Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-11-10
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There are More Things in Heaven and Earth,
Horatio,
Than are Dreampt Of in Your Philosophy"

There are More Things in Heaven and Earth.
HoratiO,
Than are Dreampt Of in Your Philosophy"
Under the new California marriage
certificate law the couple must swear
they are not insane.
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The Zuni Indians will not eat bread
that has not been crushed and ground
up by stone implements. They say
that the grain by itself denotes good
ness and the stone means truth, so
that it is by meeting of the two that
the fullest benefit comes.
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The Arkausas river is the only water
course in Oklahoma ever navigated by
steam. 1t has diminished year after
year by pouring its waters into the ir-
rigating bitches of arid and western
plains, until now often in the summer
solstice it is possible for pony to pass
from bank to bank without wetting a
saddlegirth.
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The tallest man in the world is
Machnow, Russian. He is at pres.
ent the most popular and we'll known
man in all the select societies of Eu-
rope. Recently at 3 party given in
Berlin by the chancellor of the en-
pire, Count von Buelow, the ladies
went into raptures over him. They all
We'd with each other to be near him,
to touch him, to speak to him, and to
look up at his height. He is 10 feet
6 inches tall.
Constantine, Mich, has q citizen,
one w. S. Ferguson, who is one.armed,
left.handed champion OF the world
champion one.armed shoemaker, gard
ner, bicycle rider. hunter, fisherman,
painter and runner, and up for the
one.armed championship Of half a
dozen other things. The man does
not only do these, but does them we'll.
So we'll that there is no telling what
he would not do if he had two hands,
instead OF one.
At West Millville, New Jersey
village, a pretty operative in one of
the mills was passing through a Sc
cluded spot on her way home, one
night last week, she was assaultad by
q stout man who, placing his hand
over her mouth, threw her to the
ground. Her only weapon was hat
pin, but she made such good use OF
it that he had to remove his hand
from pain. and she made An outcry
that frightened her assailant away.
An angered posse searched for him
all night, but could find no trace OF
him. Blessings on the hat.pinl
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A curious but well authenticated
story comes from Grsy's Harbor about
the fishing industry there. During
the early run of black salmon there
this fall the Parks Fish Company OF
Aberdeen had delivered to its receiv.
ing station 25 salmon of the early Co.
lumbia spring variety, in weight 25
pounds. While this fact is one that
attracted much attention it was veri.
fed by each of the fish having mark
ings OF the Chinook and Kalama
hatcheries and these markings were SO
plain that they could not be mistaken.
This is somewhat in conflict with the
impression, however, that the salmon
invariably returns annually to its orig
inal habitat.
It may not be generally known that
in the Civil war not only quite num-
Der of women served as soldiers (oI
course unknown to the army officers)
but that many boys enlisted, with
consent OF their guardians, and did
good service in the lighter duties ol
campaign warfare. A transcript from
the records show that 25 OF these were
under ten years OF age, SO under eleven,
225 under twelve, 800 under thirteen
1923 under fourteen, 1C4,9S7 unde,
fifteen, 23l ,O5l under sixteen, 844 ,S91
under seventeen, over q million under
eighteen and over two millions under
twenty .one years of age. That may
account, in some degree, for the ap
parent longevity of the pension list.
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| And now some ingenious mechanic
has devised pump that will keep the
automobile tires inflated from motion
impaired by the wheel. At first this
may seem like the pump that was ex'
pected to pump water for supplying
power for its own operation, but the al,
pumped is not used for propulsion. II
consists OF a plunger pump attached
to one Of the spokes of the wheel with
a rubber tube connecting with the
valve. The pump is operated by an
excentric on the hub. A simple ar.
rangement throws the apparatus out
OF gear when any desired pressure ia
attained, and its capacity can be made
to Withstand any ordinary puncture
while the rider makes his way home
for repairs. 1t is said that q modifica.
ton may be applied to bicycles as well
as it works independently of any mo-