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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03
The Hot-Air Treatment,

DR.. Dubois has o consumptive from
Lemhi county, who is trying the eff
cacy of the treatment known as the
air remedy. Yesterday
the patient inhaled into his lungs air
heated to 425 degrees. 1t is one of the
mysteries of physiology that a human
being can endure air in the lungs
heated to this degree. 1t seems in
credible, but the fact is well attested.
As q matter of fact, the air, when it
reaches the lung cells is not quite so
hot as these figures indicate, as the
temperature of the superheated air
current is somewhat lowered in its
passage through the mouth, throat
and bronchial tube. This process,
however, cannot lower the tempera-
ture more than 100 degrees, so that
the lungs do actually receive the air
at temperature of 1926 degrees. AS
it is we'll known that consumption is
caused by living germs of parasitical
organisms that have fastened them
selves upon the lungs, whose tissues
they destroy by their growth and prop
agation, as it has also been proved by
actual experiment that these germs
cannot resist degree of heat equal to
12O degrees, the great question of cur
ing consumption seems to be definitely
and satisfactorily met and answered.
That air heated to the degree named
causes neither injury or pain, or even
discomfort to the patient, makes the
trial of this remedy both safe and
pleasant.-Boise Statesman.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03
A Spin Around the World.

Nellie Bly,, plucky young lady re-
porter of the New York World, will try
to make the journey around the world
in seventy-five days. She left New
York Nov. IA. She expects to report
at the home office, if nothing happens
Jan.7
The object of the trip is to see just
how long it will take to go around the
world, with all the Improvements of
modern travel, twin screws, compound
engines and improved furnaces. In
this view of the case, her trip will be a
very interesting one.
She will cover a journey of 10000
miles, going first to Europe and re-
turning by way of San Francisco. The
wide Southern dip which must be
made, skirting Asia instead of going
across it, necessarily causes the jour
ney to be some days longer. When
Russia completes that railway across
Siberia, the trip arounI the world can
be made without stopping for long
breath. twill be something like be-
ing shot out of cannon, to girdle the
globe 10y the shortest route.
The best wishes of her fellow Jour-
nalists everywhere will accompany the
brave young woman. Besides her
newspaper achievements she is to be
commended above almost all other
young women for one thing-she has
perfect health.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03
Old Tecump's View.

The following ancient letter, written
by Geneeal Sherman, has been resur-
rected, to the disgust of the old war
rior:
In THE FIELD, ATLANTA, GA, Sep
tember s, lS64-Dedr Sir: Your kind
note of August oath, from Rochester,
N. Y, reached me here, and l am
really thankful for the warm terms in
which you write, and l know you will
not feel the less kindly when you
know we are inside Atlanta. l don't
see why we can't have some sense
about negroes, as well as about horses.
mules, iron, copper, etc.-but say mig
ger" in the United States and from
Sumner to Attorney Kelly the whole
world goes crazy. l never thought
my negro letter would get into the
papers, but since it has l lay low.
I like niggers we'll enough as
niggers, but when fools and idiots
try to make niggers better than
ourselves / have an opinion. We are
also running our country financially
in this bounty and substitute business.
1t only amounts to spending money,
it don't make single soldier.
Fools think they can buy off and
will spend their money on some worth
less substitute who shirks and is of no
use, and after spending all his money
will have to serve besides.
Well, this thing will work out its
natural solution.
w. Il. SHERMAN, Maj-Gen.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03
THE WORLDS FIGURES,
The Total Wealth Of This Country
Exceeds That Of the Whole World.

The World has obtained from the
treasurer OF each State the value OF
property assessed for taxation. The
census Office, in 1856, made a report OF
inquiry into the proportions existing
in each State between the taxed prop
erty and the actual wealth, which
ranges between % per cent. in Illinois
and 6S in Wyoming.
The VorlFs report shows an in
crease in the taxable property of S6,-
963 900 600, and an increase in the ac-
tual wealth of $1S,662, 100000 since
$50. r-rTile total-wealth is SCI ,456,-
0O0,OOO exclusive OF public property,
and $3,093. 100000 for property in
vested and owned abroad The wealth
OF the United States now exceeds the
tota. wealth Of the whole world at any
time previous to the middle of the
eighteenth century; the amount in
vested abroad alone, is equal to the
national wealth of Portugal and Den
mark. The total wealth of only five
nations is equal to the mere increase
of the United States in the past nine
years
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03
WHOLE NUMBER 1855.

father, Julian Bernier, having been
one of the first of the Hudson Bay
company's men to penetrate this sec
ton. Julian Bernier settled first moi
far from Walla Walla, about 1919, af
terwards going to British Columbia in
the interests of the Hudson Bay Com.
pany. In 1874 they came to Newau.
KUN prairie and Marcel has lived
there ever since. He leaves quite q
number of grown children. He had
much to do with the early settlement
of this county and was wildly known.
One of the Oldest landmarks of Ia
coma was burned at IL 80 Saturday
night. 1t was known as St. Nicholas
hotel and was two-story frame struc-
ture at the corner of Twelfth and
Pacific Avenue. The property be-
longed to the Pacifie Nationai- bank.
which proposed to commence the
erection of fine building in month
or so. William Walker rented the
hotel for lodging house, and it was
patronized principally by laboring
men, of whom thirty-six were in their
beds when the first alarm was given.
They escaped by the windows, but
most OF them without their clothing.
The insurance on the goods was $400,
estimated to fully cover their value.
The owner had been trying to sell for
some time. The origin of the fire is
unknown.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03
Something About Speaker Reed.

The Washington correspondent of
the Philadelphia Record says of
Speaker Reed: "The Senate" he
said in one OF his clever phrases, ais
where good statesmen go when they
die" "The House is the popular
branch of the National Legislature"
he said in another happy sentence,
the Senate, the unpopular" He
agrees with Samuel J. Randall that it
is better to be in the House than in
any other part OF the Government ex-
cept the Presidency and the Supreme
Court. In attaining the Speakership
he has won the prize of his ambition,
and he knows just what that means.
He won it curiously enough with the
aid of James G. Blaine, who, then
for the first time, lent him a
helping hand. The strife between
them began twenty years ago, when
Blaine stood where Reed stands now,
when Reed, poor young lawyer,
was just taking his first steps in poll
tics. William Pitt Fessenden, one of
the few public men that Reed has
looked up to, came back to Maine
from the impeachment OF Andrew
johnson to face strong hostile senti-
ment worked up by James G. Blaine
on account of Fessenden's vote to ac-
quit johnson. In the division that
followed, Reed threw his young for
tunes into the struggle on the side of
Fessenden. Reed was so poor that he
actually needed the small salary of
the Attorney Generalship, for which
he was a candidate, to provide him
with an income. Yet his admiration
for Fessenden was so strong that he
periled his whole fortune for his sake.
Blaine never forgave him for it-per-
haps Reeds success made it hard to
forgive him. At all events, ever since
until this year Reed has never had
support and has often had oppos. ton
from Blaine. He has made his way
in public life right in the teeth of adj
verse winds.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03
A Wonderful House.
Chicago Tribune.


Furetiere has given a description of
a wonderful palace erected for the ex-
elusive benefit of the king of Siam
and the royal household, and which is
one of their summer residences. The
tables, chairs, closets, ect.. are all COM
posed of remarkable geological pro-
duct, clear as ice. The walls, ceiling
and floors are of the same material in
blocks foot square. The building is
round, and at hight OF Is feet, arches
from all sides, forming dome shaped
roof, much resembling the Esquimaux
hut The arch-shaped plan upon
which it is constructed-enahIe @it--to
Withstand an enormous pressure.
Each joint is cemented with mixture
which the most subtle liquor cannot
penetrate-~ There is but one door,
which shuts so closely that it is i'm
penetrable as the rest of the singular
structure. 1t was constructed by a
Chinese engineer as n certain remedy
against the insupportable heat of the
climate.
The building is 2S feet in diameter
and is placed in the midst of great
basin paved and ornamented with
marbles of various colors. 1t is so ar
ranged that the basin can be filled
with the coolest of water to such a
depth as to entirely cover the building,
all except the dome, which is Al feet
high and made of iron and covered
with hammered brass
When the potentate and his royal
family enter the pavilion the door is
closed tightly against cement-covered
strips; the sluices are opened and the
great basin is filled, SO that the build
ing is entirely covered with the water
except the dome as above mentioned,
that being left uncovered for the bene-
fit OF respiration. Nothing could be
more charming than the agreeable
GOODNESS of this remarkable palace,
while the heat dances on the water
above its occupants.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03
DAYS OF THE WEEK.
Their Names Derived From Those O!
Popular Heathen Gods,

In ancient times the people wor-
shipped images OF gods, valiant soldiers
and saints; from some of the most i'm.
portant of these came the names ap-
piled to the different days of the week
From an idol of the sun comes Sun
day, or, in other words, upon the day
we now hold sacred as the Sabbath,
the ancients worshipped the sun. 1t
is not the ancient Sabbath of the Jew
ish people, and it it very doubtful even
if it is the " Lords Day." spoken of by
Paul.
On the second day OF the week the
old Saxons worshipped tke fnoo,. .n.ti
called it MONDAY. We have dropped
one " o" and call it Monday.
Tuisco, from which we derive
Tuesday, was one OF the most ancient
and popular gods of the Germans, and
the third day of the week was dedica-
ted to his worship.
Wooden, for whom we have named
Wednesday, was prince of high stand
ing among the Saxons. His image
was prayed to for victory. On the
fourth day after each succeeding sun
worship the old Saxons spent hours in
invoking the blessing of old Wooden.
Thor, from which comes Thursday,
was god of the chase, and was repre-
sented as being seated on a couch of
skins with IL stars over his head and
holding a scepter in his hand.
Frigo, the god of Friday, was some
thing of hunter himself, and was rep
resented with a drawn sword in one
hand and bow in the other.
Scatter, the god of Saturday, accord
ing to picture of him, must have
been perfectly wretched. He is
thin visaged, long-haired, with flowing
beard and far-away look in his eye.
His finger nails are long and hooked
like bird claws. In his right hand
he carries bucket partially filled with
water, strewn over the surface with
fruits and flowers. His picture is al
most counterpart of that of old
Father Time. ."-St. Louis Republic.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03
An Important Decision.

Secretary Noble last week made an
interesting decision in a homestead
case from the State of Washington.
It was the somewhat celebrated case Of
Swanson against Anderson. Anderson
had entered the land under the home
stead law, and was fulfilling the law
and all the requirements, when he be-
came insane, wandered away from
home and has not been seen since.
OF course the requirements of the
homestead laws were neglected. Ma
thilda Olsen got decree of the court
of Pierce county declaring Anderson
insane and naming herself as guardi-
an. A man named Swanson filed on
the land. His claim was rejected by
the local Office. He appealed to the
general Office, holding that the law
had not been complied with and that
it had never been proven that Ander-
son was insane, as he could not be
produced in court. Secretary Noble
denies his motion for review of the
case, and says that the land may be
held by the guardian. The decree OF
the court can only be attacked collater-
ally, and then the burden of proof
would be with Swanson. He must
prove that Anderson was not insane.
The case is regarded as important, as
ruling on the rights of guardians in
perfecting title.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03
Friday.

Lee surrendered on Friday.
Moscow was burned on Friday.
Washington was born on Friday.
Shakespeare was born on Friday.
America was discovered on Friday.
Richmond was evacuated on Friday.
The Bastile was destroyed on Fri.
day.
The Mayflower was landed on Fri
day.
Queen Victoria was married on
Friday.
Fort Sumter was bombarded on Fri
day.
King Charles I. was beheaded on
Friday.
julius Caesar was assassinated on
Friday.
Napoleon Bonaparte was born on
Friday.
The battle of Marengo was fought
on Friday.
The battle of Waterloo was fought
on Friday.
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake
on Friday.
The battle of Bunker Hill was fought
on Friday.
The battle of New Orleans was
fought on Friday.
The Declaration of independence
was signed on Friday.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03

A MENACE To THE COAST Trade
A late New York dispatch says that
the sale of the Guatemala Central
Railroad, owned by Huntington, Nor
gan, Bliss & Co., and the Vanderbilts,
to a French syndicate, which has been
granted railway concession to con-
struct a road from the Atlantic to
Livingston, Guatemala City, to con-
meet at that point with the Guatemala
Central Railroad to the Pacific, re-
moves from Guatemala the only large
American interest in that country and
puts the Germans with their coffee in
vestments and the French in practical
control. OF imports to Central Amer
lea from the United States, San Fran
cisco now skins the cream, because
the difference in freight makes it a
cheaper buying market than New
York. The new railway will, it is
claimed, reverse this and New York
will supply not only the Eastern but
the entire western coast of Central
America
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03
What q Ton Of Coal Contains.

A careful analysis and estimate
made by New York chemist of the
constituents Of ton of coal presents
some interesting facts, not familiar
certainly to unscientific minds. 1t is
found that, besides gas, ton OF ordi-
nary gas coal will yield 1900 pounds
of coke, twenty gallons of ammonia
water and lao pounds of coal tar.
Distillation OF this amount OF coal tar
gives about seventy gallons of pitch,
seventeen pounds of creosote, fourteen
pounds of heavy oils, about nine and a
half pounds of naptha water and six
and one-third pounds OF napthaline,
four and three-fourths pounds of nap
thol, two and fourth pounds of sol
vent naptha, one and a fifth pounds
of analine, seventy-nine hundredths of
a pound of toludine, forty-six hund-
redths of pound Of anthracine, and
nine-tenths OF a pound of touches
from the last named substance being
obtained the new product saccharine,
said to be 230 times as sweet as the
best cane sugar.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03
Some Early Records.
Chehalis wv ash. Nugget.

N"S"uhS w dsH.J NuSSSts
The oldest public records in Lewis
county, are found at the Catholic
church, on Cowlitz Prairie. Though
the records be of u religious character,
containing the baptisms, marriages
and burials that have been performed
by the different Catholic priests that
have been in charge of the mission
since 1S3S-yet they have been found
useful even in civil matters. Time
and again, especially of late years, the
priest in charge has been called upon
to make extracts from the old regis
tiers, to prove in the land Office or in
the district courts, the validity, or the
existence of marriage contracted in
the prehistoric time of Lewis county.
Certificates of burial have also been
produced from these books in the set
tlement OF some estates. The first
baptisms and marriages were made in
the house of Simon Plamondon, by
Father F. N. Blanchet, afterwards
Archbishop of Oregon, who was the
first Catholic priest that visited the
Cowlitz country and located in 1888,
what has been known since as the St.
Francis Xavier mission. Father NJ.
Demers, afterwards Bishop Of Van
couver Island, was the first priest sent
to reside on the prairie. He arrived
there in the spring of 1889 and imme-
diate,y set to work with his faithful
help, Augustus Rochon, of Toledo, to
build the first log church erected and
dedicated to the worship OF Almighty
God north of the Columbia river and
west of the Cascade mountains.
Although at present only a few logs
OF that primitive structure remain and
ircrvc -as ruur-fugs over some -swxfel
along the county road, the old par
sonage, built simultaneously with the
church having been destroyed by
fire in 1880, the records of the early
laborers in the vineyard of the Lord
are yet kept in the comparatively new
building that now -adorns the center of
COwlitz Prairie. - :
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03

HIGH CLIMBERs-A queer story
comes from that peculiar old city,
Salem, Mass, OF the antics of four
girls, the daughters OF first families, y
who it seems had formed q society
which they styled 1.-The Invincible
League" based upon the pledge that
each member should follow the leader
and do just what the caprice of that
individual should suggest. Then came
a series of mischievous escapades that
set the staid old town agog because of
the mystery surrounding them. First
a flag was found floating from the
tower of the Tabernacle church. Then
the organ of the North church was
nearly ruined by tampering with the
water motor and the ceiling was
cracked. The girls after discovery
made full confession. They had de-
cided to climb every church spire in
Salem, and had, in pursuance OF their
daring design, visited the North Tab
ernacle and the South Church towers,
leaving flag at the tabernacle.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03
Printing Of the Ancisnts.
Philadelphia Ledger.


A remarkable discovery has been
made in Egypt of tablets, or letters,
which compose a literary correspond
ence of $500 to 1000 years ago, car
ried on between Egyptians and Asia
tics. The tables now in Vienna repre-
sent letters and dispatches sent to
Egypt by the Governors and Kings Of
Palestine, Syria, Babylonia, and other
countries of western Asia. The find is
remarkable every way, and opens the
people of that age to us with freshness
and familiarity. 1t is clear that the
literary spirit is ancient, and Prof
Sayce surmises we shall yet find Ii
braries of clay books. One town Judah
was called Book Town." or Library
Town." The momentum of this dis
covery will be marked.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03

In the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company's land sales during the last
fiscal year this Territory led every
other State or Territory in the num-
ber of acres sold, in the amount OF
money received and in the average
value of lands sold per acre. During
the year the company sold 392 900
acres for ST. ,331 900, OF which 2G0,5O0
acres were sold in Washington for 1894 :
600, while the total sales in Minnesota
were $1,000 acres, $4,000 in Dakota,
$1,000 in Montana, 1900 in Idaho,
and 200 acres in Oregon. In 1887
the average price of land sold by the
company was 1921 an acre, and the
same average prevailed for Washing.
ington. This year the general aver
age is 1882, while the Washington
average is $3.5S.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03
A Practical Illustration.

Dearest, you have made me the
happiest man in the world" said the
fond lover after his swoetheart's con-
sent. ave are from Lc.ceforth one"
said he.
"Oh, isn't that lovelyw she cooed.
"All one eh? Just as if you were /
and were your
"Yes, dear, we shall know each
others thoughts and feelings and
why, what's the matter loveT
81 felt something bite us-didn't
yOu?"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03

The Washington Magazine for De-
cember, published at Seattle, by Alex
ander Begg, is an exceptionally good
number, filled with seasonable articles
OF considerable literary merit by home
talent. The names Of Ella HigginsOn,
Eldridge Morse, Gene Clark Pomeroy,
Dewitt C. Lockwood, and Others, ap-
pear ir the list OF contributors.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03

The President has sent the follow
ing appointments to the Senate for
confirmation Geo. A. Steel, Post
master at Portland; L. T. Balm,
United States Marshal for that district
r. p Earhart, Collector of Customs
M. Weidler, Collector of Internal Rev.
enue; w. H. Byars, Surveyor-General
of Oregon, and F. P. Mays, United
States District Attorney. The above
have been recommended by the Ore
gon delegation at Washington and
will doubtless be confirmed by the Sen.
ato
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03

SEVENTY horses a day are now
slaughtered in Berlin for human food.
1t is one result of Germany's contin-
ued prohibition of the importation Of
beef and pork from the United States
and other countries. The policy is ex-
tremely irksome to the people of Ber-
lin, and they are disposed to demand
the raising of the embargo, as the
price of meat is going up under the
lessening supply.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03

A CHICAGO paper of late date says of
the grain market: "We have seldom
had as dull, sluggish markets, with
general apathy on the part OF outside
speculators, as is the case this year."
A leading Eastern trade journal asks ::
What is likely to be the outcome
with 100000 bushels more to sell, a
smaller export movement thus far this
year than last, and only seven months
remaining in which to dispose OF our
stocksY" Considering the trade situa-
ton, it causes no surprise that busi-
ness failures for the second week in
December, as reported by Dun & Co.,
were SIG, as compared with 249 the
previous week, and 305 one year ago.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-03

A DIssIPATED WoRN.-rhe Col
onel had been lecturing his young
hopeful upon the evils of staying out
late at nj ght and getting up late in
the morning.
" You will never do any good in
the world" said the old brave, "un-
less you turn over a new leaf. Re-
member the early bird catches the
worm."
But how about the worm?" asked
the embryo warrier. Wasn't he
rather fool to get up so early ?"
My son" replied the veteran SOL
emnly, that worm hadn't been to
bed at all. He was on his way home"