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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

y H..If FISH Sr,I} The Bl'lic
Ere" Pass tells H., following: Last
September several Young ladi"~ and
gentlemen from Bolir VISITED Lundy
on a picnic rXcur7ion While ont
fishing ii tn" LAKE one Of the ladies
dropped Il -'%"i! c";riug overheard
and il in.n.rrii"l;...y disappeared She
mourncd l,r Iu3S.ni cour-Z. and never
expected t. STE the piece Of irvclry
again. On Monday last John Murphy.
Nil Creek miner. caught d three
pound truut in Lake Lundy While
fishing through Il hole i'll the ice.
When III" fish WIS opened the lost
earring was found inbcd,lrd in one
of il gill; When the earrin" sunk
III the water the front evidently
grabbed it, and III trying to swallow
it the pin pierced the gill.
-" SLOW and steady wins the race
Steadily. hui not slowly. Kidney Wort Is
distanclng all competition for universal
popularity and usefulness. This celebrated
remedy can now be obtained i'll the usual
dry vegetable form. or in liquid form. 1t Is
put up in the latter way for the especial con
/ pare it. Ii will be found very concentrated
and will act with equal efficiency i'll either
! form. Read advertisement.
High chairs at low prices at Ii. Schellhaas'
| 1lil ST. Oakland.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16
A TRAGIC GAME OF POKER.

/ remember one time when we were
on our way to New Orleans on Mis-
sissippi river steamboat, Bill and /
set up a game in the main saloon.
The play used to be kept up pretty
much all day. And sometimes we
would win or lose several thousand
dollars in a day. The game was at
its briskest in the evening, after din
ner. when most of the boys We're more
or less full of wine, and were some
times very heavy. Well. enc night
We were Just going to sit down to the
table, the lamps were lighted, and
two new decks of cards were broken,
when little fellow, with a big mons-
tache, who said he was a Kentuckian.
asked to join the game, as he wanted
to learn it. He showed a big roll of
money, and we assented, thinking
We had caught regular sucker. We
hadn't been playing half an hour
when Bill on the strangers deal, got
four kings pat, and started off by
raising the pot 500, the ante being
$50. The pool mounted up to over
$1,000 before the draw, and, much to
his surprise, Bill simply called the
first bet of $500, and the hands were
then shown. The stranger had scarce
time to lay down four aces on the
table when Bill raised one of his coat
tails in his hand, and discharged the
revolver through the pocket The
stranger threw up his hands, half rose
from his chair, and with a moan. fell
forward on the table. and then
tumbled back on the floor stone dead.
Of course, the excitement was ire
mendous; rcvolvers We're drawn, and
general panic ensued. Bill never
lost his nerve for second. Says he:
Gentlemen, just let me explain this
little matter. l never saw deck of
cards with two aces of spades, and
Ill swear that the deck was all right
when l counted it at the beginning of
the game, and SO will my friend here
(meaning mel. And if you want any
more evidence, look here;' and with
that he yanked off the Kentuckian's
false moustache, and who should the
stranger be but Clipper Jim. a noted
skin and desperate. We made up
committee to chuck the body over
board. One of the queerest parts of
the whole business was when we came
to count the stamps; the half of it was
counterfeit money.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16
ABOUT PATENT MEDICINES.

Any medicin" that Is put up for general $ 10
l. rlassed by tir medical prof cssors a. patent
medicine and tn" artIcl" a. Il humbuG. Sow, as
a rule, the doctor, correct, because ia" ma
IOrIty of such I,r. ;irltIons ar" frauds. At the
sam" time there are many mrfltnrl"us remedies
- the market, and a. good for tho diseases for
which they are recommended ~ any phi, scIan :
| prescription. Among TIL" numb-r Is ANIME"
| t"igh Syrup. II one of he create and
most beneficial discoveries of the century, and
| II "v" pors n. on the first indication OF =
cough or cold. would invest - cents or : IN IN
ah'ttle of tins medicine, 1t would say" thou
stnds OF lives annually, for by attending to a
cold promptly We III many cast prevent n spell
| of pneumonia, or having II SETTLE on tn lungs
and lead tn consumption; and W" really think
tho old school doctors for once should lay aside
thor preJudIcrs and advise the uSo OF Ammen
| { 'ugh Syrup, for tho reason, they well know
| the Importance of promptly attending to
| cough cold They also know that their
| patients, at least very few of thrm are willing
Ia cad on their doctor and pay hlm To prescribe,
AMI the. go 10 ia" druggist; 20 put up thu medicine
| Tor what hey call cold itc"@tH'"" much anu
| many poor men with families cannot afford II;
| IN r"foTe tho phy-IcIans get nothing from that
ci;tS, "f di""'s"s, anyway. ~" when an nom
| or, Aha, honest upright gentleman and cOmpe-
! mt druggist lihe Mr.. Amm"n. who has read
every medical work upon tn" lungs ana their
| Il srts,'s, who las filled pr,scr ptI"ns for t osc
is ass from most all tho en- u"nt doctors III
| tn land no consequently know their formulas.
! and when such IL man tells us that hc Iici ares
| ! m"thcII" from he secret formula ot onr OF
Ga mo i celebrated court physicians of Europe.
! anl that while II WAS the best remedy he ever
saw fora cold or cough. and upon adding To
| thu prescription the extract of u tali rorna
| h RIB, h ,iIir 'vTrcd tho most rrmarkabc r. m
| ely e tho r':tury. and one that stands pre-
| ,miI"ntly above all preparat "ns of n sImia ar
| ch ara tar; aui. further. when he puts up n
| sample lI-r"ut bottle, upon which at tho whole
! sale price he III les nothing. IT proves to any
| Thanking y 'rsou that II Is u good. honest REM
). and the manufacturer IL willing To lot
! II stand upon itsown merit. Ammcn ouEh
| Syrup has an immense salo here; and wherever
San Jose pnopl" 20. upon the first Indication OF
| n cold. they ask for 1t of the druggist. II II
| also building up Il large sale all over the coast
| in fact it j., hard work to suppl the demand
! Consequently Mr. Ammen Is getting rich AID
will make large fortune from its sale. We are
| glad NJ it. He deserves II. We con mend him
| TO the press. They WILL find him to do exactly as
! no agrees. and no paper that builds him up
good sale will regret having acc ptci his offer
| Tor advertising.
| San jose Mercury, Dec. 25th.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16
A HORRIBLE STORY.

A st. Petersburg correspondent of
the Philadelphia Press tells the fol
lowing: A most extraordinary case,
which has astonished all the medical
profession in Russia and Poland, has
just come from Warsaw. A short
time ago there died in the outskirts
of the capital young peasant woman
who was buried with that haste which
characterizes the funerals of the
Russian peasants. A few days after
ward doctors were called to de
telmine the cause of her death, but
none could say positively as to the
nature of a disease that had shown
no symptoms whatever, and which
had brought this young woman to a
premature and sudden end. She
was buried in due course. However,
it was rumOred about the city that
her husband often ill-treated her,
and at her death some people went
so far as to say that he was the cause
of it. These rumors spread more
and more until they reached the ears
of the authorities, who Immediately
caused the body to be exhumed. The
judicial commission followed the
grave-digger to the cemetery and the
latter proceeded to disinter the re-
mains. Having reached it rope
was lowered. and after fixing it firmly
around the half-rotten coffin, the
CHASTITY freight was hoisted once
more to the level of the earth. They
opened the bier, and to their horror
and stupefaction, discovered not only
the woman, but a second sharer Of
this her last resting place in the
shape of still born child that was
lying at her feet. The child had ar
rived at entire maturity, and had
been born in the tomb where it had
lived for several hours. Thus the
tomb of the mother had been both its
cradle and tomb at the same time.
As to the mother, it had been dis
covered that she had been buried
alive when in comatose state, and
on returning to consciousness had
given birth to the child. 1t was
easily seen that the poor woman had
suffered terribly, for not only did
the dried up blood, which was still
visible upon the lips, give evidence
of the fact, but also her tongue,
pierced by her teeth, and her hands
clasped convulsively together.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

The New York San prints a lengthy
communication in defense of the ex
listing Hawaiian treaty, in which the
writer. evidently an American resi-
dent of Hawaii, affects to believe the
Chinese will supplant the natives
and eventually possess the Islands.
With the superb steam navy China is
fitting up, and other improvements
she is rapidly adopting, it will not
be long before her 400,O00.000 people
will be able to amply revenge them
selves for the Sights and insults
they have SO long endured at the
hands of their trans Pacific neighbor.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

II" give c:ul.ti;. II h,:wo"r
;L' tat,u",.l VHu,u aWakr'.- ia
tcrv>t. Two in N,v York a~ailch-
Interest. Two IN Nrw York have
Voluntarily submitted themselves "a
the :ocr-s # rm4cturing ana poi
onins necessary t. Produce the en-
blazonmcnt which Inake9 Captain
Co-tontcnus a. picturesque a. his
name; and now third is under
going few month, Of torture III
order that She may he 50 dlshgurci
that curiosity seekers may gap" ct
her. This last young female says of
another woman: ".Anybody could be
tattooed like her, but it takes the
nerve to have a solid picture priched
in
And you are really illustrated
with cuts all over?" asked the re-
porter.
Not vet" was the reply; but I'm
getting to be-"
An engagement WAS made for the
reporter to be present when the next
operation was performed. The re
porter was startled, not to say
shocked. by the promptness with
which she displayed various parts OF
her anatomical structure when he
called at her room. 1t seemed a
tritie immodcst for her to show i'll
private what she proposes to exhibit
in public for Il living; but after n
brief struggle with his sense OF pro
| priety, he looked with great interest
at certainly the most remarkable col
lection Of pictures ever exhibited.
The gentleman who devotes his days
to the puncturing of his wife's
epidcrmis is sailor. or has been one
and has imbibed fo'castle notions of
art. together with his knowledge OF
tattooing. Accordingly, his wife's
arms, legs and body look as if she
had violent eruption OF flags,
tombstones, allegorical figures and
moral and patriotic NOTES.
God bless our homes "Procras
tination is the thief of tims," and
"The Union forever" fill up the inter
stices between Melpomene, Calypso
and the grave of Thomas Jefferson,
while a large tri-color adorns the
right thigh, and a free hand sketch
of a man o'war is pricked into the
left Scores of designs, no two OF
which are alike, have been engraved
$50 to speak in the flesh, and the va
cant spaces are being filled in day by
day by others.
"Can l see you put on new pic
ture?" asked the reporter.
The tattooer carefully wettcd a
small camel's- hair brush in some
India ink, commonly called, but
which he explained was really
Chinese ink, and began to examine
his subject to see where no should
begin. After turning her around two
or three times he selected a small
white spot on her left shoulder blade
and rapidly sketched heart pune
tured by a Cupid's arrow. Then he
chose one of several lunches OF
needles and begun to prick the inl
in.
The woman undergoing the tattoo
ing is the daughter of well to dc
farmer in Pennsylvania, and is sup
ported by remittances from home
while her husband is devoting him
self to garnishing her for her debut
| Ac cOn,, &c Shn shall hav. bann sniff
GENTLY bedizened. which he thinks
will he in few weeks, she is to fulfil
an engagement of year at $40 ;
week. Something like the iirst
years receipts have been used VI
while she has been undergoing tn,
torture of preparation. but she cal
culates, unless the fashions in tattoo
change, to be an attraction in any
show for the rest of her life"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

A we'll known comedian is said to
have the unfortunate habit of biting
his finger nails. He also has a small
daughter The other day THAT dear
child deliberately pared her finger
nails, and, in the innocence of her
heart approaching her comical pro-
genitor, Papa said she, here are
some nails for you to eat"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

Rlghtness expresses of actions
what straightness does of lines; and
there can no more be two kinds of
right action than there can be two
kinds of straight lines.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

Persons whose blood ha. been corrupted
and the circulation deranged by foul secre-
tiunS-the result of the disordered chemis-
try of the body-need for their publication
something like an inward Baptism at the
hands of Mrs. Lydia L. Pinkham. whose
laboratory is at No. 2:ss Western Avenue.
Lynn, Mass. Her Vegetable Compound is
fairly inuudating the country with Il river
of life.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

In New Bedford county. Va. young lady
he was not doing So correctly: hot words en-
sued between the caller and the girls lover,
which eliminated in tho lover killing the
caller and then himself.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

A West Pointer tells comical anec
dote Of a very ditiident young clergy
man, who had been invited to dine
with a professional brother, who also
kept a young ladies' boarding school.
He was introduced to a bevy of the
fair pupils in the drawing room, and
among them Miss NJ =, to whom
he said, stammeringly: "A-a-aa-
NJ, a-a-I-I-I am not entirely I'm
acquainted with you. III had the
honor of sleeping with your father
short time ago. If this isn't a
rich specimen of the art of "scraping
acquaintance" We have never heard
of one.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

The sum paid rs fees to special counsel
employed by she Department of Justice in
the prosecution of the Star route and Cur
tcau cases amounted To $50 IS. Judge
John X. Porter and W. X. Davidge were
paid in the Guiteau trial Sl0WD each.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

First swell: BY ioyr Fred. that
i-Giitr til" highest collar I've struck
..ct. Second swell: Think ,o, old
man? We'll. | don't mind telling
yoG, its alittic idea Of my own. It's
one OF the guynor'5 cuffs
\ Cleveland man has invented a
barrel without hoops ur slaves. Who
inverted The Cleveland man is not
stated Ivy til" paper which furnishes
the other information.
The Use II IRON cannot increase the
running qualities of 4 dog. but tin
can.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

Ammen's Cnugh S,ruD never fails to euro i
MS al il, time and according to directions.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

~ Every color of the Diamond Dyes is
perfect. See the samples nf the colorcd cloth
at the druggists. Unequalled for brilliancy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16
4. w. CHAMBERLAIN. Il. A. ROBINSON.

HO>tetter Stom-
ach Bltters gives
steadincss to tho
nerves. induces n
healthy, natural
flow of bile. pre-
vents constipation
without nm duly
purging the bowels,
gently stimulates
tho circulation,
and by promoting
a vigorous condi-
ton of the physical
system, promotes,
also, that cheerful
Hess which IL the
trucst indication
of a wcll-balanced
condition of all
the animal powers.
For sale by all
Druggists anddeal-
ers generally.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

Carpets ard furniture 20 per cent. chenpe
at Ii. SchelhaaS. llth ST.. Oakland.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

Whom you have cough or cold. ask for Am.
mon Cough Syrup. IT will surely euro you.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

Furniture at reasonable prices at II.
Schslihaas', 1lth ST. Oakland.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

Tho following true story just
reaches us: A Jamaica Plain Repub-
lican told his wife few days before
election that if Massachusetts went
Democratic he should leave the
State; and added that he meant it,
too. Upon waking the morning after
election he remarked that his olfac-
tories were not greeted with the
usual odors from the kitchen, and
going to the door, he called his wife
to inquire the cause, noting, at the
same time, that preparations to move
were apparently going on down
stairs. She informed him quietly
that tho State had Como Democratic,
and he called savagely for a paper
that he might know the worst. 1t
was brought to him. and he was
closeted with it for some time; then,
coming to the door, he shouted to his
wife: Get the breakfast. Mary; no
matter about moving-there isn't any
place to go to- Boston Post.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

q ga week in your town. Terms and 50 outfit
0O Ofree Address ii HALLEIT 4 Co. Portland Maine
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16

Yes" said the prominent man of
the village. " l shall give $1,000 to-
ward new church. Interested in
the cause of religion! Oh, yes; and
l hate the sniveling hypocrite that
breaches at the old church, and mean
to run an opposition to him that'll
leave him without a congregational
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-04-25

"But what ails your pas teeth ?
The hired girl was over here to get
some corn meal to make some Cruel,
and she said your pa was cumming
it since he lost his teeth"
80, about the teeth. That was too
bad. You see my chum has got Il
dog is old, and his teeth have all
come out in front, and this morning
| borrowed pas teeth before he got
up, to see if we couldn't fix them in
the dogs mouth, so he could eat
better. Pa says it is an evidence of
a kind heart for a boy to be good to
dumb animals, but it is a darn mean
dog that will go back on a friend.
We tied the teeth in the dogs mouth
with a string that went around his
under jaw, and you'd a dide to see
how funny he looked when he tried
to smile so as to get me to come up
to him so he can lick me. The dog
paved his mouth spell to get the
teeth out, and then we gave him a
bone with some meat on, and he be-
gan to gnaw the bone, and the teeth
come Off the plate, and be thought
it was a piece of bone, and he swal-
lowed the teeth. My chum noticed
it first, and he said we had got to
get in our work pretty quick to save
the plates, and | think we were in
luck to save them. | held the dog,
and my chum, who was better ac-
quainted with him, united the
strings and got the gold plates out,
but there were only two teeth left,
and the dog was happy. He wag-
gled his tail for more teeth, but we
hadn't any more. | am going to
give him mas teeth some day. My
chum says when a dog gets an APP
elite for anything you have got to
keep giving it to him, or he goes
back on you. But | think my chum
played dirt on me. We sold the
gold plates to a jeweIry man, and
my chum kept the money. l think
as long as | furnished the goods he
ought to give me something besides
the experience, don't you? After
this | don't have no more partners,
you bet" All this time the boy
was marking on a piece of paper,
andssoon after he went out the gro
cery man noticed a crowd outside,
and on going out he found a sign
hanging up which red, ~Wormy Figs
for Parties"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-04-25
The Bad and Worthless

Are never initiated or counterfeited.
This is especially true of a family
medicine, and it is positive proof
that the remedy initiated is of the
highest value. As soon as it had
been tested and proved by the whole
world that Hop Bitters was the pur-
est, best and most valuable family
medicine on earth, many limitations
sprung up and began to steal the
notices in which the press and peo-
pie OF the country had expressed
the merits of III. b., and in every
way trying to induce suffering inya-
lids to use their stuff instead. ex-
pecting TO make money on the credit
and good name of H. b. Many
others started nostrums put up In
similar style to H. B., with variously
devised names in which the word
Hop" or Hops" were used in a
way to induce people to believe they
were the same as Hop Bitters. All
such pretended remedies or cures.
no matter what their style or name
is, and especially those with the
word Hope or Hops in their name
or in any way connected with them
or their name, are limitations or
counterfeits. Beware of them.
Touch none of them. Use nothing
but genuine Hop Bitters. with a
bunch or cloister of green Hops on
the white label. Trust nothing else.
Druggists and dealers are warned
against dealing in limitations or
counterfeits.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-04-25
"A Funny Happening.

j. NJ. d. Kelly, Clerk, and jim
Hewitt, Sheriff of Carroll count
went to Atlanta and determined b
call on Governor Stephens. Befor
doing so they took a shave, had
their hair trimmed, and decked IN
in new suits. The door uf the man.
sion was open, and the visitors, no
ticing two men at the other end Of
the hall, walked in: As they passed
the threshold they bowed, and
touched their hats gracefully. The
men at the lower end of the hall did
the same.
They motioned US to go in ths
parlor," said Kelly, turning to the
right and walking in. After sitting
there awhile, Hewitt said:
Are you SUI that fellow told u:
to come in here ?"
Yes" said Kelly, but I'll 90
ask him again"
As Kelly walked out of the parlO,
door he saw a man walk out of 4
door on the same side, at the Oths
end OF the hall.
Did you say go in there?" Kelly
asked, reckoning back into the par.
Tor.
Instantly the man at the Other
end beckoned back to the parIor.
and Kelly re-entered it.
He says right in here, Jim. IsaE
him again"
Another long wait. At last both
visitors got uneasy, and determined
to try it again. As they walked out
into the hall two men entered il
again from the same side, lower
down. Hewitt and Kelly again mo
toned toward the parlor. They
started back, when Kelly stopped
suddenly, gazed intently at the two
men, and then shook his head. The
b~ald-headed man down the hall did
the same thing. He then lifted
his leg, and the bald headed man
below did the same thing.
Look here, Jim, said he, lib
swamped if We amt been talking to
ourselves all the time. That end
OF the house is a looking glass"
And that's Just what it vas.