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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-10-04
For Better Roads.

We favor the enactment of appro
pirate legislation at the earliest
practicable moment. extending
state aid for the construction and
improvement of the highways of the
state.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04
ODD DERIvATIoNS.
Curious History OF the Word "Vote."
How "Retfcule" Got It's Name.

Curious History OF the Word 'Vote."
How s.Retioule" Got It's Name.
"Vote" is q word with curious his
tory. To the Roman "votum" was a
solemn promise made to q deity. From
the solemn promise itself the meaning
Of "votum" gradually became the
prayer or intense wish that accompa-
MED the promise and then any intense
wish whatever. So far the develop
ment proceeded in Latin, and "vote"
passed into English with the same
sense. When Ben Jonson wrote Of
public votes" to heaven he meant not
mass meeting resolutions, but prayers.
Finally "vote" acquired its present
meaning, the formal and emphatic ex-
preston of a wish, while the old sense
remains with its double "vow."
That openwork bag for shopping,
called a reticule, gets its name directly.
from the Latin 'reticulum," "little
net" Popularity, however, the word is
supposed to owe its existence to the
fact that when an Englishwoman visit
ed the first Paris exhibition with her
little bag in her hand the Parisians
cried "Ridiculew The Englishwoman,
misunderstanding the exclamation, Is
said to have thought it the correct
translation of "little bag and return
ed to England calling it ''reticule."
Philologists claim that the phrase to
"sleep like a top" comes from the
French 'dormir CONNIE une taupe." to
sleep like a mole. 1t is said, too, that
Cinderella's slippers were not made OF
glass, but of "vair," the old French
word for ermine, which in time became
corrupted into "verre," glass.-Chicago
News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04

me:' cried Tom, deeply moved. "Oh,
Gilbert.r But Gilbert stretched out a
remonstrant hand.
Dear old boy he said tenderly.
twas there ever anything that l could
not have done for you? You loved
her.
YES" said Tom musingly, Il loved
her. But now-you are sure that you
have quite, quite forgotten Il
sudden eagerness.
Sure" returned the other. with loyal
lips. Il can meet her without a pang.
And-and anyway / am going to die"
he added family.
much. We will see what Mabel has to
say about that"
"Mabel?" questioned Rockhill
''Why, yes, my wife" laughed Tom.
"Oh, of course, forgot she was only a
child when you went away. She is
Alice's little sister"
"Alice's sister, gasped Rockhill.
Toms face altered suddenly.
''Why-you didn't think-did you be-
lieve that l had married Alice?' he de-
manded You did," He stopped. "Al-
Ice refused me-" he went on moment
later. ''She has never married. think
she never has cared but for one man."
he said with slow significance. "Yet-
if you have forgotten
The sick man, stirred by sudden
energy, sat up in bed.
Give me my medicine, please" he
said conciSely. Il am going to get well.
Where is Mabel?'
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04

In the year 1872 the printing plant
and effects of the late John Grundy "a
successor in the business of Vine Hall.
author of ''The Sinners Friend and
father of the late Rev Newman Haln
of Bank street Maidstone, were sold
by auction, and after the sale, as an
apprentice to John Grundy, l was en-
ployed in the clearing up process, dur
ing which / came across file and other
copies of Conservative literature print
ed at that establishment in connection
with the election by which Dlsraeli
was returned one of the two members
of parliament for Maidstone Some of
it had the name spelled Disraeli, but a
roll of from a dozen to score of cop
les of an election address bore the
printed signature D'Israeli. I asked
the overseer Highstead, who was then
elderly and had been continuously in
employment in that establishment since
boyhood days. for an explanation, and
he said that when Disraeli came to ex-
anime q proof of his election address
somebody suggested (the overseer's be-
lief being that 1t came from Vine HalD
that the name would look more Eng
lish-like if the apostrophe were taken
out. Disrael assented, and it came
out, and in further printing work q
like omission was observed.-John Fl.
Burrows in Athenaeum.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04
The Man with the roothacbe.

A man with the toothache doesn't
care about anything else. The glories
of the world pail on his taste, the Won
ders of creation seem as naught.
The tooth becomes a volcano of
belching fury and the rest of life hid
den in cloud of its billowing smoke.
You can't borrow anything from q
man with the toothache. You can't IN
struct and improve him, You tell him
that the world travels at the rate of
LOO miles minute and il doesn't
startle him in the least. He simply
groans.
You say TO him. my friend, there
are stars so far off that their light has
not yet reached this world" but he
doesn't mind it. He only howls.
You tell him that some of the sun
spots are 100000 miles in diameter,
and that one of them would take q
Jupiter at one mouthful, but it is moth
ing to him. The tOothache is neglect
full of scientific tguths.--London Tit
Bits
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04
Cooking snaiIa.

Escargots are at their best when taken
in the vineyards at the end Of March
and the beginning of April. They I've
on the shoots Of the vines and during
the winter bury themselves In the
ground, during which time they are
purged of all gross humors before they
return to enjoy themselves In the fields
in the spring. Cooking these snails is
not an easy matter. They are drawn
from the shell, which is then carefully
scrubbed and washed. Their heads are
cut off, and they are well soaked In salt
and water, then returned to the shell.
which is stopped with parsley butter
and laid to simmer In hot dish over
the fire. Though there may be two
opinions about the flavor Of the oscar
got, there is no doubt that both In taste
and substance 1t is an edible unlike
any other known. The Wlltshirs peo-
pie, especially the population Of Swim
ton, eat the large garden snails ~ o
common dainty. They are sold In the
market like periwinkles. 6nailint
along the banks and hedgerows rs
popular amusement In winter.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04
Eour Good Reasons.

An amusing incident happened the
other day at club which had hospi-
tably thrown open its doors to two
other clubs. A certain well known OH
Ger In the brigade of guards was guilty
of the offense Of smoking In the morn
ing room. AS matter Of fact, he was
under the impression that it was the
smoking room. A brother officer told
him of his mistake. He went up to the
only other occupant of the room, an
old gentleman doing in a corner, and
apologized for having inadvertently
broken one Of the rules of the club.
The old gentleman replied, without
haste, as follows: my dear sir, pray
do not apologize. In the first place, I
am sure you would not have smoked
had you known that 1t was prohibitedI
in the second, / should be the last per-
son to blame you IL you had done 50;
in the third, am not a member Of the
club, and in the fourth, I have just
been smoking myself. f."-London Globe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04
NELSON'S FIGHTING MEN.
Had Few Pleasures and Faced Death
With n Jest.

Had Few Pleasures and Faced Death
With a Jest.
OF the wooden walls OF England"
the great sailing ships in which Admi-
raj Nelson won his victories, and Of the
men who worked them, critic writes:
Though beautiful to behold and terri
BILE TO fight with, those old men-of-war
were more often than not abodes Of
tyranny and wretchedness. The vio-
lence of the press gangs, which seized
men of all ages and occupations, was
but a prelude to the oppression that
followed. Decent men were herded In
discriminatory with ruffians, the rights
of free born Englishmen were rudely
snatched from them-for them thence
forward there was no law save the
will of the captain and the dread arti-
cles of war. Shore going leave was
noneXistent, the food was atrocious
and scanty, punishments were barbar-
Gus, and the only thing served out with
any iberality was rum, on which the
men got drunk and then were fogged
for that offense at the gratings next
morning
I'm Nelson's time the seaman had
few pleasures save the prospect Of a
hot fight and his daily pint Of rum.
But to these must be added the vain
glorious satisfaction he took In his
clothes. When rugged out In his best
he frequently wore rings in his ears and
silver buckles on his low shoes, his
ch hlr,n ;an -
with gold buttons and colored ribbons
sewed down the seams to give an addi-
tional gayety, his waistcoat might be
red or canary, and q black silk hand
kerchief would be knotted loose.-r
round his throat. AS the finishing
touch his hair would be hanging In q
cue down his back. The broad collars
were first worn as protection against
the grease and pomatum used in dress
ing the pigtail.
But all these fripperies were dis
carded when the guns were cast loose
FROM their lashings and the linstocks
were lighted. 1t was the custom of the
men when going into action to strip to
the waist They took their black silk
handkerchiefs and bound them very
tightly round their heads over their
ears, so that the roar of the guns might
not deafen them for life. 1t was re-
marked that men going into action al
ways wore sullen frown, however
merry they were in their talk.
Methods followed in that day were
curiously primitive and toilsome, but
the results were undoubtedly satisfac-
tory save to the nameless and number
less sailors who met grim death on the
black and blood stained decks or in the
dark horror Of the cockpit That those
hardy and careless men often faced
death or disablement with a jest or
cheer only renders their unconscious
heroism the more impressive."-Chica-
60 News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04


People who find 1t tiresome to read
book more than once will scarcely
credit the story which Is told Qt one
Of the Scilly isles. The entire library
Of this little island consisted, GEN.
tury or more ago, of single copy Of
the History Of DR.. Faustus." As
most Of the inhabitants were able to
read, provided words were not too dif
ficult, the conjurer's story had been
handed from house to house, until from
perpetual thumbing very little Of his
enchantments or bis catastrophe was
left legible. When this alarming state
Of things became evident, a meeting OF
the principal inhabitants was called to
discuss what could be done to remedy
it, for the people must have something
to read. A proposal was made and car
ried that as soon as the season permit
ted any intercourse with Cornwall n
supply of books should be ordered. The
question arose what these books should
be, but at last 1t was settled amicably
that an order should be transmitted to
Penzance for another copy Of the "His-
tory Of DR.. Faustus," and then the
meeting joyously broke up.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04
The Empire OF Dollar..

Wall street Is the capital Of the en-
pire of dollars. Like all other capitals,
it has its intrigues, its faYorites, its
duels, its cabals and its camarillas,
and, like all other capitals, it gives its
color to those who spend their lives
there. 1t has even a sort Of patriotism
-''wolf honor'-which brings its citi-
zens together at times in defense of
the dollar and Of property rights. The
empire Of dollars is not altogether a
noble spectacle. We are not thrilled at
the mere thought Of those Venice bank
ers who financed" the crusaders. We
do not like to think of those Wall
street manipulators who tried to corner
the gold supply during our civil war.
when the nation needed gold.-Samuel
Merwin in Success Magazine.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04
The Beavers Tooth.

No carpenters chisel can do more eff
fectlve work than is turned out with
case and neatness by the beavers
TOOTH This is the principal tool with
which these patient. clever builders
construct their dams. The outer sur
face of the tooth is scale Of very
hard enamel, while the body Of 1t is Of
softer dentine. AS the softer sub
stance wears away in use the end OF
the tooth takes a chisel-like bevel, leav-
ing thin, slightly projecting edge Of
hard enamel as sharp as any carpen-
ter's tool fresh from the oilstone. The
thin scale of enamel gives keenness,
the softer dentine supplies strength,
and thus the combination forms a for
midable tool, which actually sharpens
itself by use.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04
No. 1.

ball however it may produce the pool
ball in its irregularity Of form. But
before the trained hand can make
ready to turn out the perfect sphere OF
the billiard ball the trained eye and
judgment of the turner will have been
taxed to their best effort. In the first
place the man will need to recognize
the quality OF ivory. He must know
whether it be of the best quality, as
well as Of the most economical form I'm
the tusk. And when he has made his
purchase of the best possible material,
a single drafty window In his shop
when the mercury is 10 degrees above
zero may ruin his ivory stock in I've
minutes.
Zanzibar and the general west coast
Of Africa produce the best elephant
ivory, while the Siberian ivory from
the dead mastodon is the least yalu-
able, yet requiring good Judgment to
distinguish 1t I'm many cases. This
"dead" ivory from Siberia Is less val
liable in ball than Is the composition
Of celluloid and bone dust. The tusk
of the African elephant will run from
seventy-five pounds to $50 pounds. But
no two tusks, even of the same weight,
present like possibilities In ball max
ing. One tusk may be blunt and short,
while the other Is thin and running to
a sharp point. In general way, how
ever, tusk that weighs $50 pounds
will be about five feet six inches long.
Its general structure is that Of the
cows horn, running from shell at
the base, gradually thickening until
the hollow disappears, little short Of
half the tusk's length. From this end
ing of the hollow the tusk tapers sharp
ly until, if it makes three billiard balls
Of standard size and best quality. 1t Is
all that may be expected Of it for that
purpose. This means that little less
than eight inches of the tusk's length
is available. How to dispose Of the
remainder of it to the best advantage,
leaving only few ounces to loss, Is
the chief business of the ivory worker.
Cutting a tusk for the three ball
blocks is job in itself. In the first
be certain; also the outside Of the tusk
almost certainly will have sand cracks
in the enamel, and whether they be
deep or shallow will be Of much con-
sequence. But, allowing for these NIL
mute cracks, which must be turned out
to the last shadow from the best ball,
together with the last microscopic
trace of the enamel, the first block for
the ball is cut as close as possible to
fhn Int - %hr fr1Cl A fo Qv>uk
block is cut to the last limit Of econ
omy the others may be cut compare
lively easily-Chicago Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04
Few Men Capable of Learning This
Peculiar Trade.

Few men are competent to turn a
billiard ball, and the business Is exact
ing more skill than ever before in the
history OF ivory turning, for the reason
that never before In the history or the
lathe was it so easy for an unskilled
workman to eat up his salary In a
wasteful manner of cutting and turn
ing.
a first class billiard ball must be
two and three-eighths inches In diam
eter absolutely round to the five thou
sandths part of an inch, free from
"barky' outside and sand cracks, OF
live ivory, white and clear. In order
to make a selection Of a tusk's possi-
bilities-always to get three balls OF
this regulation size and clearness from
a tusk weighing from 80 to 150 pounds,
allowing for the hollow portions and
avoiding the enamel and sand cracks
here is the art OF the competent ivory
turner, for which he Is greatly under
paid and underappreciated.
The making Of a billiard ball In
wolves headwork and handwork. There
is no automatic lathe combination that
ever will turn out perfect billiard
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04
4 Case of PronOuns.

Tommy Mulligan of the seventh
grade was absent from the class room
for one entire day. 1t would appear
that he had played truant, for, un-
known to Tommy, his teacher had spied
him trudging homeward with pockets
bulglng suspiciously when she, too,
was homeward bound that afternoon.
But Tommy brought note OF excuse
he next morning, which, of course,
would prove that he had been detained
at home iegitimately. The writing was
hardly that of feminine hand, and
the note appeared to have been written
laboriousiy and with much blotting.
Furthermore, the penmanship seemed
20 be strangely familiar to his teacher,
The note read as follows:
Dear teacher-Please exeus Tony
for not comeinE to shool yestiddy he
cudnot come l tore my pants.-Mrs.
Muliigan. n."-Phlladelphia Inquirer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04

Horses play an important part In
shrimp fishing along the Belgian coast
A procession Of weather beaten fisher
men starts from the shore, each man
mounted upon the back Of trained
horse, dragging the triangular purse
shaped net which scoops in the shrimp
as it passes over the sands. These
fishermen on horseback frequently
make hauls of several hundredweight
in single trip.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04
The Point of View,

Henry, if 1 were a young man like
you and expected to have to make my
own way in the world some day 1
should try to make my expenses come
within my income"
Father, il were as rich as you are
md had only one son I'd try to bring
his income up to his expenses" Chi
cago Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04
Time For n Change.

What shall we do with our parents
There Is my father running himseR ana
me by his willful ignorance and my
mother running US by her extrava-
gances. 1t is a great development Of
the times that the ordinary child who
is past twenty is altogether better edA-
Gated, more experienced and wiser
than are his parents! 1t has occurred
to me to suggest that after the eldest
child reaches twenty the parents
should therefore come under the con-
troll Of the childreu.-Letter in London
Granhic
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04

"David Harum,u the novel written
by the late Edward Noyes Westcott,
netted the authors estate about $685..
600, according to a statement made In
the surrogate's court Syracuse, n. 7.
MAKING BILLIARD BALLS.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04
A Queer Festival.

A queer festival is celebrated In Ma
lacca every ten or twelve years. The
opening Of the festival is signalized by
g grand procession, In which huge piles
OF eatables take large share. At the
end Of the third day the vlands are
burned. On the last occasion the piles
Of food were placed in a specially con-
structed boat which was towed out to
sea and there consumed by fire, togeth-
er with all the contents. A large sum
of money, amounting to several thou
sands of dollars. was subscribed, large
ly in Singapore, for the proper observ-
anee OF the festival.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04

A Saco (Me) florist has been raising
pond lilies for the market His pond
is 800 by 60 feet and yields thousands
of blooms In a season. During the
height of the season the daily yield
went above 500 blossoms. The usual
price was 81 per hundred.
Ingenious Expedient Devised to>save
the Steamer Flavinn.
An ingenious expedient was devised
some years ago to refloat the steamer
Flavian, which struck on a ledge near
Cape Race. She was fixed in an awk-
ward position for tugs to work at her,
and half her hull was submerged.
1t was in the late fall, and proper
salvage outfits could neither be obtain
ed from abroad in time nor used advan-
tageously, so q series of holes We're cut
in her sides below the tween decks
and huge pitch pine logs passed
through these apsrtures. Meanwhile
two cofrerdams sixty feet long by
twelve wide and as many deep had
been built at st. Johns and, being
carefully call1ed, were towed to the
scene and allowed TO sink by opening
Il valve, being then placed beneath the
logs which passed through the ship and
protruded on each side.
The water in them was next pumped
out, and as they rose they caught the
logs and fairly lifted the ship off the
rocks, she being towed to 81. Johns
with them upbearing her till perma-
nent repairs could be made, which In
volved patching her bottom for half
her length.-Technical World.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04
OSTEOPATHY.

nR. JULIA Z. FOSTER,
~ oSTEOPATH.
Consultation and examination free
Office hours-9 to II A. NJ, 2 to
NJ, daily except Sunday. Evening
appointment.
Office-Stein Block, Rooms 9-10, But
Ter, Pa. Peoples Phone AIS.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-01-04

nR. M. D. KOTTRABA,
~ Successor TO DR.. Johnsron.
DENTIST
Office at No ia z. Jefferson ST., over
G, w. Miller's grocery
The Delta independent., 1906-09-07
Call for Republican Convention.

"There is hereby called convention
of delegates of the Republican party to
meet in Delta on Monday the 10th day
of September, 1906. at Hoo O'Clock A.
M. at the Court house, for the purpose
of nominating one State Representa-
tive, one County Sheriff, one County
Clerk and Recorder, one County Treas
urer, one County Assessor, one County
Surveyor, one County Superintendent
of Schools, one County Commissioner
for District No. l, one Coroner, two
State Central Committeeman. and to
elect delegates to the Republican State
Convention, End. Congressional District
Convention, Judicial Convention of the
7th. Judicial District, Senatorial Con-
vention for the 10th. Senatorial Dist
rict, and to transact such other busi-
ness as may properly come before such
conventions.
The Representation of the several
Precincts shall be as follows: Delta
Precinct No. liz delegates. Hotch-
kiss Precinct No. 2-l0 delegates.
Crawford Precinct No. "a delegates.
Eckert Precinct No. Al delegates.
East Paonia Precinct No. 5-ll dele
gates. West Delta Precinct No. 6-s
delegates. Cedaredge Precinct No. 7
6 delegates. Read Precinct No. So
delegates. North Delta Precinct No.
4 delegates. Midway Precinct No. lG
8 delegates. West Paonia Precinct
No. III delegates. Wayne Precinct
No. l2-2 delegates. And it is recon-
mended that the Primaries be held in
the various precincts on Saturday. the
sth day of September, 1906, at the hour
of 2 O'Clock p. NJ. and to continue open
for three hours thereafter, the dele
gates to be elected by ballot.
1t is further ordered that the Caucus
be held in the various precincts prior to
said primaries, at which time delegates
shall be nominated and the names of
such nominees shall be posted at the
several voting places at least one hour
prior to the primaries. Said caucus to
be called by the precinct Committee
men.
E. J. MATHEWS.
GEORGE STEPHAN, Chairman.
Secretary.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-07
Card Of Thanks.

We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for assistance rendered and
sympathy expressed during the trying
experience and bereavement that came
to our home last week. And this ex-
preston of gratitude is meant to in
clude those who rendered immediate
assistance at the time of the accident,
as well as all others.
Mr.. AND Mrs. A. B. WILLlFoRD.
The Delta independent., 1906-09-07
Proposals For Bids.

Notice l. hereby given that th" hari ~ Trus-
tees Of the Town 81 Delta, will r-crir" -nl'-i hds
up to and including : clock y. IN. Of s'Inrm-
bcr 9Th. 1865 for furnishing all til" nccc-ehrs
material and doing the work 81 huildin. Saul
tnry Sewer No. Il. In the Town nf Delta Colorado.
in accordance with the prufil~~. section and
specifications on file with cit, clerk.
Coutrncto, must furnish n bond In sum Of
sl Coz for faithful performance Of contract.
The right I" reject any and all bids Is rcs"r'"d
Delta, Color,du. August 18th. inS.
LILLE T.. WILSON.
2l-Ji Town Clerk and E"""rd"f.