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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27
WONDER OF MODERN JAPAN.
Thousand-Mat Hall Erected Out Of
Single Camphor Tree.


Single Camph0r Tree.
One Of the wonders of Miyajima is
an enormous structure called Thous-
and Mat Hall, name which means
that 1000 Of the regulation 3x6 foot
rice straw mats are required to cover
its floor. All rooms in Japan are meas
ured in this way, instead Of by feet,
SO in talking about houses one always
says a "6-mat room" or '31h-mat
room," until one begins to think in d.
visions Of IS square feet.
Thousand Mat Hall was erected in
the sixteenth century out of the wood
of a single camphor tree, say the Japa-
nese records, that are always SO full
of such perfectly wonderful details.
If this be so, camphor trees must have
grown very large in Japan in the six
teenth century, since the building rests
upon a hundred or more piles; each a
giant tree trunk in itself, besides
which the roof is upheld by at least 30
pillars that were so forest monarchs
once upon q time. Then there Is a
floor In the structure made of $4,000
square feet Of cedar planks foot and
a half wide and five inches thick, SO
one must needs believe that its builder
outmiracled the miracle Of the loaves
and the fishes II Japan's sober records
are to count for anything.
The walls Of this ancient hall have
doubtless echoed the sounds Of many a
priestly orgy, since 1t adjoins tie tenn
pie and is guarded by richly wrought
7-story pagoda, enshrining Amida But
su. but the most glorious thing In its
history seems to be the fact that Hide
yyoshi, 1.-THE Napoleon of Japan" used
it for a council chamber during his re-
markable invasion Of Corea. Now 1t Is
merely a "show place." standing empty
and open and gaunt, overlooking the
SEGA roost for sacred pigeons and
chattering sparrows.
It was during the China-Japan war
that troops first began to be quartered
on the island, and several regiments,
for want of better barracks, were en-
camped In this old historical structure.
One evening, in half jest, half earnest
a soldier nailed his rice ladle (meshi
toru) to one Of the pillars, with q
nraver that he and his regiment might
soon be sent to help conquer (meshl
toru. with a different infection the
Chinese. His comrades followed his ex-
annie. and since then 1t has become a
custom for every visitor to the hall to
buv a rice ladle, and, writing his name
and date Of his visit upon 1t, with, OF
course. "Dai Nippon Banzai! tack It
nm somewhere in the vast building.
The effect Is better imagined tnan oes
scribed, and it is unique beneath the
sun.-Leslie's Weekly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27
orSIORFD TO HEALTH
THANKS TO PE-RU-NA
friends We're Alarmed
Advised Change of Climate

Miss Mildred Keller, 71S 18th street,
w. Washington, D. c., writes:
81 can safely recommend Peruna for
,atarrh. l had it for years and 1t
rond respond to no kind of treatment,
NJ if it did it was only temporary, and
m the slightest provocation the trouble
would come back.
~ was in such state that my friends
vere alarmed about me, and was advised
n iesye this climate. Then tried Peruna,
md to my great joy found it helped me
rom the first dose took, and few bot
lies cured me.
III built up my constitution. I re-
zainea my appetite, and I feel that I
nm perfectly well and strong. Mil
ired Keller.
We have on file many thousand tes-
tmonials like the above. We can give
our readers only slight glimpse of the
vast array of unsolicited endorsements
Or. Hartman is receiving.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27
Rreakfaat Stew of Beef.

Cut thin slices OF cold roast beer,
and lay them In a tin saucepan set In
pot Of boiling water. Cover them with
q gravy made of three tablespoonfuls
of melted butter, one Of catsup, tea
spoonful of vinegar, little salt and
pepper, spoonful of currant jelly, a
teaspoonful of made mustard, and some
warm water. Cover tightly and steam
for half an hour, keeping the water In
tho outer vessel on hard boil. It the
meat is underdone this is particularly
nice.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27
soYHoon or Al BERT j plTklN.

nov New President OF Americas Loco
motive Co. STRUGGLED TO Study.
Albert J. Pitkin was not apprenticed
because Of any disinclination on his
part 20 study. but simply because his
Iatner, Presbyterian minister with
q charge now in one town and now in
another, could not AFFORD to send his
boy through college, although he de-
sire0 70 DO 30. Noting his love for
mechanics, he did the next best thing,
ana apprenticed him to learn the ma
cnlnists trade. When he was twelve
years old he was sent to live with his
grandfather, in Granville, Ohio, who
owned and operated a cabinet-manu-
Iacturing shop. This the boy haunted;
II became his playground With re-
markable cleverness he made, out of
wood, machinery that would perform
different kinds of work. Once. with a
spinning wheel, which he found in IN
attic. as the principal pulley, and with
coarse string for belts, he devised a
machine by means Of which he sawed
wood. Because of his ingenuity there
sprang up. between grandfather and
grandson, an almost chummy friend
snip. He gained his characteristic so.
Driety and serious consideration of
things through constant association
with his grandfather first taught
MIN how to use chisel and a mallet,
how to drive nail through narrow
piece Of wood without cracking it, and
how to sandpaper and rub down a
cabinet to make ready for vanishing.
When he was only fourteen years old
he had mastered the constructive de-
tails OF the portable engine of the
shop. He could also run the turn
Ing lathe and other machines. One
day, while on visit to Newark, Ohio.
he went through machine shop. He
had never before seen metal being
manufactured into machinery. The
rasping and harsh noises of it's cut
ting were music to his ear. From
that time forth the cabinet shop was
barren of attraction, and the dreams
his grandfather may have entertained
of some day taking him into partner
ship disappeared as quickly as shay
tngs in furnace. He determined to
become a machinist to learn how to
design machinery, and to become emf
nent as an engineer.
He began as an apprentice at sixty
cents day in the Webster, Camp and
Lane Machine Company's shops, chip
ping castings with hand tools, and
ended by assisting in setting up sta
tionary engines in neighboring vii
lagos, and, on the expiration of his
time, was engaged at two dollars and
twenty-five cents a day. For his bet
terment, after year, he considered it
wise to avail himself of an opportun-
ity to enter the locomotive repair shops
of the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus
Railroad. He had always felt the
common romantic interest in locomO-
tives, and had delighted to watch their
movements. The locomotive then be-
came his study. When he crawled
under one to make repairs 1t was with
a students interest as well as a work
mans skill. He familiarized himself
with the mechanism of all the existing
styles on that railroad.-Success.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27
A HEAVY Fine.

Under the Elkins law any railroad
company which pays rebates in any
form, or any shipper who accepts
them, is liable to. q fine of from 81 900
to $40, 900, upon conviction. 1t also
prohibits the carrying Of freight at less
than the published tariffs. The inter-
state commerce commission is empow-
cred to detect and prosecute violators
of this statute. President Knapp of
the Com mission states that since this
law was passed, rebate paying has been
as rare as forgery.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27

,,n,. De frult-The very best OF the
roh.- .aiieu manhood can be grown to
csnss rpeness only in the garden
cin,o nolne.-Rev. NJ. E. Harlan, Dis
e'pe' Brooklyn, N. Y.
q, AZ Forces.-The civilization
Tia ~ n"uon is largely the legacy Of
tan a the Huguenot, the Puri-
rrs.t anu the Cavalier, and the three
STAT iiizlng forces at present are
] n ne church and the school.-Rev.
Pa Aling' Methodist, Philadelphia,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27

A New York preacher has referred
Is Russell Sage as "scalawag.'
Pshaw! Why not let the poor oio ma4
and his days peacefully counting M
money!
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27

DR.. GLADDEN. says lawyers should NOT
defend people whom they know to be
guilty Of wrongdoing. But did law
rer for the defense ever believe 1t was
possible for anybody to be guilty.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27

tics. poil'
Don't gauge your faith by your feel.
ing.
His servants always have His sue
heavenly rewards depend on heav.
onward running.
The redness of the apple comes from
the white Of winter.
reverence simply hangs out a ..Tc
hent sign on top Of the head.
We are often led into permanent
peace BY the proddings of pain.
Christ Is not defended by the def.
ance OF every creed but our own.
It's dangerous business trying to
steal the sugar from the devils pills
Heaven has no interest in the
church that has no interest in hui.
manity.
Life is check signed in blank.
what it's worth depends on how you
fill it out.
Some people live in the shadow be-
cause they don't approve Of the spots
on the sun.
The preachers depression often
comes from thinking too much about
his impression.
When you get to thinking that love
is lottery you are likely to prove II
by drawing a blank.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27

Another grand protest may be ex,
pected about the time effort 10 MADE
TO clothe the heather with garments
purchased by Mr.. Rockefelleys S1OOs
600.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27

Capt. Tamburini has been impI
Gated in an army plot in Paris. The
captains name indicates that he holds
his commission in the Salvation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslows Soothin 8
Syruv the best remedy to use for their children
during the teething period.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27

enemies. have customefs " - ~
e the coast, ana many
eaot-ask them.
- rmRxo1gH11 All ~
DO not sell tfo11s
nothins but re ~ s. !, ,a 20 g m sSS'
for my customers - no. No.. ~ ~
3 ST "a nudYity. anybOdy can ssll woFfassss
goods cheap.
r0nxDp DxA1DA1D 30
i've cross panel doofs; - ten fSie,..
.se6S q clear dry ar. 31.3o psr dOos-
~aaead With natural Goas elvee
e5ees' fhe besf glaae made -.
I have III sisea send aes 20 ~.
~5eee vfndoW framea 0o0
5src8 columns, etc. Dc19 9eleys 49, ~
- oaee @ my Galoero0m. 49, 30 -
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27

& piso.s Cure Is remedy for coughs, coids
md consumption. Try it. Price % cents,
e druggists.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27
RAMS HORN oLAsra

WARNING Notes Calling the vica.e :.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27

B o G R ELS s i,
impossible to pet,
ulance.
The home il
the heart Of the
nation.
Love ver
forgets the little
things.
Rusting is not
the same as
trusting.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-27
Don't Poison Baby.

FORTY YEARS AGO almost every mother thought her child must
PARRG0RIC audanum make it Sleep drugs will nrod
Sleep and FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce the SLEEP FROM VIII
THERE Is NO WAKING Many the children who have been killed
whose health has been ruined for life by pgo udanum and morphine
OF which narcotic product OF opium Druggists prohibited from sell
either Of the narcotics named to children ALL anybody without LABEL
them poison The definition Of narcotic ~ relieves
and produces Sleep but Which produces
etase and smell oedices containing opium DISCUS
and sold under the Of Drops "Crdia" Soothing syup'
should not permit medicine to be given your children without you
your physician know Of what composed CAST0R DOES NOT Cl
TAIN NARCOTICS it bears the signature Of Ghas h Fletcher
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-18
Making sham Gems.

Among all precious stones few are so
extensively initiated as the pearl.
The real article is a silvery white,
iridescent gem, extracted from the pearl
oyster. The genuine pearl is really an I'M
fructified egg of the oyster.
Its imitation is arrived at by chemi-
cal process. The liquor employed in the
manufacture is called Essence d'Orient."
The base of this compound is prepared
by throwing into water of ammonia the
brilliant scales of a small river fish called
the blay. The scales are first carefully
washed and put to soak in water, when
the pearly-like film falls away and forms
a sediment at the bottom of the vessel.
This sediment is worth to the manufac-
turer s5 an ounce.
White wax Of mucilage or gum arabic
forms part OF the mixture proper for the
more important and expensive limitations,
such as those made to initiate the rare
Oriental pearls, which fetch fabulous
prices.
The emerald is another stone which is
cleverly initiated. A perfect emerald is
the rarest stone in the world, though the
trade ranks 1t after the ruby and the
diamond The best emeralds come from
Peru, the limitations from France, and a
few from Birmingham. The real article
becomes electric by friction, and herein
lies the difference between 1t and the
imitation.-[St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-18
Wonderful Sport In Newfoundland.

Brook trout and brown trout are not
appreciated in Newfoundland being far
more common than are the perch and sun
fish OF the States. Catching them will
soon surfeit the angler who casts his
flies from the shore of almost any lake.
Such catches are counted by the dozen
one lot of seventy-two dozen being
brought aboard the train at Harbor
Grace. One dozen ten-inch trout usually
sell for 10 cents.
There are 6S7 named lakes on the is
land and 10000 known ones without
names. The island has about 1900 miles
of seacoast, including that of bays like
Bonavista, Notre Dame, Fortune, St.
Mary's, Bonnie, st. George, Placentia and
Bay of Islands. From one to six streams
of clear green water empty into each
of these bays. Every stream that reaches
salt water is a salmon stream. Back
from all that coast are other and easily
reached streams that have not even a
tradition of a fishnet, rod or hook, and
lakes never mapped where one can camp
and add to the fare wild geese and ducks,
willow grouse, whose plumage turns white
in winter, ptarmigan, plover and curlew.
These camping places bring a unique
sense of remoteness and solitude. Only
one who has actually seen the wall of
darkness around a camp fire in the New
foundland jungles and over the tundras
can understand the tinge of fear that
sometimes becomes almost appalling in
the vast solitudes.-LCountry Calendar.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-18
Destructive Storm Hit St. Adams.

st. Adams was visited by a destructive
electrical storm and high wind Saturday
night. The offices and car barns of the
st. Adams street railway were struck
simultaneously by lightning and cyclone,
which ripped the roof entirely off the Office
part, comprising the front of the building,
about rs feet wide and rs feet deep, and
carrying the huge mass of broken and
twisted beams and timbers to the farther
end of the building, over 100 feet away.
A large section of the front of the roof
crashed through the roof of the repair
room, badly wrecking the room and three
motors, upon which repairs had just been
completed. Five men had been working
here but three minutes before the crash
came. The roof of the car barns was
smashed in several pieces and one Of the
big steel smoke stacks was blown down.
The damages to this plant alone will be
nearly $1,000. Lightning struck the wires
of the Vermont Power & Manufacturing
company in several parts of the city,
burning out all of the lightning arresters,
and leaving the city without lights all
night. Many acres of corn and grain were
blown fiat and numerous shade trees were
damaged.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-18
GUY M. BRADLEY.
A MARTIN to the cause Of bird Protection.

William butcher in Bird Lore.1
The startling announcement was sent
to the National Association on July IA,
that Guy NJ. Bradley was shot and
instantly killed while making an arrest
at rookery on oyster Key, Florida, on
July S. Full particulars of this unfortu-
nate affair have not been received, al
though it is known that his murderer has
been captured and is now confined in the
county Jail at Key West. Senator Harris
has been retained to represent the Ma
tional Association at the preliminary hear
ing in the case. The deceased acted as
warden in Monroe County, a wild and
thinly settled district, for over three
years, having commenced his duties in
May, 1902. During all this time he faith
fully guarded his wards, the plume birds,
travelling thousands of miles in the launch
Audubon, in order to watch over them.
He was originally recommended to the
Association by Kirk Munroe, one of
the vice presidents of the Florida Audu-
bon society, who said that he was fearless
and brave and had an extensive knowl-
edge OF the country and the birds that
lived there. A number Of. well-known
ornithologists and members of the Asso-
citation visited Bradley at different times,
and always found him alert and faithful
in the performance of his duty, and will
ing to undergo any hardship to protect
the birds. He took a personal interest in
his work and was genuinely proud when
he could report an increase in numbers.
He told the writer in February last that
he felt while he was away from his home,
cruising among the Keys, or patrolling
the swamp, that his life was in his hands.
for the plume hunters, whose nefarious
traffic he so seriously interfered with,
had sworn to take his life. Even this
knowledge did not deter him, and he
proved faithful unto death. Personally he
was gentle and somewhat retiring, was
pure in thought and deed, deeply inter-
ested in and a supporter of the small
Union church near his home. A young
wife is left to mourn his sudden and
terrible DEATH and his two children, too
young to realize their loss, will never
know a fathers care.
A home broken up, children left father
less a woman widowed and sorrowing,
a faithful and devoted warden, who was
a young and sturdy man, cut of in a
moment, for what? That a few more
plume birds might be secured to adorn
heartless women's bonnets. Heretofore
the price has been the life of the birds,
now is added human blood. Every great
movement must have its martyrs, and
Guy NJ. Bradley is the first martyr in the
cause of bird protection.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-18

Two lions. the property OF the city of
Blackpool, Eng, were found loose Sun
day morning in the yard adjoining their
cage, together with portions of the body
of a workingman. 1t appears that the
man on the previous night made the
boast that he would enter the lions cage.
Evidently in an attempt to carry out this
boast he opened the cage. The animals
escaped and killed him, gorging them
selves on his body.
Rev. Be nard Schultz and his wife, of
New York city, were attacked at Mechan-
icville, N. Y, Saturday night and prob
ably fatally Injured by negro, who was
shot and killed Sunday morning while
resisting arrest. Mr.. Schultz went to
Mechanicville recently to take charge OF
the Episcopal church during the absence
of the rector. Early Saturday evening
William Curtis, a negro, whose home was
in Saratoga, presented himself at the
door of the rectory and asked for a drink
of water. Mr.. Schultz was in the act of
turning back to get the water when the
negro drew piece Of lead pipe from be-
meath his coat and felled the clergyman
with a terrific blow on the head following
this up with a rain OF blows until his
victim lay unconscious and apparently
dead. Mrs. Schultz, who was upstairs
hurried down on hearing her husband fall
and was met in the hall by the negro who
struck her down in the same way. The
object of the attack is not known.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-18
What Corn AeeompIIshes.

Corn-fed pork furnishes our tables with
millions of hams and sausages, besides
bacon and lard. Corn produces the best
OF poultry and eggs, Of which alone we,
as a Nation, consume more (when meas
ured by dollars) than we do OF wheat.
OF cornstarch we use about $1,000, 900 per
year, to say nothing of the enormous con-
sumption Of glue, combs, and other pro-
ducts made from the horns, hoofs, and
hair Of those corn-fed animals. To all
these we must add a product of corn-oil
(maximum, $3.50 daily, largely used in
paints; and the by-products of corn-oil,
starch, glucose, whisky, and alcohol, dried
and sold in cakes, for animal food.
amounting to millions OF dollars per y or.
Nor is that all that corn accomplishes. Be
sides giving food and clothing in the form
of animal and vegetable products, as in
dicated 1t gives life and strength to mill
lions of horses, mules, and oxen that till
our fields and haul our multitude OF farm
products to the thousands upon thousands
OF country markets from Maine to Califor-
MIA, and from the Dakotas to Florida and
Texas Harper's Weekly.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-18

of gloom and depression, as many people
imagine, these institutions are, in fact, as
full of light, cheeriness, and pleasant com
partnership as the best-regulated homes.
The best Of them are not founded nor
maintained in n mercenary spirit, nor for
money-making. Where they are not on
charity foundation, they are genuinely
philanthropic in their aims. The person
who can avail himself of the privileges
of one of these sanatoriums has reason
for thankfulness and gratitude. We only
regret in our own case that we did not
enter a sanatorium much sooner than we
did. Had we done so, we might have
been spared a year or two Of anxiety
suffering, and loss.
Wherever the circumstances are such
as to render sanatorium treatment or any
expert oversight impossible or impractic-
able, the patient may do much for him
self II he will apply the remedial agents
we have Misunderstanding outdoors as
much as possible day and night, in city
or country, sleeping on a fre-escape II
need be, eating heartily of the most
digestible food obtainable, and saving up
every possible ounce of energy to repair
the waste of the body. There is hope
for him If he does this and nothing more.
We may add here by way Of practical
suggestion and further helpfulness that
those who may desire to obtain the best
information that modern research and
the best medical science can furnish on
this subject should address the National
Association for the Study and Prevention
of tuberculosis, DR.. Livingstone Farrand,
secretary, with headquarters at los East
22d street. New York city. This. organi-
cation is founded both on a scientific and
n philanthropic basis. Its membership
is composed of regular medical practi-
TONERS, medical experts, and other per-
sons in all parts of the United States who
are interested in the spread Of sound in
formation on the prevention and cure Of
tuberculosis, and in doing what they can
to diminish human suffering from this
disease.
In conclusion, we would say that, in
order to give added weight and practical
value to the suggestions made in this
paper, we have submitted II in manuscript
form to DR.. Edward L. Trudeau, founder
and director of the Adirondack Cottage
Sanatorium at Saranac Lake, N. Y; DR..
Herbert NJ. King, chief medical director
of the Loomis sanatorium, Liberty, N. Y;
and Dr. Hermann NJ. Biggs, the we'll
known bacteriologist and general medical
officer of the Department of Health, city
of New York, three of the best and fore
most living authorities on tuberculosis
and 1t has received their hearty and I'M
qualified Endorsement.