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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-03
LANDS. PATENTS. Pensions. CLAIMS
Washington Law and Claims ca.
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WASHINGTON, D. G.

Will. on very reasonable terms, prosecute Land
Claims, including Mineral Lands and Mines,
Applications for Patents and Pensions and all
other claims before the District of Columbia
Courts, the several Government Departments,
the Court of Claims, and the Supreme Court OF
the United States.
The Company will also aid lawyers, at dis
lance, In preparing their cases for the Supreme
Court Of the United States, and for a small con-
sderation will furnish correspondents informa.
tion concerning matters in Washington that they
may desire to know. Send for circulars.
JOHN g. SLATER, President.
Persons seeing this advertisement and
having business in that line, will find it
to their interest to communicate through
his paper.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-03
His Crave Clothes Cured Him,
Kennebec Journal.

kenneDec JOURNAL.
The influence of mind over body is
we'll illustrated in this story from a
northern Penobscot town, and which
is said to be vouched for on good au-
thority:
A man we'll along in years became
ill, and the physician told the mem.
bers of the family that there YVES NO
possible chance for his recovery. They
were advised to prepare for the worst,
and finally death was regarded as a
matter of a very few hours. A we'll
disposed attendant made all prepare
tions to prepare the body for burial as
soon as life surrendered its hold, and
in order to have the clothes ready for
immediate use they were brought into
the sickroom. The sick man opened
his eyes, and his glance rested on the
clothes He recognized them instant
ly, and the import of the proceedings
flashed through his enfeebled mind.
What little energy was left in his sys-
tenn was massed then and there to
utter an emphatic expression that
wouldn't look we'll in print. Perhaps
the attendant wasn't surprised. Some
say she came near having a fit, but
that doesn't matter.
From the moment that the sick
man discovered his graveclothes rest
ing on the back of chair there was a
decided improvement in his condition,
and he has since enjoyed many years
of robust health.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-03
CALIFORNIA; Wide-Tire Law,

An act passed by the California Leg
islature, and which goes into effect
January l, 1900, might be read with
profit by the lawmakers of other
States, and its essential provisions en-
acted into law elsewhere. The act
provides that all vehicles must be
equipped as follows:
1.-TWO and three-fourths-inch steel
or thimble-skein axle, one and seven
eighths-inch tubular steel or iron axle,
not less than three-inch tire; one and
one-half-inch steel or iron axle, two
and one-eighth-inch tubular steel or
iron axle, not less than three and one
half-inch tire; three-inch steel or
thimble-skein, one and tive-eighths.
inch steel or iron axle, two and three
eighths-inch tubular steel or iron axle,
not less than four-inch tire; three and
one-fourth-inch steel or thimble- skein,
one and three-fourths or one aud
seven-eighths.inch steel or iron axle
two and five-eighth-inch tubular steel
or iron axle, not less than four and one
half-inch tire three and one-half-inch
steel or thimble-skein, two-inch steel or
axle, two and seven.eighths tubular
steel or iron axle, not less than FIVE
inch tire; three and three-fourths-inch
steel or thimble-skein, Two and one
fourth steel or iron axle, three or three
and one-eighth-inch tubular steel or
iron axle, not less than five and one
half-inch tire; four inches and larger
steel or thimble-skein, two and one
half-inch, and larger, steel or iron axle,
three and one-fourth-inch, and larger,
tubular steel or iron axle, not less
than six-inch tire. Other styles of
axles shall have tires of same width as
those of equal carrying capacity above
specified. All intermediate sizes shall
have tires of the same width as the
next larger size above specified"
Anyone selling any vehicle or using
it upon any of the States highways
not equipped as provided, OF who
brings into the State such vehicle for
sale, is amenable to fine of from $25
to $500, or to imprisonment for from
Is days to nine months.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-03
A Large Kite.

France has q kite or soaring ma
chine on the face of which q man can
stand and be borne upwards through
the air. 1t is made of cloth and is
twenty feet high. The first attempt
to fly it was made on an exposed Sec
ton of the coast where the wind blew
in over lake. A large parachute was
attached to the frame of the kite, to
which the man was supposed to cling
in case of fall. After everything was
ready the kite was braced against the
wind, the man took his place, and
fifty men ran against the wind with
the rope, many more holding on to the
tail. The wind caught the enormous
surface, and amid loud cheers from the
spectators the man rose ten feet and
there remained, the men holding the
tail, preventing him from going fur
Their. Slowly they released the rope
and gradually the kite rose, proving
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-03
Washlngtpn Standard
Repartec Of Actors.

American audiences very seldom cN-
pre- di>arrroval OF play or player,
except hy Withholding applause or by
leaving the thcater. Il a play is good
the audience arplaul~ it with irrv"r,
ii il j. rather bad they still applaud
iccbiy ~ IL Ia avoid hurting the ac-
tors feelings. Occasionally. however,
the gallery hi-~r~ al unpopular Senti.
mcnt or player. The Anaconda
StiaiuM tells OF some instance,
where such signs OF di>approval were
neatly answered by quick-wittcd az
tors:
An actor who is quite we'll known
in the profession was playing at the
Mcguire last year and WAS Kissed. He
replied with the remark that there
were but two things in nature that
Kissed, the goose and the snake. This
remark was received with applause
and sllcnced the misses. John West
once told some men " sis ling that he
would send for their sisters, and Frank
Leslie initiated the sound and asked
the audience to fry him two, please"
Both of these remarks won the house
Quite as pointed was the line Of the
comedian who had'a cabbage thrown
at him; after surveying it moment
he threw it into the wing, saying,
"Some one has lost his head; he can
have it by applying at the box-otiicc. y
Frank Daniels was once annoyed by Il
mimic in the dress circle who insisted
on repeating his lines. Daniels glared
at him and said, "The one difference
between us is that / am paid for being
a fool and you are not" But the
best story is that told on Keene and
his Richard" The tale goes that
the actor was playing the role one
night and had reached the famous
line, A horse, horse; my kingdom
for horse" when a gallery deity
called, won't a donkey do?' ," Yes"
said Keene, "Come down."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-03
STATE NEWS

A Brief Reference to Matters Of Fact
Gathered Here, There and Every.
where.
N. L. Strange, in Oakesdale last
week, bought 5000 bushels of grain
from the Cave estate for GO cents a
bushel.
A party of Indians, who camped
near Ruchertville, in Asotin county,
recently, for 10 days, killed three bears
during their stay.
Albert J. Deal, who came to the
Coast from Bement, ILL.,, two months
ago, was killed by falling tree, near
Tacoma, on the Goth inst.
In Puyallup last week Horst Bros.
bought 15O bales of hops from NJ. Nc
Hugh for II cents, and 40 bales from
J. H. Daniels for IL cents.
Eugene France, receiver of the ]. NJ.
Weatherwax Lumber Company, of
Aberdeen, expects that the sawmill of
the company will soon be in operation.
The ninth annual meeting of the
General Association of Congregational
Churches of Washington will be held
at Walla Walla, November 80 to De.
cember 3.
Burglars, at Pasco, the other night,
broke into two stores, DR.. Haynes
and Mr.. Toles' and a considerable
amount of clothing and cutlery was
stolen.
The advance in the price of lumber
in the Spokane market has had a good
effect upon the numbering interests OF
Stevens county. Several sawmills
that have been idle much of the time
have started up on full time, and have
made three and six months contracts
for the sale of their product.
Sunday, while attempting to cross
the Skykomish river from the mines
east of Index, in a small canoe
Adolph McRea was drowned. Hi.
brother, Budd McRea, was killed in q
rock slide in the mines about a yeaI
ago. Alex. Jones had narrow escape
He was taken out of the river un'
conscious, but except for few bruises
he is all right.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-03
typographical Errors.

Typographical errors sometimes
cause really serious trouble and an
noyance, says the Youths Companion.
On other occasions they are simply
amusing.
Some years ago an advertisement of
a political meeting was inserted in a
Philadelphia paper. The advertise
ment was intended to announce that
a we'll known leader would address
"the masses" that evening. Owing to
the displacement of "space," how
ever, the public of Philadelphia was
informed that the address would be
delivered to "them asses at National
hall"
A religious paper called the Gospel
Banner, which is published at Angus.
ia, Me-, once attracted attention
through the prank of a printer, who
transposed two words OF its motto, SO
that it read: ain the name of our
God we will up set our banner"
The omission of a comma was the
cause of suit for libel brought against
q western newspaper by the inventor
of patent medicine. A testimonial
to the worth of his compound was in
serted in the paper, and read as fol-
lows:
81 now find myself completely
cured, after being brought to the very
gates of death by having taken only
five bottles of your medicine"
The comma, which should have
come after the word DEATH" was un-
noticed by the composition.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-03

Logging car equipments of all kinds.
A specially OF conceived tram wheels.
Highest market price paid for old cast
iron scrap, brass and copper.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-03

Gathered Here, There and Every.
where.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-03

beyond question that it was possible
for Il man to ascend in this fashion.
A very high flight was not attempted,
owing to uncertainty of the expert
mcnt and the exposure to danger.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-03
Notice Of Distribution Of Estate
AND ORDER TO SNOW CAUSE.

IN the Superior Court Of the State of Washing
L ton, for Thurston county.
In the matter of the estate Of James Burns, dc.
ceased.
No. 847.
The Final Account Of T. N. Ford, as Admins
traitor OF the estate of James Burns deceased, hav-
ing been presented for settlement upon applica.
ton to the court by heirs Of said deceased for a
decree of distribution of the estate among the
persons by law entitled thereto, 1t Is ordered by
the Court that all persons interested in the estate
Of James Burns, deceased, appear before the said
Superior Court at the court room In the County
Court .houee In Thurston county, Washington, In
the city Of Olympia said county, on the 9Th day OF
December, 1897, at the hour Of II o'clock In the
forenoon Of that day or soon thereafter az this
application can be heard and show cause why an
order and decree should not be granted distribut-
ing said estate among the persons who are by law
entitled thereto; that copy Of this order be
published for four successive weeks In the WASH
INGToN STANDARD, weekly newspaper pub
lishcd in the city of Olympia, said Thurston
county. prior to said 9th day Of December, 1897,
aforesaid.
Done in open Court at the Courthouse in
Olympia, Thurston county, Washington, this 10th
day Of October, 1897.
CHAS. H. AVER,
Judge.
Date of first publication. Oct. q, 1897. ct
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-03
OLYMPIA. WASH. November II. l6q7

OLYMPIA, WASH, November IL, 1897.
Notice is hereby given by the undersign e.
H. Springer and G. 8. Allen being a majority of
the trustees of the Eastside Railway Company
hereinafter described, that meeting OF the
stock holders of the Eastside Railway Company,
a corporation organized and existing under and
pursuant to the laws of the State of Washington
and having its principal place of business at
Olympia, In the county of Thurston in said
State Of Washington, will be held at the Office
of the Olympia Door and Lumber Company, a
corporation. at said Olympia, Washington, on
the forenoon of said day, for the purpose and
object of increasing the capital stock of said
Eastsds Railway Company to $40, 600, being
one hundred shares OF one hundred dollars
each, such increase being desired, and being
deemed sufficient and proper for the purposes
of said corporation, the Eastside Railway Com
pany.
G. II. SPRINGER,
u. 5. ALLEN.
Date of first pub,ication, Nov ~ 1907
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-03

endures by taking proper care of her wo-
manly self. No woman can long retain her
general health who neglects the health of
the organs that constitute her womanhood
She may suffer only locally for time
Eventually the nerves are ruined by the
constant wear and tear of pain. They cease
to impart the necessary nervous activity to
the various organs of the body. A general
and serious break down follows
A wonderful medicine for weak, nervous
women. v,;o through local troubles are
threatened with a general break down is
DR.. pierce's Favorite Prescription. It acts
directly on the delicate organs that are dis
tinctly feminine. 1t restores them to vigor
and health 1t allays inflammation and
soothes pain. 1t gives the tortured nerves
a rest and permits them to resume their
natural function of directing a healthy ac-
tivity of all the organs. 1t prepares a wo-
man for wifehood and motherhood Il
makes baby's advent easy and almost pain
less and insures the childs health 1t is the
best woman'S medicine and more than
1900 women have said so over their sigma.
lures. Druggists sell it.
II cannot say too much for DR.. Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription" writes Miss Clara Baird, of
Bridgeport, Montgomery Co. Pa. II feel it my
duty to say to all women who may be suffering
from any weakness disease of the distinctly
feminine organism that it is the best medicine on
earth for them to use. l cannot praise it too
| this give them my name and address,"
Dr. Picrcc's Pleasant Pellets are a sure,
| safe, speedy and permanent cure for con
| stipation. They never grippe. One is a
gentle laxative. and two 4 mild cathartic
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-25

trading interests here With such fig
ures before them the Senate. of the
United States will see how great n
stake is involved in annexation. and
how important ii is to hold those
American interests to the mother
country. Should the Hawaiian Is
lands he allowed to drift into the pow
er of the Asiatic, the figures which
now tell so well for the American
would be reversed, and the bulk of
the trade which is now in American
hands, would go into the hands of the
Asiatics. This is a matter to consid-
er and consider well.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-25
NICARAGUA CANAL.

\ little while ago there was an en-
phatic denial from Japan that she ev-
err had considered or even dreamed of
the Nicaragua canal. If only one waits
long enough, things generally come
out. and according to the Japan
Times. there has been proposition
about the Nicaragua canal but prop
ositon did not come from the Japa-
nese. but from "the other side" and
was rejected by Japan. This propo-
sition came at the time that negotia-
tions were going on between Toru
Hoshi. the Japanese representative in
Washington, and the representative of
the Greater Republic of Central Anne
RIGA.
knowing what we do of the tortu-
BUSINESS of Mr.. Hoshi's policy, the
mere fact that the offer about the
Nicaragua canal came from the 9th
er side" makes no very great figure in
the matter, nor does it at all show at
whose suggestion the offer was made.
Moreover the Japan Mail says. sit is
not necessary to describe the exact
nature of the proposed provision" If
Japan is to clear her skirts of the de
sire to have anything to do with the
Nicaragua canal, it is very necessary
that this proposed provision should be
known, and that the Diplomatic world
should learn what it is that Japan re-
iected.
1t is well known that Minister Hos
hi did not think that the annexation
of these Islands would be considered
by the United States, that he consid-
cred it was dead issue, and that in
consequence of his advice the Japa-
nese government adopted the aggres-
sve policy which has landed them i'm
very different position to what they
/ expected. seeing that annexation has
/ turned out to be anything but a dead
/ issue. The Nicaraguan offer" may
well have been part of the scheme
/ Minister Hoshi was revolving in his
mind. and when he found that the Ha
waiian portion of the plan was turn
ing into dead sea fruit. he very nat
urally would reject the Nicaraguar
offer. More of this tortuous policy
will doubtless be revealed as the ia
panese press begins to seek for defenc,
against the attacks upon the govern
ment.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-25

cents
the
Dozen.

Serviceable glass tumblers,
suitable for everyday use, the
leader for this week. These
tumblers have never been sold
in Honolulu for less than fifty
cents a dozen. We sell them
for half that price up to 500
dozen-then we stop. At that
price the bargain will not last
until Saturday. You cannot
afford to wait. Some people
who wanted Banner bike lamps
waited, and now they will
have to pay double the money.
We have other glasses. One
style is the non breakable, so
constructed that it defies the
attacks of the Orientals. They
cost a dollar a dozen, but they
last.
Other glasses, thin and light
weight, from % ounce to 16
ounce capacity, plain or etched
and engraved, All prices, ac-
cording to size and style -
none Of them expensive.
Our stock Of glassware is
the largest and the prices the
lowest. Our leaders are an
indication Of what the prices
Of other goods are. These
twenty-five cent tumblers are
perfect in quality and first
class in every respect,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-25
@imeRy @o7eics
October 20, 1897.

AS this is the time of the
year when all the Rice Plant
ers and Plantations are busy
blowing, or getting ready to
pillow, we feel it to be our
bounden duty to speak of our
Plantation Implements.
First and foremost is the
Avery Advance Double Fur
row Plow, which has given
great satisfaction wherever in
troduced, and those on the
Islands who have tried these
Flows speak highly of them on
account of the adaptability to
the soil Of Hawaii.
We also carry the Perfect
Breaker Plows in all sizes;
the Double Mould Board;
Rice Plows from 6-inch to 49,
inch; Harrows and Iron Gage
Cultivators.
The Avery Sugar Land I'm
plements, such as Cultivators,
Fertilizer Distributors and
Stubble Diggers are all stand
ard articles and need no fur
ther comment.
That we have the most
complete stock of Plantation
Implements in these Islands is
a conceded fact, and our prices
are such that no complaint is
ever heard on that score.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-25

That doctors differ is very plainly
shown in the Luetguert trial in Chi
cago. Luetguert was accused of muir
dering his wife and boiling her body
down in the watts belonging to his saul
sage factory. The contents of the
watts was examined by scientific gen
tlemen who have arrived at diametri-
cally opposite opinions. The doctors
and semitic men for the prosecution
talk of metacarpals, femurs, tempo
rails and other bones of the human
frame, while the scientists for the de-
Tense laugh at the men on the other
side and find no human bones at all.
Were the question not so serious it
would as funny as the argument be-
tween Bret Harte's Scientific Society
on the Stanislaus. But when there are
such divergent opinions given by men
of such supposed scientific attain
tainment, it makes one doubt very
considerably the eXactitude of sci
ence about which one hears so much.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-25
STOCK IN TRADE.

When reviewing the census the
morning journal took exception to the
fact though the number in trade was
given. the value of the stock in trade
was not. 1t was pointed out at the
time that the law did not provide for
obtaining such information Howev-
er, through the courtesy of the Tax
Office. The Star is enabled to throw
some light upon the matter as far as
the district of Honolulu is concerned.
And as Honolulu is the chief trading
center of the Islands, statistics of the
stock in trade of this district will tell
the story of the whole of the Islands.
From the census tables it will be re-
membered that under the caption Of
Merchants and Traders. the Chinese
were very much in excess of all 9TH
er nationalities, and what was true of
the whole Islands. is true of Honolulu.
Thus there are PSI Chinese trading
singly or in firms, each firm counting
as one, although there may be several
Chinese in the firm. that is there are
PSI Chinese trading concerns i'm the
city. There are 1O6 American trading
concerns. British. } German, Is Port
uguese 1 Hawaiian and 30 japanese.
The census gave us the individual
number of people engaged as mer-
chants and traders without regard to
their condition into firms. The tax
figures give us the individuals only
when they are trading alone. As few
Chinese trade alone, but even
in the small stores trade with
one or more parties, the actual num-
Der of Chinese engaged as merchants
and traders in Honolulu must be con.
siderably in excess of PSI.
But it is not so much their mum
Der that we deal with when looking
at the matter from the point of view
of the Tax Office. it is the value OF
the stock in trade that comes under
consideration. According to the as
sessment books of January l, 1897, tn,
value of the stock in trade owned by
the various nationalities was as fol
lows: