Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-02-11

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Few men ur women in this life are
satisfied with their gains, no matter
whether they ought to be or not.
! THIS Is marvellous age for money
making if Il man happens to get the
proper opportunity. and is shrcwd
enough to improve it,
There are wolves and vulturcS in
the guisc of humanity who are Just
us savage and rcmorSeleSs as the
beasts and birds of prey.
William butcher, of New York
city, the most eminent bird man in
the United States, says. without
birds, man would perish. This is
why 50 many men indulge III Il
warm bird and cold bottle" no
doubt.
The unfortunate inmates of our
charitable institutions cannot plead
| their own cases, and therefore all
should be done. possible, to anchor
ate their condition, by those in
charge. 1t is too true that - He who
is silent is forgotten.
Eagle Har5or is shipping bridge
tlmberS to San Diego. California, to
be used on the San Diego and Ari-
zona railroad which is being built as
, fast as possible. The road, when
completed. will extend from San
Diego, Cal, to Yuma, Arizona. The
new line is expected 20 be in opera
tion in two years.
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More than $50, 600, 900 worth of
soap is made and sold in the United
States every year, says the Spokane
chronicle. From the personal ap-
pearanceS of a great number of Spo-
kane residents, it is evident that
Spokane merchants handle but little,
if any, of the $50, 900 900 worth of
soap made and sold in the United
States"
Suppose" said the wise orator, though
tits thought stupendous-
Suppose baby one year old with
arms of the tremendous
Length OF 93 odd million miles,
Should, in a freak OF fun,
Reach up and touch the sun.
That child would be
253
Years old
I'm told,
Before it learned
Its hand was burned"
If Riplinser, of Seattle, could only
have surmised how nice and hospit-
able Seattle jury would treat him,
he would have gave up his banana
farm in Honduras wherever it
|, may have been located-and came
back for trial long before he did.
Just what Christmas presents Rip
linger gave to each OF the jurors, |
haven't learned. as yet, but no doubt
he gave each of the jnrors who ac-
quilted him the-horse laugh.
The modern citizen must be sensi-
ble. He must have pOise, q sense OF
proportion; Re must not be fanati-
cal, but at the same time he must
have sensible convictions which he is
willing to stand by. This may re-
suit in his being called fanatic or
crank. but that should not alter his
determination. He can comfort him
self with the knowledge of crank,
which is: " A crank is an expert on
subject you are not interested in"
do not think it is a compliment
for any man to call another, q lust
man. 1t carries with it, in my
opinion, an intOlerant spirit, mean
disposition, and fault-finding man.
ner. There must not be too much
business in this country. The deeds
must be filtered and sugar-coated.
The lust man" is the man who de
mands that everybody come up to
his standard. Ever think how hard
job that is have my own stand
ards and it keeps me busy measuring
up to them, but to have to measure
up to some other man S standard is
awful, simply awful.
When diamonds are stolen, the
victims, as a rule, Immediately send
notices of the loss of the valuables to
pawnbrOkers, SO as to put them on
their guard against buying the
gems. 1t is the usual course pur-
sued. and yet, in reality, the pre-
caution does not amount to any
thing. If the cranks who do the
stealing know their business. they
always take the booty to receiver
of stolen property - some fence"
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