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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-07-11

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that greatness by intellectual
wives.
Is it not strange that the mo-
ment man becomes president of
the republic he is styled self
made man, when possibly it took
some eight millions Of votes to
place him there, and every indi-
vidual vote was boost for him?
While every defeated candidate,
instead of being self-made, is
placed, like the beggar at the rich
mans gate, searching for the
crumbs. Then we have another
class of self-made men. These
are our millionaires. Some have
made their money, some have in
herited it, and some, it is binted,
have stolen it, and the manner of
life of the millionaire is as varied
as the manner in which his wealth
was obtained. But a fad at the
present time is to make him
self-made man, who has succeeded
in securing a million. Every self
made man ESQ called) who has
gained success, the story books
tell us, started in life as water
boy at fifteen cents a day, or by
driving mules on the towpath for
his board. Every great statesman
and would-be president is a self
made man by taking a classical
book in his boyish days to the hay
NOW in the barn, and educating
himself, by delivering an grafton
in the quiet solitude of a cornfeld,
while ploughing down on the old
farm. Do you suppose any man
with logical brain will believe
this kind of gush? It is the kind
of rot Mr.. Schwab, president of
the steel trust, is relating to the
young men in some of the Eastern
cities. He, says that the young
men who have a pull in life do
not succeed, that it is only the
poor and friendless youth who
does. Why his own life is a con-
tradiction. Ever since he has
entered manhood, and especially
since he started on his business
career, he has been the constant
favorite and protege of Andrew
Carnegie, who at all times kept
him to the front, from the time
when he idled away his evenings
in Mr.. Carnegie's drawing rooms,
singing and lulling to sleep, with
his marvellous voice the Scotch
millionaire, up to the time when
the Carnegie steel interests went
into the trust combination. Mr..
Carnegie has always been his
benefactor, his pull, the GROWING
emblem in his life, and yet today
he has the colossal gall to stand
up before an audience of young
boys in charity school and say
to them: ''Look at me, I control
thirty thousand working men in
this country, and have climbed to
this height unaided and alone, by
sheer force of my immense intel
lect and energy"
This is the vaporing of self
made fool. Talk about natural
gas! it is not in it with the pro-
duct Mr.. Schwab deals in. Here
are a few rules he lays down to be
observed by those inclined to be
self-made: First, do not watch
the clock; second, be willing to
sift the ashes and carry coal to the
furnace; third, attend Sunday
school; fourth, read the statistics
on capital and labor, and fifth,
bank your coin. These rules are
as a guide to the youths in the
struggle from water boy up to
millionaire period.
When a man like John Alex
ander Dowie can stand upon the
platform of the Chicago Audito-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17

The water pump Of today is but an
improvement on a Grecian invention
which first came into use during the
reign of Ptolemies Philadelphos and
Energetes, 283 to 221 B. G. The name,
which is very similar in all languages,
is derived from the Greek word pempo,
to send or throw. The most ancient de-
scription we have of water pump Is
by Hero of Alexandria. There is no
authentic account of the general use of
the pump in Germany previous to the
beginning of the sixteenth century.
At about that time the endless chain
and bucket works for raising water
from mines began to be replaced by
pumps.
In the seventeenth century rotating
pumps, like the Pappenham engine,
with two pistons, and the Prince Ru-
pert, with one, were first used. Pumps
with plunger pistons were invented by
Morland, an Englishman, in 1914, and
the double acting pump by De la Hire,
the French academician.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17
LIBERTY.

What man Is there so bold that he should say.
''Thus and thus only would have the sea2''
For whether lying calm and beautiful,
Clasping the earth in love or throwing back
The smile of heaven from waves of amethyst,
Or whether, freshened by busy winds,
1t bears T. ~ trade and navies of the world
To ends of use stern activity,
Or whether, dashed by tempests, it gives way
To elemental fury, bowls and roars
At all its rocky barriers, in wild lust
OF ruin drinks the blood of living things
And strews its wrecks DER leagues of desosts
shore,
Always it is the sea, and men bow down
Before its vast and varied majesty.
So all in vain will timorous ones essay
To set the metes and bounds of liberty,
For freedom is its own eternal law,
1t makes its own conditions and in storm
Or calm alike fulills the unerring will.
Let US not then despise it when it lies
Still as a sleeping lion, while swarm
Of gnatlike evils hovers round its head,
Nor doubt it when in mad, disjointed times
1t shakes the torch of terror and its cry
Shrills DER the quaking earth and in the flame
OF riot and war its awful form
Rise by the scaffold where the crimson ak
Rings down its grooves the knell of shuddering
kings
For always in thine eyes, Liberty.
Shines that high light whereby the world is saved
And, though thou say As, we will trust in thee
John Hay.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17
Funny Speeches.

Grose relates that Caulfield, meeting
Mr.. Thomas Standby, said: my dear
Sandby,iI'm glad to see you. Pray, Is
it you or your brother?" 1t was a
Spaniard who remarked ingeniously
that an author should always write his
own index, let who will write the
book. Edgeworth relates the story of
an English shopkeeper who did pretty
well in the direction of the bull proper
when, to recommend the durability Of
some fabric for lady's dress, he said.
MADAM, it will wear forever) and
make you petticoat afterward." This
is quite equal to the Irishman's rope
which had only one end because the
other had been cut away.-Temple Bar.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17

First publication Oct. TO- last Nov.7 OH
Probate Notice.
BAYFIELD, COUNTY COURT-IN PRO
BATE.
State of Wisconsin, co
County of Bayfield,,
In the matter of the estate of Antoine Ar
pine, deceased. 1t appearing to the satiSfac-
tion OF this court. by the petition of J w.
Remington, administrator of the estate Of
Antoine Arpine. deceased that the personal
estate in the hands of the said Antoine
Arpine. deceased. is insufficient to pay the
debts of said deceaseu, and expenses of ad-
ministration; and that it is necessary to sell
the real estate of the said deceased, for the
payment of such debts and expenses.
1t is therefore ordered. That all persons in
terested in the said estate, appear before the
County Court of said county, at the office Of
the Judge OF said court, In the town of Wash
burn, on the 9th day of November, 1901, at 10
o'clock a. M, to show cause, IL any they have,
why license should not be granted to the
said J. w. Remington as administrator, to
sell so much of the real estate Of the said
deceased as shall be necessary to pay such
debt
And it is further ordered. that a copy of the
above order be published in the Washburn
Times, newspaper printed in said county
for at least four successive weeks before the
day fixed for said hearing, and that a copy Of
said order be served personally on all per-
sons interested In said estate aud residing in
said county at least twenty days before such
day of hearing.
Dated this End day of October. 1901.
By the Court,
81 BENTON County Judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17
Man and Woman.

The human animal finds in the oppo-
site sex the greater part of his and her
mental life. The arts rose out of sex.
When man ceased to capture woman,
he cut a reed and blew tune to win
her, and it was not until he had won
her that he began to take an interest
in the tune for it's own sake.
Physical intimacies are but surface
emotions. forgotten as soon as they are
satisfied. whereas spiritual intimacies
live in the heart. They are part of our
eternal life and seem to reach beyond
the stars. -George Moore's Sister TIE
resa"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17
Keeping Butter.

Good butter will keep sweet for many
weeks when it is placed in a crock
after being made into rolls wrapped
in strong cheesecloth or old muslin
and then covered with brine strong
enough to bear up an egg. Saltpeter
and sugar may be added to advantage
while the brine is still hot in the pro-
portion of a teaspoonful Of the former
and a tablespoonful Of the latter to ev-
cry four quarts. The brine must, how
ever, not be poured upon the butter
until it Is entirely cold.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17
Is Life Worth Living?

Then don't neglect cough or cold, especi-
ally when only twenty-five cents Will buy q
bottle of Mexican Syrup. 1t is so sOOting, and
so many consumptives have been made well by
its use. Read some of the testimonials on the
wrapper around each bottle that prove this
remedy more sure for deep seated colds, hab-
itual coughing and even consumption, than
any other remedy known to physicians. many
Of whom recommend and prescribe it where
less effacaciOus remedies fail.
Pale, Puny Children.
If a child has a bad smelling BREATH if it
habitualy picks its nose, If it Is cross and ner-
vous. Ii 1t does not sleep sound!y, II 1t is hol-
ION. if it is growing thin and lifeless. give 1t
Mothers Worm Syrup and you will remove
he CT use of it's distress quickly. Then will
its little cheeks get red and rosy, its appetite
and digestion improve, and its health be bet
Ter. Price only 25 cents. No other worm
killer sO effective.
BE Not Deceived.
Don't think you can neglect your health
and reach old aye The way to longevity Is
be kind to nature and then nature will be
kind to you. Constipation, inactive liver.
.tc a e foes to nature. Mexican Root Pills
help nature. Try them. They cure by clean
sing and Strengthening.
Pain Can Be Cured.
Why suffer pain? Pain is trying to kill
you. Why not kill pain Nothing kills pain.
either Internal or external o" in. so quickly
and so effectively as Gooch's Quick Relief.
Cures Cramp and colo.
"A Complete Cure.
When you take Goach's Sarsaparilla you
find it a complete cure for blad blood.
Pile-ine Cures Piles.
Money refundei if it ever fails
Anri.Ague cures Chills and Fever.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17
lOct. Srd to Oct 24thA

(Oct. Srd to Oct Nth9
CTATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY
- COURT FOR bayfield, COUNTY:
In the matter Of the estate of O. P. John
son, deceased.
On application of Anna Prestgard, formerly
Mrs. Anna Johnson, Administrative of the
justment and allowance of her administra.
tionaccount and the assignment of the residue
of said estate to such other persons as are by
law entitled to the same.
1t is ordered That said account be ex-
amined, adjusted and allowed at general
term of said Court to be hello at the Court
House in the town of Washburn in said
county on the first Tuesday of (being the 9Th
day. November, A. d. 1901.
1t is further ordered That upn adjustment
and allowance of such account by this Court
as aforesaid the residue of said estate be- by
the further order and judgment of the Court,
assigned to such persons as are by law en-
titled to the same
And it is further ordered, That notice Of
the time and place of the examination and
allowance of such account and the assignment
of the residue of said estate be given to all
persons interested, by publication OF this or
der for three 81 successive weeks before said
paper published at the town of Washburn, in
said county.
Dated October 1st, A. ID 1901.
BY the Court III. BENTON,
[Seall County Judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17
Sept. 26th to Oct, 21th

Sept 26th to Oct. 21th.
STATE OF WISCONSIN. CIRCUIT COURT
- BAYFIELD, COUNTY.
ID. M. Maxcy
Plaintiff.
VS.,
Cranberry Lumber Company, Arthur
Hill. Thomas Merrill ThomOs d. Mer-
II. Gordon Corning, John LaDue,
George w. Stevens, Lucius P. Mason
Joseph s. Steele. F. B. Chaplin, and
the unknown heirs of Joseph Steele,
+. b. Chaplin, Luc1us P. Mason, Cor
don Corning John LaDue, Thomas
ID. VI Grill and Thomas Merrill,
Defendant.
O The State of Wisconsin:-To the said De
PENDANT.
You are hereby summoned to appear with
IN twenty days after service of this summons,
exclusive of the day of service and defend the
above entitled action in the court aforesaid /:
and in case of your failure SO to do, Judgment
will be rendered against you according to
the demand of the complaint; while said
complaint was filed in the Office of the clerk of
court OF Bayfield, county on the 9th day of
September. A. ID. 1901.
A. w. MCLEOD,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
P. o, Address Washburn. Bayfield, County.
Wisconsin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17
An Odd Nest.

A correspondent Of Cassells Maya
zine records curious freak on the
part of some wasps in Gloucester, Eng
land. 4s
The wasps were noticed going in and
out Of lock which secured "a work
shop door. The owner of the shop had
the lock removed to satisfy his curiosi-
ty about the doings of the busy work
ers. He found nest inside. The cells
were made of mud and were full of
larvae. There were several dead wasps
inside the lock.
AS the lock was in almost daily use
the wasps could not have had a very
peaceful home.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17
The Young of the Sen Devil.

You may find in the sea devil curl
Gus illustration, Of natures system for
adjusting reproduction. The cod lays
several hundred thousand eggs at a
spawning because nearly all of them
must necessarily be lost while floating
on the waves and those which hatch
are mostly devoured. But the sea devil.
which produces but single young one
at time, retains the latter In its belly
until the infant creature is from four
to six feet in length, SO that when born
1t is able to take care Of itself and Is In
no danger Of being destroyed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17
To Varuish Bronze.

To make brilliant black varnish
for bronze make a bath of equal parts
Of nitrate of silver and nitrate Of cop
per. Dip the articles to be treated into
this liquid and allow them to remain
there for some time. Upon withdrawal
heat them over the flame Of an alcohol
lamp until the black potina color has
been reached.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17
Paper Covered Books.

The life Of the paper covered books
and among which one sometimes find.
one she would like to keep may be pro
longed by this process: Cut piece OF
bingham or print trifie larger thar
the cover Paste it TO the paper GOV
ers and trim the edges. Dry under Fl
weight and letter the title on the Gov
err. The cloth should be in one piece.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17
4 Eallihle SiUn.

Mrs Housakeep-I don't know much
about the new girl, but she's good
natured and harmless, at any rate.
Mr.. Housekeep-How did you find
that out?
Mrs. Housekeep-I notice that she
sings at her work.
Mr.. Housekeep-Hugh! That's no
sign. A mosquito does that.-Ex
change.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17
&c" With a Tail.

The &C" with tail is the trade
mark of Cascarets Candy Cathartic.
Look for it on the light blue enameled
metal box! Each tablet stamped
c. c. c. Never sold in bulk. All
druggists, Ioc.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-10-17
The Complete Sample Line Of

=. This line of Garments needs no ntroduc
Rothschid & Bro Coak gfG9g{n9e tns
the Leaders of Fashion, and their garments
correct in style. fit and workmanship, No
other Line SO Large and complete as this
day; Orders taken to measure for any Size,
Style or Price,
STORE, ASHLAND.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
INCOMPETENT ELECTION
OFFICIALS.

!. 1t is amazing that the authorities will
appoint incompetent or Indifferent
1udges and clerks of elections who ig-
tAore the law and violate its plainest
Provisions in canvassing the votes and
baking The returns. 1t is amazing that
smen who accept such responsibility and
eeatligetion will have SO little regard for
their oath Of Office as 70 drsrggard thetr
plain duties under the law. Irregulari-
ties of one kind or another occur in
nearly every election. Itis not only an
injustice to the voters whose will may
be thwarted by the inefffciency or mis-.
conduct of election officers. but also
unjust to the candidates who may be
deprived of the positions to which the
voters intended to elect them, through
yitiated returns. Disobedience of the
election law frequently INVOLVES litiga-
ton entailing expense upon the state or
county. Election contests are frequent
ly chargeable to the carelessness of the
officials in care of polling booths. Some
penalty In form Of deprivation of pay
for their services, or the imposition of
a fine, ought to attach for neglect. of duty
in all cases of that kind; and ifit is not
now provided for under the statutes, it
is matter worthy Of the consideration
of the next general ssembly.-Hawk-
Evo
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
CAN NOT STEAL FROM YOUR WIFE

A peculiar case in Lucas county has
brought into new light the laws that
pertain to property as between husband
and wife. A fellow named John Lynch,
of Washington township, sold his farm,
secured the wife's signature, under
promise of visit to her family and the
purchase of another farm in Missouri,
then pocketed the $1,000 proceeds and
deserted his wife. The property in
larger part originally belonged to Mrs.
Lynch. Lynch was found in Missouri
and arrested on two counts-larceny
from wife and obtaining money under
false pretenses. An appeal was made to
the attorney general of Iowa for requisi-
ton papers. The papers were refused
because the laws of Iowa did not recog-
nize stealing from wife as larceny.
The wife is now living Oft the donations
of her friends. This is certainly a case
of injustice. Laws are supposed to be
made upon the basis of common sense,
and it is long ways from common
sense 10 permit a husband to take all
bis wife's property, desert her by going
to another state and leave her destitute.
A statute should be framed and passed
that will cover such cases.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
A Most Liberal Offer.

All our farmer readers should take aa.
vantage of this unprecedented clubbing
otter we this year make, which includes
with The REPORTER, The Iowa Home.
stead, its special Farmers Institute
Editions and the Poultry Farmer. These
three publications are the best of their
class and should be in every farm home
To them we add, for local, county and
general news, our own paper, and make
the price of the four one year only ST 20,
Never before was so much superior read
ing matter offered for SO small an
amount of money. The three papers
named, which we club with our own, are
we'll known throughout the west and
commend themselves to the readers
favorable attention upon mere mention.
The Iowa Homestead is the great agri-
cultural and live stock paper of the west;
The Poultry Farmer is the most practi-
cal poultry paper for the farmer, while
The Special Farmers Institute Editions
are the most practical publications for
the promotion of good farming ever pub
lished. Take advantage of this great
offer, as it. will hold good for short
time only. Samples of these. papars may
be examined by calling atsthis office.
O. E. HULL,
Publisher Leon REPORTER
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

The following telegram from New
YORK anent the Standard Oil company
is mighty interestin' readin' for the
ordinary American kings, princes and
poten.ates who by hard physical or
mentSl labor are earning from 80 cents
to 20 per day. Just read it and see if it
isn't: "
Interesting figures are always shown
when the Standard Oil trust declares
dividend. The corporation has just de-
clared an per cent dividend, payable
December l6, making total of 4S per
cent for the year, or $4s 100000 on the
capital stock.
From 1891 to 1895 the trust paid 80
per cent. The next year it was2 per
cent higher, but, in 1898 there was a
reduction to 80 per cent.
In 1899 the 33 per cent dividend was
resumed. In 1900 it jumped to 4S and
this year remains the same.
This foots up the remarkable total of
271 per cent in dividends for ten years,
or about q times the entire capital.
If John d, Rockefeller owns 40 per
cent of the capital stock Of the Stand
ard Oil company, as reported, he will
have receiyed IN dividends for the past
ten years something like Sl0s, 100000.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
KRUEGER's pRopHEsY.

British consols were quoted at ITO
some two years ago. Then Mr.. Cham
berlain started in to smash the South
African republics. Now the republics
are not completely smashed, but consols
are down to 81 l,S, and the finance
minister notifies the British people that
yet heavier taxes must be levied to
meet the still monstrous cost OF the boer
war. It was Kruger who said the Brit.
ish might in the end overpower the
beers, but it would be at "cost which
will stagger humanity"
England staggers under the cost al.
ready; and there seems to be no pros
pect that the flow of the vast stream of
money that has been sunk in South
Africa will soon be stopped.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
TARIEE REVISION.

Congressman Grosvenor's announce
ment that the result of the election in
Ohio proves that the sentiment of the
country is strongly against tariff ,evis.
ion, and that therefore there will be no
republican attempt at tariff revision at
the next session of congress, is not so
convincing as he may believe.
The republican victory in Ohio was
far more victory Of the Hanna ma
chine than of the republican party on
the issue of high protection. All the
vast power of the strongest State or
ganization in the Union was brought to
bear IN the recent campaign to insure
success for the republican forces. The
memory of the late President Mckinley
was invoked to keep the republicans in
line. If Ohio had not polled large re-
publican majority in Tuesdays lesson
the significance to Mark Hanna would
have been ominous indeed.
But, even agreeing that Ohio voted
squarely on the issue of the high pro-
tective tariff, the ultimate meaning of
the vote is not necessarily that of a re-
publican aband onment of tariff revision.
sentiment in the west and
northwest is strongly opposed to the
of the. high protective
tariff. Tariff reform, either by frank
revision or by means of reciprocity
treaties, is insisted upon by this sen!i-
ment. There is reason to doubt the
ability of the trust-ridden States to
stand against this sentiment.
Especially will the fight in the repub-
lican party be strenuous if the national
democracy wisely forces the fighting by
aggressive action for tariff revision.
Far-seeing men in public life just now
are not of the Grosvenor hidebound
type. They know that the days of the
high protective tariff are numbered. .
The people have paid the price and
learned the bunco nature of protection
which protects few at the expense of
the many.-St. Louis Republic.