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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-12
Detroit Currency.

Loafers and tramps, go to New York
If you want to be lionized.
A pedigree may be good thing to
bet on, but the first horse in is the ami
NAL who rakes in the ducats.
A French communist was once rob
Der and murderer. He is now looked
upon as martyr and q good fellow.
Dime novel writer's do not make as
much money as wood-sawyers. Not
half as honorable an occupation either.
just as soon as ladies' belts are made
to look like surcingles. horses will de-
mand change of fashion for them
selves.
Modjeska has been ordered by her
physician to retire temporarily from
the stage. She paid him only $50 for
the advertisement.
Auburn convicts are obliged to leave
their meats untasted on account of the
smell, but who ever heard Of q disbon.
est prison contractor?
One can. live in Australia inst two
cents per day cheaper than in ENGLAND.
This Is getting it down fine, and does
not provide for drinks.
They now talk OF changing the name
OF Deadwood to Burntwood," which
would be far more appropriate. It had
forty-two gambling houses and no fire
engine.
+ The mummy crop Of Egypt is run
ming short and the price is going up.
Since it WAS found that they make good
lamp black the demand has greatly in.
creased.
1t is said that if you strap a man
tightly to large cannon and fire it of.
the conclusion will kill him and death
will be painless. Hangmen will please
take notice.
The Nihilists burned up sic. 900. 900
worth Of property in Russia in the
month Of August. What they can't
have they are not willing that others
should possess.
1t is said tina: case of hydroph obia
can be cured if the patient will exert
his ill-power, but it is far better for
one to exert his leg power when he sees
mad dog coming.
1t has now been ascertained that eat.
ing potatoes is liable to make one sb.
sent minded. Just read this to farmer
when you offer him fifty cents per
bushel for potatoes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-12
For the Ladies.

Some of the New York shopkee pers
advertise al opening as an exposition.
One of them has had pageantry of
head gear finery" for sale.
= The revived panier is not the one that
WAS in vogue few years ago. and is
irotted out again merely to give SYM
metry to the human form divine.
Miss Jennie Collins, of BofIin's
Bower, says that she draws the conclu-
sion from her experience that success
has but little forbearance for failure.
A new and unique style of trimming
is made of leather. 1t is made in
Switzerland. and there is every reason
to believe that it will become fashion
able.
Young la,lies who Are always sweet
sixteen until they receive an offer of
marriage. are wearing sashes again of
very wide width and very snowy
colors.
Crackle velvet is an ugly new ma.
teriai for trimming purposes. 1t will
not be mnch used, a, it looks simply
like ordinary velvet that has seen very
hard tunes.
Changeable silks are shown for even
ing wear to great variety. They
change from shop counter to private
residence at about two and a half dol.
lars IL yard
Young ladies' who are tired of hand.
painting amuse themselves with max
ing pIa,ure albums out of the hand
some cards now furnished by the bust
ness PEOPLE.
Bows worn on top Of the head seem to
get larger and larger Scientific peo-
pie believe that by aud by it will be
difficult to tell which is the bow aud
which is the head.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-12
A HOrrified Conductor.

1t is related certain conductor of the
Pullman train east from Portland had
singular experience the other night:
Passing through a car, he noticed a
passenger asleep, and poked him in the
leg to awake him and get his ticket. The
passenger did not respond. Then the
conductor pinched his leg. Still no signs.
The conductor pinched harder. Still the
slumberer dreamed on. The conductor
then concluded to go through the car,
collect the rest of the tickets, and make q
job of this man after he had finished the
collection. Having returned. he seized
the fellow by the leg and gave it tremen.
dous pull, when, to his horror and sur
prise. the leg came off in his hands. II
was q wooden one.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-12
Wonderful Escape.

| II special Providence guards the
destinies of drunken men. there must
also be one to look after the affairs of
babies and boys. An energetic baby
will 20 through more tribulations and
tumbles and hard knocks with less
disastrous effects than any other cres-
ture 10 existence, except half-grown
boy, and every one knows it is next to
impossible to kill boy. Death tried
to overtake Harry Shin, of New York.
this week, but young Shin skinned out
of his way in such lively manner that
grim Death must have been astonished.
Harry fell forty five feet and struck on
a slate roof. This would discourage
almost any one, but Harry merely
smashed few states, bounded off the
roof and then fell thirty Eve feet more.
This time he fell between two horses,
struck on the wagon pole, took Q
magnificent bound and brought up
on the stone pavement, which. fortu-
nately for the city, he did not fracture.
The boy was not seriously injured, in
fact the rather complicated tumble
seemed but to stimulate his latent ener-
gies. Few of us would have done
better in his place.-Detroa Free Press.
EVERYDAY REL1GIoN.-A colored
Georgia minister breaches the follow
ing practical theology: Bruddering.
my 'sperience is that j. amt de perses-
sin Of ligion, but de 'cssional practice
Of it dat makes man 'ceptable up yens
der. When yer gifts to de golden gate
an Peter looks right in de eye, an yer
show him yer long creed an says.
pompous like. dat yer longed ter q big
church, de 'postle'll shake his head an
say. Dat amt huff ter git yer through.
But if yer takes all yer bills under yer
arms, yer grocer's bills, yer rent bills,
au' yer doctors bills, an he looks en-
all over an finds EN- oil receipted, he'll
say, Yer titles clear. an unlock do
gate an let yer pitch voice for do
angels song, But faint no use ter
trabble along dat narrer path less yer
can carry. rolled up in yer creed, .
good fermentation from yer creditors.
Hebben amt no place for man Who
has to dodge roam o corner for fear Of
meetin' some one who'll ask for dat
little bill dat nebber was paid"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-12

Corn BREAD Beat the whites and
yolks separately of two eggs, one pint
Of rich sour milk, two tablespoons of
sugar and one of melted butter, and a
little salt; mix all we'll together except
the whites of the eggs; roll perfectly
free from Jumps two.thirds Of a tea
spoon of soda into one pint of corn
meal; sift together and stir into the
other ingredients; beat we'll, and lastly
put in the well-beaten whites. Pour
into well-buttered pan and bake.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-12

COOKIES One egg, one cup of sour
cream, or one-half cup OF butter and
one.half cup of sour milk, the cream is
best. one cup of sugar. one-half tea
spoonful OF soda, and dour to roll.
Bake very quickly, as d slow fire ruins
cookies.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-12

HORSE RApIsH VINEaAR.-Take three
ounces Of the scrsped roots, one ounce
of minced onions, one drachm OF cay.
enne, one quart Of vinegar.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-12

The pre.eminence which our British
friends have been in the habit of at
tributing to Yankees as respects sus.
ceptibility to humbuggery is seriously
imperiled by themselves. There is
now 3 woman in the metropolis who is
advertised as the most beautiful woman
in tie Kingdom and who maintains her
self and her husband in fine style by
the sale of her own photographs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-12

The French for contest of legs which
We call Q walking match, is jamie -oree.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-12

The surtout, the garment that re-
places the ulster, is cut precisely like
q gentleman's overcoat, and is made
either of English ater-proof or Of
checked homespun.
Death has nothing terrible in it but
what life has made SO.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-12

A belle wringer-A pretty lsundress.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-12

KINDNESS PAYs.-A strange incident
of the rent agitation in Ireland recently
occurred near Mallow, Ireland. A
landlord offered his tenants q reduction
of fifteen per cent, and they refused it.
His treatment in the past had, they said
been so generous, and they had been
such gamers in prosperous years by
his arrangements with them, that they
we're determined for this year at least,
he should not suffer from the existing
depression. Several OF them empha.
sized this declaration by paying in full
on the spot, and the remainder offered
to settle accounts by the end of Nevem.
Der,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-12

rope Leo IL OoSCrlOeu Oy herman
writer as being very frugal. The in
comes of the officials of the Pspal
household have been cut down, and
the unnecessary horses and vehicles
which formerly filed the stables and
coach houses, have been sold, the Pope
reserving for his own use modest
landau, in which, by order of his doc
tors. he drives for an hour daily in the
gardens of the Vatican. mob ,dy."
says this correspondent of the Deutsche
Montagsblat, "now ventures to protest
against the system Of rigid economy
which has been established-fearing
probably that were they to do so they
would be punished as Monsiguor Ia
,ani was short time ago. Monsignor
Tavani, on his pay being reduced from
500 francs to 800 francs q month,
wrote letter of remonstrance to the
Pope, and IN answer was at once or
dered to join the monastery of the Pes.
simists OF San Giovanni. Paolo, and
there to live with the brothers of the
order for two mouths"
CAaLYLE's EoCENTRICITIEs. - The
neignbor of Thomas Carlyle, the &C.
centric English essayist and writer of
dramatic histories, love to gossip about
his peculiarities. Some OF this gossip
is thus reported:
They tell us how he kept his horse.
which he always groomed himself, in q
stable on a piece of waste ground,
among donkeys, COWS and geese.
How he had been seen to rush out
upon an organ-grinder, who was dis
turbing his meditations, and Selling
him by the collar, deposit him and his
instrument of torture upon the door
step of q neighbor who had made him
self conspicuous by writing in favor of
the noisy nuisance.
And how the candy-woman, hard by
his house, found him an excellent Gus
toner for her wares, with which he was
wont to fill his capacious pockets for
the benefit Of the poor urchins whom
he encountered in his walks.
TRAVEL BY LIGHTNING. We may yet
travel by that agency. They have an
electric railroad in Berlin that works
wonderfully we'll and many scientific
people think the electric locomotive
may yet pull real trains along our pres
ent railroads. The Berlin locomotive
draws three carriages. Each carriage
holds from eighteen to twenty persons,
and all three are drawn in from one to
two minutes round the circular railroad
of 800 metres in length. The locomo-
tive was originally made for the pur-
pose of drawing up coal out OF the pit.
Nevertheless, its performances are very
remarkable, and render it certain that
there are many cases in which electric
locomotives may be employed with ad.
vantage. According 70 DR.. Slemens'
view, this requisite on long railways
may oe partly satisfied by setting up
from time to time Kew primary dynamo-
electric machines, which would main
tain the necessary electric tension be.
tween the middle and the outer rails
Nee York Times.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-12
Red Canary Birds.

AeQ Can2ry bir0s.
At the London Exhibition OF is72,
Mr.. Bembrose. of Derby. exhibited
some red canary birds. The birds re-
ceived no prizes, however, - the Jury
had doubts IS TO the origin of their
color and believed them to be dyed.
The following year, At the exhibition
held at Whitby, the red cAnaries were
recognized Is . new variety, and they
became all the rage. In numerous con
troversies, Mr.. Bembrose had given his
worn Of honor that the color of his
bird was not due TO any fraudulent
processes, but hsd been really obtained
through 4 special mode Of feeding.
But IS friend 10 whom he had com
mupicated his secret had abused his
confidence and sold il, the author has
believed 1t MS duty to make known to
the public the process which be used to
obtain his results. Ii appears. accord
ing to him, that the birds are fed upon
hard boiled eggs crushed up with the
crumbs Of common white bread aud
busted over with cayenne pepper. DR..
busch, n Belgian amateur, adds the fol
lowing Purchase q: the druggist
some Of the very best quality OF cay
enne pepper, ground very timely; for
each meal mix some Of it with stale
bread macerated in well water, and
press it together so that it will crumble,
but not form q paste. Instead OF bread
the white OF an egg may be used if pre-
ferred. This kind of food should be
given to the bird only before and after
moulting. 1t is well to add that it
would be waste of time to experiment
ON any other canaries than those OF the
Norwich breed or on birds that are not
OF very dark yellow strain. This
statement is made on the authority Of
Les Aondes.
GIRAID's TAC1cs.-A man who had
Just set up in The hardware business,
and who had been clerk where Girard
hal traded, applied to him for share
of his patronage. Girard bought OF
him, and when he brought in the bill
found fault and marked down the
prices.
"Cask of nails" said he, which
was offered for so-and-so, you have
charged so.and 40, and you must take
it off,"
81 cannot do it" said the merchant.
"You must do it," said Girard.
II cannot, and will not" said the
young merchant.
Girard bolted out the door, appa.
rently in rage, and soon after sent a
check for the whole bill. The young
man began to relent and say to him.
self " Perhaps he was offered them at
that price. But it is all over now; !
am sorry that I did not reduce the bill
and get it out of him on something else.
His trade would have been worth a
good deal to me-" By and-by Girard
came again, aud gave him another job.
The young man was very courteous,
and said:
II was almost sorry did not reduce
your former BILL"
Reduce bill !" said Girard; "had
you done it, I would never trade with
you again. I meant to see if you had
cheated me-"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-12

Rev. Mr.. Poeson, of Bridgeport, is
the father of boy who will probably
distinguish himself. The evening be-
fore the last circus in that city the rev.
erend gentleman was talking to his son
about the beauty OF Heaven, when the
child suddenly observed Papa.
let's drop Heaven and talk circus."
Heaven was dropped.-Danbury Necs.
SPONGE CAKEs.-Three well-beaten
eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup of
flour, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, flavor to taste, and bake
in small patty pans, one tablespoonful
in each pan. This will make dozen
cakes. Be sure and have your oven hot,
for there lies the secret Of light sponge
cake.
Sashes of satin and dotted ne. have
wide belts covered with the net. and
ends and bows of three rows of ribbon
separated by insertion and finished
with plating Of lace across the end.
More than $50, O00. 600 worth of grain
is wasted annually in the United States
in the manufacture of Intoxicating
drinks. sufficient to support all the
paupers in the country.
To PURIFY CIsTERN WATER. Two
ounces Of permangspate OF potassa
thrown in cistern will render the foul
est water sweet and pure.
CRRss AND CELERY VINEGAR.-These
are made with one-half ounce of the
bruised seed to q quart of vinegar.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-04
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, May 3.-The re-
suit of last nights meeting of the
Democratic caucus commission was
the adoption of the altered pro-
gramme suggested by the sub-com-
mittee, and Democratic members Of
both houses will meet in caucus at
3 o'clock this evening to consider
the advisory commissions report,
which will then be presented.
The President has sent to the
Senate the following nomination {:
Geo. w. McCrary, Secretary of
War, to be Judge of the Eighth
United States Judicial Circuit, to
succeed Judge Dillon, resigned, to
take effect September 1st.
The nomination of Mr.. Clark, of
H. Russell, of Georgia, as Assistant
Surgeon was confirmed.
In the Executive session of the
Senate this afternoon, all pending
nominations, some three hundred in
number, for appointments and pro-
motions in the army we're called up
and confirmed en- masse. No oppo-
sition was made, aud the long con-
troversy concerning them is now
practically ended, although to-day's S
action will be subject to the bare
possibility of reversal, in case the
motion is entered during either of
the next two Executive sessions.
The nomination of Secretary
McCrary as Judge Dillon's sue
cessor was laid before the Senate
and referred in the usual course to
the Judiciary Committee.
Murat Halstead, of Cincinnati,
and ex-senator Ramsey are talked
of for the vacancy created by Sec
retary's nomination.
The Senate Judiciary Committee
considered to-day Mr.. Bayard's bill
to repeal sections $50 and 821 of
the Revised Statutes, but took no
decisive action thereon.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-04
FOREIGN NEWS.

LONDON, June 3.-Henry Dore
grocer of Humle, has failed; liabil-
tiles stated to be 100000. Ram
STONE & Mark, cotton manufactu~
rers of Preston have failed La
bilities stated to be G27,O0O
Fletcher & Rider, merchants Of
Liverpool, engaged in the South
American trade, have failed ; liabil-
tiles believed to be heavy.
A Paris dispatch to the Times
says an investigation into the ex-
pressions alleged to have been used
by Major FORBADE, Archbishop ol
AK, with reference to NJ. Jules
Ferrys education bill has shown the
charge to be unfounded or at least
to furnish no sufficient case fol-
prosecution.
ALEXANDRIA, June 3.-The Ger
man Consul General at this place
will proceed to Cairo to demand a
reply to the protest of the German
Government against the Khedive's s
decree of April 22d.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 3.-The
trial of Alexander Solovief, who at
tempted the assassination of the
Czar, will commence before the Su-
preme Tribunal Friday next.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-04
The Colored Jury Question in the
Richmond Hastings Court.
XLVI CONGRESS.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 3.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 3.
The Senate proceeded to con,
slider the unfinished business, it be-
ing House bill to establish post
routes.
The amendments to the bill made
in the Committee of the Whole
were agreed to and the bill passed.
The Senate then took up the bill
to amend the act creating a North
ern Judicial District in Texas, and
pending the consideration thereof
went into executive session and af-
terwards adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House resumed the consid-
Grafton of the business of the morn
ing hour, being the bill amending the
statutes relative to the removal OF
causes from State to Federal
Courts.
Mr.. Townshend having with
drawn his demand for the previous
the morning hour is being
consumed by the delivery of a
speech by Mr.. Cox, of New York,
in favor of the repeal of the test
oath laws.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Cox's
remarks the House adjourned.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-04
WEST VIRGINIA.

WHEELING, June 3.-The excite
ment at Littleton, incident to the
arrest of seven of a gang of red
men, who infested Wetzel county,
is very great. the names of the
prisoners are Amos Hemeleck,
George Ullom, John Ullom, John
Hostuller, EIoy Butcher and John
Lough. The men were to
have been tried yesterday, but no
Justice of the Peace could be
found willing to risk his life in
doing so, for several were notified
by the red men they would be
killed if they assisted in bringing
any of the gang to justice. The
services of Justice Lonester, of
Center District have, however, been
obtained and the trial has been set
for to~day. Gov. Matthews has ta-
ken very decided interest in the
matter and is determined to
have this lawlessness crushed
out. The prisoners have secured
the services of Fountain Smith, of
Fairmount, as counsel. About fifty
men of Longs gang attacked the
house of prominent citizen of War
rington late Monday morning, but
finding the occupants well armed
and prepared to receive them desist-
ed from their efforts and made off.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-04
Deal gently with Tsae stomach. .szs

fit proves refractory. mill discipline is the
thing to set it right. Not all the nauseous
draughts and boluses ever invented can do half
as much to remedy its disorders as a few wine-
g ass ul!s-say, three day-of Hostetter's Stom-
ach BitterF, whi will afford it speedy relief,
and eventually Danish every dyspeptic AMI bill
Gus symptom. Sick headache. nervousness, sals
l0wness of the complexion, fur upon the tongue.
vertigo, and those many indiscIibab.e and disa-
greaable sensations caused by indigestion, are
too often perpetuated by ipjudicous dosing. An
immediate abandonment of such r.ndom and ILL
advised experiments fhould be the first step in
the direction of cure; the next step the use
of this standard tonic alternative, which has re-
ceiged the highest medical sanction and won ur-
prece1 1ented popularity
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-04
Awake all Night.

Wakefulness is caused by indi-
gestion and torpid liver, for which
there is nothing SO good as the gen
uine DR.. G. McLane's Celebrated
Liver Pills, prepared by Fleming
Bros, of Pittsburgh, Pa, without
whose signature none can be genu-
inc. Look for it on every wrapper,
the market is full of limitations of
the name McLane spelled different
ly but having same pronunciation.
Your druggist keeps them.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-04
MASSACHUSETTS.

WOBURN, June 3.-The works
of the Merrimac Chemical Com
pany, at North Woburn, were dis
covered to be on fire last night. The
most valuable portion of the build
ings was destroyed. Loss estimated
to be from 100000 to $4,000. 1t
is believed to be fully insured. The
lead chambers, containing vitriol,
were destroyed, letting loose large
quantities of vitriol which ran
round in pools, making it very dan
gerOus for fremen. A. V. Weeks,
bOok-keeper for the company, fell
into a large puddle of Vitriol and
was badly burned, rendering his
recovery doubtful. Several others
were burned with vitriol.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-04
FLORIDA.

JACKSONVILLE, June 3.-The ex-
tradition case Of General w. S.
Littlefeld, of this city, who was
arrested by a warrant Of Gov.
Drew, upon a requisition from the
Governor of North Carolina, and
subsequently released on a writ of
habeas corpus terminated here to-
day, the hearing of which was be-
fore Judge Archibald, of this
Circuit, and began Friday. The
Judge, in a long and able opinion,
decides that General Littlefeld is
properly released and can not be
molested. The case excited much
interest, and the opinion generally
prevails that the decision is right
both in law and equity.
The General, who is a member of
the bar in this county, asked and
was granted permission to say a
few words after the rendition of the
opinion. He said that he did not fear
to stand a trial for any charge
against him that could be raised BY
the State Of North Carolina, but he
did want some assurance that he
could have fair trial on a charge
upon which he already has had
three examinations in the city of
Raleigh, without conviction of
wrong doing. He only demands
fair play and an examination or
trial in the interest of justice, rather
than for the promotion of party or
personal ends.