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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21
NEARLY a BREAKDOWN.
Mrs. Olberg, a Prominent Minnesota
Lady, Tells a Remarkable Story.

Lady, Tells a Remarkable Story.
Albert Lea, Mimi, Nov. 10, 1900.-
Especial. )-There are few men and
women in this State, OF indeed in the
whole Northwest, who have not heard,
or do not know personally, Mrs. Hen
riette G. Olberg Of this city.
Mrs. Olberg was Judge of Linen and
Linen Fabrics at the Worlds Fair, at
Chicago, and Superintendent of Flax
Exhibit at the International Exposi-
ton at Omaha, Neb.. in 1898. Mrs. Oh
berg is Secretary Of the National Flax,
Hemp and Ramie Association, and AS
sistant Editor of the "Distaff.''
Her official duties are naturally very
onerous, and involve a great deal of
travelling and living away from home.
She says:
During the Worlds Fair in Chicago
my official duties so taxed my strength
that / thought l would have to give
them up. Through the continual change
of food and irregular meal hours, and
a poor quality Of water, | lost my ap-
petite. and became wakeful and nerv-
Gus in the extreme. My kidneys re-
fused to perform their usual duties.
One OF my assistants advised me to try
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and sent for a
box. l am pleased to say that l de-
rived immediate and permanent bene-
fit. l used three boxes, and feel ten
years younger.
~ have great confidence in the eff
cacy of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and am
always glad to speak good word in
their favor.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are weak wom-
ems best friend"
All Dealers. 30 cents a box
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

There is more Catarrh in this section of
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced it local
disease, and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing TO cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science
has proven catarrh to be constitutional
disease and therefore requires constitutional
treatment Halls Catarrh Cure, manufac
tured by f. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo Ohio
is the only constitutional cure on the mar
ket 1t is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. They offer one hundred dollars for
any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address,
f. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21
Germany in World Politics.

The German empire has left its period
of evolution behind it and has entered
upon its epoch of growth, says Sig. Crispi
in the Chicago Tribune. Thirty years
ago the task consisted in laying the foun-
dation of the structure of the empire and
in cementing it together with blood and
iron. Then came a period of blissful
ished new tasks presented themselves to
the new generation, and it is merely
sign Of health and strength that the liv-
ing generation of the German people
bravely devotes itself to the solution of
all those problems which are at present
comprised in the words world politics..
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21
Religion of Lazlness in Kieff.

traordinary religious community in that
city, whose chief tenet is idleness. They
are known as the Melevantchina, from
the name of their founder, Corrado Male
waning, who was released from a lunatic
asylum in 1872 and straightway began
to propagate his strange sect. Basing
which "toil not, neither do they spin,"
the Malevantchina reject all work except
that of the household, wear coarse, SOM
Der garments, and restrict themselves to
diet of bread and cheap fruits.-Lon-
don EynreSS
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21
New Use for Peat.

A large Dublin manufacturer has a
room entirely furnished with Irish peat.
The carpets ON the floors, the curtains at
the windows and the paper on the wal
are made from this substance. For
years he has experimental with the ma
terial, which is now very largely export
ed as fuel, and he has discovered that
from it is possible to produce almost any
kind of fabric. The process is simple
being extracted and woven like cotton OF
silk. The fabrics have the toughness
of linen and the warmth Of wool. Blan-
kets made of them are found to excel in
warmth and lightness anything yet dis
covered
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21
SPINNING WHEEL.


OL-FASHIONED APPLE SASS.
Nothin like H. if you please,
In the line o. luxuries
Fur the table; nothin' kin
Rival it an hope to win!
Nectar o. the gods? Why, it
Hasn't got no show to git
In the same tongue-ticklin' class
With oil fashioned apple sass
In tie days Of oil lang syne
That oil mother dear o. mine
Used to make it good an sweet
Nuff fur any god to eat!
Butter up q hefty slice
Of her bread so white an nice
Smooth Ii down as Slick as glass,
Then pile on the apple sdss
Didn't keer fur pie nor cake,
Dl0nt sort O. never take
Kindly to nc fancy deal
Made for trimmin off a meal.
N0thin' didn't never fit
IN our appcttes like it;
Nothin never seemed to pass
Muster like that apple sass!
Our presidin' elders then
Was our eppycureS, an when
They would come their Judgment stood
AS the law regardin' food,
An | can't fergit how they
Useter smack their lips an say:
sister, guess you'll have to pass
Me some more that apple sass!''
Wimmen claim to make it VII,
BUT It's jest a counterfeit
FILLED with spice an stuff that kills
All the apple taste, an fills
Us oil fellers full o. cuss
When they flash in front of us
This new fake they try to pass
OFT as good OF apple sass.
Denver Evening Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21
Try Grain-o. TRY Grain-o.

Ask your Grover today to show you
package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee. The
children may drink it without injury as
well as the adult. All who try it like it.
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of
Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure
grains, and the most delicate stomach re-
ceives it without distress. IA the price of
coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Sold
by all orocers
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21
Extent OF China.

Extending from north to south, Indo-
Guiding a wide variety of climate. In
the southern provinces the year is divid-
ed into two seasons, wet and dry. In
Tonkin and Anam the four Western sea-
sons prevail with the difference that the
heat attains an intensity unknown in Eu-
rope, and the climate is so facilitating as
to unfit Europeans for manual labor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21
knowing Where to Find Tt.

Education, it has been said, is not
knowing many things, but knowing how
to find cut what one wants to know.
There are persons VINO have the COM
mendable habit of writing to a news
paper when they want to find out any
thing. Then the editor picks a book of
reference from the shelf and answers the
question, and it is as likely as not that
the questioner had the same book on his
own shelf, only he was not educated TO
the point of knowing that that was the
book to look in.-New York Tribune
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21
Best for the Bowels.

No matter what als you, headache to
cancer, you will never get well until
your bowels are put right CASCA-
REFS help nature, cure you without a
grippe or pain, produce easy natural move
ments, cost you just 10 cents to start get
ting your health back. CASCARETS
Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in
metal boxes. every tablet has G. G. G..
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21
spiders, webs for cuts DANGEROUS.

A French scientific journal warns it's
readers against tine time-honored custom
of using spiders webs to stop bleeding.
1t is claimed that webs are peculiarly
liable to be infected with microbes, and
among other Affections that have been
traced to the use of old dusty spiders
webs bound upon wounds is the dreaded
tetanuS, or lOckiaW.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21
Tact the Lubricatos. OF Life.

Tact is one of the cardinal virtues, par
ticularly when it is absent from Wash
ington society leaders list of attributes.
Beauty, wealth, position are as nothing
where tact is lacking. And what is
tact? Why. the happiness of doing and
saying the right thing at the right mo-
ment is one efinition.-Boston Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

The naval commander-in-chief of a
British colony is entitled to the prefix of
.his excellency."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an in
fallble medicine for coughs and colds
N. W. Samuel Ocean Grove, n. j., Feb.
IL. 1900
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

A mint is to be established in Cana
da for the coinage of gold. Heretofore
the coming of the metallic currency of
Canada has been done in England.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21
Hebrew Marriages..

In Hebrew marriages the woman is al
ways placed to the right of her mate:
With every other nation of the. world
her place in the ceremony is to the left
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

why doth the fusv improve each shining
minute because okes the White Flag Scent cigar,
that has Havanan it. Mfg. BY III. 5. Meyer, Milwaukee.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

Moves the bowels each day. In order
to be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures
sick headache. Price % and SOC.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

Only one colored soldier wears the
Victoria Cross-Lance Sergt Gordon of
the West Indian regiment.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21
Coughing Leads to CONSUMPTION.

Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist today and gel
a sample bottle free. Sold in 70 and &c
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan
gerOuS.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

There are 100000 French Canadians,
Of whom $4,000 are voters, in Massachu-
Sets
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AL
druggists refund the money if itfails to cure.
E. w. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

Farms. Improved or Tlmberlands in this
state for sale or exch nge for city property. JOHN
PETERS 1903 Vliet St., Milwaukee.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

PUTNAM FADELESS DYE pro-
duces the fastest and brightest colors of
any known dye stuff.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

The Argentine Republic exported on
" 205, 105 bales of wool last year, a
again 2S7. 479 in 1898.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

Fishers FIavOring Extracts are Endorsed
by pure food laws and the u S. government for their
PURITY and STRENGTH, A. j. Hilbert Co., Mlw.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

There are about 100000 Indians in
the Dominion of Canada located upon re-
serves in different districts.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

Husband arrives from lodge at 2 a. ri.
meeting in one week.
Wife-"I'm jist past speakin' tae yer
Husband-"Od! Jean, I'm g-g-glad tae
hear that. I'll ken whan tae come hame
after this. Glasgow Evening Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

English ''auto" builders contemplate
a uniform advance Of about 20 per cent
In the prices of their vehicles.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

There are only ffty-six Chinese
newspapers in China.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

IF THERE IS anything in the Drug Line, YOU
cannot get in your city, write TO SEGALLS DRUG
STORE, Milwaukee, Wis.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21
High Angle Fire.
Lane's Family Medicine

High-angle fire is that from guns at al
elevations beyond Is degrees.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21
Brilliant Glass Redstead.

It is said that a bedstead of unique
and remarkably brilliant design is being
made for one of Queen Victorias prince,
ly Indian subjects. The head and foot
rails and the pillars of the bedstead are
entirely of diamond cut glass, while the
crimson velvet hangings are ornamented
with crescents and stars of cut glass and
bordered with a fringe of the same ma
tnrial
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

George had been working all the SIM
mer to get a place in the brass band as
cornet player, and just as his hopes
seemed to be on the verge of fulillment
she me. him on his way home from the
postoffice, and linking ner arm lovingly
in his, walked on in silence until they
reached the popular walk.
There she stopped in the long shadows,
and said:
George, wish you wouldn't play the
cornet in the now band'
why not?' said he, in surprise. st
is the place of honor, and l get great
deal of attention by it, GEAR"
Yes, know she said coaxingly. ''It
is SO nice to have you noticed by every
one, and all that. darling. but
She paused and hung her curly head a
little lower.
but what?' said he sharply.
Blowing the cornet makes makes :
her voice sank to a poutng whisper
makes the lips so stiff and hard''
She won.-Answers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

The late John NJ Palmer was one of
the wits of public life. When he retired
from the Senate he showed no signs of
discouragement,b but said to some friends:
Patience is all need. | come into fash
ion about every ten years in Illinois"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21
Exempt from Duty.

Irish mayors are exempt from duty i
courts of law.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

A timber merchant was sitting in his
office one day musing sadly over the gen,
eral depression in trade, when a quiet
looking young man entered.
do you sell beechwood?" asked the
stranger.
Yes. SIR replied the timber man. ris-
ing with alacrity, and hoping devoutly to
book large order; 1--WE can supply it
either in the log Or the plank"
sOh, / don't want as much as that,
said the youLg man, shifting his feet I'M
easily. Il just want a bit for fiddle
bridge" Tit Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

Bobbs "Nobbs joined the great major
ity last Tuesday morning"
Dobbs-''Poor fellow, | am shocked to
learn of his DEATH"
Bobbs-"Oh, he didn't die. He voted
for Mckinley" -Ba,timore American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

Mrs. Sothing-''I'm afraid you're go
ing to buy a drink with that twopence
| gave YOU"
Bill Bumpers didn't size me
gauge, lady: Twopence don't buy me no
drink. 1t jist gifts me a taste" Modem
Society.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

Hiram had returned home from college,
where he had won high honors as a stu
dent of the ancient languages, but he
fell down. one day when his sister, a
demure young girl in her teens, asked
him to translate a sign she had seen in
front of an opticians office. which read
thus
con SULTU SABO UTYO UREY ES.
Hiram struggled manfully with it for
several minutes and gave it mp.
1T isn't good Latin" he said. There
are some words in it that are Latin, but
the others are either wrong in terminal
ton or are barbarisms from other Ian
guages, and, taken as a whole, it doesn't
make sense"
THAT is what ] said.' reioined his sis
ter, but Keturah. out in the kitchen,
translates it without any trouble. She
says it means Consult us about your
eyes
Whereupon Hiram collapsed Boston
Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

During the great Chesterfelds wan
behring's abroad he once rested at an inn
which was kept in any but a neat condi-
ton. Not only were the rooms untidy,
but even the dishes from which the
guests were expected to eat were dirty
This was too much for Lord Chester
field. and he soundly rated the waiter
Everyone must eat his peck of dirt, :"
the latter coolly observed
'"True," was the instant retort; ''but
no one is obliged to eat it all at once"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

the names of the three Chinese peace
commissioners-Gha Ching and
Sheng."
And how did you give them?'
Every way except the right one.
Shans, Sing, Cheng, Sang, Shing, Sens
Il gave EN- in every blessed style they
could be given wrong. 1t was altogether
too hard test. By George, it was in
human Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

An Irishman was wheeling heavy
barrel up a street the other day when
some one asked him: Mike, what have
you got in that barrel?' "'Pon me word
| hardly. know meself, for it has whisky
OH one side and Pat Duffy on the other"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

MY wife took mean advantage of
me the other night. / had been out a
little late with some Buffalo boys, and
she was very solicitous about my condi-
ton. | assured her I was all right, and
then she proposed test that hoored
me instanter.'
What was it 2"
''She asked me to rapidly pronounce
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

"Yessir,' said the returned Klondiker,
lone of my dogs-iust a common mon
grelsaved my life"
"And you were not heartless enough to
sell him, were your they asked.
Nav. | ate him" indianapolis
Press
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

Dolly was out for walk and met an
old friend of her grandfather And how
old are you, little one?' asked the old
gentleman. But Dolly was indignant.
I'm hardly Old at all; I'm nearly new"
she answered, tossing her head.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

Clara said mother to her little s.
year-old daughter, who had been spend
ing the day with a neighboring playmate,
were you a good girl during your Wis
it?' Il don't know, mamma; I had just
SO much fun that | forgot to pay any at
tention to myself. Boston Post
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

81 have two suits for my two boys"
says a Philadelphia man, lone new and
expensive; the other very old and ugly
and worn. They own these suits in com
mon, and the boy who gets up first in the
morning wears the good one as re-
ward. Both boys are fond of dress, and
so this scheme works we'll. The minute
| shout Boys, get up they spring out of
bed and make a rush for the new suit.
Sometimes they reach it together, when
there will be hot fight over who's to
wear it, and | have to come up and re-
store order with hairbrush.''
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

Tess-"Mr. Peppery is just hateful''
Jess-"What has he been doing to
you?"
Tess-"He gave me his seat in the car
today, and then. leaning over, said: L
beg your pardon. i must be getting hard
of hearing: but you're very welcome =
Philadelphia Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

He-"For goodness sake, what are you
signing about?"
She behind the paper)-"Oh, there are
such lovely bargains here in Jones q
Jones advertisement, and | can't take adj
vantage Of them"
"Bonnets, I SUPPOSED"
She-"No, complete line of patent
medicines reduced one-half, and there's
not blessed thing the matter with any
of u.s."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

A small Boston child Of our acquain-
lance went to the Baptist Sunday school
for the first time Wnen she returned
her mother asked her what she had
learned there She said, THAT John the
Baptist was found in the wilderness,
dressed in d sealskin coat, with a silk
scarf around him, that he was eating
cockroachcs and wild honey, and that he
was baptized at Jordan Marsh s."-Life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

'sWhile travelling on the continent last
summer" said gentleman who has just
returned from a European trip, Il en-
gagged the services of a courier, and one
evening on arriving at an inn in Austria
| sent him to enter my name in accord
ance with the police regulations OF that
country. The man replied that he had
already anticipated my wishes and regis
tered me as an American gentleman of
means.
but how did you write my name:'
[ asked.
II can't exactly pronounce it. but |
copied it carefully from your portman-
teau, sir
But it is not there l said, Bring
me the book
THE register was brought and on look
ing at it what was my amazement a.
finding, instead of very plain English
name of two syllables, the following por-
tentous entry: Monsieur Warranted
Solid Leather. Washington Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-11-21

4 friend was once speaking to the late
Bishop Brooks Of q clergyman whose
congregation had begun to feel that it
would be advisable for them to have a
natural" said he, in reply to an indignant
remonstrance from the bishop. "for YOU
see he's on the shady side Of co. ''Ihe
shady siden' retorted the bishop, with a
smile: why. you mean the sunny side.
Surely, it's the side nearest glory
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-27

heard on the front porch, and voices
were heard as it talking in whispers.
The bell rang. Mr.. Hardy rose to go
to the door. His wife chung to him ter
rified.
"oh. don't go. Robert! l am afraid
for you
"Why. Mary, it cannot be anything
to harm me. Don't be alarmed
Nevertheless he was little startled.
The day had been trying one for him.
He went to the door, his wife and the
children following him close behind.
He threw it wide open, and there, sup
ported by two of his companions, one
of them the young man Mr.. Hardy
had seen in the hotel lobby at noon,
was his son George, too drunk to stand
alone. He leered into the face of his
father and mother with drunken look
that froze their souls with despair as
the blaze of the hall lamp fell upon
him Keeling there.
And SO the first of Robert Hardy's
seven days came to an end.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-27
lro BE coNr1NuED.l
A Question OF Grammar.

"Ain't you got any sense?" asked the
4-year-old daughter Of the man who
doesn't believe in corporal punishment.
"Why, my dear" said the father re-
provingly, "aren't you ashamed to talk
to papa that way?"
Excuse me, papa she answered. Il
meaned to say isn't you got any sensew
indianapolis News,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-27

stand alone.
were being discussed, and as it drew
near to midnight again Robert Hardy
felt almost happy in the atmosphere of
that home and the thought that he
could still for a little while create joy
for those who loved him. Suddenly he
spoke Of his other son:
II wish George would come in. Then
our family circle would be complete
But it is bedtime for you, Bess. and all
of US, for that matter
It was just then that steps were