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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
AN ODD LAMENT.
A Somewhat Singular Speculation OF
Oliver Wendell Holmes.

"A
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Shortly before hi, death Oliver Wen
dell Holmes INDUCED il curiou re-
Elections ever the number of bOo.:s he
might have written had his long life
been applied as diligently to literary
pur uits as it was engrossed by acqu r.
ing anil imrarting scientific knowl-
e lge. This speculation had sometime
of pathCs in it. It's M urnful hrm"F
was experienced by Nat ami i lev
thorne end Charles Lamb. tho ;e fine
SD rits that often cha ed under the
drudgerv of ofici; employment.
Yet such complaints seem, on care
full examine ton, to be poet rather
than real. Literature is "ood walk
ing st elk, hut bad crutc.l. sal Thack-
cray. 1t is an excellent. wise thing
Young Poets to find some more re-
liable support than is furnished by
their yer es.
We do t observe, for example,
that the sple' did imagination o. Iaw-
thcrne was hindcred by his duties IN
the salem custom houTe. nor that
Lamb lost farcy through his long en-
rlovment with the East India coEl-
pany.
DR.. Holmes represented the true
wealth as we'll as the health OF Amer
;.'an Ii e. lie had earned a competence
by hard work and enjoyed the luxury
Of repose by lrinring forth music that
touched his neighbours heart as deeply
as his own. His SOM was spontaneous,
free and joyous as that of the meadow
larss He had wcathered the storm?
of youth, triulnphed over the disap-
ro'ntm"nts of maturity and 'ached q
ripe oil are cheercd by the applause
and tie Election of mankind.
How best Is he who crowns in shades like
these
youth of labor with an age of ease!
And all his pr spects Frightening to the last,
Lis heaven commences ere the world be past.
IN. Y. Press.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

THE Srattle Press-Times saws
that the "North Canal" may cost
$4,000, or it may costs15O, 900 but
it is going to be built right away.
Let us hope that this will prove
true. We have no Tacoma-dog-in-
the-manger-towns in San Juan to be
jealous of Seattle's good fortune.
That which is benefit to Seattle is
a benefit to Washington.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

THE Income tax law has again
been sustained; this time it Is by
the district court Of appeals for the
District of Columbia. 1t is thougl. t
by many that the law will moi have
to stand another test. The col
lector has already received money
in payment of the tax, from quite "a
number of people affected by the
law.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

] know an old soldier who had enron
lc diarrhoea of long standing TO have
been permanently cured 10y taking
Chan,berlain's Collie. Cholera and Diar-
rh9a Remedy" says Edward Sllumpik
a prominent druggist of Minneapolis,
MINI. II have sold the remedy in this
city for over seven years aud consider
1t superior to any "tl,er medicine now
OH the market for bowel complaints,
70 and 50 cent bottles of this remedy for
sale by druggists,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

CLEvELAND's bond bill was badly
defeated and it is not likely that
another similar scheme will he pro-
mulgated, at least not in the near
future. A number of the eastern
Republicans voted for the bill but
western congressman voted against
it, regardless OF party affiliations,
claiming that it was Wall street
scheme.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
TACOMA and Seattle are now ho,

TACOMA and Seattle are now both
claiming that they are sure of Sc
curing the new military post which
is to be located at some point on
the Sound. 1t seems to be the
policy of the government to discon-
tinue the small frontier posts, now
that they are no longer needed to
protect the settlers from the attacks
of indians, and consolidate the
forces in a few larger posts, where
they will prove more effective in
case of home trouble.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
PROPOSED FISH LEGISLATION.
WE hav" copy of House Bill,
No 21O entitled.

w - ~>
No. 312, entitled:
AN Act For the protection and propo-
CATION OF fish and the encouragement and
regulation of fishing and fish industries,
and providing for the licensing and regu-
lation of canneries, fish traps, pound nets,
weirs, set nets and other fixed appliances
for catching salmon and other fish in the
waters of Puget Sound, the Gulf ot Georgia
and tributary waters, and providing for
closed season for catching salmon and GER
tain other fish; and for the disposition OF
the funds arising from this act; and for the
establishment and conduct of fish hatcher
les in the several counties of the State OF
Washington; and declaring an emergency.
Tnc bill was introduced by Blggs,
OF VI hItcum. and is, no doubt,
aim. d at monopoly and We do not
doubt but that Mr.. Biggs is honest
in his intentions, but in his Zeal to
protect the salmon he would invlct
hardship Oh the l,sIcri.cn ao VIII
as the corporations.
Section 5 provides, that a license
for each trap in Puget sound, Or
tributary waters, shall cost twenty
dollars, and as the bill would not
..ilec, inc C"iumD.a r1v,r, The traps
there would cost but ten dollars. Ii
seems to us that this would be an
unjust discrimination against the
Sound cannery men, ins'much as a
trap in salt waller is Il tame affair
compared to a trap on the Column
bia river.
Section 10 says "Within thirty
days after the close of the fishing
season ia! p0ico and Stakes, con-
nected with any trap or other de-
vice ior catchiIo salmon, shall he
removed" TO illustrate the i'm
practibllity of SUCH a procedure
Mr.. Keene, of the Island Packing
Co., said lit would be much easier
to remove our dOcl. at the close OF
each season. The lIi.es used in the
traps are often seventy-fve to
eighty feet long and driven with
the large end down and it would be
simply i'm Jooslnic Az REM We til, m. y
If the bill contem; ...ttva in. total
abolition Of traps this section il Ill
right.
Section 9 says: at shall not be law
full to iisi tor for salmon 10y any
means whatever from the first day
of Oc,oUcr ~ Tie Glttenth day OI
November" Az tie silver salmon
often do not run in the Sound until
the middle of October, this section
would destroy the canning of this
species Of salmon. The dog salmon
which is canned quite extensively
also run during these months and
we can hardly understand why we
should protect this species, as it is
a very inferior fish.
The bill further provides tina,
every cannery shall pay IL tax OF
two cents on every case of salmon
put up. This money to be useG i'll
establishing fish hatcheries in this
state.
1t is claimed that one of the traps
at Poih, Roberts last year caught
as many fish as 800 fishermen did
in British Columbia. this may be
true as that trap is located On a
river, but the salt water traps can
not possibly do any considerable
damage to the salmon industry.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
Dated this 22d day of July, 1895.

There is good reason for the popularity
OF Chalnherlain's Cough Remedy. Davis
& BuZzard, of West Monterey, CLARION Co.,
Pa, say: ut has cured people that our
physicians could do nothing for. We
persuaded them to try bottle Of Cham
he, lain's Cough Remedy and they now
recommend it with the rest of US. 5Ocent
bottles for sale by San Juan Trading Co.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

ATelegram from Mexico City informs
the world that Minister Isaac P. Gray
died at sos, on the evening of February.
IA. The death Of Isaac Pusey GRAY
removes from the ranks of the demo-
cratic party one of its greatest and
abiest statesmen. For many years he
has served officially being elected leu
tenant governor Of Indiana i'm 1875 and
governor i'm 1884. On the election of
Mr.. Cleveland in 1882, Mr.. Gny was
appointed minister to Mexico.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
HARRY WAS ZEAL MEAN.
He Made Game of His Entertaining Littl
Wife.

He Made Game OF His Entertaining Llttle
Wife.
At a pleasant home in Covi-gton the
other evening, happy company were
"athered. The host and no te' S had
81 t re urned from a trip to Macllinac,
and the young wife was relating to
her guests some of the incidents Of the
journey.
"Oh, learned so many thin~s while
we wer>. core" she said. and her prAt-
ty face was lighted with the most BE-
coming animation as she went on
brcathlessly:
I'VE stop ed one day at the stat
inst tuition for the deaf and dumb
Michigan. and what do you thin's tn :
steward tpl us? Why. he said tn
SIT a barrel of flour fore very mea
there"
"A larrel of forr!" exclaimed a
Young Ia 1y who wa listening.
Yes" sd 4 the hostess umphant-
ly "for every meal. AMI how ma y
p>,atoes 10 you suppose they peel for
dinn"r? G1e s."
Ncboly dared.
"Ten Eu hels Just think Of it! And
they u"e three barr>ls of c" bbare, and
when they have watermelon. it takes
Just two hnndrrd and sixty to 60
round. But listen. That isn't all.
They seed one hundred and seventy.
. FIVE pounds of ra':ir for the Sunda y
CT e, end they put twenty-one bushels
of apples in the pies. Don't they,
Harr ?"
II rry WIS the husband and the com
patio in tits remarkable voyare Of
4 scovcry lie turred to his wi e
{. all. and then .raw'ed cut the
mcaacst p*cch of his m"rr;ed life;
", or. Not only that, bnt they
mill: ere Eclc cow every day!"-Cin
cinnati T. bire.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

The co-paTtnership heretofore existing
between Joseph Wood and Henry New
man. General Blacksmiths, doing bust
hess at Madden's Corners, is hereby
dissolved by mutual consent. All per-
SONS indebted to the firm before October
3D., 1894, are requested to come forward
and pay the same TO G.. H. Sutton.
Signed JOE HE> Woo2, ,,,,,,,
Dated this 22d day of July, 1895.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

SENATOR SHERMAN HIS offered a
substitute for the free coinage bill.
1t authorizes an issue of 3 per cent
gold five-year bonds, and also an
issue of 3 per cent certificates, pay
able in lawful money. Sherman
seems to be determined on issuing
bonds whenever there is a possible
chance.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

An artesian we'll with a natural flow
of $4,000 gallons of pure, cold water
every twenty-four hours, is the possess
sion of the Puget Sound FIGURING Mill
company, at Tacoma. The well is
located just below the bluff short dis
lance back from the harbOr. The water
has just been struck at depth of 1856
feet, and is pronounced the finest that
has yet been found anywhere on the
Sound.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.

J. 3inswanger has decided to close
out his business, and during the next
few days will give the public the ad-
vantage of wholesale prices on his
entire stock of General Merchandise.
consisting of Dry Goods, Ready Made
Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Crockery,
Glassware and notions.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

THERE is strong opposition to
the "Army and Navy bill", which
is now in congress. What lie peo-
pie of the U. s. want at the present
time is an opportunity to earn an
honest living. We have enough
vessels with foreign sailors to MAIN
tain at present.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

AS near as can be estimated the short
age in the penitentiary accounts is som
thing over $4,000, but as Coblentz
destroyed number of the books and
accounts the amount may be several
times this amount. AS C0blentz des-
troyed both himself and the accounts
it would have saved the state some
trouble if he had seen fit to destroy
himself first.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

WITH this issue the ISLANDER
enters its fifth year. Thanking our
patrons for their very liberal pat
ronage during the past year, we will
in future, as in the past, attempt to
give the news without fear and
without favor.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
lSOS

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
SEATTLE, WASH, JAN. 2lst 1895.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof i'm support
of his claim, and that said proof will be
made before the Clerk of the Superior
Court. at Friday Harbor, Wash, Friday,
March LIST, 1895.
HENRY BRANAUGH
HID. APP, No. l4,O6S, for the Sc. i of Nv ]
Ser. 4, in Township SO. n. r. l, W., w M.
He names tho following witnesses t.
prove his continuous residence upon al {
cultivation of said land, viz:
Anthony Ohlert, William Emch, JOIN
G. Ohlert and Sherman Jones, all of Olga
Wash.
WIN. D. O'TooLE, Register.
First publication Jan. "a 1885.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
ADVERTISING RATES 4:

Display standing ads, . cents per men,
ner week, single column measurement.
Reading business locals, 20 cents per
line per week.
Notices. such as Wanted. For Sale, etc,
10 cents per line for first insertion ana III
cents per line each week thereafter.
Legal notices, at customary legal rates.
All communications to THE ISLANDER
must be signed with the name OF the
writer, not necessarily for publication,
but as a guarantee of good faith.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

The sheriffof .,kagit county publishes
"Notice of Sale" thirty inches long
and he isn't going to sell the whole
county either.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

Fifty families are expe tied for the
Rappeasvile colony, next week. This
colony is located on the Nooksack, in
Whatcom county, and is being settled
principally by Poles.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
STRAY NOTICE.

A Brood Sow came on my farm, in
section l, Twp. Sc, r. 2 west, on Orcas
island, on the 14th INST. Owner can
have the same by proving property,
paying expenses and removing the same
within ten days.
w. M. MCKIsSOCK.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
HENRY BRANAUGH
NOTICE TO SETTLERS.

Settlers desiring to make final proof o.
their claims can make their application b!
writing to the ISLANDER for information,
thus saving trip to the county seat, IT,
only trip needed being on the day Of fin.
proof
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

i will sell my house and three lots
cheap, for cash. Address,
III. S. King, Friday Harbor, Wash
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

Seventeen men are reported to have
recently caught 80 ton of hnlibut i'm six
hours at the mouth of the Skeena river
ir Alaska.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

Mr.. Rufus Ramsey, Ex-Treasurer of
Illinois, is short $3.50, 900, in his accounts.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

Stove wood or good bark, is legal
tender for all debts, "Both public and
private" which you may owe Tie
ISLANDER
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05
A Good Rackground.

One great difference between men OF
equal capacity and opportunity is to be
found in the background Of their lives.
One man goes to his work in the morn
ing from pleasant home, and from the
delightful atmosphere of mutual con-
sideration and love. Another's home
surroundings and family relationships
are not congenial or inspiring. Is 1t
surprising that one man addresses him.
self to his tasks with zest and nerve
that makes work easy, while the Other
finds that things drag on his hands, and
that he is soon worn out? One of the
secrets of many mans success is the
background of a happy home life. And
many a good man has failed, not be-
cause he lacked in ability or energy,
but because those who stood in the most
intimate relations to him were too
stupid or uncongenial to make his home
life winsome. OF course men have tri-
umphed over this obstacle just as they
have over others, but the force they ex-
pend in overcoming such drawbacks is
Just SO much subtracted from their efti-
cheney in the work Df life.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05

smoothed her golden-brown uesses
back from her forehead. you know
how much value your happiness and
how glad l am you are going to marry
man like Cameron. | promise you
now that will look after him as though
he were my own son and bring him
back safe and sound to you. Come,
you have full trust in me?"
Dalrymple knew that his promise
was of little avail in view of the chances
of a border campaign, but it soothed
the girls heart, and her tears fell
through a smile as she kissed him.
AS a rule mountain battery, two
companies of the Scottish Rifles, two
native regiments, and a detachment of
the Guides should be more than a match
for any tribesmen that ever swept down
on a marauding foray into the lowlands.
But that day the Ghazis fought with
demoniacal skill, and, Just toward
evening, they made a last wild rush
that nearly settled matters Indeed,
the square bulged in rather unpleasant
ly on one side, and had 1t not been for
the way in which Cameron and dozen
of his sowars laid about them with
their sabers 1t would have been all up
with the expedition.
AS 1t was, everybody breather hard
for the next ten minutes, and the Scots
men were just beginning to wipe out
their rifles, the barrels having been
fouled with drippings from the bay
onets, when Dalrymple discovered that
Cameron was missing. Some one had
seen him get knocked off his horse and
he had evidently been carried away In
the rush of the retreating enemy. A
hasty search in the vicinity showed that
his body, at any rate, was not to be
found, and anything like pursuit In the
growing darkness was quite out of the
question.
Townsend and Dalrympe did not dare
to speak their thoughts to each other,
but couple of hours later, when the
wearled force was seeking rest from the
turmoil of the day, moullah placed all
doubts at rest as to Camerons fate by
shrieking out of the gloom that when
the next day dawned the followers of the
pronhet would frsf cruelty tba aennrsad
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05
THE MORTAL GIRLS.
Studious Maidens of Famous High SchooI--Specia
Provisions For Bright Young
Women.

tions are not the outcome of the sugs
gestions or the direction of the faculty.
They seem to have developed out of a
desire for increased knowledge which
the spirit of the school seeks to stimu-
late. While the societies are of spon-
taneous growth the faculty of the school
are not unconcerned In their organiza-
tion. Some Of them depend for their
existence upon the cooperation of the
teachers.
For simple, unconventional enjoy
ment the Hoby Club is unique. It's
name suggests its purpose. 1t aims to
allow each Of its members to air her
hobby at least once a year. Is your
hobby absurd? Do friends intimate
politely-that 1t is a bore? In the
Hobby Club 1t receives respectful
GUS attention. The flourishing men,
bership allows of no end of hobbies.
They canter, they trot, they pace, they
gallop and run from light and frivolous
volumes Of Darwin and Spehser to pom
derous newspaper paragraphs on the
new woman" AS a rule the meekest-
faced girls scorn any but the most Wig
orous hobbies; leaving humble confess
sions of weakness to their apparently
strong minded sisters.
Everything about the Hobby Club is
unique-even the manner of conduct
ing the exercises. Before the particu-
lar lobbyist announced on the pro-
gram speaks each member Of the So
ciety is required to name the particular
hobby which she thinks best suited to
the speaker. The guesses set the meet
ing in glow Of geniality, and that they
frequently fall short of the right an
swer adds all the more to the merri-
ment.
The officers OF the Hobby Club are
Miss Blanche Levi, president; Miss
Carol Massman and Miss Sue Stuart,
vice presidents Miss Helen G.. Lovett,
secretary and treasurer. Upon these
slight shoulders rest the responsible
ties and trusts of this novel organiza-
tion, whose delightful meetings are
among the brightest pages in Normal
School annals.
In one of the finely equipped labora-
tories, which to every visitor are a de-
lightful and inspiring revelation Of the
advantages which lie with
in the reach of the women of to-day,
one comes upon the serious and digni-
fed special physics and chemistry
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-05
WOMEN OF COLORADO.
They Have rlade a Success in PoIitcs--Tried
Voting and Like It--Their
Future

delicacy and skill, yet 1t was caTled "a
measure Of sentiment" and she was ha-
rassed in assembly hall, and in the Sc
cure seclusion of the committee-room
men vilified her in a dastardly manner.
The entire effort Of many men who were
the lawmakers of Colorado was to make
of this bill measure Of offense rather
than defense. The republican platform
demanded that the age Of consent be
changed, but in spite of this fact,
amounting to a pledge, Mrs. Holly was
obliged to fight her battle in the face
Of bitter opposition, proving herself no
mean antagonist. She is a resident of
Pueblo, Colorados second city, where
she has lived for many years. She in
terested herself in the suffrage move
ment, and when elected as representa-
tive proved equal to her difficult duties.
Mrs. .Klock Of Arapahoe county, intro
duced and centered her interest in bill
which would provide an industrial home
for incorrigible girls. She worked un-
tiringly for the success Of this meas
ure, and the home was established, but
no appropriation followed, and at the
close Of the legislature Mrs. Klock re-
solved herself into a committe on ways
and means. The result was that money
was raised to furnish and open such
home. To-day this refuge has thirty
six inmates and is in the hands OF a
committee who will not tire in the good
work.
Such are some Of the results OF "leg-
islatresses." During the session these
women were always to be found in their
places, prompt and ready, but not ag-
gressive. They appreciated the fact
that it cost Colorado something like
SO a minute while the house was in ses-
sion, and it is not on the records that
the sergeant-at-arms was obliged to
send to hotel lobby or clubroOm to
bring them into the house to cast their
vote.
These first women lawmakers did not
fly into any frenzy, or mistake abuse
for argument, sharpening their
tongues with bitterness and venom"
This was left for the men OF that as
sembly, and on January 16, when both
houses met in joint session to ballot up
on United States senator, an unprece-
dented scene was witnessed. Resolu-
tions had been presented that body by
the W. c. T u. and the Equal Suffrage
Association which gave offense to the
male members, and they arose in their
manly dignity, saying that said resolu-
tions were IAN insult to republicans"
Just why it should be an insult to re-
publicanism for women to ask to be
represented by moral and upright men
did not transpire.