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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09

WEIGHT OF BUSHELS OF VARIOUS
ARTIcLEs.-Wheat, beans, potatoes,
clover seed, GO pounds; corn, rye, flax
seed, onions, Sc; corn on cob, 20;
buckwheat, 81; barley, 4S; hemp seed,
a; timothy seed, As; castor beans,
46; oats, So; bran, 20; blue grass
seed IA. A barrel of potatoes contain
IT bushels as sold in New York; one
barrel Of flour, 1876 pounds; pork and
beef, 200 pounds.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09
POINTS IN PAuMISIaY
ognihcance Of Shape In Fingers and thI
Lines Across the Hands.

AgniAcance Of shape In Fingers and The
Lines Across the Hands.
Square or spotulated fingers, in the
science of pslmistry, denote the philo-
sophical and practical temperament.
says the Philadelphia Press, taper
fingers signify an artistic temperament
and very pointed digits are sure sign
Of the dreamy, psychical nature. Much
is learned by the general quality and
confguration Of the hand and palm as
well as by the lines which cross tie
latter. The life line running around
the base Of the thumb denotes long or
short life, good or i'll health, according
rs it is long or short. clear and un-
broken or otherwise. The heart line"
running across the palm nearest the
base of the fingers, signifies the quality
Of the possessor's emotional nature.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09
He Didn't Sing.

At recent social event in the coun.
try there was present dignifed and
very slender young man from town
who. it was easy to see, had q very good
opinion Of himself. A not altogether
Asttering reputation. acquired by his
alleged tenor voice, had preceded him
to the back woods, and soon after his
arrival he was surrounded by bevy of
mischievous rustic maidens, who begged
him for song. Like many young sing
ers he needed much persuasion. While
the girls insisted, an old farmer, who
had been standing near by for some
time, suddenly cried out: ''Sing for 'em,
young man. know you kin sing
you've got legs SO much like a mawkin'
bird'a" He did not sing.-Pensacola
News.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09

Good results are obtained by using
rubber in connection with an anchor
rope in equalizing and relieving strain
in dredging, and in measuring the
depth and swiftness Of currents. For
merly . severe strain was caused by q
sudden jerking in . pitching vessel.
This is now overcome by what is called
. rubber accumulation, which consists
Of seventy rubber discs or buffers on .
middle rod, so arranged that by COM
preston they act as q spring. The
buyers are cylindrical in shape, two
and one-quarter inches in thickness,
and separated from one another by
metal discs one-eighth of An inch thick,
and two inches larger in diameter than
the rubbers, which on expansion do
not overlap the metal surfaces. In
this device it is found that q compress
sion can be had of five feet, which is
sufficient to distribute the strain along
the entire length of the ship. The sp-
plication is made by running the rope
;fiam . reel located aft to the middle Of
the foremost, and then passing it
through the rubber accumulator to the
end of the anchoring boom, which is
spar thirty feet long. From this the
rope with two hundred-pound weight
attached is dropped vertically into the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09
a FIGHT WITH a SHARK.
Believe 1t or Not, Your Faith Is In
sharks and Men.

sharks and Men.
You landlubDers of to-day are Gym
ical lot Of people" And Commodore
Tyrrell, in his righteous Indignation.
began to bcratc the scribe for daring to
dispute the yarn. which is left to the
reader TO digest and absorb as he sees
fit.
Away back in the month OF Novem-
Der, in the year 1864, before the war
was over, | was serving on the good
ship Mctacomet. We had been moving
southwark into the Campeachy banks,
where red snappcrs abounded by the
million. The schools of these fishes
were often miles IN length, and with
hook and line we stood at the boats
side all day catching them by the hun
dred. using only large chunks OF pork
for bait. No sooner would the bait
strike the water than the big fish
would swallow it. only the next mo
ment to be landed on the deck. The
heads were cut off and the fish packed
in barrels. We filed on an average OF
thirty barrels a day. The heads were
then thrown back into the water, and
this naturally drew sharks. One day
the boats'n, Billy Wilson, was told to
make big hook with which to capture
a shark. 1t was fastened to the lead
line and baited with a six-pOund chunk
Of pork. Far out in the water it was
thrown for the shark to swallow. and,
sure enough, in a moment the line be-
gan running out at speed that soon
required the application Of water to
save it from scorching. When it came
to q sudden stop Wilson and Gill, the
sailmaker, began to tire out the fish by
taking in the line. At last, when 4
was within ten feet Of the vessel, vol.
ley of rifle bullets was poured into it.
In an instant the shark turned again
and made dart, jerking the line from
the mems hands and throwing them
overheard. Away and away it went
and the work of firing it out was again
begun. When second time the large
white body was exposed TO view a mum.
Der of volleys were fred into it, even
Capt. Jewett taking q hand from the
hurricane deck. --,
"'All hands, up shark.
4uc cOuuduu rang Out Huu Oue
hundred men with willing hands seized
the line, the next instant landing the
shark on the deck with q louder noise
than if a five-pound gun had been dis
mounted. Well, we cut that shark
open, and in the stomach we found an
old boot, q tin can and about a bushel
Of fish heads. When the jaws were
propped open and the mouth was dis
tended it was big enough to allow q
nine-year-old boy to walk in withou,
STOPPING. That fish measured over six
teen feet in length, and we cut it up
and weighed it in sections. 1t counted
up over two thousand pounds. Those
were the days, tell you."-Cincinnau
Tribune.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09

An animated and distressing scene
was that treated at the Sisters hospital
at Port Townsend. Tuesday, when
Chris Eskelson, an inmate. cleared out
the whole establishment with a club.
The attendants and patients were
terrorized, but fortunately escaped in
jury. 1t took several men to over
power him, and get him to Jail.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09

Peddler-Wiu you buy . mousetrap,
ma'am?
Lady-No, I haven't any mice in the
house.
Il can get some for you. ma'am, for q
small consideration; it's rare sport
cstchin' EN-"
'Then they might necessitate my
having acat."
"Well. 1 could provide you with one
tor trifle. ma'am."
'But it might prove nuisance"
II could sell you q dog to kill 1t,
ma'am."
THE remedy might prove worse than
the disease"
"Well, I'd poison the dog cheap for
you. ma'am. "-Pick-M e-Up.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09

SHILOH'S CURE, the great Cough
and Group Cure, is in great demand.
Pocket size contains twenty-five doses
only Csc. Children love it. Sold by
all druggists.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09

Lumber shipments from Gray's har-
Dor by water during October were as
fol ows: From Hoquiam, 1929, 600
fees; Cosmopolis, 100000 feet; Aber-
1 sen, geo, 600 feet; total, 4,l22, 900 feet.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09

KARL'S CLOVER ROOT will purify
your blood, clear your complexion, regu-
late your bowels and make your head
clear as 9 bell. 25c., &c.,, and $l.OO.
Sold by all druggists.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09

sWorth is said to be the only DRESS
maker living who refuses to alter your
dress If it does not suit you. If the fit
is not perfection he makes an entirely
new costume.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09

LACK of vitality and color-matter in
the bulbs causes the hair TO fall out
and turn gray. We recommend Halls
Remover to prevent badness and gray
ness. 49,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09

CAPTAIN sweeney, A. 8. A., San Di-
ego, CAL, says: Shiloh's Catarrh
Remedy is the first medicine have ever
found that would do me any good"
Price Soc. Sold by all druggists,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09
The Worlds Most Famous People

Kings Queens Statesmen, Heroes Actors and distinguished
and in all the ranks of life full description given of each
object of interest and brief biographical sketch of the people
whose portraits embellh this choice volume
This book will be given free for three cash subscribers
STANDARD or for s27 with years subscription All sub
scrbers present subscribers who advance will receive
this magnificent volume retailing addition
price of the paper limited number of copies ready for delivery
the Office of the STANDARD. Call and see it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09

VoLTAIRE was probably the vainest
man that ever lived.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09
Antiquity Of Surplieed Choirs.


' Supplied choirs, wearing the vest
ment now used under that name, date
back to about the eleventh century,
when that particular modification of
the ancient alb and rochet was intro
duced and the name was also invented.
At that time it was found awkward to
put on the old narrow sleeved vest
ments over the furred dresses which
the dignitaries began to wear to pro-
tect themselves against the cold and
drafty churches; SO the garment was
made looser and the sleeves widened
into the present well-known shape to
get rid of that difficulty, and the name
of sur pelisse THAT which is worn over
. fur dress) was given to the altered
veStment.
General William Booth of the Saliva
ton Army, who will shortly visit the
United States. is sixty-six years of age,
and is as active and vigorous ~ many
men at thirty.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-09
PORTFOLIO
OF THE WORLDS PHOTOGRAPHS

OF the majestic and imposing in Nature; the beautiful and inspiring
in art the gandy scenic eventually historic and skngy dscrp
tive including scenes heroic events and famous achieve
mens which mark human progress and distinguish the nations of the
earth. 1t also contains photographs OF
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
The EAST.

AT Port Kennedy, Pa, the MontgOm-
cry Iron company made an assignment
with liabilities of $3.50, 900.
Ky the premature explosion of a blast
in a quarry near Boston three men
were killed and several injured.
The legislature of New York con-
vened at Albany
The riders who took part in the six
day bicycle race in New York have been
suspended by the National Cycling as
ISOLATION.
The death of WorthingtOn C. Smith,
ex-member of congress. occurred at st.
Adams, Vt.
IL New Yorl. Orlando b. Potter. aged
20. and a member of the Forty-eighth
congress, dropped dead in front of the
Buckingham hotel
The failure was reported of Francis
7. Walton, better known as Plunger
Walton, proprietor of the Grand hotel
IN New York, Tor 100000.
Is convention at Harrisburg, P
the republicans nominated Galusha A.
Grow, of Susquehanna, for congressman
at large
The legis' atare Of Massachusetts, con-
vened at Boston.
A BELIEF that only seven of the 1904
silver dollars were in existence has been
an error, for the eighth one has turned
up in Philadelphia.
IN New York city the fire losses in
1928 aggregated $3.50, 937, against So
OG1. 937 in 1892.
WILLIAM MORRILL, and ID. j. Cushman
were killed and George Keller fatally
hurt in a freight train collision at War
saw, y. Y.
The famous song writer aud ventril-
oquist, Harry Kennedy, died at his
home in Brooklyn. n. Y.
NEAR Ipswich. Mass, the schooner T.
+. Willard went ashore and eight of
the crew were drowned
Is Boston the ID. Lothrop company,
book publishers. made an assignment
with liabilities of $3.50, 900.
Is New York five-cent restaurants
were being esta blisheo for the benefit
of the suffering unemployed.
THOMAS KINNEY and his wife, an
aged couple living in Orange. Conn ;.
were burned to death in their home.
FIRE destroyed the Albany theater at
Albany, n. Y, entailing a loss of 1925, =
600.
THE funeral services for Elizabeth
Palmer Peabody. founder of the kinder
garten in America, were held at Boston.
BY an explosion in a powder mill
near Poughkeepsie, y. y. four men
were killed and a number injured.
Is Pittsburgh, Pa, a Polish mother
smothered her twin babies by wrap
ping the blankets too tightly about
them
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
LATER NEWS.
Else at the worlds rair.

CHICAGO. Jan. 9.-Destruction camo
10 the worlds fair buildings last night.
The fire started in the Casino, Just east
of the Agricultural building and south
of the perstyle. The Casino was quick
ly devoured, and the flames surged
n nth on the top of the peristyle and
dropping made a second line of fire
along the base of the columns. The
flames then sprang through the Music
Hall, which corresponds, at the north
end of the peristyle, to the Casino at
the south.
The fire was carried by the burning
brands to the promenade around the
roof of manufactures and liberal arts
building, almost in the center, n little
to the south of the clock tower, which
formed a striking center-piece in the
great building. The plank walk of
which the promenade was constructed
furnished material for the fire.
About 10 p. IN. great iron arch gave
way directly above the French wares,
and falling heavily, buried them be-
n aath the burning pile. and they were
abandoned. Back of the French wares
was the Japanese exhibit, and about it
clustered crowd of scared and frantic
Japanese. This, like many exhibits,
has not been released from bond, and
the goods could not be taken from the
building.
At midnight President Higinbotham
telephoned that he had been in the
burning building over two hours, that
the roof had fallen. but that fortunate
ly few of the exhi bits were in range of
the falling embers. lie estimates the
loss to exhibitors by water greater than
by fire. and that the total loss viii not
exceed 500, 600. At 2:I5 a M. the fire
was completely out.
The origin of the fire is said to be re-
venge on the part of couple of tramps.
The solitary guard in the Music Hall
SAYS that just before the flames broke
out he kicked two vagabonds out of the
Music Hall and told them to find quar-
tiers elsewhere. They left in the direc-
ton of the Casino and soon after the
fire broke out and soon everything on
the grounds was terror and wild con-
fusion.
VIM. Mackey, a fireman fell from the
peristyle and was killed. Several others
were injured.
The Casino. peristylc and music hall
are not considered a loss as burning is
the cheapest way to remove them.
Fifty thousand spectators witnessed
the grand sight and cheered the iremen
in their efforts. Among the exhibitors
semi-panic reigned.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
NEST AND SOurH-

FIRE wiped out most of the business
portion of Red Key, Ind.
THREE men We're killed and twelve
injured, two fatally. in a collision be-
tween stock and freight trains near
LinwOod. Kan.
JoHN ID. ROCKEFELI.ER gave to the
Chicago university $50. coo to be ex-
pended for books
THE oldest resident of Mason county.
IL, Mrs Elizabeth Lynch, died at De-
catur. aged IO4
HINCHNAN & Sons wholesale drug
house in Detroit. Mich, was burned,
the loss being $3.50. 600. and other prop
erty valued at 100000 was also de-
stroyed.
The property of the Columbus Watch
company at Columbus, o.. went into
the hands of receiver with liabilities
of $3.50. 900; assets. $4,000
The La Porte Olnd.) post Office has
Just received from the dead letter office
a letter that was sent from La Porte
by y. Weber fourteen years ago
The safe of the Franklin Grove lIn)
bank was blown open and everything
Of value taken. The loss was estimated
at $500 in cash and paper
Is Minneapolis the Children's In
dowment association failed for $780, 900.
ONE of the most notorious opium
smugglers in the country. Donald Ken
nedy. was arrested at Detroit
4 RECEIVER was named for the South
ern Land and Improvement company
at Frankfort, Ky. the liabilities being
$500. 600.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
me News Of the Week.
-x.THIRp coNoREsS.
Eli r..I,r session.
..9H AND rAIL.

sD.Y, Jan. SIN the senate
a,or Frye ME introduced a reso-
ss,ion that there should be no inter.
ference on the pa-t of the United States
government by moral infiuene or phys
ical force for the restoration of Queen
Liliuokalani or for the maintenance of
the provisional government of the
Hawaiian islands during the pending
congressi nal investigation. In the
house Mr.. Bland introduced a Till to
make the seigniorage silver in the
treasury Immediately available by issu-
ing certificates against il and then coin
ing the silver. A resolution was
adopted setting aside Friday and sat
urday next for the consideration of the
Hawaiian matter The designations
Of Representatives Fellows and Fitch,
of New York. were presented
THURSDAY, Jar In the senate
a resolution was introduced calling
on the secretary of the treasury for
statement OF the sums paid Mr.. Blount
IS commissioner Il Hawaii, and the
orders and law under which such pay
ment was made. Adjourned 10 the
sth. In the house lack of a quorum
prevented taking up the tariff bill
Mr. DE Almond MO- introduced a
resolution for the appointment of
special committee for the purpose of
investigating the feasibility of remov-
ing the capital and locating a site.
FRIDAY. Jan s. - The senate was
not in session. In the house rules
were reported to govern the tariff de-
bate, but the absence of a quorum pre-
vented their adOptio..
SATURDAY, Jan. 6.-There was no
no session of the senate. In the house
the democrats were unable to secure
quorum and no business was transacted.
A resolution was adopted ordering the
arrest of absenteeS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
A TOUGH STEAK.
1t Was a Teaser Put the Tall Man Didn'
Make Trouble.


Make Trouble.
a man who was about six feet eight
inches tall walked into Main street
restaurant. the other night. His legs
We're so long that it was only with the
greatest difficulty that he got himself
perched on the stool that he selected.
When he succeeded in balancing him
self on the edge OF it he picked up the
bill of fare and studied it carefully.
Order, sir?" asked the waiter.
The tall man hesitated. Finally he
gave up the task, threw down the bill
and said: Gimme small steak an
some fried potatoes. Cup o coffee an
plate o cakes"
The waiter turned the order in to the
cooks aud in due course the small steak
and its accomplishments arrived.
The tall man tackled the steak first.
He picked up the knife and tried TO
saw a piece off. He couldn't do it
Then he tried in another place. That
was equally tough. He went all over
the meat carefully and was unable to
make an impression or it lie laid
down his knife and examined the steak
attentively Il oughter be big enough
to get away with a little thing like
that" He grabbed his knife and made
another desperate onslaught The
steak remained intact.
Then he laid down his knife again
and beckoned to the waiter. say"
he said in a voice loud enough TO be
heard three blocks, Il don't wanter to
cast any aspersions on your knife or
your meat, but. if it's all the same to
you, wish you'd lemme take pair of
scissors"
He got another steak Buffalo Ex-
rrpSS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
FROM WASHINGTON.

TIE statement of the public debt
issued on the ID showed that the debt
increased s7,125. as during the month
81 December. The cash balance in the
treasury was S9O,375, $50. The total
debt, less the cash balance in the treas
ury. amounts 10 1858, COS, 917.
NATIONAL bank notes outstanding
December 81, 1898. were valued at S20S,
442. O27.
DURING 1898 east-bound railway ship
ments amounted to 3,2S1, 2S0 tons,
against g. as, $50 in 1892
AT the United States minis the coin
age executed during ths month OF De-
cember aggregated s. 1I4,55I pieces of
the value of $40. 400. 1925
The Wilson tariff bill internal rev
enue features nave been agreed on by
the house committee. An income tax
of per cent. is among the provisions.
The government was informed that
Minister Willis had written to the pro-
visional government in Hawaii request
ing that they surrender office, as the
United States government had decided
in favor of the restoration of the queen,
and that while President Dole had
promised a reply soon it was hardly
expected that this would be favorable
to the queen
The treasury department statement
puts the stock of gold money in the
principal countries IN the world AT So.
90l 800. 900, silver at 1881, 100, coo. and
uncovered paper money at -. 200, 900,
COO
EXCHANGES at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
weel. ended on the 5th ult aggregated
$500, 500, SOL. against S71s, 3Jo. Ia the
previous week. The decrease, com
pared with the corresponding week in.
1898. was 25.S
IL the United States there We're 511
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 5th against 81 The week
previous and 23I in the corresponding
time in 1898.
IL the United States the total amount
of tax collected on Beer during the year
1898 was So, gG2. 743
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
ARouNp LIE GLOBE

THERE are forty vegetarian restaur-
ants in London
JEssUP, Ga. n town of over one
thousand inhabitants. has not had
death for ten months.
STEPHEN LANGToN. arch bishop of Cam
terbury, first divided the Bible into
chapters and verses about the close of
the twelfth century.
MISS MARY POWELL, of New Castle.
Ind, has attended school for nine
years without being absent or tardy,
walking nearly mile to the school
house.
ARGENTINE and Uruguay are the
richest of all countries in horses and
horned stock; Austria has the most
sheep, Italy the poorest horses,
Portugal the poorest cattle.
WILLIAM PENIS grave is in the
churchyard of the little meeting house
81 Jordans, in Buckinghamshire, Eng
land. and Quallers hold service there
annually, in memory of the founder of
Pennsylvania.
IN several respects. China may be
called the antipode of America. Its
people drink their tea cold and their
wines warm, wear white for mourning;
and pupil, when recitipg, turns his
back to his teacher.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced In the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial, properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news. Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name Is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you viii not
accept any substitute if offered.