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knowledge which enables her to solve
<kDblems which would puzzle hun
dred other heads. Her knowledge OF
streets in various cities of Europe led
to her compilation of a street directory
of it's countries.
The value of Mrs. Collins work in
ferreting out addresses is all the more
notable when it is considered that each
postoffice in all the large cities has
division especially set apart for de-
ciphering illegible and otherwise puz-
zling addresses. So after this has been
done letters which are still unclaimed
are sent to the postoffice at Washing
ton.
Knows All Languages.
Mrs. Collins has made such study
of this rather psychological work that
she knows just what section OF the
country. even to the cities, in which
various nationalties have settled. She
can put her finger on the japanese,
the Chinese, Greeks, Spaniards, Italians
and all the rest of them. =.
This particular talent has enabled
Mrs. Collins to decipher many a letter
which would have been otherwise un-
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to the republican committees in the
last three presidential campaigns,
and John \. Mccall, president of the
New York Life Insurance Company
admitted that he had contributed
$150,O0O of the company's funds to
the same committees. In fact the
big companies have frequently been
contributors to both political parties.
Public May Demand Legislation.
There are two questions involved
in any fair consideration of these dis
closures. The first is the desira bility
of corporations taking such an active
and influential part in political cam
paigns and the second Is the moral
ity Of corporation officers making
contributions on their own initiative
out of funds that are really trust
funds.
OF course a law can be made pro-
hibiting campaign contributions by
insurance companies or other corpo-
rations. This may correct the abuse
or it may not. Laws are not always
obeyed or enforced There, for exam
pie are the laws of Moses. The world
has been violating them for thou
sands of years. 1t might be consid-
cred fair if the directors Of every in
Surance company, savings bank, trust
company or other corporation hand
ling the peoples money, would adopt
rule forbidding absolutely all such
contributions and holding every Off
Ger financially and morally respon-
sible for its observance. Second, po-
litical candidates and committees
could announce that they would
neither solicit nor receive contribu-
tions.
Public sentiment is rapidly crystal
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Time TO Move.

oh that l were where would be,
Then would be where | am not,
For where ! am, | would not be,
And where / could be, l cannot.
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The popularity of "Trilby" for a
time exceeded that of any novel pub
lished, with the possible exception or
"Uncle Toms Cabin"
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-20
WHITE HOUSE XMAS DINNER.
THE ROOSEVELT FAMILY CELEs
BRATES IN THE GOOD OLD
FASHIONED WAY.

Always Have Huge Rhode Island Tur-
key Which is not Spoiled by French
Cooks. - President Himself Does
the Carving.
Old fashioned cooks and old fash
ioned cookery hold the fort in the
White House kitchen at Christmas
tide. When the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt give one of their great state
dinners to eighty or one hundred
guests, they usually entrust all the
preparations to professional caterers,
out when it comes to the dinner which
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MRS. SANTA CLAUS.
UNCLE SAM'S DEAD LETTER EX-
PERT GUIDES STRAY CHRIST
MAS GREETINGS.

Sends out Many Presents to Children
Has a Remarkable Memory and
KnowIedge,and Deciphers the most
PuzzIing Addresses.
Tucked away in a little corner of
the Postoffice Department at Washing
ton behind desk which has held a
thousand interesting stories sits a
charming white haired woman who is
known the length and breadth of the
land as Mrs. Santa Claus"
The woman to whom this suggestive
ly dear name has been given is Mrs.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-20

Senator Harris Baked.
Henry Clay Evans, late consul gen.
eral at London, was once in Congress
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19

President Roosevelt's appointment
of a committee to investigate all the
executive branches of the government
with a view to placing them on mod
ern business basis promises to create
a revolution at the capital where red
tape has been supreme and precedent
unchallenged from time immemorial.
The committee consists of representa-
lives of the various departments and
its instruction is to find out" It is
evident that the President has learned
enough about the running of the gov
eminent machinery to convince him
that there is an abundance of waste
and extravaganza. 1t is current talk
that there are thousands Of people on
Uncle Sans pay roll who do little else
than draw their breath as a warrant
for drawing their salaries. The Presi-
dent could take up no subject that is
nearer the people than this one. and
the time is especially opportune when
our expenditures are exceeding the re
eeipts by several millions.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19
NEW sNcusAroR noe
NAME Enort to Improvs ON IL. No.

name Effort 70 IAprovs ON the h..
0ethod.
considering the apparent simnlic,+v
OF the operations Of setting han !.
- remarkable how complex man. ma.
cnanical devices for duplicatin +h,.
work have become. Thermostats ven a
uiatos, Thermometers and dozen
other devices are necessary to replaca
sousIactorily the simple life processe.
OF me mother hen. Those who nov
or at least, those who .endeayor - ~.
pam the failures sometimes recorded
Win lncubators, lay particular stress
On tho necessity Of daily turning tho
eggs, manipulation which the faith
iui men instinctively performs, A Chi
cago man, at the expense of consider
able complication, proposes to build
incubators. and he has patented his
ldea. 30 that the eggs are in continu-
Gus rotation during the period Of incu-
Dation. To accomplish this he pro
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19
ANIMALS SHOW NO REASON
All Their Acts Result Of Instinct, Says
Writer.

All Their Acts Result Of Instinct, says
Writer.
When a bird selects a site for it,
nest it seems on first view as If it must
actually think. reflect compare, as you
and do when we decide where to
place our house. I saw q little chip.
ping sparrow trying to decide between
two raspberry bushes, says a writer In
Outing. She kept going from one to
the other, peering, inspecting and ap-
parently weighing the advantages Of
each. saw a robin in the woodbine
on the side of the house trying to de-
eide which particular place was the
best site for her nest She hoped to
this tangle of shoots and sat down.
then to that, she turned around, she
readjusted herself, she looked about,
she worked her feet beneath her. She
was slow in making up her mind.
Did she make up her mind? Did she
think, compare, weight do not be-
ilevs It. When she found the right
conditions she no doubt felt pleasure
and satisfaction, and that settled the
question. An inward. instructive want
was met and satisfied by an outward
material condition. In the same way
the hermit crab goes from shell to shell
upon the beach, seeking one to its Xix
ing. Sometimes two crabs fall to fight
ing over q shell that each wants. Can
we believe that the hermit crab thinks
and reasons? It selects the suitable
shell instincdvely, and not by an indi-
vidual act Of judgment Instinct is
not always inerrant though it makes
fewer mistakes than reason does.
The red squirrel usually knows how
to como at the meat in the butternut
with the least gnawing, but now and
then he makes a mistake and strikes
the edge Of the kernel, instead Of the
nat side. The cliff swallow Will stick
it, mud nest under the caves Of q barn
where the boards are planned 20 smooth
that the nest sooner or later Il bound
10 fall. It seems to have no judgment
In the matter. It's ancestors built upon
the face Of high cliffs, where the mud
adhered more firmly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19
ISLAND or sAkHALlM.
x0.s1asb Penal Co1ony Which Has Been
Taken by the japanese.

K1ssaass Penal Colony which Has Beea
Taken by the japanese.
The island Of Sakhalin, Russia's
penal colony In the Far East: which
Japan has captured, IL $50 miles long
and from II to 100 broad and has q
population of $4,000.
For the most part the land IL COW
cred with primeval forest, 30 dense
that the rivers are the chief native
highways. navigated by dugouts in
summer and crossed in dog or reindeer
sledges in winter. With the opening
of winter the narrow Straits of Tar
tary, dividing Sakhalin from the 81
berian coast, are frozen over, and 20
far as water communication Is con-
cerned the island IL cut of from the
world, and the mails are brought
across from Nicolaievsk on the main
land by nartas or sledges harnessed
with long teams of arctic dogs.
In addition to the Russians I'VE diff
ferent peoples are to be found on the
island, these including the Orochons,
Anus, Gilyaks, fungus and Yakuts.
There are altogether about 5000 ma
tives, Of whom the largest number are
Gilyaks.
The Russian occupation is practical
ly confined to radius Of thirty miles
around Alexandrovsk on the west
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19
An Actors Pipe-Droam

John 8. FlaherH, manager Of the
Majestic Theater in New York, waa
walking along Broadway with a theat.
rical friend, when the latteTs atten-
ton was attracted by a fane meer-
schaum pipe in show window. After
admiring It for time, the actor sug-
gested that they 60 inside and ask the
price.
.How much for that carved pipe IN
the Window he asked.
..Only fifty dollars" said the clerk.
..rra = beauty, and II the genuine ard-
cla. Shall show It to your
.But he did not show the pipe" SAID
FIaheru, in relating the Incident fol
the actor was out Of the door and
strollins down the street. When
overtook him heard him say to him.
ali: two weeks alimony for q pips'
Wen. I guess notT
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19

COMMODORE Somerville Nicholson
~ OF the United States Navy, in q
letter from 1887 r street, Nor Invest,
washington, D. c., says:
''Y0ur Peruns has been and h now
used by 50 many of my friends and
acquainkances as 4 sure cure for ca.
farrh that ] an convinced Of it, cucs.
tive qualities andJ unhesifsfiq9iy rec.
ommend II to al persons suk1erin9
from that complaint"
Our army and our navy are the natural
protection of our country.
Peruna is the natural protection Of
the army and navy in the vicissitudes
OF climate and exposure.
We have on file thousands Of testi-
fhonials from prominent people in the
army and navy.
We can give our readers only . slight
glimpse OF the vast array of unsolicited
endorsements DR.. Hartman is con-
stantly receiving for his widely known
and efficient remedy, Peruna.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the usG Of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. s. b. Hartman,
President Of The Hartman Sanjtarium.
Columb bus, Ohio.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19

The family Of John Moore, in north
ern Comanche county, went to a place
Of refuge from a tornado the other
night only to ind that they had gotten
into q cave barefooted with q rattle
snake. The interior Of the cave was
In complete darkness when the In
mates were startled by hearing the un-
mistakable sound made by a RATHER.
Mr.. Moore hastily struck q match and
BY its faint glimmer saw the snake In
the attitude Of striking. The match
went out and the family began to
scream. Another match was lighted
and the snake was still visible, and
rafting furiously. Then Mr.. Moore
made q flying leap for the steps, Jump
Ing over the snake, opened the door
and secured a pitchfork. Then while
his wife held match he killed the
RATHER, which measured over three
feet long.-Kansas City Journal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19

v1des within the warmed chamber a
wheel, with peripheral pockets, each
large enough to carry an egg. The lat
ter are held in position by inclosing
bands. As the wheels are balanced,
1t takes but comparatively little power
to impart speedy rotary motion to
the wheel, so that the germ, to quote
tho inventor, us brought successfully
in contact with all sorts Of the nour.
ishing material Of the egg"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19

coast and another smaller area
around Korsakovsk In the south Of
the island. Alexandrovsk II the big
gest prison center.
The stockade prison is the center Of
Alexandrovsk, which place seems to
exist for the prison. The few mer-
chants stores and tho iron foundry
are for the prisoners; the wooden
houses are the residences of the off,
Gals. Besides the prison, the church
In the main street and the market
place there Is not much to call for at
tention.
According to Mr.. De Windt, who
visited the southern portion of SAX
halin, there are 5000 criminal con-
victs located at Korsakovsk, only
about 1900 of whom are actually
under lock and key. The town con-
sists Of one long, struggling thorough
fare, beginning ut the landing stage
and abruptly terminating at the huge
prison.
The conditions existing in the island
are almost beyond description. Al
most everyone Is a criminal and the
worst type Of Russian criminals at
that. Besides convicts, ex-convicts,
their wives and children, and the off,
cials and troops Of the garrison, there
probably are not a dozen freedom
individuals on the island. 1t has been
estimated that at least 5000 murder
err are held there.
The whole Of Sakhalin il under mar
tial law. In one Of the prisons, out Of
q total Of 600 prisoners, 500, mostly
chained, arc kept in enforced idleness.
% that many go mad. The convict's
term Of confinement in Sakhalin IL fol-
lowed by six years enforced residence
in the island as exile settlers" and a
further six years In Siberia as peas
ants" after which they are free to re-
turn to Russia, but as q matter Of fact
nine tenths OF the conv1cts never leave
the island. Insanity II very common.
Crime IL rampant, even under the very
eyes Of the officials.
The island IL heavily wooded, vast
forests sweeping away for hundreds
Of miles. These forests are the home
Of great bands Of bears, wolves and
escaped convicts. Of which the latter
are not least dangerous.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19

When some newspaper correspond
ents asked the Secretary Of the Navy
for permission to 60 on a battle-ship
during the recent maneuvers in Chesa-
peake Bay, he declined, saying that the
department had learned something
from the japanese. It had decided
that IL the war game disclosed any
weak points in the coast defense, 1t
was better not to have the world know
them, for If such discovery were
made and discussed in America 1t
would surely travel across the sea.
Secret-keeping is one Of the most diff
cult tasks of free government in deal
ing with an alert newspaper press, and
with a public that wants to know"
what is going on. Japan has been as
tonishingly successful during the war
in keeping its secrets The destruction
Of great battle-ship was not known
till months afterward. Togo's where
abouts were quite unknown until he
pounced on the Russian feet. No won
der that nearly every correspondent
who went to Japan to report the war
returned Disguised because Of the small
chances open to him for news-getting.
Japan could not afford to conduct war
for the sake Of furnishing a spectacu-
lar exhibit to the world. It is often
the part Of patriotism to help the ma
ton keep its secrets. American news
papers have sometimes recognized this;
more frequently they have not done 50.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19

W09n1u8 maOS 60UJs
II the following preparation Is used,
the clothes require little washing, and
the scalding and boiling are entirely
done away with. Three quarts OF boil
ing water, i've pound bar soap cut into
shavings, one ounce Of saleratus and
half pint of benzine, four ounces liquid
ammonia, one ounce of concentrated
I've. Dissolve the soap in water be-
fore adding other ingredients. When
the mixture II cold and firm, put one
pint in Z tub Of cold water for the
bed and table linen, and one pint In
another tub for wearing apparel. Soak
overnight In the morning wash ana
rinse through one water, run through
bluing water and hang out DO not
boil or scald the clothes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19

Right Living trouble with Us
all is we live too much in the base
ment of the house personal. The dingy
cellar kitchen, the lowest room, where
satisfactions are prepared for the ap-
petites Of the body. We seldom come
up into the parlor and library, where
the air is purer and the attractions
higher and the friendships more salts
flying to mind and spirit.-Rev. 81. R.
Macdonald. Rantist Rronklun N Y
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19

Growth and Change The body
reaches its limit about the twenty nfth
year. the mind it, meridian about the
nftieth, but the growth Of the soul con-
dnues with the oldest saint and In the
next world IL changed from glory to
glory until crowned with honor ana
glory, the redeemed soul stands but 1T
tie lower than God.-Rev. W. ].
I-homnAnn Methodist Rrnnklun N v
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19
Accounts tor tho Mystery.

.And % the Romans once invaded
c,...+ britain" said Miss Gnligal, 70
vhom her Uncle Charles had Deen
=. a,nr az Caesars conQuesh- ina'
ACCOUNTS for Il. then.
ACCOUNTS for whatr asked Onc's
Charles. A.u
eyer thsro being % many Aatll
~orda which resemble our Mngnsn
nrea The Romans very naturanJ
us.s Is eood many OF our expires
lions while n nneland Wondss
never thought Of that before -k'os
ton Transcript
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19

. Z y 1 = u Ld1uLcu
money, has been
president of the
University g in c e
1902. He Is noted
as an educator and
Is one of the most
distinguished Of liv-
ing biologists. DR..
Van Hise was born
at Fulton, Wis, in
1857, and was grad
uated from the
Wisconsin T1nivorS-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19

ity in the same class with Governor
La Toilette Then he became a mem
Der Of the teaching staff and later was
appointed to the chair of geology. He
is connected with several scientific So
cieties, and is the author of many mon
ographs that have won attention at
home and abroad.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19

Mernoug or Dru0y-Ine ueSne
know the thing In itself, rather tnan
the printed description of the thing.
has reyolutionized all our metnods OF
.tndv-Rey. W. n. Faunce, PresDyte-
rian. Providence, B. I.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19
Strange. Indeed.

A woman from Sault Ste. Marie
Said: painters who dault pte the sie
Don't tint the waves blue,
Al I think they should do;
They use green, or they seem fault taul
ME"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19

The Same Thing Glory to GOD ana
mod win toward men are one ana tns
sane ching. There II no true sancuV
nat n not loving, and no abiding anu
Inn that II not worsnapIuiss'
Trank Crane, Unitarian. Worcsstef'
Nass.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19

II Il mighty hard to do business for
people who dat know what they
want
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SIDE IN N

destroys all tho
flies and Affords
confOrttOevef
home-in dining
room, sleeping
room and Ill
places -, where
flies are trouble
some. Clean,
neat and will
not soil Ortnjure
anything. Try
them once and
II mot kept BY
Ir0ld SoueHDs
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-19

Charles Richard Van Hise, who at
the commencement exercises of the
University of Wisconsin at Madison,
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-24
JOHN C. MCALL Is AT HOME
Secretary of New York Life Returns
with Accounting from Andrew
Hamilton.

NEW YORK, Dec 3.-John e. Mccall
secretary of the New York Life Isurance
company and son of President John A.
Mccall, returned from Europe today on
the steamer La Lorraine. Mr.. Mccall went
10 Paris TO see Andrew Hamilton, to whom
the New York Life Insurance company ad-
vanced hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Mr. McCalls mission was either to induce
Mr.. Hamilton to return to the United
States and testify before the legislative
investigating committee or TO secure an
accounting is to be given to this COM
mittee Mr.. Hamilton sent a statement by
Mr.. Mccall, his health being such that
his physician ordered him not to return
at present.
Concerning his mission Mr.. Mccall said
Il have a report from Judge Hamilton.
giving a detailed and explicit statement
by him while in charge OF the legislation
and legal bureau of the New York Life
Insurance company in the United States
and Canada during the last ten years
cannot give the details of his report until
the document is presented to the special
committee of the board of trustees re-
Gently appointed. with the consent Of the
special committee, l shall subsequently,
present Judge Hamiltons statement to the
insurance investigating committee. l car
give no other or further particulars OF
Judge Hamiltons very volumnous state.
ment for the reasons stated"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-24
REVISING COLLEGE ATHLETICS
Replies to Circular Indicate Desire 10
Eliminate HruiaIiIN-

PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 23,-The circular
sent out recently by the University of
Pennsylvania, through its committee on
athletics, with the view of systematizing
athletic rules has brought large number
of replies, many OF them from representa-
tive state universities and still greater
number from colleges and schools
In the circular the important questions
were:
First-The possible adoption of a simple
and uniform eligibility code so as to avoid
unseemly squabbles between institutions.
Second-The elision of brutal and foul
play.
Tnird-The change OF playing rules 80
as to minimize danger"
The suggestions contained in the replies
to the circular have been referred to the
rules committee of the Athletic asSocia-
ton of the University of Pennsylvania
Unreserved approval OF the increased pen
alties imposed for brutality and foul play
was expressed In a large majority of the
replies and approved with certain modihca-
tons in nearly all OF the remainder.
As a whole the eligibility code was cor
daily commended in more than three
fourths OF the replies.
The replies so far received indicate a
widespread interest in the subject and are
regarded as an indication of the desire
among universities and colleges TO reach
an agreement regarding college sport The
desirability of the cultivation OF the spirit
described by President Roosevelt to DR..
William j. White. chairman OF the athletic
committee of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, that which underlies "A gentle
mans agreement In sport, was empha
| sized in the replies.
Answers containing assurances of APP
proyal or valuable criticism are arriving I'm
| large numbers and "A further report will be
made early In the new year.