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The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16
The pleasnnt-raced Mo N.

When the gentleman at the desk at
tended to the cases of various appli-
cants, he turned to pleasant-faced,
well dressed man who was patiently
awaiting his attention.
WELL" he said to him, with SMILE
"wrat can 1 do for you to-day?"
Nothing" was the quiet response.
".Ah, that's pleasant; everybody
seems to want some sort of favor
Come in and sit down; you are re-
lief"
The pleasant-faced man bowed and
accepted the invitation. ION the other
hand" he said, when he was comfort,
ably seated, II want to give you some
thing
That's nicer than ever" smiled the
most. 1--WE heard that it was better ia
!give than to receive, but I've neve,
had much chance to try both"
The visitor took a book out Of his
pocket.
IT want to give you." he said. bow.
ing again, IAN opportunity to put your
name down for the finest book evel
sent out by publishing firm in -
But he never finished the sentence
London Tit-Bits.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16
opeoeoeeeooooooooo ooeooeQ
THE OLD SPRING

A path that leads from the kitchen door,
Through q little garden plot,
Down past the cherry and apple trees
That grow in the pasture lot.
Thence on through beechen avenue
Till you hear the waters trill
Upon the pebbles and over the stones
BY the old spring under the hill!
The old spring under the hill Is cool,
With blotches and riffs of sun;
Its air is as grateful and fresh and
AS the air Of summer dawn.
The song Of a bird in the trees above,
Below the song Of rill
Are the only sounds that are heard
around
The old spring under the hill.
How oft we have trudged in other days.
When boys and girls at our play,
To the shade and stiffness of that old
spring.
Remote from the garish day!
How oft by its sparkling waters clear,
We have knelt and quaffed our fill!
And never a draught was SO sweet as
that
From the old spring under the hill.
The years are many. the years are long
Between us and that fair time:
We hear no more the tinkling song.
Nor the waters silver chime;
But oft in the mirror Of Memory
We can see the image still
OF the winding pathway, the shadows
And the old spring under the hill
Denver News.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16
IN OLD KA1NTUCK,

Don't Bo Drowned In Your CAl1ine.
A European traveller tells of the fol-
lowing epitaph which he. head on
tombstone in England:
Here lies He was born q
man but died q grocer"
The man had disappeared in his
calling. We often find that a mans
vocation has swallowed him; that II
has completely overwhelmed him, that
there is nothing left Of him for any
person outside his occupation.
1t is contemplate estimate OF vo.
cation to regard it as the means OF
getting q living. The man who Is not
greater than his calling, who does not
overtop his vocation, so that 1t runs
over on all sides, is not successful. A
man should be greater than the books
he writes, greater than any speech ne
makes, than any house he builds. OF
any sermon he observation-disclosures.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16
FINDERS OF AMERICA.
Buddhist Priest ssnode Tries to Ro
Columbus Of His LA1Fsls.

3oddhlst Priest ssnods Tries to Rob
Columbus Of His LA.rels.
The Rev. Shuye sononda, Ruddhis,
priest of Japan, has returned to San
Francisco from Mexico. with what he
regards as convincing proof that his
people discovered America 1000 years
before Columbus and carried their
faith along the Pacific coast from
Alaska to Mexico. Sonoda has been
assisted by Senor Batres, archaeolo-
gist of the Mexican government, says
a special dispatch to the Chicago Rec
ord. Sonoda followed the chronicles Of
Hoeirshin, a Buddhist monk, who, in
499 A. D.. returned to his native land
with an account of explorations that
reached to land he called Flu Sang,
now identified with Mexico because of
the maguey plant. Sonoda found In
numetable evidences of Buddhist influ-
ence over the natives Of Mexico. Some
Of these were the Mexican zodiac, with
its twenty-eight hours, Buddha Zaca.
Oriental 1etterings and signs on tenn
pies, stones, images and pottery, and
hundreds Of names which are slightly
corrupted from the Japanese. The
temples he found invariably facing
south, as in Tibet. the home Of Bud
dhism. and in the mosaics at Uitla he
found the common cross of Tibet. He
also found strong racial resemblances
In features between the Mexican and
California mission Indians and the Ja-
panese. So strong were these resem-
blances in features that when q Cali
fornia mission Indian was dressed in
Japanese costume and photographed,
Prof. John Eyer Of the chair of Orien-
tai languages, University of California,
declared the photograph was Of ia
panese Of the northern islands and bore
no resemblance to the California In.
dian.
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walked around, drank some Of that
pure spring water and came home"
"My dear GIRL" cried holding up my
hands in affected horror. 1T Is won
derful you are alive. Do you know so
little that you drink spring water? 1t
is too pure. 1t does not contain salts
and hence the microbes in it cannot
live"
"Pshaw," exclaimed Maria with a
sort OF don't-trifle-with-me air, "Thad-
deus you are crazy. You know we boil
all our table water just to get rid OF
these microbes. and after it is boiled
we put
"Maria," cried, as gave my glasA
a push away from my plate, spare me
the details. know it all and we have
been all wrong. Here am coming
down with catarrh of the stomach ali
on account of that distilled watfr."
Il don't see what you mean." averred
Maria a little Grossly. Il try so hard
to keep you well. boil the water and
filter it and then it is put"
"My dear wife," announced sol
emnly, this is no time for trifing.
Ring the bell and order water fresh
from the faucet put on the table. We
are drinking in distilled water proto-
plasmic poison. I don't exactly know
what that means, but the words are SO
indigestible am sure it is right. Iso-
lated, living organic elements, cells
and all unicellular organisms." went
on rapidly bracing my feet against the
table to give momentum, ''are rapidly
destroyed in distilled water. They are
therefore dead in the water, and in this
way we lose the salts and soluble cell
constituents we need in our constitu.
tion." -
I managed to get this last on glibly.
and with a nonchalant air, for was
quite proud of the long words and
hoped Maria would think it original.
paused to get breath, and while 1
did so saw Maria pour the contents OF
her glass back into the pitcher.
"Thaddeus," said Maria at length.
bracing up against the loss of one of
her pet theories, do l understand we
will be too fresh If we drink distilled
water? That while we render harm
less the sort of frog broth we are in
viting all sorts of polysyllabic 'perils?"
II do," I said, 'and am going to
write to the German saYant and
thank him.
We'll" sighed Maria, "it is distract-
ing to keep up with the different theo-
ries. we won't boil our water any
more, but certainly you will keep on
drinking great deal every day. You
know the doctors say there is no doubt
but that none of us drink enough wa
ter. We ought to drink three or four
quarts a day it is SO cleansing and benz
eficial generally"
".Oh. certainly" I replied with .
chuckle, II am willing to keep on maxi
ing an impromptu tank of myself. but
mark my words, Maria, in q few
months reaction will set in here also,
and we shall read Of water on the
brain or aqueous humor Of tho heart
caused by too much water drinking
And this last looked so probable
Maria did not answer.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16
Lost Island Found Again.

The disappearing island is familiar
factor in. slap-dash romantic fiction.
but Jules Verne himself never imag-
ined so startling . phenomenon as that
which has appeared In the Pacific
ocean. While cruising of the Tonga
Islands the captain Of H. M. 8. 'Por-
poise discovered a gigantic whale
shaped tract. On Investigation this
proved to be the lost Falcon IslAnd.
Formed by the volcanic efuption 81
October II, 1856. this fertile strip d.
appeared IN 1898. IL Fes,rrectioA III
Inscsss sitate changes q 4 sths lnayt 4 q
charts 8
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16
An Anti-Microbe Crusade.

BY KATHERINE LOUISE SMITH.
Copyright. 1901: by Daily Story Pub. Coz
It was appendicitis season. We were
simple folks and not fashionable, and
so did not fall into the hands of the
surgeon, but Maria said this was due
to her extreme caution in selecting
food for our table.
Appendicitis" said Maria with a
sort Of differential look, has been here
all the time only, like the bacilli and
microbes, we did not know it. Now
we do, or are liable to have it,
It was the time of fruits, Gods own
gift to nature, but we ate no grapes.
Strawberries or currants for fear OF
their being dead shots for appendicitis.
It was this time of fruit that called
Maria's attention to the fact that peo-
pie who ate all these things seemed to
be as we'll as those who did not.
"Maria," said with a rebellious air,
don't you know the doctors are on the
look out for vermiform appendix ir-
respective of what anyone has eaten
or proposes to eat?"
To which Maria replied that 'it was
we'll to be on the safe side." meaning,
of course, the opposite to the appendi-
citis side. and cut all fruit from our
table. I am particularly fond of to-
matoes and we had been eating them
freely when Maria came across an ar
ticle in the Lancet or some other med
tcal journal, saying they produced can
Ger. Instantly We tabooed tomatoes.
OF course. we had known all along that
cucumbers and watermelons gave one
cholera morbus, SO these were entered
on the death list early In our house.
keeping venture. All this rather lin
tied our diet, but my wife was inge-
nious and concocted great many
dishes that we felt sure were all right,
and we always boiled the drinking
water. We had pork and beans occa-
sionally like my New England ances-
tors, and once in a while Maria al
lowed a pie to decorate our table. How
ever, one day ran across an article
stating half the woes of the world were
due to indigestion, and New England
stomachs. caused by New England
pork and beans, had caused more crime
in the world than we were aware of.
"Maria," I remarked as we partook
of our dinner, I'VE must instantly stop
pork and beans. Think of the New
England stomach as factor in crime"
and I called her attention to the fact
that Lombroso had entirely overlooked
this in writing his Female Offender"
STILL" said my wife. who was al
ways hopeful, I'VE have our bread,
Thaddeus; our good, sweet, wholesome
bread. and I am sure we boil all the
water we USE"
We rested calmly on the assumption
that all was well and we were devour-
ing no microbean morsels when to
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Maria's horror she one day discovered
that white bread had tendency to
produce, diabetes and that beef and
tapeworm went together. The utter
despair that followed these discoveries
produced q complete reaction, and We
decided to eat everything, microbes
and all. Still we boiled the water and
Stunned as deadly any that had not
gone through the distilled-anti-b -bacilli
process. In fact, Maria had ascribed
my immunity from typhoid fever. Dip
iberia and pneumonia, let alone pre-
nature badness and other misfortunes
to this saving process, and We had
often smiled as we realized that we
had got the better Of defunct frogs and
microbes with long names and short
legs. knowing they could not harm q
family whose aqueous beverage had
been boiled. distilled, filtered and kept
hsrmsticalIy sealed until used. u
Maria talked much Of thiA ! hsard
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16
Pest Of Kings Limnsr..

One OF the most desirable posts at
Windsor castle is that Of "the kings
Inner" who in ancient times decor
ated books and manuscriptsw with initial
letters. and who now prepares the
parchment commissions when his ma
testy is pleased to confer knfghthood
or some other honor upon ane Of his
subjects. The gentleman who now filla III
the post has extraordinary skill with
the pen and brush. and his diplomas
and certificates were greatly admired
for their exquisite taste and skillful
execution. he receives : salary q
$500 . year. The clockmaker I q
windsor castks sreceives the same com,
pensati and Il i his Business 4
|skssn III ot ths IA pieces - renatr.3
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16
PATENTS.
List of Patents Issued Last Week te
Northwestern Inventors.

Northwestern Inventors.
Edward Anderson, Hunter, N. D.,
marker for planters; Otto Anderson
Saltwater, Mimi, combination match
safe and cigar cutter; John l.. Owens
Minneapolis, Minn., grain separator;
Louis E. Shogren, Vermillion, s. D.
lawn mower: John w. Stevens, St
Paul, Mimi, automatic flushing tank;
George Il. Thomas, Willmar. Minn.'
station indicator; Charles L.. Travis,
Minneapolis, Minn., bicycle. -.
: Lothrop & Johnson. patent attorneys, 0ll
T. Olo pioneer Press Bldg. st. Paul. Mimi
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

Another Way of Making 1t Lighter.
Editor Bryan has decided not to
hire humorist to tighten up his
weekly"
What is he going to dog"
Hes going to use whittier paper
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16
Don't ache, use Hamlin's Wizard on
Rheumatism, neuralgia and all pain
banished by It. SEQ your druggist.
The Customs Of Cannibals,

If the following is a Chestnut" I
nope it may be pardoned on its merits:
A little boy was once asking for in
formation about the habits and GUS
toms of cannibals. Having satisfied
himself up to point, he concluded
,that they were very wicked, and asked
If they would go to hell. He was as
sured that such was the fate In store
for them.
How DREADFUL" he said. "And ]
suppose all the good men they have
eaten will have to go, too?"-Londou
Truth.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

";;'::lc milk of human kindness would
be q good deal richer II It wasn't
SKINNED SO often.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16
Gti!cura.
1.-THE SET, $l.25
Makine Haste to ForEst..

Making Haste to FOEEot..
The old-fashioned congressman used
to keep diaries, and history has been
enriched by some of them. A Wash
ington correspondent now says that he
does not know Of single man in; either
branch of congress or in public life
who takes the trouble to record the
thoughts and experiences of each day:
Perhaps they desire to, forget these
thoughts and experiences, or perhaps
they depend upon the Congressional
Record to register all their thoughts
and seme things that they don't think
Boston Transcript.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

Fire and sword are but slow engines
of destruction in comparison with the
babbler.-Steele.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

At all turns man who will do faith.
fully needs to believe firmly.-Thomas
Carlyle.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

The love If man dies as the love o
money grows in the church. !.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

Piso's Cure IL the best medicine 10 svsr usst
for all affections Of the throat and lunes.-WM
O. ENDsL1Y. vanbureu. IND. Feb. 10. 1000
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

The talent of success is nothing NOR,
than doing what you can do well.-
Longfellow.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16
out of His Class

Schoolma'am (encouragingly)-Come.
now, Harold, spell chickens.
Harold-Please, ma'am, I'm not old
enough to spell chickens, but you can
cry me on eggs.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16
The First Rule,

New Boarder-Can get my meals
on time?
LaKdlady-No; you will have to pay
In advance.-Harlem Life.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

knowing how long it takes to succeed.
-Montesquieu.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

If men were like clocks they coulr
all go on tick.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

A mans shoes may get tight by i'm
Iibing water, but he doesn't.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

1t is always safe to learn, even from
our enemies.-Colton.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

AS faith without works is dead faith:
10 works without faith are dead works.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

Sweat ana fruit acids will not dis.
color goods dyed with PUTNAM
FADELESS DYES.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

There is a great deal of difference
between copy and an imitation.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

4 He who climbs needs watch wher
the ladder e,As. @4: +.
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Mere gratiacation Of the appetite 4
very likely to shorten life.
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was never yet occupied by man.-Car.
lyle.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

A good heart is better than all the
heads in the world.-Bulwer Lytton.
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16
~ You Have Dyer

Send NO money, but write DR.. ehoop. Racine, Wa,
Boz l.s fS1 'i7 eosss' Of d; shSSps Pc Hs,:ossvs; e
The Washburn leader., 1901-03-16

Consne Soar telsause The Of cruss a
and soften the tckened cuos Orf1EQr 6o,
Q nstan a!ay itching nd.maoc .nd tee md soots ant
sxaLn often The dsagurns.
and skin scalp and blood hnmo with ha who
~ oso tails. 6eid throughout the world.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-17
CASE WITHOUT PRECEDENT,
Power of the Governor to Sign His
Name to Be Disputed,

BY Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Dec. 16.-A case involv-
ing the power of Governor Stone to at
tach his signature to blank state
papers, which in his absence from the
state are afterward filled in by some
one in the executive service, was dis
missed by the state Superior court for
want of proper jurisdiction.
The case upon which the decision was
based was that of Alfred 4. Thatcher,
alias Riley. who appealed to the court
to prevent his eXtradition to Brooklyn,
y. y. where he is wanted for bigany.
The warrant for his eXtradition WAS
dated December T., and was signed by
Governor Stone. Thatcher through his
attorneys, claimed that as Governor
stone was in Mexico, on Il pleasure "Trip.
at the time the eXtradton papers were
signed, they We're void, and that his
transfer to the New York authorities
would be illegal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-17

~ anything remained in sight but cor
ruSated terraces Of frozen mud left by
the rcceding waters as n reminder of
the worst flood in the history of Lack
awanna valley. Many of the cellars
are still filled with i'll smelling pud-
dies and coming as it did ut this time
OF the year may have serious conse-
quences as the cell.rs and living quar-
ters of many families will have no
chance to dry out all winter.
The work of pumping out the water
from the Mt. Jesus mines has already
commenced. 1t is thought it viii take
a month to clear the Red Ash and
Grassy Island veins from the water
that poured into the mine from the
ovcrlowing creeks on Saturday night.
In addition to other damage already
told Of. Il house belonging to John
Warren. located ON Brook street,
Peckville. was badly undermined and
damaged by the overlooking of the
creek on whose banks it is built.
AS Il result Of Sundays food the Oily
phant shoe factory had to suspend or-
erations yesterday. The Dickson silk
mill was likewise effected and it will
be some days before work will be re-
sumcd. f. \. Fuller, the lumber deal
er. lost Il considerable quantity of
lumber the high water oVerilowinS
part of his lumber yard.
Postmaster Ripple received word yes
terday afternoon from the Superintend-
ent of railway mail service for New
York city that pouches containing the
mail for this city. which had accumu-
lated in the METROPOLIS since Saturday
night. We're being shipped at p. III. by
the PENNSYLVANIA railroad to connect
with the Lacktwunna at Northumbcr-
land. This mail will arrive in the city
this morning at H.42 O'Clock and will be
the first mail in from New York since
Saturday night.
Some of the local mail destined for
New York city has been sent by the
Delaware and Hudson as far as Ni.ie-
veh and thence by the Erie to New
York
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-17
DELEGATES FINALLY LEAVE.
Most of Them Were Able to Start
Yesterday and Last Night.

Most Of the stormbound delegates to
the American Federation of Labor con-
Nention got away yesterday, and last
night. Some started ON an Erie and
Wyoming train at 2.25 to catch the Erie
at I.acklWaNcn and thus reach New
York, Others got out on th" Delaware
and Hudson at La p. M. to make con-
neCtionS with the Pennsylvania at sun
bury and Harrisburg and still others
waited until the t.ackaWanna got
opened up ut nightlall.
The executive council spent III" day
in secret session. attending to the
many matters submitted to ii by the
convention.
President Gompcrs. President Mi!-
chell. of the Mine Workers; .rHsideut
White, of the garment workers. i'rcSi-
dent Nocf". of the lungshoremun. and
President Hayes, of the glass bottle
blowers. who ar" members ui The Ma
tional civic Federation, arranged to
leave on the first morning train for
New York, Wher" the Civi" federation
II scheduled to meet this week.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-17
WILL IGNORE THE RULING.
Decision Reached at the Meeting of
Porto Rico Workmen.

BY Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
San Juan. Porto Rico, Dec. TO- Less
than a hundred workingmen answered
the call Of the local committee of the
American Federation of Labor to at
tend Il mass meeting here yesterday af-
ternoOn. The slimncss of the attend
ancc was evidently duo to the order OF
the court declaring the organization
illegal. The meeting was peaceful and
only mild addresses were made.
Santiago Iglesias, president of the
Federation of Workmen of Porto Rico,
explained the object of his visit here,
and it was resolved to petition Cover
nor Hunt when that official returns to
San Juan. to use his influence to bring
about the removal of the two native
judges of the District court and aD-
point Americans in their places. 1t was
also decided to ignore the ruling of the
court. dissolving the federation. The
meeting confirmed the resolution adopt
ed some time ago to affiliate the local
organization with the American FEEDER
alton of Labor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-17
HIS SKULL FRACTURED.
Anthony Mullen Fell from the Mif.
fin Avenue Retaining Wall to
the D. & H. Tracks.

Anthony Mullen. young man re-
siding at II Slick street. was found
lying in Il semiconscious condition on
the Delaware aud Hudson railroad
tracks, just south of the Linden street
bridge. last night about $50 O'Clock.
The railroad men who found him
carried him to the Delaware and Hud-
son railroad station. from whence he
was later removed to the Lackawanna
hospital
Here il was noticed that his skull
was fractured. He was able to eX-
plain. in Il disjointcd way, that he had
been walking along the retaining wall
on Mitllin avenue and had fallen off.
His condition is said to he serious
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-17
WANT INFORMATION.
Superintendent Robling Receives
Two Telegrams.

Superintendent of Police Robling re-
ceived two telceramE last night. asking
him to seek out certain persons. The
first one received WAS from the chief Of
police of Youngstown, ohio, ana set
forth that Paul Kramer aged 2S years,
n resident of this city. WAS dangerously
injured. The man is supposed to he n
brother OF Gus" Kramer, of Cedar ave-
nue., Further information has been
wired for.
The second telegram set forth that
owen Muldig had died at Joliet, Ind,
and requested the police to seek out his
brother, John Muldig: There is no such
name as Muldig to he found in the
directory.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-17
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
John Dowd Met with an Accident
Last Might.

John Dowd, a young man living in
Dunmore. and Il, l. Edison. II mer-
chant tailor. weie showing each other
revolvers last night on Lackawanna
avenue, near Wyoming, when the lat
ter's Weapon was accidentally dis
charged, the bullet entering Dowd's
right thigh.
He Was taken to the Lackawanna
hospital, where the bullet Was eX-
tracted. The wound is a slight one.
He maintains that the shooting Was
entirely accidental.