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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05
DANGEROUS AMERICAN FORTUNES.

Their i-eyi,l,lnc" forthcoming from
A!E.rica tha: fortunes may be- ac-
c'lHulut"i 81 Il ~ci.lr Il which Eng
li-!'H"n hay" Init" conception. and
tina; wlItn they have been accumula
ted their increase may hr sought
from Il motive which "is never quite
satiatcd. the thirst for direct and in
direct influence Oh affairs Euro
pcans. even these who study the
subject, underra;c American fortunes.
first. because they think the rich
must spend largely. and, secondly.
hecau-" they assume. what is quite
false. that Srra; wealth must be i'll
vested at abon' per cent 1t may.
as American example shows. be in
vested 10y nillionairrs who do not
care for rest in work which yields
from three times to ten times that
rate. Now. the governing financial
fact about the Vanderbilt railways is
that they are managed to yield, and
do yield steady 10 per cent. and
Mr.. Vanderbilt ought. therefore. to
be in possession of an income of
f2.Oo0oW year 1t is not. probably.
SO much. because part of his fortune
must have been estimated for probate
duty on shares above par; but tax
ing it at only a million and half.
Mr. Vanderbilt. who does not
spend nnproductively the interest of
his dividends. might easily, at 70,
own ESQ, 000.000. yielding an average
of s per cent. None of his known
rivals, perhaps. could do this; but
their sons might, and it is quite on
the cards that in 1920 the American
Union may possess a dozen capital
lists each with fifty millions solidly
invested. yielding incomes of from
three to four millions year. Be it
observed, we do not include any fresh
making of money by the millionaires.
though they make every day; or any
calculation about compound interest,
though there is such force in move
ment in their favor. We assume
only that they live on the interest of
their interest MIR. Vanderbilt's
case 100000 a year-and invest the
remainder in the new railroads, tele-
graphs, and steam lines which they
construct CT regulate. The tempta-
ton so to accumulate, in country
where lazy wealth brings so little en-
joyment, while working wealth brings
power, status, and celebrity, is great,
and the drawbacks, to a man not
afraid of occasional threats, are not
many. Railway managers are easily
found, other stockholders take much
work off the millionaire's hands, and
as against ordinary accident, so vast
an investment forms it's own best in
surance. If an Englishman could
own 81 per cent. of the Midland and
Great Northern, and appoint any
Director he pleased. his wealth would
be fairly secure, much more secure
than if he owned a wheat growing
county in East Anglia. Is the ex-
istsnce of a fortune of this kind, in
the hands of man whose business
in life is the acquisition of power.
safe for the community? We cannot
but feel a doubt of it London
Spectator.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05

A Danish tradition makes the
moon a cheese, formed of the milk
that has run together out of the
Milky Way! In the Pyrenees a hail
storm may be averted by frightening
a black cloud with the sight of its
own face in mirror held up to it!
And a Cypriot myth, seemingly of
later date than Christianity, shows
how little such crude thoughts
change; the. moon being in Cyprus
called Venus barbata because she
once, to avoid a lovers ardor,
prayed for help to the Virgin, and
received, to protect her, a beard like
a mans! The belief in the power of
the sun or moon as persons to take
up to them human beings from
earth may next be shown to have had
more perhaps than any other primary
belief of humanity an influence over
mythology, which may be traced to
this day in some of the most popular
of our superstitions and some Of our
most widely spread legends. Two
stories are worth quoting to show
that in primitive belief the sun,
equally with the moon, possesses the
power of abducting human kind.
The Greeks of modern Epirus have
atale of childless woman, who. having
prayed to the sun for a girl, gained
her request. subject only to the girl's
restoration at the age of IL. When
Tetiko had reached that age and was
one day picking vegetables in = the
garden, whom should she meet but
the sun. That luminary babe her go
and remind her mother Of her prom
Use. The mother in terror and con
sternation shut the doors and win
dows to keep her child safe; but I'M
fortunately she forgot the keyhole.
by which entrance the sun penetrated
and succeeded in carrying off his
prey. The other story is from Ger
many. A prisoner was on his way
to execution, and an object of pity to
all whom he. passed; but one woman
who was hanging up her linen to dry
on the rays of the sun, maintained
that he we'll deserved his fate. Hardly
had she said SO when her linen fell
down, nor was she ever able to hang
it again upon her former drying
place. And when she died she came
to the sun, where she must remain as
long as the world endrres.- The
Cornhill Magazine.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05
COMMODORE vANDERBILT's WIDOW.

Washington correspondence of the
Philadelphia Recori: An interesting
rumor comes to me from New Orleans
to the effect that Gen. Beauregard is
about to marry Mrs Cornelius Van
dcrbilt, the widow of the dead Com
modore. Beauregard, as all the world
knows, WAS one of the greatest en-
gineer officers on either side in the
late war Carefully trained at West
Point, where he graduated second in
his class in 1910, he rendered valuable
services to the United States in the
Mexican war, and invaluable services
against it in the war of the rebellion.
He is considered to-day one of the
foremost military engineers of his
time by competent critics. Some of
them contend that he is the equal of
any engineer since Nauban. Certain
it is that he is very highly spoken of,
and that some of his work-that at
Manassas battlefield, in Virginia, for
examples pointed out by the older
engineer officers of the army as a
model for the young Lieutenants of
the corps. Gen. Beauregard is a
short. shapely, handsome old gentle
man with gray hair and white mus
tache and a ruddy face. He has the
appearance and accomplishments of
courtier of the days of Louis XIV,
and. withal, hosts Of friends. He has
buried two wives and has married
son and married daughter in New
Orleans. Mrs. Vanderbilt was the
reigning belle of Mobile while yet
very young in the years Immediately
preceding the war. She was not
pretty, but was exceedingly ,attrac-
tive" handsome" Stylish" love
ly." the old beaus say. She married
William II. Elliott, New Orleans
lawyer, but they did not agree with
one another, and finally separated by
way of the courts. For several years
Mrs. Elliott, who was still very at
tractive, supported herself and her
mother by teaching music. They
had met the Nanderbilts before her
marriage, and it is said that the Com
modore, who admired them, quietly
contributed to their support through
her mother, after her separation from
her husband. Be this as it may, they
met again in the North after the war.
and when Mrs. Vanderbilt died Mr.
Vanderbilt married Mrs. Elliott
Now she is handsome widow of
40, with Il legacy of SS00,000- 500,
600 for each year of her life with the
Commodore, as some one has OBJ.
served and nothing to prevent her
marrying any body she plcases to
marry. Mrs. Vanderbilt is. rs is well
known, Ike her late husband, great
admirer Of the Rev. DIR. Deems. of
the Church of the Strangers. New
York city. Vanderbilt University. at
Nashville, Tenn, probably owes its
existence to the appeals made by DIR.
Deems and Mrs. Vanderbilt to the
dead millionaire.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05

A gentleman who spent the month
OF October in the town of Winnipeg,
Manitoba, says that the thermometer
frequently registered several degrees
below zero. But SO great is the buoy
ancy OF the climate and the purity of
the atmosphere in this metropolis of
Northwestern Canada that little in
convenience is felt from the cold. A
stranger, however, is apt to suffer
from his inexperience. He was walk
ing, he says, on the street one day,
and feeling very comfortable, when a
citizen came up to him. and, slapping
him on the shoulder, exclaimed:
"Tenderfoot, yer nose is friz." And
he found that this was actually the
case. He noticed afterward that
people walking in the streets were in
the habit of frequently slapping
their noses and ears to keep up the
circulation in those parts.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05

A METHODIST CENTENNIAL.-A com
mittee consisting of four bishops,
twelve ministers and twelve laymen
was appointed by the Board of
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church last spring to take into con
sideration the question of holding a
Methodist Centennial Conference in
Baltimore in 1884. This committee
met last week in this city, Bishop
Simpson presiding. Among those
present were Bishops Simpson, An
drews, Wiley and Hurst, Drs. Fowler,
Hunt, Wheeler and Goodsell and j.
b. Cornell, Colonel Wright and H. X.
Carroll. The committee adopted a
resolution in favor of celebrating the
centenary of the organization Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. and de
claring that other Methodist bodies
in America ought to participate. 1t
appointed committee of five to cor
respond with other bodies and help
to prepare plans for the proposed Con
ference. Of this committee Bishop
Simpson was made President and H.
X. Carroll, Secretary. The other
members are the Rev. Messrs. An
drew Longacre, Philadelphia; ID. A.
Goodsell. New Haven, and j f.. Gan
cher, Baltimore New York Times,
November 14th.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05
SUCCESSFUL POULTRY RAISING.

In raising poultry or stock of any
kind it should be the aim of every
one to keep it healthy and to improve
it. You can do it very easily by
adopting some systematic rules.
These may be summed up in brief as
follows:
l. Construct your house good and
warm, SO as to avoid damp floors and
to afford a food of sunlight. Sun
shine is better than medicine.
2. Provide a busting and scratch
ing place, where you can bury wheat
and corn, and thus induce the fowls
to take needful exercise.
3. Provide yourself with some
good healthy chickens, none to be
over three or four years old. giving
one cock to every twelve hens.
4. Give plenty of fresh air at all
times of the year, especially in sum
mer.
5. Give plenty of fresh water
daily, and never allow the fowls to
60 thirsty.
6. Feed them systematically two
or three times day; scatter the food
so they cannot eat too fast, or with
out proper exercise. Do not feed
more than they can eat up clean, or
they will get tired of that kind of
feed.
7. Give them variety Of both
dry and cooked food; a mixture of
cooked meat and vegetables is good
for morning feed.
8. Give soft feed in the morning,
and the whole grain at night, except
little wheat or cracked corn placed
in the scratching places during the
day.
8. Aloe all things keep the hen
house clean and well ventilated.
10. Do not crowd too many in one
house. If you do, look out for fatal
II. Use carbolic powder in the
busting bins occasionally to destroy
lice.
r. Wash your roosts and bottom
of laying nests, and whitewash once
week in summer, and once month
in winter.
H. Let the old and young have
as large range as possible-the
larger the better.
IA. Don't breed too many kind of
fowls at the same time, unless you
are going into the business. -Four
will make your hands full.
Is. Introduce new blood into the
stock every year or SO, by buying
either cockerel or sitting of eggs,
from some reliable breeder.
16. In buying birds or eggs, go to
some reliable breeder, who has his
reputation at stake. You may have
to pay little more for birds, but
you can depend upon what you get.
Culls are not cheap at any price.
II. Save the best birds for next
years breeding, and send the others
to market. In shipping fancy poultry
to market send it dressed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05
CELEsTINEs CURIOUS REVENGE.

Romance, lik" history. repeats it
self; and the performance given by
the melancholy Dane for the benefit
of his mother and uncle found new
rendering last Sunday at Il house ON
Frcnchmcn, bcjw,,A Morales and
Goolchildren streets. Jordan Jo-
seph, an elderly quadroon, has been
married twenty years to Celestine
Ricard. For some reason they quar-
relied at the breakfast table on Sat
uriay. About ten o'clock in the
forenoon Joseph walked into the
kitchen and observed a kettle OF
water on the stove. boiling hot. Al
though it was an unusual hour. the
di-hr, being all washed and put away,
he did not ask what she was about,
but, feeling sleepy. laid himself down
on the gallery for siesta. He placed
his hat over his face to protect it
from the flies and his eyes from the
light, and was soon snoring quite
comfortably. his left ear nppermost.
Celestine was waiting, for this OPP
portNnity. and as soon as she was
satisfied that Joseph was sound asleep
she stepped into the kitchen and took
the kettle of boiling water off the
stove On tiptoe she crept back to
the gallery on which her husband
was asleep, and holding the spout in
such position that the hot water
would run into his ear. she tilted the
kettle. Her hand was unsteady. and
a few drops fell out of the spout and
on Joseph's face. With a yell of an
guish he awoke, and then Celestine
elevated the kettle, the scalding water
falling on the neck and face of 10
seph's head scalding him terribly.
He gained his feet and seized the
woman, but she kept him from injur-
ing her by pouring the water ON his
left leg and feet, The agony was
more than Joseph could bear, and he
released her and she escaped. Since
then the couple have been lodging
each other in various parts of the
city. - \. q. Picayune.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05

OLEoMARaARINE has had its day of
agitation and attention, at least, al
though the terrible possibility re
mains that any of us may have eaten
it, or be now eating it, with neither
intent nor knowledge But writer
who must be accepted as well as in
formed-the editor of the Agricuiur-
al Rerie,c-now tells us of a danger
threatening cheese also Under the
ensilage system, he says, the land
which now sustains the 15,000,000
mich cows now in the country will
sustain 50,000,000, but producers Of
butter and cheese need not be
troubled, for the room for export is
almost boundless. Within the last
five years the extension of what is
known as the creamery system has
improved the average quality of but
ter rs to so per cent, the home con-
sumption has increased in proportion
as the masses get good butter, and
people who were before accustomed
to good butter eat more of it in con
sequence of getting better article.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05

Mahlstick," tho veteran New
York correspondent of the Louis
vile Courier Journal says that to
speak of Mrs. Langtry as an actress
is out of the question, because she
cannot act at all, nor is there any
possibility of her ever blooming into
an actress. The great difficulty to
be overcome is one of impossible
achievement. Her voice has no modu-
lation, has no light and shade, but is
one persistent, unyielding monotone.
Sire can express no emotion whatever
with it, and she conveys this one
solitary truth, that apparently she
does not possess even limited lodg-
ings for an emotion, unless there may
be something that isiabsolutely burg
lar-proof, fire proof, tear proof and
laughter proof.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05
a FACTOR OF PROGRESS.

Few people ever reiiec: to what an extent
All institution like the Pacific Bank. with an
established reputation AMI ample resources,
and facilities for every hranchuf legitimate
banking. aids the material Development of
the country. To the manufacturer it lends
on easy terms. the helping hand which car
rles him over the stress of bad seasons. and
the primary ou!lays of his enterprise before
returns come III. 1t saves the merchant
from sacrifice, by making advance on his
goouS III seasons of distress. To the farm
er it Is likewise of incalculable assistance.
since its management keeps thoroughly
posted on wheat. grain. flour, .Ec and are
prepared AT MI times to make loans on them
ut reasonable terms. To the b,lsnes; man
and the traveller its splendid facilities for
exchange, commercial credits. discount
and collections are of equal value. TO the
capitalist, 1t, safe of depository and is syS-
tenn of Investments on commission. are of
ten of great service. and i'll many other ways
IT Is one of the most import INT factors of
the time.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05

Many silly people de -Tise the preci
Gus. not undcr>t inding it,. But no one
deSrlsS Kidney Wort after having gwen it
i trlal. those that have used it agree that
ii Is 10y far the hest medicine known. It's
action Is prompt. thorough and lasting.
Don I taxi pills and other ,n~rcurials that
poison the system. but 10y using Kidney
Wor; restore the natural action of all the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05

HOLIDAY GoODs.-Citron, lemon or Or
ange peel, DC, maple sugar, IL to 20c, Pure
Honey and maple syrups, plum pudding
mince meat, nuts, all kinds, 10 to nc,
superior currants, raisins, prunes, pitted
cherries, raspberries, blackberries, cran-
berries, 60 to 75c per gallon. Best variety
of canned fish, meats, oysters. CLAIMS, i'll the
city. Corn peppers, good ones, zoe. Send
for full list to Fl. A. Smith, SO Post street,
San Francisco, Cal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05

ANECDoTE OF THE LATE JUDGE DAILY.
He once defended a man charged
with stealing a horse, and he aimed
at proving an alibi. A certain man,
who was not above suspicion. testified
strongly against the prisoner. DAILY
determined to 'break him down." If
possible. On cross examining the
witness, he asked:
Question-You are q vaquero
Answer-Yes.
GA native Californian A
Yes.
Q.-Very fond of riding mustangs!
Ayes.
@ Sleep in the saddle. Ayes.
Q.-Throw the lasso! Ayes.
Q.-Wear spurs? A.-Yes.
Q.-Smoke cigarettes A.-Yes.
Q.-Blow the smoke through your
nose? A-Yes.
Daly-Stand aside; you'd steal a
horse any time.
And he stood aside.
OF course, Judge DAILY cleared his
man. Such jokes are not told unless
they have been followed by satisfac-
tory results.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05

A paper at Augusta, Me, claims
that a young man in that city, who
had been married week, forgot all
about, it and went to;his old boarding
house for supper. Maine has a few
great minds yet left on hand.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05

SUGAR.-Retailed at wholesale price. in
any quantity. Granulated So tts: Golden
c 9ltS; Cube or crushed Sibs: Island sugar
III, IL, and 12lbs for Sl.OO. Send for list at
once to 5l9 Post ST. s. F. Cal
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05
AN HONEST pOUNn

"STAR" is the ONLY tirst-class Tobacco
that is ALWAYS put up IL ozs. TO the pound
plug. Consumers who buy Tobacco by
the plug will save two oZs. on each plug
by purchasing STAR. For proof of this,
weigh your Tobacco. lin Stars on each
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05

Thousands of ladies cherish grateful re-
membranes of the help derived from the
use of Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05

The Moravians were the first to
preach the Gospel to the negroes of
the West Indies.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05

POULTRY AND EGGs.-Send them to H. A.
Smith, 5l9 Fost street, San Francisco, Cal,
and get full weight, full count and full price.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-05
The Catholic Rcrier says there
are 100000 Catholics in the United
States.

- No woman really practices economy
unless she uses the Diamond Dyes. Many
dollars can be saved every year. Ask the
druugiSt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-23
General News.

Railway earnings as rule continue to show a
satisfactory increase.
The total increase of earnings with the South
western system of railroads in the second week
of March was 1928, 742.
Northwest officials say that business so far
This month is taxing the utmost capacity of the
road, and that the outlook for the balance of the
year Is most encouraging.
The consolidation of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
Northwest road and the Elgin & State Line road
with the Northwestern road is to be acted on at
the annual meeting OF the latter, on June z.
Railroad pools are constantly disturbed by APP
plfcants for admission. The "despsed" Denver
& New Orleans road is knocking aJ the
doors of the Colorado pool, and seems likely to
gain an entrance.
The conductors. baggagemen and brakemen on
The New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad
Will be uniformed, May l. They will wear diff
fsrsnt shades Of blue, with hats as distinguishing
features OF the uniform.
The impression now Ia that the Erie and New
York. Pennsy lvania Il Ohio roads viii be operated
rs consolidated lines, thus cutting down sharply
the list OF general officers 1t ls not officially
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-23
The Saturday journal.

The Saturday edition of the Journal has
taken such rank as to make it almost special
and independent paper. 1t is prepared to
meet the demand for a newspaper of the
highest class filled with reading matter of
the best character, and thoroughly unobjee'
tIonable in every respect-a paper that
can be welcomed into every home and be
companion at every tireside. 1t is a splendid
treasure-house of the best literary ability OF
Indiana and, as such, is worthy the support
of the people. The Saturday Journal reaches
into the furthest limits of our territory in time
for Sunday reading, which a Sunday paper
cannot possibly do, because OF the lack of rail
way facilities on that day. 1t is also on hand
for the long hours of Saturday night. The
Saturday Journal will be found to contain
that which will interest the old and the
young alike, the farmer, his wife and his
daughters, the literary man, the scholar, the
politician, or simply the one who desires the
fullest news of the day Italready has much
wider reading than any other issue of the
week, ahd a greatly more extended and better
patronage than any daily published in the
State. Special contracts for advertising for
the Saturday edition are made, and special
subscriptions for it are received.