Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-01-25
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Elma has a woman Epaper. hanger
and decorator.
Primary or not to primary, is the
question just now.
If it would not be out of place, ask
the girl that you intend to marry if
she has cold feet.
James J. Hill has Joined the Sena.
tor Tom Platt Club aud declares, "I
refuse to resign"
John L. Wilson is here-he should
be in Washington, D. G., as United
States Senator fiOm this State.
You never hear of a ten cent-parts.
his.hair-in.th the. ddle.iude.clerk being
discharged. o, no! they always re-
sign.
How some of the 5 cent Senators in
Washington hate "the fighter for the
rights of the whites Till.
mani
When a woman fluids herself short
on hairpins, she raises as much h as
q man who wants a chew of "plug"
and discovers he hasn't bit.
A man may starve with head full
OF Latin and Greek, willie u few grains
OF common sense might have made
his path smooth through life.
What pass things have come to 10
Washington, ID. c. Prominent so.
ciety ladies are endorsing a specialist
who removes corns and bunions.
Ugh!
There are some MEN in Olympia
too lazy to be healthy. At present
you will find them sitting around the
stove in saloon discussing the lagis.
lative body.
First Olympia Bog: "What time
do you have to commence work."
Second Olympia Boy: go! Any
time l like, rs long rs l am not later
than seven o'clock in the morning"
The newspaper editor that tries to be
the friend of everybody, and is on all
sides OF every question, just to suit the
crowd be happens to be in, is built on
the order of Maud" and will bear
watching.
"If John D. Rockefeller and such
captains Of industry lived under q
monarchy, they wonld be noblemen
or knights" remarks an exchange.
Mr.. Rockefeller would be Grand Com.
mander Of the knights of the Golden
Fleece.
The hog is the mortgage litter; the
sheep the farm fertilizer; the COW the
builder, and the hen the grocery bill
payer. This quartette of aids, with .
man and woman not afraid of work
in caring for them, will insure prosper.
ity on any farm.
Olympia girls haze, if reports are
true, Tilted a number of young fellows
who part their hair in the middle.
They seem to be particular on the
kind of matrimonial bargains" they
"pick up." Several remnant sales"
proved useless. The articles offered
did not seem to be either "all wool"
or 90 yard wide."
Taft is backed by Roosevelt for the
Republican nomination for President.
But a" Teddy" does Eot have the whole
say "a to the nomina alton, though he
would like TO be tbe whole elephant.
He wants Taft to succeed him in the
White House, but he will have to
reckon with Fairbanks, Beveridge,
Foraker, LaFolletie, Cummins OF Iowa,
Hitchcock Of Missouri, Shaw Of Iowa,
aud Hughes Of New York. Teddy"
wants to keep an eye on Hughes dur.
ing the coming twelvemonth.
was in Seattle a few days ago. l
heard the jingle jangle of tuneful
sleigh.bells. In fancy, I gazed on
picture of Old Wins ter az he appears in
New York State. Then, in reality, 1
saw . pretty "cu,ter" with the regu-
lation buffalo robes. Methoughs I
would enjoy . sleigh-ride once again.
IS in days gone by. asked the driver
what the fare was. He replied, Eight
dollars An hour" My dream Was
shattered into atoms. l meditated,
p0n0ereo, walked. cussed, then-D0ard.
cd the FIRST train for Olympia.
4 + 4
Senator Piles, in Washington. d. c.,
recently, alighted from . closed car:
risge. After he was out of the vehicle,
the horses became frightened and ran
away. Some newspapers in the Ever.
green State" said that Piles had Q
narrow escape. So perhaps. did Ad.
miral Sampson.only.nine. miles.away.
from being awarded all the honor and
glory at Santiago, but he did not re.
ceive it from the people Of the United
States. "a miss is as good as . mile,"
reads the old saw, and Piles was in no
danger-having slighted safely from
the carriage before the team started to
run-than he would have been, weIe
he asleep in his own home in Seattle.