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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-19
ONLY A COPPER.

When a ruling passion gets tyran-
nical, it is time for it in turn to be
overruled. Lippincott's Magazine says
that a pompous old gentleman in a
New York railway station was buying
his ticket for Chicago, when he drop
ped cent. Didn't you lose some
Of your changer" asked the ticket
agent.
Yes, it was only copper, but"
He adjusted his glasses and bent
over in search Of the missing coin. One
or two of the bystanders joined him.
How much did you drop?" asked
one.
'-Oh, only a copper; still"
He bent lower, and peered under
seat.
Curious how money will disappear,
he said. 'Of course copper is only
a trifle- Excuse me, sir, may l trou-
BILE you to move your satchels? Pos
sibly the coin may have rolled behind
them. 1t was only"
81 think it rolled under that seat
over therew called man near by.
ooh it did? Thank you"
He dropped ON his knees and peered
under the seat. His glasses fell off,
and he readjusted them, struck a
match, burrowed under the seat, and
then rose to his feet, wiped the dust
from his trousers, and said to a lady:
Excuse me, madam, but l think
the coin NAV have rolled I'm This direc-
ton. Would you take the trouble to
rise? 1t was only a copper, but"
The woman changed her seat and he
resumed his peering. Then a man
said:
II don't think it rolled in this direc-
ton. Isn't that 1t over there against
the baseboard?"
"Ah, perhaps it Isl I'll see. No, this
is just a brass button. OF course
copper is the merest trifie, but"
He pulled out his watch, glanced at
1t and then at the clock on the wall.
Then he hurried to the window and
asked the ticket seller, when did you
say that train went to Chfcagof"
-Four fifteen, sir. Went just mo-
ment ago.
ut did? Then I'm left, and all on
account Of Still, a copper's cop.
per- 1t isn't very much, but"
And he began to search for it gain
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-19
CONCEIT OF THE SOMALl
His Good Opinions of Himself Are the
Subjects of His Songs.


Subjects of His Songs.
Perhaps the most remarkable charac.
teristic of the natives of Somaliland is
their unbounded preposterOus conceit.
Englishmen who know their language
have been appalled, by it. When water
ing his camel or his horse the Somali
encourages the animal to drink by
chanting to 1t in q monotone. 1t Is at
such moments Of extemporary effusion
that the man shines in all his glory.
The subject matter may be the expert
ences of the days march, the virtues Of
the animal beside him, the charms Of
his latest wife, or his own proves in
some bloodless tribal raid. BY great
good fortune the following literal trans
lation of one of these chants or songs
came into my possession, and insert
1t without any comment:
''Will you see a man? Then behold
me! l am a Somali, as perfect in size
and form as Adam was after God had
breathed into him his immortal soul.
Look how beautiful my curly hair is,
and how majestic look when wrapped
from head to foot In my snOwwhite or
jungle-colored tobe, although there be
sometimes only one pie "a small piece
of money! tied to it. My house is the
desert, and am born free man. Free
as the wind! l know neither king nor
master. l am as Adam was, my own
master and king. In the jungle l tend
my camels and sheep my only labor is
TO watch them feed. In my kerrier,
my wife, my dear slave, does all the
manual work, while tending my off
spring, and woe to her If she forgets
to prepare my evening meal. The jedal
whip shall then have it's turn to make
her remember for next day. In such
state is any man happier than I?''
Golden Penny.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-19
Cents Are Found Useful

Ten years ago cents were little uSed
In California and the South and were
practically unknown in Nevada, wy
oming and Arizona, but to-day the!
circulate everywhere for the henebt OF
The slot ma chimes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-19

:. Miss Cannon, Sec'y Detroit
Amateur Art Association. fail,
young women what TO do -
avoid pain and suffering causs n
by female troubles.
II can conscientiously recouu,
Lydia e. Pinkham's Ve~a4nsena
Compound to those of NV s; "oie
suffering with female weakness ,' sAs
the troubles which so often ba sau
women. / suffered for months w;.l
general weakness and felt so wo.s
that / had hard work to keen mn
had shooting pains and was ptta,,I
miserable. In my distress was ID,
vised to use Lydia E. Pinkham,.
Vegetable Compound, and il wa:
a red letter day to me when took A.
first DOSE for at that time nv resto-.'
ton began. In six weeks l was .
changed woman, perfectly well IN
every respect. felt so elated and
happy that I want all women who
suffer to get well as / did."-M~
GUILA CANNON, $50 Jones st., Detroit
Corresponding Sec'y Mich. Amateur
Art Association $4,000 forfeit n o,iofr,,,,
aboUe letter proving gsnufneness Garnet BE- p,oducs5
1t is clearly shown in this
young lady's letter that Lydia d,
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
will surely cure the sufferings Of
women; and when one considers
that Miss GannOn's letter is only
one of hundreds which we have, the
great virtue Of Mrs. Pinkham's meda
cine must be admitted by all.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-19

The average man doesn't care
about steady work If he only has u
steady job.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-01
HORSES, CARRIAGEss-WANTED

BARRETT zIMMERNAN, MIDWAY HORSE
Market st. Paul will buy horses. wagons
alld harncsse at all times.
WANTED-soUND YOUNG DRIVING HORSE,
safe for lady: weight 200 or over: afraid
OF nothing. b. u. Webster. sol: Phoenix bldg.
a GOOD SADDLE HoRsE; MUST WEIGHT
i 900 lbs and not lie over s years old. Ad-
dress 1888, Journal.
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LOST AND FOUND

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ToUND-A FINE PAIR OF READING GLASSES, (
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IL PERSON WHO TOOK JEWELERS. BOX
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ccive reward and NO questions asked.
LosT-DUPLICATING sALEsMAN'S BOOK;
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LosT-TUEsDAY MORNING, LIGHT GRAY
jacket, with red silk lining; lost on tLyndale
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W. Little 215 Syndicate Arcade rs
FoUND-THAT WE REPAIR ALL GASOLINE
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mowers locks, umbrellas; will repair anything.
Shop els 1st sav s.
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232 Boston block.
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AHnMMr swhere y0urp proposition H
49, xBOA&9E.D when y0up 4 w
HELP WANTED-MALE

EXPERIENCED GROCERY DELIVERY MAN.
Must have references. NJ. III. Harris grocery
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WANTED-FIVE GOOD NoN-UNIoN CAR.
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WANTED--A SINGLE MAN TO FIRE BOILER
for two weeks and do garden work, In summer
Also man to take care OF horses; man that can
work only need apply. Loafers not wanted
Call Wrestling greenhouses. HenHepin and 36th
SHORTHAND IN FORTY DAYS MEANS SOME.
thing at the Syllable College, 50l-3-a Dayton
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FOR RENT
Unfurnished Houses.

$40 MONTH, ROOMS AND BATH, STRICTLY
modern, antique oak finish and hardwood floors
throughout; hot water heating hot water all
the year; laundry tubs, open plumbing, janitor.
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2749 HENNEPIN, 10 ROOMS, MODERN, DE-
tached house: hardwood floors, sewer, laundry.
$40 Finance Company, $40 Temple Court.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12

Tense. With ninety-nine travellers out Of
every hundred who carry pistols it is u mere
pretext. But thousands of others not trav-
elers who carry pistols have not even this
ftimsy pretext to cover a practice that is
based on cowardice and is a prolific cause of
crime.
Former Attorney General Taylor deserves
credit for speaking strongly on this subject
before the State Bar Association and for
proposing a remedy. His proposition, by the
way, was conspicuous for being the only
practical suggestion made at the meeting
for the suppression or diminution of crime.
Mr.. Taylor pointed out a and in
consistency in the law when he said: I'VE
punish 9 man for carrying concealed weap-
ons and yet allow the sale thereof without
regulate the sale Of pistols and to declare
them contraband and subject TO confsca-
ton when found in the possession of any
person not clearly authorized by law to car
~ them. Mr.. Taylor said:
There is no law in Indiana making pistols
contraband when found in the pockets of
highwaymen. There is no authority for
their destruction. The sandbagger is caught
with a pistol in his pocket, and if fined the
pistol must be handed back to him for fur
Their use. If he is sent to prison the pistol,
ebony-handled and glistening from use. Is
sold to the boy for use again. From three
TO five hundred pistols a year are taken
from the pockets of men arrested in this
city. There is now an armory OF two hum
dred pistols at the police station. Yet under
the law there is no power to declare them
contraband. They are put up at auction and
sold for a trifie to be used again, and thus
we go round and round.
The law might go even further than Mr..
Taylor suggests. 1t might not only regu-
late the sale of pistols and declare them
contraband when found in unauthorized
hands. but it might require every purchaser
of a pistol to be registered and to pay an
annual license or tax for the privilege of
carrying it. Whatever would tend to make
the purchase, ownership or carrying Of a
pistol difficult or expensive would be in the
direction of reform.
The pistol-carrying practice is doubly vi
cious, first because it is cowardly and de-
moralizing in itself, and second, because it
is q violation of law. 1t is the main cause
of most of the murders and homicides that
occur in the State and a contributing cause
to every riot and ARRAY. AS the law stands,
| it is difficult to enforce, and the courts wink
at its violation. Mr.. Taylor's suggestion in
regard to regulating the sale of pistols and
making them contraband and destructible
by law is worth considering and remember
ing. 1t would be at least a step in the di-
| rection of putting an end to one prolific
| cause of crime.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12

During the trial of Knapp, the wife
murderer, at Hamilton, o.. his counsel at
tempted to sustain the plea of insanity by
evidence that the changes of the moon have
an effect on the minds of insane persons.
A medical expert was introduced who gave
some color to the theory, and then counsel
offered to introduce a copy Of the almanac
for 1902 which gave the moons phases dur
ing the entire year. The State objected,
but the court overruled the objection and
the almanac was introduced, showing that
on Dec. 81, the day before Knapp strangled
his wife. the moon had changed from full
to the last quarter. 1t was claimed that
this affected the DEFENDANTS diseased mind
to such an extent that he had an epileptic
fit, lost control of himself and murdered his
wife. The court allowed this evidence to
go to the Jury, and, of course. the defend
ants counsel made the most of it in his
argument. 1t is such ''monkeying' with
justice that brings courts into contempt and
begets lynching.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
RELIGION OF THE YOUNG.

Complaint is often made that young peo-
pie in these modern days are without re-
ligion, little effort being made at home or
in school to instill religious principles into
them. A test made among the students of
Bowdoin College by President Hyde of that
institution hardly sustains the assertion.
President Hyde asked each member of a
class of sixty students to state as exactly
as possible both his belief and his unbelief,
and to define as far as possible what he be-
lieved and the sense in which he rejected
the things he did not believe. President
Hyde then reduced these sixty repnes to a
composite creed, putting into it everything
what some of them had denied; aiming in
this way to get a class creed to which each
individual member would assent. He dis
tributed copies of this composite document.
and after discussion and modification a
creed was adopted by unanimous vote. The
expression of belief thus evolved reads
thus:
1 believe in one God, present in nature
as law, in science as truth. in art as beau
~ ~ llO os III OSA1& a. s1A Al
pathy. in conscience as duty, and supreme
ly in Christ as our highest ideal.
I believe in the Bible as the expression of
Gods will through man; in prayer as the
devotion of mans will to God; and in the
church as the fellowship Of those who try
to do Gods will in the world.
/ believe in worship as the highest inspi-
ration to work; i'm sacrifice as the price
we must pay TO make right what is wrong;
in salvation as growth out of selfishnsss
into service; in eternal life as the survival
of what loves and is lovable in each in
dividual: and in judgment as the obvious
fact that the condition of the gentle, the
generous, the modest, the pure and the
true is always and everywhere preferable
to that of the cruel, the sensual, the mean,
the proud and the false.
This is not the creed Of theological stu
dents, but of a senior class of students from
average homes, and with the religious in
~struction gained in such homes and in
their school and college life. 1t varies In
some respects from the orthodox evangeli-
cal creed, but not in essential respects. 1t
certainly embodies religious principles suf-
fciently safe and strong to live by-and
what more is needed? If the senior classes
of all colleges can accept this as their own
there is no cause for worry over their re-
ligfoh.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12

nothing on record to show the fact. The
report Of the commission submitted to the
next Legislature, stated that pursuant to
proclamation of the Governor it had met
at the home Of William Conner, on the
west fork OF White river, and had selected
four sections of land, describing them. The
report said: I'm discharging their duty to
the State the undersigned have endeavored
to connect with an eligible site the advanta-
ges OF a Davigable stream and fertility Of
soil. while they have not been unmindful Of
the geographical situation OF the various
as IT regards both the present and future
interests of its citizens" The report was
unanimous and there was nothing in it to
indicate any difference Of opinion among
the commissioners as to the site. The re-
port shows tina they were governed partly
by geographical considerations and partly
by the fact that White river below Fall
creek was or was supposed TO be a naviga-
. BILE stream. Strawtown would not have
filled either Of these conditions. In his next
annual message to the Legislature Cover
nor Jennings said: "Since the last session,
and in conformity to the provisions of an
act of the Legislature. the commissioners
selected TO locate the lots of ground granted
TO this state on condition that our future
and permanent site for the seat of govern
ment should be thereon located, were by
proclamation requested TO meet on the I'D
L. 80 IN, 1o.% nHoy ront ananrdinOfF and
1t should be a source of much public sat-
isfaction that they discharged their duty
with unanimity, and it is believed to the
satisfaction of the different sections of the
State" 1t will be noticed that the Governor
said the commission had discharged its
duty with unanimity. The report of the
commission was accepted and on Jan. 6, 1871,
the Legislature, still sitting at C~orydon,
passed an act appointing commissioners to
LAY off a town on the site selected for the
permanent seat of government" One
section of this act provided that 1.-The said
town laid out as the permanent seat of gov
eminent for the State of Indiana shall be
called and known by the name of Indianap-
oils" There was considerable discussion
over the name of the new capital. The
name of Tecumseh, the Indian chief. was
warmly advocated by some. One member
of the Legislature proposed Suwarrow,
though why nobody knew. Other names
were proposed, discussed and rejected. un-
til finally Indianapolis was decided on. 1t
was a happy selection and has fully vindi-
Gated itself.
The tradition which says that Indianapo-
lis only won over Strawtown because q
| member of the commission who favored
that site had gone fishing should have stat
ed what bait he used, whether he caught
anything or not. and what he said when
he returned and found the matter of select
ing a site had been settled in his absence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12

position as head of the family and that his
likely to assume the role of injured hus-
band, though his absence, unlike that of the
Tennyson martyr. has been wholly volun-
tary. Singularly enough, too, the wife in
such case is frequently disposed 10 accede
to his requirements and take him back and
no questions asked-a proceeding that OBJ
viously leaves the second husband in an
awkward position. but which is conceded by
popular opinion to be quite the natural
and proper course on her part.
Accounts differ in regard to Mrs. Olsen,
one relating that after the railroad acct
dent of twenty years ago, In which she was
supposed to have been killed, her mind was
somewhat unbalanced and she wandered
to France" forgetful of her family ties.
Another gives nc hint of a lack of mental
balance or OF lost memory but simply
states that after her recovery in the hos
pital she went abroad with wealthy friends
and until now had never been in the neigh
borhood of her old home. This latteS state
ment indicates the same easy Indifference
and irresponsibility that seem TO affect the
male Enochs, but it may be well TO accept
the first explanation. since a mother would
hardly abandon her children deliberately
for twenty years, whatever might be her at
titude towards their father. This lack of
mental clearness would naturally leave her
in a better position to demand a restoration
of her rights. but Mrs. Olsen differs from
her male prototype in that she shows no
inclination to be re-established as the wife
of Mr.. Olsen. Whether the fact that he
has married twice since she left him dis
enchants her, whether she has formed other
ideals and wonder how in the world she
ever could have fancied Olsen, or whether
she never really did regard him as the
best ~ever"-these things are the secrets of
\ Mrs. Olsen's heart. Whatever is the true
condition of affairs, she has set q COM
mendable example in announcing that she
has no wish to interfere with the third Mrs.
Olsen, but will content herself with the So
ciety of her children. Perhaps, after twenty
years of absence among different scenes
and a foreign people. she may find that
even this is not possible, and that the
companiohship Of her sons and daughters
brought up in Rockford, leaves something
to. be desired. But, at all events; her con-
duct is worthy of praise as compared with
that customary with the long-lost hus-
band on his return. Yet, while she takes
the correct position, her case and its posi-
bilities suggest the desirability of a statute
OF limitations\ in matrimonial matters.
When a husband or wife has been away
from his or her lawful family without ex-
PLANTATION for, say ten years. the abandoned
ones should be released from all bonds. 1t
is true that they can do this nov by going
through the divorce court. but some per-
sons still cherish a prejudice against having
a divorce decree written against their
names and should have freedom of action
| without 1T.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12

these years he has been in good bodily
health and his mental strength and alert
ness have been among the wonders OF his
time. A young man died In Rome last
week. at the age of twenty-one. who had
been called by Catholic priests who were
interested in him the brightest young
man In America" Brilliant had been the
word applied to him during his school ca
reer in Pennsylvania. where he won medal
after medal and scholarship after scholar
ship. So promising was he that infiuen-
tial priests and other friends entered him
as a student at the University Of Rome.
where he had been for two years and where
great expectations of his future were en-
tertained. In addition to his mental at
tainments he was an ''~all-around' athlete.
But he is dead of general breaking down..
while the Pope. who took life moderately.
is yet alive. All of which goes to show
that ~''brilliancy," with the ambition that
sometimes accompanies 1t, is not necessarily
a gift to be desired.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12

A japanese syndicate is said to have
bought a large tract OF and in Texas,
where it will establish a Japanese colony
and engage in the cultivation Of rice. If
any shall inquire why We admit the
japanese freely and bar out the Chinese,
1t may be said that the former adapt them
selves more readily to our civilization. that
they are more intelligent-at least the class
of which immigrants are mainly composed
and there are not UGH innumerable
hordes of them as to threaten to overrun
our country. when once an opening is given.
Nevertheless people on the Pacific coast
for whose benefit and upon whose demand
the Chinese were excluded. are lamenting
the absence of the Celestials. They need
them in their business" and can find no
substitutes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12

The law of Indiana says that every per-
son not being a traveller, who shall wear or
carry any dirk. pistol or any other danger
Gus or deadly weapon concealed. shall. upon
conviction thereof be fined in any sum not
exceeding $500" This law is violated by
thousands OF persons every day in the year.
II is defective in that 1t makes an exception
in favor of travellers. thus opening a wide
door for It's practical notification by trav-
elers and it's violation by those who pretend
to be. Indiana is not infested with highway
men or robbers. and there Is no necessity
OF any person carrying . pistol for self-de-