Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-03-04

To PREVENT FIRES. Most OF the
fires that occur might be prevented
by proper care, and the following
hints, if carefully observed, will aid
materially in avoiding such acci-
dents:
1. NeYer leave matches where they
can be reached by children, and if
one should merely fall on the floor
be sure and search for it until you
find it. A match, when trodden on,
readily ignites, and if unobserved
may cause q serious fire, or. what is
more likely, set lady's dress in
flames. Rats and mice have a great
fondness for matches and often carry
them off to their holes, where, by
nibbling, they set them on fire. AL
ways keep matches in tin boxes, and
never in paper packages.
l. Children should be strictly pre-
vented from playing with fire, and
punished if caught so offending. 1t
is far better that they should undergo
the inconvenience of n little whole
some chastisement than either set
the house on fire, dishgure them
selves for life, or be burnt to death /,
from the want of being severely
punished for disobedience.
3. Never leave lamp or candle
burning at your bedside, on table.
when you 60 to bed, and avoid read
ing in bed. This is most fruitful
cause of loss of life and property.
4. If piece Of paper is used to
light lamp, see that it is properly
extinguished before leaving it, as il
will sometimes burst on fire after it
is supposed to have been completely
extinguished.
A HUNGRY GRAMMARIAN.-Ar reduced
pedagogue, with hunger intense,
read in n Portland restaurant win
dow the other day, " Oysters in
every style, % cents" and "Try a
piece of our 10 cent pie" An idea
rs bright rs n comet struck him like
a falling meteor. He entered, and
ate oysters raw, oysters fried, oys
ters stewed, oysters panned, oysters
roasted (plain and fancy) and oysters
escaloped, and one piece of pie, and
then quietly laid down a % cent
piece and postage stamp upon the
counter. The hashery cashier in
stantly hoped upon his ear, and it
was only after long debate and the
over-hauling Of all the grammars in
the ward that he could be convinced
that oysters in every style for %
cents justified the customers's order
ing oysters in erery style for 25 cents
and as he called for piece of the III
cent pie advertised, and only got a
quarter section of it, three cent
postage stamp was given, even n half
cent more than the card demanded.
Nobody else can play the trick now,
however. for the signs have been
taken down, and thoroughbred
philologist has been engaged to
write another oyster and pie "ad,
so that hungry bummers can't come
Dan'l. Connels trick with acts OF
parliament-that of driving couch
and four through them.-I1,tlano
Standard.
d" A BLIZZARD" says a Dakota man,
&c is the northwestern name for q
gale of wind filled with snow and ice
particles, rs fine as rice powder, with
u temperature ten or twenty degrees
below zero. A genuine blizzard is
so ferces and so dense that you can
neither face it OF distinguish objects
ten let away from you. In Dakota
and Minnesota during the prevalence
of the blizzard, farmers only venture
out of their houses with guiding
ropes around their persons to enable
them to find their way back. j."
PuT down in one corner of your
memory for future use the fact tha
in 1900 February will have bu
t%enty-eight days, although leal
year. This phenomenon occurs onl,
once III 2OD years, and always Ill th'
odd hundred,