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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-28

1t Is we'll to remember when giving
medicine to fowls that with some
liquids n drop is larger than some
others. Sixty drops of water make
teaspoonful or dram; laudanum and
all other tinctures, and alcohols have
100 drops to fluid dram.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-28

One pound of corn meal is equal in
feeding value to 1927 pounds Of skim
milk when fed to growing pigs. There
is really more value in skim milk than
we give credit for.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-12-29

plains valley
after than four of f that uns
fully midnight Mondaythe night before Christmas His faith
full Mr. Hutchinson who had cared for him gently and patiently for
VIII" aim nen tn end came he says that as the hnds OF
watch reached the twelve old his breath
without a sigh
His relative this Enge
atte notified and at her briggs O. H. Gull
took charge funeral
held in Odd Fellows hall Wednesday O Mr. Enge had
that and his wife would be here but Mrs taken
the Presbyterian church The choir with briggs
panist consisted of Mrs Martini Portland Dr. Geo.
Wright and Mr. Paine The pail bearers Mr. Cha Mckay
and Mr. Boce both closely with Capt Warbass in
early poa history the county, Mr. c. Roster and Mr. E. p Baer
also prominent San Juan pioneers elect
Audrey Newa to whom Capt Wabass sold his fine home
little than attended,
the short notice The nerment the Valley cemetery
Besides his niece Mrs Eg already mentioned Capt Warba
time quite number Harbor
Capt Warbass born in Hamburg county, New Jersey
February 1925 family eleven children His paernal grand
father Joseph Warbass America with brother in
the 1900 The brother settled settled Penn
and the founder of the bethlehem which for
held land common and followed code Of laws Of their
officer the revolutionary and large
land New Jersey during the years
Republic Capt Warbas father 1892 and
died 1S4 His MOTHER whose Armstrong;
youth
New Jersey ont when he became New York and
gagged business which he continued discovery Of
gold California reached the bought goods
and took for San Francisco which
abed storm but finally reached DAMAGED
merchandise OF the Warbass
most ageab surprised his had left New
number OF weeks after he did but had ourneyed by
the shmus Panama Mr. Warbass the auconeeng
business 184
there and after about he From there he
up the and Willamette rivers where the beautiful
$500 that worth he
TO the north side OF the Columbia and started two stores a
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-12-29
Qncle Sam's New
Years Greeting

Once year, at New Years, the
United States naval observatory at
Washington allows itself l:ttle di-
version that requires good deal of
trouble to arrange. At midnight on
New Years eve the scientists of the
institution send telegraphic greet
ing around the world.
The scheme is prearranged with
the telegraph, cable and telephone
companies, and the progress of the
message from point to point in indi-
Gated on large map of the world,
q by az feet, by the flashing of little
electric laml 8. The speed with which
the message can be transmitted to
various points has been observed and
recorded.
For example, the Lick observatory
in California is reached in no time at
aH-fve-hundredths of a second-the
Tacubaya observatory in Mexico in
eleven -hundredths of a second, Man
lila in thirty seven-hundredths of a
second, Greenwich, England, in 1873
seconds, the coast survey station,
Alaska, in IL seconds and the Cor
doba observatory, Argentina, in ~
seconds.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-12-29
New Years Fortune Telling

If the Italian girl desires further
light on her matrimonial future she
fills, in the twilight of New Years
eve, cup full of water. The light is
only sufficient for Ter to see the out
line Of the cup. This she exposes in
a place where the water can freeze
after she has dropped into it bit of
thread. AS soon as she is awake in
the morning she runs out to see the
result of the experiment. Her for
tune depends upon the shape which
the thread has assumed in the water,
she being aided in her deductions by
an old woman.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-12-29
New Years Bells

In England the year is ushered in
by peal of bells bursting forth upon
the midnight air from every steeple
far and near, telling the people that
they are on the threshold of another
twelvemonth. Charles Lamb said of
these bells: ''Of all sounds Of all bells
bells the music highest bordering on
heaven-m most solemn and touching is
the peal which rings out the old year.
never hear them without gather
ing up to a concentration of all the
images that have diffused over the
past twelvemonth; all have done or
suffered in that regretted time ! be-
gin to know its worth, as when per-
son dies"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-12-29
Mohammed's New Years Motto

Every good act is charity. Giving
water to the thirsty is charity. Re
moving thorns and stones from the
road is charity. Exhorting your fel-
low men to virtuous deeds is charity.
Smiling in your brothers face is char
ity. Putting q wanderer in the right
path is charity. A mans true wealth
is the good he does 10 this world.
When be dies mortals will ask, "What
property has he left behind bimY but
angels will inquire, "What good deeds
hast thou sent before thee?'-Mo-
hammed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-12-29

Some Quainr Old
Scotch Customs

New Years is most enthusiast tical-
ly observed by the canny Scot in his
native land. In the homes of the
poorer classes the best of good cheer
is spread, his dearest friends are in
vited, and, whatever else may grace
his table, the plum pudding, sur
70 lnded with mountain heather and
the inevitable haggis, is there, and,
if possible, small keg of real
mountain dew is placed conspic
uously in the center of the table.
A bunch of mistlatoe is not far off,
and no guests al permitted to leave
their seats until the keg has been emp
tied of its c, ntents, customs strongly
savoring of paganism without doubt
and handed down from heather ances-
tors, who were nevertheless in their
own time and way, good men and
true.
1t is a custom on Ne w Years day
among many of the country squires
and wealthy farmers in the north of
Scotland to organize hunting parties
On such outings the plum pudding is
included in the bill of fare. Instead
however, of having the pudding made
before starting out it is customary to
take the ingredients along, mix them
and boil in pot slung over a log fire
at the camping ground.
A cu,to.i. which is generally observ-
ed bv the working classes is what is
called first footing At all hours
of the early morning of the first day
of the new year an effort is made to
be first to call on their friends at
their homes. The one who is lucky
enough to be the first caller on his
friend is invited to partake of short
bread cake and nip O whisky after
| the usual handshake and a "braw
| New Year It is no uncommon
thing to see family of five or six
leave their country home about 10
O'Clock at night and walk three or
| Lool LII q OuOW wi LII Ill vi uCl W
first foot" their relatives or friends
living in the city.
The birth of the new year is an
nounced in the towns and cites by
the striking of the local town hall
clock on the hour of IL and followed
by the ringing of the church bells
Long before the approach OF IL
o'clock great crowds Of people sur
round the city hall and eagerly watch
the big hand of the clock as it ap-
proaches the last year. Every one
in the big crowd has bottle of some
description in his possession. Immed-
lately the big hand of the clock
marks the first stroke of IL every
bottle is thrown simultaneously
against the walls of the hall, followed
bv tremendous crash. This is an
ancient custom, but is now rapidly
dying out. 1t is still practiced, how
ever, every New Year eve against
the old gray walls of the Iron church
| in Edinburgh, the capital.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-12-29
Peter Stuyvesant's New Year


The custom of celebrating New
Years day in our own country is
largely due to the Dutch. Old Peter
Stuyvesant made much of the day,
and CHEEKY assemblages were held at
the governors home at New Am
sterdam. The Dutch method of kiss
ing the women for "a happy new
year" was observed and toll taken of
all who were young and handsome.
In fact, during the reign of Peter
Stuyvesant New Amsterdam was
the most thoroughly bekissed country
in all Christendom and formed a
marked contrast to the staid Puri-
tans, who thought the observance OF
this day savored strongly of rever
ence for the god Janus and who made
no note of their first New Years day
in the new world save to record, 'We
went to work be times"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-12-29
In France and Germany

In France, where more presents
are given at New Years even than
Christmas, family gatherings are
held and healths drunk, while in the
cafes in Paris many gay little par
ty may be seen seated at the tables
drinking in the new year. A similar
custom IS now prevalent in Germany,
where the wish.is ''Prosit Neu Jahr"
(ssMay the New Year be happy
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-12-29
At the Yildiz KOisk

The sultan of Turkey still keeps the
royal rule Of New Years presents In
working order, and all dignitaries
and officials perfectly understand
that a good sized contribution must
be forthcoming.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-12-29
January Proverbs

Many old proverbs exist regarding
this season of the year. Among them
are:
.sIf the grass grows in January
It grows the worse for all the year."
IA January spring is worth nothing"
.sUnder water dearth, under snow bread. !"
"March in January, January in March. !"
s'If January calends be summerly. gay
Twill be January weather till calends
of May"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-12-29
On Other Days Too

It is sign Of good luck to receive
money on New Years day. 1t means
that you will not want for it all the
wear round.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-12-29

New Years now il on dc way,
Heaps of fun before rs.

Heaps of fun before rs.
Christmas day done pass away
Honey jins de chorus.
II ono day don't suit you, why,
Dar'll be plenty mo- TO try;
Git q good one by an by;
Honey, jine de chorus.
Maybe storm clouds in de sky
Hang a-threatenin' DER us;
Sunshine comm bv an by;
Honey, jine de chorus.
Dis hero life is like song
Some time sad an some time strong
Some time short an some time long
Honey, jine dc chorus.
ATLANTA Constitution
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-12-29
Capt, E. D.. WaIbass
Gone to His Rest
The Founder of Friday Harbor and The Coun-
tvs Most Widely Known Pioneer Passes
Away After an Adventurous Life
of ofNearly Eighty-tWo Years

EDWARD WARBASS San Juan widely known
has passed Having travelled from Sandy Hook
Golden than half chased
will the wealth and down the Pacific the
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-01-17
Worlds Meat Market.

Washington, Jan. l0-No other
country produces so great surplus
of meat, and no other country, except
Ireland, seDds 30 many cattle to the
Eoglish market as the Uoited States,
according to bulletin lssued by the
department of agriculture yesterday
During the year ended June 80,
1904. the exports of packing house
products were valued a. S217,000,000,
while the exports of United States
cattle to British porte during that
year amounted to 378,000 head. valu-
ed at S36,000.O00. and along with
them were exported $4,000 sheep,
worth nearly S2,000,000
Belgium has become an important
destination for Uuited States cattle,
and more than l8 600 we're exported
there during 1904
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-01-17

the civsl war, there are many who
have not stopped to think that this
condition has been brought about
almost entirely through the tf)rts
of the Southern CJsten association.
or course ''if' is big word, and
may be used a. q shortwsy arorn |
almost any proposition: but We have
no hesitation 10 saying that it ia our
deliberate opinion that il il had not
been for the Southern Cotton assccia-
tion the average prica received fnr
the current crop Of cotton would not
have been above s CENTS. We believe
also that there is not a man in the
United States who ia more tnorone bly,
cognizant cf this fact than Ia Mr..
Theodore H. Price, the ahra~d bear
leader of New York -Yorkville En-
quirer.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-01-17
The Grip.

Before we can sympathize with
others, we must have suffered ourselves. "
No one can realize the suffering attend
ant upon an attack of the grip, unless
he has had the actual experience. There
is probably no disease that causes so
much physical and mental agony, or
which so successfully defies medical aid.
All danger from the grip, however, may
be avoided by the prompt use of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. Among the
tens of thousands who have used this
remedy. not one case has ever been re-
ported that has resulted in pneumonia
or that has not recovered. For sale by
Kaufman Drug Go.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-01-17
The Flying Lizard Of Java.

The curious little animals known
as f,sng hz.rds (Dcac" vJ!an-) are
only fuuod 10 Java. AID their strange
appearance is supposed TO have been
the origin of the dragon of the medise-
val eastern imagination The reptile
is Ike All ordinary lizard, but is pro-
vided with folds of ex'ensible skin
which are spread out by the long
ribs and enable the animal to glide
through the air from tree to tree in
pursuit of the insects oa which it
preys When lying prone on the
mot,led surface of q bougb, it is an
excellent example of "p-ote"'ive re-
semblauce," as it is most difficult to
be seen unless it moves.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-01-17
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, January II, 1906.
A Letter.

Congressman Lever says: I enclose
you my check for the Southern
Farmer. I wi.b FOR your Journal the
success that such an undertaking
deserves. I am cpn6dent that such
paper will be Of inestimable value
to the agricultural Interests OF the
State, an interest which ia just now
beginning to march out of Inc gloom
into the broad dsyligh, OF immeas-
urab!e possibilities. TIE farm boy is
about to come into possession OF his
OWE; he is about 10 be the most
potential factor in the development
Of the South. TRUST that your paper
will teach him this; that it WILL teach
the young manhood of the State that
it takes ss much brain to run farm
successfully as it does to measure eff
cloth or weigh sugar from behind a
counter; that it takes as much equip
ment, as much capacity, and as much
training to get from nature her
hidden wealth as it does to reap
honors and successes in any of the
business or learned professions.
The paper which will teach this
central idea must be of great Value
to the State. I wish you unlimited
success in the undertaking.
Your friend,
&. F. Lever.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-01-17
Praises Cotton Association.

There ie NJ reasonable doubt of the
fact that the Southern Cotton aseocia-
tion has accomplished wonders in up,
holding the price Of cottor. While
cur own people even members, are
not giving the association credit for
all it is doing, it's influence isgeperslly
recognized north Ind abroad. While
everybody understands that the price
Of cotton ought TO be controlled by
the laws Of supply and demand, and
while there ia now very widespread
knowledge of the fact that these laws
are at present operating to more
marked degree than ever before, since
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-01-17

and Investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of a wonderfully sympsr
thetic nature.
In 1S43 she married Isaac Pinkham.
a builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days it
was common for mothers to MAKE
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in physician only in specially
urgent cases. BY tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods Of
all kinds; so, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
it was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi-
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was rare combina-
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia E. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely, with
out money and without price, as a
labor of love.
But in 1878 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. It's length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, so when the Centen-
NAL year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother, combined forces to
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-01-17

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
so good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filing gross of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
it, for always before they had given
it away freely. They hired job
printer to run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine, now called Lydia E. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties of
the medicine were, to a great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used it
recommended it to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam
lily had saved enough money to COM
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success Of
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vege-
table Compound have become house.
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in it's manufacture.
lydia E.. Pinkham herself did not
live to see the great success of this
work. She passed to her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done it
herself
During her long and eventful expe-
rience she was ever methodical in ner
work and she was always careful topre-
serve record of every case that came to
her attention The case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands-received
careful study. and the details, includ-
ing symptoms. treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since, are
available to sick women the world
over, duA &C pICSCuV q Ncoo So1A@oOte1 o.
ton of information regarding the
treatment of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library in the
world.
With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her
daughter in law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for wears she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when its origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued it, and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother of large family, took
it up With women assistants, some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this great work and
probably from the Office of no other
person have so many women been ad-
vised how to regain health. Sick wo-
men, this advice is ''Yours for Health"
freely given if you only write to ask
fer it.
Such is the history of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound; made
from simple roots and herbs; the one
great medicine for women's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
woman whose name it bears.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-01-17
A jamaican Lady Speaks High =
ly Of Chamberlaia's Cough
Remedy.

Mrs. Michael Hart, wife Of the super
intendent Of Cart service at Kingston,
Jamaica, West Indies Islands, says that
she has for some years used Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy for coughs, Group
and whooping cough and has found it
very beneficial. She has implicit conf
dence in it and would not be without a
bottle Of it in her house. Sold by Kauf-
mann Drug Go.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-01-17
In Serious Condition.

Washington. Jan. lit was
stated at tie NV Willard hotel ct
noon that Ms Minor Morris, the
woman who was forcibly elected
from the White House Il week ago,
remains in dangerous condition.
At times she !aps4s mo comatose
state.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-01-17
Family Burned to Death.

Lewiston, Pa, jar 9 9-Seven per-
g IDS, comprising an entire family,
we're burned t, death in FIRE which
destroyed the booze of Isaac Syler, at
Pleasantville, Junista county, this
morning. The dead are Mr.. Syler,
his daughter, Mrs. Peter Martin and
the latter's five children.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-01-17

# the Baby is Cutting Teeth,
Be sure and use that old and welt
tried remedy, Mrs Winslow's Sooth.
ing Syrup, for children teethipg. l.
soothes the child, softens the gums,
ailsys all pain, cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
twenty-five cents bottle.
If It is the best of all.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-01-17
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKF1AM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

This remarkable woman, whose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn, Mass, February 9th, 1919, COM
ing from good old Quaker family.
For some years she taught school, and
became known as a woman of an alert
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-01-17
Gard from Arkansas.

Please allow ne space in your
columns to tell my friends and rela-
tives few things of my new home.
I am located in Columbia county,
the southwestern portion of Arkan-
sas. Magnolia lie the county seat. /
like the country fine and think it is
a good farming country. [ have not
seen any land that I believe would
not make bale Of cotton to the acre.
a bale that doh'5 weigh 500 pounds
here is not called bale. They pay
the sixteenth here for ginning. So
you see it takes about seventeen cwt,
to make bale.
We are all in good health. I think
it is very healthy here. I will wait
and gee what this country is and
makes, then I will tell you more.
D Lee Harman.
Magnolia, Ark, r. F. D 4.