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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15
While the United statas nos.o :.

While the United States postofsce
autnorities are fioundering in the def
lcit and striving as usual to place the
Ddame On. second-class matter. II
might be well to take a glance At
the report OF the postmaster-eeneral
OF Canada, just at hand, and from
which we gather some very illumi.
mating facts. Canada is a country Of
small population and great distances.
FOR the fiscal year ending March 81.
1908. the mail carrying mileage of
the Dominion increased 1.31207a
miles. The first-class matter grew in
volume 4 per cent The expenditure.
owing to expansion Of service. in
creased $586.456.66, as compared
with the previous year. In August.
1903, the drop letter rate for cities
having carrier service was reduced
from 2 cents per ounce to cent. The
second-class rate of y cent per
pound for regular weekly and month
~ publications which required to be
transmitted more than 300 miles was
abolished, together with the zone re-
striction, and they are now dispatched
to any part Of Canada for n of cent
pound. or one-fourth the United
States rate. while. the free area for
publications has been extended from
a radius of twenty miles to forty. 1t
Is surely as far from Montreal to Vic
toria or the Klondike as it is from
New York to San Francisco or Seattle.
The Canadian postofice surplus for the
year was $809,237.53.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15


In a country where it is SO dihdcult
to secure satisfactory domestic help
as it is in the United States, anything
which seems helpful of solution OF
the problem is always interesting. VI
this nature is the experience OF
young woman narrated over her own
signature In an Eastern paper. She
stys that she and her sister were born
in this country and that for twelve
years she has been in service, and
that during most of the time her SIS
ter was in shop. Deducting wnat
the sister paid for food, lodging, car
fare, clothes. etc., the one in domestic
service had the better net income. In
addition to this she had clean, pref
ty, comfortable and well-lighted room,
and much better food than her sister
could average. The working hours OF
the shop girl were from 8 to 8, ana
those of the house girl from 1880 to
8, but the latter could sit down wnen
she wanted to and indulge in restful
change of work; while the shop girl
stood from to 6, and the long siege
OF standing broke down her health.
Then she gave up the shop and tried
a maids position, in which she grew
plump and regained her color. Fer
haps it is useless to preach the SUI
perior comfort and net emolument OF
a house servants position to the aver
age working American girl, who
chooses the shop or the factory be-
cause of the supposed greater indie
pendence it affords. But there Is this
to be borne in mind, that no neat ana
trim girl who understands houseW0rk
will ever have any difficulty in secur-
ing remunerative employment And Il
she is a skillful cook, while at the
same time faithful and anxious 70
please, she might be able to save more
out OF her earnings than many bang
clerk or bookkeeper or salesman
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15
A DISRESPECTFUL ANIMAL.


MISS Caroline and Miss Matilda
bargle lived in an old-fashioned house
with lean-to shed, the roof of which
ran nearly to the ground. Returning
from church one day, they noticed on
approaching their dwelling that the
churchgoers ahead of them paused in
passing, and gazed upward with in.
terest and mirth. A moment later they
saw why. Their neighbours billy-goat
mad escaped, mounted the lean-to tc
the ridge-pole of the kitchen roof. and
with one end of a faring circus poster
streaming banner-like from his Jaws.
stood outlined boldly against the sky.
chamois on mountain peak, calmly
contemplating the Sabbath procession.
Miss Matilda laughed. Miss Caro-
line did not.
The abominable BEAST" she gasped
deeply scandalized. Il never saw any.
thing $3.50 disrespectful!"
The goat is indeed a disrespectful
animal. He is no respecter either OF
property or person, as many an indi
vidual held in honor by mankind has
ruefully discovered Admiral Evans
has related with pride, as a worthy
achievement, his triumph in his earlier
days over a refractory goat on ship
board, which refused to yield the milk
required for sick man.
After it had baffled everybody whose
proper task it was to secure the milk,
the captain sent for Evans, and direct
ed him to go and get it.
Evans respectfully intimated that he
had not supposed milking goats tc
be part of the duty of a navigating
officer" but the captain thereupon ask
ed it as favor, and he undertook the
task.
With little warm water, much per-
suasion, some firmness, and recollec
ton of the ways of certain "darkies"
with misbehaving cows, he succeeded
and was numerically chaffed by his
comrades on his success. Indeed, he
was far from happy in it until he had
taught his method to marine,an was
assured that he would not have to
keep on milking for the rest of the
voyage.
He was more fortunate than another
distinguished man, Horace Greeley
who was conspicuous failure as
mixer of goats, although he was bred
to the farm and Evans to the sea-
When, in accordance with Mrs. Gree
ley's theories of diet, goats milk was
desired for their little son, they at
tempted to keep a goat in their New
York premises, and Mr.. Greeley under
took to milk it. His ignominiOus tus
sizes with the creature became source
of delighted mirth to his neighbors.
One saw from his rear windows the
complete overthrow of the great editor
in his back yard, while the goat re
manned VIGOROUSLY chewing the latest
edition of the Tribune, which had fall
en- from Mr.. Greeley's pocket in the
contest. He relates that he called
down to him, gleefully:
well, Mr.. Greeley, nanny, there.
hasn't much respect for editors!"
Sitting on his hat, and with one foot
in an overturned barrel, Mr.. Greeley,
in his high, squeaky voice, called back:
mo matter, no matter! The man is
nothing and the opinions everything.
You see she appreciates the Tribune!
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15
MExICos RICHEST MAN.
His Cattle Literally Upon q Thou
sand Hills.

His Cattle Literally Upon q Thou
sand Hills.
General Luis Terrazas is Mexico s
wealthiest man. General Terrazas is
70 years old, the same age as Presl-
dent Diaz. The lives of both men
have been full of stirring adventure.
It was in reward for daring military
service that General Terrazas obtained
from the government large gifts OF
land which placed him upon the ROAD
to the great fortune which he now pos
sesses.
It is conservatively estimated tnat
General Terrazas is worth not less
than 5000, 100000. His property mold
ings are chiefly in the state OF Cni-
huahua, but he also has large invest
ments in other parts of the republic.
General Terrazas is the greatest
land and live stock baron In the world,
It is said. He owns fifteen ranch LIS
in the state of Chihuahua. me
ranches embrace an aggregate area o.
more than five million acres. For
many years special attention has Deen
given to raising horses upon these
ranches. More than five million head
of horses are grazing upon the -er-
razas land.
The mule supply for most OF Mex
leo comes from the Terrazas ranches.
These animals now number more than
one million head and are scatter ID
over the different properties. General
Terrazas' cattle holdings number more
than one million head. Several hum
dren thousand head of goats and sheep
Craze upon this land. 1t is said that
the choicest grass lands in northern
Mexico are embraced in the Terrazas
estate. Streams of running water pass
through them, and the grass grows lux
uriantly the greater part OF the year.
Some idea of the vastness OF these
landed possessions may be had wnen
= 10 known that more than ten thou
Sand men are kept constantly looking
after the live stock. The services OF
ono thousand men are required to
"r;de the fences" It is the duty OF
those fence riders to see that the
wires are kept intact, so that the ave
stock cannot escape from the pastures
MANY thousand miles of wire were
used in constructing the boundary
fances. More than score OF towns,
800 NJ them of considerable size, are
mon the ranches Kansas CITY Star.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15
For Tender Steak.

A round steak may be made tender
by soaking it over night in butter
milk. If there is no time to do this
pound the steak thoroughly and as II
tries add little water and cover 1t
we'll to create steam. This makes the
toughest meat tender. Although 1t is
better to broil steak than to fry 1t, II
the latter process is used butter gives
better flavor than lard. A round
steak is nice stuffed with bread dress
ing and baked. 1t must be cooked
slowly and basted often with the liquor
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15
Lemon Waters.

One-half cupful butter, one-half cup
full sugar, yolks of two eggs, the graf
ed rind of a lemon, one cupful of -four,
one teaspoonful of baking powder.
Spread thin on iron sheets, sprinkle
with chopped almonds, bake and cut
into squares while hot.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15

Kunyon's Paw Few Pills coax the liver
Into activity by gentle methods. They do
not scour. grippe or weaken They are q
tonic to the stomach, liver and nerves /;
11vigorate instead Of weaken. They en-
rich the blood and enable the stomach to
get all the nourishment from food that is
put into 1t. These pills contain no calo-
mel: they are soothing, healing and slim
Mating. For sale by all druggists in 10c
vice: write Munyon's Doctors. They will
advise to the best Of their ability abso-
lutely free Of Charge. MUNYON'S. SD
and SeRersoa 6ts,, Philadelphia, Pa.
Send 10c for Trial Package.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15
biIiousness

''I have used your valuable Cascarets
and I find them perfect. Couldn't do
without them. I have used them for
ZONE time for indigestion and biliousness
and am now completely cured. Recon-
mend them to everyone. Once tried, you
will never be without them in the
family. Edward A. Marx, Albany, NY.
Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good.
Do Good. Never Sicken, Weaken or grippe.
1Oc, 2Sc Soc. Never sold In bulk. The gem
uine tablet stamped c &C. Guaranteed to
care OF your money back. w
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15

II You Have Common Sore Eyes,
if lines blur or run together, you need
PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, 25c. All drug.
gists or Howard Bros, Buffalo. N. Y.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15

A Harvard professor says corsets are
good for the moral and spiritual con-
dition of women. But the women have
other reasons for wearing them.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15
TIE Important
Problem

confronting anyone in need of a laxa
tive is not a question of single &C
ton only, but Of permanently bene
fetal effects, which will follow proper
efforts to live in a healthful way, with
the assistance of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Sienna, whenever it is re-
CURED, as it cleanses the system
gently yet promptly, without irritation
and will therefore always have the
preference of all who wish the best OF
family laxatives.
The combination has the approval
of physicians because it is known to
be truly beneficial, and because it has
given satisfaction to the millions OF
well-informed families who have used
it for many years past.
To get it's beneficial effects, always
buy the genuine manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15

Mothers will find Mrs. winslow's
Soothing Syrap the best remedy to use
for their children during the teething
period.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15
DIR. MARTEL,s FEMALE PILLS.

Prescribed and recommended for wo-
mems ailments scientifically pre-
pared remedy of proven worth. The
result from their use Is quick and per-
manent. For sale at all drug stores. s.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15

Those who are complaining that
prices are high should take comfort in
the fact that good circus elephants, in
excellent condition, sold recently by
auction as low as fourteen hundred
dollars apiacaL
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15

Sometimes bald head is above re-
proach," says an Eastern newspaper
Probably when worn by an extremely
tall man,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15

Probably in years to come men will
boast about how much it cost them t.
live in 1910
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15

II occurs to every husband occasion
civ that his usefulness as q citizen Is
measured. in certain degrees, by the
quantity of kin he cares for.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15

Four eggs. two tablespoonfuls Of
sugar. two tablespoonfuls OF butter.
one cup of milk, one heaping cup Of
flour. two teaspoonfuls of baking pow.
der. Mix and bake in deep muffin tins
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15

Occasionally q man has concert 60
we'll developed he is convinced MS
teeth ache harder than anyone else :
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15

Germany is the true home of domes-
@Iy' there is no doubt about that.
"lVFe else would the sovereign re-
WnV distinguished foreigner as the
A'iSVf received the president of the
University Of California? The picture
r,a'l IN the dispatches is idyllic; the
--gleSS cozlly eZnbroidering by the
s s liable, his majesty passing sand
asIsS-Were they made by the Prin-
,, .s '''ofla' perhaps? 1t has been a
s.'u many years since that sort of
@ ss'.ul and simple hospitality was
~ III cur own White House.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15

How many Americans can name the
fourth largest city in the western
hemisphere? 1t is Buenos Aires, which
now has a population Of about one mil
lion two hundred thousand.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15

hmas 'iiles when a girl marriss a
nss u IN order that she may pick
b. h. w. Win dew, she learns that
rbs "a hog aviary near the house.
Ma We, w. slean from the perennial fire.
'D''OsOpher of Atchison, Kan.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15

f.r,. ef $ son who CALAMITY caught
h ~ woman lost $4,000 there.
'ueFe are faints and feints.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-04-15
Partisan Potatoes.

Peel the potatoes and, with a vege
table cutter, cut into small balls. Boil
in sailed water for ten minutes, drain
out and pat dry between the folds OF
q clean dish towel. Melt in sauce
pan several great spoonfuls of butter,
put the potato balls In this, shake
until coated with the butter and set
at the side of the range, where they
will keep hot for fifteen minutes. shak-
ing often. Sprinkle with salt and
white pepper and stir In heapins
tablespoonful of minced parsley.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-24
SLEEVE

I would rather encounter a dozen Nine
Demands than one Sergt Duval- I think
the sergeant lives for the purpose Of
catching you tripping-that is to say In
the event that your mother doesn't marry
him."
Women are the oldest creatures in
the world Toni said solemnly. blinking
his eyes. There's my mother. She has
been a widow for twenty years and. if
you believe me, the way she is fooling
the sergeant would put a sixteen-year-
old girl to the Blush" Then Toni told
about the box OF chocolate. And It will
be boxes of chocolate straight along until
she gets me married &c Denise. and then
-pouf.-away will go the sergeant She
would not marry him 10 save his life.
The sergeant is a fine man. too-better
than I am, but she loves me best
These hours of confidence were not
among the least pleasant in the lives Of
Paul and Toni.
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another visit before long She left the
sergeant far from hopeless. and by In
closing special package Of chocolate in
the New Year box which she sent Toni
and Denise. gave him great hopes. In
fact. urder TOMS able instruction, Nine
Marcel was playing the sergeant with
great skill and finesse. and that infatu-
ated person never suspected II.
It was a happy time with Paul Yer
ney. too. Like Toni. he was an accepted
lover. but his marriage was to come of
in June. He had taken small pretty
house in the town. for although Nine.
Bernard urged and even commanded that
tfe new married pair should live with
her, Paul Verney had sturdy independ-
ence about him. His 1900 francs would
pay the rent of his house and HIS par
ents. by skimping and serewing in every
possible way, managed 10 scrape up 1000
francs more, without letting Paul know
how much 1t encroached on their narrow
income. But Lucie. with her quick Ameri-
can sense. saw through it in an instant
and positively refused to let Paul take
1t under any circumstances.
Paul. she said. when the subject was
preached between them. Il am willing
TO play at being poor for your sake and
for the looks of the thing. but how alb
surd it is for US not 70 enjoy what is
ours
What is yours, you mean," mumbled
Paul
But yours and ours do not exist be-
tween persons who love and understand
each other as we do I wish, from the
bottom OF my heart, 1t were yours In
stead of mine-then / should not have to
be so particular always to say ours
So Paul Verney, like other men. had to
yield to the inevitable feminine, and al
though they were to live modestly
enough. II was, as Lucie said, mere play
ing at poverty. 1t seemed TO Paul, in
fulfilling his childish romance as Toni
had fulfilled his. that they were drawn
nearer together even than when they
were boys at Bienville The relation of
master and servant. which had always
been fiction of the imagination so to
speak, seemed to vanish wholly Toni
was Paurs humble friend and confidant.
w fteIi E4ut Woutu come nome dItSf Qin-
ing at the Chateau Bernard and an even
ing spent basking in Lueies smiles and
chances. he would feel as II he were step
ping on air. and there Toni would be.
standing at the window drawing pictures
of Denise in an old copy-book. He would
glance with a roguish smile at Paul as
he helped him of with his clothes, and
say:
'MademoiselIe has been kind tonight,
hasn't she?''
Eyes. she is always kind-the darling"
Paul would reply
And the old lady?"
When she is got up in her velvet
gown and her big silk mantle, and her
bonnet with plumes on It, she always re-
minds me OF the generals charger. at
a grand parade. And she is about as
much to be feared" said Paul, laughing.
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TO TRANSFER THIS DESIGN

the limit and have TO be sent TO Algiers
as discIplinaries.
Toni went about like a man In a dream.
| Part Of the time he was the happiest fell
low alive and part OF the time the most
miserable, In his happiest moments with
! Denise. he was haunted by a dread OF
what Nicolas and Pierre might do. and in
his paroxysms of fear when he walked in
| the night and lay still and trembling
amid the snoring troopers around him
| in the barracks, the thought of Denise
| com.orted him. For Denise found out
that there was something the matter with
him, and gently child him for not telling
| her, and when Toni would not, for indeed
he could not, poor frightened fellow that
he was, tell her. Denise did not grow
petulant. but showed him a tender con-
hdence. There was much more in Denise
than mere prettiness and blondness and
/ neatness and coquetry. She was a SOL
dier's daughter and was not without
| some or Sergt. Duval's resolution. So
Toni found that with all his grief and
anxiety he had the quiet, unspoken, and.
therefore. more helpful sympathy Of the
woman he loved. Denise did not worry
him with questions-that was much.
The sergeant and all the men in the
troop knew Of TOMS former associations
in the circus with Nicholas and Pierre
but as neither of the two latter had sue
ceeded IN making himself an object OF
admiration to his comrades, nothing they
Iould say would injure Toni. STILL they
maintained their strange power over him.
| Toni would have liked never TO speak to
them nor TO be seen with them, but
when they would come after him he had
no capacity of resistance-he would go
with them. cursing them, but unable to
withstand them.
In the spring he was relieved OF some
of this Pierre and Nicolas had taken a
special spite against their sublieutenant.
Paul Verney. and they had shamefully
abused one of mis- favorite chargers Paul
promptly procured for them two months
incarceration In the military prison.
These were two morths of Paradise to
Toni He had In him something OF q hap
py-go-lucky disposition. and although he
could not shake of his miserable secret
he could put it out Of sight for a while.
It did not trouble him much In the day.
but never failed to visit him at night
It was known, by that time, that he
was to marry Denise when the sergeant
should retire on MS pension, which would
be year from the coming summer. Like
a lover. Toni had protested strongly
againsF this, but, as matter of fact.
it did not greatly affect his happiness.
He liked playing the part of lover and
reasoned, with true Toni philosophy that
he might well enjoy the present without
hungering too much after the future. He
saw Denise every day. danced with her
three times week. spent every Sunday
when he was of duty with her, and ate,
several times e week. most agreeable
dishes prepared by Denises own hands
Nine Marcel. meanwhile, had returned
to BienviIle. but promised 10 make Toni