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The Central American Soldier.

These barefooted soldiers are an
tagonists not TO be iespised Nearly
worthless in attack. they are neverthe.
less tenacious In holding a position.
a trait that comes from their Spanish
descent probably. In the Cuban cam.
paign Gen. Garcia Is said 70 ha We said
in reply to the remark Of an American
officer: The Spaniavds never at.
tack" This may have been true in
the main. but the dnteu.a Of the
trenches at caney showed that the
Spaniards would hold position with
as much courage and 'sulci,y as any
other troops. The Central and the
South Americans have not generally
showed much steadiness Ia war. but
there have been occasions when their
conduct has been conspicuous Tor
gallantry. and all the virtues which
go. to make up the stalwart soldier
N o. Times-DemOcrat
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Crucis. Test.

Yes. the prisoner was a woman OF
extraordinary nerve They tried in
every known way to make her nerv-
ous"
THAT so?'
Yes. They shot OF a gun unexpect-
edly. yelled Fire and told her a dis
tant powder blast was an earthquake.
Still she was unmoved. Then they
liberated a mouse"
I'll wager a bank roll against q
stogie that the mouse made her nerv-
GUS"
Not at all. She only stepped on
1t and laughed
Great Jupiter! Such a woman as
that wouldn't lose her nerve IL the
earth exploded"
"Oh, yes. One o: the detectives
stepped up and whispered in her ear
that her hair had been mussed up for
two hours. and then she collapsed
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sroay Of -luckv. BALDWIN.
How He Got His start In the Early
Days Of California.


In 1853. or more than half cen
tury ago. little party OF gold seei'
ers with meager outfit OF horses and
wagons. started for California from
the village OF Racine. Wis. says Out
ing. In command OF this adventurous
expedition was young man who took
with him his wife and infant daugh'
ter His name was +. j. Baldwin and
he made wise choice in shaking
from his restless feet the dust OF a
tanner civilization. He needed larger
theater OF action for his pent.up and
surgng activities. While trailing
through the mountains OF Utah tie
pioneers were attacked by Indians,
who we're beaten on during slS'hour
fight in which young Baldwin killed
their chief. After six months OF hari-
ship. the party reached Hangtown
llter called Placerviile) In California.
Here Baldwin tarTled and began
placer mining. lie appears 10 have
been no more than an ordinary red
shlrtcd argonaut, meeting the ups
and downs OF mining luck. until the
discovery OF the Comstock lode nt
NlIElu4d hllAs ulAltI nc Al4AANH AAiA
discovered that his natural bent was
gambling with the mines that other
men had opened. Amid a whlrlwind
OF speculation. he fought his way
with such success that he loomOd
from the smoke In n few months Gs
Lucky Baldwin. the man who had
cleaned up SI,5O0.O0O In the gigantic
deals In the stock OF the Ophir mines.
san Francisco was the Mecca OF
those lucky sons OF fortune who were
rearing a great city by the Goldsn
Gate As stock and mining specula.
tor, Lucky" Baldwin shone resplend-
ent, but he was also loyal son OF San
Francisco. He built hotels and the
aters and business blocks. even while
he was amazing that far from conscr-
yatiye community by madly freaklsh
cXtrayagInccs.
In the very lucid Interval he bought
all the Spanish grants he could fitd
near Los Angeles and there spent a
million In making this ranch OF his
not only a splendidly productive prop
crty. but also one OF the most beauti
full estates ever laid out In this or
any other country. II was his hobby.
his pet. and he planted miles OF ave
nues with noble shade trees and made
wonderful tropical gardens. so that to-
day his home is surrounded by .
para,ilse OF yernal beauty.
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North Dakota Selves the AduissratIen
Prob1onS.

North Dakota seems to have found
tho key to the question. How shall
we protect the people from frauds In
manufactured produc.s." A new law
has recently gone into effect designed
TO make It impossible TO deceive peo-
pie Into buying inferior and adulter'
ated paint under the impression that
they are getting real paint. viz: pure
white lead and llnseed oil.
The North Dakota lawmakers did
not attempt to absolutely prohibit the
inferior pigments. or mixtures OF
pigments. They adopted the slogan.
Let the label tell" and then left to
the people to buy whichever they
wished.
Under this plan. II any one wishes
to buy mixture OF rock'dust. ground
quartz and other cheap elements
which are found in many paints and
so.called white leads" no one can
object: for they do It with their eyes
open. But II they prefer genuine
white lead and llnsecd oil, they can
be sure OF getting II, for none but
the genuine article can bear a Label
which says pure white lead"
In all other States mixtures are Of
ten sold as pure white lead which
contain little - sometimes no real
white lead
1t would seem that were this same
principle applied to food, beverages
and all other prepared articles. whore
deception is praeticei upon the buy
er the question would be solved. It
would leave us free to buy what we
pleased. but would protect us from
unwittingly buying what We did not
want
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WORK NECESSARY TO SUCCESS.
Labor in Boyhood of Advantage In
Later Lie.

Do YOU feel many days that you
have had a hard time? Your hours
are long Your task is hard and wages
small. The contents of your weekly
pay envelope will scarcely carry you
over the week. Sometimes you must
wear patched trousers or a frayud
coat. Your employer expects a great
deal from you. other fellows dress
well and always have money. They
have codiling fathers and mothers.
while you toll six days week to make
a living, says a writer in the Valdosta
tGal Times.
Never mind. young man. You are
ahead of the boy who has every lux
ury at home. You are getting expert
ence that he must get somehow later
on. Because. sooner or later. he must
fight the real battle of life himself
And you have the advantage. While
life has been made easy for him, he
lacks drill and discipline which every
life-soldier must go through. You are
preparing yourself. He may go In
without preparation and fail.
Work is great blessing. You can
hSN SCI AO"s DAA GOHlt bdN Noh Will
say that you were fortunate in your
boyhood days because you were com
PEELED to work. Because you cannot
get power to do things save by doing
them. Look over the successful men
you know. Get their history. Neai4G
every one was compelled to work in
boyhood. They toughened their mus.
cles by hard work, and sharpened
their brains by looking out for them
selves.
Work makes men. Luck usually
falls. Pluck nearly always wins To
succeed in anything one must over.
come obstacles. Force and fiber are
built by hardships. Grit is as neces.
sary in the making of man as gump
tion. Hardships are not always han.
dicaps. Often they are helpers. You
will understand this better in 20 years
Meantime. permit one who has lived
that 20 years and more to advise you
in this.
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GOOD AND HARD.
Result. Of Excessive Coffee Drinking.

1t, is remarkable what suffering
some persons put up with just to sat.
isfy an appetite for something.
A Mich. woman says: Il had been
using coffee since | was old enough to
have cup of my own at the table,
and from it l have suffered agony
hundreds of times in the years past.
My trouble first began in the form
of bilious collie, coming on every few
weeks and almost ending my life. At
every attack for years suffered in
this way. used to pray for death to
relieve me from my suffering. had
also attacks of sick headache. and be-
gan to suffer from catarrh of the stom-
ach. and of course awful dyspepsia.
For about year l lived on crack
ers and water. Believing that coffee
was the cause of all this suffering. l
finally quit 1t and began to use
Postum Food Coffee. 1t agreed with
my stomach, my troubles have left
me and am fast gaining my health
under Its use.
'No wonder I condemn coffee and
tea. No one could be in much more
critical condition than was from
the use Of coffee. Some doctors pro-
nounced 1t cancer others liberation.
but none gave me any relief. But
since stopped coffee and began Pos
tum am getting well 90 fast can
heartily recommend 1t for all who
sufIer - I did" Nane given by
4 Postum CO., Battle Greek, Mich. Read
~ little book, THE Road to We'll
911le ~rhsrs's : reason.
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Not Yet, But Soon.

One night, when Charlie" Thorne
WAS at the Boston theater, consider
able number of years ago, his brother
Ed, whose season" had not been
prosperous, had managed to reach
Boston, and being known to Con"
Murphy succeeded in passing that
well.known watch dog" OF the stage
door.
Charles was standing in the wings,
and Ed had approached to within two
or three feet of him. when super
passed between them. brushing
against Charles in SO doing.
Charles turned, and, seeing his bro
ther standing there, asked: Did you
touch me. Ed?"
NO" said Ed, II didn't. Charlie,
but I'm going to in a few minutes"
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To keep your auto looking bright
use the following mixture for all paint.
ed parts: Sperm oil, one-half pint !:
common vinegar. one-half pint; oil
bergamot, one dram. Mix and rub with
clean cloth. For all brass work use
tripoli, one and one-half pounds; any
lubricating oil, eight ounces; gasoline,
three quarts. This is one of the best
cleaners for all polished brass.
If you contemplate buying a medium
priced automobile and want to be Ger
tain OF securing a car suitable for tour
ing on country roads, up hill as well as
down HILL you will make no mistake
in buying either a ,Buieck, Maxwell
Mitchell, REQ, Knox, Franklin or
Queen. These range in price from
$3.50 to $4,000.
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Ealse Alarm.

From the valley there came 4 cloud
of dust and distant rumble. The
man Of the stone age rushed up the
mountain and perched himself on the
highest peak.
"Shucks!" exclaimed the fugitive.
as he slipped down to the valley again.
lit is only a poor dinosaur roaming
about for his breakfast. From the
noise ! thought it must be an auto
mobile"
And the man went back to his
peaceful occupation of hewing an
apartment house out of solid cliff.
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that my housework
was becoming n bur.
den. l tired easily,
had no ambition and
was fading fast. My
complexion got vel
low, and l lost over
so pounds. My thirst
was terrible. and
there was sugar in
the kidney secre.
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The city Man. Query,

bin over'n watched one Nv them city
fellers goin' over tn plact yestiddy.
Eb Jay-Whatd do?
HI Squash-He looked all over tn
place an when he got dfo tn hogpen
he lowed he'd like t rec where ws
bred tn pig iron. An cd hardly
keep my boy from Iarnn' right E ~
dusn tuls's facs.s D. .sss
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t!ons. My doctor kept me on strict
diet, but as his medicine was not help
ing me, I began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. They helped me at once. and
soon all traces Of sugar disappeared.
] have regained my former weight and
am perfectly WE'LL"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
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New Life Of John Sherman.

Congressman Theodore e. Burton,
of Ohio. who was in London as n
delegate to the interparliamentary
union, has written life OF John Sher.
man. which will be published this
fall.
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That an article may be good as we'll
as cheap, and give entire satisfaction.
is proven by the extraordinary sale Of
Defiance Starch, each package con-
tanning one-third more Starch than
can b had Of any other brand for the
sams uorsy.
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Many eritIsh oLaIeet,.

There are seventy distinct
dialects spoken IN Great Britain
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WORN TO A SKELETON.
A Wonderful Restoration Caused a
Sensation in a Pennsylvania
Town.

Mrs. Charles y. Preston. OF Elkland
Pa, says: Three years ago | found
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Mrs Winslows Soothing syrup.
For children tsefhine softsns che sun- reduces IN.
csmmAtloE, aaJs psin. igFrs = iI'i cole se bottle
The Ordway new era., 1906-09-07

We can generally avoid a lot of
trouble by not saying what We think
The Ordway new era., 1906-09-07

Defiance Starch is the latest inven-
tion in that line and an improvement
on all other makes; 1t is more eco
nomical. does better work, takes less
time. Get 1t from any grocer.
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III snsafs 70 bury the dsaA pset
s-tsstes efeaa$s = e .ss.i
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HeW YorE,B

SHOES FOR EVERYBODY At AL Z
Mons shocs. So TO si.co. bsT
Missss' s chiidren's sho~s. s. 2;nN
Try ". l.. Douglas WomenS ~
ChIldrcn's shoes; for style, " ~
they excel other makes
I'll could take you Into ~
factories at Brockton, Mass. -
YOU how carefully WI. Dousise
are made, YOU would then us1.
why they hold their shape. "
wear longer, and are OF srea0
than any other make.
Wherever you live. you e.n -. y
DouvIas shoes. His name and pfsp
on The bottom, whIeh protects yea
prices and ln,erio. ,,e .hoss. s, III S1LEfp fp.sts
and insist upon having them. n, "a, -,
fast Color Eyeiets used; thsy GU IN ~
Write Tor illustrated Cst.!ss g. w. ~
w. L. DOUGLAS. Dept. IL
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-01

1t Is always pity to destroy
pretty phrase, particularly when so
laudable a sentiment as patriotism is
Involved. You have all heard Millions
Tor defense. but not one cent for trib-
ute,' for the phrase has been famous
Tor century. 1t Is attributed to
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, who rep
resented the United States In France,
In 1896. John Jay had made a treaty
with England that threatened to in
yolve us in war with France, and the
Directory then governing France re-
fused to receive Mr.. Pinckney. intimat-
Ing that the payment Of certain sum
might settle the dispute.
Then it was, according to a popular
story. that Mr.. Pinckney said millions
for defense, but not one cent for trib-
ute: 1t is said, however, that when
ne was asked about it afterward. he
answered. MY answer was not a -four
lsh like that, but simply, Not a penny,
not a penny"
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Hostility to the big department stores
has broken out In Austria. A delega-
ton of small shopkeepers from all parts
Of the empire visited Vienna to lay
their grievances before Parliament.
When the police attempted to interfere
with them they rushed toward the
Chamber of Duputies, and smashed the
doors in their eagerness to get inside.
Most Of our readers, even the Oldest
of them, have been familiar with the
department store all their lives. The
big store in the cities Is only an over
grown country general merchandise
store, where clothing and candy, plows
and perfumes, groceries and grind
stones, harness and haberdashery are
sold over the same counter, to the great
comfort and convenience Of the Gus
toners.
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tity OF modern machinery which cannot
be produced at the present time in the
Mikado's dominion, and this Is result
ing in great increase of TIE imports
to the country, according to the New
York Tribune. Various new companies
which purpose large outlay Of capital
are about to be launched and these fig
ures will give some idea of the extent
OF the industrial work contemplated ::
The capital required for companies be-
Ing promoted to supply water power for
electric motor power is estimated at
$50, 100000; for new electric light and
railway companies and for extension
purposes, $685. 900, of which $780,
GOO will be supplied from abroad; for
extension of spinning mills, 1925, OOO,
and municipal enterprises in many
cities involve an outlaw Of $12,61O,OOO.
New mining companies are also being
foated and their aggregate capital
amounts to 81, 100000, of which S.
$4,000 Is to be raised by foreign loans
New railway and shipbuild'ng enter
prises represent the sum of $25, 092, 600
The Imports Of machinery at Kobe
amounted in value In 1905 tc $5,14S,-
600, or more than three times the value
OF that imported the preceding year. OF
all, machine lathes made the highest in
crease, amounting to $1,24O,O0O. After
them came machines for metal and
woodwork, spinning and electric light
plants, locomotives and electric motors.
Each of these lines showed al Increase
Of more than S25O.OOO over the figures
Of 1904. The imports are continuing to
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OCEAN LIFE HAS CHANGED.

But the Old Romance Of the Sea II
Not Dead.
While slowly ate my dinner in the
magnificent saloon of the great liner
America and looked about at the jolly
little parties Of two and four and six,
at the daintily clad women and the
severely clad men, and at the freshly
cut flowers and the sparkling cut glass,
and while listened to the low-vofced
laughter and talk and to the music
of the gay little relocated orchestra
it seemed very much as If l had strol1ed
over from Piccadilly circus to Pail Mail
Of cold, foggy evening and had turn.
ed in at the Carlton Hotel. 1 grew
sober as l thought about it.
We did these things very differently
little while back. Even very little
while back-as the history Of human
kind runs-life at sea meant more, for
it seemed to bring a man nearer to
God than we OF to-day very often get.
us this true" asked myself, that
they have destroyed the charm of the
sea? Is the fine old salty romance dead
and buried?"
Standing that night looking out over
the waves toward a handful of low
lying stars, I knew that the romance of
the sea is an undying thing. What we
have lost is no more than our old no.
ton OF it. The Spanish galIeon has
gone out with the napier and the dag
ger. We no longer, the boys among us,
haunt the wharves for glimpses of
Spanish sailors with bearded lips.
The shooter Is not what 1t was
and the tall clipper ship has followed
the stage coach into the junkyard OF
the things that were. But the new ro-
nance runs deeper. It is more COM
plex. It Is the wonderful story Of the
awakening, the rousing and the stirring
to action of a drowsy old world which
has only begun to find itself and to feel
its magnificent strength Success Mag
azine.
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A Happy Afterthouxht.

The story Of proposal by telephone
Is recorded by writer In the Phila-
delphia Public Ledger. Pete, colored
youth, was very bashful, and having
decided, first, that he wanted Miss
johnson for his wife, and, second, that
he dared not ask her in person, he had
recourse to the telephone. He rang her
up at the house Of her employer, and
inquired:
rs dat you, Miss Johnson?'
"Yaas," came the reply.
"Well, Miss johnson, rs got a mos
important question to ask you"
"Yaas."
will you marry me, Miss Johnson r
"Yaas. Who Is 1t, please?"
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increase and the value Of machinery i'm
ported during the month of January
last amounted in value to $519,SOO, as
against $4,000 for January of last
year. Almost every steamer arriving at
Kobe from European ports has consign-
ments Of machinery on board, and the
American manufacturer of machinery
has now a fine opportunity to do his
part toward the supply Of the great
Japanese field which Is opening to the
world.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-09-01

Deep in the dark alley we often find
the foot of the golden ladder.
This world Is being saved by the love
that could die, and not by any theory
about it.
The religion that can be confined to
place and season Is never in place or
in season.
Some men think they save the Leak
ing ship by hauling a new flag to the
masthead.
The virtues with which we are op-
pressed are not impressing others in the
same way.
Christ's life makes the letters that
alone can tell the story Of the love of
God to man.
Tie world would be without many
Of its pictures Of paradise but for It's
Patmos prisoners.
The love that Is ever within us gives
US greater comfort than even the hope
Of the life beyond.
He who has walked life's way in
truth always sees the promise through
the gates of death.
Some men seem to think that slash
ing up the, creeds will be accepted as
a substitute for deeds.
They become blind to the spiritual
who will not blind themselves to some
Of the things of sense.
One of the best things told Of heaven
Is that there Is no praising God by
proxy there; all are in the choir.
1t Is no use for the preacher to know
the stars In the heavens unless he
knows how to lead sinners beyond
them.
A rubber-tired vice Is likely to take
just as straight course and make
even better time to the pit than the
old rattle-rim kind.
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GOOD MANAGEMENT.


The plantation was good training1
school for the born business man, sayst
John C. Reed, the author of The
Brothers War;" The successful planter
allowed nothing slipshod or slovenly
under his management. Practical men
of extraordinary ability were bred By
the conditions of plantation enterprlsal
My maternal grandfather, writes Mr.
Reed, lived on his plantation of more
than thousand acres, which he man.
aged without an overseer. His edu-
cation had been so scant that he foun
it difficult to read the simplest Eng
lish, and to sign his name was the only
writing l ever knew him to do. But
his plantation management was the adj
miration Of all his neighb0rs.
His land was sandy and thin, yet
he made it yield more than ample sup
port for his numerous family, his rap
idly increasing force Of negroes, his
blooded horses, his unusually large
number of hogs, cows, sheep and goats,
and a fair quantity Of cotton besides.
The slaves liked sweet potatoes more
than any other food, and they were
fayorite food at the big House. His
supplies never failed. There were some
unonened .banks" or hills when the
new potatoes came.
His fine horses required 80 much
corn. and so much more OF 1t was need
ed for bread, that he could not feedI
it lavishly to his hogs. So ne devel-P
oned a succession Of peach orchards.
with which he commenced their fatten-.
ing in the summer. They were four In
ali. The first one ripened In July and,
the last one late In October. The fruit.
in any particular one ripened at the
same time, and he cared not how many
different varieties there were. Wben-
ever he tasted peaches away from h5n'e
that he liked, IL they were not from
CRATER trees, he would carry away the
seed. and there was particular drawer
labeled with the date. into which they
were put.
whenever he had need to plant q
trae tbe fruit Of which was desired AZ
that particular time OF the year, the
seed was planted where he wanted the.
+rae He was always replanting IN
Mace Of Injured trees and those he hac
found to be inferior.
The ..fattening" hogs, that Is, those
"a he next killed for meat, were turned
into the July orchard just as soon as
the peaches commenced to fall; and
tl,ev went on through the lest Of the
series. After peach-time these hogs ran
mon the peas. which were now ripe =
the cornhelds, after tho ccrn nad Des1
gathered