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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-25
Intelligence Items.

No physicipn holding u diploma from
an American college eau practice medi-
cine in Ontario.
The Hasty Padding Club Of Harvard
College has building fund Of s. $50.
There are $3.50 pupils in the ST.
Louis kindergarlens.
The late William Wheelright has left
$l3S. OOO to found il Newburyport.
Mass, "a school for instruction in pruc-
teal business knowledge.
Young womea study architectural
ard mechanical draughting at Swarlh-
more, the Pennsylvania Quaker Col
lege, whose buildings were burned re-
Gently.
A total loss OF over @ quarter of the
corn crop OF the United States is now
counted on, bringing the total down TO
about l $50 coo 600 bushels.
A jersey city policeman wanted TO
make az arrest and run up record, so
he hired his wife to let him arrest her
under another name. Instead of the
suspended sentence" expected, the
Court fined her $50.
On the bedy Of an outcast woman,
who drowned herself at Detroit, was
found gold medal, which she had re-
ceived for remarkable scholarship On
graduation at an academy.
The outside fiber of a cocoanut is
splendid substitute for leather, and is
used for forming shoe heels. After
mixing with some eementing liqni1, it
is then stamped into form under a
heavy pressure.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-25
Oriental Proverbs.

The following are some of the infinite
number of Oriental proverbs:
The apple and the pomegranate trees
disputed which was the fairer, wher
the thistle exclaimed. Brethren, lei
N not quarrelT'
The nightingale Was shut up in g
golden cage, but she still cried, "My
homo. my home"
Two captains in one ship will surely
sink her.
The fox ends by getting into fur
rier's shop.
knife wounds heal, but not thos,
produced by word.
The heart is crystal palace; once
broken, it can never be mended.
With patience. sour grapes becom.
sweetmeats. and mulberry leaves turr
to satin.
At sight Of . glow-worm, the timid
Org" Ere"
Aay is nothing, but it spoils the ap.
petite.
Il is easy to mount little donkey.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-25

Il is Impossible for woman sitter q faithful
course Of treatment with Lydia + Pnkham's
Vegetable Compound. TO continue to suffer
with weakness Of tha ucrus. Enclose a
stamp IL Mrs. lydia l.. Pin6ha!n, 81 Western
Avenue, Lynn, Mass, for hcr pamphlets.
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Eublic NOtic1

Furniture, Carpets and Glassware al auc-
/ ten prices, at private special Inducements
for country buyers, at II. Schellhaas, 18th
street, Ola Fellows Building, Oakland, Cal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-25

j. w. Shaetier s. Co., 1921 and 323 Sac
ramentJ St. San Francisco. employ NJ
drummcrs. Cigars sold very cheap.
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Mosquitoes.

A toothsome ccuntryman, who was
waving handkerchief about his heaG
in Sixth avenue car, exclaimed:
II don't mind 'skeeter that sings
out an let's ye know he's coming fur
ye an gives yer a chance, but one OF
these critters takes hold afore ye knows
he's there. Then ye kin kill i'm, but
he's bit ye."
"StraDger, use pennyr'alr calculated
q lsnk Western woman, who sat on the
opposite seat.
"Put yer head in bagw suggested
a boy who was stealing a ride on the
step.
"Let me kill 'em for you" offered @
large man.
A gentleman in business coat stood
up. leaned eagerly over the sufferer
aud said, "Have you ever tried st.
Ja-?"
The sufferer jerked the strap in the
middle of the saints name and hastily
left the car.-!New York Sun.
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The Key to Health.

Have you found the key to perfect healtl.
ard strength Il is Kidney Wort, the onl,
remedy that oVrrcCmcS 1T oEcc the inaction
Of the kidneys aud bowels. 1t puriies the
blood by cleansing the system of ioul humors
anu by giving strength to the liver. kidney ,
and bowels 20 perform heir regular func.
lions. See disI layed advertise men.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-25

Patrick Stanton. of Brooklyn, is in a
Tx. Evelyn Lambert shows the certifi.
cate OF their marriage three weeks ago.
and demands to be supported as wife
ought to be. Stanton, who is bright
and pretty steady young truckmau, de-
MES ever marrying her or any woman
with his knowledge and consent. Re-
Gently at . picnic he became intoxi.
Gated for the only time in his life, and
while he was obIivious it is thougst
the girls friends lifted him through
some sort of wedding performance,
and answered TO. him. The courts are
trying to decide whether he is married
or not.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-25

ALI. Photographs made AT the New York Gallery
No. % Third s., S f., are guaranteed 10 be tirs:-
c,ass. Prices 20 suit the times J. H. PETERS & Co.
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LYDIA e PlNKHAM'S
VTEETABr,T rnrpnTTMO
Is n Positive Cure

Is n Positive Cure
for oil those Painful Cemplnints and Weaknesses
TO best female population.
Il Will cure entirely tho worst form OF Female Com
plants MI OVARIAN troubles Inflammation ard Ulcera
ton, falling and Dispncemcnts, and the consequent
Spinal Weakness, aud Is particularly adapted to the
Change OF Life
1t will dissolve md expei tumors from the uterus in
enrly stngo Of Developments. Tho tendency to can
hunUfSt checked very speedily y Its use
1t removes fnlntness stulency destroys all craving
for stinunn,s and relieves weakness of the stomach.
1t cures Floating. Headaches. Nervcus rrostration.
General Debility slceIlessness. Depression ami InG!-
geston.
That feeling OF hearing down. causing pain, weight
anil bacacl IS Rlwnys permanently cured ty its uso.
1t will all times and under all circumstances actin
harmony with tho laws that govern tie female system
For tho OF Kidney Complaints Of either sex this
Compound Is unsurpassed.
LYDIA L. PINkuiM's VEGETABLE CON.
POT NDis prepared at 293 and 23j Western Avenue.
Lynn, Mass rrce 81. Six bot:iesfor g.. Sent y mail
IN the form of pills also in the form Of ozenGes
receipt OF price, el per box for either. Mrs IinkhaIu
freely all letters Of inquiry. Send for panph
lei; Address a. abe. e. rtttton this NIier.
NJ family shouli DO without LYDIA T. FlNHEAM'S
LIVER PILLS They euro constipation, bth0usnsss
and torpdity Of the liver. % cents .cr box.
e. Sold by all Druggists. al 8
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We had friend say TO us few days ago;
never do anything for cold; just wear i:
OF" That is eXceediagly dangerous; one
might do that - times and the Goth time the
cold would settle Oh the lungs and lead t.
consumption, and thus cut ones life short
many years. l. il not better, and mere ser
s;ble to 20 to your druggist and get bottle
Of Ammen's Cough Syrup than run any risk
at all.
Furniture ana bedding at retail al whole
sale prices. ii. Schelhaas. 18th. St, Oak
land. Cal.
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Can man or woman choose duties
No more than they can choose their
birthplace, or their father and mother.
-IGeorge Eliot.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-02-02

UNSINKABLE SHIPs.-The problem Of
rendering ships unSinkable has from the
earliest times received careful attention
from inventors and others and various pro-
positions for effecting this object have been
'dvanced from time to time. although, go
far as we are aware, none of them have
over hnen introduced in practice. This
question has found another advocate in Mr.
Lamb of London. who has had n steam
launch built to Illustrate his system. This
launch was inspected and short FUN was
made in her Mt North Woolwich bv a party
If gentlemen interested in steam navioa-
tion. The principle consists in attaching
10 I'll" sides of the hull of vessel series
of fiat air-tight metallic cylinders or drums
the inner heads Of which are built into,
and form part Of the framing and inner
skin Of the vessel The drums project on
either side of the ship and are cased in,
the under sides of the castings normally
resting upon the surface Of the water, and
Incoming slightly immersed under load.
The result Is a light draught with great
free board, and it is claimed that greater
stability under canvas and higher rate
Of speed under steam or sail are thereby
attained, besides several other contingent
advantages. The principles Of the system
and the construction of the launch, which
has no prefensions to beauty were explain
ed n the visitors during short run, in
which a fair speed was maintained, the
vessel moving very steadily. There can
be no question of the safety of such ves-
sci under mos circumstances as regards
her immunity from sinking. although in
ann vino the nrinpip1n in npantina carorol
questions of detail will have to he met
which have not been considered in the
launch in question. 1t is, however, only
fair to state that the vessel is the first of its
kind, and so far is only experimental.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-02-02

BY NATURALIST.

Pearl oysters are found in various parts
of India and the Pacific ocean at depth
of about twelve fathoms of water. They
are distinguished by their triangular form,
teeth. Most of these shells have pearlv
interior, but true pearls are merely morbid
growths Their formation is caused by The
introduction of some irritating substance
between the mouth and the shell. The
irritation causes the animal to cover the
intruding ohjest with layers of pearl, and
thus this valuable ornament is formed.
The Chinese produce pearls artifcially
by inserting grains of sand in the position
described.
AS have shown, the pearl is concre-
tion mainly of carbonate of lime. 1t is
usually of yellowish or blush white
In Europe and America the purest white
pearl is the most valuable, but the Hindoos
and Arabs prefer yellowsh hue.
From very early period pearls have
ranked among gems, and have been highly
esteemed as ornaments The Old Testa-
ment Scriptures frequently allude to them.
The Greeks and Romans used them in pro
fusion, even to decorate their feet. Pliny
alludes to n breastplate which Cesar
brought home from his British expedition,
formed of British pearls. Another ancient
writer declares that to procure pearls was
the conqueror's chief inducement to un.
dertake this expedition.
The pearl fisheries have constituted a
special business from antiquity in the Per-
sian gulf, and at present are prosecuted
extensively near Arippo, on the western
coast of Ceylon.
The pearl oysters lie in banks some
fifteen miles from the shore. The fishing
begins in April. when the sea is in its
calmest condition. and continues 10 the
end of May.
The work is managed as follows: A
feet of boats manned for the purpose leave
the shore at midnight so as to reach the
banks at early dawn. Government yes.
sells are on the spot to arrange and control
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-02-02

TEACH THE CHILDREN INDEPENDENCE
AND DECIsIoN.-I NAV be heresv-manv
o'd-fashioned people will think it so-but
| believe we ought to encourage in all
children, from the first dawn of reason, a
reasonable free will, which should be ex.
erciSed whenever possible. in all impor-
tont things, gradually becoming more and
more unimportant as reason and common
sense increase. Under due supervision I
would allow child to choose its own
clothes, pursuits, companionship, subject
10 advice, suggestion or veto. if neces-
sarv; but still made to understand that to
guido and control itself, to net and decide
for itself, is not crime to be punished hut
duty of life to be fulfilled every year
more perfectly and more wisely And,
above all, | would teach children never to
lean where they can stand upright, never
to ask another person to decide for them
when they can decide for themselves, or to
10 for them what they are able to do for
themselves. AT all ages and in all crises,
if we must act. let US act without troubling
other people; if we must suffer-alas! it is
hard to teach child this. and yet we
ought-let US, as much as possible, learn
to suffer alone, without inhicting needless
pain upon other people. Sharp discipline.
this. 1t is even more difficult to guide
viii! than to break it. but what different
result we shall find if we succeed Instead
of feeble. helpless, useless creatures
comics, in short-we shall have made our
children into capable human beings. whom
we can rely on and trust in; who will be
help to us, and not us only, through the
thorny paths of life; whom, if it be Gods
will, we may even leave without fear to
fight the world without us. That sharpest
agony of parents-to die and leave our
children helpless-is greatly lessened, if,
in our lifetime, we are able to make them
helpful by urging them to independence.
not dependence, to decision instead of in
dicision, and brave action rather than pas
sive endurance They may make a few
mistakes-we all do-and some enemies;
the weak often secretly hate the strong,
even while making use of them: but in the
long run they will have the hest of it.
Hard worked they may be; we'll abused,
too, sometimes. but they will lead not only
the most useful but the happiest lives
Mrs Crdtk.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-02-02

EVERY MAN HIS OWN WEATHER PRoPH.
ETA table has been compiled by DR.
Herschel, and corrected by the late DR.
Adam Clarke, said to be the result OF
many years actual observations, beins
constructed on II due consideration of the
attraction of the sun and moon, in their
several positions, respecting the earth. Ii
shows what kind of weather will most
probably follow the entrance of the moon
into any of its quarters, and it is said that
it will seldom I've found to fail. 1t i,
founded on the hour when some phase o
the moon happens as follows: If the new
first quarter full moon, or last quarter
happens between midnight and 2 A. NJ,
the weather will be fair in summer and
there will be hard frost in winter; il
either phase mentioned happens between
2 and A. NJ, cold and shOwery in sum
mer md snowy and stormy in winter;
and 6, rainy at both seasons; 6 and s
wind and rain in summer and stormy in
winter; 8 and 10, changeable in summer
or rain and snow in winter; 10 and II
showery in summer and cold and high
wind in winter; noon and P. M, rainy
in summer, snow or rain in winter; 2 to
P. M, changeabe in summer and fail
and mild in winter; and 6, fair in
both sensons; and 8, fair or rainy, ac
cording to the direction Of the wind in
summer, and fair or snowy or rainy il
winter, according to the wind; and TO-
the same; 10 and u, fair in summer anC
fair and frosty in winter. The nearer the
moons changes-irst quarter, full and las
quarter-are at midnight, the fairer will
it be during the next seven days. The
nearer to midday or noon the phases o
the moon happen the more foul or wei
weather may be expected during the mex
seven days.
Now take your family almanac, consul
this table and improve on Vennor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-02-02

LIFE IN THE PRAIRIEs.-An immigrant
finds plenty Of elbow room on the prairies
of South America. The land is. in the
main. an immense fiat, no doubt: very
largo tracts Of alluvial without n tree or
pebble; part Of it mere swamps or salt
Wilderness. But even these thousand
miles Of nnhroken level are not without a
npcu'iar heauty of their own heir bound
les horizon and awful solitude. the fresh
rnss and purity Of tho Htmnsphnra and
tho keen enjoyment Of unlimited freedom.
Nor. apart from Intercourse with his fell
low men. is man here crushed hy the
sense Of utter forIornness; for nothing is
mo'e striking than the teeming life Of the
animal kingdom in the pampas-the abun-
dance of game. the stork and herons. the
owls and the hawks; the flights of the
wild tnrkevs and fOcks Of ostriches, to
say nothing Of the ubiquitous pteroptero
and chnttering little cardinal; vast null
tiiude and variety of fowls and brutes
namelnSs to me as well as numherless-
the @avetv of whose plumage and fur and
he s'rangeness and Witness Of whose
scrnechos and howls n settler will alwnvs
1nl everywhere have with him, and which
will only gradually make room for the
fl cks and herds, and barking and below.
ing, the Growing and cackling of his do
nestle surroundings. Life in the prairies
is life in The saddle, for the very beggar
here is mounted, that being the only
available method of progression. The
horses are docile, fleet and sure. footed,
md cost little to buy or to keep.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-02-02

the operations. At daybreak cannon is
fired as signal to begin. The fishing
boats usually carry a captain, pilot and
about twenty men. One-half of these
are professional divers. They are divided
into two companies of five men each who
relieve each other by turns. They are
provided with ropes which are held by
men in the boat, the lower ends Of which
are fastened to baskets in which the divers
gather the pearl oysters. Each is armed
with Il knife which he uses to detach the
oysters, and also 10 fight the sharks. if
they chance to come too near. They
work very rapidly, and remain under
water, at any one time, only Il minute or
two. They continue the work until about
10 O'Clock A. M. when another signal gun
warns them to return to the shore.
As soon as the boats reach the beach
laborers employed for the purpose carry
off the produce of each days fishing.
These oysters are spread out upon the
shore to purify under the burning sun.
After this the oysters are taken out and
placed in troughs, when they are washed
and the pearls are separated from their
surroundings. The pearls thus procured
are bought and sold on the spot, the spec
ulators usually making the most of the
profits.
pnorlc vorv rnnoh in CHM TboSa that
are unusually large are valuable because
they are rare. Except these, those which
are about the size of IA pea and of good
color and form, are the most valuable.
The Romans were accustomed to pay
enormous prices for choice pearls. Strings
of pearls were valued by them as high as
forty thousand dollars. History informs
us that Cleopatra's pearls in her ear drops,
which she proposed to dissolve in vinegar,
at costly report, have been valued at
four hundred thousand dollars.
The Spaniards who first visited the
American continent found the natives
decked with necklaces and bracelets of
pearls, and Montezuma, when first he met
Cortes, wore garments adorned with
precious pearls.
Pearls of large size were found in the
streams near Salem. ia New Jersey, one
of which was sold in Paris, in 1858, for
more than two thousand dollars.
The pearl fisheries of the B)heim islands
in the Persian gulf yield annually from
one million dollars to one million five hun
dred thousand dollars.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-02-02

A Policy OF CONQUEsT.-The war in
the Eransvaal is fresh illustration oi
the evils of conquest. 1t is another in.
stance, also, in which one of Lord Bca-
cOnhelis chickens has not come home tu
roost, AS in justice it ought to have done.
but has come to perch upon the broad hut
already heavily -burlened shoulders of
Mr. Gladstone. A more unwelcome Wis
ltor conld hardly be imagined; for the
premier must now ac' as in1ge in ease
upon which he has once passed Il severe
sentence of condemnation.
When in 1877 Lord Beaconsfeld, then
premier of England, forcibly invaded and
annexed to the Cape Colony in South AT
rca the republic OF the Transvaal. he only
followed out the old time policy of Eng,
land and the line of his own purpose
5ut for all that, 10 men with more con
science and less greed for aggrandizement,
he did most unjust and uniustifitble
thng. Nor dld Mr. Gladstone spare the
lash tor 1t during the last electoral cam
palgn.
Inc boers OF the Iransvaal, an almos'
purely agricultural people, contented,
peaceaole ana ialrly prosperous, had for
thirty seven years maintained n republic
when Lord Beaconslield laid his hand Of
conquest upon them Going out as a
D9tch colony they carried with them tn"
spirit and purpose as to independence and
government whlch nave made Hollan
ana an Ihe DulGh republic lannon's in history
lney resisted therefore, rs vel as they
could the Ehgilsh yoke and they have
never res'ed quietly under It. The policy
ol conquest Pursue1 turlher INTO Zllu
anu' anu Clle eNlsl'nE troubles IN BaSulo
li'hd' served TO PrerlpItate the Beers int
IN uprising. lheN are now making q
TeSl9le rts Struggle i4f independence, an
rhS''nu Is pltccn before the world IN th'
unenV'ao'e PoSil'oh OF surviving ny force OF
''rlhs rims 10 maintain ana perpetuate a mon
arcny over an uhwlll'ng and formerly
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-02-02

The preliminary report on the cotton
manufactures of the United States made
to the census Office by Mr.. Edward At
kinson shows considerable growth in
this important industry in the last decade.
In that time the looms of the United
States have increased in number from
l57, 900 to 1900 and the spindles from
7,l30OO0 to 10,92l 900; the number of
hands employed from 10000 to $4,000
and the amount of cotton used from $685.
100000 to 7l9,000,000 pounds. In New
England was manufactured more than
five sevenths of the entire amount of
cotton consumed In the United States last
year. The capacity of the New England
mills has increased since 1870 from ia,
900 looms and 6,49S,000 spindles to
1856. 700 looms and S,806,000 splndles,
while the consumption of cotton has arisen
from $685.. 900 In 03,3l2,000 pounds
The most suggestive result shown by the
census statistics is the growth of the cotton
industry in the south. In 1870 the south
ern mills had II 900 looms and All, ,00C
spindles. They now have more than
Is. 900 looms and 7l4,0O0 spindles. In
1870 the consumption of cotton amount
ed to 100000 pounds. In 1880 /,
had swollen to nearly 100000, 900 pounds
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-02-02

Barker says he made up his mind. yes
terdav, that he would give his wife a
pleasant surprise by spending the evening
ut home, and after supper he settled him
self down for cosy time in the bosom of
his family. He had no more than comfort
ably fixed himself when his wife asked
him if his friends didn't want him any
Ions er, and that was why he had concluded
to get acquainted with his family Then
bis mother-in.law asked him If he had ex-
hausted his credit and was obliged to stay
at home. The hired girl asked if he WAS
sick. and proposed to make him some cat.
nip tea. One of the neighbors came in
and wanted to know If no had been hav-
ing any trouble, and was afraid Of Tho
sheriff. And Barker says all that occurred
in less than twenty minutes. and he, knows.
for in exactly half an hour he was down
town again.