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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-01-16

IS .e J.. treated in the strong, thor
oueh way its compleXity demands
that in he Passing OF time a normal
result for al interested shall emerge"
The 5ccrpta y after reviewing the re
suits OF The investigations of his great
branch Of the government, declares
that ureNampled prosperity is in store
for the country and hints that the man
who docs not get in on it deserves TO
be blamed for his lack of parspicacity
and acumen.
Every Party Wants to Win.
| The congressional committees Of the
! Democratic, Republican and Progress
sive parties have opened separate
] headquarters in Office buildings in
| Wash lneton, and each declare that
| they propose to prosecute vigorous
campaigns throughout the country to
secure members of their party for req
resontation in the next Congress. Hot
air artists are busily engaged in each
of the three establishments in devils
ing ways and means to convince the
voters of their duty.
Keeping Up with Bryan.
Statisticians regarding Chautauqua
circuits and the shortcomings of MIR
Bryan have figured it out that since
he took office as secretary of state he
bio, lo1 thnr
and has been absent from his Office ~
| days. He has jumped from Washing
ton to California, from Washington to
Florida, and from Washington to
Maine. These are his big travelling
stunts, but lesser ones include many
short trips of a few hundred to a
| thousand miles or more. Notwith
standing the criticism of Bryan, it is
plainly apparent to a disinterested OBJ
server that he is stronger in the ad
ADMINISTRATION at the present time than
at any other period since the 4th of
March.
In One OF the Iowa Dist ricts.
Representative Prouty of Iowa will
retire from Congress. His activities
on the District of Columbia commit
tee have made him prominent among
the people of the national capital and
it's citizens will kiss him goodbye"
with little reluctance. Mr.. w. O..
Payne, whose newspaper carries one
of the strongest editorial pages in
Iowa, is candidate, and those who
know his writings--as all public men
of Iowa do-realize that in Payne the
voters have an opportunity to elect
one of the ablest men in the Middle
West.
Penalties Of Not Being a Trust.
1t will be remembered that the to-
bacco trust was smashed ca. The
dividends of the segregated units are
still coming into the same pockets
that jingled the profits from tobacco in
past years, and these dividends amount
to $15,000,000 for the year 1913.
Uncle Sans Radium Trust.
In order to carry out the recommen-
dations of Secretary Lane of the in
terror department, Representative Fer.
ris of Oklahoma has prepared Joint
resolution providing for the withdraw.
al from settlement, sale or entry OF
public lands in the United States
which might possibly contribute to the
supply Of radium.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-01-16

into Il hamper. preferably away from
the sleeping room.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-01-16
EMBROIDERED NET NECKWEAK.

a
$
piece the
Of
net with emb bands and plated the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31

But when the spring comes and the warm days of April and May wake them from their annual sleep they emerge from their hiding place with voracious appetite.
 The warm nights find them flying hither and thither snapping up insect pests with an appetite only gained by their long fast.
 The bats eyes are made for flying by night, the brighter the light the less able is the bat to see In the twilight even it will run almost into walls if not actually touching them. before 1t finds out where if is going. and everyone knows how it will rush blindly against person walking in the cool of the evening. This, of course, has given rise to the saving, 'as blind as a bat" But what they lack in the use of their eyes they make up by their keen sense of touch, and they seem to guide themselves through the darkest places with the greatest ease.
 It must be remembered that bats are animals. although they have wingsu. and their young are born and receive milk as their first food.
 Although in many parts of England there are innumerable superstitions and stories about bats. very few Of them have any foundation. and, al- though ordinary people dread and fly from these peculiar creatures, they are one of many's greatest helpers. and should not be treated as an enemy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
THE JERUSALEM
 OF MODERN TIMES

Probably no modern city is more dis appointing to the expectant traveller than Is Jerusalem, says the Christian Herald. We think of it in its ancient glory; we picture to our imagination the magnifi- cent temple with it's golden roof and the other great buildings of the hill of Zion
 We read of it's being the rendezvous in Passover times of a million pilgrims, and we naturally think of it as an enormous city, comparable to London or New York of the present day. We think of 1t in it's oriental setting of two thousand years ago. but as we approach in a modern railway train and climb the steep ascent which leads to the city behind an Amer ican engine, our illusion disappears.
 At last the guard calls out '.Jerusa- lemr' and we disembark a mile from the city, get into a rickety modern hack, which has evidently done duty in some more civilized community, and are bounced over the rough roads and the intolerable cobblestones within the gates, until, at last. we are landed at our mod ern hotel, so different from the khan of ancient times. And here our illusion hal only begun The city of which we read as accommodating a million guests on feast days could hardly entertain thou sand strangers within It's walls, and since a multitude of pilgrims come every wear from Russia and Italy and France and Germany these nations have erected great hotels outside the walls for the ac- commodation of pilgrims. But these. fine and even magnificent as they are
 take us not back to the Jerusalem of two thousand years ago. but tell us only of the modern city where half a dozen great nations arc building these hotels and hospitals in order to gain political and commercial advantage. and patiently awaiting the time when they can oust from his possession the Turk who has so long held sway within the sacred city.
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seem-were private enterprise They had grown up gradually, being built by pri- vate companies and extended from time to time until veritable geographical and financial maze had been created. There were four or five private companies, each making It's own rates and each running it's property with an eye only to its own profit. and with no regard to the wider interests of commerce as a whole. In ad- dition tos the dock companies there was the Thames conservaney, a public author ity, which had 8 certain limited control over the river but whose powers were much restricted by the vested interests and rights of the dock company.
 Legislation in 1909 swept all this away The new port of London authority was created and empowered to buy out the dock companies. It vas given all the powers and good deal more. of the Thames conservancy, and the whole inter- ests of the port were entrusted to it's care. Sir Hudson Kearley, great bus- ness man. who has since become Lord Devonport, was appointed chairman, and to his initiative the new campaign is large 1y due. Besides Lord Davenport the au- thority is made up of a representative of the admiralty, two of tho Board of Trade, four of the London county council. two of the City of London corporation, and one of Trinity House Che authority which controls the pilots of the United King dom). Then there ars r elected mem bers chosen by the payers of dues. wharf fingers and owners of river craft.
 The great estate which this authority took over consists of about 5000 acres, nearly two-thirds of which Is water. cut up and hemmed in by g miles of quays In the course of a year more than 39,- 100000 tons of shipping use these quays.
 One of the first duties of the new au- thority was to work out a comprehensive plan for systematizing the work of this vast enterprise and for standardizing the charges. This tariff of port dues, which was produced, was a document ri- valing in size and complication an Ameri- can tariff law. Every conceivable class of goods is provided for and the captain of ship carrying a mixed cargo has job that would puzzle the most skilled customs broker
 It was soon found that great as this undertaking was, it was inadequate to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
"Oldest Book in the World,

This is the oldest book in the world" said the wise woman of the party of card players. indicating the pack of cards held in her hands. according to the New York Sun. Its leaves have been called playing cards since the fourteenth cer- tury. but they were known as far back as history reaches. by the Chinese. Persians and Egyptians. not to name the ancients of prehistoric times pack of cards said to be 1000 years old is pre- served in the museum of the Royal Asi- attic society.
 The women who play bridge all the morning and then all the afternoon, and after that go to bridge parties in the evening" said another of the party, lit tie think what ancient things they are playing with. But what was the purpose of this book in the time before it became a gamer
 ''The mystic book answered the wise woman, 'held the hidden wisdom of the ancient world. It was used by the priests in their temples when time was young. Call it's origin Egyptian what you will it is full of astronomical symbolism, and the wisdom of numbers: such learn ing men had of old was carefully con- cealed from the uninitiated. But to those who could read it the mystic test book was a veritable book of fate.
 The cards, for one thing, are all sym. bols of the astrological art. Each one is an emblem. It would tire you if I should attempt to go into the subject deeply. can only glance along the top waves of the deep ocean. But notice a few partic- ulars which lie upon the surface.
 ''The o2 emblems or pages of this book aar.f tx. k F court emblems are the F months. and 13 cards in each suit represents the sun and the 12 signs of the zodiac, the four suits figures the four seasons.
 ''Further-but this you can easily see7 the heart is the emblem of spring and love. the trefoil or clover leaf-we call 1t club--of summer and knowledge, the dia- mond of autumn and wealth, and the acorn or spade, of winter, labor and death
 ''The pages of this book are in red and black. White was once used in place of red The colors in the cards symbol ize night and day, astronomcally. and the lights and shades of life as applied to man.
 Look closely at the court cards and notice the emblems carried. These all survive from the ancient forms. The queens hold the lotus flower, supplement- ed in the case of the queen of spades by the dfstan emblem of industry, kept through all the long centuries. The king and queen of clubs bear symbols of wis., dom. the king still plainly showing the winged globe.
 Each suit has it's mystic symbolism, corresponding to the planets. In both suit and spots. Venus and Mercury rule hearts, Mars and the earth rule clubs, Jupiter and Neptune diamonds, Saturn and Uranus spades. But I am becoming to astrological. I must close this fas- cinating book
 "No, mo-" the others protested. And then some one asked. What about the joker?'
 "Oh, the joker is a modern invention. He does not count in any serious game of life or of cards. Yet there was in the days of old always a court jester. so this new card is not really out of place among queens and kings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31

The tobacco warehouses are heated and ventilated so that the tobacco is kept in the best possible condition Cold storage Is povided for furs, fruit, butter, cheese and eggs as well as for meat. Moth proof rooms are there for rare oriental rugs and carpets and these acres of warehouses are patrolled night and day by armed watchmen to protect the precious wares against thieves.
 Large quantities of these goods never reach English consumers London is the market of the world and buyers come 10 her from all the ends of the earth. American merchants for instance, oft en buy Japanese silks and Chinese teas and spices in London and the goods are then reshipped from the docks. Only last year large quantities or meat from the Argentine were bought in London for America and reshlpped from the Port Authority's cold stores.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
Baron von Oppenheim's "Saphir,' whose descendants have won $6OO,OOO In prizes.

Baron Von Oppenheim's "Saphir,'' Z whose descendants have won $6OO,OOO in prizes.
 ting. This is under a new totalisateur and bookmaking law which has just been laid before the Reichstag, with Kaiser W1lhelms approval, and against the strong opposition of Germany's chief sporting authority, the Union club
 The new law puts betting men under state control and makes them partners of the state, which, as payment for legalizing them, will exact a percentage of the bets.
 Hitherto the only kind of betting tol- erated by law in Germany has been totalisateur betting. This system is all most universal in Europe There are no fixed odds and the money bet on each race is divided between those who have backed winners in proportion to their stakes. The totalisateur is fully legal and totalisateur bet is a valid contract enforceable in court. One-sixth of the money staked is deducted before division among the successful packers: and this Is divided between the imperial treasury and the racing association which owns the race course. To make a betting book 10 d pcidl olleHSe, put the IOIdl1Sdleur law and the betting prohibition are ig- nored. Three-quarters of all German betting is done with illicit bookmakers In Berlin there are 5000 bookmakers. and these take in wagers between $50,00o, GOO and S75, GOO year. The state and the racing associations are the losers.
 Germanys new betting bill aims at killing the illicit bookmaker; and at set ting up instead lawful bookmakers who will have to contribute heavily to the cost of horse breeding. The bill reduces to F per cent the state levy on totalisa- teur bets; and provides for the establish ment in every town of government, or gov- ernmentaly licensed, bookmakers with whom bets will be legally enforceable contracts The operations of each book maker will be confined to fixed dis trict, and his address and the names of all his assistants must be registered with the police. He will hand over to the state per cent of the money staked Be- fore paying out winnings he will further deduct from to 12 per cent, according to the odds, and this money will also go to the state. The proceeds of these two taxes will be divided between inn perial treasury and state treasuries. the states being under obligations to spend the money on the improvement of thor oughbred stock As 1t is expected that the states will get at least s10,o00.000 for this purpose, Germany's state stud farms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31

old. had habit that could not be broken of drawing-by evading the vigilance of nurse and pai ents-on the walls. on tne light furniture and in all books within reach.
 However. little fIuguette went stcr farther than simply producing ''writlnga on tho wall.' for she would surreptitious- iy smuggie . pencil from hcr mcther'a desk and. when unobserved. siip It under her pillow in tho crib 10 that when put to ted ut night she could induigs in thd joyous pnstinc of drawing on tho sheets or pilieweases tho in,ag&s that took shape in her brain.
 Thls early intuittve love of drawing deveiaped with years and tho natural sift tsak more definite foFm, During tho HAster vacation of last year, Nile. vitoa made aa exceptionally strong deaigp. lgee peSsnte nov t1lpuG0t n tiHeo @ b9sC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
SOMETHING ABOUT
 THE HABITS OF BATS
Mouse on Wings'-Instead of Being an Enemy to Mankind Helps
 Him in Every Way

The warm. moist nights of May bring from its hiding place that fiend- ish-iooking creature known to the country yokel as the 'Ieathery bat" says Pearson's Weekly.
 Though of such weird appearance,
 this mouse on wings" Is perfectly harmless night worker. When the swallow and the swift retire to rest from their strenuous labor of keeping oown the numbers of harmful insects, the bat goes on with the work he is In the night shift which carries on the good work while the day workers slumber'
 Yet for this reason and because of his unusual appearance he gets sthe credit for many deeds which he could never have committed.
 some women even go SO far as to af- firm that bats will fly down chim- neys and steal the bacon, so the bat must be hunted down. This is made easier by the fact that the bat has a strong odor attached to it, and, the woodman's nose being keen. it is but the work of moment to cut a plaint switch, insert 1t into the hole of a uecaying tree, and bring out several pats to be slaughtered.
 There are really three kinds of bats. The mouse-bat which everyone knows and which flies about our homes on warm evenings in the twilight. Then there is the long-eared bat, which is quite a joval-looking creature when compared with its fiendish- looking brethren, and lastly there Is the great bat measuring IA inches from tip to tip of its wings.
 Al its name shows. the long -eared bat has long ears; in fact. It's ears are longer than the rest of it's body. Inside these large ears are a pair of umaller ones. These bats are of quite a trustful disposition and many people have made pets of them.
 On the approach of winter the bats begin to feel less energetic. and then drowsy; finally they hang themselvee up by their hind claws wrap their ieathory wings around their mouse like bodiee and sleep.
 Right through the winter they sleep han gine from the roofs of caves, barns ruined huildtngu or the shafts of mines NlEe pleeoe o& dried 1esyea er Ieather
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31

higher authority pass judgment on the merits of their daughter They sought out the well known sculptor, Jean Bouch. CT, for this purpose. who did not hide his surprise at the talent shown by the young schoolgirl.
 She is an artist" cried the sculptor, "have her work and I promise you she will aucceed."
 Tho mother insists thnt her daughter sIell first finish hor studies at the lyceuro before devotinE herself exclusively to art. Consequently. tho young sculptor has only three hours week to model tho clay and ret the facility and correctness of drawing.
 The criticu hnva especially spokcn of tho remarkable abandon and ease In the love pheWH In the eyep of the s'youno msmmer ipdioate tho ieepsr isve q th1 UotkeF e the eutVse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
By JOHN s. STEELE

der of $1,15o,0oO. At the Albert docks an existing dry dock is being heightened to 575 feet and new dock $50 feet long, capable of being extended to 800 feet and with width of 100 feet, is being con structed. A new wet dock 450O feet long, eco feet wide and 35 feet deep is also being built It will be connected with the river by a passage 100 feet wide.
 At Tilbury the main dock Is being ex- tended to a length of 323O feet and over 1900 feet will be added to the existing quays..
 But the work of the port of London authority does not stop with provision of loading and discharging facilities for ships. It also provides close to the dock an enormous system of ware houses where goods brought to Lon don from all the corners Of the earth may be kept safely until they are wanted for distribution. Some idea of the vastness of London's trade can be obtained from the quantities of goods handled on these wharves and in these
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31

warehouses The amount of tea pass ing through the docks in a year, for instance, represents S70,000000 days work by it's producers There are 2SA miles of subterranean wine cellars, stocked all the time to their full ca pacity with wines of all vintages ma turing and waiting for the market. Wonderful stories are told about the rare yintages which stand in these un- derground passages and occasionally one hears of the discovery of a small parcel of some wonderful nectar which has been overlooked for years and has become almost priceless The wool warehouses of the authority handle every year s10O, ,0OO, 900 worth of wool shorn from the backs of 90,000,000 sheep. The floor space in the wool warehouse has an area of 32 acres. There is also storage space in the warehouse of the authority for 100000 carcases of mutton and 120,000 tons of beef at one time.
 Every class of goods is catered for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31

 the work required of it. If London were not to fall behind in the race for su- premacy she must have more docks and the existing dock facilities must be i'm proved Lord Davenport worked out a plan which fell into three parts-work that must be begun at once in view of past neglect, work that will probably be required as soon as the first is com pleted, and extensions which must ulti- mately be undertaken to keep pace with the growing demands of trade The au- thority promptly sanctioned the expendi- ture of over $72,oOO00o, of which about $25.0O0,0O0 were to be spent at once ana an army of 25eo men is now at work un- der this scheme of construction. Much of this work consists of enlarging the en- frances to existing docks which have been outgrown by modern steamers In this connection it is interesting to note that the new lock gates and bridges at the East India dock are being erect ed by a German firm, whose bid was $315,000 less than the lowest English ten
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31

of the North German plain, and other parts which have the right soil have an unsuitable climate Such, for instance
 is Silesia, which is the home of many rich sporting nobles. Kaiser Wilhelm's Ganditz stud farm turns out some good horses, mostly of heavy type, but nearly all lack nerve and hardness. and mostly have weak constitutions. Prussias diet is continually complaining of the vast cost and bad results of the Graditz stud, and the proposal is now made to abolish Graditz altogether, and 10 establish a new Prussan royal stud farm at Alten- berg in the Prussian province of Cassel
 Atenberg Is 1200 feet above sea level; it