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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-19

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Yes, clouds had come up, as they do
sometimes on a warm September day;
but, as we know, rain does not always
follow.
1t was now time for old Teresa to
think about dinner; and great feast,
of course, it was to be.
"We must do ourbest, miss, to-day.
All old men are fond of good eatin's."
"Old men What do you mean.
woman?" cried Miss Prynne, indig-
nantly; but she laughed.
Wonderful preparations they made
not fattering to Mr.. Richard Cliftord's
appetite; you would have thought they
were providing for an eating Tom"
or some other gastronomic celebrity ;
chickens and ducks, ham, every i'm
aginable vegetable, six different des-
serts-enough for three or four of the
largest sized giants.
But it continued to cloud up. Poor
Miss Dinah peeped ont and upward
every five minutes; but the weather was
hopeless--at half past one the sky was
dark, with faint flashing and rumbling
IN the distance; and he was expected at
two AS the minutes went by the thun-
der grew louder and nearer and the
lightning tiercer and after a while down
splashed the big round drops which al
ways precede a summer storm.
AT five minutes Of two Miss Dinah
stood on the balcony looking down the
road. The rain was terrific; the fash
ing and roaring overhead, as she 70.
marked to old Teresa, busy within CIV
ing the last touches to the table, "be.
yond anything in her experience"
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29
BOYRBON BALLADS-NO. ls-

AN APPEAL TO MISTER HAYES FOR AEhCh-
New York Tribune
The Democrats have decided TO pass an ad-
dress TO the President and present IL TO nun
IN the presence OF both houses. as proylueu
In the Joint ruIes-lLouisyille Courier-Jour-
nal.
Good Mister Hayes, we repent of our sin;
Years IL IL close upon twenty
Since out of office and fodder we've been.
While You have revel ed In plenty.
Bowed al the feet Of you here We entreat oil
Not TO monopolize everything so;
Pity and pardon US!
Don't be too hard US,
Soften and give US a show!
When you were chosen you led us TO hope
You were the Radicals leaving;
Then we made love and proposed 10 eiope-
All we have found you deceiving!
Madly you wh;sck at US! You have nung
Every sweet word we had learned to bestow;
Cut from the mt OF IL!
That Is the worst oil 1t
Soften and give us ow!
Key and Carl schurz-when they entered the
Leading You in by the button.
Many q Bourbon was heard to remark
Certainly he is our mutton
How we were taken IN! how we were
Hopes tnat were precious and fed upon
crow
But there ere perishlng
Fellows still cherishing
Dreams that you'd give us a show.
Nonsense That offer TO marshal a force
Just TO inau- urate Tilden!
All gas onade, We were blowing OF course,
Who'd offer blood to be spilled in
Any such b -ttie as that Tor such cattle as
Crowd Cipher Alley above or below?
Why amt you havin' US
Fede We are ravenous.
Move up and give Cs q show!
Feed us and we will your champion be;
Peace is no longer in danger;
Principles vanish the moment that We
Get our noses into the manger.
Danish the Partlson! Mercy's great heart is
Island whence virtue and victuals will
flow;
Pity and pardon us.
Don't be too hard on us
Move on and give us showi
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29

81, 900 to 5000. Even a dead elephan
will find a ready buyer at from 500 t.
$500. The African specimens are the
finest, being twice the size Of their Indiar
brothers.
Girafes are exceedingly rare in the
United States, in nearly every case being
able only to make the voyage from the
Cape to England or the continent. The
voyage 10 this couptry enfeebles them 30
that many die during the trip or immedi-
ately after landing here. The least cold
sensibly hurts them. They are dainty feed
ers and much given to consuming cabbages.
They are valued ct from Ss, 900 to $40 600
q pair.
The rhinoceros and hippopotamus mark
ct is always an active one, as very few have
ever reached this country alive. The bath
Of the latter renders his transportation al
most impossible.
The South American monkey is always
in demand, while those of Africa are drug
on the market, they being dull and lazy
and easily caught. The methods OF catch
ing them are numerous. 10 South Ameri-
ca the natives fill gourds with rum, which
the monkeys drink, and becoming totally
unconscious under Its effects are easily
taken. In Africa wooden vessels are used,
into which they thrust their hands and can
not remove them. hey range in value all
the way from 81 up to $500.
Africa is the great stock farm for animals
The Beers, hundred CT two miles above
the cape, are constantly catching animals,
aud end ready market at Cape Town for
them.
Stories of animals and animal catchers
are numerous and m arvellous, but many of
them are 80 tainted with e1aggeration that
it is asking too much of common sense
readers to wade through them.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29
MefeArie Dust

A writer in the London Tins has been
investigating the amount Of mater added
to the earth by the meteors which are
constantly falling upon ii. The total
downfall, ne says would not at its present
thousand fold, cause the sarth's crust to
grow apDrecisble in the lsp-e of sges-un
derstanding by ages thou-snds of years
1t has been shown by Professor Alexander
Herschell that tie average weight of
shooting. stars visible to the eye must be
estimated rather by graius than by ounces.
The telescopic shooting star which form
nine-tenths of the total according to
Professor Newton's (of New Haven
estimate, are, OF course, far smaller. But
assigning even to each meteor a weight Of
one pound-an utterly inadmissible
estimate-let US consider at what rate the
earth's crust would grow. The earth has
surface Of 100000 600 square miles and
about 100000 meteors fall upon it per
annum. That gives two meteors, or two
pounds weight Of matter, added to each
square mile In year. There are me re
than 100000 square yards in a square
mile, so that 100000 years would be
required at the present rate of meieoric
downfall to add one pound of meteoric
matter to each square yard of the earth's
surface. Such added matter, uniformly
spread over the surface, would be utterly
inappreciable SO lar as the thickness of the
earth's crust is concerned. In thousand
million years, at that rate, which far e1-
ceeds the real rate, the crust of the earth
would not be increased in thickness by q
single foot. The excess OF increase in the
Northern hemisphere would not be one foot
In million of years.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29
Carlyle ON Dyspepsia.

For many years the eccentric Thomas
CARLYLE has been afflicted with dyspepsia.
How he acquired it be thus described in
q conversation with an American clergy
man:
a am sure can hardly tell. sir; only
know that for one, or two, or three and
twenty years of my mortal existence | was
not conscious of the ow nership Of that
diabolical arrangements called a stomach.
had grown up the healthy and hardy
son of hardy and healthy Scotch dales-
man and he WAS the descendant of a long
line of such; men who had filled their
threescore wears and ten-or even mayhsp
by reason of their strength, their fourscore
years-and had gone down into their graves
never a man of them the wiser for the
possession of this internal apparatus.
And the voice came to me, saying: Arise
and settle the problem OF thy life
And 40 entered into my chamber and
closed the door and around me there came
trooping a cloud of phsntasms dire from
the abysmal depths of the nethermost
perdition. Doubt, Fear, Unbelief, Mockery
and Scorn were there and i arose and
wrestled with them in travail and agony OF
spirit. Whether | ate know not. Wheth-
er slept know not. i only know that
when came forth again it was with the
direful persuasion that l was the miserable
owner Of a diabolical arrangement called a
stomach, and have never been free from
that knowledge from that hour to this and
/ suppose that / never shall be until an
laid away in my grave"
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29
Easy Lesson in Etiquette.

We have been profoundly interested in
work that has Just been sent us, the author
whereof, Prof. Il. B. Tanning, aims to give
to the world easy lessons in etiquette for
gentlemen. 1t Is useful work. Among
other things the professor says:
"When calling on a new lady acquaint-
apce, the hat should be taken to the parlor
and held in the hand"
This Ia one OF the best instructions in the
book. When you don't know all about the
young lady and her family, young mar,
freeze to your hat all the time. We once
krss a young lady who kept her father and
four brothers in nice, new, stylish hats, all
the time, by simply instructing the servant
to just skin the hat rack every time a
young man with giddy hat was fresh
enough to leave his hat in the hall. Well
bet dollar Professor Tanning has been
there himself. And, then, beside, "plug"
hat is such comfortable thing to hold in
ones hand. When you can't think of any
thing to say, stroke the hat the wrong
way, and then exert your energies during
the rest Of the visit to get it smooth again.
"A gentleman" Gays the professor, with
becoming severity, never dances with
his overcoat on."
huu VIC nc ever
dances with his overshoes on, and the in
stances in the best society in which gen.
tleman has danced through the entire set
with his ulster drawn close over his head,
his trousers stuffed in the legs of his India
rubber boots, and an umbrella held over
his head are rare indeed. Society cannot
feel too grateful to the Professor for men
tioning this little matter Of etiquette.
"A gentleman" continues the professor,
"always wears gloves"
This is solemn, sober, earnest, inspired
truth. When you meet s-a-person any
where in the street, in the cellar, at the
lunch staLd, in swimming, in bed, and you
see he wears no gloves, shun that person
He is no gentleman; Professor Tanning
says 30, and Professor Tanning knows
Why, a real gentleman wears gloves when
he washes his hands and trims his nails.
always" insists the professor, ''ofier
your hand to lady with the back OF the
hand down."
III you don't believe this, try offering the
hand to lady with the back of it up. The
lady will Immediately kick the stuffipg cut
Of you-BWlngton HaUkeye,
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29
poUwRON BALLADs-No- IL.
-S.roR EATON, OF CONN, SPEAKS HIS
PIECE

SENATOR EATON, OF CONN, sPEAhs NE
PIECE.
New York Trioune.l
wba, nav is that States are sovereign;
the ripest product OF the Pc op.es WILL
The only agent that can. break chain
Or hind q black mani agree with Hill.
The .sNation'sn boasted power Is vanishing;
Onlv a state can claim q rightfnl sway
Or make a law that's good for anything
That's what / say
What say is the "Union' Is a myth;
This is what Washington was often hearo
To shout with vigor; this is ust the plth
Ofwhat ID Webster frequent y averreu.
Or what they tO0aJd have said, In stfaihs
sublime,
Ifthey had been as wise as We To-day;
Thew were old foyies-clear behi nd the time
That's what say!
What say is, the "UDiou" is bono
OF free. Ioye-a Confederated wnim-
This is what Jefferson was doubtless iona
Ofsaying-ur-when II OCCURRED 70 nlin-
You'll never find a paradise begun
TIL all the States are Tree 10 go or slay-
Why South America shows now LIS oooe-
That's what say.
What say is Coercion is a Crime!
L raised q flag at ybrook In the name
OF the Seceders-'twas in the battle time
Some eighteen years ago. 10 Hawley came
Leading blue cutthroats up across the Green,
And when heard 'em yell, ran away.
That is wha, Daniel web-ur-ah-l mean
That's what i say,
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29
wild Amin ais.
Hartford Courant. |

Probably less is known of the extent,
value and number of rare and valuable
beasts reared in our own midst than any
subject of interest TO the public. II horses,
COWS, colts and calves have a market value,
SO have tigers, lions and their young, for
of the latter many are born in the United
States every year.
Daring the past five years no less than
seventeen little lions have seen the light Of
day, though only six reached years Of ma
turity.
The details Of their nursing are peculiar.
The lioness is not approached until the
cubs are fully three or four months old.
They are then, by means Of strategy, sepa-
rated, and weaving commenced. A quart
of milk, together with nice, boneless, juicy
outlets and titbits are given them daily un-
til the seventh month, which is the critical
period of cubs. II they get over that, they
stapd fair chance of living a long time,
though the period Of tooth shedding,
which generally occurs at twelve months
is attended with danger.
1t is a known fact that lions attached to
travelling vans, under proper care, are the
most healthy and lively, and thrive better
than those in Geological gardens. In this
| country lion has been exhibited thirty.
FIVE years, and as far as could be Judged
was fifteen years old when captured; 90 that
| Re certainly WAS over fifty when he died.
In eight out of ten cases congestion of the
lungs carries them off,
The amount Of food given a lion is less
than one would suppose, thirteen pounds
of beef day, with bones ad ibitum, being
q fair allowance. When fed regularly
they show little disposition to glut them.
selves, end will rarely exceed fifteen
pounds, even though q chance be given
them. The greatest of care is exercised in
keeping their cages clean, as they are con.
stantly shedding their hair, an sccumula.
tiou Of which adhering to their food, and
being swallowed makes them sick.
The largest number of these animals ars
imported from the French province of Al
geria. There is no affection in lion; hs
knows his keeper and fears him, and vii
obey him, but there il no affection betveer
them. The value of lions is varied, though
. good pair will readily bring s., ,OC0, ant
the demand is constant. Rare animals n,
sought after constantly by the various ZOO
logical institutions and menagerie owners
and in many instances they having pal,
! fabulous prices for the more rare species
J Tigers command about the came price q
. lions, but are comparatively ecarce and no
20 popular - the Iona
81 Elephants always find ready market
, two or three being imported yearly int
y this country, and sell without trouils I
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29
BOURBON BALLADS-No. 10.
WANTED IN WASHINGTON.
New York Tribune

New York Tribu
In far Missouri's Council Hall,
The Hon bile Nicholas Price arose
Twas q sultry afternoon last Fall,
When the first day 8 session crept to close
They paused TO hear what he had to say,
CAS- il IL had trouble his mind all day.
Il move that the House do now adjourn "
1t did. When the next day drew TO an end,
The Hon'b Nicholas Prlce arose
With wrAthful mien, as If to defend
His country against her hated toes.
He lifted his Quivering hand on high-
And uuto the Speaker WAS seen TO turn
As he said IA tear in his pensive eye,l
ssI move that the House do now adjourn !"
So day by day, and week by week,
The Hon'ble Nicholas Price was there,
The members smiled when he rose TO speak,
For he always had such an inju red air.
He waved his arms and shook his head,
And for social sympathy seemed to yearn,
And he said ut was all that he ever said,)
81 move that the House do now adjourn "
His soul was happy in that one plant;
And mis- constituents rose and said,
ssOur member ain't any slouch-he amt"
And gave him a cane with golden head.
HiS brain was big with affairs of state,
With high ambition he seemed TO burn,
But he said Ia proof he was truly great,D
"I move that the House do now adjourn"
In Cong ess, o for an hour of Price,
To stop the wheels of the Bourbon mill!
BETTER than Voorhees, or Beck's advice;
Better than Bayard or Eaton OF Hill
Blowing is thought to be wisdom Hence
/ doubt If We 'uns ever will learn
That little speech $50 full OF sense,l
t,ImDve that the House do now adj )urn" ~
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29
The Little People.

-"When is q man coward" asked
teacher. "When he runs away from q
cow answered pupil.
-"Its only q spring opening, ma" ex-
claimed that awful boy, As he exhibited
his torn trousers after leap over picket
fence.
Freddy Ito George) Doesn't it seem
nice to see the swallows back again
George-well, they fly so fast l can't see
their back.
LET a small boy catch his kite on q tele-
graph wire, and he will exhibit more inee-
nuity in getting it down than it would take
to invent first-clsss flying machine.
Mamma Ito Hamilton, who has beer
put in q corner because he would not say
'please"); "You may come out now.
Not till you say "please, mother"
-"Now, Willie" said the anxious
mother, show did you get that big daub ol
molaases on your best jacket ?" "Oh, syrup
titiously, ma" and his peculiar wink saw
ed him . boxed ear.
-CharlIe-"Where did the parrot com,
from, mamma? Msmma-"From Africa
my dear" Then, when it learns to talk
viii it tell ua all about the Zulus ?-Londr
Fun.
-GIn the sentence, John strikes vii
iam," remarked school-teacher, "whati
the object of striker" "Higher wage
and less work, promptly replied the intel
liRent youth.-Turner's Falls Reporter.
A bright little Norristown mis-. who's
sister was i'll, went running to her mothel
saying: "Mamms, / do hate to see sists
sick, for then her nose is 90 pinched in IN
small that ii looks lonely on her face"
Miss Bonceur. who has been reading
her Sunday school class: so you se
childr n, the good manAaron'srodsvallovt
up all the other rods." Tommy, with
heartfelt sigh: ''Gorry, don't wish dad
old ticker had been there w-Ha5pard Ian
pDon.
1T was . little girl of four yean
Winsted Conn, Who, having repeated Il
Lord's prayer, for her nune, got permiait
70 o6er . petition for herselt, and th,
prayed to be made twin to her sis.er, vi
v1 seven years Older, and that she mig
vaks up oa the morrow and find her hs
loag.
Lacy has possd ths littls rustic nod
II Nasy, Maud and Na1slins ispsncil
- Bs61y b eaesh 81 tEanu6R . -
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29

the passengers standing up in the ordinary
car. His neglect to make such request
may be accounted for on the ground that
he might have supposed it would be una
vailing. The plaintiff was not a trespas-
ser in the drawing room car, and he avow-
ed his willingness to leave on being pro-
vided with seat in one of the ordinary cars
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29

his hunting grounds to starvation and
death like his North Ameriacan cousins,
by the ever.advancing white man. he is
seldom visited by sickness, and his Lie Is
unusually prolonged. That he has aoso.
Iutely no troubles / will not affirm, but IL
be hiss any he certainly takes them very
liybtlvu
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29

the child's expression Of vonderment and
delight as itlistens, for the first time in its
life, to the murmur Of the she'll Lucy:
@Now. darling, put the pretty shell to your
ear and hark to what it Gays" Rustic
Model: "Lor, is that all. Why, beer-lug
can do that IT-Punk,
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29
How Mans Family Got Too Famous
New York Telegram

New 1OIh leieSEdiH
"Who brings charge against this girl ,"
said the Justice, this morning, whiting a
hole through the drawer Of his desk, as if
i, we're miniature Ludlow street Jail, "and
when it is brought, what is IN"
The girl alluded to stood at the rail,
handsome, well built, black eyed dsmsel Of
about seventeen seasons at Coney Island.
81 do, Your Honor"
Uttering these words, little, bowed, de-
crepit man, with that unsteadiness in his
legs which is the invariable sign of the
tailor-you see, his legs being crossed so
much they get out Of humor-came toward
the witness stand.
"And who are you"
"I'm her father"
"What has she done"
">he il victim of the athletic mania,
which is sweeping over the continent and in
addition to making my physical. existence
of as much uncertainty as q horse race,
owing to her daily practice with pair OF
Kehoe clubs in an humble apartment that
was never architecturslly intended as the
training quarters of q pugilist, being Of
those diminutive dimensions which would
render, swinging even a midget cat a
ultdstIOue pIOCcCuibk AOh thC III oo@
dition to endangeripg my life, as say, not
to mention the destruction to crockery aud
one clock which has been knocSed out OF
time, she absents herself from home
attending to female base ball and walking
matches, has wasted my savings in pedo-
meter and renders my life miserable by
refusing to have anything to do with the
baby, atat two years. And j therefore
pray that the Honorable Court may give
me some redress for the loss OF her ser
vices"
"Old gentleman" remarked the Cour.
"your speech is of the true Evartsoriau
style"
~ am a t .iIor, sir" he modestly replied
"and spent many lonely hours upon my
bench. 1t is then improve my mind by
reading and reflection"
THE FAMILY.
"Have you any other family asked
His Honor, stroking his moustache and
trailing it out until it looked like COLDER
taseel upon the ripenin2 corn.
The tailor was visible agitated. By ,
powerful exertlon he overcame his emotion
and answered:
II had wife, but l don't know wher'
she is"
"Ido, Your Honor" said the girl, 'f
know where ma is"
She pulled morning paper from he
pocket and sought for . paragraph. Find
ing it, she said:
"My mother at eleven O'Clock last nigh,
completed 800 miles in five days at Slasher'
Hall, Portland Oregon She is sixteel
miles and four laps ahead of all competi
tors, and stands to win the belt and tn
prize Of $3.50"
"Do you hear" said the Court addressin
. the complaint, you're wife's all right, she
getting along very we'll, it seems. Wa
there any one else?"
: "My eldest daughter, Jane"
aSistef Jane" the defendant volunteere
l SIS in Connecticut getting up scheme for
= swimming school am one of the entri'
4 for the frst race, which takes place June Il
, There viii Be twenty-five starters,
0 havsn't nads much mooey-pa thsee il {
. avfnlly ainU; but stand now ready
\ boek s = I agsimt nAs 6hs took out
y
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29

Z UAVG AIOO idIke Emu
wv well-selected stock of Clothing at
prices that We defy competion and
we will guarantee to sell them with 25 per
cent. cheaper than any other clothing house
in this city. All we ask is to give us a call
and examine our stock and prices before
purchasing elsewhere. We can suit every
body in goods and prices. Don't forget
the place
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29
THE DANGER OF RoCTH

becomes materially lessened, SO that in
reality the Kansas farmer needn't have
anything to bother him unless the trouble
is Of his own conception and Matching.
When one thinks Of what has already been
done in Kansas in the way OF crops, it very
naturally leads to the belief that what has
heretofore been done can be duplicated
and IL can
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-05-29
THE SOIL Is RICH

and yields largely, 30 that the farmer can
always expect, and with reason, too, good
returns from every years crops, except, OF
course, when some unforeseen calamity,
like drouth or grasshopper visitation,
comes along to blast his fond hopes. But
the grasshoppers don't come every year, nor
once every five years, and as the country
grows older and artificial forests spring up,