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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
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In an Irish town the lads Of school
acquired the habit of smoking, and
resorted to the most ingenious methods
to conceal from the master. In this
they were successful until one evening,
when the master caught them putting
most vigorously.
How nowf" shouted he to one OF
the culprits, How dare you be smok.
ingf"
"Sir," said the boy, II am subject
to headache, and q pipe takes off the
pain"
"And youf And you! And your
inquired the pedagogue, questioning
every boy in his turn.
One had raging TOOTH" another
"colic"; the third . "cough"; in
short, they all had something for
which the weed was an unfailing rem.
edy.
"Now, sir" beloved the master to
the last boy "pray. what disorder do
you smoke fort"
Alasi all excuses were exhausted
but the interrogated urchin, putting
down his his pipe and looking up into
his moster's face, said in . whining
hypocritical tone:
al smoke for corns, sir!"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
SPoNoE-FISHiNc IN FLORIDA.
Uses a Bucket for . Telescope and . Grab
Hook for Fishing.


Hook for Fishing.
Country Life in America.
In sponging two men work together
in q skiff. Only sculls. The other
leans over the side, and buries his
head in wooden bucket with a glass
bottom. Though this glass he can
see every fish, every bit of coral or
sea feather, and every shell or sponge
upon the bottom. His glance sweeps
indifferently past shark, ray or POM
pano, past single fish or fish in schools,
past big fish seeking . dinner and lit
tie fish seeking to escape making one.
It hesitates at every growth upon the
bottom, and rests for Q moment upon
every form OF sponge which it en-.
counters. When q sponge OF COM
mercial value comes within range of
the sponger's vision his free hand
reaches behind him for the thirty-foot
pole with its sponge-hook which lies
across the gunwales. The motion Of
the boat is checked by the sculler, the
hook is lowered to the roots OF the
sponge which is then torn from the
bottom.
Sponges, after being cured are put
up in strings four feet eight inches
long, and sold in Key West, like
everything else there, at auction. In
the fishing community of the keys
the sponge is sort of social wampum.
Choice specimens are given as tokens
of regard, or as expressions Of graft
tnde for favors. They are available in
payment of compliments or debts, and
their value cannot always be meas
ured by their monetary equivalent.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
Roosevelt on the Parity,

More than year ago Mr.. Roosevelt,
speaking at Princeton, ILL.,, said: "Our
currency laws need such modification
as will insure the parity of every dollar
coined or issued by the government"
How does it happen that Mr.. Roose-
welt has done nothing to bring about
the result he said was 80 desirable. Is
it possible that Mr.. Roosevelt has dis
covered that the parity of every dollar
coined or issued by the government
was long ago insured-even before the
time when the Republican leaders say
the American people declared in favor
Of the single gold standard-by elect
ing to power a political party whose
platform declared in favor of interna-
tional bimetallism.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
FLINr-LOcKS FOR AFRICA.
The Old.Fashioned MuzzIe- Loader Is Goo
Enough for Our CoIored Brother.

The Old.Fashionsd MuzzIs-Loadsr Is Good
Enough for Our CoIored Brother.
Any one who supposes that flint
lock muskets are relic of the for.
gotten past should read Consul Nc.
Nally's report from Liege, Belgium.
Mr.. McNally says that Liege still man
ufactures large quantities of muzzle-
loading guns for South America and
flint.locks for Africa.
The reason of the flint.lock is partly
that it is cheap. but mainly that the
so.called civilized nations object to
supplying natives in any part OF the
world with arms of precision" They
can have guns good enough to knock
over game with at short range, but
nothing that might prove awkward to
soldiers Of European armies coming to
chastise" them. To sell flint-locks
is open trade; to sell better goods is
forbidden. Hence the smuggling Of
really good rifles to out.of-the-way
places is one of the most lucrative and
the most risky OF enterprises. Such
arms are smuggled to our own :" la.
drones" in the Philippines. They are
spirited into Sumatra, where the Dutch
carry on their thirty year war with
the Achinese, into Formoss to worry
the Japs, into Somaliland, German
East Africa, the Soudan. The Rus
slams were accused of helping the Abys-
sinians to acquire arms of precision ;
the French of helping out the Nah
dists that defed Egypt.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
There Is Wisdom In the Length Of k-Thsre
Is Wit In the Breadth Of Il.

There Is Wisdom In the Length Of lt-There
Is Wit In the Breadth Of Il.
It's impossible to defeat an ignorant
man in an argument.
The world will forgive . man almost
anything except failure.
Schemers get into office when hon.
est men fail to do their duty.
1t is impossible to patch up repu-
tation 90 the patches won't show.
A woman's idea OF a compliment is
to name her baby after Il rich relation.
If man who falls in love at sight
is wise he will take q second look be.
fore proposing.
Sometimes the breaking of an en-
gsgement enables the parties to live
happily ever after.
There are two sides to every story.
The victory you win means defeat for
the other fellow.
What Q grand and glorious world
this would be if every man would
follow the advice he gives to Others.
No ordinary man can love woman
as much as she thinks he ought to
and attend to his work at the Same
time.
Life is q good deal like meal in a
cheap restaurant. The things you
want fail to show up on the bill Of
fare.
No, Cordelia, don't pine away if the
young man asks you to return the
engagement ring; spruce up and 60
after another one.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
HERE'S TO Mr.. WILLIAMS.
The Democratic Leader in the House Thinks
That Words Are to Express Ideas.

The Democratic leader in the House
gives us real Joy. What American
politician since Lincoln has had
more felicitous method OF expressing
his opinions? Mr.. Williams has q
good head, and his thoughts are sea-
soned with spicy humor of a strictly
American brand. Seriousness and fun
are delightfully."- allied. Arguing against
the resurrection of the currency ques-
tion, in favor of the theory that issues
are made by conditions and environ
ment, he observed: "In 1896 the
Democratic party stood for bimetal-
lism, and so far as the question of ratio
is concerned, I believe God, lin His
wisdom, fixed for silver and gold the
same law that rules with respect to
the price Of cotton, or corn, ballet
dancer, or an opera singer-the law of
supply and demand" He added, with
rare and charming frankness and
good -humor, that the more he read OF
history the more he believed the Con-
federate States were right in their in.
terpretation Of the Constitution
which was no reason for fighting the
Civil War again, or brooding over a
difference which has become absolete.
His closer arguments are admirable
for cogency and clearness, but what
gives them their charm is the infusion
OF such illustrations as he made the
other day in debate: "The claim
that the Republican party is response
BILE for the prosperity, which the gen.
tleman leaves to be inferred, reminds
me Of an old Lincoln story. A wood
pecker sat on the top of tree, and
he pecked and pecked, until q strong
wind came along and blew the tree
and the woodpecker to the ground.
That woodpecker believes to this day
he pscked the tree down." He is not
q pitiless story.teller. On the con.
trary, his humor and his anecdotes
come in only to support the position
which be has assumed, and we have
not noticed any instance of mere jest.
ing apart from the purposes for which
Legislatures are assembled.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04

Mixa cup Of softened (not meltsd)
butter with two cups Of New Orleans
molasses; half suet and half butter may
be used instead OF all butter. Boil q
heaping teaspoonful Of soda in a cup
full of sweet milk; stir tablespoonful
of ginger into the butter and molasses,
and add the boiling milk and soda
let the mixture cool . little, then beat
into this, lightly and rapidly, four
cups of sifted -four. mixing thorough.
ly. Dredge -four on board and over
the tatter; turn out on the board and
cut it into portions; roll out each
portion into slab An inch thick and
about ten.by five inches in size; score
with knife in parallel lines; lay the
slabs in q dripping pan and bake in q
quick oven until done, but not har.
dened. Cool rapidly as soon as taken
from the oven; serve while warm, by
breaking into convenient squares. II
will not keep moist or fresh beyond q
few days.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
THE ORIGIN OF COFFEE,
Its Discoverer, Six Hundred Years Ago. Made a
Saint

As to the history of coffee, the le-
gend runs that it was first found grow.
ing wild in Arabia. Hadji Omar, a
dervish discovered it in 1855, six hun.
dred and nineteen years ago. He was
dying OF hunger in the wilderness,
when finding some small round Der.
ries, he tried to eat them, but they
were bitter. He tried roasting them,
and these he finally stepped in some
water held in the hollow of his hand,
and found the decoction as refreshing
as ii he had partaken of solid food.
He hurried back to Mocha, from which
he had been banished, and, inviting
the wise men to partake OF his discov.
cry, they were so we'll pleased with it
that they made him q saint.
The story is told that coffee was in-
troduced into the West Indies, in 1928,
by Chirac, French physician, who
gave a Norman gentleman by the
name OF De Clieux. q captain OF infan.
try on his way to Martinique, q single
plant. The sea voyage was stormy
one, the vessel was driven out OF her
course, and the drinking water became
so scarce that it was distributed in ra.
tions. Do Clieux, with an affection
for his coffee plant, divided his portion
OF water with it, and succeeded in
bringing it to Martinique. although
weak, not in q hopeless condition.
There he planted it in his garden, pro-
tected it with q fence of thorns, and
watched il daily until the end of the
year, when he gathered two pounds OF
coffee. which he distributed among
the inhabitants of the island to be
planted by them. From Martinique
coffee trees in turn were sent to San.
to Domingo, Guadaloupe, and other
neighboring islands.
The coffee tree is an evergreen shrub,
growing. in its natural state, to q
height of fourteen to eighteen feet. It
is usually kept trimmed. however, for
convenience in picking the berries,
which grow along the branches close
to the leaves and resemble in shape
and color ordinary cherries. The tree
can not be grown above the frost line,
neither can it be successfully grown in
the tropics. The most successful cli-
mate for production is that found at
an altitude of about four thousand
feet. Anything much above this is in
danger of frost, which is fatal to the
tree; and, when coffee is grown much
below this, it requires artificial shade,
which materially increases the cost of
production and does not produce as
marketable berries. It is owing to
this particular requirement that coffee
has never been successfully produced
in the United States.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04

Don't count the time lost which is
spent in studying the effects of har-
monious colors. Color is of prime i'm.
portance in dress, says the Philadel.
phia Inquirer.
Don't always wear red if you are
brunette, or think blue the only color
for blondes. Beverse the order. A
brunette can wear all the light shades
of blue. and blonde 10 symphony in
bright red.
Don't wear black, mauve or green il
the hair is black and the complexion
swarthy. Yellow, scarlet and pink
should be chosen.
Don't choose delicate shades OF pink,
lavenders and blues, except . deep
navy blue, if the eyes are blue, the hair
dark brown and the complexion not
clear.
Don't wear pink and scarlet if the
hair is frankly red. Green and white
are the colors. There are brown, oak
and copper tints that made . red.
headed girl . model for any artist.
Don't choose . hat without due de.
liberation. The value of . becoming
one can not be calculated. It 10 the
article of attire more than any other
which brings out the good points or
accentuates the bad ones, not only Of
the eyes and hair, but of complexion
and the shape Of head.
Don't forget that il the hat ie suited
to the wearer all else is forgotten and
forgiven.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
MY LADY VIOLIN.

l know a witch; small, frail and brown
is she,
With slender throat and form of curl.
GUS grace.
l see her standing in the haunted
gloom,
Vague phantom voices lure me to the
place.
She draws me to her with a mystic
charm,
With dream-dim eyes l lean upon
her breast;
And then she sings to me-soft, strange,
sweet melodies
Caressing all my unrest into rest.
And I remember all that l have missed
But am content; l will no longer
seek.
And 10! a golden dawn creeps through
my heart,
For she has taught my voiceless soul
to speak.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
VOLUME XLIV..-NUMBER l6.
SPRING..

The gentle Spring will soon be here,
Great Caesar, shut that doorD
The fairest time OF all the year;
q Owe felt that drought before.)
The buds will swell upon the trees,
(Who let that fire go downH)
And flowers ope to feed the bees.
(The coolest house in townD
The purling streams will soon be free
(The coal bill Overdue?)
To dance to greet the deep blue sea.
(Send up ton or twO.)
The birds will soon fit to and fro,
(Ah-choo! Gee, what a cOld!)
To greet the Springtime's golden glow.
(HOw much does that stove hold?)
The leaves upon the stately trees
(Now close that door up tight y
Will soon be waving in the breeze
dts twelve below to-night.)
Hail gentle Spring! For thy sweet days
That last coal is n. g.)
We lift our swelling songs of praise.
This weather freezes me.)
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
WHAT'S THE USE OF WORRYING :

What's the use of worrying?
Fretting don't pay.
What's the use of hurrying?
It's the slowest way.
Half the whims that worry you
Never will come true;
Then why let them furry you,
As you daily do?
Live your life out easily.
Then it will be long.
Take what happens breezily,
Whistle, sing song!
Don't waste strength on worrying
Over phantom ills;
Don't waste time in hurrying,
That's the pace that kills.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
CHOOSING SEATS IN CONGRESS.
Senate First Come, First Served-ln House
Distributed by Lot.

''~-~~
Distributed by Lot.
Success.
When a new Congress meets there
is lottery for the choice of seats. The
newest and freshest member from q
backwoods district may be the lucky
man to have his name drawn from the
box by the blindfolded page and to
have first choice of all the seats in the
great hall. The veteran OF half a score
OF congresses, a man of power and
note, may be the last of the long line
and forced to content himself with a
perch in the extreme rear. This is
democracy with q vengeance, and of
course it would never do for the aris.
tocratic upper branch. There the
Senator who gets good seat keeps it
as long as he remains Senator. Such
men as Allison, Hale, Hoar, Cullom
and others have sat all the way from
ten to twenty-five years at one desk.
When an old Senator with an advan-
tageously located seat drops out
through death or failure to secure re-
election, some other Senator from the
rear applies for his seat and gets it.,
the rule being, "frst come, first
served" New Senators are COM
PEELED to take tho less desirable desks
in the rear of the chamber, to
await their turn for a chance at better
ones. Thus in the Senate there is q
slow but steady movement from the
rear toward the front of the chamber,
"A movement highly suggestive of the
Senatorial system based upon preroga-
tive and precedence.
Even more striking is the method of
assigning Senators to places upon
committees. Here again prerogative
is everything. If the chairman of q
committee dies or leaves the Senate
the man of the majority political party
who has served longest upon that COM
mittee becomes his successor. The
rule is invariable, though of course
complications occasionally arise. If
the senior committeeman is chair
man OF another important committee,
he may be compelled to surrender one
or the other.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
MAMMOTH BANQUET TABLE.
A Feast Spread Three blocks in Length and
Forty Feet Under Ground.

A Feast Spread Three blocks IN LsnStn ana
Forty Feet Under Ground.
At Chicago. last week feast laid on
a table three blocks long and forty feet
under the streets was q feature OF q
novel banquet participated in by GOO
persons, the guests for the most part
being members of the Chicago Press
Club and their feminine friends.
The banquet was given to the Press
Club by Albert G. Wheeler and Gen.
eral Manager George w. Jackson, OF
the Illinois Tunnel Company. A ride
through three miles Of the tunnel was
given the guests before the banquet,
the cars, running by electricity. max
ing an average speed of twenty miles
an hour.
"The "banquet room" had an or
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
Another Celebration.

Hicks - Going to celebrate your
wooden wedding, are your
Wicks-Yes.
Hicks-Well, guess I'll celebrate
my wouldn't wedding. It WAS just
five years ago that that girl from Chi.
cago said she wouldn't marry me.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
An Amegicanism.

Monsieur French-Ahl So zis ees
your leetle son? He looks to be simi
laire to you.
Mr.. Proudly-Yes, he's very much
like me.
Monsieur French-Ah! How do
you call eetf "A cheep Of re old
blockhead, ees eet notP
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
StYle.

"Don't you take your meals at
Swelliront's restaurant any moreT
"No; he's . four flusher. He makes
you pay chafng- g-dish prices for frying
pan grub"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
FORTUNE TELLING

Does not take into consideration the one
essential to woulan's happiness wom-
anly health. There is many a woman
whose future seems absolutely unclouded
who is marked by her own condition for
future disappointment and distress.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04

SOME Western churches have mus
tered in beautiful young girl ushers."
They pass the contribution box with
astonishing success.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04

THE President will now proceed to
"reprimand" those sixteen railroad
Presidents who oppose his nomination
and are in favor OF Miles.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04
Ova PRrses,p1,on Department

Our PREScRIPTIoN DEPARTMENT
Realising our responsibility in this res
pect, we are scrupulOusly particular, in
every detail, using only the best and
purest drugs and chemicals with guaran.
teed accuracy. 1t matters not what nhy-
sician writes your prescription, it will be
compounded in the strictest accordance
Herewith, by competent, reliable phar
macist. If brought to US, and only reason
able charges made.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04

therefore the anti third term tradition
would not work against him after he
had completed his own first term
Wouldn't it be just as we'll to wait and
see whether the Strenuous Teddy has q
chance to serve another term before
working the nation into fever heat
over the possibility OF making him
three times President?
The preachers prayed for rain in
Southern California, and claimed tina,
God answered their prayers, for rain
fell the next day. Yet man who
lives in Los Angeles, and is "make.
rain" man by profession. claims he
was the cause OF rain falling as he
used explosives that never fail to pro.
duce rain. So the battle is on between
the preachers and the rain. maker.
Yet, strange to say, the farmers who
were losing their stock on account OF
the drouth, claim that neither one of
the above did the right thing. The
preachers did not pray soon enough
and the rain-maker" did not use his
explosives quick enough, and they lost
a vast amount of stock by their lazy
actions. And there you are.
The Constitution OF the United
States provides that no official of the
United States shall, without the
consent of Congress, accept OF any
present, emolument, Office or title Of
any kind whatever from any King,
Prince or foreign State" There has
arrived in this country six beautiful
Arabian horses, presented to President
Roosevelt by the Sultan of Morocco.
1t might also be mentioned that King
Meuelik of Abyssinia is sending our
strenuous Chief Executive q few lions.
No bill to permit the President TO &C.
cept these gifts has been introduced
in Congress, but doubtless the Admin.
istrstion deems it unnecessary. The
only gift that Roosevelt has refused
this far is that of an American flag Of
fered bya little school girl. But why
should Congress consent that the
President keep those lionsf If he
gets them who cares to take them
away from him?
Julius Levy.
The other day Levy, the cornet
player, died. The older musicians
and musical folk will remember when
he used to give concerts in the Sound
towns assisted by his band, and will
also remember his conceit, his self
satisfaction. 1t was over twenty years
ago that the then musical critic Of the
San Francisco Chronicle wrote q very
eulogistic notice OF him. And Levy
asked well.known musician of that
city to take him up TO the editorial
rooms OF the Chronicle and introduce
him TO the gentleman. Very viii.
lingly, indeed, the local man complied,
supposing, of course, he wanted to
thank the critic. When they had
been introduced Levy said to the
critic:
"What did you mean by calling me
one Of the greatest cornetists in the
worldi"
Because I think you are," the
critic answered.
"Don't you know Am the greatest
in the world" returned Levy.
This ended the conversation, but il
might be we'll to add here that there
are several people Of the Levy brand
living in Olympia, Tacoma, Seattle,
and other towns of the United States.
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chestra at both ends-one at Clark
street and the other at Franklin. At
franklin street also was the culinary
This was some distance
from President Carr, of the Press Club b
who dined at the Clark street end,
but as the table was equipped with a
private telephone system, he, like the
Others along the route, was able to
make known his wants to the kitchen
without delay.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-03-04

To you- wants in all that should be in q
Drug Store, is our business, and
the aim is that our atten-
tion to these needs
be SO satisfactory to you
that you will depend on us for
your supply of
PURE DRUGS, PERFUMERY,
CHEMICALS, SOAPS,
CIGARS, STATIONERY,
PATENT MEDICINES,
AND
DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES.
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We RrspEorFuLry Sor,o,r

We REsPEorFvLLy SoLlor
You to give US call when in need
of anything in our line. Whether
you purchase or not, get our prices
see our goods. These two points
alone will make you regular pa
irons. Then, we treat everyone lust
alike, child can do as well here as
an adult. We always appreciate pa
tronage, whether small or large,
and sell goods at reasonable prices.