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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-14
My First Cougar.

A correspondent of Forest and Stream
desc ribes his feelings when he encoun-
tered his first cougar. He was boy of
seventeen, and midshipman on the
OtSego, which was then lying at anchor
age inside of Carysport Reef, Florida.
He says:
One day went on shore on Key
Largo, after deer, or any other large
game.
pushed on through the dense forest
until I was mile or more from the
landing place, seeing nothing but myr.
lads of lovely paroquets and the brown
doves which are SO plenty on the Flor
ida Keys.
! After while I heard behind me a
kind of purring sound, and turning.
saw, not ten feet above the ground,
scarce five yards away, on limb under
which l had just passed, a great tawny
beast staring at mo with eyes that
glowed like balls of fire.
10 wheel and raise my rifle to my
shoulder was the work OF a second, but
1 was shaking from head to foot. 1
could not get my sights to bear on the
head of the beast for second. doubt
if l could have covered barn door in
that first moment of alarm.
But when I saw the tail OF the ami
NAL moving to and fro, knew-for I
had read of the trait-that it was pre-
pairing to spring; and the emergency
brought me to my nerve.
My rifle settled down sti1f, and I
drew fine sight between those glaring
eyeballs, and fired.
1t was not second too soon. The ami
NAL was ready to leap as the gun went
off; and when he came, with the ball
through his brain, he fell within yard
of me, tearing the ground il his death
agony. aud yelling so terribly that my
boats crew heard it mile away, and
came tearing through the woods to see
what trouble was in.
They helped me take the beast out,
and Jim Eaean, our pilot and guide,
told ms 1t was the biggest tiger he had
ever seen.
1t measured over eight feet from its
nose to the end of its tail, and had
claws that wouldn't have disgraced a
bona tide lion from Central Africa.
killed one afterward in fire hunt
on Senabel Island, and they were the
only tive ever saw in Florida.
But l have since killed the same
kind of an animal in Texas and in Cali
fornia, where they call them "lions."
They are nearly identical with our
northern panthers. but larger and more
tawny in color. None of those that I
killed had spots like the cougar of
South America.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-14

UNNECESSARY FALsEHooDS.-Sur
clerks in some stores tell many unnec-
essary falsahoods, in their anxiety to
advance their employers interests.
Misrepresentation drop constantly
from their lips. "This is all silk.
LADY," asserts saleswoman who exhib-
its black cotton lace scarf; and,
every thread linen,"i is the des Grip
ton which the housekeepsr receives of
towels into whose composition not q
thread of linen enters. The fibs told
in second class dry goods stores are so
enormous that they argue love of ly-
ing on the part of the statesmen, and
utter idiocy on the part of the buyers.
Why should aEy one desire to make
the statement that all the goods in his
establishment are sold at cost price, or
expect customers to believe that he
entered into trade from purely philan-
thropic motives? A fair profit is tho
right of one who sells. 1t is the mo-
tive OF his selling. "Upon my word
1 am giving this away" imposes upon
nobody. Why it is SO often uttered is
a mighty mystery and must remain so.
Then. too, if one desires certain style
of collar, of scarf, of shoe, quite in the
mode, and we'll known to be SO, and
inquiries for the article at store where
they 40 not happen to keep it, the meg
alive to the question, Have you so
and SO p is always followed by the re-
mark, Nobody wears those now;
they are entirely out Of fashion "a
comment both insulting and false.
DO such fibs pay" in any sense OF
the term?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-14
To a Little Housewife.

Oh, little housewife, clean and spruce,
Thy use one heart divines;
A rosy apple, full Of juice,
And polished till it shines
A tidy, trippil e, teuder thing,
A foe to lazy filters,
\ household angel, tidying
Til all around thee glitters!
To see thee in thy loveiiu,ss,
So prudish and SO chsst:
No speck upon the cotton dress
Girdl.d around y waist;
The snklo p,cpinS white as snow
Thy tuck'd-up kirlc under;
Willie shining dishts, row on row,
B,Aind thee stare and wonder
Wl,ile round the door the millions call,
While the great mark IS ill,
Though public sorrow strike us all,
Sllgng, thu werkest still;
Yes, al thy care and all thy lot
1. ever sweet and willing,
I5 Keep one little household spot
As clean a. a law SHILLING.
The crimson kilcheH freight dips
Tly checks until they glow;
Tie white -four makes thy iiuger tips
Like rosebuds dropt ia snow,
When all thy little gcatle heart
Elutt.rs in .yult.tiOn
To compass in an applicant,
Thy neutrality-suspicious.
o Housewife, may thy modest worth
Kesp eveiI'rec from wrong;
Blest be the house and bright tie hearth
thou bles,est all day Ions
And nightly may thy sleep BE- sound,
While DER thee, softly, Silly,
The curtains close life leaves around
The hushed heart of the lily
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-14

The successful piercing of Mt. St.
Gothard adds another to the great en-
cheering enterprises which have been
accomplished iu recent years. This
tunnel. enabling Germany t. connect
her railway system with that OF South
ern Europe, will give great impulse
to commerce and international inter
course. Should this great work, which
Prince Bismarck has steadily fosteiea,
be followed by the proposed canal from
the Baltic to the German Ocean, Ger
many will profit largely both as COM
mercial aud military nation.-N. Y.
Tribune.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-14

APPLE CUsTARD PIE.-Three cups
stewed apples, nearly one cup while
sugar, six eggs, one quart milk MAKE
stewed apples very sweet; lot 1t cool,
beat the eggs lightly ard mix the yolks
with the apple. seasoning with nutmeg )
then STIR in the milk. beat and add the
whites; fill the crust and eat with Out
cover.
To KEEP GRAPEs.-1. Select nee
fresh clusters, cut the end OF the stsm
smooth, and dip it in melted So my
wax then put in cotton batting paon
them away in wooden boxes keep leu
in a dry, cool place. In this way tneS
will keep fresh all winter.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-14

To KEEP GRAPEs.-2. Take full
punches, ripe and perfect seal the end
that is cut from the vino so that no air
can get In, or the juice OF the stem run
out, and let them stand one day after
sealing SO as to be sure they are per-
fectly sealed, (if not they will shrivel
up); then pack in boxes of dry sawdust
and keep in. a cool place they will
keep nicely all winter without losing
their flavor. In packing do not crowd
the lunches sprinkle the sawdust over
the bottom of the box, then lay the
grapes in carefully, bunch at q time,
all over the box, then sawdust and
grapes, alternately, until the box is
full.
SWEET APPLE PUDDING Ono quart
of milk, four eggs, one lemon, all the
Juice and half the rind, three cups
chopped apples, nutmeg and cinnamon
f1avOring one-fourtl teaspoonful soda
dissolved in a little vinegar. Flour
enough for a stiff batter. Beat the
yolks very lightly add milk, seasoning
and -four stir very hard five minutes
and beat in the apples, whites of eggs
aud soda. Bake in two square shallow
pans one hour. Cover with paper when
half done aud eat hot with sweet sauce.
PEACH OR APPLE MERINaUE.-Stew
aud sweeten ripe, juicy apples after
pairing and slicing them mash smooth
and season with nutmeg-s,ew some
lemon peel-and remove when cold.
Fill the crust and bake until just done.
Spread when cold with meringue fla
vored with vanilla or rose water. Eat
cold.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-14

HAIR OIL.-Take of olive oil sixteen
ounces, cognac brandy sixteen our ces,
oil of bergamot half an ounce, otto of
roses ten drops. Mix.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-14

There is many man who will do
more for money than moaey will do
for him after he gets it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-14
Pluck.

The latest alligator story, published
in Florida paper, shows the gallantry
and pluck of native of that State.
The story is thus told:
While William P. Neeld, Of Hills
boro' county, was walking in the woods
recently, he heard the roar of an alliga
tor and the scream of lady. He ran
out to the highway, and saw nine
foot saurian, raised on its legs, mutter-
ing at lady and her children.
The reptile stood where the road
crossed small drain which ran from q
lake int the Gulf of Mexico. Having
no weapon but small knife,
Mr.. Neeld provided himself
with stick three feet long, aud as
thick as his wrist.
On his approach, the alligator showed
fight. The man walked around it, so
as to avoid blow from its tail and
struck him blow over the eyes. The
reptile closed its eyes, and Mr.. Neeld
drove the blade of his knife just be-
hind its fore-leg.
1t was tender place. The alligator
revived, and began to thrash with its
tail. The man gave it another blow
over the head, and followed the blow
with half-a-lozen thrusts with his
knife.
The reptile was then SO far gone that
he left it. Mr.. Neeld then accompan-
led the lady home.
He returned within half an hour, and
found the saurian in nearly as good
trim as ever. His former treatment
was repeated until the reptile gave up
the ghost.
Mr.. Neeld cut off the head as trophy.
In severing the muscles of the neck,
commissions of the whole body took
place. This made the gator appear
alive. He would move off, throw up
his tail, and roll over and over; yet
there was no absolute danger.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-14

Mr.. James Russell Lowell, says the
Boston Literary World, is now jaol past
his sixtieth year. For the sake of our
friends in Texas we will add that he WAS
born in Cambridge, Mass, and that his
home in that city always has been, and
still is, the house in which he was born.
It is fine old mansion of the revolu.
tionery period, square and three-sto-
ried, looking out from an environment
of elms and other stately trees to tho
southwark over the meadows of the
Charles. Behind it rise the wooded
slopes of Mount Auburn. Mr.. Long
fellows home is half a mile away.
Here, in simple but charming retire
ment, have been written the poems, the
essays, and critical papers which have
distinguished Mr.. Lowell's name ; and
here for many years were edited the
North Ansricaa Rerier and the Atlantic
XOathu,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-14

The German peasant il polite.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15
TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Afternoon Teaegr.ms Condensed.
A frightful explosion occurred in the
London and South Wales colliery, six
miles from Newport, Wales, at an early
hour this morning. One hundred and
twenty eight men were in the mine and
| it is feared all are lost.
The epidemic fever in Mayo, Ireland,
has been greatly exaggerated in its ex-
tent.
Twenty stores in the business portion
Of Auprior, Ont, were burned to-day.
Loss, 100000.
The gallOws for the execution Of Chastine
Cox tomorrow has been erected in the
Tombs Jail yard. He is quite calm.
DIR. Tanners condition is greatly i'm
proved. He has gained four pounds in
weight.
Indian atrocities are reported from Orc
gOn.
Chairman Jewell called on Hayes to-day
at the White House.
By an explosion a. the Marsic Franklin
colliery, in Pottsville, to-day 800 men and
boys are thrown out Of employment, and
$25, 900 loss is incurred.
Judge Lawrence, Of Ohio, to-day quail
fled as first comptroller Of the treasury,
vice Porter, resigned.
Howard is ahead in the San Francisco
women's walking match, with a score of
232 miles.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15
Col. FOrney for Peace.


My old friend Geist, of the Lancaster
-Ne@ En-, is printing some extracts from
the Press of 1861, criticising General Han
cock civi! administration while he was in
command at Texas and New Orleans.
have no complaints to make. This is fair
discussion. Nor do l risk the explanation
that in 1867 Andrew Johnson's admins
tration was one of the severest trials the
Republican party had to endure, and, as
their organ, was faithful to the prevail
ing sentiment of my party. But thirteen
years have largely modified political re-
sentiments, have increased my desire for
the restoration of peace and fraternity be-
tween all the states of the Union. and have
even modified my prejudices against the
character and administration of Andrew
johnson. Mr.. Geist seems most anxious
to help a candidate whose success will only
bc the continuance of the calamitous rule
that has SO long wounded our native
county but rest assured, he will not be
gratified in this questionable mission.
Gen eral Garfield will not he elected.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15
DEATHS.

koRING-In Lancaster. Pa on July II, 1880,
Wm II. KOring, in the 42d year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the family, also
the Independent Order Of Seven Wise Men are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral from
his late residence, No. III Plum street. on Sat
urtlay afternoon, at : O'Clock. lnterment ut
Zion cemetery. jyl5-2td
MACKINsON-In this city, on the IA inst, Geo.
Petrie son OF Chas. anu Martha X. MackinsOn
aged II months and IL days.
The relatives and friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral,
from the residence of parent. No. 3l9 South
Prince street, on Friday evening, at ) o'clock.
2td
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15
Charged with Embozzlement.

In Columbia yesterday Mr.. Hooker, ex.
press messenger and basgage-master on
the Frederick division of the Pennsylvania
railroad, was arrested on charge of embez.
element. AS stated to us the facts appear
to be that on the 2Sth of June several money
packages were placed in Mr. Hooker S
keeping, one of which was never delivered.
An investigation was ol1ered, and sus-
picion pointing to Mr.. Hooker he was ar
rested, and it is said confessed to taking
the packet. This morning he was released,
but whether on bail or on payment Of the
value of the lost packet, we are not in
formed.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15
SUllAaER LEISURE.
People Who want to Keep Cool.
mos Slavmaker esn- Ia at Ocean

People Who Want to Keep Cool.
Amos Slaymaker, esq.,, is at Ocea'
Beach.
Miss Margie Spurrier will spend tn
summer near Indianapolis, Indiana.
The next seaside excursion from THU
city is to Coney Island next Monday.
Messrs. George and David B. Wilson
have gone to Coney Island.
Mrs. DIR. Carpenter and children have
gone to Ocean Beach.
Mr.. Harry Myers and wife, and Miss
Hattie Shober are at Atlantic City.
Nearly 200 people went on the Cape May
excursion to-day. The weather turned
out nice for them after all.
Yesterday N. Ellmaker, esq.,, and wife
left for Star Island, Isle of Shoals, New
Hampshire.
Miss Mayer, of Columbia, is visiting her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Charles Mayer. in Pat
tersOn, Juniata county, Pa.
A young lady suggested to her father the
other day that they save all their old ice
and give it to the poor.
Miss Henriette and her brother Edward
L. BrintOn, left town this morning to visit
friends at their country seat near Whining
ton. Del.
Among the recent arrivals as Asbury Park
arc Misses George and Margie Bundell,
Kate Zimmerman, Anna Geltmaker, Annie
buchanan and Rachel Wilson, Of this city.
ID. G. Baker, wife and Mrs. Ream, sister
Of Mrs. Baker, left to day for Ocean Grove.
They will be absent for about two weeks.
Hon. A Herr Smith left to day for Sara
toga.
Mrs. J. p. Wickersham and daughter
this morning started for Ocean Grove.
Messrs. Henry Shubert and Solomon
Miller to-day went to Landisville, where
they have cottages Oh the camp ground,
and where they will rusticate during the
heated term.
Miss Lizzie Armstrong and Miss Maze
Keller left the city this morning for Atlan-
tic City, where they will spend part of the
heated term. Miss Sallie Peacock and
Miss Anna Keller also left for Ocean
Grove.
Alderman Spurrier's family left Lancas-
Ter yesterday for Clyde, Wayne county,
New York, not far from Geneva, where
they will spend the heated term. The al
derlnan, who accompanied them rs far as
Philadelphia, and then returned home,
will join them at Clyde about the first of
August.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15
DIED OF HIS INJURIES.
The BOY WHO Was Cut by u Saw

The BOY Who Was Cut by Saw.
William Fetter, the boy who was so ter
ribly cut by saw at his fathers planning
mill Oh Monday evening, died at 5 O'Clock
last evening. Previous to his death he
stated that the accident was caused while
he and young Hess were playing and there
was no blame to be attached to the latter.
This morning Coroner Mishler summoned
a jury composed Of George w. Eaby,
Thomas F. McElligott, John P. Good,
Jacob Heline, Philip Smith and Al. Ste
vens. After viewing the remains of the
deceased the jury adjuourncd to meet this
evening at 7 o'clock.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15
IL Famous Quarter tor burglars.

~ rAmOuS UuArU0f IOT 1bOrE10CBs
That section of East Orange street inn
mediatcly adjacent and opposite to the
Presbyterian church, is becoming famous
for the midnight visitation of burglars,
and the screams and bells and bedgowns Of
the dwcllcrs thcrcabOut, which fill the ears
and eyes of those who 80 down to see the
cause OF the hullaballoo :; of which the first
is always our courageous and active friend
Jacob Il Long, who bids fair to earn title
to fame and to Heaven, as the defender
OF the widow and the fatherless.
1t was one Of the latter who,
awakening ut the early hour of
one o'clock this morning from un-
easy slumbcr, somehow caused-we will
not say hOw-heard the hOrrid sound of
the stealthy tread of twenty-four or more
burglars feet in the yard below. And
thereupOn she screamed. And not once
only, nor even twice. The air indeed was
full of screams, which came to the maternal
car close by and to the fraternal somewhere
around about. Yet it is but just to say
which the brother slept that he awoke not
until the sound of his mothers lamenta-
tiOn had joined itself to the abundant out
pouring of his sister. And both together
came upon him as an avalanche that no
human sleeper could resist.
The whole house is aroused and Brother
Long has arrived his presence bringing
an assurance of safety of the most satisfy
ing character. The brother called to tie
sister to hand him his revolver, which she
tremblingly does. Advancing to the rear
doorway of the first floor to which the
company has now descended, q volley is
fired down the length Of the yard. No scream
with equal effect, and still another. Then
comes rushing in the vigilant Officer
Cramer, entirely out of breath with the
speed he has made on hearing the sQsefld
of the shots reverberating through Il lf still
night air. He is supported in the arms of
MIR. Long while the story is recounted to
him. He grasps the situation and his fire.
arm and proceeds at once on recOnnois-
sance through the yard, finding severaltrees
that the bullets hit, and one telephone
pole similarly wounded in the alley, but
none of the dozen great big negroes who
may or may not have been there.
1t is the way the burglars have in this
Orange street quarter. They disappear
before the screams of the women and the
apprehension of the police. They do not
stay to he captured. They accept the no
ticc to quit which is served upon them.
1t is 4 safe quarter of the town to live in.
There are plenty Of people there who are
able and willing to scream and ring bells,
fire pistols, and raise generally noise
sufficient to frighten the most daring bur-
glar that ever the moon shone upon. Let
us rest easy.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15

To Check DiarrhOea.
DiarrhRa is q complaint that the human
family suffer more from at this time OF the
year than from any other, and should be treat
ed very carefully IN order to restore the bowels
TO their proper strength. There is q wine made
III New Jersey and sold by our druggists, call
Ell Sp"er's Port Grape Wine, which is being
used very successfully in diarrhCea cases. In
fact. it is conceded by chemists to contain just
such proportions rs gradually check the fer
menting in the bowels and add tone and vigOr
to the system, so as to withstand the miasmatic
climate against these prevailing complaints.
The wine is rich in body and is an excellent
tonic, keeping the functions of the bowels in
their proper conditiOn.-EUening Post
This wine is endorsed by Drs. Atlee and
Davis, and sold by H. f. Slaymaker.
jvl2wd&w
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Try LOcler's Renowned Cough syrup.
Browns Household ranacea

Browns Household Panacea
Is the most effective Pain Destroyer in the
world. Will most surely quicken the blood
whether taken internally Orapplied externally
and thereby more certainly RELIEVE PAIN,
whether chronic or acute, than any other pain
alleviatOr, and it is warranted double the
strength OF any similar preparation.
1t cures pain i'll the Side, Back or Bowels,
Sore Throat, Rheumatism, TOOthache and ALL
ACHES, and is the GREAT RELIEVEK OF
PAIN. "BROWN'S HOUSEHOLD PANA-
CEA should be in every family. A AtcaspoOn-
tul of the Panacca in q tumblcr OF hot water
(sweetcnetl, if prcfcrred), taken Mt bedtime,
will BREAK UP A COLD. . cents Il bottle.
For sale ut IL. Il. Cochran h Co.'S Drug Store
North Queen street. Lancaster.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15
cessively lighting mp one nation after an

cessively lighting up one nation after an
other and leaving in its wake darkness.
The last perceptible advancement in hi
westward march is noticeable in the EN-
pire of Japan. The icy chains Of reserve
are gradually succumbing to the warmth
of his rays. India, too, is following rapid
in her footsteps. But who can tell what
the end will be: What will yet arise from
| these crowned nations no one knows but
He who keeps this. silent though powerful
orb in its course.
Miss Anna V. Potts next treated to re-
citation, "The Legend of VAIL Miss
Potts has a sweet musical voice, which
made this production one of the most
pleasing of this mornings session. AS a
declaimer, Miss Potts is endowed with su-
perior ability in gesture and voice.
Again the audience enjoyed rich treat
in the way of piano solo, "March from
Tannhauser" (Wagner-Liszt), admirably
executed by Miss Evelyn Westlake.
Heber McHugh was the next speaker
With Uneasy Lies the Head tha Wears
Crown as his theme, he began by saying
that these words are plainly inscribed on
the archway Of the future. The poten-
tates Of Europe know not an easy hour.
Alfonso, of Spain, already twice assailed,
is constantly in dread of some daring reg
icide. Humbert, Bismarck and William
are targets for the assassin bullet. They
need a Cromwell. Lafayette, Mir
abeau, for if this. repression on
the nobility of manhood is
not discontinued the sun of the 10Th
century will not set on German empire.
We shall obey neither God nor man is tie
unhallowed assertion of nihilism and COM
munism. Both parties are, no doubt, array
ed against tyranny and by their determined
struggling will eventually unseat every
ruler who holds his power not from the
people and for the people, will force from
the public arena all mere demagogues and
ringmasters, and in the end wipe out the
nihilism of Russia, the communism OF
France, the fenianism of America, to-
gether with the causes that tend to pro-
duce them all
The closing exercise of this morning
was the piano quartet from Beethoven"
by Misses Westlake and Davis, and
Messrs. Montgomery and Sample.