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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
Dreyfuss is Blamed.

Barney Dreyfuss, owner Of the
Pittsburg Pirates, Is blamed now for
the existence of the Federal league
He refused to allow President Barrow
of the International league to put the
Jersey City franchise in Pittsburgh in
1912. Barney might as well give his
own franchise away
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
ODD VEHICLE FOR INvALIDs
Wheels Are Revolved by Stamping Up
and Down on Pedals-Works on
Principle Of Bicycle

An Illinois man has designed an
odd-looking vehicle and just what pur-
pose it will serve is a problem, unless
1t can be used by invalids. A small
platform has a post rising from the
back with a seat on it and steering
post rising from the front, the latter
operating guide wheel. Two larger
wheels are mounted beneath the plat
form and between them is drum
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
Cuban Ball PLAYER In Demand.

Brooklyn expects some trouble with
the Reds before the signed contract
of Shortstop Romanach of the Ha-
vana team is received. 1t is under
stood that the Cuban is willing to
accept the terms offered by the Dodg-
ers, but 1t is said that Cincinnati has
entered claim for the player, who is
said to have signed contract over a
year ago. but never reported
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
Marsans in Condition.

Frank Bancroft of the Cincinnati
club, who went to Cuba to sign Mar
sans, says that the little outfielder 10
In excellent condition, as he has taken
on little weight during the winter
and he was in need of few extra
pounds behind his big bat.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
Another Speedy Johnson.

The Boston Red Sox declare that
they will have Johnson that will be
q rival to Walter Johnson in another
year Johnson comes from the SYRIA
cuse team of last year, of which Fred
die Payne, the old White Sox catcher,
is manager.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
Anot ,er Soft Matcb for w.l,s

BandsDaan. Blake, the English mid
dleweight champion. has been matched
to fight Bombardier Wells, the former
heavyweight champion, for a purse OF
$4,000, The bout VIII take plaza
March 3.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
Golf Cannot Be Called Old Mans
Game Any More-GIadys Ravens
court Not Eligible to Vote.

What has aged to do with golf?"
is a question on many sides in the
course of a season. The natural an
swer would be Nothing" Yet the de-
Velopments of the last season show
rather conclusively that it has. Fran
els Ouimet, the amateur who beat Var
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05

from a stake opposite the Allen dock.
On the first of the four laps covered,
the Imp took the lead and held it until
the finish. Time 1910. A strong
northwest wind was blowing. The
Imp also won the morning race in a
series of races for the club trophy,
she being the only boat to finish.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
WOMAN WOULD
NOT GIVE UP
Though Sickand Suffering; AT
Last Found Help in Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
Richmond, Pa. = /" When / started
taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable

Compound Twas IN q
dreadfully rundown
state of h e alth,
b ad internal trou-
bles, and was SO ex-
tremely nervous and
Frustrated that if /
had given in to my
f ceilings / would
have been in bed.
AS it W s / h a d
hardly strength at
tiunaa In he on my
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
Furnishes Winter Snort for Resldent.

The city of Toronto provides 35
free skating Kinks, 80 hockey cush-
ions, five toboggan slides and eight
miniature slides, the latter for the
use of children, as winter pastimes
for residents there.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
Vertical Motor.

A vertical axis rotary motor has
been developed in France for use in
hydro-aeroplanes, as 1t can be com
pletely protected from water.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05

In one of the most keenly contested
races held on the North Shrewsbury
River, New Jersey, this winter, the
Imp, one of the fastest ice boats in
the world, owned by Robert Heitmey-
ar of New York, won the event in the
best time this season. The race was
held over a ten mile triangular course
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-03-05
rN0HES0F
sc lENCESa
SAND
INVEN T ION

Iodine is crude alkaline matter,
produced by the combination of sea-
weed.
Two Illinois inventors have patent
ed waterproof coat made of single
piece of paper.
Paper circular saws have been in.
vented, which are said to work better
in fine woods than steel ones.
Ninety-five per cent. of the steel
pens manufactured in the United
States are made at Camden. N. J.
Chiefly for the use Of detectives q
new camera is concealed in what APP
pears to be ordinary field glasses.
According to an English scientist,
X-rays are the most extreme rays at
the ultraviolet end of the spectrum
Though even its tips are made of
metal new flexible tube invented in
France for gas connections is leak
proof.
The sound waves are filtered through
a resinous gas to make them more
mellow in a photograph horn that q
New York man has invented.
French scientists have found q new
source OF vegetable ivory in the albu-
men of the fruit of small palm
growing prolifically in the French
Sudan.
A French bicycle rider is the in
ventor of man-power street sweeper
consisting OF tricycle. with a re-
volving brush mounted between the
rear wheels
For use in connection with a piano
or organ keyboard Swedish inventor
has perfected electrical apparatus
which transcribes music as it is com
posed on wax ribbon, from which
is may be cspied.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Never Too Late to Begin.

short time ago while visiting q
relative in distant city at breakfast
one morning the little daughter of the
family, aged 3, was dipping roll into
her coffee, much to the embarrass-
ment of her mother at this breach Of
table manners.
The mother leaned toward the little
girl and gently said that nice little
girls never dipped their roll into their
coffee. Little Helen gazed at her
mother in establishment and asked:
Mother, when you were little girl.
didn't you never, never dip your roll
in your cOffee?"
On receiving a reply in the negative
with most satisfied smile, she whis-
pered cOnfidentially, TRY 1t some
time, it's fine"-New York Sun.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
THIS ONE AN OLD FAVORlTE
Lemon Butter Served at Luncheon
Will Please the Guests-Sour
Oranges Also Fine.

Old-fashioned lemon butter is a
prime favorite for luncheon. Here is
good recipe:
Wash, dry, then crate the yellow
rind from one fine lemon into small
agate saucepan. To it add half pint
of fine granulated sugar, one fresh egg
a pinch of salt and a dessertspoonful
of butter, five tablespoonfuls of cold
water and the strained juice of one
lemon.
Over a slow fire dissolve these in
gradients, then simmer the mixture
until as thick as molasses. Stir con-
stantly. Remove the pan from the fire
when the right consistency is attained.
Pour into a glass dish or large tum-
bier 1t is ready to serve soon as cold.
with plain uniced cake, bread or crack
ers.
Sour oranges may be used in exactly
the same way with satisfactory re-
suits, but sweet ones will not answer
at all.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05

had no appeute. olnce 1 nave tdAefs
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound the aches and pains are all gone
and feel like new woman. cannot
praise your medicine too highly. "-MrA
AUGUSTUS LYON, Terre Hill, Pa.
It is true that nature and woman's
work has produced the grandest remedy
for woman's ills that the world has
ever known. From the roots and
herbs of the field, Lydia E Pinkham,
forty years ago, gave to womankind
a remedy for their peculiar ills which
has proved more efficacious than any
other combination of drugs ever COM
bounded, and today Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is recognized
from coast to coast as the standard
remedy for woman's ills.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, are files containing hundreds OF
thousands of letters from women seek
inp health-many Of them openly stats
over their own signatures that theyh9vs
recained their health By taking Lydia
%. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound:
and in some cases that it has saved them
from surgical operations.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Braised TONGUE,

Wash three pounds fresh tongue
cover with boiling water and cook
slowly two hours. Remove from wa
ter, blanche in cold water and remove
skin and roots. Cook one-fourth cup
each of diced carrots, turnips and
onions in butter five minutes and re-
move them to deep braising pam
Brown tongue in fat and place on veg
etables in pan. If desired add Glove,
cinnamon and sweet herbs, salt and
pepper, one Glove, bit cinnamon, bou-
quet Of sweet herbs, one teaspoonful
salt, one-fourth teaspoonful pepper.
Cover tongue one-half way with stock
and bake in covered pan two hours.
At the last half hour the juice of a
lemon may be added. When tender
remove to a hot platter. Thicker
stock for gravy and pour around
tongue on hot dish.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Whey Bread.

Put a pint of clabbered milk on the
stove. When the curds separate strain
and boil two quarts Of the whey brisk
" for ten minutes. Strain again, and
to the clear whey add two tablespoon
fuls of butter, two tablespoonful OF
sugar, one of salt, one yeast cake dis
solved in warm water, and flour
enough to make a stiff batter. Let
stand in a warm place until light. Add
flour enough to knead into a fairly
stiff daugh. Put into well-greased
pans, and when doubled in bulk bake
In a moderately hot oven until gold
,en brown. This will keep fresh and
sweet longer than bread made with
water or milk and water.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
What He Left.

Residing in little village is a law
yer, who, according to Ladies' Home
journal, is famous for drawing wi1ls
III which branch of business he has
!ong enjoyed a monopoly Of the couh-
try for miles around. ~
A lew months since a wealthy man
died: There was much speculation as
10 the value of the property and the
Town gossip set about to find out the
lacts. He hunted up the lawyer and
aIter few preliminary remarks about
Tue deceased he said rather bluntly:
suppose you made Browns will?
Eyes,"
Inen you probably know how much
ne ieIt. Would you mind telling me?"
Not at all" the lawyer answered.
DIS ne resumed his writing. HE left
everything he had"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
jelly OmeIet.

Break fresh eggs into a bowl and
beat lightly with fork. Add salt and
hot water and as soon as blended pour
into a smooth pan in which half of the
butter has heated, but not Drowned.
Shake the pan as eggs begin to thick
en- and as soon as partly cooked lay a
plate over pan and invert it. Place
pan back on stove, add the remaining
butter and slide in the eggs. Place a
cover over and cook few seconds, or
until a tootpick comes out clean. Now
slide on to hot plate, spread jelly over
quickly, fold over and sift we'll with
powdered sugar. All this must be
done quickly and served at once. This
is a fine breakfast dish served with
delicately toasted milk biscuits or hot
rolls.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
THREE SWEET DISHES
RECOMMENDED TO THOSE WHO
ARE FOND OF BANANAS.
PURGE Favored With Vanilla 10 Excel.
ient-Recipe for Banana Sponge
Good Mixed With Other Fruit
and Frozen.

real as many bananas as desired
and rub them through a fine sieve into
basin. Mix with this fruit PURGE
pint o. thick cream favored with va
nlila, then pass the whole once more
through the fine sieve. Turn into a
freezer and leave till thickened, then
peat three-fourths of pint more Of
cream till thick, sweetening to taste,
ana mix with the frozen cream; add
Ing also one wineglassful of wine. Ar
range the cream, rock-shape, on fold
ed napkin or dish and serve.
Or you may like banana sponge:
Dissolve three-fourths of an ounce Of
powdered gelatin in a gill of boiling
water. Make a boiled custard of
one pint of flour, four eggs, one-half
pound of sugar and pinch of salt.
Add the dissolved gelatin. Strain and
set aside until cold and beginning to
thlcken. Stir in two tablespoonful of
lemon juice and eight bananas rubbed
through sieve. Now add a pint of
whipped cream and pour into a wet
mold, decorated with bananas. cut in
rings and set in a cold place to be-
come firm.
Banana surprise is also an excellent
dessert. Scald quart of cream with
the yellow rind of lemon and have a
pound of sugar. Allow to cool and par
TALLY freeze; then add three-Quarters
of pint of banana pulp mixed with
a strip mixture of candied fruit, cher
rles, pineapple, greengages, ETC., and
the strained juice of half a lemon.
Now finish the freezing. Have ready
chilled. fresh-looking banana skins, in
]ured as little as possible in remov-
ing the pulp. Fill these with the frozen
mixture, putting one tablespoonful Of
the fruit mixture in the center of each.
Press the strip of skin buried in equal
parts of salt and ice for an hour and
a quarter. For the fruit mixture cut
the fruit in very small dice and mix
with a little thick strip favored to
taste. When serving tie each banana
with bow of narrow ribbon.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Delicious Cocoa CrulIers.

Beat two eggs and two-thirds cupful
Of sugar till light; then add two ia
blespoonfuls melted butter and one
cupful of milk. Sift together three
cupfuls pastry flour, one heaping ia.
blespoonful dry cocoa, one-half tea.
spoonful salt, two rounding teaspoon
fuls baking powder and one teaspoon
full of cinnamon. Combine the liquid
and dry ingredients and add -four to
roll out. Cut in strips and twist slight.
ly. Fry in hot lard and when cold roll
in powered sugar. They can be cut
in rings, but the worked-over trim.
mings are apt to be tough. Roll and
cut all the crullers: then fry in the
order Of cutting.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Wonders Of Electricity.

Here is one that was told by Con.
gresham Claude Weaver of Oklaho.
ma the other night, and is reported
in the Philadelphia Telegraph
Some time ago a young farmer who
had Joined the army and gone to the
Philippines sent a cablegram to his
father. The day after the arrival of
the message the father was speaking
about it to farmer friend
Great thing is that telegraf, Josh, "
remarked the father. "Jes' think O.
that message comm all them thou
sand miles,"
Yes" was the hearty response of
Josh, IAN so thunderin' quick, too"
"Thunderin' quick!" exclaimed the
father. well, l should say so! When
| got that message the mucilage on
the envellup wasn't dry yet"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
H0UsEW0RK AID TO BEAUTY
Too Many Go at It the Wrong Way
and Consequently Cause III Health
and Suffering.

Homework Is either a very great
menace or equally an aid to health.
beauty and happiness.
II the housekeeper approaches her
work with strained nerves, a scowl
upon her face. and her temper at white
heat, or If she approaches it grudg-
ingly. hating it, or resignedly, with a
look OF the martyr in her eyes and a
determination to do it because she
must, plainly shown in the straight,
hard line of her mouth. then house
work isn't going to bring her much
benefit beyond cleanliness.
II, on the other hand, she takes the
same interest in busting the furniture,
welding the broom and polishing the
brasses as she does in learning the
steps of the latest tango or playing a
game OF tennis, which is every bit as
strenuous, she will soon cease to find
that homework is drudgery
Housework, rightly approached and
rightly pursued, brings splendid re-
suits. 1t is the best series of physi-
cal culture exercise there is, because,
first, it has definite purpose; second
ly, it helps keep the blood circulating,
the muscles pliable and the body and
mind working in unison, and, thirdly,
it helps to educate.
Housework involves brain work By
inducing the mental faculties to direct
the movements of the body the mind
becomes more alert.
In performing each and all the duties
of housework she will not allow her
body to SLOUGH any more than she
would at the dancing lesson. She will
take frequent long draughts of fresh
air. beside breathing regularly and
deeply all the time, and she will on no
occasion allow herself to become over
fatigued, for she snatches periods of
rest between duties.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
RESINOL EASILY STOPS
SKIN TORRENTS

The soothing, healing, comforting
medication in resinol ointment and
resinol soap sinks right into every
tiny pore of the skin, clears it of i'm
purities, and stops itching instantly.
Resinol speedily heals eczema, rashes,
ringworm and other eruptions and
gets rid of disfiguring pimples and
blackheads, when other treatments
prove waste of time and money.
Resinol is not an experiment, it is
a doctors prescription which proved
so wonderfully successful for skin
troubles that it has been used by
other doctors all over the country for
10 years. Sold by all druggists, res
mol ointment, soc and 81, resinol soap,
25c
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Pickle Lime Chowchow.

One dozen thin-skinned pickle lines
soaked for "a hours in cold water,
changing the water two or three times.
Put over the fire in saucepan of cold
water and boil till straw can pene-
trate easily. Let cool, remove seeds
and put through the food chopper.
Make a strip of one and one-half cup
full of sugar, one cupful vinegar and
one-half cupful water to which has
been added little bag of spices.
Cook Is minutes. Add the chopped
lines and cook about five minutes.
Excellent with fried or escalloped oys-
tiers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Putnam Fadeless Dyes do no
stain the kettle.
What Spider Indicated.

When Mark Twain, in his early
days, was editor of Missouri paper
a superstitious subscriber wrote to
him saying that he had found a spider
in his paper and asking him whether
this was a sign of good luck or bad.
The humorist wrote him this answ er
and printed it:
"Old misunderstanding spider
in your paper was neither good luck
nor bad luck for you. The spider was
merely looking over our paper to see
which merchant is not advertising, SO
that he can go to that store and lead
a life of undisturbed peace ever after
ward" - Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Apple Roll.

Mix and sift two cupfuls of floul
with two teaspoonfuls OF baking pow
der. rub in two tablespoonfuls butter
or lard. Make stiff dough by adding
milk. Roll thin, about twice as long
as the dough is wide. Brush over with
melted butter, spread evenly with
chopped apple and add sugar and Gin
namon to taste. Roll like jelly roll,
cut in slices an inch thick and lay cut
side up on creased baking pam
bake in a moderate oven about half
an hour and serve hot with sugar and
cream.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05

The marine disasters of 1913
amounted to $35,OOO,O0O in British in
sured ships and cargoes, totally lost,
as compared with $26,50O,00O in 1917
The figures for the latter year include
the Titanic, representing underwriting
claims for about $6,500,000.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
tobacco Habit
Easily Conquered

A New Yorker of wide experience, has written
lbook telling how the tobacco or snuff habit may
BE- easily and completely banished in three DAYS
with delightful bene it. The author, Edward ]
Woods. l59 d, Station E, New York City, will
mail his book free on request.
The health improves wonderfully after the
nicotine poison is out of the system Camness.
Tranquil sleep, clear eyes, normal appetite good
question, manly vigor, strong memory and a
general gain in efficiency are among the many
BENEFITS reported. Get rid of that nervous feeling:
mmore need of pipe, cigar, cigarette snuff, or
dewing tobacco to pacify morbid desire.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05

The late Canon F1eming's sermon,
Recognition in Eternity" which was
preached at Sandringham Church on
January "a, 1892, and is sold in pamph-
let form, has realized profit of $S805,
which the queen has divided between
the Gordon Boys Home and the Brit
ish Home and Hospital for Incurables,
Streatham.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Free to Our Readers

Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago, for
4spage illustrated Eye Book Free. Write all
ABOUT Your Eye Trouble and they will advise
as TO the Proper Application of the Murine
Eye Remedies in Your Special Case. Your
Druggist will tell you that Murine Relieves
Sore Eyes, Strengthens Weak Eyes. Doesn't
Smart, Soothes Eye Pain, and sells for SOC.
Try 1t In Your Eyes and in Baby's Eyes for
Scaly EyelidS and Granulation
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05

"A chronic cold means something wrong
Eusttutionally. Pimples mean bad blood.
Seeumatism means faulty elimination.
||s siSe and a hundred other symptoms are
|SSly recognized, but where is the trouble.
|sSere Is 1t located? What Is wrong with
|~s bodily machine?
|nd9 you will go into any first class store
|s get bottle of S. s. s. you are on the
|nH1,o 10 getting rid of those conditions that
|s rse sickness and disease. But don't let
t IN. work off that old trick of something
'SSSt as good"
|,tnrS; 5. is taken into the blood just as
b. guy as the most nourishing food. 1t
|&s aus aus, Its influence over every organ In
nody, comes through all the veins and
orange infammatory acids and other
Sstd ing substances for arterial elements
tes ,ea.ectually cleanse the system and
ksnn put an end to all pollution. s. s. 8.
Out the stomach Vt mucous eccumu-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05

The declared value of exports from
the consular district of Berlin to the
United States and its possessions In
the first II months of last yeal
amounted to $18,401,504, compared
with $16,316,703 in the corresponding
period of 1912
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
COOKING Pumpkin.

Cut your pumpkin in halves, take
out seeds and place each half in the
oven with peeling on. Bake a short
time. When done, scoop out the pump
kin and you have nice, dry filler. This
does away with watery pumpkin and
long cooking.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05

When Sir Isaac Newton was dying
he was told that the many things ne
had added to our knowledge should
comfort him, but he replied that ne
felt like child who had picked up
few shells on the shore Of iimitless
ocean of truth"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
To Remove Old varnIsh.

Having discovered an excellent
method for removing old varnish from
my furniture l pass it on to others
Take three tablespoonfuls of baking
soda. put In quart OF water and ap-
ply with a rough cloth.-New York
Press.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05

LyQla f. fmkn0m .
V eye table Com
pound. When / first
began taking it I
was suffering from
female troubles for
some time and had
almost all kinds Of
aches-pains in low.
er part of back and
in sides, and press
ing down pains. 1
could not sleep and