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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27

~A An illustration Of the value of
timber on waste lands is afforded by the
sale of wood which took place on the
estate of the Earl of Cawdor in Nairn-
shire the other day. In 1920, two hills,
about three thousand acres in extent,
were planted with fir and other trees,
and after successive Trimmings, the sale
OF which realized large sums, the re-
mainder of the wood has just been sold
off for the sum of flG,OOO. The sum
realized for the wood ON this waste land
during the fifty years is stated to be
equal per acre to the return for the best
arabic land in tho country.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27

,.s"-.IN Algeria IS ,i,ol Of genuine
uk. 1t is formed by the unions OF two
streams, one coming from region Of
lerrusinous soil, the other draining a
neat swamp. The water OF the former
is strongly imprognatel with iron, that
of the latter with saliic acid, When
the two waters minglc, the acid of the
one unites with the iron of the other,
forming q true inh. We are familiar
With stream called Black Brook, III
the northern part of this State, the inky
color of whose water is evidently due to
like conditions -.S"j"hf!6' -lD,cr'co".
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27

lgr" You keepyosts. my frient " s2i1
lmtthn4an catering clothing store
the other day. The clerk promptly
averred that the store was crammed
with them. Z want 4 vest. said The
reuton, "yat don't rise up OH its hint
legs NIT the neck. | bought one in
Syracuse not long ago nit dow dollar
Pill, and py shiminy, ] don't notice dot
myself, but everywhere I 20 the boys
grv out nit der streets, Iacub. w III
der name of der board of drusteta
.lond ypu pail down your vest down
Ind by dam / haf pulled dot vest
more'n dree dousqnd times down, TIL
wore all lie rlnding Oft mt der put
ions. The clerk explained the joke
and sold him a vest, aud the old nnn
went out with the exclamation: Py
shiminy. I don't hear something's aboud
dot over in Germany pefore.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27
THE C!IEiiALIS VALLEY

N, W,o SL.,,,an v.ritino, from
Sharon. Cbclaljs county Gives the fol-
lowino description of one of the most
beautiful valleys Of our fair Territory:
1t has been nv desire to write to YOU
and owe Won = descrintion of Chehalis
valley. This valley Is about $50 miles
lon9 and from one to three miles wide
Three fourth, # i j. tha very hest ouri-
cultural land Lut if All has 70 he cleared
oft before we can lean auy benefit from
# Il costs u4 ohn,t S23 an acre to
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27

SANTA ANNt--A correspondent of
The TinciHmH En40irCr, in Il letter
from the city Of Mexico, gives some in
terestin9 particulars about Santa Anna
and how he is passing his old age: lie
lives in the city of Mexico, in q third
rate house Of two stories, with courts
of not more than 20 feet square, the
pavements out of repair, the whole tell
ing the story of poverty. He was seat
ell on a much worn sofa, attended by a
smart appearing Mexican Of middle age,
and rose, with some difficulty, in rcceiv-
ing us He complained considerably of
his wooden Lee, and also of blindness.
He is an old man OF so years very de
crepit. vet in full command of his fac
ultics; has good head and face, not un-
like the picture. of Humboldt III old age,
with broad temples and IN abrupt,
square nose, and at one time good eyes.
He had little to SAY, but appeared
pleased at our visit: and, as we told
him Of the four OF five general officers
of the Mexican war still living, he lis
tened with interest. but showing no
specia. recognition until the name of
Pillow was mentioned whom he remem-
horcd perfectly. Over the sofa where
Santa Anna sat was the picture Of a
beautiful woman in the fullncSs Of youth
and loveliness. This was his wife when
both led the fortunes of Mexico. As
we passed out the colrt our attention.
WAS called to the figure Of women OF
10jn window opposite il plain dlos4
tnd devoid of any interesting attribute.
This was she whose picture had so in
tcrested us, Mrs. Gen. Santa Anna.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27

SrA,IMERING.-A gentleman who
stammered from childhood almost up to
manhood gives very simple remedy
for the unfortunate: - Go into a room
where you will be quiet and alone, get
some book that will interest but not eX-
cite you, and sit down and read two
hours aloud to yourself, keeping your
teeth together. DO the same thing
every two or three days OF once week
if very tiresome, always taking care to
read slowly and distinctly, moving the
lips but not the teeth. Then when con-
versing with others, try to speak as
slowly and distinctly as possible, and
make up your mind that you will not
stammer Well, l tlied this remedy,
not having much faith i'll it, Unjust con
fes, but willing to do most anything
to cure myself of such an annoying diff
ticulty. | read for two hours aloud
with my teeth together The first re-
suit was to make my tongue and Jaws
ache, that is while [ was reading, and
the next to make ne feel as if some
thing had loosened my talking appara-
tus, for l could speak with less diff
Guilty immediately. The change was 50
great that every one who knew me re-
marked it. [ repeated the remedy
every five or six days for Il month, and
then at longer intervals until cured
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27

r "four ignorance Is pittiful, .
said a charming Brooklyn widow to 4
Young fellow who asked her if women
wore night-caps.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27

@ A granger writes to a rural paper
to ask ''How long should cows be
MIXED O. Why, the same as short
COWS, of course
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27

81 \ kiss on the forehead means rev
erence; but there's no fun i'll 1t worth
mentioning. .-R9cbeSter Democrat.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27

MASKS. If we could only read each
others hearts, we should he kinder to
each other If we knew the woes and
bitterness and physical annoyances Of
our neighbors, we should make allow
ances for them which we do not now
We are about masked, uttering stereo-
typed sentiments, hiding our heart
pangs and our headaches as aItfully as
we can; and yet we wonder that others
do not discover them by intuition.
We cover our best feelings from the
light; we do not 50 conceal our resent
ments and dislikes, of which we are
Prone to be proud. Often two people
sit close together, with " love you'
in either heart, and neither knows it.
i could be fond; but what use of
wasting fondness on one who does not
care for it 2 and so they part and go
their wayalone. Life is masquerade,
at which few unmask, even to their very
dearest. And though there is a need
of much masking, would to heaven we
dared show plainly our real faces, from
birth to death, for then some few, at
least, would truly love each other.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27
OLYMPIA WASHINGTON TERRITORY, SATURDAY MORNING, NJ
YANKEE DOODLE.

After the Minister Plenipotentiary oI
Great Britain and the United State!
had nearly concluded their pacific Ia
bors at Client, the. burShers Of that
quaint and Dutch old city resolved to
give an entertainment in their honor
and desired to have the national airs o!
the two treaty making powers performed
as great a part of the programme. so
the musical directors were directed
to call upon the American Minister and
obtain the music Of the national air OF
the United States.
4 consultation ensued, at which Bay
ard and Gallatin favored Hail Colum-
bia, while Clay, Russell and ADAMS
were decidedly i'll favor of Yankee
DOODLE
The musical director asked if any of
the gentlemen had the music, and re-
ceiving a negative reply suggested that
perhaps one of them could sing or
whistle the air.
Il can't" said Mr.. Clay, 81 never
whistled or sung a tune in my life
perhaps Mr. Bayard can.
"Nor can L. said Mr.. Bayard, per-
haps Mr.. Russell cam
Mr.. Russell, Mr. Gallatin, and Mr..
Adams in turn confessed their lack Of
musical ability.
- have it," exclaimed Mr. Clay, and
ringing the bell, he summoned his
colored body servant.
John" said Mr.. Clay, " whistle
Yankee Doodle, for this gentleman. -
John did so, the chief musician noted
down the air, and at the entertainment
the Ghent Burshcrs Band played the
national air of the United States with
variations.
Iron OF ANTIQUITY The oldest pieces
of iron wrought ilon) now known are
probably the sickle blade found by Bel
zoni under the base of sphynx in
Karnae, near Thebes: the blade found
by Colonel Nyse lmbedded III the ma
sonry of the great pyramid, the por-
ton of a crOss-cut saw eXhumed at
Nimrod by Mr. Lavard, all of which
are now III the British Museum. \
wrought bar Of Damascus steel was pre-
sented by klng Pores to Alexander the
Great, and the razor steel of China for
many centuries has surpassed all
European steel in temper and dura
bility of edge. The lIindoos appear to
have made wrought iron directly from
the ore, without passing it Though the
furnace, from time immemorial, and
elaborately wrought masses of iron are
still found in India which date from the
early centuries of the Christian era.
Iron ore has been found in the Hazare-
baugh district, in India, which is said
to contain eighty per cent. of pnre
metal, together with slight admixture
of manganese. There is said to be 500
square miles of this ore in the Diamoda
coal fields
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27

81 The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
insists that when women treat ministers
exactly as they treat other men, there
will be fewer scandals than there are
now.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27


say- I, IS never too late to learn, SAYS
the proverbs. but it has taken the
French people sQmetime to learn about
potatoes, They have row had the po-
tato almost 800 years. hnt as we learn
from NJ Clos. who has been writing up
the history of its introduction and cul-
ture, the potato has hardly yet found
its way to some districts which arc we'll
adapted to it; in 1892 great land
owner was obliged to reIUilo his farm
ers to plant i. under penalty of forfeit
ing their leases, and in 1913 one DR..
Saint Andre, in book written to fe-
commend the culture, assures his read
eys that potatoes are really harmless
fQad When they are perfectly ripe, and
! have not been too recently dug.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27

~" pern you, see if you can catch
this said a delighted MISSISSIPPI
drawing his revolver and letting fly at
performer, who was executing a gun
trick and catching the bullet in his
teeth
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27

the club so as to bring their ideas be
fore an intelligent audience. If they arr
men of mind, and have something tc
say worth listening to, it is always ac
corded on condition that after THEN
lecture they submit to the ten-minutt
critlcising or eulo@istic speeches OF the
members
The club is. in this respect, SO liberal
and indulgent to all, that one of the
members lately said, and truly 50, that
if one of the old prophets or apostles,
or even Christ himself, reappeared on
earth, and came to New York, he would
scarcely be admitted into our fashionable
churches, but the New York Liberal
Club would be the only place where he
would meet with a cordial reception
and given respectful hearing of what
he might have to say.
CAMEL NG.-Mounting the camel
is not difficult, but it has some sweet
surprises for the novice. The camel
lies upon the ground with all his legs
shut up under him like jackknife.
You seat, yourself III the broad saddle,
and cross your legs in front of the pom
mel. Before you are ready something
like private earthquake begins under
YOU. The camel raises his headquarters
suddenly, and throws you over rpon
his neck; and, before YOU recover from
that he straightens up his knees, and
gives you jerk over his tail; and while
YOU are not at all certain what has
happened, he begins to move off with
that dislo Gated walk which sets You in
to Il seesaW motion, weaving back
wards and forwards III the capacious
saddle Not having Il hinged back tit
for this movement, you lash the beast
with your koorbash to make him
change his gait He is nothing 10th
to do it, and at once starts into a high
trot, which sends you foot into the
air at every step, bobs you from side to
side, drives your backbone into your
brain, and makes castanets of your
teeth. Capital exercise. When you
have enough of it you pull up. and
humbly inquire what is the hea-
then method of riding dromedary.-
Cha'IeS D"d'ey Warner: N -HoSie"s
dHd UunimicS.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27

81 c. l.. Nailandigham,- - Val -
was, when quite a young man, mem
+ Der of the Ohio Legislature. and ambi-
tious to show off his accomplishments.
/ CEe day he concluded one Of his
! speeches with quite a lengthy Latin
/ quotation. After he had taken his seat
q portly member from Miami sedately
arose, arrested the attention OF the
Speaker, and proceeded to declaim a
/ Wyandotte Indian speech in the ori9i-
nal tongue. At its conclusion he
solemnly took his seat. All oyes were
turned upon the speaker in wonder and
amazeme3t until lac finished, then catch
ing glimpse Of " Val > frowning and
/ showing his teeth, roar Ct laughter
fairly shook the house. It is safe to
say after that "Nal" wasted no more
Latin quotations on that House.
! VALUEs.-We apprehend that many
of our readers do not realize that there
is a steady decline in values in all
species of property all over the country.
The curtailing of business operations
within legitimate, limits and the anticipa-
ton of return to specie values can be
assigned as the causes. The decline is
not apparent to the ordinary operator.
except in merchandise, but we may rest
assured real estate as all other species
of property will be affected. No man
is safe in relying upon the present In
fiated values as basis for safe business
operations. Safe business men vii
shape their operations to meet the new
order of things near at hand.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-27
g. \ curious accident happened to

81 A curious accident happened to
a very portly Danbury dane the other
morning She Was cleaning a silver
teapot apd to keep it in position had
one hand inserted in it. 1t was a tight
fit. She FURNISHED away with all hvr
might, and when she had get thv polish
to suit her. she ;ouAd that she could
net .7ioa5l hQr hand. The heat
generated by her exertion had so swol-
len the hand as 10 make its removal i'm
possible. All efforts failed, and for the
rest Of the morning she worked Will!
one hand carrying the shining teapot
on the other, and presenting spectacle
rarel y equalled for novelty and grand
eur In the afternoon some expected
company arrived. She met them at
the door with tAe teapot on her han1
and escorted them into the parlor, still
accompanied by the beautiful object,
and a very red face caused by final
and most desperate effort to relieve her
self of it. Towards evening the swell
ling went down sufficiently to admit Qi
release. -DdItJ,fIV NptrS
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-19

70 pay, aud this sum goes to those
manufactures protected ny tho laFllli
aud this Is The ramp case with cotton
and wooei goods, Il Is therefore al-
legged that such taxes Hre unwise aud
unjust aud SHOULD not bo laid, Ga the
other hand however IL is answered
that the doctrine Of free trade would
work well II nll unilona prpgIlccd II,
but unfortunately there Is not u oouh'
try la Chrislenduu that has not lH'h
more or less restriction upon lrhlll'i
for the encouragement Of home Indus
tries, aud that lhu United States must
do the same thing IN sefdelence, II u
also said that II h u fillacy IN suppos'
ing that II increases hpprIce Of goods.
At the beginning u does, but COMPETE
lion comes In quickly, ingenuity Is
taxed to improve machinery, labor Is
educated and becomes cheaper aud
more pleutifil, large amounts Of capt.
tai ARE thrown into the buslnoss, ana
the effect Is that prices urs lesscned In
stead OF advanced, aud IN addition to
this advantage an immense amount o.
labor is Employed al good wages, when
! II forced into agriculture would speedily
bring about an over.produtlioh oi Iafln
aud field produce, thus making farming
for less profitable, thus arfeslIng the
growth and development of the West
such IN brief are the arguments
urged by the opposing parties. There
Ia now, perhaps, n very general assent
TO what may be regarded IN fair
compromise between extremes. 1t Ia,
lhat all duties on imported goods should
be laid, in the first place, for revenue
and should never be greater than the
revenue requires. Bat, in the second
place, they should be adjusted, as fnl
rs possible, in such IL way MS to give
the largest encouragement aud assist
ance 10 domestic industries.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-19
rrnnrLL, TEXAS, March II, 1870.

rERRELL, TEXAS, March II, 1870
70 the T. lilor of the Dallas Herald;
My attention was called yesterday
morning TO m editorial in The HER
AID Of she 18th instant, taking eXcep'
tions to n ye?y brief statement from
me in the star of The 10Th instant IN
reference to the criminal jurisdiction
of Mayors (so called Of towns incor'
poralod under the general law of 1893.
As soon ~ | saw your editorial !
penned short article, which one Of
the editors OF the star assured me
would he published IN that paper, hut
the weekly issue of to day has appeared
without il, or any notice Of 1t, and as
the time IN near at hand when the
Legislature will convene TO give force
and effect to the new Constitution,
when we hope to be relieved from the
anOmuus position OF II town destitute
of n legal judiciary, respectfully ask
yDp To reconsider the subject
The recent decision of the
Supreme Court to which | alluded was
called forth 10y II case from LaC;range.
| A party accused Of crime before the
| Mayor of that town was held in bond
to appear before the District Court,
which bond was forfeited and judg-
mcnt rendered by the Court against
the bondsmen. IL was held by the Chief
Justice that as the constitution Of
| 1860 repealed the law giving to Mayor
of towns criminal jurisdiction concur
rent with Justices of the Pence, the
bond in question would not support a
Judgment. (The decision is not now
before me, but feel certain that |
have correctly stated ii in su6stance.)
In addition to this decision Of our Su
preme Court eXpounding the colstltu:
ton of 1869, ! may remark that the
Legislature in April, 1874, repealed the
twenty-fourth section of the old act of
| 1893, which, in pursuance of the CON
stitution Of 1915, gave Mayors of
towns, Incorporated by general law,
civil and criminal Jurisdiction concur
rent with Justices Of the Peace.
| beg leave to assure you the error
is your own property not mine; the
case cited and extensively quoted 10y
you, Blessing VI. the city of Calves
ton, is not moved in the least by the
dec sion in the LaGrange case the cases
are entirely Independent of each other.
! respectfully refer you to section first
of the Judicial Article in the Coustitu-
ton of 1915 and 1869; compare these !;
then compare the same section of the
Judicial Article of the Constitution of
1869, with the former; then keep In
view the difference between u "City"
and "rown," and | hope to welcome
you to different termination of the
subject y. A. ID.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-19
STATE NEWS.

Limestone county has ripe water.
melons.
Calvert shipped ~, $50 bales of cot
ton during the past season.
Mckinney Enquirer: All the fruit
buds were killed by the frost at the
beginning of March.
SO far Sherman has this season
shipped forty-five thousand eight hun
dred bales OF cotton.
--CameYop, the county site of Milan
county, is putting the finishing touches
on new brick courthouse.
The next session OF the Texas
Medical association will be held at
Marshall on the 4th of April next.
bishop Gregg, on his recent vista
ton to ST. David's Church, at Austin,
confirmed twenty.siX persons, four
,eeI males and twelve males.
--Rockport Transcript: We learn
with regret, that the valuable ranch Of
Captain Henry Scott, near the town OF
Reiugio, was entirely consumed by
fire one night last week. From every
appearance, IL was done by an incen.
diary.
AT Fort Griffin, last Friday night,
n couple of Uncle Sans dusky war
riors got into Il quarrel about a damsel
of color; blows followed hot words,
and cold lead finished the fight and
llfo of one of the combatants.
-Gtnefal Ord has determined to es-
tablish acamp near the headwaters of
DEVILS river, In Shackelford county.
General Buell., now at Griffin, with
two companies of cavalry and one of
infantry, will be In command.
An erollte which fell in Collin
county, some year or two ago, was
plolwed up in u lleld few DAYS since,
and Is now ON exhibition Ia NcKin.
ney. 1t weighs about one hundred and
! fifty pounds and attracts much atten-
ton.
The cattle drive to Kansas from
Goliad has already commenced. Eight
or ten days ago, Mr.. d. II. FAINT started
with two herds of 1000 head each, and
Mr.. ID. J. Reed IL about ready to start
with herd Of ] 900 head.
Hampstead Messen ger, Many farm.
ers assure us that they are preparing
to raise plenty TO eat this year. This is
as II should be. and we hope the time
.is not far distant when we Will export
ron, potatoes, corn, beans, poultry
eggs.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-19

q i.lbol&H it may cost one thousand
Hollars to Iifc-tiIe curtain uron each
!, 1e of Booths performances, his man
~ Aer from the following paragraph Ia
from the st. Louis Repu6Hcdn, is
entity not losing any money; "lId-
Booth created iurore in the
ern cities, in which he has re-
given ilfty-two performances.
-ad not appeared South of Balti-
Z con the Atlantic coast since 1850,
was therefore n novelty. The peo'
came in crowds to- see him. The
/ tells were thronged. Legislatures ad
urned at night to witness his performs
.nces. Social parties gave way to the
occasion. Way stations We're crowded
by persons to see the great actor as he
passed, and car doors had to be locked
10 keep out the rush. He has had great
Success, his health is returning us are
his good spirits, and the future looks
brighter" THN