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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-08
WHOLE NUMBER 1860
THE GIRL FIXED HIM.
When the Conductor Furnished th
Proof ft Was Sufficient.

When the Conductor Furnished the
Proof IL Was Sufficient.
She was on train westward bound
from New York, and travelling in her
party was fresh young man from the
second largest city in the United States
who was disposed to guy Chicago and
Chicago people, as people in his invir-
onments are inclined to do.
She rather permitted his little jolly
ing at the beginning of the trip, hav-
ing better manners than he had, but
she began to grow weary after while
and sought to get even.
1t happened at a station about fifty
miles out from Chicago, that a man
weighing at least $50 pounds and not
under six feet five inches in height
came aboard the train.
A few minutes later the young man
from New York, who had been ont in
the smoking compartment, came back
to the woman from Chicago.
"I presume you saw the passenger
we took aboard a few moments ago ?"
he said to her.
"The big man ?" she asked.
"Yes."
"Oh, yes; I saw him."
"He's just like everything else with
you-too much overgrown."
"Why do you say with you; don't
know anything about him ?"
"But he's Chicago man."
"Oh, no, he isn't" and the girl was
very confident.
"I beg your pardon" persisted the
New Yorker, "I heard the conductor
say 10 was.
i say ne .-~'t." persisted the girl,
"and I'll bet you sc.-othing on it.
What do you say to dozen p.;-s of
gloves and ten pounds of candy to a
pearl scarf-pin ?"
"Done," said the young man, "and
I'll go and get the conductor. Will
his word settle it 7"
"Of course" and he went for the
conductor, who had a home in Chicago
himself.
When the conductor arrived on the
scene the girl took him in hand al
once.
"You understand" she said, " that
this gentleman says that that large
party is a Chicago man and say that
he is not 2"
II do," replied the conductor.
Every good. I say he isn't a Chica
60 man, because he is only Chicago
boy. Isn't that correct"
1T is," replied the conductor SOL
emnly, and the entire carload of pas.
sengers rose as one man and told the
New Yorker that he had lost the bet
and if he did not want to 60 back cas-,
feet foremost he had better pay it.
Which he did.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-08
CHEWING-GUM MANUFACTURE.

Description OF an Industry which
Has Made It's Owner Rich.
Only few years ago the owner of
the largest chewing-gum factory in the
world was a poor man, says the Cleve-
rand Leader, making his gum in the
basement of an old building, Offering
in vain his whole business for few
hundred dollars, and with his wife his
sole assistant. Now his 800 employees
make profits for a millionaire.
The gum.making begins in Mexico,
its foundation being chicle gum, the
chocolate colored exudance of the
naseberry tree. The natives gather,
pack it into barrels and send it north.
At the factory it is picked over and
crushed, then placed in large kettles
together with sugar and flavoring ex.
tracts. While cooking, the revolving
cylinder within the kettle keeps the
mass constantly stirred. When cooled
it is carried to table where groud
of girls knead the gingerbread-looking
stuff, mixing in sugar until it attains
the needed dryness. Transferred to
another table, it is rolled out to thick
square cakes, worked as q cook would
pastry, but with sugar taking the place
of -four. These cakes are then passed
back and forth under a steam roller
until each is thin strip about eigh-
teen inches wide and a yard long. A
grooved roller cuts it into squares,
which are laid ON tray and left twen-
ty-four hours. After the days drying
another grooved roller marks it into
the shapes in which it is sold, when it
is broken and sent in boxes to the
packing-room. Here it is wrapped in
paper, packed in dainty boxes, then
sent to the inspecting room, where each
box is opened, examined and passed.
The factory is complete in itself and
has many departments. The top floor
is given up to the manufacture of
pastebOard boxes for the gum. The
basement is light airy printing Office
where many hands are busy with the
labels and advertising matter. A rail-
way switch loads and unloads every
thing at the door. Six brands of gum
are made in the building Of one
brand alone, the Yucatan, 1900 miles
(that is if the sticks" were placed end
to end) have been sold in ten years
each day of the last ten years 134 miles
have been the average sale OF gum.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-08

the practice is illegitimate, and when
the mints were first closed the govern
ment tried to put stop to it, but not
with much success. Now it is winked
at by the authorities, for the situation
in India to-day is too threatening for
any interference which is not abso-
luteiy necessary. 1t is probably the
first case on record where counterfeit
ing has been tacitly sanctioned by q
government.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-08

EFFICACY OF PRAYER.-Booker 7.
Washington, the colored orator, in a
recent speech told a yarn of an old
negro who wanted a Christmas dinner
and prayed night after night: "Lord,
please send a turkey to this darkey."
But none came to him. Finally he
prayed: "Oh, Lord, please send this
darkey to turkey" And he got one
that same night.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-08
TO STOP SNORING.
Chicago Carpenter Has Invented
an Apparatus to Prevent IT..


Let no man whose snores disturb
his boarding house at night hence
forth make the feeble excuse, "I can't
help it," He can, for a Chicago
carpenter has invented an anti-snor-
ing remedy which is said to be infal-
lible. 1t comes in various sizes and
will suit the palate of the most fas-
tidious.
1t cannot be" administ cred in coffee
without the knowledge of the patient"
like most anti-whiskey and anti-to-
bacco remedies. If swallowed, how
ever, it is likely that a man would
never snore again, for it looks more
like a block and tackle than anything
else.
The inventor is S. Anderson, who
lives in a part of widest Chicago
known as Prairie avenue. He was ac-
customed to snore with such energy
that, it is said, the inhabitants of the
surrounding townships placed the
rain-barrels under the spouts every
night. His was a snore, the story
goes, which rose and fell with
rhythmic measure. Sometimes it was
dramatic in quality. 1t sounded like
a buzz-saw when the carpenters mind
was restless, and again it was soft and
low.
"Sam," said his wife, "you have got
to get something to stop that snoring.
The neighbors say they won't submit
to it."
So the faithful Anderson began a
series of patient experiments. He
burned his throat with wonderful
mixtures, which made him feel as
though he had swallowed stream of
tacks. He slept without pillow and
then used two pillows under his head
instead of one. He consulted several
physicians. But all to no avail.
Then he bethought himself OF his
trade, for he was a skillful carpenter.
Long nights he sat up, poring over
plans with callipers, and welding the
T-square over blue prints.
Then peace and quiet fell upon
Prniris avenue Ikea balm to heal the
blows of sound. s. Anderson, who
had slept so loudly for years before,
sank to rest like a purring kitten.
The neighbors came to inquire, and
they for the first time saw "Ander-
sons Snore Annihilator."
The invention is not nice to look at.
1t is sim ply a pad secured to the end
of strap.
The pad prevents the breathing
through the nose from becoming audi
BILE, and the strap is simply put there
in the interests of safety and econ
omy. A man who has bought newly
patented article cannot afford to
swallow it. The strap prevents the
pad from slipping down into the
throat.
1t is difficult to administer this
remedy without the knowledge of the
snorer, yet there are cases in which it
is worth trying. Most of those af-
flicted with the snoring habit sleep
with their mouths open. If a man in
the next berth in the sleeping car
annoys you too much you may be
able to give him Mr.. Anderson's
remedy, and spend calm and rest
full night.
The snore annihilator is manufac-
tured in various sizes. There is an
individuality in snores, and there are
various styles of Mr.. Anderson's in
vention. The effect of a patient get
ting q snore annihilator not exactly
adapted to his needs might be disas.
trous. With due care and with care
full measurement, there is really no
danger of any cases OF lockjaw result
ing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-08
THE CRATER OF RAINIER.
Experiences OF a Night ON the Sum.
NIT Of the Weird Mountain.
Israel C. Russell In Scrihner.

Israel T., Russell In Scr1Dner.
Throwing off the life line, which
had become almost an intolerable bur-
den, l scaled the pile of bare rocks
and gained the rim of the crater. The
great bowl within was deeply filled
with snow, but the black circle FORM
ing its rim could be distinctly traced.
Descending the inner slope for about
100 feet, I found place where steam
was issuing from a crevice in the rocks
and warmed my benumbed fingers.
Soon my companions joined me, and
we took refuge in one of the many
caverns that the heat of the rocks and
of the escaping steam had melted in
the lower portion of the snow and ice
partially filling the crater. In these
weird caverns one may descend far
beyond the light of day. The white
vapors drifting silently through the
dimly lighted passages assume gro-
tesque shapes and suggest to the
imaginative visitor that spirits of the
time when Pluto's reign was supreme
there make their homes.
By melting snow in our tin cups
over the cracks from which steam was
issuing we soon had water enough
with which to prepare tea. In the alb
sence of sugar and cream a little alco-
hol from the supply brought for fuel
was added to each cup and proved a
welcome stimulant. Making our
selves as comfortable as possible under
the circumstances, NO nassed the
night in the cavern of ice. Tnere
were no ledges broad enough to lie
down on, and we were forced to stand
or crouch against the hot rocks all
night. The floor of our cavern sloped
steeply and led down to an ugly open
ing Of unknown depth between the
descending roof of ice and the rocks
To guard against accidents, the life
line was stretched across the cavern
and made fast to crags. This proved
wise precaution, as we were able dur
ing the night to walk up and down
with the rope in our hands and avoid
the stiffness and discomfort that com,
from remaining long in one position.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-08
VOLUME XXXVII.-NUMBER ~.
A Lesson in Physiology.

There is not much poetry or even
rhyme i'll the following lines, but there
is 4 vast fund of anatomical knowl-
edge that may be easily memorized by
this form of presentations:
How many bones in the human face?
Fourteen when they're all in place.
How many bones in the human head?
Eight, my child, as Pve often said.
How many bones in the human ear?
-Four in each, and they help to hear.
How many bones in the human spine?
Twenty-iOur, like a climbing vine.
How many bones in the human chest?
Twenty-fOur ribs, and two of the rest.
How many bones in the shoulders bind?
Two in each-One before, one behind.
How many bones in the human arm?
In each arm one; two in each forearm.
How many bones in the human wrist?
Eight in each if none are missed.
How many bones in the palm of the hand?
Five in each with many band.
How many bones in the fingers ten?
Twenty eight, and by joints they bend.
How many bones OH the human hip?
One In each; like dish they dip.
How many bones in the human thigh7
One in each, aud deep they lie.
How many bones in the human knees?
One in each, the kneepan, please.
How many bones In the leg from the knee?
Two III each, We can plainly see.
How many bones in the ankle strong:
seven in each, but none are long.
How many bone, in the ball of the foot?
Five in each, as the palms were put.
How many bones In the toes half scorer
Twenty-eight, and there are no more.
And now altogether these many bones wait;
And they count, In q body. two hundred
eight.
And then we have, in the human mouth,
OF upper and under thirty-twO teeth.
And now and then have a bone, l should
think,
That forms on joint or to fill up chink x
A Sesamold bone, or a WOrmain, we cali:
And now we may rest; for we've told them
all.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-08

CONFUSION as to the choice of a
blood-purifer is unnecessary. There
but one best Sarsaparilla, and that is
Ayers. This important fact was rec
ognized at the Worlds Fair, Chicago,
1893, being the only blood-purifer ad-
mitted to be placed on exhibition.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-08

CHICAGO Record: "What is this
telegraphy without wires?" "Well,
when I was young they called it max
ing eyes at the girls"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-08
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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1897-06-12

chants inviting suggestions for placing
the currency upon sound basis. In
outline the scheme will embrace the
gradual retirement of the greenbacks
and the substitution of national bank
notes therefor; allowing national banks
to issue to the full limit, instead of 80
per cent, as now; reducing the tax on
national bank circulation from l per
cent to ID of per cent; and limiting the
denominations of bank notes and all
other paper money to sums of $40, and
substituting silver for all below $40.
There will probably be provision for
branch banks, and there is a suggestion
that state and municipal bonds may be
used as basis for not to exceed 90 per
cent of the note circulation.
Secretary Gage has in fact already
commenced to carry out his scheme for
retiring greenbacks as far as possible
under the peesent law by locking up in
the treasury greenbacks and treasury
notes. These. classes of notes have
greatly increased since March 4, and on
June there was held in the treasury Of
both classes about $60,000,0O0.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1897-06-12

whether the conditions were as bad as
they have been painted. My conclusion
is based on what have seen, not going
100 miles beyond Havana.
Nearly 100000 Of Them.
There is no means of learning the
exact number Of the hereconcentradoes. An
American consul who has made care
full study says it is more than $50, 600.
He is well informed regarding the inte-
rior of the island, and declares that the
rural population has always been under
estimated.
A Spanish officer told me there were
more than 10000 of "these starving
country people" The best opinion places
the number between 100, 900 and 200, 900.
It is months since Weyler's order was
put in force, but they have not all been
brought in.
An inspection of a settlement Of the
pacificos shows just how they are held
as prisoners Of war. IN not all the
places are they hemmed in by bitches
and barb wire fences as at Campo Flor
lido, but they are everywhere under mil.
itary guard. Those who are left of the
men cannot go out into the country be-
yond certain line. Then it is with an
escort Of soldiers. Usully these are the
guerillas and it is an even chance be-
tween death by starvation and getting
back without being murdered.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1897-06-12
JAPS TOO AGGRESSIVE.
Hive an idea That the United States Il
- Another China.

HIVE IN idea That the United States Is
Another China.
WASHINGTON, June 7.-Senator Frye
Of Maine is the leading Republican
meMber Of the committee on foreign
re1ations. He was entitled to the chair
manship Of the committee when SEN
atcf Sherman retired from the senate,
but:declined the position in favor of
Senator Davis of Minnesota, whom he
believed to be better equipped than him
self as an international lawyer. Sen
ator Frye is, however, potential factor
in foreign affairs, and he said: "It ap-
pears that Japan is attempting to coerce
the Hawaiian republic into receiving all
Of her emigrants, on the ground that the
refusal Of Hawaii to receive japanese
would be violation of treaty rights.
Our reciprocal relations with Hawaii will
be continued in the pending tariff bill,
in aqcordance with the amendment pro-
posed by Senator Davis. Moreover, this
couatry will not permit any intimida-
tion of that little republic in the Pacific
ocean. The Hawaiian islands are the
wards Of this nation, and they shall not
be abused or intimidated by Japan nor
any other nation"
The opinion prevails in diplomatic
circles that the Japanese look upon the
United States as a vast territorial en-
pire, something like China, and that
they incline to the belief that this coun.
try might be as easily disposed of in
warfare as China was.
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field for the incorporation of company
with a capital stock of $50, 100000. The
Baltimore and Ohio, the Wisconsin Gen.
tral, the Chicago and Northern Pacific
and the Northern Pacific systems figure
in the great undertaking. BY consol-
idation of these, their branches and con-
nections, will be produced the new sys-
TEN, one end of which will touch the
Atlantic, the other the Pacific. The
Headquarters. of the system. will --bs DO
Gated in Chicago. The chief promoter
and the man who has carried this gigan-
tic plan to successful issue is William
Allen Butler of Yankers, N. Y. Asso-
ciated with him are Edward Adams Of
the Northern Pacific and L. r. Gates Of
Montclair, N, J. Mr.. Gates represents
the Rockefellers, the Standard Oil cor
poration being largely interested i'll the
undertaking.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1897-06-12
OLD OFFICERS Reelected.
Modern. Woodmen Endorse the Presen
Administration.

Modern Woodmen Endorse the Present
Administration.
DUBUQUE, Ia, June 3.-The days ses-
sion of the national convention of Mod
ern Woodmen was most important. The
election of officers was an endorsement
of the administration, nearly every one
being reelected. The headquarters
We're ordered removed to Rock Island
and the next head camp was voted to
Kansas City. Charges of misappropria-
ton Of funds, mismaragement, ETC.,
against the head officers fell fat, not SO
much as being considered by the con-
vention. The law prohibiting member
ship to liquor dealers was so amended
as not to affect those in the order be-
fore such legislation was enacted. The
officers elected are: Head consul, w.
A. Northcott, Illinois; adviser, Daniel
B. Horne, Iowa; clerk, G. w. Hawes,
Illinois: banker, George w. Frett, Wis
consin; escort, F. r. Van Slyke, South
Dakota
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1897-06-12
SILVER REPUBLICAN PARTY.
New Political Organization Being Formed
at Chicago.

New Political Organization Being Formed
at Chicago.
CHICAGO, June 8.-A new political
organization, already christened the
"Silver Republican Party of the United
States, is sabOut to be formed in this city.
Its promoters are Henry M. Teller, Fred
J. Dubois, John P. Jones, F. j. Cannon,
Richard +. Pettigrew, Senator Mantle,
Charles A. Towne, G. H. Hartman,
John F. Shaforth and Charles H. Allen.
These men bolted the St. Louis conven-
ton and supported MIR. Bryan. They
and their followers are congregating
here to attend a caucus at which it is
proposed to create a national committee
and start the campaign for congressional
elections next year.
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Tents, Boats and Fishing Tackle Supplied.

incense. 1ney tell their stories just as
they want you to believe them. From
the Spanish point of view the island is
practically pacifed, and from that of
the Cubans the insurgents never were
In such excellent shape as they now
are."
Visited the Interior.
"Did you go into the interior of the
islandi"
Eyes. went from Havana to Ma
tanzas. While both are on the seacoast,
still to go from one point to the other
by rail, it takes you through large
part Of interior country. also made
several short trips from Havana in other
directions.
"What il the condition of the
country?''
''It seems TO be entirely depopulated,
and there are no signs of any buildings
standing except at the railroad stations.
These, by the way, are practically forts.
was generally informed that the same
condition Of affairs exists throughout
the Cuban island from Havana to Pinar
del Rio, except in the extreme eastern
end. There is where the Cubans
Get Their Supplies and Their Cattle.
They control that section. 1t was the
portion Of the island which held out for
10 years in the last war.
.'Cuba is undoubtedly magnificent
country. Il is rich and beautiful and
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1897-06-12

Of the powers and Tewik Pasha, Turkish
minister for foreign affairs. No secre.
tary was present and the only record
that will be kept Of the proceedings was
such as each ambassador will make for
himself. 4...
. 1t is understood that the result Of
three hours of delberation was that
Count Nelidoff, the Russian ambassa.
dor, will prepare memorandum as to
the rectification Of the frontier; M.
Gambon, the French ambassador, q
memorandum as to the capitulations in
the case Of Greek subjects in Turkey,
and Sir Philip Currie, the British am
massador, a memorandum as to indem-
nifty. The conference then adjourned
to meet again on Saturdy next to con-
slider these memoranda.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1897-06-12
LEE ON RUIZ CASE.

Text of the Consul Generals Report TO
Secretary Sherman.
NEW YORK, June 8.-The Journal
publishes the full text of Consul General
Lees report on the Ruiz case to Secre-
tary Sherman. It is dated Havana,
May 81, and says in part:
"I deduce from my knowledge of the
facts the following conclusions:
"First-Dr. Ruiz was arrested ON q
false charge.
"Second-He was placed under an
improper jurisdiction and died before
the proper tribunal considered his case,
thereby giving him no opportunity to
prove his innocence.
"Third-He was kept incommunicado
in a solitary cell for S15 hours, in viola
ton of his treaty rights, which limit
such confinement to 70 hours.
"Fourth-He died from congestion of
the brain produced by blow on the top
of the head. @#
"Nfth-There are two theories con-
nected with the wound on the head.
One that in a state of mental excite
ment he xasn across the cell as described
by one Of the jailers and butted his head
on the door in frantic effort to get out.
Another, that he was struck on the head
with one Of the clubs carried by the
jailers-by the immediate watchman-
who had probably ordered him to cease
his cries for relief and for his chill
dren, and, upon his not doing
so, struck him with more force
than he intended; or it is possible that
the blow was delivered to make him
confess or give evidence against others.
It is possible he went mad, and many
causes combined to produce such re-
suit. But whether when bereft Of rea-
son he inflicted the blows which pro-
duced brain congestion, or whether he
died at the hands of others the fact
remains, his unjust confinement killed
him -