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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22
Wonders Of Washington.

Washington embraces all sorts OF
country-lofty forests covered with
snow and more impressive than the
Alps; enormous forests of pine, fir
and cedar; rolling plains, where more
wheat is grown to the acre than any
where in the United States; extensive
plains too dry for farming, but good
for pasturage; all ocean coast line of
800 miles and much longer coast
line on the navigable bays on that
beautiful Inland sea called Puget
Sound; mines of gold and silver and
big navigable rivers. The climate ID
as mild in the eastern part as that Of
Virginia, and in the western part it
closely resembles that of the south of
Ireland. On Puget Sound they have
to manufacture ice by artificial pro-
cess, although the latitude is as high
as that of Maine. Washington will
make a suberb State. She has coal
and iron, lumber, wheat, fruit, cattle,
hsh, oysters, hops, barley, gold and
silver. Her people are nearly all of
American birth. Her principal towns
are Seattle, with 10000 inhabitants
Tacoma, with $4,000 inhabitants; ;
Spokane Falls, with $4,000 inhsbi-
tants; and Walla Walla with 5000.
Olympia, the capital, is pretty place
OF 400 people. The present popula-
ton, is not far from 275, 900. Nearly
10000 immigrants have come in dur
ing the past year. Washington will
support 100000 people before her
great area is at all crowded. In time
she will be as rich as Pennsylvania.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22
Riches Of Washington Territory.

The total output of coal from Wash.
ington Territory for 1883 was, in
round numbers, $4,000 tons, valued
at 81 100000. The lumber cut of the
Territory for that period was 7OO,.
100000 feet, worth $9,OOO,OOO. OF
this amount Puget Sound cut 45O,-
100000 feet, and shipped by ocean
$40 900 900 feet, valued Mt $3,7OO OOO
Lumber shipped to foreign ports
had value Of $1,2OO,OOO. The
population of the Territory numbers
about 25O,O0O souls. The assessed
value of all property in the Territory
as returned to the Auditor is $S4 600, ).
600 against SCI 100000 in 1886. The
total exports of the Puget Sound dis
trict were $3,S0O,OO0. The total ton.
mage of ocean going craft which passed
in and out Of Puget Sound during the
year aggregated 1900, 600 tons, an in
crease Of 100000 tons over 1887. Fig
ures from nineteen national banks in
the Territory, as made October 80, 1888
show an increase of 81, 100000 in
loans, and 100000 in deposits
compared with official statements, al
made in October, 1857.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22
THERE is a touch of romance in the

THERE is a touch OF romance in the
career of Mr.. Williamson, who has
placed his $15, 900 900 fortune at the
disposal of trustees to establish a me-
chanical training school in Philadel-
phia. He has been bachelor all his
life, and now, in his 85th year. this
venerable Quaker makes this generous
gift of his prineely fortune for the pub
lie good. He began life as farmers
boy without penny, and laid the
foundation of his enormous wealth by
practicing the most rigid economy.
He struck out for himself as country
peddler, then he opened a dry goods
store, and used his surplus profits in
fortunate investments. Throughout
the career he has preferred to give
$40, 600 for charity to buying a suit Of
clothes for himself. He has carried
the same umbrella for fifteen years,
and has many OF the habits of n her
init. He has no household goods to
speak Of, and no one seems to know
where he lives, the fifth directory Civ
ing only the location of his Office.
All the slime, his name will probably
go down to posterity, as has that Of
Stephen Girard, as wise and gener-
Gus philanthropist.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22

SAMOA consists OF group of four
islands in the Pacific Ocean, about as
far from the Sandwich Islands as the
latter are from San Francisco, and
about one thousand three hundred
miles to the northeast of Australia.
The names of these four islands are
Upolu, Savaii, Alpolima, and Manone,
with population, in 1887 of 1900 for
eigners, mostly Americans, English
men and Germans, and 81, 1000 natives
and with an area $3.50 square miles.
These islands are the dominating power
in that part Of the Pacific Ocean, and
the center of commerce. They are in
the line with all American commerce
with New leland and Australia. The
native Samoan is described as of a
bright copper color, tall of stature, in
clined to robustness, possessed of stu
pendous strength and endurance and
very chivalrous. The women are of
medium height, finely formed with
beautiful faces and dark, soft eyes.
The Samoans are said to be models Of
virtue and industry. More than half
the population are Christians, who
read their Bible and live up to its
teachings. Their greatest of all cere-
monies is the courtship and wedding.
The government of Samoa is limited
monarchy, invested in king and two
assemblies, called a " Fono." The
members of these two bodies represent
villages and localities all over the ISL
and. Each village, also, has a chief
who governs by right Of birth.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22

ground, and the taller it is, you have
not only the greater quantity, but one
ton OF such fiber may bring as much as
three tons of an inferior crop.
So much for flax. If YOU desire to
get any further information, l shall be
glad to communicate with the Secre-
tary of your agricultural society, or
any other gentleman who wishes in
formation regarding flax culture.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22
Washington Territory Pensioners.

June 80, 1888, the Commissioner OF
Pensions gave the number of pension
ers in the United States at 452, ,557
and the amount of money expended
in payment of pensions in the fiscal
year then ended at $7S,775,S64.92.
OF the number of pensioners then
on the roll 1921 were residents OF
Washington Territory and were receiv-
ing an aggregate quarterly pension ol
$34 4,SS5.6O.
The number of pensioners in each
county of the Territory was: King
1876, Spokane 122, Whitman IOl
Clarke SO, Lewis S5, Pierce So, Walla
Walla 67, Lincoln AZ, Columbia. 40
Whatcom 80, Cowlitz sc, Garfield "a
Thurston 81, Kittitas 81, Snohomisl
81, Yakima 81, Chehalis 80, Klckitai
y, Skagit 23, Stevens 90, Pacific Is
Kitsap II, Clallam 13, Douglas -
Jefferson IL, Asotin IL, San Juan o
Wahkiakum 7, Mason 7, Skamaria 6
Adams 4, Okanogan |, franklin |.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22


The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ca:
During the spring Of 1871, while woskins
tn the field At my home in Morgan county,
Ca, pulled of my shoes to give my feet
rest. Unfortunately, walked into 4 clump
Of poison oak. and in . few days my feei
were in terrible condition, and could not
put on shoe because Of the soreness and
swelling. 1 was treated a. poison oak cases
usually are, and everything was healed up.
About the same time the following spring,
1874. my feet became sore again. as 1t first,
and every succeeding spring for Eve yeazs
brought back the sal,c condition Of the dis.
ease, only each tine !. became more dis
tressing, because began to think It was
Lifetime trouble. Finally. I was induced 10
ny Swift's Specific. too5 six bottles. and
to-day am entirely well. My improvenent
was gradual from the FIRST. and no evidence
OF the disease remains. shall take pleas.
ure in testifying q to It's curative proper.
ties. II IS the greatest blood purifier in e.
hsenoe. Yours truly. IL. MORGAN.
The foregoing certificate Is taken a
r.ndom from thousands of letters in posses
sion OF the Swift Specific Co., and presented
simply a. q sample. 1t is . voluntary
statement, giving facts and results Of the
case. Its accuracy and genuineness are
beyond question.
A valuable Treatise on Blood end Siin
Diseases mailed free. Address
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Osa~w Atlaata. G.,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22

IT seems that an ex-convict has
been charging up all sorts Of things
against the Walla Walla penitentiary'
From letter published in paper of
that city it would actually appear that
the Territorial prison is not pleasant
place and that the inmates are sub
jected to y strict surveillance that is
very annoying to sensitive spirits. 1t
is also charged that neither the food
nor the sleeping accommodations are
up to the standard maintained at 6rst.
class hotels. In short, according to
these statements, the prison is not q
fit residence for gentlemen. This is
really too bad. Enlightened public
sentiment demands that this institu.
ton furnish absolute proof of the fal.
sity of these charges.-Oregonian.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22

Speaking of the wonderful discov-
cries in glass and the future of the mi
croscope, the Lronmongery says: Per-
haps the most remarkable recent dis
covery is the new glass that has just
been made in Sweden. At present
common glass contains but six sub
stances, while the new Swedish glass
consists of fourteen, the most import
ant element being phosphorus and
boron, which are not found in any
other glass. The revolution which
this refraction is destined to make il
almost inconceivable ifit is true, as it il
stated that while the highest power ol
the present microscope lens reveals
only the one four-hundredth part o
an inch, this new glass will enable vi
to distinguish the two-hundredth-and
four millionth seven hundred thous
andth part of an inch. What are
we coming to? Is it going to be pos
sible to see into the human frame
through the pores of the skin?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22
A Gigantic Shovel.
WORK THAT 1T is ENGAGED UPON AT
THE HEAD OF THE BAY.

WORK THAT 1T is ENGAGED UPON AT
THE HEAD OF THE BAY.
Tacoma News
A glance at the work under way at
the head of the bay. by the railroad
company, is worth walking miles to
see. The great steam shovel employed
there seems almost to possess human
faculties, so quickly and precisely does
it do its work. The place in question
is just back of the Atlas foundry and
machine shops, where the tide flats are
being filled up with earth, to provide a
site for the new machine shops and
other improvements of the railroad
company.
The steam shovel is of the Thomp-
son build and was manufactured in
Ohio. 1t stands upon a side track
near to the south side of the cut and
next to it is the train of empty fiat
cars to be loaded. The shovel lifts
one and quarter cubic yards at a
time and deposits it on the cars. Five
shovels full or about six cubic yards are
put on each empty flat car. The To-
comotive attached to the Hat cars
moves them back as they are loaded.
A car is loaded in less than two min
utes and it takes twenty-five minutes
to load the train of twelve cars now in
use. When the cars are all loaded the
locomotive backs them up to the place
where they arc to be unloaded. The
huge plow is on the last car and con-
nected with the engine by steel wire
cable an inch and u quarter in diam
eter. The wheels are blocked, the sig
nal given and the engine starts. In
less than minute the cars are un-
loaded and on their way back to be re-
loaded. Fifteen hundred cubic yards
arc thus excavated and filled in every
tiiiS Is All lulIIlclSc dInOunt
of labor accomplished, will be realized
when it is remembered that it would
take a single man and team year
and half to remove this amount of
earth. Eight teams and scrapers are
busy also removing and evening off
where the steam shovel cannot work
to advantage. To the south of where
the cars are now being dumped an
other roadbcd is being made. When
this is completed another temporary
track will be laid ON it that the cars
may be used there also. The work is
being done with great dispatch, but
yet the job is gigantic one aud sew
eral months must elapse before it is
completed. About thirty-five men are
employed in all, driving teams, hold
ing scrapers, shoveling back dirt and
operating the shovel.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22

1t is reported that while excavating
racently north of Penawawa, II work
man unearthed cannon and lot of
ammunition which had been buried
in boxes; also lot of silver coin, in
rotten buckskin sacks. Tradition al
leges that Steptoe, on his retreat from
the Palouse country in 1854, camped
and buried the material and treasure
at that place.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22

GERMANY has receded from her posi-
ton to the right Ct searching all ships
entering Samoan harbors, and there is
brighter prospects for the avoidence of
a conflict with the American Govern
ment.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22

THE United States possesses deed
to the harbor and shorc of Pagopago,
in the island of Samoa. dated January
II, 1878.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22

THREE thousand seamen are on a
strike at Glasgow, and the sailing OF
steamships is very much interfered
with.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22
Address ReQistered letters to

Kew Orleans, La
NcD that the payment Of Prizes
Il 0IUs is GUARANTEED ny
tUUR 1ATIONAf. BANKS Of New Orleans,
ana the Tickets are signed By the President OF
an institution, Whose chartered rights are rec
oguisee h the htghess Courts; tkeeefore, be-
ware o. any limitations or anonymous aehemea -
part or fraction Of Ticket tssU lEO. nv UA In
any Drawing Anything In our namj
tess than Dollar 4 . swiadie.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22

~ prizes s%ountingto 70 81 lIO54,sC0
titled to terminal Prizes.
FOR Clue RATES, or any further inforua-
fion desired. write legfbly 70 the gndersigued,
clearly stating your residence, With State. Coun-
" Street and Eumher. More rapid return mail
Envelope bearing your full sddress
send P0STAL NOTES, Express Money
Orders, or New York Exchange in ordinary let
dressed to 4s A. OAUPHlN.
New Orleans, La
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$Msimess Cards.
D. S. B. HENRY,
q. s. DEPUTY SURVEYOR.

Resfdenes, sixth Street, Swsa's Addf.
tiom to Olympia. w. =.
OURVEYING Of all kinds promptly at,
- tended to. The re-establishlng OF OLD
Government lines a speciality. Townsites
surveyed and plated. Railroads located,
and levels run for drains. Lands exam
iped and character reported.
OLYMPIA, June 8, 1887. II
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22
"Reminiscences.

We ne undersigned Banls and Bankers ,1,.
pay dA Pr1zes dra,cn in the Louisiana State
Lotte17es 'ohtch may be presented at oar coun-
r. n. WALMSLEY, Pres. Le~,a Nat. m
FIEH14 LAMAUxs Pres. State NATL m
f.. 1AkDW1M, Pres. New Orleans Nat n
CARL KOHN, Pres. Union Na4sl 0ank.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22
send, who is member OF the COM

send, who is a member OF the com
mittee.
Lying north of Spokane county is
the Colville Indian Reservation. In
this reservation are 100000 acres oi
mountain, valley and plain. The
tract is but little less in size than the
great State of Connecticut. 1t is
more than twice as large as Delaware
and more than three times as large as
| Rhode Island The vast tract of
country embracing, as it does, much
valuable land for farming and grazing
purposes, as well as enormous mineral
wealth, is held in state OF reserva-
tion for the occupation of less than
400 Indians.
The American ship Henry TIlard
cleared on the Goth ult., for Puget
Sound ports from New York with a
cargo of general merchandise. This
is the first time in over year that a
vessel has cleared from New York for
Puget Sound direct. If the trip of the
Willard is successful many other YES
sells will follow and thus open another
market for Now York shippers. The
Willard will probably be several months
in reaching her destination, as she will
be compelled TO go around South
America and come up the Pacific
coast. She is is a full-rigged ship,
fast sailor and will probably make
good time.
Michael Shreck has entered suit for
$4,000 against Whitman county.
Last summer plaintiff was confined in
the county Jail by an order of court,
upon warrant to keep the peace,
which resulted in the total loss
of Shreck's health. At the beginning
of the imprisonment, he was a sound
and able-bodied man, and he is now a
physical wreck. These facts were
brought to the attention of Judge
Nash, presiding at the December term
OF the district court, who after hear
lug the evidence of physicians through
out the county, at once ordered
Shreck's release, holding that the
present Jail was wholly unfit for the
confinement Of human beings.
The boundary of the new county
which the citizens of Spokane and
Whitman counties have petitioned
Congress to create out of the above
named counties, is to be as follows ::
Beginning at the northwest corner OF
Whitman county, running thence
north six miles, thence west to the
east line of Lincoln county, thence
south six miles, thence west six miles,
thence south to the southwest corner
of township Is north, of range 80,
thence east to the Idaho line, and
thence north to the point Of beginning.
Another petition stating that the
above petition is in circulation, and
demonstrating against the creation of
a new county, stating that the disin-
genuous scheme of few persons to
promote their own interests, was re-
ferred to the Committee on Territories.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowser.

MR.. BOWSER GIVES HIS WIFE SOME IN
STRTCTIONS AS TO TIE GAME OF EU-
CHRE AND AS USUAL MANS SKILL Is
NO MATCH FOR wUMANs LUCK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-29

The time for pruning In this country begins
about the 1st Of April and continues until late
in the fall, according to the convenience and
judgment Of the farmer. Nearly every one
differs in his ideas Of pruning orchard trees
Some pruns in midsummer, others in cold
weather. Some pruns great deal, actually
pruns the trees away; others do not pruns
enough. There il always happy medium be-
tween two extremes, and there II one in this
case. II trees are pruned too late In the season
the wounds do not heal mp before cold weather,
and IL pruned too early in summer the crop Of
fruit & injured The sap that should 90
opening in the wound. Trees never prunsd
soon get wild, scraggy growth, which ID det-
rimentql 10 the grace and appearance Of the
trees, d wen to their productive power. All
OF the scraggy limbs should be PINNED out, and
no limbs lefs, excepting those which win do
some good Ii the way Of bearing fruit bt a
improving the sppesrance OF the treok HthA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-29
Natural Electricity.

From the Electrical Review.
An extraordinary tale comes from Burmah.
Mr.. Ronald Fl. King. an electrician well known
to the Burmese, while on prospecting and
shooting expedition in the island of Labuan is
said to have discovered mineral from which
electricity can be obtained without ap-
paratus OF any kind whatever. The
mineral is described as being in the
form of a black stone of excessive hardness
and very great specific gravity, being nearly AZ
heavy as platinum. small block in the shape
of an irregular cube, measuring 4.3 inches one
way by SO inches the other way. was brought
away, and. on bringing it into the testing room,
a strong effect was noticed upon the galyanome-
ter. At first it was thought that the mineral
was an ordinary lodestone, but on tests being
made it was found that the force WAS more
akin to that Of an electromagnetic, and that a
strong current would flow when the mineral
was connected in circuit. Further tests re-
vealed that a difference of potential OF AZ volts
could be detected at the extremeties, the inter-
nal resistance of the mass being 20 ohms. The
block appears to waste away very slightly,
leaving slight gray powder upon the surface
when connected up for some time. The cleo
trician now uses the block to light couple of
incandescent lamps in his laboratory!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-29
Three Days Results VI q Strike.

Vienna Dispatch to London Daily News.
During the three days disturbances con-
nected with the strike of the tramway drivers
here AGO arrests were made. The number of in
jured was 206. The value of the property de-
stroyed amounted to $3.50 forms, not including
the windows smashed, an item which alone
figures for 1, 140 forms. The emperor has given
sum of 1000 forms to be distributed
among the police agents who were
wounded in the discharge of their duty.
The strikers themselves were entirely innocent
OF the mischief done, which was directed
principally against the jews. The fact is that
anti-Semitic influences have been gaining
ground rapidly among all classes of the popu-
lation 1t should be well understood that the
question OF religion has very little to do with
the pending agitation 1t bears rather on So
cial problems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-29
The Time to Harvest Wheat.

1t is an easy matter to decide upon the time
to harvest fruit. II it is to be sent to market
it should be gathered before it is thoroughly
ripe. for it will continue TO ripen until decay
has begun TO set in, even after it is pulled from
the tree or vine. 1t is different with many of
the grains, however and unless they cut at
the right time the greatest good possible is not
obtained from them. Wheat, for instance will
not show any increase in starch or gluten after
it is cut For a kernel of wheat to do the most
good it should be cut at the period when the
starch and gluten cells are the most fully
developed. When the grain is in the
milk state the gluten cells are hardly
they expand and crowd the starch cells
into smaller space. The gluten is the most
nutritious part of the wheat, and it forms
flesh, while the starch produces heat and
fat. The proportion of the gluten and starch
in wheat differs in varieties of wheat, in differ
ent parts of the country, and at different sea-
sons of the year. Ohio wheat contains less
gluten and more starch than Minnesota wheat
which is probably due to the dry atmosphere
of the latter section. This makes the latter
wheat so much higher in the market. If the
wheat contains too little gluten, as Is the case
in the early part of the grains ripening, the
-four made from it will not rise.
A great deal of the complaint made about
poor -four is due to the fact that farmers cut
their wheat too soon. The kernels are full and
mistake it for maturity. 1t is simply the moist
ure contained in the starch, which the gluten
cells will finally dry up when they begin to ex-
pand. The wheat heads will shrink little in
size after this moisture is dried up. but they
will be better for -four than the round, soft,
plump heads that are minus q sufficient guam
tity Of gluten.
Ii gluten or starch will not increase after the
wheat is cut the moisture in the heads must
gradually dry up and a shrinkage follow. This
not only decreases the amount OF wheat, but
makes il less nutritious than that which has
been left to mature in the field. The best rule,
then, for deciding upon the time to cut the
wheat is to wait as long "a possible-that is, 20
long as it can be done conveniently without
haste in handling. The gluten viii then be
fully expanded and the grain in the best condi-
ton for cutting. In selecting seed wheat a
variety should be chosen that is very gluti-
nous, - well - large and sound: II such
wheat is sown on hard, dry land, and cut ct the
proper time, the dour made from it win be Of Q
high order. A. B. BARRETT.