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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18
ESTABLISHED a PRECEDENT.

rirss 70 Have VeHmifoRn ADpen-
x Removed Living In beaver.
confined In st. Luke's hospital. hav-
ms recently undergone an operation on
one Of her fingers, which had become
dc'ormed from break and which was
Strengthened, is Miss Mary H. lGartside.
who has the distinction OF being the
h;st person on record to have the verm-
form appendix removed.
It was because Of this operation,
which was purely experimental and
when was resorted to In the last e.
tleme, that the possibility of removing
the appendix was discovered.
Dr. W. w. Grant of this city was the
surgeon in charge. says the Denver
lines. The case is famous the world
over. The Grant home, in Pennsylva-
MIA avenue, Is one of the places In the
ely which the megaphone man on the
seeing Denver automobile always pOintS
olt. commenting ON the fact that there
Ives the doctor who performed the
first operation for appendicitis and, he
was in the habit of adding, the patient
died, until one day last summer tour
ist when told about the house became
much interested, and when the man
aided that the patient had died arose
in her seat and denied the statement In
vigorous terms, declaring that 1t was
untrue, as she knew the patient well.
The subject of that first known Op-
grafton for appendicitis il Miss Cart
side, who lives in Minneapolis, and to-
day, at the age of ~, Is hale and
hearty, with no sign of her former
trouble. The case Is written up in all
medical books, and the knowledge that
Miss Gartside is again in Denver ls
matter of interest in the medica' world,
and she has been the subject of much
attention from the physicians In the
city. 7s
A history of the case Is found In the
Colorado Medicine. The article Is pre-
faced by note that states that inves-
legations show that this case antedates
III others by more than two years.
" hep tie operation was performed In
January, 1885, there was no antecedent
or contemporary history of such ease,
and DR.. Grant, after studying the case,
lie cided that 1t would be possible to re-
Move the appendix, and without the
scratch of a pen to guide him opened
lie abdomen and removed the appendix.
The operation was performed at the
Gartside home, in Davenport, Iowa.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18
lMG BRqgT1RuL RuRL1C BDILp1VG ~ duBRlcq

with drivers Of public vehicles who use
their horses as friends from whom to
draw inspiration for their sallies of
humor, and one wonders what will be-
come of all this when the horseless
vehicle is the universal mode of vehic-
ular traction. Surely the man who
turns a handle Is not the same as the
man who holds the reins and can not
get out Of electricity and petroleum
what has been got out of the pulsa tons
Of horses.
It comes to us from the railway por-
tiers and servants who keep at bay the
troublesome multitude by deity turn
ing into broad farce events which
begin seriously. 1t comes, too, from
hotel and restaurant walters. who see
enough Of the grim humors Of life to
become an almost endless source Of in
spiration. But it Is also apparent on
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

ished and inlaid with stones in myriad
colorings At the sides rise lofty round
ed columns with elegantly carved Cor
inthian capitals and the arches are
picked out in marble rosettes, palm
leaves and foliated designs Of the most
exquisite finish. The skylight Is seven
ty-two feet above the floor.
There could be nothing richer or
more magnificent than the stairways,
with their sfestoons of fruits and flow
ers and the turnposts surmounted BY
two great bronze figures bearing stand
ards for electric lights. The staircases
are also ornamented with twenty-six
marble figures by Martiny, representing
the arts and sciences and carved In
bold relief. A master OF language has
described this stair hall as poem In
polished stone, and 1t is by all odds the
finest marble interior In America.
The Congressional Library had its In
ceptdon In 1900. when Congress appro-
priated $1,000 for it. From that small
beginning, the Library has grown until
II now contains more than million
books. Every copyrighted work Is rep
resented, the law requiring the deposit
Of two copies of each publication copy
r,9hted. A number Of special, priceless
COLLECTIONS are here, including Thomas
Jefrerson's library, the Smithsonian IL
brary and ancient priceless engravhgs
almost without limit. Any person may
nse the library, but only members OF
Congress, the President. Supreme Court
ondS government officials may draw
books out OF 1t.
The book stacks are Of iron and rise
IN tiers nine stories to the roof. Eacn
s+.ck has a capacity Of 100000 vol
nmes. There are about forty-four run
n,no miles Of shelving. and the capac-
,tv OF the Library when all available
.raca ia taken up Is estimated at A.,
50O 600 volumes. When books are want
"a at the Capitol. they are taken
through a tunnel by means OF an eno.
-. chain mechanism. The exterior OF
~. Tahrary is somewhat plain. In con-
trast to the interior.
rho visitor to washington VINO does
not rive the Library all the time posi-
-. r,s.es much. 1t Is the only public
h,,,ldine in the city which Is open 70
y,s,tors after nightfall. and Its deco
rations appear more charming II posi-
hla under electric light tnan IN uay-
light The hours are a. m. 70 ~ =
.ra so numerous are the visitors
L. Tho. attendants are usually busy
la. .na. ononine to closing time.-Wii-
Transport (Pa.) GRIT
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18


horror life. #A*7s8ss
thriving
Of
nected danger
them Of impending peril swept away and
Johnaown- Hotels
banks swallowed
horoush out Of 1e8 standing
In Of
when the
Ginning
bean Ito building
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

The writer hauled milk to a cream
cry when lad. 1t had to be delivered
twice day; it had all to be drawn
INTO deep or shotgun" cans. and set
In tanks Of cold water to raise the
cream. and after twelve to twenty -four
hours was taken out and skinned nv
nand. Think Of the labor Involved,
Now. the practical physicist sunnlies
the centrifugal cream separator. There
Is the power separator at the factory
ana the hand separator on the farm
We can make a cream Of any desired
richness to produce the best and rich
est butter. The combined churn and
worker Is one of the greatest labor-say-
ing devices that has been introduced
into dairying. 1t enables the butter
maker to control the temperature of his
butter during the >moulting of 1t, first
Dy greatly Fastening the process, and
secondly, by preventing exposure of the
butter to the unfavorable temperature.
conditions that so commonly exist in
many make-rooms, and to which it was
exposed on the old-style open worker.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18
, onnoN,s HuMoR AND FUN.

u-hhle over With the
Issht rhinss Of sDessA:
.,ar has been made OF the gay
.sreless nature Of the Partisan.
H Fl, any one except true-Dorn Lon on,
1 AM ever observed the numor ana -, 1sa
o Is,en n IL ID great masses among the
wnlcn = Tnndoni W. W. Jacobs IN
psop'. s.v. has depicted some OF this
moue.. .,s 80 PARTICULARS. Dickens. above
:. :, writer's. most faithfully p0.ls ~
- many phases q 4 Tnac exc M, 1t e
1919 .. With Ii in manner nos l'A =
IS repeated 80: Al not col
nos - ,sre 10 the mass Of london
$500. Il 4 svsfywne1ss =
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

So many celebrities were concerned
IN the planning, erection and adornment
Of the Congressional Library, that a
lst of them would embrace about all
the great ones in the world Of art and
architecture With due regard to q
very few structures which cost more,
the Library is ranked as the most beau
aful public building in America, and
one Of the most magnificent In the
world. Prom first to last, 1t had the
most assiduous care Of its projectors,
md constant watchfulness made graft
that practice of diverting the public
money TO private ends SO noticeable in
ZONE other undertakings of similar
aaFacter-impossible: so that the
money appropriated went to exactly the
uses intended. There are other build.
iags Of more general Importance in
Washington. The Capitol, of course,
ranks first, and the Treasury and
State. War and Navy buildings follow
aosely; but however 1t is exceeded In
saeh affairs as pertain to the business
" The government, even the Capitol
cannot approach the Library in interior
beauty.
Inc Congressional Library represents
oil outlay Of 100000. 1t covers an
urea OF three and one-h half acres. or
soOut the same as the ground area of
'le capitol. 1t is 470x34O feet In d.
--e'iSiohs and has four large inner
EOufls averaging 150x10O feet. The Ii
"'i! Is situated squarely in front of
De eaNto and Is separated from 1t
OeaeuIui lawns and driveways. 1t
I''is TIE site Of seventy residences
""''n were bought In the late SOS at
- vOs' OF about 100000. The founda-
nv o4s were begun in 1880, and the build
s 10 was completed In 1897. The struc-
~. y OF the Italian Renaissance or
~, VI architecture, has three stories
A. uo'e' The latter Is finished in
%,A copper, with panels covered with
w. Lux coating Of gold leaf. The burn
A. Nch OF Science, with which the
Ior - capped, reaches a height of
u, VIZ 'ee' above ground. The only lar
csT,. ,o.e IN the whole structure is
n,os ny the low elevation Of the
sO- >. az compared with the towering
a., 'eet of the statue of Armed Free
s..a, vi the dome of the Capitol Just
tia ra Tue way. One is likely to call
tho t "squatty' when comparing
hs. 'Ao buildings, but this feeling Is
son, immediately on entrance to the
p m of the main stair hall.
nso 'aEy ceiling is arched and groin
gsos,s s,'aeefully and artistically and the
tba w.t.. eject Is so harmonious, that
Of ,hs s''of almost Invariably loses sight
Tim - magnificence of the ornamental
.wba, sanitation of the apartment AZ
e' that is at first.
teas On one Of the numerous set-
spd W., vat a short time ensues ere color
late ~. schemes begin to formu-
tho na, 'len the full magniflcence Of
das,lIa hall bursts upon one with
tie NO, erect. 1t is possible that In
Tai NJ iui structures Of India-the
rOons na for example there are
An lure lure beautiful. How they could
eacel,a "eSer, the Imagination cannot
M
utsaa. uihns, and stairways, and bal
To p,,., ana arches, are all made a.
OF white marble. highly POI
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

The chemist, the inventor and the
.aus,, dairyman have worked hand
p y band during the past twenty years
- ,mnoye and expand the dairy indus
wv The person who remembers the
y" y. tirp creamery, and then compares
~ with the up-to-date creamery Of to-
rss,izes how broad and solid is the
,rndatiou upon which this industry
.os,s If, present handsome proportions.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

an almost destitute
Italian who had
come to CahOrs,
France. The eld-
err Gambetta and
his wife owned a
little bazar and
grocery, W h ere
Leon assisted them
through his early
childhood. When
he was still very
young he was sent
to the school of the
Jesuits at Maufa-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

IN Popular favor. The placing Of the
large portrait of Isabella upon the 81
Columbian stamp II the only instance
where one government thus honored
person from another country.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18
ELEPHANTS GOING UP.

Quoted At $3.50 q Vertical Foot,
Instead Of 924O Two Years Ago.
"A 5-foot elephant costs this spring"
said the animal expert, 81 400, az
against $1,000, for which such ele-
plants could be bought two years ago.
ELEPHANTS, like all other wild AMI
mGlr, are growing scarcer with the set
tlement of the globe, and their prices
tend upward. More small elephants
Il. an big ones are imported because
they cost less to begin with and be-
cause they are easier and safer to
transpor: and showmen like them, too,
because the young elephants are more
tractable and easier to train. And
small elephants are attractive anyway.
",rhen the elephant is hardy ami
NAL in captivity, and 1t is naturally
,.rg-lived, and the young elephant in
creases in value with its growth; and
80. with their prices tending upward,
young elephants are good property"
Women Who Wear Explosive Gowns
Science, which lately furnished a
mechanical substitute for the horse,
has now set about putting the Iowly
silkworm out of business" writes Clar-
ence Hutton in Technical World Maya
zine.
Almost unknown In the United
States, the manufacture Of artificial
silk has been on q commercial basis In
France for several years, the daily pro-
duction being now about seven tons.
In forming chemical compound cor
responding to the viscOus fluid out OF
which the silkworm spins his delicate
thread, the French chemists found,
strangely enough, that the best substl-
tute was a solution of gun-cotton, which
also serves as the basis for the most
powerful and deadly OF modern explO-
siyes. To what extent this gunrc0ttOn
silk is relieved of its explosive quail
ties before being woven into laces and
dress fabrics, seems to be somewhat
questionable. Certainly young wom-
an gowned In gun-cotton and wearing
a dainty nitro glycerine wrap about her
white shoulders, would be a most form
liable, not to say dangerous, object. II
the new fabric ever becomes popular In
this country 1t will plainly be necessary
to warn young men not to approach its
wearers with lighted cigarettes or other
combustibles in their hands. And
sparkling will become most hazardous
occupation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18
An Impression.

do You like Chaucer?" asked the
bookish young man.
II have only glanced through his
works." answered Mrs. Cumrox. HE
was one Of the original spelling reform
ers, wasn't he?'-Washlngton Star.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

These people with a great deal Of
assurance are quite often right, much
| as we dislike them.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18
4 LITTLE LESSON
IN ADVERSELY.

Leon Gambetta. the maker Of the
last republic Of France, the man who
depOsed Napoleon ILL.,, was the son of
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18
Uncle Joe ~ Unpire.

Uncle Joe Cannon and about half the
,nomhors Of the House went down the.
river to planked-shad party given by
tho local Board OF Trade, says wash
ineton letter to the st. Louis Post D1s-.
match. They organized ball game and
mt Uncle Joe In a. umpire He was
snrv as a cat and made some marvel
on. decisions. His star performances
was when Gen. George Harries, having
node ! home run, started round the
bases q second time.
.You're out" shouted Uncle Joe.
.whvy' demanded Harries
~ am entitled to run until they and
the ball.
mot at ALL" the umpire said nrmly.
.Your time has expired.
Nverv farmer has dreams that Aomo
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-04

Sporting men are fond of saying the records of the Derby are the cleanest annals of the track. Such. however, ls what has now become a great national equine contest matters were conducted in 8 somewhat lax manner, writes Ham in The New Orleans Item. The string ent rules and strict supervision or tfe Jockey Club at present prevailing pre- clude the poss bility of q fraud being successfully carried out in the Derby nowadays
 The minutest detail of each thor oughbred from the day of its birth and its family history are contained Tn It's dossier held by the racing authorities. by St. Giles in 1892. Directly the horses had passed the post the owner of the second lodged an objection against the winner on the ground or gation caused an immense sensation at tho time.
 Three prominent sportsmen were called in to adiudicate upon the merits of the case. and after hearing the evi- dence pro and con, decided In favor of St. Giles to the great delight of the horses Yorkshire owner. who had won a fortune over the race.
 Seven years elapsed ere another Der by winner was challenged, and the classic event was that year notabls~1or its many interesting reasons. This was the second occasion upon which the public were carried to Epsom Dy rail' and the crowd was so great that the railway arrangements broke down.
 Won in Thunderstorm.
 Snow and sleet fell on Hermit's Der by Day before and after the race. St. Aman won in q terrible tropical thun- der storm. but Bloomsbury had to hght his way to the winning post through a blinding snow storm. He had never run on a race course before.
 The snow -sprinkled spectators re- shock shortly after Bloomsbury's success, for the horse was ' obiected to on the ground that his ped \igree differed from the description In the official calendar" and the Sud book. The Epson stewards speedily Investigated the matter and decided in flavor of the winner.
 MT. Craven. the owner of the second horse Deception. was not satisfied, and warned the stakeholders not to pay over the value of the race (4,l0o nounds) to the owners of Bloomsbury Not only that he made the matter the subiect of a lawsuit. in which he, after n long delay, again finished second. the fudge declaring against him.
 The year after Bloomsbury's exciting Blue Ribbon" the late Queen Victoria, accompanied by Prince Albert. visited the Derby for the first time after her coronation. The horse that won on this historic occasion was Little Won
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-04
Edmund Winston Pettus

Pugb, born 1920: Pettus. 1891: Nor Gan, 1S24-these Alabama lent to en- rich the national galaxy of the post bellum time. Morgan was . Senator thirty years; Pugh. eighteen; Pettus. ten. They were Southerners of the South where there was the best under- standing between the mansion and, the cabin this world has ever revealed. It was the South that esteemed character more than intellect and put honor above wealth. They were the last of 1t. Money and Daniel are of a later generation. and soon they. too. will be gathered to the Valhalla God has some- where prepared for men who were hon. est here. True greatness 10 always simple. always democratic, always un- affected. In that sense, where is the trio of present-day statesmen to match these three Senators from Alabama? And where the trio to match them in profundity of thought and rectitude of Judgment? Look at North Carolina, that has vindicated the votes of Nor gan and Pettus on the rate bill, and that. in the fullness of Gods blessing. possibly has restored to the American people the reserved sovereignty of the 1tates
 We have fallen on times when there is but one test of the Democrat-is he for diminishing the power of the Fed sral establishment If he is opposed to that he is no Democrat and if he wears the Democratic badge he Is fraud and . sham. For two score years and seven the Federal establish ment has been grasping power, not only nev0e delegated to 1t, but abso- lutely prohibited 1t in the tenth amend ment It has gone on and on and on until. by executive orders in council. by judicial process in chambers. by absolute and improvident enactment in Congress, 1t is become big consol- dated nation above the Constitution and above the people. usurp1ng the power to do whatever its whim or its roguery may suggest And now we are told that if we do not favor further theft of power. further outrage on the Constitution. further humiliation of the States, further expressions of the peo- pie, we are no Democrats. He that would further augment Federal power is one of three things-a Republican. or a Populist, or 6 Socialist-and 1t makes no sort of difference as to the station he now occupies in the Demo- cratic party-leader or follower.
 Edward Winston Pettus was born in Alabama July 6, 1921. He came of a soldier race on both paternal and ma ternal lines and was to approve him. self as brave a man as ever faced death on bloody field His love for the noble woman who for more than sixty years was his wife filled him with a healthy emulation and determined him to be worthy of her, to which end he studied at school with all the energies of a su- nerior mind. He came to the bar the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-04
Teague & Sons

the offense would lead to his instant dismissal. According to the rules of racing" Lord Stamfords objection was lodged a few minutes after the stipu lated time allowed for making it. Had he not been too late. the race must have been declared void and run over again. It may be mentioned that the owner of Caractacus. who won--in ad- dition to the stakes of $500 pounds 25, 900 pounds over the race, settled 100 pounds a yeai for life on the stable boy who rode his horse to victory. The successful jockey died in London in a hospital a few weeks ago.
 Another Derby in which the Judges verdict was called into question by the spectators was that of 1889. when Pre- tender, ridden by John Osborne. beat Pero Momez by head. Thousands Of people who were confident that the sec ond horse had won were exultant when Pero Gomez won the subsequent St . Leger and the doubtful Derby winner was not in the first three. Pretender's jockey Is still alive. and he told the writer not long ago that he thought he had just won"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-04
pattIe of Beer and Wine.

"The victory of Germany over France in lS7O." says a Paris corres- pondent in a Berlin paper, was em- phasized by the wine growers of France in the recent disturbances. Bismarck, Moltke and Roon should have lived to see how a few years af- ter the victory another was woi. by hops and malt, for it 1t certain that if German beer had not invaded France the situation never would have been possible. The French people knew beer only to despise 1t before the peace of Versailles. After that time it gradually crept into favor It was A bad day for the Frenchmans tIadi- tional aversion for beer when the re- port was printed that Napoleon III. in his forced retreat at Wilhelmshohe. had ordered beer As beer grew in favor the consumption of wine became less. In the restaurants, where nothing had ever been sold but wine, tables were set aside for beer drinkers. and these have in many instances crowded the unconyertible to the wall. The opal escent absinthe glasses in the boule- ward cafes have been succeeded hv mugs of various shades Of amber. and the men who made the change are bet ter for it. There is still much wine consumed in France, but it is growing less because of the growing popular ity of beer and that is the pith of the wine growers troubles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-04
She Was Slightly Mixed.

The subject of profanity was being discussed the other evening at din- ner party in Harlem When one of tho guests facetiously hinted that his host could tear 1t of little when no wo- men were present. the hostess became indignant. T would have you under stand" she said. with crushing dignity. that my husband never says anything before ladies that he wouldn't say any, where" She is still wondering why 1t was that everybody laughed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-04
old Bachelor Ambassa dor.

John W. Riddle is the only bachelos among the American Ambassadors. He is popular at the Czar's court and speaks Russian fiuently. being one of the few in the diplomatic service who have mastered the language. The Turkish language he easily learned when he was secretary of the legation at Constantinople.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-04

Senator Pettus never cared for polit- ical life. He was the old Southern