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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
THE M0NTEZUMANS.

The Pueblos claim that their
Montezuma was born through the
immaculate conception of an Indian
maiden of their own tribe in the vii
lage of Pecos, about thirty
five miles distant from Santa
Fee. While Il youth hc did
not exhibit any extraordinary
qualities, but upon reaching man
hoods estate showed himself to be
great hunter and possessed of super
natural powers. After dwelling with
the tribe for long period and per
forming many miraculous deeds he
departed, going southwark. On the
eve of his journey he is reported to
have lighted fire, which he told his
people to keep burning until his re-
turn. Although this was long cen
turles ago, it Is said the Indians have
scrupulously observed the injunction,
and have never allowed the fire to
die out. They have continuously,
through successive generations, kept
the slum5ering embers aglow. At
least this is their story. and it is large
ly believed, especially by those who
have seen the tire glimmering in their
old adobe temple. In 1887 the
pueblo, or town of Pecos. was sold. 1t
was on Il Spanish grant, and at that
period the Indians removed the
sacred fire with great care to Taos,
where it is still burning and viewed
with reverential awe Some of the
Indians of the present day have So
much confidence in the return of
Montezuma that they get out upon
their house tops every morning with
the rising of the sun and look anxi
ously into the far distance for his
coming. Even though if many of
the Pueblo Indians have outwardly
embraced the Christian religion, yet
they maintain their faith in Monte
yuma, whom they regard as their saw
iour or sovereign. They are a docile
and industrious people, who 1.-Two a
pastoral life. As communities they
are far more prosperous and live far
better than the majority of the ma
tives.
A tradition is ahoat of the late
Prof. Palmer, that some time since
he repeated on u wager, Garrick's old
practical joke of frightening the
driver of the four wheeler he had
hired to convey him home from the
theater, by calling through one
window for cabhy to stop, and then
leaping through the other before the
poor fellow had time to open the
door. The amazement of the cab
man had no bounds. He looked all
around, even under the seat, and at
last, perplexed beyond measure,
climbed in his box and rode on
again. Soon after, the Professor,
having borrowed hat and ulster of
the friend who held tho wager, and
who followed close behind, called the
cab and got into it again. Presently
he repeated the same maneuver of
leaning out of the right hand win
dow to tell the cabman to stop.
Meanwhile he had again jumped out
at the left hand side and run to the
pavement, unperceived by the driver.
Again the same CONSERVATION and
the same perplexity. After proceed
ing a little way cabby was hailed by
one of the Professors friends, but he
shook his head in evident alright,
and, exclaiming, No, darn me if l
take another fare; l have driven the
devil twice already tonight" drove
off at a perilous gallop, while the
wager was pronounced fairly won by
the Professor.
Women physicians practiced their
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19

LARGEST Custom HOUSE IN THE
WORLD. The New Orleans Custom
House, the largest in the world, was
begun in 1913, has cost H,1S0,000,
and is not done yet The massive
walls are of Quincy granite, and the
interior is finished in marble. 1t has
100 rooms, with nearly fifty
miles of pipes Of all kiAd+,
and is supplied with water
from four tanks in the attic, each
holding $4,000 gallons. The height
of the structure from pavement to
cornice,is eighty feet, but the plan for
its completion contemplates a Man
sard roof. which will, with the added
story, make the general elevation
ninety seven feet. Tho proposed
dome, which is to be square in form,
will be fifty nine by forty nine feet
on the sides, with a height of forty
one feet, SO that the total outside
elevation to the top of the lantern on
the dome will be 1S7 feet.
There is talk at Washington of re-
ducing the tax on tobacco from Is to
s cents a pound, and on cigars 81 per
thousand The tobacco tax brought
to the government last year Sl7,391, =
600, and it seems to be generally con
sidcred that the government can
safely afford to release portion of
this amount
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19

Women physicians practiced their
profession in Egypt over 5000 years
ago, and then, as now, there were
medical schools that adopted the CO.
education plan
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19

The money order business of
the Post Office Department for the
fiscal year was $12O,0OO,O0O.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
A PRIZE FIGHT BETWEEN WOMEN.

A Twickenham (England) CORE
spondent writes: A novel prize fight
has taken place at Il small suburban
village not many miles distant from
Hanwell. For some time past CON
siderable lll-feeling appears to have
existed among a certain section Of
the market garden women employed
in the neighborhood. and recently it
was decided to settle the matter by a
stand-up fight between two of the
most prominent and pugilistic mem
bers representing the two classes at
variance. Accordingly. at the mid
day meal the rival parties quietly ad-
journed to field at goodly dis
tance from the public highway,
where ring was formed and various
preliminari cs carried out, to the sat
isfaction Of all. The feminine pugil-
lists, with their seconds, then pre-
sented themselves, the one being a
buxom Shropshire lassie who is said
to have gained proficiency i'll the no.
ble art of self dcfcnse while travelling
a few years ago with a boxing sa-
loon" company. and the other a stal
wart daughter of Erin. who boasted
that she had been engaged in hun
dred fights and had never been
beaten. The two fought for q few
minutes only, for i'll the third round
the Irish woman (who up to that
time had gained slight advantage
by blackening her opponents eyes,
received blow in the ribs which in
capacitated her from continuing the
fight, and her second threw up the
sponge. amid the applause of the
other side. In the evening the two
parties sat down to substantial
supper of beefsteak and onions, and
afterwards swore eternal friendship
over a gallon of whisky. provided at
the expense of tho woman who had
been vanquished.
Twenty. five sons of Nova Scotia
farmers. tired of humdrum agricul-
ture and desirous of adventure, made
contract to go to Mexico to work in
a silver mine. They were promised
good pay, comfortable board, and all
known safeguards against accidents
in the mines. After a horseback
journey OF 325 miles from Ell Paso,
in which they were menaced all the
way by Indians, they arrived at Cusi
huachie. a mining village, which
failed utterly to satisfy the promises.
The board consisted of wr,tchcd fare
in adobe pens, and the mine was so
dangerous that the natives would not
work in it. The shaft was 600 feet
deep, and the descent was on Il Mexi-
can ladder. which is merely notched
pole, or in the bullock skins in which
the quartz was raised by ropes. Tue
Nova Scotians refused to work and
were imprisoned for breaking their
contract. Then they escaped, and
started across the plains on foot, but
were overtaken by a military COM
pany, and two were killed. At the
end of year and a half of hardships.
they have been released, and are now
ON their way home.
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19

Mexico pays $7,00O,OOO annually in
railroad subventions.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20

a sting Christ gives peace; and in His
peace the soul may rest secure through
all the temptations, trials and cares OF
life. And as life itself wears on. and
earthly hopes one by one are shattered,
and loved ones one by one depart; as
the vanity of earthly things is more
and more realized; as the step grows
feeble, and the eye grows dim, and as
Death comes to tell us that our
work is done, then will the peace of
Jesus fill the soul and arm the spirit
against the terrOrs of dissolution and
the dread of the unseen world. Oh, to
have Christ as a personal Savior and a
familiar Friend, and to have His peace
at the last-this is the Christians life,
and this is a joy that surpasses all
earthly pleasures as the blazing sun
Outshines the faintest star
And yet, not till His approving smile
beams upon us from the glories Of the
Great White Throne, and that voice
like the sound of many waters calls us
to celestial joys; not till we have gazed
upon the Heavenly splendors, and
tasted the Heavenly joys, and bathed
in the Heavenly light; not till we have
spent an eternity with our ransomed
loved ones in the sunshine of that
Heavenly land, can we realize to the full
the depth of meaning in those words of
our Savior: Not as the world giveth
give unto you. Golden Rule.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20
How Deep2

Does your religion 90 pJcket-deep?
Were YOU converted clean down through,
from head to foot, "soul body and
spirit" pocket, pocket-bOoK and alp
Not merely the cOppers, threc-cent
pieces, smooth sixpences, uncurrent
bills and ragged postal currency; but
those dollars and eagles, and VS. and
X'sP When God converted you was il
mere surface work, or did He convert
house, barn, cellar, corn-crib, meal
bags, hay-mows and all. You have
been praying, 1 think, for a deeper
work of grace. How deep will you
have it? pOcket-deep? You have de-
sired to feel more deeply. How deePP
pocket-deep? or do you want to feel
slin-deep? You do not feel as you
want to. Well, perhaps you never will
till you feel in your pocket more. You
will not feel as you want to till you do
as YOU ought to. You feel for your
afflicted brother; well, Just feel in your
pocket. You feel for the poor and sick;
well, feel in your pocket You feel for
the cause of God; well, feel in your
pocket. You feel for poor preachers;
well, feel in your pocket And if you
feel there, you viii make others feel,
and. feel very thankful, too, that God
has some servants whose religion Is
Pocket-deep-
"Oh, I don't believe in talking so
much about pecuniary matters! "
Don't you? All, well, fear your re-
ligion is not quite pocket-deep yet. Try
again; get a little nearer Him who
was rich and became poor for
you You feel well pleased when God S
blessings come rolling into your purse
and dwelling-and that is all right; but
the Lord Jesus said: 1t is more blessed
to give than to receive s"
Just think Of it a little do not ask
you whether you would make a charita-
BILE will, and leave thousands for law
yers to quarrel over if you were dying
and afraid of going to hell; or whether
you would scatter everything you have
if you knew the Lord was coming so
soon that you could not use it; but
whether you are ready to give now.
when it can be of use, rather than tO
wait until it must be scattered in haste
and fear, and perhaps do more hurt
than good, as has often been the case in
times past.
ask you solemnly, is your religion
Pocket-deep, or is it only skin-deepP-
Il. L. Hastings.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20
Gems OF Thought.

Bear little trials patiently that you
may learn to bear great ones.
Reflect upon your present blessings,
of which every man has many; not on
your past misfortunes, of which all men
have some.
AS nature delights to array herself
in beautiful garments in the spring
time, so our children should be taught
to array themselves in the beautiful
garments of gentleness, purity and
love. Golden Rule.
The Lord is thy keeper" but not
thy iailer. His keeping is not confne-
ment, it is protection. When you COM
nit your ways to Him He does not
abridge your liberty; He only defends
you against the evil. N. L9tdlOW.
The more a church takes hold of
living questions and works at them the
more will it flourish, and the better will
istence. There are Christians who
seem to think that all Christianity con-
sists in protesting against sins and fol-
lies, and that the positive, aggressive
character of the Gospel need not be
recognized. United Presbyterian,
If thou hast not mercy for others,
yet be not cruel unto thyself. To rumi-
nate upon evils, to make critical notes
upon injuries, and to be acute in their
apprehensions, is to add unto our own
tOrUures. to feather the arrows of our
enemies, to lash ourselves with the scOr-
pions of our foes, and to resolve to
sleep no more, for injuries long
dreamt on take away all rest; and he
sleeps but like Regulus, who busieth
his head about them.-Sir Thomas
BrOJUHe.
As the roots of tree are out of
sight, yet from them it derives its firm
ness and stability, so upon the hidden
life of the Christian, that life which is
out of the sight of other men, his firm
ness and stability depend; and as it is
| through the hidden roots that the nOur-
! ishment is drawn up to the stem and
! branches, and the leaf continues green,
and the tree does not cease from bear
| ing fruit, even so in the Christians life,
| that life which is "'hid in Christ with
! God, lie the sources of his strength and
of his spiritual prosperity.-Areh6isho
/ Trench.
If all the blind men in the kingdom
should endeavor to bear down that the
sun is not bright or that the rainbow has
no cOlors, 1 would still believe my OWL
eyes. l have seen them both; they have
not. can not prove to their satisfaction
what assert, because they are destitute
of sight, the necessary medium; they
would not-they could not--hesitate q
moment, if they were not blind. jus
so they who have been taught Of God
who have tasted that the Lord is gra
cious, have an experimental perception
of the truth which renders them proc
against allthe sophistry Of the inhdel.-
NelDtO9.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20
Bobby's Mistake.

Bobbv's father builds boats by the
bav. Bobby and his friends run and
iump and skip on the wharf. They
hang on the ropes and swing from the
boOms of the vessels. They jump into
row-boats and rock them till the water
comes over the sides. Then they shake
themselves, and laugh, and sit in the
sun until their clothes are dry. Bobby
often tufnbles into the water, but he al
ways comes up like a rubber balll He
loves that bay and says: "This kind Of
water does not drown folksW
One day q new boat lay waiting for
its mast. The men in the bOat-house.
heard noise like that of a great sea-
bird Tapping its wings on the deck
They ran out, and there lay little body,
dressed in short pants and red stock
ings, beating the deck with his hands.
and feet Il was BObby-all but his
headl And where was his head? Down
in the dark hole of the boatl The hOwls
and sobs told that BObby's head was
still on his neck.
Bobby's father took a small saw, and
sawed a piece of plank out of the deck.
He had to saw very near the little white
neck. but he did not even scratch it.
AuCu llC pulASN A1obDg up ~ hAo hSNA9@
The little face was very red. He was
nearly dead. They gave him some
water, and when he was better, asked:
Glow did you get your head down
thereP'
As soon as Bobby could get breath
enough he said: Il thought that mast
hole would just fit my head; and so it
did! But my ears and nose wouldn't
let it come up again when 1 wanted it
to-"
"What did you think when your head
was down thereP" asked his father.
Bobby caught his breath again, and
sobbed out: Il thought if my head had
to stay down there L couldn't see the
torchIights to-nightH'
A man said: You'd better keep away
from the water"
Then Bobby sprang to his feet and
cried: ''Tt wasn't the waters fault that
1 put my head into the ma5t-hOle."
Every summer we expect to hear that
Bobby has been drowned But the first
face we seer staring in at the stage door,
is always Bobby's--- OlIT Little Ones
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20
little bH Little.

Every day little knowledge. One
fact in a day. How small is one fact!
Only one! Ten years pass by. Three
thousand six hundred and fifty facts are
mot a small thing
Every day a little seIf-deniaI. The
thing that is difficult to do to-day win
be an easy thing to do three hundred
and sixty days hence, if each day it
shah have been repeated What power
of self-mastery shall he enjoy who,
looking to God for grace, seeks every
day to- practice the grace he prays for.
Every day a little heIpfulness- We
live for the good of others, if our living
be in any sense true living. It is not in
great deeds of kindness only that the
blessing is found In '1ittle deeds of
Kindness repeated every day, we find
true happiness. At home, at school, in
the street, in the neighbours house, we
shall find opportunity every day for
usefulness Philadelphia Methodist.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

BE self-reliant; do not take too
much advice but rather depend upon
yourself.
A mules hind leg has only one sea-
son-it is always a beautiful spring,
even if it is backward Spring in this
case is always followed by an early fall.
An exchange says all the cotton fac
tories in the South are making money.
That is ''queeF Isn't the mint in run
ming Burlington HaWb-Eye.
Some one wants to know why Nils
son announces every concert she gives
in Boston as a farewell" ." Because
she does fare well every time.-IUjltoB
NeWs.
Here is proof conclusive that pig
may be fish. A tautog is fish, an
educated pig is taught hog; ergo, the
metamorphosis is apparent,-N T. Id
Certiser.
Baseball fashions for 1888: Fingers
will be covered with cotton cloth, cut
a la mode, and held in place by splints;
eye-patches will be dark blue in color,
and. without fringe; bandages will be
cut bias and court plaster will be worn
on all OccasiOns.-Ch Chicugo Timer.
"A well-meaning person gives hints
telling "HOw to live on seventy-fve
cents a week. There is such thing
as being too close, and most editors viii
just keep on squandering eighty cents a
week, even if they see ruin staring them
in the face.-.Ieras SJtjngS.
The Toronto Globe has found the
bane of Manitoba. 1t is the too eager
pursuit of wealth. We had an idea that
it was forty-eight degrees below zero in
winter and good sleighing all the
spring, but the Globe probably knows
best.-DetroH Free Press.
Miss Fitzioy-aw-ar you not
fond of etchings, -aw-you know they
"Ah. yes, indeed, Mr.. Featherweight.
And do yOu know there is something
about you that reminds me very much
of an etghing2' "Why, reallv-aw-
how charming -' ''Yes. There il
about you such a foggy suggestion of
something that isn't there, you know.
Hartford Post.
"A few years ago two boys of the
name of John Smith were sent to the
same school where. the pupils had
learned that "a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet. - Hence they
were more prodigal than particular in
comforting new names upon each other,
but the twin name of John Smith" fol
a time staggered them. At last, how
ever, they discovered that one of the
young gentlemen was the son of an
auctioneer and the other the son of a
waiter, so the former was at once
dubbed Going Smith and the latter
Coming Smith, names by which they
are still-distinguished. d.-C Chicago Tri6-
me
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-06-20
Religious Miscellany.
FORREARi

tFrom the German Of B. schmollro.l
Forbear. my hearti forbeari forbearl
And cease from an thy waihnggi
Bethink thee of Gods fnther-caro,
And learn TO bear thine uiling8.
Say; " As God will;
hold me stlll;
He never viii forsalze me,
Nor will He needless break me-"
Forbear. my heartl When IN o'ertalSes,
And threatening floods burst Ger thee,
He through thy midnight still aWakes,
And walks the seas before thee.
I'm darkest days
The cross He weighs
Whose burden seems TO crush theep
And comes TO sOothe and hush thee.
Forbear, my heart Take thou the oupl
'Tis love that reassures theei
God sweeteus It: then drink It up
The bitter cup that cures thee.
Submissive bow;
Say: "WelCOmel' nOWi
Gods grace is most exceeding
When most that grace thOu'rt needing.
Forbear, ny heartl Afiict thee not,
With murmur upon murmur;
Lest Lest stumble lili I{ may may Thy weary Iooti
i'm darkest vale
Twill never fail:
Go through He'll leave thee never;
Nor shalt thou weep forever.
Forbear, my hearth Thy troubles come
From loving hands and tender;
Through grief and tears He leads them home
Who make Him fun surrender.
When understood
Loves I'll Is good
To thee the world must perish,
But God His child will cherish.
Forbear, my hearth If not to-day
God helps thee, then, tomorrow.
He sees His own eternal way
Nor needs mans light to borrow
A few days more,
All pain Is DER;
Like mist, gone Is LIES stOryi
God help thee win His glOryi
Rev. j. Il. Rankin, D. D., IN Christian Union