Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-26

Rrv. ID. y. Uner IS Temporarily in
charge II the East Oiymps. Aead-
envy.
One Of the attrsctions as the
Oregon State Fair, was Q telephoss
in full operation.
THosE who seek a change Of eli
maie for the :. benefit Of their health"
should pay their bills before they
depart. A clear conscience is pref
cradle to braring air
THIr gem Of q poem 10 our Ian
gGaee, /" Abou Ben Adam" has again
been pros,isused by being parodlzsd
in defamation of the already DISCUS
ting Dennis kearpey. Why should
the perfume Of the rose he stified IN
the same grave with noi-ome putres-
cences
ORR Eastern neighbors are re-
ioicing over the introduction Of an
improved lightning protector, since
it also protects them, TO great de-
gree, from the incursiOns of that
terrible creature, the lightniag-rod
man. We are not troubled on this
coast either by lightning itself or
the man who wants so secured our
houses, and hence we know not the
JOY of our Atlantic friends.
JOY comes TO afflicted ones. in the
announcement from Chicago that
painess surgical operations are now
performed without putting the pat
lent under the influence Of n.y an
tiseptic whatever. The parts to be
operated upon are first saturated
with one part of carbolic acid to
20 parts of water. The knives
used are also dipped in similar
mixture; and during the cutting
operation, the wound is kept filled
with spray Of the diluted acid.
A LErrER has been received by a
merchant of this place from Mr..
Wright announcing that the steamer
anderson is to be Immediately pre-.
pared for service, and that the en-
gineer Mr.. Wallace, will be here il,
few days to overhaul her machin
cry. The route she is to assume j.
not stated, but it is inferred from
his recent disposition of the Olympia
that he intends to place the .4nder
SON in service to force a purchas,
from the owners of some other line
: LOST AT SEA.-The barkentin,
Catherine Selton left Port Townsend
last Saturday for sea, and when of
Dungeness light, her mate VIM
: Irwin, was knocked overheard dur
ing storm and lost. Every effor
, was made to save him, but to M
avail. The boat that was lowered t
rescue the drowning man, cam'
near being swamped, and it was will
much difficulty its crew regained tn
vessel. The barkentine returned II
port on Sunday to ship anothe
mate.
We alluded, in late issue, to tn
enriching principles existing in tn
, maple leaves which fall in such vas
quantities upon our streets and side
walks. We were yesterday thor
oughly convinced of the Significance
of our remarks by seeing Chinamal
with wheelborrow and rake, busil!
engaged in gathering up the leave'
; in the vicinity of the plaza, to b
scattered over the ranch of well-to
do Chinese vegetable raiser, not ia,
from town. Many of our farmer
might we'll learn a profitable lesser
! from such . passing incident.
SALMON dealers on this coast arr
beginning to be unpleasantly ex
ercised about q new disease recently
showing itself in the living animal
:.
At a late meeting Of the California Ac
ademy of Sciences, MIR. J.. P. Moore
an eminent mycologist, read a pa
} per upon this subject and described
the disease a. illustrated by speci
mems in his possession. Although
practically unknown on this coast
before, the Salmon Fungus, - it il
called was described in Europe many
years ago. The fungus grows il
and about the gills and generally
makes its appearance Immediately