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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-11
HOMEMADE pANTALooNs.

Row . Girl OF the Revolution Manufas.
tursd . Pair for Her Brother.
Late in the afternoon Of one of the
last days of May, in the year rs, when
was . few months short Of fifteen
years old, notice came to Townsend.
Mass, where my father used to live.
that fifteen soldiers were wanted. says
Mrs. Eunice Locke Richards in the
Greenfield (Mass.) Gazette.
The training band was instantly
called out and my brother, that was
next older than I, was the one that was
selected. He did not return till late at
night when we were all in bed. When
l rose in the morning I found my
my brother John was to march next
day after, tomorrow at sunrise. My
father was in Boston in the Massachu-
sets assembly. Mother said that
though John was supplied with sum-
mer clothes he must suffer for winter
garments. There were at this time no
stores and no articles to be had except
such as each family could make itself
The sight Of mothers tears always
brought all the hidden strength Of body
and mind into action. ! instantly
asked what garment was needed. She
replied: Plantations" .Oh, if that is
ALL" said 1, 1--WE will spin and weave
him a pair before he goes" But"
said mother, 1.-The wool is on the Sleeps
back and the sheep are in the pasture"
Immediately turned to a younger
brother and bade him take the salt dish
and call them to the yard. Mother re-
piled: poor child, there are no sheep
shears within three miles and half"
Il have some small shears at the LOOM"
said I. But you can't spin and weave
it in so short time" ~ am certain
we can, mother" How can you weave
it? There is q long web of linen in the
loom"
BY this time the sound Of the sheep
made me quicken my steps toward the
yard. requested my sister to bring
the wheel and cards while went for
the wool. I went to the yard with my
brother and secured white sheep, from
which l sheared with my loom shears
half enough for web. We then let
her go with the rest of her fleece.
sent the wool in by my little sister and
Luther ran for black sheep and held
her while l cut wool of for my filing
and half the warp, and then we allowed
her to go with the remaining coarse
part of the fleece. The rest of the mar.
rative the writer would abridge by say.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-11
THE OYSTERS ENEMY.


The "h"r"r. Il pest about the size Of
n small strawberry. j. working great
havoc among Tn. 81 ,tcr ted, in Della
ware hay and tributary streams, says
thu Phi.aG"lphia Ledger.
capt. Nu."~ N"al". II the oyster
schooner Whit" Lily. says that the de-
structivr powers If the "horcr" have
beer known t. oystrrIucn only few
years. He had followed oyster digging
for nearly thirty-tivc wears. and the
first "h"rcr he SAW Was about ten
wears ago. hnt their ravarcs in the oys-
ter bed, were 'snparativcly unnoticcd
until last ar.
capt. Vale said that last year the
number dead oysters with holes made
by bore = in the she'll became 50 great
that "ystcrmcn were alarmed. This
year the work of the horcro has become
a rave matter. and If it continues
= any bays will he drpopulatcd Of oys-
tiers. From one bed We drrdgcd on this
tri p we got twelve hundred baskets o.
oysters, but out Of these only two hun
drcd were good. the dead oysters hav-
ing been killed by borcrs. \ peculiar
thing about the rlvaCcSof the 'borers'
is their apparent selection of the best
oyster beds. We have found this To he
true several times this season. We
have found a bed of small oysters al
most entirely free from 'borcrs.' This
bed will be separated from another
bed of larger oysters by two hundred
feet. but this latter bed will he SO badly
t.I 1. Z Iat
hardly pay to work it.
From what can learn from oyster
men the destruction wrought by borers
is much more severe in Delaware bay
than in other places
The work of the borer this year
makes a double misfortune, for the
oyster beds were badly damaged by the
big storm in August and September.
Very few people who are not in the
oyster dredging business know any
thing of the methods of the borer.
When first took notice OF its work l
secured several oysters just after the
borer had fastened itself to the shell.
When the borer fastens itself it holds
on like a leech, and it is with difficulty
that it can be removed with the
fingers.
Sometimes the borer fastens itself
to the oyster she'll near the edge and
then the oyster is not killed. When
the hole Of the borer is made near the
center Of the shell the oyster is at
tackled in its vital parts and dies in
three or four days after the hole is first
made"
Some of the bed-owners near Maurice
river have lost large sums of money
this year on account Of the borer. All
oystermen say there can be no way of
taking away the borer without de-
stroying the oyster beds.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-11
. Portuguese Girls.

Miss Batcheller, daughter OF che
American minister to Portugal, says
that the Lisbon girls are beautiful and
attractive, but are very closely guarded,
never appearing unattended ON the
street, and rarely seen on foot. Car.
riage driving Of a decorous kind is .
fovorite amusement, but the girl who
follows the queens example, and ap
pears on horseback, is regarded as very
advanced in her ideas. They are rarely
invited to formal dinners as their par.
ents are. The chief delight of these
delicately bred and carefully guarded
maidens is the great bull fights al
Lintra, while a most unconventional
American girl, who carries her OWE
latch KEY and travels alone in the pie.
beian. democratic street car, woulc
scarcely have the nerve to witness
much less to enjoy, the horrible spects
Gle.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-11
FUTURE OF ALUMINIUM.
Roofs for Houses and Hulla for Vessel
Sure to BE Made OF 1t.

Roofs for Houses and Hulls for veesels
Sure to BE Made OF 1t.
Aluminium, which itself possesses q
high degree of specific heat, does not
really absorb heat itself, and thus is
not liable to the chief objection to iron
buildings in hot countries. But apart
from light decorative purposes, says
the st. Louis Post-Dispatch, such as
balconies, cupolas, finals and veran.
das, it is as roofing material that
aluminium should be most welcome to
the builder. In plates or scales, two
thirds lighter than copper, uncorroded
by air and undimmed even by the sui
phur of London smoke, it should malks
q roof fit for palace Of romance.
The humber elements of health and
comfort in the house hardly less im-
portant than its external defenses
against the weather-pipes, cisterns,
taps and cutters, now made of iron
which rusts, or lead which poisons-
would be more enduring and far more
healthy if made of this light and clean.
ly metal, which might also take the
place of all water-holding vessels now
made of heavy, brittle earthenware or
painted tin. An aluminium bath is
among the probable Injuries of the
next century. But it is not as a mere
accessory to comfort and convenience
that real development of the new
metal should lie. 1t is for use at sea
that its most marked quality Of light.
ness obviously fits it.
The marine engineer and the naval
architect, who are already looking in
this direction for a reduction of the
weight which is inseparable from loss
of efficacy, whether in speed or cargo.
cannot neglect the possibilities of
metal, which, when mixed in the pro-
portion of one to fifty, gives to alum.
inum-bronze hardness and tough
ness which makes it almost as reliable
as steel, and which, if the proportions
could be reversed and the strength pre-
served, would reduce the weight of
ships and machinery alike by two
thirds. That is problem which
awaits the metallurgist for solution.
The reduction in cost, judging by an
alogy, can only be question of time
and research.
The best steel now costs little more
than one-half penny per pound, while
aluminium is fifty times that price.
But aluminium exists in far greater
quantities than iron, is more widely
distributed, and neither the limits of
time nor the history of metallurgy for
bid us to conjecture that, as the world
has seen it's age of stone, its age Of
bronze and its age Of iron, SO it may
before long have embarked on q new
and even more prosperous age of alum
&num.
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BOILING PEOPLE ALIVE.
Itsms OF Expense Connected with the Old
Time Method Of Punishment.

kyomB OF ExponAo connected with the Ol0.
Time Method Of Punishment.
A deal Of talk is being made about a
certain governor Of a Persian province
who is said to have been boiled alive by
order of the shah. 1t is not so very
long since all the nations of Europe
practiced boiling alive-commonly in
oil, which was thought to impart finer
brown to the person SO unlucky as to
be in the caldron.
In England boiling was the legal
punishment for prisoners for long
time, beginning in 1881, in the reign Of
Henry VII. Among those who suffered
this discomfort was a man mentioned
in the chronicle of the Grey Friars, who
was let down into the kettle by chain
until he was done. He, however, was
not boiled in oil-only plain. Some Of
the items of the expense account relat-
ing to the execution of Friar Stone at
Canterbury are interesting in their
homely phraseology:
Paid two men that sat by the kettle and
DOlieu MIN lie
To three men that carried his quarters 70 the
gates and set them up .......................1s
For woman that secured the kettle. 20
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-11
Something Worth Knowing.

Every little while We read of some
one who has stuck rusty nail in his
foot or some other part of his person,
and lockjaw has resulted therefrom.
All such wounds can be healed with.
out any fatal consequences. The
remedy is simple; it is only to smoke
such wounds, or any wound that is in
famed, with burnt wool or wooden
cloth. Twenty minutes in the smoke
of wool will take the pain out of the
worst wound
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-11
SALOONS INLAND SEA.
4 New Body OF Water In an ASid
REGION,

- NOV 0O0Y % "otOE ~ ~ ADb>a
:. Region.
A party Of explorers has lately re.
turned from the Salton sea district, and
It is evident from their report that the
new inland sea is here to stay. When
water first came into the old dry bed it
was said by scientists that it was only
q temporary affair which came periodic
ally and which would 60 away as soon
as the sun had full play upon the water.
For some weeks there was no per.
ceptible increase Of the water, and
then it began to recede, and the scien-
fists in question felt proud Of their pre-.
dictions and saw them verified.
The report of the men who have Just
returned, however, takes from the glory
+ those who thought they knew all
about it. The report says that the sea
is not only still there, but it is increas.
ing. The water is gradually rising,
and, notwithstanding the constant
evaporation which is going on, the sea
now has an area many miles greater
than it had when it was formed. The
water is steadily advancing, and it will
not be long at the present rate before
the whole surface of the old bed will be
covered many feet deep by the salt
water.
There Is undoubtedly some under
ground connection with the ocean, fol
the water is coming in much faster
than the small stream connecting il
with New river and the Colorado would
warrant. The water is intensely salt,
and has the peculiar acid taste of the
sea water. The party which has just
returned made q trip clear around the
sea and saw no place where there wal
any indication that the waite was from
the rivers, except at the place where
the break was first made.
They think they discovered place
where the ocean water came through ths
earth, as there was a constant boiling
Of the water in the sea. 1t is now be
lieved that this country will be re
deemed by the formation Of the sea
and it will be OF vast benefit to tn,
mining industry Of the country.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-11

The Quincy Herald speaks truth
tersely when it says: "No tariff will
ever again be framed on the 1896
lines. There is an irrepressible con-
flict between McKinleyism and Re-
publicanism. McKinleyism is . relic
of barbarism, a survival of the dark
ages. 1t is political heresy, economic
lunacy, Chinese craftsmanship. The
Republican party will see to it that
the Mckinleyism resurrectionists be
sent to the rear and kept there"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-11

r>ny- Il live through tins dry season II
l. ryi:,ut that they would have long
sincr become extinct. In this case. as
III all others where nature Is interested,
provisions hav" been made Icy which
this curious fish either crr"ps overland
10 other streams or lives in a semi
de~icca'ed state until the return VI ths
vet season. 49,.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-11

,ng tnar the wool thus obtained was
duly car,lcd. spun washed. sized and
dried. \ loom was found few doors
OF, the web got in and was wove, the
cloth prepared, cut and made two or
three hours before the brothers. depar-
ture, that is To- say. in forty hours from
the commencement. without help from
any modern Improvement.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-11
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 eminent people
whose portraits embellsh this choice volume
This book will be given free for three cash subscribers the
STANDARD for So rs with years subscription All sub
scbers present subscribers who advance will receive
magnificent volume retailing at ST. rs cents addition
price 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, 1895-01-11

SHILOH'S CURE is sold on a guar
antee. 1t cures Incipient Consumption.
1t is the best Cough Cure. Only one
cent dose. 25 cts, so cts, and $1.O0.
For sale by all Druggists.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-11

SIR Arthur Sullivan is said to have
realized $4,000 on the sales of his
song, THE Lost Chord" . sum great
or by $4,000 than Balfe received for
" / Dreamt Dwelt in Marble Halls"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-11

KARL'S CLOVER ROOT, the great
Blood purifier gives freshness and clear
ness to the Complexion and cures Con-
stipation, % cts, to $1.00. For sale by
all Druggists.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-11

Mrs. T. S. Hawkins, Chattanooga,
Tenn, saws, ShilOh's Vitalizer SAVED
MY KIFE.' I consider it the best remedy
for debilitated system 1 eyer used" For
Dyspepsia, Liver or Kidney trouble it
excels: Price IS cts. For sale by al
Druggists.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-11
Timber Land. Act June 3, 1878,
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
OLYMPIA, WASH, Nov. l, 1884.
Notice Is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress OF
June 8, 1873 entitled An act for the sale of tim
Der lands In the States Of California, Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory" Andrew :.
Davis of Bucoda: county OF Thurston. State Of
wash, has this day filed in this office his sworn
statement No. 342, for the purchase of the SN a
of Section No. -. In Township No. 16 y. Range
No. O West, and will offer proof to show that
the land soug hit Is more valuable for its timber
or stone than for agricultural purposes. and to
establish his claim to said land before the Reg
lister and Receiver OF this Office at Olympia,
WASH, on Saturday. the I'D day of February,
1895.
He names as witnesses: F. b. Haurs. OF c.
darville, Wash; Burt Lemley, Of Cedarville,
Wash; James Hemphill, of Oakville, Wash; u.
n. Vanatta, of Cedarville, Wash.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office or before said 2;,d day OF
February, 1895. JESSE +. MURPHY,
Register.
Date Of first publication, Nov. 80, 1894 :l6
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-01-11

OF the majestic and imposing in Nature; the beautiful and inspiring
art the gndy scenic eventually historic and srkngy descrp
tve including impressive heroic events and famous achieve
men which mark human progress and distinguish the nations of the
EARTH 1t also contains photographs of
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-03-01

and when an investigation was made
the scamps had fled.
A number of our citizens will go to
Parkersburg to-day to attend the flu
neral of Geo. w. Thompson. 1t is the
intention to have a special car from
this place.
The prison population was increased
by batch OF prisoners which arrived
from the interior on Wednesday.
w s. Wiley, prominent attorney of
New Martinsyille, was in the city yes
terday.
The Actors Holiday Company held
the boards at the Opera House last
night playing to good audience. The
show is a good one and has some of the
finest artists in their line on the road.
The Sheriff and force OF deputies are
husily engaged distributing the peri
odical invitations to appear before the
grand jury on Tuesday next.
The celebrated controversy between
Nike Edwards and the city, over a
quantity of stone belonging to Mike
which the city appropriated TO its own
use. has come to an end, the Council
having passed an order to pay him
eight dollars for his interest.
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LIVE STOCK.

EAST LIBERTY, PA, February 2S.-Cat-
lie, steady and unchanged.
Hogs-Active Philadelphias 81 45a4 30;
common TO fair Workers 81 l5a4 20; roughs
3 0Oa4 90.
Sheep-Steady; extra 81 OOa4 20; good
50 3Oa5 90; common TO fair lambs - goa
( CO.
CHICAGO, February 2S-Catue market
higher Dressed beef aud shipping steers
are now quoted at s. G5a6 90 for common
10 extra and common to extra cows and
bulls at g. OOa4 30.
There was a steady market for hogs a.
So 5Ua4 10 for common TO prime lots and at
3 9Oa4 50 for common 10 extra hogs.
Sheep market better to-day and shade
higher. Quotations: Sheep ranged from
81 5Os4 so for poor to choice with sales at
So 25a4 81. Lambs We're salable at 50 25a
} 40.
Recepts-Cattle. 5000 head calves, 800
head; hogs, $4,000 head; sheep 1000
head.
CINcGXXATl. ONO, February 2S.-HOgs,
active and strong at So 60a4 30; receipts,
3, 400 head; shipments, 200 head.
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PRODUCE.

CHICAGO. February 2S.-Wheat strug-
ged drearily to day in attempt 10 score an
advance. but despite the fact that much
news was bullish, the weakness at Liver
pool overshadOwed other influences, and
May closed 4 c lower; May corn closed &c
lower and May oats sc lower, but pro
visions made slight gains. Flour hrm.
Wheat, cash No. spring 53$t a51${c; No. 3
spring wheat nominal; No. , red 81 "a
53lSc; February 5l15a52c, closing at 5l16c;
Nav % sa54i C., closing at 535! &c; July SAGA
s. C., closing AT sic. Corn, cash No. ,,
43 C., No. yellow 4la4l3&c; February 429s
a43 C, closing at 1890; May 449sa454c,
closing at 4435c; July 44'sa44jsc, closing
at 443sc Oats, cash No. 2. 2SS{c; No. .
white 81, a32c; No. white 81 2a3l%c;
February 2S1Iss2Ss{c, closing az 2S16c;
May 29l4 a29l6c, closing at 29Itc; June 29a
29i4 C, closing at 29c. Rye, No. ., 5l1Sc.
Barley No. =, 53c FlaXseed. No. !, 81 800
Prime timothy seed, 50 80. Mess Pork
cash. per Dbl, $40 l0al0 p; May $40 goa
10 30. closing at $40 %. Lard, cash per
100 pounds s. % as So; May So 42l6a6 80
closing at s. 49,. Short ribs, cash sides
Ooose5 50 lOa5 Is; May s. 221<a5 30, clos
ing at s. 21ls. Dry sailed shoulders AKA
Al 5c: short clear sides g. 40a5 10. Whisky,
uistillers' finished goods per gallon, 81 %
Sugars, cutloaf unchanged Butter mar
ket quiet; creameries l1a2lc; diaries 9al9c
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CONVINCING
n0NDAY, FEB. 18th,
The three main features that
make our Linen Sales
a success are
BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS,
RELIABLE MAKES,
And LOW PRICES.

In addition to our regular
sale, we will have on sale
DRUMMERS SAMPLES, con
sisting of Table Cloths, Nap
kins, Towels, ETC., at one-third
less than regular values.
A few fine Hemstitched
Cloths and Napkins to match
in this lot.
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MOUNDSVILLE.

The diphtheria scare has about
abated. there being only two cases
which have proved fatal, and they were
more I'm the nature of membranous
Group than diphtberia.
Yesterday afternoon as yOung girl
was going ont the Camp Ground
switch she was chased 10y "a couple OF
rufians. She made her way back home
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DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK, February 2S.-The spot de-
mand continues irregular, yet in many
lines of goods it was prosecuted with such
earnestness as to indicate more interest in
obtaining supplies. Prices are at the bot
tom, and as a consequence lower offers are
being turned down Local iobbers have
sold their stocks of SLonsdale, and prices
have been restored TO agents prices of 81
cents. Printing cloths in fair demand,
with sales Of 10000 pieces, March and
nril at ~ cents.
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London Wool Sales.

LONDON, February 2S.-The next series
of wool auction sales opens next Thursday,
and is fixed 10 close on April Attn. The
total numbe of bales officially drawn for
is 32S 600. but the offerings are not ex-
nected to exceed 300 900. Since the close
IF the last sales =, 800 bales have been sold
al slightly frmer rates. The sales next
week are therefore expected TO open dearer
with good demand from all quarters.
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PL1KULEUM.

NEW YORK, February 2S.-Petroleum,
strong; Pennsylvania OIL sales none;
March option sales none; closed offered
at 81 O6s.. Lima oil. sales none.
OIL CITY, Pa, February 2S.-Opened az
81 o.; highest 81 O6A4; lowest 81 o. ,
closed at 81 O6; sales, 1900 barrels; ship
ments, 56, too barrels; runs ~, S4l barrels.