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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-09
MRS. FISH ON EQUALITY,
She Objects to Mixing With Negroes or tn
New Rich Glass Who Perform Such
Queer Antics,


Queer Antics.
"Mrs. Roosevelt, the wife of the
President, it is said, dresses on $500
year and she looks it."
This startling statement was made
by Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, wife OF the
President Of the Illinois Central rail-
road, leader of the New York Four
Hundred, and recognized as one of the
swellest" matrons at Newport, to the
Pioneer Press correspondent at the
Southern hotel. St. Louis, lately. Con.
tinuing, Mrs. Fish said:
"I would not like to he President
or a Presidents vile. / should not
like to have to eat with negroes. l do
not believe in equality-it would never
do. We cannot mix with the negro
at all, and the negro equality will new
er come about. There will always be
classes in this country. We are COM
ing more and more to have an aris-
tocracy and common people. I do
not believe in being too Democratic"
Mrs. Fish was asked about a state
ment alleged TO have been made by
her recently concerning the decline of
Newport "A the social hub OF the Unit
ed States.
"Newport is not declining. True,
it is being invaded by vulgar and new
rich people OF the parvenue class, who
form a rather common circle, but the
higher classes are still there in greater
numbers than ever. Newport just now
is paying too much attention to for.
eign lords. BY marrying European
noblemen American girls are laying
themselves liable to the ridicule of the
whole world The marriage of Miss
Goelet to the duke OF Roxburghe is
the latest piece of this sort of folly.
They paid down two millions of dol
lars to do it. Of course the duke is
not as bad as some foreigners who
have married American girls, for he
has some money, about sixty thousand
. year, but that 10 not much for people
in his station. I think it very foolish"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-09
THE FUTURE OF SPEECH.
will Spoken Language Ever Become Obsolete7
ACTIONS Speak Louder Than Words.
BY BYRON MILLETT,

BY BYRON MILLErT.
Jesus was far in advance of His
time. He never wrote anything in
permanent form as far as the records
speak, which He intended should be
transmitted to posterity; others have
done that for Him. He was doubtless.
ly aware of the poverty of language;
that it was impossible to fully express
himself by any known characters OF
that time. For instance. in speaking
OF the word "love"; it is next to i'm.
possible to convey by words an ade-
quate meaning Of the term. You like
a good beefsteak, but its synonym has a
much different significance when you
speak of the love of the mother for her
child. Again, when person is talk.
ing to US, we judge more about his real
meaning from his gestures, the ex-
pressions of his face, the movements
of his eyes and a hundred and one
other things than by the actual words
employed. The most lasting impress
sions and forcible conclusions are
drawn from what the language may
imply, or that which may have been
left unsaid. Those impressions be.
come imbedded in our thoughts.
though we may have forgotten the
language used. A person may be very
scholastic and exact in his diction
Yet, the vital essence OF hi. mean.
ing remains unexpressed. 1t must be
guessed at. Thence q contrariety of
opinions arise as to what the author
really meant. Thousands OF volumes
have been written by scholars as 10
the meaning of certain scriptural
phrases. After all, we cannot tell as
We are any nearer the truth than at
the start. Just 60 into any OF our law
Libraries, take down few hooks, many
would bewilder you. Then read how
attorneys and judges have disagreed as
to the meaning Of the simple word
" may" in given sentence, some jur.
lists contending that it means must;
others that it should be interpreted
shall" Then comes another indi.
vidual, with different mental caliber,
says that it means nothing; the word
is a misfit; that it should be eliminat-
ed. There you have il and where are
you at? Chief Justice Marshall, .
master Of logic, noted for accuracy OF
remarked early in his CO.
reer that the positive assertion OF q
court or judge should always be taken
in connection with the facts of the
particular case decided. If lawyers
would bear this postulate in mind
moro frequently. it might save them
much worry and their clients expense.
The letter killeth. but the spirit giveth
life. There seems to be . psychic
force within the frame Of man, or
which acts upon him from without,
which is being gradually developed, 90
that ones thoughts may now be read
with greater accuracy than ever before.
The question arises, Are We beginning
to develop that sixth sense! If that
time shall ever arrive, the human mind
will become . palace of truth. Con.
cealment Of mental Operations will
then be impossible.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-09
TaIFLES.
Small Things That Have Changed the Current
Of History.

Small Things That Have Changed the Current
Of History.
A wise man once said, "Trifles
make perfection, and perfection is no
triAe." The same thing may be said
Of history: "Trifles make history.
and history is no tri1e." In history
there are no trifles-the merest nothing
may be enough to change the whole
course Of history. Things the most
Insignificant in themselves WELD far.
reaching results. An adder drenched
. field with blood. A thirty years
war was fought over glass Of water.
A little wren saved an army from
destruction, and changed the whole
course OF Irish history. Mohammed's
life was saved by spider. A city WAS
destroyed by silence. Rome Was saved
by some cackling geese. The city Of
Mexico stands where it does to-day on
account OF bird.
How Rome was saved by the cries
OF the geese awakening the sleeping
soldiery 10 known to every one. The
account Of the spiders saving Moham-
med's life is as follows:
Mohammed was once pursued by
the Koreish, who wanted to kill him.
He took refuge in . cave. In . short
time spider had spun web across
the entrance, 90 that when his pursu.
ers came to the spot they decided that
Mohammed could not have entered
the cave, else the web would have been
broken.
The bad feeling between the French
and English courts which led to the
War Of the Spanish Succession is said
to have been due to the spilling OF q
glass of water by Mrs. Mashaur, dur
ing quarrel with the Marquis de Tor
ey. This so offended the Marquis that
both Courts became involved in the
broil.
How the city of Mexico came to bt
located where it is to-day should bt
known to all. On their march from
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-09
Very Suggestive.

Little Ethel: "YOur sister is en-
gagged, isn't shef"
Playmate: "Who says so?"
"Nobody."
"Then how do you know?"
"When the postman rings she goes
to the door herself"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-09

able to the poor feminine victim,
fresh, very likely, from all the COM
forts of refined home, with flowers
and things. If only in stage kiss
each wasn't so near to the other! II
only each could not see the other!
But, by Jove! he can, and that is
where the trouble OF stage kisses comes
in.
The crowning torture of a stage
kiss may be-and, where possible, is
avoided by the kiss implied" method.
Here the authors victims shoot their
heads over each others shoulder, and,
by their ecstatic thrills, give the audi.
ence to understand that kiss is 20.
ing on somewhere in the region of the
ear. But the "kiss implied" must be
done very adroitly, or the implication
will be missing, and he must carefully
guard the lapel of his dress coat from
contact with her cheek, for both their
sakes. But it is a cowardly subter.
fuge at the best. Or it may be that a
mere planting of the lips on her brow,
just near the wig, will suffice, but this
"kiss paternar denotes a fabby, de.
generate sort of lover. Again, if mat.
ters have not gone to extremes, the
young man may get off with kissing
the young lady's hand, the "kiss
reverential" is a good way out of the
difficulty when practicable. But the
best way of all, from the actors point
OF view, is to cut out the Objectionable
lines and episode, or to re.write the
plav.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-09
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Ham Cakes.

Mince remains of cold ham finely,
add pepper, a little butter and few
bread crumbs; pound all in mortar.
When quite smooth, form cakes size of
top OF wine-glass, cover in mashed po-
oes, fry in boiling fat.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-09
Her Eldest Mother.

Little May was showing the pictures
in the album to the visitor, and, on
opening the page containing the por'
trait of her fathers first vile, she said
"That's my eldest mother"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-09
Very Comforting.

"No." said Willie Wibbles, 81 nevah
told but one girl would die fob her.
You see, hadn't pwoposed to more
than one or two girls at that time, and
1 didn't quite know what to say. l
thought over what l had read as being
pwopah foh such occasions, and I told
her that unless she marwied me I
wonld blow my bwains out"
"Did she scream and beg you not
to~
"No."
"Did she call for a policeman
"No. She just said that her moth
er was going to have that room re.
papered anyhow"
CAST
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-09
Stuffed Tomatoes.

Remove the seeds and pulp from the
tomatoes by cutting round from the
stem end. Save this round TO be used
as cover when the tomatoes are
stuffed. Fill with minced chicken
mixed with half its q quantity of hard
boiled egg yolks, few bits of chopped
green pepper, and moisten very little
with melted butter and onion juice.
Add needed salt.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-09
Other Peoples Failinss.

The reason why some women have
few friends is because they cannot for
give each others little failings. A
happy, generous nature will overlook
what q selfish, narrow nature will re.
gard as an impediment to future friend
ship. Who wishes TO have friends
must be willing to see and admire
their virtues and overlook their faults.
Many of those disappointments that
blight the tender blossoms of friend.
ship might be averted if we did not
expect too much from others, but sat-
isfied ourselves in accepting and re-
turning little kindnesses and atten-
tions in gracious way. A smile and
q pleasant word cost nothing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-09
Corn M uffins.

Delicious corn mullins are made by
sitting together one cup OF corn meal
and one and two-thirds cups of wheat
flour, a pinch OF salt and scant tea.
spoonful of baking powder. Cream
two heaping tablespoonful of butter
with three of sugar, add three well
beaten eggs and milk enough to make
the mixture a thin batter. Beat hard
for few minutes and bake for twenty
five minutes in buttered muffin tins.
Advice About Shoes.
People would find less difficulty
with ready made shoes, says an exper-
fenced salesman, if they would stand
up to fit them on instead of sitting
down. A woman's foot is considerably
smaller when she sits in chair than
when she walks about. Exercise
brings large quantity of blood into
the feet, and they swell appreciably.
The muscles also require certain space.
In buyings shoes this fact should be
borne in mind.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15
THE NEW voRK WORLD.
Thrice. Edition.
Read wherever the Engliah Language
10 Spoken. ~

Read wherever tho English Language
u Spoken.
The Thrice a.Week World was a
brilliant success inthe beginning and has
been steadily growing ever since. Time
is the test Of all things, and has set It's
seal Of approval on the Thrice-a-Week
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every state and territory OF the union,
and wherever there are people who can
read our mother tongue.
The subscriber, for only one doller q
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more news and general reading than
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six times the price. ~
The Thrice-a-week World is abs0-
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news columns, and democrat and repub-
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full accounts Of oil the grest.lpoiiticaI
campaigns. ''
In edition to all the news, the
Thrice-a Week World furnishes the
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The Thrice-a. Week Worlds regular
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15
The Taae Of a TIN.

A writer In tracing the ancestry OF,
the dog to wolf and s3ackal notices typ-
ical differences In 1he case Of their
eyes, their body colors and markings,
the habik of turning around before ly-
ing doWh and other interesting pecui.
iarities, but he does not mention the
most striking and infallible way of dis.
ting'lishing them namely, by the fash.
Ion In which they carry their tails
Wolves and coyotes have sneaking
way of carrying their tails low, almost
dragging on the ground while dogs
carry their tails up, and the farther re-
moved they are from the feral type tfe
higher they carry them. Shepherds
and collfes, which retain many of their
racial characteristics, carry their tails
lowest Of all; settlers and pointers a de-
gree or two higher, stffening out
straight when drawing on game; ter,
riers and hounds elevate their tails to
the spinal line; st. Bernards and New
lfoundlands affect a curve over the
back, while pugs actually come to
full twist. An old plainsman could
tell wolf or coyote as far as he could
see him, and In buffalo days this was
u most useful Indication of buffalo
herds being not far away. These pred.
atory creatures always followed u NOV.
Ing herd.-Forest and Stream.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15
A QUEER BUSINESS.
The Way House. ,son Fire Were
Bought In Ancient Rome, 4

The Way Houses sson Fire Were
Bought In Ancient Rome.
One of the strangest businesses ins
ancient Rome is mentioned by JuvenalI
in his satres.. 1t consisted Of buytng1
houses on fire. The speculator hurried
to the scene, attended by slaves carry!
ing bags of money and others carrying]
tools, judged the chances Of salvage!
and made bid to the distracted house
owner, who was glad to accept any
thing, as a rule. The bargain struck In
all haste, this earliest of fire assurers
set his slaves to work and secured
what he could. Sometimes even he put
out the flames and 80 made coup.
It was a business for capitalists. but
the poorest who speculated In small
way could hardly lose II he had pres
ence Of mind enough to grasp the,
chances. Thus Cuto the Elder, as
we'll as Crassus, laid the foundation
of HID great wealth. He gradually
coifectedt a foxcea of Gu arpentera, .rnaknns
and such artifcers slaves, of course
which reached 500 men. Not only did
he buy houses on fire, but also, eniarg-!
ing upon the common practice, he made,
q bid for those adjoining which stood
In danger. His proposals were com
monty welcome, we learn, SO helpless
were the people and so great the peril.
BY this means Crassus became the
greatest owner Of house property In
Rome.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15

ASwedish missionary who was
endeavoring to gain foothold in
Abyssinia was brought before King
Menelek, who asked him why he had
left his home in Scandinavia in
order to come to Abyssinia. The
missionary replied that he had come
to convert the Abyssinian Jews. "Are
there no Jews in your country"
asked Menelek. The missionary
admitted that there were few.
"And in all the countries that you
have passed through did you find
no Jews or heathens?" the king con-
tinued. Jews and heathens, the
missionary admitted, were plentiful.
Then, said Menelek to his guards.
carry this man beyond the frontier
and let him not return until he has
converted all the Jews and heathen
which lie between his country and
mine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15
ruler. by Divine Right.

Charlemagne was the first great
ruler who proclaimed himself king and
emperor by divine right. He did not
allege. however. that the divine right
had come to him direct from heaven,
but based his claim on the fact that
the bishop of Rome. then tho spiritual
ruler of the Christian world, had
nnointed him and placed the crown Of
the holy Roman empire on his head.
The term "Del Crata" ("by divine
right" or "the grace of God'D was thus
used to express the right to rule as
coming from the head Of the church
until the days of Luther and the refor-
nation. Then the power of the church
was so shaken that rulers no longer
felt sure that they could rest unchal-
lenged OH their right to rule US given
to them by Rome. So the term "by
divine right" became construed as
meaning that the kings ruled by right
of Gods will as expressed in the Old
Testament, in which God is recorded
as having chosen kings himself to rule
the people.-Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15
VO. IX--

Isaction, and it was found that less
than ten per cent of the profit above
the cost of the cows was obtained
after deducting the cost Of feed, loss
of fcalves and labor entailed.
On the other hand, similar num-
ber of cows Of known breeding, turn
ed splendid profits into the dairy
fund from the sale of their milk
products. The cows remained to
keep up the dairy and their calves
were retained to taks the places of
the weak cows as soon as the scales
and the Babcock test" showed them
to be Improbable.
There is probably no one factor
that isdoing more to oinlure the dairy
interests of many farming sections,
then the purchase of springers of un.
known breeding and qualities with
the idea of milking them for sea-
son OF two perhaps and then turning
them off to the butcher. Breed up
your own dairy herd and know what
you can depend upon. If just start
ing a dairy herd select&your own
COWS with care, look to individual
merits, keep the promising heifers
and feed them in the way they are
to go, n
Another bad practice found IN
many Of our best dairy sections, is
the keeping of too many cows and
the wasting ola large amountof feed
and labor on poor individual cows.
If many would keep half the num-
Der of cows and of a better quality,
they would have more time for the
care of their stock, details as to feed
and calf raising could be looked
after with greater care. Only good
cows would be kept and more net
profit would be realized.-Farmers
Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15
What The nickens,

The London Chronicle declares that
What the dickensw has nothing to
do with the novelist 1t Is as old as
Shakespeare, who In the Merry Wives
of Windsor makes Mrs. Page say to
Ford, II cannot tell what the dickens
his name is" And so the word-a pal
pable diminutive of Dick, like Wilkins
and Hodgkins and Watkins came into
use as n substitute for another and
more Important ID. AS to play the
dickens" one thinks of Smollett and
Humphry Clinker and the immortal
scene in which the lion would roar
and tear and play the dickens" and in
comparatively late times Thomas
Moore could write:
Like the Goths who played the dickens
With Rome and all her sacred chickens.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15

For some time previous to the day
upon which the great Chilean earth
quake Of August, 1857, occurred great
swarms of crabs Of an unknown va
riety were seen in the bay of Payta.
They all appeared to be greatly excit-
ed and were literally climbing over
each other in their efforts to escape the
impending catanity.
How they kheMf that tie earthquake
was collecting its strength to desolate
the coast is more than man can say,
but that they knew something unusual
was about to happen there Is no doubt
whatever.
That there were millions OF them
may be inferred from the report OF DR..
Forbes. who says that 'ten days after
the earthquake the dead crabs We're
thrown upon the beach in a wall-like
line three or four feet wide along the
whole extent of the bay"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15
A Bad Dairy Practice

In many sections Of the country a
practice Of buying springers and
selling them as soon as they become
dry, is in vogue. The practice is a
rtlinous one and is a losing propesi-
ton nine times out of ten. In many
cases cows purchased in this way are
retained ON the farm for two or three
years, and ofttimes fed so heavily
that they are soon ruined and the
calves, if kept seldom develop into
good COWS.
Several years ago the writer tried
an experimental in buying number
of springers and fresh COWS with
calves BY their sides. We vealed the
calves, MIXED out the cows and sold
them when fat to the butcher. Care
full data was kept ofthe entire tran
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15

The term "greenhorn'' originated in
this way: The pioneers OF the west
were much given to hunting deer. 1t
was fact known to the early settlers
that when the horn Of fawn began to
grow there was ring Of green hair
around the spot where the horn was
coming out. 1t was considered dis
graceful thing for u hunter to kill
fawn cruel act, and the killing time
was regulated by the growth of the
horn. There was sort of unwritten
law that no one should kill male
fawn before its horns could be seen.
A person who was SO unthoughtful us
to kill deer under the proper age was
called "greenhorn." He was so named
because the young horn of the deer and
the hair around 1t were still green. The
use Of the appellation gradually spread
until 1t was applied to all raw or inex-
perienced youths or persons easily i'm
posed upon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15

A company IN Boston is doing a
big business selling abandoned
farms. Here lies the solution of the
New England problem. Farms
that century or less ago easily sus-
tanned their owners have long since
ceased to sprout peas. What to do
with them became leading ques-
tion which none could satisfactorily
Now comes along the "aban-
doned farm" genius. He has set
out to corner the supply, which he
processes to work off on the rich
urban population Of the north and
down east as sites for country homes.
In time these deserted farms will
belong to the millionaires, who will
convert their barren fields into game
preserved and fish ponds. 1t is
stated that in Maine alone over 5000.
such farms are for sale-N. Y.
Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15

Prof. Cooley Of the State Agricul-
tural College of Montana recently
returned from an investigation Of
the grasshopper-ridden district of
that state. He says the insects have
devoured everything in a strip seven
'ty miles long and fifty miles wide
and that, as consequence Of their
raids, range conditions are very
serious. He says the plains are
dotted with cattle that have starved
to death as a result of the grass
hopper raids.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15
A French Dog story.

A Partisan lady went out recently
for walk in the Avenue de Clichy,
taking with her toy terrier, which
she held by n string. While she was
looking into shop window two mis-
chievous boys substituted bone for
the dog. A Great Dane then appeared
on the scene, and, seeing the bone,
made dash and swallowed it, string
included. The lady turned round and
In despair cried out that the Great
Dane had eaten her pet. The little dog
was found later on, much to the joy of
his mistress, who carried him off in a
cab,