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CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS.
Speaker Reed VIII Appoint Two Commit
tees to Consider Them.

Speaker Reed VIII Appoint Two Commit
tees to Consider Them.
In view of the unusually large num-
Der of contested election cases to be
passed upon by the house of representa-
tives Speaker Reed has decided to ap-
point two committees to consider them.
This is the first time in the history of
congress that the number of contests
reached the remarkably high figure of
80. In the last congress there were
somewhat more than dozen. and some
of-them were not disposed of until near
the close of the congress. The commit
tees on elections will be among the first
appointed and will be instructed to
go to work and bring in their reports
without delay. It is the intention to
have all the contests disposed Of during
the first session of the present congress.
In all the contests there is but one in
which colored man is contestant.
That Is the case of Murray versus Elliott,
from the Charleston district. Murray
was the only colored member of the
last congress, and he hopes to be able to
unseat Representative Elliott in his
pending contest. Many of the contest
ants make the fight for the s., 800 ex-
penses allowed to contestants, providing
they are unsuccessful, and it sometimes
occurs that the expenses of contest are
not half that amount, but the contest
ant is thrifty enough to put in bill for
the entire amount. New York Sun.
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commissioned by various acquaintan-
ces to make purchases-a dozen pairs
of gloves for one, diamond pin for an
other, a collection of pipes for third,
some small works of art for fourth
and so on. Under the strict interpre-
tation Of the law these articles are du-
table and should be declared" to the
customs officers of New York as soon
as they come aboard down the bay.
But the policy Of the travellers appear
to be, Declare nothing unless it is
separately packed and too bulky to es-
cape attention"
Perhaps the total value of the dutia-
BILE articles is 500. The traveller puts
the small articles in his pockets, dis
tributes the others through his trunk
and yalise and is reasonably confident
that they will not make SUFFICIENT
showing to interest the inspector OF eA-
cite his suspicion. Is he smuggler!
If so, then majority of Americans
returning from Europe are smugsiers.
No one knows better than the lnspec-
tors. however, that these small articles
are being brought in. The inspectors
overlook their presence and seldom
make any trouble unless the article is
so large or so valuable that to pass it
would be a gross neglect of duty. If
a man has five trunks filed with cloth
ing there may be question as to
whether all the garments are his ana
have already been worn. A traveller
with one or two ordinary steamer
trunks is not an object of suspicion
1t is not to be inferred from this that
travellers are subject to no restrictions,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06

or that an American may bring in
CARLOAD of foreign goods with impun-
tty. 1t Is true, however, that the inspec-
ton of baggage during the tremendous
rush following the arrival of an ocean
liner is not the ordeal that many per-
sons imagine, and that inspectors are
not ordinarily inclined to be suspicious
and proceed on the theory that every
returning American is attempting to
cheat his own country. If they unload
ed every trunk and valise and cross
examined passengers as to every. article
that might technically be called dutia-
BILE it would require month to "clear"
all the baggage swung from the hold of
mammoth steamer. The passenger
who unlocks his trunk, removes the
tray and gives satisfactory answers
to few questions is not liable to have
trouble. Lifting one or two of the gar.
ments and patting to see If anything
bulky is hidden underneath usually
constitutes the inspection"
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retain In all seasons sufficient guam
tity to enable it to live comfortably and
enjoy a daily bath without paying
taxes for the same.
There never was an ancient setting
hen that more pertinaciously chung to
its nest after the eggs had been re-
moved again and again than does the
beaver to it's work of building. Brutal
and inconsiderate man may tear down
and destroy the work of it's hands, but
with the coming of night and the de-
parture of the enemy it will proceed to
fell trees and to saw them into proper
lengths for repair of damages with as
cheerful a heart as the well-worked
donkey turns homeward at dinner time.
The beaver it not confined to North
America only, but is also encountered
in northern parts Of Europe and Asia;
vet has gained a firmer fOothold On this
continent, or else is more successful in
eluding the pertinacious search of re-
morseless trappers. Unfortunately for
the beaver, it gives forth an odOrifer-
Gus substance which it carries in two
sacs located near the base of it's tail
and is known in commerce as castor
cum. This is aSvaluable perfume and
offers additional inducement to zeal on
the part of hunters who would scarcely
need this incentive, because, as nobody
has to be told, the beaver is itself very
valuable. What. however, with the
castoreum and the fur also in prospect,
mountains, go through fire, and risk
the tOmakawk of the Indians in his
search after them. While hunted and
pursued, driven from pillar to post, still
the beaver is fruitful, and, except in To-
calities where man has overrun stream
as we'll as land, is moderately plentiful
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
Fate of the Beautiful Statuary at tt
Worlds Fair

Fate of the Beautiful statuary at the
Worlds Fair.
The court of honor does not look so
grand now as it did when it was sur
rounded with the white palaces or
when Illuminated at night with thou
sands of incandescent lamps or tinted
with all the colors of the rainbow from
the electric fountains. The buildings
are gone. MacMonies' grand work of
art is gone. All is gone save lone
Neptune and shivering horse or two,
and, rising majestically above the ruins,
unframed by the fire or winter. the
statue Of the republic. The mOnumen-
tai figure is in white now instead of
gold but with only the sky for back
ground it shows its proportions and
lines to better effect now than before.
Other statues have not Jared so well.
Most of them were destroyed in the
various fires which laid waste the en-
tire central portion of the grounds,
from the terminal station to the lake
If Columbus should come to Chicago
and take train out to Jackson Park in
order to get away from his specter on
the lake front he could stroll all around
the court of honor, where in former
days he was so populous, and only find
one Of himself. The only Columbus
standing is the one in front of the ma
chinery building, and inasmuch as this
is headless, it is doubtful if the real Co
lumbus would recognize 1t. If he did
he would beg to be given a Christian
burial or at least to be taken to the con-
vent of La Rabida, in the bare rooms
Of which he might find more con-
genial Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
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According to Custom.

Even after entering the Government
schools Indian children are not at all
ashamed of their odd names, but seem
to be as proud of them as If they were
Smith or Jones. The following list is
furnished by a teacher In one of the
schools Of the Oklahoma Territory:
Lucy Little Standing Buffalo, Atkins
White Sail, Anna Bull Frog, Lee Little
Turtle, Marie Buffalo Head, Clarence
Black Hair Horse, Jennie Boy Chief,
Grace Yellow Flower, Mary Big Goose,
John White Eagle, Martha Grief Pipe,
Mary Cries for Ribs, Cora Frizzle Head.
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BEAVERS AS MECHANICS.
These Animals Rank Next to Man ~
Practical Engineers.

Practical Engineero.
The best, most skillful, and adroit en-.
gineers and practical mechanics upon
the face of the earth, next after man,
are the beavers, whose intelligence In
these directions is only equaled by their
providence in laying up stores against
the conventional "rainy day."
1t is fairly proper to state that man
conceived his first idea of water power
from the operations Of these kings OF
rodents. The latter were, Of course,
headed off by man in the invention OF
water wheels and other machinery and
appliances for the utilization of the
power thus obtained, but man selects
a dam site for the same reason that the
beaver dOes-viZ.: That he may hold
the water and get out of it all he can.
In other words, the beaver goes to
the trouble of telling trees, cuts them
into blocks of from two to four feet In
length, bears them to the water, sinks
them, plasters and packs them down
in mud, and raises the wall above high
water mark solely that 1t may hold and
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
EOPHONE TRIALS.
An Invention to Concentrate Sound In
Fog.

An Invention to Concentrate Sound In q
Fog.
The recent delays in the arrival OF
ocean steamers at the port of New York
and the detention of vessels on the great
lakes from fog will be obviated when
the eophone, as its discoverer names 1t,
has been brought into general use. The
discoverer. or inventor, is Frank De La
Tore of Baltimore.
Professor Henry of the Smithsonian
Institution and Admiral Walker 20 years
ago investigated, on behalf OF the Unit
ed States government, the nature and
cause of these curious areas, in which
fog signals cannot be heard They agreed
that the distance of the signal bell or
whistle from the ship was not factor.
The direction of the wind and the den
sitv of the atmosphere, especially the
varying density of alternating strata OF
air or fog, were found to exercise the
most positive influences. De la Tore
was already making his experiments at
that time.
I asked Admiral Walker about the
eophone and its value to commerce.
sit is a Device" said he, (which con-
centrates and intensifes sound so that
it can be heard at greater distance
than with the naked ear and its source
located more quickly and exactly. 1t
gathers sounds into a sort Of funnel and
brings it directly to the ears. If it is
what the inventor claims it to be, it
will save not only vast amount of val
liable time to steamers and sailing
ships, but much property and many
lives as we'll"
The United States lighthouse board is
making exhaustive tests Of eophones-
one De la Torres and another designed
by Major Heap, U. S. N. intended to
be an improvement On the first.
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The New Supreme Court Justice.

Many complimentary remarks rela-
tive to Judge Peckham have been made
by persons acquainted with the family
of the distinguished jurist His father
and stepmother. it will be remembered,
persisted on the i'll fated steamer Vile
de Havre in the Atlantic years ago. As
illustrative of the high courage Of the
elder Peckham, which his sons are de-
clared to have inherited, the story is
told that when the ship was known tc
be sinking, and all hope had departed,
Judge Peckham clasped his wife in his
arms and said, my dear, if we must
die. let us die bravely. New York
Times.
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EFFICACY OF PRAYER.
1t Saved a Ship When Oil Upon the Wa
tiers Was of No Avail.

1t Saved Ship When Oil Upon the Wa
tiers Was of No Avail.
A most remarkable story Of saving an
ocean steamer by prayer was given out
when the Northern Pacific steamer Ia
coma arrived from China and Japan the
other day. When 1000 miles from Yo-
kohama and near midocean, a "twister"
struck the vessel and all but wrecked it.
The waves dashed over her, carrying
away all the upper decks.
All control of the steamer was lost,
and she went drifting about at the mer-
cy of the big waves. Then she listed and
the officers, losing hope, congregated in
the surgeon S cabin and united in prayer.
Several hundred gallons Of oil had been
cast upon the angry sea, but to no avail.
Soon after the officers joined in prayer
the storm subsidized, the vessel righted it
self and the officers cleared away the
wreckage on deck and brought the
steamer safely into port. No one was
lost, and in the official chronicle of the
battle with the cyclone prepared by Sec
ond Officer Smith, under direction of
Captain Crawford, divine Providence is
freely credited with saving the steamer
and all Oh board.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
GUNMAKER OF ILION
JEFFERSON M. cLOuoH REFUSES
ATTEMPTING OFFER.

His Health Was Too Poor to Permit
Attention to Business-A Great SUI
ferer for Many Years, But He Has
Now Recovered.
From the Springfield, Mass, Union.
There isn't a gun manufacturer III
the United States who does not know
jefferson M. Clough, and why! be-
cause he has been intimately associated
all his life with the development OF
the two best American rifles, the Rem
ington and Winchester. For years ne
was superintendent of the E. Remlng-
ton & Sons great factory at Lion, N.
Y. After leaving there he refused
a tempting offer of the Chinese gov
eminent to go to China to superlntend
their government factories-and accept
ed instead the SUPPLEMENTARY OF the
Winchester-ArmsC Co., at New haven,
at a salary of 81, 500 year.
1t was after this long term OF active
labor as a business man that he found
himself incapacitated for further serv-
ice by the embargo which rheumatism
had laid upon him and resigned his
position more than two years ago, and
returned to Belchertown, Mass, where
he now lives and owns the Phelphs
farm, retired spot where he has i've
hundred acres of land.
Being a man of means he did not
spare the cost and was treated by lead
ing physicians and by baths at celebrat-
ed springs without receiving any bene-
fit worth notice. During the summer
of 1898 and the winter of 1894 Mr..
Clough was confined to his house in
Belchertown, being unable to rise from
his bed without assistance, and suffer
ing continually with acute pains and
with no taste or desire for food, nor
was he able to obtain sufficient sleep.
Early in the year 1894 Mr.. Clough
heard of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. He began taking these pills
about the first of March, 1894, and
continued to do so until the first part
of September following. The first
effect noticed was better appetite and
he began to note more ability to help
himself off the bed and to be better
generally. Last August (1894) he was
able to go alone to his summer resi-
dence and farm of 1853 acres on Grena.
der island, among the Thousand
islands, in the river st. Lawrence.
where from the highest land of his farm
he commands view for thirteen miles
down the river, and sixty of the
Thousand islands can be seen.
Instead of being confined to his bee
Mr.. Clough is now and has been fol
some time, able to be about the farm tc
direct the men employed there, and ht
is thankful for what DR.. Williams
Pink Pills have done for him.
These pills are manufa tured by the
DR.. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady, N. Y, and are sold only
in boxes bearing the firms trade marx
and wrapper, at 80 cents box or si1
boxes for 50. so, and are never sold il
bulk. They may be had of all drug
gists or direct by mail from DR.. Will
liams' Medicine Company.
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wa offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
NV case OF Catarrh that cannot De cureo Dy
haiis CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo, 0.
We the Undersigned have known 2 j. Cheney
,,r the last Is years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business traIasaeuons anu M,
sncially able to carry out any oohea'ions m"ue
W WEST & TRUAx,
Whole. ale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
wholesale Druggists. Toledo, Ohio.
usu,s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
,,r.nt1v mon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
- ~ svsiem. Price, 75c per bottle. Sold Dy al
drno9ists Testimonials free
"a u.fi;s Family Pills are the best
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Very Odd.

How odd thing is Lowell
Or shall we call it by some other
name?
Tt matters little, for by any other
name the result would be the same.
Here is Mrs. Frank Higginson, Bos-
ton heavy swell and well known in New
York society, running away with a Har-
ward student, although she is full 40
years of age and the mother of four
children
By Jove, but this thing we call love
is an awfully freakish thing!
Moreover, it seems that a woman is
never safe from it, no matter what her
age or station or previous condition Of
servitude. New York Recorder.
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1--WE TKPEWORM IN AN EGG.
1t Is Two Inches Long and Was Discov-
cred In Mount Vernon.

1t Is Two Inches Long and Was Discov-
cred In Mount Vernon.
DR.. John Knapp Of Mount Vernon.
n Y, has in his possession tapeworm
inches long that was found in hen S
egg by Mrs Benjamin Sedgwick.
DR.. Knapp insists that it is genuine
tapeworm. He says the finding of such
an organism in an egg is unprecedented,
and that it will suggest to bacteriologists
a new field for investigation.
Mrs. Sedgwick was breaking eggs into
a dish, when she noticed in the albumen
something that moved. She was at first
too much startled to look into the dish
a second time. Mrs. Sedgwick finally
determined to have the phenomenon in
vestigated, and carried the broken eggs
to DIR. Knapp. DIR. Knapp at once said
that the live object was beyond doubt a
tapeworm.
DR.. Knapp says he will report the
matter to prominent psychologists.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
Ingenious Railway Inv.ntion.

j. L. Allen, telegraph operator at
Loretto, KY, has invented a railroad
clock that is marvel of ingenuity. It
registers each train as it passes and the
time at which it passes, and an accom-
panying device gives warning to incom-
ing trains if another train has passed
the station within / 8 minutes.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
Mania of Returning Tourists,

Mania of Returning Tourists.
Most travellers, on returning from Eu-
rope, have a mania for and have very
few conscientious scruples against,
evading the payment of customs duties.
They bought some articles on the other
side, not to sell, but to give away.
When they started away they were
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06

In states and territories where snow and
ice last all the long winters through, where
men are much exposed and suffer much
from cold, it is wonder they do not pro-
vide better against some of the conse.
quences. In some lumber camps, chop
pers stand all day in knee-deep snow with
half frozen feet. Tn, feet are much more
tender than the hands from being covered
up all the time. Men are often lame all sum-
mer from the frost bites of the previous
winter. Why it issso. is simply because
they do not know that st. Jacobs Oil will
cure frost bite in night.
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The Cheerful Idiot.

(Which city is it that has the name
of the city of homesw asked the board
er who is always forgetting.
ut is a little doubtful just now"
Clipped in the cheerful idiot, whether
the title Of city of Holmes belongs to
Philadelphia or Chicago. "-Indianapo-
lis Journal.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06

This talk about the Dardanelles re-
wives recollections of 1.-THE Almighty
Dollar. Mrs. Gilfory, returned from
Europe, was asked if she had seen the
Dardanelles. "Oh, yes" was the reply,
I'VE dined with 'em. st. Louis Re-
euhlic-
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swallows in AM seasons.

It Is stated that swallows have been
In England during every month of the
year. As partial confirmation of this
assertion correspondent writes to
London publication that he saw two
at Whitley on the evening of Nov. 2.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06

Mrs. Kidby Ito her small son)-"Well.
John, what's the matter?
Johnny-Sister says that she's an ad-
yanced woman and I've got TO watch
the dolls while she sails my toy boat
PearSonS
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Blobbs-"Miss Oldgirl would make a
good soldier" Slobbs-"Used to pow
der, eh?' Slobbs-"Yes, and never de-
serts her colors Philadelphia Record.
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DO yoUrnlnR MS Kissing ner was SO
much of surprise as she says?" Il
do. Why, she even forgot to scream"
indianapolis Journal.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06

FITS.-An fits stopped free by DIR. Kline,
Great Nerve RestOrer. No fits after the frs
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and q o
trial bottle free to Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline
931 Arch st., Philadelphia. Pa
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06

You'll hear Of woman one day that
she is about to die, and the next day
that she II giving = reception.
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Society Courtesies

Mrs. Parvenue-1 am thinking Of 60
ing Summing tomorrow"
Mrs. Mayfair--Ah! Going to call on
your relatives, I presume. "-Pick-Me-
Up.
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HOODWINK UNCLESAM
MANY ARTICLES ON WHICH NO
CUTY is PAID.

Some Dea. Friend on This Side Wishes
Dress Pattern or Some Jewelry-A
Careful Examination of All Articles
Is an ImpOssibility.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
A Simple Change.

Professor, how does the haircut
suit you?"
'The hair is altogether too short-a
little longer. please. "-Fliegende Blaet-
for
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06

His kermOu's almost endless,
Aud thus his people sit
And find it very hard to make
Head or tail ef if
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In sNOwBOUND STATES.

Teacher-Su you were king, Tommy
what would you do? Tommy I'D never have
to wash my face any more.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06
THE GIFT OF A GOOD STOMACH

Is one of the most benefcient donations
vouchsafed to us by nature. How often it is
grossly abused Whether the stomach is natuI
ally weak or has been rendered so by impru-
dence in eating or drinking, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is the best agent for its restoration to
vigor and activity. Both digestion and appe
tite are Ie newed by this fine tonic, which also
overcomes constipation, bilioasness, malarial,
kidney and rheumatic ailments and nervous
ness
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06

Go East from Portland, Pendleton, Walla
Walla via O. r. & N. to Spokane ana Great
Psui Minneapolis, Chicago, Omaha, st.
I"u;s East and South. Rock ballast track ;
f;ne scenery; new equipment; Great North
ern Palace Sleepers and Diners; Family
Tourist Cars; Buffet Library Cars. Write
p g. Denniston, c. P. & 7. A., Portland,
oregon. or F. I. Whitney, G. z. I; A.,
st. Paul, Mimi, for printed matter ana IN
formation about rates. routes. etc.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06

TRY GERMEA tor breakfast.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-06

Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up
childrens Coughs and o0 March g. IS 1854
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s-PfSMENTLEO WHITE CITY.

cal1tieS Where man has Overrun strea
as we'll as land, is moderately plentifr