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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11
We Go a-Fishing.

wandered to the country, Tom, I
sat beside the brook, tried to catch
the nimble trout with line and baited
hook; the banks were just as muddy,
and the current just as slow, as in the
days l used to fish, some twenty years
ago. No people now were with me,
Icm, | squatted there alone, and tried
to yank out massive fish, where, alas
were none; mosquitoes bit me Just as
hard, and chanted just as low as when
they used to bore their wells, some
twenty years ago. And when I tried
to swipe them once, and break their
dreary song, the bank rolled down in
to the creek and carried me along; the
water was as moist, my friend, the
mud as deep below, as when / rolled
into the creek, some twenty years ago.
The line got wound around my limbs,
the hook stuck in nay eye, the pole
twirled around the same old way, and
hit me on the fly; I reeled off curses
quantity then, and naught could stop
their fowl cursed as loudly and as
long as twenty years ago. And when
l started through the woods to reach
my humble home. my eyes were full
OF last years leaves; my ears were full
OF foam; a snake sat up and bit me,
Tom, just as the snake, you know,
that left its trademark on my leg,
some twenty years. And then to the
market went, as you, of course, will
guess. and having captured ne'er a
fish, had to buy u mess; and then,
those withered scrubs l bought, 1 to
my wife did show, and told the same
old fairy tale Of twenty years ago.
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Valuable Hints for Ladies.


II you do not try to make yourself
look as pretty as you can, you neglect
one OF your duties. 1t is worth while
TO make the most of all the good looks
you possess; but that does not mean
that you should revel in powder and
purchased bloom, or spend hours in
frivolous decoration. To have a clear
skin, remember that YOU must ba We
good health; and to have good health
and Il rosy complexion, you must
wear thick-soled shoes and spend part
of the day out of doors.
Ii you Use powder of any kind on
the face never so to bed without wash
Ing 1t of. Sanitary reasons as well
as cleanliness require this. To keep
your skin from roughening, find, by
trial, what kind of soap suits you best.
and use no other. Frequent changes
OF soap are bad for the complexion.
Beware OF the soaps which are highly
scented; as Il general thing, they are
OF OF poor quality, the scent being
used to destroy the odor OF the in
gradients used.
If You would keep your hands and
face unwrinkled, use tepid water; very
hot or cold water is injurious. Also
avoid burying the face in soft pillow
at night; it produces wrinkles around
the eyes.
wash which will remove the sun
burn acquired by outdoor sports is
made by adding to twelve of elder
flower water six drahms of powdered
borax. Applied to the skin, it will
make 1t as clear and as soft as a
baby's.
Keep your combs and brushes
sweet and clean. Wash them in
tepid water containing few drops
OF ammonia. The grease and dirt |
will disappear as if by magic. Then
place the brushes with the bristies
down to dry, and delicate celluloid |
handles will not be injured
By using the following preparation
for cleaning kid gloves, ribbons and |
laces, you can keep these articles in
the "pink of perfection" with little |
trouble: To two quarts of sulphuric |
ether, two drachms of deodorized ben
zine and two drachms of chloroform,
add four drachms of alcohol. Pour
the fluid in a bowl and wash the arti-
cies as if i'll water, rinsing in fresh |
supply.
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HAUNTED LIVES.
Published by request

| have read of ancient castles.
Where sad spirits, clad in white,
Passed along the gloomy hallwavs
| In the shadows OF the night:
vi deserted homes where wandered
| Up and down, with restless tread,
| Heavv-heartod men and women
From the regions Of the dead,
Thinking Of these haunted houses,
Like The plantOihs from the past,
Through my own life passed the spectres
Of the hours that could not last
Wasted iiours-now gone forever,
But regret can never gain
What neglect has lost--Giod never
GfTcs these treasures back again I'll =
Others weep above the buried
Hopes that lie along the wears;
Others see the distant eden
AS it glimmers thro' their teirs.
They with me must tild solace
In The moments that remain;
In the doing OF our duty
We shall paradise regain;
In the helping of our fellows
We shall SEE our hopes arise,
Robed i'll resurrection beauty
Like the stars that gem the skies.
Haunted by the noble purpose
Let us struggle through the strife,
III within our masters presence
We receive the crown OF life.
LEONARD j. CARVER.
OLYMPIA, March %, 1883.
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WHOLE NUMBEl

miles apart. Portland is one hundred
and four miles beyond Astoria, which
makes the distance from Aberdeen to
Portland trife over one hundred and
eighty miles.
The average daily cost of boarding
Territorial convicts in the penitentiary
at Walla Walla has been 174 cents
each; average daily cost of board,
and caring for convicts, SO
cents each. Number of prisoners on
March 81, Ill.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

A VENERABLE member OF the bar of
this city stood looking on while a
young man ratified off an order Of
court on typewriter Things are
changed since l was \ boy" he said.
Then we had no ruled paper even,
and us boys used to take bullet and
hammer it out into II plummet to rule
our copy books. We had no steel pens
and the teacher used to make pens for
us out of goose quills, and mend them
when they needed it. l still like a
quill pen and can make one and cut
off the nib squarely on my thumb
nail. don't suppose there is one boy
in q hundred now can make u quill
pen. We had no matches in those
days, and when the fire went out my
father used to put some powder in the
pan Of his flint-lock gun with some
tow and by flashing the powder set
fire to the tow. The first matches had
to be drawn through a piece of sand
paper folded, and sometimes they
would go off, and sometimes they
wouldn't. Many of them were i'm
perfect" The list of things which
they did not have in those days could
be extended for mile, and when that
is taken into consideration it seems as
if life WAS hardly worth living then
But the people managed to get along
and from all that is recorded had about
as much fun as anyone does now
Oregonidn.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11
A Call.

To the People Of Washington Territory:
We the undersigned, Il pro visional
committee on organization, appointed
by the National Committee, represent
ing the Prohibitionists of our several
communities, issue this call for Ter
ritorial convention to meet at North
Yakima, Wash. Ter, at 4 O'Clock i'm
the afternoon on May Is, 1888.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

AN American grammarian gives a
con;ugation of the verb kiss, as follows :
Buss. to kiss; rebuss to kiss again
pluribus, to kiss without regard to
number; syllabus, to kiss the hand in
stead of the lips; blunderbuss, to kiss
the wrong person; omnibus, to kiss
everybody in the room; erubus, to kiss
in the dark. The erubus is the most
preferable by far.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11
"MY friends" said a man at an

"MY friends" said man at an ex-
pcrience meeting in Chicago suburb
few evenings ago, as he arose and
looked around him with deep contri-
ton, ." trust have begun new life,
and yet my conscience impels me to
make full confession before ask you
to extend to me the hand of fellowship.
For fifteen years before came among
you, was a manufacturer of maple
syrup"
My brother, there is hope for you p'
exclaimed man on the seat in front,
as he rose mp and cordially grasped
the speakers hand. / sold real estate
for five years in Seattle"
Brethren" exclaimed the minister,
in a voice broken with emotion, let III
sing:
"'While the lamp holds out to burn,
The vtleot sinner NAV return,D
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

In the aggreg s the figure 8 appears
to congreg 8 and demonstr the ex.
tent to which the funny man will cir,
cul 8 and formul 8. The following il
clipped from an exchange: "The
year teen 50 will be a hard year on
the figure 8; likewise the candid s will
surely have to liquid s, if he ofic8s
But it will be glorious year to dis
sip 8, illumin 8 and specul 8 in mine,
and real est g."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

EvERYBoDY reading newspaper be-
comes familiar with the business whose
names appear in it, and naturally they
patronize them. The merchants who
advertise make many friends through
the columes of the newspapers, as their
names become familiar as household
words.-Er.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

IT is estimated that 100, 900 bales of
hops will be grcwn on the Pacific
Coast this year. Prices are not very
promising, however, and some New
York producers are abandoning the
business, because they cannot COM
pete with Puget Sound.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

The wheat crop of the world for 1887
is estimated at over 9, 2,OOO, 600 900 bush
els. OF this enormous yield the Uni
ted States produced nearly one-fourth.
The time is not far distant when this
country will produce more than half
the wheat of the world.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11
While the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return
scANpINAv1A i IN tbo v.rr.

SCANDINAVIA is on the verge of a
civil war over the proposed introduc-
ton of polygamy in that country.
The people are divided upon the sub
lect, one party-the iberals-believ-
Ing In and advocating polygamy while
the other part oppose il. Our Nor
mon brethren of this country must
have been laboring in that country
and it is probably due their efforts that
such a large number embrace the
creed. 1t should never be allowed to
flourish in any country.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

MRS. Fred Stoker and her baby
were burned SO badly in East Portland,
on the 18th ult., that they subsequent
ly died. The cause of the disaster was,
the foolishly dangerous habit of kind
ling fire with coal oil. The house was
destroyed by the fire which ensued.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

The Surgical Journal records the
fact that last season Georgia farmer
realized vi 900 from an acre planted
in water melons; also, that the local
physician realized $500 from the sa me
patch of ground.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

The Rev. Augustus Littlejohn, the
once famous revivalist and fellow la
borer OF John B. Cough, died in the
almshouse at Paw Paw, Michigan, a
few days ago, and his remains were
consigned to pauper's grave.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

l ASKED little boy one day what
kind OF dog that was following him,
and he said that dog is half terrier.
" What is the other half?" said l. The
boy looked surprised, and hesitated az
he said: Nothing but dog, 1 reckon" /"
--ANanta Constitution.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

WHEN Long John Wentworth was
asked to join a church he shouted ::
" Ask for check and you can have it,
but any church that is willing to take
me rs Il member is not fit for me to
belong to-"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

PUT down in figures your age in
years, multiply it by two; add to the
result 3,776; then divide by two; sub
tract from the result your age-and
you will obtain figures that you will
not be likely to forget for year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11
"YoU love NV dauebter2u said :

" You love my daughter" said the
old man.
Love her!" he exclaimed passion
ately, why, sir would die for her!
For one soft glance from those
sweet eyes, l would hurl myself from
yonder cliff and perish, a bleeding
bruised mass upon the rocks 200 feet
below!"
The old man shook his head sadly.
"Tm something of a liar myself :"
he said and one is enough in q small
family like mine."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

ACCORDING to advices from Brazil,
the abolition of slavery in that country
is progressing with great rapidity.
Hundreds of thousands who were slaves
have been freed in the past few years,
and it is proposed to set fixed and
early day when slavery shall cease.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

THE land owners at Coal Harbor,
b. c., gave the Canadian Pacific rail-
road half their stump farms to build
their road there, and to-day the busy
city OF Vancouver has 10000 people,
electric lights, brick blocks, etc.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

CAPTAIN Paul Boyton, the famous
voyager has ended his 8OO-mi,e swim
down the Ohio, which occupied about
fifteen DAYS.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

AS means, probably, of inducing
the Young men to attend church, q
number OF pretty girls have been ap-
pointed ushers in the ongregational
church at Ottawa, Kansas.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

THE labor vote in politics is disap-
pearing. Last year the labor ticket
had $1,000 votes in Cincinnati. This
year it had only 5000.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

WHAT is meant by an inch of rain
fall is that IA 100000 gallons OF water
have fallen upon square mile of
ground.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

The President has appointed Thos.
b. Merry, of Portland, to be Assistant
Commission to the Melbourne ex-
position.
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OBJECT.


The object of this convention is to
send from this Territory two delegates
to the National Prohibition convention
to convene at indianapolis on the 3Oth
of May: to place jim nomination cam
didate Ms delegate. to Congress, from
this Territory, and to arrange a plat
form containing among other impor-
tant issues the plank looking to the
speedy enactment Of constitutional
prohibition of the liquor traffic in
Washington Territory.
WHO WILL BE DELEGATES.
All persons who believe Prohibition
should be made the national question
in American politics and who are will
ing to sever all connection with other
political parties and work for the
growth and triumph of the Prohibition
party in this Territory are invited to
attend and participate in the business
of the convention.
CREDENTIALS.
Persons attending will be expected
to present credentials signed by three
or more of their neighbors to the effect
that they are known to be committed
to this movement.
GEO. F. SCHORR,
Spokane Falls.
ROGER 8. GREEN, Seattle.
JONAS BUsHELL, Tacoma.
Rev. JAS. LAURIE, Ellensburg.
c. II. KooNTz, Olympia.
REV. HENRY Brown,
Walla Walla.
II. f. DENNIsON, Ellensburg.
]. W. BRYCE, North Yakima.
Ter. Central Committee.
All who intend to be present will
please notify the President of the Club
E. N. Liyermore, at North Yakima, at
the earliest possible date.
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MEMBERS of the G. A. r. are posi-
lively forbidden to Use their badge for
advertising purposes of anv kind.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-11

OF the eight men who headed the
national tickets for the Presidency and
vice-Presidency in 1860, Hannibal
Hamlin, the associate OF Abraham
Liacoln, alone survives. Douglas
was the first of the eight to die.
Broken down with disappointment, he
survived the defeat for the position
that he had bent every energy for
years to attain, and on the Sd of June
1861, he died, having barely completed
his forty-eighth year. Hershel V.
Johnson. whose name appeared with
that of Douglas on the ticket, died in
1877, the mention OF his death recall
ing to the world the almost forgotten
circumstance of his life. John Bell,
of Tennessee, died in his home in
Nashville on the 10th of September,
1869, and Edward Everett, his asso-
ciate on the so called union constitu-
tional ticket, died in January, 1865,
John. G. Breckenridge, lived abroad
for several years after the close of the
war, and returned to die in Kentucky
in May, 1875. Joseph Lane, his as
sociate, died and was buried in South
ern Oregon few years later.-Tele-
gram.
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but amid the widest, most tumul-
tuous excitement this was voted down,
yeas, 1854; nays, $50. Seeing that the
tide for Blaine could not be stemmed
Foraker of Ohio who had led the Sher-
man forces, moved that the rules be
suspended and the nomination be
made by acclamation but this also
was voted down. The fourth ballot
resulted in 541 votes for the Maine
man. On motion of Congressman
Burleigh, the nomination was made
unanimous. The result of the contest
is too well known for review.
When, few weeks ago, Mr.. Blaine
announced his intention to keep out
of the political broil of the present
year, it was undoubtedly ut the cost of
heavy sacrifice to his towering ambi-
ton 1t was found only after a thor
ough review of the situation, and a
careful estimate of all the chances in
volved. The conclusion was reached
after the maturest thought, and may,
therefore, be regarded as a virtual ac-
knowledgement of the impotence of
his party under its best leader. What,
then, has produced the change, if
change there be in his opinion. Has
the removal of~his bitferest enemy,
Rescue Conkling, by the implacable
hand of death, been the final weight
that, hitherto balancing the scale
against self, is now transferred to the
other end of the beam? II is probable,
to say the least, that this event has re-
vived yearning hopes and subdued for
the time the calm voice of Reason
which had presented so effectively the
utter futility of further effort to reach
the goal of his ambition-the Presi-
dental chair.
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The entire Territory of Alaska con-
tains less than 1000 whites.
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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-10
APpL,cATloN FoR A PATsNT.

L. s. OFFICE DEApwooD, OAK, July ~, 1898
Notice IL hereby given that FredT Evans. wiiose
postufice address Il Sioux City, Iowa, by John
T.. Burke. his attorney in fact whose pOstoflice
application for II pntent for i3s0. linear, feet OF
the Minnekshta Stone Mine, on vein bearing valu-
able building rock with slrface ground dtD feet IN
width, situated In AN unOrgnnized mining district,
county of Fail River and territory OF Daks IL and
designated by the field notes and official plat ON
file In this office as lot number 561, said lot num-
her 561 being as follows:
is the u section corner On the north line of lection
~, township : south, range q east, B. II. N: and
from which corner corner to sections .. ~ =: and
~ beare north 6H degrees, AZ minutes west 26iO
feet distant, thence fret course south sa degrees
So minutes east. GGO feet to corner No. ,: thence
second course ecuth l320 feet t. corner number 3,
thence thirdcourse north 81 degrees. = minutes
course north 1870 feet to corner n.intnr and
place Of beginning. Magnetic variation Is degrees
eaet. continuing twenty acres
The location of this mine is recorded In the re-
coro er's office of Fall River county, Dakota, II.
book 1 of Miscellane0ns records at pages i+' anu
lSs. The adjoining claims are none,
portion Il said Ginnekahta. stone Mine or sur
face ground are required to file their adverse, claims
With The register Of the United States land onice
al Deadwood IN the territory Of Dakota during
the sixty DAYS period of publication hereof, or
they viii be barred BY virtue u the provisions OF
the statute. JouN r.. WaITEslDE,
IL IA hereby ordered that the foregoing notice OF
annlicsfion Tor patent no published for the period
Of ten consecutive weeks In The Hor SPRINGS
STAB . weekly newspaper published at Hot
~ is:S Register.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-10
FlNAI o non cEs.

To Mary A. Roberts, who made ID. s. No. A9l
and to whom il may concerns: !.
Notice is hereby given that the following-named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will he made before the clerk of the district
court of Fall River county, Dakota. at his
office in Hot Springs, u. T., on Sept. 10th, 1883,
ROBERT LEWIS,
D. S. 54Oa for tn. swiA nw,a section 81, seia nell,
81. SELL section ~, township Z south, range 8 east,
Is. II. NJ.
He names the following Witnesses to prove his
continuous residences upon, and cultivation OF
POmeroy, Edmund Petty and Joseph Petty, all u
''' Ills Jous II wnrrEsIpE. Register.