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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-12
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The only attempt ever made to mine
iron ore in British Columbia proved
improbable. Zinc mining also is
practically at standstil.
The Italian government has ordered
100000 reinforced concrete railroad
ties, made by recently patented for
mula, for experimental purposes.
Recent examination Of concrete sub
jected to the action Of locomotive
gases for thirteen years showed that
it had not, been affected by them.
The largest coral reef in the world
is the Great Barrier, off the northern
coast of Australia. It is 1000 miles
long and, in places, 80 miles wide.
Japan's new crop of peppermint is
expected to produce almost 10000
pounds of menthol crystals and nearly
100000 pounds of oil Of peppermint.
Electric storms are Of almost daily
occurrence on the high Grand plateau
of Bolivia. being especially severe just
before the beginning of the rainy sea-
son each year.
A scheme for the adoption Of a
standard gauge for Spanish railways,
to conform to other European nations,
is under consideration by the govern
ment Of that country.
A bird census of Illinois by a uni
versity professor recorded IS species
The number was estimated at 3O,75O,-
600, of which the English sparrow was
put down for 100000.
A big baking firm of Cape Colony
has imported an American plant, with
up-to-date machinery, to use imported
-four, in opposition to bakers controll-
ed by the millers Of that country.
The Argentine government during
the past year has begun the develop
ment of new petroleum-field at Com
odoro Rivadavia, on the Bay of St.
George, east coast of Patagonia. The
first oil-bearing stratum was found at
depth of Ito feet, in cretaceous
formation. The government well
yields Is or IA tons of oil per day
without pumping. The Oil Is dark
brown and very heavy, and seems es-
pecialy adapted for fuel.
Observations at the New Mexico
Agricultural Experiment Station indi-
cate the following ways in which ex-
cessive cattle-grazing is injurious to
land: The kinds Of plants preferred
by the cattle are eaten before they
have time to seed, and SO die out,
leaving less valuable plants to occupy
their place. The soil becomes &C COM
pacted, especially near drinking-places.
that rain-water will not sink in. The
paths made by the animals give direc-
ton to the flow of surface water and
lead to erosion of the soil.
The German naval constructors have
recently turned out peculiar form of
dock-ship, intended particularly for
the salvage of disabled subma rines
and torpedo-boats It consists Of two
bulls resembling ships linked together.
fore and aft, high above the water.
by steel Orders made up of angles and
plates. A torpedo-boat, or submarine
can steam between the two bulls, and
then be lifted by cranes and tacklas
until 1t rests upon a platform formed
Dy hinged beams projecting across
from one hull to the other. The pro-
pelier shafts of the dock-ship are driy-
en- by electric motors.
You can't keep happiness from break
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-12

1t is considered breach of manne-s
to answer 4 friends letter Under n
week. A business letter should be an.
swered by the next mail; love letter.
never.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-12
The Mistral.

The mistral is a cold nor'n's !,
wind which does much damage d. !.
tain seasons in France ana w. :.
From the close of autumn to the :.
ginning of spring it is especlaV -,
lent. It dries up the sell ana ca
dangerous storms on the Medi''
mean sea.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-12
Modern Heroism.

/. The Eictim-Help Help! I'm drown.
ing!
Would-Be Hero Courage, my brave
man! Just wait until l get a roma !.
measuring rod, Carnegie application
blank, two witnesses and a notary puh
lic.-Bohemian Magazine
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-12
Advice to Smokers.

Here are a number Of don'ts for
smokers, some of which no doubt will
surprise a good many men: Don't
smoke directly after a meal. There is
the most irresistible craving to smoke,
but it is wiser to wait half hour or
an hour. Don't smoke out Of doors In
a high wind or in cold, frosty wealth
er. In the former case it is danger
GUS. and in the latter it cracks the lips
and prevents proper breathing. Don't
smoke with the cigar or pipe held at
the corner Of the mouth. This excites
the secretion of more saliva than when
the cigar or pipe is held straight in
front. And, above all, don't get in the
bad habit of expectorating frequent,
ly when smoking. 1t is quite unneces-
sary and merely habit and harmful.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-12

The only woman that any man will
acknowledge as his superior is his
mother. Therefore to be truly appre-
ciated every woman, should have a son.
4 husband knows, too, when his wife
is wonderful, but something keeps hus-
band from saying so. Makes his look
less wonderful and that's not proper
ever
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-12
Polite in EXTREMITY.

The courteous self-cOntrOl of the we'll
trained boy is patheticaly illustrated
by story from Punch:
Mothel-Oh, Bobby, you naughty boy
you've been smoking! Poor darling, do
you feel very bad?
Bobby (who has been well brought
up)-Tbank you, I'm dying.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-12

Group can be cured in one minute,
and the remedy is simply alum and
sugar. The way to accomplish the
deed is to take knife or crater and
shave of in small particles about a
teaspoonful of alum then mix with
twice the amount of sugar to make
it palatable, and administer it as soon
as possible
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-12
GIRL GROWS UP LIKE MAGIC.

u.mained a Child for 23 Years.
when Awakening Began.
THAT there is one Peter Pan the less
IN real life is due to the striking sue
coss Of an experiment made by Lon
don physician in the case or Miiuieu
Hart. % years old, Devonshire glri'
who never grew up. In this instance
the arrested development attrac'eu
much attention, dispatch to the ne"
York Times says.
couple of months ago this young
woman. when the treatment Desan'
was TO all intents and purposes ouil'
backward child hardly thlrty-tnree
inches in height, with lanky, scanty,
drv hair, a bulky forehead, a Droau
eot nose and pale complexion. Sne
sat all day, even in summer, snlverins
before an open fire. Her limbs, hanos
and feet were cold and harsh 10 tne
touch. The anterior gontallef or sou
snot on the head, which in BABY De-
comes closed in the first few months OF
life could still be felt. She was uh-
interested and unobservant, ana couiu
sneak only three or four words. her
teeth were the teeth of childhood. her
annette was very poor. and frequently
she took no more than half pint OF
,iou,d food a day. Treatment was be-
pun two months ago, twelve grains OF
thyroid extract being administered
each night.
Her condition now, after two months
treatment. is as follows: In height
she has increased more than two and
one-half inches. Her skin, which was
harsh and dry, is now moist, warm
and natural. Her nose has taken on
a more natural shape and her dull ex-
nression has been literally lost. Her
hair. which was scanty and dry, IS
growing fast and has a more narural
appearance. She has cut several fresn
teeth, and her lack Of appetite, which
used to be a source of worry, has been
replaced by constant hunger.
The most wonderful change, how
ever, is her mental condition. She has
acquired a most extraordinary loQuac-
ity. It seems as if she had been lis
tening and storing up words from
babyhood. She could not possibly nave
learned her present relative vast vo-
cabulary in the last few weeks. She
evidently knew the words before, but
was unable to reproduce them until the
thyroid extract stimulated her into &C
tivity and developed her hitherto latent
powers of speech. The slight increase
in weight which has taken place in two
months shows what hunger her sys-
tenn must have had for the hitherto
missing thyroid secretion.
If the ordinary individual takes the
extract of thyroid, he rapidly loses
weight, since the slightest excess In
this peculiar substance causes rapid
breaking down of the tissues of the
body. In this case, however, twelve
grains taken daily did not make an
excess, but only supplied the amount
that nature had been craving for years.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-12
Made His Diagnosis.

what diagnosis did the ~ =
make Of your wife's Illness!
she is suffering from overwork'
that so?'' Yes, he looked -
tongue and reached his decla0'
mediate,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-12

And some people seem to derive :
lot OF satisfaction from being misun.
darstood
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-12

You can't keep happiness from break.
ing out on your face.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-12

ROP stone into surface Of lake at rest Circular ma
will expand in every direction the plane fat surface
similar disturbance could be made in the air the waves NO.
in every direction and the complete front
limit would be sphere. Any light object the water or -
pended in the air would slightly Suppose we fire.
yoyer in still air. disturbance would be set up and ~
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-12

Vile might talk to Roger, but she wanted
Allie to herself.
So while the two young men paced up
and -own by the river, Alison and Miss
Darlington sat in the dim studio, looking
out into the moonlight. There was so
much that they had to say to each other
on this last night.
"You do not think me too hard-hearted
to insist on a two years. engagement,
Allie?" Miss Darlington said presently.
"Mr. Moore has begged me over and over
again to reconsider my decision, but, in
deed, l think Greville is too young for
such a responsibility. In two years he
will be fve-and-twenty."
Il would not have it otherwise, Aunt
Dr." returned Alison, quietly. 'In two
years time, papa will be well and strong
at least, DIR. Greenwood tells us So
and Missile will be older; can be spared
then, and can leave home far more hap
ply"
lis Greville content with this?"
81 have talked to him, and made him
see that we are both right. Of course
we shall both feel the separation a little
hard, but now / have promised to spend
at least two months next summer at Moss
side, and he is to pay flying visits to The
Holms, l think we ought to be content
and then there are the letters-letters are
such a pleasure"
And in two years Alison Merle is to
be Alison Moore"
II hope so, Aunt Di."
"Darling that day will be happy one
for me. l love you both SO much, and
then I shall have you near me. Think
| Of Fernleigh being your homa.s
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-29

coal on the Erie right-of-way. The
speaker then said that coal stealing,
whether in night or day, was just
as much against the law as any
other kind of stealing.
Mr.. Eagan said that the Jacksons
merely originated the excuse, that
Curry give them permission TO steal
coal, to make a case against
Curry. He was most bitter in his
arraignment of the testimony of
Mrs. Jackson, Laura Fairchild and
Mcdonald, the three principal wit
nesses for the state, who he charged
with conceiving and building up a
story which sought TO end the life
OF Curry, but which failed because
other witnesses nearby also saw the
shooting.
He classed various Of the states
witnesses as "mahcious periurers"
and claimed that attorney for the
state had admitted openly that these
witnesses may have been mistaken,
sat on the witness stand, seemed to
be the very incarnation of that aw-
full fend, Ben Wade, who died in
the electric chair for a terrible muir
der at Toledo some years ago."
1.-The very actions OF Curry in the
cornReld show that there was no
murder in his heart that day" Mr..
Eagan said that Curry gave him
every chance that any officer would
give a man he sought to arrest, be-
fore he shot. Mr.. Eagan then re-
viewed the testimony in this case,
he doing so carefully from a type
written copy of same, which was pre-
pared by Court Stenographer Chas.
+. Close, at his request.
Mr. Eagan charged that some Of
! the states witnesses had admitted
that they had been coached" by at
torneys for the state. The speaker
then "picked to pieces" the resti-
mony of some of the railroad men
from Marion who testified so pos
4 itiVely against Curry. He charac-
! terized the testimony OF Il. IT,.
Owen, representative Of the Marion
Mirror at the trial, and the man
4 who made the measurements on the
field the night of the murder, as the
most important of the entire case.
In closing, MIR. Eagan, in q con-
vincing way, pleaded with the jury
to deliberate carefully over the case
and bring in a verdict OF acqulttal
4 for his client.
Court adjourned at 11:45 O'Clock
for dinner. 1t convened again at
1880 o'clock Thursday afternoon
when Charles L. Justice made the
closing address. The Judge will
charge the jury very late Thursday
afternoon and the case viii be al
once given to them.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-29
LAST DAY
OF CURRY CASE
-r' -
Attorneys for Defense make
Arguments.
~ -tyt'
WITNESSES "COACHEB"
Claims Made that State
Coached its Principals.
End of Trial will Come Tonight
Prosecutor Justice to Close for
State Court to Charge Jury.

Upper Sandusky, April 29.-CBul-
letin) n)-Prosecutor Charles i. Just
ice completed his argument before
the jury at 2y4O o'clock this after
noon. For nearly two hours the
brilliant young attorney spoke en-
thusiasticaly for the conviction oi
Hamilton r. Curry. II is believed
that Justices argument had a clinch-
ing effect and that the jury Will not
hesitate long in returning a verdict
Judge Babst began the delivery oil
his long charge to the jury at 8
o'clock and the twelve men VINO
hold the fate of the accused detect
i've in their hands, will file into
their room at $3.50 o'clock.
Upper Sandusky, April 29.-(Spe'
cial) THE court room was occupied
to its capacity during the wednesday
afternoon session of the Curry mur-
der trial. Upper SanduslSy residents
are showing considerable interest al
this time and heated arguments car
be heard in the streets on all sides
The people have taken sides in the
case and especially the women seen
exs seedingly concerned.
after Attorney Parker had conclud
ed his argument in behalf OF th'
state, counsel for defense was giveI
the opportunity OF presenting argu
ment I'm behalf OF the prisoner. Al
torney Robert Carey, of the law firm
Carey and Carey of this city, wa
first to make his plea. He begal
his argument at 1880 o'clock.
Attorney Carey argued that TN
conflicting features of the testimon
of Mrs. jackson, Laura Jackson an
Frank Mcdonald, are sufficien
proof that their stories are not true
He sarcastfcally referred to the ide
that Curry had malice in MS hear
and declared that not one whit @
evidence was disclosed to show ina
Curry had anything but a good 1eel
ing for Jackson.
Carey declared that Curry did TN
only sensible thing to do after n
had shot Jackson. He stated that
would have been entirely out G
place for Curry to have remained .
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-29
INCH BLACK vDILES

at $3.50 instead of S2 a yard.
$l19 will now buy our so inch
wide $3.50 Satin Directore suitings,
THE UHLER-PHILLIPS co.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-29

Upper sanduslSy, April 24-(spec-
iaD-The last day OF the Curry MUIR
der trial opened with roll call OF
Jurors by Clerk G, d. Hare at $3.50
O'Clock, Thursday morning. Fred ~
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-29

BED ROOM PAPERS
Neat, dainty handsome designs at
2 IL to IOc.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-09

Some farmers think that a strns
rick is good place for the SOW and
her brood to sleep. This Is = mistake.
Il Is best 10 keep them away from tho
straw pile winter and summer IN tho
winter tho piss wfii burrow bensath
the straw. got too warm and take cola
when they come out Into the freszlag
atmosphere Coughing and wheeziax
IL the result. and the pigs 90 40 good
or die. Besides. n burrpwed henahth
the straw they ara liable 70 BE- ssspped
on and seriously injured Or killed By
the stock running 20 the rick
During ths summer months especial.
~ should the sow and her young 30
fenced from the straw pile II they
buFrcw down into the hair rotssd
straw they win be very apt 70 eou.
tract some disease.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-09

II can not be that the butter fat In
milk Is obtained from the fat stored
"a the tissues OF the COW. otherwise che
animal would soon become emaeiated.
Cows obtain the butter fat In milk
from the food they eat and digest. and
0os from the reserve or accumulation
81 fat In their bodies Reason as sell
as observation teaches that cows ex-
tract butter fat from the food they
consume and digest. and to produce a
large percentage Of cream the rafions
II the COW should be- rich In the ele-
nents of nitrogen and carbohydrates.
which are found in iInseed meal. mid.
fIlngs. bran. corn meal and ground
pats. At the Cornell University cows
that yielded 200 pounds Of butter fat
annually under ordinary feeding yield.
I'D $40 pounds when given liberal
rations Of feed rich In nitrogen aud
carbohydrates. Cream win not make
outter unless It contains fat. and
profitable fats win not be produced
anless cows are fed on rations rich In
the elements that produce cream.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-09

The common busy bees may be grad.
salIy replaced By the Italian or Cypri.
an varieties. by removing the old
queen and substituting a new fertIl.
ICED queen of either kind preferred.
II she is carefully guarded in a small
cage for few days the bees soon
recognize her. and in the course OF a
few months the old bees will all be
dead and the new ones win be of tho
desired kind The queen Is compelled
to lay numbers OF eggs daily In order
TO supply the great loss constantly
recurring by the destruction from
birds, storms and other difficulties.
There should be left plenty of honey
for winter supply. and the hives
should be- well protected from storms.
what the beekeeper should aim to do
Ia TO SOW such crops as will enable
the bees to lay In large supply OF
honey, and he can well afford to do so
IL he has number OF hives.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-09

The time Is near when farmers VIII
be digging their potatoes, and then =
the time TO select the seed for another
year, when a hill Of nice. smooth po-
satoes Is found. free from seab Or Eoss
and soodly number are just the
shape and size wanted for table use.
put them one side. At night gather
them up and pat them away for ssed
next spring. You viii be surprised 70
see how you can change the type and
improve them Ia few years. says 4
Vermont contributor to the American
cultivAt0F. We DO this every year,
and. while our townspeepls ars com.
planning Of their potatoes running out
and buying OF as 20 renew their SEED.
we are planting potatoes fGreea
Mountalnsl that started from the seed
that was bought for as a bnshsl whsn
they first came around II farmers
would take as much pains 10 seleeting
their seed potatoes as they do their
seed corn. We would not hear 30 much
complaint about potatoes runaing out
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-09
WHAT TT COSTS TO LIVE.
An Increase of 40 Per ceas STAGE
1890 Computed by Brma~frees'@.

An Increase of 80 Per Ceas saace
1890 Computed by Brmamfreesss-
The average householder finds some
difficulty in getting the fun measure
Of satisfaction from the return of the
country to trade activity. for the cost
OF living. which has been Increasing
rapidly for most OF the last thirteen
years, Is again advancing from the
slightly lower levels brought by the
depression Of 1908 All through the
past summer the prices of the neces
saries OF life have been slowly advaDc-
Ing. reaching on Aug. the highest
figure reported for that date. save one
in 1907. 1t fs rather startling to see
that the average cost of the supplies
practically every household must buy
has increased over 40 per cent since
1895. says the Review Of Reviews. The
Bradstreet agency has selected t0s ar.
tIcles OF domestic consumption and has
kept a careful record Of their prices
month by month for seventeen years.
The highest point ever reached was in
March I, 1907. after which came the
moderate slump caused by the finan-
cia1 disturbances Of that year. We are
now marching steadily back toward
this high record. and the August fig
ures are only So per cent below II.
Some Of the individual cases Of In
creased costs are much more impress
sive than the average. Rubber has adj
vanced from 81 cents pound In 1896
to s1sS pound nov; pork, from 1925
a barrel TO sz1.75; eggs. from 155z
cents dozen TO % cents; mutton.
from 51z cents pound to III cents;
corn, from "a cents bushel TO 80
cents: wheat, from 81 cents q bushsl
to s1.20. and so forth. This figures
given are wholesale prices, and as
rule the advance to the ultimate con
sumer has been decidedly greater
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-09

the substance left In the ground
after the fertilizer has deeayea -
known IA 'shnmus." In order 10 80
cure the greatest results from the Ter
tilizer and to got the largest possible
quantity OF humus. IL Is necessary thAs
the soil be- moist when the fertilizer
IL plowed under Only small amount
OF humus II obtained from the turned
under fertilizer should the ground Dc
dry.
When the fertilizer Is allowed 10 lie
upon the surface for period, exposed
to the sun. much good Is Lost from
the fact that It forms but a small
amount Of humus when plo~ed under.
Therefore II Is important that the SOIL
should always be moist when fertilizer
OF amy kind Is plowed under.
In many ways humus benefits me
soil. In the flrst place. Il makes ths
soil lighter as well as looser, THIS
condition allows good ventilation ana
gives chance for poisonous gases 70
escape The soil does not become over
heated. and. In clay territory, the
ground IS lightened. making Il more
easy TO work. II Is equally beneficial
IN a sandy soil. inasmuch as u as
sista in binding II together. allowing
more substance.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-09

Rye Is good grain 10 feed horses.
II Is equal 10 oats aud what. but Il
must be ground middIlhg nne and
mixed with cut straw or cut hay.
The straw or hay should be eut inso
haif-ineh lengths. molssensd wish va.
ter and The rye meal well mixed wlth
Il. u Is very sticky and horses can
not get tbs meal without eating The
straw or hay with H. In feeding corn
TO horses We always grind halt rye
wish ths corn to make the corn meal
stick TO the cut straw. Corn and RE
ground together in equal proportions
and mixed with bright cut straw
moistened with water make a wsll-has.
anced ration. equally as good. as eager
" sought after by horses and q cheap
er horse feed than oats and hay.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-09
THE ELEVENTH HOUR

~,,.-s.~,..,..-..,,.~-..,

Il ana not at home to anyone
Jenks.-
sYes. sir Shall take tea Into the
library. sir9"
NO." was the curt answer. The
door Of the library was closed with a
decisive hand and locked
He crossed over to the fireplace and
stood for few minutes leaning on the
mantelpiece. with his haggard eyes
staring down into the recess of the
glowing coal. Then lie seated himself
at the writing table. and for the next
ten minutes there was no sound but
che tearing of papers. He wrote two
letters, both equally brief. and adj
dressed one to his wife and the other
60 his lawyers and placed them before
him. without pause. he opened
little drawer and brought out a small
revolver He did pause then. and NOV