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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-20
A /" FIsh3 story.
Boston Journal,

Until some recent discoveries by
Professor Saussier it was not suspected
that fishes were affected by music.
In a shallow inlet Professor Saussier
found a queer arrangement of strings
in the water which demanded exami-
nation. Viewing the affair from dis.
tance with water telescope he saw
that some fishes. which had, by the us.
ual painful method. gained possession
of several fragments OF tishline, were
passing them around two sticks thrust
into the water by some fishermen.
When the strings were strung, the
stakes were wedged apart by piling
stones between them so as to tighten
the strings, three or four fishes rolling
a stone along the bottom with their
noses. The operation was necessar-
lily slow. The professor watched it at
intervals for two or three days.
Finally, when all was ready, the
largest fish seized piece of bone, and,
using it as a plectrum, twanged the
strings with it, while the other fishes
gathered around to hear the music.
OF course, there was none, as the sub.
merged strings refused to sound.
After several trials the fishes tore up
their water harp in disgust. They
had probably caught their idea from
Aimee Saussier, the professors daugh-
ter, who was in the habit OF playing
harp by the bank.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-20
Not So Dead After All.

For the benefit of those people who
are laboring under the delusion that
the Democratic party is dead, we pub
lish the following extract from a
speech made in the House of Repre-
sentatives a few days ago by Congress.
man johnson, OF California
"The Democratic party is like
Joey Bagstock, tough, very tough,
and hard to kill / attended the fun.
neral OF the Democ ratio party in 1872
l saw its estate administered upon.
saw the auction of the effects of de-
cendent, with Belmont, of New York,
as auctioneer, to syndicate OF So
called liberal Republicans. Horace
Greeley, Charles Francis Adams and
Carl Schurz conducted the negotia-
tions and made the purchase, and the
result OF the election of 1872 was dis.
astrous alike TO buyer and seller
yet in 1874 the Democratic party, for
the first time in the history of pro.
bate courts, came fresh and uhdi.
minished in estate out Of the probate
court, and, through some strange
transmigration OF souls that would
puzzle Buddha himself to explain
arouse the American people and
elected a majority of the House ol
Representatives. And they have
made a Democratic desert of this
House ever since, except for two Re
publican oases. the Forty-seventh and
the Fifty-frst Congress"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-20
HIS Hat Spoke.
San Francisco Argonaut

A certain painter who died not lons
ago was a broken down wreck in his
later days. Some feeling of pride and
shame clung to him to the last, how.
ever, and although he lived upon the
charity of his friends he never asked
for money outright. In the crown o
his hat he pasted this request, Please
lend me quarter" printed in big
staring letters.
When making a call he would dof
his hat with much show of dignity
and there would be the mute appeal
staring in the face his intended VIC
tim. The scheme never failed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-20
LEMONS AS MEDICINE.
Many Cures Are Effected by This
simple. Remedy.
Philadelphia Times

simple. Remedy.
Philadelphia Times.
Lemon juice sweetened with loaf or
crushed sugar will relieve a cough.
For feverishness and an unnatural
thirst soften lemon by rolling on q
hard surface, cut off the top, add
sugar and work it down into the
lemon with a fork, then suck it
slowly.
During the warm months . sense OF
coolness, comfort and invigoration can
be produced by free use of lemonade.
for six large glasses OF lemonade use
six large, juicy lemons. Roll on a
hard surface so that the juice can be
easily extracted. Peel and slice.
Add sufficient sugar to sweeten and
stir it we'll into the juice before add.
ing the water.
Hot lemonade will break up cold
it taken at the start. Make it the
same as cold lemonade, only use boil.
ing water instead OF cold water and
use about one-half as much sugar.
A piece of lemon, or stale breat
moistened with lemon juice, bound on
corn will cure it. Renew night ant
morning. The first application viii
produce soreness, but if treatment j,
persisted in for reasonable length o
time cure will be effected.
The discomfort caused by sore ant
tender feet may be lessened, if not en-
tirely cured, by applying slices o
lemon on the feet.
To cure chilblains take q piece o
lemon, sprinkle fine salt over it ant
rub the feet well. Repeat if necessary
Lemon juice will relieve roughnes,
and vegetable stains on the hands
After having the hands in soapsud,
Rub them with a piece of lemon
This will prevent chapping and make
the hands soft and white.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-20
SAD SCENE AT AN AUCTION,
Which Was Followed By Gleeful
Chuckles q Few Hours Later.
Houston Post.

Who bids?"
The auctioneer held up a child's
rocking horse, battered and stained
1t had belonged to some little member
OF the mans family whose household
property was being sold under the
hammer.
He was utterly ruined. He had
given up everything in the world te
his creditors-house, furniture, horses
stock OF goods and lands. He stood
among the crowd watching the sale
that wac scattering his household
goods and his heirlooms among a
hundred strange hands.
On his arm leaned woman, heavily
veiled.
Who bids?"
The auctioneer held the rocking
horse high, that it might be seen
Childish hands had torn away the
scanty name; the bride was twisted
and worn by tender little fingers
The crowd was still.
The woman under the heavy veil
sobbed and stretched out her hands.
"No, no, no" she cried.
The mans face was white with emo
ton. The little form that once go
merrily rode the old rocking horse had
drifted away into the world years ago
This was the only relic left of his hap
py infancy.
The auctioneer, with a queer mois.
ture in his eyes, handed the rocking
horse to the man without word. He
seized it with eager hande, and he and
the veiled lady hurried away.
The crowd murmIred with sym
pathy.
The man and the woman went into
an empty room and set the rocking
horse down. He took out his knife,
ripped open the front of the horse
and took out a roll of bills. He
counted them and said:
"It's cold day when fail without
a rakeoff. Eight thousand five
hundred dollars, but the auctioneer
came very near busting up the
game"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-20
Finding u Verdict.

A Texas paper says that in one ol
the earliest trials before q colored Jury
in Texas the IL gentlemen were told
by the judge to "retire and find the
verdict" They went into the jury
room, whence the opening and shut.
ting of doors and other sounds OF un.
usual commotion were presently
heard. At last the jury came back
into court, when the foreman an
nOunced: We hab looked ever'w whar,
Judge, for dat verdict-in de draws
and behind de doahs, but it amt no.
whar in dat dat blessed room."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-20

THE sooner you begin to fight the
fire, the more easily it may be ex-
tinguished. The sooner you begin
taking Ayers Sarsaparilla for your
blood-disease, the easier will be the
cure. In both cases, delay is danger
Gus, if not fatal. Be sure you get
Ayers and no other.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-20

TRULY astonishing-Miss Annette N.
Moen. Fountain, Mimi, says: layers
Cherry Pectoral has had wonderful
effect in curing my brothers children
OF severe and dangerous cold. 1t was
truly astonishing how speedily they
found relief after taking this prepara-
ton"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-20

THE best way to avoid scalp diseases,
hair falling out, and premature bald
ness, is to use the best preventive
known for that purpose-Halls Hair
ReneWer,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-20

COLONEL TAYLOR, a Walla Walla
photographer, has gone to San Fran
cisco to make study of photography
with the Roentgen, or Y" rays. He
will return to assist DIR. Blalock in the
new discovery's application to surgery.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-20

MAYOR ELECT Frank Black, OF Sc
attle, entered upon the duties of his
office at noon Tuesday.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-20
DAILY TIME CARD.
olympia, TACOMA and SEATTLE ROUTE
CITY OF ABERDEEN.

che. A"u ns"ii-
LANDINGS: City Dock, Seattle; Comme-. I.i
DocA' lacoma' Percivars Dock, Oiv~ra
Fare between Seattle and T.coma. 50 cents:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-20

THE grip is prevalent in Rosalia and
vicinity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-20
PURE Wines sLIQU0RS.

An otner California wines at the very lowest
prices. sample room and beer hall attached.
e Iooas delivered 10 any part Of the city free Of
9S, ,oo. J. PULLkS.
'uir lo4 Manager.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-20
THE
California Wine Co.
OBJ MAIN STREET.
THE

Would respectfully inform the citizens OF O!ym.
pia that they are now prepared to sup
ply the family trade with
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-01
Auer's SarsaparilIa RenaOves PinapIes.

the system of local, county and
state clubs. Republicans every
where in the state are appealed to
to act at once.
To facilitate the formation of
league clubs, as here suggested, Mr..
M. J. Bowling, secretary of the
National Republican League (Audi
forum Hotel), Chicago, ILL.,, OR the
member of the National League ex-
ecutive committee for Idaho will be
pleased to furnish any information
that may be desired.
BARTLETT SINCLAIR,
Mem. Natl. Rep. League, Elk. Com.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-01
New York Fashion Letter.

For evening gowns white satin is
a favorite fabric, especially in the
use of skirts. Waists of every
material from the daintiest tulle to
velvet are made in tucks all around.
The sleeves, which always droop,
are ornamented with the same
tucks. Other fashionable tissues
for evening gowns are Brussels net,
French faille in large boquet de-
signs of chine effect, and satin
striped MORE. French toques are
again in vogue. Exquisite creations
in jeweled embroidery, lowered
velvet, sable and lace, ETC., are seen
at the late openings. Dainty adorn-
ments for the neck increase in vari-
ETY. as the season advances. His
toric collars and ruches are grace
fully initiated in all the novelties
of jeweled and spangled fabrics.
fanciful ribbons, velvets and laces.
Green, gray, blue and brown are
the prevailing colors in cloth
gowns, though many new shades of
plum, violet and dahlia appear in
French weaves. The latter shades
are much used in millinery. as
many Of the recent importations
of hats appear in these combina-
tons of violet and pansy. In
the latest numbers of the Fashion
Magazines published by A. Nc
Dowell IL Co. are a large variety
Of these latest styles. These
periodicals are always very attrac-
tive and are constantly increasing
in popularity LA Mode de Paris"
and Paris Album of Fashions"
cost $3.50 per years subscription,
or 30 cents a copy. The "French
Dressmaker" is $500 per annum
or 30 cents a copy; and LA Mode"
Sl.5O a year or ID cents a copy.
II you are unable to procure either
OF these journals from your news
dealer do not take any substitute,
but apply by mail to Messrs. A
Mcdowell d Co., 4 west 18th
Street, New York.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-01
The NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE co.

ORANGE, MASS Boston, MASS 2s UNION sor.pr N v
ShlcA9o, III. ST. LOUIS, Mo. DALLAS TEXAS.
SAN FRANCISCO CAL ATLANTA, GA.
FOR SALE BY
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-01
ATTENTION, REPUBLICAN, VOTERS
BoNNER's FERRY, Idaho,
February |. 1864

February l, 1861
To Republican Voters of Idaho:
By direction of the national com
mittee convention of republican
delegates to nominate party can
didates for president and vice pres
ident of the United States will be
held at st. Louis, June 16, The
customary state and county con-
ventions and primary meetings in
accord with established usage will
precede the national convention.
To prepare for a.full, fair and ex-
plicit expression of republican senti-
ment and policy concerning current
issues likely to engage these various
party assemblages, and more effici-
GENTLY to effect party organization,
the time is comparatively limited.
Your attention is respectfully
called to the many important ques-
tons with which the republican
party must deal in the approaching
campaign. Few periods in our
national life have been so moment
Gus. Questions which go to the
very root Of our independence, our
free institutions and our personal
liberties are demanding consider
alton. A confederation of plumbers
by a democratic president and
democratic congress has raised dan
gers that press for removal and
issues that must be solved. They
involve policies of national revenue,
the establishment of an intelligent
monetary system, national defences,
internal improvements, a decent
regard for the old soldier, protec-
ton for labor and dignifed and
rigorous enforcement of our inter
national polity.
1t is gratifying to know that our
state still stands enrolled as one of
the galaxy of republican common
wealths, and that there are no
symptoms Of an approaching fall
from grace. Harmony prevails in
republican ranks and faith pre-
dominates the republican heart.
Nevertheless no effort should be
spared to maintain our party
supremacy so thoroughly and mag
nificently established within the
state. However deep the principles
of republicanism may be planted in
the hopes and aspirations of our
people, their perpetuity should still
further be assured by party organ
izations throughout the state. Over
confidence may depreciate their
value and imperil success. Need
it be said that the loss of Idaho to
the republican party at this time
would be followed by adverse cir
cumstances of a most distressing
and ruinous nature?
To advance the truths of repub-
licanism in all parts of the Union
the National Republican League is
engaging its best efforts. State
leagues Of the various states and
territories are cooperating with the
same commendable end in view.
1t is now most earnestly urged that
there are opportunities for useful
ness in Idaho for county, city and
village organizations in this direc-
ton. League methods of increas-
ing party membership are approved
by republican leaders of our own
state and nation at large. AS aux
iliaries of the national and state
committees the league bodies have
been accorded the most fat ering
encomiums. No state can do with
The record-union., 1896-07-28

MANY nervous woman sits up all the
night and tries to read herself sleepy. Nine
to one she don't accomplish her purpose.
Nine to one, she gets more and more ner-
vous The slightest sound strikes terror to
her heart. The dark corners Of the room
contain a thousand frights. She doesn't
know what she is afraid of, but she is afraid,
actually, honestly, nervously, abjectly afraid.
Healthy women are not towards. If wo-
man is nervous and sleepless and afraid of
the rustic of her own dress, there IS some
thing the matter with her. The most deli
cate nerves in her body are set on edge by
weakness or disease. Nine-tenths of the
nervousness. irritability and bad temper in
women is merely symptom OF i'll health
i'll health of the delicate and sensitive or
ganism that makes her woman. IT she is
overworked, oil over worried, the effect will
show itself there first. There is no use tax
ing harmful and deadly narcotics for ner-
vousness and sleeplessness. 1t will leave
the body in a worse condition than it was
before The way to effect cure is to cure
the cause DR.. Pierce's Favorlte Prescrip-
ton will do it 1t has cured tens of thou
sands of cases of female weakness and ner-
vousness 1t is a most wonderful invigorat-
ing nervine or nerve food. 1t brings sound
healthy sleep and restores the glow and
bloom of health. 1t is the only medicine
now before the public for woruan's peculiar
ailments, adapted to her delicate organiza-
ton by regularly graduated physician
an experienced and skilled specialist in
these naladies. 1t cannot do harm in any
condition of the system Its sales exceed
the combined sales of all other medicines
for women.
The story of its discovery and its
wonderful success is told in one part of
Doctor Pierce's great thousand page book,
Common Sense Medical Adviser" which
will be sent free on receipt of 2I one-cent
stamps to pay for mailing only. Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, No. 66s
Main Street. Buffalo. N. Y.
The record-union., 1896-07-28
Bids for Lighting the County Court
house With Electricity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
sealed bids will be received and opened by
the Board of Supervisors of Sacramento
County, at their Office on I street, between
Sixth and Seventh street, Sacramento
City, California, on THURSDAY, August
6, 1896, at 10 o'clock a. m, for lighting the
County Courthouse with electricity. Bids
to require that connection to be made to
and furnishing necessary meters to re-
cord consumption of current registered in
electric watts; meters to be conveniently
placed that they may be read and in
spected by representative of the Board
of Supervisors. Bidders must name
price for electric current by the thousand
watts such current to be furnished for
continuous day and night service during
the entire year, the board reserving the
right to reject any or all bids. By order
of said board.
Attest:
(SeaD VIM. B. HAMILTON,
iy24-1Ot Clerk of said board.
The record-union., 1896-07-28
THE SENSIBLE PLAN.

The radical silver men who will have
nothing but the moon and insist upon its
immediate delivery, are not able thus
far to point an error in the proposition
advanced In these columns to increase
the volume Of silver money. 1t is plan
wholly within the province of Congress
to accomplish, and there is nothing in
1t that the Republican party may not
carry out without departing one iota
from the declarations of it's platform.
Believing in the widest possible use of
silver as medium Of exchange, we hold
that without radical change or any dis
turbance in commerce, or causing any
uneasiness in business, the Congress Of
the United States may, and that the Re-
publican party will stand forward in
support Of such plan as this. namely,
make all kinds of silver coinage legal
tender to the full extent of $50 Direct
that there shall issue no bills Of gold or
any coinage of gold, or any paper based
on gold for a sum less than $40. Coin
all the bullion in the Treasury Of the
United States.
Thus we would have silver currency
in all plenitude, gold would issue to the
needs of commerce, and in denomina-
tions that would confne 1t mainly to
commercial uses; silver would be the
medium for about all domestic pur-
chases, and thus we would put into cir
culation four or five hundred millions
of dollars in silver. The creation of a
silver note for $50 would be a useful
and feasible part of such financial ad-
justment. Under such a system there
would come no harm to any Interchange
Of commerce. and effort would not be
paralyzed, but promoted, to secure by
international agreement true bimetal-
lism.
The record-union., 1896-07-28
ONCE LIVED HERE.
Biscaccianti, the Songstress, Who
Died the Other Day.

Madame Biscaccianti, the once brill
ian opera singer, who died in Paris the
other day, was once an inmate of va
riety theater-called in those days "a
melOdeon"-in this city.
She stood high in her profession when
she landed in San Francisco upward of
thirty years ago. She had youth, beauty
and wonderfully sweet and well-cul-
tured voice. Her success was great.
but after few years she took up with a
noted sport of the city, and from that
time forward her downfall was rapid.
From the front rank of the worlds
vocalists she fell to the level Of the beer
garden and melodeon singers, and was
soon an outcast. The telegraphic re-
port Of her death put her age at 72 years,
but it is doubtful if she was more than
90, for she was young and fresh-looking
when she arrived on the coast in the
early sixties
The record-union., 1896-07-28

The decent and the fearless press has
nothing to conceal and no offenses to
omit from rebuke. It never allows its
passions and dts prejudices to lead its
Judgment. But the San Francisco "Ex-
aminer" has so long and industriously
catered to the criminal and the lawless
elements and has SO much cultivated
contempt for authority and the rights
of the people as against the lawless,
that it is practically committed to ap-
prevail of whatever the hoodlum ele-
ment of San Francisco does. The San
Francisco Examiner" was silent on
Sunday morning concerning the out
rageous conduct of the hoodlum ele-
ment of that city the night previous,
which it has so industriously cultivated
and encouraged to acts of lawlessness
A lawful and respectable parade of good
citizens was announced for that night
through the streets of the metropolis
and when 1t came to take place 1t was
met by the lawless and vicious elements
with jeers, hootings, crowding and per-
sonal assaults: the ornaments of the
vehicles were torn off and destroyed
largely, and the jostling, the crowding
the vile language and the jeering, were
such that the procession was practic-
ally broken up and its effect destroyed.
The ladies in the line were by their es-
corts withdrawn at Eighth and Market
streets, and long before the procession
reached that point large numbers en-
gaging in 1t left the line and returned
to their homes because of the violent
a1S insulting treatment they received.
Finally, after the procession passed. the
hoodlums not being satisfied with their
work used paving blocks from the
street in attempts TO derail street cars,
to break windows and batter peaceable
and innocent men, women and children,
not a few Of whom were bruised and
wounded 1t became necessary to call
In large bodies of police and to order the
club exercise before the riotous demon
stration could be suppressed. And this
was the logical result of the preaching
Of the San Francisco Examiner and
some other of its sensational contem-
poraries engaged daily In catering to
the lawless spirit, and the stimulation
OF bad blood. As the Examiners"
The record-union., 1896-07-28
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
SYLLABI.
Is. F., No. 44-Departmen.t One-Filed
J111v % 1S96)

SYLLABI.
Is. f., No. 44-Department One-Filed
July %, 1860
Louise Heidft, respondent; Peter o.
Minor, appellant Action against sure
ties of a. Notary Public to recover dam
ages caused by false or fraudulent GER
tificate Of acknowledgment. Affirmed.
The effect of an unqualified reversal
Is to remand the cause for a new trial.
When a notary certtfies that the
mortgagor duly acknowledged the ex-
ecu'tion of a mortgage which, in fact, is
a forgery, the measure Of damages, in
am action against the notary or his
sureties brought by one who has parted
with the value on the faith of such GER
tificate, is the amount which would be
the value of the mortgage If genuine.
The value of a mortgage is the amount
which can and will be collected there
amount is obtained by a sale of the
mortgaged premises or by the enforce
ment of a deficiency Judgment When
1t appears that the plaintiff. had the
mortgage been genuine, would have
been able to collect the whole amount
named therein, he is entitled to recover
that amount without regard to the
value of the mortgagor's interest in the
mortgaged property.
The rule of the law of the case only
applies when. on a subsequent trial, the
issues and the facts found remain sub
stantially the same