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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
The Effects Of Circumstances.

A lady whose voice was quite mellow
Attracted TO her a nice fellow,
Till one day a COW
She thought raised a row.
For her fellow she yelled with a bel
low.
Baltimore American.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
Doing Il Thorounhlx.

Hixon-Hello old chap, You're
looking well this morning.
Dixon-You bet l am, I'm looking
for man who owes me sl0.-Chicago
News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27
New Slam.

waiter, I'd like to have my steak
we'll done"
yes, sir. (To the chef DO one to
q FRAGILE. Detroit Free Press
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27

LIES poker game at best,
The cards are dealt and none can
stay EN-;
It's up to you to do the rest,
Buck In and play 'em.
Detroit Free Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27

Some Of the cows that are to be
seen in the pastures at this time of
year are a disgrace TO agriculture.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27

TsfngIass.
Tsinglass Is made from the dried
swimming bladders Of fish.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-27

But u Was All Right.
The poor but proud duke decided TO
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13

the accession win give Oregon th,rtv.
four counties.
Tne remaining measures on the ,one
oregon ballot were defeated They
follow:
Raising pay of legislators to s4oo q
session and $40 day for each extra
session, instead Of 50 a day and mile.
age. An1ie'
increasing the number of supreme
court judges from three to five.
compelling railroads to give FREQ IN.
trastate transportation to state of.
Iicers. county judges and sheriffs.
Appropriating $4,000 annually for
TOUR years for purchasing sites and
building armories for use of the na.
tional guard.
Woman's suffrage and single tax pro.
posals were literally buried.
Giving cities and towns exclusive
power within their limits over licenses
theaters, racetracks, poolrooms howl.
ing alleys. billiard halls and the sale
Of liquors.
Allowing the Port of Portland IN 90.
tablish and maintain a towing and
pllotage service on the Columbia bar
and on the Columbia and Willamette
rivers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13
A Prophet Epithet.

The troubles which are brought to
a parish priest for solution are al
most infinite in their variety. In a
certain Prussian village, says Fried
rich August Dressler in "Moltke In
His Home" an old woman came to her
spiritual adviser and proposed sep
aration from her husband.
IF he would beat me-" she said
that would be all right; that would
show that he was really my man.
But he calls me worse names; he calls
me a 'subject' l will not stand for
that"
80, subject ehY said the priest.
Eyes, that is bad. It is bad word.
I did not think he would say that
But are you sure you understood
Did he say subject or 'objectY"
The old woman, shook her head. She
was not certain. The priest smiled
serenely.
"Ah, I thought So" he said. "Now,
I am sure that Is what he called you.
Subject would have been very bad
It would be hard to forgive that, but
object pooh, it is nothing. If at all,
1t fatters one"
The woman laughed happily. And
then, I need not leave him? I can
still keep him for my man" she ask
ed eagerly.
Certainly" said her mentor, land
rejoice. Object, that Is very fine,
very!. was sure he did not say sub
ject ~. IL
She went away entirely satisfied,
and the priest heard Of no more dis
agreements between the couple.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13
CACTUS DAHLiA.TO BE
EXPOSITION FLOWER

seattle, June 6.-The Cactus Dahlia
has been selected as the official flower
OF the Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition.
This plant was decided upon by the
committee composed of Professor Ed.
mond S. Meany, chairman; A. S. Ker-
ry and c. R. Collins.
The Cactus Dahlia was suggested nv
the Civic Improvement Club of Olym-
p1a, Wash. The plant is entirely diff
ferent from plain dahlia. 1t blooms
profusely in many different colors
from June to the frosts of autumn. In
appearance it resembles the chrysan.
themum, the blossom being as large
as that flower and the petals curling
In the same manner. In addition the
flower is peculiarly a Pacific coast
product and blooms more profusely
around Puget sound than in any other
section.
The exposition management desires
the people of the city and state to be-
gin to set out the Cactus Dahlia just
as soon as practicable, in order that
they will be blooming in profusion by
the time the exposition opens. The
landscape department of the 1909 fair
will Immediately make preparations
for putting out the plant in large mum
bers on the grounds. The Civic I'm
provement Club of Olympia, in it's let.
ter signed by Mrs. Preston M. Troy,
president, offers to supply the man.
agement plants in large quantities for
daily distribution to visitors for one
week during the exposition.
Mrs: Troy's letter, addressed to Pro-
fessor Meany, says in part:
'The Cactus Dahlia has a marked
individuality and is unexcelled, wheth-
er grown in masses, as hedges or as
single specimens. When cut it rem
ders itself readily to any scheme OF
decoration.
ut can be grown anywhere and by
starting tubers early will blossom by
the middle of June. Extensive plant
ing will put your city in a blaze of
glory during the entire season, for the
dahlia, unlike the rose, requires no
period of rest. 1t blooms in profusion
from June till the killing frosts of
autumn, and the more severely it is
cut the more profusely it will bloom.
Zone might almost say that the Gao
tus Dahlia is peculiarly Pacific coast
flower, for it is little known in the
East, and nowhere else does it reach
the perfection it does here on Puget
sound.
"Our club will willingly undertake,
for one week during the fair, to send
you daily several hundred blossoms for
distribution"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13

cheapest In muscular labor no food
appears to be able to give the same
powers Of endurance az sugar, and
comparative practical experiments
have shown without the least doubt
that the hard physical workers, the
athlete or the soldier on the march IL
much more equal to the physical strali,
placed upon him when he has had In
cludcd In his diet a liberal allowance
Of suga. than when sugar is denied to
him.
Trophies, prizes and . cups have
undoubtedly been won on diet on
which sugar was Intentionally a uota-
BILE constituent. 1t has even been said
that sugar may decide q battle and
thar jam after all is something more
than mere sweetmeat to the soldier.
The fact that sugar is a powerful
muscle food accounts probably for the
disfavor into which it falls, for a com.
paratively small quantity amounts to
an excess, and excess is always mimi
cal to the easy working Of the dig Is
tive processes.
Sugar satiates; 1t Is concentrated
food. Where sugar does harm, there
fore, 1t Is invariably due to excess.
Taken in small quantities and distrib-
uted over the daily food intakes, sugar
contributes most usefully in health to
the supply Of energy required by the
body.
And 1t is a curious fact that the
man who practically abstains from
sugar or reduces his diet to one almost
free from carbohydrates in favor Of
protein foods, such as meat, often
shows feeble muscular energy and an
Indifferent capacity for physical en-
durance."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13
wo,frr's Susr OF B1AUrY.


This II the Chief Cause Of Their
Extravaxance in Dress.
Modern women are extravagant,"
says Mrs. Ellen H.. Richards, "but 1t Is
the conditions of our modern life, with
Its loss Of personal independence, which
are to blame for this extravaganza.
Mrs. Richards teaches In the Insti-
tute Of Technology and is deeply inter-
ested in educational questions, particu-
larly those which relate to economic
and Industrial training, but before ev-
erything else Mrs Richards is gra-
cious, charming lady who moves among
the glass TASKS and Bunsen burners OF
her chemical laboratory with the same
poise and dignity which her mother
probably showed in the linen room fifty
years ago, says the Boston Herald. So
one isn't surprised to find that while
the tech teacher realizes perfectly all
the temptations which the modern
woman is heir to, her plea is not the
overcoming of these temptations by
mannish disregard of all pretty things,
but rather a return to the old, beautt-
full ideals Of living, which recognized
primarily that things were not really
pretty" unless they were also "goOd."
She compared the women Of to-day
and Of fifty years ago as regards the
quantity and the quality Of their
dresses.
did you never hear Of the judges
wife in one of our Massachusetts,
towns" she asked, who had only three
gownsw
Her gray eyes smiled quietly as she
watched the establishment Of her twen-
tieth-century listener, and she contin-
ued in calm enjoyment.
Eyes, she had her morning gown, In
which she did her homework linsey
woolsey, 1 suppose it was, spun by her
self-and she had the gown which she
wore for calls and at church, and then
she had herheautiful brocade, heavy and
rich and splendid-why, it would stand
alone And it cost great deal, be-
cause it was such a lovely thing; but
she wore it and wore it and handed it
down to her daughter and even now it's
the most precious dress Of the daugh-
ter's daughter.
But compare with that inventory the
gowns Of woman Of to-day. She must
have her morning dress, which she can
never wear in the afternoon; she must
have gowns for street wear, for dinners,
for receptions, for dances, for lectures,
And yet-she hasn't one really nice
dress out of the lot-now can she, when
she must have so many?
Its this desire for the show Of
things and not for the real goodness
underneath that is the greatest ex-
travagance of modern women" declared
Mrs. Richards with increasing fervor.
Instead of getting one nice gown
which will last for years and years, we
get these slazy stuffs which pull to
pieces before the season is over. And
the reason is that our sense Of beauty
is Defective"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13
Wit of the Youngsters f?

Small Aliens father was quite bald.
Mamma" queried the little fellow one
day, when my hair gets ripe will it
fall of like papa's did?'
Neighbor-Do you think your sister
is in love with Mr.. Simpkins? Little
Dora-Of course not. She allows us
children to remain in the parlor when
he calls.
Little Elsie Cat theater) Mamma,
is that man on the stage crying in ear
nest? Mamma-No, dear. Little FL
sie--Well, I don't see how he can cry
for fun.
Little Lola-Mamma, I know why
they say grandpa is in his second child
hood? Mamma-Why, dear? Little
Lola-'Cause he's bald and has no
teeth, just like the baby.
Small Bobby-Nurse, do you know
where the doctor lives that brought the
baby? Nurse-No, Bobby. Small Bob
by-Well, If the kid loses an arm or
leg or anything how'll they know where
to get new parts?
Daisy, aged 5, did not want her IA.
vorite aunt to 60 to a distant city.
"Never mind, Daisy" said the aunt,
"Ill bring you nice big doll when I
return" "You needn't 90 SO far" re-
piled Daisy. "YOu can get one around
the corner"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13
ORIENTAL RUGS,

Why Those That Are Made by Hand
Work Cost So Much.
The simple apparatus Is still in use
In outlying districts-home dye tubs
filled with colors extracted from
sleeps blood, larkspur, indigo, tune
ric. saffron, mulberry, walnut husks.
brass combs for carding and distaffs
whi1led by hand. Between two sticks
held horizontally by supports at the
ends are strung threads drawn taut,
harp fashion. Then worsted yarn is
passed over and under the strings
twice. Songs are sung-songs trans
United from old to young, so ancient,
some CT them, that they are in lost
language-and the songs tell the
weaver what colors to tie in as she
progresses with the pattern. Each
district has its own patterns aid
sorgs. After each knot the ends of
the yarn are scissored of to form the
pile.
In close woven piece like a Kir-
man, measuring mere 5xS feet, there
are 400 knots to the square inch. AS
the weaver's speed is about three
knots minute, four years Of continu-
GUS labor would be required on such
rug. Within that time some fingers
would stop weaving forever; others
would 60 on with it. Was it any won
der, the rug hunter asked me, that no
two old rugs, even from the same vii
lage and the same household, were
ever just alike? A bereavement would
induce greater unconscious use of
white; bridal would turn the weav-
er's thought to scarlet and victories
Of war to yellow. Local environment.
family happenings, removals from
town to desert and desert to noun
tain. would each have effect. Gossip
of harems, the tinkle Of silver anklets.
the alarms of brigands, the Citations
Of religions, all would go into the rug.
Then" interrupted the hunter. III
they still dye and weave az Of old,
rugs are being made now that eventu-
ally Will be beautiful and valuab.e?"
II the west were willing to say to
the east I'VE will give you i've or ten
years to make a rug" II 1t would say
that, then age and gentle wear would
do the rest. But the west won't. Il
has mansions In increasing numbers
to fit out at once. So 1t has intro
duced anilfne dyes and machine card
ers and spinning jennies and collec-
tive weaving and Is otherwise hustlin9
production.-Franklin Carkin in Ev-
erybody's Magazine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13
Farm Hands Wanted Badly.

Walla Walla, June 6.-Wealthy
ranchers of the Hudson Bay country
who make their homes here have been
boarding idle farm hands free OF
charge for the past two weeks to be
sure of a crew to harvest their hay
crops when the season opens next Mon
day. There is going to be record
alfalfa crop this year, but there is an
alarming shortage of idle men willing
to go into the hayfields.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13
Douma Reject. Naval Program.

st. Petersburg, June 8.-The douma,
by a vote Of 1914 to 78, rejected the
item in the naval budget appropriating
IS. SOC, 900 to lay the keels Of four bat
tleships during the current year. The
vote is tantamount to vote OF lack
of confidence In the present officials
of the ministry Of marine and whole
sale designations from the ministry
are expected to follow.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13
No Liquor In Grand Trunk Campo.

No Liquor In Grand Trunk Camps.
Victoria, B. c., June 6.-Announce-
ment has been made by the provincial
government that no licenses would be
granted for the sale of liquor In con-
struction camps along the Grand
Trunk Pacific. The government has
been deluged with hundreds Of appli-
cations. but all have been refused.
Apart from the moral grounds the gov
eminent finds that the expense Of po-
slicing the district II greatly reduced.
No license win be granted at Prince
Rupert either.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13
RECALL AMENDMENT
CARRIED IN OREGON

Portland, Orr, June 6.-Positive an
nouncement has been made that the
recall amendment to the constitution
of the state was adopted by the voters
at the recent election. The amend
ment is self-executory, and will be ef-
fective Immediately on completion of
the official election returns.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13

& -. I s. Flf
The Spanish peasant is the most pol
ished gentleman In the world, but the
provincial dandy Is not pleasant per-
son. He does not limit himself to adj
miring one (which might be endured. }
He laughs at one. Since the foreign
city hat IL different from the Spanish
town hat, the Spanish town hat laughs
and points Its finger Even q lady hat
viii do this. It never occurs to the
Spanish provincial headgear that It is
very funny, too-that Il, because q
Spaniard is under 1t, and therefore It
must be right. Yet II the foreign city
hat laughed the resentment would be
deep.-Louise Closer Hale In Har-
per'A
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13
SUGAR, AS FOOD.

Used With Discrfminataon. II 4.
Aid to Good Health.
There IL prejudice against suea~
which p not justified By physiological
reasoning" says the london Lancet
~Spgar is' one Of TIE most poverful
foods which We possesG, a. It 4 a.
chsaDsst Or 1t any rats one q tt
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13
H.H Holiday In Navy Yards.

washington, D. G., June 8.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt has directed tnat dur
ing July, August and September all
employees OF the navy yards and naval
stations be given half holiday on
Saturday.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13
Terminal Company Opens offices.

Terminal Company Opens offices.
Tacoma, June 6.-The Milwaukee
Terminal Company has opened offices
here, and the building of the terminals
of the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroad will be pushed as fast
as possible to completion. The road
has secured franchises on streets CIV
ing it branch track privileges that will
bring it right into the wholesale and
business center of Tacoma.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13

A girl az 16 walks as though sl,e
owned tho earth. and after she hAa
been married few years, she walks
as II she were carrying It a her
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13
eid. on Transportatio Opened.

Bids on Tran6p6FtstIoH Openeu'
Olympia, June 6.-The state board
of control opened bids yesterday for
the transportation of the machinery
for the new jute mills from Leeds,
England, to the penitentiary at Walla
Walla. The bids approximated ABOUT
SIC. 900. No action was taken by the
board.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13

Suna psopleis ida of. 1aing anoors
= b show Il when they diGllks soans
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-13


protection against lightning.
It IL said that amoon blindness" IN q
horse IL caused BY wolf teeth
small surplus teeth just In front Of the
first upper premolars, one on each side
OF the upper Jaw. An authority Says
.4The wolf teeth do not Gauss eye dis
ease or any other harm, and usually
are not discovered until the eye disease
appears. The eye trouble, L. periodic
ophthalmia' (moon blindness), which =
hereditary and incurable. Thousands
mon thousands Of horses suffer from
this eye disease, ret have not wolf
tooth IN their heads. The important
matter to remember IN connaction With
nerfodic ophthalmfa b not ti1s Sl1nifl
cance q de- 'W0sf tooth,' but ~ ne
Iceoity ana impoftASsss q re5sctlg
fro1n nrssdfnx Operations N Amletse
M spsE1sdaB opnkhslnid q 1nanl
vh,ch resulis from repeated attae.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-02-21
Done In Court.

The past week has been taken up
with some suits requiring consider
able time each. The case of Hutch
inson VS.. The Watson Slough Ditch
Company was decided in favor of
Hutchinson, according him the right
to have water kept running in the
stream for domestic use, but the de-
PENDANT has filed motion for a new
trial, and we understand it will be
granted.
The case of Just against Smith was
decided in favor of Mr.. Just.
The case of w. d. Trego VS.. Sheriff
Arave was decided in favor of Mr..
Arave, the jury finding that the
house and lots belonged to Mr.. Arave
and. the hay belonged to Mr.. Trego.
The case will be appealed.
Carl Machold VS.. The Corbett
Slough Ditch Company is occupying
the attention of the jury at this time.
The case, of v. P. Van Blaricon,
his creditors and w. A. Rogers who
have had case in the courts for a
long period, has been passed, upon
the second time by the supreme court
and decided in favor Of the credi-
tors of Van Blaricon.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-02-21

| In athletics to excess, few exhaust
their vitality through excessive men
tai application, while the largest
class do not get enough bodily train
ing to keep them in good physical
and mental possibilities. What we
need to foster among our youth is
not the spirit of competition, as so
many think, but the spirit of emu
lation that makes the highest mental
and moral attachments the goal to
be won, recognizing the necessity of
physical efficiency to this end.
| do not know of any better
method of fulfilling the very broad
obligations of our educational in
situations, than by making physical
as well as mental training part of
the regular high school curriculum.
At the present time, In many schools
and colleges, it Is customary to for
bid students to take honors in ath-
letics, unless they have creditable
standing In their studies. In order
to be consistent their requirement
should be coupled with another, /. e.,
that no student should be given hon
0rs in studies unless he attained a,
certain grade in his gymnastics or
athletics. This last requirement
would insure the conscientious
student against sacrificing his health
in view of raising his standard in
scholarship, which at the present
time he is likely to do on account of
the keen competition to which he is
subjected.
Judging from my experience If
physical training were made a part
of the chool curriculum, and credit
given for completed work, the class
that stood highest in scholarship
would invariably stand : the highest
in physical exercises. In order that
such a requirement be fair to all
classes, the grading should be based
on three factors, namely: the effort,
the achievement and mental and
physical results. In conclusion | will
say that | believe such a scheme as
! have described to be essentially
practical, and when adopted will not
only add to the physical vigor of our
youth, but also to their mental power
and efficiency
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-02-21
COUNTY CONSOLIDATION OF
SCHOOLS.
ir1nft,, e,.,xx, n

ficient system of school inspection
and supervision.
IL. 1t would secure permanency
of supervision.
IL. 1t would secure. greater per-
manency of teachers.
13. 1t would secure a better class
of teachers.
IA. 1t would secure better COM
pensation for competent teachers and
less employment for incompetent
ones.
10. 1t would secure better school
houses and keep them in better re-
pair 81.
16. 1t would secure better fur
niture, apparatus and other school
appliances and secure good public
library for each county.
II. 1t would enable each county
to establish system of graded
schools.
IS. 1t would result in more uni
form methods of teaching, hence
greater progress would be made.
49, 1t would secure better re-
cords and more reliable statistics.
20. 1t would prevent nepotism
generally, that is, it would secure
of fewer nephews,
nieces, sisters-in-law and objects of
charity.
81. 1t would insure interest on
he part of the community in each
Ichool.