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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1891-03-06
Coed Advice.

Gen. Charles James Napier, while
governor of Scinde, wrote to an en-
sign, advising him by study to prepare
himself for the higher ranks of his pro-
fession, so that when promotion came
he would he ready to discharge the
duties of the new position. The gen
erals words should be inwardly di-
gested by all young men. He wrote:
by reading professional books you
will discover what is faulty in your
corps, if faults there are; you will then
learn how things ought to be, and will
by daily observation see how they are.
Thus you can form comparisons which
will in time teach you your profession.
Keep up all knowledge that you
have acquired and gain as much more
as you can. By reading you will be
distinguished; without it abilities are of
little use. A man may talk and write,
but he cannot learn his profession with
out constant study to prepare, espe-
clally for the higher ranks, because
there he wants the knowledge and ex-
perience OF others improved by his own.
but when in post of responsible 2
he has no time to read, and if he comes
to such post with an empty skull it
is then too late to fill it and he makes
no figure. Thus many people fail to
distinguish themselves, and say they
are unfortunate, which is untrue; their
own previous idleness has untitled them
to profit from fortune.
1.-The smith who has to look for his
hammer when the iron is red strikes
too late; the hammer should be up
lifted to fall like a thunderbolt while
the white heat is in the metal. Thus
will the forging prosper. YOUTHS
Companion.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1891-03-06
THE OLD WORLD.

London's new electric-light wires will
be under ground.
Chill has seven war vessels in course
of construction in Europe.
The balance sheet of the Melbourne
International Exhibition shows deficit
of nearly e23S,000.
English journals intimate that it is
mot desirable" that the United States
should have a coaling station on the
Sandwich Islands. 4
Inquiries made at Rome show the
Pope's letter to Cardinal Gibbons on the
question of school education in the
United States to be of pacific nature.
In view of the visit of Archduke Fer
dinand to Russia the Austrian govern
ment has prohibited the proposed deiiv'
cry at Vienna of a lecture on prison life
in Siberia
Finland has been invaded by the Sal
walton Army, with which the authorities
do not know how to deal. At last accounts
these peculiar people were beating their
drums in Bjornsburg.
King Humbert of Italy assures his
good friends of Germany and Austro-
Hungary that the change of his Ministry
will have no injurious effect on the sta
bility of the triple alliance.
The Persian Consul General at Londoa
L. Cloot, has been arrested on a charge
of obtaining 100000 by means of bogus
companies. After preliminary exami-
L lol g. -
Italy's funded and floating debt is now
about 81, $50, 900, 900, with an annual in
terest charge of $132, 100000. The in
debtedness is increasing at the rate OF
SIC, 200, 900 or $4,000, 900 yearly.
An attempt to burn the Admiralty
buildings in st. Petersburg has just been
defeated. The buildings adjoin the
Cars winter palace, and it is supposed
that the deed was the work of NihiIists
Advices from Suakim state that the
Egyptian troops are making victorious
progress towards the reoccupation of
Tokar. The Dervishes retreated from
Elteb without fighting, and fled in the
direction of Tokar.
The latest addition to the Italian navy,
the Francesca Morosini, twin-screw
battle ship of IL 900 tons and 161a knots,
c9rries four l05-ton Armstrong guns
mounted in pairs ON barbettes, besides
other smaller arms.
The clergy of the Established Church
of England not having been very sue
cessful of late in collecting tithes, stock
company has been formed to take this
duty off clerical hands and 60 into bust
ness as an investment.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1891-03-06

Coal OIL-Quote: 50 20 per case.
RICE-Qdote: S5.50@5.75 per GENITAL.
I'ICKLEs-Quote: $3.50 rs; 1883.
CKANBERRIEs-Quote: Cape Cod, $ll
per barrel.
SALT-Quote: Liverpool, $17, $1S, $40
stock, $1l@l2 per ton in carload lots.
CoFFEE-Quote: Costa Rica, l21ac;
Rio, 251ac; Arbuckle's, roasted, 264e
per pound.
BEANs-The' market is firm. Quote
Small Whites, 334c; Pink, Sc; Bayos,
4s4c; Butter, SEC; Limas, 41ac PEI
pound.
SUeARs-Quote: Golden G, 4s4c; extra
c., Sc; dry granulated, sac; cube
crushed and powdered, 63sc per pound.
DRIED FRUTs-The market is firm.
Quote: Italian Prunes, 121ac; Pc
Raisins, $3.50 per box: Plummer-dried
Pears, 10@l1c; sun-dried and factory
Plums, Hole: evaporated Peaches, $50
zoe; Smyrna Figs, Zoe; California Figs,
&c per pound.
CANNED GooDs-Markets steady. Quote
Table fruits, $500, 21as; Peaches, $3.50
Bartlett Pears, 1925; Plums. $l65
Strawberries, $3.50; Cherries, s2@25o
Black berries, So; Raspberries, $3.50
Pineapples, 1915; Apricots, 81 90. Pie
fruit: Assorted, 81 .5Oper dozen; Peaches
$3.50; Plums, 1925; Black berries, 81 81
per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $l.2t
@1.50. according to quality; Tomatoes
$1.15@3.5O; Sugar Peas, 81. 40@1 80
String Beans, $l.l0per dozen. Fish: Sal.
mon, $1.25@1. so; sardines. S0c@Sl.6O
Holsters, 1908; oysters, $l.50@3.25 pei
dozen Condensed milk: Eagle brand
1925; Crown, 81; Highland, 1918
Champion, SIS per case.
HONEY Quote: One-pound frames
TIC.
NArLs-Base quotations: Iron, $500
Steel, $40; Wire, $500 per keg.
SHoT-Quote: $1.75 per sack.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1891-03-06
CRIME AND CRIMINALS.

Governor Markham of California has
signed bill offering $1,000 reward for
the conviction of the Napa murderers.
Anegro named Tom Robin was lynched
on general principles at Douglas, Tex.
He was a notorious character and guilty.
of many crimes.
> Teller Ritter OF the First Naikxx
Bank of Evansville, Ind, has been ar
rested and held in bonds for trial orYa a
charge of Incorporating $7S 900.
William Sheerin and Tony Levan, two
gamblers, MORALLY wounded each other
at Butte, Mont, in a gambling saloon
the other day. There were seventy five
people ia the room at the time, and but
one was wounded, G. J. Baer, although
eleven shots were fired.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1891-03-06
MARKET.

-FOUR, millstuffs, oats and hay are
p; s.tiful, while the demand is fair Po-
ta.pes are very plentiful, and some are
n0Nf being shipped to San Francisco.
0sner vegetables are in fair supply. On
as have advanced. Fruits are in good
supply. Poultry is in fair, supply. Re-
: pts of Oregon eggs are liberal. willie
re demand is very good locally and from
outside points, which keep price steady.
utter and cheese are still scarce. Ore
on cheese has advanced. Hops and
hides are weak and dull, while the de-
lnand is slow. Wool is firm. In the
merchandise markets dried fruits are in
Alr supply, while other commodities are
~ good supply and demand. Meats are
SSn g1oi supply.
= WHEAT-Local trading is of fair pro-
horizons at ST ady prices. Quote: VAL
ts NIL 's'e'.s7@a' Wall" wall"' sl.n5@
FLoUR-Quote: Standard, $3.50; Walla
Walla, $40 per barrel
+. OArs-Quote: 60@6lc per bushel.
MILLsrUFFs - Quote: Bran, S2O@2 1 :;
Shorts, s2l@ %; Ground Barley, 5000
SOU. Chop Feed, $25 per ton; Barley
Si.25@1.30 per GENITAL.
7. HAY-Quote: $16@17 per ton.
VEGETABLEs-Quote: Cabbage, $3.50
glib per Genital; Caulifower, $i@l 25
per dozen; Celery, 90c per dozen; On
ions, 3@314c per pound; Carrots, 81 90
per sack Beets, 81 80 per sack Turnips.
81 per sack Potatoes, 75@SOc per GENITAL.
FRUITs-Quote.: Los Angeles Oranges.
s2@2.25; Riverside, $2.75@3.OO; Navels,
$500 per box; Sicily Lemons, $5.5O@6. 90
per case; Pears, 11ac per pound Apples.
9Oc@;$l.25 per box; Bananas, 1904 per
bunch.
NUrs = Quote: California Walnuts
] l19c; Hickory, SIC; Brazils, &c;
Almonds, $50 lie; Fiiberts, ISOLDE;
Pine Nuts, 17@18c; Pecans, 17@18c:
Cocoanuts, SC per pouAd.
BUTTER-Qu0te: Oregon fancy cream
cry, 40@421ac; fancy dairy, 371lc; fair
to good. 273a @30c; common. 2O025c;
choice California, 3711st a39c per pound.
CHEEsE-Quote: Oregon, 14@15c; Cal
ifornia, 15@l6c per pound.
EGGs-Quote: Oregon, 25c per dozen.
POULTRY = Quote: Chickens. 5000
$50; Ducks. s9a10; Geese, $9@lO per
dozen; Turkeys, 14@15c per pound.
HoPs-Quote: Nominally, 2Sc per
pound.
WooL-Quote: Willamette Valley, Is
@2Oc; Walla Walla, l4@l 7c per pound.
HlDEs-Quote: .fDry Hides, selected
prime, S@S1ac, ~ less for culls; green,
over So pounds. &c; under So
pounds, Sc: Sheep Pelts, short wool. 80
(050c; mediums, 6O@SOc; long, 9Oc@S1.25;
HEARINGS, 10000; Tallow, good to
choice, 3(031ac per pound.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1891-03-06
rr,naror William threatens to prose

Emperor William threatens TO prose
cute Bismarck for his attacks on the
Government through his recognized or
Gan the Nachrichten. The friends OF the
T prince saw he is prepared for any prose
cution that may be Instituted.
Tn 1883 there were only $4,000 Jews In
Palestine: in 1S4l only 5000. Now there
are nearly 10000 according to Bishop
Rlythe of Jerusalem. The number is
increasing faster than ever, multltudes
of oppressed Russian Jews going there.
4 Admiral Verkowsky, recently assault
ed by strikers in the Admiralty ship
building dock yards on account OF al
legged tyranny, was transferred to Vladi.
vostock by the Grand Duke, who ordered
that the demands of the strikers be sat
listed.
The Hamburg-American Steam Packet
Company announces that 1t will not con-
yey any Germans to Brazil. 1t is under
stood the company's action is due to tPe
complaints of harsh treatment made py
German emigrants who have gone &c
Brazil.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1891-03-06
PERSONAL MENTION.

Edgar Fawcett does not like the use of
dialect in literature. ! - Robert
Burns made himself understood by it.
B. f. Stearne of Lynchburg, Va, has
in his possession curiously carved vlo-
I'm, saSd to ,haIa once been the property.
OF Thomas Jefferson.
Judge Pfeffer says that of the hundreds
of congratulatory letters which he has
received since his election not one has
come from the moneyed classes.
Colonel Dom Piatt has just COM
pleted an arrangement whereby he re-
turns to the editorship of Beyord's Nag
azine, which he left two years ago.
President Diaz of Mexico, it is an
nounced, will soon start for France,
where he will remain for several months.
One of the reasons assigned for his de-
parture is i'll health.
Vera Sassulitsch, the Nihilist, has been
supporting herself in Switzerland by
translating Her health is now failing,
and her physician has ordered her to
stop and proceed to warmer climate.
Inventor Edison is vegetarian. Nov
elist H. Rider Haggard is vegetarian.
Prof. Swing is vegetarian. Sir Isaac
Newton was vegetarian. All the Greek
philosophers, seers and sages ate no flesh.
Bishop Engle of the United Brethren
denomination of Ka' sss has been eX-
PEELED from the ministry on charge of
'indiscreet financiering." He speculated
in real estate; but this was not the
trouble-he also lost.
Senator Eustis of Louisiana has the
reputation of being the LATEST man in
Congress. He is likewise the largest
man in the Senate. He is fine orator,
however, and whenever he speaks the
Senate is sure to listen.
The devil is not so black as he is
painted, and if Baron Hirsch is a speci-
men bad man, as has been limned in the
papers, the world would be no worse if
other millionaiPes would 90 to the bad
also, and do as he has done.
Society circles and social clubs at
Vicksburg are discussing the rumor that
J. S. Richardson, the great cotton planter
and factor, is engaged to be married to
Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of the
President of the late Confederacy.
Il. nOpklllSoH oHnltn, Tie arClSU ana
author, is equally successful as a civil
engineer. He has an Office in down
town New York at the top of a seven
story building, and may usually be found
there buried to his eyes in papers.
Herr Buete, Director of the Madge-
burg railroad, has been instructed by the
German government to proceed to the
United States in order to make careful
the railroad systems of this country.
The Prince of Wales has presented to
JOHN Hare silver snuff box for his re-
fceht p rformance at Sandringham. Such
& git not to be sneezed at, to be sure
bat ordinary managers would be glad if
they could get big actors on equal terms
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1891-03-06
largest Known Flower.

The largest known flower is the rafhesla,
an extraordinary parasite of the forest trees
of Sumatra, which measures three feet Id
diameter, weighs fifteen pounds and mas
a calyx holding six quarts. The door Is
that of tainted meat. The plant conslstS
onlv of the flower, growing directly on
the stem of its host.-ArkansaW IraVeier.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1891-03-06
TWO Ancient Tombs.

Two mounds of the prehistoric per1od
have been discovered on the isthmus OF
Corinth by p. Kastromenos, who tnlnk :
that they are the tombs OF Slsyphus anu
Nelens mentioned by the traveller Pau
sanias when describing the country sud
;ect to the rule of that place.-Boston
Transcript.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1891-03-06
An Enr1isr, Invention.

An Englishman has 1nvenoeo DIant
by which any person IN conIpai .nl U;,,
~. con turn a lever and stop the train.
A. the same time a white disk will appear
outside of the compartment to notify tne
o oonductor in which carriage the brake has
been used.-Boston Budget
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1891-03-06

notifications the bill to incorporate the
Pacific Gable Company. The principal
change made was to reduce from 5000, 900
to $150,000 the sum to be paid to the
company annually for fifteen years by the
United States government after the cable
is completed and open for business.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1891-03-06
TIE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Washington and Oregon joined hands
in the effort to pass the Indian depreda-
ton bill Both States are largely inter
ested in tine measure, as well as nearly
all the States where Indians have de-
stroyed the lives and property of the
frontierspen. Senators Allen, Dolph
and Mitchell joined in the debate.
The House will surely reject the Ha-
waiian cable scheme, and may go to the
length of defeating the diplomatic and
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1891-03-06
A New Gas Meter.

A new gas meter is being made In
considerable numbers in Manchester,
England. By its aid a pennyworth OF
gas can be obtained by the consumer.
The penny is dropped into slot and
pushed home by piston or pusher,
after which it drops into a locked
drawer or receptacle. While the penny
is being pushed through it releases
star wheel which is operated by fingers
or pawls fixed upon the drum. At the
same time conical valve by which the
admission of gas is controlled is raised
to a certain height. The revolution OF
the drum moves this valve down at a
speed proportionate to that Of the
passing gas, and by the time the guam
tity which can be sold for penny is
delivered the valve closes, shutting of
the supply.
As soon as the gas is supplied the me-
fer drum is again locked by the deten-
ton of the star wheel. 1t while pen
nyworth of gas is being consumed the
pusher is raised to repeat the action
without a coin no additional supply
can be got, and the introduction OF
another penny insures the valve being
opened as much further as is necessary
to supply that valve Of gas, although
the remainder of the first portion re-
mains to be delivered. The mechanism
is well designed to prevent any fraudu-
lent use being made of it, and is very
simple and easily adapted to various re-
o,,;rements New Orleans Picay una
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1891-03-06
Hints from Brown-Seuuard,

DR.. Brown-Sequard, in one of his
lectures, with reference to check on
sneezing, coughing, etc., says: Cough
ing can be stopped by pressing on the
nerves on the lip in the neighborhood
OF the nose. Sneezing may be stopped
by the same mechanism. Pressing in
the neighborhood of ear, right in front
OF the ear, may stop coughing. 1t
is SO also of hiccoughing, but much
less so than for sneezing or coughing
Pressing very hard ON the top of the
mouth inside is also means of stop
ping coughing, and many say that the
will has immense power.
''There are many other affections as
ISOLATED with breathing which can be
stopped by the same mechanism chat
stops the hearts action. In spasm Of
the CLOTHS, which is terrible thing in
children, and also in whooping cough
it is possible to afford relief by throw
ing cold water on the feet, or by tick
ling the soles of the feet, which pro
duces laughter, and at the same time
goes to the matter that is producing the
spasm, and arrests it almost at once
I would not say that we can always
prevent cough by our will; but in
many instances these things are posi-
BILE, and if you remember that in bron-
chitis and pneumonia, or any acute
affection of the lungs, hacking or
coughing greatly increases the trouble
at times, you can easily see how i'm,
portant it is for the patient to try to
avoid coughing as best he can"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1891-03-06
The Meat Market.

The market is steady.
Beehive, 31a@4c; dressed, 7c.
Muttcn-Live, Al @41ac; dressed, &c
Hogs-Live, Az @4ac; dressed, &c.
VeaI-5@8c per pound.
SMOKED MEATS AND LARD.
Quote: Hams, 10c; Breakfast :" 'e'
9@l1c; Sides, 9@10c; Lard, 81
pound.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-01
"rHE WHANG DOODLE ASoURNS."

Such is the headline used by The
Newberry Herald and News to an ac-
count Of some Alliance meetings, that
were addressed by DR.. Pope, Col. keitt
and Lecturer Jefferies.
AS Col. Watson said, Now how do
you like that, sonny" that is to say,
you Alliance people of Newberry.-
Cotton Plant.
The headline was simply aquotation
from what was said in the account Of
the meeting, and quotation marks were
placed around it to show that it was a
quotation. The headline was intended
to convey an idea of what the article
contained. The article was written
by farmer and member of the ALI
ance. The Herald and News was not
present at the speaking. We have no
excuse or apology for using the head
line in the sense in which it was used
by US. We only refer to it here and
quote the Cotton Plant to show the
baseness and the littleness Of the Cotton
Plant in making the insinuations con-
tained in the quotation above. 1t is
an effort to injure The Herald and
News in the estimation Of the good
people of Newbtrry County. Honor
able Journalism ought to be pitched
upon a higher plane.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-01
ABOUT HEADLINES.

a great deal has len said lately
about headlines. The Herald and
News desires to state here that it does
not write its editorial opinions in head
lines. In writing headlines our idea
has always been to try to indicate by
them what is contained in the article
and not to express an opinion. The
opinions of this paper may always be
found in the editorial columns. Some
times We have used an expression con-
tanned in the article and whenever
that has been done quotation marks
have always been used. If headlines
are not for the purpose of letting you
know what the article contains We
would like to know what use they
subserve.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-01
We 1rnl1l6 Ike to nSE Mr. w.

We would like to ask Mr.. Wolfe, the
associate editor of the Cotton Plant,
what he calls his recent article in the
State. Is it an argument on the finan-
cial question, sub-treasury, land loan
scheme, or the Ccala platform or all COM
bined. Or yet further, is it merely a
TRADE of personal abuse with long list
of ugly epithets and inelegant diction,
and are these by deduction by logical
process" to take tie place of solid ar
gument. We have nothing to do with
Mr.. Wolfe's quarrel with Mr.. Duncan
and the News and Courier, only we
have been frequently told by the Cot
ton Plant and the leaders of the Alli-
ance that all the abuse, personal and
otherwise, came from what some Of
them please to term the opposition
press aud those who oppose the de-
mands, and we are told this has been
offered in place Of argument. This is
the reason we inquire what Mr.. Wolfe
calls bis. production in the State. We
only want information.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-01
LET Us HAVE 1T.~,

The Herald and News desires to-eesssS5'
in reply to the structures of the Cotton
Plant, that it has always been an eX-
ceedingly modest newspaper; that 1t
never promised to discuss the subtreas-
ury plan with the Cotton Plant; that
it does not assume to know a great deal
about the great financial questions, but
that it believes it knows pa much as
some people who are discussing these
questions. The extent of our promise
to discuss this subtreasury plan was in
asking the Cotton Plant to give US a
plain statement as to how this great
scheme, if enacted into law, would
benefit the farmer in its practical oper-
ations. If that statement has ever
been given we have failed 70 see it..
We do remember that the.Cotton Plant
on one occasion submitted some ques-
tions. That was not what we asked
for and it was not what we expected
of the Cotton Plant. If an eXplana-
ton of DR.. Stokes Greenwood speech
has ever been made we have never
seen it.
Further, if that statement is given
we will publish it Of course, and with
out headlines at all, if the Cotton Plant
prefers. It is rule of this office,
that when an article is criticized in
the editorial columns to give the article
in full, so that the reader may decide
for himself. That is fair is it not? Does
the Cotton Plant do the same? The
Cotton Plant has frequently criticized
The Herald and News, but if it has
ever given more than an extract of
what The Herald and News has said
we have failed to see it. But then the
Cotton Plant does not "claim to be
fair"
We would not have asked for
the plain statement if we had not
intended to publish it. We will also
give you our opinion Of the statement.
We have been wanting information
and asked for the statement in good
faith. Let it come and We promise
you to publish it without prejudicial
headlines.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-01
Railroad Changes.
1SDe..ia! 10 News and Courier I

COLUMBIA, September 29.-There is
something going OH now in Richmond
and Danville circles here which is of
great interest to Columbians. Super
intendent J. A. Dodson will leave the
CITY tomorrow morning for Atlanta,
where he will confer with the authori-
ties there, but the result, of course,
cannot be anticipated. One of the
three matters to be considered is the
putting on an early train from Colum-
bia for points North, the train to leave
here say aboutS \. NJ.
The people of Anderson, it is under
stood, are moving specially in the mat
ter. 1t is urged that such train will
be needed during Fair week at least,
and perhaps it may be arranged to
have an early train south to Columbia
for that period. 1t is also in the wind
that an early train from Charleston to
meet the outgoing early train from Co.
lumbia (lfit he made permanently will
be necessity. Superintendent Dod-
son was asked if be could give the de-
tails of the arrangements desired by
the people north of Columbia, but he
said that nothing worth publishing
could be obtained until after the con-
ference. The movement as stated,
however, is correct.