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

think, says the poet Whittier, that
the principal mistake of our present
civilization is the dwarfing of the sensi
bilities. Aftec early childhood the
cultivation of the sensibilities begins
to give place to intellectual training,
and soon ceases entirely, and the young
mind is left to train its own sensiblli-
ties. 1t is also taught to smother aud
conceal the impressions and sensibili~
ties, and eventually hardens into a
spirit OF Indifference. Mental acute
ness is the great good; ihsensibility to
feeling the proper condition. But it is
necessary to any high spiritual attain
ment that the sensibiiities be pure and
delicate. Women are more finely
adapted to the development of such
influences than men, because, for one
thing, they are less exposed to harden
ing from without. SO the society of
the future must be acted on more di
rectly by women than that Of the past.
In the bringing out of the sensibilities
they must take leading part. Woman
suffrage + regard as an inevitable thing
and good thing, Women in public
life will bring it up more than it will
bring them down. There will be con
siderable houndering before society
would become completely adapted
to the change. but after it shall be
fairly accomplished and in working
order, the work of society will 60 on
without any deterioration, and with
gain in purity Of motives and unselish-
ness of law makers and administrators.
DISTINGUISHED lives are the things need
ed in society, and women will do most
in showing the practicability and value
of such lives in all forms of work.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-24

a compositor who cannot agree with
his wife says he must have tah,A her
out Of the wrong font.-Puch.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-24

DRINK FOR THE SICK.-Two table
spoonfuls of arrowroot in quart pitch
er, with little water; three table,
spoonfuls white sugar, the Juice OF one
lemon. and part OF the rind; stir quick
ly while pouring boiling water until
the pitcher is full. Drink cold.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-24

1t is a curious fact that every prince
of the royal house of Hohenzollern,
when young, is taught some useful
trade or other, for the purpose of sober.
ing the mind and bringing it face to
face with the material world and the
realities of life, and among the pro-
fusion Of curiosities and ar tistic relics
which crowd the emperor's private
cabinet may be seen specimens of
bookbinding, carving, carpentering,
and other handiwork performed by
his sons and grandsons.
About one-quarter of the graduates
of Brown University r I'M 1869 to 1870
became clergynen.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-12-24

An upstart-A mushro ON.
Richland beacon., 1880-11-20
A Novel Egg.Farm.

The Farallone Islands are about thirty
miles from the mouth Of San Francisco
Bay, and they are the home Of innumcr-
able sea-fOwls. When San Francisco
first began to be city, its constant cry
was for eggs. To supply the lack Of
eggs the project Of stealing those Of the
gulls and the muhrs Of the Farallone
Islands was undertaken, and it proved
successful. and has ever since been main
tained. The birds are too plenty to
count or to estimate, rs may be inferred
from the fact that the egg -gatherers
bring in often, or used to gather five
hundred dozen in a day; and a great
many of the nests are inaccessible, great
many others devastated by the rivalry Of
the birds themselves, and, of course, a
large part of the birds Mt any one time
are not laying. The egg season is from
May to August, and if even four hundred
dozen is the rule, the harvest would be
pretty near 500,0 eggs. The quarrel
ing between the gulls and the muhrs
leads to the loss of good many muir
eggs, which the gulls at every chance
destroy. The egg business is conducted
by company which has the right. 1t
pays egg -gatherers five cents dozen, and
sells them in San Francisco at cOnsid-
cradle advance.
Richland beacon., 1880-11-20
Afghan Gratitude

Many curious stories are told Of the in
fuence exercised by the Afghan chiefs
over the followers, among the most strik-
ing Of which is the following A young
English subaltern attached to the Cabul
expedition of 1912 rescued an Afghan
pilgrim from some British soldiers who
were handling him roughly. The pill
grim thanked his deliverer, saying, with
emphasis, that "an Afghan never for
gets good turn or bad one" Some
months later, during the fatal battle of
the Murd- Cabul Pass, our hero sa v one of
the enemy point to him repeatedly, and
concluded himself singled out for de-
structiOn. But, to his amazement, he
remained unhurt amid the hottest fire.
while his men were dropping around
him like leaves, those who had molested
the pilgrim being the first to fall. At
length several of the army disarmed and
dragged him down by main force, check
ing those who wished to kill him by
declaring him to be under the protection
of their chief. The chief in question
proved to be identical with the rescued
pilgrim disguise assumed to aid his
designs against the English-and the
officer, having been Hospitality enter
tanned, was dismissed without ransom.
Richland beacon., 1880-11-20
BOmbarding New York.

Commenting on the enormous ranges
obtained by some recent Krupp rified
guns, and the near probability that ships
of war will carry guns of ten and twelve
mile range, the Scientific Amcrican
asks: Could hostile fleet lombard
New York? One Of its conclusions is
that shipcould safely come near enough
to the NarrOws to be within seven miles
of the battery, and with guns of eight
miles range could thus easily damage the
lower part of the city. But, it adds.
there is another direction whence the
city could be reached if guns can be in
vented Of sufficient range. From the
Battery to the sea beach of Long Island,
seven miles from the Sandy Hook fort,
and five miles east of Fort Hamilton, the
distance is exactly ten miles, and one
mile further brings one to the twenty
five-foot line of soundings.
In other words, an iron-clad drawing
twenty-four feet of water, can approach
within eleven miles of the Battery with
out exposing herself to the slightest dan
ger of even being fired at. Consequent
ly it needs only gun to carry twelve
miles to place the whole of Brooklyn and
the wealthiest part of New York at the
mercy of an enemy. Such gun Is not
only possible, but extremely probable;
and in view of the helpless position Id
which we should then he placed, in the
absence of any navy to take the offen-
sive, it might be well for our business
men to take thought for the future by
asking Congress to give them some form
of protection in the event Of war. 1t
opens the widest field for the inventive
genius of this country to exert itself to
devise such protection.
Richland beacon., 1880-11-20
The Old Songs.

In the old songs there was invariably n
display of workmanship Of a respectable
kind, and occasionally the skill of the
writer rose above the respectable level,
while in a literary sense the new songs
are for the most part contemplate. If
the texture of those now silent ditties
was occasionally coarse, it was entirely
free from all unwholcsome SAVIOR. The
fun in them was the rough fun of back
slapping, rib-punching farces Of the
period. Robust, and not seldom clumsy,
humor, unquestionably humble,
John Jones, The Burial Club" 'The
Cork Leg" Newer buy Tripe on Fri
day." and many other unctuous tol-de-
rol ditties whose titles do not readily
recur-they are in the memory locked,
but the key is for the moment mislaid-
served as lyrical safety-valve for the
boisterous animal spirits of the time, the
like OF which we are unhappily not pro-
vided with in the year lSSO.-77nsley's
Magazine.
Richland beacon., 1880-11-20
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.


pretty deer Is dear 10 mo,
"A mar" with downy hair;
love lart with all iny heart,
but barely bear bear.
i Is plain that no one takes plane
10 nave pair al pears;
a raSe, though. often takes rake
10 ten away the tares.
All rays raise thyme, times raze' all;
Ana, through the whole, hole wears.
VIM, In writing right" may w'i,e
IL wright" and still be wrong
For "wriie" and rite" are neither 'rSht,'
And don't 10 write telong,
Richland beacon., 1880-11-20
A STRANGE EPISODE.
Two woman the Ariors ia an Unusual
Tr:sn<artiOn.


=, The Health Commissioners Office in
the City Hall was to-day the scene of ali
episode OF more than ordinary interest.
ana one which almost challenges belief.
neatly-attired lady, with veil
drawn tightly across her face. called at
me oilice and inquired for Mr.. Francis.
Alter being informed that lie was absent.
by Mr.. j. j. Fitzwilliam, the chief clerk,
She said:
Has the ambulance from the female
hospital arrived vet :"
"NO, madame. it has not" -"
Well, then. | will wait for it if YOU
Will permit me to do so.
Certainly, madam. Walk in this
way and be seated. lou will not have
ohg to wait. Were you expecting any
Irlend? SAID Fitzwilliam i'll the tone anC
manner OF one fearful of being thought
mqlusltive, as the lady took the proi1rred
chair.
." Not exactly friend" she replied,
lifting her veil and exposing naturally
handsome face, which was Just then ami
mated by pleasant smile, "but | am 10
meet a woman here from the hospital
who Is to give me her baby. It's only
three weeks old, and pretty little girl it
is, too"
Fitzwilliam is father. and to say that
he was highly astonished is to put it
mildly.
In time the ambulance arrived, as also
did the mother and her babe. When
the two women met but slight nod of
recognition passed between them. The
silence was broken by the clerk, who
said:
Here is the baby"
Amt it sweet, pretty daring?" ex-
ultingly exclaimed the mothcr-to-be.
The real mother held it up and looking
at it sadly, murmurcd:
II hate to part with it,
Then kissing it, once only, she prof
tered 1t to the other, who pressed it to
her lips in Joy, as the mother said:
Take it and be good to it.
THAT l will, indeed; You may depend
upon that"
The mother then gave her the nursing
bottle, when she was asked:
How is the milk preparcd?"
BY boiling it and then letting it
cool.
Don't You put water to it .
"NO, just simply milk
81 have heard of rice water being fed
to babies. Did you try it 2"
Nothing has ever been given her but
boiled milk"
A short pause of embarrassment he re-
ensued when the real mother said. Good
by, and walked away She was pale
looking, and evidently not very strong.
Her features gave evidence of youth and
beauty but her bearing was not indica-
tive Of refinement or education.
The new mother retained her seat and
fOndled the child with rs much affection
rs though it were her own. She re-
marked that she desired to allow the |
mother sufficient time to get away from |
the building, as she did not want to be |
followed by her, or have her know where |
the child's new home was. In few |
minutes the bona .fde mother returned, |
approached Mr.. Fitzwilliam, asked for |
and received two car tickets and then |
walked away without casting even one |
look or glance toward the babe. Shortly |
afterward the babe and its new mother |
went away in n carriage
These two women are totally unknown
to each other by name. Only the proper
officials know the mother by adoption,
and they are satisfied of her respectable 7
ity and competency to provide the child !
with good home. Will the mother and
child ever meet again ?
Richland beacon., 1880-11-20
A PRETTY STORY.
The Queen Of .Iia!y Adopts Two Orphan
children.

In Naples the papers tell n very pretty
story Of the Queen of Italy. 1t appears
that as Size was driving to the royal wood
nf Licalo the coarhman mistook the road,
and one of the getlcmcn asked country
man tine way. The man. seeing the
fine carriage and horses and the servants
! livery and all the Gny company, thought
he was being fooled. ''As if you did
not know" :" he said with big grin. The
Queen laughed, and assured him that
they were lost. Then only did the corn-
tryman condcsccnd 10 point ont the way,
after which ne walked off as if fearing to
bc laughed at again.
"Givc him twenty francs for his
trouble, said the Queen To one of her
escort, who. going after the countryman,
sail
Here, my man, is little present
from the Queen of Italy, who thanks
you."
1.-The Queen ~ cried the countryman,
returning to the carriage. Forgive me
that did not know thee. But | had
never seen thee before. Thou art as beau
tiful as May rose. God ] ess thee"
And the carriage drove of.
Now the countryman, who had once
seen the Queen, wanted to see her pretty
face again, and the following day he
presented himself at the palace
81 know her, You KNOW" he added
mysteriously. Il spoke to her Yesterday,
and want to speak to her again"
Thinking he had to do with a mailman
the porter was about to have the poor
fellow arrested, when the very gentleman
who had given him the twenty francs
appeared, and, recognizing the man, told
him to wait He informed the Queen of
his presence.
Bring him here by all MEANS" was
her answer.
When the man was for the second time
before the Queen he said:
eyes, It's thou, thought j had seen
a fairy. Thou art Just an angel. / did
not tell thee yesterday that / have two
little ones without mother. Wilt thou
be their mother 2"
"That l will, said the Queen.
"Then there's the twenty francs thou
gavcst me yesterday. thank thee, but
] want no money" And he went away,
crying and smiling like child.
The Queen has adopted the two little
ones, and they are in an institution un-
der her special patronage.
Richland beacon., 1880-11-20
Walking Endways.

Political favoritism during the course
OF the late war made some very interest
ing officers. Having returned from the
front in June, 1862, business called me
to the town Of Wabash, Ind, some time
In July. They were organizing regi-
ments III a camp south Of the town.
Colonel G. was commissioned for tho
- Indiana Regiment The drum beat
for battalion drill. The Colonel rode
out with book in his hand, from which
he was reading the commands. After
the adjutant had formed the companies
in line, the Colonel took his position
near the center and gave the commands:
Attention. battalion Forward march,"
He forgot the fright face" and the reg
iment commenced moving toward him.
Then he commanded a halt and broke
out in a roar: "What in thunder did
You do that way for? want you to get
in two lines of fight and waW cndcays
over in the flat to drill, condemn ye; l
don't want you marching out here where
L am. There are too many rocks and
stumps here to drill and you ought to
know it yourselves"
The same Colonel appointed the non
commissioned officers, but he insisted
that the Governor of the State had to
sign their warrants, or they were not
legal appointments.
On one occasion, coming up the road
where it made a square bend, he gave no
command of "filc left" The file leade:
Of Company A kept on in straight line
in military style until he came up to the
side of barn. There of course he
stopped and marked time. The Colonel
rode down the line in hot haste and ter
ribly angry: "You ID long sergeant,
haven't yOu got sense enough to keep in
the road? What i'll h-ll are you trying
to march through barn for?''
Sometime in October, while in Ken
tncky, he resigned for the good of the
service. No doubt it was the most bril-
liant act of his life, and many others
could have aided their country more than
they did if they had done the samc.-
Ucty'OV Free Press.
Richland beacon., 1880-11-20
NUMBER II.
BETTER THOUGHTS.

| TROUBLES come III II cluster.
LABOR ovcrcomes all things.
ENorGH is as good as feast.
True courage il cool and calm.
BE not Judge between friends.
LOVE and a cough cannot he hid.
DOS'T borrow trouble on interest.
CONQUER unreasonable prejudices.
CrLTJvATE love Of the beautiful
DELIBERATE well and net promptly.
THERE is no severity like gentlcness
LOSE not thy own for want Of asking 1t.
True wisdom is to know our ignor-
| ancc.
We ask advice. hut we mean npproba-
ton.
LET your moderation he known to all
men.
A ROTTEN apple Injuries its compan-
ions.
BE courageous for the truth and the
right
He who loves flowers cannot he wholly
vicious.
NEVER sacrifice tho substance to tho
shadow.
THE first step to self knowledge is self
listrust
CREDITORS have better memories than
debtors.
SELF-POssEssION is essential to good
breeding.
LET him alone severely, is maxim of
prudence.
THERE is Int one short step between
living and theft.
We are near wakir. when we dr. lm
that We dream 80
A M.v..t' audath fIiviids must show
himself III, lIdly.
SOME men are great because their assO-
ciatcs are little.
WHAT maintains one vice would bring
up two children.
PAY what you owe, and what you are
worth You'll know.
THE trickster is almost certain to como
to an ignoble end.
USBIDDEN guests are often welcome
when they are gone.
To kill one man is murder; to kill q
thousand, heroism.
FIRST, the necessary; then, the useful;
then, the ornamental.
ERROR may be tolerated, if reason be
left free to combat it.
DESPAIR is the offspring of fear, lazi-
ness and impotence.
NEWSPAPERS should he read with cau-
tious discrimination.
FoP is known by his dress-a gen.
tleman by his address.
VIRTUE itself Offends when connected
with forbidding manners.
THERE is nothing more dangerous than
friend without discretion.
A MAN of words and not of deeds, is
like garden full Of weeds.
CONSTANT complaining brings no
sympathy; it produces Indifference.
If you want enemies, excel others; if
you want friends. let others excel you.
WHENEVER one begins to say, 81 am rs
good as another" he excites doubt.
IF we throw mud at every one, tho
chances are that some of it will stick.
IT is an easy matter to get into law
suit, but often very difficult to get out.
THE good house-kecper may he q
vixen, but she cannot be altogether bad.
LET the world have its amusements.
provided they be followed with discre-
ton.
TASTE and imagination, rightly culti-
waited in youth, lead to vigorous man.
hood.
TIE law suit begins with a notice
but when, or how, or where shall it
end?
THE truth need not always he spoken;
but whatever is spoken should be the
truth.
Richland beacon., 1880-11-20

The sturdy pioneer lived there many
years and prospered. Grandchildren
grew up around him. to whom the adj
ventures of their grandsire were as inter-
estirg as fairy tales. But there was one
story they never heard without tremor,
and that was the hunters stratagem
when he slew the famous Pequaket
brave.
Richland beacon., 1880-11-20

CAPTAIN JAMES F. SrEEPLE, who COM
manded South Carolina company dur
ing the war, has sent to Miss Lucy Sims,
a teacher in one of the Public Schools Of
Brooklyn, sword lost by Captain Sims,
her father, at the battle of Petersburg
Mine. Captain Sims was killed at Peters
burg, and his mOtherless child was
adopted as the Daughter of the Regi.
ment" by the Thirteenth New York
Volunteers. The regiment educated her
at Vassar College. =
Richland beacon., 1880-11-20

FRENCH fashion journals assert that Of
late years all the eccentric STYLES of dress
brought out in Paris have been planned
to satisfy the tastes of the women of other
countries, especially the Russians and
Americans.
Richland beacon., 1880-11-20

The bell Of the Congregational
Church at NewtOwn, Ct, has been used
one hundred and twelve years, and the
golden rooster on top Of the building has
bullet marks made by the soldiers Of the
Revolution shooting at it while passing
through tue town.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-02-05

izing, cutting, and delivering, [ made
One Hundred per cent on the money
invested, and left my land in better
shape than in the beginning. At
some other time | may pursue this
subject farther
Now, for another thing. Senator
Kirby of Cincinnati has introduced a
bill for the inspection Of steam boilers.
| endeavored to get IL number Of copies
of it to send to our furnace men, and
others, but there are none to be had
| send you, Mr. Editor, Il Cleveland
Herald having copy of the bill
Will you be kind enough to look it
over, and if it will not occupy too
much space, give synopsis of it for
the benefit of those interested. Bills
upon almost every topic under the
sun have been introduced. Among
those which may have a general inter
est are the following For redistrict-
ing the State, reorganizing the Peni-
tentiary, for general reorganization
of the institutions of the State, max
ing grave robbing in all its stages a
felony, for local option, to change and
repeal the tax on dogs, ETC., etc. |
have resolution before the house de-
claring it the sense of the legislature
that the present session should not
extend beyond ninety days. 1t will
come up next week. | think, as this
letter is getting long | Will stop it
here. Yours.
J. B. PAINE.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-02-05
NEWS NOTES.

Mr.. HAYT, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has
been removed by Secretary schurz.
COL. TRusLEE, prominent lawyer of Indiana,
dropped dead in an opera house in Indianapolis on
last Thursday night.
f. P. BROOKS, editor of the National Republican,
of Washington d. c., has been appointed Consul to
Cork. ireland.
MIR. " AsHEUHNE has spoken. lie does not want
to he President. Neither do Washburne! We
would not have the Office. under any circumstances!
FREEMAN, the idiot who murdered his little daugh-
ter, at Pocasset Mass has been sent to the Asylum
for the Insane He ought have been there be-
fore he committed the murder.
AS the Steamship Saratoga bound to Havana,
from New York, cabin passenger, Charles Byerly,
leaped overheard and was eaten by shark.
THE Republican Convention of Essex County, New
jersey resolved against third for President
of the United States How fortunate that Grants
friends Withdrew his name!
EPHEAIM QUIMBY, a wealthy man of Wooster,
Wayne County, died on Friday. He Republic
can and the only Republican Office holder in Wayne
County, being County Commissioner.
AN Illinois Marshal nipped romance in the bud on
last Saturday. An Indiana belle eloped with her
'-uvyer'' and went to Bloomington, Illinois, where
the City Marshal arrested her and sent her home.
NEAR Mitchell Indiana, a colored woman gave birth
husband thought she ought to- He found a way to
make her stay bed. He chopped her to pieces with
IN Lafayette Indiana stole two hams, and
went to penitentiary, where he will have years
reflection on the wickedness of stealing hams.
SOME roughs in Lafayette Indiana robbed in
surance agent Who's safe, we'd like to know? Per-
haps footpads will be after the innocent book agent
next
concluded that the officers could not arrest him. Af-
ter they had fired four shots him. he concluded that
they could arrest him. and gave up
SMITH HARRIoTT, of Delaware, Ohio, shot his faith
er with intent kill. At least, the jury said The
father trying his son, but it is thought
the young man will be put away for a while
ORLANDO GREENFIELD, of Syracuse, n. Y, was
convicted of killing his wife, and his lawyers
trying keep the Sheriff from killing him. Orlando
will probably go on the dark journey.
THE Government Printer, at Washington, will not
pay printers who do not work on legal holidays fol
the they idle Whereat the printers get very
mad.
LITTLE boy in Indiana saved the life of a comrade
and now Congressman Butterwortf of Ohio, is going
send he boy weekly periodical for one year, foI
his enlightenment and announcement OF course
Mr.. Butterworth will send the boy THE JACKSON
STANDARD.
THEY still making it hot for the Molly Maguires
in Pennsylvania, and it is reported that o.
the worst murderers in that organization now
working in Ohio. But sharp detectives on theil
track.
COMMUNICATION by telephone was carried on be.
tween Omaha and st. Louis, distance of 40 miles
Just think of hearing plainly song sung by maj
miles off, and carrying ordinary conversation
at that distance, and you may form idea of th
wonders of The telephone.