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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-07
The Substitute Teacher.

"Would you mind taking my Sun
day school class next week." asked
my friend, Miss F. in persuasive
tones. IL am invited to such a
charming house party, but DIR. s.
doesn't like the pupils to be left
alone"
"But l am quite unaccustomed to
children" l protested. Besides,
wouldn't know the lessons myself"
"That doesn't natter" was the
prompt reply. They are 20 ignorant
you needn't be afraid"
Thus treasured, I gave a reluctant
promise, and the following Sabbath
saw me, dressed in my best, confront
ing a long row of small boys, who
criticised me in audible whispers.
"Ain't teachers hair redW was the
comment of the nearest one. felt
my face beginning to partake of the
Objectionable hue. To hide my EN-.
barrassment announced that we
would begin the lesson, which proved
to be the cleansing of the ten lepers.
"And So" l concluded finally,
"only one returned to give thanks"
Having directed my discourse chiefly
to the floor, now ventured to glance
at my hearers; to my amazement
there was blank increduliry on every
face. At length one scoffer murmured
refectively, "Well, it might be true
Balaam's ass could talk"
"What do you mean?" 1 asked, be.
wildered; "don't you know what a
leper ISL"
"Of course" said the youth; otis
an animal with spots"
Having convinced the class that !
did not refer to leopards, or any other
part of circus, 1 sought to obliterate
the memory OF my failure by review
of the catechism. At this ordeal the
entire class became subdued. Greatly
encouraged, I piled them with ques-
tions. All went well until my fatal
eloquence again tempted me to few
remarks on contentment.
"No doubt" / stated, "any boy
here would would be satisfied to be
what his father isl"
At this point perceived one
scholar scowling fercely at his shoes.
Shocked at such unfilial feelings, l in
quired OF him his fathers calling.
~ don't like to tell" he whimpered.
"You should be proud of your ia
ther," insisted.
"Well, them" he stammered, "he's
the bearded woman in IS mu-
scum"
Had not the superintendent at that
moment struck the bell for dismissal,
l should have made an unauthorized
escape.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-07

my nerves grew strong.
have not had any return of the trouble
since, and now l often walk over mile
and feel no bad effects. am very
thankful for my recovery. Formerly
was seldom able to ride even"
"Golden Medical Discovery" not only
pufifes the blood but it increases it in
quantity and enriches it in quality. The
proof of this Is found In the fact that
the vitality of every organ of the body
is increased by the use of the uDiscov-
cry" The liver is made active, the
kidneys throw off disease, the heart is
strengthened, the lungs are healed, and
the body gaining in flesh and increasing
in weight records this gain of vitality in
pounds and ounces of sound, solid flesh.
BEGIN RIGHT AND BEGIN RIGHT NOW.
If you are suffering from rheumatism
or any other form of blood poison, begin
right by using the powerful blood puri-
fer, ~Golden Medical Discovery" And
begin right now. Don't put it off,
Delay Is the friend of disease. Every
day Of delay means longer struggle
when the battle begins. Drive the cor
rupt causes of disease from the blood
Be rid forever of scrofula. Wash the
pimples from the skin, heal the defiling
sores, and bring back the flesh tints and
contours of youth. cGolden Medical
Discovery" does all this and more, on
the testimony of thousands of self :
respecting men and women.
There IS no alcohol in rGolden Med
ical Discovery" and it is free from
opium, cocaine and all other narcotics.
Accept no substitute for DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. There is
nothing rjust as good" for purifying
the blood.
NO QUARTER
is necessary to secure copy of DR..
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser. This great work, containing 1905
large pages and over 700 illustrations, is
sent entirely free on receipt of stamps
to pay expense of mailing only. Send
II one-cent stamps for the book in paper
covers, or 81 stamps for the cloth-bound
volume. Address DIR. r. V. Pierce.
Buffalo, N. Y.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-07
CHINESE TEA NOT PURE,
Said to Be Adulterated Before II is Sent to Thi.
Country.

The troubles in China and the
blood-thirsty massacres that have oc-
CURED have done much to bring the
tea question prominently before the
American people.
Every one who knows the native
Chinaman as he really is, knows that
he is sharp and INSCRIPTIONS trader,
and it has been a matter OF common
report for years that the teas shipped
from China to this country were
either of the most inferior variety or
teas that had been "doctored" after
having been used once. In this con-
nection the following is from one OF the
best known English papers:
"The heather Chinee, who is moth
ing if not economical, has an ingeni-
ously simple method of eating his
cake-or, rather, in the celestial trans
lation, drinking his tea. He drinks
the delicate first infusion and then
dries the leaves again, packs them in
those mysteriously lettered boxes we
know, and exports them to the west.
ern barbarian, who, he has found out,
likes his tea strong and stewed. 1t is
true that the fannie acid apt to come
out of the leaf in the second infusion
may injure the American stomach,
but John cares for none of those
things-he knows the beauty and
profit of the adulteration."
The reason why the outlet for the
pure and unadulterated machine
made tea of Ceylon and India in this
country has been somewhat limited
heretofore is that only small per-
centage of our people use black tea.
Having gathered in a very large
proportion of these black tea drinkers,
the growers Of Ceylon and India saw
the necessity of catering to the trade
OF green tea drinkers, and they are
now producing on large scale I'M
colored green tea OF delicate flavor to
supplant the adulterated green teas OF
China.
Now that pure. green tea is at the
disposal OF lovers of tea, not only the
fact that the Ceylon and India green
is better tea, but the natural repug-
nance Of our people to Chinese meth
DDS should bring about revolution in
the tea trade, and in all probability it
will not be long before Ceylon and
India green's will displace China
greens, as have the black teas of the
former taken the place of the black
teas of China.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-07

Logging car equipments of all kinds.
A speciality OF conceived tram wheels.
Highest market price paid for old cast
iron scrap, brass and copper.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-07
WIFE euRcLARlzED THE SAFE
Frantic Broker Wanted Northern Pacific Stock
Certificates.

NeftlnC0tSS.
The wife of a merchant in Yonkers
was moved to attempt safe-breaking
by a desire to speculate, during the
late turmoil on Wall street. Her hus.
band was in Europe. In his safe were
500 shares of Northern Pacific. The
Wall street man who had sold them
to him rushed to the wife and offered
her $50, 900 for the bunch, which rep
resented profit Of $4,000.
But don't know the combination
of the safe," expostulated the wife in
answer to the Wall street mans fran
tic appeal for stock.
"Well, blow it open, send for pro-
fessional cracksmen; hire safe ex-
pert. I'll pay any man 81 600 to get
the safe OPEN"
The wife protested, but the Wall
street man finally induced her to con-
sent to the burglary and he got the
stock. The wife spent SIS cabling
news Of the transaction to her hus-
band and got this reply:
GOOD give him the safe, too"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-07
THE KNIGHTS OF OLD
The One Foe They Feared.

The Knights as rule feared rno foe
i'll shining armor." In the fights they
INDUCED in it was give and take. and as
rule the best man won. But there was
one foe who ever haunted the damp and
draughty castles Of the Knights, one Of
whom they stood in abject fear. and that
foe was rheumatism. Rheumatism in The
shoulder and no more swinging of the
sword. Rheumatism in the legs and no
more striding of the war charger Tn
happy were the servants of the knight
who was kept at home by stifIened limbs
and aching bones when great things
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-07

The world needs a Christianity
with hands and feet more than it does
one with wings.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-07
With Apologies to Mark Twain.

Eve-Though am made from one
OF your own ribs, if / should die, !
suppose you would marry again9
Adam-If it were not to provide fol-
such an emergency, then why was !
created with number OF other ribsS
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-07
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Three personally conducted excursions each
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-07
som FOR THE BLOOD

eliminates Tue polSo ii ,
which cause disease.
Yin the fall of 1898 my
ankle began to pain me-"
writes Mrs. c. L. Briggs,
of Tunnel City, Monroe
Co., Wis. Mot a steady
pain, but it grew worse
fast and soon became a
running sore. 1t made
me very lame. When l
sat down had to rest it on
a stool, as l could not
endure the pain when it
was on the floor. The
doctor gave me something
to heal it, but it would
break out worse than ever
in a short time. That
was the way l suffered for
five years. l was so nerv-
Gus hardly knew what l
was doing sometimes.
Got so l could not do
the work for myself and
husband. In the fall of
1898 l commenced to take
Doctor Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets My
l-l l11
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-07

father was up with his clothes on. He
continued taking the medicine and in q
short time was well, and ever afterward
was loud in his praises of DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery as he told Of
the wonderful cure it performed in his
casen
When the cause of rheumatism is
located in the blood it is at once evident
that the one thing to do is to purge the
blood of the acids and poisons which
breed and feed the disease. In all COM
mon forms of blood disease, DR.. Piefce's
Golden Medical Discovery may be used
with absolute confidence in the result.
1t cures scrofula, salt rheum, letter,
eczema. pirnples, boils, ulcers, sores and
eruptions of all kinds which are caused
by the corrupt condition of the blood.
1t is the
BEST BEsoM FOR THE BLOOD
because it absolutely drives out and
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-07

MAMMA" queried 3-year.old Ethel,
"what is the difference beween little
boys and little girls?"
Little boys wear trousers and little
girls wear dresses" answered her
mother.
And was l born with dress on2'
asked the little miss.
No, dear, OF course not" was the
reply.
"Then," continued the small in.
quisitor, "how did you know was a
little girl?"
Evening star., 1901-12-03

For the sake Of good administrator,
sound economy, and the adyanceunaut o.
science. the Census Once a. now CONSTITUTE
ed should Be- mads q permanent Govern
ment bureau This would insure better,
cheaper. and more satisfactory work. In the
Evening star., 1901-12-03

UuClcu ny Iuo states nave been COM
mitted to the Smithsonian Institution In
furtherance Of Its declared purpose-for the
Increase and diffusion of knowledge among
men'-the Congress has from time to time
given 1t other important functions Such
trusts have been executed by the Institu-
ton with notable fidelity. There should be
no halt In the work Of the Institution, IN
accordance with the plans which It's Sec
retary has presented, for the preservation
Of the vanishing races Of great North
American animals tn the National Zoologi-
cal Park. The urgent needs Of the National
Museum are recommended to the favorable
consideration OF the Congress.
Library of Congress.
Perhaps the most characteristic educa-
tienal movement Of the past fifty years IL
that which has created the modern public
library and developed 1t into broad and ac-
tive service. There are now over five
thousand public libraries in the United
States, the product Of this period In addi-
ton to accumulating material, they are
also striving by organization. by improve
ment in method. and by cooperation. to
give greater efficiency to the material they
hold, to make It more widely useful and by
avoidance Of unnecessary duplication in pro-
CcSs 10 TcuuCc Tic COSt OF lt4 administration
In these efforts they naturally look for
assistance to the Federal library, which.
though still the Library Of Congress, and 80
entitled. Is the one national library of the
United States. Already the largest single
collection Of books on the Western Hemi-
sphere, and certain to increase more rapedly
than any other through purchase, ex-
change, and the operation Of the copyright
law. this library has unique opportunity
to render to the libraries of this country
to American scholarship-service OF the
highest Importance. 1t is housed in q build
ing which is the largest and most magnif-
cent yet erected for library uses. Re-
sources are now being provided which viii
develop the collection properly. equip It
with the apparatus and service necessary
to its effective use. render its bibliographfc
work widely available. and enable It to be-
come. not merely a center Of research. but
the chief factor In great cooperative efforts
Tor the diffusion OF knowledge and the ad-
vancement Of learning
4 Permanent Census.
For the sake Of good administrator.
sound economy, and the advancsnant q
Evening star., 1901-12-03

1t Is important to have this system OBJ
tain at home. but 1t Is even more import
ant to have 1t applied rigidiy In our insu-
lar possessions. Not an office should be
filed in the Philippines or Porto Rico with
any regard to the mans partisan affilia-
tions or services, with any regard to the
political. social, or personal influence which
he may have at his command; in short.
heed should be paid to absolutely nothing
save the mans own character and capac-
ity and the needs of the service
The administration Of these islands
should be as wholly free from the suspicion
Of partisan politics as the administration
Of the Army and Navy. All that we ask
from the public servant In the PHILIPPINES
or Porto Rico is that he reflect honor on
his country by the way in which he makes
that country's rule a benefit to the peoples
who have come under it. This is all that
we should ask. and we cannot afford to be
content with less.
The merit system is simply one method
Of securing honest and efficient admins
tration of the Government; and In the long
run the sole justification Of any type of
government Hes In its proving itself both
honest and efficient
The consular service L. now organized
under the provisions Of law passed In
1856, which is entirely inadequate to ex-
listing conditions. The interest shown by
so many commercial bodies throughout the
country IN the reorganization Of the serv-
ice Is heartily commended to your atten-
ton. Several bills providing for new
consular service have in recent years been
submitted to the Congress. They are
based upon the just principle that appoint
ments to the service should be made only
after practical test OF the applicants
fitness, that promotions should be govern
ed by trustworthiness, adaptability, and
zeal in the performance Of duty, and that
the tenure Of ONCE should be unaffected
by partisan considerations
The guardianship and fostering Of our
rapidly expanding foreign commerce, the
protection Of American citizens resortinx
to foreign countries In lawful pursuit Of
their affairs. and the maintenance Of the
dignity Of the Nation abroad. combine to
make It essential that our consuls should
be men Of character, knowledxu, and en-
terpffseL It - true that the service fs now.
In the main. efficient, but q standard Of
excellence cannot be permanently MAIN
tanned until the principles set forth in the
Evening star., 1901-12-03

to work as coherent whole. under skill
full and daring leadership. The Congress
should provide means whereby 1t will be
possible to have field exercises by at least
a division of regulars. and II possible also
a division Of national guardsmen, once
year. These exercises might take the form
Of field maneuvers. or, If on the Gulf Coast
or the Pacific or Atlantic Seaboard, or In
the region Of the Great Lakes, the army
corps when assembled could be marched
from some inland point to some point on
the water, there embarked, disembarked af-
ter couple Of days journey at some other
point. and again marched inland. Only by
actual handling and providing for men In
masses while they are marching, camping.
embarking, and disembarking. will 1t be
possible to train the higher officers to per-
form their duties well and smoothly.
A great debt is owing from the public to
the men Of the Army and Navy They
should be so treated as to enable them to
reach the highest point OF efficiency, so
that they may be able to respond instantly
to any demand made upon them to sustain
the interests of the Nation and the honor
of the flag. The individual American en-
listed man Is probably on the whole
more formidable fighting man than the
regular OF any other army, Every consid-
Grafton should be shown him, and in re-
turn the highest standard, Of usefulness
should be exacted from him. It is well
worth while for the Congress to consider
whether the pay OF enlisted men upon sec
ond and subsequent enlistments should not
De increased to correspond with the In
creased value OF the veteran soldier.
Much good has already come from the act
recognising the Army. passed early in the
present year. The three prime reforms, all
OF them Of literally inestimable value. are.
first, the substitution of four-year details
from the line for permanent appointments
In the so-called STAFF divisions; second, the
establishment OF a corps of artillery. with
chief at the head; third, the establish
ment OF q maximum and minimum limit
Tor the Army. 1t would be difficult to over
estimate the Improvement in the efficiency
OF our Army which these three reforms are
making. and have in part already effected.
The reorganization provided for by the
act has been substantially accomplished.
The Improved conditions IN the Philippines
have enabled the War Department mAteri-
ally to reduce the military charge upon our
revenue and to arrange the number Of sol
oiers SO as to bring this number much
Evening star., 1901-12-03

Iormeo, tne omcer Delng Kept Tor his Spe-
ciaI duty in the sea service. Above all,
gunnery practice should be unceasing. It
is important to have our navy of ade-
quate size, but 1t is even more important
that ship for ship It should equal in ef-
ffciency any navy in the world. This Ia
possible only with highly drilled crews and
officers, and this in turn imperatively de-
mands continuous and progressive instruc-
tion In target practice, ship handling,
squadron tactics and general discipline.
Our ships must be assembled In squadrons
actively cruising away from harbors and
never long at anchor. The resulting wear
upon engines and hulls must be endured;
battle ship worn out in Iorg training of
officers and men is well paid for by the re-
suits, while, on the other hand, no matter
In how excellent condition, it is useless
II the crew be not expert.
We now have seventeen battle ships ap-
propriated for. Of which nine are completed
and have been commissioned for actual
service. The remaining eight will be ready
In from two to four years, but 1t will take
at least that time to recruit and train the
men to fight them. 1t Is Of vast concern
that we have trained crews ready for the
vessels by the time they are commissioned.
Good ships and good guns are simply good
weapons. and the best weapons are use-
less save In the hands Of men who know
how to fight with them. The men must be
trained and drilled under a thorough and
well-pfanned system Of progressive In
structfon. while the recruiting must be car
ried on with still greater vigor. Every ef-
fort must be made to exaIt the main
function Of the offlcer-the command Of
men. The leading graduates Of the Naval
Academy should be assigned to the COM
batant branches, the line and marines
Many Of the essentials of success are
already recognized by the General Board,
which. as the central office Of q growing
staff, Is moving steadily toward a proper
war efficiency and proper efficiency Of the
whole Navy. under the Secretary. This
General Board. by fostering the creation OF
a general stan, is providing for the officiaI
and then the general recognition Of our al
tered conditions as q Nation and of the
true meaning Of a great war fleet, which
meaning Is. FIRST, the best men, and, second.
the best ships.
The Naval Militia forces are State oreanf.
nations. and are trained for coast seryfca.
and In event Of war they win constitute
the inner line Of defense. They should re
ceive hearty encouragement from the Gem
eral Government.
But In addition we should at once provide
Evening star., 1901-12-03

No single great material work which re-
mains to be undertaken on this continent
Is OF such consequences to the American
people as the building OF a canal across the
.s'hmus connecting North and South Amer
sca aus Importance to the Nation Is by no
meahs hnited merely to its material ef-
feets upon our business prosperity; and yet
with view to these effects alone n would he