Puget Sound Argus. [volume], July 07, 1882, Image 7

About Puget Sound Argus. [volume] (Port Townsend, W.T. [Wash.]) 1882-1883

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Eph's Will.
A Scull'lllllllll‘ lwing nigh untn
duath. l‘illlml in a lawym" to draft his
last twtamnnt. knowing that thi
man‘< natal“ would scarcvly pay thi
“penal-mil his funeruldhi- attnrni-y
“.ihslll-1,1-I<i-il to hoar him say, "1
nin‘ a hunulrml pounds” in this
fiiend and " twn hundrvd" to that.
"You haw no such money to give."
hon-vinarlml. “I lwn that. mun. as
“T 01“- _\'HH. but it‘ll show my guud
willtothnni.”
An old nvgm. of whom tho follow
ing story is tnld: Sunnis to have had
a similar mml‘usmn of ideas.
01d liph took a notion tho (athur
(an that ha must maku his will. and
callvd to consult a lawyor for that
purposo. Thu. attunwy gathori-d a
pencil and a pmco of papor and pre
pared to nlaln» a sohvdulo.
"\\‘oll l'lph, what property have
you gpt l" ‘
"\\oll. sah. darvs dat onory Imb
mil dwag dal nulilwr slm-ps, or if lu
doos hu‘s (lilt‘l'H tallcin’ in it. I loahe
him todat nn-fl'y of mine. I nobhor
like dat niggah. ”
"All right." said the atturnvy ;
s. thorn gin-s ”10 (103'. ”
“Dull dar‘s dat hazol splitter sow.
Lealw lu-r to whuphlwr kin catch
her."
“Tho How is disposed of. " said the
lnwvor.
“Du‘lxu-oy lmx an’ pipo kin go to
do boy as sunn as ho gits old onuil'. ”
"It is 51) l'¢'('ul‘(l¢‘(l." llusWN‘ml tilt“
attornuv. ‘
“Dolnmsuan' do lnt guns to do
gal. ” _
"But illi'l'l' Is atmncmnhranca on
the housu. l‘lph. "
“What's dat yuu say ?”
"Thorn is .m mu'umhranw on tlw
honsml said. ”
“oh, dar am. am dar ? Dvn I an)
\ml‘l' moi-u dun I thought I was.
Loalw dv mmmnln'anco to do Ult‘
woman tn livu on. "
Tm: forms of tho oaths now in uso
inthologislative ussomhlios of various
toroign countries are as follows:
Bavaria "l swoar. So holp mo (iod
and his holy Gospel.” Denmark
“I n'omise and swear. So help mo
God and His Holy \Vord. " Groove
—“I swear in tho name of tho Holy
and Consulwtmdial and Invisilulo
Trinity." Hosso-Darmstadt ~"I
swear. So help mo Cod." Saxo
Golan-g and ”anion ~"I swear. So
help mo God.” Holland “Iswear.
So help me God.” Portugal "I
swear on the Holy (lospel. ” Prussia
—“lswour liy (iod. the Almighty
and Omnisi-iunt. So holp me God."
Saxony» “I sw.-ar hy Almighty
God." Sorvia~ “I swear by ont-
God and all that is according to law
most. savrod and in this World dour
ost. Solo-ll) mo (iod in this and
that ”tho!" World." Spain After
swearingtho doputy on the Gospel.
tho President says: "Thou may
God repay you ; but if you fail, may
Ho claim it from you." SWoden and
Norway "I l l’rosidont or Vicel’res—
lilont only] swoar lioforo God and
His Holy Gospel. I will be faithful
to this oath as surv as God shall.
save my body and soul.” Switzor
land---“ In tho prosenco of Almighty
God I swear. So lwlp me God."
L'nitod Htatos~—“l do so'vmnly
swear. So llt‘ll) mo God.” It is
noted, in commotion with this ream-d,
that as Statos advanco in civilization
they show an inerousod disposition
not to swear. For oxuni )10. Austria.
France, (ivruiany, Italy and tho
United Status haw eithor ahandonml
the theistir' oath m' mado its use
Optional : whilo in unimportant hack
ward countries, like Sorvia. (irooce.
Portugal and Spain. the oath is most
stringently imposed. s(.'ln~om'clv.
Rrsxlx‘s Annex-1 'ro Yoi'xo Wu.
MEN.- Always have two mirrm‘s on
your dressing tahlo. and with propor
carodross mind and hody at tho
Sflme time. Put your host intelli
801100 to tindim: out what you uro
good for and what you can [)0 mado
Into. Tlll' mero resolvo not to ho
118010.“ and tho honvst desire to help
Otlll'l' {)(‘ople will, in thoquiokest and
most( t'll('1ll(‘ way, improvo ouoself.
All accomplishnn-nts should he oon
sxdorod as moans of assisting others.
In music got tho voico disciplined
and clear, and thiul: only of uceuruvy:
"Kl“‘Wsion and et’foot will take ('areot
lllf‘lnsolyi-s. So in drawing; loarn to
5“: down the right shape of any~
“ml". and tlu-rehy oxplam its chat"
“of“? to anotlm-person hilt, it'you try
only to make showy drawings for
Drama. or pn-tty onus for amusoment,
Y‘ml'. drawing will havo littlo or no
lfalmtvl'cst for you and no educu
300 M pnwm'. Rmolvg to (10 (‘lu'll
flay smut-thing useful in tho vulgar
king". Luarn tho economy of tho
orfltnl the good and had qualities
th ‘9') (‘ommon article of food and
Os"llpls‘st and best modos of thoir
Eggltratflin, holp your fumilios in
as mil)? Himshowtu-m how toniake
and h C itof overything as. possihli:
ing at!“ omalof little mcottpw-coax;
and )rt‘tttmnptlng thmn into tidy
Wall—lull); ways» and ploadmg for
00am: ”:1 tahlncloths, how‘over
the - .an fora tlower or two out of
Saulen to strew on them. Ono
Should, at tho and of Not“ la' 1 ~
able to an ll 5 t 3' K.
that y,usprou( yasuny peasant.
. 5110 had not eaten the bread of
‘dlefleas.
A Modern Sermon.
Brothron tho Words of my toxt arc:
“t tld .\lothor Hubbard, <hc wont to thc cnp~
hoard.
To not hcr poor dog a bone;
”at “hon .-hc got thorc the cupboard was
lill‘l‘.
.\ud ~'o tho poor dog had none."
'l‘hcso bountiful words. doar frionds.
carry with thoin a solcmn losson.
I prolmsothis owning to analyzo
thoir moaning. and to attonipt to ap
ply it. lofty as it may ho. toourorcry
day lil'o.
"1 )Id .\lothcr Hubbard. she went to the cup
board.
’l'o got hcr poor dog a bone."
.\lothor Hubbard. you soo. was old;
thcro luoing no montion of othors. we
may prosumo sho was alonc: a widow
~ a friondloss, old. solitary widow.
th, did sho dospair? Did sho sit
down and wool). or road a novol. or
wring hor hands! No! "she (root to
tho cupboard.” And hcro obsorvo
Ithat sho (cm! to tho cupboard. She
3did not hop. or skip. or run, or jump,
‘or uso any othcr poripatctic artitico;
sho solcly and moroly 'u'cat to tho
cu )ltulll'd.
lVohavo soon that sllO was old and
11 moly. and wc now furthcr soc that
sho was poor. For mark, the Words
aro. "Um cupboard.”
Not. "ono of tho cupboards,” or tho
Wright-hand cupboard.” or tho
“loft—hand cupboard.” or the one
abovo, or tho ono bolow. or tho ono
1 undcr tho stair. but just Hue cupboard.
:Tho ono littlo humblo cuphoard tho
ipoor widow possosaod. And why did
sho go toth cupboard? Was it to
bring f 1 wth goldon goblcts or g'ittcr
ting prccious stout-s. or costly apparcl.
{or toasts. or any othor attrilmtos of
Wcallh? 1! am: Inf/cl hcr poor (log a
lmnc.’ Not only was tho widow poor
but tho dog. tho solo propof hor ago.
was poor. too.
3 Wo can iniaginc tho sccno. Tho
MDT dog crouching in tho cornor,
looking wistl'ully at tho, solitary cup<
hoard. and tho widow going to that
clipboard —iu hope. in cxpcctation.
maybo to opon It. although wo arc
not. distinctly told that it was not
half-opon, or ajar-v-to opon it for that
poor dog.
“But \lvhcn shc not. there. the cupboard was
narc.
And so thc poor dog had none."
"Whoa sho got thcro!” You soc.
doar brothrcn. what porscu-rcxm- is.
You sco tho bounty of porsistancu
in doing right. Shc got (hm-o.
'l‘horo was no tarninwa and twist
lugs. no slippings and slidings, no;
loaning to tho right, or faltcring tot
tho loft. ‘
With glorious simplicity wo aro
told sho got tl'oro.
And how was hor noblo ctl'ort to
wardod! 7 , , A
"Thu cupboard was bare!" It was
haro! ! Thorn was toho found with
or orangi-s. nor olivesvcalws, nor pom
ny buns. nor ginuvrln'oad. nor crack
t'l'fi, nor nuts, nor'lucifvr matches.
Tho cupboard was bare!
Thorn was but ono. only one. soli
tary cuplmm‘d in tho wholu of that
vottagv. and that one. the solo ho w
of tho widow and the glorious Imin
star of th. poor dog, was barn! Had
thorn boon n log of mutton, a loin of ‘
lnmb. a fillet of veal. own an ice from‘
(luntor's. tho (‘aso would huvu lwem
ditl'vront. tho incident would haw
boon otlwnviso.
Many of you will probably an ', with
all tho prido of worldly sopliistry.
“'l‘hu widow. no doubt, went out. and
bought a dog biscuit.”
All. no! Far rmnovod from those
earthly idoaH. thoso mundane dusiros.
poor .\lotlu-r llnbburd, tho widow.
whom many thouuhtloss worldlings
would dospko. in that shoonlyowuwl
onu cupboard. pvrcuivml or I might
own say. saw at. onco tho rolvntlvss
logicot‘ tiw situation. and yioldnd to
to it with all lllt' heroism of that nu;
turn which had onnb‘od hor. without
deviation, to roach tho ham-n cup
board.
Shh did not. attompt. liko tho satiil'
nm-kvd Ht‘ulll‘l'h‘ of this gl-lioration, to
war against tho inovitahlo; shv did
not try. liku tho SO-t'tlllt‘tl mun of sui
vum-. to oxplain what, 3110 did not un—
dtlrstuntl.
Shh did nothing. "Thu )oor dog
had nono!" And thou, at this point.
our informut ion (must-s.
lint do Wu not know sutllcivnt.’ An
wu not ooguizunt enough?
Whowonld lllll't' to pim‘on tllt' voil
that shrouds tho ultorior fato of old
)lotlu-r Hubbard. thv poor dog. tlit‘
mplmaul.ol‘ thv hour that was not
Hit-1'0?
Must \vo imagini- horstill standing
at tho opon on )board door (it'lllt't to
ourm-lws tho-(log still dropping his
disuppointml tuil upon tho tloor tho
sought-for bone sti l rmnaining somo
wlu-l'u i-lst-L' A
Ah! no, my dour lmothx‘mx, wn tum
nut so permittml to uttvmpt to rmul
the future. Suflim- it for us to glmm
from this beautiful story itsnmny
lowans; suflice it for us to apply
Imm", to study than as far as in us
xes.
.\qummtzm Slams, a young Bos
tonian. who married a nicco of J 030le
(ilumtu of New York. tho pnrtnor of
Mr. Evurts, has bought the library of
Ferdinand Froilgmth. the German
poet, comErising about 5,000 volumes.
many of t em rare editions.
Fine Measurements.
I A Wilmington Star reporter has
been shown at a machine-s 101) in that
lcit y a collection of gauges.
l " How accurate are these!" was
asked of the foreman of the depart—
‘ ment.
l “They are true to within the tea
thousandth part of an inch. in a tem
lperature of ‘75 degrees Fahrenheit."
1 was the reply.
l "Did you ever feel the tenthous
‘ andih part of an inch 3" he asked the
reporter, who replied to the effect.
that he had never even seen, heard.
ltasted or smelt the ten-thousandth
part of an inch.
The foreman. with a smile. turned
to a small machine. It is theoretically
simple. but exquisite in workmanship.
In a small horizontal and perfect y
:level iron frame-work is adjusted a
lborizontal screw, which carries one
9 jaw of a small vise, the other jaw be
t - . . .
lmg hated. Thefcrewhas ten threads
to an inch. It is obvious, therefore.
‘that one turn of the screw will alter
the distance betwcea the jaws of the
' little vise just onetenth of an inch.
1 The head of the screw is a circular
steel plate. about four inches in di
{ ameter. the circumference of which is
‘graduatcd into 100 eoual divisions.
Turning the head of the screw
lthrough the extent of one of these
l divisions advanced the screw the one
thousandth part of an inch.
The tiner ad'ustment is made by a
vernier attixeif to the head of the
‘ screw, which is so graduated that the
‘turning of the. head until a division
lot the scale upon its circmnt‘ereace
tcoincides with the nearest division on
y the Vt rnier scale. advances the screw
the oim-thousamlth part of a revolir
‘tion, and widens or contracts the
‘space between the jaws of the little
,vnse just the tenthousandth part of
‘an inch. As the screw cannot be
‘made absolutely true. there is an
ingenious attachment for correcting
the intinitesimally minute error in its
working, and. as a change in a few
degrees in the temperature of the
room. or of the gauge to be tested,
would ati‘ect the mcety of the opera—
tion. the machine is adjusted or a
tem )crature of 75 degrees. and the
trials are made with the gauges at
that temperature.
Adjusting the vise-jaws at one ten
thousandth of an inch more than two
inches apart, the foreman handed the
reporter a two inch gauge and told
him to pass it carefully and slowly
bctwcen them. Left to itself the
gauge fell freely of its own weight
through the space; but when made to
descend slowly a perceptible pull was
felt from each jaw. analogous to the
pulling power of two magnets.
The foreman gave the head of the
screw an almost imperceptible touch.
making it coincide with the vernier.
The gauge would no longer pass
through: it tilled the space between
the jaws exactly. That touch had
brought those jaws nearer together
by 'ust the. ten thousandth part of an
inch.
_ . M.“ _, _
The Washington Bible.
The following petition was pro
sented in the United States Senate a
few days ago by Senator Sherman:
To the Senate and House of Rep
rcscnluh’ccs of the United States:
The )etition of Betty B. Bassett of
the htate of Virginia respectfully
represents that your chitioner is the
widow of George \\ ashington Bas
sett, late of the State of Virginia. and
the only child of Robert Lewis. who
was the son of Fielding Lewis and
Betty Lewis. his wife. the only sister
of (leorge \\'ashington; that your
ietitioner is the sole owner of the
lamily Bible of Augustin and Mary
Washington. the Parents of George
Washington. whic 1 contains a record}
of his birth and of his baptism. The;
said Bible became the property oft
the said Betty Lewis and was left by
her to the said Robert Lewis. her
son. and by him to your petitioner.
Your petitioner now being advanced
in years. is desirous that the said‘
family Bible may. in her lifetime. be-i
come the property of all the people‘
of the linited States. Your petitioner
therefore prays that a suitable ap
u'opriation may be made by your
lrmorable bodies for the purpose of
purchasing of your petitioner so val
uable a relic of the Father of his
(,‘ountry. BET’H’ B. B.\ssr'r'r. l
Senator Sherman, in presentingl
the petition. said the Bible is un-i
doubtedly What it is represented tt)‘
be in the petition. and that it was‘
handed down to Betty liassett pre
cisely as she explained. The oldl
book is (lt'M'lilM‘tl llh' being cove?" l
with homespun cotton. which. it. is
said. was made by Mrs. Washington
herself during the Revolutionary
War. At lenst so tradition has it.
Those who are acquainted with tl e
aged possessor of the volume. say she,
is in moderate. if not actually desti~
tute. circumstances. The price to be.
paid for the book. if it is decided to‘
purchase it. will be determinul by
the Senate Committee on the Library.
to which the petition was referred.
'l‘mv. Euranun of Brazil intends to
publish his trawling experiences.
I'lin bank. which is written in Frvnch,
will b 0 callvd "Mes Impressions do
Voyage.”
FRANCIS W . JAMES,
\\'.\'l‘ I'} II S'l‘ I! H “T.
POR I I OWNSEN D,W. |
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