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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-22
The Fashions.

No wraps are worn ut pres ent.
Tea and coffee-stained laces are much
worn.
Pilgrim suits are destined to great
popularity.
Travelling suits OF gray ckeviot are in
pilgrim style.
Bonnets will be trimmed with long
piled silk plush.
Long straight directory nantes will
be the fall wraps.
Hoods or cowls appear on straight
directory nantes.
Sleeveless Spanish lace sacques are
worn. They come with small cape
that entirely covers the shoulders.
Long pile silk plush, in bright and
dark co!ors, tipped with white or old
gold, will be much used in MILL
uery.
Gowns OF the Stuart and Henry III.
period are inflicted on little Londoners
who have never done any wrong, but
who have mothers who wish to exhibit
them.
Drawn bonnets are really in fash
ion in England. and are made in silk,
satin and muslin. They are not des-
tined to remain in favor very long,
probably, but meanwhile every body
will feel the necessity of buying at least
one.
a youthful hat upon tho head Of a
middle-agel woman makes her appear
frivolous, while II sedate bonnet placed
upon the head of young girl ages her,
apparently. many years. very large
bonnet or hat gives an air Of boldness
to the wearer, a very small One, insig-
niticance. The head covering, there.
fore, shoald be chosen with great care.
In the coming dress, the distinctive
curves and lines of the hitherto popu-
lar Princess robe are missing; there
is decided fullness of the skirt, gath
cred or shirred in to meet the require
rnents of the waistbaud. In the sleeves,
too, are marked changes. They no
longer are tight-itting, but exhibit
slight fnllness at the top, and are
larger and sometimes even flowing at
| the hands or below the elbow.
Says tho fashion correspondent of
the Philadelphia Times: Exceedingly
ancient fashions have been lately re-
vived. 1t seems as if we were really
going back to the days of Mother Eve
for surely her clinging drapery could
not have revealed more fully the out
! lines of her form than did the tight
garments of last year define the figure
of our society bellies of the period, or
did she display moro of her neck and
arms tina" are exposed by the low
necked, short-sleeved corsages now in
favor for evening wear.
What's the use of bringing Sara
Bernhardt over here? We have much
better Sara at home-Saratoga.- Lowell
Courier. But the French Sara Is going
to bring several togas with her. De
troit Free Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-22
-. DETROIT. Currency.

Turkey can't borrow dollar for wal
purposes, and yet she wants tn tigh
everybody and everything.
For every man who can fast for ter
days there are thousand men who car
stow away ten days provisions in one'
The stick OF a sky.rocket fred in the
suburbs of Chicago killed . COW AS il
came down. Cows should quit running
out nights.
Liars who can't think OF anything
else Just now are claiming to have
tasted forty days and longer withcu'
any bad effects.
There are only three men in Sing
Sing Prison who are not looking fol
pardons, and these three have hopes Of
new trial and acquittal.
The number of beggars in Rome has
increased thirty per cent in the last
year. Italian beggars always did make
more than italian laborers.
A Kansas school trustee said that il
sword was sored" swill would bt
"sill," and when the school ma'am re-
fused 10 be Convinced he discharged
her.
An Ohio man spent seven years try
ing to estimate the number of black
birds in North America, but died be-
fore he got within fifty of the true
number.
The Turks have no facilities fol
taking care of prisoners. and rather
than inconvenience the Montenegrins
who fall into their hands they are be
headed at once.
Ia France the courts see great diff
ference in favor of the murderer who
kills his victim ut once over him who
MORALLY wounds and compcls several
days of suffering,
In view of what are called the usages
of society. we believe it is almost impos'
sible for any man to be strictly honest
aud truthful in this world New
York Advertiser.
The oil men have had it proved to
them that tanks with iron covers are
never struck ty lightning, and yet they
insist On wood covers because they n
save S25 in first cost.
In Paris the trinket OF the hour is a
little pig of gold or silver; it is sup.
posed to bring luck. Ga this side Of
the ocean there is more luck in fall
grown hogs. - New York Herald.
Any man who objects to W! istlne
has worse ieuit tnan the whistler
The whistle is the escape valve OF
deviltry, and when you sit down on
boy he at once begins to plan mischief
The man who loafs his time away
around one-horse grocery while his
wife takes in washing to support him
eau always tell you just what this
country needs to enhaLce her pros
rerity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-22
The Ring.

From . mere banble, an insignis e
wealth and aristocracy, the Greeks -
waited the ring 10 . sentimental distinD-
ton, and since that date il has sssuMqa
q Significance accorded 70 no Other -
ticle Of personal adornment. - token
of affection between the living, Of qteg-
nal remembrance Of dead or di1lAnE
friends. Gold.workers and lapidax51s
have exercised their Ingenuity in ordee
to invent new and fantastic designs, -
invest it with beauty or singularitys
epigrammatists have exhausted their
wit upon fitting notices to be inscribed
within its enchanted circle; but 1t wa1
reserved for the French jewellers q
modern times to insnare the fancy b
80 adroitly arranging the gems in theie
setting as to spell cut. with their in
itial letters, some graceful sentiment q
pet name. In earlier days medicinal
qualities were supposed to reside IN
the wedding ring, capable Of removing
imperfections Of the skin, though ~
later ages it would seem TO be mose
effectusl in developing imperfectionS
Of the temper; in those ages Of easy
faith q ring which had touched the
skulls OF the Magi, reposing in solemn
splendor in the Cathedral Of Cologne,
would secure tho owner against the
evil-eye, sudden death, or accident
while that which bore the name Of one
of those Kings of the East, or had been
blessed by the sovereign on Good FRI
day. was q talisman, to which the most
fastidious could not object, againet
cramps. Legend and history meet
about this little hoop of gold, and en-
rich it with spell or story, as the an
cient jewelers. beautifed it with elabor-
ate chasings and precious stones, with
skillful labor lavished upon cameo and
intaglio. Nowadays it has become
somewhat matter-0f fact ornament; rus
tic lovers no longer break it in halves
as an assurance of constancy, ballad
makers no longer hang their rhymes
upon it; all the cunning Of our inn
proved civilization can not fashion usa
ring like Solomon's, which can seal the
evil genius Of the times in . jar; and
what goldsmith Of to-day can warrant
his rings to render the purchaser invis.
ible. or to appease the injured gods 4
thrown into the sea? In brief, tho ,inS
has Ggured not only in domes so
Germs, in affairs Of love and wit rat,
but in church and state; and tLs.sA sec
feminine mind is supposed to l., ~. y
liarly susceptible to . regard for gar
gaws and finery, yet the ring had lons
lost its novelty before its use was e.
tended to women. Harper's Bazaar.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-22
The Oddities Of the Bavarian King

The loyalty of the peasants of South
Bavaria is quite touching in its sim.
plicity and faith. The present King,
Ludwig, can scarcely be eaid to be very
popular in the capital, or among the
upper classes OF the country. He is q
man OF many peculiarities, some of
which may be said alr.ost to verge on
mania. Young, handsome and accom-.
plished, gifted with rare intelligence.
and devoted to art and study, he has,
unfortunately. permitted himself to in
dulge in morkid love Of solitude and
distaste for society, most prejudicial to
himself and to his country. Every
year Of his life this morbid desire
OF seclusion appears to increase upon
him, until, at the present moment, lit
has reached pitch which scarcely
seems to admit Of reason. The King
holds no court and entertains no one.
He scarcely ever visits the capital, and
then only for day or two at time for
matters Of urgent business. He has a
number OF castles all over the country,
one more retired than the others, and
IN these he passes his time. They are
mostly known by the pane of hunting
lodges or shooting boxes. But the
King, unlike his father Macmillan,
neither hunts nor shoots. His whole
time is passed in solitary study, or in
the diligent pursuit OF music and
painting, to both of which arts he is
devoted.
He seldom stays more than q week in
Qnv nno n1ono and vuhon In ,~4-n~
does 30 in the depth of night. If in
some quiet Bavarian village the night
echoes are reused by rapid rolling OF
carriage wheels and the quick tramp of
horses feet, you may know it is the
King changing quarters from one lone
ly place to another, or perhaps, as he
is occasionally known to do, INDUCING
in the pleasure Of solitary midnight
drive. He admits none to his friend
ship but artists and musicians, and OF
these he is most liberal patron. But
it is whispered in Munich gossip that
the King proved absolutely too musical
for Herr Richard Wagner himself. and
that when, some years ago now, he in
vited the composer to stay with him for
the mutual enjoyment of their beloved
art, the maestro was, after a while,
compelled to retire on the ground that
he could not play "all day and all
night too" 1t is popularity believed
that the King never sleeps, but as we
have ourselves seen small pallet bed
in one of his apartments we are in
clined to think that he does occasional
ly indulge in some natural rest.
The origin OF all these peculiarities
is sought in the fact that bis father
showed great dislike to King Ludwig
as child. and so saddened his spirit;
but they are, in truth, hereditary, and
are shared by other members Of his
family. To his mother the King is
said to be much attached; but though
often occupying the same house, it is
believed that mother and son but sell
dom meet.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-22

MAKING THE MosT OF SURROUNDINGS.
There are many people who do not
know how to make the most of their
surroundings. A German coming out
on steamship last week committed
suicide by cutting his throat with q
piece Of glass. They buried him OF
sea. How much heater and handler it
would have been il be had attended to
his burial as we'll as his death, by
plupging into the ocean in the first
place. An Englishman shot himself on
Goat Island on Monday. He got two
line item in Tuesdays papers. Now,
if he had appreciated his advantages
and shot head first down the cataract,
or taken boat and gone over the falls
in dramatic style, or jumped from
Table II OK, dragging hack-man with
him, or di>ed from one OF the suspen-
sion bridges, what sensational article
it would have made. A column at
least, and three-line head. Some
people have no nose for news.--Detroit
Press.
The English Queen. a fashion and So
ciety magazine, describes q modern
lady's head. gear as ian anonymous
hay.cock on the top OF her head, ap-
parently scratched up by birds trying
to make their nests, which then they
strew over with marigolds and DAT
folils.'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-22
The Author of "Old Grimes"

There can be no harm in speaking of
Mr.. Albert G. Green. What did he do ?
hear the ill-informed reader asking
that question, which 1 at once answer
triumphantly. He wrote "Old Grimes
that little felicity of poem which
got II grip upon the memories of gen.
Grafton. Children recited of the good
old man and how he "wore not rights
and lefts for shoes, but changed his
every day" ScLool-boys acclaimed the
piece, and waved their hands in front
of their waist coats when they an.
nounced that his coat was "all but
toned down BEFORE" There was moth
ing specially original in this small
epic; but somehow It had ON immense
success. l had the pleasure of meeting
Mr.. Green occasionally, and this later
pleasure OF remembering him as pleas
ant talker and most amiable man. Can
anybody tell mo why such clever per.
sons, as he was, do not get on ? They
throw out fine thing or two, and then
they subside into silence. know moth
ing like the fine genius which writ, $
no books, which challenges no ohscrva-
ton, which csres not farthiug for
fame, but which still goes on roaming
much and doing nothing, taking down
the folios and putting them back in II
listless way, and while fame is within
its grasp not caring to grasp it. The
The verdict Of the world is "laziuess,"
but the worit knows nothing of that
other verdict which fancy or imagina-
ton, which delicate taste or delightful
thoue,hS passes upou itself ID ,uotless
Mr.. Green might hnve written long
poem or fifty short ones. ouly he did
not please to do it. To inquire into his
reasons or those OF any man WHO sees
fit to keep himself to himself, nigh. be
something like impertineuce CHARLES
ID. CoNGpoN.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-22
HawkE-ytems.

Some people are such inveterate Dor
rowers that they will borrow trouble
rather than not have any loan ON hand.
There is a man in Aurora so thin that
he had row of buttons put on his UNI
brella cover and wears it for an ulster,
Lets salve the best thing you've
got for cut" said the boy to the doc.
toI. And the doctor gave him one with
his whip.
Three hundred thousand habitual
drunkards perpetuate the music of
g We won't go home till morning" in
the United States.
"What is meant by the power behind
the throne 2" asked the teacher. "The
ace," replied the smart bad boy,
(which is greater tkan the king" P.
S.-The 8. b. b. stayed in after school.
"What do you do for sleeplessness ?"
q nervous man asked his physician.
." Set the alarm for five O'clock" re-
piled the medicine man. And the stu.
pid patient couldn't imagine what that
had to do with it.
Tell you, fellows, if the political
parties should happen to run short on
speeches this fall, what chance there
would be for an active man and good
steady talker to 60 around and talk pol.
itics. If we hear Of any such chance,
we'll let you know.
Professor March complains that we
have too many "silent letters" Yes,
probably we have. If we could only
trade off a million or 80 of them for
men with the same characteristics, what
q blessing it would be in this country
during election times.
It's well enough for the poets to sing
of the philosophers and scholars who
draw wisdom from the stars, but if the
poet wants theme worthy of his pen,
just let him watch the young man who
can stand on the corner and suck wis
dom out of an ivory headed cane.
A Monmouth corresr ondent wants to
know, Can a woman ride q bicycle p
Can she? Son, you ask questions like
man who is not married. When
you learn of anything woman can't
do when she makes up her mind that
she will do it, let us know. How old,
or rather, how young are you?
Thomas jefferson used to keep a
scrap-book. And he was a great man,
too; but to the day of his death he was
not able to find anything in that book
that he wanted to fluid, and all his
really important scraps he carried
around in his vest pocket until they
wadded and chafed themselves into
shady and unintelligible lint.
A contemporary complains that there
are too many laws in this country. We
tear that is true. The police captured
a burglar not long ago who complained
that there were so many laws that he
couldn't break the half of them in
business hours, and had to sit up at
night to finish the rest of them.
The Central New York Farmers club
recently sent out invitations to it's annual
picnic with its initials heading of the
card Of invitations. sc. N. Y. F. CT" in.
dignantly read an old Granger, "ef that
amt the blamedest way to spell knife!
This comes of yer new.fangled spellin'
reform" And he Immediately sat
down and wrote wrathful letter to
Drof.,,eor Mouth ahouk -
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-22
Earning Her Own Living.

Two large cities full of people are
astonished ut the statement that a
wealthy and intelligent Brooklyn girl
has left her home and old associations
with the intention of earning her own
living by hard work. The astonish-
ment is so uncomplimentary to the
spirit of young ladies in general that
the particular lady in question may be
regarded as practical defender Of her
sex. Why rich lady, more than
rich man, should devote life to doing
nothing, is more than any one can ex-
plain. Thousands of ladies already are
devoting their time and means to
worthy enterprises merely for the sake
of having something definite to do, and
if one of the sex chooses to adopt down
right hard work aud to live on the pro
ceeds of her industry. it is nobody's
business but her own. If more wom-
en- who need fear no wolf at the door
were to do likewise they would be the
wiser for it and the world be better
A great deal of the unnecessary JUS
tice and suffering in the world comes
Of the ignorance OF the well-to-do
classes about the lives Of those who are
socially beneath them. The merchant,
even he of well-trained muscles, who
spends an hour or two in rolling bar
rels or moving heavy packages, learns
exactly how it is that his naen do not
sometimes move "a lively as h. would
like them to do; he may even learn why
the same men sometimes slip around
the corner and invest their part Of their
small earnings in whisky. If the
Brooklyn girl referred to goes into shop,
factory or domestic service, and with
her earnings makes ends meet, she will
never afterwards make unnecessary
trouble when shopping; she will not
wonder why girls look pale AMI vress
badly, and she will be unlikely to have
trouble with servants " hen she has Il
household of her own TO manage. After
she has tired of her experiment, and
returns to the enjoyment of her own
or her fathers bank book, Der money
Will 60 twice as far US before, and what
ever it buys will be thoroughly en-
j1yed. If, later. she laarries. sine will
not be likely to complain if her hus-
band does not earn as much as she may
desire to spend. and she will not run
the slightest risk of running the said
husband by extravaganza. Not even
for the sake of learning so much, to
devote months or years to common,
steady labor; so the world has no i'm
mediate prospect of being regeuerated
Hy woman's knowledge of how her els
Vers live.-N 10 York Herald.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-22

desire IN sav n faw worda Ia thoea
lars vhn have wr;tfan anch oInvi~~
descr;ntions ~ tl,a ,,ls.snres ~ csSs,s
inc out. In the frst place /. taites
abont eight men 10 mitch 4 tent. 49,
saan lots ~ them n;tchad ana II ~
one case WAS Il q snccsss nnIass shss.
we've s;r mr. saven hossos 10 ana worEsr
Even shen in manv cssas tha tant -
c;,ched off = hInff or ;nto tha lsS~'
This Ohio party had ! fine large 90
along and Ia mt Il mn al Cha sSoys FL
Iittie Traverse Raw. We vere eracflv
seven bonrs cettins thst FAINT into No.
t;on in ore ~ the vorst risc 49, NJ sicnr ~.
whala shore and vhen ths lase ~.
rome vss hsnled tant thraa M hsna-to.hs,a
firhts rars imm;nent Ana 80 Iona -
vssrr mad man vera ss4rc ;fl ~ 49,
Tor clnbs Onr amman consssteS ~
bIack coffee. burned bsnn M orscfars
Ana the Art ons Who sp~cest45 thst q
va romantic ~ss hi n ia ~ ~ -
the onion vhish tha Davton ad;tor ~
hsen vesr;nr n / strsnc sronra kis
necl - Iaan n fhe .sus = J - 7-'''
A. m;5niaht onr .satss "a. !. to,lov-l
rha $500 oI 49, .,''4 ~ ~ 8 1 .s;ss.
the gos.in man m thc e.r.scha. ~
Gon,rsrc;oi rsnrassntstiv "a -as sronins
sronnd IN The 3srk .ster Al ~ ~.
rad tha 10 Haytor ~d;fnrs 800 S;~.
nnt;rc .hnut : ,misssnc kIanksx. fI.a
TciaSo ,hiIc.crhe. IA sc,s~th;,.~
5owr h;s hsck -b;ch IL hel;.vsd -. p
i;vsrd ana "a ~ Il Scrht I. ~
-hati,sr -, hsd s.ss,a $50, frs,. ~.
hmm ;nto The bav. A. for ma 4 -
whorr;rr arnrnd v;th tha tonAh.sS~
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-22

Mr.. Curtis, in "The Easy Chair, y
argues that the American girl who mar.
ries q millionaire on account OF his
money is essentially as snobbish as her
English sister who would like to marry
q man of rank. " In the one case the
coronet stands for all that the fortune
implies in the other" "a cynic
roughly says that there is not q woman
in England who would refuse dukes
offer merely because he is duke. 1t is,
doubtless. a gross libel on the English
woman. It might be as truly said that
there is not woman in America who
would refuse millionaire, It would
be a calumny. There are scores Of
such young persons clustered 1t tn is
moment upon every piazza and in every
great drawing.room at Saratoga, and
Bridgeport, and Long Branch and the
Sulphur Springs, and the White
Mountains and wherever the young
person is passing the delightful sum-
mar"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-22

EsoP AS REPORTER. The first
mention made in ancient history of the
crab is by one Esop. who was Greek
newspaper man, and who lived about
the year 600 B. @. Like the
man who stuffed the ballot-box, he
is r4uch involved in a great deal of
obscurity. Esop heard the paternal
ancestor of promising young crab,
who was inclined to associate with fast
horses and tho like, give the latter some
go61 advice. SAT- SAID fHB ola cf16 NY
son. you are bringing disgrace on the
family. You run around too much,
and have contracted bad habits. You
must walk straight from now on
Perhaps I will, governor, il you will
only manage to keep out Of the saloons
yourself" The elder crab grew pen
sive, and having resolved on reforma-
ton, never again was seen to enter q
saloon through the front door. Esop
says he actually overheard the forego.
ing conversation, which only goes to
show what kind of newspaper man
Goep really was. ,Vnte=tnnately there
was no stengrapher present, 80 Esop
can palm off as many fables as he
pleases on the public. - Galreston Nesss.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-22

DIR. Schliemann Intends to dig at
Orchomenns next winter, having re-
ceived permission to do so flom the
Greek Government.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-22

Error is hardy plant; it il)urisheth
in every soil; in the heart of the wise
and good, alike WITH the wicked and
foolish; for there is no error SO crooked
but it h.;t.l ia i; some lines Of truth,
nor is any poison so deadly that ii serv-
eth not some wholesome use. -TUPrER.