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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25
WHOLE NO. 1882.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Said the wise old lady, with solemn
truthfulness: IF we could once see
our lives as God sees 'em it would skeer
US most TO death.''
"A fire drill has been introduced as q
part of the exercises in some of the New
Haven public schools and has met with
considerable success.
The Baptist Theological Seminary
at Morgan Park, ILL.,, has obtained $780,
O00 in subscriptions to the proposed
500. 900 endowment fund. Chicago In
ter Ocean.
The Presbyterian Theological Sem.
mary at Columbia, S. c., will reopen
in September, after suspension of two
years. An endowment of $15O, 900 has
been secured.
Bishop Simpson announces that DR..
Scott Stewart in his will left 5000, 900
for the establishment of a Methodist
hospital in Philadelphia. and author
lied the Philadelphia Conference to
appoint Board of Trustees for the hos
pital.
Rev. j. S. PAYNE, of Monrovia, Ii
IBERIA, died recently. He was highly
valued member of the Liberia Mission
of the M. E. Church, had been Presl-
dent of the Republic, and was delegate
to the General Conference of 1880. He
also presided at the Liberal Conference
of 1881.
Miss Emma Rauschenbusch, daugh.
ter OF Professor Rauschenbusch, of the
German Department of the Rochester
Theological Seminary, who has1been for
some time teacher of German in the
public schools of Chicago, has been ap-
pointed a missionary to the Telugus by
the Executive Board of the Baptist
Woman's Missionary Society of the
West.-Chicago Herald.
A writer in the Journal of Educa-
ton has his say against the school
recess. He claims that it interrupts
the work of the school, distracts the
pupils mind, and brings him into con-
tact with the vicious. The proper course
with such pupil would be to shut him
up in a glass case and stuff him with
text-bOOks.-BoSton Transcript.
Mayor Low, of Brooklyn, N. r.,
tells the Aldermen that he believes free
books are logically part of system of
free schools; but, as several thousand
children are now kept out of the Brook
lyn schools because there is no room for
them. the city had better spend its
money in providing places in which to
study their own books. Those who are
too poor to buy them are already pro-
vided for by tax levy of $4,000 for
this year.
The State Superintendent of Pub
lie instruction for California reports
that not much more than one-half the
children enumerated in the school CEN
eaflsa ittfTridfca1 -fefofm IN the school
system of the State. The Legislature,
he says, should either adopt the COM
pulsory plan. or else the heavy per-
centage OF parents who do not send
their children to school should not be
allowed to be burden on the people
for thing that is useless to their chill
dren.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25
LOTGFELLOV.
In Nafaanrla.ll.

A shadow resting OF familiar placca:
A sense oi loss IN h'til:i That clI>p and part;
A tender sorr, w tlucrln.r ail m-.u'S faces:
A dear Possession Missed in home and heart
This word was flashed along the mystic wires
From coast To coast. AMI unlnr mighty seas
"Ourpo';s gone" Twas told 10y household
And, requiem-lIke, was borne on every
breeze.
The seer wh9-e Tura and consecrated vision
shed golden hilo DER our common days
Has passed beyond our ken 10 Realms OF Elys-
Has found the clew TO lifes entaugled maze
Here, dwelling higher than the souls around
Time swept his harp and sweetened every
str ny;
In that far country now his peers have foun1
The tuneful few whose songs tho ages sing.
The grand Old bard. whose sightless eyes. up.
lifted.
Dsccrned tho gods. and read their hate or
Who caught the splendor when the clouds were
rlitcd.
And dared to wieid the thunder-boits of love.
Great Homer, matchlcss minetreTand no other.
Is first on tins new tomb a wrc 18th 10 lay;
He III Naih lila claims this lat ~ brother,
Fitwe2rer OF the laurel and the bay.
And he whose numbers told .Eneas' story
In stately rhythm silvery and bald.
And he whose sol mn gaze pi"rcnl Purg atory,
Thin, rnpt aud dauntless. scaled the gates of
gold
These. too. and many glorious masters niger,
ThrOng d close to meet him when, death.
freed, h. came
To enter life and youth. The true light bringef
The poetis, whatever planets flame.
All poets keep the child-heart, sweet rs Heaven:
Chld-ed, they walk amid the worily-wiso:
And 50 their gentle talk. Ike ange-lcavcn,
Attracts us to the beauty of the skies.
And therefore when they leave us we have
sorrow.
Though still their accents lngnr in the air,
And from their legends every day we borrow
Armor of proof against the earths despair
Ashadowy host of great and good have blessed
thee,
o man whose manhood was above thy art.
To-day. by thousands mourned, . poet. rest
thee:
Thy In Memoriam Is in every heart
-Mdr0dret E. S .ngsicr, in Harper's Baz0r.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25
What the Girls Should Learn.

BY all means let the girls learn to
cook. What right has a girl to marry
and go into house of her own unless
she knows how to superintend every
branch of housekeeping, and she can
not properly superhtend unless
she has some practical knowledge her.
self. Most men marry without know
ing whether the woman of his choice is
capable of cooking him a meal. and it
is pity he is so short-sighted, as his
health. his cheerfulness. and indeed
his success in life depend in q very
grea. degree upon the food he eats; in
fact, the whole household is influenced
by their diet. Feed them on fried
cakes, fried meats. hot bread and other
indigestible viands. day after day, and
they will need medicine to keep them
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25
Longfeil0w and the Children.

I LongfGllow was largely a children's 8
/ poet. Probably no other poet has writ
ten whose verse comes so naturally to q
child ear and tongue rs his; for with
the most genial Music the purest and
simplest expression is united. Many 4
child has known this poet as a dear
! friend who never saw him, and to scores
of children he was personally what his
poems tell these others he was. ssThe
Chlldren's Hour" was i reality, when:
"From my stuly see in the lamp-iight,
Descending the bro I1 hail stair
Grave Alice and laughing Allegrl.
And Edith with golden hair.
"a sudden rush from the stairway,
A sudden raid from the hail.
BY three doors lett unSIIar,i u
They enter my castle wall,
"They climb up into my turret
Der :iie arms and back of my chair:
Ii try 10 escape. they surround me;
They seem to be everywhere.
"They almost devour me with kisses,
heir arms about IN entwiue,
I'LL .hink of the Bishop of Bingen,
In his MouSe-tOWer on the Rhinel
"To you think, % blue-eyed banditti,
Bcraus" You have scaled the wall.
Such an Old mus;achr as am
Is not Il match for you all.
al have you fast in my fortress,
And will not lot you depart,
But put You down in the dungeon
In the rounttower of my heart"
These were the poets girls, whose por-
trait in group as photographed, has
given rise to the assertion that one of
them had but one arm-a rllmor which
greatly annoyed Mr.. Longfeliow, so that
he often requested its contradiction.
The painter was certainly to blame for
the rumor, for the copy does give that
impression. yet it is wrong. OF these
three lovely daughters, Miss Alice has
made ventures in literature, and Edith
is the wife of r. IL. Dana, son of the
noted lawyer and author, and grandson
of the poet of the Buccaneer. MIR. Long
fellow has two sons. and the eldest,
Ernest, has made beginning of much
promise as an artist; and of his brother
Alexander's sons, William p. P. and
Wordsworth Longfellow. of Portland,
the first has also earned reputation as an
artist. Mr.. Longfellow's fondness for
children was remarkable. and nothing
else in the various tributes paid him on
the recent occasion of his seventy-tifth
birthday touched him so nearly as the
school children's recitations and letters
from all over the land. The spontane-
Gus love OF the little folk for him was
shown in the pretty gift which the chill
dren of Cambridge made him in 1877
an arm chair made from the old horse
chestnut tree in Brattle Street in that
town, which he had celebrated in "The
Village Blacksmith. The chair is not
of the natural color. but ebonized, the
upholstering of arms and cushion is
green leather. and the casters are glass
quiStc carving, representing horse
chestnut leaves and blossoms Horse
chestnut leaves and burrs are presented
IN various combinations ut other points.
Around the seat, in raised German text,
are the following lines from the poem:
"And children coming home from school look
in at the open door.
And catch the biIring sparks that tly like char
from the threshing floor"
Springfield Mass Republican.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25
Ills Son Peter.

"This is John Miller, l presume?"
observed his Honor.
"YeS. dot ish me-"
"Well. Mr.. Miller. there is a serious
charge against you"
TO shall tor fcefty years shall be gladt.
l haf so much troubles nit my son
Peter dot l like to smash my brains
0udt on some walls"
''It is charged that you went home
drunk and drove the family out of doors
with an Az"
"Dot is drue. When goes home
finds dot my son Peter has sthole my
monish und so like to shop up der
whole peesness nit der ak"
''What is the matter with Peter?"
"Eferything! He is der baddest boy
nobody efer heard of. He gets drunk.
He takes my monish. He gets in shall.
He sleeps in der barn. He has fight
nit preacher and cost me two hOOn-
cred dollar. He tells me to 60 to Tex
as"
Cant you control him?'
Peter und shed tears on him. l haf
coaxed him with sugar und sweet-cake.
haf licked him nit straps und sticks
und proom-handles und whips till l
vhas tired oudt, but he keeps ON shust
der same. He drives ME so crazy dot
shall hang myself init some clOze-
lines"
Il wouldn't. In the first place fine
you $40 for this oflense. and in the next
place, you can have Peter arrested and
locked up. Three months behind the
bars NAV cure him."
"Vhell, maybe so. pays der fine
und shall try der shall peesness on
Peter. If it doan' cure him l shall
hang myself"
don't be RASH"
"Shudge, vhas so rasher rs never
pefore! Seems like wish vhas ooD
in Heaven! Goot-py, Shudge-I vhas
sorry for dis troubles. When Peter ish
in shall maype feels better .und kicks
oop my heels again. ."-DctroH Free
Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25

There was disagreeabe scene
last night over at the Palmer mansion.
between Colonel Floyd Palmer and his
son William. Bill Palmer is an Austin
boy of the most modern type. who al
ways tells his parents Just what he
thinks about them, regardless of their
feelings. Not long since. he wanted to
celebrate his birthday with some of his
youthful companions. so he applied to
his father for an adequate appropria-
ton. Colonel Palmer. who is y close
relation of Williams. being his penuri-
Gus father, responded with quarter of
dollar. which bore about the same
proportion to the need and expectation
OF Bill as did GalvestOn'S Congressional
appropriation to the one she applied
for.
Billy looked at the quarter. sncered
at it. and finally said to the author of
his existence:
That's mighty slim appropriation
to celebrate the thirteenth birthday of
an Austin boy on. but still l don't re-
my birthday"
"What do YOU mean. sir?' whooped
the now thoroughly aroused father"
81 mean just what say. If mother
hadn't married such close relation as
you are, wouldn't never have had any
birthday to celebrate, and | would be
all the better off. She is the one who
is to blame. She should have married
Il man of more liberal views, and then
my father would have afforded me the
means of celebrating my birthday in
accordance with my social status. -
IerQs ShitiiRGS
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25
Seats for Strangers.

Speaking of inhospitality in some
churches an American gentleman sew.
eral years ago went into an English
church and began to look about for a
seat. Almost instantly Il dozen gentle
mer rose. opened their pew doors, and
invited him so earnestly to enter that
he felt as if he had fallen in with a
group of hackmen at IN American rail-
road station. After much embarrass-
ment he accepted seat. Lingering
about the church after the services. he
remarked to the sexton: Your peo-
pie seem very kind and anxious to give
people a seat" Yes, sir; YES. sir; a
few months ago one of our pew holders
had left him an income of S.35, 900 n
year. Several years before he was very
polite to stranger-an old gentleman
and gave him nice seat and all the
hymn books and PRAYER books and
found the place for him. Ever since
that windfall everybody is anxious to
give seat to strangers. but nobody
has got f7,00o year for it yet.-Ds-
troH Free Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25

ponnd' tor Ai'ilH t. /" .';>. fnrrl",nr.:
while the very best jcI;mi-) sometime,
brought 19S., or n"ar,v ii. Il pu;!Il.
Now the average prices are is low a.
rs; and the small parcels OF excellent
quality bring only 177s. the knlal. or
I'D. Il pound. The total value of the
crop IS now prrhai's not far rom cl4o.
800. II is 10! AN NJ ''thiilwS grne.-
ally Known that Il con siderable qual.i-
i;H "i t"e in.crnr siii,t, dad Their WAY
70 the -i1S'i:.;H cli:cury maNrrs ari In,
French bra:n.y di,tilcrs. 81. Jcs.cs'
(Iy~. H.,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25
Timidi.y i'm C!iildren.

We occasionally hear parents be-
moaning the timidityof their Children,
and wishing for some remedy for the
same. Not long since mother said to
me ii don't know what to do with
my two little girls. they are such cow
ards. They are afraid to 90 to school ;
afraid to go anywhere alone to be put
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25

1t Is an uncommon thing in Lapland
for a person TO have two Christian
names One is all they can live under
Little Alice was crying bitterly, ,and,
an being questioned, confessed to having
received u slap from one of her playfel-
lows. "You should have returned H."
unwisely said the questioner. ''Oh! I
returned it bafcre!" said tho little girl.
baltimore papers complain Ihat
the oyster beds OF Chesapeake haay sa'.
its tributaries are gradually becoming
less and less productive. and are in
danger of total extinction, owing to
nonsensical laws and still more non.
sensical methods OF enforcing them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25

AT the Palmer House in Chicago the
other day, drummer smiled at a bride.
Then he sent her note asking if she
didn't want to meet the smiler. She
handed the missive to her husband, and
he took an introduction and pounded the
drummer to the edge Of the grave.-Ds.
tfoR Free Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25

we'll. A man will take alcohol to coun.
teract the evil effect; Of salcl food, and
the wife and children must be phys
lcked. Let all the girls have share in
the housekeeping at home before they
marry; let each superintend some de-
partment by turns. 1t need not occupy
half the time to see that the house has
been properly swept, busted and put in
order.or to prepare puddings and make
dishes. that many young ladies spend
IN reading novels that enervate both
mind and body ana unfit themfo every
day life. Women do not, ;ls a general
rule get pale faces by doing homework.
Their sedentarY habits, in over heated
rooms, combined with ill-chosen food
are 10 blame for bad health. Our moth
ers used to pride themselves on their
housekeeping and fine needlework.
Why should not Baltimore Sun.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25

When Queen Victoria visits any of
her palaces. the rooms formerly occu-
pied by the Prince Consort, which in
all of them have bee1 kept unchanged,
are opened and lighted every evening,
the Queen passing part of her time in
them. In summer the Queen breakfasts
in tent on the castle lawn, and trans
acts her business in another, grooms
constantly bringing dispatch boxes
from her secretary at the castle to the
tent.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25

-Curiously enough. the ancient
temples of Egypt are believed to con-
tain the Oldest timber in the world, in
the shape of dowel pins. which are in
corporated with stone work, known to
be not less than 1000 years old. These
dowel pins. according to the appear
ances they present, are thought to have
been made from the tamarisk or shit
tim wood. in ancient times sacred
tree in Egypt.--N. J. Snn.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25
The Baker.
10 dresses in n suIt of whlte3

Vtr>d t.,f, H,xa
Mho SLEEPS by day and WORKS by night.
VINO ooe' 'i'ur-'sninc ousl iy.@ eeT nn 1nni,e!
Mo Who cert Ger the doushitrongh 3 nishtiy leans'
VINO bakes f.a for us su our " SUNDAY l'I Leans,
The baker.
Who bake, our bre,1 and colss and nina,
OF whom do men tell hoIrid lies,
That he with cu!!rants mikes t;iss?
Ane '"A'1'
At morn whose cart the echoes wakes3
Who ho faa1ssIH as snnan Ss nr.aSftits makesf
The baker.
w,o ,o.. ;na,,..u;o lie,
Who bakes ,in. h,. i bread for ,Hf tiithy pelf7
Who oft is but hait-baAed hllnseit?
i'e oakef'
Who in this world of care and strf,
G.ves sir s,. That on , winch bon man and wlfs
'~''' -e- '''0 ''@A u The baker.
MO MO sx career ds success,ul n hnn lea1s fd.,
Whose wealth increases with his kneads3
The baker.
Throuchout his life NAV blessiur, flow.
May hungry moushs Ice no"ise slow,
Ne eer may lie Wish MS cake Ta' shs dh,,nsn' h..sr
o "oon' my uo". ~
i:u siU" ou u nion''io:y "n,on sn NY. N,..
WIN p,eass you. IL Is lnc oahei' wy
I Iat..' L.A ii'ei'u Ups ine ~ Say ~ 'ho1'u
DaHsi epou si'JeI:; ,:;.,u ;. :,.od a.
he oahef, cn'iuie"' iS inuIeu tne
Des. suoicc' l nave yc' iec'uieo "Pon'
~ taAeS .hc cahe. ,,.
lou ioVe caAeS' tou YOU oears: :
In"' 4, W say aii Minus VI c"hcs ou'
s'or,lacli-cahes. G,
. Inc Ilrst M oaSef pax, eyer % neara OF % was
hanged ior p'as sinS Tharaoh scurVy
:Iich' o", nahSeu IL 1 lehlenioer wha'
~ was; n'Ae's oo nos pay iaio now
lno"sn lhey se' ou' iA'r lo" VI cahes
Hnu Pies' ~, =,
ihe woIsI ,h'"S hho" aoo"t .he
paher IS 'iiat nc lll"hes peoPle ca.
hearty oteaH'a9' 0ull"ay nior'i'le' wh.cl
causes lhuch mourning a'hohSsC 'ne
Preachers oeca"sc 'he peoPic 70 ~
S.eep S IN conSG4uGi'ce' ~ ieast, ~ II
mas reeii saiu ps those VINO kho" 'peahs'
ne pahef Is great worker' eNcePt.
;ns wncn ne mas u SLOW oVen' .hcii he
- aP' 10 oe SLOW 'oVen,iy ieilo".
DC careful not 10 iiiaho Inl' % le,il'''H ~ ~
~ 'iie oahef as MS c'llI loiis I'ons, Nv
.ho Iaaa Nno"" y" oiao"i o" 0'o'
Tha haLorno-or v;nos ofr ro,r scoro
H. o. ~ to' .t I ~ Sou, "o'
Won wo,,,d e he,,nr ."c"S nn. ~ ln.f oIHnt b;s
rran,;sos T Ia % ran,s n' ~ u" dI a,i it tha lonf 1
in,, h;n,s.'ls A0 "''N'' W Wv ''A 'Ao -''-
ill., ] So roh.sos ororv lind -,
hraaJs,ms and ,moh &c IL hrnad,.
,nu"., '' ,%a, ha ,."a so,Is ' ' '"o '''""
W;,h ,"', "I, "I bis % hol;,n ho :, s.,do,
'i' "iA AA'' A'S' nv 'oito'A
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25
PucL,s oditor disolocaS L;S nv

--PncEs editor discloses his expert
ence by sadly remarking: There is
nothing in this wide world that makes
q young man crazier than. after arriv-
ing at party with a young lady. whom
he has got there at considerable ex-
pense, to have some baldheaded indi-
vidual get her off into corner and
talk to her all the evening on the pecu-
larities of the Gulf stream.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25

Two detected burglars at Dayton,
Ohio. leaped from a third-story window
eighteen feet to shed, and then sixteen
feet more to the ground. dashed
through the crowd which had counted
on capturing them and escaped.-Ds-
troit Post.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-20
Aleyanaria 0azette.
MONDAY EVENING. NOV. 20. 1882.

LIFE IN THE ARCTIC REGIoNs.-Lieutcn-
ant Healy visited the habitations of the ma
tives of Kings Island, in the Arctic Ocean,
curious people who live upon precipi-
tous hillside as no other people live. He
says 1.-THE houses are built upon poles. The
entrance to each is effected through a hole
in the front wall, about fourteen inches in
diameter. Having clambered through this
entrance one finds himself in a room about
eight feet square, which is the common liv-
ing room of each house From the sides of
this room are found several apertures SINH.
lar to the main one of entrance, which leads
to as many sleeping apartments The APP
pearance presented by these houses is, to
say the least, unique and more strikingly so
by reason of their great contrast with those
of the usual Indian village, which is always
built on low sandy spots. The principal
means of livelihood of these natives is fish.
ing and walrus and seal hunting To these
people the walrus is tue most important an
imal, inasmuch as from its hides and intes
tines they obtain the covering for their
houses and boats, and the ivory they sell tic
traders is the most valuable article in de
mand The necessities of their position
have stimulated inventions and developed
such superior workmanship as to cause thei
articles of manufacture to be the most great
" priced of any along the coast"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-20
WASHINGTON AND WESTERN RAILROAD
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT

SUMNER ARRANGEMENT.
TWO TRAINS DAILY except sunday RE.
TWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND ROUND HILL.
BEGINNING OCTOBER II, 1882.
Leave Washington at 20 a. NJ and 20 n N.
and Alexandria at 8 % a. m. and 4 35 D. M. Pass
Leesburg, going westward, at IL 33 q. m. and
Al p. m, and arrive at Round Hill at - is n,
m. and 80 p. N. Leave Round Hill at 5 30
m. and II 30 p Pass Leesburg. going east
ward, at Is a. M and Is p. m, and arrive at
Alexandria at Is a.. M. and Is D. m. and at
Washington at s 30 a. m. and 25 D. m.
Gs~ Passengers from Washington will take the
Washington and Ohio cars at the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad station at $40 a. m and 400 At
m, and go through to Round Hill without chance
of cars. 1850
The 9:25 a. IN. train from Alexandria and 1890
pm. train from Round Hill connect at Round Hill
with Daily Line of Coaches for Snckersyille ReI
ryville and Winchester; also with Line of Coacbe.
which leave Leesburg daily for Aldic and Middle
burg. o'o
Both trains Westward, mako close connections
ct Vienna, with Sisions Line of Stages for FairfaI
Court House.
One thousand mile Communication tickets hear
ing two names 500 one thousand mile tickets
bearing all the names of family or members of a
firm, $25. - !"
oceN1 II. MACLEAN, Supt