Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-02-07

Few persons are as easily fooled by
others as they are themselves.
! If every poor man We're Il philan-
( thropiSt. the rich ones would not b,
+ needed.
Sailing ships should make goo,
war vessels. They have SO mucl
tackle you know.
1t is said the world owes every
man IA living. Bat it taxes more t,
collect it than it ; worth.
have m,re splce in my room
now. The varnish is beginning t.
get Scrapcd off the furniture.
Never tell woman she is pretty
unless YOU mean it. For she will be
lievc you spoke the truth, whether
You do or not.
Good nature is the very air of Il
good mind, the sign of 4 large an(
generous soul and the peculiar sol
in which virtue proSpers.
The largest, most powerful ant
richest of all professions, the law
exists because people will not, OF
cannot, do what they are told.
Women are SO conscientious that
when they are in a bath-tub and the
hired girl tells them that some man
has called to see them, they blush.
Some people, | have observed,
have too much wisdom to be very
happy. A certain amount of ignOr-
ancc is necessary to make things &C
easily.
1t is an odd day that the name OF
sky pilot Matthews, of Seattle, does
not appear in the papers of that city,
whether he eats quail out of season,
roaSts some saloon man, or sprinkleS
the baby.
1t sounds funny, but an Olympia
doctor declares that currantS are
Natures edible black pearls" be-
cause they are delightful sweet
meat, a nouriShing food and Il natural
medicine, all in one.
An Olympia girl is getting to be
quite an enthusiastic piano player.
Toa bad her mother doesn't persuade
her to join the musicians union.
She wouldn't work more than eight
hours day at it then.
In Seattle at the American and
Bismark Cafe, on Sunday, detectives
found that whisky was being served
in tcacups, and arrests followed.
This surely proves the old adagc all
that glitters is not gold.
San Francisco has a tobacco-chewing
wife who is sning for divorce. Well,
let her chew if she chooses though the
habit is not nice one for q wife; there
are lots of wives who do worse things
than that.-1dcOmd Ne:o Herald.
Yes, some even try to cook.
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At least Bryan's name is always good
for q Democratic cheer with q back
ground Of sighs.-Er.
Now substitute in the foregoing,
" Roosevelt Republican" and you
have the bare, naked, plain and un-
vanished truth.
| believe women would make first
class Jurors. No need for long de-
alterations if they were chosen to
give verdicts. In case of failure to
agree it would only be necessary for
some merchant to advertise bar
gain sale, and I'll bet there would be
a verdict before you could wink.
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First Olympia Woman: Docsn t
it make you the least bit envious to
see what elegant furniture Mrs. Put
onairs is putting into her house next
door,"
Second Olympia Woman: Not q
bit. My husband says it will be sold
by the Sheriff within six months
and I'll be there to buy"
Aunt Ito little Freddy: What
dress had your mother on when she
went to the party this EVENING""
Little Freddy: A long, white
short dress.
Aunt: Nonsense, it could not
be long and short at the same time"
Freddy: Eyes, aunty. 1t was
long at the bottom and short at the
top"
81 presume" he said, with an air
of deep thought, that the daily
study of the peculiarities and fea-
lures of meteorological conditions is
responsible in some part for making
the weather-vane. Noticing that
his listeners preserved an unsmiling
silence, he went on to show by argu-
ment and example that undue notice
of any popularity or trait was apt
to make the possessor proud. But
still they demanded a diagram.
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-Four times as many men have ap-
piled for admission to the city Jail dur
ing the first eight days Of this year as
those who have been arrested. More
than 100 men sleep on the cement floors
Of the Jail each night because they have
no money. Last night ia men slept on
the floor Of the Jail cells. So far this
month SS5 men have been given lodging
at tho Jail, while 3l4 men and women
have been arrested"
The foregoing is o news item
clipped from the P.-L, of q re-
cent date. And this is the days of
prosperity" and the "big stick. Z"
Ugh!
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You ought to 60 to the Yukon, 4"
said an Olympia girl the other night
to Mr. Staylate.
Why so?" asked Mr.. Staylate.
They have night there" re-
piled the Olympia girl, two months
long
He went.
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Dresden Germany owns a singu-
lar piece of property. 1t is morn
ing the Dresdener Anzeiger.
This paper, upon the death of its last
proprietor, was willed to the city on
condition that all profits arising
therefrom should be spent upon the
public parks. Last year, $500 o
large playground Of nearly eight
acres was purchased, and it will soon
be ready for use. The paper con-