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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-27


SHOWS, glaciers, and organized sub,
stances. Owing to these actions ~
water of the ocean has diminished
in q constant manner. and its level
has been lowered. 4. In proper.
ton as the earth cools. ice accumu.
lates near the poles and on noun.
tains, water is imbibed more deeplv
into the terrestrial crust, and the
formation of hydrated minerals il
manifested everywhere. It results
from all these facts that since water
existed on tho earth's surface the
level of the sea has been gradually
lowered. ..
The Desert OF Sahara is the site
of once fertile region. 1t is sup.
posed to have been reduced to its
present state by the removal of its
forests-its climate being greatly af-
fected thereby.
The power of plants to force their
way through resisting medium is
very remarkable. A writer in a for.
eisn journal asserts that he has
known dandelion to grow through
two inches Of asphalt which had
been spread over it.
A German philosopher has sought
to determine by experiment the
amount of carbonic acid exhaleA
from the lungs. He finds an add
man to exhale twelve grammes per
hour when in repose, twenty.four
grammes per hour when in active
exercise. From the lungs of a tip.
pier in repose but seven grammes
were thrown out, and eleven
grammes when in exercise.
Tho weather 10 an ever-present
topic of interest. rendered unusually
attractive by the anomalies of tue
present season. Generally consid.
cred, the earth's climate may be
said to have to have two sources
the heated bolts Of the equator and
the cold districts, Of the poles. Be.
tween these regions currents Of cir
are constantly circulating. The cold
arctic currents sweep to the tropics,
chilling the lands over which they
pass, while the mild winds from the
equator exert . corresponding in
fluence upon local temperature. It
has been claimed that mild and cold
Winters may be directly traced to
the prevailing winds-it being found
that an air current once established
in general direction north or soui
often continues during An entire SET
son, with brief variations. If this is
the case. the discovery of the laws
governing the circulation of tho air
currents and their disturbance will
be An important advance in meteor
ology. Prof. Pizzarl Smith, the en-.
inent astronomer OF Scotland, be.
lieves mild seasons to be due 10 SOL
ar influence. He supposes the heat
| wavoa n attain the;r 0raafesf deUreA
shortly after minimum Of spots on
the sun (the last sun.spot minimum
was passed some months ago.; tho
cold waves to be due to terrestrial
causes. Like other suu.spot theor-
lists. Prof. Smith points to remark
able coincidence OF the sun-spot
period" OF ten or eleven years and
the supposed cycle Of warm and cold
seasons. ...; .n
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-27

MEs. Margaret Hamilton died in
this place Tuesday night, aged about
76 years. Her death wss caused By
an abscess in the brxin that pro-
duced Inconsistencies from which
she nevel awakened.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-27
Society's Whims.

The privileges Of leap year have
hitherto been regarded more in the
light Of q subject Of merriment, than
q special license for the ladies to as
sumo the Offices and gallantries
which have been performed almost ex.
clusively by the sterner sex; but
this wear seems TO be an exception
TO the rule. Accounts are received
from various quarters which indicate
that Fashions edict has made the
observance of leap year, with all its
assumed privileges, a social custom,
and in all grades of society the ladies
are taking the lead in the manage
ment Of evening festivals.
The latest Of these is described by
Washington correspondent of the
Hartford Times, and as q model from
high life, it may serve a good
purpose to show how such affairs
are conducted at the National Capt.
tai. The writer says: A committee
invited all the agreeable young gen.
tleman, but who we're not allowed to
enter tho ballroom without their
chaperone, whose attentions had
been secured in advance for them.
They danced just as frequently as
they were asked, and were often left
in solitary grandeur in the center OF
the ballroom, or blooming among a
line OF wall flowers in spiked tail
coats. They retaliated. however,
prac,icing all the little coquetries of
the ballroom belle. Provided with
lace handkerchiefs, they were per-
petually losing them, and making
sentimental illusions to their bo-
quets, which were worn suspended
from the wrist by bright ribbons.
At the supper constant demand for
dainties kept the young ladies busy
waiting on the sterner sex, whose
appetites never seemed more capri
cious. The guests were received by
Attorney General Devens, the only
bachelor in the Cabinet, and assisted
by Mrs. Colonel Audenreid. Near
ly all the faces prominent in society
were to be seen. The whole affair
was we'll managed and was produc-
tive Of much genuine enjoyment.
The custom, receiving an endorse.
ment from so high a source, cannot
fail to become popular, if it. indeed,
needed anything to give it tho ap-
proving smile of social recogni-
ton.
Another OF Fashions follies, noted
by the same correspondent, will
probably not be 60 we'll received.
although it eminates from tho same
high source, and that is tho intro
duction Of the banjo into the parlor,
and the endeavor to make proficiency
in performing on the once humble,
not to say despised, instrument, an
essential accomplishment Of polite
| society. ii
The popularity Of the afternoon
party, from 4 to z. is another of the
fashionable whims in Washington.
They are called" At Home d" Ket-
tledrums," Matinee Musicales, y
etc., rs tho nature ofthe festivities
suggests. They inagurated a bril-
liant period of diversion ending OF
course with the lsntsn season.
| Nh Raeoao's hill IN reoulate
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-27

Cxm~TIsSrrr Asp kCpxax TzocsET.
Mr.. Utter continnes his course Of
lectures Sunday morning and ssen-
ms with lectures upon " The Rslgn
u Law, AID upon " Physiology"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-27

TEE Pacific Coast Steamship 20.
have been awarded the contract Tor
carrying the mails between San
Frspcisco and Victoria. by the Brit
ish Goyernmsr.. Ii has been car
RED by the Pacific Mail Co.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-27

TIE vigorous prosecution by NJ.
De Lesseps. under French auspices.
Of surveys for . ship canal across
the Isthmus Of Panama, is now at.
tracing general attention. The
popular feeling is that it is incom.
patible with the future peace aud
safety Of the United States to per-
NIT the ownership and control of
this means OF water communication
between the Atlantic and Pacific to
pass into the hands OF any foreign
power, either directly or through the
ownership Of its subjects. We call
not afford to risk the danger OF hav-
ing such communication shut off
from us in time OF War, or OF having
our commerce oppressed in time Of
peace by exorbitant tolls. The well
known designs Of some of the Euro
pean powers, against the South
American republics, would be furth.
cred by the possession of such a
point of operations Us the canal
would furnish-and we should real
ize that the design of putting an
Austrian Prince on Mexican throne
has not been entirely abandoned.
A LARGE audience assembled in CO.
lumbis Hall, Wednesday evening, to
greet the Ladies' Thespian Society,
q new organization. but composed OF
nearly ali the members Of the old
amateur club. 1t is hoped and ex-
gected that the new management
will eclipse the best of former efforts.
as it is composed entirely Of ladies.
who will not be apt to allow ambi-
ton to exercise an undue influence
upon the judgment. The parts OF
the I" Foster Sisters" appeared to be
we'll committed, for amateur per.
formers, and the acting and costum.
ing indicated careful preparation and
excellent judgment. The tableaua'
of the Sleeping Beauty" we're very
creditable illustrations OF an ideal
story, though they would not have
been, without further effort, accepted
as models for classical painting or
piece of artistic sculpture. Consid.
cred as whole, however, tho enter
tainmert was quite creditable and
netted handsome sum for the asso-
citation. ...
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-27

Ma lille y Is AgAan quite al
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-12-16
A Ladies' Bonnet With Blush. Pro.
ducing Attachment.

1t is not every maiden, in these pro-
sale days, who can summon the "tell-
tale blood" to her cheeks at will, or ST.
lently reveal by an opportune roseate
flush, those inward feelings to which
many young ladies experience such DIFF
hculty in giving verbal expression. But
as the value of the blush, as a high
~ effective weapon in the feminine
armory, is still universally recognized
by the sex, although it would appear to
have somewhat fallen into desuetude.
French ingenuity has been at the pains
OF devising mechanical appliance for
the instantaneous production of a fine
natural glow upon the cheek of beauty
no matter how constitutionally lynn
phatic or philosophically Unconditional
Its proprietress may be. This thought
full continuance is called "The Ladies'
Blushing Bonnet" to the side ribbons
OF which-those usually tied under the
tar wearer's chin-are attached two
tiny but powerful steel springs, ending
in round pads, which are brought to
bear upon the temporal arteries bv the
action OF howing the head, one exqui-
sltely appropriate to modest embarrass-
ment. and by artificially forcing blood
into the cheeks cause them to be suf-
fused with 6 the crimson hue of shame
at moments notice. Should these
ingenious head coverings become the
fashion among girls of the period, it
will behoove "young men about to
marry to take sly peep behind the
bonnet-strings of their blushing charm
ers Immediately after proposing, in
order to satisfy themselves that the
frightening color, by them interpreted
as an Involuntary admission of recipro-
Gated affection. is not due to the agency
of carefully adjusted blushing bon.
net. London Telegraph.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-12-16
Corn Smut and Cattle.

In the fail of the year there is always
frequent complaint of cattle dying after
being turned into the corn field, when
husking is done. Usually this fatality
is attributed very enormously to the
fungus or smut so common on the stalks.
One farmer will affirm that he knows
this to be the cause, having seen the re-
suits so plainly, and so many times, that
there is no possible room to doubt it.
Another testifes with equal energy and
certainty that his cattle have eaten corn
smut time and time again, and that not
the least injury has happened. If this
fungus is. a poison, it must always
operate in the same way. Poisons do
not work differently in different cases.
Arsenic will poison one man just as
quickly as another, and one animal as
soon as another animal; and if corn
smut can be eaten with impunity by one
herd of COWS, it can be eaten with i'm.
punity by all COWS. That cattle do eat
it without injury, we know, and so do
many of our readers. So we conclude
that it is not a poison.
The trouble in such cases is not caused
by the smut but by the stalks themselves,
which cause an impaction of the third
stomach. The cattle are turned among
the stalks, and without sufficient water,
are permitted to eat their fill of the dry
over ripe, indigestible fodder. The re-
suit is death and the smut gets the
credit. The same result often happens
from other causes. A sudden change
from dry food to the stimulating fires
grass of spring, from soft to hard water
or the taking of lead into the system
will cause it.
The symptoms of the impaction, in
acute cases, are drowsiness and stupor.
accelerated pulse and breathing hard
ness and tenderness under the right
short ribs and tremor of the muscles.
At later stage the eyes glare, the ami
NAL moves about regardless of obstacles
often breaking its teeth and horns
against the more solid impediments to
its course and believing fearfully in the
meantime. Death often results in a few
hours.
So far as feeding upon corn stalks is
cause of this trouble, it may be pre-
vented by not allowing the animal to
feed until it is gorged and by giving it
free access to plenty of water. We al
ways followed this rule, and never had
any trouble with cattle that had eaten
stalks or smut Western Rural.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-12-16
The Mexican Burro.

The little burro, or donkey, is dis
tlnctively New Mexican institution.
and have watched these sagacious ami
mails with very great interest as they
piod slowly along the streets or stand
IN droves in some narrow alley, waiting
Tor their masters to return. In either
case they look half asleep and as stupid
as they have been mistakenly represent
ed to be in all literature. Senator
Jones, OF Nevada, says that it is fortu-
nate for the human race that a mule
cannot transmit its intelligence, for if it
could, it would. in few generations,
know more than man and become his
master. The mule certainly inherits
much OF its intelligence from its donkey
parent. The fuel of this city of !, 900
people and large proportion Of its
provisions are brought to market on
the back OF burros. The wood. which
IS taken from the small cedars men
toned in former letters as growing on
the mesas, is cut by the Mexicans and
Pueblo Indians into sticks about three
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-12-16

feet long, most of which ~
crooked. and then loaded on t H. !, ssg
OF the donkeys to be brought = zach
The wood is laid upon fhe ~, sOm.
body in such way that tha alllnaps
shaped like an inverted ..f1 - load d
up two feet above the paeI's. standing
hanging down upon the sides 'is !: and
fastened on with a rope So ara. y !.
That a jerk upon one end 81 Il uged
the whole load and allows 4 - -
the ground on both sides Of thu ~ ~ e
Sometimes Mexican or g rs 0
with small capital may be seen c xaulaa
into town driving before him ! 0o 3:
wood-loaded burro; which bs ~. sllgis
or strikes at least twice with 4ac1ss
which he carries, every time tha : .s o,ack.
takes a step. Men Of larrss s &
drive in bands Of dozen a. 3, 49, ~
donkeys at time, thew Thar. ICY
riding on ponies instead Of waII;rus
straddling the launches Of = hn,s.s 1, y
hind the load of wood. The ;s si.o g
very rarely driven with bridis !.
Mexican wishes to ride one he NM. :
blanket across the pack-saddle. 80 :
with loop in each end throw. ~. ~
the donkey's back serves for st;,rs 80
and a stick performs the Office ~
die. If the Mexican desires 10 tnr. " 3
the right he strikes the burro s saa.' 9
with his stick on the left side e 4!
head, and he understands what 49, ~
means. The burro will not suhm; ~ !
imposition: | saw a Mexican attsmr !
the other day, to make one pull hin = =
a steep bluff by holding to the donls. "
tail; The patient animal stopped -, {
eral times in silent protest, but the M IN.
refused to take the hint, and % M
burro gently raised his heels and ssvs -
the Mexican a kick in the breast which
caused him to release his hold. and Ia IA
the animal skipped up the hill as minis
as a deer.-Santa Fe Cor. Mem w
Tribune. WV
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-12-16
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Seventy different species of vegeta-
bles with over 400 varieties, are grown
in the gardens of the United States.
Farmers should make their home
SO attractive that the affections of the
children will cling to it and return to it
often during their wanderings, as the
sweetest place on earth.
To Turn Horn.-A country paper
thus tells how to turn a horn: Rasp
the horn on the outside if you wish to
turn the horn in. 1t will give life to
that part and increase it's growth won
derfully on the side rasped. You can
give the horn any shape you please by
scraping.
Sauce Robert. two medium
sized onions, chopped very fine, with a
large lump of butter, in a stew-pan; let
them brown well, constantly stirring;
add teaspoonful of flour mixed with
half a pint of good stock; salt and pep
per; cook about five minutes; add a tea
spoonful of mixed mustard and one of
vinegar.
For storing onions, there is no bet
ter place than dry, cool and airy loft,
where they can be spread out thinly
and often looked over for the removal
of those which may have begun to de-
cay Warmth and moisture are fatal to
the keeping of onions and much hand
ling is almost equally so.
The Country Gentleman says it has
been fully proven by chemical examina-
ton and otherwise, that plants in Gv-
ingrooms, or in bedrooms, rather purify
the air than otherwise. Yet they may
in some cases prove injurious in sick
rooms, when the odor is offensive to in
valids, Whatever annoys the sick does
harm to greater degree than healthy
persons can understand d.
Black Leg in Calves.-There is no
cure for the disease in calves known as
black leg or carbuncular erysipelas,
when the swellings on the TANKS and
legs have appeared. In fact, cure may
be said to be impossible at any stage,
bit prevention is easy. just at this
time the disease is imminent with calves
taken from poor pasture and taken on
to good feed or into corn stubble. To
prevent danger, give each one ounce of
inseed oil daily for three days, and do
not let the calves overfeed themselves
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-12-16
Curiositfes Of the Voice.

DR.. Delaney in paper read recent.
~ before the French Academy Medi-
cine, gives some details on the history
and limits of the human voice, which
! he obtained after much patient research.
According to the doctor, the primitive
inhabitants of Europe were all tenors:
their descendants of the present day
baratones and their grandsons viii
have semi-bass voices. Looking at diff.
ferent races, he calls attention to the
fact that inferior races, such as the
negroes, etc., have higher voices than
white men. The voice has also a ten
dency to deepen with age-the tenor OF
sixteen becoming the baritone at twen-
ty-fve, and bass at thirty-five. Fair
complexioned people have higher
voices than the dark skinned, the for
mer being usually sopranos or tenors
the latter contraltos or BASES.
Tenors," says the doctor, :" are
slenderly built and thin; BASES are
stoutly made and corpulent." This
may be the rule, but one is inclined to
think there are more exceptions to it
than are necessary to prove the rule.
The same remark that applies to the
assertion that thoughtful, intelligent
men have always deep-toned voice;
whereas trifers and frivolous person
have soft, weak voices. The tones of
the voice are perceptibly higher, he
points out, before than after meal,
which is the reason why tenors dine
early In order that their voices may not
suffer. Prudent singers eschew
strong drinks and spirituous liquors, es-
pecially tenors, but the BASES can eat
and drink generally with impunity.
Sc The South" says the doctor, fur
nishes the tenors, the North the basses;"
In proof of which he adds that the ma
lority of French tenors come from the
South OF France, whilst the BASES be-
long to the Northern Department.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-12-16
Window Glass.

Some boy writes to "The Doctor"
asking how window glass is made SO
flat and smooth, especially those in
the large windows of store fronts.'
There are two kinds of window glass,
one called "cylinder" and the other
,"plate' glass. All the large panes are
plate-glass, as the size of the cylinder
glass cannot be increased beyond GER
tain point. In this kind Of glass cyl
inder is blown; those who have been in
glass-house-and advise you, when
ever you have an opportunity, to visit
one and see how this wonderful materi-
al is worked-know that to make a cyl
lnder, glass is first blown. This then
is worked into cylinder, by rolling it
upon an iron table; after a cylinder is
made its ends are cut off, and it is di-
vided lengthwise and flattened out to
form flat. smooth sheet. All plate
glass Is cast; a polished iron table has
lodges at the side, as high as the thick
ness of the plate of glass. The melted
glass is poured upon this and spread
and f1attened by copper roller. The
plate is then annealed; that is, put into
very hot furnace. which is so arranged
that the glass will cool very slowly. in
order that it shall be tough when, at THE
end OF a week or so, it is cool. But the
glass is now dull and rough, like that
which you see in roofs and sky-lights.
To become the beautiful plate-glass it
must be ground and polished. The
plates are so arranged that they may be
rubbed together, one upon the other,
by machinery. First sand and water
are placed between them, then emery
OF different sizes, and after-being ground
with the finest emery, they are polished
by rubbing them with some kind of pol
lshing powder. Agricultur-
iSt.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-12-16
Put Life into Your Work.

A young mans interest and duty
both dictate that he should make him
self Indispensable to his EMPLOYERS
He should be so industrious, prompt
and careful that the accident of his
temporary absence should be noticed
by his being missed. A young man
should make his employer his friend.
by doing faithfully and infinitely ali
that is intrusted to him. It is a GREAT
mistake to be over-nice and fastidious
about work. Pitch in readily, and your
Willingness will be appreciated, while
the Enlightened" young man who
bubbles about what is and what is not
his place to do will get the cold
shoulder. There is story that George
Washington once helped to roll log
that one of his corporals would not
handle, and the greatest Emperor of
Russia worked with shipwright
in England-to learn the business.
That's just what you want to do. Be
energetic, look and act with alacrity.
take an interest in your employers
success, work as though the business
was your own, and let your employer
know that he may place absolute re-
lance on your word and on your act.
Be mindful; have your mind to your
business, because it is that which is
going to help you, not those outside
attractions which some of the .sboys''
are thinking about. Take pleasure in
work: do not go about it in listless,
formal manner, but with alacrity and
cheerfulness, and remember that while
working thus for others you are laying
the foundation of your own success in
life.