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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-05-02
IIaconstltntIenai.

UaeOnsfttmtignat.
LANSING, Mich., April 2i.-The Michigan
supreme court to-day decided the Michigan
iquor license law unconstitutional on til,
ground that The bill, as passed by the legisla
lure, was different in wording and provision,
from the bilias signed by the governor. The
bill raised the dealer license from 5000 to $soc
and was contested by the Brewersand Maissers
Association.
Discovery,
Cry on MEXICO, April zo.--Representa-
tives Of the Philadelphia scientific exposition
made an ascent Of mountain Sunday. AT an
elevation Of ~, so feet a glacier two miles
long was found on the western slops. the FIRST
on record in Mexico. Butterflies wsre found
in the ice at an elevation Of I5,5 500 ieei.
Mad Murderer,
LINgyIILe, April 2S.--Sunday April ~,
a double murder took place on The Klamath
Indian reservation, and The murderer was kill
ed. while resisting arrest by Indian police.
John Major, an Indian. living near Wi hanson
river bridge, about seven miles from Klamath
agency, entered his house Sunday morning and
deliberately shot his wife twice with a fourty
four Winchester rifle, killing her instantly.
Major then started up the river, and entering
the house Of another ILdian abcut Two miles
from ms home, told him be wished o speak
with him. The Indian complied Eand as be
was walking ahead along the irail was shot
dead BY Major, the bah coming out At bis
heart MAJOR then took 10 the woods where
be was met By anotIez Indian named Frank
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25

The Railway Age.
Boston is so located that its suburbs
are probably more beautiful and &C.
cessible than those of any other city
in this country and the popularity OF
the improved transit facilities will be
readily understood by those who make
the trip to Chestnut Hill and return
by the electric railway. Along the
center of a broad avenue the double
track occupies strip of parking with
a row of trees at each edge. The
roadways for vehicles are on either
side. The entire absence of horses
has therefore permitted the grass to
grow between the rails, andit is kept
closely cropped, giving the whole SO
beautiful appearance that the Incl
dental existence of overhead conduc-
tors is entirely ignored. The one
prominent feature in the entire sys.
tenn as installed in Boston is the evil
dent determination to do everything
in the best possible manner. This be.
ing the cardinal principal, there can
be no doubt as to the continued sue
cess of the great undertaking. II
skeptics still exist, let them stand on
the sidewalk Of fremont street and
note how perfectly the electric cars
are handled on that crowded thorough'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25
Was Columbus q JewP
Jewsih World.

Jewsih World,
Jews figure prominently in the his
tory oil the discovery of America.
The plans and calculations for Colum.
bus expedition were largely the work
OF two Hebrew astronomers and
mathematicians. Two Jews also
were employed as interpreters by
Columbus, and one Of them, Luis de
Torres, was the first European to set
foot in the New World. When Colum-
bus sighted the island of San Salvador
he imagined he was approaching a
portion of the East Asiatic Coast, and
he sent Torres, who was engaged for
his knowledge of Arabic, ashore to
make inquiries of the natives. 1t was
probably this Torres who was the
Madrid Jew to whom Columbus be.
queathed half mark of silver in his
will. Another curious fact is that il
has been seriously suggested-by Mr..
Delitzsch, we believe-that Columbus
himself was Jew or OF Jewish birth.
The name Christopher was frequently
adopted by converts, while the sur
name Colon belonged to distinguished
family OF Jewish scholars. Christie.
piers father, Diego, bore originally the
Jewish name Jacob, which sounds
surprisingly like Shem Kadosh
Perhaps during the coming celebra-
tions some Jewish scholars in Italy
will make inquiry into the validity oil
this daring suggestion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25
Building q House.

ACOnOmy.
If were to build house, the kit.
chen and bathroom would be upper
most in regard to convenience and
health. The kitchen would want to
have large and high, as the other
rooms in the house, and ventilator
over the range, and 1 should want
stationery tubs. nice large sink with
waste pipes large enough to carr off
all the waste water without clogging
up, and having to dig up often to
clean them out. Closets for barrels of
-four, ETC., with door to put the bar
rel in, and lid to raise to take out
the flour as wanted, are desirable.
The bathroom should be plenty large
to admit person to get around with
out hitting the shins on some piece of
furniture. The dining-room long and
wide enough to get good long table
and to get around in nicely, but not
to accommodate a sofa and two or
three rockers to fall over. do not
think the dining-room ought to be
made for any other purpose than to
eat in. There should be two nice
sleeping rooms on the first floor. One
could be utilized as o sewing room if
not needed every day for sleeping
room, but would be a great conven-
fence in case Of sickness. weuld not
have a dead room in the house or
more commonly called parlor (only
to be used on wedding or funeral oc-
casions.) would pay strict attention
to having my own sleeping room light
and pleasant, with nice clothes room
and closet for medicines, etc. would
have the whole house finished off in
hard wood, either oak, chestnut or ash,
polished and oiled The dining-room
floor made of Georgia pine, oiled.
The front hall should be carpeted.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25

A FOREST IN A LAKE.-The strang-
est forest l ever saw was a submerged
one, says writer in the Herald.
This was in the Oyo country, north
west OF Lagos. 1t was entirely COM
posed of bomhax. The trunks were
under water, the dense leafy tops
forming hundred islands. These
swarmed with waterfowl and snakes.
while every limb was garden of Or
chids. 1t was nearly the end of the
rainy season and the Niger or one of its
tributaries and overflowed its banks
and formed this lagoon. 1t, however,
had been submerged forest for years,
for there were numerous "dug outs"
or native boats upon it, and it was
wonderful to see how the natives
found their way through what seemed
an inextricable maze Of tree tops. To
the natives it was q source of wealth.
for they were able easily to pull the
great pods as soon as they were ripe
with their store of cotton, with which
they weave their clothes. These are
almost imperishable, some of them
valuable, a specially handsome one
being valued at as much as four slaves.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25
Beating the Slot Machine.
Louisville Courier-Journal.

LOUISVILLE COurler-JOurnal.
A complicated case was brought
into the central police station yester-
day afternoon. 1t was that of man
who had been beating "drop-a-nick-
el in the slot" box on the corner Of
Third and Jefferson streets. The man
who was able to perform this feat was
John Lewis, and he is said to have
made thorough study of the subject
before risking his nickel. He first
bored q hole in the coin and then
fastened to it a small black silk thread
He then dropped the nickel in the
slot as directed by the sign and drew
q cigar. Seeing that nothing was
stated in the direction as to how many
times one nickel could be dropped in
he drew his nickel out and dropped it
in again. Succeeding the second
time he continued until he emptied
the box. By the time he had drawn
twenty-nine cigars quite crowd had
gathered around him and cheered him
on. Their cries attracted officers
Schadel and Donehue, who arrested
him and took him from the circle in
which he had become hero.
At the station house the question
arose as to what he should be charged
with. After several suggestions of
robbery and burglary, it was decided
to place him under arrest on charge
OF disorderly conduct. He was taken
out on bond little later by some of
those whose cries had attracted the
police.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25
Cities Change their Latitude.


DIR. A. Supan, the distinguished
German geOgraphcr, makes the re-
markable assertion in Petersmann's
M,ttheilungen that changes in the
geographical latitude of places have
been observed for several years. 1t
was thought that these apparent
changes might be due to errors in OBJ
servations or imperfections in instru-
ments, but during the last year sys-
tematic observations have been made
at number of central European OBJ
servatories which have demonstrated
that the geographical latitude OF a
place is not constant or, in - sther
words, that the earth's axis is subject
to small variations with regard to
whose character and cause we are as
yet completely in the dark.
Prol. Helmert reports upon this re-
markable discovery that in the first
half of 1889 no change in the latitude
OF Berlin and Potsdam was observed.
but that in the third quarter there
was an increase in latitude, or, in
other words, these cities were little
nearer the north pole. This was fol-
lowed by a diminishing of latitude,
which extended through the last quar-
ter OF the year and had apparently
reached an end in January of this
year. The difference in latitude OBJ
served at Berlin and Potsdam amount
ed to one and one-tenth seconds, and
these results were exactly confirmed
by observations at Prague. Since the
same results has been reached with
very different instruments at three
different Observatories, one of which is
two degrees south of both the others,
the phenomenon can scarcely be at
tributed to errors in instruments or
observations.
DIR. Supan adds that this important
matter will be considered by the per-
manent commission of the Interna-
tional GeOdetic Conference, which will
meet at Freiburg in September. and it
is hoped that an extensive system of
observations will be carried out which
may result in explaining the phenom-
enOn.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25
CYCLING AND PHYSIQUE.
Danger to Young People in Excessiv,
Wheel Exercise.
Chambers Journal.


In the current number of his
quarterly journal, the Asclepiad, DR..
b. w. Richardson, himself an enthu-
siastic cyclist, presents an article on
"Cycling and Physique" He recon-
mends that cycling be delayed by
young folks until the body is ap-
preaching to its maturity. He ad-
mits that cycling tends to induce
certain amount of arrangement of the
conformation of the framework OF the
body. Every kind of riding which
tends to throw the body forward in
bent or curved position, in tempo
rary stoop. The large muscles in the
fore part of the thigh are apt, also, to
receive undue development. On the
other hand, he never knew cramp or
spasm as direct result of working
the machine; nor sprain, unless in
case OF collisions or falls.
Competitive cycling he justly con-
demns. The proper method of riding
is to walk ascents, and always to walk
steep ascents, when the healthy con-
dition of body incident to pedestrian
exercise is sustained. DR.. Richard
sons own experience is that for every
eight miles of distance traversed in
conformity with health it is wise to do
one mile on foot. In a ride of fifty
miles in day six at least should be
done on foot. He utters q warning to
those who exhaust their capital stock
of vitality by competitive racing; that
there is no going back for more capi-
tai, no making up-no, not even by
rest-for the prime loss from the orig
inal capacity. The most and best that
can be effected is to keep on, with
measure OF the original store of en-
ergy dissipated forever.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25

STRANGE NAMEs.-The Instructions
inthe upper Columbia have some very
strange names, says the Yakima Her
aid. and indicate the changes in tenn
perament OF those who came down the
river and are responsible for the nom
enclature. First, there is Kettle falls
then Sheol and DEVILS rapids; next
Gorge of Gehena, He'll Gate and
Whirlpool of Hades. Here there
there must have been change ol
heart, for we come upon Priests rap
ids and enter the less turbulent Dor.
tions of the river by Pearl Gate.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25

The death OF General Fremont
brings before q new generation the in
cidents OF q past that is full of ro-
nance. There are no more frontiers,
but when men like Fremont and Gil
pin turned their faces westward, all
the land from the Siskiyou Mountains
to far down the Rio Grande was both
frontier and foreign. Salt Lake was
in Mexico; Pixies Peak and Shasta
were in Mexico. The Snake river rose
in Mexico, and the Colorado and Gila,
the Sacramento and San joaquin
were Mexican rivers. Fremont saw
mighty changes following his arduous
explorations. 1t is to be regretted
that the hardships OF his active man.
hood were not repaid by ease and COM
petence in after life. His disposition,
however, was one ON which care sat
lightly. From his French father he
inherited the Gallo lightness OF heart
and expectation that the future would
take care of itself. The son-in-law of
the first statesman OF the new West,
he made the civilization and develop
ment OF that West possible much
sooner than they would have come
without him. When he pushed for
ward into the wilderness first, St.
Louis was the farthest western city OF
the United States. When he closed
his eyes and slept, San Francisco, the
third commercial city in the Union,
was not as far west as the middle of
the territory covered by the Stars and
Stripes. In one of the parks OF St.
Louis stands a heroic statute of BEN
ton. Let San Francisco do herself
honor by building in her park q
statue of Fremont, "the Pathfinder" /"
IS. +. Alta.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25
D. 8. 3. HENRY,
0. s. DEPUTY SURVEYOR.

gsssdenees sixth Street, Swans Addi.
tien - Olympia. Wash.
OURvEYING Of all kinds promptly at
- tended to. The re-establishing OF old
|. Government lines q speciality. Townsites
nrveyed and plated. Railroads located,
I'D levels run for drains. Lands exam
Ntnod and character reported.
OLYMPIA, April Ie. 1880. *
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25
Sober Second Thought.

Many Republican journals through
out the country. which have the
courage Of their convictions and which
refuse to cringe at the crack of the
party whip, have, upon sober second
thought, taken up the .cudgels in op-
position to the infamous Mckinley
bill. Here is what the able Pitts
burg Dispatch says about it:
"Perhaps the most telling evidence
on the recklessncss and ill-advised
policy OF the federal election law is
that furnished by the most intelligent
Southern Republicans. The Valley
Virginidn, of Staunton, Va, Repub-
lican newspaper of the best rural
stamp. distinctly declares that it will
not only be useless but injurious.
The same evidence has been given by
Messrs. Ewart and Coleman in Con-
gress, whose opinions must be con-
ceded to be free from mugwumpery.
Even the Southern Republicans, who
voted for the bill, admitted that in
their districts there was no need for it
but they gave it their support under
the party whip. on the plea that there
might be other sections where it is
necessary for the United States gov
ernment to take charge of the cleo
tiOns.
"With this testimony from Repub-
lican sources that the provisions Of
the bill are entirely uncalled for, and
that they will only perpetuate and
stimulate the sectional hatreds which
have been dying out, the determina-
ton to use fair means or foul in fore
ing this enactment is only the most
undisguised declaration of the men
now in charge of the Republican policy
that public welfare and respect for the
principles settled more than a decade
ago, are of no weight with them, COM
pared with the object of keeping their
own party by legislative enactment.
The one argument that prevails over
the Republican caucus is that, as Mr..
Reed says, by "doing our own count
ing" they can gain 25 seats from the
south. The mere hope OF such prize
is enough to override every considera-
ton OF good policy or wise legislation.
1t may be found out if this policy
prevails that, in grasping for the
shadow of Republican congressman
from the south, the party may lose
the substance of Republican congress
men from the SOUTH"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25
WHOLE NUMBER 1854.

Capt. Simon Calder, a Cape Ann
skipper who came here some two or
three years. ago as sailor, has made
several fishing voyages to the halibut
fisheries off Cape Flattery since last
March. Capt. A. r. Saunders is
authority for the statement that Can't
Calder has never had to set his trough
the second time to fill his smack,
which has capacity of two tons. 1t
may be imagined that these hauls
marketed in Puget Sound ports have
netted Capt. Calder quite neat sums,
and it is not to be wondered at that
several other schooners are now being
fitted out to engage in the lucrative
fishing business.
About 25O tons of shale, belonging
to the Seattle Gas Company, was let
down into about three fathoms of
water by the collapsing of the ocean
dock, last Friday, at Seattle. The
shale is valued at $25 ton, which
makes the loss to the company $1,000.
The shale was part of a load of 500
tons brought in lately by the Kate
Davenport, and was being unloaded
when the dock gave way. There is
likely to be a law suit to settle the
damage to the dock, twenty-five feet
OF which gave way, as the Oregon I'M
provement Company officials had
warned the wharfngers not to allow
heavy cargo to be placed on the
wharf.
Editor Kellogg, OF the big Bend EN-
pire, is in hiding at present, and his
foreman is trying to fix matters up so
he can come home again without fear
of being pulverized. In writing up
visit to lady's house he described her
elegant selection of house plants. He
wrote this way: "Mrs. B. has the
prettiest plants in town." In making
up the form the letter 81" dropped out
OF the word plants, and the mistake
was not discovered until the paper
was run of. The whole town was in
an uproar, and when the offensive
word was pointed out to the husband
he armed himself with q horsewhip
and revolver and went to the printing
office with blood in his eye. The edi-
tor saw him Coming and started for
the canyon on run that would have
shamed a scalded dog. Editors have
their troubles the same as other per
sons.-Cossles City Nesss.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25

Old Newspapers in the Household
The real value of old newspapers
about q house is fully comprehended
by but few. Many people in wrapping
up woolen goods to put away for the
something that must soon
be done for the coming season-use
clear brown paper. Old newspapers
are preferable, for the ink on them has
been observed 10 be very obnoxious to
moths, insects, etc. A great benefit
can also be derived by placing a layer
of old newspapers upon the carpet
paper spread under carpets, as it is
preventive to incroachments by ver-
min, which is so often the case.
Another useful attribute of paper not
generally known is for preserving ice
in pitcher of water. Fill the pitcher
with ice and water, and place in the
center of piece of paper; then
gather the paper up together at the
top, and twist the ends tightly to-
gether, placing a strong rubber band
around the coil to hold it close, SO as
to exclude the air. A pitcher of ice
water treated in this manner has been
known to stand over night with scarce
ly o preceptible melting of the ice.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25

BIBLICAL UNITs.-Biblical units have
the following equivalents: A shekel
of gold worth$8. A firkin was 7 cents.
A talent of gold was $13,SO9. A tai
ent of silver was $53S.3O. Exekiars
reed was nearly II feet. A cubit was
nearly % inches. A bin was l gallon
and 2 pints. A mite was less than a
quarter of a glass. A shekel of silver
was about so cents. A piece of sill yer,
or penny. was IL cents. A Sabbath
days journey was about an English
mile. An ephah, or bath, contains 7
gallons and 5 pints. A days journey
was about % 1-5 miles. A hands
breadth is equal to 81 inches. A
fingers breadth is equal to l inch.
A farthing was cents.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25

The first railroad in the holy land
is being built. 1t is a narrow gauge,
and will run from Joppa to Jerusalem.
The report which is said to have en-
enated from a Bellingham Bay news
paper, that the road would make con-
nections with the Fairhaven and
Southern is erroneous
american.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25

THE admission OF Idaho and WyO-
ming as States nearly closes out Uncle
Sans stock of Territories. Wyoming
should be the resort of woman SUI.
fragists, as woman suffrage is pro-
vided for in the constitution. OF the
remaining territories it is claimed that
while Utah and New Mexico have
population enough, the presence OF
the Mormons in Utah, and mongrel
races of Indians and Spaniards in New
Mexico, are sufficient at present to
disqualify them for statehood.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25

THuNDERsToRMs are more frequent
in Java than in any other part of the
globe. On an average they occur in
the island on nincty-seven days of the
year. In England the average marks
.hunderstorms on about seven DAYS in
the year-only half the number re-
corded in France.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25
A Point EorciblY Made.

Roger Q. Mills, in the late discus
sion upon the tariff in the House of
Representatives, scored a home run"
in the most concise illustration of the
truth of the fact that high tariff is
ruinous upon the laborer and his fam
lily we have seen. Mr.. Mills said:
A workingman in mill said to the
manufacturer: az don't believe you
pay me enough. 1 have a wife and
children, and can hardly support them
on the wages you are paying me, only
$l.25 a day. I think you ought TO
pay $l.5Oa day." The manufacturer
replied: al can get my laborers from
Germany, from France and from Eng
land, and I can get plenty of laborers
at $l.25 day, and if you don't like
that pay you may stop work" I"
"Well," said the workingman, "if
that is the case, I suppose I have got
W TAKE the $l.Z0 a DAY.
After his weeks work was at an end
and he had received his weeks wages,
he said TO the manufacturer: at is
getting cold. What will you charge
me for pair of blankets that have
been working on?" "Five dollars"
said the workman, "why can buy
those blankets in England or in
France or in Germany for 80 a pair,
and won't take your blankets. 1
will send over there and get pair"
"Oh, no, you can't do that" said the
manufacturer, "there is a tariff of 81
a pair, which added to the So, makes
the price to you IS. That is for my
protection"
So the workingman paid his S. and
took the blankets. And then he
started off for home, thinking, poor
fellow, how hard this tariff and pro-
lection is.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25

A SUCCESSFUL worker in the field OF
journalism is Miss Virginia G. Clay,
editor of Democratic daily at Hunts
vile, Ala. She supports q paralyzed
father and five brothers and sisters.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25

IT is not true, says the New York
Commercial Advertiser, that the pho
nograph is an electrical device. 1t is
mechanical and no more depends
upon electricity for its action than
does O clothes-wringer. An electrical
motor is often used to operate it,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-07-25
RIDER Hapoard the &.

RIDER Haggard, the famous English
author, has announced to friends in
the City of Mexico his purpose of
going to Mexico for long sojourn in
order to gather material for new
books. Recent discoveries of hidden
Aztec temples will give some interest
ing material.