Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-30
or GENERAL INTEREST.
The walls Of several II the Britt


M 'l"ctr'c arrangement for regu-
lf.ur iurntc"s has been invented bv
tnrli Mass individual Bo,fOn
I..f
10, production Of coal IN Belgium
~ l~~i H. pro, ~i"nall, put at lS.3n,
f" tons. against an a~crrta ned pro
.iu't uu If T.. is..1Ji tons IN 1883.
II O.. 'l1m med that the stature OF
race h"r-"- has increased AN inch
N,tN iW"uN i've wears since 1900.
lh' hr.s hi uf horses then was thirteen
o,ud- iwo inch"- and III $50 it was
hft,cn hand, two inches Ny Hr-
att
Nrllic Al ch-"-r made Of one part
pl"nmargarlne and Two parts SKINNED
mix. mNrd 10 the con>i>trncv of
cream ard subjected TO the usual pro-
cr.-e- of manufacturing the genuine
urtirlr. '- the latest edible commodity
contributed hy Germany TO the world.
tW,iHnaft i'r,rc current
Not content With crazy quilts. we
ARE To- be inflicted with crazy cloth
dresses lh,. material il cotton. with
IN odd mature of ,ulorS and patterns.
aud j. particularly invented for chill
drrn. ~ II can not possibly show the
dirt 80 plainly ,is BILE on the white
frncks they have been forced for so long
time Ia wear D.'rof Post
The Bangor (MrD Commercial re-
lnic~ that u man III that section lately
received several hundred dollars back
pension Tie has quite large family
and had been very poor The first
thing h. did after receiving hi> money
WIS Ia buy "A trotting horse. II harness.
wagon and the usual amount - boots.
hoods and other horse trapping>.
The newest thing which electricity
proposes j. to Seer vessels without any
attention on the par; IL the man AT the
helm. The needle of an automatic
compass. 10y opening and closing the
circuit, keeps n ship on the course laid
down without any Intervention. All
tina, j. necessary is to set the compass.
and The good ship makes true line for
port y ! Hcraid.
The law Of finding, says writer.
Is this: The finder has clear title
against the world. except the owner
The pr"pr ctor Of coach. or a rail
rnnd ear. ar shop has no right to
demand the property found on his
premises. Such proprictors may make
regulat ons in regard To lost property
which will bind their employees, but
they can not bind the public.
The decrease during the last ten
years In the value Of fashionable furni-
turc l. striking economical phenome-
non. More paint and less carving are
posSihl, the chief causes Of the change
signing SWANS are informed that the
wooden portion Of any matrimonial
venture they may have in view can now
be undertaken with fifty per cent. less
cash than would have been necessary
in 1873. = Current
Miss Julia Pcasc, a graduate of
va-~ar College. Of whom some of her
spit-ful classmates used to say, .'She
don't know beans" is now cultivating
siS thousand acres Of land in Texas,
aud Is doing well. She never used to
chew gum. and never INDUCED in the
'larks gotten up by the other girls,
but was business from the word 60.
And now many free and independent
Texans are saving Lettuce have
peas. = burlington Hamkeyc.
High chimneys for factories are
now bccomng unnecessary. by reason
~ the Introduction of n new kind of
oven. Any manufacturer. it is as
serted. can place one of these ovens in
his works aud obtain from every ton
of slack he uses coke worth two dollars,
tar and ammonia worth one dollar,
and 400 feet OF gas TO generate steam.
The coke. tar and ammonia will thus, it
Is claimed. considerably more than pay
for slack. wear and tear. etc.-N Y.
Sun.
Prof j. w. Sanborn, of the Mis-
souri, State Agricultural College, and
also Secretary Of the State Board of
Agriculture. estimates the losses of
stock In that State during the last
winter. from disease and exposure, at
not less than four millions Of dollars
The principal loss by diseases has been
from cholera in hogs and from ex-
posure from want Of proper shelter.
Loss from disease. he states, could
generally have been prevented by
proper attention TO diet and from ex-
posture wholly by providing suitable
shelter.
In nearly every railway station il
London II q small box on legs. painted
crimson. which may be called an auto
matte post-ofIice. II il divided into two
compartments. On the top are aper-
turcs admitting n penny. one being for
postal cards and the other for cnve-
lopes. You drop n penny through the
slot and OPEN little drawer beneath.
and. presto. you find a postal card
Drop two pennies In the right hand
slot. open corresponding drawer. and
YOU find n stamped envelope contain
Ing q dainty sheet Of note paper. These
little convenienccs are the property of
a company.
A Litchhcld County Conn cor
respondent Of the Hartford Conrant,
writing of Manner and customs in
that region fifty years ago. says that
common people didn't own stoves
then; they rented them Of the rich for
twenty-five cents month. DIR. Catln.
of Litchficld. had quite n number that
b. rented. We well remember seeing
him stan around for miles to collect
stove rent There were no clocks in
school. houses; the teachers had noon
marks on the window. SILL when the sun
struck the mark IL was noon; IL cloudy
they guessed noon. There were clocks
In but families In those DAYS
Several manageable young men
~ Rochester. N. H., arc in a terrible
pickle. They have heretofore given as
reason for not marrying that they
could not afford the luxury. About a
month ago several manageable young
ladies put their heads together and
prepared document proving conclu-
sively that families Of from two to six
tthey provided for the future. YOU see)
can live well on nine dollars a week.
Having disposed Of rents. fuel and pro-
visions. these artless girls turned their
attention TO clothing, and the document
aforesaid states that the woman who
can not dress stylishly and save money
on eighty dollars a year is not worth
the marrying. Then these girls made
copies Of the original and sent one to