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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-10

No amount Of study nor the careful
est anticipation Of conditions that sci
ence can figure out take the place of
the hereditary instinct that enables the
ElTR Permanently our.o No I'm - ,,,.,..
oNO snsf nrst days use Of Dr. HlinSis orssS Nsrvs
1ess2sss lend for -. % thai bstts ~ Srsx
NJ IHs- La M Arch g.. 1hilAdslJhiA r.
1t begins to look very dark for the
murderous toy pistol.
DEAFNEss CANNOT BE CURED
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-10

We've seen young women spend
three months time and hundreds OF
dollars of their fathers money in get
ting a trousseau for the purpose Of
marrying a thirty-cent young man.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-10

Comparison Of recent changes In the
price of substantial investmen securi-
ties suggests that interest rates may
be rising. They have been steadily
falling for generation. What their
future is to be was one of the ques-
tons discussed at the recent congress
Of actuaries. AS nearly every one
either receives or pays interest, its rise
or fall is important, as well as that of
coal or corn.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-10
HAD ALL THE SYMPTOMS.

Dear Sirs:
my blood became poisoned and SUI,
other svmptoms not necessary to men-
zion. A friend of mine told me that he
had been cured Of my trouble by 9; 8. g.,
and upon his recommendation 4 Degau
blood was thoroughly cleansed Of all
poison and made pure and strong again
Iwish also to speak Of its tonic PROF.,
Impurities, It built up my general
health, improved my appetite, gave me ne
Increased strength and 1elt petsef IN
VIZ I'm a great believer IN SIS. g., and
With pleasure commend 1t to all In NEED
II = blood medicine.
ROBERT N. ZMEITzI0.
68o Walnut st., Lebanon, Pa.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-16
LEANING TREE or san ANTONIO.
As It's Trunk Was Bent, the stranger Was
Inclined.

From the New Orleans Thnes-Democrdt
There is Il tree In Texas that regard In the
same way that look upon hero or martyr.
said an entertaining conversatonalist AT the
St Charles yesterday afternoon Il can
easily explain why have such peculiar feel
ing for that tree. but, perhaps no one within
nv hearing, if | used Il foghorn, would feel
exactly AS do. To me the tree have in
mind is heroic figure, While In San Antonio
recently l passed from the Alamo. made
sacred by the blood of Crockett and Bowie and
Bonhap to the place whore this Tree Is located
and when | heard its history recopnted !
rerou,niZrd the same emotions almost that had
thrilled me ns wandered between the crum-
bling MOrrn-rHten walls OF the Alano.
This tree Is standing N palm garden at
tached to Il " ell-knoHn resort IL Is the only
tree Of any size in the garden In fact, only
large palms and bushes are IT'S companlohs,
The tree II probably half century old. II
looks even older and one could almost imagine
TINT IL had been there for ever, 80 grim and
isolated does it appear, The tree seems to
almost appeal tor sympathy from the loiter"rs
thirst or TO hold II tNte-i-Iete. Catching
somewhat of the sadness that was voiced in
the melancholy murmnring Of the foliage Of ne
asked an old resident for its history, lie
ran his tlnF"rs through bis bplr thoughtiplly
ground was broke for the building. he said,
i guess II \ JUST where nature plhhteu H.. All
the other plants around IL were brought here.
II is the only original tree Of this little space.
Al it, companions have long, since gone,
But there IS one peculiar point about the iree,
you We seen IL Or not but t's been there since
ihnt tire" Was = sHplng Well. mcbbe not
TINT long. but a long time anyway; It's a
button thai YOU press for the drinks It's
on the other side Of the tree from US You
will observe that the tree. leans this way,
Well Tor vehrs people have been pushing that
button. unii 'hr ira. is bent over this way
It's u wonder "a NE thai tree has not been
pushed clean Oh th- SIDE oil the garden, but
know, has never bHdGcd an inch. But III
rrIl you. il takes K mighty good foothold TO
stand thu showing that trer's had and some
ho" being bent in its old age, I'm sorter
sorry for II. hut the button there for business
| reckon The stranger whistled for tho
waiter and MS the old-tlmer swallowed q
country toddy he said Don't go way and
tell folks that trees in Tcyas grow electric
buttons
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-16
FLEET AND Agile RAZORBACKS

From the kansGs Chv journal

W Il. Logan OF Carthage returned re-
Gently from his slate duarries in Arkansas
and IL telling some remarkable stories OF
razorbacks that la met, RaaOrbacks OF
Arkansas are justly famed for their OK
traordinnry fcetncss and agility. but those
MIR. Logan encountered seem TO have pos
sessed these gifts In an unusual degree.
They deserve n place in natural history with
the wild animals that Mr. ErnsA. Thompson
Seton has met
My first sight Of a raHorbaCk says the
verHCious MIR, Logan. was when | was driv.
ing along one day. saw three hounds
chasing something away on across the
country ! thought at first II was II big fox
! settled myself down IN the seat expecting
to .rc some great sport, Pretty soon the
chased ANNA! came to a four-toot fence and
bounded uimbly over. and | saw 1t was u
hog but had never before sccn hogs 90 over
fences that way he boar had but iittl,
the start OF the dogs. but was able to hold
his own for the mile or two of the rup that !
saw Finally he came 10 a river bank and
jumped boldly into the river and swan ont
Into the middle The dogs followed hut hr
turned and chnsed them 10 the shore The
dogs finally got tn" best ot him M the wHter's
edge BY almost drowning hun, \ muU came
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to it. 1t was praised for its usefulness and
its forefathers were thanked for the long
years Of their benefits to the Indian. The
tree WIS implored to share it's heart with
whomsoever the gift of portion of its
life WIS TO be sent to-
Sacred tobacco WIS smoked and blown
into the ground about its roots end through
out it's bra inches to their topmost. The
smoke must lift to the sunrise" before
consent m be asked of the tree
At sunset the ceremony was repeated
and this continued until the three days
Precipitation chant was ended and the axe
was lifted to the tree. When at the first
stroke Of the axe the tree remained firm
and unbending. it was proof that il had
consented to lend a portion OF its heart.
An outline Of the face was figured on the
bark and cut into the tree to the depth
of about six inches and after last thank
song" this block was gouged from the
tree 10 bo carved into its final shape.
This false face is painted red--the life
color 90 and crowned with long white hair.
II is kept in pine box with glass cover.
BY its side hangs a gourd medicine rattle
on which are inscribed the names OF various
medicine men, and small horn rattle
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-16
~ TINS MIG TOWN.


The stage halted In It's laborlous ascent
of Fifth avenue at Thirty-fourth street 10
take on another horse for the hill. A fur
RED woman in white shirt waist started TO
run from across the street and finally landed
in the vehicle with an air of victory.
Then she sat staring out OF the window
while the ark trundled its way further up
town. Above Forty-second street she be-
gan to ask the names Of the new buildings.
She took Il strangers delight in them AS
they were pointed out to her by persons in
lhe Stage VINO supposed she was one of New
all uncertainty on that point after n new
building had aroused her particular ad-
miratiuh.
Il had nc idea trse new buildings M
here were 50 fine" she said. I'd have
been to see them before, but live down in
Grove street and It's more than ten year.
since I've been az high up as Thirty fourth
street, although I've lived IN New York ali
my life +"
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along and pulled the boar out OF the water
and resusCitatNd him. however.
We went fishing two days. and the hogs
literally monopolized our camp. 4 drove
Of nine of them seemed to take a liking to
our quarters They would actually root
our camp stove over with u fire in it, We
would have to hang everything high up. in
trees and then leave a guard at camp be-
sides. While you would have your bnck
turned driving one hog away. another would
be right into camp, sticking his long snoot
into everything. They would rear UP with
their front ieet against the trunk of tree
and reach almost as high with their Jaws
as man could reach. We got on boxes to
hang things UP. They would Jump on tn"
wagon. tongue and spring into the wagon
bed. Nothing was safe. Firallv man n
the nelghborhood brought his hounds over
and chased them away W. helped the
dogs with clubs and tnaIl, chased lh', nlmhle
aud hungry. swine som" distance. and "a tho
dogs ripped notch IN the ham OF rach one
III the process, thrv TOOK warning and did
not come back Not until then could W"
fsh in peace, You could not blame tn" hogs.
either; they were half starved.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-16

WILL ASK TEE LEGISLATURE ron
EXEMPTION FROM TAXES.
Decline OF Their Former Prosperity tho
ReasSn-The Mem Arc Growing Old
and Few Accessaons Are Made--Two
Communities In This state Affected.

The Shaker communities at Mount Leo
anon and Watervlier. In this state inteh"
to apply to the Legislature at it's next Ses =
son for exemption from taxation on the
ground that az, members Of religious
order they should share tho privileges OF
the other religious denominations IN tne
State. They will further support their
application by referring to their services
10 Abe State In caring for friendlees children,
This il said 10 be the first favor ever asked
of the State by the Shakers. That they
nurpose to ask II IL due to the loss IN a
measure of'the prosperity they once en-
joyed.
II IL not generally known that the Shaker
societv IL the Oldest communistic organiza-
ton ON this continent. The original go
ciety was established in Columbia county
In this State in September, 1887 Az present
there are hRty-eight families OF Shakers
In the whole country, two OF which are IN
tbis State--one at Watervliet and the other
at Mount Lebanon.
Ann Lee, the founder of the Shakers IN
America. IL buried at Watervliet, where she
died, In September, 1854, ten years after her
arrival In New York from London. 1t was
not until three years after her death that
the society OF Shakers was formally Or
ganized at New Lebanon, under the name
of the Millennial Church, or United Society
of Believers.
The Shakers prospered and increased in
numbers up to the year $780, but since that
time no new communities have been added
to those already founded, The total num-
Der of Shakers In the United States does not
reach 5000 OF late years few acce@sions
have been made to their ranks.
At the present time he number OF men in
the two communities in this State is very
much less than the number OF women. In
fact. so small Is the present number OF men
and so large is the proportion OF aged men
that the societies are now practically sup
ported by the hard labor Of the women,
of whom the greater number are already
advanced in years.
The Shakers throughout the United States
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-16
CORNELLS CRY FOR BT'GS.
Asks for Specimens. hut the Deyery BOa
Is Not on the List.

SYRACUSE, Aug l5--Prof Mark
Slingerlend Of Cornell University is getting
n collection of bugs for the College of Ayr"
culture, and he hes sent out an appeal for
specimens, d Gd or alive. His wants ar"
not modest, as this list shows
Cockroaches,
Walking sticks
thinCh bugs,
squash stink bugs eggs, young and 90
bugs
Cicadas. nymphs or cast skins and adujt'
Lace winged flies. eggs and young
Cooling moth rnt"rplllars III cocoouN ..
bark
Cank-r worms put ~ in soil
lutwurms and her moths.
white marked tussOrh moth eggs
Isabella tiger moth Catcrpillars
SPHINX moths. CaterplllArs ana pupR ."
mato worms.
Egs- cnt"lpillars. cocoons and muts B."
any 81 TN larger moths, i'k" rr.Top'" I".
ph"mr-. prOmethsu. luna and others
Tent caterpillar egg mass, or rings
fgg,, ratrrpiIIars chrysalds aud a"...
81 any Of lhe common buiteri'"a rs" IN, ~
black -WallOwtall. the tiger sWalIuNH'
monarch on mllkw""d, red, adnr"' ana
mourning cloak.
IadybTd bcrtle- their eggs, sra's '.t
White grubs of May bfetes.
Any of the larger beetles.
Asparagus OeetleS, '9BS, Wups an"
Blister beetles
lChneunon flies.
Ants. winged males and females
Honey bees and portions Of empty ,N''b
Send only good, unbroken me'"'o.
says Prof. Slingerland, send put live -v'''
mems in strong wooden or tin h"\'" ''''
with their fevorite food"
He adds IF there liz a sudden uu'U .''
or = serious infe station, by eIy No.
If any species occurs in ltrR" nDui''s "
your Locality, plecse notify tn" 'u.'F
Agriculture at once 30 th,' T'H t-' ~
can be nade to get mgt"r 'ol ''H~
collections
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own collectively about 100000 acres OF
land, and their ownership Of 20 much real
estate has led to the popular belief that
they arc very wealthy. Most OF this prop
erty In theirs by Inheritance, and muoh
of 10. they say, Is proftless for farming.
They are, In fact, land poor; and several
OF the communities are bnrdened with DEBT
In consequence.
Thew have suffered through the loss OF their
once ioIrishing industries, which nave
been taken from them by the industrial
changes OF the time. The gravest OF all
causes operating against them. however
In the rapid decline In their numbers.
The old people have died of. and there
are no new recruits to take their places.
In ono of the families at Mount Lebanon
there are but three men, and they are not
Young. While the Shakers are glad to
have people Join them they have never
made any effort to proselyte, They live
much among themselves and are compare
lively little known to the country at large.
Where they are known as nei9hbors they
are highly esteemed and their word In any
transaction " as good an q bond,
Agriculture IL the basis OF their industry,
though they unite with this other vocations.
They add horticulture TO their agricultural
work, and their kitchen gardens partict-
larlv are famous. All kinds OF garden
seeds are put up by them to sell. and they
ma ks also many extracts and dry medicinal
herbs.
On every Shaker farm grows broom
corn, as well an sweet corn They make
broon,s. mops, baskets, cha irs and one Of
the families formerly manufactured wash
ing machines on large scale. Industry
Ia practised by every member Of COM
nmnitv
There Is some ground for declaring that
the Shakers might justly ask more than
exemption from taxes, In view OF their
services to the country. In the early
history OF the Shaker Society great many
Revolutionary soldiers joined IL. None Of
these ever asked for or drew 4 pension,
and it is said that more then half mil ion
dollars was voluntarily given up In this
manner. There IN story that because
of this state Of things President Lincoln
and Secretary Stanton agreed that the
Government should not draft any Shakers
during the civil war.
The society at Mount Lebanon is the
parent OF all the other communities in
the United States. The various COM
muni'ies in the East and In the West will
probably ask OF the Legislatures OF their
States exemption from taxation.
The practical application OF the religion
of the Shakers il seen in their lives Of
ceibacy, their habits OF integrity, their
diligence temperance and frugality. The
Shakers have complete and judicious
system OF administration, and il has worked
for more than century.
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various remedial values tea made of
The bark will cure cold ard relieve spns-
modic affections, and the nstringent sap
is relief when appIi' d 7" wounds and
bruises.
for Mrs. Converse, thee was special
Offering on tho pert Of the medicine man.
rs the ceremonies attending tho const ruct ion
of this living mask have not been performed
for meny years
At this renewal OF a pest custom the tre
w : visited for three days. At the dpwn
of the first day the leaders OF the False ace
Society gathered Gbout the tree and -talkea"
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such as the female members Of the medicine
society use in their secret dances. and, as
token OF their medicine song, nm ancient
flute. A package of sacred tobacco is
placed in the box To keep this falss-face
"healthy."
returned to the reservation. when the
leader Of the society will wear II at the
New Years feast that 1t may dance with
Its brothers, II must not be touched
by any person other than Mrs. Converse
or this leader. AZ it il liable to poison who
ever else may handle IT,
A large and valuable collection OF Iro-
ouois false faces, or Ga-gon-sas is in pos
session OF the New York State Museum at
Albany
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LIVE F4LSE-FACE AS A GIFT.
Irouuols Indians Present Ga-diOn'sa 10
Mrs. Converse.

The lroquois Indians of New York State
have sent to Mrs Harriet Maxwell Converse,
$50 West Twentieth street, "live' or real
false face, AZ a mark of their appreciation
of her devotion TO them for many years
The false-faces figure prominently IN all
Iroquois mystics and medicine mysteries
They are usually made Of Eastwood, which
is seasoned for a long time before being
carved into the various fantastic. yet sym
bolical. faces in common use among the
Iroquois But in the case Of the mask
sent to Mrs Converse, the wood was taken
from a living tree. thereby retaining
portion of the live" heart and spirit OF the
tree which was left towering i'll the forest
In making their medicine masks, the
Iroquois select u e porous Eastwood not
only for its absorbent qualities, which are
supposed to draw out disease. but for its
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-25
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PURDUE
WRECK.

Immediately after the Purdue wreck
person should be held responsible and pun
ished for the terrible disaster. which. it
was felt, must have been caused by some
ones criminal carelessness. The patient
investigation by the coroner caused some
modification of public opinion regarding
the responsibility for the accident, though
IL still showed carelessness. and now the
grand jury fails to find any Indictment
As the excitement Immediately following
the accident has subsidized. the public will
probably be disposed to agree with the
grand jury that the accident was due to
rathe- than criminal negligence by any
person. The law presumes every person in
nocent OF crime until proven guilty. and it
never imputes malice or criminal intent
to legal act To constitute murder there
must be premeditated malice, and even
manslaughter presupposes the commission
of some unlawful act. Such motives as
these could not for a moment be imputed
to any employe of the railroad company.
II may seem like a poor outcome Of the
investigation to say that accident caus-
ing such a shocking loss of life was due
to defective system, rather than to the
act Of any individual, but probably that
is as near the exact truth as the grand
jury could get. 1t would have done no
good to indict any person for the perpetra-
ton of crime which could not have been
proven under the legal definition of such
crime. Even if there was carelessness, in
attention to duty or slack performance Of
1t. that is no crime, deplcrable the re-
suits were in this case. 1t is true, as the
grand jury says. that there is no law in
this State by which to charge a person
with manslaughter for inattention to duty.
While the grand jury could not see it's
way clear to indict any person, it does
virtually indict the railroad management
at the bar of public opinion by finding that
the accident was due to an imperfect sys-
tenn of train handling. 1--WE must con-
clude," says the grand jury. that said
passenger train was not properly protect
ed" If this failure Of proper protection
came about throughsa lack of employees,
through inefficient rules or through lack
of discipline among employees. the company
is morally responsible, as it is legally in
civil damages. The public has a right to
expect that a system that leads to or
permits such accidents will be reformed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-25
What the Fool Didn't Know.

While the late Major Pond taking Win
ston Churchill through the United States on a
lecture tour there of misadven-
ture in Philadelphia regarding the luggage, and
in the Hotel Bellevue Major Pond talked bit
terly of fools to a group of reporters for a
while, finally telling them fool story.
1.-The foo! speak of now" he said. doesn't
resemble the fool who has mislaid baggage.
However. to begin:
There a fool who went to the miller's to
have some grain ground for his father. The
miller said to him:
'' so you fool, eh?'
''I guess am replied the youth.
:" a fool, Ell? A natural unused the miller.
We amt got many natural fools hereabouts.
I'll have to examine you a bit. Do you mind?
90 oh. no, of course not the fool answered.
politely.
Well, my lad. since you're a fool began
the miller. want you first to tell me what you
know, and afterward wha. you don't know.
Now to begin. What do you know?'
g Il know said the fool, with leer, that
the miller's hogs are fat
Good. very good said the miller That is
what you know. Now tell US what you don't
know
THE fool leered again.
"I don't know whose grain fattens 'em' he
said. boston Post.
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Muscular Persuasion.

Muscular persuasion and heroic treatment go
q long way in causing some people to do right"
said Representative Kehoe. of Kentucky. 1T
is related of Colonel Garfield. he who brought
out the great Tom Marshall. that although
minister he believed in muscular persuasion
when other kinds failed One time Colonel Gar
field preaching in rough neghborhood.
where ministers had frequently been done up
On this day the minister repeatedly inter-
rupted by one of the bad fellows. and Gar
fields patience outdone. Brethren said
he. he stopped his discourse, think II old
Job was here he would certainly thrash that
fellow; but. inasmuch Job Is not here. / am
going to do 1T myself and, coming down out of
the pulpit, he lit into the fellow and gave him
a thrashing which he remembered his last
day. He damned him until he hollered, and
tanning him down on the wooden seat, said:
There, now: sit there until finish this sermon
to these sinners. and If you get up I'll give
you another lesson 1t is needless to say that
the fighting minister not interrupted again
In that neck of the woods. washington Times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-25
GEN. LEES CHRISTMAS FARE.
Ex-COnfederate Tells of the EdibIes.
hut the Bacon Was Only borrowed.

John Morrison, venerable ex-Confeder-
ate veteran soldier of this place. who
served under Lee. in the Army of Northern
virginia. just previous to the close of the
war of the rebellion. relates the close call
on his rations General Lee experienced as
the period of hostilities was on the eve of
coming TO an end
AS the fortune OF war had favored his
larder. through some skillful foraging of
Ephraim, a negro. who was his faithful
cook. body-servant and waiter-three gen.
tlemen in one-General Lee invited several
officers TO dine with him on Christmas day.
1864. The lucky recipients of the timely in
vitation were five in number, all officers of
street, Gordon and Kershaw. They were all
on time when the dinner was called Ii was
served on rough pine table. without a
cover, in General Lees weather-beaten tent.
1t consisted of boiled cabbage. and eight or
ten boiled sweet potatoes and dish of rice
cooked dry. The piece de resistance, which
the knightiy guests found it hard to resist.
was a small bit of fat bacon, about three
inches square. that lay on top OF the large
cabbage. Now. bacon as rare in the
Confederate camp AZ that time as are roses
on the northern hilitops in December. You
can imagine. therefore, the seIf-restraint ex-
ercised by each guest as they declined In
turn a slice Of the delicate meat proffered by