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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-06
THE HEAT PLAGUE OF AUGUST, 1896.
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Prostratons Among Women.

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19

The residence of George Court.
wright, at Yakima City, burned to the
ground last week. The fire originated
from defective flue, and the flames
could not be controlled. The loss was
$1,000.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19
Small Helps In Laundry Work.

Sort your clothes in five grades
First, towels, table and bed linen
second, family linen; third, light
colored clothes fourth, dark-colored
clothes; fifth, tlannels and stockings.
Have plenty of the best soap, with
borax, starch and blueing at hand
Add borax to the water in the proper
ton of Que tablespoonful to 4 pail Of
water.
Colored cotton clothing of delicate
shades should have the color set be.
fore washing. Add of salt heaping
tablespoonful to each pailful of cold
water, and do not apply soap directly
to the article.
In cold weather dry indoors to pre-
vent freezing. A little kerosene oil
put in the hot starch will prevent il
from sticking.
A teaspoonful of borax to q quart
of cold starch will make it stiff
Table clothes should have as few
creases in them as possible. Crease
them twice lengthwise; have them
very damp and iron them perfectly
dry; fold over once or twice, accord
ing to their lengths, and place them
carefully in a long drawer.
Fold napkins square with the
initial on the outside. They should
always be ironed perfectly dry; then
put away nicely in the drawer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19
A Premium Potato.

Arrangements have been made with
Mr.. Allen White, who has obtained a
supply of the famous Adirondac pota'
toes for seeding purposes, to offer a %
pound sack of this famous tuber as Q
premium for years subscription tc
!, the STANDARD.
The Adirondac is a large, smooth
potato of excellent quality. 1t took
the premium at the Worlds Fair in
Chicago over 5000 competitors. Its
published sworn record states that 81;
pounds were produced from one potato
1915 pounds from 60 "eyes" in a dry
season, and 1875 bushels to the acre.
If any of our subscribers are desir'
Gus of obtaining a start" of this ex
cellent variety, we will furnish p
pounds and a years subscription fol-
the sum of 50 in advance.
These potatoes will be supplied
without the paper, for so cents per p
pounds.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19
WHERE WEALTH is GOING.

A writer in the arena sees bloody
revolution" and anarchy and war"
coming upon the country from the
concentration of wealth in the United
States, and he goes into elaborate fig
urcs to show that such n conrcntra-
ton is taking place. BY IN cXanina-
ton Of the mortality returns and pro-
bate returns in Massachusetts, for
1S29-3l, 1S59-61 and lS79-Sl he gets
figures showing that in the first period
the number of persons dying without
property was 61.S1 per cent of the
whole, in the second period G6 per
cent, and in the third period 50 per
cent. In the same time the persons
dying with over q half million dollars
increased from .002 per cent in the
first to .03 per cent and .OS per cent in
the last two periods.
The figures he quotes show beyond
doubt that the rich are getting richer,
but on closer examination they show
that the poor are getting richer too.
The class in which the strength Of
free nations is found is the middle
class. This class may be taken as
that owning from one thousand dol
lars to one hundred thousand dollars
figures from the probate lists for the
three periods are ms follows:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19
Notice of Sherif's Sale
ON SPECIAL EXECIIION.

SUPERIOR COURT, State of Washington, il
- and for Thurstou County.
C. W. Slime. Plaintiff, VS.. Phil. Skillman and
Fannie Skillman, his wife, Defendants.
Under and by virtue of writ of special exc
cutun issued out of the Superior Court oi
the state of Washington, holding terms al
Olympia, i'll and for Thurstou county, said
State. and dated on the 18th day Of February
1857, on Il Judgment and decree rendered In
said court on the 18th day of February, 1897, in
favor of the above named plaintiff, and apaiDs,
the above named defendant, for the sum of
twelve hundred ifty-eight and 3i-l00 (S1 25S 81
dollars. and costs Of suit taxed ut thirty-two
ana i0-l00 (S32.l0) dollars, with interest at the
rate of 10 per cent. per annum from date
| thereof and amounting in all to the sum of one
thousand. two hundred ninety and 7i-lOO al :.
VO.i) dollars, which said writ of special execu-
ton was to me as Sheriff of Thursion county
Washington. duly directed and delivered. and
by which, am commanded to sell. at public
auction according TO law. the following de.
scribed real estate, to-wit
Lot No. twenty-seven (27). In block No. Two
(2) OF Riggs addition to the City of Olympia,
county of ThurstOn, and State of Washington.
aud all appurtenanCcs thereunto belonging.
Now, therefore, public notice is hereby given
that on the 22d day of March, 1877, at O'Clock
?. NJ. of said day. at the Washington street
front door of the Court House of said Thurston
county, in the City of olympia, l will sell the
above described real estate, at public auction,
to the highest bidder for cash, or go much
thereof Ms may he necessary to raise sufii cient
to satisfy said last above named amount to-
gether with increased costs and increased in
terest.
Dated at Olympia, Washington. this 10Th day
of February, 1877.
CHARLES a. BILLINGS,
Sheriff of Thurston County, Wash.
LUEDRRs 4 LEO,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
Date of first publication, Feb ~, 1897
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19
INAUGURAL SUPPER.
What 1t Cost and How Many were
Present.
New York sun.

Ii cost 81 10 get supper at the III
augural ball, in addition to the 50
that must To- paid by everybody cX-
ccrt Precedent Mckinley or Vice Prc>i-
dent Hobart and the ladies OF their
families for ticket ri admission. The
contract for furnishing the supper
was given to Il Philadelphia caterer,
who pays the inaugural committee a
percentage of his gross :cccipts. This
n we'll a. the receipts from the sale OF
the ball tickets, Wa devoted to the
payment oi the inauguration. \
guarantee fund OF $4,000 is subscribed
10y the citizens OF Washington, and
the cash is paid in order that all bills
Tor the PREPARATIONS for inaugural day
may be met promptly. Then the
receipts OF the ball are divided among
the subscribers to the guarantee fund
rs far rs they will g. Four years ago
the expenses of the inauguration were
about 5000, which was all covered
by the receipts at the ball, and Il little
over was given to the charities OF this
city. This year the arrangements
were on larger scale, and it expended
about $4,000. A temporary kitchen
was built in the form OF lean
to" in the rear OF the Pension Office.
Thirty cooks and 200 walters were
brought from Philadelphia on in
auguration day, with all the china,
silverware, linen, kitchen utensils, and
the food prepared as far as possible in
advance. The caterer arranged for a
special train on the Pennsylvania rail-
road. His plans and preparations
were all under the supervisors of the
committee on banquet, OF which Gen
eral George b. Williams, of New York,
was the chairman, and their estimate
required him to furnish 10000 as
sorted sandwiches, 5000 chicken cut
lets, 1000 sweetbread pattics, 300
gallons of tcrrapin, 800 gallons OF
chicken salad, 200 gallons of crab
salad, 200 gallons of lobster salad, $50
hams, $4,000 oysters, 200 tongues, $50
boned turkeys, $500 quarts of ice
cream, 100 gallons of Roman punch,
$50 pounds of cakes, 100 pounds of
game pattics, and 200 gallons of coffee
This was sufficient to feed 10000 peo-
pie, which was the minimum attend
ancp
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19

THE New York World has polled by
telegraph the Democratic regular or
carnations in all the States on
this question: If the Democratic Ma
tional Convention met tomorrow
would William J. Bryan again be chos
en- as the Democratic candidate fol
President? The result is an extraor
binary concensus of opinion, show
ing, with hardly an exception, that
the Democratic organization every
where, as we'll as the Democratic ma
tional committee, are as devoted tC
Mr.. Bryan as ever. A majority O
them believe that he will not only bt
nominated but elected in 1900.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19

Yes" said Mr.. Spifiin, az never
had no such chance at an edu.
cation myself, but l am determined
that my son Abner shall have the
best there is going. | shall send him
to college"
"Iale, Harvard or Princeton?"
al haven't decided yet. What's
this electoral college l see mentioned
in the newspapers so much?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19

The man
who neglects
his health for
the sake of
the excite
nent of work
and money
getting, is
dancing with
1t is a dance
| Death always
)ut victor. If
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19

Walla Walla county is to experiment
with macadam in building good roads.
The county commissioners at the
monthly session lately closed let a con-
tract to M. A. Carts for the macadamiz-
ing of two of the principal thorough
fares leading into Walla Walla for n
distance of one miles. The plan.
which is to be considered as an ex-
pertinent, will be the grading of 90
feet in the center of the 60-foot road
way, covering the same with thick
ness of crushed rock of inch and a
quarter cubes. On top, to bind them
together, will be placed a thin layer of
small gravel and the whole rolled I'M
til an even hard surface is obtained.
The commissioners expect to spent
about $4,000 on this work this season
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19
A New College.

WASHINGTON, March 5, 1897
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19

In the three periods mentioned 4
census OF Massachusetts was taken,
with the following result: 1880, Co.
4OS; 1850, 1921 ,O6G; 1880, 1,7S3,0S5.
1t will be seen that from 1880 to
1850 the population increased by 101
per cent. In the same period the
first class (from 1000 to 5000 dollars)
increased by l22 per cent. nearly; the
second class 0rom five thousand dol
lars to twenty-five thousand dollars)
increased by over 1SS per cent, and
the third class irom twenty-five thous-
and dollars to one hundred thousand
dollars) by 2SS per cent. The in
crease for the three classes which to-
gether may be taken as the middle
class was from 1913 to 4,391-or over
145 per cent.
The increase of population from
1860 to 1880 was As per cent. In the
same time the first class increased
from 1927 to 1855, or G2 per cent
the second class from 1901 to 2,444,
or 81 per cent. The total increase of
the middle class from 1860 to 1880 ac-
cording to the probate returns, was
over ia per cent.
1t is therefore plain in the evidence
on figures collected to prove the
decadence of the nation that the
middle class is increasing very much
more rapidly than the population.
As the very rich are increasing at a
still more rapid rate, in numbers as
well as property, it is clear that the
increase of the middle class must be
drawn from the poor class.
An examination of English statis-
tics by Mr.. w. H. Mallock shows much
the same tendency in that country.
The middle class there is growing
much more rapidly than the popula-
ton but is apparently being recruited
from the rich as from the poor.
There is surely no cause to despair
of the republic on such figures as
these.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19

SUPERIOR COURT, State of Washington, il
y and for Thurston County.
c. w Slime Plaintiff VS. Phil Skiilman and
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19

The work of colonization is progress
ing in Yakima county. A party OF be-
tween 20 and 40 Holland farmers is
expected to start from Sioux City, Ia.
for the Yakima valley about March Is
A party of 40 from Michigan is ex-
pected to arrive in North Yakima this
week.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19
Probate Notice.

n the Superior Court Of Thurston county, State
l. of Washington.
In the matter of the estate OF Charles f. Weed.
deceased.
No. 657. Notice of Settlement Of Final Ac.
count.
Notice Ii hereby given that A. d. Drewry. Elk.
ecutOr of the last will and estate of Charles 4
Weed. deceased, has rendered and presented for
settlement TO, and filed In the Superior Court
OF Thurston county, State of Washington. his
Final Account as such Executor; and that Mon
day, the 29ih day of March. 1897 at 10 O'Clock A,
NJ al the Court room OF said Superior Court in the
city of Olympia, in said Thurston county. has
been duly appointed by said Superior Court, for
the hearing and settlement of the said Final Ac-
count, at which time and place any person inter
ested In said estate may appear and file his excep-
lions in writing 10 the said final account and
contest the same.
Witness Chas. II. Aver Judge of said
Superior Court, and the seal of said
IL. ST. Court hereunto affixed, this 9th day
of February, 1897.
A. L. CALLOW,
County Clerk and ex-otficio Clerk of the super.
Tor Court OF Thurston county, State of Washing
ton.
Date OF 6rst publication March G, 1897.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19

enough time to take
care of health. to eat, and rest and sleep
properly. and when he feels slightly ind,s-
Dosed will resort to the right remedy, he
may work as hard as he pleases. and pile
up money steeple high, without fear of I'M
timely death.
The worst enemy with which hard work
ing men have to contend is Il disordered
digestion. II is the starting point for most
sickness and disease. DR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery prevents sickness and
disease Its use insurcS a hearty appetite,
and hea'.nfjll restful sleep. 1t corrects all
disorder Of the digestion, invigorates the
liver and purfies the blood. II tones the
nerves II makes pure, rich blood, builds
firm healthy flesh, and strong, elastic MUS
Gle The man who resorts to It whenever
he feels out of sorts, may, within reason
work as hard as he plcases. Druggists
sell il
Enclosed please find II one-cent stamps"
writes lanes Trent, of Clarendon, Doncy Co,
Texas "for which please send me copy of DIR.
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser in pa
per covers. l have been taking DR. PierCe's
Golden Medical Discovery for the blood and
think it is the best blood-puriher in existence"
| One of the best known of American med
| ical men said IF you want to reform Il
man. begin with his grandfather" That
would be wise if it could be done. Since il
cannot be done, try something else. Reform
the future SrandfathcrS ana grandmotherS.
DO this through education. The greatest
| thing for man or woman to know is him
self or herself To know one half the capa-
| bilities and disabilities of the human body
| is liberal education. good start for this
education is DR.. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser. Any one can have this
finely illustrated Iooo-pagc book for the
| small price of twenty Lone one-cent stamps.
| This il simply to pay for mailing. IF you
would like the book i'll fine cloth binding
instead of paper, send thirty one stamps to
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
| Coz Main Street. Buffalo, N. y.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19

The sooner you begin to fight the
fire, the more easily it may be ex-
tinguished. The sooner you begin
taking Ayers Sarsaparilla for your
blood-disease, the easier will be the
cure. In both cases, delay is danger
Gus, if not fatal. Be sure you get
Ayers and no other.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-11
where Artists live.
New York Evening Post

The custom of living in the country the
year round is becomming more and more
common among the artists who formerly
made New York their winter quarters and
who still hail from this city in the exhi-
bition catalogues throughout the land Not
long ago is was regarded as almost eccen-
tric on the part of George Innes, Abbott
Thayer. Winslow Homer and one or two
Others 10 leave town for the winter as well
as for the summer. Now, however such a
departure has become almost a fashion. Of
which there is much to be said pro and
con. Mrs. Julia Dillon, whose flower
paintinps are vet examples to be lived up
TO owns a pre-Revolutionary stone house
at Kingston on the Hudson, to which she
has added a spacious studio. Here she
lives the year round and works as indus
triously as though she stiIl had "A reputa-
ton 10 make In q similar way Abbott
Thayer lives and works the winter through
at scarborough far removed from the in
terruptions incident TO the studio life in
town At Rockland Lake Will Amsten, Au-
gust Franzen-and until recently Arthur b.
Dayies-worl with little to modest them.
Will H. Lowe and W. III. Howe are per-
manentIy established at Bronxyille. and a
little farther on by the same road j. III.
Twachtman. Leonard Ochtman and others
have established Themselves. Charles War
rem Eaton Fred Williams. Mr. Manley.
Harry Fem, l.. c. Earle and Mr.. Henry
r. Poore are settled at Montclair. Orange
and other nearby places in New Jersey. A
little farther away. at Nutiey. Arthur Hoe
Der. Francis Day and others may be found.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-11
GEN KWAJE VROUW.~
Objectionable Epithet Applied to Her
Majesty.
London Mail.

London Mail.
President Kruger''s reference to her Maj
esty the Queen as "een kwaje vrOuw'' still
exercises the minds of linguists, philolo-
glsts grammarians and eventhe man in the
street. Zen" and '.vrouw offer no diff
Guilty, but the middle term is apparently as
ambiguous as the undistributed middle"
talked of by logicians. The word "kwaai'
or "kwaje" Git appears to be written in both
Ways is, we are informed, cognate with the
words "quer' in German and queer in
English. Both these terms have variety
Of meanings in their respective languages.
Our English queer may mean cross. i'll,
bad tempered. obstinate. strange, peevish,
nervous, irritable. fanciful, neurotic. de-
mented. cantankerous. difficult. etc. These
are few of the meanings Of queer. The
German ''quer" has similarly large range
of meaning.
runs a hard race with its English and Ger
man congenerS and for wickedneSs beats
them. The French words 'mechant and
.".malin" seem to get near the meaning OF
numerous English equivalents .'kwaje" that
have been published.
meaning ma. De impaired by the manner in
which il is said. "Oh, you naughty boy
may be the preliminary either to thrash
preface the spanking business by the ex-
clamation "Kwaje jonge.
We append the various meanings of zen
kWaie vrouw'' which We have come across
in the newspapers and which we have re-
ceived from contributors:
A difficult wOman-Reuter correspond
ent at Cape Town.
A vicious woman.-The Globe.
A nasty. cantankerous old woman.-Stu-
dent of Dutch language quoted by the
Globe.
A woman determined to maintain her
rights-Westminster Gazette.
A determined lady.-St. James Gazette
A dangerous woman.-Daiiy News.
A savage woman.-Boer authority quoted
by Daily News
mischievous woman.-Mr. De Haas.
A fierce. passionate or quarrelsome wom-
an.-Mr. III. Marks.
A cross or bad-tempered woman.-An old
resident i'm Cape Colony.
cross wcman.-Our own philologiSt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-11
The Snddest Hour.

The saddest hour is not the hour that brings
a hint Of death upon its dreful wings;
Neither is it the fearful moment when
Our faith first waivers in our felow.men-
The saddest hour is not the hour in which
We wake TO find ourselves no longer rich;
Nor is IL that unhappy time wherein
We feel the first keen penalty OF sin.
IT'S not the moment when some loved one
spurns
The tender passion in our heart that burns
Nor that in which doting parents heart
Is stricken, when home ties are torn apart;
Nayl nayi the saddest hour that can Cypress
The soul, is when. in utter hopelessness.
No mercy answers its appealing cry,
AS it must witness its ideals die.
James Newton Matthews.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-11
OUT or THE ORDINARY.

The ancients knew how to cheat Loaded
dice have been found in the ruins of Her
culaneum.
Before the end of this year every one OF
the ISs town in Connecticut will be con-
nected by telephone.
There are l57 women bartenders in the
United States. Here's a fine chance for
some missionary work by the w. c. T. L.
note of the Bank of England. twisted
into a kind of rope. can suspend as much
as 32s pounds upon one end of IL and not
be injured.
1t Is surprising fact that the bakers OF
America last year sent abroad II 206. 314
pounds Of bread and biscuit. for which they
received $S34.600.
Fifty-six Kansas counties bear the names
of soldiers OF the late war. Only two OF
Them however. bear the names OF privates
Osborne and Rocks.
In Ireland a belt OF woman's hair is
placed about a child TO keep harm away
and garlic. salt. bread and steak are put
into the cradle OF a newborn baby in Hol-
land.
bill-posting machine. which sticks bills
on walls. even as high as nifty feet. without
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-11

nigh numbcd her perception. She lay prone
on tho soft shore. The stars cleaned on her
wet face. wet with the terrible tears of
iindtterable despair. while an intense wear
mess seized on her limbs, paralyzing them.
Then the rising tide from the south stole
no and wetted her feet. but she needed IL
not; and Miriam and her maidens came
forth with instruments of music and sang
their hymns of thanksgiving:
Sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed
gloriously:
The horse and his riCer hath He cast into
the sea-
But the keen sword of the Hebrew paean
pierced Meerah's heart no more: the song
seemed so far off. and it passed as a con-
fused murmur across the dullipg senses of
the stricken girl. And the tide crept up to
her knees.
Now the present has lifted, a light steals
into Meerah's heart. and she dreams she Is
lying with the head of Menepthah pillowed
on her breast. she soothes his sumbers
with her Song of the Harper:
Let song and music be before thy face
And leave behind all evil cares
Mind thee of joy till cometh the day of pill
grimdge.
When we draw near the land which loveth
silence.
The sea crawed up TO her waist and
Tapped at her bosom. but she moved not.
Miriam's song came down the wind, but she
heard it not. And the waters stole I'D and
covered the beautiful face. ripping there.
exulting in their mission of mercy. Then
they sank back into their black depths,
satisfied.
Then Chonsu. the moon god, came forth
and gaZed on the face of the dead Meerah:
and when he saw that it was good to look
upon. full of peace and restful he clothed
the body in silver robe. clarifying it as
the song of Miriam, swelling to the chorus,
broke the encircling silence of the night:
Sing unto the Lord, for He has triumphed
gloriously;
The horse and his rider hath He cast into
the