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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-07
Cool Custer.

Men can counterfeit sorrow, sym.
patty, anger, friendship, enthusiasm
and fear, but when il comes TO counter.
feiting bravery, has another thing,
LIE. regiment be drawn up in Inc OF
battle, and while on, would look in
vain for skulkers b, would see plenty
% quivering III rs anl white faces, and
that. too, amorg oii.e S. Under the
intiGencc OF tear N )rc than one colonel
has ahau Toned his regiment, ana more
than ouG Ggigalier general las lost his
reputation Fear Of l,ath IS 10: COW.
&rlice, Men grew rl.e AMI trembled
At tie roar OF battle, and yet the knowl.
edge Of certain death wonld not have
made them take a back ward step
Perhaps one man in 4 THOUSAND is
bosn without {, at--absolutely careless
Of everything that makes other men
afraid. Custer vas such a nan. In
being brave and reckless he was Cnlv
natural. OK lie cavalry officers, Xii.
patrick, as some think, would have
died sooner than exhibit fear, but il
was moral courage that held him 20 the
line. SO with Torbert and many
others while they had to brace up'n
under fire. Custer was the same in a
fight as on dress parade cool, good.
natured, confident aud close observing
The "ping' Of bullet had 10 more
significance to him than the hum of
bee, and he relied on his own efforts to
get him out of tight fix.
Soon after Casters brigade went into
the Shenandoah Valley a rav.boned
recruit came down to one Of the com.
panies, and next day his regiment had
a fight. The recruit stood his ground
first rate for about an hour and then in.
CURED of comrale; Say, have we
licked EN- yet?"
mo, not yet" was tie reply, and
they haven't licked us, either!7
Mop"
" You remember 1 only got here YES.
terday, and I don't know much about
this business" continued the recruit.
q" How shall 1 know when we are
licked 2
Watch Casters face" was the re.
ply; " when you ses him turn pale
you want to quit lighting and go to
running
Gen. Custer would sit on his horse
and write orders and overlook move.
ments with bullets flying all about
him, and it is not ON record that any
one ever saw him dodge. When q
horse was killed under him he was
greatly surprised, seeming to have for
gotten the fact that missiles OF death
were flying about His seeming reck.
iessness and abandon in the face of the
enemy made him the successful leader
that he was. His narrow escapes made
his men argue that he who rode straight
at the enemy run no more risks than
one held in reserve. and before Custer
left the Michigan brigade to become
division commander he had 4 900 men
who would follow him upon belching
battery us soon as against demoralized
infantry.-DeiF0HF Free Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-07

The SLowEsT HoRsE--The old story
OF the man who, having hired horse
to attend funeral and was cautioned
against overdriving, said he would
keep up with the procession if he
killed the horse, is retold in different
shape of an Illinois candidate for uom-
ination to office. Wishing to reach the
convention at distant town he hired q
horse at livery stable. In spite of the
candidates pounding and swearing, the
animal was so slow that the man did
not get there until after the convention
had adjourned, and so he lost his nomi-
nation. He denounced the owner for
letting him such beast. The propri-
etor of the stable, on investigation, dis
covered that the hostler had let him
have one OF the hearse horses. Hearse
horse. hearse horse!" cried the batil ID
politician. Why, if man should
start to faneral with such horse as
that, he would not reach the grave till
two weeks after the resurrection
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-07

A LIGHT PUDD1SG.-Boila little mt.
meg and cinnamon in a pint of new
miik, take out the spice; beat eight
yeiks and four whites Of eggs, a glass of
sweet wine, little salt and sugar; mix
q spoonful of flour, very smooth, in
little OF the milk, then put all tog ether,
With the crumbs of small roll grated:
tie this in thick cloth, b. il it an hour:
serve it With butter, melted, ane. vine
and sugar poured over il.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-07
He SeWs on a Button.

NA1s AuIVySOpp COdt uuu 1OSt d Uut-
ton, Mrs. Turvytop was i'll in bed and
must on no account be disturbed. Ma
tiida was but child and had never
sewed on . button, but thought she
could il papa would only allow her to
Try.
But Mr.. Turvytop Was we'll aware
thatsewing on button was no small
matter-that to sew on Q buttor-es.
pecially Q coat button-well, required
iudgmenti to say the least. So Mr..
Turvytop decided to sew on his own
button, with little Of Matilda's assist.
ance perhaps.
4 Nov, the first thing was to find q
needle. That was easy enough. Of
course, for Mrs. Turvytop was Q model
Of order, and her needle-book, which
vas in her work basket up stars, was
sure to be plentifully stocked with
needles Of al sorts and sizes.
30 Matilda went up stairs, tip.toed
Z into her mamma's room, found the
work-basket, the needle.book and q
needle, which she carried stra ightway
- her papa.
All right 10 farr" said Mr.. Turvy.
top, but some thread will also be
neceseary, little daughter"
oh, yesf said Matilda, who had
not thought Of that; but the thread was
= mammals ROOM. too; 20 she went
eoI.y up Stairs again; again she tip
toed into her mamma's room, found the
boz Of thread, and carried it down
stair1.
.vesy vell, said Mr.. Turvytep,
Eith an air Of business; now wa have
he tools. we will proceed 70 sew on the
nuteon. But drst We must select some
snread. Here it 10 In every variety;
oIue. brown. green; which shall it be,
daughter I"
On, black thread, should think,
Papa on black coatr' said the child.
keliect!y correct, " said MIR. Turvy-
9ep. UNIFORMITY OF color. Aheml
xeos Very desirable; and here ID the
ss Oas ~ psiIecG0n sgood, strong. black
1teaes whtch VIII defy every effort to
qee.cn ny coat button the second time.
6nt there seems to be something wrong
VAN tnae needle, Matilda. It resists
~ ny eMoro % thread it."
bite tho end, papa" said Matilda.
n. Turvytop bit the end, but sue.
ceeded no better than before.
",FuM It out. papa" continued the
enid !neereetedly.
NJ. Turvytop iuxzsd 1t, or tried to,
according TO directions, but all in
VAN
!nen Matilda wanted 70 try. She
nad begun to DO patchwork, and hsd
!e9.ned 70 Unread her needle beauti-
auuy
bct you can't get this thread
tnfongn tae eye OF the needle, papa"
.sad me chld, g soon a. abe had taken
u !nt0 neg small hands:
On, snen the fault il in the thread"
1ePnea ~. tufvytcp. We must find
someInine else; turning over and
maNnG up me spools IN way that
roulo nave :Uuck dismay to the order
y zen! OF ms spouse:
Du: mere We notnlng else in black
:.s 1 ~. Wouia 90 % al; nothing
I ~ oos se%o me Olack aux. which
1;syDP Icy YOU'D DO quite in.
1cmcaent 20 noia the button. Mr..
AcssIysoP ien zen !;
AI'e. ~, sonloquized that gen
saen. .ae color OF the thread is
4us:G s .mma.eA. wnen 9 button is
1919 s 81 t. ~ Tue snleao Is NOT ex.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-07

The first block of American marble
ever shipped to England was sent by
Mr.. Columbus Smith of West Sails
bury, Vermont, about 1850. 1t was six
and half feet long, of the usual pro-
portions, and taken from tie pure
white vein ef the Brandon quarry.
After having been made up Into small
articles, the consignee admitted that
the net profits of The block wefe over a
thousand dollars.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-02-26

4 No frstc lass horses nd hu2cIcs hire
day, month. reasonable terms
Regular Mail Stages leave every night 10y o'clock T. ~.
Meeting EcrInione. The stage for Alexandria
leaving same hour.
Through OpousaS Orleans $500 Tickets
following G. Whitney New Ooas T.
ebert, J, Nemlonyilc; H. NJ. Dunbar Grand Cotean; A. T.
John Posey Washington: John F. Shaw Vile
Plate; Sam Haas Chicot G. n Flower Alexandria.
Stages going with hacks to Belle
Cheney Springs Chicot.
B-Packages viii be received in New Orleans by Adams FIX
press Co.. points this line and packages inrused to
will be delivered Express Messengers for delivery New
Orleans ard intermediate points
St. Landry democrat., 1881-02-26
For Safe,
ON VERY LIBERAL TERMS

non uIartati0n in Bellevue, one plantation
al Cnuiec Crochc, one plantation on til" Tcchc
near Balrrys Landing. two tracts OF land near
Pnmnryilie, in close proximity to the Texas
railroad Desirable building lots in and near
the town of Opcioias.
I will sell the above mentioned properties on
tla following conditions: One-ttth cash,
four-fifths in four equal yearly instalments
without interest. J. BLOCH.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-02-26
FOR YOUNG LADIES

I will open my school for tie education Of
vouns ladies', on Monday, 4th OF September
lproxl J. III my dwelling at opelousas. ! intend
this Institution 20 lie permanent, and viii en-
heavor to meet the wants Of this community, by
affordng facilities for Il thorough education.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-02-26

= -
supply of all kinds of family and fancy vnes
Candies and everything else that
for the Christmas holidays also recracker Roman Candles
every description. Everything will
CHEAP, CHEAP CHEAI he clear
Be certain call On him. before buying elsewhere His goods
fresh he will not be undersold.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10
General Robert Patterson was IL

General Robert Patterson was the
owner Of several mirrors which once
belonged to Washington, and for more
than half a century preserved them
carefully in his residence at PhiIadel-
phia. He left in his will directions that
these mirrors shall remain where they
are so long as any of his descendants
occupy the house, and that they shall
be regarded as heirlooms by his pos
terity.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The Toledo. Cincinnati & St. Louis
narrow guage crosses nearly forty stan
dard-guage roads.
Corrugated sheet zinc is being in
troduced in Germany and Belgium for
roofing purposes, with Eluch success.
The Lake Okeechobee region in
South Florida, it is found, produces a
native variety of the india-rubber tree.
The scaffoldings which were used
in the construction of the two colossal
spires of the Cologne Cathedral, recent
ly completed, consumed an immense
quantity of timber. Only two-third5 of
them have thus far been tax en- down,
and already they have turned out 2OO,-
600 cubic feet.
OF 10000 acres devoted to the
growth of hops in this country, accord
ing to the New York State census of
1879, Otsego County had 1910 acres,
Oneida 5000, and Mad son s, SOB. max
ing in all 2O,712 acres. These figures
have not materially changed since that
time. The annual value of the crop in
these three counties is over 800, 900.
"A table of official statistics shows
that the wages of thirty-six different
trades in France in 1877 averaged 81
per cent. higher than 1853. The low
est increase given is 40, for GOLFERS,
and the highest "A, for bakers. The
compiler notes that the rise has been
highest in those trades in which
machinery has come largely into use.
The price of bread has remained sta
tionary.
BY the statistics of the Brewers
Congress recently held in France, the
popular impression of the Teutonic
fin val or iS
proved incorrect. The Briton tops the
roll. One-th'rd of all the beer brewed
annually in Europe is produced in the
English islands. Counting men, women
anu children, every native of Great
Britain drinks nearly 143 quarts of beer
in a year. whereas Germans drink only
81, and Austrians no more than 81.
Mr.. H. c. Hovey says: "The first
successful attempts at canning fish,
fruit and vegetables were made at Fast
port, Me-, about the year 1910. The
honor of this pioneer work Gas am in
formed by Mr.. ID. i. Odell, British Vice
Consul. Eastport) is to be shared between
Mr.. Charles Mitchell, who brought the
idea with him from Scotland. and Mr..
U. S. Treat, who employed him and fur.
nished the requisite capital to carry on
experiments"
An event of some importance in
American industrial annals is the termi
nation of the ! atents on the Mckay
shoe-sewing machinery. and with them
the "roy alties'' that have vexed the
souls of modern Crispins. The shoe
manufacturers have long been restless
under the burden of these royalties. On
a single pair of shoes they make but a
small ditference-averaging, say, two
cents a pair-but in factories where a
thousand cases of shoes are made and
shipped in a week the aggregate is con-
siderable. Good operators, for in
stance, can sew six hundred pairs of
shoes in a working day, and several fac
tories at Lynn and other points have as
many as one hundred Mckay machines
steadily at work. The stream of reve-
nue. running into the fortunate associa-
ton can therefore be imagined.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10

the colored voters hold the balance OF
power In many localities, where the
Republican party has long been domi-
nant, there are numerous colored citi-
zenS who are educated and well-to-do
But these men, whose votes were ne
cessary to each and every success of
the party, have been Systematically
snubbed when they have presumed to
hint at an equitable distribution of
Offices
Hereafter this will not be the case
The day is past for using the black vot-
ers to win battles, and then driving
them away from the public crib. We
shall see the colored men of Providence,
of New Bedford. of Salem. of Cleve-
land, and Il hundred other cities de-
manding and receiving their share of
Offices.
Holding the fate of their party in their
own hands, realizing their power to
make or unmake it, and having the
Philadelphia example to point to. they
will assume confident and independ-
ent tone. They will not beg as a spe-
cial boon that which belongs to them of
right.
All this is going to be severe trial to
those great Republican leaders vino have
protested SO much friendship for the
colored race while persistently discrlm-
mating against them. But they will be
compelled to yield to the inevitable,
while the beneficaries o. the change
will have to admit that they were in
debted to Democrat for the inaugural
ton of the work in the most intensely
loyal" of all Republican Cities
IPn ,Hi71ofOl IOSf
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Already five students of Fisk Uni
versity have gone to Africa as mission
aries.
The Japanese residents in Paris
propose to erect a temple in which to
celebrate their religious rites.
Rev. G. r. Graves has published.
through the Baptist Book House at
Memphis, Tenn, an argument for
strictest Baptist principles, entitled
"lntercommunion Inconsistent"
The rector of Trinity Parish, New
York City, has sixteen assistants. The
income of the parish is understood to
be about $500, 900, so that it can afford
to deal generously by its clergy, as it
has the reputation of doing.
Rev. NJ. Forrest, a missionary, has
prepared in the Japanese language ten
little books on the Ten Commandments,
setting forth the differences between
Christian precepts and those of
Buddhism. The Japs receive these
W rks with great favor.
The German newspapers state that
the project of establishing a German
university in America is actually APP
preaching realization. A bureau for
advancing the matter is to be opened at
Frankfort and many of the most distin-
guished pro- of the German uni
vcrsities are on the committee.
From March to August the mis-
sonaries of the American Sunday
School Union in the Northwest organ
lied 3l4 new Sunday-schools, which
have 1,347 teachers and 1885 scholars
New missionaries have recently been
commissioned to labor in Michigan,
Iowa, Dakota, Colorado. Wyoming and
California. and arrangements are COM
pleted to send men to Utah and Oregon.
The Society is doing more work this
year than it has done before in many
years. 1t is working at the foundation.
AT the Great Mohammedan Mis-
sionary University at Cairo, in Egypt,
there are at this day ten thousand stu
dents under training. ready to 60 to any
part of the world to teach the doctrines
of Islam. Missionaries meet these Mos
lem priests, not in Turkey alone, which
is the center of their power, but also in
Persia, India and China. and in the
professed this faith have been led to re-
nounce it for Christianity. This is
partly owing, no doubt, to the fear of
persecution, for the MOslems hold that
it is not only proper but bounden duty
to kill any one who abjures his faith in
their prophet.
There are about 200 Cinnamon who
attend the different Sunday-schools in
Brooklyn. N. Y, and on Sundays they
go through the streets following each
other like Indians, marching in single
file. Two rarely walk side by side, and,
when addressing each other. they talk
over their shoulder. Their Sunday
clothes include embroidered. thick-soled
sandals and black cambria blouses, but
toned up at the side. They are taught
in the schools the English language and
of their schools, and soon become much
attached to their teachers.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10
WIT AND WISDOM.

Be content with your lot-especial-
ly if it S corner one. Wit and " isdOn.
THAT butter is too fresh" as the
man remarked when the goat lifted
him over the garden fence. -LoWell
Citizen.
When the river rises one foot what
becomes of the other?--B Boston Times.
1t remains tide, of course Cambridge
Tribune.
--Thare liz no trubble in Citing a
good reputashun. and in keeping it, if
men would only be az honest as they
pretend to be.-JOSh Billings
Much sickness about the city, doc
tor?' was asked a physiciaf ''Well.
you can say the business is improving"
answered the smiling interrogatee:-
-Neuy HaCen Register.
You can Judge something of a
mans character by the umbrella he
totes. If it is a cheap. cotton one you
may conclude that he is honest but not
very sharp. Boston Post.
Some of the girls of the period are
parting their hair on one side. They
do this because they do not wish to
look like the soft young men who part
their hair in the middle. N. o. Pic
dyu'ae.
Some railroad engineers don't jump
soon enough. and tire papers call them
heroes who died at their posts. Others
Jump clear of the crash and live long
and happy lives and die fat and con-
tented. Detroit Free Press.
"A New York goat came West with
a lot of poor children sent out to
Western homes. and the first day it
was Oh an Iowa farm it ate half mile
of barbed-wire and wanted more. 1t is
almost impossible to teach a New York
goat to eat grass or clover, when he
has been brought up from earliest in
fancy on corset rods. tomato cans
and wrecked hoop-skirts. Harrington
HaWkeye.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10
The Recognition Of COlOred Voters.

The great phenomenon of colored
policemen in Philadelphia continues to
attract the attention of the country. 1t
excites profound interest throughout
the North, not only because it is, in it
self, startling change from the Re-
publican practice, but Tor the further
reason that it has agitated the Repub-
licans OF Philadelphia in most re-
markable manner.
The quartette of colored appointees
of Democratic Mayor, arrayed in blue
and brass, armed with the customary
baton. and with pistol in reserve to be
used ''when constabulary duty is to
be DONE" have been stared at by thou
curiosity as the stoical red men dis
played when they beheld the first
Europeans who landed in the new
world.
In fact it is reliably reported that
ment of this curious interest, but that
these sable guardians of the public
peace, as they walk their respective
beats in the City of Brotherly Love,
ale followed by gaping crowds as if
they were Haveriy Mast odon process
sion or Barnum's Only Greatest Show
on Earth.
The appointment of these colored
men to Office, as an act of justice and
good faith on the part of a Democratic
magistrate, is significant event.
Heretofore, in all the Republican
strongholds of the North, there has been
no Official patronage for the black Re-
publicans. They have been expected
to do their full share of campaign work,
and they have fully met this expecta-
ton. They have been expected to
vote their party's ticket unscratched,
and they have done it. Damon was
not more loyal to Pythias, Jonathan
more true to David, than the black voter
has been to the Republican party.
And when the campaign was over,
and the fruits of victory gathered,
there has been but feeble recognition
of the black mans fidelity, no chance
for him to share in the honors or emol-
uments.
In many northern towns and cities
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10
Ethics Of Conversation.

Yesterday morning two strange boys
met up on Pond street, and the easy
flow of their conversation can only be
accounted for by the fact that Bronson
Alcott was in Burlington nine years
ago, when these two boys were babes:
Hellor'
"Hello"
"Where you goin'?''
"Down here. Where you gojp'?"
"Up yander. Where dye git that
dog
That's Will Staples dog"
''Bet faint nuther, then"
cts Bill Staples"
Il know'd Bill Staples before You
did,
Il know where Jim Butch lives"
Il know Jake Stubblekins.
Jake Stubblekinses daddy is po'
liceman.'
"Ho. My daddy's dead. MY uncle
can lick your daddy"
MY daddy don't want to fight; but
he amt afraid of him."
Pm gon' in swimmin' 'safternoon.'
I'm goin' in swimmin' 'smorning."
Huhr'
Well"
Il got to 60"
81 got to go, too"
"Huhn'
.Huhi"
And they parted. 1t sounds very
ridiculous. and the pious reporter who
heard it laughed at it. but, brethren,
did it ever occur to you that abouG half
the wise men who meet casually on the
street say little more than, and fire.
quently not so much as. these two boysp
Report your own conversations, for just
enc day, and see how much or many of
them you would like to see in print
RuriiuQton Uawkcye.