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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
AMENDED HER LIST.
She NOW Declares That Lawyers Come
Under the Head of Nuisances.

She NOW Declares That Lawyers Come
Under the Head of Nuisances.
A few evenings ago a lawyer living
in West Philadelphia was visited at his
residence by an indignant woman, who
declared that she had come for legal ad
vice, and III a buSinesshke manner de-
posted on his table So note as re-
tanning fee. After pocketing the money
the man Of law politely requested her
TO proceed with her statement She said
she was continually afflicted with a Sc
ries Of nuisances which she desired the
lawyer to have abolished.
She was annoyed by neighbor on
one side, she said, who is a music teach
er and trainer Of the voice. The con-
discOrdant notes of the vocal students
made Der very nervous. On the other
side the neighbOr kept chickens, which
awoke her early III the morning by their
growing and annoyed her during the
day by flying over the fence and invad
ing her premises. Day and night she
was made nervous by the noise of the
trolley cals passing her door, organ
grinders and peddlers made her life mis-
cradle, hucksters added to her misery
by calling their wares, and she wanted
to know what action she must take in
order to be made free Of such nuisances.
The lawyer reflected few moments
with compressed brow, and then said,
Madam, you are decidedly unfortu-
nate, and my advice to you is that you
go to Il real estate agent and engage him
to secure for you nice comfortable
dwelling in the suburbs of some coun-
try village, where the nearest Deighbor
is quarter of a mile away, organ grind
ers unknown, trolley cars unheard of,
and where hucksters and peddlers do
not come" Realizing that she was IS
out, the woman replied, IN do as you
say and include among the others that
no lawyers must exist III the same coun-
ty. "-Philadelphia Record.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
Collected for Both.

Two tourists, lady and gentle
man, stopped off at the Falls between
trains. A hackman engaged them for
brief tour of sightseeing. The time
actually consumed was fifty-fve min
utes. The hackman said he must have
$40. The gentleman remarked that It
was an outrage. The driver explained
that he had been of great assistance i'll
pointing out the places of interest and
stood firm. The gentleman prepared
to pay under protest.
Unfortunately for himself, he hand
ed the man a $40 bill.
"Do you pay for the lady also, -
asked the hackman, promptly.
"Do pay for the LADY," repeated
the astonished man. "Of course | do.
What do you mean?'
''Then there will be no change" re-
piled the hackman. my charge of
$40 is for one person; $40 for two per-
sons. The amount you have handed
me is exactly correct. Thank you,
sir. Buffalo Express.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29

To Germany belongs the credit OF
having first demonstrated the practical
bility and economy of electric blowing.
An electric motor is fixed to the pillow
itself. The shaft of the motor, by
means of suitable gearing drives
shaft fitted with pinion which chain
runs from one end of the field to the
other This chain is held taut at both
ends by triple ground anchors. When
the motor is put in operation 1t hauls
the pillow across the field. When the
end of the field is reached, the pillow is
tilted to the other side, and by revers-
ing the motor the shear starts on It's
return journey. At a recent test at
Halle-on- the Saale, with two-furrow,
fitting pillow, two burrows were turned,
measuring together twenty -four inches
in width by ten inches in depth, and
travelling at the rate OF thirty live
inches per second. The actual useful
effect obtained was equal to eight horse
power. A remarkable feature OF this
system is that guided by the frightened
chain, very shallow burrows can be
made with great evenness and regular
ity and the balance pillow can thus be
used for turning over stubble land, and
other light work. The first cost of an
electric pillow is said to be much below
that of steam cultivating plant. The
entire outfit of such pillow as that
mentioned, dynamo, steam engine, Ca
bles, etc., can be had for about 81, 600.
According to the figures published as
to the results of the trial, the working
expenses Of the system are about half
that of steam blowing, and if these re-
suits are borne out in practice upon an
extensive scale, there seems to be no
question of the future of the electric
pillow.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
WOman'S Inconsistency.

Mrs. Gradley, (tearfully)-I don t
care who knows it. My husband has
got to give up either ME or his lodge!
He gets worse and worse; | don't be-
lieve he'll ever be any account, the
worthless brute!
Neighbor (soothingly) Il didn't
think it was so bad. But Mrs. Cos
siper did tell me that your husband
was poor creature at best.
Mrs. Gradley (tiaring up)-Oh! she
did, did she? Well, I'll just let that
backbiting gossip know she can't run
around slandering the best man in this
town. Poor creature, indeed! He's
worth thousand Tom Gossipers, and
I'll let her know it! Wait till l get
my bonnet. Spare Moments.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
LIE EiRsI LOCOMOTIVE.
1t Was Built by oliver Evans. Who Conldnt
Lay Up Money.

Lay Up Money.
The real inventor Of the locomotive
never realized cent from his invention.
His name was Oliver Evans. He was
born in Delaware in 1856 and spent all
his life perfecting inventions which
were destined to bring him nothing but
more poverty He was the original IN
ventor of the high pressure engine used
in locomotives, the only kind that could
be employed to advantage in this form
of TRANSPORTATION but realized nothing
for his idea.
His application of the notion to both
land and water power was somewhat
novel
Ia 1904 the municipality of Philadel-
phia called for bids for the dredging of
the river and the cleaning of the docks
Evans put III bid lower than any OF
his competitors, and when it was ac-
cepted determined to build steamboat
to do the work.
He fitted out a scOw with a steam en-
CINE, building both the engine and the
sc0w in his OWL workshop.
When the boat was ready to be launch
ed, Evans determined to give the peo-
pie Of Philadelphia All object lesson III
mechanics, so he put the boat on wheels,
fitted up push wheel behind, set his
engine to work and propelled the boat
through the streets to the river IN the
midst Of an open mOuthed thrOng, not a
few of whom had dim idea that he
ought to be arrested for witchcraft.
When the boat reached the bank OF
the river, the wheels and aXles were tax
Ell off, the craft was launched, fitted
out with other wheels and made to do
the work of dredging the harbor.
SO far as the invention Of mechanical
devices went, Evans had a splendid
genius, but when dollars and cents came
up for consideration he was a mere
child, and evcn allowed himself to be
cheated out Of the money that was due
him for cleaning the Philadelphia har-
Dor with his new tangled steamboat
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
SHE WOULD NOT SAY 1T FIRST.

Conflicting feelings tore my heart
With ever switching pace,
Now happiest of earthly men,
Now meanest of my race.
loved her true with all my heart
And sought TO pave the way
To settle all my fevered doubts
And have her name the day.
7asked her if she loved me,
At least a score of times.
She answered NO" to every one
By word, note, prose and rhymes.
But yet the way she said it
Left hope within my heart,
And hope will hold lover
Nor permit him to depart.
! said one day, Il love you,
Yes, love you more and more"'
She blushed and smiled, "Why, did you
not
Tell me of that before?"
Ned Whately in Detroit Free Press,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
Profit In Soda Fountains.

A New Orleans man named May
told me that his yearly profits from his
soda fountain were $4,000. One San
ders, Detroiter, who owns an s., 900
fountain, the finest displayed at the
Worlds fair, does rushing business,
and his sales run from $500 to 800 per
day the year round. In Buffalo Stcd-
dard Bros. employ 80 girls to handle
ice cream soda, and it takes 5000 glass
es to accommodate their trade. They
sell it at 5 cents glass, and there is a
net profit of just 100 per cent. In Bos-
ton Thompson's Spa, the greatest soda
resort at the Hub, easily clears for it's
owner $50, 900 a year. There are in the
United States 100, 900 fountains in op-
Grafton, and manufacturers are getting
more orders now than they ever got be-
fore. Post.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
Possible Contingency.

"MOnster'' Kissed the newly hired
girl.
The frightened man covered.
Monster" she repeated, Infatuated,
did not see you kiss your wife in
the front hall just now"
He did not deny.
He merely implored her not to cause
scandal by going home to her mother,
as she hysterically Observation-Disclosures
Tribune.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED


By local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness IL
caused by an intiamed condition of the
mucous lining OF the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets infiamed you have
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which sis nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
L~Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29

Scene, town in the north on very
misty day.
Sandy Mckay Coming out of a pub
lie house and meeting his minister face
to face)-Losh, sir, it's an awful de-
ceivin thing, this mist. Dye ken (im-
pressively), / wandered in there the
moo, thinkin it was the glA,er's?-Lon-
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
An Interesting Experiment..

DR.. Bloots requested 80 gentlemen
and so ladies to write down 100 worde
each of their own selection. Out of tbs
total number of 5000 only 5000 dis
tinct words were found to have been
chosen. Thus, for instance, all the Ia
dies and gentlemen had put down the
word money" all the gentlemen the
word woman" all the ladies the
words "dressmaker' and glove" and
all the ladies and "a gentlemen the
word beautiful. '-Vereins- Blatt.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29

erly regulating the action of their bowels,
by the use of these little Pellets" they
would have less frequent occasion to call
for their doctors services to subdue attacks
of dangerous diseases. The "Pelfets" cure
sick and bilious headache, constipation, in
digestion, bilious attacks and kindred de-
engagements of liver, stomach and bowels.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
SMALL BEGINNINGS

Make great endings sometimes. Ailments that
we are art to consider trivial often grow
through neglect, into atrocious maladies. dan
gerOus i'll themselves and productive OF others
1t is the disregard of the earlier indications OF
ill health which leads to the establishment OF
Ii sorts of maladies on chronic basis. More
over, there are certain disorders incident to the
season, such rs malaria and rheumatism
8. ainst which it is always desirable to fOrtify
the system ate exposure to the conditions
which produce the Il. Cold, damp and miasma
are surely counteracted by Hostetter's Stomach
sitters. After you have incurred risk from
hes inf nences. a wineglassful or two of Hos
letters omach Bitters directly afterward
should be swallowed. For malaria, dyspepsia
liver cOmpl lint, kidney and bladder trouble
nervousness and debility it Is the most de
Servedly popular of remedies and preventives
A wineglassiul before meals promotes appetite
Edith-So you prefer a long engagement
Wolf [ wnnldu,t KIanohe-If Won Ii L cd n he tors
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29

Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up
children's Coughs and Colds.-MRs. M. G
BLUNT, Sprague, WASH, March 8, 1894.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29

FisitOr-What do you think. NJ IS Jennie? ]
dreamt last night that Jaw you in your coffin.
Jennie-You don't say so? What kind of a
dress did have on?
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
In Our Great Grandfather's Time,

IH
al use. Like the
lun derbuss F" of
hat decade they
we're big and clun-
y, but inefec-
i've. In this cent
Try of enlighten-
ment, we have
! DR.. Pierce S
\ Pleasant Pei
: lets, W hic Ii
\ cure all liver,
- stomach and
bowel de-
engagements in
the most efec-
tive way.
If eop1 e
would pay more
attention t0 Dron.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29

Edith-So you prefer a long engagement
Well, wouldn't. Blanche-If you liked theaters
well as do you would,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-23
COMPARATIVE VALUE.

1t is not the COW that gives the most
milk that is the most valuable, and, of
course it is not the cow that gives rich
milk but gives an exceedingly small
quantity that is the most valuable. The
fact-often stated-that thousands of
farmers and dairymen know nothing
at all about the value of their individual
COWS, cannot be stated too frequently.
Mr.. D P. Goodrich says that he had a
great big cow with an immense udder,
and that she gave so pounds of milk a
day. He esteemed her the best COW he
had in his herd. He had another small
COW that gave only 90 pounds of milk
a day, and had no very high opinion of
her. But he applied the Babcock test
and found that in the course of the
year the little cow was the most profit
able. 1t is not to be understood that a
COW giving a large quantity of milk
will not prove profitable. The Holstein-
Friesian would negative such a propo-
sition. But nothing except a test will
determine the value of COWS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-23
THE DAIRY.
MAKING A HERD.

The COW comes from the calf. We
should keep and raise every .heifer calf
that is dropped by a good COW. If the
mother is a thoroughbred we shall get
a good COW from the calf. If she is
not we may get a good one. 1t is worth
trying at any rate. II we have not
such heifer calves as promise to develop
into good COWS, it is a good plan to buy
calves. Weare a firm believer in rails
ing the COWS on the farm on which
they are to be used. We stand a better
chance to get good calves than we do
to get good COWS. The man who owps
a good COW usually wants to keep her.
The man who owns a poor one usually
is willing to sell her. The calf that be-
comes a good COW must have good care
from the very first, and if we raise our
own COWS we know whether or not the
calf has had the necessary care.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-23
HANDSOME, HEALTHY EYES.

The eyes, says an expert, should be
rested for a few minutes when the sight
becomes in the least blurred. Never
sew on dark cloth after night, and If
sewing must be done by artificial light,
have the table spread with white cloth.
It is considered by oculists that too
strong a light is as bad as one not
strong enough. When reading, writ
ing or sewing never sit facing the light,
but let it come from behind or the left.
Do not read when lying down or when
convalescing from an illness.
Hot water is now being used as a
remedy for inf1amed eyes. A lady
writer, whose eyesight was wonderful
considering her age and the amount of
literary work she accomplished, at
tributes it mainly to the custom OF
bathing the eyes freely night and morn
ing in water as hot as she could bear.
Deep circles under the eyes denote,
when very marked, in women either
some displacement Of the internal or
gans, or they may be caused by sleep,
l~essness, anxiety of mind or poor Gil
culatlon. The orbit of the eye is filled
with cellular tis and fat, with many
blood vessels TIE skin under the eyes
is extremely thin, and if for any rea
son the vessels are relaxed the venous
congestion is made manifest by the
dark circle under the eyes The rem
edy would be, of course, to find the
cause and remove it An effort should
also be made to improve the local Cir
culation, which can be done by mas,
sage treatment. Relief may also be
found in hot lamentations over the
eyes; for this purp nse apply flannel
cloths wrung out OF hot water.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-23

this year with a scythe. His wife is a
few years younger.
Among the descendants are found
some of the best and most substantial
farmers of this section of country.
Also quite q number of blushlng
maidens of ''sweet SIXTEEN" and 1t Is
safe to say that there is no family IN
this, or any adjoining county, that fur
nishes better material from which a
young man can make a selection OF a
partner for the walk through life, than
the above.
May the Spirit, Love and Grace OF
God, who has blessed this family with
such a large ~posterity, continue to rest
and abide with them. "
+, PURVIS
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-23
FEEDING FAT INTO MILK.

We observe that a writer in a con
temporary, who says hat he has had
SO years experience in dairying, says
that you can feed fat into milk, the
professors, Hoard and others of that
ilk, to the contrary Notwithstanding.
He says that he can do it, and has done
it without increasing the quantity of
milk, which the opponents of the theory
declare is the only way by which the
fat can be increased by feeding. This
experience agrees with our own. There
are some things which common sense
would seem to settle and this is n of
them. The man who will affirm that
just as much fat can be produced in
the milk of a COW that is fed slops as
a be by feeding her corn meal, rye,
oats, bran, oil meal and good clover
hay, is not far from being a candidate
for the insane asylum, though he may
have A. B. A. M and D. D. hitched
onto the back end of his name and
Prof. or Gov on the front end.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-23
CRIMSON CLOVER--(ANNUAL OR
GERMAN CLOVER.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
1t is always best to speak of what can
be, or should be done, rather than wait
until the time has passed; and then
say what ought to have been done. So
! shall take time by the forelock and
note a few of the advantages of this
most excellent crop, and give my ideas
as to when, and how, it should be
planted, harvested, etc., in the Atlantic
States.
1t should be planted in the Middle
and Southern States in August and
September. Some advise sowing the
seed in between the cotton and corn
rows, during these months, and not
covering the seed, claiming that the
rain will owe sufficiently. Now this
may do in some sections, but cannot be
relied on in all cases.
l g we'll see that such would be
sufficient in a very light sandy soil, but
ever then the young shallow rooted
plant would be liable to be burned out
by our fall drouths.
Now If it is desired to SOW the seed
in a crop already or the ground, then
I would advise running a cultivator
through the crop, and follow with the
seed and then run a fine tooth harrow
to cover with. Anything to cover
lightly, as the seeds will not terminate
if planted too deep.
Now if the crop is to be put on land
occupied by no other crop, then | would
say break up the land deep with a two
horse pillow, harrow thoroughly and
run a drag or roller after the harrow
to be sure the clods are pulverized and
the land is leveled.
Then SOW the clover seed and cover
with a Thomas smoothing harrow.
The object in running the harrow after
the seed are sown is to cover them
lightly, and to keep the land from bak-
ing, as the harrow leaves a light layer
of loose soil on the surface which acts
as a mulch.
Now as to fertilizers to be used, and
when to apply. We all know thai
crimson cloveri is q rich nitrogen feeder,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-23

hence I would advise only the use OF
acid phosphate and kainit. Let the
farmers supply plenty of two elements,
and the crop will get up the balance.
In other words, I consider crimson
clover a renovator as we'll as a fine
feed stuff.
Put on from 400 pounds to 800 pounds
of the elements mixed in the proportion
of n part of kainit to two of acid
phosphate.
I would apply broadcast just ahead
of the first narrowing in the prepare
ton of the soil. This crop will prevent
teaching during the winter, and can be
lightly grazed by calves and colts in
the early spring.
If it is desired to save the crop for
hay, cut just about the time it is in
full bloom, or when the first blooms
turn brown. Just at this stage the
crop will contain more digestible mat
ter than at any other. Later on it has
too much woody fibre. If seed are to
be saved, the crop should stand a few
days longer. In either case it comes
off early enough to allow most any of
our spring crops to be planted on the
land, such as cotton, corn, potatoes,
tobacco, melons, etc.
Enough plant TODD will be left in the
soil in the way Of roots and stubble to
compensate for all the labor and fertili-
zers applied the previous fall, to say
nothing of the protection of the soil
from teaching and being washed away
by winter rains. Hence the clover
crop harvested as hay is just SO much
clear gain. Not only will the soil be
benefited in having a large amount of
available nitrogen, potash and phos-
phorous left for the succeeding crop,
but the organic matter is very bene
fetal. Doing as much good in that
as several loads of barnyard ma
lure.
There is economy in letting nature sup
ply our nitrogenRnd if we can get off
with buying only the two least expen-
sive elements, we may consider our
selves fortunate. The quotations for
available potash and phosphoric acid
this year are only 5 cents and Al cents
per pound, respectively.
From this it can readily be seen that
fertilizers can be supplied to any of
our market crops more economically
in this than in any other way.
B. IRBY.
Raleigh, N @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-23
Your money

back if you want it-VaCuum Leather
Oil. Get a can at a harness or shoe
store, 25c a half-pint to $I.25 a gallon
book How to Take Care of Leather"
and swob, both free; use enough to find
out if YOU don't like it, take the can
back and get the whole Ofyour money.
Sold only in cans, to make sure of fair dealing
everywhere-handy cans. Best oil for farm ma
chiuery also. Ifyou can't find it, write to
VACUUM OIL COMPANY, Rochester, n Y.