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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27

One of the finest poems in the mod
ern literature of song is that one
known everywhere by its first pathetic
line:
II am dying, Egypt. dying"
And which was written by Gen.
William Haines Lytle, on the eve OF
the battle of Chicanauga. We are in
debted to the late Col. Realf, poet,
author and soldier, who shared the
fortunes Of war with his friend, Gen.
Lytle, for an account of the peculiar
circumstances under which the poem
was written.
Col. Realf shared the tent OF Gen.
Lyle on the night preceding the bat
tie. The two friends were both given
to writing poems at such times and
each had an unfinished poem on hand.
They read and criticised each others
efforts humorously for some time,
when Gen. Lytle said with y grave
smile:
"Realf, shall never live to finish
that poem"
Nonsense" said his friend, "you
will live to write volumes of such
stuff"
"No," said the general, solemnly,
"as was speaking to you a feeling
came over me suddenly, which is more
startling than prophecy, that shall
be killed in to-morrow's fight"
Col. Realf asked him to define his
feeling, and he said:
GAS l was talking to you saw the
green hills OF Ohio as they looked
when stood among them. They be-
gan to recede from me in a wierd way
and as they disappeared the convic-
ton passed through ME like a light
ning's shock that should never see
them again."
Gen. Lytle was a native of Ohio,
and dearly loved his birth State.
Col. Realf laughed at his friend, and
rallied him upon his superstition, but
acknowledged afterwards that he be-
came go thrilled with an unnatural
fear that he begged the general to fin
ish the poem before he slept, that
such fine work might not be lost to
the world.
In the small hours Gen. Lytle awak-
ened his friend from the slumber into
which he had fallen, to read to him
that beautiful poem, which must live
as long as our literature survives.
Imagine the scene. The two men
united by the bonds of friendship, of
congenial tastes, both ready and will
ing to face death on the morning in
its direst form, scanning by the light
Of their tent lantern each others fea-
lures when the finished poem had
been read aloud.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27
HASH-HOUSE PHRASES.


Pointers From the "Profesh."
A Denver reporter undertook to go
the rounds OF some of the restaurants
OF that city, and here are some OF the
orders, and how they were expounded
by the walters to the kitchen hands,
as noted by him during his festive ex-
perience.
Methodist Parson-"W Waiter, 1 am
not feeling very we'll and 1 think
will take little milk toast, and have
the toast we'll Drowned, but not too
brown"
Waiter, (yelling)-"G Graveyard stew
for a stiff. Make the tombstones
brownW
A syren came in and gave her order
thus:
syren-" Bring me a cup of coffee
and piece of pumpkin pie"
Waiter-"Cup O. de coff! Cut O.
de punk! Whoop 'er upl"
A hungry railroad hand next sat
down and ordered the following: "a
bowl of soup, fricasseed chicken,
corned beef and cabbage, two boiled
eggs and fried sausage" This is how
the varlet gave the order in: "Bowl
up! Chick one. Irish turkey with
the shamrock! Boil two and a cable
link" A clerk from store came in
next and decided on this order:
" Ham and eggs, plate of buttered
toast and piece of mince pie with
powdered sugar" This is how the
waiter evolved it: "Pig on the hen
seed, southern exposure! Flight Of
stairs to the dyspepsia in a snow
storm" Here the Methodist parson
called for q napkin and the order was
repeated in the vernacular, Badges
up. Dude wants bib" The re.
porter himself had ordered six fried
oysters and his waiter had yelled ::
" Fry six in the gravelz!" When they
came he thought they were ear muffs.
they were SO tough. He then tried
another restaurant with a sign on the
window: "Lunch Parlors," and here
he ordered poached eggs. The blear-
eyed waiter yelled: Floatin'
schooners!" just here the reporter
changed his mind and wanted his eggs
scrambled, and the waiter bawled out :
"Step on the foatin' schooners and
make it . shipwreck" "All right,
sbipwreck goes" was waited back
from the kitchen. A man with . dog
came in and ordered Goldfish balls and
roast pork without apple sauce, and
this is how the waiter dispatched it:
"Cuf buttons! Sheeney funeral
without the hearse!" Upon his ask
ing for something for his dog, the Or
der went forth, "Meat for bow-wow
An order for buckwhest cakes was
rendered: "Stack of bucksw Tho
reporter states that those few restaur-
ants he visited for the purpose OF hear
ing the vernacular, were known as
feed mills" a Ia Bowery style, but
that this style does not prevail to an
alarming extent in Denver.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27

WANTED r.,, ;.s for our
est book ever offered to the public.
A Christmas Present for both old and
young.
Our coupon system, which we use in
selling this great work, enables each pur.
chaser to get the took FREE, so every
one purchases.
For his first weeks work one agents
profit is Sl68.00. Another $l36. A lady
has Just cleared $l20 for her first week 3
work.
Write for particulars. and if you can be.
gin at once send 81 90 for outfit. We give
you exclusive territory, and pay large
commissions on The sales OF sub-agents.
Write at once for the agency for your
county.
Address all communications to
RAND, HIcNALLY Il co.,
Chicago.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27
TALK ABOUT WEATHER.
New York man who Tells the Tenn.
Perature by Tasting the Atmos.
phere.

There is q man in New York who is
an expert weather sampler, and just as
the tea expert tastes his brands to ap-
praise them, so this man tastes the
weather. He will at any time Of the
day, or at any place, SO long as it is in
the open air, taste the atmosphere and
tell you what the temperature is. He
never gets more than two degrees away
and seldom more than one. The
other day, says the Tribune, q friend
played q joke on him by using q
thermometer which was not in working
order. The sampler, after tasting the
weather, said that it was 81 degree.
above zero. The thermometer said il
was 81, but the expert would not be
convinced that he could be wrong
He insisted that they walk along until
they found another thermometer
They found it and it registered 80
degrees.
"When the leaves turn early" says
Michigan man, Eve have a hard
winter. When they turn late we have
an open winter. One would suppose
that the time that winter set in would
have everything to do with the turn
ing of the leaves, and it is known that
some open winters set in early, and
some cold ones set in late. But
have noticed that the time OF cold
weather beginning does not mark the
turning of the leaves. The present
winter set in early in Michigan. There
was unusually cold weather in October,
but the leaves did not turn until a
month later than the average time.
All lumbermen arranged for an open
winter on that account, and they have
not been mistaken. In fact have
never know the sign to fail"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27
MAKING PRAYERS IMPRESSIVE.
The Vice PFesldent's Innovation n
the Opening Of the Senate.

The Vice Pfesldent's Innovation At
the Opening Of the Senate.
Vice President Stevenson has made
the opening ceremony in the Senate
more impressive than it was by sew
eral changes in the arrangements, says
the Philadelphia Record. For exam-
pie, few minutes before IL o'clock
all the pretty, pleasant little pages in
their pretty little knickerbocker suits
range themselves directly in front OF
the Senatorial desks in semi-circle,
each boy standing in front OF desk
and being separated from the next boy
by the space between the desks so that
it is q well-ordered line. Then at one
minute before IL the Vice President
himself walks in from his room behind
the chamber, followed by the chaplain,
Rev. DR.. Milburn, 1.-the blind man
eloquent" led by the smallest of all
the pages, who conducts him at Mr..
Stevenson's request, not as formerly
to the clerks desk but to the Vice
Presidents own place, while the Vice
President modestly takes his station
at the side of his desk on level with
the Clerks desk and the other officers
OF the Senate form in line in front OF
the Clerks desk. The Vice President
takes up the little white ivory barrel,
which serves him for a gavel, brings it
down with a light tap on his green
covered desk and softly says: The
Chaplain will offer prayer" At this
word every Senator in the chamber
rises to his feet and bows his head, if
he does not close his eyes, in what
seems to be q reverential attitude,
and remains thus while the blind
chaplain, in his musical and sonorous
voice, and always original style, in
vokes the divine blessing. Chaplain
Milburn," said Speaker Reed, when he
was Speaker and Mr.. Milburn was
Chaplain of the House, "can tell
heaven more news in his morning
prayer than any other man 1 ever
heard" This was just Speaker Reeds,
quaint way of describing the striking
illusions which Chaplain Milburn likes
to make in his prayers to current
events in which Congress is or ought
to be interested.
KEEPING q pan of water in the oven
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27

THE report on the production OF
coal compiled by f. w. Parker of the
United States geological survey shows
the production for the year LIS. .325, 600
short tons, of valuation of $205 PSI, ).
600. California produced 72,6O0 tons,
value $l67 500; Montana 9l4,OOO tons,
value 81 l,Sl6,OOO Oregon Al, 700, value
$l04 500; Utah 4l3, 200, value $6l1 600
Washington 1866 900, value $780,
800: Wyoming 2,439, 800, value SO ,291 ).
600.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27
HOW TO SLEEP SOUNDLY



of Under the Head.
A most important discovery has
recently been made by German pro
fessor that will materially improve the
physical and mental strength OF all
who follow its lesson, if the discovery
is really genuine, as the professor
claims it to be.
Superstition or legend or the custom
of years has had an influence upon us
while we slept that had been almost
as great as the like influence while we
are awake. It has been vaguely TN.
derstood that if we sleep with our heads
to the north it is much better than
pointing in any other direction can
possibly be, while lying upon our left
side is certain indication that we are
free from the heart disease and lying
upon our back is quite as certain a
sign that we are intending to snore.
Added to these the idea has possessed
us that our head must be higher than
our feet, entirely overlooking the fact
that the typical American, ever healthy
vigorous and good looking, is invariably
represented in foreign papers as sitting
in a very low chair with his feet on
the convenient mantelpiece some
yards, apparently, above him.
But Prof. Fischer has changed all OF
that. He has demonstrated by series
of painstaking and careful expert
ments that we should sleep with the
feet slightly elevated, or the head n
trifle lower than the feet, as he puts it,
and this condition he advises bringing
about by placing pillows under the
feet and mono under the head.
The advantages claimed by Prof.
Fischer resulting from this manner OF
lying are that the intellectual repose
is much moro profound than obtained
by the present. prevailing method; also
that amelioration of the nervous sys.
tenn is greater; that the effect on the
veins is better, and consequently the
condition of the blood is improved and
weakness of the lungs is therefore
largely overcome. If in trying the ef-
feet OF this position for sleeping any
unpleasant sensation is experienced
the feet will be found to have been too
high, and therefore they should be
lowered little by little by using pillows
of less thickness until the proper
height is reached, which is readily de-
termined by the improved feeling of
the sleeper.
For women especially this mode OF
sleeping is recommended by the pro-
fessor, and he claims to be in receipt
of endless communications from ladies
throughout Germany who have found
untold relief in following his simple
prescription. In an essay recently
read by the professor the advantages
to the physical nature from this man.
ner OF sleeping were shown to be un-
mistakable and easily understood as
such by the lecturers audience in the
plain but convincing language EN-.
ployed.
Briefly, the professor urged that the
veins are better kept filled with blood
the blood flowing toward the brain is
conducive Of clearer, more rested
mental condition upon awakening
and the heart finding easier action is
not called upon for such hard work
and therefore the tired feeling often
accompanying the first awakening il
done away with.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27

THE Mohican paid off at Townsend
the other day. 1t took $4,000 to go
around. The Leader thinks the Ber.
ing sea fleet will disburse some $780,.
OOO this way, and thereat congratulatss
itself and the town generally.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27

and believe the effect of 100 men
marching to Washington will be just
as great upon the public mind as if
there were 10000"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27

Mrs. w. p. c. Breckenridge has
written TO friend that she hasn't
read a word about the trial. Her
faith in her husband is such that she
thinks she can trust him to tell her
all about it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27

DOLLY Tester, the music hall singer,
was smart enough to say to the late
Marquis of Ailesbury when he was
chasing after her: "There is but one
door to my boudoir-the church
door," Dolly must have been posted
on the Empress Josephine's life.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27
Col. Realf said that his own ewes

Col. Realf said that his own eyes
were filled with tears, but the general
said not word, as he placed the man.
uscript in his pocket and lay down to
his last nights rest on earth.
Before dawn came the call to arms.
When Realf next saw his friend he
lay cold in death among the heaps of
slain. Then he thought OF the poem,
and searching the pocket where he
had seen him place it, he drew it
forth, and forwarded it to Gen. Lytle's
friends with his other effects. We
give the poem in its entirety, feeling
sure all will renew their admiration
for it, when they read under what
tragic circumstances it was written:
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
am dying, Egypt, dying!
Ebbs the crimson life-tide fast,
And the dark Plutonian shadows
Gather on the evening blast,
Let thine arm, o, queen support me,
Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear.
Harken to the great heart secrets.
Thou, and thou alone must hear.
Though my scared veteran legiOns
Rear their eagles high no more,
And my wrecked and scattered galleys
Strew dark Actium's fatal shore;
Though no glttering guards surround me
Prompt to do their masters will,
Unjust perish like a Roman
Die the great Triumvir still
Let not Caesars servile miniOns
Mock the lion thus laid low;
Twas no foeman's arm that felled him;
Twas his own that dealt the blow
His, who, pillowed on thy bosom
Turned aside from glory's ray
His. who, drunk with thy caresses,
Madly threw a world away.
Should the base plebeian rabble
Dare assail my fame in Rome,
Where my noble spouse, Octavia,
Weeps within her widowed home.
Seek her! Say the gods have told me
Affairs, augurs circling wings
That her blood with mine commingled,
Yet shall mount the throne Of kings!
As for thee, star-eyed Egyptian!
Glorious sorceress OF the Niel
Light the path to Stygian horrors
With the splendors of thy smile.
Give to Caesar crowns and arches.
Let his brow his laurel twine
can scOrn the senstes triumphs,
Triumphing in love like thine.
lam dying, Egypt, DYING
Hark! the insulting foeman's cry,
They are coming! Quick my falchion.
Let me front them ere die.
All! no more amid the battle
Shall my heart exuting swell;
Isis and Osiris guard thee
Cleopatfa-Rome-farew
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27

The Populists of Kittitas county
have organized cooperative and in.
dustrial association, and will open q
store at Ellensburgh,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27
o. s. 3. HENRY,
q s. DEPUTY SURVEYOR

Aesidences sixth Street, Swans Add.
ti0n to Olympia, Wash.
OURVEYING Of all kinds promptly at.
y tended to. The re-establishing Of old
Government lines speciality. TOwnsites
surveyed and plated. Railroads located,
and levels run for drains. Lands exam.
ined and character reported.
OLYMPIA. April le. 1894.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27

KEEPING q pan of water in the oven
will prevent fowl from scorching.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27

OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON: FRIDAY EVENING" APRIL 81, 1884,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-27

OF the 1897 voters in Ia coma, 5000
are natives of the United States. The
greatest number from any one State
is 1856, from New York. Only 67 are
natives of Washington. Tacoma's g
Scandinavian population is very large,
there being 979 voters born in Norway,
Sweden and Denmark. Next come the
Germans, 66S; British, 447; Canadians,
406; Irish, 1888.
After the Pullman regents had dis.
missed Professor Lake, the Depart.
ment of Agriculture was divided into
Agricultural and Horticultural Depart
ments. William J. Spellman OF
Monmouth, Or, was elected Professor
OF Agriculture, and John A. Balmer OF
Vincennes, Ind, was caosen to take
charge of the Horticultural Depart
ment.
Warden ]. H. Coblentz reports that
there were manufactured at the Wash
ington State penitentiary jute mills
during the month of March, 1894, 202,- :
100 grainbags, which is 10000 more
than the highest mark yet reached
under his management, and $1,000
more than were ever made by the
former management during a like
period.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-10-25
Some Food Tests .

The official food analysis by the Uni
ted States and Canadian governments
have been studied with interest. The
United States government report gives
the names of eighteen well-known bak-
ing powders. some of them advertised
as pure cream-of-tartar powders, which
contain alum.
The report shows the Royal to be a
pure cream-of-tartar baking powder.
the highest in strength, evolving loo. 6
cubic inches of leavening gas per sin
gle ounce of powder There were
eight other brands of cream-of-tartar
powder tested, and their average
strength was 1855 cubic inches of gas
per ounce Of powder.
The Canadian government investi-
cations were of a still larger number
OF powders. The Royal Baking Pow
q n was here also shown the purest and
highest in strength, containing 1873. 30
cubic inches of gas per every ounce Of
powde. Nine other cream-of-tartar
powders were tested, their average
strength sing reported to be SO cubic
inches OF Gus per ounce
These figures are very instructive to
the practical housekeeper. They indi-
cate that the Royal Baking Powder goes
more than SS per cent. further in use
than the others, or is one-third more
economical. Still more important than
this, however, they prove this popular
article has been brought to the highest
degree of purity-for its superlative
purity this superiority in strength is
due-and consequently that by its use
we may be insured the purest and most
wholesome food
The powders of lower strength are
found to leave large amounts of impuri-
ties in the food This fact is empha-
sized by the report of the Ohio State
Food Commissioner, who, while find
ing the Royal practically pure, found
no other powder to contain less than
10 per cent of inert or foreign matters.
The statistics show that there is used
in the manufacture of the Royal Bak-
ing Powder more than one-half of all
the cream-of-tartar consumed in the
United States for all purposes. The
wonderful sale thus indicated for the
Royal Baking Powder-greater than
that of all other baking powders COM
bined-is perhaps even a higher evil
dence than that already quoted of the
superiority of this article, and of its
indispensableness to modern cookery
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-10-25
Symptoms of Chronic Catarrh
As Describe by DIR. Hartman. one of
the Grest test Authorities and
Writers on Caiauh.

The syL.tcms of chronic catairh vary
according to The stage and exact loca-
ton of The disease. The first stage of
catarrh Of the nose and head produces
discharge from the nose. speeziug pain
in the eyes and forehead, wesk K. and
sometimes watery eyes. occasionally
loss of memory. In he last stage the
discharge ceases, and dry, offensive
scaos form in the nose; polypi growths
sometimes form in one or both nostrils,
and the pain in the head end eyes is
much less. Uu'ess something is done
to prevent. the eatarrh will follow the
mucous membrane into the lungs,
where 1t will he followed BIZ cough,
night sWests, rapid loss of flesh. and
the ther dread symptoms Of consUmp-
tor.
Pe-ru-na is a specific for every case
of catarrh, whether the disease is To-
Gated in the lungs. kidneys or stomach.
The dose of Pc ru-na should he large
tablespoonful before each meal and at
bedtime. Women and some delicate
men should begin with a teaspoonful,
and slowly and gradually increase to
the above full dose.
FREE books on chronic catarrh. la
grippe. coughs. colds and consumption
are being sent to any address by The
Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Com
panY of Columbus. Ohio.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-10-25
School Notes

We are glad to see DR.. Barber, ex.
member CT our school board. on q
visit at bis home. The Doctor is well
pleased with our new school house and
its arrangements. He has lost none OF
his interest in our schools.
John Watson ard Theodore Gund
ZACH went home Sunday TO see their
parents at Livingston.
Miss Woolstenholme is always doing
something that will instruct and dire CT
tie channels of thought of her pupils.
She has placed weekly paper on her
desk 1.-The Weeks Current, PAPER
gotten up for schools, and will keep
the grammar room pupils informed as
to what is going on in the world.
The children Of the north side were
wild with delight last Friday afternoon
when they were told to gather up their
books, but they showed signs of sad
ness at par ting from their classmates.
We urge them to press on and meet
again in the high school.
Political Economy is new study in
our high school. 1t will broaden the
views of our young people and our
boys willnot be so easily befogged by
the campaign speakers on money ard
tariff and other questions. They will
take more interest in everyday topics
and read the newspapers and maya
zines with moro Intelligence. and if
sorle Of our people who are intert sted
IN the high school would donate such
magazines as the Review of Reviews. !"
Farm" and North American Re-
view" after they have read them, we
believe it would be casting seed IN
good ground aud would yield "hun-
bred fold
We are glad to see Miss Sena Bar
Der back to school.
The children came to the new school
on Monday morning very early and
none were tardy.
Mrs. Fred Durard brought her daugh-
ter to the new school Monday morning
Mrs, Durand was formerly teacher
here.
There is number of new scholars
in our high school. some of them are
children whose parents lived in Lam
caster years ago, who intend to make
their home with us again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-10-25
Schumann Male Quartette.

CUYAHoGA FALLS, o., Dec. %, 1898.
The Schumann Msle Quartette, of
Chicago. give most delightful enter
tainmtn', and their work is of the FIRST
order. They are finished musicians.
The 500 work of each is excellent.
The quartette work is notable for its
smoothnesS and rare harmony. The
selections were well made, and l am
free to say have rot heard q more sat.
isfying male quartette. The whole en-.
tertainment is a delight--one of the
best now before the puolic.
Rev. W. L. DAVIDSON. d. b.
Superintendent of instruction.