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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-03-07
Treating Nall Wounds.

One who has tried it says that the
most successful treatment that he has
found for nail wounds In horses feet
IS TO clean the wound and pour full OF
not tanow or lard. This seems to
give very little pain, and one treat.
ment generally cures.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-03-07

Mans Debt to tho Beasts.

Manse Debt 70 tho Beasts. :.
Men have received valuable nin.
and learned many things OF imp
lance from beasts; such as gratltuu.
from dogs, vigilance from the crans
foresight and frugality from the ~ -
honesty from the elephant and loynS
from the horse. Don Quixote.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-03-07
Clean Milk.

MIX that makes gassy curds Is usu-
Auy dirty. Clean milk and clean uten-
sis win never produce gassy curds.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-03-07
DIDN'T HURT A Bit
is what they all say

Of our
Painless
Methods of
Extracting
Teeth.
Out-of-town peo'
pie can have their
plate and bridge
work finished in one
day II necessary
An absolute guar
antee, backed by Is
years in Portland
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
Storage Battery Railway Trains.

The storage battery railway coach.
which reached Boston from New
York propelled by its own power, may
embody al unexpected solution of the
problem of elcctrifying the New Haven
and New York Central lines
The chief obstacle to such change
in motive power, which has been aimed
at for years, has been the cost, the
lions share of which would 60 to
the equipment for utilizing the electric
current. But if the storage battery
car. which carries its own power. with
ii, can stand all the practical tests and
make good all the advantages claimed
for it, it would be matter, not of
expense. but OF economy, for railroads
to adopt it everywhere. especially for
suburban (Short distance) traffic.
From the very beginning OF the Tsc
OF electricity for the propulsion of
cars, the storage battery perfected has
been the ultimate desideratum Of those
who have been working upon the
problem. If it has at last reached the
point of practical development, it will
be one of the greatest advances made
in that field in a generation.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
The District Offices.

1t i> not to be expected that Prcsi
dent Wilson will find opportunity tc
give consideration to the District Of
fees until he has acted upon the more
important places in the Federal admin
istration
In the meantime lie will have oppor.
tunity to look over the local field and
acquaint himself fully with men and
conditions here The President occu
pics 4 most important relation in con-
nection with the District He is OUT
autocrat, from whom there is no ap-
peal. Realizing this responsibility, he
will unquestionably take his own time
i'll making his selections and there is
no doubt that his final choice will he
acceptable
All that the District people ask is
that the men selected TO fill the warrior,
Offices shall be capable and honest
President Wilson is certain to be re-
sponsive to this sentiment. He must,
like all other patriotic cjtizcns, desire
to advance the best Interests of the
Capital. In selecting men OF efficiency
and integrity lie will contribute in
large degree to this desirable end.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12

such conception; nor could there be
anything further from the truth. Any
one acquainted with present-day con-
ditions knows this. The women of the
middle and poorer classes constitute
the vast majority of our women wage
earneys. They are entitled to the
greatest respect in their battle for life.
1t was to them, not to the men who
should and must work for their wives
and children's support, that Longfel-
low spoke in clarion tones:
In the worlds broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of life.
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero i'm the strife,,
That is just it! These women. in
their daily drudgery, often not suf-
ficiently nourished are the true
heroines in the worlds broad field of
battle. " Perhaps, if their pay should be
increased, some poor half-starved girl,
who now falls by the wayside, would
be saved; but the number of the crring
always will be trifing in comparison
with those who remain untaintcd and
heroes in the strife
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
THE OPEN FORUM
United states and Canada.

To the Editor: Your editorial wednes-
day-"Canada Good NeighbOr'-was
apropos. and / say this advisedly as n
Canadian up to date with sentiment and
policies of the Canadian people. There is.
however. the best of justification in what
was said by the distinguished Secretary
of State and the Canadian lecturer in
the National Theater on Sunday last. IT
is timely-yes. very timely-for Secretary
Bryan to extend the cordial greeting to
Canada at the dawn of the new admins
tration. 1t is of equal Importance and
satisfaction TO hear the father of the
recent reciprocity pact in Canada spe-k
emphatic words of brotherly good will.
1t may not be generally known that DIR.
John A. Macdonald, editor of the Toronto
Globe. fills the editorial chair once occu-
pied and founded by the George Washing
ton OF Canada, namely. the Hon. George
Brown. the farIous publicist and states
man of Canada, three-quarters of "A CEN
tury ago.
While the writer Is an American citi-
zen of twenty-five years. and has in that
time learned the many virtues of Ameri-
can people, he also has learned some of
their greatest faults. but has no hesitancv
in saying their virtues exceed any civi-
lized people on earth. II still attracts
my deepest admiration any kind words
for my beloved native land, the land OF
the maple leaf, and 1 know of no man
that / feel excels the Hon. William Jen-
nings Bryan in sincerity when he
stretches the hand of brotherly good will
to a fellow-Canadian. Especially does II
mean much when now he fills that ex-
aIted Office. the Secretary of State of the
United States of America.
Washington, D. G. March IL 1914
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
So Near and Yet So Far.

Prom the American Magazine.
Here is an interesting illustration of
the tremendous parts that transporta-
ton and middlemen play in fixing the
price of certain commodities. A man
in New York City owns 800 acres of
land in Connecticut. This land has
supported a great number of chestnut
trees which very recently have been
killed by the chestnut blight. In an sf-
fort to sa"e something out of the
wreck of the trees a timber expert
was hired to make an examination He
reported that the trees would yield $50
900 cords of wood. Tho nearest great
market is. of course. New York, and
in New York firewood is sold to the
consumer for about SIC a cord. In
other words, New York consumers
would pay 100000 for the 10000 cords
OF wood IL it were available. But it
is not available. II is located too far
from the means of transportation,
which means are expensive. Investiga-
tion showed that at the Connecticut
River docks the price paid the pro-
ducer for such wood is $3.50 a cord.
Further investigation showed that to
cut and haul the wood to the docks
would cost the producer S25 a cord.
leaving cents cord margin. This
was too small an amount for the New
York man to bother with. so his wood
is going to waste. although one does
not think of Connecticut as being re-
mote from New York.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
World of Our Own Making.

The poet browning tells us that the
world was made for each of us. That
may be true for those who are strong
and well. and can go afield rejoicing in
the sunshine and in their own sufficinE
health. with life and energy thrilling in
every limb. But for the .shut-ins" IT
is different matter. They must have
a world of their own making; they
must have their picture galleries and
their symphony orchestras and even
the liberal education of travel in their
own richly stored minds. And some
of those who are most closely "cabined,
crippled, confined" by their own des-
can go where we like whenever we
like.
The blind. for example, are notori-
ously cheerful. for they have learned
to find a golden treasury in the world
within. Music to them seems to mean
even more than IT does to those in
possession Of the full complement of
the senses. Not long ago at a con-
vention of the blind it was arranged
to give them a diverting and informa-
tive lecture. To the surprise of those
managing the affair. the guests chose
instead an excursion in one of those
vehicles commonly called rubber
neck" wagon. They insisted on see
ing the sights" They would not for a
moment admit that even those pleas
ures which others reach through the
visual faculty were denied them. The
development Of the imaginative faculty
had supplied the place Of the missing
function of the optic nerve.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
Virginia influence Prominent Wasngon cabnetWahnston Find
Difficult Get Men Fill the Minor Oees-Take Tour Of Mon
Through the Eastern Se-Chekmates the Governor Of Masaehuse
in His AHempt Secure Precedence

body Of men such as the country must
look up to and revere.
His letters again went abroad by the
hundred. as ~ often before, to persuade
men to their duty, build a bulwark of
right opinion round about the government.
make his purposes clear and his plans
effective.
| He would spare no pains TO make the
government both great and permanent.
In October. 1IS9, his principal appoint
ments all made. the government In full
operation. and affairs standing still till
Congress should meet again, he went upon
a four weeks tour through the Eastern
States, to put the people in mind there.
by his own presence, of the existence and
dignity of the federal government, and
to make trial of their feeling towards it.
" Received with Enthusiaam.
They received him with cordial enthusi-
asm, for he was secure of their love and
admiration; and he had once more a
royal progress from place to place all
the way to far New Hampshire and back
again.
He studiously Contrived TO make IL
everywhere felt, nevertheless. by every
turn OF ceremonial and behavior. that he
had come, not as the hero of the Revoiu-
ton. but as the President of the United
States.
A Tricky Governor.
At Boston Governor Hancock sought
by cordial notes and pleas of illness to
force Washington to waive the courtesy
of a first call from him. and so give the
executive of Massachusetts precedence, IL
only for old friendships sake. But Wash
ington would not be so defeated of his
errand; forced the perturbed old patriot
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
Give Mr.. Wilson 4 Free Hand,

A novel issue has been raised by the
refusal of Mr.. II. P. Fletcher, United
States Minister to Chile TO conform to
the ong-established precedent of send
ing to the State Department his res
ignation i'll advance OF Mr. Wilson's be-
ginning his tenure of office. Mr..
Fletcher adhercs to the theory that his
position is included in the spirit, if not
in the letter, OF the civil service law,
which has been enacted TO prevent the
removal OF classified public officials on
account OF political affiliation." This
attitude. novel and unique and without
precedent, though it is, has absolutely
nothing to do with Mr.. 4'letcher's fit
ness or unfitness for the post he oc-
cupies. Only he is guilty of gross
indiscretion toward the party in power,
and to the President as its standard
bearer
Our legation in Chile is considered
by the government of such impor-
tance in the diplomatic field that its
chief is one of the seven Ministers
(among a total of thirty-two) who
rank after our ten Ambassadors that
is. if the salary they receive is any
criterion.
Mr.. Fletcher, perhaps, was not aware
of the fact that ENJOYS to foreign coun-
tries, while they are the representa-
tives of their respective nations, arc
representing the rulers who sent them.
If Our diplomats in foreign countries
may decide for themselves when to
quit, the same prerogative might be ap-
piled to Cabinet members as TO the
surrender of their portfolios with a
change in the administration. If the
Presidents right is conceded to sur
round himself at home with advisers,
who are in sympathy with his policies
and endeavor, it is of still greater i'm
portance that the men who act in his
name far away from home shall be
well known and picked by him for their
loyalty to him and his administration.
Therefore, it is no more than right
to expect that our foreign ENJOYS
should resign to give the new gov
ernment free hand.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
Doctors Could Teach Lawyers.

From the Atlantic Monthly.
Every lawyer when young should be
apprenticed to some good physician, and
should return to him regularly through
life. Then we might hope that from the
neighboring profession of healing there
might enter into him a spirit never to be
wholly quenched by all the deadening in
fluences of his work.
No fact could well be more surprising
or offer a more delicate psychological
problem than this, that. within two pro-
fessions touching life upon matters Of
equal Importance, professions of ancient
dignity and learning. and inviting to
their service men of equal and rare abil-
fly, there should be so different a spirit.
Medicine stands in this strange con-
trast to law, that while the public 10
clamoring for the lawyers to advance, the
lawyers themselves, as class. offer the
chief resistance: the medical profession
constantly outstrips and leads the public
imagination in devices to check disease.
Although much at the start was due to
laymen, the campaign against tuberculo-
sis. against infant mortality, against ms
larial and typhoid fevers, is largely cap
tanned and manned by doctors, who have
the hearty support OF the profession az
whole.
OF two Rip Van Wrinkle awakening to-
day, the physician would find his old
methods as rust-eaten and useless as hie
Instruments: the lawyer. after few
hours with new statutes, would feel q
home in any Of our courts
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
"Honi Soft qui NAL y Pense. I"

If the developments of the hearing
now under way before the Chicago
vice commission should cause the i'm
preston 10 be formed that any con-
siderable portion of the girls or women
who have to work for their living in
factories or stores, lead an immoral
life, the sooner these hearings are
stopped the better for Chicago and the
entire country. What that board has
been appointed to ascertain is whether
there is direct connection between low
wages for women and the lapse OF
some of them from the strait path.
Nothing could be more unjust than
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
Go Slow on Tariff Tinkering.

In his inaugural address, President
Wilson thus referred to the tariff law
as enacted by the Sixty-hrst Congress
A tariff which cuts lis off from our
proper part in the commerce of the
world violates the Just principles OF
taxation, and makes the government a
facilc interest in the hands of private
interests.
In commenting on this sentence OF
the address the Financial Chronicle OF
the current week says:
Mr.. Wilson seems to be expressing
the belief that our foreign commerce is
at present inconsequential. and that
there has been an absence OF progress
and growth such as has distinguished
other leading nations of the globe
That Mr. Wilson should he without
knowledge on the subject or should
wish to cultivate erroneous notions on
the subject. is dcplorablc.
The truth is our foreign commerce is
advancing by leaps and bounds. Our
merchandise exports in the calendar
year 1912 aggregated no less than
S2.Soq.2I7.9I3, which compares only
with SI.oo5.S;z:24I when Mr.. Bryan
first projected himself upon the horl-
zon as Presidential candidate. What
is more noteworthy is that more than
the entire increase in this period OF
sixteen wears has occurred i'll manu-
facturcS, our exports of agricultural
products having fallen off.
Export, and imports combined, i'll
1912. amounted to the prodigious sum
Of S42I7.35I.5lS as compared with
only SI.6Sz.II6.7o7 in 1896. Surely an
economic system and tariff system
that shall produce such results is not
entirely bad
Ii is generally admitted that there
are many duties that can be lowered.
with positive advantage TO the con-
sumcr. Vet Mr.. Wilson and his ad
vi>crs should go slow in their tariff
tinkcring, pruning carefully and not
Welding to clamor for i general
smashing of duties, lest the end Of
the current year or year hence shall
tell the story in a pruning OF the
splendid totals OF American success in
the nlarts of the world.
The figures have been incorporated
IN the records and they will come to
the front again with each succeeding
year Lowering rates for raw material
would enhance the competitive ability
of American manufacturers in the
markets OF the world-lowering duties
materially on manufactured articles.
might open the greatest of all markets
TO foreign competition and lower .!rc
standing OF American wapn earners
and at the same time. cripple factories
making American Merchandise
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
MIR. W:I.,n Upholds Mr.. Taft.

1t Is gratifying 10 perceive that
President Wilson has expressed him
self as strongly averse to riders" on
appropriation bills. This he made
clear in conversation with Mr.. Fitz-
gerald, chairman of the House COM
nittee on Appropriations.
Mr.. Taft had to veto three of these
supply bills because of general Icgis-
alton attached to them in the shape OF
riders The budget. as such, has
: nothing to do with changing the law
If the two were kept separate. the sup
ply bills would be passed much quicker
and plenty of time left for legislative
business.
Another matter in which Mr.. Wilson
has followed precedent was to allow
postmasters (and other officials to
serve out their four-year terms. Nc
Kinley and Cleveland both did the
same, but President Wilson's decision
is the more praiscworthy when it is
taken into consideration how many
years his own partisans were kept from
office.
The Postmaster Generals statement,
however, does not include the fourth
class postmasters under Mr.. Taft's
rule of last summer, as they have no
fixed term.
Mr.. Wilson's acts and intentions are
TO resist the demands for the revo-
cation of Mr.. Tafts orders, and he
deserves credit for his fair -mindedness
and nonpartisan stand in behalf of the
merit system in civil service
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12

of the vast and perspiring remainder is
to get througa.
We now have enough technical schools
IN this country TO turn out twice as
many engineers as can be provided with
Jobs. but no intelligent effort is being
put forth 20 increase the number of men
who can make an after dinner speech
in such a manner rs to make the audi
ence glad 1t came. Millions of our Young
are being taught Latin, but the nation
still swarms with timid. suffering men
who have received years of free educa-
ton and have been taught nothing of
after dinner speaking except to say in a
humorous way, Il do not know why l
should have been called on this even
ing"
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
Where Our Safety Lies.
rom the Richmond Virginian n

From the Richmond yirginisn.
The safety of this country from for
eign aggression is not dependent upon
trained soldiers and large armies and
navies. 1t is safe because, in spite OF
our military unpreparedness. our citi-
zens are capable of becoming good SOL
diers in time. and because wars Of mod
ern days are fought with money, and
We have the money. The wealth of the
United States and tho knowledge all
the world possesses that while We can
not whip creation we can in the end
emerge victorious from any war with
any two powers in the world. is our
guarantee of peace. No nation on the
globe will go to war with the United
States unless compelled TO do so. Wheth-
er they are to be compelled to do IT de-
pends upon us. and We have no inten-
ton of doing anything of the kind. al
though to hear the talk OF some of those
w..ose living is dependent upon the pros
poets of war. it might be assumed that
We want nothing more than the chance.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
After Dinner Speaking
BY GEORGE FITCH,
Author of "At Good Old SIwaah."

After dinner speaking is mutual
sorrow which is shared with great 10y
atty by the speaker and the speakees.
1t is part of the price of the dinner
the second installment, which is pay
| able Immediately after the Senegam-
bian coffee has been slipped and the
extrayagant cigars in red and gold uni
forms have been lighted.
After dinner speaking originally
consisted of humor and frivolity, with
a little eloquence now and then. IL the
diners were good natured. During the
Chauncey NJ. Depew era of after din
ner speaking three good stories made
a speech. and the man who could tell
three good stories. all of tender age.
never dined at home.
Nowadays after dinner speaking is
duty, and the dinners are provided
In order to repay the crowds for lis
tening to the speeches. In order to
hold n thousand men through three
ur-furlong speeches on irrigation,
conversation. and the necessity of diff
ferential rates, ii Is necessary to seat
them at tables where they can't get
out. Instead of selling oratory at 81
per head per listener, it is now neces-
sary to give away a seven-course din
ner as a bonus.
This is largely because speech max
ing has changed. Formerly a speaker
tried to see how long he could soar on
the wings of metaphor without falling
of. Now the orator comes to the an
nual dinner Of the Amalgamated Sons
of Thunder bulging with statistics. and
when his turn comes he ladies out in
formation until the janitor turns out
the lights.
There are 11.76S.432 public dinners
in the United States each year. and this
requires a total of over 50.00o000 after
dinner speeches. About 100000 Ameri-
cans speak now and then at a dinner.
OF these over hundred are good speak
ers Of the rest several thousand have
something to say. The principal object
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12

to come to him, swathed as he was in
hannels and borne upon mems shoulders
up the stairs. received him with grim
courtesy, and satisfied the gossips of the
town once and for all that precedence
belonged TO the Federal governmental
any rate, SO long as George Washington
was President.
Having seen him and feted him, the
Ea stern towns had seen and done homage
10 the new authority set over them. Wash
ington was satisfied, and returned with
a noticeable accession of spirits to the
serious work OF federal administration.
To-mOrrow-Succes OF Hamil-
tons Plans.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
His !Argupne0f.

II won't make these tank towns" de-
clared the prima donna.
why not" demanded the manager.
"AH you want is something to grumble
at, and ysu'll find plenty of that In the
small burgs.'
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
One Possibility.

From Judge.
IA famous actor bought Shakespeare s
favorite chair at a sale in London re-
Gently"
AT any rate. he will find Shake
speare,s chair easier 70 I'LL than his
shoes:
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
A TIP.

From Judge.
New Janitor-How d'you make 'eln
come across with the New Year tips?
Old Janitor-Oh. there are ways, but
one scheme is this: Fer week before
New Years I sift de ashes close. t save
coa1,t an New Year mornin', bright and
early. l chuck on de fuel an get up
about twenty pounds o. steam. Dat
makes de radiators sing, an 1 jes' goes
from one fat TO another, an asks. rs
dis hot enough fer ye?'
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
March IL I'm History.

March l.. 1533-Henry VIII buys a one
cylinder. quite a car at that time.
March Il, l1+S-David Garrick does his
first acting for the movies
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
4 TiEhtwad.

From Indsc.
Gerald-Pratley is an awful tightwad,
Geraldine-Is he?
Gerald-l should say as much, He
won't even tell story at his own ex-
pense,
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
OheNcd OrdePa.

He likes to be. a fellow who
Does as he's bid.
The lady told him to skiddoo,
And he skiddid.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
An Old Habit.

well. SO you are now worth millions,
eh?"
Yep: struck 1t rich
Torn yourself away from all the old
habits of life, / suppose
mo; | still cling to a few. / still
empty the drip pan of the refrigerator
every night
The Washington herald., 1913-03-12
DiscOnsOlate Days

"How's the Colonel getting along since
his town went dry?'
Says he'll never get to be good
Judge of lemonade in thousand
years