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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29
FOR THE CHILDREN
The Quaint Suueeqee.

The Sweet little Girl and the Quaint
SQueegee
They met by the shore Of the violet sea.
Twas Midsummer Night. and the moon
shone bright.
He was dressed in purple and she in
white,
And = fairy wind blew DER the sea.
"oh. Sweet Little Girl" said the Quaint
6queegee,
"A measure. I pray you, como dance with
mel
IT'S Midsummer Night. and the moon
shines bright.
10 dance with you should deem . de-
light
While the wind blows over the sear'
Said the Sweet Little Girl to the Quaint
6Queegee.
"A measure. with pleasure. I'll dance with
theer'
30 that Midsummer Night while the
moon shone bright
They danced and bowed In q manner
polite.
And the wind blew over the sea.
Then the Sweet Little Girl and the Quaint
6Queegee
Said goodby on the shore Of the violet
seA,
While the moon 20 bright, with it, rud-
dy light.
etill shone through the magical Mid
summer Might
But tho fairy wind fled from the sea
st. Nicholas. i.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29

II is q good idea to have two or
three pockets across the bottom Of
the laundry bag on the outside, into
which to slip small articles which
help in making UP the laundry list.
Shoe cases for wrapping shoes when
travelling are Of heavy linen or denim,
10 inches square and provided with
ribbon tackled to one corner, by
which the package is tied after roll
ling.
Instead Of the usual cross strip on
. milliner's bow, several rows ofcross-
wise cording separating the loops of
velvet hat bows are very effective
and no undesirable thickness or bulk
comes at the middle.
BY q very neat arrangement the
little frill on the bottom Of short
wasted blouse runs in continuous
line around both it and the revers
and wide around collar, making both
. pretty line and an attractive trim
ing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29
9psllina Puxzlsrs.


Spell mousetrap with three letters
Cat
Spell dried grass with three letters.
Hay.
Spell hard water with three letters.
Ice.
Be thoughtful and earnest, kind
hearted and true. Spell that with four
letters. That
Tell me. children. what Is meant by
the Golden Rule and spell It with two
letters. It
How do you pronounce this word
bac-ka-ac-he7 Back-ache.
What word il shorter when you add
Z syllable to It? Short
Can you spell cofeepot without say.
ing teapotf You can't Cot, cot,
Tee. fee. pot. pot. 80 you said "t-pot."
-PhilAdelphia Ledger.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29
The pexlsh.

Every circus or wild west show that
comes to town has q "whirling der
Wish" for one Of its attractions. He IL
q wonderful creature. The real der
wishes are Mohammedans from Per-
sia. q set Of men who devote or are
supposed to devote their entire time
to religion and are perhaps N nearly
like monks n anything else Fasting
for days at Z time. with continual
prayer. at last affects their minds, and
they see wonderful visions. which they
disclose to their superstitious brothers,
over whom they have great influence.
They are always miserably poor. liy-
ing ON charity. and earn what little
they have by being hired to mourn at
funerals or to conduct religious cere-
monies.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29

- "VoAAS o1AO AMI ~ WOVAO 1ucLV88
and sleep loving body. He lived down
south when he began his early morn
Ing aquatic performances, but later he
came north to live. and he kept right
on plunging head first into q cold tub
every morning. winter or summer.
He kept this up for years, and his
vigor. and bloom were splendid adver-
tisements for the benefits of the cold
plunge habit and incidentally to his
strength Of viii in acquiring and stick
ing TO such !: habit
But he had the weakness Of his
strength. He would brag. and he
would lecture people who did not like
cold plunges or else took them only six
months Of the year. A. the years
went by he got more and moro vigor.
Gus and more and more impatient with
complaining. late rising, cold catching
persons who would not be converted
70 his waya
II rise every morning at q" he
used to tell every one who could be
prevailed upon to listen to him. Then
I draw the tub full Of cold water-the
colder the better. Then l plunge in,
and ip ten minutes l am ready to
dress after violent rundown with
the toughest crash In the market.
And do ever have q cold? Am ever
ill7 l haven't had pain or an ache
In thirty years. and I am never In bed
after o'clock q. m"
Perhaps It b cruel to tell. but It was
4 positive relief to his friends when
one morning he was found dead in
bed at $50. The coroner said be had
been dead I'VE hours. So his friends
blamed 1t all on his not having had the
cold plunge at G. Had he lived until
then and taken his usual dip. they
said. he never would have died at I'll.
New York Evening Post
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29
A South African Cradle.

"A baby's cradle In Natal, South Az
rlca. ls made Of goatskin. The skin Is
stretched on the ground and held In
place by strong wooden pegs. The
father scrapes It quite clean and then
rubs It with fat to make 1t soft ana
pliable. This takes weeks Of time
When the cradle Is finished the little
baby Is put inside. snug and tight, and
is carried on the mothers back. In
stead Of rocking the child when she
wishes to quiet it the mother hangs
the cradle to a rafter Of the roof Of
the hut and sets it gently in motion or
hangs It to the branch Of n tree out
side.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29
ness at the White House. It is the
newest invention OF Edison-the talk

ness at the White House. It is the
newest invention Of Edison-the talk
ing motion pictures machine.
All that would be necessary, Edison
explained to the President. would be
for q man to 60 before an audience.
make speech on any subject he
chose. and the talking motion picture
machine would reproduce toaudiences
oil over the country every gesture of
the speaker, every word Of his speech.
and every shout of the crowd about
him.
In his recent trip Taft appeared in
2lt cities and towns by arrangement
and spoke from the platform Of his
car in perhaps q hundred small places.
His secretary estimated that he I'd
dressed 5000, 900 people. This took
up fifty. eight days Of the Presidents
precious time and, besides. put
strain ON him that brought him down
with . cold which kept him out OF
executive Offices for four days more.
Edison proposes to eliminate all
this, or At least to multiply moro
than . hundredfold the results OF
every speech. He claims that bis
invention will place the scene before
the audiences with lifelike vividness.
He told Taft that he had manufac-
tured seventy sets at his laboratories
in New Jersey and that 200 more
were under construction. Many sets
have already been sold to manufac-
turing men. Edison was really in
Washington in search OF rest. He
had never met the President before.
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sELr.REsPEcr.
By LUE r. VERNON.

BY this I do not mean that pride
which makes man naughty in his
conversation. fulsome in commenda-
tion OF himself and his doings, or
caustic in his criticisms and denunci-
ations OF others. do not mean that
personal vanity which courts o
compliment, or Is fed by it," But /
mean that reasonable remembrance
and estimation Of ones own charac-
ter and position as will deter from .
mean or discreditable act or word,
that regard to our own personal re-
lationships as win lead US to think,
speak. write and act a. il always in
the full. fierce lights Of public scru-
tiny, that judicious consideration of
our circumstances and surroundings
as will enable US calmly. at any mo-
mont, TO submit our career and mo-
tives TO the investigation Of others.
Mason, in his Life Of Milton"
truly says: He who would lay up
for his mature years q store of that
great virtue. magnanimity. which
should look the whole world in the
face unahashed, and dare to do the
noblest things be has ever thought
that man must begin BY preserving
for himself, from his earliest youth,
and in the most secret sessions Of his
memory. Q spotless title to self-re-
spect."
/ A man who has the dignity which
springs from and is supported by in
teiligence and self-respect has the
FIRST constituent of manliness. There
can be no manliness about man-be
he millionaire or hobo-whose mind
is permitted to be engrossed with
the petty. paltry. puny affairs Of the
world. and who 20 forQets himself
and his relationships as to 20 out of
his own nature. and become more
vile than il Is possible for the brute
beasts to be. II matters not who he
may be; he may wear medals upon
his breast. carry a sword by his side,
bow most gracefully at a swell re-
cepti0n given by the smart set"
or make the best ever" after. din
ner speech. yet il he live . sensual
life. il his body take precedence of
his mind. il his career be marked by
impurity, intemperance, lewdness,
lying and dishonesty. he has no man.
liness-he is an unmanly creature.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29
No Cause For Fear.

A lady passenger on q steamer, who
was very nervous and the cause of
great Irritation to the captain. said to
MIN one day: Captain. I'm 20 terri
6ly afraid Of icebergs: What would
happen If there should be q collision
between US and an iceberg? Please
tell me frankly. can bear the truth"
why. madam" SAID the captain
without a moments hesitation, 'sths
iceberg would move along just % H
nothing had happened"
1T would?" exclaimed the nervous
passenger. "Oh. thank you, captain!'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29

The turkey Is American In origin.
This name was originally applied to
the guinea fowl The first mention Of
the turkey in the literature Of explora-
tion was made In 1927 by Oviedo In
the ''Sumario de Ia Natural Historic
do Las lndias." He says that 1t was
discovered In Mexico and carried
thence by the Spaniards to the islands
Of the Caribbean and the isthmus. The
Bird was established In Europe by
1880. Jet there Il a possibility that 1t
was carried to England by Cabot
from his voyage to northern America.
On the other hand. Darlington has
labored. but without convincing suc-
cess. to establish a claim that the tur-
key was known before the discovery
Of America and was introduced from
Europe into the new world.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29
THE SAD FATE OF
A RES0LUT|ON|ST
"HE New Years resolutionist Is
thinking hard these days.
u smoking against time to get

"HE New Years resolutionist is
thinking hard these days.
u smoking against time to get
rid Of his Christmas cigars
and get himself as full Of nicotine as
possible before joining the anti-tobac.
CO league. making memoranda Of the
errors Of his ways during the past
year and buying nice. fat inviting
journals, with 365 white pages and a
cover Of red leather. lettered In gold
The New Years resolution habit Is
one OF those things that won't be
snubbed out Of fashion. as Valentines
day. New Years calls and other an
cient institutions have been. 1t Is an
instructive proceeding, this making Of
promises. signing of pledges and tax
ing the vows. 1t shows up ones weak
nesses and ones strength to all and
sundry. but especially to the sigr er Of
pledges and maker Of promises -
self. 1t proves that two-thirds of the
worlds resolutions. like pie crust, are
made to be broken. and occasionally It
wakens up dormant pride and prin-
ciples In some weak willed individual
and sets him strenuously on his legs.
But the success attained by the man
who keeps his resolution unbroken
through the year Is sometimes of
doubtful value. It puts him up with
pride. conceit and intolerance. Having
accomplished his feat Of strength. he
has no patience with the weaker ves-
sells who fell by the wayside-to put 1t
Hibernianly.
One such individual resolved one
New Years day In the flower Of his
youth to take q cold plunge every
morning.
II !, considered cold plunges good for
health and good discipline for q lazy
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29
Riddles.

Why Is a horse like the letter o?
Because gee e. makes It go.
Why IS "E" the most unfortunate Of
letters? Because It is never In cash.
always In debt and never out Of dan
Ger.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29
CHILE CON CARNE

served daily at Theodore WerIen's
lunch counter in the rear Of Charles
naioon. Call in and get bowl.
Coffee and doughnuts till 9 A. NJ
Merchants' lunch at noon. "TEppY"
Always greets the hungry with a
smile.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29
where the Golden Lilies Cluster.
I only wonder.

only wonder.
k.h 4
The 1O-cent m0tion-picture thea
ters are great educators. taken as o
whole. At times, OF course, there
may be picture thrown upon the
screen which you do not like at all
however. your seat neighbor may
find it delightful to look at. The
motion picture theater is an inter-
esting, instructing and entertaining
place tospend an hour. taken as a
whole, and they have como to stay.
4 4 =
"A nation that makes q habit Of
eating bird's-nest soup does not as
tonish anybody when it doesn'tcarry
on war with good TASTE" says the
P.-L o, yes, it does. II astonishes
tho +" anybody" who relishes birds
nest soup = and there are many
Americans and Englishmen who en-
JOY . plate. or rather bowl. il you
please. Of bird's-nest soup. There
are many Seattleites who prefer it to
q champagne supper.
* = 4
Some day the business men OF Se-
attle will wake up and say here we
have the best town on Earth, il we
would not let reformers and preach
ers make . cemetery Of it. Seattle
has many vacant store-rooms. the
small business concern cannot make
expenses and must close their places.
Seattle is becoming q graveyard, for
many small business concerns. It's
true. Human beings cannot live by
looking at the totem pole in Pioneer
Square. Seattle.
II had the power would license
gambling. Tue places should be run
on the square, too. No brace" or
'short-card" games. would be al
lowed to operate. and the cityishould
receive the revenue. Men will gam
BILE long as the world rolls on. and il
they cannot gamble in public they
will gamble in secret, and don't think
its only the hobo that deals the
pasteboards", either. for bless your
heart its the game Of poker which
business men, as wen. like TO take .
whirl at.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29
Presented to the wasbin0ton STANDARD
EDWARD. CLAYSON, SIR.
GOLDEN POTLATCH.
Copyrighted by Edward Clayson, Sr.. 1s

- ! Klosh Mikab Naaitch
Ktayyon THocamsi Nskas K 7 Tam Kopa Konaray
Delate kahow-ya tillcums, kah mka nahe
Mika kumtax konnawa spose mika chez,
Tyees skookum kopa okoke sun,
klootchman mamok tn-tn pee chaco klosh tumtum.
CHORUS
Seattle h-yu kumtux kopa conway snn,
Mamook hyas Potatch wake kills pie tum tum.
Mika chaco mtlite kopa "cah chickchick,"
Yaka hyack cooley kopa tenas stick,
Okoke halo hah-kwa, hopa ankottie
Copet kanim" pee lolo okoke lila he
Hiyu mitte, deae klosh muck .a-muck,
Pee kutus Boston " halo skookum chuck"
Yaka hyas pion, halo kumtux klosh,
Spose halo ticky "skookum chuck" hyack memaloose.
Spose mika "iskum potle," okake delate wake Nosh
SOl-eks tumtum chawko kaawa skookum house,
Kosh nanach tyee wa-wa, tomahla, tenas sun,
Mika potlatch chichamen, pee keel a-pie tum-tum.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29

Suffering experienced in the famine
Of 1891 is being repeated in the prov
ince OF Orenburg and the Turgai
territory in Asiatic Russia. The
famine stricken inhabitants OF these
regions are focking to the towns and
the villages, 50 many of them being
prepared for death that they are beg
ging for the administration of the last
communion.
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TRANSLATION or THE ABOVE VERSES.
You Look Good.

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29

LITTLE Willie-Say, pa. what is an
Indian reservation? Pa-An Indian
reservation. my son. is lot Of land
on which the Indians are allowed to
live until the white men want it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29

Now that John w. Considine, of
Sullivan & Considine, the great vaud-
eville concern, has reached the top
rung Of theatrical $ucce$$, l won-
der ii at times his mind doesn't won
der back to the days of the old-time
variety show. and in fancy. see
again, dainty, pretty and charming
Lulu Rose, as she sings and dances:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29
Nah! Tyee4Kopa Washington Standard,
Nika tcky tenas wa-wa kOpa mika

Hu skdum OPP
ehysK KahoyuT Mekade atautd Tneums
IA
SeateW Wshnoton
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29

I'll wager Krbelik, with his $75.-
OOO stradivarious violin. does not
please bis audience with his playing
any more than Fiddler Sam
pleases his listeners with his $3.50
pressed" gourd. And l am salts.
fed Fiddler Sam" can slip it"
on Kubelik when it comes to rasp.
ing out THE Arkansaw Traveller"
Turkey in the Straw" and q few
other numbers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29

An old saw reads: "One good
turn deserves another" Taft should
declare he will not accept another
term and come out fat-footed and
tell the dear people, that he wants
Teddy" to be the next President
OF the United States. Teddy" is
going to be nominated and Taft NAV
as well make up his mind to that
effect.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-29

Capt. Charles T. Buck" Bailey.
OF the tug Tatoosh. which rescued
the steam schooner Washington and
saved forty-eight lives. will be pre-
sented with an engraved medal, by
Seattle admirers. The brave crew
that assisted Buck" may be given
free tickets to 5-cent picture show,
but this is not reported fact as vet.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-25
THE JEFFERSONIAN

from our home. I had to lead him all
the way there and back. When we
got him shod, father started me and
the jack home alone. / got very tired
walking, so 1 leaned over on him, and
he didn't do anything, so I got on
him; but he certainly did something
then. He bucked a time or two, and
| hit the middle of the road in
heap. Please don't let this reach the
waste-basEet, for I want to surprise
my father. I will close by answering
Ernest Wicker's questions. 1. The
shortest chapter in the Bible is the
18th Psalm. 2. The Ten Command
ments are in Exodus. If the answers
are correct, 1 shall expect a card
Yours very truly, JIM EGGLESTON,
Bethesda, Tenn, Rt. l.
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A LITTLE MICHIGAN GIRL.

Dear Daddy jim: Will you admit
a little Michigan girl into your happy
band? | have been visiting the Dixie
Land for five months, and have en-
joyed reading the letters TO Daddy
Jim. We have four little kittens
here, Sim, Jim, Mike and Ike, and
calf called Lily of the Valley. I have
learned to cook, wash dishes, and
sweep, but not milk. I guess I will
learn sometime. Hoping this letter
will not reach the waste-basket, I
will close, BLANCHE TEEF.
Where do you live? We want to
hear from you again, all about those
pets.-DADDY JIM)
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FIRST ATTEMPT.

Dear Daddy jim: Here comes an
other little blue-eyed girl nine years
old, to join the Post Card Club. Our
school closed week ago last Friday.
l am in the fourth grade and went to
school every day / could My papa
takes The Jeffersonian. I enjoy read
ing the Cousins letters. Papa thinks
Mr.. Watson is great man and en-
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FROM IDAHO.

Dear Daddy jim: I have just been
reading the P. G.. c. ano the S. S. B.
Papa takes both Jeffersonians and
likes them fine. I live in Idaho. I
have seen only one letter from Idaho.
| have brown hair and eyes, and will
be twelve years old in June. I am in
the sixth grade. If l do not see this
in print, l will try again. MAUDIE
WILFERTH, Hepburn, Idaho. RI. 1.
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BIBLE QUESTIONS.

Dear Daddy Jim: Will you admit
another little Georgia boy into your
happy band of boys and girls? AS I
have never written before, I will de-
scribe myself. I am nine years old,
have fair complexion, and blue eyes.
have one sister and one brother.
I will ask some Bible questions.
When and where was Paul's first
missionary journey? Who was the
first born Jew? When and where
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TO SURPRISE THE OLD MAN.

Dear DADDY Jim: have been read
ing the P. G. c. and want you TO &C
cept me as one of the Cousins. 1 live
on farm near a creek where I can
go swimming and fishing in the sum-
mer. one day father and carried
jack to the shop, which was two miles
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T0RAUGHON'S
.ABUSINESS COLLEGES

in Is States Endorsed by business men
from Maine to California p years
success. 100000 successful graduates.
Positions Secured. Board at special rate
to students. Write for SPECIAL SUM-
MER SCHOOL proposition today. Liter
allure free. eve also teach by maiIl
DraughOn'S Practical Business College
Atlanta, Macon, Augusta, Ga; Montgomery.
Ala; Knoxville, Tenn; GreenvlIIe, S. C.
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were Christ's disciples first called
Christians? Is the negro a descend
ant of Adam? Give reason for your
answer. Where and when was Peter
arrested, and for what purpose?
Wishing Daddy Jim and all the Cous-
ms much luck, EDISON MOATE,
Mitchell, Ga. Rt. 8.
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selves, they are just the other way.
Well, as I have stayed rather long,
will bid you all goodbye and slip out
the way [ came in. Your old Cousin,
CARRIE LEWIS, Edison, Ga. Rt. 3.
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LOST.

LOST
Stock certificate No. 95 for one share i'm jeff
ersonian Publishing Company, dated March 81
1911, has been lost by the owner Notice is here
by given that said certificate is Cancelled on the
boks of the Company, and application will be
made for issuance OF a duplicate
Jeffersonian Publishing Company.
Per JAS Lanier, Secretary
Thomson Ga.
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PAGE ELEVEN

joys reading the paper. AS this is
my fist attempt, / will close and
write more next time. Your new
Cousin, ELLA NAE BARNETT, DAN
ielsville, Ca. Rt. 2.
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Jeffersonian Publishing Company

All stock is sold strickly at par, 90 per share.
reservations may be made now and special terms
of payment, by note, the instalment plan,
will be arranged on application to James Lanier,
Secretary, Thomson, Ga.
The following stock subscription were received
tn Nov o.