Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-11
Little Duties.

There are certain duties which We owe
both 20 ourselves and Others. Little
habits I f cleanliness pay for the trouble
of cultivutipg them; for health depends
upon them. Ii one is accustomed to
complete Gu N; II the day and night
garments, and neatly folds aud lays
them in the wardrobe, closing doors
and windows to exclude dust and flies,
or, as is often done, put the night at
tire under the pillow Of the owner,
what has been done to prevent injury
TO the health? Nothing. Is it any
great trouble on retiring, to hang the
garments, as they are put off, one by
one, where they will be thoroughly
dried and aired? 1t will not take five
minutes extra time. Leave the party,
the ball or social converse by the fire
side five minutes earlier, if too tired to
attend to this duty properly. And IN
the morning don't be late to breakfast
that's bad; but even i'll that departure
from good breeding is less reprehensi
BILE than to throw the nightclOthes in a
heap, leave the bed unaired and the
windows unopened. Rise five minutes
earlier. if need be; hang up the night
clothes where they will have the full
benefit of the pure fresh morning air;
raise the windows; throw off the bed
clothes, hanging them loosely over
chairs; put tho pillows in full range of
the windows, and pull the mattress
over the tootboard, and go to breakfast
with clear conscience. Everything Is
kept in order by the performance Of
small duties.
AN EFFECTIVE REBUKE.-The Rev.
Mr.. Spurgeon has happy way Of ad-
ministcriug rebuke, and one, too, that
leads to the desired ED.
One day he was annoyed 10y three
young men who persisted in wearing
their hats in church. lie appeared for
timo not to notice them, but proceeded
to tell his audience of visit he had
paid to Jewish synagogue.
"When l entered" he said. took
CT ny hat, but wien informed that the
great mnrk Of respect was to keep it on,
did so, though assure you feltvery
strange wearing my hat i'll u place of
worship. And now, as paid this mark
of respect to the synagogue, may | ask
those Jews in the gallery to conform
equally to our rules, aud kindly I'M
cover their heads?'
That was enough. The young men
instantly took of their hats.
A LITERARY PIRATE.-Ds Quincy
was a prodigious reader, had an ana
conda-like digestion, and assinilatad
hiu m ptol fnnl with ,ovipn rnniIIfy
An ardent lover of books, he cared
nothing for pet editions-the niceties
and luxuries of paper, printing and
binding. Tree-calf and sheep, Turkey
morocco and muslin, were all one to
him. His pursuit of books was like
that of the savage who seeks but to
appeasc the hunger of the moment. In
common with the whole tribe of book
borrowers, he rarely returned book
loaned to him, folio or quarto, single
or one of set; though sometimes
book was greatly enhanced III value by
a profuse edging of manuscript notes.
When short of writing paper, he never
hesitated to tear ont the leaves OF II
broad margined book, whether his own
Or belonging to another.
~ 10 TCLuUTkuDio IuCt, tuut, III sPiAC
OF these piratical proceedings, mons OF
his friends ever complained Of him.
Hours with Men and Books.
Garibaldi as mere politician. the
London Times says, il nothing. His
mind is full of vague, impracticable
fancies, picked up at the feet of the
widest social theorists, and tossed
about in brain far too active for the
patient solution of social and political
problems. He is at the mercy OF
schemers and plotters. who trade on
his vast influence for their own per-
sonal ends, and if he were listened to
seriously he might soon throw away IN
council all that he has gained by the
sword. But as man of action he has
more than once shown himself irresist-
lble. His is the faith which overcomes
obstacles by sheer force of will, coupled
with singleness of purpose and with
that strange magnetic influence over
men which has shown itself SO potent In
all his enterprises.