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Sharp ana Close.

! Il il singular how a mans eariy train
ing VIII s!.uw itself in the after Years of
hi- life. Seventy or eighty wears apo
Connecticut boy took his first step to
fortune p"'ldlinT TINS. L. those dayS a
tln-prddirr's wagon was Il variety store
on wheels. 1t carried little OF every
thing, from paper OF pins to Il nrS: of
pans. 1t was also Il pcrambulatinr
"busineSs- college," and many sue
ce>,ful merchant learned his first les
sons in trade while driving pcddler's ;
wagon. This Connecticut boy, who
was named Muun, proved an apt
scholar. His business taught him to
be sharp in trade and to lool, close after
Il penny. He learned and saved SO
rapidly, that he gave up tin peddling
aud opcEed Il store IN New York CITY.
He became rich. but he was always the
sharp. close tin-peidlcr.
Postage was very high when Mr..
Mum did business. One day he receiv-
ed an account from a Cincinnati mer-
chant, in which IN error of four cents
was discovered He at once wrote
the merchant about it, who had 10 pay
twenty-five cents postage.
Indignant at the New Workers close
ness, TIE Cincinnati man, to punish
him. sent by return mail L package Of
old newspapers. Mum paid two dol
lars and forwarded to Cincinnati Il pack
aTc whose postage amounted To five
dollars. When this game of "hattlc-
door and shuttle-cocl" had benefited
the roS;-ollce some eighty dollars, the
Cincinnati merchant sen! by mail the
'loT- of Il ship. Munn paid sew
entcen dollars for it and confe>sing him.
self beat. stopped that expensive iun.
Munn'S sharpness used to show itself
in a way that was annoving and cxpcn-
sivr to his book-kcercr. Night aitei
night. Mr.. IIoyt. the book keeper.
found his petty ca>h''-used to pay
postage, small bills. and minor
expenses short two or three dollars.
As N honest accountant he made the
amount good out of his own pocket.
Knowing that Mr.. Mum helped him.
self out of the cash drawer. the book
keeper said To him: .AIr. Mum, |
would be obliged To y0u if YOU would
leave a memorandum when YOU take
money ont of the drawer"
Mr.. Mum paid no attention to this
reasonable request. He may have
thought that compliance with it would
be too troublesome. or he may have
enjoyed saving two or three dollars.
even 1T his book-kceper'S cost. 1t is
hard 10 say what u close man does
think.
But Mr.. Ioyt had patent lock
placed on the drawer. He went to dim
ner. and on his return found Mir. Mum
furious.
Il can't get that drawer open"
Mir lloyt explained that what he. had
done was to save himself two dollars
daily.
The sharp merchant ragged. but final
~ concluded To retain his conscientious
cash-kerper whose cash always bal
anced from that time YOUTHS COM
IUjllOR
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-30
Ridiculous Fears.

One of the most curious things in the
newspaper literature of the present day
is the fierce opposition shown BY certain
English journal, To the French PROPOSE
ton to construct a railway tunnel under
the English channel from Calais to
Dover. Labored articles. columns in
length, are published every week ayains,
the project. which the innocent reader is
asked To believe to be one Of the most
wicked AMI dangerous that was evercon-
ceved. The IN assure is opposed not.
Il, might be- supposed. because it is re-
garded impracticabe. useless. or too
costly. but solel V on the ground of pub
lie safety. Its seriously and elaboratelv
argued that the tunnel once opened would
increase the chances OF 4 hostile invasion
OF English soil by France. Anyone bat
but a thick k-hcaded Britpn would want no
better trap for an invading foe than to
get him il an underwater tunnel some
twenty miles in length. with Il lis.le
corps of >.ppers and miners IT one end
ofit. The predcament in which Pharaoh
and hi, hosts found themselves was moth
inT compared to the fix in which the in
vader> could be placed in consequences
Yet Johnny Bull persi>tentlv refuses to
take this view of the case, and stubbornly
insists that the work shall not be done.
for the reason stated above, no matter
how much benefit it might be before q
war occurs between the two countries.
Washington Post.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-30
Old Violin Trade.

EVcrVho!N who knows ANYTHING OF
musical in~trum n:I is aNIrt of the.
,o.nrtimrrNi-trnrt ni ~tra lilari.I>. .Gu II
nrriWS and Steiner. the triinnvirltr ot
violin makers; hat not every nur is aware
that Il process oi patching and manufa =
turing old vinlin> ont uf new ONES hle
long been pr.r-ii>,.d on tn" Continent
There are I;l.,r stories uf cunning arii
ii,'cr> who uui of onr doubtlGl Str:riiva.
RUS wnliid construct half dozen appa
rrntlN genuine prolurtion~ oi th.. wr'a'
maker nf Crrmpna. Thr method hears u
:',Iriuu> resemblance 10 tiil~' rmpipvrl
in initiating OH silver, old china. old nic-
tmrr' and odd and Young horses. 1t i
part ri In" GREAT system of Vampiur.
Modern rrprniuttion>o! Queen ANN. and
ticnr@ian silver ar III I'll" 10 pass rlrrtnt
by the in>.rlinl uf the old hallmark cut
from Il small piece into Il larger ana more
important WORK; ;IS la~,'> rejected an |
lr!t unfinished III the old works al : S'yrrs.
but with the factory marx upon them
have been finished outside alI Sold Il,
~rnuin'. Hoses have hal, tim. olt uf
mind, their teeth hi,huprl wi;a :,n
iron 10 naNr them appear of >alIHlraEr.
and are Ia this day '',!pne up' b, hDr-r
cooper" with aniimony and ar-,.nic in
>urn mA>t":ly style that an amin i
bought for twenty pounds II Balinl,ior
will fetch rNtn ri the YORK, hi'' .'hil.,'
NJ Borou"hl;riIrr Fair fnur TIM, that
sum. OF IL" II .nlIia't'Ii,' Of pic:ii:r- bv
the Old Masters. an of wnrm-t''Itru fur
niturr OF the Middle Ages. there wa, II
one tim. no end; AMI long wears elapsed
before the nnhlcman who made the graui
tour learned 10 doubt the auth .niici;y of
tn. masterpieces which they brought
home to decorate their ancestral palaces
withai. ll"n"r,h he superb n>horru~lIS,
''Sir ,lo,hia.," Romnrl>, RamsavS and
Lawrence, distributed in English colm-
Try houses, are accompanied by innum ~
able sham Gnldr,, CIricii aal fAil'l,l-
L., AM by tIrr,'4r rios, the ''rorrr.i ,>-
tyN whereof i very mitch more than
doubtful. Bat only very fine ~j,rrim III,
of tn" ''Old Masters attract attention
now. AMI The III thinw of '.rnrTtw.cip~itv"
i, h%riil worth IA N..r:ii~h. TIE candles
and the fuel tu heat the oven necessary
for tn, JOB. tlipPrnJalr AMI Sheraton.
too. have driven thr wurm-ca,"n cah-
nets, once - clrvcrly pro luted by the
dozen, qaitc out of the market 1t i,
otherwise with violin-. which. Ike horses,
are every day i'll increased rrlIi,ition.
Ii horses ;irr scare. 50 j. Bristol chine
anl :, eth" vilIim> of trrmona. which
in,rra,,. not save und"y h" hands nf tn.
crafty maker. Wiin wc!d> in with much
mljiinr and t.nl.t.:inr his litilr b.l uf zen
uiIr u.d violin 10 thr hull. Of the n,.,y.-
IOR}yu A.7rS.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-30
Another Swindle.

1t is reported that farmers are now
buying experience in the guise of patent
wagon-tongue rights.
Sharper No. comes along. says he
is doing big business in wagon tongue
patents, but is on his way home and
Will sell the right for that county for
500. The wary granger declines to be
taken in. and the discounted visitor
says: '.A!l right; but if you think bet
ter.of it let me know;" and insists on
leaving his address. A few days later
No. , comes along. He has heard that
granger has the county right for the
the r;:ent. and will give S4OO for it.
Ihe farmer sees an opportunity to make
Sij0 in quiet way. and sells The right
No. pays so to bind the bargain, and
goes his way. The farmer sends his
note for 500 to No. land the circuit
is complete. - Scientific Americdn.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-30
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-30

The Reno ColO Ga:etfe is response
bic for this yarn: A gentleman who ha .
a N mia for ventilation was recently
visiting in Reno, and by an unhappy
accident was given u room in which he
found it impossible to raise one of the
windows. He went to sleep with the
matter on his mind. and it woke him up.
He found it impossible to get to sleep.
and imagined himself nearly smother
in%. After suffering for an hour or so
he dete, mined to stand it no longer, and
fult around for the window. When he
found it he held chair against it and
broke ont the glass. Then he went to
bed and slept swee5iy all night. In the
morning he found that tie had broken in
the glass door of a bookcase.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-30

The Will of Miss Sarah Burr, of
New York. who died recently. aged
eighty-eight, has been admitted to pro-
bate. 1t dispoScs of Sl,o75.o00. and
gives every cent of it 10 charity. She
leaves $4,000 10 the America Colonial
tion Society. which is engaged in send
ing colored coloni>ts to Liberia, and
$lUO,0G0 TO the Liberian College. Thirty
thousand dollars 90 to found Il seminary
for female education in Iowa, which
she puts in charge of the Trustees of
Gri,wold College; $4,000 are left to
Griswold College, and the same sum to
a seminary for female education in
Kansas. The multitude OF her bcquests
will benefit some l0j different charities.
The millions that We're left by the two
sisters that died before her were dis
posed of in the same manner T.
san.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-30

Dean Sankey's successor appears to
sympathiAe with Won Moltke's theory
that "war is an element in the order ci
she world ordained by God, for in it the
noblest virtues of mankind are devel.
oped." He said, in recent sermon al
Westminster, that he was deeply inter
ested in war, "beciuse it mas done 81
0uch to develop human character"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-30

Miss. will you take my sinister
arm?' Yes. sir, and you. too" ~
can't spare but the arm. MISS" replied
the bachelor. Then" replied she. Il
s:lan take it. as my motto is, 90 the
whole hog or nothing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-30

"A horse which was being shipped
from Boston to Chicnpee. Mass. slipped
its halter, managed to open the car
door, and Jumped oil the train. The
buyer has learned that the animal re-
surned to Boston.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-14
NEW YORK IN THE NEXT HOUSE,
(Frnm the New York Sun

lTTbIh III new 1Ofk sun
L! the democrats of this state present
a strong list of candidates for congress-,
they can win as great a victory as they
did in the memorable uprising of eight
years ago when Samuel j. Tliden was
chosen governor by 5000 majority and
ID democrats, ID republicans, and 3
independents were elected to the house
OF representatives. The present dele
CATION consists of - democrats and II
republicans. 1T the democrats this TALL
elect III members, rs they did in 1874,
and carry the congressman 1t large,
this would be Il change OF eleven as
compared with their present representa-
ton. Such n change in New York,
with like changes which are sure to
occur in other states. would give the
democrats the control OF the next
house.
The republicans OF this state are nov
far worse distracted and divided than
they were in the i'Ilden- Dix contest OF
eight years ago, while, on the other
hand, the democrats are better united
and more harmonious than they were
then. LIT the latter emulate the exam.
pie OF 1874 by electing at least halt the
members OF congress!
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-14
CRISP ON THE RosTRUM.
From the X. G.. Times.]

From Inc n. Y. 1lIueS-J
Crisp's speech is what it was expected
to be, coming from q man loaded dow
with supposed grievances, smartlng
under treasured wrongs. Inundated by
unexpected defeat and longing alter an
opportunity for revenge.
Crisp talks as if he we're alone party
principles, alone party organization and
as If the redress OF his wrongs had
become a national issue. His candida
cy assumes that the people long to
strike down their respective parties in
order that they may give him some sort
of imaginary ~vindication.
What is most observable In his sfngu-
lar speeches as different now from what
they were two and four years ago. is
the gentle cooling that he does when
speaking of republicans and their
principles. and his fierce d~enHnciatlons
of the democrats who beg leave to be
excused from boiling their party noml-
nations.
The lncongruity between one OF his
speeches made our years ago n that
made last night is painful to contem-
plate. Col. Crisp's political deliverances
now could be effectually answered by
his political deliverances when he was
the democratic nominee. But the
whlrligig of time has taken him around
to the other side, and he vainly hopes
that it has carried enough of his friends
Il elect him to COM ress, provl-
ded he can poll the republican vote.
And this is the tOuch-stone OF his can
vass, and. the object OF his changed
u~tterances.
That there was some sympathy for
Col. Crisp among his hearers last night
was manifested; that pity predomina'
led was equally certain; that many
we're Disguised with his seeming lack
Of appreciation of his Illuminating atti-
tude before his old political friends was
apparent. That he felt the
forces of these varied feel
ings, master OF emotions as he Is, was
from the beginning 10 the
end of his speech. Crisp never before
the role he is now playing, and
the %inslncerity OF the character which
be is compelled to assume would con-
fuse a more cOnsumate actor than he.
But the part played by his republican
auditors was even more inslncere TRAN
his own. They felt no c~ongeniality
with, and little regard for the man who
consented to become their 'inexpedien-
cyl candidate. They would. OF course,
laugh at his thrHsts at his old party, and
applaud when he came to nee confession
al and wept tears OF repentance at their
leel. But they knew the tears were
insincere, and he knew the hollowness
Df the applause. 1t was u spectacle OF
which all concerned might we'll be
ashamed.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-14
A MONSTER SKY SCRAPER.
From the Rochester Exnress


The all : absorbing topic on the
streets nj Rock port, N. Y, is that of
DR.. E'ebee's kite. Il few weeks ago
the d"cior told the boys Of a kite he
made in Madison county. The story
was large and those who heard it
doubted the doctors veracity, but
the doctor, in order TO keep his credit
good, told y couple Of young LAWYERS
that he would make another, if tiiev
would furnish the string.to which they
agiead. The kite was made, and the
string, which was Il coil of three
eishtils rope, nearly 5000 feet in
length. was ordered, and sent from
Rochester. The rope and kite were
taken out on South avenue. and, to
the astOnishment of the hundreds of
Spectators, the monster shot into the
air ike a balloon.
The frame was made o flumber two
inches wide. by half an inch thick,
and Was covered with MANILA paper.
The surface contained nearly $50
SOU are feet. After the monster had
ilIated Il mile high for u couple of
hnnrs, the problem of getting il
down was next in Older. and was not
accomplished until MIR. Car! brought
Il pulley and team and hauled it
down.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-14
HAD IT YET.
From the Wall Street News. 1

lNio'u thS Ai otiVSt N'"o-
One of the veterans of Wall street
vas tue other day giving some father
ly advice to one of his clerks, about
TO be married, and in closing his SER
mon he said
"Directly after the ceremony there
will be a banquet, of course. When
your wife turns over her plate she
will find a check for $50, 600 under
it,"
"Do you really think so ?"
'.Oh, i know it. That's the prevail
ing style nowadays. The check will
be passed around, and finally given
to you to pocket"
"And next day L will draw the
money on IL"
con, no; you won't"
"Why not 7"
Because there won't be any to
draw. Don't make q dolt of yourself
by rushing To the bank
"But | thought"
ono matter what you thought.
Save the check to frame and hang up.
When | was married thirty years e
my wife found one under her plate.
l'vc got it yet. L thought too much
of her father to mOrtlty his feelings,
and L know he has always respected
me for it. That's all. my son. If you
run short on your bridal tour tele-
graph me-"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-14
GRAVES AT INDEPENDENCE.
From the st. Louis Republican.

lrIOul LII AZ. LOUIS lIepuDllctn.
Independence, Mo-, Oct. THE dem.
ocratic candidate, Graves, opened the
campaign here to-day with a grand
speech at the court. house. The circuit
court room was literally damned with
people OF all parties from the beginning
to the end. He poured hot hot into the
Crisp camp, and with his ease, and logical
elovuence set forth his claims us the
regular nominee, and iorcibly dwell on
the candidacy OF Crisp. He beautifully
pictured the demagoguery practI>ed by
Crisp, and showed plainly that lie Was
afhllating with the republicans and
depending upon that party for his votes.
He referred In telling blows to the cam
paign OF 1873, and to the manner in
which Crisp was treated by the republic
cans. Al that time the Kansas C%ityJournal
denounced Crisp as The blacklist villain
then engaged in politics, and urged his
defeat on the ground of his incapaciiy
and former record. MIR. Graves showed
in magnificent style their inconsistency
and implored every democrat to shun
their overtures and support the entire
democratic ticket. He quoted from
Maj. Edwards telling editorial denoun-
ing the action OF Crisp. aud the effect on
the Crisp guard vas wonderful. He
made several former advocates who
who were now strong in their denuncil-
ions of Crisp, and who are announced
to stump the district to defeat him. He
deplored that Crisp, claiming to be Il
democrat, should place himself in oppo-
sitlon to the II additions of the party. lie
spoke i'll reference to the tariff question
and other topics involved in tho CAM
paign, and held the vast crowd near
spell-bound under his avalanche of
eloquent facts Graves made lr. ends by
the score here by bis manly speech, and
from parties from the country it was
learned that the sentiment is getting
stronger against Crisp daily. The
editorial of Mai Edwards, in which he
deplores the action OF Crisp, has been
thoroughly circulated in this county by
It's republication 10 the Sentinel Of to-da;:,
and it has already done q werld OF good;
as he Is the acknowledged leader OF the
Crisp men generally, his words ielI
with convincing elect. Edwards Was
here yesterday, but did not say much
about the campaign; but what 10 did
say was for the regular nominee. b..
Hereford, a former ardent Crisp sup
porter during the two previous cam
paigns, followed Mr.. Graves in Il fine
speech advocating pure democracy. lie
was loudly %applauded and his speech
was a death-bl, w 10 all arguments put
out by Crisp and his republican 10 low
ing.