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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12

CALIFORNIA Republicans are happy.
A $4,000 fire in Portland last
week.
.MALLARD duck shooting has CON-
menced.
A MONEY order Office is talked OF
at LaConner.
The grain harvest is practically
ended in Washington Territory.
PoRr Townsend people are aillict-
ted with clothes-thieves.
The time allotted to pleasure ex-
cursions will soon come to a close.
LEWIS counts will place in the mar
ket fully 10000 bushels of grain this
season.
The present weather strongly sug-
gests the comfort of thick boots and
overcoats.
MOONLIGHT dances are in vogue
among our merry neighbors across
the Columbia.
A NEW boom of logs has been
moored in the stream near East
Olympia bridge.
The warehouses of Astoria have
capacity for one hundred thousand
tons of freight.
THE late Methodist Conference ad-
journed to meet at Eugene City, next
year.
4 The Blue Ribbon League will
meet as usual, next Sunday, at 3
o'clock.
AT the late Methodist Conference
it was decided to establish mission
in Alaska.
II LIKE the water company, the man
In the moon is cutting us down to
half rations.
Az you know your duty, do it,
without stopping to enquire about
Z - ~ = - $500
A WAR is brewing between China
and Japan. Particulars when they
get to fighting.
Now is the time when favorite
peach trees are interviewed by ma
rauding youths.
" HOME, sweet home," especially
the home of your girl after the old
folks have gone to bed.
The Bellingham Bay Mail, recently
removed to La Conner, will be here
after known as the Puget Sound Mau.
The "Court of Death" is what
exchanges call the modern dance
house, and it is a very fit and signif-
icant appellation.
Nor the '' DAISIES" but the I" Blue
jays" is the name of the young la
dies base ball club at Snohomish
City.
MEssRs. Woodruff & Van Epps
are still packing and sending away
old school books. In another year,
they will be receiving and unpack-
ing new books made from the old
ones.
A DOG FANcIER complains that the
canine nomenclature is running
short. When town is so full of
dogs that the new pup must dupli-
cate another pups name, it is high
time for the dog-killer's business
to be accounted a justifiable calling.
A RUSSIAN peasant girl, only ten
years old, and weighing four hun
dred and eighteen pounds, is the
biggest thing now on exhibition. If
ever wooed and won, she will have
to be married by sections, each lover
proving up and stalking off his claim.
A CERTAIN couple in town, some
what addicted to moonlight prone
nading, boast that they know how
many bents there are in the long
bridge. Another couple can toll,
within q dot, the number of planks
there are in the sidewalk between
Fourth street and the Capitol.
A METHOD has been perfected where
by train of cars, while running
at the highest rate of speed, can be
telegraphed from any distance and
instantly brought to bay. This in
vention gives the old man decided
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
IvAnu. soyrrcH.

"povn she ssnk. solemnly
Ivan rose, raised his AZ for ftly, a. abe knelt,
ser head lay well apart, each side her arms hung
Lightnins-s.ift, thunderssrons one blow-no need
Headless she inelt ON still; that pine Wa, sound at
(Nsighbor. were used to ssy)- east-irOn-kernel
which
faxed for second stroke ivan lvsnoyitch.
The mao was scsnt Of verbs as STROKES : 1t nsd
could no other: God it was bade Act for me ~
hen STOPPING, peering round-vhat 10 1t now he
proper strip Of bark wherevith TO wipe his Ak.
which done, he turns, goes in, cloees the door be-
The others mute remain, watching the blood-snske
Into hidins-place among the plin.er.hsap'."
$50 while the younse raise the corpse, the elders
Silently to the house; where hating, some one
Listened beside the door all there w.s silent too
Then they held counsel, then pushed door, and
passing THROUGH, -
= ivan Ivanovitch
Knelt, building on the floor that Krsmlin rare and
He DEITY carved and cut on lazy winter nights.
some Eve young faces watched, breathlessly, Sc, &c
rights,
Piece upon piece, he reared the fabric nigh COM
plete. 70. -
Stetcha Ivan's old mother sat spinning by the heat
OF the oven where his wife Z ,tia stood baking
bread.
Ivan's seIf, as he turned his honay-eoloreo head,
Was Just in act to drop, 'twlxt ir-cones-esch q
DOME
The scooped out yellow gourd, presumably the
home
OF KolOkol the Big the bell, therein to hitch
An acorn cup-vas ready; Ivan Ivsnovitch
Turned with IL in his mouth.
hey told him he was ffee
As air TO walk ahrosd, How otherwise Y asked
he."
From Robert BrouniIao's 4" Dramatic IdyLs "
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10


-STEALIEe cotton under the name O
ssmpling" has grown into q regUlsl
business in New York. 1t has been re
duced to such 8 state of perfection thai
the Cotton Exchange has been forced t.
make. organized resistance thereto. A
few days ago indictments for larceny and
receiving stolen goods were found
against two cotton brokers and a large
number of licensed samplers and cart.
men. 1t appears that instead of limit
ing themselves to the small quantity OF
cotton from each bale needed to exhibit
the quality, these licensed samplers take
enough to make it an object, and sell it.
-csrtanen follow the example of the
sampless, and take q grab at the bales
entrusted TO them on their own account.
Theeotton dealers estimate their losse
through this system OF pilferfng at $751;
0Oe year. The district attorney has
entered Sigorously into the business of
prosecuting the thieves and the brokers
who purchase from than, and it is
thought the Offenders viii be sent to the
penitentiary.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
I" SPIRIT photography" is thus G

esprit photography" is thus eK.
planned by Rochester photographer
/" l take piece of glass and on it paste
the photographed heads of such spirits
Is wished produced in hszy outlines
about the head Of the sitter. In the cen.
TIRE of the glass ! put nothing, but ar
range the Spirits in q semi-eircle.
Then from this prepared plate / take a
negative and afterwards a positive.
When sitter comes for photograph l
take negative just as would anyone's.
When the printing is done / place the
positive plate of the sitter under the
positive plate of the spirits and allow
the sun to print both. The Spirits be-
ing in a semi-circle the finished photo
graph appears as if the sitter was sur
rounded by heads in the air.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
Still With Her Husband.
Plttsburg Letter in New York SUI

PItteD0rg Letter IN New 1ork sun.
Annie Moore, the young woman OF
Beaver, this county, who caused SEN
sation last May by clipping with and
marrying negro, has been found living
quietly with her negro husband, Frank
Alexander, in the small town of Salem,
Ohio, about seventy-6ve miles from
here. Her husband is rather good.
looking negro, OF pleasant address The
girl says she is contented and happy.
and the only thing she seems anxious
about now is her piano, which her father
gave her some years ago, but which is
still at home. Her father, who is q
brother-in. law OF ex-Chief Justice Ag,
new, was terribly scandsliZed By her
strange conduct, and has since tried,
though in vain, to have Annie arrested
and sent 10 an insane asylum. For
some time previous to the elopement
Annie had given her parents a great
deal of trouble by her reckless, wavward
conduct, but being an only daughter she
was spoiled by indulgence. she had
quarrel with her parents on Wednesday
night, May IA, and early on the follow
ing morning lett her home and met the
negro by an appointment which she had
made the night before. Toe two went
to Rochester, about mile from Beaver,
to the house OF colored clergyman, whe
married them in the presence OF two
white men, wnvm they had called in to
act as witnesses The couple then took
the next train back to Beaver, where
dhe negro hired room in q house which
bsd three rooms only. two of which
wase already occupied by negro families.
The reckless girl sent home for her
trunk, piano and some of the ornaments
of her loom, and this was the first inti>
nation her mother had of the marriage.
The mother tried to persuade the girl to
return to her home, but she refused.
Her father, y. no is United States store
keeper in Indiana county, and is
wealthy, was net at home at the time.
Soon afterwsrd tt e couple disappeared,
threats having been openly made by the
young men Of Beaver of tsrring and
gathering the negro. Annie is twenty
wears old. She is brul1 ette, with large
ives, exceedingly pretty face, and fine
orm. Her family is one OF the best in |
his part Of the state. !
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
AT NIGHLFALL.

Coming along by the meadows,
Just after the sun went down,
Watching the gathering shadows,
Creep over the hillsides brown
Coming along in the cleaning,
With never star in the sky,
MY thoughts went a-roaming, a-roaming,
Through days that are long gone by
Days when Desire said: Tomorrow,
Tomorrow, heart, we'll be gay Pr
Days ere the Eeart heard the sorrow
Which echoes through Yesterday.
Lie was goblet FURNISHED
That with love for wine was filed;
The cup is bruised and furnished,
And the precious wine is spilled.
But to the traveller weary.
Just coming in sight OF home,
What does II matter how drea1y,
The way whereby he has come?
Coming along by the mesdovs,
And watching The fading day,
DusiieI than Nights dusky shadows,
Fell shadows Of l esterdsy.
In the northern sunsets glimmer
The Great Bear open ed his eyes;
Low in the east simmer
Showed where the full moon would rise.
Lights IN a window were cleaning,
And none who stood at the gate
Said: Why do you stand there dreaming
Ard why are you there go late ~
Yesterdays shadow and sorrow
That moment all vanished away;
Here were To-Day and Tomorrow
What matter for Yesterday.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

THE Boston cooperative grocery, un-
der the presidency of Josiah Quincy, has
been open three months, and is said to be
. q success, The plan is to sell unadul-
tersted goods at fair prices, and return
the profits to the purchasers. With
= every sale certificate Of the amount is
given, and every three months dividend
is paid on these, shareholders receiving
double the rates given to outsiders, be-
d. aides six per cent. On the money invested.
At the Srst quarterly meeting President
Quincy said; "Your organization has
already produced much good. Appliea'
tions for your bylaws have been res
ceived from all parts of the United
States. Probably more than fifty stores
have been, or soon will be, opened in
consequence of your example, and the
most comprehensive scheme of benevo-
lence, resting on self help and material
resistance, become general through the
land"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
4 RemarkabIe CounterfsIt Note.

The secret service has come into pos
session of the most remarkable counter"
felt that has ever been discovered. 1t is'
a bogus $40 United States legal tender
note, and Is calculated to deceive even q
person accustomed to handling notes OF
that denomination. What makes 1t so
remarkable is that the work on the note
is executed with pen and ink. All the
intricate figures and curves, all the
heads, the seal, the tine engraving work,
and even the fibre in the paper are almost
perfect, counterfeited by pen and ink.
The signature of John Allison, forncerly
register of the treasury, il perfect. The
whole bill, back and fsce, is q wonderful
piece of pen work. The bill was detected
At the sub-treasury at New Orleans.
Unless the individual who executed the
counterfeit is as rapid as he is a wons
derful worker it would take at least
month to finish piece Of work like this
$40 bill.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

THEY are troubled with great over
production of oil in Pennsylvania. The
stock on hand is 100000 barrels, and
the production in that state is 5000
barrels day, while the consumption is
So, 900 barrels, three-fourths of which are
shipped abroad. 1t is believed that s
large number of oil.well proprietors will
20 out of the business before long. 4
dozen fires like that st the oil warehouses
IN Philadelphia q few days ago would
make big hole in the 100000 barrels
,eurplussge, 4
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
FOREIGN.

The French government is developing
the carrier-pigeon service in earnest, for in
Paris and twelve other fortified towns no
fewer than 5000 birds are now fed at the
public expense.
The English press is castigatiDg the
home secretary because he has decided that
executions must in future be witnessed by
none save the prison authorities. Some
journals think private executions sims
moral"
A south African colonist says it Is g.
timated that f5,000000 has already been
spent in trying to penetrate Zululand, and
10000 900 more viii be needed before sue.
cess crowns the British arms. The w1ole
place, he says, is not worth half the sum.
Mr.. Gladstone's last and most remark
able Postal-csrd deliverance: 81 am OPP
posed to cofee.places, as 1 believe they are
more deteriorating than beer>shops. The
properties of tea or coffee are
greater and more injurious than those OF
malt liquors."
Russia is now completely shut off
rom the outer world. Her people are de-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

THERE is considerable excitement
among the manufacturers OF silk goods
over the sdyanee In the price of raw
silk. Three years ago this month the
raw material was lower than It had been
for the previous twenty yssrs. Owing
to the short crops there EsE 8 sudden
advance in the market, ard the price
went NJ from 81 to $40 Pc. pound
Since tlat time there has been . gradual
decline IN the price, and Less than a
saonth sgo fine raw silk could be pur.
Chased at from 1915 to $3.50 per pound.
The sudden rise in the price is owing to
che almost utter failure of the Italian
crop, The French crop is also very
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

poor. This failure of the European
crop was caused by the cold spring.
Thd Italisn and French silk is the ttsf
raised in the world, and r. used &. the
manufsctl,re of the finest grade Of dress
goods and ribbons. 1t haa g,eater bril-.
iancy and l. much strrnger than the
silk of China and Jsr,an. The crop in
China this year is >. heavy one, but that
of Japan is not yery good.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
A Funeral Break asst.
Chambers' Journal.

A crotchety old Yorkshiremsn about
a hal 8 century ago left directions that
the day of bis burial should be ushered
in with great public breakfast In the
town where he might die !; that the
coffin, slung upon towels knotted to-
gether, and bumped" three times upon
a particular heap of stones; that the
t" Lamentation of Sinner should then
be sung; and that every man, woman
and child who entered the church-ysrd
with or after the procession should re-
eeive dole of sixpenee. Never, we
fairly believe, was that particular
church-yard before or since so plentiiully
filed with living beings; mourners only
in this sense, and they longed for 9
succession of men who would order their
funerals in similar fashion.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

PORTSMOUTH, England, has the lowest
death rate of twenty-three of the largest
cities Of the Kingdom, nineteen per
1000, and Syracuse the lowest of twenty
three American cities, Of size similar to
the English cities selected as examples.
The Syria cuse death rate is v13 so per
1000. The minimum death rate Is
eleven per 900. = - - - -
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

In q recent German debate Herr
Tiedeman stated that there were in Ger
many 100000 landed proprieters,
100000 of whom were untaxed as
having incomes under $105 year. Out
of the actual taxpayers there were not
more than 100000 whose incomes ex'
ceeded $3.50 a year. Forced sales of
lands and farms are of daily occurrence,
and general distress prevails.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
FEARs Of susrcbv IN Mexico are sgs

FEARS Of snarchy in Mexico are again
entertained, in view of the presidential
election next year but the assurance is
given that President Diaz will see the
new president duly installed, and, as &c.
nior general of the army, will then no
doubt sustain him.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

On the arrival of the IeinforcemeDts,
the British army in Zululand viii be consid.
erably larger than that which was present
at Waterloo or the Alma. At the memora Die
battle which ended in the overthrow Of Ma
poleon the English troops numbered Just
under 81 900. At the first great Sight in the
Crimea the British forces consisted OF 26,-
600 men, When the troops sent out during
the hast few DAYS shall have crossed The Tu>
gels the strength of the English army with
in the Zulu territory will be over $4,000.
1t Is singular fact that not one OF
the imperial Napoleons has died in France
or on French soil. Napoleon l., the founder
of the family. died prisoner on the British
island of st. Helena, in the south Atlantic
ocean; his son, Napoleon II, died in AUS
tria; his nephew, Napoleon Ill, died an
exile in England, and now his grand
nephew, the young man whom the French
imperiaiists have hoped would one day rule
France as Napoleon ~, has met his fate at
the point of Zulu spears, In South Africa.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

PHILADELPHIA stands at the head OF
the morocco trade of the United States.
1t has thirty.two firms, which do bust
ness of 81, 0O0, 900 annually.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

PROFESSOR AGAssIz, the younger, Is a
Ihert, slender man, looking like q
Frenchmsn, with fine forehead and
bright ewes. -...-...-....
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

EGYPTIAN wheat is attracting atten,
ton in oslifcrnis, for the climate is par
ticulsrly favorable to its growth. 1t
Yields enormously.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

nieo ' ,.ssport, to foreign countries, except u
q instances and for brief period Of
time. AL letters and kilograms are opened
by censors Of the government, and Foreign
publications are prohi bited, unleSs so Eff
fecsually defsced by censorship ss to render
them useless.
In 1856, while on visit to. the Ep-
peror Napoleon Ill at the Iuilleries, Count
Won Moltke saw the laps prince imperial.
then an infant eight months old, watching
at a window the evvlvtions Of the troops,
and causing his fataer's face to shine with
Joy. "No wonder, too" observed the count
in his diary, "fer he is splendid little
faIfnuD
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

RsSSi1a Air.
sark thP vtsper hymn ia stealing
b er the waters. soft and clean;
Nearer vet and nearer peslirg.
6oft II breaks upon the ear,
Jabilate, men,
Nov, Ike -aoonlight waves retrestinr
10 ,ae shore, IL dies slong:
ssosy like angry surges meeting,
Breaks the mingled tide Of song
Jubilafe. Amen.
Hush again Ike waves retresffng
To the shore, IT dies along,
IusIla's, Ansf IIOV
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10

the other extremity OF the carriage, and
remained as silent as statues. They
carried no bags or parcels OF any kind
The yellow hand produced a smelling
bottle OF cut steel, and pungent odOr
diffused itself gradually as the windows
were closed to exclude the smoke.
Now the tunnels were gained which
form the threshold OF Mount Cents on
the Italian side, and which are immeas>
urably more black and oppressive. ai
A rush of steam, shrek of the
locomotive, and the train WAS engulfed
in the first of the three long tunnels.
The gas burned in tiny star in the
roof of the carriage. Horrible darkness
and dense smoke, like an opaque wall
against the window>sash ] BUou's mis-
tress unfastened her collar, and sought
her fan. At the other. end of the car
rage the yellow hand was deity opening
tie owner cloak, while pair OF glitter
ing eyes were turned on the unconscious
Miss Norfolk.Stanley from the folds Of
the veil. The smelling>bottle of cut
steel had vanished.
A rush of steam, shrek of the loeom-
tive, and the train plunged into the
second tunnel. Behold the companion
of the traveller with the yellow hands
quietly unfastened her cloak, and pro-
ducing her smelling-bottle, this one a
slender vial of colored glass, which she
retained between her fingers instead of
using.
A rush of steam, a shriek of the LOGON.
tive, and the train passed into the third
tunnel. Silence reigned in the ladies'
carriage.
After this there was pause, and Miss
Norfolk.Stanley opened her window to
1nhale the pure mountain air, while each
link of the train was tested before the
trial of the great tunnel. Then Mont
The Newtown bee., 1879-03-04
Taunton.


 II news Items arc as scarce next week As they arc the present week, we VIII feel obliged to secure the assistance Of another correspondent on an increased salary.
 There are a number of narrow-uinded infidels In this place who think 1t Is cum ning to throw paper wad5 at each othor during the prayer meetings. A short time ago they commenced hooting and shouting as soon as they got outside the church, and kept 1t up on their way home. Their wisdom combined would not exceed that of one ordinary fool.
 Joseph Haigh has rented the vacant tenement In Mrs. Payne's house, and will move there shortly.
 The indications are that next summer will be an exceedingly cold one, by the looks of the farmers wood piles in this vicinity.
 The Halter and Ci0thier says ''thc Taunton wool hat shop is turning out first class work at present, and com Pany proposes to erect a large factory nt the south end of the lake. The iirst-class work may he all right, but the south end part Is news to us.
 While other places have becn boasting of their fat cattle hand organs and pros peetlve bridges, Taunton has been lying back on hor oars with watchful eye, waiting for a favorable breeze to glide her gently to the front Now that our turn has come wo propose to leave our neiyhbor5 in tho shade, for several of our residents have seen the first robin. We manufacture ijrSt-elasS hats, we have fast pedestrians, we have our flags living on Washington's Birthday, and we even have man who started home the other night without his boots on. UNo.