Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-04-15
GATHERINGS By THE WAYSIDE.

The deepest hole in the world is an
artesian well at Po;tsdam, Maine, which
goes down $500 feet
A marriagcable lady should not refuse
a gentleman until he has offered himself.
1t makes the gentleman feel awkward
The man who didn't believe in adver.
tising has gone into partnership with the
sheriff and they are to have an auction.
Seventeen years ago there was not a
shanty nor single huWan being in Lcav-
cnworth, Kansas. Now it has 25,O00 in.
habitants.
What are you doing" said father
to his sou, who was tinkering an old watch
Improving my timc," was the witty re-
joinder.
Much of the "juiuhe paste" sold in
the shops, is made of glue and molasses-
tho same composition as is used for print-
cr's rollers.
More hand organs are seen and heard
in Boston in one day. than in most of the
other large cities of the country in year
We sympathize with the citizens.
North Carolina claims the " champion
voter" At the last election he walk ed to
the polls followed by seventeen sons, and
they collectively deposited eighteen bal,
lots.
A Mobile paper is indignant at CO.
temporary for announcing that Mobile is
the fourth cotlec-pot in the country" In
vcstigation proved that - cotton port" was
meant, but the thing got mixed.
There are more than 2S. 900 post Off
ces in the United States but only little
rising one thousand are of the classes re-
quiring appointments from the President
The Others are appointed by the Postmaster
General.
A lady says: "Takc my advice, ye
young madens contemplating matrmony
Never marry man who is unkind to his
mother, suubs his sister, helps himself to
the best at the table, is afraid of work, or
is unable to support you
A young lady in Indiana was frozen
to death while slcigh,rdins with a young
man. "A man who cannot keep woman
from freezing when he is in a sleigh all
alone to himself, should be punished to
The women of Cincinnati are talking
Of getting up petition to the city author
tiles, praying that since proAigate women
must be registered according to law, that
profligate men must be forced to make the
same public confession of their habits
"A Paris correspondent, writing of the
siege, says: They tell of one lady here
who was so overcome by her appetite as to
eat her beloved lap dog. After hearty
meal, she looked down at the little heap Of
bones; tears fell from her eyes. Poor
Bijou J" she exclaimed, chow he would
have enjoyed them!"
1T is claimed that metallic iron affords
the readicst and simplest means of disin.
fecting water and Of keeping it fresh. The
water OF the Thames, taken to sea in iron
tanks, soon becomes perfectly sweet and
remains so during long voyage. a small
piece Of iron or few nails in the water in
which cut flowers are put, will keep the
water sweet.
Rev. Mr.. Baldwin officiatcd as chan.
lain Of the New York House of Represent.
atives, lately, and prayed very appropriate
ly, that "the men who are in the habit of
lettering about the halls of the Legislature
with bribery in their hands, might be in.
duced to see the error Of their ways, aud
that their wicked designs, if they had any,
might be thwarted."
-" Why do you oppose the giving the
ballot to women? p asked lady the other
evening of confirmed bachelor. "Ex-
cuse me, madam" replied he, "but have
not sufficient confidence in their capacity
to conduct government affairs" "What
evidence OF their mental inferority to man.
kind can you advauce?" queried the lady.
A simple fact is enoug IN to satisfy nv
mind, and that is the frightful way in
which they do uo their back hair"