Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-18

paldup subscribers, also for those who beg, bor-
| row and steal the STANDARD In order that they
may enjoy II little sunshine as they journey
| through this vale Of tears.
Brady.
More men have grocer pass-books
than bank check books.
We were asked yesterday if we con
sidered fish healthy. We have never
heard one complain.
Gambling is felony in Washing
ton. Yet several cities in the State
do not seem to know it.
If you want your boy to cut out a
name for himself. give him q sharp
knife and school desk.
We believe locomotive is called
"she" on account OF the horrible noise
it makes when it tries to whistle.
Some of the loudest talking re-
formers remind one of the bald head.
ed man trying to sell hair restorer.
1t is to be hoped that Seattle will
see that the Lake Washington canal is
finished d in time for the Alaska fair.
No matter how big the fish is, the
fisherman won't be happy as long as
he thinks there's bigger one un-
caught.
Robertus Love is writing for the
Oregonian of Portland under the head.
ing Oregon Ozone" Robertus halls
from Missouri.
"Wex j." formerly doing the Note
and Comment" work ON the Portland
Oregonian, is now with the Examiner
of San Francisco.
Many a woman doesn't know where
she put the check-book, but she can
find the recipe for face powder Mrs.
Smith gave her, in the dark.
In countries void OF wood, resid ents
should keep stock of wagons on
hand; they would have single.trees
and double.trees to pick from.
A horse in q burning stable and q
man in love, resembles each other.
No matter how hard you try to lead
them out, they'll rush right back into
danger.
The poets OF Eastern cities are pay
ing attention to James Hamilton
Lewis, formerly of Seattle. James
Ham knows that the way to the
White House lies through printers
ink. Lay on, you poets.
Most OF the newspaper Offices have .
"chapel" and "devil," so it is really
difficult to tell, at times, if you are
conversing with q devout religious
printer, or q" Trail" believer, amongst
the molly crew to be found where
linotypes gets ssucy and presses be-
come 4" high-minded" and refuse to
work.
The Olympia widow who puts her
mite in the collection box is all right,
but the woman who gives . poor tramp
q 25.cent meal while her husband 10
trying to scrape up enough 10 square
himself with the butchet and the
baker is the one who has probably
never heard that true charity begins
at home.
The expensive gifts and the costly
roses described in the New York news.
papers at the christening of the
wealthy baby, every time one is born
to any OF the New York "400" doesn't
nettle US. OF course, we wouldn't
presume to nudge the elbow OF the
Lord or call attention to what is
needed, but we would like to see the
couples have triplets.
The editor of the Puyallup Tribune
has oceans Of pity for Senator Mitchell
of Oregon. The Senator has been
proved q criminal, by twelve "tried
| and true" men. He 10 not one bit
more to be handed q boquet of senti-
mental rot than Tracy was. Position
has nothing whatever to do with his
crime. And then, was Mitchell full
of sentiment years ago, when blasting
q woman's life?
Tacoma, always wanting something
to talk about, goes rough.shod at any
paper that speaks OF Mt. Rainier. Ia.
coma has An electric sign "Watch
Tacoma Grow" at the Lewis and
Clark Exposition, but the man max.
ing balloon ascensions is noticed
more. Tacoma, we noticed, recently
had a whale to do its spouting, yet
this only throws cold water on the
Electric City's aspirations, in large
doses.
The brakemen are quarreling over
the following question: A freight
train a mile long was standing with
the caboose at railroad station, where
a passenger got on. 1t was exactly
four miles to the next station. As the
train pulled out the man got up on
top of the cars and walked forward to
the engine, the train pulled into the
next station. The question is how
far did the man ride and how far did