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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-12

From Chambers JOurnal.
People often wonder what would be the
results of a great naval battle at the present
time. Would many ships be destroyed
Would the loss of life be great? Let us try to
describe shortly few of the probable features
OF fight between two fleets of modern IRON
clads. Although two hostile fleets might ap-
proach one another In some tactical formation
this could not be adhered to for any length OF
time, and the battle would soon become a
series OF Independent duels between inyidual
ships. This Is at once apparent when we con-
slider that most, II not all of the ships, would
necessary for a captain to have perfect control
over the movements OF his ship, to prevent her
being rammed by an enemy. At the outset
probably take a very active part, and until ex-
terminated. which they certainly would be in
s se would engage great attention. and be
safely concluded that every ship would be
steamiDg fast during the action, this being ne
vorabie positions for discharging torpedoes. and
to elude the fire Of an enemy. Heavy gun fire
would of course be maintained from the com
whose engines got disabled from this cause
would speedily be rammed; and at this point
place, for the reason that the boats OF a ship.
being always exposed to machine-gun fire,
We would ridd At an early stage Of the action
| ship sinks after being rammed, it
WOuIu DC Impossible IOf the crew 10 1mprOviS0
other means TO save themselves from drowning.
No steps seem yet to have been taken by our
admiralty with view OF providing for this
contingency. 1t has been suggested that hos
pital ship, bearing the Geneva cross, should &C.
company fleet into action to receive the
wounded. We would make a further sugges-
tiOn-namely. that this ship should be provided
with fast steaming boats, peculiarly marked to
show their pacific nature, which should proceed
TO the assistance Of the crew OF a sinking ship;
by this means numbers OF the men might be
saved who would otherwise certainly be
drowned: 1t is not probable that the
loss of life from gun fire would be large,
| as q great part of the crew of an iron.
clad would be under water, the rest being inside
the armored portions Of the ship. Few ships
would be able to get into favorable positions for
tubes; even II they did so, the course of one OF
| these machines Is SO cratic when discharged
| from q ship in motion, that 1t would in nearly
| every case miss It's mark: The time for the use
Of Whiteheads would be from the torpedo boats
at the commencement OF the fight.
To sum up. 1t is the opinion Of many naval
men Of authority that o modern naval battle
would only occupy about half the time Of a
| fight in the old Trafalgar days; that hall the
ships employed would be sunk, and that most
| of the remainder would be SO battered as to be
4 Gprf tt,or fr,Fr he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-12

were good, for not one reported at the hour
named. ~
JOKE ON THE TEACHER.
IF the boys can get a joke on the teacher thew
are happy" remarked the teacher, elbow tbev
do laugh. think 1t is the best way to own mn
to the joke and allow them to appreciate it in
smokes cigarettes himself was describinv In HE
boys the physical effects Of cigarette smoking
on immature bodies: He enumerated the
was not discontinued. There is another from
BILE about cigarette smoking that you haven't
What is III asked the teacher ''''e 'ei'ow.
lit stains the fingers all up was the renlv
"Invoiuntarily the teacher raised his smoking
fingers. Every child in the room saw that thew
had IL on their teacher this time, and they
screamed and laughed until they were tired
What other bad habits besides cigarette
smoking do teachers have to contend against. I"
Lying and dime-novel reading are the min.
| cipal Ones" was the reply. Lying seems 10 he
| eplaemlc sometimes; and whole schools will
prevaricate about o little matter OF no import.
| ance whatever. 1t was only the other day thai
the principal found the hOor OF one school nom
and pencils and all kinds Of rubbish Eyerv
child In the room when questioned separately
| Ienied having thrown anything on the fiOof.
| Gays, out they were told they would be deprived
| ofit HOW good they were until the end of the
next Gay, muteiy begging the principal to Re
DINE NOVEL READING.
l "It 10 hard to tell the extent Of dime nove,
| reading" he went on, although q haul every
now and then upon the reading matter about
the boys will generally result in varied collec
ton. raid the other day In one room resulted In
| twenty yellow-backed volumes. They were near
| y all the property though Of two scholars. who
h ad started q kind OF circulating library Sucf
| re aiding matter as they contained! Not obsceu1
ZEE xactly but perfectly senseiess and degrading
| n occasional novel raid In the AnalostaT
l b uilding In very productive. These novels In
| n anne the minds Of the boys and appeal to thei
| dits, or Indian slayers, or highwaymen. A YEA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-12
JOHN r. MCLEAN.
PEN Portrait OF Famous Westerm
Journalist.

KEEN NEWSPAPER NAN, POLITICIAN AND
FINANcIER-HH RELIEVES IN THE CAPITAL.
CITY-AND INVESTS HIS MONEY HERE-HEs
JOURNALISTIC IDEAS AND BUSINESS
METHoDs-HOw HE BoUGHT A MILLION
POUNDS OF PAPER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-12

with a good deal of ingenuity, are brought to-
gether so as to serve as counter-irritants, and
thus gain hygienic happiness. The scene is laid
at o summer resort; and the usual groups of
visitors one meets at such place are cleverly
introduced. The author shows herself q close
| student OF character, and the book Is well
written.
First Violin" Peril" etc. Leisure Hour series.
No l73. New York: Henry Holt 4 Co.
"Healey" is doubtless faithful portrayal of
life and character in q Lancashire manufac-
turing town; but it is q sad and unpleasant
story, though fairly we'll written, and likely to
hold the attention of the reader to the end
which is happily Frightened little by the bet
mistake not. iirst published several years aeo.
and as literary work Is not equal to some OF
the authors other stories.
The small boy-for whom it was specially
Written-will ind . world Of interest in the
story of "Our Hero, General q. 6. Grant: When.
syllable, lust published by Mclaughlin Broth.
ers, New York. The literary work IL done by
josephine Pollard; VINO rs mas ar rare re- knack OF
TONS nearly one hundred in NUMBER, are after
| the excellent sketches made during the war by
nothing bs tier can be found.
That useful all-the-yearFound adjunct TO the
library table, The Book Buyer, celebrates itself
| In q Christmas number 70 portly In size and 10
rich in literary contents and pictorial en-
bellisnent ~ TO be fairly entitled to . place
along side Of the best monthlies. Among Its 81
stockton, the popular humorous writer, accom-
panied By q biographical sketch, and there are
Lieut.. Greedy, Julian Hawthorne, Eugene
Schuyler, II. H Boyeson and other well known
HtoTarfanA.
| The sITmtrated Christmas Catalogue Of Mr.
| Robert Beal II at once beautiful and timely
brochure. Not only u It - pretty In itself q
| hieh-class annual, but Is oontainsa vast amount
need about holiday HmeA
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-28
A Common Sense View.
Vancouver Register.l

An absurd attempt is being made
by partisan journals to fix the re-
sponsibility for the continuing hard
times and the great financial depres-
sion which the country suffers upon
the Democratic Administration.
Such demagoguery is the natural
drift of machine politics and is in
this instance most contemplate. II
the hard times are due to any Ad-
ninistration, it must be to that one
which has for years been in power
controlling and directing public A.
fairs and under which the hard timss
began. But it is not reasonable to
charge the hard times exclusively to
any one cause. They are the pro-
duct of variety of causes, some Of
which are world wide in their origin
and effect. 1t is the business of the
Administration to execute the laws
and discharge the routine duties OF
running the National Government
1t can legitimately have but little to
do in regulating trade, business, in
dustry, or in making times good or
bad. II any such power as this has
crept into the functions of the Presi-
dental Office, it is unwarranted and
dangerous, and it is high time it
were forever eliminated. Times
will be hard and harder until the in
equalities existing between labor
and capital are subdued. The strong
and daily growing tendency in this
country toward the unequal distribu-
tion of the products of labor is one
of the chief causes why times are
hard in land filed to overflowing
with all the necessities and luxuries
of life. Tho six months old Admin
istration has comparatively nothing
to do with it. But little progress
can be made in bettering tho times
without candor and truth in the in
quiry after these causes. Truth and
candor, however, are rapidly becom-
ing obsolete in the vocabulary of the
average machine political journal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-28

The Suns Washington special
says: The man 10 whom the recent
scathing letter of the President was
written was declared to be A. Bush,
a banker and one of the wealthiest
citizens of Salem, aud the Judge re-
ferred to is Dawne. For several
reasons, Bush is fixed upon as the
man who wrote the letter addressed
to" The President" Inspection of
four letters written by Mr.. Bush to
President Cleveland shows every
one to have been addressed " To the
President" out of a hundred differ
ent styles of addresses. eve are
friends and do business with one
another" says the letter. Bush is
the only man in Salem with whom
Dawne had business dealings and
who at the same time was on his pa
per. A. Noltrer, a prominent resi-
dent of Portland and close friend
of Senator Slater. said the state
ments regarding Bush's political ca
reer and his relations to Dawne are
accurate, and that he believed Bush
to be the author of the letter of
July 2l.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-28
WHOLE NUMBER 1889.

IL quito q falling of. which was
caused by tho ten days strike al the
CONNIE nctmsnt Of the season and
the small run OF salmon during tho
last week, Of this amount $50 900
casos. OF half the pack. 10 ahoat and
on route for market. The remain
ing will shortly follow. The season
as a whole has not been q satimiac-
tory enc 10 either capnsrs or hshsr.
men.
Charley Desserer. OF walla walla,
is on visit 10 " Faderland." In a
letter dated Bremen, July 2sth. hs
says. in commenting on tho relative
value Of commodities la the two
countries "A mark In about ~
cents. and yet this little coin reaches
often further here than . big Amer
can dollar in Wslla Walla. I ind
II. however. hard. and even some.
times aggrsvsting. to deal here In
any stors. The moment they per-
ceivo that you came from America.
that momsn. they put yeast powder
Ia their prices. Don't say. 'Ths
Jews arc alone guilty Of that perni-
cious practice. They oil do u. and
l dsspise them for It,"
The Seattle Chronicle publishss
what claims 10 be . complete alpha.
be,ical list OF all the hop growers
in tho Puget Sound country. CON-
piled by an agent Of schwabacLsr
Bros. Of that city. who made q per.
sonal canvass. The list shows the
names Of 2u growers. the aggrs.
gate area Of whose product the
presen. year 10 almost 2.500 acres.
These. at an average OF 1900
pounds. would make total crop OF
$3.50 900 pounds. or i.G2s tons.
Tho Poyallup crop will probably
average 1900 pounds 10 the aero.
What the whole average crop Of the
Sound will 10 III difficult 10 pro-
dict. but II will probably exceed the
figures We have named.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-28

TINS policy Of the Northsrn Pacific
Railroad Company for the last year
has been such m 10 create q friendly
feeling on the part of the people Of
this country towards the company.
The fact that the N. r. line oAsss
such favorable freight rates. that
wheat Is worth at it's stations from
lO to Ia cents per bushel moro than
at Dayton or Wslla Walla, causes
the farmers 10 css, longing eyes Tow.
ards that company. A subs.antiai
farmer In conversation with The
writer. said that hs was willing 10
give bond 10 donate 10 the n. p.
company 800 bushels Of wheat On.
nually for five years u the company
would build = connecting line from
Dayton 10 the main line. He o.
pressed il % his belief that Q large
number Of farmers would do the
same thing. This shows the drift Of
public feeling. The people are anx.
iously awaiting . solution Of ths
freight problem. aud thers 10 no CON.
csslipg the feet that the thouehful
ones are looking towards the North.
srn Pacific for help. In that dirso-
tion lies tho hope OF the Northwest.
--fniander.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-28

A CORRESPONDENT sends this curious
correction to the st. Louis Repubh-
can: "In your paper of the 2Gth
instant is a picture of the statue
Star of the West, a woman shad-
ing her eyes with her Land. 1t is
not true to nature. A woman al
ways shades her eyes by turning her
hand over-the palm upward-so
that the back will not sunburn.
During the civil war woman in the
army in male attire was discovered
by this gesture"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-28

WAsHINGToN's RULE.-The modern
ideas of civil service reform were ap-
parently repugnant TO Washington
himself, as we'll as other distin-
guished patriots. When he was at
tackled for having made some remov-
ais and appointments by the alleged
civil service reformers of that time,
he said:
I shall not, while have the honor to
administer the Government bring a man
into any office OF consequence knowingly
whose polite tenets are adverse to the
measures which the General Government
are pursuing; for this, in my 0piuiOn,
would be sort of political suicide. That
it would embarrass its movements is most
certain. But of two men equally we'll af-
fected to the true interests of their couH-
try, of equal abilities, and equally disposed
to lend their support, it is the part OF pru-
dence to give the preference to him
against whom the least clamor can be ex-
cited.
These are the sentiments of q
shrewd politician as we'll as saga
cious statesman, and the civil ser
vice reformers of the present day
might do we'll to heed the lesson they
convey.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-28

Bob Iugersoll says: Don't talk
too much about the men. Do you
know, gentlemen, We probably have
not in the American Congress a man
SO learned in the science of Govern
men as Harriet Martineau was {?
America has never produced nov
elist as great a. George Eliot aud we
have never had poet equal to Eliza
beth Barrett Browning"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-28
WOman'S Influence.

A sentimental story about j. l.
Case kissing his wife whenever he
wins horse race is all very beauti-
full and touching. Over in Michi-
Michigan there is an old sport by
the name of Godspeed. He was
selling pools at one of the country
race tracks last year, when MIR. Case
put in his appearance. "How does
it happen, asked Godspeed, "that
you are buying pools against your
own horse :" "To tell the truth, +"
replied Case, " he is in bad form,
and l don't believe we will put him
through for all there is in him. "
$50, So" said Godspeed, softly
"then Ill be prepared" According
ly he put about $400 in the pools
against Cases horse. But just be.
fore the horses were called up God
speed noticed that one of Cases
henchmen was buying very heavily
on Cases horse. This struck God
speed as being q significant move,
and he posted off to find Case.
"Look here" said he to Case, d" if
there's going to be any fine work I
want to know it, for I have put
about S4OO into the box against your
horse. You told me the horse
wouldn't win; yet now 1 find your
man betting your money on the
horse. What is the meaning of all
this racket p Mr.. Case hemmed
and hawed q good deal. " Well,
you see," said he, "that I didn't
intend to let the horse out for all he
was worth to-day, but my wife seems
determined he shall win. She is up
in the grand stand crying and TAX
ing on SO that I've made up my mind
to win the race if can" Godspeed
hurried back to the pool-room and
hedsed and squared himself as best
he could, so that he lost very little
on the race; but it was O most mar
row escape.
When Phallas and Maxey Cobb
met at Cleveland some time ago,
Godspeed came across Case and
asked him ii Phallas would trot to
win. "Of course" said Case.
This race is for blood" Well, d"
said Godspeed. "I'll step around to
the pool-room and put up all my
money on your judgment, if you
will promise not to go near your
wife till the race is overr'- Chicago
Ne,rs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-28
Cooking Husbands.

Mlss Carson said at the Baltimore
cooking school that Baltimore lady
had written receipt for cooking
husbands 80 as TO make them tender
and good" 1t is as follows: "a
good many husbands are spoiled by
mismanagement. Some women 20
about it as if their husbands were
bladders and blow them up. Others
keep them constantly in hot water;
others let them freeze by their care
lessness snd indifference. Some
keep them in a stew by irritating
ways and words. Others roast them.
Some keep them in a pickle all their
lives. 1t cannot be supposed that
any husband will be tender and
good, managed thus, but they are
really delicious when properly treat
ed. In selecting your husband you
should not be guided by the silvery
appearance, as in buying mackeral,
nor by the golden tint as if you
wanted salmon. Be sure to select
him yourself, as tastes differ. Do
not go to market for him, as the best
are always brought to your door.
1t is better to have none unless you
learn patiently how to cook him. A
preserving kettle of the finest porce.
lain is best, but if you have nothing
but an aarthenware panakir it will
do with care. See that the linen in
which you wrap him is nicely washed
and mended, with.the required NUM-.
ber o! buttons and strings nicely
sewed on. Tie him in tie kettle by
a strong silk cord called comfort, as
the one called duty is apt to be
weak. They are apt to fly out of the
kettle asd be burned and crusty on
the edges, since like crabs and lob
sters, you have to cook them while
alive. Make q steady fire out OF
love, neatness and chesrfulness.
Set him as near this as seems to
agree with him. If he sputters and
fizzles, do not be anxious, some hus-
bands do this until they are quite
done. Add q little sugar in the
form OF what confectioners call
kisses, but no vinegar or pepper on
any account. A little spice improves
them, but it must be used with iudg-
ment. Do not stick any sharp in
strument into him to see if he is be.
coming tender. Stir him gently,
watch the while les. he lie too flat
and close to the kettle and so be.
como useless. You cannot fail to
know when he is we'll done. II thus
treated you will find him very di-
gestible, agreeing nicely with you
and the children, and be will keep
as long as you want, unless you be-
come careless and set linn in too
cold q place."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-28

Tnr millers and grain dealers of
Vt. Paul and Minneapolis have been
interviewed. and they generally in.
clino TO the opinion tha. there must
be an advance in the price Of grain
before long.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-28

OsrmcH farming rs an experiment
in Southern California is by no means
u failure. though the pioneer in this
business is not growing rich rapidly.
He imported eleven pair OF birds,
originally at n cost Of 81 900 per
pair. The creatures are extremely
III natured. and their chicks do not
thrive we'll though experience i'll
caring for them is proving satisfac-
tory with later broods. They are
ready to pluck when from six month 9
TO one year old. and each nine
month"; thereafter fourteen plumes
are taken from each wing. They
are fed on alfalfa. barley aud corn,
with plenty OF shells TO aid digestion.
One glance at the awkward, ungain-
~ creatures is said TO cause implicit
faith ia the old ndage, Fine feath-
eta de- MOI make fine birds"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-28

HIGH TARIFF AND Low WAGES
The Pennsylvania Record has been
investigating the workings of the
high tariff, and its effect upon the
industries it pretends to protect,
and has come to the following very
sensible conclusion upon the subject:
/" Every additional years experience
makes it clearer that high tariffs
bring on low wages. We collect du-
ties on tho raw materials of manu-
facture, and, having overstocked our
own markets with goods made at
this disadvantage, are obliged to re-
duce wages in order to keep out of
the country the wares of other ma
tions whose manufacturers get their
raw materials free and their labor
comparatively cheap. There is not
one of the so called protected indus
tries which is crippled by the raw
materials tax that would net be bet
ter off if left to shift for itself in the
markets of the world without any
protection. 1t follows that what is
good for the manufacturer is also
good for the men and women he en-
ploys. A comparison of the condi-
ton of labor in the protected and the
unprotected industries of the United
States justi6es the conclusion that
protection has been an undeniable
injury to the workingman.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-28

The Oregon State Fair directors
sent to Cincinnati to have their pos
ters printed, and now the newspa-
pers Of that State propose to let
the "hoss show" severely alone.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-28


The editor of the Cedar Rapids
Qowa) Times concludes q series OF
articles on Oregon and Washington
thus: {" We might say much and
could say nothing unfavorable of the
country through which We passed; !;
the people with whom We mingled.
The possibilities of this northwest
Pacific Coast are unreasonable, its
certainties enough to warrant any
man desiring to change his location
to visit any of the points we have
glanced at in this series of articles.
We like the country, or at least
much of it; we admire the climate,
and were highly pleased with the
people. In no place did we find the
inhabitants travelling on q narrow
gauge, either in business or socially.
Like the country. the people OF this
great northwest are broad, expan-.
sive, solid and sure. To those of
our readers who desire delightful,
invigorating and instructive journey,
we say 60 to this north Pacific Coast.
and to all who are determined to
leave Iowa, and especially young
men, we say visit some of the locsli-
ties we have called attention to, and
if you cannot find a location to
please you, you are not likely to be
satisfied in any location this side Of
the Elysian fields"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-28

IT is suggested that the portrait
of Grant be placed on the next post
age stamp engraved, and on the ma
tional currency. No portrait of liv-
ing persons are used for these pur-
poses.