Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-16
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(Pieces of individual opinion washed up by
the tide. doomed. sawed, split and piled for the
perusal and pastime of those who have enough
nerve to read it,
The P.-L. says Ambrose Bierce of the
San Francisco Examiner is dead. This
is late news indeed.
The Tacoma Sun is feeling like an
eclipse over not being awarded the
county printing-dark.
The two.minute trotter is here.
Now will the two-hour printing shop
exchange bore try to lower his class
record.
The Centralia News- Examiner pub.
fishes two columns in the Swede
language each week. This Is enter.
prise in a weekly.
When the peucil.pusher of the
Green Lake News is "looking out the
car window" We imagine sometimes
that the glass in the window needs
cleaning.
The card of thanks" will disappear
from newspaper shops just about the
time some fellow invents q word to
take the place in the newspapers of
grand" ball.
Striking resemblance has been point.
ed out between the remarkable ancient
ruins of Zimbabwe, in Rhodesia, and
the antiquated moss-covered roofs of
houses in Portland, Oregon.
They say that $4,000 tons of water
roll over Niagara Falls in single
hour. Seattle will "have to hurry"
somewhat, if she beats Niagara by
rolling beer over her saloon floors.
The Hoquiam man who is fasting,
closed his seventeenth day yesterday
and celebrated it by taking walk down
town. He Is getting very thin and walks
with some difficulty. But otherwise is
doing well.-Hoquiam Wdshingtonian.
You did not think the damphool
would accumulate weight, did you, by
fasting!
Japan is looking for trouble with
Russia. Japan may be accommodated
before she is prepared for it. Japan
had better for.Bear much before mix
ing up. Russians are used to ice and
snow, and being naturally chilly and
cold hearted, Japan should beware OF
the Bear.
An exchange suggests the name of
' The Umbrella" for newspaper. This
would be Q capital idea as rybOdy
would take it.-Green Lake Ne,cs.
And no one pay for it.-Centralia Ne,cs-
Examiner.
Yes, provided it had a detachable.
self-raising handle, tassels and cost
over $40.
Last week the Whatcom Blade gave
Seattle flattering editorial boquet in
regard to the Seattle spirit. After
reading the taffy, sugar.coated article,
we wonder if the writer OF it was un.
der the influence Of Whatcom spirits,
or only wrote it thinking that Seattle
papers would reprint it, thus giving
the Blade little advertising.
The Tacoma Sun is very progressive.
In q recent issue it uses colored ink.
In q cut of . goat butting . colored
woman, the black woman's lips are
shown in red ink along with the goats
whiskers, which also appeared in red
ink. The Seattle Times, with its color
work, wants to be up to snuff, for the
Tacoma Sun is bearing down hard
after it.
A little boy in Tacoma during the
exhibition of Ringing Bros.'s circus
said to his father: "Please, papa, let
me have twenty five cents to give to q
poor lame man."
"Who is the poor lame man John.
ny" asked his father.
Er-well. papa. he happens to be
the door-keeper at the circus" replied
Johnny.
Johnny got the twenty. five cents.
Seattle is hard town to please. A
few weeks ago Billy West. q piano.
player, was declared insane and sent
to the asylum, because he talked too
much. Now comes another piano.
player named Backman, who was de.
clared insane because he did not talk
for long periods. In Seattle. if you
talk you 60 to the insane asylum, and
if you don't talk, you 60 anyway. So
its "hoss and hoss" in whatever light
you may view it.
The editor of the Sumner Herald in
valedictory published last week. speak.
ing of his enemies says: Towards
his few enemies he cherishes not the
faintest feeling of malice. He has
forgiven, and will now try to quite
forget them ALL" That's the best
way = try and forget it the old
sponge who took the paper over .
year, then when asked to pay his sub
scription, got mad and ever since has
never lost minute to roast the paper
he at one time swore by-long as it
did not cost him cent.