Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-02-08
no,po,. rc Orr,r,Ir PRAYERS So

islature lately objected to the time
consumed in opening the sessions with
prayer each morning, and one Of the
party leaders declared that as long as
the official pastor confined his petit
tons for benefactions to the State he
was content, and that service could be
done acceptably in five minutes. But
when the minister added to his scope OF
beatitudes the whole Northwest; then
the whole nation, and afterwards the
civilized world, and finally the heath
en- lands, taking from twenty minutes
to half an hour, he thought it was time
to call stop. In lieu Of resolution,
however, it was finally conceded that
the Sergeant-at- Arms be empowered to
give hint to the minister, which WAS
done. This, as usual, reminds us OF
Territorial times. The Council (cor-
responding to the present Senate)
once had parson who. doubtless inno-
Gently thought that be might embody
considerable salutary advice to the
members in his petition to the Most
High, and in his prayer for harmony
and goodwill, was SO pointed as to
unfortunately manifest considerable
individual bias in his own judgment.
What was his surprise, when immedi.
ately after roll.csll, one morning, q
member arose and Introduced reso'
luton TO dispense with further services
OF Chaplain, which was laid on the
table subject to call. As it WAS never
taken from that repository, it is safe to
infer that the parson did no more than
his duty the remainder of the session.
>O>
JEROME HAD READ UP AND THE
Doctor HAD NOT.-District Attorney
Jerome has not been idling away his
time in preparing for the prosecution
of Thaw, the murderer of Stanford
White. in New York. and his cross.
examination of DR.. C. C. Wiley, an
alienist from Pittsburg, Tuesday, made
the specialist look, as the street gam.
mon would express it, like thirty
cents" 1t is unfortunate that the
doctor had not made at least super
fetal review of the "bOoks" before
going into the witness.box, for &c
rapid WAS the prosecutors fire OF jaw
breaking professional terms, that very
soon after acknowledging ignorance
he maintained . stolid silence. He
had, on direct examination given an
unreserv I'd opinion that Thaw wai
insane when he fired the fatal shots
and probably that was as conclusive
of the fact as if expressed in terms
that serve. if indeed not intended, to
mystify the layman. DR.. Wiley'f
opinion may have been sound although
he could not tell the exact location oil
the "pneumogastric nerve"
THAT Maurs Loa, our Sandwich
Island volcano, has been exhibiting
signs of unusual activity the past
month simultaneously with shocks oil
earthquake the world over, gives as
surance that the connection of the
earthquake and the mountain peaks
flow Of melted lava, owe their ex-
istence to substantially the same
cause; and what more probable than
the development of q mighty force
from gas generation, which under
certain recurring conditions become
explosive and shake the earth as we'll
% relieve the monstrous pressure
within, by those outlets which nature
provides against . total rending apart
of the crust of the Earthf This view
may be common sense, but not finally
meet those of the scientists who invest
occult subjects with all the method,
necessary to afford . monopoly ol
knowledge.