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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-09-28
DANIEL BOONE's PROWEss.

IN NJ ElfftfS.
oid baI.icl Boone. he shot a coon
And twenty five wild reese:
- sad of him, he split the limb.
When they ali al III Peace
Il" rent did close and catch their toes,
And hold them fast and Snnr,
Nhcn III line. upou pine.
\ coon received the slug.
lie charged again ana cut in twain.
IA" branch close To the tree:
creek hrne~h the bough received.
Nnd after II lung,N he.
W hcn he came ont. ms hreeches stout
Eve hundred trout contained,
fnch weighed. AZ least, two pounds
aWtcr.
And there they all remained.
bat strong and stanch. he took the branch,
And land II on his back,
Ali home he walked. 10y nothing baked.
" tight a- he could shack
ie tim" Of day. I've heard him say.
Wa clock or near
And miles nineteen there lay between
HIM and hi- cottage dear
he way was steep. the snow was deep
And brush and logs not few.
Bus such were his bowers, that in two
hours
HIS lahors all were through.
As am told. old Bruin bold.
Hid meet him on the road:
But hm he shot dead on the spot,
When home lie came the good old dame
soon f.ntherrd nil the ,eese.
And Rru,n nnt ,L. la, ~ '''"'
ia Nn,b.r Rno,,a No., ,l',, .lo ,,.>o,,
,nj n,n,,y ,,nunJs nf - '''> No''
I,L,.vis, n rcnre nf ,,.o.a ~ ,,,ora
Potatoes, too. and not n few.
Were addsd to the mess:
She chopped them fine. then added brine.
And seasoned all with sarce.
Aud then with care they took the bear.
And stuffed him full of if:
Before the blaze they Bruin raised.
And put him ON a spit.
Dne of them stood and piled on wood,
While t'other turned him round to roast;
How fine he looked completely cooked,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-09-28
VARIETIES.

who wears glasses.
It's rather funny, but most people
begin the day with the home stretch.
Even the alphabet is rualizing.
Only four letters remain in Town y
Neptune's power long ago van
ished. The waves tide his sands.
A tramp called his shoes corpora
tions because they had no soles.
Mercy exclaimed Mrs. f. as she
caught sight of the cameleopard.
lust look at that beast. What a
long neck!' YES" replied Fogg.
1.-The most remarkable case of soar
throat l ever saw
A sea captain is good deal of a
vagabond when he beats his way up
a harbor.
The farmer makes hay while the
sun shines behind a dry goods
counter
Rank injustice Calling a man
captain when he is full hedged
| general.
Base ball became popular because
it is very striking and catchy game
An actor who crosses the ocean the
first time does not enjoy his new
roll
As Nesuvius is in state of erup-
ton, now is the time to "see Naples
and die,
An Indian chief bears the name of
''Looking Glass" He is the terror
of the plain.
The ''belief which gains ground" is
peculiarly attractive to the real es
tate buyer.
"The Story of Ida" prefaced by
Ruskin. is as enjoyable as funeral.
The college must solve the ques
ton of now boy can be educated
without being spoilt.
1t is better for town to have cir
Gus than a Legislature, because the
circus adjourns sooner.
Avoid the summer resort that has
resident physician attached to the
leading boarding house.
Never shoot a muzzled dog, or
take advantage of the cravings of
hunger to throw poisoned sausage.
New Orleans has had two base
ball clubs out getting their work in
Oh the unhappy towns they fall on.
Boston ought to give up that sum
mer home for dogs and cats until the
Tewksbury people are made more
comfortable.
Hayti is full of revolution as a pea
nut roasting cylinder. When the
Government side becomes too hot it
is turned over.
The man who knows more about
Shakespeare than he possibly can tell
is $. Romeo Reed, of the Cincinnati
Gazette.
Musk was the favorite perfume of
Empress Josephine, and tho Boston
Posi- says Napoleon should not be
judged too harshly.
A foolish person with twenty five
dollar parasol will rush into light
where one "ltu OOlldT sun uIuDrelld
would fear to tread
China has the advantage of all
other nations in war. She can put a
million men in the field and lose
them all without feeling the loss.
The real man earns his bread by
the sweat of his brow-why brow, is
not statcd-but the loafer expects to
live On the perspiration Of other peo-
pie.
Mrs. Langtry might double her
gate money if she brought Mr.. Lang
try over and made him act as door
keeper for her show. He would be
an attraction.
1t is certain that river cannot
run dry; but let man feel dry and
he will run as il the beer shop had
not more than two minutes longer to
keep open.
If a man does not make new ac-
quaintances as he advances through
life he will soon find himself left
alone. A man should keep his
friendship in constant repair.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-09-28

That handsome but very eccentric
woman. says the London Truth,
Prince. ?ignatelli, is about to be-
come a public singer, to the great dis
gust of her relations, whom she de
lights in tormenting. She is the sis
ter Of the beautiful Countess Po
tocka Of Vienna. with whom she is
at daggers drawn.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-09-28

The place to get bang up article
AT the hair store. Might not the
safe arrival of ship in port he
looked upon as a wreckless affair
Just the man to fill vacancy-The
dentist. Why are persons who get
killed While walking on a railroad
track like a certain kind of coal
They lack a warner Lackawanna).-
Boston Traveller.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-09-28

A Peoria girl recently planted lot
of feathers with the hope that they
would bring forth an early crop OF
spring chickens. She Is closely re
lated to the young lady who wouldn't
eat veal because she thought she
never would look COW i'll the face.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-09-28

When Shootwell died. the BOYS
dubbed together to buy him a tomb
stone, They couldn't agree upon the
inscription. Fogg suggested this
Ibis gun never missed fire. Let us
hope he may be like his gun" But
this was considered somewhat per
sonal. and was rejected without a
division.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-09-28

Investigator wants to know what
Is good for cabbage worms. Bless
your heart, man, cabbages. OF course.
A good, plump cabbage will last sev
eral worms a week
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-09-28

Somebody who has grudSe
against Jersey mosquitoes, now re-
ports that they are travelling about
playing hand organs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-09-28

"A captain who tied refractory sail
ora to the caps,an said Il was the only
way TO ease their rancor
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-09-28

Til" Nnll tr,ct sandwich Bull on
on side, bear on the other. and II
LAM in the middle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-03

and the light broke down and the photographer hada
0aa s N " Us Sn on The . very
ly done, comparatively can stand here ana put upa
snsls between that lamp there ndcang that
lamp there, and keep 1t up al night snS IL one
S hundred % . s7 Weather tie sssF @
ably good In trying 70 measure me distance 90 tue
or washington to Mobile. It would be very poor plan
to carry measuring tape and measure on four %, OF
kind but measur,s of one line somewhere with very
great care, and then by process oil aa ne
and IN that way work out with great accuracy the dis
lance between Two cties-wh an aocu,aey ,id Ee o
Now ss TO the distance to the moon the that that
Is g., at is this Here station on the globe marked
sky. they measure the distance OF the moon Io ,e
woud reDreSent Greenwich or washington and
mark point in tho sky right above Mars and
TO the moon in this drscion ndicatinel. AT
the same time man the Cape OF Good Hope at ef-
r tee daect,on 70 the moon That gives whatever
the distance is-thrty tunes the diane OF OF ths ,a
There are wave but thus Is toe best Inc aiSanoe
TO the moon, 100000 miles, is known within about
twenty miles. .,. A., ,,.,a,,.o 90 Tho
sun. In the first place there arc what are
called geometrical methods The method USED 10
getting the distance TO the moon Is worthless.
We Could theoretically stand at Greenwich and the
Cape OF Good Hope aud sight the SUM- but tnat wouu
mepts and there is no point which to direct the tee-
scope easily; that, whle We can measure on the
moon within about q qnarter OF secodd In care OF
the sun ne doubtful 10 an extent i1ur
or Ave times great and the being four hunurel
times az Iar we have multiply that Dy that amount ~
ia as IL man should sit New York and look over TO inc
City OF Brooklyn with his face In nue enclosing one
window pane. Auotuer method Is by oDscrVihF the
planet Mars and that be done in two ways one ny
taking one line north and the other sontn AN. anu
observing upon IL in just the same way tnat
the moon was observed on; the other ia taxing
advantage or the rotation OF the earth Take station
somewhere near the equator and ob.erye the planet
when is rising, and then sit stll ana icy the eart
carry you 10000 miles, which II WIZ 40 'o,n IA
about twelve hours, and when the pahe,
IL near setting observe 1t again.
put that Inc hod worth 75probaby the best OF our
presen geOmetrca methods II is the method that was
used by Gil in 1877 on his VISIT to Asee pcn
Astronomical society OF Great Britain Then
the little asteroids. two OF them can DC useo IN
the same way and give very nice results,
Then we come 10 the method To which am 10 atuoe
to.ngnt-by the trausit of Venus. put the vaue OF
thai az from rs TO 70 What the value OF we cannot
ten until we get our observations all In and compare
them.
Professor Young discussed and explnnedtwo methodS
Of determining distance by the vooity OF light pcth
French inventions. The second he illustrated by the
following diagram:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-03
A RECEPTION IN PHILADELPHIA.
fry TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.I


PuuADELPHIA, JAN 2-The first of the
two winter receptions Philadelphia Assembly took
place tonight in the foyer OF the Academy OF Music
Over 900 the members Of society were presentncud
ing guests from York. Boston, Baltimore and other
Cities The Assembly Is regarded as tue most important
Incident Of the season this city, and the presentation
of debutantes generally reserved for or the other
of the receptions. The scene this evening was one OF
rare beauty foyer IT, perhaps the handsomest ball
room iu American, and the decorations were triumph
OF the florists art.
The patronesses were Mrs Richard Tilghman.
MIS- K. Ashurst, Mrs. A. W. Bidde,
MIRA John Laye and Mrs NJ j. Lewis These patronesses
are always chosen from among the most prominent and
popular of the socAty leaders They decide matters
of etiquette vouoh for the position of all who receive
Invitations AS In preceding years three OF them were
elderly ladies and three youthful marons Mrs. Lewis
being recent bride Mrs. John Laye is daughter OF
the late General Meade, OF Gettysburg fame. The
dances nearly all watzes. and for the first time
for some years there WAS no german
Among those present were Mrs. A. Markoe
Miss Thayer, Mrs J. W. Paul. Miss Page Miss L. NJ.
Kane Miss c. E. Dane. Miss Hannah Scott, Miss Clemens.
Mrs E. Roberts, jr. Mrs. A Blight, Miss Ida Morrell.
Miss Angel Miss Ns,on b ass s1eF MISS ke Ms
Emily HaddDg, Miss Steele Miss tiske, Miss AshDost,
Towp.en Sa" IT, Mrs Henry whelan, Miss Florence
Trotber, Mrs John A. King. Miss Lydia d. White, Miss
Nm. "r GroS%s, '' MISS Wharton Miss Marie
wilson Miss Nanny MoMichsel. Mrs. H. @. Chapman,
Miss MONTGOMERY Miss Blight, Mss Edith Ti2hmau
Mics Jessie fainter Mrs Alfred Tucker. Miss biddle
Mrs q. IL. Fisher, Mas Trow bridge Miss Field Mrs j.
n Jskospn Miss EnIil, Winsor, Miss Donaldson Hiss
Youelee, Miss Conner Mrs. +. I. Mason, Miss Z. A
Brown Mrs. Chew, Mrs. William Curtain, Mrs. William
Oay Mrs Richard Townsend, jr., Mrs. Merchant. Mrs
George Meade. Mrs Ne%oold Irotle Mrs A. j. Drsexei,
Csssatt Mrs. Alfred Tucker Mrs Norris Williams. Mrs
Moncue Robinson, jr. MISS susan high
Miss E. Burt Mrs. Harriet Asnhrst Mrs. Annie Morrel
Mrs Pauline townsend, Mrs. Morris. Mrs Barrett Mrs
f. Bell Mira. Horace BrOek, Mrs w. Fisher, Mrs. Mont
geometry Wilcox, Mrs. Alex. Brown MIS-. Deford Baker
Miss Nancy McCreedy, Miss Cnrten Miss steele. Miss
Chandler Mrs. Mary Horton, Miss Chew, Miss susan
Chew, Miss Julia Rush. Miss Mary ThAyer, Miss IL d.
Coleman, Mrs K. A. Ashhurst. Mrs. Henry Wheeler
Dana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-03
ANGLO-IRIsH AFFAIRS.

WATERFORD, Jan. 1.-The trial of Mr..
Bggar Member of Parliament for County Cayan. for the
utterances in his speech here began to-day The
prosecution asked for the defendants committal 10
charge of high treason. and he committed
for trial at the Waterford Spring Assizes BAH
cepted.
SLIGO, Jan. 2-An ex-suspeet named McDermot has
been committed for trial for declaring that innocent
blood had been shed by partisan judges and drunken
jurors.
DUBLIN. Jan. 2.-In the Court OF Assizes to-day the
of Delaney charged with attempting toshoot Judge
Lawson November. begun. Owing to an irregular
indictment noitc prOsequt entered The prisoner
viii be tried TO morrow second indictment charging
him with conspiracy to murder
Mr. Trevelyan. Chief Secretary for Ireland, has gone
to inspect the distressed districts. large increase in
the number Of assistant land commissioners Is contem
plated.
While three emergency baiffs we're to-day approach
ing Upper Cross, County Ifpperary, where they
going provisions, they attacked by some peas
ants and struggle ensued. The baffs fired at their
asssants killing of the latter named Gleeson and
wounding some others Five OF the attacking party
war aH
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-03
MR. HALSrEAD ON THE CONSOLIDATION

CINCINNATI. jan 2.-Alr Halstoad, who has not
hitherto consented to say anything IN relation 20
the merging " The Commercial and The Gazette. will
print the following in The Commercial to-rorrow:
Another step in the consolidation of The Cincinnati
Commercial and The Cincinnati Gasette newspa-
pers will take place tomorrow morning
The Commercial Gazette will be issued
from PorteTs Building. Fourth and
Race-sts., by NJ. Halstcad d Co. and The Cincinnati
Gazette Company. We do not hazard anything
IN saying that the new paper will be superior in
many respects to either The Cincinnati Com
nercial or The Cincinnati Gdsotfo, and we
could not promise than that
1t is our judgment that we can combine the men
aud material of the two papers to the advantage Of
all concerned IL is our purpose and expec
tation TO sailsfy both constituencies, and
to enlarge the circulation and influence
beyond that which the two papers
have possessed. There has been something of
huuor and more OF serious hostility. IN suggestions
that have been made that The Commercial and Ga
.cito were RECOGNIZABLE. As n rule, both have
been Republicans aud each has found
occasion 20 revolt against party dcipllne. Com
bincd, they will certainly lack neither q
spirit of Independence nor the princi-
ples of Repubcauism. Whom The commercial
aud Gd.eiie have Uttered "a 10 men and urrS, II
has generally happened that IN ways that varied
they have sOugh, tho same ends.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-03
FOREIGN NOTES.

LONDON Tuesday, Jan. 2 1883.
The resignation OF Viscount Enfield Under Secretary
for India ia merely in consequence Of certain depart
mental reorganization.
The Malagassy ENJOYS have gone to Manchester, not
Madagascar
Berlin dispatch to the Central News Agency says:
At the JmpeI al reception Monday Prince Bismarck
said In the present position of poosand now that
Paramen tary institutions working satisfactorily 1t
wou!d cause no misfortune TO the country II he gave
place to other men"
decree has been published In Cairo granting amnesty
TO all political offenders not already dealt with
Vienna dispatch says that authentic accounts leave
no doubt that the suicide OF Count Wimpfen, the
Austro Hungarian Ambassador France, wa entirely
due insanity. The financial and other private affairs
of The deceased found to be In perfect oder
HAVANA. Jan. Very heavy and unreasonable rains
have during the last four days. again greatly
impairiog the prospects of good tobacco crop In the
Vuelta AbajO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-03
gIGHrfEY CONFLICTS DRoWNED.

RAIEIon. N c., JAN 2.-As thirty Penitentiary
convicts. mostly negroes, and two white guards
engaged at the Cowee tunnel on the Western North
Carolina Railroad, in Jackson County. were cross
ing the Iuckaseogee River on fiat, Saturday morn
lug one of the convics disc severed that the fiat was
leaking AMI gave an alarm, which caused panic
The men all rushed to end OF the Hat, bearing
it down, and it Immediately filled and sank. The
Tuckaseegee, at the point where they were cross
ing. IA swift and deep with rapids just below. The
men chung togo her in knots. those who could not
swim holding on 60 those who could Some were
carried INTO the rapids aud drowned. Only twelve
of the eonyiots were saved. One OF the guards was
washed ashore below the rapids insensoe, but, az
ter great difficulty. was restored to consciousness
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-03

FIG. L-METHoD OF DETERMINING THE VELOCITY
OF LIGHT BY A REVOLVING MIRROR.
The lecturer continued: The ughdn this case comes
through an opening (Sl. 1t from there through
lens ~ and out annie and turns around on
It's course and comes back. II the mirror was at
est, it would right back TO the same
place but supposng the mirror II not AZ ressupposng
is turned around when this o. light started
on tsSourney this mirror will he tnrnrd around hte
indicating by reference 10 the crossed lines at III. ana
when Il comes back the mirror viii bave got IN That
position [irdcang and the OF light, instead OF being
sont TO g. will be semitic T. We can tell just how lar the
mirror turns while the nght was travelling
velocity OF 200 or 300 revolutions second Is got
up ia this mirror Tue expcrlp nj mas beeu rep atcd IN
this country IN 80. / think, and still more
recently By Professor Newcomb. The expert
ments OF the latter arc not quite hDished yet,
Now come 10 tho subject II tho Iehivc distance OF
tue plauets IA diagram copied In Fix. H. was thrown
ftnn = he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-03
FIG. Iv.-TRANsIr or vENUs-PARALLAX BY con-


Professor Young. ~ reference OF diagram thrown
unon the screen Gig ~. next explained very simply
and briefly the two ne thods Of computing the paralaK
by @ ,ntacts known respectively as the HALEY and
Delsle methods In the first, observers were
eupposed TO be stationed a. far apart as
possible on the earhs surface III direction north ana
south indicated by the letters and g. In the second
the stations were eQuatorial-east ana west In
Haley's method tho apparent paths OF the planet are
N b for southern observer and c for the northern.
The length Of the cDod 10 the onord
can b calculated and n Is only necessary TOT the Cd
servers 60 note carefully the duration OF the
transit. The apparent speed WIN "hen
Venus is travelling mas been nsceIt ,, ~
careful observa and 10 Is KNOWN 10 III
mute fraction how long would take her 10 p"ss over
suoh a space as apparent diameter vi Tue
sun. Each oil these chords can thereloIe'
be compared with the diameter OF tne sun;
Haleys method requires that both the DeghnlhB hnu
tue end OF the transit shall be seen. Deses requires
only that other OF the contacts snail DC seen
Some persons, said Professor Young commune,
have found, when they came 10 observe transit oi
Venus rcsembleda white ring around the pane,
made II difficult TO tell when the planet entered Ine
limo OF the Again, after entering as the planet
passing away from tie edge Cf the sum the part next ~
tn suns edge Il drawn out 80 that Venus looks pear
9 aoed-what is called the black drop. THIS prevents
reason for optical entirely, ltmplies either de-
feet IN the In tue Telescope or In the eye OF
the observer all three aud some or hosc dinorenos
there possibility OF getting rid Of Two men VIII
NOT observation through the same teie
scopa. because ones ayes Will not 30 40 gooa ~ tae
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-03

others Then again. II the telescope Is poor one. the
observation is defective. The larger the telescope
the smaller the star disc. You do mot SEQ . the
but two people did More less OF this black drop
always appears. The planet as said has an atmos-
phere around IL and when 1t comes on the sums usc,
this atmosphere reaches out Like bright ring into the
dark space outside OF the sun one can
tell within two three seconds when
this white ring touches but you cannot tell when
the dark edge OF the planet passes inside OF the edge OF
the In the case OF the second contact as seen &c
Princeton. 1t was cloudy that We could not see the
atmosphere Of Venus.
As TO the black drop. great deal can DO gained by
little practice with what "a called artificial transit
We have here picture OF this apparatus moyeable
disc 10 arranged that 1t be drawn by cockwork
across stationary surface aud viewed through tele
scope at distance Of 400 feet This however, lacks
the effect Of the planets atmosphere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-03
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY.

Miss Maria Denison Whipple, daughter of
General william d. whipple, U. S. A., Of Governors
Island was married to Charles W. Deering, of Chicago
OF noon yesterday. in Trinity Church. The Rev. DR.
Morgan Dix performed the ceremony. Only few reia-
tiyes were present The bride wore olive travelling
dress wedding breakfast at Demonicos followed the
ceremony.
Mrs ". r. Vanderbilt gave the first Of her Tuesday
afternoon receptions About 300 ladies called from TO
6pm
Mrs W. K Vanderbilt gave dinner to a party of
twenty-four at her house, among them being MT and
Mrs Pierre LoriUard and Lord and Lady Mandeylle
The whole party we're afterward driven to the f. O. d.
Z. ball
Mrs. T. B. Musgrave and Mrs. Giraud Foster gave
afternoon receptions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-03
MUSICAL NOTES.

Tschaikowsky, the famous Russian composer,
hss lately finished lyrical DRAMA Masiega, on SUD-
jeot from poem by Pushhn.
The Boston Symphony Concert programme
for this week includes the Beethoven minor symphony
and the Rubnstein Concerto for panoforte In g. No. D.
and the weberLsz "Polacca Briihane," played by Mr.
.. j. Lang.
During this week are the last nights OF
~The sorcerer" Messrs. Stephens and solomons new
comic opera. Virginia." will be produced on fuesdsy'
January O. with cast engaging the entire company OF
the BUou Theatre.
Mime. Minnie Hunks engagement with Mr..
Mspleson ends Oh Saturday in Philadelphia where she
will appear in "EAfrcsine" Immediatel yaerward she
eoes West to fulfil concert In Chicago Mil
waukee St. Paul. and other cities, which Will occupy ner
until tie end Of March