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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-16
Slseplessncss.

"As o people we live too fast" comes
to ns from pulpit, platform and press,
and yet we push. on at the same swift
pace until we fall out by tho way, per-
haps to rise no more, or ut the best t?)
to suffer the untold torment of nervous
prostration. and from which the recov
cry to health is tantalizingly slow. That
nervous diseases are alarmingly preva-
lent. is reported by all physicians. and
say what you please. exp rience teaches
that" only nervousness is the cause
OF exquisite suffering, that is much
harder to be borne than physical pain.
Loss of sleep works the very mischief
in the nervous, and on all sides ne hear
with increasing frequency the com
plant of sleeplessness. IF / could
only Sleep" said friend, " l should be
all right, but 1 lie awake till long to-
wards morning, when get an hour or
two of troubled sleep 10 all such we
would say seek tho advice of physi-
clan at once. But in most cases wake
fnluess to such an extent, with proper
care might have been avoided and
since AN ounce OF prevention is worth
a pound of cure, it behooves us all to
heed naturos slightest warnings, for
she will not bear being tritled with, and
sooner or later will assert her rights
with vengeance ii her laws are contin-
uously broken. Sleep is, indeed, tired
natures sweet restorcr," and by sleep
alone is tho brain recuperatod. Hence.
we should guard with Jealous care our
sleeping hours, and as far as possible
prevent any encroachment upon them.
The tendency of the times is to keep
late hours. and especially is this SO
during the winter season. Tho lecture,
the concert, the lyccum. the ciablc
aaA tho ubiquitous " Pinafore,' make
an endless rouud CT entertainments,
and all exceedingly pleasant and profit
able to certain degree, no doubt, but
what daughter OF Eve is sufficient for
ali these things?' And yet how many
OF ia go far beyond our siren 9Th, and
come out i'll the spring fretlul aud nor-
vous, and although wo may WOO sleep
never so assiduousiy she comes not at
our call.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-16
Guided by Instinct.

In September. 1928, Mr.. Benjamin
Dunning. of brunswick, Me-, called
from Bath il the brig SypAa.r. Capt.
Blake, bound for the West Indies. and
took with him nine young geese, pur.
chased from Capt. Robert Chase. then
living at Maquoi. in the same house
with his father.
Capt. Chase was thon building house
for himself, and novel into it about
the time the brig sailed.
The vessel met with fair but moderate
winds. and GA the morning of the fifth
day, when they judged themselves five
hundred miles from land. one of the
geese escaped from the coop. few over
board and was left sitting on the
water.
Time passed on, and one morning
the father of Capt. Chase was surprised
to find lone goose in his barn, yard.
He drove the creature away several
times, which as constantly returned,
and at length set the dog on it, but the
dog refused to worry the goose to any
purpose, and it was several days be-
fore he succeeded in driving it from
the premises.
Tho fowl nov went to the houses
in the neighhorhood and tried to asso-
ciate with the geese there, but was on
all sides repulaed and maltreated 10y
them.
At length, Mrs. Robert Chase, now
living in tho new house, something
more than q mile distant from the other,
heard great noise among her geese,
and saw strange goose fly down among
them.
Instantly, and frem all directions.
was heard the welcome, in goose lam
guage, How do you do?"
She saw her geese passing their heads
back and forth over the neck of the
stranger, placing them on its back,
talking goose.talk with all their might,
and evidently overjoyed.
Upon examination, she recognized it
as one of the geese she had sold to Mr..
Dunning, very thin and somewhat
weather. worn, but unmistakably the
same bird. 1t was now taken for
granted that the vessel was lost, for no
one (whGn he took into consideration
the difficulty with which this bird had
been driven away by the elder Chase,
the reluctance of the dog, who doubtless
knew it, to attack it, and the cordial
welcome it received from Mrs. Chase S
locI; after being repulsed at all other
placos) could doubt that it WAS one of
the geese sofia TO Mr.. Dunning.
In the meantime, the vessel had dis
charged her cargo at st. Marks and
sai!o for Bath. In the south channel
she was run into by ship, and obliged
to put into New Bedford, where Mr..
Dunning left her, and reached home in
season to eat Of that goose at Christ
mas.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-16

suxSnks In making any purchase OF
In writing In response - any
I'D ertisement in this paper, You Will
nleaao mon don she naMe Of tho paper.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-16
4 Wasp's Strategy.

The veteran fish culturist, Seth
Green, is reported by tho Scientific
american as telling this anec,iota Of q
strategic wasp;
One morning when he was watching
q spiders nest, q mud wasp ~alighted
within an inch or two of Tho Fest, on
the side opposite the opening.
Creeping noiselessly around towards
the entrance of tho nest, tho wasp
stopped little short of it, and for a
moment remained perfectly quiet.
Then, reaching out one of his antcn
mo, he wrigglcd it before tho opening
and withdrew it.
This overture hal the desired effect,
for the boss of the nest, as large a
spider as one ordinarily sees, csmo out
to see what WAS wrong, and to set it to
rights.
No sooner had the spider emerged to
that point at which he was at the worst
disadvantage. than the wasp, with a
quick movement. thrust his sting into
the body of his foe, killing him easily
and almost instantly.
The experiment was repeated on the
part of the wasp, and when there was
no response from the inside, he became
satisfied, probably, that he held the
fort. At all events, he proceeded to
enter the nest aEl slaughter the young
spiders, which were afterwards lugged
of, one at time.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-16
The Moon Not a Dead Star.

DR.. IL. J. Klein, who two years ago
announced new crater in that world
OF extinct volcanoes, the moon, has u
brief article in IL Nature, in which he
gives reasons for believing that the
moon is not dead. He has recently ex-
amined drawings of the neighborhood
OF the new crater by Gruithuisen, which
strongly confirm tho theory OF recent
changes on the lunar surface, and cites
also the drawings of Messrs. Nelson
and Green in further proof thereof.
Prof. Klein adds that he announced the
new depression near lIyginus rs era
tor, from analogy. 1t is crater fun.
mel, and even one of the largest. 70
warl the south there is shallow
spoon-shaped hollow, which terminates
in second small crater. la full sun
light, when the interior Of the large
hollow Of the crater is no longer in
shadow, the spoon.shaped hollow may
still be seen as gray spot. By the use
OF high powers 1t Is remarked that the
environs Of the now crater appear to be
assured in bowildering n luncr. Two
line burrows, like clcfts in The sofa,
which extend from n. toward the Snail
Mountain, are tho finest objects on the
moon.
1t is impossible, as yet, to decide
whether this formation is reilly volcan.
ic. There is one curious fact, however,
which would seem to indicate that q
mountain of smoke has at ono time been
SEGA on the moon. On July 2, 1897,
Schroter and ORDERS examined noun.
tain situated in tho Sea of Vapors.
This mountain, which was ascertained
to be $3.50 feet in height, has been
seon neither before nor since, and
was probably merely mass of va
por. The formation measured by
Schroter has disappeared from the
moon; and, nearly in the same spot,
there is now q crater. There some
times occur, too, on the surface of the
moon. nebulous strata OF very long du-
ration, which leaves no analogues on
the earth. He who examines carefully
the materials furnished by the numer
GUS observations made on lunar forma.
tions from the time of Gruithuisen up
to our own day, says Prof. Klein, will
arrive at the conclusion that things are
going on upon the surface OF this neigh.
boring world which we AZ yet can
know nothing about.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-16
Good Land and Sure Crops.

There has been steady and tocraby rapid advancement
made in the growth of majority Of the towns in Cousa
Butte Tcama and Shasta counties Especially is this in
the agricultural districts where the land produces least fair
crops in all seasonswct dras does the land the
READING RANCH. Those looking for homes in California
where diversified farming will pay every year; where wood
and water plenty and easy be obtained and other de-
be advantages to be had should address the proprietor
Of the Reading Ranch.
Some 900 out Of 10000 of the grant remain for
sale at comparatively low rates. i'll quantities to suit purhas
easy terms Prices range from SIS to $50 per
The tract is between two and three miles wide, with the
Northern Division of the G. P r. r. passing centrally through
its entire length Send postage stamp for map and further
information, to EDWARD FRISBE the proprietor of Read
ing Ranch Anderson, Shasta County, Cal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-16
A Strange Story.

In a village near Newark, England,
is an old thatched house, which has
been occupied by the same family for
nearly 800 years, there lives an old
raan who has nearly completed his Seth
year. A person who had occasion to visit
him the other day, was not a little sur
prised on hearing the old gentleman,
in course of conversation, express his
belief that lie was not only going to
heaven, but had been there once since
his first introduction into this world.
From the account he gives of the
matter, it appears that when ho vas
about eleven years OF age he WAS
in an apparently lifeless state-which
he called trance-for the space OF
Gino days, and it was during that timo
he thinks he was permitted to behold
the glorics Of heaven. His parents
fully believed hi.A TO be dead; the pas
sing bell was rung; his coiaa WAS
ordered and made; ana the thir! day
his friends assembled for the purpose
of following hin to the grave. The
Clergyman of tho parish went to Look
ut the supposed corpse before the cot
iihlid was screwed on, and finding it
to be warm, he at once expressed his
opinion that the child was not dead,
ami after ordering the postponement
of the funeral, sent his servant on
horseback for doctor, who on arriv-
ing at the house, confirmed the asser-
ton otths minister, and instructed tho
boys mother to moisten the boys lips
with wine and water twice day. Sho
did SO, and on the seventh day he
showed signs of life by moving
tho eighth he could hear the converse
ton of persons in tho room-and on the
ninth day he was able to open his eyes
and rise from tho supposed bed OF
death. Since that time his health has
been delicate, but he has continued to
occupy the grazing land adjoining his
cottage, and has kept cows after the
manner OF his forefathers..
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-16

The saddest, most pathetic utter
anccs. are the utterances of men who,
With the farthest and subtlest reach Of
thought. grasp only negatives. A man
can no more live on negatives than he
can live on stones; a negative creed is
the creed of Death. - Professor Brown
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-16

The WiH Of the People is the name Of
the printed organ OF tho Russian Mill
lists. 1t is written. printed, published,
and circulated in the most secret man
ner, and despite all the vigilance of the
police. But it is said to be found on the
table OF the Gar, and under the pill
lows Of statesmen and generals.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-16

An Irish druggist, recollecting the
Latin compliment to the product OF the
vineyard, I'm Vino Veritas," has put
up this inscription to the credit of his
soda fountain, In Soda Saaitas."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-16

Apple pips impatt fuo flavor to
tarts and dumplings.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-12
The Egis and Intelligencer
Is PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY
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TRANSIENT ADvERTISEMENTS.--On Square, 3
insertions or less $l.50. Each subsequent insertion,
p cents. Longer advertisements in the same pro-
portion A space equal to six lines makes square.
Figure-work double price.
Obituaries and Personal Communications will
be inserted Mt ten cents per line.
eag- Yearly advertisements at special rates.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-12
Raising Pigs.

The National lire jSt0ck J0urdnI gives the
following valuable information on the subject
ofraising pigs: The most important thing
for the swine breeder at this season of the
year is to get the greatest possible growth
from his Spring pigs. There is no period
in the life of the hog when so great q return
for the food consumed is possible as during the
first six months, and it is here that the advan-
tages of skillful feeding are apparent. I'M
less great care be taken the growth of the
pig will be seriously checked when it is from
three to five weeks old. The milk of the
dam, which was ample to promote rapid
growth in the litter of pigs during the first
two or three weeks, is not sufficient to answer
the demands of the same litter as they grow
older hence the pigs should be early taught
to look elsewhere for a part of their susten-
ance. This is an easy matter a little milk
or nutritious food ofany kind in liquid form
placed conveniently by, where the pigs can
have access TO it ut all times, but beyond the
reach of the sow, will soon do the work; and
it should be replenished frequently through
the day. If this is attended to there will be
no stunning" of the pigs at this critical Pc
riod and their growth will be uniform and
rapid. A good clover pasture is valuable
adjunct and helps wonderfully. The true
secret of successful pork-making is to push
the pig from the date of birth until it is big
enough for the market; and the earlier the
age at which this point can be reached the
greater is the return for the food consumed.
A slop made of corn and oats, ground in
about equal parts with little oatmeal added,
makes the best food for the SOW while suck
ling, to increase the flow of milk; and
this, with clover pasture and plenty of soaked
corn during the summer, will pomote n rapid
and healthy growth of pigs.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-12
A California Dairy.

The most striking feature of the dairy
ranch of F. S. Clough, in San Mateo Canon,
California, is the new dairy house which Mr.
Clough recently completed at cost of
81 500. A receiving vessel, fitted with
strainer, is in the milking yard and communi-
Gates by pipe with the dairy-house. The
mixers pour their milk into this receiver
and that is the end of their duties The milk
passes down through the pipe to 0-gallon
tank in the dairy-house, whence it is drawn
by the dairyman, undergoing meanwhile n
second straining process. 1t is then placed
in pans to cool and raise the cream. Water
is brought in pipes through the house from
mountain spring. The churn holds SO gal
Ions of cream and turns out from 100 to 100
pounds of butter at each churning. 1t is
worked by goat power, the appliance being
treading wheel, 19 feet in diameter, which
connects with and operates shaft running
into the dairy-house, and this in turn con-
Meeting with cog-wheel working the dashers
Mr.. Clough says that the goats in operating
the wheel indulge their natural propensity
for climbing and they apply themselves to
work with great gusto.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-12
How Gen. Hancock Took 1t.

AT 0 o'clock, on the morning after the cleo
ton, General Hancock went to his official
headquarters and was soon immersed in the
daily military correspondence. He had read
the morning papers at breakfast and knew
the result. Not word fell from his lips
not movement of his impressive face gave
token of emotion within. 1t was only by in
tuition that the members of the home circle
remained silent throughout the morning meal
The General took his hat and did what every
man will give him credit for doing-he went
to work. Two or three visitors called and
were received by General Mitchell in the of.
flee. AT 10 o'clock the fcrry-yacht brought
over to Governors Island gentleman who
had once himself tasted the bitter experience
of the soldier-ca candidate for Presidential hon
ors, General George B. Mcclellan. 1t was q
kindred feeling, doubtless, that drew these
two men together, and as they stood there
manly, dignified and silent, they formed pic
ture that was at once impressive and illustra.
tive of the vanity of all human greatness.
swell, General" was the visitors only
greeting.
MAC, l am glad to see you," responded
Hancock.
81 am sorry"
81 am sorry, too, but only for hepeoplt
and the party"
The other visitors withdrew, leaving tho
two generals alone
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-12
VARIETIES.

Why is a church bell more affable than a
church organ? Because one will go when it
is tolled, and the other will be "blowed'
first.
The only way to keep boy from going
in swimming is to convince him in some way
that swimming is duty he owes to his moth
err.
A mourning widower declares that moth
ing brings him such affecting memories of
his dear, dead wife as to tumble over flat
iron.
-"My onthankful hearers" said back
woods preacher, 'you air like onto hogs eat
in acorns. They never look up to see where
the acorns come from"
"A handsome youth being questioned by
a rather stylish lady as to his occupation re-
piled that he was an "adjuster of ENJOYABLE al
phabets" lie was simply n printer.
-IIusband-"Mary, my love, this apple
dumping is not half DONE" "Wife-"Wcll,
finish it, then, my dear"
An exchange says, "Good wives are
wanted in the Northwest. Surely this is not
strange. Is there any place where they are
not wanted?
"A couple of reporters spent the night in
q cell with n man who was doomed to be
hanged in Connecticut recently and in the
morning the prisoner was perfectly willing
to die.
After the choir of one of the churches in
Ithaca had performed rather heavy selection,
the minister opened the Bible and began read
ing in Acts XX., "And after the uproar had
ceased"
A fncetious boy asked one of his play.
mates why hardware dealer was like boot
maker. The latter, somewhat puzzled, gave
it up "Why," said the other, "becausc the
one sold the nails and the other nailed the
soles"
A few mornings since ragged little beg
gar stopped at door and plaintively suggest
ed victuals. AS the benevolent lady of the
house was filling his basket she asked;
"What is your name, my SOM" MY name
is Grimes" "1s your father living p" "Yes,
maam." 81 thought old Grimes was dead ?"
"That was my grandpapa."
This letter is from the New Haven Reg
ister: "Dear Fdther-I like college first rate,
but it will be a couple of weeks before can
feather an oar just right. Tell mother to
send me doublesoled pair off pants. slid
for third base on my best ones, and they look
like campaign banner after n gale. It's
lucky Ipractised on your meerschaum before
came. It's awful strong tobacco they sell
here. Affectionately your son, James
Fresh"
"A farmer living few miles back of West
Point, N. " had an old horse of whom he
was getting tired, and being unwilling to kill
him, concluded to take him across the river,
ten miles back in the country, and leave him
to whatever might happen. Three days af-
ter he went to his stable and there saw his
horse in the STALL He had walked down to
the river, and the ferry-man, knowing the
horse, gave him free passage, and so he
found his way home. His master was so af.
fected by this exhibition of the old horses
love of home that he promised to take care of
him to The end of his life.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-12
e For tie Bgis and MteHigenaer.
Care of the Eyes.

Mr.. EDITOR: As our public and private
| schools are now having their average atten-
dance, thought short article upon the
Care of the Eyes" might not be without in
tercst to your numerous readers, most of
whom are patrons Of the various institutions
of learning throughout our county.
If Dr. r. b. Carriers, distinguished Eng
fish specialist, statement is to be credited,
most of the blindness of civilized communi-
ties is due TO Ignorance and negligence
If this is so, il is at once apparent that the
subject is of very great moment and should
receive that attention from parents and
teachers which it demands
We omit the various prevcntablc causes
which affect the eyesight of children while
infants, and speak only of those who attend
school AS light is so necessary for the
growth, development, and perfection of all
organic matter, animal or vegetable, so ii is
of first Importance that every school room
should be filled with this ethereal agent or
matter which makes objects clearly percepti-
BILE to the sense of seeing for badly lighted
schools, imperfectly constructed desks, and
impure air are three ofthc many causes which
operate in producing myopa or short-sight-
edness. Badly printed books the use of pale
ink, &c, with the causes already mentioned
combine to make the escape of children from
short sightcdness in many instances almost
marvellous, and that these preventable causes
have been allowed to have their ill effects is
apparent to the most casual observer; for in
every city it is painful to see the number of
boys and girls on whose faces are glasses of
every shape and coor-directed by oculists
to be worn for the cure or Improvement of
some visual failure. 1t is far better to pre-
vent than thus restore; and although it is
right to build bridges, improve the public
highways, &c, it is a great shame not to pro-
vide for the health of children, and supply
every means to prevent defects of vision from
becoming more general. Certainly if mea-
sures can be effected to bring about reform
in the appliances of our schools alone, the adj
monitions of specialists and the diffusion of
wider knowledge on the subject will result
in great and permanent good. d. p. w.
Forest Hill, Nd
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-12
2nctical.
For The E'giS and Mi,Hig.ncsr.
N OCTOBER EVENING.

For The EgiS ant MieHig.Hctr.
AN OCTOBER EVENING.
The moon shines brightly DER the scene:
a slvery hue to Natures mein
II gives with glory unsurpassed,
And with twilight wicrd contrast.
And now, us twilight quickly fades,
Her shadows crossing other shades,
She gives one last departing glance,
And leaves the earth wrapt in trance
The moon now DER the land holds sway
With milder light than previous day;
Tho day is ruled with kin9ly light;
by quecnly rays of strength, the night
a silver tint there Ia, at last
Distinct, the fall leaves golden cast,
The former on the bay, behold,
The latter in the forest bold.
Mcthinks that If the day and night
We compare. that in beauty right,
The night will far surpass the day,
The fairest in the month of May.
The sun shuts out from gazes fond,
And hides the glory there, beyond,
OF God, and of His mighty works;
His glory in the heavens turks.
But, when the blazing orb is set,
And night comes on, as if to get
Her wondrous beauty quickly shown,
The veil is lifted from the throne.
And far into the space on high,
The splendors of the deep blue sky,
When. from this throne of gems, this screer
Is uplifted, may then be seen.
A robe bedecked with diamonds bright,
Is like the stars with twinking light
That shine so brightly in the sky,
At the command of Him on nigh.
Let all with vrent eyes appraised.
Admire His works, let Him be praised
That reigns supreme in heav'n above,
And gives us life and wondrous love.
j. L. II.
FlleSUiHe, october 25th, 1880.