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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-09-15
Notice of Republican County CohSehOo"''
and CaucuSes.


A convention Of the republican
party of Bayfield, County will be
held at court house in the city CT
Washburn, IN said county on Mon
day Sept. Goth, 1904, at 2 O'Clock in
the afternoon, for the perpose OF
electing Nine (9) delegates to the
Assembly Convention which will be
held at Hayward, Sawyer county
Wisconsin, on the 9th day OF Sept.
1904 at 2 o'clock in the aftern Don,
and for the transacting OF such other
business as may lawfully come be-
fore said convention.
The caucuses of the said party IN
the several caucus districts, IN the
several wards, towns and villages OF
Bayfield, county, for the election OF
delegates to the said convention,
will be held on Saturday Sept. 24th,
1904, opening at the hour of Z T. Nj.
and closing at the hour of 9 o'clock
P. NJ, at the following places res
pectivey and that the number of
delegates from each be as follows,
namely:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-09-15
Mnnuring Grass Lands,

An English authority says: 1T is bet
ter to lay up the same land for hay
each year, grazing the aftermath only,
and in the same way always to Craze
other land rather than Craze and hay
liz alternate years. In this way we
obtain the fullest development of those
grasses and clovers which are suited
to haying and grazing respectively
For the same reason the system OF ma
nuring once adopted should be varied
as little as possible, for even manures
as similar as nitrate Of soda and sui
phate of ammonia encourage different
kinds Of grass" sSkA
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-09-15
Dewitt Is The Name

When you 60 to buy Witch Hazel
SaIve look for the name Dewitt on
every box. The pure unadulterated
Witch Hazel is used in making De-
Wits Witch Hazel SalVe, which is
the best salve in the world for cuts,
burns, bruises. boils, eczema and
piles. The popularity of DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salye, due to its mary
cures, has caused numerous worth
less counterfeita to be placed ON the
market. The genuine bears the
name E. C. Dewitt & Co., Chicago.
Sold by Fox Bros,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-09-15
I'm the Poultry Yard

The hens that pass their mott early
are the ones to keep for early winter
layers.
In selecting breeders for market
stock only broad. full breasted birds
should be chosen
Sunf1ower seed will help to hasten
the molting of fowls Linseed meal is
also useful for the same purpose.
Ducks are not subject to cholera or
roup, and lice do not trouble them at
ALL
Geese are adapted to wet lands and
do we'll If supplied with good pastur-
age and plenty Of water.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-09-15
Cured Hemorrhages of the Lungs.

Several years since my lungs
were so badly affected that I had
many hemorrhages. writes A. NJ.
AXE of Wood, Ind. II took treat
ment with several physicians with
out any benefit. then started to
take Foley's Honey and Tar and my
lungs are now as sound as a bullet.
/ recommend it in advanced stages
of lung trouble. - Frost & Spies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-09-15
CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS.
News and Notes OF Interest In Vari-
GUS Lines of Agriculture.

! News and Notes of Interest In vari-
GUS Lines of Agriculture.
BY r. L. WOODS.
Washington.-The new white potato
from Uruguay, Solanum commersonit
| which has attracted considerable at.
| tention as grown in France, is the sub
| ject of some information supplied to
the state department by the United
States consul at Rouen, who says:
"The leaves are small and slender,
somewhat like those of the Irish po-
| tatO, and the flowers are abundant, of
pale violet color and very odorous.
After one planting the plant perpetu-
ates itself from the broken roots left
in the soil. The vegetable proper
weighs from one to two and a half
pounds and has a yellowish wrinkled
skin, covered with lenticels, which dis
appear after culture. The pulp when
cooked has a slight greenish color"
1t further appears that as grown in
France in 1901 all of a certain mum
Der of tubers taken from the crop by
random and cooked with tie skin on
were very bitter, but under cultiva-
ton this characteristic has greatly
diminished. Peeling also takes. away
much of the acridness. In spite of the
bitter taste animals are fond of them.
''In the same soil,' says Mr.. Haynes,
1.-THE yield is greatly superior to that
of the ordinary potato. The Early
Rose in one instance gave 1900 pounds
to the acre, the American Marvel 1900
pounds and the Solanum commersonii
$500 pounds"
Not Turning to the Farm.
With the apparent great increase of
interest in agricultural matters it is
somewhat surprising to learn, from a
special report to the census bureau,
that In 1900 agriculture showed a
diminishing proportion of workers,
while the numbers in professions, man
ufactures, trade and transportation
was on the increase However, agri-
culture still makes good showing, as
almost 40 per cent of all the men work
ers in the total population was en-
gagged in agriculture, with "a per cent
in manufacturing and mechanics, 1S
per cent in trade and transportation,
almost Is per cent in domestic and
personal service. and 31a per cent In
professional service.
To Be Tried on a Bigger Scale.
The remarkable intensive farming of
J. D. DIETRICH Of Pennsylvania has be-
come familiar story during the past
two years. Mr.. DIETRICH brought up
run down farm of fifteen acres to the
point where it supports more than two
cows to the acre. nothing being bought
except bran and cottonseed meal. Ag
ricultural experts reason that the De-
trich methods of intensive farming if
applied by dairy farmers throughout
the United States would be worth $4O,-
100000 year to the dairy interests.
The question having been raised
whether what has been done on fifteen
acres would result equally well on a
larger scale, 1t is said that Mr.. DIETRICH
is to try to prove the proposition on
new farm of 300 acres which he has
purchased in Chester county, Pa. On
bis fifteen acre farm every bit Of space
was devoted to crops, none to pastur-
age. The animals were kept in the sta
BILE or barnyard the year round.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-09-15

Nellie Fuller, Denver-"My face
was full of pimples and black heads.
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea has
driven ahem away. People barely
know me. I'm looking fine" 35
cents. Tea or tablets. Fox. Bros.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-09-15

Foley's Honey and Tar is peculiar
iy ADAPTED for chronic throat tronb-
les and will positively cure bronchit-
is, hoarceness and all bronchial dis
eases. Refuse substitutes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-09-15
Hts Title.

did Edith marry a title?"
"Well, she married Founders, who is
known about town as prince of good
fellows" -Cleveland Leader.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-09-15
Fully Understood.

II doubt if you know the difference
between grand opera and comic opera"
ooh, but do. Grand opera is COM
ic."-Puck.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-09-15

A gentleman recently from
Londor says the commercial
clerks in that city are alarmed
because a machine has been in
vented which will automatically
record messages and take down
letters from dictation. If this
proves to be true, and if the
machines ever reach this city,
there will be weeping and wall
ing in all the departments. What
is the use of learning shorthand
if machine can be found to do
the work? It begins to look as if
human kind will have to take to
the woods, or the fields, in order
to earn living.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-09-15
That Parker Telegram.

Golfers Weekly is one of the
papers which tries to maintain a
conservative, independent posi-
ton. The fame of it's editor is
worldwide and his serious judg.
ment is as sound as his sarcasm
and humor. The following con-
corning Mr.. Parker,s telegram,
which forms the leading editorial
in the current issue of Collier
the head of "Hysteria," should
be read by every fair-mined vo-
ter:
There is coming to pass in re-
gard to the Parker telegram
about what was to be expected.
1t matters not whether they are
for the Judges election or
against it, ordinary, clear headed
Americans must suffer a reaction
after being worked into excite
ment over allegations that are
absurd. They must come to see
the facts in the more or less clear
light of common sense. They
observe the part played by Mr..
August Belmont in the present
campaign. They read that
Senator McCarren receives a
salary of $4,000 a year from the
Standard Oil Company, Whether
that be true Or not, it is certain
that the Senator is a very
'ssmooth" man. They know
something of the history Of the
adroit Blue.Eyed BILLY" Shee-
han and good deal more of the
history of David Bennett Hill.
The principles of Bourke Cochran
are not shrouded in mystery.
These men form the group near
est Judge Parker; most likely to
know and influence his councils;
mostlikely, were he President, to
compose or suggest his Cabinet.
Now, men of this stamp secured
the nomination of Judge Parker
at st. Louis, acting as his spokes-
man, Certain promises and
compromises were necessary to
obtain that prize. When the
nomination was secure, and could
not be taken away, without TAX
ing the Democratic party in the
position of seeming to reject a
man because he favored gold,
the Judge sent his telegram.
He was Immediately hailed by
that part of the press which is
primarily interested in markets
as a here who had been willing
to sacrifice the Presidency to his
duty. Such idiocy must have
its rebound. Bryan's cross of
gold metaphor, which drove an
other class of people into frenzy,
had it's reaction, although even it,
fallacious IS it was, had a much
solder foundation than the child
ish story that to offer back a
nomination when it could not
possibly be with darwin without
absurd disaster was the bravest
deed ever perpetratec in Ameri-
can politics. lnanities of that
kind never pay. Thepeople may
become excited for a moment,
but then they settle down to
contemplate with disgust the
spectacle they have made.
Judge Parker played good poll
tics, or lie did not. Those who
tried to turn him into a hero did
all they could to turn him into
an ass. The newspaper which is
trying to prove that it forced
him to send the telegram is not
doing him any more harm thar
the others which are still hai!ing
him as Casabianca. If the demo
Gratis wish to carry New York,
not to talk of any western
state, they had better get busy
and show that Judge Parker
is less of a plutocrat and more
of a democrat than Theodore
Roosevelt.
Dewitt Is The Name
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-09-15
Notes From Washington.

The Pennsylvania Railroad
c corporation announces that it
will do nothing to oppose the
election of Theodore Roosevelt
fer President. Whichever way
the election goes they consider
their interests safe. Mr.. Gasset,
the President of the road, gives
it as his opinion that the Demo
Gratis are not strong enough to
prevent the election of Mr..
Roosevelt. Nobody ever thought
they were, in Pennsylvania.
The meat packers in Chicogo
appear to have won out as against
the strikers, and now word comes
that 10000 men are looking for
job and a meal. Mr.. Foss, mem
Der of Congress from Illinois,
thinks the strike will have no in
fluence on the coming election.
It is difficult to see what will
have any influence.
Considerable satisfaction is
felt at the Bureau of Insulac
affairs over the fact that for nine
months ending last March our
commerce with the Philippines
has increased 81, 100000. There
has been a z per cent. increase
IN imports, but a two per cent.
decrease in exports. This con-
dition it is thought will improve
when the Filipinos get behind
the tariff wall. Already they are
sending to this country consider
able sugar and tobacco.
The Press., 1904-07-27
HOME NEWS.
srArroRD sPRrNas.


A special meeting OF the agricultur-
al society was held Friday after
noon. w. Fl. Hall was chosen presi-
dent to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of E. @. Dennis. A commit
tee, consisting of W. 81. Hall, j. M.
Leach and R. Fl. Fisk, was chosen to
revise the bylaws and report at the
next annual meeting.
The South Hadley Falls baseball
team did not show up last Saturday
afternoon. Manager O'Connell re-
ceived word about 2.3O by telephone
that it rained in South Hadley and
the manager could not get his team
together Arrangements were then
made for game with the local Ath-
letic team. Cobb and Jacobsen were
given the Athletics for battery, and
Shea of the Athletics played short
stop for the Staffords. Collins and
Quinley were the battery for the
Stafford team, which was victorious
by score of 10 to /. The Staffords
seemed to be able to get on to Cobb 8
curves easier than the Athletics of
Holyoke did the week before. Both
pitchers did good work, but Cobb did
not receive the support that was given
Collins. The attendance was small
on account of the South Hadley team
not appearing. No admission was
charged. The score =
The Press., 1904-07-27
KING OF BEASTS.
The Way an Old African Hunfel
Points Out the Monarch.

The Way an Old African Hunter
Points Ous the Monarch.
In discussing the question, (which
is the king of beastsf" an old African
hunter says:
Come with me to a desert pool scme
clear, moonlight night when the shad-
ows are deep and sharply cut and the
moon herself In the dry, cloudless air
looks like a ball. All Is nearly as
bright as day, only the light Is silver.
not gold. Sit down on that rock and
watch the thirsty animals as they
drink-buffalo, rhinoceros, antelope,
quagga; occasionally, If the water Is
large, lions too. But what has fright
ened the antelope and quagga that they
throw their heads up for a second and
fade away into the shadows1 The 9TH
er beasts, too, are listening and now
leave the sides of the pond. Nothing
but the inevitable, irrepressibIe jackal,
that gamin among wild things, remains
in view.
"As yet your dull human ears have
caught no sound, but very soon the
heavy tread and low, rumbling note OF
an oncoming herd OF elephants reach
you. They are at the water. The
jackaIs have sat down with their tails
sraight out behind them. but not an
other creature Is to be seen. The king
drinks. n t a sound is heard. He
squirts the water over his back, makes
the whole pool muddy and retires sol
emnly. leaving his subjects. who now
gather round, to make the best of what
he has fouled.
This is the king In the opinion of
beasts"
The Press., 1904-07-27

Une or the most remarkable OF fishes
Is the mudfish. which inhabits certain
Of the rivers Of western Africa AMI. as
its name implies. turks at the bottom
Of these rivers In that region the rfv-
ers are liable to periodical droughts.
When such a drought Is imminent. the
fish retires to deep water and exea-
Yates a pit. in which IL lies. covering
itself over with a thick layer Of mud
1t can then bear with impunity the
complete drying up Of the river But
the most interesting fact about the
creature Is, that during the time Of It's
voluntary Imprisonment IL breatheS mir
directly through an aperture left In
tine cocoon by means Of lungs just like
n land animal When the returning
rains dissolve the mud and IEberatc the
fish. II breathes by means of giIIs. inst
tfkss ouy ofIss.- GSh
The Press., 1904-07-27

To the lovers of strange goods the
bazaars of Damascus are far more
alluring than those of Cairo or OF Con-
stantinople. The capacious chests of
the merchants contain much that we
would buy were our purses longer. Old
embroideries of wonderful colors, deli
cate china. silks of many hues. swords
of cunning workmanship, all these lie
piled beside us on the floor. 1t is but
seldom that a really good specimen of
the Damascus sword can be obtained,
for the art of working and engraving
steel is dead.
These swords were made Of alter
nate layers of iron and steel, SO finely
tempered that the blade would bend
to the hilt without breaking, with an
edge so keen that no coat of mail could
resist 1t. and a surface so highly pol
ished that when a Moslem wished to
rearrange his turban he used his sword
for looking glass.
The Press., 1904-07-27

Maxwell SommeryIIIe Of the I'niver
sity Of Pennsylvania spent nearly for
ty years OF his life In oriental travel
and study.
Professor SommerviIle used some
times to narrate the strange error that
was once made by n French explorer
he had known This explorer had made
a journey to Kairwan and had drawn n
map Of the country he passed through
The singular thing about this map was
that the name "Maarifsh- appeared 50
many times on II. A river would be
the Maarifsh river: n mountain would
be Mount Maarifsh; a village, a lake,
q valley, each would be called Maar-
fish
When Professor SommerviIIe saw
this map he laughed
Don't you know" he said to the
traveller, what 'maarifsh' means In
ArabicT
NO" said the other. What does 1t
meanY'
1T means Don't know"
The Press., 1904-07-27
THE DINNER TABLE.
Some Hints ON How to Behave wheu
Accidents Happen.

Some Hints ON How to Behave Whem
Accidents Happen.
Accidents will happen. II one hap
pens to spill something he is unfortu-
nate, but a ready, earnest apology to
the hostess is all that he can do to rem
edy the difficulty. A careful hostess
will acknowledge the apology and Inn
mediately change the subject.
This story is told of a hostess ut
whose table beautiful china cup was
broken. Never mind" she said pleas
antly. "They break so easily. Seer
And she crushed one in her hand.
Her method was rather too elabo-
rate. 1t would have been quite as sat
isfactory to the offender and far more
genteel had she said: II hope you have
received no injury. The cup doesn't
matter In the least"
II a morseI of food drops from the
fork to the tablecloth do not attempt
to remove it. II guest drops a fork
or spoon he should let 1t lie. The
hostess will provide another.
If anything distasteful be taken into
the mouth 1t may be removed on the
corner of the napkin. when 1t can be
folded away or placed quietly on the
plate.
II bit of food falls on the waistcoat
of a guest he should remove as much
Of it as he can quietly with the corner
Of his napkin.
The Press., 1904-07-27
Tn. Impertnn, comma.

A Philadelphia business man thinks
he has an exceedingly bright Office hoy.
and nothing pIcHses him better. stys
the Philadelphia Telegraph. than TO
tell how he acquired the yOungsters =
services. A short time ago he posted
In his shop window n notice which read
as follows: BOY wanted about four
teen years" a lad Of that age. with
little that was prcpossessing in his ap-
pcarance. came into the Office and
stated that he had read the notice.
We'll. do you think you would like
to have the position. my boyr" asked
the merchant. gazing patronizingly
over the rims Of his spectacIes at the
unabashed youth.
Yes" came the prompt answer. Il
want the job, but I don't know that
can promise to keep IL for the full
fourteen years"
Then the merchant remembered that
he had left out a comma on his sign.
but he told The boy he might have the
position.
The Press., 1904-07-27
FISH FOOD NOT THE BEST.


Many Fa11acte9 About q DAee ON Sea
Products Are Extant.
1t is doubtful whether any given
food in common use contains constitu-
ents which have a selectiye action, 80
to speak, on the property Of minister
ing to one part of the body more than
another. As a rule, when food Is as
sumed to have specific reparative prop
erties-as, for example, a SO called
brain or nerve food-the fact really is
that such food is easily and quickly
assimilated to the body's general adj
vantage; in word, in such a case re-
pair quickly overtakes waste and Q
real purposeful nutrition and restora-
ton are accomplished. The admins
tration of such elements as phosphorus
or iron in medicine Is, OF course, q diff
ferent matter, but these elements are
evenly distributed in the materials of q
daily diet.
1t is often stated that fish is q food
which ministers particularly to the
needs Of the brain, because it contains
phosphorus. AS a matter Of fact, fish
does not contain more phosphorus than
do the ordinary meat foods, and it GER
tainly does not contain 1t In free
state The notion that fish contains
phosphorus had no doubt its origin In
the glowing phosphOrescence Of fish In
the dark. This phosphorescence is due
not to phosphorus at all, but to micro
organisms. The belief, therefore, that
fish is a brain food Is just about as
reasonable as the idea that because a
soup is thick and gelatinous 'ft will
stick to the RIBS or as sensible as the
celebrated advice to Verdant Green
to lay in a stock of Reading biscuits to
assist his reading.
Fish, of course, is excellent food,
partly because OF the nourishing ma
ture of its constituents and partly be
cause Of its digestibility. But 1t is In
no sense a specific for brain or nerve.
London Lancet.
The Press., 1904-07-27
Beware of Ointments for Ca
tarrh that Contain Mercury,

AS mercury win surely destroy the sense OF smell
adm completely derange the whole system when
entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except ON prescrfp-
taons from reputable physicians. as the damage
they win do iS ten fold to the good you can pos
sfbly derive from them. Halls CatarTh Cure,
contains no mercury, and is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. In buying Hairs CataFrh
Cure be sure You get the genuine. It Is taken
internally. and is made In Toledo, Ohio, by r. j.
Cheney q Co. Testimonials free.
sold by Druggists. Price, 75c per bottle.
The Press., 1904-07-27

A case came to light that for persistent
and unmerciful torture has perhaps never
been equaIed. Joe GoIobIck OF Colusa,
Calf, writes, "For IS years / endurs Il
iDsufferable pain from rheumatism and
nothing relieved me, though tried fv-
erything known. / came across Electric
Bitters and It's the greatest medicine on
earth for that trouble. A few bottles Of
it completely relieved aud cured me. I"
Just as good for Liver and Kidney trou-
bIes and general debility. Only soc.
Satisfaction guaranteed by a &. Eaton,
druggist.
The Press., 1904-07-27

Isn't Columbus dead, popT
why. certainly he's dead. years and
years and years ago. What put such
a question into your head. my sonT'
why. the little boy what sits next
to me in school said his father address
ed letter to Columbus yesterday"
where did he send II, sonT'
ITO Ohio."-Yonkers 9tafe4man-
The Press., 1904-07-27
Treat Your Kidneys For Rheumasi.uu

NFWW3 NWWF AtWWWYw WWE NsNt#WN1s"FE#NHEF ~
When you are suffering from rheuma-
tism, the kidneys must be attended to ai
once so that they will eliminate the uric
acid from the blood. FoIey's Kidney
Cure is the most effective remedy for this
purpose. r. T. Hopkins, Of Polar, Wis,
says, "After unsuccessfully doct0rina
three years for rheumatism with the beet
doctors. tried FoIey's Kidney Cure and
it cured me. / cannot speak too highly
Of this great medicine" Sold by T. X.
Taft, druggist.
The Press., 1904-07-27

''For years fate was after me contInu-
ously," writes +. A. GuIIedge, Verbena,
Ala. ''I had a terrible case of Piles.
causing "a tumors. When all failed
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me- Equal
ly good for Burns and all aches and
pains. Only pc at A. e.. Eaton's drug
The Press., 1904-07-27

Bragg-About month ago ! fell into
a nice job as assistant manager. and
the manager told me II ! made good
he'd raise my salary. Newitt-Is that
so7 What are you doing nowf-Cath-
Ole Standard.
The Press., 1904-07-27

''How far do you travel in crossing
the ocean from Liverpool to New
York; asked the instructor at the
night school
-Four thousand miles"
"Oh, no. Think again"
That's right" persisted the shaggy
haired pupil '.I know the book says
5000 miles. an that's what IL Is In a
straight line. but I'm countin' in the
ups an downs I've been acrost-"-
Chicago Tribune.
The Press., 1904-07-27

4Mc DoseOn A0 ~mW tM@ A0ah~rs
Garnish-I see you have my novel.
I'll bet you had to look at the last
page to see how 1t came out Miss
Quizzer-No. I looked at the name of
the publishers on the title page to see
how it came out. and even now I can't
understand how 1t was.-Boston Tran
script