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Trains ran on Baltimore tine cast Ohio river
WEST eoUND.-Chicago Fast Line Daily,
Chicago; Chicago Express daily Through
sleepers from Baltimore to Chicago daily.
Chicago Mail runs daily on Main Line and q.
o. Division; on other Divisions daily, except
Sunday. Other trains daily except sunday.
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1881.
Harper's Weekly.
illustrated.

uARPER'5 WEEKLY stands at the head of
IL American illustrated weekly journals.
By its unpartissn position in politics, its adj
mifAoie Illustrations, Its carefully chosen
serials, shoet stories. sketches and poems,
contributed By the foremost artists and aus
thors OF sne day, II carries Instruction and en-
terta1n N ent to thousands OF American homes.
II Will always be the aim OF the publishers
and attractive family newspaper in the world.
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lSS2.
Harper's Magazine.

A LWAYs varied, always good, always i'm
n prosing.-Chas. Francis Adams. jr.
harper's Magazine, the most popular illUs>
trafed periodical in the world begins its sixty
fourth volume with ths December number
u represents whaS Is best in American liter>
aiule and ART; and Its marked success in Eng
land-where ii has already a circulation larger
than that OF any English magazine OF the
some cisss-hss brought into It's service the
most eminent writers aud artists of Great
BrftSin. The forthcoming volumes for 1882 will
In every respect su -Tasa their predecessors.
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1882.
Harper's Bazaar.

T'BIs popular Journal Is a rare combination
L OF literature, art and fashion. Its stories,
poems and ESSAYS are by the best writer's Of
Europe and America; Its engravings possess
knowledged to be the leading authority in the
land. The new volume will contain many
brilliant novelties.
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Chicago and Council EI[TnS,

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fuse TO buy II they do not read over the Chica-
go & North Western Railway.
II you wish the Best Travelling Accom- mo~
dations you will buy your TickeL8 by this
route, B>AND WILL TAKE NONE OTHER.
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1882-10-06

Learning simply by rote, and memor.
izing by sounds and names, has its de-
fects and disadvantages, as most teachers
can testify. Some Of its defects are
we'll illustrated in the Pennsylvania
School Journal, in answers gwen by
scholars. A pupil was noticed examln-
ing his map very carefully. His teacher
asked him what he was searching for.
He said, -
"For jeopardy
''But jeopardy is not place"
Eyes, it is, said the pupil, "tor |
read in the papers this morning that a
captain of al ocean steamer Lad tele-
graphed from the East that his vessel
was in jeopardy.
Probably the most amusing illustra-
tion of this way of telching and study
ing was the answer given to the ques
ton found in our biographies u few
years ago.
"For what is the geology OF Kentucky
remarkable p
The answer was "From large bones
and teeth found in this region of the
country, it is supposed that the country
was formerly inhabited by mastodons," ,"
On an examination the pupil gave the
answer in full, with a loud voice. cor.
rectly, with the exception of the last
word. which, poor soul, he pronounced
"Methodists l'
Such answers as these will continue
to come from pupils so long as they
are required to learn words without
ideas,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1882-10-06

BEST LIFE INSURANCE AMPLE SECURITY.
pEfIN4IE CONTRACT. Low CASH RATES
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A Child's Mood.

| want that rose the wind took yesterday,
want it more than this,
1t had no thorn it was the best that grew,
want my last nights kss
| want that butterfly with spotted wings
That rushed across my hand
Last night between the sunset and the dew
1t came from fairy-land
1t would have stayed, guess, It wayered 81
Where all those pan=ies bloom
They gave it wings to get away from me.
l lost it in the gloom
And yesterday the bees on all the beads
OF clover swung 50 low
saw them take their honey, but to-day
They only stngand 60
That star that always came before the moen
Dropped out Of heaven last night;
hunted where saw it fall, and found
a worm with yellow light.
want the sun to go, and let the dark
Hide everything away.
That vas the sweetest rose in all the world
The wind took YESTERDAY
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-24
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
Archibald Forbes will lectura

Archibald Forbes will lecture on
"The Fighting Men of the World"
Nearly every week a new book on
the Jewish question is published in
Germany.
The death is announced in London
OF John Winter Jones, geographical
compiler and editor and for MANY years
principal Librarian of the British Mu-
scum. He was born in Lambeth early
in the century.
Rev. Dr. S. F. Smith, the author
of our national hymn. America" OF
the hymn. THE Morning Light is
Breaking" and other popular sacred
songs, is travelling in Europe and writ
ing letters to tho Boston Traveller.
"A Burns musical festival with eight
hundred singers was held lately at Kill
marnock, Scotland, at which twenty
five thousand persons were present.
Many % the songs on the programme
were written by Burns. and his statue
was crowned with 4 holly wreath.
The late Sidney Lanier suffered
grievously from ill-health for many
years but was never heard to complain.
His wholesome and generous nature
triumphed over bodily ills and kept him
always cheerful. He leaves q widow
and four sons, the youngest an infant.
Either fame or notoriety was sufli.
clent to qualify anybody for remunera.
tive lecturing ten years ago; but the
demand has steadily fallen off, and
there are now very few speakers who
can draw paying audiences in the lyceum
field. The agents say that the business
was overdope, and thereby ruined.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-24
About Mems Wigs.

"Americans have made great improve
fnents in wigs, as well as in many other
things" said wig maker to New
York San reporter. Few people viii
wear the old-fashioned. heavy English
wigs nowadays. Instead of the thick,
hot and uncomfortable head coverings
of former days we have now light,
graceful and convenient wigs that are a
very close imitation of the natural hair.
Formerly the fact that q man wore o
wig was known ct glance. Now the
imitation is SO close that have known
1t to battle examination. The other day
q young man who wears blonde wig
came to have it repaired. found that
large lock had been cut out of it.
asked him how it happened, and he told
me that lady had asked him for lack
OF his hair, and that he had allowed Her
to make herown selection. He confessed
to . little trepidation when she took
hold of the lock to cut it off, but she was
gentle with him and cut of the lock close
to the head without discovering that he
wore wig. The work of restoration
was artistic. 1t would not do to replace
q lock of full length at once. We began
with short pieces, initiating the natural
growth of the hair. The lady never
found out the deception until after they
were married. when she happened to
handle his hair less tenderly.
There is an old gentleman with q
gray beard for whom have made wigs
since his hair was black. As his beard
began to grow gray the contrast between
that and the hair of his head was too
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-24
A Close Shave.

MIR. Jones was shaving; he had twist
ed his face into that expression OF
blank idiocy which mems cOuntenances
assume at such times. and was scraping
OH the hirsute growth with considerable
energy, when he suddenly stopped pro.
ceedings and turned to Mrs. Jones,
who was fitting on her new bonnet
with a hand-glass and vainly trying to
get . glimpse of the congregation side.
"Mawria," said he, with his mouth
full Of soapsuds, "whath have you
been doing with my rayther?"
"Nothingr' said Mrs. j. family,
turning her back to get the full effect
OF the plume.
"Yeth, you hat; it'll ath dull ath a
hoer'
At that moment the razor cut for the
first time; it took a slice out of Mr..
Jones cheek; he caught the lace top
on the toilet cushion and staunched the
blood, then he turned a scrutinizing
gaze on Mrs. j., who felt impelled to
speak.
"You see the razor is too sharp now,
Jeptha; 1 never used it for q single
thing, except to cut some hooks and
eyes off an old waist had"
Hooks and eyes!" gasped Jones,
with fire in his eye and blood on his
chin. Hooks and eyes! hooks and
eyes! and with my razor that l
There's the second bell" urged
Mrs. Jones, putting her bonnet on,
"we'n be late; l wish you would not
shave on Sunday, Mr.. Jones, it's a
dreadful example to the children. 1
heard OF man once who dropped dead
while shaving on Sunday"
"Perhaps his wife had used his razor
Tor a lawn mower; mine is beautifully
arranged for saw; you can sell it for
old iron. Maria, and buy me a Christ
mas present." and Mr.. Jones went to
church with the air of q MARTYR, while
Mrs. j. said to herself:
what curious things men are, any
way; l could have cut my head off with
that razor, it was so Sharp" then she
dismissed the subject from her
thoughts and gave her undivided atten-
tlon to her new bonnet. Detroit Post
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-24
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
We wonder if grass widows eve
have hay feyer?-(Hnlbri,{1e Trib,,,e

We wonder if grass widows ever
have hay fever?-Cambridge Tribune.
Never Judge bed by its cover or
the beauty Of its head. What seems so
tempting may prove pillow sham.-N.
Y. Commercial AdrerttSer.
Don't tell a young man who is
wrestling with his maiden mustache
that he looks down in the mouth. 1t
isn't nd.-Burlington Hack Eye.
Lot used to speak of his wife as the
salt of the earth. She was never ac-
cused of being too fresh after that Sod
ON and GOmorrah episode. Boston
Transcript.
"A Kentucky man has been married
in the same house and by the same min
lister to four sisters. He is looking
around for another able-bodied family
when he runs through the one now in
hand. Detroit Free Press.
"A boy fourteen years of age was
brought before the San Antonio Re-
cOrder for being drunk and disorderly,
but the official only fined him two dol
lars and half, remarking that he only
charged children half price. TEXAS
SJtingS.
They couldn't get the boy to take
an emetic anyhow. But the doctor
knew boy nature. He had the boy
father forbid him to smoke, and then
went and got a bootblack to propose to
the boy to get out behind the barn and
try his first Havana. And no emetic
was needed. Boston Post.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-24
Effect Upon Europe OF the Discovery
Of America.

The voyage of Columbus in 1892 was
in many respects the greatest event
which had occurred in the world since
the birth of Christ. Politically and So
cially it was the beginning of an entire
ly new chapter in human history. and
it wrought effects upon mems specula-
tive thinking which, though perhaps
less conspicuous, were not less real or
remarkable. In much more than the
mere geographical sense was, is
the discovery of the New World. 1t
was the first in complicated series of
events which four centuries have not
yet fully rounded into period: The
foundation of a new Europe in Ameri-
ca. in Africa, in Australia and in the
islands of the Pacific; the rise of the
English race to political and CONNER
cial supremacy. and the advance of the
English language toward what may be-
come universal dominion; the reorgani-
zation of government upon higher
plane than the Middle Ages had ever
been able to forshadow; the renovation
of society in the old Europe through
countless subtle influences; the perma-
nent triumph of the industrial over the
predatory spirit; the successful asser-
ton of individual freedom against the
paralyzing absolutism inherited from
the Roman Empire; the overthrow of
sacerdOtalism and the Christianization
of the world. 1t would probably be
too much to assert that some of these
desirable results might not have been
attained, so far rs the old Europe is
concerned, even if the lands beyond the
sea had never been explored and col
Onized. 1t is unquestionable, however,
that the progress would have been much
slower and much more subject to inter-
ruption. Thepart performed by England,
for example, in the work of European civ
ilization since the age of Elizabeth has
been SO immense and SO complicated
that no elaborateness of analytic de-
scription can do it justice. Yet En-
gland in Elizabcth's time was hardly \
first-class power, and but for tho col
OnizatiOn of America in the seventeenth
century it is difficult to see in what way
she would so surely or so soon have
gained the commercial supremacy
which gave her in the eighteenth the
dominion of the ocean, and thus secured
her the foremost position in the world.
To those-and there are many such in
America-who are in the habit of re-
garding American history as a dry and
embarrassing study, it may be a profita-
BILE matter of reflection that since the
beginning of the seventeenth century
it is impossible to follow intelligently
the affairs Of the old Europe through a
single generation without constant ref
erence to the New World.-John FISke,
in Harper's Magazine.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-24
Fur.I,earing Animals OF Maine.

The value of the fur business done
in the State of Maine annually exceeds
800, 900. The largest individual dealer
is man in Brewer, who handles $780,
900 worth per year. The number of
fur-buyers in the State is not large
Their chief sources of supply are in
the regions ut the healwaters of the
AndrOscoggin, kennebec and Pcnobscot
Rivers, and the streams entering into
them. Sportsmen and occasional hunt
ers furnishes few pelts, but the bulk of
the furs is furnished by the professional
trappers. There are many hundreds of
men in Maine who earn their living and
support their families by hunting. trap
ping and fishing, and who do nothing
else, except, perhaps, act as guides for
pleasure-seekers in the summer months.
for the whole year. They are just about
starting now, and will remain till the
latter psl. of November. Every year
the fur cairh decreases. and the bounds
of the trapping-lines are gradually be-
ing more limited. While game of most
kinds is retreating further into the for
est and becoming scarce. it is said that
the number of moose and deer. which
are protected by law. is increasing. In
numbers the muskrat exceeds any other
kind of game trapped for its fur in Maine
and handled in Lewiston. They are
caught in a common rat-trap, and fifty
of these small traps are sometimes set
by one trapper. Immense quantities of
them are caught. Eight or ten thousand
of them are shipped from Lewiston an
nually. Most of them are exported to
Germany and Italy, where the skins are
dyed and furnish a popular fur lining
and ladies' apparel. They are among
the cheapest of furs. A very large
quantity of skunk fur is also shipped
from this city. 1t is used for trimmings
in this country, and is often passed of
for Alaska seal. The larger part of the
skunk catch probably goes to France
and Germany. The otter is one of the
most valuable and rare fur-bearing an
imals trapped in Maine. Not more than
1000 offers are annually caught in the
whole State. The skins make beau
tiful warm fur. which is highly valued
by the Russians, Greeks and Chinese
LeWiSt0n (lNe.) Journal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-24
White Elephants.

A sure way to gain the favor of either
the King of Burma or the King of Siam
is to present him with 4 white elephant
Hence. whenever there are reports of
such an animal having been discovered
anywhere. there are always prospect
ing parties who set out from both
Burma and Siam to determine whether
il is really what it is represented to be.
1t is, therefore, somewhat surprising to
find that the agents of menageric
have managed to step in before the
vigilant Oriental OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and
carry Oft what is asserted to be the first
white elephant ever landed in Europe
Scientific observers will no doubt in
spect the new arrival and determine
his right to the description given to
him. Pending their verdict, it may he
worth while, perhaps, to consider the
Burmese test points of an albino ele-
plant.
White crows, rats, mice and hares
are common and easily distinguished;
but it is different with white elephant
He is not to be considered as snow
white; very far from it. All the white
elephants now existing in Siam and
Burma are of light mOuse-color, some-
what of the same tint rs the pale
freckles to be found on the trunk of
ordinary elephants. This light gray is
uniform all over, the spots ON the trunk
being white. The depth of the color,
however, varies greatly, and there are
often blenishes in the shape of darker
patches which would seem to ruin an
otherwise eligible candidates claim.
1t has been, therefore, found necessary
to determine some infallible test points,
which will demonstrate the right of the
animal to his title. The Burmese
skilled men fix upon two of these tests
as superior to all others. One is that
the elephant shall have five toes instead
of four. This is good way of making
certain; but occasionally there are in
dubitably black elephants which have
the sacred number of toes. These are
white elephants debased by sin, labor
ing under the evil Kharma of previous
existence, and, therefore, ineligible for
the honors accorded to the real animal.
The other test is considered perfectly
decisive, no matter what the precise
tint of the skin may be. 1t is this: if
you pour water upon q ''white" ele-
plant he turns red, while black ele-
plant only becomes blackcr than ever.
This is the final test always resorted to
in Mandalay. 1t may be hoped that
the animal recently landed will pass
these two tests triumphantly. If he
does Theebau will tremble for his
throne, and will take no more pleasure
in the monopolies he has been institut-
ing so lavishly of Latest. James 8
GQzeLke
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-24
Father Greatpipe and His Curious Will.

The Hollanders are more given to
smoking than any northern people
dreaming with their eyes OPEN The
boatmen of the Treschkrit. the aquatic
diligence of Holland. measures distance
by smoke; from one place to another,
not SO many miles. but SO many pipes.
Some go to sleep with pipes in their
mouth, relight it on Weakening in the
night, and in the morning before step
ping out of bed. Diderot says: "a
Dutchman is living alembic.' The
ci@ar is not the companion of Incidence,
bu, the stimulant and aid to labor.
Smoke is called their second breath,
and the cigar the sixth finger of the
hand. A Frenchman tells the story Of
4 rich gentleman of Rotterdam. Van
Klaes, surnamed Father Greatpipe, be-
ing old. fat and great smoker AS Il
merchant in India he had amassed 4
fortune. On his return he built Il pal
ace near Rotterdam, in which he ar
ranged. as in Il museum, all the models
of pipes from all countries and of every
time. This was open TO strangers to
whom, after his display of smoking
erudition, he gave catalogue of the
museum, bound in velvet, with pockets
of cigars and tobacco. Mynheer Van
Klacs smoked $50 grammcs of tobacco
per day, and died at ninety eight; from
eighteen years of age he smoked l.3S3
kitogrammes-ma making an uninterrupted
black line of tobacco of twenty French
leagues in length. When but few days
remained TO complete his ninety-eighth
year, he suddenly felt his end approach
ing and sent for his notary, a smoker of
great merit, and said, "My good no.
tary. fill my pipe and your own; am
about to die" When both pipes were
lighted Van Klaes dictated his will, Gel
ebrated over Holland.
After the disposal of the bulk of his
property to relatives, friends and hos
pitfalls, he dictated the following articles:
IL desire that all the smokers in the
country shall be invited to my funeral,
by all possible means, newspapers, pri-
vate letters, circulars and advertise
ments. Every smoker who shall accept
the invitation shall receive q gift of ten
pounds of tobacco and two pipes, upon
which shall be engraved my name, my
arms and the date of my death. The
poor of the district who shall follow my
body to the grave shall receive each
man, every year, on the anniversary of
my death, large parcel of tobacco.
To all those who shall be present at the
funeral ceremonies. make the condi-
ton. if they wish to benefit by my will,
that they shall smoke uninterruptedly
during the ceremony. My body shall
be inclosed in case lined inside wit
the wood of my old Havana cigar boxes
AT the bottom of the case shall be de-
posted 4 box of French tobacco, so
called caporai, and parcel of our own
Dutch tobacco. At my side shall be
laid my favorite pipe and n box of
matches, because no one knows what
may happen. When the collin is de-
posted in the vault, every person pres
emf shall pass by and cast upon it the
ashes of his pipe"
The will was carried out. The fu-
neral was splendid and yelled in thick
cloud of smoke. The poor blessed the
memory of the deceased, and the coun-
try still rings with his fame.