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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-03
Vocation Selection.

Vocation teaching, with selection
of students for different classes of
work by so-called scientific methods,
seems to be still in a very rudimental
stage. Prof. Herman Schneider has
had notably successful experience
with the cooperative courses of the
University of Cincinnati, but con-
cludes that the plan of choosing the
lifework for individuals by their phys
ical peculiarities, is not reliable 1t
has been held that such characteristics
as the shape OF the fingers or of the
head disclose special aptitudes or
abilities. This is a development of
the old phrenology, and might indicate
that certain money-making executive
will have appropriately shaped head
and hands, but successful executives
chosen at random showed no such pc
culiarities The claim of some pro.
fessors Of psychology that certain
mental qualities-memory attention,
and so on-gave fitness for certain
work has proved equally misleading.
The old method of testing ability by
trying varied lines of work seems to
be the only dependable one, and in the
several years of college course may
serve as very good guide.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-03
Need of Reforestation in Japan

The forest area of Japan is decreas-
ing at the rate of one million acres
a year. This area is being cut away
partly for timber and lumber and for
firewood and partly to make the land
available for the cultivation of rice.
The forests of Japan at the end of
1914 covered about As million acres.
Extensive efforts are being made to
increase the acreage of forest lands
by planting surfaces now cleared off
with young trees Of quick growth. 1t
has been urged that it is necessary
to replant all surfaces as soon as they
are cleared for commercial purposes
in order to lessen the great loss an
nually caused by foods in the noun
tains.-Vice Consul Harold C. Hug
gins, Yokohama, Japan, in Commerce
Reports.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-03
Belt Buckle Saves Life.

John Irato of $50 st. Ann avenue,
The Bronx, while painting one of tho
bridges of the Harlem river branch
of the New Haven railroad near
Beechwood avenue, New Rochelle
came in contact with one of the cleo
trio wires charged with 1900 volts
that supplies power to the electric
trains.
Flame was seen to squirt apparently
from his body to the steel upright
near which he stood. He fell to the
ground, got up and walked away. He
was taken to the New Rochelle hos
pital against his will, where il was
found that he was cut about the face
and that there was a slight Durn on
one shoulder
1t was discovered that the electric
current had passed out of his body
through the point of his belt buckle,
which was open, without injuring him.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-03
CANARIES' LIKE PLAIN CAGE
Lover of Birds Has Found Out That
They Prefer Their Abode to
Be Simple.

Living near st. Nicholas avenue and
One Hundred and Eleventh street
there is lady who during a period
of six months purchased no less than
three canary birds with the hope that
they would solace her with their sing
ing, only to find that after she had in.
stalled them one by one in the hand
some cage she had prepared for them
not only would they not sing but
that they moped and pinned and finally
died. The canary bird lover did ey-
erything she knew to keep her pets
and teach them to trill the melodies
that such birds can utter, but 1t was
Of no use.
Finally neighbor advised her to
discard the handsome and expensive
cage and buy a new one, palmer in
make.
What in the world difference will
that maker" the canary bird lover
asked. "a cage is cage-what's the
difference to the birds?"
"All the difference in the world"
answered her adviser "and for two
good reasons. One is that a bird has
died in it. The other is that a bird
Of modest disposition does not like an
Overhandsome cage
''The best singing results have
come from the inmates of palmer
cages. don't know whether or not
canary birds are natural democrats,
but experience has been such as I
tell you Buy a palmer cage that has
no canary bird ghost stalking through
it to brighten the living bird"
So the canary bird lover discarded
the big cage and bought palmer one.
She transferred the last bird she had
bought, and which had already begun
to NOPE, to its new quarters. Then
she waited day and still another
day, but not sound came forth, al
though the bird began to look pert
and clipper. She called in her adj
vising friend and complained there
was no result after the cage change.
Wait" said her friend, blowing
upon bird whistle
The canary heard the notes, cooked
his head and began to sing. Was it
the new cage?-New York Press.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-03
FABLE CARRIES MORAL
LESSON LEARNED BY PATRON OF
BARBER SHOP.
Sage Who Looked Betirr7es at the Mir.
ror Had Reason to Congratulate
Himself That the Experience
Had Been His,

Now it fell on day that entered
the establishment of a tonsorial artist.
which is, being Interpreted, barber
shop, says writer in the Advance.
And l sat and waited till. the barber.
with loud voice, cried: Next" and
seated myself in his chair. And he
welded over me Divers deadly weap-
ons, and Herewith he cut my hair
and trimmed my beard. And l sat
and looked at myself In the mirror
and | saw myself in q great bib and
tucker, with patches of hair falling
down the front Of the same and re-
fiecting itself in the glass. And what
he was doing to me i saw as in a
glass darkly, and what ne was saying
to me was many things on divers top
les, for he was man of fluent speech.
And after had been shorn both as
to head and beard he passed his hand
over my head and said: Thy scalp
is not very clean. Thou hast need of
shampoo And 1 consented. and
he soaped my head and washed 1t.
and rubbed it, and twisted it upon
my neck until it was nigh unto break
ing off. Then he passed his hand
across my head and he said. THY
hair across thy head grows thin Let
me rub into thy scalp some of my ia
NOUS hair restorer. 1t will make hair
grow upon the top of a cowhide
trunk" But said unto him: 81 am
NOT nnxuhtdn ANN, l. 4
Thou wilt soon be as bald as one
If thou apply not my famous hair re-
storer." And / asked: "Speakest
thou as the friend of humanity or as
a man who hath hair restorer for
sale?" And he answered: 81 speak as
friend of humanity, nevertheless, for
the hair restorer and the rubbing in
thereof thou shalt pay to me the
fourth part of dollar, in addition to
what thou already owest me-"
Now, it came to pass as he spake
these words, looked in the glass and
behold, he stood behind me, with the
bottle in his hand and with his left
hand spread ready to rub it In, and I
saw in the glass his eager face, and
above it his own head. And he leaned
forward as he spake, so that | saw in
the glass the top of his head, and be-
hold, it was bald. Then spake | unto
him, and said: oh thou friend of
humanity, who selleSt hair restorer
and thy soul for the fourth part of
a dollar, keep thou thy medicine and
use it upon thine own head, for
have ten times as much hair on the
outside of my head as thou hast, and
much more within it And he was
wroth, and he cOmbed my hair with
fury, and dug the bristles of the brush
into my scalp, and add ed dime to my
bill. Nevertheless my heart rejoiced
that / had spoken unto him as | did.
Then said to my soul: | will take
heed to my ways, lest | become as
he. For | go forth among men and
ask them to buy of me wisdom and
virtue and righteousness. So will /
pray night and day unto the God of
heaven that may be able to recon-
mend among men the truth which God
hath revealed unto me, and that no
man reprOacheth me with the bald
ness Of mine own soul. So shall I
learn wisdom from the folly of the
tonsorial artist.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-03
Silver Mine Under City.

Embedded under 100 feet of solid
earth, a silver vein more than a mile
long and 71a feet deep, and said to
contain nearly a million dollars worth
of pyrites of silver ore, has been dis
covered on the United States bureau
of mines site, Forbes and Craig
streets, Oakland. by Chief Engineer
J. d. McTighe.
This discover was made when En-
gineer McTighe was surveying land
where the boiler room Of the new
Bureau of Mines building is to be
erected.
Italian workmen blasting slate saw
little, white objects, which looked like
diamonds to them, nestled among the
rocks, and this led to the strike
Pittsburgh dispatch Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-03

" A French soldier fighting in the
ArgoHne has Just been informed that
ne has inherited $4,000 from a re-
tired army officer of eccentric habits
who lived il the same village as the
soldier.
The officers will ran: Being with.
out family, 1 leave the whole Of my
fortune to Paul -, farmer. | de-
sire thus to show my gratitude to
nlm for having for many years list
ened patiently and with every air of
interest to the story | used to tell of
now | lost my right arm in the war
Of 1870.
l pray and trust that he will be
spared to return to his village after
me war, and my only request to him
Is to come occasionally to my tomb
and there relate some Of his own war
experiences"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-03

According to statistics published by
t'e Pan-American union. there were
IN January !. 1914. 232,S16 telephones
M Latin America as compared with
''e4z'OOO IN the United States. Ar
; ntlna stood first among the Latin
,NAer1can countries. with 1926, but
Uruguay led in the proportion of tele-
pUones to population. with los per
A'0.--Scientiic American.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-03

In California typhoid fever is de-
creasing as the outcome of a cam
paign that is being waged by the state
board OF health.
Vashon Island news. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1907-19??, 1915-06-17

get the doctor. Owing to some din.
Guilty in crossing on the return trip,
the boat had 10 land at Point Robin,
son and the doctor was forced to
walk from there But Mrs. Moore.
house died long before he reached her.
Two other men went to town TO try
70 stop the doctor and to get a coffin.
Mr. Miner helped to make and carry
She coffin Tor the dead. Mrs. Moore
house was buried on the place, a pile
of rocks marking her grave for many
years.
The first island oboomr was in 81.
when a number of ministers and
others came TO Elisport with the in
isution of starting large congrega-
tional high school. The project fell
through, however, and the ministers
left the island. The many Blooms"
that have since occurred have had
nore lasting and successful results.
firing Of ore long. hard trips row
ing TO Tacoma, fie settlers azed up
SAIL boat called "Old Black Ice"
Vashon Island news. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1907-19??, 1915-06-17

made of an old lifeboat found floating
on the bay. The oars to this boat
were sixteen feet long and were the
means of once saving man from
drowning as he was sinking for the
last time. "Old Black Joe" was their
freight boat, with capacity of five
or six tons. This met the island
needs at that time and saved many a
fee of two dollars and a half which
any steamer on the bay charged for
stopping on the lsland
The first little steamboat, "The
Swan was welcomed indeed in 1882.
It was owned by Mr. S. d. Sherman,
he, with MIR Miner and others build
ing it, 1t was not very pretentious
vessel, only a rowboat with little
engine in it, THE Swan" held five or
six passengers and made its weekly
trip to Tacoma every Saturday from
Quartermaster Harbor. The fare was
fifty cents one way
Twenty-Five years aga the first daily
steamer, owned by Mr.. Bibbins, start
ed on its run from Quartermaster to
Tacoma,
The first school district was organ
lied thirtyfour years ago, and a thor
ough census of all the children on the
island, including part Indian children,
was necessary to get sufficient num-
Der to organize. In 1882 the first
school house, log building, was built
across from where ]. H. Roddas store
now stands. The next year the first
store was started where the Peasley
place is now. John Mclean and Mr..
ANYWAY were the owners. The first
Vashon Island news. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1907-19??, 1915-06-17
b. Frank Miner

Thivty-seyen years ago, in January,
1873, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miner
landed at Quartermaster Harbor with
their supplies. ready To take W their
lives as pioneers and settlers OF
NashOn Island They we're enc OF
folg families who came together from
Tastma' the others we're, M. aud
Mrs. Dan Price, m. and Mrs. $. u.
Sherman and four children, and Sir.
arid Mrs john Gilman and three
Children.
1t requires considerable imagin-
aiiUn 20 picture ire uu the island at
that time compared TO the present
onlg those who have lived through
che experience Of life in az absolutely
new land can fully appreciate it. What
few men had been here before were
transient loggers or fishermen. living
right on the beach at different points.
such as Quartermaster ana Point Rob.
inson.
IT was an old iosging camp at Quar-
Vashon Island news. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1907-19??, 1915-06-17

store of much Importance, however,
was the Fuller store which Mr..
Holmes now runs.
The old Hines Hall at Center was
first built for Presbyterian church.
but it was never dedicated nor did II
prove very successful. The Method
list log church at vashon was the first
island church to be dedicated.
And our first famous strawberries
were grown by Mr.. Broadway, who
lived on the Stevens place. A few
were grown before, by others, but
only for home use. Mr.. Broadway
took his berries out on rowboat and
hailed passing steamers on their way
to Seattle, where his berries were
sold.
We were all coming to the Island
together in January, 1878, but Mr.
Price had come in from farm at
what is now called Fern Hill. Ia
coma, with cows and other stock, and
Mr.. Gilman had six head, and as they
had 10 come on scow there wasn't
room for all, so we remained at Mr..
Sherman's place in Tacoma and look
ed after their chickens and house
hold goods until the next load could
be taken, which was in "old Black
Joe"
The only ones left are F. NJ sher-
Vashon Island news. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1907-19??, 1915-06-17

man, +. B. Sherman, Mrs. Phoebe
Cristman, and Mr. and Mrs. Miner.
Tie Gilmans moved away more than
fifteen years ago and the others are
dead.
Our houses We're built of cedar, the
lumber for which we split out with
the roe" and the roofs were covered
with shakes. We had little rough
lumber for floors; but even the doors
were home made of split cedar.
The others had some furniture, but
We had only small cook stove and
one chair. made table bedstead
aud stools out of cedar. The house
was only 12x16 and had one window
After thirty-seven years, Frank
Miner is still farming on his old
homestead
What more need be said about the
climate, The soil and the opportuni.
ties Tor successful farming on vashon?
Surrounded now by neighbors. good
roads and all convenfences. he feels
he, with the other early settlers. has
had part in making them possible.
They have satisfaction which the
later ones can scarcely feel, that
sense of victory of real difficulties
overcome through sheer perseverance
and honest effort.
Vashon Island news. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1907-19??, 1915-06-17
BY Mrs. c. Hofmelster.

by MIS- =. iOlmelster.
We settled on Vashon Island II
April 1884, and have lived here eve
since on the old homestead, neve
having been away from the Islam,
longer than three or four days at
time. We have lived here so lonl
indeed no other place would seen
like home.
In the spring OF 1884 Mr.. Hofmels
ter and myself left Chicago to 90
West We arrived in Tacoma abou
the 18th Of April and week later
Mr.. Hofmeister met Mr.. Sayre, 9
resident of yashon Island, and through
his invitation came to the island and
took mp homestead. which Is known
at the presnt time as hillside
Farm"
When we first settled on our home
stead there was nothing but woods
dense forest We had a little cabin
about 12x12 built of shakes. We had
~ pfb AbliON i've III Nnltu We llOuStu
about dozen chickens.
Mr.. Hofmeister started to clear
land and burn down the big trees.
And one night we were afraid to stay
at home, as one Of the big frs was
burning fiercely which was leaning to-
ward our little shack. So we started
out to our nearest neighbor, Mr..
Price, distance of about a mile.
We stayed there all night and the next
morning started back home. The
tree was still standing and slowly
burning; so after supper my husband
said I'VE won't bother our neigh
bors tonight; | will go and chop it
down. He started in at $3.50 and
worked at 1t until 1890 midnight,
holding the lantern for him to see to
chop. The next day about noon |
heard Mr. Hofmeister ceiling, "Runl
the tree is falling over the housed"
of course started to run for safety.
ran until | heard the tree strike the
ground, and when looked around
saw the little cabin demolished. the
cook stove all broken up and the look
ing-glass splintered--not piece left
as large as your finger nail AS we
could not get another stove right
away, we had 10 do our cooking
around the stump fires, Of course. Mr.
Hofmeister had to dc most of the
cooking, as my clothing always caught
afire.
There were no stores on the Island,
and when we wanted to get provisions
or anything we had to go to Tacoma
in rowboat and then pack every
thing up from the beach on our backs.
AS there We're no conveyances of any
kind, no roads-only trails, we got
mail but once week; then we had to
80 10 vashon, as the postoftce was
located where Mr.. Harmeling now
lives.
There were only about twelve
families on the Island when we first
settled. All our children were born
on the Island, Edwin, the eldest, be-
ing the first white boy born here.
The Island has certainly improved
wonderfully since we first settled
here; but o. how different it is nowl
Portage WASHINGTON
Vashon Island news. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1907-19??, 1915-06-17


termaster, on the present Fentor
fp'Sce, where these first four familie.
stayed until they could build theil
cabins on their homesteads. Mrs
Price appropriately named the place
Fort Necessity" and the name
meant more than memorial to the
original fort of that name.
Ii was while the company was here
that Mr.. Miner, in the absence of the
other three men, was forced to tramp
through the woods over a none too
certain path to logging camp on
Maury Island after -four for the
hungry women and children.
As soon as possible, each family
took up its claim. Mr. and Mrs. Price
took so acres around where the Pyle
place now is; Mr.. S. d, Sherman
stayed at Quartermaster; Mr.. Gilman
where George Dowd now lives, and
Frank Miner on his present place.
The house Mr. Miner then built is
still standing, the oldest building Oh
the island.
If pioneering is hard on the main
land where poor trails are the only
handicap. ii is harder on an island
where everything must be brought
across the always changing waters in
little rowboats or awkward scows.
These men came with little or no sup
ply of money, and so to get food and
clothing while the land yielded only
rocks and stumps, the men had to
work IN Tacoma, while the women
held down" the claims. No wonder
Mrs. Miner claims her share of the
ranch!
When the men left for town Sunday
or Monday, in their rowboats, their
wives couldn't tell whether they got
there or not until the next Saturday
when they came home again to work
their homesteads, little by little i'm
proving their land and more firmly /
establishing the only really permanent
settlementa home.
After little, Mr. Miner, and others
who came with him, and some little /
later, began making shingles down at
the old Fort" to sell in town prob
ably the first product from the island,
which now boasts OF so many But it
was some time before their work in
Tacoma could be given up in favor OF
a permanent farmer life.
Mr.. Miners bert friend was his gun,
almost curio now, as it was old even
then, having crossed the plains in
40. 1t did what money can scarcely
10 now-bringing many meal of
ienison to the family.
In May, 1879, Ella, the first baby
BORN on the island, came to Mr.. and
Mrs. Miner Their eldest son was
Ilso born here. The other children
we're born in Tacoma, but Ella claims
he honor OF being the first vashon
'aby In the same year occurred the |
irst death, too. Mr.. and Mrs Moore
louise, who stayed with Mr.. and Mrs !
Miner month while building
louise, took up their homestead where
hrs. Allison now lives. When Mrs.
was sicl, that summer,
wo men rowed over to Tacoma to {
Il
Vashon Island news. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1907-19??, 1915-06-17
stat n Ohio. City of Toledo.
Lucas County. sS.

Statf u Ohio, city OF Toledo,
Lucas County, SIS.
frank j. Cheney makes oath that HI, Is
sen 20 partner of the firm OF f. j. Cheney
iedo County and State sfnresaid. and
maj sid firm will pay the sum of ONF,
flNNi'ED DOLLARS for each and ev-
rF ctse of Catarrh that cannot be cured
ny the use OF HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
sworn 10 before me and subscribed IN
y. = 1856.
eseap A. W. GLEASON.
Notary Public
.ialIs catarrh Cure is taken internally
'naSants directly upon the blood and mn
, ,.,,i, N&rfaees % the system. Send FOR
+ ] CHENEY 6 co. Toledo. O
S7'd by all Druggists. 75c.
rake Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-06-03
SMALL BOY INJURED.
TRIED TO HOP AUTO.

Earl, the little son OF Bert Car
ter. of West Hickman, was right
sharply hurt Monday, the result
of trying To hop "litney, driy
en by Richard Smith Ills first
attempt was successful, lnasmuch
a. the driver managed 10 grab
the little fellow aud hold han
until the ear stopped; but a So
ond try was not 40 fortunate
The momentum OF the ear caused
a fall that skinned aud bruised
Earl considerably and required
the services of a physician 10 dress
and patch up
This should be a warning 10
other boys. who unthoughledly
make attempts 10 hop aud ride
passing automobiles Even though
ihe ear is running slow, the driv
or cannot always stop IN time 10
avert an accident
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-06-03
HICKMAN RESEMBLES
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND.

Rev. j. w. BACKYARD. who sew
enteen years ago was pastor IN
this city, recently motored over
from Falton to meet old friends
and view the city he left so
many years ago, In write-up
of his trip, he said in part:
There has been some i'm
provement and growth but 40
marked change in this pictures
que little city since this writer
lived there nearly a score of years
ago. Hickman is unique little
city, sparkling like a diamond on
the bluffs that overlook the great
Father of Waters" | have
visited many towns and cities,
both in the United States and IN
Europe, but have never seen a
town just like Hickman as 10
physical features. Some parts OF
Edinburgh, Scotland, resemble
Hickman. or Hickman resembles
some parts of Edinburgh. A few
OF those met were the RandlcS,
the llubhards, the Smiths, the
AmbergS, the stephens, Fuquas,
Cowgills, etc At IL o'clock We
reached the elegant country res
idence of A. II Lect, three
miles east OF Hickman on the
State road. A magnificent din
ner awaited us there aud rs We
sat down 10 the feast We thought
of Eye" hungry editors aud
wished for your presence. Lect
is "A staunch Methodist, a pros
porous and progressive farmer
and runs IN connection with has
farm a creamery. Ills herd OF
forty Jerseys at milking time wa
an interesting sight Don I YOU
know that We Toasted on cream
and butterl Leet aud his gooo
wife and son and two charming
daughters entertained us royalty
The day was ideal, the roads Were
perfect. We went by the Stat.
Lime road and came back over IA,
State road This writer ha
heard for twenty years OF th'
magnificent country lying be-
tween Fulton and Hickman Al
ter viewing the country he wa.
like the queen of Sheba when sh'
visited Solomon and reached th'
conclusion that the half had no
been told. The land is gently
undulating aud Ia as rich al
cream. Taking II all together
there Is no finer section OF couu
try in the world than this scctioi
lying between Hickman and Ful
ltOn."