Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-12-07
PERSONS AND THINGS.

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\ voluntary "n the urgan-Whcn
your handkrr h,ri IL doing service
o,nrtal sh"rnan- lips arr in con
tinual state "i pnckering
~ oliver Wendell Holmes can write
po"tr, With his lrit hand
luarrrling availS Sothing. The 40
thieves 'amc to grici 10y jars.
The Duke oi Argyll takes great inter
est IN the ncclnatisa,ion If Canadian
animals ~ Scotland
" jules Verne n ~ years old. His
hair aud beard are turning white, and
h. l. growing lat
Congressman Andrew a. Curtin. uf
Pennsylvania. ia erect ~ an arrow and
his hair ~ white ~ SNOW
Twenty five hundred negroes have
lett South tarolina during the past
fou' seek- fur Arkansas aud Texas.
The powerful clcctrir light at the
Calumet AMI iiecla mines can bc seen
~ miles away hy vessels on Lake Su-
p~rior
H. careful how you handle matches.
When you strike them they always flare
up. Fuse -ee this. Keep IL dark.
A Michigan man who lost both legs
in n saw-mill nov sits around and tells
about the terrible battles Of the late
war. That's the rawed-oT man lac IL.
The number "i pupils who are now
studying German In the public school-
of ~. Louis ~ over ~ Zoo. or more
than hall h the whole number IL
pspils.
A Vermont editor. in publishing one
III Byon's p'~ms. changed the words
ooh Gods Ia "Oh gosh because the
fnfm-r was too profanc for his readers.
Japan ~ unnecessarily cruel to her
polise. A late press regulation comIelr
editors Ia hold original manuscripts
ths~e weeks Ia permit their pcrh~al by
thc police.
"Isnt II singular" said u visitor
sasins a, the Niagara Falls. "that the
little moisture that arises from that
vast cataract should be mist 20
II l- believed that dude could gather
cccoanuts without danger of bodily
harm. I, would be u mean monkey
that would fire cocoanut at u dude.
A Tole,lo man knows how 10 play on
tuo cornet- ~ once. The neighbors say
they don't object Ia his knowing how,
hut he had better not try to do il.
Mr.. John e.. Jennings. Mayor II salt
Lake city, appearr and acts like an
Ensiishman. lie is . large stakeholder
In the Cooperative store, which has a
business of " .0O0. 900 "a year.
One II the most interesting historical
curio~ities at the fair recently held in
Canton. g.. was a vest made In 1870
rum blue-striped hc'iticking spun and
woven by Miss Rosannah Ferry, Of
simsbury
A scientist SAYS that In the moon u
hirkory nut falling from bough would
crash through man like mimic ball.
That settles H. We shall never go to
the moon to gather hickory nuts.
Professor Paul Pa-sy. II Paris, thinks
that America II the durtiest country he
ever visited. lie thinks that our high
schools ARE not practical. TOO much
Latin" he says, "is the bane of modern
educational institutions"
This IL the time of year" says a
New York paper. "whcn the baby
should have ride every morning. +"
YES" murinurs the bachelor who
lives next door Ia cross youngster,
''yes. put II In the dos-catcher's
wagon"
The Rev Phillips Brooks increased
his great Hire while on his journey
round ~. world. lie IL modest and
eonfteous. and il liked by reporters.
lie refuses Ia give away his portrait,
and destroyed the only negative ever
taken.
II II stated that a hen set for three
days on u n--, full 81 hail-tone- l.efore
shs discovered they were not eggs. The
funniest pat III the story IL that she
didn't hatch out AN ice-hou-e or two.
Hut perhaps the Texas liar was not en-
ioyinR go"d health.
"Behnld NV whacks no-e'' ex-
mer. ~ he cmetsrd from free fight.
"Ii.af my glass sigh" ejaculatad u
cork legged co,nradr. a- he put down
mn empty or and moancd. III you
have no tin near. said the bartender,
then yon can peg out"
The o,hcr day farmer living north
oi s'rra'or. III. sold u quantity Of rags
To dealer. A few days afterward h,
WAS IN town. and, after searching fol
sone time. found In his discarded gar
inents tio0. numlTr III notes, and
some lcc'lr. which had ircn put in the
ray lag for safe keeping.
The polrr oi Cambridge. Mass. wer,
eslleslj" save assan from being mur
arn~f hy his wife. AMI on repairing q
The place "i the butchcring found
newly married couple, where the youn,
wife was spanking her husband will
various kitchen utensils. including thu
paneak" turner. for coming home drunk
Mr.. Edwin Booth. when told that
''gnv -h"nicr" war a regular attache u
girls base ball nine. AMI was hire,
Va max" hoist.rourly funny remarks II
of'i.f to eN,iir the crowd Ia laughter
naisi HAT II was a good idea for the com
edlans. Put good infectious laugh
ter into an audience. said he, "and
would he tremendous help to farci
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