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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
Anecdotes of Parrots.

Why parrots have been fated to be
made the heroes Of so many strange tales
it is puzzling to say, but the fact re-
mains. We all remember the cheeky
bird at the parrot show who, uncover
ed last of all among the competitors,
placed his head knowingly on one side
and calculated: my eye! What lot
of parrotsv' of course securing the
prize l knew parrot once who affect
ed modesty and bashfulness, who put
his claw before his face and shyly in
formed his audience, "Polly had let
ter this morning-offer of marriage for
Polly" And there was another gray
friend of my youth who would entreat
the cook for dinner in the tenderest
terms and swear like hundred troop
ers if not attended to.
We have all heard the tale of the
publican S parrot who was pumped on
for proclaiming that the beer had gone
sour and remarked to the cat, OH seeing
that quadruped march in dripping wet,
Your beers gone souri, The last of
the series of parrot stories that has
reached me is that of large green bird
who seemed somewhat slow of speech,
and who so provoked his master by his
stupidity that that young gentleman,
| who was trying to teach his bird to well
| come rich relative with the words,
| Good morning, uncle" lost all pa
thence and shook the poor wretch from
side to side, grasping its throat the
while and reiterating: Say good morn
ing, uncle, you devil! Say good morn
ing, uncle, you devil!'' A few days lat
er this impatient young man heard a
terrible noise in the fowlhouse. On
making his way there he found the bod
les of three hens prone upon the clay
floor, while ON perch in the corner
was the parrot, holding a fourth fowl
by the throat and shrieking with rage,
Say good morning, uncle, you devilr'
London Sketch.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
THE DRIVER HAD A MATCH.
And the Passenger Had Cigar. In FACT
Several of Them.

And the Passenger Had . Cigar, In Fact
Several of Them.
A prosperous looking business man
boarded the front platform OF cross
town car, and drawing well filled cigar
case from his pocket selected choice
looking Havana. The driver sized up
the man and the cigar case, and MS
mouth began to water. The smoker, aft
er biting off the end of his cigar, began
fumbling for match. Failing to lind
sne, he turned to the driver and asked
him if he had match.
Yes, SIR responded the driver,
with alacrity. "Here you are, sir. J"
THANK You, said the business man,
lighting his cigar and sending the fra
grant smoke waiting across the driver S
face.
VERY convenient to have matches
around, sir. / alters makes point OF
carrying 'em. -
"Indeed!"
eyes; so many gentlemen pull out
cigar, and then find they amt got a
match. ="
run, pun anu SllouCt-
Il am quite smoker myself. Course
I can t smoke on the car, but then l en-
JOY it all the more when l get Off. y
II suppose So" said the smoker alb
sentmindedly.
MANY gentlemen makes point OF
giving me cigar, especially when they
rides reg lar. amt had my after din
ner smoke yet -
"Oh," said the business man in a
preoccupied manner.
Eyes, sir alters carry matches, as
said before, cause when a gentleman
has cigar and no light he allus seems
so thankful for it. Generally gives me
a cigar too. Seems kinder fair to ex-
change cigar for a match, cause the
weed ain t no good without light. "
"Ah,' said the smoker, evidently
busy in his mind with something con-
nected with business.
The driver looked despairingly at him
and after clearing his throat said:
"You don't happen to have another
cigar in your pocket, do you, sir?'
Certainly | have-two or three, !"
said the business man testify. But
what has that to do with what you have
been talking about?''
The rest of the journey was made IN
silence New York Tribune.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
BIG SHOW IN DENVER
AN INTERNATIONAL MINING EXPOSE
TON PROJECTED FOR 1896.

Designed to Commemorate Two Great
Historic Events and Demonstrate Gener-
al Transmississippian Progress-Some OF
the Interesting Features In Preparation.
They are getting ready to hold an in
ternational mining exposition In Den
yer next year, and from all accounts ev-
cry man, woman, child and dog in that
beautiful Gem City of the mountains is
bearing an active part in the prepare
tiOnS.
This exposition will be much more
than a mere display of the mining re-
sources of Colorado, for the products OF
all the mining states as well as those OF
Colorado will undoubtedly be we'll rep
resented Besides Mexico and South
America have been invited to take part
and have signifed their intention OF do
ing so. Still further interest, in addition
to that which so general mining expo
sition should arouse, is given to the prof.
ect by the fact that it is to commemo-
rate the close of the first century since
the purchase of the Louisiana territory
to show the progress of the transmits
sissippi country in its mining. agricul-
tural, educational, manufacturing, his
torical and industrial advancement and
to celebrate Colorado's twentieth ami
versary as state.
The project was formulated in March,
and at meeting held in that month a
board of $40 managers was created.
These managers appointed an executive
committee which perfected the incorpo-
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
SONG BIRDS.
Something About the Feathered Warblers
of Different Countries.

of Different Countries.
India has the jocose bulbuls, often
called nightingales from their remark
ably sweet voices. The Hindoos train
them to sit on their hands and be carried
about the bazaars The black faced
thrush is very fine songster and can
initiate almost everything he hears
The white eyebrowed or specialized
laughing thrush has a loud, powerful
song and soma melodious notes. He is
sometimes called the greater Picking
nightingale or japanese hooking bird
The japanese robin is a pretty bird to
look at, and very lively in his motions,
but is overrated as singer, his notes re-
sembling our Baltimore orioles, only
shriller, with little variation.
Australia has the piping crow, which
is more of a shrike than true crow.
His song is rich and varied, the notes re-
sembling a flute. He can be taught to
speak and initiate many birds as we'll
From Africa are shipped large num-
bers of little birds to this country called
African singing finches. The plumage is
handsome and often very odd. They
lack voice, only one, the strawberry
finch, having song Of any power. They
are cunning, however, and pretty to
have in an aviary. A gentleman in New
York has an aviary cage containing
some 80 varieties of small birds, and
among them many African finches. AS
one of the canaries sings small finch
will fly to his side, and placing his head
against the singers breast listen close
ly until the canary drives him away.
A weaver bird with a thick red bill,
in this same happy family, will take all
the threads given him and weave close
network down the side of the cage and
out on the perches. His owner says that
if he would give him enough material
the bird would weave until he shut out
the daylight. Philadelphia Times.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
The Baby's Name and Title.

Contrary to the confident assertions of
i'll Informed persons, the new royal
baby will bear no title for the present
other than the courtesy one of prince.
He has no right yet even to the prefix of
royal highness, but the queen is expect
ed speedily to remedy that defect in his
status by special warrant. The only
question of pressing moment is the
Christian names to be given to this i'm
portant and fortunate infant. The late
Duke of Clarence was baptized Albert
Victor because the queen desired the
throne of England to be filled one day
by man bearing the name of her idol
lied husband. If she should wish the
name revived. it will certainly be the
first OF the half dozen or SO which the
Duke of York's son will carry through
hfe-London Letter.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
A PECULIAR CASE.
PHYSICIANS PUZZLED IN THE
CASE OF MRS. BOWEN.
The Episcopal Hospital Said She HAD
Consumption and Gave Her Proofs
in standardization.

The Episcopal Hospital Said She Had
Consumption and Gave Her Proofs
in Standardization.
From the Record, Philadelphia, Pal
Last July the Episcopal hospital adj
mitted a woman whose pale and enact
ated face and racking cough proclaim
ed her the victim of consumption. She
gave her name as Mrs. Sallie q.
Bowen, wife of VIM. G. Bowen, resi-
dence 1849 Meighan street, Phila-
delphia. The case was diagnosed and
she was told plainly that she was III
an advanced stage of consumption. The
examining physician even showed her
the sunken place in her breast where
the cavity in her lung was supposed to
exist. She went home to her family a
broken, disheartened woman, with
death staring her in the face. That
was the beginning Of the story. The
end was told by Mrs. Bowen, who no
longer expects to die, to reporter who
visited her home.
1.-The first symptoms OF consumption
came in the form of terrible sweats,
both night and day. From April until
September l was constantly cold and
kept wrapped up in blankets through
the hottest weather. A terrible cough
took possession of me, my breast was
sore to the slightest touch, and my
limbs were like cold clay. The hard
est rubbing with the cOarsest towel
would not create the slightest flush,
and the least exertion would so exhaust
me that | could barely gasp for water.
81 went to the hospital in July and
they diagnosed my case as above stated.
1t was when the clouds were the
darkest that the first CLINT of sunshine
came. MI. Shelmerdine, friend who
lives at 1914 Clementine street, said
to me one day, Mrs. Bowen did you
ever try Dr. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People?' l had never heard Of the
medicine, but in my condition could
not turn a deaf ear to anything that
offered relief. 1t was after consider
able thought and investigation that
concluded to discontinue all the medi-
cine was taking, including cod liver
oil, and depend entirely upon Pink
Pills. l began to take the pills, at
first with but little encouragement.
The first sign of improvement was a
warmth and tingling sensation IN my
limbs. Finally the cough disappeared,
my chest lost it's soreness, and l began
to gain flesh until was fifteen pounds
heavier. All this owe to DR.. Will
Jams Pink Pills, and cannot praise
them to highly"
Mrs. Bowen is kindly faced lady OF
middle age, a church member well
known and highly esteemed. She
looks today well and strong, and ii
seems almost impossible that she was
ever given up by eminent physicians as
an incurable consumptive. Yet such
is the case beyond all dispute.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are for sale by
all druggists. or may be had by mail
from DR.. Williams Medicine Com
pany, Schenectady, N. Y, for SOC pei
box, or six boxes for -. so.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
THE WOOD DUCKS FIRST SWIM.
How the Mother Gets the Little ones
From the Nest to the Water.

From the Nest to the Water.
A few miles from my home there is
lake that has for years been the abiding
place of colony of wood ducks. L have
spent hours along the shores watching
these prettiest of water fowls. The wood
duck has one popularity not possessed
bv other members of the duck family
it builds its home high up in the cavity
of some decayed limb, usually one that
Alts out over the water.
The eggs, from seven to ID IN num-
Der, are creamy white in color. House
keeping is begun in May, and the young
are ready to leave the nest early In June.
| was curious to know how the little
ducks reach the water from their lofty
homes. | had often seen them, when
hardly clear of their shell, swimming
about with their mother and felt con-
WINGED that they never could have left
home unaided.
One bright June morning fortune ia
vored me. | had rowed along the lake
shore to pay visit to houseful OF
noisy red wing blackbirds. My boat was
lying motionleSs among the tall cat
tails that fringed the shores of the lake.
Suddenly heard loud splash behind
me- and turning to look | saw on the
water a short distance away, just shak-
ing the spray from her wings, female
wood duck and near her two tiny yellow
balls, so small that they resembled wa
ter lilies floating on the surface.
The old bird took wing, lowered and
circled above her babies for few min
utes and then flew to cavity in tall
tree, short distance away. In short
time the male bird, arrayed in the hand
soonest of plumage, joined his mate.
Then for few minutes | could hear a
soft cooling noise, which reminded me of
husband and wife discussing some i'm
portant point relative to the welfare of
their children.
The cooling soon stopped and the moth
er duck appeared in the doorway of her
home. Then she dropped toward the wa
ter at IA slight angle. AS her breast
struck the surface she Immediately
dived, and where her body had been |
was surprised to see two little ducklings
swimming about as unconcerned as
though they had been travelling in the
water for years.
The routine Of flying to the nest was
repeated four times III rapid succession,
and each time it resulted in an addition
Of two to the family III the water, which
kept growing until it numbered IL.
Then the mother duck swan out i'll the
lake, followed by her brood, while the
male bird brought up the rear of the
procession, acting, no doubt, as guard
and protector &C. S. Shick in Phila-
delphia Times.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
A FREAK OF NATURE,
The Navel Orange and How 1t Came to
This Country.

The Navel Orange and How 1t Came to
This Country.
The first navel orange was doubtless
freak or 'sport," as horticulturists
lay. To make such fruit by artifice
would be impossible. 1t is abnormal
even in the bud The navel shows in the
bud as early as the latter can be ex-
amined under the microscope 1t may
even be traced back to the flower, which
is double-though that word does not
express the idea very well, each blossom
having a secondary blossom within it.
In the developed fruit the navel is itself
a secondary orange, in some specimens
having distinct skin surrounding it.
The two story orange is no novelty.
A book on horticulture published in
1642 gives picture of the navel orange
and calls it ''pomum Adami fetum -
This is the earliest reference known.
The blossoms rarely have any pollen, and
the fruit is usually, though not always,
seedless. The variety is reproduced by
budding. Where it originated is not
known with certainty, but it was prob
ably in southern Asia. Thence it was
brought to the region of the Mediterra-
mean and eventually diffused over the
world. A lady who had travelled in
Brazil told Mr.. Saunders, chief gardener
OF the department of agriculture, about
the orange, which she had seen in that
country. Acting on this information,
Mr.. Saunders told Star reporter that
he sent to Bahia and secured dozen
young budded trees. These reached the
United States in 1870, being the first
navel orange trees known here.
From these trees others were propa-
gated. One of the first batch thus OBJ
tanned is now in the orange house of the
department of agriculture. In 1878 two
of the trees were sent to Mrs. L. G. lib
bets of Riverside, Cal At the same time
others were sent to Florida But those
planted in California fruited more quick
ly and were the first to attract attention.
1t soon became evident that the climate
OF that state was better suited to the
cultivation Of this variety. In Florida it
is not sufficiently productive. e., does
not bear freely enough to be profitable.
Nevertheless the finest navel oranges
come from Florida, though they are not
so handsome as those from California
Washington Star
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
ReefTea For Roses.

All travellers agree that there are no.
where else roses so magnificent as those
that cover the garden wall OF the Ola
Roman palace in the Via Sistini, In
which once lived the famous eplcure,
T.ncnllus. Rome is city OF roses.
They run riot, but those of the old pal
ace have become celebrated. Their odor
is passionate in its intensity. Their
form. their every petal, the way they
hang upon their stems, is picturelike.
The color of some is deep, deep crimson,
almost black at the heart. In others 1t
is cameo pink, changing to rich cream
tints at the center; others are the bright
yellow that mellows into gold; others
are the white that is like melted moon
light III the petal cup. l lived next door
the house overlooking the palace gar
den. and had frequently asked myself,
"What has produced these superb
rOses?"
One day saw the gardener, whose
love for his roses is almost pagan, wa
tering them carefully at the roots with
a clear dark liquid. I was sure that
this was the feeding that had to do with
the secret of their wonderful beauty.
On investigation l learned that the
wealth of odor and coloring was the re-
suit of animal food. That mysterious
libation which had seen poured at their
roots was strong beef tea, made from
fresh cuts of beef and strained. The old
gardener himself invented the idea.
This reminded me- how luxuriantly
had seen ferns of every kind, even the
most delicate, growing IN several spots
in Germany where the brewers had be-
slowed their refuse malt.-Buffalo Ex-
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
ONE ENJOvS

Both the method and results ~,
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is ples "usa
and refreshing to the taste, and I, sa.'
gently yet promptly on the K;dna aes
Liver and Bowels, cleanses tho sys
tenn effectually, dispels colds bs W
aches and fevers and cures bab;tauI l
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tIa
only remedy of its kind ever WIZ su'
duced, pleasing to the taste and r ~
ceptable to the stomach, promnt "
its action and truly beneficial n T.; ~
effects, prepared only from the most y,
healthy and agreeable substances IT,
many excellent qualities commend !,
to all and have made it the mos -
popular remedy known. '''
Syrup of Figs is for sale in I'm
and 81 bottles by all leading dr TS
gists. Any reliable druggist v5S
may not have it on hand will nrN '
cure it promptly for any one Tbo
wishes to try it DO not accept any
CALIFORNIA Flc SYRUP IN
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW Y0Rk. Rx
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
HOW's THIS {!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured 6y Halls Catarrh Cure.
-. CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo, =.
We the undersigned, have known r: }.
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, o.
WALD1NG. 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 per
bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimon-
ialS free
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
Opportunities.

Some one has said that ''every face
ought to be beautiful at 40" and another
that mo old person has a right to be
ugly, because he has had all his life in
which to grow beautiful" That is to
say that life's opportunities of noble
ness, of even 40 years of opportunity, if
well used, are enough to make so much
beauty within that it cannot help COM
ing to the surface in graceful habits OF
the nerves and muscles. The transfig.
uration of pleasant smile, kindly light
ings to the eyes. restful lines of self con-
troll about the lips, pure shining of the
face as great thoughts kindle inwardly-
these things no parent makes inevitably
ours and no fitful week or two of good
ness gives them, and no schooling of the
visage either, but only habitual noble
ness and gIaciOusness within, and this
will give them all. Nor does a wise man
think he has watched the quick express
sions which fit across the face uncon-
sciously. The truth will out, and in
these flashing motions sometimes we
catch the rascals under a handsome
mask, and sometimes catch the angel
where we had not looked for one.-Rev.
". c. Gannett.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
Roses From Poe's Grave.

A pretty and poetic suggestion is
made to help the fund for the Edgar
Allen Poe monument in Baltimore It
is to cultivate roses on the poets grave
and sell them at fancy pricea
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
HOITT'S SCHOOL.

Nowhere are boys better cared for and
m mr" thoronely taught than at Hoitt's
School. Burllngame, San Mateo county,
Cal. This school is in charge OF Ira q.
Huitt, Phi. D., and will reopen August 9th.
S. +. Chronicle.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
NEW WAY EAsT-NO DUST.

Go East from Portland, PendletOn, Walla
WalIa via O. r. & N. to Spokane and Great
Northern Railway to Montana, Dakotas, St.
Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, Omaha, st
Louis. East and South. Rock ballast track !;
fine scenery; new equipment; Great North
ern Palace nleepers and Diners; Family
Tourist Cars; Buffet Library Cars. Write
G. G. Donovan, General Agent, Portland,
Oregon, or F. 1. Whitney, G. P. & T: A.,
ST. Paul, Mimi. for printed matter and in
formation about rates. routes, etc.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
Theory and Practice.

Wife-Do newspaper writers sit up
all night?
Husband-I believe so.
''That explains it, them"
Explains what?''
The household department of this
paper recommends roast potatoes for
breakfast. One would have to sit ND all
night to have the oven hot enough. -
New York Weekly.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
The Best Evidence.

Willie-How is that fellow getting
ON with your sister?
Bobbie-I guess she must have &C.
cepted him.
Willie-What makes you think SO?
Bobbie-He has stopped making me
any more weekly payments. New York
Herald.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
He Got the Sugar.

The following anecdOte of a tame
monkey, to whom was given corked
bottle with lump of sugar inside, in
dicates that the animal, though unable
to invent, could initiate. A phrenologist
would say that the monkey had per
ception," but not 'causality." How to
get at the sugar was problem that babe
fair to drive him crazy.
Sometimes i'll an impulse of disgust
he would throw the bottle out Of his
reach and then be distracted until it
was given back to him. At other times
he would sit with countenance of in
tense detection, contemplating the bot
tied sugar, and then, as if pulling him
self together for another effort at solu-
ton, would sternly take up the problem
afreSh and gaze into the bottle.
He would tilt it one way and try to
drink the sugar out of the neck, and
then suddenly reversing it, try to catch
it as it fell out at the bottom.
Under the impression that he could
capture the sugar by surprise, he kept
rasping his teeth against the glass in fu-
tile bites, and warming to the pursuit OF
the revolving lump used to tie himself
into regular knots round the bottle.
Fits of the most ludicrous melancholy
would alternate with spasms of delight
as new idea seemed to suggest itself,
followed by fresh series of expert
mentS.
Nothing availed, however, until one
day a light was shed upon the problem
by a jar containing bananas falling from
the table with a crash and the fruit roll
ing about in all directions. His monkey
ship contemplated the catastrophe and
reasoned upon it.
Lifting the bottle high in his paws, ht
brought it down upon the floor with s
tremendous noise, smashing the glas.
into fragments, after which he calmly
transferred the sugar to his mouth ant
munched it with much satisfaction. -
Youths ComLanion-