Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-25
Jullet's Tomb.

With an important historical event
Curiosity draws huEdrods to the spo
willing to pay for sightseeing. Al
amusing description Of visit to tht
tomb of one.of Shakespeare's heroines
Juliet, OF Verona, is given by W. A
; Croffut:
We went back few rods, turned init
little dirtier path, entered at O broker
gate and were led to a spot under
barn, where stood "the tomb O.
Juliet"
1t was of red Verona marble, abou
six feet long, three feet high and thre,
feet wide. and was b ollowed ont from
above like large basin. Through;eitbel
end and both sides. at the bottom, wer,
oritices about two inches in diameter
Upon the sides and ends of the REQ
trough were piled thousands Of visiting
cards-some fresh and white, some
brown with age.
"Aees." said the guide, lees ze
tomba OF Senorita Giulietta. Zees
holess," he continued poking his cane
into the orifices in the side already re-
ferred to. Gees where Giulietts she
stick her arm out"
"Say!' said the man from Little
Rock, "wharo ID she now? Where's
her bones? What have they done will
EN- 2"
:" 70 bones he lie in zs groun' under
beneathy," said the guide, in o mufiled
voice. full of sorrow. as he raped
gently on the ground; "or mebbe ze
Montasues take her bone away-ahl'
What made them make her toml
look exactly like bath tub ?" asked
the lady from West Virginia. in pa
thetic manner.
"Zs bas tub2 p said the guide,
gloomily.
why, yes!' exclaimed three o,
four of the party, exactly like one
don't you seeP just deep enough
holes for water to run out-bet twas q
bath tub"
"Ah. madam" sighed the guide, his
voice full Of tears; " cannot deceive
youl Us tomba Was never 70 bas tub,
but it may be re grand fountain where
70 Rome Emperor water zs horse"
Watering trough!' said the gentle.
man from Hartford.
"Zey have no oZzsr tomoa for poor
Giuiietta." said the guide; $50 zay
use hir9.r
= CLERGYMAN IN A FIx.-A certain
newly installed clergyman was return
ing to the CITY, after u visit to parish
toner's in the country. When he was
hitch!ng his horse in front of the resi-
dence of a friend on Brown street, a
wagon drove up, darky's head popped
out from under blanket in the bottom
of the wagon, aud in response to an
inquiry from the driver, who CHANGED
to DO constable. the darkey sang out:
" Yes, sab; dat's do man, Arrest him,
shuah, boss. befo' he Glars outl" The
clergyman simply resembled very close
ly man who hsi obtained valuables
from the darky under false represen-
tations. Explanations followed and
the of1fcer and darky went one way,
while the Clergyman went the other
lRochester Democrat.
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toll them fifteen minutes in we'll salted
boiling water; drain them; put them
into fryiDg-pan with sufficient butter
10 prevent burning; brown them; stir
in tablespoonful of flour; cover them
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ing of salt and pepper and stew them
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salt and pepper and boiling water
enough to cover them. and gently stew
them until tender; serve them hot.
A DIsAPPoINTING MAN.-He was a
gentleman of dignity ard standing in
tho'community, and when he remarked
to his next door neighbor in presence
of number of people at swell party
"Ah, Mrs. Sharpe. not every boy is
like your SOM" Her cheeks flushed
with motherly pride and qualification,
and she replied: "I know itw And
then he added: I'm mighty glad they
ain't!' and then the flush faded from
her cheeks and an ugly look came in
her eyes and the listeners had to turn
away to conceal their smiles. Some
men are real brutes.
la Nature, recently had an arti
Gle showing how sewer-gas is disin-
fected at the Hospital dc la Pitie, Paris.
The gas passes into an earthenware
cylinder, about four feet in height, filed
with charcoal sprinkled with nitro.
sulphuric acid. The moisture con-
tained in the gas condenses on the
charcoal, setting free the nitrous oxide
contained in the nitro-sulphuric acid
which destroys the sul2huretted by
drogen ard all dele.erious matters.
The suicidal mania is spreading so
rspidly in Berlin that the authorities
are earnestly considering in what man.
ner it can best he checked. A pamphlet
just published in Berlin states that in
the years from 1873 to 1878, $50 cases
of suicide were registered per million
inhabitants in Berlin, 2S5 in Vienna
1Sn in T,o;ro.o orI 1,l- o. ., Ia,1z-