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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03
A Short Fight.

The damp autumn nights and morn
ings stirs up sciatica, and then comes a
tug of pain. Use st. Jacobs Oil, and
then comes tug to-cure it. It ia a
short fight and the cure Is sure.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

There were 16 shocked and angry
naidens in Whiting, Ia, when they
learned that the young clergyman OF
the Christian church in that little town
was about to become the husband OF
Miss Annie Bigelow. He was engaged
to be married to every one of the II.
He has resigned from the church.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

Ardent in spite Of his so years,
Francis Watkins, of Anderson, Ind,
proposed to Lydia Bethel. cookbook
ing young woman of Bethel, o. She
accepted him and they intended to
elope, but his daughters prevented.
Then the aged lover became cool, and
the result was $4,000 breach-of-
promise suit, which he has just COM
promised for $4,000.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03
II DO MY OWN WORK"
So Says Mrs. Mary Rochiette Of
Linden, New Jersey, In this
Letter to Mrs. Pinkham..

at was bothered with q flow which
would be quite annoying at times, and
ut others would almost stop.
II used prescriptions given me by my
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

Smokers are less liable than nom
emokers to contract diphtheria and
other throat diseases in the ratio OF one
to %. SO says Professor HajaE, OF
Vienna. Austria.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03
The Fields Of Sport

From the fields Of sport we 60 to bed
and get up full Of pains and aches
|. The next night, by the use OF st.
Jacobs Oil, we are soothed to sleep and
get up cured.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

When coming to Sap Franciso go to
Brooklyn Hotel, 1OS-212 Bush Street.
American or European plan. Room and
board 81. 90 to 81. 80 per day; rooms 50 cents
to $1.O0 per day; single meals 70 cents.
Free coach. Chas. Montgomery.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

Mrs. Polly Owens, who was lately
married to William Owens, of White
River township, near Noblesville,
Ind, Is now living with her 18th hus-
band. Mrs. Owens has six children as
the fruits of her former marriages, no
two having the same name. She is
over 80 years old. She was separated
from the larger number of her hus-
bands. She is part Indian, her mother
being half-caste.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

If you want Che best wind mill, pumps.
tanks, splows, wagons, bells OF all sizes,
OF op' write sJ J6M3 P66EE foo. Of Morrison
street, Portland, Oregon
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

A Frenchman, M. Bleunard, uses
the X-rays for measuring the adultera-
ton of -four with chalk and sand.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

The beautiful colors seen in the soap
bubble arise from the fact that the
bubble, being very thin, reflects light
from the outer and inner surfaces of
the film.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

EI1c Permanently Cured. NO fits or nervousness
ITO after first days nse Of Dr.. Hines Great
bottle and treatise. DIR. r. Il. KLINE, Ltd, $50
Arch street, Philadelphia Pa
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03
&c Why

does my cake smell SO
queer1"
Too much soda or per-
haps alum or lime. Use
SeAiz2ings Best baking pow
der.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

The Austrian state railway carried
5,100,945 passengers and 1858, 64l
tons OF goods during the month OF
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03
IN. Most Common Of All,

The most common OF all ailments
from sports of all kinds are sprains and
bruises. The most common and surest
cure of them Is by the use of st. Jacobs
Oil, which is prompt 10 its action.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03
BRINK OF WAR.
France Preparing for 1t; England Ready
Only Diplomacy Can Avert 10.

France Preparing for 1t; England Ready
only Diplomacy Can Avert fs.
London, Got. 25.-Never since Great
Britain and France began to dispute
over Egypt, nor during the most acute
stage of the Niger differences between
those countries, has the situation
looked so ominous as today. In spite
Of the hope expressed In the Journals
of both countries that the matter
would be amicably arranged. it Is a
fact that the French naval and military
authorities are making feverish prepar-
atoms for war. and, though calm reigns
at the British dockyards at Portsmouth.
Chatham and Davenport, it is only the
calm OF preparedness.
Significant orders have been arriving
there from the admiralty, indicating
that Great Britain and France are on
the brink of war. The admiralty has
ordered every seagoing warship to have
it's crew made up to the full compile
ment, as ordered In case of mobiliza-
tion. The order practically means the
complete filling prospectively of every
ships company in detail. Four tor
pedo-boat destroyers which were about
to be fitted with new water tube boilers
have had their orders countermanded,
and will be instructed to redraw their
stores. Officers on leaves of absence
and unemployed have been notified to
hold themselves In readiness to com.
mission reserves If required.
The French statesmen, however, still
cling to the hope that the Marquis OF
Salisbury will offer some exchange.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

The eldest steam engine in the world
has just gone off duty after working
100 years. It was built in 1777.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

A ton OF gold is worth $40 ooo :.
ton OF silver. at the present r.,s
ounce, may be said to be worth e =, per
Sc, 400. ABOUT
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

1t is said that striking outline OF
the features of George Washington has
appeared in knotty protuberance of a
tree in Portland, Me. 1t is not cher
nv tree
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

We will forfeit 81 600 if any of our pub
Eshed testimonials are proven to be not
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

pHySicidAs "
same state
of affairs
continued.
!" After q
time / was
taken with
a flooding.
that / was
obliged to
keepmyb bed.
Finally. in
despair. ]
gave up my
tor. and b
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

1t has been calculated that ordinary
gunpowder on exploding expands about
5000 times, that is, fills space this
much larger as a gas than when In a
solid form.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03
MORE OR LESS IMPERsoNAL

A sign before the door Of a dentist
reads thus: "Teeth extracted while
you watt
A farmer near Cottonburg, KY, has
trained a terrier dog to remove the
worms from tobacco plants
An artist in New York paper pic
tured the Vesuvius In action and en-
ehrouded in dense clouds of smoke from
her neumatic guns. That artist needs
to be informed that the Vesuvius uses
only smokeless air in discharging her
dynamite guns.
A little surprise awaited two women
who recently met In the Office of Obi
cago lawyer. They had never seen each
other before, bat ere they left the Office
the discovery was made that each had
called to begin proceedings to obtain a
divorce from the same man.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

No household is complete without a bot
tie Of the famous Jesse Moore Whiskey. It
is pure and wholesome stimulant rec
commended by all physicians. Dont ne
elect this necessity.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

In the fall cleanse your system by using
DR.. Plumbers Oregon Blood Purifier.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

uso Dr.. Plumbers Oregon Blood Purifier now.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03

- Ss~-SA " OOO1nHn.
Only one ont Of every thousand
ried couples live to celebrats !. %''.
golden wedding. Their
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-06
. was then called "cover-f1re bell" al

, was then called "cover-fire bell" and it
was a signal to put out the fires.
a bell tolled at evening for the inhabi-
tants to cover fires, eXtinguish lights and
retire to rest. 1t was instituted in Eng
land by William the Conqueror as arbi-
trary bit Of tyranny. Thompson tells us:
The shivering wretches at Curfew sound
Detected sank into their beds.
Previous to that time, however, 1t was
known in England and on the Continent,
and was rung even as far back as the
days of King Alfred. But it was then a
pleasant summons, cheerfuly obeyed. 1t
had been neglected for some time, until
William $ edict rendered it compulsory in
many hundred towns and villages.
1t has continued to toll and still tolls
either all the year round or from Septem-
Der to April, from the Isle of Wight in
the South through Kent, Surrey, Middle
sex, Suffolk Norfolk, Lincoln. York, Dur
ham and Northumberland, and, in short,
all over the kingdom.
When the Pilgrims and Puritans came
over here they brought 1t to New Eng
land, where it is still carried out in many
towns and villages,
In "a there was a popular uprising in
the seaport town of Portsmouth, n. H,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-06

eldest son, and presumably from mo-
Their to eldest daughter. This brings
up also an interesting question of pre-
cedent, and the case will be watched
with interest by those concerned in
family titles.
Colonel Butt or Colonel Cunning
ham. is one of the most beautiful wo-
men of the South, and two years ago
was published in a monthly magazine
as one of the bellies of Georgia. She
was at one time elected the most beau
tiful woman in State an honor since
disputed by two of her sisters.
In appointing woman Governor At
kinson did not step out of his pro-
vince. He simply varied from an es-
tablished custom. He looked it up and
found that there would not only not
be any improperly in appointing
feminine colonel, but there would be
actual appropriateness in the act She
could act as hostess on various occa-
sions when the Governor would have
to entertain, and she could also assist
in social functions and could be useful
to the Governor at New Years recep-
lions when he would entertain The
President and foreign diplomats.
All these things Colonel Butt has
done with the utmost ease and tact,
and should her title be taken from
her it would undoubtedly bring about
a protest from the militia of the State
of Georgia
PAGE T. ALLEN
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-06

when the most progressive residents
sought to abolish the ringing of the Old
North Church bell at 8 o'clock every
night.
But it had rung when George Washing
ton had passed the night in the town, and
when Daniel Webster was reading law
cases in a law office there; and the old
inhabitants would not let it be silenced.
This old bell has sent generations TO bed
IN "a the habit started in the West, at
Saltwater, Mimi. and ny 1895, twenty
other towns in the State had passed it.
Cities in Oregon, Idaho Washington,
South Dakota, Kansas. Nebraska, Nichi-
gan, Missouri, Indiana and Georgia have
since adopted it.
In Minneapolis all under sixteen must
be at home by 3 p. m. Nine strokes Of
the fire bell are sounded and the penalty
of disobedence is severe.
In most western cities the bell is rung
earlier-from to $50. At Chanute. Kas..
it is rung at o'clock, but at Waycross,
Ca. it is as late as 10 o'clock before it is
tolled. The bell at Warrensburg, Mo-,
peals at 1870, giving the children no even
ing at all.
In Topeka it is for children under six
teen, and in Wallace, Idaho, for children
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-06
TABLE TALK AT JUNIUS'.
| Mr. j. Propounds Conundrum and Mrs.
| j. Flows on .Uninterrup sedly Till Bed

Mr. J. Propounds a COnundrum and MRS.
j. Flows on Uninterrup eddy Till Bed
81 do wish you'd be prompter to your
meals Julius" complained Mrs. Junlus
as her husband opened his napkin,
I'm quite put out with you
Mr.. Junius winked softly at the po-
tato he was peeling, and chuckled gent
ly.
"Out with it, snapped his wife;
lets hear what new kind of mean
ness you've thought OF.
It's a conundrum," said Mr.. Junius,
about you Why are you like
lamp"
Mrs. Junius stayed the piece of meat
half way to her mouth.
There you go, Julius Junius,' she
cried in an upper key. Il knew 1t was
something mean, for we'll the neighbors
know that little else II is that ever you
say to one who slaves her life at home
for you that you promised at the very
marriage halter to love honor and obey
and with all my worldly goods | thee
endow and me thinking it meant every
thing in your dry goods store and so
did mother instead of only two dresses
year and. my last seasons cloak
fright but that's what marriage does
opening the eyes of us poor timld te-
males and marriage halter we'll they
NAV call it or bride either it's all the
same thing about our necks and so
mother said the very first time she
came to visit us and you complaining
every night and always leaving the
railroad time tables around with blue
mcneil marks for mother to see when
the train left so that her heart was
we'll night broke and o yes you can sit
there Julius Junius grinning like
Cheshire cheese but well you know that
YOU drove poor dear mother OH
months before she had intended going
and me with nobody in the world to sit
down and have a quiet little chat with
except the butcher boy and the milk
man who have got so they leave long
before | finish and even book agents
who come in to sell me things get
I'D and go away before l can ask them
half the questions and it's all your
FAULT for we'll you understand or ought
to that / am a nervous delicate crea-
ture needing quiet instead OF your re-
fusing to tell me what the answer is
when we'll you know | don't care else
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-06
WASHINGTON, March 2.

WASHINGTON, March 2.
To the Editor of the Register.
Dear Sir:-Permit me to. say, Washing
ton will fall into line after awhile. 1t is
greatly needed here. But, you know, We
are rather slow. We still run horse cars.
The curfew will come as matter of self
defense by and by. The large mass of
children, especially colored children, in
our city, need it greatly. Our police do
not like to undertake too much at once.
They had the enforcement of a Sunday
law against crying papers on the streets
on Sunday morning recently 1t has been
a fair success. but they say. zone thing
at time
We shall press it here after awhile. 1t
is bound TO come in the interest of good
order. Yours truly,
r. II. BRADFORD,
Cor Sec. B. & G. HIM. & Emp. Asso., 90i
NJ street, n. w.
So Washington, the city Of lawmakers,
is TO have the curfew, At the bells are
to toll sending to bed all except those
who must be sleepless guarding the great
nation.
HISTORY OF THE CURFEW.
The curfew was first known in England
as the couvre, feu, or "cover the fire" 1t
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-06
LIKE OTHER MULES.

This One Was Not to Re Trusted by ANY
One-Had a Habit of Elevating His Rear
Foot, Regardless of Obstacles So the
Farmer Thought, With the Aid of Light
ming. ffe could Be subdued.
The man in the spring wagon had
just given the horse a vindictive cut
with the whip, when a long halo
back the road caused him to stop
the animal at the outset of his burst
of speed The driver turned in the
seat and waited for the person in the
distance to overtake him. A steady
trot soon covered the distance between
them AS he came within hailing dis
lance, Mr.. Corntossel exclaimed:
"Hol up. mister; mebbe you an me
kin make a deal yit.
When he reached the wagon the
farmer put his foot on a hub, and,
leaning with one elbow on his knee,
meditated for some time on what he
had to say.
WELL" said the driver, after half
minute, ''if you haven't anything to
tell me l may as well move along.
Yours isn't the only farm in this vi
cinity that may be struck by lightning,
you know"
"Of course. I haven't got any right
to interrupt you onless l mean to talk
business, an that's jes' what | do
mean. Only beforehand femme say
that | hev a reputation to sustain for
not knucklin' down to lightning-rod
men ner book agents ner anybody.
Eff l wuz to give We email order We
wouldn't go around bra ggin' about it,
like We had me cowed, would ye?"
Il wouldn't mention it il you de-
sired me not to-"
Il don't mind ownin' up to bein'
mighty obstinate when once | git my
lead set an eff | thought ye'd allow
the impression TO get out that after
turnin' We off in way that orter be a
warnin to any lightningrod man. +
run after We an tuck it ali back. I'd
give up this experiment of mine
You can depend on me not to say
word was the response.
"Lemme see ef I understan' this bus
mess OF your'n right. You say that
By stickin' q metal point up into the
afr YOU kin attract the lightnin' to 1t,
thereby keApin 1t from goin' some
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-06

where else, where it might do more
damage"
Exactly"
''Lightnin' bein' the same as cleo
tricity?"
Yes"
Did you ever git any electricity in
your system on sudden, like?"
No
"But ye know something about how
it acts?''
by observation"
"It's lible to give We a purity hard
jolt, amt it--like ye'd bin hit on the
back of the neck with an ax-handle
or somethin'?''
Enough of it will kill a man"
1T might even do some damage to a
mule, mightn't it,"
"If it could get at him"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-06

under fifteen years.
At Pierce, Kas., a. unique addition 10
the curfew makes it unlawful for a boy,
when spoken to. to return an uncivi all
swer.
The penalty, as a general thing, wher-
ever the curfew is adopted follows tbs
Minneapolis law. Here the ourfew rings
at 9 o'clock, and any ch%d found on the
streets after that time, uuaccompan by
a guardian, will be arrested and taken .o
parents and cautioned. Second ofense;
Fine SO to $40, or three to ten days in JAIL
at the discretion of the magistrate.
An hour later is allowed TO the children
In summer than in winter, and tn most
towns exceptions are made Of messenger
boys. children sent on errands and news
boys.
Mayor Graham, Of Lincoln, says Il is
surely a success, for it surely reduces
crime. He has had a decrease Of q per
cent. in arrests since its adoption in his
city.
Col. HoagIand, president Of The Boys
and Girls National Home ana Employ
ment Association. predicts that Chicago
ST. Louis, Cincinnati philadelphia ani
Greater New York will adopt the cur'tw
at once"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-06

"Ill tend to that See that mule?
He's got to thinkin' that he's the only
kicker there is in the neighborhood.
He thinks he's got everybody cowed,
me included, and l dunno but what he
has got some reason fur it. When he
gifts ready to let his hind foot go it's
safe to say that somebody's goin' to
lay off from work.
''But | amt goin' to give it to him
though l never thought I'd ever get to
where Id have to use strategy with
a mule. What ! want you to do is to
fix lighnin rod to him, well aft, an
right over the spinal column. Wen
tie him up in the blacksmith shop. SOS
you kin operate.
eye kin let him drag chain fur a
ground connection, an then when he's
imaginin he's so fine we had to put
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-06
CO... Butt Or
c0L. CUNNINGHAM?
Does MISS Butt, Colonel on Gov. Akin
sons Staff. Lose Her Title.
ne Coi. Cunningham?-A Re-
VI Gov Atkinsons Part to
onange Her Name Might Lead to
serious Revolt-The Colonel S
Wedding Tour.

animated discussion is now 60
ing On among the members If Gov
A'hlhsons staff, Georgia, U. S. A.
eoi' Lewis Butt, or Miss Butt, as she
was known prior to her appointment
on the Gubernatorial staff by Gov At
hiison TWO months ago, was married
III January, and the question has
arisen whether or not she is still "col-
onel."
Col. Butt is the only woman in the
United States, or in the world. who has
Won distinction on the same lines on
"nich she gained hers. She was APP
poihted member of the staff OF the
governor OF Georgia on political mer-
us solely, and having won her honors
IN TINS way, she has maintained them
on the same grounds.
When the Jefferson Davis monument
was unveiled in Richmond nearly two
years ago, the most elaborate display
was made in that city. When the
soldiers marched through the streets
they saluted the different houses decor
ated by the different Southern States,
and all along the line of march they
paid tribute to magnificently trimmed
buildings labelled with State names.
A few days before the jefferson I'M
yelling Miss Lewis Butt, one of the
bellies of Augusta, Ga, came to Rich
mond to spend a few days. She came
to visit friends and to enjoy the cere-
mony of the unwilling. AS she drove
through the streets a few days before
the eventful Jefferson Davis Day she
noticed that Georgia had no building
decorated in its honor, and she imme-
diately set to work to supply one. She
obtained permission to decorate one
of the finest houses in Richmond and
she trimmed it with the Georgia arms
and Georgia emblems.
THE SOLDIERS TRIBUTE.
When the troops marched past the
day after the work was completed the
Georgia regiments would have cheered
had they dared to break over military
custom, so beautiful was the house.
That night at large reception Miss
Butt shook hands with Gov. Atkinson
of Georgia, who congratulated her upon
her work 1T is a political service,
said he.
Il think | should be made a member
OF the Governors staff. Do you not?'
Miss Butt asked the Governor, laugh
ingly.
Indeed. | do" said he, "and if | am
reelected you shall be appointed"
Last November, when Gov. Atkinson
was reelected chief executive of the
Cracker State, one of his first ap-
pointments was that of Miss Lewis
Butt, of Augusta, as one of the mem
bers of the staff. He gave her the title
of colonel and all staff privileges.
Miss Butt Immediately entered upon
duties as colonel, She rode with
The Governor and OF If members of the
staff in parades, and at other times
she received with them. She did all
that the other members did, and in
many ways she assisted them in trying
situations
The staff of the Governor Of any
State is appointed ito assist the Gov
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-06

why don't you out with it and tell me
why | am like lamp Julius Junius?"
Its because you get put out so
often, explained Mr.. Junius, ready to
dodge in case she flung anything.
But Mrs. Junius only flowed on till
bed time, unmarried by single comma.
New York World
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-06

iewelry on him, We'll turn him loose
IN wait fur a thunderstorm am see
II we can't humble his pride. Wash
ingtnn Star.