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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-07-03
TOPS KIND AND DOClLE.
Trainer of Circus Elephant Tells
why She Killed Joseph BlounI.

Trainer of Circus Elephant Tells
why She Killed Joseph Blounr.
Tops, the great five ton elephant
Of the Forepaugh s. Sells circus which
killed Joseph Blount in the sleeping
tent in Brooklyn, posed docilely for a
New York Evening Journal photog-
rapher the other day. Elephant Train
err William Emery, who has had
Tops in his charge for seventeen
years, asserts that she would not take
human life without extreme and con
tinued annoyance. He told this story
of her character and of Blount's death.
Tops has never in my seventeen
years experience with her shown that
she is q bad beast or one that is dan
gerous If annoyed past endurance,
she is dangerous. A human being an
noyed past endurance will strike.
Look at that scar on the end Of
Tops trunk. The man who came to
so sad a death must have touched her
with lighted cigar. A stub was
found near his body. That poor fellow
Blount came here to get job as a
driver He was not hired, as he had
no references. He held out whisky
glass to- the beast and excited her. He
burned her with a cigar She grabbed
him around the waist and, without
lifting him up or without trumpeting,
laid him down and ugh!- crushed the
man with her eight horsepower head.
His ribs We're broken in that way and
DOT when he was lifted off his feet.
She is as docile as a lamb. No matter
how close you may be there is no dam
gel, ii you let her alone. BY this man,.
death there is a gloom cast over the
whole company. We are sorry to hear
of his death. 1t was whisky killed him.
not the elephant. William Aft frequent-
" sleeps alongside of Tops and has
done so for years.
Elephants must be handled diplomat
lcally Their natures differ. The males
are more capable and receptive than
the females because they are stronger.
Tops has always been used for pyram-
idal work and as sort of steam engine
for pushing wagons around. Her DOW
er is equal to eight horses.
Tops is not to be blamed for her
act, as the dead man broughy trouble
on himself. If she was the dangerous
brute some make out, we could rot play
with her as we are now doing. She will
roll for you, kneel for you, shake hands
with you, she'll love you and obey you,
but I'll be hanged if she'll smoke for
any man or permit herself to be
touched with the red end of cigar.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-07-03
WORK OF MONT PELEE.
Typographical Changes Wrought by
the Volcanoes Eruption.

Typographical Changes Wrought by
the Volcanoes Eruption.
The physical changes wrought by the
commissions in the West Indian islands
are such as almost to tax ones creduli-
ty, says Harper's Weekly. At points
In the vicinity of Martinique the sound
ings of the sea reveal that what was
once a depth Of 200 meters is now in
excess of 1,2oO. The mountain tof Pc
lee itself retains but the shadow of its
former grandeur and has been consum-
ed away by its internal fires, just as a
candle is consumed before the burning
of its wick. Whole rivers have been
swallowed up, and on the island Of st.
Vincent vast estate has disappeared
utterly, and its former site has been re-
placed by an inlet of the sea. Another
estate adjacent to this, which few
weeks ago was fat land occupied by
the cottages of the laborers thereon,
has been wholly destroyed by fire and
become ridge.
What the typographical changes in
the vicinity of La Soufriere may be
are DIS YET Oily COuJeCtuTdl, Slice IL
respect to this volcano at the hour of
writing it has been impossible for in
vestigators even to approach the sphere
Of its destruction. The whole country
for radius Of eight miles has con-
tnued to be seething mass of fire,
into which no living creature could
hope to penetrate, and at distance
the noxious vapors that have risen
from the belching crater have been
such as to menace the health, if not
actually the lives, Of those who inhale
them.
Out Of the mass of ruin and desola.
ton at st. Pierre there has come but
one mitigation of the horror of the ap-
palling disaster, and that is thar the
attitudes in which the dead We're found
on many sides indicate that the blow
when it fell upon them came with such
awful suddenness that it blotted out
their lives before they realized the ma
ture or extent of the visitation.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-07-03

roads. There2should be large at
tendance from this section as so i'm
portant meeting will not come
again SO near for years.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-07-03
Teachers Institute

The Bayfield, County Teachers
Institute will convene at the Walker
High School building in Washburn,
August 4, and continue two weeks.
It will be followed by examinations
for teachers certificates on August
16-18-19-2O.
The National Educational Associa-
tion will meet in Minneapolis, July z
II. One fare plus So 90 membership
fee will be the rate given by all rail
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-07-03
Fourth OF July Excursion

The Omaha will sell tickets to all
points within 200 miles on July 3rd
and 4th at the rate ofone and a third
fare for the round trip. Good re-
turning until July 7th.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-07-03
Don't Accept a Substitute !!

When you ask for Cascarets be
sure you get the genuine Cascarets
Candy Cathartic! Don't accept
fraudulent substitutes, limitations or
counterfeits! Genuine tablets stamp
ed c. c. c.. Never sold in bulk,
All druggists, 1oc.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-07-03

I On the 400 and 40 D. N. trips the boat
will only make the mill docks on her way
back from Washburn.
Boat makes connection with Northern
Pacific morning and afternoon train for
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-07-03

Mother, yes one package makes
two quarts of baby medicine. See
directions. There is nothing inst as
good for babies and children as Rocky
Mountain Tea. 35 cts. Frcst &
Spies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-07-03

Orders for tickets can be procured Of Q.
w Frost. Druggist, Washburn, Wis.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-07-03
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PASSENGER TRAINS:
SOUTH NORTH
$3.50 a. m. daily 1895 a. m. daily
ll:55 m. exSunday LES pm. exSunday
%2:4o pm. exSunday 1886 p. m. exSunday
r6:30 p. m daily SIS pm. Sunday only
3:05 Sunday only 1000 D m. daily
*Connect at Ashland junction with south
bound trains. +Donnects al Ashland juno
t1on for st. Paul or Chicago. +Connect at
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-07-03

The TIMES is prepared to take
orders for binding of books and
magazines, and has an assortment
of samples that can be seen, and the
quality and style of binding select
ed. Send in your orders, and they
will have prompt attention.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-07-03
Pingpong's Rival.

Chuck chuck has become a rival to
pingpong in Berlin. 1t Ia "a sort OF
indoor curliEg." .-.s..-L.s.xrxx<,.~
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-07-03

A new car coupling is being tried on
German railway. It lessons the space
between the cars to rs inches.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
Grasses and Forage Plants d Tie SgA
nv J.. .. NLLEBREW.
a AhR nnIvnPsItv 0G YRRuaRRRa.
Nv }. .. MLLEBREW
Il sAo u~uIvursIty Of tennessee.

1t is q complete manual of the ouI.
ture of grasses and forage plants o.
the South. It contains about lW
pages, and is written in a style to Dc
understood by everyone.
The book discusses the character
igtics of the principal praises, the
maintenance Of pastures and meao,
ows, legUminous forage plants, WHO
pastures, eto. 1t is fully illustrates
with original analytical engraving
by Scribner, our greatest grass 81.
pert, and embellished with a l9rgs
number of half tone outs OF ne'O
operations.
KSIEebretO's former sOork 0" gr0''Ss
IS nO1O entirely OWt of print an"
brings S. a copy. This meW book con-
tG6ns all the Information in the J@'
mer sOOrk, ~re-sOrSttem, and em600~,
the results of t00enty years. Gdd'ts0n"'
experience of the tOr6ter and @~ ""
Information attained By the 6&p0I'
ment stations and the United St0'''
Department of Agriculture.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
DUCK RAISING FOB PROFIT.

Ducks are not as good foragers as
hens, nor such prolific layers, and I'M
less fed and sold carefully they are not
very profitable. Owing to the artif-
cial conditions under which the Pekins
are reared, they are powerless to pro-
vide themselves with the kind of food
and quarters which their instincts call
for. They have to eat what is provid-
ed, and sleep where they are put. The
food, therefore, must be such as will
give best results, and the sleeping
room kept clean, dry and we'll ventil-
ated. For, while ducks thrive in moist
sod and in the water at day, they will
not stand damp, dirt, or poor ventila-
ton at night. Also they require a
shelter from the sun. If exposed to
it's direct rays they become blind, lose
appetite, and are very difficult to fat
ten. The small birds have vertigo,
and frequently die.
At Clovernook Duck Ranch they
train hop-vines into arbors over the
yards. The vines grow forty feet in
a short time, make a cool, dense shade,
and are very beautiful, especially when
in bloom. Also the Giant Russian sun
flower is grown in lanes and hedges.
1t quickly attains a tropical luxu-
rance, and is especially satisfactory
where yards are often changed. Fruit
trees and grape-vines also throw a fine
shadow. It is we'll to plant an occa-
sional crop on the duck grounds. Last
year they cut four heavy growths of
clover from a yard thus seeded down.
Now as to care and food. There is
no fowl that responds so promptly to
good care and food as does the Pekin
duck, nor any bird whose size and egg
production are so completely under
human control. The breeding flock re-
quires the year round as near a "free
range" as circumstances will admit,
and where streams, lakes or ponds are
available the ducks enjoy a specially
happy time. When they do not have
them they grub around and are fairly
well contented, but their grimy feath-
ers contrast un~favorably with the
milk-white plumage of their more fav-
Ored sisters. 1t is a pathetic, though
interesting, sight, to watch birds that
have never seen water outside their
drinking fountains, go through all the
motions of taking a bath-even to the
graceful, diving movements and the
throwing of spray from head and
wings.-Country Life in America.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
Farm Miscellany.
BEWARE OF FRAUDULENT FRUIT TREE
CONCERNS.

Cor. of The Progressive Farmer.
For some time past agents repre-
senting the Humboldt Nursery Com
pany, of Humboldt, Tennessee, have
been operating in the counties of
Mecklenburg. Cabarrus, Stanly and
Rowan. This firm has no license to do
business even in its own State, and of
course has no license for North Caro-
lima. have in this office a letter from
the State Entomologist of that State
saying most emphatically that he has
not given this firm a certificate to do
business. Their trade is therefore
fraudulent, and the public is warned
accordingly.
There is another firm at Humboldt,
Tenn, which has license both for its
own State, and for North Carolina,
and this is the Tennessee Nursery
Company, but we know nothing of the
firm except that they hold the certif-
cate of their State Entomologist, but
this certificate, is never, in any State,
a guarantee of the honesty of the firm
to which it may be issued. 1t only has
reference to the matter of injurious
insects and diseases with which the
stock might be affected.
A list of the licensed nurseries that
are located in North Carolina, is given
in the Bulletin" of the North Carroll
ma Department of Agriculture, for Oc-
tober, 1901, and which will be sent to
any one on application either to the
Department or to the undersigned.
We advise North Carolinians to pur-
chase their trees from nurseries locat-
ed in their own State.
FRANKLIN SHERMAN, JR.,
Entomologist Department Agricul-
ture, Raleigh, N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24

working, drawing and designing,
work with plants and animals, with
electricity, with forge and anvil, with
saw and hammer, with microscope and
transit, with test tube and retort, with
boiler and engine, dynamo and motor,
loom, spindle, and dye-vat, SO many ap-
peals to every possible taste, talent,
and faculty that, if a boy be not de-
fective, he must be aroused to some
ambition, some proficiency, some de-
gree of manhood.
WHAT 81 COLLEGE TEACHES.
The College offers technical educa-
ton in agriculture, horticulture, me-
chanical engineering, civil, engineer
ing, electrical engineering, chemical
engineering, mining engineering, and
the textile industry. It also offers
practical training in carpentry, wood
turning, blacksmithing, machinery
work, mill-work, building and con-
tracing, boiler-tending, engine-tend-
ing, dynamo-tending, dairying, stock
feeding, farm-drainage, road construc-
ton, market-gardening, and foricul-
ture. Thorough instruction is given
also in English, mathematics, history,
c%ivics, physics , political economy,
chemistry, botany, zoology, physiology,
geography, and geology. The College
is intended, in short, to furnish a
broad, liberal education, and also give
at the same time such special technical
instruction and practical manual
training as are indispensable to indus
trial professions and occupations.
TIME REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION.
The College offers instruction in full
courses, short courses and special
courses. The full courses require or
dinarily four years for their compile
ton, and offer complete education in
agriculture, engineering, (ciyil, cleo
trical, mining, mechanical, Chemically,
and cotton manufacturing. The short
courses require only two years. They
are intended for young men who have
not the time or the means to com
plete the full courses, and for those
who desire chiefly manual training.
They are in agriculture, mechanic arts
(including carpentry, wood-turning,
blacksmithing, machinery-work, mill
work, boiler-tending, engine-tending,
dynamo-tending, building and con
tracing, road-construction, and cot
ton manufacturing. The special
courses are arranged for students de-
special training in one line, for
example, in boiler, engine or dynamo
tending, machine-work, mill-work, car
pentry, forging drawing and design
These courses usually cover
about three months.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24

1t is much easier to plant a sunfow-
er seed in each hill of beans than to
cut and set a pole. If the ground is
very rich, you will get a few beans, as
I did, but under no condition will you
get as many beans as where poles are
used. I find it helps some to cut off
the sunfower head when in blossom
and not allow branches to grow, and
that is more trouble than a pole would
be. If you have use for the sunfowers
and are not particular about the beans
it will dor. M. Dunlap, Sank Coun-
ty, Wis.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24

10 @36s Eawe Pay, use snaPpIes Cream. Separa
~ 60ok Business Dairying" a Cat as free
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
Deafness Cannot be Cured

b. local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the CO.. There is only one
way to cure Deafness, aid that is by constitus
HOnal remedies. Deafness is caused by an ins
famed condition Of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachiaa Tube. Whenthis tube getsEinfamed
me. and when It IS ent:-olT closed Deafness IL
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an 1nlamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
we will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can.
not be cured by HALLS Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
~ NnId nv Fnggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
REQUISITES FOR ADMISSION AND
EXPENSES.

Students must be sixteen years old
and have good school education. Per-
sons over eighteen years old are adj
mitted to the special courses without
examinations, those over twenty-one
are admitted to the short courses @
years. without examinations. Tuition
and room rent are $40 a term, and
board S. a month. At present instruc-
ton is practically free to all studying
agriculture, and there are 100 scholar
ships in other lines. Surely here is a
wonderful chance for every boy that
loves to work and wishes industrial
education.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24

l am trying Dwarf Essex rape this
year. It is a new thing here and I am
called a crank because I experiment
with new things. It is the only way
to get out of the old ruts. I would
like to hear from other farmers on the
rape question.-C. G. Rodman, La
Rue County, Ky.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24

Duplin Journal: Our farmers spent
their strawberry money last year de-
stroying grass and are now seen daily
spending their berry money buying
hay. But only our farmers can af-
ford it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24

Asheboro Courier: A gentleman told
the writer that a tablespoonful or two
of molasses, mixed in the feed for a
COW that has eaten wild onions, will
destroy the taste of the onions in the
butter. He says he has seen it tried
sufficiently. Give it a trial.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
Grow Grasses and Raise Cattle

Examine agricultural statistics and see the
high rank North Carolina takes in yield POI
acre Of grasses and forage crops. Com
pare her advantages for stock-raistng with
those Of other States. PROFIT by these .hCA
Grow grasses; raise stock. And whether yp
have few animals or many, you annOt afOrS
not to read
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
Additional SIeepers
Go into Service From Various Point,
to Principal Resorts, thus afordine
GREATLY IMPROVED FACUL
TIES
For Reaching Those Points.
Particular attention is directed to the
elegant Dining Car Service on
Principal Through Trains.

Pr1nclpaI Through Trains.
The Southern Railway has just is
sued its handsome Resort Folder, de-
scriptive of the many delightful re-
sorts along the line of it's road. This
folder also gives the names of prOprie-
tors of hotels and boarding houses and
number of guests they a a~eoonuno-
date. Copy can be had upon appica3
ton to any Southern Railway Ticket
Agent.
For detailed information as to rates,
etc., call on nearest ticket agent or
address, T: G. STURGIS, G. T. A.
Raleigh, N. G.
W. A. TURK, P. T. NJ,
S. III. G. P. A,
Washington, D. G.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-11
The Savings Bank Tax.

AUGUSTA. Dec. 3. That the people
of Maine are saving more money each
year is evidenced by the semi-annual
commitment of the taxes against the
savings institutions of the State, which
was made Dec. End by the board of
State assessors, Otis G. Hayford of
Canton, George Pottle and F. Marion
Simpson of Bangor.
The total amount was S271, S69.10,
against 1865. S31. Al at the last commit
ment in May, an increase of $6,057,69.
The highest tax is paid by the Name
Savings bank of Portland, which is
S41, 0S9.41. The Portland Savings bank
of Portland is second, S33, 1904. Au-
gusta Savings bank of Augusta, third,
S2S,009.S4. Bangor Savings bank of
Bangor, fourth, 81, S65.39.
The smallest tax is assessed against
the Kingfield Savings bank of King
field, SILT. A tax of seven-eighths of
one per cent. is levied on the average
amount of deposits, reserve fund and
undivided profits of each bank institu-
ton or association except United States
bonds. property of corporations which
are exempt from taxation under the
State law and real estate owned by the
banks, institutions or associations.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-11
Secretary Blaine's Foresight.

Mr.. Blaine was influenced by several
considerations of special moment in
espousing the policy of reciprocal trade
in fish between the republic and this
island. First, he recognized that New
foundland, by her bait, controlled the
situation, and that of France, with a
fishing base right near our coast, was
unable to cope with us, the Americans,
who would be a thousand miles from
their own territory, would be less alto
gether. Second, he was aware that
Newfoundland, because of her insular
position, her remoteness, and the vary
ing character of her fishery pursuits,
would not ship very largely to the Amer
lean market. This demands its cure of
fish, which the Newfoundlanders do
not practice. All the cod we take on
Labrador and the northern coast is cured
specially for the European markets,
and is sent there direct, so that only the
fish taken on our southern seaboard,
and a portion of the lobster catch,
would be forwarded to New England
for sale. Third, he foresaw that by an
arrangement with Newfoundland the
American fishermen would be released
completely from all dependence upon
Canada, and be able to disregard any
hostile enactments she might propose.
p. T. McGrath in the December
Atlantic.
The Republican journal., 1902-12-11
Schools and Colleges.


Over score of Maine young men have
already made application Tor a scholarship
at Oxford under the provisions of the will
Of Cecil Rhodes.
The Maine colleges are actirg promptly,
but none too promptly, in defining the cOndi-
tons of competition for the Oxford scholar
ships founded by Cecil Rhodes. Unless
other States act pretty soon there will be a
lot of uninprOved opportunities at Oxford
next year-BOstOn Journal
. The committees of the different athletic
associations of Maine colleges met in Water
vile Nov. 26th. The professionalism" and
zone year" clauses were discussed, but the
meeting voted that nothing of what was
done should be given out until the secre-
tary had made slight changes and the whole
proceedings have been ratified by the differ
ent, associations.
The faculty of Bates College gave an
entertainment and social in the gymnasium
Thanksgiving evening for the students and
friends of the college. A large number
were present and enjoyed the interesting
program The party was first divided into
four groups and each group was requested
to make sentence out of letters distribu-
ted to each person. The first group, cap
tanned by Towne, 'O3, won first and the
prize, bouquet of chrysanthemums, was
distributed. The second prize, a beautiful
pumpkin pie, was won by the group CAP
tanned by Blake, 'O5. The second party
were unanimous in their opinion that the
second prize was more acceptable than the
first.