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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08
Cheap Living.

Philadelphia has an institution the
New Century Cooking School - the
object of which is the teaching of
domestic economy. \ few weeks ago y
party of invited guests sat down to a
dinner prepared in this institution, the
cost of which was but Is cents per
head. Such an inexpensive dinner
would seem to Indicate that the acme of
domestic economy in the matter of
furnishing the table had been reached,
but even this wonderful cheapness has
been eclipsed by tho giving in the same
institution of n dinner which was to
have cost nine cents per head, but was
furnished at much less cost. The bill
of fare included pea soup of very
delicate quality, Parker House rolls.
Irish stow, curly potatoes, pork and
beana, veal crCquettes. cold slaw, maca-
roni, rice pudding, apple dumplings ard
coffee. The total cost Of the bill o,
fare WAS $322, and the number of
guests at the dinner was thifty-two,
making the cost per head Serea cents
The beef used in making the soup was
piece from tho shoulder, with very
little bone, and cost six cents pound.
The crCquettes were from neck OF
veal. These experiments are interest
ing, and persons interested in our local
charities might find in them sugges-
ton as to how to do good work among
n certain class of the population by
having the women and girls taught how
to prepare q tempting and nutritious
meal NJ n very sIjoht cost
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08
About Pins.


The pins made in the United States
are made by fourteen factories, some
what scattered as to locality, but chiefly
in New England. Their annual pro-
duction for several years past has been
about 7.0O0, 100000 pins. This number
has aot varied much for some years, the
demand remaining about the same. A
few OF the ,O00. 900, 900 are swallowed
by children, a number are bent up in
schools and placed in vacant and invit-
ing chairs, and some millions get into
cracks of floors and the rest for the
most part are scattered along the by
ways and highways. where they have
dropped from dresses and been left to
work their way into the earth. Two
years ago the competition among the
nine principal companies then existing
for the manufacture of toilet pins led
to such cutting of prices that the
business became unprotitable and the
market was flooded with goods. Deal.
orF "ho were shrewd laid in stock, and
families even bought in wholesale quan-
titles for future needs. A year ago q
combination was formed of three wire
companies, and now all of the pins
made by them are shipped to New York
and from their common warehouse they
are sent to every part of the country
in quantities varying according to the
female population. The importations
of English pins are small. and the
expectation of pins from the United
States is confined to Cuba, South Amer
ica, and parts of Canada. where, how
ever, but few pins are sent. England
supplies almost the whole world outside
the United States, although it is claimed
that the American pins are not inferio,
in quality.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08
ChocOrua.

L cinnut call Chocorua beautiful
mountain, yet uf ell the White Noun
tam peaks it il the most individual.
Nothing can be more striking than the
way 1t presents. itself here. Fast locked
IN the embrace OF enci,cling hills, a
lovely little lake voluptuousIy reposes
at the foo: CT the mountain. Patriar-
chal pines, lofty and dignifed, advance
into It from the yellow shores. Its
charming scclusion, its rare com mbination
o1 laughing water and impassive old
mountains, above all. the striking con-
trast between its chaste beauty and the
weird, huge-ribbed thing rising above,
awaken variety of sensations. The
mountain attracts and at the same tire
repels you. 1t is passing strange. Two
sentiments struggle here for mastery
admiration and repulsion. For the
first time in his life the spectator feels
an aptlpathy Tor creation of inanimate
nature. Chocorua suggests some ia.
hied prodigy of the old mythology
headless Centaur sprung from the foul
womb of earth. The lake seems another
Andromeda exposed to monster. II
Tho whole upper zone of the noun
tain seems smitten by palsy. Except
il the hollows between the inferior
SUBMITS nothing grew, nothing relieved
the wipe-spread desolaticn. Beyond
US, SCARED and riven by lightning, rose
the enormous conical crag which gives
to Chocorua its highly distinctive char.
acter. Many years ago this region was
devastated by fire. In the night old
Chocorua lighted bis fiery torch, and
stood in the midst of his own funeral
pyre. Tho red glare, overspreading
the sky, put out the stars. A brilliant
circle of light, twenty miles in extent,
surrounded the mountain like halo
while. underneath. an immense tongue
of forkod flame licked the red summit
with tevouFing haste. In the morning,
few charred trunks, still erect. were
ali tia. remained OF the original forest.
- Samuel Adams Drake, in Harper's
Magazine.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08

The loss OF the American markets has
been great blow to the English car
pet manufacturers, and but for the de.
velopment of their trade in other di.
rections would have been most disas-
trous. The largest amount of carpets
exported by English manufacturers was
in 1872. and was .el,Gl9.511, but by
1879 it had receded to e565, ,401. The
loss of business with the United States
amounted in 1879, as compared with
1869. to SIT ,666, and the loss of 1879.
as compared with 1872, amounted to
Il, ,096.6S5. With other countries.
however, the export trade has increased
to offset the loss with the United States.
According to the return of the British
Board of Trade for the three months end
ing March 81, 1881 ,as compared with the
first three months OF 1880, there has been
an increase in the exports of carpets,
to the United States the quantity being
G96. 100 yards, as against i55. 600 yards
for the some time last year, or 230, 500
yards more. To all countries the ex-
ports of carpets were 2,S47 200 yards,
against :, 2,0o3 200 last year, which is an
increase of 79i 900 yards.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08

USE OF COLD WATER.-Nothing is
more conducive to health than the use
of tho cold douche and the shower bath
but the exhibition of these popular ap-
pliances in all or any of their forms
ought to be restricted to few seconds
of time, and unless the evidences OF
stinulation-redness and steaming of
the surface-are rapidly produced, the
atrusion should be laid aside. The use
of cold water in cold weather is prac-
tice which must be governed by rules
special to each individual case; and ii
is with view to warn the public
against the recourse to general recon-
mendatians we allude to the subject.
Whether the practice recommended be
that of plunging the feet in cold water
before going to bed, to procure sleep
reckless prescription, founded on q
physiological fallacy-or any other use
of cold water, the only safe course is to
seek the counsel of a medical man con.
versant with the patients peculiarities
and particularly in the case of children,
we urge that this precauiion should be
observed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08

CHEESE FINGERs.-Three ounces of
grated cheese, three ounces of -four,
two ourosa Of butter, half q teaspoon
full of baking powder, salt and cayenne
to taste. Mix these ingredients to g
stiff paste with a little milk, roll out
and cut into strips about three inches
long, roll round and bake on q tin in
brisk oven for five minutes, to a light
brown.
To remove grease stains from wood
spread some starch powder over the
grease spots, and then 60 ever it with 6
hot flat-iron till you have drawn the
grease; then scrape with glass or &
proper scraper, and repeat the starcf
powder and hot iron. Ammonia liquor
may be used as finish, if the starcl
does not take all the grease out.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08
The Amateur Farmer.

,ireamt of - beautiful time
When the world shall happy he,
When the elephants and hyenas
Shall blossom on every tree;
When tamarndS aud potatoes
Shall cease their dreadful roar,
When turnip trees shall blossom
In the garden forevermore.
| dreamt of great republic
When the people shall all 90 West,
Sow plums and reap tomatoes
In the land they love the best;
When pig iron and molasses
Shs!l bloom on every hill,
And chickens low i'll the barnyard.
While gouseheriies toll at the mill.
I'm weary OF seeing the catha%s
Handle the rake and the hoe.
I'm weary Of watching ard waiting
For the grasshopper bush TO grow;
long for the time when spinach
Shall come with the bread and milk;
When hens shall lay potatoes,
And horses spin raw silk.
OH, sweet were the vanished hours
When wandered down the glen,
And wrcathed my brow with tomatoes,
Or plucked the ripened hen:
When the donkey twined up the trellis,
And the cucumber cEirped in the gras:
And the sweet potato whistled
To its mate in the mountain pass.
But gone are the days of childhood,
And manhood's dreams are mine;
Yet long for the by-gone hours.
As sit meath this Turkish vine.
Oh, wreathe your blossoms about ne,
And soothe my aching breast,
While the gooseberry plaintively warhles
And lulls me into rest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08

According to "Gath" Edison can,
with the turn of q stop.cock, instan-
taneously tighten up or darken 300
acre field in his neighborhood with his
electric light. The same movement
stops or starts the engine. lie planted
the lights in his fields instead of New
York City. as he might have done, he
says, over year ago, in order to have
them where he could experiment with
them In quiet. He thinks the telephone
cost him more time than this invention.
The special invention in which he was
beaten at the Patent Office he aban-
doned some time ago. He declares
that the Maxim Light Company have
infringed on his lamp, but they have
got nothing else. He has $50 patents
on his system from top to bottom. He
admits that the best light for streets
and large buildings is the Brush pat
ent, and his company does not intend
competing in that, but to lighthouses
and homes, chiefly or only. His fear is
that somebody will invent light from
water or something else cheaper than
electricity, but says he can beat a gas
company even after it has gone into the
hands of receiver and pays only fo,
its fuel and labor.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08

PAPER BLANKETS. "A fire burning in
paper stove is the latest novelty.
Paper is used to make carriage wheels,
chimney pots, flour barrels and tiles,
and last, but not least, blankets.
Attention has frequently been called
to the value of ordinary sheets of paper
AS u substitute for bed clothes, or, at
least. as an addition to bed clothes.
The idea seems to have suggested the
fabrication of "blankets" from this
cheap material.
Tho fact that they are not as durable
as the genuine article is in their favor,
as, in the case of the very poor, where
the same bedding is used for years, 6
very cheap material that will last only
a comparatively short time must be
better than durable articles that are
rarely or never washed.
Ii blankets were made of paper q!
tough and flexible as that which is man
ufactured in China and Japan, they
would last perhaps two winters, and i
pasted on cotton cloth, probably
longer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08
When They Found Her Dead.

Children are the sunshine of life.
They are the soft wind which thaws
away the snow and leo Of scifishness
They are the atmosphere i'll which old
age finds hours of youthfulness. On
Prospect street lived an old woman who
made herself a terror to every child
who passed her door. Her house was
old and grim. Tho dark curtains were
always down, the doors were seldom
opened, and nc child passed il without
fearing the evil spirit that seemed to
lodge there. The old woman cursed
any ono who dared peer through the
fence, and il seen abroad she was care
fully avoided.
4 fow days ago the children saw the
inHide Of her house for tho first time.
The Old WOMAN had been found dead,
and tho men and women had Assem- blod
to respect her cola clay. With them
came the little children. They were
the first to forget what she had been.
and the first to shed tears over the close
of her earthly career. Men and women
were satisfied when the body had been
dressed for tho grave. but the children
brought flowers and laid them on her
grizzly hair until she seemed to wear q
crown of glory; they placed beautiful
lily in her tony fingers, green vine
over her breast, and when the curtain
was raised ana tho sunshine streame1
in and fell upon the dead, men ana
women said:
g 1t is the face Cf mother and q
woman, and wo were too harsh with her
Let God remember that she was all
alone and had much 70 endure"
The work of the children had robbed
death Of its look, and melted frozen
hearts, and as they stood around the
bier and Gang:
"Ses, We'll gather AZ the river
That flows by the throne Of God"
Een pressed each others hanis and
whispered:
"Would that our hearts would
always be the hearts of children -
Detroit Press.
An URGENT DEMANp.-We want girls
Girls who can get themselves up in
good shape to go to dance. The boys
are getting tired Of receiving invita-
tions with requests that they "brinG
ladies'" Thoy are like oranges ant
apples-very scarce. We want girl.
who will 60 to church and TO Bible-cl
on Sundays. and that kind who car
draw congregation Of ihe other sex
and who will take e bnggy.ride afte
the lesson is over. This will help the
livery business, and will also hasten th'
sale OF residence lots, for buggies arr
the vehicles in which homes are frs
thought of by many people DUrang'
Record.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08
Rags and Wheat.

Ra-a-ags!"
The ragman stopped to rest before
handsome dwelling.
"Git along wild your old cart"
screamed the Irish maid, who was wash
ing the windows. "Ye just scatter
smallpox and yellow fever over the
town wild your rags!'
He took up the barrow and trundled
on. Presently he came to house be-
fore which row of carriages was drawn
up.
"It's wedding, no doubt" he said
to little Maggy, his daughter. who ran
along beside him. " Ra-ags! Now
yeull see the fine ladies come out,
Maggy." -,
white-gloved negro footman. "Clah
de way dahl
Vokes moved on down the broad sun
l., s,reet. He was q little, dirty,
N.e,ci. man; his cart and he were a
lepftir pot ON the brightness. The
stately houses, the waving trees, the
balconied windows filled with roses,
made his ti,h and wretchedness more
glaring ti.au ever before. But he did
not leave the street, for he thought the
sight of them pleased Maggy.
Family carriages we're coming in
from the park filled with white capped
bonnes and delicately dressed children.
There were many baby-wagons going
homeward on the shady sidewalk, the
nurses chattering and the babies faces
peeping out from lace aud silk. Maggy,
who was wretchedly dressed, looked
back at them.
81 wish I was one of them children -
she said, eagerly.
"Come out of this street," growled
Vokes.
In the dingy alley into which they
plunged, gang of wreched boys were
torturing dog.
"You Joe!' shouted Vokes.
Joe, thin, hu*gry-looking boy ol
thirteen, came up to his father and
walked beside him homeward. His
clothes were patched, and his face
dirty, but under the dirt Joe was not
an ill-looking fellow. He had steady,
honest eye, and laughing mouth.
"What are ye runnin' with them jail
birds for ?" said his father.
SCOT nothing else to do" said Joe,
whistling.
Vokes trundled his barrow on in si
lence except for the dreary cry of " Ra
ags!'
Joe had told the truth-what else was
there for him to do? There were doz
ems of boys in their alley out of work
boys who would have worked if worl
was to be found. There was not {
trade nor any sort of labor in the grea
overcrowded city in which 8 boy could
find place.
Joe soon turned eff and left his faith
er and Maggy to make their way hom'
alone. Eokes went on without calling
"Rags!' again.
When he married he was q small
shopkeeper in a pretty country town
Then he thought he would move into
the city and make his fortune, as othel
shrewd fellows had done.
Instead of this, he had gone steadily
downwards. In that year, with twenty
thousand other men in Philadelphia,
he found himself utterly without work
or money, and was glad to 60 about and
pick rags up from the cutters.
de turned into narrow, dark alley
then passed through a yard in which
Two starved cats were fighting over q
bone, and went into wretched tene
ment. The few rags were carried into
room and thrown into one corner.
wish the rags did not have te
Come in here, john" said his wife
ieebly. But she said that twenty times
every day. She was Scotchwomar
and cleanly. But all her scrHbbine
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08
Boys.

Characterize as nonsense everything
that you cannot understand. You will
iud q great deal of nonsense in the
world.
Never fear TO DO wrong. DON'T be q
coward. Always do the right thing
when the right thing will pay.
When you have anything to do, don't
hurry about it. Take yonr own time,
or your employers, VIII ieh is the same
thing. If he discharge you, you will
have the satisfaction of knowing that
he will be the loser by not having your
valuable services.
Make acquaintance only among
those beneath you. if you can find such.
1t is pleasant'to be looked up to as an
oracle or pattern.
Shun those who are able to teach
you anything in life or business. 1t is
not agreeable to be overshadowed by
anybody. Beside, who wants to be in
school all his life?
Be above poiiteness. That will do
well enough for women and children
hut q man, You know should despise all
such foolishness.
COpiC hAO tdih ApOul ctiCkluS1 ~
principle are humbugs and ninnies
Never mind principle where money is
to be made.
Never stop to consider. Make up
your mind st once. 1t shows prompt
tude of decision.
Having once made up your mind,
stick to your decision. People may
call you an obstinate mule, but words
harm nobody. If you are pig-headed
others may suffer, but you never
Boston Transcript.
There is all the difference in the
world in how the same sort OF thing it
done. Sergt. Bates walked patriotical
ly for six months, wearing the Ameri
can flag as he proceeded. His wife and
six children are now starving at Say
brook, Ill. Rowell walked go.as-you
please for six days, and his wife ant
children have $4,000 to their credit
1t oil depends on how you walk.
Nothing is so good IS it seems before
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08

wants her boy ard girl to hive the
same chance as o.Ler children!"
The happy woman talked on breath
lessly.
This is better thau memorial
window il q fine church, papa, whis-
pered Emily to her father.
God only knows how much better,
he said. re7erently.- Youths Comran-
iON
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08

II assure you, gentlemen" said the
convict upon entering the prison,
I" that the place has sought me, and
not / the place. My own affairs really
demanded all my time and attention
and | may truly say that my selection
to fill this position was an entire sur.
prise. Had consulted my own in
terests, l should have peremptorily
declined to serve. but as 1 am in the
hands of my friends, l see no other
course but to submit" And he sub.
mitted.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08

APPLE PUDDING.-A loaf of stale
bread. steamed twenty minutes before
dinner, sliced, spread with stewed
apple, and little butter, strewn with
sugar and Drowned lightly in o quick
oven, makes as good pudding as any
one would like, with either hard or
liquid sauce.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08

The raising of horses in the great
Yellowstone valley has become an i'm
portant and profitable business. Some
OF the herders have made from $500 to
81 500 each, and dispose of their three
year-old colts at from $50 to 800. Th,
animals feed on grass alone, and tht
only shelter from the weather il
roughly-built sheds.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08

Mr.. Reuben Hallet, of East Barn
stable, has an OK that brings down the
scales to 2,255 pounds. He is seven
years old. Mr.. H. Challenges oil Cape
Cod to produce native OK of his age
that will beat this in growth and size.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08

PRESERVED CHERR1Es.--To ten pounds
of cherries allow five pounds Of sugar;
stone the fruit and put in Q porcelain
kettle in layers with the sugar; let 1t
heat slowly until the juice il drawn out,
or it may stand in cool place, even
over night; when stewed until tender,
take the cherries from the syrup in q
little strainer, and put them in cans
placed on board in boiling water.
Boil the syrup until thick, then All the
cans and fasten the covers.
CANNED GREEN GoosEBERRIEs.-Cook
the berries in water until white, but
not enough to break them; put into
cans with as little water as possible, fill
up the cans with boiling water and seal; /;
when opened, pour of water and cook
as fresh berries.
GooSEBERRY TRIFLE.- Scald the
fruit, press it through sieve, and add
sugar TO taste. Make thick layer OF
this ut the bottom Of the dish. Mix
pint of milk, pint of cream, and the
yolk of two eggs, scald it over the fire,
stirring it we'll; add q small quantity
of sugar and let it get cold. Then lay
it over the gooseberries, with Q spoon,
and put on the whole whip made the
day before.
CURRANT JELLY.-Fill jar with cur
rants and place it in kettle Of boiling
water. Boil till the fruit is we'll soft
ened, stirring frequently, then strain
through cloth, and to every pint add
pound of white sugar. Boil ten
minutes. skimming until it is quite
clear. Black currant or grape jelly can
be made in the same way.
A gentleman experimented with peas
in this way: He saved at the time Of
picking all the early full pods a. they
ripened. and planted tie seeds saved
from these pods year after year, for
three years, and the fourth year had
peas of the same name. that were more
than two weeks earlier than the seed Of
the same name purchased in the store.
Seeds Of cabbage, lettuce, tomato, GU
cumber, peas, corn, and many otherf
can be much improved by the same
care.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-08

The " stage fright" that we hear so
much about is when the highwayman
opens the stage door and asks you for
your money OF your life.- Salem Sun
beam