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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
Life I'm Darlnstadt.


Darmstadt is about the dullest capital
in the world. 1t has enormously wide
streets, in which IL human being is
rarely to be seen. In the center of the
town is a gloomy schloss, which is the
royal palace. was once an attache to
the legation which was accredited to
the extinct German confederation that
used to sit at Frankfort. The legation
was accredited to the grand duke of
Darmstadt, and two or three times a
year We had to go over to Darmstadt to
figure at state hall. / remember that
| was at first somewhat astonished TO
remark tlat the guests arrived in
cOveys, until it was explained to me
that as non of his serene highness' s
subjects had carriages it was the kindly
habit of the potentate when he gave a
ball to send conveyance around the
town and bring his guests by omnibus
loads.
/ still think with awe and reverence
of these august creatures, every one
of whom was noble, Tor none but
mobiles were regarded as fitting guests
for the grand ducal fetes. The minister
in whose suit l went. was, it was known,
fond OF whist, and it was felt that an
Engl sh diplomatist coull hardly be
expected to play the game for less than
form points lis. ed.) Such stakes,
however, the fortune of no Darmstadt
noble could stand. A sort of Joint
purse was therefore formed, which was
intrusted to the three best whist play
ers of the grand ducal court. and these
champions encountered the English.
man. 1t was amusing to watch the
anxiety depicted on all countenances.
When the minister won, all was gloom !;
when he lost, counts and countesses,
barons and baronesses skipped in high
glee, like the hills of the salmist.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
A Japanese Health Society.


A society has lately been organized
at Toxic. the objects of which are to
spread the knowledge of hygiene and
public health. and to aid the sanitary
g" orts of the government by discussing
and determining the best means for
ma ntaining and improving the health of
the Japanese people and for prolonging
human life. A committee for investiga-
tons is pro lied, which shall study the
following sub;e, ts-public and private
health; school, prison, military, and
naval hygiene sanitary; hygiene of
o cupations; hygiene of mind; medical
science pharmacy, and materia medica;
chemi try; protection of infant life;
contagious d seases; statistics; sanitary
legislation; fuctuation in price, demand
an supply of commodities, civil en-
& neering; industr es; meteoroiogy,
geology and geography; natural history;
charity; cattle epidemics. Truly
somewhat miscellaneous and compre.
helsive list: but perl aps the japanese
are long lived race. The society is to
have monthly meetings.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
a NerWessaa sapevsssst.m.
tChicsgo Times. /


When the Norwegian farmers vile
begins her dairying In the summer. and
the herds have been driven 10 The mp
land pastures. she tales special pains
in making the fret cheese. for Il u for
Nipen, the old Morse WOO aud water
spirit. The offering IL taken In the
dusk OF evening 10 high. bare rock.
and left there. Sometimes q swesteaks.
in tho making of which every maiden
must assist. and can III ale In added 10
the feast for Nipcn. In the morning u
In gone. aud the farmers vifs = surs
that her cows will give down ries milk,
that her lambs will not perish In nm
timely storms. and that her good mans
boat on the ford will bring him safely
home. She has given Hostages" 10
Nipen.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
intellectual kinds of sport.

UNI J1'u iiHI Of fItnth.T
\ we'll known Il vine whose long and
wide connection with the youth of his
country. makes his opinion interesting,
anl who IL himself no fisherman. is
fond of affirming that no one who i, ad-
dictel TO fishing eau he intellectually or
morally hopel, ~ ~ may be the case
with the most consistent devotees Of
the more proSarious and SNOWY sports
that the mere fact Of his being an angler
~ esidcn q IN hs favor; and that no ir
retrevably dull soul. no one without
some mental stamina or food for rehec-
ton. could stand his own company,
through tho long solitary days by lake
OF river, that the anglers life euta Is.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
Naples Creat Future

DR.. Ernest Hart has been visiting
Naples. and describes it in The British
Medical journal as the dirtiest, rag
gedest, and most s.u,lid city in Eu-
rope. and one whose taxpaying popu!a-
ton is but 10000 persons olt of total
of 5O0,OU0. lie says, moreover, that
macaroni is fast losing its rredonlinance
as food-of which it is one of the rudest
forms and is tough, tasteless, and
made in foul atmosphere. The bread
is tough and cavernous, and meat
scarce and dear He believes, never
theless, that Naples is to have a great
future on account of the vines of the
Herculaneum district and the slopes
of Vesuvius.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
Ice.Water In Germany.


in Prague one misses ice-water and
our various cooling appliances very
much. 1t is possible, with good deal
Of trouble. t, get glass of water with
q few pieces of dirty ice in it; but it
always seems to excite so much sur
prise, alarm, and horror in the specta-
tors, that one has to seek ont se-
cluded corner of the restaurant to drink
it. do not know which they regard
the worse DIR mixing ice-water. or eat
ing raw tomatoes. Now. l am very
fond of the latter, and always eat them
VIII, n l can; but from seeing crowd
around my part of the room every day, I
begin to have suspicion that the propri-
etOr uses me for an advertisement, and
that crowds come daily to see the great
American tomato eater. Ice-water
GEMS espec ally to be regarded as
deadly olson, the cause of all the dys-
pepsia in America.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
Their Pettinx PropensitieS.

The New York Journal has been as
certainitg the petting propensities of q
number of leading actresses, from
which it is learned that Mrs. Mckee
Rankin's favorite is Mexican dog. Ada
Gilman's a squirrel, Agnes Elliott's q
monkey. Nine. Ponisi's a cat called
Metnusa1em, Agnes Booths a parrot,
Alma Stuart Stanley's dog, given to
her in California; Ada Dyas cultivates
white mice, Rose Coghlan divides her
affection between pug and Skye
terrier, Fanny Davenport keeps fish in
an aquarium, Alice HMrison inclines
to numerous dogs, Ettie Henderson
dotes on poultry, Mary Anderson has a
passion for flowers and curious shrubs,
and Sarah Jewett has no pet but her
self,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
An owl lslnnise.

The Rev. Leonard Jenyns, author of
Observations on Natural History" tells
q good owl story. He knew tame owl
that was no fond Of music that he would
enter the d.awing-room of an evening.
and, perchina on the shoulders Of ana
Of the children. listen with great atssa.
ton to the pianoforte, holding his head
first on one side and then on the other.
after the manner Of connoisseurs One
night, suddenly spreading his wings. ~
II unable 10 endure tho rapture any
longer. he alighted On tho Keys. aud
driving away the fingers II the per
former with his beak. began 10 hop
about the Keys himself. apparently In
great delight with his own execution.
This pianist was born In the woods Of
Northumberland, and belonged 10 Q
friend Of the rclator Of the Glory.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
Bitten by a Cobra.

Among many instances of snake bite
poisoning l have seen was strong
young Brahmin of 80, well known to
me, who had been bitten during the
night while watching his maize crop.
Ere knew of it they had brought him
into my compound i'll front of the
bungalow. AS yet he walked quite
steadily, only leaning slightly on the
arm OF another man. There was that
peculiar drowsy look in his eyes, how
ever, as from strong narcotic, which
indicated his having been Bit
ten for some time, and left
but little room for hope now.
He could still clearly tell me par
ticulars. He had been bitten, he said,
on putting his foot to the ground,
while moving OF his charpoy in the
dark, but, thinking the bite was that
OF non poisonous snake, had give no
more heed to the matter, had gone to
sleep again, till he was awoke by some
OF his friends coming in search of him.
With some difficulty was able to find
the bite-very faint, no larger than the
prick from pin. but still the unmis-
taxable double mark of the poison
fangs. He felt the poison, he said.
gradually ascending the limb, and
pointed to part just above the knee,
where he felt it had already reached,
the limb below that being, he said, be
numbed, and painless to the touch, like
the foot when asleep"
l gave him. the usual remedies, aud
kept him walking to and fro, but
gradually his limbs seemed to he losing
their power of voluntary motion, and
his head was beginning to droop from
the overpowering drOwsiness that was
surely gathering over him. At inter
vals he pointed ont the poison line
steadily rising higher, and was still
able to answer questions clearly on be-
ing reused. At length it seemed to be
of no use torturing him further by
keeping him moving about, and lie was
allowed to remain at rest Shorty
after this, while being supported in a
sitting posture, all at once, with
out any premOnitory sign, he gave one
or two long signs, and life ceased.
about at hour after he had himself
walked into the compound. There was
someth ng terribly real in this faculty
of pointing out each stage OF the as
cending poison as the snake bitten pa
tient always cam that was gradually
bringing him nearer and nearer to
death. with the prospect of only an
other hour or half-hour of life remain
ing to him; and yet the patient does
not seem to realize this with the keen
hess that an on-looker does, probably
from the poison benumbing at the same
time the powers of the mind as we'll Us
of the body.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
BETTER THAN A PARK.
How a Model Farm Might Add to a
(uy's Pleasure aud Instruction.

Chicago Times
Ii one of our numerous parks was
la Il out and managed as model farm
1t might be at once source of pleas
ure and instruction. An effort should
he made to raise every kind Of vegetable
that will grow i'll this latitude. If
specimens of all the different breeds of
domestlcated animals AMI fowls were
kept on it, its value as school of in
struction would be greatly increased.
Many city-bred eo?le, old as well as
young, cannot tell Hereford COW from
Il Devon, or distinguish Southdown
sheep from Merino They know
nothing about the different breeds of
horses, pigs, geese, ducks and chickens.
Most OF the young persons in the city
do not know tie names of fourth of
the trees that grow in the parks or in
the streets they travel. No attention is
gwen to the matter in schools, and
many parents cannot convey the re-
qulsite instruction. The average high
school graduate cannot give the correct
common or scientific name OF half
dozen of our native trees Ignorance
IN regard to smaller plants is ,ually
profound. Few young persons born
and reared in Chicago ever saw flax,
buckwheat, hemp, broom-corn, sorghum
or sweet potatoes while growing. Many
OF them never saw any of the small
grains except in the condition in which
they are brought to market. Thousands
who have seen elephants for the twen-
t.eth time have never seen tobacco, cot
ton or peanuts in the field. They are
not familiar with any of the trees that
produce nuts. Many never saw an
apple, pear or plum tree in blossom or
in fruit The sight of paw-paw or
mulberry tree, would delight them more
than view of drove of canrels. or
cage of monkeys.
a model stock and vegetable farm
could be laid out and managed for the
fourth of the expense of either of our
numerous parks, and would be much
greater novelty to most who visit it.
In planning farm, forest as near as
possible to a native wood, as found n
Michigan, should be created. 1t would
possess kind of beauty not found in
any of the highly artificial groves es-
tablished in the finished parks.
A collection of native and acclimatel,
wild and cultivate plants would be of
great value to all young persons and of
special value to foreigners of all ages.
Visitors from other countries wo Id de-
derive much useful instruction from
it. Such collections are common in the
large cities of the old world, and they
should lie here. They are much cheaper
and much more useful than collections
OF wild animals.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
Rich Ewgs aud Poor

The Poultry World says that the diff
ference between an egg laid by plump,
healthy hen, fed with good. fresh food
daily, and an egg laid by thin, poorly
fed hen, is as great as the difference be-
tween good beef and poor. A fowl fed
on garbage and weak slops. with cry
little grain of any kind, may lay eggs,
to be sure, but when these eggs are
broken, to be used for cake pes, etc,
they will spread in d weak, watery way
over your dish, or look a milky white,
instead of having rich, slightly yellow
tinge. A rich egg" retains it shape as
far as possible, and yields to the beat.
ing of the knife or spoon with more re-
sistance, and gives you the convict on
that you are really beating something
thicker than water or diluted milk.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
usshIe t'i,tuses.



iif Hand smith has been engaged
b. s,ai, ~ the movement n rllurod
PARTICLES siihin mari L.. isnrs and other
isnse substances and the result - n
lfoesss ~ developing paintings aud
design. lulHw TO =uffaco ni marble,
thnrsly romhinins the twn arts
10 n,inR ani sculpture through The
u-. e.. rlaliie osi,iea. worked IN u
sieois uriinm ani tiNri lay = SPECIAL
iFeatul.ut dfs gus ln eyory shaie ard
,ii, ar ilfoiutai within the stone II
n f'oo iliatty ~ the method that
"fety hao peneifsies ~ night anglrH
10 ilir su i,so without spreading later
aiif "a upln ~ the new at are nov
is.lur sshihtd 81 iiocadillf hall,
Z nniop. aii inciude decorative d.
spns ani delicate paintings oi antum
nsi ioiiaH" The pfoe"s' will be nppli.
cable 90 statnsfy. pottery. aud mural
ia.ls,@ as sell a. architectural docora-
tiub.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
Temperate Brokers.

Loitoring in much-frequented drink
ing p ace near the stock exchange the
other day was attracted by the sight
OF eight brokers who had come i'll at the
invitation of one of the number, who
had agreed TO set EN- up sust once. J"
And tins j. what they drank: Nichy
and mix. plain vichy, acid phosphate
and setter. c'ysmic and lemon, cali
sa,a anil v chy. calisa, and iron and
Apolinar =. soda AMI Angostura bitters,
aud one rom gin cock tail. Is it possi-
lle that the re ent severe securing that
Wall street has received has taught its
fire. ucpters 30 practice works meet for
rciieu,autc2
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
sharsasrt tn shr Var.

~ NAL ani tstft~s lntstsi"w.
Ia the proud loams,ic man. the long
Roman nose may he found 4 man
~hs B. wtlful. " % large hrmness. will
have a l"nl. strong. stiil upper lip tine
~io J. e,'tinnatr. loving viii have
rlawp, sollina 4 lil's une who IL
a true s,sn,h friend vii have full
aud pTc neat chln, \ EUpd taikcr has
iull aSd pfu'fndinI eye Men with
isst. coss~e haif. and rough bony faces
are aiapte w the rugged AMI stern
duties Il lite, The, atv not lui / or
sensitive nul - ten refined hn, they ~"
inen who tannei ,he mounta na quarry
the - D.. oonsitu', railroad. aud are
master. oi men. iho-. with fine hair
aud sh,n aud deli, ate features ara the
poets the artist the refined of the
void While those who have rel
fares. blue eyes, stout neehs broad
chests. tat hsnls ani mofe weight than
y sioa,. en q The physical pleasures Of
life, ani a." .olls good fellows, rarely
~icked cscsp, through ,olnrtuousncs ss
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
Making Ii Safe.
Texas S'ftings.


A young New York artist, having
nnished large historical painting OF
Lincoln signing the emancipation
proclamation, carried it to Broadway
picture dealer to be placed on exhibi-
tion.
at is not quite dry" remarked the
coming Raphael OF America; "and you
had better put something in front of it
to prevent the public from touching it"
That's fact. Ill tell you
what Ill do. I've got board
the painters left at my house when
they were painting the doors. 1t has
got Fresh Paint ON it in large letters.
I'll just put that up over your picture
The young artist somehow or other,
did not second the motion with the
vociferous enthusiasm that might have
been expected.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
WAL ERlOO'S -FIELD.
sthpi',r Account at visit to the
hiU"u. Nnttic-FicId.

rs Wy tI Of. "a Abroad
hr battlefield If Waterloo as il
lie g. has r ar unin,pirng spectacle
r0"i see. tu IT down AID mn e
"n ii.' Hli m'n ard the van tv Of
human ihm bat We had ,ivarious
l'tl" o III who spared no time fur
mn-inW. but ,npagri us with n ve.y
di i4uiai e itii IN broken. thou h
quite iut'llitibl" nglish, % the str.
rug th' ~ that happened ON that
hlu iN -uniV ~ lNlJ. when Bonl-
pant" iiici can ilc went out and the
into - f., ia combination. ! cant help
sVmpathilng with the bottom dog
lir dramatic tNiumctry of Napoleon
career " n - ai ain,t our reason
went out tu Matctluo with some
I urli- huou. and took solid comfort
in giving them NV small opinion of
tI"ir lruu Duke alihou II We must al
Low that hr dad hi- business very hand
comfy
ilnt that guide. hal not soon for
get ium o." ma lc more of an impress
r.uu uu 90" than all the hooks | have
read "a tlie sub Get ui Waterloo He
omit Il 10 hing lie opened his soul to
u.s. nhd h' ~ ted Tie net on to the
""'' ~" R,Siicui't"d' he attitnd'nized
orr ho i""ght the battle over
again i"f US 'ii' hglish was doubly
htilHi' "" was "'pecally happy IN
Ms hnr. guards. AMI hat EN- lie
"'h,a 'h 'h,liiing incident over his
shoulder "- he i" u down the two
hnndf'i nnd " id stop that mount to
Va" summit "i Mound OF the Lion. and
~ was only by The most extraordinary
ifrs"ilc" oi mind that l grasped the
railing IN TIM" to'scape a fall.
he Mound OF the Lion Is nm ant III
cial c'o'ation which ha' BEN reared
worry III adviscdIy, think IN the midst
al w." held and of fs earth. thereby
m"di yine the confgu'ation OF the lani-
Sare, ~ thnt one can not now gain so
"rrnratr an idea of the battle-ground
a. might have otherwise been obtained
un esS. indeed. the loss is comrcn-
stated 10y the fact that the summit of the
mound affords commanding view.
The tran luiiity 81 the scene Is I'M
pi"HHive. and one Is reminded OF
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
Texas Siftings |

"A few mornings ago, Little Tommy
Rarrows complained at the breakfast
table that he had suffered all night
from cole. Col. Barrows is one of the
most indulgent fathers in Austin, but
slightly sarcastic at tines.
why didn't you call me, sonny?
asked the kind parent.
because l didn't like to disturb Won
pa" replh i the consilerate s,n.
Next time you have col at nigh
-ust call me, sonny. If You don't II
think haril Of you. and you need not h,
afraid of disturbing me. for | sleep
sound, you cant wake he up t.. sa +.
your life, so don't hes tate about cn. Ii
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
How Gum Barrels Are Made.
lSt. Nicholas. |


The beautiful waved lines an Curl
GUS hower-like figures that appear on
the surface of the barrels are really the
lines of welding, showing thai two diff
ferent metals, iron and steel, are init
mately blended in making the finest
and strongest barrels. The process OF
thus welding and blenling steel and
iron is a very interesting one. + lat bars
or ribbons, OF steel and iron are alter
nate!y arranged together, and then
tAisted into cable. Several of these
cables are then welded together. and
shaped into long. fiat bar, " which is
spirallv coiled around hollow cylin.
def, called a mandrel; after which the
edges OF these spiral bars are heated
and firmly welded. The spiral coil is
now put upon what is called welding
mandrel, is again heated, and carefully
hammered into the shape of gun-bar-
rel. Next comes the cold hammering,
by which the pores of the metal are Sc
curely c'osed.
The last, or finishing operation is to
turn the barrel on lathe to exactly its
proper shape and size. BY all the
twistings and weddings and hammer
ings, the metals are 80 blended that
the mass has somewhat the consistency
and tou9hness of woven steel and iron
A barrel thus made is very hard to
burst. But the finishing of the inside
of the barrel is an operation requiring
very great care and skill. What il
called a cylinder-bored barrel is where
the bore or hole through the barrel is
made of uniform size from end to end.
There are various ways of choking"
gun-barrels, but the object of all meth
DDS is to make the gun throw its shot
close together with even and regular
distribution and with great force There
are several kinds of metallic comb:na-
tons that gunmakers use, the principal
o! which are called Damascus, Bernard,
and lam mated steel; the Damascus bar
rels are generally considered the be t
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
John wsvshasi,. Nese.


After the unssiling Of tho Msrshali
statue several descendants 81 the great
chief justice visited the congressional
library. In the party wers three grand.
daughters Of Judge Marshall. one of
whom Il distinctly remembered him. The
librarian asked for her opinion of tho
likeness Of tho statue shs replied
that the profile was an excellent like.
moss. that II could scarcely 10 better.
but that tho front view was not so
good.
HAS the artist taken any lileriissY"
asked Mr.. Sponord.
YES" replied the lady. "he has lnads
the nose an improvement upon The orig
inal."
She admitted that her grandfather
had pug nose.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
The Upward Tendency.
Chicago News

A very small Speck was climbing up
the milky way one moonlight night.
"Ah, my little fellow. where are you
from?" asked the Big Upper.
me? I'm from a grocery store down
On earth"
"How do you ccme to be away up
here?"
"Oh, I've been getting higher and
higher year after year; and smaller and
smaller. too"
That's funny. Who are you?"
"I'm the bottom OF a strawberry
box"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01

There is q craze now raging among
Philadelphia femininity running TO the
collection of china dogs. The pug as n
favorite is falling behind the bull
terrier. and the spitz is often pur-
chased. One laly confidentially told n
storekeeper that she had an assortment
of 149 dogs, bisque, ch ma. delf and
glass. costing all the way from 8 cents
up. They are all arranged on an eta
gere, and are said to be too cunning" I"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
Two Hearts, Etc.

The Wisconsin poetess, Miss Ella Wheeler,
has performed pedestrian trick that is
worth something. She has walked into mat
rimony on poetic feet and beaten the record
Her husband fell in love with her lines, not
her loveliness; he worshipped her book, not
her beauty; he proposed to her genius, was
accepted by her intellect, and welded her
wonderful powers Of expression. They now
beat in unison like two metaphors in one
sentence.