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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-26

Salem, Or. Jan. 18.-Thlee bills
were passed by the senate today-to re-
duce the slaries of Douglas county off,
GERS; to incorporate the town of Cot
ta2e Grove. The last was also passed
by the house.
This morning the senate bill to in
crease the number OF supreme court
judges was read the second time and
referred to the judiciary committee
without objection.
This afternoonan adjournment was
promptly taken when the same bill,
which had been passed by the house,
came to Its second reading. Several
bills passed the second reading, and
were referred.
Fulton presented petition, signed
by 100 Clatsop county taxpayers, pray
ing that the present road laws be
amended as to the manner of collect
ing state and road poll tax, and to pro-
vide special tax not to exceed mills
IN the dollar. The extra supply of
,opies of the Daily school bill having
been exhausted, and there being de-
mand from all parts of the state, $40
copies more were ordered printed.
In the House.
Quite commotion was raised in the
house this afternoon by the discovery
that there was not copy of Senator
Daly's school bill to be had, notwith-
standing the fact that 600 copies had
been printed by the state printer.
Roberts said. after ransacking the Office
Of the state printer, that he found but
one copy Of the bill, and that not a
single copy was to be found in the SEN
ate. AS none had been distributed in
The house, he intimated that possibly
there might have been some motive in
spiriting the bills away. In view of
this expose, and the suspicion of pos
sible malicious destruction of the bills
printed. resolution was passed direct
ing the state printer to print $50 extra
copies of the bill for the exclusive
use of the house.
Thirty bills were read during the at.
ternoon. OF this number, Is were in
troduced during the morning session
and seven were new bills.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-26

The population of India increases At
the rate of 8, 900, 900 annually.
Profanity is forbidden BY both the
army and the navy regulations OF the
United States.
Charles Newton. of Bradford. Pa,
was blown to pieces while shooting an
oil well at Orchard Park.
The extension Of American authority
in the Philippines, Cuba and Porto
Rico will lead to the abandonment Of
some military posts in this country.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-04
Some Helpful Hints.

A severe paroxysm of coughing may
often be arrested by tablespoonful
of giycerinie i'm a wineglass of hot
milk
Cocoa is now much used in the. place
of chocolate for icing cake. The ic-
ing is made by beating the whites of
two eggs and mixing with nearly a
cup of powdered sugar. Add two tea
spoonfuls of cocoa.
Or an icing that is equally nice and
really preferred by some is made
without any eggs. Boil four table
spoonfuls of granulated sugar with
the same quantity of water for min
ute, then add teaspoonful of vanilla
and two teaspoonfuls of cocoa. boil a
minute longer and the icing is ready
for USE
Here is way for cleaning gloves
that is both successful and cheap.
Have ready little new milk in a saul
Ger and piece of towel or cloth fold
ed three or four times. On the cloth
sDread out the glove smooth. Take a
piece off flannel and dip it in the milk.
then rub off a quantity of good soap
with the wetted flannel and commence
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-04
Care of the Feet.

Few people know how to care for
the feet. Cramped in tight, III htt::.g
shoes, they are made sore and tender
and cause a great deal of unnecessary
suffering.
The feet should be washed every
morning and might as regularly as
the face and hands, and at least once
a week given hot bath, ard soak I'll
for ten or fifteen minutes in warm
boraX water, then rubbed dry with a
coarse towel. If sore and tender they
should be rubbed with some soothing
unguent The toe. nails should be reg
uarly cleaned and trimmed straight
across each toe, and not allowed to
project. Rough or callOused spots
should be smoothly trimmed, as WEI
as the thick skin along the sides of
the soles. If the feet are moist they
should be rinsed frequently in cold
water to which l;>tle alum and pow
dered boraX is added.
The offensive odor arising from the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-04

to rub downward toward the
holding it firmly with the lt
Continue this process until the
if white, looks a dingy yellow, tn
clean; if coiored, until it looks
and spoiled. Lay them to dry
old gloves WIZ soon look neal
They will be soft, glossy,
we'll shaped and elastic.
Salt and water is an excellent
trIfice for the teeth. IT mot
cleanses the teeth but whitens
and hardens the gums.
Always keep the ends of silk
cotton in the little notches in
edges of the spools provided for +
purpose. If this is not done
thread, especially silk, will be Il.
to unwind and get into a smart;
when one is in hurry she is APT
lose time and patience getting
d.eful. This seems a small mat
but it is all these little worries
wear upon the nerves of women.
A little warm glycerine we'll !
bed into the scalp with the fingers
ter the hair has been shaken out co
teracts the tendency to dryness t
is common to some heads. After S
treatment there should be persist
brushing. This dryness of the sea
one of the most prolific sources
dandruff, and any treatment that
cures some Oil to the hair has a
dency to mitigate the other evi
weI.-Ex.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-04

feet of some people may be corrected
by the use of belladonna ointment,
and a frequent change of the shoes
and stockings. They should also be
busted with powdered borax night
and morning.
In the care of the feet the most i'm
portant consideration is a good fitting
Shoe and stocking and women WIN
will take the trouble to select and
wear such will find themselves we'll
repaid in the added comfort expert
enced. Eliza r. Parker.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-04
A HELPFUL CORNER.
For the Household Department.
Artistic Portieres.

Fortunately for us whose means are
limited, fine tapestries amid elegantly
upholstered furniture are not essen
tial toward making a home bright
and beautiful Amy young girl can as
sist in making her home bright,
cheerful and sunny, if she will devote
the idle hour to some useful and dec
orative work.
While visiting young friend re-
Gently, she showed me a portiere
which was the result of her own hand
work AS [ admired it very much,
1 will describe it for the benefit of
those who would like to have one, but
haven't sufficient money to spend for
that purpose. The color scheme Of
the room for which the portiere was
intended, is deep red and golden
brown, and in making the latter only
harmonious cOlors and shades were
used. The artistic combination of the
various tones and shades, gave it a
charming oriental effect which added
greatly to its beauty. She had not
bought anything for the portiere ex-
cept the warp, which was old gold,
not finding this the desired shade,
she had colored white warp the shade
that would harmonic with the other
furnishings of the room. The por-
there was made OF scraps of silk, vel
vet and worsted, cut into narrow
strips and sewed after the manner of
hit and miss rag carpet. The strips
were not only neatly sewed together,
but the different shades and the light
and dark colors were arranged with
regularity. 1t had a border about five
inches wide at either end, which had
been made of an Old silk waist, faded
ribbons and scraps of wooden goods
colored beautiful shade with cardn-
al red diamond dye.
The warp was knotted and formed
fringe at the ends, and the portiere
was caught with a heavy cord made of
the warp. Any weaver who under
stands weaving rag carp6s, can weave
one of these portieres, but they must
be woven very loose, or they will look
too heavy.
My friend kept the pieces in work
basket ready for pick UP work and
wound the strips into balls as she cut
1,o h
ready in a few weeks to make the
portiere. A. NJ III.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-04
A Different LONELINESS.


1t lis a difficult matter with many
people to grow old gracefully, as the
saying goes, remarks writer in Har-
per's Bazaar. 1t is not agreeable to
them to grow old at all. Life is so
pleasant here that they are loath to
give it up, loath to change its condi-
tions, loath to drop the activities, the
receptivities, the delights, of youth.
They hate to find themselves unable
to do the things they always have
done-to walk the miles, to climb the
hills, to achieve the task, that once
was such mere play to them. The
first gray hair is jest, the first lines
on the face give no dismay; but when
the gray hairs serve to powder the
others, when the line deepens from
nostril to lip, when the cheek begins
to droop, when the flesh fOOsens I'M
der the chin, them they find it no
laughing matter, but one for gloom,
if not for tears.
And yet age has it's very distinct
value. What would house be, What
would nursery be, without it's grand
mother? How much of an object in
life would .be missed by every mem
Der of the family to which she is a
center and a raliying point! While
she is there the elder people have
some one yet older than themselves to
allow them still feeling of youth, a
sort of tender barrier, too, between
them and the dark unknown; the
younger ones have some one who
makes the past an actual true story
for them, something less far away and
dim and unbelievable, some one who
really seems to hold up the sky on her
shoulders; and there is some one also
there for whom the necessary doing
of little things calls out the spirit of
effort and sacrifice.
Nor is age unlovely to the eye. AS
there is one glory of the sum and an
other glory of the stars, SO thare is
the beauty of youth and the beauty
of age, too. It is not the beauty that
appeals to the senses; it is perhaps a
loftier and a purer type than that
it has the difference that there is be-
tween red rose and a moonbeam,
between the body and the spirit. And
one who has seen it in it's perfection
on the lovely face of some placid old
woman finds it restful to the eye, and
all as pleasant to the soul as the
blushing beauty of the young girl
whose cheek wears the velvet bloom
of the peach, and whose lips are pout-
ed for kisses, but whose soul has yet
to find it's transformation.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-04
WHY DID WE BEAT SPAIN?

Because we are as strong as Sam
we are as Schley as fox, we are
long, we possess Merritt, we are Hob
choice, what more Dewey want ?-Ss
Bag
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-04
Healthfulness in the House.

| to particulars that the household is
maintained at it's best and this in
cludes not only the indoor arrange
ments but the immediate outdoor sur
ro,lndings. That "order is Heavens
first law has passed into a proverb,
and order embraces fitness, arrange
ments, simplicity, and above all, neat
ness. 1t should begin with the cellar
and end nowhere. Too often is it the
case that certain unfrequented rooms,
especially those below grounds and
under roof, are quite overlooked on
the occasion of periodical house-clean-
ings, and yet the air of the living
rooms is made foul by emanations of
decayed vegetables from below, and
the accumulated dust of the lumber
garrett is standing invitation to the
pestiferous microbe.
In populous cities the drain-pipes
and sewers are a prolific source OF dis
ease, to repel which even the most eff
ficient safeguards are incomplete, but
much is gained to health by keeping
the run clear of obstruction, with an
occasional flushing, with the addition
of lime, soda or salt and hot water.
On moving or clearing-out day we
look upon the dusty pile of WORKOUT
and utterly useless rubbish brought
to light, and wonder where it all came
from. Not one thing of all is worth
saving or carrying away, and the
whole obtruding collection Of good
for-nothings should have BEEN long
before discarded from the family
storehouse.
We are apt to be too Indifferent in
respect to the environments of our
country homes, which are not accessi
BILE to any general system of sewer
age. All waste water should be car
ried a considerable distance from the
house, and never suffered to stagnate
i'm the open air.
If the water supply is from we'll
1T should be located beyond the posi-
bile pregnation of Objectionable depos-
it's. We have in mind the corruption
of well-water-in one instance by a
cow-yard, and in another by petro-
,eum refinery, located at distance of
a hundred feet or more. The trouble
may be years i'm manifesting itself,
but it is sure to come in time. Open
wells in frequent use are preferable
to closed ones, inasmuch as they have
! the ADVANTAGE of continuous fresh
air publication.
The needful appurtenances of
country home are series of outbuild-
ings, including a stable, cow-shed,
hen-house. etc. While these should be
conveniently accessible from the
dwelling, they should never be suffer
ed to encroaeb upon its sanitary re-
quirements.
Good health is the foremost consid-
eration. and nothing should be allow
ed to stand in the way of it. In this
regard a great responsibility rests up
on parents. which the exercise of pru-
dence and sound common sense will
wisely meet and gratefully fulfill
| New York Ledger.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-04
HOUSEHOLD DEPA RTMENT.

Address all communications to Household
Department Agriculturist, DeLand, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-04
"TEDDY" ROOSEVELT SAYS

Didn't expect anything. Invent to take t.
as they came" just like Page Fence.
everything-except defeat, and is always i
PAGE WOVEN WIREFENCE CO.. ADRIAN. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
The silver Men of Maryland.

VIII the Maryland campaign be enivened
by any special activity on the part of the
organization known the Maryland Dem
ocratic Silver Association?
This organization, the name suggests,
puts silver as an issue above all other
issues. 1t insists upon the Chicago platform
and the denomination of Mr.. Bryan. 1t
claims membership of several thousand.
Several months ago The Star called atten-
ton to its professions and purposes, and
asked what steps it would take in case Mr..
German, at the state convention, ignoring
its existence, should put silver aside and
make play for the support of those demo-
Gratis who in 1895 and in 1896 voted against
him and assisted in his defeat. An officer of
the association made reply over his sigma
ture through the columns of the Baltimore
Herald, and in substance declared that the
organization for silver, first, last and
all the time, and would not support gold
candidates on a platform of either strad-
dies or evasions.
Well, what The Star then suggested
merely for consideration has now become
an accomplished fact, and must be met as
such. Mr.. German has convened himself,
as it Were, and through his lieutenants
nominated ticket of gold men and adopt
whatever of the financial question. And yet
the financial question is made all the more
prominent by the suppression. 1t over
shadows everything that appears there
The first inquiry is as to why 1t does not
appear. and the only answer is that Mr.
German is opposed to silver and to Mr..
Bryan and is playing for the support of
those gold democrats who, unlike himself
would not in 1896 surrender their cDnVic-
tions in order to be regular"
VIII he succeed in Turing those democrats
back? And, particularly, will the uncom-
promising silver men assist him in his eff
forts to do 50? They have said while the
matter was one only of speculation that
they would not. VIII they stand to that
now that the matter is one of fact? An
organization which controls several thous-
and votes is not, as The Star previously
said, to be sneeZed at in a close state like
Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
TirnOrnuS Sir Wilfrid

Sir Wilfrid Laurier's declination of an in
VitatiOn TO participate in the ceremonies
" hen the Chicago post office corner stone
h laid next October serves well to reveal
the ernbs rTaSsments which now confront
him in the task of maintaining his hold on
the government of the dominion. Had the
premier wished merely to avoid the posi-
bility Of unpleasant demonstration at Chi
cago, growing out of the boundary dis
prte. he could have held the invitation
under consideration and at the proper time
Just before the occasion arrived pleaded
the press of official business as his excuse
for remaining away. This course would
effectively have avoided any unseemly
scenes at Chicago. If indeed it is in the
least degree possible that such scenes could
occur in this country. which is seriously to
be doubted But it apparently does not
sun the plans of the premier to use his
tact to avoid the American criticism upon
his course which is certain to be evoked nv
the frank avowal of his rather childish
fears and of his extreme sensitiveness un-
der free discussion of the boundary dis
pute. He is engaged just now in SIREN
uouS effort to bolster up the cause of Can
ada IN the Alaskan boundary negotiations
He asplres 70 succeed where his predeces-
scr failed. TO drive the United States away
from the ser coast. TO win u decisive dipIo-
matte battle. 10 dominate the policy of the
home government. In short. Sir Wilfrid
Iaurier. IL is clear from his recent actions
is seeking to demonstrate TO Canada that
he Is the only man who can give the do
minion the great prestige which its large
bump of seif-esteem demands.
Behind Sir Wilfrid stands Sir Charles
Tupper leader Of the opposition. very
much in the attitude OF the renowned Dis
courager of Hesitancy." suggestively swing
ing aloft the sharp seimitar of a strong
minority and intimating at every turn that
the least hesitation on the part of the
premier will result in looping off of the
ministerial head. So TO invite Sir wifrid
TO attend the Chicago ceremonies at this
tunctnre was to give him an opportunity to
pose as Canada's best friend. bitterly hated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05

by the United States, subject to insult be-
cause of his LOYALTY to the dominion. the
victim of narrow Yankee prejudice. OF
course for the political purposes of the
premier it matters not that there is the
very smallest chance in the world that he
would he insulted or even annoyed at Chi
cago or elsewhere. American crowds do
not give vent thus to political feelings. In
deed 1t is to be questioned whether there is
any rancor in the American heart because
of the Alaskan boundary dispute. The bus
mess sense of the people of the United
States suffices to show them that Canada
is playing for commercial stake. 1t is
natural for her to reach for an ocean out
let. Sir Wilfrid Laurier would far more
likely be cheered than Kissed at Chicago,
IN recognition of the assiduity with which
ne has striven to advance the Canadian
claims, particularly in view of the fact
that he has not succeeded. His indiscreet
reference to arbitration or war; has been
recognized a bombastic generalization
prompted by the proddings of Upper. The
premier shrinks in the face of the Ameri-
can newspaper fire, forgetting that to ac-
cept criticism unfiinchingly is the invari-
able requirement of so high an office as
that which he holds.
The episode will have no bearing upon
the negotiations. 1t cannot affect the
righteousness of the American position, nor
will it be likely to influence the government
at London. 1t is a play to the Canadian
galleries, and the people of this country
are not concerned as to its success or its
failure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
Reciprocity.

IL Is OF course 10 be deeply regretted that
Washington is some day to lose possession
OF the rare and in some respects priceless
collection Of Burnsiana which represents
the Industry, love and appreciation of Mr..
William f. Smith. Mr.. Smiths devotion
to the memory of the poet of Scotland has
inspired him during the years of his long
ana useful life to assemble a library which
would adorn the shelves of any of the
worlds most notable literary storehouse.
he mas decreed that after his death which
MS hosts of friends and the lovers of Burns
hope may be long postponed, this valuable
collection shall become the property of Mr.
Andrew Carnegie, likewise a devoted adj
mfer OF the poet and fine type of the
succeSsfuI Scot in America. 1t is Mr. Car
hesles intention to transplant the ceIlec-
Ioh 10 the P1ttsburg library a natural de-
sire IN view of the close ties which bind the
phllanthropiSt to the western metropo,is
OF pennsylvania. Mr. Carnegie has given
TO Washington a fund for the creation of
a beautiful home for it's public library. In
part exchange Washington gives to Mr..
carnegie collection which in the aeere-
gate OF its sentimental, literary and finan-
cal values represents a handsome fortune.
80 IN deploring the prospect of this loss
TO the capital Washiugtoniaus will be dis
posed to be philosophical and generous and
consider the exchange as a measure of
reciprocity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
Abating the Smoke Nuisance.

The capital will profit materially by the
enforcement of the new law aimed at the
smoke nuisance which went into effect dur
ing the week This statute properly adj
mlnlstered. ought to check at the outset
the evils which might soon grow into in
tolerable proportions. 1t is far easier now
to secure smokeless chimneys than 1t
would be ten years hence in view of the
constant increase in the number of large
buildings and the consequent yearly addi-
tons to the smoke pail which has begun to
float over the city. Washington should
never suffer in this manner Its industries
are such that it can comply with the re-
quirements OF smoke law far more read
lily and economically than can almost any
other city. Its character is such. too, that
the smoke nuisance leaves a heavier mark
here than elsewhere. Washington should
IN time become ideally situated. It's
smooth streets should reduce the noise and
dirt OF traffic. The Introduction of auto
matte vehicles, permitted by these nave
ments. should still further minimize sucb
annoyances. The sewers should insure
perfect drainage, while the skies should
never be obscured by the signs of mans
wastefui and careless use of coal So with
perfect thoroughfares and ample parks
and miles of shade trees and snokeless
skies, Washington can confidently invite
comparison with the finest capitals of the
world.