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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-13

SCALLoPED OYSTERS. - Crush and
roll several handtuls of Boston or other
nice crackers; put layer in the bot
tom of buttered pudding dish; wet
this with mixture Of the oyster liq-
uor and milk, slightly warmed; next
put layer of oysters; sprinkle with
salt and pepper and put bits of butter
upon them; then another layer Of
moistened crumbs, and repeat until
the dish is full; let the top layer be of
crumbs thicker than the rest, AND beat
an egg into little milk and pour over
them; put bits of butter thickiy over it
and bake half an hour.
To CLEAN OSTRICH PLUMEs. White
ones can be cleaned by taking four
ounces of white soap, cut it into small
pieces, dissolve into four pints of wa
ter, rather hot, and make lather;
into this dip the feathers, and wash
gently with the hands fer about ten
minutes; rinse in hot water and shake
until dry. Ostrich tips Can he curled
by holding them in the steam from
water until they are damp, and then
drawing each fiber separately over the
blade Of blunt knife.
ORANGE IARTLETs.-Two fine oranges (;
juice OF both and grated peel of one /;
three-fourths cup of sugar two table
spoonfuls of butter ; one teaspoonful OF
corn-starch wet up with lemon-jpice
aid little cold water. Beat all to u
smooth cream, and bake in small tins.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-13

BENEFIT OF TRAvEL.-The American
who goes abroad generally comes back
we'll content with his home. The con-
ventionalities of old society and habits
and customs that had their birth in
circumstances and conditions having
no relations to his life. do not tend to
attract the American from his home
love and loyalty. He usually comes
back better American than he goes
away, with the disposition only to avail
himself of what he has learned, to
improve himself, his home and his
country. The American, bred to great
social and political freedom, cannot
relinquish it, and can never feel entire.
iy at home where he does not enjoy it.
de perfectly understands how Euro.
pean can come to America and be con-
tent with it as Il home. because he can
shape his life as he chooses but he
cannot understand how an American can
be contented in Europe.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-13
Lyra Incantata.

Within q castle haunted,
As castles were Of old,
There hung a harp enchanted,
And on its rim Of gold
This legend was enscrolled:
"Whateyer bard wou.d win Ne
Must strike and wake within me,
Ny one supreme endea
4 chord tia. sounds forever
Three bards Of Tyre and viol,
BY mandate of the Hing,
Were hidden to trial
To find the magic string
II there be such a thing.
Then, after much esssying
OF tuning, came tie playing:
And lords and ladies splendid
Watched as those bards conteLdcd.
The frst-a minstrel hoary,
Who many rhyme had spun
SArg loud Of war and glory
OF battle fought and won;
But wien bis song was done,
Although tie bard was Landed,
Aud clarping hands spplsudej,
Yet, spite of the laudatlon,
The harp ceased its vibration.
The second changed tie measure,
Ard turned from fire and sword
To sing song Of pleasure
The wine-cup and the board
Till, at the wit, all roared,
And tie high hall sounded
With merriment unboundcd
The hsrp-!oud as the laughter
Grew hushed as that, soon after.
The third, in lovers fashion,
And with his soul on fire,
Then sang of loves pure passion
The heart and its desire
And, as he smote the wire.
The listeners, gathering round him,
Caught up wreath and crowned him
The crown--hath faded never,
The harp resounds forever.
EEoDoRE TILToS, in Eniytrsity .Wagoz
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-13
Fish as Brain Food.

Since, during ike acts of sensation
and intellection phosphorus is con-
sumed in the brain and nervous sys.
tenn, there arises the necessity to re-
store the portions so consumed, or, as
the popular expression is, to use brain
food. Now, as every one knows, 1t IS
the property of phosphorus to shine in
the dark; and as fish in certain stage
of putrefactive decay often emit light.
or become phosphoresceut, it has been
thought that this is due to the album
dance Of phosphorus their flesh con
tains, and hence that they are eminently
suitable for the nourishment of the
nervous system, and are an invaluable
brain food. Under that idea many
persons resort to diet of fish, and
persuade themselves that they derive
advantage from it in All increased vivid.
ness of thought, signal Improvement
in the reasoning powers. But the flesh
of fish contains no excess of phosphor-
us, nor does It's shining depend upon
that element. Decaying willow.wood
shines even more brilliantly than de-
caying fish: it may sometimes be dis
cerned afar off ut night. The shining
in the two cases is due to the same
cause.-the oxidation of carbon, not of
phosphorus, in organic substances con-
tanning, perhaps, not perceptible
trace OF the latter element. Yet surely
no one found himself rising to poeti-
cal fervor by tasting decaying willow
wood, though it ought, on these prin-
ciples, to be better brain food than a
much larger quantity of tish.-DR. j.
w. DRAPER, in Xaper's Miga=ine.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-13

The school committee of Melrose,
Mass, have done thing worthy of
imitation. They have sent circular
to the teachers of the primary schools,
asking them to be careful about the
children at recess time. to see that they
are properly clad and in no danger of
taking cold. They are requested. also,
to permit no children t. attend school
from families wherein there is any con-
tagious disease.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-13

OCCUPATION A SAFEGUARD.-Life is
prolonged by pleasant occupation which
fills the mind. The individual whose
thoughts are conferred and whose ambi.
ton is aroused by some attractive en-
terprise or project seems to live a
charmed life. There is less sickness
and death among the busy portion of
the community than in the circles of
TIE oilers, the retired merchants, gen.
tlemen of fortune and leisure, seekers
of mere pleasure and qualification of
the senses. The active man can hardly
afford the time to be ill. 1t is not when
soldiers are on the march, or in agreea-
BILE, active service, that mortality most
iuvades their ranks, but when encamped
for an indefinite period, or confined to
the dull routine of the barracks after a
lively campaign.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-13

A THRILLING ScENE.-A thrilling
scene interrupted the monotony OF
Montreal saloon the other day. :.
The keeper had a bear-pit under his
saloon, in which were kept male bsw
weighing four hundred pounds, 81
bear and two cubs, and allowed visitors
to his place to see them without charge
through a trap-hole in the floor. While
a number of persons were inspecting
the animals, six-year.old son OF the
keeper fell into the pit, and was seized
by the she. bear before any one eoul"
lend his aid.
The father, hearing his chlldss
screams rushed down stairs and leapeu
into the den, and dragging the ooy
from the bears grasp, tossed him out
of the trap. The Infatuated bear then
attacked the father, throwing him down
and severely biting his knee. HIS llle
was in imminent danger when. fortu'
nately, he laid hold upon loose brlck'
and by hitting the brute on the snou',
forced it to let go its hold, AM was
drawn up out of his perilous position
by the spectators.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-13
Blunders.

Most of Sir Boyle Roches sayings
have become household words but it
may not be unpleasant to the reader to
hear two or three of them. 1t was he
who gave utterance to the profound
aphorism, "Single misfortunes never
come alone, and the greatest of all pos
sible misfortunes is generally followed
by a much greater" "Sir," said he
one day in the Irish House of Commons,
I do not see why we should put our
selves out OF the way to serve posterity.
What has posterity done for us?" He
was interrupted by burst of laughter,
and proceeded to explain himself. by
posterity, Mr.. Speaker" said he, Il do
not mean our ancestors, but those who
are to come Immediately after them"
In these times of short measures, per.
haps we should find nothing very alb
surd in the bill which he introduced,
providing that every quart bottle should
hold quart. We seem to need some.
thing like that ut the present day. 1t
was he who rebuked the shoe-m maker
from whom he had ordered shoes for
his equity limbs 81 told You to make
one longer than the other" said he,
"and instead of that. you have made
one smaller than the other-the exact
opposite" During the troublous times
that came upon the country, there was
a great insecurity of life, and in letter
to friend, from his country house, he
wrote, You may Judge of our state,
when 1 tell you that write this with a
pistol in each hand and sword in the
other"
PERFECT QUIET.-In the sick room
there should always be fresh air, and
profound freedom from all excitement
and tumult; and if all else be right aud
this be wanting it may prove fatal to
the patient; for every sharp noise, every
jar. every rattle, ana every sound, low
or loud, pleasant or unpleasant, a. ouses
the nervous system, exhausts the vi
tality, and accelerates the progress OF
the patient to the grave. And especial
iy is this true of infants and small
children, who are more sensitive and
less enduring than adults. We are
fully convinced that thousands of in
fants are annually sent to the grave by
the noise and tumuit of the room in
which they are placed, who would have
recovered without any medical treat
meut whatever, had perfect silence pre-
vailed around them.
Since the Oneida Community aban-
doned the" mixed marriage" system, 20
weddings have taken place there, so that
there are now 40 married couples in q
population of 299,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-13

A SOLDIER WITH RANT.-As We
passed mine this morning, the Gen,
eral and party on foot, a big fellow anu
handsome in spite OF his laborel
clothes, stepped back for Grant, WIN
Fair and Mackay to pass, saylhs'
" General, l was soldier with you,
but it is not for me to stop you, Du'
Grants quick ear had caught the w9rI Es
and, turning, he said, Yes. it is; snako
hands" and, Judging from the MINER
face, his heart went ont to the Tips .;
his fingers as he grasped the exteadea
hand. Letter to Darlington Ha~Aey.A
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-13

Since the Oneida Community aban-
doned the" mixed marriage" system, 20
weddings have taken place there, so that
there are now 40 married couples in u
population of 299,
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-09-14
The Men OF AfShanlstan.

The Afghans are Mohammedans of the Su-
ami faith they reverence the first four Kha-
lifts, and have no particular veneration for
the prophet CKhalif) Ali. They are split up
into tribes, clans and families, each under its
own head, commander, OF Sirdar, and they
are often at war or feud, and often engaged in
conspiracies, rebellions and assassinations
They are tall, burly, active men, with olive
compilations, dark Jewish features, black
eyes, and long black hair hanging dow in
curls. Their countenances are calm, and
they affect a frankness and Jonhomie; they
will sometimes indulge in a rude jucularity ;
but their expression is savage, and evil pas
sions are often raging in their hearts like
hidden fires. They are blood-thirsty, deceit
full and depraved; ready to sell their country,
their honor and their very souls for lucle.
They care for nothing but fighting and loot,
delighting in the din of arms, the turmoil of
battle and the plumber of the killed and
wounded. Without any relish for home life or
domestic ties; without a sting of remorse or
a sense of shame there are no people on
earth who have a finer physique or a viler
morale. They are the relics of a nation who
have played out their part in history. In by
gone ages they conquered Hindostan on the
one side and Persia on the other; but the
conquering instinct has died away amidst the
incessant discord of family feuds and domes.
tic brcils.-J. Talboys Hheeler's "Short His
tory of Mdtd.'
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-09-14
CuriOsitIes OF Figures.

Here is a curiosity for little students The
multiplication of 9s765432l by % gives a.
444,444.45 Reversing the order OF the diglls
and multiplying l234567s9 by 45 we get a re-
suit equally curious, 555'59,oo9 IL we TAKE
1234s67s9 as the multiplicand, and inter
changing the figures of As, take 81 as the null
liplier. We have another remarkable product
Of C,tG6, $50, COG. Returning to the multiple
cand first used, 9S7G5432l, and taking "a as
the multiplier again, we get 81, 333. ,3a4Ia
raad tooether 81. the multiplier. Taking the
same multiplicand and 81, the half Of f. o. ces as
The multipli"r, we get a product of 70, 49,
ures, which, read together, give ~ the multi
plier. Next i%nterchanging the hSures III tne
n,mber ~. and using u as the nultlpiler'
wi,h OS7654s2l rs the muItiplicand, we obtain
n product of 7l,lll,l1l,112, all ones except
,he first and last figures, which, read together,
give -. the muliiplier.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-09-14
miscellaneous Dispatches.

A FRANCISCO, Sept. S.-A Truckee dis
patch says that President Hayes and party
lett Carson for Lake Tahoe to-day.
DENVER, Sept. S.-Advices from Los We
gas, New Mexico, state that early last night
a blackboard of the Picos mail line Vas
stopped by three men near Arbor Chico and
the mail bags ritled. There was nothing yery
valuable in the mails.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. GA Benecia dis
patch says the Presidential party arrived there
at III o'clock and was greeted ny a national
salute by a detachment from the United States
arsenal. AT least two thousand persons as
sem6led at the depot, including the pupils of
the Benecia schools. The greeting was most
enthusiastic. A speech of welcome was de-
llvered by Hon. L.. b. Miner. President
Hayes, Mrs. Hayes and party descended from
the cars and were joined on the ferry boat BY
the entire assembly, who accompanied them
down to South Benecia. The town and ship
ping in port is gaily decked.
New YORK, Sept. 9.-The loss at the fire
at Manhattan market is 81, 500, 1000. The
market, hay sheds adjoining the block, and
80 freight cars of the Hudson River railroad
burned.
Three brick buildings and eight hay sheds
were destroyed. The loss on the buildings
will not fall short of 500, 900. The eastern
half of Manhattan market is in ruins ant
completely Quilted except fifty feet near the
Eleventh avenue entrance of the western
half. Nothing save fragments of shattered
walls and piles of iron rafters remains. The
officers Of the market company say the eastern
half will be repaired and made ready for oc
cupancv within sixty days. The fire was the
work of an incendiary.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-09-14
How Maud >. TrOts.
Cleveland He-ald.

During a wait for the horses to come out,
the queen of the turf, the beautiful Maud s.,
was brought on the track, and Captain Stone
announced to president edwards that she
would be speeded half a mile. The little
beauty started, but for a wonder she lett her
feet at the quarter pole and she was slowed
up. The next time she did better and she
went to the half mile pole so fast that the old
turfmen, who were watching her closely,
could scarcely believe their eyes. One man
who was holding a watch, looked at carefully
and it was quite a willie before he could be-
lieye but that it had stopped. a more beau
tiful or more even trotter could not possibly
he found. She moves with the ease and
grace of a g~azelle and there is not the slight
est degree of waste power in her action. Her
performance was loudly cheered. Her time
to the quarter pole was 32a s%econds; to the
half mile pole in the wonderful time OF l.o4s.
When Ibis time was announced hundreds OF
people would scarcely believe it. She made
the last quarter in BIZ seconds.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-09-14
NOTES..

The new Postmaster General, Howard, is
bv no means a handsome man. In appear
ance he is a cross between a lank Tennesseean
and a Sioux Indian.
The family of the Duke of Argyll is said to
embrace all sorts of pursuits from trade to
ROYALTY, his sons wives occupying as va.lous
stations.
London Truth says that the presents at a
recent London German were absolutely eX-
travagant. Our English cousins seem to take
very kindly to American ways.
An editor and a lawyer fired at each other
across a street at Marshfield. Mo-, until their
revolvers were emptied, and neither was hit,
though two spectators were wounded.
The following advertisement appears IL Il
Canadian paper: ''WIll the gentleman who
stole my melons last Saturday night be gener-
Gus enough to return me a few ofthe seeds, as
they are a choice variety??'
In one of the dimng-rOoms at a large sea-
side resort recently, an intelligent diamond
broker made an estimate of the value OF the
gems which glistened in every part of the
room, and said "their value was at least S'oo'-
00O."
An old ScOtchman attributes the disappear
| ance of ghosts from the Scottish mo0rs TO the
| custom of tea-drinking at social meetings.. u
requires SCOTCH WlllSktN VII JIG toP ~" "N
to 5, e a ghost really worth talking about.
A mob of 1000 negroes attempted to lynch
a white man in Kansas City, Aug. 22d' but
were kept by him at bay until rescued.
The statistics of ocean travel this season
show an increase of 81, 900 American visitors
to Europe over last season, and it is estimated
that the 10000 Americans who have gone
abroad this season have spent and left III
Europe $1O,OOO,OOO.
The Knights Templar line of march in
Chicago, recently, was eight miles ana was
! viewed by nearly one million people.
Mr.. Mccarthy, the Washington correspond
ent of the Hartford Times, says that Mrs.
HAYES example in banishing wine from the
dinner table has been a severe blow to the
wine bearers of the capital. Mrs Hayes.
having declared against wine, OF course
it became Questionable in a manner,
and its consumption in Washington fell OIL
very much. Last winter there was not one
case of wine sold where forty were sold ten
wears ago. The drinking of wine among men
NAV not have fallen off much. but 1t certainly
has among ladies. Mrs. Garfield, who Is quite
AS much Of II temperance woman as MIS-
HAYES, will follow the ldtter's example. Gin
IA horli.)
The reckless gambling at London clubs has
Income "a scandal, for scarcely n week passes
tina, the q~narlvls of the alleged gehtlemtuly
gamblers do not extend To TIL" police count.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-09-14
Death OF T.. w. PurlntOn,

The HusbGndman of the 9th contains the
following:
1t is with feelings of regret that we an
nounce the death of Zenas Purinton, a
young man who came over from Helena a
week since TO accept a position in this office.
He arrived here on Monday afternoon and
was attacked with hemorrhage of the lungs
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday the
hemorrhage increased, and ON Friday became
very violent and continued until Sunday af-
%ternoon, at which time he grew weaker rap
idly, and calmly breathed his last about 5 D.
m. Monday, the 9th instant. He was a com
parative stranger and We know but little of
his history. He was a very fine young man
and master of his business. Aware that death
was inevitable, he declared that he had no
regrets. He has lived in the territory for the
past five years, and was at one time agent for
the Butte MINER. The ladies of White Sui
phur Springs were very kind, and did all that
was possible to contribute to his comfort dur
ing his brief illness. Though called to his
final account in a land of strangers, he had
all that heart could wish, a peaceful hour in
which to die and kind and loving hands to
smooth down his dying pillow.
The deceased was the travelling agent of
the MINER during the season of rs, but find
ing the fatigues OF travel too trying for his
delicate constitution, he abandoned the agen-
cy for a case in the office, where he worked
as a compositor until last July. At that time,
owing to continually failing health, he &C
cepted an offered situation in Helena, think
ing that the slightly lower altitude of that
place might be to his advantage. Strictly
conscientious, truthful to an almost painful
degree, Kindly considerate of the feelings OF
others, the deceased was respected and es'
teemed by all who knew him. In his jour-
ney to the Mysterious Land he is followed by
the kindliest remembrances of his forme as
s~ociates. At the time of his death Mr.. Pu
rinton was abou twenty-six years of age. Hi:
parents, who have our sympathy in theirdeel
atlliction, reside at Annaville, Clay County
Iowa.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-09-14

LONDON. Sept. S.-Sir John "A.
other Canadian government Officials
be been successful in the financial arrange
fnt for the construction of the Canadian
|clfc railway. The contract is taken by a
hiking firm in London, a French financial
f~ociation and a firm of tinanciers i'll New
Prk, who will receive from the Canadian
Eernment "a certain o OF land. In
federation OF these grants the contracting
tties undertake 20 form a company TO De
He'd the Canadian Pacific Railway coin-
|ny, which shall construct and work the
Pe. The government Furthermore gives to
+ contracting parties, in addition t o the sur
rs already made, the whole of the line thus
i built. The cost of these items is estlmal-
to be between f5. 900 900 and f6,ooo,ooo.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-09-14
The COIllery Explosion.

LONDON, Sept. S.-A dispatch from Seaman
lllery Is received announcing Thai lorty
I'm who were working in the upper seam ol
4 coal mine have been found safe. lhey
r helping to remove their comrades VINO
r seventy fathoms lower. The bottoms on
fth shafts are still blockaded with depr's.
P to I o'clock p. III. a total OF hftv-se'eh
len were recovered, a majority OF them II,
l exhausted condition. One hundred an"
|y men are still in the pit.
LONDON. Sep. S.-A dispatch from tu'
fallam rolliery says the rescued now mum,
p G6, hut il Is feared that more man GOV
I'm were in the PIT at the time OF the tA-
Esion. Two cnrrsrs were brought TO 'he
lfface at miunioht.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-09-14
The Great COlliery Explosion.

|oNDoN, Sept. 9.-The accounts of the
Pber of men in the Seaham colllery are !:
! pits consist of five seams, M below an
pr. The shallowest seam is 400 feet below
surface, and the total depth of the c%olliery
bout six hundred yards. The nineteen
in the top seam merely felt the rush of
but in proceeding to the shaft they found
ockaded by debris, and the air coming up
shaft was exceedingly foul. Communi-
Pn with the top seam was opened at l
|ock Yesterday afternoon, but because of
damage to the shaft the men could only
|loisted out singly by chains and ropes.
brly all OF them, therefore, elected to le-
n il the pit, so as MOTTO delay the eXplor-
in cleaning the way to the lower seams,
ence knocking and shouting of men were
lible.
he latest published kilograms from the IN
etOr of mines date from Seaham at nine
Jock last evening, says: Fifty-nine men
le beer rescued and 1870 are yet to be &C
lnted for. Explorations have been stop
in consequence of fire IN the two middle
Great anxiety is felt for the men in
lower pits. There is plenty of assistance,
III relays of workmen every four hours.
would appear from the above dispatch
m the inspector that there has been a later
break of fire in the mine.
Sept. 8, 1.30 p. m~.-EXplorers
/ assembled report fire near The engine o
Ich will be shortly eXtinguished. The
fef party can get no further yet. The bod.
seen were fearfully scorched and shrlVeled
\ clothes burned off.