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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-09

down aud ate until he was satisfied
and then turned TO go ou; but the
door was closed and be could not
find the smallest opening in the rock
So he took up his lantern aud went
down long flight of stairs, and then
through a narrow passage until he
came out into an immense court.
On the stones in one corner a man
was lying, who appeared to be dead.
He went up 10 him and found it was
hrs brother. In his pocket he had n
card saying"
Good for one drink of old rye
whisky" ssid Fred. The cobbler
called the police, aud in half an hour,
they rushed up and arrested him for
assault and battery. The Judge
asked him il he owned any real es-
tate IN Patagonia, and he paid the
old clothes man in barrel slaves and
J jube paste. And no one bad ever
ard of the old women, so they
spoke it in three languages and had
tied eels for dinner. And, after
wards, the cobbler went back to
Bagdad aud wrote the history of his
life in seven volumes, and every one
who read it said"
Nonsense" added mamma, and
that was the end of the story.
If you don't think this is funny,
just try it some night when every
body is glum and silent and needs
n good rousing laugh CHRISTIAN
UniOn.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-09
A Matter of Curiosity.

A narrator of adventures in the
Black Hills tells the following story
in the Hartford Courant:: "Dead-
wood" said the stranger, putting
down his half.eaten slice of lemon
pie, 81 went there when the first
rush was made for the hills. Rath-
er rough crowd the first lot; more
wholesome now. When I got there
I was dead-broke-didn't have
dollar, didn't have a revolver, which
q manll often need out there worse
n q meals vittles. I was prob'ly
the only man in the hills who didn't
carry fire-arm, an l was some
lonesome, I tell you. The only
weapon l hed--I'm q blacksmith
was rasp, heavy file you know,
bout eighteen inches long which /
carried down my back, the handle
in easy reach just below my coat
collar. Understand Like the Ar
kansaw man carries his bowie knife.
I'm not exactly a temperance man.
L just don't drink an don't meddle
with any other mans drinkin'-that's
all. One day. hedn't been in
Deadwood more'n u week-I was
sittin' in a s'loon-only place man
kin set to see any society-when a
feller come in, reg lar hustler, with
his can full and quart over. He'd
a revolver Oh each side of his belt
an looked vicious. Nothin' mean
about him though. Askt me to
drink. Not any, thank you,' sez l.
Not drink with me! Me! Bill
Feathergill! When I ask tender
foot to drink expect him to prance
right up an no monkeyin'! You
hear me?'
"Well, when his hand went down
for his revolver, whipped out my
old file quicker'n fire 'ud scorch a
feather, an gave him one right
across the face. When he fell l
thought I'd killed him, an, the
s'loon film up with bummers, l
sorter got out, not KNOWN what
might happen. Purity soon chap
in red shirt came up to me. Sez
he, You the man as ke-arved Bill
Feathergill? Cos, ef so be as you
are, eff you don't want ev'ry man in
the hills to climb you, don't try to
hide yourself-Ihe boys is askin for
you now"
"It struck Inc that my friend
had the idee, SO I waltzing back and
went up and down before that s'loon
for nigh three hours. Purity soon l
see my man a-headin' for me. His
face had reen patched up till it
! looked like the closing out displa..'
of retail dry goods store. There
was so little countenance exposed
that / couldn't guess what he was
a-aimin' at, so l brought my hand
back CT my collar an grabbed my
hle.
80 Hold on there; b Did on, sez
he gimme y'r hand, I'm friendly
I've get nothin' agin you, not s
thing, but-youll pardon my curios
ity-whst sort of q weapon was that
stranger
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-09
WHOLE NO. 1909.
The Cattle Disease.

Speaker Randall laid before IL
United States House the eommuni-
cation from Secretary Sherman upoo
pleuro-phenumonia IN neat caftIo-
The conclusions at which the Tresor
ury Department arrived after an in
yes,igation Of the subject are that,
Firs,, plsuro-phenumor.ia is a con-
tagious, infectious iung-fever in neat
cattle, as readily communicated
among them as smallpox among
mankind; second, it has never de-
veloped Dc moro in this country, but
has always been introduced BY con-
tagion; third, it may be prevented
by incubation, but that remedy II
not to be thought OF under present
conditions; fourth, it has q period
of incubation of from nine to sixty
days, usually not exceeding forty,
and its symptoms when developed
are easily distinguishable by experts;
fifth, the only proper method Of sup
pressing it is by the destruction Of
all diseased or exposed cattle; sixth,
no contagious pleuro- -phenumonis
has existed west of the Allegheny
Mountains; seventh it does not now
exist in the United States on or near
the boundary of Canada or in the Do
minion Of Canada; eighth, the dis
ease now exists in the eastern part
OF New York, in New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and possibly in parts OF
Maryland, Virginia and the District
of Columbia; ninth, the general
course of traffic in cattle is from the
West to the East; tenth, at the pres
ent time, with ordinary care cattle
may pass from the Western States
into Canada and through Canada,
Portland and Boston to foreign ports
withoRt danger; eleventh, with pro-
per restrictions against contact with
other cattle near the seaboard, cattle
may pass from the Western States to
the porte OF New York, Philadelphia
and Baltimore for expectation with
out danger; twelfth, State and mu-
nicipal regulations are not to be re-
lied upon to prevent the importa-
tion and spread of the disease or to
effect its extirpation; thirteenth,
stringent quarantine regulations are
essential to the protection of this
country against it's introduction:
fourteenth, q Veterinary Sanitary
Commission to inveatigate all re-
ports of the disease, to collect in
formation respecting it and to re-
port the same is essential to efficient
action; fifteenth, authority for such
a commission to cooperate with
State and municipal authorities by
supplying money appropriated BY
Congress is in accordance with the
laws in regard to the National Board
of Health; sixteenth, the authority
for such board to promptly slaugh-
ter infected cattle wherever found
and to award compensation to the
owners would be an effective agency
to extirpate the disease. 1t is for
Congress to consider the policy and
legality of conferring such power.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-09

How BLAINE LIKES HAYEs.-Dur-
ing the recent row in Maine New
York reporter, who was in Augusta.
asked Senator Blaine what he
thought of President Hayes. " That
reminds me of little story" said
the Senator, plagiarizing President
Lincoln. GA party went up to
Moosehead lake to camp out. The
agreement was that one man should
do the cooking till some one COM
planned, and then the man who
grumbled should try his hand at it.
The cooking was frightful, but not
one of the party-with penalty hang
ing in terrorem over their beads
dared say a word. Finally, things
came to such pass that each man
tried to inveigle his neighbor into
freeing his mind. One day one of
the party saw his friend writhing in
silent agony over piece of alleged
pie.
"What DO you think of that pie,
anyhow 2" he asked:
"It is the blamedest pie ! ever
tasted in my life, but, catching
the CLEAN in the other fellows eye,
81 like it-oh yes, l like il"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-09

The Telephone AND THE BABY
a telephonic story has just been re-
peated, with an assurance of its
ruth, and as illustrating the future
Of MIR. Bells invention.
A proud grandmamma, who had
| only just been promoted to that
happy relationship, is awakened in
The @ dead of night by the insxorable
Mamma, DEAR" comes to her
'le irlghtened voice of her beloved
and inexperienced daughter, :" l am
sure baby has the Group. What
SHALL l do with it ?"
urandmamma replies that she will
call the family doctor, and be with
ls Gef anxious daughter in a moment.
one awakans the doctor and tells
sin the terrible news she has learned
'fGm her daughter.
lie IN his turn requests to bs put
IN telephone communication with
'1e too anxious mamma. Lift the
IuNd to the telephone and let me
Lear 1t cough" he demands.
Ihe child is lifted to the insiru.
"ent and it coughs.
That's not the Group" he de-
'res' and he declines to leave ths
1Iuse on such small matters. III,
-A,ises grandmanma also TO sta,
u oed, and all anxie.y quieted, the
I.o settle down happy for the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-09

The rusty brasses of house and
bath fittings and lamp-burners are
cleaned by plumbers, with solution
oxalic acid, which eats off the verdi
girls and dust, and is then polished
with powdered red brick. Neither
bath brick or sapolio will answer
for this, but the common, soft red
building brick. Muristic acid is the
thing to uss for cleaning dull zinc
bath-tubs or stove sheets. That
commonly sold By druggists needs
10 dllutioa for this purpose. Apply
with cotton flannel rags, taking care
that not o drop touches fingers or
clothes. aud follow each stroke
quickly with sapolio for polishing.
4 dull bath-tub 10 = most uninvItine
object ani reflects strongly on the
Housekeeping where II Is allowed.
l; should be kept bright for anOthei
reason. besides looks The secre-
tions Of the bodies of those using II
are apt 10 lodge IN on the rusty sur
face. leading 70 eOndatlcE noi
agreeable To ImagIne.
I
HEALTH a wealth.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-09
Eastern Empire.
|The Fertile Valleys OF the Empire East
OF the Mountains.

As everybody is more or less in
terested in the grand Empire east of
The mountains, we publish the fol-
lowing list of valleys, IN order to give
an idea of its extent. There are
many others of smaller size, which
are omitted, but the following are
the principal ones:
josephine, 25 miles long, 4 wide,
population, 500; Klamath, 50 long
is wide, people 800; John Day, so
long, 60 wide, people, 400; Willow
Greek, 30 long. 8 wide, people, $50;
Birch Creek, 30 long, 6 wide, people,
l25; Umatilla, 80 long, 35 wide,
people, 500; Pine Greek, 10 long,
Is wide, people, 60; Walla-walla,
30 long, IS wide, $4,000; Grand
Ronde, 20 long, 16 wide, 1850;
Powder River, 10 long, s wide, 1856;
Jordon River, rs long, S wide, 100;
Willow Creek, 10 long, 5 wide, 1876;
Burnt River, 8 long; 5 wide, -;
1ouchet, (Too-she, y 40 long, s wide,
2,OQO; Columbia Basin, 26 long. 10
wide, 1850.
The foregoing are situated in Ore
gon, while the following arein Wash
fuSton Territory eastern portion):
Tuckannon, 20 miles long, S wide,
population. 200; Alpona, Is long, 3
wide, population. 35; Palouse, 100
long, 25 wide, 2,700; Columbia Basin,
200 long, so wide, 5000; Yakima,
100 long, 10 wide, 500; Spokane, Is
long, 10 wide, $50; Chehalis, so
long, Is wide, 209.
These lands are, with the neces-
sary population, capable of produc-
ING 500, 900 tons of wheat annually.
The twelve counties of Eastern Ore
Son and Washington that must be
considered tributaries TO the waters
OF the Columbia and Snake rivers
contain | Ala surveyed townships, or
1876 $50 acres. In the earlier set
tlement Of Eastern Oregon, prefer
ence was given to strictly valley
lands. Experience, however, has
shown that most excellent crops of
cereals are sure upon the table and
hillside lands. For fruit-raising and
general agriculture, many now give
hillside lands the preference.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-09

FINE cotton batting worn next the
skin is recognized by physicians -
q good substitute for porous plassers
in cases OF spine disease, rheum-
Atism or weak lungs. The cotton
is an active irritan,, and brings
the blood 10 the surface, without
the unpleasantness Of plasters- IL
NAV well be worn IN cases of sore
throats insseadof the ImDenorssl
red aannsl. As . prevsntivs OF
lung troubles too muchcan hardly Be
urged IN favsr Of its use, while its
cleanliness Is another advantage
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-09

A SCHOOL teacher recently electri-
fed her pupils, who were annoying
her with questions; Children, /
am engaged. Noticing the gener-
al look Of astonishment, she added
"but not 20 any fool of a man, and
the excitement died away.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-09

iHE daughter of Senator Sharon
admirably described as having q
,sse'' childlike face and gentle man
se''' s and as dressing with the great
~ a.. simplicity, entirely without jew
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-09

TIE papers are aenouneing the
gem puzzle as a fraud. We eonsid-
er IL q square game.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-09

RE who be.Iavs anotheris secrst
because be has qaarreied with hszs,
was never worthy u the sacred nazse
Of friend
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-09

II will nov begin to dawn on the
minds OF the New York editors that
San Francisco knows What she Is
about, aud they don't
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-09

HEALrA Is wealth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-30
General News.

Gen Sherman has promised to speak in
Philadelphia on Decoration Day.
4 strict quarantine on all tropical fruits will
be enforced at Memphis, Tenn, on and after
May 10.
1t is expected that two hundred bicyclists
will be at Newport during the last week in
May.
Mr. Ole Bull has subscribed $1,000 toward
the price of Mr.. Wards statute of Left, the
Scandinavian discoverer of America.
Queen Victoria will not let the Prince and
Princess of Wales occupy Windsor Castle
during the Ascot races unless list of their
proposed guests is submitted to her, with
power of veto.
At Troy the other day, man working on
the fourth story of a new building dropped a
brick. A boy was passing under and the
man yelled ''Take care" The boy stopped
and looked up, and the brick crushed his
forehead and killed him.
The utensilyou saw on the Pingry girls head
at church yesterday was not her mothers best
saucepan. 1t was gypsy hat. We believed
with you in the saucepan theory, but have to-
day been credibly informed to the contrary.
and desire to share our enlightenment with
you.
During the preliminary examination of an
alleged murderer near New Albany, Indiana,
the other morning, mob of one hundred
men endeavored to seize the prisoner, who
shot the leader dead, and is believed to have
been killed by the mob.
Mr. H. Pope Vose, of the Rockland Gazette,
now at Pueblo, Colorado, has formed part
nership with Mr.. J. A. Schlageter, of Lead
vile, for the purpose of conducting Color
ado prospecting agency. They will buy and
sell mining claims on commission and fur
nish grub stakes to prospectors. Their out
fitting office is at Leadville, p. O. address,
box 80, and the corresponding Office at Pueblo,
2. o. box 443. Mr.. Vose is too well known
in this State to require any commentator
from US. We wish him success in his new
venture.
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The Tax on Shipbuilding Material.

Representative FRYE introduced Tuesday
from the WAYS and Means Committee a sub
stitute for the bill introduced by MIR. Grape
relative to the tax on raw materials used in
shipbuilding Frye, in his report accom-
panying the bill, says it proposes to correct
an incongruity in the existing tariff law with
respect to certain manufactured articles. Vel
low metal sheathing is now admitted free of
duty, while raw materials composing it, cop
per and spelter, are required to pay duty.
The effect of the present law is to discrimi-
nate against our own citizens engaged in
making sheathing metal, and in favor of for
eign manufacturers. This result which is in
conflict with the spirit Of existing laws, came
from an oversight in legislation, which the
WAYS and Means Committee believe was
never intended. 1t has not been the purpose
of Congress to make our own markets sub
ordinate to foreign markets or to tax those
in this country engaged in the same industry
with duty on raw materials unnecessarily
unjust A competition of this kind created
by law is unfair to our citizens, and could
end only in the destruction of our manufac-
turing enterprises. The purpose of the bill
is to give drawbacks upon metal unmanutac-
turcd or not completely manufactured, and
on raw materials. The passage Of the bill,
it is believed, will transfer to this country
The manufacture of raw materials now manu-
featured in Europe. The total value of all
materials used in the construction and equip
mcnt of vessels during the fiscal year 1878
was 1924. 507. of which Sll3, $50 was yellow
metal sheathing
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A Slander Answered.
BAru. April 2Sth. ISIS

OATH. Aprii ZStn, 1851.
To the Editor Of the Maine Standard:
Your mean and contemplate insinuatior
that am the author of an anonymous letter
addressed to Gov. Garcelon. threatening hi.
assassination, is well worthy the source from
which it emanates.
1t could hardly be expected that an editor
who would lend his influence in subverting
the rights Of the people fairly and honestly
expressed at the polls, would scruple to as
sault private character.
This has so long been part of your polti-
cal creed, it is hardly to be supposed that you
could possibly thrive without continuing such
y course, although loathed and detested by
all honorable men, still it may be excusable
as no one has ever credited you with possess
ing any adequate conception of fair and hon
orable journalism, in fact it has become no
torious that the Maine Standard never had
any conception of true manhood. and has
ever lacked every quality essential to make
it even decent paper.
From the day Eben F. Pillsbarv became
associated with the Standard, it has been
sinking lower and lower in the depths of in
fanny until it has reached depth far below
which plummet ever touched.
l will simply add for the information of the
foul whelp who penned the contemplate in
situation, that there is no difficulty whatever
in showing most conclusively that the anony-
Bath. ]. W. WAKEFIELD.
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FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES G. Blaine!


The Executive Committee Of the BLAINE Gu
OF MAINE, having perfected their arrangements
for an Excursion to Chicago TO attend the kepnbii
can National Convention, make the following an
poupcrmenf for the benefit Of those Republicans
Who NAV desire to attend and aid In nominating our
hoaored senator, JAM E9 G, BLAINE, as can
didafe for President at the coming election. -
special train the EASTERN RAILROAD VIII
leave Portland, THURSDAY, May 9th. on the arrival
ofthy morning train from Bangor. arriving IN Bo-
ton season for tea The party will leave Boston
for Chicago direct the evening by special train
with Wagner sleeping cars, the BosToS x AL
BASY, NEW YORK CENTRAL, LAKE SHORE and
MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROADS, taking break
fast Friday morning at Syracuse, dinner at kas'
Buffalo, and tea at Cleveland. arriving In CHICASc
Saturday morning. Ample hotel accommodation
have been engaged for 80 persons. at the Gardner
and Mattison Houses, and rooms will be assigned on
the train to the ExcuTsionists, avoiding confusion
on their arrival. Hotel bills % and ~ per day.
Fare from PORTLAND to CHICAGO and return
$40. Wagner sleeping cars to Chicago, $3.50 TX
curslonists taken to and from Portland from stations
on Maine Central X. Il. at one fare: tickets to DE-
procured at all stations. Persons desiring to go can
have their berths In sleeping cars assigned BY en-
closing o. % 10 the Treasurer Of the club, H. - Us
GOOD, Portland. Those wishing to secure rooms
should address the Secretary, j. SWEET ROWE, An
1usts a. early possible. All Republicans are cor
diajly invited TO join the excursion.
J. Il. BODWELL, President.
j. SWEET ROWE. Secretary.
Augusta, April u, 1850.
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The Belfast journal says: The Bos-
ton Post publishes an affidavit of the
President of the Fusion Senate, Mr.. Lam
son, supported by ailidavits of Fusion Adj
jutant General Folsom and j. W. Chan
ming, to the effect that Gen Chamberlain
on Jan. 10th, promised that if the repub-
licans were allowed peaceable possession
of the Senate and House halls on Satur-
day, Jan. 18th, he (Chamberlain) would
assure the Fusion Legislature peaceable
possession on Monday, Jan. 10Th. which
statement Gen. Chamberlain has denied.
II is rather late in the day for an attack on
Gen. Chamberlan's position during the
days of the conspiracy position abso-
lutely impregnable, and which cannot now
be affected by ton of Fusion afiidavits
Gen. Chamberlain simply undertook to
hold the balance evenly between the con-
tending parties unit! the court should de
eide the question at issue-and what he
undertook he did. When the court gave
its decision. recognizing the legal lcgis-
lature and State government, it only re-
manned for Gen. Chamberlain to turn over
to them the State property entrusted tc
his charge as Major General Of militia by
Governor Garcelon, his authority having
ceased the moment the Governor elected
by the legal legislature was qualified
This is all there is to it.
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ing lost his axe in the melee. This caused
cessation of hostilites. and Mr.. II. ran for
Mr.. +. Morton's; but not succeeding III
arousing any one there, he went about half a
mile farther to the house Of Mr.. j. W. Morse,
the veteran hunter and trapper, and together
they went back to the scene OF the conflict.
The animal soon showed himself, when
Morse gave him a charge of heavy shot
which caused him to retire to the swamp with
fearful wells. Mr.. Morse, who as hunter
of large experience, pronounced 1t an Amer
lean panther or Indian Devil as some call
it, and thinks MIR. Herricks's escape was
nrny idential
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From a well-known citizen of Chicago.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. l, 1880.
II. II. Warner & Co., Rochester, N. Y:
GENTLEMEN: l have used Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure with the greatest sat
isfaction. 1t is the only remedy have ever
used that can recommend to my friends, as
it has cured me of Bright's Disease Of long
standing. after having visited the White Sui
merable so-called remedies" of the day.
Having resided here for forty-seven years,
my friends will be glad to see this statement.
The discOverer is, indeed, a public benefac-
tor. WILLIAM II. PATTERSON.
,491 Wabash Ave-, near Twenty-ninth street.
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A Candidate With Opinions.
From the Methodist

FROM tne Metnoulst.
There is a cheering element in the Blaine
"boom.' The ex-President has the support
of GO. 900 men holding offices which he gave
them. and of pr;etors who love him for the
power he gave them over patronage in
their great States (hoping to recover it
all,) and of other elements having
financial expectation prominent in them.
Senator Blaine has patronage in the little
State of Maine and bits of il elsewhere; but
mainly, he is running tremendously on popu-
laritv. Besides. Senator Blaine has some
opinions. He is anti-Chinese and ultra-pro-
tectionist. We do not share his opinions, but
it is refreshing to see a candidate who has
pronounced opinions on newer topics than
the last war. We begin to hope that he will
get the Chicago nomination and heat any
worse man after that.