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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
Emily Faithful.

The London Times announces the
death of Emily Faithful. Miss Faith
full was born in 1885. Becoming in
terested in the condition of women,
she collected band OF female COM
positors, and 1860 founded a typo
graphical establishment in which wo-
men as cOmpositors were employed
and for which she obtained the ap-
proval of Queen Victoria who ap-
pointed Miss Faithful printer and
publisher in ordinary to her Majesty,
in May, 1868, Miss Faithful started a
monthly publication called tho Vic-
toria Magazine, in which for eighteen
years the claims of women to remune-
rative employment were earnestly set
forth. In 1868 she published a novel
entitled "Change Upon Change"
She achieved marked success as a
lecturer. In 1SS2-73, Miss Faithful
visited the United States. After q
third tour in America in 1SS2-'S3, she
published book entitled "Three
Visits to America" containing vivid
descriptions OF the various female in
dustries and life as she found it among
the Mormons in Salt Lake City. In
commemoration OF thirty years dedi-
Gated to her sex, Miss Faithful re-
ceived, in 1889, an engraving Of her
majesty, which was sent her by the
queen, bearing an inscription in her
own hand writing, and followed by a
civil service pension.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
When TO Cut Timber.

A correspondent to the English
Mechanic writes on this subject rs fol-
lows: For strength, beauty and dur
ability, I have found August, Septem-
Der and October the best, and Febru-
ary, March and April the worst months
to cut wood. A red maple cut in Sep
tember will keep in round log per-
fectly white and sound until the next
August; while one cut in March will
begin to blacken and decay by the
middle or the last OF June. This is
not copied from any scientific work,
but is what l have found to be a fact
by many practical tests. Gray birch
cut in September will keep in good
condition until the next September, il
left in the woods cut in Aft lengths !;
while if cut in March and left in the
same way, it will be nearly worthless
by August lst-at least such is the re-
suit on my land. White pine, like
red maple, keeps white much longer il
cut in September than if cut in
March, and is not injured by the
worms so much. | have found that
wood dried slowly in low, cool place,
is better than dried quickly in the hot
sun, even though cut in summer.
May this not in measure account for
wood being better cut in Autumn, it
having the cold win,'r to dry in?"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
TEARING OFF THE MASK.
England Will Agree to Nothing Hut
the Gold Standard.

At q meeting OF the leading city
bankers and merchants in London, on
the Both inst, it was decided to form
a gold standard defense association
and Bertram Currie, the chairman of
the meeting, was elected president OF
the new association. The following
address was forwarded to the chancel-
lor OF the exchequer, Sir William Yer
non Harcourt:
ave, merchants and bankers of
this city, desire to address you with re-
ference to the discussion which has
taken place in parliament on the ques-
ton of the currency. But we are con-
strained to state that we view with ap-
prehension any change in the system
OF currency which has prevailed with
out interruption in this country since
1916. We believe that any serious at
tempt to modify it by the adoption of
silver as a standard OF value, either
alone or concurrently with gold, will
be followed by consequences danger
Gus to the trade and commerce OF the
country. And further, if it were pos
sible that such measure should not
only become law, but be made ef-
fective in practice, it would disturb
contracts, injure credit, check enter
prise and thus prove disastrous to both
capitalists and wage.earners."
The chancellor of the exchequer
sent the following reply to the adj
dress:
/" l concur entirely in the opinion
that the experience of we'll nigh a
century has proven that the present
system of currency is suited to the
wants OF this great commercial coun-
try and that to depart therefrom
would be disastrous to credit and trade
OF the united kingdom. You may rely
upon it that her majesty's government
will not give countenance to any
change in the fundamental principles
OF our monetary system, nor in dis
cussion which they can be called to
take part. will they admit of any doubt
of their intention to firmly adhere to
the single gold standard"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
A Country without a Navy.

New York sun.
Belgium is peculiar among Euro
pean countries having a water front
from the fact that it has no navy.
This is more remarkable when it is
considered that Belgium includes
within its borders one of the oldest
harbors in Europe, Antwerp, which at
the zenith of its commercial success
had as many as 1000 ships. The
commerce of Antwerp is still con-
siderable, and fair share OF it is done
with the United States.
When the war OF 1880 eliminated in
the independence of Belgium from the
rule of the Netherlands, the two coun-
tries were 80 divided that Holland had
the largest share of the seacoast line,
and Belgium had larger measure of
the island territory. Holland re-
tanned all the colonial possession of
the two countries, and in order to
keep up connection with them and
protect them from hostile assault the
the navy was maintained by Holland.
Belgium, having no foreign countries
to protect, was under no obligation to
maintain navy. Holland has now a
considerable navy, including 100 ships
and 1900 sailors, but Belgium is able
to get along without any navy at all
though the Belgium army, on a peace
footing, is 1000 men stronger than the
Dutch army aud on a war footing ha.
1OO, 600 men more.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
Palace Plated with Geld

The Gar has a palace just outside
st. Petersburg, known as Tsarskoe-Se-
10, which was built by Catherine the
Great. 1t is of vast extent, and plat.
ed over with gold. 1t took nearly
81 600, 900 worth of bullion to do the
work. and when owing to the damp
ness of the climate, it began to peel
off, Catherine ordered it to be painted
instead.
Some Russian spectators wanted to
scrape off the old gold and melt it
over again, and they offered Catherine
$5OO,O0O for the job. She sent them
to prison for insulting her with the
proposition. and covered the palace
with yellow paint.
This palace has rooms walled
with amber. 1t has a parlor covered
with lapis lazuli, and the walls and
ceiling of one drawing room are of the
finest tortoise shell. There are 500
apartments in the palace, and the
ballroom covers nearly half an acre.
Its floor is OF wooden mosaic, and
there are other rooms in which the
finishing is in ivory, bamboo and in
bronze. The palace must have cost
millions, and it is only one of dozen
which belongs to the Car.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
The Art of Breathing.

1t is perhaps one of the signs of the
times, to those alert for indications,
that the art OF breathing has become
more and more a subject of attention.
Oculists as well as psychologists 60
deeply into its study in way hardly
to be touched upon here. Physicians
have cured aggravated cases OF in
somnnia by long-drswn regular breaths
fever-stricken patients have been
quieted, stubborn forms OF indigestion
made to disappear. A tentency to
consumption may be entirely over
come, as some authority has within
the last few years clearly demon
strated, by exercises in breathing.
Seasickness, too, may be surmounted,
and the victim of hypnotic influence
taught to withstand the force Of any
energy directed against him.
There is famous physician OF
Munich, who has written an ex-
tensive work upon the subject OF
breathing. He has, besides, formu-
lated system by which asthmatic
patients are made to walk without los
ing breath, while sufferers from weak
nesses of the heart are cured. At
Meran, in the Austrian Tyrol, his
patients (almost every royal house OF
Europe is represented) are put through
a certain system of breathing and
walking. The mountain paths are
all marked off with stakes of different
colors, each indicating the number oI
minutes in which patient must walk
the given distance, the breathing and
walking being in time together. As
the cure progresses the ascents are
made sleeper and sleeper.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07

For insects, the kerosene emulsion is
mostly used. Shave l pound of hard
soap in half gallon of boiling water,
and when the soap is dissolved remove
the boiling water from the fire and add
half gallon of kerosene, churning
briskly with the force pump of the
sprayer for Is minutes until the mix
ture has the appearance of thick
cream. Kerosene will not mix with
water, but will form an emulsion with
soap. Now add slowly, stirring we'll,
10 to 10 gallons of water, according to
the strength desired. 1t will keep any
length of time, will destroy insects on
trees and plants. as we'll as fieas, lice,
ETC., and does not injure plants like
unadulterated kerosene, being also
much cheaper. A gill of spirits of tur.
pentine will improve the emulsion if
added at the time OF adding the kero-
sens. An efficient sprayer should
throw a fine, mist-like spray, and the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07

OF rest upon the perfection OF the
storage battery, already so nearly per-
feet. With a good storage battery
steam, as the active principle in all
engines, must be abandoned, because
in the prime essentials of economy,
energy and safety, steam. with its cum
brous mechanisms, its costliness and
its uncertainty, could not compare
with electricity. This is amply proven
even in the present state of electrical
applied science. Enough has already
been accomplished to show that in
vestigation is proceeding upon correct
lines, and that the results aimed at
are not ntopian, but quite agreeable
to known principles. Indeed, the one
short step, the one small discovery
which yet remains unaccomplished
will certainly achieve the end. Any
hour, rs we have said, may witness
the relegation OF steam to the rubbish
heap OF wornout and worthless things.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT.
In jRome, Finland and Java, WO-
mans Supremacy II an Old
Story.

Detroit Free Press.
1t is not only among people OF mod
ern civilization that the supremacy OF
woman is regarded as novelty. In
Rome under the empire there was a
singular institution where tribunal
OF women was established to decide
questions regarding luxury and eti-
quette. The emperor Heliogabalus
consulted this assembly frequently.
They decided questions of precedence,
the number and state of women at
court, upon the style of carriage the
emperor should ride in, whether sedan
chairs should be ornamented with sill
yer or ivory and contested the rights
OF man with an intelligence worthy of
the present time. 1t was veritable
senate OF fashion, was approved OF by
wiser men than Heliogabalus and was
re-established and maintained by his
successors.
This question OF woman's supren-
acy does not always signify an ad-
vanced state of society, as will be seen
from the following account of q small
State in Java, between the towns of
Samarang and Batavia, known as the
kingdom of Bantam. In regard to its
form OF government and the manners
and customs OF its inhabitants it far ex-
ceeds the widest dreams of feminine
minds. From time immemorial Ban
tam, though tributary to Holland, has
been governed by women. The SOW
ereign is man, but that is Il small
matter, as he himself is subject to a
council of three women. High digni-
taries, officers, soldiers and all the
court attendants are without excep-
ton women, who see that the men are
employed in agriculture and COM
merce. The kings body-guard is COM
posed of a corps of women soldiers
who ride astride their horses like men
and handle short, sharp lance with
dexterity. They carry rifle, too,
with ease and aim and fire with accur-
acy at full gallop. The oldest son of
the king succeeds to the crown, but if
the king dies without male heirs a
hundred women specially appointed
meet and select one of their own sons
by vote and proclaim him the leaiti-
mate sovereign.
In several villages OF Finland the
woman has authority, for religious
sect exists there whose disciples are
forced when about to marry to take a
VOW to submit to the woman for their
governing head, whose duty it is to
see that the men behave themselves
and to punish them if they transgress.
Similar are the purifcants of Liberia,
who also recognize the supremacy OF
women.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07

THE Hartford Times says an inven-
ton has been perfected in that city
by which an ordinary coal fire, with
out the aid OF dynamo or battery, will
supply all the electrical light and
power that could be desired in q house.
hold. The generator, which resembles
a cheap stove, is said to have supplied
a 1lO-volt current for the last three
years, operating \ pump and running
other machinery, and is still as good
as new. Five ordinary incandescent
lamps, it is stated, are maintained at
a cost of consumption of coal of one
cent. an hour. The device involves
the union of two metals in a multi
plication Of wedge-shaped bits of
alloy, with various appliances to pre-
vent oxidation. Full confidence is
expressed by the Hartford paper in
the practical success of the invention,
which has the support of some of the
leading business men OF that city.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
CROWS MOTTO BE TRUSTED.
a Cunning birds Stratagem 10 Get
Food at a Hunters Camp.


"a crow is the slickest bird flying
when it wants to be" said Lise Thorn
ner as he sat on the edge OF soap box
at Williams store at Long Hill Center,
"and to prove it will tell circum-
stance that occurred when party of us
were camping at Canaan Mountain
pond, last fall, says the n. y. Sun.
There were an almighty lot OF
crows around the hut we occupied and
one day | brought out my gun and
shot into flock. All escaped my
shot but one that was lying on the
ground wounded. L went to the place
and picked the wounded bird up and
found that its left leg had been broken
by the shot. Taking the crow to the
hut l amputated the leg and taking a
hot coal from the fire / burned the
stump SO that it would not bleed. The
bird was then allowed to go at liberty,
but instead of leaving the vicinity OF
the camp it hung around and the boys
would feed it with crumbs from the
table and it became quite tame. 1t
would come limping into camp just
like "a veteran after his pension.
"At about meal time the crow
could be expected at first but at last
its visits became more frequent. One
OF the boys limited that the bird we
were feeding was not the victim of my
gunshot and in investigating this
theory We found out what great de-
ceiver the crow is. Up the alley lead
ing to the spot where the bird had
been in the habit of receiving its food
there hoped one day a fine black
crow. There was nothing about the
bird to show that it was not the same
one that had been the object OF our
bounty so long. II had only one leg
so far as We could see.
"Ill bet that amt our crow" said
Charlie.
"'Yes it is. too l says; it has only
one leg
"You wait and see,' says Charlie,
and away he hurried and returned with
his gun. Raising it and taking careful
aim he fired and the bird stretched over
on the ground dead. We made an ex-
animation and sure enough the bird
had two legs as good and sound as any
bird flying. When it had come into
our camp it had hitched one up
under its wing so as to deceive us and
secure food. 1t must have watched us
feeding the wounded bird and saw an
opportunity of securing food by
initiating that one. All crows are so
near alike that there is no identifying
one and the only way we knew ours
was by the one leg. When such q
clever imitator attacked us we were
badly fooled. / do not know what be-
came of the real wounded bird. 1t
never showed up after the other was
killed. don't know but that we had
been feeding the bogus bird for the
true one for weeks before we found
out our mistake as it was"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
steam Becoming Useless.

1t is confidently predicted that the
complete disappearance of steam, both
as motive power and as an agent in
the industrial arts, is a question OF
only very short time. 1t is probable,
indeed, that a single decade will put it
on the retired list, so far as machinery
is concerned At least. The problem OF
the motor stands directly upon the
threshold of success; year or q
month may suffice for the one step in
advance. A single happy inspiration
upon the part of one of the many
clever minds actively engaged in
searching for the last link, the ulti'
mate touch, would do it. Among
! electricians the question is considered
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07

PUYALIUP is always in trouble about
its saloons. When it has one it wants
it abolished, and when it has none it
knows 10 peace till one is opened.
Now the time is justifiably worked up
over disgraceful display of bad man
ners on the part of one J. o. Matthias.
This gentleman, while in his cups,
nearly cleared out the saloon. Three
officers, who are serving as policemen
without pay, went in and essayed to
put him under arrest, and one of them
got his head laid open with cane for
his trouble. Mr.. Matthias is now in
Jail serving out 500 fine, and the
towns expense account is being
swelled by his board bill.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07


New York is in danger of a bicycle
famine. The dealers say that the
demand this year is four or five times
as great as they expected
The factories are working day and
night to catch up with the unprece-
dented rush. In some cases they are
working twenty-fours day.
The manager of one OF the large
bicycle companies said:
"One reason for our remarkable
rush of orders is that the season this
year has opened month earlier than
usual. Many companies have sold
machines ahead during the winter,
and now are having the greatest diff
Guilty in meeting their business.
"Cycling has taken hold to stay.
The best proof of this is the fact that
so many conservative business men
have taken hold of the manufacture
of wheels, and as everybody is rid
ing them.
"a single factory made more than
$4,000 bicycles last year, and its
owners say that this years demand is
much greater. The increase in the
use of bicycles is quite natural. ex-
pect to see more used next year than
this. AS roads improve, cycling is
bound to increase. The wheel is a
thoroughly practical machine, and
persons who once decried its use are
now advocating it,"
The popular weight for a road BIZ
cycle this year is twenty-one pounds,
more or less. They range from twenty
to twenty-one and half pounds. Ex.
periments have been made with alu'
minum for the frames of bicycles, on
account of its great lightness, but they
have been unsuccessful so far.
Steel tubing is SO strong and light
that manufacturers think that it will
not be superseded. The next i'm
provement, they say, will be some
thing to take the place of the sproke
chain. The rest of the machine is 81
nearly perfect, from a mechanica
standpoint, that the chain Seems
crude, but nothing has been founC
thus far to take its place.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07

JAPAN sailed into an adversary ten
times her size and put through the
difficult and daring task in the hand
soonest manner. At its conclusion
she finds Russia, Germany and France
banded together to hold her back.
The population of Japan is $4,000, 600 ;
that of China, Russia, Germany and
France combined is O3,OOO,OOO. II
Japan has been compelled to pause
she can point to the odds as the great
est compliment in her history.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
Hot Air Baths.
Boston Traveller.

At st. Bartholomew hospital Lon
don, a hot air bath is in use for the
treatment of sprains, infiamed joints
due to gout or rheumatism and simi-
lar Affections. 1t consists OF copper
cylinder about 3 feet long and Is
inches in diameter, which will hold an
arm up to the shoulder or = leg up to
the middle OF the thigh. 1t stands on
an iron frame and is heated by gas
burners placed underneath so that the
temperature can be raised to 800 or
400 degrees F. The patient is placed
in an armchair at one end OF the cyl
inder, the limb is introduced and the
joint made air tight by rubber band.
No discomfort is felt up to $50 de-
grees until perspiration sets in, when
the moisture has a scalding effect,
which is relieved by opening the far
ther end of the cylinder and letting
the moisture evaporate. A sitting
usually lasts 40 minutes. The imme-
diste effect is greatly increased cir
culation in the part treated, profuse
local perspiration and relief from pain.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
ASBESTOS.
How IL is Prepared for Its ExtraOr.
dinary Use.

binary Use.
Pearson's Weekly.
The discovery OF a deposit of this
mineral in Pierce county gives an
interest to whatever may be said of
this strange substance, which on ac-
count OF its tire.resisting qualities and
the old.time faith of the people in
the eternal damnation doctrine, was
at one time used for shrouds for dead
bodies.
If any readers have ever made the
acquaintance of asbestos at all it has
no doubt been in the shape of backing
to a gas-stove or friedrich. Very
few people outside the trade know
what enormous quantities are utilized
where machinery is used. The busi-
ness done in domestic asbestos is a
mere bsgatelle compared with that got
through in packing for steam boilers
and engine pistons.
Asbestos in its original state is a
fibrous mineral indigenous to Canada
and other places and is sent over here
in Jumps like pieces of raw slate on
the top and bottom, while the sides
are covered with fluffy substance
the fiber, when it is pulled from the
bulk. You can pick each lump to
pieces with your nails, although to
look at it one would think that moth
ing less than heavy hammer would
make any impression on it.
When it reaches the factory, it is
put into crushers. These are like the
ordinary mortar mixers that you see
where building operations are going
on, and the resulting gritty, fluffy mass
is thrown into what is termed a
" devil"
The devil tears it up with sharp
prongs and then Sits the grit from the
fluff. The former is used for mixing
with the asbestos in other processes
while the latter is shot into a re.
ceptacle that reduces it to consis-
tency almost rs fine as cotton wool
As it falls from this machine it looks
for all the world like snow.
In other departments the raw as.
bestos is crushed and then mixed with
certain earths to be used for covering
the outer surfaces of steam boilers, as
bestos being a nonconductor of heat.
Then, again, large quantities OF
millboard are made for packing be-
tween tiIe-proof doors and articles of
that description, while occasionally it
goes to form one of the main con-
stituents in u fireproof theater cur
tain.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07

THE Myers ballot machine, one of
electric button contrivances for voting,
has been tested at recent election in
the East with perfect success. 1t is
one OF the simplest of the secret bal.
lots, consisting merely of row of
buttons with the name of candidate
over each, and so arranged that the
closing of the door of the booth resets
the buttons for the next voter.