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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-08-21
pRospER Nous STATE.
Washington shown to Be In Good
Financial Condition.

Washington, Aug. Livery person
who is affected by the business pros
perity of Washington, whether bank
er or not, ought to be interested in the
splendid showing made> by the national
banks of the state during the last few
months, as shown by reports received
by the comptroller of the currency.
No other state in the Union made such
strides i'm commercial and industrial
prosperity during the last three month,
if the bank reports are any indication.
In the two months and half between
April 80 and July is, the 81 banks OF
Washington increased their total re-
sources from $3S, ALB. 207 to SAC, 375,-
3O2. The demands of the prospecting
business community for money to en-
gage in new enterprises or to enlarge
projects established must thave been
brisk, for the banks made loans and
discounts which increased the aggregate
in the brief period mentioned from
$17, POS, l54 to $17 ,679,719. The over
drafts advanced from $542, sos to $685.
O9I; the stocks and securities held,
from $2.943, 1875 to $3,5O7, $40; the
value of banking houses and fixtures,
from 1924, 1916 to 1926, 1856; and the
amount due from approved reserve
agents, from $5,973,67 to $6,003, 561.
The capital stock paid in on July Is
was SO, APO, 900 as against So, 400, 900
on April 80. The surplus fund was
swelled from 1851, 40 to $937235, and
the undivided profits from $S73,, 1923 to
$685., I'll. The deposits of United
States disbursing officers increased from
$405, 592 to $3.50, POS.
One of the best signs of the great
prosperity of business in Washington,
however, is found in the increased de-
posts of individuals in the national
banks.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-08-21
WOULD SURRENDER.
General With Siamese Twin Name
Tired of Fighting.


Panama, Colombia, Aug. 15.-It is
reported here that before Gen. Tribe
Tribe, chief of the Colombian revolu-
tionists, left the island of Curacao he
had an interview with Consul Becorra,
and said that IL the government was
willing to treat with him directly he
would lay down his arms. He said he
wanted only amnesty for all liberals
and the fulfllment of promised re
forms. He dil not ask that the cover.
nors of four districts be named by
Vargas Santos. nor that the Colombian
government should pay the foreign
debts of the revolutionists. which Gen.
Uribe-Uribe said he considered vulgar
and ridiculous conditions. The gen.
eral also claimed that Vargas Santos
must submit to him any future peace
treaty.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-08-21
WAR IN EARNEST.
South Americans Turn Loose and
Capture Cities.

south americans TURN lIOOSt anu
Capture Cities.
Washington. Aug. ia dispatch
has. been received from Command
err Nickels, of the Topeka, at
Porto Cabello, stating that the revo-
lutionists were in control. and that
there was no danger of an attempt
to retaKe the town by the government
forces. Commander N-ckels acknOwl-
edged the receipt of instructions d.
recting him to land force in case of
necessity, but stated that the necessity
for such a step has not arisen. In Of
fetal circles the control of Porto Ca
bello by the revolutionists Is consid-
cred signal victory for the party, as
it is a place of strategic Importance.
1t has about 10000 people, and is sit
uated on large, deep and safe har-
Dor. by means of which, If necessary.
troops and supplies may be landed. or
dispatched to other places in the coun-
try. Porto Cabello is but short sail
from La Guayra, which is not far from
the Venezuelan capital.
According to the information now in
possession of officials here, Castro is
being hemmed in from three sides, at
Caracas. Gen. Matos advanced from
Malivar to the northwest, to place
called Orituco, about sixty miles south
of Caracas. Ten days ago Castro was
reported as having left the capital,
with force, to meet the revolution
airy general, but subsequently he
changed his mind and returned. More
recent advices indicate that a battle
was imminent on the plains south
of Caracas.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-08-21
Shah in England.

London, Aug. ls.-Muzaffar Ed Din,
shah of Persia, arrived at Dover on
BOARD the stamer Empress from Calais.
AT the shah's request the Empress
nlaie the trip over at slow speed. The
steamer was escorted by the British
cruisers Galatea and Immortalite, and
was greeted by salutes from the batter
display. =
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-08-21
New Harvester Company.

. Trenton, N. j.. Aug. 1.-THE Inter
national Harvester Company, with an
authorized capital of 1920, DOC, 900, has
been incorporated here. The company
is authorized to manufacture harvesting
machines and agricultural implements
of all kinds.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
Birds, Nests md Poetry.

Birds nests have attracted the atren-
ton of inquisitive genius from the days
of Aristotle down to the present time.
This is not wonderful, because the
nests are invariably curious and often
beautiful, besides offering q cradle, as
it were, for a host of romantic specula-
lions and pOetical theories. Imagina-
ton has taken hold of birds and their
nests with singular affection, drawing
forth meantime some beautiful leg
ends to enrich a withal and to
add to the sum of what is most per
sistent in the song of mankind.
The ancients told that the halcyOn, a
beautiful aquatic bird, had its nest on
the seas breast, a little floating palace
around which the water was always
calm and sweet. Halcyon, or alcyoD.
was the kingtisher, it is supposed, but
we now know every species of this
bird, and none of them builds it's nest
to drift about on the sea. Indeed, as
if to make the contrast of fact with
fancy as great as possible, most of the
kingfishers dig deep holes in the
ground for their homes.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
An Anecdote of Bach.

The Duke of SaXe-Weimar once invit-
ed John Sebastian Bach, the Nestor Of
German music, to attend a dinner at
the palace. Before the guests sat down
to the feast Bach was asked to give
an improvisation. The composer seat
ed himself at the harpsichOrd and
s~traightway forgot all about dinner
and everything else. He played so long
that at last the duke touched his Shout
der and said, "We are very much
obliged, master, but we must not let
the soup get cold"
Bach sprang to his feet and followed
the duke to the dining room without
uttering a word. But he was scarcely
seated when he sprang up. rushed back
to the instrument like one demented,
struck a few chords and returned to
the dining room, evidently feeling much
better. 81 beg pardon. your highness."
he said, "but you interrupted me in a
series Of chords and arpeggios on the
dominant seventh, and l could not feel
at ease until they were resolved into
the tonic. 1t is as if you had snatched
a glass Of water from the lips of a man
dying of thirst. Now l have drunk the
glass out and am content"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
The Women of Langum,

Woman Supreme-withOut the ballot
And this feather which London An
swers sticks in the cap of woman is no
less brilliant because she Is allowed to
wear it only in the town of Langum.
In that little Welsh village man
neither is nor pretends to be. In other
villages he sometimes pretends to be,
but in this sequestered nook on the
Pembrokeshire coast he is simply An
ME Williams man or Mary Jones
man and recognizes himself as such.
In Langum wOman is the dominating
force in the market; she is the house
hold financier, the family accountant,
and in fact fills all the positions which
in any other community, civilized or
barbaric. are established by precedent
given to man. Whether he of Langum
has resigned or been Invested of all re-
sponsibilities of life is no part of this
story.
There is another important fact in
Langum life-Oysters. The place is ia
nous for them. But Langum oysters
are in no sense rivals of Langum wo-
mankind; their proyerbial dumbness
p%recludes that.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
Falcons In ,Janan.

In the olden times in Japan all the
daimios (similar to the old English
lord) had great sport with falcons, as
they went out to the field to catch other
birds with falcons. The falcons were
tanned well and used to catch large
birds, mostly n When people now
go out hunting with falcons, the men
in charge hold them upon their fin
gers. AS soon as one sees any bird
he lets the falcon rush at the bird; as
soon as the falcon reaches the bird he
bites at the throat and throws the bird
down to the ground. Meanwhile the
holder runs to the place where they are
and catches both Of them.
Falcons are not large birds: but, as
they belong to the eagle family, they
are strong and brave and never afraid
to go at any bird to kill it, but the men
in charge of falcons Of course take
great care in feeding and tanning them.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
He Was a Butcher.

Nov, l rather pride myself on my
ability to read character" said the
man who was given to buying detec-
tive tales, land yet why should |? 1t
is really a very simple thing; requires
nothing but close observation. For in
stance. it is easy to tell a mans occu-
patton. His facial expression. his ac-
tons. even his dress. are stamped by
his daily work. You see that man sit
ting opposite us? Well. | am just as
sure as though he had told me that he
is a barber"
You are mistaken" replied his friend.
''That man is a butcher"
"ImpJssible!" exclaimed the amateur
detective. You never saw d butcher
with slim white hands. like his"
Perhaps not" admitted the other,
but he is a butcher just the same"
How do you know he isY"
How do | know? Why. the scoun-
drel shaved me once Household
Guest.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
A BANK STORY.
An Incident That Startled the Old
Lady of Threadneedle Street.

1900
Some years ago the directors of the
Bank Of England were startled to re-
ceive an invitation to meet an I'M
known man in the strongroom Of the
bank at midnight. "You think you is
all safe hand you bank his safe, but
bank the last 2 mite hand you nose
muffin about it. But l am mott a theaf
SO hif yer will NETT NEE in the great
squar room, with all the moneys, at
twelf 2 mite, lie explain orl to you, let
only thor 2 cum down. and say muffin
to nobody" The strongroom was
guarded the next night in spite of a
disposition to regard the letter as a
hoax by police and-nothing happened.
The next phase Of the mystery was
more astonishing than ever. A heavy
chest of papers and securities taken
from the strongroom arrived at the
bank, with a letter complaining that
the directors had set the police upon
the writer, and that he had therefore
not appeared as he promised, but to
prove that he was neither a thief nor
a fool he sent a chest of papers he had
taken from the bank. Let q few gen.
tlemen be alone in the room, and he
would join them at midnight, said the
writer, and to cut short a long and
strange chapter of bank history. a man
with a dark lantern burst into the
strongroom Of the bank at midnight
after calling from behind the stone
walls for the directors to put out the
lights. He was n of a strange class
of men who gained a living by search
ing the sewer at night, and through
an opening from a sewer he had found
his way into the richest room in the
World.-St. James Gazette.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
"Address as Above"

There is n lawyer in Brooklyn who
will never again make use of Latin
phrases in writing business letters. A
short time ago he had to write a letter
to a client in a neighboring city regard
ing an important lawsuit that was to
come up before the court in the course
of a few days. The information he So
licited was highly essential to his case.
In writing this epistle he made use Of
a letter head with his printed address
at the top. In closing his letter he sign
ed himself thus, John Langdon. adj
dress ut supra"
After waiting several days for the
reply, which did not come, he again
wrote his procrastinating client and
asked why he had not ooner answered
his first letter. The next day he re-
ceived a reply in which the client said
that he had answered the letter and
addressed it to John Langdon, Ut
Supra, n. Y"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
AN ENGLlSHh,o.~ > WIFE.
She Is Really Her husbands Business
Partner and Acts Ii.

"In England" says Ainslee's Maya
zine, "a mans wife is in reality his
partner, and whether or not the two
are in harmony with each other in af-
lection in all material things they rec
ogniZe that their fortunes are irrevoca-
bly, bound together, that the interests
of both are quite identical and that
each has just as strong u motive for
making things go well as has the other,
since they share equally the labor and
the reward therefrom. They may have
their private disagreements. but they
front the world together. The wife
takes the keenest interest in the most
minute details of everything that af-
fects her husbands welfare. She
knows his income to a penny. She
manages her household as a chancellor
of the eXchequer manages the nations
outlay, so that the annual budget shall
not only avoid q deficit and shall accu-
rately balance. but so that it shall
show a surplus. She will practice a
rigid economy if necessary, and in do
ing so she will feel that she is merely
carrying out her share Of the marriage
contract. 1t is the mans part to make
money; it is her part to help him save
it. She plans nothing for herself apart
from him. She cannot think of him as
in anything apart from her. If he is
In political life. she enters into his am
billions with intelligence and zeal. She
will write his letters for him and en-
terrain his constituents. She will study
the bluebooks and teach herself to I'M
derstand the public questions with
which he has to deal, so that she may
discuss them with him and follow his
career intelIigently. She belongs to
him. in fact. as he belongs to her.
There is not much display of sentiment
in an English household after the first
year of married life has ended, but
there is the bond of a common interest
which grows stronger every day and
every year and which gives to man
and wife a unity of purpose and OF
feeling that will beyond comparison
outlast the cobweb tissues of emotion
aliSm."
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
HIS Only REGRET.
The Great Sorrow That Cons
Bichnt When He Was DYING

n,cbat when He Was Dying
One century ago died Xavier bicnat'
the famous physician and anatomlst'
outbor of "L'Anatomle Generate" he
probably dissected more human corpses
thai any other man in the worlds
history. He established a record when
he opened 625 bodies during one WIN
fer He was not a ~vivlsectionist ana
was wont TO say, II would rather dis
sect two dead people than kill one
chicken"
OF his nerve a tale Is told. When he
Law ON his daathbed, he called his col
leagues TO him and said: Dear friends,
I am done, but what comforts me Is the
fact that my case is a remarkable one.
| have had unusual symptoms for some
DAYS which | have analysed. Ihey
AVE greatly surprised me-" The doc
TORS sought to reassure him. He an
swered that he was under no Illusion
with regard to himself. Il shall die
fairly satisfied with my life and go TO
the grave with only n regret, n
great sorrow"
What is thatP" he was asked. Il
I'M distressed that after death L can
not dissect my own body. l could, L
am certain. have made some beautifui
scientific discoveries" Then he sank
back, murmuring: Il must not think
about it. 1t won't bear thinking or"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
The Strain on Parents.

what is mohair, mammy?" asked
Sally Peterson Jones, looking up from
her slow perusal of the newspaper and
keeping her place on the page with a
dusky forefinger.
Nanny Jones began to rock faster.
"You know wat hair is, l s'pose, dom
you?" she inquired.
"Oh, yas'm." responded Sally prompt
ly.
"Well den, does you know wat a mo
isl" asked her mother rocking still
faster.
NOM" admitted Sally with great
reluctance.
"Well. chile, you can't spec me to
take de place OBJ a matched hist'ry OBJ
animals fo' you," said her mother calm
ly, allowing the rocking chair to slack
en- it's speed. "W'en you've hunted up
de mo in one OBJ your sc%hoolbooks an
know jes' what he looks like, come to
me, an I'll 'splain de rest. But chillen
mus und'take some work on dere own
eddication. shorely. 'Tain't right fo'
payments to do it ALL"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
Training Is NECESSARILY.

The time has come when, to be mas
ter in any line, it requires long years
Of careful training and preparation.
1t is true that the opportunities open
to young men are greater today than
they ever were before: but, ON the
other hand. there never was a period
in the worlds history when the quail
ications requisite for success in any
line of worthy endeavOr were of a
higher character, says Success. The
artisan, the farmer. the business man,
the clergyman, the physician, the law
yer, the scientist, each in his various
rank must prepare to reach up to ever
.enlarSing ideals if he would attain his
full height.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
Burial Alive.
MI IA
Guest.

Though it is possible that cases of
burial of living persons may still occur,
fortunately they are more "a than in
former times. Even the doctors orders
against interment were not always
obeyed. for the Gentleman's Magazine
of 1751 relates the case of Richard
Carson of Hay. Herefordshire. Eng
land, who was supposed to have died,
but a doctor declared that Carson still
lived and ordered that he was not to be
buried. His relatives paid NJ heed to
the injunction, and the body was COM
mitted to the grave next day. A per-
son passing through the ~churchyard
heard a noise and prevailed ON the
clerk to open the grave. where the
supposed corpse was found in Il pro-
fuse sweat and bleeding at the nose.
Unfortunately the man was beyond re-
covery and SOon died,
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
"a MONTANA BLUFF"
How Four Troopers MADE seventy-
Ave F1Iipinos Flee.


What is regarded as one of the tallest
bluffs on record furnished Captain Ed
gar Russell, chief signal officer in the
Philippines during the instruction,
with a story which he told as an exam
pie of western nerve
"We were outside of Manila in some
little scrap" said the captain, "and
about seventy-tive natives were lying
in a trench ahead of us, shooting away
merrily, but not hitting anybody. By
our front. Presently four Montana
troopers trotted out of our lines and
started straight for the Filipinos. Ev-
erybody looked at them with wonder
and waited to see them all killed. Bull
lets whistled all around them, but they
never halted. Slowly, just at a trot,
they logged on toward the enemy. The
natives fired and fired, but for some
unknown reason did not hit. On and
on went the quartet. d%isdaining cover.
At last there was a shout, and to our
utter establishment we beheld the sew
enty-Itve Filipinos suddenly jump out
of their trenches and take to their
heels in mad flight. The nerve of the
Montana troopers was too much for
them. When they had all fled, throw
ing their rifles away as they ram, the
troopers came back. their arms full of
guns. That is what the army called a
Montana bluff It's the sort of nerve
that lets a man open a jackpot on a
pair Of deuces."-New York Tribune.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
She Will Keen Her Word.

When Grandmother Pettingill makes
up her mind, she is as firm as a rock.
Nothing a move her. Perhaps it was
on this account that when she returned
from the celebration of the one hun
dredth anniversary Of the settlement
of Shrubville and made such a deter
mined declaration nobody attempted
to influence her.
I've been there. and it's over with"
she said, land now I'm home safe aft
er all the noise and bands and scared
horses and crying children and men
making speeches. | want to tell you
one thing. shan't ever go to another
centennial in Shrubville. no matter
what the circumstances are and no
matter who asks me. You children
may as well bear that in mind"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
THE Y OF BEEF.
He In o Man of Consequence About
the Stockyards.

The buyer occupies a position OF con-
sequence in the stockyards community.
He is an expert, usually a a OF mid
die age, who has obtained his educa-
ton and technical ability partly in the
packing houses and partly on the ranch.
An experienced buyer is likely to re-
ceive q salary of $4,000 to $1,000 a
year, and he is worth all of that, for on
his ability to tell by a moments in
spectiOn what quality Of beef will be
produced by a steer that he nev be-
fore laid eyes on depends primarily the
excellence of the product issued by his
house and hence the increase Of its
business.
The buyers work is not arduous, and
to all appearance his task is a simple
one. He walks along the fat board
laid along the top Of the fence, glanc-
ing keenly at the cattle In the different
pens. Some he passes by without a
pause, others he stops to inspect more
closely, and occasionally he displays
his interest in a group by asking a
question or two of the man in charge.
Long experience enables him at a
glance to distinguish between a grass
fed steer and a corr fed steer, to de-
eide whether an animal is entitled to
be classed as fancy" good" or 'com-
mon" and to guess within a few pounds
of an animals exact weight by glanc-
ing at him. The buyer makes his pur-
chases ION the hoof," paying the mar
ket price ruling for the day for the
grade in which it is decided each group
Of cattle belongs. In a few words the
transaction is completed, and the buy
er's interest in the affair is ended
Leslie's Monthly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
Row to PrOlong Life.

The following rules for warding off
death have been compiled with great
care for the Modern Miller by experts,
and meet with the Endorsement of the
most competent medical authorities in
the world:
Never step into an elevator hatchway
when the car is not there.
Dc not permit yourself to be run over
by Il street car or railroad train.
Under no circumstances allow q
brick to drop from the top of a build
ing on to your head.
Be careful not to be in a place when
a bolt of lightning strikes it.
Never fall from the top of a high
building.
Do not take hold of Il live electric
wire. Both you and the wire cannot
remain alive.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
Why He Laughed.

Rylands. who had purchased a new
horse warranted to be quiet to ride and
in harness and a good trotter to boot,
had invited a friend to accompany him
for a trial drive.
They had not gone very far when
the horse bolted. al against a heap of
stones lying in the road and pitched
both occupants violently into the lane.
When they recovered, the horse had
disappeared. leaving the buggy shaft
less and a heap of w~reckage. Rylands
began to roar
What on earth are you laughing
at?" dejectedly inquired the friend.
"Why. the fellow who sold me that
horse lent me the buggy!'-New York
Times.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-10-17
Instincts That Lead to Death.

Professor Mivart proved hat there
are instincts" that lead to death by
failing to adapt themselves to a change
of circumstances. Migratory quail by
thousands perish in the deserts of
northern Africa, where their ancestors
sort, Astounding with forests and even
with grainfields. if we shall credit
Pliny's account of the Numidian coast
lands. The forests are gone, but myri-
ads of quail still follow in the same
route at the risk of starvation.