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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

We made brief mention of the
fact, in. recent issue, that Judge
Greene had appointed Rev. J. p.
Ludlow to the office of clerk of the
court in the third judicial district.
Probably no more would have been
thought of the matter, had not the
worthy Judge perpetrated one of his
most remarkable eccentricities upon
the opening of the court at Port
Townsend, last Monday. BY way of
introducing his clerk, Judge Greene
read il open court, rather q lengthy
paper, loftily prefaced as follows:
" Territory of Washington, Third
Judicial District, In the District
Court. In the matter of the APP.
pointment of Jas. 2. Ludlow Depu-
ty Clerk. Gentlemen of the bar and
others. My fellow-citizens." The
Judge then went on to enumerate
long list of almost impossible quail
fications which a man in such an
exalted position should possess.
Among other things, the candidate,
should he intelligent, meek, quick
and capable, accurate, faithful, con-
scientious, kindly, discreet, well in
formed, politically clear, politically
bold and unselfsh, attached to his
country. and, finally, attached to his
God" In speaking of his appointee,
the Judge says he refers him to an
absolute perfect standard" " I am
his friend" continues the Judge,
"but the friendship I bear him has
not Influenced my choice. He has,
in my opinion, exceptionally full
qualifications for such an Office as
this, and particularly under present
circumstances. What the circum-
stances may be, we are not in
formed. Now, if Judge Greene
knew that such paragon of man
had existed in Olympia for three
years, why, in the name of all things
good did he not long ago make him
his clerk in this the Second judicial
District? It will be remembered
that Rev. j. p. Ludlow was the au-
thor of the late remarkable letter ad-
dressed to some of our dearly be-
loved citizens, purporting to come
from source far above human prin-
cipalities and powers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

A SOLEMN warning for our beauti-
full girls comes oil the way from
Constantinople. A young Mussul-
man fell violently in love with a
merchants daughter and was reject
ed; whereupon, the youth commit
ted suicide by swallowing poison.
Friends of the unfortunate lover
brought the matter before the Cadi
and the. young lady's father was
obliged to pay fine of eight pias'ers
for being the owner of a comely
daughter, since, according to Mo-
hammedan common law, be was the
remote cause of the suicide.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

A BACKwooDs settler says that his
neighborhood has increased four
fold in its population during the
last twelve months. He commenced
there alone, and now, three other
old bachelors have gone into cabin
life around him.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

LoNeFELLow has just written new
poem which is said to be the most
elegant of all his previous efforts.
The poem bears the romantic title
of, "The Chamber Over the Gate"
and appears in the atlantic Monthly
for March.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07
CuriOsitieS of Journalism.

What was popoularly called jour
nalism few decades ago, differs a.
much from the journalism of to-day
as the monthly dispatches from Eu
rope differ from the daily and
hourly cablegrams" that we now
discuss at the breakfast table, while
our coffee is cooling. Journalism is
nothing more, literally, than the
business of keeping daily record
of current affairs publicly or private.
ly; but latterly, the term has been
almost entirely monopolized by the
newspaper profession, and in this
sense it is now universally received.
Let anybody examine the best city
dailies that catered to the public
mind prior to the days of railroads
and the electrical telegraph, and he
will be surprised at the absence of
one now most essential element in
the conduct of a daily paper, ubiqu-
ity of though and expression. A
correspondent writing q letter in
those days, wrote as the stage
coaches plodded, knowing full we'll,
that the diligence of q king could
not forestall him. The very neces-
sites of the times moulded his style,
and their impress found Judgment
in the phrases he wrote OF uttered
for the information of the people.
Former leaders and editorials may
have possessed the favor and vim of
old wine, but they wanted the pop and
sparkle, the glow and liveliness, of
the champagne of the present day.
The introduction of the electric tele-
graph has changed the world from q
plethoric to nervous temperament.
What would have satisfied gushing
youth few years ago, would not
suffice old age to-day; what news
mongeis would have christened the
quintessence of acuteness in those
days, would be dubbed the veriest
fatness and insipidity to-day. 1t is
a mistake, then, to suppose that
popular journalism has not made a
progress exactly commensurate with
the advance of the great inventions
of the practical world. It took Jacob
seven years to court wife, and then
he made u big blunder and allowed
the tender-eyed Leah to be palmed
off on him instead of the beautiful
Rachel, for whom he was forced to
serve another seven yesrs. Now, a
modern young man will hunt up an
heiress, WOO and marry her, con-
fscate her fortune and HE himself
to the ends of the earth in as many
days; while in thrice, our daily pa
pers would have the whole matter
spiced up and scattered like the
leaves of Autumn throughout the
length and breadth of our land. In
a word, the true journalistic regime
of the present day, is aptly set forth
in the following observations clipped
from a live exchange: " What the
public looks for nowadays, even in
the quarters that might be expected
to be most fvstidious, is dash rather
than deliberation; sensation rather
than solidity; sparkle more than
depth; and picturesqueness far more
than precision. The world has
taken to travelling by rail and trans
acting even trivial business by te]e-
graph, so the men who have the
suggesting of its ideas and convic-
tons can, least of all, afford to lag
behind" What we have said, goes
a long way to explain and reconcile
the multiplicity of newspaper fail
ures that tend to cast so much OPP
probrium upon the profession. :.
e G - L.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07
A PreSentiment.


If actions speak louder than words
then have our business men pre-
sentiment of good in the near fu
ture. Low prices in all depart.
ments of trade throughout the coun'
try, have been one of the results OF
the return to specie payment, and
yet, the tendency is still downward.
A gentleman who is about to open
new store in this place assured us,
the other day, that, make or break,
he was going to put prices down
several notches" below their pre-
sent status; and while he was aware
that other merchants would follow
his example and thus inau9urate a
lively competition, he believed it
would, in the end, be better for all
concerned. The relative values of
money and the various commodities
which it represents, like the relative
values of gold and silver, are huctu-
ating in their nature, and must ever
bend to the pressure of time and
circumstance. There is no such
thing as an absolute and fixed value
attached to the Commodities of the
world. Time 80. circumstance
alone gove"' ',@se things and rule
with rod ii iron, the issues and
destinies of the worlds commerce.
The better acquainted a tradesman
or merchant is with these facts and
the principles which underlie them,
the better is he prepared to meet
the adverses which beset him in his
business career. The return to spe-
Gle payments, like tonicin GONZALES
cence, is having the tendency to mol
lily the effects of chronic inequali-
ties and reconcile the extremes here
tofore existing between capital and
labor. The serious perturbations
which have harrassed our various
business callings for q term of years
are no longer beyond the control of
the legitimate efforts and appliances
of careful operators. For nearly
twelve months past, Government sta
tistics show that our exports have
been growing, month by month,
more and more in excess of our i'm
ports, until now, the surplus has
reached an encouraging figure. The
inevitable conclusion, then, is that
a large cash balance is placed to our
credit subject to interest, or to be re-
mitted to US in foreign gold and silver.
The fact that large Eastern manufac-
turers have begun to pay their hands
in coin, is doing wonders to inspire
public confidence in the safety and
perpetuity of our nations financial
system. Not only at home is this
true, but it is the criterion by which
other nations judge of our solsency.
The promisory notes of our Govern
ment are honored the world over,
and readily command tho respect
of every banking house in Christen-
dom. Thus, while our public credit
is unimpeachable, there is no reason
why o similar integrity should not
pervade every trade circle and prove
the ruling element at home as we'll
as abroad.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07
The Great Event.

LII is SAFE 10 say that no SUBJECT OF
greater magnitude, whether political
ly, morally or commercially consid-
cred, has ever convulsed the people
of the United States than the Chinese
immigration question, as it now ap-
pears in it's truly alarming attitude.
Mr.. Hayes has done no act since as
Stunning his official position which
more signally stamps him as man
of small mental caliber than his late
veto of the Chinese restriction bill.
The pressure brought to bear by
few New York and Boston merchants
and convocation of fanatical preach
ers was to much for him; his FORE
shortened craftsmanship could not
stand up against the sentimentalism
of imprisoned nonsense, and'he has
fallen never more to rise in the opin-
ion of what is destined to be the
real bone and sinew of our great and
glorious commonwealth We should
have stated in the outset, but it is
not too late to say now, that this dis
cussion as understood and conducted
on the Pacific coast is entirely shorn
Of all political partisanship. 1t may
be hard for our Eastern neighbors to
reconcile this assertion with their
own narrow and one sided views, but
such q fact dwindles to utter moth
ingness in the great issue that is final
ly to come. A just and righteous
indignation has been aroused through
the whole of the Pacific coast,
that the President should be so
controlled by the sectarianism and
bigotry Of q few Atlantic cities as
to go blindly counter to the best
interest, of forty millions of people.
A hydra-headed monster has in
vaded our borders, threatening to
disrupt and finally to destroy every
vestige of public and private integri-
ty flat by dint of true Christianity
and civilization has found Judgment
among our people. A moral and
physical pestilence, worse than all
the plaques of Egypt, has been, for
the last decade, tainting and disin-
our fairest and dearest So
cial economy. Forbearance on this
point long since ceased to be vir-
tue, and yet have we continued to
forbear, to hope and to wait With
all our reverses, we do not despair,
for we believe that, if the Pacific
coast cannot reckon its loyalty by
we shall, ere long, assert
that will show up Mr.. Hayes
in all his microscopic littleness.
Monster meetings in Portland and
San Francisco, show in unmistakable
signs the common sentiment of every /
man and woman on
this, the great question that now con-
vulses an offended public. Not a
city or community in the Pacific
States and Territories stands outside
or alone on this subject, but, on the
one thought and one voice
actuates them oil. But we await tie
issue of events, trusting that this
problem is yet to be solved in just
accordance with the broad and righte-
Gus views of the immortal trainers of
our glorious constitution.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

A CHINESE cook in Wasco county,
Oregon, recently attempted to poi
.son his boarders for the sake of rob-
berry and was himself made the VIC
tim of his own nefarious machina-
tions. The boarders thought the
coffee, at breakfast, tasted suspic-
iously and wound not drink it. John,
TO convince them that it was all
right, took q draught himself, and
died in an hour. Search being
made, small bottle of poison was
found secreted on his person. The
Chinese are evidently going"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

THERE are now ten prisoners con-
fined in the King county Jail; not
one in our own jail, they having all
escaped.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

The mills at Port Blakely are
running day and night. an eucour-
aging announcement to loggers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07
Oyster Propagation.

We believe that it has generally
been understood by Puget Sound
oyster dealers that, while such spec
linens as were imported from Allan
tic waters would readily increase in
size on this coast, they have failed,
in every instance, to reproduce their
species. This is the version of the
matter which we received from an
expert in q recent conversation on
the subject, and he assured us that
there was wide field of research
and doubtless profitable results open
to patient experifnenters. We re-
gard the introduction and numerical
increase of Eastern oysters in our
waters as second in importance only
to the discovery of an infallible
means for protecting piles from be-
ing destroyed by worms in our har-
bors. In this connection, we give
the following item of information on
the oyster question for what it is
worth. An exchange accredits it to
the San Francisco AH7: "Recent-
ly, on the Alameda shore, up creek,
where the spat had been carried for
miles by the tide, has been found
bed of Eastern oysters as large as
those temptingly displayed in the
markets and at the saloons. The
discovery was made while dig
ging for clans, and the find caused
great rejoicing" II reproduction of
the Eastern article can be effected
in California waters, there is moth
ing unreasonable in the assumption
that the same can be done here.
Nature, herself, knows better how
to do these things than human ma
nipulators, and we believe favorable
results might be attained by unwea-
ried attention to the work. It is true
that the spawn of Eastern oysters
has been dropped in several places
to be favorable for the de-
velopment of this delicious bivalve,
but operators seem to have lost
heart after one OF two fruitless trials,
and thus abandoned the enterprise
altogether. Let oysters be planted |
and the spawn deposited in hun
dred different localities, upon the
projecting spits, the mud flats and !
in the creeks and sloughs of our
meandering tide borders and we be-
lieve natural operations would at
tend to the details in such way as
would eventually largely compen-
safe the experimenter for his time
and money.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

The Academy of Sciences, tried to
boil water in corked bottles, Mon
day evening, and were much sur
prised at a terrific explosion. Thus
by practical results are theories prov
en-. They are by no means, how
ever, the first who have come to grief
by an unwise use Of the bottle.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-07

The promenading season is APP
preaching.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-11-04
Tin Wedding

Yesterday being the tenth anniver.
sary of the marriage of Mr.. Joseph l..
Ocheltree and his estilnabie lady, the
friends OF that worthy couple assembled
at the residence OF. the father Of Mr..
Jas. L., Mr.. Maxwell B. Ocheltree, No.
1U15 Tatuall 81 eet, for the purpose feel
ebrating the tin wedding of the ten
year Benedict and his bride. About
thirty-fve couple assembled, and as
each brought gift of soLle sort, the
display of tin ware about the time that
the latest arrivals had concluded their
congratulations, was something fearful
to behold. But the presents received
were not only noted for quantity, but
quality had also something to do with
them, and quite a number were not
only useful and handsome but unique
and valua BILE. A bountiful repast was
partaken of by the guests who after
spending q very pleasant evening de.
parted at a seasonable hour, their uni
versal wish being that the next decade
of the happy couple might be as bright
as the shinest piece of tinware in the
collection.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-11-04
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

SHERIFF SALE.
BY virtue of . writ OF Levari Facias to me
III ecte will be exposed to Public Sale, at
the
LAFAYETTE HOTEL, S41 SHIPLEY ST.,
kept by John J. Dougherty in the City Of
Wilmington, Now Castle County, DEL, on
TUESDAY,
THE 22ND DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1879,
At 2 o'clock, P. NJ,
THO following described Real Estate, viz:
All that certain lot or p ece OF land with q.
three story brick dwelling house ther,un
erected in the City 0isWilmington, aforesaid,
and bounded and described as follows, to wit:
Begi uninH at q point on the westerly side of
ratnali street, between Second and Third
streets, at the distance OF 93 feet inches from
the northerly side OF Second street, thence
westerly parallel with Second street 100 feet
to stake, thence sOutherly parallel with Tat
nall street 20 feet inches to another stake,
thence easterly parallel with Sec md street 81
leet to a corner, thence southerly with Tat
nall street 10 ieet inches to stake, thence
easterly parallel with Second street 5S feet to
the aforesaid side OF Tatnall street and thence
along the same northerly 81 feet to the place
OF beginning, be the contents thereof what
IL ey may. Hook W.. vol. 8, page AIT, &c.
Seized and taken in execution as the pros
oerty Of Joseph Richardson and t. t., and to
be sold by JOHN PYLE, Sheriff.
Sher tt's Office, New Castle, Oct. 20, 1879.
Ill
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-11-04
A "BALiM ASQUE"


One Of the social events ofthe season
came of last evening in the parlors Of
the European Hotel. 1t was the coca
sion of the celebration of the birthday
of Mrs. Merritt, the lady of the house.
The participants, some sixty in num-
Der, assembled at the residence of Mrs.
R. $. Kirby, 2O2 King street, and from
thence proceeded to Mr.. Merritt's resi-
tence, where an orchestra was in wait
ing. Between eight and nine o'clock
the floor was cleared and the dancing
began. The grotesque figures moving
III and out afforded much amusement
to the on lockers. The cowled figure
Of an ascetic trod the may intricacies
hand il hand with his barbed-tail
majesty. The ubiquitous red man
heavy with war paint and gorgeous
with coloring, glided along side by side
with ths demufs and quantity dressed
qrakeress. "Night" and ebay" con,
trary to the universal make up of
things, "changed hands," "swung
psrtners," and "balanced all" with a
'ccNACoo OsoiOsoAu iui AdtuIoA ldWs
representatives of all nations from the
Acknowledged son of Confucius to the
dark hued occupant of Southern plan
tations, mingled together in a sort of
traternal feeling of felicity.
At half-past ten o'clock the maskers
unmasked after which the dancing was
resumed until IL o'clock. At this hour
the participants were invited into the
lining rooms where we're spread long
tables filed with all that was desira
BILE. The courses were from prepared
turtle down, winding up with most
palatable desert Dancing was again
resumed and kept up until late hour.
The evening was pleasantly spent by
all who were in attendance and the
occasion will long be remembered by
those Immediately interested as one Of
the few truly enjoyable events Of a life
time.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-11-04
The ~. =. X. "A.

This evening the Moral Suasion Re-
form Association will hold a public
temperance meeting over which Mr..
Robert Green will preside. Several
eaksrs have promised to be in attend
ancs and it is hoped good audience
will attend.
On Thursday evening next Rev.
Josephus Cheyney, whose lectures last
week were SO highly appreciated, will
again be present, and announces the
subject of his address ga talk with
Christians" Mr.. Cheyney knows how
to handle subject we'll and as no
charge is made for admission the lec-
ture Of Thursday evening should be
we'll attended.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-11-04

An ElOq uent Sermon by . YsnnE
Wilmington Divine.

The following extracts are taken from
copious report in the Denison (Texas)
Herald" Of October 9th. Of sermon
delivered at that place by the Rev.
Joseph T. Wright of the Episcopal
Church. The young reverend is a son
Of Robert II. Wright, residing at Cos
West Fifth street, this city. The SER
mon was review of Ingersollism, and
the Herald" says:
The sermon last night at the Episco-
pal church upon lngersoll was certainly
a nasterly effort and worthy the large
and intelligent audience that gathered
to hear it. In depth of thought, ele-
gance of language, classic illusions, his
torical "reminiscences, picturesque de-
soription; in short, in sill that goes to
make up finished production, the ef-
tort of Mr.. Wright was in the highest
degree praisworthy and fattering. Tue
sermon was not however chiefly deserv-
ing of mention on account of its litera.
ry excellence, it was equally worthy
as an effective presentation Of the
claims of Christianity. Paganism and
its opposite, the civilization of Christian
and heather lands were strikingby con.
trasted, and it was shown beyond oavil
or contradiction, that in the material
things alone that effect the welfare and
happiness of mankind, such as the
mental and moral status of nations, the
weight of evidence and preponderance
of proof was al. Oh the side of the Bi-
BILE.
Following this introduction, the
"Herald" gives lengthy and interest
ing synopsis of the sermon, a glance at
which shows that the above introducto-
ry is not overdrawn, and closes as fol.
lows:
"The speaker closed with a touching.
ly beautiful panegyric upon the bible
and its mission and left in the minds
of his hearers an awakened interes,
and love for the grand truths of the
christian religion
The many friends Of Mr.. Wright in
this, his boyhood home, will be pleased
to read the above complimentary motto.
of their friend in his far away field.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-11-04
Grand OK ROast.

u grand OK roast will be given at the
heutzen Park, on Wednesday, the
III inst, for the benefit Of the Piy
)uth NJ. L. Zion Church, on Tenth
bet. The entertainment will also DC
tinued at the Walnut Street Hall.
the following Thursday, Friday and
(urday evenings. There Will DC
baking and singing as well as feast
!. An old Plantation Jubilee Con-
} and Promenade, will close the en-
tainmsnt on Saturday evening, the
inst. Tickets for the dinner oO
10. For supper ~ cents. Children :,
BRING the Park IL cents, At the nal
POINTS.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-11-04
Redemption OF Bonds.

Robert J. Reynolds, State Treasurer,
will attend at the Philadelphia Nation
al Bank, in Philadelphia, during bus
mess hours of the three first days Of
January, when he will redeem the
bonds from No. 276 to 80, dated Jan
uary l, 1855, and after that date inter-
est on said bonds will be stopped.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-11-04

On Thursday night last Mrs. John
Dorsey of Forty Acres shed happiness
upon the pathway of her husband by
the birth Of triplets. After the returns
we're all in an official count revealed
The fact that two were boys and the
other a girl. One of the boys died soon
aftar birth, The two others are doing
we'll: as is also the mother. Mr.. Dorsey
tha happy husband is employed as q
blacksmith at the Wilmington City
Railway stables.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-11-04
Al the Union Church. !.

There were interesting services at
Union NJ. Il. Church last night. This
evening at 7.30 o'clock there will be
preaching by the Rev. Mr.. Eastwood Of
Bethany Baptist church. The public
ia cordially invited. Come out and
worship with rs. n. B.