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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
walpole an Inspired Reporter.

Of course a man may choose, if he
will, to be less than free author. He
may become a reporter, for there is such
a thing as reporting for books as we'll
as reporting for newspapers, and there
have been reporters SO amazingly clever
that their very aptness and wit consti-
tute them sort of immortals. You
have proof of this in Horace Walpole,
at whose hands gossip and compliment
receive sort of apotheosis. Such men
hold the secret Of kind of alchemy by
which things trivial and temporary may
be transmitted into literature. But they
are only inspired reporters after all,
and while a man was wishing, he might
wish to be more and climb to better
company. Woodrow Wilson
in Century,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28

my limb down straight, as there would
be a drawing and trembling of the
cords. Besides such torture, | began
to bloat a great deal.
'tAfter suffering for some time, q
friend advised me to try Paines celery
compound. / can truthfully say tina,
after using four bottles l was cured;
not helped, but cured"
If you have any doubt at all these
spring days about your health-if neu.
ralgic twinges, kidney troubles, dizzy
spells, indigestion or heart palpitation
show themselves, don't wait for palmer
warnings. Make a clean sweep Of all
these ailments from the system.
It is easiest to do this now, as spring
is approaching. Take Paine's celery
compound when the system is most re.
sponsive to its cleansing. strengthen.
ing influence.
An improved appetite, sound diges.
ton, uninterrupted sleep, and an sner.
getic condition, are the result of taking
Paine's celery compound.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28

Why not be a we'll woman this
spring?
There are women who cannot tolerate
the smallest neglect about the house
who too often take no care OF their
health.
They should use these precious March
days for getting strong and we'll by
taking Paine's celery compound-the
greatest of all spring remedies.
Miss Elsie M. Brown of Leeds st. /,
Dorchester, Mass, whose picture is
given above, wrote the 9Th Of this
month as follows:
-Four or five years ago, l suffered
with dreadful pains in my back lowing
to my kidneys), 80 much so that night
after night could not close my eyes,
and what few hours sleep I did get.
could be heard moaning and tossing.
showing that even in my sleep.
suffered pain. At times would have
more pain than usual over my left
hip sAnd when waking in the morning
it would be all l could do to stretch
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
Lax Social Customs.

Don't let us say that we wouldn't
trust our daughters and our sons any
where. Let us keep our faith whole and
unbounded in them. but do let MS revise
our ideas a little as to what is right
and proper in our social customs. If our
social customs were not SO lax, il
young girls were not left alone with
young men SO often and for so long q
time, there would be few daughters OF
respectable homes 60 astray. Mothers
cannot longer close their eyes to this
question; the souls of their daughters
are in their hands, and they owe it to
themselves, to their daughters and to
society to throw every possible protec-
ton around them. -Womankind.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
The Good Mans Initiative Dog.

ST have.a dog" said minister who
had just heard a precocious story.
that is very sagacious. One Saturday
he followed me to church and sat among
the people and watched my movements
in the pulpit. That afternoon heard a
terrible bowling in my back yard and of
course went to see what it meant.
found my dog was in the wood shed
standing ON his hind legs in a dry goods
box. He held down torn almanac with
one paw and gesticulated with the other
while he swayed his head and howled to
an audience of four other dogs even more
sadly than had done in the morning. /"
-Danville Advocate.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
Tightly closed trapdoors, which, wl,el

Tightly closed trapdoors, which, wien
securely fastened, will not admit wa
ter, are to be opened when at the de-
sired height for the purpose Of releas
ing torpedoes, to be lowered by & cable
reeled from windlass in the car. The
torpedoes. according to the inventor s
plan, are to be lowered to the Geek o.
an enemy's ship or swung against the
side of her hull, when current of cleo
tricity is to be sent through the cable
to explode the cartridge.
The airship is designed particularly
for night service. and to that end a
powerful electric light is to be provided
in the form of a large globe suspend cd
from reel Of wire passed through
the floor Of the car.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
DYNAMITE AiR-SHIP.
Novel Flying Machine IL Being Con-
structed in Washington.

Novel Flying MaChfne - DcA"H
structed in Washington.
In a busy workshop Of Washington
suburb a novel flying machine is III
course of construction. The greatest
secrecy prevails among the workmen.
and the professor who is the brains OF
the. concern Is a sphinx. 1t has Deen
learned, however. that the nvenuon
consists of two immense bobbin-shaped
receptacles made Of thin sheet aiumi-
mum. to contain hydrogen gas.
A car or cabin of the same metal Is
to be attached to the receptacles, ana
will be of sufficient size to accommo-
date a crew Of five or six. An electric
motor will operate the wings and steer
Ing mechanism. The car will he the
shape of ships hull, and. in case Of the
aerial contrivance collapsing, the In
ventor claims the crew can drop to the
surface of the sea and become navi-
gators Of the water instead OF The air.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28

must rise from the ranks before the
marriage will be sanctioned. This pro-
vision is made that there may be ex-
traordinary efforts made by the pri-
vate in doing good work-and love will
find way-for thus the marriage will
reflect honor upon the army.
"Any breaking OF an engagement, /"
the field book ordains. must at once
be reported to the division officer, ana
any officer found guilty Of shameless
and heart-breaking fitting will be re-
duced to the ranks. Counting means,
more or less, division of feeling, nee
essarily interfering in some measure
with the discharge of duty, and is
therefore deprecated. Officers must
not be allowed to carry on any court
ship in the town in which they are
stationed"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
EDEN's FLOWERS AND THORNS.

In this beautiful season of Towering
green, when the air is balmy and the sun
light golden, it seems pity that anything
should enter into this Eden of ours to mar
it's pleasures and blight is joy, but 80 it is
even doubtful-if all of life were scene of
pleasure-whether we could possibly en-
Joy it. The birds come and sing, and the
birds sing and go. Rheumatism comes
also. It comes from exposure to the damp
ness of the nights and mornings. to the
sudden change of temperature, and it GER
tainly goes, as thousands know, by the
prompt use of St. Jacobs Oil, which is a
complete and perfect cure. 1t is we'll,
therefore, while we enjoy all these season
able delights, not to be without this great
remedy for pain, and to have it ready,
more because we are the more liable at this
season than any other to suffer from such
attacks.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
Not Alarming.

In the annual report of Harvard COL
lege, recently published, report from
the dean of Radcliffe college appears for
the first time. This declares the change
from the annex to the college to be vi
tai, though not strikingly evident, and
evidences of the Importance of this
change are given. A most important
step has been taken, too, in the opening
OF the graduate courses in Harvard uni
versity to women, and, as President
Eliot remarks in his report, 1.-The in
road was by no means alarming. -
Christian Register.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
Mrs, Pfckerell,s Ch.nee.

The latest move on the part of woman
is to secure the street cleaning. Mrs.
Mary NJ. Pickerell of Denver has OBJ
tanned the contract by making a bic
IS, 600 less than that Of her predecessor.
1t has been claimed and claimed again
that woman's experience as housekeepel
shonld make her especially valuable in
this field. It remains for Mrs. Pickerell
to vindicate her own and her sex's right
to the reputation of economists. -Ex.
change.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
Believes In Arbitration.

The Amalgamated Society Of Plumb
ers and Gas Filters has resolved to adj
vonate general conference Of all labor
organizations to decide upon plan Of
general arbitration. The employers will
DO asked to cooperate in the new move
ment.-New York Sun.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28

The egg of the dogfsh is provided
with system Of spiral cables like the
tendrils of climbing plants. These feel
ers reach out in every direction. and
whenever they encounter an object which
they can seize Irvine themselves around
1t and hold the egg in position until it
Is Matched.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
A Rumored CHANGE.

In view of the number of Office bows
who made their fortunes by bidding for
bonds, it is likely that the term snake
story will be supplanted by "bond
story" in the near future. = Chicago
Post
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
HOW THEY MAKE LOVE.

Onicers Of the Salvation Army Must
Do Nothing Sentimental.
Marriages of officers in the Salvation
army are not numerous, and perhaps
the Ieason is to be found in the very
stringent laws which govern the love-
making in that body. The new field
book Of the army, which has just been
issued, lays down the rules which must
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR

Is not steadier than system liberated from the
shackles of chils and fever, bilious remittent
or dumb sgue by HOstetter's Stomach Bitters, a
perfect antidote to malarial poison in air or wa
ter. 1t is also an unexampled remedy for
bilious, rheumatic or kidney complaints, dys-
pc psia and nervousness. 1t improves appetite
and sleep and hastens convaescence.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
salisbury's Next Feat,

There is manifest reason to believe
that Lord Salisbury is preparing TO fur
nlsh striking illustration Of the art
OF backing out gracefully st. Louis
Globe Democrat
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
of all cough cures.-GeOrge w. Lott
Fabucher, La, August 26, 1895.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
Boil $

It is often difficult to convince peo-
pie their blood is impure, until dread
full carbuncles, assesses, boils, scrof-
ula or salt rheum, are painful proof Of
the fact. It is wisdom now, or when
ever there is any indication of
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28

She-This decimal system is so simple!
don't see why they don't use our money in Eng
land. He-They do as fast as they can get II
over,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28

The poison dagger, an Infamous weap-
on still in use among the aborgines OF
Brazil, is fashioned after the fang of q
carnnut
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28

"What," asked the neophyte, sis the differ
ence between wit and humOr?" The COrnfeld
Philosopher lodged the question. I'm exem
pity" said he. IA wit is a humOrist with dyS
npnGiA y
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
His First Glimpse of the Sea-

King Prempeh of Ashanti never saw
the sea until the day when, as prison
er of the English, he was brought down
to the coast and embarked on the war
ship that had been designated to take
him to the place of his exile, where he
must spend the rest Of his life. The
beach was crowded with a dense throng
of natives, who shouted and sang and
made a tremendous din when Prempeh
and his companions came in sight. The
expression Oh the kings face when he
first beheld the ocean was one of blank
establishment, not unmlxed with alarm,
but he soon recovered himself and talked
volubly in the farewell interview which
he had before embarking. A detachment
of the West Yorkshire battalion entered
a surfboat, and Prempeh was placed in
their midst The chief interpreter fol-
lowed closely in the wake of the boat
conveying the king, whose every move
ment was plainly visible His novel sur
rounding evidently made great i'm
preston upon Prempeh. and when the
Racoon was reached and boarded he was
quite lost in wonder Long before the
Racoon started many of the Ashanti
prisoners, most of whom had preserved
q most stolid demeanor on coming on
board, were painfully seasick.
A Frenchman's Dilemma.
81 begin to understand your language
better" said a Frenchman the other
day, "but your verbs trouble me still.
You mix them so with your propositions.
I have just seen my friend, Mrs. James,
and she said she intended to break down
housekeeping no, break up, mean
her health is SO broken into, and since
smallpox was broken up in the city she
thinks she will leave for time"
After some difficulty he was SET
straight and made to understand that he
should say broken up as applied tc
health, broken out as applied to small
pox, after which he continued:
Mrs. James tells me her son s en-
gagement is broken-brOken off. He
seems a nice young fellow and is 9
breaker, believe"
And it was some time before his hear.
ers realized that this last was not pun,
but only another eccentricity of the vert
"to break ''-that young Mr.. James is q
broker, and that his profession is not
that of breaking either engagements OF
hearts. New York Journal.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28

EITS.-An nts stopped free by DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve RestOrer. No fits after the first
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and q Loo
trial bottle free to Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline,
81 Arch st., Philadelphia. Pa.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28
| BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR CA
TARRH THAT CONTAIN MERCURY,

AS mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering 1t through the mucous surfaces
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., To-
ledo, O., contains no mercury, and Is taken in.
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hail.
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine 1t is
taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by
F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-05-28

TRY GERMEA tor breakfast.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-07

thing that was neither being nor not
being? Was this blank darkness the
hell of unbelief? The covering of the
body, the covering of matter, had been
torn from me- with the Authorizations
of companionship and security. Every
thing was black and silent. / had
ceased to be. / was nothing. There
was nothing save only that infinitesi-
NAL dot of light that went dwindling
down the gulf. I strained myself to
hear and see. and for awhile there was
nothing but infinite silence, darkness,
horror and despair.
Then / saw that about the spot of
light into which the whole world of
matter had shrunk there was a faint
glow. And in a band on either side Of
that the darkness was not absolute. I
watched this for ages (as II seemed to
mel. and through the long waiting the
haze grew perceptibly more distinct
And then an irregular cloud of the
faintest pale brown nebularity ap-
peared about the band. i felt a pas
sionate impatience; but the things grew
brighter so slowly that they scarcely
seemed to change. What was unfold
ing itself? What was this strange dawn
in the infinite night of space?
The shape of the cloud was grotesque.
IL seemed looped along its lower side
into four projecting masses, and above
II ended in a straight line. What phan-
tom was 1t? felt assured that had
seen that shape before. but could not
think what IL was. Then the realiza-
ton rushed upon me. The thing was
a clinched hand. was alone in space,
/ and this vast, shadowy hand, upon
which the whole universe of matter
Law like an unconsidered speck of
dust.
II seemed as though i watched that
motionless spectral hand for an infinite
time. on the forefinger glittered a ring.
and the universe from which l had
come out was the only spot where the
high light fell upon the rings curva-
ture. And the thing that the hand
gripped was in the likeness of a black
rod. so through a long eternity 1
watched the hand and the ring. marvel
ing and fearing and waiting helplessly
on what might follow. II seemed as
though nothing could ever follow: that
/ should watch forever. seeing only the
hand and the thing IL held. and under
standing nothing Of its meaning. Was
the whole universe but a refracting
speck upon some greater being? Were
our worlds but the atoms of another
universe. and those again OF another
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and so on through an endless progress
sion? And what was 1? Was indeed
immaterial? A vague persuasion of a
body gathering about me again came
into my suspense. The abyssmal dark
ness about the hand became full of inn
palpable suggestions, uncertain fiuctu-
ating shapes.
Then suddenly came a sound like the
sound of a tolling bell, faint as IL inf
nitely distant, muffied as though heard
through thick swathings of darkness.
a deep vibrating resonance with vast
CULTS of silence between each stroke.
And the hand seemed to tighten on the
rod.
Then saw. far above the hand, to-
wards the apex of the darkness. a cir
Gle of dim phosphorescence, a ghostly
sphere from which these sounds cNune
throbbing, and at the last stroke the
hand vanished. for the hour had come,
and I heard a sound of many waters.
But the black rod remained as a great
band extending across the sky. And
then a loud voice that seemed to run TO
the uttermost parts of space said: He
will have no more pain
At that an almost intolerable radi-
ance rushed in upon me. and i saw the
circle shining white and bright and the
rod black and shining and many other
things clear and distinct. And the cir
Gle was the face of the clock and the
rod the rail of my bed. Haddon was
standing at the beds foot. against the
black rail of IL. with a small pair of
scissors on his fingers; and the hands
of my clock on the mantel over his
shoulders were clasped together over
the hour of IL o'clock. Mowbray was
washing his fingers in a basin at the
octagonal table. and at my side felt a
subdued feeling that could scarcely be
spoken Of as pain.
I was alive. The operation had not
killed me. And 1 suddenly perceived
that the dull melancholy OF half a year
had been lifted from my mind
C. II. Wells. in New York World.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-07
Cheap Travelling.

You can travel on a railroad train
that cost $50. 10000 for a day and at
night for 5000. but you can't own the
train Pay the Standard 5000 for a
yearly subscription and Sights and
Scenes OF the World and they both be-
long 20 you.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-07

Karl's Glover Root Tea purifies the
blood and gives a clear and beautiful
complexion
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-06

Appleton. Wilbur Penney Of Freedom,
was in town, Friday, on business. B.
T.. Cunningham and Will Prescott
caught eight suckers last week, that
weighed % pounds, almost three pounds
each. They We're monsters.
Waldo.
LIBERTY.
John c. Sherman. G.. H. CarglI and
l.. l.. Prescott are in Portland, this week.
attending the Grand Lodge OF Masons--
There will be a horse trot here June "a
Miss Blanche F'ifcld of Dexter arrived
in town, last week. to work for Miss
a. c. Twitchell, in her millinery store
Mrs. A. S Daniels has opened millinery
the St George han dining room-Mr
and Mrs. Simeon Butler of Union were in
town, Saturday and Sunday, at Mrs.
Mi,ehslr s1M 1dr s Anseia Keene Of
years. She was the widow of Lawyer
Keen, late of Montville.-It is understood
that our new doctor. c. c. Whitcomb.
will move his family herein about one
week. He has rented DIR. Porter's res
idence.--O. /. Rasley caught a salmon.
Saturday, that weighed six pounds. Wal
Free High school in this village. last Sat
urday. lie is only ~ years old and has
taught three terms of school In town
within one year, making 80 weeks in all
He intends to enter the State college at
Orono the coming fall.-Frank I.amson
OF Union were in town, Sunday, AZ S. II.
Youns's.
SEARSMONT.
Rev. w. &. Baker. the new pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal church. occupied
the pulpit. Sunday. He is making a very
favorable impression on the people-Mi.ss,
Sarah a. Farrar, who has been in Bel
fast for several weeks, returned home,
Saturday.-The spring term of town
schools commenced Monday, with the
teachers as follows: West Searsmont
Mrs. Abbie Ordway; South Montville.
Miss Grace Simmons of morrill,: Wilson
docks, Miss Mabel Simmons Mountain.
Miss Alice Poor: Client Miss Cora Ma
hony; MagoG. Miss Iona Ross of Rock
port; The Village. Miss Olive Racklim of
i.incolnvillc: Mariner. Miss Inez Peavey:
and Mnzzey Ridge. Mrs Sara Fuller will
High school closes this week.--L. c. Poor
viii attend the Grand Lodge OF Masons
at Portland. this week. as representative
Of Quan.ahacoo& Lodge.
ETRNHAM
Miss Annie Murray left, Friday. for
New York 10 visit friends for two or
three weeks Emery Written of Thorn
a ,ik made flying visit to his mother
Mrs. .. Written over Saturday night
Miss j. l.. Whitney suffers severely from
\ spraincd ankle.-trankie Hoxie's fever
has turned and ne Is gaining fast Far
hers are beginning their spring work.
CENTER MoNTVILLE
Benson Thompson has moved to his new
place. &c. e. French and family have.
snoved 20 lsei.ast-aiisS Gertrude T.
Gordon is teaching school In Morrill,
Miss Della Kane is teaching II Liberty
Vile and Miss Cora Poland Is teaching in
the plains" district.