Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-08
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The sea holds 6U,OO0, OO0, OUU ,OOO
tons of salt.
'-lr is estimated that there are fif-
teen male dressmakcrs in this country.
-Thirty-four canal horses and mules,
which wintered near Herkimer, N. Y,
have died from pinkeye.
The gold boom is starting all over
Virginia. Collaborating quartz is being
developed in several counties, said to
be as rich rs any found in the Rocky
Mountains.
II was an Ohio woman who invented
the porous plaster She covered a cloth
with glue and wax and clapped it on
the old mans back to drive out the
rheumatic. Press.
OF all the criminals and paupers
that were sent to our shores by the Gov
ernments of Europe last year. only
fortyfive we're returned TO their native
land.-C%;caJo Journal.
"A remarkable rough diamond has
been lately brought into England from
India. 1t is pure biue-white stone,
weighing siXty-seven carats, in form
nearly drop. and when cut and pol
ished woult be about the size of San
cy diamond. The surface is slightly
indented, but there are no marks of
cleavage. The value of this precious
stone is estimated at S175,000.-M Y.
Graphic.
Mrs Mackey. of bonanza fame, de-
nies that her daughter is to marry
Prince Philippe de Bourbon, and in the
denial shows contempt for fortune
hunting bachelors. Her notion seems
to be that every man should scratch
gravel for his own fortune, the same as
her husband did. The woman is right.
IoWG state Register.
Prairie and wood fires have ragged
in Southern Arizona and Southwestern
New Mexico recently. The territory
burned over is reported to cover forty
miles square. and the damage done is
immense. The origin of the fire is at
tributed to the Indians, either dOmes-
tic or renegade, who roam at will
throughout the country, except on
ratiOn-day.
"A mulberry tree at Griffin, Ca,
acted in very curious manner the
other day, emitting what seemed to be
pulls of smoke at short intervals from
all portions of the tree. The smoke, or
whatevaf it was, was light and thin,
like cigar smoke, and scarcely visible
to the casual observer. 1t was q phe-
nomenon that nobody could account
for.
"A New York hotel proprietor. who
thought of raising his rates, has wisely
concluded to retain his present prices
50 and $3.50 day. Street car con-
ductors, who get Sl2 a week, should
extend him vote of thanks. 1t may
be, though, that his patrons are princi-
pally newspaper men. 1t looks that
way.-NorriStoUn Herald.
The receding of the ocean at Allan.
tic City, n. j., for many years past,
has left much fresh land above high
water. and litigation with regard to
ownership is threatened. The lot own
ers claim riparian rights. but the Land
company that sold the property claim
that the new lots should belong to the
company. Tho property in dispute is
valued at S150,O00.
Frank Hall, young man residing
near Hutchins, Tex, was bitten by a
skunk few days ago. He began to act
in a strange manner, and became un-
manageable. A messenger was dis
patched to Dallas for a physician, who
pronounced the young mans malady
hydrophobia, which. he says, is an in
variable result of o skunk-bite. Chica-
90 Times.
Bands of music are forbidden to
play on most of the large iron bridges
of the world. This is due to the we'll
known phenomenon that q constant
succession of sound-waves, especially
such as come from the playing of q
good band, will excite the wire vibra-
tons. At first these vibrations are
very slight, but they increase as the
sound-waves continue to come.
Three hundred and forty convicts
of the New Jersey Penitentiary are
let out to contractors in the branches of
industry described as shoes. laundry,
shirts. collars. boxes and whips, at an
average OF little more than fifty cents
a day. and the authorities are grumb.
ling that the law limiting the number
at each trade to 100 compels the State
to support more than POO able bodied
men in absolute idleness.-M. Y. Sun.
One of the Zuni Indian chiefs from
New Mexico, in an address in Boston,
showed an amazing appreciation of the
merits of his hosts. ii am happy to look
upon the american people," he said,
for they smile on me, which shows
the goodness of their hearts. We re.
gard the Americans as great gods-as
we do the sun. They are like our ami
nal gods. However wonderful and
precious they are. they show by their
kind looks that they have room for US
in their hearts,"
"A show at Massillon, o., was so bad
that the audience Kissed the performers
of the stage. Then the manager blandly
explained that a much better enter
tanment would be offered on the fol-
lowing evening, and that tickets would
be given to the people as they passed
from the hall. That willy proposition
was met with rousing demands for a
return of the admission money, and the
frightened Snowman obeyed SO eagerly
that he paid out 50 more than he had
taken in.-Chicago Herald.
The residents Of q certain locality
in Hungary Hollow, Reports the Wood.
land Democrat, have for some time been
puzzled by the mysterious ringing of n
bell in the fields bordering on q bayou.
whose origin could never be ascertained.
aswhen any ono approached the spot
whence the sound seemed to proceed,
it would rise in the air and recede in a
very ghostly manner. Finally bold
citizen discovered that the ringing came
from a large buzzard. around whose
body large cow-bell had become fast
ened in some unknown way.
The Charities Committee in the
Massachusetts Legislature have report
ed bill for the punishment of parents
who desert their children or wilfully
refuse or neglect to provide for their
support. 1t provides that any mother
OF an infant less than two years old,
who abandons It for four weeks, shall
be deemed guilty of criminally expos.
ing it. and, upon conviction. shall be
punished by confinement in the woman 8
prison for not more than five wears.
Aiding or abetting the crime is punish
able by imprisonment at hard labor for
two years or less.-New Havea Register,