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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06
Wash.Day In Germany.

The routine of life was quiet, even
monotonous, but to an American wo-
man, fresh from the "fitful fever of
American housekeeping. sweet and
restful. The servants were numerous
and well trained, and performed their
duties with little noise, and at the right
time and in the right manner 1t must
be said in passing that it took ten men
and women to do the work which half
that number would be required to par-
form in an American household. Then,
on the other hand. it must be stated
that they have not half our conven-
fences. Their utensils are primitive and
cumbrous. and they have much to
'fetch and carry" but, looking at
results, one can only indulge in an en-
vious and useless sigh. The absence of
those pests of American housekeep-
ing. the weekly washing and ironing
days, is one reason why German SER
wants are able to 60 about their work
with SO much more regularity and
thorOughness. In Germany the family
wash is done no oftener than once a
month-in many places not oftener
than once in three or six months-and
then it is done by extra hired help for
the occasion. On Monday of the week
devoted to this work, according to my
observations, the woman came and be-
gan preparations. The clothes, ETC.,
were sorted under the supervision of
the lady smaid housekeeper: the wood
laid ready for lighting under the great
boiler in the wash-house, and every
tub, hogshead, etc. filled with water.
The water was pumped laboriously,
and brought from some distance in
cumbrous buckets. The carriers wore
upon their shoulders for this purpose
heavy wooden yokes, like ox-yokes,
with chain and hook at each end, to
which the full buckets were attached.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06
Trout Raising.

The raising of trout in ponds or pre-
serves has been attempted on large
scale by many fish culturists, yet there
isno record of any of them ever max ing
a fortune or even earning a living when
they had to depend alone upon the re-
suit of trout-breeding. Ten years ago
there was great deal said and written
about the adaptablity of the brook
trout as food fish for the people, and
book was written in which the writer
ingcniously demonstrated that immense
fortunes were to be made by raising
them for the market. Tables were
made up. showing that man having a
few acres of water. either in ponds or
streams. by the expenditure of $1,000
in the purchase of young fry, would, in
the course of two or three years. be in
receipt of an income amounting to
$1,000 or $4,000 per annum.
The manner of figuring out this re-
suit was apparently honest and trust
worthy. because person unacquainted
with practical fish culture could be
easily led to believe that from 100, 900
trout eggs, which he could purchase
for about 81, 900, he would in two years
time obtain about IS, 900 live fish weigh
ing about half a pound each, which in
the market would bring at least IS
cents pound. This is an epitomc of
the bright picture of prosperity drawn
by the writer of the book. A great
many people, however. accepted these
statements. and at once became en-
thusiastic fish culturists. The result,
in two years. was usually q bankrupt
trOut-breeder. for instead of $4,000 or
$4,000 half-pound live trout. to his
establishment he would find it difficult
matter to get 1000 fish of that size.
There are many fatalities attending
the life of trout. from the time he
leaves the shell until he attains the age
when it gives fisherman the greatest
JOY of his life to see him rise to the
cunninglydevised fly so temptingly
drOppedin the water. In the first place
there is fungus which forms on the
shell before the yolk-sack is absorbed,
and fifty per cent of the young fish die
before they reach the age when they
begin to take food. Then the natural
enemies of the trout are many-birds,
muskrats, eelS, and other tish-so that
the proportion of those which escape
all these ills, and reach the age of two
years, when they are fit for food. is
very small. indeed. Then take into
consideration the element of food.
The trout has most voraciOus appe-
tite, he is carnivOrOus, and by the time
he is two years old and fit for market
he will probably have cost his owner at
least fifty cents for each pound of fish
matured.-N. y Ereninq Post.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06

or eating meat occurs to parrots IL
other countries than Australia, we NAV
expect to see 1t enthusiastically adopted,
and III the course of a few wears the
parrot Will be universally recognized
as carnirOrous bird.
these facts suggest to the thoughtful
mind the wisdom of so regulating the
habits OF our domestic animals that they
will eat to our advantage. Why should
we not teach dogs to eat grass. so that
we could save the expense of supplying
them with bones. and simply turn
them out once day to pas
ture in Central Park? Why should
rats and mice be permitted to
go on year after year eating the wood
work OF our houses, when there is plen.
ty of old tOmato-cans ON which they
could be taught to fatten as easily as if
they were goats. And there are the
flies that now subsist on sugar and bald
headed men, when with a little patience
we might induce them to live exclusive
II on caterpillars and English sparrows.
1t Is true that if novelties in diet become
fashionable among animals, we may
suffer as much as the Australian far
mers have suffered, for if our cats were
to contract fOndness for strawberries
and our dogs were to eat lettuce. the
raising of strawberries end lettuce would
become nearly impracticable. How
ever. these dangers are too slight to
excite much alarm. and in the long run
much more good than harm would be
done by teaching animals to change
their habits of eatin1.-N. Y TiDleS.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06
WHOLE NO. 1893.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

-Ramen F. Criado, Cuban planter.
has bequeathed 100000 for q Cuban.
college in New York.
The Anti-Gossip Society is the
name OF new organization set on foot
by the Sunday-school people and others
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church in
Attleboro, Mass.-Boston Post.
The people of Egan, d. T., finding
it impossible to complete more than ono
church in the town, erected neat edi-
flee, called it a Union Church, and
services are held regularly with . rota-
ton of resident ministers.
"A Sikh gentleman in Lahore, tho
capital of the Punjaub. Northern India.
has offered $l2.5OO to Rev. William
Harper, of the Church of Scotland Mis-
sion, toward founding a Christian col
lege in that province. A few years ago
he could not have done it safely.
"A novel and quite successful feature
of the Protestant work in Ireland il
preaching in tents, which are removed
from place to place. 1t is found that
while Roman Catholics will not on any
condition enter a Protestant place Of
worship, they will attend and listen to
preaching in these tents.-Chicago Tn
6une.
President Robinson, of Brown uni.
versity, took the ground in his bac.
calaureate sermon. that belief in Christ
was practical help to worldly success.
"Ihere have been eminent men," he
said, I" of high character and of brilliant
parts who have not avowed themselves
to be practical believers in Jesus. But
their emincnce. and learning, and char
acteE and brilliancy, have not been be-
cause of their unbelief. Neither il
there any evidence that belief might not
have added to the grounds Of their
distinction IN. Y Sun.
"A society established in Austria for
the benefit of the German schools Of tho
Empire is to acquire an abundant work.
ing capital by means of voluntary tax
which the students Of the University OF
Vienna have agreed to impose upon
their consumption of beer Whenever
one OF them disposes of six glasses at
sitting he must, instead of taking o sew.
enth glass. contribute seven kreu txers
(about four and half cents) to the fund
of the society. There are 1000 such
students, and it is estimated that each
OF them on an average drinks his six
glasses at least twice week. This viii
give the society an income Of nearly
$4,000 year. ..'s
The season of college commence
ments, graduations and female seminary
anniversaries is upon us once more. and
now look out for new species of an
atomical phenomena with which the air
will soon be filed. Hand OF mem
ory" that points backward; s.fateful
fingers of the future that point fof.
ward; 'spirits of ambition. courage.
hope. etc. 'eyes that gaze tearfully
down the vistas of the past;" glowing
groups of sisters and .'courageous
bands of brothers" all with assorted
emotions. . bouquet in one hand. . dip
Iona in the other. their tickets and
trunk checks in their pockets, and ready
to fly for their long vacation tho
moment they hear the "Vale."-M z.
Independent
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06

The next morning at three o'clock they
were at work, busy As bees, and out
cha'terlng the swallows in :he ivy
which grew about the wash house caves.
Wash boards, those instruments of de-
struction. We're unknown, all rubbing
being done between their horny
knuckles. The ironing il done in Ger
many by means of a mangle, where
possible, and the clothes are beauti-
fully smooth and clean.-Cor. ". w.
Christian .It!i,0rGte.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06

Seth Green says fish can not shut
their eyes. Fogg says this explains why
they always succeed in keeping off his
hook. Whenever he goes fishing, the
fish are all eyes and no mouth, and
every eye wide open. He thought they
kept their eyes open out of pure cussed-
ness; but, now that he knows that they
can't help it, ne simply despises where
he hated them before.-N p. Inde-
pendent.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06
THE MOON AND I.

A golden moon that leans her gentle face
On the blue darkness of the summer sky
We watched her steal aloft 4 little space,
My love and |.
Parting the opal clouds. upward she rose.
To wander lonely mid ne stars on hirS:
We thought our world ss bright As one # those
My love and /.
Dear love. the moonlight smote your rippling
hair
And made you smile, you know not low nor
why:
My heart beat strangely as We fingered there.
My love and |.
asked her. fooled by the bewil dering light,
IT she would try u love me Dy and by:
She rosc and lett me-l stood in the night
The moon and |.
GOOD JVoyGs
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06

One disadvantage about keeping a
canary bird in the sitting room is, as
everybody knows, his disposition to
scatter seeds in every direction. A SIM
pie cOntrivance will do away with this
objection. If the cage is one of the
pretty gilded ones, take piece of tar
Teton the same color; have it deep
enough TO reach from the bottom of the
cage up to the top of the seed-dish; shir
it at both top and bottom. run strings
in. and fasten to the cage. If this is
neatly put on. it does not detract from
the good looks of the cage. and saves q
good deal of work. Tie the strings so
that they can be united easily, and the
cover be taken off and shaken.-N T.
Post
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06

"A fir log was hauled near Sho-
homish City, Washington Territory, one
day recently, which contained over five
thousand feet of lumber. 1t was butt
log, twenty-four feet in length. and
scaled seventy inches ut the small end.
The stump of the tree from which this
log was cut, about eight feet from the
ground was eight feet in diameter.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06

An editor wrote a headline, "A
Horrible Blunder,' to go over rail-
road accident, but thought it was the
printers fault that it got over an &C
count of a wedding. The editor was
the man thrashed all the same.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06
Preservation and Destruction in Egypt.

Nothing strikes the visitor to Egypt
more than the freshness of the Oldest
sculptures and inscriptions which have
been uncovered. Egyptian dir and
sand are marvellous preservers. There
are parts. c. g.. of the temple at Aby-
dus. which the sculptor might. seeming
ly have just left. so clean and perfect
are the edges of his work You almost
look for the chips and the dust at the
foot of the wall before which he stood,
mallet and chisel i'll hand. Time APP
pears to have stopped since he gave the
last delicate touch to his performance,
took up his tools and walked home.
Nay, in some places his departure is
even vividly perceptible. Marette
Bey, in describing his entrance into
one of the chambers at Memphis, where
the Bull mummy was laid more than
5000 years ago, tells us that he found
on its sand-sprinkled floor the foot
prints of the workmen as they had left
the place. Man has been of late the chief
destroyer in Egypt. Memphis, the
great metropolis. at least so much of it
a> remained above ground, has disap-
peared. having been made quarry by
comparatively recent generations of
architects and builders. An Arabian
traveller in the Middle Ages tells us
that its ruins stretched for half a days s
journey in every direction, and that, al
though the spoiler was then at work,
they were SO grand as to be indescriba-
bic. Now they are gone. Precious
mummy cases and manuscripts innu-
merable have been used for centuries
rs fuel. And ut the present day
the work of destruction and
mutilation goes rapidly on. l my
self found ifce access to sculptured
tombs of incstimable historic i'm
portance allowed to Arabs, probably
more ignorant of their value than shoe
blacks on London Bridge are of the
history of the Tower. But the most
objectionable sinners are modern tour
lists, with their knives and hammers. In
a famous tomb at Benihassan, there was
lately wonderfully well-preserved
picture. long supposed to represent Jo-
seph introducing his brethren to Pha-
raoh. Mr.. Renouf saws that an English
lady has been heard to request her
guide to cut out for her the face of
Joseph. Still very much remains;
many of the most precious relics hith-
erto discovered having been made safe
in the shelter of museums. notably in
that of Boulak at Cairo. which, though
small, contains some of the most per-
feet specimens of old Egyptian work
in the world. and is thus storehouse
of its history. There are also huge
breadths of temple wall covered with
hieroglyphic inscriptions of which only
portions have been translated up to
the present time. Besides these. the
latter generation of investigators have
found or made access to sources OF in
formation concealed from older in.
quirers-l mean texts of high an
tiquity which had been long hidden in
sealed tombs. but are now discovered,
and are capable of trustworthy trans
lation by means of the key which has
been found. .-G0Od H0rds.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06

When you have a little pie-crust
left, do not throw it away: roll it thin,
cut it in small squares. and bake. Just
before tea. put spoonful of raspberry
jelly on each square. Chicago Journal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06

Two jewelers. clerks in Chicago
went out to sell their wares. which were
carried in two cases-a large one hold
ing 50 900 worth and a small one with
$3.50 of value inside. They got out of
the buggy at an uptown jewelry store
and carried in the larger case. but be-
fore they could return u young fellow
slipped up behind the buggy and pull
ing out the smaller one made OF with
it. A saloon-keeper also saw him and
gave the alarm, but he ran up an alley
and got away. The matter was refer
red to the detectives. says the Tones.
but all they could do was to withhold
from the press what little information
they had on the subject.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06
Succession OF Vegetables.

The owners of many farms and gar
dens plant all the seeds of one kind of
vegetables at the same time. AS a con-
sequence they have a surplus of them
during short time and are destitute
of them during large part of the sea.
son. The entire growing season is re-
quired to mature some vegetables, like
celery, Lima beans, carrots, parsnips
and late cabbage; but many plants used
on the table can be produced in few
weeks. Among these are cucumbers.
radishes, lettuce and peas. Several
crops of these can be raised the same
season, and no family that has ground
to cultivate should be without them. A
few radish seed should be planted every
week from the time the frost is out of
the ground till the commencement of
the fall. Spanish radishes, for winter
use, can be planted as late as the 1st of
September. Radishes are among the
most valuable of our garden vegetables.
but to be truly excellent they must be
quickly grown, and be eaten while they
are tender. Peas should be planted at
intervals from early in the spring till
the middle of summer. The same
course should be pursued IN relation to
sweet corn, lettuce and cucumbers.
Radishes can be raised SO as not to oc-
cupy any ground exclusively. A few
seed can be dropped in the same rows
devoted to other vegetables. They will
be of size to pull before they will be
in the way of the plants that require
considerable time to mature. Two
crops Of some of the other vegetables
can be raised on the same piece of
ground in the same season. 1t is better
to have all the ground in an orchard
occupied with vegetables that can be
eaten than to allow any part of it to
grow up with weeds. Edible plants do
not injure the soil any more than weeds
do, and if the first are not planted the
last will be sure to grow. unless the hoe
is frequently used.---C Chicago Times.
The police do so little walking
while on post that the Commissioners
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06

The Philadelphia Press says that
they have mortar drill at West Point,
but there is not cadet graduate from
there who knows how to handle a hod.
The Press should know that it is drug
gist s mortar The cadets drill with
Chicago Uerald.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06

Henry Whitney, thirteen years old.
took all the leading prizes at the late
glass-ball shooting tournament at SYRIA
cuse, n. Y, amounting to S275.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06

"A drunken man fell over a cliff
thirty feet high at Salem. Ala, aiight-
ing on his head, but escaped without
serious injury.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06

-Ayoung man seated beside an elder
ly passenger on the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton u Dayton train recently. made con-
siderable sport in n quiet way of the
hat of a lady near them. At last his
elderly companion replied THAT lady
is my wife, sir; and l told her that ev-
cry fool who saw the hat would make
sport of il; but she wouldn't believe
me, and insisted on wearing it." The
young man made an apology and re-
treated to the smoking gear. r.-Dayton
TO- Democrat.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06

The police do SO little walking
while on post that the Commissioners
make them parade once year for ex-
ercise-N y. Dispatch.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06

Professor Henry Morley. level.
headed man, who never mistakes mere
fancies for opinions. prophesies that
the age will soon produce a great intel
iectual figure. Men of brains will at
once begin to look in their mirrors for
the predicted prodigy.-N. Y. Graphic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-09-06
MARY's BLUNDERs

Dear me Aunt Sadie, is Mr.. CO.
vert illS Yes7 Then / cannot take
my music lesson to day."
"You seem to feel happy for that re-
lief"
"Oh, dear, mol I rather prefer tax
ing my lesson"
Aunt Sadie glanced sharply at her
nieoe, but that young lady's face was
calm enough.
"It strikes me-" observed the old
lady, "that you do not dislike Mr.. 90
vert as much as you seem to-"
"I never expressed any aversion to
him." replied Carrie, demurely. "In
fact" she added rs she nodded the bis
suits she was making with deft fingers,
81 think like Mr.. Covert very much" "
"Humph |" shifted Aunt Sadie, con-
temptuously. he is only poor music
teacher, and you cannot afford to marry
a poor man with no prospects,"
t'Well, / declarep flared Carrie.
"Do you think il follows as conse.
quence that must marry a man / like
Aunt Sadie, am surprised at your
And Carrie took up the pan contain
ing the dozen little round balls Of
dough and pushed 1t into the oven
with such q bang that the old lady
dropped her knitting and almost fell
from her chair by the range. Their
Carrie founced out of the room indig
nantly and went upstairs 10 dress. Ter
minutes later she came flying back X
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-09-06
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.


Coke is to coal exactly what charcoal
is to wood.
Twisted magnetic wire loses It's
power by being twisted in the opposite
direction.
From statistics gathered in India il
appears that cholera is far more deadly
10 the open than in the wooded dis
tricts. This is another inducements to
preserve forests.
or the 5000, 900 tons Of ore now an-
nually raised in the United States,
portion belongs to the clay or carbon
ferrous measures, while the remainder
takes the form Of either hematites or
oxides.
DR.. L. Ricciardi has analysed six
specimens of the lava elected from
Etna in 1869 taken at different depths
Fof one and the same stream and in the
same perpendicular plain, He found
the only difference to consist in the
various layers in the different proper
tions of iron in the highest stage Of
oxidation.
As to the reduction of the production
cost Of wheat DIR. Fl. JOulie recommer DIS
the substitution of good for inferior
varieties, sowing by drill instead OF
broadcast, greater care in the destruc-
tion of weeds, reaping in suitable
weather, thrashing by machinery to
prevent the waste of grain, deep culti-
vation in order to secure the plants
from droughts or excess Of moisture
and, finallv, the iudicious management
of manures.
At a recent meeting Of the Photo
graphic Society OF France, NJ. Jansen
handed round mas nifcent proof of the
late partial eclipse, and said q few
words upon the long discussed question
of q lunar atmosphere. In speaking
upon this subject he said: Suppose
for moment that the moon is sur
rounded by an atmosphere, what would
be the result if we took a Photographic
view of it during an eclipse The lunar
disk would be sharp enough, but there
would be a gradual decline in density,
as in vignetted portrait. This is ex-
actly the contrary which took place, as
the proof will show. The lunar disk is
very sharp and the negative is rather
intensified near the disk, probably fro m
rciracted light" M. Jan sen appears to
doubt the existence of a lunar atmos-
phere.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-09-06

man explained Che mystery by handing
her little parcel, 1t contained the
ring she hGd missed when making the
biscuits.
~ found it in one OF the biscuits,
where it must have slipped from your
finger" explained he; then taking it,
he added: "And will you let me re-
place IL on your finger to bind the ac-
ceptance of my love for you, Carrie ?"
She did not say no, for che had
learned that she loved him; and Mamie
suffered nothing, for Aunt Sadie was
mistaken in supposing she cared for
Mr.. Covert, as another man coon after
made her his bride.