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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-31

Bible student knows that. Many of
these miracles lose the character of
miracles when studied closely. The
sun standing still is a quotation from
book we know nothing abont. The
Book of Job is now believed to be a
philosophical treatise instead of a per-
sonal history. The miracles must
not be rejected until positive proof is
forthcoming that no such events oc-
CURED. II one miraclce is authentic
1t is certain others are"
Henry M. Saunders, OF New York
official university preacher, said: at
not wrong to have doubts, but your
doubts should not keep you from &C
cepting the great truths OF the book.
There are things that are hard to ex-
plain, but l don't believe in our best
minds worrying about them."
Professors of Chicago University in
discussing Prof. Pearson's declarations,
say he has gone too far. and that to
reject the supernatural is to reject re-
lipiOn
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-31
Suggestions.

To remove the odor OF paint in q
room, set an open bucket filled with
water, in which . lemon has been
sliced, in the room and change the
water every few hours.
To prevent irons from sticking and
thus making double the work that at
best is tiresome, boil starch thoroughly
10 minutes is not too much. A bit
of wax candle dropped in boiling
starch will have the same effect. A
teaspoonful OF turpentine to . quart
of starch will also prevent irons stick.
ing, as will the same amount of coal.
oil, and these small amounts Of greasy
materials will not be noticeable in
the clothing. If such preventives are
not used by the laundress it is we'll to
have q sheet of sandpaper on which Ia
scour the iron, or q board holding q
layer OF COM mon table salt. After
rubbing the iron on this. touch with a
piece of beeswax tied up in q small
cloth, and wipe thoroughly.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-31
The Preservation Of Timber,

John Branch of North Carolina was
Secretary of the Navy department 10
1929. In his official report for that
year he recommended a method oil
treatment of timber used in the Amer.
ican navy for the purpose of preserva.
tion which the lapse of time has dem.
onstrated to be of immense value.
Live oak, he said, should be i'm.
mersed for twelve months in water,
then taken up and. placed under cover
to protect it against sun. rain and
high winds. Its immersion repdered
it less liable to split. White oak. he
said, should be soaked about eighteen
months in fresh, or two years in salt
water; then taken up and sawed into
such sizes as may be required, and
then placed under cover for about two
or three years. Yellow pine should
he docked about twelve months; then
taken up, sawed and covered for about
two years. Mast timber should be
immersed and covered in mud till
wanted for use.
An excellent illustration of well
preserved oak timber is found in the
United States government bonded
warehouse adjoining the old Lazaretto
grounds, at Essington, Penn. The
warehouse was built over hundred
years ago, and the oak joists, which
are about two feet thick, are as sound
and strong to-day as they were when
first put in place. The old building
has been used for various purposes,
and few years ago it served As ref.
uge for about fifty Indian sailors from
Calcutta, who were in quarantine
there, while about a dozen of their
number we're being treated at the Lag.
arctic hospital for beri.beri, n rare
disease in this country.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-31
The Finest Bridge in the World.

The finest bridge in the world is
about to connect Europe with Asia.
A great German syndicate, supported
by French, English and Belgian capi-
tai, has secured a concession to build
a railway to the ancient city OF Bag
dad in Mesopotamia, through the val
leys of the Euphrates and Tigris.
From Bagdad the line is to be extend
ed down to the Gulf of Persia. In
connection with this railway it has
been projected to bridge the strait
which connects the Black Sea and Sea
of Marmora, and separates Europe
from Asia; or in other words the Bos-
phorus.
The length of the Bosphorous is IS
miles and its greatest breadth one and
one-half miles, and its narrowest
point seventeen hundred feet. Here
it is where the finest bridge in the
world is to be erected. 1t will be a
suspension bridge, after the American
system, but in form and architecture
it is to be entirely oriental. The Eu-
ropean end of the bridge will be erect
ed at Rumeli Hisssr, whilst the Ash
attic terminus will be at Anadoli Hissar.
1t is historic spot where the mag
nificent structure will appear, for in
the year 5l3 B. G. the Persian King
Darius crossed here with an army OF
seven hundred thousand men TO the
Bosphorus on flying bridge. Three
monumental Saracen Towers, crowned
with glittering faience domes and
minarets, will arise from the bottom
of the sea, to support the richly deco
rated and profusely gilt bridge, which,
during the night, will be lighted by
thousands of electric lamps.
The roadway will be supported by
steel chains and it will be so high
that the largest steamers and vessels
can pass below it.
1t is further intended to protect
both approaches by system of outer
works, and also to arm the bridge
piers by means of turntable armor bat
teries which-themselves inaccessible
to the fire of the larger guns Of war
vessels will be able, at great distance,
to sink or disable any foreign fleet
which may try to force passage past
the structure.
Most important of all this bridge
will afford direct railway communica-
ton between Europe, Asia Minor,
Persia, India, China and Africa. Di-
rect trains will run some day from
Calcutta to Hamburg in twelve days,
from Tonking to Paris in fifteen days,
and If the "Cape to Cairo" railway is
ever built the Bosphorus Bridge will
afford direct trains to run between
Cape Town, South Africa, to st. Pc
tersburg in sixteen days.
The Bridge will be named after the
ruler OF the Ottoman Empire and be
known as the Sultan-Abdul-H Hamid-
Bosphorus Bridge" Its cost will be
in the neighborhood of $4,000, 600.
Truly, at this, the opening OF the Goth
century it would seem as if we had
Just begun to live.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-31
OLYMPIA WASH1NGTON FRIDAY EVENING" JAN g. 1902

country. They would rival many O
the third and fourth grades in the
public shools at home.
AS to climate here, it is delightful,
at least l have found it so thus far.
We are now having the rainy season.
When we were ir Manila they told us
the rainy season was nearly over, but
here they say it has just commenced.
The thermometer has never stood
above 81 since we have been here.
The average temperature so far has
been below so.
One striking feature among these
people is their Unsuitable mania for
gambling. This is not confined to
men as at home. Here men, women
and children and even the padres, or
priests, gamble. Monte is their favor.
ite game, and Sunday is their favorite
day. have seen on Sunday twenty.
five or thirty men and women round q
table betting from 81 to $50 on . ein.
gle card. Some make fortunes in one
night, and many lose much money
every night.
Cock fighting is another favorite
sport. These fights take place in pits
made for the purpose. Every pubic
no matter how poor has its cock pit.
The cocks are matched and brought
into the pit, and little steel sword,
sharp as a razor, is fastened to the
left leg for spur. They allow them
to pick each other on the head before
the fight to make them " mui valiente"
(very brave,) rs they call it. 1t is dur
ing this performance that bets are
made. Thousands are bet OF a single
fight. When all is ready they are al.
lowed to fight, and fight they do. The
feathers and blood fly. Some times
only twp strokes are necessary to kill
one OF them. They fight valiently to
the last. When one runs or is killed
the other has won and bets are paid
over. The natives take loss or win
ming alike, very stoically.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-31
The Liberty Bell in Charleston.

Pillowed and perfumed by violets.
guarded by an escort of honor, speeded
by q salute from the navy yard guns
and greeted reverently at every station
and crossing along the way, the Liberty
Bell last week began its journey from
Philadelphia to Charleston.
And the old bell that sounded the
first peal for equal rights in the New
World, that "rang for freedom, broke,
and rang no more" will meet the
warmest welcome OF warm southern
hearts where in 1776 the first gun was
fired to set up = slave republic on
American soil. The motto on its side,
proclaim liberty throughout all the
land unto all the inhabitants thereof"
will be to million eager eyes the key
note of great exposition Of the mar
vellous growth OF southern arts and
industries under the impulse of liberty
on a soil that knows no slave,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-31
RAISING VALUES.
Possibilities Of Bars Of Iron Placed in Different
Hands.

Hands.
The man who takes the first bar
may be rough blacksmith, who has
only partly learned his trade and has
no ambition to rise above his anvil.
He thinks that the best possible thing
he can do with his bar is to make it
into horse-shoes. and congratulates
himself upon his success. He reasons
that the rough lump OF iron is worth
only 2 or 3 cents a pound, and that it
is not worth while to spend much
time or labor on it. His enormous
muscles and small skill have raised
the value of the iron from 81, per-
haps, to $40.
Along comes cutler, with little
better education, little more ambi-
ton, little finer perception, and says
to the blacksmith: els this all you
can see in that iron? Give me bar,
and will show you what brains aL'l
skill and hard work can make of it,"
When his work is done he shows
the astonished blacksmith two thous-
and dollars worth OF knife blades
where the latter only saw ten dollars
worth OF crude horseshoes. The value
has been greatly raised by the refin-
ing process.
Still another workman, whose pro-
cesses are so almost infinitely deli.
cate, whose product is 90 little known,
by even the average educated man,
that his trade is unmentioncd by the
makers OF dictionaries and encyclope.
dias, takes but fragment of one OF
the bars OF steel, and develops its
higher possibilities with such marvel
Gus accuracy, such ethereal fneness OF
touch, that even mainsprings and
hairsprings are looked back upon as
coarse, crude and cheap. When his
work is done, he shows you few of
the minutely barbed instruments used
by dentists to draw out the finest
branches Of the dental nerves. While
a pound of gold, roughly speaking, is
worth about $3.50, a pound OF these
slender, barbed filaments of steel, If a
pound could be collected. might he
worth hundreds OF times as much.
Just as each artisan sees in the
crude iron some finished. refined pro-
duct, 90 must we see in our lives glo-
rious possibilities, if we would but re-
alize them. If we see only horse
shoes or knifeblsdes, all our efforts
and struggles will never produce hair
springs. We must realize our own
adaptability to great ends; we must
resolve to struggle. to endure trials
and tests, to pay the necessary price,
confident that the result will pay us
for our suffering, our trials and our ef-
forts.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-31

ONCE more Washington scores
against her older neighbor, Oregon.
State Auditor Atkinson has been fix
ing up few facts, and finds that the
total property value of Oregon is $117,-
804, ,S74, while that of Washington is
$260, ,18O, ,341. The state tax of Ore
gon, not including that for schools, is
5 ITO mills, while Washington's is
only 2 3-5 mills. While having about
twice as much property listed as Ore.
gon, this State also beats Montana,
which reports only $l66,7S7 ,593; Wy
oming, which is listed at $50, ,5S1 PIG;
and nearly equals Nebraska, which is
given a total valuation OF $271 TAT ,593.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-31
Toys.

The most OF the wooden toys that
are sold come from Germany. where
men, women, and children are EN-.
ployed in their manufacture, for in
almost every cottage, in the valley of
the Tyrol, called Gudnerthal, may be
found a workshop for their use, and
with the use of from twenty to thirty
tools they fashion the numerous toys
that gladden. the hearts of the little
folks all over the civilized world.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-31

THE Mistress of the White House
has served notice on her little king.
dom that the rising bell will be rung
Just as early and the "lesson" bell
just as regularly as was the custom at
Oyster Bay.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-31

THE Postal Guide for 1902 shows q
gain OF 80 postoffices in this State dur
ing 1901, making q total of 1913 on
January ], 1902. On July l, 1899,
there we're only S2S postoflices in this
state, making gain of 65 in two and
one half years.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-31

A messenger boy from the War De-
partment the other day delivered to
the President 1900 parchment army
commissions for his signature. Hav-
ing to sign such commissions is one OF
the hardships of being President. for it
is hard to write on parchment with a
pen. If it had not been discovered
that powdered fishbone applied to the
place where the President has to sign
makes the work much easier, he would
be month at the job.
These 1900 commissions cover the
officers appointed and promoted during
the congressional recess and confirmed
after Congress met. Each parchment
costs the government so cents, and as
many are injured while being engrossed
this particular bunch of commissions
will cost about $1,000. The President
and the Secretary of War both have to
sign them. No rubber stamps or Sec
retaries' signatures will do.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-31
RetP0Sp pect.

1t is an evil day for the wife and
mother when she scans her worn face
in the mirror, and asks the question,
~Does it payl Does 1t pay to sacrifice
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-31

ADELAIDE Ristori recently celebrat-
ed the eightieth anniversary OF her
appearance on the stage. Her mother
was an actress and the future tragic
actress was brought upon the stage
when a few months old in q play
where a baby was needed. She re-
ceived the congratulations of Ernest
Legouve, senior of the French Acad-
envy, now in his ninety.fourth year,
whose " Medea" provided Ristori with
one of her most famous parts.
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Hcnltu dAO uoPPAACSS
to welded love ?" But
there is another ques-
tion which rightly
takes precedence of
Does it pay? 1t is
this us it neces-
sary to sacrifice
health and happiness
to welded love :"
Half a million women
answer, No! They
have been weak and
have been m a d c
strong by DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription.
They were sick and
&c Favorite Prescrip-
ton " m ade tn e m
well. 1t will do the
same for almost every
woman who gives it
a fair and faithful
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ening drains, heals
,,loo-a&;nn AID cnroc
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tuHHIunIdCIOu anu uICtIdtIOH anu NuteS
female weakness. 1t tranqualizes the
nerves and encourages the appetite.
UI expected to become a mother. and a
threatened mischance greatly weakened me-"
writes Mrs E. A. Nations, of Wits Springs
Searcy Co., Ark, wand my old disease returned
My husband got another doctor for me but I
seemed to just drag along and get no better
not help me would go back to Dr. Pierce's
medicines I did So and by the time had
taken them one month I could do my own
garden too was stouter than had ever been
while waiting baby's coming since my first
baby came this one was the sixth child). She
As To- for me % feel as w, Young ing now as l did al
eighteen years of age am thirty now. can
cheerfully recommend Or. Pierce's medicine to
all suffering womankind."
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
biliousness and sick headache.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-31

Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
biliousness and sick headache.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-31
o. s. 3. HENRY,
q s. DEPUTY SURVEYOR

A"snces sixth Street, swans Addl.
uon to Olympia, Wash.
~ tended to. The re-csta biishin1 III cid
government lines speciality. Townsites
surveyed and plated. Railroads located,
nno levels run for drains Lands exam.
meg and character reported.
Olympia. April le. 1901.
The Forrest City times., 1902-06-13
KEEPING HOUSE IN PARIS.
Everyone DweIIs in Apartments n d the Greatest Economy Is
 Prncticed.

Housekeeping in France is altogcth- CT different from what it k in America, says d Paris correspondent of the New York Commercial Advertiser. The greatest economy is practiced by the French. Separate houses are all most unknown. Everyone dweIls in apartments. The prices of apart ments are regulated by the number of stairs one has to climb. Elevators are scarcely ever seen.
 In comparison with apartments in America those in France seem bare and comfortless. Rarely are any pie lures hung on the walls, and there is an absence of bric-a-brac and hong ings. Of course. that applies to the dwellings of the middle-class, we'll to-do-people. The rich live sumptu- ously, amid historic furniture and pie lures, in the most elegant apartments.
 The kitchen is usually one of the most attractive places in French apartment, being provided with a shin ing array of copper teakettles, sauce
The Forrest City times., 1902-06-13
City Built by Cain

There are few places more interest. ing than the little town of Baalbek. It is supposed to have been founded by Cain. the son of Adam, when he fled from the murder of Abel, and here he erected the first of all fortifcations to defend himself against possible pur. suers. He named the place in honor of his son Henok, and pcopled it with giants, who, from their stronghold, carried on warfare against the inhab- itants of tie surrounding country until they perished in the flood Nim. rod, "the mighty hunter" was one of the early settlers at Baalbek, and cer- tain historians identify the place with the Scriptural Babel, where that au- dacious man attempted 10 defy the gods and reach Heaven by means of high tower. Nimrod has the credit of being founder of idolatry and Baal- bek the scene of the first worship of idols.-William E. Curtis, in Chicago Record-Herald.
The Forrest City times., 1902-06-13
Foreign Hotel Bait.

Some interesting statements are re- vealed in European hotel announce ments exclusively for American read ing and intended to allure American custom, and show what the European host believes will inflamc the Yankee mind Thus a London hotel announces the possession of "a new smoking lounge" One at Interlaken declares itself "the rendezvous of fashion" while at Milan they promise you that your luggage will be registered and that they will order your railway tick cts. An Innsbruck hotel has "splen. did hall for bicycling;" one at Paris is the "Parisian home of distinguished Americans;" and another at London, the rendezvous of the cream of Lon don society, as well as of the most dis tinguished people from all parts of the world;" and in Brussels stands forth this bold announcement, American bari" Some of the English attrac- tions partake of a noble and historical nature. One hotel is near Runnymede, where Magma Charta was signed, and Stoke Park, where William Penn lived."-Detroit Free Press.
The Forrest City times., 1902-06-13

pans, etc, all furnished to the great. est degree of cleanliness. Everything is porcelain lined, and even if a ten ant remains no more than three months the kitchen battery must be done over afresh-at your expense. of course. An ice chest k unknown. The kitchen is provided with a sort of box. showed halfway out of the window
 and with slats for the sides. No ice is ever used in preserving anything
 The American housekeeper would wonder how it was possible to get along without refrigeration The se- cret is this: Only sufficient for each meal is provided. Every item is cal culated to q nicety. When the provi- sions for family are brought in it seems as if there is not enough to feed q humming bird. In some mysterious manner there always is, but the Amer ican woman in France is in a constant state of alarm when there are guests.
The Forrest City times., 1902-06-13
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

There are four different state swords belonging to the city of Lon. don. The black sword is used on fast days and during mourning for the royal family.
 Dr. Sigurd Ibsen. son of Henrik Ib- sen, has been made minister of state at Stockholm. or representative of Norway at the Swedish court, in the newly reconstructed Norwegian cab inet
 A firm of London wine merchants has just received from the court of chancery a cheek for e95 for wine sup piled to customer in the year 1916, the litigation lasting SS years.
 Madagascar is believed to be civil. ized enough by the French to have an Academy of Letters and Sciences of its own. Ii contains 16 members at present, 13 Europeans and three Hovas.
 Three Victoria crosses, ten distin- puished service medals. two promo tious To commissioned rank and four mentions in dispatches have fallen to the lot of reform school lads in South Africa
 The town of Orotova, in Teneriffe has probably the finest climate of any town on earth. The colGes month, February. has an average temperature of 6 degrees, and the warmest, July of - degrees.
 South America has richer vegetation than any other quarter of the globe It has 10000 classified species of vege- tation, against 36.000 known in Asia Africa has 25.200; North America. 14,- 400; Europe, f1.2oo; Australia, only 7,200.
 There is trouble in Rome over Perosi's conducting his oratorio "Moses" in theater. X few years ago the church regulation forbidding priests to enter theater was revived. and the priests were displeased. Now they protest that if the regulation is suspended it should be for all
 In London safe deposit vault re- gently the renter of safe, anxious for the spiritual welfare of one of the jantors, said, while they were in the vault together: "Are you prepared to die?' For answer the janitor in- stantly pinned the questioner to the wall by the throat. Assistance ar rived, and the unfortunate renter was carried out. half "throttled." Ex- plantations ensued, and it was then dis covered that an inquiry after his spir- itual welfare had been eontrued by the ianitor as the preliminary to 8 murderous attark.