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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-10-19
'ess1ssgs Board oil Bell Declares the
Office Of Chairman v acant
IA sNEW MAN AT THE HELM
Lfs9Rr. 81 Stevenson. the Former Chairman,
.ssa0inq Removed from the Town, was
ssNecaared NONRESIDENT and the
Raasd Elected G. A, Nye.

At meeting of the town board
ssaf che town of Bell held recen thy, the
Office of Chairman held. by Z. j..
e.sss55seyensoa, was declared vacant.
EIs was claimed by the other mem
bers of the board that Mr.. Steven
: son having moved from the city had
xlost his residence and was therefore
ineligiblesto bold the office. G. A.
Nye, of Cornucopia, owIer OF the
saaill, and ore of the oldest residents
z5a the town, was elected to the
snefcp. Whetner Mr.. Stevenson will
submit to these proceed ngs and
give up his Office without a test in
e she courts, remains TO be seen. He
may ask the court to pass on the
..auestion as to whether he has LOST
s-ais residence In the town of Bell.
As member of the county board
.ssAr. Stevenson was an efficient and
sspas3ssaking official. He is man
of good Judgment and we'll informed
las to the matters coming before that
body. He is chairman of the COM
nnmiStee on Finance and Miscellaneous
s,sClaims, and also menb Der of the
.eoommittee on Settlement with
County Officials.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23

erty." She did SO, and Josiah Elynt.
author of "Tramping With Tramps,"
is authority for the statement that
ven when Tolstoi needs the price of a
ticket at tie public baths he asks his
devoted wife for the necessary cash.
Countess TolstOi is in hearty sympa-
thy with some of her eccentric hus-
bands IDEAS and wholly out of harmony
with others. You will hear the count
say Il number of things in which I do
not believe at ALL" she remarked to
Mr.. Flynt. She is fond Of society and
music and of the strenuous aristOcratic
life which her husband abhors. While
she is not in accord with his views, no
man eve had 4 more devoted wife.
She has been Of great assistance to
him In his literary work, has written
thousands Of pages of manuscript at
his dictation and has carefully hus-
banded the royalties on his books
which he refused to accept.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23
r JOHN WEAVER.
Wife Of Philadelphia Mayor PrOni.
nent In Church and Charity Work.

Wife Of Philadelphia Mayor Promi-
nen In Church and Charity Work.
Like her husband, the mayor, Mrs.
John Weaver is a devout Baptist and
spends Il great deal of her time in
church and charitable work. For years
before he was district attorney or
mayor John Weaver taught a Bible
class. and he continued to teach 1t
after m%ayoralty honors came to him.
Mrs. Weaver is rather petite and girl
ish looking. with fair hair. slightly
tinged with gray. and honest blue
eyes. She is II of a family of four
teen brothers and sisters, nine Of
whom are living near Philadelphia.
The mayors fad is yachting. For
years he has been commodore of the
Seaside Park Yacht club on Barnegnt
bay, and Mrs. Weaver has oficiated as
treasurer Of the Ladies' auxiliary. The
Weavers had three children, two OF
whom. a boy and a girl. died in child
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23

Inventors are now turning their at
tention to the smaller details Of the
automobile. One Of the most recent
patents is applied to Il wire frame ar
ranged to lightly sweep the rubber
tires. This. it Is claimed, will avoid
many punctures, since it will remove
tacks and hits Of glass as soon as
picked up. The inventor declares It Is
but seldom that trouble is caused by Il
fragment of glass or Il nail IL it is
promptly got rid of. The damage is
caused by sharp or pointed objects be-
ing pounded into the tire, through the
pressure of succeeding revolutions. un-
til the air chamber is reached. This
guard brushes off foreign substances
before there is Il chance for the object
to become imbalded in the rubber and
will reduce p%unctures to practically
nothing.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23

q worthy successor of John Hay. AS
secretary Of war he was ut once the
despair and delight Of the correspond
ents, for he has Il keen wit and is Il
past master in satiricai repartee. The
papers announced that he was going
to the Philippines. us it true, MIR.
Secretary"' Il reporter asked him one
morning.
Il suppose" was the cynical reply,
that ! will have to go for the Biblical
reason-tlat that which was written
may be fulfilled"
Being asked what he was going to do
with the somewhat vexatious army
transports. he replied hopefully, well.
if / could choose the passenger list I'd
take 'em II in the Atlantic ocean and
sink 'em."
"Do You expect to have any commu-
nication from Oyster Bay?" a CORE
spondent inquired.
II suppose So" replied the secretary.
unless give appointments in the ar
my to all the rough riders"
There was gossip to the effect that
Minister Conger was in disfavor with
lAc lucShtcAlt. NLdl Will Tue pFCSl-
lent 90 to HING" asked a newspaper
man.
II think" the secretary said grave
ly, that the president. with due regard
for all the niceties of oriental etiquette.
will send him a poisoned letter."
Secretary Root is never responsible
for any ~hot air." State secrets are
perfectly safe with him. He can an
swer a question and impart as little
genuine information as any mar in the
United States. Now and then. despite
his shrewdIess. he meets his match. 1t
is said that when he resumed the prac-
tice Of the law in New York a year and
Il half ago he engaged a new office boy.
Said Mr.. Root. ''W'ho carried off my
paper baskets" 1T was Mr.. Reilly"
said the boy. ''Who is Mr.. Reilly:"
1.-THE %janitor, sir" An hour later Mr..
Root asked. Jimmie, who opened that
Window" mfr. L.antz. sir" And
who is Mr.. Lantz!" The window
cleaner. sir" Mr.. Root wheeled about
and looked at the boy. "See here.
James," he said, 1--WE call men by their
first names here. We don't mister
them in this Office. Do you under
stand:" Ives. sir" In ten minutes
the door opened and a shrill voice said.
There's a man here as wants to e
you Elihu."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23
The Hon. Elihu Root.
Secretary Of State
Leader OF the American Bar, He Abandons
$500. 900 Law Practice For an
Sc 900 Job--His Presideu.
tial Aspirations.
His Wit.

L1HU ROOT, who succeeds the
late John Hay as secretary Of
state, has often been called the
leader of the American bar. He re-
ceives larger retainers than any other
disciple OF Blackstone in the United
States, and it is said that he abandons
a law practice worth over 100000 a
year to wrestle with the worries and
problems of the state department for
$4,000, the regular salary of a cabinet
officer. Cnseltish as this seems, there
are undoubtedly other considerations,
not the least important of which is the
fact that his acceptance of the state
portfolio is generally taken to indicate
that he is the administrations candi-
date for the Republican presidential
nomination in 1908.
Secretary Root is Il native Of Clinton,
N. u, and is in his sixty-tirst year. He
narrowly escaped being Il valentine, for
be was born on Feb. Ii. 1915. His IA
ther, Oren Root, was for many years
professor Of mathematics at Hamilton
college, and Elihu was graduated from
this institution in 1864. Like many
other successful men, he learned a
great deal about human nature by
teaching school for Il year. In 1867 he
received his sheepskin from Il law
school and began the practice of his
profession. In 1883 President Arthur
appointed him United States district
attorney for the southern district of
New York, in 1854 he was Il delegate
at large to the New York state consti-
tutional convention, and on Aug. /,
1893, he entered President McKinley's
cabinet as secretary Of war. Many
difficult problems, including the paciti-
cation of the Philippines and the relief
Of the legations in China, were his
to solve. and he handled them with
rare skill and success. Many times
during Secretary Hays absence he
performed the duties Of secretary Of
state. ana beth Presidents Mckinley
and Roosevelt considered him one of
their most able advisers. In January,
1904, he left the cabinet, resumed the
practice of law and in a very short
time won premier honors in his pro.
feSSiOn.
Rrainy. studious. thorough, discreet,
close mouthed and determined. he ia
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23

JULY In A NO1sWEGIAN MOUNTAIN PAS
valleys between; mighty glaciers. at
tractive lakes and dense forests. So
many Of the tablclands are barren that
but One-thirtieth Of Norway is under
cultivation. and agriculture does not
furnish enough food for home con-
sumption. Il act that may trouble Nor
way u great deal. for Rabelais lescrib-
ed corn as the "Sincws Of war" The
picture shows Norwegian farmers dig
ging a road through Il July snowdrift
in Dyreskard pass. which is only 3.715
feet above the sea
The army Of Sweden is raised in
three ways-by voluntary enlistment,
by Il partial CONSUMPTION and by the
levies of large landed proprietors. who.
following an old fcudal custom. furnish
and maintain soldiers in lieu Of paying
certain taxes. These methods are UNI
satisfactory. and the system is to be
replaced by universal compulsory serv-
ice. the first stages of which are to be
completed in 1907. The army as at
present constituted. consisting of 300
officers and $4,000 men. may easily be
largely increased in numbers.
The finest ship in the Swedish navy
is the coast defense battlcship Oscar
H., which has a displacement about
One-fourth that of the new monster bat
tleships Japan is building in England.
A dozen coast defense battleships of
the .Aran, DriStiyheten and Gotta types
are respectively of $3.50. 3.45O and
$500 tons displacement. AS John
Ericsson, inventor of the monitor, was
a native of Sweden. this type Of war
ship Is we'll represented. OF the thir-
teen iron monitors four are Of about
1900 tons displacement, seven are OF
AGO tons and two are even smaller.
Most of them We're constructed shortly
after the American civil war. when
the Monitor and Merrimac had V
%lutionized naval warfare, and all have
been rebuilt. Each monitor has but
one turret, which in a number Of ships
has been changed to a barbette. One
Of the most formidable vessels is the
armored cruiser Fy!g!a. 4.OGO tons.
which was recently completed.
Three cruisers, forty-two torpedo
boats and d~estroyers. a dozen gunboats
and n submarine complete the list
Of available ships.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23
What u Stye L..

a stye is in reality Il little abscess
which forms at the margin Of the eye
lid from Inflammation Of the glands or
follicles. 1t is met with chiefly In deli
cate children. but occurs sometimes In
adults where there is a general depres-
sion Of the health. The best plan is to
battle the eye frequently with hot wa
ter and to apply from time to time Il
bread and water poultice. After a time
the abscrSS comes to q head and
bursts. and there is an end Of 1t. A
succession of st.y"s may be taken as
an Indication that a thorough course Of
tonic treatment is necessary, and such
remedies as cod liver oil and iron and
Quinine should u" taken frequently.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23

hood. The third child. Roy. a roliick-
ing. bright eyed boy Of ten, is Of an in
veStigating turn of mind.
On a recent birthday Roy was pre-
sented by his father with a handsome
watch. The very next day Mr.. Weaver
came suddenly upon his young hopeful
in the act of dissecting the timepiece.
In his hand he held the empty case,
and all around him in picturesque con.
fusion lay the delicate works.
II was only trying to find out if you
had been cheated" remarked Roy. II
read the other day that a watch had
175 different parts, and l just wani'-!
to be sure they We're all here"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23
The Armies of
Sweden and NOrWau
Every Norwegian Between the Ages of Eight
cen and Fifty Is a Soldier - Sweden
Has Greater Population Naval
Strength of the TWO
Countries.

n FTER nearly a century Of union
~ Sweden and Norway have mob
ilizcd their respective armies,
dispatched large bodies Of troops to
the frontier, ordered the crews Of their
warships to be on the alert and made
every preparation for possible hostili.
ties. Since the storthing Of Norway
recently declared for Norwegian indie
pendence because Of King Oscars re-
fusal to permit Norway to have sepa-
rate consular officers abroad Sweden
has given indications of a possible in
tentiOn to Illustrate Norwegian indie
pendence, ever ii war be necessary.
In virility. pluck and valor the two
nations are well matched, but Sweden
has the larger navy and more than
twice rs great Il population as Nor
way. According to the census Of 1904
Sweden has 1921 .ooo1 people, as against
Norway's 2.2232 .oo3EI. The Swedish army
consists Of about 5000 men, while
Norway is credited with 1900. includ-
ing the reServists of the landstorm.
who may be called upon for home de-
ANAAT~ uANiA WV my NGAAS VI uSV.
In Norway every man between the
ages of eighteen and fifty, If physically
able to do so. must rally to the defense
of the fathcrland. The ablebodied re-
cruit begins soldering ut twenty-five in
the line or active army and serves
six years. lie is next transferred to
the landvarn for six years more, then
he enters the lanhstorm for four years,
after which he may be called ont until
he is a veteran of fifty. An infantry
recruit receives forty-eight days Of
training when he enters the army. and
102 days are devoted to the making of
a c~avallyman. after which the drill Is
periodical. There are $3.50 officers and
men in the navy. which consists Of
eight ironclads and coast defense
ships. THREE cruisers, eleven gunboats
and thirty-three torpedo vessels.
The scenery of Norway is pictur-
esque and beautiful. There are lofty.
snow capped mountains. with narrow
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23

$50 YVES ei'NNA sNNNAy civ VI III uk
night.l
house received the same illumination
from the sun The beds on each side
were exactly alike. not only in size,
but in location and contents. II a lily
was planted in Il certain part Of IL be-.
on one side, another Of the same
species and age was set out in the
same part of the corresponding bed on
the other.
An equipment consisting of twelve
thirty five candlepowTr acetylene
lamps was erected OH one side of the
curtain. Ordinary tin ~retlectors over
each light threw their rays downward
upon the soil. The lights were run
whenever it was dark, the length of
time ranging from nine to fourteen
hours. according to the period Of day
light. The soil, temperature and
amount Of mixture were as nearly
the same on each side Of the curtain
as 1t was possible to make them.
The plants on the acctylene side In
many instances matured twice rs fast
as those on the other side Of the parti-
ton. Radishes. onions and several
other kinds Of plants which develop
their edible parts below the surface of
the ground We're found to have pur-
sued their usual course, except that
they grew twice as fast as those not
placed under the influence VI the
acetylenc light.
Several plants were not permitted to
drink In any Of the sunlight. They were
brought out Of II dark room into the
rays Of the a~cetylene light after day.
light had faded from the western sky.
Before the eastern horizon lightcned
they We're again removed to the dark
apartment, to remain in utter darkness
until the day should end. The narcfs-
II which was subjected to this form
Of treatment blossomed, the flowers
remaining Oh the plant more than y
week.-New York Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23
Com met cIal Use Of Rabbit Fur.

II the industry now being carried on
by a Frcnchman at Ions le Saunier. in
the Jura district. proves profitable on
a large scale rabbit fur may become Il
rival to sleeps wool in the making Of
clothes generally. The breed utilized is
the Angora. or "silk rabbit" which
molts four times a year. The fur. just
before it falls of naturally. can be
stripped easily by skilled hands.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23

one p en-
%tertainers closely
assemble preach
ers-they greatly en-
joy listening to the
greater members of
their Own profession.
Consequently l new.
er lost 4 chance to
listen to Bill Nye,
and worship the
memory Of him as he
was "A gentle yet
sturdy and persistent
hu,norist of 50 gooCl
a sort that he never
could help being hu-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23
Realism ON the Stage.

Foote Li.hte-Were there many XII
ed In the first act of the new play:
Miss Sue Rrette-No, not until the
third act. You see, the automobile
doesn't corae on until the third act
Yonkers Statesman.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23
ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT.

s1"P'd GrOwth OF Plants CndeP Acety.
lene Gas Lamps.
NJ. j. lorns of the Cornell Agricul
tural college has been experimenting
with acetylene gas rs an adjunct to
the sun, with striking results. Plants
grew to twice the size Of those left to
the nursing of the sun only, and vege-
tables attained dimensions double
those which were unassisted in the
matter Of illumination.
The experiments were carried on
through three months In a dollhouse.
This house was divided into two parts
by a curtain. This curtain was hung
In such a way that each half Of the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23
COUNTESS TOLSTOl.
4 Practical Woman. She Check Her
Husbands Extravaganza.

4 Practical Woman. b Checks Her
Husbands Extravagances.
Sometimes it is fortunate for a
dreamer that he has a practical wife.
Count Tolstoi, intellectual car of all
the Russias," would today be without
the price Of a meal but for his hard
headed helpmeet. She looks after his
business affairs. keeps his money and
is a check on his impractical IDEAS.
Some time ago he tried to give away all
his property in order to better the con-
dition of the unfortunate peasants Of
Russia. His wife vetoed the plan.
"You have brought sixteen children
into the world" she said firmly. land
they are to be considered first"
every WE'LL" said Count Tolstoi, then
you take the responsibility of the prop
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23
Quenched Enthusiasm.

He writes very u~ninteresting love
letters" said the sentimental girl.
You mustn't blame him for that"
answered Miss Cayenne. He once
served on the jury In a breach Of
promise case."-Washington Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23
Nye's Ready Wit.

Very few of the worlds great dis
patches contained so much wisdom in
SO few works as Nye's historic wire
from Washington:
MY friends and money gave ont at
) a. M"
He had an enviable faculty for sup
entertainment, something more dread
ed by any entertainer than a thin
house. In the course OF one Of his
lectures in Minneapolis a late conner
had some difficulty about his seat and
fingered inside the inner door to voice
some loud pro~testations. OF course ~
cry head in the audience turned toward
the door-anything for a change, no
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23

ETJEJ01 HV IIIiIVlCT
how unc0ngcnial TIE surroundings. Al
though lie saw hundreds and thousands
Of chances of hitting other men so
hard that the hurt would last forever,
he dropped every one of them and
trampled them so hard that they eve
dared show their faces again. He was
an apostle of the Golden Rule. which
err was Il sting in his jokes: gentle rail
lery WAS the sweetest thing he ever
attempted. and " this he did with
so genial Il smile and so merry an eye
that Il wo::' Of his friendly chatting
was worth more than Il carload Of
formal praise.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-23
In Love With Living.

I We're clos. friends for many years
SO solicitous for my welfare and COM
fort that, after he had played father
and mother TO me successfully, he
couldn't help going OH till he had be-
come my grandfather and grandmoth-
er as well as Il number of sisters and
cousins and aunts.
l don't believe he ever had an enemy
only by his peculiarities of self dcscrip-
ton. Any one reading his humorous
articles would imagine him an under
sized, scrawny, ~backwools invalid.
with an irritable disposition and an I'M.
Quenchablc thirst for something else
than water. In reality he was II tall.
broad shouldered, deep chested, healthy,
fact Of living that he took scrupulous
care of himself in every way. He was
as abstemiOus IS any clergyman who
Is not Il total abstainer, and he never
lost his temper except when some de-
liberate scOundrelism was inflicted up
IN him. He would 60 out Of his way
a whole days journey out Of his way,
with all the railway fares and other
discOmfOrts In such eases made and
provided-to help a friend out Of Il
sick bed or other trouble, and he en-
dured all the torments Of Il busy en-
te%rtainer's seaso on the road as cheer
fully as II he We're perpetual holder OF
the record for patience.
His Dog Entomoloeist.
People often wondered how he could
go OH year after year digging the same
kind of fun out Of the same vein, but
the secret was that he lived right in the
center Of that vein and was merely
digging his way out Of 1t. He had Il
full assortment of polite cOmmOnplaccs
and carried them rs gracefully as he
did his full dress clothes, but as soOn
as he got we'll acquainted with Il man
and it didn't take him long to get in
side Of any decent fellows w%aistcoat-
he would talk in his characteristic droll
manner all day and seven days Il week,
and as much Longer as they two tray
eled together.
AS seriously as If he were talking Of
audiences or hotel tables or railway
nuiSances he told me Il story Of Il dog
he had owned. 1t was a dnchshund.
and Nye described him as two and Il
half dogs long by one dog high. He
had named the animal Entomologist
because 1t vas Il collector Of insects.
In fact, the dog lived up to his name
SO ~strenuously that something had to
be done. 4 friend suggested soaking
the dog in Kerosene, saying:
III it doesn't rid the dog Of tieas it
will rid you Of the dog"
So Kerosene was tried, and the dog
passed away. After all was over Bill
felt SO bad that he went out for Il walk,
which did him no good. Returning
home with detected spirits and a sor-
rowing soul, he was smitten afresh
with remorse when he realized that
there would be no little dog awaiting
him. But, yes: surely there was some
thing on the steps. Looking closer, he
saw 700 fleas sitting there. and they
all looked up into his face as il to say:
"When are you going to get us an
other dog:"
Nve's Ready VII
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-09
RETAIL LIQUOR MEN ADJOURN
Nebraska Association Concludes Meet
ing and Selects Columbus for
Next Convention City.

The Nebraska Retail Liquor Dealers as
soctation brought its eighth annual state
convention at a close at the Krug theater
Thursday morning. 1t was voted to hold
the next state convention at Columbus next
June. The following committee was
elected to revise the constitution and by
laws and report at the next convention.
John Mates, Nebraska City; Joseph
Shramek, David City; A. E. Frazier, Carl
ton; Peter Fredericks, Falls City; NJ. T.
Burke. Sutton; James Nevels, Columbus.
Henry Keating, Omaha
resolution of thanks was voted the
local entertainment committee for the
hospitable manner in which the delegates
were entertained in Omaha. Another reso.
luton OF thanks was voted Samson, who
extended the delegates an invitation to
attend the den Thursday evening. As a
number of the delegates had already left
for their homes or had made arrangements a
to do so when the invitation was received.
the liquor dealers will not be represented
by as large a number at the den as might
otherwise have been the case A Roodlv
number will be on hand, however.
There were in all 1868 delegates in At
tendance at the convention.
Wednesday evening the delegates had the
freedom of Krug park, which they entoyed
to the limit, after having made a tour or
the city in street cars.