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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08
OUR GIRL ROUGH.

Err voice Is loud in street OF house.
and inclines to Il screech. Her laugh
IS coarse. and may be heard two
blocks distant She is from l. to IS
years Of age. and is ont every even
ing until {: or 10 o'clock. She wan
ders alon" the sidewalks with
companions o. her own ilk The
chief aim of their wandering is to
pass and repasS. to ogle and perhaps
chatf with the bands Of boy roughs
on the street corners These are her
beau ideals of manhood. She is hung
with cheap tinery and dressed spas
medically in spots. If her skirt is
old and seedy it will not prevent her
from putting on the new Jacket of
glaring color, whereby is brought out
more strongly the age and seediness
of the lower garments. She loves the
curnstarch ice cream of the Bowery.
and much of her time and strength
are occupied i'll consuming the cheap
candy of that locality. If strength
ened by the company of one of her
sort" she is not averse to the all
vances of an entire stranger, and will
accept treat of oysters or cream
from him.
She will stand in doorways near
her own residence, or the locality
with which she is familiar, and rude
ly criticise passing strangers. On an
excursion boat she is noted for noise
and righteousness. 1t is with a
keen zest that she goes to the coun
try on foray and devOurs the fruit
plundered by her "Jaky" from the
farmers orchard and garden She
will steal all the flowers possible. and
throw half Of them away Oh reach
ing home. For the country proper
she has no relish. A night in the
farm house without her companions
would be misery for her. Her sum
of life is gaudy, ill-chosen dress,
tight shoes, high heels, a "feller,"
dancing every other night, oysters
and theaters. She can drink beer,
and is not averse to getting a trifle
fuddled. Her youth will soon be
over. She is bony, thin, chest mar
row, and inclines to length and lank-
iness. Her ideal of symmetry is the
tit of corset. Could she shape the
human form divine, she would add to
flesh and blood. high French heels.
She is not wholly bad. Her shall
lowness is the most painful and dis
couraging quality about her. There
isn't depth enough either for any
great degree of wickedness or good
ness. She is floating trihe on the
current. She was born a trifie and
will die tritie She will marry, of
course. and make a husband and her
self miserable within three months
after the wedding.
There are several grades of our
girl rough. All are not equally coarse
and turbulent. Some affect a refine
ment and gentility which they do not
really understand or are able to car
ry out. The higher, or perhaps it
might be better to say costlier class,
do not dream they are roughs." But
they are. Scratch their veneer and
the rough will be found underneath.
Feeling out of place or not at home
in certain company, for the first hour
she seems timid and reticent This
is only cOnstraint. Sooner or later
she will burst ont, and the monOsyl-
liable" Yes or NO." being all she
has said hitherto, will be exchanged
for some verbal coinage fresh from
the second or third class theater.-
The Graphic
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08
BILL NYES HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

70 Remove oils. vurni-h"- resins
tar. oyster soup. currant jelly. and
other selections from the hiil Of fare
50 h,'llzin". soap and chlorofprln
cautious Y with wl!tpW;:>ll brush and
garden lo~r Then ii:.ng Oh the
wood rll" to remove til" Ialn"rnt ef
fluvi;i of the benziuc To clean cell
lnys that have been SMOKED Ivy kero
srne lamps OF the fragrance of fried
salt pork Remove the ceiling. wash
thoroughly with borax. turpentine,
and rain water. than hang on the
clothes line to dry. Afterward pull
verize. and spread over the pie plant
bed for spring Wear. To remove
starch and rouyhneSS from fiat irons
Hold the iron on Il large grind
stone for twenty moments OF SO. then
wipe off carefully with a rag. To
make this effective, the yrindstone
should be in motion while the iron
is applied. TO soften water for
household purposes Put an ounce
of quicklime into certain quantity
of water. If it is not suificient.use less
water or more quicklime. Should
the immediate lime continue to re-
main deliberate. lay the water down
on Il stone, and pound it with a
has" ball club. To give relief to a
burn Apply the white of an egg
Ih" yoke of the egg may be eaten,
OF placed on the shirt bosom. accord
ing to the taste of the person. If
the burn should occur on Il lady. she
may omit the last instruction. To
wash black silk stockings Prepare
a tnb of lathcr. composed of tepid
rain water and white soap, with Il
little ammonia. Then stand in the
tub till dinner is ready. Roll III a
cloth to dry. DO not wiring. but
press. the water ont. This will ne
cessitate the removal Of the stock
lngs. Ii your hands are badly
chapped. wet them in warm water.
rub them all over with Indian meal,
then put on Il coat of glycerine. and
keep them in your pockets for ten
days. If you have no pockets con
venient. insert them in the pockets
of a friend. An excellent liniment
for toothachc OF neuralgia is made
of s;ssafras. oil of organum. and a
half ounce of tincture of capsicum,
with half Il point Of alcohol. Soak
nine yards of red flannel in this mix
turc. wrap it around the head, and
then insert the head in haystack
till death comes to yonr relief.
Woolen goods may be nicely washed,
if you put half an ox-gall into two
gallons of tepid water 1t might be
we'll to put the goods into the water
also. If this mixture is not strong
enough, put in another OK gall
Should this fail to do the work, put
in the entire OK, reserving the tail for
soup. The OK gall is comparatively
useless for soup. and should not be
reserved as an article of diet.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

did hot stop drinking III" would stop
iin. ''Iuu viii be >nrry for it. If
you don't Stop yuu will l,,' a dead man.
, | Will bc better off as yo,r widow
than Is til" >la>in- wife nf :. drunk
AID" Then riyh, after the quarrel
She had l,llyit poison. She told the
druggist tf;i; She wished to poison
~o.le eats that disturbed her sheep
! The next morning the dead body was
, found. and the doctor found poison
i'll the body. There was only one
thing that looked queer She had
not been allowed to see the remains
As l said before. the evidence was
conclusive. and the verdict of the jury
was guilty" and l must do my duty
Mary Brainarl. stand up
She staggered to her feet and stood
facing me.
The jury have found You guilty
of murder in the first degree Have
yon anything to say why the sen
tcncc of the Court should not be
passed upon Won
Il am not guilty" Sh" bowed her
head and stood waiting for what was
to come.
MARY Brainard. this is Il painful
duty which have to perform. CSu-
ally in passing a sentence upon one
found guilty of committing Il crimc.a
Court passing that sentence utters
words of advice to the guilty In this
case l cannot do so: the crime is too
great. l will proceed at once to pass
the sentence of the Court Mary
Brainard, the sentence of this Court
is that on the Dist day of February
next, between the hours of II o'cl)ck
| at noon and o'clock in the afternoon.
in the Court House yard, at Plain
vile. you be hanged by the neck. until
you are dead. and God have mercy
upon your soul?
As soon as had finished. she sank
back in her chair. like one exhausted.
The people in the court room cheered
in token of their approval. Just as
the sheriff was about to take her back
to the goal, a man elbowed his way
through the crowd. to where the pris-
oner was. Clasping her in his arms.
he cried OUT
''Mary! Nary
She gave one wild scream. shall
always remember it. l heard her
say
John, is this you?" She then fell
forward upon his shoulder.
The dead was alive; it was her
husband!
"Yes," he said; II am this woman's
husband; I am John Brainard. l
went away vowing that l would not
return again until 1 had freed my
self from my appetite for drink. l
am now sober man, and thank God
that l am able to save my wife from
being murdered simply because the
law says So"
''That's my story" continued Judge
Holmes. Ever since then I have
had no faith in circumstantial evid-
ence."
"Who was the man that they found
dead?' asked one of the lawyers.
THAT l never knew; case of sui
eide. perhaps replied the Judge.
THAT IS queer experience. but it
is only fair illustration of what may
have occurred many times in the past"
said one.
"And may occur many times in the
future" said another
That is true" said Judge Holmes
..But here is the Judge of this court
The train must have been behind, or
he would not be so late. Business.
gentlemen; we must now attend to
business"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08
HOW IT HURTS.

The Detroit Free Press man mus.
have been before one IF th' l:i"r,,.
v"iItion- III this city disguised a. Il
canilHatn for nunlnatlrl. and ~,t left.
Ii" tells how Il man feels under such
sad circumstances: He -ra,,.. yu,W
hand. braces himself against his
gurgling emotion and whispcrinylv
inquiries:
Did you ever hear of Il ca-,. li>"
that -
You never did. You tell him that
You never did. and he pulls YOU into
Il doorway and continues:
Il am done with politics forever"
No"
YES. l am. and with the party.
too"
You don't say
"Oh. but l am This thing has
satisfied me that there is no such
thing as honesty in politics. and that
a politician has no more word than a
dog. was sold out"
''Possible."'
Sold ont and lied out. They used
money to beat me- They lied about
me. They played hypocrite and knavc.
Here | have served the party for nine
teen long year, and never asked for
an Office. and the minute | decide to
accept Il nomination for Il little fifteen
cent position they go TO work and
beat me in convention with Il awoodrn
head who doesn't know enough to
make a barrel of pork Corruption,
sir cor rup shun and the whole
ticket will be defeated on account of
it,.
And the best of it is he takes Won
for Il man WHO isn't posted. He
doesn't believe you have tn" slightest
lGea that he packed three or four eau
clscs. bought :: dozen delegates. told
three lies to the other mans one and
was beaten because his delegates sold
out: He takes You for an innocent.
and he grasps your hand again ut
parting and chokingly says:
"Corruption vile corruption. Most
barefaced fraud in American politics.
Can't train with a I arty upheld by the
practice of such principles can't DOS
sibly do it."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08
SPANISH CRUELTY.

The Spaniard> of the sixteenth cen
tury hay" been called Il cruel people:
and 50 they We're Yet they We're 10
more cruel than other nations Of
their day. and no NOR. cruel rrla
lively. according to the progress of
humanity. than are We to day. lime
evolves III many respects a more re
fined civilization. but the nature Of
man changes not individuals may
be less Leistly: society may be regu
lated more by law and less by pas
sion: between nations in their wars
and diplomacy there may be less
systematic torture. less unblushiny
chicanery: but the world has yet to
tlnd wcightirr right than might
l fail to discover i'll America. by
Catholic Spaniards OF heather say
ages deeds more atrocious than some
committed in India and China within
the century by Protestant England,
the worlds model Of piety and pro-
I;riety: and yet the treatment Of In
dians of North America by the PEG
pie in Great Britain has been far
more Just and humane than their
treatment by hepeoplc of the United
States.
Before such a charge as that Of OK
ccssive cruelty can he made good
against people. there are several
things to be considered And first
the motive. The surgeon who ampu-
tates a limb to save life is not
called cruel Now the Spaniarls
were the spiritual surgeons of their
day. Nine -:"EthS of all their brutal
tiles were committed conscicntiously
and religiously They scourged to
save souls; and the more of the i'll
convertible they killed. the greater
the service to God. Secondly the quail
ty of cruelty is not pronounced,but re-
latlve. There are cruelties of the
heart, of the sensibilities. no less
cruel than bodily tortures. The age
OF savagism is always cruel: and so
is the age Of Christian civilization.
Cruelty springs from ignorance
rather than from instinct. Childlike
and thoughtless things, tender
by instinct, are cruel from disingen-
uous perversity. A clouded, unreas
oning, unreasonable mind, even when
hiding beneath it u tender heart.
besets cruelty; while sterner dispo-
sition, if accompanied by clear.
truth loving intellect, delights in no
injustice and cruelty is always I'M
Just. This is why.if it be true as has
been charged, that Notwithstanding
boys are more cruel than girls, women
are more cruel than men. Children.
women and savages are cruel from
thoughtlessness; though the cruei
boy may be very tender of his
puppy. the cruel woman Of her child.
the cruel savage Of his horse The
Christianity, the enforced rr,cepts of
peace and goodwill, the faith and
sweet charity Of that day were in
elsely cruel 1 will cite few in
s,ances of European cruelty. not con
tined to Spaniards, which will show
not only that Spain was not more
cruel than other nations, except as
she possessed more piety ami power.
But that the savages of America
were not more cruel than the Euro
peans of III, ir day. Both tortured
to the uttermost whera they hated,
even as men do now; the chief differ
ence was, the Europeans. being the
stronger, could torture the harder.
Civilization changes, not the quantity
of cruelty, Lut the quality only
Bancroft's History Of the Pacific
States, Vol. l.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08
MURDER BY BURIAL.

No scientific discoveries have been
made in our generation of greater i'm
portance than those of Nj. Pasteur.
As many of our readers are aware,
they relate to the propagation of dis,
ease through living organisms, those
known as bdciiie and bacteria being
most frequently connected with the
morbid processes of disease. NJ. Pas
teur finds that these microscopic
forms of life exist especially in dead
bodies: that they work their way up
through the soil to the surface, are
taken into the intestines of grazing
cattle or are distributed by the winds,
and SOFT would seem probable, propa-
gate a whole school of disease such
as small -pox, scarlatina, typhoid and
typhus feyers. diphtheria, tubercu-
lar consumption, pneumonia. erysip-
elias, etc. etc, and perhaps yellow
fever. NJ. Pasteur mentions the
splenic fever which prevails in
France and other countries of
Europe, and which annually de
stroys thousands of cattle and sheep.
In one such case he discovered that
an epidemic of this disease was fol-
lowed, after some years, by fresh
outbreak among cattle that had been
buried under the pastures. The
little bacteria had worked their way
from the buried carcasses to the
surface, and were found in swarms
in the intestines of earth worms gath
cred there.
1t ought to be the business of sci
entitic people to show the relation of
these facts-if they can be accepted
as facts-to our present method of
disposing of the dead. If the
breezes that blow from Greenwood.
Mt. Auburn and Laurel Hill are
laden with germs that propagate the
di elses that have already slain our
kindred, then the most expensive
feature of those cities of the dead is
not their costly monuments 1t is
worth while to ask ourselves
whether the disciples of cremation
have not truth on their side, and
whether some amendment is not
needed in the modes of burial which,
in this country especially, seem de-
signed to resist operations of nature
as long as possible, and SO to make
a dead body a source Of indefinite
evil.
Indeed, the whole matter of our
burial customs is one which urgently
needs revision. It is astonishing
that, in connection with risks SC
many and various as are involved in
our modes of burying our dead,
there should have been, in modern
times, SO little care and forethought
The dwellers in proximity to grave
yards who have been poisoned by
their drainage include vast multi
tude whose number has never been
reckoned. Century Magazine.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

A MONSTER TINE PIECE The large
clock us the English House of Par
Lament is the largest one in the
world. The four dials in the clock
are % feet in diameter. Every half
minute the minute hand moves nearly
I inches. The clock will 80 eight
days and Il half, and will only strike
for seven and Il half. thus indicating
any neglect in winding it up. The
winding up of the striking apparatus
takes two hours. The pendulum is
Is feet long; the wheels are cast iron:
the hour-bell is 8 feet high. and 8
feet in diameter, weighing nearly Is
tons. and the hammer alone weighs
more than 400 pounds. The clock
strikes the quarter hours; and by its
striking the short hand reporters
regulate their labOrs. At every strike
new reporter takes the place of the
old, while the first retires to
write out the notes that he has taken
during the previous Is minutes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

OLp TINES They believed in use
full wives in the old days. Half
century ago, in the Northern and
Middle States no girl raised on Il
farm was deemed fit to marry until
her bedding, clothing. window cur
tains. towels. tableclotiIs, and every
article of domestic manufacture,
were made with her own hands in
quantities sufficient for respectable
house keeping. Young men then
who made visit to families for spcci-
iic purposes. were ingenious in find
ing out the domestic character of the
mother before they committed them
selves to the daughter On their
way to the future home. the young
husband and wife might have been
seen on farm wagon with load of
furniture. The chairs. table. bureau.
kitchen utensils and u few other arti-
,les were the gifts Of her parents: but
every article of bedding, table linen,
and personal clothing for home wear.
with many other similar things, were
made by her own hands.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08
THIRTEEN BRIDAL PARTIES.

There have been in the city, at a
quick estimate, more than fifty bri
dal couples during the week, and in
one hotel yesterday there were shell
tered eighteen brides and husbands
But they scattered while here and
one meets them even on the top Of
Washington Monument. But the
trip to Mt. Vernon concentrates them.
brings them together as it were; for
by the mysterious inspiration of Il
newly welded life it has to be felt
that trip to Washington is spec
ial happiness, and visit to Mount
Vernon is good omen. Yesterday
Captain Blake took thirteen couple
down the river to the historic spot.
Perhaps the prettiest sight of the
day was that witnessed at the tomb
The eager. pushing thrcng had gone
up the hill ahead, and at the tomb
was entertained bya very red-nos
man, who had much to say about the
sarcophagi and who seemed to be a
self-appointed guide. He had led
the throng away when the Young
married people reached the tomb.
They formed a phalanx in front of it,
and the accuracy with which they
ranged themselves was all the more
striking because it was unpremed
itated. There they were, man and
women alternatively, standing before
the tomb of the father of his coun
try like thirteen couples before the
altar.
The dresses of the brides were of
various shades, russet brown predom
mating, and all wore jaunty hats. A
little slender bride on the extreme
right actually laughed, but SO mer-
rily and so innocently that the sound
did not seem any more irreverent
than the song of the bird in the oak
over her head. A gaint bridegroom
seemed constrained and looked diff
IDENTIFY ut the woman at his right,
who was the other mans bride; and
the boyish looking groom at the OK
treme left in the pepper and salt
business suit seemed to be saying
sentimental things to the girl in drab
on his arm. Now. the strange feat
ure of all this was the utter uncon-
sciousness each couple seemed to
have of the others presence. and it
was to be noted that when at last the
gaint and his peach checked bride
broke the line and started leisurely
toward the house the others were
not slow to follow.
The failing fortunes of the Romans
caused them to abandon Britain in
the fifth century. AS soon as the le-
gions We're gone, the Northern bar
barian began to harass the Southern
people Their petition, sent to the
Roman General, ran: THE barbar
ians chase us into the sea: the sea
throws us back on the balbarians;
We have only the hard choice
left us of perishing by the sword or
by the waves" THIS fear Of barbar-
ians induced the Britons to ask the
aid of the Saxons. whose coming in
fluenced speech, manners, and the
entire history Of England.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

During the five years ending with
1850, 206 English railroad employees
were killed outright, ard 1914 We're
more or less severely injured, out OF
an estimated total of from 1900
to 1900 men whose duty it is to
make up and distribute trains.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

Out iii Australia. where whole
fire department gets so drunk that
it turns out and tries to extinguish
an aurora borealis, it must be fun to
be a fireman
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

A young lady being addressed
by a gentleman much older than
herself. observed that the only objec-
ton she had to union with him was
the probability of his dying before
her and leaving her to the sorrows
of widowhool. To which be made
the complimentary reply: Blessed
is the man who hath Il virtuous wife.
for the number of his days shall be
doubled.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

ADoLPHUs wants to know if it is
any worse for man to part his hair
in the middle than to part his nous
tache under the scenter.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

The title of Commodore" has
been introduced into the German
fleet. and it will signify the com
mander Of station.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

Russia estimates the value of the
Siberian gold mines at $6,OOaOW .
year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

THERE must now be more than 800
descendants of Benjamin Franklin
i'll the United States. some of them
poor and obscure as his wifc's family.
others III the navy and science: one of
them is said to be the wife of Attor-
ney General Brewster, another is a
school teacher at Port Chester, y. Y.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-08

By way of Illinois we get some
glimpses of the town government Of
Massachusetts, when no citizen not =
church member was allowed to vote.
They are a part of the early records
of Stockbridge, Mass, now in posses
sion of the Mayor Of StreatOr, Ill.
One of them is vote at a town meet
ing, desiring the Reverend Johnathan
Edwards to settle in the work of the
ministry there; to pay him q con-
tigent appropriation OF about thirty
three dollars a year was voted, TO-
gether with one hundred 'slay loads
Of firewood," that is to say, the In.
dians are to get eighty loads, the
English twenty" At another town
meeting two citizens and church
goers were by a formal vote allowed
to enlarge their pews at their own
expense; twenty dollars was assessed
on the town for finishing the front
gallery of the church, and by q vote
the Reverend MIR. Edwards family
was assigned to the pow with Mr..
SearSot's. The saints possessed the
earth in those days and ran things
to suit themselves.
The even-tempered, holy minded
newspaper man and the early riser,
or the sick or insomnia, are the only
people who enjoy the comet. When
the rest of the world is wrapt in
slumbcr, including the police. these
wideawake people gaze upon the fiery
tailed stranger and the next day tell
all sorts of stories about what they
have seen, certain at the same time
that they are free from contradiction
or intelligent criticism. 1t is almost
as good as going fishing.