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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16
WHOLE NUMBER 1913
SWEET PEAS FOR WINDOWS,

Everybody may not know that an
attractive as we'll as effective hedge
may be obtained with sweet peas in
shorter time than with most other
plants. A florist in the Ladies' Home
Journal cites as an example hedge
ninety feet long used to separate the
clothes drying space from the more
attractive grounds. Abundant sup
port was furnished in an arrangement
of cedar poles and telegraph wire, the
former being planted as y tripod at
each end of the rows, with the wire
attached at the foot of the outside
poles and where the poles crossed.
The wires were drawn tight and sup
ported q regular distances for the
vines to attach themselves, Il fine linen
twine being carried from wire to wire
and soon covered, 90 that at little
distance the vines seem to stand alone
The poles of the tripods rose some dis
tance above their crossings, and these
were soon decorated with the bells of
the morning glory, so similar in its
variety of colorings to that of the
sweet pea.
The sweet pea is also suggested for
screen against the ugliness visible
from many back windows.
Given long, narrow box for this
purpose, with simple trellis work of
ordinary wire or twine, we'll pulverized
and enriched earth, and small addi-
ton of sand and a moderate amount
OF sunshine-sweet pea vines being
easily scorched-and a pretty window,
a fragrant room, and plenty of
blossoms for cutting may be confident
ly counted on.
A popularity of sweet peas is that
the higher they are trained the more
profusely they will bloom, and if all
fading blossoms are removed before
they can go to to seed constant sue
cession of bloom is secured. A pretty
garden device is sweet pea fountain,
which is produced by planting tall
upright post firmly in the ground and
attaching the skeleton of an umbrella
to it at the top. The vines planted at
its base will climb and droop from
the edge of the umbrella the unfolding
blossoms and sprays disposing them
selves in such fashion that the idea of
a floral fountain is easily suggested.
As winter plant the sweet pea is
not so satisfactory as one could wish.
1t has been sometimes tried in hang
ing basket and coaxed into moderate
bloom amid winter SHOWS, but it does
not take kindly to such conditions.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16
A Satisfactory Proof.
Philadelphia Inquirer.

In County Sligo. among the hills,
there is small lake renowned in that
region for its fabulous depth. A pro-
fessor happened to be in that part OF
Ireland last summer, and started out
one fine day for ramble among the
mountains, accompanied by native
guide. AS they climbed, Pat asked
him if he would like to see this lake,
d" for it's no bottom at all, sorr."
"But how do you know that, Patr
asked the professor.
"Well, sorr, I'll tell ye. Me own
cousin was showin' the pond to a
gentleman one day, sorr, and he looked
incredulous like, just as you do, and
me cousin could not stand it for him
to doubt his word, sorr, and so he said
" Begorra, I'll prove the truth of me
worrds,' and off with clothes and in he
jumped"
The professors face wore an amused
and quizzical expression.
Yes, sorr, in he jumped, and didn't
come up again at all, at all"
"But," said the professor, al don't
see that your cousin proved this point
by recE!essly drowned himself"
"Sure sorr, It wasn't drowned at all
he was. The rext day comes cable
from him in Australia, askin' to send
on his Clothes"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16

say that Congress shall have
power to coin money and to regu
late the values thereof? Did not
Congress by virtue OF this power make
31l4 grains of silver into dollar?
They placed all the sacred emblems of
the nation upon it and proclaimed to
the world this is one dollar. If the
present Congress should pass the old
law, restoring the silver dollar of 3711
grains back to its former position,
what right then would any loyal citizen
have to say it is only fifty-cent
dollar? The idea is not only ridicu-
lous, but it repudiates the authority
OF the government and gives Congress
the lie.
Such statements as fifty-cent dollars
are mere claptrap, and deserve no
other attention than the contempt
and pity of intelligent men.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16
THE so CENT DOLLAR HUMBUG.
Free Coinage Journal.

Never, in the history of any CAM
paign controversy, did there ever ap-
pear more fimsy argument than that
which pertained to what was called
the fifty-cent dollar.
Even up to the present writing some
OF the papers in the gold combine use
the phrase with an effrontery that
would tinge the cheek of Death! The
boldness and confidence of their ut
terances are the only excuse for the
use of the phrase.
There is not one semblance of truth
in the idea. Those who use the words
must laugh at the utter stupidity of
the man who would swallow the po-
ton. 1t is merely play on the sup
posed ignorance of those who are
duped.
These very men clamor for an inter-
national agreement which would open
up the mines and mints of America
Where would then be their fifty-cent
dollars? Would not the law raise the
price of silver to its proper place in
values? If so, would not American
silver rise if American mints were
open to its coinage? Did not the
closing Of the mints lower the price of
silver? Then would not the opening
of the mints restore it? AS there
were no fifty-cent dollars before the
mints were closed, SO there can be no
fifty-cent dollars when they are open
again!
But upon what ground do these
men argue that newly minted Amer
lean dollar is worth only fifty cents?
The answer is, that the material out
of which the dollars are made is, as
bullion, worth only fifty cents. There.
fore the dollar must fall to the level
of the bullion price of silver. Let us
apply this reasoning to another phase
of the subject. How much is the ma
terial of paper dollar worth? Not
over one cent. Must we conclude,
therefore, that it is one-cent dollar?
Here We are met with the remark that
the government is back OF the paper
dollar, which insures its value. snot
the same government and the
same Congress back of the silver
dollar? Does not the Constitution
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16
SHE TOOK LEGAL MEASURES.
How the Judges Daug hter Detained
tho Young Man.

The judges daughter was looking
just as guileless as it was possible for a
girl to look, but the state of mind of
the judges daughter cannot always be
Judged by her looks.
"That young man," said the Judge,
seemed determined to hang on all
night"
The judges daughter merely smiled.
didn't he hear me stamping up
and down the hallway" demanded
the Judge.
al don't see how he could have
helped il" replied the judges daughter.
"But he still hung on" persisted
the judge.
"I am afraid that was my fault.
father, answered the judges daughter
But if you will only consent to look
at the matter from legal point of
view think you will agree that l did
exactly what was proper"
"From a legal point of view!" ejacu-
lated the old gentleman in astonish-
ment.
"Certainly," she answered. "Just
take the case home to yourself.
Suppose you had entered into limited
partnership agreement with a man,
and you thought you detected desire
on his part to get away in haste.
Wouldn't you take out some kind of
a writ to stop him?"
"You mean writ of ne exeat, |
suppose" suggested the judge.
ais that the kind of writ that pre-
vents any one from going away?" in
quired the judges daughter.
"That's just what it is"
"Then that's what l was thinking
Of" she said. "He heard you stamp
ing up and down the hall and he
betray ed most extraordinary desire
to get away, but l detained him by a
writ of knee exeat"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16
LOVELY ISLANDS.
Many People Want to Know More
About Them.

A correspondent OF an Oregon paper,
who has resided on the Sandwich
Islands, gives the following interesting
data concerning the Hawaiian groups,
Il most interesting territory which the
United States has taken initial steps
to acquire:
The group called by the natives the
Hawaiian, after the largest island in
the group, Hawaii, in which is situated
Hilo, the town of all the loveliest,
most picturesque, so called by Captain
Cook. The Sandwich Islands were
discovered by Captain Cook, who
named them after his patron, the
Earl of Sandwich. Their situation
makes them scmi-tropical, and the
climate the finest on earth. Just
think of land where cruel, deathly,
biting winter has no power. The
only suggestion of him is the snowy
mantle, seen sometimes ON our twin
mountains tops, 14,0OO feet above the
town of Hilo, and fifty miles away.
A balmy, perennial verdure clothes
this bounteously and the only indica-
tions of change of seasons is when
the new budding and leaving out of
additional growths. The leaf withers
not on the tree, but detaches and falls
only when new buds for fresh foliage
are to appear. AS far as the eye COM
mands the view, the multi-green
shaded verdure abounds. Right in
your mid-winter our roses, oleanders,
bananas, guaves, mangoes, pineap-
pies, oranges, lines, figs and other
varieties of fruit, and the lovely
flowers OF most beautiful colors and
odOrs, are growing in the gardens, and
also in a wild state. This is near or
even ten miles or more up from the
sea, were fruits and vegetables of the
United States climate thrive. Then
they have sugar cane, coffee, tea,
cocoa, pepper, cotton and indigo. And,
in fact, what is grown the world over
may be raised here. And yet they
don't have the intense heat here that
we do in some of our States in the
time. There never was n case
of sun stroke in the islands. Even
never too hot, never cold
enough to require a stove to warm
you. One can wear linen the year
around.
The capital of these islands, Homo
lulu, a city OF about 10000 inhabi.
tants, is on smaller island, some 200
miles from Hilo, Hawaii. This capi.
tai is beautiful city, shady and over
run with beautiful flowers and foun-
tains. The royal palace is here, also
the parks are the wonder of all who
come here, for the fame of the lovely
island is world wide. The expense of
the trip from San Francisco is about
SIS per adult. Tourists seem in no
hurry to 60 from this paradise of earth,
the gems of the broad Pacific ocean.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16
THE SICKBED.

In arranging the sickbed the two
essential things to be thought of are
the comfort of the patient and, after
that, the convenience of the nurse.
The bedstead should be firm, light
and simple. If it is firm, it cannot
be easily Jared; if it is light, it can
be easily moved, and if it is simple it
can be easily kept clean. All these
requirements are met in the plain iron
bedstead, which has the additional ad-
vantage that its width and height are
adapted both to the needs of the
patient and the convenience of the
nurse.
If the bedstead is light, it is better
to have only the head end provided
with castors; otherwise the bed will
move too easily. BY lifting the foot
off the floor the bed can be moved and
guided without causing the patient the
least discomfort.
The mattress should be sufficiently
soft and yielding 10 be perfectly COM
Portable for the patient, but not so
yielding as to allow his body to sink
into it. 1t is very difficult to make a
sick person comfortable ON q sagging
mattress.
Feather beds should never be used
i'll cases of sickness. They are un-
comfortable for the patient, it is inn
possible to keep them clean, almost of
necessity they keep the patients body
unnecessarily warm, and they are
extremely inconvenient for the nurse.
To prevent the mattress from be-
coming soiled q good sized piece of
waterproof material-preferably rub
ber-should be smoothly spread over
it before the undersheet is put on.
This sheet should be large enough to
be tucked under the edges of the
mattress, and the greatest care should
be taken to smooth out all the creases.
The pillows should be thoroughly
aired at least once day, and when
ever the FELLOWSHIP becomes soiled or
damp with perspiration a clean one
should be substituted. Changing and
shaking up the pillows when they have
become hard and mussed is a small
service, but very refreshing to the
patient.
The covering for the sickbed-other
than the top sheet-should vary ac-
| cording to the temperature Of the
room, the nature of the sickness, the
feelings of the patient and the season
of the year. Whatever these condi-
tions, the covering should be as light
| as Is consistent with the comfort OF
the patient.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16

which experience has shown to be we'll
suited to the patients physical per-
sonality, should be given hourly, or
oftener, in very small quantities. until
restoration of energy is assured. 1t is
ono of the commonest and most mis-.
chievous of blunders to provide
hearty meal for any one who is excess
sively weary, and a little reflection
will show why this is So"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16
HISTORY CONDENSED.
Information About the Geography
OF w onderful Greece.

Information About the Geography
OF W Wonderful Greece.
1t has population OF 2,1S7, POS.
1t is called Hellas" by its people.
The mean temperature of Greece
is ca degrees Fahrenheit.
Nopart of Greece is forty miles from
the sea or ten from the hills.
About one half of the population
are agricultarists and shepherds.
1t has an area of 24,977 square
miles.
1t is the only country in the world
whose armies are provided with the
Gras guns and paper-covered cart
Iidges.
The Greek flag is a white cross on
blue ground-the Bavarian colors and
the Greek cross.
Greece is more thickly populated
than any other country in Europe,
with the exception of Sweden and
Prussia.
1t has few rivers and many hills.
None Of the former is navigable, and
many OF the latter are fortified.
Its present boundary limits We're de-
termined by an arrangement among
Great Britain, France, Russia and
Turkey, concluded at Constantinople
on July 81, 1882.
Only about 10000 of the inhabi-
tants speak any language other than
Greek, and only about 10000 profess
any religion other than the orthodox.
The chief characteristics of the
average Greek are his inquisitiveness,
fondness for excitement, love of dis
cussiOn, desire for knowledge, an apti-
tude for learning, and aggressive
patriotism.
The climate has two striking pecul-
iarities-the heat in summer and the
cold in winter are far more intense
than those of any other country in
the world lying in the same latitude.
Cell once remarked that in travelling
through the Morea in March he found
summer in Messenia, spring in
Lac0nia, and winter in Arcadia with
out having moved beyond a radius of
fifty miles,"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16

JUST to show that misfortunes never
come singly, the Garfield Enterprise
says that NJ. V. Butler, who lives four
or five miles east of Garfield, lost a
milch cow last week. She laid down
and died. In no very cheerful frame
of mind, Mr.. Butler harnessed one
horse and hitched it to the COW to
drag it away. When he tried to start,
the horse could not pull it. Mr..
Butler though the horse was grunt-
ing more than it was pulling, so
he picked up q stick and hit it q
whack. The horse reared and fell
back on the COW, dead.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16
An ImPromptu EDITORIAL.
San Francisco Arganaut.


1t was the practice of certain
London editor, some years ago, to
write his leading article or articles at
home the night before publication.
The rest of the week he did nothing.
One night his articles had not come to
hand at the office. Ten o'clock came !;
IL, II, and still no sign of an article.
There was commotion in the Of
fee, and at last note was sent to the
editors house. He found him with a
glass of brandy and water before him,
and newspapers scattered about.
There was no article written.
"What do you want?" asked the
editor. "The article for tomorrow"
Didn't send it?" "No; at least it
has not come to the Office" "Give
me the Times"
The Times was found and handed
to him, and with unsteady fingers he cut
out one of its leading articles. This he
stuck upon sheet of paper, and then,
taking up his pen, wrote at the top:
"What does the Times mean by this?"
In that form and with that introduc-
ton, it appeared next morning as the
editors leading article.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16

ALL the human beings that ever
lived could find standing room in
Pennsylvania.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16

YAKIMA's fame is spreading. The
other day youth of Seattle, bubbling
over with patriotism, while crazed with
liquor, created a great scare in that
usually quiet city. With long
knife in his belt and gun in each
hand which Ire held aloft, ever and
anon, pulling the triggers, he rushed
into the street, and with terrible
warhoop and scream shouted between
breaths: "I'm the wild man from
Yakima" He was Gagged by the
police.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16

THE average weight of q mans
skeleton is fourteen pounds.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16

To MAKE your business pay, good
health is a prime factor. To secure
good health, the blood should be kept
pure and vigorous by the use of Ayers
Sarsaparilla. When the vital fluid is
impure and sluggish, there can be
neither health, strength nor ambition.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-24
UNION LABOR PROTESTS,
Supervisors Asked to Stop Brick.
laying on the Hall
of Justice.
The Contractor for the Removal of
Debris Ordered TO Finish
His Job at Once.

The contractor to whom Bateman
Bros, the contractors for the new Hall of
Justice, have sublet the work of building
the foundations. will not be permitted by
the union bricklayers Of this City to 20 on
with the work with his present force with.
out protest.
The union claims that the Board OF
Supervisors has declared that all work on
public buildings must be done by union
labor and that Stiles, the contractor men-
toned, is employing outside bricklay srs.
They also claim that he is an enemy OF
organized labor and that he has had trou-
BILE in other cities.
A delegation from the union appeared
before the Public Buildings Committee of
the Board OF Supervisors yesterday and
asked that the contractor mentioned be
prevented frem going on with the job and
that only union zen be allowed to WORK
on the job. The committee listened to
the protest and promised to look into the
matter at an early date and take what
ever action is just and legal in the prem
ises.
The matter will probably come up at
the meeting of the board on Monday
next, as the union men say they have
friends in the board who will see that
their interests are not allowed to suffer.
At the meeting of the committee Bate
man Bros. reported that all of the OBJ
structions to going on with the laying Of
foundations were not out of the way and
that there were yet two walls to be re-
moved before they could resume opera
tions.
The committee ordered the contractor
who undertook to remove the old walls to
take away the Objectionable walls forth
with
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-24

ALWAYS the best specs and eyeglasses. Ber-
telling Optical Company, 14-16 Kearny st,
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-24
ADJUSTMENTS

BALDWIN THEATER -"Gismondar
CALIFoRNIA IHEATER.-"D Dragons de Villars,,
and " La Navarrase.'' to- morrow n, gbt
COLUMBIA THEATER ''The Foundling.n
west. 0A'A'
ALcAzAR THEATER- 1.-The Strategists"
Windsor" 'es Vi
oRPHEuM- High Glass Vaudeville.
evening, March 30
OBERoN.-Grand Concert
M&eHANlcs' PAvIL1oN-Bicycle Races.
LuRLINE BATHs.-Bathing, etc
SuTho bATHs-Bathing and Ierformances
11aih. SAoTEs AND SKATING RISK-Daily al
n'sii' street, one bIocR<esst of the Park.
tACIFlc COAST JOCKEY CLuR.-Races to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-24
Fine Music at tho oberon.

The commemoration programme OF the
one hundredth birthday of Kaiser William I
at the Oberon Monday evening and the first
of the new musical bills for the week last
night were listened to by large and enthu-
siastic audiences. The standard OF the m usic
in both instances was high and the rendering
OF the various numbers was talented and
very enjoyable. The resort is attracting come
of the very best people in the City, and Herr
Stark's name is heard on all sides in musical
circles as delightful violin soloist and
spirited leader. Another new programme viii
be presented this evening.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-24
VALUABLE FISH FRANCHISE.

j. b. Inguglia Sued by the American
Union Fish Company.
J. B. Inguglia is defendant in suit for
damages instituted by the American
Union Fish Company. On the Both OF
March, 1898, Inguglla sold his fish bust.
ness in the San Francisco Market on Mer-
chant street to the plaintiff company for
$4500 and agreed to keep out of the fish
business in this, City for five years, or to
pay penalty OF $2255. The complaint
alleges that the defendant broke his con-
tract by going into the fish business on
July last, continuing the same to the
present time, wherefore judgment is de-.
manded for the $2255. as prom ised.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-24
Swallowed Ghloroform.

Kittie Donahue, delicate looking girl, IL
years of age, who roomed at 307 Fourth street,
swallowed a dose OF chloroform yes terday
morning. She was taken to the Receiving
Hospital and had sufficiently recovered to be
taken to the house of friend last evening
The girl has been employed as a servant, b ut
her bad health compelled her to quit work.
Size felt respondent and wanted to join her
mother, who die three years ago.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-24
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The San Francisco call., 1897-03-24
Divorce Suits Filed.

Suits for divorce poured into the County
Clerks office yesterday, The list Is as follows {:
Sarah Prey against Oscar Prey, desertion !;
Henrietta Heyden against William Heyden,
willIul neglect; Martha H. Dana against
Henry s. Dana, cruelty; Augusta NJ. Warham
against Leopold H. Warham, deser ton; Ch ris-
tina M. Floyd against James J. Floyd, failure
to provide; Annie Gabriel against A. J.
Gabriel, desertion.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-24
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