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 able plight presented himself at th' comisaria, aud begged for assis stance 1t was stated that he was emitting smoke from his mouth as though literally on fire inside. On oeinl questioned, he admitted that he had dissolved d quantity of matches in alcohol and taken the com binatioo, with intention of suicide A stomach pump and violent emetic were brought into play. and the wretch's life was saved
 Mexican Herald: Sea baths are to be established near Veracruz, at a point known as Boca del Rio, on an extensive scale and with all the lux ury and elegance money can furnish. The empresarios of this enterprise are MT. Julio M Limantour and MT. Alfred Bishop Mason. The state gov ernmant has exempted the capital that will be invested from state and municipal taxation for term of ten years. It is expected that the Boca del Rio sea baths will become the fashionable resort of he venerable old port of Veracruz.
 Mexican Herald: Statistics of Mex. ican exports show 77 900 head of cattle shipped to the United States during the first nine months of the present year, as against 5000 in the same period year ago. The greater part of the cattle was shipped via Juarez to California. A steamship which re- gently left New Orleans carries 2l0 cars for the Tehuantepec railroad. The rolling stock of all Mexican rail roads is being increased now in order to keep up with the rapidly increas. ing demands of transportation in this country. In Monterey the manufac- ture of freight cars has been begun. and in a short time everything con- nected with railroad equipment will doubtless be turned out there.
 Monterey News: As a result of the discovery that bottled beer, bearing an imitation of the Carta Blanca trade mark was being sold, the man. agement of the Cuauhtemoc brewery of Monterey has brought crlminal action in the court of the state of Tamaulipas against R. Gonzalez & Bro., of Nuevo Laredo. The criminal action is to be followed up in few days by suit for heavy damages. The beer in question is the product of the Lone Star Brewery of San Antonio Texas. The label placed on each bot tie is identical with that copyrighted | by the CuauhtemOc people under the | laws of Mexico. with the exception | that it does not bear the words Ger | veceria Cuauhtemoc Mexican Herald: young gallant living in the street of Mosqueta, was in the habit of paying nightly visits to his sweetheart, who resided in the adjoining house, by mounting the high wall that separated the two azoteas Whether on tue night of his last attempt his evil star wss in the ascendant will never be known. He slipped and fell onto the roof of his girls house, with such force as to break his leg The lady's family rush. ed out to see what was the matter, and at first took the unfortunate youth for a burglar, whereas he was merely pilferer of 'corazones. It is whispered that the services of the judge Of the civil register will be re- quested, assoon as the injured lothario has recovered
 Mexican Herald: George k. Davis, the general manager of the San Carlos
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12
FARM NOTES.

Set out young fruit trees every year
Put soapsuds around the peach
trees.
Wood ashes and bone dust are good
fertilizers for small fruits.
The soil for Strawberries should be
rich and free from weed seeds.
1t is not bad plan to plant a tree
in every neglected corner about the
farm.
In transplanting no manure should
be placed in direct contact with the
roots.
A well-drained, moist and easily
worked soil is good for the raspberry.
A thorough preparation OF the
ground before planting is essential
with all berries.
All fruit trees should be carefully
labeled, so that the owner may know
what he possesses.
Do not be afraid to manure pear
trees. You cannot produce large,
luscious pears on starved trees.
Coal ashes dumped around the
fruit trees will act as a mulch and
help to keep insects away.
The pear tree is more liable to dis
ease than any other fruit tree unless
we except the peach.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12

nonplused by any new proposition
was confronted by this everyday re.
quest he had to purse his lips and say
he would have to wait until he heard
from Washington.
Evidently he had not seen the
text OF the recent ruling of the Su.
preme Court which makes Porto Rico
an American territory so far as for
eign relations are concerned, and for.
eign to the protection OF the Constitu-
ton Tor the purposes Of taxation.
"The ambassador finally issued the
passport &C. 0. d. $2,' with a proviso
that if the court decided that a Fill.
pino is man without u country the
fee would be refunded and the pass.
port would be N. G.
"How would it do to adopt a rule
that a Filipino is lot an American
when he's at home, but only when
he's abroad?"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12

rBy their fruits ye shall know them"
The way to judge of the value of any
medicine is by its cures. Apply that
test to DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
and it is at once lifted high above all
other put up medicines designed for
the cure of womanly diseases. Chronic
forms of disease which local physicians
have failed to cure, and which have
yielded to no other treatment, have been
perfectly and permanently cured by the
use of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
1t establishes monthly regularity. 1t
dries debilitating drains. 1t heals in
fammation and liberation and cures
female weakness.
Mrs, Shropshire, of BaIlou, Shelby Co, Ohio.
writes: My mother had ovarian tumor
which we thought would result in her death,
but we had read your advertisements and we
commenced using your Favorite Prescription
We got one dozen bottles to commence with,
and before she had taken three bottles she
began to improve she Is living to-day and we
have given your medicine the credit. My
mother was sixty-six years old when the tumor
commenced to grow she is seventy-six now
and the tumor is ali gone. She had gotten
awfully large. and her limbs began to swell
before we began to use your Favorite Pre-
scription ~
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure bill.
business.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12
Nine "Ounces Of Prevention. -


Never lean with the back upon any.
thing that is cold.
Never take warm drinks and then
Immediately go out into the cold.
Keep the back, especially between
the shoulder-blades. well-covered; also
the chest well protected. In sleeping
in a cold room establish he habit of
breathing through the nose, and
never with the mouth open.
Never go to bed with cold or damp
feet.
Never omit regular bathing, for,
unless the skin is in active condition,
the cold will close the pores and favor
congestion or other diseases.
After exercise OF any kind, never
ride in an open carriage or near the
window of train for moment; it is
dangerous TO health and even life.
When hoarse speak as little as pos.
sible until the hoarseness ia recovered
from, else the voice may be perma.
nently lost or difficulties OF the throat
be produced.
Merely warm the back by the fire
and, never continue keeping the back
exposed to heat after it has become
comfortably warm. To do otherwise
is facilitating.
When going from a warm atmos.
phere into cooler one, keep the
mouth closed, 80 that the air may be
warmed by its passage through the
nose ere it reaches the lungs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12

The Baroness Burdette- Coutts was
once shopping in Paris, says a CORE
spoudent, and whenever she went from
one department to another she was
escorted by clerk, who handed her
over to another attendant, saying,
"Two ten!' Struck by the popularity
OF the oft-repeated cabalisiic words,
the Baroness asked the proprietor as
she left the establishment:
"Pray, what does two ten mean
l noticed that each clerk repeated it
to the next as went from one counter
to the other"
"Oh, it is nothing" replied the
man. ut is just password they are
in the habit of exchanging"
But the Baroness was not satisfied
When porter, a mere lad, brought
home her purchase, she said to him
"My boy, would you like to earn
five francs?" OF coure, he would be
charmed.
"Then tell me what 'two ten
means, and will give you FIVE francs"
The youth looked at her in astonish-
ment.
"Don't you know, madam? Why,
it means: keep your eyes on her
ten fingers'?"
That solved the mystery. The
richest and most generous woman in
England had been taken for a shop
litter.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12
MILE-A-MINUTE SNUB.

We worked for Bill Mckinley, and we hustled
for him fair.
We argued and we quarreled till he landed in
the chair;
We pointed out the future-'twould be glorious
and grand
If folks would only recognize that he could
save the land;
But when he got to Bowersville upon this
western trip
His train Slid by our station
Alta
mile-a-minute
clip.
Why, when We read the pape.s-how he
planned to come this way,
We bought bunch of banners and got ready
for the day;
We put flags on the deepo, and put up a speak
er's stand,
And bought lot of music for the Bowersvile
Brass Band;
And when the engines whistled we prepared to
let 'er rip,
But the train went by us people
mile-a-minute
clip.
We're done with Bill Mckinley. He's an EN-
peror-that's what
To pass the men that made him, like they
wasn't on the spot,
Yes, sir. He's lost his chances when they was
within his reach,
We've got some unused fireworks-and-I-had
prepared a speech
A few short words OF welcome. But Mckinley
got too flip,
When he ratified by our station
mile minute
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12
Chicago's L" Oxygen Party -

The "oxygen party" Chicago's
latest and madest proposed social di.
version, is in method simplicity itself.
The guests inhale the gas through the
tubes from tanks such as are used in
administering oxygen to pneumonia
patients. 1t is one of the most power
ful stimulants known-as much more
potent than champagne as that in re-
turn is more potent than beer.
The widest hilarity, the most reck-
less speech, the most audacious
frolics, must follow its inhalement by
people in full vigor-that is, if they
really "let themselves CO." as Chi
cagoans are apt to do. Guests who
are inclined that way would become
temporarily insane; guests with
hearts too weak to stand the unusual
strain might easily be killed by this
form of hospitality.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12
AN APT ILLUSTRATION.
Walter Wellman, in Chicago Record Her

walter Wellman, in Chicago Record Herald.
A good story is told OF the clever
manner in which Justice Harlan man
aged to give tip on the insular deci.
sion to his golf friend, Solicitor Gen.
eral Richards. About an hour before
the court met week ago Monday, JUS
tice Harlan walked into Mr.. Richards
office at the Department OF Justice.
He said he was OH his way to the
court.
"Some important business to-day?''
remarked the Solicitor General.
"Say," replied the big justice, did
you ever hear the story of the calf and
the knot hole down in Kentucky~
Mr.. Richards confessed he had never
heard it, but would be pleased to lis
ten.
"Well," said Justice Harlan, paus-
ing to take another chew of tobacco,
!" two men were going along by cow.
pen one day, and they saw calf's tail
sticking out toward them through a
knot hole in the fence. THAT is a
wonderful thing said one OF the men.
q don't see anything wonderful about
it, replied the other; it's nothing but
a calf's tail sticking through a knot.
hole We'll. SIR persisted the other,
Il have travelled all over the world
and I've never seen a more wonderful
thing than that What in the deuce
is so wonderful about it?' asked his
friend. What is wonderful about itY
What is wonderful? 1t is this: how in
the name OF the great horn-spoon did
that cali get through that knot-hole?'
Justice Harlan had good laugh at
his own story, and as he went away to
the capitol the Solicitor General
turned to his assistant and remarked:
"The court is for the government
and Justice Harlan is in the dissent"
While Justice Brown was reading
the decision of the court in the De-
Lima case, in which the government
lost on a minor point, Justice Harlan
kept his eye on Solicitor General Rich.
ards. There was merry twinkle in
it. Finally ho called page and sent
note down to his golf companion,
who was sitting 'soberly at bar. The
note read;
"Now you see the calf's tail"
To this the face OF the Solicitor Gen.
eral frightened little, and he went
out into the lobby and told the after
noon correspondents they would make
mistake if they sent out reports to
the effect that the government had
lost the case. When he returned to
the courtroom Justice Brown was
reading the majority opinion in the
famous Downes case. Justice Har.
lan's eyes were still twinkling. In
few moments, before Justice Brown
had reached the pith OF his decision,
another note came down from the
bench to the now happy Solicitor Gen.
eral. 1t read:
"Now you see how the calf got
through the knot-hole."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12
HARR WAC NER's GEOGRAPHY.
Some Of Its Anus Ing Features to Be Lost in
Revision.

Revision.
Once more Olympia is on the shores
of Puget Sound. Again Whatcom
smiles on old ocean and the silvery
Spokane flows through the city of the
falls. The town of Waverly has been
pulled back, houses, barns aud all, to
its old position, and an unobstructed
channel through the cool, blue waters
is traced all the way from Tumwater
to the open sea.
The Seattle P..I. brings the good
news-thus:
"Harr Wagner, author OF the
geography adopted, is in Seattle to-
day on business connected with the
publication of the new editions OF the
work. Entire new plates for the
geography, including a superb plate
for map of the State of Washington,
will be here Monday. 1t is said that
those who raised the hue and cry
about the Wagner geography last
year will not know the new book
when it comes from the press this fall.
Mr.. Wagner, assisted by ex.State
Superintendent Brown, thoroughly
revised and improved the book"
1t is joyful thought-a glad relief
from the long depression. And still
one cannot help doubts-almost re-
grets. For is there not danger that in
this great revision something may
have happened to the "ruff1ed grouse"
that "likes to perch on mossy logs
and flap his wings?" And will our
dear, old friend, the bear, be permitted
to keep on climbing small trees almost
as easily as he does big ones?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12
HAS JUSTIFIED THEIR CHOICE.

At the late annual meeting of the
Washington Pioneer Society at Seat
tie, an address to the old folks, deliv-
cred by Richard Stevens Eskridge, a
grandson of Gov. Isaac l. Stevens, con-
tanned the following pertinent para
graphs:
"Many wonder why it was that you
chose this particular part OF the Unit
ed States from all the vast wilderness
waiting to be reclaimed by the hand of
the pioneer. California stood by with
her redwoods reaching to the skies
beckoning to you with golden hand,
while the cries OF the settlers already
established in Oregon sounded in your
ears, begging for your assistance in
their efforts to reclaim their chosen
country. Notwithstanding this, you
came to what is now the State of
Washington, and you did we'll in your
choice, for yon found country dow
cred by q sunshine seldom, if ever,
equaled elsewhere, but tempered by
the tears which nature sheds for those
parts OF the country less fortunate in
climatic conditions, rich in a soil of
unsurpassed fertility, clothed in mighty
robes OF fir and cedar, covered with
vast patches of waving grass, holding
in her rocky fastnesses riches suffi-
cient to furnish the ransom Of many o
nation, while providing the sinews
which would make subjugation by any
other power impossible.
"Such, my friends, was the country
which you choice fell upon, and all
she needed was the pathfinder, devel-
oper and slayer, a man of nerve, of
strength and of industry, and that
which is OF equal importance. his bet
ter half, and all these we see in you,
Pioneers. There were those among
you tempted hither by the tales borne
to the east by Hall and others of the
marvellous stretches of timber which
excited the numbering spirit Of many,
whereas others came who had not
found the frontier country they had
settled in equal in all respects to their
desires, but many of the early pioneers
came here actuated by sentiment of
patriotism, as this was at that time a
country in dispute between two great
nations, both quarreling for ascend
ancy. Patriotism, one OF the greatest
OF all human feelings, urged you here,
and you came, bringing the flag OF the
United States with you. and by your
obstinate appeals to the central gov.
ernment at Washington compelled
final settlement of the question in fa-
vor OF the United States"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12
EMANCIPATE FARMERS WIVES
mile-a-minute

Modern invention and scientific re.
search have done much to tighten the
burdens of the farmer. Inventive skill
has not only facilitated the operations
of husbandry by supplying labor. saw.
ing machinery, but it has adapted
many Of the conveniences and com.
forts of the city to farm life.
But inventive genius has done very
little for the farmers wife. 1t has re.
lieved her of butter.making through
the multiplication OF the modern
creamery, but in doing so it has also
diverted the profits of this industry to
the farmers pocket, whereas the pro-
ceeds OF butter-making formerly were
conceded by custom and precedent to
the farmers wife.
The farmer has the telephone and
and free mail delivery, and he rides all
day long on a sulky plow or on reap
er that cuts the grain and binds it into
sheaves. 1t is doubtless only a ques.
ton of time when machines will husk
his corn and dig his potatoes. But
the drndgery of the weeks washing
and ironing is still with the farmers
wife. While the lord of the fields
rides in indolent comfort in a sulky
pillow the wife bends over a washtub or
wrestles with the hot irons two days
out of every week.
A promise of belated relief for the
farmers wife is seen in the proposition
OF Representative Frost of Wisconsin
to establish a steam laundry at every
crossroads in the State, to which the
farmer'S washing and ironing may be
brought every week. As the State is
dotted all over with creameries and
cheese factories, it would be an easy
matter to operate steam laundries in
connection with them.
There is nothing impossible or Wis
ionary about Mr.. Frost's plan. 1t en-
bodies the principle of cooperation
which has already been successfully
applied to nearly every form of agri-
cultural activity from the old grist
and saw mills to the modern creamery.
Divest the farmers household OF this
form OF drudgery and then introduce
in the kitchen some of the modern
labor-saving devices that are used in
hotels and the life OF the farmers wife
will begin to approach that standard
of ease and comfort long since attained
by the farmer himself.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12
WOmen's heads grow in length IN

WOmen's heads grow in length un
Ill their 18th year, when further in
crease ceases. The heads OF men con
tinue to grow in circumference until
their 2lst year. Women's heads dis
continue growth in width at II; men,
at q. The average girls face is wider
in proportion than that of the average
man.
In men change in the color of eye.
generally begins at the age Of 81; in
women at Is. The hair of the aver
age woman turns dark faster than
that OF the average man. Blushing il
found to be more common among
those OF the masculine persuasion
Its prevalence remains to a greater
age among women. The most fire..
quent cause for blushing is found to
be teasing about the opposite sex.
Men and women, boys and girls
were entered in unique contest pur-
posed to determine the relative motor
ability of the sexes. Each was re.
quired to tap with the fingers upon
some surface as often as possible
within five seconds. Below the age OF
8 girls excelled, but from then on the
boys and men held the record. Motor
ability, of course, comes into play in
many pursuits, as typewriting, teleg.
raphy, etc.
The average girl was found to at
tain her greatest lung capacity at
about l3, when the most rapid in.
crease in the average boy commences.
Until between the ages of 10 and IL
the pulse of girls is faster than that OF
boys. From then the reverse is the
case until IA, after which the pulse of
girls beats at the faster rate and con.
tinues thus throughout womanhood.
Defects of speech were found to be
more prevalent among boys than
among girls, as were commissions
The percentage of boys with abnor-
malities OF any kind was found to be
twice that of girls.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12
GA To7TA.
Bear, the The Kind You Have Always BouQtk
S'',s'''' q &W2ZzZx

THE Desert Of Sahara comprises 2,
100000 square miles. 1t is believed
that one-half OF this area can be made
habitable by turning the ocean into
the other one-half. Most OF the desert
is fertile and would produce crops if it
had water. But rain never fails there.
Artesian wells have been bored in var
ious parts with success, and wherever
a we'll flows the verdure is luxuriant.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12

Gus MARTIN. of Zillah, reports the
killing OF a wild animal in q hay field
that cannot be named by residents of
that place. Some call it California
lion, and others of the Eastern States
think it Wisconsin wolverine. The
animal fought desperately and was
hard to kill. The skin will be stuffed
and sent to California to be named.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12
When is a Filipino an American I

The Chicago Record-Herald says
that "many interesting if not en-
barrassing questions are certain to
arise out of the befuddled state in
which the Supreme Court has left the
conundrum, When is a territory of
the United States not q territory"
Ambassador Choate at London has
already had to say III pass" upon an
application made by Filipino for a
passport to travel on the continent.
When Mr.. Choate who is not easily
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12

WHEN the transport Kintuck was
fumigated at Diamond Point quaran-
tine station, record crop of 1000 rats
was cl eaned up.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12

THE school census of Everett has
been completed and shows q gain over
the last year, the figures being 1929
as against 2,1l2 in 1900.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-12
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