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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08
ANCIENT HISTORY.

When the bells on rural telephone
circuit began merrily jingling one Juns
morning half dozen young women in
as many farmhouses forsook every.
thing else. and with paper and pencil
before them took up the receivers. I,
was the agreed time for a review O,
ancient history, prior to the final eS.
animation in the consolidated" high
school on Monday.
II say, girls said the first voice
when all were ready, what does any.
body know about MosesT
"Oh, that's easy, Henrietta" was
the answer along the line. Born 173S
went into exile 1893, came back 10
Egypt 1858 and led the Hebrews out
of bondage He died when he was a
hundred and twenty years old"
please say those dates again,
Ethel"
"Seventeen-thirty eight, sixteen-nine.
ty-eight. sixteen-tifty-e eight"
Aren't you saying them backward?'
"Why, no. stupid. It's B. c."
That's Backward Counting you
know Henrietta" interrupted third
voice.
ooh, yes, of course. l ought to have
known. But say, girls. that's just
what l want to know about. How did
you do it?'
do what?'
"Why, keep track Of what year It
was when they had to count back
ward. Do you suppose Moses knew
how old he was going to be when he
died, and kept saying, Il was hundred
and twenty when l was born, in sev.
enteen-eighteen I'll be a hundred
and so ON til he died?"
"Of course not. They counted their
ages forward"
What / want to know" said voice
number four, sis how they knew what
year to begin to count with. Now Of
course we are adding a figure every
year. We started with the year one.
This is nineteen-four. of course, and
next will be nineteen-five. But how
did those old-timers know in seventeen.
thirty eight B. G. that 1t was going to
be just that many years to the year
zero, or to whatever they called it be-
fore our reckoning began?"
Into the transmitters of half dozen
telephones and along a dozen miles OF
wire was launched confused murmur
of exclamation and query. At last II
quieted down when the calm voice Of
Henrietta was heard coming down the
line.
"Oh, 1 can answer that one myself
GIRLS" she said. TT was started that
way, and all they had to do was to
keep track. It's marked here in the
Bible that Adam was born In four
thousand and four, and of course
knowing that, all he had to do was to
subtract one every year 1t was bound
to come out even."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08

other has a snuffbox for each day Of
the year. another puts out his candle
by the sensible expedient of stuffing 1t
under his pillow, and each Of these,
by virtue Of his peculiar grace, is
seized on by society. One may be true
or false. or solvent or bankrupt, or
good or bad, or vulgar or refined, or ig.
norant or learned; If he but cling to
his eccentricity, society will cling to
him.-Alfred Henry Lewis. In Every
bOdy's Magazine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08

Vltuperate the chipmunks and spar
rows that whisk of crumbs of comfort
from under the campers feet.
The Camp Robbers gray coat. black
and white barred wings and slender
bill. with certain tricks of perching.
accuse him of attempts to pass him.
self on as woodpecker; but his be-
havior Is all crow. He frequents the
higher pine belts. and has a noisy,
strident call like a jays; and how
clean he and the frisk-tailed chip
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08

A man has no right to give his wife
away when she boasts before company,
considering that she never gives him
away by looking surprised when he
offers her the rocking chair when CON-
pany is present q |:
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08

Mr.. Timmid-Miss Pechis-er-may
say-Mabel-er-
Miss Pechis-Weli. George. what Is
Il?
Mr.. Timmid-T-er-was wondering
what you would say II I-er-asked
you to-er-marry me. Mind! I'm
only saying 'if."-Philadelphia Press
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08

Willy upon many future generations
OF course $1,O00OO0 day is not surprisingly great
for frstclass power pay for the conduct of a
Russia has been throwing millions after millions
policy with regard the Asatic portion Of
the empire put into operation Nobody knows how
railway has cost but it is
amount and the expenditures Port Arthur Dalny,
Harbn Vadvosok and the other outpoSts have into
the hundreds Of millions Indeed 1t pretty we'll known
Japanese we'll the rest of the world that
Russias treasury in extremely bad way at the
time declared.
But the $1OOOOOO day is, after ALL only small part
of the bills Russia has to face Her losses of batteships
destruction Of hundreds of millions of dol
lars worth of property that must be replaced and the
prospective capture of her towns with their
must make the Cars heart sick.
Considered a plain business proposition, the with
Japan not to be very good investment Even
though Russia should win at last she will have to defend
her possessions extensively than and how
of ownership of Manchura will be required to make
her losseS?-Chicago Journal
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08

hunks keep the camp! No crumb or
pairing or bit of egg-shell goes amiss.
The cunningest hunter is hunted in
turn, and what he leaves of his kill is
| meat for some other.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08
Women and MatrimOny.

MatrimOny-a happy marriage, the
making of home-a home, mind you,
not keeping a house-is the only legiti-
mate happiness in the world for a
woman The Almighty has plainly
| said so. but we twentieth century
wiseacres, who know so much more
! than our CreatOr-we cry out for ca
reers, for the bachelor girl, for wom-
ems clubs, women's rights and every
thing which is calculated to take the
place of the natural yearning in
| true woman's soul for husbands sus-
| tanning and protecting love. and the
seel of a downy head pressed against
yourselves if you like. Fool the world
| if you can. l know your secret.
know how, when Christmas comes, you
| have hours Of wishing all your fame
all your beauty, all your riches. were
| swallowed up for just the touch of
one hand-fop the sound Of one voice!
Lonely? The proudest Of you, the
| best educated the most self-support-
| ing the most (so-calle6 Independent.
would at times, the lonely times, the
| candle-lighting times, the Christmas
| times, give everything on earth you
possess for home Of your own and
husband and a child. No matter If
they made you unhappy. Even a
wife's and a mothers unhappiness Is
preferable to the unhappiness made
| by business or friends-so cold-blood-
ed-so uncaring. Oh, even the most
successful of misunderstood daughters
and spinsters or bachelor girls or
emancipated divorces or consoled
widows-how much persuasion would
| be necessary to cause you to forsake
the loneliness Of being unlOved for the
one. should he come along
| Bazaar.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08
The Beautiful Sex.

Discussing the question (Which Is
the Beautiful Sex?' in the Woman
Home Companion, Henry I. FlncK'
having proved that in beauty or pooy
women are ahead Of men says:
But how about those women VINO
do not happen to be beautiful to the
eve? Do they belong to the -beauu-
full sex? Too many of them seem 10
think they do not, and in despair Try
to become strong, like men, lney
make a great mistake. They can suli
belong to the beautiful sex, though
their faces and figures be not oeauu-
full to the eve. Just as some men,
for the very reason that they are
physically weak. became the stronger
mentally genius has often dwelt IN
weak mars body, so women Who lack
physical charms may, by cultlvating
spiritual beauty. excel their more IA
yored sisters in the art OF fascinating
men.
Spiritual beauty follows the same
lines as bodily beauty. Shakespeare
| sums it up in four lines when ne
makes a woman say:
Why are our bodies soft and weak and
smooth,
Unapt to toll and trouble in the world,
But that our soft conditions and our
Should well agree with our external
parts?
I'm pose women's minds, like their
| bodies, should be soft, smooth, dell
cate, never angular, hard, robust,
sturdy, like those Of men. The charm
which comes from mental beauty Is
much more alluring and lasting than
pretty face Some of the most fas-
cinating women known to history had
little or no physical beauty. Given two
women, one of whsn is plain-featured,
but gentle. tender, sympathetic, soft
voiced. patient, sweet, kind, modest,
cheerful, devoted, vivacious, in word
| winsome the other pleasing to the
eyes, but without the mental beauties
just named, and very few men would
find the second as captivating as the
first. There is deep philosophy In
Golds,mith's maxim, Handsome Is that
| handsome does
ut is of the utmost Importance that
| women should understand clearly that
| they were predestined to be the beauti-
full sex, and not to compete with men
| In trials of strength for which they
are weighted unfairly by Nature.
They should remember that mere
strength is not the highest criterion
| of nobility
But modern man has sense of
beauty. and 1t is there that he Is weak
and vulnerable and easy to enslave.
Hence, wise women will cultivate their
charms, physical and mental, above all
| things, and avoid work that develops
strength at the cost Of beauty"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08


the work Of incompetent heads Of departments simply
because he does know how choose the right
of commanding ability does not worry himself de-
tails He makes out his program and then selects men
who carry it the letter Indeed is is sign
weakness for the head of to bother about little
details shows that he lacks the insight business
sagacity the ability to select and to who
do things efficiently
1t great art to duplicate ones self in another and
multiply ones self many times by selecting those who
vastly superior to ourselves but who did not happen
have had opportunity to do the thing themselves
Success.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08
Selecting and Managing Men.

"a ANY men mistakenly think that because they
work hard and try hard they must eventually
succeed to some extent. This does not follow.
q Some carry great enterprises with little
IE apparent effort. Their success is due to skill
g4 in selecting efficient executive heads. Many a
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08
The Cost and Folly of War.

HE war in the Far East, according to the COM
putation Of well-informed newspaper of Paris,
is costing the Russian government at least
Il 100000 day, and the expense is increasing
daily. If the war continues for years as the
experts say it is pretty sure to do, Russia Will
accumulate burden of debt that will rest
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08
The Maneuvers at Manassas.

SN OTHING soothing to the wounds produced
l n Y eby the civil oblivion. and nothing makes
l BN 5them bleed afresh quickly the sight Of a
a Ibattlefeld which the visitor his relatives
He3lsonce passed through the horrors Of frarcidal
Observation-Disclosures. When old soldier stands the
heights Of Gettysburg profound melancholy
SEXES him. and compared with the before him, a
graveyard q pleasure garden banqueting hall 1t
takes o shake off the depression.
How anybody could project reunion of Northern and
Southern Southern battlefield and not con-
that bring together hostile armies and
arrange fight again in mmcry the bloody
that place that spot forty is
incomprehensble asking entirely too much of hui
nature in striking contrast with the wis
dom of Charles Sumner. who, pleading heartleSs Rome
example succeeded in excluding from the Capt.
toll a picture that would recall the civil
The location Of the maneuvers should have been in
beautiful 1000 miles, if possible from battle
field and the pitting of Northern and Southern
army against each other should have been avoided like
pestlence.-Chicago Chronicle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08
Girls Everybody Likes.

You have undoubtedly met disagree
able girls who, without doing anything
especially spiteful or mean, have i'm
pressed you as being girls to avoid.
But have you ever met the girl that
you and everybody likes?
You are unfortunate if you have not
met her.
She is the girl who appreciates the
fact that she cannot have the first
choice of everything in the world.
She is the girl who is not aggres-
sive and does not find joy in melting
aggressive people.
She is the girl who never causes
pain with thoughtless tongue.
She is the girl who when you invite
her to any place compliments you by
looking her best.
She is the girl who makes this world
pleasant place because she Is so
plea SAINT herself
Pawn Wives and Daughters.
They have curious way of utiliz.
ing wives and daughters in some parts
Of India. Ii man wants money he
puts these members of his estab lish
ment in pawn and his creditor detafns
them until the debt is discharged. The
custom varies In different localities. In
Melore the Yercals pledge their daugh
tiers to creditors, who may either mar
~ them or give them away, and man
who has to go to Jail deposits his wife
with another family Of her tribe until
his return. In North Arcot unmarried
daughters are frequently mortgaged
and become the absolute property Of
the holder until liquidation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08

doubtless for college president to stand alOof and
say what ought ought not to be done than to know
the entire situation affairs then with
erection we'll bravery. The theories that adj
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-08
Are Business Men towards?

PRESIDENT ELIOT addressing the st. Louis
~ Aalumni of Harvard, recently, called Americans
scOwards in that few Of them dared to stand
gainst the crowd. He spoke with special ref
S4fXSSM erence to business in facing conditions
that exist among the labor unions 1t is easier,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
Keeping Tab on the Coiored Vote
STORY REUNITED THEM
Incidentally the Broken Lyre of Love L.
Mended and Two Hearts Are
Made Happy.

Evansville, Ind, Aug. 1.-THE mar
riage of George Fletcher Filbert. of
Linton, Ind, and Miss Lucy Jane
Work, Of Boonville, Ind, recalls a
courtship of twenty years ago. Filbert
and Miss Work were sweethearts twen-
ty years ago and were engaged. They
drifted apart, Filbert going to Kan
sas, where he spent several years, pros
pering and accommodating considerable
money. Miss Work finally moved TO
BOonville, Ind, with her parents,
where she gained quite a reputation as
short story writer.
A few years ago Filbert returned
to Linton and embarked in business.
Recently Filbert was in Chicago on
business and picked up a newspaper
in which there was a story written
by Miss Work. 1t was entitled The
Broken Lyre." Filbert wrote a letter
to Miss Work when he returned home,
she answered it and in a short time
their engagement Of twenty years ago
had been renewed. They were married
here by Rev. Padgett, OF the Olive
Street Baptist church. They will re-
side in Linton.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
PLYMOUTH INDIANA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1904.

on when hinges Russian naval rort-
unes i'm the Far East. Telegrams re-
porting them back at Port Arthur have
not been confirmed up to this hour.
Admiralty officials hope and believe
the missing ships are on their way to
Vladivostok. They say it is more than
probable that Admiral Without, before
going out, fixed a rendezvous to which
the vessels would proceed if separated,
and it is likewise more than probable
that this rendezvous was anywhere
except at Port Arthur.
The CZarevitch was evidently head
ing for Vladivostok when she was COM
PEELED by the damages she sustained to
turn aside and enter Tsingtau. Per-
sistent reports that the Russian YES
sells were coaling from cOlliers off the
Saddle islands confirms the hypothesis
that they had agreed to rendezvous
at this point en- route to VladivOstok
if they failed to keep together, and TO
rush the Korean straits.
lie general staff is inclined to be-
lieve the reports that large con-
tingent of General Oku's army has
gone to Port Arthur. and that in the
meanwhile he does not expect to push
forward decisive operations In the
north
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
wARsHIP's CAREER Is ENDED
Czarevitch Will Not BE Allowed to Leave
Kiau-Chau Harbor.

Czarevitch Will Not BE Allowed to Leave
Kiau-Chau Harbor.
Tsingtau, Aug. 16. - The Russian
battleship Czarevitch and three tor
pedo boat destroyers are now in the
hands of the local German govern
ment for repairs, but it is improbable
that these vessels will fight again in
this war. Captain Truppel, chief of
the military and civil administration
of the protectOrate of Kiau-Chau, aft
or having completed provisions for
the neutrality of the crews of the
Russian warships during their stay
here, proceeded to go on board the
Czarevitch.
The commander of the CZarevitch
was informed that it was necessary
that the Russian flag be hauled down
pletion of the repairs. The CZarevitch's s
flag was then lowered amid impressive
fOrmalities. after which Captain Trup-
pei visited ca IN of the three destroyers,
whose flags also were lowered.
Berlin. Aug. 16.-The hauling down
of the flags of the Russian vessels at
Tsingtau took place in accordance
with instructions of the German for
eign office, which, having ascertained
that the damages sustained by the
warships were too serious for repairs
to be made within reasonable time,
30
be detained during the rest of the war
Japan has been officially informed OF
the action taken by Germany.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
DEPUTIES PART OF THE MOB
Aided the Lynchers I'm Overpowering the
Military Guards.

Aided the Lynchers I'm Overpowering the
Military Guards.
Atlanta, Ca, Aug. IA special to
The Constitution from Savannah, says:
1T has developed here upon the re-
turn of the troops from Statesboro that
the deputy sheriffs were In league
with the lynchers. They aided them
in overpowering the soldiers. Captain
Robert H. Hitch, commanding the
troops, was seized by stalwart depu-
ty and hustled down the stairs and out
on the lawn. where a crowd massed
about him. His revolver and sword
were taken away from him. When
he had fought his way back upstairs
the prisoners were gone.
Deputies had been accustomed to
pass freely among the military, and
therefore the soldiers were not sus-
picious. Consequently, when the dep
uties seized them they were at the
mercy of the mob. Deputies, it is said.
unlocked the door in which the guard
finally stood with the prisoners. The
deputies pointed out Reed and Cato.
Captain Hitch would make no state
ment. He said he would report to his
superiors. Lieutenant James Mcintyre
and Private Waters were seriously cut
and bruised. Several street fights took
place here over the Statesboro affair
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18

tongues. and he writhed under the
close locked chains. For only about
three minutes was he visible to the
crowd before the great pile of fagots
made wall of flame which the wind
wiped around on CatO's body and hid
him from view He was the first to
exhibit unconsciOusness, and was per-
haps the first dead.
AS CatO's head swung to and fro
some of the members of the mob COM
menced throwing lightwOOd knots at
it. AS soon as the men were dead
the crowd commenced dispensing. A
large number remained behind, how
ever, piling more fuel on until both
bodies were burned except the trunks.
Late in the afternoon, after the last
member of the mob had left the scene,
HUNDREDS of other citizens repaired to
the scene and many remained until
long after nightfall picking up what
ever souvenirs" they could find. Con-
spicuous among the crowds were a
number of small boys in knee breeches.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
PLANS OF POPUL|STS
Will Prevent Trouble Between the
Fusion and MiddIe.of-the
Road Factions.
FAIRBANKS IS AT HOME AGAIN
Broken Lyre" Repaired by a Story
Published in the Newspapers
State News Items.

indianapolis, Aug. 1.-THE Star and
Journal says: The two branches OF
the Populist party in Indiana have en-
tered into a peace agreement The
agreement is typewriter, and is pre-
pared with all of the formality OF a
legal instrument. The names signed
to it are A. p. Hanna, of Waveland,
state chairman of the fusion Populists,
and Fred j. S. Robinson, of Clover
dale, chairman Of the mid-road ele-
ment By virtue of this agreement
the two state chairmen pledge them
selves to work together in the present
campaign, to follow out whatever pol
icy may be outlined by ]. FL. Ferris,
Of Joliet ILL.,, POpulist national chair
man. and to accept his decisions as
final.
Removes q Source of Trouble.
1t is also part of the agreement
that Ferris shall select the date for
the Indiana Popul;st state convention
for the nomination of state ticket
and the adoption of state platform.
This removes the source of a trouble
some controversy. The mid-roaders
have issued call for a state conven-
tion on Aug. 80 and 81, and the fu-
sionistS have sent out call for a state
convention on Sept. II, both conyen-
tions to be held in indianapolis. 1t is
probable that National Chairman Fer
ris will select a new date for the state
convention. Thomas f. Watson, of
Georgia, Populist candidate for presi-
dent, will attend the state convention
and start the third party campaign i'll
Indiana.
Senator Fairbanks Home Again.
Senator Fairbanks returned from
Chicago. where he discussed with the
western headquarters of the national
committee the part he is TO take in the
campaign. So far the only dates ar
ranged for are Sept l, when the SEN
ator will speak at Marion, Kan. open
ing the state campaign, and Sept. IA,
when he will speak at Saratoga
Springs, n. Y, at the celebration OF
the iiftieth anniversary of the Repub-
lican party.
Keeping Tab on the Colored Vote.
The Marion county Democratic COM
| mittee is having a poll book made
with columns provided for gathering
special information on the colored
vote. When the poll is taken it will
show where the colored voter lives,
how long he has lived there and where
he came from.