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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-22

will discover that even in this way he
VIII be nude TO pay considerably more
than native. 1t may happen that at
first his offers will be refused, as trades
men will be anxious to prove him; but
II he pcrscveres he will acquire the rep
utatlon of being sensible man, and will
get the fat of the land for its mari. .etable
value.
Rome, Naples, Turin and FlOren ,e
should be avoided by people with small
purses; but there is only an cn,IarYas de
ch0'r with respect to other cities suitable
Tor settling. There are twenty towns in
the Peninsula which have fallen from
high estate and abound with empty pal
aces. Genoa, Milan, Venice, Pisa,
Ravenna, Terrara, Modena, Parma,
Bologna, Siena stand in this case, and
the further you 60 south the more op-
portunities have you of renting lands, as
well as houses, on low terms. The
country wears look of ruin, but it is
wonderfully fertile; very little capital is
needed to work its rich soil, and many
OF our countrymen who carry their
money to America or Australia at great
risk OF getting no return for it would
find much safer investment in those
sunny fields of Italy, where the crops of
wheat, grapes and olives never fail. The
Italian climate, moreover, promotes
economy, for there is no necessity of tax
ING stlmulantS there, or for eating meat
more than once day. The natives are
strangely abStemiouS. A cup of choco-
late with some pastry in the morning; a
dish of meat and vegetables at midday
some fruit and salad, or macaron,in the
evening, will form an Italian nobleman's
bill of fare for the day; and the only
extras will be an occasional ice or cup
of coffee at the cafe. The social life of
the country is most pleasant, for you
get as much society as you please there
without its costing You anything. The
Italians do not, like the French, give
elaborate breakfasts and dinners. The
richer among them give musical parties
at their own houses, serving ices and
coffee to their guests; but the majority
meet their friends in the open air prom
enades, in the cafes, and at the theater,
which is the chief place for paying Wis.,
its. Manners are free and easy; morals
are not perhaps all that they might be;
but English people at least have no
reason to complain that they are re-
ceived with coldness. They are liked
and respected all over the Peninsula in
proportion that the French and Ger
mans are hated. 1t is an understood
thing that the Englishman is an .'eccen-
trio" and "heretic," but he is credited
with the possession of all the serious
qualities which the Italians themselves
lack, and his very oddities are supposed
to be amusing.-C0rnhiH Magazine.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-22
Cheap Italy.

Italy remains of all countries in Eu-
rope the cheapest. Money goes very far
there when people spend it nationally,
but English families who want to live
economically must be very careful not
to let it be suspected that they are rich,
else they will be fleeced with a shame
lessness hardly to be credited by those
who have not witnessed it. An Italian
becomes utterly demoralized when he
sees chance of making money out of
simpleton. If he succeeds in one over
charge his only regret will be that he
did not ask for more; and he will move
away grumbling, so that the more you
give him the less pleased will he appear
to be. Partly from ignorance, partly
from vulgar Ostentation, Englishmen
and Americans in Italy pay for many
things ten or twenty times more than
they ought to do. The basket of fruit
which the Marchese, living sumptuously
for f100 year in the upper rooms of his
ancestral palace, may buy for four soldi
will be sold for as many francs to the
Signora Brown, who will declare it
cheap, reckoning by Covent Garden
prices; and the same discriminating
lady, in bargaining for apartments, will
allow her head to be turned by accounts
of the distinguished persons who have
inhabited those apartments in old times,
and will readily pay three times more
than the rooms are worth. People who
mean to live in Italy must do business
on a very different plan; they must
take pattern by the Italians themselves.
Most of the Italian gentry, sporting high
sounding titles. are not only poor but
niserly. They dress well out of doors, fire.
quent the theaters (Which can he done
for a small cost by taking a yearly SUBJ
scription), and now and then they are
to be seen driving about in antiqrated
barnucheS; but in their homes they
make no show, and they bargain for
every article of food they buy till they
reach the lowest sum at which the seller
will part with his merchandise. If an
Englishman wants TO make quite sure of
not being cheated he had better begin
by offering one-third of the sum de-
manded of him for anything, from a
house to bunch of grapes. When he
has been little time in the country he
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-22
Doom OF the Buffalo.

Tho building of 3 single trans-conti-
mental railroad line. now rapidly pro-
crossing. is resulting in the wholesale
slaughter of the buffalo in his last avail
able retreats. and the time cannot now
be more than a few years distant when
the uncouth wild bovine who furnishes
meat. clothing and shelter to the In
dians will be extinct in the United
States. He will linger while longer
in British America and then 90 to join
the Mammoth and the Mastodon. The
Northern Pacific Railroad penetrated
his best feeding grounds. Hunters can
leave the road at dozen points, equip.
ped for slaughter on large scale. ami
reach the herds by few hours travel
There is no new region less accessible
to which the animal can fall back and
find subsistence. The railroad is bis
death-blow. Last winter it was esti.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-22
The "Smartness Of Worms and Fish.

II have made some of my most in
teresting studies of nature in the morn
ing" said Seth Green. THAT is the
time to see the insects at their best-to
see the mud wasps singing the spiders
away where they are kept alive for
weeks to be used when needed. have
seen small green worm hanging down
on a web. An ant. stationed on the limb
above, pulls up the web. and just as the
worm comes in reach of his tiny claws.
down drops Mr.. Worm. The ant pulls
up again and again. and worm lets out
another reef and goes down. This sort
of thing continues until finally the ant
grapples the worm and both go down
together in grand scramble. in which
the worm manages to shake off the ant.
This leaves the worm ON the ground.
His web is so strong that it is still
fastened to the limb above. What does
Mr.. Ant do? Give it up? No, sir. I
have seen him 60 up the trunk of that
tree. crawl out onto the same limb. and
go to work again pulling up the
same web. Then after another battle,
l have known the ant to get the better
of the fight and lug the worm off to his
hole. three rods away.
why, talk about reasoning powers I!
The perseverance and instinct of these
little creatures is wonderful. People
60 out to fish. They splash around.
stand up in their boat, drop their lines
three feet away, and wonder becaNso
they don't catch trout. They forget
that trout can see. Fish learn that
E,t, L. :,~
their habitation. There are not as
many gypsies among fish as among
men. Any man who will take the
pains to study fish--or who will re-
member 1.-THE of what he reads about
them-can catch them. They are
smart, but our brains will beat them.
remember once OF fishing for salmon
trout for a long time and taking nothing.
Finally | concluded to get down and
look into the water, and so. throwing
my coat over my head, l got the re-
guired shade and peered down. The
salmon would sail up and look at the
minnow. Then, with quick dart. he
would close his teeth round one-half
the minnow aud open them again like a
fash. He did not attempt to eat the
minnow. and half of the severed body
would drop to the bottom. When it
had fallen to the bed of the lake the
salmon would go down loisurely ard
eat it. The next time When dropped
my hook and felt the quick bite of the
trout l let out enough line to send the
hook TO the bottom, and the result was
that when the salmon went down for
his ineal he was fooled and had him"
Utica IN ~ Observer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-22
TOO LATE.

The train departs ut hal;-past eight;
The traveller runs apnre.
H. y't may rrach the s:aIioD gate
1t closes in his face.
He secs the train slide down the track.
He curses free his late,
An muttrrs aS he wanicrs back
Hes left who comes too late
At six the dinners smoking hot:
Th" wine fOams in the glass:
The soup is boiling from the pot,
Which defteSt walters pass.
The wine is tiat; the soup is cold;
Tho diner comes ut eight
You see the old, old story's told
Hes left who comes too lato.'
A maiden holds heart In thrali-
He cherish's glove,
And sighS 10 gain her. that Is alli
he does not tell his love.
And some fine day. the cruel mail
Bears. rs II dreadful fate,
Her wedding-cards-tnc let him wall
I'm left, who came too late.'
-BDS,On Adpe rtissr.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-22
Wipe My Tears!

She was nothing but baby. a little
quaint told-fashioned thing, with tumbled
locks of sunny hair and deep soulful
blue eyes that were always full of clouds
or sunshine, one following the other in
rapid succession. Only baby, toddling
about after her weary mother. falling
down and hurting herself dozen times
a day. and going just as often to hold
up II sweet tlOwer-fair face all wet and
dewy. with the lispcd request: "Please,
mamma, wipe my tears" or to other
members of the family in q more dicta-
torial and peremptory voice: ''Wipe nv
tears!" Either she could not or would
not make any attempt at brushing away
the tears OF sorrow herself, and some
times we laIe he'd to see the shut eyes
and tightly drawn features, bathed in
liquid shower; sometimes there was a
pitiful accent in that little household
wall that nsade our hearts ache, but Oft
ener we talked nonsense as we wiped
away the pretty drops from the long
curled lashes. the dainty checks, the
small. quivcrng chin, and we drew gay
pictures of the baby going about with
tear-bottles hung around her neck. and
crooned her to sleep with an idle repe-
tition of Tennyson:
Tears. idle tears, I know not what they
mean"
And we wondered among ourselves
what she would do as she grew older
and learned to know real sorrow, and
if there would ALWAYS be some dear one
near to wipe away the ready tears as
there was now.
AMI God Himself shall wipe away all tears!
We had never thought of Him, and
she was still only a baby, sweet, Win
some little thing that we thought we
had safe in our hearts under lock and
key, with love for the keeper, when all
ut once her tears were dried and ours
began to flow, for we all stood beside
her. and >tae knew us not, was insensi-
bic 10 her mother S voice, to tears and
prayers. There was short, sharp
struggle with the destroyer, hours OF
inscnsibility even to pain, and then for
a moment the baby woke and knew us,
and as she felt the last pangs OF disso-
luton. her dear little face knotted and
scanned with the deadly pain, she put
one tiny, trembling hand up to her
mother and said in whisper. the old,
quaint words: "W-i-p-c my tears
Then q sweet. glad smile followed, and
she was gone where there shall be no
more death. neither sorrow nor CRYING,
and God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes. Detroit Free Press.
-
1t is said that the fifteen dynamite
manufactures now under the control Ci
NJ. Noble uhe man who introduced
nitro-glycerirc in It's varied forms into
public usc) turn out about 5000 tons n
year. In this country and in Europe i,
is estimated that the production OF ex-
Plo>ives containing tro-glycerine is
and this quantity has the energy of al
least $4,000 tons or ordinary gun
powder.
Scientists now concc le that parts
o! Kansas. the al dining States of NJ $
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-22

"A Yankee editor, speaking of a fat
contemporary, remarked that, if all
flesh were grass he must be q load of
hay. 81 expect am," said the man,
''from the way the donkeys are nibblins
at me-"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-22

Scientists now conce ,c that parts
o. Kansas, the al oin'ng States Of Is
souri,, Iowa and NctrasHa. were once
covered by fresh water lake.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-22

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Ss-, n. Y.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05
Protesting Against the imprisonment of
Americans.

New YORK, April 3-'rhe large hall of the
Cooper Union was crowded tonight on tne
occasion of a mass meeting called 10 protest
against the action of the English Govern
ment in OBTAINING American citizens with
out trial in English Prisons. Mayor Grace
presided, and over his chair was a life SIZE
portrait of the former Secretary. OF State,
William l.. Marcy.
The addresses OF Mayor Grace and Con-
gressmen Ortb, Lord, Jones, Randall and
Cox aud the others who spoke were in full
accord with the spirit of the reSUlu-
tons, which declared that we eiti-
zens of New York, irrespective of
creed, race, extraction or political
affliatiOn desire TO express our earnest SYM
pathy for those imprisoned citizens, and our
deep displeasure at the official neglect or
evasion of duty which has abandoned them
TO the mercies of their unscrupulous iaileIs
that the sycophantic bearing of James Rus
sell lowell, our Minister at the CoErt of ST.
James, joined with his ssupercilious
replies 10 the appeals of our
unlawfully imprisoned fellow citizens, has
been viewed by us with Mingled feelings of
disgust and indignation; that his conduct
if Endorsed will sdeservedly bring the Amer
ican name into contempt and that the hon
or Of the Nation demands his recall and
substitution of some man in his
pla'e who has the will and ability
IO discharge the functions OF office; that the
fiunkeyiszn which airs itself as anglicized
circles III this country, the sffectation for
English wsys, Differences for English opin-
ion and aping of English manners is to be
viewed as a manifestation of bastard Ameri-
cenism which is at enmIty with Democra-
demonstrations, etc, etc.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05
DISASTER AT SEA.
Fatal Collision Between Steamships.
Thirty Members OF One Crew Lost and
Possibly Ealf as Many More
Other Disasters.
DISASTERS or THE DEEP.

Collision Betweea The steamships A-s.rzr
Eat and DODrns Il hirty Persons Drowned
Other Wrecks.
LoSDoY. Apri 2-The Spanish steamer
1ruFsc Bat. CaDtsin tgarie. froal Liver
pool fer Porto Rico. came in collision With
t5e Royal Mail Compsnss steamer Douro,
from BTazil, of Cape Fnisierfe. Spsiu. Sat
urday night. Both steamers sank The
steamer Hidslgo rescued seventeen persons
frsm tie DOuro ard sixty seven frcu he
Hrurac Bat ana lsnded them at Coruuaa.
HALIFAX, April 1.-The steamer Ayrshire.
from Montrose. Scotland. Tor New York.
with potatoes, put in here short OF crai. she
had most ten-pestuOus voyage. The Cap
tain had' an arm broken, the carpentc- a leg
broken and the BOatswain a shoulder dis
located. The second officer was washed
over eIbosrd, but returning wave landed him
again on deck.
HALIFAX, April 2-The Captain and crew
of the brigsnune William, wrt cked Oh Sable
Island, have arrived here. The vessel go
jammed in the ice. the provisions. gave on
and the men then subsisUed for twenty-tw,
days on oats, which had been in the vessel'i
timber two years. The water was Obtained
from pools in the ice.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05
HANLAN WINS.
Tho Canadian Oarsman Wins the Race
With Boyd Easily by Seven Lengths.

Tho Canadian Oarsman Wins the Race
With Boyd Easily by Seven Lengths.
LONDON, April 3.-It appears from dis
patches from Newcastle that the race on the
Tyne this afternoon, between Hanlan and
Boyd was fairly close. HanIan won by
from two to three lengths. Boyd won the
toss for position and chose the north side of
the river. AT the start which was splen-
did one, Hanlan led slightly. At Red
heugh Bridge, four and half furlongs from
the starting point, Hanlan had increased
his lead to one and hall boats length. He
maintained the lead of from one TO four
lengths throughout the race occasionally
playing with Boyd and won by seven
lengths
Boyd. at the outset, raised the hopes of
his supporters, but Hanlan, gathering him
self together with one effort, placed himself
first after fifty yards had been rowed. He
maintained the lead from one to four lengti S
throughout the race, occasionally playing
with Boyd.
Boyd dashed away on the start and was a
half length in front. In few strokes
Hanlan, however, sculling in grand form,
caught him, and in half mile was clear OF
him. Hanlan's time to the Redheugh
Bridge was 1923. BY this time Hanlan was
two lengths in front, and the race was over
The Canadian was in magnificent form,
sculling easily and well, pulling more than
twenty.eight strokes minute, and winning
easily. Boyd was screwing and in evident
trouble; pulling very badly the course abeye
the bridge. 1t was quite clear that the
Canadian could play with Boyd and he soon
began his old tricks. such as playing with
his oars every new and then, and stopping
dead for several seconds Boyd struggled
gamely on doing his best, but quite lnef-
| fectually. Hanlan stopped, held up one
hand, blew his nose, and generally disported
himself; but directly Boyd got anywhere
near him, the champion pulled dozen or
SO powerful strokes and went right ahead.
1t was rs easy task for Hanlan as the Lay
cock race.
Off the lead works, about furlong above
Redheugh Bridge, Hanlan had slightly in
creased his lead, then being about two
lengths ahead He kept this position past
Dunn street, three furlongs further on
Nearing Armstrong; crane, half mile from
Dunn, he had increased his lead 10 four
lengths. but after this eased up, performed
tricks and rowed leisurely. The exact num-
| Der of lengths by which .Hanlan won is un-
certain, but the victory was complete and
the race hollow one. There were on the
river at least twenty closely packed steam-
ers, besides the umpires boat on which
were Lord Londesborough and many other
gentlemen. strong tide was running, and
the conditions were extremely favorable for
the race. The course was admirably kept,
there not being the slightest obstacle in the
way of the men. The feature of the day was
the enormous number of spectators, esti-
mated at hundreds OF thousands, who lined
the whole course. Hanlan won by seven
lengths
| The length of the course is about three
miles and three and half furlongs. An
immense crowd witnessed the race.
Hanlan's time was twenty-one minutes
six seconds.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05
THE HIGH WATER.
Distressing Reports From Morgan City
The Water Rising Rapidly.

New ORLEANS, April 2.--The Tmes-Demo-
crat Morgan City special says: THE water
rose five inches the past twenty-four hours,
and is now thirteen in:hes above the high
water of 1874. Many families are leaving
the city. Women anu children are gener-
ally being sent west to the Highlands. Sew
eral buildings are in great danger. Stock is
being moved to Bell Isle.
"Judson, of the Times-Democrat, was in
consultation with several of our prominent
citizens upon the best method of relief
should occasion demand it. The announce
ment that no more trains would arrive from
New Orleans caused considerable anxiety.
The stock of provisions is very limited. The
stoppage of trains throws many persons out
of employment. Two feet more of water is
expected The Postofiice will be iosded by
morning. The Review and Free Press
offices have raised their floors Merchants
have moved their goods and closed their
stores. Additional reports have been re-
ceived of the distressed condition of people
along Bayou Baeof. The water rose two
inches from ~ to Q D. M"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05
Cornelius vanderbilt suicides.

New YoRK, April 2.-Cornelius J. van.
derbilt, brother of William II. Vanderbilt
shot himself at the Glenham Hotel or Fifth
avenue, this afternoon at > O'clock. and died
from the effects of the wound az q o'clock.
From the time OF the shooting i;ll death
Vanderbilt was unconscious. Many friends
II the dead man and members Of his family
were present when he passed away The
motive for the act given by his friends was
it resulted from mental dersDgcnent
brought On bv years of suffeTins frcIu cpl
leptic fits. No other reason could be given,
a his financial affairs are said to be II the
most prosperous condition.
Vanderbilt came to the GlenhsTn Hotel
two weeks ago last Saturday, from Florida,
where he had been spending several weeks.
He had previously visited Hot Springs,
Ark. for the benefit of his health. which
for the past year has been very Door
He was accompanied by his friend
aud travelling companion, George Terry, OF
this city, who has been with him
continually for many years in his journey
ings and at his home. Nanderbilt's cOndi-
ton was such that assistance was likely TO
be needed at any moment, when he might
be taken with one of his epIle9tic fits.
and for this reason a companion was
Indispensable. They engaged q suite of
rooms on the fifth floor of the hotel,
which is the one Vanderbilt always patron
lied when in the city. Vanderbilt occupied
one room alone. He was in his room much
OF the tine, and has been out but seldom
since his arrival here. This morning he felt
more unwell than usual, and did not ,eave
his bed
Vanderbilt never spoke after he fired the
shot Meanwhile messengers were sent for
his friends ana family The latter I've in.
this city. but the deceased has nos been On
speaking terms with them for years. His
brother, William H., arrived At
the hotel between 4 and ) o'clock and was
shown to the room. He said but little,
and when told his brother could nOl live
remained only short time to make ar
rangements in regard to the disposition OF
the body and then drove away. His visit
was followed by that of his son Cornelius
and others of the dying mans nephegs,
who reside in the city, and who re-
mained with him 9 until he iie0-
G. o. Perrin. Or. Weir and Scott
Lord, Mr. Vanderbiirs lawyer, we're
among Others present at the death, which
occurred a few minutes before six. The
funeral services will take place tomorrow
morning in the Church of the Strangers. ana
the body will then be taken 10 Hartford for
interment beside that OF his wife. The aBair
was kept very quiet, and it was 10 . clock
before the police were informed and The
news soon spread over the city.