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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
Havoc Wrought by : Beer Bottle.

5 Farmers in our extreme northwest.
ern states have been greatly puzzled
over the origin of fires occurring upon
their prairies far remote from locomo.
tive sparks. in sections not visited by
Indians and at seasons of the year
when there we're no hunters in the
country. They have carefully traced
back the progress of these fires until in
each case they have found the flames
proceeded from point in the erase
where lay castaway beer bottle. itself
the focal point OF all the trouble. The
spherical glass in the bottom had acted
as powerful concentrating prism and
through this the suns rays had fred
the dry plain. Thus the traffic which
corrupts politics endangers rural prs
perity. On the whole will not some
body rise up to tell ms what class in the
community the brewery does benefit
and how9
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

in placing the apparatus. The chair Is
wheeled to the window, and the but
toned back stripped off, when the reel
of links and rungs is presented to view.
The outer end of the ladder Is provid-
ed with two graphing hooks, which
are attached to the window sill and the
reel tossed out Of the window. The
weight Of the ladder holds the hooks
firmly, and the ladder is then ready for
descent. When the apparatus il In
position in the back Of the chair 1t is
concealed by covering of cloth, which
is provided with snap buttons around
Its edge. this being the handiest to
unfasten In case of fire.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

Much mightsbe md on the wisdom
Of taking = constantly fresh view Of
life. II Is one Of the moral uses OF the
night that it gives the world anew 20
m every morning, and OF sleep that Il
makes life daily recreation
God il thus all the while presenting the
cup OF life afresh to our lips. Thus.
after night of peaceful sleep, we be-
hold the world az new and fresh and
wonderful a. it was on the first morn
ing of creation when God pronounced
il Every good And sleep itself Is =
divine alchemy that gives Us ourselves
with our primitive energy Of body and
mind.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

. b that to nnd halfway deceAe
sort OF tout was q task few cared to
undertake. Everybody was pess.mistic
till q man who had refrained from ex-
pressing an opinion said:
"I've been listening to you folks tell
your experiences. and when you say
that there isn't an honest tout want
to tell you Of little experience I had
with one of those fellows last week.
and I'm sure that when l get through
you will say as do. that there Is q
GOOD one to be found now and then.
I'd been playing In the hardest kind Of
luck all day, and when 1t came time for
the fifth race had no great trouble In
counting my roll. which amounted to
Just $3.50. Ipicked out long shot as
a last hope, and went around In quest
OF the best odds. Soon ran across q
book that was laying 10 to to win.
and 4 to / a place, and was about to
hand up my bet of 81 to win and s. for
a look-in, when an arm was thrust
over my shoulder and voice exclaim-
ed: Five straight and place. and the
owner of the arm mentioned the name
of the very horse ! had intended to
play. The bookmaker took the money.
Then, before could open my mouth,
he put down the odds. said l was In
line, and lie should have taken my bet
first, and it was tough to be shut out
that way when a fellow was down to
his last few dollars, but It wasn't any
use.
"Just then the man who'd got ahead
Of me said: Say, can understand just
how you feel, and I'll take you on for a
place bet, at least This struck me as
being a kind proposition, and We settled
that he should take my whole S. for a
place at to 1. He hurried away from
me as soon as he got my FIVE, and then
it occurred to me that maybe was up
against 1t, for had recognized my kind
friend as one Of the best-known touts at
the big tracks. The horse l had picked
won the race, and with little hope of
ever seeing the fellow again l went
over to the free field to find him. l
couldn't, and was on my way back to
the grand stand calling myself a
chump, when heard some one yelling
at me and saw one Of the bookmake.s
reckoning. l walked over to him, and
he was the man who had shut me out
on the bet was going to make.
"'Ain't you the man that made bet
with fellow here a while ago on so
and so for placer he said. answered
that was. and he told me that he had
something that was left by man for
me. You can imagine my surprise when
he handed me out $25 with the explana-
ton that my friend was in hurry and
could not wait, SO had left the money
for me. AS / counted the money I
thought hard, and since then l take
credit for having discovered the first
honest tout any of us has ever known"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
No rolitical Bosses IN Erel.nd.

The British voter knows nothing Of
delegates, conventions or party mana
gers. He walks into the polling booth
and votes directly for the man Of his
choice. 1t IL true that both the Con-
sentative (now the Unionist) and the
Liberal parties have paid official who
is supposed to undertake general super
vision of party interests In the elector-
ate throughout the kingdom. He ID
generally consulted by constituencies
in the selection Of candidate. What
he tenders in response is advice, not in
struction. Nothing Is calculated more
quickly to put up the back Of a con-
stituency than any movement having
the appearance Of dictation from Lon
dom
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A sheet of water one inch thick and
one acre In area weighs 101 tons.
An old Danish galley was recently
dug up In England, while an excava-
ton was being made. Its fimbers
are Of oak and elm and they are well
preserved. The vessel Is assigned to
the time Of Alfred the Great, which
would make It over one thousand years
old. An antique sword and some bones
Of animals now extinct In England
were also found.
Some Of the vast changes which the
face of the earth has undergone are
indicated by the recent discovery In the
small lakes scattered among the ex-
tinct volcanoes of Auvergne In France
Of the survival of certain forms OF ma
rine animals. Salt plains exist there
whose deposits were formed before vol
canic forces upheaved the surrounding
rocks and created mountain peaks and
! craters.
1t has been asserted that insects are
particularly attracted by the colors OF
certain flowers. Felix Plateau, after
investigating the conduct Of insects In
their visits to various flowers, con-
cludes that while they may perceive
colors and thus be enabled to distin-
guish, at a distance, between flowers
and leaves, yet they show no prefer
ences among the different colors. Blue,
red, yellow, white are Indifferent to
them. He thinks that the odor of flow
ers affects insects more than their col
Ors do.
The experiments Of the French grape
growers in Algeria have shown that
too much sunshine is unfavorable for
the making Of good wine. In the more
temperate climate of France grapes
possess a proper proportion OF sugar
to acid for wine making, but the hot
Algerian sunshine induces so active an
assimilation by the vines that the
quantity of acid Is reduced and that OF
sugar Is increased. In consequence,
the wine makers of Algeria are driven
to many devices for improving the ia
vor and lasting quality Of their wines.
X-rays have been subjected to a
novel purpose In Calcutta. A thief was
supposed to have stolen a diamond
worth 10000 rupees and to have effec-
tually secreted 1t on his person by
swallowing 1t. Expert thieves In India
temporarily secrete small valuables OF
this description in the throat. 1t Is
called "pouching," and the thieves I'M
dergo special training In order to rem
der them proficient In the art. The
plan Is simple. A small piece OF lead
is attached to thread, and this the
neophyte swallows, then by the action
of his tongue he guides the lead to
the orifice Of the sac In the throat. The
pupil is prevented from completely
swallowing the lead by the piece Of
thread which the teacher holds. When
the man has become skillful in this act
Of swallowing, the leaden pellet is coat
ed with lime, which has the effect Of
charging the sac so that 1t becomes
capable of retaining large articles. In
the case of Calcutta the ROentgen rays
revealed the presence Of some obstacle
in the throat, but its precise Identity
could not be gathered.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
CONCEALED FIRE ESCAPE.

Always Ready for Use and Takes Up
No Extra Space.
Here is fire escape which Is design
ed to take up no extra space In room,
and yet it is always ready for instanta-
neOus use. The designer Is Charles
G. Harris of Williamsport, Pa. and
his object is to so utilize a chair or
divan in the construction of the fire
escape that the latter will be effective
ly hidden from view when not in use.
The work of adjusting the ladder for
use is slight and no time need be lost
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
HuM1oro

They take possession Of the body. and
ere Lords of Misrule.
They are attended BY pimples, boiis, the
itching letter. salt rheum, and other Gu
languor, general debility and what not.
They cause more suffering than anything
else.
Health, Strength, Peace and Pleasure
require their expulsion, and this 10 posi-.
lively effected. according to Thousands OF
grateful testimonials, BY
HOODS $ar8aIuaFSMa
which radically and permanently drives
them out and builds up the whole system.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

Predicts the weather, and notes the days
which are considered lucky or otherwise
for commencing any undertaking. Or Tor
applying remedies TO diseases: - tucky
day il not necessary when Hoeteeeer's
Stomach Bitters is taken for constipation,
or kidney troubles. It will cure al these
diaorders,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

Surely Portland is waking up.
Rains stopped excavating work for .
new nick block. A big tarpaulin was
stretched from adjoining buildings and
the work Of making the big basement
goes on.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
CROOKED Houses "a Hollsnd.

There are many buildings in cities
In Holland which were originally and
Enthusiastically built out Of the straight.
For Instance, not Tar from the Hotel
vieux Doelen, where the delegates to
the peace conference stayed, there Is
an extension being built to one Of the
churches, and, although the walls are
not yet completed, they lean outward
more than twelve inches. Another in
stance Of this ID found in some OF the
corner houses, whose walls lean ont
over each street. In many cases new
houses are evidently put up to match
the houses alongside. Strangely enough.
though, there are comparatively few
cases on record Of collapse.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
Army Worms Nav Come.

A Washington state bug professor
says the chances are excellent for the
army worm to survive the winter and
hatch out millions in the spring with
awful appetite for growing grsin.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

DON'T GET FOOTsORE. GET FOOT
EASE.
A powder. At this season your feet feel
swollen, nervous and uncomfortable. II
you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Aliens Foot Ease. 1t rests aud comforts !;
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and
sweating feet, blisters aud callous spots.
Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and
is q certain cure for Chilblains, Sweating.
Damp or Frosted Feet. We have over 9O.-
600 testimonials. Don't get footsore get
Foot Ease. Try It today. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores for Csc. Trial
package FREE Address, Allen 8. Ohm
sted. lie Roy, N. Y.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
II 1t fails to cure. e. w. Groves sig
nature 10 on each box. 26c.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for thei'
children during the teething period.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
coon HEALrH..

To maintain good health, 1t II
necessary to keep the blood
pure and the system cleansed:
Take CART ED TEA, 1t II the
best blood purifier known.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
LIEUTENANT PETERSON
Says Pepuna Is the Finest Tonic
and InvigoratoP He
Ever Used.


Lieutenant Charles Peterson, Hook
and Ladder Co. No. 81. writes the fol-
lowing letter to- The Peruna Medicine
Co., from 1877 Belmont avenue, Chi
cago, ILL.,:
Last year had a severe attack Of
la grippe which left me very weak, SO
that was unable to perform my duties.
Several of my friends advised me to
build up on Peruns. and ] found it BY
tar the finest tonic and invigorator l
had ever used. In two weeks ] was
strong and well, and if ever am ex-
posed to unusual hardship incident
with my duties at fires, / take q dose
or two of Peruna and find that it
keeps me In good health"
Charles Peterson.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
To neIp the Civ.

The Port Townsend, Wash, board OF
trade has been sleeping year. but has
just been again brought to life and be-
gins to hustle for the city at once.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
Women That Steal.

Salem, Oregon, is sometimes referred,
to as being slow, but the police OF thai
city think they have discovered some
female burglars there that are pretty
r8pid.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

The Best Prescription for Malsris
Chills and Fever is . bottle of Groves.
Tastele@ Chill Tonic. Il II simply
iron and quinine In . tasteless form.
No Cure, No Pay. Price COO.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
Holiday for Corrts.

The Oregon Bar Association has
agreed to make February 4 holiday
for courts and lawyers, in memory OF
Chief Justice John Marshall, who be-
came such February 4. 1901.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

Boise, Idaho, has raised 1000 and
will double IL soon for . new 7. N. O.
A. building.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

The beet sugar factory at Waverly,
WASH, operated by D. G. Corbip, will
take all the beets that can be raised
around Pullman next year at good
prices.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

We have almost reached the
Twentieth Century, and no rem.
edy has yet equalled GARFIELD
TEA. which IL the ORIGINAL
HERE MEDICINE for the cure OF
CONSTIPATION and Sick Headache.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
BID Shi,-BuiIdins Yards.

Michigan men. with local capital.
lists, have begun operations for. big
ship building yard at Tacoma. down
on the fats in the lumber mill district.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

Every deep harbor town on the
coast from Whatcom, WASH, to Los
Angeles, claims the Burlington road ia
headed that way.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
Health and Beauty.

No beauty with pimply skin, dull eyes, ba
breath. Clean your system and keep IL cleal
with fragrant Cascarets Candy Catharticl AL
druggists, l0c, Csc, soc.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
Wrr e TRUAx,


The Seattle chamber of commerce lie
agitating in favor of the Nicaragua
canal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
BID Flour MIN.

The new -four mill at Everett.
WASH, starts coon with daily capacity
OF 600 barrels, to be made 1900 next
fall.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
Pacific Coast Fighting Ships.

The first boat built for the navy on
the Pacific coast was the Charleston.
Then came many others including the
Oregon. And now the great Wiscon
sin. The fastest boats OF the navy
were built at Frisco.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

laws IN the k0ndIke.
Laws ale obeyed to tho letter in tho
Klondike country. says William
Welch, who as a detective has spent
several years up there and is now back
in Seattle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
What Portland Needs.

A writer says what Portland needs to
become a big city are cheap and plen-
tifui coal for ships and q dry-dock Of
unlimited capacity.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

Member Of the Oregon 1eGielatuze
will gather - Salem, January - ara
eot into action.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

The federated trades In Portland
have taken steps to have the Japs and
Cinnamon driven out under new ex-
clusion act.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

of as q cough cure.--J. w. O'BRIEN. 81
Third Ave., N, Minneapolis, Mimi, jar.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
Law and Order in Seattle,

Law and Order In Seattle.
A determined effort is being made
in Seattle to stop the wide open bust.
ness incident to the Klondike and Nome
ruahoa
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
Nav She Get Both.

Walla Walla is moving for . big
basket factory and fruit drier.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

Nhiiiu Tic Sdulc QlSedSc
manifesting itself in
the form of swollen
glands of the neck and
throat, catarrh, weak
eyes, offensive sore s
and Assesses and Of
tentimes white SWELL
ing sure signs of
Scrofula. There may
be no external signs for
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

IN some cases. but the poison i in the
blood and will break out at the first favor.
able opportunity. S. S. S. cures this vast.
ing, destructive disease by first purifying
and building up the blood and stimulating
ana invigorating the whole system.
J. M Seals, us Public Square. Nashville, Tenn,
says Ten years ago my daughter fell and cui
ner iorehead From this wound the xlauds on
inc side OF her face became swollen aud bursted
come OF the best doctors here and elsewhers
20 try ,. b s., and few bottles cured her en-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
How.s ruIs!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Pevard for any
case OF Catarrh that can no: be cured by Halls
r. J. CHENEY CO.. Props, Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known FL. Cheney
for the past Is years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all busin Is transaction; ard I'm
anciall7 able to carry out any obligations mcds
By their firm.
WEST 4 TRuAx,
Wholesale Druggista, Toledo
WALDING, EINNAN & MArvIN.
wholesale Drug lists, Toledo, y.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is t. ken n. -rnally, ac ins
iirectly on the blood and m cous surfaces o.
the system. PR Q Sc per DO lie. Sod ~ a.
druggists Testimoni Is free.
Halls Family Pills r. tn Lest.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

1t overcomes all forms of blood poison,
whether inherited or acquired, and no
remedy SO thoroughly and effectively
cleanses the blood. If You have any
blood trouble, or your child has inherited
some blood faint, take S. S. s. and get
the blood in good condition and prevent
The disease doing further damage.
Send for our free book and write ON
physicians about your case. We make No
charge whatever for medical advice.
TINE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO, ATLANTA "a
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
Dairy Business GROWING.

Reports from all over the Willamette
valley, Oregon. show that the dairy
business is growing rapidly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
SCrOfu/a
THE OFFSPRING
OF HEREDITARY
BLOOD faint.

Scrofula is but a mod Med form of Blood
Poison and Consumption. The parent
who is tainted by either will see in the
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

Tho Idaho legislature Will begil
business at Boise. January 2.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

Y0U KNOW WHAT f0U ARE TAKING
When you take Groves Taateless Chill
Tonic because the formula II plainly
printed on every bottle Allowing that II
Is simply Iron and Quinine In taste-
lese form. No Cure, No Pay. 800.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

Stops tho Dough and
Works Off tho 0Olds
Laxative Bromo-Quinins Tablets cure
q cold in one day. No cure, No Pay.
Price IS cents.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
Big Rains in California.

Rains the past week or two have
been SO heavy in Southern California
that business men are extremely hap
py. First big rain in years.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

makes new and pure
blcod to nourish and
strengthen the body,
and is q positive and
safe cl1re for Ccrofn1a
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06

The Largest Boats Ahoat.
Two of the biggest steamers afioat
are being built ut New London, Conn.
for the Pacific coast and Oriental
trade. Capacity, 33, 900 tons.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-12-06
Half Ca, Half Rabbit.

Half Cat, Half Rabbit.
The Payette, Idaho, Independent tells
of family there that claims to have q
bunch of kittens that are half rabbits.
The story does not say whether there
are some cats and some rabbits, but in.
fers that the case is one of cross blood.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02

In the matter of text books on gcogra-
ply and history. It is easy to under
stand that such books must be brought
UP to date to be of any cducative value
In the schools.
So far as the recommendations of the
committee that the principals he nj
lowed to select text books from an
open list and that the board under
take the distribution of books are con-
cerned the board will do well to proceed
cautiously. keeping in mind the fact
that the pupils in the Chicago public
schools are entitled to the best text
books produced. Nothing else should
satisfy the people of Chicago. The PEG.
pie are not so seriously concerned about
saving Il few dollars each year on text
books us the school board committee
imagines. At the most the saving can
not amount to more than one or two
dollars for each parent. Public educa-
ton is cheap enough. The state is gen
crous and bountiful in its provisions for
free schools. The danger Is that false
economists and me,ldlers may make
them too cheap. 1t must not be for.
gotten that a cheap text book may cas-
| lily he a cheat and q fraud on the pupils.
who are entitled to the best that the
combined resources of the publishing
houses can turn out.-Exchangc.