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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-18

earth its diameter would have to be
125 feet, which would make it as high
as a five-story building. This, of
course, is not the plan of the mapmak-
ers. Such a map would be too cum
bersome to have any value.
Instead, following the plan mapped
out by the geographical conference at
Berne, the map will be split into sheets,
each sheet comprising an area of de-
grees in latitude and degrees in Ion
gitude, or 240 geographical miles in
one direction and $50 miles in the
other. Reducing this to inches it will
be seen that each sheet will be Is
inches wide by about 221a inches deep.
There will necessarily be huge pile
of these sheets. If the whole area of
the EARTH oceans and all, be covered
there will be 5,4OO.
Naturally no one country could at
tempt this piece of mapmaking alone,
for to do this would be to repeat the
errors that used to be made in the by
gone centuries when for personal ad-
foAIoSC opludhC1S VI val 1OuS udLlOuS
twisted the outlines of the earth in
order to suit their own purposes But
backed by the united power of virtu-
ally every nation of the earth the map
that is to be produced ought to repre-
sent the most faithful picture ever
known of the earth's surface.
1t will be the glorification of the ex-
plorers, for all the information that
will be carried in this wonderful map
stands for the heroic conquests of
those who dared the unknown, the
perils of contact with savage peoples,
the transits of stormy oceans, the bat
ties with arctic cold and with tropic
heat, in order to discover new land,
and give the world knowledge of it.
In a sense it is those who made
these discoveries that are the worlds
real mapmakers, for without their
achievements those who meet in Lon
don would have none of the informa-
ton required for charting the earth's
surface.
1t is proposed to give recognition In
this map to those who have performed
such notable feats for the gain of the
worlds geographical knowledge, and in
this connection it is likely that the
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-18

trenches are dug from eight to ten feet
apart, fifteen inches deep and eighteen
inches wide, the displaced earth being
spread over the plants between the
trenches.
When the plants spring up some are
transplanted to another bed, the area
under cultivation being extended. and
so on from year to year, so that at the
end of the fourth year, when the first
bed is dying out the others, which have
been made, take it's place and continu,
GUS succession is obtained. If the
plants are not required for extending
the plantations, the land is plowed
with disk coulters and in the spring it
is narrowed down. The mint planta-
lions in their second year give the best
results, and each year afterwards they
gradually deteriorate When .Ae plan
tations are broken up at the end OF
four or five years the same land
should not be used again for mint
growing for many years.
The mint Is cut about the begin
ming of September, when the plants
flower or when a red rust called
snuff" appears on the leaf The cut.
ting is done by hand with a hook. The
crop is left on the ground after cutting
to dry, and then packed in Russia
mats and carried to the distillery. 1t
is there unpacked and boiled with
water in coppers or stills for about
six hours. The steam from the boil
ing mint is condensed in metal coil
of pipes contained in a large vat Of
cold water and runs into separator
| at the bottom of the vat. Here the
coil rises to the surface and the water
! is drawn off, When the vessel Is full
of oil it is poured into cans and clear
ed by filtration through filter paper"
1t is then stored in glass bottles called
Winchester quarts"-which contain
about five pounds of each-when 1t Is
ready for sale to the wholesale drug
gists.-Mexican Herald.
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The intrepid Vasco da Cana, MAX
ing the circuit of Africa, is another
innovator whose place in history is Sc
amazing Magellan, who had career
that will ever reverberate in history.
because he of all men was the first
who ever circumnavigated the globe,
an exploit that in point of it's dramatic
adventures, his varied experience and
the great geographical truth it estab-
lished, must ever rank him with the
supremacy great of the worlds geogra-
piers.
Sir Walter Raleigh made his con-
tribution, so did Clark and Lewis in
later period when they made their
memorable trip to the Northwest.
Joined togther in fame and in the
nature of their work, England has two
men whose achievements must ever
stand notable in the conquest of Afri-
ca, DR.. Livingstone and Stanley. Liv-
ingstone was an Englishman born and
bred, while Stanley was born in the
United States, though his great fame
was won as a British subject.
The dramatic incidents of the life of
the two men are we'll known. Living
stone, lost in the heart of Africa in his
quest for the head waters of the Nile,
was believed to be dead. Stanley was
sent into the interior to find Living
stone. He had a task of herculean pro-
portions, but he succeeded, and there
after he also devoted himself to inves-
tigating the dark continent What is
known of the interior of Africa repre-
sents in large measure the work of
these two men.
England has its present-day contrib
utor to the worlds geography, Lieu
tenant Shackleton. His recent voyage
to the antarctic region opened up a
wealth of Information concerning that
section, and made him national hero
In the final conquest of the worlds
geography, it was the north pole that
had to be reached, and while the dis
pute between DR.. Cook and Command
err Peary seemed unsettled, it was the
general practice to give credit to both.
In South America and Mexico Cortez
and Pizarro must be remembered as
among the great captains of discovery.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-18
VERDI'S "MISERERE."

Men Of genius are confessedly crea
lures of mood. Grief and adversely
have often been a real help to them
rather than a hindrance. Poe, it Is
said. produced The Raven" while sit
ting at the bedside of his sleeping but
dying wife. Many similar instances
might be cited, but an anecdots 0!
Verdi. told by Carlo Ceccarelli. will
suffice.
On one occasion, when Verdi was
engaged on his well-known opera, I'll
Trovatore," he stopped short at the
passage Of the "Miserere," being at
loss to combine notes Of sufficient sad
ness and pathos to express the grief
of the prisoner, Manrico.
Sitting at his piano in the deep
stiffness of the winter night. his In
agination wandered back to the stormy
days of his youth, endeavoring to eH
tract from the past plant, groan'
like those which escaped from DIS
breast when he saw himself forsaken
by the world. All in vain!
One day, at Milan, he was uneS
pected called to the bedside OF dy'
ing friend, one of the few VINO nau
remained faithful to him in Adversely
and prosperity. Verdi, at the slgn' VI
IT. a,,;rr friond fo1t lump rise Id
his throat; he wanted to weep Ou'
so intense was his grief that'not a Iea'
flowed to the relief of his anguish
In an adjoining room stood plan0'
Verdi, under one of those sudden IL.
pulses to which men OF genius a.s
sometimes subject, sat down d. ~
instrument, and there and tnen 49,
proyised the sublime "Miserere Oh "a.
"Trovatore." The musician had s'''A
utterance to his grief.
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| representatives of various nations will
find themselves engaged in debates as
to priority of discovery
For instance, it is not to be expect
ed that Norway will cheerfully yield
its contention that it was Lief Ericc-
sen, the Norwegian, and not Christie
pher Columbus, the Genoese, who first
reached the new world. There are
annals and legends, there are even re-
citals, fairly we'll authenticated, that
prove the Norseman to have been here
centuries before the date when Chris
TOPPER Columbus, aided by the purse
of Ferdinand and Isabella, made his
memorable trip from Palos in his three
caravels, landed in the Bahamas, and
took possession of the new world for
the honor and glory of his Spanish
sovereigns.
This was the golden age of discov-
cry, for in this period in a hundred
years, dating, for instance, from 1890,
an amazing amount of geographical in
formation was gained, the more credit
to its principals, because of the made
quate equipment of that day compared
to what is available now
To sound the glories of that period
it is necessary to tell of the Cabots
making their trip to Newfoundland
and the mainland, of Sir Francis
Drake, opening new territory, of the
gallant America Vespucci, whose was
the fate to take the laurels of Column
bus and have the new continent named
after him, for no other reason than
that he was the first person to make
an adequate map of the new world.
Henry Hudson would fit impressively
into recital of the triumphs won for
the worlds knowledge by discoveries,
and in other parts of the world come
the advances made by Captain John
Smith, the great leader of Virginia;
Ponce de Leon, the discoverer of Flor.
ida in that quest where his goal was
the fountain of eternal youth; De
Soto, getting his first look at the great
est river on the continent, the lordly
Mississippi; Marquette making his ex-
plorations of the central West must
all have a place of high honor in the
list of those who have contributed to
the work of map building.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-18
THE CULTIVATION OF MINT.
Useful Herb Grows In England,
Japan and United States.

Useful Herb Grows in England,
Japan and United States.
Two varieties of mint, known re-
spectively as black and white mint, are
grown in England for the production
of the essential oil, but the area under
cultivation is very limited, and it is
believed that it may not exceed 1000
acres, whilst some authorities esti-
mate that half that area would repre-
sent the total quantity that is grown
in this country.
White mint was cultivated for many
years before the black variety, which
produces nearly double the quantity
of oil, was introduced and at the pres
ent time only a small quantity OF
white mint is cultivated to supply the
demands of a few old firms of drug
gists. Black mint, so called from Its
dark green foliage, was first CONNER
cially used about forty-five years ago,
and it has now almost superseded the
other kind, which has a leaf more
lancelike and serrated and of a lighter
color.
Black mint seldom flowers except in
hot and dry seasons, and it has not
been seen in full flower since 1898,
when the summer was hot and dry.
White mint differs in this respect; It
comes earlier and flowers every sum-
mer, and when in full bloom, land
planted with 1t has somewhat similar
appearance to field OF lavender. The
flowers in both cases are of blue col
or.
Mint is cultivated in Japan and also
in the United States, particularly in
Michigan. Growers in the United
States, although the quality of their
soil is inferior, by sending their pro-
duce to English markets have in some
measure undersold the home produc-
ers.
Mint is deep rooted plant with un-
foreground stems or runners. and it can
only be grown profitably on certain
soils. 1t requires good, light, warm
soil, that which suits it best being a
deep rich loan on gravel, but it will
thrive well on a chalky subsoil. 1t
likes moist spring and a dry, hot
summer. 1t is grown from roots, not
from seeds.
AS mint plantation only lasts from
TOUR to five years it is necessary t.
aorm three or four beds that will come
VI III succession, and this is usually
oone IN the following manner: In tn;
autumn after the crop has been cut
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-18
The Negro. idea of Marriage.

of northern Germany. Skin-clad and
war-proud. he worshiped Odin and
Thor; he gambled and he drank; he
was fierce and cruel. But he had
a clear conception of what marriage
meant. He honored the woman at his
side; she was his brave and virtuous
companion; trained like himself to
the use of arms, and together they
drove back the eagles of imperial
Rome.
To this naked Teuton marriage
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-18
COST OF TUBERCULOSIS FIGHT.

Over Eight Million Dollars Spent
Last Year I'm the United States.
That $s.1S0,621 was spent In the Uni
ted States last year for the treatment
and cure Of persons afflicted with lung
diseases Is announced by the Associa-
ton for the Study and Prevention Of
tuberculosis. In this work New York
ranks first, Pennsylvania second and
Massachusetts third The next seven
States In order named are Illinois,
Maryland. New Jersey, California, Col.
Orado. Connecticut and Ohio.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-18
High Cost of Beauty.

Though the prescription seems /.
nave disappeared from the pharma.
copia OF modern beauty specialists !"
1t was for centuries notorious that to
iced on snake meat was the way ia
win perpetual youth; to cure goiter
again, or any other swelling, all that
was necessary was to MUNICH a yiper
from the tail up. as it might be a
SUCK OF celery; while yet another
snake, if eaten, conferred the mower
OF understanding all the tongues OF
birds.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-18
Got the Hard stun.

Jedson-Ha! Ha! Ha! Silas-Wht's
the joke, Jedson? Jedson-Why. inst
as soon as the county went prohibition
old Hiram Hardapple got buncoed.
Silas-What was the game? Jedson-
Why, Hiram got circular that stated
some firm up in town would send him
key of hard stuff for 81. Hiram sent
the 81 and smacked his lips. Silas-
Gosh! And what came back? Iedson
Scrap iron, and they said If that
wasn't hard enough they'd send him a
key of spikes at the usual rates.
Chicago News.
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disadvantage of George washington
and Mrs. Martha Custis.
1777-The American army under
Washington went into winter quar-
ters at Morristown.
1781-Benedict Arnold, in the employ
of the British, assembled the James
River and destroyed large guam
tity of stores at Richmond.
1785-Blanchard and Jeffries crossed
the English channel in a balloon.
17S9-First national election held in
the United States.
1791-Capt Vancouver sailed on a voy-
age of discovery to the northwest
coast of North America.
1799-Connecticut ratified the consti-
tuition of the United States.
1S14-An English vessel arrived at An
napolis, Md, bringing an offer for
peace.
1S36-Constitutional convention of Ar
kansas met.
1S42-Sir Charles Bagot arrived in
Canada to take office Of governor
general. :. British army destroyed
in Khyber Pass.
1844-Magnetic telegraph first brought
into practical use between Balti-
more and Washington.
IS49-Discovery of magnetic clock by
DR.. Locke of Ohio.
1S55-Omar Pasha arrived in the Cri-
mea with the Turkish army.
1s57-The Free State Legislature of
Kansas met at Topeka.
1858-Election held in Kansas under
the Lecompton constitution.
1861-United States arsenal at APP
palachicola seized by Florida
troops.
at Middle Creek. KY.
1863-Arkansas Post attacked by the
Federals. # h e Confederates
made an attack on Springfield. Mo-,
where a large quantity of army
stores had been deposited.
1866-Lyman Trumbull of Illinois in
troduced the civil rights bill in the
United States Senate.
1S75-Political riots in New Orleans.
'876-Memorable debate in the Hous.
OF Representatives between James
G. Blaine and Benjamin H. Hill Of
Georgia on the subject Of "Amnes-
ty"
lS7s-Sir William Johnston Richie APP
pointed chief justice of Canada.
1sS0-Albert Institute. Windsor, opened
by the Prince Of Wales.
1Ss5-Grover Cleveland. President
elect. resigned as Governor Of New
York.
Governor of Ohio.
1S95-Toronto visited by a Million
dollar fire, the second within a
week.
1896-The President proclaimed Utah
q State-Cecil Rhodes resigned the
premiership Of Cape Colony.
lss7-Anglo- american arbitration trea-
ty signed at Washington. Seven
nuns persisted in the burning Of the
Ursuline convent at ROberval, Que
bee.
1S99-Pope's Encyclical on the Mani
toba School Question read in the
Quebec churches.
1900-The Greenway government in
Manitoba resigned office. Second
contingent of Canadian troops de-
parted for South Africa.
1904-New Canadian Pacific Railway
offices opened in London by Lord
Strathcona.
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None at An.

$50 you are going to get married
eh?"
Eyes. the Bible says it is not rood
for man to live alone"
That's a mighty thin excuse for
marrying Observation-Disclosures
Post.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-18
Reproved Again

Il am told that there are sOu
scores to the credit Of Herr auring
DER. yentured Mr.. cumro1 dai
lull in the artistic conveIsA"g Doe vert
my dear" said his wife ..n.ll'-
discussing music. not Das
Washington Star
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-18

eoner.+oa !. would soon be 70.
generated II the saints were fully eos
He who begins the day with w..
will review it with praise prayer
No virtues are really POSSESSED
long as we are conscious of them ~
The imitation of the yicious :. .
poorest kind of affection for them 'us
Some men never feel grateful n,.,,
they see others looking miserab,s '
No man is his own master unit, \,
sees the obligation to serve otbors A'
Where His word is hid in the ho,.
Ills VIII Is sure to follow in tho u,s
The man who sees no good in oth,.
Is always well pleased with bimse,.
If God should answer all orr n,...
ers for peace, we would soon no na.'
fed. p'''f
The only way to live the life Of on
Lord is to make Him Lord ~ w.
lives. 'u'
You are not sound in the faith .,
;ording to the greatness of vo".
sound. ''0'
He has no heart in his recreation,
who does not give a whole ba.rt =.
his work.
Many a church looking around fl,
an endowment needs to look IN 81.
enduement.
It's no use looking for ripe frui,,
OF faith in the climate of FROSTY
disposition.
Many must march through the doc
ert OF doubt. but none need build
houses there.
1t is easy to miss a good YOU nigh,
have attained in contemplating an evil
from which you have abstained
The lives that have enriched tho
world have been those that have not
counted their lives dear to themselves
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-18

Did you hear what that manage
said about his new play?'
mo; what was it?"
That there would be the devil to
pay II he couldn't get an angel" Bal
timore American
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-02-18

A man fools himself when he imas-
ines other men never tire Of hearing
him talk.
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vs HoNN BLASTS
Warning Notes Calling n.
to Repentanc. icked

m My children can
not be safe save a,
u ! seek to make
al children safe
) The only way
I. 10 make other,
good is to make
good % III your own
religion.
. This world
Wn111I
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-06-11
THE EDITORS MISTAKES

1t Is held to be an inexcusable on. :
rage, says The New Orleans Picayune,
for a newspaper editor To make the
lightest mistake in a statement of any
sort, while professional persons WHO'S 3,
certainty Of knowledge and on whose
statement thereto life or death or the
most important interests depend, may
do ~ without mourning the slightest
criticism, much less blame
Take the judge on the bench, whose
derisi,ns are set aside and annulled
ny higher courts almost every day,
md the Judge whose judgment is 80
reversed does rot suffer in the least in
public and professional estimation
In the same way the physician who
makes - wrong diagnosis OF his pa
tents disease administers treatment
that resulta III death instead Of a cure.
loses none nf the confidence Ofhi pat
rons in his skill, and he may kill any
number of persons secundum artem
without mourning the sigh est respon
,ibility.
These are curious facts, but they are
mentioned not bv way Of extusing edi-
torial mistakes, for there is no excuse
for them. II is because every
individual firmly believes that he
c"uld conduct newspapers better than
those who are charged with the work
while no unprofessional person would
undertake TO usurp functions of tn.
Judge or the physician.
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II ARDlNG, HOW ELL,

HARDING, HOWELL, -- ~ 9
Bounded north by Broussard
south by Vine street; east Nv
ST Peters St; west bv Nereanv
Hu VAL, JOs.,- - Qt5
Bounded north by Trauttmanu
south by Trauttmanu; east hy
Lourd; west hv Trauttmanu
JOHNSON, Lena ~ ar
Bounded north Nv Johnson !:
south by Renoudet; east by lie
/ w; west BY Burke.
Bounded north ~ Johnson:
south by Renoudet east bv Hem
| ry; west by Lew.
JEAN LOUIS. Jean, - =. - az
| Bounded north by Davis: south
by Road; east by Bayard; west
by Road.
LEWIS, Mary c. - - 49, -. II
Bounded north by Il. r.; south
by Joseph; east y Date street
west by Corporation.
Leblanc, Gustave,-- - - . mi
Bounded north bv Nuckaljs
south by Colgin; east by Taylor;
west by LassalIe.
LOUV1ERE, Mrs. JOS Ar
Bounded north by Denton souib
by Norwood; east by Dale st.
west py GebPrt
LARSON, Clara - . r 90
Bounded north by Liy,nga On
south by Burr; east by baum
gartner; west by Field 81.
LEDGER, john. - =. - -. 60
Bounded north by Lassallc south
by |. D. A.; east by st. Peters ST.
west by Monk
LEDBETTER, John H., 537
Bounded north by Collins: south
by Bernard; east by Scott west
by Williams.
LANDRY, Mrs. Bonifare,-.- Gl2I
Bounded north by Renoudet;
south by Julia ST.. east by Pes
son; west by Renoudet.
LAMBERT, Laura = 49, ogo
Bounded north by jefferson s..
south by Hill; east by Madison
west by Gath.
MICHEL, Lewis. 4 :. !. =. 81
Bounded north by Cbiasson
South by Lourd; east by JoIrd
west by Frere.
MCCORMICK, Marguerite. Do
Bounded north BY Smith. so,,th
by Taylor; east by Field; west
by L0urd
MOITY, Emile. :. = n 49,. -. Ia
Bounded north by Rozier. south
by Mouret; east by Bertrand
west oy Gle.
MARTIN, Rosima,--. =. $500 752
Bounded north BY Providence
ST.; south by Schaffer; east by
Frere; west by Roddy.
OLIVIER, Est Clemire,- Ito
Bounded north BY Deleambre:
south by Levy; east by Taylor;
west by Madison.
j. M. =. :. =. =. - ~ &
Bounded north by Morse; south
by MelansOn; east by Iberia St;
west by Providence st.
PELLERIN, Mrs. Felicie, LEO
Lot Blk Is Lewis add.
ROBERTSON, Madeline, :. 2.15
Bounded north by Green; south
by Road.
REYNOLDS, G. E. = : ). 2517
1.-BOunded north BY Iberia ST.
south BY Romero; east by Sorrei:
!. Wit H1 Maiden. -
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MORB|HAN ITEMS.
Mes hrl,at. Jun" 10 II. lnlO


Mr. & I, Hn,'lr. nf I,i. Charles.
'NA+ i ,iy'tn ~ ~ l,un" If lis
brother. T. VI Eudln. last week .
Nl~. a a 'lrniini is fhia we, k
\ sitting relatives ~ Ghaten'nn
Upon leaving l,nu," shr rxpertt Il
10 hr gone about y fortnight.
Mi Wm A. White. The chief
engineer nl lha MARKHAM retincry.
went ~ New Orleans Last sunday
Tor Il visit ~ hls home aud family.
Mi 4. l. Eu'auu, who has beer,
on \ business mission for some
'ime IN old Mexico. is expected
home hr latter rart cf this month
Mrs. &. L. GurzlleS and Miss
Kate Markham visited relatives in
New Iberia on Thursday.
The M"rMhau refinery is now in
drying ont seconds.
The recent wind nnl rain. and
last nights rain, have done y
world q! good to The growing
crops of tins section. The pros
pects now Indicate one Of the best
crops in the past ten y,ars