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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-06-04
Hotel Bills in Paris.

All the big Partisan hotels give a
sumptuous table d. hote adinner for
about five shillings a he d, wine in
cluded, which is not dear; but they re-.
coup themselves by their extravagant
charges for what is eaten in private
rooms or ordered in the dining. room a
Ia carte. Thus a plain breakfast of tea
or coffee and bread and butter served
in sitting room is charged forty cents
for one person.; but if there be two
persons the charge is doubled, and q
family of five persons are made to pay
SO, which is absurd. Add eggs aud
bacon to the feast and the bill again
reckons not for ono dish of these deli
cacies which is actually consumed, but
for " five breakfasts of bacon and eggs,
at eighty cents per head total 81. In
most of the big hotels the charge for a
siphon of seltzer water is forty cents.
though its trade cost is no more than
three sous glass Of sherry is charged
thirty cents; four sandwiches, fifty
cents; C pint-bottlo of beer, thirty
cents, and a plate of biscuits, sixty
cents.
1t may be alleged that attendance has
to be included in these items but at
tendance, after having been amply
charged for in the bill, has again to be
paid under tho form OF tips to the Ser
wants. If traveller, after settling his
weekly account, neglected to add fvo-
franc piece for the waiter, he would find
himself condemned to good deal OF
exercise with his electric bell during
fhn or in DAVIS
tea and cold eggs for breakfast into the
bargain. There is an astute free
masonry among hotel servants, and il
the waiter be dissatisfied with par
ticular set of travellers, the porter and
cAam bermaid tske care to make their
displeasure felt also. All of them ex
pect to be liborally paid when travel
er leaves the hotel.
Now, consider what hotel company
really makes by charging attendance
for these persons who have to be paid
for by travellers twice and thrice over.
As rule, one waiter, a chambermaid,
and porter are allowed for every
twelve rooms or sets of rooms on first
aud second floor; and the charge for
attendance On these floors being at the
rate OF fifty cents a day, we have ST d
day, or $3.50 a month, for service. Blu,
the wages of O hotel-waiter are but 81
II month; those of u chambermaid 49,
and of a porter 81; and if to these
sums one adds 81 a month for the keep
ing of the three servants, one fnds that
the hotel clears more than Sl2S month
ly by the single item of attendance
1t was thought step in the right di'
rection when some twenty years age
hotels were induced TO charge sepa
rately for attendance, in order that
travellers might no longer be put to the
trouble Of giving tips; but nowadays
tips and the extortion for attendance
flourish amicably together hand in
hand. Pal Null Gozette.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-06-04
W hich?

One of our Connecticut exchanges
tells Q rather amusing story connected
with the arrest of one of "the Finch
brothers" by o constable for driving
over the Saugatuck River bridge at
Westport faster than the law allows.
The Finch brothers are twins, and look
just alike. and always dress just alike
and here is where the smile comes in.
Men in Norwslk. who have known
the Finch brothers for years, say that
they cannot be identified one from the
other. When one of them is seen with
out the other, people say, "There goes
one of the Finch brothers." When
they are met, as is more frequently the
case. together, people say, There are
the Finch brothers"
They are heavily bearded men, and
their boards are so much alike that it
is believed that neither has hair more
than the other, and the shade, which is
as tawny as o lions name, is identical.
There are the same blue eyes and
shaggy eyebrows, the sane prominent
cheek bones and straight full noses
1t was hoped therefore, when Con-
stable German made his complaint to
Justice Finch, no relative OF the
brothers, that the rerplexing question
of identity might be settled.
! On the day appointed for the hearing,
Justice Finch sat i'll his Office. Cons
table German was there to prove the
offence. The door was Opeled, and
the Finch brothers walked 10.
"There is charge against one OF the
| E:v,nk hsotl,nro - ,n,l La ,1pk;rn tof
violating the law regarding fast driv-
ing over the Saugatuck Bridge"
The Finch brothers stood up, but
they said not word.
Were both the brothers in the team,
constable?" asked the justice.
mo, sir, only one Of them;' and the
constable looked closely ut each of the
brothers as they stood there quite still
and motionless as statues.
! "You must say which ono of the
brothers it was You saw. You must
swear to the Identity said the justice.
The constable looked appealingly at
both of them. Bystauders thought he
was going to ask tlcm which it was
Bat they said nothing.
"Your Honor, l cart swear to either
of them. know it was one of them
but l wouldn't want to say which one
on OATH"
well, I can't fine both Of them
neither eau l fine hap-hazird. III,
law doesn't compel them to testify
J Tho complaint is dismissed until the
Finch brother is identified"
! The Finch brothers bowed, ant
walked out of tie court. They sale
that it wasn't their duty to be prosecu
tors and accused ut the same time, and
that they would have paid any lin.
provided the court would designate
whic b one was guilty.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-06-04
Slate-Pencils.

Ii boy or g,rl Is curious to know
how that constant companion of tn cir
study hours, the slate pencil, IL made,
the curiosity will be satisfied by read
ing the following:
In making u slate pencil, broken slate
is put into = mortar run by steam, and
pounded into small PARTICLES.
Then it goes into mill and runs into
cooling machine, "snch as is used in
Touring mills, where it is "bolted," the
fine, almost lpable. flour that results
being taken to u mixing tub, where a
small quantity of steatite -four, similar
ly manufactured, is added, together
with other materials, the whole being
made into q stiff dough.
This dough is kneadet thoroughly
by passing it several times between
iron rollers.
Thence il is conveyed to table where
it is made into ''charges," or short
cylinders, four or five inches thick, and
containing eight to twelve pounds
each.
Four OF these are placed in a strong
iron chamber, or "retort," with u
changeable nozzle so as to regulate the
size of the pencil, and subjected to tre-
mendous hydraulic pressure. under
which the composition is push d through
the nozzle in the shape of long cord,
and passes over sloping table slit at
right angles with the cords to give pas
sage to a knife which cuts them into
lengths.
They are then laid on boards to dry,
and after few hours are removed to
sheets of corrugated zinc, the corruga-
ton serving to prevent the pencils from
warping during the process Of baking.
to which they are next subjected in a
kiln, into which superheated steam is
intr oduced in pipes, the temperature
being regulated according to the re-.
quirements Of the article exposed to its
influence.
From the kiln the articles go to the
finishing and packing room, where the
ends are thrust for a second under
rapidly revolving emery wheels. and
withdrawn neatly and smoothly pointed,
They are then packed in pasteboard
boxes, each containing one hundred
pencils; aud these boxe. are in turn
packed for shipment in wooden boxes,
containing one hundred each, or ten
thousand pencils in q shlpping-box
Nearly all the work is done by boys,
AMI the cost therefore is light.-Youths
| Companion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-06-04
In a Time of Trouble.

As an eagle from the height,
Looking down upon the lands,
On forests black rs night
Fair fields and desert sands,
Sees the traveller below,
Losing heart, as, league on league,
Long wilaerncsses chow
No end to his fatigue.
So faith, amid her stare,
Beholdipg far beneath
The bright or gloomy bars
Ia the web 0! lie and death,
Ses weary hearts that deem
The dark brt adth is the Whole;
Ssts happy hearts that dream
The brishtrays all their goal.
Al let this faith be ours
Tat even mid the pain,
Above the preset towers,
Aud sees tic hearing gain;
While, breadth. by bread.h, -. arr,
As from the weavtr's LaDd,
The pattern Of the years
Walch God lims If las Planned.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-06-04

In VALENCIA.-And of all the quaint
sights which meet the eyes in this
strange old town than to see swarthy,
brigand-like man, with colored bon
danna knotted around his head, tho
forward folds drawn down over his
beetling brow, his lightning sharp and
menacing eyes glowing luridly beneath,
his body incased in the true stage.
brigand get-up OF worn Spanish jacket,
with heavy blanket scarf tossed over
one shoulder, great red shawl twisted
around the waist, knee-breeches,
stockinged legs and straw shoes dashed
on with listing formidable creature,
i'll fact, with an arsenal Of knives in his
belt-composedly walking the Valen-
cian thoroughfares carrying toy brown
horse with yellow polka dots on him,
or a pigeon toed rag baby which, shuts
her eyes when you squeeze her abdo-
minal spring. This is christmas, anG the
brisand takes home presents to his
briganl progeny. Buying something
myself as remembrance OF the day Tor
the bright and good little American
boy whose winsome presence casts the
sweet shadow of q home over all, the
outlandish places to which We are
travelling in Spain. I come suddenly
face t, face vita one Of these Fra
Diavolos. He has gone in for the agony
of trumpet, and is testing its power
ofbeinga nuisance by blowing it Justify
ofough to wake the Gid himself.
Whereupon l smile, brigand smiles. we
both smile; one touch of nature makes
him and me, SO widely dissimilar, Kin.
-O!toe Lagan. ..
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-06-04

SoAp-BUBBLE PARTIES. --'"The sue :
cess of the week." says the Parisiap,
given by ayoung American lady. In
-vi,atiOns were sent out early in the
week, to numerous friends inviting
them to "soap.bubble party. The IN
vitations We're readily accepted, ana
when the guests arrived they found
table spreat with pipes and bowls ana
soap and warm water in plenty. while
the pipes were ornamented with gray
coloredribons. Round this table the
guests gathered; there were musicians
writer's, artists. renters, and even Am
bassadors. It was merry evening. aS
soLIe of the bubbles contained a musicai
note others merry laugh or sign.
while some were only filledwith smoke.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-06-04

THE VALUE OF Our NIGHTS DO
we not TAIL to accord to our nights
their true value? We are ever giving
to our days the credit and nlame of all
we do and misdo, forgetting those 81
lent, gllmmering hours when plans
and sometimes plots are laid; when
resolutions are formed or changed /;
when Heaven. aud sometimes Heaven q
enemies are invoked; when anger and
evil thoughts are recalled, and some
times hate to inhame and tester; when
problems are solved, riddles guessed
and things made apparent i'll the dark,
which day refused to reveal. Our
nights are the keys of the days. They
explain them. They are also the day
correctors. Nights leisure untangles
the mistakes Of days haste. We
should not attempt to compromise our
past in the phrase, in those days."
we should rather say "in those days
and nights"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-06-04
How They Churn in Uruguay.

thought that had seen good many
kinds of churns before I came down
here-crank- churns, dasher- churns, and
chemical urns." But will now
describe mode of churnipg butter
that will, I think, make Nsw-England
folks open their eyes.
Commonly they do not make much
butter in this country, and the settlers
here come to got along without it; but
by the time I had been at the "poesta'
two or three days, I began to want some
butter OH my bread.
NJ had herd OF twenty-five or
thirty cattle which he kept for beef
and among them were q number OF
miloh COWS. Ed was hidden to set the
milk for twenty-four hours; and the
next morning NJ told Lizalo, OF
"Liz," az We called him, to churn.
They had done such thing as to churn
butter before, it appears. Liz went out
and brought bag of rawhide. about as
large as common meal bag. How
clean it was inside, I do not know; bu,
he turned the cream into it, and poured
in new milk enough to fill it two. thirds
full; and then lie tied it up with strong
strip of hide.
M stood with broad grin on his
face. I was already too much aston
ished to make any remarks. Liz now
carried the bag out Of doors, and then
got his horse. Taking his lasso off the
saddle. he made one end of it fast to the
creanl-bag; the other end, as usual,
being attached to a ring In the saddle.
This done, he jumped on the horse
and tucked spurs to him. Away he
went, and at the first jerk that bag went
ten feet in the air, aud fell with @
Squauch, close up at the horses heels
At the next jerk it went higher still.
He soon went out of sight, with the
bag dancing after him. Sometimes i,
hit down alongside the horse, and some.
times it struck slap on the animals
rump.
M was SO convulsed with laugh.
ter-at me, suppose; for must con
fess that this upset all my previous
ideas of butter-making.
In the course of twenty or thirty
minutes, Liz came back, the horse
looking pretty hot. and tho bag very
dusty.
"Es mantica" Cutters come, } said he
Ell united the caurn, and sure
enough, there was good homely chunk
of butter in it; and it proved to be very
decent butter, too.
asked if that was the way they
always churned. They said it was, and
Ed declared it was IA dale asier than
turnin' a crank"
So I respectfully submit the
"method" to all our good people III
North. Everything needed for it il
a solc-leather bag. clothes line and q
horse. Youths Companion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-06-04
Coughs Tact.

It is not expedient for lecturer to
be so eulogistically introduced to an
audience as to arouse expectations
which he cannot meet. John B. Cough
relates how he managed to escape from
such catastrophe when introduced to
Tendon audience:
His introducer had pronounced him
the greatest orator who had ever lived,
and ended long and fulsome eulogy
by telling the people to prepare them
selves for such burst Of eloquence as
they had never before listened to.
Cough, knowing that the best efforts
he had ever made would, under such
circumstances, fall far short of antici.
patton, determined to practice ruse,
and the ruse was to affect stupidity.
lie opened by stammering and hest
Eating, by beginning his sentences, and
leaving them unfinished, until, as lie
said, the worst speaker in England could
not have done worse.
He soon overheard those on the plat
form whispering their disapprobation
aud censure, one man saying
ooh, this will never do here, you
know. 1t may be all very we'll Ia
America. you know; but in England,
you know, it is ute different thing. u
He still continued in his dull, discon.
nectel way until he had seen that lie
had background for his verbal pic.
lures.
Then he gradually adopted his nat.
ural manner, and as sentence after sen.
tence rolled out, vivid and resonant
from his lips, his audience grew enthu.
stic, aud fairly roared with applause.
He had never been more rapturously
greeted than he was then and there.
Those who heard him declared that they
had never known man to change so
after he had oncs warmed Youths
Companion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-06-04

DON'T SCALE BEFORE You Cook
The following is an English method OF
cooking fish. 1t will apply to all fresh
water species: without scaling, throw
some -four over them and lay them on
q gridiron over asslow fire as they
grow brown cut is to be made on the
back. not more than skin deep, from
the head to the tail, and the fish is then
replaced on the fire when sufficiently
broiled the skin and scales will peel of
and leave the fish clean and firm. The
belly is then to be opened and the in
sides will come away clearly. Scrapiug
and water washes away all the flavor
and frmness Of the fish,"
A small leak will sink q great ship.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-06-04

Christ Church, Boston, is over $50
years old. Erected in 1923, it can
claim greater age than any other
church in that city. From its belfry
were swung the lanterns that flashed
their signal to Paul Revere, on the night
of his lannon's ride to Lexington, in
warning of the expected English raid.
The furniture Of the chancel is plain
AID antique, while the prayer-books
and Bibles are honorable with age, and
were bestowed in 1888 by King George
III,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-06-04

my wife's grand study" says q
French writer, ''is to know what I don't
know and to do what can't do"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-06-04

Edison il q little deaf,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-06-04

A small leak will sink q great ship.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-18
Questionable Sensations.

CHICAGO, November l8.-Ths Ohio
Senatorial question is likely to give the
Republicans much trouble. and may
lose them the temporary control Of the
Senate. The person who succeeds to
GarAsld's place in the Senate must have
bis claims passed upon before be takes
bis seat, aud It Is now probable that the
Democrats will comprl him to wait a
long time. The hitch consists in a legal
question as to whether Gaifisld's place
in the Senate IL vacant whenever DO
chooses to withdraw, or whether he
must frst become actually q SENATOR be-
fore be can resign. Garfield will be
here shortly. and It is expected that he
will then tender Sherman the Secretary
ship OF the Treasury.
The report has gained circulation tnat
some Of the Presidential Electors OF CAL
ifornia and Nevada claim that as the
people Of those States chose them
through Q misspprehsnsion-bsing de-
osiy.d by the forged Chinese lstter-tbey
are In duty bound to vote for GARFIELD.
A neither State IL needed BY General
Garfield not much Importance 10 Of.
tachsd to ths report. except 90 Tar - It
shows Q revolution In popular feeling
against the Democratic plottsrs.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-18
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
De Le,sens, Canal Scheme.

PAlls, November 1.-THE capital oil
tho Panama Canal Company will b
800, 00o, 900 francs, divided into 600. 000
shares OF 900 francs each. Ter
thousand shares being reserved by the
statutes for the civil company Of the
original concessionee for the concession
contributed by that company. $50. 600
shares remain for public subsorip.
ton. The issue will be made at par.
IS francs being paid at subscription,
100 ON allotment and the rest ss 70.
quired. The total cost 10 estimated
at 900. 000. 900 francs. Any sum neoes-
sary for completion Of the canal over
and above the capital will be raised
by the issue OF obligations. Five per
cent. interest 10 to be paid on shares
during the execution OF the work. OF
the net profits eighty per cent. 10 allotted
to shareholders by the terms Of the con.
cession. De Lesseps states that con.
tractors have sent In their estimates, &C.
cording to which the construction OF the
canal will not cost 500. 0O0. 900 francs,
and that 1t has been provided by mem
orsndum. signed July 7th. that 3 special
American committee. sitting 10 New
York, shall represent the interests OF
the company In the United States. As
to all that relates to the neutrality OF the
canal, that was settled by the Law OF
concession OF the Republic OF Colombia.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-18
Thu Ror and the Gun Again.

SAN JOSH, November l6.-Yssterday,
near Lexington, In this county, hap
pensd another in the long line OF TRACE
dies resulting from handling firearms,
supposed to be- unloadsd. In the morn
ipo Mr.. and Mrs. John Newell, residing
mile aud q half southwest Of Lexington.
came to San Jose. leaving at home two
obildrep-Jamts A., q boy Of IL, and
Nellie, aged Z years. About IL O'Clock Q
nsiohbor residing close by heard q shot,
bat paid NO attention to 1t. In o lew
minutes the boy James came running H.
saving his sister was dead. The neigh.
bor repaired to Nswell's house. where
be found the little girl lying dead. With
a broom beside her, and o gun across
her feet. There was . frightful wound
In her face, where . charge Of shot, fired
at close range. had entered. At nrst the
bsy vss either too frightened or indis'
possd TO make any statement concerning
The affair. but Afterwards he said he shot
her and wished be had shot himself.
he stated that Nellie was sweepipg and
found an old gun with . broken stock
behind q trunk, and shs took 1t out
Then he took IL, got Q cap and put 1t on
The nipple. While sitting down. with
ths Gun across his lap. and Nellie stand
Ing close by. the hammer accidentally
struck 4 chair and the gun was DIS
charged, causing her death instantly;
At the inquest held today 1t appeared
that the gun had not been used ior .
purposs Tor two years. A. verdict OF
sccidsntal death was rendered.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-18
WESTERN DISPATCHES.
VI. Flood ct al.

~ ~
SAN Francisco, November l8.-Yss.
tsrday ]. @. Flood was examined before
a Notary Public in the case Of Burke vs..
Flood ct al. the testimony as resumed
being tina. the checks given by the Con-
solidstsd Virginia TO the Pacific Mill
Company were paid to him and the
amount entered on Flood & O'Brien's
books. eager was the bookkeeper.
keeping the accounts. Fair. Suprrin-
tsndent Of the Consolidated Virginia,
signed the drafts In favor OF the mill
company for working the ores. snd
sometimes Mackay also. The mill COM
pany kept no bank account In San Fran
Disco, but did in Virginia City at the
Bank OF California and the Agency Of
the Nevada Bank. He could not say that
the mill company had sold bullion to the
Carson Mint. The bullion sent BY II to
the Nevada Bank wal sold. and an ac-
count OF sales made to Eager. and some.
times to Msckay & Fair. / didn't know
who Arst suggested incorporating the
mill Company. II was organized to mill
Consolidated Virginia and other ores,
but had mill.d some for the Hale q Nor.
cross. The accounts here were all kept
In Flood & O'Brisn's books. Msckay 4
Fair have the larger interest. "a motion
was here made which required Mr.. Flood
10 produce these books aud accounts Tor
examination, but met with q refusal. An
application will DO made for an order Of
Court to produce them. Elder vas head
assaysr for the Consolidated Virginia.
and Lowell 10 now Secretary Of the
Pacific Mill Company at Virginia City.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-18
Amorou, Demonstrations Ulseason'
ably interrupted.

CHICAGO, November IA special
to the Inter OCEAN from Washington says:
Another scandal has broken out here.
involving the wife Of Q wsll.known msr.
chan. and George W. Black, . clerk In
the Pension Office. The case was before
the Police Court yesterday, Buckley ties.
tilted that he went home Saturday. and.
not finding his wife at home. concealed
himself to await her arrival. Soon
after he heard her come In with
some ons, who turned out to be
Black, and lock the door behind them.
He heard their caresses. and It appeared
to him as though they would eat each
other up. He stood It as long as be
could, when he appeared before their
astonished gaze. He and Black elinched
and rolled over the floor. his wife aiding
Black in every way, and 6ually they got
out on the pavement. he held on to
Black till . policeman came. The case
wal continued 10 order to summon Mrs.
Buckley. Black Is kept under bail. but
CONTINUES his duties at the Pension
Ofios. On account OF tho vell.known
character OF the parties involved the
case attracts considerable attention.