometimes even the bed of his ad-
versary and deprive him altogether of
food; in which case, however, etiquette
prescribes the same abstinence to himself;
the strongest stomach, of course, carries
the day. custom of this kind was once
so prevalent in the province and city of
Benares, that Brahmins were trained
to remain a long time without food. They
were then sent to the door of some rich in
dividual, where they made vow to remain
without eating till they should obtain GER
tain sum Of money. To preserve the life
of Brahmin is so absolutely duty that the
money was generally paid; but never till
good struggle had taken place, to ascer-
tain whether the man was staunch OR not
for money is the life and soul of all Hin
dOoS.