Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-23


the earth. In its fall it not only
crushed the sapling beneath its huge
bulk, but tore its very roots from the
earth where it grew.
"Alas!" said the dying sapling. chow
foolish it is to place utter dependence
upon the strength of another!-How-
ARD PYLE, in 81 Nicholas. -. 50
A River Turning Into Highway.
The following. which was written in
last October, will be read with interest
by all who have ever seen the beautiful
Ohio: The Ohio River is now lower, it
is said, than it has been for twenty five
years, and it has deal OF capacity to
get very low ON slender provocation.
At any number of points it can be
easily forded. Navigation is we'll .nigh
suspended, and between Pittsburgh
and Louisville, freight is piled up in
many places on the banks, waiting for
the rise which, it has been predicted
by the weather-wise, will not come
this season. Scarcely IL boat of any
kind is to be seen on the upper part Of
the stream, il it may be called such.
The Ohio has not had water enough
since July for the transportation of
coal from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati,
and the latter city has been suffering
for fuel. The price of coal has more
than doubled, and there is so little on
hand that people will have to renew
their supplies through the railways.
which will advance the rates much
more. Any quantity of coal is await
ing in fiat-bOttomed vessels at Pitts.
burgh to float down as soon as the
river shall have risen. Some 25,00O,-
600 bushels are reported to be at that
point, more than has over been accum-
ulated there. Portland Bar, at the
Falls of the Ohio, is now an island OF
very considerable size, and the Falls
themselves look like an archipelago.
The Ohio would be, as has been said OF
the Arno, quite respectable river if
some more water was pumped into it.
1t seems 10 get shallower and shallower
every year, and some persons in the
West have seriously proposed to fill it
up, and convert it into highway.
You'll Have to Take 1t Out of That"
a young man from the hills, with q
new linen buster on his back and huge
new umbrella under his arm, stepped
up to the general delivery at the post
Office this morning and said in half
confidential whisper that he would take
q stamp. The shade of the father of
his country-a green shade of him--was
instantly in the hands of the young man
for inspection. He took it up curiously,
examined the diverse to see if the pic
ture was all right, and scrutiniztd the
an insutliciency of mucilage. Then he
laid the stamp down and said he would
take it, with the air of man who is
bound that no one shall get the better
of him in trade. Postmaster Mayo
looked up and smiled assent-although
we thought he smiled four dollars
Worthwhile the purchaser began to
hunt up the money that was demanded
in exchange for Uncle Sans little
chrome. Through seven compartments
of leather pocketbook the young man
rummaged, like o woman after flea /;
his trousers pockets were explored; his
vest vaults were made to disgorge their
freight of silver and bills and yet he
had not found such denomination of
money as he seemed sure of possessing.
After one more dive into the caverns Of
his pocketbook, he gave up in disgust,
and reaching into his trowers pocket,
pulled out nickel, and said, with an
air of severe disappointment. "Well,
you'll have to take it out of that ~
Turner'S Falls Reporter.
How He GAINED HIS FRrEDoM.-It
has always been thought that ears Of
corn have an even number of rows,
and that one with an odd number of
rows would be an impossibility. In
slavery times this question was dis
cussed, and negro in this county
claimed that he had seen ears of that
kind. His master told him that he
would give him his 1.-THE negro's) free
dom for an ear with an odd number Of
rows. This was in the early spring;
but in the fall, during gathering
time, the negro came with sound ear
of corn with thirteen rows. He got his
free papers. A long time afterward
the old negro told that in roasting ear
time he took a sharp knife, cut out one
row of grains, bound the ear together,
and knew just where to find it when
| gathering time came.