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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-27
Trust to Nature

great many. Americans. both men
and women, are thin, pale and puIy. With
poor circulation because they have ILL
treated their stomachS by hasty eating
or too much eating, by consuming slco-
holic beverages, or by too clio G cG,.:.ne-
ment to home, office or factory Gr3 in
consequence the stomach must be trea ted
in natural way before they can rectify
their earlier mistakes. The muscles in
many such people, in fact in every weary,
thin and thin-blooded person, do their
work with great difficulty. AS result
fatigue comes early is extreme and lasts
long. The demand for nutritive aid is
ahead OF the supply. To insure perfect
health every tissue, bone, nerve and
muscle should take from the blood GER
tain materials and return to it certain
others. 1t is necessary to prepare the
stomach for the work of taking up from
the food what is necessary to make good,
rich, red blood. We must go to Nature
for the remedy. There were certain
roots known to the Indians of this
country before the advent Of the whites
which later came to the knowledge of
the settlers and which are now growing
rapidly in professional favor for the cure
of obstinate stomach and liver troubles.
These are found to be safe and yet GER
tain in their cleansing and invigorating
effect upon the stomach, liver and blood
These are: Golden Seal root. Queens
root, Stone root, BiOodroOt, Mandrake
root. Then there is Black Cherry bark.
The medicinal principles residing in these
native roots when extracted with glyc-
crime as solvent make the most reliable
and efficient stomach tonic and liver in
vigorator, when combined in just the
right proportions, as in DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. Where there
is bankrupt vitality such as nervous
exhaustion, bad nutrition and thin
blood, the body acquires vigor and the
nerves, blood and all the tissues feel the
favorable effect of this sovereign remedy.
Although some physicians have been
aware of the high medicinal value of the
above mentioned plants, yet few have
used pure glycerine as a solvent and
usually the doctors prescriptions called
for the ingredients in varying amounts,
Nth alcohol.
The rGoden Medical Discovery is
scientific preparation compounded of the
glyceric extracts of re above mentioned
vegetable ingrefi and contains nt
alcohol or harmful Eabit-forming drugs.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-27

important discovery in the art III
nearly twenty centuries.
ION the island of Portland in the
south Of England there are certain
quarries of limestone which have been
worked for many years, anciently
producing building stone. In 1872
an EngIishman named Joseph Asp
din, of Leeds, patented a process for
mixing and burning lime and clay.
The product looked 50 much like the
Portland limestone that he called it
Portland cement, from which the
commonly known name given to near
ly all kinds of hydraulic cement was
derived. From Aspdin's time to 1880
many mills were erected in England
and ION the continent for making
Portland cement, which was mostly
poor stuff and of limited use.
"The first Portland cement made
in the United States was made by
the Copley Cement Company, Copley,
Pa, in 1875; their annual rate of pro-
duction was 1000 barrels.
''The growth of Portland cement
making in the United States has been
rapid. In 1875 the annual production
was 1000 bbls. year; in 1890, (ffteen
years later) it was 335, 300 barrels;
in 1900, 8, 49,, O2O barrels; and in 1903,
it was %, 342, 973 barrels. "
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-27
PROHIBITION TICKET

Simple Pat.
A poor Irishman one day went to
the office of an Irish bank and asked
for change in gold for fourteen one
pound Bank of Ireland notes. The
cashier at once replied that the Cav
an bank only cashed its own notes.
"Then would We gle me Cavan
notes for these" asked the country
man in his simple way.
certainly" said the cashier,
handing the fourteen notes as de-
sired.
The Irishman took the Gavan
notes, but Immediately returned
them to the official, saying:
"Would We gle me gold for these.
sir?" And the cashier, caught In
Ljs own trap, was obliged to part
with the money.-London Answara
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-27
The Use of Grammar.

A teacher in public school of
Boston once had great difficulty in
:mparting to boy pupil at ten GER
tain elementary principles of gram
mar. In class one day the instruct
or experienced more than the usual
amount of trouble with the lad. In
desperation the teacher finally blurt-
ed out the question, CAT least you
can tell me why we study gram
mar p"
eyes, ma'am," returned the pu-
pill; I'VE study grammar SO that we
can laugh at the mistakes of others"
-Harper's Weekly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-27
INDEPENDENTREp UBLICANTlcKET
State Senator 24th. District
WILLIAM BISHOP

State of Washington,
County of san Juan s..
l, Fred f. Kirby, Clerk of the Board of County
commissioners OF San Juan County, Washing
ton, do hereby certify that the foregoing list of
congressional, State, County and Precinct can
didates, compiled from the certificates Of. uomi-
majors MED with me according to law together
with the proposed amendments to the Constitn
ton. ss'
Witness my hand and the seal of ,the County
commissioners Court this a2nd dav of October
1905. FRED KJRRy
lsEALl Clerk of the Board OF CounN Com
missioners of San Juan County
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History of the
Cement Industry

Continued From Page One
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-27

If you have lost your boyhood spirits.
courage and confidence of youth, We offer
you new life. fresh courage and freedom
from ill health in HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea. IS cents, Tea or Tablets.
Friday Harbor Drug Co.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-27

If you want lots of money to spend at
the fair send us your apples and we will
furnish you the cash. Anacortes Cream
cry Co. 0-29-tf
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-27

WANTED-To buy Jersey bull calf
from to IL months old. G. BEHRE,
OLGA, WASHINGTON.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-27

HINTS ON SHAvING-Don't shave
in hurry. Learn to shave right. II isn't
q surgical operatiOn-so it isn't necessary
IT, cut your face. IfyOu've learned wrong
learn over again. Get good raz0r-an
NETIC" better pair or = set, and alter
nate them in use. Morse Hardware Com
pany, Bellingham.
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First publication August Il, 1906 Ist
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-27

The " orse Hardware Company has all
sizes of Linen Sein Nets-53, 6, u, 8, 8
Mesh. A large stock Sein Linen Irvine.
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Secretary of state for the State of Washington

To THE VOTERS: You are hereby advised to
place an after the question For the Amend.
1nent," etc, or Against the Amendment" etc,
as the case may be SO as to express more clearly
your affirmative or negative vote.
SAM H. NICHOLS
Secretary of State
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02
RED MANS LAST RoLL-cALL
Disintegration Of the Indian Tribes
Under Direction of White
Men

Like the Moorish king Abu Abdal-
lab, looking mournfully backward at
his lost Granada, Geronimo, from
Fort Sill, gazes westward across prai-
ries and hills to the Arizona Of his
great days which be will not see
again, writes C. NJ Harvey, in At
lantic. Up at Pine Ridge agency the
Sioux nonogenarian Red Cloud, the
most famous Of living Indian war
riors, who could tell as many marvels
as Aeneas told to Dido. refuses to ac-
cept the governments offer Of an al
lotment Of land, and goes down, like
Dickens Steerforth In the storm at
Yarmouth. waving his hand defantly
I'm the face Of destiny. Most Of Her.
cules' lab0rs looked light compared
with the task which the late Henry L.
Dawes undertook when he and the
commission created under the law
Of 1893 started out to induce the Choc-
taws. the Creeks and their neikhbors
to allot their lands TO their members
as individuals. 10 abolish their tribal
government and to merge themselves
in the mass Of the countrys citizen
ship That work has been grandly
finished. The last councils OF the
Five Tribes have been held The epic
Of the American Indian has closed.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02

comes yellow, the beans inside are
ripe. turn white and are then consid-
cred dry" beans. White ones mixed
with the green damage the selling
price from few cents to half their
value per quart.
On the market lima beans are sold
BY the quart, hence the best pack Is
the ordinary l6 or "a quart berry crate.
Real early beans often sell better III
pint boxes, as the price IS so high that
customers of the retail stores do not
want as many as a full quart The
peck market basket is another package
used. six 10 ten quarts being put in
each basket with a covering of green
netting TO enhance the greenness of
the beans.
Many beans cannot be shipped In
bulk, because they heat the easiest OF
all vegetables, and heating results in
souring, sprouting, mildew, spotting
and decay. Although itself green and
full of water, the lima bean must be
absolutely free from outside moisture
when packed for shipment, says Farm,
Field and Fireside. Nor must the
package in any way get wet, or a total
loss will result inside Of u hours. a
novice IN the business often blames
the express company or commission
merchant for the spelling Of his goods
and consequent bad returns. when IL
is his own fault in allowing the beans
to be packed in a damp condition.
Sheliing, as well as picking, must
be done by hand Smelling is the more
tedious process. A good shelter can
shell eight to u quarts per hour One
and half to two cents per quart is
usually the price for Smelling, children
most often doing the work, although
the supervision of a competent grown
person is necessary at all times.
II for any reason the beans after
being shelled are damp. they should
be placed for an hour or more before
packing on a clean cloth, or some |
other clean, absorbing substance, in
the open air-but not in the sun. This
is to dry the outer surfaces They |
ehould be spread not more than an |
inch deep and rolled from side to side |
every few minutes 10 secure even dry
ing. The cloth will absorb a part of /
the moisture and the air the rest. |
Usually, however, no such drying |
process is necessary.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02
SOME VERY QUICK THINGS
Among Them the Thoughts Of the
Doing Dreamer Is the Head
"Skidooer."

A nash Of light is not sluggish, sound
travels rapidly. bullet is no messen-
ger boy, and an automobile whicn
shoots a mile in rs seconds is moving
along. certainly. When it comes TO
getting over the ground in a real hur-
~. however, to devouring distances IN
dead earnest, says the Providence Jour
nal, the dreamer marches proudly al
the head Of the procession He makes
the latest thing In the line Of $50
horse power racing cars look like hay
carts In mud bank A man sits IA
his chair after dinner and dozes; he
awakss with a start and discovers, 70
his surprise. that he lost consciousness
for exactly three minutes by the CLOCK
Yet in those three minutes he jour
neyed from New York 10 Port Said
transferred himself TO St Petersburg
loitered IN Paris and London an
sailed up the Nile. What is Of greater
importance in this connection, he jour
neyed leisurely. almost indolently; he
stopped at various points Of interest
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02
THE MAD MONTH OF MARCH
Called the "Throcian of the Twelve, "
Because of It's clustering
Aspect.

Mars was not a favorlte among the
classic Greeks. nor is his name-month
a great favoriie among the Gothic
moderns. The god Of war was a bar
barian intruder in the Olympian circle
There was something Thracian, and by
that token crude and unworthy, in his
manner. He was more OF a blusterer
than a fighter, and Homer narrates
with evident relish how Pallas Athene
tumbled him over in combat, his vas.
bulk covering several acres. OF wild
aspect, untutored ways and Indifferent
wits. he had little TO recommend him
but his immortal origin.
Such also, says the New York Mail,
is the month that has taken the war
gods name One poet notes its ugly
looks and threats" "A half-wild crea-
mre cast from natures lap. another
calls it. The proyerb mad as a March
hare says the same thing with less
reticence. English people call the
month "March manyweathers," and
thereby intimate their doubt OF its
capacity for sustained purpose II Is
the Thracian OF the u, as September
is the TyrIan There Is something
clustering and barren in It's aspect, as
there is TN what people call "a cool
war" The winds that blow from one
end of 10 90 the other are not the
winds Of God" A peck Of March dust
may be worth q kings ransom, as 4
wise saw has IT, but from the average
human It gets less grateful guerdon.
Beware the idss of March" IS good
wisdom for our common humanity
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02
THE TELEPHONE TELEGRAPH
BIRD.

There's a little bird lives on the telegraph
pole.
Ana very wise birdie is he;
For he hears all the news from all over
the land
Yes. and even from over the sea.
Hes a little green fellow with silver
tipped bn
Though some people say: How alb
surd.
It Is only a lump OF green Elsss"-but
they're wrong
its the telephone-telegraPh bird
HISS a fairy. you see. and would stay
quite unknown.
AND from pryng eyes make his escape
So IN order 90 treasure the secrets he's
learned.
Hes obliged 70 turn into this shape.
Hs has millions OF little green brothers
like him.
And they AN live on telegraph trees;
So. OF course. any news that the wires
carry on
It Is strange an the things that they hear
and they know.
And these things very often they tell;
For they fly round at night, when you
They can hear and remember with ease.
lilLe ones sleep
And they whisper the things that befell.
II you've told an untruth or been
naughty or rude,
BY some means your mamma will have
heard
II "a little bird told me-" she says when
you ask
Its that telephone-telegraph bird.
Now. Of course. birthday secrets. sur
prses and gifts
To himself he Will carefully keep;
And he'll even help out with suggestions
and hints
Whispered low in your ear while you
sleep.
But il mischief YOU plan. or do wrong on
the sly.
Ia advise YOU TO think OF II twice
For that birds bound to know and, as
sure as can be.
lie win tell on you, too, in a trice.
Pm afraid therell be some who won't
credit this tale
Some grown folks and fairy-tale
haters).
Who viii call the green things on the
telegraph poles
Long names such as glass insulators.
Let them laugh II they will, for we know
what We know.
We won't care II they don't take our
word:
And nice little secret wen have-you
and
And the telephone telegraph bird
Julie Fay Shipman. in ST. Nicholas.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02
THE BOTTLE CANNON.
How Fun May Be Obtained with a
Thick Bottle and Some
Chemicals

Take thick empty bottle--a vinegar
quart bottle will do-and pour water
into il until it is one-third full. In the
water dissolve one OF the Dowders-bi-
carbonate OF sOda-that druggists sell
10 make settler water.
Put the contents OF the other pack
age, tartaric acid. in a playing card
rolled up into a tube and tied around
with a thread, explains the Chicago
News. one end of the tube being sealed,
or plugged, with two pellets Of blotting
paper.
Suspend this miniature cartridge
from the cork by means Of a piece of
thread attached by tin tack. The
open end Of the cartridge must be up
permOst, and when all is ready. you
cork the bottle tightly. having allowed
enough thread to swing the cartridge
clear OF the water.
To explode the cartridge and dis
charge your novel cannon, you lay the
bottle horizontally upon two pencils on
the table; they will act as your gun
carriage
Pretty soon the water will penetrate
the blotting paper plugs and reach the
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02

ana examined them thoroughly; ne
met with annoying and amusing exper-
fences on steam hips and trains; he
talked with acquaintances whom he
encountered in foreign lands. and he
told some of them precisely what he
thought of them there was genuine
pleasure in that A dreamer can put
thousands and thousands OF miles be-
hind him in the short space of three
minutes and iazily enjoy himself in his
wandering By comparison. the chauf-
feur, with his life In his hands, is
slow coach; ana DE must attend strict
ly to business; he can engage in n
conversation or sightseeing.
The human mind is a wonderful We.
hicle. Some people in spectacles have
analysed it ami think that they know
what 10 is and what it can do But
they do not know and they never Will
know.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02

leaf. He bores holes with his beak
and pulls q thread from bark through
the holes. thereby sewing the leaf to-
gether into the form OF a bag. The
magpie fixes the nest with earth, as
does the swallow, the nest of the lat
ter bird having so small an opening
that the bird is hardly able to enter
II.
An artful bird is the South Ameri-
can potter bird. says the Brooklyn
Eagle. Il builds the nest on the heavy
branches Of q tree or near thte roof
Of a house. The material Of the nest,
that nearly weighs mp to ten pounds.
is mud and clay, the rear room to be
used for habitatiOn.
The salangane. a bird like our swal-
low. builds its nest from its own
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02
FIRING TIE BOTTLE CANNON.

tartaric acid. Enervescence will at
once take place. and the carbonic acid
gas thus generated will throw the cork
from the bottle with a loud report, the
cartridge trailing after II like rocket.
And you will have a still further
imitation Of field artillery in the recon
Of the bottle, which will roll back sew
eral inches.
Make this little experiment: It ia
both pretty and harmless.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02
SEEDING PASTURES.
How One Man Handled His Land
After Prairie Grasses Had
Been Fed Out.

My experience is not very extern
sive, but will say that / seeded a
prairie pasture after the prairie
grasses had been fed out. with one
part timothy, one part red top and
one part blue grass. | found that the
timothy and blue grass took good on
the high ground and the red top took
best on the low ground. found, too
that after about three years the blue
grass had crowded everything else
out, even the weeds TO a cerain ex.
tent. II takes blue grass about two
years to get a good start. But the
red top did fine on low ground the
first year. II were going to seed
pasture for cattle, horses and sheen
especially If the land had been under
cultivation, should SOW two parts red
clover. one part timothy and one part
blue grass. and on low lands ! would
put one part timothy and one part red
top. for the reason red top does best
on low ground. ! find in my pastures
on the high. dry knobs that I'm June
and July, when the weather is dry
and the sun is hot, these knobs dry
out and give little or no feed. hence
my reason for sowing red top on the
for stock during the dryest part of
the season, and, too there is always
a heavy growth around the sloughs or
low places that make fine grazing dur
Ing the winter months when It is not
covered with snow. Now, continues
the correspondent OF Farmers Re
view. my reason for sowing timothy
and clover is that the clover helps to
shade the timothy and blue grass after
the harvest has been taken of. and II
also helps to I'll out the stand Until |
the timothy and blue grass get good |
atart
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02
He Wanted to Know.

A certain professor chemistry was
one day talking to his class about the
value OF oxygen.
Oxygen, said he. is essential 10 all
animal existence. There should not be
any life without it. And yet, strange
to say, it was discovered only about a
century ago"
At this one Of the students made a
sign as ii he desired to speak, and
when the professor nodded permission,
the student said:
"What should like TO know, profess
sor, is how animal life got along be-
fore oxygen was discovered7"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02

branches Of a tree or near the roof
moon. These saliva nests are being
sent from Australia and Java to be
used in making bird nest soup.
Many birds weave their nest from
bark shaping the nests like bags Of
every description The habit Of the
magpie 60 have its nests decorated
with stolen elit,Uiue pieces of metal
is well known. and @ Kind Of nightln-
gale, living in the Mediterranean
countries. uses skins OF snakes for the
decoration Of its nest
The Australian chlamyjodcra builds
two nests. one a plain one Of twigs
for habitatlon and another lined with
green grasses and the floor covered
with little stones This nest about
three feet high is the so.cal.ed wed.
ding bower
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02
MARKETING LIMA BEANS.
Some Of the Things to Remember IN
Order 70 Best Dispose of
the Crop.

August is the month for heavy pro-
duction of lima beans. They coniindc
to bear. however, till the first hari
killing frost The amount and length
Of profitable bearing depends largely
upon keeping the vines picked clean
and not allowing pods to get dead ripe
for the ripened seed of any kind takes
most vital substance out Of the plant
and causes II TO die. Besides the beans
when not quite ripe bring the highest
prices. The time TO pick the pods Is
when they show faint traces Of lishi
green to yellow. After the pod be-
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02
SOME ODD NESTS.
Ingenuity Displayed by Some Birds
in Providing Places Tor Their
Young.

There was time many millions OK
years ago. when bird. ullt no nests
but did as some specimens are doing
at the present time. when the ostrich
continues to lay her eggs I'm the sand
~ the desert 20 have the Matching done
by the rays Of the sun. The Talegalla
turkey of New Holland also follows
the old custom of covering up the
the earth with feathers iu the manner
so that the eggs may be Matched By
the heat engenIerel by decomposition.
On account Of the temperature Of the
sarth having become gradually colder
and because eggs have no warmth OF
their own. the birds later on were
compelled 20 cover the mounds dug In
eggs with decayel vegetable matter,
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02
Eating Snails.

Do you know how many snails are
said to be consumed in New York city
in one week alone, when the season
is at its height? Why, in the neigh
borhood Of 10000! They do not seem
a very tempting food. but epicures
like them, and pay high prices for
the dainty. The supply comes from
France and it is stated that they are
such a profitable product, that vine
yards are given up as food for the
snails, which bring better prices than
rranea
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02
Canned PAINTINGS

Paintings under glass may now be
preserved indefinitely. Had the men OF
old known this. the pictures Of APPEL
les might still live in the first fresh
ness of their colors. and the work OF
Raphael and Michael Angelo would
look to-day as It looked when It left
the painters hands. The method Of
preservation is simple. The canvas is
placed In a vacuum. It Is preserved.
like fruit. II is sealed up from all
the destructive influences Of the at
mosphere Since metal figures in the
operation. the canvas might. indeed.
be said TO be canned. There Is no rea-
son why paintings kept in this man
ner in a vacuum. should not endure
indefinitely.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-02

a married man seldom gets the last
word, because Of his inability OF re-
main awake.
Even after a man reaches his bottom
dollar he usually has something LEFT
TO build h lpes uIon.