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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
FREEING The SLAVE
60 .--.-.---k n.
|oLp JOE DIDN'T TAKE u IN the
ORTHODOX MANNER.
instead Of Weeping and Begging 90
stay, He Gave Out Yell, Ran Away
and Never Was Heard Of
AGAIN.

All present had heard, ever 80 many
times, those good old stories Of how
the slave Of ante-bellum times, when
told that he was free-"Yes. free,
Scipio"- thrown himself, sobbing,
at his masters feet. and begged, with
tears In his eyes, that he be not sent
away-that he be allowed to serve the
family in any capacity until the end
Of his days. Therefore all present
looked wise and resigned when the
southerner launched on his story.
Down at our old home in the
SOUTH" he said, there was an old ne
gro called Joe who had been on the
place as far back as any of us could
remember. In fact, so long had he
been there that he had grown to be
Just like a member of the family.
We children included him in all our
games and treated him exactly as we
would any other playmate, while his
long years of service had earned him
every sort of special consideration
from the grown folks.
$50 meritorious was Joe that my
father decided one day to make him a
free man. He went about the neces-
sary formalities quietly, and, when
all was ready, resolved to give the
thing a dramatic setting.
$50 he called the family together,
likewise his slaves, and when they
ryoro oil %horo or0,,rod iy,oproccivoIv
about him, he summoned Joe.
"The faithful old slave appeared.
"'Joe,' said my father solemnly, you
have served US long and well. We
have great affection for you
I'VE all beamed approval. Joe's
face grew puzzled.
"I feel that we should show that
affection in some substantial way
continued my father. Then, after a
short pause, he said:
"'JOe, you are free man.
"Joe did not seem to understand
He looked at my father and then at
the rest of us In a bewildered way.
.mopeeII InoH nok eAIS I 'eor,,
You are no longer slave. ! am no
longer your MASTER said my father.
"The slaves face began to clear.
"'Free?' he queried.
"'Yes,' said my father.
"For one moment Joe stood there.
Then"
In his turn, the southerner made a
dramatic pause, even as his father had
done before him. His auditors were
listening, bored but polite.
'Then," he continued, "that negro
gave one ungodly yell, swung his cal
about his head, and without so much
as saying 'goodby' dashed out, Of the
house as fast as his legs could carry
him. We never SO much as heard Of
him again" IS, - stag.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
CHICAGO FOR PEACE.
Hamilton Club Il Mammoth Meet,n,
Upholds Taft.

Hamilton Club ii Mammoth Meetin,
upholds Taft.
Chicago Chicago's voice was raised
Tor international peace at ! mammoth
meeting held here under the auspices
Ct the Hamilton club in the Auditori.
um theatef. Ex-vice-President Fair
banks, Colonel Henry Watterson, 81
louisville; Representative Foster. al
Vermont; Jane Adams and DR.. Emil
=. Hirsch, Of Chicago. made appeals
Tor the ratification Of the general arbi-
tration treaties now pending in the
United States senate.
Such ratification, advocates Of neace
declared, will mean the adjustment
OF implements Of war in favor of the
dlgnitied councils of peaceful arbitra-
ton.
President Taft was praised for his
advocacy of the treaties which. if rat:
ified, it was said, would insure world
peace and the United States was de-
clared to be the first nation really to
announce itself as in favor Of arbitra-
ton OF international differences.
This was in the treaty between this
country and England, the early part
OF the last century, to settle boundary
disputes on the border line of Maine
and Canada.
Mr.. Fairbanks defined the treaties
advocated by President Taft, and
which the senate is asked to ratify, as
broader in scope than any previously
considered treaties.
These. treaties said Mr.. Fair
banks, IF ratified by the senate, will
become fixed feature of our interna-
tional policy, and the policy of two of
the other leading world powers"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
Unarmed Warships Sunk,

London-A dispatch. from Rome tell
ing OF the destruction in the Red sea
y, Italian war vessels of seven Turk
isn gunboats said to have been de-
s 81 to convey troops from Arabia
" oyfenalca, is elaborated here with
~. .ne statement that the gunboats were
anoSe which took refuge at Suez sew
eral weeks ago. AS result of pro-
u; ;ests by Italy, the Egyptian author
NJ 1,ieS dlsarmed the vessels and the
t commander subsequently OBJ
.alned permission to leave. While
departing the fotilla was overtaken.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
Nav Mexico Is State.

Washington, D. C. New Mexico,
the 47th state to enter the Union,
ceased to be territory at l :35 p. m.
Saturday, when President Taft signed
the proclamation Of statehood.
/ Four members of the president
cabinet, the two congressmen-eiect
from New Mexico, dozen prominent
citizens from the new state, several
White House employees and three pho
tocraphers witnessed the ceremony,
which took pace in the presidents
private Office.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
FREE PULP Is REFUSED.
President to Leave Question Of lie.
gality With Courts.

Washington, D. Gin a message
to the house of representatives, Presi-
dent Taft announced that this govern
ment would refuse to admit free wood
pulp and paper from any nation other
than Canada until the proper courts
have decided the question raised by
several European governments under
the favored-nation clauses of their
treaties.
After the passage of the Canadian
reciprocity bill by which wood pulp
and paper were admitted free into the
United States, six European countries
demanded that their wood pulp and
print paper also be admitted free.
Accompanying the message the
president sent to the house letters
from Secretary of State Knox and
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh
containing information as to the coun-
tries interested and as to the amount
of wood pulp and paper imported into
this country since last July, when the
reciprocity bill was passed.
The president says that the ques-
tions of law raised can be better con-
sideed in a court of law than by ex-
ecutive construction, and continues:
81 have therefore directed that the
refusal of the Treasury department to
admit wood pulp and paper under the
joint effects of the Canadian recip-
rocity act and the favored-nation
clauses Of the treaties with other
countries shall stand as the attitude
of the government, pending the con-
sideration of the two questions above
stated before the tribunals regularly
appointed by law for the consideration
Of such questions.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
"Hay.tack" Mast Failure,

Seattle--Naval officials have made
the discovery that the "haystack''
military masts recently Installed on
the vessels Of the Pacific fleet vibrate
too much to make the observations OF
the fire control officer in the top suffi-
GENTLY accurate, the fault being
placed on the height of the mast. It
is now planned to shorten the new
masts recently constructed on the ar
mored cruiser Pennsylvania and work
men are preparing to take off ten feet.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
poor Sophia's Case.

DR.. Ronald H. Curtis, the well-knowr
zoologist, said in a recent lecture II
Charleston:
II take nc stock in all these yarns
about tLs dis.rterested affection OF
animals. All animals affection II
-asitic--your dog loves you because
you feed it. Analyze these yarns about
ANNA: affection, and they turn out
like Sophia's case.
There was rich old maid who had
an ill-natured cur named Sophia. The
old maid died, leaving her fortune to
Der nephew, who had lived with her
Il met the nephew one day, and ven
tured to offer him my sincere sym
pathy. He said:
eyes, it's sad. And the morning
after my aunt's decease the dog. So
phia, also died.
Grief, / suppose? said /.
( No. said he; 'prussic acid
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
Friend Aids in Suicide.

pan Jose-John Walter Wilson, re-
tInlly acquitted of the murder Of
a larry Boas, signed confession in the
Ils'rict attorneys office here in which
NH; aamlts having written the letter
Ro n,en contained the poison with which
81 S'as ended his life. He says he did
~ a. ene request of Boas, who wished
w. NJ commit suicide, but did not wish
nis o act 70 become known. Wilson de-
ve IS having put the poison in the en-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
People Acclaim Rebels.

Guayaquil, Ecuador After battle
which ended in favor Of the troops
from this city who are supporting the
provisional government proclaimed at
Guayaquil December % by General
Pedro Montero, the inhabitants Of the
province Of Canar announced their adj
hesion to General Nontero's cause.
The troops from Quito under General
Plaza continue to occupy the heights
near Alausi and Garanda, and = battle
with the revolutionists Is imminent.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
AMERICAN TROOPS N CHINA.
Regiment Win Guard .Road From
Pekin to Coast. si

Pokin 70 COa9t.
Washington, D. .C.-After 4 lapse
q more than ten years American
troops are to invade China. They are
70 aid in keeping open the railroad
from Pekin to the sea.
n the course of eight or nine days,
900 regular infantry will be disem-
barked at the little Chinese port Of
Chin Wang Tao. The movement was
ordered after mature consideration of
the policy involved in landing Ameri-
can troops in foreign country under
the peculiar conditions now existing
in China.
Several days ago Minister Calhoun
lntimated that some Of the other
powers were looking to the United
States to contribute quota of troops
to meet treaty obligations to keep
open communication between the cap
ital and coast. It required the inter-
vening time to develop the exact needs
of the situation and it was not until
later that Minister Calhoun was able
to inform the State department that
500 troops would be sufficient to dis
charge the obligations of the United
States.
1t was near the close of the official
day when the State departments re-
quest for the dispatch of troops had
reached the War department, but a
cablegram to Major General Bell, was
dispatched within few minutes after
it had been approved by Secretary
Stimson and signed by Major General
Wood, chief of staff, instructing him
to dispatch the force, together with a
hospital corps detachment.
It is understood that the Fifteenth
infantry will be called upon to supply
the troops, who will be embarked on
the transport Thomas.
When attention was called to the
action of Russia in asserting an indi-
vidual interest in the future of Mon
golia-a fact reported to the State de-
partment by Minister Calhoun through
the delivery of the notice to that
effect from the Chinese foreign office
it was pointed out that the virtual
dismemberment of China had already
begun.
Though no official notice has been
taken of this latest development, it is
taken to mean that the course adopted
by Russia has given rise to grave
forebodings as indicating the breaking
down of the agreement between the
six powers to refrain from the pursuit
of any individual advantage, which
was brought about through the over
lures of the State department here.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
Income Tax is Upheld.

Madison-The legality of the in
come tax law enacted by the last leg
islature was sustained in decision by
the Supreme court. "The change, .
says the court, twas ratified by the
people at the general election, and
thus was clearly expressed by both the
legislature and people the idea that
some form of general taxation in ad-
dition to, in place of, property taxa
tion might well be adopted. The at
tempt has now been to carry out this
idea and we have the result before US
in the present law. ;"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
Powers Move Cautiously.

Paris-The possibility of an event.
ual Intervention by the powers in
China in some form is an absorbing
topic of discussion in diplomatic cir
cles here. The feeling, however, is
that nothing of a concrete nature is
justified or can be carried out at pres
ent. It is pointed out in authorita-
tive circles that the powers, as such,
are not able to intervene unless fore
ign property in China should be en-
dangered or attacked and the legations
should report that the time has ar
rived for the powers to act.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
DOUGLAS FIR OIL GOOD.
Students at University Of Washington
Make Discovery.

Make Discovery.
University of Washington, Seattle
Discoveries that will place Douglas
fir oil on par with that extracted
from pine, will utilize the millions of
feet of fir stumps, roots and tree
limbs, representing one-half of the
standing timber, and will provide for
the manufacture Of fine paper from
the waste after the oil has been manu-
featured, have been made by students
Of the chemistry department here,
who, under the direction Of DR.. H. K.
Benson, have been experimenting on
29, 900 pounds of fir stumps received
from Linden, Or.
"Our discovery of the oil of Doug
las fir came as result of studying
the oils of four cords of wood sent
through a wood distilling plant at
Anacortes, - said DR.. Benson. "Com-
mercial turpentine of high grade and
the new oil were found by the stu
dents. When the tar obtained from
this fir wood was refined it yielded
three products a very light oil, used
in the manufacture of single stain
heavier oil of tar. which, believe,
can be used for linseed oil, and tar
residue or pitch, which, we believe,
can be used successfully as protect
i've paint for iron, steel and metal sur
faces. Now, the rosin in the wood
renders it useless for white paper, and
| it is available only for the cheaper
grades of colored paper, but by using
our apparatus we can extract this
rosin.
"Other experiments deal with the
value of the tannic acid of the fir bark
and the oil distilled from fir needles. .
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19

See the soldiers all In line!
Now the battles on!
Every man will have to test
Ills mettle and his Drawn.
Ammunition's piled up high
10 use throughout the fray
which just begins when school n out
And ends at close Of day.
Inc Big Snow Fort Is near at hand,
AND soldiers great and small,
VIII strive to win the victory
with the powerful SNOWFALL.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
276 Snakes Slain - D.v.

~; enoleton, Or.-The title Of cham
c c,un rattlesnake killer Of Umatilla
FL 'y undoubtedly goes to James
ti1 ia, Coombs canyon rancher, who
wa0I a 20 OF the reptiles one day last
town a' The skins were brought "a
ho mn ana sold to Major Lee Moor
2O n OF this city. Fix also obtained
vs,i POUNDS of oil, which has 4 markell
value OF $3.50 per pound.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
Candidates Engage Rooms.

Baltimore Within an hour after
announcement was made of the selec-
ton of Baltimore as the meeting place
for the Democratic National conven-
ton, requests for the reservation OF
rooms at hotels began to pour in by
telegraph. Representatives Of Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson, of New York,
and Governor Judson Harmon, OF
Ohio, engaged rooms soon after the
announcement was made. Massachu-
sets and Vermont were the first states
to secure reservations for their dele
cations.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
EDUCATIONAL TOY IS QUEER
Wheel Rolls Round Ends Of Magnet,
but Doesn't Fall Oh-Amuslng Play
thing Patented by Ohloan.

A toy that is both amusing and or
educational value has been patented
by an Ohio man. A horseshoe magnet
with unusually long poles has the ends
Of these poles rounded. A single wheel.
with a round steel bar running through
It for an axle, rests upon this axle on
the poles Of the magnet, which form
an endless track for it. The wheel. Of
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
HOMEMADE MOTOR IcEBoAT
one constructed to Take Place Of Reg
uIar Sail Iceboat and Used With
Success Last Winter.

This motor-driven iceboat was con-
structed to take the place of the regu-
lar sail iceboat, and the one from
which the accompanying illustration
was made was used with success all
last winter.
The boat Is AZ feet wide at the
widest part and ten feet long. The
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-01-19
prsctIcal philosophy.

IS PractlcaI Philosophy.
MY husband worries 80 Over tne
iran him he ought to make light q
II
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-12-14
Push Sale of Red Cross Seals.

The American Red Cross has al
ready printed over 100000 Red
Cross Christmas seals and probably
the edition will number 100000, 900
before the end of the campaign. If
the anticipations of the anti-tubercu-
losis workers are realized, no less
than 100000 will be obtained from
the sale of Red Cross seals. Practi-
cally all of the money remains in the
state or city where the seals are sold.
only a very small percentage of it is
going to pay for the cost of the print
ing and distributing the seals and for
the expenses of running the campaign.
In case any persons cannot obtain
seals in the community where they
live, they can secure them by writing
to Red Cross Seal Headquarters, Ills
Union Trust building, Washington, d.
C. Red Cross seals cost one cent
each, and every seal sold is a bullet in
the fight against tuberculosis.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-12-14
TROUBLE IN DINING ROOM
Little Mixup Between Ladies' Accepted
PhlIosophicaIly by the Torpidvillc
Landlord.

AT one time yesterday 1t looked
like we was going to have little
trouble here in the dining room, but it
didn't come to nothin' much" related
the landlord Of the Torpidville tavern.
Maxine and Sylphie, the young Ia
dies that are waitin' table, got to SQUAD
blin' about pint Of etiquette, or the
merits of their respective fellers, or
something hathaway, as ladies Is
everlastin'ly doin'; and Sylphie. l reck-
on 1t was, told Maxine, or mebby Max
Inc told Sylphie-anyhow one told the
other that she wasn't no better than
she ort to be. And Maxine, or
Sylphie, whichever 1t was, got sorter
fussy about 1t. and answered that she
was too, and she didn't care who knew
It! And then they kind O. tied in on
each other and went round and round
as it were, and it took 'em quite a
while after 1t was over to wash the
ketchup and broken glass out of their
Golfers, as they call their hair. But
that's all it amounted TO, and there's
no use in firm 'em, for ladies will be
ladies and there amt no help for II. !"
Kansas City Sun.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-12-14
ECZEMA SPREAD OVER BODY

r. F. d. No. 1. Lewisburg. Ky-"Fif-
teen years ago I was badly affected
with eczema upon my scalp first, then
1t spread all over my body and con-
tinued to grow worse for four years.
It began with dry rash. After FORM
Ing thick scales or scabs the irritation
forced me to scratch the scabs on and
the hair would come out with them.
Upon my face and body the sores
would get inflamed and they disfig-
ured my face. 1t was worse where
my clothes irritated them. The erup-
ton was yellowish watery kind.
sometimes bloody. In warm weather
It was SO bad / was not able to work
on account Of the raw Irritating sores
on my head and body.
after trying various medicines
without relief I tried Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. After using four cakes
Of Cuticura Soap and four boxes Of
Cuticura Ointment and one bottle Of
the Resolvent I was entirely sound
and well and have been for eleven
years." (Signed) w. H. Williams,
Mar. 10, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-12-14
POINTED WAY TO SALVATION
Preachers Advice Was All Right but
His Friend Also Had Something
Wise to Say.

Senator Samuel A. Ettelson, SPEAK
ing recently at a banquet, told the
following:
"A colored preacher stood up on a
Sunday and said: My text this morn
Ing, brothers and sisters, am What
Shall Do to Be Saved?" To me there
seems only one way to be saved, and
that am to quit this'ere extravagant
living. Back to the simple life, say |.
There am going to be no chance for
you to be saved so long as you keep
up this high living If there is any
thing that is going to kill our race 1t
is these'ere Injuries. Better go hun
CRY and cold like the wolf. Go out
and face the rains and fight the
storms. Go wade with the crane. You
will grow rugged and you will grow
tough. but you'll walk like a man.
Yes. sir, that am de way to salvation,
that am de way to get saved
Just then a tall colored man, ris-
ing from his pew in the rear Of the
church, interrupted the preacher,
shouting: This am no way to be saved.
You just jump right through that back
window and run just as fast as your
legs will carry you, for the county
sheriff am here with a warrant for
your arrest for stealing them chickens
from Massa Martins coop last Friday
night. Chicago Tribune.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-12-14

system that is the direct opposite Of
democratic government and that will
eventually lead to a condition of land
monopoly beside which the problems
OF the so-called high cost of living and
other much agitated issues will dwin-
die to insignificance. was astonish-
ed when, in conversation recently with
Professor E. c. Branson OF Athens. Ga.
he gave me figures relating to Georgia
alone of absentee ownership which are
almost incredible. Had not the fig
ures been based on conditions of which
am personally aware, | would have
doubted them.
Unless 1t is checked ownership
OF the land by few in each commu-
nifty Is going to strangle individual
initiative and collective prosperity in
America. If every farmer. every
American who reals these lines and
who is genuinely concerned for his
individual welfare and that of the
country will deliberately study these
conditions | have outlined. he will be
convinced as to the need and the duty
OF securing leaders who will material
lie rural credits or any other sound,
proven agency that will prove a rem
edy for the drift toward landlord
ism.
Finally. don't fret so eternally about
the plans. The men to execute them
constitute the real problem, and the
spirit Of cooperation in every COM
munity.
CHARLES s. BARRETT.
Union City. Ga.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-12-14

Homemade troubles are never sat
isfactory.
Every day has its own especial op-
portunity.
People seldom get the blues when
busy and successful.
When the farmer prospers every
body prospers. and vice versa.
A cruel word spoken can never
be recalled; think twice before you
speak.
When a mans going to marry a girl
it's a cinch she knows it long before
he does.
A mans good opinion Of himself is
Endorsed by everybody except the rest
of the world.
1t is all right to be something of a
dreamer, provided that you can keep
wide awake most of the time.
Always remember that the neigh
bors watch you closely, and that the
neighbors are very particular.
Too many Of us seem to think that
when we want to show our In
dependence we must get mad
about 1t.
The man in the moon should be
mighty glad that he is not responsible
for all the crop failures that are laid
upon his habitation.
Progress is always measured by the
achievements of those who are not
satisfied with what was good enough
for former generations.
The man with the hammer really Is
engaged in a process of slow suicide.
And 1t isn't a happy death he is
treating himself to. either.