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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04

ant not 70 sit upon. There is q table in
the middle of the room, the top cf
which is about six feet wide. Ii has a
red cover, with a hole in one corner.
where some hungry boarder has had
breakfast. The ceiling is smoky, and
in one place slab of it is pee:iilg off.
You put your hand on the wall and YOU
find that the paper is not attached to
the plaSterin% at all. II has been that
way for 25O years, and the owner of the
property would think you were insane
II you were to alter it in any way. The
carpet is red. 1t il not new. The
stitching is out of il in several places.
Through one of these you can see wha,
you think is another carpet. You ar.
right. It IS another Garnet When th"
red one was put down it did not occur
to the landlady to take up the other. In
fifteen or twenty years she will get an
other carpet, even more hideous than
the one at present in use.
don't know why it is exactly, but
the Older a landlady grows the worse
her taste becomes. Over the table there
hang two gas-burners. They are shall
low mockery. Long ago the thumb
screws ruSted into their places. Before
that the pipes had been plugged with
soap. That is what they do with their
soap in London. They do not use it on
their windows, and not often on their
hands. They put it all into their gas
pipes. In the back room there is a
brass bedstead, upon which are divers
and sundry mattresses, surmounted by
feather bed and soiled spread. The
general slope of the arrangement is to-
ward the foot. 1t gives you an easy
consciousness that you will sleep stand
ing up. Over in the corner there is
washsiand, with pitchers and bowls on
top, and nn unblushing and alluent
display of other crockeIy underneath.
There Is straw mating on the floor,
so as to make it pleasant for you to get
out of bed barefOoted on cold morn
ing. There are curtains in the front
room and none in the bed room. This
is a wise dispensation of the landlady.
You will find it healthier to sleep in q
light room than dark one. 1t is more
difficult, but it is healthier. That is
what the landlady tells you. l know q
man who came to London to economic
ana write tor newspapers, and other
wise prepare himself for the lunatic
asylum, who was simple enough to hire
suite of rooms just like these. This
man had hunted all over the vicinity and
could do no better. He was foolish. lie
should have gone TO the alms-house at
first. He lived there week. Then he
got his bill. 1t read: Apartments, 63
shillings; fires, II shilingS; attend
ance, 4 shilings; candles, , shillings;
breakfasts, II shlllings; total, fl.l1s.
Which, being translated, is S2l.25 for
what in America would have cost him
not more than $li at the outside. He
had been taking his breakfast in his
Iooms, not as a matter of luxury, but
for the sake of economy. He had tried
breakfasting in restaurants. That was
why he ended by taking them to his
room, on the table with the corner
chewed out of its red cover.-Lomion
Cor. Chicago Nc,0S.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04
WHOLE NO. 1893.
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

Henry Clay Pindell, who died re-
Gently in Louisville. Ky, was nephew
Of the g 'tesman whose name he bore.
Sydney Smith ON intemperance:
"Accorling to my computation. have
eaten and drunk between my tenth and
seyentieth year forty four-hOrse wagon
loads more than was good for me-"
The wife of the late Professor KO,
of Harvard College, says she has never
been 80 happy as in this country, and
she does not wish to go back to the old
tyranny of Chinese customs.
"A correspondent of the New York
Telegram has been analyzing the edu-
cationai record of those who have risen
10 prominence in the politics of the
Empire State. Among all the State
officers there is not single college
graduate. Among the thirty-two Sem
atOrs there are twenty three public
school men and one university grad.
uate. OF the 128 members of the As
sembly. l02 are from public schools.
Judge Stcrrett, the man in whose
Office Horace Greeley learned to stick
type, is still living at the ripe old ago
OF eghty-tyo. He says he thought the
first time Horace applied for work that
he was a runaway apprentice. and hs
refused him rather abruptly, but after
ward learned who lie was from neigh
Dor near the State line. and sent for
him and took him to his house to board
with him. Horace was q slow boy. but
full of pluck and perseverance.-Ciica.
go Tribune. -.i ......4
Miss Braddon knew what she was
about when she made her heroine elope
with the groom. Possibly for the rea-
son that fine man on y fine horse is
acknowledged to be one of the hand
soonest sights in the world, grooms
seem to offer peculiar attraction to
their employers wives and daughters.
Two months ago the wife of an atfiuent
English geDtleman-she herself being q
lady of fortune-eloped with u good
looking groom when her husband was
out shooting with her brother, and they
are now in Canada.-N y Sun.
Father BOYLE. of Washington. was
. character who might be remembered
with advantage by a novelist. With
oil his learning he was, outside of his
library, a witty. sparkling. compan-
lOnable man, who made everybody love
him. A gentleman of New York not
long ago sent him q gold dollar with
the Lords Prayer engraved on it, and
he replied: Il love this dollar, because
it reminds me that the man who en-
graved the prayer must now know it
by heart"
MIR. John Russell Young is Penn
sylvanian, whose father came over in
the year of 1888 as one of the ''Scotch-
Irish colony" two hundred strong,
which settled in Chester County, Penn
sylvania. He has been q journalist
since manhood, and was in 1868 and
1869 managing editor of the New York
Tribune. After leaving that journal he
started a daily newspaper called the
Standard, which lasted on q few
months, when he joined the editorial
staff Of the Herald. and has ever since
been connected with that journal. As
its special correspondent he accom-
panied General Grant in his foreign
tour, an account of which he wrote
and published in book-form under the
title, "Around the World with General
Grant" Mr.. Young is about forty
years of age.-N y Graphic.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04
Cashmere With Summer Silk.

A French combination of fabrics in
troduced last spring by Worth is that of
dark cashmere for the Over-dress with a
skirt of summer silk either checked or
striped, and, as further anomaly, the
cashmere has white embroidery on
muslin for trimming. For instance, q
sapphire blue bodice, paniers. and pam
els of cashmere are worn over sum-
mer silk pleated skirt showing checks
of dark blue and cream-colors; cream
white null embroidery is laid fat on
the blue cashmere bodice to represent a
pointed vest and cuffs, and also on the
blue panels with the straight edge be-
low, and the scallops turned upward.
A similar dress of dark blue nuns veil
ing has white and blue striped silk and
satin for the lower skirt. Bottle green
cashmere is used for an over-dress with
u pleated skirt of checked green and
white summer silk. A dark copper red
wool suit has copper and blue checked
silk for the skirt. This combination is
commended to those who have partly
worn summer dresses to be made over.
-Earper's BaSar.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

"A little girl anxiously asked ths
other day: ma, if bear should
swallow me, would he 60 to Heaven,
tOO?"
Somebody threw red light on the
falls at Niagara the other night, and
folks thought the cataract was blushlng
at the way hackmcn round there charge
folks.
"A lady, when aImiring the stars
on bright night in q tropical climate,
was suddenly asked in the most limo.
cent way by her little son of five wears
old if those were the nails that held up
Heaven.
Laws and customs have not
changed much in hundred years. after
all. In 1865 the English Parliament
forbade the celebrating OF marriages
in America without stamps. Now the
laws of society as etfectually prevent
it. Yale Record.
An old miser, who was notorious
for self-denial, was one day asked why
he was so thin. II do not know" said
the miser; 81 have tried various means
for getting fatter, but without success"
Have you tried victuals?' inq quired Q
friend.
Two little girls, aged four and six;
had just had new dresses. and were on
their way to Sunday school. Said Eta,
the elder, ''Oh, 1 have forgotten my
verse" IL haven't forgotten miue."
replied the other. ''It is. Blessed arc
the dressmakers. "-Boston Tran
script.
The average husband and father
can't tell amoire antique from satin
rhadames. or u marveilleux from per-
Gale gingham, but he can always tell
the collector to call around next week
and maybe he can pay part of the bill.
1t Is time husbands and fathers were
learning more about what the women
wear.-Courier-Jour
Frequent impurities are found
by microscopic Investigations to exist
IN the diamond. Organic matter, car
bon and bubbles of gas are common
impurities. Quartz. chlorite. pyrite and
hematlte have recently been discovered
IN diamonds. and small crystals of to-
paz have also been seen. -Erchan0e,
We have suspected this for some time,
and must now take decisive action.
Any one wishing to purchase three
pecks OF assorted diamonds. every one
of them u yard wide and all wool, can
secure a bargain by calling at this
oilice.- -Eierated Raiisoay journal.
-"Thc Horse in Motion" is the latest
scientific book. just our luck. Some
one Is forever getting ahead of us. We
had selected the same title for our little
brochure" which was to describe the
thrilling sensations we experienced
when the horse was in motion, and the
wagon too, for about three-quarters Of
n mile over a rough road. until in q
moment of abstraction the horse
jumped a four-foot wall and glided
down the vale of a huckleberry pasture,
leaving us to contemplate the relations
between nature and half Il dozen porous
piasters as exponets of the healing art.
''The horse in motionr" Well, We
should 50 orsmark.-NswH Haven Register.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04
A Manitoba Speculation.

Angus Macdonald was farmer from
Charlotteburg. County of Glengarry.
who arrived in Winnipeg a few days
ago. Angus, in his own estimation and
in the estimation of bis friends. was a
shrewd man. He was hardly in the
place before an old acquaintance of his
ran up against him. slapped him on the
back i'm friendly way and said:
"I'm glad you've come up. was
just going to send for you" After
their greetings were over he continued
''By the way Angus. you own farm
out near MinnedosaP"
"Yes."
.'How much will you take for its'
IL don't know" said Angus. II
thought of settling on it myself"
"Well. I'll tell you what I'll do; I'll
give you 5000 for it,"
Angus thought before leaving Glen
garry that if he got $1,000 for it he
would be doing well. but he was now
in the land of booms and SO he asked
for it 800.
"Well. here's $50 on the bargain and
we'll sign the papers to- morrow" And
the purchaser rushed off.
Before two hours had passed Angus
ran against another old acquaintance.
"ailad to see you, Angus; glad you
came up. There's splendid chance
for you. BY the way, see you regis
tered as owning farm near MinnedOsa.
How much do you want for that farm?"
"I've Just sold it, said Angus.
s.HOW much did he give you?"
"Six thousand five hundred dollars. y"
''The dickens you did. Why. I'll
give you SIS, 900 for it. You 90 to the
purchaser and get him to release you
md III give you the Sl5. CO.,"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04

1t was Il great big fire insurance
company. with lots Of surplus, and a
poor widow with six children and a
policy for five hundred dollars on her
house. The house was burned one
highland of course the rich corpora
ton promptly paid her the money? Not
a bit of it. They compelled her to sue
for it. and when she got q verdict they
appealed to the Supreme Court. and the
poor woman had to hire expensive law
yers to support her claim there. But
the verdict is confirmed and she will
get her money at last, which is some
consolation. 1t has cost her a good deal
to lind out whether insurance insures. -
Philadelphia Times.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04
THE MODEL CASHIER.

BE loved t. teach in Suniay-school
The str" ight and narrow way;
He loved to with the ch lir2u S.us;
He also loved 10 pray.
a. never used tobacco. ana
He never drank drop;
HIS excellent department put
In shade our Turveydrop.
From sweeping out he rose until
He gaina-l tho highest rank.
Was trusted AMI resp 'ctci
As the Cashier OF the Bank.
And then he handled millions:
Ran ths huSincs5 :.iIn":
And from. his hoL-e To- Wdll street
Had P,tgate telephone.
The sleepy old Directors
Once Il year eXrr;.s>c! content;
And sometimes tott red il Tho oank
The aged President.
Things ran along as usual:
All confidence w1S pl 'c.d
In this the greatest iinHncier
That ere bank hal grdccJ,
Till came the shock which overwhelmed
Directors. President.
And all the world-th.s fino Cashier
Had st0len-nDt q cent.
-NoTisto,cn Herald.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04

Waterproof muslin is better for
coverings to chicken coops in cold
weather than boards, rs it admits heat
from the sun. To render fabrics water
proof dip them into water which con-
tains one fifth OF its bulk of soap in So
luton. Let the cloth dry and then
immerse in water containing 20 per
cent. OF sulphate Of copper in solution.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04

One of the wealthiest landlords in
COnnaught before the Land League
rose to power and drove him from his
belongings. is employing the time be.
tween this and the resumption of his
rights by driving q London omnibus
Tor S12. 50 O week. k.--Detrois Post.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04

-"And so you love June better than
any other month";" she said. gazing at
the young farmer from the blue abysses
OF her soft dreamy eyes. Beautiful,
leafy June, with its roses and its song
birds and its fragrance laden zephyrs?"
Yes" he replied, nonchalantly. "lt's
the best month to wean calves. -
Br00klyn Ealic.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04

Jules Verne did not exaggerate
much in his eightv-days-around-the-
world story. You can trip around the
hemisphere In eighty ght days. for
S800.-N J. Herala.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04

The porters who handle kegs of sill
yer in the Treasury Department are
rolling in wealth.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25
Read Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that pc
IN tition will be presented to the
Commissioners Of Preble county, o., at
their session to be held on June 9Th,
1882, praying for the appointment of
Road Commissioners 20 lay out and es-
tablish a free turnpike road along the
following line, to-wit: Beginning at
a point on the Eaton and Richmond
pike, ten rods, more or less, west of the
Elkhorn bridge on said pike, in the
northeast quarter of section 8, town
ship 8, range l, jackson township, Pre-
bic county, Ohio; running thence north
to the northwest corner of the south
east quarter of section 4: thence east
On the line between William Brown
and S. A. Brewers, for about 81 rods /;
thence north along the line of the old
road to the township line between
Jackson and Jefferson towns hip, and
thence north along the line of said old
road in section 33, township 8, range /,
Jefferson township, Preble Co., o., SO
as TO intersec! the National road in said
section, and there to terminate. And
for the purpose of constructing said
free turnpike road they will ask for the
levy of an extra tax of three mills on
the dollar for the Teriod of eight years
upon all the lands and taxable person
al property within the limits of the
said proposed f, ee turnpike road, Gun
der the one mile assessment pike Law,
sections AVA to 1923, Revised Statutes
of Ohio, 1SS0.)
may4-5
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

Fhe impudcnt attempt of SENATOR
Malone to transfer his party, body
and breeches to the Guiteau Repub.
%licaus, has turned many of his old
friends against him. Ex-Audito1
Massey, who lead the revolt that de-
feated the re-districting scheme, is g
notable example, and another is
Judge Finnell, the R~eadjuster Judge,
of Clark and Warren counties, Virgil.
MIA, and also editor of the Virginia
Reqdjustef. In a recent issue of his
paper the Judge says:
We ask what has the present Re
publican administration done for Vir
ginia that we should re district the
State and apportion u representa-
ton to Congress in the interests SO
exclusively of the Republican party
for years TO come? What has his
admit. istration done now, or what
has it promised 70 do, in the I'M etest
of the people of Virginia, that we
should do this thing? 1t may have
done something for Gen. Mah5ne
personally in the way of Federal Iat-
ronage; but nothing for the people
of Virginia Gen. Malone, withhis
swarm of hungry office-seekers nay
soar away to Republican fields in
mad pursuit of the spoils, but .he
rank and file of the readjusters fill
not follow him-neither Conservative
Or Republicans.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

The Germantown Press believes
that nine-tenths Of the Prohibition
vote of Ohio will go to the Republi-
a party if it endorses the Pond
bill. Fiddlesticks? 1t is too thin.
The Prohibitionists have already de
clared their hostility to the Pond
law and claim it is an insult to the
true friends of temperance. They
scout the idea of endorsing the Re.
publican party and avow their deter.
mination to fight it out on their old
platform and in their own way. They
hold that a party that scoffed at the
Prohibitionists last year and abused
them all through the campaign can
not be sincere in its protestations o.
friendship now, which is correct
We give them credit for consistency.
Not a single Prohibitionist in Preble
county will be, caught by such film
sy chaff.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

How is the new convertoof the Ea-
ton Register for a Christian Sabbath
to manage his support of Shultz for
a second term? iShultz belongs to
the class Of citizens he denounced
as sheer guzzlers," "~paupers, crimi-
nails and hoodlums,"aand can neither
write or speak plain English, and
will not dare endorse the st. Smith
law. Here will be a sweet dilemma
for the old fellewsto make consisten-
Icy consist! 90 g.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

OF the 10000 immigrants who ar
rived in New York during the month
ofApril about 40 per cent. were Ger
mans, a majority of whom were skill
ed mechanics or farmers. having some
money and many of them household
goods. IL a shipload of 672 Ger
mans which arrived week before last,
each had a good supply Of furniture
and money varying in amount from
$50 to So, 500. The Irish share the
general improvement, and those com
ing at present are much superior to
the arrivals of recent years. The
poorest class of all r the Italians.
A cargo of nearly 1,2O0 Of them who
came last week had only $105 among
bheIn. &c .suh az ha.aa,a4 aes r5.
90 -, ..l
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

To show honesty and consistency
the crank of the Eaton Register
should advocate the nomination OF
st. Stubs, ofPreble county, for Con
gress. Mr.. Stubs wouldSbea rep
resentative candidate of the law the
editor processes to love SO dearly
Shultz is not. There should be nc
"monkeying' about this business.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

Has tie Republican party been
running the State of Ohio for the last
ten or fifteen years with a "no Sun
day?". Its small fry journals prae
tically admit as much by proclaim
ing that the repeal of the Smith law
would leave Us no Sundays ara 81
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

In Ohio too much Puritanism will
upset the Republican party next fall,
and in Pennsylvania too much Boss
ism. Both are alike destructive to
the interests and welfare Of a pro-
gressive people,. ar 4d3o ea1 q
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

The Republicans of Darke county
will present at their State Conven
ton on the 7th of June. cur form
er townsman NJ. F. Stephens, as q
candidate for Member of the Board
of Public Works. Well, if the Re.
publicans must, have the Member,
we would as soon Mart. Stephe ms
would be the lucky one as any other
Republican in the State, But Lord
Mart, this will be a bad year for you.
The Democrats intend to make a
clean sweep. .
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

The Republican party alsiedritself
with the Liquor Dealers Association
last fall and cultivated the whisky
votes 1t was the aid and influence
Of the latter that elected Foster and
gave them the State. AT that time
there was nothing too mean for them
tossay aofthe temperance movement
and its leaders. Now it is playing
the hypoerite, and protesting to be
"over,,y righteous" baStHf ed =
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

The Preble county Democrats are.
very much inclinedcto lend their aid
to the nomination of H. F. Mckinney
for Congress.-Miami Democrat.
Who miss informed Jon about the
inclinations of Preble county on the
nomination for Congressman? Guess
we have a couple ofaspirants that
are willing to sbuek'' against Shultz
and his bar'l. 49,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

The cyclone that struck the town
Ct Mound City, in Missouri, destroy
ed the Christian Church while sew
eral saloons stood unframed, and
there is no Smith Sunday law in that
state either. assv Ibu5a osa
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

The bill to create a new Cabinet
Office to be known as the Department
of Agriculture will probably become
alaw. Ought not al Ohio man have
the placer 5e
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

The New York World predicts
that the next House of Representa-
tiyes will contain 1873 Democrats,
1877 Republicans and 5 G reenbackers.
Let us see how near the Wor1a will
come to being right. y .e
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

1.HEFf f & -#-r-- %" --.
If we would take the trouble to
hunt up the Kokomo lind Tribune
of a. few years back, we could show
how lovely John and Charles agree
on a Christian Sabbath! But it
wouldn't pay. The people around
here know exactly how much stock
to takein his professions and clamor
about a Sunday. They know it is
all sham-a fraud, and qoeknow that
the opinions of the late proprietor of
the Tribune and those ofthe proprie
tors of the Register, would differ wide
as the north and south poles. Mr..
Charles writes for pay now, just as
he did for the Kokomo Tribune, and
opinions for pay r worth just what
is paid for them and no o
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

The Republican eh~ypocrites and
"smalL fry organs are Shining the
Prohibition organization, preparas
tory for an attempt to swallow il this
fall. A big contract. zieiI
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

The Democratic party has never
advocated Stree whisky and no Sun
day, Dand the whining efanks of Re
publican organs will beautifully fail
in their sickly efforts to force oupon
it such an issue. ale ~ q
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

OF course the Democratic State
Convention will be held in the SWEET
ering months of July or August, and
then more than likely erammed into
The little city of Columbus with
half accommodations for its attend
ants. In. view OF the scourge of
smallpox il, Cincinnati, give US
Cleveland. tisgtsg & .sgs ssis +.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-25

The pious old frauds of"small fry"
journals that are whining md sniff.
Hing about free whisky and no Sun
day" didn't get up on their hind
legs and howl Indignantly last year,
when the Cincinnati Liquor Dealers
Association met andlresolved to sup
port Charles Foster for Governor.
Oh, no, not a bit of it.