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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-14
New Ariiilmetical pra!.lras,

Il i, twen,y->ix rod, from Smiths
house 10 the saloon where hr take, MP
six mornings per week In fifteen year,
how far has he walked?
fla college student tears down two
signs. up>eis four ash barrels. rips M
iivc rod> of sidewalk. breaks two win
duw7 and ,na,!l"$ the Professor uf Latin
all in on" week. how would II charge of
b;rl-shcl ai1rc: his sacred constitution
the following Monday night when grid
lng shade trees
A wise Arabian, who had thirteen dol
lars in his vest pnrkct. wanted 10 diIidc
it among 1--we sm%"arS 80 is Ia rive each
one ihrt" dollars. How did he proceed?
Ihi- Is the one that ALWAYS keep, the
boy after school and get hi, Jacket dust
ed
llo~ many boys thrcr feet tall will I
take To climb over a wall live feet higS
and carry Oh hall Il bv~hcl Of harvest ap-
pies? This must be- figured bv the rule
of threr two boys and the old man dor.
During 4 Colir,ship of three wears II
Young man writes his girl Az love
letters. calls her an angel l.lSi times,
accompanies her To twenty eight picnic.
and >evrntvtwo singing schools. and
then walks of on his ear and marrie, n
widow with six children Find how
much the girl loses. providing She lights
on the right kind of lawyer to move =
jury.
A peasant who hal half n cord of
wood nj his door desired his i;r sons TO
saw it up in such ratio that the eldest
should saw tlIrce-scvcnth~ and the Young
est onc-Sixth. How did they divide th"
wood? Key; For the teacher only:
They let the old man saw il. OF cu;Irsc
The average woman speaks f. words
per minute. In a conversation lasting
sixteen minutes II servant girl with her
ear 1t th" key mole catches ;;i6 words
How many does She miss. ana how did
She get that black eve?
Ii i, takes Il boy twelve wears of AGE
twenty-five minutes to bring in six small
sticks of wood. how long will il take him
10 walk mile and half TO see Il circus
procession :?
A fond husband hands his wife so
with which to purchase II spring bonnet
and-wcll, we don't remember the rest
OF it. lie probably died soon after
handing over the money, or she dis
covered that the twenty was counter
felt, or something or other happened 10
cut the thing short. Come 10 think of
ii. Il fond husband bought himself Il $50
overcoat and gave his wife twelve shil
lings TO get her fall hat clapboarded over
for winter. and she thanked him kindly.
and he smiled lovingly, and the mother
in-law went and hanged herself in the
wood house. i Detroit Free Prtss.
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American Ho:i."a.

OF women dress the London Dr'y
.NcHS says: The poets idea that love.
which is of man ; lie a thing apart. is
woman : whole existence. i> mol'r >s.n-
tmrntal than true. There i cniy one
thing which. il it may not truly lac said
10 be her whole "Ni>trlr", is Vet never
very far from her a.trntiu iuH-:,nh that i
dress. This is neither Il harl nor Il
cynical saying. From her first CON
Sciou> hoar 10 her last Il woman takes
interest in her garments and the gar
mentS of her friends. The study Of
dress is like every other study. II must
he taken seriously if il is to be taken
successfully, \ woman who wants t.
he originally. beautifully AMI becoming
~ dressed must either give herself into
the hands of an artist who will do her
thinking for her. or She must give near
" the whole OF her time and attention
10 the business. \ great many do
neither the onr nor thr other: hence
the rarity vi really wrll-lrrs>ed women.
The ideal of most English women i, to
find u modistc who will take al! trouble
oil their hands. and will ,lres, them.
This can be easily enough done, but is
an expensive process. and in that dircc-
ton again English women set themselves
limit. The price m American fash
ionab" woman will readily give for a
confection OF distinguished taste would
strike horror into the brea,I of IN En-
9li>h matrun. American women are
Imlu"stiunahly the be-, dressed nnw-:,-
days. Why ii should bc so j. Il r,irS-
iion too profound 10 enter on here.
Much and subtle analyst, would have to
be expended on ihat problem. One cx-
PLANTATION which seems TO lie on the sur
tace may be that while deciding with
authority on questions "f taste, and fu.-
lv competent to judrr them. they bring
10 the business Il certain originality o.
conception and national freshness of
idea which erVadc' the result. making
il not only charming in itself, but exact
IL suitable 10 the wcarpr. American
women hose at lea,i WhoviSit Europe
have generally the pull over English
women iii money matters. and. aS we
>aid before, they nnl only have t;e
money to spend. hut like spending it Oh
dress. But. beside, that, there is dis
cernment of the fitting, a happiness of
choice. which they bring to, rather than
find in. :he studios of high art in dress"
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The Five Obeiicnt Husbands,

There We're five of them together. aud
il Wa, late. They had been drinking
Finally. one Of then looked 1T ,llc clock.
and said:
What will o,lr wives sav when we
come home"
Let them say what they want to-
Mine will tell me To go 10 the mischief
responded No. ,.
"Tll tell you what we will do Let
us meet here again in the morning. and
tell our experiences. Let the one who
has refused to do what his wife told him
10 do when BE cot home pay for this
evenings entertainment
That's a good idea. We will agree
to that.' So the party broke up. ana
went to their respective homes.
Next morning they met at the ap-
pointed place. and began TO tell their
experiences.
Said No /:
when | opened the door my wife
was awake. She said: A pretty time
of night for you to be coming home.
You had better 90 ont and sleep in the
pig-pen, for thai : what You wiil ccGie
to sooner or lalcr. ANYHOW. Rather
than pay for all we had drank lat night,
did what she told me to. That let's
me ont
Next.
No. : cleared his throat. and said:
when got home. stumbled on Il
chair. and my wife called: There ven
are again. you drunken brute. You had
better wake up the children and >ta@ger
about for awhile, so they can see what Il
drunken brute of father they are
afflicted with | thought the best
thing could do under the circum-
children, and staggered around until
my wife hinted t, me to stop. She used
chair in conveying the hint. That
lets me out.
Next.
No. ; spoke up, and said:
- happened to stumble over the pan
of dough, and my wife said: Drunk
again. Hadn'; you butter >it down in
that dough?' SO sat down in it, and
that lets me out
Next.
No. / said:
81 was humming tune, and my wife
called cut: There You are again.
Hadn't YOU better give us Il concerto
said. 'certainl s.. AMI began to sing rs
loud rs could, but she told lie 10 stop.
or she would throw something at me; 80
stopped. That lets me out.
Next.
No. ) looked very disconsolate. lie
said:
II reckon I'll have 10 pay. My wife
told III" to do something none of You
would have done ii You had been in my
place"
What was il ,"
"Nha said: so Won thought You
would come home ai last, Now. hadn't
You better 20 out To the well and drink
couple OF buckets OF wafer just 10 rs.
tonish vour stomach? That WAS more
than | had bargancd for. So its nay fu-
neral" SJHags
-Simples says his wife is q splendid
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- Nj not a sick Spit, - i. lou
" Il lltt" tc. gii Il bigger stove 10 burn
that.
Wal. it amt >u'h Il hard Job ter
split il. >"H be-. Nanry used tew.
oi an. when | VS. biI2y.
Did ~hr?' >rz /. So did Dan cl"
lie 90, l!n' Wo",i. an said. ~ h. WAS
gp.n~ ou,. that h. didn't want ter he
c;,ll'1! in oa, q t', n!uNin- field again,
unie;' twas fur urNi,i,Ia!s.
.lll ri~tl. 81 /.
The nr> day twas the amc thing:
not a >tict, split. THINKS |: Odd frl-
low, yuu ain rot no Nancy hr:c I'll
larn Hc Il little Su.nrtl.in' that D r APPS
N"r dem knew. 80 when il WA, din
E"r time | blows the horn. an IN comes
al -r.cn oi tn men an sets down ter
tie table. Si-h >trrakcd lookin' faces
It. DIZZY he'd Is they viewed the grub.
Ia'r,. WIS !ac biscuits iu-t dough. the
i"riat"r>. ~ meat. an Vegetables. an
ever, thing WAS washed clean IN put on
raw. Noi a thing wa.> couknd.
Caleb looked llackcr'n Il thunder
cloud.
"What does this mcan?" srz he.
cit n:ran> what it means. SCI L."
|"n said vest lay that YOU ,iidsI't want
again. ,in!e-S il was fo"li.tual>. an here
the, afr.'
" Nj" shape. tcw. -rz !in
"Nal. can / cook iiort wood" >cz
], ,ry Ike.
With that. all seven of e.u started for
tie 't"or. an they never left thai wood
piie till II WAS ready for the ,,toyr.
never was bothered for wood again.
\ few week, AFTER wanted some
money purity bad. wanted ter send
Johnnie and Nellie Ia X ter school. an
| was bound the they should have some
csothe- lit 10 Wear. asked Caleb II
number of times 10 lei me he's some.
but he made all kinds Of excuses. |
didn't tell him what wanted of II,
mind We. 80 one dav alonw come, u
p,dller that bought huiler'n .~g.. [
had considerable on han that Caleb W.,
intending to carry into tlirr cty when
he had time. so sold every pound o!
butter an every egrg he'd in the hou>r
rot nigh on 10 twenty-five dollars
for rn.
When Caleb camc hon e told him
had sold the brttcr'n egL~.
"Eeow mach did ye git? aez he.
told him.
"Whrre'> the money" So: he
I've rol H. SCI |.
"Wal.' >eI M. "Nancy alters give NE
ali the money that >hc took for her but
ter and c:r~>.''
did She" scz |. "Ani so did
Dan ell"
He got tired of holding Nancy up
afore my eyes, Tor lwoulh nilsrt her with
Daniel every time He f"unh that
was powerful sot in my way. an he
thought he might rs well let ne hcv my
own way, an SO Ie Eez. | don't mean
TO he ugly. but | won't be trod on by
nobody. Wien he wouldn't ict me hev
what money | wanted. Id sell snlne-
thing every time. solii two tons of
hay one time, when knew tina. he
only he'd enough II winlcr his critters.
So. on the whole. he found cont that
wasn't afraid of him. and he behaved
quite decent. | told him. not long ago,
that he was GROWN c'cvcr.
"tle,ert' seZ he. I'D rithrr
you'd call me a dog goacd fule. than
clever"
But notice he has improved. an
lay ii ter his trainin.
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;sm. He isa plain liver; does not use
tobacco. and seldom drinks stronger than
elaret. Whil. hi, health i, good. he is
not very robust aud h" takes excellent
care of himself. conscious. perhaps that
each addcd vcarof hi, ryi-;cnrr i, worth
millions. He il grnerOa, with money.
making ii a rale 10 give al least 500 10
each AMI ever, charitable object brought.
TO his notice. lie prefers to give pri-
vatrly. having a tcmperIm"ntal dislike
to seeing his name parad"d in III" news
papers rs 4 donor. y. i. Cor. -. Louis
fILOJe- Ur ijl1crLn
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The Gentiles in Utah.

From the fact that the Gentiles gave
Campbell less than 400 votes in 1880
has sprung the idea in many quarters
that they are in an exceeding small
minority in Utah, and that it is extreme
ly cheeky in them to ask Congress to
supersedc the Mormon Legislature by q
Gentle governing or legislative COM
mission. Comparison of the Mormon
Conference returns of their population
in April, 1880, with those of the census
in June following, shows that there were
81, 1000 souls in the Territory not claimed
as Mormons. Were these people in the
habit of political activity they ought to
cast, on the ordinary voting basis, 6,OOO
votes. 1t will be seen that the proper
ton of Gentiles to NIormons in Utah, ac-
cording to perfectly reliable statistics
(the population in Utah having been, in
round numbers, IA, 900 in June, 1SS0),
is as to l2. They are nearly one-
fourth, in other words.
1t may seem invidious to compare
them in respect of their intelligence,
but it is due to truth to say that it is q
case of intelligence against brute force.
There are some intelligent MOrmons,
but the mass are not intelli gent, and very
few even of the leading class are really
well-informed. As to the property, more
than one-half of the taxable property of
Utah, including mines and railroads,
belongs to Gentiles. There are soma
eight hundred miles of railroad, chiefly
owned by Gentiles, worth at least SlO,-
100000; there is Gentle money invest
ed in trade, in stock, in merchandise,
and in residences, equal, probably, to
$l0.000,000; the mines have turned out
an average of SC, 6,0o0,000 year for ten
years, which is six per cent. on $780,
100000, As any one can see. The Cen
tiles have invested, and procured to be
invested, in churches, schools, hospitals,
and public and private charitable asso.
Citations, within one decade, 5000 in
round numbers, and they are paying
and procuring to be paid about Sl50, 900
year to keep these institutions going.
This is no feeble folk in anything but
number. 1t is no contemplate minority
not worth 4 hearing and not entitled to
hearing.-SaH Lake city Tribune.
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White Embroidered Muslin Dresses.

White dresses are entirely of en-
broidery, with Il panicr sash of satin
surah passed around the hips and tied
in great bow. with ends for ,lrlperv
behind. The shirrcd basque is of open
star embroidery entirely maflc on Il
lawn lining. with deep sailor collar.
The skirt is covered by three or four
lounccS of embroidery. AMI the panier
sash cnnccalS the edge of the baS Ire,
which is untrimmrd. \ breadth of pale
pink sIIrah with pale blue surah lining
in the loops and ends of the bow make,
a lovely panier sash, and this is worn
straight around the hips. rs childrcns
S;,shcs are. Narrower pink and blue
surah outlines a point in front of the
basque. beginning at the. waist line in
the undcr-arm seam. and tied low in the
middle; small bows are on the throat
and wrists. Wide embroidered ilounces
can be used for dress waists by making
meet down the middle of the back. The
sleeves are also Of embroidery, with
puff and frill al the wrists, rounded up
ward to the inside seam. Simpler
dresses of white dnttcd or sprimged
muslin, or OF null ar nan>ook, have 4
pointed basque with insertion aud scant
frill of cmhro;dcry on the edge. and
also in pointed vest shape in front. with
Il Byron collar The Greek ovcrskirt is
liked for these dresses. edged with the
embroidery. and opening on one side To
show eight or ten narrow embroidered
ruflicS that are placed horizontally on
the lower skirt, Two frills gathered in
the middle like ruche trim the foot in
the way described above for ecru wool
embroidery. and have loops of satin rib
bon. with 4 co1ucttish bow at the foot
in front. A single bow of long loops
and ends is put on the right side not
in the middle-of the back of the
basque, and a ribbon is ted in point
in front. Pale blue MORE ribbons. cop
per red satin. navy blue and bronze vel
vet ribbons, are used on cream white
null mu>lins. -Hupcy'S Bd:0r.
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In Pompeii, recently. very beau
tliul fountain was found amnny the
ruins. 1t is said to surpass in beauty
any of the fountains hitherto dug up
there. Venus is represented is rising
on shell, with Cupid in her arms.
Other spirits of love are seen here and
there in the waves, while in the bach =
ground appears ncreid. or water
nymph, near 4 dolphin, with her arm
thrown around the neck of Cuad.
In the foreground, On the shore, are
two draped women looking at the mer-
ry group in the water.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-14

1t is stated that 100000 persons
are annually killed in England from
causes directly resulting from lu,ius-
trial occupations.
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VOL. XXII.---NO. 81.
4 CITY F.iHNER' s ,SPHING POE.U.

The yellow o'nrc blossoms nIw uirru
The tail ami stately ohk-
And IRON her rs; in yoni 4 pumpkin tree
Ihr tunriul CrU,IS CroIk-.
The caUlihuwer slowly seas ita glrHiny cen,
tn" sum too w.irin for h:Tn;
Amt purple daif"dii5 nj! In"ll w rip.
Hang from each burdtne,l limb.
The phimagr cahbaer pipes merry lay
Bc- de the tlrtl. Il .vc:
The crow is warbling in the turuip >ino
His melodies OF love.
Oh. come, then. lady, come rni stroll with HE
Who're streams Of cider flow,
Meath the uInhrngenti! swctt-p'tato tree
LII whisper soft and low.
Wen TAX Of cnsillgr AM COWS and swine,
AMI you shall Saar' y part
VI countless othar Niy-tim. joys TIA: thrill
Your tarmcr-ioyer's heart.
" Y SIM
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-14

The First brigade OF Illinois militia
is without Il General. This accounts for
the sassy attitude of Europe ---LOuts-
~. C1nrier-J0urnai.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-14

Florida papers say that the bronze
or rusty oranges are much the sweetest,
and can be kept longer than the light
fruit, but that they will not sell at the
North for half the price of the fair fruit.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-14

Thomas Allen. Henry Shaw and
Mary l.. Tyler are the only residents of
1t. Louis who pay taxes on over ST.
U0.O0O worth of property. One hun
dred and fifty otherpec>on' are assessed
as worth NOR than 500, 900 in taxable
property. 49, COHTicr-jD'THui.
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The whale is somewhat of blower.
When ne begins to spout. look out for
. tough tail,
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-Simples says his wife is splendid
sample OF the opposite sex
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The empty man getteth too full.
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-01
Personal.

Isaac Barnum, former old and well known
caterer of Portland, has just died at Arichat,
Cape Breton, aged 65 years.
Mr.. Elwell of the Transcript was out on the
street once more Saturday, after his two
months seige of rheumatic fever.
R. M. Gibson, former clerk of the Preble
House, has leased the "Elms House" at Bethel
and proposes to keep a first class hotel.
Miss Holland gave the opening address al
PEBBLE Chapel last evening Subject-"A
Plea for Prohibition"
Daniel w. Johnson, formerly assistant en-
gineer on the light house steamer Iris, has
been appointed engineer of the steamer Clara
Clarita, plying on the Kennebec
Miss Salle Croker, the artist, who has beer
in New York for the past year, is expected
home in few days, and will spend the sum-
mer months in this city and vicinity.
S. w. Richardson, Marine Hospital Steward
has rendered his resignation to take effect to-
morrow, and intends to leave the Hospital
service.
DR.. Ripley has for some weeks been quit,
sick and unable to attendsto business. His
friends will be pleased to learn that he is much
better and hopes to be out in few days.
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-01
Associated Charities.

This morning the Associated Charities will
open their sale at No 27S Middle street, just
above Hays apothecary store on the same side
of the street. The store has been very prettily
decorated with flags, and here can be found,
during the week, an excellent assortment Of
womens and children's undergarments, bed
ding, sgentlemens night shirts, and dresses
These articles are made by persons who greatly
need assistance and are anxious to give an
equivalent in work for aid rendered. There
will be nice assortment of Page & Bailey s
celebrated candy, besides flowers and plants.
Charming young ladies will oficiate as sales
women, and those who have been appointed
will appear on the various days without fur
Their notification. The following ladies will
have charge of the store during the days men
toned:
Monday-Mrs James Fessenden, Mrs. Theo
Woodbury..
Brown.
Wednesday Dewitt, Mrs. Corning.
Thursday-Mrs. Gerrish, Mrs. johnson.
Friday-Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Jordan, Miss
Smith.
Saturday-Mrs. Baxter, Mrs. Fessenden,
Mrs. Woodbury..
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-01
OSCAR Wilde

A prominent New York
Artist photographed a
short time ago Mr.. Oscar
Wilde, the Esthetic apostle,
i'm many positions which
are very characteristic, as
being explanatory of the
doctrines of this new dis
cipIe. Among many of the
compositions which were
embIematic, were some,
with the dim and ShadOWy
patterns of sunfiOWers and
lilies on the walls, and used
as accessories i'm the interi-
Ors, and when exterior
compositions were used,
then the artist was equally
happy i'm their arrangement
The proof of the negatives
gave Mr.. Wilde the greatest
satisfaction, as does the
Esthetic and other poses of
Hearn the popular photo
grapher of the State of
Maine, whose new and ele-
CANT studio is located in
BOWS Block, GA Congress
Street i'm this city.
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-01
Temperance.

Last evening the Free st. pulpit was occupi'
cd by Mrs. E. j. Mclaughlin. The singing by
the choir as usual was excellent, especially the
selection 'Ged is Love-" the music of which
composed by the organist, Mr.. Norris, shows
his fine taste in musical composition as we'll as
an organist.
After an earnest prayer by the pastor the
speaker delivered most telling address against
the evil of intemperance. She contrasted very
clearly the license law of Massachusetts anc
the prohibitory law of Maine with many Illus
trations. The speaker held that the temper
ance reform people are too silent; that the
great subject of temperance, the "old OLD
story" should be told over and over again, and
when the Christian women of our country rise
and use their prayers and labors against this
evil. then only then will rum be driven from
our land. Such an earnest and powerful argu-
ment against incompetence has not beer
heard in our city for q long time.
The Portland daily press., 1882-05-01
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA,
RED RIDING HOOD

RED RIDING HOOD.
The operetta of "Red Riding Hood" which
will be produced by the ladies of Bosworth
Relief Corps at City Hall this afternoon and
evening, will prove one OF the prettiest spec
tacles ever Witnessed on City Hall stage. The
old nursery tale has bsen set to music in most
appropriate style, several very pleasing
musical numbers, by well known composers,
have been interpolated. and, besides the hun
dred pretty young girls in their charming
costumes, several we'll known singers, of
maturer age, take part. The High School
Cadets go through with drill; a live pony IS
introduced on the stage by youngster who
very beautiful tabeaux, and we have no doubt
that crowded audiences will greet each repre-
sentation.
THE BOSTON OPERA FESTIVAL.
The general plan Of seats at the Mechanics
Institute will be the same as during the Patti
opera season, except that nine rows, each con-
tanning GA seats, will be sacrificed by the build
ing of the stage out into the hall. An entirely
new stage is nearly completed, the front pro-
iscting into the hall farther by % feet than the
front of the original stage. 1t is built with an
inclination toward the front, which will result
in q better view OF IL from the seats on Inc
floor of the house, The dimensions are so feet
in width and 40 feet in depth from the foot
lights to the froat of the organ. The pro-
scenium arch will be 48 by 80 feet, and there
will be six sets of grooves. The front OF the
stage is substantial and pleasing in appearance,
and the proscenium will be neat without be-
ing Snowy Manager Hyatt will have new
and appropriate scenery The orchestra will
be located upon the level floor, and not upon
platform as at the Patti entertainments. The
conductor alone will occupy raised seat
NOTES.
Miss Mary Anderson has contributed $500 to
the Actors Fund, and Nat G. Goodwin 81, 600.
The fund amounts TO $4,000.
Hollands company will appear at Portland
Theatre in "The Colonel May 18th and 18th.
Two large audiences favored Den man
Thompson at Portland Theatre Saturday.
emusic and Drama" tho new paper. comes
to us this week with 20 pages 1t is the most
welcome publication of its kind, we receive,
for its news is always fresh, and dished up in a
remarkably bright and attractive style.
Quite number of stars in the dramatic
armament shine on neighboring cities this
month but we do not notice they are booked
for Portland.