Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-04-01

OF the Hotel Olympia on the 9TH inst,
and will make it Il summer resort.
We say uW, for Mr.. lis experience as
Il caterer prcSages success i'll this con-
iidcntly expressed determination.
J. NJ. Patton has moved to the
premises known as the Burkett resi-
dcncc, corner OF Fourth and Ounce
streets, on Eastsidc, property lately
acquired by him. His residence on
Jefferson street will be occupied by
Miss Louise Aver and the Misses Gov
ington.
Oly has gone into conniption-fits
over the spectacle of Senator Miller
driving out of town with a porcelain
bath-tub in his wagon. Nobody will
be surprised at this. oily has no use
for bath-tub and the sight of one
throws him into the horrors exper-
fenced by the Devil at the sight of
holy water.
A gymnasium club has been formed
with constitution and bylaws for
regulation of the rights OF its members,
and Revs. McCallum and Sawin and
Mr.. Otis have been appointed a COM
mittee to solicit membership. A
nominal sum payable monthly will be
exacted to maintain the club and pay
incidental expenses.
The Shore Brothers & Van Epps, it
is reported, are about to erect shingle
mill at the upper Tumwater falls hav-
ing capacity of $4,000 per day. The
location is thought to be very con-
venient one, for the stream may be
utilized for floating bolts to the mill,
and it is on the line of the Port Town.
send Southern railroad.
Mr.. Lister, the foundryman. is max
ing a complete outfit for sinking arte-
sian wells for the company that is
building the Alaskan steamer in this
city, to be used for prospecting. 1t
will sink four-inch hole to bring up
sand for testing mineral strata. He is
also building a portable sawmill for
these enterprising prospcctors.
Mrs. J. II. Ogden is making ar
rangements to move to Spokane,
where her husband has been in bust
ness the year past, as manager of a
branch of the American Type Foun-
ders' Co. The many friends of Mrs.
o. will regret her departure, for
she was a favorite with all who were
so fortunate as to possess her acquaint-
ance. The Ogden residence on East
side, 500 Ounce street, has been sold
to Mr.. Richardson, of the shingle-mill.
1t is hoped the reader hasn't kicked
any old hats from the sidewalk, or
picked up any valuable looking pack
ages he has seen in his pathway to-
day, for it is the LIST of April you
know. But it is recorded that
cautious individual missed picking up
wallet with thousand dollars in
bills, once on time, simply because
it happened to be dropped on that
foolishIy canonized day. One had
better investigate little (if no.
body is looking to avoid such a mis-
take.
The alarm of fire Wednesday after.
noon in Avery & Taylor's bicycle
store was caused by the fall of heated
brick used in brazing upon the floor
that had been saturated with benzine.
The blaze seemed to be alarming
enough to induce Mr.. Avery to turn
in call, while Mr.. Prince very
collectedly proceeded to extinguish
the flames with such appliances as
were at hand, which he succeeded in
doing before the fire.wagon reached
the premises.
March came in and went out as a
lamb, but that is not saying that his
conduct has been equally acceptable
during the whole month. We have
had rain, sleet, snow and wind, with as
low temperature as during any part
of an ordinary Washington winter.
The snow did not fall to an inch in
depth, but that is equivalent to foot's
depth east of "the Rockies" The
temperature has been barely below the
freezing point, but that is low enough
for a true Western man. The blus-
tering weather has been beneficial for
keeping back the fruit buds.
Miss Susie Currier, a graduate of
Olympia Collegiate Institute and a
late teacher in the Olympia schools, is
now pursuing her studies in the State
University of California, at Berkely.
The young lady writes to friend in
Olympia that she is pursuing the
course that will end with the high
sounding degree of A. NJ, and the
question arises whether she will be
dubbed master of Arts" or a
Mistress of Arts" All who know
her, however, will agree that she will
prove herself mistress of the situation,
whatever that may turn out to be.
Oily says that the old capitol build
ing has again become the resort of
hobos, the doors having been broken
open and the whole building appro.
priated to the use of the Weary Will
lies who are ready to appropriate
everything to their own use, unless it
be labor. The carpets and much of
the furniture are worth preserving.
but there seems to be nobody to put
forth hand against this vandalism.
The State Librarian, whose duty is
supposed to cover some attention to
to public property, seems to be obliv-
ious of facts as we'll as careless of con-
sequences.
There is class of people in every
community who ever retain a warm
spot in their heart for that wonderful
creation of Harriet Beecher Stowe,
"Uncle Toms Cabin" Besides hav-
ing been the most potent influence
towards shaping events for freeing the
slave, the narrative has so much of
pathos, so much to applaud as we'll as
to condemn, that like an oft-told tale
of suffering and patriotism, it displays
new beauties in each successive in.
depreciation of the authors meaning
and, at times, the circumstances under
which it is presented. One of the