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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20

met round In the house 1923 K street.
1t Is vine-clad and has graceful archi-
tectural lines, and the interior Is most
inviting. The staircase and square
hall, with a big fireplace, are as much
a feature as the cozy library on the
front and blue dra wing-room on the
same floor. The dining room has rich
dark woods in its construction. The
Smith household has several merry
youngsters, and the nursery upstairs is
bright and sunny.
Secretary Morton keeps house in a
handsome suite of apartments at the
Portland. Miss Morton presides for
uer DrOJner, ana no hostess is more
agreeab BILE and no receptions more pleas
ant than hers. The apartment has its
own dining room and kitchen, and the
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20

Resplendent with Receptions
Washington correspondence:
Social centers of great importance
during the season are the homes OF the
Cabinet officers. The ladies OF the
Cabinet have regular reception days,
and on these occasions the houses are
thronged with visitors. The home OF
tbe premier of the administration is
the big, white house at the southeast
corner of Rhode Island avenue and
18th street. This is the first winter
Secretary and Mrs. Olney have spent
there. as they only moved in last spring.
The house, then a very simple one, was
bought some years ago by Mr.. and Mrs.
Bellamy Storer and was by them so
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20
WILT THOU BE LONGi

wilt thou be longf The workful day is Ger.
The wind croons softly to the sleeping sea.
at the old spot upon the lonely shore
/ wait for thee.
Home to his nest the swift gray gull is wing
ing.
Through the still dusk hear the sailors song.
Night to the weary rest from toll is bringing
Wilt thou be long?
wilt thou be long? The darkness gathers fast.
The daisies fold their fringes on the lea.
Time is so feeting, and youth will not last
oh, come to me!
In the clear west silver star is burning,
But sad misgivings all my bosom throng.
With anxious heart watch for thy returning
Wilt thou be longf
e. Matheson in Chambers Journal.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20
THE WORST OF IT.

NIf the best of life, as it is said to be, is
but anticipation, the worst of it is surely
worry and vexation. They are the plows
and harrows that furrow the brow and cut
deeply into the nerves. It is constant
blowing of this kind that tears up the
nerve tissues. The greater nerves, like
the bigger roots, may resist tor time, but
the pIoughshare gets down to them.
Worry brings all sorts of other ailments
of q torn-up system and at last the sciatic
nerve is reached, a disturban to which
in the form Of sciatica is attended by ex-
cruciating pains. st. Jacobs Oil has cured
the wort cases of men crippled by it. Use
it and make sure of prompt and perma-
nent cure.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20
Maggie Was Only Half Hanged.

A curious instance of the hangman's
rope failing to perform its fatal work
gave to Margaret Dickson, an English
the nickname Of Half Hanged Mag
gie"-a name by which she was known
throughout the British Isles. Maggie
had been convicted Of some capital
offenSe (there were several such Of
lenses catalogued in the English stat
utes at that time), and was finally taken
to the gallOws on the hill at Edinburgh
After the drop fell she was allowed to
hang several hours before friends
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20
MEMPHIS HAS A HEALER.
A Colored Man Said to Cure by Touching
Patients.

A ColOred Man Said to Cure by Touching
Patients.
George Herman Jones of Memphis,
colored, says that several weeks ago he
saw woman suffering from rheuma
tism. Something, he said, told him to
cure her. He called her to him, passed
his hands over her face, and the pain
fed, he says. The next person he says
he cured was Charles Hunt, a brick ma
son who was suffering from consump
tion. B. F. Hatcher, once suffering
from entire paralysis and decay Of one
arm, has been made whole by Jones, it
is said. Phyllis Thompson, an old ne
gress, became so i'll from rheumatism
that she was compelled to use crutches.
Aunt Phyllis, it is asserted, has been
cured by Jones.
Jones is an ignorant fellow and at
tributes his power to spirits.
A committee of physicians is studying
Jones' work.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20

The national instrument, the "gajda,"
or bagpipe, predominates throughout
Bulgaria. The melancholy and monot-
onous tones of the bagpipe sound to
the Bulgarian far from his home like
voice from the fatherland, and at har-
vest time singing is heard everywhere,
accompanied by the bagpipe.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
sny case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
r. j. CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known f. ]. Cheney
for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and nm
sncially able to carry out any obligations made
BY their arm.
WEST & TRuAx.
Wholes ale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous.surfaces OF
the system. Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by al
druc0ists Testimonials free.
Hail's Family Pills are the best.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20

greatly enlarged and beautified that Its
original appearance was completely lost.
The entrance is in the English base
ment, and the staircase. comfortably
wide, leads to the parlor floor. The
parlors are among the most artistic,
and the bay window in the front room
Is a most inviting retreat 1t has win
dow seat, which is piled up with dainty
pink cushions against the simple mus
lin draperies at the window. The pic
ture gallery Is at the end Of the house
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20

The war with the hey Of Tripoli be-
gan June 10, 1901, and ended June 4.
1905. The number Of men engaged in
the naval force against Tripoli was
|S3B0
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20

Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up
children's Coughs ands Colds.-MRs. M. G.
BLUNT, Sprague, WASH, March 8, 1894.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20
THE CABINET HOMES.
cENTERS OF MUCH SOCIAL OF.
fiCiAL LITE.

Something About the Houses OF Mr
CIeveland's Staff and the Genial
Hostesses Who Preside Over Them
Places of Graceful Hospitality.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20
WE ARE POISONED BY AIR AND
WATER

When they contain the germs of malaria To
annihilate these and avoid or conquer chills
and fever, bilious remittent or dumb sgue, use
persistently and regularly Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which also remedies dyspepsia, liver
trouble, constipation, loss of strength, nervous
ness, rheumatism and kidney complaint. Ap-
petite and sleep are improved by this thorough
medicinal agent, and the infrmities of age
mitigated by it. A wineglassfull three times
day
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20

won't the young lady skite" "Me! a-goin'
to knock myself about like them blokes ana
spoil my at? Not likely!"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20

How men love to hover about the
prohibited! Men who never swear
love to say darn"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20
SCrOfuIa

Manlfests itself In many different ways, like
goitre, swellings, running sores, boils, salt
rheum and pimples and other eruptions
Scarcely man is wholly free from it in some
form. 1t clings tenaciously until the last
Observation-Disclosures poison is eradicated from
the blood by Hoods Sarsaparilla. Thousands
OF voluntary testimonials tell of suffer-
ing from scrofula, often inherited, posi-.
lively, perfectly and permanently cured BY
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20

In leap year every youth anew
And jovial ditty sings.
Perhaps he'll now get back a few
OF those engagement rings.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20
NEW WAY EAsT-NO DUST.

Go East from Portland, Pendleton, Walla
Walla via o. r. 4 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 Sleepers and Diners; Family
Tourist Cars; Buffet Library Cars. Write
A. B. G. Denniston, G. P. & T. A., Portland,
Oregon, or f. I. Whitney, G.. P. & T. A.,
St. Paul, Mimi, for printed matter and In
rITs.-An nus Stopped tree Dy Dr. Kline
reat Nerve RestOrer. No fits After the FIR
avs use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and q,
rial bottle free to Fit cases. Send to DR.. Kiln.
II Arch st.. Philadelphia, Pa.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-20

esta blishment, while in a contracted
space, Is nevertheless amply sufficient
in its arrangements
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-07
CATS AND WILD CATS.
FcrociOus Felines that Make Havoc
Among the Weaker

San Francisco Gail.
1t has taken about twenty years to produce
the wild cats of Goat Island. the aeSeherative
process commencing soon after the light
house was established there IN 1870. III seems
that the first keepers brought a number OF
cats with them, but vita unrestralned hper-
ty the animals gradually forsook the COM
forts OF civilization. Goat island Is the nome
of thousands of birds and squirrels, ana 10
this is possibly due the temptation or the
cats 70 forsake the keepers treside. AT first
the cats would absent themelves FOR days
at a time, oat III KitteIs We're TON az ZONE,
In time, however, they got over this, ana
lived altogether in the underbruSl. After a
few years the descendants OF the first cats
were 80 wild that they were afraid OF human
beings and made their dens IN the cTeVlcSs
of the rocks.
From that time the cats became wilder, un-
til now they are aS ferocious as the terrible
creatures of the mountains. T1ey have In
creased in size and changed altogether in
disposition. They are always seen in pairs.
ana appear 10 mate. as all SPECIES OF the
cat tribe DO in the wild state. The cats live
on sQulrrel1 quail ana sparrows, as well as
such other small aniUa.s and birds as they
can catch. They are supplied with water
from a dozen springs in different parts OF
the island.
In addition to other changes the wild cats
have become hostile to such tame cats as
are brought to the island from time TO time.
They will attack them on sight and never
stop until they have killed their victims.
The chief destruction wrought by the Wild
cats is on the quail that inhabit the island.
The 'artful used to be there in
abundance, but are now pretty vel thinned
out. The cats are constantly on the aSri
and not only kill every quail they can catch.
but often destroy whole nests ful of young.
To prevent this the light keepers are Always
on the look out for wild cats and shoot every
one that comes anywhere near the house. AS
a consequence the cats keep some distance
away and the quail seem to know they are
safe in that locality, for there are more
nests there than in any other part Of the
island.
Many plans have been tried within the last
few years to rid the island OF the hungry,
carnivorous pests, but the more they are
! prosecuted with shotgun, trap and poison
the more rapidly they seem to multiply.
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should Eat Enough.

Philadelphia RecordIO01II @
A woman who scrubs, washes or sweeps
would not be expected to DO her work with
out q plentiful allowance of food, and yet
the young bread-winner who stands all day
long behind a counter or sits at a typewrit-
ing machine is supposed to have easy work
and is frequently supplied with a most mea-
ger diet. Now, as a matter of fact, the oc-
cupation of a clerk or secretary is much
more exhausting than that of one employed
in actual physical labor; the brain being con-
stantly at work requires constant nouriSsI-
ment, which must be supplied from the stom-
ach.
What has all this to do with beauty?
Much-indeed everything. Without sufficient
nourlshing food blood, body and brain are
affected, and nowhere does the deficiency
manifest itself more quickly than in the
compilations; the blood being thin the woman
loses her freshness. and IL old before her
tin }; the tissues become flaboy, blue lires APP
pear under the eyes, and chaos is come
again!
The result of a proper regimen of diet is
far-reaching; a healthy woman is a happy
woman: a happy woman retains her youth,
and so her beauty; for, after all, beauty
comes from within rather than from without
its secret is a contented mind; its
prime remote a well-fed body-the
outward evidence Of the two being a bright
eye, a springy step and a clear skin, secure
in the possession of which no woman need
fear TO be called pain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-07

mother was an Indian woman, and~he is a
man of intelligence and good standing.
With him is Chief Two Stars, and they are
here on an interesting mission: 1t seems that
the Indian tribe with which Brown and
Two Stars are alicia branch Of the Sioux
ARE the recipients per capita of 500 per
year from the United States government.
Last year. the treasury being in bad shape,
there was paid to them only $3.50 per head.
In other words. Uncle Sam was shy in his
settlement to the extent OF $780, so for each
member Of the tribe. The failure to get
their dues has occasioned great trouble, and
the Indians would have been In a desperate
condition had 1t not been for the extension
Of credit given by the local merchants. But
at length the merchants could carry them
no longer, and some cash had TO be raised:
Brown and Two Stars came on TO Wash
ington TO explain the imperative need OF
their brethren, and the order has gone forth
that an immediate payment OF $50 TO each
on the back account be made, TO be followed
by another similar payment on the LIST OF
July. This is very satisfactory, and the chief
will go home and tell his people that the
great father at Washington is not going TO
let them lose their money. He is a big chief,
is Two Stars, the Ignatius Donneliy of his
band, full of the fire of native ~e,oquence
and whatever he tells his children goes.
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Hoarding

New 1OTk llmeS-
These are the days In the housekeeper's
life when the general reorganization of the
house accumulates in our crowded city
quarters, at least-a considerable amount
Of surplus. 1t is a mistake, in this advance
of the worlds economy, to hoard useless
things. The thrifty New England house
keeper Of two or three generations ago was
wise to put aside in the big. roomy garnet
any household belongings not needed at the
moment. Perhaps she lived miles from q
misunderstanding her resources were scant
In comparison with those or ner posterltyl
and alomst any article was sure 10 attain
a second period of usefulness IL Kept long
enough. The same need which prompted
a woman living In the early twenties OF
this century in the western part Of the
State to soak nails in water and drink
the liquid because she felt the need OF q
tonic, and the trips to the nearest doctor
forty miles away, were only quarterly. made
most equally stern duty.
But for her granddaughter and great.
granddaughter. living to-day, no SUCH neeo
exists. The impedimenta of life Is obtain
too, TO a degree that makes Its accumula,
ton cumbersome. Some one says tnal
nothing should be in a house that Is no
necessary in one of three ways-,comfort
Of these tests should be banished,, passed
on. but not destroyed. For it Is also true
that to somebody everything is of use. LIE
your bestowal be tempered with wisdom
az well as your sorting out. me womaE
who sent, one cold autumn day. a bundlt
of fne. much-trimmed sorgandie and dimity
dresses, worn to lace almost. the wrecks OF
her three little girls summer wear, TO .
family whose children needed shoes and nae
no coal, is a good illustration OF what no
m IN nm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-07
KATE FIELDS IDEA.
She to Stay I'm Harness to the
Last and Had Her Wish.
Chicago Post.

When Kate Field was in Chicago early
last fall, preparing for what her friends
dangerously called the Hawaiian mission. one
friend, more yenturesome than the rest,
asked her why she did not give up globe
trotting and reform schemes and settle down
70 Ion Pe se : ! ml and r sgsi she sR 5scs sae ! qbu sSe
a horror OF inactivity. IL / had a million
dollars. which / hope 10 make" she added
not settle down.. 1 want 10 die in the har-
ness Happy the woman. happy the man,
to whom, scorning a period of waiting old
age, death comes. Kate Field literally died
in the harness She was in the very midst
Of what she deemed the important work of
her life; her illness was tragically brief; her
wiz speak of the bri.liancy of the woman,
or her marvellous energy, of her irrepressibie
determination, of the ceaseless activity Of
of Encouragement and more than one crush
ing failure. She will be accounted in many
respects; and Justly. as the most remarkable
women in America, and even those who have
at times ridiculed her projects will not de-
ny her brilliant ability or the great power
OF her personality; But. at the same time.
We believe that II ever a woman was mis-
understood as to the graces that go to
make up a kindly life Kate Field was
that woman. IL was the result of her edu-
cation and training IN a severe school of
independence that she was a masculine
woman. that she seemed to despise the little
weaknesses that most men like TO see in
women. and that she had no patience with
the minor vanities and frivolities of her sex.
And yet she was a woman, the most wom-
amy OF women, at every turn of life where
gent,eness and thoughtfulness and generosity
and womanly compassion were needed to en-
courage and sustain humanity. She was
queerly Inconsistent, like a woman, to those
who knew her specifically and only in her
public life. but how true she was to woman
hood In every emergency. and what a friend
she proved TO those who needed friends. we
believe there are many who can and will at
test. She had steeled herself to fight the bat
tie Of life. and her animating spirit was ex-
pressed patheticaliy only a few months ago
IN a letter to a friend IN bereavement: IT
know the loneliness that death brings. for
I have lost all. I know, too, that help only
comes from within" Brave and tender
hearth She fought cut her own battles and
conquered within. but from her own strength
and from her own resources she drew time
and again TO help otners.
II is for the softiness of Kate Fields plr-
pose and for the pure gold In her heart that
we shall wish a careless world TO remember
her. The best monument to man or woman
is the recollection of the good that has been
done, and npon whom the story of this wom-
ans life d~evolves. let him not forget the
acts of charity and Kindness. OF sympathy
AID compassion which may have been lost
sight of IN the brilhancy OF her pubic life
and the glare of her public achievements.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-07

points. caps. slashed effects. etc. all pre-
vailing among models for summer gowns;
To d to the general confusion OF the
modern and antique In present fashions, de-
signers are at this moment experimenting
on double-skirted effects which the Empress
Eugene introduced in her day OF glory.
The fashion began by a trimming placed on
the skirt TO simulate an ~overdress, then
came the actual overdress. and this Is what
we are now threatened with. We already
see the overskirt outlined by rows Of mar
row gimp or ribbon. gathered frills OF lace
or OF the dress material. but whether the
genuine double skirt be adopted is a matter
now discussed along with the question of
the again threatened hoop skirt and Its first
cousin, the wire hustle of French tournure.
Crossed corsages and many pretty hchu
effects appear upon some of the dainty and
most poetic creations of French genius.
Very many OF the newest corsages for
slender matrons and young women are
hooked up the back. the front portion
draped from side to side: trimmed with a
V-shaped plastron that is edged on each
side with a coquiile of ACE or is bordered
with narrow ribbon or insertion, and has a
large jabot of lace Of some rich design
reaching from neck to belt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-07
Errors I'm Training.

NEW 10Th hcuScI.
The greatest and most common error In
the training of children is allowed TO be
irregularity of behavior toward them. AT
one time they are coaxed petted and In
dulged in every fancy, and at another they
are seeded. abused and cruelty chastised-
One moment a mother will be seen fondling
her child, and the next pouring out her
wrath upon him. Impetuous in temper. she
will, for a trifing fault, infict personal pun
ishment on her infant, and then. moved by
compassion or renOrSe, seize him up In her
arms and cover him with kcaresses. All
this is decidedly improper, and ruinous TO
the disposition of children. Let It be re-
membered that example will go a great
way in communicating both good and bad
habits to children. and II is required OF
those who undertake the duty of infant ed
ucation hat they should learn 10 know
themselves and command themselves. An
other common error.is favoritism in fami-
lies. One child, because he happens to be
born first. or is called by a particular name,
or from Some other equally absurd cause,
or perhaps from mere caprice, is idoiized
and advanced. while ale his brothers and
sisters are treated with indifference. Much
strife and petty misery have arisen from
this system of Tfavoritism. which, where
ever il occurs, rs discreditab.e to the pa
rental relations All the children in a fam.
lily, whatever be their capacities anC
whethersmale or female, Should be treated
with equal consideration and kindness. On
no account prefer one to another.
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Hot Water.

Philadelphia American.
The hot water remedy is always the best
one Cor making the complexion beautiful. 1t
is very simple and equally safe. two good
points in its favor, If, persisted in. black
heads will soon depart and the complexion
will assume the pink and white appearance
of a baby. The hot water treatment should
be INDUCED in every night and morning. Al
night the face should be bathed in water as
hot as one can stand, and then thoroughly
rubbed with a good cold cream. Be careful
to use a circular motion in rubbing. In the
morning the cream may be omitted and the
face first bathed in very hot water and then
dashed with cold water. The diet should be
watched with care. AMI much fruit should be
eaten. Grape fruit is specially noted Tor its
good effect upon the complexion. Hot water
is one of cur best remedial agents. A hot
bath on going TO bed, even in the hot nights
OF summer, is a better relief for insomnia
than many drugs. Inlamed parts will sub
side under the continual poulticing Of real
hot water. Very hot water, as We all know,
is a very. prompt. checker OF bleeding. and
besides, il il is clean, and il should be, it
aids in steriliz.ng wounds A riotous stomach
will nearly always receive gratefully a glass
or more of hot water.