Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-10-18

his private business. If Il man. pays
$50 or $75 for the privilege of pass
ing the buck at Il private game OF
stud-poker, that is his business. And
there you are. What $ everybody S
business is nobody S business. "
First Olympia Man: Doesn't q
locomotive, coming in to the station
look naughty and proud?"
Second Olympia Man: - Yes; but
doesn't the last coach of the train
you We're to board, look little and
insignificant, while you watch its
" markers disappear in the twi-
lights dusky glow, because you were
minute late?"
When ! read letter roasting
someone in Il newspaper and at the
end find the signature Pro Bono
Publico, Old Subscriber, " Con
stant Reader and so on, conclude
Immediately that the man roasted
is saint beside the individual that
writes letter to newspaper for
publication and has not the physical
courage to sign his name.
Thirteen freshly caught trout were
found in the ice-box of j. Picrpont
Morgan, at his Adirodacks home,
a few days ago. Suit was brought
against him in person. Pierpont,
old boy, was fined $50 for the thir-
teen fish caught, with an additional
fine of $40 for each. Morgan did not
know the lake trout season closed on
August 3lSt. He knows it now.
An old superstition claims that it
is very unlucky for bride to break
a piece of china upon her wedding
day. History does not state in what
particular manner bad luck will fol
low such disaster, but if the Clipped
piece happens to be one of her we'd
ding gifts or family heirloom
brought out in honor of the occasion
the misfortune is sufficiently obvious
in itself without further results.
OF all the forms of ingratitude. that
displayed by the man who spends his
money with and orders his supplies
from some travelling salesman OF
mail-Order house after the home
merchant has stood by him and
helped to tide him through Il tinan-
cial shortness, is one of the worst,
but it is equaled by the merchant
who does not show his appreciation
of his home paper, which is always
working trying to get people to
spend their money with him.
Olympia Citizen: Forty people
rode over on the Greyhound to-day. u
Eastern Tourist: by gum! Say
when l tell my neighbors back in
Rubetown that saw stumps of trees
out there, large enough to dance a
quadrille upon, they will open their
eyes wide, and when tell them that
| saw ships that would hold all the
folks in Rubetown, at once. and then
some, they'll laugh at me; but when
| tell EN- that forty people rode ON
the Greyhound well, they'll just cal
me liar, that's what they'll do"
An Olympia man-all by his lone
some-accOmpanied crowd of wo-
men to a picnic down the bay. the
other day, and on his return this is
what the lOgbOok showed:
"Was asked and tried to answer s.
SIC questions. Carried forty-three sep.
arate pieces of baggage. Was invited to
buy ice-cream for the whole bunch.
Was hit with the contents of a talcum.
powder box, used rs a substitute for
confetti. Spent two hours looking
amongst the trees and brush for ten.
cent back-comb. Received Juice of an
orange on the back Of the neck. Was
blamed and denounced for forgetting the
lemon-squeezer. Six women lost their
powder-rags; after three hours search
found two of the articles and returned
them to their respective owners. Had
one proposal of marriage. Selected 50
lovely sites for spreading the table.
cloth before the worst one of the num-
ber was declared the real place. Killed
fourteen imaginary snakes. Arrived
home 1890 p. NJ, tired and hungry. ]
refuse to attend any more picnics ar
ranged by women unless another man
is invited to go along as my protector"
Many a cheerful man goes through
life believing that his service has
been small and that what he has
accomplished has been of little worth
to others. But to my mind the per
son who preserves cheerful manner
cannot be a failure. From the world
ly standpoint of greed and gain, he
may not make much money, but the
man who can go through the world
facing its troubles and disappoint.
ments with smile on his face and q
smile in his heart, has not lived in
vain. Such a man cannot live for
himself alone, his cheerfulneSs is
radiated, and it carries warmth and
joy and sunshine into the lives OF
others and makes them, too, glad to
be alive. Some are by nature more
Respondent than others, but it will
be found to pay in the long run to dc
ones level best to be cheerful in the
face of the worst Encouragement.
|, myself, joined the Don't Worry
Club, years ago. like the order,
and always pay my dues in advance,
SO as to be in good standing" at
any and all times. Dependency,
the blues" is poison to the
energy of ones life; it deadens ac-
tivity and deprives ofsuccess. Ii
yielded to, one easily learns to whine,
grumble, and growl, and consider
himself a victim of fate. Sometimes,
it is true, it is hard to look for the
brighter side, but the habit of look
ing for it will prove of inestimable
value on many an occasion. The
man who sings at his work, accomp-
pliShes more than the one who makes
Il speciality of grumbling, The op-
timist frequently succeeds where
the pessimist is sure to fail. The
chap who walks on the sunshiny side
of the street and who has a kindly
word radiates good cheer, exercises
Il useful influence and usually does
things. Whining is a poor invest
ment for a young man to make. 1t
never pays dividends. The person
who sits back and complains because
things aren't different, makes little
progress. The man who makes the