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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24

hands above the blaze to account for
the tremor in his voice. -...4s..ss4-sq.5s.-
''How do 1 know" repeated Zeno
There was in Milan a national commit
tee, and I was a member. This fellow
tried to bride me- l know his face.
should know it in a million, but | have
forgotten what name he went by. That is
of no consequence. | know the man. Ii
you doubt it, bring him face to face
with me-"
'What do you know of him?' asked
Dobroski. us he an able MANI" F..
"a fool" said Zeno. HE is Greek
and he came to me at first pretending to
be Pole. l talked with. him and he
made fifty mistakes in hundred words. .
How long ago was this?" Dobroskl
asked.
"Seven years next August" responded
Zeno, after an elaborate calculation upon
his fingers and much knitting of his sandy
brows in thought.
"You will tell anybody you happen to
meet" said Dobroski, taking UP his felt
hat from the table and turning to Frost.
1T is well that all should know it.
shall meet you again, Mr.. Wroblewskof, =
he added, shaking hands warmly with
Zeno, who took the extended hand in both
his and kissed it.
Frost lighted his guest downstairs and
saw him into the rainy street. Then he
came blunderingly upstairs again.
''Well?" said Zeno, who was toweling
himself before the mirror. did he know
me?"
II do not know" said Frost, with ex-
IRENE slowness, whether he knew you
or whether he didn't. But if an opinion
is any use to you he was no more taken
in than l was"
"Pooh ~ cried Zeno.
Anyway" replied Frost, II amt fool
enough to ask you to pitch your tent on
my premises just at present. The best
thing for you to do is to slide before
the old man has time to set watch on
this particular tenement"
"Give me his address," said Zeno. II
will know whether he suspects Or not.
1 shall call upon him tomorrow"
(To be continued.)
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24

How dear to my heart are the bucket
shop earnings,
When fond recollection presents them
to view;
The clerk, the mechanic, for wealth vain
ly yearning,
And every one else l was able to do
No longer they'll come with the bulk OF
their wages,
And hand them to me, when for mar
gins l CALL
No longer they'll find in the newspaper
pages
The news that bucket shops gone to
the wall;
The well-furnished bucket shop, swell
looking bucket shop,
The bucket shop ready to 60 to the
How oft have they stood by the ticker
and waited
To learn what their profits were going
to be!
How oft to their sorrow they've found
they were fated
To leave all their profits forever with
me.
Their coin! How I seized it with hands
that were glowing,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24
WHY FOOD FADDISTS THRIVE.
Enthusiastic Belief Adds Tast
that Insures Digestion

Enthusiastic Belief Adds Taste
that Insures Digestion.
Much light has been thrown on the
process of digestion in the last few
years by the Investigations Of Pavlov,
a Russian Psychologist, and others.
These Investigations have changed
very materially our views of this proc
ess and have served to explain many
things relating to food, especially why
it is that every food faddist thrives
upon bis particular diet, although 1t
may differ in toto from that of his
neighbor who thrives equally on his
own regimen. Stories are told of dys-
peptics, living for years on carefully
selected food of the blandest and
most easily digestible'' sort, and suf-
1ering misery, who suddenly conceived
longing for corned beef and cabbage
and surreptitiously devoured a meal
OF 1t. To their delight as much as to
their surprise, there was nothing to
pay for this yielding to the promptings
OF nature; digestion was perfectly per-
formed for the first time in years.
Such stories are not always apocry-
phal; they may be founded on fact.
and their explanation Is the same as
that Of the success Of the food faddist
Pavlov found in experimenting on
dogs that an abundance of gastric
juice was secreted when they had food
that they liked. even though this food
was mechanically prevented from en-
tering the stomach; whereas, when
they were fed on things they did not
care for, but could eat only when half
starved, the secretions of gastric Juice
was very scanty. This he called the
appetite juice" the process in the
stomach being analogous to the famil-
lar phenomenon of watering In the
mouth" or increased salivary score
ton caused by the sight or smell Of
savory food or even by the thought of
1t. He found also that the composi-
ton OF the digestive fluids varied with
the kind of food, each article swallow
ed calling forth, through some mvsteri-
Gus signals transmitted to the stomach
from the tongue and palate as soon al
they had tasted the morsel placed in
the mouth, just the sort of huid best
adapted to its digestion. The enthnsf-
astic appreciation by the dietetic
crank of the unsavory food which he
Is persuaded will assure him strength
and long life gives him taste for It.
and SO the motherly stomach provides
an abundance Of gastric juice of the
proper composition and thereby saves
him from the otherwise Inevitable con-
sequences Of his folly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24
NEW FAD OF KANSAS FARMERS
Have Public Sales to Dispose OF
Stock and Farming Implements.

nave SdACD ~ OASpOOC "
Stock and Farming Implements.
Never was there such an epidemic Of
public sales on the farms as this
spring. Seven auctioneers have been
kept busy and others are in training
for auctioneers' schools. Some of the
auctioneers are "Colonels." They claim
that title when they have ''cried" 100
sales.
But it is only the result of the farm
ers getting rich-and Of the Land boom
which causes much change of location.
Central Kansas has reached a time
when the farmers who have made their
home here, writes an Abilene CORE
spondent Of the Kansas City Star, have
acquired more material than they need
to run their farm, or are anxious to
change their residence, and so want to
have a "sale." They go to the county
seat and make arrangements with the
auctioneer, and have their bills print
ed. The latter are put up in the post
office or are scattered on the fence
posts Of the vicinity.
The attendance on the public sales
is usually good, nothing but bad wealth
er keeping the farmers Of the vicinity
away. The women frequently accom-
pany their husbands and form an in
terested portion Of the audience when
the household goods and canned fruit
are sold.
The crowd that has looked over the
possessions Of the household curious1y
and nodded at the various flaws in the
implements of the farmyard has also
had a rude sort Of entertainment. On
every sale bill in large letters appears
Free lunch at noon," and some Of
them have the additional legend.
Bring your tin cups" This is Greek
to the city resident, but the farmer
knows what it means. 1t is promise
that there will be great steaming cans
of coffee, with plenty of sandwiches
and perhaps pickles. The task Of pro-
viding cups for hundred or two visit
ors is formidable one, and the pru-
OtuL housewife dSho thol IhC SOAuOA o
bring cups to use at this function. The
habitual auction attendant Ia fully
equipped with the cups to use on such
occasions.
During the winter all sales begin at
10 O'Clock, but as the days lengthen the
noon start is more common. 1t all de-
ponds upon the amount Of material to
be sold. Sometimes there is something
more than coffee to drink, but not
often.
The amount of property changing
hands in this growing method of dis
posing OF used farm material is enor-
nous. In this county alone probably
seventy-f1ve sales have been held since
the first Of the present year, and they
have averaged more than $1,000 each,
or at least 100000 worth Of second
hand goods disposed of by farmers to
their neighbors. The same condition
exists in nearly every well settled
county of the State, and so common 10
the custom becoming that it is unlike
~ that it will show any diminution
for some time to come.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24

And safe in my pockets it speedily
fell;
Alas now my business they've been
overthrowing,
The bucket shop business that did EN-
up well.
The lucrative business, the get-rich-quick
business,
The bucket shop business that did 'em
up well.
Alone in my sorrow, scarce can be-
lieve it,
I'll profit no more as a bear or bull
My business is gone, and l ne'er can
retrieve it,
1 find they have broken my wonderful
pull.
No longer I'll rake in their money and
spend it,
No longer be out when my customers
call;
The Legislature has passed a bill that
will end it,
Forever the bucket shops gone to the
wall.
The old soakem bucket shop, ash-getting
bucket shop,
The bucket shop now that has gone to
the wall.
Detroit Free Press.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24
Ol0
Ta11uritrs
A Leap for Life,

A Leap for Life.
Old Ironsides at anchor lay.
In the harbor Of Mahon;
A. dead calm rested on the bay
The waves to sleep had gone.
When little Hal, the captains SON
A lad both brave and good,
In sport, up shroud and rigging ran
And on the main-truck stood
A shudder shot through every vein.
All eyes were turned on high!
There stood the boy, with dizzy bra,,
Between the sea and sky.
No hold had he above, below;
Alone he stood in air;
To that far height none dared 70 90
No aid could reach him there.
We gazed, but not man could speak,
With horror all aghast-
In groups, with pallid brow and cbeaL
We watched the quivering mast
The atmosphere grew thick and hot
And of lurid hue
As riveted unto the spot
Stood officers and crew.
The father came on deck. He gasped
20 God! Thy will be donew
Then suddenly rifle grasped
And aimed 1t at his son.
Jump, far out, boy, into the wave!
Jump, or l fire." he said.
'"That only chance your life can save:
Jump, jump, boy!" He obeyed.
He sank-he rose-he lived-he moyei
And for the ship struck out.
On board we hailed the lad beloved
With many manly shout.
The father drew, in silent joy,
Those wet arms round his neck,
And folded to his heart his boy
Then tainted on the deck.
Walter Cotton.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24
"MILKMEN" OF BELGIUM.
Queer Rigs of Milk Peddlers Who
Are Mostly Girls.

Queer Rigs of Milk Peddlers Who
Are Mostly Girls.
There is a land across the sea, sand
wiched in between Holland, Prussia
and France, that is more densely popu-
lated than any other country in the
world. It is the kingdom Of Belgium,
where there are a little more than $50
inhabitants for every square mile OF
territory. The inhabitants are of
French and German origin Of about
equal proportions, are quite numerous
enough to engage in great manufacture
ing industries, but who are, neverthe-
less, pastoral in their pursuits and de-
pend on the soil for livelihood. Many
canals and a network Of railroads
through the country enable the farmers
to transport their products to the mar
kets, and the climate in general is de-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24
RYAN TO GROW PEANUTS,

May Go to Africa Soon to Look Over
New Interests.
When Thomas f. Ryan interests him.
self in any enterprise he Is more than
likely to get everything out Of it that
can be made to yield a profit, says the
New York Tribune. When he acquired
the 10000 acres in the Kongo district
it was generally supposed that be
would be satisfied with the gold, copper
and rubber In sight there. But Mr..
Ryan, as Virginian, knows the poten.
TALLY Of rich soil, and as there would
be many thousands Of idle acres in the
Kongo principally which he had &C.
quired, and as his idle land would not
yield any Of the three great crops from
which the greater part of his profit was
supposed to come, he determined to put
it to practical use.
Virginia is great peanut State. The
soil conditions in Mr.. Ryan's Kongo
domain are peculiarly well fitted for
peanut culture The best-paying grade
of peanuts that come from the Virginia
market are the so-called Jumbo variety,
large, rich nut, Astounding in oil and
general all-around nutrition.
Mr.. Ryan is going to raise Jumbo
peanuts in his mid-African property.
These Jumbo peanuts will bring big
price in this market, and will be in
strumental In breaking many corner
as now engineered by the shelters In
Mr.. Ryan's own State. Men with all
technical knowledge of the matter have
been sent to the Kongo.
Probably the most-used peanut is
what is called the Spanish, an offshoot
Of what used to be exclusively grown
in Spain. This is the little round pea
nut so much used for sailing. In VIZ
ginia a greater part Of the crop grown
there is called Spanish No. l. When
the crop Is short there the original
Spanish is imported from Spain, ou1
in fact, it Is grown in Northern Afrlea
The conditions of the Virginia soil
make 1t superior for this nut over any
other section in the world except 1hs
Kongo district.
The Jumbo variety brings the nlsne"
price, however, and naturally 1t "a'
that variety that Mr.. Ryan selected ioi
his crop. He will later grow the Spar
ish peanut, which, although cheape',
has greater sale than the Jumbo Du'
Mr.. Ryan's advisers, knowing that 'n'
Jumbo would have the greater sale Il
the price were lower, advised hlm
try that grade first. And that Is ln'
grade that Mr.. Ryan will grow IN 'u'
Kongo district, and from the proceeu'
thereof he hopes to be able to pa! =,
inconsiderable part Of the expenses
the working of his rubber planta'l0D'
gold mines and copper enterprises
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24
The Teeth.

The accumulation Of tartar Oh NV
teeth makes them unsightly ana Is "
ten the cause OF bad breath. Il ~
teeth are properly brushed eacn W.
tartar will not have the chance " ..
cumulate, but If it has already Oe :,
allowed to do 80 1t can be remover -. :.
very simple treatment Molslen - -
toothbrush in warm water ana uip ),
into magnesia. Rub on the teean' IN
after three applications the tartar w.
have entirely disappeared
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24
CHAPTER XII.

For a moment Frost felt hollow, and
had some ado to stand upright. He held
the handle of the door in one hand and
with the other propped himself against
the WALL
"Zeno?" he contrived to say, in a voice
which he knew to be much unlike his
own. "Ah. The spy
He expected some sort of instant CON-
demnation, for to his startled mind the
statement that Zeno was there meant
that Zeno was actually within the house
ana was of itself proclamation of the
discovery of treason. He had time enougb
tc be shot, stabbed, poisoned, abducted.
and tried for treason in his own swift.
oarting, frightened fancy before Dobroski
spoke again.
Yes" said Dobroski, che is here. II
Is well that everybody should be warned
of him."
VI course" returned Frost, trembling
IN his limbs, and speaking with a shake
il his voice. HE seems to be a danger
Gus sort of fellow"
Dooroski mounted the staircase in 81
ience, and entered Frost's room in ohed;-
ence to a wave of the hand from the reeu-
Lar occupant. Frost followed in time to
zee Aeno turn in his armchair and look
q the newcomer with a casual air. Thi.
was succeeded by q start Of surpri,a. and
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24

lightfully temperate. Cattle is one of
the chief products, and the corn and
fruit crops come next. Many engage in
fishing, and in recent years the coal
and iron ore mining has grown to great
proportions. LAUNDERING is also carried
on to a considerable extent.
But cattle raising and fruit farming
appear to be the national occupations.
The inhabitants seem naturally adapt
ca to such tasks, and they are surely
more picturesquely interesting to the
traveller when thus engaged. Dairy
products cut no small figure in a coun-
try where cattle raising is an import
ant industry, and the milk peddlers of
Belgium are without a doubt the most
interesting characters the traveller will
meet in any country in Europe. All
through Belgium you will meet the
milk peddler, whether on the city
streets, the villages and towns or the
country highways. And as a general
thing they are the robust red checked
girls from the farms, with their milk
cans and jars loaded on carts in which
dogs are the motive power. The pic
ture with this article shows milkmaid
with her cart and dog.
Milk and butter are ridiculously low
priced in Belgium. and the peddler has
got to make a lot Of sales before q dol
lar is earned. However, the purchas-
ing power Of dollar Is lot greater in
Belgium than it is in this country, 30
things about even up. Next In import
ance to stock and fruit raising Is agri-
culture, and, although Belgium Is not
large. it excels most Of Europe
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24
Not What He Asked.

In these days Of individualism In
thought and action the balance Of oe.
cision tips more and more toward the
personal. Even In the matter of spell.
ing, the ego asserts itself in the face
Of tradition and history. Bobby" In
Tit-Bits. Is not the only person who
constitutes himself the final court Oh
appeal in the realm OF photography.
$50 you 60 to school, do you Bob
by?" asked the minister.
Eyes, sir" answered Bobby.
"Let me hear how you spell bread y
"B-r-e-d-e."
1.-THE dictionary spells 1t with an a,
Bobby"
Yes, sir; but you didn't ask me how
the dictionary spells It; you asked ma
how I spell It"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24

Gabe Gashall ION the southeast =.
ner of the dry goods box)-lt mus t., !,
tur'ble t. be ketched out In oia
storm. Hi Hemlock (0n the sou'n" ~,
corner Of the dry goods bo1). ,,S
all q feller'd hev t do nd De -,
one o them paranoias, an he'd n'
know 'twux rainin'.-Puck.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24
six Of One. Ntc

look at poor Mrs Smith working
that heavy lawn mower. Isn't it a
shame?"
yes, perhaps 1t Is: but listen to
poor Mr.. Smith putting the baby to
Sleep"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24

"Dey say contentment Ii better dan
riches" said Uncle Eben: ''but I mus
own up dat I'd kind o. like to try both
an decide fob myself" Washington
Star.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24

To man with little sense. prob
ably the greatest annoyance IN IL
world Il feol
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24

When you do exactly as you p r.or
you are the only
CLEARED.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24

Nearly every one imagines ~ ,.d
ting more than his share y
knoc1ka
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-24

Mexico Is beginning to grew rics On
i large scale
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
GREAT ACTIVITY IN
THE JOHNNIE DISTRICT

of four feet is maintained and from a
number of samples taken across the
face of the ledge assays $50
sacked on the fifty level witch is very
rich, showing a large quantity of free
gold. In some places the free gold run
in seams for considerable distance.
The Johnnie Consolidated is showing
up a nice body of valuable ore on the
700 level. This body was broken into
in the north drift week before last, at a
distance of ITO feet from the shaft. 1t
shows considerable copper stain and
heavy liberalization in the way of hem
attic. The ledge is between twelve and
fifteen feet in width. In the south drift
many specimens are being extracted
The ledge maintains it's width and con-
tinues a much s~traighter pitch as 1t is
being followed. The return of the Sup
erintendent George F. Moser is a~nxiously
awaited. Moser is now in Los Angeles
and no doubt when he returns on the
| scene sinking will be started.
Word was received that the final pay
ments had been made and all the papers
signed transferring the Globe Johnnie
to their new owners. The policy of the
new owners is eagerly awaited. Up t
the present time the development is be
ing continued in the lower tunnel. but 6
new superintendent is expected wher
work will be started in the bonanzs
shaft, where the ricn Globe Treasure
Vein was first encountered. and where
some of the richest ore. ever minee
in this state has been extracted.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
fFrom our W REPRESENTATIVE.

(From our own REPRESENTATIVE.
Johnnie, Nevada, Feb. 5.-Ro5ert IL.
Browne. superintendent of the Johnnie
Wonder, has just returned from his
trip to the headquarters Of the COM
pany at Denver, and Immediately dis
played his energy in shaping up the
property and getting the crew to work.
The shaft on the Copper King claim will
be continued and at the hundred level
crosscut will be run. On this claim
the shaft is now down about forty feet
and here most of the work has been
done. There Is a strong iron ledge
prosecuting the shaft that is a black
floriated hematite about two and a hall
feet wide. The formation of the ground
is a granite strongly i~mpregnated with
copper stain. Near the shaft is a vast
deposit of this ore hat runs 4 per cent
Through 1t run stringers Of malachite
that average 81 per cent.
Copperhead Valley is showing con
siderable activity all round. Coe and
Hastings on the Copper Belle group are
now doing development. There Is 9
ledge running through this property tina
shows good copper ore. and has consid
cradle chalcopyrite.
The Johnnie Copper company also hal
a good showing. A shat has been SUM
on No. 1 claim hat has a quartzit'
copper ledge about a foot wide.
Around Minnie Mae Hill the a~ctivit,
also continues. w. @. Stewart, thu
manager of the Boston Johnnie wal
here during the past week on an inspec
tion tour and in his company was w
Palmer, a millionaire manufactures o
linen laces from Belfast. Ireland. Nj
Palmer was very favorably impresse'
with the district and before leaving be
came interested in several properties.
The ore in the Bowler lease of tn
Boston Johnnie company is still continu
ing to make it's good showing. The widtI
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09

The shaft on the Panyan is down 40
feet on a thirty degree incline. 1t is in
ledge matter the entire distance and the
bottom of the shat assays ss7 clear
across. A hosting plant has been or
dered and a contract will be let for
sinking a double compartment shaft
200 feet, where it will cut the ledge.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09
oRMsBY

Charles l.. Dignowity. manager of the
Nevada Exploration and Exploration
company, has made first payment on the
Delaware mine. situated seven miles
from Carson City, which is owned by
M. c.. Gardner.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09

Round Mountain is less than a year
old, and has half a dozen bona fde pro-
ducing mines.
A small pocket of ore, assaying $780,
900 to the ton, has been broken into in
the Chipmunk mine.
The Nevada Mining and Ore Purchas-
ing company will build a mill at Man.
haitian.
A scarcity of miners is reported at
Duluth
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-02-09

Operations in the Ward shaft will b,
continued to the 5000 DOT point.
big electric pump has been installed.
J. F. Williams, a pioneer Comstocl
operator. is dead at his home in Rich
field, Utah.
The Sount End mines on the Comstocl
will shut down temporarily at the end O
the month on recount of lac of fuel.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1907-03-16
Parish Fair Date Fixed.

The date for the holding of the
ST. Martin Parish Fair In Breaux
Bridge has been fixed by the Off
Gals of the State Agricultural De-
partment on the 18th to the 22nd
September.
Since the date has been announ-
ced, the experienced farmers and
stockmen of The parish are protes-
ting that it is too soon. 1t is well
known that at that time such crops
as the cane, the potato, the pea
vine and the hay are not mature,
and the stock is not in the best
condition.
There should certainly be made
a strong request of the officials for
later date, if agricultural and
live stock exhibits are to be the
main features of our fair. as they
ought to be.-B. B. VALLEY.