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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10


At ths age Of so the Empress Of
Japan stll considers that she IL emit
tied to her family name Of s'Haruka, -
the spring" and no one win deny It to
her. Her majesty belongs to the Ia
vored class Of women who never seem
to grow old, and who In the autumn Of
life possesses the charm Of knowing
how to preserve the smiling loveliness
Of their youth.
She Is q devoted friend Of literature,
and she Is never so happy a. when she
can celebrate the three great festivals
Of the year. surrounded by the poets
attached to the court. These festivals
are those Of the New Year, the Church
and the Chrysanthemum. The Empress
is herself a poetess, and has established
a competition for japanese poets, and
for this competition she fixes the sub
ject.
But it Is for her works of charity that
the Empress is the most renowned,
and she is at the head Of all national
efforts in this direction. The Red Cross
Society claims great deal Of her time,
and during the war with China she was
often found attending the wounded
japanese.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10
HATED KENMORE COOPER.

Perpetual War Waged Between An
thor and Village Lads.
Not so many boys read ]. Fenimors
Cooper nowadays as three or four de-
cades ago, but il it were possible to
have an accounting to-day it would
pretty surely be found that no one.
barring only Captain Marryat, has
pleased and delighted so many lads
with his stories.
1t Is more or less Of shock, there
fore. to those who remember him as
one Of the chief patron saints Of their
boyhood. to learn that in actual life
Cooper and the boys Of his village
were sworn enemies n. G. Brewer,
who was one Of the boys. but is now
an elderly man living in Cleveland,
gave the world this interesting bit of
personal Renaissance. the other day.
He lived at Cooperstown. Otsego Coun-
ty, N. T., when Cooper made his home
there.
There was not man in the town
whom the boys hated as they did Mr..
Cooper" said Mr.. Brewer. s"He was q
typical Englishman of the austere sort.
surly to boys and very liberal in the
use Of his walkingstick on their backs
when he got the chance.
He was probably very irritable. and
the boys knew this and made matters
worse by going out of their way to
annoy him. We used to get into his
orchard and steal his apples, more for
the pleasure it gave us to make him
angry than for the sake of the ap-
pies.
Ills manner seemed to indicate to
US that he had very exalted sense
Of his own Importance and that he
thought we boys ought to take OF our
hats to him every time we met him in
the street. l was about 10 years old
at the time and had not read any OF
his stories.
Perhaps 1t may seem odd. but It Is
q fact that while Iahave all his works
in my library, l have never read any
Of them. and the only recollections that
have OF him are the boyhood feel
ings Of dislike caused by his manners
and by his treatment of the boys OF
Cooperstown. This seems strange when
the fact is considered that his stories
have pleased so many thousands OF
boys."zNew York Sun.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10
Spring Hunnors

1nnure or effete matters accumulated in the blood
NO the winter in the spring such disfgurine
I painful troubles as boils pmples and other eruptions
anu Weakness loss of appetite and that tired feeling
The best medicine to take to rid yourself Of them IS
d Sarsaparila, which thoroughly cleanses the blood
" effects permanent cures by giving healthy functional
anu i to the stomach liver, Kidneys bowels and skin.
This is the testimony of tens of thousands who have
.ts, this great spring medicine.
Accept no substitute for Hoods Sarsaparilla but IN
=. ~ having Hoods and get it today.
s Gold by druggists everywhere.
Usual FORM liquid in form, tablets 100 Doses One Dollar
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

won't 1t ne splenolo wnen we car
talk to the people on Mars!" exclaimed
Mr. Meekton's wife. Mr.. Meekton
reused himself from his semi-doze, and
exclaimed: whats the matter. Hen
rietta! You haven't got all through with
the people Of this earth, have your
Washington Star.
Kindly Visitor-Mrs. A.. what 90 you
suppose makes you suffer so? Mrs. A.
u don't know, am sure; and be
lieye nothing but post-mortem will
ever show. Kindly Visitor-You poor
ching, You are SO weak that you can
never stand that.-Tit-Bits.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

What is the real difference be-
Iau' onartment, a fiat, and a tene-
wee" COZ Janitor-In an apartment
nen. n ~, don't have no children In a
'D sa '+t they has one or two, More than
4 Id oros snv house tenement, mum.
Iudge.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10
Repaid.

Repaid.
At certain ball in the country the
other evening gentleman undertook
to. introduce companion to young
but somewhat stout lady who seemed
to be pining for dance.
mo, thanks. old fellow; don't care
to waltz with cart"
A cart Is understood in the district
referred to as partner who does not
do her. share of the dancing, but has
to be drawn round.
A few evenings later the same young
lady, who had overheard the CONVEX
sation, beheld the young man seeking
an introduction and asking II he might
have the honor, etc.
mo, thank you." she replied; Il may
be a cart. but am not donkey cart. a"
London Tit Bits.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10
Ingenious Answer.

Excuse me-" he said to the applicant
for the typewriter's position, ''but I
would like to know your ageY
The young woman looked astonished.
MAY l ask what that has to do with
my fitness for the placer she inquired.
Nothing" he promptly answered.
"You see. it's my wife that wants to
know"
I'm that CASE said the applicant,
who was pretty as well as young. tell
her am A."
And the smile that followed this in
genuous statement brought out four de-
lightful dimples.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

Old Gentleman-Do you mean to say
that your teachers never thrash you!
Little Boy-Never. We have moral
suasion at our school Old Gentleman
What's that? Boy-Oh. we get KEEP in.
and stood up in corners, and locked out,
and locked in, and made to write one
word thousand times. and scowled at,
and jawed at; and that's all.-Tit- Bits.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

els you gwine ter let dat mewel do
as he please?' asked Uncle Ephraim's
wife. z"Wha's you will powerY my
will powers all right" he answered.
"You jest want ter come out hyar an
measure dis here mewefs won't pow
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

Now Way.-Mr. Corrigan: How
~ vez charge fer pullin' teet I
nu'. With gas, one dollar. Mr..
Den An how much wild electric
logbt!
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

Briggs-I>hear you have been operat-
ing in Wall street Griggs-A great
mistake. I've been operated upon
Harner'a Bazar
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

Wanted Substantial Induceinent.
Proud Mother-Tommy, won't you
say that little speech of yours for the
gentleman?
TOMMY will if the gentleman has
a penny.-Ohio State Journal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

Beginning at Home: jasper I'M
derstood that you had turned over
new leaf. and were even going to leve
your enemies; but it seems to me that
You love no one but yourself. "Wel l
am my own worst enemy. -Ll1e.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

e. y, rheumatism, relief must be /
hu. 'ea parts with lini1nents, oils, ct
y ss. ssanporarily relieving the pain ane
- L1tee on the disease itself, because r
III: the blood and cannot be rubbed
wv, question, weak kidneys, poor bow
s Ss. sluggish condition of the system
a -suio be carried off through the nat
left Left :. avenues of bodily waste, are
49, 20 Sour and form uric acid and
so rel irritating poisons which are abb
vsa, eu oy the blood, making it thin,
no~A H and acrid. Then instead of
rls s'ishlng the different nerves, mus
s;. S, JOINTS and tissues it fills them
ns;u, poison to produce the aches,
to,n. ' ana other disagreeable symp-
Is s OF the disease. Rheumatism
rs. Usually worse in Winter for the
Got; n mat cold and dampness are
WV. Jung causes. The nerves become
ss s!' Cd and sting with pain, the mus
swo W ore Sore and drawn, the joints
lives eh and stiff and the sufferer
dissa.lnn intense agony; and if the
It's S;oe: IS not checked it often leaves
Rbsr.usinI!s helpless cripples for life.
bnt :. ausm cannot be rubbed away
bv q - can be driven from the blood
pur i; .. :. 5: Being perfect blood
iucss this great remedy soon pro-
6re "a; complete change in the en-
hrnnnI.ssu the thin, acrid blooi
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

20 sir, please. have swallowed q
oinr' exclaimed servant girl. running
into her employers room. Never mind.
Mary" he replied. deep In study, rev
a. mind: here's another" drawing one
eroxu hia nincushfon-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use
for their children during the teething
period.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

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Write Allen S. Olmstead, Leroy, N.
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aching feet. 1t makes new or tight
shoes easy. A certain cure for corns,
lngrowing nails and bunions. All drug
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stitute
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

s.Don't you miss your husband very
much now that he is away 'On. NJ!
At breakfast / just stand his newspapef
un il front OF plate, and half the time
Z really forget he isn't theirs. -Ex-
nhannn
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

Charles-Did the tailor take your
measure? Algy-I think he did. He
said I'd have to pay in advance.-Iit-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

Sufficient Evidence: SamOo-Wnar
you get dat chicken? Mark Anthony
Nebber you mind bout dat chicken.
Tain't yours. Sambo-How you know
faint? Mark Anthony-Cause found
ift In youah coop.-New York Weekly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

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erences required. For particulars
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

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Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tab
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on each box. Csc.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10
Grown Gold.

Grown Gold.
Nebb-Do you know Ezymark?
Dtdbete-I used to.
Nebb-Used to-?
Dedbete- Yes. until be loaned me So
Ohio State Journal.
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10

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viii . ou, ct the blood with S. S. S.
ism ao' Keep you in continual pain
na any medical advice will be
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-11
JOHN AN UNLUcKY NAME.
Many Kings Who Bore it Met With
 Misfortune.

Many Kings Who Bore it Met With
 Misfortune.
 It Is strange how good or bad fortune seems to attend certain names. and this is the more marked in the persons of royalty, on account of their conspic- uous position, than in the case of the ordinary individual. Among sover- eigns it is most doubtful which must be considered the most unlucky name, but it is probable that John is the name of i'll omen. For instance, John of England has always been branded as an infamous monarch, a character which he hardly deserved; still, 1t was his luck. John of France was captured by the Black Prince, who, by the way, was not the hero we have been taught to consider him, but very unscrupu- lous rufflan. John Baliol of Scotland has been despised by his fellow-coun- trymen because he pandered too much to the English.
 Robert of Scotland changed his name from John but the ill-luck of the name chung to him. During his lifetime he was worried to the verge of despair by his brother, the Duke of Albany He was himself a cripple, his eldest son was starved to death In prison, and his youngest. when on voyage to France, was captured by the English. Robert III died of a broken heart, John I, of Bohemia was blind; John I, Pope, was imprisoned by Alaric, King of the Goths, and Pope John x. was driven from Rome by Guy, Duke of Tuscany. John XI Pope, was supposed to have been poisoned by his brother Alberto, who kept him prisoner in the Late ran. John XIV also died in prison from poison or starvation. John XIV ascended the Papal throne after the murder of Boniface, and was forced to flee to Tuscany, where he died of fever. Nor was John XVI more fortunate, for he was dubbed the "anti-Pope," and after varied career, which lasted only eleven months, he was brutally tor- tured, and then consigned to dun- geon, whence he never emerged alive.
 John I of Constantinople was poi- soned John II was killed while boar hunting, and John III was dethroned, his eyes were put out, and he was cast into prison, where he died. John of Castle was killed by a fall fromhis horse. This is only portion of the | long list of unlucky Johns, but it will serve to show that there is good reason for claiming that monarchs should avoid the name If they possibly can,-- 1 Tid- Bits.
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and pre-eminent ability shown by it's first president during the years of it's organization and early history.
 Although he was but forty-nine years old, President Harper had lived sixty years as reckoned by average standards. He was always up early, oftentime before day, busy with his stenegraphers, wearing out two or three of them before the day was over, and then seldom retiring before mid night. Chicago, as a young university, needed just such energy, ability and indomitable courage as Dr. Harper brought to it. The university as it stands to-day is but part of the great educational scheme he had in mind. The city of Chicago itself is hardly large enough to hold the great worlds university it was his ambition to cre- ate.
 Tt is but natural that the deep inter- est my father has taken in the univer- sity in the past will be continued in the future. Although he never committed himself to any fixed policy toward the university, he watched it grow from year to year, and as it's needs develop ed he did what he could to assist. This he will continue to do, and those of his family who come after him will endeav- or to carry out his wishes for the well- being of the institution"
 MT. Rockefeller expressed, for his father and himself, deep sympathy for President Harper's family and friends.
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was told there were no vacancies.

was told there were no vacancies.
 MT. Lundie, the secretary says, in an electrical engineer, who was employed to visit the isthmus to superintend the construction of a plant for the genera tion of electricity and for the manu- fracture of ice by a private company. MT. Lundie, he says, made application to become a member of the advisory board and urged his appointment with great vigor, but his application was re- jected. MT. Wallace appointed him as consulting engineer to make a report on oils and fuels on the isthmus, but Mr. Shonts disapproved the appointment and it was not made,
 Secretary Taft charges that MT. Lun- die objects seriously to the govern ments furnishing it's own light and ice, and insists that 1t is its duty to pat ronize his company" That he pro- tested to Secretary Taft while the lat ter was on the isthmus and later wrote the president a letter. The secretary says it is quite certain that copy of Lundie's letter to you was shown to the writer of the article, in view of similar language used, and sharply ar raigns on this score the good faith of the writer of the article.
 MT Taft declares that no engineer in the country is better fitted for the work than Mir. Stevens.
 In the letter addressed to the presi- dent by Lundie and referred to by MT. Taft the writer says:
 "I have never seen such a piece of management and utter demoralization as exists to-day on the Isthmus of Panama"
 He charged that Secretary Taft had great deal of time for social enter tainment while on the isthmus, and said the engineers might as we'll have stayed at home and studied data furnished in book form. He referred in complimentary terms to MT. shonts, who, he says, seems to dictate the physical and moral tone of what Is done on the isthmus. The United States, he declared, under such infu- ence would become the laughing stock of the world.
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Sapho

Miss Nethersole with her drama of tears and human passions-Sapho- came and went and the feelings of none of tn elarge audience which witnessed the play in the Hyperion were particu- larly outraged. At least there was no apparent indication of disapproyal, and it was an audience fairly representa- tive of the best New Haven society Police interference with the perform ance did not come to pass in spite of the protests of some very good citizens who had never seen the play Practic- ally all the criticism was aimed at the first act, at the end of which, in the unabridged edition, the lusty youth from Gascony carried Sapho up a spiral stairway. Out of deference to the citi- zens who objected to this means of exit, Miss Hethersole's manager, at the suggestion of MT. Rowland, resident manager of the Hyperion, had the spiral stairs cut out of the play and substituted an ordinary stairway nice- ly carpeted and of inviting aspect up which the young people went. Another difference from the unabridged form, too, was that SaDho walked and was not carried. So the critics were satis- fled and everyone was happy.
 Sapho isn't a pretty tale and the stage could well afford to spare it and some others of its class, but Sapho as a character is infinitely less vicious than Carmen. but no one finds fault with the play of that name It seems to be another case of the gnat and the camel. The story of Sapho is the story of a young woman of the Paris underworld, whose better nature is aroused by the purity and honesty of a young man from the country. She re- forms for his sake and although he proves a weak vessel she does the right thing in the end and shows herself | sterling.
 Miss Nethersole gave a tremendously powerful portrayal of the part of Sapho, which is by far the best of heI ! roles. In the parting scene with Jean I she reached her greatest strength and fairly carried the audience away with the intensity of her acting.
 Hamilton Revelle as Jean Gaussir was good. but hardly big enough fol the tragic scenes. In the lighter mo. | n,ents he was excellent. The remainder of the company was sufficient for the needs of the play.
 The audience was very enthusiastic and recalled Miss Nethersole until sht made a speech. She said: T can't say anything which would be half so lovely as your applause
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-11
CANAL COMMISSION
Taft Makes Comprehensive Answer to
 Charges.

Washington, Jan. IDA comprehen- sive answer to the charges against the Isthmian canal commission con tained in an article in the Independent has been made by Secretary Taft. It is in the form of @ letter to the president, who on January in communication to the secretary said his attention had been directed to an article purporting to have ibeen written by Poultney Bige- low, attacking the administration of affairs by the. canal commission and yourself on the isthmus," and adding, will you please advise me what basis, if any, there is for these charges?
 Secretary Taft briefly summarizes the charges as follows: Alleging that the conditions In Colon are so unsan- itary as to indicate great neglect in providing for the health of the em- ployes of the commissions; alleges mis- treatment of negro laborers; that per- sons appointed to the isthmus are in- competent, and have been given their places through political influence, and official incompetency or misconduct, the latter invovling the charge that there is so much red tape" necessary to bring about the construction of buildings that great misery has come to the laborers on the isthmus.
 The secretary says that Chief En- gineer Stevens, now in Washington, Is personally cognizant of the facts with respect to every local condition describ- ed by the writer of the article. and a memoranda of comments thereon by MT. Stevens is appended to the letter.
 Discussing the conditions at Colon the secretary quotes MT. Stevens as saying that every one knows who has been on the ground that the problem of draining the city is one of extreme diff ficulty, owing to the situation on an island surrounded by the sea on one side and by fresh water swamp on the other. Uncertainty as to the plans of improving Colon has rendered im- practical any radical destruction of un- sanitary buildings. Meantime, the sec retary says, the sanitary conditions in
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 thing more grotesque and horrible. He was singing Rock of Ages not to the inappropriate air or Aibtis to which it is usually sung in America, but to the tune used in the churches of England It was not that his voice was feeble, or waillng, or pathetic. What struck ev- cry alternative listener with a kind of horror was that it was not the voice of a human being
 They walked very slowly down the court and looked up at the windows. Two or three were opened and some halfpence were thrown out, perhaps five. And thus, singing in this fright ful fashion, they took their rage and their misery out of sight.
 They were the problem of London, those four, and they stood before the best answer that London has yet been able to make. Everybody's Magazine.