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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-09
San Juan
Hrea ST Ga. Mites
leland
Pop. 1850

Both of the local churches now The membership
have electric lights lodge here exec
Will Ross is clerkng for J. T. Dr. and Mrs NJ
Stroud, at Deer Harbor. part of the week at
Mrs. C. Lomler was in town from The Ladies' Aid
Waldron island, Wednesday. Mrs. ]. P. Paine yes
The will Of the late Capt. Warbass Mrs. G.. B. Orig
was proven in the superior court Townsend Tuesday,
Tuesday. with friends there.
There jolly surprise party j. 5. GroH is gett
the home of Mr.. and Mrs Wan. E. Der for new hous
Handles few evenings since Capt Oscar Hahn,
The U and club gave party at FRED W. Neal OF
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Sand Kellogg Neal Bel
WITH Tuesday evening which town the hrst OF tn
quite largely attended. business
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Paine returned George Stoneys r
home Tuesday Mr. Paine has open. He has had Ion
taken up his work contractor COOK and steamboa
and builder here and expects have quite expert as
- The Woodmen of
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Harper, of finished paying for
Roche Harbor went to Seattle Tues lodge building at
day. Mr. Harper having been called have money in their
there give further tmony the have certainly made
Cowell- McMilln suit, the hearing of
which has been resumed. ~ ~ 70
bear in mind that
Taxpayers reminded that taxes the World will CIV
for 1906 are due and payable nual ball and supper
Personal be paid within the Corners the ev
thirty days from Feb. 1 and three Usual prices.
per cent rebate will be allowed all
real estate paid in full by the enseh ros. eAp
XXI - ma.h work upon new
They expert bui
The ISLANDER has received from difficulty In DISPOSE
the agricultural department sack their construction
garden seeds for distribution under not to sell they
the frank of Congressman Humphrey perate their
49,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
Old PEOPLES VILLAGE.

There is a little village at the foot
of the Litchfield mountains not far
from Waterbury, Conn, in which
scarcely child is to be seen. Prac
tically all the residents are old PEG
pie who have been born and brought
UP in the little village and have never
been further away than Waterbury, a
distance of 25 miles, The inhabitants
of this quaint semi-abandoned town
number less than rs. Once upon a
time it was much larger and pros
porous community, but, like many
New England towns, it has been left
to take care of itself, while the farm.
ers moved to the nearby cities to en-
ter business instead of devoting their
energies to tilling the soil. The av'
erage age of the residents now living
there is in the neighborhood of the
four-score mark.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
The Servant Prohlem.

A Washington man was telling some
one of the trials of his wife, an excel
lent housekeerer, with reference to
the servant problem. Just about the
time the mistress would get new
girl broken to the ways OF the house
hold and he would bid fair to become
a model servant she would decamp or
enter the service of neighbor.
One of these, a Mrs. b., had in.
Cured the especial enmity Of the first
woman, for she had lately taken two
servants from Mrs. Brown. One night
in the winter Brown was aroused from
his slumbers by queer sounds in the
kitchen.
Burglars" he hoarsely whispered
in the ear of his spouse, as he pre-.
pared to tumble out Of bed and pro-
coed downstairs.
Edward" calmly observed the wife,
I'D give anything to possess your OPP
timistic nature. Always looking on
the bright side. I'll wager anything
it's that odious Mrs. b woman try
ing to get Mary away from mel"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
What to Do After EATING.

Should one lie down after meals,
and, if so, should one sleep? DR..
Schulz, an assistant OF Baumler at
Freiberg, has analysed the contents
Of the stomachs of two normal sub.
jects removed several hours after an
identical test meal Of bread and dis
titled water, followed in one instance
by sleep, in the other by simple rest in
horizontal position, says the Lon
don Post. Schulz shows that sleep
during digestion always results in
weakening the mobility of the stom.
ach and increasing the acidity Of the
gastric juice, fact attributed by him
to the irritation caused by the chyme's
remaining adbnormally long in the
stomach. He has also remarked that
simple repose in horizontal position.
not accompanied by sleep, stimulates
the gastric function without increas.
ing the acidity.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04

FAILED TO MAKE CONVERTS.
Washington Crowd Had No Use for
"Revivifier."

A tall, shivery and angular individ.
ual of the man kind blew into the
Capitol during the session and made
vain search for the member from
his district. 1t was explained that the
reason he did not find his representa-
tive was that his representative saw
him first. The man carried a strange.
looking package, which he said was
his "revivifier."
A curious crowd soon collected and
piled the bearer with questions which
he answered readily, In fact, he seem
ed glad to be piled with questions
He explained that mankind had been
making a great mistake ever since the
world began by eating, sleeping and
drinking. These things, he added were
utterly unnecessary to life and happi-
ness
why" he exclaimed, "by the use
of my revivifier man can live without
food, drink, or sleep, just as the in
habitants of Mars and the planets in
space do We are of the earth earthly.
Instead we should be of the spirit
spiritually. Now If there are any of
you here who want to get out of the
eating, sleeping and drinking habit,
can tell YOU"
80 can / tell you how to do It,"
broke in hard-faced, muscular man
in the crowd. 1.-THE answer Is simple.
Just get out of the living habit"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
Modern Boston.

The changed character of Boston's
population could not be more typi-
cally illustrated than in the reading
of the names of the committees Of
the Boston common council. AS the
Patriots day committee, for example,
President Barrett selects Councilmen
Rachkowsky, Santosuosso and Pur-
cell. When the descendants of the
tribe of Israel, race that for 1000
years, without country or flag, has
maintained its racial identity; of
those brave peoples of Italy that dur.
ing the varied vicissitudes of the
houses of Savoy, Lombard and Guelph,
and the never-ceasing conflict between
church and state, have grown racially
stronger century after century, and
the hardy Celts, whose ancestors dur.
ing the middle ages kept alive learn
Ing and wisdom in the world, and
through subsequent centuries of op
preston maintained burning the
spark of race and religion, join togeth
er in making plans for Boston's Pa
triots' day, who will deny that they
are qualified for the work, and that
in them is incarnated the spirit oil
modern American institutions
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
Puzzled the Post Office.

The postal authorities of Rhode
Island were puzzled few weeks ago
and being unable to find solution for
the case sent the matter to Washing.
ton, where 1t is still pending. Zebe
Bradford Peterson, Of the town OF
Rehoboth, Rhode Island, wanted to
move his hen coop to another town,
about ten miles distant.
Having received goodly price from
resent sale of farm products, he
purchased SIS worth of five-cent
stamps which he placed on the sides
of the hen coop. When the collector
came along he found the stamp-cov-
cred coop in front of box, addressed
The wooden structure would not fl
into his team. He was at loss OF
what action to take so he returned to
the village.
The postmistress wired to one OF
the cities but they could not find so
luton for the fficulty.
A message was sent to Washington
asking for advice, but no one there
seemed to know, while Peterson went
into the village and wanted to know
"if this was free country or not,
and what was the matter with the
postal system"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
HEAD TAX is REMOVED.
Secretary Strauss o. $ Away with
Cause OF Friction.

Recently there was little notice
issued by the secretary of the depart
ment of commerce and labor announc-
ing that the head tax on foreign diplo-
matte officers coming to America had
been removed. IL did not mean much
to the average man who read 1t, few
residents OF this country knowing
that there was such tax or realizing
what long-standing source OF an
mats. AS matter of fact, however,
there Is such tax on all aliens enter
ing this country, and while 1t is only
two dollars, and is included in the
price of the steamer passage, 1t is still
regarded as an affront by foreign dip.
lomatic officers, putting them on the
same plane with steerage passengers,
when they are theoretically the guests
of this government and people to be
treated officially with marked con
sideration.
Secretary Straus having been in
the diplomatic service himself, knew
how this trifiing impost was regarded,
and his action in removing 1t Is i'm
portant as removing a decided and
useless cause of friction. II may be
said also that most OF the steamship
companies manage to make trifie
out of the general tax on the side, 1t
being only two dollars, but always be-
Ing charged as $3.50 additional on
the ticket This extra so cents, Of
course, the steamship company peck
cts. 1t does not claim that all of the
tax Is paid to the government, but ap'
parently grabs the extra half dollar
merely because 1t can, and there is
seldom any row over 1t, because the
amount is too small for most passen.
! gers to raise a kick over.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
A Friendly Robin.

A correspondent relates the follow
ing incident as having happened to
himself near North Berwick on the
last day of the old year: When driv-
ing home in my sleigh l stopped to
speak to some friends, when robin
came and perched on the whip shaft,
which my coachman was holding in a
slanting position not more than a foot
or two from my face.
robin sat looking earnestly at me
with his beady black eyes with the
most perfect confidence for nearly
half a minute, and did not mind the
talking or the holding out of my, alas.
empty hand All birds, and especially
the robin, are very fearless in this
weather, but never met before with
such complete fearlessness Of man"
Edinburgh Scotsman.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
Not an Ordinary Memory.

The driver of the furniture moving
van admitted that he had very bad
memory. In fact, he could hardly re-
member what work he had performed
the day before.
mo, l can't recall just where it
was that Mr.. Suddenmove had me
take his household goods. My mem
Dry is very poor, sir" he replied to
the bill collector
But you moved him only q week
ago."
Yes, sir but you see we moves so
many people that it's a hard matter
to recollect"
The bill collector slipped a half
dollar in the mans palm. THAT
ought to do your memory good" he
remarked.
1T ought to-" the man replied, but
you see this amt no common, every
day memory Of mine, and it has to be
logged considerable. Why, it cost Mr.
Suddenmoye a dollar to make me for,
get. Milwaukee Sentinel.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
A Collection of Good Luck Pieces.

around for it's regular pressing. He
evidently don't want to lose 1t, and
as it has no apparent beauty or util-
ty, it must be good luck
"This penny dated 1888 has been in
one of my customers clothes for two
years One day my curiosity got the
upper hand and L laid 1t aside and
didn't return it with his clothes. The
very next day he came in at the
noon hour and inquired for the coin,
giving the date and describing a mi
croscopic scratch that / had not no
ticed. l handed him the penny and
In burst of confidence he told me
the why of its preciousness. One
day it was up to him to decide a deal
quickly He was up against it
didn't know what was advisable.
Should he sell or buy? He struggled
with his indecision and in desperation
he tipped the penny and it said sell.
He sold and cleared good margin.
THAT 1883 penny wanders from one
suit to another. but it is never lost.
I suppose that similar stories would
explain the most of these buttons, bits
of metal. knotted rubber bands and all
the other pocket junk you see here.
They are amulets. Yet we make sport
of the ignorant heather"
In the pile were: A brass button
from a soldiers uniform, q horse
chestnut, dozen coins, a baby's
tooth, dried bug, several pebbles and
shells, an empty brass revolver cart,
ridge, a safety pin. leaden bullet, a
glass bottle stopper, several rings, a
brass screw, three horseshoe nails, a
shoe button, woman's broken
brooch, a medal and tiny gold cross
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04

many. 1t Is shown in the illustration.
This apparatus Is a glass vessel and
is nearly filled with water or other
suitable transparent liquid. A flame,
produced by liquid combustibles-
such as oil and compressed air-burns
below the surface of the water. The
air is led in through the larger and
the combustible by the smaller pipe.
At the left is an opening for admit
ting the liquid and on the opposite
side an overflow pipe. When the ap-
paratus is placed in a shop front or
the like the fame burning within the
liquid will cause attention at once.
The apparatus can also be used for
producing hot water for heating pur-
poses.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
crocodile Captured Slave Trader

The trade in slaves has entirely
ceased In Soloto. but in Banchi there
was a recrudescence Of 1t, due to ia
mine, the people preferring to sell
themselves as slaves rather than
starve as freemen.
Ten years ago, it is recalled, the en-
tire Angass tribe sold themselves into
slavery. but when the famine is over
they take the first opportunity to
desert In the province of Muri famine
gave a great impetus to the trade in
children. who were sold for food.
One grim incident is recorded:
"The canoes" says the report, travel
by night and are concealed by day.
One, which was discovered in a back
water, with % children on board, was
pushed out into midstream by the
traders and apparently purposely cap.
sized. The slave traders swan for
the bank, but one was held by the
leg by a crocodile and captured; IL
children were drowned"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
Visitor Was ONLY Grateful.

A young man from the country was
lazily ambling along a certain street
in Washington, when he stopped in
front OF an engine house and looked
in.
Have many fires here in Wash.
In on?" he inquired of fireman
standing ut the door. quite num-
her," was the reply. Have to go to
all Of 'em?" mot unless they're in
our district, or there's general
alarm" Ever try to see how quick
you can hitch up?" Eyes"
At that instant there came an
alarm. At the first stroke of the gong
the men ran to their posts, the doors
of the stalls opened, the horses ran
out and were quickly hitched to the
engine and hose-cart, and within a
few seconds men, horses and appa-
ratus were out of the door and speed.
ing down the street. The young man
watched the performance with undis.
guised admiration.
well, must say this Is a derned
obliging town." exclaimed he. There
amt many places where they'd go to
all that trouble to show stranger
what they can dol"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
Dramatic Plea Ineffective.

While sitting in the lobby of a we'll
known hotel at Washington, largely
patronized by southern men, one
evening not long ago a correspondent
overheard a story by man who gave
to it that pleasing cadence SO char
acteristic of the southerner. 1t hap
pened at a hearing, before Justice OF
the peace down in Georgia town, of
a negro who was charged with steal
ing chickens. The evidence was so
much against him that, when the
trial was concluded and the justice
was about to render his decision, the
defendant, uneasy at the prospect, felt
it advisable to say something In his
own behalf.
"Jedge," he exclaimed, Il hope de
Lawd II strike me daid eff l stole dem
chickens!"
The Judge regarded the prisoner In
half-amused silence for a minute OF
more and then said:
Since the Lord refused to inter
fere, must. Thirty days"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
BET HAD LONG BEEN OFF.
Experience of Two cronies Who
Stopped Using Tobacco.

T. L. Heath, of Norway, Me-, known
in the Spanish war days as Tim"
tells this story of his wager with lit
erary man of the village. They had
agreed to leave off smoking The
proposition was an agreement that a
$40 note should be forfeited by the
first one to smoke. This happened on
Saturday. Monday morning things
went badly in the Heath Office, and
disagreements cropped out at home.
Saturday afternoon there came a lull
in business so Tim" dropped around
to the neighbours and sought him out
in the library. From his pocket he
drew a handful of Havanas, calmly
lighted one, and as the smoke sifted
through the sunlight he drew a crisp
note from his pocketbook.
Here you go. I'm satisfied" was
all he said as he passed the ten tc
the literary man.
There was a smile. but no hand
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
Hint for Vice President.

A New York man visited the senate
gallery in Washington and from his
coign of vantage there had a good
look at the vice presidents carefully
concealed bald head. On returning
home he wrote to his congressman,
saying: IF you have any influence
with Mr.. Fairbanks, for heavens sake
get him to cut off that scalplock that
he drapes over the top of his head and
admit that he is bald. The people
will elect baldheaded man president
sooner than they'll elect man who
tries to deceive them as to his bald
ness"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
GREAT SEA BATTLE
RUSSIAN CAPTAINS REcoLLEc-
TloN OF DISASTER.
Commander Of Warship Tells In
Graphic Fashion OF Experiences -
During the Fighting at Tsu-
shlma In Late War.

Capt. Vladimir Semenoff of the Rus
sian navy one of the survivors of the
great naval battle of Tsushima in the
war with Japan, writes of his Cxpe-
riences recently in a published vol
ume. He was on board the Suvoroff,
the Russian flagship. Capt Semen
off tells of "the stupor which seems to
come over men who have never been
In action before when the first shells
begin to fall. A stupor which turns
easily and instantaneously at the
most insignificant external shot into
either uncomfortable panic or into
unusually high spirits, depending on
the mans character" After the SUI
voroff was fairly alight and complete
ly riddled Capt. Semenoff found him
self enveloped in an impenetrable
smoke Burning air parched my face
and hands, while a caustic smell OF
burning almost blinded me. Breath
ing was impossible. How did | get
out of this hell? Perhaps some of
the crew who had seen me on the
bridge dragged me out. How | arrived
on the upper battery on a well-known
spot near the ships image | can't re-
member and l can't imagine" Find
ing few signal men, Capt. Semenoff
set to work with an unchanged piece
of hose on the fire. Then Lieut..
Danchich came up. Haven't we any
stretchers?" he said. For whom?''
asked Semenoff. why, for YOU You
are bleeding Looking down he saw
that his right leg was standing in a
pool of blood.
Danchich seemed to be making an
unnecessary fuss" He wanted some
| one to go with Semenoff. who wants
to be accompanied" said Semenosf
angrily, and started to go down the
ladder, not realizing what had hap
| pened. When q small splinter hat
wounded him in the waist at the be
ginning of the fight it had hurt him
but at this time l had felt nothing,
he writes. Later, in the hospital
when carried there on stretcher,
understood why it was that during ,
fight one hears neither groans no
shouts. All that comes afterward
Apparently our feelings have stric
limits for receiving external impress
sions, being even deeply impressed b,
an absurd sentence. A thing can b.
so painful that you feel nothing, 81
terrible that you fear nothing"
Rojestvensky behaved we'll Capt
Semenoff says that. although wounde
in the head, back and right leg, be
sides several small splinter wounds
the Russian admiral bore himself mos
cheerfully, going off to look for
place from which he could watch tn
fight. Proceeding to the starboar
turret he received another wount
which caused him much pain.
splinter struck his left leg, SEVERN
the main nerve and paralyzing til
ball of the foot. He was carried int
turret and seated on box, but stil
had sufficient strength at once
ask why the turrent was not firing.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
WHERE LINEN is MADE.
Belfast the Center Of the Trade OF
the World.

There Is nothing prettier than
field of Irish fax in full bloom. The
stems are about 80 inches high. says
writer in Truth. They are very
slender and of pale green.
On each stem is flower in an ex-
quisite tone of blue; something be-
tween cornflower and forgetme.
not. The little flower is not of very
robust constitution. The petaln soon
fall, and then seed pod forms which,
when given time to do SO, produces
quantities of what we call linseed
chin" is the. Celtic name for FAX
But when the fax is grown for the
manufacture Of linen it is pulled up
before the seed has had time to ma
ture.
After having been exposed to the
air for n few days the flaw is laid in
water, and during the fortnight that
this process lasts the odious smell
with which 1t fills the air is of re.
markedly powerful character.
AS the local guides say: "Shure It's
just the flax fermintin'. It's power
full smell entirely. but there's no dan.
ger in 1t, glory be to God"
The soaking makes 1t easy to sepa.
rate the straw from the fibre by bruis
ing 1t between rollers and then sus.
pending it through an opening in the
top of machine in which a horizon
tai shaft with wooden blades revolves
at the rate of $50 times a minute
Parted forever are the fibre, fax and
the straw, now tow.
Next comes the spinning into yarn
done in immense mills, and after thai
the yarn is woven into the fabric
itself. Finally comes the bleaching
when the linen is laid ont on the greer
field to be whitened by rain and SUI
| and wind.
These long strips Of snow whitenes
on the green turf surprise the stran
| ger. He thinks II some sort of to-
dressing, spread upon the land to fer
tilize 1t. Belfast Is the center of tn
| linen trade.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
Few Senators Hear PRAYERS.

Attendance at prayers in the United
States senate Is not large, but 1t al
ways includes Senators Plat and De-
pew, who usually sit together and
withdraw before the business of the
day begins. Sometimes there are
only five or six who assemble to hear
DR.. Hale's invocation. Upon a re-
cent occasion there were seven, and a
curious observer made memoran-
dunn of their names. In addition to
Plat and Depew there were Perkins
Of California, Smoot of Utah, Dick of
Ohio, McCreary Of Kentucky and
Clark of Montana.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
Essence From Orange Leaves,

One Of the industries of Paraguay
is the preparation of essence of orange
leaves. More than $50 years ago the
Jesuit priests who then ruled that
secluded country imported orange
seeds and planted groves, which have
now become immense forests. filed
with small establishments for extract
ing the essence. This is exported to
France and the United States for use
In soap and perfumery making.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-04-04
Miaht Take a Chance.

A coterie of Washington 'cabbies"
we're waiting for their patrons after
the show the other night. The num-
bers were being called out, and one
by one the drivers hurried away with
their fares. Finally but two remain
ed, and then came the call for one of
them. AZ he whipped up his horses
he tantalizingly cried: Come on
along" and quick as flash came the
reply; "Ah. might as we'll; my par,
ty is so cross.eyed he wont know his
number anyhow"