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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
ROOTS OF FRUIT TREES.
Difficult to Break Away From an Oh
Habit.

Difficult to Break Away From an Old
Habit.
While fruit-grOwers are aware now
that the roots of trees and plants extend
to great distance, still it is difficult to
break away from the old habit of manur-
ing about the trunks, trusting that some
how or other the fertilizer will be ap-
propriated and fearing that if spread
broadcast it may in some way become
lost. 1t will be found difficult to place
manure in an orchard or vineyard where
the plants will not reach it, and if prop
erly spread will not be lost. Should it
sink into the subsoil root will follow it
and bring it back by the ear, as teacher
would truant schoolboy.
We have observed the roots of apple
trees in sand pits extending downward
ten feet. We recently followed the roots
of an old grape vine twenty feet under
the location of defunct building. When
we stopped digging the roots were as
large as little finger, were four feet be-
meath the surface and probably extended
ten feet farther. A pile of manure about
the base of this vine would have done
but little good.
Knowing the extent and habit of root
growth, it is apparent that cultivation
close about the trunks of the trees or
vines is not necessary, and is often pro-
ductive of more harm than good in mar
ring and breaking, besides tempting pro-
family on the part of the plowman.-
Colman's Rural World.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
Actors Are Generally Clean Shaver.

One class, however, in every civilized
country has in the great majority of in
stances, and throughout its history adjured
both boards and mustaches. The actor has
usually been perfectly clean shaven gen
tleman, and if we take the long roll of
famous English histrions, from Betterton,
to Garrick, from Macklin to Kemble, from
Kean to Macready and from Phelps to
Henry Irving, it will be found that not one
of these distinguished professors of dra-
matte art has worn the slightest vestige of
beard or mustache. Modern comedians
of the newest school, especially those who
enact the part of walking gentlemen, not
infrequently patronize a mustache, which,
when they appear behind the footlights,
can be effectually concealed by judicious
application of wig paste to the face, but
no actor who really respected the require
ments of his art would wear a bushy beard,
and low comedian who was not clean
shaven should be as rare as blue diamond.
London TELEGRAPH
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
The Work of q Millionaire.

We were coming south on the Sante Fe
from Denver few nights before Christmas.
At about 2 in the morning, somewhere
north of Colorado Springs, we went over an
embankment. The papers were full of it,
and 1 won't go into details, but nobody
knows how a millionaire saved the lives of
a dozen people that awful morning. AS
soon as we came to our senses we all tried
to get out of the sleeping car. When we
did we found the forward end was afire.
Just then Bill Yankee, a millionaire mine
owner, who has property all over the state
of Colorado, grabbed up an armful of
blankets, and jumping across the flames
landed in deep snowdrift.
He was barefooted and clad only in his
underclothes, but he didn't seem to mind
that bit. He spread out blanket, piled
it full with snow and threw it over the
flames This he did time and time again
until he had the blaze completely smoth-
cred There wasn't another man in the car
who would have thought of that but
Yankee, and, tell you, it was plucky
thing to do. don't know whether I'd like
to roast or freeze to death. 1t looked as
though it would have to be one or the other
there for awhile, but Yankees nerve saved
us.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04

The following quotations are the prices
paid to farmers and producers by Seattle
business houses for articles named, the
goods to be delivered in Seattle:
Hops-Choice, 61sc per pound.
Haydn carload lots: Puget SOUND,
$7@S per ton; Eastern Washington,
$1O@1l.
GRAIN-In carload lots: Oats, choice,
$18 per ton; barley, SIS; wheat,
chicken feed, $l2; corn, $2S; cracked
500.
PoTAroEs-$S@12 per ton.
BUTTER, EGGS AND PoULTRY-Handleo
on commission.
HIDES. PELrs AND TALLow-Heavy
sailed steers, over 80 lbs, 4@A1ac per 10 /;
medium, Sc; light, under 40 lbs,
&c; sailed kip, &c, and calf, per 10, DC;
green hides 1c less than salted; dry
hides, 5@6c; culls of the above one
third less; dry elk, per Id, 6@Sc; dry
deer skins, summer, zoe; good winter,
12@15c; poor and thin winter, DC;
sheep skins, 15@25c; full wool, 5O@6Oc ;
wool, 1900; tallow, 3@4c. 49,
LIVE STocK-Choice beef cattle, 21a @
224c; choice sheep, &c; good hogs, 44c;
calves, large, &c; small, &c per ID.
LoGs-Fir, superior quality 50. 5O@7.oo
per M; choice cedar, $5.50@6.5O; com
mon, per M, $500; spruce logs, $4,000
< 70
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
Mime, de Lesseps' Paris Home.

When the Suez canal bonds were first
issued M. de Lesseps made present of a
bundle to his wife. When they rose in
price she sold them for SITE, 900, and with
the money bought their Paris house. This
belonged to the Princess de Beauvais The
stipulation was that with the house should
go the mirrors, tapestries and marble This
the princess forgot when she evacuated the
premises, taking with her everything that
could be taken without weakening the sup
ports of the house. The entrance is de
scribed as imposing, with tessellated hall
and grand staircase with two Of Canova's
lions crouching at the base. One piece of
furniture in the house is Japanese cab
met feet high, with it's shelves crowded
with De Lesseps' trophies and decorations
from all the sovereigns of the world.-New
York Evening Sun.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
STANDARD MEAT FOOD
Pork Stands at the Head In
This Country.
HOW 1T SHOULD BE PREPARED

The Best Pork Made From Pigs Under
Year Old-They Should be Given
Such Food as Will Produce Muscle
and Lean Meat to Greatest Extent.
Pork is the standard meat food of the
farmer of this country, and perhaps al
ways will be, and it should be prepared
in such manner that it will be whole
some and palatable. To do this it is
necessary to begin with the pig that is
to be slaughtered and feed him judi
ciously. 1t is acknowledged that the
pork of European countries is more tooth
some than that of America, because 1t
contains less fat and is consequently OF
better flavor and more digestible. The
old plan was to feed the hogs until they
were nothing but masses of fat, because
pork of this kind lasted longer than that
which would be more inviting to the
palate.
The best pork is of course that made
from pigs under a year old, and these
should be given such food as Will produce
muscle or lean meat to the greatest pos
sible extent. 1t should not be the prin-
cipal aim to produce fat at first, but to
feed such foods as will make growth and
keep the digestive organs in good condi-
ton. For this purpose a good grass
range is probably as good as anything,
and plenty of milk where it is obtainable
will be found to supplement the grass
in the production of muscle.
If the pig is kept in thriving condi-
ton by a course of feeding of this kind,
it will be ready to finish for the shambles
in a short time, when the slaughtering
season comes. Bran and shorts are good
things to feed growing pigs, as they are
rich in bone and muscle-forming ma
terial. A pig that is fed something after
this style will not produce as much lard
as one that is kept until year and a
half old, but the pork from it will be
sweet and wholesome instead of a greasy
mass that is prolific of disease and dis
tasteful at any time to refined TASTE
Farm News.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
ABOUT BEES.

Bees fly three to five miles in search
of stores.
Bees do not destroy grapes, but will
sip the juice after birds or other insects
have punctured them.
The queen mates but once, which hap
pens on the wing. She does not again
leave the hive except with swarm.
Lazy bees-there are no lazy bees. If
they are idle, it is because the flowers
are not secreting, or else there is some
thing wrong with the hive.
Weak colonies can be built up strong
by feeding, say half pint day. This
will cause them to build up rapidly, and
should be attended to before the season
is too far advanced.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
THEIR SINS FORGIVEN
Amnesty and Pardon Granted
to the MormOnS.
PROCLAMATION OF PRESIDENT.

Civil Rights Are Restored to All VINO
Have Complied With the Proclama'
tion of Eek. President Harrison-Satis-
fled That PoIygamy is Stamped Out.
WASHINGTON, September 29.-Through
the Department of State to-day Presl-
dent Cleveland made proclamation oil
amnesty and pardon to all persons who
have been convicted of polygamy under
the teachings of the Mormon Church.
1t is as follows:
Whereas, Congress by a statute ap-
proved March %, 1882, and for statutes
in furtberance and in amendment there
Of defined the crimes of bigamy, polyg-
amy and unlawful cohabitatlon IN the
Territories and other places within the
exclusive Jurisdiction of the United
States and prescribed penalty for such
crimes; and, ooo
Whereas. on or about October q, 1891,
the Church of the Latter Day SAINTS,
commonly known as the Mormon
Church, through its President issued a
manifesto proclaiming that said church
no longer sanctioned the practice OF po-,
lypamv and calling upon all members ana
adherents of said church to obey the
laws of the United States in reference to
said subject matter; and,
Whereas, January 4, 1898, Benjamin
Harrison, then President OF the United
States, did declare and grant full par
don and amnesty to certain offenders
under condition of future obedience to
the requirements as is fully set forth In
said proclamation of amnesty and par
don; and,
Whereas, upon the evidence now fur
nished me, | am satisfied that the mem
bers and adherents of said church gen.
orally abstain from plural marriages and
polvgamous cohabitatiOn and are now
living in obedience to the laws, and that
the time has now arrived when the IN
terests of public Justice and morality Will
be promoted by the granting of amnesty
and pardon to all such offenders as have
complied with the conditions OF said
proclamation, including such of said Of
tenders as have been convicted under the
provisions of said acts.
"Now, therefore, |, Grover Cleveland,
President of the United States, by virtue
of the power in me vested, do hereby de-
clare and grant full amnesty and pardon
to all persons who have in violation OF
said acts committed either of the Ofenses
of polygamy, bigamy, adultery or unlaw-
full cohabitation under color of polyga-
nous or plural marriage, or who, having
been convicted of a violation of said acts,
are now suffering deprivation of civil
rights in consequence of the same, ex-
cepting all persons who have not COM
piled with the conditions contained In
said executive proclamation of January
4, 1898"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
The Discovery of Felt.

Felt is union of animal hair with wool
in such manner as to produce firm, com
pact substance. It's discovery was of SO
much Importance that it seemed necessary
to attribute ID to divine agency, and hence
we have a tradition of sanity origin. When
st. Clement was fleeing from his persecu-
tors his feet became blistered, and in order
to abate the pain he placed wool between
his sandals and the soles of his feet On
continuing his journey the wool, by the per-
SEPARATION, motion and pressure of his feet,
became uniformly compact substance,
which was afterward denominated felt. The
Catholic matters of Ireland and other coun-
tries hold q festival on St. Clements day,
Nov. %, in honor of the discovery.-Phila
delphia Ledger
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
For BrOOdY Hens.

A reader sends us the following clip
ping which he thinks worthy of a place
in Poultry Points. We think SO, too:
If broody hens are properly treated nine
out of ten, says the Maine Farmer, will
begin to lay again within two weeks
after being removed from the nest, but
if they are half drowned. starved for a
week, or bruised or abused, it is more
than likely they will get even with their
owners by declining to lay single egg
until they have fully recovered from
their ill treatment and acquired their
customary tranquility. Poultry keepers
should ever bear in mind the solemn
fact that they lose money every time
they abuse or harass a fowl.-Colman's
Rural World.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
DIR. TYNAN'S REASONS.
He Disappeared Because He Was Worried
by His Stepdaughters.


SAN Francisco, September 29.-The
long-lost, but now found, DR.. lyman
dined last night with Manager A. Mont
peller OF the Changers Bank. He con-
versed freely, and, as far as Mr.. Mont
peller could judge, was as rational as
any one could be. He has repeated fire.
quently his explanation as to the reason
for his mysterious disappearance-that
he was annoyed and worried by the suit
begun by his stepdaughters and wished
to go away and rest. While in Boston
he assumed the name of Thomas E..
Stanley, a combination of his own name
and that of his attorney, John A. Stan
ley of this city. Speaking of the suits
brought by his stepdaughters, he said /:
"When those girls were little, they
had all the advantages | could give them.
l always treated them kindly, sent them
to school, had them taught music and
other mplishments. One of them
married young man who was not much
credit to himself or to anybody else.
Soon after the other one was married.
Everything went well then for awhile,
until | married my present wife. At
first they were tolerably good to her,
called her grandma and treated her
well; but finally they became jealous,
and whenever | gave her anything they
objected, and it all ended with the suits
which they brought against me-"
DR.. lyman will go to his former home
in Modesto within few days.
DIR. lyman does not believe that Slater.
the Spiritualist, was aided by spirits in
finding him. Slater said that the ghost
of Maria Marvin lyman, the doctors
first wife, told him where to find the
missing man. lyman says Maria Marvin
lyman was his mother, not his wife, and
that he believes that Slater merely saw
him on the streets of Boston and recog-
nized him, as any other man might have
done. lyman says he does not believe
in Spiritualism.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
'RIOTING IN RIO.
Da CANA Says PeixOto Urged the Sol
diers to Make an Attack.

Da CANA Says Peixoto Urged the Sol
diers to Make an Attack.
MoNTEvIDEo, September 29.-Admiral
da Cana asserts there has been rioting
in Rio de Janeiro lasting five days, &C
companied by outrages on Portuguese
merchants, instigated directly by Presi-
dent Peixoto, who melted soldiers
dressed in citizens clothes to make
an attack on the ground that they want
ed to break up meeting of the royalist
conspirators. Rio, it is reported, looks
like a great military camp. Soldiers
patrol the streets, cavalry are encamped
in the public gardens and launches pa
troll the harbor. The number killed in
the riots is stated to be thirty-two, while
thirty-one were wounded and entered
the hospitals. Most of the fighting oc-
Cured near the waters edge, and many
bodies were cast into the harbor. The
damage to the property of the Portu-
guese and other foreigners will be ST.
100000. 1t is said Peixoto will declare
that in order to protect the lives of for
eigners he is forced to declare martial
law. The British Minister has asked for
a guard at the legation and his residence.
The British legation is crowded with ref
ugees, who are afraid to go on the streets.
RIOTERS ARRESTED.
Rio DE JANEIRo, September 29.-One
hundred and ninty-6ve persons have
been arrested for being implicated in the
riots of the last few days. The police
and marines are active. Troops were
held in the barracks, and sailors were
ready to land. President Peixoto an
nounces that aid from foreign warships
is unnecessary.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
Lavender,

Our fashions are French, but the new
color is, as a rule, our own. Last year
it was that puzzling pink magenta
which Mr.. Sargent painted in lady's
silk dress in the New gallery. This col
or has been revived for 1894, and in a
mitigated form, less voyant, with a
good deal of the virulence of it reduced,
it will be very popular. But still it
won't be the color, which is never a re-
vival, but always novelty. The new
color promises to be an aggressive shade
OF lavender, very sharp, very pronounced,
little criard, something of the color of
. Michaelmas daisy. It again is color
for the brunette, SO that we shall proba-
bly, have dark hair come into fashion
Westminster Gazette.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
HOMEMADE PANTALooNe

wool From o Sleeps Back Made 1nte
wearing Apparel In Forty Hocra.
Late in the afternoon Of one Of the last
DAYS of May, in the year 1879, when l was q
few months short Of Is years old, notice
came to Townsend, Mass, where my father
used to live, that IS soldiers were wanted
The training band was instantly called
ont. and my brother, who was next Older
than I. was one that was selected. He did
not return till late at night, when we were
all in bed. When / rose in the morning
found my mother in tears, and she informed
me that my brother John was to march
next day after tomorrow morning at sun
rise. NY father was in Boston, in the Mas
sachusetts assembly.
Mother said that though John was sup
piled with summer clothes he must suffer
for winter garments. There were at this
time no stores and no articles to be had.
except such as each family could make It
self. The sight of mothers tears always
brought all the hidden strength OF body
and mind into action. / instantly asked
what garment was needed. She replied
'pantaloons." ''Oh, if that is all, said l,
''we will spin and weave him pair before
he goes" 'sBut," said mother, 1.-THE wool
is on the sleeps back, and the sheep are in
the pasture"
l Immediately turned to younger broth
er and babe him take the salt dish and call
them to the yard.
Mother replied, Poor child, there are
no sheep shears within three miles and a
half"
II have some small shears at the loom"
said I.
"But you can't spin and weave it in SC
short time.''
II am certain we can, mother"
"How can you weave its There Is long
web of linen in the LOOM"
By this time the sound of the sheep made
me quicken my steps toward the yard. l
requested my sister to bring the wheel and
cards while went for the WOOL went to
the yard with my brother and secured a
white sheep, from which 1 sheared with my
loom shears half enough for web. We
then let her go with the rest of her fleece.
/ sent the wool in with my little sister, and
Luther ran for black sheep and held her
while cut wool off for my filling and half
the warp, and then we allowed her to go
with the remaining coarse part OF the
fleece.
The rest of the narrative the writer would
abridge by saying that the wool thus OBJ
tanned was duly carded, spun, washed, sized
and dried. A loom was found few doors
off, the web ''got in" and was wove, the
cloth prepared, cut and made two or three
hours before the brothers departure
is to say, in 40 hours from the commence
ment, without help from any modern i'm
provement.-Mrs. Eunice l.. Richards in
Greenfield Mass.) Gazette.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
Local Option Question.

LONDON, September 29.-Chamberlain
said to-day with reference to the stand
taken by Gladstone upon the local option
question that the ex-Premier's position
would free many members of the Liberal
party who have hitherto been coerced
into voting for local veto power. He
predicted if the veto bill was brought up
at the next session of Parliament it
would cause split in the party. Cham
lain said Gladstone's personal friend
ship for him had not lessened. He WIS.,
tied Gladstone recently.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
Darkness Under the Water.

The discovery of a fish with imperfectly
developed eyes made it probable that sun
light does not reach beyond certain depth
of the ocean, but that conjecture has re-
Gently been confirmed to rather unexpect-
ed degree. By means of extra sensitive
Photographic plates sunk in the Mediter-
ranean on one of the caimest days of the
year an Italian scientist has demonstrated
that the almost vertical rays of the noon
day sun in midsummer do not penetrate
beyond depth of $50 fathoms.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
An Indian Girl Orator.

1t the recent oratorical contest at the
Methodist church for the Demorest gold
medal the prize was won by Miss En-
ma Vanderhaden, young Sioux Indian
girl from Sisseton agency. There were
SIX contestants who had previously won
dlver medals In similar contests. Mil.
bank Is. ID Correspondent st. Parl
Globe.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
No Means to Enforce 1t.

WASHINGTON, September 29.-Treas-
ury officials have concluded that they
have no means to enforce the alcohol
paragraph of the new tariff bill, and
therefore the rebate clause must remain
imperative until Congress either pro-
vides the appropriation necessary to
carry the law into effect or repeats it.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
Los Angeles Oil Belt.

Los ANGELES, September 29.-The oil
belt continues to enlarge in territory and
output. The district now extends east
and west from Figaro street to Lake
Shore avenue and north and south from
Temple 10 Second street, besides scatter
ing wells outside of these limits. Oh!
has been struck in the Angelene Heights
tract, and promises good results,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
Royalists and the Vatican.

ROME, September 29.-The Pope has
summoned Monsignore Hulst, the spir-
itual adviser of the late Comte de Paris,
to the Vatican for the purpose of inn
parting to him instructions in regard to
the royaliists. In clerical circles this
action is believed to be fatal blow to
the pretensions of the French monarch
soxc
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
American Appeal Unforeseen.

LONDON, September 29.-The recent
appeal for harmony issued by President
Emmett of the National League of
America was Endorsed by London
branches of the Irish National League
of Great Britain at meeting held last
night.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
Art and skin In a Violin.

The most cunning art, as well as the high
est scientific use to which wood can be
twisted, turned, wreathed, warped or carved
is when fashioned into an ideal violin The
bits of timber can be carried in an overcoat
pocket, and jackknife, with no mean cut
ting edge, might be made to do wonders at
completing.
Unlike other and often more costly mu-
sical instruments. the violin improves witt
age and grows younger and sweeter with
each added year Of its singing life.-Ne~
York Advertiser.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04
Without a ssZ -

The Indians have not the sound of Il. -
All their SIS are sibilant. The French mis-
sionaries and writers were always strictly
phonetic in their transcription of words.
Note the mistake in the word Missouri, /"
the name OF large state, great river and
famous Indian tribe. Always and inva-
riably Americans pronounce it as Mizzou1i.
while the natives of the state do likewise
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-04

The Radcliffe library has volume of
immense interest to bachelors It is the
work Of an unknown author and is en-
titled 1.-The Art Of Governing Wife,
With Sundrie Rules by the Observance
OF Which She May Be Kept From
Usurping the Powers Which Appertain
Unto Her Lord and Master. -