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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
THEY MISSED STEYN.
Sehalkberssr's Mnion Has Thus Far Not Beer
Successful.

Pretoria, March Sl.-The efforts of
Acting President Schalkburger to open
communication with Mr.. Steyn, former
president of the Orange Free State, have
thus far been unsuccessful.
DeWet and Steyn have crossed the
mai line of the railroad going west.
They were escorted by Vanniekirk and
Vandemerwe, and have been traced to
Paris, about so miles northwest of Heils-
onrad, by Col. Garrett.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
Would Raise the Maine.

Washington, March 29.-Gen. Wood
has brought to the attention of the war
department, through the medium of a
formal letter, the propriety of making
some arrangement for raising the wreck
of the Maine from the ooze and mud in
which she lies embedded in Havana
harbor. The probable cost is stated at
half million dollars. One of the rea-
sons given given for raising the vessel is
that it is menace to navigation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
Spring Hum0rs

Come to most people and cause many
troubles, = pimples, boils and other
eruptions, besides loss of appetite,
that tired feeling, fits of biliousness,
indigestion and headache.
The sooner one gets rid of them the
better, and the way to get rid of them
an l to build up the system that has
suffered from them is to take
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
An Unusual Occurrence.

Towne-You seem to have a little
cash.
Browne-Yes; railroad accident.
Towne-You don't mean to say that
you got damages.
Browne-I mean to say railroad l
took some stock in years ago has finally
paid a dividend.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
A FavorIte Spot.

Miss Dunsap (disgustedly)-This is
the sixth jug have hooked into and
pulled up.
Mr.. Bertwhistle (confdently)-Good.
That shows this must be pretty fine
place to fish.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
Chin OF the Old Block.

"Thomas," said the minister to his
fve-year-old son and heir, 81 trust you
will not misbehave in church this
morning, as you did last Sabbath.
Such conduct is very notifying to
me-"
"But, papa" rejoined the incorrig-
BILE Thomas, "aint we taught to mortify
the flesh?"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
Grocery Repartee.

eff had an engagement with you, "
said the clerk, cit would be this"
And he gently placed date with a
peach.
"No," answered the pretty cashier,
cit would be like this"
And she laid the date beside the
canned Holsters. Baltimore American.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
African ft0dle

The zeze is q favorite instrument in
East Africa. 1t is a sort OF crude vlo-
lin. composed of bar of wood fastened
to large gourd There is single
string made of vegeta bic fiber land differ
ent tones are reproduced by lengthen-
ing or shortening the string.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
Senator Jones Defeated at Primariss s.

Little Rock, Ark, March 3l.-The
latest returns from the primaries for
United States senator indicate that ex-
Governor Clarke has undoubtedly de-
feated Senator Jones. However Clarke's
majority on joint ballot probably will
not exceed twelve.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
ENGLAND to Learn From Us.

At the suggestion of Alfred Moseley,
of London, and Lord Reay, president
of University College, London, spe-
cial commission will be sent fom Eng
land to this country to inquire into la
Dor matters and the relations between
masters and labor unions.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
More Hatfields Dead.

Mattawan, w. Va, March Sl.-Joseph
and Eph. Hatfield, Henry Watts and
John Rutherford were killed in fusilade
between the Hatfield gang and officers
who were attempting 70 arrest them and
bring them to court.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
Portland Republicans at Outs.

Portland, Or, March Sl.-The Repub-
licans have nominated Judge George H.
Williams for Mayor. Fifty-two dele
gates elected as regular Republicans re-
fused TO enter the convention.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
New Owner of Colonial Estate.

William M. Ramsey, of California,
has just purchased Westover, the fa-
nous country seat along the James
river, whose history is we'll traced for
200 years. He will restore the estate
to it's colonial magnifcence, but will
not mar its colonial architecture.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
He Ought To.

Bigwav-You see things in new
light since you were married?
! Bayway-I should say so. We got
SO lamps for wedding presents.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
HE WISHES TO RETIRE.
Chairman Babcosk. Of Republican Congress
sional Committee, III.

Washington, March chairman
Babcock, of the Republican congression-
al committee, has informed President
Roosevelt that owing to i'll health he de-
sired to relinquish the craftsmanship of
the committee, and that he would be
glad if the president would suggest some
one to take his place.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03

EETc Permanently Cured. 40 fits er ncrvousneE
THO after first laws Use Of Or klne's Great Nerve
2cstorer Send for Err RE S. trial bottle and treat
&c. Dr. r. II KLINE Ltd. Y3i Arch St. Philadelphs. Pa
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infal
lible medicine for coughs and colds.-N
w. SAMUEL. Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. L.
1900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth
ing Syrup the best remedy to use tor thei
children during the teething period.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03
Hoods Jdrsdparilld
and Pills

Forming in combination the Spring
Medicine par excellence, of unequalled
strength in purifying the blood as
shown by unequalled, radical and per-
manent cures of
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-03

.SCr0fufa SAT- Rl5ouns
ScaFd Heed Bofis, PEnspfes
IN Kinds Of HUns0r Ps0sEasfs
Flood Poisoning RheUn7affsm
Cafarrks RyspepsEa, Etc
Accept no substitute, but be sure to
get Hoods, and get it today.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-06-24

Modesty is woman's watchword What
ever threatens her delicate sense of
modesty, frightens her. For this reason
many woman permits diseases of the
delicate womanly organs to become ag-
gravated because she cannot bring her
self to submit to the ordeal of unpleasant
questionings, offensive examinations, and
obnoxious local treatments, which some
physicians find necessary. Doubtless
thousands of the women who have taken
advantage of Dr. Pierce's offer of free con-
sultation by letter. have been led to do SO
by the escape thus offered from a treat
ment repugnant to modesty Any sick
woman may write to Dr. Pierce, Buffalo,
n. Y, in perfect confidence; all letters
being treated as strictly private and sacred
lY confidential, and all answe rs being sent
in plain envelopes with no advertising or
other printing upon them. DR.. Pierce
Favorite Prescription has been long hailed
as "a God send to women" 1t makes
weak women strong and sick women well
"Favorite Prescription" contains no al
cohol, neither opium, cocaine or other
narcotic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-06-24
A FAMOUS PAINTING.


One Figure In q Japanese Picture
Visible Only at Night.
Some OF the finest Japanese paint
ings In Washington are in the legation
building of that nation. the japanese
ambassador being a collector and con-
noisseur of the art of his native land.
The Japanese style of painting is alto
gether unlike that of Europe and
America, and the reason Japanese
painters are able to produce color eff
fects that are the despair of Euro
pe&n and American artists is owing to
the pigments they use, large number
of which are secret and unknown out.
side of Japan.
In Japan there is very famous
painting which no amount of money
could buy and which is the master
piece of famous artist who lived
several centuries ago. Viewing the
painting in the daytime, one is disap
pointed. 1t shows nothing more than
a very commonplace landscape, unre.
neved by mountains or hills. AS soon,
however, as night falls one begins to
realize the peculiar merit Of the pic
ture, for upon the canvas there ap-
pears luminous water buffalo (cari
bou) browsing upon the grass at its
feet.
The artist who painted this picture
discovered a certain phosphorescent
paint, which he obtained from the bod
les of certain mollusks, or fish. and
with which he painted the buffalo that,
invisible in daylight, Is LUMINOSITY
brilliant in the dark. The secret of
making this paint died with the artist.
The picture, which hangs in Bud
dhist temple, has proved fertile source
Of superstition, the priests claiming that
the buffalo hides away in the shade
behind some trees in the picture dur
ing the heat of the day, coming out at
night to Washington Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-06-24
DisraeIi's Jokes.

Disraeli dearly loved a joke at the
expense of others. An author who had
sent his latest effort in fiction to him
received the following complimentary
acknowledgment:
81 thank you for the book you sent
me and will lose no time in reading il"
81 wonder what makes my eyes so
weak" a fierce Radical once said to
Disraeli.
1T is because they are in a weak
place" was the reply.
An incident in the life Of the late
Lord Rosslyn shows how acute was the
sense of humor in Disraeh. what
can we do with RosslynY he asked of
a colleague.
snake him master of the buck
hounds, as his father was" suggested
the latter.
"No," replied the premier, "he swears
far too much for that. We will make
him high commissioner to the Church
Of Scotland And such he was made
Chambers Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-06-24

Grasse, even in the opinion of sober
historians, would appear to be one of
those towns which are predestined to
commercial prosperity, and, what is
more, its inhabitants through the ages
Of it's existence have shown themselves
capable of benefiting by those gifts
with which nature has been so prodi-
gal Omitting allusion to more remote
periods, we have the authority of the
historian Bouche for the statement
that in 1180 all European countries
provided themselves with soaps manu-
featured at Grasse, while the town
was also famous for its oils. In 1920.
as Masa informs us, it's odorous es-
sences, fine oils, exquisite fruits and
renowned feathers were source of
great prosperity
1t may interest many to know that
according to the testimony of the great
est historical authority upon Grasse
now living, nothing precise has as yet
been discovered in the municipal ar
chives relating to the origin of the per-
fumery works.-Gentlemen' Magazine
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-06-24
A Purse For the Bride.

Some brides may be inclined to re-
gret that the old marriage custom of
the dow purse has fallen into disuse.
1t was the custom of the bridegroom to
fill a purse with goodly sum of mon.
ey and present it to the bride on the
wedding day as the price of the pur-
chase of her person. 1t sounds like
slavery. like the buying of goods and
chattels, yet the bride had a nice little
sum of money for her own use.
Some of the oldest inhabitants Of
Cumberland may remember a similar
custom in that county. The bride
groom provided himself with a number
of gold and silver pieces, and at the
words with all my worldly goods I
thee endow'' he handed the clergyman
his fee and poured the other coins into
a handkerchief held out for that pur
pose by the bride.
In other places, again, the bride had
the right to ask her husband for a gift
of money or property on the day after
the wedding. and he was bound in
honor to grant the request-LOndon
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-06-24
NOT so VERY GREEN.
The Florida Man Rather Evened
Matters Up With the New Yorker.

The Florida Man Rather Evened
Matters Up With the New Yorker.
When the young man from Florida
one morning last winter. and, going to
the window. he looked out on what was
to him novel scene 1t was snow
storm, the first he had ever seen.
Jumping into his clothes, he ran into
the street. He stopped and gathered
handfuls of snow and threw them in
the air. He jumped into a drift and
sent it flying with his feet. He finally
lay down and rolled in it, all the time
shouting and laughing at the top of his
voice.
One of the crowd which had gathered
to watch his antics went up to him and
told him how his mother used to cure
fits and volunteered to try it on him.
Il haven't any fit" the young man
said.
whats the matter with you, then"
"Why, don't you see the snow?"
Eyes, l see it. What of it? / have
seen it before
"Well, | haven't" said the Florida
young man.
"Whati You never saw snow be-
fore?' asked the astonished questioner.
''Never. Seems strange to you, don't
itY'
''It beats any sample of verdancy
ever run across"
"Oh, don't know unused the Flori-
da cracker. did you ever see an alli-
gator eating niger? No? Well, you
are not SO many after all. l have seen
it many times" And, throwing a hand
full of snow down his shirt collar, he
pursued his joyous gambols.-New
York Mail and Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-06-24
auotatinn M.rl..

Speaking of the use of quotation
marks, the London Chronicle says:
But why all these inverted commas,
'the silly trick of peppering pages with
these uncouth bacilli?" You will find
none of these bacilli in the Bible. Take
this passage. chosen at random:
Now Jesus knew that they were
DESTROYS to ask him, and said unto
them, Do We inquire among yourselves
of that ! said, A little while, and We
shall not see me; and again. little
while, and We shall see me?
The modern compositor would setthat
passage between two brackets of in
verted commas for it is a quote within
a quote. But it is beautifully clear as
it stands. and among all Biblical mis-
understandings no one, we think, has
been misled by the absence of an in
yerted comma.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-06-24
Food and Character.

One might almost say that the recipe
for happy home was what has been
aptly called bland diet. While it
is not literally true that eating hog
makes hog of man, yet it is true
there is large connection between it
and character. Bloodthirsty, lustful
races are those that eat meat-largely
rare meat-freely, whereas the gentle,
industrious, persistent races are most
ly grain and fruit eaters.
While the controversy over vegeta-
rianism is one for scientists to settle,
even the humblest of us can afford to
try for himself the advantages of a
"bland" diet. 1t is a most interesting
experience to see how acute and sensi-
tive the sense of taste can become by
avoiding food that has a strong taste.
No one knows the delicate sweets
and acids, oils and bites In our COM
mon cereals and fruits who eats huge
chunks of fish, flesh and fowl highly
favored and deluged with biting
sauces. Simplicity of life can be as
much part of diet as of furniture or
clothes. = William Noyes in Good
Housekeeping.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-06-24
A CARELESS CONSUL.
The Way Bret Harte Came to Los
His Position mt Glasgow.

The Way Bret Harte Came to Lose
His Position at Glasgow.
When Bret Harte was consul at Glas-
cow. he was seldom to be found in that
city. as he spent most of his time in the
London drawing rooms, where he was
b general favorite, and delegated the
consular business to assistants. One
day while making one of his rare Wis
ITS to Glasgow he scraped acquaintance
with a stranger on the train. Each
seemed fascinated by the others per-
sonaIty, and time passed quickly. At
last they reached the outskirts of a
large city.
what place is thisY' inquired the
stranger.
81 haven't the slightest idea," replied
Harte, after looking out of the window
A few minutes later the railway
guard opened the door of the compart-
ment and announced that they had ar
rived at Glasgow.
When Harte showed up at the con-
sulate the next morning, the first per-
son who advanced to greet him was the
agreeable stranger, who introduced
himself as special agent of the home
government sent to investigate charges
Of neglect Of duty on the part of the
consul.
The agent may have been affable, but
he was lacking in sense of humor,
for be evidently cabled his government
an account Of the train incident, as
Harte's successor was soon after ap-
pointed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-06-24
our Debt 10 our Mother..

Ian Maclaren in The Christian En-
deavor World paid the following beau
tiful tribute to mothers:
''The person to whom you owe more
than you can ever pay or even imagine
is your mother. She endured more for
you, served you more patiently. loved
you more fondly, thought of you more
bravely, than any other person you
have known on earth or will ever know
save your wife or your husband, If in
deed they can always be excepted. If
your mother be spared to you, then are
you bound to make her first charge
on your life, as you desire a peaceful
conscience and as you shall answer be-
fore the judgment seat Of God. She
must be encompassed with every OBJ
servance of comfort and honor and
gentleness and love, with sacrifices
also, If SO be 1t will please her. of
tastes and occupations and time and
even friendship, and after you have
done all that you can think of and any
one can suggest you will still remain a
hopeless bankrupt for the love where
with she loved you"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-06-24
STORIES MADE WITH FEET
Animal Tracks In the Wood Which
Betray Identity.

Animal Tracks In the Wood Which
Betray Identity.
Each animal makes its own kind of
track in the mud, snow or dust. No
two make exactly the same. The track
of a coon is never like that of a fox,
and the track of fox is readily dis
tinguished from that of a rabbit OF
small dog. And, more than that, the
track of one coon may differ from that
Of his own brother, so that one can
sometimes distinguish the track of a
given individual and by seeing it on
different occasions get something like
an insight into its life Thus a famous
grizzly in the west was known by his
track. One OF his toes had been cut
off by a trap, and the difference that
made in his track was easy to see.
To come nearer home, our common
animals sometimes have unpleasant
experiences with steel traps. The
marks of these on their feet often add
a popularity that Identifies the animal
In other cases the track is extra large
or small or is crooked, but it always
Keeps the main features of its kind
The track of one sort of animal rarely
need be mistaken for that of another,
and the A B G of tracking is to learn
the chief kinds of footmarks that are
to be found In your region. The way to
learn tracks is to draw those that you
find, always sketching them right from
nature, never from memory, and it is
always best to make them exactly life
size.-Ladies' Home Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-06-24

"Hi, therer' called a voice. "Sure as
shooting, you've killed that galF'
A sturdy, heavy set man tumbled out
of rig and came running down the
hill.
You idiot, you ought to be Jailed for
this" sputtered the old fellow in great
excitement But Ed heard not a word
He had Mary in his arms when the in
furiated farmer seized him by the
shoulder.
'She is killed, you young idiot, and
I'll see that you hang for it, Give her
to me, sir! Whose daughter is she,
STRIP Then, as Simpson, recognizing
the voice, turned about the old fellow
exclaimed in surprise: "If 1t amt
you, Simpson, I'll be blamed l al
ways knew you for a venturesome
idiot! And-my God-my Mary!
"Hush, father. / am not hurt; not
even bit frightened. And please, IA
ther, don't abuse Ed that way. You
would be thanking him If you knew
what he risked for mel mean for
you"
Then, catching sight Of Simpsons
face, cut and bleeding, womanlike she
turned from the embrace Of her parent,
threw her arms about her lovers neck
and burst into tears.
"No, sir, he is not young fool" said
Mr.. Muir emphatically as he drove
home with Fred Watson, having turn
ed his own rig over to the young cou-
pie. "Confound it, sir, he is a man
In a thousand, and l am as good a
judge of men as Mary, sirr'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-06-24
Food and Colds.

A writer in The Lancet says: "Since
l began to study diet | have been as
tonished at the number of cases of
which | have heard, even of medical
men, who by eating less and not SO
often have found that their susceptible
ity to colds has quite gone. Such facts
as have met with point to the conclu-
sion that it is the system overcharged
with the products of food which was
not required and can act only as a poi
son to every organ in the body which
is most susceptible to colds"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-06-24

An impecunious constituent of Chi
cago alderman called upon the latter
at his office last week and requested
the loan of dollar. A two dollar bill
was the smallest the alderman had.
This he handed to the caller with the
remark:
go to the cigar stand down stairs,
get fifteen cent cigar, keep a dollar
and bring me the change"
In few minutes the visitor reap
peared, putting contentedly at a cigar,
and handed the alderman So cents. No
ticing a peculiar expression on the al
derman's face, he withdrew the cigar
from his lips long enough to inquire:
did you mean that the cigar was
for you or me?"
"Get out of herep was all the dis
gusted politician could say.