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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22
As VIEWED FROM THE MOON.
Our Earth Looks sixty-Four Times Large
Than tho Sun.

Our Earth Looks sixty-Four Times Large
Than tho Sun.
If lunar conditions are favorable 70
human existence, and it is not certain
that they are not, and you could be
transported to the top Of Pico or some
other tall peak or rock on tho surface
Of our "silvery sister world" how do
you suppose things would look from
such vantage ground? You would
probably first turn your eyes in the
direction of our earth, the world you
had just quilted, but to you it would be
. stranger. In place Of the somber
globe you would naturally expect TO
behold your eyes would be greeted with
. most wonderful sight. The earth
would appear to you to be sixty-four
times larger than the sun appears to
the residents of this mundane sphere;
Illis because the earth has eight times
the diameter Of the moon. therefore she
must necessarily show the moonites
sixty-four times as much surface as tho
moon shows US. The sun, on the other
hand, would appear no larger to you
from your observatory on the moon
than it does from our globe. The
earth's atmosphere being blue It has
been decided that the earth must ap-
pear as q blue ball to all outside on
lockers. What glorious sight it must
be to our lunarian neighbors to look
upon O bright blue, swiftrevolving
ball sixty-four times larger than the
suni
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22
TAKING THE HUSBANDS NAME.
Tho Cuatom Originated with the Ancient
Rnlnanl.

Tho Custom Originated with the Ancient
The prncrice Of the wife assuming the
husbands name at marriage, 1t Is said.
originated from a Roman custom, and
became the common custom after tho
Roman occupation. :
Thus Julia and Octavia, married to
Pompcy and Cicero, were called by the
Romans Julia Of Pompey and Octavia OF
Cicero, and, in later times, married
women in most European countries
signed their names in the same manner.
but omitted the "of." 9.
Against this view may be mentioned
that during the sixteenth and even at
the beginning of the seventeenth GEN.
fury the usage seems doubtful, since
we find Catherine Parr SO signing her
self after she had been twice married,
and we always hear OF Lady Jane Grey
mot Dudley and AraSella Stuart mot
SEYMOUR.
Some persons think that the custom
originated from the Scriptural teach
ing that husband and wife are one.
1t was decided in the case OF Bon vs.
Smith, in the reign Of Elizabeth, that
woman by marriage loses her former
name and legally receives the name Of
her husband.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22
IT IS NOW THE STANDARD

Every school. college. court and public library,
where the work has been thus far introduced, has i'm
mediately given it the preference over all Others
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22
Plain Doughnuts.
Miss ParlOa.

One-half pint sugar; one-half pint
milk; II pints flour, or about that
quantity; 2 eggs; 2 teaspoonfuls bak-
ing powder; l teaspoonful salt; nut
meg, grated yellow rind of a lemon.
Mix the baking powder, salt and
nutmeg with the -four, andrub through
a sieve. Beat the eggs till light, and
then add the sugar and lemon rind to
them. Beat this mixture until thick
and light; it will take about ten
minutes hard beating. Now add the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

What modest wo-
man does not shrink
from the examina-
tons and local treat
ment upon which
= physicians insist
. W en- treating
weakness and
disease of the or
= gans distinctly
feminine Eor
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22
aVashingtou STANDARD
AUTOMATIC TOYS.
Some Wonderful Achievements Dur.
ing the Eighteenth Century.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
Over on Race street the other day
an cntcrprising, lcathcr-lungcd hawker
stood over pair OF dancing automatons
and extolled the wonders Of his toy to
an audience of opencd-mouthcd young
sters. The little figures were grotesque-
ly dressed, and as they skipped about
without any apparent mechanism to
control them, the crowd of young hope
fuls were visibly impressed, and, in
deed, few older persons stopped to
see the show"
The incident led speculative per-
son to wonder what he might see next,
if the manufacture of automatic toys
continued to advance with the pro-
digious strides it has made in the last
few years. The speculative person,
perhaps, did not know that the most
wonderful toys in this line ever made
were produced in the eighteenth
century; and before the Christian era
an astronomer named Echytas made a
pigeon of wood, which by the aid OF
machinery, flew from place to place;
but this was not so wonderful as the fly
made by John Muller-who, after the
affected fashion of that day, chose to
style himself "Regiomontanus" -
went circling around dinner table,
and finally, to the establishment of the
guests, settled on the head of its
master and maker.
Jacques de Vaucanson, French
man, who lived last century, was GER
tainly the prince of automatic con-
trivers. 1t is much to be regretted
that he misspent so much of his
mechanical genius upon objects which
were of no practical utility to man.
Philip Camus describes an extra
ordinary automaton group that was
constructed-of course regardless of
expense - for the entertainment of
Louis XIV. It consisted of coach
and horses. Its road was table, and
at starting the coachman cracked his
whip, the horses began to prance, and
then subsiding into long trot, they
continued until the whole equipage
arrived opposite to where the king
was sitting. They then stopped, a
footman sprang down and handed out
alady, who, making graceful courtesy
to his majesty, presented a petition
and then re-entered the carriage. The
footman shut the door, jumped up be-
hind, smack went the whip, round
went the wheels, and the long trot was
resumed.
Vaucanson, however, has never been
outdone,' especially in his wonderful
limitations of animals. A mechanical
duck constructed by him was worthy
to take rank as one of the veritable
wonders of the world. He simulated
nature to the minutest point. Every
bone, every fiber, every organ was so
accurately constructed and fitted that
the animal waddled about in search of
grain, and when it found some picked
it up with its bill and swallowed it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-09-30

Judge Barbour insisted IN having the
cnolce OF weapons. Judge Field waived
tnls, and Barbour selected pistols and
sssWle knives in room sixteen feet
ouel. Judge Field accepted. Then
Judge Barbour objected-frst to the
Do"1e knives, and, second, to fighting
III a room. A meeting was arranged
IN the woods, and Judge Barbour
Dacked out. He was lampooned in the
newspapers, and one morning when
Judge Field was getting kindling wood
IN front of his Office Judge Barbour
ran up behind him, clapped pistol
to his head and said:
Draw and defend yourself!"
You cowardly assassinr' exclaimed
the kneellng man, without moving
You do not dare to shoot. I defy
you"
Judge Barbour walked away, while
the crowd hooted.
Dozens OF times Judge Field looked
down the muzzles of cooked revolvers.
He was never known to finch. A less
| courageous man would have been kill
ed early in the game. He absolutely
did not know what fear was, and the
stories Of his honesty and bravery that
spread over the state elected him
judge of the supreme court in 1877 nv
twenty thouand majority.
Judge Field was Democrat. When
the war broke out he, with others. de-
clded to keep California in the Union
The secessionists were sure of Cali
fornia. General Albert Sidney John
ston was in command of the United
States troops in California, and his
disloyalty was suspected. The Union
lists felt that he was in collision with
the secesslonists, who would seize the
fortress of Alcatraz, which would place
San Francisco at their mercy. Sew
enty-fiVe thousand muskets were stored
at Benicia, and if these fell into the
hands of the secessionists California
would be lost.
The Unionists organized a secret
Union League. Judge Field was the
fifth member to be enrolled. Arms
were bought and companies were or
gained. Meetings on behalf of the
Union were held in the theaters, and
the fires of patriotism burned brightly
| at the Golden Gate. Couriers overland
carried the news to President Lincoln
and he was finally advised to super
sede General Johnston. This he did
by sending General Sumner secretly tc
relieve him of the command. Genera
Sumner took command. The arms al
Benicia were safe, and California re.
NAMED loyal state.
For Judge Fields service to the I'm
ion ne was made a United States SUI
preme court justice by President Lin
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-09-30
Frightening a Grizzly.

A veteran hunter tells in the San
Francisco Chronicle of bear which
backed out of fight, frightened by a
mans acrobatic performances. He
says:
"A remarkable instance I heard of
once, where a famous guide courage
ously advanced upon three grizzlies, an
old she-bear and two half-grown cubs,
and by series of ridiculous monkey
shines and acrobatic manoeuvres on
the ground within a rod of two of the
bears, filled them with such astonish-
ment and apparent fear that the three
hastily retreated into the woods.
"The guides gun had snapped in
both barrels, he having drawn on the
old bear before the young ones appear
ed. He afterward said that it was in
a fit of desperation that he tried the
turning of handspring and jumping
up and down, Hopping his hands and
ures.
He had been told once that a hunt
er had frightened mountain-lion away
by similar absurd movements, and he
found that it worked to perfection in
the case of the bears, although he did
not encourage any one to go hunting
grizzlies armed with nothing more
than capacity to turn somersaults.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-09-30
Needed His Right Hand.

II have heard and read many pa
thetic Stories" said Senator Hoar, re-
Gently, "but none of them ever awoke
so much sad sympathy lis one which
Prof. Gallaudet related The professor
has favorite pupil-a little deaf
must' boy, exceptionally bright Mr.
Gallaudet asked him if ne knew the
story of George Washington and the
cherry tree. With his nimble fingers
the little one said he did, and then he
proceeded to repeat it. The noiseless
gesticulations continued until the boy
had informed the professor of the elder
Washington's discovery of the mutt
lated tree and of his quest for the mu-
tilator. When Georges father asked
him who hacked his favorite cherry
tree, signaled the voiceless child,
George put his Ratchet in his left
land 'Stop!' interrupted the pro-
lessor. Where do you get your au-
thority for saying he took the Ratchet
in his left hand?' Why responded
the boy, he needed his right hand to
tell his father that he cut the tree -
Rel. Telescope.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-09-30

the highest tribunal in the land than
any other man who had preceded him.
The record that Justice Field had to
best to attain that distinction belonged
to Chief Justice Marshall, who went
to the bench Jan. 81, 1901, and served
until his death, July 6, 1885. Thirty
four years, five months and six days
was the record of Chief Justice Mar
shall. Thirty-four years, five months
and thirteen days is the record of JUS
tice Field to date.
For nearly dozen years ambitious
lawyers who desired to get to the su-
preme bench reminded Justice Field
that he had reached the age when he
could ask to be retired. IF Justice
Field Should only resign they said
But Justice Field has never thought of
resigning, and does not think of it now.
He is in his eighty-second year, but he
is still in the prime of intellectual
strength. He sits on the bench. ex-
amines involved law points, and writes
able opinions just as he did thirty-four
years ago. His beard is the patriarch's
beard, but his figure is as erect as it
was in the days of his "Argonauts of
forty-nine." His mind is as clear and
vigorous as it was in the days when
he created law ard a constitution out
of chaos in California nearly fifty years
ago. AS a pastime he writes a book
of personal memoirs, or masters in a
few evenings an Oriental language,
The lawyers who have been wanting
his place on the bench will doubtless
have to possess their souls in patience
for years to come. Gladstone's record
for activity has been equalled by JUS
tice Field. The friends of the Justice
predict that he will exceed it by a de-
cade.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-09-30
A Keen Purchaser,

The younger portion of the present
generation may not remember the old
fashioned silver coin, once so plenty
Z in the United States. of the value of
twelve and half cents. In New Eng
land it was called "ninepence," in
New York a 'shilling,' and it bore
other names in other sections of the
country.
One day tall, lank, tow-headed
specimen of humanity, from the Mote
Mountain district, entered Sam Thom's
store in Conway, N. H. He looked
| around for while upon the tempting
things displayed, and finally drew from
his pocket battered ninepence, which
he clutched with an evident deter
mination not to part with it reckless
ly.
"Say, mister" he said, pointing to
box of lozenges upon the counter.
"haow much dye ask for them?''
1.-TWO cents roll" was the reply.
**Wal, I'll hev roll. What do you
ask for them apples?" ...s 4s~
"Two for cent" -" ~ b.
oval, let's see-I'll hev+ one of 'en,.l
that'll be half a cent, and the lozengers
two cents-jest two cents and a half.
Yeou ken take it aout of this ERE nine
pence, and give me back ten cents
Mr.. Thorn could not refuse. The
story to tell was worth more than if
cost by far.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-09-30

.n1o Wy, anu became a partner in
the law tlrm. Young Field decided to
go to California in 1S49. The discovery
OF gold there had given rise to a pop
ular excitement far greater than the
klond1ke sensation of to-day. His out
ut was bought for him by his brother
Cyrus, who added $40 worth of cha
mols skins, which, he said, would be
useful to make bags for holding gold
dust' HE also had sixty-four copies Of
new YORK newspapers. He landed with
81 In his pocket. He sold his channels
skins for $3.50 worth of gold dust. and
an acquaintance sold his sixty-four
New York papers for 81 each, and gave
him half the proceeds. .-
Mr.. Field remained but a short time
in San Francisco, and then went fur
Their inland, stopping at the "town" of
Yubaville. Yubaville was undergoing
! transformation. The land was in
control OF two French capitalists, who
were pleased with young Fields ability
to speak French. Three days after
his arrival Yubaville ceased to exist,
Marysvllle was organized, and he was
elected mayor. He was also made a
justice of the peace, and the mainte-
nance OF law and order was in his
hands.
Lynch law was unknown in Marys-
Vile so long as Mr.. Field was mayor.
He dispensed justice speedily and fear
lessly, and several times ordered Of
tenders to be publicly flogged. He was
finally succeeded by an officer under
the state government, and by that time
had amassed a large sum of money, and
had made number Of enemies.
One of these enemies was w, R.
Turner, who had been appointed judge
of the district. Judge Turner decided
to drive Mr.. Field from the country.
He forbade him to practice in his
court, threatening to shoot him if he
entered the court room, and had him
dragged from court by sheriff and
posse. Thus prevented from practicing
law, Mr.. Field embarked in legislation,
He was elected to the legislature, and
there drafted plan Of new judicial
system, which got rid of Judge Tur-
ner, and sent him to the wilderness.
Things moved quickly in California
in those days. Mr.. Field arrived in
California in December, 1S49 He was
elected to the legislature in 1851. In
two years Mr.. Field had been an un-
known emigrant, mayor of town, JUS.
tice Of the peace and member of the
legislature. In two years he had been
penniless, rich and penniless again.
Mr.. Field returned to the practice Of
law, and in those days the law was
hazardous calling. One day Judge
Field, who was defending place,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-09-30
Ready to Work.

1t IS refreshing to hear of an aspir-
ant TOR public office who frankly admits
his ambition, yet disdains to seek a. DO
sition in which he will have nothing to
do but to draw his salary.
Two wayside pilgrims were dis
cussing the corrupt practices of mod
ern politicians.
"Raggsy." said one of them, "you
don't banker after a gov'ment job. do
YEP"
Il don't mind sayin' I'd take one Of
| could git it, Sabbalong," responded
the other, "but I don't want any lob
that's all fat. I'm willin' to earn NV
wages
An wot sort O. job would he ahon+
your size?"
We'll, I'd like to fill fountain mems
FUR some assistant secretary of the
treasury
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-09-30
Savagery Tanned.

We have become tolerably used to
pet lions, bears and other wild ami
mails since so many women of the stage
have passed through Chicago accom-
panied by their ferocious-eyed favor
ties.
This young panther, however, an
pears mild and gentle. He belongs 10
a Westerner now living in India who
found the handsome animal with TWO
other panther babies-in fact, thew
were triplets-under a hedge, ema-
ciated and half-starved. The mother
had evidently gone foraging and had
come to grief. The finder kept one
OF the infant panthers and 4 liberal
diet of fresh milk and fish soon re-
stored him to plumpness and health
The panther has never tasted raw
meat, being fed on cooked mutton and
water, which may account for the fact
that he is still very gentle. lie travels
with his owner all over the district
OF South Arcot, where his master lives
and II given good long rope under
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-09-30
Evading the Law.

Inc London Telegraph tells story OF
a collier who amuses himself with fly
ing pigeons. He had occasion to go to
town recently, and took with him a
bird in bag. He was about to toss up
the pigeon in the town hall square when
a policeman came up and told him that
he must not fly the bird there
why not?" asked the collier.
Because it is forbidden, and I shall
have to lock you up if you do"
The collier, with the usual sharpness
of his kind, thereupon took the pigeon
out of the bag, set it on the ground
stroked it's wing, and said to it: Jaw
corn'd toss thee up here, so thou nun
walk whoam; dost yer? thou nun walk
Whoam"
The bird, of course, rose in the air
leaving the policeman petrifed With
establishment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-09-30
I'D Keep Quiet"

The gift of speech is a great gift;
but the gift of silence is also very
valuable. There is time to speak and
there is time to be silent; and one
time to be silent is when you have
nothing to say. There is a story Of
one man who was making a some
what lengthy address to some children,
forgetting how weary little folks be-
come, until at length, having pretty
much run out of ideas, he said:
What more shall I say?" when one
little urcain spoke up and said:
Say amen. and sit down." a sug-
Sestion which the speaker was quite
prompt to follow.
A Sunday school speaker tells of a
similar experience. He was invited
to make an address at a Sunday
school festival, and having nothing
prepared to say, he tried to picture to-
the children the dolefulness of his DO
sltlon, and asked them this question:
What should you do were you
compelled to stand on a platform be-
lore so many bright boys and girls,
viz eApecled speech from you, and
you had nothing to say?'
I'D keep quiet" said one small
boy; and his answer drought down
the house, and brought down the
speaker with it..
1t is a great thing to be able to
speak in an interesting and profitable
manner on any occasion; but if we are
to do this we must train ourselves by
study and practice, and so be ready
to improve the opportunities which
come to us and which may be fruit
ful of blessing to many souls. And
when We cannot do this it may be quite
as we'll to keep quiet" as to make
apologies and try to fill up the time
Cream.