Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-10-25

| fail to see in any way they resemble
one another, and cannot imagine why
you make such an assertion. | con
slider the two towns are as different
as day and night. May ask in what
way they seem alike to you?'
First Man: Certainly. TO sleep
TEX" Rickard, formerly saloon.
keeper at Seattle. and wcll-known
sporting man, is now promoting a
new railroad. to connect Goldtield
Fly and Northern Nevada. The
Smelter Trust and the Western Pa.
cific are reported as backing the
scheme. Tex" is a prominent man
in Goldticld and is heavily interested
in both Ely and Goldfcld. Gee,
building railroad beats wiping
glasses and keeping the cigar-lightel
in trim.
AttorneyGeneral Bonaparte says
" An attempt to commit II capital
crime ought to be made itself capi-
tai, and should render the offender
liable, in discretion of the court, to
the death penalty" If this was the
law there would not be SO many
murders. When murdercrs know
for certain that they will be hung, if
proven guilty of murder. they will
hesitate before taking another per
son S life, in the contented and easy
manner they do now.
Moike."
Phwat is it, Pat?'
Shposin was to have ft?"
"YiS."
An yez had point of whisky?'
Would yez kneel down and put
the bottle to me lips?'
Nivcr a bit would Oh. "
Yez wouldn't?"
No. | would bring yez to We,
fate quicker be shtandin' up in front
of yez and drinkin it mesilf.'
Isn't it just something horrible tt
have a bottle of Wilson'S, That,
All" in your possession with a not,
reading: BE sure and hand this tC
pa, when you are just dying, SO to
speak, for drop for thy stomach
sake" and your flask is empty, anG
there is absolutely not a ghost of ;
chance to procure u wee bit" until
lhe train reaches Portland. | say
isn't it horrible? That is if yor
drink. OF course if you are a prohi
bitionist there the water cooler
for you in the end of the car.
That advertiser in the Olympi;
News must have a picturesque imag
ination who announces that On the
bay" he has "a 7-rOOm house, 2 lots
and all kinds of fruit nicely papered
and painted On first impression,
one can readily see that u location
out on the bay affords an ample op
pOrtunity to paint all kinds o
fruit" in water colors, and the result
would be such as to probably give as
much satisfaction as the monkey
artistic effort in sky-blue that elicit
cd grunt of satisfaction when ht
pronounced it meat but not gaudy.'
Cats are treated in a far more
civil and respectable manner, than
are the over worked hired girls, en-
ployed in many private families. Nc
wonder so many young girls are
crOwding cities. Those painted.
faced, dog-lOving, kalsomined women,
who by some great streak of luck,
happened to marry Il man who af
fords them to have that which theil
own mother never had1a hired CIR
seem to derive pleasure from see
ing Il hired girl bend over q wash
tub, coupled with a red-hOt stove, all
day, whom they are ready to faint at,
if she asks fair pay for fair work.
San Francisco dailieS keep mum as
a clam as regard the plague in theil
city. DR.. Blue. the U. S. Health OF
ficer in charge of the anti-plague
campaign has announced, according
to the Associated Press, the other
day, the employment of 100 men to
aid the work of sanitation and other
information with regard to new
cases and deaths. The silence of San
Francisco newspapers is worse than
stupid. 1t will do no good and is
far more likely te excite than to
allay alarm. The readers of Frisco"
papers, and the public OF large, are
entitled to full information as regard
the plague.
If farmer raised q thousand bush
els of wheat and wheat was worth &
dollar a buShel, his crop would b,
worth thousand dollars. Ifhe sole
it and got the money he would have
Il thousand dollars to do business on
If, however, he dribbled it out to q
thousand different people and waited
a year for his pay he would not bt
able to do any business, but would
be compelled to 60 out of business
and join the great army of Money.
less Men. A newspaper does busi
ness on the latter plan. 1t has, how.
ever, to pay for stock and materia
every thirty days, as a rule. Th,
situation is easily figured and you
can draw VOur own conclusion