Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04
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Such Florida alligators as don't
take the papers won't learn that firm
in that State has contracted 10 supply
5000 skins within Il year.-Dc!r0H Free
Press.
-SiXty-seven loaves of bread are
given TO the poor every Saturday ut St.
Johns Chapel, New York. A bequesi
for this purpose was made thirty years
ago by John Leako.
Mrs. W. X. Vanderbilt, of New
York, has donated Il house and grounds
complete, on the south shore of Long
Island, to be used rs place of summer
resort for the poor children OF the city.
IN. i. S;ar.
Captain Fred Norman, the man
who went across the Atlantic in II dory,
now proposes to cross the ocean in r
row-boat twelve feet long, four feet
wide, and from two to two and half
feet deep. He thinks, if he isn't drown
ed, he can do it in 100 days.-Hica9o
Ucran.
"A young clergyman of Richmond,
Va, accepted an invitation to marry Il
former sweetheart of his own to more
successful woOer. The ordeal proved
too severe for him, and he faltered and
swOoned in the midst of the ceremony,
which therefore had to be deferred sew
eral hours.
"A new Office has been opened in the
Pennsylvania Railroad station at Phila-
delpha. On it is the sign, "Burcau of
Information" and at the open window
stands bland man, ready 20 answer all
manner of questions about travel on the
Pennsylvania and connecting lines.
Whenever he gets stuck by hard query
he uses the telephone or telegraph to get
the right reply. This is intended to re-
lieve the other employees and accom-
modate the ngers.-Chic0go NeUS.
-Englishmen complain that canned
tomatoes from America taste of the
solder, but say that they are neverthe-
less better savored than starved, sunless
English ones; and the Pail Null CT
seftc, after saying that green corn, with
fresh butter, is likest to nectar OF all
mortal things, and after growing enlhu-
siastic over luscious, melting American
green peas, ends by saying buckwheat
pancakes at breakfast will doubtless be
an unknown luxury in England forever.
kate Field acknowledges that she
made a mistake in claiming recently
that she had in her possession 81 bill
(of which there are none.) In Our
Continent she excuses herself in the fol-
lowing words: "When Dr. johnson was
asked by lady why he had given the
wrong definition to word in his die
tionary, he replied: Ignorance, mad
ame. pure ignora lce.' DR.. Johnson's
reason is mine. 1t must have been Il 81
bill; that is, if there are 81 bills, as l
venture to believe"
--Coinc;dent with the Greek play, an
other antique work has been produced
in Boston. 1t is called "Pinafore."
The origin of this work is buried in OBJ
scurity. 1t seems to have been at first
an adjunct of ch.:rch chOirs. Its leading
number is entitled "What, Never?" the
second movement o: which (''IIardly
Every is in antiphonal style. There is
a rather grOtesGue "dead-eye'c 'cation,
and the work rs a whole will greatly
interest modern audiences as faithful
example of the musical customs of early
ages.-NuSical Herald.
John Williams, a merchant of Rut-
ledge, Georgia, sued desperado. The
defendant entered the store in furious
passion, held out the summons in one
hand, clutched long knife in the other
hand, and said: civilians, have you
sued me?" Williams knew that an i'm
mediate "Yes" would make him sure of
stab. "Let me get my spectacles so
that can read the paper" he said. He
went behind the counter and came back,
not with his glasses, but with an AK
across his shoulder. eyes," he said,
81 have sued you." Gan right" re-
piled the desperate, 81 guess I'll pay
the bill. IN. Y. Post.
A Leadville letter says: There was
singular loss on the Aspen road the
other day. The Farwell Consolidated
Mine Company at Independence depos-
tied O,O0O in two gold bricks at the
Independence Bank, that institution
shipping it by their own pony express
to Leadville. The precious bars were
loaded on the back of a pack-horse in a
couple of gunny sacks, secured by
leather straps. About twelve miles from
Independence the armed messenger ex-
amined the gunny sacks to see if the
treasure was safe, and was astOunded
and terrified to find that the friction
against the cloth had worn hole
through it, and that one of the bricks
was gone. He at once turned around
and slowly retraced his steps. closely
examining the snow, which lies deep
upon the road, for some trace of the lost
gold. The tracks OF the horses were
plainly visible, but, although the snow
was tramped down hard, there was no
sign of the brick. Word was at once
brought to the bank, and over one hun
dred men were sent out on the search,
which was eventually successful.