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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24
Bigger Elephants Than jun bo.


The elephants were engaged, saws an
India corresr ondent, in toting timber
to the river, where it was laden on ship
board. The animals. in charge OF ma
tive drivers, went to their work ~ rcgn.
lar as biped operative. They graspcd
rough pieces of timber with their
trunks, and piled up or removed them.
as required, with the utmost ease.
They took up each piece, ~ directed.
and walked off with it toward the vessel.
where it was put in proper position for
loading. i saw one lay hold of piece
OF lumber eighty feet long by eightocn
inches In diameter, and move IL with
less exertion than man would push
wheelbarrow with. At exactly
IL, noon, the bell rang for meal time,
and the elephants dropped their loads
at once, resuming them aftor feeding
without beirg bidden. A boss ele.
phant superintenled thom. When any
OF the gang got refractory and refused
to work, he brought him 10 time by
thrashing him with his trunk. or prod.
ding him with his sharp tusks. till, by
lusty trumpeting. the loaicr showed
he had enough pun shment, aud ,ub
mitted. saw elephants in this work.
ing herd standing twelve and thirteen
feet in height and weighing ten or
twelve tons l have seen scores Of those
animals much larger than Jumbo.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24
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yes',s n,an She ~as sn'klna cigarit. -
~ hrlsst ~ . Nussh LARA street rar
Ttse dfisuf tufia-i rmni hs,ks~i -, "a.
vsilh n,inute hl'slis.i up hi- tra,-.,r-. ani
ssi.li'-l
"fsa runi nsef = airi spoe I was i,st
fssniisl Htef thf lsHlEe aHi tha stn.,i was
iaeiit iiifk with tsaa. hal . iig hal
tsi. atsi I sss a lfl|isina ti,e hfakr tight ,sin
lns .iiivn ~. nfa.lr Pretty sem the ls,lir,,
tnsH nu Ne fs.ftH'f gave nf - cisar trpek
sal is-.si ihr iifi,te nnI Ist 'sr
itie ir.' as slis a'f o. st'ing ltils gih
~nh iia isH uu lssf tash ,ne -
t-@' tng iaft,fa. lHnil-si uut fran H.,
hifi hs,ii'si tniUh iu,s ~ time a. g,t
sffus O., ne hsfs~ u wan all duia
in = -fii ,.ulint stop 80 an, way.
ani q itsili ! sas that safssl that | Didn't
hssn iie strength ! feli the oar ri-., M
t~i0s as tlis tsu eine.is nn ests riflo w,nt over
hiF aiii q mtsls me fats'i. can toll sui.
taasu I've s.t = ltfis aifl like shr ws- my
~f Tho Hfiss stsaH-.i TO- rar hf grabbing
iie H.fesH atri essfli iHsl, in tln rar lssan
o. hflf uetft isnsl t-k hail NJ that
sefi1 .i.hf iali nisi turning ts aulher u,il -
iri sHif tHHu.o. Hp I .afs 'falr u,o rishi
Boz I ii'fif sHnt a. siaf hefr' What futr
saYs te Pc kliiins iiss Fsti ~,t. is-k
~ bee aafs ir iuftpssi sf,lni .lus, ani
ihfr ais sss r. a. Ana up hef log q paper
sssi ra.s fin wasiit hsfi iii Tho ahs.ls
t'fut ii.a ias sni siis siii ihrsigh under
i'is Sees. NJ aauHitis i-faii-a she wa- - thin,
tn.~ tiais the thiY thne e,cr uhnd
Owes aul .4t.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24
Wuti VS. Way

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g. .I.I. ,.. .l.N ..tl l.iri.
O. 1000 fi. ..f. a. .nt .lrntufs
ll..f.
f.. H.Hft N.t.'.
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1ft an. .p.h g. ipi nBH h.-
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ffIfita
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n.bn.i %. -l.e e' ,tn,,l. or ooi It l,l,cc,
600 .ss,f
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1i,, sr f,.h ,i,sr. fsta,lat f.t that eo
AiHna u. fsih eth nftts f.st fn-t 80 how
Ant hln. i' trt'H Iases II tltN mlstak"
~ if.'t nisn -fne hsw"f that wu would
fair
tisn niH ina.f. ~ irui-.. -,ur rs,i.
ih 'iu.h issp iiq-s uniu u h,-si.
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~ iufHins t.ut Ais g. iuuafta
iiutr fsnii is tiss,, siri 49,
Have .it s ittt. Nat tu gt.-s.,n t-
irtihsi siifh a littis ~hiia si'a,g thu way,
W. eiiI iu tail,ni shiio 80 MA,
~ usnf lile fault. ~ nnl
W. as llem 81 na ilini
u lsstr W ~~t lhrm. hat " YEA AMI
l.,hRir r'urnll=f iiain a,u,n hy and by,
lhHs " 10 tiii H.
fauiis li'n grave faults a. yuu AMI me-
lni ifri uils eaNa miatahss. uf oven l,sss
Room Hpiifunsss tn li.=z
lln'a thHtl'H si itisfs things Nss leatrr
M
MifHirn stHfi. Co. ul.if
~, o. a. hafiHlssi ~ i.miaruw light
W. u,st 81. iaitft fa ~ lnnr
lhetUs ati' h htiis waN g. ln
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24
Necessity OF Concentration.
TBurlinptOn Hnwkeye.1

There is one grand essential to success
in any calling in life, that we Americans
fail utterly to appreciate, and that is the
necessity of concentration. We are too
much given to scattering. Our Yankee
ingenuity enables us to do after fashion
almost anything we may have fancy to
try. This naturally leads to contempt
for the man of one idea, and we dive into
anything and everything that offers, and
show our superiority by the variety of
work we can do.
Man by nature is possessed of just as
much mental force. If he concentrates
that upon one calling or pursuit, there
is no degree of excellence that he may
not hope to attain; but let him divide it
among half dozen, and with the same
ability that might have served to make
him a success in the one, he will, in
ninety-nine eases out Of a hundred,
prove a sorry failure.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24
Parental Advice.
TArkansaw Traveller I


''My son." said old Stephen, 'be
mighty keerful whut sOrter oman yer
marry in dis heah worl."
Mus be kereful dat she's frum er
good family an dat she's got er good
character!'
"Yas, dat is er pint, but it ain de
main one. Look at her disserpOsition. A
oman wild one O. desc heah sudden tenn
pers is wus den de rheumatic in bof
laigs. De fust time | married, wuz
nightly tuck up wild dc idee O. charac-
ter. Oh, dat oman wuz full O. character.
She was so proud dat she had ter put on
spectaclcS fore she cOul' look down an
see dc top o my head. But temper, oh,
Lawd. No matter wild whut 'sideratiOns
l woul' treat her, she woul' fly inter a
tanterum dat wOul make de wool rise on
my head. Couldn' do nothin' ter suit
her; so, airter l got rid O her, l paid cz
much 'tentiOn ter gen'leness ez l did ter
character, an airter dis, l done tolerable
we'll"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24
III Mshdi's sacred Flag.
Manchester Guardian.

The sacred flag, blessed by the
Mahdi, which was captured at Tokar
and is about to DO presented TO Queen
Victoria. is made Of two pieces Of coarse
silk sewn together, each about seven
feet long and three feet broad, ono bufY
and the other red. On the two sides
are Arabic inscriptions, one Of which
reads: With the blessing OF tho I'm.
lightened Prophet without compare,
the Noble Master Of the Wisdom of tho
Age. Seyid Ahmed lbim ldris. tho only
Saviour. to the Seyid lbrahim Alras
child. the father II Mahomet Of the
Bynmee." On tho other side Is In.
scribed, There is no God but God,
and Mahomet is the Prophet of God,
and at oil times every one profo sscs tho
knowledge Of God, and in the corners
of this inscription are the names Of Ma
homets great generals, Omar, Abu.
Vekir, Ali and Osman.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24
The Sahara Sea.

SccIlhlst IN New ork Sun.
Ii mistake not, the surface of the
Caspian sea is fifteen feet more or less
lower than the mean surface OF the
Oc an. Then what becomes of the vast
volume OF water which pours into it
from the Nolea and other streams?
HE fact of its being so much lower
than the ocean precludes any possibility
OF any subterraneous connection be-
tween the two bodies of water Is it
the water-lost or kept to its level by
the means of absorption?
The Mediterranean is measured, be-
hcve, at something like fifteen inches
lower than the Atlantic; there is al
ways strong current from the Atlantic
INTO the Medlterranean; so much so or
so strong that a strong easterly wind is
necessary to enable sailing vessels to
make the passage of the straits of
Glbralter. What becomes of the water?
Why is it that there is no tide or are
no tides in the Mediterranean?
Why do We have tides of great depth
or height at some points, and only a
few inches at other places?
1t is proposed to create q new sea Oh
the Sahara desert. When such CONVEX
sion is made, would not Fez and Air be
submerged? Could the basin be filled
i'll an ordinary lifetime without Great
ing disastrous currents on the shores of
Africa which might extend well toward
midocean? TO fill the basin, say in
two years, more or less, would not the
force of the water reduce the coast for
miles, and form shoals which would
render the new sea useless except for
small craft? Would the filling of the
desert with the ocean have any percep-
tible effect on the ocean system-that
is, would the level of the sea be
less than now? Would not the sand,
which has been dry for so many years,
absorb the water as fast as it might be
let into the basin with safety to general
ocean commerce.?
In early life l followed the sea for
livelihood, and have heard the above
mentioned question, less the Sahara,
discussed by able sailors and fair en-
gineers and not few travellers with
scientific and inquiring minds, but l
have never yet heard real lucid or
solid solution of the problem. In my
visits among new and secondhand
book stalls for something which might
possibly treat on the subject, l have
failed to find anything which gives the
required information.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24


"Do you know" said an insir.
ance agent yesterday, that 6 cisisnt
companies will no, insure profess onsl
base ball player. although they accept
risks on powder makefsS ID sasras
strange, doesn't u ?" he continued, "thai
base ball playing should le considered
more hazardous than making powder
The insurance people. hswe,er, reason
this way; Whale scknewie.lginH the
dangerous employment of men in pow.
der factories, u iS presumed that tise
mon themselves aud their employers
will take every preeautlon 10 prevent
AN accident. and thu. by carefully al.
tending 10 their dntie. they e.caIe all
injury. II 10 not MO- with the hall.
play ers. No matter what precautions
they take they are always getting ihair
hands burst open, fingers broken or
their faces cut open. thereby prevent.
ing their playing u they were insured
IN the accident eonpanies they would
be obliged 10 pay the players a certain
amount of money weehly whila on the
sick list
Experience has proved that The
chaps Who cat ,aeir noanslay meals
astrido beg ~ Hunpowdi.r are safer
frum accidents than halltosser.. The
latter, however, have mo- troubl. In get
TIM their lives insured. A. thelf ininrisz,
while often severe. Ito not generally
end fatally"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24
rnu STORY or "olo roRry."
tss "es .i,ssist.. .s ar oia Captain
oda tasiaeat-.


liis nautr sa. tata llalIa, nrvcrrux. hut
s~vr, issiS ,alls-i him a,iLi furty" IN. ma
~s, ne this sRs that he waa always u.lng
si,ls nunnsal 90 ds-~stililna an, event that
snfrsi u ~as ssill ~ forty" eni ~ hot
b. -fsfs tis'r' weIo -fsfS lsi,u ca,na out
~ tlae hsi li,.,sz., anil nr,-i srnwiail- n, his
al hpf.s. ilsp Nlni ishistsl like "fer,y, hts
riwltln issas l.ississsi Ike ai,Hty. ani ha
hsd bats l.iiiz iu his ulI flieumaih lark
wi.n he n"i up in the moaning SulsrIy
araiWi lr~l-st ralis~i him anything el-'.
AMI ~ ass all hi. animals. frm stub
,Ail'si srlls'. 'isss 3, his agly uli ho'-e with
wntrh nfa rs.isssl the ssns ti,l. the day
lee ,esuis lafis hlIssi this hor-r b. ~ io an
sveHina party The sum charged was o..
s,si slls isoa weu, arassl :. the country
ss,ss~ aW'i lsssxht up all the obi fashiuns~i
~4H.fr tl,ry eali ii'i They sur, ,.sl,-i In
E'i'lns So q, iss' an'l a"w,-i them M IN bags
- ts'f ss,'h aisi vavr ,lien to the "ld man
10 Issssrus w. tsssk the mon"y. hat sa,i he
wnshlnt W biz h',s~-a again fs "fstf- y.ar-
iiis ftiirls lfi,sl ta l,fsak him a hts habit
sisi re-Hss,i w. nh =ai- - ievi,y~. tut thcy
hai ~ slfs-'t s,sse night b. ati"risi ,h.
t,,sfil'a,isa 4 lsss-'ass ffuln y Christmas
iis~s 1tr onls t.hen he rs-ivel was an
lls-ifHi,-i ~a's - ~ iiaia AMI tho rurty
ntets@1
4 'lsat -s what tiars wani..l io give ina
that hs. n.s-si he Eve E's n. many as
ts's ls..hs ~ h.'a,a asw
W. ~riH ~ ,nsn ms-,'lng nn~ rainy day
ani ra,4iil f.shi shirh terminated ia tapou
mnsa tW @.s.sai iays h. lay drlisialS,
ts~ins atii ',,amina aBt calling fW water
al tl,r 'iu,e wIsn hl@ right lung hal illl,.i
np .ibl, arl i'u, small .lss'e was L'f, IN the
'si'eg i,is, his ietet siais~l q iit,le ani be-
r~s9nis,i tis's~s arani tisr l=@i
'iises father iats th.s ns-iirine. uaii his
inashssf ~ 'issss has s'ior,d h, ani I
Am'~ =, ~lii ~ Y,.u as-i
1hrswius hls halui ',sii 90 the lusi with ~
imi~ilsit rsssnfr. b. hs.k.-i up anti aahii
'is away. hit anil dssnt i=shsr me.
fHtf d,sf.Hs rsailint hsip nr n,w
w. dhsi 'hsi nigh, anl f''ty carriages f"l
t'es, hin in ihs grave
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24


II l. quevt lazy Who ,inss noi meet with
an nccl'lent ~ soine ssiFt every ~eck - hts
lie. for spIalnci ankle. ftih an whisky
80 arnica II euld wases wlll nui stop
nose hlvc'l. told tisse ~ tat~T snsl place
Il lFiwccn youu teeth and upper hp 4
few dfol@ ~ culd water on the lsssk ~ the
neck vii ufisn Prove fVinesly A em
hnrcf viii stop hiu,llng " yuu hold u in
coid water II yuu get dirt W yuuf eSss rub
toward the temple lnslesd ~ The nose
\ stoBo hruiss should le poil,irssl ualli
soft enough to lance II YOU cant swim.
rcnrml=r io struggle ~ lilIle as Is,zsibio
II ,Ou iail in,o tha water A e,sniann
rhaif wuuld Iioai you all DAY. ~ hong ~
you only f,=issl yuuf hansls ga II Never
rurfl coin ~ any anft in yuur mau,h.
Enough gr,ase and ilri can H. washed ur
- -tmingl, clsan quarter ~ ,lisculof f,lut
pt water
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24
\ Hallway In Nid-tir.

Marshall pass, by which the main
range Of the Rockies il crossed. il
great railway ladder. do not propose
to describe It "A whole article 10y itself
would be needed for that At IL foot
you are 6,0io feet above the sea IT,, el !:
at Its summit you are 10000, yot ON
either side weather beaten peaks rise
nearly ~ 90 feet above your head. II
you will carelessly toss cord down
upon the floor tonly guarding against
Its making any crossed loops. you will
have a fair idea of the way the track
runs here. 1t is always steep grade
upward, but then to attain the rogu-
larity OF ascent, the ira mu,t go awav
up to the head of tie deep indontations.
anu skirt the outermost RIM II the
headlanjs There arc no tunnels. cxcop,
the semblance made by the long snow.
sheds; few deep cuttings or bridge, ID
Is simply winding trail. accomplish
ing, by many and devious turning.. the
required ascent of 2l1 feet To th, mile.
shown by straight line on the profile
from the Arkansas plains TO the sum.
init OF the pass, and down again 10 the
valley of the Tomichi on the western
siie
Sometimes You can look out of tho
window at two or three ira ks below
and two or three more above tho steps
you have come and those which remain
but intervening links are invisible, and
you wonder how YOU are to attain those
successfully higher levels from one
spot OH the western slope six Of those
tracks are seen at once down the open.
ing made by great ra,ino which the
road crosses aud recrosscs his sid,
IL kaleidoscope of iar-reaching views.
changing with each moment, for youi
hea light turns to every point oi the
compass in its doublings: ard, while
you admire the sky kissed heights
above, you MAJ turn and tremble AT
the awful depths Just below. II is Q
railway in mid air.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24


1t seems the day the Princess Beatrice
was born the prince consort went into
the nursery where the royal children
were having n royal good time.
"Mamma sends you u message" began
Prince Albert. "She is going 10 make
you beautiful present. and wants to
know which you would prefer n little
brother or little sistcrf" This was a
domestic conundrum, and tho pros and
cons we're getting exciting. when the
young duke Of Edinburgh's face sud
denly Lit up with tho JOY Of a satsfac.
tory solution. "Oh. papa" he eS.
claimed, pray tell mamma IL she had
just as soon We would much rather have
pony For a long time afterward the
princess was at quite discount with
her brothers, who persisted in regarding
her as might.have- been small shet.
land
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24
The Two CarIylea.

One of Mrs. Carlyle's letters, re-
Gently published, throws some light on
her personal habits. Il spend my life"
she writes, "chiefiy in writing letters,
smoking cigarettes, and loving the
devil out of a Yorkshire kitten, as
credible an account of ones self as my
husbands, anyhow, who spends his life,
he writes to me, chiefly in sleeping,
and in drinking new milk under new
FORMS Very bilious work that, 1
should say; but every one to his mind.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24
Two Way. Of Putting 10.


A Nebraska editor. la the course of 4
leading editorial says: "A corncr~d ni
will vent its spleen upon It's purmcr~ =
To this his delcs,cd rival acruS- the street
takes exception. and In u scaihing review
and criticism Of the aforesaid editorial
makes a strong plea for pure aud fufciblo
Anglo-Saxon The phrase quoted abovc,
he insists. should be written: "A ourncred
rat will fight like "A wildcatl-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24

"Teeth," said DR.. Rich, "pay part
U the morals Of society of which few per.
sons are aware. Eighty or 80 per cent. of
crime is caused by drink. And what
causes men to drink? The chief cause is
doubtless poor teeth. How many men
that you know have teeth perfect enough
TO masticate a piece of common rump
steak? When Il man cannot masticate
his food, lie bolts it or eats little of it. In
the former case, he wants liquor to help
digest it; in the latter, he wants liquor to
keep up his strength Few persons. after
IA good meal, feel like drinking If you
would cure drunkards, begin with their
teeth. Go to your dentist.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24
"You think she did cOmmlt suicide


them
"Oh, YES: guess 50. Doctor SAYS no.
Death from natural causes But woman
ai boarding house suspects something.
don't Know. You had better 60 and ak
her"
Il did ask her. but she could not give
me any definite information. Only sus.
pcctcd. Suspicion is not evidence, you
know"
"Ncvcr mind. 1t will be an item for
you. Why, a Reporter ought to he able
to make news if there is nothing going
on. know that much about the news
paper busin IS, though | was never
IN it.
"Gan | see the body" asked the re-
porter, hc>itatingly. He was incxpcri-
'ncrd and rather dreaded looking upon
death i'll this cold, matter Of fact way
Still he felt that, as Il matter of duty, he
must overcome all such scruplcs.
See the body! Yes. 1t is lying in
the tac'; room on the cooling board. Ii
looks natural enough. You can't tell
anything about the cause of death from
It's appearance. Bat come along"
The reporter, wondering to himself
what his mother, i'll her quiet home, and
his delicate sister, teaching music some
where in Edgetown, would think of his
"ha>tly experience when he told them,
followed the undertaken into the back
room.
y small apartment, bare of furniture,
with two windows looking into Il stable
yard. \ peculiar smell OF damp earth
and wlitewash. In the center of the
room, taking up two thirds of the space,
1t, lying on Il sloping board, covered
with Il sheet. the outlines of the figure
defined with that sharpness which always
strikes one at the first glance, and seems
TO mutcly command the removal of the
veil from the features.
The reporter took out his paper and
noted the appearance of the room, the
corpse, the sheet covering it, and so
forth. Then, with slight trcmor run
ming through his frame, he asked Graves
to uncover the face.
The undertaken stepped up to the
highest end of the board, seized the two
upper corners of the sheet, and, with a
professional twitch, laid the face bare.
There she is" he said, ''and hand
some corpse she makes"
The reporter was finishing his writing
and did not look up Immediately He
carefully crossed a couple of is, -aiscd
his eyes, and
The undertaken said afterwards that
tho shrek which the young man gave
was terrible to hear. 1t took half an
hour to quiet the man, and then
all he could say, with his white lips and
stiffened tongue, was:
my sister,
The city editor had to write the story
himself, from the reporters notes, which
Were fortunately very full, and the item
made one of the best sensations The
Tomahawk had ever printed. 1t was
proven afterward that there was not the
slightest grounds for the suicide theory,
and that the girls life had been abso-
lutcly spotless; but, of course, that
would make no difference to live
paper.
''Our reporters relationship to the
girl makes it rather spicy reading" said
the city editor, as he wrote the conclud-
ing paragraph.
"Yes; it is good item. Boil it down,
but, mind you, give all the facts" said
Col. Whips.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24
Franklin ThOmpsOn's" Career.

Washington Cor. Detroit Free Press
Congressman Cutcheon to day put in
two bills, one to remove the charge of
desertion standing against the name of
Franklin Thompson, of the Second
Michigan infantry, the other to grant
pension of SD q month to Mrs. Sarah
f. Z. Seeley, alias Franklin Thompson,
for services as soldier in Company +,
of the above named regiment. In 1861
an interesting juvenile enlisted in the
regiment at Detroit, giving the name of
Franklin Thompson. aged Is, and
served two years with the regiment.
Most of the time Thompson was en-
ployed as mail carrier; for while,
also, as orderly, serving rs such to Gen.
Orlando Nj. Poe at the battle of Freder-
icksburg. At the battle Thompson
wearing a dainty velvet cap with a
squirrel tail plume, rode about on horse
back carrying dispatches.
Col. Dillman, of Detroit, remembers
the particulars. The behavior of
Thompson was discreet and brave, and
although toward the middle of her sec
ond year of service her comrades had
some suspicion of her sex, nothing was
ever divuIged. The regiment went to
the west, and Thompson being then
sick with malarial fever, was ordered to
the hospital at Lebanon, Ky. The no.
ton of going to the hospital did not
suit her. She deserted and returned
to her home at Flint, resumed her ap.
propriate attire as woman, and when
her health was restored went to Ober-
lin college, Ohio. While there she
wrote the book called Nurse and Spy"
Subsequently she entered the hospital
service ut Harper's Ferry and else
where, continuing until the war closed,
when she returned again to Flint, and
not long after married Mr.. Seeley and
removed to Fort Scott, Kan, where she
now resides. She has quite family of
children, and her old comrades of tho
Second Michigan are interesting them
selves in her behalf
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-24
Cremation Among the Mortimer.

Cremation was the universal method of
disposal of the dead among our Morse an
ccstors so late as the tenth century. This
was true of the Warangian rulers of
Russia. as appears from an account given
by Ahmed Ibn Fozian, ambassador from
the Caliph Al Moktador, who wrote A. d.
921. You Arabs are fools, said one of
the Russian North men to the ambassador
- You take the man whom you must have
loved and honored, and put him down in
the earth, where vermin and worms de
YOUR him. We. on the contrary, burn him
up in twinkling, and he goes straight to
paradiSc