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simultaneous Conversion.

"u1tahcOuS COhVcIbAOh.
The late Bishop Fowler Of the Meth
odist Church is credited with the fol-
lowing yarn" His text was that SIN
cere creeds no matter how diverse,
should bind Christians together. The
washington Star quotes him as fol-
lows:
i, John Smith was a Presbyterian.
Hannah Jones was a Baptist. They
hesitated about marrying because they
feared that in later life, when the little
ones came, religious disputes might
nrise. Thus the years passed. Neither
would renounce their church. John
Smith grew bald, and Hannah Jones de-
keloped lines about her mouth and eyes,
lit was a complete deadlock, the world
sold.
+, Then John was sent abroad for a
wear by his firm to buy fancy goods
He and Hannah corresponded regularly
howard the years end, by remarkable
coincidence, each received from the
other a letter, the two letters crossing
In the mails. They said:
"Friend John-The obstacles that
stood in the way Of our marriage have
lat last been removed. This day I was
received in full membership in the Pres
ibyterian Church. Hannah"
dearest Hannah-We have no longer
any ground for delaying our union fur
ther. united myself this day with
kho RantiSt Church. John"
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Fatalities.

sYes," said the beauteous young
thing. when I asked papa if l might
90 mountain climbing he took my head
off. But 1 had my own way, Of
course, and finally the crowd got start
ed. and you know they made me put
on lot Of wraps and things that SIM
ply suffocated me. And about half
way up slipped and fell over a cliff
and broke my neck! Indeed, yes.
And when they had lifted and pulled
me back on the trail absolutely died
from pain. But before long was
able to go on to the top, but by the
time we were almost there I collapsed
and sat down, for I could never
breathe again. But they made me pull
myself together and in time we got
to the summit, and there it was so
cold I froze to death! Oo-ooh! And l
was glad, I can tell you, when we
came down at last, and as soon as
they got me home went to bed. dead
from Observation-Disclosures
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
All Signs Fail.

"You seem to need rain very badly"
EYES," answered Farmer CorntosseI
in a tone of patient resignation. We've
done our best, but it doesn't do any
good. We've given one Sunday school
picnic after another, left the rockin'
chairs an hammocks an buggies out
over night an painted all the buildings
fresh. But none of the things that used
to bring rain seem to work any more -
Washington Star.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
To Soften an Egg.

When an egg has been boiled too
long it can be softened instantly again
by lifting pan off fire, quickly placing
under tap, and allowing good stream
of cold water to pour into 1t. The
sudden shock from hot to cold has the
curious effect of softening the egg. A
splendid method of securing correct
consistency for invalids' eggs
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21

A pension for total disability has
been granted to soldier who contract
ed leprosy while serving in the army
in the Philippines. 1t amounts to sew
enty-two dollars a month The gov
eminent, very properly, takes care of
those who risk life and health In its
service.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21

A New York automobile club has ex.
PEELED one of its members for speed
ing, but none Of the aero clubs has as
yet dropped any Of its members for
flying.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21

Tho price Of many great engineering
achievements is not alone the millionsJ
Of dollars that they cost. It is report
ed that SO far fifty-fve men have been;
killed in the construction of the Black
wells Island bridge in New York.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21

An Industrious clerk who voluntarily
worked overtime was locked in the
Office. Who can blame his employers
for desiring to retain such an uncom-!
mon Individual at any cost?
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
sandpaper Cakes.

To remove the burned edges Of layer
or loaf cakes use fine sandpaper as
soon as the cake is "set," but before it
gets cold. A piece of parafin paper,
cut the shape Of cake, will prevent the
cake sticking to the plate on which 1t
is to be set away.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21

HOWARD E. BURTON. Assayer and Chemist
II I,eadvie. Colorado. Specimen Prices: Gold
Silver Lead, Sl.90; Gold. Silver. 75c; Gold. Soc
Zinc or Copper, ST. Cyanide Tests. Mailing En-.
reopes and full price list sent on application
Control and Umpire work solicited. Refereace
Carbonate National Bank.
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Only $3.50

Onr Orcas Front Door, with engraved
baarv rough rolled plate glass, size 2
& in by 6 #. in. only $3.50. The
,raatest value in front doors ever Of
fpred The door is made from the
choicest of fir lumber, thoroughly
steamed and Kindred. Your local
dealer will ask S.. 90 for door no bet
Ter.
5XPanel fir doors for painting, $1.1O
nor door. Four sizes carried in stock,
) f. bv #; 2 #. by 6 #. in; 2 #.
sin bv ft.6 in. 2 #. in. by #.
in.
We have our own factory, have but
one price. sell to anyone, and are the
largest buyers and distributors of sash
and doors in the Northwest. That is
tbp reason our prices are so low.
Don't buy anywhere until you get our
mice lists. which are mailed free ON
APPLICATION.
We guarantee safe delivery to your
nearest railway station.
o. B. WILLIAMS CO.,
1910 Western Ave. Seattle, Wash.
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l31'[;iE{II3!lE13

The sure and safe corn cure. Re-
lieves pain and inflammation instantly.
1t is dangerous to cut corns. Get
Cornicide from your druggist. Send
Csc to Cornicide Co., 604 Pike St.,
Seattle,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
Such a Girl.

Such Girl.
When Charles Augustus heavel a sigh
And said, "My own! My sweety'
She handed back this hot reply,
you're crazy with the heat !"
Birmingham AgeHerald
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21

FITS St Vitus' Dance and Nervous Diseases
~ permanently cured by Dr. Klne's
Great Nerve Resterer Send for FREE $2.OO trial
bottle and treatise. DR.. R. H. Kline Id, 931 Arch
ST., Philadelphia Pa.
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Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING
syrup the best remedy to use Tor tDelr chIloren
curing the teething period.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., is working
Tor $6 a week. 1t will be extremely
difficult for the sons of Pittsburg mill
1onaires to understand why he does ii
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21

Young Theodore Roosevelt Is going to
learn trade. 1t won't hurt him ana
NAV do the trade some good.
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Inc Kind You Have Always Bought
signature sssss sss Of &x2zzx

A New Jersey woman wants q divorce
on the ground that her husband prayed
LOT her wicked soul every night. why
uion't she have him arrested for assault
and battery2
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The Cantilever Bridge.

A cantilever bridge is one in which
girder or continuous truss is Sc
curely anchored at the shore end, and
extends over and beyond supports
on each side of the stream. These
arms, or cantilevers. in turn support
central span or truss, this form OF
bridge being especially useful where
the erection Of supporting falsework
under the river spans would be diff
cult or impossible. It's entire pacti-
cability vas demonstrated on large
scale In 1875, when the so-called
Kentucky -iaduct was completed, and
since then the principle has been APP
piled to bridges at Niagara, Men,
phis. St. John. N. B., across the Firth
or Forth, aid over the Hudson at
Poughkeepsie-to name the most
conspicuous. And the Quebec bridge
IL not the C1ly contemporary struc-
ture Of the sort, the Blackwells ISL
and Bridge q New York being Of the
same desiGS: with its longest span
q 11a3 tpaf-Phuaaelpbis Ledger.
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AN AGED BRITISH TREE.

One of the oldest of British trees
Is the Cowthorpe oak, which has been
standing near Wetherby in Yorkshire
for 500 years, according to veracious
chronicle. It is tree that has been
described often and has figured in
works of fiction.
It is related of this tree that on
occasion as many as forty persons
have been gathered within the hollow
of its trunk, although it must be con-
fessed that some of these were chill
dren. The most recent measurement
showed that its girth of trunk at the
ground was fifty-four feet three in
ches and the cavity was eleven feet
by nine feet.
The tree is not now SO very tall,
reaching only thirty-seven feet into
the air. There are twenty-five props
about the tree to support the falling
branches.
The c;.vity has been noticeable only
since the beginning of the nineteenth
century. Many of the earlier meas
urements show that the tree
once was much greater in girth than
now.
Aged as it is the tree bore acorns
in 1901 and 1905 and always pro-
duces fair amount of foliage. In
1893 an acorn borne by the Cow
thorpe oak was planted near by and
tree is growing up slowly as a memo.
rial to the parent-New York Sun.
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Malay Prince a Wise cutl

MALAY FRINGE wise GUY|
The matches had been forgotts|
It looked as II it would be impl
10 roast the clans on the bead
Boys" said the young /
Prince, a Harvard student, "Tn
you how to make a fire by rubbhl
sticks together. Mark Twain ssy
can't rub fire out Of sticks. BEL
not know how to go about II, 4
the trouble"
An oak log lay on the sand. 1
q Ratchet the Prince made q
groove in the log, a canal tvs1
long. Then he cut of an oakel|
q foot long and Of the thickness 4
wrist. This he sharpened into thel
ness Of q huge lead pencil.
"Now," he said.
And kneeling, he began to rul
sharp end OF the peg up ana 90
the groove. His breast heaved
the labor, his face dripped with
But at the end of Ave minus
groove began to send up little
wisps of smoke and a moment
q tiny flame flickered and var
"Have that straw ready q
the Prince.
And when the tiny flame neu|
peared q youth lighted a bit Of :
with it and it was not much lale]
fore the clans were roasting
delphia Bulletin.
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For the ~ ftS
Younger NHAErESN-
Children. >5 II

has been caused by but few books
since. But one copy of this first edi-
ton is said to be extant, and this is
in the Lenox Library, New York
City. 1t caused a futter in cosmo-
graphical circles, not alone at the
time of its issue, but for centuries
thereafter, for in it first occurs in
print the suggestion that the fourth
part of the world discovered by
Amerigo Vespucci, should be called
America.
And here are the words, translat-
ed, in which the suggestion was
made:
But now these parts have been
more extensively explored and an
other fourth part has been discov-
cred by Americas Vespucius Gas will
appear in what follows): wherefore
! do not see what is rightly to hinder
us from calling it Amerigo, or Amer
ica-i. e., the land of Americas, after
it's discoverer. Americas, man of
sagacious mind, since both Europe
and Asia have got their names from
women. It's situation and the man
ners and customs of its people will
be clearly understood from the twice
two voyages of Americas, which fol.
low"
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GIRLS LUNCHES SAVED DOG.

GIRLS LUNCHES SAVED DOG.
Somewhere about the city there is
wandering to-day little yellow dog,
nameless and without known kin,
who, could he speak, might tell
little story of charity that probably
saved his life.
Worn out with lodging trucks and
cars in the crowded streets down.
town, so hungry and thirsty that he
could run only with difficulty, while
his tongue hung from his jaws, he
made his way into the front gate of
st. Pauls Churchyard, on Broadway,
at noon, along with the advance
guard of the girls who take luncheon
in one or another of the quiet hooks
about the old church. There the dog
fell, exhausted-in a final struggle
for life, it seemed.
Everyone thought the animal mad,
until one young woman, with lunch
box in hand, suggested:
Maybe he's hungry"
Boxes were opened at once, and
sardine and chicken sandwiches, an
gel cake and candy were produced.
1t was soon apparent that the young
woman's superstition was correct.
From all sides, then, came Offer
ings, and the donors were so eager to
do their best that they gave the little
dog the richest and most indigesti-
BILE morsels in their boxes. Presently,
from a nearby drug store there ar
rived a girl with a glass of cool milk.
which she set before the wayfarer,
whose appreciation the onlookers saw
In look of dog thanks A few min
utes more were spent by the animal
in resting. Then he arose with q
happy little bark and whisk of his
stubby tail, as much as to say, II
thank you all" and trotted off, leav-
ing his benefactors good topic for
MONDAY luncheon discussion.-New
York Post.
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BOTH GAINED
Man and Wife Fatten on Gfape's

The notion that meat is nec.
for real strength and the founda]
of solid flesh is now NJ lodge
prevalent as formerly.
Excessive meat eaters are uss]
sluggish a part OF the time pea
they are not able to fully digest !. !
food, and the undigested pol'w]
changed into what is praeue.'1
kind of poison that acts opO.
blood and nerves. thus se'''ns
through the system. -
II was q heavy meat eater "
an Ills. man, "and up to two
ago. was In very poor health.
fered with Indigestion so tna'
weighed 95 pounds.
"Then I heard about Gi.p'
and decided to try 1t. -
laughed at me at first Du. ~. :. !.
gained to 1875 pounds and rev =
she thought she would es'
Nuts too. ..,Al
aNow she /, fat and well ana
gained 40 pounds. We nevel ).
digestion any more and se,asA
the desire for meat. A-0es
ours. IS years old. was trouble ,
INDIGESTION for years; was .
meat eater, ana now ines h<
been eating Grape-Nuts sgslsy
says he is we'll and nevei ~
gestion. I could nams :
sons who have really
Indigestion by changing ~ n
meat diet to Grape-Nuts' -
4 Reason" Name given ~
Co.. Battle Greek. MICE. ~
Read the little book. TEN
Wellvilje.' In pkS4
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A WISE ANSWER.

DR.. MacNamara, of London, who is
Investigating the care. and education
of the poorer children of that city,
recently was questioning a class of
small girls on the daily course of the
sun in the heavens.
But suppose" said he, Il told you
that on certain day l saw the sun
rise in the west what would you
say"
Please, SIR" replied a little girl,
Il should say you must have got up
rather late!"-Western School Jour.
nal
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HOW AMERICA GOT ITS NAME

One.of the most interesting por-
lions of Ober's Amerigo Vespucci. in
Harpers' Heroes of American His
tory Series. is that in which it is
pointed out that 1t was not Vespucci
himself who named the Western
world America" but, by a curious
chance, stranger to Vespucci. an
obscure geographer in a little town
In the Vosges, Martin Waldseemuller.
The suggestion was made by this man
In pamphlet printed in Latin.
1T was q small pamphlet, with
engravings of the crudest SORT: but
i made . stir In the world such n
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-05-02
A HEAVY LOAD.

Irate Wife Ito bibulous husoan'
Where have you been until TIM Z
B. H.-Been out shoppin, mo
Irate Wife-Then why dlan'
have your purchases sent nom.
stead of trying to carry sacn
yourself?-Detroit Free Press
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IF l WAS BIG.


| want a ladder awful high
Like Jack had. so that | can see
Right where the stars are in the sky;
| want to sail across the sea
Like Sindbad did; and | want three
Or maybe four-fat hens: they'd lay
Some golden eggs to have for tea.
| wish that was big to-day.
I want to go a-riding by
A castle with golden key.
To find princess, who will sigh
: And wait for one to come and free
Her from the giants spell that he
Has cast about her; and III slay
The great big giant! Ies-sirree!
| wish that was big to-day.
And sometime maybe. if l try,
I'll find dragon, too. and he
Will try to eat me up. and |
Will be as brave as | can be,
And | will kill him, and, ITO thee
The King will cry, we bow! You may
Become Knight at once!" Oh me!
| wish that / was big to-day!
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Taylor's Cherokee Remedy ofSl
Gum and Mullen Is Natures sres }
dy-cures Coughs. Colds, Group M |
sumption. and all throat and lung tn
At druggists, 25c.. Soc. and el.C0 pssh
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" the heart of Louis XIV. must now
be reposing In Westminster Abbey.
Enclosed in the body of an Epgljsb
DEAN"
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Only One ''Bromo Quinint'
That is Laxative Bromo Ouiuine
for the signature Of E. W. Grove, IT.
World over to Cure q Cold in One IN
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One way to forget other ped
faults is to remember your owl
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-05-02

The musician who plays by ear|
gets the ears Of those who hp,,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-05-02

TITS, st. Vitus'D aL ce Nervous lr,...
@anently cured by DR.. Kllne's Gras,
kestorer. s. trial bottle and treat.|
". h. &. Kline, Id. ,93I Arch S. Phi
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Envoy.

Lad, life holds much of mystery y
Beautiful visions far away!
Oh, would that l might change with thee!
I wish I were lad to-day!
Celia Myrover Robinson, in Harper's.
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MINNIE MINNOW.

MlANA<AG M1A<ANOW.
Down in the bay, where the river
greets the ocean, there is always a
little Swish of the cool green waves.
1t Is the home and lively place of the
frOlicking Fin Folk-the Sinner fam
lily, the Flat Filters, the Skin Skip
pers and the Only Golden One
Minnie Minnow loved the place and
often played there the splendid game
of flit-tag on sunny afternoons with
her cousins Finnie and Fannie Min
now, and wee Winnie Winnow.
Flit-tag is fun to play, for you dart
most every way; now over the waves
you slide and skim; now plunge to
the bottom and slowly swim; sudden
ly dash through the sea-weed shade,
and-the goal is won-the game is
played.
Minnie Minnow could always win;
with steady tail and lively fin, she'd
dash and lash her way through Swish
and distance all the other fish.
But sometimes she was kind and
would keep behind, and let Finnie or
Fannie. or even little Winnie, win,
Swish was very pleasant place in
which to play, and it had one great
convenience. No matter how much
it rained, Swish was never any
wetter;; and as for Minnie, she never
let it fret her, for rain never wet her.
Said Minnie-6sh.
"Whene'er I wish
] can swish in Swish
And never get wet.
IF I firt my tail
] never fail
To smoothly sail.
And never get wet.
If / make splatter
It doesn't matter;
If the drops down patter-
And never get wet"
Minnie and Finnie and Fannie and
Winnie were very happy in Swish,
but one day, while at play, Minnie
Minnow went away to a place called
Splish, where the water is very shall
low.
Now Minnie Minnow's mother had
gone away, but lef' behind the rules
of play:
In Swish you safely may abide;
In Snieh is danger; watch the tide"
D..t Minnie forgot to watch the
tide, and was having such a very
good time darting here and there in
the sunny shadows, she never no.
ticed, until too late, the tide had
turned, and-sad to relate-poor lit
tie Minnie was left to her fate.
It happened this way.
Every day the sun and moon IN in
the sky pull the waters of Splish till
it gets quite-quite dry. And any
little fish that stays in Splish will
flop about and struggle-get dry and
die.
But Minnie was wise; when she
felt the water go she shut her eyes
and dug her fins with all her might
into the mud, sunk out of sight.
The hours went by and Splish was
dry, and Minnie gasped and choked.
but suddenly the water began to come
back.
Presently Minnie was wetter, she
felt much better, but a sadder and
wiser little fish swan safely back to
cool, green Swish.
Most any day, if you go that way,
you'll see little Minnie Minnow at
play, darting here and there, with
zeal and zest, playing flit-tag games
with all the rest.-Joshua F. Crowel:.
in the Washington Star.
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q westminster, during a visit to the
Harcourts. Dr.. auckland was very
old then. He had some reputation a.
= man Of science, and the scientific
nlr1t moved him to wet his finger,
e On the heart, and put the finger
mouth. After that, before he
= stopped, he put the heart in
md swallowed 1t, whether
OK design will never be
4 shortly afterward the
~ was buried in West
Il + impossible that
>eye disested the
besn ! pretty
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| ship is
| as sea-
Pard to
| will be
FOphone
pr star
| in that
taluable
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Fifty-one men in a thousana !,
under q years of age. The ~
for women is 1CS per 1000.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-05-02
&c SYRUP Go. a,

SOLD VAIL LEADING DR,,r.s
Que sue only, regular price 59f !" =
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-25
PASSED RESOLUTIONS.
Ladies' Auxiliary Of the Missouri
Drummers' Association Net in
the Parlors of RIngo Hotel
Saturday Afternoon and
Passed Resolutions.

At the annual convention Of the
ladies' auxiliary to the Missouri
Drummer's Association, held in the
parlors of the Hotel Ringo, Saturday
morning, June 10th, the following
resolutions we're adopted by a rising
vote OF all the ladies present:
Whereas, the ladies auxiliary to the
Missouri Drummers' Association have
been SO warmly welcomed by the lad
les OF the city Of Mexico during their
stay In the city, be 1t therefore re-
solved:
That a vote Of thanks be extended
ID the ladies of Mexico for their hos.
pitality and for their efforts put forth
In making our stay in their beautiful
city one OF the most pleasant vents In
our lives, and when we return to u
homes we will bear with US the sweet
membranes indelibly chiseled ou
the tablets Of our hearts of the many
beautiful friendships formed on this
occasion, ana our meeting here will
ever be a sweet oasis IN our life's jour
ney.
BE IL further resolved, that a copy
OF these resolutions be presented TO
the chairman Of the local entertain
ment committee and also to the press.
signed, Mrs. 3. B. Pocket,
Chairman.
Mrs. +. Il. Parker.
Mrs. John P. Gordon.