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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-10-24
The Daisy in Politics.

One was penslvely picking ualsy
to pieces. Her lips move murmuring-
II. He has heard Of the process and
curiosity draws him near to listen.
Socialist, Democrat, Republican,
Progress. = stWhat in Sam Hill are
you at?'' he cried incredulously. "Oh,
she answers, II am just seeing which
one / am going to be. Toronto
kan Republican.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-10-24
Apple Trees May Be Saved.

Apple Trees May Be Saved.
If there are any old apple trees on
the farm that seem next to worthless,
think seriously before cutting them
down. If necessary get the opinion
Of an expert orchardist. Under proper
treatment they may be made quite
valuable il taken in time.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-10-24

use insect powder on the rest Of the
Dody. Use very little grease on
young birds. When the poults are
oioer-after ten weeks of age-they
may be treated with the louise dip, but
must not be allowed to become chilled.
Cnoose warm day, and the earlier in
the day the better. In dipping young
birds, one should have the dip very
weak, as their skin is tender.
An important thing for success with
the poults is to have eggs from
healthy, vigorous stock. Many focks
OF turkeys have been abused by failure
on the part of breeders to procure nee
essary new blood from time to time,
and have been inbred, and hence, have
lost their natural vitality. Such stock
Will produce weak offpsring. If one
has but four hens, and needs new
blood, if the unrelated male bird
should cost $12, the gain in number Of
poults Matched and raised, and the
quality of the birds, will thrice pay
for the new bird. That turkey rails
ing is very profitable line Of poultry
production can no longer be doubted.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-10-24
Only Let It Come.

He-Do You believe IN love at first
sight?
She (thirty- eight ~ believe in any
kind Of love. Boston Evening Trans
cript.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-10-24

In winter, cream is very difficult to
churn because of the small and hard
fat globules, low temperatures, sweet
cream, and possibly thin cream. When
cows are far advanced in their lacta-
ton period, the globules become hard
er and when churned do not stick to-
gether easily. Cream held at low tenn
peratures previous to churning makes
quick churning impossible. / would
suggest that if you have a cream sep
arator you separate about 35 per
cent cream. By the use of starter,
ripen this at temperature of about
Is degrees for six to eight hours.
Then cool down between IS and 60 de-
grees and churn in the ordinary way.
This ought to bring the butter in
about 35 to 40 minutes. Feeding q
few roots may change the character of
the fat to some extent and facilitate
churning.
The practice of raising crop every
year has been followed on the expert
ment station farm at Pullman, Wash
ington, for number Of years. Our
rainfall is on the average about %
inches. With rainfall of Is to 18
inches summer following seems to
give better results. We do not follow
any definite system of rotation. The
crops grown on the farm consist of
alfalfa for 6 or 8 Sugars, frequently
followed by corn. Glover is also
grown for three years, when the land
is plowed up and corn is planted. We
can raise field peas followed by wheat
with excellent results. Afterwards
corn or oats may be grown on this
field. think good rotation where it
could be followed would consist of red
clover three years, corn one year,
wheat one year, oats one year. How
ever, our conditions are such that we
have not yet been able to follow this
rotation regularly. '.
If you have grown alfalfa on this
land for three years, it would ordinar-
lily be waste of fertilizer to apply
any commercial material at the pres
ent time.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-10-24

Washington State College Notes.
The Early Rose is one of the best
early potatoes for planting in practic-
ally all regions of the Northwest It
is not quite as early as some others,
but it is potato that always is well
received on the market.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-10-24

With two hundred and forty active
members, the Pacific Northwest Live
stock association last year exhibited
$500 animals at it's December shows
held at Lewiston, Idaho. Secretary
S. B. Nelson reports the present MEM
bership of the association as 500; and
with the increase in membership and
strength of the Livestock association,
and the increasing interest in livestock
production in mind, believes that at
the stock show the coming December,
no less than four thousand animals
will be exhibited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16

acted upon the sore. and he certified
that the said noll me tangere was in
deed utterly obliterated. and, indeed,
it never returned afterward.
Some time after this, one of the am
bassador's cooks having almost cut off
his thumb with a big ehopping knife,
the steward of the house of this gen.
tleman ran to the said nicotiano and
dressed his thumb Herewith five or six
times and 1t was finally thoroughly
healed thereby. From that time on this
herb was famous throughout all Lis
hon, where the court of the King OF
Portugal was held al that time. ana
the virture of this herb was announced
far and wide, and the people called 1t
the ambassadors herb"
The London ambassador. seeing that
such benefieent effects were produced
by this herb. and having heard that
the Lady Montigy that WAS had died at
st. Germans of an ulcer on the breast.
which had turned into a noll me tan
gere for which no remedy was known
at that time. and that the Countess OF
Rufee had consulted all the famous
physicians of that realm to help to heal
her face, but that none of them had
found any remedy. he thought 1t wise
to communicate his good news to
France and. therefore, sent to King
Francis III. and to the Queen Mother.
telling them all about tobacco and how
to use 1t, as well as how to apply 1t
to this dread disease, as had been
proved by experience
In this way we have evidence that to-
bacco was considered the cure for ul-
GERS and even for cancerous growths,
more than for smoking. and In this way
the word nicotine Is to be traced to this
ambassador. John Nicot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16
NICOTINE GOT ITS
NAME FROM NICOT
Englishman Used Tobacco
for Curing Ulcers Before
Raleigh Smoked

Worshippers at the shrine OF MY
Lady Nicotine"-and how many mil
lions burn incense before her altar
are not all aware of the origin of the
word nicotine, or of the correct &C
count of the awakening to the value
of tobacco on the continent of Europe.
Most of us are satisfied with the
statement that Sir Walter Raleigh in
troduced the weed" into England and
suppose that II spread thence all over
Europe simply for smoking purposes.
II we go back to an old Black Letter
volume dating from the year 1877, We
gain clearer view of the subject and
interesting light on the origin of the
word nicotine as applied to the chief
element in tobacco. According to this
venerable authority, now more than 800
years old. Master John Nicot counsel.
lor to the King, being ambassador for
the King in Portugal, In the year of
our Lord 1859, 60 81, went one day
to see the prisons of the King of
Portugal and a gentleman being the
keeper of the said prisons presented
him an herb, as strange plant
brought from Florida, says the New
York Press
This same Master Nicot, having
caused the said herb to be set in his
marvelously, was upon time advised
by one of his pages that a young man,
some kin to the page, made a plaster Of
that herb bruised, both the herb and
the juice together, upon an ulcer,
which he had upon his cheek near his
nose, coming of a noll me tangere,
which had taken root already at the
base of his nose, and that he found
himself much easier at once. There
fore the said Master Nicot caused fha
sick young man to be brought before
him, causing the said herb to be APP
piled to the sore eight or ten days,
until tt was completely cured and
healed. And he had it sent. while this
cure was working. To a certain physi-
clan of the King of Portugal. the most
famous in his time. to see the further
working and effect of the said nic-
otiano. He then sent for the same
young man at the end of the 10 days
and brought him before this physician
that he might see how the herb had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16
Bows Find More Than $4,000

Calumet Mich. November S.-(SpeciaL)
Two 12-year-old Lake Linden boys, Will
Leolere and Joseph Tremblait who have
had the spending of a fortune of $4,000,
today lost their hoard OF wealth.
A year ago the boys. playing on the
site of the old Bennallack Market, at
Lake Linden, uncovered an iron box con-
tanning over $4,000 in gold and silver
coin. They hid the box a mile from town
in a wild and almost inaccessible district,
and since then have been dipping Into
It as they wanted spending money.
Suspecting some one else was dipping
also they moved the box, burying it be-
meath the Houghton-Dougles falls. One
of the boys yesterday told his parents
of the hidden wealth and today they
went to get 1t. but found 1t had disap-
peared. There is no clew.
The sheriff's office is working on the
case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16

L. P. Barbour of Rocky Ford. Col, Just
suggested this week to prevent typhoid
fever are most pertinent. He emphasizes
sewer connections as of the utmost i'm
portance and lays great stress upon the
| improved general health conditions that
always result from this.
| Sewers should be extended to the ut
termost limits of the town, and the town
should be extended to take I'm all the sub
urbs, including the fair grounds. Where
there are no sewers and until sewer con-
nections can be made all privies should
| be made fiy-tight The room should be
| screened, but especially should it be i'm
possible for flies to enter the vault. Privy
vaults, though fiy-tight, are still a menace
| to the cisterns of the neighborho ID. Built
as most cisterns are, the walls often
crack, but oftener become worn so thin
as to permit seepage of soil water. 1t is
this soil water that contamlnates our
cisterns. Therefore, the water from all
| cisterns should be tested each spring and
as frequently thereafter as the health Of
| ficer or householder may think necessary.
Either this or close all cisterns. More
careful protection of the city reservoir
and regulation of the selling of milk in
the city must be followed
As a condition for receiving a license
to sell, each seller should be rigidly re-
qured to report promptly all cases Of
sickness in his family, among his en-
ployes or the families of his employees. as
well as strictly enforce measures for pre-
venting the breeding of flies. To this end
there should be compulsory cleaning Of
every lot, corral. stable and barn every
week from April to October, the refuse
to be burned or hauled to a suitable place
beyond the city limits.
Proper quarantine of each typhoid pa
tient. which implies thorough sterilization
of the discharges of the patient, of all
clothing worn by him, and of all eating
utensils used. None but necessary nurses
should touch the patient or handle any
of the clothing until after disinfection
Most necessary, however, is antt-typhoid
vaccination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16
Obtaining Free Power

Makers of carbon black at Wilsonburg.
w. Va. obtain free power in a novel
manner. The product Is deposited from
the flames of natural gas. and power
was originally supplied by a steam boiler
and engine. The gas issued at a pressure
of $50 pounds from well 5000 feet deep,
says Harpers.
1t was suggested that this pressure
might be utilized and accordingly the gas
was led in place OF steam to the engine,
which was thus driven and acted as a re
ducing valve, delivering the gas at low
pressure to discharge tank feeding the
carbon building.
The engine, requiring no attendant, con-
tinues to give uniform and satisfactory
service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16
DISCOVERIES IN
MEDICINE GREAT
BOON TO HUMANITY
Doctor Finds Vaccine Is
Preventive for Hay
Fever
RAGWEED BLAMED
FOR THE DISEASE
Physician Takes Pollen From Flower
and Vaccinates Victim in Order
to Properly Diagnose
the Case

Time was when any great SCIENTIST dis
eovery or contribution toward an expose
of the cause or revelation of the cure of
an ailment came in epochs. then In CEN
turies and finally in every generation or
two. But no more. Nowadays significant
triumphs over the unknown are toiled off
by the weeks. the days and even the min
utes. II the daily paper was to attempt
to chronicle truly only the bona fide dis
coveries each day of its issue there would
scarcely today be enough paper upon
which the facts could be presented.
Thus. as sample. tho medical and
popular motion that the lungs cannot be
in great part shut off from the air
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16
A NOTRE DAME LADY'S
APPEAL

To an knowing sufferers of rheumatism. whether
muscular or Of tho joints. sciatca. iumbagos back
ache pains in the kidneys neuralgia pains. write
10 her for a home treatment which has repeatedly
cured all OF these She feels 1t her duty tC
send II to all sufferers FREE. You yourself a,
home as thousands will testify--no change Of climate
being necessary This simple discovery banshes uri,
acid from the blood oosens the sffened JOINTS pur-
ifiee the blood and brighens the giving elasticity
and tone to the whole aystem II the above Interests
sou. for proof address
Mrs.. NJ Summers. Box r. Notre Dame Ind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16

prize og $500 to the physician who
will devise means to cure these car
riers" of their concealed nest of typhoid
germs. The famous Prof. Paul Ehrlioh
is to be one Of the judges of the methods
submitted.
In this connection the methods of Dr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16

without the individual thereby suffering
or being suffocated has just at the mo-
ment been exploded by Drs. Bernard, Le-
pay and Mantoux, of the Laennes hos
pital Paris, These daring investigators
succeeded experimentally in shutting off
the lungs gradually until there was only
one-sixth of the original capacity lett,
yet no harm resulted, and, as one as
tonished physician remarked: This
amazing result gives the hope and be-
lief that the whole collapse of one lung
by suffocation. pneumonia, pleurisy, or
eN en- drowning, can occur without any
great harm to the individual even IL
there is some affection of the other
lung"
The Journal of the American Medical
association recently reported the observa-
tions of DR.. e. II. Hunt of Deccon, India,
which are, is possible, even as revolu-
tionary as this resistance of the lungs
to suffocation 1t seems that DR.. Hunt
was struck by the endurance of the In
dian natives under great extremes of
heat, so he set himself the experiment
of finding out why there was no sun
stroke among them, the malady that lays
low so many Americans In midsummer
Here in the 9os many persons succumb
to the heat, while in India 100 and ITO
degrees for days at a time does not
feeze the natives, says the. New York
Times.
True enough, men who work in mold
ing and picture frame factories, as well
as stokers and firemen, are for the frac-
ton of a moment able to Withstand dry
heat up to 200 and MORE degrees, but
these exceptions are beside the points
which Is, to wit, that very high outside
temperatures are apt to be actually added
to that within the human tissues. What
then, thought DR.. Hunt. can explain the
resistance of these dervishes and coolies
to being 'insulted" or sunstruck?
Her thy Persons Withstand Heat
Obviously 1t must be due to some
vital, automatic adjustment betkeen
the tissues and the sun and hot winds.
Or. Hunt found actually that in a
group of European persons he inves-
tigated they were able to work until
midday in the sun when the ternpera-
ture In the shade was 11O degrees. The
only ones who were unable to accom-
modate themselves to the extreme heat
were those who were In some way
below par; that Is to say, those whose
arteries were hard, who were on the
verge-as it afterward turned out-or
Just recovered from an infectious all
ment such as typhoid. or those per-
sons who failed to drink less than
12 quarts of water q day. Even with
this amount there was not too much
perspiration, and many were happier
with more.
His discovery is that no healthy per-
son Is ever struck down by the sun and
heat providing large quantities of wa
ter are imbibed At the same time he
also found that muscular work and
athletic feats are more successful In
the hot. broiling sun, when copious
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16

Executive Committee the Tariff
to-day California
holding England predicts
With
mechanics who this with him to study labor
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-03
SUFFERINGS. OF A
MODEST NAN

Fred Stratton is a modest man, and
on his retirement from office as coll
lector of the port he declined to be
made the object, or motif, as the news
papers say, of complimentary ban
quet at which his praises might be
sounded in the customary vein OF such
occasions. It was a wise resolve that
might have been inspired by the en-
barrassment that Luther Burbank once
underwent on q similar occasion at a
banquet given in his honor at the
Palace hotel some years ago. 1t was
q field night for the after dinner spell
binders. who slobbered praises all over
the guest OF honor and, of course, over
did their enthusiastic competition OF
adulation in the feast of reason and the
flow OF fiattering JUNCTION. 1t may have
been all true what they said about the
wizard" but 1t was embarrassing to a
modest and unassuming man.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-03
SHORT GRASS
CAMPAIGNS

But the California democrats have
always eontrived to make a big show
and a stout fight on a very little money
and great deal OF promise. The party
of those hardscrabble days in the cold
shade Of opposition was the Mr.. MI
pswber OF politics, ever cheerful and al
ways expecting something good to turn
up. One recalls the hopeful. happy
spirit In which debts were incurred and
likewise the walls and tribulation that
attended the opening of every campaign
over the dead horse" whose shivering
ghost returned to plague the political
pocket in the shape OF unpaid bills of q
quite respectable age. Whether these
well seasoned obligations were ever
discharged or not I never ascertained.
1t is my belief that lavish expendi-
ture Of money on politics does not pay
anything like a reasonable return on
the investment. Money shoveled out In
that way Is mostly wasted or stolen by
the handy men Of politics. Frank Lane,
with a personal expenditure OF only
$500, ran $4,000 votes ahead of his
ticket. Indeed, there are people in
California who still believe that he was
counted out in San Bernardino and Los
Angeles.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-03
VAGRANT RIVERS
OF THE SOUTH

The Progress insists that there are
no engineering difficulties to be over
come. Turn the water loose in the
river and 1t will dig out to tidewater,
as 1t were automatically. Let nature
take it's course, and there's your canal
and your harbor. There are, az the
Progress says, mo rocks. no hills and
no valleys to cross" The trouble, how
ever, with the rivers OF that region Is
that they usually carry more sand than
water. and the silt depositing nils the
channel Now. as water has a strong
objection to running on the top of q
ridge. these arteries of commerce have
an embarrassing habit OF making ex-
cursions across lots. The rivers in Los
Angeles and Orange counties were
notorious vagrants in the days before
their waters were all appropriated for
irrigation. Even now in flood season
they have loose and disorderly habits,
although in summer time they fulfill
General Wankowski's ideal of theo-
retical river for military and strategic
purposes. They appear on the map and
can be crossed without getting wet
feet. But 1t is an awkward river that
will observe the rules only when it
Is dry.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-03
RELIGION IN
SHIRT SLEEVES

The Rev. ]. 3. Travis of Stockton the
other day took for the subject OF his
pulpit discourse, Smashing the Pro-
prieties. or How to Dress for Church in
Hot weather" And he asked: why
should any one think it a wonderful
innovation for men to sit in church in
their shirt sleeves?'' The reverend gem
tleman's question does not press for an
answer in San Francisco, where we can
wear the same clothes every day in the
year without discomfort, but In the In
terror towns 1t may be called a burning
issue, and / imagine that the obligation
to sit in church in your Sunday best"
like hog in armor stewing in his own
grease, should exert a powerful inf1u-
ence to moderate summer piety. Mrs.
Clare Davis, who expounds a pleasant
philosophy In the Stockton Mail, agrees
with the preacher. but she bars sus-
penders,. singular or plural. which she
regards unfit for respectable religious
publicity, and she adds:
Even tfe one who is writing this
Ktuff in the interest Of more COM
men draws the line rigidly at hon
est suspenders for men, and insists
Epon belt, while woman in her
evening togs would OFTEN give
feeling of greater security If the
strap that seems to hold her gown
over her shoulders were more near
~ visible and quite good deal
more honest.
Yet have I seen the honest gallus
converted into work of art and q
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-03
HOW MORGAN
WAS PHOTOGRAPHED

All of which is nearly true. In my
experience of San Francisco journalism
only recall single instance where
Furuseth's picture was printed in a
newspaper. The editor who secured
this scoop was justly proud of his ac-
complishment, but the photograph was
old, faded and faint. 1t needed label
for identification.
In fact 1t was much easier to get a
snapshot of the late Pierpont Morgan.
saw Morgan snapped by Hare as he
crossed the sidewalk from his carriage
to Trinity church in this city, where
he was in attendance at the national
Episcopal convention some years ago.
Morgan heard the click OF the machine
and turned aside. but made no objec-
tion. The snapshot made an excellent
picture.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-03

Steinitz has again recommended 1t In his Mod
ern Chess INSTRUCTOR this variation was also
played by him against Schlechter In this tourna-
ment.
(b) schlechter here played 7h KtxKP, which
fs the correct move following 1t up castles,
BxKt; PxB, POI; 10 B-R3 (Steinitz' new
move. on which the whole variation depends,
B-K3. II B--Kt5. kt-Q3. with an equal game
tc) II 91k KtxKt; 10 PxKt, BxP. White gets
dangerous attack by ii BxPch, KxB; Q-kt3ch,
etc..
(d) The point of all the exchanges. as by this
move White obtains command of the board, pre-
vents Black from castling and initiates most
powerful attack ON the king
(e) 1t would have been preferable to play the
K-B2. as White had then nothing better than
IL QxKtch. QxQ: IS RxQch KxR; 10 RxPch,
followed by RxQKtP, and Black has still
prospect of a draw
IT, nice sacrifice Of pawn. making way
for the Kt to powerfully strengthen the attack
tg) Here begins grand combination.
fh) The position is most interesting. all the
white pieces being, en- prise. II KxR; then
follows: % R-Kch, K-Q3: "a Q-QKt4ch.
K-B2; 25 Kt-K6ch, K-Kt; 26 Q-KB4ch and
wins.
60 The checks by the r are delightful.
Black can not take with be loses his 0
with ch. nor can be take with the @ or he is
mated .
ca Now IL K-Kt Mr. Stenitz (at the tirne)
demonstrated the following brilliant and remark
able mate In 10 moves:
&c R-Kt7ch, K-R (or If K-B; n Kt-R7ch.
etc.,