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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-09-19

emplarv characters. How many millions extorted
from men high places the price of the world
will never know. 1t is the basest Of all mutifarious
Incidents of and the most cowardly The BLACK
Hand carries to those against whom 1t is aimed
t compared with the secret and noiseess work of the
social blackmaler the Black Hand" is rather respect
able method of dabolism 1t carries knife with which
to relieve victim of his wretchedness and takes its
own life in hand when it makes the venture
We are persuaded that the act of Pla in refusing the
demands of Mae Wood and the act of Justice
OGorman in sending the woman to prison will work
wonders the peace of society 1t was brave thing
to do when appealed to the court Of justice, and
would that every other man so beeaguered would do
as much Though his sin scarlet the public would
applaud his service society. The murderer may be
daring man. and so the thief but your backmailer is
ever coward and it only needs to defy him to be rid
of him. All other nfamy shrnks to venial sin compared
moral niquity of the man or woman who demands
q price for silence.-Washington Post.
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average has few years of survival to ex
pect This the face of it surprising
that in order to be accepted it should be backed
up by data authentic and indsputable Such data
furnished by the figures Of the insurance companies
(Which all agree the pont) but it is easier to refer
to government reports which tell the tale in
simple and convincing fashion. Even during the last
fifteen years the death rate among all persons So
years age of both has risen very considerably
Health Culture.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-09-19
WE ARE DYING YOUNGER.

N view of all that has been said about the
fall in the death rate, it seems strange to
realize that we are not living so long as
our grandfathers and grandmothers did.
More babies live to grow up nowadays
than formerly, but people in later life die
o.. mi, i,,lA
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-09-19

not only lead the tremendous expense Of courts and
reformatories but to infinitely greater cost Of lives
that have been ruined through that mischief which
Satan finds for idle hands?
Boys and girls might be injured by twelve-months
application books There are other things than books
in our education The vacation school should teach
something else than winter school.
Why not teach a trade? Or play? At any rate, boys
and girls ought be kept off the street And it makes
no difference whether the street is in the city Of in the
small town. A great many of think that the small
town street is as demoralizing as the city street.
Notwithstanding all talk about the new education
our schools still be improved But the reform that
is needed not much in the curriculum in the
ception of the of school, 1t is all very well
to discuss "Frils" and the Three RS but let open
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-09-19
DO WE WANT LOWER California;

CALIFORNIA Congressman wants this
country to buy Lower California The i'm
mediate prompting of such purpose is the
advantage of Magdalena Bay as a naval
station. Although Lower California Is, gen.
orally speaking, desolate and deserted
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-09-19

There never were men like the men
we expect our neighbors to be.
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Bryan Well Pleased.

Baltimore, Md, Sept. 15.-Upon
his return from the Fifth regiment ar
mory, where he delivered a political
speech, w. J. Bryan was shown the
{ . sociated Press bulletins regarding
the results of the Maine election. He
was elated over the great Democratic
gain and said:
81 am very much gratified at the re-
turns from Maine. They indicate that
the trend toward the Democratic party
extends over The whole country. They
encourage Democrats to believe that
victory in November is certain. -
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BARN OWL ON A RAT-HUNTNG EXPEDITION
people, and it is mucn
prosecuted Bird realized how very usefu the owl
in would protect It. Tne pro wo "
DETERMINATION OF has WHICH
has begun active in country-London News
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KEEP THE sCHooLHoUsE OPEN.

HY should our schools be closed during the
summer?
Is it to give the teachers a vacation?
They certainly need it, but could not sub
stitutes be found? Is it for the sake Of
economy? What worse economy is there
than that which provides conditions which
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-09-19
THE MAINE
ELECTION
REPUBLICAN PLURALITY IS
GREATLY REDUCED IN
STATE CONTEST.
Popularity of Democratic Candi-
date and Stringent Enforcement
of Anti-Liquor Law Blamed for
Heavy Gains of Opposition.
Four Republican Congressman.

Portland, Maine, Sept. 15.-The Re-
publicans carried Maine by about 8, 200
plurality, as against 26, 816 in the last
presidential year and 1904 in 1906.
Returns from 568 out of SIG cities,
towns and plantations give Bert M.
Fernald, Republican, 72,117; Obediah
Gardner, Democrat, 985. The same
places in 1904 gave Cobb, Republican,
10, 334; Davis, Democrat, 49,, The
missing towns, which are small, four
years ago cast l., $50 Republican votes
and 73O Democratic.
The Democratic vote increased more
than Ii, 600 over that of 1904, while
the Republican vote fell off about
$500. The Republican plurality is
the smallest recorded in a presidential
year in "a years.
The two parties split even in the
twenty cities, each capturing ten. The
voting was particularly heavy in the
rural districts, where the Democrats,
largely through the popularity Of Mr..
Gardner among the farmers, made
great gains.
For state auditor, Charles P. Hatch,
of Augusta, Republican, defeated his
opponent.
The Democrats gained over four
years ago in nearly every county and
city, although some of the municipali-
ties which went Democratic two years
ago returned to the Republican fold
yesterday.
Congressman Allen, Burleigh, John
G. Swayse and Frank E. Guernsey, Re-
publican, are elected
The next legislature will undoubt-
eddy be Republican.
The result showed not only the
warmth of the contest, but the popu-
larity of Mr.. Gardner, whose fame as
the head of the state grange proved a
great vote gamer.
The Republicans were on the defen-
sive throughout the campaign, seeking
to hold the state by the usual plurality
by answering the various Democratic
arguments, which we're mainly for the
resubmission of the prohibitory law,
taxation of the wild lands and reform
in administrative methods. But little
was said of national issues.
The Republicans strongly defended
the so-called Sturgis law and invited
the voters to support it's stringent
methods in the enforcement of the
cause of prohibition. Nearly 40, 900
voters went to the polls, a number
which was within a few thousand Of
the record for the state.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-09-19
THE 1NFAMY OF BLAcKMA1L.

AM an old fool" and so were David, the
hero, and Solomon, the sage but Thomas
c. Platt, as a sequel to his folly, has con-
ferred on society n material benefit in that
he challenged the blackmailer and that
whole tribe Of moral lepers, compared with
whom the assassin and the thief are ex-
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
ARSENAL WAS CROWDED
WITH NEGRO REFUGEES

Springfield. Il-A genuine scare
was caused at the headquarters in the
arsenal Sunday night after squad
had been sent to disperse a crowd at
Allen and Spring streets. Five min
utes later a report reached Lieut.. Col
threatened district. He Immediately
sent a full platoon to the place to re-
inforce the squad. When the addi-
tional soldiers appeared the crowd
broke and ran. The soldiers pursued
them for several blocks and the dis
trict, which Is near the scene of Sat
urday nights lynching, was in an up
roar for a few minutes. The arsenal
was crowded Sunday night with ne
gro refugees from Springfield and sur
rounding towns. About 200 men,
women and children sought the shelter
OF the building and slept on the floor
or in chairs. Most of these people
were old and infirm, but they endured
the hardships of their quarters rather
than face the prospects of passing
the night in their homes besst with
momentary fears of attack.
Col. Sanborn and Gen. Wells, COM
manding two provisional brigades,
formed Sunday, increased the mobili-
ty of their forces-augmented by the
arrival of the Second infantry from
Chicago-by using farm wagons. The
use of automobiles was discontinued
and but a few patrols were sent out
on street cars. Gen. Wells had ten
vehicles and Col Sanborn as many
more.
Just as good as horses" said Gen.
Wells. when we get the alarm from
the city hall l just ordered my Shat
ter cavalry into the wagon ard they
were off in no time
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
Happenings in Missouri.
Oil Fields in Missouri.

I. F. Pruden, Pittsburg, Pa, oil
man, who is boring for oil on the
Charles Davis farm, just on the edge
of Phelps and Maries county, made
the announcement recently that at a
depth Of 1000 feet there is 81 feet
of oil in the well. Pockets of gas
were discovered, he said, at the
depth of COO feet The well is to be
sunk 1000 feet. Mr.. Pruden says that
at that depth the indications are he
will have an S00-barrel we'll. He says
that the discovery of oil has caused
much excitement in the Davis neigh
borhood. This company from Pitts
burg has about $500 acres of land
leased. Gil men from Ohio, Indiana,
West Virginia and illinois are in the
field getting leases, both in Phelps
and Maries counties.
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
Is Pc-ru-na Useful
for catdrrh?

Should list of the ingredients OF Pc
runa be submitted to any medical ex.
pert, of whatcver school or nationality,
he would be obliged to admit without
reserve that the medicinal herbs conn
posing Peruna are Of two kinds. First,
standard and well-tried catarrh reme-
dies. Second, well-known and gener-
ally acknowledged tonio remedies.
That in one or the other OF these uses
they have stood the test OF many years'
experience by physicians of different
schools. There can be no dispute about
this, Whatever. Peruna Is composed OF
some of the most efficacious and uni
versally used herbal remedies for ca
tarrhal diseases, and for such conditions
of the human system as require a tonic.
Each one of the principal ingredients
of Peruna has a reputation OF its own
in the cure Of some phase OF catarrh or
as q tonic medicine.
The fact is, chronic catarrh is dis
ease which is very prevalent. Many
thousand people know they have
chronic catarrh. They have visited doc.
tors over and over again, and been told
that their case is one Of chronic catarrh.
1t may be Of the nose, throat, lungs,
stomach or some other internal organ.
There is no doubt as to the nature Of
the disease. The only trouble is the
remedy. This doctor has tried to cure
them. That doctor has tried to pre-
scribe for them.
No other household remedy so uni
versally advertised carries upon the
label the principal active constituents,
showing that Peruna invites the full
inspection Of the critics.
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
Missourj's Honey King.

A. o. Calhoon of Victor is Missourfs
honey king. He has 5000 pounds OF
honey in sight from the summer flow
and anticipates the same amount from
the autumn flow. He started the sea-
son with SO colonies and will prob
ably have $50 this fall. Last week
he harvested 1900 pounds of extract
ed honey. AS IA pounds of honey IS
required to make a pound OF COMP,
the profit in extracting is very ap-
parent. One colony, under favorable,
bright weather conditions, will make
60 pounds in eight days when the
comb is left in the sections. but 1t
takes twice that long if they have to
make their own comb. The Quality
of the honey could hardly be better
and in color it is almost as white as
snow
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
WOMEN ACCUSED OF MURDER
Warrants Charging First Degree
Murder Are Issued Against Three.

Buffalo, n. Three women
were Wednesday arraigned in po-
lice court on charges of taking hui
man lives. The police accuse the
women of being responsible for the
death of five people. The women are
Mrs Annie Sutherland, who is ac-
cused of having shot her husband, AL
exander last week: Mrs. Isabelle Sah-
len, accused of having strangled her
three young children several weeks
ago, and Martha BroWaska, who was
arrested on a charge of throwing a
baby from the second-story window of
a hospital. Warrants charging muir
der in the first degree were ordered
issued for the women. All were held
for the grand jury.
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
100000 To
RUN CAMPAIGN
COL. WETMORE OF ST. LOUIS AND
GOV. HASKELL GO AFTER
BIG SUM.
WILL BEA CONTEST OF STATES
Democratic Managers Count on Rival.
ry and Thorough Organization
to Bring Out the Cash to
Finance Campaign.

Chicago, lll.-The Democratic ma
tional campaign fund of 1908 will be
raised through appeals made to the in
lividual states for contributions. Each
state, under the direction of it's ma
tional committeeman Or financial
representative designated for the pur-
pose, will determine its own method
OF raising money.
The general plan became known
Thursday on arrival here of Chairman
Mack of the national committee from
Lincoln, Neb., and the plan is under
stood to have met the entire approval
of William ]. Bryan.
The financial committee, of which
Moses c. Wetmore of st. Louis is
chairman, generally agree that be-
tween $500,000 and $1.000,000 will be
required to finance the legitimate ex-
penses of the coming presidential
struggle.
The devising of adequate methods to
provide these means has occasioned
Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma, treasurer
more no little concern, and the adop-
ton of the plan announced to raise
money by states is believed to be a So
luton of the problem.
State pride, the financial committee
feel, will be developed and as a result
efforts will be made to make contribu-
tions as large as possible. The finan-
cial committee, however, will arrange
to enlist the monetary aid of all those
who have indicated that they are
ready to contribute in a substantial de-
gree. The contributions to the various
financial representatives in the states
will be made up of small donations.
The national committee has commu-
nicated with the national committee
men in the several states and instruct
ed them to proceed Immediately with
the collection of funds and to this end
have suggested that a financial repre-
sentative be appointed in each state
with assistants in the counties. who
will devise ways and means to obtain
funds in their own particular states
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
One by the Colonel.

Some one had been telling the
colonel about weather so warm that
eggs could be fried on the sidewalk
Call that hot weather." scoffed the
colonel. why, that's nothing. sah.'
Think not, colonel?"
mo. sab. way, All have seen It 50
hot down south, sab. that the popcorn
popped right on the stalk"
"WheW."
And that's not all, sab. The juice
in the cane in the next field turned to
molasses, ran through the fence,
mixed up with the popcorn and formed
the finest combination Of popcorn and
molasses that ever crossed your lips.
sab. Talk about hot weather? HUH"
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
SELF DElUSlON
Many People Deceived by Coffee.

We like to defend our indulgencies
and habits even though We may be
convinced Of their actual harmful
ness.
A man can convince himself that
whisky is good for him on a cold morn
ing, or beer on a hot summer day
when he wants the whisky or beer.
It's the same with coffee. Thousands
Of people suffer headaches and nerv-
BUSINESS year after year but try to
persuade themselves the cause is not
coffee-because they like coffee.
While yet child ] commenced u.s.
ing coffee and continued it," writes 4
Wis. man, until was a regular cof
fee fiend. I drank it every morning
and in consequence had a binding
headache nearly every afternoon.
My folks thought it was coffee that
allied me, but liked it and would not
admit it, was the cause Of my trouble,
so l stuck to coffee and the headaches
stuck to me.
Finally, the folks stopped buying
coffee and brought home some Postum.
They made it right directions on
pkgJ and told me to see what differ
ence it would make with my head, and
during the first week on Postum my
Old aftiction did not bother me once.
From that day TO this we have used
nothing but Postum in place OF cof-
fee-headaches are thing of the past
and the whole family is in fine health"
Postum looks good, smells good,
tastes good. is good, and does gcsd to
the whole body" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
ville," in pl;gs.
Ever read the above ie,.er? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, ard full Of human
interest.
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
The Gasoline Stove Again.

Winnie Warden, a servant in the
employ of Thomas ]. Hoge, president
of the board of control of the state
industrial home for girls, was badly
burned recently. Miss Warden had
been ironing and using a gasoline
stove to htat the rims. She removed
the tank Of the stove to fill it, and is
believed to have spilled some of the
oil on her clothes. She rushed out
of the house when her clothing be-
gan to burn and ran across the street
The wind whipped the flames and
when she reached the house of a
neighbor she was ablaze from head to
foot Physicians report her recovery
an impossibility.
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
TRlBESMEN SLAY DOCTOR.
EnsIishman Travelling in Morocco 10
Tortured and Murdered.

Kash-El-Kebir, Morocco-News has
been received here of the mur-
der of an English doctor by En-
mequi tribesmen, who are followers
of Mulai Hafid, while he was travel
ing from this state to Fee. The En-
mequi tribesmen were recently de-
feated by Daouda tribesmen, who are
fighting on the side of Sultan Abd-El-
Aziz. The doctor had been warned
not to pass through the country to
which the Ermequis had retreated, but
he persisted in so doing and was cap
tured by the tribesmen. who declared
that he had commanded the Daoudas
in the attack against them The doc
tor was put to death after being sub
jected to horrible tortures
After the murder of the English
man, public criers went through the
surrounding country proclaiming a
holy war
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
Up Against "Dry" Ordinance.

Nashville. Tenn.-Bert Si4ms.
Southern Express Company agent,
is under arrest at Murfreesboro,
Tenn, a dry town, on city warrant
charging him with receiving and de-
livering packages OF whisky shipped
into Murfreesboro contrary to the
city ordinances. 1t had generally been
supposed that the law passed by the
CITY board was void and acting on this
supposition, the express company be-
gan to receive and deliver packages
of whisky about a month ago.
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
Will Reveals Romance.

Minneapolis, Minn.-Filing Of tho
will of the late Robert Pratt former
mayor of Minneapolis, Wednesday re-
vealed a romance. For a share in an
estate valued at $4,000 is left to
Mary Bettin, Mr. Pratts housekeep-
er. who has agreed to become my
wife" reads the will Miss Bettin
gets $4,000 capital stock in the Zenith
Telephone Co. of Duluth and $4,000
from a life policy. Mr.. Pratt's five
sons and daughters by a former mar
riage share the estate.
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
preaeher Fancy Hoo Breeder.

Rev. A. X. Wray of three miles west
of Carthage, who recently accepted q
call as pastor of the Congregational
church at Carthage, beginning Sep
tember l. is an expert breeder of fine
hogs, and at a recent convention of
the Congregational Association of
Churches held at st. Joseph, was pub
licly presented with three fine thor
oughbred Duroc-Jersey hogs in consid-
GRAFTON of his Is years service as Sec
retary of the Congregational Home
Mission Society of Missouri.
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
Once every three years the Sunday

Once every three years the Sunday
school field is surveyed at a conven-
tion which brings together delegates
from all over the world. The latest
has but just closed at Louisville. KY.
Figures given there are so surprising
as to be almost Incredible if they
were not so we'll authenticated. For
example, during the last three years
there has been an increase in the
membership of the Sunday school in
North America of 100000 pupils, the
financial resources have doubled, and
100000 additions have come by way
CT the Sunday schools
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19

The Wichita (Kan) Beacon

The Wichita tkanD Beacon had evi-
IDENTIFY mislaid its authorities on eti-
quette when rush order was received
to tell the occasions on which to lift
Or remove the hat But editorial
genius boldly and safely met the
emergency in a way that may show
omissions but is eternally right so far
as 1t goes. On the authority of the
Beacon you should lift or remove your
hat when, mopping your brow, taking
bath. eating. going to bed, taking up
collection or standing on your head.
There may be other occasions sug-
Eested BY the rules Of propriety.
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
A Thousand Search for a Body.

A search of 80 hours has failed to
reveal the body of Richard Smith, the
seven-year-old son Of Stephen A.
Smith, city councilman of Joplin, who
fell into an abandoned mine shaft.
The mine is full of water and, al
have been at work there, the water
has been lowered only few feet.
The water is about 50 feet deep and
attempts to reach the bottom by div
ing have failed. More than 1000 per
sons have joined in the search.
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19

At the close Of business July 81
State Treasurer Jacob F. Gmelich
made statement showing the condi
tion of the treasury to be as follows:
Balance on hand June 80, S2,470,-
s52.45; receipts during July, $780,
1880; disbursements during July,
$f33, 1881. Balance at close of busi-
ness July 81, s2.513,855.14.
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
Jumped From Imaginary Danger.

Fearing that his engine was about
to collide with string of freight
cars, J. \. Hicks, fireman, leaped from
his locomotive at Webb City and re-
ceived wounds that may cause his
death The passenger engine, from
which Hicks jumped, did not strike
the cars.
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19

bles. bearing down sensations, etc.).
On June Goth, 1907. four and one-half
years later, she said: Il haven't had
kidney trouble since. l repeat my
testimony"
Sold by all dealers. so cents q box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
Constable Badly Beaten.

AS the result of bitter feeling which
has existed for several years between
che officials and some of the citizens
Of Maitland, Constable Samuel Keif-
fer was badly beaten up and nearly
killed. Mr. Keiffer was called to the
door of his residence by two men.
taken out and beaten with rocks and
clubs, and left for dead.
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19

The meanest man in the world has
been arrested in New York on the
charge of cheating poets. He not only
stole their songs, but also the money
they sent with the verses in a prize
competition. A man who would de
fraud hardworking union poet should
be made to read all the poetry he re
ceived.
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
Missouri Educator Injured.

Prof ]. NJ. Ivy, principal of Wood
son institute, a Methodist college To-
Gated at Richmond, and his wife, Sis
ter of Madison B. Smith, representa-
tive in congress from the Thirteenth
Missouri district, were injured when
a horse which they were driving for
the first time became frightened at
an umbrella and ran into a fence
throwing them both out.
Potosi journal., 1908-08-19
Chinese Soldiers Mutiny.

Hong Kong-One thousand sol
diers stationed at konghau. near
WI Chow. mutinied Wednesday be-
cause q ccmrade had been arrested
for gambling. The mutineers muir
dered their commander his clerk and
secretary and they attacked com
pany of soldiers at Onyung- The loyal
soldiers fled TO the roofs of the vii
lage and the mutineers pillaged the
village, securing 100000 in money
Then they rejoined the rebels in the
Tsiking mountains