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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29
MOI Mt RAINIER,
BY HAIRY COX.

August above the mnions at thy feet,
( In hOHry stccpness dost thou Rainier rise.
( To hid" thy crest amid the mantlng clouds,
! GrHndly alone, huge. massive and sublime.
/ From year to year and day and night un
changed
: Encrowned by the everlasting snow.
/ Thy lofty pinnaces. so cold and white,
I tnsheltercd, bare their faces To the storms,
which, since primeval ages. have aspired
/ To cast thee from thy still mistaken throne.
I Deep in the hollOws of the iron earth,
! Thy Maker placed thee as a monument
! To grace the landscape and to teach the hosts
Who daily scan thee with enraptured eye.
! The llttleness of man, compared to God,
| Who formed thee with intelligence supreme,
And can again unmake thee at His will,
| Knowing the secrets of thine elements
! And how to curb the roaring flame below
| That freed, would rend thee from thy sole
| base
And hurl thee into fragments through the air.
Soar Rainier i'll thy towering majesty,
| And live as long as this great world endures,
| For none who dwell anear thee e'er would lose
The comfort OF thy presence and the joys
| OF gazing, blent with awe and wOnderment,
| At thy grey mound of lonesome sientness,
| Which cheereth many a heart in time of woe
| And strengthens it with an inspiring bliss
| Born OF thy rugged grandeur, ghty mount,
| Could we foretell the lessons thou wilt teach.
| The multitudes who strive TO honor thee,
| Then many a volume would O'erhow in praise
| of thee, the far-famed giant of the north.
! Thou hast surveyed such varied scenes of yore
| The virgin forest by mans hand untouched,
And lurking Indian with his dusky brow;
| The paleface entering with his gallant deet
| To beautify and civilized the land,
| And spread the doctrine of the gospel far.
| And win the heather souls unto the light
The orchard, farm and thriving town have
sprung
| To being, and the railways beaten track
| Has aided commerce, and communities
| of strong emprise have built vast city, towers
And wisdom has replaced dark ignorance.
| Swift progress proved the virtues of mankind
| The value infinite of brain and skill.
| The power and cunning of inyentiveness
| Welded to influence of wealth and art.
These hast thou seen and countless marvel
still
| Await the most magnificent of hills,
| For generations yet unborn will coin
| The knowledge of their fathers and produce
| What this realm knows not through its infancy
Before thee lies Tacoma, on the Sound,
| AS rich as is its future undisclosed.
| Reared on a site of healthy blessedness:
Southwark abides the States fair capital
| Waiting to harvest what was early sown
BY toilers of unflaggng energy
Ennobled by the hardships they endured.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29
NOTES ABOUT COINAGE.

In the early years OF this century
there were 33 tons of silver to one Of
gold in circulation.
The earliest Greek coins bore lion
or tortoise on the diverse and punch
marks on the reverse.
A Roman mite was 0.35 OF a cent; a
farthing was O.6S a penny, 1875 cents
a pound, $l3.75.
Paper money was first issued by the
notorious John Law. His issues
exceeded El20,OOO,OOO.
The bronze cent and two-cent
pieces were first coined in 1864, and
the nickle half dime in 1866.
Wampum was adopted by the New
England colonists in all their dealings
| with the Indians.
English coin was first made a legal
tender in 1916. Before this rents had
been paid in produce.
The Romans issued private CT
consular coin which bear the names
of every leading Roman family.
During the reign of Victoria the
Indian government has coined e.
0OO,O 900 gold and a2O6, 900, 600 silver.
In 1887 the English coined gold
pennies which weighed 1-120th of q
pound and passed for 20 pence.
In 1920 the first large copper coins
were minted in England, putting an
end to private leaden tokens.
Vermont and Connecticut coined
coppers in 1855. New Jersey and
Massachusetts, did the same in 1856.
When Leyden was besieged by the
Spanish army in 1874 the city govern
ment issued credit notes on leather.
The currency OF the Argentine
Republic consists altogether OF paper
notes, ranging in value from cent
up to 500.
Judas sold his Master for 30 pieces
of silver; that is, 80 Roman pennies
about $4.12t. One Roman penny was
good days wages for an agricultural
laborer.
The United States coins fixed by
congress in 1856 we're the gold eagle
and half eagle, the silver dollar, half,
quarter, dime and half dime.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The earliest American coinage was
made for the Virginia company at the
Bermudas. The coins we're of brass,
with a hogge on one side, in memory
of the abundance of hogges that were
found on the island at their first land.
ing"
France, Belgium, Greece, Italy and
Switzerland constitute the Latin
Union. Their coins are alike in
weight and fineness, differing only in
name. The same system has been
partly adopted by Spain, Servia,
Bulgaria, Russia and Roumania.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29
SHORT NOTES.
Iceland has only two lawyers.
Saxony uses electric shuttles.
Holland has female chemists.

Iceland has only two lawyers.
Saxony uses electric shuttles.
Holland has female chemists.
Ceylon yields the best pearls.
Glass bricks are in the market.
New York has 2,131 newspapers-
New York has 19 street railways.
There is shorthand typewriter.
London has a 970-karat diamond.
Columbus policemen use bicycles.
London telephones cost $50 year.
France has an electric locomotive.
Saloons employ $4,000 Chicagoans.
Aluminium bicycles are announced.
Uncle Sam has 400, 900 Bohemians.
The world contains 62 900 900 horses
Portugal's crown is worth sc, 500 600
Agriculture employs $50, 1000, ,OO(
men.
Cooking by electricity grows in ia
vor.
Electricity lights 1850 American
towns.
Artificial grass is an English indus
try.
England makes 10000 bicycles {
year.
French railroads employ $4,000 wo
men.
Saltpeter is extracted from cottol
seed.
Glasgow 'busses have pneumati
tires.
The Atchison road controls 9,34
miles.
The bank OF Venice was opened il
ll57,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29
No Negro Beggers.

An observation of the New York
Sun regarding the absence of negroes
in the ranks of anarchists, calamity
howlers and beggars of that city is
equally true in other sections OF the
country, throughout the north at least.
The manliness and self-reliance of this
race that has endured so much oppres-
sion and persecution in the past, afford
an example which can be considered
with profit by numerous element Of
the Caucasian race. The Sun says
L" 1t is to the credit OF the colored pop
ulation of the city that not a word of
complaint about the hardness OF the
times is heard from them. They are
all working people; they are not paid
any more than they earn; their rents
are fully as high as those OF other oc.
cupants of similar houses; and some
of them are doubtless out of work.
Yet our colored fellow citizens do not
whine aloud in the streets, or disturb
the public peace, or threaten other
people, or carry on like fools. They
give evidence of their superiority to
some Of the white settlers in this COM
munity. According to the report OF
one OF the charitable associations of
the city, those of them who are in
need do not ask any more help than
usual, and we learn from our local
reporters that hardly any one of them
is to be seen at the places where free
soup, free ice, free cigarettes, or free
loaves are distributed. Nearly every
man or woman of them would rather
work for such pay and at such occupa-
ton as will give him or her the money
to buy plain victuals than beg the dole
OF charity. 1t gives us pleasure to
speak good word for our colored
American fellow-citizens at this time,
and to hold them up as an example to
those white settlers who possess a
spirit less manly than theirs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29
The People Must Call a Halt.

The government of the United
States is costly machine, considering
the theory of simplicity that lies at
the republics foundation. Congress
alone is an expensive luxury, and be-
coming more 80. There is not SO
much fear that the whispered desire
OF several members that their salaries
he raised from 5000 to $4,000 will
be gratified. The people will not
stand that sort of thing. But they
have taken very patiently the hiring
of a clerk for each member of con-
gress; an extravaganza that was
fought successfully through several
sessions, but is now law. The sala-
ries of Senators and Representatives
alone, not counting mileage, amount
to 81, 200 900 a year. These clerks for
members receive 500 month, which
amounts to $44, 400 per month during
the session. Compare with these ex-
penses, which do not include sta
tionery, mileage and other perquisites,
the remuneration paid to legislators
in other countries, as given by the
London Times and estimated roughly
at five dollars to the pound. France
pays her Senators and deputies 81 800
Prussia about 1915 per day during the
session; Switzerland, 81 for each day
when a member answers roll call /;
Austria, practically the same; Bel
GUM, $S5 per month; Denmark, about
$1.65 per day; Sweden and Norway
pay one $3.50 a day and the other
1888 for the session, with fines foI
non-attendance; Germany and Spain
give no compensation. Of course q
sovereign American Congressman il
greater and worthier in every way
than representative Of a monarchy
and should get better wages than the
pauper legislator of Europe. Ant
still with all allowances for greater
dignity of position and higher stand
ard of comfort, these comparative fig
ures suggest the question whether thu
remuneration OF our legislators ha
not been raised above par.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29
Rinse Prunes.
Snnknne Ravipw

The State of Washington is making
considerable progress in the cultiva-
ton of prunes, q branch of the fruit
growing industry for which our State
possesses unsurpassed adaptability.
The first prune trees were set out in
the State about twelve years ago, and
the yield this season is estimated at g.
OOO, 600 pounds. Prunes will always
be our most. profitable fruit crop. and
the prepared fruit will always be one
OF the principal food staples. A recent
editorial in the Spokane Review con-
tains the following. sound reasons for
developing the prime industry:
First-Prunes can only be success
fully grown in tn is country in the four
States of Washi, ,gton, Idaho, Oregon
and California.
Second-The quality of Washington
and Idaho prune are superior to those
of California.
Third-Last , ear the United States
consumed 96,ON 1000 pounds Of dried
prunes, of viii, n 72,OOO,OO0 pounds
were imported Fl ON foreign lands.
Fourth-The increase in the con-
sumption of pru nes is outgrowing the
increase in the population of the
country.
Fifth-In co: mparison with their
value dried prun es can be moved to
market much more cheaply than
many other prod ucts of the land.
These are son le reasons why the
State of Washing ton offers special in
ducements TO tho Sc who wish to find a
good thingl in fruit growing. The
first prune sfees " ere set out in this
State about II yea. 8 ago. This years
crop will probabl y reach 100000
pounds, as against 100000 pounds
for Oregon and 24,O 10000 pounds for
California.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29

Too much cruelty is practiced in
breaking up sitting hens. While we
believe it unwise to break up sitting
hen, yet there is a humane way of SO
dodug when it is desired. Make lath
coop, with lath sides and lath bottom
The object should be to give the hen
cool air under her. She will attempt
to create heat with her body on the
floor, as is natural, but will soon be.
come Gsgosted and abandon the at
itempt.-Earm and Fireside.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29

The Chinese laundryman knows q
little ironing trick worth trying. In
stead of heating his iron just right for
use he heats it just scorching hot ;
then he plunges it into cold water for
an instant, which cools the surface
sufficiently to ALLOW him to make
several effective passes, the heat
meantime gradually returning to the
surface. If necessary he repeats this
two or three times till the iron is OF
the right temperature to ply its vo-
cation uninteruptedly. This saves
the frequent changing OF irons OF
Bridget's method.-Er.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29

THE members Of the Sons of Temper
ance, organized at Walla Walla some
two weeks ago, have two organizers in
the field and are pushing hard to get
enough lodges to have grand division
west of the Rocky mountains.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29

The charge on which ex-City
treasurer Isen see was for the second
time arrested at New Whatcom was
misdemeanor, and the penalty pro-
vided by law is imprisonment not
exceeding one year, or less than one
month in the county Jail, or fine
not exceeding $1,000, or both.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29

forest FIRES in tn e Sound country
have driven the coug ars and bears out
OF their dens and int o the valley set.
Elements, where they ar seen in great
numbers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29

A YOUNG man working in a Puyal'
lup hop-yard has unsucessfuiiy pro-
posed to seven young women COLA
borers during the season.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29
The Dollar of Our Daddies.

The silver dollar, which is again q
disturbing element in the financial
prosperity of the country, has had a
lot of trouble in its day and genera.
ton, and it is now getting back at the
United States treasury with alarming
persistency. Some of the facts con-
cerning it are of immediate interest
and will bear summing up. Here is
the chronological history of the silver
dollar, as given in the Detroit Free
Press:
Authorized to be coined, act OF April
3, 1892; weight, 416 grains; fineness'
1924.
Weight changed, act of January Is,
1887, to 4l2t grains.
Fineness changed, act of January
IS, 1887, to 900.
Coinage discontinued, act of Febru-
ary II, 1878.
Total amount coined to February
II, 1873, $500 .O3l, ,23S.
Coinage re-authorized, act OF Febru-
ary %. 1878.
Amount coined from March l, ITS.
to December 81, 1867, $2S3 ,295 1857
Gncluding 81 1897 re-coined.
Total amount coined to December
l, 1889, $357, ,969,239.
The first silver dollar was put in
circulation in 1874.
at was crude design" says his
torian Son the observe, or face of the
coin, was imprinted the head of a
young lady facing to the right. Her
hair was flowing to such an extent
that she looked az if taken in a gale of
wind"
In 1896 Congress stepped in to the
aid of the typical damsel and tied her
hair up with bit of ribbon.
The fifteen stars were after this re-
duced to the original thirteen in rec
ognization of the number of States.
In 1886 the design was again
changed and the silver dollar bore the
full figure of a neatly dressed woman
in flowing garment. The designer
forgot, however, to put in the thirteen
stars and the coin was soon called in.
Any person now in possession OF one
of these dollars has valuable souve-
mir.
The new design had the lady sur
rounded by the stars. 1t was an i'm
provement on the predecessor, but the
air of the female was defiant and stiff.
The dollar OF 1888 was the first artis-
tic piece OF silver coined by the United
States mint.
On April %, 1864, the first dollar
having the legend " In God We Trust"
was coined.
In 1873 the era OF the trade dollar
OF 900 tineness began. That trouble
some dollar ran its erratic course in
just five years.
In 1878 the liberty dollar made its
appearance. Miss Anna w. Williams,
teacher in the girls normal school
of Philadelphia sat for the portrait,
her profile being considered the most
perfect obtainable. Her classical
features still decorate the silver dollar.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29

CHESAPEAKE oystermen fear an in
vasion of the diminutive bivalves OF
Puget Sound and Shoalwater Bay.
The Baltimore Sun is filled with ap-
prehension by the prospect. In re-
cent issue it says: "There is work
ahead for the oyster navies OF Mary
land and Virginia. 1t seems that
oyster beds have been discovered In
the waters OF Alaska. The San Fran
cisco Examiner has dispatch from
Washington containing some kind oil
a threat that the United States F1sh
Commission will transplant some ol
them into the waters of the Chesa-
peake. To bring the sweetish, coppery
oysters of the Pacific coast into oul
oyster beds would be even worse thar
the introduction OF English sparrows
to America. If the threat Is really
serious, our oyster admiral should LOSE
no time in overhauling his ordnance
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29
o. s. B. HENRY,
q s. DEPUTY SURVEYOR

acsidences Sixth Street, Swans Addi.
tion to Olympia, Wash.
GURVEYING Of all kinds promptly at.
y tended to. The re-establishing of old
Government lines speciality. TOwnsites
surveyed and plated. Railroads located,
and levels run for drains. Lands exam.
ined and character reported.
Olympia. April le. 1890.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09
Money and Character.

If you want to know something about
mans character watch how he handles
his money.
The generous, careless man carries his
money loose in his pocket-copper, sill
yer and gold all mixed up together, and
when he is going to pay for anything be
takes out handful, and picks out the
amount he requires. He SENS to have no
fear of robbery, for he is of trustful dis
position, and being perfectly honest HIM
self, thinks most others are like him.
The man who if he has to pay few
pence won't even take the trouble of
counting out the amount in coppers, but
throws down piece of silver to be
changed-and by the by he rarely counts
his chan2e-is type of "a fool and his
money are soon parted"
Perhaps love of display, almost insep-
arabic from such character, has some
thing to do with this.
The careful man always carries purse
and keeps the gold, silver and copper in
different compartments. A man like this
never wastes his money; he values it as it
ought to be valued, and though not Mig
gardly, is determined to have his moneys
worth. He quite believes that "any fool
can make money, but it takes wise man
to keep it" and he is right.
The mean man never lets you see what
money he has. When he is going to pay
for anything he turns his back to you,
clutches his money tight, and, so to say,
draws it out of his hand, placing the coins
down one by one, for he is 10th to part
with them, even for necessaries.
Remember, the man who jingles his
money, in ninety nine cases out of hun
bred, hasn't got much. A bunch of keys
and few coprers make good deal OF
noise.-TOrontO News.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09
jumped from BROOKLYN Bridge.

81 stood upon the rail of the Brooklyn
bridge and looked down.
II stood up straight as I could and
looked up and down to see that no boat
was comm under where l was. Then !
put my hands close down by my sides
and jumped just as if was jumping from
height Of six feet.
"The sky, water, the big buildings Of
New York and Brooklyn, the network 81
cables and iron beams of the big bridge
all seemed in whirl. All my life seemed
to whirr through my brain like lightning
1t seemed as though everything I had
ever done jumped up into my mind in
the instant it took me to reach the water
"But it didn't seem an instant that
was fallin'. It seemed an hour, several
hours. Suddenly l felt shock that near
ly broke my backbone. It seemed as if
had struck stone wall. My ankles
seemed broke short off. The soles of my
feet tingled and burned like fire.
"Then didn't have time to think Of
anything, for seemed shooting down to
the very bottom of the river. The water
was all black, l went so far down. II
seemed like had shot down mile into
the water.
~ had the breath all knocked out Of
me, and had just sense enough left to
swim awful hard to reach the air on top
of the water, and tried to swim and be
gan to kick as hard as could. l swum
and swum until could not remember
anything, but just sort of went off into
sleep, like as if was in bed, and. funny
enough, l didn't care any more whether ]
came up out of the water or not.
81 didn't know nothin' more until
found myself in the bottom of a'boat
which was the boat my friend had rowed
out after me in. I was bleedin' from the
nose and every bone in my body seemed
broke. felt too weak to move n oren
my eyes, Steve Brodie in N. Y. News.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09
No. 10
No. 770.
Application for a Patent.

Y. >. LAND OFFICE, HALEY, IDAHo,t
~ July a. 1880.
Notice is hereby given that John d. GRAY
by his attorney-infact. Isaac |. Lewis. and
Isaac l. Lewis, whose postotfice address is
ketchum, Alturas County, State of Idaho.
patent for fifteen hundred linear feet OF The
"aNDEPRNDENCE"
Lode mining claim or vein, bearing siIve.
and other minerals, with surface ground
six hundred feet in width, situated in Min
eral Hill mining district. county of Alturas
and State OF Idaho, and designate by tls
held notes and official plat on file in this
Office as lot number So, said lot No. s be-
ing described as follows to-wit:
Commencing at the discovery point and
running thence with magnetic yariativa
at so0 90 = $50 CO. W IT'S feet to the "
end line OF claim; thence s $50 96' " SIS
teet to corner No. I; thence n $50 IS, EeD
feet to corner No. 9; thence $ A0o 70, 4
5155 feet to corner No. 5; thence s 100 So "
G55 feet to corner No. 4; thence \ 600 ~
w $500 feet to corner No. Z the place al
beginning survey of exterior boundaries 4
claim.
Containing 10000 acres.
No conflicts.
From cor, No. 8, X sec. cor of sec. 10 on
eastern boundary, L. 4, N, II. IS E.. beaYs
s $40 96' W 926S feet distant.
The location OF this mine is recorded in
the Recorders office of Mineral Hill min
ing district and Alturas county, State Of
Idaho.
The claim is situate on the Mt. ridge ON
s. side of 4. fork of Wood river about four
miles from its confluence with main Wood
river. No known claims in the immediate
vicinity.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion OF said Independence lode,
vein, mine or surface ground, are required
to file their adverse claims with the Regis
ter OF the United States Land Office at
HALEY, in the county of Alturas. State Of
Idaho during the sixty days period OF
publication hereof, or they viii be barred
by the virtue OF the provisions of the stat
ute.
1t is hereby ordered that the foregoing
notice OF application for patent be pub
lished for the period of sixty days ten con-
secutive weeks in the KErcnUM KEYSTONE,
weekly newspaper published at KetchuIn,
Alturas county, Idaho.
w. T. RILEY, Register.
WIN: HYNDMAN, Atty for Applicants,
ketchunl. Idaho,
First publication, July IS. 1890.