Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-10-22
GATHERINGS by THE WAYSIDE.

There are twenty-seven candidates
for United States Senator in Nebraska.
Whenever you doubt whether an in
tended action be good or bad, abstain from
It.
-Aprearanccs arc often decetful; hence
VIC should not determine hastily on the
unfavorablc side.
Fidelity, good humor, and complacen-
cy Of temper, outlive all the charms of
fine face, ond make its decay invisible.
If you want your ncighbors to ''know
all about you," give a party, and don't in-
vite the folks who live the next door.
A vulgar word from the lips of child
it furnishes what should be pure and
lovely.
-Evcry period Of life has its peculiar
prejudiccs. Who ever saw old age that
did not applaud the past, and condemn tho
present time
We all need resistance to our errors on
every side. Woe unto lis when all men
speak we'll of us; and woe unto US when
all men shall give way to US!
Charity is never lost. 1t may be no
service to those it is bestowed on, yet it
ever does work Of beauty and grace upon
tho heart of the siver.
Tho first printing press in America
was established at Cambridge, Massachu-
actts, in 1889. The first newspaper, the
Boston Ncws Letter." was printed in
1904.
An interesting little boy, in Ripley
county, Ond.) amused himself. few days
ago, in making bonfire with 1000 worth
of United States bonds, the property of his
father.
Tho women of Louisville, (Ky) are
not improved by Miss Anthony's lectures
on wonian's rights. Two of them were ro-
Gently arrested for prize fighting, and
while in the act Of coming to time on the
fourth round.
From thirty to forty packing houses
at Baltimore, (Md.) are engaged in the
oyster trade, and control an aggregate cap
ital of s2O,OO0,O0 They give employ.
mont to $4,000 men, women aud boys.
-I.e state prison at Auburn, IN. W
has 900 cells, and there is new extension
now being built, which will contain an ad-
ditional 800. The prison was founded in
1917, and was the first Of the kind in the
State.
Columbus, Dayton, aud Toledo, CO.,
have been running a very close race in the
matter Of population. Columbus has
3l,33s, Dayton 1886, and Toledo 81.
693. The rivalry has been going on for
some years.
DIR. Hall says if one eats without ape
tite, he eats when there is no gastric juice
10 the stomach, and the food will not be
digestcd, nor is it needed. A "tonic" to
vhet an APPETITE is q mistake.
Men often boast Of progress when
they are only moving in circle and are
sure they are in the right path, because
with every circuit the footprints multiply,
when they are only following their own
tracks.
An order has been issued from the
Headquarters Of the Department Of Texas,
directing soldiers to wear the cartridge
belt across the shoulders, as the medical
officers of the army are Of the opinion that
the support of it entirely from the waist
belt produces harnaturia.
Official returns of the Maine election
give the following result: Perham, 81, ,O5l;
Roberts, As, 176-Perhaps majority, 8,S75.
The aggregate Republican majority on
the Congressional vote is between 10000
and 1900.
The consciousness of truth nerves the
timid, aud imparts dignity and 6rmuess to
their action. 1t is an eternal principle of
honor which renders the possessor superior
to fear; it is always consistent with itself,
and needs no ally. Its influence will re-
main when the luster Of what once spark