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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-01-25

Ds. York Is lecturing in Seattle.
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Treasures Notice.

HOLDERS Of Mason county orders
III issued prior to March Sd. 1888. will
please present them for payment. Inter-
eat viii! not be allowed on such orders
after Jan Is, 1854.
M. FREDSON,
Treasurer of Mason County.
Dated Oakland, Jan. 2, 1884. VIC
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PASTOR and people OF the Congregational
Church cordially invite all to worship
with them, next Sabbath morning and
evening, at II and 1880. School for Bible
study at IL noon. No bell services; as
above every Sabbath.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-01-25

70 Farmers and others desiring q gen.
teel, lucrative agency business. by which
S. to So q day can be carried. send adj
dress at once. on postal to ii. G. WILKIN
SON i Co., 1875 and 1877 Fulton Street, New
York.
NorIcE.-The Olympia postofiice will be
ing the day. except one hour after the ar
rival and distribution of the mail.
j. N. GALE, p. NJ.
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Uninterpreted.


Supinely we lie in the groves shady greenery,
Gazing, all dreamy eyed, upthrough the trees;
And as to the sight is the heavenly scenery,
So to the hearing the sigh Of thebreeze
We catch but vague riffs Of the blne through the
wavering
Boughs of the naples and. like underlined,
The whispers and isps Of the leaves, faint and qua
vering,
Meaningless falter and fall on the mind.
The vine, with its beauty of blossom goes rioting
Up by thecasement, as sweet TO the eye
As the trill of the robin is restfuI and quieting
Heard in browse with the dawn in the sky.
And yet we yearn to learn more of the mystery
K We see and we hear but forever remain
Mute, blinded and deaf to the ultimate history
Born of rose, or a patter of rain.
Could but delveout the deeper sublimity
Hid in thehly that smiles as write
All! my good friends, how in glad unaninity
You should read rhymes writ in fragrance and whitel
Or, could translate the sweet song of merriment
Spilled from the wickercage hung in the hall
How you should chuekle to hear what canary meant
By his wild tangles of twitter andcaH
james Whitcomb Riley.
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THE Funny MEN.

At wedding the bride was young lady who
| had been great firt. When the clergyman
asked the question, who gives this woman
awayf young man replied Il can, but
| won't"
! young girl being asked recently, as she re-
turned from the circulating library with the lat
est novelties, if she had ever read Shakespeare
\ tossed her pretty head and answered: 'sShak-
speareY OF course have; read it when it first
/ came out"
Burlington Free Press: sWhat are yea slow
ing up FORT yelled freight conductor to an en-
| gineer on one of our Vermont roads why,
we've run over a book agent ''Drat it all,
then, why don't you keep ONT We can't kill him
unless the whole train runs over him."
| New York Graphic: Restaurant keeper
John, what kind of meat did you order to-day7
Steward-Neal, sir Only wealRn Yves sirE
| Then he Shutdown and wrote ON the hill of fare:
Chicken potpie, chicken salad Irishateg, roast
veal, beef la mode, corn beef hash, veal pot
pie. =
\ Norristown Herald: tfBeeorra, I've always
tonne, exclaimed an enthusiastic riShnan on
| the glorious Fourth When asked his reason he
replied: "Shure an the papers SEE he murders
the English, and, be the powers, Ohm down on
the English.
/ II really don't know what to think remarked
Miss Vassargreen. ssWhen we visited the circus
4 supposed that Charley would be able to CON
verse quite huently with the aborieines, because
ne spends almost every evening praetcing with
Indian clubs. But he couldn't talk with them at
all. Wasn't it funny However, perhaps they
all belong to different club from those Charley
is acquainted with
Brooklyn Eagle 1.-THE moon IS waning. En-
frda said sitting little closer to Ethered to keep
off the malaria Eyes, said old Sir Marmalade,
her sire, who crossed the piazza at that moment,
and the swain is incoming. Haw, haw hawl,
| And he was gone. Ethelred shuddered and drew
.l1lfrida to his side until she had to breathe in
her mind THANK heaven, he said, earnestly,
that the moon is not waxing. 1 tremble to
think what joke it might have suggested to
4 him"
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WHY HE WENT CRAZY.
Intellectual Attempt to Construct a Correct
Matrimonial Chart.

New York Letter
There is monomaniae who roams about
Union square. among the actors and show man
ayers, He earries a roll of manuscript, and the
notion has been that, as he is broken-down ira
gedian with a by gone reputation for dramatic
authorship, the bundle is a play which he sought
to SELL He would beragged did he not do a vast
amount of mending on his threadbare clothes,
and he does not seem over4fed for he is a dread
ed raider on the free lunches in the beer saloons
of the neighborhood. He may be seen in quiet
corners to unfold the Greasy, greasy sheets of
paper and pore over them. At these times his
brow becomes corrugated, the corners of his
mouth are drawn down until they disappear
under his chin, and his eyes are Hlight with
abnormal fire. On the appearance of acquaint-
ance or stranger he hastily conceals the surface
of his work and gets himself back into the ordi-
nary intercourse with his fellow-men
t1'ye discovered what's the matter with the old
fellow, said Nat Goodwin the actor, addressing
a group in what he made to look like the utmost
height of excitement. 1--we got at his secret.
That isn't play he's Juggling around, me boys.
got sight Of a page and so help me, it was
covered thick with the most complicated diagram
/ ever set eyes on. No map of conflicting Ne
vada claims could compare with it for intricacy,
And what do you think 1T WASP
Somebody guessed that it might be the route
of a one-night summer concert company, laid out
with view to lodging the sher1ffs.
i''No, you're wrong said Nat; ut was amatIi-
monial chart of stage celebrities. He began the
work with the ldea tnaG, as the puptfe seemed
always interested in the martial affairs of actors
and actresses, a printed sheet showing their re-
tlations in private life would sell we'll Mark che
dreadful consequences He spent a month max
ing out the chart Then he went over it to cor
rect inaccuracies He found that it was about
all wrong The months lapse of time had been
suficient to change the couplings so generally
that he had to construct an entirely new idia-
gram. That was q year ago, and ever since he
has been trying in vain to correct his chart up
date You see what it has brought him to. He
lie insane
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well punished for every thing never thought
you would come back
II did not mean to come back, till found
there was no getting on without you
And then Mary burst into tears, and stood
sobbing against his shoulder;
Oh Tom Ihaxe missed you son she said
We'll j am here now to take care of you;
won't that be reversing the old order of things?D
smiling at her fondly
And so it came about that Mary Ranley, de-
spite her dangerous hesitation between two
stools, found a comfortable seat on one of them,
after all
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ThankfuIness.

Ny God, / thank Thee who hast made
The earth so bright;
So fullof splendoP and of Joy,
Beauty and light;
So many glorious things are here,
Noble and right.
] thank Thee, too, that Thou hast made
Joy to abound
So many gentle thoughts and deeds
Circhng us round;
That in the darkest spot of earth
Some love is found.
! thank Thee more that all our joy
Is touched with pain;
That shadows fall ON brightest hours;
That thorns remain;
So'that earth's bliss may be our guide
And not our chain.
\ For Thou who knowest,, Lord, how soon
Our weak heart elings,
Hast given us joys, tender and true,
Yet all with, wings.
So that we see, cleaning on high,
Diviner things.
I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast kept
The bestjn store;
We have enough, yet mot too much
To long for more:
A yearning for a .deeper peace,
Not known before.
thank Thee, Lord, that here our souls,
Though amply bIest,
Can never find although they seek,
"A perfect resi-
Nor ever shall, until they lean
Adelaide Proctor.
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a Sow ,oeoupatlon 10r women.

Atlantic City Letter.
.sWho is the lady playing the pianeln asked
a hotel clerk the other night, referring TO per
former who was entertaining q dozen or more
guests. Mrs Blank he replied.
isFrom whereof / asked
Dunno"
s'Married?p
ssDanno that"
Talented woman, is she notF
ssNNell, 4 should say so. She knows her bust
ness said the clerk as he tipped an imaginary
speck off his immaculate shirt front with his del
Iicate jeweled right hand and trained his silky
Imoustache with his left
ssHer businessP said in surprise. why,
what is her bnsinessg7
ssOh, she's fashionable music teacher or
something of that kind in Philadelphia, but
like great many female musicians, she works
the hotel racket in the summer. You see, its
an advantage to a house to have somebody about
to make the time pass pleasantly, and SO we en-
ploy her just for that purpose. She can play,
sing, recite iirt with the dudes talk philosophy
with the clergymen, discuss fashions with the
women or base ball with the boys We give her
board and q small salary, but nobody tumbles to
that. She lis simply recognized Fassone Of the
guests, and that's all that folks know. Oh, she's
a dnisyr
have since learned that the clerks state
ments were correct There are women of talent
and oven social position, whom reverses have af-
fected, who spend their summers under engage
ments to hotels, and there are three at,least,
playing the role Of public entertainer in this
oitv
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Sleep.

HE giveth His beloved sleep"
Oh wondrous sweet and restful boon;
For since the weary ,sultry noon.
We've trod the pathway sharp and steep.
What greater could He give than sleep9
HE giveth His beloved Sleep"
The very promise brings peace,
In which the sting Of thorns now cease;
And soft rest comes as shadows creep,
To bring forgetfnlness in sleep.
o, what are we, that this sweetsleep
He gives to His belov'd, should rest
sOnus, unworthy to be blest9
o, love SO great, in mercy deep
He folds round us this robe of sleep.
Except the Lord the city keep,
The Waterman wakes in vain from Sleep
Then trust, and rest o, eyes that weep,
AS evening winds the grasses sweep,
SO He giveth His beloved sleep
Sweet roses soothe the warriors sleep,
Yet as he drinks the dew in death,
There comes peace ON wings of breath,
Far sweeter than the white rose heap
HE giveth His beloved sleep.
Ida May Davis.
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The AngIsr.


Where Ter the pebbles the water curls,
In a white and rippling flow
And about the powders swiftly swirls,
Or eddies in currents slow,
And the alder leaves with shadow blots
The stream from the sunlight's glance,
Or past their shielding its golden spots
On the silver ripples dance,
An angler stands, in the odorous green,
Knee-deep whore the spearmint grows,
And scans the brook with glance as keen
AS that of a watching crows.
He sees, still lying within the stream,
From where he stands on the brink,
Deep down. trout with leering CLEAN
From an eye that seems to wink.
His lure is whirled in circle broad
On its airy fight afar,
And CLEANS through the shade the ibis fraud
Like tossed-away cigar.
The gudgeon has seen its frered fight
But still on the bottom lies,
Not showing an eager appetite
For such highly colored flies.
On an alder bough above the brook
The kingfsher peering sits,
The angler eyes with sidewise look,
Or laughs as away he fits.
The crickets ehirp from beneath the logs,
And sounds Of the day grow still
he hears the evening song Of the frogs
And plant Of the whippoorwill.
As he turns to go he sees alight
A moth, where the ripples purl,
A moment floating, then out of sight
In minnie malstroms whirl.
And the trout no longer lies at rest;
Forgotten his former sloth;
With his fins he fans himself with zest,
Digesting his lunch of moth.
Within the leaves of the anglers book
The ibis is laid away,
And on the morrow he whips the brook.
With haekle fly of gray.
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A Bad Name for the season.

PhIIadeIphla HINES
Eyes, want to purchase lightweight coat,
to the energetic feor7walker at one of the lead
ing clothing stores the, day before the Fourth
Here Pepper, wait on this gentleman, ex-
claimed the ooP-walker.
''Merciful heavens! can't you send me man
with cooler Manner cried the customer 1T is
So in the shade, and it seems TOO cruel to let
loose on suffering Humanity salesman with such
an unreasonable nanne.r
The request seemed SO reasonable that a young
man with a.cooler name was called, and the paci-
fled customer secured his bargain
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ga.nson's Legs and Locks.

When Delilah clipped of Samsons locks that
mighty athlete at once became as other men.
II Il could be proved that Che possession Of lux
l1'iant hair would enable men to tear open lions
jaws. Hiscock & Co. would be driven wild in the
TO inset the demand AS it is, the Balsam pre-
vents your hair from falling out, and restores
the original color II faded or gray Besides it is
great addition to the toilet table, simply rs q
dressing
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SransIated for the Journal from the French-Author

translated 1or the journal from tne French-Auth
Unknown.
Love.
tsTell me, my heart, my heart Of FIRE,
What is this love--this charming wordi
Its one thought within two souls
Two hearts whose single throb is heard.
Why comes this love into our hearts9
Sweet love is there, because It's there
Why goes this love when it departsi
It is not love that flies in air.
Which love is of the truest lindl
1t breathes alonei in others joys.
And most unruly Wizard to bindg
That love which makes the smallest noise.
And how may love its wealth increased
By giving freely of its gold.
And how make known its blessednessl
Love loves-and leaves the rest untold"
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A Picnic scheme.

Pittsbnrg Chronicle Telegraph.
A gentleman recently met an old acquaintance
and remarked:
An, Jones, I'm sorry to see you with that
limp; hurt your footse
NO.
Got bad corn On it, Terrible weather for
corTIs.n
'sNop
sBuni0nF
mo-
sIn-growing toe1aiIlr
mo-
'tWell, what Is the matter with itgn rs
eTheres nothing the matter with it. TN
booked for a Sunday school picnic to-day, and
suppose they've an idea they Il use me for mule
swings like they did last year, but they'll get
left I'm lame. Cut my foot half of. Had q
railroad train run over it. Got it caught under
a trip hammer. I'm going to sit 1.-THE shade
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SAEE swift and sure to regulate the bowels.
are Ayers Cathartic Pills. Recommended BY
eminent phYsieians'
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DaH't Give 1t Away.

San Francisco ,Chronice-
4 was going along Kearny street on Thursday,
and meta man in broad check suit Of tweed,
with white CATERS a white necktie, shining
pin and white hat He was theatrical agent
looked at him aud said;
is this the latest agony in nigger minstrel
bueinessgn
':Nigger minstrel not much
We'll, what are yon doing nowl"
s,Oh I've got another company. They're
down South ard I'm ahead OF them
what is it2n
Its a, coored show"
s.Oh. thought So
'.Hold on. they amt Niger minstrels not
all. My advertisements distinctly state that
they are not nigger miustrels. They are colored
Jubilee singers
They take better If you called them niger
minstrels.7
Hush not at al. lam working the Churches
Don't give it away
And fancied thai check suit and white hat ia
church and smiled inwarily
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
County omcsrs.
Call For Convention.

The Central committee of The prohi-
bition Home Protection Party of South
Dakota. have issued a call for a dele
gate corvention Of those in sympathy
with the platform Of said party, to be
held in the city of Mitchell, on Thurs
day, the 18th day of April, 1884. The
delegates to said convention shall be
elected by conventions held on call of
the chairmen Of the several counties,
and where this is'impracticable an cleo
lion or sele5rion by a meeting of those
in sympathy with this call shall be
deemed a valid election of delegates.
The purpose Of said convention is to
elect delegates TO the National Prohibi-
ton Home Protection convention, to
be held at Pittsburgh, Pa, May 21st.
1884, and to transact such other business
as may be deemed advisable.
County chairmen and others interest.
ed will please see that immediate steps
be taken in their vicinity to collect q
sum Of not less than $40 for each coun.
ty, to constitute a fund for prosecuting
the work of the said party in Dakota
All such monies to be sent to Mr.. G. w
Nance, Bank o; Huron, Huron, ID. T.
he being treasurer Of the Central com
mittee. Jerauld county is entitled to
ten delegates.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
APPEAL NOTICES.

A rrkAL soTICE.-Cnite;l States Land ONCE
n Mitchell. d. T., March 10. 1854.
10 Ignatius d. ssteffen, Elmer. Da-
kota. Sir: You are hereby notified
that your homestead entry No. pigs,
made Aug. 8, 1882, upon sell section
No. q. township No. l0S, north of
range No. So, west 18th p. H., has been
adjudged forfeited by this Office upon
complaint OF Ole NJ. Nelson, and YOU
are further notified that Ii decis.
ion will become final as to all ques-
lions of fact. unless appealed from
within thirty days from this notice
that being the period Of time allowed
you in which to appeal from said de
cision to the Honorable Commissioner
Of the general land Office. Upon youl
failure to appeal within the time spe-
cited, said entry Will be reported to
the Honorable Commissioner for can
collation..
GEO. b. EyERITT. Register.
m2lu1l FL. BARBER JR. Receiver.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
Questionable Authority.
There is a disposition among the il

There is a disposition among the in
surance agents in this city to take a
stand against the u%surpations of the
auditor of the territory. The law re-
quires that insurance companies publih
their annual statements in newspapers
for the benefit Of the public. The aud
itor takes upon himself the authority.
to designate what newspapers snail ap-
pear i'll, and instead of sending the an
nuai Statement to the various agents.
he forwards them direct to his favorites
of the press. Under the law the audit-
Or has no right to take this course, but
he usurps the authority so as to prevent
the aylti-O rdway pagers from securing
any money out of the publication of
Statements. 1t is only another species
of blacklnai1. to add to the family list.
They all do it. But in this particular
case the insurance companies propose
to get even With the auditor by refus-
ing 70 pay for the publication of state
mepts unless they IA put them in
newspapers of their own selection. So
it Is probable the auditor will have tc
foot thebills himselfif anythingis ever
paid on these publications.-sES.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28

Montana cattle wintered on the rang
es of the Yellowstone and Tongue riv-
ers are in fair condition; the loss being
not more than FIVE per cent. But pill
grim cattle, driven ia last fall from
Texas and Iowa, are looking very poor
", and the loss is estimated at from
forty to CITY per cent. There is no
snow en- Che ranges south CT Bsnson,
AID sheep ard cattle are In Gne coadi-
ton. The loss among sheep III the vi
entity of Benton has beep refy light,
and they nave not required feedins un-
TIL February. Cattle Oh the ranges of
the Sun and Teton rivers and south of
Benton have suffered considerably from
wolEes-,akcnt fifty per cent. of the
calves have been killed. The cause of
this is a~tTibuted to the scarcity Of buff
falo.-i'rcss and Dakotaian.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
South Dakota Methoaists.

-'F ALl So -@ - 10
Rev. I. N. Pardeerecently gave to the
editor of the Dakota Leader the follow
ing statement of the Methodist church
es in the Mitchell district:
There is quite a revival throughout
this district. The membership will
nearly double this year, While the prop
ertT will increase threefeld. The charg-
es are all supplied With ministers who
are doing their full wprk, uphindered
by land speculations.
Since the last Conference churches
have been dedicated at Mt. Vernon,
White Lake and ilankintoH, costing
$4,000, without any debt on them and
with money in their treasures. An
other house is ready to Dedicate at
Washington Springs.
Churches will be built this year at
Chamberlain to cost $1,000, Kimball,
$1,000; Alexandria, s2.OUQ; Woonsock-
ct, $500; Grand View, $1,000. Also at
Alpena, Diana and Wolsey.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
NOTICES.

NOTICE.-U. 5. Land Office at Mitchell. DIT.
1S March I, 1881.
Complaint having been entered at this
Office by Fred FietZ, Aurora Co. against
VIM. F. Zimmerman for failure to COM
ply with the law as to Timber Culture
Entry No. 9736 dated Aug. ). 1882, upon
the ne or section 80, township 106
range Is, N Jerauld county. d. L. with
u view to the cancellation Of said entry;
contestant alleging that claimant has
wholly abandoned said tract for more
than one year, and has tailed to break
thereon as required by law; the said
parties are hereby summoned to appear
at this office on the Sth day Of March
1854, at 8 O'Clock u, M, 10 respond and
furnish testimony concerning said al
legged failure.
m21all Geo. Il. Eyeritt Register.