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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-02-25
STRICTLY TEMPERATE, EXCEPT

On the sleeper of an L.. F. and W. train recently
traveller noticed an old, white bearded gentle
man trying to get into linen duster. The young
and spry traveller rushed to his assistance and in
helping him noticed a good-sized whisky flash
protruding from one of the inside pockets of his
coat. Being of waggish nature he appropriated
the bottle, got the coat on the stranger and then
pulling out the flask, said
'Will you take drink"
The old man did not recognize the bottle, and
drawing himself up remarked rather severely;
NO. sir, l never drink?"
at won't hurt you" insisted the wag. " Its
the best"
young man" said the old gentleman intended
for all in the to hear, if you persist in drink
ing whisky you will be a ruined man at forty
1t is the curse of the land. When l was boy
my mother died, and the last thing she did was
to call me to her bedside and say: John swear
to me that you will never touch drop OF iq
uor'n-
Here the old man clapped his hand on his side
pocket, found it empty, and recognizing the bot
tie in the hands of the other, he continued:
Except, my dear boy, an occasional snifter
while travelling"
And reaching for the flask he pressed it to his
lips, amid howl Of laughter which shook the
whole car.-Fairplay (COl.) F7ume.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-02-25
A TEMPERANCE MEETING SAVED HIM

The Lewiston Journal is responsible for the
following: At one of the local temperance meet
ings Sunday, a speaker, in dwelling upon the
degradation caused by the appetite for liquor said
he knew man who drank to such an extent
that his whole person seemed impregnated with
alcohol; his lungs, even became so charged with
it that in blowing out a candle day his
breath took fire as if it were naptha. At the
ragged man staggered forward from the rear of
the hall. The audience room was packed PeopIe
standing in the aisle made passage-way for the
cropping inebriate. All present thought another
reformation was to come and that the trembling
old topper was on his way forward to sign the IRON
clad pledge The people on the stage stood ready
to welcome him gladly. The besotted and rum
poisoned appearance of the old fellow made
sad and quieting impression on the crowd and
the utmost silence prevailed. He pushed his way
along to the place where the last speaker sat.
With a tremulous voice and swaying BODY he
said: "My fren (hic) | want to shake hands
with you. You've saved me (hic.) Applause
from the audience.] III sw'ar to ye, (hic)
stranger that I'll never blow out another candles
long as live" The benches could not help ex-
ploding in roars of laughter at this quaint and
unexpected climax although the scene furnished
another terrible warming of the dangers of in
temperance.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-02-25
WHAT ARE CALLED WHoPPERS.

The Western frontier of our country is highly
prolific in tall stories. Take the matter OF hard
blows. 4 man sitting in his house, eating pie,
heard storm coming and ran to the door. The
gale first blew the house down, and then seized the
man, carried him through the air a hundred
yards or so, and landed him in peach-tree.
Soon after friendly board from his own house
came floating by. This he seized and placed
over his head to protect him from the raging
blast, and finished his pie. Out in Nevada it
has been told that during gale, while bowlaers
as big as pumpkins were flying through the air,
and water-pipes were being ripped out of the
ground, an old Chinaman with spectacles on his
nose was observed in the eastern part of the
town seated on knoll calmly flying his kite
an iron shutter, with lOg-chain for tail. There
was man from Boston who would not confess
astonishment at anything he saw in Nevada.
AS he was passing a hotel in Virginia City the
cap blew off the chimney. 1t was a circular
piece of sheet-iron, painted black, slightly con-
vex, and the four supporters were like legs. The
wind carried it down street, and it went strad-
ding along like living thing. The Boston
man asked what is was. :" A beG5ug from the
hotel was the reply. By George. never saw
anything like that" he began, and then added,
outside of Boston n-Br00LFgn EdQle
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-02-25
HE MET HIS MATCH,

The only man who ever beat rO-glycerine
explosion after it was once started is John Me-
Cleary of Pennsylvania. He what was
coming and ran. His coat-tail was cut off and
his back was somewhat scratched. He jumped,
with some assistance from behind about hun
dred feet, and continued running until he dropped
from fatigue. He kept ahead of the flying frag-
ment just as Baron Munchausen kept ahead of the
rain and there may be lie about it somewhere
also This is something akin to the story which
old Col. Reed of Acton, Mass, relates, and main
tains that he was an eyewitness of the circum-
stance. One of the powder-houses on the bank
of the stream below Concord blew up as they are
in the habit Of doing on an average two or three
times year, and sent man flying through the
all, throwing him completely over round top hill
He was accompanied in his terrible flight by an
instrument probably something shorter than
the ordinary hoe used in the manipulation OF
saltpetre-which just before he landed, cut him
slick in twain through the waist. The legs
walked off for distance OF several yards, and
the trunk pointing its index finger toward the
retreatino saddle exclaimed: See there"
hvstander. who didn't seem to take much stock,
so TO sneak. in the ColOnefs story, related what
occurred in his saw mill. Two dogs were fight
inc. When the encounter became fiercest they GOT
directly in front of the saw, which was slowly but
surely moving up to the killing point They SEEM
ed to be in the death-struggle, when one of them
was cut completely in two New, it is a well
known proposition that every dog has four legs,
but no dog has his fore legs behind; and, how
ever that may be, the two hind legs away while
the two fore legs remained and whipped the dog
Col. Reed simply said, "If told such a lie as
that I'd have 10 hopes of Heaven. Shoe 0"d
LeGtber Reporter.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-02-25
SEV EN- TIMES SIX,

To bear, 10 nurse TO rear,
To watch and then..to lose;
To see my bright ones disappear
Drawn up like morning dews.
To bear, to nurse, TO rear,
To watch and then to lose;
This have done when God.drew near
Among his own.to choose.
To hear, TO heed, 10 wed,
And with thy lord depart
In tears that he, as soon as shed,
Will let no longer smart.
To hear, TO heed to wed,
This while thou didst smiled
For now it was not God who said:
Mother give me they child.
o foad, Q fool, and blind,
To God gave with tears
But when a man ike grace would find,
Ny soul put by her fears
o fond, Q fool, and blind,
God guards in happiersspheres;
That man Will guard where he did bind
Is hope for unknown years.
TO hear. 10 heed, TO wed,
Fair lot that maidens choose,
Thy mothers tenderest words are said
Thy face no more she views;
Thy mothers lot, my dear,
She doth in naught accuse,
Her lot to bear, 10 nurse, TO rear,
To love-and then tO,lOse.
jean Iagelom
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-02-25
THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD 'EM.

The facts are these: Snakes lizards, &c, being
very popular designs for jewelry, young Sy-
monds, desiring to present Miss Daisy with a
beautiful present, gave her a bracelet enameled
to look like snake cOiled about her wrist. 1t
was a very lifeike contrivance, and to add TO its
realism was so constructed that the heat OF the
arm would cause it to squirm and culver con-
siderably. Young Symonds neglected to explain
this to Miss Daisy, and the first time she put
it on she had Mysteries and ran up a doctors bill
But after she came to understand the cOntrivance
she nightly pleased with it. Being invited to
swell party she wore the bracelet. and it did look
beautiful ON her round, white arm, and she took
no pains to conceal it. She was introduced TO
Mr. De Lancey Smith New York swell, and
took his arm for promenade. The heat of the
room was calculated to make ones blood warm
and the bracelet was wriggling considerably
Mr. Smith looked down ON Daisy to say some
thing sweet. But he didn't. He seemed to for
get it, and in a nervous way asked to be excused.
And he went outside and tried to count the
stars and walk a crack and see if he was him.
self. He concluded he was. But he avoided the
champagne the rest of the evening. AS he
didn't return, Daisy accepted the escort of ST.
pie of De Lancey Smith. Daisy didn't under
stand it and was angry. The dancing began.
She walked into the ball room and took seat.
She did look lovely she sat there tanning
herself Four gentlemen made rush towards
her to claim her for a waltz. But as they drew
near they paused, and then all bolted out OF the
room Daisy was Mortified. She went to the
dressing room and looked at herself in the mir
TOR. She was perfection. More mystifed, she
gentlemen, having assured each other that they
saw nothing "off 4" in each other, had picked up
courage to return. But they all steered
clear of the wines, to the great amazement of
the host. Finally, young Symonds asked her to
dance They joined a quadrille 1t came to :" la
dies chain" Daisy extended her hand to old
Judge Ryegate, who was her cis-a-rts. The
snake was squirming beautifully. His eyes
rested on the bracelet. With a howl that made
the hall ring, he grasped his head and gazed
wildly at the bracelet.
SCOT 'em again " he cried.
"What does this mean 2" asked Daisy.
"Ah!' cried the Judge, "see it squirm. I've
got 'em bad Take me away"
Symonds caught the idea. He explained. There
was great sigh of relief from the gentlemen.
Then came a laugh at the Judge and though
he was trightfully embarrassed and mad as
halter he stood it. But he was gloomy all the
rest of the evening and so were several other
gentlemen who privately said that a woman
ought to know better than to wear such an in
fernal thing as tbat.-BOstOn Post.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-02-25

1t has no doubt been a mystery to many read
ers how the iron balls inside of sleigh bells got
there, and it is said to have taken considerable
thought on the part of the discoverer before the
idea struck him. In making sleigh-bells the
iron ball is put inside sand core just the shape
of the inside of the bell Then a mold is made
Just the shape of the outside of the bell This
sand CORE with the jinglet inside is placed in
the mold of the outside, and the melted metal
is poured in, which fills up the space between
the core and the mold. The hot metal burns
the core, so that it can all be shaken out, leaving
the bail within the shell. Ball valves swivel
Joints and many other articles are cast in the
same manner-Scientifc American
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

DELINQUENcIEs in the mail service
on the Kalama, and. Tacoma route
are becoming SO frequent as to de-
mand some concerted plan for relief
1t not uhfrequsntly happens, we are
Informed, that the Steilacoom sack
is carried by, and it is by no means
unusual that the Olympia papers
arrive at Seattle day or two behind
time. That the neglect occurs on
the railroad route now seems quite
evident, as Tuesday evening o
sack containing Olympia newspapers
which had left the Postoffice Satur.
day morning, was returned, with its
contents unopened. Some of our
subscribers will, by this blunder re-
ceive their paper four days behind
time. Such a delay, once and
awhile, might be tolerated, but for
bearance has indeed ceased to be a
virtue. The Portland Standard says
that its subscribers along the route
have complained of delay and irregu-
larity many months. 1t does seem
strange that the very trip the Postal
Agent is passing over the route that
the mail agents are not reminded of
their duty sufficiently to provide
against such gross neglect of duty.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

The re-appointmont of Gen. Vim.
McMicken to the Office OF Surveyor
General, is one which gives very
universal satisfaction, notwithstand-
ing it is his third term, and very
general sentiment prevails against
long tenure in Office. Were all our
Federal officers AS faithful in tho dis.
charge of duty, and as considerate
in their personal department, there
would be but little desire to assume
the grave responsibilities and in
creased costs of State government.
But unhappily we draw more blanks
than prizes in the revolution of the
political wheel, and the system puy.
sued seems to be growing rapidly
from bad to worse. 1t is with pleas
ure, therefore, we, from q disinter
ested stand point, note this excep.
ton.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03
A Few Words More.
EDITOR STANDALD:

EDITOR STANDALD:
It seems we differ as TO what is the
best medicine for the healthy growth
of our city. According to your the
DRY, my plan is that which begins
at the top and builds down. The
contrary is true, if we reason i,i-
ora. 1t is also true, as you say in
regard to the paper. But people
and communities IRE judged by their
actions. their J.; #, and enterprise.
The paper is b, best index to the
stranger of peoples prosperity
and contid'''c~ III themselves. The
stranger c. in.ng among us, wants to
see signs Of industry prosp,Iity
and growth. There must be some
sign that his interests will be served
by settling here. The capitalist
wants some guaranty from the
community that, he is to be benefited
by the expenditure and utilization Of
his money to build up cur wealth
and prosperity A good ihducement
is the apparent confidence the peo-
pie or community have IN their own
future by present action. The mer-
chant aud business man, and every
citizen, can aid by word and deed.
Merchants should make Olympia u
market for the products of the sur
rounding country. They should
convince the producers and the
consumers that they Can do just as
well here as in Portland or San
Francisco. They should, as far as
possible, make Olympia a cheap cash
market. They should not, by their
manner of exchange or high prices,
force the people to other markets;
and the people here should. every
thing being equal, give the prefer
ence to the home market. But many
of our people, l um sorry to say,
who make their money here, go
elsewhere to make their purchases,
even at greater cost than the homo
market. Now the idea of stores
selling cheap, SC. is good; but the
stores must have the people to do
the trading, and tn city must have
the people to become strong and
prosperous. Therefore, l conclude
that first we must have population,
and second stores.
| Now let those who are here do
something to show their confidence
in Olympia, and offer fair induce
ments to strangers, immigrants aud
capitalists to settle among us and util-
ize the great means of wealth that sur
round us. To obtain help, we must
help ourselves, and what we want ia
action on the part of oil. CIR.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

PUGET Sound West.side Railroad
90, is the corporate name of a com.
pany lately formed at Port Town.
sen d to build q railroad from some
point on the west side of Puget
Sound to q point on the Columbia
river, the articles of incorporation OF
which have been fled with Secretary
Owings. The capital stock of the
company is placed at 50. OOO, 900, in
$4,000 shares of 500 each. The
Trustees for the first six months are
Thomas l.. Minor, Chas. C. Bartlett,
j. A. Kuhn, Robt. d. Attriige and
Robert c. Hill. Messrs. j. b.
Montgomery and Chas. Ensembles are
among the prominent stockholders
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

A LATE telegram from New York
says: "Contribution are invited by
Miss Julia c. Emory, Secretary of
the Woman's Auxiliary No. 2 Bible
House, New York. for purchasing
and furnishing Of the Fanny c.
Paddock Memorial Hospital at Ia.
coma, w. T. Mrs. Paddock's f.iends
hope to complete the institution and
make it standing, permanent mem
Orial of the true and noble woman
whose admirers are numbered by
thousands in the far west"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

host as numerous a. the leaves of
Autumn. 1t il derived from the
Anglo Saxon >mitdn, TO Sinite. L.
was originally applied to blacksmlths,
carpenters, masons and shutters III
general. 1t has lost somewhat Its
plel can form in its various mod'tica-
tons, such as Snithson, Smltbers,
or when written Smithe or Smythe.
Other names which have come from
occupations are BAKER, Butler, ORA
per, Farmer, Cutler, Wheeler, Mil
er, Taylor, Gardiner, Cook, Mercer,
and Porter. Some OF these names
have the feminine termination, such
as Baxter, Bagster, and Bagley, the
feminine of Baker; Webster of weav-
err, and brewster of Brewer. While
some names are very sentimental in
meaning, such as Rpsenthal, val
ley Of Roses" or noble, as McElroy
son of the king or devotional as
Hylebos, holy wood" Others carry
the idea of grace, as Swan, or utility,
as the coyEomen of the writer OF this
article, which defined in French
pomme de lie terre, 1.-The apple of the
earth" modifies somewhat the rather
harsh sound Of its English equiva-
lent, potato.
As an illustration of the multiform
nature of very simple root or be-
ginning, take the word William, and
from this we obtain Williams, Will
hanson. Wills, Wilks, Wilcox, Will
kins, Wilkinson, Wilson, Wilcot
Wilcocks, Wilcockson. Willet, VIII
mot, Willy, Willis. Wylie, Willot;
and Bill, Billson, Till, Tillot, Tillot-
son and lilly.
It is, of course, impossible, with
in the limits of newspaper article
to go as deep into this interesting
study of names, as the subject de-
mands. It has been shown, how.
ever, that there is much more in a
name than is generally supposed
and that it is Of greater significance
than Shakspeare's query What's in
o name ?" would seem to imply. II
is likewise evident that our aboriginal
neighbors have high authority fol
appropriating all the elements OF
nature in fixing the designation oil
the embryo warrior aud possible
chieftain. That custom seems, in.
deed, to be much preferable to oul
own method OF drawing from the
vocabulary of European nations to
cover up plebeian faint or for the
purpose of toning down the discord'
ant consonants which our fore.
fathers SO thoughtlessly allowed tc
creep into family names.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

MEEKER. Osborne & Co.'S Circu-
lar. dated San Francisco, Feb. 21st,
quotes potatoes at sl.7O and $3.50,
with q sensitive market. likely to
fluctuate from any cause. Hops at
that date unsettled; quotable at Zoe
and 22c. Barley s1.75 to 81. SO per
GENITAL; oats $1.8O and $3.50. Wool
commands from 2G to 2Sc.; Wheat,
$1.65. Hides, dry, tic to 19c;
green sailed, 10c.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

Dr.. Marcus D. Merrick, we'll
known as q temperance lecturer,
dropped dead, last Monday, in front
of the Baldwin Hotel, San Francis
co. Heart disease is supposed to
have been tho cause of bis death.
he was so years of age and mem-
Der of tho Odd Fellow and Good
Templar fraternities. In 1873 he
was connected with the Order OF
Champions of the Red Cross, and
instituted Washington Encampment,
of this place.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

TIE Washington Territory Mining
Co.. of Chehalis. Lewis county, has
so far exhibited very prudent man
agement of its affairs. 1t is quietly
obtaining control of desirable lands
known to abound in ore aud coal,
and early in the season proposes to
begin active operations for their de.
velopment. A recent acquisition is
was 3G0 acres of coal land near the
railroad.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

AT Elma, Chehalis county, the
late storm did a great deal of dam
age. Barns were destroyed, fences
blown down, aud the loads blockaded
by fallen trees, while snow fell to
the depth of eighteen inches.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

A SOCIAL party was held, Tuesday
evening, at the residence of our
worthy County Treasurer, Mr.. j. H.
Munson, in East Olympia, to COM
memorate the birthday Of his eldest
daughter.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

The ladies of the Presbyterian
Church at New Tacoma have organ
lied q Home and Foreign Missionary
Society at that place with Mrs. Gen.
Sprague as President, Mrs. 4. c..
Armstrong Secretary and Mrs. II. c..
Bostwick Treasurer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

The late uncommonly heavy rain
storm has had the effect of raising
the Willamette and Columbia rivers
very considerably, aud several wash
outs IRE reported along the different
railroad lines.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

The only tangible evidence we
have seen of life, present or pros
pective, of the Seattle, Puget Sound
aud Gray's Harbor Railroad Co.. is q
pass issued by the Vice. President to
one of our citizena.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

CITIZENS of Shawnetown, illinois,
appeal to the Governor of that State
for aid. Hundred Of people are
driven from their homes by floods
and the rain still continues.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

GOLD has been discovered in dig
ging a we'll at Vancouver. At the
depth of thirty-five feet sand was
discovered which PANIED out" 12l
cents to the saucerfull.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

j. REEVES Ayers, of WalIa Walla,
has been appointed Agent of the
New England Mortgage Security
Company of Connecticut, an incor-
poration which is doing a large bust
ness in Eastern Washington.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

CoNaREss is about to appropriate
the sum of So, 500 for military road
between Vancouver and Portland.
As the distance is only about five
miles and a good road already exists,
it is probably that the appropriation
will be sufficient to make o fair be.
ginning of this very essential work.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

WIN. Harrington, of the firm of
Harrington Il Smith, aud Miss Anna
3. knighton, were married in Sc
attic, Sunday evening.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

A MASONIC Lodge, to be hailed as
Mt. Baker Lodge, was organized at
Skagit City, on the Goth ultimo.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

The river steamer Idaho takes the
place of the Geo. f. Starr, on the
lower Sound, while that boat enjoys
rest for repairs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

Our respected friend who writes
the vigorous articles designed to in
fuse renewed activity into the peo-
pie of our quiet little town, seems
determined to engage the STANDARD
IN controversy as probably the best
means of accomplishing that object.
Agitation will, it is true, accomplish
wonders; but it will not change
facts. The people of Olympia, as
distinguished from the mercantile
portion, have done their full tuty
IN times past. They graded the
railroad through the means of picnic
parties, built Long Bridge by soirees
and dancing bees, and went down
into their pockets for Westside
Wharf. We have tried tho means
suggested by "Cit." We are tried
OF shouting when nobody hears us
nailo. We are tired of kicking up 4
dust when nobody sees it. We
want a radical change in prices and
the manner Of doing business. 1t
Is the only medicine" which will
cure us. 1t is no time for BREAD
pills. be they never SO artfully sugar
coated We do not propose to cs-
'aD.ish massive iron-fronted stores
without population, as our cores
pordent seems to think, but to lower
prlces' command custom, build up
trade, and bricks and mortar will he
brought into requisition as a natural
and we will begin to put
On the habiliments and Thrift of a
,ity.