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Evening star., 1902-01-23
HORSES AND VEHICLES.


FOR SALE-2 FINE HORSES, DOCTORS OUT
FIT, BUGGY, RUNABOUT AND TRAP; SIN
GLE AND DOUBLE HARNESS; IN EXCEL
LENT CONDITION. APPLY MULVIHILL STA
BLES. 1926 VERMONT COURT, OPPOSITE
FLATS. ja22-3t@
WANTED-TO HIRE A RIDING HORSE OR
times a week; light use; moderate terms. Ad-
dress ]. G. s., Star office. jail 1-3t'
TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERyE-24 HORSES
and mares, ranging In. age from to years; !;
weight, 900 to 400 lbs; suitable for any busi-
Eess; also Shetland pony, cart and harness; safe
for children to ride or drive. Call at residence,
PIP Az st. NV. ja20-6t"
HAVING SURPLUS STOCK OF DELIVERY
wagons, we offer them for the next 80 days only
at greatly reduced prices; also good second hand
brougham and panel rockaway in excellent condi-
quarter rubber-tire station wagon
ja15-tf s. ]. MEEKS' SONS, 622 G st. NV
FOR sALE-vERY FINE ExTENSION-FRONT
brougham and latest design Brewster rubber-tire
victoria; ladys spider phaeton footman's seat on
rear; English trap, seats A.; lady's park
phaeton; rubber-tire runabout pair cinnamon bear
Hbes; imported sacdle and bride; very fine dou-
BILE set harness ard brougham and trap harness
Above are good as new; belong to private people
who have left city. and sold to save storage
l8z1 d 81: NV. 1a10-1St
SPECIAL OFFER-GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
to make room for new work-Station wagons ami
coupe rockaways, 4 and passengers {or sale
1HOS. y. YOUNG'S Repository 4e4- ACC Pa ave
ta926t.4
Evening star., 1902-01-23

FOR RENT-COLUMBIAH HEIGHTS-
2620 18th NV, 10 rooms and bath.
se7-6 Room 8. Bliss bldg, IS B
Evening star., 1902-01-23

wANTED-DESCRIPTION OF THAT PROPERTY
YOU WISH TO SELL.
If the price is right we can find you a pur
chaser.
property.
Let us know what you have to offer
MOORE HILL Qnc), tit 14th st. NV.
de21-tf
Evening star., 1902-01-23

PIANOS FOR RENT!
BIG CUT IN RATES.
Good Square Pianos for rent, 81 and So per mo.
Uprights, $4 IS and SO per mo.
Baby Grands, $S and $40 per mo.
Largest stock in city from which to select All
pianos kept in perfect tune tree of charge Rent
paid applied on purchase of piano at any time
5a15n,12 F. G. SMITH, 1926 Pa ave.
Evening star., 1902-01-23
FOR RENT-BY JAMES F. SHEA.

FOR RENT-Nos. ~ AND - ST. NV; 5
rooms, reception hall. buffers pantry. tiled
baths aud vestlbules; North Capitol ST carsf
up TO date in every particular; S3u.5o.
Ja17-St W. j. FRfZZEII. gOf a or 30 et
Evening star., 1902-01-23

- " 1AF@C4As
ina. ave.
1915 18th. lar. 2b $3.50. 90
OFFICE ROOMS.
4S2-iS8 La ave, heated
rms IS, $40, $3.50, $50
1871 Goth. Office. heat 10 90
STORES.
$500 Pa av. p, eel. miS65. 90
l35s-Se S2d, lge rm.3o 90
Blacksmith shop, bet
19th&20th. l. a M.30. 90
213sl2Pa av, st 3r.w, g2. 80
S36 24th, ,2r&sto, W q. 20. 80
1918 NJ, II, eel, W. 1890
STABLES.
1912 q, Is. ch,l.w,g.sI5.00
ll42 18th. SIS, wr.l,w.l2.50
18th, 18th, L. NJ. los
and side lot. 1900
J ls29-3l L. Or. w....7.O0
Evening star., 1902-01-23

14th ST. Nv; 10 rooms, besides bath room and
pantry closets large and abundant condition Of
and very desirable; rent $5o.SS to a desirable
tenant; Apply on premises or to v. BALDWIN
JOHNSON. jaIs-tf
Evening star., 1902-01-23

FOR SALE VALUABLE CORNER BUSINESS
property, central; 9story brick; 50x75; good rev.
enue. Will furnish full particulars to investors
s. NJ. JONES. 1927 r. Phone 1924. Ja2l-St'
WANTED-To BUY A BUSINESS PROPERTY
from $4,000 to $25, 900.
B. ii. WARNER CO.,
ta1S-5t e16 NV.
FOR SALE-PIDCE 14TH ST. BUSINESS PROP
erty paying 0To net win be sold very reasonably.
GASCH BROS 1907 f st tsf6-tf
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

1t will be noticed that of the twenty
seven school districts in the county
only nine have over 1000 days attend
ance, and of these, Waldron island
NO. 2D, the most isolated of all, ranks
seventh.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

life in his office was to read a letter from
little girl telling him what she desired
Santa Claus to bring her on Christmas
day. He ordered the articles sent to the
child at his expense. left the office for his
home, and never returned to it.
1--WE believe that teachers and pupils will
cheerfully contribute to erect monu-
ment to perpetuate his memory. All
other citizens of the state are also invited
to contribute to this fund. :,
1T is sincere hope of the committee
that you will hold appropriate exercises
on Memorial day, or as soon thereafter a
convenient, and take collection for the
above named purpose. We desire every
pupil in the state to have an opportunity
to contribute his mite no matter how
| small it may be.
1.-The committee requests that the auto
graph of every pupil who contributes ho
sent to the president of the committee,
that they may be deposited at the laying
of the corner stone.
eff you are teaching i'm a city please de
posit your collection with your city su-
perintendent; otherwise with your county
superintendent The superintendents viii.
forward the com bined collections to the
president of the committee, Senator G. l..
Stewart, Puyallup, Washington"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
SCHOOLS FARE WELL
MAY APPORTIONMENT OF SCHOOL
FUNDS LARGEST EVER MADE
Comparisons With FORMER Years-The
County Apportionment by Districts.
Some State Figures of Enrolment.
High School Attendance.

The recent apportionment of school
funds made by the state superintendent
was the largest in the history of the
state, amounting TO over ST00,0 900. This
great sum was divided among the va
rious counties OH the basis of .04S5
cents for each days school attendance
reported by the county superintend-
eats, who apportion the amount receiv-
ed among the various districts on the
same basis. This county received S3,-
1909. The largest sum ever before re-
ceived at any one time was 81, 1872, III
May of last year. The May apportion-
ment in 1900 was S2,473.5l; in 100 it was
only 81, 244.4l and in 'S9, 81 ,610.2S. The
total amount of the state school tax
assessed against this county for 1901 is
S4, ,247. The county received from the
state apportionment for February
1868 .35, making the total receipts from
the two state apportionments so far
made this year within $S6.96 of the
total amount of the county's state
school levy upon the 1901 assessment.
The receipts from county sources were
5l65.74, making the total amount just
apportioned by the county superin-
tendent s., ,656 .43, as follows:
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

For Monument to the Late Gov. Rogers
A movement has been inaugurated
by the teachers of the public schools of
Puyallup and endorsed by the Pierce
county Teachers Institute to start "a
fund for the purpose of erecting mon
umeDt to the memory of the late Gov
ernor John X. Rogers, who first came
into political prominence in the state
as the author of what was known as
the Barefoot School Boy Bill" de-
signed to provide more equitable dis
tribution of state school funds in the
interest of country schools. 1t is a
worthy movement and should receive
cordial support in every district. The
circular to teachers issued by the COM
mittee says:
Through legislation championed by
bim revenues have been increased and SO
distributed as to make it possible for
every child in the state to secure conf
mon school education. The last act OF his
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

School statistics recently prepared by
State Superintendent Bryan show that
the total school enrolment of the state
is 1881, of which little over one
third is in the counties of King, Pierce
and Spokane. Whitman county comes
next; then Whatconl, SnOhomish,
Lewis, Walla Walla, Lincoln, Clarke,
Skagt and Chehalis, in the order
named. The San Juan enrolment is
reported as 79S and there are seven
counties in which the enrolment is
smaller, Franklin having only 125.
The figures show that more than 60
per cent of the entire number of pupils
attend school IN the first four grades
After this grade is passed many chill
dren drop out of school for one reason
or another, the attendance growing
lighter i'm each grade until from total
of 27 ,lS3 attending the first grade, there
is total of only 1880 in all the high
schools in the state and only 5,S91 in
the eighth grade. Pierce county leads
with the highest percentage of enroll
ment in her high schools, which is
six -tenths of the attendance. King
county comes next with percentage
of As, and Spokane county has per-
centage of Al.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
District No. |.

Districts Nos. l, 3, 4, 6, Z, s, IL, IL,
IA, Is, Is, 20, %, %, "A, %, 26, 27,
each............... ........................ 10l
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

A brother of Andrew Nelson, who
was drowned from the steamer Lydia
Thompson near Lopez a few months
ago, has been heard from. Some time
after Nelson was drowned the Begin
brothers found roll of blankets OH
their place and with it letter written
in the Swedish languages. They took
the letter to Nels Svanbers the shoe
maker, and from it he learned the ad-
dress of Nelson's relatives in Sweden
and wrote to them. A,few; days ago
an answer came from brother asking
for proof Of Nelson's death, the proof
being necessary to enable the brother
to obtain the share OF his fathers estate
which would have gone to Andrew
had he lived. The father had left to
the two brothers money and property
valued at about 3, 200.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

Attorney-General Stratton has given
all opinion to the effect that under the
law as it now stands vote by a school
district is not necessary to empower the
directors to provide free text books.
He has advised the state superintend-
ent that the furnishing of free books is
discretionary with directors. Only two
or three Districts in this county adopted
the free text book plan Under the '97
law and the experiment proved unsat-
isfactory.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

The Sunset Telephone Company is
contemplating an extension of its line
to the San Juan islands. Mr.. Philips
said yesterday that the company had
received great deal of correspondence
on this proposition and admitted that
he was looking into it on this trip =
Whatcom Reveille. The Whatcom
correspondent of the Seattle Times
quotes Mr.. Philips, who is the COIN
.pany's district. manager for the lower
Sound counties, as saying tina. the ex-
tension will not be made this year. If
the Northwestern company takes adj
vantage'of the opportunity offered and
constructs system in this county coz
Meeting with its system at Whatcom
the Sunset people will doubtless post
,pone. their contemplated" extension
indefinitely.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

Rev. Mr.. Acome, whose home is in
Ohio, near Cincinnati, preached at the
Presbyterian church last, Sunday,
morning and evening, and at the val
ley church i'm the afternoon. His man
ner of delivery is pleasant and his SER
mons here were much appreciated. He
left Tuesday. The officers Of the church
are not yet able to say how soon min
ister will be regulauly assigned here.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

The local G. A. II. post has arranged
with Rev. Henry Harpst to preach II
memorial sermon at the Presbyterian
day, Friday of next week, there will be
an address aud an appropriate song
service at the Presbyterian, church in
the valley. A speaker is expected from
Seattle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

The Puget Sound Steamboat Com
pany will put into effect this week OH
all of its steamers one fare round trip
rate to Seattle once q week, good only
from points in this county on Satur-
days, returning Monday. 1t is con-
cession that will doubtless be much
appreciated.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

Mr.. Wyckoff, purser of; the steamer
Buckeye, was taken suddenly ill just
before the steamer left Whatcom Mon
day morning and fell unconscious upon
the wharf. He soon recovered con-
sciousness and was taken to his home
His health has been quite poor for
some time and it was i'm the hope OF
benefiting that he took the position
on the Buckeye.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

President Roosevelt is reported to be
taking an active interest in the effort
now again, being made in congress to
secure pensions for the few surviving
members of the Indian war of 1856
in Oregon and Washington. One Of
the veterans of that struggle in the
wilderness nearly half a century ago is
Capt. E. ID. Warbass, who commanded
the company which guarded the Cow
litz pass, then the principal route of
immigrants who came from Oregon to
western Washington. Another old vet
eran is Urban f. Hicks, long resident
Of East Sound, and now at the state
soldiers home at Orting.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
Local Nsws Briefs

Taxes for 1901 become delinquent
May 81 unless one-half is paid on or
before that date. If one-half is paid
the remaining half may remain unpaid
until November 30.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
AN IOWAN'S VIEWS
A RECENT ARRIVAL OBJECTS TO
LINED AND PAPERED HOUSES
Sunset Telephone Company "Contemplat-
ing" Extending Its System to San Juan
Coupty-Bresident Interested in Pen
sions for Indian War Veterans.


John Cousins, was over from Richard
son few days ago and he had with
him q copy of the Algona Ia.) Courier,
which friend had sent him, contain
ing extracts from a letter from former
resident of Algona who had quite re-
Gently arrived In the state and located,
temporarily, on place near Ballard.
The gentleman said that he had bad
cold but admitted that he caught it in
North Dakota. He hadn't become rec
onciled to the house he lived in, which
he said "is boarded up on the inside.
covered with cheese cloth and pa
pered." They are not accustomed to
that kind of houses on the Iowa prairies
and it would not be surprising if his
North Dakota cold and the recollection
of Algona winters made him shiver u
bit. Tens of thousands of people out
here, however, live very comfortably
in lined and papered houses. We have
an abundance of the finest lime in the
world, sand is easily obtained, and
there is really no reason why anyone
who is able to have Il house should not
have it plastered, if he wants to. The
fact is, people "don't have to" out here
and they do in Iowa-if they keep
warm, by means of furnaces or big coal
base-burners i'm which fires are kept
going night and day.
The Iowa gentleman remarked in his
letter that he had "not fallen i'm love
with the country yet" But that was
a number of weeks ago and he had
then been out here onlya little while
perhaps only few days, and i'm mid
winter, when our thermometers occa-
sonally, though seldom, register lit
tie below freezing for several hours at
a time. The chances are that he has
since had the fall he speaks of, which
by the way, isn't fall at all, but rise
to happier state. If this experience
HASN'T yet come to him it certainly
will before many moons, if he stays
here. Iowa is a grand state, one of the
very best in the Union. We have
great many good citizens who came
from there, but
They don't want to go back any
more, any more,
They don't want to go back any more
not to stay. The chief scribes and
pharisees of the ISLANDER have
lived there, and now they are here,
and so it has come to pass that they
know whereof they speak when they
rise to remark that in the matter of
natural advantages FOR comfortable liv-
ing Iowa simply isn't in it'' with
Washington, nor is any other state of
the great Mississippi valley.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-06-28
N6t bound by Convention.

IN his notable speech in the United
States senate Friday in opposition to
the Cuban reciprocity bill Senator
BARTON called attention to the ac-
ton of his state convention. This
was not the first time, he declared,
that he had differed from state
convention of his party on national
questions. He considered himself a
better judge of what was right in
this matter than a state CONVENTION
"t fetiembef,'' continued Senator
Burton, that the republican party
of Kansas in convention assembled
declared several years ago for free
and unlimited coinage of silver. I
differed from them then and 1 differ
from them now" Continuing his re-
marks, he declared that it was an
easy matter for the executive,
through his federal officeholders, to
secure the adoption of resolutions
indorsing his administration and de-
claring in favor of his policies. Dele
gates would pass the resolutions
with a whoop and go to their homes
to think about what was done. But
the hearts and the conscience of the
people of Kansas were against the
bill, and in time they would come to
his way of thinking just as they had
come to his views on the money ques-
ton.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-06-28
HUMoR OF RUSSIAN Jews.
An American Theatrical Exponent
Gives Some Expressions eff
Their wit and Wisdom.

David Warfeld, who has put the
Russian Jew on the stage, writes this
to show the humor in the man he por-
trays, says a New York exchange.
1t is only of late years that the
preciate the fountain of humor which
is possessed by the Russian and Rou-.
manian Jews. For hundred years
years, at least, they have borne the
same relations to eastern and south
eastern Europe as the merry Irishman
has among the English-speaking
races.
Not that they are to be compared
with the Irish in any way. Irish fun is
rollicking, and is the bubbling over of
healthy effervescence. Jewish humor,
on the other hand, is intellectual,
rather than physical, and is the utter
ance of the mature man recognizing
grim or laughing incongruity in things
about him.
No matter how busy the Russian He
brew may be, he finds something anus
ing in his environment. From the most
unpromising topics he extracts some
quaint merriment. What an odd mix
ture of satire and wisdom is to be
found in their business sayings:
IF man believes you are selling
at loss he'll buy all you've got.'
"A nickel minute is better than
! dollar an hour"
Five men working together are bet
| ter than ten men working separately"
Make believe you are busy and the
banker will give you credit"
"a man who marries an extravagant
woman puts two mortgages on his
shop
This tendency towards making sport
Of the unpleasant things of life runs
down into the simplest words of their
speech. The term ''aizes" means mot
wanted and also a trap"
The practice of dishonest man go
ing into bankruptcy and coming out
with small fortune in his wife's name
is summed up in the word ''da1les,' -
which means bankrupt's assets and a.
safe investment
''Mechulle" means a<wife's name,
but it also signifies man who does
business in his wife's name.
A "schadchen" is both marriage
broker and a prevaricator.
During the election excitement of
1896 the financial questions involved
were summed up in pithy Yiddish
words or phrases. Free silver was
called "stuss" and the output of the
silver mines ''schmus:" but "stuss''
also means a gambling game of cards
and "schmus" means dirt.
They are masters in that variety of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-06-28

of the main deck, the stamping of cattle
forward, the rattle of the cooks pots
and pans, the pervasive tones of care
less men. From the next cabin came a
harsh laugh and an oath. Lyle dared
not look at the photograph for fear he
should make Her conscious of the I'm
worthy surroundings. So he went out,
unanswered.
The next few days the two men did
not talk beyond what was ordinary and
necessary. Yet Lyle frequently felt
the elder mans gaze measuring him,
and he squared himself to his work
for her sake. Whether he was wretch
ed or not, it did not occur to him to ask.
All he was distinctly conscious of was
a vast, unsatisfied love, a love so sure of
itself and so Iimitless- that it included
in itself a return.
They neared San Francisco, and
Forbes insistence upon economy IN
coal BECAME almost unbearab1e. It
was always so when they drew near to
their home port, but this time he
seemed to DE unjust-a sin never before
imputed to this chief fireman. How
ever, amid all his cross words and
angry seedlings, he said nothing to
Lyle, who, indeed, labored as he had
never done before.
One evening (they expected to reach
San Francisco the next day. Edward
Lyle went YEARLY to his bunk in the
starboard alleyway. Usually he
dropped around to see Forbes, but he
did not feel equal to it now, though he
was hungry to talk of Her.
His bunk was dark, and he fumbled
under the mattress for matches When
he found the box he struck light and
| lit the little bracket on the bulkhead.
AS it burned up his eye caught new
thing. He looked again, long and earn
estly. Then he blew out the lamp and
pressed his face blindly against the
bulkhead. On his searching lips he felt
two flaming, loving, quivering woman's
lips, and the young fireman gave and
| took his first kiss.
But it was simply photograph awk-
wardly pinned there by John Forbes
San Francisco Argonaut.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-06-28

those yelled eyes could burn into ut
ter expressioni And he felt that the
fire to kindIe them must lie in the
heart of a young man.
These feelings developed into
strong emotion at times, and the
more rapidly when he tried to bring
his fancy down to concrete details.
"What sort of hat does she wear?"
he asked Forbes, one evening.
''Hat! 1 reckon a caps more like
ly her headgear. Maybe she does
wear a hat"
"How does she do her hair?" Lyle
went on, with some difidence.
Forbes looked at him blankly. To
the young mans senses there was ar
implied rebul<e, a hint that he was
prying into the secrets of a modest
girl. But this notion fed when the
answer came with futile poverty Of
suggestion: 'Why, suppose like all
women do. They all do it the same
way
And so their conversation ran, the
elder harping on his proud memories
of fatherhood, the impatient lover
trying to build up for himself a
shrine in which to worship his first
love. Naturally, it was only hero
and there that their thoughts met;
and just when the lover caught fair
glimpse of her, the clumsy words of
an Misunderstanding generalized
paternity blotted out the image.
Little prone as Lyle was to mental
progressed to state where certainty
was the one cry of his heart. To look
at the picture on the bulkhead was
good. To have that picture above his
own bunk was infinitely preferable.
To hear about her was a delight.
But to speak with knowledge and the
full sense of possession was heaven
ly.
So, one night, after long, uneasily
meditative communion with the moon
and the dark sea, Edward Lyle sought
the chief fireman. 'Mr. Forbes" he
commenced, awkwartIly, Eye know
what-what-an interest I take in
Her"
The father nodded kindly, and he
went on: ''Well, sir, I'm getting pretty
well fiXed-you've said yourself was
good fireman-and want to marry"
Forbes looked at him with CLINT Of
understanding in his eyes, but made no
response. The young man took off his
greasy cap and crushed it in his hands.
what want, sir,'' he said, quietly, "is
to marry her."
There was no answer, and he added,
as though it might be taken for grant
ed: 81 love her"
He waited long time. but Forbes
made no reply, even by a gesture.
Around them were all the rough sounds