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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-16


The Walla Walla Union says that
tho Office Of Collector of Internal
Revenue for Eastern Washington,
filed by Mr.. Fairweather, has been
abolished and the books and papers
removed TO Portland. The Courier,
in noting the fact, innocently re-
marks that il is unable to explain
why il was DONE 1t seems strange
that those who have once tasted the
sweets OF Office can never explain
the necessity which may exist for
retrenchment, when an Office be-
comes valueless 10 the public. This
is undoubtedly the reason, just as it
was for uniting this district with
Oregon, whereby several heads went
TO the block and their salaries re-
NAMED in the Treasury for other
purposes. 1t will be remembered
that the Courier was then quite as
unable to explain" the cruel pro-
ceeding.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-16

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-16

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-16
Mason County.
Synousis Of Cemmissioners' Proceed.
ings at the May Term.

MoxpNY. May ), 1884.
Commissioners Court met pur-
suant to law; present, f. l.. Wiley,
Chairman, +. &. Purdy and NJ. G.
Simmons, Auditor E. A. Wilson
ard Sheriff H. Hegaas.
An application from Mcdonald
Simmons to retail liquors at Shell
tons Point. accompanied 10y bond
an Treasurer receipt, was received.
Bond Was approved and license or
der.d granted.
ApL LEGATION Of d. X. Howard for
license To retail liquors at Union
river WAS granted and bond ap-
proved.
\ petition. with 81 signatures,
playing for the establishment of
voting precinct at Union river, was
presented. Petition was granted,
with the following boundaries for
said district, to-wit: commencing at
the northeast corner of Mason
county, running thence due south to
the southeast corner Of section No.
II north, range l west, running
thence west to the southwest corner
of section No. % north, range =
west, thence nortL to the north
boundary line of said county, thence
east to the place Of beginning.
The Auditor notified Commission
ers of the failure of Road Districts
No. l and No. 3 to elect Road Su-
pervisors for the ensuing year, also
presented report from Road District
No. 2, as to having elected d. X.
Meyers, Supervisor. Commission
ers decided that as the election of
MIR. Meyers was not held at the time
provided by statute. said election
was void and said office vacant.
The account of Road Supervisor
W. Rodenberger, ex-Supervisor
Road District No. 2, was received
and approved and accounts settled.
Fee bill of Probate Judge, F.
Kennedy, for issuing notices of ad-
judged drunkards, allowed; amount,
$40.
Bill of WASHINGTON STANDARD, for
printing and advertising, allowed;
amount, $9S.25.
Sheriff presented assessment roll
of 1884.
Court adjourned to Tuesday at
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-16
III" Tariff i.ill.

y 800 lh' 10 ne The gene raj impress
SION At Washington that the action
hy u1t,,+, last week, on the tariff
bill, J.-lose~ OF the question the re-
mnluicr of the session, but the very
d,c.l,l vote hy which party lines
Wei, defined vii serve to remove all
doubt II 'hc cortIoliiuG sentiment
of tie respective parties III the Pres
ll,A'iN campaign. The vote shows
that thl,, fumths Of the Democratic
Representatives, favored moderate
moa-mc Of tariff reform, while the
Republicans voted almos. unani-
mou-ly ioI lts defeat and TO perpet-
unto the present protective system.
lpiy-ono Democrats voted with the
Iio,,ct.uni-is, not generally because
tl,v favored high tauii', but the
measure pending did not cover the
whole GROUND Of reform, and they
ll,iriIcl 10 make another effort,
ra'h,I than TO hamper the subject
l., measure which. after 1t was
adopted. would IN justice require the
lapse Of reasonable time to demon
~unte It's unity. The plank in the
national platform will doubtless be,
Iniiil for revenue, with incidental
protection, and although it may
not suit extremists on either side, it
ombod,cs the essentially Democratic
ilea Of ailorling adequate means OF
raising u necessary tax for tie sup
port Of the Government with the
least imposition of n burden upon
the people, and at the same time
protecting the masses against the
oncroachmeuts Of monopoly. Every
dny the zeal ISSUE which has always
existed between the Democratic
party and the opposition, under its
various names, is becoming more
clear. II is individual rights against
The influence Of capital; the pros
pcrily of the masses before the ag-
glandzcment of the few.
The acquisition Of colossal for
tunes during the quarter of cen
tury Of Republican rule, is but ma
tural sequence Of its patrician policy.
1t is ruled by money rings of all
classes. Its support is pledged
wherever soap" can be obtained
ior greasing the machine. In the
wake Of this profligate system of ad.
ministration Of public affairs, comes
oppression Of the masses, and al
ready the mutterings from afar give
evidence that spirit of insurrec-
ton needs but tanning to burst into
flame which will speedily consume
the temples erected by the devotees
Of Mammon. Let us hope that ii
will be checked in time by a return
TO those principles which guarantee
equality before the law and fair
distribution Of those burdens which
are incident to free government.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-15
Calves in the Dairy.

The Southern World discourses as
follows;
"Old fogy asks why not let the
calf suckl Because you have ten to
twenty cows to milk, and as many
calves to let in and tie off, 1t takes
too much time. Calves are nul-
sance in a dairyman's stables; they
should be in a separate apartment.
And, further, l care not how much
your COW may give-say five gallons
the calf will suck it all. If you
take the first and leave the last OF
the milk for the calf, you make no
butter, and the calf does not do well
because the milk is entirely too rleh
to properly nourish 1t. The best
mixers, Jerseys and natives, should
never have the rearing of their
calves, but it should be done by
hand The Texas COW, the wiregrass
COW and the poor mixer for darylng
all over the world, are these that rear
their own calves with any credit 70
themselves. These facts go to show
conclusively that dairymen should
improve on nature, and feed Their
calves nationally upon skinned mix
and the grasses.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-15
LOVE LIGHTLY TRIPS AWAY.
Virginia Maiden who EIoped with
Her Humping Heart i'm Her

hhTDdis
A train from Charlottesville to AL
exandria yesterday, says the Wash
ington Star, brought with it trim
looking young man named William
A. Greaver, aged "a years, and
handsome young lady of 16, named
BERTHE j. Butler, both from Stanton,
Va. They took the steamer at Alex
andria for this city, reaching the
wharf at o'clock. They went to the
Riggs House, taking room 300, on
the fifth floor. The groom at once
procured a marriage license and made
hasty arrangements for wedding.
Rev. Francis S. Evans, of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. was call
ed away from his desk in the Dead
Letter Office to perform the ceremony.
About 2:30 o'clock the groom, with
the minister and representative of
the Star, entered the room at the
Riggs House, where the kuot was
tied. a certificate was procured and
filed out, and the young couple were
driven to the wharf taking the o'clock
boat and expecting to reach home at
II AS at nigkt.
1t appears that the lady is the oldest
of a family ofchildren, and her father,
the principal of seminary objected
to the young man on account of his
on the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railroad. Having previously
removed her trousseau to Mr.. Grea-
yer's house, she walked in stocking
feet downstairs at midnight, and
made her escape from beneath the
parental roof unoetected. She joined
her lover, who was waiting for her
with his gripsack and excursion tick
cts, and then came to this city.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-15

with any discretion or any assurance
whether she viii be a sculptor or
wash-woman, farmer or poet; but
she can decide distinctly whether it Is
her wish or her duty, after leaving
school or college, TO remain depend.
ent upon her parents or to fit herself
for a self-providing life.
THE education by which you mean
to get your bread and butter, your
gloves and bonnets, is very differ
emit affair from that which you take
upon yourself as an ornament and an
interval in life. The chemical expert
ment which you may some day have
to explain to pupils of your own is
quite another thing from the lesson
that you may never think of again.
The practice in book keeping, which
may some time regulate your deal
ings with live, flesh-and- blood custo-
mers, becomes as interesting as a new
story. The dub old rules for infec-
ton and enunciation fairly turn into
poetry, if you hope to find yourself a
public reader some coming day. And
the very sawdust of the French or
Latin grammar becomes ashes
of roses to the stout little
fancy that dreams of brave work
toiling masses should be better edu-
Gated. This will be accomplished
when they are made to feel that the
schools-higher departments as well
as lower-are for them.
Let the members of this convention
on all suitable occasions earnestly re-
quest of teachers and school officers
that few of the more simple and
practical facts in agricultural science
be taught in the school room. Let our
agricultural press urge this, and the
day is not far distant when the schools
of this agricultural State will proudly
number many intelligent farmers
among their graduates. One year at
least would be added to the school life
of the next generation of farmers.
Then would farmers conventions be
more frequently held-agricultural
books and papers more generally read
farms would be better titled. the
stock better bred and better cared for
and thousands of dollars added to the
material wealth of the State.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-15
A False Idea.

DR.. Howard Crosby in. Die Lewis Monthly.
A primal defect in our social life is
the notion that girls have nothing to
do. Boys are brought up to some ena-
ployment, bat girls 10 none, except
where pecuniary want compels them.
The family that is well off" has
busy boys and idle girls: The young
man, after eating his breakfast, starts
out to his daily occupation and re
turns at the close of the day. The
young woman, after eating her break
fast usually at a late hour, saunters
about in request of amusement.
Novels, gossip, shopping for unnec-
essary trihes), dressing in three or
four different costumes, formal visit
ing, drawing Gf able, and lounging
are the elements of the young WON
ans day. In the evening, by way of
recreation Cd she goes to the theater
or a ball. The unequal discipline of
the sexes is the basis of innumerable
evils. 1t makes the girl careless and
selfish, it turns her mind to personal
adornment and other frivolous mat
tiers as the great concerns of life; it
takes away the sense of responsibility
and produces feebleness and disease
in her physical constitution 1t also
prevents her from asserting her true
dignity in the eyes of man, for the
life of utility alone is digniied.
We want simplicity of life, frugal
ty, modesty, industry and system.
If we would introduce these virtues
in our higher society, we should
diminish the despair, envy, Jealousy,
dissipation aud suicides of the single
and the chickering's, wretchedness and
divorces of the married. Let our girls
have as regular daily duties as our
boys. Let idleness be forbidden
them. Let recreation be indeed rec
reation, at proper times and in proper
quantities. Let us upon our numer-
Gus avenues of female industry, and
let every woman be clothed with the
dignity of useful life Can such a
reformation be brought about? My
dear madam, begin it Yourself. Rule
your household on this principle.
Have the courage to defy fashion
where it opposes. Be bold leader in
this reform and you will soon see a
host of followers glad to escape from
the old folly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-15

that, he said to his son when he had
finished.
Tom, in his turn. amazed and be-
wildered read as follows.
DEAR LORD LABURNUM:-It was
very kind of you to hasten to inform
me, on hearing IF my sons return,
that YOU have other views with re-
gard to your daughter Florence, |
ought, perhaps, to have mentioned
that my son has been engaged to a
Miss Fabian for some months, and
that his marriage will take place i'm
mediately. Yours faithfully.
JOHN MOLYNEUX.
"Ohl father. 1t is awfully gosd
of YOU, cried Tom, with tears in his
eyes.
Il expect Lord Laburnum will be
riled," said old Mr.. Molyneux, sulki-
ly, as he folded up the note. II
doubt if l should have made f10, 600
by allowing you to marry his daugh
ter"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-15
Plants in the Field

Now that the season of transplant
ing is approaching a word or two with
reference to a matter of considerable
moment will not be out of place.
Numbers of planters neglect to re-
place plants which are destroyed by
insects or die, or which are stunned
in growth, and others will replace
them, but at too late a day and use
inferior plants. No doubt the failure
to replace is often due to the scarcity
of plants, and for this reason great
care should be taken to have an album
dance of plants; as soon as one is des-
troyed or willis, replace 1t with a good
strong healthy plant at tie first oppor-
tunity offered.
BY this means your tobacco Will
mature uniformly, and will get the
best results possible out of each acre.
If you fail to replace plants, you will
find. when you come to weigh your
tobacco, your yield is far below what
YOU expected and what your land
should produce. A plant or two
missing, at short intervals, will
materially reduce the yield per
acre. If you have nothing but weak,
stunted plants, the refuse of our plant
beds. with which to fill up the frequen
voids. ten chances to one your extra
care will be thrown away, as the
plants may not mature before frosts
occur. and. at best, yield but a very
inferior leaf, which viii detract con-
siderably from the intrinsic value OF
the balance of your crop.
Planters should therefore bear IN
that to insure good results ON an album
dance of healthy plants must FIRST be
grown, and then all stuuted or dlseaS-
ed plants or voids must be filled up
and replaced with promptness by the
healthiest plants it is possible tosecure.
Besides your land should be free from
all insect germs. Droughts, and VIC
lent storms cause destruction, but
thew are not to be dreaded any more
than the pestiferous fly or worm,
which. if unchecked in their march,
would inflict greater injury in one
day to a ctop than would result from
ten DAYS of droaght or the most VIC
lent storm w cstern Tobacco Jour
nal, Cincinnati.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-15
THE THRUSH.

clad prophet hidden in the leaves
Thy sudden flute strikes through the ram
The air a thrill Of hope receives,
Tie day begins o breathe again
Tie duh dBy weeping ceaseitss ran.
The Grid may weep, yet sound OF tears
But faint stirs his clustered space
where uoiseless feet Cf assIR years
Fail On soft lawns 8nf leave 10 y ace
But east fresh spells about the Place
All. not for as such green repose,
Gray wall giTt stiffness brucdlng arr
WI ere floats the oul Of each dead<ose
The endless years hsye seen uHciose-
And pass sweet ghost 10 haunt The ar
Sing loud. and bid Us dream no more
In this mir prison of the soul
But rise and gId AS, and before
ghe sun sets hasten toward the goal,
Break loose these sweet bonds Of tine soul
ing mid tie falling leaves thy soug
Of hope. though autumn breath is here
The day IS short, the ray Is long
Up! let us labor and be strong
Nor falter tin the end appear.
II O. BradieB IN Hnper's MagaEin
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-15
Murdered by Their Insane Mother.
Philadelphia Dispatch

Three thousand people attended the
funeral at Phillipsburg, N. j., the
other day of the two children, Willie
and Edward Barnett, who were muir
dered by their insane mother. The
two little bodies were laid out in the
bed chamber, where the fearful trag-
edy occurred. Lace ruflles concealed
the deep gashes in the throat and
breasts left by the mothers knife.
The murderess, whose own life was
saved by the prompt intervention of
the neighbors, has since been strictly
guarded, and all the efforts of several
men have been necessary to prevent
her tearing out the surgeons stitches
in her throat. AS the crowds of peo-
pie passed through the little farm
house where the bodies lay, she rous-
ed herself sufficiently to beg to see
her children for the last time She
was held firmly by two men and car
Jied to the collins, when she kissed
the infant faces several times. "How,
how could | have killed you, my
precious onesP Later in the day she
refused to take nourishment, and
seemed likely to follow her children
to the grave.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-15
Bobby and His StepmOtker.
Story Of a Cincinnati Boy

MY name is Robert Albert Web.
ster. / am almost nine years old and
the stcpson of Gussie Webster and
the son of Thomas Webster by a
former wife We live at 337 Liberty
street. Papa drives a coal cart and
stepmather washes out. She would
always beat me. l could do nothing
that would please her If | go out
for little while she whips rae when
l return. One day last week she got
mad at me, knocked me down, and
then took a broomstick and knock
ed one of my front teeth out.
A day or two later she knock
ed another tooth out Yester-
day morning | got afraid to stay at
home and ran away. When | return
ed in tie evening and asked her if |
might have some place TO sleep she
caught me, threw noe on the floor and
tied by hands and feet She then
took the broomstick, and, jabbing me
in the mouth, broke another front
tooth out and mashed my lips. After
ward she took knife and cut these
wounds you see on my hands, wrists,
and arms. When she had beaten me
until ! hardly knew anything she
Jumped on INC with both feet and
stamped me almost to death. | wanted
to 60 to sleep, bat she turned me out
in the street and I slept in an old
lumber yard.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-15
He Didn't Work Just That Way.

A Peasant who had seven daugh-
tiers wearing out sole leather for nun
went to the cave of wise old dui.
fer and besought his advise as to how
to bring them up.
Marry them off as soon as pos
sible. and you can then break up
housekeeping and go boarding among
them.
After few months the father re-
turned to the cave, and his phlz h lSt
such a lonesome expression that 1A0
wise man cried out: i,
"Ahl you must follow my advice %
learn wisdom u
The trouble is that | did follow y
but instead ot having seven places y
board around at | have seven soil'il
laws to board on me
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-15
Supporting Herself.

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has a vigo-
rous paper with the above title, on
the subject of self-supporting girls, in
the May ST. NICHOLAS. Her senti-
ments on the topic are forcibly shown
bv the following extract:
Girls. first make up your minds
that you will be something! All the
rest will follow. What you shall be
comes more easily and clearly in dae
time
A girl of thirteen can not decide,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-15

II OF tAdullAdblOHo ~hN SUI FcJS VI
new projects in various states and
territories, $125,000 is appropriated ;
for the Hennepin canal, Ill, $500, 900.
Among the appropriations not in the
book Of estimates are the Colorado
river, Col, 5000, 000 and Grand river,
Mich, $25, 900. There are large
number of Rainor appropriations in
the bill for rivers and harbors in vari-
GUS parts of the country. The bill
provides for Missouri river com
mission; also that no tolls or opera
ting charges shall be levied upon yes
sells passing through any canal or
other work of improvement of navi
cation belonging to the United States.
The bill as reported appropriates $l2,-
619. 1l0.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-15

Grant & Ward withheld the official
notification of their failure until two
o'clock. when they sent a communl-
cation to the president of the stock
exchange, notifying him of their ina
bility to meet their engagements.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-15
WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
The Animal River and Harbor APP
preparation Budget

The river ard harbor bill has been
reported to the house. 1t makes the
following appropriations:
FOR RIVERS
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-24
LOCAL NOTICES.
Go to C. F. Yerger's for grocerie

Go to Willard Potts for the best of
Ice cream. 5-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-24

The Model Spring Bed is proof
against bed bugs, q the mattress or
straw tick is raised several inches
above the stats, giving the air free
circulation between the mattress and
Stats and compelling the midnight
marauders to abandon their old ia
vorite quarters. At
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-24

. ~ et4G xuCDk 0k8xkHR ~ E3yEHfUw yRn& e
PRICES. Also, desirable Residence ~
United States, my facilities for seIine -
Q other agency In the country,
lands are situate within essv 6-i~t.,o.c1
: ana, for all purposes, are equal 10 an
Of my Land Register.
NO. 81.
.n "a ssfss-ss acfss timber. b~alapslin pasture
rooms comfortahle sfabline. smclssScusS ~
goo9 fencing situated fWo mIIes SorfSsssf a
saoss 9; down. sianes In. Il az "a 81.
NO. sek
% aaees, seven miles south az Nasteo. Mr..
q; I'll under fence. divided Into :htee Ael6Sa
60 Acres In grass end culfivatinns about
house OF I'VE rooms; good wen snii rood ~:
nsesn one nefss p SGSd t ns:d q - aSs, s.shsad
Price, e21oo oo-mostay cash.
No. ss1.
300 acres, Ill under fence ; subdis1ded inee =
nelds, be.ides lots 10 acre. meadow aA1 ~.
timber; new frame house one and Z nm 49,
With nve rooms, porch q postco; n
nTcssrd Ioosess; soo q e snaS ne -
Vate,eS NV 49,. ena 8aIiS
sere.
No. 80.
eao Acres. All nnde, sence ..v.
| sble stable 2ox24 feet : orchssd a. shons p -
t H. tjwhs. ~ SUo9 roiHa4 pasre Iaee. s9oe2f
az Me1tco ifis.csss pngpyus mltSs nossn3e8
one-shivd cssh HsIIsnea ~.
NO. SoA
.o..,.s N
sctes IN coiuvaaon 20 acres N 1o0dlena -
IuIe gSod comIossaDls ffane noese of6 nom
| ~ ssaDfe ane eot9 CRY :GooG isang Wssh 81
1919 = A1ics naIsnc1Ss " Aexbco, AaeoW1
1n0e's ~ sete
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-24

Patronize home manufactures. j.
z. Dobyns, known to all the people
Of Audrain, makes the best bed
spring in existence. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Charges reasonable.
Price from 81 to S.. 5-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-24

The Model spring bed is strong
though soft-fts the body in all its
positions, and resists sudden strains
or Jars with q gentle springness
which thrills the sleeper with uncon-
seious delight.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-24
NV Raiuu

John Mckinley has just opened a
new bakery southeast corner Of the
square. John has the very best Of
ice cream. lemonade, cakes, candies,
fruits. &c. His fresh bread is the
best In the State. 4.tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-24

WYE are authorized to announce
w GEO. W. ADAMS
as a candidate for Sheriff OF Audraln county
subject TO the rules and usageso Of the Democrat
lie Marty.