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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-28
Two Naughty Girls.

Two mischievous girls who are OF
church choir in country town fig
ured recently in a laughable incident
which is quite good enough to bear
repeating, says an exchange. Some
way known only to themselves, they
became possessed of the minister's
Sunday morning sermon and there.
upon began selecting songs in harmony
with the theme. On Sunday morning
they were on hand bright and early
looking innocent enough to deceive
brace of Pinkerton detectives. One OF
them seated herself and played Faint
yet pursuing" which was sung as a
voluntary. Then the minister arose
and consulting the list which had been
given him called for number 1862. II e
choir sang Almost Persuaded" The
minister arose, announced his theme,
4" Courtship and Marriage" read the
lesson and called the next song. The
choir sang Triumph at last" and the
congregation began to look amused.
After prayer sing POI, said the minis
ter, and in his petition asked that the
spirit OF levity which possessed some
OF his hearers be banished. Then the
choir sang Hasten Lord, the Day
and everyone laughed. Even the
minister had difficulty in sitting down
. smile when the choir struck up d" Be.
hold, the Bridegroom Cometh," and
the congregation became positively
hilarious as the organ pealed out the
opening note "What shall the Har-
vest Bet" And through it all those
wicked girls preserved their expression
of sanity innocence and afterward
said it was the most peculiar coinci-
dence they ever heard of.
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Notice Of Intention to Sell
County Property.
STATE OF WASHINGTON. 4
County OF TburslOp. Z

Notice 10 hereby given that at I 80 O'Clock T. NJ.
ON the 4th day Of December, A. d. 1907 the
Bosrd OF County Commissioners OF said county
will meet At their usual place OF meeting in the
Court House at Olympia. in said county and
State. for the purpose OF determining the advisa-
bilty OF selling the following described properly
belonging TO said county, to wit:
Il u of NV y of See ST, Tp lsN,R2 w. The
NV I, Of the NV y of the NV x OF Sec q. Tn 10
N, RI W; Lot 6 Of Block of Pstersou's Capital
Add to Olympia; Fractional Blocks a. and E Of
Crosby's Addition to Olympia; block 81 Biocr
50 except Lot 9. and Lots to Inclusive of Block
Sc Of H.le's Addition to Olympia; Lot of Sec 81.
Williams I'd Addition to Sesfco; Lot 2 of Sec 6
TIP 10 N, R1w; LOIS 4, and s, of Block IS and
Lots 70 Y inclusive Of Block SO of North Olym.
division of C. H. Hale's Add to oiymnis: f IaH
!, 8, . and 10 Of the NV Sub Div Of block "a of
Swans Add to Olympia; The NE y ofsw Il and
me "a Sfs " a,o Of Sec 70 TpI7N Lots
nino; Lots and of block II Of Sebree's Add to
S'yRPpiS The Ts. ne (, Of NE Of Sec 25. Tp 10
isNRT W: ing TSe n " IS sw 81 81 Sc Of Sec g Tp,
Block "a of Olympia. ~ ~
And the following described tracts In Sec II
P Z n ;h aSW; The oS "fEW :, the = Of
being S.67 acres; tract described as follows:
com. S25 #. Of SW corner OF NV y. running
thence $50 r.. As5 IT,, $50 IT,. W 4g5 it., con.
tanning 10 acres; tract described as follows: com
1875 IT, of NV corner of SW 4, running thence
so f., S. $50 f., so f., n $50 H.; tract de.
scrrDed as follows: CON- at NV cor Of SW l.
running thence $50 IT,, 1875 IT,. N SS0.ft, W 4a5
H.: being In all 2l334 acres in Sec L. TIP IL n, X
2W. "
Al said meeting the said board will hear such
evidence and take such testimony. as may be le-
gaily offered. as to the propriety of making such
sale.
Dated at Olympia. Washington, this 81 day Of
November, A. ID. 1902
JOHN BYRNE,
GEO. W. BELL,
TOM ISMAY,
County Comm issoucrs
Attest: A. l.. GALLON,
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SALE OF A TOWN.
Elizabethton. Tennessee, Sold Under the Auc
TONER'S Hammer,

tioneers Hammer.
Practically the entire town oil
Elizabethton, the county seat of Car
ter county, and once heralded al
"The Iron City of the South" went
under the Sheriff's hammer at public
sale on Thursday OF last week. The
sale marks the final chapter Of one o
the most gigantic enterprises evel
floa.ed in that section OF the country
The town was projected by the Wat
auga Land Company, which included
among its hackers John G. Carlisle o
Kentucky, Senator McComas Of Mary
land, Robert P. Porter aud other mer
Of national fame. TIE city was to b.
the seat OF innumerable enterprises o
mammoth size and as matter Of fac
was actually decided upon as the 10
cation for the naval armor manufsc
tory of the United States. All O
these plans, however, were knocked
sky high by the foods OF 1901, ant
last week the entire property was sold
including 1,O00acres of land, is es.i
mated to not exceed $4,000 in value.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-28
Have Got" and d" Gotten
Trade Register.


A short time ago q st. Paul daily
made a scathing criticism of the use
of "have got" and "gotten," in a
froth Of words assumed BY few who
desire to convey the impression that
they are foremost among editorial
critics. Naturally the same criticism
appeared shortly aiterward in the Ia
coma. Ledger. In the original article
the writer alleged in support of his
contention that Charles A. Dana had
died without having driven "gotten'
out of common use. The fact is that
Dana, acknowledged as one of the
foremost scholars and authorities on
the proper use of words. devoted near
ly column editorial before his death
in q scholarly defense OF both "have
got" and GOTTEN" as the files OF the
New York Sun will show. Those who
have gotten the idea into their heads
that they arc qualified by practicing
flowery and wordy dissertations to
parade themselves as profound critics
OF English have got another think
coming. They are but literary pink
whiskers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-28

family. She must not be craven when
the whoop of the Indian warned of
dreadful danger. She must stand by
her husband, gun in hand.
How many women of to-day could
undertake wifehood under such condi-
tions1 Few indeed. Not because the
modern American woman lacks cour-
age, but because she lacks as rule the
physical health which is the indispensa-
bic qualification for life such as was
lived by the women of the past.
That is why a good woman may be
bad wife. Virtue and goodness are ex-
cellent things in women, but to guide
house and bear children demands above
all sound physical health.
woMEN coNv1crs.
To great number of women the
house they live in is almost on a par
with a prison. It is prison-like in the
monotonous regularity of daily duties !;
prison-like In the absence of all pleasure
In what Is done or Joy in the doing.
And the reason IS to be found in
womanly ill-health. Few women realize
how intimately the general health is re-
lated to the health of the delicate
womanly organs. A woman may suffer
with heart "trouble," disorders of kid
neys, liver or stomach, or with nervous
prostration as result of diseased con-
dition of the womanly organism. Many
such women ~doctor" for years for
various diseases and wonder why they
don't get better. They can't get better
until the womanly organism is entirely
cured of its diseases.
This is not theory. 1t is statement
of simple facts founded upon the testi-
mony of hundreds of thousands of
women who have been cured of woman
ly diseases by the use of DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. They had been
just rdragging around" for years, with
throbbing heads and aching backs, nerv-
Gus, dyspeptic, miserable. The once
fresh colored cheeks had grown sallow,
the eyes were dull, the body had lost
Its plumpness. They had in numerous
Instances tried many doctors and medi-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-28


to be around the house some. hav,
taken nearly twelve bottles of the medi
cine and still continue to take it.
am getting better right along, can rid,
or walk any place. can never prais,
your medicine enough.
"The doctor here says that he neve
would have believed that your medicin,
could have done so much for any one i
he had not seen what it has done fo
me. He also told me to keep on taking
it, for he could not help me. THANH
you a thousand times for your kline
advice and for your medicine"
SAFE AND SURE.
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unrivaled as safe and sure mediciu,
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establishes regularity, dries unhealth,
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giving vigor to the body and buoyancy
to the mind. It so strengthens tn,
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Weak and sick women are invite,
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All correspondence strictly privat
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Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Accept no substitute for vFavorit
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A WONDERFUL BOOK.
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medica
Adviser is wonderful book, condens
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mass of medical and hygienic informa
ton invaluable to every woman. It il
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binding. or II stamps for the book il
paper-covers. Address DR.. R. v. Pierce
Buffalo. N. Y.
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Estate OF Armlna NJ. Sickels. deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has
Oeen appointed Execulrix OF the estate of Ar
nina NJ. Sickels. deceased, by her last will and
testament, who died on the I'd day Of November,
1900, and which will was probaied in the Superior
court OF Thurston county, Wash, on the l7th
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them 10 inc for allowancs
A. No. Sl7 Washington street, Olympia, Wash.
shall be forever barred " '"0'
This 24h day Of October 1902
JENNIE E. SICKELS
Formerly Jennie z. Stslknaker.
Executrix OF the estate Of Armina Sict,.s
deceased. "' oi@Ai'''
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WifehOOd as tue Test Of
WOlnanh0OQ.
The Good Woman Who Makes
a Bad Wife.

Marriage was a serious thing to the
grandparents and great grandparents
Of the present generation. No woman
entered lightly upon wedlock. She
knew that she was going to found a
family, and that she must be equal to
all the responsibilities of the position
she assumed. She must be able to
order her own household; to knit, sew.
spin, make bread, butter, soap, candles.
and indeed care for and clothe whole
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-28
How Plants Sleep.

Everyone knows that plants need
food and drink; but few realize that
they also require sleep, and that with.
out it they become irritated and un-
healthy, and sooner or later die.
A well-known botanist says that the
reason plants do not thrive so we'll in
the city as they do in the country ID
due almost wholly to lack of sleep.
Noise, vibration and the glare Of city
lights are what keep them awake.
Plants sleep at night just as human
beings do. Different plants have
somewhat different methods of sleep.
ing, just as different animals do. In
all, however, the leaves become rigid
and take a position so that their eur
face becomes nearly verticle. Glover
leaves droop and come together like
children saying their evening prayers
The willow twists its foliage until
nearly verticle. The coronel and the
grape raise the edges of their leaves
Some members of the bean family
sleep much like the clover.
Plants 60 to sleep at sunset or even
earlier if they are in the shadow. Al
daybreak they awaken and the leaves
assume their ordinary working atti
fude
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-28

COMPULSORY military service is a
great drain upon the countries OF
Europe. Out OF every thousand men
in France So are in the army. The
proportion is not so high in the other
countries but it is too high everywhere
as it draws productive labor away from
its early training and puts undue
burdens on the taxpayers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-28
AsToNIsHED THE DOCTOR.

~ ~ WAN ~ S~NAANo
almost impossible for me
to breathe at all. Had
night sweats for three
months, and my clothes
would be just as wet as
could be. Had uterine
trouble also till l thought
I would lose my mind !:
also had heart trouble so
badly I did not know
what to do. I suffered ev-
erything one could think
of. We paid out so much
money for doctoring, and
there was nothing that did
me any good till I con-
sented to try DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription and
Golden Medical Discov.
cry l did not have any
faith in these medicines
at all, but I am only too
glad to say that in three
days after taking the med.
icine I could see a change
for the better. In a week
I could sit up and ther
I commenced the treat.
ment for uterine trouble.
In three weeks I was able
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-28

IT is said that Cripple Greek re-
sembles Heaven only in having its
streets paved with gold. Otherwise it
resembles the other place.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-28

THERE is a faction at the National
Capital which shouts Hanna" every
time anyone mentions the Presidential
nomination of 1904.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-28

The country will now settle down
to the delightful spectacle of "a re.
vision OF the tariff by its friends"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-28

THERE are growing deficits in the
Treasury receipts and Secretary Shaw
says he may have to withdraw some oil
the funds with which he has been
bolstering up the Wall street infla.
ton. The election is over now and
the financiers can take care of them.
selves for q while.
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cines. exhausting the local medical skill
at their disposal At last some friend
or neighbor who has personally proved
the curative power of "Favorite Pre-
scription" recommends the use of this
medicine and that in almost every case
means another sick woman made we'll
and strong.
ASTONISHED THE DOCTOR.
WHEN first wrote to you l did not
think l could live till l could get an
answer to my letter." says Mrs. Isaac S.
Harris. of Cayville, Yankton Co., S. Oak.
vAt that time I did not tell you every
thing. When I wrote you l had Just
got home from the Hospital at Mime
apolis, MINI. Had been there one
month. Could not see as I was bene-
fitted any there, so came home,
thinking there was no help for me,
and every one here said that / could
not live. I would have sinking spells
every day. Sometimes they would
last an hour or more and I would
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For particulars, regarding rates, etc
call on or address
j. G. PERCIVAL,
Percival's Dock, Agent.
Olympia, Wash.
Phone 3jj.
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Probate Notice.
Estate of Armina NJ. Sickels. deceased

AtttbI. a L. CALION,
County Auditor,
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Logging car equipments of all kinds.
A speciality OF conceived tram wheels.
Highest market price paid for old cast
iron scrap, brass and copper.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-07-17
About Bel Ta1es.

The back taxes due the city ought
to all be paid. In fact taxes ought
not to go delinquent. But the pres
ent system Of collecting is exceed
ingiy antiqusted and ought to be
changed. The process Of collect
ing back taxes is entirely too lucra-
tive for the officers and oppressive
on the people, so much SO that pub
lie officers with good consciences,
which they wish to preserve, hesi-
tate long before they viii enforce a
Law that does not always collect the
tax, though IT may put fees in their
own pockets.
A suit for two or three dollars
tax VIII cost the delinquent from
$3.50 to S1S court costs. if not
more. TLen when Judgment is
rendered, the officers or publishers
viii attend the sale and bid the
amount OF the costs so as to secure
official fees or the property. and the
city win not get one cent of the tax
due. The delinquent has lost his
property and the city has lost the
taxes.
The citizens OF Missouri ought to
rise up en- masse and demand a
change in method Of collecting de-
linquent taxes, and no city or coun-
~ officer ought to attempt to collect
delinquent taxes by legal process
until a change in the law is made,
and any officer who attempts it
ought to be defeated for reelection.
Change the law.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-07-17

One hundred and elghiy.sis
thousand, n,ne hundred and ninety
dollars Is the amount Of taxes the
people have ppid to pay interest on
The certificates Of indebtedness to
the school fund, during the past
year. II The state school fund was
invested as the county school fund
is, the people would not have to
pay this tax, for the reason that the
people who would borrow the mon
ey on real estate security would be
paying Il N the form Of interest on
their loans, and besides all these
years the farmers OF Missouri would
have been getting loans on their
farms At much lower rates OF inter-
est than they have been compelled
to pay, thus helping them while
helping the school fund. This
would have been, and is, in ac-
with the Republican theo-
~ Of taxation. The county school
fund is managed under a Republic
can law made in 1865, that by
some fortunate oversight the DEM
ocracy has never changed.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-07-17
Amending the scriptures,

An anecdote Of President Kruger
is told in a letter received in this
city from one OF the British officers
who was captured with Gen. Meth
uen BY Gen. De Ia Rey.
A pious Boer, arguing against
war after the struggle with the En-
glish had become inevitable, said
that nations as well as individuals
when smitten on one cheek ought
to turn the other.
Exactly, exclaimed Dom Paul,
''but Scripture does not say what
we should do next, and manhood
speaks up and says, Thrash the
fellow. IN. y. Times.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-07-17

The Republican press has here
tofore called attention 10 the parti-
san nature Of the official reports and
statements issued by State Superin-
tendent OF Schools Darlington. 1t
seems that the teachers Of Polk
county are now receiving free a
publication called "The Pilgrim, .
which is one of the most unfair and
intensely partisan papers we have
ever We do hot know whelh.
e. ii is sen to the teachers by MIR.
Darlington or the Democratic State
Committee. But such outrageous
attempts to inject low grade poll
tics INTO our public schools should
not be tolerated. When a party
tries to prolong It's thirty years OF
ring rule by such methods and
fraudulent election laws and police
bills, it is high time the people were
asserting themselves. Bolivar Free
Press.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-07-17
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
And Their Effect Always Demo.
cratic.

Ana Their Enect Always Demo-
cratic.
. The Supreme Court of Missouri
during Tie past thirty years has rem
dered many decisions upon political
questions OF more or less interest to
the public. and always in the inter-
es, Of the Democratic party. The
Lay-Atkeson decision, the decision
against opening the St. Louis ball
lot boxes, and others might be cited,
but as a specimen let us take two
decisions rendered within ten days
OF each other The FIRST was hand
ed down Marcn s, 1900, by division
No. : of the Supreme Court. The
following is the syllabus Of this de-
cisioni "The clause in Sect. Ass
r. S. 1880, as amended be ,he laws
Of 1891, providing that no Judge Of
election shall deposit any ballot on
which the names or initials Of the
judges do not appear.is mandasoryi
and ballots cast tearing the names
or initials Of only one Judge, can.
no, be c0uuled." Mckay vs.. Min.
ner. I54 Mo. p. Dos. This deeis-
ion kept a Democrat in office.
On the r4th Of March, 1900, the
second OF these decisions was hand
ed down by division No. 8. The
following is the syllabus Of this de-
eision. ''Tke law does not say
that ballots on which two election
Judges have not written their names
or initials in ink or indelible pencil,
shall not be counted. Il only says
they shall not go into the ballo.
box. The rejection, therefore, Of a
genuine ballot on which the judges
initials do not appear. or on which
the initials OF only n Judge APP
pears, or on which the judges ini-
tails are written with erasable pen
eli, instead Of ink or indelible pen
cal, Is enor." Helm vs. Guion rs5
Mo. 70. Ttss decision put a Re-
publican out OF Office and let a Dem
ocrat ia.
The FIRST OF these decisions is
probably correct under the law.
The second Is not SC clear and is
one Of those peeuIiar decisions for
which The supreme Courts OF some
Of the s,sles are celebrated, espee-
iHlly where there is a political bear
ing involved. Human nature e
human nature add nanifeats itself
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-07-17
Senatorial Convention.

A delegate convention Of the Re.
publicaus Of the Sixteenth Senator
ial district is hereby called to meet
at oseeola, St. Clair county, on
Tuesday, July n, 1904, a, 10
O'Clock a. m.
The basis of representation will
be one delegate for each zoo votes
cas-, for Daniel ellison for state
senator in 1898. The number Of
delegates from each county will be
as follows;
Bates, ten delegates.
Cedar. eight delegates.
Henry. tvelyes delegates,
St. Clair, eight delegates.
Total, thirty. eight delegates.
The purpose Of this convention
will be the nomination Of a Repub.
liean candidate for state senator for
the Sixteenth district, the selection
ri a Senatorial committee and the
transaction Of such other business as
may come before It.
J. {. INCHAM,
z. II. BABES, Chairman.
Secretary Pro tenn.
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-07-17

A New England widow, fair and
forty, has received a verdict Of $780,
600 damages for being cast off by
the nan who promised TO relieve
her Of The solitude Of widowhood.
This is a pretty good sized balm for
wounded affections. but il may be
mentioned in Justification Of tie
verdict that she was a handsome
widow and that the faiihlest swain
was worth S. 200, 900. The aver.
age jury can generally be depended
upon to treat q pretty widow hand
somely. Why notl
The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-07-17
WHAT PROTECTION HAS AC
CoMPLIsHED.
Failures.

No matter how healthful the com.
muniiY, there w,ll always be illness
and death bat the death rate will
vary according TO conditions. There
will always be business troubles and
suspensions and failures, but their
number will vary according 10 lauh
conditions, A stady Of the failures
for the past ten years carries with il
a most significant lesson. The fol.
lowing table shows the number Of
failures and amount Of liabilities
for the calendar years iS9s-IooI,
inclusive, as reported by K. q
Dun & Co.i