Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-02

i'.scrn ,;..,. ".;,,u'.D-' mikes Il full
:..... >',b.r- ci.la-. Bacon.
";'.j .3.-- "'.r tcar,,ing house
4;.- :'..y'r h...l w,ra".i II wor-tcd.
.i3.ar ;h' Ho.cllir, aanutlnced
t'r r., j, an ..i:4uuac with new
Joke in it.
In" hruve>t man is the trnderest.
l." biggest turkey is not. as Il mat
irr II fact
|Iah"n" wears no vest and no sus-
rrni"r-. Til, makcs him Il frequent
Re adju-tcr
Congress ought 70 l,aeS more bills
than ii doe, 1t ought to pass them
10y without turning them into laws.
Mean nru are the hest 1T guessing
c"mInlruns This comes from t%e
fact that they hate to give anything
np.
After while ladies KID gloves will
"E'rnd :" tHr up the arm that it will
hr necessary for he fair creation to
keep them up with eusprndrrs.
1t is SAID that Lily Langtry, fresa
Jersey, know, how t. milk
Just now sh" is making the Tf.y'o.
States give down. She Is Il drscrv
inE woman with a husband to sup
port.
\ P'nn~y lvanian has invented Il
n"W rat trap, with Il mirror in one
rid "f 1t. ii it doesn't catch the rat l..
h" guarantees that it viii catch thu.
reflection while the rat i, eating the
cheese
\ Chicago woman says she has
walked ttr streets Of that city time
anl a@;lin at ; u'clork in the morning
without being addressed. Does She
think that man feels obliged to re
main up that late simply To address a
lone WOnIan!
\ London publication has paper
on The Emotional Language of
Bees" We had always supposed the
language Of bees Ia be very hum
drum, though We were aware that
there was generally Il good deal of
emotion when they began to gcsticu-
late
Th" late Gen. George Winthrop. of
Srafurd. Del. left Il vii! in which he
hcqueathrd S3n.00o to various parties.
hu; unfortunately for the lrgatees he
left no S2n.0OO Once in "A while a
man sr'ms To take much pleasure in
giving both himself and what he does
not POSSESS away.
The drcss", of Lolita Pau!ina, tho
rival of Aggripina. were valued at
S2.'6l.lNo. not Including her jewels,
which cost as much more. 1t has
Slipped our memory whether Miss
pdullna WAS the daughter of Il
plumber or an editor. but our i'm
Preston Is that She was.
What do You call thrm?' asked Il
"~mall brother" of youn" Brown,
Who WAS making call. What do
| call II IN? Why should cal them
hcan~. ''Thrrc." said the small
brother, turning triumphautly to his
sister. "yuu SAID that Mr.. Brown
didn't know beans, but hc does"
Canned meat weighing not more
than four pounds can hc sent through
tn" mali, as fourth-clas5 matter
Now. II Congressman will send their
hungry constituents corncd beef in
stead of public documents, they will
render Il service that cannot he sup
piled by the transmission of Patent
Oiiit" reports.
The Chiuaman who wrote a poem
on Il grain of rice did very we'll. but
Il Chicago printer accomplished Il
feat which sounds more remarkable.
He took il copy of a Chicago paper,
and. after canceling all the accounts
Of divorces, murders and other crimes.
reprinted what was left of it on Il
three cent piece.
There is quite difference between
China and America. \ poor China
man who had been helped by mis-
a!onary showed his gratitude 10y pray
in% that Buddha would turn HIM (the
tinanan) into IN ass, so that the
might ride on him in the
next life. When a man helps Us,
however. We pray that he, not we,
may be turned into an ass, that we
may ride on hIm I'll our days.