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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02
The Ideal Sleeping Room.

A bedroom may be luxurious in its
appointments and furnishings and yet
be the most insanitary room in the
dwelling. A heavy carpet upon the
floor, trailing portieres and unwashable
curtains, covers and cushions are not
the ideal of daintiness for a room so
important as a sleeping room.
And, needless to say, the bed should
occupy the most prominent position
in the room, just where the air would
seem to be the freshest, not pushed
into a corner to better preserve the
symmetry of appearance.
To sleep with the bed in a corner or
the face against the wall neutralizes
any beneficial effects to be derived from
a nights rest. A sound, refreshing
sleep, perfect rest, bright eyes and an
improved complexion will accrue
when the conditions are favorable, and
on the contrary, dull eyes, pale COM
plexion and great lassitude will be the
natural outcome of repose in an over
heated, ill ventilated room or sleeping
with the face close to wall.
Most bedrooms are overfurnished.
They are crowded not alone with fur
niture, but bric-a-brac and fancy arti-
cles that catch and hold particles OF
dust, in which disease germs often
lurk.
The walls of a sleeping room should
be smooth and clean, unincumbered
with many pictures, for they also ac-
cumulate dust unless constantly re.
moved and cleaned.
The floor should be painted or oiled
rug for the center and several small
ones for necessary places being the
most desirable covering. Curtains o.
certainty should be washable, tht
dainty sash curtains against the glass
being one of the prettiest as we'll as
cleanest of arrangements, as they Car
be so easily removed and replaced.
Table covers, cushion covers, bureau
and toilet stand covers should be oil
washable material that can be laun
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02

No solid food of any kind should be
given to a child until it has the larger
share of its first teeth. Even then it
must not be supposed that because a
child has acquired its teeth, it may
partake of all kinds of food with i'm.
punity. The digestive apparatus of
a child differs so greatly from that of
an adult in its anatomical structure,
and in the character and amount of
digestive fluids, and it is by no means
proper to allow child to eat all kinds
of even wholesome food which a
healthy adult stomach can digest with
impunity, to say nothing of the rich,
highly seasoned viands, sweetmeats
and epicurean dishes which seldom
fail to form some part of the bill OF
fare. Children are not likely to crave
unsuitable foods unless taste for such
articles has been developed by indul-
gence in them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02
SUICIDE OF A HORSE.
Strange Death OF a Faithful cay
use I'm British Columbia Waters.

A British Columbia dispatch of the
23d inst, publishes the following al
fecting account of the affection of Il
horse for his master. A few days ago,
through grief and despair at the abb
sence of his master, horse deliberately
committed suicide by drowning him.
self in three feet of water. A man
who arrived from Grand Forks, about
forty miles west of here by the Dewd-
ney trail, tells the story as follows:
"Jim Kelly, a we'll known prospec-
tor, came to Grand Forks after an ab-
sence in the mountains of six weeks.
during which time he had been ac-
companied by common cayuse, on
which he sometimes rode and some
times packed his outfit when the
trails were steep and difficult.
Naturally they become attached to
each other by their close compan-
ionship and the little marks OF kind
ness shown in their lonely camps,
when Jim would pet the tired cayuse
and perhaps give him a handful of
sugar before he fed him for the night.
1t was remarked by those who met
them that the cayuse showed re-
markable attachment for Jim.
"On arriving in town Jim staked
out his horse and betook himself to
the Cosmos Hotel and proceeded to
sample all kinds of liquor, prolonging
his spree under Sunday afternoon.
"All day Friday, during Friday
night and until late Saturday after
noon, the cayuse waited, whinnying,
when any one approached, but vic
iously resenting any attempt to feed
him. About sunset Saturday, his
master not returning, the horse
strained at his picket rope till he
finally succeeded in pulling the picket
pin, and trailing the rope behind him
he trotted up to the Cosmos, keeping
up prolonged whinny. He walked
up the steps to the porch and peered
anxiously through the windows in
search of his master. For fifteen or
twenty minutes he walked up and
down the porch, whinnying as though
in pain. Then after long look into
the window he left the porch, and with
head hanging near the ground he
deliberately walked into stream of
water about three feet deep, lay down
on his side and buried his head under
the water.
"The act was witnessed by me and
by number of others, who were
attracted by the horses whinnying
and strange conduct. We followed
him down to the creek. There is no
doubt he deliberately committed sui
eide. When Kelly came off his spree
on Sunday, and learned of the cayuse's
death he secured assistance and buried
the faithful animal.
MANY instances have been known
where animals, and especially horses
have shown great grief at the death or
absence of those to whom they were
attached, but this is believed to be
the first authentic instance where u
horse has deliberately committed sui
eide because of grief at his masters
absence"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02
Unreasonable Civilisy.

A northern visitor in Atlanta was
walking with his host in the garden
the other morning, when they came
upon the gardener, an old negro of 70
years.
"This," said the host, is Moses,
an old family servant"
"Mr. Moses" said the northerner,
extending his hand and touching his
hat, II am happy to meet YOU"
The old negro, ignoring the proffered
hand, threw his own hat on the grass
and, pulling at his wool, made low
obeisance.
When the guest was gone, he ap-
preached his employer and former
master. "Marse Jim," he said, "ain't
de lection done over?"
"The election?"
ayes, sub; de votin2"
"Of course. Why do you ask?"
Bekase," said the puzzled old fel.
low, "dat's de fust white man dat lif
he hat ter me en- try ter shake hands
out OBJ season. Dey sholy is somepin
up"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02
Not am AcCidenG

Caller (on crutches and bandage
over one eye)cI have come, sir, to
make application for the amount due
me on my accident insurance policy.
I fell down a long fight of steps the
other evening and sustained damages
that will disable me for o month to
come.
President of the Compapy-Young
man, l have taken the trouble to in
vestigate your case, and 1 find you are
not entitled to anything. 1t could
not be called an accident. You
knew the young woman's father was
at home.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02
FIRST WHITE HOUSE BATH.
van Buren Was Criticised for I'm.
Producing the Tub Into the Man i.
sion.

Inan article on "The Domestic Side
OF the White House," in The Ladies'
Home Journal, ex-President Harrison
gives this interesting view of the home
portion of the executive mansion: ::
" Properly speaking" he says, "there
are five bedrooms in the executive
mansion, though by the use of two
dressing rooms and of the end of a
short hall that formerly opened to a
large north window, but has now
been closed to make q small bedroom,
the number may be increased to eight.
There no are suitable servants quarters.
Those provided are in the basement,
and only those opening to the south
are habitable. The north rooms open
upon a damp brick area and are un-
healthy. One of the basement rooms,
having a southern exposure, is fitted
up billiard room, but very plainly.
at is said that provision for
library for the White House was first
made during Mr.. Fillmore's term.
Neat cases are arranged about the
room, and most of them are filled
with books-old editions of historical
and classical works. There is no cat
alogue, and the library has not been
kept up.
President Adams introduced bill
iards into the White House, purchas-
ing the first table, balls and cues at q
cost of SCI, paying for them out of his
own pocket. President Van Buren
was charged by political adversary
and scathing critic as being the first
of our Presidents to discover that the
pleasures of the warm or tepid bath
are the proper accompaniment of a
palace life. For it appears that our
former Presidents were content with
the application, when necessary, of the
simple shower bath. Mr. Van Buren's
critic then refers with high approval
to the salutary side of Mr.. Adams
heroic habit of bathing in the Potomac
between daybreak and SUNRISE"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02
WHOLE NUMBER 1916.

shaken by the wind; throw just enough
of it over the line SO that it may be
pinned to the upper side, and snap the
wet blanket few times to get out
wrinkles and make it dry straight.
When dry, take it down and fold it
exactly true. All this work should be
done rapidly, for the chief point in
washing woolens is not to let them
GOol-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02
CHINESE SOLDIERS,
A Remarkable ePromotiOn-IIOw the
Officers Rob the Government.

n aAcAhdTAhDIe frOmOtlOn-AAOW the
Officers Rob the Government.
A young man from my native town
entered the army, and by dint OF hard
fighting and real merit rose to the rank
of brigadier general, but with him at
every promotion rose his brother,
whom 1 will call X, who had not met
him for years and who was peacefully
occupied as cook in distant opium
den. This is how it was done. The
soldier, after each engagement in
which he distinguished himself, re-
ported imaginary deeds of valor per-
formed by his brother, and his word
was taken. One day the cook in the
opium den, who had never even seen a
battle, read his name in the Gazette
and found to his surprise that he had
attained the rank of colonel in the
imperial forces.
Military service is in many ways
very remunerative to the officers.
They enroll any men they like, and
they always draw the pay for many
more men than are actually in the
army. About 10 per cent. of the full
number of men nominally serving and
for whom pay is drawn is the average
strength of the forces, even under Ii
Hung Chang's comparatively honest
officers, while elsewhere 100 men on
paper usually mean but 40 or so in
the flesh. On review days the officers
engage a sufficient number of soldiers
by the day to make the army look all
right. But there are other sources of
profit besides dealing in dummy
soldiers. The live ones have to wear
uniforms and to eat, and both food
and clothes are supplied at extor-
tionate prices by the officers, so that
of the 5 taels per month paid by the
government for each soldier, about
one-fifth or less reaches the pockets of
the men. All this refers to the
"braves" who are only engaged dur.
ing wartime and are disbanded the
moment the fighting is over
wherever they may happen to be
and nearly always without the means
of returning to their homes, thus keep
ing up the supply of armed robbers all
over the empire.
AS to the soldiers of the standing
army in times of peace, they are, with
the exception of the Mantchoo garri-
son, so wretchedly paid that its
strength exists only on paper. The
men enlist and regularly draw their
pay-3 shillings per month-and have
scarcely any further connection with
the military service. The few that go
on duty in the city gates live entirely
on bribes. The Manchu force under
the Tartar general, ON the other hand
is well paid, but these soldiers do nc
fighting. They are only engaged in
guarding the city against Chinese
rebels. They live in separate quar-.
ter to that occupied by the Chinese
on which they always make unpro
voked attacks. Thus fights between
the Chinese and the Tartar soldier:
are of common occurrence, and a.
these Tartar soldiers are not under
the jurisdiction of the civil law theil
outrages invariably go unpunished
Naturally there is no love lost between
the city guards and the native Chin
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02

dered ard replaced, thereby keeping
always an appearance of crisp dainti-
ness.
Ii portieres are necessity, there are
many washable goods that make up
charmingly and have the added merits
OF cheapness and durability.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02
VOLUME XXXVII.-NUMBER 81.
FLOWERS.
Written for the STASDARD.1

Sweet emblems of immortal life,
In colOrs all the shades of seven:
Wieh Love Divine your blooms are rife,
Ie breathe the breath of Heaven.
Ye voice the love of Heaven to earth
In aromatic OdOrs sweet,
And every trill of music mirth
Your silent notes repeat.
The soul that cannot love a flower
Has never felt the gentle spell;
For Cupid banished from the bower
Could know no deeper hell.
j. Marion Gale.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02

PRESIDENT w. II. Comwell, of the
Blackburn university Springfield, ILL.,,
and instructor in Latin, has resigned
to take the Latin chair in Puget Sound
University, Tacoma, Wash.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02
gence in the

Two parallel needles are used IN a
recently patented sewing machine to
run in connection with double
shuttle, thus making it possible to sew
two seams in drawing the cloth once
across the machine.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02

If you want reliable dye that will
color an even brown or black, and will
please and satisfy you every time, use
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02

THE first wheat ship to arrive at Ia
coma this season dropped anchor in
the bay Monday. The Eurydice ar
rived from Seattle for cargo of wheat
for Liverpool. She will probably take
5000 tons. This is the first of the
large number of vessels that will carry
cargoes of grain from that port to
foreign countries during the year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02
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Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-15

wygla iaja motyws, ktoremi sic zasta.
ala z~jednoczony ob6z ~opozycyi ME
mieckiej pr.eciw rozporzsdseniom je
rykowymi Siuia I'm tet one pc pra-
xdzie jake srodek ola innycb celow,
iak to miai wyI owiedsiec sam cesar,
. rozmowie I fosiem Ebei h chem.
Narodowcy niemieccy data do przy-
Srocenia Supremacy niemieckiej v
Austryi j germauizacyi nsrod6w sio,
wianskich jake mniej wartosciowycb
4ydow sko-liberslne z,s stronuictwo
bierzs udziii W obstrukcyi, poniewai
ME mole hr. Badeniemu darowac, re
usual srtisemitow jake rownowarto-
sciowe stronnictwo q satwierdssjac
n~ominacya dra Lnegera ma nsdbur.
mistrza Wiednis ziamai pr.emotny
wplyw dotychczssowych panow" sto
licy.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-15
Pruskie prawO o StOwarzysze
mach.

Jskkolwiek wiekszosc W sejmie
pruskim odrzucila giowne artykuiy
nowego prawa o stowarzyszeniaoh. a
inne nieco zmieniia. istnieje ws.ak-
ze Ottawa, ze narodowo liberalni W
ostatuiej chwili wywina koziolks i
dopomoga posrednio rzsdowi ! kon
ser wstoryum do uchwalenia ustawy,
ogranic.ajaosi swobody obywstel-
skis.
Socyslisci niemieccy, przeciw kt6.
rym zwrsoa sic ostrzs owyoh przepi-
SOW, ME trscs woale otuchy. w
dzienniku nVorwaerts" Bebel IA.
miescii artykui, wydr wiwajscy poll.
tyk0w, ktorzy sadzs nsiwnie, ze ror-
wisrywsnie zebrsh ! inne podobne
srodki powstrzyusjs wzrost demo.
kracyi socyalnej, tego ME wiedzs,
Re oodziennie r~ozohodzs sic pisma
sooyalistycrne W setksoh tysiecy
eg,emplarIy ! przeniksja do ognisk
domowych. 81 OF, 'rry tax poste
pujs powisds Bsbel - nazywsja
sic me,ami stanu i wyobrs,ajs So
bic, re umiejs rrsdsic p~ahstwem'',
gdy tymczasem wytworas tylko ME.
nawisc i nieufnosc.
Ola przeoiwdsialania novel usts
vie Bebel zaleoa Masterpiece srodkl
! sposoby dzislsnis:
L. w tym stopniu, W jakim prawo
o sebraniach ] stowarsysseniach TO
sssnis ogranicsons, nslesy ro.winst
gorliwa agitaoye;
2. Trzeba ni~eustsnuie meozyc
J nispokoic polioye, natyohmisst pc
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-15
UgOdOwcy warsZawscy.

rCzem wlasciwie jest stronniotwo
ugodowe pisze warszawski kore-
spondent ,,Przeglsdu Wszeohpolskie-
go" - wskazuje nsjlepiej sk{ad
ssiezo utworzonego komitstu ,,miko
i~ajewssiego", zajmujaOego sic zbie-
raniem fnndusz6w ma instytucye j.
mienia cara. Arystokracya, bogata
szl.chta j haute finance. jednem $40
wen wszystkie aywioiy antydemo-
kratyczne, beg ro.nicy wyznania i
nsrodowosci DO p~rzscie tskich pa
now, jak Edward Herbst, Julian Ku
Litter, Emil Rspphsn, Oskar Kin-
dlsr, Morits Po1nahski lub Markus
Silberstein, Mkt Ia Polsk6w ME u.
waza, oni tez ssmi nigdy siebis do
Polakow ME zsliozali - po}acryiy
sic W celu solidarnego dokonania
ozynu, majaoego zaswiadczyc o ich
niewatpliwej oddawna lojslnosci, i
DANA nowego zspewn:e Tia rzsdowi,
1e ma nich sic W lynn kraju oprzet
mole. Kto tn kogo zasymilowaii
czy szlschta polska zyd6w l niemcow
lodzkich, cry OF ostatni srlaohteP.. .
Poniewaz psnowie II srbsty ! Poznsh
soy oddswns jut W Daszym krsju bu
duja cerkwie ! szpitale pod weswa.
MEM imienia carskiego, a koloniom
zakladsnym W okolioach kodzi ME
cd dis dajs d. xieczne, ugodowo
brzmisce NAVY pAieksandr6wka"
yNkotaje'oka", przeto oni msjs os}.
kowite prswo twierdzic, re s,liohts
do Job obozu przesris. Jsdnskae tax
ME jest. Many tn do czynienis Z
dwoma kieronksmi, kt6re powsta{J
osikiem samoistnie. jeden niszsleanie
cd drugiego, ! zlewajs sic obecnie "
bratnim uscisku, wobec niewstpliwe
go faktu, ae gi6wna ioh zsssda / oe.
ich giowny jest jeden. Psnowjs
Niemcy i6dscy, jako przybysze Z "a
chodu, Z krsju politycsnie dojrzsl
srego, wczesaiej zrozumieli 70 po
wszeohns prswde, ze wszelki kspits,
must stsrac sic o opieke rzsdu ! RIA
dowi wzajem o6 irowywac poparcie
Ugodowoy tel nssi znalez'i " Mol
tywioi oddawna idsoy W ultrslojsI
nym kierunku ], po&so.ywszy sic
mimi zrobili dobrze ssrowno nam, jal
sobie: sobie, DO zdobyli " niob o
gromns side pienie.ns, kt6ra podwo
ilosc zebrsnego ma fludaoye grosua
nam, DO prsykleili do swej robot,
etykiete kosmopolityczns | ten PREY
ozyn'li sic do w~yjasnienis wiaSoiwe
] 60 oharakteru swsj dsislslnosoi.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-15

rozwiazaniu zebrania zwo}sG inne i
~powtar1ac ten manewr o~hooiatby 90
dziennie.
3. I'm wiecej prawo ste warzysze.
MA sic bedzis okrojonem, tenn gorli
wiej nalezy rozpowszechnisc pisms
i wydawnictwa sooyalistyczne. Ma
zsbrauiach mowoy przemawiajs do
'ysiecy, Pisma zas do dziesistk6w j
'etek tysiecy, nswet do milion6w.
4 Podozas wyborow stronnictwo
socyalistyozne must wyte.yc 81
|fy nietylko W oelu przeprowa.
dzehia swoich kaudydatov v, ale i
ola niedopuszczenia juukrow do
Parlsmentu. DOdamy tn, re socya
lisoi postanowili wystsp:G rowniez
jako stronnictwo prry wyborach do
sejmu pr~uskiego, W kt6ryoh dotyoh
ozas nile brazil udzislu, DO chooisz ME
spodziewsja sic zdobyt viecej nj.
kilka mandatow, liozs ma to, ze W
wielu wypadka h gaosy robotnikow
zapewnia .~wyoiertwo kandydatom
oPozyoyjnym.
o. Stronnictwo socyalistyczne W
parlamenoie prowadzic bedzie spis
dokiadny wszystkioh ograniozen
swob6d obywatelskich i kar, nakla.
danych ma mocy novel ustawy. Ma
podssawie tego materyalu ma poozst
ku kaadej sesyi stronniotwo winno
stswiae wniosek o wydanie og6lne.
go prsws ola caiej rzesry niemieo
kiej. Powtarzanis tsgo wniosku i
r'zprawy z jego powodu ME beds z
Pewnoscia mike rzsdowi i przyspo-
RIA mu ME maio kiopotow.
Jezeli wszys,y socyalisoi ~zastosuja
sic do powyzszych wskazowek, to
zdsniem Bella, nova ustawa mic i'm
ME zaszkodxi, owszem pomote. Me
na,skodziiy p~rzecie %stronnictu praws
wyjatkowe, ami kstolikom ustawy
~majowe, i wog5le walka xulturna.
Bebel ME watpi, Re demokrsoya so.
cyalns z okolicznosoi skorzysts
przypomina, ze "a czsso~ istuienia
praw wyjst'towych znakonicie cor
ganizowa}a sic do waikiki z polioya
tax sic zsprawifs, taxa miaia ucie
che, @e gdy prawo zostalo zniesio
mem ~ t~rudnosoia mozna bylo sklo
mic towsrzysz6w DO iunego sposobu
dzialania".
,Do tahca nv przygrywat bedzie
my - kchczy Bsbel - ale ME my
padniemy re rmeozenis'.
Kstolioka Germania powtorzyla
csiy artykui Bella i z~aznaczyla, ze
jest W MIN, niestety, zawiele praw
dy, my 'as ssdzimy. ze rady, powy-
,ej streszozone, zastosowaG by moi
na niemsl bez z MAN do stosunkow
pol'kieh. z tego wzgledu, jak row
niez ze wzgledu 20 nova taktyks
socyalistow mote wywrze6 pewieu
wPiyw ma sprawy wyborcze artykui
Bella zasiuguje IA s.ozegolna uwa,
&c.