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services included.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-04
Starved the Soldier.

The Spanish war being over, the coun-
try will proceed to declare war ON the
Hanna campaign contributing thieves
who did our army more damage in the
rear than the Spaniards did in the front.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-04
TO SOUND THE KEYNOTE.
PostI.:nstcr General Smith Has a Esf
t;ctIt TnSl. Ahead.

PostE:nstcr General Smith Has n DIFF
icuit Task Ahead.
Tho announcement that the Hon.
Charles Emory Smith Is soon to make
tn speech which shall set the admins
tration pace for all other Republican
">pellLindcrs is momentous and inter-
cstin@, says the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The delivery is to be i'll Nebraska. That,
however, is not "a matter Of Importance.
1t will be the pattern for administra-
ton Republicans i'll all the states, no
matter from whence it comes. MIR.
Smith is postmaster general, and it was
not necessary to make the official proc
lamation that he would represent the
president. He is not in position to
give expression to views of his own
unless they are in complete accord with
those of his chief.
Anybody can see the difficulties and
complications at a glance. There have
been people mean enough to say that he
who represents Mr.. Mckinley must
make up Mr.. McKinley's views him
self, that the president is not q man Of
we'll ascertained and steady convictions
and that the man who reflects him must
be the originator as well as the reflect
or and must then see to it that his
principal is tied to the programme.
Then there is Mr.. Hanna. He is q
good deal SCARED, but he is still set
down as the guide, philosopher and
friend of the president. The apprehen-
sion is by no means farfetched that he
must exercise censorship over any
body who undertakes to speak for the
administration.
Then, even if the speaker should be
made free to say what he pleases, his
condition is not much improved. This
is not time when the people will be
content with "glittering generalities. I"
He belongs to an administration which
started out with the express declaration
that the people could not be prosperous
until the government receipts were
equal to the expenditures. The Enquir-
er never Endorsed this theory, but the
president called congress in extraor-
binary session for the purpose Of revis-
ing the revenue laws and getting the
country out of trouble Tho result was
the Dingley law, one Of the most con-
spicuous failures in the whole legisla-
tive history of the country. The treas
ury would still be running behind had
not war created the necessity for a rev.
enue law that the people would not
stand in time Of peace. This matter
cannot be ignored by anybody who as
sumes to speak for the administration.
The gilt on Mr.. Smiths rhetoric may
seem to satisfy an audience for the mo-
ment, but it requires a plain, philosoph-
ic discussion of facts to penetrate the
mind of the voter and influence his &C.
ton at the polls.
Will Mr.. Smith throw himself" Oh
the war? What will he have to say OF
the clamor for an investigation? If all
investigation is thoroughly and honest.
1y made, it must bring into bold relief
not merely the subordinates of the
quartermaster, commissary and medical
departments, but the whole government,
establishment. No man who is setting
himself up as the text writer for great
party can hope to snap his fingers al
this point.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-04

oN the Sound and in the Gray's har-
Dor country, the logging industry is
booming and camps are short-handed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-04
No Need of Private Funds.

In the name of all that's good, what
does it mean, this donation Of money
by private individuals to feed and
clothe and comfort the soldiers? Why
should Helen Gould or John Smith or
anybody have to donate $50. 900 or 81
to buy needed supplies for the heroes of
the Cuban war in camp along the At
lantic coast: The government has thou
sands of millions in its treasury. 1t is
authorized to spend at its discretion.
The people are willing to pay the bill.
What is it, then, that clogs the wheels?
What palsy has seized upon the depart
ments? Is it the product of doddering,
impotent stupidity or of downright cal
lous cynicism?-Denver News.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-04
PiurnIs of Nouns Ending In " 500
Lite nature OF Typography.

In the formation OF the plural of
nouns with this ending the general
rule is that it is added to the singular,
as in potatoes, cargoes, buflaloes, yet
the following words add only s.: Grotto,
junto, canto, cento, quarto, portico
octave, duodecimo, tyrO, solo GALL, by
the bye, foreign word), and also all
nouns ending in 10, as folios; or, in
fact, whenever is Immediately pre-
coded by vowel, as cameo, embryo, etc
A notable popularity is to be observed
with regard to nouns substantive end
ing with the sound of 0. If they be
words of more than one syllable, they
for the most part end simply in 0, but
if only of one syllable, they take an c
after the o, thus, canto, potato, quarto
hero, but doe, foe, roe, sloe, toe, woe
etc. Yet other monosyllables, not
nouns substantive, have no final e, as
so, 10, no.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-04
Wouldn't Have Fafled.

The Arkell Publishing company fail
ed for more than 81. 600, 600. This com
pany is the publisher of Judge, the
great sound money cartoon weekly. In
this connection we break away from la
bored ratiocination on behalf of bimet.
allism long enough to say that if the
Arkell company had been well provided
with so cent dollars it would not have
failed and sundry creditors would not
have been left to mourn. Bi.
metallist.
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Mistaken Economy.

Many farmers make n mistake by
trying to be too economical, says a
writer in the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
OF course, we must count the cents,
but money is certainly we'll invested
when it goes to buy a good machine to
save time and labor, and which will be
a comfort forever. SO many struggle
on with poor farm implements or de.
pend upon borrowing from their neigh
bors. What would the lawyer say il
the other lawyer in town were to de-
pend upon borrowing his typewriter
or the dentist if the other dentists
were to borrow and wear out or break
his instruments? But | know it is
customary among farmers to borrow
| wish it were not. Hope / am not Il
mean man, but when one starts to
work, and can not find n single thing
that is wanted, it is n little inconvcn-
lent. A friend of mine is so fond OF
borrowing that he keeps my machine
houses and tool rooms quite empty
One year | borrowed a neighbours corn
planter. OF course had to wait until
his crop was in, and this made my
planting SO late that l gathered 9
poor crop in the fall. This summer
my cut hay lay burning in the field
before l could have my horse rake
sent home. After many such expert
ences | am resolved to have tools o.
my own or do without them. Then
farmers, too, try to economic in help
A few days ago l CHANGED to be at q
neighbours when his only son, boy
about IL years old, came dragging
in and threw himself YEARLY on the
porch. He was delicate child, and
his face was grave and sad. Thought
Of the contrast between this weary
lifeless child and my own strong
merry boys. I asked him if he were
sick. NO." he replied, bravely
"only just SO stiff and sore. Father
had me pitching wheat bundles al
day, and because l could not do i
fast he said was no good" Now,
knew that man loved his child, and
wondered how he could be so cruel a.
to make the frail lad do the work of {
man on that hot July day. So many
farmers sons do not grow up stron.
and hardy now, as OF old: it may b'
because they are overworked. Civ,
your children plenty of employment
so they will not grow up idle; but d,
not forget they love fun and play
Too much hard work may be tn,
cause of many a boy deserving til,
farm for the city. Working beyont
their strength will make wife ant
children mere money saving machines
Economic all you can, but not at tn
sacrifice of your family.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-04

k.I,r's ,rof,.~>iunal ca,i Il, 1t was at
the time he va, placed in charge If the
medical ie..,l -. $50 Truman bviugs.
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Notes.

The army contractors rob the treasury
in a scandalous way. but the robbery of
locking millions of gold in the treasury
while selling bonds to get more gold is
still more scandalous
Let Farmer Hotson get OH his heavi-
est pair of l6 to cowhide boots. There
are number of rascally, false pretend
ers in politics who will have to be kick
ed out shortly.
There ought to be free coinage club
i'll every school precinct in the country
valley. Organize one in your precinct
at once.
Democrats who wish to pair" with
Hanna in his war policies will have to
get into Hanna's party to do it. This is
reliable.
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He WAS A HORSE DOCTOR.
Corps Surgeon at Chickamauga Was
n Eeterinary.

Corps Surgeon at Chickamauga Was
Veterinary.
Several days ago The World Herald,
IN "a dispatch from Indianapolis, printed
all interview with Rev. Dr. Christensen,
chaplain Of the One Hundred and Fifty
eighth Indiana regiment and rector Of
st. Paul's Episcopal church az Indian
apolis. In that interview Chaplain Car
stensen severely criticised hospital con-
ditions at Camp Thomas and, among
other things, said, "When we went to
Chickamauga, we found our corps sur
geon, the man who was the general in
chief Of the medical service of $4,000
men, was veterinary surgeon"
Although the war department has re.
buked Chaplain Christensen, the chap.
lain persists in sticking to his text, and
further investigation only goes to cor
roborate the chaplain's statement.
The corps surgeon to whom Chaplain
Christensen referred was DR." r. s.
HuideEoper of New York.
The Cincinnati Enquirer made AN in
vestigation and has obtained Huide-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-04
Cheap Men or Chem Dollars

Shall we have cheap men and dear
dollars, or shall we have dear men and
cheap dollars? Shall the man 60 up and
the dollar go down, or shall the dollar
go up and the man 60 down? Shall man.
hood triumph over money and labor
over loans, or shall money invoke mis-
cry and the dollars of Shylock triumph
over the souls of Gods deserving poor:
These are the questions we should ask
and answer before wo think of voting
for single gold standard. -Noncon-
formist.
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Blame Rests Largely With MckinIe

1t is to the substitution of unframed,
untried and inexperienced civilians for
skilled officers in the staff departments
that the wretched showing made by
those departments is at least very large
Iy due. For that substitution nobody is
more to blame, We are sorry to say,
than the president himself New York
Times
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-04

XXTANTED-Several Trustworthy persons In
w thi- State to manage our business In their
own and nearby counties. 1t IL mainly office
work conducted at home. Salary straight $500 Il
a wear and expenses-defnitc, bonafde, no more.
no less salary. Monthly SIS. References En-
close self addressed stamped envelope Herbert Z.
Hess Prest., Dept. NJ, Chicago.
Evening journal., 1898-08-01
A nressnre From NIIIes.

WASHINGTON, Aug. l.-General
Niles. in command Of the Porto Rico
expedition, sent the following dispatch
from Ponce, dated p. m. yesterday, TO
Secretary Alger. which was made public
at the war department at 10 o'clock last
night:
Your telegrams received and answer
ed by letter. Volunteers are surrender
ing themselves with arms and ammuni-
tion. Four-nfths of the people are over
joyed at the arrival OF the army Two
thousand from one place have volun-
teered to serve with US. They are bring
ing In transportation, beef. cattle and
other needed supplies The custom
house has already yielded Sl.40O. AS
soon as all the troops are disembarked
they will be In readiness to move.
please send any national colors that
can be spared 10 be given 70 the differ
ent municipalities.
"I request that the question Of the
tarlff rate to be charged In the ports of
Porto Rico occupied by our forces be
submitted to the president for his ac-
tion, the previously existing tariff re-
naming meanwhile in force.
"As to the government and military
occupation have already given ins.ruc-
tions issued to me by the president in
the case of the Philippine Islands and
similar to those issued at Santiago de
| Cuba"
Evening journal., 1898-08-01
OLD SHOES.
MIR. staybolt Has a Word About Them
and other Things old, In
Guiding ola Habits.

- AS easy as an old shoe is a familiar
saying" said Mr.. Staybolt, according
to the New York Sun, "and there can
be no doubt that an old shoe is u
mighty comfortable thing. After we
have worn the new shoes, close fitting,
hard and formal, how gladly we put
them off, and with what Joy we put on
the shoes that are old and worn and
familiar 10 the feet. Old shoes, how
ever, are not the only thing old that
we like We like an old bed, il it Is
not too old, but just old enough. SO
shat while still soft and connortaHe
Il is also shaped somewhat TO the body,
which il supports at every point yield
ing q degree OF comfort which not the
finest of beds can afford when il is
new. r...
"But il Is so with all things old, that
are not too old, including habits. We
cling to them SO long as they give rs
comfort, and we hate 10 change. We
are creatures OF. habit, who would If
we could follow 10 the end along the
first comfortable rut we fall into, anc
never look out above its sides. And II
is well for us that our shoes wear out
and that we have TO buy new ones and
wear them; that we are in yariou'
ways compelled TO change; that we
are rooted out now and then and SCI
going anew.
"And some of us profit by this
change Once lifted out of the rui
we stay up on the plain, where there
is nothing to cramp us, and where We
can lay about freely in any direction
In accordance with our power, bu'
more of us, l fancy, rather welcome
the days when the shoes grow, ole
again and yield without much strug
Cling TO the enticements of ease an,
comfort"
Evening journal., 1898-08-01

II is evident from the wholesale de-
ertion ON the part of the Spanish vol
lnteers that Captain General Macias
must depend in last resort upon the
regulars. These do not number over
5000 in the whole island. and everything
thus far indicates an easy conquest
General Wilson thinks he could take the
sland with his own troops unaided, and
he predicts that II the troops now ex-
pected arrive Porto Rico will be ours in
less than three weeks.
Without seeing or hearing anything
Of the enemy the advance guard Of
General Henry's division. which landed
at Guanica on Tuesday. arrived here
yesterday, taking en- route the cities OF
Yauco. Tallaboa, Sabana Grande and
Ponuelas. Attempts by the Spanlards
to blow up bridges and otherwise de-
Btroy the railroad between YaucO
and Ponce failed, only a few fiat cars
being burned. Our troops have fired up
the locomotives and are now operating
the road from end 10 end. carrying sup
plies. messages and men,
At Yauco the Americans were well
coined In an address made by the al
ealde. and a public proclamation was
issued dated, "Yauco, Porto Rico, Unit
ed States OF America. July 81" Major
Webb Hayes Of the Sixth Ohio. son Of
former President Hayes hauled up the
flag on the palace amid cheers from the
populace. The people seemed really glad
that the Americans were here, but they
fear an uprising of the natives in the
interior. who. it is asserted, will rob
kill and destroy property in revenge for
many years Of Spanish mlsrule.
Evening journal., 1898-08-01
BITS OF FASHION.
Odds and Ends of Informa IN a bout
the Latest In Dress for
the Ladies'.


Burnt orange and turquoise blue arc
hard 20 find in silk now, SO they say at
the stores. as the demand for these col
ors far exceeds the supply.
A fav0rite trimming for shirt wrists
is a chemisette and revers Of fine tucked
white satin.
A pretty skirt 10 wear with shirt
waists IS made Of black taffeta silk.
and trimmed with graduated rows of
black ribbon velvet.
Chocolate colored tafreta silk.
trimmed with burnt orange and seal
brown ribbon velvet, makes an ef-
fective costume for this season.
Sage green and golden brown form
a pretty combination for spring gowns.
Plain covert cloths will be much worn
in tailor-made gowns.
Cerse is still fashionable colon, and
for that reason the price of cerise-col-
ored silk has gone up.
An effort is being made to revive tlgs
popularity Of brocaded silks, and II
looks as though their day would once
more come round. Some Of the/shops
show rich patterns in both black and
colored silks.
Apple-green silk trimmed with black
chantilly lace will be used in summer
gowns The effect is cool and dainty.
Authorities say that crinoline is again
coming into favor. This assertion "a
made so frequently that those who dis.
like the idea Of the fashion becoming
really established feel that it is only
call of wolf" and do not fear the
establishment Of so ugly mode.
Watermelon pink silk, with ecru and
black applique lace, will be most ef-
fective for summer gowns. - n. Y
Tribune.
Evening journal., 1898-08-01
PRINCE elsMARcK,s neArH.
The Passing of the Man of blood and
Iron.

The Passing of the Man of blood and
Iron.
LONDON, Aug. IA special dispatch
says the news Of Prince Bismarck's
death reached Berlin at late hour
and was only geperally known Sunday
morning. A number of papers, includ-
ing The Post, The Vorwaerts and The
Deutsahe ZelSurig. did not contain the
news OF the PRINCES demise. The Kreuz
zeitung and sOERe others had only a
brief notice.
The Naohrchten gives tho fullest de-
tails of the last days and death OF Bis
marcif. II says;
"On Thursday evcuing an improve
ment set In In the princes condition. in
which repeated changes for the worse
had occurred since October last. and he
was able to appear at the table and
take part In the conversation, drinking
champagne and afterward smoking sew
eral pipes which he had not done lately.
His condition was 80 satisfactory
that DR.. Schweninger. after the prince
had gone to bed. left with the intention
cf returning on Saturday. His condi-
ton was comparatively satisfactory
throughout Friday and Saturday morn
ing. He read The Nachrichten and con-
versed on politics. particularly referring
to Russian affairs. In the forenoon he
took luncheon. grumbllng joculariy at
the small proportion OF spirits in his
drinking water. Then a sudden change
for the worse occurred In consequence
OF an acute attack OF pulmonary ede-
ma. and In the course OF the afternoon
he frequently became unconscious.
Recently. besides periods OF unusual
mental clearness. the prince had had in
tervals OF drowslness. falling into long
sound and beneficial sleep, on awaken
Ing from which he would be completely
refreshed.
"On Saturday evening grave symp-
toms appeared. Death came easily and
painiessly. DR.. Schweninger was able
TO some extent to tighten the last mo-
ments, wiping the mucus from the pa
tents mouth and enabling him "a
breathe more freely.
THE last words Prince Bismarck ut
tered were addressed TO his daughter
Countess Won Rantzau, who wiped per-
spiration from his forehead. They were
Thanks, my child
"The whole family were assembled al
the bedside at the time Of his death. and
Dr.. Schweninger. Or. Chrysander and
Baron and Baroness Merck were alsC
present. As no breathing movement OF
pulse was perceptible for three minutes
DR.. Schweninger declared quietly and
simply that the prince was dead.
"Dr. Schweninger telegraphed thC
news TO Emperor William, in Norway.
"The prince lies as he used 20 sleep. II
an easy position. with his head slightly
inclined to the left. The expression OF
his face is mild and peaceful. II is re.
marked that his head remained warn
for an unusually long time.
I'm accordance with Prince Bis
marck's wish he will be buried upon thu
hill opposite the castle in the vicinity o
Hirschgruppe."