Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-16

BLACK birds are singing.
TuxvArza " slsb wood" 10 just The
thing for cooking stoves. about thu
time.
TAx-psysrs fail 70 exactly under
stand the penalty clause in the tax
law. Who can construe il?
Axornxa horrible murder il 10
ported to have been committed down
Ne Sound. This time, it 10 near
Seattle.
TaE Port Blakely Masons do not
have 10 leave home any longer to
practice their craft. They have now
q Lodge of their own.
Mn. s. B. Landreth has returned
to this place after an extended tour
east of the Mountains. Tho Puget
Sound country is the best place after
oil.
As yet, there are no more new in
dications of the "hard Winter" so
much talked about in the early Au-
tumn by those who like to be always
predicting such things. Happy for
US, we have left the talent for dig
ging clans.
An amendment has been pro-
posed to the constitution forbidding
q railroad company to raise its rates
again after having once lowered then
for the purpose of competing with
rival lines. The question is sus-
eeptible of debate.
The editor of the Port Townsend
Argus in mournfully speaking of the
demise of great and distinguished
journalists, refers to such names as,
Raymond, Bennett, Greeley, Bry-
ant, etc., and then remarks that,
his own physician advises him to
take exercise.
w announced only . few days
ago that, as nation, we were get
ting out of debt and growing richer.
In confirmation of this, it may be
we'll to state that the excess of ex-
ports over imports for the period OF
nine months, ending September 80,
1878, was no less.than 5000, 13O, ,4S7.
MANY OF our citizens will regret to
learn that Mrs s. Williams is rather
seriously disposed, having gone to
Portland, ard, perhaps thence to
San Francisco for medical treatment.
We echo the sentiments of hundreds
of her old friends when we hope she
may speedily return improved in
health.
We intimated in O recent issue that
the articles under the head of Olym-
pia Landmarks, would be published
in one or two numbers of the Stand
ard. We state this fact the second
time for the benefit of those who
have been making inquiries about
the Dailies in which those articles
have been successfully published.
The Port Townsend argus intro
duces q new word to the trade; it is
"patheticness" and is used to de-
scribe the feelings that find lodg.
ment in the bosom Of an editor when
hard times compel him to turn away
a" tramp" printer from his door.
No wonder brother Weir's family
doctor advises him to take exercise.
WALLA-walla papers complain of q
fearful dearth of girls in that city,
and assign as q reason for the scar
city, the fact that the girls are seized
with an uncomfortable mania for
marrying as soon as they arrive in
that city. We have heard of just
such shallow tricks before; but NO
sensible young lady is going to leave
Olympia to 60 up there or the un.
vouchsd for representation Of q
newspaper man.
A CONSERVATIVE sort Of individual.
writing from one of the numbering
districts Of Michigan. modessly sska
"about how many hundred fset'
our best Sound mills usually cut pa
day. Well. SIR, at ono sstablis'
msnt, Port Gamble, on IN average,
100, 600 feet Of lumber are cut in &
day. This wss the clear svsrags
number Of feet cut for each of ths
3l3 working days in 1877. CONSIDER
ably over fifty million feet Of good