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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16
MURAT HALSTEAD'S ADVICE.

To the inquiry, Which is the most
correct way to ask young lady to
take your arm, Murat Halstead re-
plies: Ask her to take your arm; do
not grab her by the elbow. Or you
might gently and softly say, will
you take my arm?" 1t is rather
solemn to say "Please take my arm
-" unless You are afraid she is about
to get hurt, and you are substantially
asking her to save herself. In that
way, You might without impertinence
show tender solicitude. As to which
arm to offer. other things being equal,
the one next your heart. If you are
taking her out to dinner, something
will depend on the location of the
dining-room and your place at the
table. If you arc on the street, the
safest rule is to take the outside
place SO as to serve as body guard
against runaway horses. The pres
ence Of few boys with velocipedes
or tricycles ON the sidewalk might
change the situation. Above all
things preserve your composure-
remember that you are good man
and bear up bravely.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16

darling and give lis the number OF
times he has applied the term tc
you."
IF have figured right the total
is 9.254 times"
Il guess you count pretty straight.
for You are good in arithmetic. Now
turn to the heading of 'Woodbine
Cottage and tell us how many times
he has talked of such home for you
after. marriage"
The footing is 1885 times"
Very well. This lawyer wants to
be sure that we've got u case. How
many times has Charles Henry said
he would die for you?"
Three hundred and fifty" an
swered the girl, as she turned over a
leaf.
How many times has he called you
an angelo"
"Over 11,0O0, mamma"
'How about squeezing hands?'
II liver 3S4.OU0 sqneeZes- j"
And kisses?"
Nearly 417.OOO."
There's our case"' said the
mother, as she deposited basket and
diary on the lawyers table. Look
over the documents. and if you want
anything further, 1 can bring in a
dozen neighbors to swear to facts.
We sue for $4,000 damages, and we
don't settle for less than an so acre
farm, with buildings in good repair.
Wen call again next week. Good
day, sir
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16
BARNUM'S TRICK.

On a recent voyage Of the City of
Rome to Liverpool, Mr.. p L. Bar
mum was a passenger. At concert
given on the ship he was the presid-
ing genius. He opened the even
ing with numerous anecdotes of
his earlier days. Among others be
told how he once bought a magnifi-
cent coach-dog, for which he paid
fifty dollars. He said he was beauti-
fully marked, but unfortunately he
was caught in a heavy shower on the
day after he bought him, when,
presto! he was changed into an ordi-
nary cur, the spots having been in
geniously painted on him. He went
to the man from whom he had pur-
chased him. He acknowledged the
sale, but said his clerk had forgotten
to send the umbrella which always
went with the dog, as he could not
stand the rain. Mr.. Barnum closed
the entertainment by giving speci-
ments of legerdemain. His greatest
trick, he said, had never been equaled
in this Country or any other. He
broke biscuit into three pieces.
asked some one in the audience to
mark them, SO that they could be
readily identified. Then he asked
for three hats, and placed a piece un-
der each hat. Then once more ask
ing the gentlemen if they were
sure they would recognize the pieces
again, he deliberately ate each piece.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, the
most wonderful part of the feat ap-
pears. will place all three of these
pieces of biscuit under one hat, if
you will choose which that it shall
be-" The hat was Immediately
chosen. when Mr.. Barnum instantly
placed it on his head. The three
pieces of biscuit are all under the
hat" said he; and as no one could
gainsay it, he closed amid shouts of
laughter
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16
WOMAN'S LOVE.
Buckles Appreciation of his Mothers Watch :
full Interest.
COEBETT'S MATTER-OF-FACT VIEW
OF BEAUTY IN WOMEN,

Thomas Henry Buckle, the philos-
opher and historian. whose kindliness
gave charm to the most abstruse of
his writings, informs us that in the
want of consideration which charac
terized the treatment of their women
by the Romans and the Greeks might
be found evidence of the incomplete
ness of their civilization, and an
element which tended to the down
fall of their empires.
Buckle never forgot his- mothers
incessant watchfulness in the care of
his frail health, and the development
of his youthful understanding Miss
Taylor tells us how remarkably at
tached were the mother and the son,
not merely by love such as ties of
blood engender, but by that most
noble OF sympathies, sympathy of
mind.
This same maternal influence has
been conspicuously exercised in the
case of most men who have become
famous, and it has been observed that
the early bent of their minds, which
has eventually led to their success in
after life, has generally had its origin
IL the first training they have received
at the hands of their mothers, who
themselves, it has been often re-
marked, have usually been women of
much mental vigor and earnestness.
Woman's influence over her hus-
band is obtained by much the same
qualities that gain ascendoncy over
the child, with the addition of the
very important element Of beauty.
The weight that beauty in woman
carries with man is simply incalcula-
BILE; and where it is accompanied by
superiority of intellect, it unquestion-
ably bears all before it.
Perhaps the cnly person who ever
looked upon this characteristic of the
fair sex in an Unconditional light was
the matter of fact Cobbett- "a man who
went through life with scarce senti-
ment. He thought what he called,
with his characteristic bluntness, 'the
great practical advantage" of beauty
in wife was ''to keep the husband
in good humor with himself, to make
him pleased with his bargain" And
he actually italicized these last words.
There are many instances in which
the influence of certain great women
upon the times in which they lived
has been SO all-pervading as to obtain
for them an important place in his
tory. We need only allude to the
beautiful and prosperous Elizabeth
Montague; Sarah. the first Duchess
of Marlborough; the extraordinary
Madame de Stael, Harriet Martineau,
George Eliot, and many others.
We are told of Madame Recamier
that when, in the revolutionary times,
she made her appearance among the
populace, it was as if an angel had
come into their midst.
Madame Recamier was, in fact. an
admirable embodiment of the best of
those qualities which distinguish her
sex; that sex in whom we find en-
phatically the highest form of crea-
ton; 1.-The sex, ,"in the words of Cowper,
the kind-hearted critic of our frailties,
''who:e presence civilizes ours."-
Frank Leslie's.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16
COUGHS TACT.

1t is not expedient for a lecturer to
be so eulogistically introduced to an
audience as to arouse expectations
which he cannot meet. John B.
Cough relates how he managed to es-
cape from such a catastrophe when
introduced to London audience.
His introducer had pronounced him
the greatest orator who had ever
lived, and ended a long fulsome
eulogy by telling the people to pre-
pare themselves for such a burst of
eloquence as they never before list
ened to.
Cough, knowing that the best ef-
forts he had ever made would, under
such circumstances, fall short of an
ticipation, determined to practice
ruse, and the ruse was to effect stu
pidity.
He opened by stammering and
hesitating, by beginning his SEN
tences, and then leaving them un-
finished, until, as he said, the worst
speaker in England could not have
done worse.
He soon overheard those on tho
platform whispering their disappro-
baton and censure, one man saying:
"Oh, this will never do here, you
know. It nay be very we'll in Amer
lea, you know. but in England, you
know, it is quite a different thing"
He still continued in his dull, dis
connected way until he had seen that
he had background for his verbal
pictures.
Then he gradually adopted his
natural manner, and as sentence after
sentence rolled out, vivid and reson-
ant from his lips, his audience grew
enthusiastic, and fairly roared with
applause.
He had never been more raptur.
ously greeted than he was then and
there. Those who heard him declare
that they had never known a man to
change SO after he had once warmed
uD.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16

a lecturer on the science of as
tronomy said in a recent lecture in
New York. that it would take rail
road train running forty miles per
hour without stops about 2G5 years
to make the journey from tho earth
to the sim, and at one cent per mile
the fare would be over S900,000.
That seems to eternally bust all
hopes of getting to the sun by rail,
as the time consumed in getting
there would make it necessary for Il
person to start very early in life and
the chances are lie would be old and
rheumatic before he got there. And
again, the fare is pretty: :steep, and
We doubt If there is Il person in the
country who would give nine hun
drcd thousand dollars for ticket to
the sun, and run the chances of the
engine getting a hot box and having
to side-track and run into a comet
for repairs. Science is a great thing
perhaps, but it wastes its wind when
it talks about railroading to the sun.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16
Ii We HAD EUT 4 Day.


W" ~houi! Ill H. ln,.r- So ti' -,.,.t,<t thing
if ~. oI TN: ;,da>:
"" -hnG d dr.!,s. al '..'.stt 'i.r.--t ~i,r.!--.
H. "a aI',ari w:
W. ~u: i'..N thH ,ii"-tiv = uyr IL. ~ i..i..r
If nur i,'lr- ~er.' few
We -h"''i rest. Hot Tor drcaI.=. tut for fr,'~hcl
I"'H"r
7" a. a:.,! 10 lo.
We should s.l.it nur weary AMI waI4t.I. wills
lot c!r,r..-t llyit:
should ke + our eyes nu tn" heavc:,ly hills
1t they lay II sight:
We sh"'ld trampe H." lrld,' and Tie 1t .>tu4t-ut-
Beneath our feet:
W. should t.he whatever 81 good God sent.
With a trust complete
We shnnld waste no moments IN wax regret
II the day were hut
II y ii;' We rem. '!iltr,r and what Nc forget
Went out with the sun.
Ne>houId oe Tom our rlamuruu- selves set free.
10 work or to pray.
Aud 10 bc what oar Father oG.d have Us b..
II " had but . day.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16

Happiness is inborn. 1t is not an
outward trait. II is generated in the
soul. 1t is never bought and sold as
an article of commerce You may
fill your house with all manner Of
beautiful ana curious things, but you
cannot lay in a stock of happiness
in the same way. If you are happy,
your happiness is that which you are
able to make by the use of the mind
itself A fundamental condition of
happiness in this world is activity.
and that kind of activity which carries
with it all the faculties.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16

A German. 80 years old, under the
delusion that the Lord had com
manded him to sleep, has been asleep
and unconscious for over a year in
the asylum for insane at Buffalo
The case is puzzl,ng the scientists.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16

As ships meet at sea a moment to-
gether. and then away into the deep,
SO men meet in this world; and I
think we should cross no mans path
without hailing him, snd if he needs,
giving him supplies.-Henry Ward
Beecher.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16

Solitude is powerful aid to rehec
ton and imagination. The higher
faculties necessarily dwindle in
perpetual hustle.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16

If the philosopher be happy, it is
because he is the man from whom
Fortune can take the least.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16

A Cincinnati sparrow killed mouse
tnat had come out for crumbs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16
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SONG WRITING.

A paper on Songs and Song
Writer'S was read before the Long
Island Historical society in Brooklyn
recently by Chief Justice Charles p.
DAILY. He said that none of the
great composers of music, Handel
excepted, had been a great song
writer, and Handel had said that he
would rather be the author of the
sweet Irish melody of Eileen Aroon,'
now known as robin Adair," than
all the other songs in the world.
The speaker told story of the orr gin
of "Robin Adair."
A young Irish physician of the
name of Robin Adair, walking to
London, stopped at an inn where
there was countess whose leg had
been broken by the overturning of a
stage coach. His profl;ered services
were soon accepted, and he performed
his work so skillfully that she in.
sisted that he should not leave her.
Ultimately she took him to London
and introduced him to the best social
circles. He became enamored of an
Earl's daughter, and taught, her
to sing Eileen Aroon.' Afterward
he was parted from her by cruel
fate. She connected his name with
the song, using it for the refrain, and
at length the song as thus changed
was picked up and carried by cele
brated tenor upon the English stage
where it met with the same instant
aneous success as did Home, Sweet
Home
Justice DAILY said the tune OF
Aud Lang Syne" had its origin in
a Catholic vesper hymn; that "Yan
kee Doodle was originally a sword
dance, and that John Anderson, My
Joe john" and "Cruikskeen Lawn,
were the same tune written in lit
tie different time. This tune was
that of an older song than either,
which ran, "There was little man
who loved little maid," and before
that. in the time of Queen Elizabeth.
If was a 1aOcn
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16

KILLED HIM ONCE There has been
a duel in Paris which nearly cost one
of the combatants his life. This
brings out an anecdote of NJ Ambert,
a noted swordsman. He was walk
ing one day near the Tuileries when
he perceived an old man looking
fixedly at him. After enduring the
gaze for some time he approached.
and, drawing himself up to his full
height. which age had somewhat
diminished, he said coldly: Might l
inqnire. sir, what procures me the
honor of your attention. Are you
not NJ. Ambert?' YES" And l,
sir, am the compte do L." The
compte de l.? Let me see; yes,
if 1 remember right, l killed you
once" M. Ambert, will you dine
with me this evening? At dessert 1
will tell you how it happens that
am still in this world after having
had an affair with You" And the
two adversaries walked off arm in
arm.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16

When one gets SO much humility
that he Is proud of it, he is just too
good to live
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-20
THE OtBLIa YHtALS.
Curlcy Admits that he IL fcniah shn
Inyincible.

InNlhclDie
lIy Telegraph to the Free p ess nd TYmes.l
DuDhN, April tS.-The tisl of Daniel
Curlcy for participation in the murder of
Cavendish and Burke was ,esumed this
morning. Adams, counsel for the prisoners,
referring to the evidence given by kavanagh
the car driver, SAID it did not prove that
Curlcy was In Phoenix Park May 9th. His
prcsenc4 there was indicated by the testimony
of Carey who stated lhet Curley was in COM
mand of the assassins at tho time of Inc MUIR
ders, but Carey swore to that effect in %, lie:
to save his own neck. There was no doubt
that Carey himself was 10 command of the
murderers.
Porter, attorney general, responded for the
crown, declaring that the evidence offered by
the defense in support of the abb was worth
less and conflicting.
The Judges charge was strongly against
the reliability Of the evidence to prove an
abb. The judge said there could not be the
slightest doubt that the murders were perpc-
trated at the instigation of secret societies.
with which the prisoner was indisputably
connected.
The Jury were absen, but short time and
rendered .aic. of guilty of murder.
The prisoner being as ed II he had anything
to say why sentence should ra> be pronounc-
ed upon him replied that he had Lot e.
pected any mercy from the court. 1t was
very unfortunate that the Irish bench was
without Norbury Or Keogh. lie admitted
that Lc was q member Of the lnvincibles but
declared he was noi in Ph@nix Park the
evening the murders were committod. He
loved his country and could suffer Tor her
He declared tbs witnesses for the crown per-
juled themselves. lie also said he was II
Fen.an.
Curley was sentenced TO be haaged LAY
18th. AS the officers were taking the pris-
oncr from the dock he shouted, God save
Iceland"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-20
DEBiSED JOURNALISM,

There Is a sllutary lesson contained in the
result of recent newspaper libel suit tried
ut Detroit. The offending paper was the
Detroit Necs and its owner and publisher.
James E, Scrpps also publishes half dozen
other daily newspapers in as many Western
cities. These journals are all penny paper:
and they have all gained wide circulation
from the fact that they are largely devoted
not to legitimate news but to so-called
''spcy" matter, which seems to be a pOpu.
lar article of literary diet at the West. Mr.
Scripps's idea of journalism is to print any.
thing that will make his papers sell. The
more sensational the scandal, the nastier the
story, 50 much the beter and no matter
how irresponsible the source from which the
story comes, if it is only spicy" IN it goes.
This sort of thing was done once too often,
and Mr.. Scripps and his Ners have come to
grief. The basis of the libel suit to which
we have referred was an Infamous attack on
DR.. Mclean, one of the professors in the
medical department Of the University of
Michigan. 1t was charged that he had
abused the confidence of female patient,
had seduced her and that her husband had
become insane in consequence DIR. Nc
Lean sued the .Ners for libel, and after a
long and thorough trial the Netos story was
adjudgcd absolutely false and baseless, aud
DR.. Mclean was awarded $4,000 dam
ageI
A successful libel suit against newsp aper
is no common thing. Juries are apt to favor
decent journals. They know that well con-
Quoted and well mentioned newspapers are
not iniallible and are subject to mistakes; tina,
their sources Of information, though Of an
apparently satisfactory character, are not in
variably trustworthy and that the inten-
tons of the publishers and editors are up
right and honorable and their course of ac-
ton such as seems in their own eyes just
and proper, and for the best good of the
community. Decent newspapers, in short,
mean to tell the TRUTH to deal justly with all,
to intentionally wrong no one. These
facts are well understood, and hence 1T
is that il Is tie rarest of things
for jury to mulct such papers in damages
for libel. But between these journals and
those which are represented by the .RsNs
there is Il great gulf fixed. The former col
lect legitimate news in a legitimate manner.
The latter unearth private scandal, print the
gossip of the neighborhood, gather the filth
of the sewers, for the sole purpose OF making
their papers sell. What matter to them how
many homes are made unhappy, how many
lives Of women and young girls arc blasted,
how many hopes are withcrcd, how much
the public morality is debased and its taste
corrupted? All these things are nothing, if
the papers are ''sucy' and sell well. We
are, unfortunately, not without some knowl-
edge of such papers here in VermOnt-pIpcrs
which owe their continued existence To their
dissemination OF scandal, whose editors de
vote themselves TO that sort OF thing and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-20
NORTHERN VERMONT.

The fine residence Of Alon1o Button il,
itichfcrd was entirely consumed, together
with lis contents, by fire which broke out
about 4 o'clock Tuesday mcrning. The house
was recently built aud had all modern I'M
prOvcmonis.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders
| of the st. Adams Iron aud Steel Works, the
following directors were unanimously elect
ed by stock vote Of 23i5 shares. A.
o. Braincrd, L. \. Smith, q. c. Noble, A.
d. Tcnncy, l.. Braincrd, and j. {. Strana-
h.u.
Under the recently enacted civil damage
act, Mrs. Richards OF Richford has brought
suit for $4,000 against Dan Moore OF East
Berkshire for tie loss of her husband, who
was accidentally killed while intoxicated with
liquor alleged to have been sold him by
Moore.
Chas +. Prcsby of Bloomfield, in Essex
county, Is under arrest for having fired his
barn, filled with hay aud grain, TO obtain the
insurance.
No mail through from Montgomery Con-
tire TO East Berkshire, on account of high
water, 'rnurslay.
The roads are almost impossible, on &C
count If the frost coming out in some places
and in ythels deep snow drifts.
Not much maple sugar made yet. The
snow is so deep in the woods it is almost i'm
possible to gather the sap
Hon W 5. R.blec OF East BERKSHIRE
VINO has been sulferin. with Inflammation of
the eyes for the past ten days is getting
about again.
The German and foreign help that the
farmers have been getting from Castle Gar
den are some of Them leaving and others
are nothing but boys and not what they er-
pected to get when they sent for them
About onc-third gre good heie.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-20
a SCARE AZ OTTAWA.
Shooting Near Rideau ss.iI

OTTAWA, April 1s.-Shooting in the vici
nifty of Rideau Hall, last night, caused con-
siderable alarm in the vice-fegsl household.
The matter was discussed in cabinet coun
ell, this morning. 4 policeman says that
shortly after midnight while Officer Geddes
was on his beat his attention was attracted
by the report of pistol in grove midway
between the Government House and the resi-
Gcnce of Lieutr Col. De WintOn. Following
ia Ythc. successor were three other shots.
Geddes mace Fush in the d!recti on Of the
grove and Observer a tall man rctreating.
Remembering that he had imperstive instruc-
tions not to leave his post on any account re
returaed to his beat and the party escaped.
Officer Patton on an adjoining beat heard
the shots. Toronto detectives state that they
have one man under surveillance and an ar
rest might be effected within twenty.four
hours which wGuld throw light on some mys-
FERROUS movements.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-20

An experiment is about TO be tried in In
diana that will be watched with interest.
Three asylums for the insane will be speed
lily built, new methods are to be tried and
there is good reason TO believe that plans
will be adopted which will put Indiana in
the van of lunacy reform in this country.
No State will ever have better opportunity
to Introduce the English, Scotch and Belgian
hospital system-a system under which
muifs, strait jackets and cribs are unknown,
correspondence is entirely free, windows are
unbarrcd doors are thrown open, and the
insane are treated Us unfortunate, diseased
human beings, rather than as below the
brutcs in the scale of existence. Physical
restraint is seldom employed abroad, even IN
cases of acute mauia. Cures of insanity at
best are relatively few. The disease re-
quircs skilliul, patient treatment under the
most favorable conditions. That the cOndi-
tons are not favorable for recovery in many
of our lunatc asyums is notorious. Strong
pressure has been brought to bear for the
adoption of the rational, humane method of
treatment in Indiana, and the experiment
will now be tried.