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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08
Alaska ICebergs.

A. w. Green chatted Interestingly of
his trip. 81 witnessed one OF the most
remarkable sights at Muir Glacier bay,'
he said, "that ever fell to the lot OF
mortal man. We were on board the
Queen, and were about in the middle
OF the bay, which is about two miles
wide. After surveying the great fields
of ice, which are hundreds of feet high
and extend back to distance of many
miles, great mass OF ice, perhaps as
large as the West hotel, broke off from
the summit OF the glacier and fell with
mighty roar into the bay. This was
not particularly remarkable. but what
followed was the most astonishing
sight ever seen in that locality. Sud-
denly huge shaft of ice rs large as
our ship came out of the water and
shot into the air distance OF 200 feet
and toppled over. 1t was deep bottle
green, and the sunlight flashing on it
made it most beautiful as we'll rs n
terrible object. 1t was soon followed
by four others that rose from the bay
with great rapidity. They rushed out
of the water like things of life, and we
were compelled to back off for safety.
"The noise produced by these monu-
ments OF ice was terrific, and when
they toppled over they rocked the ship
like an eggshell. Captain jackson, of
the United States service, said that he
had never before witnessed such
phenomena"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08
WHOLE NUMBER 1869.
BACTERIA IN CLOTHES.
Hundreds of Thriving Colonies Found In q
WOrsted Stocking.

"OTstcu StOChlHSs
Carlyle gave us the philosophy of
clothes; now DIR. Seitz, of Munich, gives
us their bacteriology. On examining a
worsted stocking, says the British Med
ical Journal, he found nine hundred and
tifty-eight thriving colonies, while on
cotton sock there were seven hundred
and twelve. Both these articles had
been worn, but no information is vouch-
safed as to the personal habits of the
wearer. Thirty-three colonies We're
found on glove, twenty on a piece of
wOolen stuff and nine on a piece of
cloth; none of these articles had been
worn. On piece of cloth from a gar
ment which had been worn a week
there were twenty-three colonies. OF
the micro-organisms found on articles
of clothing relatively few were capable
OF causing disease. The pathogenic
species were almost without exception
staphylococci.
In one case, however, Dr. Seitz found
the typhoid bacillus in articles of cloth
ing from twenty-one to twenty-seven
days, and the staphylococcus pyogenes
albus nineteen days after they had been
worn. The anthrax bacillus found in
clothes was still virulent after a year.
The microbe of erysipelas, on the other
hand, could ;,ot be found after eighteen
hours, nor the cholera vibrio after three
days. DIR. Seitz studied with special
care the question whether in tuber-
culous subjects who sweated profusely
the bacillus was conveyed by the per-
spiration to a piece of linen worn for
some time next the skin of the chest.
The inoculation of two guinea-pigs,
however, gave negative results.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08
HOW SHE FIXED HIM.
A Hint to Girls That Have Um-
desirable Suitors.

A Hint to Girls That Have I'm
desirable Suitors.
He was thestric lover, and she
didn't like his style little bit.
He was constant in his devotion,
however, and that made matters
worse.
She had tried gentle means to get
rid of him, but he had disregarded
them with painful persistency.
In this moment of her desperation
he felt it incumbent upon him to pro.
pose to her, as men under similar cir
cumstances often do.
Which they wouldn't if they had
any sense at all.
"Dear one," he exclaimed, hurting
himself tragically at her feet, " / love
you! My life is yours. Will you take
it?"
She did not look like murderess.
"Mr. Singleton" she responded,
with calm determination, "a l will"
He gszed at her rapturously.
"Don't do that" she begged, draw
ing back from him as if in horror. al
have taken your life, as you requested
me to do, and you are henceiorth to
all intents and purposes dead"
He seemed dazed.
Il do not, Mr.. Singleton" she con-
tinued, turning aside, "desire to have
II dead person in the house, and if you
do not 60 away at once l shall ring for
an ambulance and have you removed
to the morgue."
Then the dreadful situation in which
his own precipitate folly had placed
him was revealed, and he removed him
self with neatness and dispatch.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08
Development OF q Chick.

The development of chick within
the egg is one OF the most wonderful
things in nature. At the end of the
fifty.eighth hour of incubation the
heart begins to beat, two vesicles are
seen and few hours later the auricles
also appear. On the fourth day, the
outlines OF the wings may be perceived
and sometimes of the head also; on
the fifth day the liver is visible; on
the sixth. other internal organs ap-
pear. In 100 hours the beak is fairly
formed; in 200 hours the ribs are
clearly developed; in 240 hours the
feathers are visible; in 26S hours the
eyes appear; in 2SS hours the ribs are
completed and the feathers on the
breast; in $50 the lungs, stomach and
breast have assumed a natural ap-
pearance. On the eighteenth day the
first faint piping of the chick is some
times audible.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08
A PECULIAR CARESS.
MaOris of New Zealand Embrace and Rub
Noses.

MaOris OF New Zealand Embrace and Rub
Noses.
There is one habit which the Euro
peans have not been able to introduce
among the Maoris, that Of kissing; and
when one looks at the mouth of a ma
tive woman it is evident, says Dem
orest's Magazine, that an osculatory
caress might not be pleasant, for the
lower lip is covered with tattooing on
the inside, which must be very pain
full operation. But what will not
woman do to be in the fashion? In
New Zealand native woman would as
soon think of dispensing with her
tattooed under lip as an American belle
would think of wearing an unfashion-
able bonnet.
The natives are very affcctionate. but
have not learned the habit of kissing;
instead, they throw their arms around
each other, and pressing their noses
together move their heads up and
down, making at the same time a
grooming sound which is changed to
suit the occasion, being mournful if a
mutual friend has died since they last
met, but always somewhat sad, for it
is intended to convey the idea of the
sorrow they have felt at their separa-
tion. When two Maoris meet they
stick their spears, or war clubs-the
latter being also used rs ing staffs
in the ground, as a sign that they are
at peace with each other, and then
throw their arms over each others
shoulders and rub noses.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08
Costly Snuff Boxes.

Snuff boxes brought high prices in
London recently: $1,000 was given for
a Louis XVI. gold box, with pictures
of nymphs at their toilet; $4,000 for an
other, inlaid with colored mother-of-
pearl, with pictures Of pleasant merry
making; an octagonal Louis XVI. gold
box, delicately chased under translu-
cent enamel. inlaid with mythical SUBJ
jects in grissaille, brought s2,45O; a
large box of brown rock crystal, carved
with eight medallion heads and writ
ing figure on the lid, sl,O5O; blood
stone box, carved with scrolls and
shells, $3.50; tortoise shell box, lined
with gold, with an enamel portrait of
Mile. de Fontanges, s525.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08

Such plan was adopted actually at
Berlin not long ago, when the Royal
library of Prussia was transferred to a
new building. A regiment of soldiers
was formed in line, each man having
a basket, and the baskets were passed
from hand to hand like buckets at a
fire. That collection is the third
largest in the world, having ] 100000
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08
TO USE THE EARThS HEAT.
One OF the Schemes of the Future Is
Highly Alluring.

One OF the Schemes of the Future Is
Highly Alluring.
One of the schemes for future cnpi-
neerS to work at, says az article in Cur
rent Literature. will be the sinking of
4 shaft twelve thousand to fifteen
thousand feet into the earth for the
purpose of utilizing the central heat of
the globe. 1t is said that such Depth
is by no means impossible, with the i'm,
proved machinery and advanced meth
obs of the coming engineer. Water Il.
Il temperature of two hundred degree.
centigra3c, which can. it IS said, be OBJ
tanned from these deep borings, would
not only heat houses and public build
ings. but would furnish power that
could be utilized for many purposes.
Hot water already at hand is neces-
sarily much cheaper than that which
must be taken when cold and brought
up to the required temperature. Once
the shaft il sunk all cost in the item of
the hot water supply ceases. The
pipes, if good, will last indefinitely,
and, as natures stokers never allow the
fire to go out, there would come in the
train of this arrangement many ad-
vantages. When, by sinking n shaft in
the earth. we can secure perpetual
heating apparatus which we can regu-
late by the turning of n key, one tris,
OF life will fade into nothingness.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08
EAT TOO MUCH MEAT.
Americans Too Prone to the Com
sumption of Flesh and Fowl.


We eat altogether 200 much meat
anyway" said DIR. Cyrus Edison, the
health commissioner. al venture to
say that most OF the ills we are heir TO
come from habitual eating of too much
beef. Ii the present era of high prices
of beef will only compel people to
choose other foods, such as fish or a
greater variety of vegetables, the beef
f, combine as it is called, will have been
the unconscious instrument of doing a
| vast amount OF good.
Fish is much better food for city
peop.e than flesh raised on land. 1t
does not contain as great proportion
of those stimulstive nutrients that do
so much to produce nervousness, indi-
gestion, constipation and the host of
attendant disorders to the human body
for which the medical profession is so
continually called upon to prescribe.
Wage-wOrkers who earn their living by
physical exertion - farm laborers,
shovelers, ditch diggers, etc.-require
solid foods, such as beef and pork, but
men and women who take little
exercise, whose employment is Sc
dentary, calling for no continued
physical strain, fish is eminently more
satisfactory as regular diet. Fish is
the coming food. Long after our land
has become denuded of those properties
that nourish animal life in the field,
the waters of the deep will be teeming
with fish.
"The scientific culture of carp has
shown conclusively that one acre of
water will produce more edible and
wholesome flesh than three acres OF
land, and some of these days we will
awaken to tine importance of preserv-
ing our land-sustained animals by the
systematic and methodical cultivation
of our fish.
4" As to the quantity of meat that a
man really needs people seem to be
ignorant. The United States govern
ment allows the soldiers but three
quarters of a pound of meat a day.
How many New Workers, do you sup
pose, get along with so small ration
OF meat? The government, through
its physicians, has learned that soldiers,
even on the march, do better on that
seemingly small allowance than if they
were permitted to gorge themselves in
discriminatory on the flesh of steers
and sheep. New York city allows for
its hospital patients but one pound of
meat a day, and that pound is I'M
trimmed. When cooked and ready to
be eaten that pound represents really
less than the army ration for able
bodied men. The average energetic
well-fed New Yorker consumes from
one and half TO three pounds Of meat
every day that he is able to eat. II is
altogether too much. No wonder that
nature rebels frequently and insists
that man live on cruel for whole
days at a time. That is natures own
recourse. That's when man is sick
when he can't eat meat"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08

The Skagit river steamer City of
Champaign is scarcely able to make
her run up the Skagit river because Of
the low stage OF water. The river is
reported four feet lower than it has
been known to be in ten years past,
and two feet lower than it WAS ever
known to have been by the oldest in
habitant. The boats manage to get
up on the flood tide to Mount Vernon,
the principal town on the river.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08
Storing winter Vegetables.

| lniildl!h FARMER.
Before storing any fruits or vege.
tables in the cellar for winter use it
should be thoroughly cleared, fumi-
gated and whitewashed. Sulphur
sprinkied on live GOALS and burned in
the cellar, keeping it well closed mean
while, is good and cheap disinfectant ;
or carbolic acid may be used in the
whitewash and sprinkled into every
crack and crevice of the floor. A dry
cellar is necessary to keep vegetables
i'll good condition. The dryer the
better, and it is also less liable to
freeze it perfectly dry, SO that drains
must be kept in repair. A peck of
lime put in the cellar and renewed
every two or three weeks will absorb
much dampness, while charcoal fire.
quently renewed will absorb unpleas-
ant odors.
All vegetables should be gathered in
a dry time so that as little soil will
adhere to them as possible. Beets,
turnips, carrots, parsnips, and such
things should have the tops removed,
but do not cut into the vegetable it.
self. Then lightly pack in sand or
dry earth, in barrels or boxes, and
store in cool cellar; the cooler the
better, so they do not frost. Large
quantities that are to be kept for
spring use or spring trade, can safely
be stored in pits in the ground and
they will be fresh and crisp in the
spring.
Onions should always be gathered
when the ground is perfectly dry, for
damp soil clinging to them will shortly
rot. They keep best in a dry, cool,
we'll ventilated place, and do not take
kindly to being placed in heaps or
bins, but will keep in better condi-
ton if spread in thin layers.
Cabbages should be left in the gar
den as late as possible so as not to be
damped by frost. On bright, sunny
day they should be pulled and set on
their head for two or three hours to
drain. Then they may be closely
planted on loose soil, put in the cellar
for that purpose, provided the cellar
is cool and we'll ventilated; or they
may be hung by the roots in the GEL
lar. But the secret of their keeping
well in the cellar is to have it cool and
ventilated.
Another way is TO sink barrel
about three-fourths of it's depth in the
ground, trim off the roots and rough
outside leaves, pack closely but with
out bruising, fill the mouth OF the
barrel with straw, cover with some
thing-an old piece Of carpet will an
swer-and throw on enough dry dirt
to keep them from freezing. Or, if
there are many to be stored, very
shallow trench may be dug and q
layer of clean, dry straw put in, then
then the well.drained heads set on,
heads downward, and covered with
dry straw and then with dry earth un-
til they will not freeze.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08

MANY people, when a little consti-
pated, make the mistake OF using
saline or other drastic purgatives. All
that is needed is mild dose of Ayers
Pills to restore the regular movement
OF the bowels, and nature will do the
rest. They keep the system in per.
feet order.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08
STRANGE AMERICAN CUSTOMS.
A Matter of Considerable Surprise
10 the Foreign Tourist.

A Matter of Considerable Surprise
10 the Foreign Tourist.
al have been in America but two
days" said the talkative foreigner,
"but already have become impressed
with some of the strange customs of
the country"
Indeed. What particular customs
do you refer to?"
"Well, tor one thing, / had not
been ashore more than al hour when a
spruce, ofiicial.looking man came up
to me. He showed a silver badge of
some sort and said he was collector
OF the internal revenue. He asked me
if had paid my side-whisker license
yet. | told him that didn't know
side whiskers were taxed in America.
He said that they were and the tax
was 81 per year. He added that i
might consider myself lucky that he
did not add % per cent. for costs OF
collection, because it was my duty to
report at the city hall and pay the
tax without putting the nation to the
expense OF sending collector after the
money"
"You paid him, did your"
ooh, yes. and was quite glad that
/ did not wear full beard. He said
the assessments on full boards was $40
per chin. Why do you have such odd
taxes in America? Is it 80 very ex-
pensive to run a republican govern
ment?"
ct costs quite good deal. But
was that your only experienced"
"No, it wasn't. About two hours
later another man approached me.
asked me if l had yet procured the
government permit emitting me to
wear trousers of snch wide stripe as
those | had on. 1t was the same pair
I'm wearing now. | asked what the
blamed government would do if l re.
fused to pay for such permit. He
replied that the fee for the permit was
so excessively small that no one
thought of trying to evade payment.
1t was only ~, he said. The penalty
was the confscation of the trousers
and it would be his painful duty to
take me to the nearest police station
and take possession of my garments
in the name of the United States gov.
ernment if manifested any further
hesitancy about producing the 50. As
1 did not want scene, I paid him the
money, and he left"
"You would have done we'll to let
him take you to the police station"
"Whys"
"You could have told your story
and he would have been locked up on
a charge of swindling."
"Do you mean to say that he WAS
not an official of the government"
That's what meaa."
"But he said he was"
"Pm afraid he didn't speak the
truth"
but how about the other?"
"He was fraud too"
"But he showed me his badge"
"That cuts no ice."
"I beg pardon! 1t doesn't do what?"
al said it cut no ice. mean that
it was of no significance. Thieves can
get badges when they deem it neces-
sary to use them in their business"
but who are the real officers who
issue permits to wear striped trousers
and receive the tax on side whiskers?"
"There are no such officers"
"And no such taxes?"
"No."
"Then they both lied?"
"Yes."
"Well, 1 never would have thought
it. Do you suppose that others will
try and do me up in this way?"
"It would not surprise ME in the
least"
"Allow me to thank you for putting
me on my guard, sir. pay no more
taxes except at the city hall. Good
day, SIR"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08

THE Cowlitz river is lower now than
was ever before known by the oldest
settlers. and people are fording the
river with their teams, both above and
below Castle Rock.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08

j. II. CAvANAUGH. of Frances, WASH,
fell from window in the Hotel North
ern, in Seattle, to the sidewalk Satur-
day night and received severe injuries.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08

THE tax levy OF Pierce county has
been fixed at IA mills, making q total
amount levied by the county, includ.
ing school tax, $J93, AIS.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08
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JOHN MILLER MURPHY,
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Legal notices will be charged to the
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Advertisements sent from a distance,
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Announcements of marriages, births
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Obituary notices. resolutions of respect
and other articles which do not possess a
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halfthe rates for business advertisements.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08
Range o: \ Spiders Vision,

Experiments have recently been
made to decide how far spiders can see.
and as result of these investigations
it has been determined that they have
a range of vision of at least foot. 1t
is not always possible to tell, however,
whether the lower animals perceive by
sight or hearing or by the action which
air in motion has on their bodies. Ex
periments tend to show that mice ar,
sensitive to motions of the air which
human ears create no sound whateye
"Turn the rascals out"-the famil-
lar party cry-may be applied to mi
crobes as we'll as to men. The germs
Of disease that lurk in the blood are
turned out" by Ayers Sarsaparilla as
effectually as the old postmasters are
displaced by the new administration
HALLS Vegetable Sicilian Hair Re-
newer has restored gray hair to its
original color and prevented badness
in thousands OF cases. 1t will do so
to yOu.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-08
DAILY TIME CARD.
OLYMPIA, TACOMA and SEATTLE ROUTE
S. WILEY NAVIGATION CO.'S

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-16
PRESS CLUBS MATINEE TODAY.
Mr.. Henry Clay Barnabee Also Sc.
cured-Large Advance Sale.

This afternoon, at o'clock, the Press
Clubs professional matinee at the Grand
Opera House will begin. The sale of seats
yesterday was quite large, and not a great
many desirable seats will be had after noon
to-day. The low prices, rs cents for the
main floor, caused early rush.
The club was extremely fortunate yester-
day in securing another great artist for the
programme in the person of Henry Clay
Barnabee. the operate comedian, who is
unexcelled in his work. Mr.. Barnabee, like
Jessie Bartlett Davis and Mr.. Eugene Cowles,
is one of the leading members of the Bos-
tonians, who opened their engagement at
the Grand so auspiciously last night. Mr..
Barnabee is baritone, and an operate
comedian has made reputation which ex-
tends from ocean 70 ocean SO rare mti-
never been offered before in Indianapolis.
Some changes in the order of the pro
and it now stands as follows:
Decentralization from Rob Roy.
Prof. Il. 4 Miller and orches arsoVeh'
Violin solo-Fantasie Faust =.
Miss Z. Team. Jeanne ps orlopp ,ehiaWski
Accompanies, Miss Blanche Gould Gilbert.
e Distant ELSIE Apfbar su hFasn
Mr.. Edward Durward Lely.
voca, AcesompsMn r s Mrs LEY L,ely
Accompanist, Mr.. S. l.. StudIey
Piano solo. Miss Henrietta Kitchell.
Contralto selection :. Jessie Bartlett Davis.
Accompanist, Mr.. s. l.. Studley
limitations. . g. Mr.. Al Grant.
Mr.. Eugene Cowles
Accompanist, Mr.. 8. L. Studley.
Twenty Minutes Through London with
Dickens. ....... Mr.. Frank Cakes Rose.
After the matinee the reception which is
to be rendered Jessie Bartlett Davis and
the other artists taking part will be given
in the two main parlors of the Denison.
Governor Matthews and wife, Mayor Den
ny and Mrs. Denny and a number of prom
inent society people will assist the mem
bers of the club Al d their wives in receiv-
ing. The parlors of the Denison may be
reached conveniently by way of the ladies'
entrance, on Ohio street, or directly
through the main lobby to the elevator.
The reception will last until O'clock The
Press Club quarters are in the Oenison.
and an informal reception will also be held
in the clubroom.