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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16

Lady Ernestine Hunt, eldest daught-
er of the Marquis of Allesbury, owns
and operates horse ranch at Calgary,
Alberta, on stretch of land nearly
10000 acres In extent
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16

Trimming ideas ire numberless.
Tiny ball drops. tassels and pendants
of all descriptions are shown on the
new models.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
T E T
Need Of An Appalachian
Forest Reserve
BY William L. Hall. of the United States
Forest Service.

Forest Service.
of the
900 private ownership which
reduction the commercial forest from
UENMlNI condition most OF the
EiAHy used
situation in
the prices Of
situation in the Eastern States is
remedial
quickly shall the midst OF timber famine
which situation for the
establishment Of national forests the Appa
essentially hardwood region and they the
Mountains would produce
all ehardwo
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
How 10 Abolish
CONSUMPTION
Sh attucl<. of the

BY DIR. FREDERICK ~ ShattuCK. OF tne
Massachusetts Medical Society.
tuberculosis is to totally eradicate its
seed Cleanliness good food plenty ample
supplies public Fairgrounds and bahhouesthese
the things needu The hygiene of workshops must be
there be all needed enacments in the
the public health Nowhere will cooperation enriched
public spirit yield richer harvest than in striving along broad
reyent immediate lie
geneazng and ystemang An immense service be
arousng Incorporated employers
intelligent and humane and
called this matter by their physicians The result
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16

al OF
ambitions
interests the instincts OF the
review cannot
The vote
The voter amendab to
is just sense OF all the
impulses
The
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
Preventing the Destruction
Of Public Property
BY 9 II. ForbeS-Lindsay.


g : :
Is that to Clifford
the present forest
designed to
inception
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-16
@ @ @
Impulse In Our Government
BY =. p. Orth.

republic covering that embraces
every altitude busted with pursuit knowr
civilization composed of born into the family
Of mighty republic wherein every mar
has vote eligible Office at best be but govern
,nent by human nature There twelve million
vocrs America of of them
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

TO dry out and on this account it's quail
lty is often impaired, bringing it's mar
ket price considerably below what it
should be. Sun and wind both play
part in the curing process. though
the wind is the more important factor
of the two. Indeed the sun alone 10
likely to bleach and discolor the clover
after it has been cut. The hot rays
of the sun withers up the leaves, pre-
venting the natural escape Of the water
from the stems. To illustrate this more
clearly by an example, take two trees
that are cut down in June, when the
leaves are in full vigor. Have the
limbs removed from one 90 that no
leaves remain. Allow the other to lie
Just as it fell Examine the trees two
or three weeks later, and you will find
that one trunk contains far more water
than the other. One tree was sucked
dry by the leaves, the other was
trimmed of leaves, and no pumps were
at work to drain the trunk dry. When
clover hay 10 spread out to the sun the
leaves which contain these little pumps
are put out Of action. because they are
shriveled and dried up, and cannot do
their duty. II. soon after cutting. the
clover ID piled In fair-sixed windrowH
and left fairly open 70 the wind, tn
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18
tive and no attempt Is made to secure
immunity from accidents a1thnuoh

tive and no attempt Is made to secure
immunity from accidents, although
these occur from time to time. Batches
OF from three to fifteen workmen ate
set to sink well about one meter in
diameter and no propping up is effected
until they strike at depth of twenty,
forty or even sixty meters a bed Of red
clay, in which Is found meerschaum
mixed with serpentine in pieces rang
ing from the size Of hazel nut to that
Of an apple. The extraction Of these
pieces is often attended with great diff
ficnlties. but work il carried ON day
and night.
When purchased by the wholesale
merchants the meerschaum is humid.
heavy and Of yellowish tinge. It has.
therefore. to be dried, either In the sun
or in a kiln, according to the season
OF the year. This causes two-thirds to
waste away. but turns 1t a snow-white
color. It is afterward rubbed with hot
water and sand ana finally polished,
with wax and IL then ready to be
placed on the market.-London Tele-
graph.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

porary home Of Major I. III. Tomlinson,
who has lived since the recent unpleas-
antness in a cistern at the corner of
Broadway and Jones street.
The cistern is in the summit Of a
hill on the Demarest estate and is
reached through short tunnel. A rough
opening has been made In the wall, and
in this primitive doorway the occupant
may be seen smoking the pipe of con-
tentment, as Indifferent to earthquakes
as were his ancestors or the stone age.
A cat shares the rsubterranean apart
ment and pictures from the magazines
have been pasted upon It's walls. 1t
had been the Intention of the owners
of the property to MAKE curio room
of the cistern, which is about ten feet
across, and its wallis had been covered
with whitewash. The smoke of the
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

The fleets Of the world which roam
the seven seas occasionally bunch up in
some prominent port or passaeewav
like the Suez Canal and make an I'M
posing showing. But in point of maeni.
tude almost any Of these marine nro-
cessions fall short of that unend,no
commercial parade which Is forever
steaming down the great lakes and
through the canals. The immensely of
this traffic Is reflected in the oficIal
figures for April. 1906. for the "soo,,
Canal alone. During the thirty dav.
Of that month 1,079 vessels of 2.OO6 ear
tons net register and carrying 2.513 2e7
tons OF freight passed through tb,.
great highway. Nearly one-half Of tbi,
traffic was iron ore, with coal to the az.
tent OF about $4,000 tons second IN
prominence and grain and -four next
ON the list.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

1t Is said that naval officers in East
ern seaboard cities are indignant and
outraged past endurance because GER
tain magistrates are giving vicious
FOUNDERS and criminals their choice he
tween enlistlng in the navy or being
sent TO the penltentiary. Ii the charge
Is just. and it probably is so, being of
a piece with the common policy that
leads each town to drive its criminals
Into some other town, nobody can blame
the officers for their indignation. 1t Is
suicidal policy, too, for it tends d.
rectly to convert army and navy into a
body OF cutthroats which will ultimate
~ destroy those who enforce the DOL.
icy. The civic society that adopts anv
such policy is simply digging its own
grave
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18
In the Meerschaum Mines.

Few OF the smokers to whose hearts
a meerschaum pipe Is dear know any
thing Of the history of the material.
Some interesting particulars of it's
source and treatment are given in the
Board of Trade Journal The district
of Eskischehir. Asia Minor, supplies
the whole Of the meerschaum used
throughout the world and the industry
gives employment to about 1000 per-
sons, mainly Kurds and Persians. The
best yield is obtained from mines, but
supplies are also still obtained from
the sea.
The methods Of working are print
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

ment into their own hands whenever they WISH
We need respect for existing laws rather tnan
more laws only the people can rule is through
the laws made by If these laws
.ro not obeyed then instead of government by the
people there government by those with wealth or
influence enough obtain official notification OF the
laws Had Providence ordained that ADAM the first
man. should have life eternal here and the ruler Of
his millions of descendants he had received salary of
SITS day. his 5000 years savings would not bring his
fortune up to that of Mr. Carnegie Yet the wages OF
the average is nearer $175 day than $175 and
instead Of living 5000 the span OF his life hardly
reaches 40 years. If were to receive salary of
$4,000 year. and every cent of it he would have
to 5000 years before he could match his fortune
with that Of the prince of oils acquired through the
tenn of special privileges How is it that men accumu
late in few years much under normal conditions
1t would take thousands of years obtan This
could have been done II the doctrine of equal rights
prevailed 1t is done because of the rule Of the special
privilege.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18
MODERN HAYMAkiNG.

Work I'm the Hayheld Not tho La
bOrlOus Process of the Past.
Haymaking Is not the laborious pro-
cess that it was fifty years ago, or
even ten years ago. Every step can
now be accomplished by machinery,
from the cutting to the final storing
In the NOW or stack, except the ar
ranging of the hay on the wagons.
These conveniences permit rapid hand
ling and enable the farmer to make the
best use Of every dry day or half day.
The side delivery rake combines the
work of the dump rake and tedder,
leaving continuous windows that can
be taken up by the loader The curing
of timothy is comparatively simple
matter If rains can be avoided and
there are no coarse weed stalks mixed
with 1t. Clover hay Is more difficult
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

great conf1agration, however, converted
this to black.
Major Tomlinson has found the solid
bedrock In which his abode is stlnken
an admirable seismograph, and says
that he has detected more than 100
temblors since the great earthquake.
But neither fire nor seismatic disturb
ance has terrors in the cistern, which
would Withstand Kansas cyclone
San Francisco Chronicle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

For more than four thousand years
western nations have traded with the
East and have fought among them
selves for the opportunity to trade
more. 'sThe commercial prize OF the
Orient" as it is called by Mr.. O. p.
Austin, chief of the Bureau of Stats
tics. has always been the goal Of west
ern endeavor. 1t has never been won
except in part, yet the struggle to win
1t has developed nations, as worthy ef-
fort develops the individual. 1t Is easy
to forget that the desire to trade with
India and China led to the discovery OF
America and to the gathering Of vast
store of geographic knowledge, as well
as to much modern civilization. The
prize was enclosed by the Creator IN
mighty casket, with the Ural and
Himalaya mountains, great desert,
and thousands of miles of sea to guard
1t. The first commerce was by camel
train over the mountain passes ana
by small boats by sea. Then came the
discovery of the mariners compass,
which made deep-sea navigation posi-
BILE, the application Of steam to both
land and water locomotion, the cut-on
of the Suez canal, and the development
of the telegraph and the telephone. The
reason why the prize of the Orient Is
now considered to be ready to fall Is
that the era of the railroad has arrived
in the East Statistics have been gath
cred which suggest that commerce Is
almost in steady ratio with railroad
mileage. The foreign commerce OF
China, which has few railroads, Is 80
cents a head; that of India, which has
Is, 600 miles of railroad, 1925 head;
and that of Japan, with 1850 miles OF
railroad, nearly So a head. The whole
Orient contains more than half the pop
ulation Of the world, and occupies one
third the land area, yet 1t now has but
one-tenth of the railroads and one
eighth Of the commerce. 1t Is easy to
see that when the East rises to the
full measure of it's possibilities, the
"prize of Oriental trade" will be worth
seeking.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

The Prince Of Wales, at great ex-
pense, has had made bronze statue of
King Edwards Derby winner Persim-
mon. and 1t will be set on a granite
pedestal at Sandringham. Meanwhile
several hundred thousand people In and
around London are sadly wondering
where their next dry crusts are to come
from.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

Not all reclaimable waste land Is ara
land. There is waste land which is IDLE
because 1t has too much instead of too
little water. There is swamp land as
we'll as desert land, and it Is beginning
to be realized that swamp land may not
only be as cheaply reclaimed as arid
land, but that it Is the cheaper to main
tain when once reclaimed. Irrigated
land requires to be irrigated continu-
ally or else 1t lapses back into desert
Swamp land, once drained properly, IL
drained for good, and it occasions no
further expense than that which apper-
tains to ordinary arabic land. The ex-
pense is actually less, indeed, because
drained swamp land Is more fertile
than the average agricultural soil and
requires little or no artificial fertiliz'
ing. There are various other respects
in which swamp land, once drained, Is
more desirable than irrigated desert
land. Some attention Is now being paid
to these circumstances, and it is likely
that Congress and the States will short
ly take some action toward retaining
the swamps as well as the deserts. The
possibilities are extensive. 1t Is esti-
mated, for example, that the everglades
of Florida, IL drained as engineers say
they can be, would yield 7,OO0,OO0 acres
Of tillable land. Michigan has 5000, 900
acres of swamp land, Minnesota be-
tween 100000 and 100000 and I'LL
nois has 100000. There are great
areas in New Jersey and Virginia. The
total is impressive and it's impressive
ness is increased by the fact that prac-
tically all this reclaimable land Is close
to the great centers of consumption. 1t
Is in immediate proximity to the dens-
est population. Thus there is the ad-
vantage of contiguity to market COM
short distance. A bill has been intro
duced in Congress for the reclamation
of swamp lands under system SINH
lar to that adopted for the utilization
Of the southwestern deserts. A begin
ming has been made and there can be
little doubt that the project will event
ually receive legislative support. Ger
tainly the manner In which the lands
In the irrigation districts have been
taken up indicates that the time is not
far distant when the reclamation Of the
swamps will be necessary to accommo-
date the increasing numbers of the
American people. We shall have to
utilize all our territory In order to find
homes for the population and to pro-
duce food with which to feed it. The
great advance in the value of farming
lands Indicates that the government
will shortly have to utilize every avail.
able acre, ana the possibilities of 30
100000 or 100000 acres of swami
land are obvious
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

The height limit of American army
officers has been set at s feet 8 inches
1t Is hoped this isn't drawing it so flne
AZ to cut out any future Grants, Sher-
idans, Wheelers or even-with certain
safeguards-a Napoleon or two.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

Of transportation to compete with the
trolley fines the smell, like the poor.
would be always with us. Yet the pub
lie inducement of vehicles not confined
to tracks and not suppressing compe-
tftion by exclusive franchises Is SO
great as to create a demand for some
means of avoiding the difficulty. Steam
power and storage batteries impose
dead weight commercially prohibitive.
Can gasoline be deodoriZed or can a
substitute for it be found minus Its
opprobriOus aroma? The demand GER
tainly points in the direction OF free
alcohol for use as fuel.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

The elimination of the word "obey"
from the marriage service would have
met with serious objection but for the
fact that the men are thankful it
wasn't transferred to their part of the
contract.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18
The Whole Trouble.

He would never have become 30 adj
dicted to drink II it hadn't been for the
trouble he had
why, what trouble did he haver'
He had trouble keeping away from
it. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

"Tillie,' said Mrs. Lane to the new
maid, who blindly obeyed all household
mandates, although she did not alWa"
understand them, since she had been Ill
the United States but a short time, I
want you to ring the rising-bell every
morning In front Of the house, beau"
we can't hear it from the kitenen'
Title smilingly promised to make ln'
change; but the Lanes still failed
hear the rising-bell, and, thinking 'n''
the little silver affair was too lisn1 u
tone to be Of use, gradually aeqane'
the habit of waking at the proper ''~,
without 1t. But that was not IDS eD'
Of the bell episode.
One day Mrs. Lanes opposite ne'sn
Dor paid her a visit.
I'm consumed with curiosity ''
nounced the candid visitor. i've s'u''
to have a mystery explained
About what?' asked the hostess
"rhe doings of your new maid. E'st.
morning at six o'clock she stanus -.
at least ten minutes on the pavener'
outside your gate and rings ll'''e 'i
yer bell"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

At frequent intervals some good ha-
name soul rushes into print with q
scathing denunciation of the high
rheckrein. but it has no apparent effect
The barbarlty persists.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

The number Of horses in the country
has increased 30 per cent since 1897.
The horse, apparently, has paid no at
tention to Mr.. Edison's declaration that
it must 60.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

Gertrude Atherton Is said to have
lost the manuscript Of new novel In
the San Francisco fire. The story was
eagerly devoured.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18
NEW ERA IN PHARAoH,a -.


Ancient Country Reported ~.
Great Industrial Prosr...
Current indications are Of tho =
ing Of q new era in Egypt, or a. INV !,
Of 4 considerable further devo,o, "a't
of the new era which was prov,asa ieat
just thirty years ago, and which '0'
|of the greatest statesmen Of II. VIZ
has done so much to promote d,.' :"
his unrivaled administration =. s
last twenty-three years, saws ths " u
York Tribune. From year to YEAR es
Cromer's reports have shown Epva. a
be making social, political and ina.
trial progress such as few ren..a'
lands have ever achieved or ann,sai
mated to. Now two further stem. N.Y., !.
being taken. One is the strong 81.
assertion Of Egypt against the a,.,.'
sions Of Turkey. The other il ths -
organization Of legislative and iuai..
affairs, proposed by Lord Cromer :.
which brief mention has been m,da "
dispatches.
Lord Cromer's proposal have IA !
chiefly with the capitulations, tho o.a
sular courts and the mixed tribun.s
to which are committed the jnta,..,'
Of foreigners resident in Egpyt IN.
present system, he argues, is out Of d.,.
and Incompatible with existing eondi
lions. His suggestion is that th.,.
shall be substituted a new legIs,.tir.
council, composed Of twenty-five or th,
ty members, all Of whom shall .be eli,
gems or subjects, or protected ,rh
jects, of the signatories of the tre,t,..
Of 1870, care being taken that m an.
power shall have an undue nunhs,
Legislation enacted by maiorjty a,
this council and promulgated by t0s
Egyptian government, with the appro,
al of the British government, ia 10 h.
binding upon all foreign resideDts q,
Egypt.
The council is to create new Cart,
to take the place Of the consular court,
and the mixed tribunals, in which new
courts and present judges of the mixed
tribunals will be entitled to places Tn,
principles Of irremovability of iuugs
is to be maintained and no change !,
to be made In the fundamental pripc.
pies of civil and criminal jurispru.
dence. The Suez canal convention, thu
law of the public debt and some other
matters are to be excluded from the
jurisdiction, Of this new council and
there is to be no change in the eompO.
sit1on or functions Of the existing lex.
islative council and assembly.
The changes thus proposed BY Lord
Cromer are important, and will require
careful consideration before they arc
finally passed upon by the powers con.
cerned. The authorship of them com.
mends them, however, to favorable at.
tent1on, as does also that feature Of
the general scheme which deals with
the subject of international impartial.
ity in Egypt. Lord Cromer lays spe
cia1 stress upon the maintenance OF the
open door and of entire equality Of CON-
mercial and all other privileges for all
the powers, prescribing, at the outset
an engagement by the British and
Egyptian governments that every reser-
walton In favor of British subjects shall
inure to the benefit of the subjects II
other powers. Assurance Of such equal
ity of treatment being made, there
would seem to be little else for the
powers to ask in giving their assent to
the new system.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

If the present tendency to sociology
cal fiction is not checked one of the
problems to be reckOned with in the
future will be government by novel
lstS"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

A scarlet tobacco plant has been
evolved by a horticultural expert. II
we just give the experts time enough
they will probably come at US with a
self-lighting cigar
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

the organ and SO Its nutrition Is kept up anu
its healthy state retained As result OF this 1t may
be said that rule professional men. or judges or
legislators minds continually active live longer
than those who retire business at early age ana
have occupation to employ their leisure Occupation
may therefore considered of the necessities OF
long life.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

underROInG the pf01Ouuuest cnHnEeS
the last century there change In the conditions
of human life than had been in the previous
sand years.
And now If it has been possible for men, BY picking
ont number of suggestive and significant looking things
in the comparing them criticsng them ana
discussing them with perpetual nsistence upon why,
without any guiding tradition and indeed IN the teeth
of established beliefs construct this amazing search
light of inference into past Is really after
ALL such an exravagant and Hopeless thing to suggest
that BY seeking operating instead OF for los
sils and by criticsng them perslstenty and thor
oughly as the geological record has been criticized 1t
NAV not be possible to throw searchght of inference
forward instead backward and to attain knowledge
Of coming things clear universally convincing and
infinitely more important to mankind than the clear
vision of the past geology has opened to during
the nineteenth century,!
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18
No Harm Done.

Judge-Here are three witnesses who
heard you call this man a liar. Have
you any excuse to offer?
Prisoner-Why, your honor, thev
were all good friends OF his; they knew
It already. -Translated Tor Tales from
Familie-Journal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18
Patfence.

DE only time dat some men shows
patience" said Uncle Eben, lis when
dey's waitin' fob de 1sh to bite
Washington Star.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-05-18

In the United States the gasoline au-
. tomobale advertises its passage to the
oifactor1es. II it should Be multiplied
n our cities 20 - to afford q system