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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01
MODERN PROGRESS.
HOW 1T BRINGS EASE AND CONTENT
TO THE FARMER.

The Telephone The Rural Mail Routes
The Individual Electric Light and Power
Plants lllumine what was Erstwhile Des-
late Wids and the Hum of Industry Re-
verberating from Natures Own Forces Re-
call the Wonders of Aladdin's Lamp.
A Pullman dispatch of December
23d enumcrates these wonderful util-
tiles that have transformed a barren
waste into district that enjoys all
the benefits of modern discovery:
When farmers of the PalouSe coun-
try installed rural telephone lines
and secured daily delivery of mail it
was thought the height of metro
polltan luxury had been reached, but
another luxury, little dreamed of for
farmers few years ago, promises to
become common in this section.
This is electric light and power for
the farm. Already few plants have
been installed and the prospects are
that in a few years they will become
as common as telephones in the rural
districts.
Recently the Artesian hotel at
this place installed an electric-light
plant, operated with gasoline en-
gine. The engine has six horse
power and the dynamo has 81 kilo-
wat power. which will furnish 60
lamps of Ii candlepower each. The
plant worked so successfully that a
number OF business men are con-
temp!ating installing them. Scores
OF people, both in town and in the
country, have visited the plant and
watched its operation with view to
installing similar plants.
Fred. ). Young, Il farmer west of
town, has installed one on his farm
and is so well pleased with it's opera-
tlon that Il number of his neighbors
contemplate putting in similar plan IS.
" believe that at least % of these
plants will be in use within a few
miles of Pullman within Il year."
said Mr.. Young. The plant in
stalled by Mr.. Young has two
horsepower engine, which pumps
water for the house and stock, runs
a chop-mill and supplies electric
light for the house and barn at night.
A small storage battery, which is
charged while the machine is run
ming in the evening, supplies light
all night, if desired, after the ma
chine is shut down.
The machines may be used for al
most any kind of work, from run
ming 4 separator or churn to pumping
water and choppiug feed for stock.
Mr. Young has house and barn lighted
with electric lights and light or two
in the yard adds much to the beauty
of the place at night. The engines
burn distillate, a low grade of gaso
line, which sells at wholesale at Spo
kane at 13s cents u gallon, being but
little more than half the price of gaSo
line.
a farmer who has paper de
livcred at his home the day it is print
ed in Spokane, who can talk to hi,
neighbors or to any point in the
northwest over a telephone from his
own home, and who has electric lights
in his house and barn, has solved tn,
problem of making the farm attrac
tive and keeping the children at home
1t is doubtful if the farmers of any
section of the United States which
has not been settled longer than the
Palouse country are so well situated
and enjoy such luxuries as the farm
erS of Whitman.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01
NEW YEAR for HOBOES
IN THE GROTTO OF AMERICAN
MIRACLES.
1t Is Veriiication of the Adagc that One
Hall the World Does Mot Know How the
Other. Half Liye-In the Greatest City
Old Bowery is Fairly Awh;rl

vOWEEKE in New York city at
nj midnight on New Years eve is
Y there buster throug of hurry
Ing humanity than at the june
tion of Park row and the Bowcry. In
terminglcd with the throng are merry
panhanders. as happy as the richest,
for New Years eve is their harvest
time.
Few Of the panhandlcrs who fire.
Qucnt the downtown districts are
plying their vocation as old Trinity
tolls out the midnight hour in the
chimes. The belated ones are hurry
ing to dive ut Chatham square, there
to meet brother mcndicants and joy
fully celebrate with the money beg
ged from New Year shoppers.
Here one may witness nightly trans
formations more wonderful than in
the famous Court of Miracles" In old
Paris which Victor Hugo describes in
dumb talk. the hunchback loses all
traces of his deformity, the deaf hear,
missing limbs are grown in a twin
king. and the lame discard their
crutches and dance In glce
OF all the nights In the year the
gladdcst in this dive In the Bowcry Is
New Years eve. Not until long after
the latc dawn does The. tr&n.;cn rev
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01
he shoulders to the middle Of the

the shoulders to the middle Of the
back.
Bill awakes with a yawn and slowly
adjusts his stock in trade to its proper
resting place between his shoulders
while giving his order to the waiter.
As the waiter sets out the drinks the
hobocS PASS around the bill The blind
examine it closely, the lame dance
with it in their hands, and the arnleSS
feel of the paper with the air of one
who is used to it. The bill is passed
around the merry crowd and greeted
with enthusiasm until taken by Green
Goods Ike.
Its fake" he cries-"a bad imita
tion.' And the drinks are on Pedes-
trian Patrick and Silent james, for it
is a countcrfcit-Ncw York World.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01

:orc the Few year has captured rem
zance. These are the true times for
these places. though Greenwich time
Is the one accepted. But Ireland Is
proud in possession Of her own chro-
nology. and it will be 1925 at night
iin.-Londoh Chronicle.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01

"Dcar teacher, l
want n ne W
leaf he said.
81 have spoiled
this one.
In place of the
leaf SO stained
and blotted
l gave him a new
one all unspot-
ted
And into his sad
eyes smiled.
"Do better now.
my child"
l ent to tn {
throne with a
Quivering soul
The old year was
done.
"Dear Father. hast
thou a new leaf
for me?
i have spoiled
this one.
He took the old
leaf. staincd i
and b!otted,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01
Their New Years Wishes.

Weary Wraggles-If wuz only back
at me old home. what a spread I'd
have dis New Years day! Oh, fur de
wings Nv dove,
Hungry Hank-Oh, fur de wings Nv
a turkey, wild some plum puddin' to
come afterward.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01
A Few Epiframs.

The man who looks well in evening
dress looks well In anything.
Cynicism ismerely the art of see
ing things as they are instead of rs
they ought to be.
There is no man SO much at the
mercy OF his own vanity as he who
enjoys limited notoriety.
A wise man reduces his affairs to a
minimum and his interest in the al
fairs of his neighbors to less.
A person who can argue is like a
person who can't chew; he swallows
the facts of life uuprepared for diges-
tiOn.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01
New Years Preparations.

Jings-I notice that Soakly vets his
finger In the glass every time he takes
a fresh drink.
Bings-YeS; he wants to keep 1t
moistened SO he can turn over that
new leaf on the 1st
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01
Mother Proverbs.

The Germans say: " 4 mother 5
love is new every day" He who
will not mind his mother will have to
mind the jailer. Better lose a
rich father than IA poor mother. y
" \ fathers love is only knee-decp,
but mother's s reaches to the heart.
The Nenetions say Mother! He
who has one calls her, he who has
none misses her.
The BohenianS say, " \ mother ;
hand is soft even when it strikes"
The Lithuanians say, Mother
means martyr.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01

FLOWER vases often overbalance
when in use, for the flowers put into
them are apt to make them top
heavy. This effect is easily rem
edied by putting bits of lead, shot OF
pebbles at the bottom of the vases.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01

NEVER make fiands with the devil. a
monkey. or a boy. NOman knows what
they will do next.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01
A NEW LEAF.

lie came to my desk with a Quivering
lip
Th,. lCSson was done
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01
Cremation in Switzerland.

If you should chance to be citizen
Of the municipality of Basle or Zu-
rich, over in Switzerland, it would
not cost you a cent to be cremated.
and in any event the charge would
be light, almost nominal one. This
is the interesting information con-
veyed in report from Consul r. K.
Mansfield, of Lucerne, who tells of
the rapid growth of public sentiment
in favor of cremation in the Swiss
republic.
Evidence of the growth of senti-
ment in favor of burning the bodies
of the dead is seen, says the Consul,
in the number of new societies being
organized in its favor and the increase
in the number of bodies cremated
each year. Cremation is sanctioned
by law, and there are four crema-
tories located at Basle, Geneva, ST.
Gall and Zurich.
The service of each of the institu-
tions is available to any one upon
| formal application. Five new ones
are to be built at other cities.
Consul Mansfield submits the scale
of prices for cremation. 1t ranges
from no charges whatever for citizens
of the municipality of Basle and
Zurich up to $50 charged by the
crematOry at Geneva for the bodies
of foreigners.
Each of the Swiss crematOries has
a place for storing urns containing
the ashes of incinerated bodies, where
for a nominal sum it may be left for
an indefinite time.
In Switzerland are several socie-
ties which have for their object the
propagation of the theory of crema-
ton. The propaganda is based upon
various theories, chief among which
is sanitation. LUE +. VERNON.
THE dress that makes people ex-
claim, What a pretty gown!' should
be discarded. Wear the dress that
causes them to say, What a pretty
wOman!'
In youth your face is the key tc
your body. In age it is the key tC
our soul.
There is no necessity for telling il
all. You say more by saying less
An amateur is somebody who loves
something in shallow way.
Be natural. But if possible, be
natural beautifully.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01

\ woMAN's cleverness is never
heart deep.
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01

Truth has many robes but only one
face.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01

Con wants II an TO live for his fellows
rather than to die by his faith.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01

new one all unspotted
And into my sad heart smiled,
DO better now. my child"
Forward.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-01

The innocent bystander is an easy
mark for the falling brick.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04
The Wisest Commuter
on Common Sense
Judge Goodpasture
En FARMEP SMITH. the Cedar Grove PhAosophe-Mo Xxx.
u..aA aedauuH for thu Exenng Edition Of the STAB =

Written especially for the Evening

Nov we come to the point as to what is common
sense.
what is good judgment?
when a man makes a success of an undertaking
we applaud and admit that he used good judgment
The most successful men ip the world are those who
have, in the first place, a definite idea. Having that
idea, they say to themselves, 1T occurs to me that
this is a good idea. My past experience teaches me
that my Judgment is correct on such matters. There
fore / will go ahead
"Now the question naturally arises, how can a man
cultivate his judgment SO that it will be accurate.
There is only one way: Try 1t.
"In every operation of the human mind there must
be two agencies at work-a cause and an effect. Or,
a premise and a conclusion. Therefore If the cause and
premise are wrong the effect and the conclusion are
This takes us back to the old saying, BE sure
you're righx, then go ahead
1.-THE only way to be sure you're right is to so
train your mind that it will not mislead you. You
may be sure that If q friend gives you the wrong adj
vice you will not consult him again. Then why not
develop your common sense so that 1t will become
your trusted messenger and guide"
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04
LABOR DAY AND
ITS PAGEANT

the multtudes in the shops and factories who, have known none
of the ease and pleasure of the summer resorts, and of the many
thousands in stores and Offices who have likewise been confined
all the summer to their daily avocations, with little opportunity for
recreation. Since its institution Labor Day has expanded in its
scope. In a large sense, all Americans, however employed, belong
to the great army of labor, so the holiday is not the exclusive
possession of any class. And all classes share it's benefits. The
Office, the store and the factory close, and everybody is at liberty.
Today at noon business will generally be suspended in Newark
until Tuesday morning, and there will be a holiday period of two
days and a half for the worker. 1t is ON the day instituted in
honor of labor, the basis of all the wealth and greatness of our c0un-
try, that organized labor can properly exhibit it's strength, and
the spectacle it will make on Newark's streets on Monday morn
ing will be impressive enough for the beholders. Mondays
pageant will comprise the very bone and sinew of this great in
dustrial city of ours, and the element that creates its prosperity.
Let it not be forgotten, either, that it is from the ranks of labor
that the nation will get its soldiers if a foreign foe threatens.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04

day use of the Ave senses.
III you do not know what the five senses are 1t is
just about time you looked them up.
ITO show you how uncommon this wonderful faculty
of common sense is, let US take an example: A young
man has a definite idea of what he wishes to do. In
his egotism he consults his friends or others in the
vain hope that they will coincide with his opinion OF
his great idea. If they coincide. we'll and good III
they do not, he Is apt to take the advice or sugGes-.
lions without looking back for the motives which
prompted them.
If this young man would only remember that he is
more interested in his own affairs than is anyone else'
all would be well.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04
FAMOUS BITS OF PROSE
BY FAMOUS PIE OPLE
ing in The Arcfics.
Died 1857.
Born 1920.
BY DR.. ELISHA KENT KANE.
NO. Liz.

4. III
es. picturei III a vivid manner jus such privations as were he lot II
i the Cook expedition. Dr.. Gan was a member offs several Arclc eNpeuf
M in III nc described a in command;
Things grew worsea and worse with u.s., the old difficulty of breathing car
hack arain. nc our feet sweled to sue an extent tina w were obhsed 20
open or nya boots But tn symptom which gave me the most uneasiness
IA our inability to shep
Atlantic. n IN boats so fl and unseaworthy al to require constant panns
to keep them ahoat
IT Nas at this crisis of III fortunes that we say a large seal hoatfng-as
is The custom of these animals-en a small patch.o of ice seemingly asleep
rreobrn yttha anxiety we prepared TO crawl down upon hin. Peterson with
the large English rife was stationed in the bow, stockings We're draw
over the oarsa as mufEe,s. ] ia the poo fellow a parayzed by his anxiety,
[The seal rose d his freftppers. gazed at US for a moment with frightened
n coled himself for plunge At that instant, simultaneously with
the rae IL our rife, 10 relaxed his long length OIL the Ice n at tn very
brink of the water his head fell helpless to n side.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04

I'm order to understand the
meaning of the two words
common sense 1t is necessary to
,ook into them a little bit. While
the expression common sense is
used every day by thousands OF
people, yet 1t Is the most uncom
mon thing in the world. To use
a definition that would be accept
able to all, common sense may
be said to be an ordinary, every
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04
THE FOUR-DAY
OCEAN RECORD

to four days, the goal for which s%hipbuilders and navigators have
been striving, But the record will not remain there. The attain.
ment of a three days voyage will now be the ambition of the
maritime world. Improved means of propulsion will as surely
come in the future as they came in the past. Perhaps in a few
years the Iushania, the present queen of the ocean, will be as
obsolete as the oncefamous packet now is.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04
DENMARK HONORS AN
AMERICAN HERO

in the United States. There is no evidence in Denmark of the
cankerous jealousy exhibited in other quarters of Europe. A
brave man who has achieved the exploit of the century, where all
others failed, a man who hazarded his life to attain the North
Pole, and accomplished his purpose in the face of the most
appalling perns and hardships, appeals at once to the chivarous
Danish heart, and receives the honors that are his due.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04
THE NOME RULERS.

What is a board of strategy pa"
Him Well, | never thought of 1t in
that light before, but It must mean
your mother and your grandmother"
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04
ALL
OPPOSE

condemned the amendment propositions to be submitted to the
people on September IA. Wageearners in New Jersey are a unit
in opposition to the proposed changes, but their attitude is that,
also, of the great body of the States voting population, which
does not relish either the propositions or the manner in which
they have been slated for the people to vote on.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04
MOSQUITO PEST
AND MALARIA

efforts of the State entomologist and of a few municipalities
there has been IA corresponding disappearance of the fevers and
other disorders which are commonly grouped under the head of
malaria Results SO marked and SO beneficial were made plain
enough when the Legislature was in session last winter, and yet
ii stupidity cut of the small appropriation for mosquito axtepni
nation this year. Will that stupidity be repeated by the next
Legisatureg
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04
THE WORLDS EYES
ON DR.. COOK

been lost sight of. People have eeased talking and wondering on
the subject of aerial navigation to read about Dir. Cook and the
marvels he has accomplished. But there is only one North Pole,
and there can only be one discovery, and, besides, the world hero,
this knight of the American nation, who has suddenly appeared
to dazzle the imaginations of men, is one of many brave knights
who set out to conquer, all of whom, save him, met with defeat.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04

The New York Tribune
editorially notes the fact
that, US ethe mosquito pest
has been diminished in New
Jersey by the sadly crippled
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04

Minute by minute and
hour by hour the trans
atlantic steamer record has
been cut down. The Lusi.
tania has finally reduced it
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04

The courtesies shown to
the successful American ex-
plorer, DR.. Cook, by the
Danish authorities and
people are duly appreciated
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04
misunderstood

"How much is a ticket, mistah?"
Fifty cents for the grand stand
eHow much is de ticket fob to sit
down, mistahs"
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04

Labor Day has become one
of the most important holt
days of the year. 1t is es-
sentially a holiday for the
stay-at-home population, for
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04

BY unanimous vote the
Essex Trades Council, rep
resenting all the trade and
labor organizations in Essex
county, has unqualifedly
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04

The civilized world has
been so stunned by the news
of the discovery of the North
Pole that all other events of
world interest have almost
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04
- AND NEWARK ADVERTISER
FOUNDED MARCH 4, 1892.

SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER A, 1909.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-09
An Onion Lover.

Or. w. A. Evans health commission
err of Chicago, declares pasteurized
milk to be an ovewated article.
"They who expect said DR.. Evans
recently, wonderful hygienic effects
from pasteurized milk are bound to be
disappointed"
He smiled.
"In the way of real, tangible ="
suits" Dr.. Evans went on they VIII
get little more than the Atlantic City
excursionist would have got if-but
listen to the story.
"A Philadelphia gentleman was
very bald. Onion juice was recon-
mended him as an infallible hair res
torative. Accordingly, every morn
ing he split two onions and rubbed
their juicy flesh very thoroughly over
his nude white scalp. The odor Wa
strong, but the gentleman, after a
time got used to it. Throughout his
Atlantic City vacation he saw no rea
son to abandon his daily onion tonic.
"WeIl, one hot morning on the
board walk, spying a vacant place be
side an excursionist who was lunch
ing out of a paper bag, the Philadel-
phia bald-head seated himself, I'M
buttoned his waistcoat removed his
hat, and exposed his head to the cooI
breezes and the sunshine.
IAN OverpoWering Odor Of onion
arose. The eXcursionist beside him
pausing in his repast, frowned and
shifted. The gentleman famed him
self calmly. The other, sandwich In
hand, kept on shifting and frownilg
"Then, after a minute or two, The
excursionist leaned over and said:
Excuse me, boss, but would Ze
mind if / rubbed this here cheese
sandwich on yer head so as to give +,
a flavor of onions? I'm awful fond q
onions