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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17
SOLITUDE.

Laugh and the world laughs with you
Weep and you weep alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow its
mirth,
Bul has troubles er ough of its own.
Sing and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air.
The echoes bound to joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn ana 20.
They want full measure of all your pleas
uro,
Bui they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be'sad, and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your nectared
wine.
But alone you must drink life's gall.
Feast. and your halls are crowded;
Fast. and the world goes by,
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room i'm the halls of pleasure
For long and lOrdIy train.
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow halls of pain.
Ella Wheeler WilcOr.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17
An Enormous Theater.

The Paris Exposition of 1909 will
contain the largest theater in the
world. According to the report OF NJ
Raulin, the architect who has been in.
trusted with its construction, it will
surpass any other building of the
kind from the point of view of size and
seating capacity. 1t will be erected
within the well-known "Galerie des
Machines" and will accommodat te
from 10000 to $1,000 persons. The
auditorium will consist of five circular
tiers rising one above the other and
sloping backwards till the topmost
reaches the very roof of the Galerie,
while these circles at the rear will
present the appearance of enormous
arcades supported by colossal col
umns,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17
CHILDREN AT TABLE.

Show me what u man eats and I
will tell you what he is" says BrilIat
Savarin. Show me how q child eats,
and l will tell you what his parents
are. If child has rude and unpleas-
and manners at table, his parents are
certainly criminally careless, though
they may not lack breeding.
Between the ages of three and seven
a child is easily taught, simply by the
force of example, the amenities of the
table demanded by civilization, and
even more easily does he acquire wrong
habits, which it is almost impossible
to correct in after life.
have never forgotten the astonisll-
ment with which saw the sixteen
year-old son of Washington banker
spread and bite from whole slice Of
bread His subsequent confusion
showed that his habit of early child
hood has been the subject of frequent
remark in the family. His mother, a
gay society woman. had left him to
servants at mealtime, just as she was
then leaving her younger children.
One must not, of course make q
child's whole meal a time for "don't,''
and this will not be necessary if, be-
forehand, one at time, you will in.
still into his plastic mind a few of the
most necessary rules regarding his be-
havior at table.
1t keeps the mother on the alert to
see that the children sit straight in
their chairs and do not tilt sidewise or
backwards; that they wipe their
mouths before and after drinking, and
do not drink with food in their
mouths. That they do not bolt their
meat, or scrape their pudding plates,
or swallow their spoons, and that they
do not gather debris in the way of
crumbs of bread, egg shells, or bits of
rejected meat, on the tablecloth be-
side their plates, instead of on the
sides of the plates.
Fortunately, childish memories are
good. Once thoroughly impress some
little point of etiquette on their minds,
and years will not efIace it. A child
whose manners could never be amend
ed by fault finding, can often be trans
formed into veritable Lord Chester
field by judicious praise. 1t is when
praising him for some point of con.
duct that you can best insinuatingly
add that you have never seen him do
thus and SO. He will be a thousand
times more apt never to commit the
error Of which you speak, than if you
had bluntly corrected him in the act
itself.
have visited in families where the
children at meal times were so pain
fully silent that but for the motions
of eating they might have been wood
en- images and in other houses I have
seen single child keep the whole ta-
BILE in a turmoil by his incessant chat
ter and rude demands. In this, as in
all things, it is the golden mean that
must be sought aAer. Let the little
ones have share in the conversation,
but let the command that they are
not to break in upon the conversation
of their elders be q peremptory one.
The greatest moral and religious duty
of parent, the right training of
children, is no sinecure.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17
SOUND PICTURES.
How One May Make "Photosraph" Of His
Own Voice.

Own Voice.
To take picture OF your voice it is
only necessary to tie sheet of thin,
strong paper over the flaring end of an
old tin horn. Hold the horn with the
sheet of paper upward. Take a little
pinch of fine sand and place it in the
center of the paper. Then hold the
horn vertically above your face and
sling note into the lower end of the
instrument. Do not blow, but sing
the note.
Now lower the horn carefully and
look at the sand. You will find that
the vibrations Of your voice have scat.
tered the pinch of sand into a beauti-
full sound picture. Every note in the
musical scale will produce different
picture, so you may produce a great
variety of them.
Some of these pictures look like
pansies, roses and other flowers, some
like snakes, and others like flying
birds; in fact, there is no limit to the
variation. The pictures of the notes
of musical instruments are made by
holding the horn as near as possible to
them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17

SOME men who enjoy good standing
and full fellowship in the church re-
minds lis of the old darkey who arose
in prayermeeting and said: Bredren
and 'cistern. rs been mighty mean
niger in my time. Ise had lot
of ups an downs since l jined the
chuch. Use stole water millyins, Use
cussed, Use got drunk, Use shot crap,
Use slashed odder coons wifi my razza.
and Tse done sight of odder t'ings.
But tank de Law'd Use neber lost my
religin."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17

THIS is the way New York paper
sizes it up: "Matters have reached a
pass, where, the President, after stand
ing by Secretary Alger through a
storm of scandals and criticism, he
must permit him now to be driven
from the Cabinet, or else he must
silence Miles tor good and ever. Miles
believer that he has popular sentiment
behind him."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17
THE LEGISLATURE.

Al tuc Ocuatc Ou 1uuTSuaE Tie JLu
a resolution by Senator Plummer
was adopted, instructing the President
of the Senate and State Adjutant Gen.
eral to ascertain at State expense by
wire the condition OF officers and mem.
bers of the First Washington volun.
teers at Manila.
Senator High presented q protest
signed by members of Union grange
No. 9, against the proposed division oi
Lincoln county.
The following bills were introduced
numbered from 143 to 14S, inclusive:
Keith-Appropriating 5000 for fe
lief of Deputy State Auditor H. s. All
ing.
Clapp-Appropriating $4,000 for g
State road from Port Angeles to Ho
quiam.
McReavy-Permitting liquor Ii
censes to issue to hotels for $50 PEI
annum.
Misunderstanding that process.
from justice courts may be issued and
served by attorneys.
Hammer - Appropriating $1,000
for State road from Birdsview to Ba
ker lake, all in Whatcom county.
Plummer-Requiring electric wires
of more than 500 voltage to be PLACED
under ground.
Plummer-Making it n felony fol
peace officers to receive money from
gamblers or prostitutes.
The following House bills wer,
passed:
H. B. As, providing for re-assess
ments for local Improvements, a
slightly amended by the Senate. H. B
so, providing for the adoption by char
liable organizations of homeless an,
abused children.
In the House, committee on Appro
priations recommended the following
appropriations for the three norma
schools OF the State, to-wit:
For salary and maintenance of tn
Ellensburg school, $4,000; repairs
81, 500; text books and stationery, 81,
200, incidentals, $500, furniture, 81,
500; equipment and apparatus in lab
oratory, $500; library, 81 500; total
$4,000.
For Cheney: Maintenance and re-
pairs, $4,000.
For New Whatcom: For mainten
ance and repairs, $4,000. The bill
passed to third reading.
The House bill appropriating $12,
500 for claim of loss on construction
of the capitol foundation by the Moi
fatt Brothers, was indefinitely post
poned.
The following bills, numbered from
322 to 1872, inclusive, were introduced
Falknor-An application to Con
gress for a convention for proposing
amendments to the United States con
stitution.
Sharpe - Relating to irrigation
bitches.
Callvert-For laying out and con
structing roads.
Callvert-To repeal an act relating
to deficiency certificates.
Brown-For the protection of retail
grocers against acts of judgment debt
ors.
Pratt-Relating to the improve
ment of harbors and waterways.
Pratt-Providing cities with concur
rent methods of making local i'm
provements.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17

BRYAN and silver are as popular
With Democracy as ever. Twenty
three U. s. Senators are in favor OF
Mr.. Bryan as leader of the Chicago
platform, which can also be said of SO
members of the House. Only the
glOdbug members of Congress oppose
the fighting of the 1900 campaign on
substantially the issues of 1896.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17
Tackins,

"What do they mean by tack
ingT" asked young woman on her
first sail Of young woman who was
ON her second.
"Why," said the wise one in q care
full whisper, lacking is just-just
sailing on the bias, Heleu."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17
TO THE PRESIDENT.

PETITION.
/ want to he magistrate
An Oriental potentate,
consequential,
Influential,
Oriental
Potentate.
Idd like to rule tropic isle.
Not very big-say one square mile,
Is there for me no
Filipino.
Sma: casino,
TrOpic isle?
When am prince in the Levant
I'll ride the sacred elephant;
The white and creamy,
Slow and dreamy,
Bright and gleamy
Elephant.
Four-and-twenty brown NegritOs
With fans will keep away mosquitoes
MalevOlential,
Most potential,
Pestilential,
Big mosquitoes.
Then let me have a tropic isle,
A little bit of Natures smile,
A soft and balmy,
Fair and palmy,
Never qualmy
TrOpic isle. Life.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17

U. s. GRANT, who has expended .
large sum in seeking to become Sena-
ator from California, is the man who
wanted his expenses to New York paid
at the time his fathers tomb was dedi.
Gated.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17

SPAIN said that Uncle Sam had bi
off quid it would be somewhat diff
cult for him to chew, when he took in
charge the savages of the Spanish de-
Tendencies, and the result shows tina
the Dons did not err in judgment.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17

A GIRL sued man for breach OF
promise, and proved him such scoun-
drel that the jury decided that she
ought to pay him something for not
marrying her.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17

MASSACHUSETTS will hereafter kill
her convicted murderers with elec.
tricity. The murderer will not know
the time at which he is to die and no
press reports Of the execution will be
attainable. Should there be any care
lessness or buhgling the people will
not learn of it through the newspa-
pers
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17

LOTS of men find the almighty dol
lar an almighty hard thing to keep.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17

WASTED - SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY
w persons In this State to manage our bust.
ness In their own and nearby counties. 1t is
mainly ONCE work conducted at home. Salary
straight $500 year and expenses - definite,
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-17
Heilig-Same subject.

Patterson-To change the name of
Dog Fish bay, in Katsap county, to
Paulsbo.
Somerindyke-Relating to the com
mencement ofactions in Justice courts.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-22

10 fit the hand, in order that the grasp
could not slip The blades. which fitted
into them exactly-no extending beyond
like the Bowie knife--were fully one-elghth
of an inch thick at the top, narrowing
90 an almost razor-like edge.
The steel was moved by a
spring which, when touched, not only
sprung the weapon into place, but held it
there, so that when plunged into a body
it could not double up on the hand as an
ordinary penknlfe would. This spring also
served another purpose. Col. Bowie had
to reach down his back to pull out his
weapon and then afterwards get the blade
into position. My knife, however could be
carried in the brooches pocket and as the
owner drew 1t. by touching the spring, the
blade would throw Itself into place even
before the knife came In sight and its
wielder would be ready for battle had
two of these knives made and presented
one to Col Goodloe and taught him how
10 use &c. He said that with such weapon
he would have no show against man
armed with a revolver / quickly showed
him that he was mistaken. / handed him
an empty revolver and told him to try to
place IL against my breast and pull the
trigger. AS he moved his right hand for
ward with the pistol / grasped the cuff
OF his coat with the fingers of nv left
l thus obtained twisted backward the
hand, holding the weapon In such a way
that he was powerless. Then with my right
hand | sprung my knife from my brooches
pocket and made a score or more of mock
stabs into his defenseless breast Again
and again / showed him how to accom-
plish the feat, and that is how he killed
Swope, and that Is the meaning Of the
words in this telegram. He used your
knife
1t was after this and after Chnn had
made the narrators blood run cold by
using him as a model upon which to ex-
emplify the graceful use of his Kentucky
toothpick, that / said TO him: but why
use a knife?" He answered: different
countries have different customs. Why
use a pistol? Why use anything 10 de-
fend yourself. IL man is seeking your
life, why take any chances in the mat
ter? Why not at once put stop 70 TIE
menace? You of the East look upon The
use of fists as preferable to a pistol, and
the latter Is far less bloodthirsty than the
employment of the knife. But 1t is all
a matter Of custom. In Kentucky men
carry weapons habitually, and think he
who uses the knife is far more courage
GUS man than the one who engages i'm the
long-range attack of a pistol With a
knife you must be close to your foe; il
you use it on his back you are a bastard
and should hang for it, but should you
meet him face TO face and plunge 1t into
him after fair warning and for a proper
cause, there IL no reason why a true man
should not take you by the hand"
BlOodthirsty but true.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-22
THOUGHT SHERMAN WAS DEAD.
Mrs Miles Experiences Emotions of
Sorrow and Joy.

WIS Miles Experiences Emotions of
SORROW and Joy.
Boston. March 21.-Maj Gen Nelson A.
|1lles visited the legislative this after
noon. Each branch took a recess after
Pen Miles had addressed them. during
Visitor ~ '4'e
u.s. AFTER leaving the state house. one
y 'Ae afternoon papers, containing the
announcement that Mr.. Sherman had died
vas SHOWN to Gen. Miles Unfortunately.
s le contradictory report was not received
some hours later, and while Gen. Miles
pi SSsed his intention of CARRYING our
Ia ,e way programme, Mrs. Miles REQUEST
|cor 'ila1 ner numerous engagements be can
H. - rms was done, and she returned
'ie hotel very much depressed.
h. ~" hours later a representative of
T. -'asoclat TED Press brought her the well
s1 G'ne news that Mr.. Sherman was stin
n'e' The sudden change from sorrov, RI
w almost staggered Mrs. Miles. and with
- IN her eyes, she thanked the re-
ST. ST. ior the good news, saying that Mr.
veo- man mad been father to her far
~ =" me meantime Gen. Miles braveIv stood
AIost OF hours Of Handwriting ar the
In s2nquin Club previous to the banquet
C,r Tie same club house by the Merchants,
-iup dining organization.
ciat. me midst of the festivities the Assn
M ''SI Press dispatch was shown him ana
h. pressed joy at the good news and
M mat the dispatch be sent a once ~
snd Silies This had already been done
forD u after thanking the Associated press
tn, us courtesy he again gave his atten9
ere1 20 the numerous speeches and de,iv-
thar ms b own with far more fire and zest
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-22
DISAPPR0VED CANNED MEAT.
DIR. Sem SAYS 1T DOES NOT MAKE
A GOOD ARMY RATION.

Was TasteIess and Lacked Nutritive
QunIities-The Doctor Thought 1t
Had Been Boiled Too Much-Hnd
Heard of PtOmaines Forming in
1t. But Had Not Found Any-COI.
Corliss Said Ii Was Impossible to
Eat the Meat Plain.
Chicago. March .21-The government
. court of inquiry to-day examined two wit
aesses with reference TO the beef CUES
ton, DR.. Nicholas Sem and Lieut.. Col
A. w Corliss.
DR.. Sem entirely disapprovcd of the
any length of time, and Col. Corliss told
Of The soldiers dislike of IT,
The court will hold an all day session
tomorrow, expecting TO leave FOR New
York tomorrow evening or Thursday
morning. The remaining witnesses will
be those suggested by Maj. Lee in behalf
of Maj. Gen. Miles.
DR.. Sem of Chicago. who served in
cuba and Porto Rico tcsii6ed chat tie
troops In Cuba lived largely on canned
roast beef and bacon. He had every rea-
son 10 believe that the canned beef was
not roasted, but boiled. 1t was tasteless
and certainly appeared to lack nutrltive
qualities as was apparent from the con-
dition of the men who returned from
Cuba to Montauk-msn who had never
been i'll, but were greatly emaciated
The Meat Was OverGOne.
He believed that the meat was over
done-that there was some fault in the
process of preparation-that the process
has not been perfected. The bacon was
of good QNality. He could say nothing
about refrigerated beef, because he did
not see any of it in Cuba or Porto Rico
He made no formal inspection of the can
ned roast beef but had eaten some Of It,
and his statements were based upon his
experience.
In reply to Gen. Davis, the witness
stated that the meat as prepared by the
packers, according to the testimony Civ
en-, would not lose much Of its nutrition
on account of being boiled in the cans
He saw no evidence of the use of chemi-
Gals in the canned roast beef. He had
heard of cases of ptomaine intoxication,
but did not see any. Ptomaines would
not develop il the meat were thoroughly
sterilized and properly sealed. When
opened, the meat should keep twenty-four
hours. II would not be safe TO eat 1t af-
ter that time.
Made the Men Sick. ,.
Lieut.. Col A. w. Cofliss who was at
tached to the Seventh Infantry in Cuoa
testified that he was shot on the first Of
July and know nothing of conditions there
after that.
up to that time" he said I'VE got
good deal of canned corned beef and cam
ned roast beef, also bacon in small guam
titles. Complaints were received about
the roast beef it was disliked very much.
The officers and men had the same "a
tons. We tried TO eat he canned roast
beef, and did eat it, but in order to do
so VIE had TO mix it up with hard tack
and fry it, We tried TO eat Ii pain, but
could not; it make US sick and gave US
bowel trouble"
Maj. Lee did not examine the witnesses,
and the court had no questions 20 ask
The court adjourned until 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-22
THE HARPOON GUN.
Ingenious Plan for Removing Dam
gerOus Ruins of Fires.

Ingenious PIan Tor removing Dam
gerous Ruins of Fires.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
A daring and ingenious plan for the de-
molishment of the high brick walls which
stand in the center of the Baldwin Hotel
ruins-a menace to the lives of workmen
and pedestrians-was invented and given
a successful trial yesterday. 1t was al first
thought that it would be necessary to re-
sort to the use of dynamite to wreck these
walls for removal, but a small whaler'
two-pound cannon, "a liberal quantity of ca
bic and the application of the simplest
la&s of mechanics in The use of the block
and tackle have been found to be as effica-
cious and quick a remedy without the at
tendant dangers of the use of explosives.
A small harpoon gun was secured yester-
day morning and mounted upon a plat
form built from the annex roof II was
loaded with a rig after the fashion of a
life line consisting of a slug attached to a
stout cord. The piece was aimed at a win
dow at the top of the rear wall of the old
theater, which stood about a hundred feet
high. The slug was fired through the
window, trailing the cord after it,
clothesline was then attached to the other
end of the cord and pulled through the
window A cable was then drawn through
after the line and passed around the out
side of the wall and back to the roof of
the annex where 1t was secured to
chimney A block-and-tackle arrangement
of eight pulleys was made, and twelve men
were put on the end of a rope for tug
of-war with the wall.
When all was in readiness, the street
cars on Market street were stopped, and
all pedestrians were warned away to a
safe distance. At the first strain on the
cable the high wall trembled as If disturb
ed by an earthquake. Successive tugs
caused It to wave through an area of two
or three feet before IL gave way with a
roar, and The tons of brick, mortar and
timbers fell with a crash and a cloud Of
dust to the ruins below. A man with an
AK had been stationed on the outer walls
and as the mass fell IL was his dangerous
part 70 cut the cable so as to save the
blocks from being dragged into the fan
ing mass The remainder of the walls will
not be pulled down until the debris has
been cleared away.