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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-02-12

|: The Santa Juanita Club will meet q
the home of Mrs. Annie Dennison Sat
urday afternoon.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-02-12

Chas j. Anderson made final proof
before County Clerk Larson Monday
upon his homestead near Richardson.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-02-12

Churchill's dock, which was badly
damaged some weeks ago by the
steamer Garland, was repaired this
week.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-02-12
Local Newe Briefs

The Ladies' Guild met Tuesday af
ternoon at Mrs. Gouid's.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-02-12

Il. COghlan has been quite I'll durin
the past week at the Cowell linn
works.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
MR.. sCHwAB's SCHOOL.

Mr.. Charles II. Schwab, president OF
the United States Steel Corporation.
has begun TO distribute his wealth. \
free Industrial school at Homestead.
Pa. that was built by him was dedi-
Gated yesterday. The occasion was q
great one in that town All OF the
great steel mills were closed. and the
people turned out TO take part in the
ceremonies.
The building cost s125, 600, and the
school IS endowed, so that those who
attend it viii do 50 free of charge. It
IS thoroughly equipped with everything
necessary in acquiring an industrial
education Even girls are taught to
cook
When Mr.. Schwab was superintend-
ent of the Homestead steel mills the
thought came to him that an indus
trial school would be just such an in
stitution as the town needed. His idea
was then than every child should have
an opportunity TO acquire an industrial
education by the time his or her educa-
ton was completed in the high school
And he established the institution
which was formally opened yesterday
with that purpose in view.
1t may be said that Mr.. Schwab made
the most of his money at Homestead
or at least laid the foundation of his
fortune there, and that in giving the
school he did but an act of justice to
the people of the town, the most of
.@F ptTf
that is not a fair way to look at the
matter. Mr. Sehwab no doubt made
the money he has honestly, and he is
under no obligations to use it for the
benefit of the people of Homestead.
That he has decided to use some of it
in that way is greatly to his credit.
He has a great deal more money than
he needs, and doubtless he sometimes
finds it difficult to invest it satisfac-
torily.
He can invest it in no better way,
however, than in putting it in indus
trial schools. He may not get any re-
turns in gold or silver, but the con-
seriousness of having assisted hundreds,
perhaps thousands Of boys and girls to
prepare themselves to make a living
will give him more satisfaction than
coupons or cash or dividends.
The time may come when here in the
South we shall have men rich enough
to give industrial schools and provide
for their support. Indeed, it looks as
| If it were not distant. We have indus
1 trial schools, of course, and they are in
a flourishing condition, but We have
/ no men rich enough TO establish and
support a great industrial school with
| out help from others. It is good
thing that the rich men of the country
are distributing their wealth in ways
that are helpful to the masses rather
| than boarding it.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
BRIGHT BITS.

Yes, gentlemen, all I am in the
world I owe to my wife"
IF that's all you owe you're mighty
lucky. Plain Dealer.
Blink: What kind of cigar is that,
old man?
Blank: It's called THE Soldier
Boy"
Blink HIM! I notice it belongs to
the ranks.-Chicago Daily News.
Rev. x. Horter: Shame on you!
You're drunk half the time Why don't
you do BETTER
Lushman: Can't afford it. It costs
money to be drunk all the time.-Phil-
adelphia Press.
Mrs. Chugwater: Josiah, do you
believe there's anything in palmistry?
Mr.. Chugwater: Yes; I have been
told that some palmists get as high
as hundred dollars week out of it,
Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Newrocks: What sort of folks
are the Bluebloods next door, Marian?
Mrs. Newrocks (patronizingly):
Pleasant; but they must be frightful-
~ hard up. They haven't got any me-
chanical attachment for their piano
and have to play it by hand.-Judge.
-W:gger: But when their boat cap
sized, how did it happen that you gave
your attention to saving the man in
stead of the woman?
Brandt: A man, you know, wouldn't
feel it. encumbent upon him to want
to marry me to show his gratitude
Boston Transcript.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
Mark Twain's Courtship.

Mrs. Samuel Clemens was Miss Oil
via Langdon, says the New York Trib-
une. For some years before she met
Mr.. Clemens. she had been confined to
her bed with what was believed to
be an incurable disease; but she was
at length miraculously restored to
health. The cure was the sensation of
Elmira, n. Y, and young Clemens,
then a newspaper reporter, was sent
there to interview Miss Langdon on
her recovery.
He obtained the interview for his
newspaper, and brought back impress
sions of more value to himself.
Miss Langdon's parents were at first
strongly opposed to the young news
paper man. and, for his part, his timid-
ity, so it is solemnly said, stood in the
way of the progress of his suit. But
finally he screwed up courage to speak
to Mr.. Langdon, and one morning tim
idly entered his future father-in-law'S
private Office, where that man was
seated at work.
Mr.. Langdon-have you-noticed
anything -between-your daughter
and-me?"
No" shouted the Directing parent,
wheeling sharply around so as to get
a full view of hissvisitor.
WELL" said the young man, as he
turned to the door ready for instant
fight, IF you-keep a-sharp-lookout
-yOu-WIIIl'
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17

Justice F. E. Duncan of Des Moines,
Iowa, gained some experience and in
cidentally lost 81 TO a prominent GRIM
inal lawyer recently, says the Green
Bag. The lawyer dropped into the JUS
tice court one day.
Are you ready to take up the Ada
Lakewood case?" asked the court.
Didn't know it was set for to-day -
replied the attorney. Thought it was
down for tomorrow"
mo, it was set for to-day and the
witnesses are here.
well, let's put it off until to-mor-
row. we are not ready" pleaded the
lawyer.
Can't do that" ruled the court.
Wen take the states testimony to-
day, and you can put your witnesses on
tomorrow"
But l don't want to do that"
well, you'll have to do it,
Bet you dollar you don't take the
states testimony" said the lawyer.
Guess we will if I say So"
rs the bet still good?"
Yes; I'll take it"
And the money was put up.
The witnesses for the state in the
case against Ada Lakewood will rise
and be sworn" ordered the court.
NO you don't" retorted the law
yer. I'VE waive examination and will
go to the grand jury. Give me the two
dollars"
And the court turned over the money.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
CLEVELAND A FRUITFUL TOPIC.

q
The politicians and the newspapers
are finding Mr. Cleveland and his sup
posed candidacy for the presidential
nomination Of his party a fruitful sub
5ect Of political gossip and news. In
pretty nearly all parts of the country
men prominent in public life are Civ
ing their opinion Of Mr.. Cleveland and
his chances for being at the head of
his party's ticket in 1904. Even Sena-
tor Quay, the Republican boss Of Penn
sylyania. couldn't Withstand the temp
tation Of expressing his opinion as 10
what course Mr.. Cleveland should pur-
sue II he really wants to be a presi-
Dental candidate. He must not ap-
pear too eager for it," says the astute
Mr.. Quay. He should put himself in
the position Of a receptive candidate.
He should say positively that he is not
candidate, and then, If he should
become candidate, he would develop
in the convention. do not see much
chance for him if he should engage
in fight for the nomination. since
he is a leader of one of the factions
of his party, but If he gets the nomi-
nation it must come to him on a silver
platter" A majority Of the politicians
win doubtless agree that Senator Quay
is about right.
Hon. Henry Watterson has taken
a new view of Mr.. Cleveland's sup
posed candidacy. He says: THE milk
in the Cleveland cocoanut is ]. Pier
pont Morgan, and when Morgan puts
his hand to a job be 1t a railway
merger a ship combine or a presden-
tial boom, it were well that prudent
men made note of It," Has Mr.. Wat
terson guessed it? He thinks he has.
1t is his opinion that Mr.. Morgan and
other financiers propose to make Mr..
Cleveland the Democratic candidate,
prt up the money necessary to enable
him to carry New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut and the one other electoral
vote necessary to elect, relying on the
solid South, reduced to a choice be-
tween Roosevelt and Cleveland, to take
Cleveland.
All this makes interesting reading.
AS to the amount of truth there is in
1t, each reader can form his own opin-
ion. In the meantime Mr.. Cleveland
is fishing, and keeping his own coun-
sci. Doubtless the speculations of Mr..
Quay, Mr.. Watterson and hundreds of
others just as prominent amuse him as
he bats his hook.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
PERSONAL.

Edward A Caraway, now a gov
ernment police officer at the Charleston
navy yard. has just begun the fifty
second year OF his service as an en-
ploye of the Navy Department. He Is
now 81 years old. AT one time Mr..
Caraway served in the famous squad
ron OF Commodore Perry, whose ships
remained in Eastern waters until
March 8, 1894, when the treaty opening
the ports of Japan to the world was
signed.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, dean of
the Washington College of Law at
Washington, d. c., is one of the ablest
lawyers in the United States. She is
the daughter of Plat r. Spencer. au-
thor of the Spencerian system of pen
manshlp, and was associated with her
father in law practice. Mrs Mussey
was instrumental in securing from Con-
gress the bill giving mothers in the
District of Columbia the same right to
their children as the fathers; also Civ
ing married women the right to do bus
mess and to control their own earn
ings.
Empress Eugene was never really
popular with the French, not even dur
ing the first years of the second en-
pire, before she began to NEEDLE with
affairs of state, and in many incisive
ways the Parisians heaped ridicule up
on her. curious little pamphlet with
text and illustrations about the new
Empress was sold in Paris at the time
of her marriage. This pamphlet was
entirely complimentary and harmless.
The biting humor of it was on the title
page, which the vendors went about
crying in the streets: THE portrait and
virtues of the Empress, all for 2 sous!"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
A Complete Disgnise.

The native OF Indiana was making
hurried preparations TO fee from the
authorities, says the Chicago Tribune.
i shall adopt a disguise that will
deceive the keenest sleuth," he con-
fded TO his friends.
What viii you do? Shave of your
Whiskers?'
Toying lovingly with his elegant
bunch Of breeze coaxers, he respond
Cd:
NO. Not that
Dye your hair?"
80. no.
Adopt the costume of foreign
country"
No"
What then?"
Il shall not write a single poem or
story from this day on. l shall never
be 'seen with inkstains on my fingers.
I shall be as innocent Of knowledge
of the use of a typewriter as a pratt
Ting babe. 1 shall not even pronounce
my words as if they were misspelled.
I shall not know the best selling novel
from a bale of hay"
Weeping that he could thus ruth
lessly abandon all trace of being
Hoosier, his friends, however, were
compelled TO admire his shrewdness.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17

Say, old man." said the travelling
salesman, according to the Chicago
Record-Herald, what became of that
peach of a stenographer you had the
last time 1 was here? don't see why
you ever let her get away. I've been
looking forward for six months to the
joy of getting another smile from her.
She was all right. If I'd been in your
place I'd have had a piano in here
for her and made arrangements to
have our meals brought up. You ought
TO have seen the sad look she gave
me that morning l told you 1 didn't
expect to get around this way again
for a year. l felt mad at myself for
making her so unhappy. Where is
she?''
She's married"
to hear that. Got some bald-headed
old chump with money, 1 suppose
''Well, he's able to make ends meet"
"Pshaw! When did it happen?"
About six weeks ago"
That's just my luck. I intended to
make this trip in March, but our Bos-
ton man got sick and 1 had to go
down there. Say why did you let it
come to that, anyway"
Il couldn't help it. You see, she
gave me few smiles like the one you
refer to, and my heart was touched
Won't you come out to the house and
have dinner with us? / know she'd be
glad to see you"
Thanks, no. I've got to catch an
early train for st. LOUIS
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
TILE RIRLE TRUST.

Not even the sacred scriptures are
safe from the rapacity of the trusts.
It is the theory of Christianity that
salvation shall be free, and religion
just as nearly free as may be possible
Running expenses are to be met, of
course, but it is the exception to find
religion being worked for profit. The
Bible trust is one exception. 1t is said
there are just seven big Bible pub
fishing houses in the United States.
For twenty years, up to within the
past few weeks, no page of a Bible
had been newly set in type. The print
ing of the books was all done from
plates made twenty years ago, the va
rious sets of plates being the property
of the seven firms referred to.
Eight months or so ago meeting
of the Bible printing firms was held
in New York. for the purpose of form
ing a combine. 1t was asserted that
Bibles were being sold too cheaply;
that the publishers were not making as
much money out of the business as
they could if they entered into an
agreement. There is a big and steady
demand for Bibles. The good book is
a household necessity. No family of
Christian antecedents and religious
proclivities cares to set up housekeep-
ing without a Bible. With these and
other facts in view, the publishers
thought it was high time for them to
follow the lead of other industries,
form a trust and enjoy more Of the
profits of the piping times of prosper
ity. Six of the seven firms subscribed
to the agreement. and prices of Bibles
were promptly advanced 10 to so per
cent, according to the paper and bind
ing. Visions of profits, not thoughts of
piety, were in the minds of the trust
makers.
One of the seven firms, a Chicago
concern, declined to enter the trust;
not for religious reasons. however, but
because it was content with a less per-
centage of profit and saw an opportun-
ity for increasing its income by re-
naming Independent and fighting the
trust. This Chicago firm has recently
made several sets of new plates, in
various sizes of type, and announces
that it will undersell the trust. The
prospect for a cut rate war in Bibles.
for time at least, is quite good.
Bibles may even become as cheap as
biscuits. But in the end it is likely
that the trust will win, as trusts have
way of winning over independent
concerns, and then even for our Word
we may have to pay an increased trib-
ute TO the trust
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
The Automobile Girl.
From Leslie's Weekly.

IOIu Leslie ) w eehly
There's the girl who is up in the sad
die at six,
In a veil and a habit of blue,
To gather the roses of health for her
While the park is still shining with
dew.
And the girl who is out in the opaline
dawn
And away for a spin on her wheel;
But there is another who leaves them
behind,
The girl in the automobile.
When over the floor of the ballroom
she glides
In the dangerous dance she is fair,
In simmer of satin and glimmer of
pearls,
With a rose dropping low in her
hair.
But see her by day in the coat and
the CAP
Which fashion has stamped with its
seal
And where is the man but surrenders
his heart
To the girl in the automobile!
She matches her speed with the swal-
low above
AS he skins in the blue unconfned,
And gives but a touch to her tireless
machine
And lol she has left him behind.
The wind is a laggard as miles Of the
road
Like silvery ribbons unreel
And Cupid's the chauffeur who sits by
the side
OF the girl in the automobile.
Like the breeze in its flight, or the
passage of light.
or swift as the fall Of a star.
She comes and she goes in a nimbus
of dust.
4 goddess enthroncd on a ear.
The maid OF the motor behold her
erect
With muscles as steady as steel
Her hand on the lever and al,vavs a,
front.
The girl in the automobile.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
THE NEGRO AND THE BALLOT.

Evidences are cropping out all the
time that public opinion in the North
is undergoing a great change on the
question as to whether the negro
ought to have the ballot in the South
Speaking of the negro suffrage expert
ment, the Providence Or. - Journal
says: Most assured1y the experiment
failed. No denial will or can obllr-
crate that fact. The negroes were not
then and are not yet fit for the sur
frage. IT is inevitable that they
should be deprived of it, and any at
tempt to oppose the efforts of the
South to find constitutional means TO
eliminate them from politics will in the
end, be of no avail. 1t win do no more
than complicate and postpone the In
evitable solution of a problem that
ought to be left to the South, which
understands it. to solve it,"
And the Topeka (Kan.) Daily Capital
presents a new thought in connection
with the recent decision OF the United
states Supreme Court IN the Alabama
negro suffrage case. 1t says: Moth
ing IS more apparent than the wish
Of the court TO get out of this tlcklish
situation without expressing an opin-
ion one way on the other upon the right
and power Of the people OF Alabama 70
giolate the Fifteenth amendment" The
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
A DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.


The movement in behalf OF a De-
{ partment Of Health in this state, which
has the support OF the Medical Asso-
citation. appears 10 be meeting with a
great deal OF favor. As is well known
there is a bill pending in the Legisla-
ture creating such department. II
is probable. however. that il viii re-
quire many changes before il viii have
the approval OF the legislature and Of
the public. In shaping the bill atten-
ton. no doubt, viii be given 10 similar
institutions in other states, and from
the best Of them one wiH be modelled
for this state which VIII meet the
states needs.
That Department OF Health is
greatly needed IL Georgia 10 one who
is acquainted with the situation win
deny. II is true. Of course. that The
state has been getting along without
sucn a department. and could continue
20 get along. but Al the sacrifice OF
much that is 70 its best interests.
Georgia Is one u the few states OF
the Union that haven't a Department Of
Health. That feet alone is a strong
argument in favor Of a department. Of
that kind. Nearly all OF the other
states would not be provided with such
an institution if its BENEFITS were not Of
q character 10 practically commend
it as necessity.
II is unnecessary to call attention to
the many and important duties which
a Department Of Health is required TO
perform. BY naming one it will become
apparent 70 every citizen who is pre-
pared TO give the matter thoughtful
consideration that such a department
would be OF almost incalculable value
The one in question is the looking after
cases Of contagious diseases in local.
ties where there are no local boards Of
health. no hospital accommodations
and no sanitary regulations.
Every few years there IS an epidemic
OF smallpox in one or more Of the
counties, and if not an epidemic at
least a few scattering cases. There is
no one whose duty it is 10 look after
these cases and see to 1t that they do
not become the sources Of epidemics.
In the villages and farming districts
the people are unable to enforce san
itary regulations. Indeed they have
no special means Of handling cases Of
contagious diseases. There IS a pan
icky feeling and sometimes the very
things are done that ought not 70 be
the disease. If there were a Depart
ment Of Health the cases would be
taken in hand at once, and proper
measures adopted to prevent the spread
Of the disease.
There is a great deal to be said In
behalf Of a Department of Health, and
much more will be said when the
measure comes before the Legislature
for its action.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Montgomery Advertiser (Dem.)
says: THE Chicago Tribune notes
that Booker Washington never seems
to have any trouble with his white
neighbors in Tuskegee.' We beg to
inform the Tribune that well disposed
negroes rarely have any trouble with
their white neighbors anywhere in
Alabama"
The Chattanooga Times (Dem.) says:
'Mr. Bryan is responsible for his own
downfall Not satisfied with the re-
buke the people twice administered to
him and his fads, he is determined
that neither the party nor its future
nominee shall have an opportunity, if
he can prevent it, or restoring Democ-
racy to public favor and esteem"
The New York Commercial Qnd9
says: The Russian government should
let go of Manchuria long enough to
educate its own masses to a degree of
tolerance. at least, of the lives of 9TH
ers. 1t is not so strange that Chris
tians should be slaughtered in Turkey.
but it is strange that Jews should
be murdered by wholesale in a Chris
tian country"
Discussing the Dick military law and
the opposition to it, the Charleston
Post CDem.) says: "The militiamen
are drawing this matter too fine. Ger
tainly they should be ready and willing
60 give their services to their country
ia time of need and surely they can
trust their country not to trife with
their patriotism and be assured that
the call VIII not come except in time
Of need n Is their country after all
they are going 10 serve, very much
more than II rs the Presidents The
President Is their military commander.
but he is also their civil servant"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17

idea OF the Kansas paper is that the
Supreme Court feels that public sen
timent Is changing in regard TO negro
suffrage I'm the South. and II does not
want 70 oppose that sentiment n
other words. the idea OF the Kansas
paper is that the Supreme Court fol-
lows public sentiment in its decisions
The foregoing extracts from Two
widely separated Northern papers in
dicate the change that Is taking place
in the North in respect TO negro sur
frage in the South. Assuming thai
these indications are correct, there IS
no proba bility that an effort VIII be
made in Congress 10 restore the ballot
70 the negro in those states which have
deprived him Of it nor viii there be
successful effort 10 reduce the South's
representa- ton