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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-09-16
Sure of Him.

Kitty-They tell me Fred has pro-
posed to you?
Bertha--Well, no; not exactly, but it
amounts TO that. He asked me night
before last if my father was worth
as much as they say he is.-Boston
Transcript.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-09-16
His Humble Qualifications.

''The old man doesn't speak any
foreign language, does heF'
mo. He's just plain. downright.
honest. no style. hard workin', money
maxim family supportin' Americana
Atlanta Constitution.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-09-16

To live long it is necessary to live
slowiy.-Cicero.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-09-16

A docile disposition will with appli.
cation, surInount every difficulty.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-09-16
MARINE LIST.

Ellsworth Port.
SAILED
Sunday, Sept ID
Sch Lulu w Eppes. Patten, Boston, lumber,
Ellsworth Lumber Ce
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21
OrthOsraphv and Omelets.

A young man in Olympia who ad-
vertised for room q few days ago and
was careful to state that he wanted
q good table and all accommodations
and conveniences, got this, among
several other responses: II can just
SCOT you. / have got . big room
which is fixed up good. It has got
gass light in it and a fire place.
There is an elegant bath close to it
which you can use when there 10 no.
body else in it. We sett q good table
three times day or We can sett it for
you only two times il you don't want
to come out to dinner. If you don't
come to dinner we will give you little
off. In the morning we have stake,
ham and eggs, liver or something Of
thatikind. with goody coffy and three
battarcakes for every boarder. At din.
ner we have meet roasted, or billed and
all vegetables what amt too high.
Fur supper we mostly have some sort
of meet and three times . week we
open a can of some sort of fruit. Our
house 10 in a good naborhood. There
are colored family next door what
amt"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21
A True Socialist.
Tacoma News.

Johnnie" quoth the socialist agi.
tator to his 1O.year-old, "did you sell
that old iron to-day?"
"Yes, pa"
"Well. what did you get for its"
"Five dollars"
"That's good" and the silver.tongued
orator of the hoodlums rubbed his
hands joyfully. "Give it to me-"
"Give it to you, pa? Why. l haven't
got it all. Here's your share-one
dollar"
"My share, you young reprobate!
What do you meant" roared the ad-
vocate of plunder.
Well, I'll tell you. pa. Me an
Jimmie an some other fellows formed
a society, you know, for making things
equal. You see, we heard you speak
once, and ever since we've believed in
dividing things equally. so we just di-
vided up that five dollars"
Az the two returned from the wood.
shed johnnie was very thoughtful, and
he walked with painful limp.
"Pa," he said at last, "these here
ideas amt meant to apply to us, l
guess. They're only for other people
who have money, amt they?"
And then the fathers heart was
glad, for he knew that his son would
make q true socialist.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21
EVERYDAY .;;,. n: /: EPISODES
A Female Cas-Abianca.

A Female Cas-Abianca.
The girl stood on the burning deck,
For Westport she had fled,
The sun which blazed down her neck,
Turned all her tresses red.
Yet innocent, by pa she sat,
While glances shy and warm
Shot from beneath her saucy hat,
At every man-like form.
Pa left to see friend, he told:
And then her smile was sweet
On Mr.. Jones, who growing bold,
Took by her side seat.
The boat rolled on: Jones would not go
Without her fathers word;
That father, at the bar below,
Her laugh no longer heard.
She called, not loud, Stay, father, stay,
Until my task is done.''
She knew. too well, the old mans way
Unconscious of her fun.
The wind had freshened to gale;
The boat tossed on the sea.
90 miss" cried Jones, why art thou
pale?
Why talkest not thou to me?"
"Speak, maiden!" once again he cried !;
Art ailing? Tell me quick
And the dropping maid replied.
0, IL feel so SICK
Upon her brow there came his BREATH
He smoothed her frizzled hair.
She looked for all the world like Death;
He looked like grim Despair.
She nurmured onca moe aloud.
OJones, basin-quick
Not one was left, for in that crowd
Each female too. was sick.
o where was gallant like to Jones'
Or rather, one so flat?
With one heroic smile he groans,
Here, darling, is my hat"
There came burst of lightning sound: !:
The girl-O where was she?
A-spoiling Jones's hat which crowned
His cup of misery.
o knights of old and heroes rare
o lovers think of that
The noblest thing that perished there
Was JOnes's new silk hat.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

The servant girl problem in the cit
les is fully offset by the farm help
problem, illustrating the fact that all
classes OF people have troubles OF
their own.
Up from the meadows sweet with
hay comes the Macedonian cry for
help. With thousands of idle men in
the cities and towering sky-scrapers
filled with bilious chair-wsrmers, oil
suffering for outdoor air, the farms
and farmhouses are almost deserted
and crops are endangered in Eastern
States by famine in help.
Such is the vail of the agriculturist,
as sounded through the columns OF the
leading agricultural papers. Minnie
has abandoned the free and indepen-
dent life of the farm and its joyous
communion with nature to take die
tation" and pound a typewriter in the
smoky, stuffy, crowded city. and Tom
has been allursd away from the ozone
of the hills and the music of the kline
to fill his lungs with the microbes
from unswept streets, his ears with the
din of street vehicles and changing bell
of street cars, and his eyes with the
bewildering dazzle Of electric signs.
And that's why the farmer is crying
for help. He doesn't expect to coax
Minnie and Tom back to the sun.
kissed soil, but he hopes to tempt some
of those who are city born and bred.
anemic in body and exhausted in mind,
out to the meadows that are redolent
of sweet clover and to the fields of
golden grain. His only hope is to al
lure those who have never tasted the
sweetness and freshness OF country
life.
The farmer has abandoned the idea
of attracting hired help" to the farm.
He no longer hopes to tempt the city
hobo to honest toll and healthy appe.
tite. His advertisements in the agri.
cultural papers, therefore, offer rare
inducements to the men and women
of the city who long for change from
the dingy Office or crowded store to
the life that is full OF beauty and
health. They are offered light work"
on the farm in exchange for bountiful
food, sound sleep, health, appetite and
good salary. It is q great opportun-
ity for the denizens of the cities.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21
Oriental Perfumes.
Cincinnati Enquirer.

The newest of the fashions to be
brought to America are the Oriental
perfumes. These scents and smells of
old Japan are the ultra fashion for the
woman who cares for luxury.
Instead of violet she will smell the
lotus flower; instead of heliotrope il
will be sandal wood; instead of laven.
der it will be ambergris.
The sachet is in Japanese paper, COW
cred with Japanese pictures. The To-
tus-fower water is An artistic little
glass bottle, covered with queer seals.
Other sachets are in little fantastic silk
bags tied at each end. The powder
comes in queer little books, out of
which you tear a leaf and gently rub
it on your face. The soap is wrapped
in all manner of Japanese characters,
stamped on silver foil and paper.
There may not be as dainty an odor
as some of the better known produc.
tions, but the queerness of them is
very effective, and will 60 far toward
making them fashionable.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21
OLYMPIA, WASENGTON FRIDAY MORNING. AUG q, 1903

and Mississippi rivers, in 1906, he was
royalty entertained on the way, by
Gen. Andrew Jackson, who had con-
ceived warm friendship for Burr,
and was thoroughly in accord with
the latter's project for the conquest OF
Mexico. In those days without rail-
roads or telegraphs it took months to
travel and communicate between the
southwestern and eastern portions of
our country. Moreover: the bond of
union between those sections was not
as strong than as it is to-day; though
it must be admitted that President
Jefferson was generally popular in all
sections; a fact doubtlessly we'll known
to Burr. There is no doubt that Mr..
Burr received much encouragement
from officials in high places. War
with Spain seemed imminent. Burr
wanted to invade Mexico, and estab-
lish himself on the throne OF the
Montezumas. Blennerhassett, his wife,
and many other adventurous spirits
were fired with intense zeal for the
conquest OF empire. Napoleon at that
time was master of the continent of
Europe, sent word to the administra.
tion, that war with Spain would be
deemed an act of hostility against
himself. Thus Burr and his legions
saw they were blocked, thought it ad.
visable to settle in the Arkansas valley
and abide their time. General Will
kinson in command of the U. S.
forces, becameI suspicious of Burr's
movements, thought he intended to
seize New Orleans and disrupt the un.
ion. Efforts were made to prosecute
Burr, but signally failed, till he was
arrested, conveyed to Richmond, Va,
there indicted and tried for high
SICooOus Sulcl JuStlC0 Ihoioudll vi
the U. S. Supreme Court presided; the
trial was a lengthy one resulting in
acquittal; it was impossible to prove
any overt act Of treason. President
Jefferson was not at all satisfied with
the outcome. 1t would seem that
Wilkinson had unduly alarmed him
Burr was very much attached to his
daughter, Theodosia, who stood faith
fully by her father in his troubles.
She perished at sea; the ship. on
which she embarked from South
Carolina to meet her father in New
York City was never heard from.
The blow was sad one to Burr; but
he deemed it weakness to show griel
in face Of the inevitable. He died at
ripe old age, peacefully passing to
his rest without a struggle.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21
1oothpicks for he Nation.

There are now six important manu-.
factories OF wooden toothpicks, all OF
them situated near the chief sources
of lumber supply, two in Michigan,
two in Maine, one in Boston, and one
in Pennsylvania. They are to be COM
bined in tOothpick trust, q selling
corporation which will receive and
market the output of all the facto ries.
The price of toothpicks has been
steadily declining, so that at Wholesale
one thousand toothpicks are sold for
two cents. The combined capacity
of the consolidated factories is one
hundred million toothpicks day.
The same mystery which attends
the disappearance of pins seems to
surround the public requirements as
to.toothpicks. They are more often
given away than sold. Their use
seems every year TO be less extensive,
and yet there is vast yearly increase
in the number manufactured-so
much 80 that the statement is made
that the present prices at which they
are sold at Wholesale are unremuner-
alive.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21
SOME FACTS ABOUT BANANAS.
The Kind to Buy and the Ways to Setve the
FavOrite Fruit

Do not buy slim bananas. They
have been picked green and kept till
they turned yellow.
They will always be found sour and
puckery, no matter how yellow they
may have become.
The banana grows fastest at first in
length, and then "plumps" out.
Bananas, if eaten raw, should have
every bit of the stringy fiber removed.
Though highly nutritious by reason
Of the starch they contain, they should
not be eaten in large quantity.
Only very ripe bananas should be
eaten raw.
Never use bananas as q first course
at breakfast, as only acid fruits are de-
sirable for that purpose.
DO not let the children eat them too
freely between meals. They are so
easy to swallow without mastication
that they are out of sight before one
realizes, and attacks of indigestion
follow.
Baked bananas, thoroughly cooked,
may be given to convalescing typhoid
patient, though q ripe banana would
be rank poison.
In baking bananas, remove the skins
and make syrup Of orange and lemon
Juice, sugar and water, and little
pineapple, if in season. Cook until
clear. Lay the hsnanas in a fiat gran
ite dish, turn the syrup over them
and bake for ten or fifteen minutes in
q hot oven. When clear, take the ba-
nanas carefully out, place in a glass
dish, then boil the syrup down to a
jelly. Pour over the bananas and chill.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21
THE POPE'S WARDROBE.
It Nay Surprise Some People That the Pop
Was the Best Dressed Of Men.

u may surprise some PeODIe mat inc rope
Was the Best Dressed Of Men.
Perhaps the largest and most costly
wardrobe in the whole world was that
owned by the late Pope. 1t is said
that it required three large rooms
at the Vatican to contain this ward
robe and special body OF servants
were required to keep it in order.
Each day in the year had its approp-
riate garments. The New York Press
says: "The slippers alone are in
Vulnerable, all being made of velvet
and embroidered, and the Pope has no
excuse for not knowing his .left foot
from his right, for the design is differ
ent on each slipper. The gloves are,
if anything, more numerous than the
slippers. They are made of the finest
white wool, embroidered with pearls.
The wool for the gloves and for all
the garments of the Pope into which
wool enters, is the product OF special
flock of sheep dedicated for the pur-
pose by family who have had the
special privilege OF supplying the
pontiffs with wool since the sixteenth
century. The pallium, which is the
symbol OF sacredotal authority, is
usually woven from this wool by nuns,
the lambs which supply the wool hav.
ing been specially blessed by the Pope
on January 81 of each year. Many of
the most magnificent papal vestments
thick with gold embroidery and jewels,
have not been worn for long time'
since the loss of temporal power put
an end to the great public ceremonies,
but they remain in the 'guarda roba,'
jealously watched by the guardians"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21

When some men want to get out OF
giving a dollar to help an unfortunate
fellow, they get up petition for other
men to sign, promising to give a dol
lar.
She told him to get her some kid
curriers' while he was down town, and
he told the storeman to send his wife
peck of sour apples. Now she is
real mad.
Apollo is said to be the first gentle.
man who ever struck Tyre. If he
had only hit him q little harder we
might not have so many magnificent
liars at the present time.
Olympia has young lady so pro-
ficient in piano.playing that upon
initiating a storm, the other night,
over a hundred people caught cold
from the dampness that prevailed.
The lay of the poet and the lay of
the hen differ in several important
features, and in none more signally
than in the readiness with which the
lay of the hen is convertible into hard
cash.
This would be progressive to be sure.
In Seattle the Salvation Army sing,
In the Good Old Summer Time,"
while in variety dive painted dam
sci yells the Holy City" And there
you are.
Hasten, o camel!" Thereupon the
beast found voice. "No," it replied
with dignity. al shall not hump
myself. 1 do not wish to lend color
to any suspicion that I may be
responsible for my shape"
The scrap-book that can hold all
the uncomplimentary remarks uttered
by the State press against Chief of
Police Sullivan and his force, of Sc
attic, will have to be q "made to
order" one. And it amt no lie.
The roasting ear of corn. sweet corn,
The fairest dish of Summer
How nice to see it steaming hot
Garnished with salt and butter
And as you chew, and chew, and chew,
Enjoying yourself all over,
You get quite mad when a young miss
says,
"Pa, is that hog in clover?
A weekly newspaper in England
pays life insurance of 81 600 to any
person who dies with a copy of the
paper on his person. He would have
a hard time in the United States to
carry Sunday issue on his person OF
some papers We know OF even through
the same journals paid 5000 life in.
surance.
There is not one union man out of
| fifty that asks and insists on the blue
label appearing on the articles he
buys. If men belonging to union
organizations would insist on pur.
chasing nothing whatever from stores
without the union label as persistently
as they insist on keeping non-union
mans fsmily's support from working,
it would be more in line with their
creed.
When a certain Olympia man dies
his neighbors are going to put the
following epitaph upon his tomb
stone:
/: He gave ::
|: Each day to Almighty God advice ::
|: of considerable worth.
/: But his wife
/: Took in sewing to keep him going {:
|: While he superintended
/. The Earth.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21
CA5ToETA.
':;;::': g; !: .; Z;,,;:;;:;2;;;:;;9' Z; I; :; = ''''

WANTED SEVERAL INDUSTRI-
Gus persons in each State to travel for
house established eleven years and with
large capital, to call upon merchants
and agents for successful and profitable
line. Permanent engagement. Weekly
cash salary of $lS and all travelling ex-
penses and hotel bills advanced each
week. Experience not essential. Mem
ton reference and enclose self-addressed
envelope. THE NATIONAL, 334 Dear
born ST., Chicago.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21
One Half Are Fishermen.

OF the 100000 men in Newfound.
land more than half are fishermen,
who catch $50 100000 pounds of cod .
year, consume one-fourth of it and sell
the remainder to Catholic countries
for $4.45O,OOO.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21

THE record wheat yield of Walla
Walla county this year falls to Thomas
Copeland. Sixty-three bushels to the
acre was harvested from one hundred
acres on his foothill farm, six miles
southwest of Walla Walla.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21
Excursion to Beach.

The following rate to Westport will be
in effect to August 25th, inclusive
Daily-Limit 60 days, rate $3.'5. On
sale Saturday only, good to return the
following Monday, $3.lO.
A. Z. STANFORD,
Agent n. p. K.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21

]. E. BROWN, who shot Thomas
Turnbow at Garfield Sunday morning,
is still in the county Jail. No charge
has been filed against him.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21

THERE are 227 lead pencil factories
in Germany, which employ 2,Sl3 per.
sons and export each year 1,614 tons
Of pencils worth 100000.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21
PILES OF DR|F FTWOOD

UU LIZ I'LL Hull MIIIII
III IUuIVUUIJ
Buspess snu rooms som ps Any old % piace
'-N'''' al ''''''' ''e' my ''''' 10 p''
(Pieces of individual opinion washed up by
perusal and pasiine Of those who have enou III
"A bachelor Is generally "an Ola
'n'"s'
Lille Is disease OF which one dies
NJ last.
"here you never see a tramp
working
Slight OF hand-refusing marriage
proposal.
One thing the trusts cannot corner
a woman's tongue.
How would you like to be Fritz
Dietrick, of Spokane?
Inc woman with the big NAT was III
evidence at the Carnival, last week.
A good manv paragraphers will sadly
mourn. Gen. Miles has been retired.
A hermit ia a man who 1etires from
the world in order to become notorious,
NJ ao p-.;ao,. c,.r.,.nd
is against expansion. Think of his
size.
mn, . n,o.. nm, 70 ro.;ce tho an.
proach of old age in others than in
himself
1,..o.a os sro,.,;n H;da oo,d mir.
ates the down sonnd country has the
salmon one.
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70 see how mucb the LAWYERS can
male ont of;t
o., ., ,,;,, , o,a
enough 20 d;sc;n,;ne mucb sooner
,ho, rorr oun
~, u
We don't have to tell vou Won SASSY
thing There now,
M. ...,o .o.,,,, ..o. common
sen,;ment ia a or.ot factor in det.rm.
;no ;nd;v;dna, conduc.
u :. :,
sa,ted almonds and fern.
r..:o.....: y,
,-S,~.',,. N, T. 80
tho eye.;,h, ot nav n.onlo
rvo,r.;,o 90. . ,,.n ~ von,.n,,
n;o,u,. :, ,ho ,.m.n,n., - word.,
uho. h. -, sho v.. orrod of
=. nv
-omedv for hair an IN. f.ce 10 a teen
rozor Arn,v with soor and water
m. ..,,. .a
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s:r.. .
always A"'o ~ A'""' "'A0'0"' ''P0''
| Ganfs Sdpuer, of HOQuiam, cut!
deep vben IL thinLs sone set or somf
person is trying to bulldoze the editor
TIA hard to tell ,ometimes-ves
really hard To tell-wbetber the mo
,orman or the conductor owns tb,
street car.
Tbere az. ;r.t 90 oood bonest AND
.L;,,od r,.oh.,;os omorr ror.,n;or
man 90 ,b.ro orc ~ ,,;or lahor or
carnations.
wba, 10 wor,ed row.a.dovs !.
vorrc man who car do some,b;ng be
.;des .mote c;oa,e..es and .w;s. . can.
We want men.
I.,rdrvm.r o.. .b. nos, brmb,e
ora fo-o;v;nc he;no. -, eo,,h Tb,
more cnffs vop o;ve thor Oh. uor,
they do for you.
Loves parret once I visited
Twas up long flights of stars
Packed full OF chests OF broken VOWS
r, ,,u.: :,
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III
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| >, =.
| Dy the 'efu Socie'y ieauef'
meant q woman who invents schemes
In keen neople ont of bed who woulC
otherwise retire early.
Kentucky cow that ate two stick,
of dvnam;te and was than blown y,
.orcoc,ed one of tho most x;o,en,
mi,k.sbale. on record
g. Io: -. c.,
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21
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Editor and Proprietor.
ub.crtpttOn Rates.
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subscription Rates.
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Leysl notices will be charged to the
attorney or officer authorizing their lnser-
ton.
Advertisements sent from distance,
and ira nsient notices must be accompan-
led bv the cash.
Announcements OF marriages, births
and deaths inserted free.
Ohituary notices, resolutions of respect
and other articles which do not possess
general interest will he inserted at one
ha!fthe rates for business advertisements.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21

MEN sometimes complain OF the
weather, yet what would they do if
they had to wear corsets?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-08-21

WHILE you are kicking over the
maintenance Of . State militia, sup.
pose you stop and remember that if
there was nobody to respond to mill.
tary duty, there would not be much
occasion for long employing anybody
in industrial work. If there was no
militia to guard property in times of
riot we would soon have no property
to guard.
A CLOTH wrung out of mixture OF
equal parts of linseed oil, turpentine
and alcohol, and used to wipe paint,
or hard wood floors, will remove the
dust and keep the woodwork in beau.
tiful condition. Such cloth fastened
around broom will make the sweep
ing of bare floors much easier than
the usual method OF going over them
with cloth.