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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-08-18

ne company service. again, - the
Young man who came 20 this country
ever thirty years ago, penniless and
triendless, and who, during the first two
Years, earned only 5000, working beside
:. tank foul with the smell of oil; but
o-day, there is scarcely drop of oil
consumed IN this country which has not
zen purchased from his stupendous
organization, the Standard Oil Company.
II another walk of life, we see at the
lsad of a great college, a man who
chopped wood to pay his way through
school a
The great captains of industry OF to-
LAY were the poor boys of thirty years
ago. 1t was not wealthy parent nor an
influential friend who started these men
an the road to fortune; they made their
Awn opportunities they fought their own
battles; they have won.
What is the secret OF their success /?
What is that irresistible force which has
elabied them to overcome all obstacles,
% surpass their fellow-men? Every am
oltlous young man is searching for this
secret. He believes that honesty, So
orlety, perseverance, and determination
are essentials IN the foundation on which
70 build a successful career, and vet he
realizes that he must possess something
more than these mere prerequisites if he
would achieve conspicuous success ,
Those who have studied the lives of
successful men will tell you that they all
possessed a certain force of character
the power to mould the opinions and
ilrect the actions of others. John D.
Rockefeller has often said that he at
tributes his success largely to his ability
to influence and control the minds of
men. How to acquire that power is told
by Mr.. Edward Box in his Lecture, "Keys
to Success, the most inspiring address to
young men ever heard from an American
platform. Mr.. Box does not preach
theory; he gives good, sound, practical
advice. He tells young men
they can develop those quail ;.
pensabie to success, and win both money
and power. Every word is suggestive
and inspiring. q
The Publishers Of this Lecture, John
u. Morris and Company, 1908 Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia, Pa, are desircus
that every ambitious young man should
possess a copy of Keys to Success"
and they will send, elementary, a
complete copy of this Address to every
reader who will write for it. mentioning
this pape, and enclosing six cents to
cover mailing expenses. "Keys t. Sue
cess - is one of the many inspiring
speeches contained in "NIodern Flo
quence,' library Of famous After-Din-
ner Speeches, Addresses and Lectures, in
ten volumes. edited by the Hon. Thomas
B. Reed.O The Publishers believe that
these complimentary copies Of Mr.. Bek's
" Keys to Success will prove effective
advertising fer the sale Of Ex-Speaker
Reeds RENE fkable work, hence this lib
eral offer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-08-18
A Natural Mfsapprehension.

"You say the audience laughed when
you recited Marco Bozzaris' in Chica-
go?"
eyes" answered Mr.. Stormington
Rarnes. "You see, when I came to the
lines beginning Strike" the people
thought it was a local allusion."-
Washington Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-08-18
Time and Money.

The counterfeiter was in prison for
ten years.
What are you doing hereT" asked
visitor.
Passing time"
"Ah, what for?'
Passing money" And the visitor
7asSed on
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-08-18

The city's heat grows sitting

The city's heat grows sitting
In fev'rish dreams I stray,
Recalling faroff June times,
The locust shade at noOntimes.
And sIortive breezes trifiing
With blossoms in their play,
And bees the honey rifling
From blossoms all the day.
Once more I lie and listen
To natures music sweet;
Once more my old companions
OF woods and fields l meet.
l hear their myriad voices,
But clear above them all
And warmest in it's welcome
Is bobwhite's CHEEKY call.
And "Bobwhitev' is his greeting,
AS in the olden time,
When 1 turned the stubble over,
When I raked the hay and clover.
In the summers all too f1eeting-
In summers fow'ry prime,
While his song he kept repeating,
Which now inspires my rhyme
Which oft aroused the brute inbred,
And with a sportsmans glow
I'd sight the handle of my rake
And vicious aim upon him take
And wish it were a gun instead,
To fire and lay him low,
Just to lift the feathers from his head,
My sportive skill to show.
All, the thought of willful murder
Brands with shame my fevred brow!
1 would pay you well, dear Robert,
Could hear your music now.
Your love call to your list'ning mate,
BroOding in her secret nest
Would echo loud the fond heart throbs
For the one love the best
And bring again those summer days
And glorious golden hours
When, boy and girl, we sought your
haunts,
Together plucking flowers,
And tiptoe on an ancient stump
In the tall wheat, hid from view,
You loudly call 'Bobwhite!" to us,
Which I whistled back to you.
All, my heart is sick with longing
Vainly longing for your tune,
For the varied scenes of childhood,
For the meadow, dale and wildwood
And the thousand charms belonging
To the merry month of June!
All, the mem'ries that come thronging
With thoughts of youths bright June! (
u. B. Wilson. M. D.. in Cincinnati En-
uuirer
"The Brain of the Japanese Army
The controlling power of the mika
dos forces, 1.-The brain of the japanese
army" as a writer in Harper's Weekly
calls it, is the general staff at Tokyo
made up of men who have given years
to the study of German military sci
ence in the school of Won Moltke an(
who have the old feudal gift of com
handing men in large masses. There
is a staff college, where the brightes
officers study the advanced branche:
Of strategy and tactics. There are also
a military academy, cadet school anC
schools of artillery and engineering. NJ
element is spared which makes for sue
cess.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-08-18
Wretch.

George, did you ever love any other
woman as well as you love me?''
"Oh, yes, my dear; several Of them"
Indeed! Why didn't you marry one
Of them instead of me?"
"Well, 1 suppose I'll be asking myself
that question, too, some day."--Chicago
Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-08-18
After Midnight.

Wife : I'm sorry to see you come
Some in such state as this, Charles.
Husband-I knew you'd be sorry, Car
xfe, and that's why I told you not to
gt up.-Boston Transcript.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-08-18

Hope is a flatterer, but the most up
light of all parasites, for she freQuents
Gfle poor mans fat as well as the
palace Of his superior.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-08-18
The Real Thinr

Sportsman-Any good hunting in this
part Of the country?
Native-Lots of it.
Sportsman-What kind Of game?
Native-No game at all. Just hunt
ing.-Illustrated Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-08-18

Every arg ma2 wants to succeed.
There ) nothing So selt-satisfying as the
bouati!ll rewards which await the man
who struggles aud conquers. Fame,
honor, wealth and power are the laurels
Which Success bestows.
The present century is replete with
exlmpies Of Young men, who. alone and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-08-18

unaided, have risen to
the very highest pin
nacie of success in their
chosen calling @Here
we have the striking
example of the presi-
dent of the largest
manufacturing corpora
ton III the world, rising
to this position from one
of the lowest places in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-08-18
KEYS TO SUCCESS.

Mr.. Edwa~1 Bck, Cditcr OF the Ladies' Home
journal, Teils Young Men How
.uccess is Won.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
WALKED 200 MILES.

New Haven, Feb. 12.-R. T.. Lieu
dome and his wife, contortionists and
trapeze performers, tramped into
East Hampton Cd Tuesday with four
trained dogs from Pennsylvania, where
a company playing among the mining
towns stranded. Citizens of East
Hampton found him and his wife and
sent them on with their dogs by trains
to Willimantic, where they hoped to
join a travelling company.
1t is estimated that Lieudonne and
his wife walked two hundred milos.
They supported themselves by working
or giving impromptu performances
with the dogs. Lieudonne said he met
many actors in worse circumstances
than himself, and that it was the
worst year for players he had known
in twenty years.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
B1RELY ESCAPED PANIC.

New York, Feb. 12.-There was
much confusion and some alarm in the
dress circle of the Metropolitan opera
house last night when during the Sec
ond act of Lucia sheet of flame
and cloud of smoke burst from an
electric bell at one side of the main
entrance to the circle.
Nine. Sembrich and M. Uampanar
were on the stage at the time and
both looked startled as they clearly
could see the smoke. The members Of
the orchestra saw it too. and there
was just an instant's pause. Several
women rose from their seats and start
ed to enter the aisles. In an instant
ushers crowded down the aisles as
surfing everybody that there was not
the slightest danger and soon restored
confidence. An usher said that a
battery" had been blown out.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
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Bears the Il, The Kind You Have Always Bagr
''s's If &2zIZx
JURORS APPOINTED.

Sheriff G. b. Evans sent out cards
today to the petit jurors for the
March term of county court, 1904.
The appointments are as follows
Harry H. Blanchard and w. E. Fiske,
Barre town; B. W.. braley and John
Anderson. Barre city; Clark Stewart
and ]. l.. Ayers, Berlin; I. G. Rob.
inson and George Corley, Calais
Kerry Conley. Duxbury; J. @. Kim
ball and Will Adams, Cabot; S. Max
we'll, Fayston; William H. Vaughn,
Middlesex; Leonard P. Lawrence
and Marcus Tucker, Montpelier
Austin P. Gate and O. P. Mcknight,
East Montpelier; H H. Hollister,
Marshfield; H. A. Bronson, More
town; W. j. Plastridge and @. W..
Chandler, Mortified; Levi T. Bar
tlett, and Aldra A. Bachelor, Plain.
field; Carl Drenan. Woodbury.
Frank George. Worcester; E. O..
Crossett and j. w. Sleeper, of Water
bury; Ray s. Shipman and Nathan
Boyce, Of Waitstield; M. D. Shattuck
and William Ford, Warren; H. A..
Howe, Roxbury.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
ST. LOUIS FAIR RATES.


New York, Feb. IL. The conference
of passenger officials of railways east
of the Mississippi to the number of
seventy-fve which has been held for
the past week here under the auspices
of the Trunk Line association, ended
Tuesday. The chief matter for con-
ference was the adoption of rates for
the ST. Louis fair traffic 1t was
agreed that, beginning April %,
round trip tickets good till Dec. 10
shall be sold at 80 per cent of double
the one way, west-bound fares; tick
cts good for sixty days at one and
one.third of the west bound fare,
and tickets good for ten days for one
west bound fare, plus 49, The rail-
roads will also run dav coach excur-
sions to return within ten days to
New York at 500 and $1S.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
WHAT TIME IN FAR EAST?

The difference in time between Bos-
ton and Port Arthur is somewhat diff.
cult to explain, as by international
agreement the day begins in the Pa
cifio ocean. Nominally Port Arthur
time is about II hours earlier than
Boston; actually it is nearly IL hours
later. Thus at noon in Boston it is
about 81 minutes past midnight of to-
morrow morning in Port Arthur.
1t is therefore. if noon To-Day, to.
morrow morning in Port Arthur,
which gets the sun IL hours and 81
minutes before Boston, and if the
wires could be kept clear for through
dispatches, it would be possible for
the afternoon papers of Feb. 10, to
print accounts Of battles fought soon
after midnight on the morning OF Feb
II. Port Arthur is approximately in
1879 E. long, and Boston is approx
mately II W. long.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
G|RLHOOD'S DANGERS
A Simple and Certain Method by
Which ChIorosis, a Frequent
AffIiction of Growing
Girls, rlay Be Over
come.

Every mother knows that the dan
ger line in the development of
girl is crossed at the point where girl
hood and womanhood meet. Ills that
Turk in the blood then disclose them
selves and, if neglected, become seated
diseases disturbing all the later life
and frequently lead to consumption
and the most frightful arrangement
of the nervous system. This critical
point cannot be too closely guarded.
Care insures robust health neglect
means living misery.
Mothers of growing girls can profit
by the experience of Mrs. e. @.
Young, of No. 303 Lynn street, Ithaca,
n. Y, who was safely brought
through her girlhood's critical period
by simple course of treatment, after
physicians failtd to help her.
"When 1 was seventeen, she SAYS,
81 began to fail in health and, in spite
of all the medicines our family doctor
gave me, continued to grow worse.
| Neither be nor another doctor who
also attended me seemed to be able to
reach the cause of my trouble. 1t was
| chlorosis, they said, form of anemia
with which girls of about that age
are often afflicted. / was troubled
with shortness of breath, hadn't a bit
of color and couldn't go upstairs with
out being all tired OFT. MY limbs
we're dreadfully swollen and my appe-
/ tite entirely gone. l had nervous head
aches for which a doctor recommended
glasses, but the glasses did not cure
them. Each month | suffered great
deal of pain and was very irritable.
"This condition kept growing
worse for three years until finally it
became intolerable and 1 began to
hunt eagerly for some remedy that
would effect certain cure. Finally
found friend who said she had been
procured of a similar trouble by DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People,
after her case had been pronounced
hopeless. Upon her strong recon-
mendation | decided to take this
remedy. Relief was almost immedi-
ate and after using the pills for a
short time l was cured altogether and
have remained perfectly well and
strong ever since.
The value of such remedy is be-
You'd the power of words to express,
lifetime, aud it is fortunately within
the reach OF all who need it. These
pills have also cured locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis. St. Virus dance,
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism,
nervous headache, after effects of the
grip, palpitation of the heart, pale
and sallow compilations and all forms
of weakness in either male or female.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People are sold by all druggists, OF
will be cent direct from DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y,
postpaid on receipt Of price, fifty
cents per box; six boxes for two
dollars and half.
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Bears the 4 The Kind You Have Always Bough
signature "a E<AzzZu
PERISH IN SNOW SLIDE.

Salt Lake, Feb. lathe greatest
snowslide in the history of the Jack.
son Hole country occurred Tuesday.
Gus Koerner and Thomas Adams. to-
gether with their families, are believed
to have persisted. The farms owned
by the two men are buried near 200
feet in snow and rock. Hundreds of
cattle and other animals were buried
in the slide. Deer, elk. and bear in
large numbers were killed. Nothing
can be. done to recover the bodies until
spring The slide was more than a
mile in width. 1t came without warn
ing and moment after the first roar
was heard the Koerner and Adams
farms had disappeared from sight
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
CONTRAB4ND OF VAR?

Tacoma. Wash, Feb. 15.-Flour
manufacturers of the northwest are
worried over the possibility of that
commodity being declared contraband
of war. While those familiar With
the rule of war say there is little pos
sibility of such a result, vet in absence
of declarations from Japan and Russia
millers are ill at ease.
In the event that -four is declared
contraband it would practically ruin
that trade from Puget Sound with
Russia and Japan. Both nations have
been heavy purchasers for long time.
Every regular steamship leaving Puget
Sound or British Columbia ports with
iu the past six months has taken from
80, 600 to 800. 900 sacks of -four.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
SHOT WENT rs MILES.

Washington. Feb. 12.-One of the
officers Of the battleship Missouri.
which has been engaged in target
practice off the Chesapeake capes,
came to the navy department the other
day with remarkable statement. He
said that one of the l2.inch guns being
elevated seven degrees let fly shell
which the strongest glass would not
follow to the end of its flight. Later
passing steamer reported that the
shot had struck the sea within 300
yards of her. The steamer was dis
tant from the Missouri just Is miles.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18

sunk. The Russian bank building has
been destroyed"
Port Said, Feb. IA Russian des.
troyer bound for the far east has brok-
en- down and lies here in disabled
condition.
Washington, Feb IL. - President
Roosevelt has issued proclamation
declaring the neutrality of this gov
ernment in the Russo Japanese war.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 12.-Secretary
Hays note to the powers has attracted
much attention in diplomatic circles
here. No response to the note has
been made, and as yet it is considered
extremely doubtful whether Russia
will be in position to make any dec.
laration now which might hamper her
military operations The question
was said to be one for the military au.
tLorities to decide and the representa-.
tions of the United States, which are
understood to be oouched in the most
courteous terms, probably will be re-
ferred to Viceroy Alexieff.
London, Feb. 10 THE Tien Tsin
correspondent of the Standard cables
it is rumored that five Russian cruis-
ers from Vladivostock bonn barded Hak-
odate, Japan, on Tuesday.
1.-Two small Japanese merchant
ships Seensho- Maru and Nakon Oura
Maru while on their way to Otaru "a
port on the western coast OF Yeoz
island) from Sakata "a port on the
northern coast of the main island of
Japan were fired on February II by
four Russian men-of-war off the coast
of Oomori prefecture and the latter
was sunk, while the former had mar
row escape.
st. Petersburg, Feb. ia report
has been received from viceroy Alex
Jeff saying that the Russian torpedo
transport Yenisei has been blown up,
as the result of accidentally strik-
ing mine at Port Arthur. The Yen.
isei sankland Captain Stepanoff, three
officers and 81 men. were lost.
Che Foo, Thursday. Feb. 1.-THE
British steamer Flu Ping, when leav.
ing Port Arthur, was fred upon by
Russians. Three Chinese members of
the crew were wounded. The Russians
afterards apologized fer firing on the
vessel. The Flu Ping upon its arrival
at Wei Hai-Weii filed protest with
the British commissioner. The Amer
lean consul has reported to United
States Minister Conger that the Rus.
sian authorities have refused to allow
the American steamer Pleiades to
leave Port Arthur. The Pleiades sailed
from Seattle on February 2, with a
cargo of flour.
Che Foo, Feb. 13.-The injured bat
tleships, Cssrevitch and Retvizan,
have been foated, but the cruiser
Pallada is still on the beach.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 13.-An impe-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
DEAD IN EIGHT MINUTES.

Hartford, Conn, Feb. IL. - Paul
Misik. the convicted murderer of
Charles O'Brien, went to his death at
1o :0S O'Clock yesterday morning in
one of the speediest and most thorough
hangings that has ever taken place at
the State prison. The condemned
man entered the death chamber at
IL 0S and twenty seconds later the
trap had been sprong. 1t was not un-
til IL :16 however, that the body was
cut down. At that hour, Misik was
officially pronounced dead. The MUIR
der was the result of quarrel over
thirty-five cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18

rial ukase dated February 10, was is
sued yesterday. 1t commands that all
the troops in the military establish
ments in the Siberian military dis
tricts be placed in readiness for war,
that all the divisions in the Far East
ern viceroyalty be brought to war
strength, and that the army and navy
reserves in the siberian and Kazan
districts be called out for active ser.
vice.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 13.-A des-
patch from Irkutsk, Siberia, says
orders have been issued to have the
railroad across the ice covering Lake
Baikal compile tely by February 2S.
The contractors have been promised
a bonus Of 81, 500 for each days earlier
completion.
The bitterness against Great Britain
| is assuming almost alarming proper
tions. The suppusition that Great
| Britain evacuated Wei-Hai- Wei 10
give Japan base has called out the
deepest Indignation, which has been
till further infamed by the publica-
tiou in Great Britain Of blue book
on Thibet containing the offensive
language of Lord Lansdowne.
The first authentic news of the
fighting at Uhemulpo has been printed
here vaguely and without details.
The admiralty has issued specific
orders that no kilograms from the
Far East, either for private persons,
newspapers or news agencies will be
transmitted. The admiralty will give
out official reports.
London, Feb. liking Edward, a
council held at Buckingham palac,
signed PROCLAMATION declaring Grea
Britain's neutrality in the war be
! tween Russia and Japan. 1t is
lengthy document on the usual lines
and covers all the British dominions
London, Feb. ID The question o
the passage of the Dardanelles by tn
Russian Black sea fleet has been raise,
here and the following statement /
made: Russia has not asked permits
sion for the passage of warship
through the Dardanelles. If Russi
should attempt any such thing with
out asking perission, it would con
stitute grave preach of the treaty O.
the subject. /"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-18
JAPAN. IL USSIA VAR.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 1.-THE cor
respondent of Central news wires that
Admiral Alexieff, the Russian viceroy
of the far east, has been placed in su-
preme command of the Russian land
and sea forces. A Tien Tsin CORE
spondent of the Central news con-
firms the report that Manchurian
bridge has been blown up He adds
that an unofficial report has been re-
ceived that the Russian steamers
Monni and Mukden have been cap
tured by the Japanese fleet. The
Central News Port Arthur correspond
ent, under date of Wednesday night,
says the Japanese fleet attempted to
land in several bays in the neIghbor-
hood of Port Arthur today. The
landing parties were protected by the
cruisers. 1t is officially stated to-
night that all attempts were unsuc-
cessful. The officers wounded in the
bombardment by Japanese squadron
were Col. Zion "chowsky ana Lieu
tenant Bassil PetIO. dispatch from
Chefoo says that Russian finances
there are in bad way and the Rus
sian bank has been unable to honor it's
own notes.
Toxic, Feb. II. -Rear Admiral Uriu
who commanded the Japanese fleet,
which Tuesday defeated two Russian
cruisers off Chemulpo, reports that the
crews of both Russian vessels have
surrendered.
Paris. Feb. 1.-THE Rappel prints
telegram from Shanghai stating that
Japanese emissaries are organizing the
Mongolians for an uprising in Man.
churia. With completely of Chinese
agents they have smuggled into Man
churia $1,000 rifles and 5000, 600 cart.
ridges. 1t IS reported that Primo.
Tuan of Boxer fame will be the lead
er and that he plans an attack on the
Russians at Yalu river.
Toxic, Feb. II. The state Of war
with Russia was formally proclaimed
today. The capture of the Russian
steamers, Ekaterislov and Mukden, and
Russian whaler, Russia, by the jap
anese battleships. is confirmed.
London, Feb. 12.--In "a despatch
from Copenhagen. correspondent of
the Daily Mail says: 1.-THE Russian
Baltic squadron of fifteen warships
passed through Danish waters today
en- route for the far east around Cape
Skagen. but ass fierce storm WAS rag
ing in the North sea the Russian ad-
miral ordered the squadron through
the Kaiser Wilhelm canal. "
In despatch from Shanghai dated
Feb. IL, a. M, a correspondent of
the Daily Telegram says: "The bonn.
bardment of Port Arthur continues.
Three Russian cruisers have been