The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-12
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Love-making on postal cards ia
violation Of the postal regulations !.
Russia.
New York City has more automoh,,,.
run at the public expense than an
other two cities in the world.
NJ. Paris, young scientist Of II.
Pasteur Institute, claims to have n.
covered the secret how to make SON
phires.
]. Pierpont Morgan belongs to thirt
five clubs, and his membership dues 4.
ure over $1,000 annually. August Ral
mont is member Of thirty-four ana
Chauncey NJ. Depew belongs to thirtv.
two.
A company has been organized IN
Georgia with a capital of $3OOO0M
for the purpose Of developing Suwan.
nee Falls to furnish electricity for tbs
operation Of electric railroads to h.
constructed in Southern Georgia and
Florida.
The ideal meal consists Of bread, but
ter and cheese, according to DIR. ].
Squire, who delivered a lecture to tha
British National Health Society. 'These
foods" he said, contain all the Ella
ments necessary for the proper work
ing Of the body, and thus form com
plete meal"
While there is an abundance of suit
able timber in Brazil, it is difficult to
find many districts where the trees
suitable for lumber are close enough
together for profitable work. Trans
portation causes much difficulty, often
making it impossible to transport log
to mill or lumber to market.
Lincoln's ancestry has been traced
Samuel Lincoln, who lived at Norwich,
England. Emigrating to America, he
settled at bingham, Mass, in 1888.
Some of his descendants, who were
Quakers, settled in Rockingham coun-
ty, Va. The presidents grandfather
removed to Kentucky. Thomas Lincoln,
the presidents father, was carpen.
ter.
A Zurich newspaper published the
following advertisement in English
Residing board house among charm
ing set of mountains. Very beseem.
ing for families or singular individuals.
Swallowed glades and amiable places
for resting for guests Of the cure. All
facilities for mountainous expeditions.
Excellent kitchen, with lager beer run.
ming from the tap"
The Rev. DR.. John H. DeForest,
veteran Congregational missionary, at
Senday, Japan, has been decorated by
the imperial government with the Or
der Of the Rising Sun, the distinction
having been conferred in recognition Of
his services in dispelling anti-Japanese
misconceptions among Americans. Dr.
DeForest has been doing mission work
in Japan for thirty-five years.
Venison was selling not long ago in
Vermont for cents cheaper than good
beef, for the slaughter Of deer was un-
precedented this year. The usual bag
for the state is about seven hundred
and fifty, but careful estimates ind.
cate that upward Of two thousand deer
have been killed. AS the meat cannot
be taken out Of the state except by
hunter from out of the state who has
paid a So license fee, most Of it re-
manned to afford cheap living while 1t
lasted.
Paris is at present interested in the
maharajah of Kapurthala, who Is
there with his wife, whom he first met
in Madrid as a dancing girl. Anita
Delgado was graceful and beautiful,
and the maharajah lost no time In win
ming her regard. He took her to Paris
to be trained for the position she was
to occupy and she developed into
handsome woman Of dignity and pres
ence. Later he carried her to his home
in India and last winter married her
with Oriental ceremony.
In a letter to the Boston Transcript
favoring humane education in the pub
lie schools, a correspondent says: IN
one public school in London, England
where, in the course Of twenty years.
1000 children were given a Thorough
humane education during this period
which would make many Of these boys
men Of twenty five and thirty-five), not
one of them was ever arrested for
criminal offense, demonstrating the
value of humane education to prevent
crime, as well as cruelty"
Nine. Johanna Gadski has brought
to this country a fad that has become
quite the rage in Germany, where
was introduced by no less personags
than the crown princess herself. 1t IS
a new form Of visiting card, containing
not only an deliberately engraved Dor
der, but a silhouette Of the person II
represents. The custom calls for de'
sign appropriate to the holders station
Thus, in Nine. Gadskiss case the prima
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