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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
VORITE AGES OF WOMEN.
" Appear to Range Between Six
cen and TVventy-fOUr Years.

v Appear to Range between Six
cen and Twenty-fOUr Years.
may seem strange that women
e preferences for particular ages
inspection of the census, however,
yes no room for doubt that certain
rs are preferred and certain other
lrs disliked by the members of the
9tler sex.
children fourteen years and under
number of boys is nearly 100000
,ater than the number of girls; at
cen the boys are still 5000 ahead Of
girls; at sixteen the girls are 5000
! more numerous. and each year
9reafter until the twenty-fourth
IRE is an excess of women over men.
e favorite ages within these limits
eighteen and twenty. There are a.
} more misses of eighteen than there
boys of that age. and the young
lies twenty years old exceed their
lsculine companions by $4,000. AT
enty-four and twenty-five the num-
rs of the two sexes are nearly equal.
len the women begin to grow less
ith great rapidity. The most unpop-
ar ages are thirty and forty. At the
Irmer age there is a difference of 49,
% between the two sexes; at the latter
1000.
One peculiar circumstance is that
lere are more women twenty years
d than there are girls of thirteen or
)urteen or any age up to twenty.
his fact conclusively demonstrates
lat twenty is very heaithful age.
ut if the younger ages are unhealthy.
here did the increased number who
re twenty years old come from? No
romen are born that old
Only an unusually elastic theory can
count for these peculiarities with be-
Oming gallantry to the lovelier SEX
S. Gillian in Ladies' Home Journal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
THE END OF NIAGARA.
In Twenty-Five Centuries the Great
Falls VIII Have Disappeared.

IN Twenty-Five Centuries the Great
Falls VIII Have Disappeared.
In 1900 years hence the discharge of
the Niagara will have become inter
mittent, ceasing at low stages of the
lake, and finally the Niagara river, on
the rising edge of the basin, will have
its waters turned back and southwark,
and no water will flow over the Mag
ara escarpment Of that day. Through
this agency alone Niagara falls will
cease to exist long before the escarp-
ment has been worn away to the river
level at Grand island. but as it is even
now lessening the volume Of water
poured over the falls the erosive power
of the stream is diminishing. and we
must therefore increase the period nee
esSary for the retreat of the Canadian
falls to the south end of Goat island
and the stealing of the waters of the
American tails.
Assuming the continuity of the forces
named, we might outline the probable
future life and death of the falls thus:
With progressive loss in water vol
ulne the Canadian falls will reach the
south end of Goat island in from 1000
to 1.500 years. the death of the Ameri-
can falls.
The flow of the waters will now have
become intermittent and at first only
at periods of mean and high water in
Lake Erie, eventually at high water
alone. will there be any discharge over
the escarpment. This will continue for
a period of from 1900 to 1000 years.
The entire flow to the north will
cease. and the river will flow back into
Lake Erie. leaving the escarpment dry
at point not very far south of Goat
island and with a height of about 100
feet. This will be $500 years hence
the death of Niagara falls-John NJ
Clarke. Ph. D.. IL. D.. in Harper's
Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
Insect Traps.

Brazilian birds. fly catchers, display
a brilliantly colored crest easily mis-
taken for a flower cup. Insects, at
tracted by what appears to be fresh
ly opened blossom, furnish the birds
with food. An Asiatic lizard is en-
tirely colored like the surface Of the
desert plains where it lives except that
at each angle of the mouth blooms a
brilliant red folding Of the flesh exact
" resembling little flower that grows
in the sand. Insects lured by the
seeming flower are incontinently dis
illusioned when they settle upon it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
EnconaDatibility.

A man and his wife called at a law
yer's Office 10 talk about divorce.
Judge the wife said. 81 had only
Is cents to live on last month"
Whereupon the husband replied ag-
grily: That's a falsehood she had
500
Then the wife said. Judge. that's
rs near as we ever agree" And the
judge said they might as we'll get a
divorce if that was the best they could
do.-Atchison Globe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
YANKEE DOODLE.

The Original Version Dates From
the Time of oliver Cromwell.
The lively strains of Yankee Doc
lle'' are heard at every patriotic ceie
ration, says a writer in Golfers Week
y, yet perhaps few of those whose
pulses stir at the sound of the familiar
notes are aware that it dates from the
ime of Oliver Cromwell and crossed
he seas with the Puritans.
''NanEee Doodle" was one of the nick
names bestowed by the Cavaliers on
he hated Roundhead, and a verse writ
-en upon Cromwells entry into Oxford.
riding on a small horse with a plume
twisted into a sort Of knot called a
'macaroni," runs as follows:
Nankee Doodle came to town
Upon a little pony,
With a feather in his hat
Upon a macaroni
The transition from Nankee to Yam
ee-which came from Yengee. the In
ian word for English-was very easy.
Id the Royalists used it as jeer at
III New Englanders.
When the COlonialS in Boston. pre-
airing for the coming war, struggled
1uskets into the country. concealing
1em in loads Of manure, tie Tories
lng to the old tune of Lucy Fisher"
Yankee Doodle came to town
For to buy firelock;
We will tar and feather him,
And so we will John Hancock.
When the British forces marched to
lie battles of Concord and Lexington
leir approach was heralded by God
ave the King" but when the Yankee
armers'' saw the foe in full retreat the
rains of Yankee Doodle" accompa
led their flight, and from that hour.
'herever the stars and stripes have
Dated, the once despised tune has been
card.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24

Mamma, what is Topsy's other
name"
"Topsy in the play? l don't know,
fear. guess she hasn't any other.
It's just Topsy, that's ALL"
"Oh, she has another name. | heard
papa speak of it yesterday. but l can't
think of it now. Oh, yes. | remember.
It's Topsy Turvy!'-Kansas City Jour
nal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
Shorthand 1000 Years Ago.

1t is no doubt a surprise to most to
learn that shorthand was known and
practiced 1000 years ago. Manilius, a
contemporary Of Caesar and Cicero,
Virgil and Horace, asserts that some
system Of reporting very similar to
our shorthand was in vogue in his
days. Writing these words under the
influence of Virgo and Mercury, he
says they are
In shorthand skilled, where little marks
comprise af@
Whole words. sentence in single letter
lies,
And while the willing hand it's aid affords
Prevents the tongue to fix the falling
words.
1t is certainly a novel conception that
Cicero's grand orations were commit
ted to paper with AS much skill as our
modern stenographers boast.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
ExnerieueQ1.

How is the new girl going to do?"
asked Mr.. Ferguson.
'She hasn't had much experience"
said his wife. but think she will be
all right when she gets broken in"
Then came a loud sound Of falling
crockery from the kitchen
start. anyhow" observed Mr.. Ferguson
encoura gingly.-Chicago Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
Appearances Against Him.

"Do you mean to intimate that the
prisoner was intoxicated?'
"Well appearances seemed against
him"
''What Appearances"
"Well for one thing he was holding
a glass upside down trying to fill it
from a tightly corked bottle. "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
DQfqionov

Honestman-I had to discharge my
confidential man today. He didn't know
enough for the position.
Crookedchap-I discharged mine also.
He knew too much.-Cincinnati Times.
Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
EncOuragement.

Pupil (after repeated attempts)-Oh.
I'm sure I never. shall be able tot
Professor-Oh. yes. you will. I was
just as big J donkey myself at first
Punch
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
impossible Shakespeare.

Critic Marvellous drama OF yours,
c. There's a scene in that play that
lakespeare himself could not have
ritten.
Authenticated! You are too flatter-
G.
Critic was referring to that rail
.ay smash in the third act.-London
it-Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24

"He's the kind of a man who courts
anger, understand"
"Well. should say so. Why. he does
1T hesitate to open a Irritation with
" young widow he meets."-Chicago
)St
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24

Energy will do anything that can be
ne in this world, and no talents, no
'cumstances. no opportunities, will
Ike man without it.-Goethe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
Customary Notice

"Are the races coming to town?"
81 don't know" answered young
Mrs. Torkins. My husband hasn't
yet said anything about our having to
economic. Washington Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
valued Connection.

Emeline-Sara is my greatest con-
ISOLATION in life
Eliza beth-W Why?
Emeline-Everybody says she talks
more than do.-Detroit Free Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
A Biased Opinion

She-I think it's SO silly of lovers to
quarrel.
He-Yes. the making up is so expen-
eive.-Brooklyn Life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24
The Attraction.

Held give up all my millions to
have you.
Shelf you did you wouldn't have
me.~Smart Set.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-24

70 accept good advice is but to in
crease ones own ability.-Goethe.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-10
MONTANA EVENTS,

Rear Admiral Schley ana his party,
consisting Of Mrs. Schley. Colonel and
Mrs. A. X. Mcclure and Misses WEIGH
and Curtin of Philadelphia, spent an
afternoon in Great rails Saturday.
Colonel A. X. Mcclure, the veteran
Philadelphia editor, dedicated in
Helena a monument to be erected by
the Society of Montana Pioneers Lc
John X. Beidler. Mcclure and Beii-
Ter were boys together in Pennsyl-
vania.
A W. c. T. U. committee. headed by
the president of the organization, re-
Gently waited upon the management OF
the American District Telegraph and
Western Union officials at Butte,
whose messenger boys are out on q
strike. and protested vigorously
against the employment of girls as
messengers.
Thomas O'Brien has been pardoned
by Acting Governor Murray. O'Briens
case is most novel. He made his es-
cape from the penitentiary. and. with
the prison officials in pursuit. wrote
letters to q Butte paper. giving his
side Of the case to tue puUilc. lne
letters were published. and O'Brien
then returned to the penitentiary, le-
claring that as the public was now
aware of the true facts and his, inno-
cence, he soon would be pardoned.
O'Brien was sent up for the alleged
theft of a wagon load Of goods.
The heaviest snow of the season
fell at Livingston recently. Advices
from several points indicate that the
storm is general in eastern Montana.
Stockmen and ranchers are jubilant
and state that the heavy moisture will
have an excellent effect on the ranges
and ranches. Stockmen state that it
will result in a very heavy growth CT
grass in early spring. Stock is in
good condition and will suffer no bad
effects from the storm. The storm is
] reported to be very severe in the
park and it is believed that all trails
over which the president and party
were expected to travel were COW
cred deep with snow.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-10
THREE NORTHWEST STATES
LATEST NEWS OF THE WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered Through the Week-Most
Every Section Shows Prosperity
Many Accidents and Personal Hap,
penings.


April "a will be Arbor day for the
public and high schools of Shoshone
county.
The Boise Chamber of Commerce
has been reorganized
The TRUSTEES who decamped recently
from the pen, were captured in hay
stack near Nampa by Chief of Police
Lillard.
The Melrose Tramway company has
filed articles of incorporation. 1t is
capitalized at $4,000, of which $77Oo
has been subscribed.
Grant Smith, who was assisting the
log drive for the Warren Flint, on
Carlin creek, was accidentally
drowned recently. Attempts were
made to aid him, but he threw up his
hands and sank
kid" Lewis of Denver and Ed
Barry Of Billings met in a 20 round
contest at Wardner recently. 1t end
ed in the referee declaring the bout
a draw.
The business of the Boise postoffice
for the quarter ending March 81, ex.
ceeds by over $500 the business Of
any previous quarter in the history Of
the office.
A train ran away on the Northern
Pacific track at Gem recently, result
ing in three persons oeing injured, one
sustaining a broken leg, near the an.
kle.
The jury in the district court at
Lewiston, after being out all night
brought in a verdict of not guilty in
the case Of Max Geidl, charged with
horse stealing. W. w. .4cFall, charged
with horse stealing, was also acquit.
ted.
Under the provisions Of the naval
appropriation bill increasing the mum.
Der of midshipmen at the United
States Naval academy at Annapolis
a vacancy now exists from the state
Of Idaho, whic his to be filled upon
the recommendation of Hon. W. B.
Hepburn.
Much interest Is taken In the ap
pointment of three water commission.
ers under the new law. No appoint.
ment has been made yet. Indications
are choice will fall upon Representa-
tive ]. H. Lowell for district No. /
and Representative frank Riblett for
No. 2. Edward Turner of Idaho Falls
is talked Of for No. 3.
The governor has appointed Frank
e. Johnesse superintendent Of the
wagon road to be built to Thunder
mountain from Warren's ranch, In
Long valley. The state appropriated
$4,000 for the work, contingent upon
as much more being raised by private
persons. The sum will be paid by
mining companies haveing interests
in the district. The proposed road
will be about 70 miles in length.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-10
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

The census of Palouse shows a pop
ulation of 1904.
DR.. r. E. Stewart, one Of the early
settlers of Goldendale, died last week.
The Pacific National league has sue
eeeded the Pacific Northwest league
G. w. Bowen's store and postoftlce
at Glenwood was totally destroyed by
are recently.
The city of Goldendale has pur'
chased its waterworks system from
Hess & Cooper.
The farmers and fruitgrowers
around Ellensburg have organized q
shippers association.
Flowing has begun generally in the
Palouse country, and with dry wealth
or seeding will be in full blast
! North Yakima and surrounding
country is suffering from a shortage
of hay never before experienced.
The Spokane county annual Sunday
school convention will meet April 8
and 10 in Spokane, at the First Pres
byterian church.
The growth of Klickitat county is
shown by the fact that 800 tracts OF
land were added to the assessment
soil last year.
Walla Walla gamblers say the
sames, which are now running wide
open In Walla Walla. will continue
regardless Of the law.
At Seattle the jury In the case OF
Annie Lewis, charged with the murder
Of Manse Lewis on January 6. returned
a verdict of not guilty.
The residence Of Aaron Kuhn, at
Spokane, was entered by burglars re
Gently while the family was absent
and a number of costly articles were
stolen.
The magnitude Of the real estate
transfers in whitman county and the
number of immigrants who are pour
ing into the district daily are sur
prising.
c. G. Raby, ex-Whitman county audi
tor. has been taken to the peniten
tiary. He was convicted of larceny by
embezzlement for the theft of war
rant for s1753.
Andrew Carnegie, the steel magnatt
and philanthropist, promises $4,000
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-10

for the construction Of a book temple
on site to be furnished by the city
Of Spokane.
Charles Hickman was shot through
the heart and instantly killed by Will
liam Kelley at the Coltax fair grounds
recently. The shooting was purely
accidental.
The first hop contracts made this
spring in the Yakima valley have
been filed with the county auditor in
which 10000 pounds of the 1903 crop
were sold at 16 and II cents.
James Fielding, farmer, living on
Pleasant Prairie, near Spokane, took
a teaspoonful of arsenic recently,
claiming that he mistook 1t for qui-
nine, and as a result is dead.
A large sawmill is to be built at the
town of Ward, about mile and a
half from Marcus, on Kettle river
Ward is a new townsite on the Wash
ington & Great Northern railway.
By the unanimous vote of the Spo-
kane board of education, James A.
Tormey of Winona, MINI, was elected
to the superintendency of the public
schools at a salary of $4,000 a year.
Invitations have been extended to
the mayors and the editors through
out the Inland Empire to visit Spo-
kane as the guests of the Roosevelt
committee upon the date Of the presi-
dents visit.
Run to earth by persistent work of
detectives, three men are in the Spo-
kane county Jail who have confessed
to being implicated in wholesale
scheme to plumber the Spokane Drug
company.
The beautiful farm owned by A. P.
Johnson four miles east of Garfield
has been sold to an Iowa man. The
property is one Of the best improved
ranches in eastern Washington, and
brought about $45 per acre.
John Roberts. railroad yard en-
ploye at Wallula, was probably ia
tally shot through the abdomen by
Deputy Sheriff William Nave recently,
the railroad man having shot at Nave
first, thinking he was holdup.
A head end collision occurred on
the Gray's Harbor branch of the
Northern Pacific Sunday between a
passenger train and an extra east
bound freight, smashing both engines
and throwing the mailcar down the
bank. No one was seriously injured.
Chris Nygard, a well known con-
tractor Of Wilbur, shot and killed him
self instantly about lz:15 p. m. Satur-
day. Dependency on account Of be-
int unable to get some work settled
for, combined with Ill health, are sup
posed to be the causes of the sad
affair.
An unknown man wearing full
face mask walked into q saloon at
Govan recently and. saying i've got
you now!" fired three shots at G. F.
Tennis, killing him almost instantly.
The unknown ran to the back door
and escaped in the darkness.
The Masonic Temple Association Of
Tacoma has been authorized to let the
contract for the excavation for the
foundation walls and to prepare for
the cornerstone to be laid by Prest-
dent Roosevelt Friday, May %. All
the Masonic bodies in the jurisdiction
Of Washington will be invited.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-10
Terrible Death of Irving Bedweil.

Downs, Wash, April Striving Bed
we'll, unmarried, aged 20, pumper for
the Great Northern at Lamona, was
killed Monday.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-10
THOMPSON, CRAWFORD
AND RODMAN,
SUNNYSIDE, WASHINGTON

Growers and shippers Of Seed Potatoes.
Msule's Esrly Thoroughbred sic nor ton;
Early Rose sic per ton; MauIes Freeman.
I'd quality, SO, LIST quality, $i2 por toni Sal
ina Burbank. I'd quality, SO, ist quality $i2
per ton, sack lots, 2oc per hundred extra.
FREE ON BOARD CARS At NATION.
REFERENCES sunnyslds Bank.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-10
Repairing.

vour WATCHES at the store
..,, g. Fullerton for FIRST
-, ASS REPAIRS at reasonable prices
and work guaranteed.
JULIUS JAcoT,
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-10

big Washington Streets
the bargains Groceries All kinds Shoes
Feed Store connection.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-10
Stark Nurseries
Harness
ShOp......

r u. BARRETT is located On
Washington Street, opposite Er.
Laws Store, with a Stock Of Har.
ness.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-13
x-RkYS MEDlcINA.

S-Iay examination and x.ray violet rays and
tero1s mIassase ess for speedy relief and cure
standing: 20 years experience; cure e1aranteea.
aT a u Il. ss sehefas stomach liver kidney
nstulas. ruptures. etc, speedily cured 4fs3 Eas.
ton. east OF Taylor. ST. Louis NO. y a. Brack-
ing, manager. 49, - . - -N->a
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-13
DENTISTRY.
MEDICAL.

ADIEsi Use chlehester's English PennNcyaI pills,
III Besti eafsati 0nly RelialSiei Take ns othe,.
Ray Of ycar DrnEEiat, seni &e stamps Tor rartie
CAlehesser Cheaicai c. PRiisd.1' II.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-13
s. POLL PARROTS.

1Xex:caa ol1d Central American ysloWAeadk
exteAa Bird Co., ls.s Fins Il.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-04-24
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
Saws North Is Worse Puzzled Than
- Ever Over Race Problem.
The PensiOninH of Negroes-Bishop
Turner's Proposal to Send Them
Back to Africa-Praises Recent
Southern Literature.

"Timeo Danaos dora ferentes."
That's what the Romans said when the
Grecians brought them presents. Be
ware of the Greeks when they come
with gifts" 1 suspected Mark Hanna
when he introduced that bill. He is a
Greek, and he is from Ohio. Beware!
But he made bad break. He was
trying to get ahead of Teddy, and
failed. Bring in another horse, Mark.
We were willing for your folks to pen
sion our old dardes, but your billwould
have saliyated half the population, and
included the 10000 you stole from US
before the war. Our old negroes are
the best we have got. They are still
humble and trusty. My wife bought
three shuck foot mats from one yester-
day, and got another TO put split bot
tom in chair. We would rejoice to
see these old negroes handle some pen
sion money. An old woman got S24
yesterday for her husbands service,
and l asked her what he done, and she
said he kept the officers of his COM
pany in chickens all the way from
cook, Aunt Ann, said the colored peo-
pie were powerfully fond of chicken,
too, and if her old man could not get
chicken any other way, he would go
to town and buy one.
But it looks now like Teddy's hand
has busted on the race problem. He
can't solve it. The north is worse
-
tary Root has spoken out in meeting,
and says that social equality and office
holding has to be abandoned. Bishop
Turner declares that the whole prob
lem is in a more unsettled condition
than it has been in so years, and they
must be sent back to Africa. That is
right, but we want those who brought
them here to be made to take them
back. Confiscate Fanueil hall and sell
it out for enough money to build one
ship, and name it the Jolly Bachelor"
which was the first slave ship that
brought them here. Load it down
with cargo of bucks and buckesses
under 80 years of age. When Turner
begins to ship 'em from this part of
the country we want to pick 'em. There
are about so trifiing vagabonds hang
ing around this town, and we can't
kill 'em off with smallpox or anything
else. Two of our doctors went to the
niger school to vaccinate 'em and took
the police and locked the doors, but the
coons all jumped out of the
windows and some ran under the
house and some ran home and
some hid in a hollow log or behind
fences, and the doctor did not get half
of them. But we are getting along
fairly well with our negroes, our house.
hold servants, the cook and washer
woman and their children. They were
all brought up here and vaccinated.
Negroes in daily contact with their
white employees give no trouble. They
are respectful and Industrious. They
do not want to go to Africa, and they
are not going. 1t is this restless float
ing population that we want to get
rid of. There are young white men not