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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-08-02
German Syrup

We want to impress on our readers
that Boschee's German Syrup is
positively the only preparation on
the market today that does relieve
and cure consumption. IT contains
the specifce, such az pare tar, ex-
tracts Of gum, etc, ETC., which have
been so highly endorsed for the cure
OF coughs, colds and consumption
by the great medical congresses.
The consumptive, whether his disease
is in the throat or lungs, must have
rest att night, aud be free from the
spasm of dry and racking cough in
the morning. The diseased parts
want rest, heaIng and soothing
tseatment, and the patient needs
fresh air, good food, etc, German
Syrup will give free and easy ex-
pectoration in the morning with
speedy and permanent relief, Small
bottles % cents; regular size, con-
tanning nearly four times as much,
Is cents. At Frost & Spies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-08-02
Use of Steam Road Rollers

In reply to an inquiry by w. Pierre
pont White, county superintendent of
Utica, n. Y, as to the practical value
of using on billy roads and operating
the steam roller and road scraper to-
gether County Superintendent F. G.
Douglass Of Canandaigua has given
the result of his experience in the fol-
lowing letter, says the Good Roads
Magazine:
William Pierrepont White, Esq, Utica:
Dear Sir-Your letter Of yesterday re-
ceived and would say that we have never
had any trouble working the Buffalo roll
er on any hills that we have in this town.
In regard to hauling road scraper with
steam roller I would say that we always
use the steam roller as far as possible to
both scrape and turnpike our roads for
the reason that the work performed with
the steam roller is vastly better and very
much cheaper. AS to the comparative
cost Of doing such work with teams or
steam roller, will submit the following:
Engineer, one day. $3.50
Two laDorerS, one day. $50
Coal and Oil, one ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1.50
Three teams and driver, one day. $1,000
One Iaborer, one day. 1.75
Total rs
Comparing the above figures shows a
saving in favor of the work done with
steam roller of $6.25 per day which can be
applied to cost of roller, besides having
the work done in better shape than can
possibly be done in any other way. Very
truly yours, F. G. DOUGLASS.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-08-02
RonanTic Air Of Frisco.


San Francisco is perHeated with an
air Of romance and adventure. mo-
where may one turn without being
reminded'of the legends that have been
woven around the forty-niners and
their immediate followers. The names
of the streets and of the business
blocks, such as Kearney, Suffer, Mont
gomery, Dupont, Flood, Croker and
Sharon, bring to the mind Of the VS.
itor long forgotten stories of riot or
adventure and of fortunes whose vast
ness once excited his wonder or made
him incredulous. To read the words
that are painted upon the street cars
of San Francisco is to be carried back
in fancy to the time when the city
was peopled only by those who, hav-
ing turned from all else that men hold
dear, had gone in search of fortune
and found it, always just as they were
about to give 7p in despair and Ole
of starvation OF succumb to the HARD
ships with which human endurance
could no longer cope.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-08-02

MAIL CARRIERS DESOLATE JOURNEY.
and boards pry the sticky stuff off by
main strength. In some places the
pulling was so difficult the horses
would have to stop and rest every
twenty-five feet. The axle was oftener
dragging mud than above it. When
they struck the yellow clay the horses
hoofs would come out with a noise like
the crack of pistol.
"'Good roadsv was the prayer of
every farmer along the murky journey.
They feel deadly certain that some
thing ought to-must be-done, but are
helpless in devising a remedy. OF
course every man has an idea, some of
apparent practicability.
"'You fellows over in town growl
because it hurts your trade remarked
an intelligent looking man at the gate
OF neat cottage home, but what do
you think it means to us? We're shut
up here like castaways on a desert is
land week after week and can't even
think of getting to church, let alone
with going to town with stuff to sell.
1t seems to me that if you people
wanted to do business with us you'd
lend hand to help us to get to you
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-08-02
Serenading the Duke.

One time the aged duke of Savoy,
king of Cyprus and Jerusalem, was in
love with the beautiful young Nine.
de Valentinois, who had an estate at
Monaco. Says Nine. de Crequy: lie
often came to Monaco, without sound
of trumpet or drum, so as to give
her an agreeable surprise Nine. de
Valentinois did not care in the least
for her neighbor, who, moreover, was
a septuagenarian and humpbacked like
a sack of nuts. In order to put a
stop to his visits she used to have
his movements watched, and directly
he passed her frontier he was saluted
from all her batteries. Twenty-one
guns was the precise number, sufficient
to proclaim for miles around that his
grace was taking an outing"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-08-02

When you want anything in the
line of job printing The Times can
supply your wants in frst-class
shape.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-08-02
ISOLATED BY MUD.
A Journey Over Some Country Roads
In the West.

In the West.
A writer for a paper who recently
took journey by wagon in western
state describes the condition of the
roads in a certain county as follows:
whenever we passed a farmhouse
some man would come out to see the
time of day They all had leisure to
burn, it seemed, during these gloomy,
muddy days Near a creek where the
bottoms were yet flooded a farmer
said ours was the first wheeled craft
that had been along that road in some
time He said he had lived in those
parts thirty-one years and this was
the first season he had ever been COM
pletely marOOned. But for the loyal
mail carrier the world would have
been nearly thirty days ahead of him.
''The mud coiled up stubbOrnly on
the wheels, ever increasing like roll
ing SNOWFALL. Time and again the
driver and his passenger had to get
down in the mud and with fence rails
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-08-02
A MISSOURI COUNTY IDEA.
Novel Method of Encouraging Road
Improvement.

Novel Method of Encouraging Road
Improvement.
Among the unique methods of pro-
noting interest in good roads is that
adopted by citizens of Saline county in
Missouri, says Walter Williams in the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat. From Mar
shall, the county seat, has been mailed
to the farmers of Saline county a circu-
lar letter setting forth the PLAN The
plan proposes to assemble at Marshall
on certain day all the farmers who
get their mail at that town. They are
asked to bring with them each a drag
and team of horses The farmers thus
assembled are to be divided into
groups, and each group is to drag and
otherwise improve that day from three
to five miles Of a county road leading
into the town of Marshall. The citi-
Zens Of Marshall are to supply assist
ance in money, teams and otherwise.
1t is expected that much road improve
ment will be accomplished by this one
days united work
AS an added inducement, a photo
graph is to be taken of the thousand
farmers and their teams who are look
ed for in Marshall on that day This
will be taken in sections four feet by
eleven inches in size, and copy Of the
photograph will be furnished free to
every participant in the road dragging
1t will be called "The Good Roads
Legion of Honor" and the promoters
Of the plan say it will be the most won
derful photograph ever taken in the
state of Missouri
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-08-02
Pardonable Pride.

First Crow-Why Is she holding
her beak so high?
Second Crow-Oh! They have .
new scarecrow in their field.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-08-02

CAPT. JOHN E. DOHERTY, Manager.
Ashland ~ - sE.sr. Wisconsin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-08-02
A CARD

We, the undersigned, 90 hereby
agree to refund TIE money on 90
cent bottle Of Green s Warrant ted
Syrup OF Tar if it fails to cure your
cough or cold. We also guarantee
a 25-cent bottle to prove satisfact-
Dry or money refunded. Fox Bros,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-08-02

Mexico is the richest mineral coun-
try in the world, not excepting Peru.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-08-02

There are probsbly 100000 men EN-
ployed in the mines of Mexico.
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oUERRILLAs ROUNDED UP.
Troopers of the Sixth Tennessee Have
Lively Time with Rebel Raid
ers in the Winter of 1868.

A lively cavalry raid in the vicinity
of Bolivar. Tenn, in the winter Of
1862, is described in a communication
to The National Tribune from Com
rade w. +. Mosier Company G, Sixth
Tennessee cavalry, dated Alyord,
Tenn, He says Col. Feeling Nurse was
handing his regiment at tie time,
and 1t was In camp near Bolivar Guer-
rilla bands made frequent incursions
In that vicinity, and one night the post
known as mill post was fred upon
and captured. The men comprising the
pest were turned loose, but the COME =
crates kept all The guns and equip
ments. These descelti were OF such
frequent occurrence that Col. Nurse
determined TO put stop to them, and
although 1t was raining, he mus cred
about 300 Of his men and pursued the
enemy. On the second day the colonel
and II of his men who we're In advance
OF the column came to a house on the
right OF the road This was near a
town known as Salisbury.
THE colonel rode toward the house.
and beckoned to the boys 10 come
ahead. As we passed In front of the
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-07-20

house the confederates began to run
out, and we fred into them. In turn
ing the corner of the house and going
down a little hill my horse stumbled
and fell. Part OF the column passed
over me and went to the right into the
woods. sprang up, and seized n fine
horse tied close by which belonged to
the enemy, and, mounting the animal,
rode TO the top of the hill. Coming
near to where the firing was, | found
Col. Nurse alone and two confederates
on foot firing at him. WAS within
about 40 yards OF him when his horse
reared and he went backwards on the
animals withers. He quickly arose
and drew another pistol
by this time had sprung to the
ground from my horse, and was trying
to shoot one Of the enemy. But one OF
them ran away and Col Nurse was
taking aim at the other, and had
clipped a wisp Of hair from the left
side Of his head, when he surrendered
Upon examining the colonels pistol Il
was found that one Of the bullets fired
by the confederates had hit It In the
center Of the muzzle, thereby dis
abling 1t. The colonel asked him VIII
he did not shoot some more before
surrendering, He replied because he
knew II he had continued to shoot the
colonel would have killed him. We
captured 80 OF the gang. They said
they belonged to Old Saul Street We
got as the spoils Of war 81 carbines
that they had captured from our
picket posts at different times"
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at length to little clearing, be leaped
the brook-to find himself face to face
with Abigail, who likewise sought her
departed "crow."
What" he cried, "you-Miss Rock.
land!"
"oh--why-you-Mr. Leslle?" she
answered.
MY name is Leslie Forrest" then
said no, his face aglow with pleasan.
emotions.
"Ohl and mine-ls Umatilla Rock
land Smeethers-but IL sometimes
leave of the latter part" she said; and
a merry twinkle and a blush began al
her eyes and went all over her witch
ing countenance.
CHANGING towards the willows. in
embarrassment, perhaps, the tive
young people suddenly discovered he
scareman and the scarewoman, stand
ing together against the trees, an arm
less sleeve Of the beau ilabbily wrapped
about the lady's waist, and her bonnie:
dropping coyly,
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-07-20
HIS HEAD BLOWN OFF.
Former Wearer Of the Gray Tells Of
the Tragic Death Of a Comrade
During Desperate Charge.

An account OF a tragic wartime hap.
pening Is related In the National Tri-
bune by Corporal Eugene OConnor, OF
Georgia. 1t is as follows:
With more than 40 years between
him and the events Of Malvern Hill
Capt. Warren Mosely, confederate
army, was standing oh the curbgons
brooding over the death of a soldier
In gray, wondering who It was WHO
| stood foremost in charge OF a L us
lana brigade with fixed bayonet, ad-
vancing mp the hill and across a clover
patch, when a shell from gunbolt in
the bay took of his head and spat-
tered his brains and blood all about
the uniform of Capt. Mose!y, himself
advancing through the thick ra Of
shot with his Georgia brigade.
i turned suddenly at the terrible
| conclusion caused by the proximity Of
the shells trail OF death" said Cant.
MoseIy, speaking Of the incident and
saw that man standing headess, with
bayonet drawn as in the charge, his
blood squirting high In the air from the
jugular vein, and II seemed TO me an
hour before he reeled and fell. still
holding on to his gun To me tina, was
one OF the most horrible sights OF the
period. went back and lookel az
him after the fight TO assure myself
that 1t was not a dream Of frenzy in
those exciting moments. He was there
as had seen him fall, and more man
~ years have passed with that pic
tUre forever impressed on my r,em-
Dry"
Capt Mosely was thus relating This
story on the street corner to an inter-
eSied party Of gentlemen. He said he
mad long tried 10 learn who the private
was, but while he was talking he Had
not noted tina, listener in this g-oup.
long since the events of the civil war
n gray-hllrel man, himself a man Of
those strenuous times, now growing
pale and tremulcus rs the grim tale
was roelel OF This listener then asked
where the Louisiana brigade hal en-.
'cIed lhe Hshi, ana when Capt M0saly
went over this part Of the story again
"a little chapter adding another event
to the stories OF the COS was closed.
That was my brother" sail r.,
f@ie man, and the one described re
affair with such precision as to con-
vince the other that they had the
identical Incident fastened in iheiy
minds. The interested and saddenod
speaker was r. w. Jemlson. and II WIS
his brothers blood that had been min
gled with Capt. Mosely's on the uni.
form of the latter at Malvern Hill
when the one was killed and the other
was badly wounded in the rain OF
shells, Both Capt. Mosely and Mr.
Jemison havo been citizens Of Macon
many years, but they had not known
all OF this one OF the many unwrittel
tragedies OF the civil war
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COLORADO HANGING LAKE.
Wonderful Monument Reared by
Dame Nature in Her Own
Honor.

Even the least contemplatlve mind
cannot fail to be impressed upon be-
holding wonderful Hanging Lake in
Colorado, a monument which nature
has reared in her own honor, and all
in her quiet way with, perhaps, not
even an Indian or a cliff-dweller 70
applaud, writes George l.. Beam, in
Four Track News. While mortals out
In the world have been struggling for
existence, while the Napoleons have
been carrying on wholesale murder,
while the Michael Angeles have been
painting, while the Shakespeares and
the Chaucers have been writing. while
the Sir Launceiots have h5en jousting
and the Neros misruling, during all
these periods in our civilization, high
up In the Businesses of the Rocky
mountains this silvery Stream has been
peacefully pursuing It's way down its
little gulch, tumbllng over the rocks,
striking obstacles of fallen trees and
boulders, upon which It has deposited
its ever-ncreasing crust, forming its
peculiar basin, doing natures bidding
In the production OF this wonderfn.
monument; all seemingly for the ben
eft OF those occasional visitors who at
the present day see fit to make the trim
up the Grand river canyon to the
Hanging Lake"
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DEPoPULATlNc IRELAND.
Wholesale Departure Of the Peo-
pie for the United
States.

The deserted island is the land of
Erin. During the last summer whole
villages In Cavan, Galway and Donegal
have Teen depopulltei and vast conn
try sizes In Mayo and Roscommon have
been stripped OF the remnants OF their
cd time hosts Of farm laborers Every
where are wholesale departures for III ,
United States. Even in the remotest
rural hGmlets the old people can b,
heard lamentlng ONE recent exodus OF
their most promising young boys and
girls. Almost every man or woman
the traveller meets has a number OF
near relatives who have recently left
for the United States. Emlgrating
agencies exist in every part Of the
islan1. Every village has n steamship
agent to whose advantage II is to use
every inducement to influence TIE
young men and women to emigrate
The flaming posters which they fount
In the faces OF the young people who
are already FESTIVE and overanxious TO
go, Offering the cheapest transportation
and to their minds, fabulous earnings
on the farther side Of the Atlantic,
pro irrestibly alluring to the average
Irish yillager.
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Has a Wartime Relic

| ON glad to say | have one of the
famous papers printed in Vicksburs
on wall paper bearing date Of July .,
1863, with note Of July 4 added, writes
Alice C. Risley. of Ohio, to the Ma
uonal Tribune. My husband, sam A..
Risley (now deceased), was a member
Of the U. S. signal corps, attached to
Gen. Grants headquarters in Vicks-
burg, also have copy of the Plant
ers' Banner, published in Franklin,
La. ton the Bayou Techel, September,
1860, when It was q strong Bell and
Everett paper. | lived in New iberia
during all the excitement Of that time.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-07-20
"DOn't You Know Me, Colonelpp

A colonel was discharging the self
imposed duty OF seeing that all his
sentinels were at their posts and ac-
quainted with their instructions, says
the American Tribune,
One poor fellow who had forgotten"
engrossed his attention for some time,
insisting he should correctly touch
his cap quite lightly and then re-
peat again and again the dialogue.
Halt! Who comes there?" and tho
answer: Friend, with the counter
sign"
The colonel at length said: you
approach me and | will take your
place and show you exactly your duty"
As the private advanced the colonel
saluted him in the regulation military
voice with who comes there?"
The answer came faint and sur.
prised: why, Bllnky; don't you know
me, colonel?'
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-07-20
An Army Dish Which Was Not as
Savory as Had Been Hoped
and Expected.

On one occasion, says Bellew, in
Texas Siftings, Shaw thought he
could prepare a particularly savory
dish to delight Gen. Hancock and
staff in the shape OF most royal
oyster stew, made out OF half a dozen
cans OF the preserved bivalves. They
all seated themselves around the table
and went at the delectable mess like
famished drumfsh. Shaw thought he
observed sort of blank come over
the faces OF several OF the stan as
they bolted the first spoonful; that
dropping Of the under lip and Jaw SC
expressive OF gustative disappolnt-
ment. They toyed with their spoons
but no one said word The general
had not yet so partaken. Presently he
thrust n liberal spoonful into his
mouth. In an instant he was on his
feet, splitting what he had not has
W. swallowed onto the ground.
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AN OYSTER STEW.

I'm the name of goodness. Shaw :"
he cried, what have you given us?
What Internal concoction have YOU
been Gevising to poison my whole
stan?'-spt! Splatter! spit!
why, It's an oyster stew. general. :"
meekiy replied the orderly, utterly
bewlldered to think what on earth
could have happened to hts grand
plat.
oyster stew!" roared the general
Oyster stew! taste It, my good fellow,
taste IT,"
Shaw did taste Il, and said never
did such a vile, sickening compound
pass bis lips before or since. The
secret of the whole matter was that
he had made II with condensed mill.
which being abundantly charged with
sugar, made, as may readily be imag-
ined, the most nauseating rejection
within the range Of culinary science
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An Ininrassinn

That orator is a most explosive
speaker" remarked one statesman.
Il should say So" answered the
other. "one Of his speeches makes
me think of a lot Of exclamation
points with few words scattered
through them. "-Washington Star.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-07-20
Easy WAY Ont.

The Maid like you well enough.
Harry but | made vow years ago
that | wouldn't marry any man on
earth.
The Iouth-That's all right Fanny.
Well be married in a balloon. Chi.
cago Tribune.
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Even in Japan.

Over In Japan the claim is now be-
ing made that Gen. Kodama was the
man who really defeated the Russians
and that oyama did nothing but draw
the salary.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-07-20
More for Rum Than Rent.

The working population of Glasgow
spends annually in drink on an av.
erage, $l6,767,25O, which Is three
times as much as It pays for rent.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-07-20
Limit.

TITS never too late to mend" ar
gued the customer,
"Oh, yes 1t Is" answered the jour
neyman tailor this is union snop."
Puck.
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No Liat Of Cnsnalties

We had a fine shooting match -
Harry Ison's store SatuTday.-Oss
loosS (Ky.) News.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-07-20

Good Poultics.
Tea leaves make an excellent pOuh
ice for burns.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-07-20

Three large crows were stalking
about and cawing in field that De-
longed to the Hilltop addition one
morning as Forrest came forth from
his farmhouse. lie saw them out o:
the corner OF HIS eyes, the same way
that he saw tho woman who walked
about the place from time to time.
That Abigail would come to fetch him
away, or, maybe, that he should iuad-
vertently wander down through the
vale into her possessions and there be
trapped and wed In spite OF himself,
was a constant fear with Forrest.
Abigail, he reflected, appeared az.
gressive, progressive and acQuIslt,ve.
She walked about her acres on the op-
posite hill with certain vigor and
sure-footedness that were very sag
gestive. he thought.
Ga her head, she wore a bonnet that
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-19
Kennewick Not In 1t.

1t is now up to the people of
KennewiCk to secure for themselves
adequate transportation facilities
The town has no good landing
place on the river. Goods brought
from Portland can be laid down
here at 40 cents less a hundred
when carried by boat than when
hauled by train, yet we are in no
position to lake advantage OF that
great saving. Towns on the Co.
lunbia both above and below Ken
newick will be able to undersell our
merchants simply because the river
freight is SO much mofe reasonable.
When our supplies are brought by
boat the Kennewick merchants can
deliver goods at saving of 25 per
cent to the consumer. Let our
commercial club bestir itself.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-19
Successful Poultry Business.

Mrs. w. S. Haxton has just had the
third brood of chicken hatched, the
first brood coming off the 18th day of
December and she has never lost a
chicken. She expects to set hens every
month until the first of June. She
also has young chicks just large to fry
and from the flock of twelve she has
raised II to their present state of use
fulness. Mrs. HaXton also reports
that there has not been single day
since Dec. 1904 but that her hens have
laid, and she has never had more than
forty hens.