Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-08-02

l. "iS iiiitu E-V. Willie lIlt white men
were each taxed so. The police
testified that Cook had " educated
fingers. From recent reports from
the Queen City, there are Il number
OF white men with educated fingers
who have not been captured. as yet,
by the police, in Seattle.
Training is everything; the peach
was once bitter almond cauillower
is nothing but cabbage with a college
education. .''-Nark 7'pain.
See here, Mark, because a cauli-
flower has " bugs" and is placed in
salt water before using. as rule, is
no sure sign that each and every one
of the vegetable in question, is Il
graduate of the Chicago University.
Not on your tin-type. Mark.
The Times of Seattle refers tC
other evening journals published in
the Queen City, as guttcrSnipc
papers. 1t is not SO many years
ago that the Times was Il small pub
lication itself. At present - so a
resident of Seattle informed me,
when on visit to Olympia the other
day-while a copy of the Times may
not be discovered in Seattle cutters.
it is frequently seen in the garbage
| can.
A couple of Olympia lovers of rod
and line have new method of
catching fish. and they claim it is
the " best yet. \ tiny mirror is
attached to the line near the hook.
The assumption is that fish, when
it sees itself in the mirror. concludes
that some other fish is trying to
carry off the bait, and will make
haste to secure the tempting morSel
for itself. the result being that it
will speedily be caught on the relcnt-
less hook. Results by the two fisher
men seem to prove that there is some
foundation for this assumption.
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When editor Braincrd of the P.-L
dips his pen into the ink bottle there
is no flies in it, and the pen doesn t
scratch, as the following paragra pl
devoted to cditor-in-chief Blethen,
of the Seattle Times. proves:
"The Times, that amiable. sweet tenn
pered and courteous journal, saws that
this newspaper refers to the editor OI
the Times by innuendo. He flatters
| himself. This newspaper, when it has
to make the reference, always refers to
skunk a. a skunk, not as pole-cat
No innuendo here.
Phew! Gracious. We should think
not.
This from a Seattle paper, contains
the truth:
" | understand. said a clergyman
from out of town to Rev Nj. "A. Mat.
thews yesterday. that you will not
be required to preach tomorrow and
you will be able to take a rest
Rest nothing" =" was the response
/ will have to do worse than preach
| will have to listen.
From this, it seems, Rev. NJ. A.
Matthews, himself, is quite familiar
with the humdrum. wcariSOme har.
ranguc Labeled ont each Sunday by
other preachers.
Elder j. Nj. Webb. negro preach
er in Seattle. says the Christian En-,
deavorcrS. during the recent con-
vention i'll the Queen City. diScrim-
mated against his race, and declares
that the EndeavorerS should exclude
negro members from their aSSocia-
ton because they cannot be treated
with the same consideration rs white
workers The preacher also says:
1t is queer the white man cannot
associate with the black man with
true brotherly love especially when
the white man is descended from the
black Elder Webb claims that
Christ WAS Il black man.
The Democratic cry. during tn,
next Presidential campaign, must b'
the preservation of the constitution
and the government of the land un
der sane Interpretation of its pro
visions. That and the other grea
Democratic doctrine of u tariff fO
revenue and not to build up blood
sucking trusts. must be the prevail
ing issues in 1908. Mere expedienc,
must be laid aside. A return to frs
principles is the urgent demand o
the hour 1t is my belief that Sucl
return will cause many who have de
serted the Democratic party to re
turn and enthusiastically rally aroun'
its leader. The trend Ofevents prove
this.
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Don't Wabble.
There is one sort of man that there j
no place for in the universe, and that i
the wabbler, the man on the fence, VIII
never knows where he stands, who
always slipping about, dreaming, apollo
gizing never, never daring to take firr
stand on anything. Everybody despise
him. He is weakling. Better thou
sand times have the reputation of bein,
eccentric. peculiar and cranky even
than never to stand for anything Sue
cess Magazine.
This is the sort Of talk tha
counts. BE what you are. to-da,
and to-morrOw-any old time.
: you have an opinion declare it abOv
board, and stick to it though tn
price of food doubles and you mus
burn old newspapers instead of coal.
! LrEF. VERNON.
Where Folly Beats Wisdom.
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