Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-25
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DLnr?-The British House of Lords
has Just rendered decision when is of
interest to married women, married
zen, and shopkccpers Who trust the
former with the expectation OF getting
their pay from the latter. Heretofore
it has been the popular belief, if not
the legal doctrine, that for necessaries,
or goods suitable TO the wife's station
in life, the husband could he held re.
spousible. Bat the House of Lords
says where husband makes his wife
al allowance and expressly forbils her
to run up accounts in his naine he
cannot be made liable for any goods
she may obtain by drawing upon his
credit; and that unless the seller can
show that special authority has been
conferred by the husband upon the
wife, the seller cannot recover judg.
ment. 1t was admitted in the case that
the goods fer which tho action was
brought were suitable to the wife i con-
dition in life and that the plaintiff lad
received no notice not to give her credit;
but the Court intimated that tho plain.
TIFF might have protected himself by
making Inquiry of the husband, and
that having failed to do this lie had not
exercised the due care and caution
which would entitle him to recover.
Persons about visiting New York this
season will find it to their advantage to
wear the outfit recently adopted by
citizen of the Town of Blaine, in the
State of Maine. He wore four pairs
CT stockings,a pair of moccasins, two
pairs of drawers, pair of thick trou-
sers, two undershirts, three outside
wooden shirts, dress coat, walstcOat, two
overcoats, rubber coat, newspaper
across his lungs, two scarfs and two
pairs of mittens. We commend this
apparel to New York visitors, because
! it is penal otfense to be seen in a fro.
zen condition within the corporate linn
| its of that city. \ woman was this week
found on the streets nearly dead with
the cold, taken to police station, where
she was tbawed ont and physician
called to attend her. For this weak de-
tiancc of New York water weather, she
was next morning promptly lined
dollar.
John and Dniol Miller, twin broth
ers, were born in Adams county, Pa, III
/ 1916, and four years later their mother,
| being Il poor widow, sent them into sep
arato counties to live among friends.
This was the last tAoy ever saw or heard
OF each other until 4 few days ago,
when Joha who is toli-gate keeper,
went out Of his house 70 collect toll OF
/ an old man who was passing through
I the cate. \ hystandcr remarked that
the two men looked enough alike to
/ be twins, and inquiries resulted III
/ showing that the traveller was, indeed,
tic toll-gate keepers brother. lie had
lived all his life not far away, but had
no knowledge OF his brothers exist
encc.
Although Brazilian coffee makes up
about one.half OF the quantity pro-
| duced in tho world, it seems to be held
of so little account in tho markets that,
to insure sale, it has to be labeled as
Java, Porto Rico, Ceylon or Mocha.
In the country there are no Tower than
! 530, 0O0, 900 plants, covering 1,00O,0 900
tons, of which 600 tons are retained
for home consumption.
The United States now stands first in
the list of countries from which pur-
chases are made by the French. Five
years ago we stood sixth in the list.
The figures are S37 600, 900 in 1919,
against Sl43 100000 last year: AT the
same time, our purchases from France
are only $2,000,0O0 greater than in
1876 The French government pro-
poses to put tariff on some American
imports. Petroleum is already enor-
mously taxed.
The late Lucretia Motifs birthday
WIS remembered il Philadelphia, Mon
day evening, large number of persons
assembling and recounting their i'm.
pressions OF her noble character, and
narrating little anecdotes concerning
her. The Rev. G. Ct Ames related how
once after he had made an address in
public she criticised adversely some OF
his statements or Vows. Kindly MIR.
Mott said to him: " If she thinks thee
wrong thee better think it all over
again."
The Philadelphia Bulletin claims it
as a fact, and proves il by figures, that
the actual increase OF population, in ten
years, as shown by the census Of 1850, is
other State, although the rate of increase
| III lbrbcC III eJlIo VI Slc yUuubcI ototSo
of the west. The increase in that State
is about 7G0, 900, while in New York ii is
only 100000 in Ohio 54l 900, in Texas
75G, 600, in Illinois 54l ,O0G, and SO on
down to lower figures in other States.
General Sherman said in Boston the
othet day that this country had annexed
all of Mexico that he wished to see 1t
possess, the true doctrines Of the two
lands begin to build up distinct nation
alities by mutual help. He added that
there is in the valley of the Red river
of the North fertile land enough for the
production OF all the wheat now har-
vested in the United States, and until
that territory is all occ lpiel, three or
four generations hence, no more should
be added to the national domains.
The London Times, commenting on
the increase in the population of the
| United States, AS shown by the recent
census, says: These eleven and half
million, of people are rot poor, indi.
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