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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11
EXCITING FISHING.

One can easily imagine that after
feeding for many weeks upon hippo
potamus steaks, the flesh of elephants
and other coarse food of that nature,
fish of almost any variety would form
an agreeable and pleasant change.
Such, at all events, was the opinion
of Sir Samuel Baker, who, after
long march in Africa, through wild
and dangerous country, arrived upon
the borders of broad river. He took
his fishing-rod, and wandering up the
stream, cast his line over the water Ill
the hope of enticing some beauty Of
the deep to take issue with him.
| put on large bait, and threw it
about forty yards into the river, well
I'D the stream, and allowed the float to
sweep the water in half-circle, thus
taking the chance of different dis
tances from the shore.
For about half an hour nothing
moved. 1 was just preparing to alter
my position, when out rushed my line,
and striking hard, believe fixed tho
"old gentleman" himself, for had no
control over him whatever
Holding him was out Of the ques-
ton. The line flew through my hands
and cut them till the blood flowed, and
l was obliged to let the fish take his
own way.
This he did for about eighty yards.
when he suddenly stopped. This un-
expected halt was a great calamity.
for the reel overran itself. having
no check-wheel. and the slack coils Of
the line caught the handle just as he
rushed forward again, and With jerk
that nearly pulled the rod from my
hands he was gone.
/ found one of my large hooks bro
ken short of. The fish was a monster.
After this bad luck. I had no run
until the evening. when. putting on a
large bait and fishing at the tail Of q
rock between the stream and still
water, once more had grand rush.
and hooked a big one.
There were no rocks downstream,
all was fair play and clear water. and
away he went at racing pace straight
for the middle OF the river. To check
the pace, l grasped the line with the
stuff of my loose trousers. and press.
ed it between my fingers so as to &C!
az a brake, and compel him to labor
for every yard: but he pulled like q
horse, and nearly cut through the
thick cotton cloth, making straight
running for at least q hundred yards
without q halt.
now put so severe a strain upon
him that my strong bamboo bent near
~ double. and the fish presently so ia,
yielded to the pressure that 1 could
enforce his running in half-circles in
stead Of straightaway.
/! kept gaining line until ct length
ieo him into q shallow bay. and aftel
xsat dEht. Bachest embraced hin
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11

started to appoint women to all such
Offices to the exclusion of men.
To get rock for the Moreno dam in
southern California one of the biggest
been successfully carried out A tun-
mel 125 feet long was first driven into
the face of the granite. In this cham
Der was placed $3.50 pounds of pow
der and dynamite. This was exploded
by electric fuses, and dislodged 120,-
900 cubic yards of notwithstanding
Record.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11

Jap children are not allowed in
school until after their sixth year.
The number of postofices In opera
ton in Canada during the fiscal year
ended March 81, 1909, was 12,479.
European distributors of sponges
are heavily overstocked, and consid-
cradle drop in prices is expected be-
fore long.
The Daily Chronicle tells us that
the king will go to Brighton at the
end of this month for few days rest
after the visit Of the king of Portu-
gal" Surely this might have been
expressed a little Observation-Disclosures
Opinion.
The women of Allingtown. Conn, have
organized for the protection Of their
village from fire. They are to hold a
country fair, the proceeds Of which
will be used to buy apparatus. They
will also form woman's brigade of
the fire department.
The tobacco grown in the United
States is Of two general types or
classes: a. cigar tobacco, and (2)
chewing. smoking. snuff and export to-
baccos. In 1903 something more than
l50.000.00O pounds Of cigar tobacco
was grown in the United States and
nearly four times the amount of the
other types.
About the most economical CORE
spendents I've heard Of" remarked
Assistant Postmaster Ray Floyd
were two women who stopped at a
window downstairs the other day and
wanted to- know IL 1t would be all
right If they both were to write to a
friend on the same postal card and
thus save cent."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The cigar tobaccos are grown mostly
In New England, Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Wisconsin, though there is a con.
siderable and rapidly increasing pro
duction of this type in Georgia, Flori-
da and Texas. The tobaccos used for
chewing tobacco. snuff and export are
produced heavily in Kentucky. Ten
nessee, North Carolina, Virginia and
South Carolina.
Dr. Gertrude HALEY. a graduate of
the medical department of the Mel
bourne University, has been reappoint-
Cd medical ofhcer OF the public schools
In Tasmania. DR.. Ha1ley is the first
woman to occupy such an once, and
Is reported to have given such salts
faction that movement has been
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11
THE GRANDEUR IN cHERRY's TRAGEDY.

- I pie are too prone to see It's evils instead
-.-.J of its goodnesses. They become preju-
Ak@5@NiS diced, purDnd They only the little
y&Ax&&y&0 ness the sefshness. the pushfuness. the
greed, the avarice the sensuaty that are
to be found less in all of They overlook
the reverse side the shied-the bigness. the self
sacrifice the generosity. the herosm, the Godke that
are also be found in all of or less. They
the bad and overlook the good. Color blind they
see the black and not the white. But human beings
in the not bad.
At Cherry ILL.,, 1t only crowd of rough. un-
couth untutored miners who were penned up IN the
muck and the horror of the hreswept mine 1t was
only another rough, uncouth men who attempted
to quench the those who were dying
q horrible death. Now what happened Down
there in the pit Of men managing to write
farewell to their dear commencing them to
the blessings of Cod cheering them with messages that
they would meet death bravely recording the uncon-
Querable human hope that some day, somewhere un-
der Gods providence they would meet once again with
all tears dried, all sorrows purged away. Up above
men were rskng their lives by digging down into the
mines to rescue their fellows, to restore snged and
manned wrecks of men to their wives and ba1rns 1t
just the everyday heroism and goodness and un-
unsefshness that coming out into clear relief The
story of Cherry, Ill.,. is very great tragedy but
while it wrings all hearts, doesn't it make you just
love human beings?-Pittsburg Press.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11
COId-Water Music.

This is an old amusement, but only
those who have tried it know how
much melody may Turk in a glass of
water. If you have eight thin tumb-
lers of the same size and shape, you
may make a musical scale easily
Each tumbler contains certain
amount of cold water, more or less,
according to the volume of sound re-
quired; this you may find out prac-
tically by dipping your finger in the
water and drawing it briskly round
and round the sharp outer rim of your
glass This produces musical note.
The fuller the glass the deeper the
note The swift motion of the finger
round the edge produces vibration
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11
A Practical Denomination.

A Practical Demonstration.
THE best way, to study nature is to
30 right to It,"
Il suppose So"
ooh, l know it. l was once disposed
to doubt the industry of the ant, OF
which so much is said"
And you learned better?"
Il did, l had controversy with a
naturalist over the question, and
thought l had him beaten until he
gave me a demonstration"
Took you out and showed you the
ants at work, did he?"
well, not exactly that, but he took
me along on one of his scientific expe-
ditions and then maliciously pitched
my tent over an ant hill. BY the time
l discovered what was happening the
conviction was forced upon me that
ants are really and truly Industrious.
They are small, but they made me
move, and some of them went right
along with us to the next camping
place."-New York Times.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11
FOUND TIME FOR L1TERAToSA

r-~,,.h~.u Astonished to
scholarship Among American
An English nterary<man, who 'lss
ed this country some years ago ~ =,
ture. frankly declared that ne a .l..
not expecting to find accurate s,n N
ship among Americans, especian' ~.
purely literary subjects, ADDING 90
bly,: ,..tul
lyon have been too busy ana u'' -.
A nation in practical matters " .
much time to the arts and slS'''
learning" :. r.ds
During the dinner at which 10 u,,
this remark he criticised Shakssp p,oa
sharply declaring that MS n s.mo.
often were absurd, "as. for e1anp =,
he said, ".slsep that knits up ,n s,,.s
eled sleaye Of care How rlol'D M
to figure sleep as knitting W
sleeve Of q coat" -. hir
A young American sitting ~, ~ord VI
said modsstly: II think the . 1 AMI Il
not sleeve, but slave, the tnin ~, as s.
. damaged web. It IL tec0D
preston among weavers. .,.sl,'
IN the United states p'O "sbslt
retorteds the critic irritably' - pl
speare never could have heafo :"
meant sleeve" .marIea |
IT believe" persisted the a .1ssys b |
gently, ',the word is printed ~. - Ausr
all the old editions. It Is not = ar CT |
lean word, but has been usou and ~ |
turtles by weavers in Scotland -
north Of England" .,.n VI
The visitor frowned. ana ,,..uehirC
English frankness said, 'a,' RI
~Thank you. / was MISTAKE .'t dbf
,haps / am mistaken aD0 DO 'netss
thingy ana VIII be correcseu
leave your shores" ,.ar
A~A ~.uv : 0fod man u
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11

by falling upon him; and clutching
the monster with hands and knees,
he then tugged to the shore a mag
nifcent fish of upward of sixty pounds
For about twenty minutes he had
fought against such strain as had
never before used upon a fish, it
measured three feet eight inches to
the root of the tail, and two feet three
inches in girth of shoulders, and the
head measured one foot ten inches 10
circumference
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11

Bolivia.
Bolivia is famous for It's silver, Blu:
also possesses considerable quantities
of gold, which, however, cannot be
extracted without great expense. In
the seventeenth century an Indian
near the town Of La Paz found q mass
of native gold, supposed to have been
detached from the neighboring noun
tain by lightning. Bolivia Is, on the
whole, in a backward condition, polit-
ical changes and internal conflicts
having hindered the development Of
its natural wealth.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11

IdWHSHOpS Id Cnlle are unQer Spe-
cial regulations of the general govern
ment, enforced by local authorities.
Fujiyma, the volcano that appears
In all Japanese pictures, is 1866 feet
high and ten thousand pilgrims ascend
it every year.
Tracing the criminal by his finger
prints was successfully accomplished
at Scotland Yards, London, last year
in no fewer than 9,440 cases.
According to the Hospital, London,
some English physicians are ordering
patients to eat oysters that have been
well soaked in sea water as cure for
dyspepsia and tuberculosis.
As a weaver, nature is an exceeding.
ly neat worker. Certain tree barks
and leaves furnish excellent cloth.
such as, for instance, the famous tapa
cloth used in the South Sea Islands
In the vicinity of Conception and
Talcahuano, Chile, there are more
than eighty million cubic meters of
soft coal of fair quality within an
area of eighty thousand square meters,
or about 3O7 square miles The vein
is 3.5 meters, or about Ills feet, thick.
Excellent natural pottery is man j.
featured by nature in the case of a
certain cactus Woodpeckers are apt
to excavate nests in the trunk and
branches, and, in order that it may
protect itself against these incursions,
the plant exudes a sticky juice, which
hardens, forming a woody lining 70
the hole made by the birds. Event
ually the cactus dies and withers, but
the wooden bowl remains.
The congressional library is render
ing a great service not only to the
other libraries Of this country, but to
those in Canada, Europe and Australia.
by its catalogue division. by its com
pilation of rules governing cataloguing,
by its classification methods, which
are being generally initiated, and by
its duplicate cards. that now 60 to
one thousand libraries Of this country.
Four million cards have gone during
the last year.
In 1901 there were In Europe only
TWENTY-FIVE cities which had more than
1o0. 900 Inhabitants. These were Lon
don. Dublin, Paris. Marseilles. Lyons,
Amsterdam. Berlin. Hamburg. Vienna,
Naples, Rome, Milan. Venice. Palermo,
Madrid. Barcelona, Lisbon. st. Peters
burg, Moscow, Warsaw, Copenhagen
and Constantinople. Two only OF
these cities had more than 500, 0oo-
London, $4,000. ana Paris. soc, 900.
Naples came third, with 100000, and
vienna fourth, with 100000.
At eighteen Mendelssohn produced
Midsummer Nights Dream; Meyer.
beer, "Jephtha's Daughter; Schubert
"Erl King; Bach was court musician
at Weimar; Michael Angelo executed
his basso-rilievo Of the Battle of the
Centaurs"; Da Vinci's work was &C.
knowledged by his master, verochia,
a. far SURPRISING his own; Lope de
Vega. the Spanish dramatist, and com.
posed Arcadia; Savage produced
his first comedy, "Woman's a Riddle. !"
and Shelley wrote Queen Nab"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11

x DO you know the prisoner well?'
asked the attorney.
Never knew him ILL.," replied the
witness.
Did you ever see the prisoner 1t
the barr
Took many drink with him." wa
the reply.
How long have you known this
man?"
From two feet up to I'VE feet ten
Stand down." yelled the lawyer In
disgust.
Cant do It," said he. 'I'll sit down
or stand up"
'Ohicer. remove that man." And he
did.
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YY1CuzKyc5liG0zLlE KS

on the surface of the water, particu-
larly if the edge is thin and clean cut.
The glasses, with graduated amounts
of water, might be placed in regular
scale order on a table covered with
both cloth and table felt. At each
glass put a performer with good ear
for music and a steady middle finger,
which is the best and strongest to use.
Each glass must be held firmly. near
the bottom, so as not to mar the
sound, with the foref1nger and thumb
of the left hand. In this way all IA
m1liar airs may be produced with
some really sweet vibrations, If you
know how to use your finger to the
best advantage
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11

And live away up north where there
Is naught but ice and snow.
I wouldn't like to be Jap"
In far-away Japan,
And so l think I'd rather be
A girl just like 1 am!
Detroit Free Press.
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followed into the thick Buffalo Bills hunters od
guides faded out of existence along with the buffalo hard
they did much to exterminate but the redoubth,.
Buffalo Bill himself still lives to show US how II wa.
done with rifle and lariat
In the days when Western Texas was the FL Dor.ao
of gun fighters cattle thieves and malefactors Of STOLEN
wealth in general the Texas ranger reached the zen,
of his usefulness. His mission the preservation a,
at least semblance of law and order at any cost 4,
all times mounted policeman with a State commits,
sion, subject to orders from Austin the glamour of tho
name Texas ranger attached to him wider field Of
action than he filled. But what duty called to do su
feed to satisfy the longing for adventure in most men
who were attracted to the command by the prospect
Roosevelt's regiment of Rough Riders, as is well
known largely recruited from the rangers or men
who had belonged to that body Their exploits in Cuh
matter of history and Observation-Disclosures Post
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Hard Luck.

Old Lady-Poor man! What have
you done to your hand? Unemploy-
able-Broke my knuckles, mum. knock.
In ct peoples doors askin' for work.
London Scraps.
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to wife friend. The two Italians who desired
brass band their funeral expressed the faith
life immortal awaits them the other side.
This faith supreme and triumphant in the breasts
of these poor miners, buried underground
the gloom by fredamp. with death in its grisy
form touching them is fact truth, much the
cogntion by the senses of sound sight. smell.
And it is clearly present to morals at mo-
ment of direst need. 1t visits every in his
extremity that of who ancies he has some
philosophy prompts him deny validity it's in
spration and who in consequence struggles upon his
death-bed resist its uplifting and consoing power
There is another life That is the affirmation of those
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11
HOUSES ON WHEELS.

WORCESTER bank man says his bank
holds mortgages on seventy houses whose
owners spent the proceeds of their notes
on automobiles. Doubtless there are 9th.
ers. But If persons wish to go into debt
for luxuries it might as well be for auto
oh NJ ali <Lok
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11

many cases it is possible that the investment is wise
one for which it will pay to hire money. On the whole
however such transactions suggest the cynical sign
the saloonist: IF drinking interferes with your bust
ness quit your business"-Lowell Contradiction
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11
About Eye-G1asses.

1t is hard to realize what our an
cestors did without the help of specta-
cles. The first mentioned of them
seems to be towards the end Of the
thirteenth Gentry, when convex spec
tacles were invented-it is supposed
by Roger Bason. Concave glasses
were introduced soon afterward, but
the Spectacle Makers company OF
London was not incorporated until
$780, 1t seems that the ancients knew
nothing of these aids Of vision; and 1t
is more than likely that Homer and
even Milton might have been spared
their blindness had they understood
the use of powerful lens. Eyeglasses
came in much later, when the spec
tacles were considered too cumbersome
for fashionable wear; and longnettes
came even later, when great ladies
wished an ornamental case for their
eyeglasses. The eyeglasses of to-day
fit on the nose with a spring-for-
merly they were held in place with
the hand.
Beliefs About Sneezes.
There is a quaint old rhyme about
sneezing which runs as follows:
Sneeze on Monday, sneeze for danger,
Sneeze on Tuesday, kiss a stranger,
Sneeze on Wednesday, have letter,
Sneeze on Thursday, something better.
Sneeze on Friday, sneeze for sorrow,
Sneeze on Saturday, see true love to-
morrow.
A sneeze on Sunday meant visit
from the parson the next day, and
the good old English housewife set
everything in order against his com
ing.
The sneeze has certain unfailing ira
ditions attached to it, especially
among the earlier English peasants,
and handed down to our day they have
become superstitions.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11

The largest kite ever made was 80
feet by 10 feet. Its weight, including
tai, exceeded three-ouarters Of ! ton.
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WHEN FACING DEATH.

HE rescuers in the Cherry coal mine bring
imprisoned miners who were facing death.
In one after another of these declarations,
made under fear of death, occurs the as
sertion of confidence of an after-life. 1--WE
shall meet again." these Door miners write
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THE TEXAS RANGERS FINISH

HE Texas ranger has lost his vogue ~,
most famous band of free lancers ~.
frontier ever boosted is slated for oblivion
Kit Carson's scouts. next greatest in min,
of historic interest. are fast vanisb,n.
memory. They had more picturesous
figure for their leader than tha
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11

And many Z good man =
are Of his Wifs's conviction
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-11
Satisfied.

Satisfied.
I'd hate to be an Indian,
With face and hands all red.
And have myself all painted up.
And feathers on my head.
Nor would like to be little
Frosty Eskimo,
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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1910-07-14
9te Observation-Disclosures
eIdrlttta attf Oeta 0htlippinett.

Sebr relpettsmiorig aegentiber Der
iebt iiblihen &oolebelt 8erebrung
lautet folgenbe plauberei 8alens In Der
Ooun9 stoipn Hunofbau:
Ner erninnert fh nidt nod nit
itillem Bebaeen Der 9elun9enen @pi=
lobe. als unter Der Nominil ltration
&ooiebelts bic fur Die gefreiung bon,
unteroriiferio9e tdmpfenoen Gilipi=
nos eine senaue Wieoersabe Der ameri=
faniiden MISUNDERSTANDING in
sroben Wahen in uno UNI Manila ber=
breiten lieBen uno Elm Offsier unIerer
glorrei6en gunoesarmee Die tpeitere
Yerbreitung bes Snbaltes bieies bent=
miiroi9enOotumentes nit ben tnirI6eno
ACKNOWLEDGMENT WOrten unteriaete:
.. elm gang Der ludt aufpieelerii1es
S1riftitiid!" uno in 8erbinoun9 oa=
nit fei abermals an oen Nnsriff bel
Gan Suan uno on oas ybeloenmiiti9e"
genebmen oes &aubreiter Oberfen er=
innert. Der in ieinen r@rinnerunsen"
bon Der be-riibmten Nttafe uno oapon
ipribt. tpie er reisenbdnoig" 5tpei
5panier our6 uobige5ielte &epoloer=
f6hlle in Elm belleres Senleits bef0roer=
te. SEPT bat ii6 berausseltellt uno ourb
unanfe1tbare Mutoritdten lit es fsfee=
iteQt tporoen. oaB auf Weilen i'm um=
freiie iiberbaupt ni6t Elm einsiser
Spanier su ieben mar, Seoop oemna6
ben bon ibm ielblt nit sroBem Srom=
petengel6metter in bic Welt binaus=
polaunteb seieblid erlaubten Moro
niAt begeben fonute unb auaenl6einlib
Ieine iibersroBe @inbilounsstraft. tuenn
es nidt ettDas -anoeres mar. ibm einen
unangenebmen Streidb geipielt bat.
Nun. um als Selo, oils Nationalbelo au
polieren, ba oarf mans nit Der Wabr=
belt ni6t allau genau nebmen!
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1910-07-14
Yoltttf6es.

Sn bemotratiI1en politiI1en sGreilen
tpirbelt Elm Betrayl bon $400 bel 5taub
auf. ben 6arpeng. @arber Dor atpej
Sabren an 8. 5. ..0urft beaablt bat. UNI
benlelben In Der Wabltampagne> in bies
fem @ountp gu 7,bertpenben unb iiber
DelAen niemals Eebnung abgelegi
tDorben lit.
Mm Dienlfag tpurbe Grant Sagaert
bon Woofer BON ben Gepublifanern
oieIes Diitritts fir einen aueiten Ser=
min als &reisribter non1iniert. :
sSames &. @arf:elo. Der in LETTER
3eit INNER mebr als republitaniIher
@anoibat fIr @ouberneur 9enannt
miro, bielt am Montag Mbeno in n,@lebe=
LAMB in elmer 8eriammluns bon fort
l1rittliben Nepublitanern" cine stuei.
itiinoi9e &eoe. in Der er bic ,Sniur.
genten" i'm 9onsreB belobte uno iid
ielbf als einen oer Sbrisen beseibnete.
gr iprah Damn oes ldngeren tber bic
plattform, nit Der Die fortibrittliden
@epublltaner Obios in oieiem Serbf
in bic &agne eintreten tuiiroen.
@ouperneur 0armon bat ben Mapor
Wtberton bon Netpart iuspeuoiert, neil
er bel Der 2pnberei am lebten 6reitag
ni9t energii6er einidrltt, um oieielbe
3u berhinoern. 2infe. Ser Sheriff bon
Siding @ountp. oem ein dbnlides
Sdifial beoorfano, bat feline Gte0e
nieber9elegt.
&ooiepelt nimmt Stellune fur Die
Sniureenten. gilbert ). Beberioae.
Bunbesienator bon Snoiana. elmer Der
berborrasenolten Sniuraenten, erbielt
am leBten 9onueritag bon Sbeobor
&ooiebelt bas geripreAen, oaB er i'm
8erlauf Der Gampaane eine &eoe fir
8eberioee, Der Ganoioat fur Wleoer=
tuabl lit, balten tperoe. 8eberibge lit
Elm entlbieoener @e9ner bes &aub=
tarifes uno bat oaseaen geitimmt uno
aeipro6en.