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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-11-16

LADY Henry Somerset, the noted
philantbropist of England, is advocat.
ing an effort 10 regain the use of the
left hand. She claims that research
proves that Our aboriginal forefathers
we're ambidextrous, and that as the
left lobe Of the brain controls the right
side of the body, constant and taxing
use of only the one hand brings on
serious brain and nerve troubles. She
offers the suggestions that children be
trained in their school work to use
both hands and that adults practice
the use of the left hand more.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-11-16
BUILT OF STEEL.
Rapid Advance Towerds Perfection in Car.
Building

Rapid Advance Towerds Perfection in Car
Building.
The modern freight car of to day ID
car built wholly Of steel or with steel
underframe, insuring maximum safety
to property and life, with q minimum
of cost for maintenance and repairs.
One of the large systems of the coun
try has served notice that on and after
January l, 1907, they will not accept
for transportation any cars not up to
their standard of construction. With
in few years, the time will be here
when the large systems of the country
will all refuse to handle cars unless up
to modern standard OF construction as
to suitability, safety, etc, and it is not
unreasonable to assume that perhaps,
some day national legislation may be
created and enforced, requiring at
least certain standards of construction.
In 1905, railroads of the United
States placed orders for about $50 900
freight cars, two years work for all
the combined Car shops of the country.
1t would be interesting to know, Of
these $4,000 cars, how many were
based on designs planned after full and
free consultation with the traffic de-
partments of the railroads.
1t is figured that there is a def.
cheney in freight car equipment in the
country to-day of over 100000 freight
cars. The estimated tonnage OF the
greater Pitisburg district for the year
1905 was in the neighborhood OF l00,-
100000 tons, which is an increase OF
some 1872 per cent. over the figures OF
1897, a period of eight years, yet who
will venture to say that the transpor.
tation lines have increased the supply
of equipment anywhere near the in.
crease in tonnage in the same length
of time.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-11-16

Harry took a small brandy, then
: his hat, besides no notice of his
: pursuers, meantime a revolver
: from his pocket, and lastly his
e. own life.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-11-16
(Clipped from the Hobo Banner

Clipped from the Hobo Banner)
With this issue, the final chapter Of
the serial novel We have been running
is concluded. It is two columns long,
but we have only one inch of space for
it. so have compressed and boiled
down" the hero's tragic end IS follows
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Pollutins the Atmosphere Of hadss.

Mephistopheles-There's bad smell
around here somewhere.
Dead Devil-Just the usual sulphur
Gus gas, your satanic majesty. Moth.
ing else.
Mephistopheles-Yes. there is, too !;
l tell you, There! There it is! Tell
that young fellow over in the corner
to quit smoking cigarettes.
HOTEL Clerk (suspiciously)-Your
bundle has come apart. May / ask
what that queer thing is?
Guest-This is a new patent fire es-
cape. always carry it, so in case Of
fire can let myself down from the
hotel window. See?
Clerk (thoughtfully-I see. Our
terms for guests with fire escapes, sir,
are invariably cash in advance.
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DRIFTWOOD

Pieces washed up by the tide. doomed. sawed
spiit and piled for perusal and pastime for read
ers oil the WASHINGTON STANDARD1
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
GOOD BREEDING SAVED HIM.
Dogs Merits captivates Denver
Poundmaster.
Denver

Mild submission on the part of a
numbering mastiff to all indignities in
ficted upon him by the city dog catch
ers has won the hearts of the usually
stolid canine apprehenders and has
earned for the animal the first re-
prieve granted-a dog booked for execu-
tion at the city pound. According to
the usual rules of the pound the mas
tiff was slated to die at the hands of
the law yesterday afternoon with
many others. However. when the dogs
were taken out of the enclosure to the
gas tank, Poundmaster John Wolf
looked into the pleading eyes of the
mastiff and decided to grant him a
weeks reprieve, during which time the
poundmaster will try to find the dog a
home.
The canine was picked up by the
catchers in South Denver last week. 1t
is said that when the catcher's wagon
drove near to where he was standing
he ran to the whistle of one of the
men, wagging his tail. The door of the
cage was opened to him and another
whistle caused him to jump into the
wagon unassisted.
The dog attracted the attention of
all at the pound by his good nature. He
greeted all who approached him with
wagging tail and joyous yelps of wei
come. According to the poundmaster
there was an air of refinement about
the brute which, despite his shaggy
coat, proclaimed the fact that he had
seen better days. He was not puppy,
and might have been an experienced
forager and tramp. but he was as
gentle and as playful as kitten and
when shown any kindness by the
pound men he would stand on his hind
legs, in evident ecstacy, and endeavor
to show his appreciation in the most
marked manner.
Inspector Mahoney. the head of the
dog department, had his attention
called to the canine and insists that
the mastiff has enough grey matter to
entitle him to a degree.-Denver Re
publican
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
Humane Sentiment in Business.

1t is not true that business is nee
essarily hardening. Kind and con-
stant consideration is often displayed
in 1t. If creditors are satisfied of the
honesty and ability of a delinquent
debtor he is usually treated with len.
ity. The relations between business
men and their customers may be soft.
ened by fabrication of kindly sympa.
thy. They do not necessarily produce
any more hardening than results from
the friction of life in other spheres
There is scarcely considerable busi.
ness concern which does not retain in
its employment old servants who
might be superseded by more efficient
men, perhaps at less cost. Humane
sentiment enters into business in
many ways.-New York Sun.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
HAN D. MADE HOUSES
WHAT THEY WOULD NOW COST
Amazing Changes Made by Modern
Machirery-Contrast With
Colonial DAYS.

Suppose, now, every house must be
built, as in colonial days, by hand,
says Charles Barnard in the The
Reader for March. What would be the
effect on marriage, the home, the
state? Simply disastrous. more dis.
astrous than could be expressed in
terms of money. There would be
houses, of course, some of them beau
tiful. There would be homes, some of
them admirable, considering the roof
trees over them-but the people-ahi
The People. What of them? Not one
pair of lovers in one hundred could
ever expect to have the home they de
sire and deserve. The cost of proper
houses would check marriage or check
the making of good homes, and either
one of these things would be a serious
injury to the state.
Not one per cent. of the young peo-
pie contemplating marriage to-day
could afford to pay the rent of even the
smallest house that would pass the in
spection of any board of health, If it
must be made by hand, without the aid
of machinery.
Suppose every shingle had to be
riven out of log by hand. Suppose
shingle nails cost cents each, be
cause made at hand-blown forge with
hammer and anvil. Fancy every beam
shaped from log with an adj, every
board sawed out in saw pit. Suppose
such hand-sawed lumber in Michigan
woods had to be teamed in handmade
wagons to New England. Suppose ey-
cry foot of gas or water pipe were
made by hand. 1t could not be so made.
but we may imagine it. What would
bath room cost? We might suppose
hundred things about house
doors, sash, furniture. stoves-made
by hand, and the search for the total
cost of house would end in amaze
ment
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
Phonetic Spelling.

"Yung men. let us offer you some
good advice. Always be attentive to
bizness. 1t is enuf for you to know
that you can't accumulate a fortune
while constantly seeking plesure.
Don't be in the featherweight class.
Mesure up to a mans standard. If you
strike a ruf place in the road push
right thru. 1t may be tut; your tung
may bang out from the heat and bur-
den of the day. But remember that
there's a water trauf at the end of the
road"
Now, gentle reader. don't get mad at
the proof reader, because you find
some words apparently misspelled in
the above selection. That's where you
would be wrong. 1t is just sample of
the way the National Educational AS
sociation has decided to spell these
particular words. AS a matter of fact,
there are several publications, such as
the Literary Digest, which use some
of these phonetics now. The word
thru" in particular. is getting to be
quite a favorite. Newspapers, how
ever, are proverbially conservative.
they are under the iron rule of the
proofreader and the compositor, and
changes of the sort that are given
above would be many years in finding
favor 1t took ten years in this office
alone to accomplish the change from
programme" to program. Lead
vile Herald Democrat
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
So Lonesome Now.

Over Z Henry Murrays. why.
They Away had lots an lots o pie.
An toy au - mobiles an vlosipedes
An walkin' toys. like fellow reads
About sometimes. but he seldom sees.
An swings out under tn big oak trees.
But myi 1t is turrible lonesome now.
Over { Henry Murray's, why.
His mother q n father list seemed L try
An see II tIey couldn't get some new
For Henry sh' all Of us other bows
AT played With him; an she used L
Tn dandiest currant an raisin. cake,
But my 1t Is turrible lonesome now.
Over L Henry Murray's. why.
His mother nd see you goin' by
An asst you why didn't you come an
with Henry an all of his toys. some
An every Christmas she'd have trse
An nobody got forgot. somehow
But my!7 1t IL turrible lonesome now.
An over L Henry Murrays why.
We boys list look while we're gcin' by.
An see all his toys layin' there outside.
Once Big Bill Skinner broke down an
cried
An says he don't care-it was list too
bad.
Cause Henry was all OF tn boy they had
An tn swings list hang from tn big oak
An my! i II is turrlble lonesome now.
j. w. Foley in Golfers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
Two Kinds of Man.

In local paper few days ago.
was dispatch from Wyoming, tell.
ing how "A rancher was spending
$1,000 additional on ditch, rather
than disturb the grave of a dog that
once saved his life, by leading him
home through binding snowstorm.
BY strange coincidence, in the
next column was dispatch from
Philadelphia, telling how young
man had raised some ready cash by
selling his fathers grave plot, in a
cemetery.
Which of these men would you pre-.
fer TO tie to?
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
Crown Prince Settles Down.

Since his marriage the German
crown prince has turned over new
leaf and is settling down strenuously.
He is full of plans for developing his
princely estate at Oels and has prom
ised to double the salaries of his EN-.
ployes if they produce the best wheat
and rye in Silesia. He talks of cult
waiting beets and manufacturing sugar
on his own land. and has started build.
ing model cottages for his tenants. He
says himself he lis never so happy as
when he has more work than he can
get thu ough," and that without work
he begins to rust. He has no taste
whatever for military life. but takes
an Immense interest in social cues
tions. He is devoted to the crown
princess, who exercises the greatest
influence not only over him. but on all
'he court
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
THE BlGNESS OF TEXAS
WOULD MAKE FIVE STATES
Seaports and Cattle Ranees-Rainy
Climate and Arid Regions-Tropics

Der.
1t is not SO noteworthy, after all,
that Texas is great big state, says
NJ. G. Cunniff in the March Worlds
Work. that could legally have ten SEN
ators if 1t wished amicably to break
like glass snake, into five parts, as
provided by the contract made when 1t
consented to become one of the United
States. Don't you go whirling us
around" said Texas editor, ION Tex
line or Brownsville, or Ell Paso, or
Orange. Everybody knows that if you
tipped the state up and tapped it
north, like a tossed pancake, it would
knock down the skyscrapers of st.
Paul; and east, that Ell Paso would
drop into the Atlantic; and south, that
the state would blot out most of Mex
leo. OF course, Texas, is big; children
learn in school that it is big"
THE real shining glory of Texas
lies in the way commonwealth of
2G5,000 square miles, and a few more,
with a population of more than 3,000,-
600, drawn from everywhere, including
more than 100000 negroes, that is
eastern, western, southern and north
ern, with ports and ocean front, rich
and populous farms, wideawake and
growing cities, incredible areas of cat
tie range, rainy climate, rainless eli
mate, and tropics and snow, pulling
people in so fast that it is drawing the
Nations center of population south
ward-how this lavish variegated en-
pire is handling it's task of living by
high ideals"
The people of Texas wonder why the
Nation is so perturbed about regulat-
ing railroad rates. 1t is one of their
many distinctions that they regulate
not only the rates, but the railroads
themselves. Nor do they fear the
growth of an American plutocracy "It
is just as easy to manage the corpora
tions as to have the corporations man
age you,' say the Legislators from the
rice fields and the cotton fields, the
"piney woods" and the llano estacaeo
the bustling cities and the mosquito
grown ranges, and even from ''the
forks of the creeks and the heads of
the canons." Indeed. after taxing ev
cry visible bit of corporation property
in Texas-and some additional miles
of railroad that projected over the bor-
der-the last Legislature, after deep
and subtle thought, somewhat hard to
explain, but really very enlightened,
passed an Intangible tax law" This
taxes all corporation values that one
cannot see or put ones hand on.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
ENTERPRISE OF JAPAN.
Wonderful Work in Extending Her
Merchant Marine.

1t is interesting, and instructive as
well. to keep an eye on news from the
far East concerning the doing of Ja-
pan. That wonderful country is ad-
vancing so rapidly that the reports of
its development six months ago are
out of date to-day. Two years ago it
astonished the world by its military
and naval prowess, and since the close
of the conflict with Russia it has ap-
piled itself to the arts OF peace in a
way that foreshadows future surprises
equally as great.
Just now Japan is working actively
to extend its merchant marine, with
the evident purpose of making its flag
supreme in Oriental waters. In a re-
cent report Consul General Rodgers of
Shanghai, tells what has been done in
this direction. The Nippon Yusen
Kaisha Japanese Steamship Com
pany) acquired the splendid water
front formerly owned by the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company for frac-
tion of its real value, and is now doing
tremendous business between the
Chinese city and Japanese ports. 1t is
semi-officially announced that every
port touched by Pacific waters will
soon be reached by regular Japanese
steamship lines.
Meanwhile the ship-building compa-
nies of Japan are building new vessels,
rep"iring old ones, altering captured
craft, and in every way preparing to
adapt everything they have afloat to
the new field of Japanese endeavor.
Says Mr. Rodgers: "If the half that is
told of Japanese intentions as to mer-
chant marine is true, then an activity
will ensue on the Pacific ocean which
will astonish the world"
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
RESTORE STRENGTH
Or. Williams Pink Pills Actually
Make New Blood and Good
Health Follows.

The evil effects that follow many dis
eases = particularly the grip and the
wasting fevers, such as typhoid and
malaria, are caused by the bad condition
in which these diseases leave the blood.
As a result, the flesh continues to fall
away, the sufferer grows nervous and
irritable, and even slight exertion causes
shortness of breath. These are danger
Gus symptoms and indicate that the
system is in state that invites pneu-
monia, bronchitis or even consumption.
What is needed is a new supply of rich,
red blood to carry health and strength
to every part of the body.
!" L was all run down from the effects
IF the grip" says Mrs. Amelia Hall, of
No. High street. Norwich Conn, ''and
could not seem to get strength to walk
;ould not eat full meal, my stomach
was so weak, and was so nervous that
could not sleep. L could only stay i'll
bed few minutes at n time, either night
or day. The least little thing would
,tartle me. had difficulty in breath
ing and had frequent fainting spells.
MY general health was completely
wrecked aud had neuralgia and rheu-
matte pains, dyspepsia, constipation.
aud female weakness. My physician at
tended me for the grip and again for
the condition that it left me in, but 1
got no strength from the tonics he pre-
scribed. In fact, nothing helped me
until 1 tried DIR. Williams Pink Pills
aud they cured me.
81 grew stronger and gained flesh
from the time l began taking them. 1
am satisfied that the pills are all that is
claimed for them and shall do all 1 can
to make their good qualities known"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cure 1er-
vous disorders of every kind. check
wasting diseases and build up strength.
For booklet. address the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, NY.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
A Horses Hands and Feet.

The horse never puts his heel on the
ground, nor even the ball of his foot.
He stands up on the very tips of his
toes. and this is. in part, the reason
why he can trot SO fast. Dobbin's
heels are half way up his hind legs,
and what we call his knees are really
his wrists. The part corresponding to
the upper arm is short and is so en-
bedded in the muscles of the shoulder
that the elbow comes next the body,
but the horse has only one digit to
each limb, and the wrist bones are
comparatively small. The so-called
ankle, then, is the knuckle, where the
digit joins the hand or the foot, and
the foot" is only a single thick
finger or toe. with a great nail for a
hoof The lower half of the horses
foreleg is really gigantic hand, with
only the middle finger and a piece out
of the middle of the palm, while the
corresponding part of his hind leg Is q
big single toed foot.-St. Nicholas.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
SHOULD A HORSE
Be CLIPPED !?
CLIPPING IN THE EARLY SPRING
RECOMMENDED BY LEADING
VETERINARIANS.
All Thinking Men Readily Recognize
Its Advantages.

"a horse is a valuable asset, and
should receive the best care possible.
He should be well fed. comfortably
stabbed. carefully groomcd and clipped
in the early spring. If he receives
these attentions he will work well
and improve in value. A horse lives
under artificial conditions. In his
wild state he required none Of these
attentions, for he was able to look
out for himself The domesticated
animal. being worked under condi-
tions that are in themselves artificial.
must be kept in condition for such
work
The clipping of a horse in the early
spring is now conceded by all the
leading veterinarians to be as essen
tial to horses we'll being as shoeing
him or giving him comfortable bed
France have been clipping their
horses for many years, and American
farmers are not slow to realize its
advantages. A clipped horse dries
out rapidly after hard days work.
and will rest comfortably and be re-
freshed for the work the following
day. An unclipped horse is liable to
catch the heaves, pneumonia and all
sorts of colds. rheumatism, etc. More
especially is this so in the early
spring, when his hair is long and he
is soft" IL worked hard he Will per-
spire freely and the moisture will be
held by his long hair. and the food
that should go to nourish him will be
tn MI fct, rot fc No
ing constantly taken from his body
by the mass of cold wet hair. II
clipped. the perspiration will evapor-
ate almost as soon as secreted. and
when put In the stable he rests com
fortably and his food does him good
Some years ago a Buffalo street car
company tested the value of clipping
in the following manner: They own
ed 500 horses. and $50 of these were
clipped early in the spring and $50
were not clipped. A careful record
was kept of results. and 1t was found
that of the $50 unclipped horses 153
were afflicted with coughs and pneu-
monia, while of the $50 clipped not
one case of sickness was reported.
man would not expect to enjoy
very good health If he did hard man.
ual work clothed with heavy under
wear. heavy suit and a fur overcoat,
and after perspiring freely. as he
naturally would, go to sleep without
removing same. 1t is just as ridicu-
lous to expect n horse to be in perfect
health IL worked under the same con-
ditions.
II you would get the best returns
from your investment in your horse.
treat him right. and be sure and
clip him in the early spring A first
class horse-clipping machine can be
bought at almost any hardware store
for less than S700.-Horse Review,
Dec. 9Th. 1905.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
Old Cities Were Noisy.

Modern cities are not as noisy as
those of other days. For example, in
London, in the time of King George
H.. the streets were still cobbled and
the pack horses of Elizabethan mem
ory had been replaced by heavy carts
and wagons. Barrels of beer and
heavy cases were dragged about on
drays of iron without wheels and to
add to the tumult heavy signs in i'm
mense frames of ironwork hung out in
front of shops and houses, and creaked
interminably. Street cries never
ceased for moment all day. All the
smaller necessaries, such as pins,
thread, string, ink. straps. fish. milk.
cakes. bread. drugs. herbs, matches,
were hawked In the streets.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-15
State FLAG of Alabama.

Over the historic capitol of Mont
gomery waves not the national flag
but the Alabama flag, and not one Ala
baman in thousand would recognize
1t If he saw 1t elsewhere than on the
capitol. The flag in question has no
history woven into it. for it was not
adopted until 1895. 1t presents a 81.
Andrews cross in crimson on a while
field. Such cross is shaped like ii
letter X and the books suggest that
the apostle Andrew died on cross of
that design. Few if any other states
indulge in flags of their own. A flag
is the symbol of sovereignty and state
sovereignty is limited by the federal
constitution. When we were a part of
Georgia we granted to the federal gov
ernment the executive power of pun
ishing treason and If any one becomes
a traitor to the Alabama flag we might
have to call in the federal government
in order to punish him.-Birmingham
Age-Herald.