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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

AZ Girls, let us tell you stubborn
truth. No young woman ever looked SO
we'll to sensible man as when dressed
in neat, plain, modest attire, without Il
single ornament about her person. She
looks then as though she possessed
worth in herself, and needed no artifi-
cial rigging to enhance her value. If q
young woman would spend as much
time in cultivating her temper, and
cherishin9 kindness, meekness, gentle
ness, mercy and other qualities, as
most of them do in extra dress and or
naments to increase their personal
charms, she would. at Il glance, be
known among thousand. Her char
acter would be read in her countenance
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

ScoTcH BRoTH.-Take four pounds of nut.
ton-part of the leg is best-add one gallon
of water, one teacupful of pearl barley, two
carrots, sliced, two turnips, sliced, two
onions, cut small, the white part of large
cabbage, chopped very small and small
quantity of parsley. Season with pepper and
salt. Let this boil very gently for three hours
and half, and at the dinner-table it will
most likely, by all who are fond OF soups, be
pronounced excellent
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

Menagerics where .lcu.h hounds caracole.
Where jaeuar phaanx and phlegmatic gnu
Fright ptamigan and kestrals check by jowl
With pcewitt and precious cockatoo.
Gaunt seneschals. in chrotchcty cockades,
With seine net trawl for porpoise in laeoons;
While sculous guagc erratic escapades
OF msdrepores in water-logged galleons.
FlambOyant trptychs groincd with gherkns green
In reckless fracas with couguettsh beam,
Ectatc gargoyles. with grotesquc chagrin,
Garnish the gruesome nightm Of my dream.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

g. Thoma H. Briggs, the oldest
school teacher in New jersey, died re-
Gently at Trenton. He was seventy
five years old, and had been engaged
in his work continuously since 1919.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

words from Old Cabinet in Scribner for all
who are smarting under criticism: "There
are few or no perfect works Of art; and the
grander the work in physical and spiritual
dimensions, and in its impression upon mans
kind, the more apt are defects to show them.
selves -
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

1,g- The great Atlantic cable WAS laid
in August, 1858. Two or more dis
patches were sent over it, but there is
no proof that they ever passed through.
Soon after, this cable was abandoned
and the next one was laid in 1865, but
was also given up as imperfect. \
third was put down in 1866, which was
the first successful one. The laying
was completed and the news receiTed
on Sunday, July 20, at 800 A. NJ.
The latter one continuing in successful
operation, Cyrus ". Field proceeded
in the work of picking up and repair
ing the one laid in 1865, and having
completed the work, both cables were
then in good working order.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

81 The army of employees, the
enormous choir of paid singers, adver-
tisin9 expenses and all attending the
Moody and Sankey meetings at New
York, makes the HippodrOme music the
most expensive in the world.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

CoMpANIoNsHIP.-All we'll formed hu-
man beings are adapted to society.
When we find rccluse, Il hermit, or
one who seeks and prefers seclusion, it
is safe to infer that there is something
lacking, or that the person is warped
and i'll an abnormal condition. He is
the creature Of misfortune, or Of per-
virsion, and more to be pitied than
blamed.
No one lives alone from choice, with
the exception of these morbid speci-
mems. Even horses have friendships
and pine for the absent ones. SO do
domesticated ca,s and dogs. Garry
puss away to a strange place, and she
loses her appetite, and becomes i'll
from inconsistencies and really suffers
from disturbance or breaking up Of
her social or friendly relations. The
horse worries, frets and refuses to eat
till his mate returns. But these are
nothing compared to the stronger.
deeper, and almost inseparable ties
which unite human hearts i'll the bonds
Of frindship.
\ good man once said: The great
est gift God gave the world, after he
gave hi, beloved son, was the marriage
covenant.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

aE Mr. Wick says in his Floral Guide
that ten drops of carbolic acid, to be
obtained from any OF our druggists, put
in pint of water, and poured on the
earth III flower pots, will destroy all
earth worms, that do so much damage
to the plants. \ trial will satisfy all Of
its beneficial effects
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

@ The experiment has been tried
in London of establishing penny banks
in connection with public schools and
with eminent success. In few months
5,256 children had deposited no less
than FL, ,124. A similar experiment has
been tried, with like success, at Norwich
and Carmarthen.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

szE In Chicago they tell of a fur
nished room that, although let at the
rate Of only 81 week, earns 81 day.
The lodger pays that sum in advance,
and at night tue landlord gets his cor
net and is accompanied by his daughter,
on the piano. The lodger moves away
in the morning, is at once replaced by
another, and 50 they come and go.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

- \ shipment Of one hundred
pairs Of prairie chickens, ten pairs of
wild turkeys, and ten pairs of wild
geese is soon to be sent from San Fran
cisco to Auklanl. New Zealand, for the
purpose of introducing there hitL-
erto unknown birds The prairie chick
ems were caught in Iowa.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

Gz1- When a Boston girl breaks her
engagement with a mar and her friends
exposlulate with her, she has only to
say that his views Ell the theoscophic
doctrine of cosmogony are loose, and
they realize at once ho~ impossible it is
for any true women to risk her happi-
ness with such q person.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

G@ lie was timid fellow, but fond
of borrowing John PhnniX's Jokes; SO
when she asked him how lie felt, he
averaged himself according to tie
Phoenix plan of being very definite, and
he said he felt &" about eighty-eight per
cent. " Indeed" she said, with a de-
mure look, you are never going to
par
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

So \ grand chess match by cores
pondence, to last two years, is about
to be played between England and
France for a stake Of 10000 francs
The headquarters to be the Cafe de la
Regence, where the principal players,
under the direction of Rosenthal, will
form themselves into committee.
Three days will be allowed for each
move, which will be made by tele-
nraDl.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

81 Where the mind has no real diff
fculty with which to grapple, the ima9
ination is wont to grow with the rank
luxuriance of tropical Vegetation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

49, This cnap was from Derby Ind
He bought 81 accordion, and was sit
ting on the .levee pumping " Mollie
Darling" out of it when the goat came
along The music stopped, the man
fell, and the accordion looked like an
elephant had tramped on it. Goats as
a general thing. don't like to hear music
that has to be squeezed out Of a snuff
hoy
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

~ Divers are at work at the Scilly
Isles attempting to recover the specie in
the wreck of the steamship Schiller,
which went down there in May last.
The sam of 1886 900 was recovered last
season and there remains Sl15,O 900 to be
recovered. fsa
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

49, i farmer once hired Vermonter
to assist in DRAWN CLOGS. The Yankee.
when there was along to lift, generally
contrived to secure the small end, for
which the farmer rebuked him, and
told him always to take the butt-end.
Dinner came. aud with it susar-loaf
Indian pudding. Jonathan sliced off a
generous portion of the largest part
giving the farmer a wink, and ex-
claimed, &" always take the butt-endr -
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

"a Miss Addic V. Cooke, daughter OF
Rev. Dr. Cooke, former pastor of the Meth
odist Church at Smyrna, Del, has been ap-
pointed to $500 clerkship in the Philadel-
phia Custom House.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13
INTERESTING HISTORICAL FACTS.

The tardiness with which mankind
adopt improvements may be, III some
degree, illustrated by the following
facts, hastily thrown together:
Canal locks were invented i'll 1881,
by engineers of Titerbo, i'll Italy.
They were nearly a hundred years
getting fairly into use in France,
and about one hundred and fifty years
in crossing the British channel. At tAis
time it was made felony IN several
European states to ride IN wheel carri-
ages. The steam engine was invented,
or, rather, the principles of 1t discovered,
by the Marquis OF Worcester, as early
as 1860 Few understood and none en-
couraged it, He died i'll great mortiti-
cation. sThe honor was afterwards en-
crossed hy Savary.
In 1865 the Earl of Stanhope applied
the steam engine to propelling q vessel
\ steamboat was run twenty miles on
the. Sanky Canal, Liverpool, 1897, and
another Oh the orth and Clyde Canal
in 1901. \ steamboat trip was made
on the Delaware as early as 1871. In
1907, when Robert Fulton was fitting
up his first steamboat at New York,
respectable and gray headed men pro-
nounced him a fool for lis pains" !"
Oliver Evans went before committees of
legislatures, first in Pennsylvania and
then in Maryland, with a project OF a
steam carriage, as earl y as lcO4. He
asked little aid to defray the expense.
They could hardly he prevented
from reporting in favor, not Of steam
engines for carriages, but OF straight
Jacket for himself. Now, almost all
nations have had the sagacity and in
4enuity to seize and utilize the precious
idea.
When Peter the Great, i'll 1860,
commenced Il canal between the Eolga
and the Don, the Governor and Bayards
of the country oppose II earnestly,
thinking it impiety to turn rivers out of
channels which heaven had assigned
them.
When some Dutchmen proposed to
make the river Manzanaris nayigable to
the Tagus and that to Lisbon, the
Council said that if it had been the will
of God that the river should be naviga-
bic, He would have made it 50.
When Brinley the great engineer
told committee Of parliament, to
whom Bridgewaters petition was re-
ferred, that canals were better than rivers
and would supersede them for the pur-
pose Of navigation, the committee were
shocked, and asked him, And pray,
sir, what were the rivers made for?'
& To feed The canals was the answer.
DIR. Franklin surveyed the route of
the Delaware and Chesapeke Canal at
his own expense i'll 1857.
Baron Napier surveyed the route OF
the Forth and Clyde Canal at his own
expense, III I7G1.
Both these works were subsequently
accomplished, but after great delay.
DR.. Zabdiel Boyalson introduced inO-
culation for the SMALL poX i'll Boston,
1921, and tried it first on his son Thom-
as, and other members of the family,
but such was the force of periudice and
unbelief that the other4physicians gave
an unanimous opinion against it, the
municipal government prohibited its
practice, and the populace would have
torn him to pieces if he had not re-
tired from the city.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13
THE CAUSE OF HARD TIMES

Different theories of the cause of
the hard time, have been advanced by
different persons. In the Unitarian
Review for January and February, John
c.. Kimball offers the following, which
is interesting reading, at least
1t is due simply to the introduction,
during the last % years, of such an
enormous amount of machinery. There
is nothing in our modern civilization
which is more wonderful, more signifi-
cant, more new thing under the sun,
and destined to be more wide reaching
in its relations, than this use Of ma
chinery. A single pegging machine
will turn out more boots and shoes now
than whole village of cobblers at work
in their little cubieal shops fifty years
ago. The cloth woven in any of our
large mill towns is probably equal to
half of what all Indies used to produce
by the slow hand methods of the mid
die ages. Steam engines alone are do
ing work which without them would
give employment to every one of the
multitudes of men and women who are
now lying idle in our country. Callfor-
lila few years ago was groanlng over
the introduction Of so much Chinese
cheap labor, and yet, at that very time,
most inconsistently, was giving a well
come to mowers and reapers and mining
apparatus which for cheapness an facil-
itv Of use made even a Chinaman
dear. And then when it is to be seen
how these muscles and nerves of iron
and steel are employed in every depart
mert Of industry, from carrying into
shape a Shaft of iron weighing 20 tons,
down to the finishing of a cambria
needle, and from the sewing of a but
tonhole to the sowing and reaping of
whole States, who can wonder that the
market is overstocked
Of course this increase of facilities
for doing work increased for y while
the amount of work to be done. But
such a process could not last forever
There was limit even to the number of
stitches i'll lady's dress, and to the
amount of wheat which even an Amer
lean family could get away with. And
this point has at last been reached. The
occurrence of our civil war, with its
withdrawal of energies into the battle
field. put off the day; but the end Of
the war, and their return again into the
pursuits of peace, soon filled up the
gap, and brought to Us the point where
it was impossible to consume half Of
what was being produced-the point,
therefore, where business was obliged
to stop.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

sYy- The earrings of the Central Pacific for
1875 were $17, 900, 000 After paying expeR.
ses, interest on bonds, ETC., seven per cent.
ON the capital stock remained.
81 There is nothing so fatal to com.
fort as we'll as to decorum a. Fuss.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

AZ Death comes equally to us all,
and makes us all equal when it comes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

PttttiS.

BosSs who lad been Wihirlu, from 10
o'clock, got his check about 2:30 Fif-
teeE minutes later the same clerk hal
loed, 81, 95, 96, ready" and Boggs
passed in his check and got his So after
nearly five hours waiting. The silver
had been sent up from the coin room in
packages Of $ and upwards Number
lO5 wanted S100in silver. When the
clerk presented it, he said Give me
81 So" That meant the amount of mu-
tllated Or counterfeit currency that had
been found in the package. The clerk
say they rarely get package of $50 in
which they do not find some counter
felt % OF 30 cent notes Mutilated cur
rency is not received for silver. At 3
o'clock, when the business of the day
Is closed, not less than 200 persons were
III line, many of whom had been wait
ing for four hours. Tie amount paid
out yesterday was within trihe of $40,
0O0.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

sY Speak as you mean, do as yeu profess
and perform what you promise.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

REMOVE THE FLOWERS. of flowers
should know that one blossom allowed to ma
ture or go to seed" Injuries the plant more
than dozen new buds. Cut your flowers;
all of them, before they fade. Adorn your
room with them, put them on your tables,
send bouquets to your friends who have no
flowers, or exchange favors with those who
have. All roses, after they have ceased
blooming, should be cut back, that the
strength of the root may go to forming new
roots for next year, and on these bushes, not
a seed should be allowed to mature.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

@ The worthiest people are most
injured by slanderers; as We usually
find that to be the best fruit which the
birds have been picking at.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

81 \ country gentleman who had
been reading about the /" Emma Mine "
says thatif Mister Schenck had stuck
to his Pulmonary Syrup and Sea-Weed
Tonic, instead of drawing poker and
running after that woman Emma, he
would have come ont all right
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

CHEAP LIVING citizens
with small fortunes have found it
chaper to live in Europe than in their
own country. Bat prices are fast rising
in France, and Germany, and Italy
and travel is every lar mole costly.
Japan, however, is still cheap country,
a paradise for economical people. The
Newark Adre1tisc,' says:
A Japanese student, who for some
time past has been educating himself in
this city in conversation, yesterday eX-
pressed great surprise that so many
Americans no marry" He desired to
learn the cause of the army of
bachelors, ana wished to know if it was
g too much expense to get married
here" When told that probably was
one reason why many of our young
men remain in the state of single
blessedness, he seemed greatly as
tonished, and said, & SO ditfrent in my
country"
When asked how much it cost to get
married there, he replied, -
" Not one cent; no minister to pay.
Her parents my parents talk, than we
talk, make ceremony-marned.
A lady present then asked him how
much it cost young couple to live in
Japan, and all were considerably
amused by the answer.
Five dollar month.
Could they live well on that?' she
asked.
90, yes, fish, rice, tea-much better
than in America; all time, plenty. Cost
three dollar half month for eat-rest
clothes"
1t was suggested that if married life
was SO cheap, every one there was or
ought to be married.
" Almost all married-rich, high,
poor, little, fine, all married.
Taking the japanese statement as
basis, dividing the amount left for
clothes, the husband and wife have
each just seventyfve cents every month
to purchase clothing
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13
~When railroads were first bui

s When railroads were first built in
the United States, the iron used
weighed about 45 lbs to the yard.
There has been a constant increase in
weight, until now 20 lbs. is not uncom-
mon. The narrow gauge iron used is
from 2S to 35 lbs. peryard.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

YEGETAELEs.-All green vegetables
should be as fresh as possible. Put
them into cold water with some salt in
it. for about ten minutes, to clear from
soil or insects. If not quite fresh let
them remain in the water some time long
er; drain IN Il colander and put them
into Il pan with plenty Of boiling water.
adding salt, small piece Of soda cover
the pan till boiling, but not afterward,
then boil quickly, and carefully remove
any scum which may rise. Do not al
low them to remain i'll the water after
they are done, but immediately drain
them III Il cOlander and finish each kind
as directed i'll receipts. Peas and spinach
do not require 50 much water as most
other green vegetables, but only just
sufficient to cover them. Caulifowers
and broccoli require especial care III boil
ing, as flowers is easily broken and
their appearance spoiled; boil them
quickly for few minutes, and then
moderately till tender, which may be
easily ascertained by trying the stem
with a fork. All vessels used i'll cook
ing vegetables SnOulu De particularly
lean. Soft is preferable to hard
water i'll cooking all kinds of vegc-
tables. Potatoes are in universal{u {usc,
and yet how few know how to cook
them WELL g \ we'll boiled potato is a
thing purely ideal-it has never come
out of the pot i'll the experience Of hv-
ing man. This is too strong: but
there is very much room for, and need
of. improvement in the science of cook
ing a potato. To do it well, the mat
ter must be studied, and not performed
by routine. They differ very much,
even those grown in the same field and
froln the same seed. \ good potato,
well cooked and served up, is luxury,
which, unfortunately, few people know
how to accomplish, or will not give
themselves trouble to do.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13

SILENT MEN.--Washington never made
Il speech In the zenith of his fame he
once attempted it, failed, and gave it
up confused aud abashed. In framing
the Constitution of the United States
the labor was almost wholly performed
in committee of the whole, of which
George Washington was the chairman;
yet he made but two speeches during
the convention, which were very few
words each. The convention, how
ever, acknowledged the master spirit,
and historians affirm that, had it not
been for his personal popularity, and
the thirty words ofhis first speech, pro-
nouncing it the best that could be
united upon, the Constitution would
have been rejected by the people.
Thomas Jefferson never made a speech.
He couldn't do it. Napoleon, whose
executive ability was almost without a
parallel, said that his greatest trouble
was in finding men of deeds rather
than words. When asked how he main
tained his influence over his superiors
i'll age and experience, when command
er-in-chief of the army in Italy, he said,
'' by reserve" The greatness OF man
is.not measured by the length of his
speeches and their number.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-13
Farmers Send in Your Wheat.

1t is understood that a large and
powerful combination Of wheat opera
tors has been forced in Chicago and
Milwaukee for the purpose Of making
a corner on September wheat. Under
this propelling power cash wheat dur
ing the past mouth has -adsancedt fully
ten cents per bushel in both of these
markets September or cash has sold
as high as 81. .033 in Milwaukee. That
was considered a good price in this
market in the fall Of 1872 and 1878,
when the wheat crop of England was
comparatively scant, and when prices
were thirty per cent higher there
than they are to-day
The business condition of the world
is not favorable to high prices for any
article of general consumption. We
would therefore say to the farmers of
the Northwest, send in all the wheat
you can during the month of Septem-
ber, as we believe you can do better
now than later in the season. Let the
wealthy operators carry it; we think
that will be to your advantage. In
the autumn of 1875 there was a corner
N the month of November. That
Fortunately came to your knowledge,
and you obtained for your wheat in
Milwaukee from 81 10 to S1.2O, and
since that month cash wheat has no.
touched ST. So the farmers who
sold in the autumn of 1875 made a
much larger profit than those who
waited to sell until the spring and sum-
mer of 1876.
We wish the farmers to get the
highest price possible for their wheat,
but experience has shown them that,
counting all the subsequent drawbacks
inevitable upon keeping it through the
winter, they have made more money
by selling it in the autumn at fair
price than by waiting for the contin-
gencies Of the next spring Watch
then for the September corner and
shove your wheat into Chicago and
Milwaukee and draw the cash from
those operators who have plenty Of
money to deal in wheat at speculative
prices.
The farmers should also bear in
mind that though he obtains less
price for his wheat now than in Sep
tember 1875, he can buy more dry
goods. more iron, more hardware, more
gocerles for the same money than he
could at that time. In this respect
be will gain ten per cent. on his fami-
ly purchases, about equal to the reduc-
tlon IN the price of his wbeat-MH
aooukee Wisconsin, 8th inst.