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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-08-15
COAL 6ARONS JOIN IN SQUEEZE
With a Supply Of 100000 Tons Of Anthra.
cite Stored and Price Raised to $40.

A special dispatch, of late date from
New York, gives these particulars of
present conditions which confront the
middle and the poorer classes for not
only present existence but under
which they must encounter the rigors
OF winter.
Coal at $40 per ton to householders
Meat at almost famine prices.
Consumers at the mercy OF gas COM
panies, who retaliate with dollar gas"
and supply an inferior product.
Increase of rent for heated apart
ments.
So long have consumers been paying
exorbitant prices for meats that they
have practically become used to the
extortion OF the beef trust. The very
poor suffer in silence, the better off
take the drain on purses rs a matter
of course.
The voice OF protest has been stilled.
The public has, in fact, become used
to the squeeze" and the men who
are making millions out of it are feel
ing more and more secure.
The coal barons have evidently seen
in this an encouraging sign.
"If the people can get used to high
prices for meat" they say, in effect,
"they will get used to high prices in
coal"
The beef trust drove many retailers
to bankruptcy and decreased the con-
sumption of that staple Of food, but
the profits still increased for those re-
sponsible for the condition OF affairs.
The gas companies will tell OF the
increased expense in operating their
plants through the rise in the price OF
coal and the injustice OF legislative ac-
ton in insisting upon a 81 price, but
the consumer who in past years has
discovered that 81 gas costs as much
as $l.25 gas by reasons best known to
the manufacturers will pay for the in
crease cost OF manufacturing this year.
Nor is it to be hoped that landlords
will pay twice as much this year as
last for heating apartments without
saddling the added expense upon ten
ants.
The Hearst newspapers have already
pointed out that there is stored in and
near Greater New York supply OF
1,2OO, 900 tons Of anthracite. and it is
believed that this could be increased
to 5000 600 tons very quickly if such
course did not interfere with those
who are aiming to wrest great fortunes
out of the public's misfortune.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-08-15

HAVEN'T you button hook?" she
asked.
"No," he replied. "I didn't think
"You ought to have, though" she
said.
Haven't you hairpin?" he asked,
timidly, after wearing out his finger
nails.
Hairpins! Horrors! Do look as
If wore them?"
"But your hair is done up" he
said.
"With a combW she shouted. "Do
you want to button my boots with a
comb?"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-08-15
Traey and Merrill.

"Strange thing about Tracy aud
Merrill, the Oregon desperadoes," ven,
tured Blinks.
"Let 'er go" said Jinks.
"Why, they were not only brothers
in-law, but brother.outlaws."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-08-15
Born Diplomat.

"Did papa give you a chilly recep-
ton" asked the fair girl who had
suggested the interview.
He did at first" replied the young
man who was trying to break into the
family circle, but when told him ]
had plan that would save him money
he melted like ten-pound chunk OF
ice on a July morning."
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CA9ToRIA.
Bear. the HIhs Kind You Have Always Bought
''';;'''' :; &MZzSzMT

Iowa is the greatest State in farm
products, with an annual total of
1866, 900 900, Illinois standing second,
with $345,O00,0O0. But Illinois is
first in the value of its farms, which is
$2,604 100000, Iowa ranking second
with farms valued at 81 1884 100000.
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Rapid Increase Of Pensions.

Commissioner OF Pensions Ware
says that the legislation enacted by
the last session OF Congress will re.
suit in at least 10000 new pensioners.
The number Of pensioners ON July 13
this year was 999, ,446. This shows. a
steady growth OF the roll for number
OF years. Commissioner Ware said
that this growth was accounted for by
the constant new pension legislation
by Congress.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-08-15
The Cahhase Cure.

Cabbage is on old cure for drunken
ness. The Egyptians ate it boiled be-
fore their other food if they intended
to drink wine after dinner, and some
OF the remedies sold as preventative
of intoxication on the continent are
said to contain cabbage seed.
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SomeWhat Sarcastic.

"What would you have done had
you been born a woman?" asked the
sweet girl graduate.
"Oh, made a fool-play like Mother
Eve did, l suppose" replied the man
in the case. "She is the only female
ON record who had an experience Of
that kind, you know. All the rest are
born babies"
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WOMAN suffrage has made decided

WOMAN suffrage has made decided
advances in Australia, whence comes
the news that the adult suffrage bill
is now the law of that commonwealth.
Hencelorth sex is not TO be regarded
as q qualification for voting for mem.
bers OF parliament. Australia has fur.
nished us with excellent patterns for
some laws adapted to American re-
quire ments; that OF the secret ballot
and to some extent the system of land
titles. Why may not other good
things come to us from the antipodes!
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-08-15
Which for Choice !?

She Gn hammock) - Well, sir,
there's such a thing as coming too
near.
He-Would you rather l went too
far?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-08-15

THEY have . story in Boston that
when President Roosevelt was there
Senator Lodge asked him if he had
heard "Senator Depew's new story"
Mr.. Roosevelt answered: "His new
story? Impossible! Depew hasn't had
new story since he wrote about
Jonah and the whale" The Senator
laughed az he said: "Oh, don't blame
that one on Chauncey. 1t was writ
ten some thousands OF years before he
was born" pretty much the same
thing might be said of all Depew's
stories," was the Presidents retort.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-08-15

WHEN a man drinks like a fish he
doesn't take kindly to water.
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WHAT has become of the old-fash.
ioned boy who expected everything in
the circus that he saw on the bills.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-16

county council was applied TO for a
lease Of the land for a period OF 500
years. This American enterprise is
mentioned In connection with another
Mr. Yerkes' famous otuppenny tube
underground electric road, which ~ six
miles in length and reaching out for
more territory II cost something like
$4,000 900 q mile TO build, and the cars
running through the tube" carried last
year more than 55,0OOOOO passengers.
This number Is increasing proportions
ally every month, and as syndicate
headed by j. T.. Morgan Is seeking to
parallel the Yerkes system Londoners
are looking forward TO the time when
the Americans may control all their
means for rapid transit not only UNI
derground, but on top of the earth as
well.
The American colony IN London Is
said 10 contain at times about 100 900
people, or enough to populate a good
sized city, and even though London has
gained more than $500 900 population in
the last hundred years, there are resi-
denters here who are viewing the in
crease In the American colony with
alarm. They predict utter ruin to
English enterprises through the Amer
leanlzation" OF London, the other word
for which IL progress Perhaps the
Londoners have had their movements
accelerated by the Americans, but any.
way they are now going ahead at a
rapid rate Americans have helped
them solve their serious problems OF
traffic and travel and have offered to
build magnificent department stores
that will help out their shoppers; but
the Londoners are not grateful at ALL
Some OF them even say that st, Pauls
cathedral and the steeples Of st, Mary
le Bow and ST. Brides churches, both
historic structures, as well as the Nell
son monument. have been endangered
by the running OF the backgrounds.
As for Westminster abbey, the soft
stone Of which 1t is composed is being
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his love for Ia belle France and her
capital one should live here awhile
yes, longer than few weeks or months
and study history and character.
was disposed at first TO scoff the
Frenchman's claim TO large share In
the honor OF having moved the world
along, but a conscientious study Of
French literature together with ex-
tended observations anent modern lit
terateurs, show me that there is some
thing In the Gallo boast after ALL
Where else in the world for instance,
win YOU find an equivalent Of the
French academy with IT'S forty Inn
mortals.' an institution designed to
conserve the French language In its
purity and TO perpetuate the best in its
llterature7 Founded IN 1885 and during
It's long existence q gathering place for
the best known men OF letters, a nu-
clens about which has been collected
more brilliant names probably than any
other country can show In a single
galaxy, Il has been a most benehcent
institution. 1t has been derlded surely
that must he admltted--and men like
Voltalre and Daudet have launched
their shafts against II; but. after all,
no Frenchman OF letters. especially In
modern times. but has experienced a de.
sire TO become a member OF the great
academy. election to which is the seal Of
approval In literary way. Some have
affected TO believe that {; IL greater
honor 10 on the "forty-flrst seat'-thal
Is. 80 be allowed TO remain outside the
barier-than to be one Of the '1mmor.
tai forty. The original number Of
twoscore members has been maintained
throughout It's existence. and when one
dies his place Is promptly filed Tn,
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~ n GRouym LkxoRz4l5 OF M Emlx14Upkxy

erary hospital" but when a certain a.
pirant declared that his constant relsr
ton had made him III he was met VIA
the apt reply that this institution vas
not founded for the incurable EhlA
was pretty neat for an immoral
But while ! have mentioned the ae'.'
envy as the longed for retreat iOf ~
the literary incurables OF fraae
does not follow by any means thai 'no
all attain TO their aspirations " ln'
half dozen French lltterateuJ vac "
almost common consent are Snons ns
most prominent now in the HV'ly
world only four OF them belong 70 @ W.
academy. II may perhaps seen aus
arbitrary TO name the hall do1sh u,-
most conspicuous now, and ~s Y
state that this is not my dctuIn :"
the publlc's. Neither have ] me Z
merity to call them greatest, pu' V1s
to make mention that they have w. n.
influential In affecting the moasin !"
erary life OF Paris and France
/ asked a member Of the acaaenl "
name them for me, and without new.
ton he sald. Francois Coppee. ~
novelist and playwright; Jules LS,u..
tire. poet critic and playwright, ~ ~,
tole France, the pseudonym ior NJ 49, M
bauI, called the best French slils'
now living. and the redoubiabls f'.'
Lott, already mentioned. All mn
academicIans, and TO them we WIZ ~
]. X. Huysmans, a Partisan OF ~ ID
descent, who. beginning WIN eIv." !.
realistic" novels. has ended WIZ 4,
eious romances on the style VI
"neo. Catholics" In fact ne nay IA
reported. abjured the world us \,
and the devil altogether ana l0'A"
Trappist monks. Ply
One more name Is that OF jean m
pin, a poet, according TO some, 49, ..,.s
and a playwright, author =, p,rs
books and as great a "poseuI a..,,r
Lott himself. Both delight 70 .,,ss
the public. both have ornate w d
which they call their "sluu'' !, III
both are constantly "play'"s
galleries" -nwIppEs
Paris, Aug. 2.
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the sea Of politics and has resolved TO
sink his literary asplrations-at least
for the present-ln his political ambi-
tions. even going the length of resid-
ing In New Hampshire In the winter
season
Strange though the prediction for
politics may seem In an author of es-
tabllshed reputation, Mr.. Churchill is
not the only one who has manifested IT,
by any means One OF the most emil
nent exampes-the most eminent at the
present time, In fact-is the executive
of this republic, Theodore Roosevelt
He was an author, TO be sure, long be-
fore he became president for he had
written many books and articles for
the magazines. He had the itch for
writing" In fact. at an early age as an
examination OF his list OF books will
show. But with him II was only nat
ural that he should have been moved to
give the public variations OF his won
derful experiences. General Grant be-
came an author long after he had left
the presidency, but no other president
than Roosevelt wrote many works be-
fore the people honored him by call
to the executive chair
Secretary OF State John Hay might
perhaps tell you (ln the language he
used in a classification Of Madrid in his
"Castlllan Days'D that while he became
an author without malice afore-
thought" the authorship being but the
expression Of an impulse within him.
he deliberately went into politics from
choice. The same may be said Of Sem
ator Henry Cabot Lodge, who is a con
spicuous example Of "the scholar in
politics" and has written books that
may live long after his political repu-
tation has passed away. Senator
Lodge comes Of line Of thinkers. being
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-16

the Lion bridge near sangang, In Chi
ma II extends five and one-quarter
miles over an arm Of the Yellow sea
and Is supported by 200 huge stone
arches. The roadway Is seventy feet
above the water and is Enclosed In an
iron network.
Several wealthy members OF the
American club Of Havana have organ
ized the Havana Mardi Gras company.
the purpose OF which IL TO give In that
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From Indiana" and Monsieur Beau
caire," says a word In defense Of his
political leanngs which may answer
for all writers In the same circuu.
stances. Because ! have written a
story or two" he declares, is no rea-
| son why 1 should not be ambitious
along other lines" AS Harrington Is a
comparatively young man-only thirty
three-his seat in the legislature may
prove stepping stone to something
higher.
In the remote past James Russell
Lowell represented his country at the
court Of st. James and afterward took
an active part in politics as an indie
pendent Washington Irving was hon
ored for his writings on Spain by the
appointment as minister to that coun-
try In 1912, a post he filled four years.
Another eminent American author his
torian, John Lothrop Motley was sec
rotary OF legation at ST. Petersburg and
afterward minister to Austria, ei-66,
and to England. 1s69-1O.
Looking abroad. we find that II is
quite the fashion for the author 20 EN-
bark in politics, and in this connection
arise many names that have become ia
. nous. Harklng back many years, we
find the brilliant Disraell, who, IN fact,
was preferred by many as an author
rather than as a statesman, He did
not have so hard time In securing a
hearing for his first novel as he did for
his maiden speech IN parliament
Gladstone, his great opponent, much
preferred the delights Of authorship
to the honors he won as Englands fore
most statesman. His real delight, 1t
has been stated, was In his study
translatlng from the Greek or compos-
ing original articles.
John Morley is another author
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The total trade Of exports and Imports
between the United States and China Is
81, OOo 900 per annum.
Thomas Moore often wrote a short
poem almost impromptu He consumed
over two years In reading and prepar.
ing material for Lalla Rookh" and two
years more In writing that inimuable
POEM
To- seventy-nine separate and distinct
national cemeteries the bodies Of nearly
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statesman who has more than A nsa,
national reputation; Justin Mcco,e
still continues to write, though 4, I.
advanced age and busy with me c,,
Of office.
Lesser lights than these are still IN,
ing in England, such as Hall Can.
who has a seat in the quaint ManS M,
lament, seeming hardly content I'M
the laurels he won as author az IN,
Christian" 1.-THE Eternal City" elc
Sir Gilbert Parker and Sir Henry M.
man, both NJ, P,'s, are well known
writer's, but very ambitious to 20 dor
to posterlty as legislators an ambtn
shared by other authors on both "a.
the Atlantic
JAMES L. AFFLlyG
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eaten away by the acid hm..
u ~. smoke 80 that cannot ~ VI 70
70 the Americans. 0' DC chang.
But though Mr. yerL..,r
tube has threatened the w ,uppen'
ana perhaps other sacred isaOnnuns'
mere the Londoners tbemso ,,anunals
nay nave stated are doing vastlv Tvs as
,ne way OF real destruction tbot moe
americans combined. Now , th al I
wlll obllterate features of ,he ' o,t a'las
nave been cherished for years wy w. w
ers oil Dickens johnson ana 80, W tss
ers Oh classic English litera,n,,. WI
one need be told that famous WV y
son used to walk down Flee, s ~ 'ois
the strand; that he used 10 I a,e q
leVei IN the quaint old inns NV" NV. "a
now doomed, and the des,rn WAY q,
which viii be lamented os ,' ",',oa {
maps as that of the old curiosr. n p
the BLACK Bull Coaching Inn y M
BARRIERS shop where Immortal p guy y
met Mrs Camp. Other cbarao,a suk'A'
alive and In the flesh asyocIo o,s,s oni
tnls locality are Jack Shepns,[a S.I'
hlghwayman, and sweet Neli ~ ~ u
OF Drury Lane. Even Newgole ~ os'''
on which could not hold tbe t ,us yl1
able Jack, Is In the hands NJ n, "sVhl''
and undergoing demolition r SSV'Aa'i
neiehborhood which is being ~ y, waos
ed by tearing down and bull1,as ''al'
consequence Of the Strand. Holm. y %
provement is one which playaS M
spiouous part in the hlstorcsl W''
OF England, Lincoln Inn Field, y,ail
lane, Holywell street or noo, D,u'y
row, Clare market and other ' ,,s
made familiar by Dickens m, 'yapa'
and other novelists are being irs.s'',sy
In fact, remorseless desecrs, ,a4''-
classic ground is inevitable I'm NV, ,S u
rying out OF Londons vast scs ,''s cl'
improvement, projected 10
through many years to come "o'
EDWARD NJ. ASsr,-,
London, Aug. 2.
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Is the first British monarch whose ac-
cession has made the Issue OF freshly
designed postage stamps necessary.
In Spain a man who works on farm
receives about 25 cents day. In the
vineyards wages range from IL cents a
day for women and boys to q cents for
unskilled men and to a. or IS cents for
those upon whose skill the whole re-
sponsibiity Of the raisin crop rests.
The longest bridge In the world is
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100000 soldiers who died during the
civil war are Inferred. Some OF the
cemeteries contain each a silent army
Of over 10000 soldiers in serrled ranks,
marked by the white headstones. on
nearly halt Of which is inscribed I'm
known"
The comparatively modern origin OF
the present postal system, not only in
Great Britain, but all over the world.
10 shown by the fact that King Edward
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NEWSY SNAPSHOTS.

Chicken. makers OF snakeskin belts.
and John A. Logan. manufacturer OF
eagle feather headdresses. are direct
ors. These leaders will hereafter FIX
the prices Of Indian made goods for
white purchasers.
The imperial maritime customs val
ued the exports from China To the
United States in 1901 at siis32. s.. 80.
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new member then becomes the Sue
cessor" OF the former incumbents in d.
rect line, whom he looks upon with all
the reverence due his ancestors. Thus.
when Pierre Lott was elected In 1891 he
became the successor OF Octave Feull-
let. whose life and works he eulogzed
immediately In his inaugural speech.
though. as he frankly declared at the
time, he had read but two Of Feuillet's
books, and that, too. when he was so
young that he then remembered moth
ing Of what they contained. And Lott.
whose real name. by the way, Is Louis
Marie julien Viaud, also frankly but
brutally declared that II there was any
one class Of literature he despised and
which was unworthy the attention Of
any sane man II was the kind produced
by Emile Zola and his school He did
not mention Zola's name right out in
meeting" but everybody knew he
meant Zola. and. what was worse, he
was there 10 hear this tactless denun-
citation u himself. which was all the
more brutal from the fact that he had
been Lofts chief contestant for that
very position. That position. which has
been so long sought by Hola and so
often denied him. IL still for him TO
gain, II he can. There Is no doubt he
Is entitled to It.. and far better qualified
In fact, than the valnglorious Lott, the
dapper naval Lieutenant who was I'M
sparlng IN his denunclation OF the
United States at the outbreak OF the
war with Spain. He was in Madrid al
the time and had just been very well
received by the queen regent NO some
thing may be excused on the score OF
the great head, with which he Is in
ordnately afflicted. by the way. Lott
represents well enough the romantic
school" OF France. which at present Is
quite the vogue ana opposed--at least
IN theory-to the realistic school.
Now. who IL going TO stop and try 10
classify himself In the midst OF an ex-
citing career2 | fancy that any man
with talent or genius in himself pays
little attention to whether he Is a
"classlcist" or naturalist" but viii
80 on and write what Is in him, leaving
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The number OF lepers In the Philip
pine Islands IL estimated at about H.
DOo
4 relic trust has been organized by
the Omaha and Winnebago Indians
The president OF this grasping mo-
nopoly Is Great Thunder. a Winnebogo
whose speciality Is making bows and ar.
rows. Creea Rainbow and Prairie
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city every year a spec's,aeu,'"~.'r
like those given in New Orleans y
Horses. mules and donkeSs ~
to market in Turkey, but tns h
strewn with grain leaking iron, on, ~
sacks. and Thousands Of tufA. ~ ~
NAV be bought at u cents ap''
ON the dropping grain ,ss
The Ilindoos are said to r ,.s.',vs =
no better than esnnibais. Oe''
eat meat.
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PIERRE LOFTS FAv0RITE POSE.

De Vigny, George Sand, Dumas, Tame
Well, the list might be extended almost
indefinitely but all the names cited
above are well known. even classic, the
only fault with the list being It's omls-
sions.
Not all these worthless mentioned be-
longed TO the academy, but the most Of
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pie. one member wrote upon 4 bust of
MolIere which was In the hall Of the
academy, though its original had been
rejected. Nothing Ia lacking TO make
him great; he IL lacking to make us
So" Voltaire once said II was a place
where even men OF letters were re-
celved." II was often styled the hit
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nation might be proud: Rabelals, Bal
zac, corneille, Racine, Descartes, Pas.
cal, La FontaIne Bolleau, Nine de Sc
yigne, Bossuet. Masslllon, Rochefou-
cauld, Fenelon, voltaire. J. b. Rous-
seau, La Harpe. Montesquleu, Diderot,
D'Alembert Helvetius. Button, Jean
Jacques Rousseau, Bernardin de St.