Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-08-06

DRIFTwOOD
BY CUE F. VERNON.


The best known diamond the ace.
A cities greatest asSct-a network
of good roads.
Saloons in Omaha, Neb.. now close
at : T. VI. daily.
Some men never look for work
where they are apt to find it.
Lyman J. Gage, former Secretary
of the Treasury, lives in San Diego.
California.
\ woman who never marrics misses
the greatest opportunity of her life
to be a martyr
The photographer ought to be 4
very popular man, for he is always
asking his patrons to smile.
1t is said Nero killed thousands
just to hear the death-rattle III their
throats. He may have had baby to
amuSe
Il know every rock in these
waters said a Puget Sound captain
the ship then bumped -" and that 5
one of 'em.
Say, young fellow, when you apply
for a marriage license in this State
now. you Il have to tell the whole
story OF your life-so HE to Canada,
see?
Little Johnnie: And did they
go into the ark two by two?'
Mamma: Yes, dearest"
Little Johnnie: well, who went
in with auntie?"
An Olympia man S wages were cut
down ten per cent. Hi, wife told
him it made no difference, as she
knew where she could buy lots of
things marked down 80 per cent.
If there is anything a woman hates
to see man attempt other than
baking bread, as a rule, it is that of
hubby" rummaging through her
trunk to find long-fOrgotten collar
button.
attended a play the other night,
but did not enjoy it. Two women
sitting in front of me kept comment
ing in a derogatory manner about
the dress worn by a woman across
the aisle,
Starfish: You don't seem to
have much to say about domestic
affairs"
Klam: "That'S just where you
are mistaken. have a great deal
to say, but l never get Il chance to
say it,"
Good roads means advancement.
thrift and spirit of progressive
ness that is bound to win. 1t means
prosperity for the farmer and when
the tiller of the soil more than makes
both ends meet, the city tributary
benefits proportionately.
"The instrument that | shall use
at your house tomorrow evening,
Mr.. SwelltOp, is over two hundred
years old. said the violinist, proud.
ly.
MIR. Swelltop: "Its good enough
Mr.. Bow. No one will knOH the
difference
If the insurance policies held by c.
d. Hilman, the owner of the wrecked
steamer Yosemite, covering the yes
sci, are of no more value than some
Of the deeds to lots sold Seat tie pat
rOns in his Garken of Eden addition
as has been claimed, he will fare sor,
of bad, financially.
Think Of our cool summers and thu
summers of roast-One- alive away bacl
East. Why, I'd rather live on Puge
Sound under q tree and subsiSt OF
clans only, the remainder of my life
than to live in the hell-furnace hea
Of an Eastern State and eat terra
pin. Puget Sound for me.
Here is something good. Tn
business men of Omaha will not bt
bulldozed by the universal card sys
tenn advocated by organized labo
unions. Hurrah for Omaha. Tn
men composing the Building Trade
Council in Omaha desire members Q
all trades to have a universal carr
: and show it when they go on a job.
No doubt the subscribers to tn
Payaliup Valley Tribune are thankft
that the stOrk does not visit tn
. home of the editor of that journ;
often, if compelled to wade throug
an "all gush and two columns wide
editorial, pertaining to the birth of
girl baby at his house, as was pub
lished in the Payalimp Valley TiJu,
recently.
$ Says Judge S. A. Mann, of Sp'
kane:
: 1.-The cigarette law may be a goo
law, but am in great doubt whether
will stand the test. 1t is unfortuna
that some person who has the none
, will not contest the law. The cigaret
II law is in the nature Of a farce, like
great many laws included in the ne
Code"
Certainly its farce, exactly " Ill
great many laws included in Il
a new code and the Judge is "evel
inch Mann, for SO declaring.
In order to cure her husband
mania for card playing, a lady in Ch