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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
; Wit Of the Youngsters

Its no use for me to go to school
, any more" said little Elmer. ''Ill
never be able to learn how to spell"
why not?" asked his mother. BE
cause" answered Elmer, 1.-The teacher
I keeps changing words on me all the
4, time"
Little Margie was Ill and wanted her
mother to read to her. But you
know, dear, the doctor said I mustn' t
!. read to you until you were able to sit
up" WELL" persisted the little in
valid, cant you read to yourself out
.loud?"
Small Boy (studying Sunday school
lesson Mamma, does the water in
a river run backward part of the
time? Mamma-Of course not, my
dear. Small Boy-Then how can the
bread that you cast on the waters
come back to you?
Willie" said the boss to the junior
Office boy, my aunt died last night,
and as 1 shall be absent the rest of
the day I'll leave you to look after
things" 'All right, sir" rejoined the
youthful student of human nature.
And 1 hope you will see a good
game"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

A discussion has recently been
waged with mirth-provoking heat in
England on the question, What is the
right age for a woman to marry" It
has something of the vagueness of
that classic Yankee query, What
would you rather do or go a-fishing?"
But ignoring that, in the exigency of
s1lly-season argument, it is evident
that any satisfactory answer to the
problem must rest on the solid foun-
dation of ARENAS Wards dictum in
regard to poultry farming. ''The best
time to set a hen," he declared, out of
his experience with State of Maine
fowls, lis when a hen is ready to set"
Unless a given woman or man, cham
pion at tennis or football, or innocent
of athletic accomplishments, wants to
be married so much as temporarily to
obscure other desires, it is safe to say
that the right" moment has not come.
Granting the presence of this absorb
ing wish, other facts call for investi-
cation and consideration. Youthful
marriages have their advantages and
their disadvantages. So have middle
, aged marriages. So have marriages
when there is discrepancy of age. II
a boy and girl adapt themselves more
easily to each others habits, the older
couple practice steadier self-control.
Affectionate impulsiveness Is pleas
ant element in life, and so also is the
good sense which often strengthens
with years. The one fact about mar
riage which married and single ought
to know and act upon, even without
newspaper enlightenment, is that it
does not in and of itself insure state
of complete blessedness. Like the 9th
. err good gifts of life, it may be spoiled
! in the using. Like them, too, it is GER
tain to be best enjoyed by the best
folk, and it's pleasures lie largely along
! the lines of other rational satisfac-
tions-lines of self-control, of wise adj
, iustment, and of unselfishness prac-
ticed by both the high-contracting par
ties. For such persons, illuminated by
the mystery of personal love, all sea-
sons are "the right time and all ages
'the right age"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
A@R|z HKSE!HzAA!|a5
E,1isIIHF fGEEIfE

A first edition of tom Browns
Schooldays," published in 1857, sold al
auction in London recently for 6 16
At the same sale first edition OF
Alice in Wonderland" published in
1866, realized 912
Fanny c. Macauley, who wrote 1.-THE
Lady Of the Decoration" under the
pen name Of Frances Little, is an aunt
OF Mrs. Alice Hogan Rice, author OF
Mrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch"
Mrs. Rice is the mate" to whom the
letters in "The Lady of the Decora
ton" were written.
A history of the art of flying, by
Alphonse Berger, is to be published
this autumn Now that the attention
Of the public is directed skyward with
the alarming knowledge that the all
Is assuredly the coming road of travel
the book seems timely and will serve
the prospective aviator as an admira
BILE primer.
The collection of the letters OF
Meredith, which is in preparation I'M
der the supervision of Lord Morley OF
Blackburn, is not expected this year;
but volume of Last Poems is prom.
tsed for the autumn. The volume will
contain all the later verses which have
not hitherto appeared in book form
and also many new poems.
1t is an interesting fact that the
same firm Of publishers has brought
out Peary's Nearest the Pole" con
tanning detailed description OF
Peary's former expedition, and also DR.
Frederick A. Cooks "At the Top Of
the Continent" and Through the First
Antarctic Night" Considerable curl
osity is aroused as to who will brins
out the new books to be written by
these new rival explorers concerning
their latest expeditions.
A. J. Quiller-Couch, the author oil
the recently published novel, "True
Tiida," was a famous athlete during
his college course at Oxford. He
stroked the university crew. He Is
an enthusiastic yachtsman, but doe.
most of his literary work on land. He
thinks out his stories in the course OF
long walks, and most Of them are die
tated to his wife. He is a slow and
painstaking worker, rarely exceeding
[ 200 words a day, and sometimes pro
iucing less than $50.
The announcement Of a new move,
oy Winston Churchill is literary
event of Importance. The new boob
as yet is without title, but 1t will
mark a distinct change in manner and
material from those which have pre-
coded it. Mr.. Churchilrs stories have
been historical novels, although the
latest of them. "Mr Crewe's Career
Is historical novel of the present
time In his new work the author
has quit the field of politics and ha,
written more purely love story thar
else that he has at
tempted.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

enclosed and carefully guarded,
1s'e dre now only about two hundred
st, On the famous cedars of Lebanon
:, Ii'n once clothed all the sides of
,Ie SYRIAN mountain. So tall and
va l%u'IluI were they in comparison
WIN the trees Of Palestine that
MY ~ neOrew writer's celebrated them
~, s.Yn deathless praise, and from
No, '"'iieSt times their soft, white
,o,,, ""s the glory of Jewish archi.
T lure They were used in Solomon's
n ~ and in its successor, and also
:. Inc church which Constantine bui1t
s,o a D1Yn!ehem. The surviving trees
end "'ieu oy the Arabs the trees Of
brano, "Hu under their wide-spreading
Cbn.r eS the clergy of the Greek
Ssras occasionally celebrate mass
oror O. a. u the trees in the grove are
bsya nI'een hundred years old. and
and . height of one hundred feet
pesrsn 0'cumference of fifty. In ap-
lsrcb D.e they more resemble the aged
cedsr vi 'ne majestic oak than tho
IL known in America.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
Fine Recipe for Colds.

Any druggist can supply these ingre
dents, or he will get them from his
wholesale house.
Mix half pint of good whiskey; two
ounces of glycerine; half ounce of Con
centrated pine compound. Shake the
bottle we'll each time and use in doses
of a teaspoonful to tablespoonful four
times day." This prescription is said
to work wonders.
The Concentrated pine is special
pine product and comes only in half
ounce bottles, each enclosed in an air
tight case, but be sure it is labeled
concentrated in order to get the gen
uine article.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
Delicious BrOiled Steak.

Sprinkle the bottom of skillet quite
generously with salt. Place on the
fire and let it become quite hot. Now
put In your steak, turning frequently,
30 as to retain the juice. When done
place on a heated platter and season
with pepper; also add small bits OF
butter. This makes any steak quite
tender and insures a rich flavor.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
Rochester gingerbread.

Beat half cup of butter to cream,
gradually beat in half cup OF sugar,
two well-beaten eggs, one cup OF mo-
lasses, one cup of thick, sour milk and
three cups of flour, sifted with one tea
spoonful and a half of soda, one tea
spoonful of ginger and one teaspoonful
of cinnamon. Bake in two brick-loaf
uans.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s ss.ss sss Of &HzZzzx
Good DOughnuts.

Two cups of hot mashed potatoes,
four tablespoons of shortening, three
cups of sugar, four eggs, three cups
milk, five teaspoons of baking powder
and flour, enough to make the usual
consistency of doughnut dough. Make
a cream of potatoes. shortening, SUI
gar and nutmeg for flavor. Then sift
about four cups of flour with the bak-
ing powder; add to the mixture as
much flour as needed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

Thousands of country people know
that in time of sudden mishap or acct
dent Hamlins Wizard Oil is the best
substitute for the family doctor. That
is why it is SO often found upon the
shelf.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
An 366 Testimonials
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
DOG AND HORSE.

1t was the morning hour in a Eu-
ropean circus-one of the permanent
circuses, where performances are con-
Quoted all the year round under roof
instead of under the travelling canvas
dome with which American circusgoers
are familiar. In the ring horse
trainer was teaching a young horse
some new tricks, but what most inter-
ested the American newspaper man
who had made the trainers acquaint-
ance was the activity of a big white
bulldog.
AS the horse ran round the ring,
the dog kept just in front of it, dexter
ously avoiding the horses hoofs, and
evidently feeling that its assistance
was a great help to its master.
Your dog seems to like this sort
of thing as much as you do" remarked
the visitor, when the horse had been
led away and the trainer had leisure
for conversation.
"Beppo? All, yes. He ISIS of more
Importance than myself in his own
opinion. Eth, boy?" and the man
leaned over to pat the dogs head.
And he ISIS not so far wrong, per.
haps," he added.
How 500" asked the visitor
"A dogs intelligence" said the
trainer, "iss far different from that
of the horse The horse has no ideas.
He learns simply that If he does so
and so he gets mouthful of carrots.
But the dog observes. So with Beppo.
You have noticed that he ISIS always
at the head of the horse while 1 teach
her to run in a circle?"
YES"
THAT ISIS not merely because Beppo
iike to run. If you watch closely you
will see that he ISIS making the horse
to run in a circle. l did not teach
him to do it, but by watching me he
teaches himself that, and many other
things. When, for example, the horse
ISIS obstinate and will not mind
promptly, Beppo will nip her legs and
make her quite uncomfortable. But
when the horse ISIS good and minds
splendidly, ali! then you will see him
leap high in the air and kiss her with
his tongue. That ISIS his intelligence"
And you have never taught him to
| help you?"
1T ISIS of his own volition and for
no other reward than the word of APP
prevail He ISIS not like the horse, that
| po,,ct o1uavc ho mid Nth oorroto or
sugar. Iss 1t not so, Beppo?"
And the white bulldog sat up like q
soldier and barked an affirmative.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

A town man never gets rid of the
idea that he will make a fortune In
the poultry business when he has
saved up enough to buy . ten-acre
farm
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

Line plate with nice crust, fill with
peeled and sliced green tomatoes add
half a cup of sugar, one tablespoonful
Of butter cut into bits, four tablespoons
Of vinegar and sprinkle with cinnamon
or nutmeg. Cover with top crust
and bake slowly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

Good roads-a barren ideality,"
says the Burlington Hawkeye. True;
no vegetation can grow In an ideal
public road.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

SORE EYES, weak, infiamed, red,
watery and swollen eyes, use PETIT
IT'S EYE SALVE. All druggists or
Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

Those people who quit trying because
they expected the world to come to an
end last Friday will have to put aside
their disappointment and go to work
again.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

A Boston physician says it is a
crime to remove a vermiform appen-
dix. This would appear to be the
criminal age.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
Another International Crisis.


While. patrolling his beat in the
small hours of recent morning, says
the Pittsburg Gazette Times, an officer
beheld a suspicious-looking little figure
stunning along in the shadows, bearing
a bundle.
Looka here" said the officer, halt
ing the wanderer; where are yez
goin'?"
"Me go home" was the short reply
Where did yez come from?"
Mort 'Ighland," grunted the little
chap.
North iv Ireland? Indade an yez
did not" declared the officer. What
Is yer name?"
Tara Kakata."
Just at that moment a well-dressed
couple arrived on the scene.
why, it is our Japanese servant"
exclaimed the woman. "He is carrying
home our fancy dress costumes" she
explained. ''He is all right, officer"
"Oh. he's all right" said the officer
releasing him reluctantly well, thin
what tn divvle does he name by tell
in me he's from tn North Nv ireland
an his name is Terry Mccarthy"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

Find a cause
anywhere t h a t
woman is not the
heart of, and you
find one that the
devil is at the
head of.
The better way
to get a better
place is to do bet
ter in your pres
ent one.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
TRUMPET CALLS.

Rams Horn Sounds a Warning No
to the Unredeemed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

II have suffered with piles for thirty
SIX years. One year ago last April I BE-
gan taking Cascarets for constipation. In
the course of a week I noticed the piles
began to disappear and at the end Of six
weeks they did not trouble me at eli.
Cascarets have done wonders for me. I
Am entirely cured and feel like a new
man." George Kryder, Napoleon, O.
Peasant Palatable. Potent, Taste Good.l
3 40 5ood Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripe.
Nc, &c, SOC. Never sold In bulk. The gen
uine tablet stamped c &C. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back. IN
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
keiSter'S Ladies' TAILORING COLLEGE

Designing, Cutting, Fitting, Tailor
ing and Dressmaking Taught.
French Patterns cut. Strictly up to
date in every style and fashion.
Positions secured for graduates.
Write for terms. 1909 18th Ave.
SEATTLE
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

engnT.up RARBER COLLEGE,"
Men and Women: We teach she bar
Der trade thoroughly and compleleiy:
students earn So to IS per week TX Wn .ane
learning: expert Instructor. LEV FIRST
Ave. South, Seattle, WASH.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

No college has ever yet been found
that could make a saint
The little ills of childhood are big
ger than the mountains of manhood.
When you know a mans definition
of life, you know how much he lives.
No man can be either saved or lost
without himself giving the casting
vote.
The religion that is noisy in church
is sometimes very quiet where it is
most needed.
It is doubtful whether the man who
makes long prayer ever expects 1t to
be answered.
The world pays a good deal more
attention to what a man does than to
what he says.
A man cannot enter the straight
gate without leaving behind him ev-
erything that is crooked.
We are as responsible for what we
permit others to do in our name as
for what we do ourselves.
The kind of giving upon which God
promises a blessing is the kind that
is willing to give some of it's own
blood.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

PHONOGRAPHS
G. A. CHRISTOPHER, 1218-1z2O Inlrc
Ave. Seattle. New location. one DiocA
Edison and Victor Photographic ano
Records. at Eastern prices. SEND TOT
cata1Ogs
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

neer-H. L. Reynolds, formerly ex-
aminer in U. S. Patent Office. Eight
years practice in New York City. Pre-
Write now. sos Hinckley Block, Seattle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

BICYCLES AND REPAIRS.
C. A. CHRISTOPHER, 121S-122O Third
Ave-, Seattle, one block south CT p. o.
New location.
Columbia, Rambler, Crescent and 9TH
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-26

And most important-for there are vastly more men of average than men of huge incomes-this tax would be paid. A man may hide his bonds and stocks, but the merchant cannot hide, his business and the employe cannot hide the pay roll that tells his income Apart from it's revenue-raising pur-
 pose there is a great economic prin- ciple embraced by the income tax that should conduce to the prosperity of the country enormously. Many, if not most, men will evade the tax gatherer if they can do so decently. Wherefore the transfers of property by rich fathers to their sons to escape the inheritance tax. The younger Rockefeller, for instance, has just been
 endowed with large number of mill ions.
 So a man of large income, rather
 than pay the tax, will be swift to put his surplus income back into his buSi-
 ness. For the proposed measure is a
 tithe on incomes, not on investments.
 Think what a vista of prosperity this opens up the massed profits of the business of the United States, less only
 what it costs for living and amuSe- ments, seeking investment!
 It should spell the most glorious
 period of industry and development we have ever known.
 It means illimitable abundance of work for all classes.-N. Y. American.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-26
THE COUNTRY WANTS THE
 INCOME TAX; LET US HAVE IT

William Waldorf Astor draws the rentals from something like $100,O0
 GOO worth of real estate in New York City.
 William Waldorf Astor pays a per centa age on every dollar of his five or twenty million dollar income
 toward building dreadnaughts for His Majesty King Edward for supporting His Maiesty's dominion over India and Africa, and generally for paying the expenses of the British Empire. To the Government of the United States which protects his property and makes it possible for him to live in an English palace and dream of an English title, William Waldorf Astor does not pay a cent of income tax.
 John D. Rockefeller, from his share ir the Standard Oil Company. draws an income ranging from $1,O00.000 to S3, ,O0O, 0GO a month MT. Rockefeller is generous with colleges, kind to church. es, and in one way or another ex- tends a great deal focharity which saves American communities 3 cer- tain amount of expenditure.
 Andrew Carnegie, whose income on steel bonds may not be quite as great as that earned by MT. Rockefeller's oil endows hero funds and establishes libraries, and our Government right fully protects the steel properties, which through his friend, MT. Nor gan-whose alruism tends to lying-in hospitals and museums-he has un- loaded the myriad stockholders of the Steel Trust.
 It is very nice of Messrs. Rocke- feIler Carnegie. Morgan and other to be so generous to their less fortunate fellow citizens, but if there were an in
 come tax. and it's provisions were hon estly enforced, we might still have the colleges. churches. hero funds, i- braries. museums and lying-in hos pitals and would not be beholden to any rich man for them.
 Ana yet the income tax is far from being particularly a tax wealth. The small merchant or manufacturer or the employer who makes five or ten thousand dollars a year would. un- der it's provisions. pay approximately as large a share as does man whose income is $1O,000 a day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-26
NEW PITCHER DID WELL

Waterbury was not to be denied Saturday taking both ends of a double header from Manager O'Rourke' S crew at Newfield Park before crowd of 1900 people, the first by 3-2 and the second 5-3. And Waterbury had to play to win those games as Bridge port were on, their toes with every play. Bridgeport tried out their new pitchers, Whitmeyer in the first. He would, have won his game had it not been for the errors behind him. At that he only allowed the hard hitting Authors half dozen hits Riley pitched the second game for the Orators doing well up to the eight when he gave two passes and hit an other. The gifts were followed by a three base hit by Miller. Gibbs fin ished the game. Crutcher started to pitch the second game but was too wild, Sillery relieving him. The score:
 (First Came.)
 Waterbury, O. 70 o o 1 o O Q3 ? Bridgeport, 0OO o o % 1-2 4 3
 Battries, Mcfarland and McDon- ald; Whitmeyer and Kocher
 (Second Game)
 Wat erbury 900 0 O 2-5 2 Bridgeports O 21 o O o O O 0-3. B.
 Batteries, Crutcher, Sillery and Mo Donald; Riley, Gibbs and Kocher.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-26
IDOMESTICATION
 OF GAME BIRDS
Dr. Hodge Will Discuss This Interesting Topic at the Poultry Association Field Meeting.

It is commonly held by farmers and Sporstmen that our quail and partridge are ''too wild to be domesticated,p and that unless the various species can hold their own by process of natural multiplication they are doomed to practical extinction. Fortunately, pr Hodge, Clark University's noted bio logist, was sufficiently interested to ex- pertinent carefully, and his efforts have met with such success that he now regularly breeds partridge and quail at his city home. Further, as result of his years of careful work, he states positively that the quail so readily adapts itself to artificial con- ditions that it is comparatively easy to breed them, and that there is no reason why each town and country place should be without its flock, small or large according to conditions.
 On the evening of Tuesday, July 27th, Dr. Hodge will give an illustrated lee ture OF this subject at the Connecticut Agricultural College. His beautiful collection of slides contains some very rare and unique photos. The partridge struting and drumming: quail in all stages of growth from shell to ma- turity. He will also exhibit a number of his birds bred at his city home.
 This lecture is a part of the program provided for the field meeting of the Connecticut Poultry Association, which will be held at Storrs on the 27th and 18th inst.