Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-24

New State of Washington
Embcllished with Magnificent stereop,icon
Illustrations of the
Great Puget Sound,
mediterranean OF the PACIFIC.
With its Harbors,
Majestic Mo untains,
Gigantic Trees
Wonderful Endless Japan River,
The Scenic Columbia,
The Seal Fisheries Of Alaska,
The Ports Of China and Japan.
Grand Waterfalls. Fertile Plains and Val
| eys. The Marvellous Mineral Resources of the
West. The Manufacture of Gold and Silver
Bullion.
The most entertaining and instructive ad-
dress OF to-day. OF interest TO persons in every
walk of life as it is illustrative of a section of
America almost unknown or explored. A state
with
TWENTY MILLION
| acres Of unsurveyed land. Yet by its natural
| advantages to be the richest State in the Union.
The object being, without partiaity to any
industry or section. to introduce to the citizens
| of the East the marvellous country that has Just
catered Statehood, and which is destined to be
| the future great Commonwealth of the West,
and through the ports of which much of the sur
plus products of America will find its way into
China, Japan, Siberia, Australia and the East
Indies
This address is positively complementary. and
I = oognun H. Inv uy~.an
Gentlemen and ladies who desire to attend
| this interesting address can make application
by mail for Invitations carrying reserved seats
| to GEORGE SAUER, care of Box Office.
n. b. Invitations will be mailed Monday
| and gentlemen accompanied by ladies will have
| the preference of orchestra seats. 1T
One can imagine the audience that
would assemble under such a call.
The exclusivenesS of admission ably
invitation only" was eminently calcu-
lated to catch the fancy of wealthy
residents of the "City of Culture"
and it is to be presumed that the rush
for tickets was unprecedented. The
language used in the advertisement,
although justified in every sense by
exact natural conditions, partakes of
enough OF the superlative to be slight
ly improbable, and this element
seems to be a requisite for absolute
success in all such matters in the sc
times of fervid forms of expression.
Let us imagine for a moment the
audience which thronged that mag
nifcent hall, on the night Of the 18th.
Thousands of people OF intelligence
and influence and wealth have been
drawn together by exceedingly happy
manner of announcing the great
event. They came prepared for the
usual imitation which they have been
taught to believe all stories of the far
west will bear. They were ready, with
few grains of salt, to swallow about
anything the lecturer would utter.
They were prepared to digest any
thing which reason, from a range
corresponding with the altitude of the
Bunker Hill Monument, approved.
There they sat; too dignified to be
impatient; too aesthetic to betray sur
prise; too we'll bred to indicate by any
outward action that what must have
seemed to them Manchausen-l like in.
ventions, were anything but Bill
Nye's frozen words of truth.
! Now imagine the hated breath which
they received true account of the
size, extent of shore-line and wonder.
full adaptability OF our great inland
sea, tho Mediterranean of the Pa
cific" picture if you can, their we'll
bred look of surprise when the speak.
er dilated upon the mildness of our
climate, the grandure of our scenery
the varied nature of our resources
and the capabilities of our soil. Fancy
if possible, their startled look of dis.
may, when the speaker, warming up
to his work, alludes to "sticks" oil
, timber $50 feet long without a knot,
and scaling from ten to twelve thou
sand feet to the log or when he casually
refers to CLAIMS that weigh twelve
, pounds, or land that produces GOO
bushels of potatoes to the acre. And
when he alludes to the historic fact
} that within six miles of the capital Of
the State of Washington the wheat
was grown that took the prize against
the world at Philadelphia in 177G, the
climax is reached, and the is hub reluc
family forced to admit that the periph.
cry may possess some things of ex.
ceedingly great merit not dreamed Of
in the philosophy OF the savants oil
our modern Athens.
But, seriously, the efforts of Mr.
Clifford, we believe will be followed by
excellent results. 1t will prepare the
way for capital to come westward, by
enlisting the attention of those who
will make our resources and wants a
study, for it is only a thorough knowl.
edge of the exact conditions which
exist that will remove all doubt of the
safety and profitableness of invest
ments in a new State, although it be
budding into the fullness OF majestic
growth.
/ MEssRs. Mum & Company, OF the
Scientific american, have done a great
many good things in the interest of a
general diffusion of useful knowledge.
Still intent in the good work, they
have just published large volume en-
titled Experimental Science" This
work contains 74O pages and nearly
!. 1OO illustrations. 1t is especially
adapted to the wants of the teacher,
the student and amateur, and should
be found in every library.
The President has named p. H.
Weston, of Spokane Falls, for Dis
trict Attorney and Thomas Il. Brown,
OF Tacoma, for U. S. Marshal.