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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
AT A PERSIAN TABLE.

The new Shah Of Persia, according to
recent newspaper article, succeeds to
most magnificent kitchen, the stoves,
pokers, tongs, and even the coffee-mills
of which are made Of solid silver.
What is not Of silver Is Of copper,
heavily gilded. All the dishes, knives,
forks and such utensils are Of gold, set
with precious stones. The kitchen it
self Is work of art It's ceiling is of
wondrous lacquer, and it's pillars of
marble and onyx. 1t is an apartment
fit for Aladdin's whims rather than a
place of cookery. Mr.. Wills, in per
STA AS 1t Isl gives an account Of Per-
sian culinary matters, and also de-
scribes the beautiful sherbet-spoons Of
the country, which, although not made
of gold or silver, are highly priced.
The meals of the Shah are not social
occasions, and he knows little of the
benefit Of jollity combined with the act
Of eating. His breakfast takes place
at II, a solitary meal, the monarch
squatting before fifty dishes or more
From these he selects a few of the
simplest, and quenches his thirst with
iced sherbets.
Dead silence reigns; the royal but
lers hand the magnificent plates and
bowls without a sound.
Dinner is eaten at 9 in the evening,
and differs from the morning meal in
elaboration and the fact that it is en-
livened by band.
The food is very varied and the cook
ing extravagant. Lambs, roasted whole
and stuffed with almonds, raisins,
dates and pistachiO-nuts, and sparrow
and pomegranate soup enter into the
delicacies Of the cuisine. Sherbets
are favorite drink They are merely
water sweetened and favored with
fruits, and iced.
This sherbet is drunk from large
wooden spoons, delicately carved and
Of great value A man often shows
his wealth in the great variety and
costliness of his sherbet- spoons. They
are made of pear wood, and are from
one to two feet in length, with bowls
which sometimes hold a tumblerful.
The carving is as fine and elaborate
as lacework, and the wood in places
is cut so thin as to be translucent. The
bowls are often ornamented with in
scriptions. An oil with which they
are treated darkens the originally
light-colored wood. No two spoons are
exactly alike, and some are real works
Of art
The Persian considers silver spoon
an abomination to touch to the lips.
The tiny teaspoons of silver have q
f1ligree hole in the bowl, and are used
only for stirring.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
To Establish New Zion CITY

Las Vegas, N. M, Aug. 24.-Wil-
bur Glenn Voliva, who overthrow
John Alexander Dowie as head of the
Christian Catholic church and leader
of Zion City. and party of loyal fol-
lowers are in Las Vegas to found their
new religion in this section. They
have purchased 5000 acres of fertile
land on the Las Vegas grant, near
Las Vegas, and expect within few
weeks to have 1900 colonists here.
Negotiations are under way for the
purchase of a large additional tract
of land.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Irish Tenant Bill Passed

London, Aug. 28.-The Irish evicted
tenant bill finally passed both houses
Of parliament last evening in what
Chief Secretary for Birrell called an
emasculated form. The principal
amendments inserted by the house OF
lords deprive the commissioners of the
power Of turningIout the:present hold
ers of farms for the purpose OF rein
stating evicted tenants.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
The Waiter.

OF a political transaction that had a
suspicious look, Senator Beveridge said
one day:
'.Though in the thing there Is moth
ing on which we can lay our hand, It
certainly appears nshy. It reminds
me Of a Washington waiter.
"a gentleman, after eating good
dinner, said to this waiter:
81 am sorry can't give you a tip,
but I find l have only just enough
money to pay the bill.
1.-The waiter seized the bill hurriediy.
.sJust let me add it up again, sir,
he muttered. Washington Star.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
increase in Scout Force

The wo- ni,ngeon, Aug. 26.-Inquiry at
Japan - uepartment on the report from
Crease W shat the authorities plan to in
The add lne troops in the Philippines by
astivo. uiCion of thirteen regiments Of
ed in > SHOWS that the story original
Of recommendation of Gen. Mills
scout apartment of Vizayas, that the
aies 'g III. be increased to so compa-
adesiraa ne recommendation is due to
costin, 70 reduce expenses, natives
iess than American soldiers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Philippine Question in Next Congress

FhiilpPne question IN Next congress
Washington. Aug. 29.-Indications
are that the Philippine question will
be discussed extensively in the next
congress. A good authority on the
subject says the cost to this country
of the islands has already been more
than $500, 100000 However, while
there is some sentiment in favor OF
getting rid of the islands, the admin
istration seems thoroughly committed
to the policy of developing them and
bringing the Filipinos to point
where they can govern themselves.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
PRESIDENT IS ASKED
TO STOP THE STRIKE

chicago, Aug. 28.-Chicago bust
ness men want President Roosevelt to
intervene to bring an end to the tele-
graph strike. Petitions to this effect
are being circulated.
Losses to Chicago's commercial
SOrid, said to amount to hundreds of
thousands of dollars, form the basis of
'He appeal to the nations executive.
one petition was set in circulation
0lrng South Water street merchants
auu another was sent out in La Sale
ltees 10 receive the signatures Of the
OOard of trade. The La Sale street
te''lon was launched without the
. t sanction of the directors of the
wa 0ssfd OF trade, whose officers recently
auuressed letter to President Rose
~. s.' ASKING that he intercede to stop
the strike.
h., 'U reply to President Sager's letter
=, oVeh received from Oyster Bay.
o,. .Ie South Water street plea was
s, n.0ned In language which contradicts
tsa .enlents Issued from time to time
.o OI Ine main Offices of the telegraph
pS aa.p both Western Union and
Ion' declaring the strike is no
niat se, detriment to the service fur
oan ueu business houses and the public
''uus asy 1t reads:
of S we, the undersigned business men
scso uuIh Water street, Chicago, on
in t b OF our continued great losses
esoa BUSINESS, owing to the lack Of
paIlo alive telegraph service, are COM
inta, a 70 appeal to the president for
tbo4 ventlon or action of some kind
Tia Will bring about a settlement Of
postdm1 present difficulty between the
and 'a u and Western Union companies
G. ~ Snelr employees. A continuance
ino ~ present strike only means grow
posit Uses to US. Telegraph officials
with ~ refuse to have any dealings
Tho .. sne peace committee selected by
striking operators.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31

Vancouver, B. c., Aug. 29.-John
Hays, of London, managing director
Of the California Refineries, Limited.
an English company operating REIN
cries at Oilport, CAL, is in the city
and states that his company will erect
an oil refinery in Vancouver. The pro-
posed plant will have q capacity of
/ 900 barrels day and will represent
an investment moi $250, 900.
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p.;.uE Defeats Sultan

washington, Aug. 24.-The state
danartment has been informed by
cshla that Bandit Raisuli has com
,,Iatalv defeated q large force OF the
srn1tan,s troops sent against him IN
: effort 10 secure the release OF Caid
Cir Henry Mclean. The cable aiso
Contains the information that the oity
- Alcazar is in great danger Of falling
into the hands Of the followers o.
Rarsuli.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
RoosEvELT's $4,000 PHOTO.

1T Shows Him Taking q Fence ON q
Hunter-Has Been Copied Widely.
The most widely published and best
known photograph In existence is said
to be that of President Roosevelt TAX
ing a fence on his favorite hunter, says
the New York Sun. This has been
printed in almost every paper and mag
azine in the world which uses half
tones, and the sales from 1t have al
ready amounted to more than $4,000,
making it the most profitable photo
graph ever taken.
Nearly 1900 copies have been signed
by the President to be used as special
gifts, and the demand for it wherever
1t has been placed on sale has been
steady during the three and half
years since it was made.
It was made with a shutter that
opened and closed In one f1fteen-hun-
dredth part Of second. The President,
accompanied by an orderly. left the
cabinet meeting one morning and join
ed the photographer at Chevy Chase IN
the suburbs Of Washington. 1t was
necessary for the President to force his
horse over the fence a dozen times be-
fore a successful picture was taken.
President Roosevelt Is probably the
most photographed man in the world,
with the possible exception Of Emperor
William, and photographers assert I'M
reservedly that he Is most difficult to
Sc. He Is nervous and is often
mapped in what might seem hit or
miss style, but every picture ever taken
Of him il thoroughly characteristic.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Three Months for Contempt

San Francisco, Aug. 24.-Emil Zim-
mer. auditor of the Pacific States Tele.
phone Company, was found guilty on
the charge of contempt Of court, and
sentenced to serve three months i'm.
prisonmsnt in the county Jail as his
punishment for refusing to answer
a direct question in Judge Lawler's
court while the trial of Louis Glass,
charged with bribery, was In progress.
An appeal was taken from the SEN
tence.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Millions In the Banks

s.attle. Aug. 28.-Deposits IN se-
att1e banks, az compiled by Jonn =.
De pr;ca banker and broker, reach the
nnnrecedented total Of 500, iso, ~ $500. ooc
T - 4 a. increase Of neavly $S, Coz, goo
80. ! - INA total OF the preceding show
!. ~. 3 .rd shows gain Of more than 4O
.''s cant 80, Is the past fourteen months.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
More Pay in Army and Navy

Washington, Aug. PA joint board
composd Of Acting Secrtary Newberry,
of the navy; Gen. Ainsworth, OF the
army. end Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury Beekman Winthrop, has COM
Melted bill recommending congress to
nroyide for a general increase in tie
nav of officers and men of the navy,
army and revenue cutter service.
The bill provides for increases rang
ing from 10 per cent in the highest
grades up to % per cent in the lowest.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
No Decision ON Schmitz Demurrers

San Francisco, Aug. 29.-Former
Mayor schmitz appeared before Judge
Dunno during the morning expecting
ia hear decision on the merits OF MS
damnrrers to the indictments charg-
inc him with accepting bribes from
the United Railroads and the gas com :
nanv. Judge Dunno was not ready 60
hand down his decision, stating that
otbar business was engaging his time.
Il may be several weeks before the
ruling is made.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Feedinx the Hungry.

aAal! Miss Stout Vera began Mr..
rovett. .ecan you not see the hunger in
INV eyes? Can you not
ooh. of course" exclaimed Miss Vera
Stout. self-reproachfully, show awfully
f,oughtless of me. just wait and I'll
get you nice dish OF kraut and pork. "
Press
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Obeyed Orders.

what are you crying about?"
.Bobby's got an apple and amt"
"But told him to give you bite. "
'That's why I'm cryin'; here's the
marks Of his teeth. Houston Post
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WAY Extend SCOPE
sDagFR OPERATORS LIKELY TO
RE CALLED OUT.
o..;dept Small Says All Bust
.sss that Refuses Demands
Will Be Tied Up--Million to
D. Devoted to Government
Ownership Campaign.

,ou York, Aug. 2S.-From yester-
~, ~ developments in the telegraphers
%! ~ # il very likely that the tele-
sun nbars in the brokers' Offices in the
sslpncial district will be called out
pa '.bin few days, and the strike will
W.T. ar+onded to that branch of the tele-
.nb tnsiness, which has thus far not
sssp badly affected.
A telegram has been received by
D,a.;dent Small, of the telegraphers'
liam from broker operators in the
C un and West, which has altered the
.itnation considerably.
9Th The telegram complained that the
citations from New York, Chicago
SnS New Orleans were being handled
Ibv"scsb" operators over "scab' wires
ND urging that every brokers' teleg-
aanber in the country be called out.
~ meeting has been called of this class
= onerators and the situation will be
Iiocnssed. President Small said some
docsiye action would surely be taken.
Small Is Confident
Between 600 and 1000 operators as
ssmbled in Everett hall yesterday
oaarnoon and cheered the reports that
Tsrp read to them from all parts of
tho country. President Small made
the principal address. In it he said :
IF we stand ty that word "stick"
tbav will be stuck. Everything is in
excellent shape and before many days
more We will tie up every brokers'
Office in the country, tie up the Stand
ard Oil Company and every business
that refuses to consider our demands.
This is not boast or threat, but a
psin statement of what we know we
can do now.'
President Small announced that he
was thoroughly in touch with the gen.
eral strike situation and the company
officials we're weakening. OF the
Western Union surplus of $l3, 900, 600
he said at least So, OOO,0 had already
Detu epAtuucu i'll Vic uE LII hHu UldU IL
the strike lasts another two weeks the
company will not be able to pay the
guaranteed dividends on acqired prop
erty.
Gould to Direct Fight
1t is reported that George J. Gould
has left Europe for the United States
to direct the company's fight.
1t was announced after the regular
daily meeting of the strikers that ST.
100000 of the 100000 fund to be
raised by the strikers would be devot-
ed to bringing about government own
ership Of telegraph companies.
1t was also announced that the union
had $50 kilograms now in its posses
sion which had been sent by mail.
One of them was message sent by a
broker from Seattle and had been
seven days in the mails.
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Some men hate bull dogs 50 they
would censure one for chewing an
agent.
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Some girls are very sensitive because
they imagine pouting is becoming 70
them.
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The only time some men are out Of
trouble Is when they are in Jail
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Fate,

Two shall be born the whole wide world
apart;
And speak in different tongues, and have
no thought
Each of the others being, and no heed;
And these DER unknown seas to unknown
lands
Shall cross escaping wreck, defyins
And all unconsciously shape every act
And bend each wandering step to this one
end
That, one day, out of darkness, they shall
meet
And read life's meaning in each others
eyes.
And two shall walk some narrow way of
life
So nearly side by side, that should one
turn
Ever 50 little space to left or right
They needs must stand acknowledged
face to face.
And yet, with wistful eyes that never
meet,
With cropping hands that never clasp, and
lips
Calling in vain to ears that never hear,
They seek each other all their weary
days
And die unsatisfed-and this is Fate!
Susan Mari Spalding.
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OI0
Tauurifk4
Fair Ines.

Fair Ines.
Q saw ye not fair Ines? She's gone into
the west,
10 dazzle when the sun is down, and rob
the world of rest;
She took our daylight with her, the smiles
that we love best,
With morning blushing ON her cheeks,
and pearls upon her breast.
o turn again, fair Ines, before the fall Of
night,
For fear the moon should shine alone,
and stars unrivaled bright;
And blessed will the love be that walks
beneath their light,
And breathes the love against thy cheek
l dare not even write!
Would l had been, fair Ines, that gallant
cavalier
Who rode SO gayly by thy side and whis-
pered thee so near!
Were there no bonny danes at home, or
no true lovers here,
That he should cross the seas and win
the dearest of the dear?
l saw thee, lovely Ines, descend along the
shore,
With bands Of noble gentlemen, and ban
ners waved before;
And gentle youth and maidens gay, and
snowy plumes they wore;
1t would have been a beauteous dream il
it had been no more!
Alas! alas fair Ines! she went away
with song,
With music waiting on her steps, and
shoutings of the throng;
But some were sad, and felt no mirth,
but only Music's wrong,
In sounds that sang Farewell. Farewell
to her you've loved so long.
Farewell, farewell, fair Ines that vessel
never bore
So fair a lady on its deck nor danced 50
light before
Alas for pleasure on the sea, and sorrow
on the shore!
The smile that blest one lovers heart
has broken many more.
Thomas Hood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
The Why and How

DO you ask why or how? l reply because from
the time before birth when the child is single
cell, up to the full maturity of the man and woman
almost the entire history of life the earth has been
repeated IN you and me and everyone. The child
comes very near being a plant then ascula, then
fish, then a quadruped, then an ape running
through these and the many intermediate stages of
mans evolution. The earliest of these stages are
passed most rapidly; so that live through thou
sands of years of race history day for the stages
telescoped together of the longest of them
flashing out only for moment in a single act or ex-
preston. This is what mean when we call the
child the miCrocosm, little cosmos At one
stage, the human embryo has pretty we'll developed
gill Sits, and then is repeating the aquatic stage of
their development Then its entire body is covered
with hair and tail is grown, and this is the ape
stage.
Thus, the infant even before birth is a palimpsest
written and with superposed records of its
past or better it is big bunch of KEYS large and
small to unlock the past when know how to fit
each and turn it in its appropriate lock Some of the
keys, however, are rusted and misshapen and have
to be restored, and some of the locks are rusty and
others not yet found but everything exists and
very much is now being done to restore decpher
and fit everything to its place.
Thus the child is geologic ages older than man
Adult traits of body and soul are novelties lately
added and often less substantial stories built
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The Importance of Creeping

A GAIN the infant must creep. Nearly half of
them in this country do not do so naturally. Too
much and too early uprightness brings various
abnormaites described at length in text books
But more than this, creeping brings out the chest,
throws back the shoulders, strengthens the muscles
in the back of the neck and down the spine which
support the head, brings out the bony places de-
velops arms, shoulders hips, etc Probably creeping
is to-day far in need of being prolonged than
abridged. Its attitudes and movements have been
found useful in the physical culture of adults. 1t
favors normal blood supply and the full brain tends
to prevent bow leggedness and abdominal weakness,
and should be taught to infants who do not learn it
but hitch and roll instead,
So too actual nursing at the mothers breast is
now known to be needful, exercise of the
and undeveloped by the easy methods of the
bottle. Yet more important is the difference be-
tween cows milk and the proprietary foods on the
one hand and the human mothers milk which is
very different in composition from all others and
contains everything which soul and body need for
the first month of life Appalling but conclusive
tisticS in many lands show that the infant mortality
which is increasing everywhere is from three to five
times great among babies under year of age
nourished on cows milk and artificial food or deuged
with the starchy artifacts than among those breast
fed Not only this, but the latter heavier, taller
and healthier at every stage of life when
ured for the army. They live longer, and every
three months of natural feeding adds to everyone
of these advantages. So we'll is this established that
in Germany, where soldiers are wanted, law has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06

upon ancient foundations Hence, the child is not
SO much the father of the man. but his very remote
primitive ancestor. The human infant very
antique specimen of human nature, relic or
memento of past vastly Older than recorded his
tory. Under the guidance of Mother Nature, he is
climbing daily, at first with almost breakneck speed,
up the uncounted rungs of the evolutionary ladder,
the bottom of which rests deep in the primeval
and its top reaches up to the superman that is to be-
for to the optimist man to-day is, in Huxley S
graphic phrase, but the tadpole of future arch
angel. Thus, the of science looks with new
awe and reverence upon this candidate for humanity
a venerable relic of dim antiquity.
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Its Evolution Into Man

IF have the seeing eye, may observe the first
cry differentiate until can distinguish differ
ent notes for fear, anger, hunger and fatigue Then
comes the original creation of words as the instinct
from which all language arose begins to act. Then
this mother tongue of the race is rudey displaced
by the language of the parents and the environment
So too, from quadrupedal locomoton, the child
goes through all the stages of getting erect using the
hand as organ of prehension ancestors in
the trees did. Its plays and games repeat many an
ancient industry and form of worship Everything
goes to its mouth and it later experiments with
everything to determine what is edible and nom
edible; and exploits its world, does tries to do
a little of everything that all the creatures in it's
line of descent did leads its own life follows its own
instincts regardless of grownups, far they
are stronger and must be yielded to, and only late
begins to show interest in adult modes of life
But let us be practical What do all these studies
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ident of Clark University


yet ready to advocate any of these schemes; but
some of them may yet prevail Certain it is that
the chief duty of to transmit the sacred torch
of heredity undimmed to future generations
We must recognize again that nothing is quite SO
worthy of love- reverence, and service as the bodies
and souls of children who will people the earth when
we gone. Thus, must first of all get of
Natures way and not interfere with but follow her
teachings We must not, L. e., try to keep children
SO necessarily happy that they cannot cry. Occa-
sional crying is the only vigorous form of exercise
for the child who cannot yet walk. 1t irrigates the
whole body with blood stretches the arteries, veins,
and capllaries, expands the lungs, develops the
voice, helps digestion, and polarzes the soul be-
tween pleasure and pain, its sovereign masters.
Studies of the infant voice, of nutrition, circulation
etc, all show that crying has its physiology,
psychology, and hygiene.