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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-15
The OriRi" os Dtsir.


On a Saturday night in 1853, when
Ian Emmett WAS u member of Bryant y
minstrels. New York. ban BRYANT anne
to him and said. ban. can't YOU 70,
us up a walk around?' want some
thing new and lively for Monday night :"
Dan went to work and 10y SUNDAY after.
noon he had the words commenc M "A
wish was IN Dix O." This oppression
was not southern, hut appcarcd among
the circus people of the north. In
carly fall when nj ping frosis would
over:ake The tented wand. .rer., tho
bo,s would think OF the warmth ~ the
south. and the common expression
would be: We'll. wish I was in
like Ibis gave the catch line. and
the rest OF the song was original
tn Monday morning II was rehcar-ed
and highly commended, and at night q
crowded house caught up the refrain
and half oi them went home singing
Dive. The song became the rage, aud
W. W. Newcombs Buckleys minstrel.
and others gave Dan 81 each TO. the
privile Of using II. Mr.. weri.sn
wrote to Emmett to secure The copy.
right; but, w,thou. waiting for a re, ly
pub isbed II with words 10y a Mr r.ier.
Pond of New York. secured IL from
mmett for $500: iut Mcr..an sold
thousands Of copies without giving him
an'ckel. Not only VA, mmctt robbed
oi the profits of his sons. but thu
authorship of It was Il sputed VIII \.
Hayes claimed u u, his o~n. Fond
b; ought the matter before u music
publishers convention and settled .ae
authorship: but Dan rcaped NO benefit,
from thi' tardy IN tice.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-15
4 WALTZ ApltILLE.


fHift " h'f' ~
Tho hand was playing a waltz ,lnairille-
frli ~ light a~ a wind blown feather.
A. eF 'Ris-i away nt the caller viii
Ihiwish ~" inifirai" magN dance together.
iiko uliunr army uur lines wsio il'-'ting
SLOWLY advancing. ari then rr,r,nting.
Al i'rkol 100 their hrigh. array,
And la nni forth 10 "a" ini-ir's rhyme
Nemuv'si together. ani all a.. time
know D'u were gong away.
The fili - YOUR strong arm sen, thrill
Fran heart a. team. ~ Ne gently glhl.d
Like l'nVe- "a The waves uf that waltz
qnadtilo.
Parted met anl again divided.
You drifting ~" way and ! another.
Then suaii'itly turning and facing each other;
Then 80 10 the hlthe chas.".
Then airily hack I" our I,lac,.- swsying.
While every '-'at II the music -~m"i saying
That You "er- going away.
I said g. m, heart. lot -. take our M
OF mirlh and pleasure. nni love and
laughirr
For Il all must eni with this waltz qua,iriile.
Ani ifo vii never h. the sams life after.
o. that ~" cnll'' might ~ "n cal ing
O. that the music uight gp "a falling
Liks % shower q silver spray
While We whil'.l ~ the vast forever,
Where no hearts hrsnk and me- ties sever,
Aud no one gss away
A clam0r a crash, ani the band was Still,
Twas the "ni Il the dream ani the end of
the measure
The last lnw notes ~ that waltz yusirille
Seemed like iirge over the death Of
pleasure
You said gooi nigh, and the spell was over
Too WARM fnr friend and too cold for a
lover
There wns nothing more Ia say:
Hut tho lil ~. lsssktat dim anil the luncprS
weary.
Ami tho nusic was "a aud the hall was
drrary
After YOU went aNay
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-15
TyrOl and Switzerland.

Alfred r.. Lee III The Current.
A mile or so from Munster, toward
Mails, the road crosses the Austrian
boundary anil enters Switzt rland. In
stantly striking change takes place.
The road changes from a rough. primi-
tive bridle-path to a broad. smooth,
solid highway the moment the bound
ary is passed. On the Tylol side the
villages are miserably filthy; monster
dung-heaps are piled under the win
dows, and great pools of mire stand in
the streets. To aggravate, if possible,
this disgusting aspect Cf village life,
unsightly cru,i. xe, are set up AMID the
pig-sties and manure-heaps. The road
side representations of the cru ifixion
are zen, rally as rue and horrible as
they are common in the Tyrol, but in
this particular region extra touches of
clumsy art render them more than
usually repuls.ve. On the cross are
hung not only the writh.ng boly, be-
spattered with blood. but the hammer,
the nails, the whips used in the scourg.
ing, the dice with which the seamless
garment was ratfied away. and all other
accompanments that can intensity the
historical brutality of the spectacle.
Passing to the west side of the bound
ary, one escapes these horrible sights
imme diately, and thereat heaves o great
sigh of relief. Not another crucitix
appears. More s.eni cant still, the
feds are better cultivated the houses
better built, and the people better
dressed and more in elligent looking.
In the villages, instead o. tlthy garb-
age heaps and dreadful crucitixes, are
seen clean. we'll paved streets, and
dwelling nicely paint ID, with flowers
set in tie windows, where dainty white
curtains ale eloquent of tidy Lousekeep-
inC.
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" tp,oR o", ,oa.a-ss,s uspt,s,,a,

.'Hft'N - tfr.
Nn, time during The va, after lhe
hcVinniu~ uf isH1. u soul have he,n
hard 10 hud regiment w tho nol
numbering e. full complement ui .tHyi
men There we're many LavinF a
strength ot not more than $50 80 80,
particularly on tie unio lptAtu si,ln
In various severe encounters tegiucnis
were decimate,l. aud ~ some eases loot
half their strength. bat u was rafrlt
that badly was 80 completely sip"i
ont that there VAS nothing ~ rally un
A. the attic Of rica.ani Hills Ia a
Texas ca,alry rrpim, ~ numb ring iiS
men, were s"sn forming tea charge
against I e,lersl brigade # iufantrt
The latter had goul ,otor and wrts
fresh. he cavalry had ~ dash acfosa
o field Ia reach the line, aud hoior"
they came the commander ot th"
hrigad. passed along behind his tND
lines and ordered The men h. hoil iheu
lire until ~. word Was given arh
pair we're instructed to nFo ~ cue
cavalryman or, rather. one at tla
man and the other a., sho horse
The cavalry made the charge IN one
line, hut II was so much shorter than ths
front II the brigade that three fres
could he concentrated. The oa-
icdefatcs came forward With dash anal
yell, keeping pretty even front until
they were within i1, feet ~ tho line.
whom all the muske,s rang ont together.
tine yoley was enough That regiment
wa~ M nearly blottei Oh the faee of the
earth that only -four ~ i'- members "a
turned to the ,onfcd,rste line. over
2uo hoI-es wsr. llllel outright. AMI ~
lca., lOO wounded There wefc not ten
wounded men 10 picI up ivery iri
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Turned Away Hls Wrath.
fHarn RS Raz,r


An uptown pastor, who enlivens his
Friday evening talks with anecdotes, is
80 fond of Joke that he woul.. rather
tell one at his own expense than not
tell one at all. This is his latest: II
was writing by my study window, and q
little Irish child was busying himself
by throwing beans at the window. Los
ing all patience, rushed ont OF the
hou'e. determined to frighten the boy.
IL happened that his mother was coming
after him at the same moment, and wa
met by his side. stormed ut the ch Id,
and then, rs the mother seemed ex-
cessively stupid. l gave her piece of
my mind. Finally, as grand AZ over
whelming conclusion of my scold ng, I
said: a tile discipline now with your
children will save you much pain, if not
disgrace. in the future. Think of that,
madam; that is, if you ever do tn nix
Think. it = she replied; Il think if
you'd go back to your bedroom and
wipe the ink all av your nose you'd be
prettier, even if you didn't make so
much av sensation 1t was not soft
answer but it had the effect of turning
away wrath
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-15
NEW ORLEANS "AUNTlES."
The Frmininc Negro Of the Crescent
tUy In Her Glory.

tuy In Her Glory.
Nasty" IN Toledo Blade
The pure femnin negro is seen in
and about New Orleans in all her
old time glory. You see them in
the KIT hens. on the streets, in
the horse-car, everywhere anybody
is seen, and there is similarity that is
wonderful They are almost univer-
sally heshy. without visible necks
the head resting on comfortable
cushion of lat on the shoulders, with
enormous arms, partly bare, and no
waist Whatever. This applies only to
the middle aged and old. The young
ones are as slim and iaunty as need be.
and why they should 'cumulate esh
as their years roll on is mystery.
But they do grow fat with their in
creasing years. They are abundantly
ile-hy ut % and still more so ut SO.
What they would be ut 100 may never
he known.
Old and young. fleshy or lean, the
love of color is over all of them, and the
color they wear must be pronounced.
Their blacks are the blackest of any
thing on earth, their yellows cannot be
too yellow, and the various sha les of
red must all be as, bright as possible.
No one color satisfies them. They min
gle all OF them, and the more that can
be crowded into pattern the better it
plcases them
1t is pleasant sight to see an aged
negress roll ng along the street, bearing
"A basket or bundle, her mouth half way
open so that the laugh that is very close
to the surface may find the outer air
with the least trouble, with good-hu
mored twinkle in the eye and lurking in
the wrinkles about her mouth, her short
petticoats displaying two ankles i'm
mense in size, and about her head the
inevitable gayly colored handkerchief
wound in the shape Of a turban.
Without this turban the dress OF no
negrcss would he complete. 1t takes the
place of hat or bonnet, and is as uni
versal as the pettcOat or shoes. Indeed,
it is more the thing than shoes. for,
though one may lack in the matter of
shoes. she always has the turban. 1t is
bound closely about the forehead, Just
below the hair, or rather wool,
line. and tied or pinned neatly at
| the back of the head. Under this
wealth of color the shiny black face,
the dazzling white teeth that always
show. for the laughter either begun,
in progress, or Just ending, display
them. make not unpleasant picture.
SO Jolly and good-natured are they that
one does not wonder that white chill
dren, cared for and almost reared by
these colored women, came to love
their "mammys" in childnc ID, and
continued the liking so long as they
lived.
The streets of New Orleans would
not be complete without the negresses
and their turbans. They fit the bri, hit
sun aud the flowers and the foli:ge ex-
ceednly we'll, and make q sort of var.e-
gated finish to the picture. And that
color will always be there. The race is
increasing with great iapidity, and there
is no reason why it should not. The
Yong require very little care in that
delicious climate. They are turned of
to shift for themselves at q very early
age. and a pickanninny is as little trou-
BILE to its mother as colt is to its dam.
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indianapolis Sentinel. |


On an incoming Vandalia train was a
family of five q fat, good -natured man,
his wife, a pretty but nervous lady. anil.
grac Gus knows, twas enough to make
her nervous, t . trouble she had with
their three chillren. The eldest, "a
boy of Il, mashe his hand b, pulling
window N on it \ little later the
3-yer-old, at sudden jerk OF the
ira turn 4 n SO er,ault, bru sing AMI
gushing his head. Then the half year
old baby upset the alcohol lamp from
the W Low sill, which frightened the
mother rly into byster cs, which was
IL signal for all the children to set up in
chorus. But during the noxt five min
utes when that halt-listracted woman
Was trying to sto the music. that fat
mar, ftom the seat back Of her. 10 lked
on with never an effort he was really
charming in his comp,a cency.
When t.uet rel ned again the wife
said, with sigh: Il do know have
more trouble than any woman on
,arth." "Oh, no. my dear; don't say
that" answered Benedict, not moving
his eyes from his paper. Il do say it"
he repl more stoutly. There's no
calamity 90 I'D hefall WON IN which |
have not suffered" "Ch, no. my dear;
not so ba as that For instance. you
are not W dow" he answered. sweetly
he held her breath two sscon an
then retorted - and it made I he Sen.
tinel man laugh the next hour to hear
the sEot: 81 said 'ca!amit. sir"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-15
Economical Theology.
Texas Siftings.

The season for raising corn was not q
very good one last year, in and about
Austin, on account of the drouth. Sew.
eral members of the Austin Blue Light
Tabernacle called on their pastor, Rev
Whangdoodle BAXTER, to pray for rain.
he having negle, ted to do so. Whang-
doodle received the delegation gra-
ciously. They stated that rain had
been prayed for in most OF the promi-
nent churches of the white folks, and
they thought that he also should urge
the necessity of immediate showers, as
the corn was almost too far gone to
raise lnore than half crop
"i iou all saws dat de white, piscopal
bishop and de res oh de preachers
prayed for rain" queried Whang-
doodle.
"Dey has done did hit" was the re-
ply.
Fool niggahs." exclaime Whang
doodle Indignantly. "w hat de sense OBJ
my playin' tor rain too den? IF de
white folks gets RAN, won't you get it
too. widout my prayin' for hit?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-15

tsNfft1fAfNN ffHfANA
A IRE broke ont IN q dwelling house
the other night, ani after the man and
his wife hal safely reseh.d the stree,
the latter said that there va. , u in The
packet of her dress, witch vas hanging
IA . second STORY hack room.
III ~ i"r ~ sai,i tha husband. ahl
he plunged into the burning building
The sanes ragged iuriousiy aud the
man did no. F,tafn 40 the espirsiiOa
~ an hour the nTo Wa estinauisheL
and the bach haiiding ca,el ilfsnen
gfupei thciT way np tho rear stair.
thruaah the watsr and lliu,linR sn,ulr.
asd found the man ~ The cIoael still
fumhlinp ., hts Wifs. dress. 'aokinv &c
the money.
He was NEARLY Auiio, a,,ai With sinuk 9
bu, hal strength enough h. say that he
though, he ~onld have found The
rock.t inside of two haufz II never
"ccefro 10 him to se,ss the diess and
rush out with ,ha, some men get 90
excited and beT, Gus in time of nse.
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Tho death of Prince Leopold does
not make much of a gap IN the suece..-
Ton to the English throne The royal
family is very large; and. even n every
member of the family is England was
taken ofi hy an epidemic there II an
army ~ sarecssion nn the continent 20
Europe. Just nov the Princess Pred
erical Mary ~ Cambridge is The thirty.
eighth living heir. and frrsh hsirs are
born every year of tao.
There are twenty eight dsec, hairs.
AMI al least sixteen who eouli seine ~
upon their failure. In ease ~ tha fail
ufe of the heirs ~ ths prince oi Male.,
the duae of Idinbara, the auAa ~ Con
naught. and Prince Leopold. Who lef,
All infant heir, there would bs in The
line ~ succession the princess imperial
OF Germany fNictofias eldest daagh
ter, Prince William of irua.la. her
aon. ahd hls sis brothers aud siatets
then there would coms the large lie. .
family. grsnsichlldren of the queen tho
Princess Christian ~ hshlaswis- iial
stein and her children the rrinrssses
Louise and Iiestriee, dsugh,era ~ th.
queen. to say nothing ~ ths liano, st
and Cambridge cousins u her majesty
u is evident With over forty heirs ths
throne is no, liksly to go b.gs.ns
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4 t.srsh sesswy, W.s,.


During some excavations made in tho
Nue Nieole, near Val le e-usses. about
is7s aud 1919. . large quantity n po,
terry ware and many Interesting object.
we're discovered upan The site ~ whai
proved 10 I've an ancient Gala. tsomaa
burial place. There we're di.ln,err.,l
3is earthcn vsses ~ different forms
and sizes. . fcw glass vsai., aud some
thirty small utensils In bfsas and irea,
beside. eighty .f,e kasnan eosns. aud
some characieristlcally formed skell..
Hut siove ell. there ~ss f.und . VERY
singular msmeato ef the distant age
The accidental pescossiion II q II ,aii
deposit 81 white clay had Reproduced
the body Of Q buried ,nisat In The Sam.
manner ~ st pseseat pracsiesi In ths
ruins Of fompeii. when search past.ss
find cavities In The lava that I.ss. to IN.
suppos'tion that soae of the victims n
the catastrophe hal lain ts.rein aud
since mouldered 20 dust IL the prs
ent case The mould ~ the tiny l,o,is
VAS peffect. aud iofmesl 81 sxae, 90
production 81 . it'll. Partisan of the
fourth century
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Young Attorneys Luck.

i'Nt L 'us 1 .ou ~ icoN.
Ingenuity can sometimes chain luck
at its cartwheel in supreme triumph.
To wit, l know young attorney who
two years ago 1t his cigar with o
diploma from the best law school in
the country. and said he would give
anybidy So to tell him where to settle
for practice. No one came along to
assume that responsibility. and he re-
sorted to blind luck. Tying his hand
kerchiec over his eyes, he stooi up be-
fore a map of the | n;ted States and de-
clared he wolll go to the place
where his pencil fell. With three or
four spiral sweeps he made jab at the
map. What place do you suppose it
was? ! shan tell; but it was new
Minnesota town, and lie cleared $l,SOO
last year, which is by no means bad to
do under his first single.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-15
wellington at Waterloo.

At e:ery moment and at every place
the duke exposed h mself with u freedom
which made all around him tremb for
that life on which it was obvious that
the fate of the bait Q depended. There
was scarcely square but he visited in
per, on, encourag ng the men by his
presence and the officers by his direc-
tions. While thus engaged several guns
were leveled against him, distinguished
as he was by his staff, and the move
ments OF the officers who were passing
to and fro with orders. The balls no
peatedly grazed tree near him, when
lie coolly observed That's good prac-
tie" Riding up to regiment in front
OF the line. and even then expecting a
formidable charge of cavalry. he said,
stand fast, my lads; we must not he
beaten. What will they say in Eng
lahd?'
On another O >casion, when many of
the best and bravest had fallen. and the
event of the bait SCENE doubtful, he
said, with the GOODNESS of a spectator
"Never mind; we'll win this battle yet. ="
To another regiment, then closely en-
gagel, he used common sporting ex-
preston "Har pounding. this, gem
tlemen; let us see who will lpound long
est" One general o ofcer found him
self under the necessity of stating to
the duke Il a. his brigade was reduced
to one third OF its numbers, and that
those who rename were 30 exhausted
through hard fighting that temporary
relief, of however short dura ion,
seemed measure of necessity. Tel
him." said the duke, what he proposes
is impossible. He, !, and every Ing
lishman in the field must die on the
spot we now occupy" "lt is enough"
returned the general: land every man
under my comman are determined to
share his fate"
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Happy, Happy Molars.
Texas Siftings.l


A few days ago, on his coming home
from d Inner, Col. Yer er per e We
that his wife had her jaw tied up.
What's the matter with your jaw,
Mrs. ltrger; is it tired?'
"Uh. / have been t. the dentists an
had two teeth pulled, You unfeeling
brute"
Happy happy teeth. ] only wish
WIS one of them."
What 10 you mean, Col. Yerger?"
Nothing, except that those teeth are
1t lat b yond the reach of your
tongue. They ought 10 be happy. |
would he happy if l were be. .ond the
reach of your tongue. How happy
those molars must be
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!. lp)R



jane l.. Blair
Tt~r' a never lyus rhoru.
B'"aklng un tie human ear
H. ~" bu-y town before us.
\rIo'~ innl. aud deep. AMI clear;
Tn. b, Tll'~ rrntL.iir voice
Sl4ui.ng tliough ihr town and CITY
nrIilu, human hearts rrio.ra
Sw.~ ter than the poet, singing
l. Ia" anthem ni the free:
l.tthrr L. IN" apvii's ringing
Than the song If bird or lee.
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Russ ;a's Female PhysIcfana.

bctgo Tie a.d
A good deal OF mis- onception exists
regarding the rra tcc of medicine bv
women in l;ussia. \ competent
authority pats the number of fe male
phys cianS IN the empire at 30, many
OF whom have pursued their medical
studies In the unive siti IS at urich.
IL rnc AMI iars. But whatever their
requirements aIi abilities, the are
only allowed to treat the diseases of
aonen and children. Even in country
districts, where there is, perhaps. no
male physician within fifty miles.
apothecaries have lcen forbidden to
put MP pre- ,cription emanating from
u wo uau,
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Vacation Advice.

Last week, when about to break up
for the holidays, Mr.. Spurgeon dis
missed his young men with caution.
Don't get counting. That is not good
for students. Come back, as some one
puts it. with your hearts and manners
uncracked. Walk in the fields like
Isaac, by all means, AMI mediate, but
don't hit up your eyes for Rebecca.
She will come soon enough"
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l.argest In the World.

The uke Voorhees, cattle range of
Wyoming is the largest in tile world,
90 doubt 1t comprises % 10000 res
If Ian |. 0,oOJ of which are inclos d
with a barbed wire fence, and has a
water frontage of thirty miles. The
range will freely accommodate $1,000
cattle. J. has now $1,000 head.
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HartR y BaZtar.
Samuel ii. Clemens, Mark Twain"
is member of Eev. Mr.. Twichell's
church in Hartf rd. and 50 WIS the late
ex- o:ernor Marshall ewell. ut the
ex-governor was higher up" in the
church, as the humorist expressed it,
and used to lasI around the plate.
One day Nark Twain sa Il to the ex-
governor: See here, governor, they
let yon collect the donat ons but they
would never let me do it." "Oh, yes,
the would" sad the ex-governor,
adding. that is, with bell punch
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Not Complimentary

ISacramentO Record-UnlOn.I
There is a relish among men for the
scandalous, q readiness to believe the
worst of their fellows. and it !. not
complimentary to the moral tone OF our
civilization that this is true.
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>e,., .r"-. ,,am.nr . woman.
Humorous ~ riting.

: h' production .. COOL humorous
Wltnf D. onc of Tie hghcst evidences
of ad,4n.cl civilization The Indian
iIinlf miles tie statesman laughs.
',nNt' mirih aslml,ol of iuno ence.
lr mite child l. pleofnl