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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
Anti-Fellow-Servant Bill.

The house passed another anti-fellow.
servant bill Friday. The author of the
measure is Fritz Of Snohomisb, and it
is more radical bill than the one sent
to the senate, which was introduced by
F. r. Baker, or the senate bill intro
duced by Senator Taylor, which passed
and was afterward reconsidered. With
out any preliminary skirmishes what
ever, the bill passed by vote of 50
ayes and 18 noes, ten absent or not vot-
ing. The bill is brief, and to the point,
as follows:
Section 1. Any and every employee
of any corporation, while engaged in the
service of such corporation within this
state, shall have the same rights and
remedies for any injury suffered by
him from the acts or omissions of said
corporation or any of its employees as are
allowed by law to persons not en-
ployes, when such injury results from
negligence on the part of such corpora
ton, or on the part Of any of it's en-
ployes.
Sec. 2. No agreement, whether
direct or implied, existing or stated to
exist between such corporation and its
employees shall be held to be a waiver
of the rights and remedies which may
be claimed as the result of such in
jury"
Persons bill to provide for the off,
cial scaling of logs and lumber passed
the house unanimously. The bill
establishes two districts for the survey
and measurement of logs, with Seattle
as the official center of one district and
Spokane as the other, and provides for
the appointment by the governor of q
encouragement for each district, who
shall carry out the provisions Of the act
for log-scaling.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
TOO MUCH BARK.

It is not the best watchdog that barks the
most. The old watchdog lays low and
seizes the burglar before he knows it. In
the treatment of rheumatism many suf-
ferers talk too much and do too little. If
they want to find out what is best for it,
let them get st. Jacobs Oil and use it. It
is good watchdog against the intrusion
of pain. 1t goes to work quickly and sure
ly, and seizes hold of rheumatism for the
purpose of driving it out, and holds on un-
til its purpose is accomplished. 1t is,
therefore, the best remedy, because it takes
the best means to accomplish its end, as
ailment will testify. The cure is the same
in chronic or int1amatory cases. With pa
thence and free use oft, the worst cases
of long standing have been finally cured
nv IL
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
Abolishinx Fishtraps.

Keith's bill for abolishing fishtraps,
wheels and appliances, as amended by
the committee on fisheries, passed the
senate by unanimous vote-27 ayes.
It greatly modifes the house bill that
was passed, and exempts the Columbia
river from its restrictions, merely max
ing it unlawful to construct, own,
operate and maintain, within any rivers
of the state flowing into Puget sound or
Gray's harbor, and within said bodies
of water, at distance of three miles
from the mouth of any river, and also
in that arm known as Deception Pass,
or any salt waters of a greater depth
than 66 feet, any fixed appliances. The
bill increases the schedule of rates for
licenses, and carries an emergency
clause.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
MADE A GOOD RECORD
Twenty.Three Bills Pass the
Olympia House.
THE ANTI-FELLOW SERVANT BILL
New Revenue Meashre Approved by the
Senate-Bill for Reduction OF
Salaries Failed to Pass.

New Revenue Measure Approved by the
senate-BiIl for Reduction Of
Salaries Failed to Pass.
The house made record for Itself
Friday by passing twenty-three bills,
none of which were of any general i'm
portance.
The new revenue bill, by which it is
proposed to cheaper the cost OF levying
taxes and increase collections under
revised methods, passed the senate,
after two days. continuous conssidera-
ton.
By a unanimous vote the house
passed the bill to prohibit obstruction
of view of the stage by theater hats,
and prescribing penalty.
A strong anti-fellow-servant bill also
passed, which brings all corporations
under it's provisions, instead Of railroad
corporations only, as provided in the
bill passed some time ago, and which
is now in the hands Of the senate COM
mittee.
The senate held an evening session
to consider the freight-rate reduction
bill.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18

The house committee on memorials
reported Roberts memorial to congress
for the free coinage Of silver at q ratio
OF Is to l, with the recommendation
that it be indefinitely postponed. The
house refused to adopt the recon-
mendatiop, and, instead, passed the
memorial by vote of 50 to 10. A me-
mortal for the establishment Of postal
savings banks also passed.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
Dispensary Bill Killed.

The Cline dispensary bill came up at
special evening session of the senate.
As amended, the bill was in reality the
original bill with proviso at the end
that the act be imperative until the
matter had been submitted to the peo-
pie to decide whether or not it should
be put in operation. After an extend
ed discussion a motion to indefinitely
postpone carried, 10 to IA.
The following house bills passed the
house: By Smith, to authorize cities
and towns which have purchased or
constructed water works or gas or cleo
trio light works, to lease or sell the
same; Kittinger, providing for an as
sessment tax on property benefited
thereby for the construction of sytem
of water mains and sewers in cities Of
the first class; Phelps, classifying coun-
ties and fixing salaries of county officers
by q system of classification, based
upon population, and making uniform
reduction Of about II per cent.
The senate passed the following
house bills: By Barlow providing for
the reservation and improvement OF
cycle paths, and fixing . penalty Of $50
for wilfull obstruction or DANCE; by De
Mattos, fixing fee for filing incorpora-
ton papers at $40. making an annual
license Of 80. with penalty Of %. so,
after July Of each year; Kittinger,
extending the right of eminent domain
to mining and milling companies.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18

Socialistic Mob-"Bring him out!
Hang him! Down NIT monopolyP'
Inventor Quitting his head out of the
window)-"Goodness me! What does
this mean?"
Mob Spokesman-"You moost die!
We hear you invent machine vat do
de work off Won hoondret men. You
dake breat out off DER mouths; you"
Inventor-"This machine Of mine is
an attachment for breweries, and will
bring beer down to one cent glass. !"
Mob (wildly)-"HoorayP'
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
Bills In tho House.

Days bill to regulate banks in the
state passed the house by vote of 60
to 1.
Liken's bill, providing for the govern
ment of Walla Walla and cities of the
third class, was taken off the table and
passed.
The house reconsidered the vote by
which the capitol building bill was
killed. Then after some very important
amendments, the bill was put on final
passage, and passed by vote 60 ayes
and noes. As passed the bill does
not make the state guarantee the inter-
est on the bonds, or the bonds them
selves, the lands granted by the state
for capitol building purposes being the
only guarantee.
Senator CROWS anti-deficiency judy
ment bill passed the house by de-
cisive vote without extended discus
sion, and is now in the hands of the
governor. The bill relates to the fore
closure Of mortgages.
Senator Lesh's personal property ex-
emption bill passed the house, and has
gone to the governor for approval. 1t
provides that there shall be exempt
from execution and attachment to every
householder or freeholder in the state
personal property to the amount and
value of 81, 900.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
DON'T GIVE WAY TO DESPAIR,

Although you have suffered for a long time
from malaria, dyspepsia, kidney trouble, ner-
vousness or biliousness. Know that Hoste tier 8
Stomach Bitters has cured worse cases than
yours, and is potent to help you as it has helped
hosts of others. But always remember that
trite saying, delays are dangerous Mole
hills grow to be mountains in consequence of
disregarding it. Check disease at the outset
with this Incompatible defensive medicine.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
Care of Property.

Small Boy-"Papa, will you lend me
your knife?'
Papa-"Lend you my knife? 1t
isnt'a week since I bought you new
knife. What have you done with it?
Lost it?''
ooh, no; I've got it YETI
"Then why don't you use it?"
"You said should take good care of
1t, and want to take up tacks."
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
HOW'S dIS I?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known r. j. Cheney
for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fin
ancially able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act.
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The anniversary Of the coronation Of
the pope was celebrated in Rome.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
A Rouerx uonunarum

A BOwery C0nundrum.
Slobsy-Say, Gully, why is dat felly
wot's STORM away de grog in de saloon
like de felly wot makes all de noise at
de head of de procession?
Petey-Give 1t up.
Slobsy-Dat's easy. Cause he's hit.
tim de-baSed rum. See?
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18

All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually vary
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. Tea Garden Drips'' is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. 1t is for sale
by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac-
tured by the PACIFIC COAST SYRUP Co. All gem
uine "Tea Garden Drips' have the manufec-
turer's name Autographed on every can.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
To Reduce Telegraph Rates.

In the afternoon Fritz bill to reduce
telegraph rates in the state was passed
by the house. The bill provides that
it shall be unlawful for any telegraph
company to charge more than l Il cents
a word for transmitting message
from one point to another in the state
of Washington; provided, however. that
the minimum charge may be 25 cents,
irrespective of the number Of words
contained in the message, and provid-
ed, further, that the charge for any
message of ten words or more, received
or forwarded for distance of 200 miles
or less, shall not exceed the sum of ! u
cents q word. The motion to indefi-
nitely postpone was lost and the bill
passed.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
Revenue and Taxation Bill.

The consideration of the revenue and
taxation bill was finished by the senate
Saturday and the measure turned over
to the house. It is voluminous docu-
ment, and it will take some time Tor
consideration by the lower branch.
The senate Monday devoted the en-
tire morning session to the freight-rate
bill. The afternoon session was devot-
ed to consideration of appropriations,
and an adjournment was taken before
the consideration of the bill was fin
ished.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18

The very small eyes of the bats dds
tinctly nocturnaD is due to the partial
replacement of sight by their very
highly developed sense of feeling.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18

Passing beside a stall, a liveryman of
Hopkinsville, KY, lost part of one
ear which horse reached out and
seized with its teeth.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
Arid Lands Bill Passed the House.

"A
The vote by which Lands bill for
issuing 81 500, 900 in bonds and war
rants to reclaim the arid lands of the
state failed to pass Saturday, was re-
considered in the house Monday, and
after a stirring debate the bill passed
with 40 affirmative votes, just two more
than the constitutional requirement.
A heated discussion arose in the
house over bill by Hansen to reduce
the salary of fish commissioner from
So, 900 to 81, 500. A compromise of
$1,000 was finally effected, and the bill
passed. Expenses Of 81, 900 additional
were added.
The house reconsidered the vote by
which CARTS bill, providing for state
wagon road joining Kittitas and Okan-
ogan counties, failed to pass Saturday,
and after a short discussion passed it..
The bill appropriates $15, 900 for road
from the Wenatchee, along the Colum-
bia and Methow rivers, to the mouth OF
Twisp river.
An effort was made to again bring up
the Turner railroad bill, but it failed.
Roberts bill providing for sessions Of
the state supreme court being held in
Spokane was Indefinitely postponed.
The following house bills passed the
house: By Scott, amending an act rel
alive to irrigation districts by prescrib-
ing a more simple manner Of issuing
bonds; Moore, regulating the leasing of
mineral lands belonging to the state;
Koehler, appropriating $4,000 for a
state wagon road in Chehalis county;
DeMattos, providing that all rebates
allowed on taxes under provisions of
the revenue law, shall be charged to
the general county fund; Barlow, pro-
viding for preservation of G.. A. R.
mementoes; DeMattos, permitting in
terested persons to sue upon certain
bonds; Wilkeson, making it lawful to
catch Dolly Warden or bull trout at any
time; Moore, appropriating 81, 500 for
the survey and location of wagon road
and public highway in Klickitat coun-
ty; Kincaid, appropriating $40, 900 for
a state wagon road in King county;
Carr, providing that all fees of grand
and petit jurors shall be paid out of the
salary fund.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
Enfranchisinr Women.

The house passed the senate bill, by
Hill, for submitting to vote of the
people constitutional amendment to
enfranchise women. The house passed
similar measure by De Mattos early
in the session, but the senate refused
to consider it, and passed Hills bill.
De Mattos and several Of his friends
made bitter protest against the alleged
discourtesy Of the senate, but accepted
the bill and it passed by vote of 81 to
Is; not voting, 10. The Hobbies were
filled to overlooking with women inter-
ested in the bill, and the result of the
vote was greeted with loud applause:
II now goes to the governor, and it is
said that he will sign it. The people
of the state will vote on the proposition
at the next general election.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18

In the Dominion Of Canada women
havs municipal suffrage in every Prov
ince, and also In the Northwest terri-
tories
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18

Imperfect teeth are sure sign of civ
ilization. Perfect teeth are found, as a
rule, only among savages.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18

We will forfeit 81 900 if any of our pub
lished testimonials are proven to be not
genuine. The PIso Co., Warren, Pa.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18

depressed feelings, the pains. the
discouragements, indeed, almost
all the misery has a common
cause-weakness. At such times
a woman always needs a friend
that can be relied upon, and such
a friend, for more than twenty
years, has been that greatest Of all
~e~,,edfcs.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
Suffering
Women.

AlasI women do
softer. Why, we
often cannot tell, bot
we know there Is
one great cause, and
that Is weakness.
TIE headaches the
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
Revenue ana Taxation Bin.

The revenue and taxation bill was
finally agreed to Wednesday, and both
houses claim victory, although the
single-taxers, in both the senate and
house, by having incorporated $500
exemption for Improvements on real
estate, probably won the biggest vic
tory.
The conference committee on the
revenue and taxation bill recommended
that the senate concur in the action Of
the house in striking out section AZ,
which taxed insurance companies 2 per
cent on premiums collected, and other
minor amendments, and that the house
recede from its amendments assessing
railroad right Of way on basis OF cost
of construction. In regard to delinquent
taxes, a compromise was effected, and
it was recommended that the section be
amended RENTING all costs, penalties
and interest on taxes of 1895 delln-
quent and previous years in excess OF 8
per cent per annum from date OF delin-
quency. In the afternoon the bill
passed the senate by vote of % ayes
to Shoes, after the report Of the con-
ference committee had been adopted.
The report was also adopted in the
house, and the bill will now go to the
governor.
Wednesday night the house devoted
several hours to consideration of the
general appropriation bill. prepared by
the senate, and the members attacked
it with vigor. Very few items in the
bill escaped the pruning knife.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
ScS;;$i||:(Ms&

By its purity and its power It
furnishes a prompt relief for
women in their hours Of need,
and If the grateful expressions
which come up from the homes
of the land about what SAFE
CURE has done were printed,
they would fill volumes. If you,
reader, are a sufferer, can you
not take hope from this sug-
gestione
Large bottle, or new style. smaller one. At your
druggists.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-01
The Old Sapdbox,

"Blotting paper" said man of ma
ture years, "has been commonly used
for only about 40 years. Before that we
used sand, which was poured from a
sand box out upon the paper Enough
of it adhered to the wet ink to keep it
from blotting The rest was poured
back into the box. I think liked the
old sand box better than 1 do the mod
ern blotting paper. Sometimes when
you opened letter you would find sand
in the envelope, which had rubbed off
the letter in transit. But that didn't do
any hurt, and the letter itself was more
slightly to look at than the letter of to-
day. 1t did not shade off pale, where
fresh ink had been taken from the lines
bodily by the blotter-it was uniform
in color. And the lines, fine and coarse,
were just as the writer made them-not
blended or blurred or softened or spread
out, more nearly uniform. They were
clear and precise and characteristic of
the writer.
81 liked the old sand box, but O,
course we couldn't use it now; we're
too busy. New York Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-01
England and Russia.

Many believe, says Benjamin I.
Wheeler in The Atlantic, that Constan-
tinople has been systematically forti-
fed against the English to the west, but
not, at least by land, against Russia to
the east A Russian army can enter
Constantinople without great difficulty.
When the question of forcing the Oar
danelles with an English feet was agi-
tated last winter, the English naval au-
thorities estimated that of the 10 ships
lying at Salonika must be sacrificed
to do it, The cards have been stacked
for Russia. II looks today as if the Ill
innate occupation of Constantinople
by Russia were foregone conclusion.
What has England to say? The mat
ter concerns her. It seemed for time
that the discovery of the route by the
cape of Good Hope would provide an
evasion of the eastern question and free
her from the necessity of worrying about
the Aegean. But the opening of the
Suez canal has changed things, and, as
if by jealous interposition of geograph-
ic fate, drawn the issue back to the old
fighting ground in the eastern Mediter-
ranean. II she is to hold India and Aus
tralia, England must control the Suez
canal and its approaches.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-01
THE OPEN BOAT.
At the Mercy of the Sea-Stephen Crane
Describes His Sensations.

At the Mercy of the Sea-Stephen Crane
Describes His Sensations.
In the meantime the oiler rowed, and
then the correspondent rowed, and then
the oiler rowed. Gray faced and bowed
forward, they mechanically, turn by
turn, piled the leaden oars. The form
of the lighthouse had vanished from the
southern horizon, but finally pale star
appeared, just lifting from the sea. The
streaked saffron in the west passed be-
fore the all merging darkness, and the
sea to the east was black. The land had
vanished and was expressed only by the
low and drear thunder of the surf.
eff am going to be drowned---if !
am going to be drowned-if / am going
to be drowned, why, in the name of the
seven mad gods who rule the sea, was
I allowed to come thus far and contem-
plate sand and trees? Was / brought
here merely to have my nose dragged
away as Twas about to nibble the sacred
cheese of life?" |
The patient captain, dropped over the
water jar, was sometimes obliged to
speak to the oarsman.
keep her head upi Keep her head
up"
Keep her head up, SIR" The
voices were weary and low.
This was surely quiet evening. All
save the oarsman lay heavily and list
lessly in the boats bottom. As for him,
his eyes were just capable of noting the
tall black waves that swept forward in
most sinister silence, save for an &C.
casional subdued growl of crest.
The cooks head was ON thwart, and
he looked without interest at the water
under his nose. He was deep in other
scenes. Finally he spoke. "Billie, he
murmured dreamfully, "what kind of
pie do you like best?''-"The Open
Boat, +" by Stephen Crane, in Scribner's.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-01
,isrman Conrr Towns.

Some of the American women pre-
sented at the Berlin court tell extraor
binary tales Of the gowns worn there by
German women of rank. One of the
rules of the court prescribes the length
of the court trains, which have to be OF
white satin and are preserved in some
of the German families as valuable heir
looms One satin train of the required
length and color will serve for long
series of presentations, and some of
them bear unmistakable evidences of
long use. Another notable feature Of
the Berlin court functions is the extraor-
binary hour at which they are held.
The presentation commences at 2 o'clock
and lasts only until 9.-San Francisco
Argonaut