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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
JACKSON AND BENTON

On the breaking ont of the war of
lS12 Gen jackson WAS one of .he
very first 10 tendor his services 10
the Government. and collected force
Of $500 men which met 1T Mattel az,
where it remained idle some two
months, when 1t Was ordered dis
banded jackson, cnraTrd, de-
ciincd to di-band the troops there,
but took them back home. giving
drafts on the Guvcrnmen. for the OK
pcnsc5 thu, incurred. These drafts
tie Government refused to pay,
which pLlcrd jackson III / very I'M
pleasant prrdcamcnt At this june
ture Col. Benton volunteered to go
to Washington in Jackson's interest.
and. if possible, induce tue Govern
ment To- pay tho drafts, and save
Jackson's honor and property. by
his polite and aIruit management he
succeeded. As Col Benton WAS
about returning to Nashville he re-
ccived word from his bother, Jesse
Benton. that Gen. jackson had acted
as second in n duel to that brothers
antagonist n most unSraclous act, as
it appeared. at IA moment when the
claims of gratitude should have been
eppcrmost in Jackson's heart. In
this duel Jesse Benton was
wounded An angry letter was
written by Thomas II. Benton to
JACKSON, and the latter swore ''by the
Etrrnal' he would horsrwhip Tom
Benton. On Sept 1, 1873, the two
Bcntuns We're in the doorway of the
City hotel. at Nashville, when jack
son and Col. Coffee approached.
jackson hrandishcd his whip. Col.
Benton frmblcd for his pistol, Jack
son drew his own, and at The Same
time received III his arm and shoulder
Il slug and 4 bullet from the pistol Of
Jesse Eenton who stood behind him.
Jackson WAS thus dropped BY ter
riblc wound. Coffee then attacked
Col. Benton, who fell down flight
of stairs This disgraccful affair
laid Jackson up for several months
and drove Benton to Missouri.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
90

Lydia T.. piIaham's Vegetable Com
pn!:i,d cures all fa:l.,lc complaints by re
:H'NInG the calls.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
A >OTEp BIT U>vtr.I.s WOMAN.

P"jIlEy MP laos. -'..rJ thri. 10 II. \
Smith. - !p't 81. :. l.. amt get full
weight, fail count and tut, price.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19

Nah. y"Er u!I tiin-~ lo,!. liz, II, W
hl u-i,t.. e.. 'it.wnEj N<,-. nd II vail
tr !.aipl. Ih. "a. the fashionable col"r,,
tor la r.i;-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
THE WHOLE BUILDING cAH III pErNcHED

In moment. Two artcsian wells, capable
OF supp lying Il 900 gallons daily. are i'll the
basement. These, with reservoir with n
capacity of 6aUO gallons Ill the basement
and tanks in thu roof holding 5000 gallons.
give an immediate supply of 22I.On gallons
of water. The immense building also con-
tain+ three complete elevators of the latest
French fashion. There aic some 100 rooms
capable of accommodating ;nD guests in
first class style. They are all neatly. al
most handsomely furnished, and rs neatly
kept as possible. There Is not dark
room in the house. They are well lighted.
ventilated and aired. and Il cosy home
feeling il experienced hy the guest rs soon
aS tie takes posses ION nf his room. lhn
ludic:,' pdrlors are marScls OF int-uIt:ctncc
and exquisite trtr.
The dining room l. the most perfectly
arranged III iI,r United STATES, ami j., very
handsomely furnished. Til" ceilings are
beautifully frcsru.d. The kitchen i uu
drul,tedly uncu! Tie finest and hes, culinary
departments ever attached to hp.c!. 1h'
billiard room l. the most popular IN tho
city. rs II i the finest. Ii In almost nj
uccc~ 'Ury to say that under Mr. PcIrSun p,
management, the table viii he supplied
with all the luXurlt~ q; the season and ih'
purrNt liquors. Apart from special ar
81 - day. and for rooms and hoard
from 81 - to 81. We congratulate Mr.
Pearson. "a, we'll ~ the trlyclIE: lu.nll'.
upon ms arc,', zion To- the control ut this
popular hotel.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19
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SUGAR. Ect.,i'rI at Wholesale price. i'll
any quantity. -"t:IuaIcd s. lbs. Golden c
? lbs, Cube or crashed $ lbs. Island sugars
10. II and - lbs. for .c1.U. Send Tor list at
once to jl9 Post ST.. ). r., Cad.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19

SoNE L Ell. like the moon, are brish,c I
when full.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-19

A new war steamer for the Chinese
government has been launched at
Mannheim, Germany.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-22

Weary with homely duties done,
Tired through treading day by day,
Over and over from sun to sun,
One and the same small round alway,
Under her breath I heard her say:
so! for the sweep of the keen-edged scythe
o! for the swaths, when the reaping' o er-
Proof Of the tolls success. tithe
Anise and cummin-such petty store!
Cummin aud anise-nothing more!
"Only meagre garden-space,
Out Of the world so rich and broad
Onlya strip of standing place,
ONLY patch of herb-strewn sod
Given, in which to work for God
''Yet is my hand as full Of care
Under the shine and frost and rain,
Tending and wedding and watching there,
Even as though deemed vain
Were to be piled with sheaves OF grain.
..'rhen, when the work is done, what cheer
Have I to greet me, great or small?
What that shall show how year by year
Patient I've wrought at duty's call?
Anise and cummin-that is all
Turning, I raised the dropping head,
Just as heard sob arise:
"Anise and cummin and mint. said,
(Kissing her over her aching eyes,
Even our Lord doth not despise.
think YOU He looks for headed wheat
Ont of your plot Of garden ground?
Think YOU He counts as incomplete
Service that from such scanty bound
Yields Him the tithing He has found?
What are to Him the world S wide plains?
Him who hath never a need to fill
Even one garner with our small gains?
Yet, if the plot is yours to till,
Tithe Him the anise and cummin still!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-22

THETAN COLLECTIONS.-Despite the bad
crops the receipts from taxes at the State
treasury, SO far, are Sll1 900 more than the
receipts for the corresponding period lust
year.
This is favorable and cheering fact. 1t
shows that the people are willing to pay the
taxes though they have had serious losses
this year, and it shows, too, that there is
more money in the State than was supposed
The farmers must have been in Il tolerably
strong position when the year opened, and
could not have had many debts. This will
account for their ability to withstand the
curtailment of income caused by the short
crops of 1SS3-Nems md C0,0Ier.
AN ANCIENT C.\VE.-We learn from Il
gentleman who has been upon the spot, that
in CASTOR county, not far from the Whct-
stone Mountains, there is very ancient
tunnel, supposed to have been made by the
early Spaniards. The probability is it is
even older. 1t is known to be full hun
dred years old by the testimony ofaged peo-
learned from their fathers that the tunnel
was in their boyhood as it was in their chill
dren's time.-J Wilmington .Tr.
nsg~ A woman of Atlanta has brought suit
for Sl0, 600 damages against a hOusekceper,
in whose house she was bitten by a rat.
The actual expense incurred by the injury
inflicted was 81 100. She wants the &S,9OO
to heal her lacerated feelings.
sag" \ Philadelphia girl refused to marrya
young man until she accidentallydiscovered
that his hair and mOuStache were dyed
Then she bluShingly consented. She knew
she could throw that up to him if he ever
found out that she had glass eye.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-22

EN-SPEAKER AND CANDIDATE FOR SPEAK
ER IN THE NEXT CONGRESS-.
Samuel Jackson Randall is one Of the
many distinguished sons of Pennsylvania,
and is a prominent candidate for Speaker Of
the next National House Of Representa-
tives. He was born in Philadelphia, Octo-
ber 10, 1923, the son of an eminent lawyer
of that city. His mothers maiden name
had been Ann Worrall, and she was the
daughter of James Worrall, a Democratic
leader in the days of Jefferson, so that the
ex-Speaker may be said to be additionally
a Democrat as we'll as by conviction men,
ber of that time-honored party. BY mar
riage, Mr.. Randall is connected with New
York State, his wife being daughter of Cen
eral Aaron Ward, of Sing Sing. His first
position in public life was as a member OF
the City Council of Philadelphia, wherein
he showed marked ability and was soon
transferred to the Senate of his native State.
The beginning of the Civil War, in his
thirty-third year, prompted Mr.. Randall to
military service in the Light Horse of
Philadelphia. His service under General
George II. Thomas for ninety days, and
under the command Of General Robert
Patterson followed leading to his promo
tion first as Quarter-master of his company
and then as Cornet, rank corresponding to
that Of Captain in the Regular Army. In
the terrible year 1868, Cornet Randall was
among the troops advanced to Harrisburg
as the result of General Lees invasion of
Northern territory.
When General Couch announced to Cor
net Randall, commanding, that Governor
Curtin would accept the active services of
his troop without swearing it's members, he
said: 81 know we can trust to the honor OF
the corps without an OATH" In the summer
of the same year, the Coronet made
reconnaissance, in which he captured several
prisoners and established the presence of the
Confederates in force between Chambersburg
and Williamsport During the battle of Get
tysburg, his rank was that of Provost Mar
shall of the District of Columbia. He enter
ed the 3sth Congress in December, 1868, and
has kept his seat in the House Of Represen-
tatives ever since that time. He has serv-
ed in the Committees on Public Buildings
and Grounds, Banking and Currency, Re-
trenchment and Expenditures in the State
Department.. Mr.. Randall is a ready, con-
else speaker, without rhetorical affectations.
He was elected Speaker in 1876, and held
the position until 1880.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-22

"IR." AND "EsQ Q."-But now comes an
other of our anomalies, one which greatly
puzzles European continentals, and which is
not always grasped even by our Ameri-
can kinsfolk. This is the nature of the
Esquire. A class of people are habitually
called plain "Ir." in ordinary talk who
would be greatly offended if their letters
were so addressed. / am not speaking of
those who claim higher adjective des-
cription. mean those who are spoken of
as '"Mr. A. b." but who, in any formal
ter upward, must be described as "a.
b., Esq" In itself, Esquire, like Knight,
is title, not Of office; and it would not
have been wonderful if it had been GUS
tomary to call men "Knight A." and ''Es-
uuire b." But "Knight A." seems never
to have been in use; and Esquire" or
rather esquire b." can hardly be said to
have ever been in polite use. Men like
Hampden, who would have been ranked
as mobiles anywhere out Of the British king
dom, were simply "N1r. Hampden," and
the like.
To be sure "Mr." was then more Of dis
tinct title than now. l have seen some
where in the early records of New Eng
land colony an order, in which, among
other pains and penalties decreed against
a certain man, it is forbidden to speak OF
him any longer as "Mr." Possibly, though
used to be spoken Of as Mr." he did not
hold the technical rank of Esquire" For
Esquire is a technical rank, as much as
Earl or Knight; and one odd thing is that
when the word, in a contracted shape, is
put before name, it means something
different from that technical rank. Many
people put Esq" after their names, not by
mere assumption or conventionality, but OF
perfect right, to whom no living soul would
ever think of esquire" before their names
esquire A." marks position which if not
strictly official, certainly comes very near
it-a position which is not held by all who
are described as esquires even by strict
formal right.-E. A. FREEMAN, IN Long
mans Ndgdzine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-22

others for invalids who are unable to swal-
low harder food. An estimate by Hum
bolt claims that 44,0O0 pounds of bananas
can be produced on the soil that would be
required for 1000 pounds of potatoes, and
that the area that would be required to raise
wheat enough for one man would produce
enough bananas to feed twenty-five men.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-22

THE SOUTHERN CoLoRED METHoDIsTs.-
In New York, last Saturday, the Method
ist Missionary Committee voted the follow
ing appropriations to support the colored
of the South Central Alabama
81 500, East Tennessee $4,000, Little Rock
$4,000, Mississippi $500, Savannah, SO, 100,
Tennessee s., ZOO, Delaware 81, 800, LeXing
ton ZOO, Louisiana s5 800, North Carolina
50, 100, South Carolina $4,000, Texas s40,0OO,
Washington $1,000, West Texas 1000.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-22
Selected guetrg.
ANISE AND CUMMIN.

BY MARGARET ]. PRESTON.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-22

COMPANIONABLE PEOPLE.-ln every So
ciety we find that the people who are called
panionable are those who have knack
of making light of their tribulations and
vexations, and habit of putting them out
of sight and who do not entertain their
acquaintances with the reciting of bad
baking, leaky pipe, the children's measles,
the short comings of the servants; who
know how to keep their melancholy, if they
have any, out of the conversation whose
nerves do not furnish them with material
the lookout for draught, or a change Of
weather, or a slight; who do not lament
their poverty aloud, and make us feel re-
sponsible for it and uncomfortable amid our
plenty. The companionable people never
seek to make US dissatisfied with ourselves
to our belongings; they talk about the
things we like to hear, and are silent upon
the subjects on which we disagree they do
not differ from US for the sake of differing,
and do not announce their opinions as if
there was no appeal therefrOm.
aaF This pretty story is told of the founder
of the Mendelssohn family. He was
humpback, and young Hamburg maiden
rejected his love suit in consequence. When
wishing her adieu, she said, "Do you really
as they say?" eyes, indeed" he replied
land something especially wonderful hap
pened to me. At the birth of child proc
Iamation is made in heaven that he or she
shall marry such and such one. When l
was born my future wife was also named;
but at the same time it was said, ALIAS, she
will have dreadful hump on her back!'
oh! God,' then said, 'adeformed girl will
become embittered, whereas she should be
beautiful. Give me the hump and let the
maiden be well favored and agreeable"
The sophistry had its reward they were
says London Society.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-22

sons sense of propriety by hurting her dig
nifty" he answered. ''Now when you are
old, say as old as Marcia and I, you will
wonder how at seventeen you could have
put much stress on the term little one'
See now, am twice your age. I am thirty
four, and yet abate the natural superiority
of my years, and will ask you to be so
friendly as to call me my first name when
you speak to me. Will you call me Her.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-28
Care Of Wagon Wheels.

The severest strain in the cart or car
rage comes upon the wheels. The fell
loes especially are exposed to alternate
mud and drought, according to the pre-
vailing weather. The paint soon wears
off, and the wood absorbs the water
from every mud-puddle through which
the vehicle is driven. In dry time
the wood shrinks and the tire gets loose.
The remedy is a new setting of the
tire, and bill from the blacksmith. It
is much cheaper to clean up the carriage
occasionally, and give the wheels q
dressing of linseed oil as hot as it can
be put on. The wood will absorb q
good deal Of the oil and will swell the
rim so as to make the tire tight II
will prevent the rotting Of the wood
and make long-ived wheels. When
the wheels have soaked up all the oil
they viii take put on a good coat Of
paint. -America'l AgricaClturiSt.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-28
Useless and Useful Education.

The Philadelphia Times has made
an extensive inquiry Of manufacturers
as to the needs of better and more
practical training in the common
schools. In this inquiry it has discov-
cred that the skilled labor of our fact
cries is derived almost wholly from
abroad. The machine shops, where
something like apprenticeship still ex-
lists, are mainly filed by Americans,
who thereby show their capacity for the
most eXacting work; but we cannot all
be machinists, and no American boys
appear able or willing to learn any 9TH
er trade. Thu. is a very serious matter.
We cannot keep on indefinitely import
ing workmen from Europe; but, even if
we do, what is to become of our own
sons and daughters? If they cannot
all be mechanics, it is equally certain
that they cannot all make living by
selling things to one another OF keeping
each others books Somebody must
produce something, or even the clerks
will have nothing to sell and the book
keepers no books to keep, and we shall
all fall into idleness together.
It is very clear that we are not bring
ing up our children wisely. Methods
of education that, if they do not actual
ly unfit boy for a useful trade, at
least do nothing to fit him for it, cannot
be sound. And is it not the truth that
the whole effect of our public-school
system is to direct the thoughts and
ambitions of boys and girls to some
thing else than productive industry, so
that even those Of them who do not
think themselves above any actual
handiwork are turned upon the world
without having acquired any habits that
would help them to take UP any useful
trade? One reason that they wish to
be clerks and shop-girls is that they do
not know how to be anything else.
The public schools cannot undertake
to teach trades, and the notion of So
called technical training in small man.
ual accomplishments does not meet any
of the conditions of the problem. But
the public schools can do and must do
something different from the mere fancy
book-learning that can benefit very
few at the best. One thing they can do
at the foundation is to train the child
rem from the youngest upward to the
disciplined use of the eye and hand
not with the idea of making them either
artists or artisans, but to incuIcate hab-
its of application that will turn their
thoughts toward industrial pursuits and
prepare the ground for technical train
ing. 1t must not be supposed that in
dustrial drawing is panacea for all the
evils of false education, but it certainly
does typify, at least, the kind of train
ing that ought to be and must be joined
to the other elementary work of the
schools if we are ever to recover ou1
standing as a working people. We
should teach drawing in the same way
that we teach reading, writing and
arithmetic, not as an end but as d
means, and in doing SO should try to in.
cite the ambition of youth, not to be
President of the United States, but tc
be an industrious and useful citizen
Chicago Journal Of Commerce.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-28
A Chinese Fishing Village in California.


1t was close on the edge of the water,
where a little inlet rounded in, below
high hills. AS we drew near it. the
oder OF fish came up over the
hills, like smell from something
cooking in vast caldron. The fences,
the rocks, the ground-al1 were covered
with shining little fishes spread out to
dry; those on the ground being laid on
frames of wooden Stats. There was
only one narrow lane running through
the village, and hardly room on that to
step between the frames of drying fish.
On the roofs of the novels even poles
were set up, and stretched from corner
to corner; and on them long lines of
fish huttered in the air, like clothes
hung out to dry. Cinnamon were run
ming about emptying big baskets of
fish: other Cinnamon were spreading
them, turning them, raking them apart,
gathering up the dry ones and packing
them into baskets. The place fairly
swarmed with laborers and their imple-
ments; but all the workers kept steadi-
ly on, as regardless of our presence as
though they had been ants on an ant
was hard at work; children that
were too small for anything else
had babies strapped on their
backs, and were carrying them about.
Little girls, not more than or 1Oyears
old, were at work industriously clean
ing the fish, to prepare them for drying.
This was disagreeable sight; it was
done in open sheds, where the floor was
black and dripping wet with water and
the Shiny offal of the fish. Here the
women sat on high stools, in a squat
ting posture, with their feet curled up
under them, cutting and slashing, strip
ping the fish, and dropping them into
the baskets with as swift motion as if
they were Smelling peas. They had the
fingers of the left hand rolled up thick
" IN black rags toprotect them against
a chance slip of the sharp knife. They
chatted and laughed, as if they were
engaged in the most agreeable occupa-
ton in the world. There did not seem
to be an idle pair of hands in the village
Old men were mending nets, old women
putting bait on hooks. The only IN
employed creature we saw was one
small baby.
It would not be possible to give any
idea of the way in which the houses,
sheds, boats, barrels, poles, nets, bas-
kets, scaffoldings and lumber of all
sorts were huddled together on one mar
row alley not wide enough for two wag-
ons to drive abreast There was not a
foot of open ground. Looking down
from the hill on the roofs of the houses
one would think they all belonged to a
single set of walls, rooted at different
heights and angles. It was q squalid
and filthy spot; it would seem impossi-
BILE for human beings to breathe such
air, and sleep in such dark, unventilat-
ed novels for any length of time, with
out being made Ill. Yet there are in
this little village nearly 200 people,
many of whom have lived there for thir-
ty years in good health. They are di-
vided into three companies, each COM
pany having its leader, who pays wages
to the men and women, and has the
charge of selling and sending away the
fish.-H. H., IN st. Nicholas.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-28
The Secret Out.

During the engagement of certain
star actress at Boston theater, a for.
ist was engaged by her to stay behind
the scenes every evening for the pur.
pose of working over flowers into new
designs. The floral ship which was
handed over the footlights in the first
act, for instance, would astonish and
delight her again in the second act in
the form of a pillow, and then be thrown
to her in numerous boquets through
out the rest of the play. In this way
she reduced her bill for flowers, but of.
fendedthe florist, who therefore let out
the secret.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-28
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, J
Tnr-N-urr- %

. Be it known, that at st. Paul, in said Ramsey
county, before the undersigned. notary public
within and for said county, this fourteenth
day of April, A. D. 1888, personally came and
appeared the above-named and subscribed
Charles D. Gilfllan, Norman W. Kittson, Henry
H. Sibley, James J. Hill, Greenleaf Clark,
Charles II. Bigelow, William R. Merriam, Judson
W. Bishop, Henry P. Upham, David c shepard,
Francis B. Clarke, 4. B. Stickney, Chauncey
W. Griggs, Patrick II. Kelly, Peter Berkey,
Alexander Ramsey and William Dawson, to me
severally known to be the identical persons who
executed the foregoing articles of association and
they severally acknowledged that they executed
the same, as their free act and deed, for the
purposes therein expressed.
Witness my hand and official seal, at st. Paul,
the date above written.
{ Notarial( (Signed) HARVEY OFFICER,
I Seal. Notary Public, Ramsey Co., MINI.