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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-01-17
THE GUNS ACCEPTED.
San Francisco's Pneumatic Guns In
Position for Defense.

Position for Defense.
A special from Washington City
says: The Notifications of San Fran
cisco have been strengthened in the
past week through the acceptance by
the government of three OF the most
powerful pneumatic guns yet tested,
each of which threw 500 pounds of
high explosive upward of 5000 yards
with precision and terrific effect upon
the water where they struck. These
three guns are similar to those which
are now mounted at Sandy Hook, but
the tests demonstrated that improve
ments have been made which place
the new weapons in advance of those
at New York, both in accuracy and
range. The guns at Sandy Hook have
been in place year and were the first
of half dozen ordered by the govern
ment for the defense of New York and
San Francisco. Other guns will be
placed at Boston and the important
coast cities included in the fortifica-
tions plan of the War Department.
The success attending the trials at
San Francisco have conclusively set
tied to the satisfaction OF the ordnance
experts the value OF this style OF weap-
on as part of the ordnance for the
country's land defenses and hereafter
some of these guns will be stationed
at important cities along the seaboard
where the department proposes con-
structing defenses invulnerable to at
tack from sea. Naval officers do not
attach that value to the dynamite gun
that army men do, principally because
Of its lack of range. This defect. they
say, will make it possible for battle
ships to lie beyond the guns range
and still be most effective against land
batteries, while torpedo boats of great
swiftness could dodge the projectiles
on account OF their slow velocity. EN-
inent ordnance experts of the army, in.
Guiding Gen. Flagler, have contended
that the pneumatic gun will be Of great
value in dealing with a large feet and
that no ships would dare approach
within its range, knowing that the ex-
plosion OF 500 pounds of gelatine in
the vicinity of the vessel would have
most disastrous result upon those
ON board. 1t is asserted further that
one shot from dynamite gun would
be worth more than broadside from o
warship.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-01-17

A LITTLE corn on o maiden's toe
grew, listen to her wall OF toe; caused
by the pinch of a too tight shoe, in
stead OF four number two, it grew,
and grew; listen to the wall OF toe.
AS time went on, as time will do,
listen to my wall of toe; the corn
waxed red, the maiden blue, it was ten
times worse than the grip (kerchew),
tits true, too true, listen TO the wall OF
toe. She had seat in the end of a
pew, listen to the vail OF toe, big fat
man, with his feet in view, put his No.
10 on her Kangaroo. Oh whew! Oh
whew! listen to my vail Of toe.-Un.
chained Poet.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-01-17
VAUDEVILLE SISTERS.
Death OF the Daughter OF One of
Them-A ROmantlc Incident.

Death OF the Daughter OF One Of
d.. Them-A Romantic Incident.
News came from Chicago few days
ago announcing the sudden death of
Mrs. Minnie Adams Brooks, daughter
Of the eldest of the Vaudeville sisters,
Jennie Vaudeville Parsons, who WIS.,
tied Puget Sound in the early '70s
and peri ormed in circuses as bareback
riders. They were drowned in No
vember, 1875, off Cape Flattery when
the steamship Pacific was run down
and over 800 people lost their lives.
As the steamer was sinking Mrs.
Brooks mother, realizing that death
was at hand, hastily penned her will,
bequeathing $4,000 to her daughter,
placed it in a bottle and cast it over
board. Sixteen years later, in an an.
nonymous manner, the will was sent TO
Mrs. Brooks through the mails, and
only two years ago she learned the
name Of the depository where her
mothers money was kept.
There we're only two survivors from
the wreck Of the Pacific. and only one,
Neil Henley, now of Steilscoom, is
alive. His testimony and that OF sew
eral other persons in Port Townsend
and Victoria has recently been pro-
cured and sent to San Francisco, where
the will is being probated. Mrs.
Brooks visited this and other north
western cities last year in search OF
evidence appertaining to the disaster.
Old pioneers say that the Mande-
vile sisters were prime favorites. The
circus to which they belonged visited
all OF the northwestern towns, and the
girls, owing to their daring horseman-
ship, were on the top wave OF popu.
larity when they lost their lives in the
shipwreck.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-01-17
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON FRIDAY EVENING, JAN II, 1896

amounts make an aggregate of 44OS
years from the food to the millennium,
terminating IS95-1S99. The lecturer
purposely refrained from discussing
various other parts of the immense
structure, on the ground that their
meaning was not, perhaps, yet fully
understood.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-01-17

"Aha!" said Mrs. Strongmind, as
she and her husband sat in one Of the
Paris cafes listening to the band
l" See there; there is woman playing
in the orchestra. She is gradually
getting her rights here in France any.
how"
"Think so?" laughed Mr.. Strong.
mind. al don't. That woman il
playing the second iddle."-Harper's
Bdzar.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-01-17
SHOTS FIRED BY THE SUN.
I'm One Instance an Innocent Man
Was Sentenced TO he Hanged.

| CINCINNATI Enquirer.
In a recent paper appeared an &C
count of strange accident in which a
man was killed by the discharge OF a
gun while lying asleep on lounge in
his room, the weapon being discharged
by reflected rays of the sun falling
upon the cartridge chamber of the
| firearm.
! Since the publication of the story a
correspondent from York, Pa, writes
concerning the accident and refers to
q similar case, in which, through the
| efforts Of a clever Cincinnati lawyer
named G. G. Wallis, the person ac-
cused of murder and sentenced to be
hanged was set at liberty, the circum-
stantial evidence on which he WAS
convicted being entirely exploded by
a witnessed demonstration as to how
the accident really occurred.
The York correspondent referred to
volume 13 of The Criminal Law
Magazine, page COZ, on which full
account of the case appears. The
case of the State of Tennessee against
Avery. tried in Henry county, that
State, and is one of the most re-
markable in the history of criminal
jurisprudence.
In June, 1887. Charles Ensley, the
cousin Of man OF the name of Avery,
was killed in his room while lying on
a lounge, about o'clock in the after.
noon. The weapon which caused the
death was small rifle, sending a 80
caliber ball through Ensley's brain.
No one was in the house at the time
but Ensley. An empty rifle was
found lying on rack on a wall OF the
room in which the killing occurred,
and the bullet fitted the tube.
Avery was arrested for the crime, as
he was the only living close relative TO
Ensley, and by his death profited to
the amount of about 100000. Avery
was tried and pleaded not guilty, but
was convicted of murder in the first
degree and sentenced to be hanged.
He appealed to the Supreme Court
and engaged Mr.. Wallis to defend
him. The Supreme Court remanded
the case back to the Circuit Court on
technical errors. Two mistrials were
brought about. and then came the
strangest part of the story. The
brilliant Willis struck the keynote to
the mystery. In August, 1891, he
had the rifle loaded and hung on the
wall. A white sheet with the form OF
a man marked on it was placed in ex-
actly the same position occupied by
Ensley when lying asleep, and a heavy
cut.glass pitcher of water like the one
found in the room was placed on the
shelf above. The temperature was 80
degrees in the shade, one of the hot
test days of the year.
The pitcher acted as a sunglass, and
the hot rays of the sun shining
through the water were refracted di-
rectly on the cartridge chamber of the
rifle.
Eight witnesses were in the room,
and few minutes after o'clock a
puff and report occurred, and the
ball struck the outlined form back of
the ear in the exact location where
Ensley was shot, and the theory OF
circumstantial evidence went to
pieces. The incident being witnessed
and sworn to, readily explained itself
to the jury.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-01-17

THERE seems to be no escape for the
city OF Ellensburg from the verdict OF
$4,000 awarded to the girl Ethel Lor.
ence for injuries received through bad
sidewalks. and it seems a levy will have
to be made to meet it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-01-17
A Trick OF the Trade.

al noticed" said the apothecary to
his assistant, "that gentleman came
in with prescription, and that you
took it and gave him the stuff in about
three minutes. What do you mean
by that?"
"It was only little carbolic acid
and water" replied the assistant. Il
simply had to pour q few drachms oil
acid into the bottle and fill it up with
water"
Never mind if you had only to do
that" the druggist declared. "Don',
you know that every prescription must
take at least half an hour to put up,
or the customer will think that he
isn't getting anything for his money?
When prescription for salt and wa
ter or peppermint and cough syrup is
handed to you, you must look at it
doubtfully, as if it we're very hard to
make up. Then you must bring it to
me, and we will both read it and shake
our heads. After that you 60 back to
the customer and ask him if he wants
it to-day. When he says he does, you
answer that you will make q special
effort. Now, patient appreciates I.
prescription like that he's had so
much trouble over, and when he takes
it he derives more benefit from it.
But don't you do any more of that
three-minute prescription business.
my hoy, if you want 10 become first
class chemist!"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-01-17

Fairhaven has fish-smoking estab-
lishment, where thousands of boxes Of
herring are smoked. One firm in Port
land has sent an order for 10000 boxes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-01-17
CITY OF ABERDEEN.

Connecting with boats for shelton and Kamil-
che.
LANDINGS: City Dock, Seattle; Commercial
Dock, Tacoma; Percival's Dock, Olympia.
Fare between Seattle and Tacoma. so cents:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-01-17

"YoU seem sad, my red-skinned
BROTHER" said the missionary. "Red-
skinned brothers heart heap bad"
said the noble son of the prairie.
White man shoot better, fight better,
and now Injun hear college yell, he
know Injun can't war.whoop for sour
apples. Waugh" - Cincinnati En-.
Ouirer
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-01-17
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-02
poRoTHY's TROUBLES.

Long years ago ] was q child
a little child, and free from care
But now IN almost eight years old,
with such a lot of clothes to wear.
Heigh-ho, says Dorothy.
I've ruffles tucks and puffs and frilIs;h
rye pins and bangles, bracelets, rings.
I'VE ribbons. laces. feathers. gloves.
And on so many other things,
Iieigh-ho, says Dorothy.
I'm robed at morn, I'm decked MT no n.
My toilet lasts all day till night,
think, sometimes. III runaway
And be an InJun squaw for spite.
Helgh-ho! says Dorothy
It's Dorothy, don't walk IN the dust
And "Dor'thy. don't you muss YOUR frock'
On. nifty Dorotheas fatel
Ueigh-ho, says Dorothy.
7 wish / hvnl In some free land.
Where fashion never cares 10 20,
Who're only creatures Wild and shy
cnuld see I'd but one gown to show.
Ueigh-hoi says Dorothy.
I'd lie among the clover bloom
And listen to the ctIckets song.
rd chase the squirrels through the wood
And drive the brown-eyed deer along.
Ueigh- no. says Dorothy
I'd watch the cloud-ships sailing Ger
The still. blue ocean OF the sky;
I'd cross the rivers lver bidge
some evening whom the moon was high.
UeIeh-hoi says Dorothy.
ia nm ia leap. ia climb. I'd swfht
yy7 III ne'er a mishap TO confess;
Id-listen, Did not some one call?
come. Dorothy. It's time to drces!"
uelgh-hol says Dorothy.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-02
The CLUB.

....rhsmmer are the young peo-
y n.ys "a the youths Department OF
s u,a,ton Post. There are no fees
i A.rse. Of any kind connected Win
=. I'M Boys and girls who read me
q. ..v he enrolled as active members
ending name, age and ADDRESS
!. me object OF all Happynam1nLmnrrsas
a.mmer happiness when anu wh ad
rcssible." Hence the CLUB Mans NY
~ The club flower Is tne I,J,e not is
- tree the live oak and the cruz The
= soking bird. all being eNose" ~ '
S.b1 themselves. o,d gray.
~ coIors are intended to be worn Nun
s,,hSr the club bitton or pin. lney
wsaa into a badge by pinning OF sew
sassfher two pieces of narrow rinnuIi .
" rose pink and the other OF heh'
club button and the club pin are
y AZ celluold. TIE ground Is Whl,g'
a ths words Houston Post II. n.
- talnted In vioiet color. Inc c.up
Il, L engraved In the center, anu
" riolet color. The letter III IS
=. tyns nm each side OF the violet:
sstss 4 beautiful little badge and VIII
n 10 any Happyhamner upon inc
~ d 10 cents. In ordering q pm OF
I'M address your letters to the tap
80, care The Post, Houston. Texas.
~ Nery new subscriber sent by a
3sgytaminer for the Semi Weekly Post.
| eSS button or pin will be given free.
N ntscriber secured can he either Tor
M months, six months or a year no
litter which of the three 1t Is, your
VIZ will not cost you anything. When
n&rg q subscriber address your letter
te business office of The Post.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-02
ONLY A DROP or WATER.


One OF the Chinese modes OF punish
nhent. especially when confession Is
wanted from II cnminal. Is to place him
where drop Of water will fan upon one
certain spot in his ahaven crown for hours,
or days. II necessary. The torture this
innlcts Is proved by an experience that
SAndow, the strong man. hud
w hen he was In Vienna few years AFRO
school teacher bet him that he would
not be able to let a half liter OF water
drop upon HIS band untll the measure
was exhausted. \ half liter is only IA little
more IMAM II pint. Sandow laughed
al the very Idea OF his not being abie TO
dc this. SO y half liter measure WAS pro-
cured and hole drilled III the bottom
Just sufficient TO lut the wator escape
drop by drop.
Then the experiment began. sandow
laughed and chattcl glily at first. The
S hooimaster kept CONT upon the number
OF drops. AT about the two hundredtil
Sandow grew liulle more nerlous. Soon
an expression of pain crossed his face,
WIN the entrance into the third hundred
ms hand began u swell and turn red
Then the skin burst. The pain grew mora
and more cxcruciating, Finally, at the
-four hundred and twentieth drop. s;nndow.
had TO give up and acknowledge himself
Nanquished.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-02
QUEER SALT.
Philadelphia Times.


In Lapland they have no salt, and the
bark OF the fir tree IL used as a substI-
tute The Lapps peel the bark rom the
trunk of the tree. carefully romove the
epidermis, and then divide the inner bark
Into quito number of very thin layers.
During the bref, but extremely hot Lap
land summer the lGyers are exposed 10
the sun untll thCroughy dried; thcn they
are torn into narrow strips and placed n
boyes made of fresh bark taken from 9TH
cr trees Deep holes are then dug IN the
sand and the hsrk boxes are buried IN
them. where they are allowed 10 remain
for about three days.
The second day fires are made over
places where the boSes are buried. and
kept burning brskly for several hours
the heat penetrates dep into the sand
turns the fir bark deep red color. and
s. YES to II a pleasing taste ana odor.
Finally. the boxes are uncar he'd, the ilr
strips are pounded or ground INTO y coarse
powder and the Iapps use It Just AS we
do salt--only much moro sparlngly, be-
cause IL Is so troublesome 10 prepare.
DIVE.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-02

over the opening and forma perfect door,
out. and which drops down as II wandcrs
on IN search OF food.
Among the sfieecis several are known
that make little coats for themselves out
OF bits of wosd and eand. An interesting
example Is the caddisiiy. the immature
form OF which constructs a hag-l.ke coat
for Itself often OF great beauty. lie eorat-
Ing /, with little twgs, small shells and
various objects IN which II lives.
The fro,h insect Is a li,t,e creature that
envelops itself In a drop OF moisture re-
sembling froth. which Is at once pro-
lection and dress. and In which q passes
through various changes before becoming
perfect insect. Many more instances
might be given 10 show that II some AMI
mails do not wear clothes they have hatSts
that look very much like It.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-02
WINGED SEEDS.
How Nature Provides for the Propagation
of Plants

How Nature Provides for the Propagation
OF Plants.
Many seeds seem, by their formation, to
be especially designed for transmission
through the air. and of these several are
quite as good illustrations as the thistle.
The Sc cd of the common dandelicn. a
plant to be seen on every common, has
wings that will carry 1t away on the
slightest breath OF air. Tho wings are
very slight filaments, radiating backward
from the seed, SO that when the latter
finally lodges Il falls TIP first In tho most
favorable position Tor takins root.
Country children often lind amusement
In blowing the seeds from the stalk and
watching to SEQ how far they Will SO be-
fore fainng to tho ground. but whenever
there ss even moderate breeze the ex-
pertinent Is a failure as the iig-ecy seeds
fly out OF sight and the next season a
dandeiion springs up where the plant was
never eoen before.
The common dumble weed is another ex-
ample of the winged seed. the plant
grows in u woody bunch which, when
drted. is easily separated from the stalk.
ana a light precEe sets the bali rolling
over the ground TO scatter its seeds wher-
ever II goes. The seeds of many ferns and
microscopic plants are 30 constructed AS
TO be readily lifted and carried away by
the winh. while some, of considerable
size. are provided with an elaborate ar
rangomcnt for aerial transportation. The
common maple l. an example of the last
kind, for projecting from it's large head Is
"A membrane closely resembling IN size.
of locust, When the seed Is separated
iiom the tree. even If the air be quite
still. II does not fail directly 10 the earth
but, ny its peculiar construction. acquires
In falling spiral lGotlon that takes IL
several feet from beneath the starting
point. and when n brisk breeze is blowing
one of these winged seeds has been known
TO twirl through the air for slx miles be-
| lore lis journey came TO An end.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-02
HOUSTON DAILY POST SUNDAY. MORNING AUGUST 2 1890

with heiSt brown eyes And ro,8sc c,r,v
ma nair ! have two sisters and one broth
s er, Th%r names are: Ada Lee, Bertha
AGA Lee has pretty goat. She can work
NM, ,ii,m 10 ner cart, but l am afraid Of him,
trisnd. Etbs, Tr,, ns.'e
HOW COWBOYS CATCH WOLVES.
manning, .Texas.--Dear Haphammer. /
Want to tell you all how the cowboys
from from new sne wolves ] got the information
ne, Wen oy some signs which they did not en-
ram 10 me. As there are q great number
~ ~, caves IN the canons leading into tho
Ianauian river the old wolves come from
iiunt INSTANCES &c hide their younS wolves
IN the caves. They often have nine or ten
In t tne nest and always stay with them
gen zen one of them crawls in. carrying with
nun nun a, a candle, matches, rope, sack
.nd his sixshooter. When he gets near
Sc, the VOLTS eyes. Then he shoots the
CID wolf and ties the rope around her
seSk. lie puts the young wolves into the
cave. They. then kill the young wolves
ana take their scalps. Then theydraw
. .ne 90 wolf out and scalp her The boys
,.hut II Is a very dangerous business. If
the cowboy happened to only wound the
, Moif she would fight him and probably
H fb., mn, me caves are senenally SO small
l
MON: one man got fastened in and could
nnd take their scalps. Then they draw
III 100 feet TO him and tie u rope TO his
ieel and pull him out ! expect he, was
scared nearly to dea. h. Ii tore his clothcs
ahd ms skin, too. lie quit the business
anu LETT the Panhandle when he got we'll
we have several visitors who are spend
| ing une summer with us because we have
inc most he1lthy ami purest as- i'm the
weird, and no sickness, and a frst- ella y
MOTEL Tor ;hcir accommodation. Jnree of
our visitors are from Houston-Mrs Bald
WIN hlce and sister, Mrs. Allen, and their
brother, Mr.. Dumble. They ssems to
| ENJOY themselves the best in the world
,Ihey have visited the ancient city OF
IascoSo. and they went at the solicitation
OF Mr. and Mrs Mitchell to round ur
on the lit ranch, where they enjoved
! Ihey enjoyed 1t very much. MIR. Doycc
| VIII have great round up In feM Il Tvs
TO which our visitors are specially Invited
| our ladies OF Claiming ara delighted with
These ladies' from Houston ana they Will
| 10 us. '
The last day. OF August I will be II
| Years old. | have Il sister and brother
| oiuer than and row have a sweet little
sister one month old. Her name is GLADYS
| put grandpa calls her Live Cakes NV
love TO Alma EarlinS. Wilora and all The
| lt"ps, and TO YOU. MIR. Editor. | thank
! you very much for your kind notice of my
| hist letter | wish you would send me the
| paper with my last letter In H. for grand
| pa would not les mo have II. lie said IT
| might make me vain but II won't With
love to all the Haps,
| - - H. -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-02

Round non. TeXas-Dear Hnphnmmer:
7 would Ike to be enrolled as "A Happy
hammer. j am not gong TO schooi at
present, for It CLOSED a week ago. and
have a new teacher, MIR. Hansler, wnli lie
one of our former teachers, dear Mss
FroeAch. will remain, Every one OF my
scboo,mates felt sorry wnen Professor
Sanders hade us goodbye. as he was
beloved by all his pupils. Papa visited
voIr CITY last week. My little cousin,
iIormine Rummel, OF Harris county, mas
- staying with US noW for u who.e
p pear We Are All fond OF reading The
post Papa h . been keeping It for years.
/ via enclose 10 cents Tor paisies enalr,
iians. / am, your little friends.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

Northport, Wash.-Dear ilaphammer; 1t
is very hot weather here. When my girl
fr.end, come up from town We put on old
dresses and wade IN the creek. We go
fishing too. I caught a salmon trout that
weighed / 81 pounds ! had ven.son for
bait on the Fourth my brother Harry
and | each rode on horseback five miles
to town and got some ice cream. candy and
oranges. ! didn't see n frecracker but
once a boy threw some under my horse
and II Jumped My pony. Mollic has a
little white-facei coli named Baby. They
Craze on me side of a steep mountain. A
tree blew on my heitrr calf and killed her.
I've a little black and whste pup and a
ktftv. ] send 10 cents for a club pin. We
want TO hear from the Prices. My mamma
has known them and many other children
who write for The Post long time. our
big river. the Columbia, is very high.
Goodby, all lIaps. Truly,
frankie Curry Mount,