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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20
Ruined by a Claim.

Many years ago the late Thomas H.
Benton introduced in Congress a bill
to pay claim Of Joseph Clymer. a
resident of Western State, and then
in the pride and strength of early man.
hood. Mr.. Clymer had transported
army supplies for the government
across the country to Ell Paso, then way
out upon the frontier, and he claimed
that balance of $18 1926 was due him
from the government. Clymer was
worth at that time the snug fortune OF
about $40. 900 or $4,000. Mr.. Benton
said in substance to him: "Clymer,
certainly I will introduce this claim for
you and do all in my power to pass it.
But let me tell you one thing. If you
press the claim it will ruin you. It will
make you poor man and will destroy
your peace of mind before you get the
money, if you ever do. But I'll fight
it for you, if you say So" OF course,
Mr.. Clymer did not believe anything OF
the kind. and therefore he insisted upon
urging his claim. Last Wednesday or
Thursday the claim was passed and
signed by the President for the original
sam. 1t had gone through one House
or the other of Congress repeatedly but
could never be got through the both in
the same Congress. Mr.. Clymer, when
he finally got his money, was an old
man, and as Benton had predicted, be
had spent all of his fortue in press ng
his claim Washington Star.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20
The Pacific Bank.

Among the banking institutions of the
city, there is none occupying more
firmly or deservedly the pedestal of pub
lie confidence, than the Pacific Bank,
corner Pine and Sansome streets, San
Francisco. This bank under present
management has progressed steadily
in public favor and prosperity, ever
since its establishment in 1868. 1t is now
just entering upon its eighteenth year,
under brilliant auspices. Its financial
condition is eminently satisfactory. 1t
has a capital stock of 100000 all paid
up, and surplus of over 100000. But,
better than any amount of money, is the
prudent and conservative policy, and
business experience and sagacity, by
which its management is characterized,
and which have earned for it degree of
confidence, enjoyed in larger measure by
no banking house in the country. Thes9
characteristics explain its past steady
prosperity and guarantee for it still
more liberal share of the most desirable
patronage. The farmer, merchant OIL
manufacturer, will seek in vain, if at all,
for more advantageous house, with
which to do their banking business
Tile Argonaut, January 90, 1891.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20
Teddy in Court.


LIN Teddy McGuire; my name is my own,
For niver parint Lhad.
Ny trade? IT'S sellin' the papers in town
A starviu' bizness bedad!
Don't be hard on me, Judge,
For takin' the wee bit o. bread
Twas for poor little Nick, bh'y that was
sick
oh, don't be hard on poor Ted.
You see, Judge, the times is so poor
The strate is alive wild the bh'ys;
An Mickey, my neighbor next door,
Couldn't lift up forninst 'em his voice.
Don't be hard on me, Judge
40 Teddy, Tn starvin'!" he cried;
An his blue eyes grew wild (such bit of a
child),
Don't be hard on poor Ted.
Yes. went to the bakers hard by;
(The slathers o. things that was THEREBY
Tarts, an the cakes. an the illigant pie
Not one did 1 tech, Judge, swear.
Don't be hard on me, Judge,
did take the bakin' ov bread
To Mickey I gave.it-Pd not taste 1t TO save
it;
Oh don't be hard on poor Ted.
An'-Judge, the loafs-niver broke;
Akin psrdon-pOor Mickey is dead.
1t was niver "thank ye" he spoke
hen laid on his blanket the bread.
Oh, don't be hard on me, Judge,
Tina acknowledgement, ye said?
All, your Honor, your heart give that yer.
dist apart,
Not to be hard or poor Ted!
Il Marie LIE Baron.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20
Mr.. Edward Everett Hale once wroie

Mr.. Edward Everett Hale once wrote
a story of man whom the clergy man
hired to represent him at conferences
and other meetings which he could not
attend. The man looked like the min-
lister and answered every purpose until
one unlucky day he lost his temper and
broke into profanity at an assemblage
of clergymen. This rather "undid y
the reverend gentleman and ended in
his retiring his " double from the bust
ness. The late Thomas Carlyle had a
double who, without his consent
often acted in this capacity, and from
his fifteenth year onward caused him
much annoyance. He sold Carlyle's
pamphlets and books as his own; got
his letters, and once or oftener dinea
at Berlin ambassadors as the old
gentleman himself.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20

What we call life is a journey to
death, and what We Call death is pass
port to life. True wisdom thanks death
for what he takes, and still more for
what he brings. Let us then, like
sentinels. be ready because we are un-
certain, and calm because we are pre-
pared. There is nothing formidable
about death but the consequence of it,
and these We ourselves can regulate
and control. The shortest life is long
enough if it lead to better. and the
longest life is short if it do not Col
ton.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20

Solomon Jones of Bloomburg, Md.
was 70 when. after many years Of pow
erty, he received 80 900 in pension mon
ey. He had no relatives to leave it to
when he died, and, therefore, made up
his mind to spend it all himself. In
view of the probably short time re-
naming to him IN this world, he felt
that he must be fast and furious in his
pleasures if he would spend the whole
$4,000. He married a young wife and
gratified her love of dress; he got in a
large stock of beverages and drank
them recklessly; he bought fast horse
and bet ON him. At the end of three
months the last dollar was gone; his
wife deserted him; his horse died, and
he is still without any immediate
prospect of dying.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20
No Good Preaching.

No man can do good job of work, preach
good sermon, try law suit we'll, doctor a
patient, or write a good article when he feels
miserable and dull, with sluggish brain and
unsteady nerves, and none should make
the attempt in such condition when it can
be s@ easily and cheaply removed by little
Hop Bit'erS. See other column Albany
Times.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20

At the beginning of last month the
Eastern of France railway station, Paris,
was Illuminated " the Lastin system of
electric lighting. After having received
fair trial in the goods station, the cleo.
trio light has also been adopted in the
passenger station of the Lyons and
Mediterranean Company.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20

Mr.. llICKMAN-UGar Sir: ] have uset
Burnharn's Abietene in my family sever"
Years, and my wife dou't like TO be without it
we use it for Group, Sore Throat, LIZA
&c. also use il for Cuts, Sprains and Sor :
for Flesh Wounds'I never found it, equal, il
fact consider it Natures Remedy, and on,
that should toe in every family.
EDWARD STONE. 4 Farmer near stockton
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20
HOnored ard Blest

when board of eminent physicians and
cneMis,s announced the discovery that by
Io,''"!nihg some we l-knDwu valuable RENE.
durrd, which would cure such a Wild. range
6" diseases 'hat most all other remedies
could tie dispensed with, many were .krniic.
al, tut pr of Of lis merits lev ac,u,I trial
I'd. di-pcled all doubt, ard .iay ibn Jis.
r"V'r'rs "i thAl qTot ""tirjne, Hop Bltters,
'i, h'n''r,' an" blessed Ly al, Us bcne.
factors &C., ID muCrat.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20

Why does not the proprietor Of Ammcn's
Cough Syrup publish testimonials from
thosr who have been cured or relieved by
his medicine? The answer j., the greater the
humbug the more testimonials they publish.
Ammen's Cough Syrup is no humbug, and 10
prove that, and lei it stand on It's own merits,
u l5-cent sample bottle is prepared, which is
certainly more coEvi eng than "a testimonial
from stranger. Large bottles, Sl0o. Ask
your druggist for it,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20
PIANOS AND ORGANS s sl,s,2s,s i:
WANTED.
Needham's e Clover

Blossoms and Extracts cure Camel r,
Salt Rh~unl and all Blood Diseases.
For references circulars and particulars address "
q. NEEDuAN. p. q. Box 42t, San Jose, Cal,
Sole Agent for Pacific Coast.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20

Ask your druggist to show you large bot
tie of Ammen's Cough Syrup, and read the
label. We can honestly recommend it as the
best. Try it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20

Bedsteads from one to one hundred dollars
ZACH, at ii. Schellhaas, 18th street, Oak
eand Cal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20

j. w. Shaefer s. Co., 1871 and 323 Sac
ramento St., San Francisco, employ no
drummers. Cigars sold very cheap.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20
Public Notice.

Newly nnrrtd couples ut those ahou,
60 Il' mPiitnG t!ouS, kcetilir wolll. do wan
70 'aii on "r write to our friend II Srhell.
II "a, Tor Their hotS" furnishing goods of all
kihH.. llth. 81, O:d Fellows Build.lg, Oak.
land, Cal
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20
Reliable Testimony.

Where testimonials give the residence of
the parties II is an easy matter Tor any PEI
son 10 verify them. Thousands Of people
from all parts OF the Pacific Coast can and
have expressed thu opinion that Their is no
other article in 'hp world equal To PIOS
PLATE SOAP for common toilet Use. \
great many peop u have tested this soap for
skin diseases Among Others We give The
following from par les who have thoroughly
tested PIiUSHiTE SOAP:
OAKLAND, Cal. April }, lSSl.
STANDARD SOAP COMMANDMENTS:
some two or tine, months ago, had ii boy
about two years old that IA suffered for
year with a severe eruption on the head and
face, caused by teething. The child was In
such misery that II would often e awakened
out OF sleep by the severe itching. He
would then SCI atch his head and face until
the blood ran from the scabs. We tried
everything we could lind, but nothing
seemed to give any permanent relief until
We tried PHOSPHATE SOAP. Before We
had used one cake, the child's head and face
were entirely healed, aud there hos nccn no
appearance 0!thc di ease since.
MICHAEL KANE NJ. in6s kirkham ST.
FokT HEHnK, Arizona Dec. IL $50.
STANDARD SOAP COMPANY-GENTs
Having received y"nr hnx Of PJUorii.iiE
SOAP, aud having used only one cake Of
SOAP out of the three, | am happy TO say
IA At il has completely cured NY sore cyclidS
winch VAS caused hy the Rlka!i dust in Idaho
lerrtory, in 1877, aud have been ore ever
s'hc" until | u e3 PHO 'PHATE SOAP.
CORPORAL DENNIS BURKE
Twelfth Infantry.
SAN FRANcIsCo, November 81, 1879.
STANDARD SOAP COMPANY-GENTs
Aftera number of trials Of Soaps, | have
learned That the PHOSPHATE is certainly
the very hest for shaving. | tn INK you for
its introduction. JAMES 7. Arthur.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-20

A policeman is the only person who
can beat his post while on duty.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-11-19
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Tho estimated amount of money to
be raised by the London School Board
this year is about fourteen dollars for
each child instructed.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
will establish a magnificent university
in Chattanooga, provided that city win
give the ground for the structure that
is to be built.
"A rich Italian who lately died in
France has bequeathed $40, 600 to Elsie
ben, the birthplace of Luther, rs q tes-
timony of his personal veneration for
the great reformer.
The King of Sweden last spring or
dered collections taken up in the father
land to aid a feeble Swedish Lutheran
church in Philadelphia in paying a debt
of $4,000. The result is the handsome
little sum of 81, 500.
The friends of the Pacific Theologic-
al Seminary, Oakland, Cal, have
raised $4,000 of $50, 900 which are re-
quired to secure a conditional gift Of
$4,000 more from Mr.. Moses Hopkins
to the institution.
The London Truth says of the Rev.
POnto Scooter, the negro clergyman who
has attracted some attention in England,
that he preached "in well chosen
language and with a purity of intona-
ton that would shame many of our Ok
ford curates."
Of two hundred and six ministers
of the Northern Presbyterian Church
who died last year, two were over
ninety years old, nineteen were be-
tween eighty and ninety, thirty five
were between seventy and eighty, and
one hundred and fifty were under
seventy.
In the current number of month
/ ly review list is given of the product
i've property and income of the prin-
cipal American colleges. Columbia
College has the greatest resources;
property valued at 81, 763, 600, with an
| income of S315,000 Harvard is second
with productive assets of SO, 165, 600,
with an income of 1921, 900. Johns
/ Hopkins University has S3,000,000 of
| property and an income of SlS0,000.
ale has property to the amount of
/ S5S7, 900, with an income of S136, 900.
Most of these institutions have been
literally endowed, and large amount
of money has been given to Institutions
which are scarcely mentioned in the
! list OF our principal educational estab-
! lishments. One of the greatest of
American colleges, an institution which
| possesses more claims to the title of
university than any other American
college, the University of Michigan,
which instructs nearly 1,500 students
for merely nominal tuition, has res
ceived scarcely any aid from individual
benefactions.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-11-19
Sleeping on the Wall Side.

A physician was lately called to pre-
scribe for young lady who lives in one
of the most charming villas in Learned
vile.
Nothing the matter with her." she
declared. nothing but terrible head
aches" Every morning she walked
with headache, and it lasted nearly
half the day. 1t had been going on for
months-ever since they moved into
their new house. The old doctor tried
all the old remedies and they all failed.
Riding and archery were faithfully
tested, study and practice were cheer
fully given up. Nothing did any good.
"Will you let me see your bedroomP"
asked the doctor one day, and he was
shown up into the prettiest little nest
imaginable.
Nothing wrong about the ventilation.
The windows we're high and broad and
left open every night, the patient said.
The bed stood in one corner against the
wall.
"How do you sleep?" says the
ION my right side at the back of the
bed, with my face to the wall. Lou
likes the front best"
THE dickens she doesy' says the
doctor. $50 do l. Will you do me
the favor to wheel the bed into the
middle of the room and sleep so for q
week? Then let me know about the
headaches"
Doctors are so absurd! The middle
of the room, indeed! And there were
the windows on one side, and the two
doors on the two other sides, and the
| al 10 l.,
the fourth side. There was no place
for the bed but Just where it stood, in
the corner.
"Never mind! Sacrifice yourlambre-
quin," urged the dOctor-"ju just for a
week, you know"
The lambrequin was sacrificed, the
bed moved where it had free air on both
sides, and the headaches disappeared.
| 1t may be only an exceptionally deli
cate system that would be induced to
actual headache by breathing all night
the reflected air from wall. Yet pos
sibly some of the morning dullness we
know of may be traceable to a like
cause. At any rate, plenty of breath
ing space around bed can only be an
advantage to everybody.
In visiting three or four newly-built
| and beautiful houses recently, the lack
of good place for the bed was the
most striking feature of the bedrooms.
Some of these rooms were finished in
shining mahogany, ebony, or walnut.
Some were hung with rich modern
tapestry. All were elegant and few
were airy. But in the most of the best
of them, where was the bed to standP
A bay window, perhaps. would occupy
the middle of one side, another window
another, a door another, a mantel-piece
another. - Christian Union.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-11-19
THANSGTVING.

Thanks be TO God! TO whom earth owes
Sunshine and breeze,
The heat h-clad hill, the Wales repose,
Strcamlct and seas,
The SnOwdrOp and the summer rose,
The many-voiced trees.
Thanks for the darkness that reveals
Nights starry dover;
And for the sable cloud that heals
H. ch fcVCred Hover;
And for the rushing storm that pealS
Our weakness and Thy power.
Thanks for the swectly-lingering might
In muses. tone;
For paths of knowledge whose calm light
Is all Thine own;
For thoughts that at the Infinite
Pold their bright wings alone.
Yet thanks that silence oft may flow
In dew-liku store;
Thanks for the mysteries that show
How small our lore;
Thanks that we here so little know,
And trust Thee all the more.
Thanks for the gladness that entwlnes
Our path below;
Each sunrise that incarnadineS
The cold, still snow;
Thanks for the light of love, that shines
With brightest earthly glow.
Iuduhs lpi tue SiChiCsS huu INC RIlCl
That none may flee;
For loved ones standing now around
The crystal sea;
And for the WEAKNESS of heart
That only rests in Thee.
Thanks for Thine own thrice-blessed Wort
And Sabbath rest
Thanks for the hope of glory stored
In mansions bleSt,
And for tho Spirits comfort poured
Into tine trembling breast.
Thanks, more than thanks, to Him ascend
Who died to win
Our life, and every trophy rend
From death and sin,
Till, when the thanks of earth shall end,
The thanks of Heaven begin.
-FrdHceS RUtiGU HdUergdl.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-11-19
The Small Barking Dog.

A burglar now in Dennemora On. "
prison, says the small barking dog is
the most formidable obstacle to success
that members of his profession are COM
PEELED to encounter. While electric
alarms, patent fastenings and such de-
vices are thoroughly understood and
evaded by burglars, who always make,
in the guise of peddlars, begging
tramps, ETC., a day examination of the
premises to be invaded at night, the
little canine that will run under sofas,
bureaus and other furniture and bark
continuously, is the one sentinel that
never slumbers and cannot be bribed
He advises every family, therefore, to
keep small terrier or rat dog and train
him from puppyhood to bark whenever
a stranger appears on the premises.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-11-19

"A horse which Dean Boomer, OF
London, Ont, had in his possession for
forty-siX years, and was really two
years older than that, was shot on
Wednesday to save it from starvation.
1t had become too weak to eat.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-11-19

"A farmer at Eugene City, Ore, got
$4,000 pounds of hops this season from
fourteen acres of ground.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-11

1t ID Ut alone the naked E,llow which
enablSe The succeeding crop to draw more
from nldDher earth. The thorough cult
vadoa which farmers give. and should
giv0s N hoed crops. answers the same
purpQee. Sometimes after passing
through growing corn with the cultiva-
tor, 1t will start into such vigorous growth
~ 10 make one think that the corn had
been taking n drink" as man once re-
marked. And so had. but the drink was
ammonia, which the loosened soil had
absorbed from air and rains and dews.
The ammoniated water of summer dews
is the most stimulating of manurcs. but
il is stimulating only because the tertili-
ger in the. right condition for imme late
use as plant food. The same is true of
liquid manures Of ALI kinds They are at
once available. and are used by the first
crop to which they are applied. 1t it were
possible to make all. or nearly NJ. fertility
available Or the crop. the soil would soon
be exha1x&ed. On light Binds this is
sometiu6ethe result, unless great care is
taken @nply manureeas often as the
land is ped. Heeyy clsys, on the
other Id cannot Be exhausted to the
same ext Tie crops tall of while
there is q nifty an abundance of fertil-
ity in the Soil. but il is locked up in clods
where plant roots cannot reach it.-t'0Hn-
try Gentlemen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-11

In his talks At the ROYAL Show yard,
Derby. England. DIR. voelcker, the very
eminent authority. said that England ought
To - Asuto nsarly self-supporting in the
nGD9ef bettey. and might be, if It's dairy
men would learn howto make the choice
butter now brought from Holstein, Den
mark and America. Some of his points
for gepd bufter-makiug are added: Ny
beliSf b that the first quality Of butter is
produced from pasture which contains
great variety Of herbs, some Of which
might even be ranked as weeds. The
qaes6on IL: Can ordinary pasture produce
first quality butter? And to that question
/ answer, DECIDEDLY, If you take proper
precautions To prevent the cream turning
sour before it is churned." This sourness.
let me repeat, is the great hindrance IN
making high class butter. Many persons
deem this a small matter and uncon-
sciOusly allow the cream to get somewhat
sour before making butter; but if You de-
sire to produce good. sweet, keeping
butter, you must churn cream as sweet as
possible. As to the question Of shallow
OF deep pans for setting" for cream, !
am m advocate for the use Of deep ones.
After being filled with milk. these pans
shosld be placed in a vessed containing
water-ordinary pump water answers
well-for twelve hours or, if the milk Is
extra warm, little ice may be used. and
this would result in large proportion OF
crsnm rising. In order to prevent ran
cidity. II IS very important that cream
should be churned at once. In small
diaries, however, this is impracticable,
and In such cases every endeavor should
be made To prevent the casein from turn
ing. Although my profession is that Of a
chemist. would impress upon you that
the less chemicalsyou use. or the less you
attempt to NEEDLE with chemical agencies
in the separation OF butter from the cream.
the better will be the result. 1t is pure
ly mechanical process. II you pour of
the buttermik as soon as the butter comes
you will have butter much more free from
the cheesy or curdy envelope which orig
inaliy encased it in the creamy globule.
And you will never make first rate butter
unless you preserve a regular temperature
in churning. The temperature should
never rise above 60 degrees, it should be
rather below than otherwise" ~