Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-04-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

Rrv = Walter i.owrie. q rresby.
,rr,an missionary to China. has the only
ftur whoslrd vehicle In fckin an un-
graceful hut useful covered depot
wagon. built in Ohio The native. ars
an,sird at It's wheels. 50 light aud yet
strong
A sportsman at Cumberland. Va.
sighted nock ~ turkeys the other day
snd told hi. dog io iie down. The dog
oboyrj. and be- went after the fowls.
live hour. ailrrward the man came
bach io look tot the dog aud found him
living where he had left him. ~ q.
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The camphnr laurel. n native ~
China. and the tree from which most of
the ramphnr ~ commerce u obtained,
svcn- Ia have been introduced succcss-
fullN into California. one tree In Sacra-
men,o having attained n height ~ thirty
feet The woui every part 81 which
smells strongly ~ camphor. Is light and
durable. not liable 10 injury from In.
scots. aud much favored by cabinet
makers san FraHc,sco Chronicle.
Oscar Wilde said the other day. In
/ his lecture at Glasgow. that nothing
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paragraph that such and such color
was going "a h. fashionable next season,
aud be- held that II would not I've moro
/ ridiculous Ia read In musical magazine
/ that ~ Nat" was going TO be fashion
able note certainly think that u II
fla, can not possibly make itself fash.
ionablc. n Hat can. and very often
/ does london Truih.
A little strip ~ sidewalk about fvc
/ feet Wide In front of the United States
/ Court House In Boston IL constantly tho
4 refuge ~ the stree, peddlrrs of bouquets
who wish Ia .yade payment of the
/ license fec which the clty ordinances ~.
qurr A. the strip ls the property oi
the United States. they can here bid do
tiance Ia the police. bat !, not infrs-
guently happens ths, their eagcrncss %
sell lures them nut, and then. " caught.
they are brought 10 court and fined.
boston Journal
'Ii is n matter % life and death.
You Ac oyerwurked. aud must take Q
rest " That Il impossible. doctor.
Ny best men are all .ick. my customers
are coming In by the hundreds. aud
mus, be- At my post" III your custom
should temporarily drop Oh YOU could
thea find time ,o rest, could Mt your"
'Cerinialv. bat how can temporarily
stop all NY old patrons frum rushing ip
on me, even II the case should be, NJ
tou say. u matter ~ life and deathp"
"iasy enough stop sdvertisipg"'-
ihHade'JAIa taR.
Among uthcr iisaistle dresses n 40
oriental erraiion ~ guld slik and cream
tissue, tfiru'l with green palm leaves
woven into the sheen.like fabric. the
leaves bcing In clusters, the corsage
loppings IL the skirt aud hair all being
furnished with pendants aud borticrings
of oriental pearls, with marvelously
beautiful effect Ila sister dress is of
new material. embossed with wild roses
combined In lace net IN tho same design,
with edge - match. the iooped back ant
Train being ~ tha embossed fabric.
white the front u formed of the lace 10
undsrskift aud most artistleally draped
over apron ". T. 0raTAsc.
The way IN gc, to sleep h not By
repeating verses, of staring At nothing
taI, blank darkness. or counting. hut By
not thinking a all for instance. ss
The mind take. up q train of thought u
should bc Instantly recalled. II will. u
course. directly settle upon something
'ls. again recall a. Ia fact. DO not
mediate st all, There IL nothing tire.
some ahnut this process, on tho con-
trary. !, IL rather amusing. and a per.
! son Who first tries !, will i,e surprised se
lsd how soon he viii begin to losc him
seit Az the mind puts out fceiers, u
u to he constantly psssad dawn. and In
: On exceedingly short time will withdraw
i,seli hks Tired ehlld sad 70 70 sleep.
- bostna 0iobs.