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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26
PETTUs' IMPOSING DIGNITY

The 4Alabaman Handled the g..
a SchOoImaster His scho.,I
Senator Pettus was always cbo,
pion Of the dignity Of the senate co..
a writer in Munsey,s When the chg 10
Der was In disorder that Is. when 80
versation among the senator's h.,
reached a point that. interrupted h,s, 1
nese-the mere suggestion on the no..
Of the presiding officer that the in nd,'
senator from Alabama should be calls
to the chair was sufficient to brinp :, ~
der. When he presided he handled ~.
senate as schoolmaster Conducts ~, ~
school.
It Is to be said that this regard %,
legislative dignity Is much more cho"
acteristic Of the southern members th..
Of those from the North and wost
The Southerner seems to feel that ~.
high traditions Of the senate are wo,.s
preserving. Looking upon a seat in :.
as great honor, they strive 50 to aot
as to indicate that the honor was mo,
tied, I wish I could say the same n,
all their colleagues from other sections.
but they seem, too often to regard N,
senate as more or less of privo,.
asset, which can be utilized for persor
al advantage.
1t has been said In recent years a,
Morgan and Pettus that they almost
constituted third party in the senate
At the same time, they were far frm,
acting as unit on every issue tbs,
came before them. Two old-time Dom.
ocrats as they were, residents Of tbo
same town, and friends for sixty vaars
they were by no means Identical IN
their political opinions. It must be- 70.
membered that in the South the antav.
onism between individual Democrats !,
sometimes as great as that in the North
between the Democrat and the Repuh
;lican. When Mr.. Pettus said Of Sen.
,ator Morgan, II have been his asso
.ciate and adversary over sixty years.
he said something which would be Al.
most inexplicable to the average North.
ern man; but 1t Is the polite expression
of q positive fact. The two senators
differed 80 often that a flippant news.
paper article not long ago suggested
that their one bond of union was a
common fondness for chewing tobacco.
But of neither man has it ever been
said that he was anything but absolute
" honest and high minded Against
neither has it been charged that he rep
resented anything in the senate except
the people of his state and the peo-
pie of the United States. Their strong
est political adversaries in the senate
regarded Morgan and Pettus with sin
cere respect and warm personal affec-
tion-a fitting tribute to statesmen Of
so admirable q type
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26

At Grandba's.
I'd rather be to grandpa's house
Than any place know;
For grandpa says / am his boy
And grandma loves me so.
When get down to grandpa's house
You bet I'll make things hum;
There won't be no one then to say.
Now, sonny, stop that drum.
I'll go barefooted in the grass
And do just as please;
I'll paddle in mud puddles and
I'll climb the biggest trees;
I'll slide down on the banisters;
I'll shin up every door;
, won't be scolded when I track
Up grandma's kitchen floor.
When I get down to grandpa's house
I'll be a boy again.
Folks amt afraid of freckles there,
Nor bother bout the rain.
I'll ride the horses bareback and
I'll walk on ev'ry fence;
No one'll scold me when l tear
My pants gee, that's immense
I'd rather be to grandpa's house
Because I have such fun,
And I'll be awful sorry when
Vacation time Is done.
l like to be at grandpa's house
And be a boy once more,
Where l don't get no scolding when
l track up grandma's floor.
New York Sun.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26

platform, plunge the stick into the
water, as shown in the cut.
The weight should be heavy enough
to keep about three-fOurths Of the stick
under water. Having done all this, get
a alf-ounce, an ounce and two-ounce
weight (you may borrow them from
your druggist), and placing them, one
at time, upon the platform of your
scale carefully mark on the stick the
water level in each case.
This scale is somewhat crude, but 1t
is good enough for all practical pur-
pOSeS
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26
Question. About Birds.

There lis still great deal unknown
about the birds migrating. Why do
they leave when there is still food
enough for all and pleasant weather?
What tells them, or how do they know,
winter is coming season of cold and
famine? What birds mingle and what
journey by themselves? And how do
they know their course ST. Nicholas.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26
LAPPs ARE ON THE DECREASE.

Ana with Tncm the nelnOeef IL
Growing Constantly Scarcer.
The Laps are decreasing in number,
says the Philadelphia Record. The
most sanguine estimate Of the numbers
of the entire race In Norway, Sweden
and Russia does not place them above
$4,000. BY some the number Is placed
far lower on the strength Of trust
worthy data. In Norbotten the number
of Lapps is 1900, Of whom $500 ars
nomad Lapps, and 500 families haW
abandoned their wandering habits
have built habitations here and there
and have endeavored, with more or less
success, to initiate the life OF the
Swedish settler.
That the race must die out eventual
~ Is certain, and it's diminution ma!
be very speedy, though Its complete
extinction may be still far OIL, since
there is no race that can possibly take
It's place on the reindeer fjaell. YET
even here we come upon factor WHICH
has, perhops, hardly been reckoned
with. We mean the decrease OF ln'
herds of tame reindeer.
This has been going on In the Id"
quarter Of a century with striking ra'
pidity. In one district alone In the las
twelve years. the reindeer have dllnlr
ished from an estimated 10000 10 an
estimated 1000. This decrease IS eA.
planned variously. The commonest anu
most plausible explanation, which Cal,
ries the authority Of men, well quallneu
to judge, is that the demand Tor rer
deer flesh, which has been brous%
nearer to the Lapp by the opening
the Bohemian railway, has telnp''a
them to part with the deer at a ra''
too rapid for their production.
The herd of reindeer, when '.s
taken off the high fjaell down to lnen
winter quarters, are now WITHIN i0'
or five days Of Stockholm, and tlefe
a good demand for reindeer nesh
is said that the Lapp, who is no mOls
able to resist strong drink than a., :.
other half-civilized man, Is Piled lfe'v
with brandy. and in that state VIII pal'
with his reindeer for trifling suD
or even for fresh bottle OF splrl.s
two. And he goes back to his i1a -,
stripped Of half his herd, ana W.
nothing to show for 1t. !,
But there Is another cause aisv
legged, and that by equally good au'n ~
files It Is said that Swedish stale e'
cation Is having upon the Lapp tne =.
feet which not uncommonly follows :. =
early stages Of learning. Every "A
tumn Swedes and Lapps alike - =.
down their children to the neares' :,
tional school, where they remain
the winter months, the Lapps III -. -
cases having "seminaries" TO ~ -.
selves. And 1t Is declared that II 80
case Of both races alike, after
years Of this training the youns :,
generation, when 1t comes TO lne !,
Or choosing It's way OF life snos1 ~
unwillingness to return to the nala .,or
door life Of the homes In the in'ei
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26
On to Him.

"You know" said Bragg, II expect
to spend my vacation on steam
yacht"
'How foolish!'' exclaimed Knox.
'Why don't you take rest instead Of
looking for extra work? Besides stok-
ing is such a hot job. Philadelphia
Press.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26

A good scale for weighing letters
may be made by any one without ex-
pense. Get the handle of WORKOUT
broom and cut off about fifteen inches
of it. Pour water into a wide-mouthed
jar until it is nearly full, and having
attached a weight to one end Of the
stick and tackled a square of cardboard
to the other, the latter to serve as a
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26

strange. In olden times they were
called 'scorinths," because they grew In
great profusionynear Corinth, and eth
'er from that fact, or from the name
'currants," as they were sometimes
called, came our word currant. SO
"currant cake" is really ''raisin cake,
but it's good, no matter what you
call 1t.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26

Are you sure that the studies your
sen Is pursuing are really useful?"
Positive" answered Farme Corntos-
sell Anything Is useful that will keen
Josh from goin' out an gettin' into
fights with the neighbors. Washing
ton Star.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26
He Was I'm Luck.

"My heart and hand are priceless, |"
said the sentimental maid.
4I'm glad Of that" replied the prac-
teal young man. otherwise might
not be able to raise the price"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26

Puppy love" is always so serious at
the time that the victim wonders If
terward how he ever recovered 50
quickly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26
Not an Easy Task.

A new military prison chaplain was
recently appointed in q certain town In
Scotland. He was man who greatly
magnified his Office. And entering one
of the cells on the first round of in
spection, he, with much pomposity, thus
addressed the prisoner who occupied
it:
"Well, sir, do you know who I amp
mo, nor I dinna care" was the nom
chalant reply.
"Weel, I'm your new chaplain"
"Oh, We are? Well, I haze heard o.
We before.
"And what did you hear?" returned
the chaplain, his curiosity getting the
better of his dignity.
"Well, I heard that the last twa
kinks We were in We preached them
bath empty, but I'll be hanged If We
find it such an easy matter to do the
same VII this one."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26
WORKING the Charm

The Widow-Thirty-five is the most
charming age in woman.
The Bachelor That's right. It's hard
to get sway from woman Of that ara
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26

Every young man in love with a
pretty and incapable girl, underasti-
mates the time It will take to learn
how to cook.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26

What has become Of the olu d
Toned man who referred 70 -
"a 1 Achip Of the old blockY
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26
The Telegraph Plant.

There is a queer shrub growing in
India, whose tri-foliate leaves move in
way much like railway telegraph sig
fall alternately for time, and then
are still, soon starting into motion
again. The leaves are most active in
the early morning. Sometimes many
Of them are in motion at once; at other
times only few Of them are; which
shows that their action does not de-
pend on the wind.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26

Woman is more graceful tnaA
= because she IL
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26
The Right Kind of q Boy.

The other morning we were in the
midst of three days rain. The fire
smoked, the dining room was chilly,
and, when we assembled for breakfast,
father looked rather grim, and mother
tired for the baby had been restless all
night. Polly was plainly inclined to
frettulness, and Bridget undeniably
cross, when Jack came in with the
breakfast rolls from the bakers. He
had taken off his coat and boots in the
hall, and he came in rosy and smiling.
Here's the paper, SIR" said he to his
father, with such a cheerful tone that
his fathers brow relaxed, and he said,
"Ah, Jack, thank you," quite pleasantly.
His mother looked up at him smiling,
and he just touched her cheek gently as
he passed.
'sTop of the morning to you, Polly
wog," he said to his little sister, and
delivered the rolls to Bridget, with a
"Here you are, Bridget. Aren't you
sorry you didn't go yourself this beau
tiful adayY'
He. gave the fire poke and opened
the damper. The smoke ceased, and
presently the Goals began to glow and
five minutes after Jack came in we
gathered around the table, and were
eating our oatmeal as cheerily as pos
sible. This seems very simple in the
telling, and Jack never knew he had
done anything at all; but he had, in
fact, changed the whole moral atmos-
pAere of the room, and had started a
gloomy day pleasantly for five people.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-26
Currant Cake.

The heading of this paragraph will
be sure to attract the attention of the
boys and girls. for Of course they all
like currant cake. By this is meant
the cake that has little black specks all
through it, which look, for, all the
world, like dead flies, IL you will par
don the expression. Everybody calls it
currant cake, but the little black
specks, you will probably be surprised
to hear, are not currants at all, but d
kind Of raisin, made from little grapes
that grow in the island Zante and In
other Greek islands. The way they
came to be called currants is rather
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31
CHARGED with Stealing Whisky

Peier Kits, oolore1, WAS arrested yes
ierday b. Officer Henderson on suspicion
of entaring the saloon on the southeast
corner of Princess and Fairfax streets
lsst Saturday night and stealing about
sl5 worth of bottled whisky. Kits
was distributing liquor of the brand
which had been stolen to some OF his
companions On sunday. In bis defense
he prisoner said he had purchased The
whisky at different places, and the case
was continued until Officers Henderson
and Bell could interview the prOprietors
of the saloons and see if they could cor
roborste KiIts's statements. They soou
returned and reported that the proPrle-
tors did not sell the accused whisk
Saturday or any other day, as they aid
not allow him on their premises justice
Cation in summing up the case said the
fact that the prisoner had the goods
IN his possession would not sub'tantlste
Inc charge of HOUSEKEEPING and he
would fire him for petit larceny. DE
was accordingly assessed $50, and upon
falling to pay that amount Kits Will
take his place on the chain gang.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31

LOCAL BREYITIES.

Thu Naval Gun Fac DRY Baud Of
Washington won the contest yesleiohy
with the musicians from Laurel, Mo.
During the month the Clsik OF tbs
Corporation Court has recorded 62 deeds
and issued IS marriage licenses, Il &c
white and IA to colored persons.
The namss of several white and col
cred boys aud their companions, who
use stoue-shooters, have been obtained,
and they are liable to be escorted at any
TIM to the police station.
The Golf Tea postponed from les'
aaturday sill beglveD 1T the u III Ciuo
Hou.e tomorrow evening from 10
O clock. Miss Rsbeccs Uhlrr and Mits
Mary Glenn Uhler will presided.
The Bethany Baptist baseball club Of
the Sunday school League Of Washing
ton won from the Alexandra Athletic
Associaiio in this city yesterday after
noon by IA to Is before large crowd
Attention Is directed TO the advertise
mept of thinner & Pusch, bakers and
confectioners, southeast corner OF King
and Fayette streets. They announce
several specialiies, among which Is 0
fine grade Of ice cream.
A colored Iaborer employed by Mr.. j.
D. knight fell from the roof of the new
station building nos being erected at
Mount Vernon this morning and was
painfully injured. He was PLACID on
train and seat to Washington where he
will enter a hospital.
As was stated in the Gazette, the
annual meeting Of the Alexandria Free
kindergarten board will be held at Lee
Camp Hall tonight at 8 o'clock. The
programme of exercises appeared in this
column yesterday. The entertainment
will be free and the public is most cor
daily invited.
The tugboat Merriam, crashed into the
ferry steamer LsckawsuDa ast as she
was docking in Washington yesterday
afternoon. The tug was going at full
speed, but when her captain saw crash
was imminent he reversed his engines.
The shock of collision was slight, and
but little damage was done, other than
a slight scare To the passengers.
The U. S. Civil Service Commission an
nounces an examination to he held In thus
city on June l2th for the position OF deputy
collector and clerk in this internalreyenue
district.
Orsters fried, stewed or raw. Fried CLANS.
Dining ,com open on Sunday during oyster
season. Clan Soup three times week. G.
II, Zimmerman, Market Space. feb 26h
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31
Won by Mr.. Smith.

At the Belmont Park race course on
Yesterday, the amateur cup was won by
Mr.. CORTLAND II. Smith, of Virginia.
He rode Master Of Craft. The amateur
cup, lightweight selling race, in which
gentleman riders had the mount, has
long been feature of the Westchester
Racing Associations spring meeting,
aud has always been a strong drawing
card with the society sci. There were
ssven starters, and, says the New York
Morning Telegraph, "Msster OF Graft;
always elise to the pace, and well RIDDEN
by Mr.. Smith, took the lead to win
easily enough by length and hail. "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31
Fined Twenty Dollars.

On the night of the ooh instant q
man living in the Third ward was arrest,
ed charged with asssulting his Landlord
and with allowing his dog to bite his
victim. The landlord was bitten on one
OF his ankles by the dog, and did not
appear when the case was called next
morning. and an Investigation was de-
ferred unti this morning. The trouble,
it seems, arose over a claim for rent.
The tenant had proceeded to the resi-
dence of his Landlord where the assault
took place. The accused stated in bis
defense that the landlord started to pick
up chair when he struck him twice.
The dog in the meantime bit the land
lord. Justice Cation fined the accused go.
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Police Court.

CJustice II. B. Caton presiding.
The following cases we're disposed Of
this morning: =,
Peter Kits, colored, charged with
petit larceny, wss fined $40 H.
William james, charged with diSor-
DERBY conduct, IVES fined 30. =,
John Jones, colOred, charged win
disorderly conduct and fighting, VAS
foed S. :.
To ,ol rcd boys, charged with dis-
ode N c, iuc. md th'Owlng STONES i''
he rec, were incd so cents each.
A @hite snd 60 red Dian, charged
With ma'rtdn'ug nulsances on ther
premises. we're ined 81 each.
Levi WEIGH, charged with defrauding
g boarding house, was sent to jail Tor
three months.
A Waite man, charged with assault,
wss fined 500.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31
Sent TO Jail.

Levi Welch, whlte, and Lizzie Weico,
colored, we're before Justice Cation IN
the Police Court this morning chSrgeu
with violating section 1873 By marrying
in another state and returning to VIZ
ginia to live IS man and wife. Inc
evidence failed 10 saow that it was the
purpose Of the accused 10 become DOM
iciled 10 this State, and the charge
was dismissed and the woman released.
We!ch, however, was srraigned to an
swer a charge preferred By Wash. jack
son, colored, who alleged that the pris-
oner IN February, 1905, had boarded
with him aOd left MS house owing Sl4
for entertainment. He was sent to Jail
for thee months for this ofense.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31
Rear-end Collision.

Crowded with holiday passengers, q
Cleveland and Southwestern trolley car
running from Wellington to Cleveland,
Ohio, was struck by another Car on the
same line which was following the same
car at Sixth street aud Middle avenue
Elyria, shortly before O'Clock yesterday
evening, resulting in at least two deaths
and eleven persons being Injured. Two
of those Injured will probably die.
The accident occurred not more than
block from the City Hospital. The
wrecked car had slowed down at Fifth
and Middle streets to allow three pas
sepgers to get of. The rear platform
was crowded with passengers, and while
waiting for the passengers to alight, a
car which was trailing crashed into the
first car crushing and mapgling those on
the rear platform and iDjuring several
others.
Ambulances and dozen automobiles
were quickly upon the scene and the
work of extrics:ing the bodies Of the dead
and rcs,uing the wounded was begun.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31
A Funny Chicken.

A colored woman in Fairfax county
has a peculiar chicken-ono which is
half rooster and half hen, but which is
neither. On one side of its bill is q
ROSTERS gill and on the other it has that
of hen; on only one leg is a spur and
the color of the chicken is different on
each side 1t keeps away from other
chickens and focks all to itself and al
together is q remarkable fowl.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31
Musical at St. Mary's Academy.

Wednesday, May 20, Misses Freda
Cowbig and Sarah Patterson gave 81 "
Charming uulicsl entertainment at st.
Mary's only the faculty and graduating
class being present. 1t marked the close
of q successful study of the National
Graded Course" in music which the two
talented musicians have been pursuing
for the past three years with the view of
securing s the gold medal awarded at the
completion Of the seven grades by the
Hatch Music Company: That they
have done hard aud conscientious WORK
was eyioced by their artistic rendition Of
a long aud difficult programme, ana a
Their many friends in Alexandra
have regson to congratulate them on be-
ing the Grst in the city to enter upon
and successfully finish the srduOu'
National Course" in music.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31
Epworth League.

There will be an Eoworth League an
niversary service in Trinity N. E Church
this evening at 8 o'clock. Rev. J. N. K.
Sumwslt, the new presiding elder, will
make the address. Mr.. Sumwalt is a
very energetic and forceful speaker, and
those who hear him will be we'll pleased.
The young mems choir of the Baptist
Church, under the leadership CT Mr..
Preston, will have charge Of the singing.
All are invited to be present.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31
Funeral.

The funeral of the late Mrs. Margaret
Ann Struder, who died at her home on
Seminary Hill on Wednesday, took place
at 9 O'Clock this morning at the resi-
dence. The services we're conducted by
Rev. DR.. Wallis and the interment was
made in Bethel cemetery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31
The Library.

The summer hours of the Alexandria
Library commence on Saturday, June
LIST. They will be every Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday mornings from $3.50
to 1870 and Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-
urday nights from 1880 to $3.50.
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Appendlcitfs

Is due in large measure to abuse Of the
bowels, By employing drastic purgstives. 10
avoid all danger. use DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. the safe, gentle cleansers and inylgora'
tors. Guaranteed to cure headache, 6llIlous'
ness, malaria and jaundice, at Il. 3. Lead
heater & Sons drug store.
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Free Samples of "Preventics" and book.
let OIL Colds will be gladly mailed you, on re-
quest, by DR.. Shoop, Racine, Wis, simply TO
prove merit. Preventics are little Candy
Cold Cure tablets. No Quinine, no Laxs-
tive, nothing harmful whatever. Preventics
prevent colds--as the name implies---~hen
a seated cold or LaGrippe, break it up safely
with Preventics. Sold by E. s. Leadseater
Il Sons.
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The License Law.

The license law for the year beginning
tomorrow and ending May 81, 1908, is
published on the fourth page Of todsy's
Gazstte. There is no change in any OF
the sections of the ordinance.
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The Nudge is Case.

Nor this section rain on gn' nd aturdsy;
fcesh brisk east 10 southeas vi IDS