Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-12-27
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OFFUE-In Barncss building, corner o! Main
und First streets near the steamboat iandns
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K,ssINa 4 CoEprs.-The following good
'un is going the rounds Of the papers:
Not long since, Il lot of us-l am IL. J..
("hiyh privatc') now-were quarterrd III
several wooden ttnemcnts, and IN the inner
room of one lay the corpus OF young sccesh
officer, awaiting burial. The news soon
spread to village not far oil. Down came
Il tearing, sentimental and not bad looking
specimen OF il Virginia dame. Let me kiss
him for his moher!'' kiss whom" "Thr
dear lttl. lieutenant, the one who lies dead
Within Point him out to ne, sir, II YOU
please. | never saw him, hut--oh y led
her through room in wiiivh Lieutenant -,
of PHILADELPHIA. lay stretched out ON an unln-
tcrrnptcI trough fast aslcp. SaPpos NJ Inn
To b.. the "ariicl," sought for, she rHehcd up
and, exclaimed: ".rt .le kiss lin for his
mother" approached her lips TO his forehead.
What was her auiai:rmcnt when the "corpsr,
arlently cla+ppd his arms around her returned
IN, salute vigorously, and cXclaimed Never
mind, old lady, miss, 90 it on your own ac-
count. hayn't the slightest objection"
~ \ row occurred in the stalls Of lhc Va
,ictics hcatre, Paris, one evening last month.
M. l., literateur of a quick turn, had
to wade through sea of crinolne. Some
men pretended they don't ike it; ladies do
not; and certain laty Y Of the lorcttc tribe
was highly inccnsed at VI. l., who got
cntanglcd in the mysteries beneath the splen-
did silk dress. The lady turned iicrcely upon
the poor man, and exclaimed, AT least, sir,
YOU need not stand there without recognition
Of awkwardncss. You might nj least bow
your regret Madam. impossille,' replied
the witty author, wat;ng Oh, knee derp;r the
people nigh fancy knew you!'
ry An anxious father had been lrctu,ng
his dissolutc son, end, at,cr IL most pathetic
appeal to l!is feelings, discovered 10 signs of
contrition, he rxclaimcl,--
"What, no relrntiny emotion! not one pen
itcnt tcar!'
"Ah, father" replied the hardened hope
ful, "lou may as we'll leave of boring IN" ;
YOU will obtain no water, can assure you.
~ \ boy recently from the country WAS
taken into Il gentenans family. Onc eve
ming after he had been called up into the
drawing room, he came down into the kitchen
laughing immodcra.ely.
WHATS the mattcr!' cried the cook.
"Why, hang it," said he "thcrr's twelve
ot 'cm up there who couldn't snuff the can
dies, and they had to rim: for me TO do it,"
~ lie whose religion is ever on his lips,
has seldom any OF that valuable treasure in
his heart. 1t keeps watch like a liverird por-
ter at his door, but there is nobody at home,
and there is nothing to steal if it were well
lodged in his soul, he would not he SO afraid
of its escape. He who vourhyrs for his own
truthfulncss by an oath, will tell a lie the
next moment without blush.
~ The surcst hindrance to success is to
have too high standard of refinement in our
minds, or too high an opinion of the judy
mcnt of the public. lie who is determined
not to be satisfied with anything short of
perfection, will never do anything at all, eth
CT for himself or others.
70 Little truisns often give the clue to
long, deep, intricate, undisplaycd trains Of
thought, which have been going ON in silence
and secrecy for long time before the COM
hoa place ih which most meditatlous end is
cxprc>std.
70" Purpose is the edge and point Of char
accr, il is the supcrscription on the letter of
talent. Character without it is blunt and tor
pid; genius without it is bullion-splendd
and uncirculating
- Emmcrson in lecture Oh the Anglo
American, says, Americans would ride in
steamers made of lucifer matches, if they
could thereby save an hour i'll crossing the
Atlantic.
- AS daylight can be seen through tho
Smallest holes. SO do the most riing things
show PERSONS character.
.-y Talent, merit, beauty, rank, and for
'linc are responsibilities sufficient, without ad-
uNis 10 thcMl oS:cn;a,iou.