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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-12
Hotels Here and Abroad,

Mr.. Burnap. to whom the great sue
cess of the Manhattan Beach hotel is
mainly due, in an interview with a
Times reporter, makes certain state.
ments in which the Times editor thinks
We. Mr.. Burnap does not call himself
a hotel man. He says that hotel
men have not usually been successful
in the management of great hotel en-
terprises, and 1 tell MIR. Corbin if
should die he must not get hotel man
to conduct those hotels" 1t
is no uncommon thing" continues Mr..
Burnap, ito hear about the magniti-
cent hotels We have in this country,
and their vast superiority over all the
other hotels in the world, This is a
great mistake. Our hotels, fine as
they are. are not superior to the hotels
of the Old World; they are so far be-
hind the best continental hotels that
they are not to be named in the same
breath. Itwould sound like gross ex.
aggeration if l were to cay that the best
American hotels compare with the
great hotel Of Paris just about as
Cables compares with the Oriental,
but such is the case. There is fully
that much difference between them.
Any one who ever travelled in Europe
and lived in the best hotels on the con-
tinent, knows that the idea that our
American hotels lead the world is mere
nonsense" We would add that travel
ers know this too-that the system
upon which hotels abroad are kept is
not liked by Americans. The propri-
etor of Manhattan Beach hotel goes on
to say: " 1t has long been my pet idea
to build hotel in New York that shall
fully equal the Hotel du Louvre, the
Grand, or the Continental of Paris; the
Kaiserhof of Berlin, or the Midland of
London. All these hotels are as much
in advance of anything we have in this
country as it is possible to conceive"
With this statement everybody will not
agree; many persons, whose opinion is
also entitl' d to respect, believe that the
Saratoga hotels, the Windsor and
Brevoort Ia Fifth Avenue, tho new
Grand hoti in London, not to men
ton other notable examples in New
York, Chicago, and elsewhere in the
United States, are equal, nay superior
in many respects to the hotels named
by Mr.. Burnap. The gentleman closes
with this proposition: 1.-THE land,
building. and furniture of the hotel
have designed Rwould cost; SIS. SOC, 900.
And believe the time is not far off
when New York will have just the ho-
tel want to build-the best hotel in
the world. When the capital is Sc
cured it will take two years to build
it, But how long it will take to &c.
cure the capital, five and a half mil
lions OF dollars, Mr.. Burnap does not
venture to predict.-Nep York Paper.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-12
Royal Leisure.

The employment Of the leisure hours
Of royalty has always been q subject of
interesting study to the world. Louis
Seize passed his vacant hours in forging
locks and bolts; Marie Antoinette car
ried the art Of pLr,flage to great perfec.
ton; Victoria has studied every art
wherewith to beguile the time OF repose
from the anxieties of state. Der Mai.
esty paints, embroiders, plays the
piano, aud spins. which last amuse ment
was favorite one during whole win.
tor season. The Princess Imperial of
Germany is frst-rate artist, and both
paints and etches with considerable
skill, but Queen Olga, of Greece. is
devoted to- cookingl and, as was to be
expected, cookery has become so fash
ionable in Athens that it is considered
Q far more elegant accomplishment than
any of the fine arts, and the young
lady who can toss up" An omelet. or
"give q cold beefsteak the taste of
ragoo," according to the old song. is
regarded with far more admiration than
one who can sing or play, or paint or
enbroider, with the greatest skill.
Queen Olga's kitchen, fitted with every
appnrtenance necessary to the practice
of the culinary art in its highest per-
lection, is one of the wonders of the
city.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-12
The Russian Gar.

A remarkable incident has recently
been brought to light in the childhood
of the present Car of Russia. When
boy of twelve, his father, Nicolas l..
made him a lieutenant in the Imperial
Guard.
The child was delighted with his
glittering uniform. Happening soon
after to enter hall where the highest
Tartar princes of Southern Russia were
assembled in council, he was still more
elated when these dignitaries (many OF
them aged nen) rose to pay homage to
the heir-apparent.
He crossed and re-crossed the hall
with childish swagger, but after the
second obeisance, the mobiles continued
their conference, and took no further
notice of the boy. Alexander ran in q
rage to his father to complain of them
but Nicolas led him before them, re-
buked him publicly for his vanity and
insolence, and disgraced him by strip
ping him of his epaulettes.
On another occasion, Nicolas showed
that there were times when he could
control his own spirit, and. fulfill the
ordinary obligation that one gentleman
owes to another when he has wronged
him. In one of his frantic spells of
rage, be grossly insulted an old general
who had faithfully served him. The
soldier resigned his commission. Nico-
las commanded him to appear before
the whole staff, and then he apologized
and begged forgiveness of the man as
publicly as he had offered the insult.
1t is worth while for American boys
to study the lives of these Romanotf
princes-tragical with mad spasms of
cruelty, love, hate and rage-in which
the ordinary passions of men are exag-
gerated into something abnormal and
monstrous.
It is probable that the Romanoffs
were no better or worse than other men,
but they are subjected to terrible
temptation in the power with which
they are invested; q power which is
absolute, and which doubtless seems to
them illimitable.
The American boy, son of al ordinary
citizen, whose life is held down and
ruled from his cradle by law, by GUS
tom, and by religion, finds it hard to
control his appetites and passions.
How much more difficult is it for a
child who is born to almost absolute
power to put yoke on himself. In
such case the natural tendency of all
appetites is to assume enormous pro.
portions.
Even the most careless boy can here
catch glimpse CT the great law Of
compensations, and see how the calm,
solid happiness. attainable by q plain
American citizen, is preferable to o
seat on the highest throne of Europe,
with the possibility of the mad career
of Catherine, or of an Ivan the Terri
BILE.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-12

Bob Roy CANOE MACGREaoR.-
" Rob Roy" MacGregor is described
as tall man, with iron-gray hair and
a mustache, and hard wear-and.tear
look about him, as of bone and muscle
unencumbered by superfuous weight.
His tongue has just that slight tinge of
bonnie Scotland which. like glimpse
of purple heather, recalls the memory
of the land of the mountain and the
flood To Judge, not by past deeds, but
by present aspect, a strong, sinewy man,
ready at any moment, despite his 81
years, either to breast hillside or to
guide the Rob Roy through the seeth-
ing rapids of an unknown stream.
Happily married within few years to
lady who, like the Duchess of Suther-
land, is an energetic canoeist, John
MscGregor is an extraordinary instance
of late conversion to the married the.
DRY of existence. During his earlier
manhood be apparently exulted in soil
tude."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-12
Permanence of Ocean.

1t has been a favorite theory with
biologists that the land and sea have
been constantly changing their relations
in past ages. Continents have gradu-
ally sunk beneath the ocean waters.
while the bed of ocean has been up.
lifted 80 as to form new continents. II
would seem that this theory must be
abandoned if the revelations made by
dredging operations can be trusted.
DR.. W. B. Carpenter, who has been
conducting deep sea-dredgings for
many years in the service of the Eng
lish Government, rejects the whole
theory without hesitation.
He finds the bed of ocean very shall
low, in general, near the shores of con-
tinents. and thinks this shallow bed be.
longs to the continents, and may be
subject to alternate elevations and sink
ings.
But in the great ocean depths, GORE.
spending to the mountain heights on
shore, he finds no evidence OF change
in the geologic ages. They contain no
washings from the land of vegetable or
animal remains, and give no traces of
continental life. The real oceanic floor
is level, like the prairies of the West,
with slight undulations of surface.
DR.. Lyell imagined geology to be one
of the exact sciences, and that his work
would be of permanent authority. His
theory of the untold ages needed for
geological changes has been exploded
by Sir William Thomson; and his other
theory of the oscillation of continents
and ocean beds is now disproved by DR..
Carpenter. It is evident that geolo-
gists must not be too boastful of scien-
tifc exactness.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-12
Cuban Bellies.

The Cuban bellies have taken Saratoga
by storm this season. They are here,
says correspondent, in great numbers,
and are creating decided sensation.
Various rumors are spread abroad about
the immense fortunes they possess.
One dark.eyed Andalusian beauty is
reported to be the heiress to five mil
Lions; another sylphlike creature, with
almond-shaped eyes, luxuriant dark
tresses, and that indescribable walk of
the Spanish beauty, who seems to glide
over the ground instead of stepping
like an ordinary mortal, is put down at
three millions. They are from that
ever-beautiful and most unhappy
island. Cuba. But whether the stories
concerning their vast estates are fabu-
lous or not-as such reports generally
are-these Cuban bellies have fortune
in themselves enough to captivate the
fancy of our society youths. We ex-
cept, however, the inveterate old beaux,
who are to be caught with nothing but
q golden bait, and who are not worth
the trouble of fishing for them. Last
evening two of these senoritss, the
Misses Jove, sang most delightfully."- in
the parlors OF the Grand Union Hotel,
drawing around them a throng of en-
thusisstic admirers of their lovely
voices. They sang their pretty Span
ish ballads and Creole duet, which was
the very ideal of music in tropical
lands, under the fullo rbed moon and
with Spanish guitar for accompani
ment.
The duet was encored and was repeat
ed. No doubt the guests in the parlors
would have been content to sit for
hours listening to these sweet and
youthful voices, but our dark. eyed
bellies were forced to say ousnos moches
ut last, and tripped away from our en-
chanted eyes aud still more enchanted
ears to the ball at the United States.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-12
Left Alone.
BIZ ALBKkT n. hardy.

Do you ever think. in the twilight gray,
OF the poor old mother, far s~ayf
Who is waiting and losging With throbbing
heart.
In the humble cottage, fer apart
From the wider streams Of noise and strife,
In the shady paths and walks OF life
Do you ever think OF the kiss she gave,
When ysu left her, manly and strong aud
brave,
For the battle Of life and the ways of men5
With many promise You left her then.
80, a. evening falls, will you think tonight
Rave you kept your vows? Are her days
made bright!
Have you sent . token, or seen her face,
Since the day you left the dear old place
You call your home
Perhaps she stands
In the open door. with her withered hands
Upheld to shield the fear. dimmed eyes,
And 90 sue waits, till the evening skies
Turn into scarlet, and fade to gray
Alone she kneels BY the bed to pray
The little bed, with spread as white
A when q child you lay that night
When father died.
And the days SO by.
~He will come to me. canEot die
Without one look at my darling boy
Ny snly hope, my pride. my joyw
And 40 she wsits, without complain,
With the thought tina. her boy will come
again.
You will think Of this when tue eyelids close,
And the sad, sweet smile, like faded rose,
On the lips that had trembled AID quiversd so,
For the kiss that they would never know.
'She was left Alone" were the words they
said,
The care was gone. the pain had sped;
And al alone, in the twilight gray,
She sleeps in the churcAyard, Ear away,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-12
Ice and the Stomach.

The use of ice as a luxury, in the
form of ice.cream or of iced water, ia
becoming more and more prevalent in
this country. Used in these ways they
are generally taken, especially by the
young, recklessly, without thought
Of any serious, possibly fatal, results
that may follow.
An average stomach has an immense
deal to do to digest three full meals a
day; especially when, as is frequently
the case. it is disturbed and irritated
by food that is indigestible because of
its quality or its quantity. Let it be
remembered that there is nothing in
the body-blood, muscle, membrane,
bone, tendon, nerve. brain, or secre-
tions-which has not come of the con-
tents of the stomach. Neither is there
q thought. q feeling, an emotion, voli.
ton, or an act, which has not derived
the material force back of it from the
stomach.
Such an organ must, therefore, be
highly organized. It has countless
arteries, veins, nerves and glands.
It is lined with delicate mucous mem
brane, as much so as the air-tubes.
It is studded all over with glands
which elaborate and pour into it that
wonderful fluid, the gastric Juice. Its
coats consist of different thin layers of
muscles arranged crosswise, and these
are constantly at work giving it that
peculiar rolling motion by which the
food is thoroughly mixed with the
saliva. Every organ and muscle when
in action must have q special supply
of blood. This is especially true OF
the stomach.
Food, therefore, fails to digest if the
blood is withdrawn from the stomach,
as, for instance, to the brain by study,
or close thought, or by anxiety, imme.
diately after eating.
Now, it is the nature of cold to con-
tract all blood-vessels and drive back
the blood, and to paralyze. more or less.
all nerves. OF course, the flow of gas
trio juice is checked, and digestion is
arrested, and the proper motion of the
stomach interfered with, by an ice. col d
fluid introduced into it.
Further, when the reaction sets in,
the blood-vessels become over.distend-
ed, producing often q dangerous con-
gestien, and an increased thirst, with a
demand for more ice-water, thus in.
d ucing "vicious circle"
From what we have said. any reader
can see that iced water, or ice.eream
should not be taken into the stomach
at the same time with food. Serious
conseq uences often follow disregard
of this physical Law.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-12

It is said that the expense of con-
structing underground telegraph wires
would not greatly exceed the present
annual expenditure for repairs. AID
the cost OF operating under that sys-
tenn would be much less than the pres
ent method. Ten thousand Interrupt
tons and annoyances would cease, and
the unsightly poles which now dis
figure our thoroughfares would lie
abolished.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-12

The English sight-seer must guzzle.
An Eugiish nobleman who allowed the
public free admission to his beautiful
grounds has been forced to close them
up, as the British tourist leaves beer
bottles, debris of luncheons and greasy
paper all over the park.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-12

Olive Logan says the first duty of a
girl, on finding herself ugly looking
and ungainly, is to cultivate such q
sweet temper that some one will be
certain to marry her,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-04
The Chicago c Convention.

It now seems probable (W Wednesday
EVENING" that the Chicago convention
will not complete its work. in time for us
to publish the. name Of the nominee this
week allprocure telegram from
St. Paul late Thursday afternoon; and il
candidate has been nominated at that
time, we will be able to announce it in
this issue: We learn from the St. Paul
dailies Of W ednesday morning that it is
not expected that the work Of the con
yention. will proceed further than COM
pleting the temporary organization on
the first day, There is the most exciting
political fight on hand at Chicago ever
known in this country. The anti Grant
men are fierce, and the Grant men are
desperate. It seems impossible to pre-
dict with any degree of certainty what
the result will be. The Grant men are
unquestionably the 2shrewdest, but are
not numerous enough to control the con-
vention on an honest: vote. # they win,
it must be by superior tactics. / This
fight about the nomination is such that
it win be impossible to thoroughly unite nj g
the Republican party during the coming
campaign, no matter whom the nominee
may be-. If one Of the prominent candi-
dates is nominated, there will be many
Republicans to whom he will not be &C
ceptable; and if some obscure man is
taken up for the sake of fharmony, his OBJ
security will prevent that general enthu:
siasm in his behalf that is especially de-
sirah1e i.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-04
i Homestead Contestants.

: : ~ - II
The following act recently passed Con.
gress and became a law fa sss:2. sss52
4 That when pre. e.emption, Homestead Of
timber-calture claimant shall file written
REIMBURSEMENT Of his claim in the local land
Office, the land covered by such claim shall b
held open to settlement and entry without
further sction on tho part Of the commissions,
of the general land Office. IS. 81
4 Sec. 2. In al cases where any person hal
contested, paid the land Office fees, and pro.
cured the cancellation Of any pre-emption
homestead, or timber culture entry, he shall
be notified b the register Of the land of6ce o.
the district in which such lands il situated o.
such cancellation, and shall be allo we'd thirty
days from date Of .uch notice . enter said
3landa Provided, that said register shall b
entitled to ) fee Of one dollar for the giving O
such notice, 70 Be- paid by the contestant, and
not 70 be reported.
See. 8. That any settler who has settled
or who shall heresfter ssttle, On any Of Ii,
public lands Of the United States, whethel
surveyed Or unsurveyed, with the intention .
claiming the same undsr tie homestead laxs
shall s. allowed ne same tims Is sfIe isl
homestead application and perfect his origina
entry il the United States lard oi6ee = isloy
allo~ed to settlsrs under ths Pre- emp ton An
to put thsif elatzns . 1ecord, md his IL
shall rs1ats bssk q ths dats of sttleunsnt
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-04
A Mortgage.

From the Northern Pacific Farmer.
+ In the whole range of sacred and pro-
fame literature, perhaps there is nothing
recorded which has such staying qualities
as good, healthy mortgage. A mort>
gage can be depended upon to stick closer
than a brother. 1t has a mission to per.
form which never lets up. Day after
day it is, right there, nor does the slight
est ten lencys to slumber impare its vigor
in the night. Night and day, on the
Sabbath, and at holiday times, without a
moments s time for rest and recreation,
the biting offspring Of its existence---in,
terest- goes on. The seasons may change,
days runslnto weeks, weeks into months,
and months may be swallowed into the
gray man of advancing years, but that
mortgage stands in sleepless vigilance,
with the interest, perennial stream
ceaseleasly running on. Like a huge
nightmare eating out the sleep Of some
restless slumberer, the unpaid mortgage
rears its gaunt front in perpetual tor
ment to the miserable wight who is held
within its pitiless clutch. It holds the
poor victims with the restless grasp Of q
giant, with not one hour Of recreation,
nor moment's evasion of its hideous
presence. It's GENIAL savage Of mode
flying aspect while the interest is paid .
very devil Of hopeless destruction when
the payments fail. zszs
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-04

race in the same latitudes. Cookery is almost
esteemed as science in China. Mr.. Wingroye
Cooke assigns to the Chinese in cookery
middle position, below tho French and above
the English. The Chinaman considers the
Englishman's mode of feeding the nearest ap-
proach to that Of the sayages Of Formoso for
says he, 'fthe Bnglj gljshman does the chief work
of the slaughterhonse upon his dinner table,
and he reniits the principal work Of the kitch-
on to his stomach The Chinese cook is
anxious to disguise heoriginal shape and ap-
pearance Of the fond as much as possible. He
discards spices, and uses oils and fats. Many
strange articles Of food are eaten, but they are
generally prepared in such . manner as to ap-.
pear palatable to unprejudiced foreigners.
Coffee, chocolate, beer, cider, porter, and
brandy are unknown their common bever-
ages are tea and spirit distilled from rice.
Wines are almost unknown. The native to-
bacco is of an inferior quality; it is not
chewed, but smoked or used as snuff. The
pernicious habit of opium smoking prevails
among all classes, and is spreading year by
year, in spite of the earnest efforts of the gov
ernment to prevent it. ~
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-04
T Extras always kept. Examine the I'm
proved Machinery, also Prices and Terms,
before giving your orders. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Y ard on Oak Street, North
west Of Court House, Little Falls, MINI.
PROBAT NOTICE.

a. ) II
State of Minnesota, :. $>2sl.3s4 Es3ssssa.3
County Of Morrison. =. .fS .ssss.9s
q In Probate Court. Special Term, May 10,
1880. : ssss S. #
81 In thematter Of tho estate Of Jacob sylves-
tor, deceased. .5
# Whereas, An instrument in writing, pur-
porting to be the. last viii and testament Of
sJacob Sylvester, deceased, latas Of said Coun-
u, has been delivered to this Court;
And Whereas, Jnlie Sylvester, the widow oi
said deceased, has fled Herewith her petition,
representing among other things that said Ja-
cob Sylvester died ii said County on the 11th
day Of May, 1879, testate, and that said Pc
titionersiis the sole executrix named in said
last will and testament, and praying that the
said instrument may be admitted to probate,
and that letters testamentary be her issued
thereon; s
II is Ordered, That the proofs Of said in
strument, and the said petition, be heard be-
fore this Court, 1T the Probate Office in said
County, on the fourth day Of june, A. D.
1880, 81 two o'clock il the afternoon, when
an concerned may sppsar and contest the
|probate Of said instrument ss
And it ii Further Ordered, That public sno-
|tics Of the time and place Of aaid hearing y
given 70 all persons interested, BY pnblica
ton of these orders for three weeks successivs
u previous p said day of hearing, ii ths Lit.
tls FslIs Transcript . newspapef printed and and
published 6 Little Falls In sid County
BY ths Court, sPKTER NKWMAN,
81 Jud9s pf Rrohate-s