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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-05-24
Scientific Inventions,

tFrom the Protestant Episcopal Church News,
Baltimore. Nd. Dec. 80. 1Ss0.)
The rapid strides America is making over
Europe IN matters of science are wonderful.
Although with old schools and learned profes-
sors' Europe is no longer ablo to successfully
cope with America in sciences; most notably so
ago our authorities for given results in this i'm
portant branch We're all foreign; but now such
is not the case-America, our beloved country,
Is ahead. To illustrate: Iron, tho great expo
nent of strength in the mineral kin sdom, and
one Of the important life-elements Of the ami
NAL Kingdom, until recently could not be used
to any extent by physicians either in this coun-
try or Europe, for lack of assimilation with the
other elements of life, as the mode of prepara-
tl9n tor use in tho human body was exclusively
with acid, which NOT only produced headache.
put always biackoned the teeth of those taking
It. How to avoid this has puzzled oil tho cele-
DRAFTED European chemists. We arc glad to an
nounee that the eminent Brown Chemical Com
pany, OF our city, have overcome all these di III
Gn!ties In their really valuable medicine, Iron
nItters, which docs not give headache, will not
olncken tho teeth Gas all other iron prepa-
tions Will do }, but in this medicine the great
strengthened, Iron, is tremendously blended
Wild pleasant aromatics and the wondrous bark
or the chlnchona-tree of South America, max
ing an unriYaled remedy for curing Dyspepsia.
IndIgest19n' Wcaknoss and Ncrvousness. We
would add. that while this medicine is callod
iron BItters, 1t contains neither Alcoho ,Whis-
Ky or other deleteriouss timulants, which enter
SO largely into tho so-called bitters of the day.
we can go further, and AJAX for this yalunbie
msSlclne the recommendation of our physicians
and the clergy.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-05-24
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-05-24

pEATTY's ORGANS, II Stops, s Set Code
II Tongue reedr, only $50. Address
DANIEL F. BEATTY,
May24 4w. Washing ton, n. J..
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-30
BedS.

AS at least Que third OF our lives is
passed in our beds, their arrangement
and furnishing is matter Of no snail
importance. The new steel spring bed
OF course the bed Of tho future. 1t
fultills every intention Of aaxibility :; it
is durable; it goes with the bedstead.
as an actual part of it, and it can never
be nest or receptacle Of contagion or
impurity. On the subject of bed-clothes
the points that have most to be enforced
ere that hesvy bed-c.othing is always q
mistake, and that weight in no true
sense means warmth. The light down
quilts or coverlets which are now COM
ing into general use are the greatest
Improvements that have been made in
Dur time In regard to bedclothes. One
of these quilts takes we'll the place of
tSo blankets, and they cause much less
fatigue from weight than layer npon
layer OF blanket covering. The CLOTH
ing must be regulated according to the
needs of each individual the body
under the clothes must neither be too
cold nor too hot; but i. is better to sleep
with too little than too much clothing.
The position OF the bed in the bedroom
is of moment. The foot OF The bed to
the Fireplace is the best arrangeme ent
when it can be carried cut. The bed
should be away from the door, so that
the door does not open upon it, and
should never, if it can be helped, be
between the door and the fire. II the
head OF tho bed can be placed to the
east, SO that the body lies In the line OF
tie earth's motion, 1 think it is in the
best position for the sleeper. The fur.
niture of the bedroom other than the
bed, should be Of the simplest kind.
The chairs should be uncovered, and
free from stufting of WOODEN or other
material; the wardrobe should have
closely fitting doors the utensils
should have closely fitting covers; and
everything that can in any way gather
dust should be carefully excluded.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-30
Verbcsity.

Young newspaper reporter ard
writer's usually have gooi deal of
/" overfow"-somo Of them 20 N uch that
they seea TO think the main object al
writing Is to fill up space. Tley msRe
paragraph out Of & squib, and a page
cnt OF an i'em. Ths Naw Haven
i'e@tss@r TINS cArics,uTes one green
hand:
Young Fitziamodo has j1st .;ered
Journalistic life. AM is going a ''cut :
swath." lie believes il putting in p
goc;i deal OF "color il hia ems ana
pri3cs himself on hiswork. us sharp
ened Il couple OF pencils at both ends
this morning and began:
We regret to inform cur rearer.
ths. tls esiimsb.o Miss Jones, of Jones
boro. daughter Of Congressman
Jonea, aud granddaughter of the we'll
known founder OF the village efi Jones'
boro. has met with q fsssfnl acolient.
:" As she was driving alprg the
boulevard, at the speed OF tha yind,
ihe horse, hall brother of Maud S.,
and full sister Of st. Julien, became
sudderly startled by lie uprising of q
covey of partilges, which are unusually
numerous in that section this seas n ,
and pro@ise great deal of fun for The
sportsmen when the law is cff-and as
they circiol, the frightened steed tore
down the avonus like maa until
stopped ~ the gallant hand Of oilioer
73 Of the Ninth Ward.
Her injuries were confusion OF
the ankle which dill not amount 10 a
fracture, aad tire unfortunate eirl wss
carried homo to her stricken
parents aud sympatnizipg friends"
The city editor at this point w&s
anxious for copy" and glaLcing it
over rapidly, orumpled it in his hard,
romarking, " Fi;zy. yoE have piled up
the words. haven. you? You've given
all your fancy painted. Coed boy /!
But remember, this department is tho
domain Of fact" He then scribbled:
The daughter of Congressman
'i'aes was run away with by spirited
/ ree on tho avenue yesterday after
Et m. II jlrics noaiual."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-30
Learn Accuracy.

A writer in the School Journal, who
places accuracy among the elements ol
a noble character, says every boy and
girl should state the exact truth, dc
everything Just right, and learn the
| exact meaning OF each lesson. He il.
lustrates the importance of accuracy by
this story. Two boys worked in the
same store. They were named John
and James.
Their duties were alike. and they
sero required to be at the store o. half
past seven in the morning.
John WAS always there on the minute,
er few minutes before the time;
James came the same number of mir
utes after. When John arranged tbs
goods in the windows they were accu-
rateiy marked and priced; James often
forgot to put the number on or priced
them incorrectly.
These are only two of the things
which marked the distinction between
tho two boys. But every day and week
they grew further apart-John doing
his work accurately, and therefore
we'll James sighting all he con-
veniently could.
Soon JOHN was promoted for care
fulress in his dutie3. James vas warned
70 alter his manner, and because he
continued careless was finally dis
charged.
The accurate boy, because Of his
careiulness and honesty and good
Judgment, grew to be a wealthy, SELF
made man. Mon liked to deal with
him they we're suro of being treated
fairIy.
James tried several positions. but
lost them on account of his inaccuvacy
in little details, and though he eets
through the world somehow he has not
the happiness and success which with
the same opportunities John achieved.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-30

that the tenderness which hG tiled to
show toward her would be lsvished on
another woman next weeh; tina. tho
kisses which her outraged 1--we refused
would be given to tla: d&rk-agel sill
whom she hated with vindictiyereAs
that frightened her when She storYed
to resson about h=r feelings.
81 don't wonder they sAy tiat wife
who rebels against polygamy is pos
sessol Dy devils. l feel as tLough 1
had legion of them in my heart"
This was Jess!e's confession TO Helen
Woodford. In re!,ly TO Jessie, Mrs.
"ood!ori said, with d strange fa1-away
look in her eyes:
81 felt just "a you do onco. long ago
it seems ages now-but got oyer it. -
And how 2"
" BY outliviug nsy lovo for my hus-
band. As long as I loved him ] suf-
fere & suffered tho tormeuts CT hell
You know tie house in wnieh he used
to keep two OF his wives. at night.
when he was staying there, | used t.
walk the floor of the room until it
seemed that | must so mad unless l
could escape from Tho place from every
thing. Then | would Ilsh out icto the
street and go to that horse. [ would
walk round AID rourd ii, feeling es
though l could tear the walls DOM with
my bare hands, growing every minnie
more like ore possessed with devils,
until my boy, l4issing ice, would come
in search Of me and lead ma home"
81 Eoow how yen felt.' Jcts;e's
eyes cleaned, and she sc. her teeth.
"Ten years from nov you viii look
back and wonder that you ever could
have suffered Us you 90 to day for sucA
3 cause. I wonder nj myself. To-day
my husband is nothing to nc. H.
comes homo someIiues-I believe |
have seen him twice during the past
year-snt his coming or going docs not
affect mo no more than il does the walls
of the house. y From 1.-The Fate of
Madame La Tour" by Mrs. a. G.. PAD
dock.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-30
Caught by an Octopus.

Visitor Hugo terrible description Of
a nGa caught by q devil fish. Viii,
thrills the readers of ore Of his 10.
maCces. is psralleled hy this real irci-
Gent. Ga the Moyne River in V:ctoris
a diver named SmnIe recently went to
the bottom to gather sQu.tio specimens
for gentleman in Belfast. Victoria.
Smale knew that the natives. of New
Caledonia habitually fish for devil
tish with their naked arms, and SO when
he saw devil-Gsh hole. in the mud Of
the Moyne in went his right arm.
But instead of taking hold of some.
thing, something took hold OF him.
TIE loese clay was stirred up and he
could not sec what had happened for d
few moments. Then he bsheld one
feeler OF large octopus writhed round
his hand, like boG.constrictor, while
the suckers Of the animal closed on his
arm like mouths.
The pain was so great that the octo-
pus seemed TO be tearing his hand to
pieces. If Smale g4vo the signal 20 be
raised 20 tuo surface, lie wouii inevita-
lily leave lis arm, and probabiy large
portion of his frame, behind him in the
possession OF the devll.f4h.
1t is impossible to- imagine more
hoEri5ly perilous situation. As the air
inhsted Tie divers dress he was in
danger OF being lifted eff lis feet into
a position where he would have no
purchase or resisting power.
A hammer which Smsle had with
him lay out of reach, and there seemed
bu. little hope for him. BY great
presence OF mind and alacrity Smale
got hold of an iron bar and cut himself
loose enough to rise. He bore to the
the surface with Kim q piece OF the
devil fab more thsa eight feet across.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-30

q TUNIsIAN $ PASSION FoR Flowers. =.
The Tuni5ian Arabs have passion
for flowers, and as soon as their spring
commences. even the poorest and
rsggedest may be seen with delicAtsly
scented blossom stuck above his ear,
the stalk resting amid the folds OF his
turban and the flower projecting for
ward over his dark cheek. / have
been told by those who have had thirty
years knowledge OF these people that
they will almost go without bread to
buy flowers. And there is something
in the sight Of u gGuns. toil-worn Arab,
whose sole garments may consist of u
piece of coarse sacking and ragged
oil turban, With bunch of delicate
spring blossoms dropping their ccol
freshness agaiast his swarihy check,
which siirs Il strange ningiing of sym
pathy and pity and admiration.-LA!l
the Year Ronnd. .....
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-30
Tho MldGlesex Fells Experiment.
A few miles north Of Boston there is

A few miles north OF Boston there is
. region OF barren. hills known as the
Mid1ienez Fells. This stony tract is
nsefess fhz agriculture. ltcovers about
1000 acres, ard ;n3lHdes parts of the
towns Of Medford, Stonehsm, Mclroee.
Winchester, ;aof Maiden. The people
OF The sevl raj toms are moving 10 ao-
qulre tie Fells, snd sc. them eff rs q
reservation on which 10 plant and nur-
ture forest trees. The stumps all over
TIC region show that it orce supported 4
y heapy growth OF whita pine. A little
extra soil whore the surface Las bseoue
bare, the tymsMaating ST seedlings,
and some attention ur,il tho new
growth is fairly steriea-thgt is the
programme of the Middlesex Fells AS
sociation. First, they will ask the Leg
islature to pass a general sct fer the
protection and cufi1eo of forests.
+. TEe proposed net creates Board of
Eoreatry to supervise the protection
aand restoration of forests. The ia-
portant pr6.ssion. however, is in re gard
to tho stqairement Of forest lands as
pGbiici domain. Wherever there is a
tracs of'Apt legs thao 800 acres, eitL, r
wooded or. ike the Middlesex Fells,
suitable for .hc cultivation of trces.
tte town may hy II majority vote set it
ep-rt for that pnrpo7e. The title vests
Il the Common wealth for tie benefit Of
tie town. Private owners of land in
the region must yield before the public
inteTests; but ii any proprietor is un-
wiling to eedo bis property at its lates:
assessed value, he n.ay go TO tie Su-
fitme Court for squitabIe ccmpensa-
tioE.
There is philanthropy Of the largest
SORT III this movement 10 replanta for.
esq. The example OF the Middlesex
people should be followed wherever
the conditions are similar. The destrrc.
tim Of fores; trees on this continent has
already reached the point which it may
be dangerous to pass. The man who
olants tree is the benefactor Of pos
terity. The man who spares standing
tree contributes to the welfare of his
o~n and other peoples children ard
grandchildren. .' -.
A good tree is worth moro to the
community than bad or stupid human
being. Save the trees and restore the
forests!-I Now YORK. san.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-30
What He Read.

Daniel Webster was blessed with q
mother and father who determined to
educate their children. So early was
he tAugst TO read, either by his mother
or by bis elder sisters, that he Gays in
his autobiography that he cannot re.
rnembar the time when he could not
read the Bible. Tho following reminis.
cences OF his school days.. taken from
Mr.. Congdon's article in the New York
Tribune. are interesting:
In the pablo schools nothing was
taught but reading and writing. Young
Webster usually read better than his
teacher, and he admits that the best
writing master could not make him a
good writer. The two things which he
dearly loved were reading apd play
ing.
H3 read :he "Spcctator;" lie was
fond OF poetry, anil committed the
greater part of DR.. Waits Psalms and
Hymns to memory. No other sacred
poetry afterward appeared to bim SC
affecting and devout. He could repeat
Pope's Essay on Man from beginning
to end.
He says, )" We had so few books that
10 read them once or twice was nothing.
We thought that they wpro all to be got
by heart. have thought of this fre-
Quently since, when that sagacious
admonition of one Of the aucients twas
it Piiny?) has been quoted, Legwe
multum non multa" Read much not
many books |.
have aeen this legend upon dozen
old book-plates; 1 hope thoee who
placed il there pyo6ted by its sugges-
tion; but my motto would be muItua
ct nulta much and rnanyj; and fortu-
, nstely the .books worth reading over
and over again are by no means few.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-30
" English Spoken"

Tibbitts tried to worry one of these
Parisisn statesmen and for once suo-
ceeded. He stopped the party prone.
nsding with him q the Boulevard des
ltaliens at jewelers., who displayed in
his window the legend. English
Spoken" The English spoken /" in
the shops is coed enough. as a rule, to
explain the nature and quality Of the
goods, and that is all. Further, the
English speaking salesman has no more
idea OF English than he has of Ashau-
tee. Tlbbitls marched in boldly, and
the English speaking man appeared.
BE was very we'll preserved, bald head
cd man Of fifty, and at him Tibbitts
went.
DO you speak English e.
"Oui-yees, Monsieur"
Tibbitts graspsd his hand enshusi-
astlcslly.
sits refreshing to meet one in 6
strange land who can speak ones owr
language"
"Yees, Monsieur"
" Well. what l want to know is, is the
Chicago and Northwestern railroad cut
ting rates tho same al the other roads,
and do they cut for western-bound pas.
sengers the same as for eastern, and dc
you have the remotest idea that the
cutting will be kept up till September
when l return, and does the Pullman
sleeping car company cut the same al
the railroad companies?'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-30
WHOLE NO. 1898.
Combating Vice In Paris.

"New brooms sweep clean" is an
adase particularly applicable Just ct
present to N. Camescasse, the prefect
Of police. His determination to de-
liver the streets of Paris from all bad
characters is still being manifested BY
the most vigorous measures. Scarcely
point Of the city will escape the vigi-
lance of the new prefect, whose zeal is
winning golden opinions from all class
es OF Farisians, even those rabid poll
tisians, who would condemn q saint
should the said saints "shade" be Q
little more or q little less pronounced
than theirs. The constantly rising food
ofvice in Paris streets has been for many
years . stain on the surface Of this
beautiful city, and public merals can
only suffer. Indeed, it is not only in
one sense that the purifying action of
the authorities should be exerted.
Stringent measures should be taken
against the spread of obscene and bias
phenous prints, which of late have
broken out over Paris like filthy erup.
tion, and which, though somewhat less
obtrusive than was tho case . few
months ago, are still far too frequent.
On every kiosque illustrated shests
may be seen, which really would give
some ground for the scriptural opinion
so often expressed in more puritanioal
nations than France, that Paris is tho
modern Babylon. or else either Sodom
or Gomorrah, at choice; though some
devoat but perhaps rather narrow.
minded people no doubt consider it -
q sort Of amalgsm of both. A walk
along the Boulevards after night-fall
will cloud the mind of the most lsnient
citizsn of the world with . deep dis
taste for the atmosphere Of depravity
which seems to prevail, and for . GER
tain general conplacsncy in vice which
is special to Paris. rspugnant ~ may
be the social sores of other cities. It il
q poison that circulates in the BRIGHT
cafes and the crowded streets, tainting
tho hsnor of great class of the French
population; and, although most Pari-
slams would consider such sentiments
a. these quite in the tone Of the senten.
tious and severely moral NJ. Joseph
Prudhomme. We are persuaded they
are mono the less true. It il high time,
moreover, that some of the now pre-
fect's laudabla ansrsy sAeuid DO devoted
to combating another dreadful evil Of
Paris life. namely, the gAmbeling-
houses. or so-oallsd elubs," which
now abound and 10 scandalously aour.
ish. In these places, more misery ID
wrought and moro dishonesty is caused
than even in the days of the public
rouge-a-noir rooms of the Palais Royal.
Paris American Register.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-30
Intelligence Items.

The frigbtfui rumor comes from
Paris that the crinoline is to be re-
viysd.
Seventy-fve thousand women in New
York earn their livings by decent occu.
pations apart from domestic service.
The italian Minister of Education is
about to propose compulsory educa.
tional bill for that country:
Tho display of Southern products al
the Atlanta exhibition will go far to-
ward turning the tide of emigration
soutkwards.
The ecity of Winnepeg, the capital OF
the British American province of Man
| itobs, across the line from Minnesota,
now has population OF $4,000. Ten
years ago it was small trading village
of few hundred people.
Although some of the rising young
epicures in London dins off "tongues
of nightingales which have been fed on
Corsican myrt,es," the older genera
ton still sticks to its English roast
beef.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany have made contract with the
Pullman Car Company to equip all its
lines with palace cars, and operate the
same on joint account with the Railroad
Company for period of fifteen years.
The subterranean telegraph system,
connecting 22l towns and cities of Ger.
| many, is now complete. The total
length of buried cables is 5,50O,0OO
kilometers (S.437 500 miles).
The peasam or extra written work
is the chief punishment now inflicted
| Oh papils in the French schools.
Whipping ia employed only in the
country schools. The pensum varies,
generally consisting in copying French
or Latin verses or copjugating a verb.
Not long before he was fatally wound
ed, President Girfeld is reported to
have said to Frederick Douglass that he
intended to send colored representa-
lives not only to the colored govern
ments but to the white governments.
The whole number Of persons at.
tending the Concord School of Philos-
ophy last year, one or more sessions,
was 600; this year the number was
5O0. The average attendance this year
was about seventy-fve, and the weekly
expenses about $3.50.
Tho Omar has ordered seventeen i'm
perial castles and fortresses to be used
as free educational institutions. This
is very generous gift, but it carries
with it the ideas OF frugality. There
will be seventeen less imperial estab-
lishments to be kept an.
The Census Office estimates the ae-
gregate daily circulation of the daily
papers in the United States at 3 $751;
lS7. and that the people pay ont $685.
$50, 100 fer their daily papers. The
aggregate circulation of the daily
papers OF California is los, $40. The
statistics on which the estimate is based
are admitted to be imperfect.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-30

SCARLET FEyEE.-Au eminent ply
sician says he cures ninety-nine out of
every hundred cases OF scarlet fever by
giving the patient warm lemonade with
gum arabic dissolved in it. A cloth
wrunS out in hot wafer and laid upon
the stomach should be removed as rap
idly as il becomes cool. In cases whore
physicians are not easily obtainable
simple remedies are not 10 be despiged.