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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-23

This game, If carried out properly,
will cause great amusement. One OF
the party announces that he will whis-
per to each person the name of some
animal, which, at given signal. must
be initiated as loudly as possible. In
stead, however, of giving the name OF
an animal, to each, he whispers to
all the company, with the exception of
one, to keep perfectly silent. To this
one he whispers that the animal he Is
to initiate is the donkey.
After a short time, so that all may
be in readiness, the signal is given.
Instead of all the party making the
sounds of various animals, nothing Is
heard but laud bray from one unfor-
tunate member of the company.-Chi.
cago News.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-23
Wit Of the Youngsters

Stranger-Isn't your father law
yer? Small Boy-Most OF the 'ln''
but when / misbehave he's tanner
Tommy" said the teacher Oh 'us
Juvenile class, when water oecoma
ice, what is the great change .u'.
takes placer" "The change IN prl'''
replied Tommy.
Small Harold guess mamma ~.
ry I'm not deaf and dumb. 'l'''1 :"
(astonished) why, how's tnat' quo
Harold-She's always saying 'n''
should be seen and not heard
Little Walter was WHISPERING
the ear of his dog. What are you 30
ing to Rover, dear?" asked his HUI. ~,
'Oh, 1 was just telling him no" 'u' +.
he was" replied Walter, Cause I'd
didn't have to have his neck "a 49,
and his hair combed or go 10 son''
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-23
The Last Word.

She do you believe that a wou-
an always turns to the last page flrSt
when she picks up book? He-Well.
have no reason to doubt 1t. / know
1t Is the nature Of the fair sex to wane
the last Notwithstanding.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-23
CHAPTER vi.


There was no mistaking those fea-
lures; they belonged as unquestionably
to the man in tweeds as did the locket to
Barbara Graham. Moreover, the photo
graph did him justice, and showed an ex-
tremely progressing, slightly smiling
face. and that 1 considered added insult
to the injury.
l snapped the locket together and put
it in my breast pocket; then hurled the
cushions down the cabin-steps, pulled
over the matches, and left the Ship.
was in a very different humor from that
of an hour before.
All the way down the beach pondered
the matter. How came the locket to
have dropped from the chain, how came
it to have fallen open when the catch
seemed SO strong? But these were petty,
trivial questions, the merest introductions
to the great, all-absorbing question-how
came Rodney Islip's picture there?
Alas, there seemed only one plausible
explanation, and / remembered the slight
air of proprietorship, the amused smile
as though at some hidden joke, that had
struck me when Islip had come upon us
drinking tea. So they were in all like
lihood to be married, and l poor joke
that had been batted back and forth like
a shuttlecock between them. l tried to
laugh as one should who sees a clown,
head in air, stumble over a broomstick,
but the laugh was not even a passable
imitation.
The storm was coming, and I was glad
of it. l wanted no more of this fine
weather when a man was led to lapse into
rose-colored dreams and fancy himself a
prince with the world as his realm.
The rain began to spin against my
face. The storm was coming fast, and
the waves barked angrily at my feet, like
hounds yelping. But l would not run,
would not even turn up my coat-collar to
keep of the wet would walk stolidly
and let myself be soaked, for the poor
muddle-brained idiot that I was.
But what of her? Barbara Graham
looked to me like a consummate flirt.
| playing with me when she was a trife
weary of the company of her accredited
admirer. l knew that women sometimes
did such things; did not consider that
she was the worst of her sex, but merely q
| striking instance Of the sex's insincerity.
Yet she had looked like a child, as guile
les 80 . maid In short skirts and braid
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-23
when Grandpa Plays.

"
a,,t Lnow what makes grandpa tired !;
he's hardly done thing
Except to put some hammocks up anu
help us children swing;
He only came an hour ago, ana we We
been here all day.
He saws we're most too much for MIN,
and thinks he'll hardly stay.
He lust played drop the,handkerchlef ana
blind mans buff, but he
Saws: NV, we've got him out OF breath
and tired as he can be.
He says it's most too much Tor MIN 10
play leapfrog and ball,
But we've been here all day long, and
we're not tired at all.
He started to play hide and seek, and
first he had to blind,
And then he ran with all his might to
see who he could find,
And Tommy Watkins beat him in from
there behind tree,
Till grandpa had to give it up and say I:
''Alls outs in free"
And then he sat down on a stump and
said he's tired to death.
He had to hold his sides a while till he
could catch his breath.
He said he'd like to shake tree and
make some apples fall,
But he's too tired, and we boys here are
hardly tired at all.
He only ran in under once when we were
in the swing,
And then he had to rest because he's
tired as everything;
And once he showed us how to climb
great, tall tree, but when
He only got a few feet up he slid right
down again.
He said he used to climb tree, oh, very,
very tall,
And sit across a branch way up and
never tire at all,
But now he's out of practice, and his
legs won't stay around
The trunk, and he feels safer when he
stays down on the ground.
And sometimes when he goes back home
and holds us by the hand,
All wringing wet and out of breath, our
ma says: Goodness, land;
1 think you are the youngest boy of all
the boys in sight"
But grandpa rubs his legs and arms and
limps and says "Not quite
And sometimes in the parlor, why, he
says he was so strong
When he was just a boy they used to
take him right along
To lift the heavy things and do the hard
est work, you know.
But now us boys'l tire him out in just
an hour or so.
j. w. Foley.
An Order for the Grocer.
Good morning, Mr.. Grocer Boy! MY
orders long to-day.
My pantry's nearly empty now, because
I've been away.
1 want a pound of nice white -four, and
yeast to make some bread,
Ten pounds of currants for cake, some
icing powder red.
OF butter give me half a pound, Of sugar
most ton,
I must make candy right away before the
mornings done.
Potatoes? Why, of course I don't. And
Goldfish? No, indeed
You interrupt and bother me. 1 know
the things I need.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-23

, then that I first called her Barbara to
myself-and over at me.
1.-The world itself is so much more
wonderful than anything it contains, and
the beauty of it all so much greater than
any single beauty, isn't it,"
| could not agree, looking into her
deep, serious eyes, so l held my peace.
why is it, 1 wonder, that we only
think these things, only really live, so
| rarely?"
There was something in her words that
made me hope; they seemed to say that
| she had often felt thus.
Zone exists so much. but lives so lit
| tle," said; but l could imagine circum-
stances when one would be always liv-
! ing"
Her eyes changed the depths in them
vanished. there lay only the surface light
that Knocked me.
"One! she echoed.
"Two," l answered. The moment of
thought was over; she had changed as
swiftly as the shadow of one of those
clouds flying beneath the sun.
You are a great dreamer she said.
Are you also man of action, l won
der?"
Give me the chance"
"Give you the chance? Men Of action
don't wait for the chance; they make ii"
IF l were Canute, l would order the
tide to come in"
The red blood flushed her cheeks, her
eyelds dropped. l forget everything but
the picture that she made-the loveliest
picture that / had ever seen or dreamed.
Next moment she sprang up. But
the tide is still out" she said, land all
your wishes will not bring it in. l must
be going home"
1 was up and standing beside her, lean
again? You'll come again to the Ship
and take tea with me, or take supper on
the Ship? When will it be?"
wait not for a day or two"
She crossed the deck, and, drawing out
a small handkerchief, held it to the
breeze.
'The wind is from the northeast" she
said. "That means storm. We may
have to wait many days"
Several, not many" l answered.
She gave a little cry; the handkerchief
had blown from her hand and over to the
Shore
Get it for me-" she said.
The inland sea was low; l recovered
the handkerchief and came back, to find
her half way across the causeway.
Thank you. This is the second way
you devised of leaving the ship on foot"
But it's not the best way,"I answered.
/ went with her to the great gate of
the club and said goodnight.
"Oh!' said she. I'VE forgot and left
the cushions lying on The deck. 1t may
rain. A good sailor should make things
tight"
II WILL" l assured her.
A storm was certainly coming; it sang
in the boughs of the pines as / hurried
through them, it grew in the gathering
clouds that hid the beach, it roared in
the loud waves that threw themselves on
the shore.
l crossed the mussel-backed path, and
climbed on the ship. AS 1 picked up the
cushions something slid from them on to
the deck. 1t was a locket, the locket she
had worn on the chain about her neck,
and it lay open, face upward, looking at
me. l saw small, round photograph of
Rodney Islip.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-23

It sometimes happens that Z bald
headed actor has q good part
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-28

In Its jiscretion, II satisfied that TIL
preliminary showing made is iusti
filed. may suspend the proposed tariff
lrntil full hearing may be had an,
the burden OF proof shall rest upoI
the carrier to prove the reasonable
ness of the advance. We beiiav,
that the Commission should have thu
power of suspension or injunction 70.
lowing in the accomplishment there
Of somewhat along the Same line!
that shipper would have to proceed
through the Federal court.
Erroneous Quotations.
Another grave matter with which
the shipping pubic has TO contend
Is that of erroneous quotations BY
carriers agents. Many experiences
of this character are brought to my
Iattention by members OF the Mer.
chants Exchange. Railroads make
up the tariffs and are conversant
with the terms and conditions there.
of. shipper. under the law, Is gov
erned by tariffs in which he has ne
voice in the making or construction.
II is simply impossible for the aver
age shipper TO determine from the
tariffs on file ut stations what IS the
proper legal rate. In business prac.
tice he necessarily has to rely upon
agent of carrier, and there should be
some provision by law which would
insure to shipper the quotation of
the proper rate, | know that any
proposition which contemplates a re-
fund to shipper of the difference he.
tween the legal rate and the crron-
cous rate may lead to collision and
the rehabilitation of the rebate under
another form, but, evidently, to Sc
cure the faithful performance on the
part of. carriers agent provisirn
should be made by law requiring ear
rier's agent. upon demand. 10 quote.
rates in writing; also to regnire
carriers agent. upon request, to in
sert rates IN bills of lading us eVi.
denee of the legal rate and the faith
At I'Nt Aoi AHfiiitt vi GdEIttE. AS du
Incentive for the securing of proper
quotations In conformity with law.
here should be provision treating
erroneous quotations as a mfsdemeail.
'r the railroad 10 be subject 10 a
inc which should revert to the
United States government for Ms VIC
alton of the law. The written quo
alton or insertion of the rate in bill
If lading might be used as eviLe1ce.
or civil action for recovery Of dam
ges, if damages have been sus-
aimed, by reason Of such erroneous
.uotation.
If our railroad friends have the
'ower to initiate rates; to prepare
arffs under which commerce shall
'e handled. then their represe lta.
ives should be required to quote the
.orrect legal rate, failure to do so
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-28

Assnearly as can be ascertained, the
wealthy persons of New York city re-
ceive $4,000 begging letters day
from strangers. ahdnthe writer's stand
better chance OF finding money than
in getting from them, for even the
most liberal of philanthropists do not
dispense their charity, excepting ac-
cording to careful plans and after in
yestigation
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-28

The flrstspame Is given to HAM with
great ceremony when he is q month
old; at Is he is considered grown up,
assumes the responsibility OF maa
and tNkes a new name. Entering up
on public duties he takes another
name. which .iss. changed with every
step In life; If his superior ofiicer has
the same name he happens to have AT
that time he must change 1t again; no
must also change 1t when he marries.
and when he dies II il changed for the
last time and inscribed upon his tomb.
Home Notes.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-28

loperating as a Amisdeneanor u Such
an amendment to the act would com
pel carriers hgent to inform himself
of the proper rate and will prevent
as has frequently been my expert
ence, the quotation of rates from
memory and offhand; would conduce
to the exercise of greater care and
diligence in securing the legal rate
and would minimize the losses by
shippers due to erroneous quota
tions.
Riqht Of Shipper to Route Freight.
There is further amendment 10
tho act which should be established
as law, and that Is the Right OF
shipper to Route His Own Freight.
Carriers. at the present time, are
injecting into their tariffs the I'M
qualified right of initial line to route
freight through to final destination.
A strict application of this rule would
permit the large carriers to effect a
practical pool of their business;
woulI make smaller lines dependent
upon such initial carriers for favors.
1T would deprive shipper from avail
ing himself of those routes by
which he receives the best service
and the best care and attention to
his business. If the initial carrier is
to have the unqualified right to route
freight then there will be no neces
sity for smaller lines to establish its
agencies in the larger shipping cen
ters creating thereby competition
between carriers and competition
of service. In fact. all lines might as
well, abandon outside agencies and
make their plans and arrangements
with connecting carriers for their
proportion of the business. As the
carriers advertise and are parties to
through rates by yarions through
routes, the shipper should have the
unqualified right in bis discretion, 70
prescribe that route which he wishes
to use. just the same as a passenger.
Waterways.
What have we done in the way OF
improving our facilities for handling
freight by water?
What means have our river craft
If We were so fortunate in having,
such service for the handling OF
their cargoes-roustabo labor2 N
How have our harbors been taken
care of?
What facilities for interchange of
commerce between river and rail
carriers? ,.s,v
Construct vessels for use on pres
emit, stage. Make use of present wa
ter and as the depth is increased, in
crease facilities. Show that you are
entitled to bounty of the government
for more water. by proving present
Is not enough Organize cities a'onS
the river TO provide facilities for the
time that is surely coming.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-28
FARM FOR SALE OR TRADE.

| own q good farm of fifty acres
21b miles west of Mounds Illinois,
with seven acres of strawberries a l
set last spring which will trade fer
business or residence property Siu
Cairo. Mound City or Moun,ls.3gI vial
sell this farm for S2,h00. 5000 down
and $500 in I, Q, 3 and years with
6 per cent interest. Y ttt
W. A. WALL.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-28
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of J. Solomon & Co, Will 30
held at their Office 100 Commercial
avenue, in the city of Cairo H.. On
Tuesday. March 30th., 1909. at $3.50 p.
M, for the purpose of electing board
of directors and such other business
as may be brought before said mee+.
ing.
JACOB SOLOMON,
President
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-28
Extreme carefulneas.

'Ribson is the, most careful man
ever met" '.Indeed!"a .Yes. The
evening he was married he requested
his best inansto carry the ring. and
then asked him for receipt for it
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-23
THE ART.

The play Of King learn. p.
feature today-resemblcs stormy
night succeeding wild sunset, with
awful gusts of wind presaging storm.
Follows furious tempest Of crime
and madness, through which we see
dimly the monstrous forms of Goneril
and Regan, Cornwall and Edmund, and
hear ever and anon, the wild laugh of
the Fool, the made bowls of Lear, and
the low means of blind Gloster; while
afar off, in silvery radiance OF moon
light, is Cordclia, standing calm and
peaceful like an angel of truth and
purity, amid the raging strife of a
sinful and blood.stained world. At the
last are great thunderclaps OF death.
The tempest ceases, and In the grey
light of dawn we see the corpses ly.
ing stiff and stark, the innocent and
guilty alike whelmed In the blind
RACES Of fate.
Come early, Last appearance. be.
fore going to llilo, of Lesso, wizard
Juggler!
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-23
FEE RAISED FOR
MATERNITY HOME

At a meeting of the Sanitary Com
mittee Saturday evening Mrs. Eliza
beth S. Dutot, matron of the Kapio-
lani Maternity Home, was present
and discussed with Supervisors Lo-
gan, AHA and Aylett affairs OF the
Home and its future. As result Of
the conference, at which Deputy
County Physician Mackall was pres
ent, the fee for maternity cases was
raised from $3.50 to 81 day. The
reason for this is because that two
patients have practically to be
treated.
The Home originally asked for
$3.50 a month, and this new ar
rangement while not providing quite
that amount, will furnish $40 to
s140 per month for the institution
fees. II was also arranged to ad-
NIT cases within "a hours notice to
DR.. Mackall Prince Kuhio could
not be present owing to other bust
ness matters.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-23

After Il season of Actophonc the
Gem has gone back to the old stand
by, the motion pictures de Luxe, and
will show lot of new ones tonight.
Manager Kubey has a line of films that
seems to be In the right direction for
they draw the crowd and give salts.
faction. There will be an entire
change tonight and Sam Nainoas or.
chestra will enliven things during the
show. The program is a good one and
should not be overlooked by persons
who are out to see everything that is
destined to put them in a better
humor.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-23
PARK.

Jupiter Pluvius occupied the screen
at the Pack Open Air Theatcr, Fort be
low Beretania, on Friday night and
the weather on Saturday night was
not too good so the management will
use the pictures tonight that were
shown on Saturday. Kenilworth scored
an immediate success. the scenery and
acting winning the plaudits Of the aud
fence. Two comedians were shown
one of the French school of humor and
the other the Broadway style. OF
these "The Pocket Policeman seemed
to win favor on account of the ex
tremely ludicrous situations. The Ollie
will be changed and the artists will
introduce new songs and stories
Clean, healthy films are the rule at the
Park, on Fort street near Beretania
and the most particular person may
see them and enjoy every one.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-23
EMPIRE.

There Is to be a chance for the aSdi.
cnce at the Empire to scream itseN
into Mysteries tonight over one of the
funniest of motion pictures. "A Visit
from the Home Folks" There Is
enough pathos in the picture to give
IL zest and enough genuine, not over.
done comedy to make the world laugh.
In the line OF the historical will be
Napoleon the Man of Destiny" and
all lovers of the wonderful little Corsi.
can should see these pictures. So
much of an attraction is this particular
series that 1t was used to illustrate an
article on moving pictures in recent
magazine issue. Another good one is
"A Brave Irish Lass" something that
will appeal to admirers of modest
heroines. The scenery throughout
Ireland is the most beautiful in the
world and the people types within
themselves.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-23
!, n ~ n u u Il II 81 u u u 81 II !;
!: RECREATIONS : :
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PRINCESS RINK.

The Princess Ring is a winner, ana
Joe Cohen's new adventure has all the
clements of great success. II future
business is to be judged by the crowds
that packed the rink the opening
nights. there is little doubt as to Its
popular standing with the community.
Swimming like dainty fairy over
the smooth surface of the floor, gleam'
ing under the bright light of the many
tres, swirling. leaning daintily from
enc side to the other, Miss Wiener
the professional skater at the Princess
rink brought down the house Satur.
day night.
Dressed In white broadcloth, tailor
made, with a dainty. Russian toaue
perched coqucttishly on the side OF
her head, Miss Wiener swayed and
romped her way into the hearts OF
more than two thousand people who
crowded into the narrow confines OF
the rink.
Society and the best of 1t was there
The very incest people In Honolulu
not only looked on at the skating but
took part.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-23
ONE DOLLAR
START A SAVING ACCOUNT. !
BANK OF HAWAII, LTD.
Wireless
GRAND JURY Will
INVESTIGATE Crime

II Is very probable that Mccain
dless and Cummings, who have been
held at the police station for some
time now, will be sent on to the
Grand Jury for investigation. This
decision has been arrived at, and in
a short time the two men will have
to face the jurors.
Although they have not como
through with any further confession
with regard TO the murder of Henry
Wetherill, they are supposed to
know all about the tragedy, and
when before the jury may diyulge
something that will either convict
or clear Waikiki of the crime.
Waikiki has been charged with
the murder and has to appear before
the Grand Jury also.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-23
oliver DID NOT
Leave COUNTRY

Although the police department
has been congratulating itself on
the fact that Joseph Oliver, the al
legged champion bum of Honolulu,
was out of the country, Joe has been
snugly located at Eva for the past
few days.
Last week when the deadbeat APP
peared in court on charge of vag-
rancy, a suspended sentence OF thir-
teen months was registered against
him, and he was told to get out of
the country.
Then, on the following morning.
as there was no appearance of Jo-
seph, It was assumed that he had
slowed away on some steamer, and
had at last left Hawaii. However,
policeman was sent to Eva to look
for some deserters from ship now
In port, and the first person the Of
ficer saw at Eva was oliver, whom
everybody thought was o nthe high
seas.
Joseph will get warm reception
from Judge Andrade tomorrow
morning, as the Judge Is tired of
giving him chance after chance. The
county attorney will he asked to
move in the matter and arrange that
the suspended sentence of thirteen
months be inflicted in divers case.