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Lotta's Shrewd Mother

Lotta is one Of the richest actresses .
in America to-day gratifying result
which she owes to her own histrionic
abilities and the sound business judg-
ment OF her mother, Mrs. Crabtree.
The latter has complete control OF her
daughters financial investments In
theaters, business blocks and real estate
and, in fact, for many years she prac.
tically has been the business manager
OF her daughter. Lotta's career has
been singularly successful, and IL has
in it large measure OF encouragement
for ambitious and unknown members
OF her profession. She began her the.
atrical life at the bottom.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12

A WRITER in the Queenslander, Bris.
bane, Australia, gives something in
the shape of genuine information to
the effect that there are immense
herds of wild buffalos in Australia
The article is called out by an inquiry
from Michigan. The herds were OBJ.
served about thirty miles from Port
EssingtOn in 1874. The native blacks
called the animal anaborro." Bulls
weighing ton have been killed, albeit
their conquest is no boys play, for
their hides are an inch thick. The
horns are square at the base and four
inches thick, and the tips bend back
ward, so that in charging the animal
puts his head between his forelegs
There is but little hair on the body
and the color is dirty redish brown
The bones are of great sturdiness and
thickness. Not only are they found
on the Australian mainland, but on
Melville Island, which is thickly
stocked with them. AS the American
buffalo has disappeared within few
years it is interesting to know that
his relatives of the same race are still
alive and doing we'll at the antipodes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12

The La. Grlng, Bnil,iin says that
the Patrons oi Industry are h"dy oi
farmers desiring and struggling for
many needed reforms The following
are the platform, aud they are mostly
what other farmers organizations want
aud demand We note the following
-. the lis,
| 4 pure ballot system disiranch-
ising the man Who buys of sells vote.
2 President. Vice President anl
United states Senators elected III.
rcctly by the people.
g. Suppression uf trusts. pools
corners. options combines. etc.
l. No alien ownership of lands aud
not another acre sold to lords aud
millionaircs or givcn Ia corporations,
etc
o. M admiiiance to Foreigners who
would disturb American institutions.
q Legal control oi railroads. In
surance and other corporate cosipan'
les. So that their earnings may not
he swallowed up IN excessive salaries
aud expenses
7. Laws 10 protect soldier. from
pension agent sharks.
\. Free coinage oi silver and the
increase oi currency 10 ESQ per capita !.
all paper money 10 he equal Ia gold,
y. Loaning surplus Government
funds to farmers ~ two per cent on
land security.
10. Prohibiting tie sale 81 adultef'
a,ed food products In the guise Of
genuine.
II. Restraint aud control of the
liquor traffic. 10 prevent endangcting
the morals oi our children.
~ Thorough revision oi State tax
laws. providing for equal and fair tax
alton oi all forms Of property.
H. Execution Of dairy aud food.
commissioners by the people, and the
election Of men who will enforce the
laws.
II. Uniform system OF school
books a, cost Of publication.
H. No free railway passes or other
giits 10 bribc Legislators.
~. Railway passenger rates re-
daccd 10 two cents n h,ile and freight
rate. reduced 10 correspond with do
probation Of farms aud farm products.
H. Taxation of all finished pro
duc,a and raw material In manuiae-
turefs hands.
IL The stamp oi the Assessor on
notes and other paper evidences oi
indebtedness o. make them collcctable.
10 All taxable property listed at
actual value. less actual indebtedness.
30 County printing and stationery
20 he purchased of loves, bidder
2l Each county to have the right
to hs its own official salaries.
20 A graduated income tar.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12
THE TERRIBLE TERREDo.
The Destructive Worm so Injurious to
Puget Sound Serves a Very Good
Purpose in England.

The good people of Puget Sound
who can see no good in the terrible
terredo navales, or "naval wood
worm," are doubtless not aware that
i. was this destructive borer that sug-
gested to Mark Brunei, the English
engineer, the means of making the
great Thames tunnel. 1t is said that
lie saw that this creature bored its way
into the piece of wood upon which it
was operating by means of a very ex-
traordinary mechanical apparatus.
Looking at the animal attentively
through microscope he found that
it was covered in front with pair of
valvular shelves; that, with its foot as
a purchase, it communicated rotary
motion and a forward impulse to the
valves, which, acting upon the wood,
like gimlet, penetrated its substance,
and that, as the particles of wood
were loosened, they passed through a
fissure in the foot and thence through
the body of the borer to its mouth,
where they were expelled.
Here" said Brunei to himself, I" is
the sort of thing want. Can I re-
produce it in an artificial form?" He
forthwith set to work, and the final
result of his labors, after many failures,
was the famous boring shield, with
which the Thames tunnel was exca.
waited.
This story was told by Brunei him
self, and there is no reason to doubt
its truth. The keen observer can
draw useful lessons from the humblest
OF the works of God.-[Seattle and Ia
coma papers please copy, and strive to
draw comfort from the above.1
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Woman's Ways.

\ woman sees more things in heaven
and earth than are dreamed OF in man 5
philosophy. Shes as full of sweetness
and charity rs n man is full of mule
sense and egotism.. She can manage
a man 10y making the vain hulk be-
licVe he manages her. She can tell
YOU better how much principle there is
in a man to the square inch OF his face
than you could discover by months
dealing with him. She will marry a
man to reform" him, and, though
clothed in rags, declare that she is
happy with the brute. She can't
throw a stone because she isn't built
that way but she can fire word of
pathos into an appeal for new dress
that will burst the toughest purse
strings asunder She is usually more
adept at making matches than at
striking them, and, while she may not
know how to sharpen n knife, she can
i'll two minutes hone up her tongue in
a way that will make it sharper than a
two edge sword. She may not he able
To- Jump a four-railcd fence, but she
jumps TO conclusions, and nine times
out OF ten she gets there while man
is reasoning it all out She can quick
On a mans mental faculties by giving
him piece Of her mind. She doesn't
seem to feel the loss, either. True,
she spends much of her time before
the glass; but SO does a man, only his
too often has bead on it. According
to some, she was called woman because
she brought woe to man. This inter-
prctation, however, is not only not
scriptural, but is not borne out by the
facts. She is also called a conundrum !;
but we will never give her up-never!
With all her faults, we love her STILL
But, as he is seldom still, we shall have
to throw the mantle of charity over
that one, too. The perfect woman is
II rara avis; and should she, by any ac-
cident, cross your path, young man,
don't be disappointed if you find her in
quest OF II perfect man.
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UNABLE TO ATTEND.
Where Were the Laborers Who Wore
to Receive All the Benefits

With reference to the recent love-
feast Of the tax-fed monopolists. the
New York H'orlG has this to sav:
The dinner would have been more
successful but for the unavoidable alb
sence of many of the very best protect
ed ones. Among those who would
have been very glad to attend and tes-
tify to the benefits of protection, but
who really didn't feel able to come,
were:
The Ii 900 PENNSYLVANIA miners. who
have been on a strike since their wages
were cut l0per cent.
The pottery workers OF Trenton,
Whose wages have been cut - per cent.
The ribbon wcavers OF Paterson,
whose wages have been cut IL per cent.
The spinners of Lowell, whose wages
have been cut three cents per hundred.
The coal miners of Illinois, whose
wages have been reduced from 60 to 60
cents per ton.
The employees OF the Buckeye reaper
works, who have suffered a reduction
OF thirty per cent.
The employees of the Otis Iron and
Steel companies, OF Cleveland, whose
wages have been cut thirty per cent.
The IIopedale weave:s, whose income
has been reduced . per cents yard.
The Coclcco weavers, whose wages
have been cut four per cent.
The $500 employees of the Illinois
Steel company, who are on a strike
against Il proposed reduction.
The employees of the Crane Iron
company, of Allentown, whose wages
have been cut ten per cent.
The 600 Providence weavers, who
struck against proposed reduction
six weeks ago and are still out.
The Willimantic spoilers whose
wages have been cut $l.50 per week.
The furnaces workers of Cleveland,
whose wages have been cut ten per
cent.
The coal miners OF Evansville, Ind,
who are still on strike.
The employees of the Jacksonville,
ILL.,, Underwear company, who struck
against reduction.
The Lewiston cotton workers who do
not even like reduction of three per
cent.
The hatmakers of Methuen, Mass,
whose wages have been cut twenty-five
per cent.
TIE Chattanooga steel wCrGers whose
wages have been cut ten per cent.
The employees of the Saxony Knit
ting company, of Little Falls, n. V,
whose reduction is twenty per cent.
The steel workers employed by Mr..
carnegie, who lose ten per cent.
The Scranton iron workers who are
in the same box.
The Steelton, Bethlehem and Potts
town iron workers, who lose respective
ly seven, ten and twelve per cent.
The silk workers of Warehouse Point,
Conn.,, whose wages have been cut
twenty-seven per cent.
The 200 brick workers, of Trenton,
who struck against n twenty per cent.
reduction.
The engravers and chasers, employed
by the Middletown Plate Glass COM
pany, whose wages have been cut fif-
teen per cent.
The cigarmakers OF this city and Bal
timore, still on strike against re-
duction.
The leather finishers of SOlomon's
Newark factory, who revolted at
fourteen per cent. reduction.
The employees of the New Haven
Rolling mill, who are still out on strike
because of ten per cent. reduction.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12

THE BLESSING OF McKINLEYIsM.-
For the week ending May %, there
were 254 business failures in the Unit
ed States, against 222 for the CORE
spending period Of last year. This is
a large per cent. of increase. As all
evidences of prosperity, timely rains,
good crop prospects, ETC., are ascribed
by the high takers TO the Mckinley
bill, they must accept the logic Of their
arguments and admit that the in.
creased business depression and fail.
ures, the hard times and scarcity OF
money, the increase in the price oI
manufactured articles, and the decrease
in wages, are also among the blessings
of McKinleyism.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12
The Worlds Columbian Exposition

The Worlds Columbian Exposition
will certainly be greater in some re-
spects than was the last at Paris. The
building will cover at least fifty per
cent. greater space; its cost will be
more than twice as much, and the
number OF exhibitors is sure to be
very much greater. How the attend
ance and receipts will compare with
those OF the Paris Fair remains, of
course, to be seen.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12

The CENSUS IN New YORK AND IN
PHHADELPHIA.-A census of New
York City at the best constitutes a
most difficult problem In compari-
son with such task, census of Phil
adelphia is child's play. There we
have city openly built, with ninety
houses to every hundred families.
Tenement houses are rare. Few of
the people sleep in stables, in cellars,
or in lofts. The houses are set square
ly on the streets. Four-fifths of the
inhabitants are native born, and all
but a trifling percentage are of Eng
lish speech. Merely to state these
facts is, to one who knows anything of
New York, enough to show the diff
culties Of enumeration in that city,
which in 1850 had for 243,157 families
but 1854 dwellings, of which perhaps
2O,OUO were tenement houses within
the meaning of the sanitary acts. New
York is a city with 4 crowded and
crooked courts and alleys in the lower
parts, and with thousands of shanties,
sheds, and inhabited sites in the upper
parts, and its population is almost
equally divided between natives and
foreigners, no small proportion of the
latter element using languages other
than English-not merely the more
or less familiar German and French,
but Slavic and even non-Aryan
tongues.-Gen. Francis A. Walker in
the June Forum.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12
PREVIOUS WORLDS FAIR.
Figures Showing Interesting Facts
Concerning Them.

The following table shows some in.
teresting facts concerning previous
Worlds Fairs. 1t will be seen that
while a gradual increase in magni.
tude has been the rule, the recent
Paris Exposition far outstripped all OF
its predecessors in the number of adj
missions and receipts. Its receipts
were more than two and quarter
millions of dollars over its cost:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12
The Drain Of Gold.
Joel Cook in the June Forum.


Probably the paramount immediate
phase of our finances has been the co.
pious outflow of gold that has been 60
ing from New York to Europe in a
steady stream, which early in May was
swollen to the volume OF million a
day. Whether the United States can
stand such a drain of gold has often
been the subject of serious considera-
ton, but an important factor in the
situation must not be forgotten, and
this is that the United States is u large
producer of gold, as of wheat, cotton
and silver, and it can afford to spare q
generous surplus of any Of its staple
crops for foreign consumption Dur.
ing more than a half-year past, the
United States has been the only lead.
ing country in the world that has had
comparative financial health, and this
has come mainly through its possession
of the largest stocks OF the precious
metals, and the generally good condi
ton Of its government finances. II
Europe has to buy food of us to any.
thing like the amounts expected, there
is prevalent belief among our bank.
ers, that in the Autumn, the golden
stream across the ocean will again turn
strongly westward.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12
Expensive Pride.

heard i good story in New York
the other day on James Gordon Ben
nett.
Zone OF the maxims of Benefits
life" said a well-known club man, is
never to make n mistake, and there
fore, never have occasion to correct
one. Bennett makes few errors. He
never acknowledges one. remember
he went into his club on Christmas
day for his dinner. 1t was his usual
custom 10 give his waiter s. at Christ.
mas. lie had two small rolls Of money
in his pocket. One contained five $l
notes, the other five $1,000 notes.
When Bennett had finished he handed
the waiter one Of the rolls OF money
without examining it, presuming it to
be s.. The waiter thanked him and
showed 1t into his pocket without ex-
animation. After the great editor had
gone, the waiter drew forth his roll of
bills and discovered to his surprise five
81 600 bills. He was actually fright
ened and went up to the steward, Civ
ing him the money to lock up in the
safe until Mr.. Bennett returned, stat
ing that he knew Mr.. Bennett must
hava rpoda a ,n;Sfoto
"A few days later Bennett returned
TO the club. Tile waiter and the
steward called him back into a rear
apartment and handed him the roll of
bills, both stating that he must have
made n mistake. At this, Bennett
Strengthened himself, without even
looking at the roll of money, and with
an mir of indignation replied:
" James Gordon Bennett makes no
mistakes' and strobe out"
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teenth century. Another bird, which
inhabited the island of Rodriguez, and
was larger than a turkey, has also be-
come extinct. 1t was known as the
solitaire, and lived to somewhat later
day than did the dodo. The apiornis,
noticed with reference to its enormous
egg, may have existed in Madagascar
till less than 200 years ago.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12

How IT Is DONE.-The government
gets the tax paid on imported articles.
The manufacturer gets the tax paid
on home articles.
And that is why the people may bc
taxed to the extent of two billion,
without occasioning an overflow Of the
public Golfers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12

the benefit OF the duty make itself
manifest
The Philadelphia Eecord consoles
housewives 10y saying potatoes will he
cheaper next year. from the fact that
such large number of national states
men at the election last year were rel
cgatrd Ia the cultivation OF potato
patches for Il living. But as these new
farmers are all McKinlcyites, they may
not prove successful potato growers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12
Very Simple Remedy.

New York Herald.
"This information" said q well.
known physician to me, "may save
many lives at any rate it will prove an
invaluable boon to people suffering
from rheumatism in any shape or form
rheumatism, as probably nearly every
body knows, is caused by acidity of the
blood. 1t should never lie neglected
This remedy, as know by long prac-
tice, is very etiicacious and it is as SIM
pie as it is powerful.
"Here it is" he added. "When a
rheumatic twinge is experienced, the
patient should proceed to drug store,
and buy ID or % cents worth of oil OF
gaulteria (oil of wintergreen), put ten
drops on lump of sugar. place it in
the mouth, permit it to dissolve slowly
and swallowit. This should be repeat
ed at intervals of two hours until the
last vestigc of the malady has disap-
peared. In the meantime take dose
or two OF Rochelle salts.
That" said the physician, is all
there is to it, but if taken as | have
prescribed, it will save suffering hui
manity many dollars in doctors bills, to
say nothing OF pains, aches and swell.
ings. No, charge nothing for this ad-
vice. 1t is simply given for the benefit
of mankind"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12

THE sailing master OF Joseph Pulit-
zer's yacht, which has been cruising
around the Mediterranean, speaking OF
the editors inability to get away from
a telegraph office, says; "There is
not spot anywhere in the world that
has not got telegraph wires running to
all the other places and especially to
New York. Why, one clustering
night we ran into a port on a little
barren island on the Albanian coast
a mere heap of stones you might call
it-and there was the telegraph office
and cable to the mainland. Another
night we ran into snug corner utter
ly away from the world, on the west
coast of Greece. Nobody ever lived
there but an ancient Greek named
Nestor. His house was tumbled down
a thousand years ago; but there was
the telegraph Office up rickety pair
OF stairs in the main street."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12

The Portland Telegram says: West
ern Republicans are making desper-
ate effort to counteract the Western
revolt by organizing another secret
political society to be called knights
of Reciprocity" They are willing to
admit that they have been deluding
and swindling the western farmers all
these years with their protection and
home market policy, and to pledge
free trade or anything else in secret
oaths or grips, and by exercise upon
the traditional goat, if only enough of
these western soil-tillers will stick to
the party of plundcr and plutocracy,
TO save it from sure and sudden
ruin. knights of reciprocity, indeed
Knights OF fidilesticks would be Just
appropriate. The reciprocity plan
with few countries that don't buy
any of our agricultural products won't
open any new markets for a pound of
western flour or pork any more than
McKinley's Chinese exclusion bill did.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12

"WHY am i like pin 2" asked Mr.
Jones, triumphantly, Of his wife. lie
expected she was going to say, Be.
cause you are SO sharp" and he was
simply paralyzed when she responded,
Because if you should get lost il
wouldn't be worth while to spend time
looking for you"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12

ASSISTANT Postmaster General Clark
son said recently: "The State oI
Washington has more coal than Penn
sylvania, more pine than Maine and
more fish than Massachusetts," What
it lacks is people.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12

ErRorEs population on January 1st
was $50, 100000. The population OF
each of the other continents was esti-
mated to be as follows: Asia, $780,
OOO,OOo; Africa, 127; Australia, A.
10000; North America, S9,25O,OOO; ;
South America, 36,420,OOO; polar
regions, 100000. The total would
then he 1887 100000.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12

THE national debts OF the world in
1890 aggregated over twenty-six billions
OF dollars. This means that property
and labor representing this enormous
sum have been used in the administra-
ton of government, more than has
been received from taxes. The opinion
seems to be dawning on the people
that governments are too expensive.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12

In the United States annually
about $500 persons are tried for MUIR
der, with an average of about 200
legal executions. In five of the States
imprisonment for life has been estab-
lished for the death penalty.
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:. SINCE 1920 the government has kept
a record of the number OF foreigners
landing on our shores. Since that
time 15,6OO,OO0 immigrants have come
in. Between the revolution and 1920
it is estimated that 9, SOC, 900 foreigners
came to this country, making the total
100000 since the birth OF the United
States. An elaborate review of immi-
grafton since the foundation of the
government is now in preparation and
will be issued in about ten days.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-12

GIVE work rather than aims to the
poor. The former drives out Incidence.
the latter industry.
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lFpeople could only do things them
selves as well rs they can tell other
people how they should be done, how
blissful everything would be.
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WA5HlNGT0E STANDARD

" A5HlNGI0H STANDARD
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sab-'riptt"a rate.
prry,ar 900 advance 8 tu
l'u"t pHi ~ui.tlN 900 ni
vance tN
~ months 500 advance U
Ads"t'i.ing Rates
Ou, .luur 'u,h i'r Noat ~ A."
t"i quarter "
oue -.tutrr. uuc ln=stiiui v
-ui ~,gurut Insertions in
Ni,rtti~lug h1ur squares ut upward
tv the wear. ut lti'fl rates.
Iegai mott i''~ wlll o." changed 90 th' ~
lornry 90 officer tutL.iu. .np th'it iu-'i
iiun
Aiv,tti-,n,m -.ut .m q distance
pnd tran~i'ut uHit.t- must lr h'ruinIau-
"a nv th' cash
Announcements uf utttihg'-. htths
aud deaths inserted tree.
Ontuary uutlrcs. resolutions of respect
,nd other aftirle- which du not Ins~t~- q
general Interest will be- inserted ~ uiie
Ialfthe rates fur business advertisements.