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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-03-24
Trees to Promote Health.

DR.. Stephen-Smith, at one time health
commissioner of New York city, has
invoked Size aid of the Tree Planting
association of New York in his plan to
equaliAe temperature and purify the
air and so cut down the death rate
during hot weather, says the Pittsburg
Dispatch's New York correspondent
Thrifty trees in full LEAKAGE" said DR..
Smith in recent address to the asso-
citation, ''are an ideal means Of sup
plying city with an enormous amount
of vegetation under conditions most
favorable Tor promoting the public
health. Instead of spreading it's foil
age upon the ground, which would re-
quire a large surface area, the tree
lifts its acres Of vegetation on a small
trunk and spreads it in the air, tier
above tier, so that every street win
dow Of our dwellings may have small
park"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-03-24
What Women of Japan Are Doing.

More than 10000 Japanese women
have volunteered to go to the front te
act as nurses, says Harper's Weekly
Both before and since the war with
China the women of Japan have at
tended the hospital training schools
where instruction is given by Ameri
can and European nurses, and there
are now no better nurses in the world
than those Of Japan. Many Of these
nurses, as we'll as the women physi-
clans, are widows of generals and 9th
er officers who were killed in that war;
others are very young girls.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-03-24
THE PHILIPPINE
RAILWAY PROJECT.
Sir William Van Horne's Views
on Developing the Islands.
CONFIDENCE OF FILIPINos NEEDED

He Would Employ Native Labor In
Constructing Railroads In the Is
hands, Opposition of the Natives,
He Claims, Would Mean "a Harvest
of Bitterness For Generations.
Sir William Van Horne, chairman Of
the board Of directors Of the Canadian
Pacific railroad and president of the
Cuba company, which has been in
strumental in developing industries
throughout the eastern end of Cuba,
In speaking of his recent conference
with William H. Taft secretary of
war, regarding the construction Of
railroads in the Philippines, pointed out
the similarity Of conditions governing
the construction of railroads in Cuba
and the Philippines, says the New
York Herald. In both instances the
susceptibilit1es of the inhabitants play
ed an important part Sir William ex-
planned that it had been on account Of
his experience in building railroads in
Cuba that Mr. Taft had wished to talk
over with him the Philippine project.
1.-THE success with which we have
met in Cuba" said Sir William, has
been due largely to the methods en-
plOyed in dealing with the native in
habitants. If we had been guided by
a shortsighted policy Of chipping off a
little here and little there at the ex-
pense of the native we should have
failed Seeds would have been plant
ed which would have borne bitter
fruit for generations. We endeavored
to obtain the confidence of the natives
as the very basis of our operations.
We employed only native labor in con-
structing our 400 miles of railroad.
and we awarded no building contracts.
To have done SO would have been sui
cidal
"The success of the policy which we
pursued in Cuba leads me to the be-
lief that the same policy must be pur-
sued in the Philippines If the dual OBJ
ject of the government, to educate the
Filipinos in respect for and confidence
in Americans and at the same time to
obtain the industrial development or
the islands, is to be secured. The gov
eminent has three alternatives = it
could either build the railroads with
its own forces, or it could let con-
tracts for construction, or it could en-
dow with sufficient power some compa-
ny whose interests would be the same
as the governments interests, aiming
to the permanency of such corpora
ton.
1.-THE annual cost TO the government
of providing for 800 miles Of railroad
would be no more than the annual cost
Of maintaining a single regiment If
Dy the construction of railroads the
necessity of a standing army should
be removed and native constabulary
established the inestimable advantage
is apparent
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-03-24
BOIL WEEVIL PROBLEM.
Department of Agricu1ture's Direc-
tions to Destroy the Pest.

lions to Destroy the Pest.
The depar tment of agriculture has
issued bulletin giving directions for
the eradication Of the boil weevil, says
a Washington special to the st. Louis
Republic. The bulletin says:
"The earlier investigations of the d.
vision Of entomology and it's work the
past season warrant the recommends
ton Of the following methods of less
ening the boil weevil injury:
"Plant an early maturing variety of
cotton as early as possible in the
spring and give the plants good culti-
walton. By good cultivation is meant
five or six plowings, with three or four
choppings. By blowing and cultivating
In this way good crop may usually
be insured before the bollworms be-.
come destructive in August. In the
territory infested with the cotton boil
weevil this course becomes doubly
necessary, as it is only by such meth
DDS that ordinarily a crop of cotton
may be made.
"The possibility Of the plants devel-
oping crop after the bollworms ma>g
leave is removed on account Of the
presence of the weevil. Early planting
of early maturing varieties will also
allow Of the crop being gathered much
earlier in the fall than is possible with
the paintings Of ordinary gin seed at
the usual time.
"It will thus become possible to a
considerable extent to clear the land
Of the plants and plow in the fall,
which, aside from being good farm
practice, will exert a very beneficial
influence in controlling the bollwor,ns
by breaking open their Information
cells and exposing the pupa to the in
duences Of cold and rain during the
winter.
Experiments with poisons the past
gear indicate that these may be profit
ably used in lessening bollworm in
jury to cotton. The poisons should be
applied to the plants in time to insure
the destruction of the maximum num-
Der Of young larvae of the August gem
Grafton. In general this will be about
Aug. /.
"When it is noticed that the moths
are becoming abundant in the cotton
fields the first application should be
made, and second application should
follow the first week or ten days later.
The occurrence of even a moderate
rain shortly after the poison has been
applied will necessitate another appli-
cation If best results are to be Sc
yured"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-03-24
LEARN TO BE A JANITOR.

Young Nca Advised 10 Choose the
s'ProfesSion'' and Get Wealth.
Behold behold, a ianitor am I!
Observe my fierce and naughty mien
And proud and flashing eye.
Bow down to me
Andslet the welkin ring
For there is no denying,
For there is no denying,
For there is no denying,
That the janitor is it.
Song of the .TanitOr.
Nearly every ablebodied young man
in Chicago has been singing the "Sons
Of the Jar1tor" ever since Charles
Fieldstack president of the Interna-
tional Union of Building Employees,
which was recently organized in Mil
waukee, suggested to the young man
who has not chosen his life vocation
the profession" of janitor, says Chi
cage dispatch. He says no other ca
reer is 50 promising as that of a man
In his trade and union. 1t has been
said that every American is a sover-
eign as janitor, but now the sover-
eign will have to take a seat in the
extreme rear and more than ever bow
down to the janitor.
In Fieldstack's opinion the field of
the office building janitor is most invit-
ing Comfort awaits him who chooses
1t, and affiuence is possible. Shares are
owned in many of the buildings where
janitors dust and wash windows. In
the Chamber Of Commerce building, ac-
cording to Fieldstack, there are forty
janitors, and each owns his own home.
Industry and economy are noticeable
In the men, and their employment
makes them more prudent in business
dealings.
Fieldstack, to show the possibilities
Of the profession" cited Peter Han
son as an example. Hanson, he said,
was window washer in a piano estab-
lishment and holds $4,000 stock in
the building. When there is business
for the stockholders the man lays
aside his Jackets and cap and joins the
meeting as one of the board. The
union completes the task Of making
ACi1 VI IHC SdIu Il IClOi-
stack, and strict discipline is enforced.
Drunkenness is forbidden by one Of
the articles of the constitution. Any
man who cannot break the habit of in
dulging in liquors is suspended from
the organization. The members are
not required to sign the pledge, but so
stringent is the rule that 1t practically
amounts to the same thing.
There are $500 men in the office
buildings of Chicago, and there are
5000 fiat janitors, mattresses, elevator
men and starters, marble washers and
watchmen. Considering the vested
rights" as it were, of a janitor, it will
not be surprising if parents who live
in apartments send their sons to JAM
tors to be educated, instead of to a
college, as the principles Of independ-
ence could be more thoroughly in
stilled into the minds Of the young.
1t no longer will be necessary to teach
the young idea how to shoot, but how
to ''janitor"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-03-24
The "GIide and Spring. walk Now

The "GIide and Spring. Walk Now.
Neither the "Grecian bend'' nor the
exaggerated kangaroo is the walk
affected by fashionable women, says
the New York Press. Theirs is the
glide and spring." 1t is too slow for
women who have to trudge far
through crowded thoroughfares. Per-
haps that is reason for the favor it
has found with exclusive" folk. It
really is graceful when woman is
crossing her drawing rooms or pass
ing out to her carriage, but if she
were called upon suddenly to hurry,
the "glide and spring" would have to
end right there.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-03-24
Useful Gifts For Pupils,

Each of the forty pupils enrolled at
the South Edmeston school has been
given bank book with ST to his or
her credit in a Utica bank, says the
New York World. The giver is a well
to do resident who has promised to add
another dollar to the account of each
child who attends school regularly and
works diligently for an entire term.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-03-24
Novelty In Gastronomic Feasts.

"Munching parties in London are
the latest outcome Of the new health
fad. The guests at such meals are in
vfted only on condition that each
mouthful of food Is chewed thirty-two
times before 1t Is swallowed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29
WHEN CARMEN SYLVIA
WAS YOUNG.

When Carmen sylvia, the Poet-Queen
of Roumania, was the little Princess of
WED in her fathers castle on the
Rhine, she used to sign because she
was a princess; and she has told her
self how she longed TO be a village
child like those that she saw every day
Since she could not get out to play
with them she invented plays of her
own; and in these plays, the trees of
the big castle park were her playmates
Every day she performed whole fairy
plays. in which one tree was the wick
ed giant, another the fairy prince and
so on.
1t was natural that this course of
life should fan the enthusiasm of the
child for storytelling; and in her elev-
enth year she had begun to write poe
try. while her fourteenth birthday saw
her busy over a drama.
BY the time she was 20. she had writ
ten enough poetry. plays and stories,
including several novels. to make
books that would fill long shelf: but
she showed these to nobody. and Il
was not until Prince Karl Of Rouma-
mia took her 20 that land 10 be it's
Queen that she began TO publish any
Of her work.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29

when she anchored in the bay at the
END OF the season everybody said that
the spell was broken. But it wasn't.
The Custom House officers, went
aboard and discovered that the cap
tain had taken on a lot of passen-
gers without getting the proper
papers; and the result was that the
vessel was seized. and it cost her
owners all kinds of money in fines and
penalties to get her back.
Last year, however. it certainly
looked as if she had wiped out her
whole previous bad record, for on her
first voyage she ran across a big
mass of something afioat, and car
ried 1T into the Cape de Verde Islands,
where it was inspected and pro-
nounced fine ambergris The valua-
ton that was put on it was $40. !:
but as there was no one 10 pay such
a sum out there. the captain decided
to carry it hack to Cape Cod.
That is the story that was brought
in by another vessel that had left the
Cape de Verde Islands before the brig;
and everybody here waited with keen
interest for the arrival of the 'hoodoo'
that had had so wonderful a turn in
her fortunes. Well, she arrived in
good order, without an accident; and
the lump of 'ambergris' was carried
in state to an expert, who looked at
sadly and said that it wasn't amber
girls, or anything like it, but just
some nondescript mass. like so much
that the sea carries around.
THE crow of that brig will never
be able to show it's face in her home
port again without being asked about
'ambersris.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29

away for a new supply, he hung
fat, juicy one near the nest When
she returned to feed her babies her
bright eye caught sight of the wrig
Cling victim
She hesitated a moment, as if not
quite understanding how worms had
come to grow on bushes, then snapped
it up in her bill and carried it to the
nest.
For several days the boys contented
themselves with hanging worms near
the nest. Then, when she had become
accustomed to finding them, Fred
crept close to the nest and offered a
dainty morsel in his hand. For sec
ond she seemed undecided, but hav
ing had no cause to fear, she suddenly
flew towards his outstretched arm,
alighted on his wrist and pulled the
worm from his fingers.
After this mark of favor the boys
felt that they had completely won her
confidence, and the little mother did
not seem to mind them In the least
when they went close to the nest and
coaxed the babies to perch on their
bands.
1t was a sorrowful day when the
little folk were big enough to fly away,
and, although they fingered near the
deserted home for a short time, the
boys knew that their little playfellows
would soon be gone
All too soon a morning came when
none of the thrush family was to be
found.
WELL" said Fred as they trudged
home after a fruitless search, 81 guess
this is better than collecting a lot OF
eggs. Just think what we'd have
missed if we'd taken that nest"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29
TRIP, THE TRAMP
The Adventures of a Homeless
Dog as Told by Himself.
CHAPTER ".

CHAPTER ~.
When Ned asked me how l should
like to become a circus dog and travel
about, l could only look at him in
astonishment, and presently he laugh
ed and said:
Il have been talking with two or
three of the circus dogs, and they tell
M that there are six of them alto
gether. They are dogs who have
been picked up here and there, and
their duty is to guard the baggage
wagons when the men are busy. In
return, they are well fed and well
used. You have started out to see the
world, and l look upon this as a fine
chance for you. When tired of the
circus VIC. can go tramping again"
And are you coming, too?" l asked.
"Of course. AS l have told you
before, you are not yet able to take
care of yourself. Now, let us go up
to the wagons and see what sort of
dogs we are to live amongst"
W.T. found six dogs, as Ned had said.
but only two of them were of good
breed. The others were common
ours, though we'll behaved. A white
bulldog named Gyp was boss of all,
ard after we had had something to
eat he said:
LAS you are coming to live with us
for a time l will tell you the rules.
Each dog goes with a particular
wagon. When the driver is away as
often happens, the dog must watch
that wagon and see that nothing is
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29

the stairs: Come. little girl; time
to get up; breakfast is ready"
How it happened that Gretchen
found herself waking up in her own
bed she never knew. Her grand
mother said that she had found her
asleep by the window and carried her
upstairs and put her 70 bed the pre-
vious evening. But that was absurd,
of course, for Gretchen distinctly re-
membered having ridden the hum
mingbird to the fairy dell, where no.
body said don't" and recalled all
that had taken place there.
She thought much about her expe-
rience with the fairies, and, coming
to the conclusion that it was not al
ways best to do just as one wanted
to, she became in time the most cheer
full and contented little girl in the
Black Forest. In fact, so sunny did
her disposition grow after her visit
to the fairies that when she grew up
she was sought in marriage by a
tirst-class baron. who hired all his
washing done and paid taxes on real
estate.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29
The Cross Little Girl -=H-'
of the Black Forest
And How the Fairies Cured Her in One Night

face. rs there anything else we can
do for YOU"
Yes said Gretchen. Il want some
thing to eat"
At once Gretchen found herself seat
ed in the great marble hall ora fairy
palace with a huge table before her
covered with dishes OF silver and gold
and cut glass. All the fairies stood
around ready to wait upon her. anu
the fairy queen said. Is there any
thing special you would like
There is" REPLIED Gretchen -
want some jam. and pickles. and angel
cake. and ice cream. and plum pud-
ding-with two kinds of sauce. mind
and-oh, yes, some candy. and some
pie-three kinds of pie. please-and II
you have any lobster salad about the
house / think I could eat a little Of
that. And-dear me, I almost forgot
the ice cream OF course, ! want ice
crearn-vanilla and strawberry mixed.
and ladies' fingers and macarOons to
go with it,"
No sooner had Gretchen spoken than
there before her in the beautiful dishes
was everything she had asked for. and
she fell to eating at a great rate us
ing her fingers very freely, which she
was never allowed to do at home. and
grabbing at everything she happened
to see-eatiug pickles and mince pie
and ice cream all together without re-
gard to whether they belonged to-
gether or not Eating in this manner,
of course, one food spoiled the taste of
the other. and, besides, Gretchen be-
gan TO have the most painful and as
tonishing sensations in her stomach.
There" she cried. pushing aside
her plate, you have gone and let
me catch cold by putting on this wat
terfall dress and TO make myself sick
by mixing up pickles and ice cream
and things"
But you told US not to say DON'T"
shouted the fairies in a chorus.
DO you want us to say"
NO, | don't. Don't you say don't"
snapped Gretchen, stopping her own
tears suddenly.
why" explained Prince Larkspur,
you know you said before we start
ed out that you wanted everybody to
cry when you cried, and to laugh
when you laughed"
What if I did?" replied the girl:
you needn't always be taking peo-
pie at their word, Oh, 1 wish 1 was
home again"
"Hurrah! huwah" shouted the
fairies, waving their hats. "Hurrah!
hurrah!" and the noise of their cheer
ing, which, it must be admitted, was
not at all polite or complimentary to
their guest, gradually changed to the
voice of Gretchens father calling up
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29

Once upon a time a little girl named
Gretchen lived in a cottage in the
Black Forest with her father ami
brothers. who were wOodchOppers
and an old grandmother who kept
house for the family.
1t will be seen at once that Gret-
chen was situated exactly like the
majority of the heroines of fairy
stories, and she also resembled these
heroines in being very beautiful
child with fair skin, bright blue eyes
and golden curls. But she was en-
tirely unlike other heroines, who are
always of sweet and sunny DISPOSE
tions; for she was as cross ard peev-
ish a child as you could find in days
journey.
One warm summer afternoon in tn
long vacation Gretchen was sitting by
the open window Of the cottage, cross
as usual. when suddenly there appear
ed on the WindoW-ledge the cutcst
little man you ever saw in all the
world. When he stood up straight
his head reached about as high as
tbs seat of an ordinary chair while
the feather in his hat rose up about
IOuT Inches 4Sltfls he WAS NOhliso
and slim and beautifully dressed in
suit of green. embroidered with silver.
He DOTTED his cap in a BOW of most
polite greeting 10 the surprised child,
who could only gasp Dear me,
where did you come from. and what
are you doing on our windoW-sill?'
Fair lady," replied The stranger,
with another bow, Il am n fairy prince,
Larkspur by name. l am sent by our
people, fair lady, to offer you their
assistance. We have often observed
that you are not happy, and we wish,
if you will allow US. to-ah hum
to make you happy, you know. What
is it now that will make you happy?'
oh, dear" said Gretchen. y guess
if ! could have my own way in every
thing - III everything, mind ~ and
everybody would do as I wanted
them to 1 might be happy. l should
want people to laugh when I laughed
and to cry when / cried. and every
thing | wished for would have to be
brought me at once"
The fairy prince puckered up his
lips and gave vent to a low and most
musical whistle of surprise, which
sounded like the blowing of a little
flute. Would you mind accompany
ing me on short ride into the for
ESTE" asked he.
Before she could realize what had
happened, Gretchen found herself
seated slde-saddle on a beautiful red
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29

taken from it, He is not to get into
a fight with a strange dog if it can be
avoided, and il drunken man comes
fooling around he must not be bitten.
None of us must sleep While the per-
Torrance is going on.
I'm case there is an alarm that the
lion has broken out OF his cage, or
that the elephant has broken his
chains and got loose, every dog must
come to me at once and take my or
ders what to do. Any dog who snaps
and snarls and makes himself dis
agreeable to the others shall De driven
out. Those are the rules. my friends,
and 1 am sure you will live UP to
them and help us to continue to be a
happy family"
Ned answered for both of us that
we would do our best, and we were
led to the wagons we were to guard,
and left to ourselves. The circus peO-
pie carried everything with them to
cook their own meals, and my wagon
was marked mo. q and carried the
dishes for all. 1t was driven by
young man about 20 years old, and
as l stood looking at him l thought
him a very tough fellow, and one who
would make things uncomfortable for
me. He presently saw me standing
there. and after looking me over he
said to himself:
Hello, there, but I see we have
a new dog! A Newfoundland, Ell?
and not more than a year old at that
Say, he's a good looking dog, and I'll
bet he's got sense in his head. Come
up here. old chap"
He snapped his fingers and patted
his leg, and ] went up 10 him and gave
him my paw and licked his hand. and
Ia a minute we were good friends. At
his bidding ! leapad into the wagon
and lay down on an old coat. and after
patting my head he said:
you'll do, my boy and We shall
set along very well together. Dont