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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-28
How Japan Ha. Thrived ON war.

The record Of Japan's recent mate
rial progress is, it seems, as remark
able as her progress in military
achievement r. w. Hewes, the well
known statistical authority, writes on
this subject in Harper's Weekly. The
increase of postal savings during the
first eight months of the war, for ex-
ample, shows an increase from $751;
$4,000 to $1S,612,O00, indicating an
astonishing increase of the sources
from which such savings are drawn,
the incomes provided by industrial en-
.pioyment. The savings bank deposits
have increased 81 per cent during the
same period. There has also been an
increase of bank reserves amounting
to 5.5 per cent, an increase Of 10.6 per
cent In rice production, Of So per cent
in exports and Of &C. per cent in i'm
ports.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-28
FARM FOR SILVER FOXES.
Rare Alaska Animals to he Bred For
Their Eurs.


Their Furs.
Joseph J. Harrison Of Philadelphia,
who is connected with a fur corpora
ton, is in Livingston, Mon, for the
purpose, he says, Of studying the eli
matte conditions Of Park county with
view to establishing farm for the
breeding Of silver foxes in this locality,
says Livingston special dispatch to
the st. Louis Republic. He says the
company he represents already has
such farm in Alaska, but the COM
pany wishes to experiment with the
fur of animals bred in a milder eli
mate.
"Of small animals" said Mr.. Harri-
son, discussing the project, 'by far
the most valuable pelt is that OF the
nearly extinct silver fox. The company
] represent makes business Of breed
ing animals for their pelts, but until
q short time ago we never attempted
to raise the silver fox, as the animal
is very difficult to capture and as it
usually does not thrive in captivity.
We have, however, small number Of
the little animals on an Alaskan farm.
1t has been suggested that perhaps q
finer quality of fur could be raised In
a milder climate, and it seems to me
that the conditions in Park county are
favorable for the experiment"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-28
Weekly Excursions to Detroit
S. & A. R'y has made a

The D. S. S. & A. R'y has made ar
engagements with the D. & C. N. Co.
to extend the excursion for two
weeks, leaving here Friday, Septem-
Der lst and 9th, and good to return
until September Goth. 1905, inclusive,
Round trip fares to Detroit $500;
to Toledo $500; to Cleveland $500
and to Buffalo 5000. Meals ann
berthsr are extra on steamers. For
further information kindly apply to
A. B. Noble, ticket agent. Ashland,
Wisconsin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-28
The Wisconsin Central Ry

Reaches the principal points in
Wisconsin, Offering Pullman Sieepers
Free Reclining hair chair, modern
coaches and dining and after service
between Chicago, Milwaukee, Mani
towoc, and St, Paul. Minneapolis,
Ashland and Duluth. connection
are made with diverging lines at all
terminal points. Meals served a Ia
carte. For tickets, sleeping car re-
serservation and further informa-
ton apply TO agents of this company
or write Jas. c. Pond, Gen |. Pass.
Agt., Milwaukee, Wis
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-28
ANECDOTES ABOUT GOMEZ.
How the Famous Cuban General Dis.
ciplined an officer.

How the Famous Cuban General Dis
ciplined an Officer.
Typical Of the character of the late
General Maxine Gomez, the famous
Cuban soldier and leader of revolu-
tons, was the manner in which he
disciplined an officer for selling sugar
cakes to the Spaniards during the Gu
ban war of independence, says the
New York Times. The man had TAX
en- $500 from the Spaniards for the
cakes He was summoned before Co
mez. and the general said to the mem
berS Of his staff:
You see before you man who has
been brisadier in the service OF Gu
ba He has sold himself for 500. He
IS hereafter to be known only as 'Briga-.
der Sugar Cakes II any man in Cuba
addresses him otherwise he disobeys
ny express orders" Then, turning to
Tie culpct, the Cuban commander
said: Tear Off those stars. Give them
20 ne You are not fit to command
mcn You can be bought for a cake of
brown sugar Down to the ranks with
YOU. and try to do Your duty as pri-
vate soldier and be thankful if my sol
diers will march with you. See that
you behave yourself hereafter"
There was a Frenchman who once
visited the camp Of General Gomez
during the Cuban revolution and said:
81 am an officer of the French army.
I hold the rank of lieutenant and come
to offer my sword and my life to the
cause of Cuban independence"
Gomez sized up the young man and
said, you are a captain in the army
Of liberation The Frenchman drew
himself up haughtily, as became SOL
der Of Gaul, and replied: 81 demand
the commission of a general. Any lieu
tenant of the French army is equal to
a general in the Cuban army"
do you think sO?' said Gomez. "Do
you know that there is only one gen.
eral in the world? I am that general.
l am greater than Saussier-than any
general that you ever had in your
whole service. Young man, when you
first landed on the shores of Cuba you
should have learned your first lesson.
Maxine Gomez is the only general,
and Maxine Gomez regards the low
est private in the ranks OF the army
Of liberation above all the French that
ever existed. Here are your letters.
Get back to France, where you may
be Of some use. You are of none here
Adjutant. see that this man has safe
conduct to the coast Good evening""
And the viscount went back to France.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-28
DR.. A. o. SHAW,

Practice limited to Diseases or the EYE
EAR NOSE THROAT and CHEST.
Eyes tested and glasses correctly fitted
OFFICE ROOMS 10 aud 10, Ashland
Masonic Temple. Wisconsin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-28

If you are troubled with dizzy
spells, headache, indigestion, con
stipation, HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea will make you well and
keep you well. If it fails, get your
money back. That's fair. 30 cents,
Fox Bros.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-28
Wisconsin, State Fair

Milwaukee, Sept. 11-15
TIE Omaha will sell tickets on
Sept 9, 10, IL. II, 13, IA and 18th
from Milwaukee and return at SO. 20
for the round trip, good returning
until and including Septic m Der 10th.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-28

Dear Gus:-I' have solved the
nother-iplaw problem, just give her
regularly HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea. 1t will make her healthy,
happy and doclle as a lamb. 30
cents Tea or Tablets. Fox Bros.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-28

Liverita the up-to-date Lite
iver Pill; &c boxes contain Is pills
l &c boxes contain 40 pills, 25c boxes
contain 100 pills. Sold by Fox Bros
Washburn, Wis
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-28
Not All depends ON the Cow.

The real value of fine milk cow lies
in her pedigree, her prepotent power Of
heredity, that power that long line Of
good ancestors gives her to pass her
good qualities along to her offspring,
so that a great deal depends upon the
man as to whether he Is wise in the
selection Of the kind OF animal for the
work, and with the care and feed there
Is nothing to hinder the dairyman from
being master Of the situation and hav-
ing conditions favorable to his ambi-
Observation-Disclosures Register.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-28

! Wireless Telegraphy scheme.
TO connect Australia, New Zealand
and the outlying islands far reaching
scheme Of wireless telegraphy Is being
considered by the commonwealth au-
fhorities.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-28
School Boards,

T.. M. Clausen president; K. a. Herring
Secretary; e. E. Kenfield. vice president
The news & observer., 1905-12-17
FIR. DOOLEY, .JR.
RHAMKATTE ROASTER.

bride an dozen linen collars. Und-
her his table was a saddle an copy
iV Shakespeare Tn lookin' glass he'd
tn dust iY ages in its face an We
moight heV been Rosenfelt fr all We
cud make out whin We looked in it.
AS near IS / could tell be calculations
it he'd been nome years an thray
months since tn floor had been swept.
TIL Wather bucket was on tn bureau
an armful iv shtove wood on tn
washshtand Ye cud hev hung bales
iV cotton in tn shpider webs in tn
place an tn lack iv woman's nurs-
ing an tn drouth iv womans tears
was SO q tense thot OF hastened down
to Missis DoOley an asst her to break
tn new broom handle over me ould
head to give me fresh appreciation iv
tn bliss w married loife.''
''Ay an it must a lot ye think iv
such a noble woman" said Mr.. Hen
messy.
"BegOrra an it is" said Mr.. Dooley.
"Oi think more iv her thin Oi care to
teH."
The news & observer., 1905-12-17

and I got through till June, bought
clothes, and my ticket to Morganton.
l worked on the farm till the latter
part CT August-then walked to Win
Ston again. took the train rode to
Hillsboro, and walked over to the
Hill.
| got Il county appointment, bor-
roWed money Of the Deems fund, man.
aged club, and at the beginning of
my SOph year was elected Librarian of
the Dialectic Society, it being the first
year that the Librarian got a salary
When l was elected to this place, the
opposite party was in power and a
man who belonged to their party
wanted it. Members Of his own party
voted for me simply because they
knew / needed the money and he
didn't. The other man was q rising
Senior, and | know more popular at
the time than | was. / held the place
three years. till l graduated, through
all the changes of power and party. I
know it TO be a fact that the party
leaders, and those elected to the offices
were as a rule the boys of limited
means. county students, etc. / be-
lieve that at least half of the students
come at a great sacrifice, and one
fourth. 1 should Judge. pay their own
way, with the help given by the county
appointments ana the aid from une
Deems fund l know from expert
ence that any young man of sound
mind and body, and energy and deter
mination can get through the Univer-
sity.. The Faculty will not let a
young man of the proper grit and in
dustry be compelled to give up for
want of means.
The first overcoat l ever owned was
a present given me by a member of
the Faculty in the winter of 80, and
it lasted me till the winter of "a, and
was as good as new then.
My hard lot had made me a disbe-
lever in divine love and justice. l had
become a sceptic and was verging on
to Atheism, but the influence of the
lives of members of the Faculty saved
me. / know that a great many per-
sons try TO prove that it is very dan
gerous to young mans morals to
send him to Chapel Hill. 1t has been
the means of making me a Christian.
If Il young man fails to get along at
the University it is his own fault. 1t
is not u rich mans college-it is the
poor boys college; and the State can
not spend money in any other way
that will make such large returns.
l have found that the persons who
know least about the University make
the biggest fuss. The men who know
her best love her most.
/ owe to her and her Faculty a debt
of gratitude that. whatever l may be
able to do, l can never repay.
w. G. RANDALL.
The news & observer., 1905-12-17
MadcshOrO,s OnpOrtunitY.

GaStOnla GaZelte.
Wadesboro has the opportunity Of
her life. BY some unhappy dispensa-
ton of fortune we missed the pre-
ViouS chapters of the controversy, but
from recent communication in the
Messenger we judge that a contro-
versy is on between Judge r. T. Ben
nett and ReY. Chas. II. Martin. 1t
seems that some lines of poetry COM
posed by the preacher did not suit
the judge. The poet, in the com
munication of which mention Is made
above, undertook to recast them in the
hope of bringing them nearer to his
critics standard of taste and perfec-
ton. In so doin~ the poet-preache"
found occasion to refer to some large
oaks-they must have been large ones
which stood in the yard of his child
hoods home. OF these oaks Mr.. Mar
tin, with other opulent thoughts, wrote
that they reached the clouds, ana
that you might as we'll expect tc
cool the sun by tanning his face
with tOmtit's wing as to kill bird
in their topmost boughs." Now it is
to be supposed that Judge Bennett has
seen some bis trees in his life also
and that he knows something about
killing birds. This matt--~shouldn not
be allowed to drop in its crude un-
finished state. What WadesbJro
wants is to arrange at t&e earliest
possible date a wrestling match be-
tween these two gentlemen, with the
English language for a mat 1t is
Wadesboro's opportunity. Will she rise
to its demands? We await her action
in breathless expectancy.
The news & observer., 1905-12-17

solid Republican support in Congress
please everybody opposed to effective
legislation including the railroads.
That is the danger We have foreseen
all the time-that the Forakers and
Elkinses would get such concessions
in the interest of party harmony as
would emasculate the bill and make it
worth little or nothing. Any measure
that can Secdre their hearty support
and not arouse the hostility of the
transportation monopoly will be worth
very little. If Mr.. Roosevelt stands
by his Raleigh speech. refuses to
make any concessions. and asks all
his friends to vote for such a meas
ure or none. the fight will be won,
For, if it should fail on the first trial,
he can call a special session of Con-
gress and keep the matter in the lead
until it is passed in proper shape. In
no sense is this such a party measure
as to justify him in seeking party har-
mony by concessions. The National
Democratic Convention is the father
of this sort of legislation, and all
Democrats who do not bolt their
party platform are for effective legis-
lation, but they vii! not support
which LaFollett and Spooner can both
milk-and- water measure that is weak
ened in order to get a measure for
vote. Such a measure would be
fraud and a sham of the worst sort.
The news & observer., 1905-12-17
MIR. LINCOLN'S EXAMPLE.

after reconstruction, the next
great question is the overthrow of the
liquor traffic. said Mr.. Lincoln on the
18th of April 1865. Early in his life
Mr.. Lincoln wrote and signed the fol-
lowing:
Whereas, the use of alcoholic
liquors as a beverage is productive of
paupersm, degradation and crime;
and believeing it is our duty to discour
age that which produces more evil
than good: we. therefore. pledge our
selves to abstain from the use of in
toXicating liquors as a beverage
There are more total abstainers to-
day than in Mr.. Lincoln's time. His
example has borne good fruit. Many
good men still believe it safe for them
to drink moderately, but nine times
out of ten those very men wish their
sons to touch not, taste not, handle
not There is no sure safe-ground
exceut in total abstinence.
The news & observer., 1905-12-17

that my youth was by no means free
from serious blemish.
''At first we played cards merely for
the sake of passing time. Then as the
taste for it grew, we Staked small
sums of money to increase the inter
est and excitement, which it did most
effectually. The stakes were very
small, indeed, but the changing for
tune In winning and losing stimulated
the gambling passion until finally
catastrophe occurred. One particu-
lar afternoon l happened to have the
money in my pocket with which to pay
my tuition fees, due in a few days l
lost steadily in the game, and was
so carried away that at last l took
out of my Docket the money en-
trusted to me by my parents. Or
course, with it l expected to w.n back
all had lost We played on feverish-
ly, but luck would not turn, and at
last the entire sum of the tuition fee
was swept away. 1t amounted only
to very few thalers, and my cousins
helped me out of my immediate en-
barrassment; but my horror at what
had happened was so great, my con-
sciousness of guilt so painful, and the
sense OF my modification so acute
for / considered myself, and with rea-
son, to be a criminal-that the IN
ward suffering of those days, especially
when / made q confession to my par
ents, has ever remained in my MEM
ory a terrible lesson. | had gone
through a very serious experience with
myself. In playing for stakes the de-
sire to win money had really not been
my impelling motive, but the evil
fascination which the demon of for
tune always possesses had led me to
commit an act which, committed un-
der less favorable circumstances, and
upon a larger scale, might have
ruined my character irretrievably.
Card playing for money is frequently
classed among the sO-called noble
PASSIONS" but l believe there is no
form Ct amusement which, when it
becomes real passion, is so danger
Gus even 10 nobly cast natures. 1t was,
perhaps, very fortunate in my own
case that this lessen came 50 early in
life and appeared in so drastic
shape.
The news & observer., 1905-12-17
Spirit of the Press.
Natural Consequence of Pernicious
Precedent.
Wilmington Messenger.

Wilmington Messenger.
The frauds, if committed, were nee
essarlly the work of some person con-
nected with the company. The cor
poration, having no personality, could
not commit an actual crime. Any
wrongful act done in its name or in
the course of the transaction OF It's
business, must necessarily have been
the work of some individual connected
with that corporation. Hence we can
not see how there could be a Vlo-
latlOn of a criminal statute by this
corporation without some one of It's
members or officers beng guilty OF
having done the forbidden deed.
Under the finding of this jury Il
bank Official might steal all the funds
deposited with the bank by its GUS
toners and on an indictment includ-
ing the corporation with the guilty
official for criminal acknowledgements
and embeZzlement, the jury might find
the individual not guilty and still
declare the corporation guilty. This
would hardly be a greater stralnlng OF
the law than was that reSorted TO by
the jury in the Nick Williams case.
The Norfolk Landmark in discuss
ing the Nick Williams verdict says that
it was the natural consequence of the
pernicious precedent established by
the President in preventing the pros
ecution of Paul Morton for violation
of the law against discrimination in
railway freight rates when Vice-preS-
ident and general manager OF the
Santa Fe railroad. II will be re-
membered that Mr. Roosevelt held in
substance that there was no evidence
that the railway rate law was violated
by Mr. Morton but only by the cor
poration of which he was general
manager.
The news & observer., 1905-12-17
Liberality of Spirit VIII Not Fill the
collection Plate UDless You Have
The Money
Davidson Disnatch. D

Davidson Dispatch.
Mr.. Daniels. of the News and OBJ
server. attributes certain very full col
lections of the Methodist church In
the North Carolina Conference this
year to the price of cotton and pros
perity. Mr.. Blair, of the Christian
Advocate, goes higher up" and at
tributes the same to a "quickened
conscience on the subject of mis-
sions" and growing spirit of lib
erality." We are clean out of beat
butting into this and are ready to run
at the drop of your hat, stand with
one eye on the door, but We have
a burning desire to say before we dis
appear down the pike that If old King
Cotton was down about four and three
quarter cents quickened consclences
and missions and growing spirits OF
liberality would be tremendous hard
to find long about this time o year
in the moral vineyard.
The news & observer., 1905-12-17
THE GRAPES ARE SOUR.
III The News and Observer Were Bot
tied Up it Would Do the Times
No Good.

Especial to News andObserver.)
Princeton, N c., Dec. 16.-You nave
doubtless read with interest the edi-
torial in this evenings Times, relative
to the present schedule of Southern
train, No. Ill, which kills time IN
Raleigh waiting for the morning pa
pers for the west
We would nate to think that any
man would ask the Corporation Com
mission to change the schedule OF
train so as to deprive our western
friends of their morning papers, ana
at the same time we wonder If 1t was
really ignorance of the cause OF the
delay that prompted him to white the
article
1t is strange that this idea never
occurred to the editor until after the
Morning Post passed into history.
The news & observer., 1905-12-17

breakfast instead of late in the day, as
at present. From our own experience
we know how convenient such sched-
ule would be to the travelling public.
"It seems to us that the Southern
Railway ought to look into this matter
and remove the cause for complaint.
If it does not, the Corporation Com
mission should be asked to make an
order The present schedule is ab-
nominable."
When did the schedule become "ab-
ominable?' That schedule or bet
ter one has been in existence over 20
years During the seven years the
Post was published as a morning pa
per, the Times never found that it was
"abominable." Why does it suddenly
pounce upon it. call it "a Bad Sched-
ule" and declare that sit ought to go
right on to Greensboro" For years
The News and Observer has been using
all the great influence it had with the
Southern Railway to induce them to
restore the schedule that left Raleigh
at four a. m., going West. and it has
not seen it's way clear to do so. Last
year it made twenty-four per cent on
the North Carolina Railway, and We
cannot believe it will, at the behest
of a newspaper in Raleigh. make
change which would have no other
motive than to hurt an independent
newspaper. The animus of the Times
is plain and does no credit to it's man.
agement.
There is no real public demand for
the change suggested by the Times.
The bulk of the travel on that train
people take it who are going to
Greensboro and beyond. Folks who
are travelling between Goldsboro and
Greensboro usually take the afternoon
train. Few persons would sta in Raj
eigh after the 3:40 train in order to
leave Raleigh after midnight The af-
ternoon train connects at Selma so
that Eastern people do not travel on
the night train. Raleigh people, who
do not take a sleeper, prefer to go
to bed and sleep in their own beds
until after one o'clock, and then take
the train. Those who take a Pull
man can go to bed early on it in Raj
eigh and it makes no difference to
them whether the train leaves at
twelve or two o'clock. If the train
left Raleigh at twelve o'clock, it would
land passengers in Greensboro at
about four o'clock in the morning,
two hours before any train leaves, a
most unreasonable hour to reach any
town. .......
The travelling public is well salts
fed with the present schedule; it is
necessary if anybody in Western North
Carolina is 70 get a Raleigh morning
paper; and tho change proposed would
do nothing but be transparent blow
at The News and Observer.
The news & observer., 1905-12-17
REV. JAMES AUGUSTUS WESTON.
ApprG citation BY Native of Hyde
County Who HonOred the Brave
Soldier and Leader.

To the Editor: Have just read in
The News and Observer of the death
of Major Weston, as one called him in
Hyde He we'll deserved all the good
things you have written about him.
He was one of natures noblemen, just
like we make them down in Hyde
CouL:y.
I remember we'll how he looked
when first saw him. 1t
was just after the close of
the war in 1865. He had estab-
lshcd a Sunday School at Weston's
School House on the Lake side. 1t
was the first Sunday School that had
ever heard of. and l think the first
ever held IN Hyde County. was
thirteen years of age, and when l
heard Major Weston make a speech
to the Sunday School | thought it the
greatest speech and Major Weston the
greatest man in the world.
remember well no whe told US
children of the two bears who tore
to pieces AZ naughty children. He
soon left the county to engage IN his
loved employment-preac the
GospeI. / have never seen him since.
For many years l have been in
tending to stop off at Hickory, n. c.,
and pay him a Visitor you know
how we Hyde County people love each
other Alas, it is too late. He has
gone to his reward, to meet many 81
the old soldiers. under the shade OF
the trees" who fought and bled with
him in the days when they followed
"old man Robert" / too, hope to
meet Major Weston on the other side
of the river, when the last battle shall
have been fought.
]. V. WILLIAMS.
Beaufort. N. c., Dec IA, 1905.