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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
THE DAMTIEsT Girl.
a Severe Lesson Was Necessary Tor
Her Thorough Reforming.

a severe LessOn Was Necessary for
Her Thorough Reforming.
II met Jessica as I came in" Mrs.
Morey said. "She looked as pretty as
bunch of sweet peas. always do say
that she is the daintiest girl know.
She is an ornament to the community. .
Molly, who was. honest, colored VIC
tently. Theo, who was also honest, but
was tactful in happy addition, grace
fully changed the subject; but when
the caller was gone, the two looked at
each other with serious eyes.
"It's time for this to be stopped-it
has gone on too long," Molly DECLARED,
when she was wearing your new
waist! It isn't fair to the rest Of u.s."
1T isn't fair to Jessica," Theo an
swered, gravely.
1t was easy to say that it must be
stopped, but as in many Of the needed
reformations of life, stopping it was a
difficult matter. An opportunity came
at last, however, one evening, when the
family, with one or two intimate
friends, was having an evening Of old
time games, one of which involved for
feits. Molly happened to be judge, and
presently Jessica was brought up to
receive her sentence.
"You must" Molly declared, "answef
truthfully question from each Of the
circle in turn, beginning with Theo."
Theo looked miserable, but there was
no "back down" to her.
"Jessica, you are very dainty this
evening"" she said. "Will you tell us
where you got-your shoes?"
Jessica glanced down at the pretty
white shoes, and laughed.
II beg your pardon, Theo-mine need
ed cleaning-and you weren't anywhere
round to ask. I hope you didn't need
them"
Jessica's cousin Cecilia sat next, and
in flash she understood.
''Your stock, Jess?' she said.
cts Molly's" Jescica was still
laughing, but it was growing difficult.
In turn she had to confess that the belt
was her cousin Barbara's, her waist
Molly's, and her belt-pin her mothers.
At the last, holding her head high, she
faced the circle. "My skirt Is my own, -
she announced.
II wouldn't go through it again If
had to wear shoes with holes in them
forever" Molly declared, vehemently,
that night.
Theo smiled. 1--WE sha'n't have to dc
it again." she said, quietly.-Youth's
Companion.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
Observation-Disclosures

The owner of a bank check which
was lost without his fault before pre-
sentiment to the bank on which it was
drawn is held to be entitled to recover
thereon against the drawer by filing
proper indemnity bond.
The owner of twenty-trip railroad
ticket, who, without knowledge Of the
company, has broken the agreement
under which it is issued by letting 9TH
ers ride on it, is held to have no right
to recover damages for being put of the
train on the wrongful ground that the
ticket has expired.
Failure to read an instrument before
signing it is held not to bar relief
therefrom in equity on the ground Of
negligence or estoppel, when the cir
cumstances attending the transaction
were such to lead the party to believe
he was signing paper Of an entirely
different character.
An ordinance limiting the speed OF
trains on an interstate railway which
carries United States mail to ten miles
an hour within the corporate limits Of
the municipality is held to be void as
imposing an unreasonable restriction
unon interstate commerce and the
speedy transportation Of the mail.
When, after jury called In a crimi-
nal court learns and determines from
an inquiry judicially conducted that
Juror was prejudiced and unfit to sit
in the case, and that the disqualified
tion is such as would vitiate the YER
dict. it is held that the jury may be
discharged and another jury impaneled
to try the case; and that the defend
ant will not be deemed to have been
twice put in jeopardy for the same of'
Tense.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31

ages. 1t is the generally accepted the
DRY that this great chasm is solely the
work of water-of the floods that come
down from the mountains every spring
and summer-but Mr.. Ordonez, a dis
tinguished Mexican geologist, who
came here not long ago, made sugges-
ton which may not be entirely new but
is worth mentioning. It is his idea
that, while the earth was cooling, the
soil and the rocks contracted and split
a deep and wide assure in the surface
Of the plateau, and that its sides have
since been worn down and polished by
the action Of the water. That seems
reasonable.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
Legal Information
Observation-Disclosures


A law declaring Sunday a day Of rest
is held, in State VS.. Dolan, 13 Idaho,
693, 80 Pac. 995, IA Ira. (N.S.) 1859,
not to be unconstitutional because it
does not prohibit all kinds of labor on
Sunday.
A single act Of negligence Of help
er of piano mover, in letting a piano
fall so as to injure the latter, commit
ted after the hiring, and without the
masters knowledge, is held in Mcintosh
vs.. Jones (Mont.) SO Pac. 557, IA Ira.
(N.S.) 933, not to charge the master
with lack Of ordinary care in the selec-
ton Of such assistant.
The daily use of public highway by
a traction engine drawing from two to
four wagons loaded with lumber, al
though not an injury to the road itself,
is held, in Covington county VS.. Collins
& Miss. - As So. 1854, IA Ira. IN.
S. 1887, to be properly prohibited by
the board of supervisors as dangerous
to travel and nuisance.
Buyers Of an engine who tried 1t, AND
then, after notifying the sellers agent
that they would not accept 1t, with no
special exigency to make its use I'M
avoidable, used it to finish the job, are
held in Fox VS.. Wilkinson (Wis.) lib
N. w., 500, IA Ira. (N.S.) 11O7,
thereby to have exercised their election
to retain the engine and to have no
right subsequently to repudiate the con-
tract.
The fact that contract between a
paving company and city may be
broad enough to require the former to
repair disintegrations in the pavement
caused by the fault Of the street rail-
way company in using too light rail
and in allowing the joints between Its
rails to become loose, is held, in Owens
boro City Railway Company vs.. Barber
Asphalt Paving Company 81 Ky. L.
Rep. S44, 1O7 s. w. pa, "A Ira.
(N.S.) 1916, not to prevent the paving
company from recovering for the cost
of such repairs from the railway COM
pany.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31

as big as my right leg right down
through the bottom of the vessel
And she foundered. of courseY
No, sir. The water began rushfr
In, and she would have foundered, but
there came second flash, and a bolt
struck my foreto' gallant mast. II
was cut of near the top, turned bot.
tom end up, and as it came down ii
entered the hole and plugged it up as
tight as drum. When we got dowr
to drydock we simply sawed off either
end and left the plug in the planks.' -
Washington Herald.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
RECORDS OF THRIFT.


Sums Saved ~ Persons EmployeA -
Low Wages In Industrial Pursuits.
To celebrate Its thirtieth anniversary
the National Thrift Society, a society
which was founded some thirty years
ago by T. Bowden Green, with the OBJ
1ect OF promoting habits Of regular and
systematic thrift among all classes, re.
Gently organized competition, in
which they offered przes in sums Of
tlo, f1O and f5 to the three men or
women who produced the three best
records of Industrial thrift In respect
to saving. covering period of not less
tnan thirty years, says the London Tit
Bits. Toe candidates, who included
engineers, printers, factory workers,
railway men, laborers, clerks and do
nestle servants, have produced some
remarkable records of thrift.
Here Is the case Of a railway porter,
90 years of age, who has set a splen.
did example to his fellow workmen.
He has never earned more than 30
shillings week, and out Of his pay
he has supported wife and a family
Of six children. Although he was swim
died out Of the first f1OO he managed
to save, ne is now the proud owner Of
f165 in property and f159 As in other
savings
A shOpkeeper at Burnham-on-C Crouch
has even a better record. He Is now
so years Of age and married at IS,
when his wages did not exceed Is shil-
lings week. He worked hard, how.
ever, and became shopkeeper in
small way Of business two years later,
and so determined was he to succeed
that he thought nothing Of working
sixteen hours a day. In spite Of the
fact that he has reared a family Of
fourteen children, his business turn
over last year amounted to f1,732, be.
sides stock worth 1880.
According to the results Of the COM
petition, however, domestic servants
are far away the most thrifty Of the
working classes. A record hard to beat
is that owned by servant whose wages
nave varied in the thirty years from
f1O to f16 a year. She has been in
her present place thirty-eight years.
Out Of her slender earnings she has
saved f175 in consols and has f167
standing to her credit at the savings
bank, in addition to providing for her
old age by purchasing an annuity OF
f12.
There are scores of others whose saw
fngs bank accounts testify to their
thrifty disposition. At Soutnend a
workman of humble means has accu-
INFLATED $500 in thirty years, f426 be-
ing invested in consols; while Bir-
mingham man, a worker in paper fac
tory, whose wages have never exceeded
30 shillings a week, had In twenty
years saved over f1OO and purchased a
house and two cottages.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
BORED AND PLUGGED.

The Truthful Story OF a Ship Struck
by Lightning.
"1n Duluth down on the docks some
days ago some fresh water Ancient
Mariners were talking of adventures
on the raging MAN," began an old
steamship man. "'Captain H. said
one, it seems to me I've heard some
where that your vessel was once struck
by lightning while sailing, sailing over
the bounding main?
"'Yep, twice. said Captain II. Hap
pened off Point AUX Barques bout fif-
teen years ago. We were joggin' long
when a thunderstorm overlook us. and
the very first flash of lightnin' struck
the deck amidships and bored a hole
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
GenteeI Restraint.

Judge-You'd better be careful or l
shall commit you for contempt of court.
The Lady-Don't be ard on me, yer
worship I'm a-doin' me best ter con
ceal me feelin's.-The Sketch
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31

We have reached an age when we
admit that a man may have an opinion
different from ours, and not be either
fool or scoundrel,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31

~. Inc Nebraska military academy, To-
b l1'eu at Lincoln, has been destroyed
0Go IRE, The loss is estimated at $loo,-
w. with $40, 900 insurance.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31

A man who likes company Is as rarS
= the woman who likes the men her
husband goes cumming with
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
FINAL BOMB
OF HEARST
,r,DS MORE SENSATIONAL
STANDARD OIL CORES
PONDENCE.
NJ, Archbold Appears in Role of
Iudse-Maker---Gov. Stone Re-
ouested to Name Two and It
Was Done---Attorney General
Also Implicated.

Now York, Oct. 26.-True to his
..uo,,ise that the final Standard Oil let
t 20 he would read would open the eyes
Of tbe American people to the vicious
;n4nence of the Rockefeller octopus
ogainst the public good, and disregard
mo tbe threat conveyed to him that
With more disclosures the whole influ-
once of the system would be used to
orrsb him. William R. Hearst, Satur-
dav night read the most startling and
sensational documents yet given out in
his campaign work. In substance, let
TORS bead by Mr.. Hearst from John D.
Archbold show beyond all reasonable
doubt that Standard Oil placed judges
on both the superior and supreme court
benches of that state, and in addition.
that. after the payment of $15,O 900 to
Attorney General Elkin, of Pennsylva-
MIA, that official was asked in plain
terms to kill certain proposed statutes
because they were inimical to the in
terests of Standard Oil.
Elkin is now and has been since 1904
an associate justice of the supreme
court of Pennsylvania He was attor-
new general from 1899 to 1908, and it
was while he held this Office that he
accepted money from the oil octopus
and used his influence in consequence
to ward off any legislation which might
hamper the business of the Rockefeller
monopoly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
All Would Be Forgiven. =

Information has been delicately
conveyed to me that if I stop reading
letters right now all will be forgiven,
puV II l make another damaging DIS
closure, the whole power of tt e Stand
"Fa Oil will be exercised against me.
i, say farewell to my friends,
therefore, because am going to read
the letters
The first letters read were from MI.
AIchhold to Gov. Stone and were IN
I NJ to the appointment of Judges
-iorrlson and Henderson to the superior
Souft bence. The remainder OF the
1 ,el'erS We're from Mr.. Archbold TO
vi hIkin, then attorney general.
.No OF which referred to remittances
~ ~, MT Elkin totaling $15, 600 in ful-
1 40 of our understanding. The
l I.,Ief letter was in reference to some
~; Gti1S Tending in the Pennsylvania leg
,s-"'ore which Mr.. ArchbOld deemed
Nteulent to have killed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
duplicates Ex-Governor.

During the same period Charles w.
Stone was governor of Pennsylvania.
According to letters which the chief
executive received and which were read
by Mr.. Hearst, Stone was in direct
touch and harmony with 26 Broadway.
He was requested by letter to appoint
certain men to the superior court Of
the state with the result that Judge
Morrison and Judge Henderson, at
Archbolds dictation, were appointed
owing in part to their Familiarity
with oil and gas"
The reading of the letters caused the
profomdest sensation Of any incident
Of the campaign, and the New York
newspaper publisher was received with
tumultuous applause, both when he
appeared on the platform and at the
conclusion of his remarks.
The Standard Oil letters were read
at two mass meetings, one in Brook
lyn and the other at Carnegie hall
Manhattan.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
Standard Oil in Elections.

At the Brooklyn meeting Mr.. Hearst
began his speech by saying that the
Standard Oil company has been large
ly instrumental in deciding every ma
tiOnal election for twenty years, and
then said:
"Mr. Cleveland was supported by
the Standard Oil Company through
such of its important representatives
as the Paynes, William G. Whitney
and Calvin S. Bryce. The servile Sib-
ley showed his dog-like devotion to
the company by becoming a Democrat
IN that campaign.
After the Cleveland regime the
Standard Oil Company affiliated with
Mr.. Hanna and contributed literally
to his political needs.
Their intimacyw as so great that
Mr. Hanna and the representatives OF
the Standard Oil company are found
IN their correspondence to be address
ing each other by their first names.
When Mr., Hanna died the Stand
ard Oil people regarded Mr.. Roosevelt
With considerable distrust and dis
NAV"
There was noticeable stir in the
audience at this mention of Mr.. Cleve-
lands name and a voice shouted,
Don't drag in the names of the dead,
let the dead rest in their graves.
This was the only interruption OF the
Kind Mr.. Hearst at the Carnegie Hall
meeting avoided using the name OF
Mr.. Cleveland but the name of MARX
Hanna was not omitted from his
speech
Before reading these letters" said
MI Hearst, 81 am going to ask my
friends in the audience to extend me
fond farewell.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
RICH, GOLDEN BROWN
PUMPKIN PIE RECIPE
Choose 1t, Peel 1t, Cut 1t, Cook
1t, as Told, Eat 1t,
It's Good.

Choose a pumpkin which has a glossy
exterior and a meaty interior. The
small ones which are fiat at the end
are often the sweetest.
Do not peel it, but cut into pieces
Throw away the seeds and the inner
shreds. Put into A large porcelain ket-
tie and add a cupfuI of boiling water.
This is TO keep it from sticking. Place
& on the back Of the stove 10 cook
slowly.
About five hours or more are required
to bring IL into proper condition. It
should be sweet, tender, and nearly dry.
Pull off the loose skin and run through
d COlander, If II seems watery let II
drain over night When II is ready 10
bake into pies measure the pulp, and to
every I'VE cups of 1t allow one teaspoon
ful Of salt. half a grated nutmeg. a
tablespoonful OF mace, two teaspoonfuls
of vinegar and a large cup of sugar
Beat four cEEs and stir them into
the pulp, together with four cups OF
sweet milk. II YOU wish, add a half
cup of cream. Beat well and taste 10
see If sweet enough.
Turn into deep pie plates lined with
good pastry and bake Jhree-Quarters of
an hour. When IL is done It will be a
rich golden brown and quite firm in
the center.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
MISS MUM MAY Be
ROOSEYELT'SFI ANCEE
Society lnSiStent That Presi-
dents Son Is Engaged to
Pretty Girl.

More than ordinary interest attaches
10 the fact that Miss Carrie Louise
Mum, or ManChester-by-th Sea. IS to
be one Of the debutantes of Washing
ton this season. This IS due ip a great
measure To the recent report that she
was TO become the bride OF Theodore
Roosevelt. j., a report that has been
denied il is true. but the denial has
not been as viEt rous as is customary.
It was at ihe htme of Miss Mum 5
mother, Mrs. o. A Mum. that the
Presidents oldest son passed consider
able of his time during the summer, and
right up to the time he went 10 work
in the carpet factory at ThOmpsonville,
Conn. In fact. he neglected TO show up
at the carpet factory for a day or two
after ne was expected 10 arrive by the
public, at least. and it was claimed at
the time he was extending his adieus
in Manchester by-thc-Sea.
The Munns are on intimate terms with
the Presidents family. They are eN-
tTemely wealthy, and it is believed Miss
Munn's entrance into society this season
viii be marked by many notable enter
tainments.
The Times picture of Theodore
Roosevelt, lr., and Miss Mum Is the
first ever published showing the noted
young couple together. tt is from a
photograph taken at Wonderland amUse-
ment park Revere, Mass. last summer,
when Miss Mum and her brother. to-
gether with young Roosevelt and a
girl friend of Miss Mum, were taking
in the Wonderland sights.
Few people at Wonderland recognized
them az the time, when they took in all
the sights and even patronized the little
photograph studios. AT once they were
charmed with the balloon" back
ground. as il was a novelty compared
with the automobile" and SO clam
bered into the basket for their pictures,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
NEAT TWOINCH RUCHING
WORN ON STOCKS LOOK
OLD-FASHIONED.

The neat little edge of ruching made
# crepe Iisse or lace which girls nave
been wearing IN their stocks looks old
fashioned Just now. The new ruchlng
is two inches wide, is triple, and very
full.
It IS basted at the top OF the high
stocks and sweeps up around the ears
and back OF the hair.
Tt is uubecoming to those who DO not
know how TO wear it. They put it in
collars that are not deep enough and II
nops over and leaves about third Of
the neck exposed.
The way 10 wear il is to have an extra
high collar, held up with featherbones,
then put this ruching at the top so that
it stands up around the face and not the
neck
A woman who wears small hats should
not touch il, but u is a good accessory
"a the immense hat worn ratly on top
OF the head,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
EGGS AU GRATIN IS A DISH
TO VARY THE DAILY
ROUTINE.
ROUTINE.

It seems as though half the people
you know have taken to eggs as a
steady diet. They eat them at least
once a day. and they are looking about
for all kinds of good methods for cook
ing them. Eggs au gratin make a dish
that is most acceptable every now and
then. It is made by chOpping very fine
an anchOvy. a shallot, and a sprig Of
parsley. These are mixed with three
yoiks OF eggs 10 a small Cupful of
bread crumbs and two ounces of but
ter then seasoned with salt and pep
per
A hot dish should he ready, well but
tered, and the mixture should be laid
over the bottom of it. The dish is
placed in the oven, and slightly
Drowned. Then Ialf a dozen eggs are
broken into separate cups and put neat
" on the dish, after which IL is re-
turned to the oven for three minutes
until the whites have set. This should
be served Immediately
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
WOMEN MORE SANE
THAN STEINER SEX
AS a Crowd They Are Said TO
Possess More Reason Than
Do Men.

a clever writer says it is a pleasing
thought for women folk that, whatever
their shortcomings IN other respects,
they are, as "a crowd infinitely moro
sane than men, For il is the so-caIsi
logical and reasonable sex which fills
the lunatic asylums of the world, and
fills them because the unhappy inmates
have lost their self-c0utrol-
A reason one might venture To suggest
is that woman less ideaIlstic than man,
is closer in touch with nature. and less
concerned with abstract things She
COmpTeLeuds the great scheme as the
higher animals comprehend IL; and. let
her alone, she viii flluu her destiny
without fuss ana without mental up
heavals.
II IS a man. i'm short, who tries TO
touch the stars and falls into the ditch,
while woman, with eyes and hands Oc-
Cupied about cradle, lives the safer
existence and keeps saner outlook
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
] Stamp Filtration.


j. G. K.-The address Of the medium
you desire cannot be published through
the column
The stamp language is as follows:
J. A stamp placed at the right-hand
corner, Business or L wish your friend
ship.
?. Same corner crosswise, send a
g. Same conner upside down, Write no
more.
l. Same corner horizontally, DO you
love me2
3. At bottom right-hand corner, You
are cruel,
6 same corner upside down. Can you
not trust me?
:. Same corner horizontally, You are
S. In the middle. right-hand side,
Write soon.
O. In the middle. right-hand side, up
side down, / am sorry.
10. Same place. horizontally, 1 am
married.
II. At top Ieft-hand corner. Good-by
sweetheart.
- At top Ieft-hand corner. crosswise,
/ NV sweetheart s. auOther's.
-. At top left-hand corner, upside
down, I love YOU.
a. At top left-hand corner, horizon
tally, / hate you
-. Al bottom, left-hand corner, / seek
your acquaintance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
LONG WRAPS COMBINE
NEEDED ADVANTAGES
Model Defines Figure Slightly, IS
Loose, and Easily Slipped
on and Off.

While the double-hreasted coat mod
el undoubtedly leads In the line Cf
severely tailored utility wraps. uo-
every woman finds them 10 her liking.
either because they seem to add too
muah TO her apparent size or because
they are TOO warm III moderate wealth
en-
However this may be- certain it is
that there are 10 be- found any number
of long wraps which combine rhe adj
gantages OF the dUuble-bTeaSJed E0E
coat with the SgmilttIuE geamg1te.
which defines the figure 10 some extent
and ut the same time is so loose that iJ
may be drawn on easily
This model necessarily demands al
sharp slope in tho side forms. which
sometimes start gJ the waist lire. i'm
stead of beneath the arms. That there
may he no extra fUIluCSS across the
bust. darts are set into tie tops of the
front forms which close with large
buttons extending from the throat ID
just below the hips.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
A WOMANS TOWN.

Norway, Ne, boasts that it is the
most distinctive wOman's town In Amer
lea Every line of commerce and
finance. trade and profession, Us sue
cessfuIly carried on by women Women
not only clOthe. hat, and shoe the pop
ulatiOn, but they own AID run the meat
markets. the three hotels; they bury the
dead and marry the living