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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15
An Improbable Lift.
LUE +. VERNON.

Farmers. even those not otherwise
noted for liberality, are usually very
willing to give a lift" in their wagons
to pedestrians. unless the persons ap
pearance is decidedly unprepossessing
and provided, of course, the request is
made in proper form.
A farmer, returning from town with
an empty wagon, overlook a young
man plodding along with the dis
couraged air of city man unused
to dirt roads.
Hello, Jersey" cried the stranger,
briskly. "Can a man get lift to
Olympia?"
Il don't zee why he can't" respond.
ed the farmer, in a non-committal
way.
"Then I'll take a ride" said the
stranger, vaulting into the wagon, and
making himself comfortable.
After two or three miles had been
traversed, the stranger paused in his
inconsequental talk long enough to
observe
cts quite distance to Olympia"
Yes. it is quite q distance" al.
mitted the farmer.
Another mile was passed, and then
the stranger inquired
about how far is it to Olympia?"
"Well. replied the farmer, medi-
tstively, if you keep straight ahead
the way we are going now, it is about
twenty-five thousand milee. but il
you'll get out and hoof it back, it isn't
more than six or seven."
The stranger got out and "hoofed'
il hack
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15
The Little Maids Conclusion.

A little maid OF seven summers had
been busy for an hour dressing an un.
dressing her pretty doll, but, firing at
last, she sat with folded hands gazing
fixedly in the glowing fire in the
crate. Looking up, finally, with a
thoughtful expression on her face, she
said
Mamma, if 1 get married when l
grow up, will l have husband like
papa?"
The mother turned and, looking
down into the earnest eyes of the
child, answered with smile
"Why, yes, dear; if you get mar
ried you will have husband like
papa"
The little brow clouded. Again she
asked
elf don't get married, will l be an
old maid like Aunt Nellie?"
"Yes, dear, you would be ap old
maid." answered the mother, laughing
at the very complex question; but
whatever put such thoughts in that
little head?
But the child didn't laugh; she
only looked grave, and said defect
edly-
"Well, it's pretty tough world for
us women, amt it,"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15
POLITICAL POINTERS.

The Erie railroad has discharged
$500 employees this spring, and round
steak is Is cents pound. Secretary
Shaw ably remarks that high price.
mean prosperity"
James J. Hill, the railroad magnate
asserts that Attorney-General Knox
presented his bill and received fee ol
$6OO,OOO as an attorney of the steel
trust. Isn't he the man who declared
that trusts would sufficiently regu'
late themselves?
Secretary Shaw declares that it is q
marvellous sign Of prosperity when oul
manufacturers can sell goods in Eu-
rope cheaper than we can sell them al
home! He instances "not less than
four million dollars worth" of mer.
chandise which he knows to have been
disposed OF in this way. This is very
soothing.
Attorney.General Knox is a sel.sac'
rifcing man. He gave up $4,000
income as lawyer to accept $4,000 as
Cabinet officer, and snapped that for
a Senatorship at 5000. But mean.
time he had got 5000, 900 fee as an
attorney for the steel trust. So he
can still afford to take sugar in his
coffee.
The chaplain OF the Republican con-
vention prayed: go God, save our
nation, we beseech Thee, from all the
evil things which defile the home, i'm.
pair civil liberty, corrupt politics. or
undermine the integrity of commercial
life" They paid his wages and dis
missed him rs an emissary OF the
Democratic party.
Elihu Root is one of the funniest
men that America has yet produced,
standing perhaps next to Mark Twain.
In his speech before the Republican
Convention he laughed in his sleeve as
he exclaimed, "All Americans who
desire safe and conservative admin
istrution, which shall avoid causes OF
quarrel, all who abhor war, all who
long for the perfect sway of the priu-
ciples OF that religion which We all
profess, should rejoice that under this
Republican administration their coun-
try has attained potent leadership
among the nations, in the cause of
peace and international Justice" The
Filipino and Panaman auditors glee-
fully poked each Other in the ribs, and
declared it the finest piece Of irony
they had ever listened to.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15
Always Thoughtful.
Tid-Biis.

He (sfter marrisge)-I don't know
why you are not as considerate of my
comfort as you used to be of your
fathers.
She-Why, my dear, am.
He-How do you make that out?
When l come into the house have to
hunt around for my slippers and every
thing else happen to want, but when
l used to court you and your father
would come in from down town you
would rush about gathering up his
things, wheel his easy-chair up to the
fire. warm his slippers and get him
both a head.rest and q foot.rest, so that
all he had to do was to drop right
down and be comfortable.
She-Oh, that was only so he'd 60
to sleep sooner.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15
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CHIPS AND RAGS
BY LUE r. VERNON.
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Every man is hero to his dog.
A vote in the box is worth mile oil
parade.
Wear the breast.plate and shield oil
malice toward none, love for ALL"
1t is said that the author OF "Lu
cile" worked several years on tina,
poem-which is long time to spend
on table ornament.
The days will soon be coming when
The rich man boards his yacht
The poor man counts his cash and seeks
A quiet rural spot.
Though both have fled from city scenes
To dodge the summer heat,
They ii cultivate a tan to make
Their faces match their feet.
How foolish, bigoted and cruel was
the insincere cant of "Dr." Parkhurst
which he uttered for publication in q
yellow journal few days after the
Iroquois Theater calamity, when he
attributed the cause of that dreadful
holocaust to the anger Of the Almighty
because these poor victims had gone
to playhouse. In view of the dread
ful affair OF the General Slocum dis
aster. where thousand Sunday school,
children perished, he should cover his
head with sackcloth and ashes and
pray that before his p)uth again
utters foolishness he be granted en-
lightenment.
"Show me two men with unlighted
cigars, and if l watch them for q
minute can tell you correctly wheth-
er the one who has the match is from
Tacoma, Spokane or Seattle"
The speaker WAS a person of some
observation, and We naturally asked:
How can you tell?"
"In this way" said the observant
man, "If the man is from Spokane
he will strike the match hold it for his
friend to get light, then take ligh,
himself and throw the match away. II
he is Tacoma man, he will light hi:
own cigar first, then hold the match
for his friend, and after that throw il
away. If he is a Seattle man, he will
strike the match, light his own cigar
and throw the match away"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15
THE INSIDE INN.


iiCidh'
The visitor to the Worlds Fair
walked timidly up to the clerk at the
hotel desk and asked:
Excuse me, sir, is this the Inside
Inn? And. if so, is the proprietor OF
the Inside Inn in?"
Eyes" replied the clerk, with far
away look In his eyes, this is the In
side Inn, and you will find the pro-
prietor of the Inside Inn outside by
the inns side. He has been keeping
the Inside Inn for several weeks. He
tells me that once when he took an
ocean trip he couldn't keep his inside
in, but that was inside information
and he didn't intend it to get outside. u
"All right" said the guest, if this il
the Inside Inn, we want to see its in
side as we'll as its outside before we
look inside any Of the outside inns. If
we like the Inside Inns inside and
outside better than we like the outside
inns outside and inside we may bring
our things from outside inside and
stop inside the Inside Inn. Because
we won't have to 60 from the inside
outside or come back from the outside
inside when we're seeing the fair, bu,
can remain inside or outside the H.
side Inn, it being the only inn inside
the grounds. The other ones are on
the outside and furnish no more COM
forts for the guests inside or outside
than does the Inside Inn with exhibits
close outside 1t the inns side-that u.s.
the Inside Inn's side. In"
But the clerk had tainted and fallen
inside the Inside Inns desk and bell.
boys were hurrying with water for his
outside and brandy for his inside
though in their excitement they got
that which was meant for his inside
outside and that which was for his
ou utside inside.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15
GRANDPA.

When grandpa was a youngster
The boys had lots of grit
So much. in fact, to be exact,
There was no doubt OF it.
In licking fellows twice their size
They found their greatest Joy,
And trimming down the boys from town
When grandpa was boy.
When grandpa was yOungster
The winters were so hard
That it appears men froze their ears
Before they went yard.
But still they didn't mind it.
Such things did not annoy
The hardy men who tiourished then
When grandpa was boy.
When grandpa was youngster
The daughters of that day
Would quite outclass the modern lass
For beauty and display.
They didn't haunt the parlors like
The modern useless toy
Who tries to shirk the kitchen work
When grandpa was boy.
When grandpa was youngster,
Fish were as large again,
As anything that bites the string
Of modern fishermen.
Adventures came so thickly
To hand life could not cloy,
Earth was grand old wonderland
When grandpa was a boy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15
A RETRACTION.

From July number "Ladies Home Journal
In the May number of the Ladies
Home Journal we published, in the
article entitled "The Patent-Medi.
cine Curse" an analysis of doctor
Pierce's Favorite Prescription" in
which that preparation was represented
as containing, among other ingredi-
ents, tincture OF digitalis, tincture of
opium, and alcohol. Immediately
upon publication OF the number a suit
for damages was instituted by the r.
V. Pierce Medical Company, of Buff
falo, New York, proprietors of the
preparation in question, against the
Curtis Publishing Company, based
upon the claim that none of the three
Ingredients was contained in the medi.
cine.
X
Upon the filing of the suit, we. OF
course, Immediately looked into the
published analysis. 1t appears that
this particular analysis had been
made, if made at all, fully twenty-five
years ago. We, thereupon, employed
three leading chemists in different
cities to make an analysis of the prep
aration from bottles bought in the
open market. These analyses, one and
all, now show to us couclusively that
not a single one of the ingredients
mentioned by us in the analysis
quoted - that is, either digitalis,
opium or alcohol was contained in
the bottles analyzed. We then - the
president of this company and the
writer personally visited the V. r.
Pierce Medical Company. at Buffalo,
and were there convinced that the
officers of the company we're absolutely
truthful in their claim that not one of
these injurious ingredients was con-
tained in doctor Pierce's Favorite
Prescription" Naturally, since the
analysis we printed has been proved
erroneous, the deductions made in
connection with this preparation were
unwarranted and unfOunded.
Under these circumstances it is now
perfectly plain to us that this maga-
zine was unintentionally. but neverthe-
less absolutely misled, in making the
original statement, and we hereby, of
our own violition, make this unquali-
fed Acknowledgements of our mistake
to the r. V. Pierce Medical Company
and to our readers.
The mistake was honestly made, but
it was q mistake.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15
An Orphan Defined.

The word "orphan" occurred in the
Sunday school lesson. Miss Ida V.
Stamps asked if any OF the little boys
in the class knew what an orphan was.
There was no response. Thinking to
help the little fellows to search out
the right answer, Miss Stamps, the
teacher, said
"Why, children, I'm an orphan
now, can't you tell ME what an or
phan is?"
Up went the haud of little boy.
"All right, Johnnie" said the
teacher, "that's a good boy. You tell
US what an orphan is?"
"Au orphan" replied the little fel.
low, without the slightest hint of q
smile and with deep earnestness, An
orphan is young lady what wants to
get married and can't"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15
Depended on the Neishbors.
Pittsburg Press.

Little Girl: "Mrs. Brown, ms
wants to know if she could borrow Z
dozen eggs. She wants to p1t 'em un'
der a hen"
Neighbor $50 you've got her
sitting, have you? l didn't know you
kept hens"
Little Girl: "No, ma'am, we don't
but Mrs. Smiths going to lend us a
hen that's going to sit, and ma thought
if you'd lend us some eggs we'd find g
nest ourselves"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15
Animal Stowaways.

Various animals, birds, reptiles and
insects have strange ways of changing
their native haunts for homes in a
strange country, often travelling long
distances undiscovered. Not long ago
q ship which. had sailed from Cape
Town and had covered more than a
thousand miles was found to have har-
bored . swarm of bees. They came
from the ventilators and settled on
deck. The sailors contrived to make q
rough hive, in which the bees lived in
comfort till the vessel passed within
nine miles OF the Cape Verde Islands.
How the bees became aware OF the
proximity Of land is a mystery. but
they left abruptly, making q "bee'
line" for the islands.
In the Geological gardens in London
is . fine specimen of cobra which d
sailor brought there in . rice sack.
He had found it among the lumber
which the vessel to which he belonged
had brought from India. Tarantulas
and other deadly spiders have often
been found in packages OF fruit.
A creature which is Q deadly bug
bear to the agricultural interests in
Africa and North America is the flying
fox, a sort of large, fruit-eating bat
which exists in countless numbers in
its native country, Australia. 1t is
frequently found in packages OF fruit
trees shipped from Australia, where il
will lie dormant for many weeks. A
very careful watch is kept to prevent
this pest from gaining a foothold in
new country. where it would do end
less damage.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15
lis Ever Thus.

The dream book and the story book
May furnish supply
OF means tomake the outlook
Brighten up to the sky.
But oh, the foxy check book
1t winks the other eye.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15

How dear to our heart is the old
silver dollar, when some kind SUBJ
scriber presents it to view-the Liberty
head without necktie or collar, and all
the things that seems to US new; the
wide. spreading eagle, the arrows below
it, the stars and the words and the
strange things they tell. The coin OF
our fathers; we're glad that we know
it. for sometime or other twill come
in quite well-the spread eagle dollar,
the star-spangle dollar, the old silver
dollar we all love so we'll.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15
CAPITAL AND LABOR.

We favor the enactment and admin
istration of laws giving labor and cap.
ital impartially their just rights. Cap
ital and labor ought not to be enemies.
Each is necessary to the other. Each
has its rights, but the rights of labor
are certainly no less vested" no less
sacred" and no less unalienable,"
than the rights of capital.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15

Concluded on Second Page.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15
OLYMPIA WASHINGTON FRIDAY MORNING. JULY Is 1904

the State of it's origin. Whenever it
shalls be established in any court Of
competent jurisdiction that such mo-
nopolization exists, prohibition should
be enforced through comprehensive
laws to be enacted on the subject.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-15

Write for prices. Eggs for Matching after Jan l.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-25
TO REFORM SCHOOL
JUDGE SANDERS ORDERS FOUR.
TEEN YEAR OLD BOY THERE.

Judge d. l.. Sanders this morning
ordered Johnnie Fisher, the fourteen
year old negro youth who has been in
Jail serving term for petty larceny,
to the reform school and be will be
taken to Lexington tomorrow morn
ing by Mr.. James Grow.
Fisher was first arrested for steal
ing -four from Given, CLARK and Com
pany and swore several different
white men gave it to him. The
police had the white men arraigned
and came near conviotiDg one before
Fishers false swear ing was proven.
The boy himself stole the -four and
will make q bad criminal II per
mitted to 20 at large. He ordered
him confined in the reform school
until he Is 81.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-25
Ohio Millionaire and Party Pay
Us q Visit.
Will Establish Large Industry in tho
City That Suits Them
Best
800, 900 AND MANY woRKMEN

Mr.. Theodore Kuntz, ST., and son,
Mr.. Theodore Kunz, Jr., and Mr.. l..
Pedsohn, Of Cleveland, Ohio, were in
Paducah yesterday afternoon to look
over the city and see how they like IT
o. a possible location for q big in
dustry' Mr.. Kuntz 10 to establish
somewh here in the south shortly.
The party was shown about the
city by Secretary George II. Dains, of
the Commercial Club, aud went from
here to Metropolis.
mr.. Kuntz is multi millionaire,
and manufactures fine finished woods
principally used in making sewing
machines. At Cleveland he now
works 1900 men, and at busy times
$500 men. For the past three or
four years he has been thinking of
establishing an auxiliary factory
somewhere in the south, and is now
out Masking an Investigation Of the
most suitable place. He asks nothing
aud wants nothing of my city. his
mission being simply to inspect likely
places and select the one he deems
most favorable for his business after
he has seen them all.
He has been in q large number of
places, including Louisville and other
Kentucky cities, and is not ready to
make or announce any decision, az
there are several other places the par
ty desires to visit.
The plant to be located somewhere
will probably employ within year or
two several hundred men, and at the
end Of four or FIVE years fully 500
men. E
About 800, 900 will be invested in
the factory, which will be concern
for cutting the fine woods. which will
then be shipped to the main factory at
Cleveland to be finished.
1t 10 big enterprise and one which
the public spirited people Of Paducah
will very much desire to land.
With the wheel factory, which will
from indications be located here by
NJ. Russell Gardner. of st. Louis,
things in Psducah are looking up.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-25
"Quinine jim" Mckenzie Died
Today.
He Was Formerly q Kentucky Con
gressman-Mrs. Fairbanks
Hobored at Chiosgo.
DowIE COMES HOME

Louisville. KY. June 25. Hon.
James A. Mckenzie, former congress
mau from the Second Kentucky dis
triot and noted in congress as an
orator, died this morning at Oak
Grove. Ky.
He had been i'll for some time. He
vss formerly United States Minister
to Peru, and through his activity in
removing the duty from quinine, was
ever after known ct "Quinine Jim. "
Mr.. Mckenzie was author OF She
famous phrase, The uncrowned
queen OF american womsnhood. In
seoondine the nomination OF Grover
Cleveland for president at st. Louis.
he applied IL to Mrs. Cleveland. His
address was one Of the features Of the
convention.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-25
SAVED A BOY
Will Frazee Fell Into the River
and Went Under Twice.
He Was Rescued BY Mr.. Phil CLARK,
Who Dragged Him Out.

Will Frazee, ten year old boy OF
Sixth street, fell into she river be-
tween the steamer Royal and wharf
boat shortly before O'Clock this
afternoon while playing about the
wharf, aud came. near being drowned.
He sank in deep water and went
under twice before Mr.. Phil Clark, an
employee Of Goodman & Sohwab's could
rescue him. Mr.. CLARK saw the boy
danger and rushing TO him, got him
out IS soon rs possible. Had he been
a moment later the boy would have
probably sunk for the last time. When
hshed out of the river he soon reoov-
cred and went home.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-25

London, June 25.-Admiral Toga,
by his brilliant attack on the Russian
feet at Port Arthur has in the
opinion Of naval and military experts,
more than regained for Japan the
prestige lost by the lack Of watchful-
ness in the Korean straits, which per-
mitted the Russian Vladivostook
squadron TO creep In and sink two
transports and disable q third.
While the details of tho fighting Ut
Port Arthur are not at hand, there is
little question but that Admiral Wit
CERT, commander Of the Russian YES
sells, was driven to desperation, and
attempted o hazardous escape from
the Japanese surveillance, but failed.
There is little doubt but that Wit
gert's attempt was in many points
similar to that of Admiral Cervera
when he tried to escape she Americans
of Santiago during the Spanish
American war.
There are sensational reports today
that great land battle is imminent.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-25
FIRE AT THEBEs, ILL.

Thebes, ILL.,, June 25.-The Globe
hotel and the residence of ID. O. Hun
ter was destroyed by fire which start-
ed In the Globe saloon. The Globe
hotel was the property of the MUIR
physboro Brewing company, and was
built two years ego at cost of 49,
600. The property was insured for
%, 500. The stock and fixtures amount.
cd to $4,000 The saloon was the
property of rel. Beissmigert q oom-
pany.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-25
In BREAYHIlY
THE PERIODIC ASSASSINATION
TAKES PLACE.

Lexington. KY. June 25-The Har-
gis- Uockrell feud in Breathitt county
appears to have been reopened. Mack
White, q member Of the Hargis fac
ton, was assassinated at his home,
three miles from jackson. Judge Har-
gis ordered Sheriff Callahan to the
scene and with q posse of 20 men and
two blood houndf, the mountains are
being searched for the assassins.
White was the only eye witness to the
killing Of Charles Salyer, feudist,
last fall by Robert CLANCY. White was
shot while at work in his feld.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-25
FREE AGAIN.

Tangier, June 20. Ion Perdioar-
dis and Cromwell Marley, who were
kidnapped by the bandit Raisuli,
have been at last set free, and arrived
here last evening. They were ten
dered q great reception by the towns
people. and were glad to gee back.
Neither appears much worse for the OK
peri enoe, although Perdicardis has
aged some. They say they were we'll
treated. The delay in thoir liberation
was apparently due to q misunder-
standing OF the date.