Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-02-01
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BY LUE F. VERNON
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Large bricks and Jumps of gold, my boy,
Is not of world, the whole,
What man wants on Earth, right now,
Is sack of precious coal.
Say, listened to several talks by
members of the Legislature yesterday,
and do you know, that collectively,
their brain effusions did not correspond,
in one way, particularly, to our capitol
buildings"
"In what particular way, pray?"
why the capitol building shows
its grey matter on the outside"
Then l stepped into a saloon to see
a man-the bartender.
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"The Post t.Intelligencer will be glad to
have its readers write short letters to the
editor on current topics that are inter-
esting to them. Readers ideas shortly
and civilly exprest benefit any news
paper."-P.-I.
1t is evident editor Brainerd doesn't
imagine himself the "man who knows
it ALL" If more newspapers would
follow the P..L in this matter, such
publications would be more interest
ing. The P.-L is o X in everything
except the way its ideas are exprest.
1t can't "Josh" (Billings) the peple in
that respect.-ED.l
Recently when the ground was
snow.covered and everything frozen
hard, made spare picking for the birds.
A big.hearted woman, whom l esteem
it q special honor to number among
my friends, was in the habit every
morning of sprinkling the snow and
frozen ground with wheat, crumbs and
the leavings of the table. And to all
those who love the birds 1 give this
admonition: "Go thou and do like.
wise; cast thy crumbs upon the hard,
frozen ground, and after many days
they will return unto YOU"
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A mau approached me day or 80
ago with this remark: "You have
arrived at the ago in life when you
ought to join the Christian side and
make preparations for the future"
have known the man for a number of
years and his whole aim has been to
make money, grasping after the al.
mighty dollar, just as if there was
nothing in this life but money. A
man OF this kind has no right to give
advice. There is nothing in his char
acter that would imply that his vision
ever extended beyond this world.
People who give advice should set an
example.
Every neighborhood scandal is US.
ually started by q woman. If none
exists they will invent one. The
characters OF innocent people are
besmeared by these gossip. .mongers
aud incalculable harm done. These
busy and insinuating tongues, whose
edge Is sharper than the sword. are
the pest of every neighborhood. They
will take the slightest circumstance
and construct the biggest kind of q
scandal that has no existence, only in
their diseased imsginations. The pur.
est and best people are not safe from
their shafts of malice. In fact, it is
innocent people who suffer most from
these low vipers.
There is popularity about corns,
bunions and other uncomfortable pedal
protuberances, that they are among
the almost inersdicable ills that flesh
is heir TO. You can reap your corn
with . sharp scythe or sickle, and
bless your stars that you are cornless.
But in . week or two it bobs up again
to disturb your serenity. It is said
that even Mother Eddy's followers
can't cure corns. No one can imagine
he hasn't got q corn. Even an affi-
davit to that effect would be inopera.
tive, especially If it was q tender corn.
Those who object to the habit Of
swearing are willing to except the man
whose corn is trodden upon, for it is
his time to swear.
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If the Post st-Intslligencer would drop
its hyphen name it would be doing
itself and the public at large, . favor.
It is an ugly name in print. besides
the word Intelligencer contains thir.
teen letters. which people of super.
stitious belief claim 10, in itself .
boodoo. Now, who knows but what
the word Intelligencer was the very
identical thing which defeated John
L. Wilson from representing the Ever
green State in the halls OF the United
States Senate, in Washington, d. c.,
instead of Samuel Piles, not long ago9
II Wilson should in the future become
. candidate for the Office OF United
States Senator-and it is not at all
unlikely-let him take heed, be warned,
and cut out the miserable, thirteen.
lettered word from his newspaper.
Anyhow, why wouldn't tho Seattle
Post fill the billi It would appear
more pleasing to tho eye, besides il.
lustrating in reality, more OF the Sc.
attic spirit"-brevity in business.
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The Board of Charities in Chicago
declare that large per cent. of the