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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
RABBITS AT PLAY.
A Naturalist Tells Us What He Has
Observed.

A Naturalist Tells Us What He Has
Observed.
Rabbits play in this way: Two of
them-l have not seen it played with
more-run quickly toward each other,
and, when on the point of contact,
each leaps into the air, but one higher
than the other. clearing him complete
ly They come down with their tails
toward each other, but instantly, with
an, as it were, Excuse my TAIL" both
turn and run and leap again, and this
they will do from two or three to hair
a dozen times, always leaping up at the
exact moment when they would 9TH
erwise come into collision, and one al
WAYS taking the higher leap-some
times an astonishingly high One-right
over his companion, says writer in
the Saturday Review. They never meet
In the air. nor can | see how this can
be avoided. except by a plan or figure
being mutually followed by them. as
with ourselves in game or dance.
believe that each clears the other alter
nately, but l have not yet convinced
myself of this. There is a less deyel-
oped form of this game. as where one
rabbit runs up TO another that is lying
crouched and jumps over him. He then
crouches himself, and. after a while,
the other one. willing to return a pO-
likeness. runs up TO and jumps over
him. Once | saw the invitation to a
game of jumps given, but not accept
ed. The offering rabbit sported up to
another one. as he sat stopped just in
front of him. jumped, frisked round
and round. jumped again and waited
but all to no purpose; the other was
mot in the VEIN"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
a FARMERS EXPERIENCE.
How Many Bundles Can You Bind Tor
Dollar7

To .he Editor: Dear Sir-I noticed
in your last issue an article headed
points on Binding Twine," in which
YOU call attention to the fact that the
farmer should figure on how many feet
he gets for dollar. Anyone, without
much thought, would know that is the
important thing, and still we overlook
it, being caught by the old bait OF
cheap price. 1t is not a question
whether the Irvine costs 10 cents a
pound or 20 cents pound, but the es-
sential point is how many bundles can
we bind for dollar.
Last year l was deceived in thinking
that the Standard Manila was a Manila
Irvine that would 60 600 feet to the
pound, which impression / got from
the dealer, although he may not posi-
lively have stated that as fact. but
one thing I do know is that the result
at the end of harvest was that the total
cost OF my Irvine was more, although it
was less in price per pound than it for
merly had been when used the Red
Clover Leaf brand OF Irvine, which We
HI kIOW COStS hiOiO POi pCUbNt D"s
which 1 am now convinced is the
cheapest and most satisfactory in the
end. We have all used it for good
many years with pretty general satis-
faction, but, in this as in other things.
we feel that it is necessary to make a
change, in order, as we imagine, to bet.
ter our condition, and most generally
find that the change does not accom-
plish what we expected.
The Manila Irvine, being cheaper per
thousand feet than Sisal, from patriotic
motives we ought to use it, as all the
Manila fiber in the world is produced
in the Philippine Islands, and it is GER
tainly to the interest of the Pacific
Coast farmer to develop trade with that
country as much as possible, and l
have read that all the Sisal comes from
Yucatan, with which country we can
have no trade from this coast, and as
long as it does not cost us anything to
be patriotic and trade with our own col
onies, why shouldn't we do it?
FARMER.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

congressman l.. i FltZphtTlch.
Hon. T. Y. Fitzpatrick, congressman
from Kentucky, writes from the
National Hotel, Washington, d. c., as
follows:
"At the solicitation of friend used
YOUR Peruna ard can cheerfully recon-
mend your remedy to anyone suffering
with catarrh or who needs q good
tonic 1T. Y. FITZPATRICK.
A Good Tonic.
Pe-ur-na is natural and efficient
nerve tonic. 1t strengthens and re-
stores the activity of every nerve in the
body.
Through the use OF Pe-ru-na the
weakened or overworked nerves resume
their natural strength and the blood
vessels begin at once to regulate the
flow of blood according to natures laws.
Congestions Immediately disappear.
Catarrh Cured.
All phases of catarrh, acute or chron-
ic, are promptly and permanently
cured. 1t is through its operation
upon the nervous system that Pe-ru-na
has attained such a worldwide reputa-
ton as a sure and reliable remedy for
all phases of catarrh wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Peru
ma, write at once to DR.. Hartman, Civ.
ing full statement of your case and he
will be pleased to give you his valuable
advice free.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
Not the Only One.

Eyes, Mr.. Swiftboigh has gone to the
country for rest. The doctor says
he has been doing too much brain
work"
Brain work! Why, I didn't know
he was a brain worker"
Sure. He wore himself out trying
to remember every morning what oc-
cured the night before. baltimore
News.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
A Little Too Sensitive.

"You made a great mistake tonight
when you invited Mr.. Van Gulden 70
chip in for the club dinner. His wife
felt awfully about IT,"
what was there wrong in that?"
Don't you know"
"Of course l don't"
"Why, Mr.. Van Gulden's grandfath-
er made all his money peddling kind
ling wood. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
Not Sudden Enough.

Her Mother-You told him you
would have to have two days. in which
to make up your mind.
Edith (petulantly)-Yes. couldn't
believe a man was much in love who,
when we were watching out the old
year, couldn't get up the nerve to pro-
pose until 1880 o'clock.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
His Idea Of Friendship.

"The best way to destroy your en-
emies," said the man with gentle ma
ture, sis to make them your friends. :"
eyes," answered Senator Sorghum,
thoughtfully, "but sometimes that
costs heap of money. Washington
Star.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
No Need to Worry

Professor Shore is very absentmind.
ed. His son rushed into his study one
morning and exclaimed:
Just think, father! I've swallowed
pin! What shall do?''
All, WE'LL" replied the big man.
aon't worry about it. Here's another
PIN"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
One Way Of Saving.

Bachelor-So you're married, eh? |
suppose your wife saves you a good deal
of trouble?
Benedick-Well, she saves every lit
Tie trouble that comes to her during
the day so that she may bother me
with it when l come home at night
Philadelphia Record.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
MRS. T. LAKEy, IL, Burden Buildings

Twelve (Ia) months ago was completely prostra-
led with rheumatism [ suffered very great pain,
,ltbough tried many remedies. Being advised to try
St Jacobs Oil found that the first application eased
the pain very much and after using the contents OF
three al small bottles became cured and free from
main. and have remained so since. consider ST.
Jacobs Oil wonderful cure, particularly as have
been subject rheumatism for many years, prior to
usine the Oil ! think it my duty to recommend st.
Jacobs Oil to everyone suffering from pain
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
Not to His ADVANTAGE.

HUH grumbled Mr.. Skinnay, who
was being uncomfortably crowded by
the jolly looking fat man. "These cars
should charge by weight"
Think so?' replied the fat man.
why, they'd hardly think it worth
while to stop for you.'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
Wrong Shop.

New Floorwalker Tin department
store) What are you looking for, sir?
Customer-Small adj.
Floorwalker-We have no newspaper
department. Next street north.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
Reciprocity.

He-When he married the widow he
quit smoking.
She-Why?
He-Well, she gave up her weeds for
him and he gave up the weed for her.
philadelphia Telegraph.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
Sad -Dav.

Mrs. Grumbler-Today is the ami
versary OF our wedding day.
Mr.. Grumbler-Well, you needn't
remind me of it if it is.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
Who Could Blame Him.

Ethel (coyly)-What pretty mouth
you have! 1t ought to be on girls
lace.
Jack-I seldom miss an opportun-
ity.-Princeton Tiger.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
Shake Into Your Shoes.

Aliens Foot Ease, powder. 1t cures painful, swol-
len smarting, nervous feet and instantly takes
the sting out of corns and bunions.. AT all Drug
glsts, % cents. Accept No Substitute. Trial Pack
age Free. Address, Allen $. Omsted, Leroy, n. Y.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22
A Blockhead.

CT planned my house out of my own
head"
81 didn't know that yours was q
wooden dwelling"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

St10 Permanently Cured. No fits nervousness
TITO after first lays upe of Or klipes Great Nerve
Restorer Send for FIR BE 81 90 trial bottle and treat
ise. DIN. H. KLINE Ltd y3l Arch St.. Phadel phia Pa
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

Rheumatism and neuralgia will moi
i've under the same roof with Hamlin's
Wizard OIL Soc bottle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

PisO's Cure for Consumption is an infal-
ible medicine for coughs and colds.-N
w. SAMUEL. Ocean Grove. N. j., Feb. IL
1900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow.s Sooth-
ing syrup the best remedy to use for their
cniioren during the teething period,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

In cold weather, woman feels per-
fectly comfortable IL she has a little
something thrown arornd her shout
ders.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-22

: Oregon Blood Purifier is
rlgh tly named, because it purifes the
blood and tones up the body.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-24
The R,nai R'rith.

The bnal IlNh'
The B'nai Birth is at the head OF n
new thing in American Judaism. TINS
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-24
GLOBE SIGHTS.

The better the food before him, the
bigger the bite a man takes.
The p~rejudices of people may be
wrong, but they are worth consider
ing.
When we get what we a We do
not enjoy it as much as We had antici-
pated.
What has become of the old fashion
ed man who was dressed up to serve
en- the jury?
Late slang in Atchisonl: 81 won't
have my automobile out until next
week"
Some people can study a subject all
their lives, and then know nothing
about it,
Don't go out of your way to give a
| hint. No one who really needs a hint,
will take one.
Every worthy man is busy attending
| to his own affairs; don't expect him to
attend to yours.
Don't hope to achieve prominence
these days unless you have at some
time been to st. Pierre.
Some people never have any silver
in their houses until they have silver
handles on their collins.
With all their inventions and discov-
cries, lutlt IL NJ nc" "oJ hO SNNeAAo
a cross baby to sleep.
Some one should invent a powder to
take when you feel that yearning to
tell a secret confded to you.
When we quit smoking, and begin
again. it makes us mad for people to
say: aha, smoking again"
If a man should drive along a coun-
try road in a rubber tired hack, pulled
by four horses, how the people would
rubber!
The man was dying. His wife asked
if he had any last request TO make.
only this" he replied. Don't put a
dove on my tombstone
If people are not kind to you, it is
usually because they do not know that
you need kindness; they are Always
good TO those in distress.
When a man thinks of the mean
things he a done, he thinks also OF
the good ones he is going TO do, and
decides that he is Better Than Most OF
| Them.-Atchison Globe.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-24

ishment for mischievous conduct is Sc
we're, but rarely necessary. Sometimes
the wild apes attack the plantation in
bands and do much harm. The dogs
give warning day or night and we shoot
the intruders mercilessly. After they
have been repulsed and some killed We
take our apes to the spot in solemn
procession. We show them the dead
and bloody bodies Of their friends.
Then we lock them up for a day or
more.
The lesson soon produces an indelli-
bic impression upon them. They learn
ed long ago TAT all animals must be
subservient to man. iney evince rage
at the sight of a wild monkey. They
are most valuable servants and enable
the planters to make handsome in
come. which would be impossible with
solely human labor"
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-24
A Christian Endeavor Meeting in the
Tai MahaI.

ADl IhtuuCoty
Christian Endeavor meetings have
been ueld in all sorts of unlikely
places. | once attended one in the hol-
low trunk of a big tree in California. |
have kneeled with other e~ndeayoTeTs
in the contracted cabin of a Japanese
steamer. | have see the prayer
shelf" which some earnest juniors of
Turkey mounted that they might find
a place for their meeting. and also the
bare, hot hillside. baked in the glare
of centuries OF Indian sunshine. where
some juniors of western India draw
near to God.
But the most wonderful spot for an
~endeavor meeting IA the Tai Mahal,
of Agra. 1t stands on the banks OF the
sacred Jumna. and was built by the
| famous Shah Jehan as a tomb for his
beloved wife. MumtaZ. Ii cost S20,00O,-
600. But these figures give no idea OF
it's real value or of the wealth lavished
upon it. until we remember that even
paid labor in India at the present time
| costs only z or 8 cents a day, and that
the Tai was built largely by forced
labor, for which nothing was paid.
Twenty thousand men worked Tor
twenty-five years to make this the
grandest and most exquisite tomb that
poor mortality ever occupied. 1t is en-
tirely of white marble, from the lowest
course to the topmost pinnacle of the
majestic dome, which seems to soar
like a mighty bubble toward the sky,
it's spotless dome so unstained and un-
married is it by the hand of time. You
approach the Tai through a magnif-
cent gateway of red sandstone and
white marble. Just within this gate
way you find yourself at the edge of a
long and lovely garden, filled with or
chids and roses and brilliant flowers
which we never see in a temperate
cline. Palms and orange trees and
huge banyans compete with humber
shrubs to add their beauty to the gar
den. Down the center runs a long,
shallow marble basin, perhaps 500 feet
in length, filled with gold fish and sill
yer fish.
At the end of this vista of perfect
loneliness rises the Taj-that exquisite
dream in white marble, absolutely the
most faultless and perfectly satisfying
building in all the world.
We pass within the ever-open por.
tai, through an inner screen of lace
like marble, and find ourselves at the
tomb of the beautiful queen. This Ia
in the exact center of the building
while at one side, and raised a little
higher, is the tomb of Shah Jehan him
self. Both of these tombs are sprinkled
thick with inlaid jewels.
In this inner tomb was the little
Christian Endeavor meeting held
There were twelve or thirteen of us
We were ali seated upon the tombs
Overhead scared the vast dome. zoe
feet above our heads. So perfect is
this home that every sound uttered
within the tomb is echoed and re
! echoed, and echoed again, a hundred
times, until it dies away in the vast
bubble. Especially are high musical
tones reproduced in a most weirdly.
marvellous way, until you almost think
that a choir of 10, 900 angels has taken
up the song, and is chanting the re
frain begun IN earth.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-24
MONKEY LABoRERs IN PERU.
Apes That Pick Nuts Under a Human
Foreman.

perhaps the most interesting crea-
lures in Peru are the apes" said
Dwight Darlington, in the Office of Phi.
Hitchcock, of the Wabash railway, at
Denver recently. Mr.. Darlington has
an extensive plantation in eastern
Peru. He is travelling for pleasure
across the continent.
For centuries past these remarka-
BILE animals have been performing
work which is usually supposed to re-
quire human intelligence" continued
he. "Naturalists accredit the horse,
dog and elephant with possessing more
intelligence than all other dumb ami
mails, but | believe the Peruvian apes
surpass all brutes. In the huge nut
forests of my adopted country the apes
are of inestimable value. With amaZ-
ing celebrity they pick the rich nuts
from the dark trees, saving much time
and expense. Men cannot do the work
in thrice the time required by the MIN
BILE fingered apes.
my plantation near the Ucapali riv-
er contains 100 acres, of which an even
100 is in nut trees. | have forty apes
to do the picking for me. Two native
foremen have charge of the hairy bod
led nut gatherers. | have a huge, com
Portable cage for the apes large enough
to accommodate 100 of them. Into this
they march every night. Each morn.
ing early when the paroquets and scar
let finches begin to scream the fore
men open the doors of the cage and
out troop the apes chatting merrily.
"They are permitted to eat and drink
for ten minutes and are then led off to
the grove selected for the day. -Four
apes are sent up each tree and every
quartet has a big basket at the bot.
tom.
while the foremen sing and play
upon their mouth organ, strolling about
from tree to tree and noting progress
the apes pluck the nuts with great rap
idity. After several hours the donkey
wagons appear with more baskets and
remove those already loaded with nuts
to the big bins in the storehouse.
There IS then a brief cessation of work
Sometimes | go out with my violin
and play a bit. Our apes in Peru are
exceptionally fond of music, as | sup.
pose all apes are. On my approach
they chatter eagerly and group them.
selves around me. | play tunes of al
kinds but never fail to close with some
thing lively and spirited. l clap my
hands. point to the trees and depart on
my mule. The apes take the hint and
the empty baskets, seek the u~npicked
trees and resume picking with renewed
vigor.
! I'VE always treat them kindly. Pun.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-24
A FORTUNE IN A
Charles L. Onderdonk Owns the larg.
est Goat Ranch in the World.


There is a new resident in Denver
who is not only pleasant in personality
and engaging in conversation. but par
ticularly interesting with respect to
his business, says the Denver Post.
This gentleman Is Charles s. Onder-
donk of Lamy, n. M, who has just ar
rived in Denver with his family and is
residing in a beautiful new home at $50
Corona street. He is a man of great
wealth and an annual income that runs
far up into the thousands.
He depends for all the luxury with
which he surrounds himself on goats.
There Is no time of the year when he
has not on his immense ranch-the
largest goat ranch on earth-at least
5000 goats. Often, prior to the per-
iodical shipments, he has as many as
20. 900. There are $4,000 acres of
ground for them to Craze over, and
they are such frugal little beasts that
they can PICK up livings where other
animals would starve. They eat the
foliage of low trees when the grass
Is scanty, and even strip off the bark
sometimes, and really fatten on such
food.
The ranch Is just the sort that the
youngest kid intuitively longs for. II
| covers a large part of Glorieta noun
tain, a great elevation east of Santa
Fe. 1t also contains Apache canyon,
with its precipitous sides and rocky
lodges. along which the intrepid quad
rupeds skip and climb in their careless
| break-neck fashion, and it Is great fun
for them, for nothing tickles a goat sc
much as risking his neck, and on the
| Onderdonk farm he can take chances
e,JTy hour in the day
Mr.. O%nderdonk raises but two kinds
of, goats--Angoras, for their hair. and
"Corientes," for their skins. The word
"Corientes" means simply coarse
ones,' and 1t is from the skins Of these
tougher animals that the famous "vici
kid" goods are made, Robert II. Foer
derer of Philadelphia, manufacturer Of
, The "yici" leather. being a partner o
Mr.. O~nderdonk.
The hair, which grows l~uxuriantly
on the Angoras, is used in many ways
especially it is valuable in the manu-
facture of mohair goods. The meat o.
the goat is little used by Americans
but the Mexicans, who inhabit thu
country around the Onderdonk rancf
are quite fond of the meat. and fiearl,
all of it is sold to them or exchanged
for labor on the ranch.
Onderdonk has been spending par
of his time at the manufactury in Phil
adelphia, and part of ii on the ranch
Henceforth he will spend most OF his
time in Denver.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-24
NEW MEXICO AT CHARLESTON

has been done about this and let me
know at once and address ms New
Mexico Exhibit, Exposition Grounds,
Charleston, s. c." as | will leave here
tomorrow.
Please extend my congratulations to
the citizens of Albuquerque for having
as e~nterprising a lot of gentlemen as
there are in that city who raised the
money to make this exhibit. III there
was any merit in advertising. certainly
Albuquerque will receive great results
from this little money expended.
Yours very sincerely,
HYDE EXPLORING EXPEDITION,
j. w. BENHAM, Manager.
New York, May 10.
Hno. William II. Pope, Santa Fe. N.
M, Chairman Charleston Commits
sion:
My Dear Sir-I have the honor to en-
close in this, a list of medals which
the New riexico commission. through
me as representative, has obtained for
the Territory of New M~exico-three
gold, fourteen bronze medals n one
honorable mention. / suppose as Is
customary in expositions. the exposi-
ton officials simply make the awards
and IL the individual cares for the med
al, they must pay the cost OF striking
it off. l do not believe that this the
individuals would care to do, hence |
am trying to get the exposition officials
to issue certificates of the awards
which l will have sent to you for dis
tribution.
will have to claim some of the
gold medal award of the New Mexico
commission, for our whole display was
taken in connection with this award.
and as the Hyde Exploring Expedition
made two-thirds of the display, We
want a little credit in that special
award. AS / have no financial report
to make to you | suppose a call
this my final report. | have been told
by Mr.. Bryan hat these minerals
would be sent to st. Louis to be used
at the st. Louis fair in 1914. A copy
of my letter to him, am sending to
you.
To you personally, l van to say that
certainly New Mexico owes q great
deal, for without you and your untiring
efforts, this exhibit would eve have
been made and although W. have not
made any money. the Hyde Exploring
E-paGitIan feels gate satisfied, as we
believe that i>l~ Mexico officials and
citizens will appreciate that we have
returned to New Mexico something
which will represent a good display. az
we'll arranged one as could be made.
and a lot of good advertising done fcr
the territory at practically no cost
at all.
We thank you for your courtesy in
all matters pertaining to this business
where he have had any dealings with
YOU. and believe me, | am, yours very
sincerely,
HYDE EXPLORING EXPEDITION.
j, w. BENHAM, Manager.