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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07
Response of DIR. Clarke.

Mn. EDITOR: As it is enjoined by a
high authority to be ever ready to
give reason for the faith that is
within us, aud holding faith"
founded upon facts and deduced by
reason, I am ready to justify my
opinions and beliefs before the bar
of public opinion even though sum-
moned before" wise men and sages,"
in the full consciousness that even
ca fool may ask questions that would
puzzle philosopher to answer" I
shall be happy to answer, to the
best of my ability and knowledge of
occult laws and forces, the query
propounded to Ine in your last issue
concerning the dynamics of " table,
turning" &C., but as it would require
more space than you could spare, I
presume, will say to all interested
las all should be in the marvcls of
their own age, that next Sunday. in
Austin's Grove, at % P. M, Twill en-
deavor to elucidate this subject 80
far as science, and inspiration, both
ancientand modern, have revealed
the modus operandi of Divine Power.
I will say only that the truth of the
philosophical axiom: Like causes
produce like effects, inversely stated.
justifes the conclusions of many of
the foremost scientists of the world,
that the power, or " law in its force"
which made an axe swim, levitated
Enoch aud Elijah in the days of the
Prophets, which rolled away the
stone from the sepulcher, opened
prison, doors, ETC., in the days Of
Jesus, is to-day performing similar
physical phenomena to demonstrate
the presence Of supernal powers,
the inmutability Of Gods laws. the
immortality Of the human spirit. to
9 ma,erialistic age, requiring " signs
and wonders" and 10 ful6ll the
promise Of Jesus that " He thu. BE-
lsevesh I'm me the works that I do
shall be do also: and greases works
thxn the~e shall be do. etc Spsrst-
asl gsfs.- are AGAIN voaekASed 10
the wilaing. and tho~< Who have theEa
ear "sbgw them f.lth by skezr
wuxkxL- Fer fzrfk<x eAAburxssan
eurne anf ke@r
YOuEs. fgr frufh 3ez1onstrx&nd.
DE Dxxx CExxxE
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07

LIVELY TINES. 1t would have acted
as a healing balm, if not as a health
full rebuke, to some of our doubling
Thomases, had they taken stroll
through our business thoroughfares
to-day, while street and sidewalk
were literally thronged by thrifty
country people disposing of their vari-
GUS wares and, in return, packing
their wagons with bran new articles
of merchandise. Times are improv-
ing,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07

II D<nocrSfAe Cssnsenfsoa besd
q vsnesuser. .ss, ThGr~i4s h4s
usnr<2 N naznan.;soa He1 y ]
C~rsx .ur the o&s~e q pl--zts 80
Csa<r~>s He ~as boGaEE~iei Alszsa-S-
v6kssi eppo-s;sen - ~ sine~~ AL
einzzas wess recsgrEz*4 tAss ~tsssse -
60; Of the Tesr1f0Fy. H = = r1an
q liberal eaoc.;1uE. H.Asksi asaii4;y
0ess iesermlnzflon All Hia-.ry
psssszng aaire~~. fssiEfu. ~ II tie
sris.ions of lIf--Iu nus. Ja>i ssch
nan NJ - r-~si-l q la,k alter our IE-
eeres.s ~ q Territory II the halls ot
National legislation Tom !, a man
Of the people. singalarly devoid Of
all the characteristics Of the dena-
goyue. We believe that there l. not
. laboring man in the Territory, Of
either party who does not III his heart,
wish him success against the kid
glove gentry that train under Ferry.
Tits said. Ferry has concluded
at last, 10 ".itId TO persuasion
and accept the Republican nomina-
ton. We do not believe it. His
assurance few years ago, made with
such sledse-hammer emphasis and
vigorous spirits of nicotine, cannot 60
for naught. Oh no! it must be q
mistake.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07
A Bonanza for Somebody.

Yes, there is a rich thing in store
for whoever has the skill and enter
prise to work it up to a successful
consummation. We were asked by a
gentleman from California, the other
day, if there was no way of shipping
Puget Sound clans other than by
the canning process, SO they would
arrive at their destination after the
lapse of few days, in condition
similar to that in which oysters are
received when transported by the
sack. OF course, We could not give
him a very encouraging answer.
while it is we'll known that oysters
remain in a sound and marketable
condition for about twice as long as
CLAIMS, it is not known by what
means q compromising process can
be effected so as to render the clam
equally as available for shipment as
its cousin german, the oyster. 1t
should not be supposed that such
a desideratum as the one we have
limited at is impossible. eff these
could only be shipped like oysters, -
is almost the stsreotyped exclamation
Of strangers from inland districts,
while in the acme Of enjoyment at
our renowned clam-bakes. For the
benefit Of those who might desire
to experiment in this business, i.
may be lvell to state that there is
much more Of the saline principle
on deposit in the oyster than in the
eian- About ninety-6ve per cent.
Of the eiam-shelI il pure lime. which
cannot be MD Of the crussaceous
psineipal of the oysaer.
Bat ve nserely ssartsd oct %
naks . fev Suggestive renarhx rel
strive b shs r.ass frusxfzi sahjses,
with tia kepe thss . psop~r psr-ue
sighf h< Dssed in the rsrhs 6r.s-
inn sa4 valzshAe sssxlts faZlow. Th~
szkgscf - ssrsaz.ly vershy II sAnr-
s~wA s.sssszeuso. ss2 exF~z1.eza
Tia e.ezzsw prsus~ - very IN
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07

A PRoBLEM.-A curious individual
wants to know whether our daily re-
presents a philosophical or chemical
experiment. Neither one. It un-
dertakes to deal mainly with the di-
vine afflatus, the essence OF the
mind, and hence, as Richard Whate-
ley would put it, we are engaged in
solving an abstruse metaphysical
problem,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07

@ Old hunters say our neigh
boring forests were never more plen-
tifully stocked with game of all kinds
than at present. A similar remark
holds equally true in regard to the
oysters, CLANS, trout, ETC., all along
our city front, which can be had in
any quantity for only the expendi-
tura of a little manual exercise.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07
Where is He =?

Where is the author of "The beau
tiful rain ?" Let him come forward
now and we won't hurt him; let bin
cross our threshold and we will hon
or him. Our fair compositors shall
do worthy obeisance to him and
crown his brow with chaplets of flow
ers. Little birds that through the
livelong day have been striving to
pour forth Indifferent music through
desiccated throats, will now ravish
our ears with sweeter strains, and
lowing herds will disport themselves
in rude praise to Him who ssndeth
the rain upon the just and the IN
just, and of whom the pen of inspi-
ration long since has written, The
clouds are the dust of his feet"
It is not without the bounds of
truth to say that thousands of dol
lars have been and will have been
saved by the present shower in stay
ing the terrible havoc made by fires
in the magnificent forests that sur
round Us. Nightly has our city been
lighted up by tho lurid flames of ex-
tsnsive conAaeatioDs in the finest
timber districts Of the upper Sound
country. For weeks. the sun has
dispensed . sickly light, owing to the
interuipabls clouds Of smoke that,
like Q pail, have settled down over
land and sea, mountsin, hill and
plain. We sincerely hope that the
smoky tsrn 10 dnving TO . close.
whea the vontsd light of day shall
enc, more gladden. our dwellings
To this end, thea. les NJ reader =
hsszfy greeting 10 The ve'ocrse rxsn'
H. arippssg and the drufFs.g of
fhs r.sn: the pssaes II the r>zn
.Pse she roof
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07
Better Times.

The people of the Atlantic States
are predicting the near approach OF
. business revival all over our land.
When we take into consideration the
disadvantages under which many Of
those States have been laboring for
. few years past, their millions of
population, their hordes of tramps
and strikers, and their almshouses
teeming with the hopeIessly indi-
gent, the manned, the halt and blind;
when we take all of those unto
ward elements into consideration, the
above announcement comes with a
hopefulness that is truly refreshing.
One thing is most certain, the
credit of the country is growing bet
ter, month by month, and day by
day. The product of such Of our in
dustries as are sent abroad for con-
sumption are rapidly on the increase
while there is, as yet, no prospect OF
glutting the foreign markets. Such
a state of things cannot long exist
without correspondingly happy ef-
fects. Thousands of heretofore de-
luded adventures are leaving the
larger cities to try their fortunes in
the. more substantial and reliable
walks of agriculture and remuner-
alive labor of all kinds. Crowded
factories are thinning out their num-
bers and the labor element is becom-
ing more universally and evenly ap-
portioned over the county from the
East to the West and from the North
to the South. Capitalists are be-
ginning to look upon their surplus
funds as manufacturers look upon
surplus stock of any kind, and if they
cannot secure loans or make invest
ments that will pay them the high
percentage of former times, they are
wiling to be Jewed down to the
live-and-let-live figure. Experts in
the many avenues Of political aud
financial economy are basing their cal
eulations for the future upon broader
gauges and more hoeral allowances.
Old fossilized ideas, exhumed from
the matrix Of ages. are becoming fri
aide by contact with the pure oxygen
0f modern ideas and modern pro-
eress- The contracted. one-idsa prin-
eipls Of doing everything is cr.wl-
iag out Of iis she'll aud piuming its
Uisgs fo- los;ier and more extended
lights-
We haze not the time and snaee
- dwell on tins fruitful ,spie. ba, Il
= spoags. te -sy that tie bsrel4 Of
bsst<r trne~ has eoBs forth. pro
eassmsnS <lsd tssipss 0s graf les &c
- nsseiry eamDoa~~Alah of 0uT
fs-ss~~ksEx horss~rs H-=s-s s.-.Uf
lhss ezr lsssAse~s h~F~~ ass h~coGs<
aAi1Eag r~4ls1re>
m
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07

E Mr.. Bowlin, the owner of the
original truck-and-dray business Of
Olympia, now that competition has
begun in earnest, announces his de-
termination of giving a chrome with
each load drawn. Those who pay
cash will receive the chrome framed
and tasseled, ready for hanging.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07

FAVORABLE COMPARISON. cheese
manufactured by Messrs. Long and
Birmingham of Chehalis county is
selling in the markets of Portland
at Is cts. per pound, alongside Of
California cheese which is offered
for ten cents. Sammel Stork is sole
agent for the sale of this article in
Olympia. Go and taste it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07

Fam Dslr.-Mr. L. Samnels, a
the Wess SAs~s, vill i~sse . small
PAPER en- the FairGrousds. ss Ssssn,
e.eh DAY Il the exhihsfson- Tho Er-
s-slu,-.3 VIII have Q rrporser On duty
NJ our e1mlng Far s0 gls.n every
sAlnx shxs u.y be Of snser~ss 20 cur
rssAerx. Xaa prea~has ss< II tAs
Ore<en Fsss-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07

asi kxsAre<is and th0s.anAs a Dea.
vona~n sna ehilslrxn would he -
ns-s aAn.ally saved. - yell - mil
lson< q treasure.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07

ss~a N hsiax pes.iassA 10 of<A The
shslls - they would do in the case of
oyss<f,L Who vill embark in shn
sassspgise ssd deoonxsFaae th,t is 10
fruixfuls
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07

A PRESIDENTIAL ExcURsIoN.-The
President, q portion Of his cabinet
and 16O invited guests, recently made
IN excurs on into Minnesota. The
expedition was in charge Of Gen.
LIE Due, the Commissioner Of Agri-
culture. Transportation was Of eourse
free, and palace cars we're used for
The tfip.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07

DD.--IAst SaHnsasy ct ssv>,.,
clock, AFTER . losg and pai,f,l m
nsss LIME Vincent departed III
life. Deceased - IL da.~AA., -
our veil-ksovn tovnsnas. Bs.i..
min vincent. vho, With his Vii. -.
the sympathy Of ell vho k,ov tim
IN this their sd bereavement. Lin.
mas . quiet, inolensive child. ana
showed . beautiful and patient spirit
under sgdefehgs such - fev arr
called TO hear. She died Ut the .ee
oftwelve years and six snoofhs. Tbe
fsner.l took place the next dsv
CSaDdayl frOm the horne of Mr. Vim
cent at tvO O'Clock IN the asternoo,
and her remains vere followed to the
grave by a long concourse Of symps-
,hIzing friends
EKscTLI So--A sojourner from the
is@y city says, Judging from the
cOntInsed round Of gala DAYS and
ssneral abandonment to pleasure Of
all sorts, the people Of Olympia must
he a. happy - trOup Of children"
The gentleman Is talking in the night
direction, exactly; only be doesn't
go quite far enough. He ought to
see IL wien We are swinging our
plumpy siris in the merry dance,
wsggIng our jaws and mouths dis
tended with clans, or reading what
our neiShbors say Of Us in their let-<
tiers TO the DAnY ExrERrMExr.
Uy- last week. our neighior ofthe STAND.
AND zrk now lodged a call from MI Brown,
of SEATTLE. wiilGen. Murphy tell us which
" Brownt'-T fa'seTIs-
There it is again! If We say Judge
Brown, we show " low breeding" if
we say Beriah Brown, we are guilty
of "disrespect." A less considerate
writer would probably dismiss the
question with a facetious answer,
but we are proof against oil such
subterfuges. But what shall we
reply? All, we have it-His Honor,
Mayor Brown!
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-07

10 last week. our neighbor the STAND
ARD zek now lodged call from MI. Brown,
of SEATTLE. wiilGen. Murphy tell TN which
.. Brown - Tias1sfT,Ig
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-01-01

In 1865 there was . fun supply oi
money in the channels Of trade, sum
equal TO tA per head Of the entire
population. Then oil business va
thriving, and the people were happy
aud prosperous; but under John
Sherman's financial policy, couvsrtins
money into bonds, there rsma,ns mona
inally sbout tl5 per hsAd. but in
reality only so per head. Thus the
whole country is now suffering from
this vicious policy Of contraction.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-01-01

we're shocks have occurred since the
earthquakes in the yesn 1861. 176s
and 1907, no visitation has bsou % -.
r,oos - 70 interrupt the growth Of the
city. 1ndesd, by . sort Of postic Law OF
compensation, tbs most haedsoms per.
ton OF it to-day is in the valley crested
by the earthquake, through the col.
lapse Of the hill on which the principal
section Of the old city stood. A the
visitor crosses the Black Horse square.
and wends his way to the Praca Dc
Dom Pedro VI, sod the public gardens
1t requires strong effort Of fancy 10
realize that sny such occurrence - We
have described could have taken place
on that spot.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-01-01


As Lord Crswfosd and Lord Boyd
were oaa day walking over the lands
in Ayrshire, they saw Burns plowing in
6sld hard b.
Lord Crawford mid to Lord Boyd:
do you 80 that rough-looking
fellow across the 6eld with the plowr
I'll lay you wager you cannot ssy
anything that he will not make rhyme
Of"
.'Done." said the other, and. imnsdi-
atsly going upt 70 the hedge. Lord Boyd
cried out: "Bsagh"
Burns stopped ct onss, leaning
against the plow. and. surveying his
asssilant from head to foot, he quietly
answered:
Its ~ Lord Crswfssa. but Loca Boyd.
OF gPaeo and manners he u void
Just like bail among ths rye.
Cr1es 'Bsugh' q foln - hs goss by"
The wager wes, Of course. won.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-05-28
Good Fun for the BOYS

CHOW, boys, I will tell you how we
can have some fun" said Charlie to his
companions, who had assembled one
bright moonlight evening for sliding
snow balling and fun generally.
"What is it," asked several boys at
once.
"You shall see" replied Charley
w Who's got wood saw"
81 have!" ESQ have l." replied three
of the boys.
"Get them, and you and Freddie and
Nathan each get an axe, and | will get
shovel. Let's be back in fifteen min,
utes.'
The boys separated to 90 on their sew,
eral errands, each wondering Of what use
wood saws and axes and shovels could be
in the play. But Charlie was favorite
with all, and they fully believed in his
promises, and were soon assembled again
"Now," said he, "Widow Maude, in
yonder cottage, has gone to neighbor's
to sit up with a sick child. A han hauled
her some wood to-day, and l heard hel
tell him that unless she got some one tc
saw it tonight she would not have any
thing to make fire of in the morning
Now we could saw and split that pile Of
wood Just as easy as we could make {
snow man on her doorstep, and wher
Mrs Maude comes home she will be mos
agreeably surprised.
One or two of the boys objected, but
the majority began to appreciate thu
fun, and to experience that inward salts
faction and JOY that always results from
we'll doing.
1t was not long and wearysome jol
for seven robust and healthy boys to saw
split and pile up the widows half core
of wood and to shovel good path. Ant
when they had done this, so great wa
their pleasure and satisfaction, that one
of them who objected at first, proposed
that they should go to neighboring car
penter's shop where plenty of shaving
could be had for carrying them way, anc
each bring an armful. The proposition
was readily acceded to, and done, they
repaired to their several homes, NOR.
than satisfied with the fun of the even
ing" And the next morning whe1
the weary widow returned frcm watching
by the sick bed aud saw what was done
she was pleasantly surprised anc
afterwards when neighbor (who had
unobserved, witnessed the labors of thu
boys) told her how it was done, her fer
vent invocation, Good bless the boys!
was, of itself, if they could have hear(
it, abundant reward for their labors.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-05-28

beauty, and does disdain it, with all adj
vantage to herself, too. And while all
men like to see a well-dressed woman,
sensible men, whose opinions are alone
worth needing by women, like much
better to see a woman who carries a
higher style Of fashions in her mind and
manners.
Madame de Stael said she would not
walk across the room to see the Bay of
Naples, but would travel across Europe
to talk with cultivated man whom she
had not seen. We do not advise our
women to go promenading "to see
man. no matter how cultivated, but 90
for gadding' sake as a means of health.
Don't let your children make slaves of
you through the vain idea that they
must dress as bravely as other peoples
girls and boys. 1t is no killing disgrace
If your boys have even "letters in the
postotlice" or dirty hands now and then.
That's their natural, graceless state any
how. Nor is it sin to let your little
girls be Tomboys, and delight in racing.
climbing trees, orhunting eggs on the hay
NOV. That is health-getting and nature,
inside and out of them, invites to such
harum-scarum careers in young years.
Nor should you be prisoner in your
houses. A home is a mighty good thing
to go to, but not to stopin, day in and
day out. Leave it each pleasant after
noon, to enjoy it the more when you
come back, refreshed by sunbath and
nourished by contact with agreeable
friends. We go to Europe, Emerson
says, to be Americanizcd-to love Ameri-
ca better than ever on our return.
Now, then, mesdames, after dinner, if
the day be fair, put on that sensible
walking, short-tailed dress, and go gad-
ding three or four hours; do it every day;
let the cotton-batting dogs go to thunder;
and if some silly woman Of candy-rabbit
face turns up her insignificant putty
nose, put her in the prison Of your mild
contempt, and go gadding all the same
Washington Press.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-05-28

of steps and enter the building. On the
door is a placard Visitors admitted
from to r." The door opens into a
circular entrance hall, with seats around
the wall. In moment polite usher,
who has grown gray in the service of the
institution, comes to show us all that
visitors are allowed to see.
"When the gold has been weighed"
says our guide, sit is locked up in iron
boxes, and carried to the melting-room
where it is melted and poured into molds."
A small piece is then cut off, and its
fineness ascertained by a long and deli
cate process called assaying. This de-
cides the value of the lot, The deposit
or is then paid, and the metal is handed
over to the melter and refner, to he
entirely freed from its impurities and
made fit for coinage.
And hard time it has of it, to be
sure. Nothing but pure gold or silver
could ever stand such treatment. 1t is
melted again, dissolved in nitric acid,
squeezed under immense pressure, baked
in hot cellar, and finally carried to
this dingy-looking room, at the left of
the courtyard, where we have stood all
this time. The metal is perfectly pure
now, but before the final melting one.
terth of its weight in copper is added to
it, to make it hard enough to bear the
rough usage which it will meet with in
travelling about the world.
The room would be dark but for the
fiery glow of the furnaces which line one
end of the place. On these are num-
Der of small pots, filled with red-hot
liquid metal; and while we look, work
man lifts one after another, with a pair
of long tongs, and pours the glowing gold
in streamsinto narrow iron molds.
We would gladly remain longer, peer
ing in at the glowing fires and the
swarthy figures of the men, but our
guide is already halfway across the
court, and we reluctantly follow, step
ping aside to make room for man with
his burden of silver bars, which he is car
rying to undergo the rolling process.
The rollers give the metal the form of
ribbons, from which another machine
punches the planchets-which are the
coins before they are milled and stamped.
M. W., st. Nicholas for May.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-05-28
Fashion Notes.

GOLD trimmings never look we'll by
daylight.
PLEATED waists with and without
yokes are coming in vogue.
CUTAwAY jackets will be worn by
young women this spring.
FouLARD silks are very desirable;
many of the patterns are fanciful.
FABRICS with armure grounds having
Grape characteristics are admired.
NEIGEUsE silks have snowflake scat
terings on dark grounds. The effect is
attractive.
BoURRETTE grenadines give promise
of becoming general favorites with fash
ionables.
TwILLED de beges are specially in
tended for travelling suits. The width is
twenty-four inches.
EVERY lady should subject her toilet
powder to this test: Place teaspoonful
of the suspected powder in a glass and
add the juice of lemon. If effervesence
takes place it is an infallible proof that
the powder is dangerous and its use
should be avoided, as it will ultimately
injure the skin and destroy the beauty Of
the complexion.