Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-08

| NEVER ask o lady how old she is
nor what she is going to wear at tn,
masquerade.
GIVE the girls a chance" is thu
title of'one of the latest songs. Il
is intended for bachelors voices and
has q chorus.
IT will be gratifying to the man,
friends of Judge Elder to learn tha,
he is SO far recovered as tobe able Ia
walk upon the street.
We hear that a gallant steamboat
captain is about to choose a mate
not to run on the Sound with him
but to run a nice little cottage.
The whistle of the steam sawmill
now adds its music to the chorus ol
steamer whistles, much to the cheer.
fulness of the morning and evening.
The drivers of vehicles are peremp-
torily commanded to !" walk" hheir
horses, by the big sign just erected
across the entrance to Second street.
wharf.
A PETITION is in circulation in east
ern Oregon and Washington for the
removal Of Gen. o. 0. Howard.
|. We know nothing as to its merits on
its origin.
The building of new fences and
sidewalks and the general recon-
struction and fitting up Of buildings
worse for wear, should hs, encouYag-
ing signs that substantial bssiness
vitality still exists in our city.
Now that the masquerades are pro-
badly over for the season, tho Wash
ington Industrial Association is put
ting forth all efforts to insure . good
time at the coming Washington
birthday ball at the Fair Gounds.
TIE general Improvement and tidy
ing up business around town begins
to assume the character of q mania.
The cleansing of backsyards by max
ing bonfres of decaying rubbish is
essentially conducive to the sanitary
condition of our CITY, Let the good
work go on.
IT is estimated that il all the liq-
uor shops in London were extended
in line they would reach one hum
dred miles. Think of riding for
days together in.astreet-car without
seeing any indication Of business
other than signs directing where in
toxicating liquors can be had con
draught."
THERE is a.prospset that the wood
of the American cornell and persim-
mon is soon. to- become exceedingly
valuable. Box-wood is yearly grow
ing more scarce and Of poorer quail
ity; a fact which has led English
6ne-wood turner's to experiment
satisfactorily with the woods above
mentioned.
The philadelphia Combination"
advertised to perform here Monday
evening, failad TO put in an appear
ancs,, and a letter received by Mar.
shal Mack from Portland, shows
them up in . no enviable light.
They have failed to pay their bills
here. and we warn the pSblic else
where against trusting them. Ths
is o " blooming" youth who
pleads the baby act" when threat
sned with the rigors of the law.
THK solemn lessons inculcatsd by
the confessions and admissions of
the doomed mer, Brown and john
son. in Portland, should find lodg-
msnt in the heart of every young
man in our land. johnson, espec-
tally, realizes the awful retributioa
that awaits him, and declines giving
his real name, in order to save his
parents from the pain of knowing
his disgraceful end. Both of these
young men freely confess that, had
they followed their early teachings,
they might now have been occupy
ing hore,rabls and lucrative positions
in sociesy. 1t is the old story, told
and re-told o thousands times, of
wilfully neglected opportunities. re-
bellion against the loving kindness
Of parental restraint, idleness, bad
company, temptation, sin and moral
ruin. These fearful examples are Q