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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-13
Shot by a Crazy Man

Dr j. :. Wint.rmutc. a prominent
physician "i Tacoma. wa shot and
fatally wounded hy Samuel r. Tucker,
III that city, Tuo-,!ly morning about
IL O'clock. Tucker th,n shot him
>'ll and expired instantly. The doc
ton died at |: II The >aInc day There.
~''ln> absolutely To- have Lccn no mo
tI'" i"r the killing except the vagarie>
"i di>"rlcr,rd intellect. Tucker had
hc'n a patient al the doctor. and his
dl-"rdcrcd brain had, il i said. caused
him to believe that the treatment in
stead Of hcnctitting was injuring him.
DIR. Wintcrmutc WAS born in st.
Paul, Mimi, April 9th, 1850. He be-
gan the study OF medicine at Ann
Harbor, Mich, in 1879. He graduated
i'll medicine at Rush College, Chicago,
in 1852. and in the same year came to
this State and began the practice of
medicine at Tacoma. In June, ISIS,
DIR. Wmtcrmute was married to Miss
Florence f. Jones, of Olympia He
possessed to an eminent degree the
esteem OF his professional associates
and the confidence OF the public.
Tucker was about 80 years of age.
unmarried and painter by trade
He had resided about six years in Ia
coma. He lived alone and had been
for some time noted for cccentricitics
which indicated an unbalanced mind.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-13

"WHEN RoGUEs FALL OUT."-A Sc
attic dispatch of Saturday says that
Gov. McGraw and ex-Receiver Bur-
leigh came very near engaging in a
pugilistic set-to in that city, few
days ago, after vigorous effort to settle
the dispute by use of the weapon with
which Samson slew the Phillistines
The cause of contention is said to
have been the defeat of the 6. o. p.
and the utter wreck of the Governors
little boom for U. S. Senator. The
Governor said that Burleigh was re-
sponsible for the puncture of the bub-
BILE, which airy remark was resented
by the redoubtable ex-receiver, and he
started for the gubernatorial sconce"
with both mauley's" raised. Friends
interfcred and the executive caput is
still intact, though there is no guar
anty of prolonged armistice.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02
HE is KIND
TO STRANGERS
ANan Of Linguistic At
tainments
Earns His Bread by Guiding the
Tourist to the Sights of
San Francisco

ANY one who enters the readiDg-room
and Office of one of the large hotels on
Montgomery street can almost at any time
see dapper little man holding down
chair No. on the first row. His favorite
attitude is sitting with his legs crossed,
his right elbow resting on the arm of the
chair and his head resting on the palm of
his hand. His complexion is dark, he
looks like Spaniard, and he might be
mistaken for some Spanish general on
furlough, medita ting on the possible out
come of the war in Cuba.
mo; he's no general" was the reply of
the hotel clerk to an individual with an
inquisitive turn of mind. "He's only a
man who takes parties over the City and
shows them all the sights except China
town; that he leaves to others better
posted in the quarter than he is.
"Yes, he does look a little sleepy, and.
as the French say, fatty gay but that's
his normal condition. Guess he was born
weary, but for all that he's as smart as a
steel trap. He makes his living as no
other man does in this City. He speaks
English, French, German and Spanish
fiuently; is posted on European and
American affairs. He can discuss the sill
yer question and talk about the war in
Cuba and the late revolution among the
Uitianders with just as much ease as
though he had been diplomat all his life.
and he knows the City like book. There
is not prominent house in the City that
he does not know, and he knows the occu-
pants by name, if not personally. And it
is that knowledge that makes his services
valuable.
Whenever strangers come to the hotel.
particularly those who are from France.
Germany or Spanish-speaking countries,
he rouses himself and prepares for busi-
ness. He makes himself known, and then
offers his services to show them the sights
OF the metropolis of the Pacific. Many
who are mere globe-trotters take advantage
of his offer, and for a consideration he
shows them around and takes them to the
stores to make purchases. Now as he has
an eye to the dollar he does not fail to take
them to those places where the old system
OF addition. division and silence is in
vogue. And that brings him in a pretty
penny every time he goes out.
s.As I said before it is a novel wav to
earn living, but it is one of the ways.
and there is no reason why he should not
engage in it if it pleases and pays him.
He has, so far as l know, monopoly of
the business, for do not know of any
other hotel that has such an individual
among the loungers in the reading-room
or Office"
The gentleman of linguistic gift when
approached, in the most Chester6eldan
manner declined to be interviewed as to
his business and what there is in it for
him, but he was exceedingly loquacious as
to what he could do for any one who
wished to engage his services at so much a
day or portion of day.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02
IRE SERVANTS
FOR HN HOUR
Curious Way Some
Women Work
How My Lady in Straitened Cir
cumstances Makes a Show
ing Before Guests

There are some people in this City that
at some time in the past have been in
better circumstances who still have pride
in keeping up appearances despite the fact
that they are not able to keep house as
they did in the days that have gone never
to return; all by reason OF a reduced in
come. And the way this is done is through
class of willing, accommodating women
who in that way make living and at the
| same time help carry out the deception
that is practiced on visiting friends.
1t is an innocent deception that does
not hurt any one. One of the first curtail-
ments in a home where the income is
diminished is the cutting off of the servant
or servants and the hiring of woman for
one day IN the week to do the rough work.
This woman is set to wash the front steps
and clean the front windows, and that goes
to create the impression among the neigh
bors and with friends if they should be
passing the house that there is at least
one servant in the house, and the balance
of the week the lady of the house is forced
to do her own work.
Whenever the lady of the house wishes
to entertain it is then that the accommo-
vary from % to 80 cents an hour, and she
takes the place of the dismissed servant,
attends to the cooking with the assistance
of the lady of the house, who occasionally
has to excuse herself to her company, say
ing: II have got new girl and must step
out for moment to see that she does not
spoil the dinner During her absence the
company utter words of sympathy for the
''poor, dear soul who has so much
trouble with her help.
The clever housekeeper who is forced to
resort to this trick to keep up appearances
manages, by shrewdness that is born of
necessity, to lead her friends into the be-
lief that she is keeping house in the old
fashioned way, and if they are ignorant of
the true state of affairs why make them
wise in a matter that does not concern
them2
Dinner is served by the "new girl" the
kitchen tidied, and then the accommodate
ing woman receives her pay for SO many
hours work and she is discharged until
wanted again.
Yes" said one of the accommodating
women, there is enough of that kind of
work to keep me occupied almost every
uay IN the week, and as things are going
now l have no reason to complain. If
I'm engaged for only one hour charge so
cents for that hour, and if it's two hours /
charge 40 cents an hour, and if it is more
than three hours it's so cents for the first
hour ana % cents for every hour or part of
hour after that can make better wages
that way than l could working at regular
rates. and it's much more independent.
The little brown men from the land of
the Mikado have learned OF this system
OF working by the hour and, as they do in
everything else, they are cutting in on
white labor and offer to do the same class
OF work that the accommodating woman
will do, for Is cents an hour, be it only one
hour or more.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02
in SOCIETY
FOR THE COIN
The Ex-SociaI Belle
and Music
She Poses as Guest but Plays
the Violin for the Hostess
for Money

1t was native of the Old Sod who.
when asked why he boiled his potatoes in,
his hat instead of in a pot, replied, "I
have no pot, and necessity is the mother
of invention" And it is necessity that
forces many people to invent ways to earn
money. There is in this City a young
lady who has become, like many more,
the victim of circumstances. A few years
ago, when speculation in mining shares
had a. hold on our people, her father was
one OF the widest and most reckless and
at the same time most fortunate specula-
tors on the street. For time he was like
Midas his magic touch turned everything
to gold, everything came his way, and it
was the rule for spectators to buy when
Bill Mountain bought and sell when he
let go
His home.was the finest in the aristo-
cratic quaEter and his entertainments
were as lavish as they were freely given to
those who were welcome guests within
his doors. There was not thing that the
mem befs of his family wanted that was
not procured, and there was no lack Of
friends ready to welcome the members of
Bill Mountains family. 1t was with him
as With many others, easy come, easy
ROHS, tncI6 WAS uOI u DTGCdQLlOn
taken for a possible reversal of fortune.
The turn did come, and when it did his
fortune slipped from him with rapidity
that was beyond the power of staying.
So great was the change, that the cry on
the street was altered to when Bill
Mountain buys, sell; when he sells, buy"
He became a financial wreck. Do what"
he could he could not regain his former
position. He lost heart and became ply
sical wreck. The little that was saved
from the crum bling fortune soon dwindled
away and there was none but his daughter
to take heart to make living for the fam
lily. She is a remarkably fine musician,
plays the violin with touch equaled only
by that of Camilla Urso. and often in the
days of her prosperity did she charm at
home or at the homes of friends those who
assemb bled there, with selections from the
great masters. =
To-day she still charms circles where she
is yet received as friend, but every.
note she sounds is paid for, and
it is by that means she makes q
living for herself and those who
are dependent upon her. So great is her
talent that she is sought after constantly,
and everywhere she is introduced not as
professional but as a guest, and plays
her part as such with as much grace as
she does the instrument which keeps her
and hers alive. But while there is smile
on her lips there is often pang in her
heart at the thought of the way in which
she has to masquerade in order to make
both ends meet.
While that is one of the strange ways to
make living il is creditable one, and
the once society girl, who feels that she
no longer has the rig bit to that distinction, :
is to be commended for having had the
courage to turn to useful account the tai
ent that was developed in her when she
was in position to have the training re-
quired.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02
PEDDLES FOOD
FOR GHNYRIES
The Widow Who Sells
Chickweed
She Was Once WelI-to-Do, but Is
Now Compelled to Gain Her
Own Living

There are many peculiar ways of hon.
estly making a living. but possibly the
most peculiar is obtaining a living, may
be just living, by collecting food for
birds
lady, was interrupted in conversation by
a ring of the doorbell, and a moment after
the servant opened the parlor door to an
nounce that it was ''the old woman with
the chickweed."
you'll excuse me till l see this old lady
and get some weed for my canaries," said
the lady as she passed out into the hall.
The door being open one could not help
seeing an elderly woman with silver-gray
hair, with basket in her hand, pass over
to the lady OF the house big bunch of
fresh, green weed that the yellow song
sters love so well.
"Some kind neighbor who thinks of
your canaries?" was suggested when the
lady returned to the parlor.
NO." was the reply, "that is the old
lady 8 business.
"What-selling chickweed ?"
"Why. yes; did you never hear of her?
No? Why, that's strange. 1 thought
everybody knew her. The old lady has
been at it for years. She is now 6S years
of age and that is the way she earns a
living for herself. She has great num-
Der of customers and to each she furnishes
twice week a handful of chickweed for
the birds for 5 cents week or 20 cents q
month. There are great many who not
only give what she asks, but press an
extra q quarter in her hand when they pay
her.
81 believe that she manages to make a
very fair living in that way. Every morn
ing she goes out-l do not know where,
and gathers basketful of weed, and then
distributes it, taking in a certain district
one day and another the next, and SO on
until she has supplied all of her customers.
''The old lady has always been bird
fancier, and she knows as much about
them as a bird-dealer. If there is any
thing the matter with your bird tell her
about it when she comes around and she
will give a remedy. And her remedy
always works well. I really believe that
it is as much for the knowledge she i'm
parts as it is for the weed she sells that
she has such large run of customers.
She was at one time the wife of local
merchant, who left her widow with but
few thousand dollars, but that was not
to last for all time, and, economical as she
was, the constant drain upon the princi-
pal reduced it so low that she had to do
something; but, being too old to take any
thing that would tax her strength, she de-
termined upon procuring food for the
birds, and in that way food for herself.
This seems to show that no matter how
small the undertaking is it will succeed if
pushed.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02
THOSE WHO
DqNCE FOR Ply
They Counterbalance
Wall Flowers
Young Men of Good Address Who
Hire themselves Out to Trip
the Fantastic

A few evenings since fraternal. society
man had occasion to attend an open in
stalIation of the officers of lodge, and as
it had been given out that there would be
dance after the ceremony there. were
present great many of the fair sex. II
was, in fact soon noticed that the attend
ance of men and women was. like the
| demo-populo campaign sign, Is to 1,
and that the women represented the sill
yer.
''Don't see much show for dancing" re-
marked the fraternal society man, with
so many women and so few men," ad-
dressing himself to the floor manager.
THAT will be all right; wait till you get
into the dance hall and the dancers will be
on parity, because, you know, there are
a good many ladies whose dancing days
are over, and they serve to ornament the
side chairs"
In the dancing-hall some time after the
fraternal society man saw that the floor
manager had predicted correctly. There
was about an equal number of the sexes
for dancing and it was noticeable that
many of the young men who moved their
partners around the waxed floor to the
soft, sweet melody of the "New Bully"
waltz time, were in full-dress and seemed
to be most agreeable partners, well yersed
in ballroom etiquette.
Recognizing one of the male dancers in
clawhammer and fashionable tie, the fra
ternal society man accosted him with j:
"Why, what are you doing here? did not
know that you were Knight of the High
Flying Falcon"
well, l am not, but just came up to
have pleasant time with the girls, you
know; so enjoyable to have good dance. 4"
The following night the fraternal society
man visited another fraternal organiza-
ton that had announced social and was
somewhat astonished to see on the floor
the very same set of young men, in swaI-
iow-tail coats, that he had observed at the
dance of the Knights of the High Flying
Falcons.
Again addressing the one he had spoken
to the evening previous he said, "Charlle,
isn't this rushing things2 Who are all
these young men?"
81 don't mind telling you," was the an
swer. I'VE are lot of young men of
good family, but not overburdened with
wealth. and therefore not averse to
making d few dollars on the quiet. As
you must know, there are so many of
these parties given every night In the
week that those who were IN the habit of
attending have got tired and they prefer
to 20 to smokers, free and easy, you
know, so we saw a chance to supply the
deficiency in the male line by hiring our
selves out at so much night to supply
partners for the lady visitors. The ladies,
Lord love them, at parties like this one
don't ask any questions; they want
to dance and they want dancers, so we
supply the demand, and in that way we
keep ourselves in spending money. Not a
bad scheme, eh p and with that be sought
his partner for the next dance
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

the tall buildings, through the bea utiful
residence avenues and over the sandhills
to the seaside. A veritable family picnic
ground is there, and of Sunday or holi-
day the sands are thronged by thousands
eager to get the benefit of the invigorating
breezes and to experience the delights of
few hours of relief from the monotony of
the whirl of everyday metropolitan life.
Families bring along baskets of sand
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

genuine pleasure, more comfort and less
fatigue, for a very small fraction of the
expense of their excursion to a distant
part OF the coast, by remaining right here
in San Francisco, where sea breezes galore
may be courted for an outlay of only
few nickels. The truth is that not every
body in the City knows the delights of a
lounge on the ocean beach, but they are
learning fast.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

people of San Francisco may derive all
the pleasures of the seaside without going
outside of the City limits. The ocean
beach is favorlte airing place for the
people OF the City. Families often go
scores of miles away on Sunday in quest
of seaside diversion, and spend many dol
lars for day of hurry and worry and
hastily eaten meals and engine smoke and
wearied feet, when they could have more
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02
IRE MOTHERS
TO BqCHELORS
They Do Mending and
Keep Secrets
Discreet and Kindly Women Who
Care for the Wardrobes of
Single Men

Intending of gentlemen's clothes and
garments taken care OF, is what appears
on small sign that modestly projects
few inches from house on an alley
leading from Post street.
In answer to knock at the door near
which this sign is nailed, a middle-aged
woman appears and explains that she is
the one who does the mending.
"You see," she said. there are many
young men in this City who have apart
ments but no one to look after what they
have in them. There are many of them
who miss a loving mother or willing
sister ready to mend a tear here, sew a
button on there or darn sock with a
small hole. There are many young men
who are not so proud but they will wear
mended garments, and it is with that
class deal. Some bring the articles they
want mended to my house and call for
them, and these l charge by the piece.
Others have me go to their rooms during
their absence and look over their ward
robes and do what is necessary for them.
In such places / am paid by the month.
/ do the repairing and keep their clothing
in order for 81 so month.
q u L
in the necessary stitch in time the proverb
saws saves nine look after their cloth
ing and do for them what mother would
do for son.
"Well, yes, sometimes come across
some secrets that it would not do for the
world to know; but if do find out some
thing have sense enough to keep my dis
coyery to myself. To be sure every young
man has right to have girl. and if he
has, whose business is it? If ne receives
a love letter from her and leaves it in his
coat pocket, is there any harm if 1 should
glance at it so long as l do not tell what l
read?
81 was girl myself once and used to
write letters, and my only curiosity is to
see if the girls of to-day write about as
much nonsense as we girls did. can tell
you this just quietly-they do. 1t seems
to me that love never grows old and that
though fashions come and fashions go
there is no change of fashion in the mat
ter OF love. I really do believe that if we
could see one of Mother Ewes love letters
it would be found to contain as much nom
sense as can be found to-day in the scrib-
hIings of the young new woman"
The speaker said that there are quite a
number of women who, not able to follow
any other occupation, have adopted this
repairing business as means of earning
a living for themselves, and in many in
stances their families of little children,
who are unable to render any assistance.
They do not get rich, but it is sufficient to
enable them to live quite comfortably.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

For pure, unadulterated enjoyment of
holiday, no place in this great City, with
perhaps the exception of Golden Gate
Park, is so regularly and so generally re-
sorted to during the summer months by
people of all classes and conditions as the
ocean beach that stretches away down
the. coast from the Cliff. From any part
of the City, at the expense of nickel, one
may ride out from among the frowns of
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

Doctor-How long will it take to tell me
your symptoms?
Lady-0h. nearly twenty minutes.
Doctor-Proceed, madam. 1 am just
going into the next room to see some one
who is i'll. l will be back by the time you
have done.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

their ears ring with the shouts of the boys
and girls dancing in the water or playing
in the sand. OF course there are
numerous artificial attractions at the
beach, and these are availed of by the
holiday hosts. There are Sutro Heights.
and the Cliff House. and the biggest bath
ing pavilion in the world, and the seal
rocks; but the important fact which is
here desired to be emphasized is that the
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

wiches and bottles of milk or cold tea and
camp all day in sight of the charging wave
battalions of the deep in their ceaseIess
war against the land.
The old folks select sheltered nook
and pass the time in merry jest and laugh,
and discuss, it may be, the foam-crested
cup as well as the frothy brine. The
lover and the maid HE away by them
selves to talk silly and giggle and initiate
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02
BY the Glad Sea Waves the Ocean Beach Below the Cliff ouso

the Coghlan kiss; while the youngsters,
pulling off shoes and stockings, and roll
ing their pantaloons up as high as pos
sible, wade in and kick about ioyousIy in
the cooling surf.
The brisk, bracing, healthful, pure salt
sea air Is well worth the long ride to the
beach and back. 1t is better than medi-
cine. All day the people march hither
and thither along the shore, and all day
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

A party of tourists were examining one
of the large trees of California. One of the
party remarked:
What magnificent specimen! Surely
it must be the oldest tree in the world ~
An Irishman who was with the party
cried out:
'.Now. faith, how could that be?" and
burst out into laughter. "Sure any one
knows this is a new country, and how the
mischief could the tree be ould?"
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

sock-Wonderful new invention those K
rays.
Buskin-New invention, quotha? Sir, they
are as old as the bard of Avon. Doth not Ham
let say to his Queen mother:
"come, come and sit you down. You shall not
bulge;
You go not till set you up glass
Where you may see the inmost part of youp
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

"Our whole neighborhood has been
stirred up" said the regular reader.
The editor OF the country weekly seized
his pen.
''Tell me all about II" he said. "What
wewant is the news. What stirred it upF'
Flowing" said the farmer.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

Life" said the senrentious young nan, sis
like game of cards."
"It is more like game of chess to me-" said
the man who lives in apartments "I move
once year."
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

Irate father ION shore)-Didn't tell you
not to go skating?
Quick-witted son-Stay where you be,
pop. The ice is awful thin.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

The following is on a tombstone near Ind1o:
Here lies the body of David Thompson. who
came here and died for the benefit of his
health"
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

See the little humble bee,
A precious worker he,
But if you've any common-sense,
You'll lie t that little humble be.