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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-23
WILL Be A CLASH SOON
Crisis in Cuban Affairs Said
to Be Approaching.
RCMORS OF A RECENT BATTLE
Supplies Taken by Span
iards and kecaptured by Insur-
gents-A bsOrbing Topics.


New Orleans, April 15.-The Plea.
yune prints the following letter from
its special correspondent at Havana:
The condition of affairs is continuing
to draw to crisis, and soon there will
be clash which will either rebound
to the benefit of the Spaniards or the
Cubans. For the past four days no
official news has been given out at the
captain-generals Office, and rumors are
received of a battle in which the in.
surgents were victorious. No details
can be learned, but there has been con-
siderable hurrying and scurrying
around the palace.
The landing of the expeditions have
caused bad effect here, especially as
the coast was supposed to be SO well
guarded. l am informed of the real
details of the Collazo expedition. 1t
seems that while the expedition was
landing its arms and ammunition, q
cruiser hove in sight and the vessel car
rying the expedition put to sea, being
pursued by the cruiser. whose search
light was used to discover the vessel.
In the meantime, the force of the coast
patrol came up and captured score of
rifle boxes, and carried them to the
nearest town, which was Cardenas, and
placed them in warehouse on the out
skirts OF the town. During the night
the Cuban forces, which were to pro-
tect the landing of the expedition, and
who had been informed of the presence
OF the arms, overpowered the guards
at the warehouse, and before reinforce.
ments came, recaptured the arms and
carried them away. while a guard of
insurgents protected the retreat and
held the Spanish troops in check.
There are two absorbing topics at
present. One is the attitude of the
United States. and the other is the &C.
ton that President Cleveland will
take
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-23

Chicago, April 15.-A special to the
Tribune from st. Paul says: Not
long ago it was announced that Paul
Sohulze, general agent of the Northern
Pacific land department., who COM
mitted suicide at Tacoma, had en-.
bezzled 81, 500, 900. This revealed the
fact that he had taken 5000. 900 from
q st. Paul syndicate. L. c. Dillman,
of Spokane, Wash, the principal mem.
Der of the syndicate. said last night:
81 have for years been accused Of
having secured large sums wrongfully
from the st. Paul land syndicate which
bought the Northern Pacific lands at
Spokane, and of which was general
manager. Until now could say moth
ing, but the Northern Pacific has sent
me q statement that my affairs are
straight. Schulze charged the syndi-
cate over 5000, 600 more than the di-
rectors of the road asked for the
Spokane land, which included Cliff
Park, Shantytown and other lands.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-23
Indiana Proves Satisfactory.

Washington, April 16 The special
board, consisting Of Captain Picking,
Constructor Barney and Chief Engineer
Ross, who was appointed to make the
trip from Port Royal to Hampton
Roads ON the Indiana, and thus make
the final inspection of that vessel, has
submitted its report to the navy depart
ment. The board finds that there is
no weakness or defect in the hull, fit
tings or equipment, nor is there any
defect in the machinery. The ship
handled we'll in every particular. with
a remarkable absence of heavy rolling,
the maximum roll under broadside
sea being 30 degrees.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-23
Thought She Was In Love.

San Francisco, April 16.-An un-
happy home and an inconstant lover
moved pretty little Rilda Lind to throw
herself into the surf near the Cliff
House last night. Fred Corners, the
lover in the case, went to her rescue
and succeeded in bringing the girl,
unconscious, but still alive. to the
shore. Corners, who is but boy, car
ried the fainting girl to the life-savinR
station. There Captain Morton and
his wife applied restoratives, and after
time succeeded in bringing back ami
nation to Miss Lind limp form. The
patrol wagon was summoned, and the
girl and her boy lover were brought to
the city prison. where Miss Lind was
put in charge of the matron.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-23

Washington, April 16.-At special
meeting of the house committee on
territories today, the Arizona statehood
bill was ordered reported favorably to
the house. The vote stood five in
favor and two against
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-23
ANIMAL INDUSTRY BILL.

Senate Committee on Agriculture Au-
thorized Favorable Report.
Washington, April 16.-The senate
committee on agriculture today author
lied Senator Warren to make favor
able report upon the animal industry
bill. The bill is recodification OF
the existing laws bearing upon the
subject of animal and meat inspection
with numerous important additions
Among the additions are provisions
putting the inspection Of meat pro-
ducts and livestock, the extirpation of
infectious and contagious diseases and
regulation and transportation OF live
stock, and the prevention Of the expor-
tation or importation of diseased stock
in the direct charge Of the bureau OF
animal industry.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-23

Vital statistics of Massachusetts
show that in that state women are
much longer lived than men.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-23

German scientists report that milk
may be sterilised BY electricity.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-23

Ore shipments from the Neihart dis
trict amounted to sixteen cars for the
week past.
Work has been resumed on the
Iduna mine in the Ground Squirrel
district aud considerable development
work will be done.
The successful operation Of the Trail
smelter in the Rossland district is the
beginning of prosperous era for that
section, the importance of which is
but little realized by the denizens at
this time.
A. 8. Bigelow, president Of the Butte
& Boston, Thomas Nelson. j. MOTIFS
Meredith and g. M. Hyams, stock
holders have arrived in Butte and are
making an investigation OF the Butte
q Boston Company's a6aira
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-23

The receipts Of the county clerk of
Lane for the year ending March 81, ex-
ceeded the expenditures by $213.92.
The cyclists of Baker City have ef-
fected permanent organization. to be
known as the. Queen City Wheelmen.
What is left of the fund arising from
the sale of the Oregon Pacific road will
be distributed. among the claimants.
The annual meeting of the Mid-Co-
lumbia Association of Congregational
churches was held at Weston last
week.
The gross income Of the McMinnville
postoface for the year ended March 81,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
The Inventors Dream.

Elias Howe almost beggard himself
before he discovered where the eye of
the needle of sewing machine should
be located. 1t is probable that there
are very few persons who know how it
came about. His original idea was to
follow the model of the ordinary
needle and have the eye at the heel.
It never occurred to him that it should
be placed near the point, and he might
have failed altogether if he had not
dreamed he was building sewing ma.
chine for a savage king in strange
country. Just as in his actual waking
experience, he was rather perplexed
about the needles eye. He thought
the king gave him twenty-four hours
to complete the machine and make it
sew. If not finished in that time death
was to be the punishment. Howe
worked and worked, puzzled and puz-
zled, and finally gave it up. Then he
thought he was taken out to be exc
cuted. He noticed that the warriors
carried spears that were pierced near
the head. Instantly came the solu-
ton of the difficulty. and while the in.
ventor was begging for time he awoke.
1t was 4 o'clock in the morning. He
jumped out of bed, ran to his work
shop and by 9 a needle with an eye at
the point had been rudely modelled.
After that it was easy. This is the
true story of an important incident
in the invention of the sewing mo-
chine. e.-Bombay Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
Siberia's Great Forest.

Siberia, from the plain of the Obi
River on the west to the valley of the
Indighirka on the east, appears to be
one great timber belt, averaging more
than 1000 miles in breadth from north
to south-being fully 100 miles wide
in the Yenisei district-and having
length from east to west of about 5000
miles. Unlike equatorial forests the
trees of the Siberian tiagas are mainly
conifers, comprising pines OF several
varieties, frs and larches. In the
Yenisei, Lena and Olenek regions
there are thousands of square miles
where no human being has ever been.
The long-stemmed conifers rise to a
height of $50 feet and stand so closely
that walking among them is difficult.
The dense, lofty tops exclude the
pale Arctic sunshine, and the straight,
pale trunks, all looking exactly alike,
so bewilder the eye in the obscurity
that all sense of direction is lost.
Even the most experienced trappers
of sable dare not venture into the
dense tlagas without the precaution OF
"blazing" the trees constantly with
hatchets as they walk forward. If
lost there the hunter rarely finds his
way out, but perishes miserably from
starvation and cold. The natives avoid
the tiagas, and have name for them
which signifies "places where the mind
is lost. ".--St. Louis Republic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
The HGlass Snake"

This is a lizard and is readily dis
tinguished by capable observers, al
though it has no legs. There. are
many points of difference between
snakes and lizards, some of which will
be noticed. Snakes have no visible
ears, while in lizards the ear openings
are apparent. Serpents cannot close
the eyes and have stony stare, while
lizards have eyelids and can wink
readily. There are dozen other dis
tinctions which could be brought to
the attention of common observers,
the most Noticeable being the differ
ences in the scales on the under parts
of the body.
The glass snake, which is not q
snake any more than it is turtle or
than one could call salamander
frog, has tail of about two-thirds its
entire length. This tail, like the tails
of about all lizards in the United
States that I have met with, is very
delicate and easily broken off at times.
When fourth to half, or even more,
of the animal is detacned and the head
end wriggles away, and the remainder
and sometimes larger part squirms in
sight it is an astonishing spectacle,
and am not surprised that the ignor-
ant should clothe the creature with
mysticism. But, as q matter of fact,
all sensible people know that the frag-
ments do not reunite, for it would be
impossible to fit together the ruptured
blood vessels and shattered nerves and
restore the animal. Still, this story of
traditional force is believed by host
of people, along with other surprising
hoop-snake tales, milk.snake whop-
pers, with quill-throwing porcupine
relations and thousand and one other
and lesser untruths. Field.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
Pronunciation of "Bicycle."

The prevailing and constantly grow
ing bicycle fad calls attention to the
large number of cases of mispronucia-
tion of the word "bicycle." There IS
a certain class of people, particularly
New York's fashionable set, which in
sists upon giving the ''y'' a long sound,
rs in ''cycle," forgetting that prefix
or sufix often changes the sound OF
the vowel "y." Still others so to the
other extreme and give the ''y" the
sound of "e," but the best usuages
make the "y" short and pronounces
the word "bi-sik-l." But even among
those who give the "y" the short
sound there is disposition to place
the accent on the second syllable in
stead of the first, where 1t belongs.
When a word comes into such common
use as "bicycle" it is we'll to learn to
pronounce it correctly. Troy Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
$500 For q Set OF Teeth.

A we'll known firm of bankers in
London have just made profitable
investment. Some time ago man
who had defrauded them of large
sum of money was taken into custody,
convicted and sentenced to a long term
of penal servitude.
As may be imagined, the prison fare
did not agree with man who had by
means of fraud lived on the fat of the
land. The change affected him in
many ways, but he complained more
particularly of the effect the food had
upon his teeth. They were not num-
erous or in good condition when he
was sentenced, and as they rapidly be-
came worse he applied to the Cover
nor of the prison for new set.
He was told that the Government
did not supply prisoners with artifi-
ciel teeth, and at the first opportun-
ity he wrote to the banking firm in
question offering, if they would send
him a new set, to give them some val.
liable information.
Thereupon the bankers, thinking
the offer might be genuine one, sent
the Governor of tho prison check for
S25, and asked him to provide tie
convict with set of artificial teeth.
In due course the convict kept his
promise, and sent the bankers certain
Information, by means of which they
we're enabled to recover no less than
$500 of which they had been defraud-
ed. They naturally regarded this as the
best investment they had ever made,
but it proved even better than antici-
psted. for they have just received from
the prison authorities remittance Of
SIS, the teeth having cost only $2O.-
London Tit Bits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
Daniel Webster on the Great West.

When we think of the teeming popu-
lation which now fills many portions
of our country west of the Rocky
Mountains, and remember how famous.
all over the world. is their singular
beauty, and their incompatible value
to the tourist, the health seeker, the
agriculturist and the horticulturist,
as we'll as the miner, it is interesting
to read what 80 intelligent states
man as Daniel Webster thought OF
them just fifty years ago, and to know
that his views were shared by many
other prominent public men of the
time. In a speech delivered in the
United States Senate in 1874, with re-
gard to the proposal that mail SER
vice should be established between
Missouri and the Pacific coast, Web
ster said:
"Whet do we want with this vast
worthless area, this region of savages
and wild beasts, of deserts, Of shifting
sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cac-
tus and prairie dogs? To what use
could we ever hope to put these great
deserts, or these endless mountain
ranges, impenetrable, and covered to
their bases with eternal snow? What
can we ever hope to do with the west
ern coast, coast of three thousand
miles, rock.bound, cherries and uu-
inviting, with not harbor on it?
What use have we for such country?
Mr.. President, I will never vote one
cent from the public treasury to place
the Pacific coast one inch nearer Bos-
ton than it is to-day. ."-Scienti6c
American
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
LITTLE HELPS IN COOKING.

When frying eggs cover them close
ly and cook for two minutes and they
will be soft, not need turning, yet the
white will all be set and be much
nicer than if cooked in the old way
without cover.
II one has no regular roasting pan,
two pans of the same size make very
fair substitute, by using one as a COW
er for the other. But if one has not
two, and has to roast meats, etc., in q
common open dripping-psn, when
roasting q chicken if they will first cut
off the "drum- sticks" and lay them IN
the pan beside the fowl, when done
they will be tender and JUICY instead
of being dry, tough and scorched a.
they usually are.
When seeding raisins, have dish OF
-four near at hand and dip the fingers
into it often. It will prevent the
seeds from sticking to ones fingers.
If on dishing some article Of food
some of it is found to have cooked fast
to the bottom of the vessel, rendering
the washing of it a difficult task, it .
pint or so of boiling water is put in
and the vessel closely covered, by the
time one is ready to wash it will have
softened and can be readily cleaned.
Farm, Field and Flreside.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
The Intellectual Cat,

It is said there is cat III Boston
that has learned to be extremely tidy.
She lives in an Office, and when mett
and bread or any food is given her to
eat it is usually spread out on piece
Of paper. When she has finished, o.
eaten all she cares to, she carefully
and patiently folds the paper into a
paper, skillfully using her paws and
her mouth to accomplish it. Whca
she has made this into as neat pack
age as she can, she carries it to some
uut-of-the-way corner or nook, where
she puts it away till she wants to finish
it. 1t is only in Boston that such in
telligence could come to a cat. 1t is
in the air.-Picayune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
Gold i'll His Wheat Bin.

Jacob Neathaumer, eighty-four
years of age, who lives alone with his
wife short distance below Gold Hill,
claims to be out $500 in $40 gold
pieces The old gentleman didn't be-
lleve in banks so sacked his gold and
hid it in the wheat bin at his barn.
The money was taken on the night of
the 18th. One sacked contained the
$4,000 but two sacks containing small
er amounts were left undisturbed,
The loss was discovered next morn
ing after the theft, Mr.. Neathammer
being attracted by a sack partly filled
with wheat in the bin. This gave rise
to the suspicion that parties intend
Ing to steal wheat mad partly filled n
sack when they discovered some gold,
and without hunting farther took
their departure. The wheat in the
bin was only twelve inches deep
Ashland (Cal.) Tidings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
Tie Killing of a White Deer

The white buck of Nevada County,
probably the last of its kind in Cali
fornia, has fallen before a hunters
gun. Its ntuffed hide is on exhibition
in Ladd's gun store. It was not an
Indian hunter who killed it, for nc
red man would have dared to draw q
bead on the beautiful creature for fea1
of curse falling upon his family and
his tribe. The Indians in that locality
believed that the white deer contained
the spirit of one of their great and
good chiefs, and to kill it would have
been worse than murder. For several
years the animal had been occasionally
seen by the Indians in the mountains
in various parts of the county, but
they rarely spoke of it to the whites,
fearing the latter would start in pur-
suit. A few white men saw it, but
none we're very desirous of taking it's
life because of it's beauty. 1t weighed
about sixty-fve pounds and its hair
and hide were of pure white. Near
the horns the hair was tinged with
gray. Many years ago white deer
was seen in Mendocino County, but it
was of a dingy or yellowish white. but
the Nevada County buck was as white
as snow. It required nine large Win
chester bullets to kill it. The hunter
ran across the animal on q mountain
side and opened fire.
Although wounded by the first bull
let the deer bounded into a small
clump of brush, the only shelter
within mile. From his position on
the hillside the hunter poured shot
after shot into the thicket whenever
he could catch a glimpse of the white
hide. The wounded creature was
afraid to leave the bushes and make a
run for shelter deeper in the noun
tains, and it was literally burnt to
death with hot lead. The last shot en-
tered the heart, and when the hunter
secured his prey he found that nine
bullets had struck the little creature.
Its vitality was remarkable.
The Indians in Nevada County and
across the line in the State of Nevada
looked upon the white bucks death as
an i'll omen. The hunter was very
careful in removing the skin to keep
it perfect. He sen 1t to this city aud
had it mounted. San Francisco Call.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
Had a Shoot Coming.

+. cit would surprise the people who
live in Oregon to see the value some
people place on rain" said the drum.
mer to Kansas City Star man. 81
was coming up from Texas not long
ago. Everything down there had
been dry as bone for months and the
ground gaped for moisture. Every
thing was covered with dust, and the
people there had long ago sworn of
drinking water, except when they were
sick.
"The train rolled past innumerable
acres of parched land in the Indian
Territory, Oklahoma and the Chero-
kee Strip. Just as It pulled into Enid
the heavens opened and let down a
food of rain.
In the smoking car was Texas cow.
boy, grimy, dusty and dry. With the
first clap of thunder and the rush of
cool, moist air through the car, he
sprang to his feet. When the rain de-
scended-real, wet, blessed rain-he
lifted his voice and "kiy1ed." As the
train came to a stop he jumped to the
station platform, unlimbered his big
revolvers and, with the rain drenching
him, he yelled and danced as ne
emptied his weapons into the air. The
City Marshal, who was on the plat
form, stepped up to him and said:
"Here, pard, that won't do. l do
all the shootin' in this community.
You amt got no license to shoot in
this here bailiwick.
"Ain't got no license to shoot?"
shouted the cowboy. "Why, pard,
T bin in the Panhandle Of Texas four
years, an this is the fust drop OF rain
T see in all that time, an you bet l
got shoot comm right now"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
I'ruG Confidence.

Virgil, describing a boat race. says
of the winning crew: "They are able,
because they think themselves able !"
NJ. de Lesseps, the engineer of the
Suez Canal, took for his motto at the
commencement of that great work,
"Believe that you can and you will. I"
he was convinced of the need Of the
work, he fairly estimated the obstacles
in the way, he studied the methods of
overcoming them and he built the
canal. This ,is true confidence, in
contradistinction from vain conf.
dence. ce.-Youth's Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
poACHING EGGS.

A writer in the Ladies' Gazette de-
scribes three different ways of poach-
ing eggs. Suppose you have six or
eight eggs to cook, put water in sut-
iciently large frying pan to hold
them, a couple of tablespoonful OF
vinegar and large pinch of salt.
Break the eggs one by one in basin,
carefully smelling each before drop
ping it in with its fellows. When
the water thoroughly boils add tho
eggs, and draw the pan back whera
the water will keep hot but not boil
ing. Shake the pan gently, and touch
the eggs occasionally with small slice
so that they do not stick, which they
will do if the pan is allowed to stay
ell the time on hot fire or gas stove.
As you dish each egg rest the slice on
cloth for moment to absorb super
auous water. Another way (by which
cnly one at a time may be done with
apy degree of certainty as to result) ia
to boil the water, ETC., in ssucepans
tilt the saucepan on one side, and
drop in the egg; remove it from the
fire, put on the lid, and in few min
utes you will have a beautifully
poached egg, looking like q ball OF
snow, as the white will entirely cover
the yolk. The third way is to put
the eggs Tin their shells) in saucepan
of fast.boiling water; remove from
the stove, keep the lid on for nearly
quarter of an hour, then crack the
she'll very carefully, and remove it as
far as you can then with little prac-
tice and dessert-spoon you will be
able to remove the egg whole on to .
piece of buttered toast, which has
been prepared for it. When you serve
poached eggs on minced mutton or
veal, put a sprinkle of finely chopped
parsley on eaci.