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blood, disorders of liver, kidneys, stomach,
heart and nervous system.
An effective remedy must first enter the
blood to cure rheumatism. Local treat
ment for a constitutional disorder will do
no good. Rheumatism, govt blood
poisoning, scrofula, ETC., are diseases lodged
in the blood.
Just why Paine's celery compound cures,
while other remedies fail, is because all
it's ingredients effectually aid the system
to rid itself of any poisonous humors in the
blood.
Hundreds of cases have within this year
been reported directly from persons be-
tween the ages of As and IS, suffering from
acute Bright's disease who have been per-
manently cured by Paine's celery COM
pound. 1t stops the gradual structural
changes in the kidneys, restores their vigor
and removes such alarming symptoms as
the gradual loss of strength, pallor of the
face, shortness of breath, pain in the back
and sides, dropsy and puffy condition of
the skin. AS a spring medicine it is abso-
lutely without rival.
Every overWorked man and woman, re-
duced in strength, flesh and nervous vigor,
will find powerful restorative in Paine's
celery compound. 1t is food for the brain
and nerves. 1t sends new, healthy blood
through the arteries. Itmakes people well.
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TARANTULAs, SCORPIONS, ETC
Measuring Facts Vouched For by Emil
nent Bug SharpS.


nent Bug Sharps.
The Bureau of Entomology has been col
lecting some interesting information lately
about scorpions, centipedes and taran-
tulas Respecting these creatures all sorts
of nonsensical beliefs are preva lent, and
travellers who have visited tropical regions
disagree as to the effect of their bites. That
the poison of any one of the three is apt to
be deadly has often been asserted. The
question derives particular Importance
from the fact that the animals are con-
stantly imported into this country in
punches of bananas and among other fruits
from lower attitudes.
Tarantulas are simply big spiders OF the
kind that build houses with trap doors.
Their bite is very severe and painful, the
scar lasting for long time, but though it
produces violent inflammation for short
time it is not dangerous to life. Such, at
all events, is the belief of Professor G.. Y.
Riley In regard to- the centipede Pro-
lessor Riley says that its bite in warm
climates is sometimes excessively viruIent
and painful, though at other times, oddly
enough, the poison causes little incon-
venience. That it is ever fatal is not be-
lieved.
Scorpion stings are very painful indeed.
They are dangerous in proportion to the
size of the animal. its age and the state OF
ture also has an influence upon the venom.
1t may be that the sting is occasionally
followed by death, but such cases must be
very rare. There is no doubt that the
sting of certain species commonly found
in South America causes fever, numbness
in various parts of the body, tumors on
the tongue and dimness of sight. These
symptoms last from twenty-four to forty
eight hours. The effects produced dimin-
| ish in violence with repetition, so that a
person who has been stung many times
may become actually proof against the
| poison.
Some scorpions are much worse than
others. The rather small, slender, pale
colored kinds have the worse regulations.
In warm ATTITUDES certain places are nearly
free from scorpions, while others are over
run by them, for reasons not well under
stood. They are extraordinarily numerous
| in valley in the TERRA Templada of Mex
leo. There it is hardly possible to turn
over stone without finding three or four
small and wicked scorpions of pale color
| beneath it.
| 1t is a common belief that the legs of the
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changes brought about by railroads, steam
boats and international communication.
He bankers after large extent of land ON
which to grow wheat enough to provide
bread for the whole year, and inclines to
regard other crops as accessories.
With the actual low price of corn this
is customary in Tuscany to grow wheat
two years running on the same land, with
little or no manure. So soon as the corn is
carried (early in JULY the stubble is plowed
up, and maize or millet is grown for early
autumn cutting as green fodder. The yield
of wheat is, of course, wretched, from six to
thirteen fold, and enlightened proprietors
who possess the requisite capital are
dividing their large farms and building the
necessary farmhouses.-M acmillan's Maya
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-16
AN IRONWORKER's FALL,
Harry Olsen Sustained Probably Fatal
Injuries Yesterday.

Harry Olsen, an ironworker who has
been employed at the Parrot building,
now in course of erection on Market street,
between Fourth and Fifth, had frightful
fall yesterday afternoon. He was engaged
in boiling iron Orders together on the
second story, when by some means he lost
his hold and fell to the floor below. His
body struck a projecting piece of iron
which entered his side, penetrating his
left lung. The man was unconscious when
he was picked up.
He was taken TO the Receiving Hospital,
where an investigation showed that his
injuries were probably fatal. Besides the
injury to his lung, his left arm was frac-
tured and his head bruised. Olsen lives at
SAT Howard street.
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+ Following is the list OF starters in tc
days running events:

Gay running events:
First race, about three-quarters of mile
Joe Frank 81, Centurion 81, Emma Mack 95,
Roadrunner IO4, The Drummer 100, Prince
100, Myron "a, seraphin 100, Comrade 1O6,
Arno II, Raphael 101 FL Tirano SO, Roma
102, Arctic 100.
Second race, seven-eighths of mile, selling
Contribution 104, Jack Rfehelieu 10Y, Captain
Rees 101, Realization lO4, Pescador 105, Rear
Guard 90, Duchess of Milpitas SO.
Third race, ffye-eighths of mile, the spring
stakes, two-year,olds-Cr 123, Santa
Bella 118, Leda F 10, Redington lis.
Fourth race one and half miles, handicap,
eplechase-April 1877, Woodford 1877, Hay
market 1877, MendocinO 134, Three Forks 131,
Bellringer 135, Major Ban 40, Montalvo 40,
The Lark 120 Nero 100.
Fifth race, one and quarter miles, handi-
cap-Oakland los, Mary 1O2, Trix 80, Claud-
ius 80, HoWitZa 81.
Sixth race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile-Em-
press of Norfolk 90, Robin Hood l 10S Royal
Flush Ill, Florence Dickey 80, San Lucas %
Tigress 105, Carmel 104, Chemuck S3, George
I 102
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BEGINS TO LOOK
like THE END,
ALL THE TESTIMONY IN THE
STRIKERS TRIAL HAS BEEN
INTRODUCED.
KNIGHT THE CHIEF WITNESS
MONTEITH HAD TO CONTEST FvE,v
INCH OF THE HARD-FoUGHT
FIELD.

The trial of the Sacramento strikers
PIactlcaily came to an end yesterday All
tne testimony Is in, and the only things
'lat remain TO be done are the closing
speeches. OF counsel, the Judges charge to
the jury and then the verdict The taking
OF testimony has occupied sixty-two court
Gays, spread over a term of five months.
and the transcript of the case covers $500
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centipede are poisonous and that they will
leave trail that burns like fires if the ami
NAL runs over the bare flesh. This is
wholly mistake. The creature is natur-
ally timid and will not even try to bite if
it can get away. The poison causes good
deal of pain, with fever and distress in the
head. Centipedes are fond of vermin-in-
tested beds, and in tropical countries beds
are very apt to be so infested.-Washing-
ton Star
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Polo at Burlingame.

The directors of the Burlingame Country
Club have decided 10 hold the polo games be-
tween the officers of the Vancouver barracks
and the members of the Burlingame Club on
April 2. The matches will take place on the
grounds of the Burlingame Club, which are
being prepared for the event.
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The Tuscan Peasant.

In Tuscany you will often find peasants
whose families have been on the same
farm for 200 or 500 years. They talk OF
themselves as gentle (the Roman gensl OF
the padrone Qandlord), and take en- affec-
tionate interest in him and his family. But
the Tuscan peasant is thorough conser-
yatiye. He has not yet grasped the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-16

MARK the difference between DR.. Prices
and the other baking powders. 1t does
not only immeasurably better work but
does it at half the cost.
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(50O)Marietta So (Wilson) ........6 81 Al Al
$50 Eckert, 81 (Chevalier).. 5S no SIS
$50 Idaho Chief 104 Oh. Smith).4 6 6
Good start. Won easily. Time, 1:42. Winner
Dr. g., by Hyder Ali-Addie Warren
Betting: Hy by to 5, Commission to 8, Miss
Buckley to l, Marietta 80 10 l, Eckert 20 to l.
Idaho Chief 100 to l.
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ONE-HALF the quantity of DIR. Prices
Cream Baking Powder will go farther and
give better, results than like quantity of
any other brand.
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485. This bill which has already passed
both houses and now awaits the Governor s
pleasure, specifies that all supplies fur
nished State institutions shall be OF Cali
fornia make or production as far as pos
sible, and that no supplies manufactured
or produced by Chinese or convict labor
can be accepted on State contract.
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to make his closing remarks. His honor
will deliver his charge, and the famous
case will go to the jury.
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600 FIFTH RACE-Five furlopgs. selling
OOO. three-year-olds and upward; purse $500

Good start. Won handily. Time, :01. Win
ner, b. G., by Winters-C Cotton Nose.
Betting: Joe Cotton 10 TO /, Major Cook 10 to 1,
Tim Murphy TO 5, Venus 2 TO l, Burmah 800 to l.
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Good start. Won easily. Time, :49. Winner
CHI. f., by imp. Mariner Maranett.
Betting: Marionette 10 l, Midlo to l, Red
Pike 10 to l, Suffrage & to 5, Leon to 2, Even
tide 100 TO l. Edgemount 800 to l. Ledette flly
to 1, Mademoiseile FLY 60 TO l. Cardwen 60 to i.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-19
EQUAL TO THE EMERGENCY.
How q Nidshipma IS Wit Got Him Gu
of Serious Trouble.

How q Nidshpma IS Wit Got Him On
OF SERIOUS Trouble.
On board of a man-of-war bound homt
from China was Il young midshipmar
named Jones. says the Detroit Free
Press He was n favorite with the of.
ficcrs. and had in him the talent for this
making of n fine officer.
The midshipmen on board stood their
watch forward, and every hour it was
their duty to come aft and write up the
weather columns of the ships log,
showing the readings of the barometer,
thermometer and to heavc the chip log
fer her speed.
The captain, in company with the Of
ficcr of the deck, was walking the
weather side of the poop deck convers.
ing when Midshipman Jones came aft
t. write up the log.
The barometer mercurial one, was
hung in the captains cabin, and Jones,
after having read it. helped himself lib
orally to the captains sherry on the
cabin sidcboard. In walking the poop
the captain happened to glance down
the cabin slylight and saw the mid,
shipman's proceedings.
When Jones came up on the poop to
leave the log the captain addressed him
as follows:
''IIow is the barometer. sir?''
Jones saluted and said: STEADILY
rising, sir; steadily rising"
The captain then asked: "And how
is the decantcr. sir?'
Jones was taken aback, but with q
steady voice replied: steadily falling.
sir; steadily falling
This reply was too much for the cap.
tain. and, bursting out laughing, he said:
Young man, your reply has saved
you from punishment; but it is long
way to Frisco, SO hereafter l beg Of
you not to consult the decanter as often
as you do the barometer"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-19
NOT THE COMMITTEE.


i Was 4 ll.Go..l~ n rht. The manner
in WA.'h ~" wlnd Snu-A,~l through the
trees >,tl.,r! That matter. Now and
tA,n u drop Il rain fc,l upon the dry
leaves Hike a tear from the fcvrrI-h eye
- distressed nature, says the Detroit
Trib! ur
!, I.;.~ Il c"rl"r.
I Ir solitary horec.nan with 4 hea-y
r!.4'Iry cloak stared Violently when
fourteen -4a,pv} i,-ur.., lrapcd from
'hr ui.Irhru~h and confronted him
n,iA .:anu,n-. >h";guu>.
"lol.r A"nry'' they shouted, in
Luar~,.. iaW' less tones.
Thu hrr~c;nan drew himself to his
IA i:.-rh'
Not Il red cent" he exclaimed.
The leader among the a>>ailants
strobe forward
~ irid or die" he Missed
What d" y"u propose to do with TN
Money suddenly demanded the 50.
tary h"r~"mln.
Lay bread.
There W., i convulSive movement be
meath ;hc military cloak.
"Thrn'-
The horscman's voice was suddenly
soft.
-''yon are not the campaign commit
tee soliciting funds?"
"No"
Take what | have and welcome"
After some further interchange OF
civilities the rider put spurs to his horse
and with pleasant farewell disap-
peared.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-19
1t Ii Well 10 Remember.

That a handful of iron tacks are
good to clean out bottles and fruit
cans. Half fill the jars with soap
suds, then add the tacks and shake.
That it is safer to use them than
shot, as the latter may leave a poison
deposit.
That newspapers should be saved
for kitchen use to wipe the stove. to
polish the teakettle, to wipe the flat.
irons, doubled to place under a hot
kettle or hot dish we wish to place on
the table.
That two or three spread on the
floor in front of table, stove and sink
on baking days saves the floor, and
they can be burned up when through
with, taking the dust with them.
That box in the kitchen or a
drawer or shelf in the cupboard will
hold paper bags, also the strings, and
they will be found useful many times
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-19
HAUNTED STATUES.


Were Animated L., spirits.
When Darius l.. according IL Hero
dotus. wished t. erect his statue near
that If Eamc~c> II. tNcsuStrisl, the
priests nhirc'ri IN the ground that
ne. The statue in question was
nrr # ...v,rai erected before
go. trI4i..y + ltah al Memphis, on
t.r. borders If the sacred lake. " here L.
Low th,. village Of Hcdrrshein. After
Memphis tr.raInc Chris, ian the rcnowp
If H. in'llumrntS died away. and when
il persisted the stones were removed 10
s.. r,,'il hujl,!iar Cairo. one colossus
"-,,.aiil,.i t. our dar. it having becr
i.-t...r; D.! under the sand. and IN being
u:.,.r,!,d ly t.lvi~lia at the lightning
81 The century was found to represent
;,.-,~tri, IN his yu&th.
This c"ln>-tI> has been visited by
. most tourists, in Egypt. says the London
t,,n'c. 1t lay an the sands near the
plain "f EV,,rrehrin, in 4 hollow or
ditch. and Wa covered with water dur
lu.r Tie iu;..-;i":. The remains Of
the lill. iu;..nt hc traced along the
/ lai,r, l.,irh j. still represented by de-
preston in the ground covered with
W heat fields. Of late years Gen. Ste
phcn,un and Maj. EaTnol,!, l.. L.. have
excluded the waters from The colossus,
! raised It on timber supports above the
ground and surrounded it 10y 4 brick
wall. On payment of two piastcrs.
/ however. it can he seen hV the curious.
/ Il
! latcS in Il French contemporary that the
Arabs had formerly Il great awe of this,
: which they called About lIol. the ia
thrr of fright. as hey do the sphinx.
/ The ancient Egyptians. he assures us,
| believed that statues divine or human,
were animated by Il spirit or double"
! detached from the soul of the person
= they represented. This double ate,
drank, and spoke or delivered oracles.
! In later times the double was credited
with playing evil tricks on those who
! approached the statue, and even with
! killing them. His power could be de
stroycd by breaking the statue. or at
| least the features: hence it is that so
many statues of the Pharoahs have
been mutilated by the Arabs.
The spirit of Harnesses ii. was supposed
to haunt the palms at night, and NJ.
Maspcro relates that every time he
passed by in the evening toward dusk
the driver of his ass would mutter his
prayers and hurry on his beast. One
evening VI. Maspero asked him if he was
afraid of some ''afaitc" and the driver
begged him not to speak of such thing,
or some harm would befall him. Pres
emily NJ. Maspcro was thrown from the
ass in the middle of the wood and the
incident was regarded by the driver as
4 punishment for his not speaking re-
specially of the spirit in the statue,
Egypt is full of such superstitions
dating from the far past.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-19
DEVELOPMENT CT as.

The Centenary OF It's Discovery In Cora
wall Being Celebrated This Year.
Among the many anniversaries which
are being celebrated this year is the
centenary of the invention of gas as an
illuminant. 1t was in 1892 that vii.
liam Murdoch first lighted up his
humble home at Redruth, in duchy
Of Cornwall, by means of coal gas
made in an iron kettle, into which he
inserted rough iron tube. 1t was not
until six years later that the invention
was developed on a large scale, when
Murdoch was employed to establish a
gas lighting apparatus at the great
Soho foundry at birmingham. In 1903
the Lyceum theater in London was first
lighted by gas, and in 1916 the gas
lamps which had been used to illumi-
nate Piccadilly since 1907 became COM
mon throughout London. 1t was at
this time, too, that David Melville, of
Newport, R. l., first adapted gas, for
the manufacture Of which he had Sc
cured patent in 1906, to the Beaver
Tail lighthouse, and it has since be-
come one Of the principal illuminants
used in those watch towers which, in
imitation Of the ancient Pharos, arc
now scattered all over the globe for
the guidance and protection Of ships
and mariners.
1t is doubtful, in the opinion of the
New York Tribune, whether a hundred
years hence, on the occasion of the BIZ
centenary of the invention of gas, the
latter will still retain the commanding
position which it now occupies as an IL
luminant. On every side signs increase
which presage that the age of electric
ity is at hand-that age which is
far more likely to revolutionize the civ
iGzation of the world than any of its
predecessors. Gas will probably be
gradually forced into back seat, and
its use confined to stoves and fireplaces,
which find such favor among the small
households of crowded cities. 1t will
be entitled, however, to the grateful
remembrance of man as a powerful
factor in the development of his civili-
zation and progress during the past
hundred years.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-19
WHY JENNY LIND RETIRED.
An Intimate Friend of the Singer Gives
the True Reason.

An Intimate Friend of the Singer Gives
tho True Reason.
One matter which must be of interest
to every lover of dramatic art. and
which has been an enigma to many
people, is now for the first time dealt
with by one with authority to discuss
fury. Why did Jenny Lind quit the
stage at the moment of her creates,
glory, and many years before her I'M
rivaled powers had begun to suffer any
decay? Some have perhaps reluctantly
accepted the widely-prevalent idea that
she had come to regard the dramatic
profession as an unholy thing which nc
pure-souled woman could remain IL
without contamination. Happily this
notion can be entertained no longer
Her intimate friend, Frokcn Won Sted
ingk, with reference to it says: MANY
suppose this resolution to be the result
of pietism. Jenny Lind is as God-fear
ing as she is pure, but had pictism beer
the cause, she would not herself have
gone to the play, which she declared
she liked to do, to see others act" The
fact is that to appreciate her motive foi
leaving the stage is to understand the
whole character of the woman. Her
distaste for it seems to have begun with
her first great European success and
steadily grew as her fame spread. In
1910 she had lived for ten years a life OF
incessant hard work on the stage; yet
in the following year she wrote from
Paris: Life on the stage has in it
something SO fascinating that think,
having once tasted it, one can never
feel truly happy away from it." But
in 1S45, just after her transcendent sue.
cess in Berlin, the idea of leaving the
stage had not merely occurred to her
mind, but had already become a fixed
determination. Among the dominant
notes of her character were love OF
home and craving for domestic peace.
This craving was to a great extent sat
isfied while she remained in Stockholm,
and especially during the time she
lived with the Lindblad family. But
when her destiny drew her in relentless
triumph to Berlin, Vienna, Copenhagen.
London, her domestic instincts were
wrenched and tortured, and she found
no compensation in all the glitter Of
her success. Il am convinced" said
Herr Brockhaus, in April, 1916, THAT
she would gladly exchange all her tri
umphs for simple homely happiness
That was the secret of the whole mat.
ter: And so she formed the resolution
to quit the stage forever, a resolution
in which she never wavered from 1916,
when it first took definite shape, till
she carried it out in London in the SUM
mer Of 1919.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-19
He Was Mad.
Texas Siftings.

Hello" said a man from Texas
meeting an acquaintance on the train
"where have you been, and what are
you looking so down in the mouth
for?"
Been to Washington" was the
curt reply.
"See Cleveland?"
Yes, confound him"
Didn't you get that postoffice?"
"Naw."
"Why not? Was Cleveland mad?'
"Cleveland mad? What he go
to be mad about? No, sir; it's m,
that's mad, and / don't want to talk
any more about it, or III have to clear
out this car as a relief to my feeli ngs.
He was permitted to chew the enc
OF his anger in silence.