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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-07-18
The positions OF the players on each Of
the two sides were as follows:

$50 were occupants of the grand stand
many Of these being ladies--while the
bleachers held an equal number. The
applause and groans were frequent, and
about equally divided.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01
The Name in the Hat,

O'Connell was one of the best cross
examiners of his day. Once he defend
ed man of the name of John Conner
on charge of murder in Cork; and
the principal witness for the crown
was policeman who found the prison
er's hat, which he left behind him in
his flight from the scene of his guilt
After travelling backwards and for
wards, as was his habit in cross exami-
nation, from the important question
as to the identity of the hat, he thus
continued:
O'Connell-Now, then, you swear
that the hat in my hands is the hat
you found-in every particular the
same?
Witness-I do
O'Connell-And inside the hat was
written the prisoners name docking
into the hat and spelling the name
very slowly, John C-o-n-n-e-r?'
Witness-Yes!
O'Connell-(Holding up the hat in
triumph to judge and jury)-My lord
and gentlemen of the jury, there is no
name in the hat at all.
This aroused deep sensation in
court, and ultimately the prisoner was
acquitted-Current Literature.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01
IN AN OLD BOOKSHOP.

Some Interesting Glimpses OF the ere"'
Publishing House in Piccadilly.
In recent life of John Hatchard, an
old London publisher, some interesting
glimpses are given OF the men AND
women who, a century ago, were III the
habit of lettering away the morning IN
the dingy bookroom of the great pub
fishing house in Piccadilly.
Scott and Crabbe, Byron, Lamb and
SYDNEY Smith, met there and gossiped
over new books, or fingered rare edl-
lions of old ones.
The Duke of Wellington was IN the
habit of riding up to the shop and
leaving list of books which he wished
to buy, the exact limit of price always
being carefully stated to penny. On
one occasion an auction OF old books
was in progress, and pamphlet, the
title of which attracted him, was
started at two shillings He beckoned
to the shopman.
Buy it for me, carte blanche, he
said, and rode away.
A day or two later he called again,
and the pamphlet was handed to him.
1t had cost nearly twenty-five pounds.
The duke, who was saving of money,
changed countenance, and said quietly:
You were right, am enough OF
soldier to submit to my own orders. "
An old lady soberly clad, but with
merry, twinkling eyes, came often to
the shop, and was regarded with awe
by clerks and customers. 1t was Miss
Hannah More, who had lately written
certain weighty tragedies.
One day little boy six years of age,
followed by his nurse, entered and
brought a note from Miss More to the
publisher, asking him to credit her
young friend Tom" for whatever
books he might choose on her account.
Two years later the same Tom
brought another note, stating that he
was to be credited to the amount OF
two guineas, and that as he already
owned and read all the great epics, she
would suggest prose wOrks-JOhnson' S
or Izaak Walton's Lives"
I Many years later there was a great
! field day at Hatchard's. The third and
fourth volumes of Macaulay's His
tory of England were i'll the press,
and subscriptions were pouring i'll from
the royal family, cabinet ministers,
and bishops, down to poor clerks. The
author came into the shop, and was
told how the book had stirred the
whole country. The publisher had
known him for many years, but GER
tain pleased flash of the eye startled
his memory.
why, you are our little friend
Toni he said.
Macaulay laughed, and confessed to
being the prodigy whose infantile wis
dom had long been tradition of the
shop.-Fireside Companion.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01
A Dull Day For Street Beggar.

Ought one to give money to hand
organiSt who is manifestly making HIM
self a nuisance before the door of some
one else? have asked myself this when
I have been tempted, and L am not yet
quite clear about it. At present, there
fore. | give only to the inaudible street
ministries, who earn an honest living
and make no noise about it. [ cannot
think that Il ballad singer on Sixth ave-
nue., who pOurs forth his artless lay
amid the roar and tie of the elevated
trains, the jangle and CHATTER Of the horse
cars, the clang e the grOcers carts and
the thunder of the express wagons, is
practically molesting anybody, and |
believe that one can reward his innocent
efforts without wrouging his neighbors.
1t is always amusing to have him stop
in his most effective phrase to say,
"Thank you, thank you, SIR" and then
to go on again.
The other day as | dropped my con-
tributiOn into the extended hat asked,
Glow is busineSs?" and the singer in
terrupted himself TO answer, Nothing
to brag of, sir, thank you. and resumed
with continuous tenderness the "ditty
Of no tone that he was piping to the
inattentive uprOar of the street. -'T rib-
ulations of q Cheerful Giver," by w.
ID. Howells, i'll Century.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01
A Clever Way to Get q Dinner.

happened to be one of party of six
dining the other night at an up town
restaurant. Most of us were strangers to
each other, having met only in the aft
ernoon in the course of business. There
were banker, politician, lawyer, a
theatrical manager and something else,
I do not yet know what, in the company
The something else made himself ex-
ceedingly agreeable. He was, in fact,
the life of the party. He was politeness
itself, and his wit and epigrams were
fetching. After dinner he rather sud
denly and mysteriously dropped out OF
sight and was missed.
"Who was the gentleman" l asked
of the theatrical manager.
"I'm sure l don't know, he replied
IT thought he was friend OF yours.
"No, never saw him before. l sup
posed he was friend of yours, said
Then l put the same question to each OF
the others and found that the man was
unknown to any of the party. He had
simply invited himself to dine with us,
behaved like jolly good fellow and
disappeared at the right moment. The
only thing we have against him is that
he forgot to pay his bill-New York
Press.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01
MORTARS AND MEN.
An Admirable Quality of Moral Courag
Is Presented.

An Admirable Quality of Moral Courage
Is Presented.
During the recent trial of the new
Sandy Hook coast defences it was
found desirable that the striking
points of the big mortars projectiles
should be accurately determined. At
the long range of 5000 yards, or three
and half miles, the 800-pound mass of
cast steel buried itself ten feet deep in
the sand, and it is the duty of the OBJ
server at the target to mark the position
by a stake in order that the shot may
be afterwards dug up and examined.
The sergeants of artillery had been de-
tailed on this delicate service, and
when the party of officials and guests
servers met them smiling and enthusi
astic and with their hazardous work
successfully performed. A newspaper
reporter asked one Of the men how he
enjoyed the task of retrieving cannon
balls.
ct was beautiful, sir; beautiful"
said the smiling sergeant 81 stood
there (po1ntlng at spot twenty-five
yards from the stake)," and | could
see 'em coming. They turned straight
and came point down. They threw
the sand up like water and scattered it
in every direction. 1t was beautiful,
sir"
'Were you not afraid?' demanded
one man.
"What would 1 be afraid of, sir?'
asked the sergeant.
Was there ever a finer example of
true pride in ones profession? The
familiarity that breeds contempt could
never have spoken thus of peril COM
pared to which tiger beating in an In
dian jungle is but dull and scoporific
pastime. 1t is indeed an admirable
quality Of moral courage that is here
presented, the educated sang-froid of
man who neither underestimate
danger nor runs away from it, the pure
impulse to duty that looks for no re-
ward and seeks for no end outside of
itself.
1t is still the men who are behind
the guns.-Harper's Weekly.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01
Human Sympathy.

Human sympathy, like human re-
spect, goes good deal on appearances.
A man may be suffering agony from
some hidden trouble of the brain or
body, but he will not get half as much
sympathy as the man whose eyes are
watery and whose nose is infiamed
from a cold in the head. One fellow
will have headache that is splitting
open that portion of his anatomy, but
the fellow with the hollow cough will
divert every atom of human feeling in
the vicinity.
don't know anything more exas-
perating than to have Some one tell
you how we'll you are looking when
you're dying of indigestion. It's like
watching fellow crack nuts with his
teeth when you've got the toothache.
1t is much more bearable to be told
that you look i'll when you are well
than to be congratulated upon your
healthy appearance when you are i'll.
The average human being will not
believe man is starving unless he can
see his ribs. A man never gets much
sympathy for broken leg until it is
all done up in splints. A carbuncle
on the back of fellows neck will in
spire more pity than hidden spinal
complaint. A man may go about with
an aneurism of the aorta, and the fell
low who has the shrewdness to 90 to
bed with sick headache will get all
the jellies and stuff his lady friends
can send him. This is queer
world.
Everybody tells me Pm looking
well, !" said cynical fellow the other
night. Last week / had a cold in
my head, and everybody sympathized
with me. Now that it has gone down
and tackled my bronchial tubes, feel
as if / were in for consumption, but l
don't get any sympathy at all. -
Firsside Companion.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01
Battling the MOSQUITO.

The time of the year is here when
many people are keenly interested in
any measure that will lead to the cir
cumyention of the pestilent mosquito.
An American agricultural expert finds
that film of kerosene oil on the water
tanks near his house has rid it of mos
quitoes. Kerosene smeared On the face
and hands is quite effective in keeping
the insects at bay. An Indian journal
vouches for the castor oil plant as one
Of the best projections against mosQui-
toes. In Egypt it is planted about the
houses to drive the insects away. In
towns the young plants can always be
lad i'll pots, and they can be placed
about the house for day or two After
that they must be put ont in the fresh
air, for the plant loves the sun. But
with two sets Of pots, one for service
within doors and the other recouping,
the plan can be worked perfectly. In
tropical countries the ordinary belief is
that the insects are killed by poison
that is to be found on the lower side of
the leaf, but if Il dozen leaves are placed
about a room that swarms with the in
sects they will disappear without leav-
ing any dead ones lying about
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01
BORROWING TROUBLE.
How Some Persons Make Pastoral Work a
Burden to Their Pastors.

How Some Persons MAKE tsistofhi " VI N %
Burden to Their Pastors.
Several well known clcrgymcn of this
city were chatting together at the close
of a ministerial gathering few days
ago, when one of them remarked that
one Of the hardest things he had to con-
tend with in his work as a pastor was
the disposition of many members OF his.
church to borrow trouble.
II can nearly always find some way
10 comfort persons suffering from pres
ent troubles, - said the minister, but L
am always discouraged when L find
parishioner worrying over some antlcl-
pated trouble that will probably never
materialiZe "
That is my experience, too, remark
ed another of the group, land had an
amusing example of it i'll my own house
not long ago. | went into my study aft
er breakfast one morning and was as
tonished to find one of the servants sit
ting Oh the floor i'll front of the CRATE
fire, CRYING and moaning as if her heart
would break.
"'Why, Mary, said l, what in the
world is the matter with you?
"'Oh, sir, she answered, L got to
thinking, sir-boohoo that suppose l
should get married, sir-boohoo and
should have a fine baby boy, sir-boo-
hoo and he should grow big enough to
walk, sir-boohoo-and he should get
III front of a fire like this, sir-boohoo-
hoo!-and should fall into it and be
burned to death, sir, whatever would J.
do, sir, and how would | feel, sir, and
then the tears and walls came SO fast
she couldn t speak at all
Now" continued the minister,
chow could comfort a person who Dor
rowed trouble like that? | certainly
couldn t do it trying to convince the girl
she would never be married, and SO
simply made no effort to console her,
but told her to go to her room and stay
there until she had recovered her lost
wits. New York Herald.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01
HOW TO TELL CHARACTER.
1t Is Invariably Indicated by the Diff
ferent Features.

1t Is Invariably Indicated by the Diff
1erent Features.
Many plain face looks posi- lively
pretty when lighted up by animation,
and many heart has been won and
kept by one such glance at the right
moment.
The eyes show more plainly than
any other fearture of the face the in
tensity of our feelings, the direction
toward which the feelings tend is dis
played by the size, shape and mould
ing of the mouth.
Women have always smaller mouths
than men, and more frequently larger
eyes. They, as a rule, feel more in
tensely than man, and their feelings
are kept more in check, and are less
material.
A broad, square, upright forehead,
receding just slightly, is invariably
the sign manual of a clear, vigorous
mind. Strength of mind is shown in
conjunction with well-cut, slightly
rounded chin.
Features so formed on the same face
indicate self-reliance, courage, the
ability to balance ones surroundings
speedily.
Such man is always on the alert,
and, come what may, is never taken
aback by unsforseen circumstances
Should the forehead be rounded off at
the corners you may take it that the
character is considerate, kindly dis
posed, well-meaning, and, as a rule.
generous.
Hair i'll man or woman is always a
sign of energy of some kind If dark
hair, the energy is the more pro-
nounced, and should it be curly or
wavy it invariably implies musical
taste.
Light-haired persons are less intense.
not so impulsive, and more thoughtful
than their darker brethren.
A red-haired mortal is not such an
Objectionable individual as one would
expect from the many derogatory re-
marks that are passed about him. You
will find the red-haired one, lively,
chatty, waIm-hearted, and usually yerv
shrewd.
In spite of authorities, the writer
has always found the eyebrows, as
such, to indicte nothing! Whether
they are arched or straight depends on
the shape OF the brow. A low, over
hanging ridge of the brow usually
shows perception. But if this ridge be
arched instead of straight, it implies
sensltiveness. IN. Y. Story Paper.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01

In the edifice of health is vigor, which means
not merely muscular energy, but an active dis
charge Of the various functions OF the DO ",
such as digestion sec elton of the bile, the a.
ticn of the bowels the circulation of the blood.
Nothing more actively and thoroughly contrib
utes to the united performance OF these fn"c-
tions then the renowned tonic and regulator,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The result of its
use is a speedy gain in strength, together with
the agreeable consciousness that the tenure OF
life is being strengthened that one is laying
mp store of vitality against the unavoidable
draughts which old age makes upon the system
The terrifying influence of the Bitters cOnsti-
tnte it reliable safeguard against malaria
rheumatism aud kidney trouble. Appetite and
the system against the effects Of cold, and
damp.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01
HOW'S THIS !

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. T. CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo. O.
We the undersigned, have known +. j
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo, 0.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Price 75c pei
bottle. Sold by all druggists. Tesiimon-
ials free.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01
Overeating.

Overeating is generally condemned on
the ground that by stuffing the digestive
organs or by giving them too much to
10 the food taken is prevented from
properly nourishing him who takes it. 1t
is possible, however, that one may suf
Ter from too much nutriment as we'll as
from too little, even when it is properly
assimilated
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01
The HiHdoO Trinity.

The Hindoo Trinity is composed of
three gods-Brahma the creator; Wish
nu, the preserver, and silva, the destroy
er. The second parsonage is represented
under more than 90 different forms, but
the most common is that of handsome
youth with four hands.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01
Heavy Sermon.

Mason-Why does Jason prefer taking
a walk on Fifth avenue on Sunday morn
ing to going to church?
Payson-He says he likes to read SER
mons in stones rather than to listen to
sermons from sticks. New York Her
aid
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01
HOITT's SCHOOL.

Nowhere are boys better cared for ana
more Thoroughly taught than at Holtt's
school, Burllngame, San Mateo county,
Cal. This school is in charge of Ira q.
II uitt, Phi. D., and will reopen August 9TH.
S. F. Chronicle.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01

Over the grave of the cannibai king they in
scribed with trenchant pen this epitaph );
write me down as one who loved his fellow
men"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01

COUPON 36-The two new and popular
songs Goodbye and "Parted.' regular pr ce
40c each, can be rrocu ed at the introductory
price, 10c esch, by sending his upon-sramps
aiken. Wiley b. Allen Co, Portland, O-egon.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01

Pisos Cure for Consumption has saved
me many doctors bills F. HARDY, Hop
kins Place. Baltimore, Nd, Dec 2, 1894.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01
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LEAVES ITS rlARK

every one of the painful irregularities
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It regulates and promotes all the womanly
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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01

Use Radams Microbe Killer. Advice Free.
$50 Morrison ST., Portland, Oregon.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-01

HOW TO GET WELL.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-02
my FOOD DOES ME- NO GOOD.

IN amy city there Hro many possible ways 10
travel from ono point ~ Ruothor. hut between
the food on your table and IL destination In the
body there II only one tDal,-dirciiy hrDm7h The
stomach. There Is 10 going around the stomach
or foringn passage through IL Ilorc the iOod 4,
detained while Tor bcttHr or for worse Hero
II must DO digo'tud, that Il 10 say, changed.
liauenod mud RS'Ortcd ioi assimilation; or, tail.
Ing that 1t mus! Ito hero aud rot. generating
poisonous principles which enter tho blood aud
set NJ diseased action throughout tho system.
This Is indigestion or dyspepsia, condition
that exists when person says. IVY foot dos
me- NO good"
Certainly not. How eau Il; Tho moro he cats
the more hO suffers Tho rOni II blocked 40
,iSo putting mora grain In tho hopper when tho
mill cannot Rrlui Hero are some Of Natures
protesW l0N Ot appetite; diStroN inter eating;
hcartbnrn; palpltatOni flashes Of heat AMI
cold tho rilngOi nause0uN acids aud gases Into
.hn thTOtt inrcd tongue; dull and aching
head palms In tho Ghost nnd hacE wcltrucNS,
fatigue aud worry; loss Of sleep; cnll hands
hhi icol ycllow!Sh eyes AMI k I'M weakness aud
ifcmbllhg; consultations failure OF nervous
force hni courage etc, etc out OF this ECethlnI
G,ockaIe ~ tho stomach inay come any OF q
dozen local COinplAlnN,--a common form OF
pseudo consumption among them Vet YOU
must cat or sturvc. Miserable dilemma
Drastic measures won't do, Take very little
lght nouri,hmcnt At fs,t aud immnitnt'y after
Il nOSc Of the shaker DigcStluR Cordial, the
only radically effective remedy Tor indigestion
Or dySpeDSig,'-prcparct BY the Shaker COmmu.
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eS. Pleasant 10 the taste, paInlCS and harm
less ...f
Trlul bottles ten cents For sale by nearly all
ufurgiAts
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-02
(COpyriqhL, iSN,l

Tho weather wa, warm and sultry.
Little air was stirring in tho s,rcots,
but aloft thoro wore light currents con-
stantly varying in direction. Tho bal.
loon wa, now 10 tho south aud wost Of
lie anchorage. Tho sea breeze, certain
to spring up In the afternoon, would
wait II probably In tho opposite dircc.
ton. ltthe wind were strong, tho cap.
tive globo would ,autea It's miro md
move around a largo area; Ii light airs
prevailed, tho wiro would become moro
nearly vertical. Tho SAFEST place was
obviously tho house in which tho wire
was secured. because only in tho far 70.
mote possibility Of absolute calm could
tho balloon remain directly above tho
fastening point OF its cable. Tho wire
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-02

might tell you how to avoid its effects
in order to get clear OF arrest for not
having anything to do with i'll"
What do YOU mean?'
Simply this, can prevent this, and
so save, as you believe. immense de-
s,ruction Of life and property. ! will do
so for Sl00,000"
"a blackmailing scheme, then?"
"How so?"
ITO send up this balloon and threaten
to murder with it. unless you arc paid
not to do 60"
II did not send up the balloon. Even
tho apprehension OF the danger is all
yours-not mine.
your game won't work."
Ivory well lock me up. But remem-
Der you aro arresting me as tho perpc-
traitor of this supposed outrngo-mc,
the very person, on your own showing.
best able to apply tho rcmedy-who is
not only able, but willing. Have you
read that notice? Tho hours are flying
and it will soon DO too late. And thcn
whose i, the responsibility for tho
dreadful rosult-yours or miner Black.
mail? Is it blackmail for tho physi-
clans who fight the epidemic to ask
their pay? Doe, tho SUN nsk equal
in value tho good may do? When tho
time comes for public execration, MIR.
Superintendent, the people will Judge
between the man who oilers himself us
thcir savior, and you. their scr want, who
condemned thom to this calamity rather
than give tho just reward for their pro.
tec,on."
And hero the conversation ended.
Julius was locked up in tho nearest
police station. Shortly aitcrward tho
mayor. having arrived on tho sceno, on.
tered into earnest consultation with tho
superintendent. Tho result wns tho
posting oil hand-bilIs all over tho city,
and tho publication in all tho nows-
papors OF call for suggestions OF wave
and moaus to prevent tho balloon drop
ping its load. For any successful plan
a reward OF 5000 was offered.
And meanwhile. as Juliu, had pro.
dic,od, tho groat strike WAS forgotten.
TO NJ CoSTISUED.