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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-07-18
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"one word" sha said before We
part" anJ her bright eyes nlowe'l ~ the
mellow liRhs ~ the tnrn"d-down lamp
Are you sincerey'
Il am u,ncer.," he replied in tones
whose truthfalness could not be doubted
by tany one, save the most confirmed
prssiinist.
Then you c,nnot give M. palace
by Lsk. tomuf' aud she looked IA his
inmost soul.
cannot, he answered.
Not even brown stone 'front.'
NO" There vas wonderful firm
hesz, don't YOU forget u ness In the
tone ln which this momentous nonosyl
liable was sioksn.
NO, even q co,tag" IN the suburbs p
No, even that. darling" There was
~ anguish IA hi~ accents that Indicated
misd holly given up 10 the gnawing
inruasts ~ q sharp toothed despair
Wha, can you offer mc, ah" a-kol !,
~hai ean yon offer ~. a. All inecativc
10 hccoIn. yonf hT,i. p
4 ahaia IN ~ week. With pros
lsec' of a rise neat spring He sald
THIS w,ih all the deep conviction oi "a
msu who knosa Just how hr stands.
~ - =aitoi"u,. she uail. with "a
radiant, Amilr an yours. Algernon
halt loti J. hcti"s than no bread.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-07-18
His Last Chance.
New y rk Journal.1

AS Mr.. Popperman threw himself on
the sofa last Monday evening, and took
up the evening paper, his wife said to
him: Charles, went to wedding
to-day"
Did You, indeed? ?" said he. "Whom
did you marry?'
What an idea. saw couple mar
rie,l in church"
"Oh."
"Yes. They were married according
to the latest fashion,"
The latest fashion? What is that /?
For the bride and groom to give
presents to all the guests? What did
you gct?'
"No, no. mean the latest fashion
in regard to entering the church.
Formerly you know the bride and
groom both came down the same aisle.
Now, when the couple leave the car
riage at the entrance of the church,
the bride comes down the aisle followed
by Eer maids, but the groom goes
around the corner, comes in at the side
door, and meets the bride at the altar"
whats that? Do YOU say that the
groom goes around the corner and
comes in at the side door,"
Yes, dear"
"That's splendid idea"
"Why?'
"Cause it gives him good chance
to get away"
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London streets at Night.
TMo~ n,pall

From o'clock in the evening the
finest part of London is entirely given
up to debauchery. Respectable Eng
lishmen do not walk about in the even
ing. The men that YOU see in Regent
street are mostly foreigners or provin-
cials who have come up to town for q
round OF dissipation. Several years
ago the public bathrooms were closed
and the market. which used to be held
within four walls, is now transferred to
the open street. The police des meurs
does not exist in London, and
the capital of this country, SO
moral and SO Christian, exhibits nights
too heartrending to imagine. Girls
of ii or 10, with dyed hair and wan
looking faces daubed with paint. stand
about drunk and in rags soliciting the
passers-by for vile wage. Worn out
with fatigue, they drop in the gutter at
daybreak. They have been up and
down the street for six mortal hours! It
is horrible! The inhabitants of London
are beginning to take the matter up; Pc
titions are being prepared. 1t is high
time. The drunkenness on the streets
is indescribable. On Saturday night
it is a general witches sabbath. The
women drink to almost as great an OK.
tent as the men. In Scotland they
equal them. In Ireland they surpass
them. My authority is an official re-
port made to the English government
in 1877.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-07-18
a Gimp q or NJ. Worth.
Paris Letter.1

There is no better amusement, If one
has the run of Worth's, than to sit in
the salon and observe the procession
of women that file through. The ether
day saw Worth come from his place
of hiding to talk with person of i'm
portance. When he had finished and
was about to go wall of supplication
broke forth: "Mr. Worth. you will
think of me-" "Mr. Worth, you
will do something for me-" "Mr.
Worth give me Just one minute"
At that moment, for it seems Mr..
Worth retirement has been genuine,
several employees came in. eager also to
catch his attention. First one, then an
other. asked him hastily some whispered
questions. Others, trailing samples of
rich silks, held them inquiring before
his eyes. Suddenly his face grew pur-
plish red, the veins of his forehead
swelled. he closed his eyes, shut tight
his hands. as if in great tension, the
gesture of a man putting, with great
effort, a restraint upon himself, holding
himself together, 50 to speak.
"They are killing me, he murmured.
"They are all on my back: they are
weighing me to the earth" The en-
ployes fell back awe-stricken, the wall
of the women ceased and dead -ilence
fell on the room. The moment was
really solemn, for the suffering oi
the man was too evident. In q short
time he recovered himself, said few
words and left the room.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-07-18
instrumental Service in En.I and


The introduction of orchestral mu ,ic
into the service of the Church of Eng
land. whether it be apopular movement
Or not, may at any rate be looked upon
a o progressive one. For long time
the Roman Catholics we're the only
body OF Christians who used instru-
ments other than the organ or the har-
monium ut their festivals. Some few
years ago Il ather lgnatius" tried the
experiment of bands of music in his de-
votional programme. The innovation
quickly took with the public, who will
ingly paid their shillings and half
crowns to hear good solo on the cornet
or violin.
The element in the Salvation army
that chiefly attracts is undoubtedly the
musical one, and were their Instruments
only a little more harmonious their
congress halls would probably lie filled
with more appropriate audiences than
is usually the case. Easter Sunday the
bard of the Fourth dragoon guards took
prominent part in the ordinary even
ing service at st. Martins church,
Brighton. The regiment is quartered
at the barracks on the Lewes road, and
the vicar OF ST. Martins acts as the r
chaplain. The attraction of q militar
band and the rendering of Hallelu. .ah
chorus with an orchestral accompani-
ment are somewhat unusual features in
the hurch of England service, and the
novelty was fully taken advantage Of
by the inhabitants of Brighton.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-07-18
Rooms In q German House.

LII Sc or ran + RAJ cisco I mr. tiiCIA.
The furniture Of the average room is
always sele ted according to a fixed
rule and never consists OF ANYTHING
more nor less. except in extraordinary
cases Here are always thr cane
bottomed chairs arm-chairs and
stuffed chairs being great Injuries.
while rocking chairs are unknown-one
sofa set III one corner o. the room by
the window and faced b. the table.
which Is covered with color Il cloth
AMI Il white napkin and separated but
by foot o. 20 from the sofa: bed
with It's feather stuffed coverli in place
o. blankets and upper sheet, the whole
concern being too short for an aver
ngclv tall man and too narrow for any
one but Il thin one; 4 wash tand, for
stationary washstands with faucets are
unknown in Germany. upon which
stands II washhowl full of water, the
contents of which are changed morn
Ing and evening and with one filling of
which You are expected to wash YOUR
self mornin IS; a looking glass with a
little marble shelf in front of it 4; a cheap
wardrobe t. hang your clothing in, AMI
multltudinors drawered S, cretarv to
conta II your writing material, under
clothing and general odds and ends.
Gn the walls there are alwa the
follow ng WORKS of art: Two cheap
chromos of Alpine scenes over the
lounge, fanked by the photographs in
small. round. black frames OF some
members of the ancestors or relatives
OF the proprietor or the proprietor's
wife. none of whom you have ever seen.
and about whom, try as you may, You
can't get up a particle of interest; on
the opposite wall the cheap chrome
representation OF some alleged beauti
ful female in low neck and short
sleeves. These pictures are always
hung fiat against the wall, as if pasted
to It, and never incline to it at an angle.
In front of the bed lies small strip of
carpet, which is very comfortable to
ones feet on cold mornings, and q large
rug with fringed ends es under the
table in front of the lounge. Such are
the rooms one finds in German houses,
al looking alike. all furnished alike,
with the furniture arranc ed al Ike in
every one of them, except tn rse which
are considered extrao rdinarilv II bly,
set forth. Up to the time when |
movedinto my present quarters, a week
or ten days ago, l had been inhabiting
Just such rooms as l have described
above.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-07-18
Prehistoric Sewing.


The art of sewing has been known
from very remote period, as is shown
by the fact that bone needles have been
found among the oldest remains of the
Swiss lake-dwellings and in the caves
of France and Great Britain which were
irequented by man during the reindeer
age. Some OF these early needles were
perforated in the middle which was
the thickest part-and others Were
pierced at the larger end. A Fir, nch
cavern has yielded needles much
superior to tho of the ancient
Gau's and to the ivory needles of the
modern Esluimaux, especial skill hav-
ing been applied to the boring of the
eyes, which must have been done with
fine flint drill. The Swiss lake
dwellers used nen thread or bark fiber
for sewing, and made garments from
woven fabrics of linen and bark as we'll
as rom the skins of animals. The cave
people employed thread made from
split tendons and perhaps strings Of
gut. and the fneness OF some of their
needles has suggested the proba-
bility that they performed some more
del cate work than the sewing Of skins.
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when Giving Good Advice.
iPrentice Mulford's Letter. |


"Let folks alone" says my inward
monitor. IF you've got nothing but
admonitory words to give them. clear
out and give them to yourself. Don't
bother yourself with doses of moral
medicine for others. Don't imagine you
can make anybody better by scolding
them. If you've gotany sunshine, give
it to them. If you see in them anything
honestly to admire, admit it and tell
them of it. If you can make then ad-
mire what is in themselves worthy of
admiration. then, perhaps. they'll see
clearer in them what you may not ad-
mire. Or they may have the right, and
think it best and feel best to have, hold
and keep what you don't admire, and if
they should, is it yolr business to try
and make them over to suit you?'
l find it very tiicult to act up to
this. DO what | will, the preach"
will leak out somewhere, it has such
subtle and insidious ways in betray ing
me. l find myself near leople who l
think are making great II isiakes. i
want to turn them from the errors of
their ways. l fee. that l am mission
ary sent to reform them. wait and al
last cautiously open some delicate,
modest little battery of suggestion,
commencing with "If you VII allow
me to suggest, think it would be
better if you would, or, a think your
troubles in the past have come largely
through your" etc. When 10! all at
once l find my pulpit knocked from
under me and myself flying in thu air.
l find that I'm the one Meeting the SER
mon and that I've got It, and that in
my clumsy efforts to cure I've been
clawing around with meddles ONE
fingers on the tenderesr, rawcst sore of
all. which may have or.ured these peo-
pie all their lives, which the; are doing
Their best so cure, and which of all
things they want by others to be let
alnnp
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-07-18
a Prima D0nnas Relatives.

Gen. Lew Wallace is figure in liter
ature and politics that does not become
any less hy reason of his absence 1t is
not generally known that he is broth
er-in-law of Zelda Seguin. the great
contralto. y correspondent from the
northwest tells about it i'll the following
fashion:
l met Dave Wallace during the Alb
bott engagement, and bad talk with
him. Dave is partially off duty this
season, and is a good man to chat with.
Mr.. Wallace served last year as treas
urer for the Max Strakosch company,
and Is Just now arranging for COM
panv under his own management, with
his wife as the star
MIR. Wallace, by the way, is man
OF rather noted connections His father
was at one time governor of Indiana,
and man honored by his constituency.
The well known author of "The Fair
God" and ben Hur"-two widely read
novels-(ien. Lew Wallace, is brother
Gen. Wallace is now serving as United
States minister to Turkey, and, with
his wife, is living at Constantinople.
Mrs. Wallnce-that is. Mrs. Lew Wal
lace-is, like her husband, very grace
full writer, and many of my readers will
recall series Of letters in The Cen
tury magazine year or two ago, let
ters from New Mexico and Arizona,
and very sarcastic ones One of Mr..
Wallace's most noted relatives is his
charming and model wife. Zelda Sc
guin, who shares the honors with Miss
Abbott during the present season of
English opera. Mrs. Zelda Seguin is
one of the most noted living contraltos,
and her performance in the Gypsy
scene" i'll I'll TrovatOre" is one of the
finest pieces of acting and singing that
have been witnessed on the stage in
this generation.
In talking with a member of the Alb
bott company about Mrs. Seguin. he
paid very hearty tribute to her relig-
ious principles and her pluck in adher-
ing to them. The StrakOsch company,
with whom she was travelling, was
billed to open the season year or two
ago for n st. Louis theatre. On reach
ing the city tie manager was
apprised of fact with which
he had not been acquainted
and that was that the opening was ad-
vert sed for Sunday evening. Mrs.
Seguin, who had a leading part, refused
to appear, and the doors of the house
had to remain closed. At another time
Mrs. Seguin was with a company Just
beginning its season-I think it was
Abbott's. She found the company
billed to appear in an Indiana city on q
Sunday evening and at once notified
the manager that she wished to sever
her connection with it. as she wouldn't
travel with troupe that did not respect
the Sabbath.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-07-18

An English clergyman recently
talked his dog to death. The animal
had killed two hens on Sunday, but
buried them insafiiciently, which impru-
dence led to his detection. The clergy
man grasped the situation with firm
mind, and instead of soundly drrbbing
him-a punishment which charitably
inclined people would have advised
took the brute into his study and
preached new sermon-something of
a masterpiece, by the way-on Vicious
Propcnsities There was no one to in
tcrcede between the hapless canine and
his cruel tormentor. The discourse
occupied in its delivery just seventy
two minutes. After its conclusion the
orator complaccntly anticipated the
sensation it would produce on his con-
gregation the next Sabbath, and went
away to another town to transact some
necessary business. When he returned
he learned that the dog was dead. The
simple minded minister was thunder
struck at the deadly effect of his burn
ing reproof. "Remorse." he said, i'm
pressively. "has killed nv dog"
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HACK WORK ON sroRlts
sensational Nsssi. ass sac tss.
sssss, 1,s-ss,sss. tse zee ta shs
8esfess.

t''inrnnsu Ealuirr, in,e'visw
n thought, your wofk was mainly In
The line II sensational stories -
"No u - Hut popular prejudice y
kllllna ~ tho hlooi aud thunder pa.
,efs. ani 81. old field IL no, " hai 4,
one. "a. Mhy. have sasn the timo
when q sensational story paper would
I,ay nae a. mitch ~ Harper. Monthly
AMI accept ssery line that I wrote
''lIaw much doos Harper pay p
Ten dollars per .,Asi words Tor aver.
age manuscript, When R., Al per .mD
nov I am satisfied TIE Century, ~
I. N,cholaz. The Youths Companion
Wsis Aaske. feterHons Magazine. The
Continent. The New York Weekly aud
. icw "sher eastern publicat pay
from 81 to slo per .en words. cash on
sceptanee of manuscript az course.
shs minor journals pay less than this
but several ~ the daily newspaper.
gise the first named sum regularly for
sp"cisl matter
"As . fnle, the religious press - the
very worst pay Ia the business. II not
only pass the smallest sum. bn, the
meme, enmas Struggling in to the writer
very often six months after tho
ios Four years age I feceivrd sSn,
spl.cs TOT number III ~ ,tnn word
'd,m. novels Tho money was spot
cash snL th. work ws- EASY The mat
~ ~as mainly Indian stories. With u
esoi map of western states and terri.
tories aud q frw n .niari works on the
rcL man. I hal all the material that was
nessle,l, outside ~ the furnitur. IN my
ovn head. Hut those days are past.
The Indian story will not pay H. writer
.. veil ss religious story to-day. hy
hut the good liiil. boy style 81 litera-
iuse aai the blos-i an, thunder stories
are mostly surned out of the same work
shop
"bo you masn that one man very
esten writes sensational as we'll ~ ro.
iisions literatar.y'
That IL ~. idea, exactly. Before
Nasty took charg. IT The iolc,lo blade
no did literary hack work. aud would
turn out moral story or sunday
school hymn IN the morning ani In tho
.ttt'ut"fH HVWtU "
article for soms lively sheet. with more
esciaimefs and blankety blanks in u
Than ifet iiaftn ever put into Col.
stsrlsosties mouth. Eben T.. Eesfor'i
" . fsm,liar name IN tho church hymn
hooks and the current sunday school
papers. II you will take th. trouble to
look over u cstalogn. of the half dime
novels, that have taken the place II tho
old yellow backe,i heajie's books, you
~iI' hnd his nans there also: his latest
story ~ this class being called 'Hagar,
Oh. Witch, believe.
Nest ef The Aunt fannys and the
'tncle Johns who have charge Of tho
ehiislten's columns In the religious pa.
pefs write blood ani thunder stories
quit. a. often a. those ~ any other
elass IN fact. this morning ! mailed q
couple OF asticlc. Ia iifIerent publishers,
one t,siei 1 he refnicious inh ience of
Exciting Tales. sni the other The
Maihouse Mnrler oil"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-07-18
who Buy the Flowers.
New York Star.1

Walking up Broadway the other
afternoon. l stopped at Q flower stand
for buttonhole rosebud. The child in
attendance stammered when asked the
price.
"Please, sir" says she. I'VE only get
5 cents for 'em, but then we don't sell
'em to gentlemen often. When gentle
men asks for 'em, my brother charges
Is cents.
I suitably rewarded the honesty Of
this srtless young trader, and asked who
did usually buy the flowers.
please, sir, says she, "the girls from
the stores. They'll 60 without any lunch
to keep cents for little bouquet to
take home. The fine ladies 20 TO the
flower stores, and sometimes we don't
sell nothing till late in the afternoon;
but after i o'clock We can always
sell all our flowers to the girls on their
way home. Often they cry because
we won't trust 'em. One girl l anow
used to come at noon and eat some OF
my lunch, and then buy two 5-cent
bouquets at night. Brother said / was
silly; but, please, Sir, the flowers re-
minded her of the country where she
was born. Then there was Car.
rie, who was q cash ON Sitxh
avenue. She used to beg ladies for
flowers from Their waist until they sent
her away. Shed take home the fow-
ers. and tend 'em till they died, and
then at night she'd have funeral, and
say prayer over EN-, and bury 'em in
book. Here comes brother, and he'll
tell you more"
But didl't stop. It made me feel
queer somehow, though. to think that
the poor shop-girls form the largest
number of flower purchasers in this
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-07-18
Stoeks In 8an Fraaclsee.
GSau Francisco Chrunicle.1

There has been very striking change In
stock dealing within the last six years. There
has been q striking change in San Francisco
generally, but then the first thirty years OF
San Francisco are enough for history, and
in comparison with the changes since have
not been anything like as rapid. haven't
been there since my broker sold me out IN
Sierra Nevada years ago. What . little
mimicry Of the old business 1t Isl The rush
and excitement Il there to some extent, but
fancy the brokers work their imaginations
up until $l.60 means-in their minds 3ioo,
and SO cents stands for $50. One Of the
brokers told me there had been an astonish-
ing advance In something, and ON inquiry I
found that the stock had gone up from 81 10
$2.75. Yet there was time that that same
broker would not have taken an order for
less than twenty shares Of Consolidated vir-
ginia at its highest figure.
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The Dl@erence.
fArkansaw Traveller. |

"Uncle." said q young men, II read .
great deal about light and heavy litera-
ture. Nov, what is the difference,
for I confess that l am unable to deter.
mine?"
well, young man, o writer whose
works every one reads is Q producer Of
light literature. There Was Dickens,
for instance. His is light literature.
"Yes, uncle, but his works created
great reform Of governmental abuses" ="
mo matter; his literature il light
for, ss tell you, it il universally read
and appreciated"
What, then, is heavy literature2"
Something which very few people
read. There is Herbert Spencer, for
instance. No one cares especially for
his writings and they have created no
reform. Therefore they constitute Q
feature Of heavy literature, and the
world receives no benefit, only getting
the view of one man. Light literature
is human nature and is Of interest 70
all intelligence. That's the differ
cnce"