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The Moclips oil boom has flattened
and the lands held for development of
wells are practically worthless.
The President has not entirely
abandoned his purpose of calling a
special session of Congress, although
members of that body unanimously
protest against holding one.
Mrs. Minnie Burke, of Seattle, &C.
cused q few days ago, of attempting to
poison her husband and freed of the
charge after her reconciliation with
him, now wants divorce. She has
filed such an action in the Superior
Court.
Frank Ward, foreman of a yard
gang at the Pueblo Steel Works, at
Pueblo, Col, Saturday, caused the
death OF his daughter, Frances, aged
16. by forcing her to swallow a guam
tity of poison, and then committed
suicide by using the same drug.
The little steamer Mountain Gem
has been the salvation of the fruit
crop on Snake River, during the un-
precedented low water which has laid
up larger steamers on the run between
Riparia and Lewiston. The water is
lower than it has been for thirty years.
In a speech delivered in Kansas a
few days ago, Lawson said that no
man in the country is more keenly
aware of the necessity of curbing the
corporate despotism under which We
live than President Roosevelt, but
that he is as helpless in the systems
net as bull in balloon. Like Gulli-
yer in Lilliput, he is bound by 1000
threads-Congress, the Senate, the
party's interests and gratitude, and by
all the intangible influences which
the great money power can weave
around any individual"
The floating pool.room Traverse, on
Lake Michigan, which has been giving
the Chicago police so much trouble,
has met with complete handicap by
the interruption OF its wireless tele.
graph service from the race course, by
an enormous magnet in Illinois Steel
Works Co., near the mouth of the
Calumet river. When it is in opera
ton to move heavy bodies, its induc'
ton gathers in all currents and there
is not a tick nor click OF the instru'
ments on the Traverse. Whenever
the current was switched of, commun.
ication was at once restored. As it:
use is almost continuous, it completely
thwarts the scheme OF the knights ol
the Green Cloth for overhead aids to
betting,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25
OLYMPIA WASHINGTON: FRIDAY MORNING, AUG &. 1905

here used reverently-and she doesn't
CAD the streets. She is good cook, a
good housekeeper, and has the making
OF woman as useful as her mother
is. 1t is all matter OF ideals in this
world. Often people think, because
6 irl doesn't conquer the world as she
promised to in her high school essay
that she has forgotten all about it.
But when woman brings up clean,
wholesome family in this generation Of
vipers, she has been reas onably true to
herself, and her aspirations, even if
she doesn't strip the laurel tree for her
millinery.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25
POULTRY NOTES.
Movable nests are the best.

Movable nests are the best.
Kerosene the perches once a month
Save parings, cabbage leaves and po
tato scraps for the hens. They ought
to have green food all winter.
Have You provided q dust bath fol
hens next winterf 1t will help you
greatly in keeping flock free OF vermin
1t will pay you to try steamed cut
clover for an occasional feed when the
days get cold and the ground is snow
covered.
In preparing the nests for winte,
put them in as secluded spot as pos
sible. A hen likes quiet before the egg
is laid.
When thinning out a flock Of geese
always sell the young birds; tho old
ones make the best breeders and bring
a low price in market.
!. Rake up all the chunks, bones, etc.
SET fire to the pile and when . nice bed
of Goals pour water over il. It makes
good charcoal for the hens.
Renew the nests occasionally. Cu'
straw makes . good nest. Take ou,
the old and burn it before it becomes
filth covered or vermin infected.
If your fowls pull feathers out o.
one another's plumage they are moi
busy enough. Make them work and
scratch and they scarcely ever acquire
the vice.
While laying in stock of mangel
wurzels for the cows, don't forget ths'
they are just as good for the fowls
Slit them in halves and the fowls viii
do the rest.
Don't neglect to provide plenty o.
grit-the sharper the better-for the
hens. Broken china and earthenwaYl
answer the purpose very we'll, as doel
broken oyster shell.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25
Time to Spare.
Detroit Eews-Tribune.


A long-haired man walking along
the street met q little boy, who asked
him the time.
"Ten minutes to g." said the man.
"Well," said the boy, cat 9 O'Clock
get your hair cut" and he took to his
heels and ran, the aggrieved one after
him.
Turning the corner, the man ran
into . policeman, nearly knocking
him over.
"What's upf" said the policeman.
The man, very much out of breath
said: "You see that young urchir
running along therei He asked MI
the time and I told him: "Ten min
utes TO g. and he said: AT 9 o'clocl
get your hair cut"
"Well," said the policeman, "wha
are you running for? You've go
eight minutes yet"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25

Inc important point is that they were
hopelessly III but this matchlcss rDis-
covery restored and saved them.
NJ was not able to do hardly any work AZ
ALL" says Mrs. Jennie Dingman. Of Vanburen.
Kalkaska Co. Mich. in a most interesting
letter to Dr. Pierce; al had pain in my LETT
side and back. and had headache ali the
bad had to be IN bed all the time,
my husband thought had consumption
He wanted me TO get q doctor but told him
II 1t Vas consumption they could not helm
ms;,o me We Though thought we would try, Or. Pierce's
taken one bottle the cough was stopped and
l have had no more Of II returning. Your
medicine Is the best have taken
Write to Dr. R. v. Pierce. He will send
you good, fatherly, professional advice.
In a plain sealed envelope. absolutely
free. His nearly 40 years experience as
chief consulting physician Of the In
yalids' Hotel, at Buffalo, N. ", has made
him an expert In chronic diseases.
Constipation causes and aggrayates
many serious diseases. 1t is thoroughly
cured by DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25
How to Sweep.

In sweeping carpets remove all fur
niture or cover it thoroughly, as tho
dsmpness will cause the dust to STICK
to the woodwor and soil the fabric.
Sweep quickly and carefully from
the corners and sides TO the center Of
the room to prevent the soiling of the
wall paper.
Take the dust carefully into the
dustpan, carry to the kitchen and burn
it.
If you have carpet sweeper, run
over the carpet quickly to brighten it
and remove the dust.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25
"WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT"
Through His Latest Mysteries Glory
Of the Lewis and Clark Exposition.

Through His Latest Mvsteries-EIectric Glory
Of the Lewis and Clark Exposition.
The fiery sun had sunk behind great
masses of heavy clouds, making its
protest in the angry rays that here and
there pierced the threatening dark.
ness that grew denser until the arch
of heaven was blackest night. The
whirring wheel of the trolley-pole
threw out its lurid green glare. mark
ing and emphasizing the more the
settled gloom, for it was night, when
bats flew low, and swallows kept cir
cling near their nests.
Soon we reached the little ticket
house that separates the old city from
the new, and passing the turnstile we
were in the exposition grounds. Here
is a beautiful garden where ghostly
statues peer out, sending frightful
shadowy things from their home OF
gloom, while ON either side, and way
above US, the shadowy lines of the
Washington building and the Oriental
art building, were just visible.
We strolled listless between the
large, and now silentsbuildings. Then
we listened to the rush and fall OF
many waters that gushed with mighty
force, making weird sounds, like fairy
music, through the sultry air. On
and on, where myriads of tiny jets
from flowing cups flung the waters
spray high in the air, as soft and flow'
ing as a bridal veil, we wandered.
Strolling on we passed the Foun.
tain OF Plenty, where graceful figures
OF children sport in the babblinl
waters. Then, still further back We
stood beneath heroic figures of "trail
Blazers" bestriding rearing horses
which only increased the ghostly
spectres of silent night.
From the middle of the great white
bridge. that spans the lake between
the "TraiP" and Government Build
ing, we gszed down the long vista a,
the faint outlines of pictured domes ol
great buildings just traceable against
the awful darkness OF the night be
hind. Suddenly q hushed silence
seemed to hover all, then, as if touched
by the wonderful magic breath OF life
q soft, tremulous, gentle, dim pinl
glow, from thousands of incandescent
lights twinkled and shone like the
first rays OF the morning sun. Slowly
surely, the radiance grew deeper red
stronger, brighter, clearer, dazzling
white, as from out the darkness sprant
celestial gloryl
The magnificence of this radian
armament of light filled the visior
and caught and held the soul aloft, o.
from every quarter OF the compass
forms and curves of innumerabl'
buildings were star-decked, while tn,
Washington building looming far W
in the immeasurable onyx blackness
gave out beauty and brightness never
dreamed Of or known before.
All stood spell.bound, held anG
thrilled as if by some unheard com
mand,. when softly. gently, like I
mothers voice, drifted from q corne
aiar, "Hail Columbia" and the vas
awe.struck multitude, with baret
heads and faces aglow with keenes
feeling, followed the grand patriotic
air in their hearts, while their eyes be
held the glory OF the Lewis and Clarl
exposition by electric light.
LUE F. VERNON.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25
Didn't Know When he Would Stop.

Senator Pettis is an inimitable teller
OF darky stories.
"One day a farmer in my State
while in his barn observed his dog
rush out and begin to bark furiously
at a darky from neighboring farm
The colorcd man at once took to his
heels, although he had come to the
barn on a matter of more or less inn
portance. Some time later he re.
turned and, making sure that no dog
was about, entered the barn.
"Why were you so frightened,
SAM asked the farmer. Dan would
not have harmed you. Remember the
old saying, Barking dogs never bite.
"Dat's all right, sah.' responded the
darky with much gravity. you know
dat an ] know dat, but when do either
OF us know when dat confounded dog
is goin' to stop barkin'?"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25

SILLY Girl-"Do you like Miss
Sharpun?"
"No; she's dreadfully stupid, y
know"
"Stupid? What makes you think
soT
"The other night when l was call.
ing on her, she exclaimed: "Why'
must you be going so soon?' And l
give you me word I hadn't mentioned
such a thing!"-Cleueland Leader.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25

1t is q good thing to eat fresh fruit
for breakfast, and baked or stewed ap-
pies generally agree with the most del.
icate digestion. Green or half ripe
apples, stewed and sweetened, are a.
ways q good summer dish, and raw
apples are far better than many liver
pills. Oranges are extremely whole
some, as a rule, and tomatoes are
very beneficial, but the skins OF the
latter should not be eaten. Less bacon
and more fruit during the hot weather,
says Home Notes, is good rule, and
the old saying, can apple day keeps
the doctor away" has like many more
old sayings good deal of common
sense and wisdom in its jingle.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25
Oua PaEsea,pr,on DEPARTMENT

OuR Prescription DEPARTMENT
Realising our responsibility in this req
pect, we are scrupulously particular, in
every detail, using only the best and
purest drugs and chemicals with guaran.
teed accuracy. 1t matters not what ply
sician writes your prescription, it will be
compounded in tho strictest accordance.
Herewith, by a competent, relia BILE phar.
macist, II brought to us, and only reason.
able charges made.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25
Why She Smiled.

"The prettiest thing in bonnets,
said Mrs. Bromley, the other day, lis
"Your face, Mrs. Bromley" said the
old gentleman, gallantly; and Mrs.
Bromley carried around a nine-inch
smile for o week afterward.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25
WHOLE NUMBER 1859.
THE REAL QUESTION.

The real question of disease
Is Can l be curcd?" If you
or anyone dear to you IL
losing strength, flesh, energy
and vitality, II you are wise
you will not spend time try
ing tc figure out just what
name to call the disease by.
1t is almost impossible to
draw the line where debility
and weakness merge into
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25
Attention

To your wants in all that should be in q
Drug Store, is our business, and
the aim is that our atten.
ton to these needs
be SO satisfactory to you
that you will depend on us for
your supply of
PURE DRUGS, PERFUMERY,
CHEMICALS, SOAPS,
CIGARS, STATIONERY.
PATENT MEDICINES,
AND
DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25
VIZ REsPccrruL.y SoL,c,r

VIZ 'eSPGOtrOLIS 0OliCiT
You to give us call when in need
of anything in our line. Whether
you purchase or not, get our prices
sec our goods. These two points
alone will make you regular pa
irons. Then, we treat everyone lust
alike, child can do as we'll here as
an adult. We always appreciate pa
tronage, whether small or large,
and sell goods at reasonable prices.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25

Who most complain have little pain.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25
DRIFTWOOD

Pieces washed up by the tide, doomed, sawed
split and piled for the perusal and pasiime OF
pald-up subscribers, also for those who beg Dor
row and steal the STANDARD in order that the,
may enjoy little sunshine rs they journey
through this vale of Tears
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25

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New-York tribune., 1905-12-30
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

Washington Dec @-secretary Loeb to-day is-
sued the official programme for President fsoose
velt's New Years reception at the Wnite f1ou7e
For the first time since the death of Mr.. Hobart
the Vice-Presdent of the United States Will appear
at a New Years reception Vice-President ana
Mrs. Fairbanks will be received first by the freSi
dent and Mrs Roosevelt next Monday ana 'heh
will take places behind the line as part OF the
receiving party In other respects next Monday )
reception will differ only in minor details from re-
ceptions of previous years. The programme Iol-
lows:
II a. m-The e-President. the Cabinet the
diplomatic corps.
20 a. m-The Supreme Court Of the United
States the Court of Appeals of the District OF
Columbia, the Supreme Court of the District or
Columbia. the United States Court of Claims, for
mer members of the Cabinet. ambassadors and
ministers of the United States
l1:3O a. m--Senators. Representatives and Dele
gates in Congress- the Commissioners and judiclai
officials of the District of Columbia
HAS a. m-Off1cers of the army, navy. marine
corps and of the militia of the District OF Columbia
2aS %. m.-The regents and secretary OF the
Smithsonian Institution the Civil Service Commits
sion the Interstate Commerce Commission. the
Isthmian Canal Commission. assistant secretaries
Of departments, the Solicitor General. assistant
attorneys general, assistant postmasters general
treasurer Of the United States. librarian Of Con-
gress Public Printer, heads Of bureaus In the
several departments and president Of the Column
bian Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.
1890 Q. m.-The Society Of the Cincinnati Asso-
ciated Veterans of the War OF 1S4S-H, MEDAL OF
Honor Legion. Military order of the Loyal Le-
gion of the United States. Grand Army OF the Re-
public, Union Veteran Legion, Union Veterans
War Veterans Army and Navy Union. the Minute
Men, the members Of the Oldest Inhabitants AS
ISOLATION of the District of Columbia.
p. m--Reception Of citizens
New-York tribune., 1905-12-30
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau.l

From Tribune Bureau
WASHINGTON Dec 29.-Mss Roosevelt was
guest at the dinner given tonight by Senator and
Mrs EIkins, and afterward attended the dance at
Rauschers. The other guests of Senator and Mrs-
Elkins were Mr.. and Mrs. Lars Anderson, MT
and Mrs Pitts Duf1eId, and Mr.. and Mrs. Beck
man Lorlard of New-York; Miss Zaidee Cobb
Miss Mary Carlisle, Miss Helen Hibbs. Miss Ma
thilde Townsend. Miss Katherine Elkins. MISS
Grace Bell Miss Evon Shepard, Major Mott. Lieu
tenant Lay Lieutenant Sheridan. Robert Goelet.
Lieutenant U. s. Grant, 3d.; Mr.. Carlisle. Richard
Elkins and Davis Elkins- The dining room decora-
tions were red roses and Christmas greens.
The Vice-Presdent and Mrs Fairbanks returned
to Washington at 1:30 to-day from indianapolis,
for which place they left Washington Christmas
Day Their son, Robert Fairbanks, was their
guest Christmas.
The Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs. Bonapsrte
will be the hosts of the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt at a formal dinner on board the
Mayfower on February g. The dinner company
will include thirty guests. who will be received
the historic cabin where the President presented
the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries to each
other on August 5. The Secretary and Mrs Bona
parte have a home in Baltimore and country
place in the suburbs of that city They have
rented apartments for the winter In Washington,
and the Secretary will follow the custom of Secre-
tary Long who gave his Cabinet dinner to the
President on board the Dolphin. Lieutenant Com
mander Andrew T. Long, commanding the May
flower h brought his ship from Alexandra to
alongside the landing.
An especially pretty dance was given at
Rauscher's this evening, when Miss Alice Gordon
Parker and Miss Eleanor Wayne Parker, daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wayne Parker, were the
hostesses The guests included most Of those who
had attended dinners, including diplomats and peo-
ple in society to the number of several hundred
Mrs Parker's indisposition such that she
could not the guests for her daughters her
place being taken by Mrs. William Sheffield Cowles.
sister of the President. The Misses Parker wore
gowns of embroidered point d'esprit and pearl orna
ments Assisting them were Miss Dorothy Whit
new of New-York, and Miss Ethel Cowden, who
are the guests of the Assistant Secretary of State
and Mrs. Robert Bacon; Miss May Tuckerman,
also of New-York. and Miss Alice Bowditch. who is
the guest of the Misses Oliver. Southern moss and
smilax with holly wreaths and branches. formed
the decorations. Preston Wolcott son of the late
Governor Wolcott and a cousin OF the Misses
Parker. is their guest
Miss Christine Roosevelt is visiting Senator Kean
and Mrs Kean. and was the guest of honor at
dinner given by them tonight.
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey will not receive on New
Years Dav owing to the indispositiOn of Mrs.
Dewey.
Mrs Kate Brfce arrived in Washington to-day
and will be the guest of Mrs. Benjamin S. Warder
and Miss Warder for few days.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-30
LABOR CONDITIONS AT PANAMA.

part of the Isthmian Canal Commissions
report, published yesterday, which deserves and
viii command attention is that which relates
TO the conditions, and especially to the hours,
Of labor. The commission protests against being
bound by the same laws that govern the en-
ployment Of labor In the United States. to wit:
that against the admission Of Chinese laborers
that against the importation of laborers under
contract, and that limiting the working day to
eight hours. Against these prescriptions, and
especially the last. the commission strongly pro-
that their imposition would mean an enormous
increase in the cost of construction OF the canal
which the American people would have TO pay
without any compensating advantage.
Those laws were enacted in America for the
protection and benefit of American labor-most
praiseworthy objects. Whether they were alto
gether necessary, and whether they are entirely
well devised for those purposes. need not be dis
s.ussed ar this time. The point is that they
would not serve these purposes at Panama. for
the reason that there is and will be practically
no American labor there 10 be protected and
benefited. Tine engineers and clerks are Amer
leans. but tie thousands of common iaborers on
the line OF the canal are aliens and will remain
aliens That is so FOR the simple reason that
Americans wifi not and can not do the work. 1t
would be entirely out OF the question TO recruit
an army of ten thousand American workingnlen
10 90 down there and dig dirt at Culebra and
make roads through the swamps at Cristobal.
II such an army could be secured 1t would prove
a failure. for our men could not efficiently adapt
themselves TO the strange climatic and other
conditions. So the application of American labor
laws there would not benefit American labor
but on the contrary, wouid impose upon Amer
lean labor the burden Of paying the additional
New-York tribune., 1905-12-30
E0R THE HOSPITALS.

To-day is the last Saturday and tomorrow
will be the last Sunday of the year. Ihat
simple statement of fact should be sufhclently
suggestive to the beneyOlently Inclined Dut,
lest we forget" and for the sake of the new
ranks which appear in the social army WIN
each new year. it may be well to recall that
these two days what have long been Known
as Hospital Saturday and Sunday.
There are no other dates in all the calendar
more significant than these of pure benevolence
On these days in synagOgues and churcnes Oh
many names and in all trades, businesses and
professions collections are taken for the benent
of some twoscore-and-One hospitals, lnnrmarles
and asylums of this city. Christian, jew anu
agnostic alike give, and their generous bounty
is distributed among Christian, Jew and agnostic
alike without discrimination. There ~ no more
truly humanitarian charity In the land nor
is the manner of appOrtionment unworthy OF
notice. The money is divided among the various
institutions not according to their size, nor ac-
cording to the zeal of their asking, but solely
in nronortion to the amount of free service given
by them in the preceding year to the suffering
moor The more an institution does for the
needy. without money and without price, the
more it gets from the Hospital Saturday and
Sunday Fund There could be no system more
inspiring to benevoence than that.
It is a pleasure to recall this gracious charity
to the public mind and purse-to Eplscopallah
and Unitarian. to Jew and Quaker, to Baptlst
and ethical culturist, and to every business,
trade profession and exchange in this cos
mopolis. 1t would be another pleasure a few
days hence to record an unprecedented response
to the appeal The collection aggregated In
1903 more than $4,000. and in 1904 more than
$4,000. In 1905 it ought to go well above the
100000 mark. We do not always sympathlze
with the craze for record breaking but here,
at least, is one record which it would be grati-
fying to see broken by a handsome margin.