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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14
SCARCITY OF EMERALDS.

Caused By the Decrease In Production II
y the Ursl Mountains.
Emeralds are said to be steadily dis
appearing. In the sos and SOS emer.
aids were the favorite jewels, and were
worn strung ON . thread like pearls.
Such = string Of emeralds was exhibited
In jewellers window in Unterden Lin.
den and was estimated to be worth twelve
thousand marks. Now emeralds are nc
longer polished into round form. but
are polished like diamonds. Fsultless
stones Of deep color have always
been Is valuable a. diamonds. The
reason Of the scarcity Of emeralds Is the
decrease in production in the Ursl
mountains. Emeralds were first dis
covered ON the right bank of the Toxic
woler, near Katharineburg, in 1880, and
In the first years the harvest was . rich
one. Now the decrease, both in quantity
andquality. hardly repays the labor. The
harvest Of emeralds in Labachtal, in the
Salzburger Alps, has also proved disap
pointing, SO that emeralds are now only
to be had from Australia and Muse,
near Santa Fee de Bogota, in Colombia
In any appreciable quantity. The lat
Ter spot has been noted for its emerald
ince the sixteenth century.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14
SIGNALING BY WATER
The Method of Transmitting Sounds Sue.
CessfuIlH Tested In England.


A very interesting test of a new
method of signaling through water has
been made in England, says the Pitts
burgh Dispatch. The system is the in
vention of Capt. Neale, and is in
tended for the exchange OF messages
and the carrying on of conversation
between ships on the sea or on rivers,
whether moving or stationary. or be-
tween ships or lighthouses and har-
bors. forts or piers on the shore. Com
munication is effected without any
connection whatever between the two
objects. except the body Of water on
which the ships float or the lighthouse
stands the water being the sole medium
through which the message is trans
mitted.
The system utilities a we'll known
law Of acoustics. If a musical note in
a given key be sounded an object ca
pable Of emitting sound in the same
key will, under certain conditions,
sympathetically respond with a sound
similar to that which induced it, it
being. of coure. a primary condition
that the two objects shall be nominally
tuned to unison. Capt. Neale's in
vention is based on this principle,
utilizing the high conductivity of
water for the transmission of sound.
In the recent test the apparatus was
mounted on two punts, moored about
two-thirds of mile apart. and carry
ing transmitter and receiver respec-
lively. The tranSmitter consists Of
bell about sixteen inches in diameter
attached to the lower end of a fran.
ing, which is fixed in the side of the
punt, at the upper end of which is q
crank handle. This handle, worked
from the punt, actuates a dOuble-beat
hammer, which strikes and sounds q
bell submerged about six feet.
The Morse code is employed, a quar-
ter turn Of the handle being given for
the dots Of the code and a whole revo-
luton for the dashes. The receiving
apparatus consists of pair of metallic
drums, about ten inches in diameter,
open at one end and fixed mouth to
mouth, upon piece Of board placed
between them. These drums, suspend
ed in the water, are connected up with
a small battery, and through it with a
tape-recording instrument. Messages
were. correctly transmitted and re-
corded. The speed of operating was
somewhat slow, as the signaling had
to be carried on by hand instead of
electricity, which will shortly be util-
lied. The trial, however, was most
successful and is said to have dem
onstrated the practical character Of
the invention and the correctness Of
the principles upon which it is based.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14
Why HIS NERVE FAILED.

The Burglar Restrsinsd from Commis
ting Crime by the 100000" OF . Baby.
The burglar was not bad.looking
nan, although his business had bad
look, says the Detroit Free Press. He
stood by the door Of a sleeping room
and peered in. A faint light was burn
ing and he could hear the measured
breathing of some one asleep. eau
tiously he crept inside, STOPPING low
and looking around. No one there save
Q sleeping woman. In an instant cloth
saturated with ether was thrown over
her face and he waited one, two, three
Aten minutes, and the stentorous
breathing of the sleeper told him the
drug was doing its work. With q dex.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14
Receiver Albert E. Jacob. of the T,

Receiver Albert E. Jacob, Of the Ia
coma Grocery Company, OF Tacoma,
brought suit Monday against Frank b.
Woodruff, Charles e. Hale, H. B. Van
derhoof. and N. N. Sloan, to recover
H,9O.05, which he alleges WAS illegal
~ paid to Woodruff by the others as
trustees of the Tacoma Grocery Com
pany for 80 shares Of the stock held
by him.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14
{ Reason In Birds.

Man prides himself on his reasoning
powers, but it is doubtful, says q writer
on the subject, whether other creatures
have not the same faculty in q much
greater degree when in connection with
their peculiar needs. There is little
doubt but often the same bird comes to
the same location it frequented the year
before, though it has migrated hun.
dreds of miles during the season. II
requires judgment to distinguish be-
tween what the bird has or has not
seen, SO as not to take the wrong path.
and Judgment ia the residuum of reason.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14
EXECUTIONS IN CHINA.

Other Methods Of PunIshment.
> For the minor offenses the punish
ment in China is beating ON the mouth
with . bamboo" said traveller who
lately returned from the fowery king
dom to . St. Louis Globe Democrat
man. ut IL terrible to see the mouths
of women swell as the cane is laid on.
and of men too. When sent to Jail they
must supply their own food and that OF
the jailer or they are allowed to starve.
Il they have not sufficient blankets they
- allowed to freeze to death. There
- different methods of execution. One
Is what would correspond with our
hanging, but it is different. The victim
thrown around his neck. Then it is
pulled till the breath Of life departs.
Another form of execution is that OF
emitting to pieces by inches, which il
dRne when the sentence of death is fos
II murder of : father or mother OF
dime other near relative. First one ear
&kaken on. then the other, next the
0ngue is taken out, and so ON. A third
s death by starvation. have seen q
han Gagged in the public streets, and al.
,5awed to end his life by this method,
~ being permitted to touch either wa
" or food. Sometimes q small boy
xill bring him . little opium, which
Aelps to lessen the suffering and brings
about . more speedy death. The most
9ommon form is taking on the head by
lie sword. and the extraordinary nerve
n these Chinese is shown in this more
Nan any other. I have seen two men
3headed, one placed before the other.
A*ook three strokes of the sword tc
MI the first, and while the operation
hs going ON the second knelt down
Nth his neck outstretched waiting his
tVrn. Thinking that the process was
ASw he turned to the executioner and
Xked il he were going to bc muc,
lkger With The flrst. Then. when the
executioner came to him. he stretched
out his neck again and waited for the
6fow. which completely severed his
head from his body"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14
The Human Electrical Forces!
How They Control the Organs
of the Body.

The electrical force of the human body. as
the nerve fluid may be termed, /, an espe-
clally attractive department OF science. as it
excrts so marked an influence on the health
produced by the brain and conveyed by
means Of the nerves to the various organs OF
fhe Indy thus supplYing the latter with the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14

Every body knows how newspapers should
be edited, but it so happens that the number
who succeed in editing is very small indeed.
Robert Chambers, one Of the most success
full editors, who for 50 many years conduct
ed the renowned Journal which bears his
name, very justly remarked that the editor,
like the poet, must be born, not made. And
that the chief duty of An able editor Is no,
20 much in putting things into his paper q
in keeping things out. There Lies ths grand
a0cret
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14
A Girls Composition ON Bsys

Boys are men that have get - big -
their papas, and girls Is young women that
will be young ladies by and by. Man wac
made before woman. When God looked .,
Adam He said to Himself: well, ! guess
can do better il Try again." and then He
made Eve. God liked Eve 90 much better
than Adam that there have been more
women than men ever since. Boys are
trouble. They are wearing On every thin
but soan
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14
wild Sheep.

About thirty years ago Moses Starl.
ing and others put two small focks OF
sheep on Monhegan, bleak and rocky
island of the entrance of Pcnobscot
bay, believing that sheep could take
care Of themselves almost anywhere.
Since then the flocks have increased to
an aggregate of two hundred and fifty
head. running wild and receiving no at.
tention whatever. Once a year men
have gone to the island, driven the
sheep into pen, and sheared them and
marked the lambs. The sheep are now
owned by half dozen persons, some of
whom have not seen the stock for
twenty year,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14

A Cedar Rapids Qa.l man, who owns
. valuable horse, conceived the idea of
testing human nature the other day
Accordingly, he hung q placard upon
the horse, which was tied in front of his
Office, announcing that the entire out
fit must be sold for thirty dollars. Soon
there was procession of experts look
ing at the teeth Of that poor horse and
lifting his feet with q most knowing
air, each one in turn announcing that the
price was much too high. 1t was a great
object lesson, and no one had discovered
that five hundred-dollar outfit was be.
ing offered for thirty dollars when the
owner came out and drove away.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14

Judge Hanford, in Seattle last
Wednesday, declined to grant the Pc
tition of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company for third receiver for the
Yakima Investment Company, to take
the place of the late Paul Schulze.
Creditors of the company objected.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14
The Worlds Most Famous Peoplc

Kings Queens Statesmen, Heroes Actors and distinguished
and all the ranks of life full description given each
object Of interest and brief biographical sketch of the eminent people
whose portraits embeish this choice volume.
This book will be given free for three subscribers
STANDARD for $s75 with years subscription All sub
scbe present subscribers who advance will
this magnificent volume retailing ST. for Is addition
price the paper limited number of copies ready delivery
the office of the STANDARD Call and see it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14

The State Bar Association will meet
in Spokane July II and tho session
will last three days. AZ
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14


fully at q distance, without personal exami-
nation of the patient. Thus Bright's Dis
ease of the Kidneys, Inflammation of the
Bladder, Gravel, and other Diseases of the
Urinary Organs. Liver Complaint" Dys-
pepsia, or Indigestion. Dropsy and many
other maladies are successfully treated and
cured without personal consultation with
the physician.
Nervous Debility, whether resulting from
over-study, worry, disappointment, or from
exhausting drains upon the system caused
by prenicious secret habits contracted in
youth, through ignorance of their ruinous
consequences, is successfully managed,
through correspondence, the necessary
medicines being sent by mail or express.
Write for question blanks, or describe your
case. send sample of urine for analysis and
enclose 10 cents for postage on treatise,
which contains reproduced photographs
and full names and addresses Of vast num-
bers of people who have been cured in this
way. Address, Worlds Dispensary Medi-
cal Association, 663 Main St, Buffalo, N. Y.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14

300y 0kl3V0 f1ot0 VINO AZ Ao86op nus ~
Z. Doesn't Last Long.
"Our widows always 60 into the
deepest mourning" said an American
who is living at Sitka, Alaska, accord
ing to the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
1.-THE native women think q great deal
Of their better halves. And II appear
snces 60 for anything they think .
great deal more Of them after they are
dead than they ever did while the dear
fellows were in the flesh. At the death
Of husband widows grief L. almost
pitiable. She shows the tenderest de-
votion to the dear departed, and has
the sympathy, assistance and affection
Of all her neighbour. At the funeral
the widow ID . sight to behold. So Sc
we're il her grief and 30 much afraid is
abe that her neighbors will think that
she has not shown . sufficient amount
Of sorrow that she paints the upper por>
ton Of her face deep black. This
particular badge of mourning she wears
for several days and sometimes weeks
after the funeral, and then again she
II very apt to marry some other fellow
within . week or . month of the death
of her first lord and master. Then she
throws aside all evidences Of grief. Bat
while shes grieving she grieves hard"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14

Physicians generally fail to recognize.
organ itself instead OF the cause of the trouble
The noted specialist. Franklin Miles, NJ. D..
LII. b.. has given the greater part OF his life
TO the study OF this subject, and the principal
discoveries concerning It are due to his efforts.
DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine. the unri-
vailed brain and nerve food, is prepared on the
principle that all nervous and many other
difficulties originate from disorders of the
nerve centers Its wonderful success In curing
these disorders Is testified to by thousands in
every part Of the land.
Restorative Nervine cures sleeplessness.
nervous prostration. dizziness. hysteria, sex
ual debility, st. Vitus dance. epilepsy, etc. 1t
is sold on a positive guarantee by all drug
gists. or sent direct by the DR.. Miles Medical
Co.. Elkhart. Ind. on receipt Of price. 81 per
bottle, six bottles for IS. express prepaid.
For sale bv all druggists.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14

the body. thus Supplylnl
vitality necessary to in
sure their health. The
pneumogastric nerve, as
shown here. may be said
TO be the most important
OF the entire nerve syS-
tenn. as it supplies the
heart. lungs. stomach
bowels, etc, with the
nerve force necessary to
keep them active and
healthy. As will be seen
by the cut the long nerve
descending from t b G
base of the brain and
terminating in the bow
e,.s is the pneumOgastrtc
while the numerous lit
tie branches supply the
heart. lungs and stom-
ach with necessary vi
tality. When the brain
NJ 'omes in any way dis
ordered by irritability
or exhaustion, the nerve
force which it supplies
Is lessened. and the or.
gans receiving the d.
minished supply are con.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14
q CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

I'd a careful micro
copical examina-
ion Of the urine, is
a valuable aid in
determining the
nature of many
chronic diseases,
particularly those
. of the nervous
system, blood, liv-
er, kidneys, and
bladder. These
aids make it pos
sible to treat such
dieeaces sucCeco
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14
GREAT AMERICAN RESIGNER.
An Expert Bank Accountant Who Takes
frequent Vacation Spells.

An Expert Bank Accountant Who Takes
frequent Vacation Spells.
Living in a fashionable town within
committing distance of New York is a
gentleman who invariably attracts at
tention by his long hair. Strangers al
ways conclude that he is nothing less
than a great lawyer or bank president.
When a reporter for the Commercial
Advertiser asked his fellow-townsmen
about him he was told the following
story: One day the gentleman, who is
one of the best accountants in the
metropolis, stepped up to the president
of the bank by which he is employed
and said he had decided to resign. and
that the resignation must 60 into ef-
feet immediately. The president was
10th to lose SO valuable q man and
urged him to reconsider the matter.
He talked with him for an hour, but to
no purpose. The employee, whose skill
as mathematician was beyond any
thing ever met with by the officials Of
the bank, has bound to leave the in
stitution, but absolutely refused to
give any reason for doing SO. The &C.
countant left that day and the bank
was obliged to get along as best it
could without him. Ten days later the
cashier was astonished on entering the
bank to find the accountant hard at
work at his old desk. The mathema-
tician said good morning, just as he
had done every day Cor years before he
resigned, but offered no explanation.
The president and cashier let their
strange acting employee keep at his
work and ask no questions Three
months later the accountant went into
the presidents Office again and ten.
dered his resignation. 1t was accept
ed and the man was absent for week
or more. Then he suddenly returned.
The same thing was repeated again
and again. Now it is q standing joke
in that bank that the accountant has
resigned. 1t is his way Of taking .
vacation. He never stays awsyamors
than two weeks.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14

OF the and imposing in Nature; the beautiful and inspiring
art the gndy scenic eventually historic and kngy descrp
te including impressive heroic and famous achieve
which mark human progress and distinguish the nations of the
earth. 1t also contains photographs of
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-14

fhs, =. Cakes, Henry Payne. henry c. Rouse Recevsr'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-02

advance of civilization outlaws old machines ana
old methods and al men cannot adjust them
selves to the new conditions. Each new era
brings its birth pang. The sane intelligence VIII
know each social disturbance for what 1t * anu
be led into no vaporings about IT, Mr.. Dope"
does good service to young men when he helps
them to see things in that way.
He believes i'm college education for business
life He has had II himself and has aSsoclitcn
with men vino have not but who wished II III"
been theirs He thinks wealth can be applied 10
no such good purpose rs in assisting universe
ties But something more IS needed than the
bcncfactions If Rockefeller. Vanderbilt or Il
Cornell The State. he thinks. has its duty IN
the matter Of college training. and no believes II
would be long step forward for The Geherai
Government to establish II great National UNI
vcrsity at Washington which might gather 10 II
self colleges in al parts Of the country. all con
tribuing to II and all aided by ii. That is Il slis-
gcstion worthy of thought.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-02
THE TENNESSEE OTJRIGE

All The respectable Democratic journals III Ten
ncsScc continue TO denOunce the fraudulent IN
ycstigation by which Governor 'rurney is to be
declared legally elected No other election crime
in the history Of the country has ever been COM
mlttcl with equal a,ldacity and recklessness. A
Legislature having Democratic majority has
deliberately refused To obey the Constitution ana
10 declare the result of the November election. II
has kept Governor Turncy in office rs mold
over" and has employed a partisan committee
as returning board 10 throw ont enough votes
to defeat Henry Clay Evans. the Republican can
dilate This foul work Is still in progress bnt
the result is Il forcgonc conclusion Mr.. Evans
will be counted out in defiance Of law, morality
and dcccncy.
Meanwhile, good many scandalouS trallSac-
tions have been brought 10 light in connection
with the purchase Of lands and an eXtrlvagant
contract for building new pcniicntiary in the
State. The commissioners appointed by Gov
crnor Turncy have been shown to have acted
most suspiciously in conducting their public
duties and to have been in the way of making
money ont of the penitentary job Two of The
three commissioners implicated in thcs" scandals
were Governor Turncy's Intimate friends and
ncghbor>. and owed their appointment 10 their
personal relations with him. All the clrcum-
stances Of the awarding If contract involving
twice rs much money ~ had been appropriated
by the Legislature for the new prnitcntary re
veal The most shameful Partially and favorli
ism. and ihr most reckless miSmanagcm"nt of
IN important public trust This scandal has not
been probcd 10 The core rs II would be II MT
Evans were in thu oiiic" t. which he WAS elected
10y tn" people: but enough is known 10 indicai"
that Governor TurnryS closest political friends
were either fools or knavcs.
The Governor. whose ncompctcncy has been
demonstrated 10y the penitcntiary investigations
j. To be- kept In office 10y vile act of PARTISAN
ship Defeated on The face Of III" returns, h" -
t. hc declared elected 10y the legislative accom-
pc,.> # the P,.uitrutiary Ring AZ The biddin. Of
the high >alar"d coal inspectors. II * The most
rascIlly. Infamous aud utterly abominabe bust
ness that WAS ever done in American politics
The corrupt Democracy j. SOWING dragons te''h.
aud a tremendous harvest there VIII be- When The
next Republican vote is counted in Tennessee.