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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
4 Bank
Failure.
AN INVESTIGATION
DEnANDED.

A general banking business is done by
the human system, because the blood de-
posts Ill its vaults whatever wealth we NAV
gain from day to day. This wealth is laid
up against " rainy day " as a reserve fund
we're in condition of healthy prosperity
II we have laid away sufficient capital to
draw upon Ill the hour of our greatest need
There is danger i'll getting thin, because it's
sign of letting down in health To gain
Ill blood IS nearly always to gain i'll zeh0ie-
some flesh. The odds are in favor of the
germs OF consumption, grip or pneumonia,
If our liver be inactive and our blood i'm
pure. or if our flesh be reduced belozO
healthy standard What is required is an
increase i'll our gernl-fehiine- strength. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery enriches
the blood and makes ii wholesome, stops
the waste of tissue and at the same time
builds UP the strength. A medicine which
Will nd the blood ofits poisons, cleanse and
invigorate the great organs of the body,
vitalze the system, thrill the whole being
with new energy and make permanent work
of It, Is surely remedy of great value. But
when we make positive statement that %
per cent. of all cases of consumption can, if
taken in the early stages of the disease, be
CURED with the " Discovery, it seems like
a bold assertion. All Dr. Pierce asks is that
you make a thorough investigation and
satisfy yourself of the truth of his assertion.
By sending to the Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association, Buffalo, n Y, you can get
a free book with the names, addresses and
photographs of a large number of those
cured ofthroat, bronchial and lung diseases,
as well as of skin and scrofulous affections
by the Golden Medical Discovery" They
also publish a book of 100 pages, being a
medical treatise on consumption bronchitis
asthma, catarrh, which will be mailed on
receipt OF address and six cents in stamps
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
EVILS OF FREE MEDICAL RELIEF.
How London Dispensaries Tend to Drag
Down Many Otherwise Good People.


Gratis medical relief tends to pauperize
in definite ways. The out patients begin
by getting physic and presently get food,
and the system LEADS them afterward
openly to solicit pecuniary add This viii
ating effect is proved by the fact that dur
ing the 40 years from 1880 to 1869 the in
crease in the number of hospital patients
has been five times greater than the increase
of population, and as there has not been
more disease the implication is obvious.
Moreover, the promise of advice for moth
ing attracts the mean spirited to the extent
that 1.-The poor are now being gradual.
ousted out of the consulting room by w
to do persons. People of several hundre..
year, even up to a thousand, apply rs &
patients, going in disguise, 90 per cent {
the out patients in one large hospital hay
ing given false addresses" for the purpose
Of concealing their identity.
Swarming as patients thus do, it result"
that each gets but little attention., Il minute
being the average for each, sometimes be
ing diminished to 45 seconds. Thus those
for whom the gratis advice is intended get
but little Often assistance given is merely
nominal and lis both deception on the
public and fraud upon the poor"
These gratuitous medical benefits, such
as they are, "are conferred chiefly by the
members of the unpaid professional Stairs
of these charities. Some of them prescribe
at the rate of 31S patients in hours and ~
minutes-a process sufficiently eXhaustlng
for men already hard worked in their pri-
vate practice and sufficiently disheartening
to men with little private practice, who
thus give without payment aid which other
wise they would get payment for very much
needed by them.
So that the e600, 900 year of the metro
politan hospitals. which. if the annual
value of the lands and buildings occupied
were added, would reach very nearly Fl ,OOO,-
600, has largely the effect of demoralizing
the patients, taking medical care from
those it was intended for and giving it to
those whom it was not, and obliging many
impecunious doctors and surgeons to work
hard for nothing.
These various experiences, then, fur
nished by societies and institutions sup
ported by voluntary gifts and subscriptions
unite to show that whatever benefits flow
from them are accompanied by grave evils
evils sometimes greater than the benefits.
They force on us the truth that, be it com
pulsory or noncompulsOry, social machin-
cry wastes power and works other effects
than those intended In proportion as
beneficence operates indirectly instead of
directly it fails in it's end.-Herbert Spencer
in Popular Science Monthly.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
The First Posts.

The first posts are said to have originated
in the regular cOuriers established by Cy-
rus about $50 B. c., who erected post
houses throughout the kingdom of Persia
Augustus was the first to introduce this
institution among the Romans, 81 B. c.,
and he was initiated by Charlemagne about
500 y. ID. Louis N was the first sovereign
to establish posthouses in France owing to
his eagerness for news, and they were also
the first institution of this nature in Eu-
rope. This was in 1410, or about 1000
years after they were started in Persia
In England in the reign of Edward "
14S1 riders on post horses went stages of
the distance of 30 miles from each other in
order to procure the king the earliest intel
Ggence of the events that passed in the
course Of the war that had arisen with the
Scots. A proclamation was issued by
Charles in 1881 that whereas to this time
there hath been no certain intercourse be-
tween the Kingdoms of England and Scot
land, the king now commands his postmas-
ter of England for foreign parts to settle
running post or two between Edinburgh
and London to go thither and come back
again in six days."-Chambers' Journal
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
An Interview In a Gene cry.

In the neighborhood of Bay Grove HILL
the sun pouring down it's rays with such
intensity that you would have to dodge
here and there among the tombs and be-
hind the monuments to escape physical
prostration, two men were busily engaged
moving the grass with scythe and plant
ing flowers. They were smoking pipes,
and when asked whether the notices in ali
directions and in large letters, Smoking
Strictly Prohibited" was meant seriously
or was joke they stopped and scratched
their heads. One of them finally spoke up
"Shure, sir, poor man must do something
for Twin"
do you attend to these graves all the
year round?"
Purity much that way"
who pays you?"
1.-THE forisht, sir"
"Who pays the f1orist?"
He removed his pipe, threw down his
scythe, and leaning over the front railing
began to think.
"Who pays the florisht? That's a mighty
quare questshun."
"Well, who?"
"Who but the people that's buried there.
av coorse. New York Tribune.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
PAINTINGS OF CHRIST.
The Face as Depicted by Some of the More
Modern Artists.

Among the more modern paintings
representing the Saviour is that by Cor.
reggie, painted in the sixteenth CEN
tury. 1t represents Christ with short
curly beard, with long waving hair, sur
mounted by crown of thorns. There
is a look Of mute anguish on his face
that is heartrending, but nevertheless
the face is rather weak.
The most terrible likeness is that
painted at about the same time as that
of Correggio by Albert Durer. 1t rep
resents q powerful face, with Grecian
cast of countenance, with eyes distorted
by pain and anguish, and even a trif1e
of anger is apparent.
The Christ of Raphael, contempt
rary of both the above, is an essentially
Italian work, the face being Italian,
although the model for the forehead and
upper face was evidently a woman.
The Rembrandt Christ of the seventeenth
century wears an unpleasant expression
about the mouth and has too long face
to be perfect, vet it is one of the great
artists last efforts
Perhaps the most fantastic picture of
Christ is that painted in the fifteenth
century by Leonardo da Vinci. 1t rep
resents the Saviour looking over his
shoulder, a cynical smile on his face.
A hand may be seen i'll his hair, evil
IDENTIFY drawing the head to one side. 1t
cannot compare i'll beauty, however, to
the same artists face of Christ in the
famous Lords Supper"
The noblest and the grandest is tina
by Titan, painted i'll the sixteenth CEN
fury 1t is face of resignation, Of
firmness-strong, yet mild; mild, yet
strong. Titan was 90 years old when
he painted this, and it is considered as
one OF his masterpieces.
Of the absolutely modern paintings
of Christ those of Munkaczy, AIRY Shelf
fer and Gabriel Marx rank highest. Still
every one of these is an imaginary pro-
duction, and the Saviour will still con-
tinue to be the Man of Mystery. -
Edgar Mels in Home and Country.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
INCIDENTS OF ARMY LIFE.
Unpleasant Social Experiences Sometimes
Experienced In Posts and GarrisOns.

Notwithstanding the fact that the Off
GERS of the American army are the very
pink of courtesy, they sometimes in
post and garrison life have very unpleas-
ant social experiences. An officer in a
garrison is assigned quarters not accord
ing to the necessities of his family, but
in accordance with his rank.
1t therefore comes out quite frequent
" when new officer is sent to a post
that there are many changes of quar-
tiers, so as to make room for him. When
a new major arrives, for instance, he
selects the quarters that suit him best,
it matters not who occupies them, pro-
vided the occupant is below him in
rank. He can turn out a major lower
on the list or any captain or lieutenant,
Esl each of these when dispossessed can
choose for himself what quarters suit
him best if occupied by an inferior In
rank. One move, therefore, may make
a dozen others. The women of the ar
my, it is said, are greater sticklers for
their rights than the men. But the men
themselves, while preserving all the
forms of highest courtesy, sometimes
push their authority to the fullest limit.
For instance, at q two company post
in the west some years ago captain OF
infantry was i'll command, as his COM
mission was of older date than that of
the captain of cavalry also there. The
two captains were mutually antipathic.
In their official intercourse all the forms
were observed but still it was plain to
all that they cordially disliked each
other. One day the senior captain or
dered the junior to take a file Of men to
the forest and cut the firewood needed
for the winter This duty ordinarily
would have been given to a sergeant or
corporal. The cavalry captain had no
recourse and was obliged to obey. Just
as he got outside the post the mail,
which came only now and then at in
tervals of a week or so, arrived, and
the cavalryman stopped for letters. One
of these brought him his commission
as major. He at once issued an order
taking commend of the post and then
another order assigning the wood chop
ping duty to the late commandant.-
Chicago Times
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
Breaking Up the German Army.

A story is told of a certain young New
York woman who was recently abroad.
While walking out in Dresden one day
the stolidity of the soldier sentinels pacing
back and forth like automatic attracted her
notice. A sudden impulse seized her tc
test this cast iron rigidity, and waiting till
one had passed she slipped into his little
sentry box. When he reached it on his re-
turn, marching with measured precision,
she suddenly jumped out before him, cry
ing BOOB in his very face.
The soldier was completely upset at this
unexpected performance and actually
dropped his musket and ran away, while
the young woman, having thus routed a
portion of the German army. walked on
and demurely rejoined her friends. The
incident, it is said, came to the ears of the
emperor himself, who expressed wish to
meet this extraordinary young woman, but
Miss - admitted that her desire did not
equal his, as she was not sure in quite what
light her testing impulse would be official!
~ regarded New York Times.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
THE WRONG WAY.

There is a way of looking at thing that
is curious and wrong. The old adage,
..proof of the pudding is in eating it, Is
sound sense. And another never con-
denim before tri; l." In the treatment OF
ANYTHING. treat it in good faith, so when
infirmities peset us, beset them with good
will and force Thousands have In TINS
wav overcome the worst forms OF rheama-
tism by using St. Jacobs Oil. Never shrin
from what IS known to be by thousands a
positive cure for this dread complaint, ana
that is the thing to remove the trouble ana
solve the doubt.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14

The Arabs say that the best Teacher is
Time. That is true, especially when year
after year enforces the same lesson. For
more than thirty years ALLCoCK's Porous
the world, and the testimony is universal
as to their value as an external remedy for
pains Of every kind in the back, chest and
side. Some people have learned the lesson
so we'll that they try to initiate them, and
the result is host of counterfeits, all pre-
tending to be just as good as ALLCoCK s
Porous PLAsTERs, and unconscious that by
this very statement they acknowledge that
ALI cocks Porous PLAsTERs hold the first
place. Be sure and get the genuine.
BRANDRETH's PILLS always act uniformly.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
What Aluminium Is.

There are many misconceptions about
aluminium that are widespread and
which it seems difficult to correct In
the public mind. Aluminium IS not
section for section, very strong metal.
It is only one-half as strong as wrought
iron. It has very low elastic limit. 1t
is not rigid, but bends under a trans
verse strain readily. 1t is in its alloys
that its utility commences to appear.
With to 12 per cent of copper or alu-
minimum bronze we have one OF the most
dense, finest grained and strongest met
ais known.-New York Telegram.
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500 REWARD 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
IN all it's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally. acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
OF the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing it's work
The proprietors have SO much ia tn in it's
curative powers, that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F. ]. CHENEY & Co. Toledo, O.
~ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
Made Him Sick.

1t is said that Bryan Waller Proctor,
known as Barry Cornwall, who wrote the
well known poem
I'm on the sea! I'm on the sea!
lam where would ever be!
was the very worst of sailors. When we
read that he was so seasick that he could
scarcely bear the sound of human voice,
it becomes apparent that his wife's conduct
during his affliction could scarcely have
been reassuring.
AS he lay ON the deck of Channel boat,
covered with shawls and a tarpaulin, she
had the pleasing habit of humming strain
of his jovial sea song. The poet who loved
the sea, but loved it best at distance, had
very little life just then, but what force he
had was used in the entreaty:
Don't, my dear! Oh, DON'T"
Yet no doubt he loved the sea.-Youth's
Companion.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
A DOUBLE BACK-sOMERsAULT
A Baking Powder Company Was Too
Hasty in It's Claims.

A Baking Powder Company Was Too
Hasty in Its Claims.
A Chicago baking powder concern, adj
vertising far and near that its product
received the highest award for strength,
purity and excellence at the Chicago
Worlds Fair. has been obliged to take a
double somersault backward. Mr.. John
Boyd Thatcher, chairman of the Agri-
cultural Awards, has written letter to
the said Chicago concern showing it
that its advertising statements, speaking
mildly, are incorrect, while the Judge of
Awards on Baking Powders sends an
other in which he brands the claim of
the pretenders as false, in the most I'M
mistakable language. Since, comes the
second exposure to the effect that this
baking powder. for which these spurious
claims have been made, was actually
found by the Exposition chemists who
analysed it, to contain ammonial Is
this the reason that the commissioners
declined to give it an award for purity
and wholesomeness?
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
Coed When You Find 1t.

Judge Caldwell of North Carolina
was slow to see the point of a joke. On
trying a case on one occasion the solic-
itor called i'll vain for witness named
Sarah Mooney. As she did not answer
he Informed the court that he could
not proceed without ceremony" The
bar laughed, but the judge looked puz-
zled. Some weeks after that when at
homo the point dawned on him. and he
broke into a loud laugh. Upon his wife
inquiring the cause of his merriment
he explained that the solicitor had call
ed Sallie Mooney, and when she did
not answer he had said he could not
proceed without ceremony. The wife
said she did not see the point. The
judge said it had taken him three weeks
to find it, but when she did see it it
would be very funny. Bag
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14

born December "a, 1856. He is brother
of the Princess of Wales and uncle OF
the Gar of Russia. Ohio l., the late
King of Greece, abdicated in 1868, and
the throne was then rendered by ma
jority of the Greek people to Prince AL
bert of England, but the English people
refused to accept the the nomination.
1t was next offered to Duke Earnest, OF
Sax-Coburg-Gotha, and declined. Then
it was offered to William Ferdinand
Adolphus George, who accepted it, and
has since reigned as King George l. He
was married at St. Petersburg to Prin-
cess Olga, daughter of the Grand Duke
Constantine, on October 81, 1867. His
reign has been mild, and he has sue
ceeded to some extent in winning the
favor of the people.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
DISCUSSES THE FRUIT INDUSTRY

Much favorable comment was expressed
at the Portland Fruit Convention over a
publication devoted to the fruit industry,
issued by the new competitor for Eastern
traffic, the Great Northern Railway. This
document was handsomely printed and
illustrated and treated every feature of the
and Washington with perfect fairness aud
truthfulness. By addressing c G. Dona
van, General Agent, Portland, Or, or F.
[. Whitney, G. T. & T. A., G. N. Ry., St.
Paul, MIMI, and asking for the Great
Northern Fruit Bulletin, it will be sent
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
Wife Beaters In Germany,

They know how to treat wife heaters
in Germany. The brutal husband has to
work all through the week, turn over
his wages to his wife ON pay day and
go to Jail Saturday night and Sunday.
About two weeks of this sort Of fun
takes all the wickedness out Of fellow
New York World.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
Dreadful Possibility.

1t was evident that they were man
and wife and were returning from as
sisting at the wedding of two of their
friends. Wouldn't it be awful" she
was heard to say to him, ''if they were
to live together long enough to find out
that the silver we gave them was only
plated ?'-Indianapolis Journal.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
An Razor and a Mining Wind

A continuous down pour of rain, inclem-
ent weather, generally in winter and
spring, are un favorable to all classes OF in
valids. But warmth and activity Infused
into the circulation counteracts these in
tiuences and interpose a defense against
them. Hostetters Stomach Bltters, most
thorough and effective of stomachics and
tonics, not only enriches the blood, but
accelerates its circulation. For chill, or
premonItory symptoms OF rheumatism
and kidney complaint, particularly preva-
lent at the seasons, it i, the best posi- BILE
remedy. 1t is also invaluable for dyspep-
STA, liver complaint, constipation and ner-
vousness. Never set out on a winter or
spiing journey without it. Elderly per
sons and the delicate and conva!escent are
greatly aided by it.
She-Para is saying that You stay too long
O.li 10 Il ri OH I
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
The Progressive Multiplication of Germs

Germs of contagious diseases are capable
of multiplying themselves with marvellous
rapidity. single germ, when placed in
surroundings favorable to it's growth, quick
ly divides into two. Each of these divides
itself again, and SO on, the number soon
reaching into thousands 1t has been esti-
mated that by the end of "a hours single
germ will have multiplied itself into more
more than l6, SOC, 900 germs.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
A. c. WilIistOn.

Archibald Williston, of Cumberland,
Nd, is very popular man in cycling
circles. He was leading candidate for
president of the League of American
Wheelmen, the new officers of which
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14

were elected bv the national assembly
held in New York City February Is.
Mr.. Williston first came into promi-
nence by a display of his ability in the
counsels of the Mary land division. 1t
did not take long for man of his at
tainments to get into the national body,
and for five years past he has been one
of the most prominent in league work
He was last year chosen first vice presi-
dent
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
King George.

With the rumors of rebellion and
instruction in Greece attention is di-
rected to the ruler of the country. King
George, the present ruler, is the second
son of the King of Denmark, and was
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14
Did Her Best.

Miss Elderly-I shall never marry.
Laura-Probably not, but you made
q brave fight. -Philadelphia Times
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14

PIANOS-Ha1dman- ckering-Fischer
Low prices; easy terms. For sale by
WILEY b. ALLEN co. 1.-THE oldest and
Largest music stOre), 211 FIRST ST., Portland.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14

She bitterly Before you married me 1 was
an anger. I'll never be that again, l suppose? ?
He (sarcastically) Well / live in hopes.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14

church was organized by Mrs. Eddy,
and the first meeting held on April 10,
1879. Mrs. Eddy was born in Concord,
n. H., in 1925. She married Colonel
Grover at an early age, but he lived
only one year. In 1866 she met with a
severe accident and her case was pro-
nounced hopeless by the physicians.
One Sunday morning, when her death
was hourly expected, she suddenly be-
came aware of angelic presence and min
istration, requested those with her to
withdraw, but soon to their bewilder-
ment, she walked into the adjoining
room. Her friends thought that she
had died and that they saw her appari-
ton. Since that time she has been a
believer in the principle of divine heal
ing, which she has preached for nine
teen years. In 1887 she married DR..
Asa Gilbert Eddy.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-03-14

Rev. Mary Baker Eddy is the founder
and head OF the Christian Science
Church, which denomination has just
erected magnificent structure in Bos-
ton, costing over 100000. The Boston
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WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE
PARSONAGE FROM
FAR AND NEAR.

People Who Have Gained Distinction
in Their Particular Sphere in Life,
Roth in This Country and Abroad
Rev. Mary Baker Eddy.