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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-05-30

New York, May 21.-Mrs. Frank
Leslie is to sail for England Saturday
to visit her mother-in-law, Lady Wilde,
and to do what she can to comfort that
lady in her trouble in the disgraceful
scandal in which her eldest SON, Oscar
Wilde, has cut 80 prominent q figure
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-05-30
Trouble in the California Militia.

San Francisco, May 2O.-The even.
ing Post says that there is to be gen.
eral upheaval in the Third infantry reg
iment, National Guard of California,
and that Colonel Thomas F. Barry and
the captains of three companies will re-
tire, not being willing to serve under
the newly appointed brigadier-general,
r. 81. Warfield.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-05-30
Denomination of the whisky Trust.

Reorganization OF the
Chicago, May 23.-The reorganlza-
t;on committee of the whisky trust to-
doy took action which will probably
end the receivership within a short
time Resolutions were adopted pro-
ding for the sale of trust properties,
either by the courts or by the board Oh
directors.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-05-30
smueeler Foss Sentenced.

San Francisco. May II Henry L.
Foss, the smuggler and Chinese certifi-
cate forger, was today sentenced to four
years in San Quentin, and fined $1,250
in the United States district court.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-05-30
Receiver for an Insurance Company.

Receiver for an Insurance Company.
New York, May 23.-J. G. McAdam
in the superior court special term
granted an order today for the appoint
ment of temporary receiver for the
New York Bowery Fire Insurance
Company, and temporary injunction
restraining the directors from further
interference with the management OF
the company. A petition sets forth
that the stock, effects and other prop
erty are not sufficient to pay all its de-
mands.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-05-30
pu..,.n villages Destroyed.

ST. Petersburg, May 23.-n the
town of Kobueden, 200 houses have
been burned, and In the village "
Rushastay $50 persons were killed. ana
yerv many more injured.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-17
BURNED MONEY EXPERT.

The most interesting person i'll the
employ of the Treasury at Washington
is Mrs. Brown, who knows more about
burned money than any other individ-
ual living. 1t is marvellous to see her
take a handful Of chared fragments of
bank notes and, pasting them piece by
piece upon sheet of paper. transform
them into recognizable shape. so that
the loser may be reimbursed by Uncle
Sam. Only the other day an old
woman named Mrs. Groth died in
Rockford. ILL.,, leaving all her property
to her niece. Lizzie. For some
reason. perhaps because the death was
from contagious disease, the clothing
of the deceased was burned. After the
pious task had been accomplished it
occurred to Lizzie that erhaps there
might have been some money in the
pockets So she searched among the
ashes. and sure enough, she found a
few bits of what had been greenbacks.
She sent them to the redemption divis
ion, and they were identified as
amounting to $25.
A lew weeks ago Gne FARMERS ana
Mechanics Bank. at Mansfield. ILL.,,
was entered by burglars. They de-
stroyed the safe with dynamite. Incl.
dentally blowing several packages of
notes into small bits. which were for
warded to the Treasury at Washington
for redemption. Mrs. Brown had a
quantity of the stuff when seen in big
envelope. and it looked as though the
job of putting the pieces together would
be no small one. This particular kind
of work. however. has become familiar,
owing to the growing popularity of
dynamite among robbers.
Mrs. Brown is equally well ac-
quainted with the work of the puppy
dog which gets chew of the family
wad; also with the results accom-
plished by the monivorous goat and the
almost equally indiscriminate baby.
A half digested roll of bills may be re-
covered from the stomach of goat. as
has been done in more than one in.
stance. by the simple process of killing
the beast. but the infant affords more
serious problem.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-17

protected by man, enjoy to the full the
blessing of natural rest. Tigers are
frequently found fast asleep in the day
time. Native hunters have been known
to track them after "kill" to the
place in which they were lying fast
asleep and gorged with food and TO
shoot them as they lie. When taking
its midday repose in districts where
1t Is little disturbed, the tiger does not
always retire to place of security,
like the bear, or even the leopard,
which usually sleeps on the branch of
tree. 1t just lies down in some con-
venient spot, either shady or warm, ac-
cording to the weather, and there
sleeps, almost redgardless of danger.
They have oeen found lying in dry
nullahs. under trees. even in the grass
of the hillsides. unobserved, until their
disturber came within few yards of
them.
Gen. Douglas Hamilton. when shoot
ing in the Dandilly forest. came upon
a tigress aud two cubs lying fast asleep
on their backs, with their paws stick.
iHb up III tne AIR, uHuer Clump VI
bamboos. When he was within few
yards of the group, ono raised its head.
and. without moving its body, quietly
looked at him along the line of its
body between its paws.
Dogs, which are at once the drows-
lest and most wakeful of domestic ami
mails. according to their state of mind
aud circumstances. seem to sleep lightly
or heavily at will. Nothing can be
more slow, reluctant and leisurely than
the enforced waking of a petted house
dog when 1t does not wish to be dis
turbed. 1t will remain deaf to call,
twitch its feet II tiokled. but not un-
close its eyes, and finally stretch and
yawn like n sleepy child. But mention
something interesting to the same dog
when sleeping, such as the word
walk" or click the lock of a gun.
and it is on its feet in an instant and
ready for enterprise. Thus animals
seem capable of three forms or degrees
of sleep--one the deep stupor of the
nocturnal creatures; second, the
semi-human slumber of carnivorous
and domesticated animals, which have
a power of vigilance at command. and,
lastly, the vigilant sleep of the perse-
outed ruminant and rodent tribes
N. Y. World.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-17
CUPID AND HIS ARROWS.

One of the serious criticisms to be
made upon current fiction is that it dis
parages the skill of Cupid as marks
man. In the most of the stories that
are being written for us in such abund-
ance the bow of the chubby little
cherub is effectively bent, and his ar
rows go flying hither and thither with
out hitting the target. says the st.
Louis Globe Democrat. That is to say,
the lovemaking that these busy novel;
lists place before us is sadly awkward
and unsatisfactory. They call it real
istic. but. in fact, it is contrary to ma
ture and in violation of all established
Drecedents. 1t represents Cupid as
careless fellow, who takes no pride in
his proficiency and feels no shame be-
cause OF his failure. His wings are
clipped, his aim is unsteady and his
general success is not greater than that
of woman throwing stones at casual
chickens. That is certainly wide
departure from his original method Of
asserting himself. and from the ex-
amples of his dexterity which we find
in the works of the masters. Until
comparatively recent time he was al
ways credited with unerring capacity,
and nobody thought of suggesting the
possibility of his defeat in any of his
undertakings. Whenever he came
upon the scene he had his own way.
He was superior to all other forces, not
even excepting the most profound wis
dom. His antio disposition frustrated
the rules of logic. put philosophy aside
and laughed science to scorn.
1t is difficult to believe that this once
potent arbiter of affairs of the heart
has forfeited his power and become a
confirmed bungler. On the contrary.
it is easier to decide that the novelisrs
of the period are misrepresenting him.
and that their sort of love-making is
spurious and not to be accepted. They
warp and blunt his arrows in their i'm.
aginary reports of his proceedings. but
they do not convince us that they tell
the truth about him. 1t is our privi-
lege to entertain the opinion that he
is still the same admirable marksman
| that he was in former times. and that
there is no good reason to su pose that
he will ever lose his supremacy in the
sphere of the affections. This view is
justified by the fact that human nature
in its fundamental aspect does not
change with the passing of time and
the progress of civilization. That
which we call love is not a thing of
accident subject to the fuctuation of
circumstances. but an inherent and
irresistible passion, and its forms of
expression are included in the fixed
scheme of the universe. There is not q
different kind of Cupid for each suc-
cessive age. any more than there is a
different kind of ornament or diff
ferent procession of seasons. The first
pair of lovers is duplicated in the
latest one so far as generalities are
concerned, and the novelist who re-
jects this truth is not to be trusted.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-17
UNIQUE F00LIShNESS.

"That was very foolish young
woman." observed Mr.. Billus, laying
his morning paper down for moment
and renewing the attack on his beef
steak, THAT married the wrong man
the other day. and blurted out her con-
fession to that effect at the altar. The
young man that she didn't marry has
had n happy escape"
Eyes. he was foolish to make fuss
at such time, assented Mrs. Billus,
who was staring abstraotedly at the
wall. "Most women find out soon
enough that they have married the
wrong man, but they have sense
enough to keep still about it. Have
some more coffee, John?" she inquired
sweetly. 4.a. .
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-17

One of the curiosites of the Shrinking.
water Canon. Wy, is the alum cave.
The cave appears to be an extinct gey-
ser, and is about fifteen feet across and
easily accessible. The alum is along
the sides and about six feet in thick
ness.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-17

Wlllie-"Papa, will you tell me
story?"
Papa-"Yes. What shall it be?"
Willie-"Oh, tell me that story over
again about when you was fishing up
in Maine.' Mother calling from the
next troom)-"Willie. come out here
this instantl Don't you know your
papa Joined the church last week on
bation?''-Judge.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-17

"Now. jedge." said the sworn
colored witness. "I'm a.gwine ter tell
you de truth nowv'
"And what have you been testifying
to for the last hour and halfp" asked
the judge.
"Oh, I jes' been talkin' up ter it.
Hit takes you some time ter git ter de
truth, jedge. You has ter skirmish
lots fore you can ketch do rabbitl"--
Atlanta Constitution.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-17

Irate German, to stranger who has
stepped upon his toe: my trent, /
know my feet vas meant to walk on,
but dot privilege peloings to mel"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-12-21
APARTMENT BLOCK WAS BURNED
Several Inmates Persned by a Fire In
Winnipeg

Minneapolis, Dec. ia Winnipeg
Man, special to the Journal says:
This morning at $40 fire broke out in
the boiler room of the Couchon block, a
four-story building. The ground floor was
used for stores and the upper floors divid-
ed into suites for residences. There were
40 of these suites, nearly all occupied.
Very few of the occupants were stirring,
and the flames gained good Roadway be-
fore the alarm was generally given. The
stairways were cut of by fire and the fire
escapes and ladders raised by the depart
ment were the only means of reaching
the ground for most of the occupants.
Major Morris, deputy sergeant at arms of
the Manitoba legislature, was suffocated,
and his wife is still missing. She is be-
lieved to have persisted. Mr.. and Mrs
Ragby jumped from the top story to a one
story building, and were badly injured.
Several children were injured by jumping
into blankets. The loss is estimated at
100000
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-12-21
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
MIR. Cleveland Objects 10 Seizure of
American Territory by Foreigners.

MIR. Cleveland Objects 10 Seizure of
American Territory by Foreigners.
The president sent the following mes
sage to congress today:
To Congress: In my annual message
addressed to congress on the third in
slant I called attention TO the pending
boundary controversy between Great
Britain and the republic of Venezuela
and recited the substance of the represen-
tations made by this government to her
Brittanic majesty's government, suggest
ing reasons why such disputes should be
submitted to arbitration for settlement
and inquiring whether it would be so
submitted. The answer of the British
government, which was then awaited,
has since been received. and together with
the dispatch to which II is the reply, is
hereto appended.
Such reply is embodied in two commu-
nications addressed by the British prime
minister to Sir Julian Pauncefote, the
British ambassador to this capital 1t
will be seen that one of these commune
cations is devoted exclusively to observa-
tions upon the Monroe doctrine and claims
that in the present instance a new and
strange extension and development of this
doctrine is insisted on by the United
States, that the reasons justifying the APP
peal TO the doctrine enunciated by Presi-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-12-21
AN ENRAegD TENNESSEE JUSTICE
His Honor Mr.. SnodgrHss Fired Shot
Into a Prominent Lawyer.

Chattanooga, Dec. 16.-Chief Justice D.
l. Snodgrass, of the supreme court of
Tennessee, shot and painfully injured
Lawyer John r. Beasley in the law Office
of Congressman Brown in this city, a few
minutes before noon today. Judge Snod-
grass entered the law office to see Spur
lock, a partner of Congressman Brown.
Beasley was sitting at the desk, and the
judge, walking up to him, denounced an
article in this mornings Times, which
appeared over Beasleys signature, as a
lie"
Beasley protested that it was the truth.
They came to blows. Judge Snodgrass
drew pistol and shot at Beasley twice.
One ball entered the left arm near the
wrist and came out near the elbow. The
other ball lodged in the ceiling.
The charges made by Beasley in his
card were to the effect that the supreme
court had rendered a decision in the
railroad debt case of the state from
political standpoint and not from justice.
Judge Snodgrass went before Justice Tom
Cowart, waived trial. and upon giving
5000 bond was released.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-12-21
support of the claims of both parties.
LET IT'S INVESTIGATES

In order that such examination should
be prosecuted in a thorough and satisfac-
tory manner. 1 suggest that congress
make an adequate appropriation for the
expenses Of a commission to be appointed
by the executive who shall make the nee
essary investigation and report upon the
matter with the least possible delay. When
such report is made and accepted 1t will,
in my opinion, be the duty of the United
States to resist by every means in Its pow
er as willful aggression upon its rights
and interests the appropriation by Great
Britain of any lands or the exercise OF
governmental jurisdiction over any ter
ritory, which after Investigation we have
determined of right belong to Venezuela.
In making these recommendations 1 am
fully alive to the responsibility incurred
and keenly realize all the consequences
that may follow 1 am, nevertheless, firm
in my conviction that while it is a grie-
vous thing to contemplate the two great
English speaking peoples Of the world are
being otherwise than friendly competitors
in the onward march of civilization and
strenuous and worthy rivals in all the
arts of peace, there is no calamity which
great nation can invite which equals
that which follows the supine submits
sion to wrong and injustice and the con-
sequent loss of national self-respect and
honor, beneath which is shielded and de-
Tended the peoples safety and greatness.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Executive Mansion. December II. 1895.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-12-21
GLADSTONE DOESN'T QUITE AGREE
Trades Unionists Ask Him to Endorse
the English Movement.

London, Dec. ia letter from Mr..
Gladstone to a gentleman who had writ
ten him soliciting his cooperation in the
movement for inducing religious denom-
nations to take an interest in the cause
of labor and trades unionism, has just
been made public. The venerable EXPIRE
mier says that, while he sympathizes with
the effort, his hands are quite full OF other
work, while, moreover, he is bound to
frankly confess that he does not fully
comprehend some of the recent move
ments and proceedings on the part of
labor organizations and labor leaders. If,
he says, he is to take the late election OF
Rochdale as a sample Of them, he must
own that the defeat of the son of John
Bright in that city, through the influence
of labor leaders. fills him. under the cir
cumstances, with misgiving, sorrow and
shame.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-12-21
CONSTITUTION OF UTAH PRESENTED
Committee Waited on the President
With Certified Copy.

Washington. Dec. 16-Governor West
of Utah today was escorted to the White
house and presented to the president.
Messrs. Letcher and Sherman, the COM
missioners appointed to deliver to him
the certified copy of the constitution
adopted by the new state and the state
ment of the vote by which the constitu-
ton was adopted.
The delegation left the White house
with the belief that the proclamation will
be issued about the first of the year. The
law provides that Utah shall become
state the first Monday after the issuance
of the presidents proclamation.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-12-21
BAD RAILROAD WRECK REPORTED
Rumored That Five Wers Killed and
Fifteen Injured in Ohio.

Lima, Ohio, Dec. ia bad wreck
on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
railroad was reported this morning.
The fast express, north-bound, crashed
into a local freight on siding at Mil
ton and it is said that five persons were
killed and is badly injured.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-12-21
SUSPENDED ON AN EDITOR
Herr Lutgeuan. a German Socialist Nav
Now GO TO the Reichstag.

Berlin, Dec. 16.-The reichstag today
suspended sentence in the case of Herr
Lutgenau, the socialist leader, returned
to the reichstag after a reballot in the
district of Dortmund, Westphalie, who
was sentenced to five months i'm
prisonment on a charge of treason for
reproducing in his newspaper the Arbeit-
err Zeitung article, headed: Another of
those imperial speeches"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-12-21

The Mississippi at st. Louis is lower
than at any time for 20 years past
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-30
CHINESE ~FISAMoNGERS
fheir Wares So Tame That They Like to
BE Handled.

claeir Wares So Tame That They Like "a
BE Handled.
In Canton the ~fishmonger's is o most
important trade The Chinaman is a
born fisherman. He also has for ages
past cultivated II system Of artificial
breeding and rearing of live fish for the
market. In the shops were displayed
live and dead fish. fish fresh and sailed,
smoked and preserved. One variety was
like whitehall, i'll baskets, graded from
tiny things not half an inch long to
what appeared to be the same 6 b grown
s or o inches in length. The were sold
fresh sailed and smoked. Shark fins are
a delicacy. There were fish notified and
barred, bright and dull. fish of quaint
and to MS unknown shapes, but fore.
most, above all, and everywhere to be
seen, were the a~rtificiaily grown live
fish.
A wonderful creature was this, al,
ways appearing to suffer from heat,
gasping at the surface of the water foI
breath and recalling Verdant Green's
fish that were beginning to sweat and
complain. They were as tame as domes.
tic animals, seemingly careless of being
knocked about, thrown from ponds into
boats, from boats into tubs, from tubs
into buckets and then back into tubs
again. They were used to being handled
and inspected, and IL disapproved put
back into the water TO be sold, alive il
bought whole, or cut to pieces while
living and sold in bleeding chunks. A
thick, short fish is this, of the mullet
shape, averaging about 10 inches in
length and weighing abost 3 pounds,
but sometimes longer, and running NJ
in weight to as much as 4 or even G
pounds.
When cut up, they bleed like pigs,
and to show how freshly they are killed
the salesman is in the habit of slicing
live one into pieces, and with the blood
smearing all the pieces for sale, SO that
they look reeking and horrible to Eu'
ropean eyes To keep them alive in the
shops they are always placed in a large
tub with a smaller vessel fixed above it.
From the bottom of tho upper vessel q
bamboo, with one or two saw cuts in lie.
sticks ont, and from those cuts streams
of water flow i'm thin cascades into the
tub beneath. Every now and then, when
the upper vessel becomes empty, the fish
all rise to the surface, and glop, glop,
glop! take down both air and water.
Then an attendant, attracted by the
noise, plunges a bucket down among
them, and from the water in which they
swim fills the upper vessel fall again
Century.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-30

Redield dispatch, %: The depositors'
committee here has secured the 90.
alton OF Congressman Picker To assist
their case with the comptroller OF the
currency at Washington. In response
TO kilograms Mr.. Pickler wires that he
has interviewed Comptroller Eckels and
secured from him the promise to with
hold the appointment OF a receiver for
the bank until the stockholders and de.
posltors have had ample opportunity 10
r~eorganize the institution. Examiner
Zimmermann's report was sent to Wash.
ington on Saturday last. While he ii
prevented from forestailing his report hs
assured the journal correspondent thai
the banks affairs we're In good condition
and that but for State Treasurer Tay
ior's connections with IL it would neve
have been compelled 10 close its doors
Depositors without exception arc Willing
10 accept time certificates and contri
butts business to put the bank into open
afion again. kilograms we're sent /
TayIoris relatives III Lafayette insistin
upon their immediate -representatio
here ii the largest stockholders FOR III
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-30

McClure's for February Is one of the
most entertaining magazines issued. Its
portraits, character sketches aud history
OF Napoleon are the study of the
world at this time and Mcclure has the
inside facts OF this great historical sub
Ject. Its memorials to Robert Stevenson
contributed by his literary Scotch asso-
ciates are maryels of affectionate tribute
and literary merit. Other articles of
prominence are Lincoln as Commander
in Chief by Alex. K. AcClure; a Doctor
OF the old School by Ian McClarep, a
story from the archives OF the Flnkerton
detective agency by Cleveland Mofett.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-30

In the first place, says am English writ
en-, red is q color to which cattle are an
accustomed. SO that they may naturally
be supposed TO be startled by its very
novelty. Scientists show the sensation
of red to be the complement of that of
green, being induced by exactly opposite
affections OF the retina.
re the eyes OF cattle are constructed
on d similar principle TO u own, the
continual contemplation OF green, as lin
trees and herbaga, must produce a staks
OF retinal fatigue, predisposing a Wis
lent excitement of the retina immedi.
ately a red substance il presented &c
view.