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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16
Chinese Pulse Feeling.

Tie Chinese physicians. ii is well
known. have long had the credit OF
paying Very particular attention TO the
pulse. They even pretend to derive q
much more minute and accurate knOwl-
edge OF the state of the sick from that
source than European practitioners lay
an, claim TO.
I'll" patient IS directed to be laid in
bed, with his arm resting on n small
cushion. The physician must 10 seat
ed, and both parties are enjoined to re-
main calm, silent and collected. The
fingers are next to be applied in due
succession, one after another, in order
To- judge Of the compressibility Of the
artery.
The Chinese do not infer solely from
the rapidity OF the pulSatiOns. Their
mode is - compare the number Of pull
kations Of the artery with the intervals
Of the respiration Of the patient. The
number Of pulsations Of man in mod
crate health they consider In relation
to the time Of natural inspiration and
expiration. Four beats Of the pulse
dicaGng perfect health. If 1t exceeds
five pulsations. 1t is considered as too
quick; II under that number, as too
slow respecting good health. 1t is re-
quired to reckon 80 pulsations In order
to form n correct indication. Their
chief divisions of the pulse are four,
the superficial, the profound, the quick
and the slow. These they consider as
having relation to the four tempera-
ments, the choleric, the sanguine, the
phlegmatic and the melancholy
Health.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16
A Snake That Crows

There exists fl Venezuela species
Of snake Of an exceedingly venOmous
and crafty character. This snake ut
ters cry that Is the almost exact repli-
ca Of a cock crow. The unwary travel
er when walking through the bush will
be astonlshed to hear near ut hand this
extraordinary Growing. He proceeds
toward the spot, when the snake darts
out and stings the unfortunate man
with its terrible fOrked tongue. If not
taken promptly In hand, the sting will
In nine cases out Of ten turn out to be
fatal.
The black inhabitants Of Venezuela
are, like all other dark races. very su-
perstitious. And as regards the rattle
snake they have a curious belief. They
affirm that IL a rattlesnake is captured
and the bones in its tail which form
the rattle removed the snake will never
rest until 1t has sought out the man
that committed the theft and exacted
vengeance for the robbery.
They cite instances of men who have
taken the rattles and gone far journeys
only to be followed by the Infatuated
snake and killed. Whether there is any
truth in this Is matter of conjecture.
II half the tales that are told have any
truth in them, 1t would seem superflu-
Gus to gainsay the superstition.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16
Our Old Shinplasters.

An officer Of the treasury department
estimates that more than $4,000, 900
worth Of the old fashioned fractional
paper currency is still outstanding. and
though some Of 1t has doubtless been
destroyed the bulk Of it Is held by col
lectors and private individuals. Every
now and then some old person dies,
and the heirs, finding quantity Of the
'shinplasters" in disused pocketbook
or some other hiding place, send them
to Washington to be redeemed. Occa-
sionally, too, banks forward quite lot
Of the notes In unbroken sheets, just as
they got them many years ago. At first
these sheets had to be cut apart with
scissors, but afterward they were per-
forated like postage stamps so as to
be torn apart. Not long ago the treas
ury received a handkerchief full Of this
currency Of the first issue, each note
being signed by Treasurer Spinner
with his own hand. About $1,000
worth Of this fractional paper comes
in for redemption each year, and some
Of the best of 1t is saved out by the
department to be given away in re-
spouse to applications from collectors.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16
ABSENT TREATMENT.
The WOmaA Had Faith In 1t nm,
Waa Cured

The WOmsA Had Faith In 1t and
Was Cured.
"My wife solemnly affirms that she
will get divorce If say anything
about It," said Jones with & smile.
But 1t is too good to keep, so here
goes. Mrs. Jones had been ailing for
some time. and, falling into the hands
II one of the neighbors who Is q faith
.urist, she became imbued with that
peculiar belief. 1 laughed Mt her, but
she remained firm and said she was
convinced that she could be cured only
through faith. AS her Illness was
nothing serious l said nothing more.
,ongratulating myself that I was
ahead what doctor would have charg-
I'd her.
ut ran along for some time while my
wife continued to gain, and at last she
announced that she was fully cured.
"'Now, then, John Henry said she,
I never again wish to hear you say
anything about mind cure being all
imaginable. I am sure that I would
have been n dead woman II 1 hadn't
aiken the treatment that / did. And to
think he never set eyes on mel
"'He never whatY gasped.
"'Set eyes on me! took the absent
treatment. 1 sent Professor Fake S.
20 treat me by his famous absent treat
nent'
"'Do you mean to say said I, that
you sent faklr SIS to treat your
"'That's just what did! And to
think the most wonderful thing about
It was that was aware the moment
that he received my letter and opened
It, although he was a thousand miles
from me! Why, commenced gaining
right from that moment! 1t is simply
wonderful! You can't deny that am
a we'll woman, and all through the
wonderful absent treatment that re-
ceived.'
II should have said something right
then and there had l not heard the
postman's whistle and gone to the door
to get my mail. There was a letter
for my wife from the dead letter Office,
and when she opened 1t out dropped
her letter to Professor Fake. She had
misdirected 1t. and the fakir had never
received 1t. She says-but on second
thought hadn't better tell you what
she says."-Detroit Free Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16
Washin9tuu Standard
SONS OF SOMEBODY.
lNCUMBER THE ARMY WITH
INCOMPETENTS

So Says the Acting Inspector General in Cuba.
Report to War Department No Aptitude
Shown Army Should Be Allowed to Call
Boards to Determine Fitness of Its Officers.
\ Washington dispatch Of the 3rd
states that Capt. +. :. Fotl, Second
Cavalry, acting Inspcctor-General Of
the Departments OF Matanzas and
Santa Clara, in Cuba, in report to
the War Department, slaps the "sons
OF somebody" who have received COM
missions in the regular army, reports
that:
"The great number Of young men
that have recently been commissioned
from civil life as lieutenants, and the
fact that many of them are showing
no aptitude for their profession, indi-
cate that the regular army should be
allowed to avail itself OF the privilege,
heretofore granted only to volunteers,
OF calling boards to determine the fit
ness OF an officer to hold his commits
sion.
"These young men are not such as
will be likely to leave the service per
court-martial; they are negative char
acters, whose work will have to be
done by others while they grow older
and acquire rank and seniority.
Later, the fact that they have long
served their country will operate to
make them secure in spite of conspic-
uous unfitness.
"The army could now be easily re-
licved of much material that, after
due trial, has proved an embarrass.
mcnt and is sure to become an incu-
bus"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16
Two Could Do II,

Basel, Switzerland, was visited q
few years ago by an adventurous
Frenchman whose ruling passion is the
ascent Of mountains Stunned by most
other tourists who value at least their
soundness Of limb. He tried strenu-
ously to scale the Gopaltenborn, for
the sake Of carrying his name upon
the peak. but all his efforts were vain.
The next year he returned to the at
tack. and eventually, by taking many
precautions. arrived at the summit.
On his next appearance at the table
d'hote he recounted his exploit to the
company and informed them that he
had planted on the spot a blue silk flag
containing his name embroidered In
large characters.
An Englishman, who had listened
silently, rose from tho table and
marched out Of the hotel. Two days
afterward a parcel was delivered to
the adventurous Gaul. He opened It
and found inside his blue silk dag,
which his English neighbor at the table
d'hote had won from the peak by his
own pluck and daring.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16
A PESSIMiSTIC VIEW.
But Can Thinking Man Place Hand Upon
Heart and SAY he Believes it Untrue?
Vancouver Eccold-Dcmocrat.

Vancouver Record Democrat.
The election Of 1900 is now a mat
ter Of history. The Republican party
has been successful, and tho forces Of
organized greed and tyranny are firmly
intrcnched in power in this nation.
/ The election Just held is but the
sequel OF the election of 1896, when
the common people Of America neg
lectcd to take the government into
their own hands. The money power
and the trusts, by an herculean effort,
carried the election for Mckinley four
years ago. This year the same forces,
abbetted by the spirit of imperialism
and conquest, have swept the republic
from its moorings and ushered in the
empire.
In fact, If not in name, the republic
is no more. Citizenship is crushed
and brute force is crowned king. The
peaceful ways OF the fathers are to be
abandoned. Instead, we have organ
lied greed strutting in the blood
stained armor of imperialism. The
dollar has been elevated above the
man.
The Wall street gold gamblers and
bond sharks control the money Of the
nation. This carries with it control
Of every line OF industry in the coun-
try. Armed with such weapons as
these the laboring men and their FAM
lilies have been threatened with loss OF
employment and starvation. 1t was a
more potent weapon than shotgun or
rifle, because the victim had no means
OF retaliation. It was the most dam
nable device to throttle the freemen OF
a republic ever conceived this side of
the brink of the internal regions.
William Mckinley and Theodore
Roosevelt have been elevated to power
by these methods. There is no honor
in it. The starvation argument is
even greater than gunpowder and cold
lead.
Plutocracy is in the saddle. The
people are powerless to unhorse the
tyrant by means of the ballot-box. So
cialism will grow, but it will be sue
cessfully repulsed under the strong
arm of militarism set up in this coun-
try.
The military spirit will predominant,
and we shall be "world power" to
conquer and to control. We will have
a vast army and huge navy. We will
have colonies the same as Great Brit
ain and will subdue rebellious subjects
at the point of the bayonet. We will
bond the country to carry out this
policy, and labor will pay the fiddler.
Mr.. Bryan made heroic fight for
liberty, for all those lofty ideals cher
ished and held sacred in the breast of
every true, patriotic American. He is
defeated, but not conquered. No man
ever occupied higher plane of man
hood in this or any other nation. His
name will live in history, and on his
brow will rest wreath of honor which
no plutocrat will ever be able to buy
for McKipley.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16
A willing Victim.

"Well. Mr.. Bickers." said Lawyer
Breef, "your wife sues for divorce and
asks $4,000 year alimony. OF course
we will defend It."
mo, Mr.. Breef, we will not defend"
replied Mr.. Bickers.
"But that is IN enormous alimony."
"That's all right, but I am for peace
ut any price" -Detroit Free Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16

II don't see how any sane man can
want more than one wife," he said as
he finished reading an article on Tur-
key.
Eyes: one Is quite enough, isn't it.
dearT she returned. 1.-THE human heart
Is not large enough for more than one.
and then polygamy always seems to
me to so cheaper women too"
II wasn't thinking Of that" he an
swered. what bothers me is how any
man can 60 to work deliberately to &C.
cumulate troubles-to make a collec-
ton. as you might say."-Chicago Post.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16
The Signed Petition,

"What was that petition he was cir
culating?" asked the inquisitive man.
II don't know" replied the extremely
polite man.
"Why, you signed 1t when he asked
you to-"
"Of course I signed it, but he didn't
ask me to read 1t, you w."--Phila-
delphia Record.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16

New YORK city spends tidy sum
for educational purposes. The amount
allowed for running the department of
education for the year 1901 is $lS,512,-
6l7.69, an increase of $2,769, 430.74
over the allowance for the. present
year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16
Letting In Sunshine.

To the world-the thoughtless. mis-
Judging world-he appeared a man
without one humane impulse.
Nevertheless" said he to himself, II
have this day done my share toward
letting in the sunshine on the life of
the poor"
For had not his agent by his direc-
ton taken the roof from the humble
home Of Mrs. McHooggarity on account
Of her inability to pay the rent and her
aisinclination to move?-Indianapolis
Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16
LIBRARY 1000 YEARS OLD.
Eighteen Thousand Volumes Taken from the
Ruins Of Temple Of Nippur.

'NS~ W 'S'''PsS W ''pPe's
N Y. World.
"The proper study of mankind is
man." and Prof. Hilprecht, OF the Uni
versisy of Pennsylvania, appears to
have made most important and in
teresting contribution to it.
For eleven years the professor has
been exploring the mounds of ancient
Nippur, the city that antedated Baby
lon by centuries as the capital of Ba.
bylonia. Within the past year he has
found among those prehistoric ruins
the library of the Temple of Nippur.
This is the first Babylonian temple Ii.
brary that has evet been discovered,
and it contains the Oldest and most
important records of the earliest civil
ization of which even an echo has
come down to our own age. Already
$4,000 volumes have been taken from
the ruins, and it is expected that
many thousands more will be recov-
cred.
Inscribed on clay tablets in the Gu
neiform characters which the explora-
tions of Ninevah and Egypt have
made familiar to archaeologic stud
ents, these literary works of men who
lived 5000 years before the Christian
era, began include dictionaries, archi-
tectural plans, historical and chrome
logical data, legal and commercial as
we'll as religious literature, that bear
witness to the "form and pressure of
the time" in which Abraham lived.
More than this, they bear testimony,
Prof. Hilprecht tells us, to the fact
that for long ages before the time at
which we have hitherto dated the ap.
pearance of the first man and woman
on the earth the human race was not
only existing but had developed q
high state of civilization comparable
in all its essential points with that
with that which we ourselves possess.
In the ruins of a large palace buried
beneath the mounds of Nippur, having
at least two stories and of great archi-
tectural beauty, Prof. Hilprecht
found evidences that what we call
"modern conveniences" were enjoyed
by the people of that pre-Adamite
epoch-far, far away back of the time
at which the Old Testament fixes the
beginning of human history.
The deciphering of Nippur's great
collection of books must greatly en-
large the bounds OF our knowledge of
our ancestors and throw a stream OF
new light upon the origin of all things
human. Scholars have long since
recognized that Assyrian and Egypt.
ian explorations have made it neces-
sary to revise the Biblical chronology,
and these latest Nippurian discoveries
promise to emphasize that necessity.
They will doubtless, therefore, be the
starting'point Of new outpouring of
"higher criticism" and Scriptural con.
troversy.
On December Sd the University of
Washington will begin three months
course for mining prospectors.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16
THOROUGHBREDS.


VIA. Dcss. you young vixeni
Now. Nellie. your foot.
So, hoop-la. You've got here
The beautiful brute!
Hold her IN for moment;
One hitch u my Girth.
Aud I'm with you, my lass.
For the ends Of the earth
Nov. Duroc, my hero.
lie cIrr:Ul. dear heart!
She is fresh as the fountain
And rank for a sta1t.
'You fear rot?" Oh. no.
But you Ike your sweet wills.
And we'll give you breathingI
Away! To the hills.
Oh. battle nc, We winds
OF tie whitening downs. -
H.u-h the scent If the functions"
The faint Of the towns,
What is art to this nature
Or wine TO this air?
What's picture to Nell
And her bloodcd bay mare?
-Scribner'a
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16

HUsBAND-Ah, women are all alike |!
When I first asked you to marry me
you said you wouldn't marry the no.
blest man living.
Wife Quietly - Well, I didn't,
dear.-1H-Bits.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16

Many scions of European royalty
hold military commissions before they
are old enough to walk.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16

farmers wife and her chickens is that
she fancies she can take out of herself in
daily cares and tolls what she does not
put back in the form of nourishment for
nerve and body. But she can't. Sooner or
later the woman who tries it breaks down.
The warning signs of physical break
down are, among others, headache, weak
stomach, fatulence, pain in side or back,
difficult breathing, palpitation of the
heart. These are only some of the in
dications of arrangement of the stom-
ach and organs of digestion and nutri-
ton. The one sure remedy for this con-
dition is DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, which strengthens the stom-
ach, purifes the blood and nourishes
and invigorates the nerves.
Mrs Martha Z. Barham. of MELVILLE, Prince
George Co., Va, writes: II commenced to take
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery in June,
1897, also his Favorite Prescription and can
not express the benefit have received from
these medicines. was suffering with what the
doctors called chronic indigestion, torpid liver
and vertigo. The doctor did not do me any
good. My symptoms were giddiness In head,
pains in chest and an uneasy feeling all over. I
also suffered with female weakness. ! was all
rundown and could not do any work at all with
you for advice. You advised me to use DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and 'Favorite
Prescription When I commenced to use the
medicines weighed only III pounds now I
weigh I4o pounds. thank God and DR.. R. ".
Pierce for my recovery"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16

The Empress Dowager trembled
with rage.
"Shut that door !" she shrieked,
bestowing terrible look upon the
Christian powers. "Don't you see
you're letting in about a million
flies ?"-Detron Journal,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16

On December Sd the University of
Washington will begin a three months
course for mining prospectors.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-08-16
NOTICE OF RECEIVERS SALE.
State of Minnesota IN DISTRICT COURT,
Iss Seventh judicial
County of Stearns District.
George w. Helm, Plaintiff.
VS..
John Helm, Defendant.
Defendant.

Notice is hereby given that the Undersigned.
as Receiver of the co-partnership property OF
George w. Helm and John Helm co-partners
as the LIE Sank Milling Company, pursuant to
the order of the District Court made and en-
tered in the above entitled action upon the Sth
day of August. A. D. 1900. authorizing and
directing the public sale of the property herein
after described, will offer for sale at public
verdue, to the highest bidder for cash, at the
front Of door St. of c,S 9Snrt s horss, i Counts tine
Minnesota, upon the 4th day of Sep
A. d. 1900, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon
of said date. all of rights, title and interest of
the said George w. Helm and John Helm in
and to that certain milling property, commonly
known as the LIE Sank Mill and formerly
known as the "Arno1d Mi11' together with all
of the appurtenances. grounds, shore rights.
water power, mill dam. and rights of f1owage
and privileges, together with the hill building
and machinery and other improvements, sit
uate upon said real estate and forming a part
thereof, containing about forty acres of land,
being in sections "a and IS in the Township of
lie Sank. Stearns County, Minnesota. which
said land is fnlly and particularly described in
said order of said District Court, dated as
aforesaid, and on file in the office of the Clerk
of District Court in and for said County of
StearnS, i'll the cause above entitled.
The said premises will be sold subject to the
mortgage Indebtedness now existing there
against, the amount of which mortgage at the
date hereof is Five thousand Five hundred Doll
ars, ($5500, and interest.
The sale made at the above named time and
place, will be subject to the confirmation OF the
DlStrlcf Court In and fOr SAID county OF Stearns,
which said matter will be brought before said
District Court for continuation at the Court House,
in the City of 81. Cloud, Stearns Coun,y. Mime
sofa, upon the 5th day of September, A. d. 1000 at
10 O'Clock in the forenoon of said day.
Said Receiver reserves the right to reject and
all bids made for said Property.
Full description, maps and plats Of said prem
ises can be inspected upon application to the I'M
designed and said premises and mill and mach
iDery therein may be examined by any interest
ad party, if application to the undersigned is
made. Dated at st. Cloud, Minnesota this Sth
day of August. A. D. 1900. ~
JOHN D. SULLIVAN,
Receiver.
r. B. BRowER, ESQ
Attorney for Receiver.
st, Cloud. MINI.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-08-16
Bf0anken(plitter

Ginsebitbete @r5be i9aut auf uns berab.
tpabre @r0Be 3iebt uns gu ftd empor.
Sc ndber Semanb beinem Sersen ftebt,
befto mebr bite bid, ibm nabe3ntreten.
Man idilt bas Sinb 70 oft Elm yGufaui
Serrible" uno begebt ban1it meiiens MIR gegen
bic @abrbeitsliebe b~efelben etn grobes 1nredt.
Sc aibt aeute, BET benen ms nlr Die Iasfe
intereitrt; benlasfirt gefaaen fe uns nldt
flebr.
8or allen anbern &anbibateu
ST Der Der Gbe idledt beratben:
Die Briifurg, Der er fib getpeibt,
@dbrt bdufig ieine 9ebensaeiti
9a6qdrten finben fid jebt in
fat allen Sbeilen gerlins. 3ufammen-
aeitellte gpbeufaften uno miloer Wein,
6aau cine gauge @nsabl bliiEenber 8lu-
men, bilben ba Dben cine bubble 2aube,
in tpel9er bic 2eute ben Nbenb in FREEZER
fibler Cuff perbrinsen. @iele folder
r&oloniten," benen idon in ben Gor=
iabren Der Mufentbalt iber benz Sdu=
fermeer Der Stabt lieb getuoroen TT,
baben nit gemillisuns ibrer Saus=
tuirtbe iosar ben 9eriu6 gema9t,
,natiirli9e @drten" auf benz Sa1e
anaulesen. gu Oieiem 3pede III oas
Sad nit einem maiierbidten Stoff
iibersosen unb auf Oiefen groe aebradt,
udbreno @bsussr6bren fur bic geiei=
tisuns bes iiberflaiiisen @afiers ior-
gen.
Wer einen Sunb BET feiner
Ma6Iaeit ft6rt unb BON bemielben
in Solee beiien 9ebiiien tpirb, 1T, mad
elmer gnti9eibung bes Mppellations=
eeridts in aentudp. gu feiner gnti4d'
6iaung beredtist, bo er ft9 elmer NIT
pirfenben Gabrldiiisfeit i9ulois &C.
rnadt bat.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-08-16
THEO. RRUENER.
8emt16er Mobofat.

Cf6ce in 8riiner's Blod iiber @ebriiber
esinen'S Store, Ct. @ermainftrabe, ct.
xloub, Minn.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1900-08-16
j. HUBERT
Oentieber Mr5t.

.9-12 morgens,
'2-5 na@mittass
SfIice iiber Mart. Molitor's Npotbefe.