Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-12-04
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Victoria must be the oldest town
in the world notice they write il
Victoria, Be.
No matter what We do, there is
one class of people who will always
be after us-PoSterity.
1t is said that the pig ran away
from the butcher because he had
heard that prevention was better
than cure.
A Baltimore undertaken advertiSes
free grave with every $75 funeral. "
Inducements to die in Baltimore are
great. but not attractive.
When a man amounts to anything
his mother gets the credit, but no
more is said about the father than
If he were clothier's dummy.
It's nothing but human nature
makes man carry string of fish
down the main thOroughfare. but
push a baby c.rriage up a side street.
The most considerate wife | ever
heard of was a woman who used to
date all her letters IA week or so
ahead, to allow her husband time to
post them.
Even with wireless telegraphy in
use, we have not been informed as
yet, whether Santa Claus will arrive
in an airship Or automobile, this
year or not.
The new Japanese minister of
finance has outlined for his govern
ment programme Of rigid economy,
which does not, presumably, Include
Il cheap war with the United States.
The reason the policeman doesn't
pay his fare on the street-car is
simple, indeed. The conductor finds
it impossible to procure five cents
from copper" Vaudeville pirates,
beware, beware!
A man is liable not to get much
credit in this world. II he is pros
porous people will say he has more
good luck than sense, and if he is un-
prosperous they will say he didn't
have much of either.
Unemployment is grievous, but
there is tendency among manual
laborers to sit down and wait on
Providence or the State for work,
and even to refuse actual jobs if the
rate of pay does not satisfy them.
A thing "hich is legal receives ma
tiOnal sanction, and to-day people
who object to the liquor traffic in
any form are reaping an indirect ad-
vantage from the taxation of the
coLntry which is derived largely
from that source.
| observed at play the other
night, that the poor, deserted wife
who had to take in sewing for q liv-
ing, suffered agOnies in a lovely white
silk gown, with chiffon ruffles, and q
dream of q pearl-colored plush opera
cloak lined with white fur.
1t is sincerely to be hoped that
Gov. COsgrOve will regain his health
so as to take oath of Office at the
proper time. The Lord knows we
don't want Mead to continue in Of
tice--growling and raising Ned about
his " BOssy" another term.
Be firm, be bold, be strong, be true,
And dare to stand alone;
Stand for the right what e'er you do,
Though helpers there be none.
Stand tor the right, and with clean hands
Exalt the truth ON high,
Thou II find warm, sympathizing hearts
Among the passers-by.
To the activities of the inventor
there is no end. One enterprising
individual has applied for a patent
for improvements in and relating
to toys for cats" This opens up a
very wide field indeed. Why not
chest protectors for canaries, or
safety razOrs for seals?
Three hundred and twenty-one
Massachusetts towns are to plant
trees upon tracts of land at the in
stance of the State Forester. Other
States denuded of timber should fol-
low the excellent example. The move
ment is one fraught with vast i'm
portance to the American of the fu-
ture.
Local conditions often lead to
houses being built of most curious
materials. Rhyolite, Nevada, has a
house built from bottles, with barn
and fence built of barrel slaves. In
the early days of this mining camp,
wood could not be obtained for love
nor money. and until recently lum-
bcr cost over 5000 per 1000 feet.
Beer, however, was brought in
wholesale in barrels and bottles. and
the owner of the property used his
ingenuity in buildinga home Of the
elnpties. "
Men who, standing or walking,
Ogle women or make comments about
them, audible to the victims, should
be sent to Jail. 1t may be we'll to
try the fine as a remedy at first, but
a Jail sentence, coupled with hard
labor, is what q culprit of this kind
deserves. The Offense is so con-
temptible that those who commit it
should be publicly degraded, if that
is possible. Care ought to be exer-
cised to avoid injustice to the harm
less loiterer, but the masher should
be shown no mercy.
No woman can equal Hetty Green
in keeping things-particularly old
things. They say she has been wear
ing one pair of Eyeglasses for nearly
a quarter of century you need not
commence figuring her age) the metal
part having been broken countless
times and the lenses have been
clipped all this time to keep them in
repair. All sorts of inducements
have been held out to drive her to