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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-05-26
TWO STATE TICKETS

LII ClCUlOllClI VI liz III w ~
consin has finally come to the
point where two republican
tickets are in the field. Previous
to the convention there was a
good deal of talk as to what
might be done at Madison, but
there was scarcely anyone VINO
would believe that the Repub-
lican State Central Committee
would rob the people of the dele
gates they had elected. Yet
that very thing was done, and
eighty-fve regularity elected
delegates were unseated and
their places given tocontestants.
Thus the majority which was
opposed to a third term for La
Toilette we're made a minority,
and no spirit of fair play was
evidenced by the LaFollette PEG.
ple who were by crooked means
placed in the majority. The fol-
lowers of Baensch and Cooke
then bolted the convention, and
with delegates who had been re-
gularily elected from the state
nominated Mr.. Cook for COVER
nor, and carried out the work of
what they claim is the legal
state convention.
Republicans throughout the
state forming the rank and file,
and there are many of them in
Washburn, supported either Mr..
1aFollette or Mr.. Baensch &C.
cording to their Judgment of
which one should receive the re-
publican nomination, but when
it comes to two state tickets in
Wisconsin the question is of an
other kind. Never before in the
history of the state has there
been such bitterness as was
brought out at Madison. Re-
publicans whose loyalty TO the
party has never been questioned
are lined up and called boilers
on the one side and vile names
on the other. If there is any
political honor left in the state it
is not credited to the leaders in
Wisconsin. That there is any
way of bringing about harmony
and settlement of this division
in the party seems beyond hope.
To the man who loves the repub-
lican party more than he does
its leaders the condition is one
that can bring nothing but re-
gret and sorrow. Following
such a grave disaster the
thoughtful republican will not
act hastily. but will have to sit
down and reason this thing out
to know how he is to reconcile
himself to either wing of the
party since the two elements
have openly broken from one
another.
Tt is not material whether
Cook or LaFollette is elect
de Or both defeated, so
far as the men are concerned
but it is material to know
what is to become of the repub-
lican party in the state. The
present is a time for thoughtful
action, to aid the party and not
to continue in the work now 60
ing on in the state to destroy it.
Patriotism is needed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-05-26
Pana,s DutY.

He-I was thinking Of having my
fortune told. She-You needn't go to
the trouble. AS you have proposed to
me, papa will see all about that
Judge:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-05-26

THERE may be all kinds of
reasons given for either of the
factions of the republican party
in the state. but the fact re-
mains that Wisconsin republi-
cans are split in twain.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-05-26

the man who will defy the officers
and hold sheriff ) poss es at bay, ana
shoot at men who are charged with
enforcing the law, is only one thing
"a plain desperate. The PROPOSE
ton to blow his whole ranch up with
a cannon is the proper solution
Judge Parish is tired of the manner
in which the Sawyer county otncel 5
have handled the matter, and he mas
commanded the sheriff to swear IN
the whole county, if necessary, to
bring Deitz into court. The cohol-
ton of affairs in Sawyer county is
certainly fierce when man ike
Deitz can stand out for weeks at
time against the legal authorities,
his whereabouts being known nearly
all the time.
Two state conventions held
by the republican party, and
that is what the voters who love
the party have got to put with!
1t certainly is a pleasant thing
to know that the rarty of ones
choice, the party that one has
grown to believe represents the
best principles of government,
and which is as dear to most OF
us as anything can be, is divided
in twain. The actions OF the
two conventions remind one OF a
base ball game with the rooters
on both sides taking a prominent
part. The umpire makes a de-
cision which from enc point of
view is ''rotten' and from the
other side is sustained as just
right. Enthusiasm in the base
ball game seems to govern the
Judgment of the average man on
the bleachers the same as it APP,
parently has done with the men
in the conventions at Madison.
But if the republican party of
Wisconsin is to be run on the
same lines as a base ball game
then it will certainly be sweet
meat upon which the Wisconsin
democrats will feed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-05-26

ALL this talk about electing a
democratic state administration
is a little hasty on the part of
the republicans. While such a
thing may be done, yet the re-
publicans should be patient and
see what the courts have to say
about the tangle createdat Madi.
son last week, The big question
in the controversy SINNERS down
to the point as to which faction
had the legal majority of dele
gates. Republicans should love
their party more than its leaders,
and it is plain that some of the
latter are in the wrong. Possibly
this fault can be fixed upon one
branch of the party and if so the
duty of republicans is clear. If
it cannot then the voters will
have to use their individual
Judgment.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-05-26

REPUBLICANS need not feel
discouraged. The Supreme
court will likely straighten out
all tangles, and the court acting
as COM ittee no credentials
can be depended upon to say
which ticket is entitled to the
votes of republicans. Majority
should rule, and the supreme
court will likely determine who
the majority should have been
at Madison.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-05-26

Where the speech is corrupted the
mind II also.-Seneca.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-05-26

People better talk about the
weather and leave politics alone
for the next six weeks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-05-26

CAPTAIN PLINY NORCROsS, of
GAINESVILLE, is a candidate for de-
partment commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
The GAINESVILLE Grand Army post
has endorsed the Captain hearth
ly, but in their appeal to the press
of the state for support omit to
mention the important, point as
to whether he is a stalwart or
half-breed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-05-26
A. w. MCLEOD,

Attorney for Administrator
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28

Miss Helen Gould, whose many acts
of generosity and practical philanthropy
have won for her the affection and ad-
miration Of the American people, was
met by leader in the woman's rights
movement in Missouri and asked: You
believe in woman suffrage, don't your"
To this Miss Gould replied: II think
we receive a great deal Of help from
men. They are our protection" reports
the Troy Times. That probably will not
suit the woman suffragists. but If it does
not make every real American man a
knight devoted to the cause of Miss
Gould then American men are not what
they should be.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28
Progress in Life Insurance.

There was undoubtedly more opposi-
ton to life insurance among "oid women
In the rural districts" than among the
clergy, as body; and far more serious
than either, 80 or 40 years ago, was the
intense prejudice which was encoun-
tered from the wives Of the insured,
writes Henry Wysham Lanier in the
October Worlds Work. They did not
want to have any interest in the death"
of their husbands, and 1t took years to
eradicate this queerly morbid point of
view-which is still occasionally en-
countered. AS very successful life in
surance man said, twenty-five years
ago there wasn't a week that didn't
fail with somebody because of one Of
these ignorant prejudices." The fact is
that comparatively few people, quar-
ter century ago, knew what life insur-
ance was. But it would be difficult to-
day to find any respectable citizen who
had not been tackled" There is a
woman in Carolina town who recently
added three children at once to her fam
lily; she is selling photographs of these
triple blessings and using the proceeds
to insure the youngsters lives! The
rich man takes out policies for great
sums. John Wanamaker carries more
than s1,5OO.O00. a dozen or more men
are insured for 100000, hundreds
carry 100000, and the 100000 policy
is now issued in thousands, finding it
possible in this way to bequeath ready
money with more certainty and quick
ness than by will.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28
Our Army's Training.

From the close of hostilities in the
war between the states up to short
time before the war with Spain, the
life of the greater part of the regular
army of the United States was one of
almost constant conflict with a brave
and skillful, if savage, enemy, COM
ments R. F. Zogbaum, in the Metro
politan. Inadequate in point of num-
bers for the task imposed upon it,;
distributed over vast territory and
broken up into a hundred and more
small commands and detachments
neglected by the congress and its serv-
ices unappreciated by the great ma
jority of the people, the army bore
the Drunt of the conflict in the de-
velopment of the great west, and the
graves Of regular bluecoats, scattered
across a continent, bear silent witness
to the self-sacrifice and heroism of Of
ficers and men. The training in this
hard school of war on the frontier pro-
duced soldier second to none the
world over in endurance, self-reliance,
clear grit and knowledge of field craft;
and these qualities were the fruit of
experience in all the phases and con-
ditions of arduous campaigning in the
wilderness.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28
Typical of Peace,

Notwithstanding peace tribunals,
war remains the ultimate resort of
national disagreement, writes Michael
White in the Four Track News. The
motive of it, however, is no longer for
the subjugation of races, or the pos
session of thrones, but the protection
or extension of commerce. Hence as
we pass the threshold of the age of
commerce, We may remark as not
without significant bearing upon the
future that, monsters as are our bat
tleships, the leviathans of the deep are
our merchantmen, competing, not with
torpedoes and shells, but in speed, ca
pacity and economy. If some there
are who say the battleship has reached
its highest development, to give place
to fleets of smaller craft, no voice is
heard venturing the same opinion of
our merchantmen Hence it is our
merchant vessels rather than our bat
tleships which typify an advance in
the direction of universal peace and
civilization.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28
Our Real Opportunities.

We must first convince ourselves thor
oughly Of the truth that circumstances,
however difficult, are always, without
exception, opportunities, and not limita-
tions, writes Annie Payson Call in Les
lies Monthly. They are not by any
means opportunities for taking us in the
direction that our own selfishness would
have us go; they are opportunities which
are meant to guide us in the direction
we most need to follow-in the ways that
will lead us to the greatest strength
in the end. The most unbelieving of us
will admit that there is destiny which
shapes our ends, rough hew them as we
may" and it is in the stupid resistance
to having our ends shaped for us that
we stop and groan at what we call the
limitations of circumstances. If we
were quickly alert to see where circum-
stances had placed the gale of oppor-
tunity, and then steadily persisted in 60
ing through it, it would have the loss
of energy and happiness which results
from obstinately beating our heads
against stone wall where there is no
gate, and where there never can be a
gate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28
In Lehr Going Backp

The dog party given at Newport re-
Gently Wy Harry Lehr. while calculated
to arouse some amusement, Is yet g
distinct disappointment to those who
are acquainted with his past perform.
ances. 1t did not have that boldness
Of conception and virgin originality
which we're characteristic Of Lehr In
other days. On the whole, 1t was rath-
er tame. Seven dogs merely sat up to
the dinner table and discussed rather
ordinary menu of veal, Frankfurters,
salads, ice cream and chocolates.
After which they partook of a BIRTH
day cake illuminated with three candles,
and then chased few cats around the
house, in the course of which probably
few hundred dollars worth of bric-a-brac
was broken. Then they grew tired and
insipid this seems compared with those
other days when Lehr was really max
ing an effort to achieve notoriety, says
the Chicago Tribune. Before he had
married a fortune and was poor strug-
Cling wine agent knocking at back doors
Of fashionable bars and stopping at 81
day hotels; before he became the
Touchstone and then the Beau Nash OF
fashionable society. 1t is the same old
story, to wit: that genius will never
put forth its best efforts unless driven
by the spur of necessity. Six years ago
Lehr was unknown. He hated to work,
but wanted to achieve success. One day
a thought struck him. He wondered If
success did not possibly have quick
side entrance. He started out to see.
This is the course he took: Waded into
fountain at two a. m. with Mrs. Fred
die" Gerhard. Became known as AN
original young man" introduced into
New York society by Mrs. Elisha Dyer.
Told Mrs. John Jacob Aston she
looked punk" with white rose,
Recommended red one. Be-
came her society secretary at a
salary of $4,000. Increased the 400 to
600, thus securing the undying loyalty
of the new increment. Played buffoon
at entertainment; danced as ballet girl;
acted as ringmaster at Mrs Oelrichs'
circus. Gave a dinner to some mon
keys and some friends and defed the
guests to guess which was which. Orig
mated the champagne shampoo and the
Looking Backward Waltz" Appeared
in decollete at ball. First man to wear
rolled up trousers with evening dress.
Originated tennis in bathing suits
fad. Went shopping with chatelaine
bag attached to wrist; escorted Mrs.
Fish and Mrs. Oelrichs and a rag doll
around Newport. Rejected dover OF
100000; reported engaged to Miss Van
Allen. Married Mrs. ]. Vinton Dahlgren,
worth from 100000, to $4,000 600
Recognized as the arbiter elegantiarum
of Newport. All of which amazing career
took place in the surprisingly short space
of three years. Nobody ever found sue
cess and fortune in the 400 more quickly
than Mr.. Lehr-and lived to give the de-
| tails
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28

According to the Geological Survey,
the production of gypsum in the Unit
ed States in 1903 was 1,041,70 short
tons, valued at $3,792,943, as against
S16,47S short tons, valued at s2,0S9, BAL,
which was the output for 1902, says the
Mining World. The production of gyp-
sum is reported as crude gypsum, land
plaster, plaster of paris and wall plas-
ter, according to the condition in which
the gypsum first reaches the market.
The figure given as that of the total
production is, therefore, an estimate ar
rived at by computing the whole out
put as crude gypsum. The total value
given is that of the product in its differ
ent forms as it reaches the market.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28

The official instructions issued by DR..
De Cuvelier, secretary of state for the
Congo administration, to the Belgian
commission of inquiry concerning the
condition of affairs in the Congo State,
is fair enough document upon it's face.
1t begins with the assertion that the gov
eminent has no other object than the
revelation of the whole truth, and will
interfere in no way. Orders, it says,
have been issued to officials and agents
of all grades to give unreserved aid and
cooperation. The commission is en-
powered to examine not only witnesses
cited by itself, but also those who volun-
teer evidence of their own accord On
the other hand, it has power to compel
defaulting witnesses to appear. The
government places no limitation either
as to the field of its operations or the
term of its labors. 1t can carry on its
Investigations when and where it
chooses, and as long as it likes. But it
is enjoined to make such personal in
vestigation as shall enable it to arrive
at a definite conviction. Nothing, ap-
parently, could be more straightfor-
ward, but it should be remembered that
the officials and agents who are COM
manded to aid the commission in dis
covering abuses are supposed to be the
very men most interested in concealing
them.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28

A man is poor when ne has lost the
confidence of his friends when people
who are nearest to him do not believe
in him; when his character is honey
combed by deceit, punctured by dis
honesty, says Orison SWEET Marden, in
Success. He is poor when he makes
money at the expense of his character,
when principle does not stand clear
cut, supreme in his idea. When this
is clouded, he Is in danger Of the
worst kind Of poverty To be in the
poorhouse is not necessarily to be
poor. If you have maintained your in
tegrity, if your character stands four
square to the world. if you have never
bent the knee of principle to avarice,
you are not poor, though you may he
compelled to beg bread.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28

thing, and often I could hardly straighten
my back. The aching was bad in the
daytime, but just as bad at night, and I
was always lame in the morning. was
bothered with rheumatic pains and drop
steal swelling of the feet. The urinary
passages were painful, and the secretions
were discolored and so free that often
/ had to rise at night. l felt tired all
day. Half box served to relieve me,
and three boxes effected a permanent
cure"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Justus will
be mailed on application to any part of
the United States. Address Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Buffalo, n. Y. Sold by all
dealers; price, fifty cents per box.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28
Coffee from MESQUITE.

A suggestion that comes, In all seri-
business, from Arizona. by way Of Ha-
wall and Gov. Carter. opens up such
a wide vista to tillers OF the soil that
1t should be generally circulated.
Among the letters recently sent to
Gov. Carter at Honolulu was one from
Thomas F. Wilson, a lawyer Of Tue
son, Ariz. After reciting the fact that
he had been at various times In the
consular service in Brazil and Hawaii,
the writer added: AT botn of these
consulates ! had an opportunity to be-
come familiar with the production of
coffee. During my residence of 20
years In Arizona l have become famil-
lar with the mesquite tree, which Is
of the same family as the coffee. They
both look very much alike, the mes
quite, however, being the harder.
Both the coffee and mesquite produce
pod, containing the bean or berry.
Recently l saw an article in a news
paper stating that some years ago
SUNNI AiiLOnd lncSQullc Dedus udu
been taken to the Hawaiian islands,
and that the mesquite tree was very
plentiful in the islands. have often
thought that the coffee bud could be
engrafted or budded on to the mesquite
tree with good results, as the mesquite
tree is harder than the coffee, and
therefore more easily produced and
much longer lived. With this view l
have taken the liberty to address you
on the subject for the purpose, through
you, of suggesting to the coffee plant
ers that it might be worth while to
try to graft or bud the coffee onto the
mesquite tree. The reason it has not
been attempted here is that this eli
mate is too cold in the winter to allow
the growth of the coffee tree, while
the climate of the Hawaiian islands
produces both trees"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28

Gen. Corbin may point for vindication
to the rather severe regulation of mar
riage of officers in the British. German
and French armies. says the Cincinnati
Enquirer; but let US not forget that
these countries are under forms Of gov
eminent very different from ours.
Many of the representatives Of the Unit
ed States who are sent abroad to gain
by observation and contact bring home
a stock of information that is not ap-
plicable.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28
A Partisan doctor says: "A woman

A Partisan doctor says: "A woman is
never older than she feels" And he
has a method of hypnotism that max es
them feel anywhere from ten to thirty
years younger, so that they may again
realize life at any age they choose and
indicate to him. This ephemeral
hypnotic influence may be all right as a
novelty, but the invention that would
be Of practical and permanent value,
and more appreciated by many of them,
would be one that would Danish wrin-
kles, gray hair and making them appear
no older than they say they are.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28
OyerwOrk Killing Us
In the Great Struggle for Wealth and
Position We Are Becoming Weaker
Than Our Forefathers.

In the Great Struggle for Wealth and
Position We Are Becoming Weaker
Than Our Forefathers.
BY the cares of business and social
life we use up or waste away the most
vital elements of the human body be.
fore we realize our weak and run
down condition. 1t seizes on us so
quietly at first that little or no at
tention Is paid to the symptoms,
which commence with a queer, bewil-
dering sensation in the head, later the
power to concentrate the thoughts, so
necessary to brain workers, is lost.
Following this will come deficient
sight or blurred vision, muscular
weakness and a dull pain in the small
OF the back. There is a tendency to
tire easily; the digestion becomes i'm.
paired; the temper irritable; spirits
depressed, ending In complete lack of
confidence and general feeling of
disgust at our own weakness. When
the blood and nerve forces have been
wasted by disease, overwork, worry,
brain-tire. high living, dissipation or
other bad habits, DR.. Chases Blood
and Nerve Food rebuilds the system
by replacing the same substances
that have been lost. Price 80 cents.
Sold and guaranteed by milford r. Burt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28

An army test of motorcycles by race
from Denver to Washington is proposed
More terrible than IAN army with ban
ners'' would be a serried rank of plung-
ing automobiles.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28

That Joaquin Miller is in a fair way to
be a millionaire is no proof that poetry
Is any more remunerative than 1t was
some months ago. For making million
aires oil is still far ahead of poems.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28

Chief Engineer Wallace, of the Pana-
ma canal commission, declares he wants
American laborers and that the climatic
conditions there are not dangerous. He
has a desire to accomplish the great
work without the aid of foreign laborers.
II this can be accomplished it will stand
all the more as a monument to Amer
lean energy, brain and Drawn.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28

gu b lie o (
eight or ten
years. stand
ing. I suffered
the most severe
backache a n d
other pains in
the region of
t h e XII dneys.
These were es-
pecially severe
when STOPPING
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28

The con nittee on employmelt for
students q Columbia reports that IS diff
fsrent ways of earning money have been
tried at tie university. And q diligent
study Of the works of Mr.. Thomas w.
Lawson might make it Sc.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28

II the duke of Orleans and Lieut..
Peary should both happen to get to the
north pole at the same time they can
make fox and goose" track around it
and have a whole lot of fun together.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-10-28
REGISTER BOOK STORE
Reliable Repairing.

When you want your bicycle, watch or
clock repaired, and repaired so 1t win run
take it 10 the reliable ieweler, Charles westall
and you will make no mistake. Next door to
the Register once.