Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-19
Hawkeye Editorial Dots.

An old man died in Western Tennes-
see last wee6, aged one hundred and
one wears. and his nephew, who spends
his winters i'll Washington. says " he
guesses the old man expired by l;mita-
ton
1.-Two bee, or no. to bee," remarked
the farmer when he fell over beehive
while running away from swarm of
yellow jackets, and couldn't be snre
which bird had got its delegates up his
trousers legs.
An anxious correspondent writes us
a long communication, saying that tie
"can prove from the Bible that angels
bave wings" We don't believe it; Bl-
bic or no Bible, the one We Married
hash any wings.
Charitable, institutions in the great
cities are great things, but it is muck
greater thing to know how to get 1nto
one If them. Especially if you are
poor AMI friendl,-es ard very sick. Ex-
cuse US. Mr.. Internationally ill.
NJ SIS Juliet C 'rsou is probably Tie
best COX III America, but even she
uldnt have cooked Mr.. d ,rsey Z
gopse, a. Mr. james has cnokea or ap
pears 10 bn cooking 1t Bat then Mr.
Dorsey : seems to toe L very tough 4 '"se
Thtre is one consolation in it all
hr.thren. If the Ono men get ali 'ht
tlicss, the rest Il ia won't hNve t.
whoop up the rolitictl subscriptions IL
81 Wetrust this su. gestl II Is 81 plain
~ writ, that " he who runs may bic ed.
A Schenectaiy s'a.n b .losn. factory
las: year made Al 600 pounds of b ,logna
Sausage. Aud this, too, In face of the
assertion of the crackers last May, tina
the April frost had killed all the yonpe
hol"gna between the lakes ami the Ohit
river.
DR.. Hammond advises against te&ch
ing anatomy aud physiology In the pub
lio schools. Well, that may be wei
enough. And then when they com" "u
of scho"l. they want 10 shun DIR. Ii ,m
moni's remedies for sea-slokness. Tuai
will be stlil better.
An agricultural writer recommend
sand in old molasses hogsheads fol
weighing soils We arc not author. t,
npon the agricultural part of the item
but we can tell the writer, if it's th'
sand he's after. he'll tiud more of it i,
an old sugar hogshead.
People who live remote from the Sc
shore can make good artiticiil clam by
rolling piece Of soap in sand aid ashes
and eating 1t when it is about half cool
This is rather better than tue real clam
but it will give the Iulanders nD approx
mate idea of the original luxury.
"Thelron chain and the silken cord,
said Schiller, " both equally are bonds
This may be true, but all the same, j
We were going t. tic u live Mississippi
kuklux. We shonld prefer the chains
And if ever We are put III bonds, ,
sliken cord is good enough to hold US
and do not cease TO remember 1t. lroI
Is too riclf for our blood.
The lies about the size of hailstones
have been distressiugly feeble thi,
spring. We do not remember to have
seen II single account III which the
stones reached the siZe OF footballs, ant
in only three or four instances hav,
they been larger than hens eggs. AL
the old hsilstore liars must have re
sjgued, or else they afraid of Vennor
The Hour, after half column O
pleasantly bestowed and well-deservet
praise of Boston women, says, Wher
the Boston woman kindles, she burst,
into II grand contagration and il dan
gerous." Jee-roo-z ium! Ii some Mill
list should hear of that, nov, and throw
Boston woman at the Gar! Aud we
all know Boston woman is not easily
put out.
"Clara Belle" the lively, sprightly
wide awake, see everything AMI know
everybody, universally popular Ne"
York correspondent of the Cincinnati
H.guirer, in recent letter, says &" the
ma, tingale is that strap that goes around
the horses tail, and holds all the resI
If the harness in place" Say, Glare
Belle" arc you right sure that horse
didn't turn around while you were after
/ the " mnriingale 2 Seems TO us, wher
40 were on the farm, we called the
horses hustle shorter name. Still, al
Shakespeare says, like q r1se, by an
,ther ,me it probably will not smell
any different.