Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-03-02
Oddities , guiddities
There are More Things in Heaven and Earth,

H0ratiO,
Than are Dreamt OF in Your Philosophy"
Harriet M. King rules principality,
as her Texas ranch contains one and
one-half millions OF acres OF land, and
one may ride for ninety miles in
straight line without getting outside
its barbed wire fence. It's as large as
the State Of Delaware and nearly twice
the size OF Rhode Island, aud far
greater in extent and wealth than
many of those German principali.ies
from which have come reignipg houses
OF Europe.
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That is noteworthy bridge which
is under construction in Clallam
county for logging railroad to vast
body OF timber that without it would
be inaccessible to market. 1t is thus
described; Crossing Charley creek for
a span of from 500 to 600 feet, the
structure is built from the creek bed
to q hight of 2l0 feet, being made in
two levels. The first level towers ITO
feet and forms platform Is feet broad.
Front this level, timbers 100 high are
erected for the railroad bed and cross.
ing. The timbers employed on the top
OF the first level are monster frs squared
to two feet, and being rs feet long
The entire roadway on the top level
will be planked Is feet wide.
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While we have heard OF people being
so lazy that they could 60 to sleep
while engaged in the most active work
there always has been lingering doubt
that the "long bow" had been used to
lampoop somebody who attracted the
shafts OF satire, but here appears q we'll
authenticated case wherein this som.
nollence has been established by some
of our most conscientious newspapers:
"Sleepins Tom," q man afflicted with
. peculiar malsdy, has returned to
North Yakima. He has been known
to 90 to sleep while standing ON the
sidewalk and to fall over into the gut.
ter. He then sleeps soundly, emitting
sonorous snores. When the officers
discover him peacefully LAUNDERING
in the gutter, they pick him up and
place him in O chair. He soon awakes
from his nap and is none the worse for
his doze. Some time ago be was en-.
gagged as laborer on trench being
dug in the city. He had worked but
q few days when he was seized one
afternoon with drowsy spell and was
found asleep leaning against the eide
of the trench, holding the pick over
bis shoulder. He appeared to have
dropped asleep while in the act OF
swinging the pick.
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William Jennings Bryan, in writing
to his paper OF the oddities OF the Ja.
panese people, says that in many estab.
lished customs they differ very mater.
tally from our way OF doing things
For instance, in writing they, like the
Chinese, place their characters in YER
tical lines and move from right to left,
while our letters are arranged on hori.
zontal lines aud read from left TO right.
Their books begin where ours end and
end where ours began. The Japanese
carpenters pull the saw and plane
toward them, while ours push them
from them. The Japanese mounts bis
steed from the right, while the Amer.
ican mounts from the left; Japanese
turn to the left, Americans to the right
Japanese write it "Smith John Mr."
while we say" Mr.. John Smith," A,
dinners in Japan wine is served no.
and soup cold, and the yard is general.
ly at the back of the house instead oi
front. The Japanese wear white for
mourning and often bury their dead in
. sitting posture. The death is some.
times announced as occurring at the
house when it actually occurred else.
where. and the date of the death is
fixed to suit the convenience of the
family. This is partly due to the fact
that the Japanese like to have the
death appear as occurring at home.
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