Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-04-24

wholly unprotected from the fire tiend.
Among the public buildings already
lighted with ga~ and about to be supplied
with service, We note Columbia Hall,
Champion Hall, Odd Fellows Hall,
GOOD Tcmplars' Hall, Masonic Hall,
Providence Academy and most oi the
churches. The C:rlt"n House, Young :
Hotel and Columbia House are ais" con-
SunnrS of the attcnuatcd fluid.
The editor Of the Courier is becoming
upit,. iastidious in his likes and 'ii>likcs.
He now objects to Councilman Hoffman $
breath. Well did Your ever? Does he
EXPECT the EaStslc boss t" attach Il Sec
ton of clearinghouse to his respiratory
ORGANS before entering the Council
Chamber ? We believe in reason in all
things. Ii the Union Avenue boss cant
stand it, let him resign
The services of or,laining and INSTALL
| ing MeS$rs. L. i. Yemen and Robert
Mari as Ruling Elders in the Prcsbyte-
rian Church, will l." conducted by the
pastor, Rev. W. Il. Lee. newt Sabbath
| morning. After Il sermon appropriate t"
the occasion, the newly cl,r.rI Elders
will be set apart t" the sacred office by
PRAYER and the laying on of hands. The
membership ui the church will then give
to the newly ordained Elders the right
hand OF fellowship.
In the last ISSUE Of the Couie.., Mr.
Ba.lcy remarks that "undcr existing
circumstances, the school board have
thought proper t" extend the time for
collecting the special school tax till the
ID of MAY" That's the way the man in
the rough and-tumblc fight explained
why he so Justify cried " Eunugh!" De-
cupiny the neither position and holding
his antagonist down with his opponents
thumb in his own eye, he said that g un-
der existing circumstance" he thought it
very proper to extend the time for the
completion oi the fight.
We publish, this week, the ADVERTISE
mcnt OF Mr. Jos. Chem, late of the
White House, but now proprietor OF the
New White House, the elegant store in
the Bnrmcistcr building, corner Of Main
and Third streets. The past business
enterprise OF Mr.. Cheim stamps him as
4 man occupying the fir mt rank of Oym-
pia merchants. His stock of goods is
fully in Keeping with tn, ralatial build-
ing into which he las removed, and it is
safe to predict that his establishment
will add much to the metropolitan char
acter of our city
"The Wonderland Route to the Pa
citic Coast" is the title Of an elegantly
illustrated pamphlet lately issued 10y the
Northern Pacific Railroad, designed To
give some idea OF few of the many OBJ
jects of surprising interest on the route
of this great thoroughiare. \ large por-
ton Of the work is devoted to that grand
elimination of natural wonders embraced
within the limits Of the National Park
Those contemplating an Eastern trip
should call upon Mr.. 5. c. Ward, the
company's agent, and obtain Il copy of
this interesting little work
Nothing is truer than that the works
of good men continue to live after them.
This thought is brought strikingly to
mind 10y the fact that the new building
erected by Olympia's late departed citi-
zen, Mr.. Charles Burmister, is doing
much towards rcviviny the Ol,!-:ime bus
mess air of the lower Main street portion
Of the city. Let downtown business
men think of this, and cherish in Il be-
coming manner the memory of Il lament
ell citizen who struggled for Il quarter of
4 century with the early growth of our
now thriving city.
large assemhlagc of taxpayers met
i'll lsraels storc-room, Saturday evening,
to take measures for testing the validity
OF the special schooltax levy. Mr. r. y
Ford was called to the chair and Mr.. y.
Crosby was elected Secretary. After
brief addresses by several citizens, stat
ing the grounds of objection to the tax
Il committee was appointed, consisting of
Mcssrs. Prescott, McElroy and Murphy,
to carry into effect the wishes of nine
tenths the taxpayers of the district
Col. Thorn has been employed by the
committee to present the grounds OF con-
test to the proper tribunal.
The assumption OF profound ignorance
displayed by q Chinese witness under
cross-examination is characteristics of the
race, and they make it Il means Of refuge
which the skill Of our best lawyers some
times cannot carry by assault They
know all the points which favor their
cause, but anything else is met with eva
sive answers or "No understand" with
face that manifests about as much OK
preston Us Il sheet OF MANILA paper.
One OF these Confucian philosophers
who had just left the witness stand in a
case tried yesterday, with smile that
was childlikc in its simplicity. remarked
Internationally. OF course "Mclican
man hecp dam foolec.''
Our Secretary OF the Washington In
dustrial Association has received circu-
lar letter from Signore FIR. Brioschi,
Chairman Of the Italian Agricultural
Bureau, asking for various items of in
formation relative to the farming and
mechanical industries of this Territory.
The document is post-marked at Rome,
and bears the following imposing super
scription: Roma-Presso il Ministero
FAgricultura @ Comercio-Roma. Illus
trissimo SignOrc, Secretary of the Agri-
cultural Society OF the Territory of WASH
ington. Olympia, Stats Unit, America. :"
So it seems those agricultural bosses
over in the little bootleg republic hare
been reading the Pope's copy of the
STANDARD.