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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-05-05

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-05-05

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-05-05
How to Judge Cloth.

One Of the minor probabilities of life
is the ability to judge the character of
cloth. Very few persons are competent
to step into store and make purchase
in which they can confidently rely upon
their own judgment. While this was al
ways something that required a little
tact and experience, it is the more es-
pecially difficult now because of the skill
of manufacturers in the use of materials.
Perhaps in no one article is this ingenuity
displayed more than III the mixture Of
cotton in wooden goods. A writer in the
st. Louis Republican thinks there is clue
within the reach of all those who may use
reasonably good sense in examining
goods of that character: "In any such in
stance of suspected mixture, it is simply
necessary to ravel out the presumed cot
ton fibre from the wool, and apply fame
- the cotton will burn with a flash and
the wool will curl up, carbonize and
emit burnt disagreeable smell. Even
to the naked eye the cotton is noticeably
different from the filaments Of wool and,
under the magnifer, the difference comes
out strongly. The cotton is fattened,
more or less twisted band, having q very
striking resemblance to hair, which, in
reality, it is-since, in the condition of
elongated cells, it lines the inner surface
of the pod. Phe wool may be recognized
at once by the zi2zag traverse markings
on its tibres. The surface of wool il
covered with these furrowed aud twisted
fine cross lines of which there are some
two thousand to four thousand in an
inch; on this structure depends its telling
property. Eve.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-05-05

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-05-05

WELL ANswERED.-Lawyers are some.
times excusable for their severity in
cross-examining witness. The witness
prcvaricates, or lies, or colors his testi-
mony, and severity is necessary to draw
out the truth. But often lawyers are
discourteous, and try by rough manner
to browbeat the witness into saying
something that may contradict what he
has previously testified to. For instance
Now" began the learned gentleman,
rising slowly from among his profession
al brethren, and looking very stern, "now
are you prepared to swear that this mare
was three years old2"
"Swearf returned the stableman in
the box; Eyes, I'll swear she Was"
sand pray, sir, upon what authority
You are to give me an answer, and not
repeat my question"
81 don't see rs man can he expccted
to answer question before he has had
time to turn it over"
Nothing can be simpler than the ques-
ton put to you. Upon what authority,
l repeat, do you swear to this animals
agel"
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Then why this evAsioni Why not
state il a, oncci-
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-05-05
Value Of Silk-WOrm Eggs.

At a late meeting Of the Society Of
Arts, England, q god deal Of interesting
information Was brought out in paper
on silk Worm Grain" (e9gD by Fran
els Cobb, formerly Secretary Ut the silk
supply. An scre Of land in Mulberry
trees sill yield leaf enough, - focd for
moth. To produce from eight to tea ounces
Of exxs- TIE sum Of Es.00o. 0oo-tio,-
600. o0o-s yexriy sent % Chins and
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-05-05

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-05-05

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-05-05

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Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

not overdone, and which oflors inde-
pendence and fairly remunerative
reward for toll and economy, is that
Of the farm. But it is not attractive.
Those out of work in the cities and
towns don't want to return to the
farms. The most of them would ra-
ther live on charity and in miserable
squalor than try TO make living by
cultivating the earth. They are in
fatuated with the sights and sounds
and designations of city life.
There is room in the northwest for
farmers and farm-hands; there are
thousands of comfortable homes for
men and women, and for Families, on
the farms of the West, Northwest and
Southwest. 1t does not otrequtre much
capital, but it requires resolution and
willingness to work, andS to work
diligently, Willingness 70 live So
berly and honestly, and men and wo-
men who are now living in cities in
squalid poverty, dependent ON public
charity, with families growing up in
pauperiem, might find happy and
plentiful homes beyond the cities If
they could free themselves of the fas-
cinaticn Of city life.
How to induce this starving, desti-
tute, surplus labor of the cities to take
the healthful, remunerative employ
ment which is offered them on the
farm, is q question worthy Of the pro-
foundest consideration. No revival
of business in our day is likely ever
again to furnish work and wages to
the vast surplus town population now
idle, and to the myriads on the farms
Of Europe, waiting the signal of re-
viving times to flock to the cities of
America. Chicago Tribune. s
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

1t has been from the start the very
essence of importance in quelling the
strikes--we mean the strikers that
took the position that they would not
work nor let others do so-that they
should be put down and the law
maintained without one iota of COM
promise with them. AS we have all
along said, compromise with such
men their success, would 60 far to-
wards the destruction of all law and
order. Speaking of this feature in
connection with the strike Of the
lumbermen in Chicago, the Journal
Of that city says:
Even if The wages of lumber-shoy-
ers are too low, the present is not the
proper time to raise them. The pub
lie good demands that the brand Of
failure should be burned into every
strike which resorts to violence. If,
when all is over and the net result
Of the general disturbances of indus
tries throughout the country comes
to be known quantity, 1t should be
evident the strike was success, eve-
ry sensible man would feel that the
public peace was liable to be disturb
ed at any time, a feeling of appre-
hcnsion would pervade the country,
distrust would be paralyzing to busi-
ness, every interest would suffer
But if, on the other hand, the net re-
suit should be the proven impotence
of the mob, the emptiness of Com
munistic threats, and the absurdity
Of attempting to regulate American
affairs by mob law, then the nation
would be the better in every way for
what will be known hereafter as the
July riots. The importance of a
right ending of the troubles can hard
ly be Oyersfated.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

A MILLION dollars worth of prop
erty at the mercy Of the commune,
which he has done much to encour-
age by his vicious paper. has brought
old Storey to his senses, and knocked
all the states rights doctrine out OF
him, as witness the following from
his editorial of the the 3lst ultimo:
"Reccnt events have powerfully
tended to convince every honest citi-
zen that the national government is
the only governmental agency that is
at all worthy OF trust i'm such an
emergency. The state governments
and the city governments have alike
proved incapable or unwilling to fill
the office of local government at the
moment when local government is
most needed. The inscription on the
great seal Of Illinois has proven to be
an Elusive and absurd form of words.
estate sovereignty" is the assertion
of demonstrated lie, Local self
government is a fiction, the reality OF
which in America is forbidden by
positive law. If the local government
function is to be executed at all in
sudden emergencies like that which
has so lately paralyzed all commerce
and industry by outbreaks of mob
violence, it must be exercised by some
other than the untrustworthy local
governments which owe their exist
ence to the persons composing the
mob"
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
Special Teisgrams to the Courier.

0VObu u0SttV0 Vbt0 ~ 8vBuU.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-A JoaTnal spe-
cial from Elgin. ILL.,, says Ere start
ed in Albert Lasell's blacksmith shop,
on Division Street, last night ct IL
o'clock, and in two hours burned out
the block bounded by River. Division,
Milwaukee streets and Douglass ave.
nue.. The losses are as follows: Phil
lip Long, wagon works, $4,000. in
surance 5000; Swan & Smith, live
ry, 5000; E. L. Bishop, 5000, in-
surance $780,: James Schoohoven,
5000, insurance $500; Fred Fierk,
$500, insurance $500; Joe Pabst, owns
er of Chicago House, a GOO, insurance
$780, Buckrice (pcoprietor), sl,5OO,
insurance 81, 500; Geo. Luntz, $1,000,
no insurance; Ripberger Bros $500
w. Caster, barn, $1,000, insurance.
unknown; Robert Gubbins, black
smith, $500, insurance unknown Al
bert Mazel, $1,000, insurance 300
John Glawa $1,000, insurance $500
Paul Keruler, harm, $500 John Long
LOCO, ins. $l,OO0 on stock Of $500
Charles Nimmo, shoe shop, $40O
Total lossese $31 O0O, covered by in
surance to the amount of 81, 600.
As far as learned the franklin, Stt,
Louis, loses $1,000; Lycoming $500
Milwaukee Mechanics $1,000; Allan
tic, New York, s.. 200; British Amer
ican, $1,000; Peoples, $1,000; Far,
mer's, $1,000; Humboldt, 81 900
North Western, 81, 600; Addison $2,.
200; Westchester, $500. The build
ings were old, many OF them having
been built nearly 20 years and their
loss may prove gain to the city
The loss of personal property will be
much lessened by the saving Of near
ly $4,000 worth of stock from, the
wagon shops, F8l'& ls+as -
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
A Lake That Never Freezes No,
Gives Up Its Dead.

Truckee is thriving railroad town
and the starting point for Lake Tahoe
called the sGem of the Sierras."
Half of the Lake is in Nevada, the
other half in California. 1t is TWEEN
ty-eight miles long and from twelve
to sixteen miles wide, and has been
sounded to q depth of l,6OQ feet. Its
waters are beautiful ultra-marine,
and it may be called the purest water
in the world, containing by analysis
only four per cent. of impurities. 1t
is so light and mobile as to be easily
lashed into foam or Gained to d
mirror-like surface. In the early
morning it is like a looking glass,
with surrounding objects reflected in
it with surprising accuracy. Several
steamers OF small tonnage are used i'm
navigating it. ) Its altitude is about
$500 feet: it always cool and pleasant
in the hottest weather. The lake new
er freezes, and never gives up its
dead. No person that has been
drowned has been known to rise to
the surface, Wood, as soon as il is
saturated, sinks to the bottom. The
water is as clear as crystal, and huge
rocks fifty feet down are plainly dis
cernible. In fact, it is a marvel, and
the very contrast of our own Salt
Lake; for this is SO dense and slug
gish as to offer great resistance to the
human body and everything else that
will float.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

THE so-called communist is a sore
upon the face of society, cancer in
the blood of honest thrift. lie came
with many other denominations from
the cutters OF older civilizations. AT
home he was probably criminal.
He is here to poison the minds of de-
cent mon and to clog the wheels oI
progress. 1t were well for the coun-
try and its future il every communist
were either hanged or taken to some
point on the boundary line of the
United States and kicked out of al
community with freedom and Repub
licanism. Every communist is q trait
or to this government, and should b'
dealt with accordingly. Until this il
done, and every communist meeting
broken up, the country nurses in it
breast viper which some day, if no
stamped out, may rise and sting it t.
death.--Inter-Oce
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
WorkIngmen in trouble.

ST.. LOUIS. Aug. 2.-Judge .Cady
of the Court of Criminal Correction
has decided upon three thousand dol.
lars as the bond necessary to release
the members of the workingmen's
party, against whom warrants have
been issued. 1t is not probable thai
they can procure SO high bail. They
will therefore remain in jail. .s...
The coal miners of st. Clair and
Madison counties, ILL.,, have reconsid
cred their demand of four cents pei
bushel for digging coal and reduced
the price to three cents with q guar
antee from some Of the mine owners
that that rate shall stand one year
The owners accepted the three cen
rate, but refused the guarantee
whereupon many of the miners re
snmed work at three cents without ,
guarantee and it is believed all O
them will do so in day or two.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
Came and Fish Law . of Iowa,

1t is unlawful to FISH with net or
seine in any of the waters of the State,
and any person SO violating the law
shall, upon conviction before justice
of the peace, be fined not less than
SIS nor more than $50 for the first OF.
fense, and for the second offense no,
less than $40. The killing of bass or
wall-eyed pike, trout or salmon is al
so prohibited between certain dates,
The killing of prairie chickens is
unlawful between December LIST and
August 18th for private use, and for
sale at any time of the year. The
shooting of wood cock between the
lst day of JanuaryAnd the lst day OF
July, pheasants between the 18th day
of December and the 18th day of Sep
tember, of wild turkeys between the
lst day of February and the lst day
of September is also prohibited. The
shooting of quails at any time Of tht
year is unlawful, except by permis-
sion Of the owner of the premises, be
tween the lst day of October and the
lst day of January. The fine for eact
of these otfcnses is S..
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
STRIKE At MEMPHIS

MEMPHIS, Tenn, August 1.-The
brick moulders of this city are on
strike, demanding an advance of 25c
per day in the wages which they have
been paid for the past six years, which
was refused, and work in all the
brick yards stopped, which causes an
advance of 30 cents on brick.
The street force ofthe gas company
demand an advance of % cents on
the dollar now paid, and have been
discharged.
kilograms from Jackson, Miss,
state that there was an unusually large
attendance Mt the
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION
Friends of Gov. Stone and Gen. Low
cry are very confident of their nomi
nation for governor that in the
event Of close contest between then
Gen. Warnthall, Of Grenada, will bt
nominated.
THE ARMY WORN
has appeared in the cotton fields OF
North Mississippi.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
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SOMETHING NEW FOR Johnny HULL.

SOMETHING NEW FOR JOHNNY BULL.
LONDON, Aug. Lone of the most
extraordinary sittings Of the House
of Commons is now in proceeding.
The House assembled, at four O'Clock,
yesterday afternoon, and before six
had gone into convention on the
South Africsn Confederation bill, to
which there has been at every stage
long and persistent obstruction by
Harnell, Bigger and O'Donnell, occa-
sionally assisted by one or two other
members. The struggle lasted
throughout the whole night and led
to numerous scenes and incidents.
Government determined not to per-
NIT the obstructionists to defeat the
measure and have the support Of the
Liberals. The, sitting Is prolonged
by relays, many members left at 9,
last night, to return at midnight and
fresh relays came at four and seven,
&C., and officials and police were re-
lieved at intervals during the night.
The excitement is general through
out the House. H&
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
Terrible Furrsce Accident.

PlTrsBuRG, Aug. a-An accident
occurred at Lucy Furnace Co.'S. works
this morning, which resulted in, the
death Of two men and the injuring of
five others. Seven men engaged in
lining the furnace, were on a scaffold
which was supported by ropes.-
These took fire from the furnace and
the scaffold fell, precipitating the
men into the furnace. j. Hardin and
Michael Cussick, were taken ont dead
land five others were SO badly burned
that they are not expected to live.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
THE Home Rule idiot of the Chica

THE Home Rule idiot of the Chica-
go Tribune who has been bowling
himself hoarse in favor of withdraw
ing the troops from the south, thus
turning the Chisholms and all other
loyal people in that section over to
the tender mercies of the Confederate
mob, had the following to say when
these same blue coats came along in
Chicago to protect him and his prop
erty from a similar but no more
bloodthirsty mob:
"The cheers that went up on the ar
rival Of the first detachment of tr0ops
were addressed to the National Gov
ernment, and were a complete &C
acknowledgement of the domination OF
the Federal idea. The moral should
not be lost nor the fact be forgotten
when the old question of State-Sov'
creignty comes up again for discus
sion, and the crazy arguments of i'm
practicable theorists are brought from
their hiding-places."
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
WANT MORE SALARY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-The lettel
carriers waited on Postmaster -Gener
al Key, to-day, with reference to res
toration of their salaries to one thou
sand dollars a year. He said h,
would exercise his good offices will
Congress and suggested that the car
riers present their case in speeifi,
form. Their salary now is $67a.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
schoonev surk-aov Drowned

CaIcAGo, Aug. 3.-The schooner
Grace A. shannon, owned by Alex
ander A. Graham, Of Chicago, which
left Buffalo with 600 tons of coal, con-
signed to Heldstrom. Of this city,
was run into early thiA morning by
the propeller Favorite. between Mil
waukee and Racine and the Shannon
went down instantly. All hands
excepting seven-year-old boy, son
$22. 600, insurance So 200.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

The railroad men learned one
thing, and that is that many of the
men, outsiders we mean, who coun-
seled them to strike, were the first to
turn their backs upon them when
they got out of employment. Had
they continued in the strike they
would also have discovered that
many of the outside loafers who were
patting them on the back and insist
ing that they should hold out would
have been the last to extend them a
favor, had they sought it at their
hands. These fellows, many of them
who talked to the railroad men about
ssthe rights Of the working man. are
chronic dead-beats who never earn
ed dollar by honest toll in their
lives, and their talk of love for the
workingman is the blather of cheap
dcmagogism. And most of the
workingmen know it and are not
fooled by such professions Of love
The Hdok-Eye trusts that the re.
united family will be happy. 1t be.
lieves that the officers Of the c., B.'&
@. road will appreciate the action of
the men in voluntarily returning tC
work, and it believes that they will
treat the men with that considera
tion and justice that their long ser
vice entities them to.-Ua,ek-Eye.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
Tho holt vii, fall, There

The bolt will fall. There will be a
terrible crash. Fraud, forgery and
perjury will not always triumph.
Before the autumn frosts we look for
new revelations of the way the work
was done in Louisiana. We are in
formed that both Mr.. Hayes and the
most intelligent members of his Cab
met arc living in constant apprehen-
sion of disclosures in tho light OF
which 1t would be morally impossible
for them to continue to hold Office
Their fears are well founded. Tht
conspiracy was too comprehensive tt
be permanently successful. The Sc
crets were in possession OF too many
to be well kept.-Nesc Fork Swm
idiot,