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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-06

The new constitution OF Kentucky
granted 10 women of cities OF the sec
ond class the RICH. OF school suffrage.
The first election under the new
charter was held in Lexington. No
yember =. The women organized 10y
spp"intin" Joint committee from the
". c. T. t.. Equal Rights Association
and the Woman's Club of Central
Kentucky. Mrs. Nellie Arnspiger,
state Corresponding Secretary OF the
w. c. +. L. and local Recording Sec
rotary, was made Secretary of this
Joint committee, and largely to her
faithful and efficient work was due the
success that crowned the women's
ticket.
\ school board was nominated, COM
posed OF four women and four men.
Prominent Democrats pledged their
influence to keep the Democrats from
nominating school board, but two
weeks before the election they did
bring out one. Then the Republicans
brought out Il fusion ticket, but on ac-
count OF some illegality, it was not
printed on the official ballot.
On Friday preceding the election,
the women were notified that the
voting places for school board had
been changed from rooms in private
houses to booths on the street,
duplicates of the booths used as
general voting places This some of
the women thought most unfair, as
most Of the officers for school election
were women, and as was apprehended
many OF them declined to serve.
1t was in this emergency that the
prompt and energetic action of our
Mrs. Arnspiger told with such power.
Up to this time she had shown great
executive ability and untiring energy
some days making as many as fifty
visits in the interest of this work.
On Monday, when the women began
to send in their designations, it looked
much as if the cause was lost, Blu,
Mrs. Arnspiger sent for the president
Of the local union, Miss Emma Shaw
and together they went from precinc,
to precinct, seeing each officer and
urging them to serve, and if she die
not prevail with them she secured
some one to take their places.
At eight o'clock in the evening wher
she thought her work was done, two
more vacancies were reported, 80 sh,
with her good husband, who has stoot
SO nobly with her in the fight, wen
out and secured others to fill thes,
places. The next morning she was a
her post, as clerk in her precinct
The woman's ticket won by q majority
of over five hundred.
We should not fail to mention tn,
strong brotherly help rendered to oul
cause Judge Jessie r. Morton, 4.
prominent Democrat and chairman O
the city Democratic committee.
At the Democratic rally Monda!
evening, he spoke for the woman
ticket, and stated that as q Demo
cratic legislature that put the clause
in the charter of cities of the secont
class, for the express purpose of re
moving the city schools from politics
it would not be undemocratic or in any
proper sense scratching the ticket, t
vote for the woman's ticket, bu
would be carrying out the Democratic
idea of taking the schools out of politics
and through this speech many vote
were won for our ticket. The w. c
T. U. is happy and rejoicing in thu
fact that three out of the four womer
elected TO the school board are active
faithful members OF the Lexington w
C. T. U.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-06
USEFUL ITEMS.

Nickel plated screws are excellent
for joinery and cabinet-work. They
DO not rust.
To remove a tight ring from the
finger: Hold your hand in cold
water, then apply sOap, glycerine. or
any greasy substance that may be
handy. Try to remove the ring with
q circular movement from the finger.
If the finger is held straight the ring
may generally be removed. If this
does not answer, and the finger is in
pain in consequence of the pressure, a
file will have to he used. A jeweller
will quickly free the finger from the
ring without pain to the finger.
scorched linen may be restored to
its proper color by damping it and
laying it out on the grass to bleach /;
the damping must be many times re-
peated. The following mixture will
remove scorch and mildew: One
ounce curd soap, quarter pound full
er's earth, the juice OF four onions,
and one pint of vinegar. Spread it on
the scorched part, and allow it to dry
on, after which rinse in clear water,
and let it dry. The mixture may be
put in pickle bottle, corked, and it
will keep for some time.
The fashion of hemming table linen
which is warranted to wear better
than the regular hemming stitch,
which every woman is supposed to
know, it requires that the linen edge
shall be first folded to the depth of
three or four threads and then folded
again slightly deeper as for ordinary
hemning. This prepared hem is then
to be folded back upon the linen.
Now, with sharp needle and fine cot
ton, concealing the knot OF thread in
the folds, the sewing begins. 1t is re.
ally an overland stitch, and is taken
in line with the woven linen threads
In washing the stitches become incor.
porated with the fabric, 80 that upon
the right side they are invisible
When the napkin or table cloth is fin.
ished, these over.handed hens should
he carefully flattened, and the result
Of the work cannot fail to be satisfac.
tory to the most particular house.
keeper.
WAITsBURG's city election will he
the first Monday in April.
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the first Monday in April.
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CONSUMPTION

AND 1TS . CURB
To THE EDITOR Il have an absolute
remedy for Consumption. By its timely use
Thousands Of hopeless cases have been already
permanently cured. So proof-positive am
of its power that consider it my duty to
send two bottles free to those of your readers
who have Consumption, Throat, Bronchial or
Lung Trouble, if they will write me thelr
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~ The Editorial and Business Management Of
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TITLE.

NO. III ITIs
GuStdre .iuHdrd.
5. Algonquin Maiden.
II. Guide of the Desert.
Is. Insurgent Chief.
%. Strong Hand.
Mrs. Alexander.
Al. Beaton's Bargain.
F. Anstey.
SO. Fallen Idol.
SO. Giant Robe.
Duke Of Argyle.
8S. Reign of Law.
T. s. Arthur.
80. Off-hand Sketches.
Ed,cin Arnold.
107. Indian Song of Songs.
Areline.
ITO. An American Journey.
Frank Barrett.
III. Recording Vengeance.
1l8. Great Hesper.
III. Kit Wyndham.
Addm Bddedu.
1913. Conspiracy.
DR.. y. Bal.
139. The Morphine Habit.
William Plat Bal.
140. Are the Effects of Use
and Disuse Inherited.
". II. Bdllou.
las. His Fleeing Ideal
Charles H'OlcoH Bdldstier
147. Fair Device
Waller Besdnt.
ISL. Lament Of Dives
158. Holy Rose
l60. Inner House
16l. In Luck at Last
163. Katherine Regina
Mrs. Z. B. Benjamin
ia, Jim the Farson
Anna Beale
+. Bertbet
t73. Sergeant's Legacy
W. Bergsol
$50. Pillone
Le,cis Benjamin
1871. Why Was 1t?
L. Bean
1888. Pudney & Walp
William BeckJord
18G. Vathek
Lord BeacOnsfeM
1888. Coningsby
1871. Rise of Ishkander
1872. COntarina Fleming
1893. Lid BeaConsfield's Life
Herbert Bernard
296. Coachman's Love
Hert Bernard
1877. Locked Out
William Lloyd Birkbeck
202. Historical Sketch of the
Distribution OF Land
in England
r. d. Blackmore
2o6. Mary Anerly
207. Alice Lorraine
2O8. Clara Vaughn
209. Oh. istOweil
go. CraddOck NOVEL; q W
2l4. Sir Tho mas UpmOre
2l5. Erema
ZIG. Maid of Skier
2l7. Grips the Carrier
j, Mount Bldyer
22O. Scientific Methods of
Capital Punishment
William Black
900. In Far LOchaber
227. Prince Fortunatus
228. Penance of John Logan
229. Four MacNichols
233. White Heather
Fabian Band
252 Prophets Mantle
William Nelson Black
253 Ultimate Finance; A
True Theory OF Coop
Grafton.
254. Ultimate Finance: A
Theory of Wealth.
Kemper BocOck
25S. Tax the Area.
NJ. Z. BrdddOn.
263. Mistletoe BOugh.
266. Mohawks Il vOls).
274. Hostages to Fortune.
2s5. Golden c If.
288. Rupert Goodwin.
SOL. Mount Royal.
Robert buchanan.
400. Moment After.
4O3. Master of the Mine.
400 New Abelard
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-06

The old story of Prometheus is parable,
On allegory. Prometheus was on terms of
intimacy with the gods. From them he
stole FIRE, and gave it TO men. For this sin
he was bound to the rocks of Mount eau
casus, and vultures were set upon him
They only ate his liver This grew again
as fast as it was pecked away. Are his suf-
ferings to be imagined? Yes, and realized.
Take modern Interpretation of the par
able. There is no cooking without FIRE. In
cooking and eating the mischief lies. The
stomach is overtasked the bowels become
clogged, they cannot dispose of the food
that is given them. The impurities back
up on the liver. Then come the vultures.
The sufierings from an outside, visible
hurt, are mere pin scratch to the torme nts
of a diseased liver
But, noderns are ahead of the ancients
There is sequel to the old story. Dr.
Pierce is the author. His Golden Med
ical Discovery" is more than equal to the
vultures of dyspepsia and its kindred dis
eases. Every atom of the Discovery" is
an active agent against disease. 1t flies
like ferret wherever il is sent. II is as
sure as the needle of the compass. There
is no more need of suffering from dyspepsia
than there is Of hanging ones self
Mr.. W. ROGERS, of SOY Gydyson 81, Louisv,yLr
Ky. has this TO say for himself and the " Golden
Medical Discovery" IL was dyspeptic had
not had a comfortable night in six years. have
taken three bottles of DR.. Pierces Golden Med
ical Discovery am now fifty years old / feel
thirty years younger" Yours truly.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-03-06
W'asl'lngtun Standard
v. {. I. |. SELECTIONS.

coxar. TED BY tNE!I>E >rr~AEr.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-08-15
|, TRUST WOVEN OF THREAD
The Coats. Clark and Kerr Families,
Intermnrrfed. Form n Combine.

A trust has just been formed which is
bound to interest nine out of 10 women,
young and old, the world over. says the
New York World. 1t has many millions
OF dollars behind 1t and is likely to absorb
many millions more. II Is sure to swal-
low up many competitors who attempt
TO combat IL or even stand with 1t on
even ground. Think OF all this fuss over
the little spools OF cotton thread that can
be bought for a few pennies each over
the shop counters.
And there is a romance in this thread
trust which may brighten the Song OF
the Shirt in all future time.
For years the Coatses, the Clarks and
the Kerrs have been known as the great
thread magnates They sent their
threads to the uttermost parts of the
earth. There used to be the greatest COM
petition between them. Each firm was
| trying to best the Others. But one day
| young Coats fell in love with a Miss
| Clark Then a Miss Kerr lost her heart
| to Coats and matters ran on until the
| present generation of Coatses and ClarlSs
| and Kerrs became closely bound by fam
| lily ties. Gradually business competition
| has died out until now the three power
| full houses have, it is claimed, united
| with a prospect of controlling the cotton
! thread trade of the world.
The Kerrs, it is understood, have drop-
ped out so far their foreign business
| is concerned for a cash consideration or
| three quarters OF q nlllnOn uOllaTS. Inc
Clarks are represented in the amalgama-
ton by the Clarks Mile-End Spool Cot
ton Company and the Clark's O. n. T.
Spool Cotton Company There are Two
or three smaller manufacturers who have
Joined the combination. which is con
trolled, however, by the united family.
The companies in the combination have
advanced prices on thread in other coun-
tries ranging from 1215 to 10 per cent. The
American branches in their price list sent
out the first of the month made no change
in the quoted prices. But a change was
made in the discounts and terms Of sale
whereby the retailers could get good
terms from the manufacturers as the job
bers, who had formerly been the go-be
tweens. The idea of the combination Is
evidently to control the sale of threads
at the retail counters.
Members of the combination seen were
unwilling to discuss the matter.
James Rustin agent for one of th
companies not in the combination, said
trust had been formed which was as pow
erful as the Standard Oil Company. Tn
biggest thread companies in the world
he said, were in it, and We're prepared L
outdo all corners in this country.
4 Their profits are large in thei
trade outside of this country" he said
that they can afford to give ava
' thread here if such step becomes necss
sary to ruin competitors. 1t is the Stand
ard Oil monopoly over again, and on
scale nearly as large. By their new CHS
: counts and terms of sale they mean |
: get to the retail trade direct, without tn
i Intervention of the jobbers. They wis
i to force the exclusive sale of their thread
= in this country
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-08-15
A Curious War Relic.

Charles T.. Gillet of Cleveland, Ohio, has
a curious war relic in the shape of an
honorable discharge" of a faithful dog.
which was formerly owned by Mr.. Gill
let's father. The animal SERVED three
years in Battery II, independent regiment
Pennsylvania light artillery. The dis
charge recites that Jack Puppy (brindle)
was Waterman in Capt. Il. H. Nevin's
company; that he was enlisted on Jan. Il,
1862. for three years, and was discharges
on June 10. 1865, at Camp Barry, ID. c.,
by reason of expiration of time" He was
born at Alexandria, Va, and was years
old at the time of discharge. The paper
further states that the dog was of 'yef-
lowish complexion. and brown eyes" ans
that by occupation he was "a fighter. u
This curious document is signed by Capt
f. H. Nevin and by c. A. Terrence, mus
tering officer.-St. Louis Republic.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-08-15
IL Troubles the Boys.

question which is greatly agitating
the minds of the college boys now is, how
will the next freshman class be deslS-
mated? Last years class was known as
the class of '99. but the coming class,
which will be graduated in 1900 must go
down in history as 60. The ewO naughts
admit of but little opportunity for the oral
outbursts so essential to the happiness of
the college boy, and, consequently he is
filled with CONSERVATION as the situation
confronts him. Especially is this true of
the youngster who has just emerged upon
his college career in the fall. 1.-The class
of '0O is too suggestive of innocuous de-
suetude to suit him, and something must
clearly be done to give individuality to the
class. One bright young man has sug-
gested that it be known as the class Of
naughty-naught and the suggestion is too
good to be ignored. There is an aroma of
delightful wickedness about the "naugh-
tyr which quite condones the objectiona-
| BILE ght."-Philadelphi Record.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-08-15
THEY swINDLE WINE DRINKERS
Forged Labels Placed ON Bottles
Filled with Cheap Wine.

IF people who follow brands and max
ers names knew of half the swindles
perpetrated with labels they'd be az
tonished." said celebrated English wine
merchant recently
why, | know a man, a former en-
graver. who can forge the brand of any
wine In existence. This is his sole occs-
patton and working in league with him
are a clique OF rogues who buy up guam
titles of empty wine and champagne bot
ties from hotels and restaurants.
Some OF this gang have been wine mer-
chants assistants and understand bot
Ting and they fill the bottles with low
priced but drinkable port. claret, cham
payne, etc. and affix cleverly forged la
bells of the most expensive brands, bear
| ing the names OF foreign growers.
mot only are the bottles peculiar to
| each grower used, but they even procure
the proper gold and silver foil FROM
| France. and as to corks. they know
| where to find cork-cutter to the trade
who will supply any shape and kind re-
| quired.
Seals are easily initiated by taking an
| impression and putting cobwebs on port
| wine bottles is an old dodge They plant
| these spurious wines at certain reStaur-
ants and clubs, the wne-buyer standing
in l know more than one high class
restaurant where these limitations are
| constantly sold to people dining there as
genuine brands.
80 perfect are the forged labels that
n military officer actually paid These
sharpers over $500 fer some Madeira
worth about $50 which they advertises
as dating from the battle of Waterloo
"A well known nobleman. too, was
| victimzed over some pretended wine Il
the tune Of $1,000, and L could give yoI
the name of a big firm of wine merchants
swindled for nearly $4,000 { a few bottles
of genuine wine being procured and open
ed for them to taste), and dared not pros
ecute, for it would simply have RUNE,
their business were it 10 become knows
that they had had hundreds of Easel,
labeled wines in their cellars, some o
. which they have even resold to their Gus
, toners"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-08-15
The Cops Presence of Mind.

We have great cause to be thanful Coz
the efficiency of the police The follow
ing incident well illustrates their invari-
BILE presence of mind; A small boy hap
pened to be crossing a bridge just as an
other small boy fell into the water A
policeman asked the boy on the bridge
whether he could swim. The boy said he
could, and with great presence of mind
the officer thereupon dropped him over
the balustrade into the river. After y
hard struggle the boy who was dropped in
succeeded in recuing the one who fell in.
The policeman has not yet been promotes
for his bravery.-San Francisco Wave.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-08-15
AFTER.
1OwARD thine eastern window, when
the morn

TOWARD thine eastern window, when
the morn
Steals through the silver mesh OF silent
stars,
1 come unlaureled from the strenuous
wars
Where men have fought and wept and
died forlorn.
But here across these early fields of corn
The loving silence dwelleth. and the gray,
Sweet earth-mist. while afar the sounding
spray
Breathes from the ocean like Triton's
horn.
Open thy lattice, for the gage is won
For which this world has journeyed
through the dust
or shattered systems. cold about the sun
Now, proved by sin, by mighty loves i'm
pearled
A voice cries through the sunrise-"TimC
Is just:
And falls like dew Gods pity on the
world.
George Cabot Lodge, in the Angus
Scribners.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-08-15
Barnum's Retort.

p T. Barnum, before the railroad
shows were in existence. Travelled by Wa
CONS from town to town, hating on the
outskirts of the town to enable the cir
Gus people to put on their show clothes
and prepare for the parade. One night
the show did not reach town in time to
make much of a parade. Later Mr.. Bar
mum was seated in the village hotel
whom an angry lot of people who were
disappointed at the size of the parade
waited upon him and told him that he
was a fraud. How SOP" said Barnum.
well" replied the spokesman for he
crowd. you advertised two miles of pa
rade, and there was only one" Yes"
replied Barnum. there was one mile Of
parade and another mile of id fools fol-
lowing 1t. That makes two miles. doesn I
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-08-15
THE STRONGEST FISH KNOWN
Il Has Neither Eyes. Ears. Heart
Head Nor Bones.

There is an animal at Columbia univer-
sity which has neither ears, eyes, head,
nor heart says the New York Journal.
The absence of the cad and heart are
naturally the most odd features of this
strange creature, which biologists call
lanceIet One of them is now being exper-
imented on in Columbia university's bio
logical laboratory.
Although this wonder looks good deal
like a fish, it is really an animal, for there
is lust as much difference between the
lancelet and a salmon, for instance, as
there is between a man and an ordinary
bird.
Epicureans with a sweet tooth for fish
will hail with delight the prospect of haV-
ng all the lakes and rivers of the country
stored with the lancelet, for in their en-
tire body there is not one bone. True,
there is a kind of backbone running the
length of the body, but as this bone is
not a bone at all, but only strip of what
ordinary mortals would call gristle nc
i trouble with fish bones can follow from
the attempt to eat the animal when g
man is in a hurry to catch an IL" eX
press.
Still another advantage exists to mar
who wants to eat the lancelet in jiffy
| This advantage is, perhaps lone better
J than the absence of bones. Every man'l
| eyes perform the functions of an X-ral
machine in good order, for the lancele
is absolutely transparent in every section
of its extraordinary corpus.