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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-02-27
Attention, Farmers !

l have the best and largest assortment
of Plow Harness I have had for some
time-such as Collars, Hames, Brides,
Trace Chains, Back Bands. &c.
Also nice line of Buggy Harness at a
reasonable price.
l pay highest cash price for Hides,
Sheep Skins and Tallow.
feb24-2m N. KRIENER.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
Labor and Steel Trust.

When the steel trust corporation Of
fered $4,000 shares of it's preferred
stock to it's employees on the installment
plan, the point was made that trades
unionism would thwart the purpose Of
the company to interest the wage-earn-
ers as permanent participants in it's
prosperity. The offer was made on Jan.
1 and closed Feb. 1. During the SUBJ
scription period, Socialists differed
widely regarding the attitude of labor
toward capital as it would be example,
fled in this scheme
What is the result?
The most significant figures are those
that show that 1910 individual en-
ployes, earning $500 or less per year,
have subscribed for 1908 shares at
$3.50 each. This means that these
men can save enough out of their in
come to invest 81 ,240,635 in the bust
ness in which they are employed. TAX
ing all the employees, it is found that
1858 subscribed for SLIPS shares
This is more than twice the number set
apart by the steel corporation, and not
all the subscriptions, therefore, have
been allowed AS we remarked above,
however, labor shows no dread of CAPT.
tai when out of 1883 subscribers TO
the proft-sharing plan we find 1910
men who earn less than $500 per year,
and to whom, therefore, the safety Of
their investment is of first Importance.
New York Mail and Express.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
UNIFORM DIVORCE LAWS. !
Organized Movement Among Relig-
ious Denominations.

In the matter of uniform marriage
and divorce laws a strong church
movement is we'll under way. Commit
tees have been appointed representing
the Protestant Episcopal, Presbyterian
and Methodist organizations. These
have already held meeting in this
CITY, 1t is hoped to interest the other
Protestant denominations and the Ro-
man Catholics as well, though the
church of Rome does not as yet recog-
niZe divorce.
While the churches will exert pow
erful influence toward the end in view,
the establishment of uniform laws
must inevitably tend toward the fur
Their secularization Of the marriage rite
AS the laws stand, not all the states de-
mand marriage licenses, only half Of
them forbid marriages of whites and
negroes, in three states and territory
(Arizona) whites and Indians cannot
wed, and in four states and the same
territory the union of whites and Chi
nese is forbidden. Differing bars of
blood relationship are raised in differ
ent states and the lawful age for mar
rage likewise differs.
Most of these restrictions and regu-
lations have bearings on the divorce
question. The differences must be re-
conciled by statues firm enough to hold
everywhere yet SO wisely drawn as to
discourage the legitimate marriage in
tent nowhere.-New York World.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09

ception of the first letter came another
from Mr. Prick, in which he extolled
coke for smelling purposes, and con-
Guided by saying he would send three
carloads on trial, and if the consign-
ment did not suit he would pay freight
on it both ways. Nothing more was
heard from Mr.. Prick until one day the
firm was notified that three carloads of
coke were at the freight yards, await
ing our ORDERS The persistency of
Prick staggered my uncle, but, after
due consideration, he decided that it
might be hauled into the yard Then
he was seized with sudden change of
heart, and concluded that he would not
use it. One day, while my uncle was at
dinner, and we were ready for a blast.
[ decided to test the coke. If l lost
the cost would be to the firm about
$1,000. AS soon as I saw that the blast
was under way fed, not caring to face
the wrath of my uncle if a mistake had
been made. When he returned to the
works the molten metal was pouring
from the furnace like lava from vol
cano. Great Scott!' he exclaimed,
what is the matter?' When informed
by the superintendent he was greatly
surprised and expressed his satisfaction
with the experiment. From that day
to this nothing but coke has been used
in our furnace, and the trouble now is
to get enough Of it to carry on our
business. ''-Washington Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
HER HORROR OF MICROBES.
Who Could Tell to What Perils She
Had Been ExposedP

T never go into one of those booths
to phone a message without feeling
that I am taking my life into my
hands, said the little woman who had
been shrieking "Yes''-"No"-"Wh
did you say?" into the receiver. as she
Joined her friend at the soda counter.
"Talk about bacilli and germs and all
sorts of things contagious and horrid.
What a coy nest the mouthpiece is
for them all? wonder that the calam-
ity mongers have never yet turned their
attention to the matter. I know we are
risking considerable in taking our little
yanillas and chocolates from public
drinking glasses, but this is a more
agreeable form of inhaling microbes
than the other, and then, too, we know
tina tsoda glasses go through the mo-
ton of being washed. But, seriously,
do you suppose the druggists little lad
speaking tube?
eff not, just contemplate for one mo-
ment what we experience. The last per-
son who used that phone before me
had been dining luxuriously on onions,
and had looked upon beer when it was
foaming, guess, and l got the full
benefit of it"
''Well, my DEAR" responded her
friend, dainty rubbing one side of her
glass with her handkerchief, as If she
were started on a new train of thought,
"you need not put your lips directly to
the tube. Hold it away from you five Or
six inches, and then talk. The person
at the other end will hear you just as
WELL"
'But, even so, I've got to use my
hands and put the other tube to my
ear, and there's danger"
eyes; that's SO. But then, it's case
of In the midst of niceness we are ex-
posed to all sorts of nasty things How
can we pass through life without risk
of catching things unless we are her
metically sealed in glass jars? You go
into restaurant, and they don't ster-
illze the knives and forks, I know. Car
seats are not fumigated after each pas
senger. No more are theater chairs or
opera boxes. Lord only knows who
tried on the jacket I bought this af-
ternoon before I took it."
90, stop, stop. am getting strange.
uncanny, Gravity sort of feeling. Don't
start me to being retrospective and OBJ
serving and scientific and all sorts of
other learned things"
"Have another soda?"
"Well, don't mind if I do said the
germ chaser, meekly, as she put coin
between her lips to have it in readi-
ness at the desk.-New York Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
SHE SAW The SENATE
Woman Got Into Members Floor in
Spite Of the Rules.

No one but senators and congressman
and few authorized persons are al
lowed on the floor of the senate. New
members leave their photographs with
the sergeant-at-arms, and these the
aoorkeepers are required to study, in
brder not to make mistakes about those
whom they admit or refuse. This fact
Is not generally known, and the door
keeper always has the best of the joke
when some smart fellow comes along
and, pretending that he is a member of
the house, seeks to gain entrance to the
senate. 1t is very seldom that the door
keepers are fooled. Recently two con-
gressmen entered the senate floor, &C
.ompanied by two friends, whom they
introduced to the doorkeeper as newly
elected members whose photos had not
arrived.
The exclusion of visitors from the
floor of the senate has had the curious
effect of making some people all the
more persistent in their efforts to gain
admission. Not long ago man and
woman presented themselves at the door
of the senate and asked permission to
enter. The dOOrkeeper explained that
this was out of the question. The wOm-
an undertook to argue the matter She
said she merely wanted to take a look
at what was going on within, and would
return at once Just then a telegram
arrived for one of the senators, and the
doorkeeper left his post to hand it to a
page within. AS he did so, the woman,
following close upon his heels, passed
through both doors, and was at his back
when he turned to go out. She looked
hurriedly to right and left, and then,
with the exclamation well, made UP
my mind I'd see what was in here and
I've done it," turned, ran through both
doors, rejoined her escort, and walked
rapidly away before the doorkeeper had
time to recover from his establishment
at her MISUNDERSTANDING Post
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
masses of her brown hair. She was no

masses of her brown hair. She was no
longer an automaton, but woman,
with a woman's inalienable right to-
love and happiness. She had exchanged
blows for kisses, curses for melodies
and flowers would henceforth bloom
where thistles were wont to grow Sure
ly, far away from the theater of her
misery, in the full glow of his love, the
memory of the dark epoch of her life
would vanish like the deadly miasma
of the swamps in the sunlight of per-
feet June day. Yes, her once muFh-
Wanted beauty would return when her
heart was properly attuned to the hap
piness the future held for her.
Thank Heaven! she could bestOw ON
him a love that dreamed of no fear.
Perhaps children would one day crown
their bliss-a little child, his-hers.
The sun dropped below the horizon and
the sOmber shadows of night seemed
to have entered the woman's soul. Her
eyes no longer followed the fight Of
the birds; looking to the right ner gaze
singled out on the hillside, beneath
mass of tangled wild grapevine, lone
ly little grave, where slept the fruit OF
her lOveless marriage. Through the
heart SO lately palpitant with happy
expectation shot violent spasm OF
pain. A sense of suffocation came over
her; clutching the fence with one
nerveless hand the other few to the
lace at her throat as she turned
white, despairlng face to the road.
Two hOrSemen, coming from opposite
directions, drew rein in front of her.
She saw them both, and the agonized
cry: "Walter!" brought both men sim
ultaneously to the ground and to her
side as she swayed and fell. They both
bore the name Walter" but their emo
lions were antipodal as helplessly they
watched her features settle into eter-
nal calm. To one it meant the removal
of hatred distractions to larger lib
erty, to the other j. ~neant the shatter-
ing of loved ana cherished dreams.
1--we long suspected heart trouble"
said one.
"You did, and yet you dared be
crueT' said the author of the letter in
the still white hand, and he felled the
other to the ground. Kneeling beside
the lifeless form of the woman, ''the
social reef, the Intentional despoiler of
a home" imprinted his first and last
kiss on the cold, unresponsive brow.
Little white dove" he cried, sit is
best thus, for every touch on your
white plumage left it's polluting mark;
even so, perhaps, would mine, though
the touch of love itself. Though my love
tempted you, kind Providence has
saved you, but loved you, oh, loved
you.
Nights notwithstanding shadows
drove tho bull-bats nearer the earth
and their whirring wings made echo:
Tempted, but saved! Tempted, but
saved!"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
TRAIL-DOG JACK

He had mushed US with his outfit for
many years,
Old leader Spot, great chap to pull;
Wrangel, and Jack-that'S me.
And we trudged the earth beside him
through sun and icy blast,
And as he shared his Hastings with US,
so we shared his fast.
You think L loved that man? You bet
your boots! as miners say.
Common trail-man he, 1 loved him in
common trail-dog way.
Yet living, though I mushed it nilly willy
by his side,
1 loved him well enough to die for him
and so / died!
How cruel cold that winter was when
grub was lacking; when
The trail was lined with bleaching bones
of horses, dogs, and men!
Old leader, Spot, great chap to pull, was
first to lose his grip;
A few days later Wrangel dropped from
his apprenticeship.
But THAT'S Jack-I thought I'd try to
see the old man through
Till he struck pay; and so, though belly
pinched, I drew
The load felt that I had years of work
in me, were food,
Scraps, anything TO mush 1t on, in that
vast solitude.
A Chinook wind was blowing softly; we
came to a stand;
saw my master take his shooting iron in
his hand
81 cannot let him starve to death!' I
heard him mutter. Then,
cts not in my heart to kill him, ="
dropping his gun again.
Now common dogs have common sense,
cen if their tongues are dumb.
And tho my life was half unlived knew
my time had come.
He could not kill me, nor could allow
him to, and so
just stretched out, like Spot and
Wrangel, stark upon the snow.
That's all. IT'S said that dumb beasts
have no souls, and when they die
They die. Only the One who made us
knows, not you or I!
And yet for creatures that are faithful
on life's trail think
In the great shining tent of the celestial
camp some chink
Will open. Then I'll just crawl in and
seek my master out
Hes in it on discovery, you bet-I mean,
no doubt!
I'll wag and rub against his knee, my
cold nose in his hand,
And he'll cry, "Mush it, you old dog
Jack!" And God will understand
Marguerite Merington in The Criterion
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
living ON q LOAF IN AN ATTIC
yavorite Author Looking Backward
to Early Struggles for Livelihood

]. T. Trowbridge in the Atlantic
Monthly: had begun with three meals
q day at the restaurants which | soon
reduced to two, then few weeks later
20 one, and finally one few occasions
TO none at ALL But don't starve in the
meanwhile; on the contrary | lived
well enough to keep myself in the con-
dition of perfect although never very
robust) helath, which | enjoyed at all
reasons, and at whatever occupations,
through all my early years. Hungry /
may have been at times, but no more
so, probably, than was good for me,
and never for long. When I couldn't
afford meal at the restaurants l would
emuggle a six penny loaf up my three
flights and into my room q was lit
Gle ashamed of this forced economy
with perhaps little fruit or wedge
of cheese. This | might have found
hard fare. and unsatisfactory, that
made up for the lack of luxuries; a
pure and wholesome light wine, vim or
dinaire, which through Perrault [ could
get in the store downstairs at the i'm
porter's price of a shilling a bottle
f12 IL cents). With glass of this |
could always make a palatable meal off
my loaf and fruit; the worst feature
being the solitariness of it, and the alb
sence of that which renders a frugal
repast better than banquet without
at-friendly converse at the table. In
this respect the restaurant was not
much better, except when had COM
panion at dinner, which wasn't always
convenient, so that l soon became
weary enough of this unsocial way of
living Sometimes hardly knew where
the next loaf was coming from but
then l would get pay for an article in
time to keep me from actual want and
out of debt or I would raise money in
another way which 1 shrink from men
tioning, not from any feeling OF false
pride, at this distant day, but on &C
count of the associations the memroy
of it calls up.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09

But the Judge Thought Silence Lasted
at Least Fifteen Minutes.

Bert Nortoni of Macon won law
suit in the federal court at Hannibal
few days ago in a way unusual among
lawysrs-by silence. Mrs. Martha B.
Phipps of Macon sued the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railway company
for $4,000. She claimed that a spark
from one of its engines caused the
burning OF her deceased husbands
business property at Ethel. The testi-
mony showed that the Santa Fe train
stopped at Ethel four minutes the night
of the fire, but also that the fire was
we'll under way before the train pulled
out, and the roads attorneys argued
that it was ridiculous to maintain that
a fire could be started by spark and
get we'll under way in such short
time Mr.. Nortoni devoted practically
his entire argument to this point.
''He said," says the Macon Republi-
can, eff young fellow was sitting on
sofa, playing hands" with his girl,
time travelled like an express train, but
if you dumped lot of engine sparks on
the pine roof of dry building in sum-
mer time, four minutes were ample to
settle the fate of the structure in spite
of all efforts to save it." There were
some incredulous smiles at this. The
attorney took out his watch and hand
ed it to Juryman l.. S. Harlan, a bank
er, of Clifton Hill, Randolph county,
and requested him to signal when four
minutes had passed. The jurymen lean
ed over and looked down at the watch.
Then they got tired and settled back
in heir seats. Mr.. Harlan lowered his
hand and rested it on his knee. The at
torney shifted his feet a few times and
sat down in a chair. Judge Adams
looked at the clock and then out of the
window.
ga deputy marshal put his head in at
the door to see what the matter was
and waited the result of the curious
scene. Nearly every man in the room
that had watch was studying its face.
The speaker was sacrificing four min
utes of his allotted time, but he felt
that it was we'll invested At last Juror
Harlan announced the four minutes
had expired and handed the watch back
to Mr.. Nortoni Only four minutes, and
vet to every man in the room it had
seemed under the suppressed tension,
to have been twice as long. The court
remarked after the case had been de-
cided that it appeared fully fifteen min
utes. The wearisOme suspense was an
effective object lesson to the jury and
was a startling exposition of what
might transpire in that time. The jury
found that the defendants engine had
ample time in four minutes to fire the
restaurant building and they brought
in a verdict for the plaintiff for $14,-
198.28-the exact sum her proof showed
her loss to be-"
The case had been pending in the
courts ten years.-Kansas City Jour-
nal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
FRICK rs A PERSISTENT MAN.
How He Convinced Skeptical Iron
master That Coke Was Best.

my acquaintance with Henry G..
Prick, the coke magnate and capital
list" said Mr. Charles White of Wash
ington to a Star reporter at the Ebbitt,
was formed many years ago in a pc
culiar way. When Mr. Prick first went
into the manufacture of coke my uncle
was my partner in business. He was a
man who thought old ways were the
best, and when one day the firm re-
ceived letter from Mr.. Prick stating
that he would like to consign to us
a carload of coke on trial to use in our
foundry my uncle hooted at the idea,
and wrote Mr.. Frick in plain terms
what he thought of the proposition,
"A few days subsequent to the re-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
THEY HUNT FOR PARCELS
People Who Make Money By Finding
Things Which Others Lose.

THAT is a parcel hunter" said a
door walker in one of the big stores.
He nodded his head toward a woman
wedging her way along the crowded
isle, scanning the floor assiduOusly as
he went.
'"They are an odd Glass;" he explain
Id. with the advent of the gift buy
ng season which has already set in,
.ome small army of people who make
In annual practice of searching the big
stores and streets for parcels and mon
~ that are dropped by shoppers. Pc
lestrians also have hobby of looking
.Or things, and mOtOrmen have long
followed the practice in the business
districts.
you would hardly believe it, but
light out of every hundred women who
70 shopping lose something in the way
of money or valuables before they get
home. The average of carelessness in
men is about one-half of 1 per cent
presumably on account of the advan-
ages OF numerous pockets and the in
ierent masculine aversion to carrying
,hings in their hands. When you con-
,ider the thousands that invade the big
stores each day you can realize that
hundreds of articles are lost. Some one
inds them.
"a number of the parcels turn up at
he lost and found counters Of the va
.iOus stores, but the vast majority Of
.hings picked up range from a kid
glove to we'll filled pocketboOk. Often
lines costly packages of silks and furs
Ire found.
"The motorman is also often reward
I'd by profitable finds. He knows by ex-
>erience that women getting on and off
he cars with packages in their hands
are more or less agitated That's when
hey drop things. At this season of the
rear every day at the car barns yOu can
hear the motormen talk of their finds
Is tn ey come in from their trips"
A talk with a motOrman at the Ridge
avenue car barn revealed the truth of
The f1oOrwalker's assertion: He said:
There are even more things found in
he street than on the sidewalk. Money
and parcels dropped in the street are
likely to remain undisturbed longer
han if dropped on the sidewalks. So
The mOtorman has the field practically
to himself The biggest find l ever
made was pocketbook containing $18
The owners name was in it, and when
returned it he gave me so cents. An
other time l found a diamond breast
pin at Tenth and Arch streets, which
sold for $12. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09

Sir Hiram Maxim, the English in
ventor, has postponed his visit to st.
Louis and the Louisiana purchase ex-
position until next summer. He GAS
written to the commission, expressing
his interest in the proposed aeronauti-
cal exhibition, and offering to send to
it his light steam engine constructed
for aeronautical purposes, which, he
says, however, has been supplanted by
the petroleum motors. He does not
think that the flying machine problem
has been solved, and does not know
whether he will himself attack the
question again.