Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-11-06
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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)
Don't get discouraged. Even to the
oyster there comes an opening.
When family adopts girl of six
teen, it means that they will have a
kitchen girl in future without wages.
We wonder if the Chief OF Police in
Seattle is really afraid of losing his
job, if he enforces the law against
gambling?
A man who knows himself to be in
the wrong generally tries to end the
conversation; whereas q woman-is
never in the wrong.
Madame Melba has arrived in New
York. She says she does not care
what the press says about her. How
about that, some years ago, madame?
We have merely speaking acquaint.
ance with certain man in Olympia.
We consider ourselves lucky. Most
all of his acquaintance are listening
acquaintances.
The Pacific Express Company mes
ssngers are on a strike in a few East
ern cities. Probably their troubles
will be settled by the express com.
pany by the freight method.
Long, lean lanky Bob Fitzsimmons
failed to knock out Joe Grim, in the
scheduled six rounds, in Philadelphia,
last week. We bet "Fitz" felt Grin,
about the matter, after the contest.
A financial magnate in the Eas,
who will not divulge his name, says
that the people of the United States
will "sweat blood" in the near future
Say, Mr.. Moneybsgs, do you think we
are all hippopotamuses?
w. r. Hearst, of the Hearst trio oi
newspapers, will establish a paper in
Los Angeles. He was thinking OF
purchasing the Los Angeles Herald
but the price wanted being $350,OOO
Hearst concluded not to pay it.
We asked an Olympia boy, the Other
day, if his father ever whipped him
"Sure," he replied, but don't mint
it." "Why not?" We asked. Be
cause, he amt never said, my son
this hurts me more than it does you."
The highest restaurant in the world
is said to be that at the Eigerwsnd sta
ton, on the newly.completed Alpine
line, at tue summit of the Jungfrau
1t is quite evident that the writer
up" OF this road never has visited Sc
attle.
There is a certain brand of skirts
for ladies which contains the makers
name as a guarantee that they are
genuine. The bill for the skirt gen
orally contains the father or husbands Z
name as q guarantee the article il
paid for.
During a street.car strike in San
Antonio, Tex, soldiers from Fort
Sam Houston, attacked non-union
Car crews and chased them from the
cars. We didn't know that Uncle
Sans soldiers were allowed to take
park in civilian strikes.
A fellow in Paris has had q half.
million picture postal cards printed
illustrating the evils of drunkenness
They have such titles as I" The Drunk.
ards DOOM" death in the Bottle
and "The Drink Fiend." Two OF
three actions for SANDER have already
commenced in the courts by persons
who have received the cards.
A man on First avenue. Seattle, was
fishing, in the street, last week, &C.
cording to the papers of that town, as
satire on the condition OF the thor
oughfare. From what we have been
told, there are other men fishing in
the Queen City for q term in Walla
Walla and the stream they are cast.
ing their hy.spoons in is not on First
avenue either.
Japan's greatest actor is dead. His
name was Ichikawa Donjuro, and he
was 67 years of age. Too bad he did
not visit the United States before his
death. II he possessed long hair, a la
Buffalo Bill, and with such a name
looking at you from the bill boards,
there was no reason why he should
not have left a million or more OF
filthy luchre behind.
The Lorenzo method of bloodless
operations was accomplished in Sc
attic recently by DR.. Bloodgood. A
little daughter of Mr.. Reynolds OF
Walla Walla was the subject. She
was born with q crooked hip. The
operation was a complete success in
every detail. This is the first opera
ton OF this kind ever accomplished
west of the Rocky mountains.
There is q class Of people who set
the pace for society, who are respect
able and we'll educated, but they seem
to leave their good manners at home
when they visit the theater. They
cut up all kinds OF monkey-shines
laughing, talking and disturbing peo'
pie who have no rights, in their esti'
nation at least they so demean them.