Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-03-27
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urcSSmdker fault.
The price of paints has gone up
No wonder women are agitating fol
the vote.
Providence tempers the wind t
the shorn Lamb. " That is why Christ
mas comes out once year.
The best cure | know of for pail
of crutches is to get a good fat judg
mcnt against Il railway company.
A horse is left unattended. al
automobile comes along, and away il
goes. Better take no chances. anC
always tie or weight your horse OIL
/ team.
am surprised" said an O!ym
i pia woman to Il man the other after.
noon. that you cannot give up to
bacco. And am surprised, re-
Piled the man, that you canno,
| give up corSctS.
Customer Gin Olympia grocery
store): How much is your butter
pound?'
Olympia Groceryman: Do you
mean sweet butter, dairy cream but
ter, ranch butter, fine butter. best
butter, or butter?'
The insect sees the tiny mite
And eats him as its natural right;
The chicken sees the insect fair
And dimes upon him then and there;
Man eats the chicken if he can,
And such is natures wondrous plan
nj ma ,.t
Is swallowed up by some big trust.
The leading lawyers in Chicago all
pay the highest praise to James
Hamilton Lewis. They claim the
plea made by Mr.. Lewis, which
cleared Mrs. Mcdonald, of that city,
from the charge of murder, was the
most masterful and eloquent one
ever heard in the Windy City"
President Roosevelt, amongst his MANY
other outdoor accomplishments, is very
skillful in the Use of the lasso. He once
rescued a relative from drowning by
lassoing him as he struggled in the
water, and dragging him the land.-Er.
Teddy II " be proficient in the use
Of the lasso, but he must yet prac-
tice and work hard at it, too, if he is
successful in "roping" the nomina-
ton for TAFT.
In the Good Old United States, 1"
is the title of a patriotic song, pub
lished by the Thompson Music Co.,
26S Wabash Avenue, Chicago. To
hear it sets your blood a tingling.
The words make Old Glory appear
more loveable as you gaze on it, and
the music has sparkling sound. Vo-
calists are singing it in all vaudeville
show-shops and from the wild APP
plause given the song, it conclusive
ly shows the public admire a song of
quality.
Is the Civil Service suffering from
mental paralysis, senilc decay, or
teething rash? The following APP
peared in daily paper recently, I'M
der the heading Situations Want
ed'
Young man, twenty-five years Of
age. late Civil Service clerk, now in
good health
After such disturbing innuendo
it is high time public confidence was
restored by medical examination of
the individuals who play eight hours
a day for their countrys good.
Seattle preachers insist that thea
tiers in that city shall be closed Sum
day. never could understand why
ministers of the gospel, who work on
Sunday themselves-for they get
paid to preach on that day and it is
the way they make living for
themselves and families-want to de-
prive other mOrtalS who must sup
port themselves and families, by in
vOking the law to force them to
stop work on Sunday. The minister,
if he is sincere and earnest, should
set the example first himself, by
closing his church on Sunday, thus
practicing in reality what he de-
clares himself is wrong,
Sadakichi Hartman, an art critic.
lecturer and author, in an address
delivered in Pittsburg, Pa. lately.
said that the time is coming when
America will be advancing in indi-
viduality among its people, just as
the Older countries of the world are.
BY this it will be possible to tell
from what State or section of the
United States a man comes by his
personal appearance, physical form
and by his manner of dress. From
the appearance and manner of dress
OF thousands of unemployed men in
the United States to-day, Sadakichi
would have to read his lines most
thorough if he could positively de-
clare from what State many stoney-
broke workingmen hail, just about
now.
In Olympia lives an old German
who has two dogs, of which he is
very fond. One is a pup, while the
other is quite old; but, as some
times occurs with dogs of different
breeds, the old dog is much smaller
than the six months old puppy.
Dere vas Something's funny apoud
dem dogs alretty," said their owner,
who was showing them to me the
other day, DOT leedlest dog vas de
biggest. His worthy wife, really
ing that her husband had not made
the point quite clear, thought that
She had better come to his assist
ance.
Yous must EXCUSE mine hus-
band, " she said, De Englash lang
uidch he knows not goodt. Vot mean
he ish dat de youngest tOg vas de