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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-01
A Colossal Bicycle.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.

Boston has just built colossal BIZ
cycle. 1t weighs nearly a ton and
stands fully eleven feet high. 1t re-
quires nine men to operate it, one to
direct its course and eight to propel its
pedals. 1t attains a great speed, too,
considering its weight, being capable
of over thirty miles an hour. Its
great size has attracted for it much
attention. Its driving wheels are each
eleven feet in diameter and weigh in
the neighborhood of 25O pounds.
They are rubber tired and fitted with
ball bearings to facilitate their smooth
running. They are driven by chain
gearing, connecting with a double
shaft, the men sitting in a row be-
tween the wheels. The front steering
wheel is over seven feet in diameter.
1t is controlled by chain and wheel
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-01
He Shines His Shoes Soles.
Kansas City Star

"There goes n man that got his
moneys worthw exclaimed the tar
faced bootblack as he bit his nickel be-
fore putting it in his pocket. "You
needn't tell me that that man amt
vain, neither, cause I'll have to pass it
back to you. Funny thing about
him"
The bootblack folded up his rags
and seated himself on his stand. The
man he spoke of was one of those indi-
viduals with iron gray hair and black,
we'll brushed clothing-an eccentric
appearing man, and eccentric, indeed,
if the bootblack's story is true.
"That man get his shoes shined on
the bottom" said young Ebony, sadly.
What do you think of that? He
amt satisfied to see hisself in the tops
of his shoes, but he wants the bottoms
the same way. Course we can do it
all right, specially under the insteps,
but it goes kind o funny"
"What do you suppose he does it
for" asked man on the next box.
"'Cause he's proud" came the an
swer, "and cause he's lazy and don't
do nothing but sit around all day with
his feet in window. He's a boarder
in hotel, and he amt got no business
that can tell. All the time he's sit
ting in a chair with his feet on the
window sill, and of course everybody
that goes by sees his feet. l I'spose it's
just habit, sitting with his feet up,
and in order to be on the square he
has just the bottoms shined SOS the
people that sees the shoes instead Of
his collar will know he's neat.
"Any how" he added after pause,
81 guess we can't kick over little ex-
ira work on him. He has his shoes
shined twice and three times a day,
when they don't need it only on the
bottom, SO l guess we get even."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-01
COST OF LIVING.
Combinations Cause an Increase of IS PEI
Cent in One Year.
Chicago News.

tHlCdSO NeHh
According TO market quotations, the
cost of many of the necessaries OF life
has increased about Is per cent. over q
year ago. While some OF this may be
due to the fact that there has been an
increased demand, by reason of con-
sumers receiving better pay for their
labor, it is principally to be charged
to combinations which are able to
control the output of nearly every
commodity used by the people.
In some places meats have been adj
vanced 2 or 3 cents pound, the deal
ers saying they are forced to take this
course because OF the greed of two beef
trusts. Contributing to this advance
in prices is the position of the ice
trust, which demands more for the
material used in refrigerator cars, and
this in some degree enhances the cost
of transporting fresh meats.
1t is declared that the Chicago beef
trust gets cents pound less for beef
in the London market than it demands
for the same quality of meat in New
York, and il that is true of that city
it is true of other places East and
West. Both in Omaha and in Boston
identical conditions prevail and the
beef trust is charged with being solely
responsible for the advance in prices.
1t is instructive to notice that in al
most every case where a line Of goods
is controlled by syndicate there has
recently been all increase in the prices.
Salt has gone up from s. cents bar
rel to $3.50; carpets are 20 per cent.
higher; iron, steel, wire nails and
lumber are all more costly than before
the formation of the trusts controlling
their manufacture print clothes are
three-quarters OF a cent yard above
last years prices, and copper and
brass goods have advanced. Stoves
and all kitchen goods have gone up
about 40 per cent, while coal is still
climbing, and the list might be extend.
ed indefinitely.
All this has taken place notwith.
standing the fact that the supply Of
raw materials was never more abun-
dant than at present, nor was the
quantity OF manufactured products
ever in excess OF that now being
turned out of American mill and
shOns
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-01
THE STANDARD YARDSTIcK.
Years Of Study and Experiments We're Neces
sary to Produce It.

WV ''~~~-
sary to Produce II.
People who handle the yardstick
have but little idea of the years OF
/ study and experiments that were ne
cessary to secure the standard yard
measure" observed an official of the
coast survey.
BIRD, u famous scientist, made the
first standard yard in 1760, but the
English government did not legalize
it until 1924. Ten years afterward,
when the House of Parliament in Lon.
don was destroyed by fire, the standard
yard was lost, and England was again
without standard yard of length.
Sheepsbanks next made standard
measure, which the English govern
ment adopted, and, so that it could
not be again destroyed by fire, four
authorized copies were made of it
One OF these was deposited in the
royal mint, another in the Royal So.
ciety, another III the observatory at
Greenwich, and the fourth was enl.
bedded in the walls of the new house
of parliament.
"The standard yard measures which
are owned by the government are cop
les Of the original, one of which is
owned by the coast survey. The
United States naval observators has
one also. The delicacy of its con-
struction may be gathered by the fact
that a change of temperature of one
hundredth of a degree Of Fahrenheit
has been found to produce sensible
effect on the length of the bar.
"The copies of the standard are
made of bronze, for the reason that
bronze is less affected by temperature
than any distinct or single metal.
"The cost of the construction of the
original standard yard measure in.
volved the labors of Bird and his as.
sistants for nearly six years. Sleeps
banks was IL years in producing the
accurate copies which he made from
Birds original measurements"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-01

rccumbent position quarter of an
hour before and after meals. G)
Wear the loosest clothing possible, es-
pecially around the waist and lower
ribs, to afford absolute freedom in re-
spiration. (S) Take systematic
daily exercise in the open air on foot.
(9.) If means and station in life ad-
nit of long holiday, from time to
time, live during fine weather in a
tent in the open air or in summer
house for most of the day and if un-
employed pursue a hobby to occupy
the mind.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-01
FORGOTTEN Long Apo. Doubtless.

This is an interesting clause in the
constitution of Vermont OF 1893, to
limit professional officeholders: Gas
every freeman, to preserve his inde-
pendence, if without sufficient es-
tate. ought to have some profession,
calling, trade or farm, whereby he
may honestly subsist, there can be no
necessity for nor use in establishing
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-01
THE DREYFUS STORY.
FACTS OF THE FAMOUS CASE IN
A NUTSHELL.
Russia's Desire for Plans of the Modern Ord.
nance Of France at the Bottom Of the Whole
Matter-Diplomacy Shields the Guilty.

nance Of France at the Bottom Of the Whole
Matter-Diplomacy Shields the Guilty.
Incidentally it may be stated here
that it is those quick-firing guns
which are to great extent response.
BILE for the Dreyius case. At the time
when, several years ago, France first
resolved upon adopting the quick-fir-
ing cannon, Russia asked for the plans
and drawings. To this request
France demurred. She asked Russia
to wait until she herself had complet-
ed the equipment of her own army
with these guns Gt has only just been
completely, and then insisted that
Russia should bind herself to order in
France all the quick-firing guns which
she needed for the re-arming of her
artillery. Russia replied that, having
excellent gun factories of her own, she
did not see her way to spend abroad
$50, 100000 or $7O,OOO,OOO, which
would stimulate and enrich her own
industries if expended at home, and
thereupon set to work to obtain by
means of secret agents the plans and
drawings of the gun.
These attempts were successful, and
it was the knowledge that the plans
and drawings had been obtained by
Russia through underhand means
that gave rise in France to the public
charges of treachery against the
French war department. In order to
satisfy public opinion it was necessary
to find scapegoat, and, as the anti.
semitic craze WAS then at its height,
Dreyfus, as the only Hebrew member
of the general staff, was selected for
the purpose, and the evidence against
him fabricated. 1t is pretty generally
known, however, that the person who
furnished Russia with the drawings
and plans of the quick-fring gun was
no less a person than Gen. de Bois.
deffre, then chief of the general staff,
now dying in disgrace from cancer OF
the throat, while the Russian parties
to this conspiracy were Gen. Obrut.
chef, chief of the Russian general
staff, and Baron Monrenheim, at that
time Russian ambassador on the
banks of the Seine. 1t is significant
fact that although Gen. Obrutchef,
who is married to French woman
and is the most intimate friend OF
Boisdeffre, was slated for the portfolio
of minister of war, he was suddenly
and sensationally dismissed from of.
flee at the same time as Baron Mon
renheim and Gen. Boisdeffre, and, like
them, relegated to dishonorable re-
tirement, without any reason being
given at the time for this sudden dis
grace.
1t is because the French authorities
know that the publication of the Sc
cret dossier containing the evidence of
the underhand attempts on the part
of Russia to obtain the drawings and
working plans of the new gun would
bring about the rupture of the Franco
Russian alliance that they are so anx-
ious to prevent the nature of these
documents from becOming q known.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-01
Linked Eyebrows.

1t is popularity believed that if ones
eyebrows meet it indicates deceit.
Charles Kingsley indorses this belief,
but Tennyson has other ideas and po-
etically speaks of married brows."
In Turkey meeting eyebrows are
greatly admired, and the women use
artificial means to bring the brows to
this condition, and if art cannot in.
duce thin eyebrows to grow they make
up by drawing black line with paste.
1t would appear that the Greeks ad-
mired brows which almost met. and
the fashionable inhabitants of Rome
not only approved of them, but resort
ed to pigments to make up the lack
which sometimes existed.
Some proverbs state that the person
whose eyebrows meet will always have
good luck, while others state exactly
the reverse. The Chinese say that
"people whose eyebrows meet can
never hope to attain to the dignity OF
a minister of state," and in Greece OF
to-day the man whose brOws meet is
said to be vampire, while in Den
mark and Germany it is said he is a
werewolf.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-01
WHOLE NUMBER 2,O58.

Offices of profit, the usual effects OF
which are dependence and servility
unbecoming freemen, in the possessors
or expectants, and faction, contention
and discord among the people. But if
any man is called into public service
to the prejudice of his private affairs
he has a right to reasonable compen-
sation; and whenever an office,
through increase of fees or otherwise,
becomes SO profitable as to occasion
many to apply for it, the profits ought
to be lessened by the legislature"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-01
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON: FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT l, $780,

easily managed by one man. He sits
in front and guides its course, avoid
ing obstacles with little difficulty. On
level road one man could readily
push it along from behind, but at
least three would be necessary to
move it by the pedals.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-01
How to Avoid tuberculosis.

a. A generous dietary of nitroge.
nous food. o. Free ventilation ol
dwelling and sleeping rooms by open
windows, with wire gauze blind. g.
Adequate house heating in winter.
a. Boil all milk or cream previous
to using. o. Try and obtain eight
hours sleep every night; if not sound
sleep, contract hours to seven and rest
during the day. co. If debilitated
with weak digestion, take rest in the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-01
LAST year there were five widows of

LAST year there were five widows OF
revolutionary soldiers on the pension
rolls. One, Nancy Jones, has just
died in Tennessee. She was about 80
years old, and married Darling Jones,
who fought at Kings Mountain, s. c.,
when she was 16 and he was over 60.
This would indicate that Jones was
about 20 years old at the close of the
revolution, and that he married the
young girl about 1926. Thus it comes
about that the government is paying
revolutionary pensions more than 1l5
years after the close of the war. The
government paid we'll for Jones SER
vices in behalf of Independence.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-01

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-01
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-01

NORTH YAKIMA has $50 school
children.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-01

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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-08-05

A house and lot near the roller
mills for sale.
A two room house east of mill to
rent, s3 month; cash in advance.
A house and four or five lots east of
the roller mills for sale; price $500.
A house and lot In the southeast
part of town for sale--rents for So a
month. Will take s4OO for it.
Good pasture with plenty of grass,
water and shade, adjoining town
Terms, sl.0O month, in advance.
Ed Hoskin has pasture for horses
and cattle on Little Cabin, first place
north of Brackett's. Leave word with
S. f. Parks. tues-wed.
For SALE.-Large convenient
house, eight rooms, across from Fris.
co depot. Price reasonable. Apply
at this office.
For SALE.-Three secondhand
buggies, 1 secondhand carriage, 2 sets
double harness, single harness. TO
sell or trade for stock.
JOHN T. GUNTER.
For sale, lot 15U by 300 feet with
Z room house, good barn, moke house
and other buildings, and good fenced
garden A bargain for some one
wanting property In vinlta. trice
5000, cash.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-08-05
TRUE STORY OF SAMSON.
Life Of One of the Worlds Most Noted
Athletes, who Never Wrote
for Newspapers.

Samson was precocious youth and
was engaged to travel with circus as a
lion tanner. One day right after they
got in from the parade the main lion
(they had only one in his circus, as they
were just starting out) became unruly
and insisted on taking chew of to-
bacco out of one of the showmen's hip
pockets. Samson arrived just in the
nick of time, and, taking the lion by the
submaxillary, broke it off.
Samson was a good hand to have
around show. He was really the whole
show himself a good deal of the time.
One day just as bit of pleasantly BE
tied the tails of lot of foxes together
and turned them "loose, Mr.. johnson"
and they started a prairie fire that
burned off all the crops in western Ne
braska. He was great mirth-pro-
voker, Samson was. He wouldn't go to
Sunday school much, however, and
maybe that's what got him into trouble.
He insisted on travelling with the circus,
although his folks objected a good deal.
But he was wayward and had head of
his own. His father needed him at home
ON the farm, as he was a good stout
hand, and could easily have earned $40
q month and board, wet or dry.
He was something of pugliist in his
day, but living before the days of news
papers and football. he never acquired
the reputation he otherwise would have
done.
While travelling with the circus, tam
ing lions and keeping the Philistines
from crawling under the canvas by
swiping them on the heads with the
jawbone of an ass, he let his hair grow
nice and long. He was getting ready to
start Buffalo Bills wild west show,
but meantime he got stuck on the lead
ing bareback rider, Delilah. A rival
Snowman hired her to cut off the golden
hair hanging down his back and Sam
son was gone gosling. But he said
put out by some cowardly rival. but he
bided his time. and one day just as the
show was beginning the grand entry he
had his revenge. They-were showing
in GAIA, a county seat town in Okla
homa. Samson was standing, leaning
against the center pole, and just as the
entire crowd was loudly laughing at
one of the clowns jokes which he had
dug out of the ark, Samson spit on his
hands and gave the center pole a hoist
which sent the whole tent sprawling,
and there fell at that time more than
5000 people who had paid their way
into the circus, and they never asked for
their money back. Thus ended the life
of one of the most noted athletes the
world has known, and yet he never
wrote a word for the newspapers
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-08-05
A Perfect Game.

Kelly-Arrah, it was an illigant game
bechune the hod-oarriers and the sand
shovelers! Not a hit, nor run, nor
an error was made by either side, and
they played till dark.
O'Brien-How many innings?
"Part av wanl The first gossoon at
the bat shtartid the foight, and it took
till sundown before the lasht man was
totally disabled."-Judge.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-08-05

Cover half a box of gelatin with cold
water, and let soak half an hour. Put
a pint of grated pineapple and cupful
of sugar in saucepan, and set over the
fire to simmer; add the gelatin and stir
until dissolved. Take up. turn into 9
tin pan, stir until the mixture begins
to thieken; mix In carefully piEt Of
whipped cream; pour IN mold and set
on fee to harden. Housewife.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-08-05

.4ffHf4 N4 NNN
Congressman Tawney, OF Minnesota,
began life as blacksmith's helper.se
When Capt. Coghlan was in COM
mand of the Raleigh he was the small
est man in stature on that ship.
"A Fall River (Mass.) lover has Sc
cured a writ from court to compel the
parents of hisisweetheart to permit the
latter to wed him.
A Lawrence (Ky.) man fell from q
small fight of steps and struck the side
of his head on the pavement. The blow
deprived him Of sight"
A Waldoboro (Me.) bachelor, while
watching beside the couch OF his sick
father this winter, has made three as
fine quilts as were ever produced at an
old-fashioned quilting bee.
A New Brunswick IN. J.) burglar, be-
ing unable to secure any money in a
house he broke into the other night,
accepted small check in lieu thereof
from the owner of the premises.
A st. Louis woman, after searching
ALL AhOhthS AOA hCA nu5Dhhut AOdhQ Alin
body in an embalmer's Office, where it
was doing service as an exhibit. The
man had been accidentally drowned.
Perhaps the most extraordinary fam
lily in the world is one now living at Ar
kansas City. The mother has been
married five times, and for each hus-
band she has had a child. The five chill
dren are living with her and each bears
the name of Its father. aes
Prof. G. X. Gilbert, who appears to
have been Investigating quietly for sew
eral years, says the city Of Chicago is
sinking into the lake at the rate Of nine
or ten inches in a century. This is hap
pening because of a gradual fitting of
the esrth's crust in the lake region.