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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-24

Expedition Against the Indians and
Their Rc,ties.nrss words from the
Department Commander to has super
ior Oiliccr-What lie Thinks and Snys.
General Howard's report to the
Division Commander of the Pacific
is so leplete with good reading and
instruction that we take from it
some of its choicest parts. The Cen
eral is known as IL good writer and
his words have great effect upon the
War Department, i'll deciding the
policy TO be used against the Indians
Oh the frontier. That he is IL hu-
name officer his expressions of praise
Of his men will testify. In speaking
Of
EEsTLEssNEss AMONG TIE INDIANS
And its causes, he says:
Early IN the Spring the Indians
in several parts of this Department
began to manifest rcstlessness that
gave promise of future trouble, if not
quieted.
The Indians in the vicinity Of the
Spokane River were reported as en-
gagged in frequent disputes and feuds
with the whites, who were tlockinS
into the region in large numbers an d
rapidly taking possession of all good
land, to the exclusion of the Indians.
Then, too, the Spokanes complained
bitterly that the Govern ment had not
fulfilled its promise Of a reservation.
\ Spokane Iudian, visiting the
kitchen of hotel, was stabbed by
the cook, thrown ont for dead, and
finally carried, in bad condition, to
the Indian lodges.
Another was looking into the
camp of a new settler, when, in ap-
prehension of harm, the settler
ordered him off. AS he did not 60
at once, he struck him with a pistol :,
fracturing his skull. This Indian
was also taken thus badly wounded
to the same lodges.
Further, Indian squatters are
being frequently displaced by white
men, who know just how to take up
the land in legal way.
These, and other causes, have
/ given rise to much dissatisfaction
and ill-feelinS on the part of these
Indians.
Other encroachments made against
Indians by whites have been report
ed to me directly from the vicinity
of Spokane Falls. Some who were
engaged in farming were despolled
of their land, their fences torn down,
and logs dragged into their plowed
fields 10y railroad men.
The railroad contractors have cat
timber for ties on land claimed by
Indians, and IN organized party of
+ white men, claiming tho right to sell
whisky to Indians becoming citizens,
have secretly flooded the several Iu-
dian bands, north and south OF the
Spokane, with this maddening bev-
erage.
ORGANIZATION OF MOUNTED SCOUTS.
In view of'thc general feyerishness
referred to above, and discomfort
among the dietl'rent lsdian tribes OF
this department, OF which | have
kept myself informed by officers il
the Vicinity, and by special agent
who went trom tribe 10 tribe AMI re-
Inu.nri for time in THEN lodges,
cnur 10 the conclusion early in tho
Sc son that IN organization Of IL good
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-24
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

Investigations by y. Muller show
that the fresh leaves of the sug ar
beet contain four per cent. of oXallc
acid. of which one-third is i'll Il so!u
bic form. When it is considered
how great are the quantities of these
leaves eaten by cattle where the
Lect-susar industry is extensively
engaged in, il behooycs farmers to
be on their guard, rs the acid in
duces inflammation of the mucous
coats of the stomach. The picking
of the leaves with chalk will probab-
" prevent such results.
Many of the sleepers used on Ger
man railways are imprcsnated with
certain preservativo substances.
chloride of zinc having proved the
most suitable. Experience with
,slecpers of various kinds of wood
has shown that the durability Of
oak is increased, by impregnation,
from 1876 years to 1876; pine, from
70 to l3; fir, from 81 to .; beech,
from 3 to lG5. 1t will be noticed
that the preservatlve effect upon
slcepcrs of beech is remarkable, g.,
the prepared wood lasting five and
onc-half times as long as the un-
treated.
From II series of experiments re-
garding the size Of drops and their
use in measuring medicines, etc. =,
Mr.. r. ). Talbot finds that liquids
containing II small proportion of wa,
ter afford small diop, ind vice
versa. Gmelin's statement that "the
cohesion of liquids is pretty nearly
in proportion TO their specific Grayi-
ty' is questioned, rs it is shown that
alcohol and mercury afford nearly
the same number of drops to the
drachm. The largest drop is formed
by syrup Of gum arabic-4l to the
drachm-and the smallest of chloro-
form 25O to the drachm. The slze
of drops is affected considerably by
the shape of the lip over which it
falls.
Edison has again announced the
aucccss of his electric light and
promised that in a very short time
his perfected lamps snail be placed
in the market. Each lamp is t. last
six months and cost about fifty cents.
The electric power which furnishes
The illumination during the night
may hc uscd to lriv1 light machinery
by day for manufacturing purposes,
thus adding to the value and econ
omy Of the system. The electric
current is to be supplied in cities
from central stations, where huge
generators will be lorntcd, and the
quantity OF electricity received by
each consumer is to he recorded by
amctcr. The expense is TO be less
than that of gas. This plan is es.
sentially the same as that Outlined
~ ,Dc sanguine cXperlmentcr ycal
aGo. There seems to he little doubt
that Mr.. Edison has made som,
ll"%ryas with his system of electric
lighting, but his reckless; assertion,
and unredocmel pledges have st
shaken public faith III his idc'h thai
noshlnS less than thorough prarti
cal demonstration viii spread Tia,
conviction that the electric li2h
problem has been solved.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-24

sized company OF lndain scouts
would afford the best means of antic-
ipating and preventing serious In.
dian troubles.
The great usefulness of very few
in case of actual hostilities was de-
monstrated last Summer in the cap
ture of the Sheep-Eaters. there
fore asked for the necessary authority
to enlist so.
On account of disturbances in
other parts of the Military Division
this was refused, but on July 9th l
was authorized to enlist 20. This
force was organized under Lieuten-
ant Farraw, 2lst Infantry, chosen
for his special fitness for this duty,
as eXempliiied in the Sheep-Eater
compaign.
Taking advantage of the presence
of the best marksmen CT my COM
mand, who were at the annual target
match, | called for volunteers to in
crease Lieutenant Farrow's detach-
ment to 80. More than the requisite
number desired to go. From them
were selected a proper proportion of
non commissioned officers and trust
worthy men, mounted and equipped,
and sent Immediately into the field.
DISCIPLINE AND CONDITION or POSTS.
With regard to the discipline and
condition of troops of this depart
ment, l may say that l have never
seen them better than new. The
officers are temperate and indus
trious, and the men are we'll instruct
ed and we'll behaved at every post
in the department.
Our quarters have never been sutfi
cent since the accession of Colonel
Wheaton's $ regiment, the 2d lnfan-
try, during the non-tr atty Nez Perce
war of 1877;
AND MANY BUILDINGS
That had a fair outside four OF
five years ago are not now fit for the
occupation of officers and men.
Fort Cnur dAlcne, which affords a
special exception, is new post, adj
mirably arranged and we'll started,
much Of it completed, under the
command and supervision of Lieu
tenant Colonel Merriam, and since
beautitied, extended and nearly i'm,
ished under Colonel Wheaton
There are some new constructions
at other posts, bat generally the
buildings are much affected by the
weather. All the log structures arc
going to decay, and no efforts can
keep them long in existence.
For Vancouver Barracks, it was
hoped that during this year all the
log buildings, which, are damp
with rottne5s, would be replaced
by new structures. The estimates
and recommendation went to Con
gress, but the appropriation failed
and with danger to health they
must still be occupied or the mel
be put under canvas, which, III the
Winter, III this wet climate, il
perilous to the health and Il great
hardship.
Tie good conduct of the enlisted
men is evinced in their savings
Major Eaton says:
The enlisted men have deposited
during the past fiscal year, as say
ings, forty thousand four hundred
and eighty-four dollars and two
cents (4O, ,4S4 02). This is sum be
lieyel to be greatly in excess of sol
dier's deposits i'll this Department
Of the Columbia during any previous
year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-24

WE hear that Queen Victoria is
about to publish book containing q
description of all the presents she
ever received, with the names of the.
donors. Never!-it must not be,
Victoria. That diamond brooch
it was intended as a guaranty of
good faith and not for publication.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-24

NEVER SMlLED.-The other day the
history class was reciting: "Why
did King Henry never smile againY
asked the school teacher. "May
be, suggested the boy at the foot Of
the class, "because he joined the
Red Ribbon Club. ."-Union.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-24

Kisses sweeten a farewell. They
are the cream of ta-ta, as it We're.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-24

\ rose-tr of Hanover is said to
DO more than Il thousand years old.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-24

The Signal Service observer, on
the top of Pixies Peak, holds the
highest office in the gift OF the ma
ton.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-24

An OLD Vermont farmer came home
drunk the other night, and became
the victim OF an irreprcssible desire
TO get drunker. SO he thought he
would bring o"t his wagon and drive
over to Shelbourne Fails for more
whisky. Just as he was about put
ting the finishing touches on the
harnesslng arrangements, he said 20
himself, "This horse has got horns"
He brought out his lantern, and
found no had harncssed the COW to
the wagon. He muttercd, " I'm
drunk enough now" unhitcAel the
beast, and went into the house to
oleep It OIL. l.-MNlNN, ~. WrMlI.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-24
General HOward's Report.

Expedition Against the Indians and
Their RcStiessnrss Words frDm the
Department Commander to has super
ior Otiiccr-What lie Thinks and Says.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-24

An old politician shrewlly gives
an outsiders definition Of Il ring :
- \ combination of men Of whom we
aru not one.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-02-28
Transmissibility Of HydrophObia.

"A man with hydrophobia was brought
to the Lariboisiere Hospital, having
been bitten in the upper lip by a dog
forty days previously. He had had the
wound cauterized two hours after the &C.
cident and mad thought himself quite
safe till some of the usual hydrophObia
symtoms appeared. The day before his
death in quiet interval, he yielded him.
self, with the best grace, to the expert.
uerts in incubation which were made
WI. - blood and saliva. The result Of
ling the rabbit with the blood
--,ative (as in the great majority of
previous cases of inOculation with blood
of animals under rabies). But with the
saliva IS was otherwise. A rabbit inoc-
ulated IN the ear and abdomen, on the
11th Of October, began to show SYMPTOMS
of rabies On the 18th, being much excited
and damaged the walls of its cage, while
it uttered loud cries and slavered at the
mouth. Then it fell into collapse and
died the following night. The rabbits
body (it so happened) was not dissected
till thirty-six hours after death, and fur.
ther experiment was made by taking
fragments of the right and left submax-
Hilary glands and introducing them under
the skin of two other rabbits respectively.
These two rapidly succumbed, one on
the fifth, the othec on the sixth day (bs-
coming visibly i'll on the third; neither
passed through furious stage, however,
the predominant feature was paraplegia
"a form of paralysis). The important
practicle result is that human saliva,
such as caused rabies in the rabbit, is
necessarily virulent, and would prob
ably have corresponding effects on man {;
80 that it should be dealt with cautiously,
and that not only during the life of the
person furnishing it, but in post n'ortem
examination.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-02-28
Spring Cultivation Of Strawberries.

Mr.. E. p. COe, the horticultCrist, in
his Scribner series on small fruits, writes
IS follows of a mooted question in the
culture Of strawberries:
/ have now reached a point at which
| differ from most horticultural writers.
As rule it is advised that there be no
spring cultivation of bearing plsnts. 1t
has been said, that merely pushing .hs
winter mulch aside sufficiently to let
the new growth come through is all
that is needful. Iadmit that the results
are often satisfactory under this method,
especially if there has been deep, thorough
culture in the fall, and if the mulch be-
ween and around the plants is very abun-
tant. At the same time have so often
seen unsatisfactory results that take q
decided stand in favor of spring cultiva-
tion, if done properly and sufficiently
early. think my reasons will commend
themselves to practical men. Even
where the soil has been left mellow by
cultivation, the beating rains and the
wight of melting SHOWS pack the earth.
All loamy land settles and tends to
grow hard after the frost leaves it.
While the mulch checks this tendency,
it cannot wholly prevent it. As mat
ter of fact, the spaces between the rows
are seldom thoroughly loosened late in
the fall. The mulch too often is scat
tered over comparatively hard surface,
which by the following June has become
80 solid as to suffer disastrously from
drought in the blossoming and bearing
season. Ihave seen well mulched fields
with their plants fsltering and willing,
unable to mature the crop because the
ground had become 80 hard that an
ordinary shower could make but little
impression. Moreover, even if kept
moist by the mulch, land long shielded
from sun and air tends to become sour,
heavy, and devoid of that life which
gives vitality and vigor TO the plant.
The winter mulch need not be laboriously
raked from The garden bed or field and
then carted back again. Begin on one
side of a plot and rake toward the other
until three or four rows and spaces M
tween them are bare; then fork the
spaces or run the cultivator-often the
subsoil plow--deeply through them, and
then Immediately. before the moist,
newly made surface dries, rake the
winter mulch back into its place as a
summer mulch. Then take another
strip and treat it in like manner, until
the generous impulse of spring air and
sunshine has been given to the soil of the
entire plantation.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-02-28
Skating.

A writer in a Philadelphia paper
gives some advice in regard to this ex-
hilaratiDg winter sport, and makes some
instructive allusions to foreign style and
achievements. He says: Fold the
arms and throw the body forward; and
since it is forced over on the outside
edge much more than with us, it fol
lows that the leg which is not support
ing the body must be thrown out wide
in order to preserve the balance. The
English prefer the upright body, hands
close to the side, and the pendent leg
close to its fellow. In the "run" of the
Dutch peasant the body is quite in front
of the feet, the hands are freely worked,
and the knees depended on to a very
ugly extent. But even an English fen
skater holds his body erect as at a
dance, and moves it massively to and
fro, not obliquely. His work is there
fore done mainly by the hips, which is
the best and most elegant manner.
Neither does this position, when
acquired, interfere with speed in a
run" for we have seen the skaters of
Lincolnshire make half-mile burts at
the rate of thirty miles an hour; and
with long runners" and a fair wind
behind them, seventy miles a day was
not considered an extraordinary pace.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-02-28
wouldn't be Bu1l.Dozed.
fDstroi; Free Press. |

One would imagine that the Office of
the Water Board would be good place
to secure variety, but such is far from
being the case. Outside of the people
who pay rents when due and have no
words about it, there is only one other
class. The man who has waited until
notified that the water will be shut of
if he doesn't come to time, walks into
the Office with look Of awful dignity
on his brow, and says:
"Going to shut off my water, eh?"
Silence on the part of the clerk.
"rd like to see you try it on, ]
would! If this Water Board imagines
that it runs the whole city it will find
itself grandly mistaken!
More silence from the clerk.
"If the water had been shut of I'd
have given this board such tilt as it
never had before! 1t can brow-beat
some men, but it mustn't try any Caesar.
ism on meW
The clerk looks out of the window.
81 now refuse to pay the rates, and
you shut the water of if you dare! I'll
make test case of it and carry it to the
Supreme Court"
The Clerk shifts his weight to the
other leg.
"Yes, I'll carry it to the Supreme
Court if it costs me $4,000 / have
never allowed any one to trample On
me, and it's too late to begin now"
The clerk softly whistles, and the in.
dignant citizen starts for the door, halts,
returns slowly, and says:
"No, you can't brow beat me-"
The clerk begins making out his re
"I know my rights as an American
citizen, and I will maintain them-hOw
much is itT'
six dollars"
"We have no Car in this country,
and-tske it out of this ten"
"Fine day." remarks the clerk as he
hands over the change.
eyes, purity fair. This board mustn't
try to bull-doze me. Pm not the man
to submit to any sort of tyranny. Looks
like snow, don't it? Is that clO,k
right? Lots of pipes frozen up, l
'spose. Well, gooo@.y."
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-02-28

At an onion party in Rockland the
other evening, wicked brunette played
q high game for kisses. At party of
this description it is the custom for the
girls 70 90 into darkened room, when
one of the party bites a mouthful from
IN onion. A young mai is then ad.
mitted, and it is his proud privilege to
kiss the batch of girls until he is en-
abled by the taste to determine which
one of them bit the fragrant fruit. The
brunette aforementioned in this. case
slipped the onion into her pocket in
stead Of biting it. and the spruce Boston
drummer who was summoned TO test
and find, had kissed FIVE times around
the circle and was beginning again,
when . girl, whose jealous lover was
outside, discovered the the trick. and
the game was up.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-02-28
DdPROvIsAuONA
n Ri OVAL,

euiouRn my early life on me copferred
,v nlch sense Of sweet existence In Q land
Hefe ottnmes bloomed bright flowers, vherv
every bird
sang some blithe songs, where waved the poten,
"a Haths aspiring dream. yet now I stand
VIII thankful eyes upraised tn heaven for
aave left the vale. Round me renose the Grand
1D.ow-crowned SierTas. while scarce could stRh
Decaase 1 seek TO pierce the stormy, pathiees
Anere 10 certain narrow psth which leads
N"n TO lane unfrequeated by teams.
az hoprins robins chirp, chirp, quickly speeds
-. A.! neu.ory TO that dear place which seems,
IL noonit summer nishts Al hom me of dresms
oh when In seasons Of the long ago,
hev.vinS in the suns returning beams.
, Earth ransomed beauty from her tomb Of SNOW
"SSioe ,haf orchard path bird-songs nser conjuree
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-02-28

Mas. MALASIA Brown, OF New
York, has purchased the whole | 400
acres Of the historic island of James
town, in the River James. A dwelling
house and paper mill are the only
buildings on the island, which is covered
With orchards
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-02-28

Stealing kiss cost f3 5s., with costs,
at Hanley, England.-London Truth.
The young man in America can steal
one for nothing, but in the END be has
to pay more than s penny for his
whistle.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-02-28

SAYS Progress: Nothing 90 quickly
dries . woman's tears as q kiss" But
how is fellow to guard against giving
an over-dose3
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-02-28
Mr.. RuSkin on Dress.

Mr.. Ruskin finds himself at loss be-
fore no subject and talks with as much
dOgmatic emphasis OF woman's dress as
of the abomination of machinery and
of the beauty of earth and sky. His
ideas on woman's duties in this life are
short and exact: "She is to please
people, to feed them in dainty ways, to
clothe them, to keep them orderly, to
teach them" As for the pleasing, Mr..
Ruskin is convinced that tasteful dress
is necessary, and he expatiates upon
this conviction in a way calculated to
"much delight the fair" He esteems
it the duty of woman to look as lovely
as possible. Now, mind" he says, "you
always dress charmingiy it is the first
duty of girl to be charming, and she
cannot be charming unless she is charm
ingly dressed. Set an expample of
beautiful dress without extravagan e ;
that is to say, without waste or unneces-
sary splendOr."
He does not insist that the dress
should be costly; on the contrary, he ad-
vises that it should be markedly simple
to put down the curse of luxury and
waste that is consuming England.
Nevertheless, the dress while simple,
must be becoming and pleasantly
varied; and what his female reader
thinks it necessary to buy beyond this
for the good of trade, "buy" he com.
mands, land Immediately burn"
He is not little judicious IN other
iHjunctions. He especially hates long
walking dresses and declares that sucn
dresses should never touch the ground
at all. lie scOrns cheap ready-made
clothing of any kind and condemns
sewing machines, and he urges that all
girls should learn dress-making and de-
vote part of every dav to making as
pretty dresses as they can in good ma.
terial for the poor people who have no
time or taste to make them we'll for
themselves.
Steel Steamboats,.
IPi,sburg Pos,l
There is in course of erection at the
boiler shops of Reese & Thorn, on
Duquesne Way, large steel vessel, the
second of the kind ever built in this
city. It was ordered by the Govern.
meUI OI TIC OuItu CtdtcS VI SOlOiuu uuld,
South America. The hull will be made
entirely of steel and will be 155 feet
long, 322 feet deep and five foot hold.
Angle lines will be two by three feet,
and the spaces eighteen inches. The
steel plates are to be double riveted.
There will be three fOur-and-a-half-inch
bulk heads. When the frame is com.
pleted three tubular boilers will be
placed on board, each to be forty-fve
inches in diameter and seventeen feet
long. In the interior of eacn one oI
them there will be forty-one tubes. The
cylinder will be sixteen inches and will
have a six-fOot stroke. The Govern.
ment of South America intends TO run
it upon the Magdalens River. A simi
lar boat was built in this city about 8
year ago for the same stream. The
work is being rapidly pushed forward
and will be finished at an early date.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-02-28

OF all the poets who do not look like
poets. Robert Browning may be said to
look least like master of verse. He is
stout, comfortable, prosaic, and fine look
ing in figure and face: he looks, in
short, exactly like country squire OF
moderate fortune. Mr.. Browning is q
sturdy believer in the doctrine of work.
He gOesevery morning regularly to his
study and there writes till noon-being
in this like Bulwer. He has no patience,
he has been heard to say, with writers
who are obliged to wait for inspira-
ton"
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-02-28

1T does not hurt good man to have
his character investigated; neither does
1t hurt good coin to try its ring on the
counter.