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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-20

The anatomy of q snake is peculiar
and has much to do with its peculiar
motion. The ribs are loosely artic.
ulated with the vertabre, and are
movable. By bending the body in
lateral curves, which is the only mode
of motion, and not the vertical bend.
ing. as many think, the scales, which
are attached to the ends of the ribs,
are separated, and by their free edges
take hold upon the ground. When
the body is Strengthened out the ends
of the ribs approach each other and so
force the body forward, then by the
bending Of the other side this move
ment is repeated, and so the snake
glides along. The same movement oil
the ribs and scales forces the animal
through the water. as it swims with
the head above the water and with its
body slightly submerged.
The formation of snakes jaws is
also peculiar and thus enables it to
swallow bodies much larger than it.
self, or than it seems TO be. A small
snake found in Africa, where this tribe
of animals abound, is known as the
egg-eater, and one of them, less than
20 inches lsng and only half an inch
in apparent diameter, can easily take
into his stomach hens egg. This is
done by the formation of the head and
especially of the jaws. The bones oil
the head are not sutured together, but
are loosely articulated by elastic bands
Thus the jaws can be extended to an
amazing extent, considering the ap,
parent size Of the head.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-20
Sweeping With Hose, /,

One of the most notable of the
present century's inventions is an air.
pump for cleaning purposes. A hose
pipe charged with air under SO pounds
pressure to the square inch is turned
upon the article or room to be cleaned
1t is used in precisely the same way
as the water and hose for washing
purposes. 1t is far more effective in
its result than brooms, beaters OF
brushes, as it searches out and pene
trates every crevice and fold of mater.
ial and every crack and cleft in wood.
work.
This device is at present applied tc
cleaning cars, but NO perfect is it,
work that it is only q question OF time
when it will come into use for other
purposes. Hotels and large building,
might be swept out and dusted in an
incredibly short space of time. Care
fully managed. this air-pressure would
nd the room OF every particle Of dust
clean furniture, carpets and the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-20
PLANTING PEANUTS.
The Berry Wns First Brought 10
North Carolina by n Slave Trad
Ing Shin.

North Carolina by n Slave Trad
ing Ship.
There is much doubt as to the orig
inal home of the peanut. Some
claim that it is indigenous to Africa,
others that it was native OF South
America, and was carried by the early
explorers of that country to Spain and
thence to Africa. The earliest au-
thentic tradition tells of its appear
ance in eastern North Carolina, prob
ably brought there by some of the
slave ships landing cargoes along the
coast. The native Africans recog-
nized and used them, says the Blue
and Gray.
Peanuts grow upon trailing vine
with leaves much resembling a small
four-leaf clover. The small yellow
flower it bears is shaped like the bios
som OF all the peanut family; indeed,
the Agricultural Bureau in Washing
ton does not recognize the peanut as
nut at all, but classes it among
beans. The soil in which it is cult.
waited must be light and sandy; after
the flower falls away the flower stalk
elongatcs and becomes rigid, curving
in such a way as to push the forming
pod we'll below the surface of the
earth; if by any accident this is not
done the nut never natures.
They are all planted in rows about
three feet apart, and the vines spread
until the ground is covered by them.
Harvesting is done after the first
frost, and the yield is often 100
bushels to the acre, making this
more profitable crop than wheat or
cotton. The vines with the nuts
clinging to them, are torn up with
pronged hoes and are allowed to dry
in the sun for day or two, and then
stacked to cure. In about q fortnight
the nuts are picked off, the empty
ones are picked off, the empty ones,
which are commonly called "pops,"
being rejected. This is done by hand
and is slow work, as an expert picker
eau pick only three bushels q day.
They come into the market in a
rough, dirty state, unassorted and with
vine tendrils cIinging to the pods.
Eastern Virginia and North Car.
olina produce almost all the peanuts
consumed in the United States and
Canada,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-20
A SIMPLE IDEA.
How the Suggestion for n Valuable
Invention Was Utilized.

How the suggestion for n Valuable
Invention Was utilized.
The most useful inventions are fire.
quently the simplest, truthfully re-
marks the Boston Journal. The father
of the famous Sir Robert Peel was
cotton spinner in . comparatively
small way until he suddenly went
straight ahead of all his competitors.
The earliest cotton spinning machin.
cry gave serious trouble through fila
ments of cotton adhering to the bob
bins, thus involving frequent stop
pages to clear the machinery. The
wages of the operatives were affected
by these delays, but it was noticed
that one man in the works always
drew full pay. His loom never
stopped.
"The onlooker tells me your bob
bins are always clean," said Mr.. Peel
to him one day.
Gay, they be-" said the man, whose
name was Dick Ferguson.
How do you manage it, Dick?"
Why, You see, Master Peel, it's
sort O. secret. Ii l tow'd yo'i be as
wise as l am"
"That's sO," said Peel, smiling in
response to Dicks knowing chuckle.
"I'd give you something to know.
Could you make all the looms work az
smoothly as yours?" -~''~---'
"Ivery one of 'em, MesterW
Well, what shall I give you for
your secret, Dick?"
The man smiled and rubbed his
chin.
"Well, Dick, what is it to be?"
"Come, I'll tell thee," was the re-
ply. "Gi' me quart OF ale every day
as I'm in the mills. and I'll tell thee
all about it."
Agreed" said the master.
Well, then," returned Dick, beck
oning Mr.. Peel to come closer and let
him whisper in his ear, Chalk your
bobbins."
That was the entire secret. Ma
chinery was soon invented for chalk.
ing bobbins, and Dick Ferguson was
given a pension equal to many daily
quarts OF beer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-20

The death of David Dudley Field,
full OF years and honors, ends the
earthly career Of the eldest brother of
one of Americas most illustrious
families. He was the son of David
Dudley Field, and was born in Haddom,
Conn, in 1905, graduated at Williams
in 1925, studied law and was admitted
to the bar in 1928, settling in New
York City. From that year until
1885 he was actively engaged in the
practice OF his profession.
In 1889, with the publication OF his
Letter on the Reform of the Judiciary
System" he began the great work of
his life in behalf Of law reform. To-
day the majority of the States of the
Union are using the system of civil
and criminal procedure devised by
David Dudley Field. In 1S4S, after
having published q large number of
pamphlets and articles on law reform,
he was appointed by the State of New
York commissioner on practice and
pleading and took the leading part in
the preparation OF o new code of pro-
cedure. His CODES of civil and
criminal procedure" were adopted in
installments from time to time until
both codes became enacted into law.
His System Of civil procedure has been
adopted by twenty-four States and his
criminal procedure by eighteen States.
In 1857 he was appointed by the State
Of New York the head of q commission
to prepare a political code, q penal
code, and civil code, which, together
with the two codes of procedure
previously adopted, were designed to
supersede the common law. The State
of New York adopted only the penal
code, but other States have drawn
largely from the civil code, and Cali
fornia and Dakota have adopted them
in full.
In 1866 he brought before the Brit
ish association for the promotion of
social science proposal for the re-
form of the laws Of natione. This
resulted in his Outlines of an In
ternational Code" penned by himself
and presented to the association in
1873, which attracted the attention of
jurists of oil nations and has been
translated into French, italian and
Chinese.
Mr.. Field has delivered numerous
actresses and been q frequent con-
tributor on political topics. A great
English chancellor declared that he
chad done more for the reform of laws
than any other man living"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-20
Lumber Trade ReviviuR.
Seattle News.


From all sections of the lumber re-
gions comes the news that smoke is
once more pouring out Of the
chimneys of the saw and shingle
mills. The mills at Grsy's Har-
Dor are reported as all running at
full blast, after an idleness of many
months. That section of the State
traversed by the Seattle, Lake Shore
& Eastern railroad is a scene OF hustle
and enterprise. New logging camps
are starting. the mills are all resuming
operations and still others are being
constructed. The railroad cannot
supply enough cars for the demand.
Most of the output OF the mills along
this line is shipped east. The ship
ments Of lumber to California and for.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-20
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL,

The St. Gothard tunnel cost $l2,.
100000.
Florida produces 60 10000 oranges
a year.
Some Australian gold veins are 13(
feet wide.
Cigar makers in Germany are paid
$2.68 . week.
Steel rails average $50 tons to the
mile; iron, 145.
Europe imbibed 5000, 100000 gal.
Ions of beer last year.
Italy produced 675,OOO,O 900 gallons
of wine last year.
American buggies gre used in Paris
to limited extent.
There are 10000 cotton-workerl
in Northern Italy.
The coal ore of Virginia is create,
than that of England.
The largest wheat farm in North
Dakota covers 5000 acres.
Louisiana produces 100000 barrel.
of molasses annually.
A coopers' union was formed al
Weihenslephan in 1146.
One firm Of glove-mskers in London
employs $1,000 persons.
More than 100000 men are EN-.
ployed by American railroads.
The cotton crop of Mississippi is l..
100000 bales per annum.
There are seventy-six homeopathic
hospitals in this country.
Some very choice tea has recently
sold in London At $42 a pound.
An English syndicate owns 3,OOO,-
600 acres of Texas pasture land.
Australia's public debt in round
numbers amounts to $24lOOOOOO.
The female barber is gaining q busi-
ness position in many Eastern cities.
There is one business man in New
York who deals in nothing but celery.
1t takes s5.OOO,OOO spindles to equip
all the cotton factories of the world.
The annual consumption of wine in
France averages twenty-three gallons
for each person.
Over 64,OOO,OOO gallons of petroleum
have been shipped from Philadelphia
since January 1st.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-20

eign ports are on the increase. Taken
all in all, the outlook for our lumber
trade is most encouraging. Every car
load and every ship load of lumber
shipped from the Sound brings money
in its stead, and adds to our general
prosperity. This source of revenue
has almost been shut Off for the past
year, and now that the trade has been
opened up again it will not take long
before the good effects will be felt. 1t
is, indeed, gratifying to note that
Puget Sound lumber mills are again
resuming operations. and our working
men once more engaged in turning
out lumber for the world after long
enforced idleness.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-20
CELLULOSE As A PROTECTION.
The Triple.Screw WaFship Column.
bia the First to Use 1t.

The Triple.SCrew WaFshiP COlum.
bia the First to Use 1t.
The triple-screw ship Columbia will
be equipped with cellulose protection.
The Navy Department purchased some
months ago quantity OF the material
of Philadelphia firm. 1t will take
fifty tons of cellulose to fit out the
Columbia, at cost of Is cents per
pound. The work of placing it on
board has already commenced.
Cellulose is the result of a search by
the naval experts for a material which
while subject to the penetration of
projectiles, would be so elastic as to
close Immediately the opening made
and prevent the inflow of water. The
material is composed of the ground
fibre of the cocoanut, which has first
been treated for the removal of the
glutinous portions. 1t has the ap-
pOai dhSC Oi OlOWh uiCol uiACu III Will
small grains, and possesses the prbper-
ty of swelling when wet.
The cellulose, when packed in the
compartments on board the Columbia
will be preserved from direct contract
with the metal OF the ship by thick
coating of paint, as, if dampened from
leaks or otherwise. the portion in con.
tract with the metal will deteriorate.
When the matter was suggested dur.
ing the last Administration, it was op.
posed on the ground that cellulose
was unhealthful and would breed
vermin, and that, in consequence ol
the presence of particles of the glucose
deterioration and foul odors would be
inevitable. Forty vessels of the French
navy however, are fitted with the
material and other navies use it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-20
WHOLE NUMBER 1880.
STATE NEWS.

Salmon are running in large num-
bers in Snake river. Many weighing
% to 80 pounds have been taken.
A Missouri firm has secured o lease
OF some city property at South Bend,
on which it will erect sawmill which
will disburse some $1,000 monthly for
wages.
The would-be assassins of w. J..
Moggridge at Blaine have not been ap-
pretended and it is thought they have
escaped by water. Mr.. Moggridge is
very low.
Arrangements for a battalion drill
by the marines of the Yorktown and
Mohican and company l. First regi-
ment, N. G. w., are being made at
Port Townsend.
Very encouraging reports continue
to come in from the Wenatchee river
placer claims. The work is done in q
newly discovered streak in the gravel.
which pays well.
The money is on hand from
Skamokawa's sale of bonds for q school
house, and the directors are receiving
bids for the building, which is to be
"Queen Anne" style.
Wah Chung All, a Walla Walls
Chinaman en- route for the Flowery
Kingdom, was knocked down on the
streets of Tacoma one night last week
and claims to have lost $500.
Adam Bohmer, q Boisfort farmer,
is lying in the Lewis county Jail in
default of $500 bonds imposed upon
him by the court to keep the peace.
He threatened to kill his wife.
One hundred and five Chinese
turned up at the Colfax registration.
Pullman has 20. Winona, Garfield,
Palouse City and Oakesdale will be
next visited by the registrator.
At Goldendale the county prisoners
are required to cook their own food.
The grub is good enough and the
chain-gang is getting fat at an expense
to the Sheriff of 5 cents q meal.
During March $4,000 pounds oi
fresh fish were shipped East from
Aberdeen. Six lumber and shingle
mills are running to their full capacity
and Q seventh will start up soon.
The Bellingham Bay Express ex.
presses tho opinion that missionarie,
would be better employed converting
the heathen right here at home
Does this mean up in Whatcom!
The Walla Walla Union argue,
strongly for delay in the construction
of the State capitol, chiefly on the
ground that the land cannot now be
sold for anything like fair price.
/
The cattle lately owned by Ben
Snipes and his company have been
sold by Receiver Power to Rounds
Meyer for $500. This includes al
the cattle owned by Mr.. Snipes in
Yakima, Kittitas, KlickitaE, Franklin
and Douglas counties, between zoe
and 500 head In all.
The Touchet river was unkind tt
Dayton. During the recent freshet il
washed away all the city's land at ant
around the source of supply for the
city water works, and then changed it
channel by several blocks, 90 that nov
the supply well is on high and dry
land with no water near.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-20

A WOMAN was about to screw up q
box, preparatory to sending it by ex-
press. She went to the hardware shop
to purchase the necessary implements,
and received valuable hint from the
man who served her: "Soap the
screws WE'LL" he said, "and they will
60 into the wood ten times as easily
as they would without that"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-20

WANTED ;bs for Srss eSr
est book ever offered TO the public.
A ChristmHs Present for both old and
young.
Our coupon system, which we use in
selling this great work, enables each pur'
chaser to get the took FREE, SO every
one purchases.
For his first weeks work one agents
profit is $l68.00. Another $l36. A lady
has Just cleared $120 for her first week g
work.
Write for particulars. and If you can be-
gin at once send 81 90 for outfit. We give
you exclusive territory. and pay large
commissions OIL The sales OF sub-agents.
Write at once tor the agency for your
county.
Address all communications to
RAND, McNALLY & COT
Chicago.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-20

REPRESENTATIVE Coffeen, of Wyo.
ming where the woman suffrage has
been longest in vogue, says: "The
best quality of voters we have in Wyo.
ming are the women"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-20

"Iou know" said the ingenious
chef, that ] ascribe England's puis-
sance 10 the habit her legislators have
of never holding session of Parlia-
ment until after they have dined."
BITS OF INFORMATION.
Pythons have real legs and feet
The electric light was discovered in
1909.
The first lucifer match was male in
1929.
Trails were not known to railroads
until 1850.
Only 8 per cent. of cases of amputa.
ton are fatal.
Eight cubic feet of snow produces
one cubic foot of water.
The Usage tribe of Indians is the
richest individually in the world.
The lifting power of the heart is
equal to five tons one foot an hour.
An Aegean piece, of the year 700
B. c., is the Oldest coin in the world.
The most ancient book mentioned
is said to be the Book of Enoch."
Children, plants and animals grow
more rapidly during the night.
A spiders eyes are not in his head,
but in the upper part OF the thorax.
Congress adoped the stars and
stripes as the national flag on June
IA, 1777.
Persons of weak intellect are apt to
succumb to acute diseases of every
kind.
One of the curious things about
the Gulf Stream is that there are no
whales found in it.
Texas is big enough to afford stand
ing room for the population of the
entire globe.
The last census gives the number
of males of voting age in the United
States as 16,940,31l.
Q is the letter 0 with a tail. Hence
its name, which comes from the
French queue, q tail.
Lower California is the longest OF
North American peninsulas. being 800
miles long and 145 miles wide.
At a depth of more than four miles
the ocean is without life, without
vegetation and without light.
Photographers claim they can take
. picture of rifle ball travelling at .
speed of 5000 feet per second.
The British museum has no less
than 100 theological books written
concerning the creation OF the world.
Westminster bridge, huilt in 1850.
was the first in which the foundations
were laid by the aid of caissons.
The wedding ring is wore upon
the left hand because, in symbol
ism, the right hand is authority. the
lefs obedience.
The Chan.Santa-Cruz Indians in
Yucatan, have never been conquered.
No white has ever seen their city,
which is defended by swamp.
The opera is just 800 years old.
Italy is its home. The first opera was
Daphne. text by Rinucinni and music
by Peri. 1t was first produced in
1894 in Florence under the title,
Opera in Musica in style Representa-
tive.
1t is computed that the death rate
of the world is sixty-seven a minute
and the birth rate seventy a minute,
and this seemingly light percentage Of
gains is sufficient to give a net in.
crease of population each year OF about
1000 600 souls,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-20

The sudden death Of Senator Vance,
OF North Carolina has been announced
to Congress. He was a devoted silver
man
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-04-20

The sentiment of the people Of the
entire country on the immigration
problem is undergoing q wholesome
change. Foreign Americans, as we'll
as native Americans, are rapidly
awakening to the necessity of re-
stricting or even prohibiting the in
fiux of cheap-working foreign laborers
which is annually forcing hundreds of
thousands of American workmen into
the army of the unemployed. An
evidence of this may be cited, the re.
suits of systematic inquiry made not
long since by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of Wisconsin, State hav-
ing large preponderance of foreign
born population, and notoriously un-
der the domination of its foreign ele-
ments. The result may therefore be
taken largely as an indication of what
foreign born citizens think on the sub
ject. Out of 1853 business firms that
responded to the Commissioner
questions 174 favored either unquali-
fed restriction or the total prohibition
OF immigration. Of the residue who
made response ITO desired all socialists
and anarchists to be excluded, 80
favored property qualification, and
"a thought certificate of good charac.
ter would be sufficient.
The Commissioner, in epitomizing
the result of the investigation, said
that the questions were the means of
discovering an unexpected sentiment
in favor of cutting off immigration of
all kinds forever, or for periods vary
ing in length from two to twelve
years. A fact almost as noticeable as
the unanimity in favor of restricting
immigration was that q very large
percentage of even those demanding
total prohibition for longer or shorter
periods was foreign born. Their opin-
ion was regarded as very important,
because they might be supposed to
know better than others the necessity
of the radical treatment of the ques.
ton. The Commissioner was then
of the opinion that the greatest cause
of the industrial depression, as it
stood at that time and before the
tariff trouble intervened to complicate
the situation, was traceable to exces.
sive immigration, which made a sur
plus of unskilled labor.
Similar investigations may have
been conducted in other States, but
none of them could be of more signifi.
csnce than the Wisconsin inquiry.
Next to the settlement of the tariff
controversy, no issue is of moro i'm.
portance to the American people to-
day, and none present 10 many diff.
culties in attempting to applya salts
factory remedy. Statesmanship has
failed hitherto in providing the remedy.
1t must ever remain difficult question
to settle in Republic like ours, where
politicians are 80 careful not to offend
any class in the community upon
whose votes they rely for advance
ment. If these politicians were con-
vinced that the citizens of foreign
birth themselves desire d to restrict
the difficulty would not
be so great.
PRESIDENT Van Horne, of the Cana
dian Pacific railway, predicts that
wheat will be worth 81 a bushel With.