Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15
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Philadelphia has a girl druggist.
Miss Dora Rubin, who owns and man.
ages her own dispensary.
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Miss Roosevelt and her party of
thirty guests were entertained in a
special palace made ready for them, in
her visit to the Dowager Empress of
China.
Miss Roosevelt must have created a
sensation everywhere abroad. She was
the belle of the ballroom at Manila
and rejected the proposal of Sultan
Sulu, to become queen OF the archi-
pelago.
Miss Jane Adams, chairman of the
Board of School Management, has
practically the direction of Chicago's
public school services. She is thor
oughly familiar with the details of
educational work.
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d.. Herbert Bishop, a we'll known
sportsman in Boston, has gone to
Clearwater. Me-, to engage in moose
hunt with kaleidoscope, to get a
moving picture of scene in the chase
from life to finish. No shells will be
used, and the machinery will be
manipulated from light buggy, when
pr acticable.
Smokers are now prohibited from
smoking on the coach ends of the
grill-cars, on Spokaue-Seattle trains, a
run which experience has demon
strated is patronized by travellers of
extremely delicate olfactory nerves.
That at least seems to be the reason, or
the restriction would be general in it's
application.
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The greatest hoard of the yellow
metal ever gathered in any country
could not buy one years harvess of
the American corn and wheat. To
buy one seasons wheat crop would
take all the gold mined in this coun-
try in six years. In the last seven
years all the gold mines have produced
only enough to buy one years yield
OF six of our leading cereals.
"Thst virtue bring. i. own reward"
is again manifest by the award of dou-
BILE the wage.rate for the month OF Au-
gust, by the Great Northern to the
telegraphers who remained at their
posts during the controversy. But
little consideration will demonstrat e
palpable fact that there would have
been no double pay had there been no
strike, and the "scabs" should there
fore thank tho strikers.
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The price Of cattle ON foot, in Ger
many. to-day, is alarming, amounting
to Lag cents per pound, and live hogs
sell ~ IA cents. The master butchers
OF sixty leading cities have petitioned
the government for admission of live
animals free of duty. 1t may be that
our trans.oceanic neighbors will bere-
after be less inclined to discoun.e.
nance the" American hog" Necessity
is at times prime educator.
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"Old Ben" is to come in for special
honor this year, three of our leading
cities combining to celebrate the 20Oth
anniversary OF the birth of the man
who did 90 much for his country aud
bis fellowmen. Philadelphia. New
York and Boston-will simultaneously
pay honor to the great philosopher,
Benjamin franklin. The city, State
aud Federal governments and the
French government will participate.
Governor Pennypacker will preside at
the celebration in Philadelphia aud
President Roosevelt has promised to
take part in whatever way the Ameri-
can Philosophical Society desires, who
have general management.
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The name of the champion woman
athlete OF America is Miss Anna Bell.
She has not yet graduated from high
school. but has wonderful record for
fests that indicate an active, vigorous
constitution. Q splendid basis for men,
tai power, strength and development.
Her records are: Running broad
Jump, Is feet 10 inches; standing
broad jump, Z feet 4 inches; 100 yard
dash, IL As seconds; hurdle race, Is
seconds; throwing the basket ball, so
feet. She possesses several gold med
als. She expects to enter one Of the
women's colleges, and the one that
gets her will have q star in almost any
sport that requires endurance and
strength.
Fraucis Joseph Mccarthy, OF San
Francisco, a youth of seventeen, has
invented telephone transmitter
which carries the voice at least
mile IS was demonstrated last week to
the satisfaction OF the Examiner repre-.
sentative. The instrument by which
this feat was accomplished was OF the
boys own make, aud necessarily crude
and incomplete, which impels the hope
that with skillful handiwork it will be
able to At least parallel the wireless
telegraphy system in distance results.
Young MCCARTHY will interest capital
enough to develop his discovery and
invention, and 60 east to perfect his
system, secure q patent and introduce
it as public utility.
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A French scientist has come to the
decision thst it will soon be possible
to destroy armies by lightning. He
concludes that the energy of 1000
horsepower, at 10O,O00 volts, could be
concentrated by antennae go as to de.
stroy life at distance of twelve miles.
The present difficulty, which he be.
lieves will be soon overcome, il that of
controlling and directing tho electric
waves. That seems too terrible for
belief, and the impression has OBJ
tanned that such methods of wholesale
destruction were barred by the IN.
written rules of civilized warfare.
We live, however. in An age of pro.
gress, and it is difficult at times to de.
termine whether it is upwards or
dowuwards.
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A peculiar experience beiell Leo
Grutt and q cOmpaniOn while hunting