The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-04-30
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Nearly As per cent of all the lnlpoi''
to China last year paid duty at ohans
hal.
At tbe present rate Of increase the
nopulation of this country! in 1919 VIII
be 100, 10000.
Duties paid on Manila imports Oh
onium fortunately decreased from
s294as in 1905 to $64,s91 in 1908.
Fifty-six thousand Chinese are resi-,
dent in the Philippines (about 2z'oV'
in Manila). The net gain in five years
has been 3.594.-New York Sun.
orders have been given for the es-
tablishment at Annoy, China, OF a
branch of the American Marine HOS
pital. Surgeon A. D. Foster will be III
charge.
In the eight years 190O-19OS Philip
nine purchases of American boots ana
shoes rose from $500 in value 10
$685., 1929. out of a total Of $149,36o n
s451 ,424. Such imports from other
countries decreased.
A sick peasant motioned feebly to
his wife to approach his bedside, ana
whispered, painfully. II think, my dear
1 could fancy a little BROTH" NJ
DEAR she said, what do you want OF
broth? Hasn't the doctor just given
you up"
There is a story told of a famous
singer. Gabrielli. who demanded a fee
of 1000 ducats for singing before the
Empress Catherine II. Of Russia. Far
| too much.' said the Empress. amazed.
"Why, it is more than / pay my field
marshals!" ''Then let your field mar
shals sing for you,' replied Gabrielle.
There has been secured by a New
York State pulp company an option on
800 600 cords of sunken pine piling now
lying submerged in the Rideau River
and lakes back of Kingston, Ont. The
piling was sunk about eighty years ago
when the Rideau River was a center OF
commercial activity. The piling will
be converted by a chemical process into
the finest grade of stationery.
The postage stamp made its firsl
appearance in 1889. Its invention is
due to James Chalmers, a printer of
Dundee, who died in 1863. England
adopted the adhesive stamp, according
to a decree of Dec. 81. 1889, and issued
the first stamps for public use on May
e., 1910. A year later they were intro
duced in the United States and Switzer-
land, and soon after in Bavaria, Bel
GUM and France.
The annual catalogue of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania for 10000 shows
that the teaching force consists of 454
members, an increase of nineteen over
last year. The students number 1910,
or an increase of POI. The college reg
~iStratiOn has increased from 2,66S to
1889, every one of the departments Of
the college showing large and substan-
professional schools.
Richardson, the painter. used to
speak Of an honest, open, country gen.
tleman who one day asked him to
come to his house, adding, II wish very
much to see you, for l have just pu--
chased a picture by Rubens. 1t is a
rare good one. Brown saw it and says
it is a copy. Copy! II any man living
dares to say it is a copy, l will break
every bone in his skin! Pray. call on
me and give me your opinion"
Red r~aspberries were a novelty Of
fered for sale in Chicago the other day.
A fruit dealer last August put three
crates Of the berries in cold storage
and had them frozen solid. Lately they
were thawed out and offered for sale
at % cents a quart. 1t is said that,
though the red raspberries could be
kept fresh in a frozen state for three
years, the black raspberry, treated in
the same way last August, has come
out Of the ordeal entirely lifeless and
tasting like cork.-New York Tribune.
Chicago children infected with tuber-
culosis will 60 to school in the open air
If a request to be made by the Chicago
Tuberculosis Institute is granted by the
Board Of Education. The suggestion
was made in a report of Frank e.
Wing, superintendent Of the institute.
and unanimously adopted by the mem
bers. The plan is to have open air
camps in various parts Of the CITY
where children with consumption can
attend. In the stormiest weather the
children will wear heavy ulsters to
protect them from the cold.
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