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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-24
STRATEGY OF THE ANT.
Little Insect Can Plan a Foray in
Perfect Style.

From military standpoint, the meth
Cd employed by ants to provide food for
an ant colony are almost perfect. Their
foraging parties are fauitiess, both in
planning and execution, and are almost
uniformly successful A resident of this
city who is at present in business in
South Africa has sent home a description
of foray of an army of ants.
The army which be estimates to have
numbered about $4,000 ants, started
from their home in the mud walls of =
hut and marched in the direction of a
small mound Of fresh earth but a few
yards distant. The head of the colmun
halted on reaching the foot of the mound
and waited for the rest of the force TO
arrive at the place of operations, which
evidently was to be the mound of fresh
earth. When the remainder had arrived
and halted so that the entire army was
assembled, a number of ants detached
themselves from the main body and be-
gan to ascend to the top of the mound
while the others began moving SO as to
encircle the base of the mound.
Very soon q number from the detach-
ment which had assembled the mound,
evidently the attacking party, entered
the loose earth and speedily returned,
each bearing cricket or a young grass
hopper, dead, which he deposited upon
the ground and then returned for a fresh
load. Those who remained ON the out
side of the mound took up the crickets
and grasshoppers as they were brought
out and bore them down to the base of
the hill, returning for fresh load. Soon
the contents of the mound seemed to be
exhausted, and then the whole party re-
turned home, each carrying his burden of
food for the community.
Here, then, was regular fOray,
planned and executed with military pre-
cision, the country surveyed, the depot of
provisions known accurately before the
march was made, and the most pruden-
tial division of labor and care taken that
none of the victims should escape
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-24
About the Prince of Wales.

Here are some interesting facts about
the Prince of Wales, which are con-
densed from his biography as written by
his private secretary:
He was born November 9, 1S41.
He has one private secretary, two as
sistant secretaries and a staff Of clerks
to assist him.
He receives 100 letters a day and an
swers many of them.
He has every order Of knighthood in
Europe.
His uniforms are worth $4,000.
He is the chief horse owner, dog own
er and yachtsman in England.
He goes to church every Sunday morn
ing.
He started life with an income of $780,
600 a year.
He loves to travel incognito in Paris.
His favorite Vehicle IN London is a
hanson cab, yet his stables cost $75, 900
a year.
He has friends in every nation and
speaks German, French, Italian and
Russian.
He is feet inches tall and weighs
$50 pounds.
When he was young he was very ten
der-hearted and cried for days when a
tutor left him.
He is said to be one of the best shots
He sets the fashion in clothes for the
whole world.
He has thirteen university degrees.
lie has made more speeches than any
other man in the world, but mostly short
ones.
He owns the deepest mine in England
He was the first Christian to dine with
Sultan.-Golden Days.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-24
Work a Means, Not an End.

The primary function of education is
the presentation of our individual life,
and suffice it to say that this conception
Man does not labor solely to earn his
bread, but principally in order that the
divine, the spiritual, within him may find
expression so that he may become con-
scious of the nature of God and of his
own Godlike identity. Bread. dwelling
house and clothes, though acquired in the
course of labor, are yet unimportant ac-
cessories. When elevated to this stand
ard labor is brought into intimate rela-
ton with religion, each being compile
mentary to the other.-The Forum.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-24
No News Good News.

w. 3. Wilson, one of the officers of
the Pennsylvania railroad, was in close
contact with President Lincoln during
volume which he printed privately he
tells many Illuminating anecdotes of the
great and humorous statesman, relates
the Philadelphia Record. Mr.. Wilson
was in charge of war telegraph office,
and the President often dropped in on
him for the latest bulletins. One day in
September, 1861, the President called in
this manner, in company with Secretary
Seward, and said:
"GoOd morning. What news?'
Mr.. Wilson. answered.: Good news,
because none"
"Ah, my young friend" said the Pres
ident, 'that rule doesn't always hold
good, for fisherman doesn't consider it
good luck when he can't get bite
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-24
Prosperity in Porto Rico.

Many new factories, supplied with
modern machinery, are being erected
in Porto Rico. Tobacco culture has in
creased immensely, and the demand
from the United States is booming the
cigar trade. The coffee plantations
suffered from the hurricane, and many
of the planters were too poor to imme-
diately repair the damage, but nature
has helped, and in localities where a
few months ago it was estimated that
the yield would not exceed 10 per cent
of normal, it is now conceded that IA
vorable conditions give prospect of
40, 80 or 60 per cent.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-24
Another Argument Exn1oded

The United Commercial Travellers
Association of America has 1916 mem
bers in 1900, and it had 1888 in 1896, an
increase of % per cent.
The Travellers Protective Associa-
ton of America has 1922 members in
1900, and had 11,O9O in 1896, a gain of
AZ per cent.
The Commercial Travellers Mutual
Accident Association of New York has
a membership of 2O,S6O, compared with
16,166 in 1896, gain of % per cent.
More travellers are ON the road to-day
than ever before, despite the calamity
howl to the contrary.
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his duty. without sparing himself in the


his duty. without sparing himself in the
coming fight.
=
''Look ERE, old chap-we amt going
to call you White Feather no more
said Trumpeter Pipes, as they lay to-
gether behind the shelter of a large boul-
der, against the face Of which the Boer
In full sight of the whole army, their
squadron had crossed the Boer front
amidst hail of bullets which had
brought twenty men to earth.
white Feathers" horse had been shot
under him, and, at the risk of his life,
he had carried the wounded trumpeter
into the shelter of the boulders. He was
fear and great eXertion.
From between two boulders he peeped
out and saw. amid the bodies of men
and horses that Uttered the plain, a
wounded man crawling on his hands
and knees, amid spatter Of bullets that
were kicking puffs of dust from the dry
earth all around him.
1t was his captain.
white Feather" watched him for a
moment; then he saw him stop and lie
down on his side despairingly. He could
crawl no more.
81 will, for her sake!'' he murmured
between his clenched teeth, and rising
hail of death that battered to the earth
around him.
AS he walked into the open a faint
cheer reached his ears from the British
troops half a mile behind MIN. The
Royal artillery backed him with shrek
ing flight of shrapnel, which whistled for
a moment overhead, then burst over the
Boer lines a quarter of mile away in
shower of bullets that for moment
quelled the storm around him.
He reached the wounded man. lifted
him on his back, and returned step by
step to where Trumpeter Pipes lay hid
| den.
Bravo as he staggered and fell with
his burden into the kindly shelter of the
rock.
That was "White Feathers" reward.
On distant hill the British command
er shut his fieldglasses with snap.
'Tell the general to keep down the fires
on the right there, and to get those men
in from behind those boulders." he said
| to his aide-'and bring me that mans
name. If he is alive, tell him that l saw
it all. and that Pm going to recommend
him for the Cross.
"Never saw a finer show of fire disci-
pine in my life.' added the commander
to himself, as his aide galloped off,
''White Feathers" eyes glistened as he
received the message and heard the cheer
that swept along the lines as ne was car
ried in.
perhaps I shall get that commission
after all,'' he said to himself; then she
will think more of men'
| Perhaps it was just as well that he
died five minutes later, this faithful wOr-
shipper of a goddess Of clay.-Penny Pic
torial Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-24
Farewell to Bryan.

(Air: Johnny Comes Marching Honey
Wen never forget Sixteen to One" Oh,
no; oh. no!
Well never forgive your "Scuttle and
Run" Oh, no! Oh, no!
We've got no use for your croaking
cry:
ooh. don't you fear the militari?"
So fare you well; we're all Mckinley
men.
SO fare you well; we're all Mckinley
men.
Well never desert the dear old flag. Oh,
no! Oh, no!
We don't admire that fraud and brag,
EMILIO!
Well never believe in prophets sent
To preach the gospel Of discomfort.
So fare you we'll; we're all prosperity
So fare you well; we're all Mckinley
men.
We're rallying up ten million men. Oh,
yes! Oh, yes!
To vote Mckinley in again. Oh, yes!
Oh, yes!
No danger turks behind the flag
But the man who works the silver gag.
So fare you well; we're none of us silver
men.
So fare you we'll; we're all Mckinley
men.
William Edwin Anderson.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-24
Satter1ee and His Hogs.

Ben Satterlee, one of the prosperous
farmers of Seminary township, in Fay
cite County, Illinois, arrived in Van
dalia recently with thirteen wagon
loads of hogs, making procession of
no mean proportions. This was the sur
plus Of Mr.. Satterlee's hog raising. At
the scales he found the weight to be
1850 pounds. He sold the hogs to
Fred Morrison of Ramsey at cents
per pound. Mr.. Satterlee netted $675
from the sale. The st. Louis market
reports for the months of May and
including September, 1896, show the
average price of hogs in the st. Louis
market to have been $2.75 per 100
pounds, and the average market price
for hogs in the same market on Aug.
%, 1900, was $5.47. The difference be-
tween the average price for 1896 and
the market price on Aug. "a of this
year was $2.72 per 100 pounds, which,
multiplied by the weight, gives Mr.
Satterlee $367.20 more for his hogs
than he could have got in 1S96-an-
other contrast in the prices of farm
products between 1896 and 1900, dem
onstrating that Mckinley was the lad
vance agent of prosperity" in 1896
When Mr.. Satterlee presented his
check at the bank, he was paid in Mr.
Bryan's 200-cent dollars, and the cash
Ter handed him the money in gold l..
w. Russell, a neighbor, was present
and exclaimed: ''By gosh! Ben! Five
cents for hogs, paid in gold, is good
enough for u.s." The facts related ap-
ply just as we'll in any Western State
as in Illinois.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-24
The Fire in the Rear.

Standing by the grave Of Henry w.
Lawton, l appeal to the patriotic mill
ions of my countrymen without regard
to politics, to put an end to the pesti-
lent fire in the rear, which for nearly
two years has followed our army in the
Philippines, filling the hearts of our
own soldiers with despair, and the
hearts of their enemy with comfort
and good cheer.-Jonathan P. Dolliyer,
in the House Of Representatives, Feb.
q. 1900. al aissaie
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-24
O1ney and the Trusts.

Ex-Secretary Olney was the man who
advised President Cleveland to use
Federal troops against the strikers in
Chicago during the term of the last
Democratic administration.
What did ex-Secretary Olney do when
he was Attorney General to check the
growth of trusts and monopolies? Moth
ing. But he made an excuse for doing
nothing. He said, when Attorney Gen
eral, the trusts could not be controlled
by Federal laws, but that they were
under the Jurisdiction of State laws and
must be proceeded against by State Of
ficialS
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-24
The Army and Local Troubles,

~
The army has never been called upon
but twice in the history Of the country
to interfere with rioting that followed
strikes, and then only after the re-
sources of the local authorities to pre-
vent trouble had become exhausted.
Grover Cleveland, a Democrat, sent
troops to Chicago in 1894, after the
local authorities had shown their in
ability to cope with rioting and John
P. Altgeld, then Governor, had refused
to call out the State troops.
Governor Steurenberg FusionisD Of
Idaho called on the Government for aid
to suppress ri0ting in Idaho.
That is the record, and there is not,
as Mr. Bryan says, a growing practice
of calling in the army to settle labor
troubles"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-24
Significant Contrasts.

In August, 1896, after two years of
free trade, and with fear of Organism,
the failures were 1,175 in number, with
liabilities amounting to $26, 11O,366.
In August, 1900, after three years Of
protection and with confidence in the
reelection of Mckinley, the number of
failures was 7O5, with liabilities
amounting to Sc, 255 ,O92.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-24
M'KINLEY AND PENSIONS.
The President Has Always Been the
Earnest Friend of Old Soldiers.

The President Has Always Been the
Earnest Friend of Old Soldiers.
In an interview, Hon. D. l. Murphy,
former Commissioner Of Pensions,
states that President Mckinley, on the
morning Of Sept. 4, 1899, said to the
National Committee on Pensions, G. A.
R.: There is no use denying the fact
gentlemen, that the money power Of
the country is against any further ex-
pansiOn Of the pension roll" The I'M
dersigned members, only, of the Pen
sion Committee, called on the President
by appointment that morning and in
the interest of justice we desire to say
that this statement is not true. The
President did not on that occasion, nor
at any other time, make use of any
such words, nor did he make any such
suggestion then or at any other time,
and we were present at all the confer
ences between the President and the
National Committee on Pensions from
July, 1899, until the passage of the bill
amending the act of June u, 1890, in
May, 1900 At each conference he un-
reservedly approved the amendments
proposed by the committee and unani-
mously adopted by the Philadelphia en-
campment. More than this, the Presi-
dent freely gave to the committee and
the soldiers and sailors and their de-
pendent ones whom we represented his
personal aid il securing the passage of
the bill. Having satisfied himself Of
the absolute justice of the measure, he
did not hesitate to declare in favor Of
the amendment of the act of 1890 and
pension laws. The President is the
earnest and practical friend of the SOL
diers and sailors of this country. From
the very beginning of his public career
he has given expression to a sincere re-
gard for his comrades of the war, and
on all proper occasions he has not fail
ed to declare himself earnestly in IA
vor of liberal administration of the
pension laws. In his official capacity
as a member of Congress and as the
chief executive of the nation, he has
evinced the utmost concern for liberal
lied pension legislation and admins
tration. 1t is a cruel and wicked wrong
to put into the mouth Of the President
the words ascribed to him in this inter-
view. He does not entertain such senti-
ments. The chief executive executes
the laws as enacted by Congress, and
no President in the history of this re-
public has performed his duty more
faithfully in this regard than our COM
rade, William Mckinley. He was and
is in thorough accord with the senti-
ments Of the Grand Army as expressed
at Philadelphia and Chicago, in the adj
ministration of the pension laws, and
Of this fact the National Pension Com
mittee has full knowledge.
r. B. BROWN, Chairman,
GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
JNO. PALMER,
Ex-Secretary State Of the State of New
York; Past Commander in Chief G. A.
R., 1892.
Wy DT1DCT
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-24

The Ben Harrison mine in the
Greenhorn district, Oregon, has been
bonded to Eastern people for $4,000.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-24

O1ney on the Duties of Citizenship.
If one citizen may properly withhold
his vote, logically all may, and all the
wheels of government be stopped.
To decline voting because practically
assured that others will vote is but to
give the latter an undue share of polit.
zeal power and to forfeit the right to
complain of any abuse of it.
The obligations of citizenship are
avoided, not performed, by standing
neutral in an election.
The voting power is a trust which
calls for use and is violated by the ne
glect to use.-From His Letter Of Aug.
A.
An Advertiser reporter called at the
office of the Election Commissioners
yesterday to ascertain if Mr.. Olney had
himself done the duty he so eloquently
prescribed for others. This was the re-
suit:
Mr. Olney is not yet on the voting list
of 1900
Mr.. Olney was not on the voting list
of 1899.
Mr.. Olney was not on the voting list
of 1898.
Mr.. Olney was not on the voting list
Of 1897.
Mr.. Olney was not on the general vot-
ing list of 1896.
Back of this the Commissioners did
not have time to go, and research
would be accompanied by investigation
of musty volumes in the assessors de-
partment-but there is a suspicion that
Mr.. Olney voted for Cleveland in 1892.
From the Boston Daily Advertiser Of
Sept. Z.
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JNO. PALMER,

Ex-Secretary State Of the State of New
York; Past Commander in Chief G. A.
R., 1892.
J. w. BURST,
Sycamore, Ill.
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TRUTH OR FALSEHOOD7
Records ON the Trust Question Which
Will Trouble Mr.. Bryan to Explain.

Will Trouble Mr.. Bryan to Explain.
In his letter Of acceptance Mr. Bryan
asserts that the Republican party has
done nothing, attempted nothing, and
can be expected to do nothing to pro-
tect the people from trust monopolies
Ii this is the truth, it is an important
truth; it it is lie, it is a reckless, afro
clous lie which should forever discredit
the man who uttered it. Let us see
A few months ago, speaking at the Chi
cago antitrust conference, Mr.. Bryan
said:
Il believe Congress has, or should
have, the power to place restrictions
and limitations, even to the point Of
prohibition, upon any corporation or
gained in one State that wants to do
business outside of the State. =
/ am in favor of an amendment to the
Constitution that will give to Congress
| power to destroy every trust in the
country
At the first session of the Fifty-sixth
| Congress the Republican majority of
| the House Judiciary Committee report
| ed a constitutional amendment exactly
| in line with Mr.. Bryan's plan of deal.
ing with trusts, as follows:
ITO lodge in Congress the power to
define, regulate, control, prohibit or dis
solve trusts, monopolies or combina-
| TONS"
On the roll call on the question of sub
hitting this constitutional amendment
for ratification by the various States OF
the Union the vote was as follows:
Republicans-For, 149; against, 2.
| Democrats and Populists- 5;
against, 100.
In the light Of this record, did the
Popocrat candidate state truth or false
hood when in his letter of acceptance
he asserted that the Republican party
has done nothing, attempted nothing,
and can be expected to do nothing to
protect the people from trust mo-
nopolies?
The evening times., 1900-06-02
THE MARKET IRREGULAR
A ReactiOnary Ten ieney in the
Stock Dealings.
London Furnishes n Higher Range
of Prices for American Share~-su-
gar Refining Breaks shnrpis-steei
IndustrinIs UpenvOrnbfy Affected
Limited Changes I'm Railway List.

NEW YORK, June 2.-There was no
particular explanation in the news OF the
morning of the somewhat reactionary tend
ency that appeared in the Stock Market.
There was the usual amount Of profit real
izing sales Incidental TO the end of the
week in still narrow and professional
market and some appearances of resump-
tion of operations for the short account.
London furnished a higher range of prices
for American stocks. but subsequently did
little or nothing in the local market Pro-
found dullness was reported the. chief fea-
ture of the London dealings. partly on ac-
count of the approaching Whitsuntide holI-
days
In many instances the highest prices of
the day were made at the opening OF bust
ness. The later dealings were exceedingly
irregular
Sugar Refining broke rather sharply at
the opening, and the steel industr ais W re
naturally unfavorably affected by the clos
ing down Of the American Steel and Wire
Company's mills at Cleveland.
The price changes in the railway list
were limited. The Atchison issues we par
ticularly firm in advance OF the approach
ing dividend declaration en- the prcferr cd
stock and Baltimore and Ohio and Mis-
souri, Pacific were also steady. The gr-nger
shares were actively dealt in and w1rs
slightly reactionary.
The local traction issues were dull but
steady, perhaps on the strong showing
made today by the Metropolitan Str ct
Railway Company. Comparatively sm all in
terest appeared TO be taken in the week y
bank statement and at any rate, the fig
ures expected were not an effective infu-
ence In the dealings in the market.
The evening times., 1900-06-02
DGzEy'S Pure
kzaH Whiskey
RELEASING A LOVER FROM JAIL
An American Assisted to Escape by n
Mexican Woman.

Ntrom lne Ihlc1go AnrOniSle.)
Frank Howard an American imprisoned
in a Mexican dungeon. owes his life and
liberty TO the love of p, native woman
Howard was a freight conductor on the
Mexican Central. ON the division between
Jimulco and Jiminez. During his perioos
of layoyer in Jiinulco he met pretty Ma
ria Gonzales, who first admired the young
American and then fell in love with him.
Less than a week ago, when Howard S
train was approaching the yards st Jimul-
CO. the air mechanism of one OF the cars
failed to work and Howard opened the
emergency valve in the caboose. The ef-
feet was a sudden jerk of the forward
cars native brakeman sat on the brake
of Sne OF these cars and the jerk threw
him to the ground, and one of his arms
was broken by the fall.
In consonance with Mexican laws re-
garding railroad accidents, Howard was
held responsible, was arrested. and placed
il Jail. While Howards friends were en-
deavoring to secure a hearing OF the case
his sweetheart twas planning and doing
She took her sister into her confidence and
likewise a brother. one of the night en-
ployes of the roundhouss. She won their
sympathies and promises of cooperation.
On the fourth night of Howard's impris-
onment the plot was ripe. Early that
evening Maria found the conductor of No.
Z due TO leave for the North at 1850. She
tod him her story also and he agreed TO
held the train. At an hour when the town
had gone - sleep a. crowbar was laid con-
veniently near the iail. a few minutes lat
or the heroic giri'sIsiste appeared at the
entrance 10 the jail. She told the jaile.
The evening times., 1900-06-02

There was hesitation in the Stock Mar
ket this morning, and the net result OF
the days business was to a certain eX-
tent Disappointing, as 1T had been expect
ed by many that the strong market of
yesterday would be followed by a boom
today for the purpose of inducing public
buying on Monday. The railway list was
fairly strong and some few securities were
advanced in price, but the Steel and Iron
securities were weak ali way and the
fractions were dull There was nothing
new in the situation, and there is no rea-
son for changing the opinion OF the mar6et
formed by many careful observers yes
teTday, that prices are on their way 10
higher level before the Republican Con-
vention. The bank statement was an ex-
cellent one, showing heavy gains in cash
and in loans and gain of more than ST.
000.OO0 in surplus reserve. London was a
buyer Of American securities. Money was
easy.