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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-21
TWO OPEN LETTERS,
IMPORTANT TO MARRIED WOVEN
Mrs. Mary Dimmick Of Washington tells
How Lydia Z. Pinkham's vssetabis
Compound Made Her Well.

IL IL with great pleasure we prblish
the following letters, a. they convinc-
ingly prove the claim we have 10 many
times msde In our columns that Mrs.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-03
. WESTERN ORCAS

]. II. Boede went to Seattle Tues
day on business.
J. W. Knight and Mr.. and Mrs.
Mcclure have arrived on the island
and taken possession of their home.
J. Allen and family, who have been
living on the Hudson place on Shaw
island, left for Seattle last Wednes-
day.
The subject for debate for the West
Sound school debating society next
Wednesday viii be: Resolved, that
there is more pleasure in summer
time than in winter"
Mr.. and Mrs. Boede and family en-
tertained number of friends Sunday.
The music by the orchestra was much
enjoyed, especially the singing by
Fred Pinneo and Will King.
Romeo Jamison, of Shaw island,
left for Seattle Tuesday, intending to
go north. Mrs. Jamison accompa-
MED her husband as far as Seattle.
Should Mr.. Jamison decide to go to
Alaska she will return to Shaw island.
Mr.. Pinneo, who has been hauling
wood for VIM. Jacobs, is enjoying (?)
a vacation this week. One Of his
horses has been SICK, caused by being
strained hauling over the West Sound
road. The people of this part of Or
cas- are not having ecstatic fits over
the present road law, which allows
some part Of the public roads to re-
main for months a menace to man
and beast.
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DEER HARBOR

Rev. Mr.. Warren held services
here Monday evening.
Daniel Murray was county seat
visitor the first of the week.
r. Il. McLachlan made business
trip to Bellingham the latter part Of
last week, returning Monday.
Miss Sweeney, county school sup
erintendent, visited the school here
Monday and Tuesday Of this week.
Miss Myrtle Paxson and Miss Con
dor, Of Friday Harbor, spent Satur-
day and Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
T. T. Paxson.
There viii be q Demorest medal
contest here Saturday evening. Feb.
II. There are to be six contestants.
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leland
Pop. 1850
WEST SOUND

Mrs. III. L. Atkins left Monday for
Burlington.
The lumber is being hauled for
the new Woodmen hall.
A. Hamilton has returned from a
trip to Seattle and Everett.
Mr.. Ducet and family have arrived
here from Everett and will occupy
the Hamilton ranch.
| Mr.. Ellsworth, buyer for Ryan &
Newton, of Seattle, hae been here
again this week looking for apples.
The dance held here for the pur-
pose of getting a new stove was not
as well attended as usual, but nine
dollars were realized.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor Wakefield had
a considerable quantity of household
furniture come from Bellingham this
week. Mrs. Wakefield arrived Mon
day.
The w. c. T. U. meeting held in
the hall Sunday was not very well at
tended but the program was very
much enjoyed by those present. Pc
ter LaPlante signed the pledge and
had the knot of white pinned ION his
coat. Mr.. E. W. Harrison's lecture
and Mrs. Har.ison's recitation were
especially enjoyed.
The sale of E. A. Martins farm to
]. w. knight was concluded the first
of the week and Mr.. Knight has TAX
en- possession. His daughter, Mrs.
Sherman Mcclure, and her husband
will reside with him. They have
been married only few weeks. Mr..
and Mrs. Martin will leave in a week
or two for California with. the expec-
tation of locating somewhere in that
state.
The old-fashioned social given by
the Royal Neighbors was well attend
ed. An Instrumental solo by Miss
Sweeney, county school superintend-
ent, was much enjoyed. The dialogue
entitled 1.-THE Wrong Box, /" in which
Mrs. VIM. Bostian and James Bagby
played the principal parts, was wor-
thy of special note. With music by
the orchestra and many solos and
recitations the evenings entertain
ment was much enioyed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-03
DOE BAY AND OLGA

The slip at the Olga wharf is being
repaired this week.
Oloise Schmidle returned from Bel
bingham last Saturday.
G. S. Willis has bought new Balm
one-horse wagon with wide tires.
Mr.. Blakeslee and family will move
into the cottage on Alderbrook farm
in few days.
Bruce Willis returned the first of
the week from a trip to Bellingham
in his auxiliary sloop"Ailsa."
Mrs. G. N. Culver has been spend
ing a few days with her daughter,
Mrs. C. S. Willis, at Woodside farm.
Mrs. Chas. Carlson went, to Ana
cortes with her little son Oscar, who
was taken suddenly i'll last Friday.
She took him to see DIR. Muscott.
Miss McMurray, the teacher in the
Cascade district, received the sad
news of her sisters death on Monday
evening at 6 o'clock. She went to
Seattle on the Bellingham Tuesday.
Irving Burke spent lest Sunday
with Payton Reddick and family. He
has had his license raised now to
chief engineer on lake, bay and sound
steamers Of unlimited tonnage. He
expects to work on the Thompson or
What ON.
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Orcas
Hrea 81 So. NJ.
EAST SOUND

Robert Light has moved with his
family to East Sound. They will oc-
cupy the house just vacated by Mr..
Walters.
Mrs. Walter Showers is enjoying a
visit from her mother, Mrs. Brown.
of Spokane, and Miss McAlpine, of
Bellingham.
Arthur Langel has accepted po-
sition as clerk in the Laube. hotel at
Bellingham. He left for his new
work the first of the week.
Mrs. Will Fry, of Vancouver, B.
c., who arrived last week to visit her
relatives here, is very i'll at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Won Gohren.
The Walters & Soderberg quarry
has shut down for an indefinite pc
Rod. Mr. Walters left with his fam
lily for Seattle on Wednesday.
The Aid Society of the M. E.
church will hold social at the par
sonage next Wednesday evening.
Refreshments will be served and a
program rendered The LADIES in
charge spare no pains to make these
socials a success and their efforts
are rewarded by large attendance.
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Everybody is invited.

The Literary Society meeting was
well attended Saturday evening. The
question for debate, Resolved, that
railroads are more useful than steam
BEATS was decided in the negative.
HI. T. Cayou has moved his family
and household goods over from Deca-
tur island and is now sat home" here.
He has bought the Pressey farm,
adjoining his own, and now has one of
the incest places on the island. Fruit
and live stock will be his specialties.
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We are pleased to offer the following
list OF good serviceable Ranges on terms
g below, 90 down and $50 per month:
l-6.hOle l6-in. oven Surprise Steel
Range, $3.50
t-6-hole 18-in. oven New Century Steel
Range. $3.50. : -.->s-
l-6-hole I6-in. Jewel Steel Range. S36.0o
j-6-h0la l8-in = - ~. a. ri
We Also have bargains in cast iron Cook
Stoves, warranted to cook Well. Mo1,er
HARDWARE CO., l025-lQe9 Elk St, Bel-
lingham, Wash. 81
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-03

L. B. Carter went to Seattle Tues
day to see his wife who has been there
the past month for treatment.
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ADVERTISED LETTERS

List of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the Friday Harbor postofice
for the month ending Feb. /, 1906:
w. F. Bense, VIM. Fitzpatrick. Ms.
Molly Little, Thos. J. Reid.
Parties calling for the above will
please say advertised. !"
A. S. HALL, p. NJ.
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Buy your harness at home. We can
sell you harness as cheap as you can buy
them in Seattle or Bellingham.
BAKER BROS.
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FOR SALE-Afew tons of very choice
Mangel Wurtzels, $500 per ton at the pit.
r. T.. Peterson, San Juan Valley.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-03

Miss Mullis, miIliner, is selling ali
trimmed and tailored hats at half price.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-03

Call and see our line Of supplies bar
ness, saddles, blankets. storm robes
whips, or anything for the horse.
BAKER BRos.
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FOB SALE-Red Polled Bull. Regis
tered. Enquire of or address JOHN TAY-
LoR, Friday Harbor. Wash.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-03

The wealthy can buy nothing better,
the poor nothing cheaper than Brown
Herb Tablets
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-03

/. D. Nordyke caught . large devil
fish Tuesday.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-03

Spray Material-caustic soda, sulphur.
ilme, blue stone; also fine line of Snrav
i Jumps. MORSE HARDWARE Co.. iO26-
1859 Elk ST., Beliingham, Wash.
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All trimmed and tailored hats at half
price. Miss Mullis, milliner, Friday
HarbOr.
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ing seems the last act of courage possible to a
fighting man, and he makes the most of it. End
less are the stories of soldiers dying in action
with a shout of humor on their lips.
TAKING DEATH cody
Even more wonderful is the coldbloodedness
OF men going to the scaffod. To feel the edge
of the something of jest in old days;
and there is the story of the felon, going to
Tyburn, who blew the froth from his last mug
of beer because it always gave him indigestion!
And yet, when we think of death for a mo-
ment, we must surely be staggered by its inn
port. In the first place. it is such an appallingly
lonely thing. 1t is the one act in mans life
wherein he is absolutely individual. The throng-
ing company of life drifts suddenly away from
him. He is alone with the universal He may
have unwavering faith in the world to be, or he
may have absolute faith that death ends every
thing; in each case it is the same-the dreadful
loneliness with which "the pinch" must be en-
dured smites the battling soul with its icy
blasts.
And yet it is only in brief moments that the
true horror of death sweeps over the soul. We dc
not think about it, We put it away from us
Humanity has made up its mind not to be fright
ened Death, indeed, is even preferred before
life. A hopeless infatuation for a painted dol
will drive Fortunatus to suicide. Money trou
bles will fling a man under a passing express
and dyspepsia has loaded many revolver. Llf'
may be uncomfortable, but death is not to be
feared. Into the unthinkable mysteries OF thu
universe a soul casts itself in petulance, anC
the waters of death close over it without a sound
What has become of that soul? Where is tina
consciousness gone-that personality, that ind
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BY GRANT ALLEN-coPYR1GHT BY r. F. FENNo & co

hands. ooh do, mamma, for it amuscs Daisy"
So in three minutes more, with Arches strong
arms to help, the thing was done. Bertha wrap
ped round in big buffalo skin, laid in the
wagon; Daisy was installed on pillow by her
side, and the three drove off, laughing and talk.
ing, with fresh hope in their hearts, as merry as
crickets
Where's Rollo, Uncle Archie?" Daisy asked,
as they iolted along over the rough plain,
though Archie drove carefully rs he could to
save Bertha any unnecessary shaking
ooh, he's all right" Archie answered, smiling.
HELL come along soon Here, Rollo, Rollol"
AT the word, Rollo leaped up from the mat
where he was doing in the sun, and followed
the wargon with bound of delight. They didn't
notice, however, that as he came he had upset
the smudge and that the turves were smoking
on the dry grass in front Of the window
Bertha had never enjoyed drive much In
spite of the wagon and the jolting road, it was
delightful to be out in the fresh air once more,
and to feel the motion and the free breeze of
heaven. Little Daisy enjoyed it all so thorough.
w. too, and made her mothers heart more glad
by sympathy. And when at last. after their
long drive, they got to the post. there were let
tiers from home, such cheerful letters, with talk
of Bertha's shares in that unfortunate concern
at the Cape (which her uncle had left herr, going
up at last, so that perhaps they might in time
be able to return to dear old England. Bertha
turned to go back. feeling ever so much better,
and longing to tell the good news to dear Dick
who had been so terribly down on his luck just
lately
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lance, is fire of turf kept alight in sort Of
standing iron cage or basket, which shoulders
away for hours at a time, and is peculiarly Of
fensve to the senses Of insects. But though the
smudge still smoked in front Of the place where
his own house had once stood, not a sign of the
house itself remained anywhere visible Dick
shaded his eyes and looked in vain. II had
melted from the scene as if by magic.
At the sight the strong mans heart sank
down with horror and awe within him. He
knew what il meant he was too old n hand,
indeed, in the ways of Manitoba not TO realize
at glance what terrible, unspeakable thing had
happened The house had been burnt down to
the ground in his absence.
And Bertha? And Daisy? He grew pale with
terror Unless Archie had saved them, heaven
only knew what nameless misfortune might have
fallen upon them. And Archie was away in the
Swae with the wagon.
With wild cry of despair, the unhappy man
urged his horse forward, and never paused for
breath till he drew rein at last by the smould-
ering remains of the charred and desolate farm
house.
There, the whole truth came upon him in all
its awful vvidness.
In front of the yard, the smudge lay on the
ground, overturned and still feeblv burning
From the smudge to the spot where the house
once stood path of fire lay traced on the dry
grass, widening from windward. Even in the
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en- throughout, and slight into the bargain, they
leave at the end of quarter of hour nothing
TO mark the spot where they once stood, save a
pile Of gray and smouderng ashes.
That was all that remained of Dick Prothero' 8
home. And Bertha, and Daisy, must have been
burnt or smothered before they could move from
the sofa by the window.
Unnamed with horror. Dick leaped from his
horse. and rode over to the smoudering, smok-
ing ruins. For a minute or two he was stupefed
by the awful suddenness of that crushing blow.
He sat down on the ground, with his head in his
hands. and rocked himself idly to and fro in the
first full bitterness of his speeches. agony.
And the very last words little Daisy had said
10 him as he rode away were, "Tum back soon,
papa Daisy wants to play with 90"
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heavily around and over us in the darkness with
hoarse cries and croaks protested against our in
truson of their roosting place.
On the starboard side out in the swift cur
rent. two red lights showed, looking like a couple
of wcll-lit cigar stubs. About 80 feet from the
bow Weely made vigorous throw There was
a rattle and jingle of steel on bone and he re-
cooled his line and made ready for another throw
with an exclamation of disgust. What the
matter, WeeyE Why didn't you get your string
tied to that fellow" "Che harpoon struck him
in the head, senior, and that is almost solid bone
and harpoon won't stick in it," the re-
ply 'You wait little and I'll tie on to one
good and fast"
A few minutes later we were nearing the SAND
bar of the "wse alligator" when suddenly Wee
ly's arm shot out and the light harpoon whistled
through the air and found its mark. There wa,
a swirl and splash of the water, and the line
tauted up like bow spring and the canoe leap
ed forward at double speed through the darkness
"What is it, Weely?" 81 don't know, senior; i
was down deep in the water; it is caiman or
black robalo, and big one"
The line cut the water like knife as om
game towed us up little tide creek that branch
es off from the main channel until pile of drift
blocked our way; he then turned and pulled u
out again to midriver, and then stopped exhaust
ed and came to the surface.
| 1t was superb black robalo, nearly four fee
in length and weighing from 40 to so pounds
His exact length was 45 inches and his tai
ting his weight.
Pull him in TO the canoe. Weely, and w
will knock him on the head" Weely pulled hin
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to how business looked after so many DAYS
absence in the dip by the river
When he got there the corn was certainly most
promising, and all was going well with the rip.
ening crops for the agricultural interest BY
rare chance, too, he met o neighbor by the
stream, and they stopped long chatting about
the Boom at Regina and the Chicago futures
and the probability of advance in spring
wheat next Winnipeg market. The neighbor
was hopeful, like Dick himself. Land was on
the rise. he said in their own section, and
great development great development, sir, was
sure as fate, in store for Manitoba a mag
nificent country and it was going to be deve
oped.
Dick hoped SO in his heart and that land
would rise till he could get his own price back
again for his own farm, take Bertha home to
her native shores, show little Daisy what was
meant by decent road, and leave the develop
ment of that magnificent country to the more
capable hands and arms of Others
At last he wheeled round his horse once more
and after riding about for couple of hours, sur
veying the soil, he made towards home across the
open prairie.
As he did no, a sickening horror seized upon
his soul. He looked in front of him and shaded
his eyes, incredulous. Great heavens what he
saw was all too true. No farmhouse visible.
Other houses were there, to be sure, each
standing in its place over the vast plain Mt wide
intervals, and each marked by long blue line
of smoke, where the ''smudges" or hy-dspersers
were burning in front of them to keep off the
mosquitoes. A smudge, in Northwestern par
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up alongside and put one hand in his gis, but
the fish was too strong for him and nearly
pulled him overheard. 81 can't handle him,
senor you had better shoot him" bullet in
the brains Quoted his struggles and we pulled
him aboard. After we had admired him and
agreed that it the finest fish could hope
to catch that night we went on with the food
tide up the river.
ROBALO A SALT WATER FISH
Let me say here that the black robalo is simply
salt water variety of the large mouth black
bass Of the southern United States and North
eastern Mexico. 1t closely resembles its fresh
water relative in everything except size, as it
averages much heavier going from two or three
pounds up to 40 or 80 and even more
1t is an anodromous fish, like the salmon, liv-
ing in both fresh and salt water and ascending
the rivers yearly in spawning season. In fresh
water or salt it takes live bait freely, and be
ieve would take the fly also if offered.
/ am in absolute ignorance of its proper name
in English. On line it is a game fighter, and
it is common on both coasts of the republic and
is frequently on sale in the Mexico city markets
but | have never seen a specimen in either Texas
or California on sale in the markets.
Just below Cane Brake Bend we shined the
eyes of an alligator dead ahead. Weey made
an artistic throw and harpooned him in the neck
How he with us up the river and down
across and back, the canoe carrying bone in
her teeth" as we sped along. Then he came tc
bay and turned us, biting in his rage He
was an old bull about nine feet long and full Of
fight, but rifle ball in the head knocked all the
fight out of him and he lay on the surface Of
the water apparently dead.
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The Last Moments of Famous Men

vidual force which differed the man from every
other man who ever lived?
But the mob, who watch the poor drenched
and boated and horrible body wheeled away to
the mortuary, turn away without any realiza-
ton of death. They go to their taverns and
their merchandise, take up the old greasy and
well-worn threads of their existence, and get
ting of food monopohzes all their thoughts
Fear death? They fear nothing in the world.
They are not even afraid of themselves.
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HarpOOning Gators in Mexican Waters

E7E lay in camp at the mouth of the Ler-
IW ma. 1--WE" was made up of Chihuile
(salt water catfsh), the harpooner,
IESSEkaI glance at whose mouth explained his
nickname-he was called Weely for
short; FL Negro, the paddler, and the writer
The sun was Just sinking into the sea, as we
lit our cigarros and commenced making ready
for our nightly hunt The torch and bulseye
lantern were filled with oil, extra harpoon
and line were slowed in the 1S-foot canoe, as
well as a rife and heavy six-shooter. chunk
of driftwood with doubled up overcoat on top
made a very comfortable seat amidships for the
boss of the outfit
The norwester had died down and the flood
tide was coming in as Weely took his station in
the bow, standing erect harpoon in hand.
seated myself on my improvsed stool, with the
pistol in my belt and the rifle close to my hand.
Impelled by vigorous push from FL Negro, we
shot out into the stream.
WATCHING FOR GATORS
As we got into the shadows of the tall man.
grove trees on the further side of the river
Weely lit the torch that hung over the bow,
and with strong but noiseless strokes OF the pad
die we sped along close under the bank with
the tide in our favor and watching lntently foI
sight of the fiery red eyes OF an alligator gleam
ing in the torchight, or possibly the green eyes
of a Mexican tiger or a deer gazing at US from
among the tree trunks on the bank
A tree on the bank ahead showed up white
and ghostly in the starlight, as ii entirely GOV
cred by a white sheet. As we swept under 1t'
branches there was a sudden rustic and swish o.
wings and flock of several hundred white ibise
launched themselves into the air, and, wheeling
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and the wagons so dreadfully, dreadfully jolly"
Nonsense" Archie answered, Jumping down
mattress out of the servants room-it don't get
much slept upon lay it in the wagon with a
couple of pillows; carry you out and set you in
comfortably; and there you are at once fixed up,
as the Yankees say, we'll as you'd be in an
English victoria"
ooh, do" Daisy cried, capping her little