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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-26

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-26
WOMAN CRAZE.

\ corIr-p puuirnt writes: In" rag
Cor ri> -ir;. d"I"!olnrnt nnlnr-
vuan.. wuincn ! Increasing. tla-~,.~
;irr turmii!~ Il. p\lAHa-,un; WEicrc
ia,iir- and -iri~ are Taught. and also
small clubs which Receive Instruction
IN lriyut" hnj;-,'~. On" If the --latest
rl;i-,- ni thI- mama J. tn Il~itiahlr
oreire OH the pant Il many y"ul~
ladies' To- learn fencing. 1t has l,.
COIN. :! fashionable accomplishment
in Europe. "h,'i i quit" enough Ia
mike girl- here anhlliujl, to acquire
it. Last year there We're unl Y Il few
cla--r- and lli"y WEI" SNAIL. This
year there viii lee scores uf Young
Females = liking swords ut each ether.
One Of tn" best known yylnna~une
in the city is within IL stones throw
Of the " Windsor Hotel The Young
ladies who go thrre for instruction
and practice have little retiring.
room, similar to bath houses. When
they emerge they have Il costume
consisting Of ha>qur or jacket and
tr"nsrrs. The agility. grace and skill
they show at the various exercises is
astonishing. They ar" quicker to
learn than boys. l am told. and much
more graceful at everything they un
d"rtak". At first they are mad" to
fingers. hands and arms Then they
are taught to swing dumb bells and
clubs. keeping time to music. As
the average young lady does not
stralShtcn ont nrr arms properly
when III the first stages Of nrr train
ing. tn" wooden dumb bells have little
brass bells on them that Jingle when
the movement is made with proper
force. One of the exercises they are
put through is marching with Sticks
for guns. They like this very much.
and carry their heads with a iaunty
air. What young chap Is there who
would not pay Il good fee at the door
to see them so through their rv"lu
lutions. But the Professor rigcrulis-
~ excludes spectators. The ad-
vancrd classes are required 10 prac
tlce on the horizontal bar beginners
at this exercise have great difficulty
in swinging their feet over. but some
OF the rcrsevering ones go through
a great variety of movements with
the grace of all acrobat. Swinging
IN rings suspended on long rope, is Il
ftvorlte exercise. In one part of the
rom there are several poles in an up
right position. and others inclined at
an angle. 1t is almost incredible. but
nevertheless fact that young women
will spend hours climbing those poles.
The most popular exercise is that Of
mounting and vauhing over a wooden
horse. They make rush at this and
spring into wooden saddle. and
after much practice they go over al
most without touching. The private
classes usually meet in garret SO
many times week for lessons and
practice. When IA young lady who
has the physical development craze
IS detained by rainy day at home,
she goes up into the ga'ret and de
velops her muscle.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-26
OH Buzz -

S..Iii,ti!...'-. Wn,.ia i hear stories of
u... -"ryHn:a. ! remember wha. my
iar.;n~ :.rllninotlirr used to tell me
al'pu: "blr i;lnr. who lived with
!.''r faunly il tine STA" of Rhode Is,
ii:d wi.riI sile wa, Il little girl.
| | have heard him described so often
that L could fancy | had seen him.
He was anative of Guinea. and. with
his father and mother, had been sold
when a baby to white traders. He
declared his own father to have been
a king. and the prisoner of the one
who sold him. vino had defeated him
in battle
1t WIS the story his mother told
him while they lived together in his
rhidhood Ole Bung himself was
supposed to be- one hundred and ten
years old. No one knew what his
real name was. He called himself
Ole Blny. and had been called so for
fifty years or more His wool was
white as SHOW. He had Il great
mouth sill full of teeth. and Il pair
of eyes lik" those of a seal, set in Il
mask of wrinkle carved ebony.
He was feeble and bent double,
and nobody ever gave him any work
to do: but he was of the opinion that
tile family credit de pended on him,
and that the two little girls-my
grandmother and her sister-cOuld
only be well brought up by his
efforts. He called them Little
MI~~isseS. and trottcd after them
constantly. wrapping them in shawls.
amt making them put their feet on
ihr little footstoves then used every
where i'll winter. and in summer fam
l.hg the flies away. and seeing gen.
orally to their comfort.
Hr accompanied them to school
and hom" again. and though he did
not know a letter Of the alphabet. he
always inquired as to their progress,
and was stern with them if he thought
them negligent, especially of French,
music or dancing. When the little
girls were about ten years old Ole
Bung died. He had been pottering
about as usual all day, and walked
into the parlor with his white apron
on. only little more slowly than
usual. The little girls sat together
looking at some new toy. and be sat
down on the hearth rug at their
feet
Ole Buns going blind" he said.
Ole Brng can't see nof1in."
The children called their mother,
and when she came he said to her,
pleasantly and calmly:
ole Bung going home. Ole Bung
done here. Going home quick"
He then took the children's little
white hands in his and said:
When Ole Bung gone. go down
cellar. look for loose brick. Take
loose brick ont. Find Bung's old
Ole Bung rich. Ole
Bung give one stocking to one little
Missy. one to fodder little Missy to
remember Ole Bung by. Ole Bung
90 home now. Hear de angels calm,
lung -whar are you, Ole: :Bung?'"
Then he stretched himself out on
the rug and seemed to sleep.
His mistress put little stone over
his grave. with something of his
story on it. and later they looked for
the loose brick in the cellar. 1t was
really there. and two blue yarn
full of small coin. were
hidden under it. 1t seemed likely
that Ole Bung had been saving all
his presents for good many years,
and felt himself wealthy man. He
had saved. in all, perhaps fifty dol
lars. and the stockings We're both
Iuitc full.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-26
FIkSILlNGS.

Omnhusrs, We're first introduced in
New York in $50.
The first almanac WIS printed by
George Won FurhacE in l,GO.
The first printing press in the
United States WIS introduced in 1920
The first steam engine on this con
tinent VA, brought from England in
l753.
Envelopes were first EsrI in lS:;9
Ana >thr>,ia WIS discovered in 1874
The first steel pen WAS made in
$3.50.
The first air pump Vas made in
1904
Th" first lucifcr match was made
in lS22?
The first balloon ascension WAS by
Munt~uliicr. June ). I1S3.
The first IRON steamship was built
in 1870
Ships We're first copper hottomed"
III l1>3
toachr, We're first used in England
ia 1869.
lh" first horse railroad was built
III IN.i and lN21.
The first li,r Of Il locomotive in
thus country VA, IN lS:@
Gas Wa, first collected for burning"
by pr. John Clayton in 1901. for the
aniisrnrnt of his friends. In llNt,
II Wa Used tn light Il \urziur@ laho
rat"y. G"e "a- first publicly TX
hihItrd in ls'r! 1t WAS introduced
III Boston in ISL. and New York III
lA113
1h. Cl.ira~o Trf'uwr says that the
spot on the face Of the sun lo,skS ~,
though the sun had met Sullivan.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-26
ODDS AND ENDS.

The consumption of thread of the
best grades in tho United States is
2.oOo,0OO spools per annum.
In the dead body of whale that
was washed ashore near Westbrook,
Conn. was found harroon stamped
1886.
An industrious Nashville girl
hemmed and marked 100 towels and
200 napkins in a single day, receiving
therefor SO.
n Texan ranger named Smith, who
it is said. has killed his fifth man
and married his fifteenth wife, is
under lock and key at Galveston.
Georgia has more illiterates than
any State in the Union North Caro-
lima is second ON the list. Alabama
third. Virginia fourth, Tennessee
fifth and Mississippi sixth.
The earliest money struck in Ire
land was in the latter period of the
tenth century. in the reign of the
Hiberno Danish Sihiric Ill. King of
Dublin. Il cotemporary of 1Elhelred
ii. sole monarch of Saxon, England,
whose coins were initiated by the
Dublin King.
The Mc'ticot Neus, after giving
two OF three recent instances Of
death under chloroform, says 'the
danger of tooth drawing under chlo-
roform. an ;esthesia being so pro-
nonnced and so readily explained.
we hold that no physician is justified
III running such risks
The tenure of office Of an American
Minister at st. Petersburg seems to
average about twelve, month. Mr..
Jewel could not stand it. MIR.
Stoughton returned from it only to
die. and now it is said that Mr..
Hunt. whose New Orleans legacy did
not prove to have millions in it, is
already sick.
st. Peters Episcopal Church is do
Scrlbed as having changed less in
lM years than anything else in
Philadelphia. and is therefore ne
cessarily very old-fashioned. The
high pulpit with its sounding board
and the pcws with their backs reach
ing to the sitters' neck remain ex-
actly as they were III 1852.
The new Pension Office will be one
of the most splendid buildings in
Washington. with frontage Of 400
ahd depth of 200 feet, the height of
the main cornice being Is feet. It
Will have 166.00O square feet of floor
ing and space for 1,:50O clerks. Con-
-crcos enacted that the cost was not
to exceed 100000.
An account is given in English
Journals of the performance of To-
comotlve on the Great Northern Rail-
road. which recently carried the
Duke of Edinburg from Leeds to
London. 1867 miles. in three hours,
or at the rate of sixty-two miles per
hour. This speed has frequently
been rqualed and sometimes sur
PASSED for short distances. The en-
glne had driving wheels eight feet
IN diameter. or two feet larger than
the wheels of American engines.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-26
BITS OF FUN

Georgia farmers now brew beer
from sugar cane Nowadays beer is
made from almost anything but
hops.
Ii all the tobacco factories in the
country shut down. what will the
cigarette smoker do then. poor
thing?
Who is the most finished orator?
asks a correspondent Well. De
mosthrneS has been finished about as
long as any of them.
Education may be the life pre-
server of ambition. yet many IL col
lcge graduate has been drowned in
the sea OF Journalism.
1t is when the missionary begins
on his ''seventcrnthly" that the say
ages thlnk 1t Is about time to make
preparation fer dinner.
The radically drcollet party dress
Is not III favor with Mrs Lan:trv.
She Is down on the low cut which
has heretofore revealed the wish
bone. This. of course. is not her OK
act language, bat We just give her
meaning substantially in our o
trrac way.
John what odor is that - Gloves
love. But the other" "AllSrice.
my beloved" But isn't there an
"thcr!' YES. apples. helovc,lcst."
Just on" more" '.Rai,inS. most be
loyc,le,t.' We'll. John. if you'd
only drink just Il little brandy HOW.
L think You wcull make Il good
mlnce pie
At Stamford. Ont. the other dav.
the affection of a young Enyliehman
for sixteen year old boy assumed
tragic form. He shot the boy with IL
revolver and then turned the deadly
instrument upon himself Both are
reported fatally wounded The
fn-li>hman sad he loved the boy.
and thought they would b. hap
per if they both could he in
heaven together The boy dur-n',
seem to have h,"n consulted IN the
matter
"l;"nnrll Reed" the new Oscar
Nll,ir. was delivered of Il poem last
week IN which he Expresses hi- frantic
desire to ''bury his love in a red
rocked bay. Ml,r" the blue Of the
sea break, into white >rrav." That's
Il nlc" round about way To- .ay if
red. whit" and blue: why Didnt lie
say at once he wanted to bury his
love III America and be done with if.
As Mr.. SpooprndyE" would remark.
Out upon such dod yastrd mca,ly
clrcumlocution.''
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-26

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ears With cotton. an,! .ip'ciaI in-lrur-
lions ""r" given to keep clear uf tie
sides # tine ship
he Alhell;trie Wd~ er''Il;,i,.nt uf de
f";.tinS the fleet and .:,.tt..y ult To-
sea. but after the cap, H., IL.
Bolnhshrll and the tIi2I.. r. t..p >,,.,t:.l-
"r tn" ram simply fougi, Il, If to see
how long she could rndurr the pound
ing. The C"nf,elrrato- were never
satisfied with :llr result, of the iir.lt.
y craft of her strength and power
ami :" easily hanIir! nngllt t. lave
sunk two or three of the wooden
ll"tt 10y rahilEl'I| and sent the otirr,
to the bottom with her cmurinolls
shot. What She actually accom-
rllohrd was OF not the least c,,,l~c-
I'l"ncr. She mad""nI Y two ;t:.ln,t,
to ram a vessel. and instead of direct
lhE and concentrating her lire Oh one
craft until disabling it. sh. engaged
the whole fleet and wasted many Of
her shot by wild tirin".
Tl" first nine inch Shot which
struck the Aihellari" ~t;.g.,r..da dul
"n men and made Il dozen either, crv
ont. ! have talked with fifty differ
"nt men who have fought on board
"f rams OF iron claoi>. and all a4r,.r
that III" sound III :! heavy shot ~tril.
III" the ron ;irrnur i- e,::nr!hiu..
which has Ii" cui.,ari>on. Tii" ilray
I,r til" wood hackin- the !,.>, echo
tl'r" /, wirn struck. lllt tn, l;.r uf
every shot * plainly felt I'll over thr
crdi! Io til" noise uf he enemy,
shot Is added the fire Of the heavy
gun, aboard. and ii i, nu wonder tlia,
som" men III. ln;tdr deaf for ,lav,
afterwards.
At one tim" during the fight Of the
Albrmarlr size received from thirty
five to forty shots per minute.
When 1t is remembered that the
Alhrnarlo received over :,m heavy
shot and shell. and Wa, struck hy !,
vessel stralnln" at tn" rate of eleven
miles an hour. it seem, wonderful
that she suffered So little damage
Th" mllzzles of both her -ln, wrr.
injured hy being struck by shot rs
they wer" run out. but not enough to
cripple them. She had three plates
OF her armor cracked. her snok.
stack somewhat damnyrd and one of
her port shutter, badly dcnted. but
30 far as the gun boats had the power
t" damage her. she could have main
tanned tn" fight throughout IL whole
day. Not Il man was killed. and only |
tw" or three slightly woundcd hy |
fragments Of iron entering one If |
the ports. That wooden gun boats |
dared lay alongside an iron plated |!
ram AMI tight her for hour, was of
itself Il wonderful thing. and that
chill end nine inch ahut could IL.
hurled at til" ram from Il distance Of |
800 feet and >carcrl V leave Il dent in |
her armor wis q lesson in naval war
fare "a%rrl.y y accepted hy every navy
IN the world
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-26

!C:{>. <.:tLLE;?: MURPHY,
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-26

An F.n-li-h rily ~iriHn rrckons soy
rnty 'il~''a7r7 whi,'i com" from the
H." Of alcoholic drinks. "" know
men VIII" prefer Tie Whole category of
dl>ra-cs to missing One drink.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-26

Twelve hundred head Of sheep sold
III i.!i1.ani lately i"r Sl';.>.h,. the
highest lrlc" on lrcord at Il larY"
sale.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-26

Th" Cl.lrH@" TrF'""r says that tn"
spot on the face of the sun lo'vks IL,
though the sun had met Sullivan.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-26

Mr. }. :. ii. Gregory says that an
acre Of land may contain six tons of
worms. So it may be-; but if MIR.
Gregory ever tried t" dig Il box of
bait on ten minutes notice Of an in
vitatlon to 90 fishing in dry time.
he knows it don't.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-12-20
GEORGIA NEGROES IN COUNCIL.

The Convention of colored men Of Geor.
gia, in session at Atlanta last week, adj
iourned on Thursday night. The closing
hours of the session were spent in hearing
addresses and passing resolutions. A COM
mittee was appointed to memorialize Con,
gress on the subject of National aid, and
another committee was appointed to visit
Congress and present the memorial. a
third committee was appointed to memoir
aliZe the State Legislature. General reso-
lutions were passed asking for colored rep
resentation on boards of education and for
the election of school officers instead Of their
appointment This action was taken be-
cause some counties have negro majorities,
and it is hoped to thus put colored men on
the boards of education. y thorough organ
ization was effected for political campaigns,
with view to casting the colored vote for
men who will pledge themselves to increase
the school fund The management OF canl-
paigns will be left to Il committee OF sixty,
and the policy is to be vigorously aggres-
sive. District committees are to work up
the matters in their neighborhoods and
counties, and if the plan is carried out it
may be able to affect the color of legislation
more or less. J. G. Brice, a prominent col
ored man of North Carolina, made a long
and encouraging speech to the Convention,
in the course of which he said the United
States owed the colored people an education.
The session was thoroughly harmonious.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-12-20
REPUBLICAN TACTICS.

The executive committee Of the national
Republican party held meeting in Wash
ington City on Thursday last. In the pro-
gress of the meeting, Chandler, Of New
Hampshire, offered the following resolu-
ton, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolcetl, That this committee views with
regret and Indignation the recent attempt
to suppress human rights and to destroy
free suffrage and an honest counting of bal
lots in the various States by methods at war
the prevalence of such methods the Repub-
lican party stands irrevOcably pledged, and
we extend our sympathy to all sufferers
from such inhumanities, and pledge our
earnest and unconditional cooperation and
the right hand of our fellowship to all men
and all organizations, whatever may have
been their past political action, who now
unreservedly commit themselves to organic
ed efforts to secure free education free suf-
frage, and the protection of life and proper
ty to all citizens, without regard to their
race or color, political opinion or votes.
The committee also issued the following
call for the National Republican Conven-
ton;
"The Republican National Convention
will meet at Chicago, ILL.,, on Tuesday June
., 1854, at l2 o'clock noon, for the nomina-
ton of candidates to be supported for Pres
ident and Nice-P President at the next elec-
ton.
'The Republican electors of the several
States, and all the other voters, without
regard to past political differences, who are
in favor of elevating and dignifying Amer
can labor, extending and protecting home
industries, giving free popular education to
the masses of people, securing free suffrage
and honest counting Of ballots, effectually
protecting all human rights in every Sec
ton of our common country, and who de-
sire to promote friendly feeling, and per-
manent harmony throughout the land by
securing a National Government pledged
to these objects and principles, are cordially
invited to send for each State four dele
gates at large, and for each Congressional
District two delegates, and for each represen-
tative at large two delegates"
The call was signed by all the members OF
the committee.
The committee adjourned to meet at the
Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, on the 3lst OF
May, 1881.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-12-20
he tells you something new every week as tc

he tells you something new every week asto
how he sells them.
May & May, at the Corner Drug Store,
have a full line of goods specially adapted
to the holiday trade.
fyou should want a set of nice furniture,
at any price from the cheapest to the most
expensive quality, J. Ed. Jetferys 4 Co.,
can supply it.
&. H. O'I.eary is also prepared to furnish
anything in the furniture line, saddles and
harness, and he also has a choice assortment
Of elegant steel engravings, chromos, &c.
j. c. Kuykendal, at the York Drug Store,
has full line of fancy articles for the holi-
day trade.
J. NJ. Adams, the tin man, besides being
able to supply anything in the line Of tin
ware and stoves, has also good stock of
fancy articles, confectionery and canned
goods.
We have now shown you around among
the various houses that display their attrac-
tions through our columns, and when you
are ready to make your Christmas and holi-
day purchases, remember that Yorkville Of
fers as many inducements for that trade as
any of her neighbOring towns
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-12-20

the hangman, entered the cell. O'Donnell
submitted to the operation of pinioning
with smile and without murmur. The
procession then moved towards the scaffold.
O'Donnell walked with great firmness with
out the assistance of the wardens, who stood
around him. He was perfectly calm and
self possessed. While standing on the drop
he looked around unconcernedly. Binns
performed the remainder of his duty quickly.
He allowed a drop of eight feet. Binns
pulled the lever of the trap precisely as the
neighboring church clocks were striking
eight. According to the surgeon, death was
instantaneous, there being scarcely any mus
cular movement of the hanging form. At
ter the execution, the crowd quietly dis
persed, there being no demonstrations of
any kind. O'Donnell's brother remained
on the ground until all was over.