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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-26
PULITZER TO SEE CANAL
Will Investigate, Arriving About Same
Time as Taft.

Newport News, Va, Dec. 21-Jos-
eph Pulitzer, publisher of the New
York World accompanied by party
OF friends and several staff writers, ar
rived off Old Point Comfort Saturday
In Mr.. Pulitzer's yacht Liberty. 1t Is
said that he is on his way to Panama
10 investigate conditions prevailing u
The canal zone, and possibly to secure
evidence in connection with the purchase
VI the canal property by the govern
ment.
According to information obtained
at Old Point the yacht will make the
ulp by easy stages, the publisher oe-
s>iirlng to reach Panama about the same
ulne set for the arrival there OF M.
Taft.
Mr.. Pulitzer's trip is of special IN.
,efest on account of the attitude o.
RE ident Roosevelt in demanding tna'
congress have Mr.. Pulitzer and other
publishers prosecuted for criminal nDel
lor publishing articles attacking sne
administration in connection with tne
canal purchase.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-26
ELIGIBLE FOR OFFICE.


The gaze which Mrs. Compton bent
upon her husband was combination of
pity and disappointment which only
long experience enabled MIN to support
with calmness. why, Henry" she
said, gently, 1--WE don't refuse to invite
women to join our club without some
good reason. We have heard this new
Mrs. Holland is gossip, and we don't
wish that element in the club
'Of course not" Mr.. Compton assent
ed, gravely; "but what makes you
think she's any-why do you believe
she's a gossip"
ut has come very directly to num-
Der of u.s. said Mrs. Compton, with
dignity. "Mrs. Lovett visited near the
Hollands own home, and she says that
there was nothing going on in the
neighborhood that Mrs. Holland didn't
know-her friends told her So"
Mrs. Lovett says that three or four
times during her visit if she asked a
question about somebody she met and
her friends didn't know, they would
say, Well run over and ask Mrs. Hol-
land She'll be sure to know; she
knows everything!
Just think, Henry, what a reputa-
ton to have in ones native town.
VERY sad, indeed" said Mr.. Comp
ton
However" and Mrs. Compton's ex-
preston lightened, Mrs. Lovett says
she thinks her friends told her that
Mrs. Holland was left. an orphan,
brought up by an old uncle. She's 60
ing to write to make sure. OF course,
if that is the case, and the poor thing
never had any careful bringing up,
why"
'"That alters everything" said Mr..
Compton, heartily. II can see that. l
expect to hear she's in line for your
presidency after year or two"
"Henry!' cried Mrs. Compton. 1T
anybody could ever tell what you'll saw
next!"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-26
Legal Information
Observation-Disclosures

In an action for mental suffering
caused by the nondelivery Of a tele-
graph message, the law of the place
which the contract was made, and in
which a part of it was performed, was
held to govern, in the case of johnson
vs.. w. U. Tel. Co. (Sup. Ct N. Carr
81 Southeastern Reporter, 122.
No injunction will lie to restrain the
transfer of property Of one church to
another, where they have formed a
union. In the case of Mack VS.. Kline,
SO Southeastern Reporter, 1874, the
Georgia Supreme Court held that, al
though property rights were involved.
they rested upon questions Of faith
and religious tenets, decision of
which by the highest ecclesiastical tri-
bunal would be held to be conclusive.
The liability Of bank officers assign
ing notes to the bank in lieu Of bad
debts was considered in State Bank of
Pittsburg VS.. Kirk, IS Atlantic Re
porter, 932. The bank became insol-
vent, and the receiver brought an ac-
ton to recover on the notes. Defend
ant set up, among other defenses, want
Of consideration, but the Pennsylvania
Supreme Court held that defendant
could not now escape liability on the
ground that there was no considera-
ton for the notes at their inception.
That ever recurring question, wheth-
er recovery may be had under an in
surance policy for deaths by suicide,
was again adjudicated upon in Davis
VS.. Supreme Council Royal Arcanum,
81 Northeastern Reporter, 294. Plain
tiff contended that insured could not
deprive the beneficiary of his rights by
misconduct after the issuance OF the
policy. but the Massachusetts, Supreme
Court held that the original contract
implicitly excepted suicide as cause
of loss. notwithstanding no mention Of
it was made in the certificate.
In Sopher VS.. State, 81 Northeastern
Reporter, 913, the trial court held that
LIQUOR license under the Indiana LII
cense Law did not authorize the sale
of intoxicating liquors for the reason
that the State license law was uncon-
stitutional, such traffic being danger
ous and hurtful to society. The Indi-
ana Supreme Court reversed this de-
cision. holding that under the common
law any person had right, without
license. to sell intoxicants, and that
# was a means of livelihood which
INV one was free to follow.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-26
A GOOd-Wish Rose.

"A clever idea was carried out at a
recent shower for a bride o-be," says
Woman's Home Companion "In the
invitation each guest was requested to
send in, prior to the party, a wish for
the bride. The hostess made a beauti-
full large whitepaper rose, and before
putting it together she wrote on each
petal wish and the name Of the wish
er. AS is usual in most cases, some Of
the guests forgot to send III wish, but
brought one with them, and others
wrote them after they arrived. For
this purpose large paper rosebud had
been made, into which the wishes were
slipped, and the bud twisted up again.
The guest of honor was charmed with
the rose and rosebud, and said that she
should always keep it as a pleasant re-
minder of her friends, whom she was
soon to leave for new home in a dis.
tant CITY,"
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PLAYING "FLOP."

the chair to his right, the boy or girl
In the center trying to take possession
of the vacant chair during the move
ment. On account of the confusion
which follows upon the signal Flop"
the standing one is at a disadvantage,
for he cannot see the chair which is
to be left vacant one time in half
dozen. The Hopping continues till he
or she is seated. however, and then
the boy or girl at his or her right takes
the center of the circle and the game
begins again.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-26
CURIOUS HOTEL CUSTOMS.
Cuss Words . Penny Each NJ an
Edinburg Hotel.

Cuss Words . Penny Each IT an
Edinburg Hotel.
A curious custom prevails at an Ed
inburgh hotel. Whenever customer Is
heard to swear he Is required to place Il
penny In box on the bar counter. It
is not matter for surprise, says TIT
Bits, that the landlord hears much less
bal language than some of his fellow
publicans in the capital Of Scotland.
The following is quaint idea for
providing funds for picnics and social
evenings. 1t is carried on with much
success at an Ashton-on- Mersey inn:
A knocking club" Is connected with
the inn, and when a customer calls for
refreshment he is expected to knock on
the table or counter before drinking.
II he fails to do this he is fined one
penny. Anyone who wrongfully accuses
another Of breaking this unique rule
Is also fined. The money thus obtained
provides funds for many enjoyable out.
ings and pleasant evenings during the
course of the year.
At another hotel, known as the Old
Hundred, customers are allowed only
one drink. If one is not sufficient to
quench their thirst, they are obliged to
go out of the hotel and take walk be-
fore they are allowed to have another.
TIL recently the proprietor Of an old
time hotel in Warwickshire used to in
vite all his customers to accompany him
and his wife to the service at the par
ish church on Sunday mornings, which
was situated ON the opposite side Of
the road, the house being closed while
they were away. On returning, each
customer was invited to partake Of re-
freshments offered by the hospitable
landlord free Of charge.
Visitors to certain hotel in Aber-
deenshire who wear brown boots must
remember to keep them in their room
overnight. Otherwise the boots will be
BACKED, regardless Of the original col
or Of the same. In one Of the rooms
Of Dumfries public house is an old
armchair which is said to have been
frequently used by the poet Burns. All
who sit in this chair are expected to
treat everyone who is in the room at
the time, and often the immortal men,
CRY Of the famous Scottish national
poet is drunk.
A small hotel in Wales until quite re-
Gently was used by the Catholics as a
place of worship on Sundays, and the
police court proceedings were held on
the premises during the week.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-26
NATION IN A
FERMENT
NEW GOVERNMENT ORGAN.
lied AT VENEZUELAN
CAPITAL.
Vice President Gomez Casts Out
Old Cabinet to Head Off Revo-
lution---Crisis Forces Regent to
Act or Forfeit His Ofice--Cas.
tro's Message Farewell.

Port of Spain, Dec. 22.-Vice Presi.
dent J. Vincento Gomez, to whom
Cen Cipriano Catstro handed over the
presidency on his departure for Europe.
has established new government in
Venezuela. He has replaced the old
ministry with new body of men, who
represent various factions in the state.
and who have figured prominently in
various ways in the country's political
history.
Not only has DR.. Jose de Jesus Paul
disappeared from the councils of the
nation, but DR.. Baldo, who is now
travelling in Castro's suite abroad, has
also been removed from his official DO
stion as minister of education. Gen.
Diego Ferren, the minister of war, has
been superseded by Gen. Redulo Oil.
wares, who took a prominent part in
crushing the revolution six years ago.
Secret advices from Caracas, where
the strictest censorship is observed, in.
dictate that the whole of Venezuela has
been in ferment ever since President
Castro sailed, and that the crisis was
reached a few days ago, when it be.
came necessary for Acting President
Gomez to take decisive steps.
The revolutionary factions played a
prominent part in the demonstrations
against the absent president. These
were temporarily checked by a show OF
force, and later the revolutionary in
fuence, that threatened to sweep the
country, Was overcome in a measure
bv promises that could not be held long
in allegiance.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-26
CANDY NOT BAD FoR rrrrr
Dentist ON Development .,s
Maintenance ~ c..

entst ON DEVELOPMENT ana
maintenance of Good T~..h
In his lecture at the Harvard Mo-.
'cai ocnool, DR.. Charles A. Bracket
naue Il plain that eating confectionery
Is not particularly conducive TO decay
ne said that the evil Of candy eating
on the teeth is much exaggerated .
leasonaoie amount of sugar being need
~ IL the system for production of heat
especially In cold weather and for hard
WORKING people. He commended the
action OF Queen Victoria in sending
large quantities Of chocolate to her sol.
uiers In remote places, thereby afford
ing tnem an element of diet that they
needed.
nal the teeth that last the longest
are necessarily harder than those that
uecay soonest, he said, does not neces-
sariiy follow, and the reverse is often
iue, the real reason for decay of the
teetn being acids In the mouth caused
ny DEBRIS Of food that may rest there
ana become fermented by the micro-or-
sanisms that are always in the mouth.
ACIDS thus created, he said, disinte-
'Tate lime salts, and they attack and
cause the hardest teeth to decay. il
tney can but find entrance to the BODY
OF the tooth, by means of some natural
insure in the enamel, which is often
round In teeth of the very best quail
lty. Hence, he argued, the only sure
prevention of decay is the most perfect
cleanliness of the mouth, particularly
at night, when the opportunity for the
microbes to carry on their disintegra-
ting work Is much longer than between
meals in the daytime.
DR.. Bracket commended an idea Of
Philadelphia dentist who takes a con-
tract to preserve the teeth of his pa
tients, charging them a nominal sum
to keep their teeth clean by means of
monthly securing with pumice. So sal
utary is that simple treatment in their
preservation that he voluntarily en-
cages to repair without extra charge
any evidences of decay that appear
from time to time during his care Of
the teeth.-Boston Transcript.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-26

There are 100000 bricks in the IA
nous Severn tunnel.
Liverpool makes nearly 100000 q
year by municipal trading.
There are more women members Of
clubs in New York city than in any
two other cities in the world.
The Hong-Kong harbor has a water
area of ten miles, and Is regarded as
one of the finest in the world.
A Colorado currant bush will pro-
duce at least one gallon Of fruit. Some
plants will yield ten times this amount.
New York's death rate is less than
it was one year ago, about in the pro-
portion Of 1919 a week, as against
1,343.
Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, re-
fuses to have telephone In his home,
saying it causes more bother than any
thing else in life.
The latest species of professional
beggar in New York city asks for a
nickel with which to pay his fare to
the nearest hospital.
Some of the finest French tapestry is
manufactured so slowly that an artist
can not produce more than a quarter
Of a square yard in a year.
The German Baptist brethren have
organizations in forty-one Of the
States. with 1854 churches, an increase
of fifty-eight over the last report.
The Australian regulation for Inn
ports deal very strictly with patent
medicines, the labels Of which make
extrayagant claims as to their cura-
tive properties.
Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, is to
have a $1O,OOO,OOO hydro-electric COM
pany, and large paper material COM
pany-the latter being engaged in sur
yeying the forests there for telling TIM
Der.
II Is stated that the building of a
large new electric power station In
Lapland is shortly to be taken in hand.
Either the Norr or Soderland falls will
he used. and it is proposed to erect the
mower station close to the Braunland
railway station and within about ten
miles of the sea. The power available
ia estimated at $1,000 horsepower.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-26
Everybody Limps.

EVefyDOOy L1mpSs
Do you limp as you walk? Perhaps
you think you do not, but physiolo-
gist says that you do; at least, he says
that nearly everybody limps little,
because nearly everybodys left leg is
shorter than the right. In a large ma
jOrity of eases the limp is so slight as
to be imperceptible, but it is there, all
the same. A child's legs, at its birth,
are shorter than it's arms. The leg
boIes lengthen chiefly by additions to
their ends, caused by the continual
formation and Justification of cartilage
there during the period of growth. If
one of these cartilage caps be injured
it may make the leg shorter; or If one
of them be stimulated by Inflammation,
it may make the leg longer. The car
tilege caps are constantly stimulated
In young people by active exercise, and
thus they grow rapidly. If an equal
amount of exercise were taken by each
leg, the growth would be equal, and
one leg would never be shorter than
the other But this is practically i'm
possible, and that is why nearly every
body limps-a little. That reminds the
editor that a tailor once told him, as
the result of his measuring experience
Of forty years, that nearly every man
has Ole shoulder a little higher than
the other. If you will watch men on
the street, you will find this more per-
ceptible than the limp.-Ch1cago News.
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a piece of shoe thread all night in very,
very salt water. and then dry 1t out,
I'll tie ring to one end of it, and the
other end I'll fasten round the electric
fixture. Then I'll light it, and let it
burn all the way down, and still the
ring won't fall"
''Why won't it, WHIP demanded his
sister.
''Well, just because the salt crystals
are SO placed that they are strong
enough to bear the weight even when
the thread is nothing but ashes. That's
all l can tell-you now. You'll have to
wait until you take course in chem
istry and physics before you really
understand"
"And when get to college I'm going
to-" said Bessie, as she ran back to
ring again her new-found Bells of Co
lOgne.-Youth's Companion.
Logical Spelling.
Here is clever little take-off on one
of the peculiarities of our language:
A queer kind of teaching is taught,
When for catched we are made to say
caught;
Then the egg isn't Matched, it is Taught /;
The coat isn't patched, it is paught;
The horses are not matched, they are
maught;
The door isn't latched, it is Taught;
The book wasn't snatched, it was
snaught;
The roof wasn't matched, it was thaught !;
And the cat never scratched, but she
scraught.
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Experiments.

Will had come home from college for
a few says, and as it was rainy day
he called his small sister into the Ii
brary.
Nothing doing to-day, Bess," he said.
"Don't you want me to play with your
"You wouldn't care for any of the sit
still games. like dolls and things" COM
planned Bess.
Will thought for moment. mo,
haven't played dolls since my freshman
wear in college," he said. Il think I'm
rather too old for that now. But once,
when 1 was sick, l got lot Of COM
fort out Of just fussing round with
things, and 1 learned to do some ex-
neriments+at least l called them that
and I'll show some Of them to you
now. First run and get me silver
tablespoon and some string, and I'll
teach you how to ring the Bells of Co
logne.'"
When Bessie had brought them to
her brother he took the spoon, tied the
thread round the lower part of the
handle, and wound the long ends round
Bessie's fcrefngers.
"Now, just put your fingers tight in
vonr ears" he said. "Then stand off
and hit the bowl Of the spool against
the table"
The little girl did as she was told,
and her face lighted up with the hap
piest, most surprised smile! Anyone
in the room would have seen only a
little girl knocking spoon with a
iingling- jangling noise. but In her ears
sounded long, glorious peals Of silver
bells, each note different, and more
beautiful, she thought.
sDo you hear it, WHIP she cried.
do you hear It, too? Oh, isn't it
lovely !"
Her brother smiled. No, I can't hear
what you do" he said. You see, that's
what they call an experiment In sound.
The sound-waves run I'D from the bowl
OF the spoon all along the string into
your ears"
For long while Bessie rang the
.sBells Of Cologne" then VIII showed
her how drop Of mercury could be
separated into a hundred parts, and
vet join together in round, shining
drop that ran round and round the sau-
Ger, ajust like quick little silver bug, "
Bessie said.
II like experiments, WILL" said Bees
sic. ADon't you know any moreY
Not any I could do now" said her
hxother. But some time. II you'll soak
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-26

i'd you ever play "Flop?"

Did you ever play "Flop?"
Well, If not, try it. You will find it
one Of the jolliest little games you
ever participated ILL Invite your
friends-about a dozen of them-to
spend an hour with you ON the lawn.
Place chairs, one for each guest, in a
circle, allowing the backs to be outside.
thus letting the guests face the inside
of the ring. Have all the guests but
boy or girl-will be asked to take up
his or her position inside the circle.
When all is in readiness the game is
begun by the hostess crying Flop"
whereupon each seated guest "fops' to
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-26
Why Alex Left.

Alexander had just cut the Gordian
knot, but the reporters failed to take
interest.
Its hardly worth paragraph"
they said, coldly. unless you make a
record Of at least twenty-four knots an
hour"
1t was then that Alexander's tears
began to fow.-Kansas City Times.
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Men are something like school gil =
r. a school girl gets letter from
away Oh, she will carry It In her books
ia school, and use it 40 book mark.
r eiyes her an air Of importance
with her schoolmates. a man viii
carry 4 telegram around with him until
it Il worn threadbare. for the amo
reason
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-26
Move Not Unexpected

The establishment of new govern
ment in Venezuela has been expected
daily, and it is probable that it was the
outcome of the demands which began
almost the day that Castro sailed for
Europe.
Before leaving, Castro, in pro-
claiming Vice President Comes his
temporary successor, said to the ma
ton:
Surround him and lend your CO.
oreration in the fulfillment of his mis-
sion as if it were myself, and you will
have done your duty
In the'same proclamation President
Castro gave utterance to what might
be taken as farewell message:
1.-The Venezuelan nation is already
on the road to true prosperity and
greatness, because of the strict fulfill
ment of obligations and the condition
of the revenues and because of the state
of peace which we enjoy and which it
is your duty to maintain, that my work
may endure
On December the people of Caracas
arose against Castro. They tore down
the statues and pictures of the presi-
dent and burned them in the public
places; they wrecked buildings and
applied the torch, sweeping through
the city and gathering strength with
each new act of violence.
Hand of Gomez Forced
Gomez was far from secure. 1t was
brought forcibly home to him that he
must either withdraw from that office
Or cast aside those of Castro's minis
tiers who were still trying to force the
Castro rule upon the people. Appar-
emily he chose the latter course. He
first declared the country in state OF
defense, thereby securing control OF
the army, and then appointed new cab
met.
On several other occasions when
Castro has turned over the government
to Vice President Gomez, it was freely
predicted that Gomez would succeed
Castro as president of the republic.
de had many supporters in the anti,
Castro camp, chief of those in favor OF
his candidacy being Gen. Arando, the
former minister of war, who worked
earnestly to place Gomez in power.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-26
The Real sequence.

Mrs. Premiere always get .
new gown before you 60 away on q
visit don't you? Mrs. Seconde-No.
I always go away on q visit after I
oct a new gown.-Woman's Home
Companion.
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Vets Beaten at Westminster

~, New Westminster, B. c., Dec. IL
Inc temperance element scored 2 si8-
nal success at the civic election nere'
electing five out Of seven candidates
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-26
waist-Lins Woes.

When you would put your dexter fin
Around a girl, it is a sin,
A crying shame,
To get, I claim,
All lacerated by pin.
The Gossip.
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Too Great a sacrince

when man whistles at his work.
I suppose he is happy?"
EYES," answered Mr.. Sirius Barker
''but l hate the sort Of man who cant
be happy without making every one
else miserable" washington Star.
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IA Good Witne...

Bystander-Did you see 'ow 1t 'ap-
pened, lady?
Fair Motorist-Oh, dear, mol was
asleep just then.
Bystander-Ah, then, you'll be able
to prove a lullaby Punch.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-26

It's a gay old world when You are
gay and sad old world when you are
sad. It all depends upon the point Of
view.
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/. None but the brave deserve the fair,
for it takes hero to pay their billA