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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-31
New Years
Day In Old
New York

NEw we, FEARS day in New e. Am Am,
cheer, Of noisy fun, of rude
J hospitality. The sober, older
citizens, sturdy figures, richly aud
warmly clothed. walked, slowly smok.
ing, to the fort to render New Years
wishes to the officers of the garrison
and then to the White Hall by the
Battery to do the governor the same
honor Ever since daybreak noiser
element had revelled up and down the
narrow lanes and by the banks of the
canal (now Broad street,, shouting
greetings, beating drums, firing mus
kets, blowing horns, shaking rum
bling pots" and drinking rivers of beer,
till the human population was up ara
dressed and out of doors, while all the
pigs and poultry that on other days
serenely roamed the streets were scar
ed into the fields. A group of young
burghers. with some clumsy firearm, a
snaphance or murtherer, had gone
from door to door Of each corbel rooted
house, firing blank volleys, gathering
recruits, drinking more beer till all re-
paired to Beekman's swamp to fire at
a target
Near the blacksmith's shop was
still larger group, with farm carts and
clulnsily saddled horses. They were
chiefly younkers, farm servants and
young women from the neighboring
farms. The Dutch vrouws waddled
along in gay colored petticoats, furred
coats. purple aprons, high cornet caps
or love hoods with silver chains and
clasps.
And here was going on a character
istic Dutch sport for New Years day,
a sport frowned on by Governor Stuy-
vesant and made the cause Of one of
the most absurd episodes in his comic
career. 1t was riding for the goose"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-31
Their
Watch
Meeting
BY JOHN BARTON OXFORD

[Copyright, 1903 by T. c. McClure.l
HE clock on the mantel chimed
the half hour before midnight
~ as they came into the room.
Potter threw wood on to the
Are and by dint Of much exertion with
the bellows succeeded in raising quite
a respectable blaze From a chair near
the hearth Filomena watched him in
dolently, and when he had hung the
bellows on the little brass hook she mo-
toned him to the chair beside her own.
For time they watched the blaze in
silence. Filomena's chin rested pen
sively in her upturned palm, and Pot
ter's hands toyed idly with the tongs.
The aggressive ticking of the clock, the
,rackle of the fire and the whistle Of
the wind outside were the only sounds
to break the stiffness.
Presently Potter put down the tongs
with a great deal Of unnecessary clat-
ter and turned to the girl
1.-THE latest bulletin from the old
year shows him to be very feeble" he
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-31

YOUR Last OUTBURST hEACHED ME AT
GENOA.
said. "Pulse weak, respiration scarce
ly perceptible. The poor old chap is
so worn out he will last but twenty
five minutes longer. Sort of melan-
choly, isn't isl"
The girl was silent.
"Say, Fill" he said with sudden i'm
pulsiveness, II shall miss these heart
to heart talks before this old fireplace
awfully."
Indeed" she said rather frigidly.
lawfully" he repeated. "a fellow
gives up lot when he marries, doesn't
he?"
Her chin raised from her palm, and
she looked at him with steady disap-
prevail.
Don't look at me like that, Fill" he
said. Between such old friends as
you and me bit of confession won't
be misunderstood"
did you bring the letters?" she ask
ed quietly.
eyes" he said.
He delved into bullying pocket and
brought forth a packet Of old letters
that gave evidence of much handling.
He laid them on his knee.
Here they are" he said.
"Put them in the fire." she said short
ly.
He looked at them tenderly.
81 shall keep them until next year, II
you don't mind he said. "It's only
twenty minutes, you know" he added.
"As you like" she said.
"They are ripping old letters" he
asserted. "No one could ever write
letter like you, Fill"
He united the string that bound
them and ran hastily through the en-
velopes.
"Here's the one you wrote me from
Venice" he said Listen
Despite her look of anger he pulled
the letter from the envelope and read:
Dear Old Dave = Your last outburst
reached me at Genoa. "Never! (as the
prosecuted heroine In the melodrama
shrieks) 'sNever" You'll thank me for
all this some day when you meet the one
and only Her for wasting all this Ink ana
paper in writing you a refusal from every
stopping place. Why will you propose IN
every letter, Davy? have filled twenty
five sheets with mos" and hereafter
when you ask me again shall simply mali
YOU one Of these sheets.
He paused and looked at her.
"Well, you may thank me now" she
said with a sorry attempt at levity.
I'm not so sure want to-" he said
"Davev' There was sharp reproof in
her voice.
Don't misunderstood me. I'm not
disloyal TOTO her Only
II wouldn't explain" she said coldiy.
He put the letter back in the en-
velope and drew out another.
Here is one from Rome" he said.
"Ah, yes! This is the one simply filled
with nos FIJI, you have given me more
misery than any other woman ever has
or ever can give me-"
you'll forget it in your new happi-
ness" she said.
Heaven send dor he said fervent-
II ~.
She eyed him curiously. Then, with
sudden movement OF her hand, she
swept the letters from his knee into
the fire.
"Exeunt omnes! They oil % outl'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-31
TRAINS
SEATTLE
LEAVE ARRIVE

GU tickets to All Points, and
''eeping Accommodations, call
upon or address,
,oo, Z. NJ. HUNTER, Agent.
49, Dock ST., Bellingham, Wash.
l. A. NADEAU, Gen. Agt.
Seattle, Wash.
A. D. CHARLTON, A. G. P. A.
Portland, Oregon.
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A STRANGE WATCH NIGHT.
The Most Charming OF German New
Year Customs.

The Most Charming OF German New
Year Customs.
The most charming of the German
New Years customs is one observed
from time immemorial in Frankfort
on-the- Main. There at the same mo-
ment the whole city salutes itself.
wishes itself happy New Year.
On the night Of Dec. 81 all the city
keeps the festival, watching the old
year out and the new year in. Family
parties or gatherings Of friends are to
be found in every house.
Suddenly at the exact moment when
from the great dome of the cathedral
the first stroke of midnight sounds ev-
cry house throws wide open its win
dcws. Forth from the easement lean
all the residents of the town, old and
young together, each with glass in
hand. The glass is raised on high, and
the words Of the toast burst on the as.
tonished air of night in one massive
tone born Of more than hundred
thousand voices joined in the cry,
'Prosit Neujahr!' ("Happy New
Year,
The whole city thus salutes itself, in
voking a blessing for the coming year
in its first moment. The sonorous mai
esty of the sentiment sends out its
echoing clamors for few brief mo-
ments, then ceases. Before the last
clang of the twelve from the cathe-
lrars dome has melted into silence the
windows have been closed, and the
hush of midnight settles once more
over the deserted streets Of the city
Christian Endeavor World.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-31

Do you need Glass for Hot-beds? Glass
is cheaper than ever before. Mail postal
card for price.-Morse Hardware Co.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-31

Bargains in Doors, Windows and Glass.
Glass is cheaper than ever before.-Morss
Hardware Co., Bellingham.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-31

Ground shells for poultry food-a nee
essity in successful poultry raising. Put
up i'm 100-pOund sacks for $l.OO.-John
Lawson, Deer Harbor. 9-24
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-31

For Sale-15 head Of stock steers, or any
number of them, one, two and three years
oil. Snaps.-O. ]. Bruins, Richardson.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-31
SHOT CUNSS5.75

S y. Eortbwaam of Sporting Goods in
ss,Nte fo1 at Unusually Low Prices.
'hict ~ Large Illustrated Catalo9.
"a. an FREE to any address.
= 4, ksMhhII Wholesale 3 nstasl
Iae p..,. AhA1 SPORTING GOODS
Ave.. Tacoma. wn., o. .. =.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-31

Pure California Port Wine $3.50 per
gallon at Void & Lightheart's.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-31

Job Lot Galvanized Barbed Fence Wire,
81 per 100 lbs.-Morse Hardware Co.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-31
BROWN HERB TABLETS

are Cheap, Nice to Take and Guaranteed to
CURF-are pronounced by those who use them
"the BEST family medicine known" Box last
ing seven months, s.. 90, postpaid. Booklet and
sample package sent FREE-W. P. CALDWELL,
Deer Harbor Agent for San Juan County
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-31
Steamer
Lydia Thompson
carrying Z. 5. Mail, Passen.
gers and Freight

30 tSSeHs
gers and Freight /:
B opaTTSSGsS EIAATTLE, from Lilly &
and Tbs THIS DOCK, sundays, Tuesdays
thursdays at midnightfor Port
Fritz a KIchardson, Argyle, Lopez,
Har50T 1a1- = = a RBQR, Roche
Orcas, Ea DteE E Harbor, West Sound,
nrn piiaven and WHATCOM. Re,
The mo mos p leaves Whatcom at 2 a. no.
the r0nta beautiful Trip on Puget Sound,
Islands Of winding among the lovely
and cros oi the San Juan archipelago
Fuca Ally the Strait of San Juan de
Views | of fag passengers the fines,
mountains. ''"ue ana olympic
'hAS. E. PEABODY, Mgr.
FRANK T DIR, 6O7 First Ave, Seattle
y. T. Pier No. l, Seattle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-31

For Sale Cheap-One S65 Invalid Chair.
Morse Hardware Co., Bellingham.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-31
LIQUID Electricity y y .s .:='i

out it. Every pain instantly relieved by one
thorough application. sprains, bruises. stiff
limbs, contracted muscles, pain in chest, lame
back, lumbago, sciatica banished like magic
Study the labels the bottles for its use
LEWIS HIATT, Olga, General Agent for San
Juan County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-12
Snow Hottlas

 Apothecaries were once in the habit of using a red light as a sign of their trade. It so happened one night that a druggist found himself without the necessary red light, so as a substitute he placed d bot tie of red liquid in the window with a candle behind it. He was so well pleased with the effect that he placed another bottle of red liquid in another window.
 This sign made such brave showing that an envious rival cast about for means of improving the sign. He hit up- on the scheme of placing a bottle of yel- low liquid by the side of the red one, and then surpassed his previous efforts and carried all before him by placing green bottle by the side of the yellow one. The three made a sign which caught the ap- proval of the town, and all the druggists quickly followed in the footsteps of their more original rivals.
 The bottles were later replaced by the handsome colored vases which are now such a familiar sign all over the world
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-12

that the Congressional Record shows that both Mir. Morgan of Ohio and MT. Doven of West Virginia were recorded as having voted ''aye" and at tho same time appeared as being paired with Messrs Shook of Ohio and Trimble of Kentucky respectively, which would have made the vote 101 to 100. He said that as neither Mir. Shook nor Mir. Trimble voted. the names of Messrs Morgan and Dovenor should be taken from the list of yeas" !" Several Republican members took this as a reflection on Messrs Morgan and Dovenor and declared that if they were paired and voted, they did so under a misapprehension. The Speaker informed the House that stating pairs in the record Is purely a non-oficial matter, but the statement of the vote Is official. Pairs he said, frequently were declared off without clerks being notified. After Mir. Williams announced that he was not critizicing anybody the matter was drop- ped.
 At 5:05 o'clock the House adjourned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-12
MORTH'S TRIAL FREE.
Breathe Hyomei Three or Four Times
 Daily and Be Cured of Catarrh.

D. c. Fowler one of the most reliable business firms In Montgomery has seen many instances of the remarkable power of Hyomei to cure catarrhal troubles anu other disorders of the respiratory organs,
 Results In this reatment have given him so much confidence in Hyomei that he will give a months trial with the DOS tive understanding that if at the end of that time a cure is not effected or enough relief gained to warrant a continued use of the treatment for a while longer inc money will be refunded
 Hyomei Is the only treatment for ca- tarrh that has ever been sold under a mo cure, no pay plan, and the only one where a months trial treatment is freo unless 1t cures.
 Hyomet is not pill or liquid. Just breathe 1t through the neat inhaler that comes with every outfit, and benefit will be seen from the first days use. Rreatbe5 in this way, the health-givina Hvomal penetrates to the minutest air cells of the lungs, and drives catarrhal germs and poisons from the system.
 The complete outfit costs but s1 and ex- tra bottles of Hyomei may be obtained for soc.
 Remember that if Hyomei does m, cura you after months trial. MT. FowIer will refund your money and the treatment will be absolutely free.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-12
E. P. MCDONALD KILLED
BLOODY PISTOL DUEL IN BIR-
 MINGHAM.
Alexander s. Lawson, the Other Participant, Has a Bullet Through the Thigh--Dead
 Man a We'll Known

Birmingham. April 11.--(special. 1--E. P. Mcdonald, better known as Dump Me- Donald, was shot and killed and Alexar- der 8. LAwson. an engineer on the Louis- vile and Nashville Railroad. was shot through the thigh. ih pistol duel in the rear of the Stag Saloon .on Third Ave nue and Twentieth Street ct o'clock to- night. Lawson had entered the saloon building and Is said to have complained of having been ''short-changed" of 50 cents. McDonaid is said to have used epithets when pistols were drawn. Seven shots were fired, and Mcdonald was picked up dead, one bullet tapping the abdominai artery and another striking hifu in the left shoulder.
 Lawson is shot in the thigh and has a broken leg He is not fatally hurt.
 Mcdonald was one of the most noto- rious characters in this county. He par ticipated in more than one killing. He has several brothers and sisters here.
 The upper part of the saloon building Is used for gambling purposes. 1t is stated. The killing was most sensational and a crowd of more than 800 collected around the undertaking rooms.
 Lawson was carried to an infirmary and is under guard
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-12

etrges of the Sierras till 1t tunnels the Andes at an altitude of 15.e45 feet, the highest point in the world where a piss ton rod is moved by steam. The wondeF is doubled on remembering that the ele- vation is reached in seventy-eight miles. Ono of the most remarkable things in connection with this road is that be- tween the coast and summit there Is not an inch of down grade. The difficulties encountered in its construction were ex- me-landslfdes. falling powders, soro- che Cor the difficulty of breathing in high aititudes) and verrugas, disease known only along the line of this road, charac- terized by bleeding. About eight thou sand workmen were engaged at one time, and between seven thousand and eight thousand persons died or were killed in tho construction of the road.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-12
(Communicated.)
 MontGomery. Z Ala.

"
 ' P. m., April 11th, 1904 Editor The Advertiser:
 In this mornings issue of The Adver- tiser, there appeared call to the voters of the Second District to support my op- porient, Col. Wiley in this election, and stating that had addressed a crowd of segroes at McGehee's in 1901 urging them to vote against the Constitution The ad- vertisement contained the signed state- ment of one Herbert A. Jones in support thereof. s
 At this hour. while the result of the campaign Is yet unknown, desire to state in justice to myself and my SUD- porters in the district that the entire statement is absolutely false and it's use, interruptions, malicious and infamous. It was the despicable attempt to foist a campaign islander upon the public and especially upon the voters of the Second district at an hour when 1t was known that the publishing of a press denial was impossible.
 I do not know whether Col. Wiley is responsible for this or not. He selected his own henchmen. is responsible for what they do and the public will hold him accountable.
 Whether I am elected or not, it is but just to my friends and myself that pub licly .denounce the truculent author of this infamous libel. MT. Jones must have known that his statement was false, and Col, Wiley and MT. Henderson, his local manager, should have known it. Why did they save it until the last day? Why did they not make inquiry of the men whose names were mentioned as to the truth or the falsity of such statement? rIih in, lines at the very last hour so that it might spread through the district end turn my supporters from me, is the most contemptible piece of knavery ever con- ceived by the prince of tricksters.
 I desire. too, at this time to thank the voters of this district who have support ed me for what they have done for me. was born in this district, they are my own people and have treated them as clean, honorable men. I will never win an office by dishonor nor will win laurel with the price of ahame.. | append the entire article which ap- peared twice In to-day's Advertiser under nartng headlines, in each instance occu- pying quarter of page.
 also append the statements of prom irient men of McGehee's, all of whom are men of unimpeachable character. Each of thes gentlemen whom the man Jones names as his witnesses, denies the truth of his assertions.
 x BIBB GRAVES. (Communicated)
 AFTER NEGRO VOTES s
 AGAINsT CONsTITUTION. Mir Graves Has an Exceedingly, Short Memory If He Has Forgotten It.
  At McGehees Switch Reputable Citizens Heard His Words and Their Mem
 ory Serves Them Well Now, When
 Mir Graves Would Like to Blot
 It All Out.
 In the issue of The Advertiser of Thurs day and Friday, there appeared card,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-12
Colonel Hancock Paralxzed.

Washington, April i1.--Colonel John Hancock. brother of the late General Winfield Scott Hancock. suffered a stroke O. paralysis today at his country home. "Collingswood, near Hyattsville, Md. Some months ago Colonel Hancock was similarly stricken. but the attack this time is regarded as much more serious than was the former one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-12
ATLANTrANs INDICTED.
Justice, Lawyer and ofaeer Under
 Bond Through Blazer Affair.

Bond Through Blazer Affair.
 Atlanta. Ga. April 11.--Justice of the Peace Ormond, attorney W. IT. Withers and Deputy Sheriff T. J. Jones were in- dicted by the Federal grand jury here today. The charge against the judge, the officer and the attorney Is that of be- ing in collision and conspiring in or der to interfere with and defeat the ex- tradition of Charles Blazer Blazer was the man who charged Detective Dan Cal lahan of Cincinnati with Kidnapping him in Florida. The immediate cause of this action Of the Federal grand jury was the serving of a warrant Issued by Judge Ornond after the habeas corpus writ was denied Blazer in the City Court last week. Papers have been served on the three men indicted and bonds taken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-12
RACE FEELING HIGH.
Trouble in Texas Over Killing at
 A Church.

Trouble in Texas Over Killing at
 a Church.
 Houston. Texas. April 11.-News from Waller county, six miles north of Hous. ton. indicates that race feeling Is very high. owing to the killing last night, al church eleven miles from Hempstead of Tucker Pinckney. brother of Congress- man John M. Pinckney. of the Houston district
 Details are meager. but 1t appears that Pinckeny and a companion were passing by a negro church, when they were fired upon with the result stated. While the dead mans body lay in front of the church, the negro with a shotgun rode by and informed the crowd that he did the shooting. after which he disappeared. This negro had finger shot of. which indicates that Pinclkney and his compan- ion, whose name Is not known, returned the fire
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-12
Pickett Springs Casino. April 14th.

Mrs. W. B. Frazier of Auburn.
 In her character sketches and negro dialect readings. Among those that will be given are the following: Aunt Ta- bor at the Uproar," 'The Mighty Mo- bile" ''The Death of My Granny" Half Black Monin',' The Peanny Jewet," ''Sls Hennie and one lone tater." "A Runaway Match" etc. At o'clock. Ad- mission 26 cents. St adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-12
pERu HAg HIaH RAILwAY.
Crosses Mountain Range at Altitude
 Never Before Attained.


 Engineering Magazine.
 One of the most interesting trips of fered by the present transportation fa- cillties of Peru is that over the Oroyo Railroad. which now runs from Callao to the gold fields of Cerro de Paseo. It Is considered one of the wonders in the Peruvian world. and the original contract was taken by MT. Meiggs at &21 600 600 in bonds at 7e It is certainly the greatest feat of railroad engineering in either hemisphere. and as a specimen of Ameri- can enterprise and workmanship it sui fcrs nothing by comparison. It was be- eur in 1870 and finished in 1876. and addi- tlonal work has since been done on it. Commencing in Callao, It ascends the narrow valley of the Rimac, rising five thousand feet in the first forty-six miles
 Thence It goes through the intricate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-12
STATISTICAL REPORT.
Condition of Wheat Lower Thar
 During Previous Yenr,

During Previous Year.
 Washington April 1.-The monthly re- port of the chief of the Bureau of Sta tistics of the Department of Agricul- ture will show the average condition of winter wheat on April 1 to have been 76-5, against 97.3 on April l. 1908; 7S.7 at the corresponding date in 1902 and S4,t the mean of the April averages of the last ten years.
 The following table shows for the prin- cipal States the average of conditions on April 1, the corresponding average one year ago and two years ago, and the mean of the corresponding averages of the last ten years:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-12
Personal l1lention

Bishop W. A. candler and pr. J. 8 Frazer returned yesterday afternoon from i Mobile, where the Bishop preached Sun. | day and presented the cause of Christian hfy sratyss yhs ssry .S sisSt seins l secured in cash and good subscriptions This amount Is in addition to quite nice sum heretofore secured for this fund, the permanent endowment of the Southern University at Greensboro. and the Ala kegee. Bishop Candler went on to At | lanta, but will return Wednesday to pre- side at the District Confluence which con venes at Highland Park Thursday morn ing. Mir. Martin Lee. formerly of this city. now of Austin, Texas, Superintendent of Houston and Texas Central Railroad, passed through the city last night. from sister. Mrs Josiah Smith. Mir. Lee &C., companied the remains of his mother-in- law, Mrs. Gabriel Jordan from Texas to Mobile, where she was buried by the side of her husband.
 Major John G. Harris of this city has accepted. an invitation to deliver the memorial address at Greensboro on Decoration Day of the Confederate dead.
 General J. B. Stanley of Greenville spent last night in Montgomery. x
 MT. J. ,Milliken of Decatur spent yes- terday in the city.
 MT. J. R. Tapia of Mobile spent yester- day in Montgomery.
 Mir George w. Feagin of Birmingham is in the city.
 Mir. G. G. Sharpe of Birmingham is in Montgomery. @ pr. J. Louis Snow of Autaugaviile is in Montgomery.
 MT. S. o. Houston of opelika is in Montgomery.
 Mir. F. K. Bunkiey of wetumpkn is in Montgomery. a
 Mir. L. W. Martyr, IT,, of Birmingham is in town.
 MT. c. c. Edward of Birmingham is In the city.
 MT. D. T. Buell. of Birmingham Is in the city.
 MT. Ernest welch of Ridersville Is in the city.
 Mir. F. J. White of Geneva is in Mont gomery.
 Mir. John R. Glover of opelila Is In the city.
 Major c. R. Bricken of Luverne is in town.