Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-01-30
4 Rare Family Gathering.

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4 Rare Family Gathering.
There are few circumstances
connected with the departure of
our townsman, Mr.. Nathan Toklas,
tor his home in Germany, which are
well calculated to render that event
worthy of more than a passing no.
tice. After parting breakfast with
his brother-in-l law, Mr.. Ct. Kaufman,
at the Carlton House, on Monday,
Mr.. Toklas left for New York. He
will be joined in that city by his
brothers, Max, Ferdinand and ia
cob; the first named being n resident
of New York, the 5. comd, of San
, Francisco and the third, Of Texas.
The four Toklas brothers will EN-
bark on the same outgoing steamer
for Europe, ell route to Kempen-Po.
sen, Germany, the residence of their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S: ". and
Malchen Toklas.
On Friday, the sixth of March
the old people VIII celebrate their
golden wedding, the husband being
OH that day 40 years of age and his
wife CD. The rare and pleasant oc.
casion will also be participated in
by two married daughters, Louise
and Hulda. The former, already at
the family home, is the wife of MI.
q. kaufman, of this city, and the
latter the wife of his brother, Ma.
than kaufman, now residing in
England.
The venerable pair who are to be
reunited in the holy bonds of we'd
lock were reared together from in
fancy in the house 10 which they are
now living, the parents of each hav =.
ing jointly occupied that domicile
before them.
The interest of the coming festivi-
ties will be materially heightened by
tie fact that the consort OF the reign
ing sovereign of Germany duly &C.
knowledges, by a valuable present,
every golden wedding occurring
either in the higher or lower walks
of society.
1t is expected that the wife of Mr..
G. kaufman will come TO this coun-
try and join her husband IN this city,
on the return Of tho brothers.
RAILROAD EARNINGs.-An Eastern
writer has been compiling statistics
relating to the business done by the
railroads of different sections of the
country. He finds that in the East
ern States, there arc more than IL. :.
600 passengers carried for each mile
of railroad; in the Western States
there are less than 1,400, and in the
Southern States only G6S. In
freights, the Middle States takes the
first place in the amount carried in
proportion TO miles of road, the tons
per mile in that section being about
ii 600. In the West, the amount is
2,393, and in the South ,1S7. The
difficulty of making law to regu-
late business done under such
widely varying conditions, will lie
seen at a glance. The East, carry.
ing 1000 passengers for each mile
OF road, can perform the service
cheaper for each mile than in the
West, which carries only l 400, and
in the West cheaper than the South,
which carries only 6GS per mile.
The argument holds good in regard
to freight. A railroad in the Mid.
die section does from four to five
times much business per mile as in
the West, and consequently does it
cheaper. A law, therefore, which
places limit which will permit rail.
roads in one State to be operated
practically, will place no limit what
ever in the section doing the larger
business.
CONGRESS has very properly ex-
pressed condemnation of the in.
human outrage perpetrated last
Saturday in the attempts made to
blow up the Houses of Parliament
and London Tower, England. 1t is
a mode of retaliation which humanity
cannot sanction, no matter what may
have been the provocation. The
sympathies of America are. of
course with tho Tr;,b ,,oo,>lo T. =: