Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-07-26

"Why, here, in the room. How,
did you put the light out p
"Blew it out, of course"
"You played h" Our amiable
clerk came very near saying bad
word, but, remembering that there was
a lady in the case, or rather in the bed,
he checked his rising temper, and hav-
ing lit the gas, proceeded to show
Jeems the mystery of the burner, as
follows:
"You see this little thing here
Well, when you want to put it out give
it a turn this way, and when you make
it lighter, you give it turn this way.
Serious consequences might have re-
suited if it had not been discovered.
1t might have suffocated us all. Now,
be careful next time"
Much obliged. But how the devil
did know the burned stuff was scap-
ing ?" responded Jeems.
"Didn't you smell it ?" asked the
clerk.
"Pears to me I did smell suthinG," "
said Jeems. But Lie, I'll lie burned
if didn't think it was you-kase 1 nev-
er slept with woman afore."
Well, Jeems, thought it was you
that smelt that way, all the time. I
was jest a wondering if all men smelt
that way. 1t 'peared strange; but, then,
I never slept with man afore, in all
my life, and didn't know nothing about
it" was the response of Lie, as she
turned over for nap.
The red in the clerks face grew
smilingly redder as it reflected the
light from the burning jet, and To-
guish twinkle lurked in the corner of
his eyes as he turned off the gas and
all was dark, and left our friends in
their glory. A sound of suppressed
mirth was heard in the reading room
for q few minutes, and then all was still.
HOPKINS STop.-When Hopkins was
organist at St. Abednego's church, he
gave concert for the benefit of the
Sunday school. Hopkins would fib
sometimes, and he had told some of his
brother organists that he had ror hu-
mana stop in his organ. As several of
them were coming around to the con-
cert, Hopkins determined to prevent
them from detecting the deception.
So he engaged friend of his who sang
tenor down at the negro minstrels to
come up and get into the organ-case
and sing. 1t was arranged that Hop
kins was to give certain signal and
that the minstrel was to tune up and
warble an air. When the concert came
off the scheme worked splendidly.
Everybody exclaimed, How beauti-
full" Elegant, isn't it?" "Sounds
exactly like human voice." Then
there was an encore, and another air
was sung. Right in the middle of it the
roc humana stopped suddenly. Then
it was heard swearing and using the
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Then it yelled for help, and Hopkins
dashed around to the rear to ascertain
what was the matter. He found that
his man had been standing on the bel
lows, and that the blower objected to
the extra weight, and finally began q
combat with Hopkins friend. And
now the bellows-blower had the rOr hu-
mana stop down on the floor inside the
organ, and he was nibbling at the ror
humanas nose and rolling him around
against the pipes and among the ma
chinery in manner that threatened
general decentralization to the machine.
And the more the combat deepened the
louder the ror humana howled. They
were separated by the wardens, and the
concert proceeded in minor and mel
ancholy key. But the next day they
discharged Hopkins from the St. Abed-
nego's, and now he wishes the bellows
man had murdered his minstrel on the
spot.
PAYING DEBrs.-The ability of nearly
every man to pay his debts, depends
upon his ability to collect debts due
him. The individuals of a community
are linked together by chain of debts
and credits and in time of depression
the refusal of a person to discharge a
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