Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-06-18
Hawkeye Chances.


troit.
Tho New York Herald is foriy.6ve
years ell.
Gortschakoff f, in his sickness, likes to
be noticed.
,Tae G vernon of Delaware spells it
"adgutant.'
The gushing woman is ubiquitous,
SAWS the BazM.
Tue Washington Press spells it Bob
ingcrsolism.
Mr.. Lawrence Is .rrett is going abroad
with his family in July.
The present Gear of all the Russias
was b IN IN the month OF April.
Dr.. Mott, of New York, says we are
fast becoming u nation of alum eaters.
Richard Miller, OF Wytheville, Vir-
gina, heals the sick by prayer and
touch.
The Oil City Derrick suspects that
Whitaker is looking fornard to q lee
turing tour.
Tue biggest sponge ever seen in New
York has jlst arrived. 1t Is eight feet
in diameter.
When we say that painting is hor-
ribly executed, do we mean to say that
it is bauiy hung P Waterloo Observer
Iu England they call Mo jeska the
great American actress, ami I'll America
they call her the great European &C.
trsss.
Hanlan, the rover, now possesses the
ligilest boat in the world. Twenty-six
pounds and six ounces is the total
weight.
The philadelphia Chronicle. Herald
says that some men upon counting
death hnd her twice as obstinate az al
old maid.
American ladies in Paris have recent
Iy been annoyed with thieves, who have
broken iuto their lodgings and stolen
their tinery.
Minister Lowell has been elected an
honorary member of The London Garlic
ton clab, with all the privileges Of ac-
tive membership.
The gambler of the Elmira Telegram
says it Is easier TO see the spots ou the
moon than it is TO ''see" them on IL hand
thu, holds four aces.
Rev. DR.. u. S. Porter, q clergyman
OF thirty years standing III New York,
tried to resign the other day, but his
people wouldn't have it.
L. this oleomargarino contest the New
Yoia Z, mmerci"L Is glad 10 hear that lie
goats are not deGHeu ~ belonging to
any OF the accepted buffers.
Mr. Frank Bucklanl, the naturalist,
req lnmeuds that goat be kept III all
large stables, because it will face fire
anu horses will follow Its lead.
KITE Hill, of Philadelphia, colored
woman wLo fought IN the Uuion army
for ilree years as u man soldIer, now
asks for pension from tho Govern.
ment.
There is nothing funny about the act
of pointing u gun ut man III re,
though coroner's jury NAY vindica;e
one " 30 has xii ed another for tun.-
4 New Osleuns Picayune.
7 The Rochester Herald had heard DIR.
Mary Walker inquire, with wondering
anu rather suggestive curiosity, why
Heister Ciymer should go away OFT 70
St. LOUIS to get married.
One reason why Leadvillo has no
schools is because all the schoolma ANS
who go there find husbands between
the de pot and the hotels, aud don't care
cent whether school keeps or not.
No one can thoroughly understand
or appr, ciato the quality Of paragraph
jokes and newspaper wit until they 60
into tho business Of manufacturing the
article for WHILE Chicago journal.
Never be afraid OF a man who chal.
leHges you to fight duel, says the De-
trolt Free Press. He will feel all that
you can feei, and more too. The mah
who rushes ut you with spade Is the
chap to look out for.
When Boston young lady is asked
whether she will go to hear u lecture On
"Autozone or Peroxide Of Hydrogen,
or visit the opera, she impulsivsiy 70.
piles: 20, to the lecture, by all means.
-[Norristown Herald.
"Are there people on Mars ?" asks
an exchange. We don't know; but as
SHINING, for the sake of argument, that
there are, is it your opinion that they
use oleomargarine or COW butter?-
New York Commercial.
Prof. Tyndale we'll and truly says
that the emotions of man are older than
his understanding. Hence, the poet
will always be the equal of the scientist,
because he equally ministers to the per.
manent needs of human nature.
Walt. Whitman has written some
thing called "A Riddle Song" But,
says the Norristown Herald, it is not as
much Of riddle as some Of his other
songs, which are not called riddle
songs.
A diamond the size OF hens egg,
has just been found ia South Africa.
p. Swatch and see the hotel clerks
of the country turn pea-green with en-
w as they read this item.-[ Albany
Journal.
During the late British elections a
pamphlet was largely circulated in Mid
lothian, entitled " Political Achieve
ments Of the Earl of Dalkeith." 1t was
neatly gotten up, and when opened was
found to contain some thirty blank
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