Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-02-04
GATHERINGS by THE WAYSIDE.

Believe ono half the i'll one person
speaks Of another; but credit twice the
good.
The greatest effort of friendship is not
to bear or overlook the faults of our friends,
but to pardon the superiority Of their tai
ents.
Massachusetts is said to spend more
money for playing cards than any other
State. What would the Puritan fathers
say to that?
The New York Evening Post thinks
that " How to govern great cities is a prob.
lem to the solution Of which the best
craftsmanship Of the times might we'll set
itself"
A man may be said TO be absent
minded when he thinks he has left his
watch at home and takes it out Of his
pocket to sec if he has time to return home
to get it.
An Irish gentleman hearing friend
had stone coffin made for himself, cx-
claimed: "By me sowl, and that's good
i,lca! Sure an stone 'ud last man his
life timc!'
AT lecture in Liverpool, Dr.. VIM.
Hitchman triumphantly asked: "Whcre
is the rcliSiosity of the anthropoid quad.
rumania?" And the question still remains
unanswered.
Naples, this year has not much to
brag Of in climate; on December LIST, its
weather was like July; two days AFTER
wards there was heavy frost and then
deep fall of snow.
-" All, Jenny" said sympathizing
friend to man who was Just too late for
the train, "you did not run fast enough"
"Yes, did," said Johnny, "but didn't
start soon enough"
Tho Medical Record records the some.
what remarkable fact that, of the 81 1922
soldiers who were wounded during the late
war. only four'cascs Of guushot wound Of
the heart were reported.
-Repose and cheorfulness arc tho
badge of the gcn.leman-reposc in energy.
The Greek battle pieces arc calm; tho he.
rocs, in whatever violent action engaged,
retain . serene aspect.
"A five years old boy 10 Princeton, ILL.,,
fell head first down fifty foot we'll, the
other day, into Eve feet Of water, but was
unhurt, and clinging to the stones at the
side, held on till rescued.
Tho following arc valuable receipts !:
To make 4 man druukard, give him .
wife who will scold him every time he
comes home.
To make a women scold, give her =
husband who comes home drunk.
Brook, in Holland, is tho cleauest
town 10 tho world. No horse or carriage
has ever been permitted to enter it, and
everything is kept with most scrupulous
neatness. Before entering many Of the
houses you are required to remove your
shoes.
1t is generally thought that London
70 the largest city in the world, but the
belief is erroneous; Jeddo, the capital Of
Japan, is, without exception, the largest
and most populous city in the world. II
contains one million dwellings and five
millions human souls.
Profanity never did any man the least
good. No man is the richer, or happier,
or wiser for it. Il commeuds no one to
any society. It is disgusting to the refiu-
ed; abomiuable to the good; insulting TO
those with whom We associate; degrading
to the mind; Improbable, needless, and
injurious to society.
..-Jerrold and a company Of literary
friends were out in the country. In the
course Of their walk they stopped to notice
tho gapbols Of an ass's foal. A very zen.
timental poet present vowed that he should
like to send the little thing as present to
his mother. "Do," Jerrold replied, "and
tie piece Of paper round its neck, bearing
ber me-"