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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-20

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-11-03
All About a Young Woman.

II was in the concert room. The as
semblcd ladies aud gentlemen were
awaiting the beginning of the entertain
ment. Presently very pretty young
woman entered the hall, walked down
the main aisle, and took her seat near
the front row.
"By Gcorge!" exclaimed a Young
man; ''that's Il mighty pretty grill"
"Perfect masher," said his friend,
sententiouslv.
"Did you see how she looked at me ?'
asked the first.
"At you!" replied his epigrammatic
friend. "Didn't l catch her eye three
timesP"
"a pretty dress-pattern," observed a
lady.
"But did you notice how awfully it
hung?" asked q second fair critic.
Blue and green!" sneered a third :;
"splendid taste!"
"She's got nice hair" remarked
Mr.. A.
Wonder how much of it is her own"
responded his wife.
"That dress must have cost as much
as four dollars a yard" was the COM
ment of young lady in the next seat.
"For my part, l don't see what folks
want to rag out so at concert" said
the young lady's mother; "nobody
would do it that was anybody"
"Why, ma" replied the daughter;
81 think she's just splendid. | wish |
had dress just like it."
"She's got q homely nose," remarked
q lady with nasal appendage like u
cheeseknife. 81 always notice noses,
You know"
"Altogether to tall" was the remark
of Mrs. b., perfect dump of a woman,
by the way.
"a beautiful cOmplexion!" remarked
Mr.. c.; "clear red and white.''
"Humph! That's easy enough" said
Mrs. c., exchanging with her female
friend a plying smile at her lord and
masters simplicity.
81 wonder how old she u.s." said a
lady across the aisle.
'Not day under twenty-five" was
the reply from her interlocutor.
"Twenty-five?" was the contemptu-
GUS comment of the other. "She'll never
see thirty again. Who wouldn't look
young with all that rigging emp"
1t is just possible that the speaker
thought that she herself would look
young with "that rigging" on; but 1t
did not seem probable to an unpreiu-
diced observer.
"She's brazen-faced thing, anvway!"
said woman in one of the back seats.
"Prancng way down front, just to show
her tinery!"
"Did You see that hatp" asked a
young lady, decked out in haunty head
gear. "All the colors of the rainbow"
"Who is she, l wonder?" asked an
inquisitive lady.
81 don't know" was the reply;
"nobody in particular, guess. She's
not one of our set"
AT this juncture the music began, and
what other commentaries were passed
upon the young woman were lost in the
Jangling of sweet sounds.
But wasn't it kind in her to give 90
many good people something to talk
about ?-IOStOn TyupScript
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-11-03
tnil,ircn'S Logic.

When one comes to consider how
early little child learns the exact
meanings of propositions for instance,
how seldom they misunderstood tine
relations expressed by the very words
that we find it difficult to define accu-
ratclV-it is, indeed, Il cause for wnn-
der. This is not mere parrot-likc
repetition of Il lesson, as any one who
has ever closely observed child learn
inc to speak knows. There IS the pro-
cess and exercise of severe logic that
puts 10 shame the erratic infections of
our language. Children, for example,
pare adiectiveS and adverbS. rs well As
to conjugate verbs. regularly. Before
a child SAYS, Il am gooder than ! was.
mamma he has observed the ordinary
form of the comparative, he has gen
erallZei his observation, and applied
his generalization To Il new word. This
NAV be done unconsciOuSlv- almost
certainly is so done; but the result in
either case i reached after the manner
OF rational bcing-bv processes of
pure reasoning. and not through mere
parrot-llke imitation. And this rea-
soning IL the work of mind in the
earliest stages of lis development-per-
hapS by Il baby not two wears old. In
deed, the tumble that children make of
their talk is often the result of an at
tempt to throw reason overheard and
conform to the :idioiisms of the
English language. The effect is some
times too much for them, and they
struggle along in the pr0foundcst alb
surllticS. One of my own children,
when she was under three years of age,
was taken to the photographer She
heard us say. on looking at the negative,
that she had moved. and piped up,
"Mamma. if you want me to sit little
more stiller, | will try little more
harder. but did try next to the hard
est"
Too often the logical faculty in chill
dren is smothered to death; they are
born with latent reasoning powers. that
follow the observing powers naturally
in the course of development, if they
are not destroyed. Too often the whole
training of the nursery and the school
IS directed toward eliminating the rea-
soning powers and making of children
mere monkeys or mere parrots. They
ought. Of course. to be set right when
,hcy are wrong. but such an evidence
of the exercise of reason rs | have Just
been speaking of, in the regular conju
CATION of verbs or comparison of ad-
jcctives, should neither be treated as
the cunning" ways of the baby and
encouraged, nor as the ignorance of the
older child and Internationally re-
proved. DO not crush out the little
tender bud of rational thought which is
jus, pushing its way into the air and
light. either i'll sport or in contempt.
Do not try, on the other hand, to force
it beyond its natural growth; just let
the logical faculty develop in IFS own
time, and in the natural way, watching
it, guiding it. clipping 1t where it needs,
but chcrshing it as the quality which
separates your child on the intellectual
side from the bruies.-7hc Century,.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-11-03
Lieat. i.emit's Marriage and Death.

Lieut.. Augustin +. Hewitt, United
States Army, Twentysecond Infantry,
died at 5 80 o'clock last evening, at the
residence OF Col. Blanton Duncan, after
An illness of not quite two weeks. The
disease was malignant malarial Of the
most virulent character, which deiied
all that medical skill and loving hearts
and hands could do. When it became
necessary to acquaint him with the fact
that his case was hopeless, Col. and
Mrs. Duncan gave him the painful in
formation, and it was received with the
heroism and unflinching manhood which
characterized ami stamped him as one
of the noblest AMI truest types of our
race. The look of inquiry which had
first gathered upon his face at this I'M
usual approach of his betrothed's pa
rents to his bedside simply changed into
q grand look of resignation. The first
inquiry made of him was who should be
sent for among the clersymen. g! have
been reared in the Catholic faith, but of
late | have not attended to my duties
as | should have done. l would like to
see Father Johnston" Lieut.. Hewitt
was to be married on next Tuesday,
9th of June, to Miss Katherine, eldest
daughter of Col. Duncan. That gentle
man asked him if it would make him
happier to be married then and there,
and Hewitt eagerly responded In the
affirmative. Miss Duncan had been at
tackled with the same malarial type of
disease on Sunday, May 81, and her
life was despaired of for days. She
likewise desired the union, heart-broken
as she, too, was at the information con-
veyed for the first time that death was
SO near to them. Father Johnston mar
ried them rs they were placed side by
side upon the dying soldiers bed. Lieut..
Hewitt, in the most affecting terms, then
babe farewell to his wife until they
could be reunited in heaven. Shortly
after this, about II noon, he became
unconscious and never was restored to
lucidity up to the time of his death, at
$50 p. m. While Lieut.. Hewitt was SO
i'll at headquarters, two miles distant,
the surgeon in charge feared that both
of his patients would die if separated,
and therefore Lieut.. Hewitt was brought
to Col. Duncan's residence, to receive
the unremitting care and attention
which tenderness and devotion for him
would bestow. 1t is questionable
whether Mrs. Hewitt can sustain the ter
rible blow without sinking under it. A
relapse will be fatal, and Frustrated I'M
der the calamity. every nerve has given
way and left nothing but grieving and
mournful sobs and means. San antonio
(Ie.c.) Express.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-11-03
A Home Thrust.

While I was in Western hotel a few
gears ago l had an engagement for 3
O'clock sharp. 1 was still at the dinner
tane at O'Clock, and had some dis
Iane to go. l wanted cup of coffee.
IL Wa brought. For a wonder it was
hot. ' quickly poured part of the
sinokin- beverage into my saucer, and
was drining it when a very pretty girl,
with pahG1 hair and 81 800 diamond,
IN her ear. said, so that I distinctly
heard her, toner mother, q fat woman,
win a queer .p-knot and $4,000 dia
m'nds; Loo ma; what an old
fashioned way to drink Ma looked,
bangs. the diamonds. ana tie onnrtnn.
ity. Finishing my SAUCER q coffee and
looking the young woman MI in the
eye, | said: "Yes, Miss; i. old.
fashioned, but il you posses,d %oi5.
fashioned manners you wouldn have
noticed it," l waited for no rejL,der
Cor. Philadelphia Times.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-11-03

the following rest viii - refreshing.
and viii. IN truth. be found tired ma
tuTc sweet rc~tOrcr. ~ ,rrc@t contrast
with III" RESTLESS fcvcrci >.c"p caused
hy the hot. dry -hin of the lcr>on who
has cooled himself "1 IN :. drauyht. or
has neglected to remove the dust and
the gathered solid >ecreiion> Of the
sweat. This bathing is exceedingly
useful for children. ana should be APP
pied copuuSly to the l"ins and abdo-
men that il may relieve the intestinc>
and avoid the so-callcd summer com
plant, which great ly trouble the Young
CIR members oi the farmer family.
But oycrhcatieg may bc greatly
avoided by attention to the dress. The
head and neck especially should be
protected from the rays of the sun.
The previously great mortality in the
Bri:i>h-InG..n Army during a summer
campaign WAS much reduced by the
use of the "havclork. 80 called from
Gen. Ea,rlnrk. who devised it. This
w;.s a squ-r,' of white cotton cloth hung
loosely t. the back OF the hat, so rs to
cover the neck to the shoulders: this.
with white felt headgcar. so cooled
the sensitive head and neck that sun
stroke, congestion of the brain. and
fever. very prevalent before, were af-
terward quite rare. The farmer At
harvest work should ALWAYS wear u
white handkerchief attached to the
back of a high crowned straw hat, 50
that it falls loosely upon the neck.
WREN in the field, and provide the
hands with them. and he will find the
device exceedingly cool and comforta-
BILE; it not only shelters the neck from
the suns Scorching heat, but as it flaps
and floats on the slightest breeze it Sc
cures a continual current of air, which
cools the skin and prevents the head
ache which always results from over
heating the head or the spine.
A word or two in regard to eating at
this season. All the food should be of
the most digestble and cooling kind,
as fruit, vegetables, oatmeal, milk, tea,
and coffee. Instead of cooking pur-
chased meat, the canned meats eaten
cold will be found very acceptable and
much cheaper; oatmeal. rice, dried
apples, and skinned milk will be
found far more healthful. pleasant, and
economical than pork or beef. and the
less cooking there may be certainly the
less wearing and exhaustive will be the
harvest time to the housekeepcr, who
has as good a reason to dread it as
those who meet it in the field.--N \.
Times.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-11-03
The Yankee and His Philosophers

A good deal Of fun has been made
at Paris over the hearing of a case be-
fore the local courts wherein figured
Prince benjamin OF Rohan. the late
Count of Spare. and Yankee swim
der named Wise The Count. who
dice; recently, was a man of sixtv-thrce;
the Prince is forty-seven. The latter
had known Wise's father in Austria.
and the Wise family had been under
obligations to the RohanS. So that the
Prince was not surprised when Wise
called upon him at Paris to pay his re-
spectS and testify his gratitude. Wise
said that he had, while in America dis
covered the philosophers stone, or at
least a powder which would produce
gold from the baser metals. The Prince
SAYS that he took very little interest in
Wise and his projects. but that NJ. de
Spare went into the matter enthusiast
ticaly, and finally induced him to join
in furnishing the capital. Wise threw
into crucble Il mixture of gold, silver,
copper, pewter and lead, into which.
when it had melted. he stirred sundrv
red, green and blue powders, the out
come of the process being a golden in
got. AS Wise did not wish TO contide
his secret to the profane. he turned
them out of the room at the critical
mOment-besidcS. the stencil emitted
by the burning powders were SO afro
ciOus that they could not remain in the
neighbOrhOod of the crucbie. Wise
having obtained 1900 francs from his
titled dupes, ran away. In his ante
mortem deposition the Count declared
that the Prince had introduced Wise to
him as a marvellous chemist. capable of
making gold. and importuned him to
go into the speculation until he yielded,
and gave the Prince 10000 francs IN
gold. The gold was to be melted down
In the crucible in house at Rueil,
should not let Wise out of his sight
and should always have the key of the
place where the gold was. Once the
Count assisted at an operation where
the Prince in his shrt-sleeves blew the
bellows, but he could not stand the vile
smells. He saw 600 francs of gold
melted down, and then Wise produced
ali ngot which he said had been pro-
duced therefrom. The Count took it
to his bankers, by whom it was assayed
to he genuine. and they gave him 1,S00
francs for it, so that he had no further
hesitation alb 'ut going into the specu-
laiiOn. An assayer testified that the
Prince had sent him a small ingot to be
asSayed, and had asked how much such
gold would be worth kilogram, and
how much of it could be marketed
without forcing down the price Of the
precious metal. He, too, saw the
Prince and Count working the bellows
for wise. Finally Wise arranged for q
grand transmutatiOn, and obtained a
vessel of enameled iron with a locked
cover, into which he put two litres of
ammonia and ten bucketfuls of water.
saying that he would return next day
with the other ingredients. The Prince
and Count, who had brought him to
the laboratory in grand turnout, were
faithful to their appointment on the
morrow, but not so Wise, who has not
since been seen, and whom the court
condemned by default to two years
imprisonment and a fine of fifty francs.
Cor. ~ Y. WOrld