Douglas Island news., 1918-02-15
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From time to time during his res
 idcnce in the north. which covers a
 period of twenty years. Che Stroller
 has mildly called attention Co Che , fact chat. in Che mad rush for gain
 too many people are liable Co for.
 get Che more important things of Iufc.
 The Stroller frequently seeks a quiet spot and wccps when hc real. izcs that thc majority of Che people north Of 53 arc laundering down the corridors of Time with che pig.
 con holes of their memory procti. cally empty SO far as Knowledge of .aucicut history Is concerned 10 is
 SO everywhere but painfully SO in ! this uorthlgud.
 m some lines og missionary work the Stroller has been emIucnuy sue ccssml since beginning his cam .pairn for Che bcttcrmcut of the race .iu Che uorthlaud During his soc iourn n thc interior business in the police courts fcll or moro than % per cent and fines dropped. in many cases. from S50 and costs. or 80 days on Che crown fuel reduction works. Co 80 OF three days, the costs being omitted But iu his efforts to uculcatc a love for che study of |aucicnt history he has sirually fail- led. His influence along that line l Ihas gone for uaught and he can most heartily and soulfully sympathizc with Che flower that is born Go blush unseen and waste tits sweetness on ! Che desert air. In order that thc gentle reader may realize Co what extent humanity n general Is bask- l ing In tbc torpid rays ot ignorance regarding ancient history iu this portion ol che world. tho Stroller . win cite a few instances:
 Does Al Gurr know that Adriauc BaIH was born iu Venice iu l7S2 land was a great gcographcr being . Che author of Atlas EthucgrophiQuc .du Globe? AL never heard oi him. What does II. V. sully know about ! Aeucas. whom Roman mythology . tells us owned twelve white bulls ! that were sacred to che suu2 Mem ton it Go him and he would prob- | |.rg lsk whether AuEs COW ranch was ,u Montana or Texas.
 Does J. w. Martin know that Ascuburg you Aucbruggcr, who was born m l72e. invented a method of studying internal diseases by pre- |cussiou J. w. does not.
 Ask Albu Baritello what hc can . .tcu og Hczclioh Auger who was born iu Hartford. Conn. In 17g1 and he WW like as not come back with "u.d Hoz ever work at Trcadvcll2"
 Tell Judge Henson that Miguel CaboIla Balboa was che author Of .Miscclaucs Auartica g Origin de jos Iugas del Peru and he win have a ! |homorrhogc.
 Does Bu Stubbins know that Wuddrc Madgc was a prominent |oharactcr u Scotrs "Hcart of Md- |Iothiaue" Bm never heard of Che lady.
 Does Mayor Smith ever lay awake |uIghts studying Che life of that great botauist, Jean Baptistc Chris |topher Fussct Aublcte We'll scarcely.
 Docs Dave Cbristoc know who dis covered the Island ol Madagascar? It is a ten Co one bet he don't. If thc time ever comes that you can get word in cdgcwise whom | BW Miller is shaving you. ask him thc meaning ot Che Latin quotation
 "Honi Soft Qui Molly pousc." The
 Stroller shuddcrs Co think of tho reply you are liable Co receive. ! Drop into Jcuseu's hardware store
 and ask either Oliver olson OF otto l IWidomauu about Che Augsburg diet ! that was convened in 1880 Go settle 1 a religious dispute and arrange for
 war against the Turks. and either Of
 them will call for a policeman
 Tell p. IT. Fox that Malayibagni
 mitri is Che name of am opera trans.
 lated from the sanscript and he win
 reply. "You don't say"
 Guy Smith has lived an his lIfc in blissful ignorance Of the fact that Quintus scptmus Florens Tcrtuli- anus was born at Carthage In thC
 year l5O and was a noted occlcsi- asticaI writer
 Mcander across the street and ask
 Doc Sergeant whether or not Che lDhesmashastra comprises an Che IHIndu law and he win probably telll
 you to go Go HcI-oua. Montana.
 Some day when standing at Che l general delivery window In the post Ionicc just ask Jack Henson what Inc
 knows of Che great college professor l Ernst Moritz Ludwig Ettmuucr and
 he win tell you that no such man
 ever lived iu Port Angeles.
 Drop down and ask Harry Jordan at thc Eagles Club what he knows Ioi Christensen Arabo and Harry |, lapt Go come back with Where did | Chris tend bar?" He does not know I.t.t H. Hf.H f,, r,.-...,..,.r- f. trn-