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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-06-30
INFLUENCE OF NEWSPAPERS.
In the DevelOPment of Our Re.
sources and the Education of the
Community.

washington Resources
The work of the newspaper in the
development OF new country is
always fraught with difficulties, and
the man who sacrifices himself to the
task, is martyr worthy to be cano-
nized. He is expected to he a model
OF consistency, and to brook the in
consistencies OF the entire community.
His pay is meagre and his labor cor
respondingly great. He is expected
to say good word for everybody,
and to publish free everything pre-.
sented, however much it savors Of
advertising. His mission politically,
is to assist others to Office, but he
must not expect his party to remem-
ber him in like manner. If the
newspaper man has nerve, and can
weather the pioneer days in which old
fence rails and frost-bitten vegetables
are received on subscription, he will,
as a rule. make himself felt in his
community, and in time be able to go
to the Legislature, or name the man
vino does 60.
But while all this struggle is going
on, another and a deerer work las
been in progress. The newspaper has,
perhaps unknown to both the editor
and the members of his community,
been exerting a subtle influence for
good or for evil, and nine times out OF
ten, the newspaper is on the right
side of the questions which arise in
the course OF human events. II the
tenth one is wrong, it is the exception
which establishes the rule. Sugges
tions have been offered, ways and
means discussed, improvements made,
new and valuable industries estab-
lished. The farmer has been kept
posted on what was transpiring in the
out side world; the best methods have
been presented and the average citizen
has profited by the suggestions. The
advantages of the place have been put
before the people in other parts-in
other States, and newer flesh and
richer blood have been brought in to
stimulate the old and build up the
new. The metropolitan daily is work.
ing on much the same lines, SO far as
the principle OF the thing is concerned,
though the methods employed may
be somewhat different. The news
paper must be admitted to have ex-
erted greater influence upon the
development of the resources of the
country than any other medium.
The newspaper is a moral educator
which publishes the fraud and lauds
the worthy. The man who makes an
effort to accomplish good is encouraged
by the ever appreciative newspaper. II
your newspaper is not as good rs you
would like to have it, ask yourself if
you have patronized it, and if you
have, if you fully remunerated the
publisher. The newspaper, like tree,
will bear fruit, often times, in proper.
ton to the amount Of care and nourish-
ment bestowed upon it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-06-30

HOP lice have made their appear
ance on the vines in various portions
OF the State, but as growers have gen.
orally anticipated their coming and
will spray generally. Ezra Meeker,
the Puyallup hop king, in speaking of
the increase in acreage over last year,
says that it is difficult to determine,
though he estimates it at from Is to
20 per cent. There was in the State
of Washington last year about 5000
acres in hops, and he thought the
acreage now would be nearer to 1000
than 5000. Last years crop. which
was one of the ligthtest ever known,
was about $4,000 bales. This years
would undoubtedly 60 far beyond that
figure. The vines, he said, are look
ing splendid, and in spite of the back
ward season are we'll along. The
newly planted fields, particularly, are
surprisingly we'll advanced, the vines
being in many places already to the
tops of the u foot poles. In one
field, planted in April last, Mr.. Meeker
says he will get 1900 pounds to the
acre.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-06-30

EVERY part of stamp-making, says
Public Opinion, is done by hand. The
designs are engraved ON steel, 200
stamps on u single plate. These
plates are linked by two men, and are
then printed by girl and man Oh a
large hand press. They are dried as
fast as printed and then gummed
with starchy paste made from pota-
toes. This paste is dried by placing
the sheets in steam tanning machine,
and then the stamps are subjected to
q pressure of 1000 tons in hydraulic
presses. Next the sheets are cut so
that each one contains 100 stamps,
after which the paper between the
stamps is perforated and, after being
pressed, the sheets are fled away. II
q single stamp is injured the whole
sheet is burned.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-06-30
Business Gards.
CAPITAL National Bank,

Capital, S1OO,OOO.
President ................ F. NJ. WADE
Vice President ...............N. II. OWINGS
Csshier Y. }. LohD
DIRECTORS.
John :. Baker, Louis Bettman. Robt. Frost
n. H. Owings, sc. Woodruff, F.M. Wade
&. J. Lord.
Transacts q general banking business. For
On and domestic exchange bought and sold.
reegiaphic transfers made on all principal cit
les. Collections q speciality.
Olympia, May 10, 1890 vi
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-06-30
THE WRONG MAN.
Girls who Use the Telephone should
Be CAREFUL,
Brooklyn Life.


She lives in a sububan town not so
miles from New York, studies anatomy
and practices on two law students
They are devoted to her as well as to
law. And she? Well, she is one of
those girls whose feelings are hard to
get at. We all know them. Com
munications in the nature of a duet
take place by telephone from two legal
quarters OF the town to an old colonial
mansion on the west hill. The other
night she called up, as she supposed,
one of the youths, Mr.. K, and by
agency which she now considers as
unheavenly as its origin got the other,
Mr.. NJ. Unaware of the undesired
connection at the other end OF the
line, she entered upon an engaging
conversation. The bracketed remarks
are the youths.
"Hello"
HelIowl
aim sorry | cannot see you to-
night. l have promised to 60 to a
concert with Mr.. NJ. | cannot
get out OF it."
Inarticulate sounds."1
What did you say?"
Mara rt,o,,1,tn
You see, he has asked me so often
to go places, and mother won't let me
refuse any more"
t"What a pity"l
Yes, isn't it? But you can come
tomorrow night, cannot your"
l"I don't think l shall be well
enough to 60 out."]
"Well enough? Are you ill? What
is the matter"
General depression."l
Is that all? Ii you had spent the
hours entertaining Mr.. M-that
have, you might complain OF depres.
sion"
("I have seen something of him
too. l think that is what is the mat.
teri
He! he!"
Feeble echo-echo-" He! he!"1
Perhaps I may act as a tonic; sc
come up soon."
III fancy an elevator would be
more effective"
How rude! Well goodby. must
call up Mr.. M--to tell him what
time to call"
Er-There is no necessity, Miss
Emily. am NJ"
Er-Of course you are. Whom dc
you think thought your"
[" You thought you were talking to
K. You know you did."l
To K! How could / mistake
his harsh voice for yourss Absurd
/ was only joking, Of course, and
thought you understood"
[" Why, P'-]
al must go now. ! shall see you
tonight at 8. Come early 80 that VIC
can have little talk before l 60
Goodby."
t"Very well. Goodby."I
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-06-30

Around the World On Horseback.
A man dressed in cowboy costume
bestrode a buckskin colored bronco in
front Of city hall New York, a few
days ago, started around the world.
He said he was Il. J. Tanner, a cow
boy from Lincoln, Neb., and that the
% years OF his life has been passed
mostly on horseback. Tanner pro-
poses to do his globe trotting west
ward. The route he has laid out from
this city is to 60 through Harrisburg
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, Joliet, Davens-
port, Omaha. Lincoln, the Black
Hills, Yellowstone Park, Ogden and
from thence to San Francisco, by
steamer to Japan, through China,
India, Persia, Arabia, the Holy Land,
Egypt, across the Mediterranean by
steamer from Alexandria, through
Italy, Switzerland, Spain, France, Eng
land, Ireland and by steamer from
Queenstown to New York. Tanner
says he expects to make the trip in
exactly two years. He takes no equip
ment but revolver, a rubber coat and
a kodak. He will write a book when
he comes back.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-06-30

President
4 a rHtitIrH
We" President,
JOINS y 6uNHV.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-31
ElOrida Moss.

The valuable moss of Florida
abounds in the hummocks and back
lands. 1t is gathered chiefly by ne
groes. In its natural state it hangs
in festoons from the limbs of trees in
strands from one to five feet in length.
The moss is gathered by pulling it
from the trees with long poles, or by
cutting the trees down and then re-
moving it. The moss is buried i'm
the earth for about a month, after
which it is dug up and dried and
shaken and sold to the local moss
dealers for 81 per 100 pounds. 1t is
then run through machine called q
gin, which is nothing more than a
cylinder covered with three-inch
spikes revolving between roll of
similar stationary spikes. The action
OF these spikes is to knock out some
OF the dirt and trash, but it does not
complete the job. 1t is then shaken
over a rack formed Of parallel bars,
after which it is pressed into bales of
about 200 pounds each. Some Of the
moss mills do all this work by hand,
except the ginning. The moss, af-
ter having gone through the above
process, brings from So. so to SO per
100 pounds.
If, instead of allowing to remain
In the earth for one month, it is left
there for three months. the entire
bark of the moss is pulled off, and
there remains beautiful black fiber
almost exactly like hair. The hair
moss brings from S. to 81 Per 100
pounds.
The treatment OF this moss is
good field for invention. Might not
a machine be made which will take
Off the bark, leaving the fiber, with
out the necessity of burying the moss
for so long a time in the earth.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-31
PhotograPhing Flying Bullets.

An English Photographic journal
has an interesting account of the
manner in which photographs have
been obtained of rifle bullets travel
ling at the rate of two thousand feet
in a second. The source of illumina-
tiun was the electric spark such as
that given by the discharge of Ley
den jar. The camera and lens were
dispensed with, and the gelatine
plate impressed direct with the
shadow of the missile as it traversed
the intervening space between the
plate and the light source. One
problem was the discovery of the best
means of causing the bullet to turn
on the electricity for its own por-
traiture. AT first two copper wires
were placed in the path of the pro-
jectile, the notion being that the
bullet itself would make the neces-
sary metallic bridge between them.
But the wires were shot away without
doing what was expected of them.
Lead wire was then substituted with
success. One very curious result was
that the process produced picture
OF the disturbance of the air by the
passage of the bullet. Any solid
body travelling through the air must,
OF course, go: the air before It. The
picture of flying bullets show clearly
the curves formed by the disturbed
air, both before and behind the fly.
ing prOjectile.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-31

other have gone to a picnic and re-
turned homo tirml y set in the resolve to
enter as soon as possible on the miseres
OF matrimOny. AS q rule. lovers are
not particularly sensitive to the opin-
ions of their follow human beings. If
they were, the number of marriages
would fall off so per cent. in single
year. If they were in the least dis
turbed by the whisperings. the grin
nings, the nudgings, the glances of
merrimcnt that continually go ON about
them, men and women would shun
counting as they would the plague.
But all these things are nothing
to them: if they are seen, they are
not in the least regarded, for the lover
has hide like a rhinoceros to every
thing but his passion. and is not in the
least disturbed by Incidents or remarks
that would drive other people wild.
Particularly is this obtuscness to pub
lie opinion visible ut picnics. AS soon
as possible altor arriving on the ground.
the company divides into couples, and.
seated blissfully on logs or powders.
they become the objects of derision and
the prey of seed-ticks without giving
evidence of feeling by so much Us a
single glance of uneasiness or solitary
furtive scratch. They are happy and
that is enough for them; the world may
call them fools. and in sober moments
they arc not altogether sure but what
the world was right: but what does it
matter? Anybody has right to be a
fool at picnic, and armed by this con-
selling reelection they are appropriated
against criticism.
Tho picnic, particularly the largely
attended Sunday-SchoOl or day-school
picnic, Is, therefore. an admirable place
to study human nature, for there hui
man nature Is found at its ease and con-
quently off its guard. The natural
tendencies OF men show themselves
more fully than elsewhere. and it is
possible, ii anywhere, al a picnic to see
what a man really is. There is the
committeeman, with his badge show
ing that he is on the committee of
amusements, or of lemonade, or order
OF procession, or music. or any one of a
dozen other committees to do little
things to contribute to the success of
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-31

ing: were this the case. it would
be q lamcntablc failure The eating at
the picnic is an entirely subordinate
part of the performance. and merely
accessory to the real business of the OK
petition, which is love-making. 1t is
true that it Is an accessory of some i'm
portance: for. as everybody knows. the
way to mans heart is straight down
his threat, and the lady whose dan-
ties are most savory stands the best
chance of attention both during the
meal and aftcrward, for the open air
sharpcns the appetite of even the most
devoted lover, and lovers, like other
people. appreciate q good thing in the
culinary line whenever it is commended
to their attention. Careful reflection
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-31
THE USUAL WAY.

lew people ever saw a picnic at which
from p to 50 per cent. of the viands
were not rendered unsightly if not I'M
eatable by carelessness In Transports
ton The baskets are crowded into a
wagon, often piled on top of each other
some are upset, others have their con-
tents tossed upside down, and cake and
sandwiches, sugar and salt, custards
and bread are hopelessly intermixcd.
A hard-boiled egg, by some mysterious
mischance, finds its way into the mid
die OF a pie: pot of mustard empties
its tingling contents over the squares
OF dainty sponge cake: the neck of the
champagne bottle is prematurely bro
ken, and dozen disasters of this ma
ture, combined with the unwelcome
presence OF ants, spiders and flies, rem
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-31

we say there had been for now that
,naiPh was man of twenty six and we'll
hhown ana beloved, the tact that he an
Peared as child in charge of a foreign
looking stranger who abandoned him
was forgotten. or II alluded TO hy some
ola dame 1T was only to show that gene
eloSy was not always essential to sue.
cess.
Inc Old squire loved the bow "a
though he had been his own son. and he
educated him to the best of his by no
means limited ability-though there
We're gossips who limited that ralph's
guardian got money for his support from
people beyond the sea
between Squire Condit's residence
ana the village was the fine old home OF
Doctor Hedges. the brother of the first
onlcer OF the Sea Hawk. and the uncle
OF valentine Dayton, the second officer
OF the same ship.
1t was often mentioned as something
remarkable that Doctor Hodges and
Squire Condit, two of the richest men
on the island, ana certainly among its
foremost citizens. should each have only
one daughter and no son,
Lea hedges was great beauty, and
some OF the old maiden ladies who pro-
lcssed to be very often shocked at the
8lrls dashing ways. thought it was the
create st OF pities that Lea Hedges was
not boy.
She could handle boat or manage a
morse as we'll as any man on the island.
she was thoroughly fearless in her COM
ing and her going. Ard though she
often set the idle tongues of the gossips
TO wagging at what they considered her
ma freaks, she was beloved for he.
nobility OF heart as much as she wac
admired for the rare beauty of her per.
son.
1t might be added that Lea Hedge 81
thanks to the teaching of her father,
who was thought to be prodigy of
learning, was thought to be young
lady OF phenomenal requirements, but
at that time edue alton was not consid-
cred essential to the gentler sex, there
being very general impression that
schooling" nded to give women airs
uniting the subordinate place Heaven
intended them to occupy
The moment the Sea Hawk was
sighted, the men in and about Sag Har-
hor forsook their work; the women sped
out OF their houses, and the children
stopped their games and ran down to
the white shore.
Whlle the anchors were being dropped,
the old sexton rang the bell on the
white stceple, and over every building
OF Importance flag was raised to show
the Joy of the villagers.
A flag of purest silk was run up from
a staff in front Of Squire Condit's man
sion, the old gentleman performing the
work with his own hands.
It's the flag Ralph gave me before
ne sailed, said the Squire, addressing
his wife and daughter, and l am sure
the dear boy VIII recognize it..
TO BE CONTINUED
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-31

bestowed on this automatic statement,
says the Globe-Dcmocrat, may serve to
clear up several dark points in sociol-
ogy, and among them the fact that
both at picnics and elsewhere the
widow Is more attractive than the
young girl. The power of the widow
is so well known as to need no demon-
stratlon. 1t is everywhere recognized.
A widow will come into a community
and at the very first picnic will take
her choice of young men despite the
most earnest efforts of all the young
girls present. Her success is due in no
small measure to a knowledge of the
fact that Il well-fed man is always in a
good humor and disposed to regard the
feeder as a benefactor. The widow
knows how to do the feeding, hence her
prominence.
Speaking of the eating, however.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-31

the picnic. He Is thus a man of inn
portance for the time being, and feel;
his responsibility. II a marshal, he
has accoutered himself with sash
that would make the heart of Zula
dance with envy. If on amusements
he personally arranges the contestants
for the sack race and lays down the
rules OF the contest with a
dignity that a judge of the
Derby might in vain strive to
emulate. IL in charge of the
lemonade. he regards it as automatic
that the refreshing mixture would not
be properly manufactured unless he
himself squeezed the lemons, measured
the sugar, and stirred the mixture in
the barrel. He knows his business,
too. TO prepare himself for this i'm.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-31
A Merry Clergyman.

The Rev. Joseph Haven. who
preached in Rochester, N. H., during
the last quarter of the last century,
has been always remembered for his
genial spirit and his inexhaustible
humor One story told of him has
many parallels, but it is quite as
likely to lie true In his case as in any.
A boy had been guilty of some
grave offense, and yet would net con-
fess 1t.
Il can tell who did it," said the
parson, and accordingly he called to.
gether all the boys suspected, and
explained to them that he had con-
fined a rooster under a kettle In
darkened room. One after another,
they must pass in and touch the ket-
tie; when the guilty boy touched it,
he might expect to hear the rooster
crow. assn
The lads fled in, and out again,
and were made to display their fln-
gers. All but those of one lad were
sooty; he, the guilty one, had not
ventured to touch the telltale kettle.
One day the old minister was meas
uring some land, carrying one end of
the chain while young man carried
the other. Just as they were draw
ing it tight, the young man quoted
the adage:
Satan can only go the length of
his chain"
"Pull, pull, instantly replied Mr..
Haven. "We will see."
Walking in his garden with q
friend, they came to a tree laden
with very fair, inviting apples.
There, said Mr.. Haven, picking
one of the finest and presenting it to
his friend, Il recommend you to try
that apple"
His expectations excited, and his
mouth watering, the gentleman took
a generous bite, and found only
astringent bitterness. Mr.. Haven
looked merrily into his puckered face.
They need recommending, don't
they?" said Youths Companion.
Comparative Weight OF tho Sexce.
Men on an average weigh twenty
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-31

Such y declaration us this, however,.
exhibits not the sarcasm and Immature
only, but also the impenetrablc ignor-
;tncc of him who uttered it, for it is at
once plainly evident that he entirely
misconreives the object of the pie
mic. The picnic was not con-
cciycd for the purpose of eat
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-31

der the eating n thing to be hurried
over as soon as possible.
Not SO the love making. From the
time the pairs of happy lovers climb
on the ears on squeeze into the crowded
wagons that are to boar them to the
elysian fields, the billing and the COOLING
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-31
VIII Surpass Mount Hoods.

A new marine light which will soon
be in place near Havre will be the
most powerful in the world. 1t Will be
visible at sea distance OF from twenty
two to fifty-two miles, according to the
condition Of the weather.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-31
THE PICNIC SEASON.
OFFERS MANY ADVANTAGES IN A
SOCIAL WAY.
Ptcnics Arc Recognized as Promottye of
Love- Making-The Most Direct WAY to n
Mans Heart-Mistakcn Enterprise at Pie
ntcs-Some Ludicrous Features.


ONE crusty old lit
crary bachelor says
he can understand
how people can go
out geologizing. or
botanizing. or col
Letting shells. or
bugs. or worms, but
how they can go
out into the woods
simply for the pur-
pose OF eating some
thing they have ta-
ken Il lon . W i t h
t h c m passes all
.. - -, =, - . -
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-31

go steadily on until the falling shadows
put an end to the excursion. There ia
a pleasing absence of restraint that en-
ablos the lover to make more progress
during one day than otherwise he would
he able to attain during weeks of calls.
tleater. opera and balls, and many Il
pair comparatively indifferent to each
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-31

How Women Can Become Men.
In China they believe that women,
by clinging to yegetarianism, viii .,e
come men on judgement day.