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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-03
The Most Beautiful Hand.

There was once great king. lie
admired above all things else lady &
hand, small, shapely, soft and white.
He made a great feast, a wonderful
feast, such as only king could give.
He babe all the women of the city
where he lived to come to thigh and
low. rich and poor, none could be ex-
cused-and he proclaimed that the one
who had the most beautiful hand
should receive rich dover and re
honored by the queen.
One may imagine what time there
was, equal to that of trying on the
glass slipper Of Cinderella. Such a
bleaching and squeezing of hands;
many white ones with pink tips hoped
to win; many soft ones, with taper tips,
felt quite sure; some who prided them.
selves, because they had never labored,
or their hands been exposed to the
sunlight, were sanguine. So they came
to the feast.
The king sat upon his throne, and
had several judges by his side. Then
he caused all the women to pass before
him. As they did so, bright Jewels
flashed from many hands, diamonds
glistened in the light as though scorn-
ing his gift. Some were unsightly, but
the king examined them all to carry
out his whim.
His attention was arrested by lady
passing quickly with her hands gloved.
The king stopped her and angrily cried,
:" How is this !? Did I not order all the
ladies to anglove? How dare you re-
fuse :" The lady tremblingly replied:
Il did not think to displease the
king. l thought to pass unnoticed. l
came because the good king COM
manded."
Then why not remove your gloves ?"
asked the king.
" I would only take your time, good
king; my hands are not beautiful. Oh,
no! they are too useful for that. The
comfort of my home and family depend
much upon them. My children, oh,
kingl are never SO happy us when
mother joins in their plays, though it
stains and discolors my hands. I visit
the poor and sick. and ministering
with these hands makes them hard and
unshapely; but I'd not part with the
pleasure these sweet offices bring for
all of your kingdom, oh, king!" She
bowed, and was passing on.
|" Holdr' cried the king in loud
voice. :" have found the most beau ii.
full hand, hand that fears not to black.
en- and roughen, to grow hard and I'M
shapely in its love and duty to others.
Would to God my kingdom was made
up OF such hands-of such hearts! then
would there be no need of ruler or
king. of walls and prisons. Bring the
costliest diamond and deck these hands;
let them pour my wine at the banquet.
Send for her husband him the
office next the king. Let the influence
OF these hands be felt throughout the
Kingdom" 1t was done even as the
king said.-Househeeper.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-03

A noted cure for neuralgia is hot vim
egar vaporiZea. Heat hat-iron sufii-
GENTLY bot to vaporize the vinegar
cover this with some wooden material,
which is moistened with vinegar, and
the apparatus is then applied at once to
the painful spot, The application may
be repeated until the pain disappears.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-03

To stitt'en Grape veil, always keep it
folded and pressed under heavy
book, and when it looks gray, take al
coho! enough to wet it thoroughly,
then shake it dry, fold it nicely and
press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-03

The Rev. j. T. Tucker, of Chicopee
Mass, says that the parable of the un-
just steward, as commonly interpreted
makes the Savior commend course OF
knavery. He accordingly advances a
new theory as follows: This steward
had farmed out tie estate. of rich
landholder, just as the revenues of a
province are let to collector for stip-
ulated sum of money, while he takes
the chances of repaying himself and
considerably moreby fleeing the people
thus turued over to his exactions. In
this case, these eXactions had been SO
heavy that complaints had reached the
proprietor; and, though he had not
personally been injured by this mis-
conduct, the interests Of the estate were
prejudiced. The steward is, therefore,
called to account. To shield himself,
he makes friends with the laborers and
tenants; not by persuading them to de-
freud the owner, with whom they had
no direct relations. but by abating
largely his own demands on them.
Thus, by an act not of knavery but of
justice, he secures his position with his
master and his sub nrdinates, and is
praised for the wisdom of good deed"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-03
The Russian EmperOr's Yacht.

There is now making, by an English
firm, the furniture for the new steam
yacht for the Emperor of Russia, the
Livadia. For the imperial saloon. in
tended especially for the use of the
Emperor, it would be difficult to sur
pass it in kind for beauty of design or
richness of effect. The design is Cri.
mean Tartar, though it, character might
be better understood if it were described
as Byzantine. The arrangement was
according to the particular desire of the
Emperor. The furniture is of mahog-
any, richly carved, enameled white,
and relieved with colors and gold, and
includes cabinets, a grand piano, the
works of which are by Broadwood, and
card tables. There is ample provision
OF sofas, settees, and easy chairs, GOV.
cred with an amber ground silk, re-
lieved with ornamental designs in many
colors. These are admirably blended,
and the richness of the colors is greatly
increased by the judicious introduction
of rich pushes and heavy fringes. The
draperies of the windows are we'll Sc
lected, and the doors are protected by
fittings of plush. There are also table
covers and draught screens of plush,
enriched with needlework.
The furniture of the boudoir is corr
posed of satinwood, Amboyna and gold,
and real wedgewood being introduced,
the Louis Seizs style being adopted.
The curtains are of silver gray, bro
caded, and the coverings are of pale
blue. The carving is particularly deli,
cate, and the inlaying has been accom-
plished with much deXterity. The
other apartments, comprising bed and
dressing rooms, will display much mag
niticence. The provision made for fur
nishing Of the apartments of the Grand
Duke displays sumptuousness scarce
ly inferior to that displayed in the part
of the vessel specially designed for his
Imperial Majesty. The whole of the
metal work is composed of silver
Queen.
JUST AS WE'LL AS NoT.--One day
long months in trying to effect IA settle
ment with debtor who was owing fifty
dollars, accomplished his object by
taking note of hand running tn irty
days. Three or four days afterwards
he met the N iker of the note and
said:
Well, | got rid of that note of yours
yesterday"
did you?" was the pleased reply.
Yes, but had to give an awful dis
count. In fact, | sold it for five dol
lars"
Is tina. possible ? We'll, now. I'm
real sorry about That. If | had only
known how my paper stood on the
market l could have fixed it better for
you. Let's see; if a tifty-dollar note
sells for five dollars one for 5000 would
have sold for enough to make up your
fifty. wonder we didn't think of it
and make one for $500 while we were
about it!'--DetrOu Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-03
Rich Mems Sons in Colleges.

Wellington college was started upol
twofold idea. 1t was to be grea,
ed ucational institution, worthy of the
great name given to it, and it was to be
ut the same time place at which the
sons and orphans of officers might be
| fitted for their future career in life,
whatever that career might be" at a
cost far below what would be incurred
at any other place where like advan.
tages could be obtained.
The mixture of classes ut Wellington
college has not favored those economi
Cal habits which would have been in
strict agreement with the original de-
sign of the place. The sons of rich
parents have imported into the college
their own standard of expense. Their
less we'll to- do school-fellows have been
tempted to vie with them, or have been
placed at disadvantage by comparison
with them. The commissioners ap.
pointed to inquire into the practical
working of the institution think that a
strict simplicity of living should be
the invariable rule at Wellington col
lege, for the boys and for the masters
too. To inculcate inexpensive habits
and steady self control is as important,
the commissioners say. as to teach clas-
sizes and mathematics. We are not sure
that they do not somewhat over.estimate
the extent to which expensive habits
have been encouraged or suffered at
Wellington college. The further ques-
ton whether the expenses of all the
boys should be more nearly the same is
much larger one and more open to
controversy.
A public school, it may fairly be
urged, is little world, in Which the
great outside world should be shown in
miniature. The French lycees, with
their strict control of expense of every
kind, down even to dress, are perfect
models of what the commissioners pro.
pose for Wellington college. We doubt
if the results, moral or educational,
would be any better than are arrived at
on the present plan. One of the lessons
a man has to learn is to proportion his
expenses to his means, and to look
without emulation on those who can
afford more than himself. 1t is surely
no disadvantage that the boy should
commence to learn what the man will
have by and by to practice. London
Times.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-03

"A WORTHY ANcEsToR.-A letter from
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, gives an account of
the death OF remarkable woman, at
the ripe age of eighty-six years and six
months. She was born in LIVERPOOL.
Eogland. and was brought by her par
eIts to Philadelphia about eighty years
ago. John Mayer, her father, was q
Sco'chman and q soldier in the War of
1872 j., 1909 she was married to
Captain John ). Vim, who commanded
company in the War of 1912 and died
In 1913 She gave birth to twenty one
children. singly; raised eighteen, and
twelve are now living. Her grand,
great-grand and great-great-grand chill
dfen number about two hundred. She
had two sons in tie Mexican War.
Quite number Of her sons. grand.
sons. ami sons-in. law were in the Union
Army during the last war, by which
three OF them lost their lives. For
about seventy. i've years she has been a
member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and died rejoicing in the hope
OF salvation by and through the blood
OF Christ. She leaves numerous friends
and no enemies. Gen. A. NJ. VIM. of
GAINESVILLE, is the Oldest of her family,
and ne is great-grandfather.
There are so many people who get
poisoned with the rcison ivy, while
stroiilng through the woods, that a
word OF advice to them may be of i'm
portance. The poison ivy grows in
clusters OF three, and the harmless
kind in clusters of five.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26

How TO TEST GLUE.-An article of
Glue which will stand damp atmosphere,
says the american Journal Of Industry,
is a desideratum among mechanics, es-
pecially pattern-makers. Few know
how TO Judge of the quality, except by
the price they pay for it. But price is
no criterion; neither is color, upon
which so many depend. Its adhesive
and lasting properties depend more
upon the material from which it is
made, and the method of securing pu
rity in the raw material, for if that is
inferior and not well cleansed, the prod
uct will have to be unduly charged with
alum or some other antiseptic, to make
it keep during the drying process.
Weathered glue is that which has expe-
rienced unfavorable weather while dry
ing, at which time it is rather delicate
substance. To resist damp atmosphere
well, it should contain as little saline
matter as possible. When buying the
article, apply your tongue to it, and if
it tastes salt or acid, reject it for any
thing but the eommonest purpose. The
same operation will also bring out any
bad smell the glue may have. These
are simple and ready tests, and are the
ones usually adopted by dealers and
large consumers. Another good test is
to soak weighed portion of dry glue
in cold water for "a hours, then dry
again and weigh. The nearer it APP
proaches to its original weight the bet
ter glue it is, thereby showing its degree
of insolubility.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26
Tramps and Their Signs.

Jim Ward, who signs himself s. Chief, -
writes to the Troy Times: have just
returned to your city, after a tour of
exploration down South lasting several
months, and reading in your paper of
January u an article on tramps and
their marks, desire to be allowed, as
an old veteran of that honorable
body known as 81 the tramp organiza-
tion," to correct a few mistakes. l
claim that the tramps were the origina-
tors of the mystic marks which have so
frequently adorned fences, gate posts
and doors, although it is possible that
soap agents-members of another
branch of the tramp Organization
have since adopted these marks for
business purposes. When tramping was
good and that was some wears ago
il was understood by us that all houses
where the inmates were good for food,
clothing or money were to be marked
in order TO give us little trouble when
we wanted any thing. Where only a
meal could be obtained this fact was
indicated BY small square, where
q fellow would get the grand bounce
an Y expressed il, and for clothing he
was directed by Xxx. Money houses
were marked 8; house where the in
mates were friendly but the dog un-
friendly, was marked by great big ID.
But at the present day tramps are not
guided by these marks, as there are
few houses where tramps are regularly
fed. The tramp bore is now played
out; but whatever may be said against
the tramp, it can not be denied that he
has made his mark in this world.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26
PITH ANp POINT.

ELEPHANT rides come high, but the
people OF India viii have them.-Cil.
ctnnati Gazette.
A sCHooL-TEACHER recently electri
fed her pupils, who were annoying her
with questions, by saying, Children,
2m engaged" Seeing the general
look Of astonishment, she added, % but
not TO any fool of man." and the ex-
element died away Kingston Free
man.
LITTLE Master Roddy has been in the
habit of putting his pennies into the box
at Sunday-schOOl, till last Sunday, WHEN
he came running into the house in a
breathiess hurry, and shouted: ''Mam
maj / shan't save up my pennies any
more. The money don't go up to God
/ saw Mr.. Kelly take it and put it in his
pocket"
An ingenious drugstore clerk, who
suspected that some one was tapping
the I'D, fixed an arrangement on it, so
that any one who tried to open the
drawer, without understanding it,would
get four incheso brad-awl rammed into
his hand. And then he went out and
forgot TO explain the thing to the boss,
and as soon as he gets able to be about
again, he'd like to hear of job.
A sAD-LooKING man went INTO a
Burlington drugstore. "Can you give
me-" he asked, /" something that win
drive from my mind the thoughts of
sorrow and bitter recoIectionsP And
the druggist nodded and put him up
little dose of quinine, and NORWOOD,
and rhubarb, and EPSON salts and a
dash of castor oil, and gave it to him,
and for six months the man couldn't
think of any thing in the world except
new schemes for getting the taste out of
his mouth.--Has0keye
THE boys were telling me pretty
good one down Mt Corning, n. Y,
about young fellow in commercial
life named Blake. he was in the hard
ware line. One day, when the boss was
at dinner, a countryman came in TO buy
some nuts. He found an article that
suited him, and wanted dozen. Young
Blake looked at the price-list and found
that they were listed ''25 cents dozen
80 off" He gave low, inverted
whistle, and then, with sudden inspi-
ration, he handed the customer five
cents and told him he could buy the
nuts at the other store. "By George;
said he, when he was telling the gov
ernOr of the transaction, 81 thought
the best thing l could do was to
save the nuts, anyhow. "-BafGko ET-
press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26
A School for Actresses.

d, alb, ali, ar, e, eh, i, iii, o, 90, oa0.
"Drop your lower lip. Lower the
Jaw; let the sound come. Well"
It is the last scene.
O. GiUe me my robe, put Oh
= Now stop. Not that way, if you
please. | thought we agreed upon the
rendering last time. Give me my robe,
"a dollar bill it is, and you wunt me
puton my cr0lo1tr Now, your head higher.
Concentrate yourself, as | told you.
Look at the angle of the room-looking
at blank wall gives a blankness to the
gaze. Please take it again"
Bring-no, gsUe me your robe
60 There it is again. Till you are let
Ter perfect there is no use for you to 90
on. You have to stop at the first word,
wrong, you have to look for the other
right one, and lose all the impetus which
would give the right stress on the lost
one. Try again, please"
Give me my robe; put on my
-crown-n
" Very well-admirable-not to be
excelled; that is, if you are going to
dress for the evening. That will do very
well for your dressing-room, but you
viii please to remember that this is a
queen, going to dress for her last occa-
sion-the daughter of kings, with her
mind full of dying as queen should. :"
As you may gather, who are well up
in your Shakespeare, as you ought to be,
this is a dramatic lesson from the last
scene in Cleopatra. One speaker is a
well-known teacher of elocutiOn, who
trains pupils for the stage, the other is
p handsome young lady, who is visited
with immortal longings to go on the
stage. She has just finished the pre-
liminary vowel exercise, which actors
require as daily training, which, as
prima donna runs over her scales in her
dressing-room before she goes on the
stage, to clear and warm up the voice.
I am installed for the hour as curious
friend, in low chair by the fire. Teach
or and pupil quite forget the presence
of any one else in the earnestness of
the lesson. The room, a large parlor,
is hung with photographs and engrav-
iug~ which strike one at once as singu-
lsrly expressive. They are not quite
she pictures which hang in ordinary
draw ing-rooms-the placid wood scenes
OF DurveBay and the sweet figures of
millais' love scenes, and the lovely, wan
Marguerite at her window. The vigor-
Gus German photographs from Schiller
and "I4ohengrin; - historical scenes,
full of action, which make good studies
for attitude and costume; and, of
course, Sarah Bernhardt's serious, at
tentive head, and exquisitely draped
figure, our Lady of the Drama, not to
h8 profane, before whom girlish aspi-
rants podr out the homage and adora-
ton of their souls The comfortable
drawn out of their way, and the young
lady takes its place, with one arm adj
vanced in a gesture of command, about
to go through her lesson in Cleopatra.
Il NeU York Mad.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26
ANOTHER LETTER-CoPY1NG DEVICE.

ANOTHER LETTER-COPYING DEVICE.
Herr Adler, says the English MechG1s-
&c, has communicated to the Vienna
Photographic Society multiplying
process based upon the use of the
glue-plate, consisting of gelatine,
glycerine and water Though the
last named ingredient is pres
ent in a smaller quantity than usu-
all, used in the hektOgraph and other
similar processes. For writing or draw
ing, Herr Adler uses a concentrated So
luton of alum, to which, in order to
render the writing or drawing visible
upon the paper, a few drops of some
aniline color are added Before laying
the writing or drawing upon the gela-
tine surface, pass a damp sponge over
the latter, and allow the miXtura to sink
in for few minutes, so as to have a
greater effect upon the alum. Then lay
the written side downward upon the
gelatine, and, after the lapse Of few
minutes, on removing it, the writing
will be found reversed and eaten into
the gelatine film as if it were engraved.
BY means of an india-rubber roller
little common printing ink is spread
over the plate and absorbed by the
lines sunk by the alum, and again re-
jected on the application of moisture
upon the paper laid down upon it, and
smoothed over if by the fiat hand.
When removed, this paper will have
upon it the first impression of the writ
ing or drawing. For each succeeding
impression the plate must be linked, as
in photography, by the india-rubber
roller. A considerable number of i'm
pressions can be taken.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26

Compared with 1878, therefore, last
year shows an increase of more than
fifty per cent. At the close of 1873,
according to POOr'S Manual, the length
of railroad in the country was 61,84l
miles. Adding the mileage constructed
in 1879, we have the grand total of
sc, 263 miles of railroad in the United
States at the beginning of the current
year, when the total of all Europe is
about 100000 miles, and of all the rest
of the world probably not 10000 miles.
The increase in this country was at the
rate of about five and onc-haf per cent,
the increase of population being doubt
less something less than three per cent,
mile of railroad has become less during
the year. The population of the country
is now probably about 49,500,000, and
this gives 574 persons to support one
mile of railroad, against 5S5 at the
beginning of 1879 In Europe the
average is about 1888 per mile of road,
and in Sweden, where the mileage in
proportion to population is largest, it is
1867. We have given these figures
before, but we repeat them to emphasize
the fact that this is peculiarly the rail
road country, not simply because it is
big, but because the same population
requires a larger amount of railroad
here than anywhere else.
OF the 4,430 miles, 92S 1-2 miles are
of narrow gauge eighteen miles two
feet, twenty-three miles three and one
half feet, and the rest three feet gauge ;
This is less than twenty-one per cent. OF
the whole, against about thirty per cent
in 1S7S.-RaiiroGd Gazette.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26

FRANCISCAN riars have gone into the
wine business extensively at Los Angel
os, Cal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26
USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC.

COURT PLAsTER.-The Scientific
A7nerican gives the following directions
for making this useful article: Soak
isinglass in a little warm water for sew
enty-four hours; then evaporate nearly
all the water by gentle heat; dissolve
the residue in little dilute alcohol, and
strain the whole through piece of open
linen. The strained mass should be a
stiff jelly when cold. Now stretch a
piece of silk or sarsenet on wooden
frame, and fix it tight with tacks or pack
thread. Melt the jelly, and apply it TO
the silk thinly and evenly with badger
hair brush. A second coating must be
applied when the first has dried. When
both are dry, apply over the whole sur
face two or three coatings of balsam of
Peru. Plaster thus made is very pliable,
and never breaks.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26
Railroad Construction in 1879.

The total of the year was 4, 4S0 miles,
which is the largest since 1872, and has
been exceeded only four times in the
history of the countryside four years
ending with 1872 For the eight years
that we have made up this record, which
includes road on which track was laid
during the year, whether opened for
traffic or not, and differs materially
from the figures in Poor'S Manual
(Which usually include only road open
for business), the miles of new road
constructed have been:
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-26

QUAKER PLUM PUDDING. = Take
slices of light bread, spread thin with
butter, and lay in pudding dish layers
of this bread and raisins, till within an
inch of the top. Add five eggs, well
beaten, and quart. of milk, and pour
over the pudding salt and spice tc taste.
Bake in twenty-five, minutes, and eat
with liquid sauce Before using the
raisins, boil them in little water and
put it all in.