Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-01-22

comforts as the Northern miner. The
days OF 40 are over in California, but
the gold is being mined just the same.
The devil in the print.shop gets
hades when the paste pot becomes
empty, but his joy knows no bound
when copy" runs out and the fore
man is holding a conversation
imaginary, perhaps-with the editor.
The "devil" knows the foreman is
telling the editor just what he would
like 10 say to the foreman but-dare
not.
In an Illinois town, last week, a
lame duck was declared a nuisance
and ordered to be killed because its
quacking annoyed the next door
neighbor to its ow ner. We would
rather have yard full OF ducks I'm.
der our sleeping window than listen
to a woman or man attempting to
play on the piano who doesn't know
how.
Churches should be inspected as re-
CARDS to fire-escapes in every city in
the United States. OF course, while
many OF the attendants at these places
OF worship are saued, and do not fear
fire, there are many others of the
same creed who would pay more at
tention to the sermon, if they felt Sc
cure from earthly flames while in the
edifice.
Senator (Pitchfork) Tillman jabs
the fork of solid truth into the Re-
publican Senators when he asks for a
rigid investigation of the postal af-
fairs among the high officials in
Washington, d. G. Too bad that the
pitchfork is not real one, and, chat
the Senator could not throw some Of
the grafters out in the alley where
they belong.
Just after eating a dish Of oysters,
a Kansas City girl made such hyp-
motto goo-goo eyes at the fellow who
had treated her that he proposed mar
riage and married her the same even
ing. Young men of Olympia, who
are in the habit Of treating girls to
the oysters might avoid unpleasant
consequences by making them wear
blue goggles at the table.
Wouldn't it jar you to serve in the
army as an officer for years, hoping to
be promoted in your turn, then have a
man who has not the ability to COM
mand a platoon OF policemen, who
knows nothing of war or its require.
ments as to handling men, placed
above you in a moments time, just
because he is pet OF Roosevelt? 1t
will jar many an officer in the United
States army, and don't you forget it.
Signs multiply that Senator Hanna
is wanting the Republican Presiden-
tiSl nomination. And it has also
been noticed that what Hanna wants
he gets. Wall street wants Hanna.
Hanna wants to sit in the White
House Presidential chair, as hyas Bos-
ton man. Teddy" looks cultus to
the Pierpont Morgan-Rockefeller gang,
and-well, its a hundred to one shot
that Hanna will receive the nomina-
ton.
Many Japs are returning to their
native heath, ready to fight, if neces-
sary, for their country. Now if few
thousand Cinnamon would return to
the Flowery Kingdom to help their
own fellow-citizens to swell the census
of China, whenever it shall be taken,
and remain there, at least never to re-
turn to the United States, who can
say that the Russis-Japan sensation
will not have accomplished some
good?
If little country town postmaster
is short $4 or S., rigid and thorough
investigation is Immediately proceeded
with; but when postal boxes that
have been offered the government, for
rural routes, at so cents each are re.
fused, then shortly afterwards sold for
$l.50 apiece, there is nothing to be
said. Don't you understand? If you
have the pull and carry large spool
of red tape, you are perfectly safe from
exposure, or at least an inquiry, any
how.
The Bulletin of San Francisco is to
give nine gowns, the creations of the
best French designers, away. That
paper is running q serial story en-.
titled, "Another Maid OF Orleans"
The readers of tine story are to analyze
the character of the heroine, Volga
Mikolanda, and send in the conclu-
sions to a committee who will award
the prizes. The gowns are valued at
$3.50 each. Too bad that stores do
not offer free subscriptions to papers
published outside their own towns.
"Teddy" may as we'll resign him
self to the unavoidable, and commence
work in q strenuous manner, on his
address Farewell, as Possible Candi-
date for the Nomination for Presi.
dent" 1t is written so on the scroll
of things, pasted on bill boards. head
ed so in newspapers, but the thing
that clinche. it is the fact that Papa
Hanna wants the nomination and
when Hanna Starts Singing Pre$i-
dental psalm, his followers must
Stay with him. Farewell, farewell
Teddy"