Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-09-06

| OSlIItli IldS IL COppcf-lllltu StOlllucl.
a millionaire has the tin. a swind-
Ter is as slippery as quicksilver. and
Il borrower has brass.
1t is announced from Washington
that the Department of Justice has
| found an old statute under which
Mr.. Hartman may be imprisoned
for merging the Union Pacific and
Central Pacific The statute under
which the same gentleman may be
Iugged for contributing Il quarter OF
II million dollars to help elect the
present occupant of the White House
has not yet been discovered.
An Olympia man has programme
of a minstrel performance given in
Spokane Falls during Territorial days.
wherein the wife of ex-senator John
l.. Wilson is billed to sing q vocal Sc
lection. Nothing alarming about this,
only | have thought if John l.. Will
son could sing himself, he might
find it far better. as IL lever, to open
the Senate door in Washington. ID.
c.. which don't seem to bulge an
inch from his talking"
Swedish railway waiting rooms are
provided with cOuches, and porters
go around and wake SlumbererS ten
minutes before the train is to start.
In the United States, patrons of rail
roads, generally, have to wake up the
agent, ask his permission to wal. ten
minutes in the depot ere the train is
due. beg him to sell him a ticket, and
would as soon think of robbing the
company'S safe as to dream of enter
ing the toilet room, which is always
locked tight, rs rule
Pants are made for men and not
| for women. Women are made for
men and not for pants. When a
man pants for a woman and woman
pants for man, they are Il pair of
pants. Such pants dom t last. Pants
are like syrup, they are thinner in
hot weather and thicker in cold
Men are often mistaken in pants,
such mistakes are breeches of prom
iSe. There has been much discus
sion whether pants is singular or
| plural. Seems to me when men wear
pants it is plural. and when they
don wear pants it is singular. Men
90 ON tear in their pants, and it is
all right, when the pants 90 on a
| tear it is all wrong. If you want to
make pants last. make the coat first.
She always kept the salt and
pepper shakers filled and plenty OF
soap in the bathroom" Such is the
homely, but expressive, tribute that
is to be cut on the tombstone of a
Missouri woman. She may have
made plated skirts for the Fiji Island
crs. but not till after she had sewed
the buttons on her husbands shirt.
darned the socks for the family, and
taken ScrupulouS care to have her
children looking as tidy and happy
as an orphan asylum on holiday
parade Rescue homes and charity
hazars had no attraction for her
mind like the duties of her own
household. The salt and the soap,
cmblems of purity and cleanliness,
are Indicative of life that was care
full. thoughtful, useful.
Seattle has q Public Market.
was down there recently. and pur-
chased "A dozen nice. sound and
fresh pears, for fifteen cents dozen.
imagined had bargain. Three
of the pears | could see, each and
every one of the others were wrapped
in paper covers. Eight of the pears
would have been an insult to a garb.
age can, had offered to place them
therein. They were dccayed, rotten
and unit for the sewer. Seattle pat
rons of the Public Market should in
SiSt and require farmers and huck-
Stcrs to openly display their fruit So
they may see what they are buying
for if many buyers were served as
was, the Public Market will see them
no more When | go down to Sc.
attic. after this, |, when patrOnizins &
the Public Market, will see what |
am getting before pay for it, That S
all.
Olympia Beer" It's the water.
1t comforts the sick and cheers the
strong. 1t brightens the star of
Hope, SO that the eyes of the sad
may look upon its glory and forget
for aye the troubles of this earth
1t adds luster to the charms OF
beauty. and impartS to the pale
check II blush that rivals the eastern
sky heralding to the waking west
the arrival of the solar god. 1t gives
to passiOnleSs eyes life, SO that they,
too, may see this joyous world and
rcvel in its splcndor. 1t tingleS the
torpid blood of the coward, and makes
him anxious for deeds of valOr, and
stirs, like marital music, the hearts
of the brave. 1t makes old age for
get its intirmities, and takes it back
to days when life was full of vigor,
snap and sunshine. Here's to great,
grand, divine Olympia beer. It's
the water.
So Goldic. Your little canary. and
such sweet singer, is dead! 1t was
a fine bird, towel worth the 81
you paid for it, But | don't wonder
it died You would keep it hung up
near the ceiling. That is why so
many birds die off. They shouldn t
be kept up high at all Their cages
should he on tables. not hooks. Up
near the ceiling the air of Il room is
very bad, especially at night, if you
burn oil or gas, the air is insupport-
able up there. For an experiment,
stand on table some night, with
your head ut the usual bird-cage' s
height, and take Whit of the at
mosphcrc. 1t will Impress you. And
particularly in rooms where smoking
goes on-you know how smoke, like
all other impurities, mounts. 1t is
bad to hang birds high. Why can t
the world remember the old catch:
Birds hung high,