Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-29

FLOOD tides are changing to neap

FLOOD tides are changing to neap
tides.
HIGHLY seasoned food begets o de-
sire for highly stimulating drinks.
PEAR tree limbs are beginning to
droop, much to the satisfaction of
short boys.
The rain has had the effect to nice
ly pack the gravel lately scattered
upon our streets.
The tax on all kinds of manufac-
tured tobacco is sixteen cents per
pound. Think of it, ye chewers and
smokers!
They have hurdy.gurdy estab-
lishment in Puyallup valley, near
Franklin, called the" DEVILS Play
ground" What's in q name?
The perihelion man thinks he will
make another series of astronomical
observations before getting out
new edition Of his pamphlet. He is
wise.
IT is predicted that Lake Cush-
man and its surroundings will very
soon become popular resort for
tourists, during the heated term of
our Summers.
GALLANTs are looking forward to
the time when they will have an op-
portunity of carrying the lantern
and umbrella while the girl holds
her train up to keep it out of the
street.
ARRANGEMENTS are in progress for
a grand base ball tournament to
take place in Olympia, in a few
weeks. 1t is thought that several
young lady clubs will he present on
that occasion.
WHEN visitors from Portland get so
enthusiastic over the growth of that
little city as to say that I've build
ings are going up on four adjacent
corners, it is time to receive their
assertions with considerable qualif-
cation.
One of the most noticeable effects
of the late showers, is the frightened
of our shade trees after
having been SO copiously drenched.
It will take some time for them to
become again loaded with impalpa-
BILE dust.
REPORTS say that INV J. R. Raj
ston, of New Tacoma, has fallen
heir to fortune of fifty thousand
dollars by the death of an aunt. The
last time we heard from our oldest
old aunt, she was enjoying remark
ably good health
AN intense excitement exists in the
Palouse country on account Of the
reported gold discoveries near Gold
Hill. It seems that the people of
that region are determined TO get
adventurers within their borders by
hook or by crook.
The Walla-walla Union corrects
the statement that prisoners in our
county Jail go out of nights to
steal chickens. 1t says the noctur-
nal depredations were committed on
the clam-beds. Well, there may be
some truth in that, we admit; but
that they would take the trouble to
carve hole in the wall with q case
knife for no bigger game than chick
ems, is absurd.
The wealthy young lady who re-
Gently married a hotel waiter in San
Francisco, has found out, since the
honeymoon, that her husband is q
graduate of Yale College and the son
of a millionaire. He came to San
Francisco and accepted Of the first
thing that offered itself, rather than
be idle. Now we shall expect to
hear of many young ladies falling
suddenly in love with hotel walters.
ACCORDING to the best information
we have, the Spokane insanity is not
raging so severely as it was a few
days ago. People of good sense are
satisfied in letting we'll enough alone.
While enthusiastic ones talk about
the wonderful yield OF fifty bushels
to the acre in Eastern Washington
they seem to forget that they mus,