Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-05-25

individual Opinion.)
By LUE r. VERNON.

Il .&s &
No doubt Dowie, Debs and otherI
OF their stripe, are glad to know tha,
the first.page day of the San Fran
cisco earthquake and fire is over
They must be allotted space, you know
suggest the following as an in
scription for fathers tombstone, ir
many instances:
"In memory of our father, gone tc
join his appendix, his tonsils, his olfac
tory nerve, his kidney, his cardium and
a leg prematurely removed by hospfta
surgeon who craved the experience"
The South Tacoma Press is the
name of new journal in the news
paper field in Tacoma. Tho editors
name is Ball. Tacoma has a pape,
known as the New Herald, and its
editors name is Bell. It is to be
hoped that the Ball will not strike the
Bell and set it to ringing.
Rumor has it that W. r. Hearst is pre-.
pairing to plant an evening and Sunday
that it is to be managed 10y one of the
sons of Editor Blethen, of the Seattle
Iumes.-!Souh Tacoma Press.
If this is true:
Perkins and Pratt
Must fall on the mat;
For Blethen; Hearst-fat,
Will make Ledger scat.
Romantic Youth: "Isn't the moon
lovely, glittering on the waves? 1t
does ones heart good to see it,"
Mr.. B-(of Monkey & SONY: "Ah,
and wouldn't it do ones heart good to
see Monkey & Sons Pickles printed
right across it in capital letters, big
enough for all the world to read with
the naked eye?"
When the driver of horse which had
fallen from being poorly fed and much
overworked in the street, in Cincinnati,
tried to make it rise by kicking it, 1t
seized the mans arm in its teeth and po-
lice had to beat it with their clubs before
1t would release its hold.-EI.
Too bad the police were not asleep
as usual, and it is a shame that more
horses are not as wise as this dumb
brute in Cincinnati.
"Ahl Good morning, Mr.. Editor"
said the rural.looking visitor briskly,
entering the sanctum. I've brought
you in some spring poultry. which
I -"
"Get out! Get out! Take il awayl"
exclaimed the busy editor savagely.
I" I don't want it! Haven't any room
for it."
The rural-looking visitor hurried
out, looking scared. The reporter
could only gasped-
"Wh-whats this? No room for
spring poultry?"
"Poultry! Good gracious" and the
editor got up and tore bis hair. al
thought be said poetry"
In spelling and pronunciation, prob.
ably no word in the English or any
other language differs 80 radically as
the word "quay." 1t violates every
rule OF photography and orthoepy, and
even years OF familiarity with a Ian.
guage full OF anomalies fail to entirely
reconcile US to its pronunciation
"key." Another notable instance is
the word" demesne." The pronuncia-
ton Of the second syllable has no
parallel in the language, and no prece.
dent can be advanced to vindicate its
use. "Phlegm," and "colonel" are
almost equally curious, while the large
series OF words ending in cough" pre-.
sent us with . number of strange
anomalies. This remarkable syllable
has no fewer than eight different
sounds, in none OF which does the
pronunciation closely correspond with
the spelling, while in several il de.
parts from it very closely. The eight
forms are embodied in the following
words: bough, cough, dough, though
hiccough. tough, through, thorough, },
It is probable that no other Language
could present such an extraordinary
series of words for the pronunciation
Of which no rule whatever can be
given.