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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20
Is the Cricket Mans Friend.

To some people there comes a Won
der as to what the cricket was de
signed for. The cricket has been her
aided in song as a sociable insect, and
the Cricket On the Hearth has
had many variations in literature,
but many hold hard feelings against
the cricket, though they could scarce
ly tell you why. Perhaps it is be-
cause it is regarded as only an
other insect to be gotten rid of.
Now comes the State entomolo-
gist OF Minnesota, who tells us that
the cricket holds an important place
in nature and that if it were not for
this wee black fellow we would be
Overrun with countless insects.
The second cousin of the cricket, the
grasshOpper, is, as everybody knows
very Obstructive to plant life. eating
grasses and grain and in some Sec
tions becoming SO voracious as to ruin
the crops OF whole counties during a
season. We are told by the Mime
sotan referred to the cricket's princi.
pal business in life is devouring grass
hopper eggs, for which it hunts in
nest just under the surface of the
ground. 1t destroys the eggs and
larvae of other insects, but its princi.
pal means of subsistence is the eggs
of the grasshOpper, and where the
cricket is the most plentiful there are
the least grasshoppers.
From this premise the Minnesota
eutomologist argues that If crickets
could be protected and propagated
and turned loose against the grasshop.
pers in those sections where they be-
come a menace to crops they would
exterminate the latter. He does not
say what would happen when the
crickets thus fostered had gotten the
last OF the grasshoppers. but per-
haps his theory is worthy of investi-
CATION. 1t is certain that the grass.
hopper has been guilty of much
damage to crops in some sections oi
the county.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20
NOVEL GRAVEL WASHERS.

Loan Eliminated by Means Of Per.
foratsd Wheelbarrows.
Perforated wheelbarrows were uti
lized to wash the gravel used In con
crete construction ut Bangor, Me.
says Popular Mechanics. The grav
el contained a certain amount OF
loan, which II was considered neces
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20
HOME HELPS.

After shirt waists are ironed put
them in shape and hang these on the
broom or other stick suspended from
two chairs.
Cinders which have been sifted
from the ashes will make a hot fire
if they are slightly sprinkled with
water before they are burned.
Ii chops and steaks are placed in
tin pie plates and set on top of the
brofier CRATE they can be well cooked
and the tin plates will be much easier
cleaned than the broiler CRATE would
be.
White silk should never be hung
in the sun, and when it has been
rendered yellow by this means it
should be washed again and hung
in shady place, and in the water
should be placed little turpen tine.
II cakes are kept in a large stone
jar. instead of the usual eau, they
will remain fresh and moist much
longer. When they slightly burn by
cooking, do not disturb while warm,
or the burnt flavor will penetrate,
but wait till perfectly cold. then re-
move the burnt part with q cheese
crater.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20

AFTER reading the account of q
couple selecting a grocery store for
the place of their wedding, the press
comment very generally notes the fact
that they are wise. in these days Of
high prices, to get that close to the
base of supplies.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20
The Quiet Toiler.

'Tis not he who parades
His deeds before the world.
Holding aloft their worth.
Whose memory lives impearled
In the hearts of a people when
The years have died away.
But rather the man who tolls
On quietly day by dav.
It's he who at his task.
Be II high Or be II iowly.
Strives with never q thought
OF self and praise. but wholly
Lost In the love of duty.
Who deems no man his debtor
And quietly tolls each day
To make the world ever better.
George Newell Lovejoy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20
Cumbersonte Money.

One of the largest and most cumber-
some forms OF money Is found In Cen
tral Africa. where the natives use a
cruciform ingot Of copper ore over ten
inches long. 1t is heavy enough to be
formidable weapon.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20
bv the DetectivA.

Little 30 Peep has lost her sheep
And don't know where to find them.
II she will look
In the village butcher shop
! thifik there will be something doing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20

IT was tho young man's drst appear.
ance at the festive haard Of bis adored
ones parenta Everything passed ofl
harmOniously until Grace's seven year.
old brother broke the blissful silence
BY exclaiming:
"Oh. ma. ser oughter seen Mr.. Jack.
son the other night when he called to
take Grace to the drill. He looked 80
nice sittin' 'Iongside Of her with bis
ARM
"Tredw screamed the maiden. whose
face began to assume the color that u
calculated to enrage q bull. quickly
placing her hand over the boys mouth.
eyer Oughter seen him." continued
the persistent informant after the EN-.
barrassed girls hand was removed:
''he had his ARM
"FreddieT' shouted the mother ~ In
her frantic attempt to reach the boy
she upset the contenta Of the teapot In
NJ. IacksQn's lap.
~ was Just going to say" the halt
frightened boy pleaded. between a cry
and an injured whine. "he had bis
arm
"You bad boy" thundered the father:
get out!''
And the boy did 20. exclniming. II
was only going to Say Mr.. Jackson had
his army clothes on, and he can't say
be hadn't"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20
SERENITY IS POWER.

Every tlme we ylelu 10 an lrrlt-
able impulse, we find ourselves out
of harmony with the universe. -
Ella Wheeler WIlcor.
Quick temper is an indication OF a
lack OF mental and moral culture.
The ill-tempered Christian is not a
Christian at all, no matter what his
faith may be.
There is but one evidence, | be-
lieve, in all his life that the gentle
Christ ever showed even righteous
Indignation.
Anger is crude, and is an element
of our early savage ancestry, where
men tore at each other like brutes.
Many people imagine it is an evil
dence of high spirit to be quick
tempered. 1t is merely an indication
of crudity.
The really cultivated man never
shows anger; the man whose spirit
uai nature is highly developed never
feels it. He is serene under all con-
ditiOns.
Many of us aim at this State, but
few reach it. Yet it is a goal wor-
thy of a lifelong effort.
Every time we yield to an irritable
impulse. we put ourselves out OF
harmony with the universe.
Every time we overcome such an
impulse and remain calm, we bring
ourselves nearer to divine law.
We all know the miserable sense of
humiliation which follows after q
burst Of anger. We feel an inde-
scribable emotion of abasement. We
have stepped down from our own
ideal Of ourselves.
This is true even of those who
imagine that they believe quick
temper to be an accomplishment.
That is only an opinion acquired by a
false education, while the knowledge
that anger is ignoble comes from the
Infinite.
The habit of ill-temper, once ac-
quired, is q difficult one to break. 1t
requires patience and faith and char
acter.
Vanity, too, is an aid. A girl
who prided herself upon always wear
ing becoming gowns and hats was
one rebuked by friend for her quick
temper.
Don't get into a temper over
every little annoyance" the friend
said. it is so unbecoming. 1t quite
spoils your looks when you are in
such a mood"
The young woman had often been
told her temper was sin and a vice,
but she had never before been made
to feel that it was unbecoming,"
like an ugly hat or ill-fitting frock.
She set about the task of control
ling her temper, and succeeded ad-
mirably.
First, she controlled her speech,
then she controlled her appearance,
and after time she found her feel
ings were controlling themselves.
In one burst of anger we exhaust
enough vitality to take us through
days of hardships and deprivation, or
to enable us to do some great deed of
heroism.
In little, continuous i'll tempers we
dissipate our strength as a leaking
gas main wastes its force; poisoning
the air with the element which should
be conserved for light and heat.
Serenity is power.
Let us all remember the great
truth contained in those three words.
The noisy thunder does nothing.
The silent lightning strikes.
The greatest possible aid to the
control of the temper is 70 remember
that an exhibition of anger is a vul-
garity.
Most OF us would rather be vicious
than vulgar. The goal of serenity is
far and high. and weary the climb
and many the fall; yet. up and on
again, for only by reaching it can we
attain to the best use OF ourselves
and Onr Onnortunitips
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20

Louis Agsssiz. the naturalist, spent
the evening 4 the day he was married
In his labora .ory rs usual. He retired
after his newly found wife was in
the realm of dreams. bringing to his
bedroom two very choice specimens
of the snake family which he had been
studying and was still engrossed In.
Forced to part with them for the night,
he looked about for a suitable place to
leave them and finally laid hold of
his wife's stocking as convenient re-
ceptacle.
The next morning when Mrs. Agas.
siz rose she cried: Louis, there's q
snake In my stocking! What shall
dor"
"A snaker' yelled Agassiz. now fully
aroused. Zone snake. Heavens,
where's the other oneS put two in
there"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20

A sEISMoGRAPH that would record
political earthquakes might prove
valuable to the bosses.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20

Some men take credit to themselves
For every move or play.
You notice them all pulled with pride
Because their hens can lay.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20

If you are modest and retiring let
other people praise you. You will
never be embarrassed by adulation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20

You have wonderful climate
out here
How is that?"
81 met a girl here who is only %
whom l knew five years ago back
East. She was % then"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20
Lad Of Experlence,

Find the value of X" said the
algebra teacher.
Il know what it is already"
" Bright boy, What is it?'
Ten dollars"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20

PROBABLY the reason some men
marry is because they instinctively
know that they get along better if
they have boss.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20

IT isn't hard to differentiate be-
tween the people who have brains and
those who have something just as
good.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20

IT is much easier to forget the
other fellows's aches and pains than
to forget our own.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20

IT is more blessed to give than to
receive unless you have nothing to
give and all to receive.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20

DON'T lend trouble to your friends.
II you must deal in the commodity
just give it to them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20

Four more bodies have been taken
from the wrecked battleship Maine,
ir Havana harbOr.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20

ONE way for Legislatures to settle
the hatpin question is to abolish
hats.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20
WHEN things are aoipr the OF

WHEN things are going the other
fellows way it heartens you up to q
lot to biff the fellow who tells you to
hope for the best.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20
Chile Cou Cerne and Clam Chowder

Served daily 1T Theodore Werlen's
lunch counter in the rear Of Charles
Saloon. Ca! in and get bowl.
Cohee and doughnuts till 9 A. NJ.
Merchants iu1ch at noon. Teddy"
ai"ays greets the hungry with
smile.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20
Just the Difference.

MY husband has one night out
every week..
With your consent?'
Certainly. Doesn't your hus-
band?'
Il allow mine one night home"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-20
Csbbsfs with Ssusafe.

Six sausages, one quart minced cab
bage, one-half teaspoon pepper and
salt if necessary. Fry the sausage
crisp and brown. Take from the fry
ing pan and pour OF all but three
tablespoons of the fat. Put the minced
cabbage in the frying pan and cook
six minutes. Arrange in a hot dish
and garnish with the sausages. Serve
mashed potatoes with this dish.
The Washington times., 1911-08-25
CANNOT CIVILIZE
BY SERMONIZING

To the Editor of THE TINES:
Mr.. Bernard Brockington's letter to
the Mail Bag concerning The Coats
vile horror, suggests the following:
The perpetrators must be hanged in
accordance with the theory that We can
decrease the sum total of violence in a
community by adding more violence.
This theory Is probably sound, as it
was originated in the day of utter saw
agery and is still unchallenged.
The picture presented Oy that mob of
Christian gentlemen, who burned the
negro murderer in his bed, Is merely a
reproduction Of the picture presented
by those same Christian gentlemen,
when, as society, instead OF a mob,
they proceed to wipe away the STAIN"
etc, and add the spice of variety, by
hanging the less influential participants.
We cannot civilize ourselves by mere
ly preaching eloquent sermons and writ
ing letters to the Mall Bag You can
not build a house by merely drawing
plans.
To build a true civilization, every in
dividual must have the material means
for leading a civilized life. In order to
do this. each individual must have un-
restricted access to the land, machinery,
etc, by which these means of life are
produced. But this is Socialism.
Socialism then will eliminate the saw
agery of which Mr.. Brocxington COM
plains. P. H. SKINNER.
The Washington times., 1911-08-25

IN this city, are about the limit-in in
!teHlgence and everything else. What
Ihey don't know about municipal gov
ernInent would fill a very large book.
Excuslng this Rudolph and all of his
toiloWers, the Washington people will
take the matter of the Binford picture
IN thelr own hands, and will act pro
tenn. as board OF censorship in their
own behalf.
MY advice to Mr.. Rudolph would be
the return to his former vocation Of
Peddling hardware-'twould suit him
peter. He may know the hardware
business, but it's one safe bet on mu-
nlclpal government-he isn't there.
me question that arises today Is:
whoever elected this Rudolph? Wash
Lnston people did not-not to my knowl-
the switch.
But 70 get down to the original sub
Ject: The moving picture theater will
say that all can rest assured that the
peter class OF managers here will not
look at a Binford film or any film that
mas Binford picture in II. Real the
arucal people mot variety, &c), who ap-
pTeclate art for arts sake, wouldn't ruin
tnelr reputation with a Binford picture
lhey nave more respect for themselves
than TO be made a partner to a chop
suey' joint with a possible street
walker thrown in for good measure.
rake II from me, Binford on the
screen don't go in my theater or any
In which i have a small say. II so, my
resignation as a manager of said house
would be given without delay.
CHARLES c. DAVIS, Mgr.
The Washington times., 1911-08-25
IMMODEST COSTUMES
WORN BY WOMEN

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Your recent publications of letters from
Justice and "DecencS touch upon
question of far greater moment than
may be apparent, on first glance. Both
are right. The one, in declaring the In
equalities of the privileges OF the sexes
and demanding a nighey standard for
both, and the other, 'Decency,' In CALI
ing attention to the atrocious fashions
for women and girls, who care to adopt
them, OF today. Corset covers and
square necks are too low, goods 50
sheer" that there might almost IS
we'll be none; skirts so short and tight
as TO outline every muscle, while the
corresponding care and thought of the
silk stocking and Its accompanying low
shoe or slipper, grows in proportion to
the intention TO show them. II Is sur
pTiSing that parents permit thls-or, still
more so, that some OF the latter adopt
them!
This does not alone excuse men, in
the last analysis, in the indulgence OF
their baser thoughts. Ever ready-as
many of them are, to make anything
loophole for their weaknesses; but II
would remove a source of vanity ana
self-consCiouSness, most pernictous in
this generation. II causes familiarity
of glance, a suggestion of sex, Whlch
should be ever absent. 1t IS pltl1ul 70
remark all lnlS-pilllut " iAOlt INS
fects- Justice" is right in the state
ment that there should be an equal code
of morals. Too much eXcuse-or tolera-
tIon-has been extended to men, in these
moral questions. 1t will be different
some day, when the ballot will give
more leadership to women interested in
great moral problems. There may and
probably will be abuses, just as there
are now, before women vote generally:
but some fine minds and souls shall sur
yive as the fittest; as among men in the
mast. and through much travail, con-
ditions shall change and improve. Not
alas, until many have been sacrificed
for moral war is as devastating often as
civil war, and they who are slain in the
combat are as heroic as the leader IN
the carnage of battle for country. What
fiber has any country with universal
deseneracy of morals of its citizens an!
individuals? One has only to ride in
the street cars of a great city, to OBJ
serve the countenances of young men,
with fair inheritance, whose cynical ex.
pressions proclaim their standards and
their indulgences, and yet the writer
heard a young mother declare she
believed In child-girls having escorts or
Young boys-that hers should have. de-
snite the protests of the grandmother
who writes these words. L. H NJ.
The Washington times., 1911-08-25
FRENCH COOKING IMPRESSES
THE WIZARD OF INVENTION.

Thomas Edison is taking a vacation
in Europe, the first in twenty years,
we believe. He is now touring France
and is reported to be observing every
thing and everybody with the eager
interest of boy at a circus.
1t is worth while noting that one OF
the things that most impresses the
great inventor is the thriftiness of the
French people. He, too, has discovered
that the French can live upon what
Americans waste, and he, too, has
found out that so domestic a science
as cookery as practiced by the French
pays well.
We are so much concerned over the
high price of living it is strange that
it does not occur to more people that
good place to begin cutting down
the expenses of the household is in the
kitchen, where 50 large a part of the
income is expended. 1t is more i'm,
portant to do so when economy, as the
French show, can be practiced and at
the same time a diet can be supplied
which suits both the palate and the
body better. 1t is another illustration
of how difficult it is to make ourselves
adopt means nearest at hand to attain
results.
The Washington times., 1911-08-25
DID "IRONOUILL" WRITE
"A GAME OF CARDS? :?

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
For the informa ton of DR.. c. S. Rice.
in re poem of "A Game Of Cards. the
writer begs to state that Lieut.. Frank
A. Turner, L. S. A, never claimed to
be the author Of said lines. The lines
were penned upon an insular postal
card and mailed to the writer. not for
publication. for that was foreign to
his thought. intention, or desire, but
the poem. II seems, interested him, and
it was mailed to me with a request
for the name of the author. If known
to me.
DR. Rice says that the poem was
written by "Ironquill." the nom de
plume of the late Eugene F, Ware. If
this be so, we are presented with an
other case of who wrote, Laugh. and
the world laughs with you Two
American citizens claimed the author
ship of that remarkable effusion. but
both were plagia rists, because It is a
well-known fact that that poem was
written nearly 100 years ago by an
English poet, the lines beginning.
Smile. and the world smiles with you
Over seventy years ago there ap-
The Washington times., 1911-08-25
PUNISHING A MILKMAN FOR
KINDNESS.

The way of the benefactor is hard
Even the man who is doing the best
he can to preserve the life and health
of the people meets, not only with in
gratitude, but with persecution. The
chief of the Bureau of Chemistry must
feel more than once in a while that
he might just as well let the public
60 ahead and acquire cirrhosis of the
liver, impoverish their gastric juices.
and ruin their system generally.
And yet he isn't the only martyr
There is Joe Bruneau, for instance, up
in Hancock, Nd. Large hearted, public
spirited, friend of man, Joe, like "the
charming little Mary" of the ditty, is
"the keeper of dairy"
Diligent in business, prosperity has
smiled upon him. But for his solicitude
for the health of the public he might
have gone on prospering.
But he discovered that the milk and
cream he served his customers was far
too rich for their health. Being a
conscientious dairyman he set about
reducing it to a consistency which
would make it easily digested. To dc
this he found it necessary to pour one
gallon of good, pure water into every
ten gallons of milk or cream, as the
case might be. He frankly acknowl-
edges that he did this simply to keep
from running his patrons Digestion
and yet the crool authorities hailed
him before the bar and squeezed him
for $40.
This delicate forethought on the part
of Mr.. Bruneau deserved reward rather
than punishment. He was much like
the family physician to the community
in which he lived. He knew the habits
and the temperament of the people. As
result of his special study he knew
just how much water they would
stand for-or rather, to put it in terms
above suspicion, how much water their
system required. 1t is an established
fact, of which the court should have
taken judicial cognizance, that the
health of the people around Hancock
is excellent. There are very few cases
of indigestion. 1t is impossible to
estimate how much this is due to the
fact that they were not allowed to
drink milk and cream which was too
rich for them.
And yet Joe, who seen his duty and
done it, is punished for it.
Verify it is a thankless task, this
thing of saving the people.
The Washington times., 1911-08-25
An Echo From zone Weary of Life"

Three
there would sin his Fastening
published
May S entitled ITO One Grown Weary Of Life"
following
conn has him.
BIRKENHEAD England, Aug.
To the Of
This is from the One Weary Of Life My history far With
mind left Washington for anywhere for nowhere didn't
fotsam drift At Mills hotel
fell in with the captain of freight and both
seemingly without friends talked and became friendly the bars
of
On the third evening" with great Distress he told that his
shipping clerk taken i'll to hospital and he
pressed for another told him would I'd
He grabbed by both shoulders told luggage
together and the boat would leave
In less than foreight hours sailed Janero and
Buenos Ayres loaded with machinery and foods
There loaded with grain and hides
getting cleaned and load for Adelaide
think shall keep this 1t is the
physical occupation under rough fair
My meeting with this friend looks something
had ntervened We won't call luck
critical a