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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23
Speaking Clocks.

In Switzerland they have COM
menced making Photographic clocks
and watches which, it appears, leave
anything heretofore accomplished far
in the shade. By merely pressing the
button of the new timepiece, it pro-
nounces the hour distinctly. The
alarms call to the sleeper: "It's six
o'clock; get up" There are some
which even add the words: "Now,
don't 60 to sleep again." The form
can be changed to suit the buyer and
make the warning more or less en-
phatic. This application of the phon-
ographic principle is due to French
matchmaker settled at Geneva. He
introduces into clocks and watches
little slabs OF vulcanized rubber, on
which the desired words are traced in
grooves corresponding to the hours
and fractions OF hours.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23
Woman and Drinking.

"There is no question in my mind"
said man of observation and expert.
ence to reporter of the New York
Sun, "that the drinking of intoxicat-
ing liquors is on the increase among
women, that is to say, women of the
better class, OF the best class, I must
almost say. Various causes may be
cited, but 1 think there is no one
cause more answerable than the 'high
ball. plain whisky, Scotch or Ameri-
can, relieved only by bit of ice and a
dilution of carbonic-charged water.
This makes nice-looking drink in a
long glass, and it is undoubtedly pleas
ant to most palates after little culti-
vation.
1T used to be that not one woman
in 10000 had the courage or desire to
ask for whisky as tipple, indeed, it
was considered vulgar. and a woman
who might get under the influence OF
wine and not think it a serious mat
ter, would shrink from taking drink
of whisky in public place. Now
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23
WONDERS OF SNAIL'S MOUTH.
Animals Tongue Band Saw with 10000 Sharp
Teeth, About On. sixth in Use at a Time.

tOuSuC q Odnu Jaw Will SU,UUU JUdTp
Teeth. About Onc.sixth in Use at Time.
"It is fortunate thing for man
and the rest Of the animal kingdom"
said the naturalist, "that no large
wild animal has a mouth constructed
with the devouring apparatus built on
the plan OF the insignificant looking
snail's mouth, for that animal could
out-uo,uui anything LliaL lives. Tic
snail itself is such an entirely un.
pleasant, not to say loathsome, crea-
ture to handle, that few amateur nat
uralists care to bother with it, but by
neglecting the snail they miss study
ing one of the most interesting objects
that come under their observation.
"Any one who has noticed snail
feeding on leaf must have wondered
how such soft, fabby, Shiny animal
can make such sharp and clean-cut
incision in the leaf, leaving an edge as
smooth and straight as if it had been
cut with knife. That is due to the
peculiar and formidable mouth he has.
The snail eats with his tongue and the
roof OF his mouth. The tongue is
ribbon which the snail keeps in coil
in his mouth. This tongue is in real
ity band saw, with the teeth on the
surface instead of on the edge. The
teeth are so small that as many as 3d.
GOO of them have been found on one
snails tongue. They are exceedingly
sharp and only few of them are used
at time-not exactly only a few of
them, but few Of them comparative
ly, for the snail will probably have
1900 or 5000 OF them in use at once.
He does this by means of his coiled
tongue. He can uncoil as much of
this as he chooses, and the uncoiled
part he brings into service. The roof
of his mouth is as hard as bone. He
grasps the leaf between his tongue
and that hard substance, and, rasping
away with his tongue, saws through
the toughest leaf with ease, always
leaving the edge smooth and straight.
"By use the teeth wear off or be-
come dulled. When the snail finds
that this tool is becoming blunted he
uncoils another section and works
that out until he has come to the end
OF the coil. Then he coils the tongue
up again and is ready to start in new,
for while he has been using the latter
portions of the ribbon the teeth have
grown in again in the idle portions
the saw has been filed and reset, so to
speak-and while he is using them
the teeth in the back part of the coil
are renewed. So think 1 am right
in saying that it any large beast of
prey was fitted up with such devour-
ing apparatus as the snail has it
would 60 hard with the rest of the an
imal kingdom"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23
LEATHER MADE OF FISH SKINS.
Many Ways Of Utilizing the Refuse Of the
Fishing Grounds.
New England Grocer.

New England Grocer.
The United States Fish Commission
has been making collection of leath.
ers made from the skins of fish and
other aquatic animals, especially ol
those which promise to be of practical
utility. Several varieties of fish have
| skins that make an uAvullont loothor
for some purposes. Salmon hide, for
example, serves so we'll in this way
that the Eskimos of Alaska make
waterproof shirts and boots out of it.
They also cut jackets out of Goldfish
skins, which are said to be very service
able garments. In the United States
frog skins are coming into use for the
mounting of books where an excep-
tionally delicate materially for fine
binding is required. There are GER
tain tribes of savages who make
breastplates out of garfish skins,
which will turn a knife or a spear. A
bullet will pierce this breastpla,e, but
it is said to be impossible to chop
through the material with a hatchet
at one blow. Together with such a
breastplate, these savages wear a
helmet of the skin of the porcupine
fish, which is covered with formidable
spines. Fastened upon the head, this
helmet serves not only as a protection,
but in close encounters it is used to
butt with.
The Gloucester Isinglass and Glue
Company recently manufactured some
shoes OF the skins of the Goldfish and
cusk. On the lower Yukon, in Alaska,
overalls of tanned fish skins are COM
monty worn by the natives. Whip
handles are made of shark skins and
instrument cases are commonly cov-
cred with the same material, it being
known under the name of shagreen.
Whale skins are said to make admir-
able leather for some purposes, while
porpoise leather is onsidered a very
superior material for razor strops.
Seal leather dyed in a number of dif-
ferent colors is included in the col
lection OF the Fish Commission.
This leather is obtained from the hair
seal and not from the fur-bearing
species, and is used to a considerable
extent in the manufacture of pocket
books. The hair seals are still very
plentiful in the North Atlantic ocean
and as it is not difficult to kill them
they afford very promising source of
leather supply. Walrus leather has
come into the market recently, but as
the animals are being exterminated
rapidly it will hardly amount to much
commercially. Another kind Of
leather now seen on sale is that of
the sea elephant. Up to within few
years a species of sea elephant was
found on the Pacific Coast, ranging
as far north as lower California, but
the animals have been so nearly ex-
terminated that they are now rarely
seen. Another species is to be found
in the Antarctic seas, chiefly on
Kerguelan Island.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23
GAVE A COURTEOUS GREETING
Reception West Point Graduate Received
From His New Commander.
Kansas City Jou rnal

"A gallant old American soldier who
at one time was we'll known in Kansas
had many idiosyncrasies, not the
least of which was an irrepressible dis
like for young lieutenants when first
sent out from West Point. The
name of this soldier was General Starr
and at the time of which we write he
was a major in the Sixth United
States cavalry, though during the
civil war he had been a Brigadier
General.
In 1874 General Starr was in com.
mand at Fort Riley, and one day an
orderly came to his quarters with a
message that Lieutenant Morrison
just from West Point, was at the post
ready to pay his respects and report for
duty. In response to this message the
old General was starting for his office,
when his wife. motherly old soul,
plucked him by the sleeve and said /:
" Now, General, promise ME that you
won't be rough with the young man.
Rough?" said the old man, smil.
ing amiably upon his matrimonial
companion, why, I'll be peaches and
cream unless the young dog rifles me" ;"
Reaching his Office the General was
confronted with dapper little fellow,
as spick and span as though he had
just come from the hands of his barber
and tailor, while he had the half.su-
percilious air that seems inseparable
from the first stages OF military educa-
ton.
Looking the young lieutenant over
for half moment the old General
said with great dignity: "How do
you do, Mr.. Morrison? 1 am pleased
to see you" Then. as flush grad
ually mounted over his weather-b beaten
features, he added: al am always
glad to see you young men from the
military academy. You-you-l here
the general ended with roarl you
think yourselves so d smartw
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23

that is all changed, and high BALI
is extremely popular and quite as
good form as any wine that ever gave
its color to the cup. 1t is altogether
in the name, l think, for even the wo-
men won't ask for whisky.
"a high BALI seems to be a.differ-
ent thing, and they call for them as
easily as man would. Whether
they know what high BALI is can
not say, but / can safely say hum
dred women drink whisky now where
10 did 10 years ago which was before
the advent Of the 'high ball."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23

"AH, darling" he sighed, chow
can l prove to you that have never
loved before--that you are the only
girl I ever"
"Don't worry, dearest" she replied.
"You have proved it to me. If you
had ever loved before, and if were
not the only girl, you would not be
standing there now with your hands
behind your back since have told
you that you may hope."-Chicago
Times Herald.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23
What one Woman Thinks.
PHILADELPHIA Times.

According to man, the only secret
woman can keep is that of her age.
The people who pride themselves on
being determined are sometimes only
contrary.
1t is n poor sort of consolation for
people in trouble te say things might
have been worse.
Some women will feel very lonely in
haven if there is not q cook stove or
a scrubbing brush there.
Some women try very hard to win
o mans love and then seem to forget
they must try just rs hard to keep
IL
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23

ACCORDING to the most recent CEN
sus, the population of Belgium is g.
100000. which for its 1878 square
miles of territory gives 593 inhabi-
tants a square mile, making Belgium
the most thickly populated country
on the globe. Hollands population is
5,l45,OOO, which gives for the IL 2,582
square miles of Dutch territory 40S
inhabitants square mile, making the
land of dikes and windmills the Sec
ond most densely populated country.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23
LABORERS MAY NOT BEAR IT.
Enslands Postmaster General Defines Who
Nay Be Called Esquire"

ChSiahoS PoStmaSter Uenerai DehneS VINO
Nay Be Called ESQUIRE
Lord Londonderry, Postmaster Gen.
eral of Great Britain, has recently is
sued an edict to the effect that the
form of address known as "esq."
should be used in addressing all male
correspondents. "unless they are evil
IDENTIFY laborers, domestic servants or
tradesmen," and adding that deposit
ors in postal savings banks are not en-
titled to the designation ESQ.," is
likely to lead to vast amount of dis
cussion.
Not one in 10000 of the people who
daily make use of the letters "esq." in
addressing letters has even the iaintest
idea OF the real meaning and import
ance of the term; the majority of
them, indeed, have probably never CIV
en- the matter thought, no more
than they have to the title of Mr."
or Mrs." Still less it is understood
by foreigners, to whom it is never
failing source of perplexity and who
in their courteous anxiety to do the
right thing often add the word d" esq"
in full at the end of a name already
adorned with prefix of mr."
Strictly speaking the word "e esq.," is
a nobility title, a fact which will
doubtless astonish many of those in
this country who, while protesting a
truly republican contempt for such
gewgaws as honorific distinction, make
a constant and daily use of the term.
1t is the English equivalent of the
German "edler," with the particle
" von;" of the French "gentilhomme,"
with a particle "de;" of the Spanish
"hidalgo," or "don;" of the Portu-
guese fidalgo," or "dom," and of the
Dutch "jonkheer," with the particle
"van." Being a nobility title, only a
limited number of people have legal
right to be addressed as esq.," They
may be divided into two classes
namely, those who are esquires by vir-
tue of inheritance and those who are
esquires er oficio. The latter COM
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23

SATURDAY afternoon the body of an
Indian was found ON a sandbar in the
Skagit river, at Sterling. To all ap.
pearauce the cause of his death was .
gunshot wound, the right temple and
frontal bones of his head being blown
away. He had evidently been thrown
into the river after the shooting. The
jury brought in verdict that he had
met his death by gunshot wound at
the hands of parties unknown.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23

VANCOUVER, b. c., now has a Cath
olic Apostolic church. The church,
according to the statements of it's ad.
herents, was founded some 65 years ago
in Europe. About the year 1885 a
number of men from various portions
of the world met together from time
in London, England, for the purpose
OF offering supplications for a fresh
outpouring of the Holy Spirit. After
seven years of prayer it is said re-
markable manifestations were report
ed from various parts of the world.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23
THE YELLOW PERIL"
Sir Robert Hart, Director General of Chinese
Customs. Writes an Alarming Article Much
Commented Upon.

. Commenced Upon.
The London FortnighHy Reriew pub
fishes an article on China by Sir Rob
ert Hart, Director General OF the Chi
nese Imperial Maritime Customs. II
is chiefly interesting because of the
| alarming opinions enunciated regard
ing the future by an experienced OBJ.
server, who is probably more familiar
with official China than any living for.
eigner. He declares that the boxer
movement, although officially inspired
has taken hold of the popular imagi.
nation, and will spread throughout
the length and breadth Of the country.
He says it is purely patriotic vol
unteer movement" and that the boxer
patriot OF the future will possess the
best weapon money can buy, and then
the "yellow peril" will be beyond ig-
noring.
Sir Robert refers to the prospective
growth of this Chinese movement as
threatening the worlds future, and
says that 20.000,000 or more boxers,
armed. drilled, disciplined, and ami
mated by patriotic if mistaken, mo-
tives, will make residence in China
impossible for foreigners. They will
take from the foreigners everything
the foreigners have taken from China,
will pay old grudges with interest, and
will carry the Chinese flag and Chi.
nese arms into many a place that even
fancy will not suggest to-day, thus
preparing for future upheavals and
disasters. In fifty years there will be
millions of armed boxers at the call of
the Chinese government. There is not
the slightest doubt of that, and if the
Chinese government continue. to exist
it will encourage, and will be quite
right to encourage, uphold and develop
this national Chinese movement. 1t
BODIES no good to the rest of the world,
but China will be acting within its
rights and will carry through ma
tional programme. Sir Robert fears
that the remedies are outside the range
Of practical politics, and looks to the
future full Of forebodings. Nothing
but PARTITION under certain conditions,
or the miraculous spread of Christian
ity can, in his opinion, avert the peril,
and he does not see how either can be
achieved. Failing these, the lawless-
ness OF the present rising must be con-
doned and the Manchu dynasty sup
ported. To this end it will be made
to lose its face" as little as possible,
but the trade in arms will not cease,
and our sons and grandsons will reap
the whirlwind.
The article attracts much attention
in London. The Times and Standard
regard Sir Roberts judgment as warped
by his long residence in China and by
his sympathy with what can almost be
called his adopted country. The Times
rejoices that there is not the slightest
reason to suppose that the powers will
be frightened by the awful picture OF
a regenerate China in the indefinite
future from doing their plain duty to
the China of to-day.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23
Best WAY to Treat a Sprain.
November Ladies' Home Journal

November Ladies' Home Journal
In treating sprain wiring folded
flannel out of boiling water by laying
it in thick towel and twisting the
ends in opposite directions; shake il
to cool it little, lay it on the painful
part and cover it with a piece OF dry
flannel. Change the lamentations un.
til six have been applied, being care
full not to have them so hot as to burn
the skin. Bandage the part if posi-
BILE, and in six or eight hours repeat
the application. AS soon as it can be
borne, rub we'll with extract of witch.
hazel.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23

prise duly ordained clergymen of the
Church OF England, judges, magis-
trates, deputy lieutenants OF counties,
commissioned officers in the army,
navy and civil service and members of
the bar. The nobility of these, being
ef cticio, is of purely personal ma
ture and cannot be transmitted to
their children, who have, therefore, no
legal right to their fathers's title of
"esauiren
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23

CoRKs that have been stepped in
vaseline are said to be an excellent
substitute for glass shoppers withou,
their disadvantages. They are not
affected by acids or chemical
fumes, and they do not become fixed
by blow or by long disuse.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23
Provision.
PHILADELPHIA Press.

Tom-You've been leaning against
a whitewashed fence, haven't your
Dick-No. Why?
Tcm-Your coat-tails are covered
with white dust.
Dick-'Sh! Pm going to call on
Miss Pechy. Her father, you know,
keeps a bulldog. That white dust is
arsenic.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23

A GERMAN brewer in Mexico Oh
tanned six gold medals at the Paris
Exposition for six kinds of beer made
by him.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23
CAsToRTA.
s;:s:.s. b.. .s: 'A' Kind You IA. .!:.. s''s'
S'',a'''' q &H2Zl<Zw

The Washington Legislature is to
be petitloned this Winter for an ap-
preparation for Washington display
at the Pan-American Exposition.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23

A NUMBER OF women in Baltimore,
desiring to earn money, have started
mushroom farms in their cellars.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-23
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-14
"SIDE TRACKED"

''Side Tracked with its scenic and
mechanical effects, its funny tramp, Ger
man and Irish comedians and its saucy
hoyden, and charming lovers, will be the
attraction at the Academy on Wednes-
day, Jan. II. There is vim and go
about the play that captures the gallery
as well as the elite of every audience. The
special scenery is effective, and several
strong specialties assist materially in the
action of the play. E. II. O'Connor as
Charles Mercer, alias Horatio Irving
Booth is very successful in his perform
ance of the tramp, and Billy Bowers as
Fritz Grabhold section gang boss as
sists materially i'll the fun making by his
finished German character work. Ger
trude Barnes, a captivating little SOU
brette, assumes the role of Bessie Rey-
nolds and introduces a number of capti-
waiting songs and dances. Cecile Lor-
raine, Josephine Roberts and Marguerite
Mayfeld look pretty and appear to advan-
tage in their different characters. L. T..
Yeomans appears to advantage as James
Montague and K. Edgar Vance makes
an excellent Judge Pecksniff Others in
the competent cast are VIM. r. Healy,
w w. Cullison and John j. Brophy.
Seats now on sale.