Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-05-08

MIS-. VI. II. OSter mas n large cac
tus plant now in full bloom. The
bell shaped flowers when extended
are from six to eight inches across
\ dense liquid falls in drops from
the sacchaline receptacle to the
floor. This liquid is of about the
consistency Of syrup and quite a.
sweet.
W. y. Horton reports to The
STANDARD that his new pump wa.
shipped by the steamer queen Of tn
Pacific on her last TIP and is daily
expected to arrive here. The capa
city of this pump is 10000 gallon.
per hour. 1t Will be put in position
by the side of the old one now doine
service on Monkey creek.
General Anderson has a Jerse,
COW, just turned three years old
vh;ch gives Al pounds or about 9:
quarts of milk per day. BY one o.
t..e most approved tests, carefully
made, the milk is found to contain
20 per cent. of clear butter princi
pie.
The time for pleasure riding il
coming and the proprietors of the
Granger livery stable want it un
derstood that they are ready to fur
nish any kind of a turnout from
a saddle horse to a stage coach o.
fourin-hand. Their large estab
lishment is full of horses and car
riases, and from the first floor to the
garnet resembles an immense bee
hive. Read their advertisement.
| T. c. Van Epps has recently add
ed two new attractions to his stool
of varieties. The one is an assert
ment OF Florentine statuary adapted
to bracket and mantle display, and
among the characters represented
there are some very pretty speci
mems. The other is an invoice O
Terra Gotta ware consisting mostly
flower pots and lawn vases. These
are in great variety of pattern ant
amazingly cheap.
Forest fires have already begun
their ravages upon the fine timber
of Puget Sound. They have not ye
attained much Roadway, however
and if people are careful about set
ting fires, the destruction may mo-
aggregate as much as in former
years, when the popular mind wa.
not impressed with the consequences
of individual neglect. Every camper
should see that the last spark is ex
t'neuished before leaving places O.
temporary abode.
Western Lodge, l. o. o. F., ii
making preparations to entertain the
Grand Lodge, which meets in THU
place next Tuesday, in good style
An excursion will take place Wednes
day to Buffers Cove, by the steamer
Willie, where a clambake and baske
picnic dinner will be the chief fea
lures. The rate OF fare has beer
placed at so cents for the round
trip. The committee, Messrs. 30
mer, Culver and McCarrogher, are
determined that no pains shall be
spared to edo the grand in fine
style.
The advertisement of the old and
reliable house of Samuel Williams
Esq, appears in this issue. Among
the first to establish q permanent,
business in Olympia, his long sxper-
fence enables him to adapt his
goods to the market and the require.
ments of trade. Purchasers thus
have q guaranty not only of fai,
dealing but that their orders are
filled with the best in tho market
Those who want anything in the
line of stoves anu hardware will con.
suit their own interests by inspect
ing his stock.
Mr.. Robt. Rawson returned from
East CT the mountains yesterday by
way of Stampede Pass. He and a
party of three others came across
with considerable difficulty, owing
to the depth of snow on the sum.
init. A party of emigrants came
part way, but as the route will be
impossible for wagons for several
weeks yet, they were obliged to re-
turn. MIR. r. has given the upper
country fair trial, and he says he
would rather live IN cabin on Pu-
get Sound with q elen-bcd in from,
and a potato patch in the rear than
to own the best farm in Eastern
Washington. The alkali is too much
for him. He reports wages very
low. Able-bodied men are glad to
work for 81 per day.
The Woman's Journal protests
against calling the woman who has