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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

The Town Ialker does not often
get within the metes and bounds oi
the Kingdom of Kerry, but of late his
business has taken him through the
settlement, as short cut, very fre
quently, and each time he has read
and pondered this announcement
Was it true that this "washin" was
done there; and, in that case, did the
friends of tho departed bring the
corps" around to this place, and
were these peculiar facilities for the
prosecution of the business. Or did
the statement mean that parties hav-
ing a ''corps" could here find a pro
gressive valet de chambre for the
dead! There was something SC
delightfully."- lugubrious in the Attain
that one day l tapped at the dool
and entered. I was met by a withered
old crone, who told me that she was
'Missus" McDougal, and inquired
what she could do for me.
Pm told that You attend to the
washing of the dead"
Yes" said she, land I do it cheap"
w nat is your cnargo!
Zone dollar. and 1 furnish all me
own tools-sponges and the like"
We'll, I don't happen to have any
remains just now," said 1, but it's
always we'll to be looking around.
How is business with yous"
"It's very poor, sir. Times was
when I could make $40 a week as
aisy as you're settin' in that chair;
now, if catches s. a week I'm we'll
satisfied. You know I'm a keener,
and keeners is extry. I generally
make 81 week now keenin'."
sWhat is keenir'?"
"'Keenin'-why. cryin' for the
dead, you know. There's some of us
rs was keeners in the ould country,
and we gathers around the corpse
and starts the keen. aud then the
others jine in"
rs the keen any different from any
other cry!"
Different! I should say it was,
sir. Why, the keen goes right to
the heart. This is the right keen,"
and she bent over, and swaying her
body from side to side, began q most
dolorous and despairing howl, which
she accentuated by clapping her
hands, and which I can compare
only to wild and grief stricken
hysteric. Sometimes it dropped to
a low moan. then rose and rose until
it eliminated in shrek. It was
the oueerest, saddest thing I ever
heard in my life. In parts it had
turns of the German jodel; again it
ran up and down like an operate
ronlade. Really, it was a work OF
art-savage art-but certainly art
Put upon the stage, it would draw
with any speciality act I ever saw.
1--WE does that in the house." she
said, "and out at the graveyard, and
generally I get q pound of tea and
sugar, or a dollar or two, if I get il
worked up well. There's no good
keeners in this country at all. The
best are in the South of Ireland,
specially in the County Kilkenny.
To hear it right you ought to have a
dozen goin' at once. 1 tell you il
comes out grand then. But these
people here can't keen-they try it
but they're no good; they can't tell
good keenin' when they hear it. :
Promising certainly to employ the
old lady on the very first occasion
that | wished any keening done, ]
withdrew, convinced that there are
points which we could give even to
the old Egyptians in the art of fun
eration.|St Louis Spectator.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

Robert Morris, the negro lawyer
who lately died in Boston, left prop
erty worth 100000 There was some
thing singular about his profitable
clientage. He went to the bar when
prejudice against his color was very
strong, and yet his clients were for a
long time almost entirely among the
Irish people. who had great faith III
his legal powers. On the other hand,
the negroes Of the city were rather
shy of him, and he never gained
much practice from them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

The Lyons Medical gives the case
OF surgeon who had attended at a
duel and declined to give evidence
concerning it in court, stating that
what he knew was gained in his pro-
fessional capacity. This was ad-
judged fallacious on the ground that
to keep silent in regard to crime is
Illegal. He was fined $40.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

1t is whispered that one reason
why the Jersey Lily was 50 well re
ceived in Chicago is on account of
the size Of her feet Thus does one
touch of nature make the whole
world grin.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23
THE DUKE AND THE TOLL-KEEPRR.

When n Scot meets a Scot then
comes tho ting of war. The late Duke
of Buccleuch, on ono occasion pre-
ferred riding on horseback and I'M
attended. He came to a toll gate.
The toll. sir. gin-you please" said
the gate keeper.
His Grace pulled up, and. while
searching for the needfui, he was ac-
costed by the gate-keeper:
Heard yo ony word o the Duke
coming this way the day, sir?'
YES was the reply, ''he will be
this way to day"
Will he be III coach an four, or
only in a carriage and twa, think
yes"
I'm all probability, on horseback" )"
was tho rejoinder.
In that case, do you think that he
wad be offended gin l offered him
back the change should he gaze me a
sixpence or shilling to pay wi as
he passed?"
The Duke stretched forth his hand
to receive the balance. and. with an
arch and knowing look, replied:
Try him, friend, try him." and
pocketed his coppers, muttering to
himself: Not to be done in that
way"
a popularity on our train to Lox
ington was locking of the car door at
every station. Our car load was
bound for Lexington, but We did
want to get out occasionally, So tho
country folks could see the latest
styles in travelling clothes for ladies
and children, but it was no go, and
in we stayed, and the men of the load
did the swearing for us.
why" said Dickey, as we poked
our heads out of the windows and
looked where We could not go, is
this car like a canalt"
because there is mule ON the
tow path" said l.
Wrong" said she: ''the answer is
because it is locked and dam2ed."
HIS Own GRANDFATHER.-A young
fellow with plenty of time and
genius, has figured out how a man
can become his own grandfather, and
this is the way he does it:
Il married a widow who had a
grown up daughter. My father
visited our home very often, fell in
love with my daughter. and marie 4
her. So my father became my SON
inlaw, and my step-daughter my
mother, because she married my
father. Some time afterward my
wife had a son. He is my fathers
brother in-law and my uncle, for he
is the brother of my stepmother.
My fathers wife, namely my step
mother, had a son. He is my
brother, and at the same time my
grandchild, for he is the son of my
daughter. My wife is my grand
mother, because she is my mothers
mother l am my wife's husband and
grandchild at the same time; and as
the husband of persons grand
mother is his grandfather, l am my
own grandfather
The first cows were imported by
adventurers from Europe in 1000
They were mostly of Spanish and
Swedish breeds The first cows in
the west were imported to Cahokia.
Ill, in 1900. They were largely used
in place of horses for drawing plows,
etc. In 1850 the first cattle were
driven across the plains to California.
Capt. David Crockett. grandson
of the famous Davy Crockett, the
Kentucky frontiersman, is stalwart
six footer, resembling his backwoods
ancestor; but he is far more sophisti
Gated, having just been sentenced to
two years imprisonment. not for
some reckless and unlawful deed of
bravery, but for sordidly making and
passing counterfeit money.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

Many people are esteemed merely
because they are not known.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

Fortress Monroe, Va, has already
cost over s., 100000.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23
ADVERTISING RATES /:
PROFESSIONAL WAILrNGS OVER
FUNERALS.

In the wilds Of Kerry Patch, upon
the rickety door of little cabin, is
marked this legion:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-23

The first cows were imported by
advcnturers from Europe in 1000.
They were mostly of Spanish and
Swedish breeds. The first cows in
the west were imported to Cahokia,
ILL.,, i'll 1900. They were largely used
in place of horses for drawing plows,
etc. In 1850 the first cattle were
driven across the plains to California.
The bee., 1883-08-25
Roses aid Poets.

Are roses the natural product of
April and May in England? DR.. Watts
was lover of nature. doubtless, but
not very accurate observer. His
poem for children, in which the verse
occurs
How fair is the rose, what beautiful flower,
The glory of April ana Ma:
Its leaves are beginning o fade in an hour,
And they withec and ois in day,
is not much used now, or the lines
might, with some advantage, perhaps,
be altered thus:
How fair is the rose, what beautiful flower.
The glory of June al Ju y.
Its lea es a'e beginning TO fade IN an hour,
And in day they wither AMI die.
1t is proverbially dangerous, however,
to begin to tinker the poets; and one
is reminded of the good deacon who
asked his pastor to be allowed to change
the lines of Watts
.. may my heart in tune be found
Lie David's harp OF solemn sound,
to suit the modern instrument, into
o, may my heart be tuned within,
Like David's sacrel vio.in.
The more poetical pastor, it may be re-
membered, ob ected, on the ground that
others might like a different rendering.
as for example
o, may my heart go diddle, diddle,
Like dear olu Dlvid's sacred tdd.e.
-Nesc York Obserrer.
The bee., 1883-08-25
Catering by the Whole a'e.

Among the recent novel occupations
proposed in New York is a catering
company, which is TO furnish families
with warm meals, delivered at their
houses. All supplies are to be bought
in large quantities, thus insuring the
lowest cot. The capital is to be
100000 with shares at S25 each. All
meals are TO be of the best materials,
and the patrons have a better chance
of obtaining excellent meals than if
from ordinary kitchens and ordinary
servants. Each meal is to be put up
at the central kitchen in tight cop
per box on silver-plated pla.ters and
dishes. made to fit the box, while
steam, generated by a small heater
under the wagon, keeps the boxes
warm until delivered. Each family is
TO have willow basket in which the
cod things are to be sent. and each
wagon is to be provided with small
refrigerator, wherein butter, salads,
cold meats and ice creams are to be
KEEP. Patrons may have such fcod as
the company may select. aiwaysa good
vari ty, and-of the best quality, or
they may choose from a print d bill of
tare. three DAYS in advance, W tn
char ge of breakfast and dinner daily,
and to include fruits and luXurieS in
season.
The bee., 1883-08-25
Recipes.

CORN 0YSTERS.-MiXw well together
one quart grated corn, two teacups
sweet milk, one teacup flour, one tea
spoon butter, two eggs we'll beaten;
season with pepper and salt, and fry
in butter like griddle cakes.
MASHED PoTAToEs.-Pe i one dozen
large potatoes and when they are cool
drain dry, put in little salt, p4pper
and butter: add little butter while
beating. Beat briskly with a fork for
five minutes until light and creamy,
and strve Immediately.
LEMON PICKLE.-Put in a jar one
teacup of common salt, pour over it
one pint Of boiling water and put the
lemons into this cover it over with a
plate and leave it for five days. Drain
off the old salt and water and add
fresh, and at the end Of ten days let
the lemons drain again. Then pour
over them as much hot vinegar as will
cover them, with plenty Of cayenne
pepper and ginger and little shalot.
Tie down the pots and lool to them
occasionally, as the vinegar wastes.
RHUBARB JANA corresr rondent
Of the New York Tribune says: Cut
into pieces about an inch long use a
sharp knife in Gu ting and leave the
skin on. Put a pound o. sugar to
every pound of fruit and leave till
morning, pour the syrup from it and
boil till it thickens then add the rhu-
barb and boil gently. Put up as YOU
do Jelly in tumblers it will keep well
/ have read that rhubarb can be used
with more expensive fruits in making
marmalades without its presence being
detected.
The bee., 1883-08-25
Food for Pastures.

An English paper, in commenting
upon the subject, remarks that the
Cheshire dairy farmer, by free use of
bone manure laid on grass lands,
makes his farm which at Cne time, be-
fore the application of bone manure,
fed only twenty head of cows, now
feed forty. In Cheshire two-thirds or
more, generally three-fourths, of a
dairy farm, are kept in perfect pasture,
the remainder in tillage Its dairy
farmers are commonly bound to lay
the whole Of their manure not on the
arabic, but on the grass land, purchas-
ing what may be necessary for the
arabic. The chief Improvement be-
side drainage consists in the applica-
tion of bone manure. In the m Tx of
each COW, in its manure, in the bones
of each calf reared and sold off a farm
parts with as much earthly phosphates
of lime as is contained in half a hun
dred weight Of bone dust. Hence the
advantage of returning this mineral
manure by boning grass lands. The
quantity of bones now commonly
given in Cheshire to an imperial acre
of grass land is 1890 to !, 800 weight.
This dressing on pasture land will last
seven or eight years, and on moved
about half that period.
The bee., 1883-08-25
grass at one time as can be properly

handled.
Grasses dry much more rapidly if
cut after the morning dew is off than
they will if cut when the moving is
done. Rapid drying is an absolute
necessity when the best quality of hay
is desired. There is nothing that as
sists in quick curing more than good
telder; farmers who have much grass
TO harvest will do well to provide
themselves with so valuable an imple-
ment.
The true art of hay-making cons SITS
in curing grass just up to the point at
which it will do to put into the barn,
and no more, in order to arrest the loss
OF gar and starch at the earliest
possible moment. Grass quickly cured
is, other things being equal, more nu-
tritious than grass longer exposed to
shifting winds and scorching sunshine.
! Some farmers consider one good hay
day sufficient in which to expose the
grass beforA being housed, while
others require two, even three days.
Some prefer to let it lie on the ground
just as it was left 10y the mower:
others cure it in the Windrow, and
still others cure it in the cock.
This difference Of practice in the
method of curing results CHIEFLY from
the difference existing in the curing
quality of the various grasses. Timothy,
/ for instance, cures more readi Y than
herds grass, while the common grasses
require still longer time than the
herds grass. Timothy will dry suffi-
GENTLY in one day if the weather be
propitious. During the early part of
/ the season two dals are usually re-
quired for properly curing heavy
grass. Later, when the grass is nearly
ripe, il can be cured in one day.
Glover contains more water than
other g asses. consequently it requires
a longer time to cure it prof. erly. Cur
ing is better accomplished in the Geek
than in the sun, for the succulent
leaves and tender blossoms of clover
if eXposel to the scorching heat, are
quickly Drowned and lose their sweet.
ness. Previous to storing in the barn,
the cock ought to be turned over and
exposed long enough to dry the hay
which lies close to the ground.
I Clover, as it lies scattered by the
mower, will be injured if the dew falls
upon it. Clover hay will not shed
rain, and hence when stacked out in
the fields should be protected either
with patent covers. thatch 'ng or q
thick empowering Of wheat straw.
Great care should be exercised in
properly forming the cocks, in view OF
wet weather, when meadow hay is tc
remain in the cocks for an indefinite
time. First Of al, do not make the
cocks too large, and let them be as
sharp at the top as possible, with the
sides nearly perp ndicular, and finally
provide them with clyth caps.
The bee., 1883-08-25
Coffee Culture.

A gentleman who travelled through
the principal coffee plantations In
Brazil furnishes some very interesting
points in regard to the cultivation of
coffee, and also the country and
climate, says the Brooklyn E'G7le. He
says the soil that is considered the best
to plant the coffee trs es in is dark
brown sandy loan, but the reddish
colored soil somewhat similar to that
of Ceylon, though not SO dry and hard)
is also considered to be excellent. The
plantations are from 1,5JO to 2,OOO
feet above the level of the sea, and are
generally situated in mountainous
regions, on the side of hills AMI on
plateaus. The size of plantations
differs considerably, as they range
from 500 to 1000 or 5000 acres. The
coffee tree when full gown stands
from seven to ten feet high,
with branches extending six to
eight feet from bottom. On each
branch, between every two leaves,
there is bunch of about dozen
po Is, somewhat resembling in size and
form the edible part of a cherry, inside
OF which, in the shape of a pit, IS a
thin, sheli-like cover ng, containing the
coffee beans, Of which there are two
varieties, namely, a fiat bean and the
pei berry, SO called from it's similarity
to a pea. This latter variety there is
in very limited quantity to be OBJ
tanned, and its dilieren e fiom the
common black bean is said to
result from the delicacy of the
tree, though the fine appearance
and qualities of the berry command
higher price. The trees are planted in
! rows, and on each twenty four feet
square large shade tree is planted,
which must have large trunk and
moderate crown. Around the trunk
Of the coffee tree hole from ten to
twelve inches deep is dug. in order to
provide for the rain and moisture. The
coffee tree produces after three years
few beans, but on the fourth year
double the quantity of the preceding,
and in five years it Is generally full
grown, and yields according to its
age and the soil and climate in which
it is planted. Some trees produce
from two and half to three pounds
elch, and there are trees yiel ling from
one to thirty-two pounds each, while
many raise from ten to fifteen pounds
a piece. n large number is said to
have produced from eight to ten
pounds clean coffee to tree.
The bee., 1883-08-25
The Treatment of Dairy Cows.

Mr.. J. A. Smith a Western dairy
man, writing of the importance of
feed and proper treatment Of dairy
COWS, gives some excellent suggestions
on this topic. He says that dairymeR
are often surprised at the light weight
OF their milk the next morning after a
cold rain-storm, through which their
COWS have suffered unStabled, and it is
only natural result Of such treat
mcnt. The COW does not eat as much,
for one thing; and another is, part Of
what she does eat goes TO repair the
waste of her system in withstanding
the effects of the storm, and that keeps
a per cent. out of the milk pail, until
she has recovered from the effects of
such exposure. 1t is also true that a
COW, affected by short feed or painful
exposure, not only loses in the quantity
of her yield Of milk, but in the amount
of fatty matter it contains. In word
nature has so organized the COW that
Ehe revenges herself on her owner
pocket, for cruel neglect and short
feed; and a farmer might Just as well
Lry to dodge taxes and wealth, as TO
escape the unwise treatment of cow.
In point of fact, when thus treated,
she takes the cream first, and gives the
owner what skim milk she cannot as
simulate. The only way to get profit
out of her is to fill her so full that she
runs over, and take the surplus for
your gold mine.
The bee., 1883-08-25
The Niagara Whirlpool.

To one who looked awe-struck upon
the whirlpool at Niagara the fool
hardness of the man who would de-
libe. ely com nit Himself to its deadly
embrace is wholly incomprehensible,
if not incredible. Not even the cata,
ract itself makes the spectator feel his
Infinite littleness as does this gri and
awful del tn into which the swimmer
Webb went to his death. MI How
ellis, in the I'VE ldng Journey"
speaks of the whirlpool as the most
impressive feature of the whole pro-
digious spectacle of Niagara" and his
description OF it is worth quoting now:
Here, within the compass of a mile,
those inland seas Of the North, Supe-
rior, Huron, Michigan Erie and the
multitude of smaller lakes, all pour
their floods, where they swirl in dread
full vortices, with resistles5 under-cur-
rents boiling beneath the surface of
that mighty eddy. Abruptly from this
scene of secret power SO different from
the thunderouS splendor of the catar-
act itself, rise lofty cliffs on every
side, to height of 200 feet, clothed
from the waters edge almost to their
crestS with dark cedars. NoiSelessly,
so far as your senses perceive, the lake
steal; out Of the whirlpool, then, drunk
and wild, with brawling rapids roar
away to Ontario through the narrow
channel of the river. Awful is the
scene is, you stand so far above it that
you do not know the talf of it's terri
bleneSs, for those waters that look so
smooth are great ridges and rings,
forced by the impulse of the currents
twelve feet higher in the center than
at the margin. Nothing can live there,
and with wnat is caught in its hold
the maelstrom plays for days and
whirls and tosSes round and round in
its tolls with sad, maaiacll patience.
The guides tell ghastly stories, which
even their telling does not wholly rob
of ghastliness, about the bodies of
drowned men carried into the whirl-
pool and made to enast upon its dizzy
surges a travesty of life, apparently
floating there at their pleasure, diving
and frolicking amid the waves, or
frantically struggling to escape from
the death that has long since befallen
them"
The bee., 1883-08-25

f. ID. Curtis, who is strong a1yO-
cate of root crops, thus writes TO the
.4gr5cuItu'iSt A turnip crop will fit
a meadow for corn, as the sol will be
rotted. rea y for giving the maize a
vigorous start, an the ground will be
more mellow and all the richer on ac-
count of the turnips. The sod shoul
be turned over as soon as possible
after the clover or hay crop has been
taken off. 1t would be well to roll tie
ground and fatten the Sward TO hasten
its decomposition, and few days be
fore sowing time harrow it thoroughly.
A dressing of finely rotted manure
should then be spread upon the surface
and cultivated into the sol, the ground
being pulverizel and m mlde as mellow
as possible. If wood ashes can be pro-
cured they will help the crop if they
are th.nly scattered on the top. A
pound and half of seed sown broad
cast is ample for an acre. The see
should be covered with brush Crag.
AS soon as the turnips are up they W II
be benefited by dressing of plaster
(sulphate of lime) at the rate of two
bushels to an acre. Good phosphate
will make turnips grow, if narrowed
into the ground with the seed, using
100 pounds to the acre. The a Ivan
tages of a crop Of turnips for the lat
ter part of autumn are manifold. II
the farmer does not wish to harves.
them he can turn on his entire stock,
and the hungry animals that IN ght
have roam ed over frost bitten, barren
fields viii luXuriate in plenty.
The bee., 1883-08-25
Household Hints.

Spots may be removed from the car
pet by an application of OK. gall or am
monia and water.
To remove mildew. rub the spots
well with soft-soap, then cover with a
mixture of soap and powdered chalk,
and lay upon the grass in the sun.
For macaroni with cheese, or for
Welsh rarelIt, cheese which is too dry
for the table may he used; when it is
grated AMI melted, ii it seems at all
stiff, add a very little cream to moisten
it.
Curtains are draped much higher
than they used to be. 1t is no longer
considered essential that they shall
meet low down, but it is good form to
tie them back so that one may look out
of the window, or so that a small table
may be placed close to the window.