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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
CHAPTER II.


An hour and a half later Miss Caring
ton and her niece were walking quickly
down one of the garden paths until they
came to little gate set in the hedge; I'M
latching it, they passed into neighbor-
ing garden, and then turned their faces
in the direction of a low white house,
with a veranda running all round 1t, ana
roses in profusion running over 1t. AS
they did 80, the notes of violin, evl-
IDENTIFY played by a practiced hand, reach
ed them. Miss Carrington's face bright
ened, and, making a gesture to her COM
panion to move softly, she stepped up to
a window and looked through 1t. The
room, If it were a drawing room, was al
most as heterogeneously furnished as her
own, but it bore the character OF IL
brary. Two of the walls were lined with
bookcases: grand piano and harmo-
NOUS occupied some of the space; there
was a round table Uttered with BOOKS,
and a superfuity of easy chairs in every
stage of comfort, arranged more with
view to ease than appearance. A nearer
inspection would have pointed out certain
bachelor arrangements some costly TURK
ish pipes; a pair Of pistols, splendidly
mounted; some silver cups and tankards,
with various inscriptions on them, all en-
graved with the name of Greville Moore,
and purporting to be certain prizes IN
the half mile race, the high jump, throw
ing the cricket ball and other feats OF
prowess, performed by some youthful ath'
lete.
An elderly man, with long whit
beard and mustache, in a black velvet
coat, sat with his back to the light, play
ing the violin. His face, seen in repose,
was clear cut and handsome, in spite OF
the deep lines that time and perhaps
many cares had traced upon it; but his
eyes were cast down, as though in deep
meditation, an habitual action, for Mr..
Moore had been blind half his life.
He was playing from memory an e1
quisite fugue from Bach. The thin, some
what wrinkled hand handled the bow with
a precision, delicacy, a mastery knowl-
edge, that seemed surprising in his situa-
ton. Apparently he was lost himself in
enjoyment of the sweet sounds that he
had conjured up in his darkness, for a
smile played round his lips as the har-
mony widened and vibrated, and his foot
softly moved as though in unison. In a
moment the fugue was ended and the bow
lowered.
"Is that you, Sunny? Little witch,
why have you stolen a march on the
blind man? OF course, you have flown
through the window"
aunt Diana set me the example," re
truned Alison, demurely. "How do you
do again, Mr.. Moere?"
ooh, nicely, nicely; time always passe>
quickly with me in my own special world.
Have you given your aunt her favorite
chair? How does the picture progress,
Miss Diana? Sunny tells me it is one of
your best"
would you have me praise my owl
work." returned Miss Darlington, bright
ly. II must leave you to Alison's criti-
cism. I hope to do something good be-
fore I die, and if do not succeed. we'll,
my life will have been happier for the
trying"
Ito be continued)
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
Sheep as a Civilixer.

A speaker at a farmers meeting
eulOgized the little animal with the
golden hoof in the following interest
ing strain:
sheep are always the advance
guard to attack new and undeveloped
territory. The first sheep and the first
negro slaves that placed foot on what
is now the United States of America,
were landed from the same fleet at St.
Augustine, Sept. 5, 1865, $50 years ago.
From that day to this the sheep has
been the most universal live agent of
the settlers in subduing the country
and maintaining it's productiveness;
and whenever they have neglected them
sterility exists as monument to their
folly."-Weekly Witness.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
Worms in Colts.

For intestinal worms in colts the
following mixture is used by some vet
erinarians Mix together as a base one
pound each Of salt and granulated SUI
gar; in this mix one-half pound Of to-
bacco dust or fine cut tobacco, four
ounces Of sulphate Of iron powder, six
ounces of powered worm seed. Give a
heaping teaspoonful in the feed at first
once a day. then twice per day, and
keep it up for three weeks.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
Looking Forward.

Luther Burbank, the famous hort,-
cultural wizard, says there is lot a
weed alive which will not sooner or
Later respond literally to good cult
walton. A day will come when the earth
will be transformed, when man shall
offer his brother man not bullets nor
bayonets, but richer grains, better fruit
and fairer flowers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
Fresh Eggs.

Secretary Wilson says that hereafter
eggs sold as 'fresh" or strictly fresh
must be exactly what they are repre-
sented to be- Storage eggs must be sold
as such, or under the pure food law the
dealer is liable to a fine of $500 or six
months Imprisonment, or both. Thou
sands Of people do not know how q
strictly fresh" egg tastes. This will
give them a chance to find out
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21

Now that It has been discovereu
sweet potatoes make an excellent
food, some philanthropist shoulo WI
to have the price reduced.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21

effort, we must put an these trouble
some things away for the present; there
il the dressing bell, and we have only
time to get ready for dinner, and you
know it is our evening at Fernleigh, and
we shall have to be cheerful for Mr.
Moore's sake"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21

place a stone in front of the wheel,
so that when the team draws the wa
won forward the wheel will be lifted
upward on the inclined beam. If the
incline is not to much the wagon will
not slip backward and the wheel will
be loose for oiling.-Farm and Home.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21

Fifteen thousand cigarettes were
Gently purchased for Harry Tna"' ~
he keeps on thinking he will De ''
in time to prove that he isn't crazy
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21

needs to be five feet four inches long,
and from the right end to the first pull
ley it is just seven inches. This meas
urement is to tn center Of the pulley,
From the center of the right pulley,
measure fifteen and one-quarter inches
and bore a hole, which Is where the
plough head clevis fastens. Now go
back to the extreme right end Of the
stick and measure thirty and three
quarter inches. You then have the
place where the second pulley is to be
placed. This puts the two pulleys just
twenty-four inches apart This COM
pletes all the measurements that need
to be accurate. At the left end, where
the left team is hitched, it is best to
bore about three holes, and you can
fasten the doubletrees in whichever
hole which seems best suited to the
team. Bore the first hole about two
and one-half inches from the end, then
60 two inches and bore another, and
two inches from that, if third hole Is
wanted. This evener will work one
horse in the furrow and three on the
plough, and there will be no side draft.
Hitch the chain up pretty short so
there is not too much slack when turn
ing to the left, and hitch it to the
plough back about where the coulter
runs, or where experimenting tells you
is the best place-Montreal Star.
PouItry-HOuse Lice.
Turn out the fowls some days and
close all the cracks in the house eX
cept the door, Take kettle Of live
Goals, and place on the ground in the
center of the house, but If there is a
wood floor, lay fiat stone under the
kettle. Throw a half pound or pound
of sulphur on the Goals, and shut the
door, If the house is left closed for
few hours it is safe to conclude that
no lice or mites will be found therein
after the operation. The sulphur cure
is the best method of Kidding poultry
houses Of pests, but if the house Is not
tight it will not prove satisfactory.
Clean the house as we'll as it can be
done, mix whitewash with fresh lime,
mix in liberal supply of sulphur, aft
er which throw sulphur into all the
cracks. Apply kerosene oil to all the
roosts, and burn off the outer surface.
Air the house thoroughly.-Weekly
Witness.
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To Lift a Loaded Wagon.
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21
Aunt Diana
The Sunshine
of the Family
QUIET, natural home

| A OUIET, natural home
- story, this, but full of
II character and interest
for those who delight in domestic
details of life. A young girl
takes charge of large family in
a motherly fashion that wins re-
gard, and the incidents are all
pleasing and consistent.
This serial will greatly please
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noble the mind and the purer
impulses of the heart.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-01
Pajmistry PAYS.

"Palmistry is good business" ac-
cording to practitioner who has been
confessing to the Philadelphia Rec
ord. "I've been in it for twenty-four
years now, and it's poor day l can't
make SIS or $50. The public love to
be fooled, and men needn't sheer and
say women are easily taken in, for
men are my best customers" said the
palmist. "Oh, more women come to
me on the average than men, but the
men believe everything tell them ev-
cry time, while some Of the women
are hard to handle In my experience
man, even the shrewdest. Is more
gullible than woman. or course"
she added modestly, ''the business
takes pretty quick reader Of charac-
ter and one who can flatter tactfully."
Sure Cure For Gout.
Culpepper, who was student of as
tronomy as well as of physic, recon-
mends as against the gout' the fol-
lowing: Take an owl, pull off her
feathers and pull out her CUTS. Salt
her well for a week; then put her in
a pot and stop it close and put her
into an oven, SO that she may be
brought into mummy, which. being
beat into a powder and mixed with
boar's grease, is an excellent remedy
for govt, amounting the grieved place
by the fire. II fancy this receipt
much" he said, ut standing to good
reason that bird Of Luna should help
a disease of Saturn and therefore de-
sire dram of the powder to be taken
inwardly every morning."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-01
|, j, DUNN,

A jury in Mexico consists of nine
men. A majority makes the verdict.
If the nine are unanimous, there is no
appeal.
Did the burglars leave a clew?'
asked the chief.
NO" replied the new policeman,
'they made clean sweep"
The ceiling of Nero's chief banquet
ing room was painted with stars and
turned perpetually In imitation of the
celestial bodies.
"Well, Jane, have you found the rose
for my hair yet?'
Eyes, madam, but now I cannot find
the hair"
Brother-You can't think how nerv-
GUS was when l proposed.
Sister-You can't think how nervous
she was until you did!
Mother - Your penwiper has never
been used at all.
Little Johnny-Don't need it. My
new pants is black.
81 never deny my wife wish"
"Indeed."
mo; let her wish. 1t doesn't cost
anything"
Blobbs - Is the policeman on your
beat square?
Slobbs-I don't know. He's never
round.-Philadelp Record.
The Russian scepter is Of solid gold
three feet long, and contains among
Its ornaments 26S diamonds, 800 ru-
bies and 10 emeralds.
Father" said the boy, what Is in
solvent?" "Insolvent," was the re-
ply, sis merely long word used to
describe a short condition"
Hoax-I'm going to take cornet les
sons from Professor Blowhard.
Joax-Going to take him for your
tooter, eh?
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-01
Home Trade Homilies.

When your next door neighbor sells
the same kind of goods that the mail
order catalogue advertises and at cor
responding prices, you need doctors
attention if you purchase by the mail
route.
Every tub must stand on its own
bottom. So also must every town. If
you knock the bottom out of prosperi-
ty in your town by doing a large part
Of your buying from the catalogue
houses, the place is calculated to fall
down pretty soon.
If the farmer who does a good deal
of buying from mail order concerns eX-
poets to continue selling his vegetables
and other products in his home town,
he should remember that it is poor
rule that won't work both ways.
Folks looking for bargains need not
confine their researches to the large
and Turing catalogues from the city
houses. Sometimes local newspapers
advertise bargains to be had right at
home, and it might pay to look for
such things in the home papers. Then
if you don't find what you want ask
the merchant why he doesn't advertise.
The city mail order store is the real
octopus. Its thousands of tentacles
are sucking in money from every direc'
ton. Money is the blood Of a commu-
nifty, and when it is drunk by the oc-
topus to such an extent the town is
sure to become anaemic.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-01
Catalogue Deceptions.

mo, thank you. l want what ask
ed for. Good day" This quotation
took the grand prize in recent con-
test held by magazine in the cam
paign against substitution in trade.
You do not always get what you ask
for when you order through a cata-
logue. 1t is very easy to make an ar
ticle look better in picture than it
looks in reality, and this is done fire.
quenty in the catalogues. But there
is a still more insidious and contempti-
BILE way Of deceiving the public which
some of these concerns employ. They
print both picture and the description
of piece of furniture, for instance.
According to the picture. it is elegant.
Suppose it Is dining room table. The
picture will show handsome five inch
table legs. The reader is attracted at
once. Even when he finds by perus-
ing the description that the table has
two inch legs he is not altogether dis
enchanted. Quite often person or
ders an article through the influence Of
the picture.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-01
A Hint TO the Wise.

The Paris (MoD Appeal. referring to
the business done by mail order houses
throughout the various counties in MIS-
souri, editorally says: advertising Is
costing the merchants of Monroe coun-
ty thousands Of dollars every year-not
that our merchants actually pay out
thousands of dollars each year for adj
vertising, but the great department
stores in the cities advertise every day
in the year, telling the public just what
they have to sell and what it will cost.
The papers carrying these advertise
ments and thousands of price lists go
all over the county, and people see
what they need advertised and order
it from the city stores. Who can blame
them? Merchants all over this county
have the same goods and often for less
money. but the buyer does not know
it, so he sends Off for his goods. Now.
if the merchants in this county were
to use the same methods that the cit
'ncrt hAnts use the mail order house,
would get but few orders from Of
Monroe"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-01
Heart toHeart
Talks.
TO THE BOYS OF FORTY.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright, 1908. by Edwin A. Nye.

A Greek philosopher has pictured
man as being born In a we'll built
house and living therein during child
aeod. AS he grows he pulls down the
walls. stone by stone. until he stands
dnaly in the undimmed sunlight.
Is it not so?
How many stones have we had to
pull down that we might see over?
way And some Of us-the wise old
boys-have put all the stones they have
pulled down into a great pile and got
On top of them for a wider view.
For twenty years at least we have
been trying to widen the horizon, to
get a comprehensive view of life.
But
The peril of the larger vision is this:
AS we see further and know more
diSillusion comes to rob us of our
youthful enthusiasts. Shall we. hay
ing a mans head. still keep beneath it
the heart Of a boy? Will disappoint-
ments destroy faith? Will the larger
knowledge lower ideals?
1t must not be!
At twenty the stones are in the way.
The outlook is small. The young man
cannot see far. know much or feel
deeply. The near. the noisy and the
sensuous attract him. His ideal of a
picture is the stirring battle scene. His
ideal of music is the noisy band He
is caught by movement and hilarity.
Having learned the better way at
forty. we must still keep our hearts
young. Therefore we find our ideal
music in the laughter of child. The
pictures we admire are those of peace
full landscapes. The glitter and the
tinsel no longer catch our fancy. A
book by the fire. dear face across the
table-these are the things that appeal
to the chaStened enthusiasm of forty.
You see. at twoscore years a man
puts the proper value on the real
things Of life. He has learned to dis
criminate. The world has dawned on
him. He has pulled down the stones.
Boys of forty and over:
We have not lost our boyish visions.
No, stree! AS the master painted
"Amplio" (wider) on the picture Of his
pupil. so we have pulled down the
stones to get farther look.
Let us therefore stand in the I'M
dimmed sunlight and keep sweet!
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-01
PURE WATER SUPPLY VITAL.
Health Of Community Is Very Large
iy Dependent Upon It.

iy Dependent Upon It.
Too many precautions cannot be
taken toward guarding the water sup.
ply of town. Along this line Ed
ward Wegmann says in the Metropoli-
tan Magazine:
The health Of community depends
largely upon the purity of its water
supply. Formerly 1t was thought that
water in which chemistry failed to find
any noxious elements was fit for do
nestle use, but in recent years the sci
ence of bacteriology has demonstrated
that such water may contain the germs
of dangerous diseases. These germs in
crease very rapidly in number and
are often communicated by the con
tamination of Il source of water supply
from one infected person to a whole
community. Such q case occurred in
1870 in Plymouth, Pa. y man who
had contracted typhoid fever in Phla
delpha was nursed during the winter
In house near Il mountain brook
which flowed into river from which
Plymouth derived it's water supply
The refuse from the sickroom was
thrown on the snow near the house
without being disinfected AS cold
weather does not kill disease germs.
the typhoid germs were washed in the
spring by the melting of the snow into
the mountain stream referred to above,
and as a consequence more than 1000
cases of typhoid fever and about 100
deaths from this disease occurred in
Plymouth. these cases being all con-
fined to persons drinking the polluted
water.
In 1892 Hamburg, Germany, was Wis
tied by Il terrible epidemic of cholera.
This city derives its water supply from
the river Elbe. At the time Of the
epidemic the river water without being
filtered was used for domestic purposes.
1t has been proved beyond question
that the germs of cholera We're com
municated to the city's water supply
by throwing into the river the eXcreta
Of a sailor who was sick with cholera
on vessel anchored in the Elbe. Near
ly 5000 persons died Of cholera in
Hamburg during this epidemic, but in
Altoona, a suburb of Hamburg, using
Elbe water that had been filtered
through sand, not a case Of cholera oc-
Cured that could be traced to the drink
ing Of the unfiltered water Of Ham
burg
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-01
BIC ROAD PROBLEM.
prevention Of Damaging Hard
Highways by Automobiles.
yHE EFFECT OF TWO TIRES.
5oft Rubber Variety Injuries Where
5the Iron Improves - Intern ationai
Congress of Highway Engineers
viii Discuss the Issue.

Few would think that the soft pneu-
Sclatic tire of the whiZZing automobile
could so shorten the life of the mac
adam roads rs to absorb the attention
of highway engineers of every civilized
~g-ountry of the globe, Yet they are do
43ug an Incredible amount Of damage
jaiiy to rock surfaced highways, and
gfrance has called an international con-
1esress of highway engineers at Paris
on Oct. II to discuss this latest and
most startling road problem.
To understand how the broad, soft
--s7lbber tires of the modern gasoline
propelled juggcrnaut kills the roads
(Which iron tired wagons improve one
must have ut least an inkling of the
methods adopted by Tresauget of Ii
. ,Ooges and Macadam of Ayrshire W hen
she so called modern first rock sur
faced highways were planned and put
shown. Macadam figured that the con-
asfant passing of iron tired wagons
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-01
Naming Children In Persia.

The naming of the child in Persia is
made an event Of great rejoicing and
a time for the gathering of relatives
When the guests are assembled sweet
meats are eaten, and then the infant In
its swaddling clothes is brought In and
laid on the carpet in the center of the
room by one of the priests. Five
names are written on as many slips of
paper and placed between the leaves Of
the Koran. A chapter is read from
this book, and then one Of the slips Is
drawn at random. The name of the
slip is the one the child has to bear
through life. and the priest takes up the
slip, pronounces the name in the child's
ear and places the piece of paper In its
clothes. Gifts and congratulations fol-
low.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-01

When rocks are raked out of the
roadways they should be gathered up
and hauled away. Too often they are
left beside the wheel rut, where pass
Ting travel works them back into the
1noad or into the ditch. only to be
handled over again, They should be
deposited In piles outside the Travelled
way, put upon the road location and
S1ater used IN drainage work.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-01
A Twin Propeller.
Perfect Numbers.

A perfect number is one that IL
equal to the sum of al! of it's factors
plus 1. Thus the factors OF are 8
und 2, and the sum of 8, , and ! is q.
The factors of % are II and 2, ant
1. The sum of IA, ., I, 4 and l is %.
1t might look at first as though there
would be great many perfect num-
bers. But there are only ten of them
known to mathematician. In addi-
ton to the 6 and % mentioned the
other perfect numbers are the follow
ing: 496, SIPS. 33,55o.336, $3.50, 1860, O56,
1877, 43S ,691 1913, 1906, S43,O OS, 1870, 952,-
1913, 2,417, 1851, $50 .22S, 1853, 1897, 7S4 ,576and
9,9O3, 52O,314. 2S2, 971 $3.50, 44S,S16,12S If
there are any others they are larger
than the ones mentioned and have new
err been discovered.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-01
Partridges' Devotion.

Few birds are so devoted to one an
other as partridges; but, like other
much less affectionate birds. they seem
to get over their bereavements in re-
markably short space of time. When
a covey in September takes fancy to
lying in a particular bit of clover or
little patch Of rough grass and thstles
you may be almost sure Of finding
them there at certain times of the day,
and unless they are disturbed too fire.
quently there they will be found so
long as any of them are left. They are
devoted alike to each other and to par
ticular spots, but their family fondness
is only existent so long as the object
of their affections is visible.-London
Globe.