Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-07-31
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the Big Stick are coming to an end
far as being President is concerned
We will have a Democrat for PreSi
dent, during the next term, and hi
name will be William Jennings Bryan
of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Some man East has invented
musical bed. The occupant lie
down. and releases a spring whicl
sets musical box in motion, and tn
apparatus gets busy as long as de
sired. 1t looks as if flat-life were t,
have one more terror.
Lepers will salute battleships with
fireworks display.-P.-I.
Far better that those unfortunat,
beings be saluted themselves by the
battleships. But the elephant
must be fawned upon even by those
poor devils who are a living death
lepers.
1t has been decided by the Ad
miralty that the naval pigeon lofts
at Portsmouth. England, are to be
abolished. From reading English
telegraphic news to New York
papers, it seems an unfortunate mo.
ment to choose for swelling the ranks
of England's unemployed.
A gentleman who attempted to
small Pomeranian puppy
into the United States, at New York
recently, in the breast-pocket of his
overcoat, was detected through the
dogs barking in the presence of a
Customs officer. The man was fined
$lo, and the dog was warmly compli-
mented on its honesty.
This is q damn hot day." as the
remarked to his cOngrega-
tion when beginning his sermon.
He afterwards explained that the re-
mark he had made would be the SUBJ
ject of his sermon, as he had heard a
man say it as he was coming to
He probably repeated the
words the next day when his congre-
cation fired him.
Senator Ankeny Tries to Talk
to Seattle Men," is a heading in
the P-I, announcing an address
given by Ankeny in the Queen City.
AS John L. Wilson, through his news
paper, the P.-I., talks to men every
blessed day in the year, it must have
been a delightful mental repast to
Seattleites to listen to the Walla
Walla banker-senator. Anyhow il
was change.
Texas has furnished the big Secretary
of War with pair of trousers made
from one ram. California, by cutting
down one or two of those big redwood
trees, might make him a chair.-Atlantd
Constitution.
After making a meal from one OF
our salmon, the Secretary would have
no use for his Texas trousers, but
the California chair would be handy
for him to rest in after his repast,
you know.
Why doesn't the Post t-hteUigence,
change its hyphen name-plate tC
that of Seattle POST" thus doing
away with the too long, ugly and
miserable looking name Mteliigencer
How much neater would the plate
Seattle Post be! The readers and ad.
mirers of the reliable and faithful
Post-Intelligencer would welcome the
change. Besides, how many folk
now remember the weekly, So The In.
telligencer, published in Seattle dur
ing Territorial days. Few. indeed.
President Jacob Furth, of the
Seattle Electric Company, gave a
free Street-car ride to one hundred
and fifty children, the little friends
of Mrs. Emma Goldberg, president OF
a charitable institution, known as
the Settlement Society" Jacob is
now entitled, after doing this costly
affair (as he has not attended a circus
Tor fifty years, he had the money to
assume all the expenses, bless your
hearD tOa pair wings and a golden
crown, along with the regulation
angel harp. Extravagant, throw his.
money-away! Ugh.
The quick lunch is going out OF
fashion. Business men are gradually
waking up to the fact that bOlting
the midday meal in the shortest pos,
sible time Goes not agree with them.
a little while ago, the man of busi-
ness was seldom absent from his
desk more than half an hour at noon
and in the busiest part of the season,
scarcely more than ten or fifteen
minutes. Many indeed had their
luncheons sent to their office, or paid
a flying visit to a "quick-lunch coun.
ter" for q sandwich and q cup ol
coffee. But things are altering now
the business mans lunch-time has
grown from thirty minutes to an
hour and sometimes more.
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The murder of Marion Frank
Bright by his partner Ernest B.
Randall, near Inlay. S. D., recently,
because of Randall's infatuation for
Bright's wife, is not the old story OF
women and wine," nor is society
woman connected with it. The fact
of the matter is this: Six years ago,
at Everett, Randall and Bright were
caught stealing chickens and killed a
man. Randall was arrested, but got
out of Jail in some manner and fled
to Inlay, S. D., where he worked as
a hired man for Bright. Bright
knew Randall was in love with Mrs.
Bright, but could not discharge
him, as Randall would inform the
authorities as to who killed the man
the night of the chicken stealing
Yet it seems Mrs. Bright spurned
Randall's attention. and to revenge
himself, Randall killed Bright. Sc
this is not case of cold bottle
and bird but one of love anC
common, everyday, barnyard chick.
ems. with farmers wife playing the
leading role instead, as is usually the