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VOL X.—NO. .1.
JhfAV ASH I NGTON STAN DARD
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JOHN MILLER MURPHY,
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Hu*iucM «»r«U. t>er quarter r> 00
tltjV* A liberal deduvtion wilt lie made ie fa
vor oftlnisc who advertise foursquares, or up
ward", liw the your.
Legal notices will Ije charged to the
uttorney or ollii cr authorizing their insertion.
tfJf" A'lvi rti-eiiiCiits sent from a distance,
nii.l transic.t notices, must l»e accompanied 1»*
tin* cash
f-if Announcements of births. marriage*
met ili'ntlis inserted free of charge.
(trjj" tlhiliinry notices, or "poetry" ii|i|u-inl
e 1 lo marriages or deaths. will lie charged oin
li ill oar regular advertising r >tes. We will
not hereatl'T ileviatc from this rule.
fi -jy lllanks. liill-lieails, cards, circulars.
e.ilal"gii''S| liill« of fare, posters, programmes,
ptinjdilets. etc., printed at reii.-onalde rales.
(Ikfick — I'orncr of Second and Washington
Streets.
M \ 11:1 M<»\ i A i« CAN'I'IIIATI'.S. —It is a
mistnm :it a (ialwny fair tor nil the inar
)vf;,viti!i' i I*l - t.»tissoiiiliK» ami to tempt all
w nit iu r"• . I>v their c:ij»ti\ ati IIJJT i-li;irins.
to be in i i -oris hippy lor litis. Says it
French ueuticinen of I lie highest character,
win) was an eye-witness, ami iuvili* I liy a
noblemen to go "iiil see these girls: At
twelve ii eliiek precisly. we went, as direet
c I. to a part of the groitn I higher than tic
rest nl'tlu: field, where we fmin I from ,-i.\-
tv to one lion lretlymiiiir wmiu'ti. Well dre.v—
eI. with jjr.iinl looks ami JJOO I maiuiers,
ami presenting a spectacle i|iiite worthy of
smv civil mail looking: at it —ami
I e.in assure my readers. there was nothing;
to ofleml aiiv civil or modest man's feelings.
There were the marriageable "ills of the
o iiintrv. who had come tirshiiwthein>clvcs
on the occasion to the young men who
wan!el wives: iiml this was the plain ami
,-iuip'e custom of the fair. I cmi plainly
say that, I saw in the custom no very great
iin-iropriety —it certainly did not imply
tli it. tliouih they were ready to lie had.
.• ■' oilil have thcni. It was not a
I'll,'-.: -live market where the riche-t
miii hi- old make his M-leetioii. 'Hey
w ; ;:i :• > or-e of tli 1 term mi sale; nor
* o 10-i their rivrlit of choice ; I in
I'. ,: .1.1.- done coiMlantly in more re-
ti u under various rovers and pre
tences—at ill, Mires, at balls an I public cx
liition—! will say nothingabout tlieeliureli
—was 'lone liy these hunilile ami unpre
tending people *in this straight-forward
manner.
STKAM VS. SAII.S. — liy institutimrclo-IC
comparisons it has liccu satisfactorily a>-
sertaine I that for ocean purposes steim
mul propelling power is safer than sails.
The statistics of casu ilities show that
those occurring oil sailing craft are just
double those occurring on steam vessels.
Stcitn, is however, not so safe for coasting
purposes, for, so far ns olisery.atioiis in
Kngland go, the casualties in this service
are about equal. Another feature favura
lile to steam is that the accidents happen
ing on vessels propelleil by this power are
liot so fatal as on sailing ships. Steam
vessels liv their velocity, are not so likely
to become the sport oi winds an,*! tides,
JIII 1 the swiftness of their passages enable
them to avoid the storms and calms which
makes sails hclp'c-g. This great power,
therefore, in the hands of man. dangerous
as it may seem, is an actual conservator of
life and property in the ocean.
♦
ANTNTIUKNT IN TIIK F.AUI.Y HISTIIIIV
«»K GREKNIIACKS. —Texts of Scripture
liave been inscribed upon coins. One of
the most remarkable is on a copper coin
issued by the l'apal tlnvcrriment. on which
are the words (7c volis tlivitiltw —•• Woe
to you who are rich!" When thegreen
baeks were first issued by the I'nitcd
States, Mr. Chase, then Secretary of the
Treasury, consulted, among others, the
President of one of the Philadelphia banks
in regard to placing some motto upon them
—such—for example, as has since been
impressed upon our coin pieces—'• In
tiod wo trust." After mentioning several
•Scriptural texts that had occurre 1 to him.
the Secretary asked our banker's opinion.
*' Perhaps." was the reply, "the most ap
propriate would be—' Silver and gold have
I none; but such as I have 1 give thee!'"
The project was abandoned
j\lu!raz/n".
( ulhvate acquaintance. is desirable ;
if not. ■ t them. Never sow the seeds of
»li*seus !'. Weed your library. (Jet as
miK-h t ease as you ean. Attend to
wallflow.. 1 trim coxcombs. Kmulite
the cinumber—he cool. Don't peach.
\\oid flowers speech. •• ISo Mini; out." is
?ood f,,r pj;mts. hut not for friends. Take
the advice of tho sage, or yoil ni.iv rue the
cousuijueuces.
(if riiore i> a phrenologist in London
who e m tell the contents of :i barrel bv ex
iiiuinin,' its head.
pci-oltd to Iter., jJolitics, the prafitiiraliim of illsrfu! Jnformatioir, and the promotion of the g«t Jnterests of Stilasfciitjlo* f «rritorg.
riwti:l:lN\iis or TIN: LI:IMSII\TI\I: ASSEIHISU.
('mtitcf/.
Tiii hsday. Nov. *2.").
A message fruni I lie < •«•x"«rn<»r. addressed
In both 11 • iii-o ;tit <l Council. relative to cer
tain laws sent to him lor examination and
a|>|iroval. was received. Tlie governor
says it is di sirable and perhaps necessary
to embody the Territorial laws into a code,
properly arranged and printed as such.
'-15ut it is of far greater importance that
in Hie coni|iilatien and re-rnaetineiit of
tlieso laws that tliey lie thoroughly exam
ined and they receive the most critical re
vision and careful consideration at your
hands. 1 think you will readily admit
that the time? In , *t'iwe 1 upon those you
have passed, and that the time which now
remains fur the consideration of those
hereafter to come before you. is entirely
too limited for the exercise of that care
which their importance demands. There
will he no advantage ill re-enacting a por
tion of the laws unless there bo time to
complete the work. This would create ex
pense without attaining the purpose at which
the eoililieatioii of the laws aims. A prop,
cr consideration of the laws which remain
to be passed alone will require much more
time than remains of the present session.
In view of these facts I would respect full v
submit if it would not be wise and judi
cious to refer all these hills to a commis
sion. to revise, digest and codify the laws
of the Territory, ami report to the next
Legislative Assembly. I would suggest
that the Coininissiiiilers lie required to
meet and devote snllieiciit time to this
work to report ii complete at the beginning
of the next sessionol the Lcgi-la!lire. This,
in my judgment, would be true economy,
and the only way in which the work can
l.e satisfactorily accomplished. It is much
better that our laws should remain as they
now arc.than that revision and re-enactment
should be hastily and imperfectly done so
as to c:iu-e the necessity of repeating the
labor and expense of publication by a fu
ture Legislature."
11. 11. No. lil'2, act to incorporate the
town of Tumwater. passe I.
.Mr. Struve introduced I!. No. |i>7.
an act to legulate fees and costs, which
pas.-el.
Also ('. 15. No. ins. an act relative to
crime.- and piini.-hment ami proceeding in
criminal cases. I'a.-.-e I.
Also. I). No. lid), mi act relating to
tin location of county seats in the differ
ent count es. I'as-ed.
(' I! No. In.i, an art ere iting a fund to
tie designate I as the 'Whitman Monti-
in.-lit fund." etc.. pas cd.
('. I>. No. S l -. • i act deliuin:; the several
.Inliciil 1 list riets i>i'tln- Territory and ;is
siuiiiii:' the judues thereto. pas>e I.
C. I! No. 2" MM net to provide liir T lie
:ss-i'.~~i ll and collecting of Territorial ami
county revenue, passed. •
('. I!. No. 17, :111 net in relation to road.-
aii<l highways. pa-see I.
11. I!. No. Lan act to rhiiisre tin*
name ol the town ot I eekalet to I\>rt 'iaui
lile. passed.
11. ,M. No. IS. an act relative to tlie
deferred to tenth of August. I s"i„'. claims."
pUSScd.
('. 15. No. an act to regulate the
practice ami proceeding's in civil actions
in the IMitrict Courts, passed.
C. 15. No. lit. >, an act defining libel and
providing for the punishment of the same,
passed.
C. 1!. No. 111. praying for an appropria
tion of lil'tv th lusand dollars to build
Territorial Capitol buildings of Washing
ton Territory, passed.
JI. I!. No, J.iH. an act relating to the
county seat of \ akiina county, passed.
C. .M. No, Id, praying for Congress to
amend the organic act of f1• i ~ Territory,
passed.
('. M. No. 11l in relation to un-urveyed
lands, and procuring certificates of resi
dence from land offices for claims on the
same after four years residence and culti
vation, passed.
11.15. No. 122. an act in relation to roads
and highways, passed.
I>. 15. No. '.l.i.an act to regulate the times
of holding.the Supreme Court and the sev
eral histrict Courts in the Territory of
Washington, passed.
Mr. Smith offered a resolution in refer
ence to the difficulty which occurred yes
terday between Messrs. Mradshaw and
Newell.
A message was reecived in the Council
from the (iovernor returning a H.-st of hills
without his approval.
Mr. \ ansyckle (i lie rod a substitute for
the apportionment hill. The substitute is
the same as the law of the last session.
Passed.
Council and House both adjourned to
10 A. M. on Monday.
A message was received from the (Jov
ernor approving several bills sent to
liiui In on the Council lor his examination.
Mr. Struve. from the Judiciary Com
mittee, reported a substitute for the bill
defining the duties and lixiug thec.uupeu
,-atiou of the of
Washington Territory. The substitute is
entitled "an act for the introduction of
Ka.-ti ni shad, alewivos and white tish. iuto
Washington and I'uiun and the
OLYMI'IA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 186 SI.
I itiu \V, Nov. 2<l
SATI ttHAY, Nov. 27
MONDAY. XOV. HI).
tributaries and outlet streams of said lakes
in King county." .Joseph fushmau and
frank -Matbias arc authorized to stock
those waters, and arc given that privilege
exclusive for the next thirty years. The
substitute passed.
11. I>. No. lOS', an act for the relief of
Levi Slielton. passed.
Ihe bill relative to the granting of li
censes lur the sale of liquors within the
corporate limits of the city of Vancouver,
passed.
The House amendment, to I'. 15, No. 20,
relative to the raising Territorial revenue,
was concurred in.
<ln motion of Mr. Vansycklc. the Com
mittees were instructed to report all busi
ness in their hands at the earliest possible
moment.
Tin ttsn w. Nov. 25,
11. 15. No. II !•. fixing the compensation
of the Territorial Auditor at 81,0110 per an
num. was lost.
('. 15. No. -Is, mi act for the relief of
I'iereu county, passed.
The bill for the relief of Isaac Carson,
sherill of fierce county, was amended hv
reducing the amount from STT'i to 171.
and so passed.
C. 15. No. I OS. an act in relation to the
criminal practice in Washington Territo
ry. passed.
('. 15. No. 10". an act to regulate fees
and costs, passed.
The hill defining libel and prescribing
the punishment, passed.
'flic substitute for the ('. 15, in refer
ence to licenses, pas-ed.
The Committee on Ways and Means re
commended the indefinite postponement of
t' e bills l'ir the relief of A. S. Miller. Kd
w ird Klilridge and llenrv Itoeder. 'flic
report. on motion of Mr. lioeilcr, was
adopted, and the bills so disposed of.
The bill to fi\ the time for the com
mencement of the terms of all countv offi
cials. etc.. passed.
The bill authorizing the accused to tes
tify in criminal cases, etc., was indefinitely
post polled.
I'he bill providing that Auditors. Slier
ills and Assessors shall not be elected for
more than two consecutive terms, was
lost.
The Ifoiise adjourned to meet at 1 o'-
clock. I*. .m. tomorrow.
11. H. No. 11-'!. tin ad establishing tin
uniform standard of weights measures and
to create the nlliee of sealer thereof, was
passed.
11. I>. No. I.'lil. an act relative to the
county seat of Yakima county, passed.
I>. No. li'.i. an act to regulate the pro
ceedings au.l practice in civil actions in
the IMstrict Court, passed.
S \TI IIMAV. V>v. 27
15. No. an act to provide fur the
assessing and collecting of Territorial and
county revenue, was taken up, and on mil
lion ol Mr. .M ix, was amended hv reducing
I he Territorial ta\ from four and a iinartcr
to three mills on the dollar. The lull so
amended passed.
11. 15. No. lit, relative to pilots and reg
ulations in the Straits of duati de I'uca,
passed.
A number of bills, accompanied bv a
message, was sent back bv the (iovcrnor
without his approval. The bills were all
IVoin the Code Commission, and the (iov
crnor suggests that "their publication
would cost the (iovei nnu'iit a large sum id'
money, without any corresponding benefit.
It is very probable that iu the end the
Territory would be obliged to pay the bill.
I»111 whether paid by the Territory or the
(icneral (iovenuncnt, it would bean ex
penditure of money, which is not warranted
at this time, and especially iu view of the
haste in which the Code of which the bills
area part, have been acted upon; very
few of the bills have been read in either
House." For these reasons, the (loveruor
returned the bills. The message wasmade
special order for Monday next.
MONIIAY, Nov. 2S>.
The following bills and memorials were
passed to-day :
11. it. No. 112, an act authorizing the
formation of limited partnerships.
11. Is. No. Jll4, an act in relation to
fences.
11. M. No. 24, praying for the establish
ment of a lighthouse on (iueiuas Island.
11. 31. No. 2.), asking for increased mail
service on route 15,. r »2O between Scabeik
and Nkokomish.
A message from tho (Governor approving
three House bills was received.
11. Is. No. 117, relative to granting of
license, was lost.
IYKSDAY, NOV. HO.
The Select Code Committee reported a
substitue for 11. 11. No. 50, au act with
drawing from administration the estate of
certain persons who die intestate, entitled
'•au act authorizing the settlement'of es
tates of persons dying intestate without ad
ministration."
On motion of Mr. Brazce, " no member
shall hereafter speak more than ten min
utes upon any one subject before the House."
11. 1!. No. 10, relative the appointment
oi Commissioners to solicit aid iu erecting
a monument to of l)r. Marcus
\\ ituian. passed.
A message was received from Gov. Flan
ders.with which he returned, without his ap-
Fill HAY. Nov. I'll.
proval. a bill entitled "an ac( to prevent
the introduction of Texas cattle, or cattle
infected with Texas cattle disease, or Span
> isli fever, into the Territory of Washing
ton." His objections to the bill arc that
i it discriminates against the property of one
of the States of the United States. And
that it intirferes with the province of Con
gress -to regu'ate commerce between the
several States." inasmuch as it excludes
"cattle" fn hi the Territory, no matter
what is their condition ; and because the
sanitary regulation of this bill is covered
' by an act approved Nov. 2t>, 18131), entitled
' •An act to prevent the spread of conta
gious or infectious diseases* among domestic
' animals."
On motion of Mr. Moore, the veto mess
age of last Saturday was taken up, and,
! after a short discussion, participated in by
I Messrs. Mix. Lasater, Catoiiaud Peck, was
I sustained. A strict party vote, with the
exception of Mr. llra/ce. who voted with
the I'cpuhlicaiis, of seventeen noes to thir
teen ayes.i a two-third vote being necessary )
defeated the passage of the bill over the
I veto.
♦ ♦
1 Ni;vi it Ciimks Auaix.—A (termaii
called at a saw-mill to gaze in wonder at
tliu various ami complicated liiiichiiicry.
Among other things that lie saw, was a
small circtilas saw. sawing faster than any
thing In- over saw before. Its rapid mo
tions faciuatcd 11iin ; In.- reached nut his
rifjlit index linger toward its ill-defined
periphery. (for the circumference of a saw
in swift mn:i(m looks to lie at the of
the teeth, ami not at their points.) when to
his scipii.se, the eml of his linger disappear
ed in an instant, ami rolled awav to (!•>■ other
side ol'tlie saw. The man tied tip tl-tump
in his hankerchicf; whereupon M A*n
drews. untieing him. came u|> and inquired
w hat was the matter. The victim o'.'iniss-
I'laeed confidence replied : " Misthe An
drews. | never foiiics to see your mill he
fore. I seed dis ting going around so fast
1 takes niciii \ingei to him like dis. and—
ineiu (iott !" l ii explaining his first mis
haji tin" tierm in li'itehed the saw with liis
hit lon linger, and that flew off. Turning to
Andrews in almost, breathless astonishment,
the man exclaimed, " Misther Andrews, t
never comes to see your mill before; I see
him; i iivver comes to see him again !"
And wraping that linger into his handker
chief. lit; started for a doctor's office.
♦ «> ♦
A I'HIMKSS HAM HI.KIT . —TIM greatest
female gamble in all I'llirope is sni<l to lie
the I'riiicess Suwaroff. Jvirly in the sea
s >II she goes in linden ami plays I'nr enor
-111111- stakes all dav long—almost all night
li HI tr. Wlii'ii tin- linden season ends she
hastens to Monaeo, ami passes the winter
in her favorite amusement. She is ctior
limit-dy wealthy, ami. like gamblers in gen
eral. very ambitious. She makes cabalis
tie sign oil the cards as they are dealt out;
lugs people who.»e faces are sympathetic to
her to nunc and stand by her side to bring
her good luek. and bravely beseeches oth
ers. wlio-e countenances repel her, to with
draw. She still young and handsome.
She has been married three times, hut
lives apart from her husband. She is a
living example ol'how completely gambling
may become a madness, ungovernable and
iusathrblc.
♦ ♦
N KW YAKUT IKS OK ( >A IS. —The Wash
ington correspondent of the Chicago Tri-
IIIIIIC writes as follows: "The Commis
sioner of Agriculture continues to receive
good accounts from the different Slates of
the new cereals. The Agricultural Col
lege of Michigan send the results of its ex
perience with five new kinds of oats intro
duced by the department. The average
product was (S4 bushels per acre, and
weight over lid pounds, the out crop of the
United States exceeds 155,000,000 bush
els, and the product of the old articles
ranges only from 21 to :{<") bushels to the
acre. It is the intention of the Commis
sioner to import largely next winter, for
distribution, the kinds that have proved
the most productive and valuable.
PAI'EH KIIOM SIIAVINOS ANI> SAWIUST.
Dr. Matthiessen, a well-known *arnnt,
now appears ill the character of inventor
and patentee in Kngland of an important
improvement. lie submits wood when in
a state of division, such as shavings, saw
dust, or disintrelated wood, to what is
known as a rotting process, that is to say,
the wood in a state of division is steeped
either in running or stagnant water, and is
allowed to undergo n rotting or fermenting
process, hy which process certain constitu
ents of the wood will be decomposed and
removed, and subsequent treatment of the
residul ligenous fibre for the production of
pulp or paper will be thereby rendered
more economical, and the process of boiling
and bleaching is more easily effected.
The latest suggestion of the enter
prising ladies of the I'liiu/ution newspaper
is the immediate establishment at elligiblo
points of" Homes for Fallen Men." This
idea has the merit of originality at least.
These men.they say, do not desire to be bad.
'• They are led astray by a false curl. •>. "ttle
paint and powder, a pretty foot, a i.l My
rounded form, a wiuk of the eye, a : 10,
or the flutter "of a hankerehief." TVoin
ibese temptations the "stroug-miti.Ld"
desire to remove them. But will the
" fallen men" accept their good offices?
We fear not.
Keep Warm.
NOTIONS OF A QItK.T PERSON
In my quiet life, I have few interest*
nnd few excitements. It is given to some
to have a life of peace, and we look with
pity upon the restlessness of those who
crave excitement, ns one in health regards"
the tossing and meanings of another burn
ing with fever.
And this reminds me of a talk I had
with our doctor. You must know—though
you need not know much about me—that
I have grown very iutiuiate with the new
doctor who has come to our quiet town.
AVc rather like him, this l>r. Senatcre.
He is not very young; hut his knowledge
is fresh, as lie is not many years out of the
schools and hospitals.
And he will talk, and what is more, talk
sense. I don't think he is quite dependent
upon his practice. If he be, he stands
very much in his own light, forhisone aim
seems to be to teach people how to keep
themselves well. He gives you reasons, and
and explains the why and wherefore, so
that you do not blunder along in the dark,
and regard medical science as a kind of
magic art.
And this it a bit of one of his talks.
It was a cold, fresh autumn morning,
after rather a sudden change. I'iilessyim
were warmly dressed or very busy,you were
a little inclined to be chilly.
" Keep warm," said be "whatever you
do. ' Ileat is life, and cold is death."'
" This is just the reason lor pe i]ile to be
ill. They will have dysentrv. orsoine sucli
disturbance. Perspiration is checked, di
gestion hindered, and then the misehief is
thrown in upon the internal organs. Hut
if people will only keep warm, there is little
danger, l'ut on more clothing. Keep
warm. If there is pain or irritation, put a
piece of extra flannel on the bowels. They
understood that for our soldiers, and those
flannel aprons saved many a life.
'■ Keep the feet warm. If the circulation
is languid, that is one of the first signs—
coldness of the extremities. And people
often have an idea that they will toughen
and harden themselves, which is very well,
if they will not hardcu themselves into their
graves. ,
'• Many a one tries to sleep with the feet
cold. It's no use; such sleep does little
good. Keep warm. Have a hot brick, a
bottle of hot water, a soapstone.
"Xo. there is little danger of forming
t lie liab'.t of depending 011 it. 111 time, the
c rculation may be better, and the extra
heat only resorted to when it is needed,
lint half the people live with cold feet, and
then they have headaches and all sorts of
disturbances, and then they want medicine
forsooth—as if any magic of medicine would
creep up into their brains and draw away
the pain.
" How to restore the circulation?"
" Well, the best remedy 1 k now for cold
feet is, plenty of exercise and good digestion.
Hut if you can't live oil exercise, and have
to write for instance, this will help. It is
the best thing I know :
" Have a pail of hot water and one of
cold, side by side. Plunge the feet into
hot water, as hot as you can bear it, for five
minutes. Then straight into the cold for
one minute or less. Then rub them brisk
ly. and put on warm dry stockings. They
will glow as if they had been into Russian
bath, as, indeed they have."
" Hut, doctor, is not one liable to take
cold r
"Take cold? Xo. No danger of taking
cold, unless there is iu somo way a chill or
interrupted circulation.
'■ Keep warm, and usually a cold, as yon
call it. may bo averted. You have been
chilled, and in snine way the healthful pro
cesses interrupted. Now restore the action
as speedily as possible. In many cases,
the death chill comes from being wet or
cold, and remaining so. If it he possible,
get thoroughly warm, in a perspiration—
that is restore the action of the skin, and
relieve the lungs or other internal organs,
and your 1 cold' disappears. It has not had
time to fasten itself on any tissuos, and so
merely proves a slight disturbance.
"Keep warm. In our climate, with its
sudden changes, veryfew can do without
the protections of flannol next the skin.
Of that each one must judge for himself, if
he only will give up the absurd idea of
hardening himself, in spite of being sensi
tive.
■ " Who was the British naval commander
who kept his fleet waitintr, when under
sailing orders for tho West Indios—for
what ? Flannel shirts, a quarter of a yard
longer than the regular size, for bis rncrr
and had no sickness on bis ship."
•• Well then, doctor," said we; "'you ap
prove of thick, strong boots. Surely that
is a sensible fashion.'
"Mv dear sir-—T am sorry to say it—it
is not the business of fashion to be sensi
ble. The foot is made clastic for motion.
Now. how much elasticity lias a foot laced
up in a stiff boot, with a sole like a small
board ? No, the foot is better kepi dry,
but a shoe should be soft, and accomodate
itself to the foot. As it is, with the toes
crowded together, the ankle laced tightly,
and the whole tilted up on a small pair of
heels, they are brave feet that keep up any
circulation at all. Women go further in
this fashion than men ; and it is positively
painful to see the deformed, pinched feet,
and the stoop aud awkwardness produced
by the effort to preserve the equilibrium.
But it is of no use talking. I suppose they
would wear rings in their no<es if it were
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only tlie fashiorf. Wobieh in Syria mount
themselves on • kttbbb*,' but those nre At
least level, and tliOy nre easily slipped off;
Perhaps the Druce horn is a better parallel
to tight boots and high heels. Wondrous
merit there is in sclftorture ! (rood night
Webster's Retaining Fee.
A eorrespondentsends the following anec
dote of Daniel Webster to the New York.-"
LeJger: .
One day a gentleman from New Bed
ford wailed upon Mr. Webster, in hi* of
fice oil Court street, wishing to engage him
for the defense in mi important case at law.
The visitor was himself the defendant, a fid
the amount at stake in the suit Was frftmf
sixty to seventy thousand dollars. No?
presented all the important points, and Mr.
Webster was willing to undertake the task*-
llut the client could not tell exactly when
the case would come 01V.
'•Very well," said Webster. "Ifyoii
wish to retain me from the defense in this
suit, I will hold myself in readiness, and
will not engage for the plaintiff."
The gentleman then asked what the re
taining fee would be.
"A thousand dollars."
" A thousand dollars
" See what ] engage to do,- sir. I hot
only hold myself nt your coitnnaml, perhaps
for a month of more, but 1 debar mvself
from accepting any offer, 110 matter how
lar<re, from the plaintiff."
The applicant filled out a cheek for one
thousand dollars, and gate it to the great
expounder.
'• And now, sir," said Daniel, after lie.
had put the cheek in his pocket, 1 will
give you a bit of advise gratis. If you can'
compromise this business upon fair terms
with the plaintiff, you had better do so."
The client acktiowlcged his thanks, and
then took his leave. Daniel sent the
check to the bank, where it was duly liuii
ored.
(hi the very nest day the gentleman
from New Bedford called upon Mr. Web
ster again. The plaintiff was in liostou—
had come up the previous day on purpose
to compromise—and a compromise was ef
fected.
"In short." said the client, •• wo have
made u fair and satisfactory settlement."
Mr. Webster was very glad; and hav
ing so expressed himself, and duly congrat
ulated his vi-it'jr. he would have turned to
other business ; !>:*t the visitor seemed to
have something further on his mind—
something that made him restive and un
easy.
'• Of course," he ventured, after a pause,
" T sliall not require your services, .Mr.
Webster."
" Certainly not. sir."
" And—and—how about the thousand
dollars I jiaid youfaintly queried tho
gentleman. who couldn't see tho propriety
of paying such a sum for services which
were never to be rendered.
"O—ah," responded Daniel, witli a
bland smile, '• you don't see in to under
stand. Jt is very simple. That was a re
taining fee—railed, in law. a retainer.
% virtue of the contract I, also, became a
retainer. What shall I retain, if uot my
fee ?"
Aud the gentleman from 1 Xe\v Bedford
went away thoroughly instructed in tin*
legal signification of a retainer.
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A Pt Z'/.1.K KOtt ClllMlUKN.—2 .\ li 1.
—Cold winter is at Vegetation DKd,
the beauties of the landscape have failed &
the earth now appears in sad H A. Old
Boreas comes A: wings a mournful J. K <»
over the graves of the flowers, and seem'
so glisten from a frosty firmament. The
freezing blast pierces as l!ke a f the a clad
bosom of want, while the tears of 1' T are
congealed at their respective fountains.
All U who 11 in K'/i cireumstancus, <!c who
It not cursed with M T pockets, ought, to
X M X into the condition of those around
l r , &go forward with X 11 (S 2 mitigate
the distress of the needy—without waiting
for X K uncertain XI*1) X C—.V thereby
merit the honor which the X LX C ofsuch
an act 11 stow*. The poor It 211 fouud iic
every §of thecountry & C T.— Sc tho multi
tude of miserable begirers who' even X V
the scanty comfort of th» hovL, is without
n ||. then, tho earliest opportu
nity of paying that debt of chariT which
IT () 2 a fellow creature in distress, B 4 the
5 of death puts a. 2 your
To F.VTTK.V FOWI.B IN Foi'll OU FLVK
DAYS.— Set rice'over tlw» fire with stim
uli! k, only as much as will serve one day.
Let it boil till thte rice'is quite swelled out,
and add a tea-spoonful of sugar, hut it will
do well without. Feed the lxiwls throo'
times a day in common puus, give tliqui
only as much as will till them at oucc.
When you put I'resli, let the pans bo set
in water, that no sourness nwy be con
voyed to the fowls as tliat prevents then*
from fattening. Give tltenf clean water or
the uiilk of the rice to drink, Lift the lens
wet the rice ia, when perfectly soaked, tho
better. IJy this method, the' flosh will
have a clo ir v?hitonc%s which 110 other food
gives, and when it is to be considered how
far a pound of rice will go, and how muelt
time is saved by this mode, it will be found
che.iperthau bar'ey-uieal. Thepenshoukt
be daily cleansed, and no food given for
sijctccu hours before the poultry be killed.
EP-K migration to the West from Se\i
Englaud is on tho increase.