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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-19
Thief Used Slight o Hand.
Kansas City Star.

ANubub tiSy 0tuEs
al don't see how that feller traded
them envelopes"
This is what Joseph Hoelker OF
Anthon, Ia., said at tho depot the
other day, after q man had robbed him
of 1925. Hoelker was going to Okla
homa. He showed his money to q
stranger.
"Some thief II rob you OF that"
the stranger said. Here, put it in
this envelope, and place it inside your
vest"
He pulled out two envelopes. In
one lie placed the money and seeming
ly placed it into Hoelker's pocket.
Then he disappeared. When Hoelker
looked for the money the envelope was
empty.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-19
How to Remove q Tight Ring.

II you happen to get . ring on your
finger that fits so tightly you cannot
remove it, very easy way to get it of
is IS follows:
Take a piece Of cord or wrapping
thread and push one end of it under
the ring. Then, beginning just above
the ring, wind the cord very tightly
round and round the finger clear to
the tip Of the finger, says Medical Talk.
Now take hold of the end of the cord
that was slipped under the ring and
unwind the cord. As the string un.
winds the ring will be carried along
with it, and removed without any diff
Guilty.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-19
HUMAN NATURE.
It is About the Same the World Over. to
Mans Sorrow.

It is About the Same the World Over. to
Mans Sorrow.
Smith has forty acres of land for
sale. Smith being absent the pros.
pective purchaser inquiries of Jones
who owns piece Of land on the north,
as to the quality, price and so on. The
price is away too high, says Jones. and
the only good land on the place is a
little strip next to his own, and then he
sets price on his own premises far in
excess OF Smiths.
Purchaser then goes 10 Brown on
the east, who tells him that barring a
belt of good land along his line he
wouldn't have the place as a gift. and
does much knocking against Smith,
and much boosting for his own farm.
Further inquiry is made of Blank
on the South who gladly informs him
that the piece of ground in question
wouldn't raise white beans, and all the
crops his neighbor Smith had raised
was along the line next to him.
Seeker tries again. This time he
inquiries OF White on the west, and
finds the latter ready and willing to
knock Smiths place, and unreluctant.
ly credits Smith with having q little
piece of good land next to him.
Filled with curiosity the home.
seeker tries in another community
and finds the same conditions existing
with every farm, from the neighbors'
point of view, located on a bed of
gravel fringed with fertile streak of
soil, or else there were lot OF the
most unmitigated liars that he had
ever heard of.
And so it goes; a man keeps knock
ing his neighbor and boosting for him.
sell, which means that he in the end
is hurting himself and the whole com.
munity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-19
SOME GOOD ADVICE.
Il is Sometimes Unwise to Judge by Appear
ance-The Diamond Has a Rough Coat.
Exchange.

ance-lhe Diamond mas kouSh Loaf.
Exchange.
Don't snub boy because he wears
shabby clothes. When Edison, the
inventor OF the telephone, first entered
Boston he wore pair Of linen breeches
in the depth of winter. Don't snub q
boy because his house is plain. Lin
coins early home was in . log cabin.
Don't snub . boy because of the ignor-
ance OF his parents. Shakespeare, the
worlds greatest poet, was the son of a
man who was not able to write his
own name. Don't snub boy because
he chooses q humble trade. The
author OF Pilgrims Progress" was q
tinker. Don't snub boy for physical
disability. Milton WAS blind. Don't
snub Q boy because of dullness in
his lessons. Hogarth, the celebrated
painter and engrsver was stupid boy
at his books. Don't snub anybody.
Not only because some day he may
outstrip you in the race OF life, but
because it is neither kind, nor right,
nor Christian-like.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-19

A CLEVER little gentleman well
known in the scientific world was one
day standing with half q dozen tall
men, when one of them turned to him
and said that he had not seen him
before, as he was so very small.
every likely" replied the little
gentleman. ~ am like sixpence
among six copper pennies-not easily
perceived, but worth the whole six
together"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-19
Little Sermons From Everyday Life.

Some people think churchgoing a
slow amusement. Much depends upon
the church to which one goes. In a
church few days ago Q quiet argu.
ment over some point Of procedure
was going on, when a young lady
slapped the preachers face. This ap.
pears to have been Q breach of church
etiquette, for the preachers wife
clinched with the young lady and was
successfully punching her head, when
the young lady's gentleman friend
went to his inamorate's assistance.
This brought the gentleman preacher
iuto the fray with knife, which he
inserted into the gentleman friends
back so far that the gentleman friend
may croak as the result.
Moral Somethin' doin' all the
time-with tho right people.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-19

"I THINK it's shameful the way
that cir! spits slang" said an Olympia
girl to her friend, as they waited for
the mail Sunday. "My, if twirled
my talker the way she does, bloomin'
old dad would tan my duds till the
dust was thicker than flies in fly time"
d" Betcher life, and serve you right"
said the young lady, "My parents are
sunHowers of the same hue, and il 1
should make raw crack in my con.
versation they'd thrash the rosy GUS
sedness out of my angelic anatomy
quicker than creased lightning.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-19
SIDE-STEPPERs AND SIDE.STEPPINc
From our Kamilche Correspondent.

From our kamilche Correspondent.
The Seattle Times claims that Gov
Mead is side-stepper. And sure and
what is "side-stepper"? Isn't it
some one that cannot do as he prom.
ises because the man just above does
not fulfill his agreement? 1t starts
this side business at the top of the
ladder aud ends with the rancher, and
he has all the blame to bear. And
indeed the burden is heavy.
He is promised good price for the
wood he saws and splits and lifts and
haul to town 70 sell. The man OF the
promise has a supply, or has gone out
of business, or you misunderstood
him. You take your cedar or fir logs
to town with light heart, as you
think of the bill you are almost ready
to settle; but after they are scaled,
the sunshine is all clouds. Every
knotty and hollow log was wrong side
up and the returns are very disap.
pointing, to say the least. When eggs
are cheap the hens are very indus
trious. When butter is on the de.
cline, the cows double their quantity
OF milk. We never have potatoes rot
when they are cheap. and if the house
burns down it's just after it has been
cleaned and the carpets all down. The
neighbor's cattle, or our own, never
break into an empty grain.box or into
the garden before it comes up. Are
they "side-steppers"? Is it in the
climate, or did it come from the East
with many OF the other varments. l
can remember when If man did not
keep his promise he was dropped, as of
no account. Now can you safely make
. promise if you are dependent upon
some one else's fulfilling his obliga.
tioni The most OF the money made
now days seems to be by the rich from
the misfortunes OF the poor. We are
getting to be race OF side.steppers.
A part step to affluence; the rest step
the other way, end in poverty, suicide
or disgrace.
To tell the truth, I do believe that
now and then even Q rancher gets
discouraged and becomes q side-step-
per. Our tea merchant buys eggs, or
did. He candled rancher's eggs and
found SO many bad that it made the
man angry, and he threatened not to
sell him any more. Then a woman
brought in some eggs and four were
very, very bad, so bad in fact they did
not need to be candled, but It needed
these four to make out the dozen.
She asked him to pay for these four
and she would make it right next
time. He says no; I'll pay you for
what you have, aud next time l will
pay you for what you have. She in
nocently replies: "There will be nc
next time; we shall move to Tacoma
tomorrow" Then did you hear ol
the man that borrowed hen and his
wife borrowed q dozen eggs; she sci
the hen, raised the chickens, and after
the hen had laid . dozen eggs returned
what they had borrowed. They were
not ranchers; they lived in town. The
question is we're they side-steppers?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-19
Father Knew Why.

"Pop?"
"What is it, Johnny?"
"Why is the head of a bed always
higher than the foOtf"
"For the same reason that the real
wheels OF . wagon are always bigger
than the front ones, Johnny"
Thanks. pop"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-19

THINGS should not be done by
halves. If it be right, do it boldly; if
it be wrong, leave it undone. Every
day is little life, and our whole life is
but day repeated.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-19
The Antidote.

"Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these, 1t might have
BEEN"
But one small phrase annuls the curse,
And that is this: 1T might have
been worse.'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-19
Precocity of the Ace.

Old Gentleman How old are you,
my dearf"
Little Girl-"I was eight years old,
yesterday"
"Indeed! You don't look to be old
as that"
"Ah! how you naughty men do
flatter US poor, weak women"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-19

PORTLAND, Or, May 10, 1905.
ED. STANDARD:
In your "Olympia "reminiscences"
May 5th, you refer to IAN adopted
daughter OF the Ensigns, Louise. etc.
While the present day Olympians,
perhaps. may not care much about
what became OF the "Louise" men,
toned, it may be of some interest TO
the remnant of the old timers" yet
left in the vicinity of Olympia to learn
something OF her later history. Her
name was Louise Uzaiovage. Her faith
er was u native OF Poland, and Q cap.
tain in the great Nspoleon's army.
After the battle of Waterloo he became
an exile and later on sought America,
and at length settled in Louisville,
KY; and died there. In 1852 his wife,
with four children. "Louise' being
one, started across the plains. The
mother died Aug. 20, 1852, leaving the
family-all the children in their teens
to the tender merciee of strangers,
and they had q sorry time Of it. At
one time for two weeks the only sub.
sistence they had was rosebuds. Port.
land was reached late in the fall, and
Louise" was taken charge OF by Lewis
Ensign. who taught her to dance. On
Feb. "a, 1857, she was married to Viii.
liam Davis Carter, one of the pub.
fishers OF the Oregon Weekly Times,
with Russell d. Austin, as partner,
and John Orvis Waterman, editor.
Mrs. Carter became the mother oil
twelve children, most OF whom are
living in the vicinity OF Portland
where she has lived continuously since
her marriage. Mr.. Carter died Dec.
2S, 1857. GEORGE H. HINES.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-19
DON'T BE HYPNOTISED.

Hoodwinked. hoodooed. or Over-persuaded
into accepting substitute for Doctor
Pierce's Favorite Prescription with its
record of nearly 40 years. embracing
hundreds of thousands of cures Of
woman's peculiar ailments. It's the only
remedy for woman's Ills sold by drug
gists, that is not full of rboozc poor
whisky. or bad alcohol.
guarantee Of $1,000 is offered that
"Favorite Prescription contains no alco-
hol, opium or other harmful drug. Keeps
In any climate.
"Favorite Prescription is powerful
invigorating tonic, and imparts strength
to the whole system and to the womb
and It's appendages I'm particular. For
OverwOrked. "worn-out." ""run-down," de-
bilitated teachers, mlliners; dressmak-
ers, SeamstrcsseS, "Sh0p-girls." house
keepers, nursing mothers, and feeble
women generally, DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is the greatest earthly boon.
being unequalcd rs an appetizing cordial
and restorative tonic.
It's an insult to your intelligence for Il
dealer to attempt to palm off upon you
an alcoholic substitute for this world
famed medicine. You kno,o what You
want. It's his business to meet that
lrdit. When he urges some substitute
he's thinking of the larger profit he'll
make-not of your welfare.
&6n nm GIVEN AWAY, in copies OF
Medical Adviser q book that sold to the ex-
tent of 5O00O0 copies a few
!
years ago. at sl.5O per copy.
Last year we gave away
$4,000 worth OF these invalua- SfsIIJ
bic books This year We shall \ hosHS2
give away 10000 worth OF \ sah. SImei
them VIII you share in this rtSH bIs...
benefit? II 50. send only q [s< wes'
one-cent stamps to cover cost
OF mailing only for book in
stiff paper covers. or 81 stamps a. |
for clOth-bound. Address Dr. N -
r " Pierce. Buffalo. n. Y.
II out of health, write to old DIR. Pierce
He will send you good. fatherly, profess
sional advice without charge.
Pellets are r1Ids the fS s%sies, 'i,e the
XeWe\S easiest to take and the easiest
in the way they act. No grip
ing. no violence. no disturbance to the sys-
tenn, diet or occupation. They are the Origi-
nal Little Liver Pills, first put up by old DIR.
r. V. Pierce. over 10 years ago. They have
been much initiated but never eQualed.
They come in vials. always fresh and relia-
BILE: a convenient vest-pOcket remedy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-19

CALL not the silly man a fool when
laughing at bis jest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-19
HISTORY OF "LOUiSE,"
The Character Dancer Who Half Century Ago
/ Entertained Our People.

In our relation OF Olympia Reminis
censes, on the 5th inst, we incidentally
referred to Louise Ensign, who at the
social gatherings held in this then
hamlet, half a century ago, delighted
the people by her superb dancing Of
the Highland Fling" then a fad, as
we'll as other national exemplifcations
OF the poetry of motion in their own
costume. The length of the article
precluded more than bare reference.
although some facts connected with
the early life OF the girl, then go much
of favorite, may not be uninteresting
even now. The following letter from
George H. Hines of Portland. supplies
q missing strand in the narrative,
which we gladly publish, only adding
an incident, which by coincidence
happened to come under the knowl.
edge OF the writer, who was present at
the marriage OF Louise" in Portland,
to W. ID. Carter, in 1857. 1t happened
that soon after she became o resident
OF Portland. he was an apprentice
to the printing business on the Times,
alluded to by Mr.. Hines. The friends
of the couple had hired Prof. Sedlock's
orchestra to serenade the couple, and
it so happened that they began the
gentle notes OF "Sweet Home" at the
precise moment the marriage cere.
mony had began, and never, under
any circumstances have the low,
sweet, soft caden ces OF the soul-en.
throned melody created the thrill in
hearts of spe ctators as it did then, so
unexpected and so fitted to the oc.
casion OF founding q new home. The
incident is a small one, but its hal
lowed memory entities it to this
recognition at a time when we are
engaged in an endeavor to attach such
jewels Of the past as we may fiud to
the string OF time, and hang them
away for possible qualification OF those
who come afterwards.
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Oct. 19, 1908
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-19
!. o. o. r. ANNUAL SESSION.
Election and Installation Of New
Officials.

The annual session of the Grand Encamp-
ment Of I, o. o. F. was held last evening
at Odd Fellows Hall. on 7th street north
west between D and streets. The cleo
ton of officers and the installation Of the
new officials was carried out and the re-
ports OF Grand Patriarch Otto Smith and
other grand officers were sseA all Of which
showed that the Scampment branch Of the
order is in fourishing condition. The only
contest for any OF the Offices was when the
nominations were called for the ONCE Of
grand representative to the Sovereign
Grand Lodge for tho next two years. Several
nominations were made. and after a close
vote, D. w. Keck was chosen. A large
amount Of routine business was also at
tended to during the meeting The officers
who were elected and installed were as fol-
lows: r. e. Wines, grand patriarch; John I.
Brown. grand high PRIEST Thomas J. Gates.
grand senior warden; w. c. Hamburg.
grand junior warden; Joseph Burroughs,
grand scribe, and D. w. Keck, grand treas
urer. The officers appointed were announced
as follows: George 8. COLLISION, grand mar
shall; w. Gilbert Ray, grand sentinel. and
John A. Pearson. grand outside sentinel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-19
You'll Never Have Occasion to Worry
over your printing If It's done by Byron s.
Adams. 512 18th. He never disappoints-
Advertisement.
Anacostia and Vicinity.

Minnie Simpson, fifteen years old whose
home Is at No. 221 Adams street Ana
cistia. Is missing from her residence, and
last eevning the police were communicated
with about her disappearance.
George Keller, white man. for whom
a warrant was procured last week on COM
plant of some children at Twining City is
being sought for by the police of the Ana
costa station. Policeman Charles Wise,
who does duty in the suburb named, came
nearer experimenting Keller last Sunday
morning about 4 O'Clock than any other
officer. He located Keller in the place
where he is employed at Twining City and
served the warrant on him. Keller asked
permission to arouse his employer, q Mr..
Fisher, and obtain some money, which was
granted, and then he requested time to go
and get some articles of wearing apparel
which he was likewise permitted to do. He
neglected to return, however, and Police
man Wise, who was waiting. became i'm
patient and Investigated. 1t then developed
Keller had left by a rear way. He Is yet
to be arrested.
A colored resident OF Garfield VIII gave
her name as Mrs. Pierce communicated
the fact yesterday to Sergeant w. 7. An
derson at Anacostia that she has in her
possession unidentified colored child
about six months Of age. She said she
was attending to her wagon at the Center
market ceveral weeks ago when a colored
woman approached and asked leave to
place her baby in the vehicle. saying she
was going around the corner to obtain en-
ployment Mrs. Pierce consented, but the
mother failed to return and the Garfield
woman has since been caring for the child.
Mr.. James Toner. one of the supervisors
at the Government Hospital for the Insane,
has gone to New York city.
Mrs. L. ]. Smith and young son Golden
of Maple avenue, Anacostia, will leave this
evening for an extended stay in Washing
ton, Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-19

There is plenty of work here There
never was so much work in the District Of
Columbia as there is at this time. There
is no excuse for your being without work
and begging This remark was made by
Judge kimball in the Police Court this
morning in the course of the case of Will
liam Pherson, colored, arraigned on
charge of vagrancy.
Sergeant Lee of the second precinct sta
ton stated that Pherson had been loafing
around the corner of It'll and p streets
northwest for several days. and yesterday
he went to two houses to beg.
What were you begging for yesterday
asked Judge Kimball of the prisoner.
II have been out of work for some time
and I wanted something to eat" was the
reply.
For the next thirty days Pherson will be
fed by the District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-19
Boys Near Death in a Sewer,

Imprisoned two hours and a half In
twenty-inch sewer main and crawling In
that time three hundred yards through Its
nc!scme course was the terrible experience
at Derby, Conn. yesterday of Raymond
kenney and William Toomey OF Nauga-
tuck. six and five years old, respectively
The boys were playing ball in Cherry
street, when the ball bounded into a man.
hole. kenney and Toomey lowered them
selves into the manhole. They became con-
fused in the darkness and lost their way.
Their companions were too frightened to
give an alarm for nearly two hours, and
then an exciting search which attracted
hundreds of persons was begun. The
boys were found unconscious and were re-
vived with difficulty They are suffering
| from sewer gas poisoning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-19
MARINE HAD SKIPPED.
Left Note Saying He Tad Committed
Suicide.

When Captain Jesse Wright of the Ma
rine Corps went to relieve Private Howard
II. Hall on post No. at the navy yard he
found the soldier missing from his post. but
lying on the ground was a glove and the
following note:
ITO the People What Wants to Know--I
am killing myself because ! don't want to
live any longer. God gave me life, and
give IT back to Him. My reason is my own
and nobody else's business
HAROLD II. HALL"
Captain Wright notified his superior OFF,
GERS and the harbor policemen were sum-
moned to drag for the body The river in
the vicinity of where the note was found
was dragged over several times by the po-
hce and the comrades of the missing soldier
also dragged for several hours, but the
body was not found.
The opinion at the navy yard Is that the
man has deserted and shat he took this
means to blind the authorities. 1t is stated
that Hall disappeared from the marine
barracks once before and was gone thirty
days. He is about twenty-four years Of
age.