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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-11-26
For Sale.

My farm within a mile and halt
from town, best location around
Washburn, 40 acres of land, 10 acres
under cultivation, two houses, one
barn ard good root house. finest of
water and plenty of it. Terms $500
down and balance on easy terms.
For particulars. Inquire of DR.. H.
II. Bush at the farm.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-11-26

There is strong talk of the organ
ization of Commercial Club in this
city, and meeting of few inter
ested persons was held one night
last week to discuss the probabilities
Of al organization. Such organiza-
tiOns are in exis sence in most places
of consequence throughout the coun-
try and form convenient places for
bringing the men of place togeth-
err into closer social and business re-
lations. The main efforts of organi-
cations of this kind, aside from the
pleasant social gatherings they
afford are an encouragement OF
people in the general success and
prosperity of each other and the city
they i've in, and united effort to
promote the commercial, agricultural
and manufacturing interests of the
place. A committee is formulatin g
plan OF organization.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-11-26

Liverita the up-to-date Little
iver Pill; &c boxes contain 10 pills,
l )c boxes contain 40 pills, 25c boxes
contain LOO pills. Sold by Fox Bros
NaShburn, Wis. If
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-11-26
Out In a grave yard,

Out IN grave yard,
Some distance away,
Lies one of our SISTER Foresters'
Who was snatched from earth away.
She is the first of our number
To be taken by death away.
May our loss be her gain
And she with Christ has gone to
reign.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-11-26
A Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund the money on so
cent bottle of Greene's Warranted
Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure your
cough or cold. We also guarantee
25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory
or money refunded. Sold at Fox
Bros.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-11-26

Their is no cough medicine so
popular as Foley's Honey and Tar.
1t contains no opiates or poisons and
never fails to cure. Sold by Frost &
Spies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-11-26
Official Publication. }

Report of the financial condition of The
bayfield,, County Bank. located at Washburn,
state Of Wisconsin. at the close of business on
Jhe 18th day of Novem Der, 1903
RESOURCES
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-11-26

For Sale: A ladies astrakhan
coat, reasonable. Inquire at thi,
office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
The Social Ladder.

People take strange ways of getting
into society. Sir Thomas Upton took
his first step toward the heights OF
trade by driving two pigs-harnessed
and richly caparisoned-about the
streets and making them haul a cart.
An ambitious young person resolved to
profit by the Upton idea, He owned
no pigs to drive; but since amazement
and resultant gossip were the objects
sought, he would as easily approach
them by another trail After deepest
thought the young person threw him
sell into the basin Of a park fountain
on a wager of gloves with girl. In a
moment the inner circle knew his
merit; it spread wide its arms and his
status was fixed. And he showed his
appreciation. He appeared late in the
thoroughfares Of Newport carrying
gigantic rag doll; and later still he
gave a dinner to group Of lapdogs
and thereby emphasized his fame.
Then there was that other male per-
son who, as seemed natural enough, had
for his intimate friend monkey from
Borneo's wilds. And then, too, there
was that dinner given by one Of socl-
ety's queens with the Borneo monkey
as the guest of honor. Besides, do not
folk flourish with horseback dinners at
5000 q horse? Have we not cotillons
whereof the favors are cats and rats
Are there not receptions at which the
unwilling animals Of the barnyard are
made to mingle sorrowfully with their
brethren Of the drawing rooms? These
should burn like beacons to guide all
on hunt for social eminence. Alfred
Henry Lewis in Everybody's Magazine
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
To "no UNI Lace Curtains.

To do up lace curtains satisfactorily
when taken down, pin them on the line
a few minutes, so that the wind will
blow out the dust. After the loose dust
has been shaken out put them to soak
Of very smoky, in luke warm suds for
an hour, squeeze them out by hand and
place them in hot suds made from
ivory soap. Rinse up and down by
hand until all soil is removed. Run
them through slack clothes wringer
and place them in a tub Of clear warm
water. If they are to be pure white
tkey are now ready for the bluing, but
thOse who wish them q cream color
may add clear filtered coffee Instead
of using starch to stiffen they they will
look more like new ones If gum arabic
is used. Upon teaspoonful of the gum
broken into little bits pour a cupful of
warm water and stir until dissolved.
To every quart Of water add two tea
spoonfuls of the mixture. Wiring out
carefully through loose clothes wiring
er. In a sunny spot in the yard have
the quilting frames extended, and
clean sheet pinned taut over them.
In order to work to advantage 1t Is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
To the Bachelor Girl.

Here's to the Bachelor Girl
Who fain her charms would cloister.
She is a precious pearl
That will not leave the oyster.
She is proud sweet pea
That scorns to be a vine,
And lean upon tree
Or round stick entwine.
"What! leaa upon a stick!
Oh, no! I'm not that sort
l will grow branches thick
And be my own support
Beware, o pearl of price,
Lest you be cast to swine;
0 proud sweet pea, think twice
Ere you refuse to Irvine!
o Bachelor Girl, we drink
Confusion to your plan;
Beware, lest Fate shall link g,
You to a Spinster Man!
o change, ere tits too late
The choker tall and silly,
The tweeds-the hat we hate,
For something soft and frilly!
Take off the stockings blue
1--WE will avert our gaze),
Then will we drink to you
Long life-and happy days!
Good Housekeeping.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
Women as Farmers.

Farming in Pennsylvania seems to
be in the way to drift largely into the
hands of women. There are a great
many German farmers in the eastern
section and for the last two years the
women have been doing much Of the
farm labor, even to the blowing. The
daughters are to be found in the field,
while the Sons are at college, at the
loom, in the rolling mill or cigar fac
tory or "clerking" in the city. This
year not only the German women but
the farmers wives and daughters ev-
erywhere went into the fields. 1t was
the only way to save the crops after
the long and damaging drought. Mod
ern agricultural machinery made the
task a comparatively easy one, since
much Of it can be operated just as well
by the farmers daughters as by tin
sons, who have forsaken tie farm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
BOTTLE OF MAMMOTH SIZE.
Five Feet High and Will Contain
Sixty.Five Gallons.


sixty-Five Gallons.
The largest blown glass bottle in the
United States, Or in the world, SO far
as the makers know, is on exhibition
in a window in Barclay street, just
above Greenwich, says the New York
Times. It holds sixty-five gallons and
is shaped something like baby's nurs-
ing bottle-narrow at the bottom,
bullying at the middle, with small
neck and mouth. The bottle Is tride
less than five feet high and Is about
four feet in circumference at it's widest
part.
The man who blew it at the factory
in New Jersey is just about as tall as
the bottle. II he could manage to
squeeze through the neck he could
sleep very comfortably inside of it. If
the surface area Of the glass blown
into the bottle were spun silk it would
make a gown for 6 moderately large
and stout woman. Although blowing
by guesswork, tempered with long ex-
perience, the man exceeded by only
half an ounce his instructions as to the
size Of the bottle slxty-fve gallons.
The firm read in a western newspa-
per Of hitherto unaccomplished
feat" as alleged, Of a blown bottle
holding forty gallons. The Barclay
street makers sent one Of that size to
the Philadelphia centennial, more than
twenty-five years ago. Just to show
that it was still in the ring this sixty
five-gallon bottle was made. The man
ager says that he could blow a hun
dred-gallon bottle if he had a place
to put it in his window.
Pinned to card at the base Of the
big bottle is the smallest bottle in the
world, it's appropriate running mate.
It holds just four drops and must be
filed with a hypodermic syringe. It is
so small that it has to be fastened
against a jet-black background in or
der that persons looking in at the win
dow can see it. More time was requ1r-
ed to make the four-drop bottle than
the sixty-f1ve-g gallon one.
The substitution of machinery for
human labor in glass bottle factories
is not making much Roadway. For the
finer grades of work machinery is no
good at all. Skilled mechanics are at
work improving it all the time and
they promise to succeed some day, just
as they did with the typesetting ma
chimes Meanwhile the efficient glass
blower has the call. There is a great
deal Of boy labor in the factories,
which ere scattered through New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Ohio and Indiana. Each blower re-
quires from two to three boys to carry
bottles from the molder to the anneal-
ing room. In some factories the blow
crs are required to furnish their own
hOUc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
Census Work in Europe.

To the American observer Of Euro
pean census methods, one Of the most
striking characteristics is the decen-
tralization Of census work. In the
United States the census is completely
centralized; every person engaged in
the work acts as an officer or employe
Of the federal government, and all ex-
penditures for census purposes are
made from the United States treasury.
In most countries Of continental Eu-
rope, on the contrary, both the labor
and the expense of collecting the orig
inal census data devolve upon the mu-
inequalities, townships or communes.-
Century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
At the Play.

The young man had seen the play
before. He let every body for four seats
around him know that, he kept telling
Just what was coming, and how funny
it would be when it did come. At
length he said:
"Did you ever try listening to play
with your eyes shut? You've no idea
how queer it seems"
A middle-aged man with red face
sat Just In front. He twisted himself
about in his seat and glared at the
young man.
'Young man." said he, "did you ever
try listening to play with your mouth
shut?'
The silence that followed was pain
full.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
Killing Art of Conversation.


The ending of the holiday season re-
minds one that indoor will shortly be
taking the place Of outdoor amuse-
ments. May 1 suggest the lately in
vented "anecdote party" as a piquant
variation on the "book tea? Each
member Of the party tells a story In
succession, and the best is rewarded
with q prize. 1t is change from the
hackneyed bridge" and progressive
which drives" at any rate.
Card playing is an ineffably dreary
form of amusement, since it cuts at the
very root of all social intercourse by
barring conversation. Why does not
some society leader start converse
ton" as a fashionable amusement! 1t
would soon be rehabilitated as a fine
art. She need not go as far as that
rather priggish host in the delightful,
but now forgotten New Republic, =
who prints on his menu the topic to
be discussed with each course at din
ner. But, seriously, are we not DELHI
erately killing out the art Of converse
ton in many ways, as, for example, by
the absurd fashion of having profess
sional entertainers and singers at our
big functions-a fashion which effectu-
ally stiles all small talk? People were
better off fifty years ago, when the
performances of inefficient musical
amateurs stimulated rather than de-
stroyed the flow of conversation. 1t is
such a very poor compliment to your
guests to take it for granted that they
are not brilliant enough to amuse
themselves. And is not the introduce
ton of all forms Of entertainments
a direct infringement Of q woman's
royal prerogative-the right to talk?-
London Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

Iusultcd by the Grammar.

The six hundred pupils who meet at
the evening school In the North End
district of Boston for five months in
the year are mostly men over eighteen
years Of age, recent immigrants, who
go to school to learn the English lam
guage The Italians, says the author
Of Americans in Process" are the pre-
dominating race; next to them come
the Russian Jews. Between the adult
pupils Of these two races there exists
the most childish and unreasonab BILE
antagonism. The men take offense up
on the slightest occasion.
The opprobrious epithets Of "dago''
and "sheeny" are apparently the words
earliest and easiest learned. A class
Of Italians is said, not long ago, to
have got into such an uproar that the
presence of the head master was neces-
sary to quell the incipient riot, as the
teacher, a man Of German extraction,
had been unequal to the emergency,
and was ignorant of the origin Of the
outbreak. When quiet had been re-
stored and inquiries were in progress,
the class insisted, in the face of the
Germans protestations, that he had
called them ''dagos'
After much discussion the mystery
was cleared up. The teacher, in course
Of instruction, had repeated the famil-
lar conjugation Of ''to CO." His Teu-
tonic tongue had transformed the in
nocent plural into the unfortunate
sounds Of 1--WE go, you go, dago," and
his class, to a man, had furiously re-
scented the supposed insult.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
Men Love the Neat Woman.

There is an attraction in neatness
and order all their own The lack Is
felt even when there is great beauty to
dazzle the eye. 1 know that there are
men who tolerate slack, untidy women,
but have always regarded them as
martyrs to duty, mistaken in the size
OF the obligation laid upon them.
have never blamed the man who
Stunned untidiness at home, be he
father, husband, son or brother, and
that, my friends, is the real whip that
drives some men from their own fire
sides. The really neat woman is neat
at all times, and the slack one Is very
unwise when she INDUCES her pro
pensities at home. Cleanliness may
be next to goodness, and certainly
neatness is next to beauty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
Lotion for the Face.

The following lotion is excellent for
cleaning ones face in the daytime in
stead Of washing: Tie two tablespoon
fuls Of oatmeal in a muslin bag and
drop into pint Of boiling water. When
the water has cooled little, squeeze
the bag to get all the goodness out of
the oatmeal. When cool, strain, and
add two tablespoonfuls of eau de CO.
lOgne.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
EvesiUhf of Fishes.

In the water fishes see only at very
close range-about half their own
length. This will seem perhaps unlike
" to anglers, although some Of them
can cite instances showing that fish
cannot see far. Snakes seem to have
a very mediocre sense Of sight. The
boa. for example, does not see at more
than a quarter or third Of its own
length; different species are limited to
one-fifth or one-eighth Of their length.
Frogs are better off, they see at If
teen to twenty times their length.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
Pretty Aprons for Playtime.

Little maidens who have gone to the
country just to have good time are
made. very happy by big gingham play
aprons, which may yet show a white
sailor collar and tied smartIy with
white strings. Ordinary long cloth may
be the white portion, and with such a
covering TO her nainsook or lawn frock,
or without the latter, unlimited mud
pies are assured without danger to
fineries beneath. Shocks Of brown
linen come from France and England
to protect the neither splendors Of
small boys at playtime.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
A Toothless Animal.

During a lesson on the animal king.
dom to a Philadelphia kindergarten
class q teacher said:
"Can any one give me an example
of an animal Of the ordr Of edentata-
that is, front-toothless animal?"
81 cam" cried little David, his face
beaming with pleasure that he should
have an opportunity to win himself a
place at the head Of the class.
"Wen, what is it?" smiled the teach
er.
Grandmother" came the unexpect-
ed reply.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
The Prevalent Malady.

Miss Sarah reads: "'Rev. Mr.. Mari
gold taken to the hospital, a victim Of
locomotor ataxia.' How dreadful!
wonder whether the poor man was run
over, or whether the thing blew up
with himT-Harper's Monthly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
To Exterminate Red Ants.

Grease a plate with lard and set 1t
where these insects abound. They pre-
fer lard to any other delicacy and will
forsake even sugar for it. Place few
sticks around the plate for the ants to
climb upon. Occasionally turn tho
plate bottom side up over the fire and
the ants will fall In with the melting
lard. Reset the plate, and. in q short
time you will catch them all
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
The Right Sort of Affinity,

can ideal match" they say, indicat-
ing the newly married couple.
'Eminently suited to each other"
they continue.
Here they pause and watch the hap
by pair.
Seems like a made-to-order meet
ing Of affinities," they conclude.
"He is a vegetarian and she is
grass widow."-Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
Education of Women.

Education of Women.
One of the most striking features Of
modern educational development is the
rapid growth of institutions for the
higher education of women.
At the time Of the Civil War there
was but one educational institution Of
college grade which had women stu
dents. This was Oberlin College, which
has been open to women since 1888. Now
there are more than $50 colleges and
universities in the United States which
are offering to women opportunities for
higher culture and professional train
ing. In the universities and colleges
where a generation ago scarcely any
women were enrolled, more than a
third Of the total number Of students
are women. In the eleven higher edu-
cational institutions for women only,
which fulfill the true college standard
in entrance requirements, training OF
faculty. and curriculum, there are now
enrolled 1852 students, and teaching
force, with university attachments,
numbering 500. The total number of
women college students is estimated at
10000.
The Increase of women in profession
al schools has been particularly marked
in the past fifteen years. According to
President Thomas of Bryn Mawr, the
gain in numbers Of students in medi-
cine from 1890 to 1898 was 81 per cent
Of men and GA per cent IF women; in
dentistry, $50 per cent of men, POS per
cent of women; in pharmacy, 20 per
cent of men, 100 per cent of women;
in technology and agriculture, 119 per
cent of men, 1914 per cent Of women.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
E;shers of Newfoundland.

More than one-fourth Of the inhabit-
ants Of Newfoundland are engaged in
catching and curing fish for a iveli-
hood.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

better for two to shake and spread one
curtain at time. They should be gen
tly' stretched both ways and pinned i'll
each scallop. Allow each curtain to
remain until perfectly dry. AS fast as
dry spread out fiat on sheet on the
floor over night in a perfectly dry at
mosphere.-Country Gentleman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

According to your notion, what pro,
portion Of the people are hard unft
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-23
CHARGES CRUELTY TO SOLDIERS
Governor Of Soldiers Home at Dayton
Ohio. To Be Investigated.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-Speakel
Cannon has received a memorial from
D. P. Ballard, late captain of Company
A, Twenty-third Iowa infantry, max
ing serious charges against J. B
Thomas, governor of the soldiers home
at Dayton, Ohio. It is alleged that
Thomas is guilty Of cruelty, tyranny
inhumanity, oppression, gross injus-
tice, wilful disregard of the laws, ly-
ing and deceit"
The specifications are full Of de-
tails alleging that veterans have died
because of ill treatment at the hands
of Thomas and confinement in the
guard house. 1t is alleged that the
governor confined Edward J. Lauder
dale, half dead with hemorrhoids, in
the guard house, where he slept on the
floor though guilty only of contra
dieting his drunken captain.
Another case of cruelty is that OF
James O'Neil, left in the guard house
politely called quarantine" upstairs
behind iron bars, for twenty eight
months. When arrested O'Neil had
nothing on except his night clothes
and was dragged from his quarters
into the cold great distance.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-23
|Home and Foreign Markets.
BOIGHI SOME WHEAT A TEMPTING DNPLAl
-,.rn1v ruoIsAND BusHEL MARKETS
cuAncen HANDS sATUR- cEvE
DAY AFTERNOON. GIVING TRADE.
Sound Dealers 5esse
Local irnsfor Birds-Sone
coun+rv Mills ments Last
"A TEMPTING DISPLAY
WALLA WALLA MARKETS RE
cElvE TURKEYS FOR THANKS
GIVING TRADE.
Sound and Spokane Dealers Besiege
Local Firms for Birds-Some Ship
ments Made Last Night.

Anyone with the least degree Of dis
cernment could tell that Thanksgiving
is drawing near. When the Walla
Walla meat markets opened this morn
ing it was to display tempting rows of
dressed and live turkeys and dealers
were busy all day booking orders for
future delivery. The average house
wife may look a trifle dismayed when
she asks the price but 20 cents pound
straight is the price for dressed birds
this year.
Sound and Spokane dealers are be-
sieging local firms for turkeys and are
offering fancy prices in many in
stances. The Walla Walla Meat COM
pany shipped out several hundred
pounds to Spokane last night and will
follow the shipment with others to the
Sound this evening and tomorrow.
Birds contracted from farmers earlier
in the season were being delivered at
the local shops today and many a
small boy hung around waiting to get
job of picking.
Local grocery houses report Thanks
giving trade as picking up and for the
next three days the different stores
will be crowded with shoppers eager
to pick up the good things to eat that
are being displayed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-23
BOUGHT SOME WHEAT
TWENTY THOUSAND BUSHELS
CHANGED HANDS SATUR-
DAY AFTERNOON.
y. c. Scott Bought $1,000 Bushels-Be-
Ieved Wheat Was for Up
Country Mills.

Although wheat ruled as low Satur-
day as it has for weeks past few
lots aggregating nearly 10000 bushels
changed hands. j. c. Scott bought
is 600 bushels and several of the other
dealers were able to pick up small
lots. According to the custom being
adopted by several of the dealers the
name of the seller or the price paid
was not made public. 1t is believed,
however, the wheat bought Saturday
is for up-country mills which have
orders on hand for immediate delivery.
Dealers last week thought that
better tone in the local market would
prevail this week but the situation to-
day remained unchanged, club being
quoted around 65 to 66 cents and blue
stem around 90 to 70 cents. Chicago
December wheat showed weakness to-
day opening at 1874 and closing off a
quarter Liverpool closed up quar-
ter of a pence over Saturdays close.