davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

that Of Oregon, sadly needs revision.
There appears to be no provision by
law or mutual agreement between
the Assessors whereby an equable
assessment shall be made through.
out the Territory.
The only bought editor we
know of in the Territory is the i'm
maculate J. Nj. Adams, of the Yak
ina Signal. who, if reports be true,
has received quite price from that
grasping corporation the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company. A
late issue OF that paper is said to
contain half column acknowledge
ment of the generosity Of President
Harris, for the gift of two car loads
Of lumber! 1t is presumed that this
is to pay Mr.. Adams for removing TO
the new town and reimburse him for
the loss sustained from dynamite,
while his office was on wheels, few
months ago; but, if SO, it shows that
the company has no disposition to
shirk even its implied Obligations,
and that Notwithstanding past and
present hostility of that journal to
the company, it has resulted in no
" forfeiture" of Mr.. Adams vested
rights" 1t looks little strange,
however, that the man who has Just
received 50 900 office from the Gov
ernment as reward for defaming
the company, should, before the ink
of his diatribes is fairly dry, accept
an extraordinary favor from it. He
and his flieNds should cease their
filings at a subsidized press" The
writer does not know of any other
newspaper publisher in the Terri
tory who has ever received one dol
lar OF railroad money, or lumber, or
any other equivalent of merchant
able value. 1t is no wonder that
old-line Democrats protest against
such monkey" business.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

The idea is advanced by the Chi
cago Times that under no considera-
ton should any one of the pro-
posed Grant monuments commence
rate the hero's greatness as a soldier.
The war in which his greatness was
exhibited was internicine and fratii-
cidal, and q national monument
should not in any way prolong the
remembrance of national disgrace
A warlike monument erected to the
hero of our civil war would be an in
suit to the now united nation.
Grant loved peace rather than war,
and it is in this light that he should
be regarded by prosterity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

fact is wr've decided to get married
She d'dn't want 20 back, and l didn't
want her to go.
Everybody felt that Beebe had
played roots on everybody else, but
there was nothing TO say. At the
next meeting of the committee,
which Beebe did not attend, MIR. El-
der again had an idea which he
waDted to submit. He said in view
of what had happened, it appeared
to him that Big Bend had greatness
within its grasp. "Now," continued
he, "let US overstock this market
with schoolms'ams and servant girls.
Advertise for them everywhere, off, r
big wages and hire all that come.
Well get enough after awhile to 60
around, and when we do it we may
have q few on hand"
The suggestion was discussed at
considerable length, and finally
adopted. The school board decided
to hire ten teachers, and twenty of
tie married men in town agreed to
take twenty-five servant girls. The
advertisements brought many an
swers, and in the course of time the
town began to fill up with young
women of every description. As
they arrived they were assigned to
the different families, and before
week had passed there were more
marriages on foot than the preacher
could keep track of. The expert
rnent has been found to work splen-
didly, and as the only scholma' am in
town is now said to be ON the point
of marrying, it is thought that the
same device will be resorted to
again. Six girls have married ont
of McGinu's kitchen, and during the
last twelve months there have been
fourteen teachers of the little school.
The present incumbent is grena-
dier from Michigan, and the CON-
mittee thinks she will last some time.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

A THINKING MAcHINE-A cultivated
gentleman in Gallipolis, O who has
been an invalid for several years, has
just received u patent for an inven-
ton of more than ordinary merit and
of peculiar character. 1t excites
the wonder and admiration of all who
behold it. Many delare it the equal,
in general utility, of the sewing ma.
chine or telephone. 1t is perfectly
wonderful in its operation. and yet
30 simple in its action that Child
can learn to use it in a few minutes.
1t consists of pair of scales which
announce with unsrripg accuracy
the value of o number of tons,
pounds or ounces at any price. For
instance, a ham is placed on the
scales. Its weight is twelve and
three-quarter pounds, and the price
is 123 cents per pound. A sliding
weight is moved along the scale
beam until the ham is balanced. In
the notch where this weight stops
will be found the worth of the meat
in dollars and cents to q fraction.
Again, suppose grocer is asked for
so cents worth of tea. The price is
78 cents. One indicator is set at so,
the amount wanted, the other at 78,
the price of the tea. Tea is poured
into the scoop until the scale is bal
anced, when the quantity of tea is
found to be as correct as if several
minutes time had been consumed in
making the calculation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

TIE position of the Mugwamps
everywhere is probably we'll indi-
Gated by Henry Ward Beecher, who
at meeting of the Independents, in
Brooklyn, declared that he was still
q Democrat so far as Mr.. Cleveland
was concerned, but Republican
when it came to the support of the
State ticket.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

Dumsa the late cyclone a. Wash.
iag,on. Washington Co. Ohio. forty
Ola Fellows were IN session Ia tho
sseead story Of Odd Fellows Hall.
one Of the bnsst buildings In the
low n. when the tornado struck the
building and literally mashed IL TO
The earth. aud nine Of the brothers
we're LEI, clinging 10 the wallis Of the
adjoining block aud had to DO taken
down by ladders on those crushed
down with the building. by a mira.
els no, one was hurt. Now, TO bs
es safe during . storm or other cal
smliy, join the Oid Fellows.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

ENGLISH people are prone to insert
the definite article before the names
of actresses, and to omit it before
the names of ships or boats. Thus
"the Langtry," the Bernhardt,"
but "Genesta," and "Etruria. &"
Americans have exactly the opposite
custom. 1t would perhaps be diff
cult to decide which of the two ma
tional usages denotes tue greater af-
fectation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

Roscoe Conkling has been in Ger
many more than eight weeks, but he
has not forgotten his native tongue.
He writes to a friend that, in his
judgment, "ths Republican party
will never win another national VIC
tory" The ex-senator is, in all
probability, quite right. Unless
there is q much larger Democratic
detection than we think there is, or
is likely to be, the Republican victor
les of the future will be confined to
isolated school districts.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

Mr.. ]. F. Pickering, the theatrical
agent, has accepted the business
management of the Theater Com
ique, Victoria.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

COULDN'T small rebellion be
fenced off at one corner of tho coun.
try, somewhere, say Florida. and let
the Oregonian have o chance to take
o whack at it-of course at long
range ?-DemOcrat.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

PRAIRIE fires in Mcpherson county,
Dakota, last week, swept away
everything over an area of 100 square
miles. Hundreds of families have
been left destitute and the loss is es-
timated a. a quarter of a million
dollars.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

JOHN Bremmer, of Delta, aged 21.
was drowned in Fraser river, last
week, while returning from the 81
milkameen mines.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

Miss Anna Mcfarland, q Roch-
ester beauty, has followed the craze
of marrying her coachman. She is
wealthy, having $4,000 dollars in
her own right and rich connections.
The sacrifice seems, as usual, to be
all on the brides side, the groom
being an undersized and decidedly
plain person.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

A CHINESE leper was discovered in
Victoria, last week, whose feet had
rotted off while other portions of the
body were rapidly decaying.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

1t will be interesting to carry the
comparisons back number of years,
as showing the fact that the mater
ial development of the Territory has
kept pace with tue growth of popu-
lation. The assessed valuation for
the years named was:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09
Washington Territory.
Population and Valuation of Property
GREAT INCREASE OF BOTH SINCE THE CEN
SUs OF 1850.

According to the census of 1880
Washington Territory had popula
ton of 1916. The population, by
the census taken by the Assessors.
just complete, is now 13O ,465.
stated by counties, it is as follows.
The censuses of 1881 and 1883 are
also given:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

ONE dollar and two dollar bills
command a premium in New York
of SLIPS on the thousand dollars.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

Tsss Ayers Pills for constipation,
sad Tor all the purposes Of purga.
i've medicine. Ssfe aud efIsotual.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

JF. wu~or. aged 76. and Nancy
csssl,on. sesd 60. we're married ia
Postisnl. last week.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09
| I|||(|R.
Facts Worth Knowing.

"a. There are Z. 15O languages.
A square milo contains GAO acres.
,,,.. barrel Of rico Weighs coo ounds
'.on. Tho average human life /. ~ years.
aud Tho drst steel peu was made ~
cMy' is30.
10 A harrel of -four weighs lst
pounds.
barrel of Pork weighs 2oo
pounds.
A span is ten and oeyen eighth
.u, inches
hand (horso measure) Is fouI
.d,eS inches.
n The Watches we're frat constructed IN
il7G
A storm move. thirty six miles pen
hour.
no. III. first iucifer match was made
In 1879
The value Of n ton Of silver is t37 :.
- 7oi ~
A hurricane moves eighty miles
&. per hour.
The drat iron a,eamboat was built
. and in 1870
ma Modern needles first came into nsc
In t5i5.
o ew Coaches were FIRE, built IN England
In 1869
The first horse railroad was bull
in is20.27
On. million dollars of gold coit
-... weigh 4, ,Gs5 pounds avoirdupois.
! ths One milton dollars of silver ooir
weigh 81. s.O20.0 pounds svoirdupois
Uaui i776 cotton spinning wal
suas performed by The hand spinning q
wheel.
). ss The hrs, complete sewi ng ma
"ss chine was patented by Elias Howe Ia
-. lA6.
GLASS windows were frat intro
'asS. duced in,o England in the eighth
century.
Alber Durer gave the world .
prophecy Of future wood engraving
In 1877
" Measure 900 feet on each side and
you will have q square acre within
an inch.
BAnSuM's Abycs.-P i. Barnun
has made millions by persistent al
. ss,ising. :" One thing ! wish te
er'd. cay to you," he remarked. =" you dc
not. any Of you. advertise enough
ii You ought 10 invoke printers ini
- every day. You ara sleepy aud
want your business 10 run itself
A. Standing Advertisements 10 . paper
W. command confidence. The man
- Who for . year resides In q com.
munity. and leads . respectable life
80 80 even though ho be Of moderate
ability. will grow in tie confidence
aud esteem Of bis fellows. On the
came principal. newspaper sdver'
tisewsnt becomes familiar 20 the eye
rst Of the rec Ter. II may seldom b'
read, stii II impres~ss the name and
!sms business of q man on the pabli'
Nc mind. - the sun does = mana por
"a trats on chsm,cally prepared plate
TX of glass, and i,s presence In thu
columns Of paper inspires conf
~. asncs In the stability of the enter
-, 80 prize"
Dumso the late cyclone a. Wash
.. iagton. Washington CO.. Ohio. fort,
- Ola Fellows were IN session Ia th'
70 seoond story Of Odd Fellows Hall
one Of the Bnsst buildings In thu
tow m sksu lhe Tar n aJo stfuek ths
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

Ilttr AMI Proprietor
s.hs.rtpti"" Us'"s-
r.t ,,,f in sd,surr - d"
% nui taid -tirtiN - hh.
N4urr w
~Is uuuih- lu thN aur" o"
sssss,i.,.s rate.
,,...-.....,.. .t,,,,,, u., v..r ~, "a
tet quarter ="
....... ..,,, tu..rttnt ~
subsequent insertions %
AdApttising tour square" 80 np" afh~
hv the Stat At literal rairs
Insal natiers vlli ho charged io tt" nt-
turnsV 80 officer authorizing Their ihs'f'
tiun
NI..ttisstasuts srut fr"tn diStan""
and ttsusi,m uuiiv,~ must le acFnihi'an'
iri hS the cash.
Announcements ~ marriages births
and hrath. inserted itvr.
uhltusr, NOTICES resolutions ot respect
.nt .thpf articles x hich dn not POSSESS
grnrtat interest vii hn Inserted at one
hslfthn rates tat hu-inU-s aiNeiti-"nt"n'S'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

A LINE TO fll this column.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09
| 7 Nc

lin"et
~ hard
~ uni
80 Nnth
|'','h ~
ai'ilaws
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09

COUNTY.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-28
Al Queer City i'm the Air.

The Pueblo of Acoma, situated nine
ty miles vest Of Albuquerque, is one
of the most remarkable communities
in New Mexico or the United States.
In the middle of a valley six miles in
width stands a butte, and on the top
of this is Acoma. Eight hundred peo-
pie are living there, and they
and their ancestors have gathered
there the sum of their possessions for
nearly three centuries. This butte is
one OF the many that are remnants of
q mesa that has been worn away by
the erosion OF the ages, and survives
only in f~iat-topped mountains here
and there. The valleys between are
fertile, and untold generations of men
have seen them covered with men and
1ocks of sheep. Some time in
the seventeenth century the Laguna
OF valley Indians made war
upon the Acomas for the possession of
the country, and the latter being the
weaker, occupied this butte as q de-
fensive position believed to be impreg-
nable. Their Judgment has been
abundantly vindicated. Ithas proved
q Gibralter of strength and safety.
The comparison is not inappropriate,
and in approaching it from the north
/ was struck with the resemblance to
the pictures / have seen of that grim
old fortress that frowns overt the strait
Of the Mediterranean. The height
above the valley is nearly four hum
dred feet, and the walls in several
places are nearly perpendicular. There
are two means of ascent, one by g.
flight of steps cut in the face of the
wall and rising at an angle offorty-fve
degrees, and the other by a assure in
the rocks leading up into the heart Of
the mountain. Both ways have been
trodden by human feet until the steps
are followed out like shallow troughs.
Either one is exceedingly difficult, and
neither is tolerabIy safe.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-28

Florida has entered the list OF COM
petitorsfor the Northern flower mark
ct. A horticulturist Of that state has
recently shipped 80, 600 tuberose bulbs
to dealers in the North.
The Chinese wall is over 1000 miles
long, but is not continuous, being q
mere breast work where the mountains
are precipitous, and is surmounted
with towers no more than 40 feet high
where the chances for attack are un-
usually favorable. 1T il not miles
high nor hundreds Of yards broad.
The old stories in ancient books of
travels were mostly imaginary, andas
is now sometimes the fashion, wereex-
aggerated for the purpose Of sellingthe
books.
The first cherries which reached Chi
cago in carload lots from California
sold for fifteen cents a. pound on an
average. The cost of transportation
was from nine to ten cents per pound,
which left a profit Of 500 per ton.
The orchardists of Alameda County
say that, if the freight rates were re-
duced one-third, they could send a
loaded train every day for sixty days.
A thrifty cherry orchard at these rates
ought to return from $500 to 81, 900
per acre to its owner.
The extent of the dead meat trade OF
London is becoming enormous. The
total weight OF the deliveries Last vear
exceeded that of any previous one and
amounted to 23O,S73 tons of $3.50
pounds each. OF this the united king.
dom furnished IT'S, OO0tons. America,
including Canada 27,O71 tons, and
Australia and New Zealand. 11,12s
tons. It is Of interest to the Ameri.
can trade to know that while it's con
signments had but slightly exceeded
those Of the previous year, the weight
OF Australian and New Zealand meat
showed the large increase of 1873 Ia
per cent. on that Of theyear 1883.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-28

"a breath Of free western air and a
view Of Lake Michigan is the pre-.
scription of a Chicago paper for Gen.
Grant. 1t is unfortunate that the
physicians do not regard these things
as essential to his comfort and ulti-
mate recovery.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-28

The blanket newspaper sheets Of
Chicago have been surpassed by the
News OF that city in the publication Of
forty-four pages, forty Of them, how
ever, being devoted to the list Of delin-
quent taxpayers Of Cook county, sug-
gestive of the fact that all Of Cook
county isto be sold ss3r taxes.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-09-10
About Subscriptions.


The greatest annoyance with which
publishers Of county papers have to
contend, is the matter Of subscrip-
tions. Large amounts are thus lost
every year. I have often said that
the Standard has a list of paying
subscribers; yet lose considerable
sum every year by failure to pay.
At one dollar per year, a paper that
does not usethe cheap patents, or the
sham blocks, cannot carry any dead
heads.
Some years ago Congress enacted
law requiring papers sent out Of the
county where published, to pay in ad-
vance two cents per pound. This
has been reduced to one cent per
pound, since July list, of this year.
When this law went into effect, re-
quired pay in advance in such cases.
Now | have twice as many subscri-
bers outside Of the county as | had be-
fore that time. aI
| propose to pursue the following
plan in the future. No new sub
scriber will be put on the list, unless
he pays in advance, and the paper
will be stopped when the time paid
for shall have expired. "a
All old subscribers who will be one
year or more in arrears on the first of
next January, will then be cut off.
You have four months yet in
which to pay. Look at the label on
your paper, and pay up at once.
DAVIS MACKLEY.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-09-10

The following are the first and Sec
ond resolutions adopted by the Repub-
lican State convention, held at Spring
field, Ohio, the present Summer:
1. The right to vote accorded by
the Constitution of the United States,
is the concern Of the whole people
and must be secured at all hazards to
every citizen in every part OF the re-
public. Existing guarantees must be
sacredly maintained and additional
ones provided if necessary: that the
equal protection of the laws and equal
enjoyment Of suffrage shall not fail
or be abriged in any way through
connivance, neglect or fraud of any
Of the states Of the Union.
2. The Democratic party, which
owes it's national victory last fall to
the willful suppression Of the ballot,
can not be looked to for the enforce
ment of these constitutional guaran-
tees, and the hope of the friends Of
equal suffrage is in the Republican
party, which pledges itself to wage
the contest to a successful end.
The Democrats object to these reso-
lutions. Why? Are they not true? ?
Some ten days after the President
ial election last Fall, Mr.. Blaine
made speech, in which he took SUBJ
stantially the same ground taken by
the above resolutions. Henry Wat
terson, editor of the Louisville Cour-
ier Journal, answered Mr.. Blaine in
the North American Review. Mr..
Watterson is the ablest Democratic
editor in the United States.
[ make an extract from his article
in the Review:
Extended to it's logical conclusion,
Mr.. Blaine's argument looks either to
the forcible restoration of the negro
to rulership in the Southern States,
or the destruction Of Statehood at the
South, and the substitution Of pro-
vincial forms Of government in room
of it, with a military governor, a
standing army, and martial law for
each separate province.
If Mr.. Blaine's scheme does not
embrace the one or other os these
propositions, it has no practical pur-
pose, and his speech may be dismissed
as the incendiary harangue Of dis
appointed applicant for Office. In
the meantime, it is to be borne in
mind by those who seek the truth,
that the present relation of the white
and black populations Of the South is
a race, not political question. In
States where the whites are in great
majority, there is no issue at all, and
the blacks fare better than they do in
any Of the Northern States. In the
black-majority States, or close States,
all issues are decided by race laws.
The stronger race will govern; the
weaker cannot. The trial was made,
and we saw what came Of it. Depop-
ulate South Carolina Of its whites, re-
people it with white men made in the
image and in the spirit Of Mr.. Blaine,
and the result will be the same. The
savage multitude will assert the pow
er Of numbers, the trained minority
will meet it with the articles Of civil
lization, and the savage will go to the
wall. Society will find its level some
how, and, until Mr.. Blaine can make
an African the equal of an Anglo
Saxon, he will not materially change
the situation Of any community where
the blacks outnumber the whites.
"The savage multitude" the col
ored voters of Ohio, will vote the
Democratic ticket, Of course.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-09-10
What the Shakers Believe about Diseas,

What the Shakers Believe about Disease.
They have learned from many years
experience, that nine-tenths Of all the
diseases of mankind arise from i'm
perfect digestion of food; for this
reason they have spent years of labor
in preparing the Shaker Extract of
Roots (Siegel's Syrup and 1T operates
like charm in all cases Of indiges-
ton.
It is not what we eat that makes
us strong, but that which we digest.
This is the doctrine of the Mount
Lebanon Shakers. People who are
weak and languid, tired and feeble
often wonder The reason is that the
food eaten does not give strength be-
cause it is not digested. The Shaker
Extract Of Roots (Siegel's Syrup will
restore the digestion to healthy con-
dition and drive away the headache,
the pains in the side and back, the
distress after eating and make the
sleep afford rest. B. B. Moore, drug
gist at Champlain, N. Y. writes: 1--WE
are using your medicine in my family
for constipation, resulting from dys-
pepsia, with the most satisfactory re-
suits. sept.3-4w.