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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
A Brides Dilemma.

A humorous romance IL reported
from Natal, where youthful Hindoo
bride was recently called upon to
choose between her husband and her
jewels The case came before the Dur
ban police court in the first instance.
where the brides parents, says the
Natal Mercury, accused her husband of
abducting her while under thirteen
years Of age. The bride, however,
claimed to be eighteen, and the magis-
trate dismissed the case. Outside the
court tug Of war took place between
the two parties for the possession OF
the bride, In the course Of which 1t an
peared that what her parents particu-
1arly desired was not herself, but her
jewelry. A sergeant OF police then sat
In judgment and decided that the Jew
elry belonged to the parents, and the
girl must choose between her husband
and her bracelets After some cogita-
ton she chose the husband, who
promptly unfastened the bangles from
her arms and handed them to her
parentA
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Living In Hope.
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The habit of living in the future
should make us glad and confident.
We should not keep the contemplation
of another state Of existence to make
us sorrowful, nor allow the transiency
Of this present to shade our joys Our
hope should make us buOyant, and
keep us firm. 1t is an anchor of the
soul. All men live by hope, even when
1t Is fixed upon the changing and I'M
certain things OF this world. But the
hopes of men who have not their hearts
fixed upon God try to grapple them
selves on the cloud wrack that rolls
along the tanks Of the mountains ;
while our hopes pierce within that
veil, and lay hold Of the Rock OF Ages
that tower above the flying vapors Let
us then be strong, for our future is
not a dim peradventure, nor vague
dream, nor a fancy Of our own, nor
wish turning itself into vision, but 1t
is made and certified by Him who is
the God Of all the past and Of all the
present. It Is built upon His Word,
and the brightest hope Of all it's bright
ness is the enjoyment Of more OF His
presence, and the possession OF more
of His likeness. That hope Is certain.
Therefore, let us live in it-Rev. Alex
ander MacLaren.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
sanshine OF Praise.

II you see anything that Is worthy Of
praise, speak Of It Even II you can
not do a worthy deed yourself, COM
mend one who does. Praise is q DOW
er for good; both God and man prize
it. No prayer is complete without
praise. The best worker for his fellows
who fails to give praise fails of doing
as well as he can. Mrs. Stowe states
the truth effectively when she says :
praise is sunshine; it warns, it In
spires, it promotes growth; blame and
,rebuke rain and hail; they beat down
and bedraggle, even though they may
at times be necessary" Do we do our
part in giving praise? Sunday School
Times
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Hopeless,

Toni tell you, old man, Miss Cab
bic certainly has got pile OF money.
why don't you propose to her?
Dick-I've started to do 1t several
times
Tom What's the matter? Lose your
courage?
Dick No, but I'm never able to ret
a word in sdgewise. Philadelphia
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Sunshine and Music.
laugh is Just like sunshine

A laugh is just like sunshine;
1t freshens all the day,
It tips the peak of life with light.
And drives the clouds away.
The soul grows glad that hears 1t,
And feels its courage strong;
A laugh is just like sunshine
For cheering folks along.
A laugh is just like music;
1t fingers in the heart,
And where its melody is heard,
The ills Of life depart;
And happy thoughts come crowdins
Its joyful notes to greet;
A laugh is just like music,
For making living sweet.
Christian Work.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
No Cause for Alarm.

No Cause for Alarm.
The honeymoon had bumped the
bumps.
"You know, john" said the young
wife, "that l used to be your type
writer?'
''Um-yes," grunted John.
'Well," she continued, Il wish you
would discharge the girl you have now
and hire man in her place."
Huh" rejoined hubby. 81 hope you
don't think l would make a fool OF
myself twice in the same way."-Chi-
cago News.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Only Explanation.

1t was bargain day.
An excited man rushed into the
crowded dry goods emporium.
"Say, where will I find my wife?'
he queried of the head doorwalking
gentleman.
Really, don't know, SIR" replied
the party of the floorwalking part
"She hasn't been here to-day"
Great Scott !" exclaimed the excited
man. Then / must hurry home at
once. She is either dead or dying!'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Prophecy FulfIled.

Patient have come to tell you,
doctor, that that young stock broker,
whom my daughter met at the sea four
months ago, has now proposed to her
and they are engaged"
Doctor-Now didn't tell you that
you would benefit later by your change?
-Meggendorfer Batter.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
O2&5S& 10
-NM THE GIRL WITH 8-
r. A MILLION ~
NS--By D. c. Murray
By ID. C. Murray

"A delightful book" said O'Rourke.
"A lovely book. The author is dear
friend of mine. He is staying at ia
nenne with his wife and their little boy.
1 am going down there to pay them a
visit
"Oh!" cried Mrs. Spry, clasping her
hands. "How delightful to know such
people! Oh, how do envy you that
privilege"
you will be bound to meet him."
O'Rourke said, land sure to like him. I
believe that Miss Butler and Mrs. Farley
are great friends"
Il shall be afraid of him, I'm sure"
cried the widow, hiding her face in her
hands, and surveying O'Rourke through
her fingers. Il was afraid of you at
first" She blushed prodigiously at this
avowal, and dropping her hands before
her, she turned her head away. O'Rourke
caught her hands and held them for a
moment.
"Of me?' he said, tenderly.
And here, since they were alone in the
carriage, and had still a good twenty
miles to go before they reached their first
stopping point, no man can say how rap
idly and how happily O'Rourke's fate
might have been decided, if only the ad-
venture had happened in England, where
the guards refrain from walking about
the outside of their trains during transit.
But at this instant the door swung open
and the ticket collector entered, and hav-
ing with perfect stony gravity punched
their tickets, swung himself out through
the door on the other side of the car
riage and went on his way with a broad
grin. O'Rourke saw the grin, and for a
moment, though he was fairly good-tem-
pered man as general thing, felt venge-
full. The obvious impossibility of pur-
suing the ticket collector along the foot
board did nothing to assuage his anger for
the time.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Dreaming ON Her Part.

Ned Whenever Mr.. Hussle begins a
thing practically there's no idle dream
ing about it, I tell you.
Nell Oh, don't know. May Yerner
told me he practically began proposal
to her once. I'll bet there was a good
deal of idle dreaming about that Phil
adelphia Press
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
JOURNEYS IN SAHARA.

People I'm Mountains OF Gharian Live
I'm subterranean Dwellings,.
The London Leader gives an inter
ssting account Of a daring march made
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31

Even in this land Of the free no
man has the right to take unwarrant-
ed liberties.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
A Double Life.

Not many years ago the president OF
q large loan company In Canada was
convicted of fraud. For long time
he had been specializing in stock until
his defalcations grew to hundreds OF
thousands. To keep the facts from the
auditors, he had been obliged to handle
a double set of books, one for his own
personal inspection, and the other for
the inspection of the stockholders. The
difficulties involved in this double life
increased until the situation became I'M
bearable, and he went into bankruptcy.
There are many men to-day who are
living double lives. The part that the
world sees is plausible and respectable.
The other part Is unclean and repuls-
i've. Robert Louis Stevenson's classic
entitled, 'sDr. Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde" Is
an Interpretation Of these dual tenden-
cies DR.. Jekyl is physician of re-
pute; Mr.. Hyde is the personi11cation
Of his baser parts, and he Is debauched
and brutal. These two lives lived In
the self same town by the self-same in
dividual finally betray their author
ship, and the mask Of responsibility Is
torn away. 1t Is always thus. The Sc
cret sins will inevitably express them
selves, and the veneer will soon cease
to conceal the truth. The life that is
prostituted to sin leaves it's traces, and
a train Of hideous penalties follows In
Its wake.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
The Secret of Strength.


There is a very famous vine at
Hampton Court, London, which has at
times borne a thousand or more
punches Of grapes, and the secret Is
that the vine sends its roots hundreds
Of yards through, the ground to the
Thames where 1t gets Its moisture and
nourishment. Another vine, to which
great interest has been attached, Is sit
uated at st. Gabriel's Mission, Califor-
MIA, and Is estimated to be the largest
and oldest vine In the United States.
1t Is 1O5 years Of age. The stalk is
five feet six inches In circumference,
and Is said to have borne two tons Of
grapes in one season. The roots are
said to go down 800 to 500 feet from
the stem, and it is believed that they
are fed from some subterranean stream
of water.
The man who is In communication
with the water of life has the secret
Of eternal life. He has the guarantee
Of much fruit" The tree that is
planted by the rivers of water must
bring forth his fruit In his season.
There is nothing that will as well prove
the authority Of Christian experience
as its productiveness.
The sun., 1907-08-29
Views OF q veteran Republican

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuS-Sir: am
no politician. I am only plain Republican
I voted for Lincoln and have taken the
Republican ticket straight for forty-sevep
years.
I want to say. however. that il any one
likely to carry out my policies" in nominated
shall vote the Democratic ticket IL the Demo-
Gratis are wise enough to put up a good old
fashioned. conservative man. preferably a
Southern man.
1t would have been much better for the
country IL Roosevelt had retired from ONCE
two years ago.
Why not nominate a practical business
man? Professional politicians, sensational
lists bent upon attracting the sttention Of
the rabble at whatever cost to the best in
terests Of the country, should be cut out"
If the conservative men of both parties
would get together and nominate a conserya-
tive Southern Democrat they could beat both
my policy" and the Bryan and Hearst Social
lists and semi-anarchistss Il. S. WELLS.
GLEN MOORE, n. j.. August IS
The sun., 1907-08-29
where Are the BenCficiaries?

Somebody or something" exclaims
an esteemed but needlessly excited con-
temporary. made the President few
years ago change his mind about send
ing a tariff message TO Congress-" We
had supposed, however. that almost
every one could identify the somebody
or something" in the case. 1t was very
generally known at the time that num-
her OF tho Republican leaders in Con-
gress. three of them Senators of notable
prominence and power, conveyed to
President ROOSEVELT certain grim assur-
Hnces touching the results to himself of
any such message as he had declared his
intention of sending and that he promptly
concentrated his Astounding energies
upon some other variety of agitation.
Just what they said to him is matter
Of speculation, but there is no doubt
whatsoever as to the effect of their re-
monstrancc. The promised message
never saw the light, and within a week
the country forgot the incident in con-
templating the spectacle of Mr.. RoosE-
WELT foolinG with A totally different
explosive.
II may be inferred that the President
was more tractable then than no is now.
On the other hand it is quite conceivable
that any plaything contentcd him pro-
vided it was loaded. He seems TO have
been entirely happy ever since with rail-
road wrecking throwing bombs at cap
itsl and sapping the foundations Of the
financial and .ommor.ial - ructura ua
had all sorts of fun with the meat inspec-
tion measures, and has not been at all
chagrined by the fact that the so-called
beef trust is vastly strengthened as the
result of his activities. He experienced
hours crowded with delight while arrang-
ing railway rate legislation, which i'm
proved nothing except his capacity for
mischief. Even if the episode had
brought him no more than HANKS it
would have served its purpose for the
time. The interesting feature of Mr.
RoosEvELT's achievements is that they
invariably reach us in an unfinished form
and can therefore be achieved all over
again whenever the caprice for doing
things may happen TO assert itself.
Our. excellent contemporary need not
distress itself with guesswork in connec-
ton with that somebody or something /"
We can recommend for its exploration a
far moro profitable and alluring field. 1t
seems TO US that conspicuous among the
more important oonundrums presented
to the American people to-day is this
In what way and to what extent has the
individual citizen the taxpayer, the hon
est, law abiding representative of brains
or industry or social order profited by
Mr.. RoosEvELT's tremendous. unre-
hitting industry?
The sun., 1907-08-29

p8ign. Rate regulation and corpora
ton control are in process. only. Fed
eral regulation OF, child labor and the
question of employers liability are as
yet only talked about. The fruits Of the
beef inspection battle, however, arc now
susceptible Of partial measurement at
least, although there are no figures TO
show in detail the injury done to our
domestic trade houses before their
accuracy the losses Of farmers and
ranchmen.
IL il possible TO get some line on the
effect Of that movement on our foreign
trade from the statistics OF our COM
merce for the fiscal year recently ended.
II appears from the official reports that
our total export Of meat and dairy prod
uCts suffered only small shrinkage,
from $2ll 100000 in 1905 to $2O2 ,4O0, 600
in 1907. Reviewing the component parts
Of the report, it appears that exports OF
canned beef dropped from SO, ,43O, 600 to
$,6le,OOO; bacon, from $35, $4,000 to
s26, 900; canned pork, from 81 ,216, 600
to s?s7 ,4e0; and ~all other" canned meats
from $i,593,OOO TO s7i5,OOO. There was
also a shrinkage of 81 OOO, 900 in salted
and picked beef. and of g. 600 900 in lard.
The total shrinkage in these items was
approximately s2O.OO0,O00.
As there can be no question of the mo-
tives of those who carried this issue into
Congress, where some real and much
imaginary dirtiness was faunted in the
eyes ofthe world, the only point open TO
criticism is the method pursued. The
sum Of s,O,oOO.OOO in a single year is a
good deal of money to pay for such a
needless beating of tomtoms.
The sun., 1907-08-29
A warricEshire Naturs FsLsr.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: One of the
boldest of nature takers has until very lately es-
capped detection and exposure. How he has sue
ceeded In evsdng the searching eye Of those high
In authority II is difnout TO explain. That he occu
pies an illustrious place In the world OF letters Is
universally conceded. That he should be included
with the rest OF the tribe OF authors who are cor
ruptIng and misleading an enlightened people there
can be no question.
In a review Of Raeigh's Shakespeare" In a recent
number OF the North American Rsvlsw the great
Morning side regulator OF spelling. Professor Bran
der Matthews. says: 50
He tRaleighl shows that Shakespeare is care
less even In natural history. He knew Q
great deal about nature. but his cuckoos and his
nightingales his toads and his bees are creatures
of fable and not of fact" Page 81
Sly dog. Shakespeare. TO have escaped so long:
but he is discovered now, so let him be held up to
eternal public execration. NJ H.
NEW YORK, August e.
The sun., 1907-08-29
The Ambrose Channel.

The passage Of the steamship Cardnia
through the uncompleted Ambrose Chan
mel marks the beginning Of a new era in
the commerce Of this port. The present
channel through which the larger vessels
are obliged to make their devious way
to the open sea boasts only thirty feet
OF depth at mean low water and the tidal
rise is in the neighborhood Of five feet.
Because of this fact alone some of the big
ships are restricted to high water in their
sailings. But a still more significant
factor is the winding nature of the chan
mel, which renders almost impossible the
Use of vessels of extreme length.
The tendency Of ship building in the
department of ocean liners is toward
longer, deeper and somewhat broader
vessels. 1t need hardly be said that
increased size means increased comfort
for the ocean traveller, for the ship of
great length and depth Is less likely to
be affected by the heave of the sea than
the short and shallow craft. Beam has
been of less Importance in this matter
since the efficacy Of the bilge keel has
been so well tested, but it is of vast
value in so far as it concerns the carry
ing capacity of the ship.
The problem before steamship COM
panies now is to secure vessels which
shall have the largest carrying capacity
at the minimum cost. II ship is to be
driven at high rate OF speed she must
burn "a vast quantity OF coal and have
powerful engines. These things take
room and cost money. IL the power
can be secured without a sacrifice OF
carrying room, or, in other words, il the
water line length of ships can be in
creased without too large a growth OF
the operating expense. the profits on each
passage will be bigger
But if at the same time the speed of
ships can be increased without adding
companies will be in better position
than they ever have been before. The
Ambrose Channel will do away with the
narrow and tortuous path into this port.
II will admit ships of more than thirty
live feet draught at all hours. These
Iwo facts mean that long vessels, almost
useless in the present channel, can be
brought in swiftly and easily. 1t means
that deep and wide ships capable of
carrying much larger cargoes than the
biggest liners now afoat can be en-
ployed, and that thus freight profits can
be increased and the attractiveness of
the ships to passengers improved at the
same time.
Only those engaged in transatlantic
trade are likely to appreciate just now
the importance Of this new channel.
The truth is that the development Of
the commerce of New York within the
limits SGT by the present channels has
almost reached its end. and the new road
The sun., 1907-08-29
The Risks OF the Pacific Venture.

Is il true, as was stated in April by
the Nary, a service journal, that nowhere
in Pacific waters on either side Of the
great ocean, has the United States ade-
quate docking facilities for the largest
battleshps in Admiral EvANs's fleet
which the Administration is preparing to
send to the Far East as an object lesson
to the nations of the world in general
and to Japan in particular? We quote
the warning sounded in the Nary more
than four months ago when rumors Of
the great demonstration filed the air:
The plain fact is that five sent our battleships
into Asiatic waters We should have TO depend for
docking facilities upon the harbors OF IIongkong
and the Japanese Empire. unless, indeed, we were
TO send our bsttleshps back to this country period
icaly for an ovcrhaullng Foreign docks might
serve in time OF peace. but dependence on them
ought to be considered humnating rccessIty to q
nation Of our pretensions"
If il is true that the dry dock Dewey
at Olongapo, which was tOwed out 10
the Philippines at great expense, is not
deep enough to accommodate ships Of
the Connecticut type with their coal and
supplies aboard, and if il is true that the
shops of the naval station at Manila have
only limited capacity to make repairs
on the big ships, or on any ships for
that matter, as the Ndpp has asserted,
will it not strike the country as an un-
feet to the uncertainties, hazards and
perils of a voyage To remote Pacific
waters?
Preparedness for war is Mr.. RoosE-
vELT's favorite subject when he deals
with the national defence, and yet he is
eager to send our whole available battle
ship force to Asia to encounter the dan
gers of typhoon and reef when we are
not prepared to cope even with the cas-
ualties of peace. The Pacific venture
was harebrained in conception. and to
carry out the idea would be, using "A
homely illustration, to put all our eggs
in one basket. The Atlantic denuded of
war vessels, an anxious people would
watch the long voyage Of the Armada
I with misgivings, not knowing what turn
international affairs might take and fear
ing the worst.
As the fleet was paid for with the peo-
pies money, the people should be con-
suited about this extravagant project.
Congress when it meets in December will
doubtless be asked for an appropriation
to pay the bill. Let the whole question
then be discussed in the sober light of
reason. We do not believe that Congress
will vote the appropriation haphazard and
in blind faith. The President will have to
show the country why the Pacific demon
stration of American sea power is to be
undertaken as of vital necessity to the
republic
The sun., 1907-08-29
Prince wilhelm in Bostou.


Boston has a firm belief that she has
just treated the visiting Swedish Prince
to the proudest moments in his history
Il have been having a very active time,
but I feel fine, the young man said. An
editorial article in the Boston Herald
teaches us that it was not Bostons fault
if"the royal guest managed TO feel fine:
Prince wILHuM has found u possible courts-
ously to teach his hosts the lesson that habits of
temperance are not alien TO royalty. and that hos
ptslty can he shown without spreading befors
guests a great array OF intoxicating drinks
No doubt the fame Of the inroads, so
much more terrible than those OF the
Vikings, OF the Ancients upon Europe in
1896 has reached Sweden.
At a breakfast given by Mayor FITz-
GERALD, at which, as at other entertain
ments spread by the same hospitable
hand, Governor GUILD was unable TO
be present" Ginger JOHNNY, proposing
q toast. showed himself a thorough
Scandinavian:
Il feel that my family Is closely allied with
Swedish blood. three OF my sisters having married
The Princes awe at the majesty Of his
rooms in the hotel was feelingly set forth
by the reporters. And who says that
Roston has a frosty beartp The man
and women who met ~the royal guest"
C. C., ,,,;.,,,..- III. h;,,, go, LII.
t,
~neoC,ona'oy
ING rrihco hiust ha'o oeon ouinou' no
may nave peen amused. Inc enect on
him must have been excellent. Part OF
his effect on the former capital OF @cul-
ture" may be Judged from the apprecia-
.lon oy one Oh Dosoon . 'ssniohaple
taiiors' printed IN ooioeet TACO typo oy
'he ooe'on he'o'd'
Princes are the recognized srbters of style. and
all who see Prince wILHHLn of Sweden in Boston
arc looking for DISTINGUISHING marks OF dress such
The sun., 1907-08-29

Il was hardly necessary TO handicap the
jamestown exposition with this final straw
Of scandal. We refer to the published
rumors Of a conflict over social matters
am ,ng the heads Of the i'll fated enterprise.
HENRY ST. GEoBoE TUCKER. the president
Of the exposition company. has perhaps
not fulfilled the expectations Of his sssoci-
ates and well wishers. There have been
delays, disappointments. futilities without
number. Even now, after more than three
months, the presentation is sadly incom-
plete. But the proposition that Mr.. TUCKER
has been utilizing the opportunities Of
Official place to promote his personal aspi-
rations in respect OF social advancement is
preposterous to the point OF the grotesque.