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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-09

ohaISuN dtOunu INC I1uBs pu0CLuaI1nB
the trip with frequent wallops.
Jaw. mix it up! He's stollin',"
howled the gallery. Make 'em flghtl
Go git him, kid"
They clinched.
Cant hold'n' hit" argued a voice.
"Put your head on his chin, jake!
Lock hold-that's the boy! Good
kid"
The bricklayer cravenly quit. 1t
was JalSie's fight.
Fifty dollars was offered to "the
man who stays three rounds" 1t
will be seen that jake had taken on
large contract. At each show the
contestants grew huskier in size.
Kid McGoogle labored over mis- charse
and jake painted out after the enemy
each time, putting them out one by
one. Protest was vain. The man.
ager said that If no light men came
then jake must meet what material
was at hand.
COR no pay" he finished.
What size they'll be by Sattiday,'
moaned McGoOgle tearfully.
jake sighed. He had not been
home since Monday, therefore he
lacked the sage advice of his siy
shrewd brothers.
Saturday matinee a tall. thick box.
er appeared. He was a bouncer in
a concert hall on the Bowery.
Gimme a ladder SOS I kin reach
up 70 his map" cried jake angriIy.
well, if you lay down that let's
us out" announced the manager
coolly.
The big man couldn't find Jake,
who ran between his long legs. skill.
fully harrying him, under Kid Nc
GOGGLES coaching. jake introduced
Graceo-Roman hold, which caused
the other to bend down to see what
he was doing, whereat Jakie hooked
him with hard jab to the stomach.
The roars from the admiring audi.
ence would have prevented the man.
agement from giving a decision to the
big man in any case, but as evil living
had induced indigestion in the boun.
GER, the body blow settled him.
One show remained and Jakie could
only wait and pray. 1t was clear that
the treacherous manager was provid.
ing these enormous men in an effort
to save paying the industrious Jakie.
That night a hefty two hundred
FOUNDER climbed on the stage. to
| emerge from the wings in red tights
five minutes later.
Mike O'Brien!" yelled the stage
manager.
"O'Brien had a large hook nose.
Kid McGoogle, seeing him, stared in
wonder. 1t was Caesar Appel. who
would do anything for money. The
offer outside had tempted him.
Caesars surprise eQualed Jakie's.
but he made no sign. At the first
clinch jake agitatedly whispered his
story. KNOCK me out in the next, >"
said Caesar; don't worry"
With vicious right swing to the
jaw jake sent Mike O'Brien" to the
canvas. Unwilling and slow as the
| referees count was, he did not rise.
for Caesar would have stayed there
all night. Wild bellows applauded
jake, the marvellous young tiger.
At ten-thirty Jake and Mr.. Nc
Google. keeping close to Caesars
large bulk, heard the latter demand
his little brothers money. 1t was
given and the percentage also, for
| Caesar would not be denied. Then
he took the exhausted Juvenile away.
Next time never hold out to the
family" he gently rebuked, cause
them's your best friends. New
York Telegraph.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-09
OLD-FAsHIoNED.

'How did you and your husband
discover that you were afinities?"
asked the pretty young widow.
Heavens. We never did$ We
got married in decent way, heIther
OF us having any reason nQ&to." -
Chicago Record Herald. <
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-09

Several million dollars worth of
machinery for large modern sugar
mills has lately been purchased in
Formosa.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-09

The average length of life OF the
Icelander is a little over sixty-ons
years.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-09

CHESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP
COMPANY.
Effective Feb'y 24th. 1908.
CHEsAPFAKE LINE"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMERS
. COLUMBIA" AND AUGUSTA"
For OLD POINT COMFORT and NOR.
FOLK, VA.
Steamers leave Ba timore daily Tex
cept Sunday at 6 80 T. NJ. and leave
Old Point Comfort at @ 90 A. NJ. and
Norfolk at 700 n. NJ. where connectiC
is made with the Rail Lines for all points
South.
--..-. "YOFK RIVER LINE"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMER
ATLANTA
For WEST POINT and RICHMOND,
VA
Steamer leaves Baltimore Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday a. p. M. and
arrive West Point at z As a M, and Rich
mond at 8 90 A NJ
Steamers cali at Gloucester Point, Gle
ments, Clay Bank and Almonds
STEAMERS LEAVE BALTIMORE
FROM PIERS 19 AND 10 LIGHT
STREET WHARF
Through Tickets TO all points may be
secured, baggage checked and state
rooms Ieserved fl, m the City Ticket Of
fees, 119 +. Baltimore street, ARThU UR
w. ROBSON, Agent 1877 Z. Baltimore
street, or the General Offices, Light and
Lee streets, Baltimore. Md.
REUBEN FOSTER,
General Manager.
e. j. CHISM,
General Passenger Agen.
T. III. HsDANNEL,
ASST Gen:l Passenger Agent.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17

Inc tests will show whether anv
bolts holding the armor have sbeerad
'ne r'Vets loosened, the alignment Of
the guns changed, the guns sights
harmed, or damage sustained to the
plates that might disable the vessel
1or future effective work.
Inc Florida, which is practically a
he" vessel, has an 11-inch armor belt
ENDS. There is also a 1A-inch deck re-
enforcing belt. The armor of the bar
bette Is II inches thick and the hood
or revolving part of the turret is of
similar thickness.
Another feature of the test, it is
understood, will be the firing at the
vessel of a whitehead torpedo, with the
determination to strike the vessel in
amidship and 5-inch belt around the
one OF her vital parts and thus demon
strate just how much damage might
result from this method of attack.
The general expectation is that the
test will take place in the vicinity of
Hampton Roads. 1t is probable the
monitor Arkansas will be utilized as
the attacking vessel. 1t is a sister
ship to the Florida and her gun CON-
plement is the same.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17
Words of Praise

For the several ingredients of which DR..
Plerce's medicines are composed, as given
Dy leaders in all the several schools of
medicine, should have far more weight
IMAM any amount of professional tes-
tiMonialS. Dr. Picrce's Favorite PrescriD-
tion mas THE BADGE OF HONESTY on every
oottle-wrapper, in full list Of all its in
ereulehts printed in plain English.
II You are an invalid woman and suffer
from frequent headache, backache, gnaw.
Ing olstree2 IN stomach. periodical pains,
oisagreHH He, catarrhal. pelvic drain.
oIaggingdown distress in lower abdomen
or pelyE, perhaps dark spots or specks
oancHg before the eyes. faint spells and
kinosed symptoms caused by female weak
ness, okfthf arrangement Of the feminine
organs. t2Y can not do better than take
Dr: PierfeE Favorite Prescription.
Inc hfsPital. surgeons knife and opera
saa Ting "a ts4 Imay be avoided by the timely
use OF Havorite Prescription" in such
cases. Thereby the obnoxious examin-
ati2ns and Ucal fleatmeniS OF lhe family
physician can be avoided and q thorough
course oI snccessful trea atment carried out
i2 the ptlIlcY QItGc home "FavorIte
prescription IL composed Of the very best
native medicinal roots known to medical
science Tor the cure Of woman's peculiar
ailments, contains no alcohol and no
harmful or habit-forming drugs.
- do not expect too much from "Favorite
Prescriptions; It will not perform mira.
cles; 1t will not Gisolve or cure tumors.
No medicine will. 1t will do as much to
establish vigorous health in most weak-
nessss and ailments peculiarly incident to
given fair chance by perseverance in its
use for reasonable length of time.
You can't atford to accent a secret nos.
rum as substitute for this lremedy
kn0Mp. com mpOsltiQn.
Sick women are invited to consult Dr..
Pierce, by letter, free. All correspond
ence Is guarded as sacredly secret and
womanly condolences are protected by
professional privacy. Address DIR. R. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets the best
Laxative and regulator of the bowels.
They. invigOrate stomach, liver and
bowels. One a laxative two or three .
cathartic. Easy to take as candy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17
Some Facts About Money.

Our standard silver dollars weigh
4124 grains, of which 10 per cent is
copper alloy, so that there is 3714
grains of pure silver in the dollar.
The fractional silver coins contain
somewhat less of silver. The gold
dollar weighs 25.8 grains, of which 10
per cent is an alloy of silver and cop
per, SO that the gold contains 1922
grains of pure gold. The English
shilling is worth just a little less than
our quarter dollar, and the English
pound, or sovereign contains between
Ii and IA cents less gold than our S.
gold piece.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17
HENS HAVE WEB FEET.
Chickens Swim Like Ducks and Roost.
ers XIII Hawks.

Chickens Swim Like Ducks and Roost.
ers XIII Hawks.
Frank b. Everett, prosperous
farmer living on a magnificent farm
near Cleveland, Mimi, is a sort of
Luther Burbank in poultry breeding,
and has, by long years of painstaking
effort and artificial selection, devel-
oped breed of hens that have webbed
Ing of waterproof down on their bodies
feet and pretty well developed cov-
ering of waterproof down on their
bodies. after the fashion of ducks.
They are not anywhere near as good
swimmers as ducks or geese, and can
not, as yet. dive at all or shed water
from their neck feathers, but they can
and do swim, in warm weather all
over the large marshy lake on the
farm of Mr.. Everett, and obtain prac-
tically all their living from the mud
and water. When the weather is cold,
however, they stay on dry land.
lHey are serious Joke to the large
hawks common in that part of the
country. and which are so destructive
to ducks and young geese, for these
robbers of the air seem to be unable
to distinguish between the unwarlike,
helpless ducks and goslings and the
combative, web footed roosters of Mr..
Everett's flock, and are continually
dashing down for meal, with the re-
suit that they come into immediate
contact with the roosters and are al
ways defeated. killed, and eaten by
their wOuld-be victims.
Mr.. Everett has just begun selling
the eggs of this gifted strain at $40 a
dozen.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17
ME XLNIII.-NUMBER %
FORSAKEN.

Upon that road which leads from Nutl.-
lngneSs,
To Life-on-iarth AMI back to Other
where,
Were seen two shapcle,s shapes in
strong distress.
Who mixed their lamentations Will
the air.
Each wore soldiers scarf across til,
breast,
Each wore a perfect fit OF dolefu
blues.
One wore a chin upon rotund chest,
One evidently had more feet than
shoes.
And no one noticed them or breatheJ a
breath
Concerning them, whereat they wept
again,
Until the angel ruling life and death
Cried, Peace, disturbers of the shade
of men,"
- Are ye OF those who live, or those who
die?
OF those who have been, or those who
will be-
The first shade walled, NAPOLEON am
The second answered, weakly. Il am
Trilhv."
-LHr r. JrruDD.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17
PIONEERING BEAUTY.
A Tribute to Natures Choicest Handi-
work.
Ed. STANDARD:

ED. STANDARD:
Now l am tenderly fond of flowers,
and as l have none let me praise them
through your paper, so those who have
flowers may doubly appreciate their
blessing. The flowers of the earth form
the connecting link between living men
and the lifeless earth. Flowers wreathe
and creep like man, but they are mute
like the earth. They move in grace
full lines at the swaying of the winds,
but are rooted to the same spot of
ground. They have the seductive
charms of beauty, but not the danger
GUS fire Of passion. They can receive
the homage of alteration without van
ity, and they can suffer the cOldness
of neglect without complaint. They
win all hearts with the unstudied
grace Of simplicity. and they bestow
their smiles with equal warmth upon
all beholders. They bloom without
pride. and they fade without anxiety
and die without pain. BY common con.
sent among men, flowers in general
are chosen to express all the desires
and dispositions of the human heart;
the dark and wicked as we'll as the
loving and good. They represent the
constancy that turns to the object of
affection. like the heliotrope to the sun,
and the fickleness which is swayed
like the wind-aower by the slightest
breath of air. In the cypress they be-
wall disappointed hopes, and in the
amaranth they teach the great lesson
Of immortality. The sensitive mimosa
shrinks from the first breach of mis-
fortune. and the hardy snowdrop de-
fies the wintry blast Of adversely. The
nightshade warns against the dark
thoughts Of evil suspicious Of skeptic-
ism, and the star Of Bethlehem bids us
look heavenward for hope and conso-
lation. The violet pledges unchanging
love for the living, and the shivering
leaves of the locust murmur In un-
abated sorrow for the dead.
Thus the flowers seem appointed to
be our companions and comforters In
the changing scenes Of life. and al
though man, In blindness and deprav-
ity, may use them for adornment OF
his vices and the expression Of his
evil passions. the flowers themselves
are all gentle and good. They have
travelled with man all over the earth,
to show him how much may be re-
gained by repentance. The worst of
men are susceptible to the gentle
beauty of flowers. Flowers are the
silent music of nature. the embodied
harmonies that are sung by the birds
and sounded forth by the seas; sur
mounted by the foliage of the wild
forest and whispered in the rustic OF
the braided grain. The sweet and
wild melodies that find voice and ut
terance in the winds, and waves are
crystalized in forms of beauty in the
gentle flowers Those who have no ear
for music, and detect no harmonies OF
nature, may experience the same
emotions of beauty which music is de-
signed to awaken. by contemplating the
graceful form of the lily. the blushing
hues Of the rose. Flowers most fra
grant and lasting are those which
angel-hands have picked-in the gar
den for me-are human love and
human friendship.
"MIzPAH."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17
MONITOR TARGET FOR BIG GUNS
Remarkable Firing Test Under Condi.
tions Of Actual War.

A firing test of extraordinary in
terest to the naval authorities will
take place inside of two weeks. Twelve
inch guns will be fired at the turret of
the monitor Florida under conditions
''as nearly as possible approaching
actual warfare"
This will be the main feature of the
test, and the ordinance branch and
other bureaus of the Navy Department
hope to obtain valuable results from
the experiment.
Preparations for this momentous
event have been going forward for six
months. and everything is practically
ready. All the arrangements have
been carefully guarded and every effort
exerted to keep information on the
subject from the press. Facts relating
to time. location, and all details of the
test are refused at the Navy Depart
ment.
Following the experiments by the
British government year ago In firing
at the old war vessel Hero, the conclu-
sion was reached by the Navy Depart
ment that much valuable data might
be secured from like test on one Of
our monitors, of which the government
has four Of the Florida type.
What little information the British
government was willing to give out
showing the results of the firing at the
Hero is in the possession of the naval
experts. 1t is understood the hulk was
sunk as a result of q shell piercing the
the vessel below the armor belt.
Effects Of the bursting of shells on
armor plates have been demonstrated
at the Indian Head proving grounds.
The firing there. however, has been
against individual plates, not as they
are bolted and riveted together in the
turret or on the sides of a man-of-war.
To determine what would happen in
such circumstances 1t was decided to
try shot or two at the Florida. Con-
ditions will be made as warlike as pos
sible. Practically the only element
lacking will be that of human life
aboard the vessel. The department
would have no difficulty in obtaining
all the volunteers 1t could use had
decision been reached to put men on
board the vessel, but such an idea was
never entertained.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17
THAT HlGH-TONED CRAZE.
Some Thoughts on IL ternationai
Marriage.

Inter-Ocean.
American criticism OF certain Euro
pean aristocrats, the unconcealed re
sentiment with which our people view
the many alliances between respectable
American girls and members of the so
called foreign nobility. are things not
due to any prejudice. vulgar or other
wise, against this class, as such.
American thought with reference to
the nobility differs from the European
In this: While rank exempts people
from the ordinary moral standards of
measurement abroad, it does not do so
In this country. 1t Is very often the
case in Europe-it is too often the case
that "aristocrats" are not expected
to be gentlemen, according to any fixed
standard. In the United States We in
sist that they shall be. If they would be
treated with the consideration due to
gentlemen
In the estimation of Americans. the
AhSiS AaNt Nbdt Il HAL WcdIS IL lllle OF
that he can lay claim to long descent,
does not exempt him from the obsery.
ance of those rules by which the con-
duct of honorable men is governed.
Whether he be prince, duke, marquis,
earl, or viscount, we can regard him, II
he be rOue. a debauche, fortune
hunter, or deadbeat, only as such,
and entitled only to consideration as
such.
1t is a distressing circumstance
oftentimes that such persons cannot be
properly discussed without the infiic-
tion of wounds to the feelings Of those
with whose names and households they
have become identified Time and
again. respectable American families
have been humiliated and disgraced by
such connections.
1t Is unnecessary to say. for It is no.
tOrious. that several respectable Ameri-
can families are at this very moment
being humiliated and disgraced by
such connections. But If these people
are wounded by the exposure which
have necessarily followed alliances
with titled blackguards, they cannot in
justice claim that the punishment they
arc receiving is undeserved. since they
were warned fully in advance by the
experience Of others.
Those respectable American families
who are at the present time contem-
plating the possibility of similar alli-
ances will deserve even less considera-
tio.i than those who have Immediately
preceded them. Not alone the happi-
ness of the American girls who may in
future become involved in these ALI.
ances. but. in large measure. the dig
nifty Of our country. demands that mar
riages between American heiresses-
the daughters Of respectable families
and foreign "noblemen" of the Var
mouth, Castellane. and De Sagan kind
shall be made abhorent and impos sible
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17
Uses Of Paper.

Paper bricks are used in Berlin for
papering; many telegraph poles are
now made of rolled sheets of paper;
paper cofHrs are used in some places.
Some straw hats, into which enters
not an atom of straw, consist of mar
row paper strips dyed yellow; artifi-
cial sponges can be made of paper
pulp.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17

DE WOLF Hopper had a slight cold
one night and in curtain speech re-
ferred to it in this fashion: 81 went
to my DOCTOR" he declared, and
the doctor said had been eating too
much nitrogenous food, and since
then I haven't been able to eat at all,
for l don't know what the word
means"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17
Queer Custom.

A women's hair is her glory, and
therefore it is strange to find that
among the peasantry of Southwest
Russia custom DEGREES that brides
should be bald. On the night before
the marriage the hair of the bride
elect is cut off quite close to the head.
The hair is placed carefully on a sheet
beside her, and then her future hus-
hand comes forward bearing a pla-
toka, or turban, with which she
covers her bal dness on the wedding
dav
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17
A Suffestion to Kimouo Wearers.

That graceful and fascinating gar
ment, the kimono, which Americans
have borrowed from the Japanese,
has found much favor in the eyes of
the women of the Occident, and it
has evidently come to stay. But of
the thousands of women who slip in
to its easeful folds for that delightful
hour when they loaf and invite the
supreme condolences of their friends,
how many know that the Japan
ese, men and women alike, in
variably wrap the kimOno from left
to right? says writer. Only when
they preform the last toilet for the
dead do the Japanese reverse their
custom and wrap it from right to left.
Since American women have marked
the kimono for their own, they might
do well to adopt its tradition along
with it and wrap it from left to right.
The church has no monopoly of hy-
DOcriSv
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON FRIDAY MORNING. April y 1qo8

you mean? You never cheated at cards
In your life.
Tut, tut" he answered, with little
laugh that was slightly harsh, "he is
only boy. and loved his mother
once" LUE F. VERNON.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17
TO RIDE THEIR EMBLEMS.
Elephants and Mules Will Carry Newly
Weds to Convention,

VCoS " OO0VcntIOn.
w. H. Alexander, a Democratic poll
tician, living near Mammorte Springs.
Ark. and Harry Palmer, Missouri
Republican. have agreed on a joint
wedding ceremony, to be followed by a
honeymoon trip with the brides on the
backs of mules and an elephant.
Palmer intends to go through to Chi.
cago via st. Louis on the elephant, ac-
companied by his bride. He hopes to
arrives in time to attend the Republi-
can convention. Alexander and his
wife will ride mules all the way to
Denver.
The novel plan was discussed in the
presence Of their respective fiancees,
both of whom readily agreed to the
trip as outlined. No wager has been
made. and the best feeling exists be-
tween the politicians, 1t is explained.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17

WHY has no Pope ever reigned
under the name of Peter? The custom
for the Popes to change their Chris
tian names on their elevation to the
papacy began in 884 by Peter di
Porca taking, out of a feeling of hu-
mility, the name Sergius II. He
deemed it would have been presump-
tious to have styled himself Peter
the Second.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17
perience.

ALL darns should be pressed when
finished. To do this, place the right
side down on an ironing board and
on the wrong side lay damp cloth
and press with a hot iron until per-
fectly dry.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17

AN upholsterer's needle will prove
very useful to keep in the sewing
table drawer. Chair buttons, couch
buttons, ETC., can be easily replaced
by the housekeeper. Even mat
tresses can be fixed after a little ex-
perience.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17

EVERY man you lift up lessons the
number who are able to drag you
down.
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Na5Aipgtou S tapaarl
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY tvsENs BY
j Oh n MILLER MURPHY
Editor and Proprietor

subscription Rates.
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lfSN nptices will be charged to the
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A ivertisements sent from a distance,
aui transient notices must be accompan-
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Aln ,uncements OF marriages, births
and faathS inserted free.
Obituary notices, resolutions of respect
and 9th ,r articles which do not possess a
general interest will he inserted at one
half the rates for business advertisements.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-17

THE church has no monopoly of hy-
pocrisy.