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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-29
NATAL RACIAL DISTURBANCES.

Some of the Difficulties OF Govern
ment In South Africa.
The racial disturbances in Natal have
attracted much attention recently to
that interesting and promising British
colony, in which so much OF British
South African history centers. 1t Is a
growing and prosperous colony, and In
tensely loyal to the empire, though it
is burdened with one of the gravest
problems which any State can have to
that of the relationship
Of the two races, where the blacks out
number the whites nine or ten to one,
says the New York Tribune. 1t may
be Of interest to recall, too, that Natal
has been the scene of one of the great
est Industrial disappointments in the
history of the British empire, in Its
failure to become the chief cotton-groW-
Ing country Of the world
1t is now just half century since
Natal was erected into 4 separate col
ony, and very shortly thereafter, be-
cause of the prospects Of profound po-
litlcal, social and Industrial changes In
the United States, much consideration
was given to its assumed capabilities OF
replacing this country as the source of
Great Britain's supply Of raw materi-
ais. It was thought certain that Natal
could produce sugar, tobacco and other
things in great quantities, but 1t was
to cotton that most attention was paid,
and upon 1t that the greatest expecta-
tons were based. A careful British OBJ
server reported that there were thou
sand square miles Of land in Natal ad-
adapted for the growth OF cot
ton. He estimated that 5000 plants
could be grown on an acre, producing
two and half pounds of seed cotton,
or a pound and quarter Of clean cot
ton, from each plant. Thus, he con-
cluded, "our Liverpool merchants. may
look forward to supply of no less than
4, SOC, OOO,O 900 pounds of cotton from
Natal" That was much larger than the
entire product of the United States at
that time, or at any time down to a
few years ago.
How painfully those roseate expecta-
tons have been disappointed may be
perceived from the fact that Natal is
now practically not cotton-producing
at all. At any rate, Its pro-
duction of cotton is so small as not to
figure as an item in the industrial sum-
maries of the year books. Instead of
$4,000 acres in sea island cotton alone,
so confidently predicted half century
ago, only about 100000 acres are un-
der cultivation by Europeans In all
crops, and the only agricultural prod
ucts deemed worthy Of mention in The
Year Book" are sugar,
maize, wheat, oats and tea. The chief
exports from Natal to Great Britain
are wool, hides, coffee, bark and skins
and furs. OF cotton, which the colony
was 50 abundantly to supply. no men
ton appears.
This is to be recalled not, Of course.
to the discredit of Natal or of Great
Britain, but simply as an example OF
the many illusions which men In &ll
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-29

Chicago, Sept. 24-Members OF four
ticket brokers' associations, controll-
ing the greater part Of that business
throughout the United States, are by
a decision rendered by Judge Kohlsaat
in the federal court perpetually en-
Joined from scalping tickets on the
Pennsylvania system and various other
transportation copmanies, sons OF
which ARE named in the complaint.
The case arose in st. Louis during the
recent exposition in that city.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-29

Washington, Sept. 24.-The fish
commission has made arrangements to
experiment with lobster raising in
Puget sound. Some of the finest speci-
mems will soon be taken from Woods
Hole, Mass, and sent to Puget sound
in charge of Pr +. Gorham, of Brown
university, the lobster expert, and
placed in shallow water. In return
Western Holsters will be planted on
the Massachusetts coast. Officials
here believe Eastern Holsters will prop
agate nicely in Puget sound.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-29
hour Law IS
EXTENDED BY PRESIDENT

Oyster Bay, Sept. 4.-President
Roosevelt has extended the eight-hour
law to apply to all public work under
the supervision Of any department OF
the government. The order affects
particularly work on river and harbor
improvements.
Charles P. Neill, commissioner Of
labor, who at the direction Of the pres
ident has had charge since last winter
of the enforcement of the eight-hour
law, has sent to the president report
of which the following is the conclud-
ing paragraph:
II might add here that found that
one very noticeable effect has already
been produced in this matter Of eight
hour law. Contractors fully realize
now that the law is going to be en-
forced with earnestness and they no
longer dismiss it as a matter of no
consequence. They probably like the
law less than ever, but their attitude
none the less is rapidly changing into
one Of becoming respect for the stat
ute.'
The Presidents Order
To carry out Commissioner Neill's
recommendations, the president has
signed the following executive order:
81. All departments Of the govern
ment under the supervision Of which
public works are being constructed
are hereby directed to notify the rep
resentatives stationed at such public
works to report at once to their re-
spective departments all cases in which
contractors or subcoutractors on works
now under construction have required
or permitted laborers or mechanics in
their employ to work over eight hours
in any one calendar day.
80. All government representatives
in charge of construction of public
works are further directed that it is
part of their duty to report to their
respective departments each and every
case in which laborers or mechanics
are required to or permitted to work
over eight hours day on such works
under supervision of such government
representatives. Wherever reports
showing in excess of eight hours day
are received by any department they
are to be referred to the department
of justice for appropriate action.
$50. All departments of government
under the supervision of which public
works are being constructed by CON-
tract are further instructed to have
their legal officers prepare and for
ward to the president list of such
statutes and executive orders, as have
a direct bearing on contracts for the
construction of public works, and with
which bidders on such works should
be made acquainted.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-29
Will Try to Keep Women Here

Seattle. Sept. 24.-Prosecuting At
torney Kenneth Macintosh says he
will at once attempt to secure from
the supreme court of this state writ
Of prohibition preventing Judge Frater
from issuing an order sending Esther
Mitchell and Mrs. Maud -Creffield back
to Oregon on the ground that they are
insane. An insanity commission last
week declared both women of unsound
mind.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-29
Lindsey to Run for Governor

Denver, Colo, Sept. 24.-Judge Ben
B. Lindsey has been nominated for
governor of Colorado at a convention
Of independents, m'de up Of Republic
cans, Democrats and others. The mat
ter of nominating an entire independ-
emit ticket was left to a committee to
te appointed by the chairman Of the
convention, N. s. Candy, of Colorado
Springs.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-29
HOW DIFFERENT NATIONS SLEEP

Wooden Neck-Rests Serve as Pillows
In Japan.
1t is evidently custom that makes
comfort, even in the way men take their
rest. The feather beds so necessary in
the last generation are little less than
actual tOrments to this, while the Jap
anese doubtless would find even our
firm, fiat mattress too soft, after their
mating couch and wooden neck-rest.
The AnglO-SaxOn race, SO far as its
sleeping arrangements and means Of
rest are concerned, Is the most luxuri-
GUS in the world.
The Egyptians had a couch of a pc
culiar shape, more like an old-fashioned
easy chair, with hollow back and seat,
than a bed
The Chinese use low bedsteads, often
deliberately carved, and supporting only
mats or coverlids.
A popularity of the German bed is
its shortness besides that, it frequent
ly consists in part of large down pill
low or upper mattress, which spreads
oyer the person, and usually answers
the purpose Of all the other ordinary
bedclothing combined.
The ancient Greeks and Romans had
their beds supported on frames, but not
fat like ours. 9
In the tropics men sleep In hammocks
or upon mats of grass. The East In
dian unrolls his light portable charpoy
or mattress. which In the morning is
again rolled together and carried away
by him.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-29
Something Lacking.

One of the richest gold finds in Ans
tralia was made by boy who picked
ND stone to throw at crow, and no
flood that there was gold in the stone.
when he reported the fact to the 10.
cal government officer, says the author
IT .sThe Romance of Mining the
warden endeavored to notify the Gov
ernor by telegraph. He was, however.
too excited to be rational
"a how picked up stone to throw at
. crow" he wired, and the amazed Of
ac,a, unable to guess what there was
- e,pniflcance in the event, replied:
eyes: and what happened to the
crown
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-29

California, Stanford and Nevada un-
ivervsities have adopted the Rugby
game Of football.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-29
I OLD !
cFauor'iteS
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A Family Portrait.

A Family Portrait.
Grandmother's mother; her age, / guess,
Thirteen summers, or something less;
Girlish bust, but womanly air;
Smooth, square forehead with uprolled
hair,
Lips that lover has never kissed;
Taper fingers and slender wrist;
Hanging sleeves of stiff brocade;
So they painted the little maid.
o, Damsel Dorothy! Dorothy O.!
Strange is the gift chat owe to you;
Such a gift as never king
Save to daughter or son might bring
All my tenure Of heart and hand,
All my title to house and land;
Mother and sister and child and wife
And Joy and sorrow and death and inel
What If a hundred years ago
Those close-shut lips had answered No,
When forth the tremulous question came
That cost the maiden her Norman name,
And under the folds that look 20 still
The bodice swelled with the bosom's
thrill?
Should be I, Or would It Be
One tenth another, to nine-tentas msf
Soft 10 the breath of q madden's Yes:
Not the light gossamer stirs with less;
But never a cable that holds 20 fast
Through all the battles of wave and blast,
And never an echo Of speech or song
That lives in the bahbldng air 90 long!
There were tones In the voice that whis-
pered then
You may hear to-day in hundred men.
Wendell Holmes.
Daybreak.
A wind came up out of the sea,
And said 20 mists, make room for me ~
1t hailed the ships, and cried: "Sail on,
Ye mariners, the night is gone J"
:
And hurried landward far away,
Crying: Awake! It Is the day."
1t said unto the forest: shout!
Hang all your leafy banners Quit"
It. touched the woodbird's folded wing,
And said 20 bird, awake and sing!"
And Ger the farms 20 chanicleer,
Your clarion blow the day is near !"
1t whispered to the fields of corn:
Bow down, and hail the coming morn !"
1t shouted through the belfry tower:
Awake, O bell Proclaim the hour !"
1t crossed the churchyard with sigh,
And said mot yet! In quiet lie ~
Wadsworth Longfellow.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-29
HUGHES REPUBLICAN,;
HEARST DEMOCRATIC

Saratoga. N. Y, Sept. % -Expedi-
ton marked the second and final day
of the New York Republican state
convention. From early in the morn
ing. when it became known that Charles
e. Hughes, of New York, would be
nominated for governor by acclama-
ton, the other proceedings practically
became formal and we're pushed to
completion with the utmost speed.
The session of the convention lasted
about two hours. The ticket is as fol
lows:
Governor, Charles E. Hughes; lieu
tenant governor M. Linn Bruce; Sec
rotary of state, John F. O'Brien
comptroller, Martin E. Lewis; treas
urer, j. G. Matchmaker; state engin-
eer and surveyor, 81. A. Vanalstyne;
attorney general, Julius M. Mayer.
Buffalo, Sept. 27.-At q session
which began at 1880 p. m. and lasted
until $3.50 a. M, the Democratic state
convention nominated state ticket
headed by William Randolph Hearst.
Mr.. Hearst was already in the field
as the gubernatorial nominee OF the
Independence League, which he was
instrumental in organizing. The DEM
ocrats also took from the independence
League ticket Lewis Stuyvesant Chan
Ter for lieutenant governor, and John
S. Whalen for secretary of state. The
other nominees have no place on the
Independence ticket.
Mr.. Hearst was nominated with 800
votes. of which only 226 were neces-
sary for choice.
The following were also nominated:
For state comptroller, Martin Glinn,
of Albany; for attorney general. Will
lam jackson, Of Buffalo; for treasurer,
julius Hauser, of Suffolk; for state
engineer and surveyor, Fred w. skeen,
of Queens county.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.

He house. in committee of the whole, placed an amendment in the ure Tt de ticiency till waving the eight-ho1r law ln the Panama canal zone so far Us for eign laborers are concerned. The statehood bill providing 9r two new states consisting of Indian terri. tory and Oklahoma and New Mexico and Arizona, respectively, was passed by the house by vote of 194 to l50 There were many absentees.
 The republican insurgents went down to defeat in the house in tLeir at tempt to gain control of the I'll 2, the terms of which were to govern the states hood bill ill it's passage through the house. There was warm debate pre-, ceding the vote that was full of sting.
 The louse defeated all attempt te engraft on the urgent deficiency bill provision abrogating the eight=hout law in so far as it applied to work i'll the isthmian canal zone. and set iG foot down on canal commissioners rs. ceiying other compensation than theti salaries.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
ETONS MORE ELABORATE.
Short Coats Strong Rivals to the Long Ones and a Very Attractive Suit
 Described.

The Eton jacket is keeping steady pace with all the advance steps of it's longer rival the redingote coat, as re gards minute detail and elaborate dec- oraton. Almost every week brings out some new variety of EtoI. and easn more stunning than the other.
 One of the greatest advantages of the Eton is the fact that 1t shows the new tailored skirts to better adyan- tage than any other design. And cer- taiuly nothing could be more charm ins than the skirts of lustrous fab- rics now displayed in countless num- bers in the shops There are many substituted for cloth, and while they are not so expensive. it cannot be said that they are cheap ny any means. Thef are extremely soft and fine, end in some instances embroidered or fig ure=l in dainty design.
 For real luxury however. nothing could snrpass an Eton suit of cherry red French broadeloth. Just why the shade is called cherry is beyond the comprehension of the average observ- CT, but true disciples of fashion have long since ceased to question the de eisions of the master artists of the modes The red of the gown under consideration is so dark that under certain lights il takes on a decidedly bluish tint and the coutourieres have not lost sight of this fact to add delightful touches of blue to the trim mi iffug af of
 .-s skirt of the design referred to is laid in several side plaits at the front, though at the sides there are jus two large plaits below a well-ft- tiae hip yoke. sealloped around the I0H edge Beyond the points of the ="aiobs of the hiP yel,e there are roaajea tahs of cfaamw white cloth ap pliaHed with 1aa blue and red silk brala
 Touches of this white cloth are in- trodueed in the decoration of the Eton. which is tucked Il the front. button ing in double asted effect An eX- aggerated Dutch yoke effect is outlined atodt the opening with q stitched empieeemeni sf the cloth which, at the lust lia". turns over To form the lapels. which are faced with The heaY- iest red satin The round collar fs cua4ed inta the reyefs at the front, wifh the faunded point finished with pieces ef cream cloth stitched with bfai. The sleeves are full at the top and extend below the elbow, be- ginning al which point they are laid in fa tueks TAe andeseuH= is of cloth. trimmed with narrow braid and but tons and finished Nith another cuff of satin and cloth St Louis Globe7Dem- ocraI.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
HOW FURs ARE FRESHED.
First Brush and Shake Thoroughly and Then Clean with Either
 Heated RIan or Flour

Treat them t0=a good brushing and shaking first and afterwards give them one of these several dry cleaning proc esses which can be done al homo with any but The worst soiled furs.
 Heat bran and with flannel rub it well into the fur. Leave it wrapped up for a day. and then brush every piece of bran from the fur, and give it q thorough shaking Use for gray fox, squirrel, chinchilla and caraeal.
 Cover the bottom of a frying pan with flour am, leave il, stirring con tinually until il becomes q dark brown color, when il is ready 10 be rubbed into the fur Brush well afterward. and comb if the fur is long haired. Use for sable, sealskin bear or any of the brown furs.
 For white furs use he four treat ment as hot as possible without brown. ing the flour. Rub it in with piece Of white flannel. which must be re. newed a. soon as il becomes dirty and reheat the four often.
 Ermno is harder 10 clean than most white furs. and it is necessary to treat it to the above process first, and then to rub il with powdered magne- sia. using a piece of white muslin. When not soiled but merely crushed. they may be made 10 look like new by wetting The whole coat with hair brush, brushing the fur the wrong way Leave t to dry in the air about half an hour Then beat it well with a rattan. and after beating, comb it with a coarse comb the right way of the fur
 In repairing fHrs the skin some. times will be found wrinkled and shrunken after taking out the lining. Get some one to hold it out straight for you, and then saturate it with wa ter in which salt has been dissolved. but be careful not 10 wet the hair. This makes the skin soft and pliable. so that you can stretch it into shape again.
 In sewing seams as in setting in piece of fur. piece of cardboard slipped between will help by keeping the hairs back from the st'tehes--- Chicago Tribune.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Feared He Would Die In Jail.

J. N Wolford. a white man about 70 years old, Was released from the Pulaski county jail in order that h9 might be taken 10 his home in Gar land county as he is so i'll if is feared he will never be brought to trial. Wolford has been in jail since No vember IT. when he was bound over to the Federal Grand Jury on a charge of robbing the postofiee at Hawes, about ten miles northwest of Hot Springs The aged man was un- able to give bond and was committed to Jail to await the action of the grand jury.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
A Chic Coat.

Exhibited in window next most dazzling array of evening frocks few days ago was a coat of lightest melton cloth made loose fitting back and front. with plain sleeves and a collar of dark green velvet The coat was worn over habit of dark hunters green cloth, fashioned with the iaunti, est of coats imaginable The design was a round curaway, a perfect imita- tion of tho latest style for men, eN cept that 1t was dovetailed at the front. if one might use the expression, to accommodate rolling reyers cut in one piece with the front. The revers were lined with black satin, while they opened over vest of tan cloth trimmed with green velvet buttons.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Suit for Dsmaaes.

Ed Robinson, administrator of the estate of Eugene Robinson, a negro boy who died from injuries which he is alleged to have sustained by being pushed from railroad train. has brought suit against the Rock Island Railroad for 5000 damages. The plaintiff alleges that Robinson Wa pushed from d Rock Island train by d brakeman near the city limits of Little Rock, receiving injuries which caused his death an hour later
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Smallpox Near Fourcbe Dam.

A case of smallpox is reported at the Chinault plantation, near Fourche Dam. A negro was discovered there with well developed ease, and quar- antine has been established The case is under the care of the Pulaski county authorities. This is the fourth case in the county outside of Little Rock and Argenta. the other three being under quarantine at the Dick inson sand plant, near the foot of Big Rock
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Full military Aonors were paid to the remains of Gen. Joseph Wheeler al the funeral services in New York, after which the eashet was forwarded to Washington for interment in Arlington f@ 'metery.
 4 body found in the Ohio river near Cairo lil, has been identified as that of Mrs. Rosa Mangrum, of Nash vile, Tenn. who left that city for St. Leuis and Chicago on w. (. r. L. busi- ness. Frem tHo fact that no money or i yauables were found on the body it is presumed Mrs. Mangrum was murdered and robbed and her body thrown into the river
 The body of Henry Fulkerson. who killed w. I. Drake prominent Mime apolis (Minnl dentist, during a dis nute over a bill Of 45 cents, was found in a corrlield near Ashley. N D., with indications pointing 10 suicide.
 Rev. Matthew O'Keefe. pastor of the Roman Catholic church of the Immacu- late Conception New York, who was chaplain of Mahones brigade in the FNOilNA1 LdAI Ai ny uiNAl IL tNNN VI Eh VT pneumonia, aged 7S years.
 An official report submitted to the Japanese diet shows that the actual outlay for the war with Russia was. For the army. $495 000000, and for the navy, $90 ,000000
 The Standard Oil Co. has issued or ders that hereafter only one-third of the mid continent fields output of oil will be bought. owing to the threatened em- bargo on it's transportation through the state of Missouri.
 s Carl Johnson suspected of being one of three men who held up Otto Bader in his hotel in Minneapolis, Minn., on The night of December 23 last, and who disa ppeAred was arrested on board a ship in Charleston (S e harbor, where he was working as a coal pa sser.
 Mayor Dunne of Chicago has signed > the municipal ownership bill recently passed.
 Seven buildings connected with the ]. United States naval training station at Coasters Harbor island Newport. R. L, were destroyed by fire, causing an esti- mated loss of $100 GOO. Brig Gen. Joseph Wheeler, U. s. A, retired the famous confederate cav. airy leader of the civil war, died oi pneumonia at the home of his sister in Brooklyn. N. r., aged 69 years. H. J. Barber, city treasurer of Albia Ia, has been arrested on a charge Of 2 Being short about s2.00o in city funds
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
White River Steamer Wreck.

The large steamer Joe Wheeler, which has been undergoing repairs at Newport, and was tied up, unoccu pied, broke away from her moorings under the strong current of the late overflow and began her last trip down White river. In the bend of the river, half mile below Newport, the boat was carried out over the bot tom lands and wrecked in the woods. The boat was valued at $500, and is perhaps the oldest craft in the White river service.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Destroyed by WIndst2rna.

Representative F. E. Morols resi- dence at Ozark was destroyed hy a wind storm sunday night All of tho family escaped unhHrt. except Mrs
 Morrell, who Was slightly injured. Considerable other dlmaee through ont tho tewn was done by thc storm.
 Dr Keith Hudson of Dahoma. lost his home and contents by fire recent ly. Lightning striking an adjoining smoke house caused the conflaeratien.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Wants Pay for Walking.

Julia Craig has brought shit against the Iron Mountain railroad for $500 damages, alleging that she left Little Rock to go To Eff Lake and Was car Tied past To Woodson, and that there were no trains back il Was impossible to spend the night in inc station at Woodson. owing to tho fact that there Was no fire i'll tbe building. she WAS forced to walk back 10 Biz Lake. d distance Of four miles