Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

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Business rooms. ....................Any old place
Editorial rooms. Wherever my rent is paid
(Pieces washed up by the tide. doomed, sawed
split and piled for the perusal and pestime OF
paid-up subscribers. also for those who beg Dor
row and steal the STANDARD In order that they
may enjoy q little sunshine ~ they journey
through the vale of tears.l
There is q Macintosh in Seattle
who boasts q great deal about his fam.
lily. He claims that the head of hi.
family was the original Macintosh
that Noah had with him during q
rainy season.
King Edward of England sent Sil
Frederick Treves. his royal surgeon in
ordinary, to superintend an operation
performed on Boatswain Hoggart, o.
the steam trawler Crane, which the
Russians fired upon.
Because the editor OF the P.-I
writes leit-handed it by no means sig.
nifies that the articles on the editorial
page are ill.written or ill.timed. On
the contrary, the work shows q careful
study of the matter treated.
Some folks are so wholly occupied
in travelling the straight path through
this vale of tears, that they even, un.
thinkingly, no doubt, walk on the
protruding nail.heads that make .
straight line in the sidewalk.
1t makes the North Seattle pioneer
Think of days gone by,
To hear the mention of Yesler Hall'
My, how the years do fly!
But he dons the warpaint mighty quick,
He'll strut, rant, curse and frown,
When an individual meekly asks,
The way to old Belltown."
It's 100 to shot that ex. Senator
George Turner will not have the lss'
two weeks issues OF the P..L, before
tho recent election in this State, bound
in morocco and laid on the center.
table in his s7O,O0C mansion in Spo
kane.
An Olympia girl who became en-
gagged was so happy next day that shs
put salt in cake she was making in
stead of sugar. tried to put q piece ol
wood in the frying-pan and put the
meat in the FIRE, and passed her father
the cream when he asked for his hat.
Don't you feel blue, Steve Bailey?
Wash it all a dream?
Now election day is over,
Do you really feel serene?
AS to your election bets,
We are happy twas not US
For really, Steve. we could not pay,
Without doing stunt ofcuss.
An ingenious rancher of Oceanside,
in San Diego county, Californis, il
said to have q vivid and brilliant idel
Of economizing labor and fuel iu
Matching eggs. He has discovered
that bees develop a considerable
amount OF warmth, 90 he simply
places the eggs over beehive, and il
due time they are Matched. We do mol
wish to offer any advice, but if he
could manage to cross his bees witt
bantam hens, he might be able tc
make them lay little sugar plums
Mind you. this is only q suggestion.
Sir Thomas Upton, in visiting the
cruiser Olympia, of the United Sta,el
European squadron, to thank th'
crew for the loving cup which they
presented to him, said he had received
many trophies. but among them al
this cup would occupy prominent
position, But" he added. significant
ly, "there is one spot which I an
keeping vacant" Sir Thomas mus
have been misquoted. 1t is not Si1
Thomas who is keeping the Zone
spot vacant" but the builders Of the
American yacht that 10 the cause.
The Sacramento Bee keeps the fol
lowing notice running in its daily
issues:
Never Use the Western Union II II Can Be-
Avoided.
Because of the uncertainty and un.
of the service accorded this
paper by the Western Union Telegraph
Company, correspondents and all per-
sons having business with the Bee are
never to send kilograms by
that company when it is possible to use
the Postal wires or the lines Of the Sun,
set or Capital Telephone Company.
After being q victim to the Western
Union service, in Reno. Nevada, some
time ago, to the Bees notice we say,
Amen.
Stage-struck youths in Northwest
towns may be thankful that they are