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The ease Of Capt. 4. &. Duncin.
shipping commissioner Of New lork.
vho saed Tho New York Times for
eiu, ts1 aud got a verdict OF ~ cents.
secsils an episode In the lie o. q visitor
N . little southern town se',rl Yeas
sro. The Village suctionccr was rid.
me- ep and down the sandy streets .n
pretty lad case of horscfiesh, for
vhsrh 10 wa va My trying 10 get b Il.
who Will give sh.,nn for this eles ant
ssddie hess as Kind as n spaniel aud
o. svi 40 a deer She has the strength
cf . wsh he's. ~ ~ playful M a
tssen, ani knows morn most
psshie. Who'll give t5.'0o2 An.
Ming less would be robbery Of
her owner and an Insult to tho noblcst
seass IN ths fsce ~ III yath. shed
made her record on tho race course.
smd dufin the wsh s'ic never Einched
!s"m ank e gun. Who'll give $1,000 ?
How much II AN, body RiveP Gentle
men. II lrave u to yonr honah 10 make
h'i. What do yoi think such q
esble cfeaiurs WORTH VIII anybodv
aah to sae less n W much ID L,ar?"
Aittfs hong and snNious pause voice
"a Tho Sidewalk vas heard Ia cxclaim.
IN clear. distinct. and deliberate ton, =.
Two dollars snd . half" fake her. .
vss The qnsck response q Ito auc-
uonser, ss he nearly ihrrw the miser-
able parody on orse 'esh On her
hsnne,.s l., the siaor with whch he
felnei her IN !. at the oi.r might be re-
ss'l",i take her. colonel. she'syour n !
bat It's q bla sin' si,.conni.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30
SIX Culture for women.

f1eien w lfindils CALIFORNIA Letter.
For some reason or other stock COM
panies have utterly failed in the raising
of silk worms. 1t is business that
has detied corporations. 1 think
lea en- must have intended it for
women and children, it is so perfectly
adapted to them. 1t requires gentle
ness, patience and tenderness. The
silk worm is the creature of a day.
| ron the hour of its birth until it is
ready to spin its cocoon, it requires
that interestedy care only given b.
Il ose of womanly intuition and. VIII lie
for its remaining eight days it is spin
ming its little life out in one unbro en-
thread of six er 1000 feet long, it
must he guarded with the watchfulness
of q mother. 1t o:ks for women. 1t
srends it's existence for her richest
adornmen., aud so far it has r.fused to
yiel.l its best results except under her
protecting care.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30
An Indignant Landlords Defense.
Wall Street Newsl

A resident OF the Quaker City, who
was down in northern Ohio few days
ago stopped at a village tavern over
night. Quite a crowd OF farmers and
residents of the town spent the evening
in the bar-room. and the Philadelphia
was ask d good many questions about
business. The gist of his opinion was
g ent,emen. it is hard times, and
they may be harder before the5 are
easier. advise every one OF you to
prac ice the closest economy"
The next morning when ready to pay
his bill, he said to the landlord:
"There was only one pillow on my
bed, and not enough covers. and my
breakfast consisted only of meat, po-
tatoes. and bread"
Exactly"
"And the bill is how much?'
Five dollars"
well, want to say that it's q deaa
swindle."
"Anu what kind OF q man are your"
exclaimed the indignant host. .~You
cone here and talk blue times, and ad-
wise the closest economy, and then be.
cause I follow your advice, and re-
trench, you call me a swindler."
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Specialties In Cookery.

luteF Oc6du -SuTDStOue Cr6yOn6"
"One man. 1 know, made a good deal
Of money by catering to the taste for
pumpkin pie. He speculated on pre-
vailing weakness of appetite. and made
his pies so in accordance with old-fash-
ioned standards and notions that hun
d.eds of people came every day to eat.
many of them a whole pie, sold to them
of course at so much quarter. Men
and women who hadn't tasted the right
sort of pumpkin pie for years became
his regular customers, and his profits
established him in the manufacturing
business.
"Then there was another man who
traded on his inside knowledge of what
is called home cookery. He assumed
that most men like, ab've every other
breakfast accessory, q cup of good cof.
fee, AMI he assumed that q great many
didn't get it at home. So he established
himself in little eight-by-.en room
and deaf ont coffee about the time men
were coming down town. He knew how
to make coffee, and his way of tempting
men was to arrange his steaming cof.
fee-pot 80 that the delicious aroma
would strike the nostrils Of the toilers
atiirst for coffee.
He dealt in nothing but coffee, un-
derstand, and he probably had not
more than $40 invested in his stove,
boiler, cups and saucers, and coffee and
cream. His main capital was in his
skill in making coffee and in his
shrewdness in striking weak point in
human nature. Scores Of well-to-do
men made it point to stop at his booth
On the way down town for cup of cof-
fee, AMI he counted his customers as
does saloon-keeper skilled in the
preparation of drinks. 1 have gone
from my own establishment many day
over to take q drink o. b q coffee"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30

lA-ttof III kNcW IOTk IlOrf
1t is worthy OF remark, how ever, that
with all the Arabs innate pride, and
his Mussulman hatred OF the "unbe-
lievers," he is nothing without Euro
pesn fcers. They would never obey
(ne Of themselves" sad . veteran
French officer to me in tho Sahara
desert some years ago. "They would
say. why should We obey your You
and We are "kif-kif" meaning sjust the
same The Frenchman is stronger
than we, for he has conquered us In
war; we will obey him. not you" But
even to his French leaders the Mauri.
tanian Arab yields . very modified and
capriciou, obedience ct best. No
threats Of punishment can deter him
from carrying out to the utmost tho un.
written law Of "Thar," or blood for
blood, handed down TO him from the
days OF Moses. Even in the heat Of
battle, any order OF his commander.
however reasonable and necessary In
itself, which happens TO clash with his
own peculiar trad tions, will meet an
unhesitating refusal. In one OF the bat
ties OF the Franco-G q erman war . num-
Der Of Turco> (Arab foot t-soldiers) wore
ordered to lie down. as b protection
against the German fire. THAT II not
our CUSTOM" answered tho naughty
warriors standing proudly erect 10 face
the deadly cannonade that was moving
them down by scores. What efIect
Frances ordinary methods Of colonial
government would be likely 10 produce
upon such men may be easily guessed.
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How She Won Applause.
[Chamber'S Journal

Fannie Horton, once celebrated
actress, won her first applause in a
somewhat singular manner. During
her performance in particular scene
she was loudly Missed, when. advancing
to the footlights, she asked: Which
do you dislike playing or my
person?' "Ihe playing. the playing!'
was the answer from all parts of the
house. well" she returned, that
consoles me; for my playing may be
bettered. but my person I cannot alter!"
The audience were so struck with the
ingenuity of this retot that they i'm
mediately app,aaded as loudly as they
had the moment befo-e condemned her;
and from that night she improved in
her acting, AMI soon became favorite
with the public.
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He didn't appear 10 b hank cashier. or .
newspaper editor, - hc strollsd into an Ala.
bama street grocery.
Ee was simply six-foot Clayton county
lad, and was looking for the State road depot
@Do ye know whether the agint b thar or
noti" be queried. after being dirvcs-d TO ths
right place.
Il don't" answered the proprietor. imps.
tiently you can call him through ths I'll.
sphone and find out" waving his hand
toward that instrument
The countryman looked hrxt q The tss.
phone and then at the merchant A. iass h
blundered out:
mister, ! reckon looks p irty grssn, hu,
lemrpe tell you, knows WHEN fellsrs tvytn
to make fun o. me, an won't stand is
~What do you meanr asked the merchant.
"How'n the blases air that agint Roin' "a
to git through that little hole r. exclaimed shs
Claytonite.
Smiling softly. the msrchant sruss, trans
mitted the maSs msaaass and received Q
satisfactory reply.
For = moment the countryman look@l
blank; and then seiEiug the grocsrymans
hand, he aid:
"Mistsr, I'm an idiot; forgive me Ger ms
rough words; an" here he paused, loohsI
thoughtful for . moment, aud continued
@An' tell me how ye got that agint psnu~I
up In sich little box"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30
Laura Wna Hopping Mad.
INilvaukee Neus1

Laura Johnson, Milwaukee girl, be-
came so in lianant on reading a letter
from her betrothed in which he ex-
pres ed the des re to break OF their en-
"a sen.ent. that she tried to snatch the
engagement ng from her finger. but
it WAS so firmly fixed that she could not
remove it. Seeing hatchet near by,
size then deliberately chopped the finger
off and mt it. with the ring attached,
to the f;.ithless lover.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30

A pGpr recently read before the
French academy o. Medicine expressed
tie wri.rs conviction that one in every
20 q rsons is buried alive. This
estimate, however aggerated, is not
IN cu'a'cd to nllay en- apprehension
whlch is cunspiuou aon:tte French
people. ard wnich was lately rought
10 pubic at en;ion by the declarlt on
of tho pres dent of tn cha nber of no
tarics that express iastructions are
III en- n one vii! ont OF every ten to Lave
tie tcst,,ors heart pierced bv Gual;-
fed surg on before tine lid of the coffin
Il ,crswel ioAn
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A ]. eaHOna0 Q Exc use.
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"This is pretty time of night for
you TO be getting in, Mr.. Crimsonbeak! ="
exclaimed Mrs. G. when her hu band
returned home late the other night
slightly under the influence of full
moon. or something more exhilarating.
"Why- hic-love. 1 don't see anythin'
the matter with the -hic-time," was
his husbands reply, va;nly trying to get
his optic on Il e family time-piece.
"Weli. ii you could look straight
enough Mr.. Crimsonbeak, you would
see that it is 1870 o'c ock. You should
have be, home full two hours ago"
"lmposs bic, 10 chic impossible
for Inc to be home full two hours ago"
And why was it impossible, should
like to know?" said the hetter half,
locking as though she could chew her
husband NJ in her anger.
"Because, explained the jolly man,
"because-hic-I wasn't full two hours
ago"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30
4 RARE RELIGIOUS ABsrRpIrY.

stNtBat
Yesterday was given a little paper
called THE War Cry" II IL the organ
of the salvation army. publi-h.d In
New York aud dated September O.
dated ahead. IA oranges aud lemons are
picked green an,l shipped b. f,pen In q
far'away market n i- rare feiig.
ious srsurdliy, and vet. IN some 81 its
advertisements particularly those that
advertise soldiers uniforms for sale, foe
men and women II looks as II there
are some thrifty people IN the army
Who are not gn'ng Ia lo, the frenzy pass
10y without making snme money cut of
". The War Cry - II opinion that the
terrible earthquakes aud volcanic
showers that hs,e recently brought
death and dcsolation ~ the earth are
sent "because nature sympathiyes with
her God and IL at war with man. 0ods
lgh,nings fash aud play, aud the force.
of nature explode to awaken conscience.
though not to destroy the race. better
that men should zee the fires of lied
now. aud be carried back from this
lake II fire hereafter. than that they
should feel them In hell"
Nearly the entire psper--twenty col.
umna SIS given up io correspoudence,
and Lancashire Lass Manchester
Joc." Happy iliii Cooper In his red
Guernsey and 0ipsy hat" 'shoutins
Annie" and other saints, give testimony
~ to the progress Of the war Her. are
few extracts; I'VE closed q week of
hard fighting. With twelve souls. On
Sunday Ave gave the devil The sack,
aud made Mp their minds 10 serve
Jesus" n glorious time. CIosed
with two souls" "A dear man came
back to Jesus al knee drill" I'VE
had q God d-glorifying time, lei by Cap
tain Cooper AMI Happy Nellie. Score
four souls sayei" Captain Cooper
writes of . blessed "hallelujah picnic"
A convert gives thanks that, instead of
his head being too big for his hat In the
mornings. II now fits him nicely." 'srhs
devil has bsda licking sl this station
during the past week. The knee drill
was good" Lord. make ms what our
title saws we are-real dcvil.drivers
We will look with some interest for the
report that Captain Blosser. of the Nal.
walton army. who opened the campaign
In Indianapolis yesterday. will send
from this fighting ground
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30
THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO.
Some Time 1louored Historical s'te
tiOns Called In Questtom.

l'or. thicaco Times
The Indians were never civilized, nor
even half civilize |, and their condition
in Mexico at the time II was invaded by
Cortez, I'd as it is given by Pres OFT,
is the merest fable. They ha no great
cities, had no large buildings, and their
numbers have been overestimaied in
the most outrageous manner. 10 was
to the interest of Cortez to make the
king OF Spain and the span sh people
believe he had conquered q civililc /
people an q numerous one
The fact is he dill nothing ~ the
kind. He took the town which il now
occupied hv the (ity OF MeXiro, and
found therein q C nsiderable amount OF
gold, but lie foua no imposing edi
fees no house which has stood t. the
present day and people 40 few IN
numbers that the handful Of Spaniards
and the Tlascalans, who followed him,
killed them all out Of hand. and do
stroyed tn. town utterly IL il con.
ceded that the Tlascalans were ne,t in
power to the Aztecs. They had, 10 IL
said, a large town, and it 10 not claimed
that their town ever was destroyed.
" hat has become OF it? There they
live to this day, improved greatly. il IL
true, by their contact with the whites -
few in number,-by no means rich.
with no traces Of an imposing city. and
no signs that there ever was one. 10.
lieve that the pyramid of Cholula is n
natural hill and have been ON il aud
all over it. That it WAS usel as place
OF sepulture l believe to 10 true. but
1t was on n itnral h II, on which the
Indians built luare blilding made of
bricks the size OF q mans hand; they
also faced portions Of the pyramid with
the same kind OF bricks.
1t ID true that we should begin o. take
q cOmmon-sense view of matters. The
renowned halls of the Montezumas we're
nothing mere than series of mui.
built houses. such as are now called
adobe. poorly constructed. Tho con.
querers wishes to have their country.
men believe they had overpowered
race OF kings, rs it was fasli nable in
those days to worship kings and
potentates. But the ancient Mexican
kings were Q squalid race. scarcely
deserving the name. The cruelty
which the Span;ards manifested
towards them, the Wholesale robbery
of them, the carrying them of as slaves,
and the total absence of all principle
in the treatment Of the hall. armed and
almost totally helpless Indians. form .
picture not pleasant to contemplate.
When this country was discovered Il
was very sparsely populated, and IL In
probable that there are more Indians
living in North and South America TO-
day then there were when the main
land was discovered by the Europeans.
come tribes have become extinct,
while others have increased in numbers
very materially.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30

An old locomotive engineer sat in the
smokin gear talking to the brakeman
AMI some other railway men. One of
them asked him if he'd ever fallen
asleep on his engine. and he replied:
Yes: thousands of times, / might
say. Pc haps not that many. but very
o.teE. When I'm do ng extra hours I
fall asleep for second or two, and
then start as wide awake as ever. I'm
always drealing going to sleep. AMI l
suppose it's that constant fear that has
30 disciplined my m'nd that 1 no
sooner lose consciousness than
give sort of muscular Jump
and am aroused in iiffy. Talking
aboIt how long it takes man to dream,
now want to tell yol something: l
vas running No. 4 into Chicago one
morning, when l had been OH duty
eighteen hours and hadn't had any
sleep for twenty-six. Just as we passed
the little station at Utica, between OF
tawa AMI LaSalle--you know No 4
doesn't stop til RE- dropped asleep.
Then l had dream great long one,
about an accident. A train order was
mixed up in it, and as it wasn't quite
clear, l remember how 1 stuliel over
the words, it seemed to me, for ten or
fifteen minutes. Tnen dreamed there
was a collision; we struck and it threw
me up in the air thirty or forty feet
clear of the engine. mind how
l felt up there, and 1 was
wondering where I'd land and
if any of the passengers were
killed. 1t wasn't very pleasant sensa-
tiOn, either, you can imagine. Then it
seemed come down, and, strange
enough, landed right on my seat, with
my left hand on the throttle. At that
very instant woke, and it seemed so
real that for second / could hardly
realize there hadn't been anv collision
and l hadn't been up in the air. Well,
that dream was full of details and q
good deal of time appeared to elapse
between its beginning and its ending,
but when l looked out M window, I'll
be cussed if there wasn't the switch
light of Utica siding, right ahead of me.
Yon see. hadn't run fifteen rods while
all that dreaming was goin' on. and 1
was making at least forty-five miles an
hour. No, thanks, don't smoke, it
makes me nervous"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30

A stranger ire cliag on horssbssk
through ths the hssk~ eosls Of AsAon.
sas IVES very much imlresssd with Ne
familiarity that existed beiwssn ths pigs
and tbs natives The swine had : lpus
paSs 10 the privilege, of shs hoase. -
seemed " make liberal nee NJ u. ht1.
ing mp to . shsnty, the stranger ssked
tall, unkempt als~simen u hamastty !
"why don ,ou keep your pigs eul u
your hcuseys Il cok here, straaees, |"
responded the Arhansss msa. pulslae
his hands In h,s pockets. 'sf yoa mssa
70 cay that my family sint astsa Toe
hogs 20 associate with, ju~e cone ouo
like man aud say N." l'hs sssaaess
Immediately sppessed the native ey
concs,ling that the farmer wss q 10 -
sociate for hog. sad the usual srs~s.
ing of Light. stranger. and hsvs
some simmons beer. iloii . pnmpksn
out from under the bed sni mshs yeus.
self at hum. When yoa frss spokes !
thought you WAS getting soma ssscssn
ON ne. anil ! don't prop 'ss 10 take say
OF that ar
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30

Governor otant, of Colorado. ma.ls
quite q hit at the White hcuss dussng
his recelt Washington visit Iron
presenting his compliments to President
Arthur. the latter was astonished b.
find the chief executive Of Colorado 80
youthful. Il confess ] am surpvise.i." I"
said ilh. president -iou are very
young b. b. The governor of q state.
Aud I am q, a loss to understand why
the people Of Colorado elected 40 young
q man." The governor, who !. nataf.
ally quick q, repavtse. was not ecntusei I
In the least "Weli. the truth of the
matter Ia Le repl,ed. -the pistol
practice has got down 20 sach fine art
out In Colorsis that p~opie are not al
lowed b. grow oli oat there 10 u pessl
loss 10 add that the psesislsnt's CURIOSITY
vas satisfied
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30
POOR AND PfOUS.
Cor. Philadelphia Record.

This other auctioneer seems to have
been good deal of wag. Once when
he was selling volume Of ridiculous
poetry he said, glancing at the biograph-
ical sketch that accompanied it: This
is book by a Door and pious girl-who
wrote poor and pious poetry" l often
think Of tins auctioneer's witticism
when I am looking over the books in
the stalls in front Of the second-h
booksellers shops. 1t seems to me that
all poor and pious girls of twenty years
ago, and some of the poor and piOus
men before that, were writing poetry Of
this description.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30
soarrratus s'aoreea

Aceofdns 10 The NV York sun
esacet sery s'l,lo appears IN ~ rsons
nnde. % I, usually cones betw'ei u
sni - II j. ,e'v rare IN tro 'ical
'oan,rle. aud uore frequent among
THE l.oor than nong tho ri ID. among
women tan among men.
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DISSERTATION or THE TINE.
HONORED.

y
The commercial vandal h abroad In
ell lands. Natural sttrsctions, time.
honored associations. the masterpieces
OF art-all are bent to The ecommonplscs
service ~ Mammon and made 10 nervs
m adiuncts b. nero money -getting. The
lovely cataract of Montmorenci. hishsso
OF all northern falls, has been depleted
OF its waters and haruessed to prosaIs
aud ignoble service In turning lhs
wheels of q great sawmill. Al0ua
NiagarA's stupendous gorge The pesipa-
tctic advertiser has blssoned % almase
inaccessible rocks tho merits al Aquills'
salve and JAggsrs' bilious pills. Evsa
tho malediction of Englsnd's ereu1eul
poet hardly avails 10 savs his maldevinG
bones from slesecration by seif.seshinH
scicntista. who would measure the I'll.
ent of Shakespeare ny calipesinG ~
dimensions of his skuil.
u h the fashion 90 teas away aneieut
landmarks and devsstate familiar Inn1-
scapcs. although nothing may ~ soiss1l
by the performance save Q Temporary
slaking thirst Tor change. Your ess.
uine vandal is never - happy - vh<a
engaged in improving out ef ssis>saps
some glorioas old structure al histosls
fame. He would maks . brewery q
Westminster Abbey. . mschine-shop q
the Pinakothek, and . coi.0a-mili e
the Trianon. Seeing only the vsilIta-
rian aide of things. he woadsrs thas ~
protests should m~et vieh oppsatoten
whore an unmisishabls sdvsniaeo =
dotlaps and eeot. srx.sst1 s~usshs 4. 49,
who kirk against him. II h ss)Aom
that resistance is eA-ctaal. Zoe shs -
sire Tor changed combined with soup
mercial advaataec eobstitute . double
incentive 10 reform In The old,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30

A rich .oke-tLe enc I playel on
Brown. a fool sh and witless piece OF
foilf-the enc that Brown PLAYED on
me. An obstinate cuss t man who
will not vi Id to me. Proper aud self
respecting tirmness my refusal to
yield to him. A We TRAINED child
the one that belongs to me-. Il ILL.,
hammered br; the one that .elongs
to my neighbor. A crank tho man
VII Sc vows do not co ne de with my
'wn. A v,ry INTEL gent per; II the
man who agrees with me in ever thing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30

"Oh. how I would like to travel" ex.
claimed Mrs. Popperman last evening.
"Well. suppose you could CRAFTY
your wish. where would you go?" said
her husband.
well, I'd go to Florida first, then to
the T lorsand Isles, then to chicago,
next to tally, then Washington, Paris,
Honolulu, Canada, then to the White
mounta ms, next London. Cuba and
California, then -then-where would
we G, then, dear?"
40 Flatbush, love, to tina poor
housa"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30

1t is now the height of "gool FORM
to have the tinger-na.ls "camood" A
likel. So of your sweetheart engra' Ell on
the thuma, for in tarce, is "Ia riguer
every time. THIS warns the kiss of the
flnger-tips to her, as she pa ises, into a
heart -throb Of tremendous size.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30
NDHnUT ELNE THERE

A lady returning home later than
usual. found her little girl, 3 years old,
in bed The latter was asked: Lille,
have you said your prayers?' "Yes.
Whom did you say them 60, Lillie?"
There wasn't nobody here to say them
10. 20 said 'em to God.