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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
GOLD IN RHoDEsIk
Interesting Data Given by the Unit
ed States Consul.

Interesting Data Given by the Unit
ed States Consul.
Consul John H. Snodgrass of Pre-
toria furnishes the following report on
the mining and industrial development
Of the British-African colony Of Rho
desia:
1.-The expansion of the gold industry
In Rhodesia to the annual production
Of $1O,OOO,OOO of the metal has been ac-
complished by the small investor and
individual effort rather than by means
Of capital Small reefs have been dis
covered in this territory, and many are
confidently predicting that Rhodesia IN
few years may perhaps excel the
Transvaal in the production of the
precious metals Small operators with
little capital by their own efforts have
Of late been extracting nearly one
third of the total amount of gold
found, and their earnings have been
spent mostly in the colony, as con-
sequence Of which there has been re-
vival Of trade. While such crops as
tobacco, cotton and wool have been try
ing to find their way into the distant
markets, local demands for grain,
fruits and fresh meats are being met
more and more by the Rhodesian agri-
culturists themselves.
"Rhodesia's output Of other minerals
than gold has increased and several
new industries have come into life dur
ing the year. Pioneer settlers along
the Cape to Cairo railroad have proved
that what could be done in South
Africa could also be done farther
north, and some remarkable crops have
been grown. The Kafue river, the
bridging of which was an engineering
feat second only to that accomplished
at the Victoria falls, afterward proved
to be useful waterway, for 1t extends
100 miles, and several steam and sail
ing craft have already been put on it..
The close of 1906 saw that launching
Of a great scheme for the supply Of
electricity for the Rand, and Rhodesia
is interested in this from the fact that
it is the intention to derive a vast
amount of that power from the Vic
toria falls.
'In the return Of a generally Rho
desian prosperity it is only natural
that the railways should play an I'M
portant part, though they have suf-
fered badly as other lines Of indus
try on account Of the long-drawn-out
depression that overcast all South
Africa. The report Of the Rhodesian
railways for the year 1906 shows that
the gross earnings for the first eleven
months totaled $2,393 500, which is
equal to $2,661,OO per annum, as
against $2,316,5OO in 1906; the net
revenue was $9SS,5OO, as compared
with 1884 600 in 1905. This represents
an annual gain Of 1874 per cent in net
income. An approximate estimate of
the traffic during the year puts the
gross earnings at $2,711OOO and the
net revenue at $1,O14,5O
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
JOKE ON THE CITY FELLOW.
He Bet He Could Milk a Cow, but
Lost, as 1t Was ''Dry.'

He Bet He Could MILK a Cow, but
Lost, as 1t Was ''Dry.''
did you ever notice." asked the
necktie clerk of the Kansas City Star
writer, show the average city fellow
lords it over the country boy? Thinks
he's wiser and better, you know. It's
ma tural-I thought that way until |
mixed with few smon-pure country
boys, and then l tumbled.
You see, my old man bought farm
down in Kansas and l went down
there to run affairs. l was pie
for the rubes Course 1 couldn't milk
COW, and that tickled them to death.
But l learned to milk, on the quiet,
you know, and figured on turning the
laugh. I got so 1 could play regular
tune in the pail and thought 1 was on
to everything. was a fool, too.
well, one Sunday the boys held an
outdoor entertainment in a pasture.
Everything was allowed but biting and
scratching. OF course, 1 got the brunt
of the rustic wit, and it wasn't half
bad, either. But when it was passed
around that I couldn't milk cow
just smiled.
"'Any one want to bet?' I asked,
thinking of some easy money.
"They figured for a few minutes,
and then scratched up $40, and 1 COW
cred it.
"Trot 'er out 1 says, feeling kind
Of guilty. They didn't know about my
private lessons.
WELL" continued the necktie clerk,
arranging his stock on the table, "they
trotted her out-the COW, you know
and settled beside her On a one-leg-
ged stool and went after the juice. But
nothing came, and everybody guffaw-
ed. / couldn't coax any milk out Of
that critter for love or money. The
COW stood my abuse for ten minutes
and never said a word. She was a
model Of patience.
81 quit. It's all yours, gentlemen,
1 says.
ION the way home I conflded my
troubles to an old farmer who had wit
messed the struggle. No more farm
ing for me- said /.
Trouble is with you city chaps you
never learn, replied the old man.
Those boys sicked you on q dead is
sue.'
Explain, neighbour said.
"'Why, the devil himself couldn't
milk that cow. She's been dry for
two months"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
Willie Also Discovers.

A teacher in charge Of the second
primary grade at Denver school was
telling the children about Columbus
one day not long ago. She told them
all about the home life Of the discov-
erer of America and all about his peo-
pie.
"His relatives" she said, were wool
combers."
The next day Columbus was dis
cussed again. by the way, children, -
said the teacher, do you remember
what his relatives were?"
There was a moment of profound
stiffness Then a little fellow in the
rear Of the room raised his hand.
"You may tell us, Willie" said the
teacher.
'They wus BARRIERS" said the boy
Denver Post.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
When Macaulay Spoke.

What can be the matter? Doors
open, members rush out; members are
tearing past you from all points in one
direction-toward the house. Then
wigs and gowns appear. They tell you
with happy faces their committees
have adjourned, and then come third
class, the gentlemen of the press, hll'
arious. Why, what's the matter? Mat
ter! Macaulay Is up. You join the
runners In a moment. It was an an
nouncement one hadn't heard for
years, and the passing Of the worn
"Macaulay's up emptied committee
rooms now as before it emptied CLUBS
the old voice, the old manners and the
old style glorious speaking; well pre-
pared carefully elaborated, confessedly
essayish, but spoken with perfect ait
and consummate management lne
grand conversation of a man OF lne
world confiding his learning and LII.
recollections and his logic to party VI
gentlemen and just raising his VOICE
enough to be heard through the roon''
As the house filled he got prouoei
and more oratorical. and then ne pour
ed out his speech with rapidly, III
creasing after every sentence. till II De
came a torrent of the richest WoruH
carrying his hearers with him INTO en
thusiasm and yet not leaving tnen
time to cheer. The great orator was
trembling when he sat down. Inc Ga
element Of a triumph overcame Ill.,
and he had scarcely the self-possesslon
to acknowledge the eager praises VIII.
were offered by the ministers anu
others in his observation-disclosures
Whitty's Parliamentary Retrospect
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
How to Make Eyelets.

There's q new way Of making tno''
troublesome eyelets, discovered by .
girl who is locally famous for inven'
ing labor saving ideas, says the WASH,
ington Star. 1t consists Of running ln0
eyelet around and then cutting II Hull
end to end and buttonholing 1t, maxine
the stitches as deep as those upon lne
usual buttonhole, but reversing 'ne
stitch so that the edge stitches Daes
upon the material instead OF aloui.
the open edge Of the eyelet- II =
about one-fifth as hard to do as ~
usual way, and the difference IN isu
of time 81 even more marked
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
CHAPTER XVIU.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER XIV lll.-tContlnueu
at will be expensive" he mused
"What of that? They would give a mill
ion to have him. He knows everything
He is the handspring of everything
He finished his plans and went to
cheap upholsterer's. There ne ordered
a triple supply of everything he had noted
down, one set to be sent to his own ad-
dress in London, the two others to be
packed separately in stout crates TOT
transport by rail.
The tradesman thought the order curl
GUS; but the foreign gentleman who gave
it having paid twenty pounds down, ana
undertaking to pay the rest when the
goods were ready for delivery, he forDore
to puzzle himself about it.
In three or four days time the old tur-
niture was removed from Mr.. Leno S
apartment, and the new furniture, glossy,
new. and sticky as to the woodwork, ana
f1aringly vulgar as to pictures, carpet,
mirrors, curtains and hearthrugs, was all
arranged in its place. When everything
was arranged, Mr.. Zeno, whose landlady
had begun to think him eccentric, did
thing even more curious than the Wanton
and unnecessary refurnishing of his rooms
had seemed He walked out one morning
and returned with pale young man, VINO,
In obedience to his instructions. produced
a water-color sketch-book, tube each OF
Chinese white and sepia, and camels
hair pencil or two. and began to make
stifly accurate and ugly sketch OF one OF
the walls of Mr.. Zeno's chamber.
The pale artist made a drawing OF
every one of the eight walls, and when
they were done and paid for the spy him.
self drew plan of the two rooms, num-
bered the drawing in correspondence with
the walls. When he had done this he
made up the eight drawings and the plan
into a neat packet, addressed it to con-
federate in Calais, and registered it at
the postoffice. One of the three sets OF
furniture, with wall paper, carpet, cur
tains, plaster casts, mirrors and chromos
had been consigned to the same address
three days before. The third set was
consigned to a gentleman of Mr.. Lenos
own profession in Vienna, and Austin
Farley's plan was in a fair way to be
realized.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
German and Other Warships.

The revelation of the general trend
of naval policy in the United States,
Great Britain and Japan toward unpar-
alleled concentration of fighting power
in colossal ships has been unwelcome
in Germany, because the policy OF con-
struction followed in the case of re-
cent American, British and Japanese
ships bids fair to render the German
navy obsolescent long before even the
scheme of augmentation passed In 1900
is actually complete. Casters Maya
zine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28

In England much interest has been
shown of late by the army and navy
authorities in q new method or pre-
serving -four by means Of compression.
With hydraulic pressure apparatus the
flour is squeezed into the form Of
bricks, and experiments are reported to
have shown that the pressure destroys
all forms Of larva life. thus preserving
the -four from the ravages Of insects,
while 1t is equally secure from mold.
Three hundred pounds Of compressed
flour occupy the same space as 100
pounds Of flour in the ordinary state.
The car shortage problem will be
solved in a great measure when some
way Is discovered to properly compress
the cotton bale as it leaves the gin. The
density Of the American cotton bale Is
% pounds per cubic foot, the Egyptian,
81 pounds, and the East Indian bale, 81
pounds. The difficulty Of this is owing
to the fact that the ginning Is done
upon plantations, where there is but a
limited amount Of power available. If
this compression could be accomplished
at the point Of production it is undoubt-
eddy true that the number of cars re-
quired to handle the crop would be very
materially decreased.
The recent increase in the use Of
electricity in Spain has been SO rapid
that an official report states that to-day
very few localities exist where the cleo
trio light is not employed. This is par
ticularly true of places situated near
swiftly running streams. The consump-
ton Of electric lamps, even in the
smallest villages, is described as being
enormous Everywhere electric motors
are found taking the place Of steam
power. Yet the construction Of electric
apparatus in Spain has not kept step
with the growth in it's employment, 50
per cent Of the dynamos and motors
being imported from Germany. Most of
the remainder come from France and
Switzerland.
Since the sudden fall of the great
Campanile at Venice a few years ago
scientific experiments have been made
to afford assurance of the stability Of
other famous architectural piles in TIA
ly. Among these is the unique cathe-
dral Of Milan, built all of marble, with
scores Of slender pinnacles, and lofty
main spire terminating in a great mar
BILE statue of the Virgin. The expert
ments Of Professor Vincentini on this
spire, while demonstrating its complete
stability, show interesting effects of the
wind and solar rays. AS with other
lofty towers, the point of the spire de-
scribes daily an elliptical curve, the
size and precise form of which vary
with atmospheric conditions. But the
greatest displacement never amounts to
more than a single minute of arc, in
this case less than third of an inch.
A tempest of uncommon violence in
July, 1905, displaced the top OF the
spire eight millimeters.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
TO PASS THE TAM1,
The Ladies Felt 1t Necessary to n,
Themselves Awhile.

themselves Awhile,
One day Ellen Dow and Amt H.
tina, on city shopping jaunt, ACQUIRE,
innumerable bulky packages and t,,a
string bags full of smaller bundles D.,
afternoon they were completely or
hausted, and there was still list =,
things yet Impoverished
Il can't walk another step." excla,m
ed Aunt Martha at last. 81 must An,
some place to rest and sit still a frn
hour"
I'VE can go to some waiting room
suggested Ellen,
mo, that's waste of time. uo
sha'n't be seeing anything while wer.
doing that" responded Aunt Martha
Suddenly her eye fell on sign scros,
the street:
Concert at Three O'clock
'Now that's the very thing" sbo
burst out. "We can 60 to that concart
and rest while we're there, and tban
finish our errands. What do you saw
Ellen?"
'That will be NICE Ellen responded
unless 1t Is too expensive"
'tOh, it's likely we can get some sort
Of seats for fifty or seventy-five cents
1 don't mind where l sit"
Anything will do for me-" rejoined
Ellen. I'm never fussy."
How much are the seats?" Aunt
Martha asked the doorkeeper, a little
TREMENDOUSLY.
1T Is free concert to advertise the
Pollard piano." replied the man. "Step
right In"
"Well, If this isn't luck!" gasped
Aunt Martha. "And there is scarcely
person in the hall, either, so we have
our pick Of Seats"
'They always say music is better far
off," suggested Ellen, motioning to some
seats near the back Of the hall.
Aunt Martha agreed as she dropped
into a chair, and disposed the bags and
parcels.
81 don't know" Ellen said, after an
interval, "but we've made mistake;
we can't see much here Don't you
think we'd better 60 farther front?"
Maybe we had"
They gathered up their packages,
moved down the aisle, and took posses
sion of two end seats. The audience
began to assemble.
Lets move to the middle of this
row." whispered Aunt Martha. NO one
can crawl past all these bundles
Accordingly they moved to the center
of the row, and were quiet few Sec
onds, when Ellen murmured:
"It makes me dreadful nervous to be
packed in among these seats so | can't
get out. What if there should be
fre?"
That's a fact" assented Aunt Mar
tina. "We'd better go and sit in those
seats by the wall-they're right on an
aisle"
Again they gathered the bundles and
struggled past the long row of people
to the two seats near the wall.
There was a pause, and then Aunt
Martha said, softly:
ELLEN, don't think 1 can stand sit
ting here! There's hot radiator right
by my side"
They rose once more to search for
other seats, but the hall had filled, and
there were no empty seats left. Even
those they had just vacated were III
stantly taken.
Il wish we had stayed where we were
at frstw said Aunt Martha petulant-
ly. eve might as well be shopping as
standing up all through this concert
Youths Companion.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
CHAPTER Xxx.

The question of settlements took the
whole party to London, and in London
Angela called upon the Farleys. Lucy
was delighted with the news of the ap-
preaching marriage. She and Angela
were very confidential together, and suit
ed each other perfectly. Lucy had taken
a peculiar and tender interest in the
young woman's love affairs, and had
brought her husband to a quarrel with
his oldest friend concerning them. 1t was
hardly in nature that O'Rourke should
be left out of their talk.
II saw from the very first that Mr..
Maskelyne cared for you," said Lucy
"and l thought you cared for him. But
was afraid at one time that you would
lose each other. The course of true love
does not always run smooth, and Mr..
Maskelyne is very delicate and rather
self-distrustful.
1T was my own fault" said Angela,
with blush, 'if we were in danger of
misunderstanding each other"
No, my DEAR" returned Lucy, with
gentle decision. ut was the fault of a
third person Poor little Mrs. Spry ought
to be saved from that mercenary wretch
1t was not easy to see what could be
done but to leave the patriot to his base
triumph and the poor little widow to her
inevitable sufferings. But it happened
that when Angela had gone away, Fra
ser strolled in; and since Fraser had be-
gun to hate O'Rourke, nothing had pleas
ed him SO much as to talk about his
enemy. He talked about him now, and
Lucy, who was full of the new proof of
O'Rourke's wickedness, related it, binding
Fraser to solemn secrecy.
"You see," she said, that nothing can
be done but everything shows how badly
he has acted. Nobody can tell Mrs.
Spry. You know perhaps what women
are, Mr.. Fraser. They are very blind
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
A Frog Barometer.

A curious barometer used In Ger
many and Switzerland consists of
jar Of water with frog and a little
stepladder in 1t. When the frog
comes out Of the water and sits on
the steps it is said infallibly to fore
tell rain.-Kansas City Journal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
In After Years.

Anxious Mother-Little Bobbie cries
for the moon every night. l don't know
what to do about it.
Old Doctor-Oh, he'll outgrow that
in time When he grows up he will
forget the moon and want the earth.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
The yiIlaxe Gossips.

Silas Hardacre-Yes, every Tuesday
and Thursday night is "ripping-up
night with the Ladies' Sewing Social
in this town.
City Drummer-Indeed! And what
do they rip up?
Silas Hardapple- Carpet rags, pedi-
grees and the absent members.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28

Bobbs-Did the prisoner really smile
when the judge sentenced him to ten
years in the penitentiary? Dobbs-
Yes; he lived fifteen In a boarding
house.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
Another View of II

"But he called you an 'unwhipped
mob"
Hes right, by George! Nobody's
ever licked us yit."-C Chicago Tribune.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28

You can always reach the hearts Of
men and women by stufing them-the
former with food, the latter with fat
terry.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28

Many man who is fancy free
doesn't fancy his freedom.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
Setting Him Right.

"Could you get more hickory nuts or
more lemons into a barrel?
"Hickory nuts, of course"
Wrong You could squeeze more
lemons into Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-22

issued documents in as many as six
languages, while Louisiana publishes
most OF her State documents in French
as well as English. One Of the indexers
Is q Russian, and is much interested in
the subject of immigration. In explain
Ing her interest In State documents she
turned to the page in the completed
Maine volume, headed migration" say
ing:
Behold, in 1916 that State speaks sadly
OF the Ohio fever. that leads her people
to forsake their own Maine. and in 1856
and 1861 begins an agitation for immi-
grafton that lasts until 1895, when the Of
ficers OF the State complain of the dan
gers Of increased immigration. There is
material FOR me. when ! debate the ques-
ton before my society. Although these
books are said TO be for the use OF
learned men. I find IN them much Of use
70 me. and it makes these documents in
teresting"
Miss Hasse's interest is confined to no
special question, but finds IN the driest
report or longest table Of statistics
some new light on current affairs, and
rejolces in the accumulation of data that
viii afford the historian material for a
better understanding of the elements that
go 10 make up a nation.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-22
4 Magazine Chat.

THE TREND OF the public mind nowhere shown more clearly
than in the American magazine of to-day
One has only to glance the bewderng array of names OIL
magazines and he will that the comparatively small field once
occupied by the publishers magazines has greatly broadened Not
only has the actual number of magazines been than doubled but
the quality OF large majority of them has been improved which fact
together with the addition OF attractive covers and artistic illustrations
has brought about revolution in the business
One may to-day within the of these periodicals find the most
tempting array OF literary food offered the public embracing
variety and every style both matter whether be
serial story novelette, essay criticism historic research or abstrse
science theological discussion or eXeges poetry huor dramatic news
or in fact, anything which interests humanity
glance at counter shows total Of $50 different Magazines on
sale each week month"; filed with interesting matter on subjects
Literary and BOokh Political Religious Sporting Theatrical Musical
Scientific well as Fashion and Society Papers of MANY kinds
Our facilities such that take orders and deliver in av
OF the city Magazines and Periodicals on the day publication
We have also made arrangements by which take subscriptions v
the year. the Magazines in this case being delivered by mail
Those wishing their avore Magazine them for the period of
their vacation will find arrangements complete in that mar
ticular we'll
Main Ba4- Tnth