Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-08-20
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The Los Angeles Times wants to
know what has become Of the little
boy with the red-tOp boots. This is
easy He is taking young ladies out
for " joy-ride' these days.
\ California man was sentenced
to the penitentiary for seven years
because he married ten women.
Many man has received longer
sentence for not marrying one.
4
\ steward in London was severely
bitten by a sutfragette, whom he was
trying to eject from Il meeting. The
latest demand is Bites for Wo-
men, male stewards preferred.
4 reliable publication in the Eas; states
that "A ST Louis Judge resigned from the
bench and salary of $500 "A month. To
sweep streets at 81 so day. How do you
suppose that kind of a man ever became
a judge ge?-Los An3eIes Times.
That is easy BY brushing and
dusting the political bee" so to
speak
When mention is made TO prOhi.
bi tionists, wine should not be used
at communion, they will tell you it
isn't felmented. Gee! Whether fer
mented, or not. it made Lot drunk
as h. Can you gain say this, Mr..
Prohibiiionist, if you believe the
Bible?
A patient and ingenious black
smith in Hungary recently sent
present to the Emperor of Austria,
a horseshoe. a pair of pincers, a file
and knife, all ingcniously nailed to
a goOse's egg, with minute nails,
without the egg being broken. The
Emperor forwarded in return his
photograph, gold medal and thirty
ducatS.
Thank God that many of our most
beautiful women are still among our pur-
est and best. living great lives. rearing
children in the fear of God and as staunch
as was Santa Monica. - Los Angeles
Times.
According to this many of our
ugly women are Still among our low
est and worst, living wretched lives,
raising children to worship the
devil, and are as weak as was Eve.
These two Squibs' are taken
from the "W. c. T. U. Column"
published in the Ncws- E.raminer. of
Centralia:
Alcohol is the largest factor in the oaus.
alton of teeble-minded imbecile children
II should always be classed as poison
The Search,gt.
The .Searchlight, by all means,
should drink a copious draught for
writing such wilful lie
excelled the English printers because
1 would not drink beer.-Ben Franklin.
There are printers to-day, "slugs"
at that, who are half-shOt" most of
the time, and full as boiled owl"
the rest, on beer and whiskey, who
would make Ben look like Canadian
half-dime with six holes in it, as far
as eXcelled' is concerned in these
days.
Edward McCann, inspector of po-
lice of Chicago, has been indicted by
the grand jury ON five counts of brib-
cry. His bail was fixed at $40, 900.
The indictments charged that he
took bribe of 1850 from five keepers
of disOrderly houses in the Windy
City. State Attorney, Mr.. Wayman,
of Illinois, purposes to investigate
every police division in the city, in
Guiding, as his friends say: THE
red light district of the South Side,
and the segregated zone of vice on
the North Side. Chicago, these
moral reform" days is not the only
city in the United States with u red
light" district in one part, and a
segregated zone of vice" in another.
Ugh!
mo person should eat any salt water
fish from June ! until August 10. They
are all wOrIny." The foregoing warning
has been sent out by Captain H. c. Schii.
ling. of the Pioneer Fish Market. an au.
thOrity OH the lives of the denizens of the
deep. Fresh water fish are all right"
says Captain S0hiiling, "but no one who
of the salt water kind until after August
10. ! have always refused to sell them to
my customers and during the Summer
months will handle nothing but those
taken from fresh water."-!San Diego Union
What have our fishermen to say
about the foregoing? 1t is worthy
of investigation. We don t want to
eat wormy" fish-apples are bad
enough!
lAnd right here it is noted that
there are trees of cherries in Olym-
pia, whose fruit is infested with
wOrms-each cherry containing one
of the nauseating maggOts.
Some people have exceedingly re-
tentive memories and others are dull
in this respect. | may envy the
man who can keep everything to his
mind he means to do-all his en-
gagements and promises and what
not; but | certainly do not respect
him, for he never can be one who is
fitted to get through deal of work.
Nor is he man Of sorrows and ac-
quainted with grief; even our cares,
if not overwhelming, assist us in our
struggle with the world. Nature
seems to throw down trouble before
us that she may test what we are
worth, and the brave man picks up
the gauntlet and goes on conquering
and to conquer. The world is now a
busy one, however, that if a man
tells you he has splendid memory
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