Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-01-31
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\ shiftlrSS man is never too shift
less 10 invent EXCUSES.
The law of newspaper libel in the
United States is fearful and won
dcrful thing.
After asking How $ all the folks?
the Subjcct for conversation with kin
folks is exhausted.
Smile when you go out for Il walk,
and it will be surprising how many
pleasant people you will meet.
Rainier. Ogn.. has Il saloon called
the New Goose" No doubt many
geese visit this drinking resort.
An Olympia man has been charged
with train robbcry-he stepped on a
lady's dress on Main street, recently.
| dom believe in the old saw: If
you want anything done well you
must always do il yourself How
about getting your hair cut?
Recently a lecturer in Seattle gave
utterance to the following: All
along the untrOdden paths of the flu
ture we can See the hidden footprints
of an unseen hand"
\ man can always make woman
believe he loves her if he remembers,
when he writes if he is going to see
her, to ask her to wear Il certain
dress that she knows she looks pretty
in.
The Missouri Horticultural So
cicty have endorsed the apple bios
som rs the National flower. Can
anyone suggest anything more beau
tlful than this? | think not. say,
all hail the pretty apple-blossom!
Exchanges claim the Seattle Times
is Senator Ankeny's press agent in
Washington. If true, perhaps the
Timfs thinks the present time u
g"f'fcH opportunity to exploit the
virtues OF the Walla Walla banker.
A Vienna correspondent states
that the dispute over the possession
of MOzart's skull has been settled in
favor of the town of Salzburg. Gee!
I'm SO glad it was settled before the
magazines undertook to do
it..
A browning beach. biting wind,
Raln-dripping clouds, bad weather.
let. IN my sight, all things were right,
For we were there-together.
Deep azure skies, the ocean sleeps,
The air Is sweet and mellow,
But feel old, and glum and cold,
She's with -anotlpr fellow,
President Roosevelt is a warm AL.
nirer of Germany and the German Em-
paror, with whose character Mr.. Roose.
welt possesses much in common, -. Wasb.
iagton Times.
Wonder if the German Emperor
has sent Teddy any sauerkraut, and
has Teddy sent the Emperor o Teddy
bear?
He; Do you love me well enough
to become my wife,"
She: " | think | do, but | must
have all the money | want, and |
must always have my own way. and
20 when and where l want to, and
,qmo home when l please and stay
lway when | please. Yes, | really |
10 love you well enough to marry
yOu."
James ]. Hill says that the coun-
Try needs above everything else is
he rest-cure, and that people should
20 to sleep for good, long time and
wake up with both eyes open. A
nan who has no more gumption than
o 90 to sleep, even for q short time,
y one of Hills coaches. whom riding
n the Great Northern Railroad, If
ep0rtS as to the roadbed are true. is
far bigger fool than the historical
thompson colt.
| have known people, strict church
by the way-who do not
hink people who earn their bread
nd butter by amusing the public
re tit to live, and they would lift up
heir hands in holy horror if they
now their daughter and sister had
larried o stage performer but pco-
10 who hold such bigoted views OF
heatrical people deserve to have one
tho profession as q son-in-law.
on't-cher-knOw.
In q New England gravey ard
here has lately been discovered an
Ditaph which leaves a wider scope
'r imagination of the reader than
lmost any other which GOULD be
A perSOn straying through
ne little graveyard stopped to read
ne words on an old slate stone slab.
wo winged heads were carved above
ne epitaph:
lere lies the remains Of Mary Ann Pratt.
lords are wanting to say what;
hink what good woman should be;
he was that,
A gaunt, peaked-face, wild.eye,
nkempt hair, hungry-looking indi-
idual, managed some how or other
, get in the den Of John Miller Muir.
by, editor OF the STANDARD, Mon
~ afternoon, and handed the manu-
'ript Of poem to him, with the re-
uest that it be published. After
lr. Murphy had finished reading the
fusion, he asked:
" Have you submitted this poem
the Ne'cs, the Oiympian, the Re
nter, or the ChrOnicle?"
The gaunt, peaked-face, wild-eye,
exempt hair, hungry-looking indi.
dual quickly answered: No"
" Then, said Mr.. Murphy, "how
it you have black eye and walk
/ crutches?'
The poem was not published.
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A Boon That Wealth Does Not Give. .
While in Seattle recently, I saw in :
street-car a poorly dressed young
oman, too young to be matronly,
10 tired to seem girlish. She car