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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-06


Councilman Lammon said the PEG.
pie are again up in arms against the
stray COWS, and wanted somebody Ia
impound them at 90 much head. He
thought competent man could be
secured who would not take charge
of the limits. The City Clerk was in
structed to inform the City Marshal
that it was the sense of the Council
that the police should pay more atten-
ton to the running at large of stock.
Concerning the renting of the City
Hall, Mr.. Byrne called attention to
the fact that the ordinance fixing rent
at So per night for churches, was being
lost sight of, and that series of church
meetings has been held during the
past week without charging the stated
rent. The City Marshal was in
structed to enforce the ordinance. Mr..
Byrne said there were other halls for
the purpose which paid taxes.
The City Treasurer and City Clerk
were allowed further time for the
preparation of their reports.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-06

Tents are being spread for a great
annual Adventist campmeeting in the
suburbs of Walla Walla. 1t begins
Nav 2,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-06

The following statistics have been
Furnished us from tho Olympia sta
ton, Weather Bureau, for the month
of March, 1894:
Mean barometer, 1896 deg. highest
barometer 30.47, date Odd; lowest ba-
rometer 29.47, date LIST; mean temper
ature, AZ; highest temperature So,
date oath; lowest temperature 26, date
2lst; greatest daily range of tempera.
ture 80. date 23d; least daily range OF
temperature 4, date date Goth.
Mean temperature for this month in
1878, As; 1879, As; 1880, 40; 1881, Al;
1882, AZ; 1883, At; 1884, 43; 1885, 4S
1886, 43; 1887, As; 1883, A; 1889, SO;
1890, A; 1891, 43; 1892, 4S; 1898, AZ
1894, AZ.
Mean temperature for this month
for II years, 45; total deficiency in
temperature during month, IS; total
deficiency in temperature since Janu-
ary LIST, lis; prevailing direction OF
wind, south; total movement OF
wind, 4,651 miles; maximum velocity
Vi WIN, uiicCtlOu duu uAtc, OV ulllccj
south, 9Th.
Total precipitation. $50 inches
number OF days on which oil inch OF
more of precipitation fell, 20.
Total precipitation Gin inches) for
this month in 1878, 100; 1879, l4.44
1880, 5.57; 1851, 4.03; 1882, $50;
1883, 2.99; 1884, 1.57; 1885, so; 1886,
4O7; 1887. 1860; 1888, $50; 1889,
3.91; 1890, 1864 1891, 3.04; 1892,
2.53; 1898, 5.71; 1894, $50.
Average precipitation for this month
for II years, SIG; total excess in pre-
cipitation during month, 1853; total
excess in precipitation since January
LIST, 5.34; number of cloudless days, 4
PANTY cloudy days, 8; cloudy days, 10
dates of frost I'd, 18th, 18th, 2lst, 22d
greatest precipitation in "a hours 1888
on 18th and 18th.
G. H. WILSON,
Observer Weather Bureau.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22
STATE NEWS.

Frank w. Ballard, formerly agent
of the Standard Oil company at Bur-
lington, committed suicide at st AL
bans Friday morning by cutting his
throat with razor. Business en-
barrassments had preyed upon his
mind, and he was undoubtedly the
victim of a hallucination, as his af-
fairs prove to be sound. He leaves
widow and two small children.
The Chittenden county convention
was held at Burlington Saturday.
The following nominations were
made:
For first senator, Elias Lyman of
Burlington for senator from the
north end CT the county, George W..
Stevens of Westford for third sena-
tor, Robert j. White Of Shelburne ;
for side Judge, H. S. Tomlinson was
renominated for judge of Probate,
I. E. Woles of Burlington for states
attorney, Rufus E. Brown of Burling-
ton.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22
Men Who Make Tn. Bees, Husbands.

Every unmarried man thinks he would
make a good husband; every married man
knows he Is the best husband In the world,
of course; and the man woman loves
possessesQn her estimation, at least) the
elements of an ideal husband. 1t Is in
teresting, therefore, TO know the opinions
on this subject of such well-known men
as Rev. DIR, Parkhurst, Palmer Cox, Bill
Nye, Anthony Comstock, and George
Francis Train, who give their views in
the July number of Demorest's Family
Magazine, some of which are very unique
and are well worth reading. Ice is an al
most Indispensable luxury midsummer;
but how few appreciate the forehought
and enterprise that makes the enjoyment
Of it possible, or know how the glittering
treasure of the ice-king is wrcsted from
his storehouse and boarded for the use of
humanity "A Day ON an Ice-Field" is
pleasant and profitable reading; and the
realistic Illustrations, from photographs
made especially for the purpose, show the
complete process of strengthening. ocean
Life in Inland Homes" is highly inter-
esting illustrated article, apropos to the
seashorc season, and tells how to make,
stock, and care for an aquarium. "How
to Play the Violin Without Master" is
another of the series of helpful papers for
which this Magazine is so well known;
stories, poems and "Society Fads" will
interest every woman, and so will bag
ging Birthday The housekeeper will
find many excellent suggestions in "The
Arrangement of Summer Draperies";
"Sanitarian" contains some specially good
ideas in 1.-The Adaptation of Food to
Work" and the other departments abound
with good things, while the illustrations
are numerous and beautiful. Demorest's
has a beautiful new cover for July, but is
still published for $2 year, by w. Jen-
nings Demorest, 10 East l4th St., New
York
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22

Anent the Wilson-Gorman tariff
bill we clip few choice paragraphs
from the Democratic N. Y. World:
The Morrill, war tariff, which Dem
ocrats have been denouncing all these
years, is less protective than the Cor
man bill, and its substitution for the
German bill would be great gain
for reform.
1t is asserted that there have been
worse tariff bills than the German
bill, but no intelligent person will
deny that the Democratic party has
consistently and bitterly opposed bills
that were a great deal less un Demo
cratic.
Under the laws of the United States
a trust is an unlawful conspiracy in
restraint of trade Yet one of the
most notorious of these trusts can
have schedules drawn by Democrat
ic Secretary of the Treasury for inser.
ton IN Democratic tariff bill. What
does it all mean?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22

The old question, what's in name,
is answered by the Glasgow, (Ky)
Times:
Benjamin Franklin was lately whip
ped for stealing chickens; Thomas
Jefferson sent up for vagrancy ;
James Madison fined for getting
drunk ; Aaron Burr had his eye gouged
out in fight Zachary Taylor robbed
a widow of her spoons John Wesley
was caught breaking into store ;
George Washington is on trial for at
tempted outrage; Andrew Jackson
was shot in negro barroom Martin
Luther hanged himself on the garden
palings while stealing basket of
vegetables, and Napoleon Bonaparte
is breaking rock for So fine in New
Orleans. These indicators are oil
colored citizens of Kentucky. WHAT'S
the matter with the old BOYS!
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22
opos AND ENDS.

There are said to be large tracts Of
country in Cuba still unexplored
A 60 pound boy hauled in q so pound
catfish at Winfield, Kan. few days
ago.
There are 10, 1T. 900 acres of unin'
closed mountain and heather land in
Great Britain.
Under anew New York law you must
be citizen to get employment on pub
lie work done by contract
A spaniel owned by DR.. Frederick A
Lyons of New York city has adopted
chicken which it cares for necessarily
Corneille died in the most bitter pow.
erty, unrelieved by many whom during
his day of prosperity he had benefited.
There is an old French couple in New
York neither of whom, after residence
of 40 years in America, can speak Eng
fish.
The United States has 800 lights upon
its coasts. Thirty of them are displayed
from lightships; the others shine from
lighthouses.
There are $50 mountains in the Unit
ed States, which have height exceeding
10000 feet The greatest number are
in Colorado and Utah.
The New York board of health boasts
that it has vaccinated 100000 persons
this year so far. The Brooklyn board
boasts of 400, 900 since February.
The Chicago police raided prize
fight one day recently and arrested the
combatants, two 10-year-old lads, and
their fathers, who were DO seconds
A tablet has just been completed on
the front of 80 Castle street, Edinburgh,
bearing the following words, "In this
house Sir Walter Scott lived from 1898
to 1926"
Paris has society of novelists called
Les Romanciers Francois, which has
now 100 members No one can be ad.
mitted until he has published at least
four novels
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22

the working of a passion, or the de-
velopment of an adventure in which
we ourselves are the prime actors.
We loose our individuality, or possess
two-fold being, There is something
strange in dream of this nature. 1t
seems to draw aside the curtain and
give us glimpse of future and in
comprehensive state of being.
Who would undertake to classify
dreams, they are of greater variety
in number than the sands of the sea,
their name is legion. Often times VIC
dream that we are dreaming, and try
in our sleep to wake from our trance,
We have somewhere read of German
student who by careful training, con-
trolled his dreams; so that before re-
signing himself to sleep he could reg
ulate the entertainments of his noe
turnal hours. He was of limited nerves
and of feeble health, In his dreams
he possessed more wealth than the
famous King Of LYDIA, he had the
strength of Hercules. All the glory
of wealth and power were his,
stretched on his humble couch he ruled
the destinies of nations IN his imagin-
alton. What was his real existence
In sleep night after night a man of
power, controlling nations, beloved
by the fairest of the fair, ever sought
after to fill positions of honor and
trust. While in his waking hours q
humble peasant. Was he not as much
the former as the latter? What are
our waking moments but strange, wild
dreams? At sudden accession of
fortnue one feels like pinching him
self to make sure he is not dreaming,
thus showing the distinction between
the day dream and the night vision.
"We are such stuff as dreams are
made of and our little life is rounded
with Sleep" e.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22
Worlds bicycle Record Broken.

Tremendous smashing of bicycle re-
cords was witnessed by 5000 people Mon
day afternoon on the new. Waltham,
Mass, cement cycle track at the race meet
Of the Waltham Cycle club. Illness pre-
vented Sanger from riding. Arthur w.
Porter of the Waltham Cycle club estab-
lished a series of records, paced against
time with flying start. He did the quar-
ter in so 20; half in | :0i 80. the mile in
2 :0G. John S. johnson rode for class b,
making the quarter in IS l-5; half in :ol,
third quarter in ! 20 and the mile in
2 :03 80. He would have ridden urder
two minutes had not Murphy's bunglng
paco-making intcrfered with him These
miles by Porter and johnson are the fast
est ever ridden i'm the world in public.
Zimmerman had held the record up to to-
day, having ridden on the same track last
fall in ;05 S-5.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22
FATE.

FATE.
Probably no one word in the Eng
lish language is subject to so much
abuse and misuse as the above, for
with it is associated about everything
of Il disastrous nature that has ever
occurred to mankind. 1t is, in fact,
made a common scapegoat by man for
every misfortune that happens to befall
him. 1t is held responsible tor the
mistakes of ignorance, the folly of sin,
and lack Of judgment in business trans
actions generally. As a natural result,
it has become environed with dingy
halo of superstition, which makes it an
Ogre of hideous mien to its brain-be-
logged devotees who vainly seek to read
their unknown destiny in the stars.
Man rashly attempts that which
proves a failure, and then attributes
his defeat to-what? Why, Fate, of
course. He is repeatedly warned of
impending danger, but disregards the
admonition, rushes blindly into it suf-
fers for his indiscretion, and again, to
relieve himself of any and all RESPONSE
bility, wisely (?) ascribes his ill-luck to
Fate @ when the fault is entirely his
own!
Shakespeare has well expressed the
absurdity of such idiosyncrasies in the
following lines:
1.-The fault, dear Brutus, is not In our
stars,
But in ourselves, that we are under
lings."
T. ID.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22
Sifterlets-ShOrt and Snappy.

Some believe that the correct way to
pronounce the name of Mr.. Have
meyer is Have-it-all.
Protection is about the only thing the
Senate has vindicated at this session of
Congress.
st. Louis has a man who claims not
to have slept during the last twenty
years. What's the matter with send
ing him to the U. S. Senate?
Notwithstanding its having been born
at Chicago, the National Anti Cigar
cite Association has the best wishes of
sensible men everywhere.
The slowness of certain Senators in
coming forward and declaring, under
oath, their innocence Of having specu-
lated in sugar is hardly the result of
bashfulness.
Several more or less distinguished
gentlemen will regulate their stay in
Europe by the actions of the investiga-
ting committees at Washington and
New York.
Two Alabama men died for not
knowing the difference between alcohol
and aconite. They stole the poison from
a drug store.
When Bostonians take to suiciding
as remedy for unrequited love it is
time for the rest of the country to set a
watch upon itself.
The meanest man has been found.
He's hotel keeper, who circulates
nauseating stories among his guests
while they are waiting for their meals.
A new trial has been granted two
convicted murderers by Florida
Judge, because the jury drank a jug Of
whiskey while celebrating on the yer.
dict.
The giddy journalist taxes his gray
matter trying to invent new words
while the newspaper man puts in his
spare time trying to keep in touch witt
existing words.
| Whenever there are troublesome
strikes in the country bills providing
for compulsory arbitration are intro
duced in Congress. When the strikes
are over the bills are allowed to quiet
| ly slumber.
1t seems queer that it has not occur
red to the Senate that the quickest way
to secure vindication would be to pu
refined sugar on the free list.
The U. S. Senate has been making
some very strong arguments in favo
of the election of Senators by direc
vote of the people, although there is nj
reason to believe it was intentional.
The hair dealers would better pre-
pare for big run on red wigs as al
article going the rounds of the paper
) says they make old women look young
As long as Public Printer Benedic
continues to draw the salary he vii
not object to the statements that hi
office was offered to several men befor
he got it.
There are people who think that it
+. a change of man and not a change o
air that The House and Senate chamber
need.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22
Brieflets By Wire.
Erastus Wiman has been convicted

Erastus Wiman has been convicted
of forgery.
William Walter Phelps of New
Jersey, ex-minister to Germany, died
early Sunday morning.
A plot to blow up the capitol has
been unearthed at Washington. One
Jaxon, Chicago anarchist is said to
be the chief conspirator.
The great miners strike is now be-
lieved to be settled. 1t is estimated
, that the cost of the strike has been
500, OOO,O
An attempt was made to assassin
ate the Italian premier, Crispi, on
Saturday. Two shots were fired at
him but both missed the mark. The
would-be assassin was arrested.
The following is attributed 10 DR..
Parkhurst. My opinion is that the
boss business is at an end in New
York. The Republicans are conf
dent of winning at the approaching
election, but, for my part, if they
work by bosses / would as soon keep
Tammany in as to supplant it with
Tom Platt.
"Half of the villains of the boss
system are not yet revealed. Before
the committee is done it will be found
that Republican bosses are not any
better than Democratic. People must
throw off all bossism and things that
spring from it."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22
Dreams.

Dreams.
"We are such stuff as dreams are
made of, says the immortal Bard of
Avon. Of the thousands who NAV
be supposed to have repeated the line
we have quoted, how few have ever
felt it's true force, or inquired of
themselves, "What is this stuff that
dreams are made of" What are
dreams, Or what affinity do they bear
toour waking visions? Philosophical
ly considered, dreams are but the
continuation of our waking reveries.
In sleep the fancy, unrestricted by
the stern vigilance of reason, untram-
eled by the presence of surrounding
objects, runs riot sometimes wander
ing in the paths of pleasure, or Wild
ly rushing into the midst of scenes of
pain, of anguish and of hopeless mis-
cry. At one time the dreamer basks
in the sunshine of prosperity, happy
in the thought, that he has in his
possession that which will satisfy all
the cravings of the ambitious, the AL
mighty Dollar, when, anon the scene
changes and he finds himself alone
among wild beasts and the devour-
ing elements. He starts and trem-
bles, he fears some horrible disaster,
he tries to escape, but in vain, he is
chained to the spot he feels utterly
helpless, he is doomed. The cold
sweat gathers on his brow, physical
excitement conquers sleep, and with
gasp of agony he starts awake
The same feelings 10 our waking mo-
ments, would cause feelings Of exhil-
aration, or of corresponding depres-
sion. The good old days when "old
men saw visions, and young men
dreamed dreams" are now gone by.
The march of intellect, and advance
of science has stripped from their il
lusions the pranks of the fairy queen
Nab. The night bag now only APP
pears in the wake of champagne
supper, or turtle feast. The romance
of dreams has fed. Still in some quiet
country villages or even in our large
cities few spinsters may be found
whose religious belief in the myster-
ious character of dreams is mistaken
by the seedlings of the rising genera
ton. They have dreamed dreams nc
mortal ever dared to dream before,
and have always found significance
in them. Even the Seven Sleepers OF
the Eastern tale, who truly enjoyed
the longest nap on record, could not
have had more mysterious visions than
have come to the superstitious of real
life. We put no faith in dreams,
| would that we could. One of the
most remarkable circumstances at
tending dreams, is the sort of double
existence which we seem to fill, we
| seem to stand, locker on and watch
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22

We are indebted to the Transcript
Publishing company of Brattleboro
for copy of "Men of Vermont" just
issued. The work is deserving the
highest commentator. 1t embraces
brief biographical sketches of YER
monters from the old time governor
and Supreme court Judge down to
'the member from Somerset" of to-
day, illustrated with over 700 half
tone cuts. No Vermonter's library
will be complete without this valu-
able work.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22

That New York police investigating
committee is giving the Senate COM
mittee an object lesson in finding out
things, that should not be thrown away,
or somebody may be given an object
lesson in getting out of public life.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22

Senator Quay bravely faces the
music by acknowledging that he
bought sugar stock but says he sold
out before he voted. Quay is bold,
bad man, but isn't to be charged with
whipping the devil around the stump
by charging his speculations to his
son or his servant.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22

Congress is about to engage in an
other wrestle on the Sunday question,
the bone of contention being bill for
the opening of some of the Government
buildings at Washington on that day.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22

Congressman Conn, the millionaire
manufacturer of musical instruments,
has purchased the new penny daily
which was started at Washington by
representatives of the labor organiza.
tons. If all the millionaires would
purchase and run daily newspapers the
wealth Of the country would soon get
thoroughly redistributed.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22
Mnks.the Weak strong.

after having bad seige of the grip
and being very weak I began taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla and am not able 10
find words to expires the good it has
done me. highly recommend it to all T"
Leslie Rollins, Rockingham, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22

Goodbye Levi Knight Fuller The
Republican party is through with You
got its fill-and the ides of October
will release the old Green Mountain
state of your official presence. You'll
be at liberty then, Levi, to open a
doctors office in Brattleboro or q
doughnut bakery in North Hinsdale,
Goodbye Levi! May the aurora Dor.
eallis have mercy on your soul!
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22

The Democratic Senators who in
sist that "the tariff is tax" probably
had that idea in mind when they
agreed to increase the rates on sugar
as means of rewar(ling the Nam-
paign services of the Ilavemeycr mo
nopoly N. Y Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22

1t seems that British gold counts in
Germany as well as elsewhere. The
Imperial currency commission, which
met at Berlin, adjourned without MAX
ing positive recommendation for the
reconciliation of silver.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22

The Republican State ticket is now
before the people and, we predict,
no objections will be urged against it
from any quarter. That it will be
ratified at the polls by an old time
majority admits of no doubt. Repub-
licans now have the opportunity to
come out into the sunlight after two
years of the blight of Fullerism.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22
Sitter John. Editor.

Copies ofthis paper caa be obtained
at the Brattleboro Necs rooms, Elliot
street, Brattleboro.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22

The Windham county Republican
convention will be held at Newfane,
July 3.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22
FREE THOUGHT COLUMN.

Under this head win be published brief com.
muncations, II eouched In good, PLAN English,
from any who may have IDEAS TO present
whether agreeing with the editor or not,l
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22
-THE-

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pers. Address
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