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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-13
Personal.

Hanlan makes more money with his
scull than many people do with their
brains.
Angus Cameron. the New U. s. Sem
ator from Wisconsin, is not relative OF
Simon Cameron.
There aye in The Senate two Gamer
ops, two Platts. two Davises, two
Juneses and two Hills.
The philadelphia Chronicle man
wants "a new and improved ssllOWs.
Some people are hard to please.
A statue Of Theodore Parker, to cost
81, 900, will be erected in one of the
squares in the south end OF Boston.
De Lasseps is reported to be poor
man. He lives in an apartment house
in sn old fashioned street in Paris.
A. j. Edgerton, U. S. Senator-elect
from Minnesota. has been Democrat,
.hen Granger and now Republican.
notwithstanding Windon voted for
the Silver bill, his views on finance are
singularly in accord with those Of
Sherman.
A grand public dinner was given to
General Hancock in New York few
evenings since. Many prominent per-
sons we're present.
Cyrus W. Field, with his wife, son
and daughter.in-law, are going around
the world; they will not 60 in eighty
days-but in steam boat.
General Robert Patterson has en-
tered upon his ninetieth year. In honor
of the occasion George w. Childs gave
him dinner at his residence in Phila
delphia.
The King of Spain paid 81, 400 fol
his babys cradle. We assure his Maj
esty he has been imposed upon. A
good cradle can be purchased in De
troit for So 50.-[Fr Press.
Mr.. Henry Clay, the grandson O.
Harry OF the West" who joined thu
Howgate Polar expedition, did not re-
turn with the ship Gulnare, but il
spending the winter at Ritenbenk
Greenland.
Lord Biantyre is a model landlord
He recently sent tenant check fo
e94S odd, being the amount he con
sidered the tenant had paid him in fif
teen years in excess OF fair rent fOl
his holding.
Like most fond parents who have
distinguished themselves. Prince Bis
marck is DESTROYS of transmitting plac,
and power to his son, Count Herber
Bismarck, who has just become hi
private secretary. The young coan
not only looks like his father, but pos
sesses abilities that give promise o
future eminence.
A London journal describes Genera
Garfield, and makes some very compli
mentsry remarks, concluding with
"The universal prediction is that Gar
field will be an immensely popula
chief magistrate, and four years vii
not see the end of his stay in the Whit
House. Mrs. Garfield is described o.
Q quiet, gentle lady, dear to Englisl
hearts, soft and retiring, yet full o.
tender thoughtfulness."
The escort of the OK Empress Eugene
through Natal was composed Of eighty
six people and two hundred animals
Yonng Bigge. q companion of tn
Prince Imperial, went in advance {.
pitch the tents. Sir Evelyn Woo
drove the Empress and another lady
sometimes Mrs. Ronald Campbell
sometimes Lady Wood. Lieutenan
Slade and party of Natal Irregulars
mostly gentlemen, rode on either side
A great many trees were set ont on tn
field, and the Empress planted wreath
of bulbs on the graves Of the faller
soldiers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-13

PRESERVING DIGNITY.-J. York Saw
yer, p,oneer-judge of Illinois, stood
firmly on his dignity. At Spring
field where there WAS a log courthouse,
snd Jail was extemporized from d log
stable, be was addressing a horse thief
As followe: eff such things were al
lowed, we could keep no horses in our
stables, no cattle in our yards, no hogs
in our pens, no chickens ON our roosts. y
A tall, lean rail splitter standing in the
crowd, hereupon cried out, >" Hit him
again. old gimlet-eye; he's got no
friends" The Judge, feeling that his
dignity was outraged, calmly asked
Who snid that?' The rail-splitter,
raising himself head and shoulders
above the crowd, said, "This old boss
said it, Judge Sawyer sententiously
remarked. Mr., Sheriff, put that old
boss in the county's stable" The
sheriff obeyed, AMI the rail-splitter had
to remain il the log gaol over night.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-13
About Women.

The Empress Eugenie has sold her
house ut Biarritz the we'll known villa
Eugenie-for 100000. 1t was pur-
chased by Spanish company.
The daughters of the Duke of Rich.
mond are persistent and successful
fsherwomen, and as catchers of salmon
are said to be rivaling their country
men.
Three American young ladies at an
inn at the village of Simpelu, fill the
columns of the book headed "Occupa
tion," with the words Looking for a
husband"
Miss Frederika Perry and Miss Ellen
Martyr, who form the only ladies' law
firm in Chicago, are both graduates of
the Law Department of the University
of Michigan.
The admission of women to the State
universities will be one of the pIomi-
nent questions to come before the In.
ternaIional Educational Congress ut
Brussels this month.
Anne Whitney, the sculptor of the
statue of Sam Adams, contributed by
Massachusetts to the national psntheo on
in the Capitol, never touched tool Of
her profession till she was thirty-eight
years old.
The right to vote has struck the Ed
inburgh women too. They are pub
licly demanding that women house
holders and owners of property shall
be allowed to vote for members OF
Parliament and Town Councils.
An Enqlishwonaan who wrote to the
London Queen to know what would be
. sui:.L.o vu.i. ioI tSiie travelling, was
bidder to get small riding whip. as
the natives are sometimes very impor-
tunate, and nothing else would keep
them off.
OF General Garfeld's mother the fol-
lowing incident is related by one of the
newspaper correspondents on the spe-
cial train to Washington: 1.-THE old
lady is type of the northern Ohio
pioneer mother, and has not yet for
gotten the lessons of thrift and econo-
my taught her in early life by necessity.
In the hurry and hustle Of the morning
the porter forgot to extiDguish the
lamps in the Car, and they burned at
full head till long after daylight. At
last the lighted lamps attracted the old
lady's attention, hen she said to the
Presidept-ele " james, put out those
lamps. Its no use wasting the oil
when it is doing no good"
n"Descon Cranket." Habbertou's
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-13

GETTING UP TOO EARLY.-EverybOdy
knows how hard it Is to induce boy
to get up early in the morning. He
looks ON rising early as only second in
righteousness to being sent to bed early.
A man in New Jersey reused his hired
boy at half past 4 the other morning,
and the incensed v"nth burned down q
S400 barn in royeDa, A jury OF men
WHO hate to get up early would no
doubt acqnit the boy. His defense will
probably 40 that he got up to light the
fire. Elk.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-13
How the Chinese Make Dwarf
Trees.

We have all known from childhood
how the Chinese cramp their women .
feet, and 80 manage to make them keep
ers at home; but how they manage to
grow ministure pines and oaks in flower
pots for half century, has always
been much of secret. They aim first
and last at the seat of vigorous growth.
endeavoring TO weaken it as much as
may be consistent with the preservation
Of life. Take young plsnt-say q
Seeding or QUITTING OF . oedsr-when
only two or three inches high, cut ofl
its tap root as soon as it has other root
let's to live upon and replant it in q
shallow earthen pot or pan. The end
Of the tap root is generally made 20
rest on Q stone within it. Alluvisl clay
is then put into the pot, much of it in
bits the sizs OF beans, and just enough
in kind and quantity to furnish scanty
nourishment to the plant. Water
enough is given to keep it in growth
but not enough to excite vigorous
habit. So, likewise, in the application
of light and heat. As the Chinese
pride themselves on the shape of their
miniature trees, they use strings, wires,
and pegs, and various other mechanical
contrivances to promote symmetry Of
habit, or to fashion their pets into odd,
fancy figures.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-13

The American people would have
taken more interest in the Inauguration
of President Garfield and the announce
ment of his CABINET if there had not
been walking match i'll progress at
the time.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-13

Neither Csuklipg nor Arthur has YET
called nj the White House. 1t ls sew
ersl wears siuce either has crossed the
door IT, p Of that establishment. They
: 10 pre- iudiced against Hayes thai
they ~. probably waiting for the place
to be inmigated before entering ill.,
[uaWheye.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-13

No, Clarence, no; The Rsfa1dihGb I'M
did not provide for. the rAisaues 81 ~
pired patents on the circus jokea of IT,
past. They are not protected ~ ~
emit. They descend BY entail - -
never permitted to be alienated f10u
the charmed sawdust circle.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-13

It is not only arrogant. but it is pro
figate, for man to disregard the
worlds opinion Of himself. Cicero.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-13

PRESENCE OF MIND.-A man who
hal cool head aud knew just what 70
do in al emergency is theshero OF this
story from the Lewiston Journal: Not
long since an Auburn builder assembled
to the top Of High Street Church spire
to do some work on the final. Sud
denly be felt nausea. and his head be-
gan to swim. He was alone. one hum
bred and fifty feet from the ground, on
a narrow scaff lding. He had presence
of mind enough to fall fat on his back
on the narrow board upon which he
stood. He lay there half an hour, SO
far as ne knew, swimming in boundless
ether. Gradually the neuses and dizzi-
ness disappeared. and he ventured again
to rise, finished the work he had begun.
and descended.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-13

deacon Cranket," Habberton's
play, the Deacon is asked where hell is
and he answers " In New YorK." Years
ago the poet Shelly wrote, He'll is q
city much like London"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-13

Mr.. Froude expresses himself in very
plain language as to the extortions that
are prscticed upon undergraduates at
Oxford, and the utter indifference to
their moral anu intellectual culture
evinced by those in authority. Speak
ing of his first term. he says: " We did
pretty much what we liked. There
was much dissipation, and the whole
manner of life was needlessly extravs-
CANT. We were turned loose at eight
cen, pleasures tempting us on all sides.
No dean or tutor ever volunteered to
help our inexperience. The prices
which we paid for every thing were pre-.
posterous. The college authorities
would take no trouble, aud their own
charges were on the same extravagant
scale. The wretehed novice was an
object OF general plumber till he had
learned how to take care Of himself. ]
remember calculating that could have
lived ut boarding house on contract.
with every luxury which had in col
lege, at q reduction of fifty per cent"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-13

CONSISTENT BuYINa.-H you cannot
afford to buy rich furniture, don't st.
tempt sham elegance, but buy every
thing OF the simplest sort; get your
stone china of the plainest shapes, e.
chew acorn tops for your sugar bowl,
scroll handles for your tureens, and
figured borders for plates. Get straight
legged chairs. with a. little moulding
~ the makers allow. buy your carpets
and lounges Of email and modest fgur.
ings. don't get that vivid crimson carpet
because it Clocks warm" or You shave
an eye for color" or that red and white
or the green and white panel pattern,
because it is the last ont. Take the
oldest, cheapest thing in the shop, il il
is in taste and will look we'll with the
rest VI your belongings. So many old
styles are coming mp again that yours
will have chance OF being modish any
day. and ii they snit each other. they
will please, in spite Of the style Of your
immediate neishborhood. which may
be the remnants OF city dealers stock
out Of date three years ago.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-13

The OTHER FEIL0ws HIN. How
easy it IN to rec She sins Of other peoplo.
even child can do that. A BoGeom
Sunday school superintendent stells ~
an experience Of his in support of thfs
truth. One Sunday he found ~ -
school . class Of urchins raeentfY
gathered in from the street., Without =
teacher for the day; 20 he took IT, u
hand. He came right down ~ 1Egt
principles, and talked ab0ut ain AI6
salvation. One OF his pointed qtastione
was, lis there any sinner in this clasa A
Instantly the answer cam6 from - ~
the brightest Of the boyA Who pointed
TO another boy at the end d ~ ~
and said, !. Yes. that TELLER dOwnS theEes ~
That boy was more outspoken than3he
would have been II he had been lpnger
in the school; but his mode o. jud6ing
was much that Of those long undse
Christian training. There il ne soExoW
like our sorrow; and no sin Ike - that
feller's down there. - Sunday 6chool
Times. XII gss lss s4s s 81
The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-12-17

The absolute necessity of a pure
water supply cannot be too often
impressed upon the minds Of the
settlers and now that we have a we'll
boring apparatus in the town it
would be thousand pities not to
take advantage of it. The wells
already sunk answer perfectly and
the water supplied is abundant in
quantity and excellent in quality,
while the average expense is small
compared with the enormous gain in
convenience and the satisfaction
produced by the knowledge that
one is not dependent upon surface
water.
The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-12-17
FLIRTING IN pENICE.

Here in Venice-writes w. A. Croffut
nobody except prudish Americans
ever seems to close blinds or draw cur
tains at night. After writing that last
sentence, I looked out Of my window,
and within fifty feet were twenty-five
heads at windows, looking in upon each
other. Six or eight couples near me, in
opposite houses, are engaged in violent
flirtations. Filtration, like fresco, ID
reduced to fine art in Venice. Pro.
pinquity lends enchantment. At the
distance Of four feet all Of Cupid's ar
rows can be used, and none fly amiss.
Couples can shake hands. and am not
sure but the art Of oscillation itself
could be performed across this slight
abyss, if the case were urgent. Al
night one has the curious sense that he
is sleeping out Of doors, or that every.
body else is sleeping in his room. In
the morning the little alley is all a-flut-
ter with white, as the most intimate and
confidential garments Of his neighbour
are being aired ct the windows.
The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-12-17
Tobacco.

Unquestionably very fine manu-
featuring leaf may be grown upon
the mountain. 1t has frequently
been done. If the White Burley
cured without fire were planted and
well cured it would form the basis
for extensive plug manufacturing
upon the mountain. There is no
more profitable employment in the
United States than the manufacture
of type of tobacco suitable for
American consumption. In addition
to this variety Seed Leaf for wrap
pers and Cuba for filters could be
very profitably grown and worked
up into cigars. The most thriving
farming communities in America
are those in which tobacco is grown
for consumption in America. The
great mistake made in many south
ern states is that farmers have
grown tobacco for expectation and
neglected their best customers at
home. No crop in proportion to
value is more easily grown.
The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-12-17
Add,ess
EDITOR RUGBElAN,
CENTRAL AVENUE,
RUGBY, TENN

The year is rapidly drawing to
its close and in the old country the
Christmas festivities are in active
preparation and everyone is looking
forward to the welcome variety from
the regular pursuits and monotonous
routine of ordinary life. The festival
of Christmas is rightly regarded as
the greatest celebration throughout
the ecclesiastical year and if, at
present, somewhat shorn of its
ancient glories, and unmarked by
that boisterous jollity which dis
tinglished it in the time of our
ancestors, is nevertheless, still the
holiday in which of all others
throughout the year, all classes of
English society most generally par
ticipate. Here in Rugby various
preparations are being made to give
an English welcome to Old Father
Christmas and the preparations for
the Christmas tree are being carried
on with an energy and perseverance
that deserve to be crowned with
huge success. Amid so many
popular customs at this season of
the year, full of so much sweet and
simple poetry, there is perhaps none
more charming than that Of the
Christmas carols which celebrate in
joyous and yet devout strains the
Nativity of our Saviour. We have
plenty of material for carol singing
in Rugby and let us hope that we
shall have a strong party we'll pre-
pared with the good old rhymes we
have all been accustomed to hear
from our earliest childhood.
The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-12-17

The Waits however are perhaps the
most thoroughly English of the
many curious customs that have
graced this season of the year. No
one appears to know whether the
term waits denoted originally
musical instruments. a particular
kind Of music, or the person who
played under certain special circum-
stances. In the present day the
waits are musicians who play during
the night hours for a week before
Christmas, terminating their per-
formances usually on Christmas
Eve.
1t is a good thing to keep up good
old customs and one is always sorry
to see them dying out and in an
English colony we certainly ought
to do all in our power to keep them
up. The decking of churches
houses and stores with evergreens
at Christmas is of very ancient date
and is certainly a custom that ought
to be encouraged. A quaint old
writer thus spiritualises the prac-
tice: Z" Lo our churches and houses
decked with bayes and rosemary,
holly and ivy, and other plants
which are always green winter and
summer, signify and put us in mind
of His Deity, that the child that
now was born was God and man,
who should spring up like tender
plant, should always be green and
Hourishing and live for eyermore.
The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-12-17
@Rf qaugbrian.
RUGBY, MORGAN CO., TENN.
SATURDAY., December I7th, 1881.

"TnE RUGBEIAN is published weekly at
the Publishing Offices, Central Avenue,
Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.
IT'S AIMS.
lst.-To promote cordial feeling of brother
hood not only between the two divisions
of the English speaking race, but also
between the different sections Of this
country.
2nd.-To let all interested know, from time to
time, how Rugby is getting on; what
the Rugbeians are doing and thinking
about, and what they can say as to the
prospects of the settlement and neigh
bourhooL.
3rd.-By discussion in broad spirit to face
any differences Of opinion that may
arise, affecting the welfare of Rugby,
and by such discussion to arrive at any
rate at an amicadle agreement to
differ.
The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-12-17
Christmas Customs.

TO investigate the origin of many
Of our Christmas customs, it becomes
necessary to wander far back into
the regions Of past time, long ere
Julius Caesar had set his foot on our
shores or st. Augustine preached
the doctrine Of Christianity to the
men of Kent. A large number of
our popular observances are derived
from the worship Of our pagan an
cestors and from this source two of
our best known customs are directly
traceable-the hanging up Of the
mistletoe and the yule log. It is
well known that in the religion Of the
Druids the mistletoe was regarded
with the utmost veneration and
many references are also made to
the mystic berry in Scandinavian
mythology. The burning Of the
Yule log also comes to us from our
Scandinavian ancestors for at
their feast Of JUL, at the winter
solstice, they used to kindle huge
bonfres to their god Thor. The
bringing in and placing of the pom
derous block on the hearth of the
wide chimney in the baronial hall
was the most joyous Of the
ceremonies observed on Christmas
Eve in feudal times and the follow
ing ditty, supposed to be of the
time Of Henry vi was sung in its
honor -
The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-12-17
Mr.. LOCKHART has returned from

IT should be remembered that
wood stepped in a strong solution of
phosphate of ammonia and borate
of soda becomes incombustible.
This would be a capital wash to
apply to all boarding in close
proximity to the stove pipe.
The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-12-17

KUGBEIANs do not, as a rule, seem
to realize that Christmas is so near
at hand and appear inclined to take
the pleasures Of that usually jovial
season in rather a sorrowful fashion.
This is no doubt due to the fact
that the hardy pioneer has had
rather rough time of it" during
the past nine months, and even
those who were most confident in
the ultimate success of the COLONY
are beginning to shake their heads
ominously at the present manage
ment of affairs. There is nothing
more trying than continual uncer-
tainty of what is going to happen
next and the absurdity of the Board
Of Aid in making a huge mystery Of
even their most trivial transactions
is suicidal to their own interests and
the interests Of the place. This
childish playing at being High
Ministers OF State is intensely
amusing to those who have no great
stake in the place; but, the London
Board ought to remember that they
most certainly owe some consider
alton to those settlers who, on the
strength Of their representation,
risked their little all here. There
can be no doubt in the mind of any
unprejudiced person that Rugby
must eventually succeed and if
additional capital is raised there is
no reason why the place should
not start afresh with renewed
impetus and make rapid rise.
The management, however, must
be placed in competent hands or
else the additional capital will
simply be $50 much good money
thrown after bad" American
schemes require American manage
ment, and the sooner this fact is
recognised the better it will be for
all concerned. The London Board
is too far off and what is wanted
is somebody on the spot with full
power to act and who will act
promptly and with decision and
and energy. Mr.. Hastings Hughes
had many admirable qualities and
certainly deserves the greatest credit
for the untiring energy and great
tact he displayed in keeping the
various discordant elements together
| but then his movements were ham
pered by all kinds Of absurc
| restrictions from the London office
Mr.. Boyle's attempt at management
was, to say the least of it, decided.
t disastrous and we do not imagine
S that his best friend would care t,
see him make another attempt
: unless that friend were interested il
+ some rival colonization scheme. |
e the Board carry out the proposes
$ improvements, and have competen
II officials here to see them properl
: carried out, there is every reason
IS hope that next Christmas Day will
g find everybody ready to welcome
II in the highest spirits.
! =
e The absolute necessity of a pur
h xyo&o, cup,,1,y copno% ho toO oft a
The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-12-17

GRUBs.-A correspondent of an
exchange says that last year he
plowed up an old pasture, full
of grubs, planted it in corn,
and before the grain sprouted he
put handful of salt and plaster,
equal parts, on each hill. The
result was no trouble from glubs,
and the best crop he ever raised.
The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-12-17

A HANDSOME woman pleases the eye,
but good woman charms the heart
The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-12-17

ALL hands have been summoned
to 90 and work on the roads for a
day! Pretty rough this on respect
able middle-aged gentlemen-but
they must either go or pay dollar.