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

Incid ents OF the Michigan Fires.
On This liue OF rc2@ sixty nine farmers
were left without house, barn. fencing,
furniture or food, ard in many cases
one or more members of the family had
been roasted alive. lie one instance
four families were living in little cl'i
log stable which the ire had somehow
spared. and were cooking sort Of hoe
cake over fire at tie door. Their sole
cooking u;eBsil was an old dust-pan
which had been taken from the yet hot
ashes of Ia burned farm house.
In to the north Of this the Thornton
family were wiped cut with the excep-
tion of boy. Thornton had hitohed
up his team to drive the family to &
place of safety. but when he ssw that
they were all surrounded by the flames
lie unhitched the horses in despair.
Before they could be nnharnessed they
bOlted in different directions, and the
old man became so confused that be ran
directly towards big slashiug, which
was then perfect mass cf flame, and
dropped and died with his head to-
wards it.
Meantime the mother and children
had taken refuge III the root house.
This was structure mostly sunk in
the ground and tho roof well covered
With earth. Here they were all Iigh;
for time, but when TIE father failed to
jJin them one OF the sons went out t.
SEQ what caused the deiay. He was
harily ont of the place before the door
through which ne had passed was in
flames. in this emergency he ran TO Il
dry creek an.l by lying on his face and
keeping his mouth to the ground he
lived through it.
! | talked with woman vino lived Eeigh-
Dor to tho TLofntons, aid who escaped
10y fleeing to field of pl,wed ground.
This VAS only few rods from the roo!
house, ani sho said it WAS fully un hon,
before the screams and shrieks and
groans from the people inside grew
quiet il death. One by Que they were
snffocaied by heat and smoke. and their
bodies presented most horrible sp-
pearanco.
To Ole riding through the district il
seems miraculous that single soul es.
capped. Tie fire swept through The
green trees the same as the dry. 1t rau
through fields of corn with u
speed Cf twenty miles an hour, aud
fields of green clover were swept at
bare as a floor. Dark and gloomy
swamps. filled with ponds OF stsgnanl
water. and the home for years of wild
cats, bears and snakes, were struck aud
shriveled and burned almost in a fash
Over tht parched meadows The dames
ran faster than horse could gallop
Horses did gallop before it, but were
overtaken and left roasting on the
ground. 1t seems ae if every hope ald
avenue of escape were cut IF, and yel
hundreds of lives were spared. Peo'
pie spent ten to twenty honrs in ditche.
and ponds. or in tielis under WEI
blankets. having their hair singrd
their limbs b!istered aud their clothing
burned eff piece by piece NJ. Quaa
in Detroit Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11
WHOLE NO. 1901.
Saving the Express Train.

A few weeks ago, fearful storm in
Iowa undermined bridge. A freight
train in crossing it at night fell through
and several men were killed. Kate
Shelby, fifteen years Of age, heard the
crash. She and her mother were alone
in cottage not far away. and realizing
what had happened, Kate lighted Ian
tern and amid the hurricane started
for the wreck. The subsequent MARIA
tive shows her heroism and presence
of mind:
Her light soon went out, but she felt
her way through the woods and fallen
timbers TO the edge of the dashing
waters that covered the drowned .mspv
She could hear, above the roar Of the
tempest, the voice Of Wood, the engi-
neer, who had caught in . tree top.
She knew that the express, with its
load of passengers, was nearly due, and
that she only knew of its danger and
was the only living being who could
prevent an awful catastrophe. Tho tele-
graph Office at Moingona or Boone was
the only place where she could notify
the officers.
To Boone was five miles over hills
and through the woods. and before she
could get there the express would have
passed. To Moingona was only mile,
but between here and Moingona was the
Des Moines River, ten or fifteen feet
above its natural height, and to cross
this she must pass over the railroad
bridge. fifty feet above the rushing
waters.
She must cross this bridge, four hun.
ared feet long, with nothing but the
ties and rails. the wind blowing . gale,
and the foaming. seething waters be-
meath.
Not one man in Q thousand but
would have shrunk from the task. Not
one man in five hundred would have
gone over at any price, or under any
circumstances.
But this brave girl. with the nerve Of
giant, gathered about her her flowing
skirts, and on hands and knees orawled
over the long, weary bridge. Tie after
tie was passed.
1t was time for the express train to
come dashing over the bridge, and to
hurl her down to death amid the dark
waters of the roaring. rushing river.
The blood from her lacerated knees
stained ber dress, but she did not faltsr.
She reached the shore. and the remain.
ing half mile she few, almost, to the
telegraph Office.
Breathless and in broken accents she
told her tale Of death and destruction.
and tainted in the arms Of the bystand-
ers. The wires were set at work, and
q horrible disaster syerted.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11
Ancient and Modern Proposals.
NEW STYLE.

NEW SI1LEs
Her eyes shone beautiful, Joyous
light when he leaned forward and
said:
Julia. have something confidential
to tell you"
"What is it, Augustus ?" she asked
in low. silvery voics-a kind of Ger
man silvery voice.
Well, Julia, to be frank with you,
l think and then he seemed to be
thinking. 81 think" he said, "that
under some circumstances raight love
you. Now. do you love me ~
"Yes, Augustus. I DO love you-you
know do;" and she flung her alabas-
ter arms around his neck.
II am very glad, Julia" he said,
for l like to be loved"
well, Augustus
But Augustus never said another
word. Fashionable fellows never say
more than that nowadays.
They were never married..
OLD STYLE.
"Msy I call you Paula ?" he asked
modestly.
"Yes." she said, family.
Dear Paula! may 1 call you that p
II suppose so."
"Do you know love you?"
"Yes."
"And ahall I love you always?"
If you wish to-"
"And will you love me?"
Paula did not reply.
"Will you, Paula?" he repeated.
"You may love me-" she said again.
"But don't you love me in return 2"
II love you to love me-"
won't ycu say anything more ex
plicit?'
II would rather not"
They were married and happy withir
three months.
MoRAL.-Girls, never tell fellow
that you love him till he has asked yor
to be his wife.
How to avoid drowning-stay OF
shore.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11

II the stories about abarks being
caught in the Hudson River were told
with ony Eope that the boys would be
deferred from bathing in that stream.
tho time OF the narrators Was thrown
away. The boys have simply been
stimulated to new fondness for the
water. 1t has spice Of danger in it
now.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11
A Talk With DR.. Boynton.

AL lutCkNAOW Va Ia AOy AeoA 40 VA ak
reported from Cleveland: Since the
death of President Garfield many con
fiicting statements relative to the sur
geors have been in circulation, and as
DR.. Boynton has been brought quite
prominently before the public in this
connection, he has been called on. and
the following interview obtained from
him:
Doctor, is it true, as was stated il
the New York Times. that while al
Elberon Drs. Agnew and Hamilton re-
monstrated with You for giving pablo
ity to opinions not in accord with theil
own regarding the Presidents case ?"
"There is not a word of truth in the
statement"
"Were your relations with the at.
tending surgeons cordial or otherwise p
sour personal relations were cor.
dial"
"In what respect did your opinions
differ from theirs?"
81 understand nearly all the serious
symptoms and complications arising
in the Presidents case after about Aug
ust 1st were due to blood-poisoning
and that serious lung trouble was due
to blood-poisoning developed before
bis removal from Washington. 1 under
stand the presence of blood. poisoning
was not admitted by the attending sur.
geons until few days prior to the
Presidents death. The presence of any
serious lung complication was also
denied. The cough was attributed by
them to be simple bronchial catarrh.
"Did you witness the sutopsyp"
81 did,
"In view of the autopsy, do you still
consider the lung trouble was due to
pyamia and was of the nature OF metas.
tatic abscesses 2"
81 do. When the lung tissue was
divided the pus poured out in abun.
dance, mainly from the minute bron.
chial tubes and that peculiar conges-
tion of the lobules OF the lungs which
constitutes the first stage in metastatic
abscess, exhibited in marked degree
this condition of the lungs, and this
constitutes one Of the most common
complications in py@mia. and is essen
TALLY different in it's nature from an
ordinary Case of bronchial pneumonia. '
"Were there any pus cavities in the
lungs?"
"No, sir, there were not. In many
cases of meta static abscess of the lungs
no pas cavities are formed. In the
Presidents case there were no symp.
toms during life indicating the pres.
ence of these pus cavities"
'"It has been reported you were to
make a full statement of the autopsy as
you viewed it. Will You do so now p
II am not the authority for such q
report.
"Did you state, as reported in a
Chicago paper, that the ball was acci.
dentally found loose and rattling around
in the bottom of bowl in which the
intestines had been placed ?"
"No, sir; made no such statement
I may have stated in private conversa.
tion, not expecting it to be made public
that when the contents Of tho abdomi.
nal cavity we're removed and placed ir
a washbowl, the ball was conveyed with
them into the bowl, where it was after
wards discovered after failure to fine
it in the region of the pus cavity. which
had been mistaken for the track of thu
ball."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11
The Way Snobs Do 1t.

A few years ago q wealthy man in
Portland, wishing some chairs, stuck up
his nose at everything of the kind in
that city. in which was IN excellent
chair-maker. So he jonrneyed TO Bos-
ton, and found what he wanted to his
great delight. Upon his bringing them
home, he invited his friend, the chair
manufacturer, to see the splendid
chairs. The chair maker called to see
the new styles and learn something, but
when he saw the chairs he was little
surprised. "You bought these in Bos.
ton of Mr.. ---. didn't you," was the
first question. EYES," was the reply.
"You paid him ten dollars apiece and
freight ?' "Yes, but how did you
know who sold them and what they
cost9" "Why, because 1 made them.
and there is my name on the bottom.
would have made you these chairs at
six dollars and saved you four dollars
apiece and the freight, had you told me
you wanted SUCH" That vas wien
fool learned o good lesson.
When the New Testament appears in
a paragraph form, with its quotations
inserted like those of other works, it
will be found that the new typogrsph-
ical form. or "make mp" will attract
general readers to an extent which the
unsightly versiicstion could not do.
To many the sense will be far more
easily and completely seen, and tie
variations become mora vivid. An in
crease of scriptural reading may be
confidently expected.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11
How She Was Arrayed.

Mr.. and Mrs. Tcpnoody were getting
ready to call on friend the other even
ing, and Mrs. T., desiring to look we'll,
Was arraying herself in great variety
Of colcrs. Topnoody noticed it, and
began to comment. Said he:
"Mrs. Topnoody, think woman Of
your age ought to wear more subdued
colors."
"Oh, do you," was the response.
"What would you suggest as becoming
to your angel wife?'
81 think black dress is simple, taste
full and always becoming"
"Well then, Topnoody. suppose you
die and leave me q widow, 20 that can
wear the color you think most becoming
to me. OF course, you couldn't see me
in it, but it would be such q pleasure
and comfort to me to know that l was
pleasing my poor, dead husband"
Then Mrs. Topnoody smiled in euch
svery satisfied way that Topnoody con-
cluded his suggestions were too previ-
Gus. and be busted himself tying his
uecktie, while Mrs. T. distributed the
rainbow tiDts as she pleased.
One MANS OpISIoN.-HenIy Giles
says: No man Can be secure against
love. "a man may escape six days iD
the week, bat fall over head and ears
into it Saturday night. Wisdom.
strength and valor love breaks down;
imperial am bition it humbles; it turns
the miser into spendthrift and charms
the cynic Into song. Even old age is
not proof against it.; therefore the
strongest of MS should be charitable to
his weaker brother, and say to himself:
1t was once my own case, or it may
be-"
When an Ohio man was chawed up
into little bits by Il threshing machine,
his vile said there was one consolation.
His corpse was safe from bojy-snatch-
ers.
The most beautiful woman at Sara
toga this season is said to have been u
CIRCUS rider.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11

The morning wedding II NO longer
fashionable in England. Three In the After
noon is now the hour for tying tAs lAet II
best society circles.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11
Base Ingratltude.

A pleasant reniniscence of gratitude
which makes one rejoice to belong to
human race capable Of such noble un.
sel6shness is told Of one Nathaniel
Prime. formerly ooaohman for . Bos-
ton merchant, early in this century,
who. BY" shaving notes." did 20 we'll
that be moved to New York. At din
ner party he happened to remark that
with IS 900 he could double the money
in o year. A rich Georgia planter asked
him what security he could give.
"The word Of an honest man." said
Prime. The Georgian loaned him the
moLsy, and it turned out q he had pre-
dicted. Some years afserwsrd the
Georgian, needing 5000 to prevent
the foreclosure Of mortgage, went to
Prime, who had become . prominent
banker, and reminding him ofhis early
loan. said he would like to borrow that
amount. "Whst security can you
give?' asked Prime. recalling the Geoi-
gisn's question to him. The word Of
an honest man." replied the Georgian,
repeating Primes former answer. At
this point, everybody would expect
Prime to have arisen and offered tho
Georgian all the money he needed.
But he only answered, "The word Of
an honest man will not pass in Wall
street." refused him the loan. and the
Georgian became . beggar. Prime
ought to. and in romance he would,
have also died in the poor house. But,
as matter Of fact, he lived to be very
rich man; although his son became in
sane and killed himself from fear Of b.
coming poor.
Mrs. Kettlsdrum to her hostess. Mrs.
Sweetbody. on parting: Goodbye.
dear. We've spent q delightful evening;
everything SO nice; haven't We Kettle 2"
"Chawming, m shah, Mrs. Sweetbody."
"By-bye; come round soon." Every
soon." Mrs. X: "Well. I'm glad
that's over; was there ever such . stu
pid affair? That woman thinks che
can give o party, but she cant; NO
style; nothing like the one ve gave,
was it?" Kettledrum: "Nothine:
deuced slow aff,ir, and as for that ass,
Swsetbody, he has no more to cay in his
own house than q baby" "Do you
think so? Why, he's very gentlemanly
man, think Argumeatum sd hom-
inem and Sccratio dialogue till bed
time.
1t is thought that Vanderbilt grew 30
wealthy by exercising the most rigid
economy in the mstter of his pew rent
and keeping his foreign mission sub-
scription down to sl.1S . year. That
is. great many people seem to think 20.
and are striving to erect colossal for.
times on the same foundation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11
Fragrance of Flowers.

Leigh Hunt has the following genial
passage touching the perfume of flow.
ers: Oh, world Of mystery that every
where hangs about us and within Us!
Who can, even in imagination, pene-
trate to the depths Of the coMmonesi
Of tie pheu omepa OF our daily life {
Take, for instance. one of these pots OF
narcisse. We have ourselves had g
plant Of the variety known as soliet d 'o-,
in flower, in sitting-room for six
weeks, during the depth of winter, Civ
ing forth the whole of that time without
(so far as we know ceasing, even dur
ing sleep (fer We need hardly tell oul
readers that plants DO sleep), The
same full stream of fragrance. Love
itself does not seem t. preserve more
absolutely its wealth, while most lib
orally dispensing it'll That fragrance
has material basis. though We cannot
detect it by our finest tests. What
millions of millions Of atoms must gi
to the formation of even single gust
IS it were. Of this divine fower-breath
Yet this goes on through seconds, min
utes, hours, days, weeks, and ceases
only with the health of the poor flow
or petals. Where. then, in these petals
these thin, unsubstaniial cream fakes
may we look to find stored mp oil these
inexhaustible supplies? Wherc, in
deed F! and il. they are not stored up
but newly created as given forth, is nn
that even more wonderful? Would
that any one could show us the nature
aud modes Of operation of such niracu
lous chemistry.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11

Hon CEILINGS In modern houses
with lofty ceilings an elevator is nee
essary both for convenience and health.
A gentleman speaking on this sub iect
said: "These high stairs are killing my
wife" Stewards palace has an ascent
of sixteen feet to the second story.
What height for nn old lady to climbl
Even twelve feet (which is commopl is
really too great an ascent for any but
the strong and active. A reaction is
row apparent, snd a Ian Of large
wealth has recently built y costly house
with nine feet ceilinga. When people
dine in their Easements ard live en- the
second story (the first being used as
their parloD they certainly have enough
climbing to test 10th strength and
patience.
Philosophy will clip en- angels
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11

Philosophy will clip en- angels
wings.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11

The most beautiful woman at Sara
toga this season is said to have been u
circus rider.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11

When an Ohio man was chawed up
into little bits by threshing machine
his wife said there was one cons solatioI.
His corpse was safe from bo1y-snatch-
erS.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11

RIA lih.ral deduction Will be made in favu.
c: tL1.e 10 advertise four squares. or upwards,
by the year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11

AZ L. gal notices will be charged s. the attorney
or of.ceY Authorizing their insertion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11

yAdvertstmsLts sent from distance al,
transient notices rust be accompanied BY I'll
cash.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-12-15
Tnoident Of tba Foesst Firss.

The scene was more terrible than
anything often known, says q letter
from the burned district in Michigan.
The wind increased so as in some places
to destroy buildings and actually take
people of their feet, and those who saw
it describe the rush of the cOuhagratiOn
as q hurricane Of flame, and say that
the very air seemed TO be fire At the
village of Bad AK, where the Huron
county buildings were, it began to
grow dark in the forenoon from the
smoke, and in a few hours the pitchy
biackness was like that of a cellar, so
that it was impossible to see % foot. It
was known that there were fires three
miles south, but there was no thought
of danger until suddenly there came q
Iurid glare, the flame and wind imme-
diately followed, and in thirty minutes
ffty-three of the fifty-fve buildings in
the place were in ashes. The Court
House was of brick. covered with slate,
and there people went for protection.
The building escaped destruction and
those within it was saved, although they
suffered badly from heat. There were
no lives lost here but that was excep-
tiOnal good fortune. Reports from some
places are too horrible to read. Num-
bers Of people, flying from dangers,
were overtaken, and died in the roads,
some persisted miserably in wells and
other places where they had sought
safety, and in the terrible time a few
women were taken with the pains of
childbirth. Everywhere it is a sicken-
ing story Of suffering and Of roasting
human flesh in every conceivable way.
In some places the heat was almost in
CredibIy intense, and the smoke was
everywhere uncomfortable and caused
many deaths by suffOCatiOn. The work
Of destruction was very uneven, Some
towns in the district ESCAPED with a loss
which seems triHing, while in others
apparently no more exposed there are
but a few scattering buildings left. The
same was true of the villages, some
strangely escaping, while others were
destroyed, In some fields the
grass roots, and it is said the soil itself
are burned so that it is impossible to
tell whether the land was plOWed or
not, while in others near at hand crops
of grain are left in the shock untouched.
A remarkable thing in the calamity
is the presence Of mind that was every
where shown. The people were accUs- /
toned to danger by fire, many of them
had been through the similar experience /
of 1872, and there were fewer lives lost
than might have been expected. There /
seems TO have been but little panic and
few threw their lives away. Nearly all
sought to preserve themselves and pro- |
perty intelligently, to have done about |
the best that was possible, and very
much better than could have been ex- !
pected. Domestic animals and fowls |
nearly all perished, and it is noted that !
they died in groups, each with his kind |
rarely did cows, horses or chickens !
die alone, but all sought the cOmpan- /
ionship of their kind. Great numbers |
Of birds and insects took their way to |
the lake, and, overcome by the smoke, !
no doubt, died and were found floating |
on the surface,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-12-15

An unprecedented scene was sZ
bibited on the 29th of November
in placing of Guiteau, whose sole
defense is insanity, upon the witness
stand to testify in his own behalf
'I have never heard, said q dis
tinguished counselor, "Of placing q
murderer, alleged to be insane, on
the witness stand to testify in his
own behalf, until Mr.. Sooville pro-
posed it to-day" Nevertheless, this
is one of the absurdly interesting
features in a trial which is its self
unprecedented in the annals of crime.
We are not one of those who join
in the hue and cry against the
Court in which the assassin is on
trial. Judge Cox, has done moth
ing, SO far as We know, to forfeit his
right to the reputation he has hith-
erto borne for ability and fair-mind-
edness. But in the extreme caution
he uses, lest through public clamor
he may do wrong to criminal, even
as miserable as Guiteau, he permits
daily a spectacle in the Court room
which makes the blood of men, wom-
en- and children throughout the
country boil with Indignation, and
the people of foreign COntries stand
agape with wonder atour administra-
ton of Justice.