davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
THE HOTEL CLERK.
According to This View His Lot Is NOT
. ~ - a Happy One. .ltn So

According to This View His Lot Is Not
rt tn a Happy One. aCfa ~8-
Who is the most envied and bedia-
monded among men? The hotel clerk.
Who runs away with our heiresses?
The hotel clerk. Who gets the straight
est tips on the stock market? The ho-
tel clerk Whose pride goeth not be-
fore destruction and whose glory Is
never dimmed?s The hotel clerks. So
runs the accepted catechism.
Now truth seeker in Chicago rises
to say that the average hotel clerk
chance in life is trifle less than moth
ing. He can't marry, for he Is COM
PEELED to live in the hotel, and his
wages won't pay his wife's board.
Even as a bachelor he finds it hard to
save money. 8 When he reaches the
age limit-not q high one-he is dis
placed by a young man. s. q
There are then three things for him.
He may become night clerk in coun-
try hotel, job that he rose from years
before; he may be put in charge of a
cloakroom and look to tips for most Of
his pay or he may try to get other
work, using up his savings meanwhile,
and end his life in the almshouse. Not
a cheering conception and practically
useless to the COllier's
Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
Cat Iaudhter2

What was the origin of the phrase
Enough to make a cat laugh?'
DR.. Murray's Dictionary notices only
Enough to make cat speak," which
is explained as signifying something
extraordinary, especially something
very good to drink. "Old liquor able to
make cat speak" is quoted from an
early eighteenth century source, and
Herewith Stephano's remark to Cali
ban is compared, "Open your mouth;
here is that which will give language
to you, cat" Miss Squeers' maidserv-
ant said that only to see Miss Squeers'
friend, Miss Price, toss her head was
"enough to make tomcat talk French
grammar. But even that is not ex-
actly laughing. Has it anything to do
with the mythical Cheshire animal?--
London Chronicle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
"PLUG" TOBACCO.
An Old Farmers Story Of How the
NJ Name Originated. W

An Old Farmers Story OF How the
V Name Originated.
z In the jury room at the courthouse
few days ago an old time farmer said
as he took a chew Of tobacco:
1. "All the difference in the world in
tobacco. I've tried twenty different
kinds, and none is as good as that we
used to make ourselves down on the
farm. We" would take maple log
while twas green and bore dozen
holes in it with a two inch auger.
They were our molds We selected our
choicest tobacco and soaked it for a
week or more in wild honey. Then
we'd take the leaf to the log, get Il
good hickory tamping stick and go to
work.
ga little ball of the honey soaked to-
bacco would be put in the auger hole
and tamped in with the stick and a
hammer. We'd pound it in solid. Ball
after ball would be rammed in and
pounded until the whole became sol
id plug. When the hole was nearly
full, we would pound in the plug, and
then the log would be put away to sea-
son. AS the wood dried the moisture
would be drawn from the tobacco.
And when it was split the sweetest
tobacco ever made was taken from it..
We called it plug tobacco, and that's
where the name originated. kansas
CITY Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
FLY FISHING RODS.
It Is the Weight Cupboard From the
Hand That Tells.


Much pleasure will be found in buy
ing rods and tackle. If inexperienced
any old angler will rather enjoy help
ing you out. or you can go to first
class shop, ask for a salesman who is
an angler and tell him where you pro-
pose to fish If economy is an object to
you, very fair working tools can be
had for a little money. 1t is surprising
to handle some of the rods that are
priced at So to $40. l do not consider
weight in the scales of great impor-
lance, as l like a good sized, comfort
able handle. It is the weight cupboard
from the handle that tells One of the
lightest rods I ever saw weighed eight
ounces on the scales. It had big, fat
wooden handle and substantial fittings,
but the rod proper was very light My
individual preference is for a rod of
ten feet, but lots Of men prefer some
thing shorter | have seen good work
done with an eight foot rod, but there
is a great difference in the power of
rods Of the same length. A tail, strong
man can handle rod Of great power
and with a suitable line bring out all
there is in it. He may be able to do
this all day long without great fatigue,
while a weaker person would be heav-
lily handicapped and tired to DEATH
Forest and Stream.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
Dress In Old Massachusetts.

There was an ancient law in Massa-
chusetts that ladies' dresses should be
made long enough to hide their shoe
buckles. In 1860 an act of the general
court prohibited short sleeves and re-
quired garments to be heightened so as
to cover the arms to the wrists and
gowns to the shoe buckles; "immod-
crate great breeches, knots Of ribbon,
broad shoulder bands, and they be,
silk roses, double ruffs and cuffs were
forbidden. In the same colony, in
1863, I. Fairbanks was tried for wear
ing great boots, but was acquitted.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
PLIGHT OF TIE ACTOR.
Behind the Scenes He Is, In Manner,
I ks4 spPriso31ar ss aS VIA

Behind the Scenes He Is, In a Manner,
k4 a9Prisoner. aa
In way, behind the scenes is pris-
on. 1t is surely one Of the very few
places where Intelligent men and wo-
men are locked In their place of work
and. where no smessage from the out
side world Is allowed to reach them.
There Is a tradition that actor folk are
Of Tunusually emotional temperament,
and. ifb therefore aAtelegranN isereeeivedl
at the stage door it is never delivered
until after the performancesgT The mes.
sage might be an invitation to supper,s
Or 1t might announce that the. actors
favorite brother has been hanged, or 1t
might be an offer9in asstockI company
to play twelve times a week, or It
might tell the actor that he was, the
father Of twins or that his wife would
die without seeing him again unless
he came at once to her bedside, butaH
OF this information is supposed not to
lbea good for thedactor's emotional dis
position, and the teleg& m lis therefore
Egiven the same distinction ash the
smash note and kept until after the
performance Is finished It cannot be
said that the actors emotional dispo-
.sition is very seriously considered be-
yond the, cast iron rule in regard to
kilograms. His comfort and intelli-
gence have been slightly dattered in
ia few theaters ofvery recent date, but
for the most part the condition Of
behind the scenes in most playhcCses
lis not calculated to breed particularly
high thoughts Of any kind. AS aamatteri
Of fact, he is treated little better than
when he was only ''strolling'' player
"a gypsy-several centuries ago.
Charles Belmont Davis in Outing Mag
azine. rs 80 -.E..... ,.a,..fA - ~
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04

G. b, Burhans testifies after Four Years.
G B Burhans of Carlisle Center.
N. Y, writes: About four years
ago Wrote you stating that I had
been entirely cured of a severe kid
ney trouble by taking less than two
bottles of Foleys Kidney cure. It
entirely stopped the brick dust Sc
diment, and pain and symptoms of
kidney disease disappeared. I am
glad to say that [ have never had
return of any of those symptoms
during the four years that have
elapsed and lam evidently cured to
stay cured, and heartily recon-
mend Foleys Kidney cure to any
one suffering from kidney or bladder
trouble. 0 W Frost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04

The News-No Pure Drug Cough
Cure Laws would be needed, if all
Cough Cures were like DIR, Shops
Cough Cure is-and has boon for 70
years. The National Law now re-
quires that if any polsons enter into
a cough mixture, it must be printed
on the label or package. For this
reason mothers, and others, should
insist on having Dr. Shops Cough
Cure. No poison-marks on DR..
Shops labels-and none in the
medicine, else it must by law be on
the l"rci h-l go cot 49, "~f~
but { is said % D. by tho that
know it best, a truly remarkable
cough remedy. Take no chance par
ticularly with your children. Insist
ON having DR.. Shops. Cough Cure.
Compare carefully the DR.. Shoop
package with others and see. No
poison marks therel You can al
ways be on the safe side by demand
ing DR.. Shops Cough Cure. Sim
ply refuse to accept any 9th err.
Sold by M. M. Sweet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
The Early Worm.

Entertaining a children's party at
certain millionaire's house in New
York, a woman professional teller Of
stories to juveniles happened to en-
ploy the old proverb, "The early bird
catches the worm A little boy ques-
toned the proverb promptly. But
wasn't the worm foolish" he asked,
ito get up early and be caught?" "My
DEAR" said the story teller, shat worm
hadn't been to bed at all. He was
just getting home.''
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
Founder of the japanese Navy.

The founder Of the Japanese navy
was an Englishman named VIII
Adams, who went to the eastern seas
as pilot of Dutch fleet In 1893 and
was cast away in Japan couple of
years later. He became japanese
noble and constructor of the navy to
the tycoon, but was never allowed to
return to England He died about
twenty years afterward, very ingen-
iously leaving half his property to his
wife and family in England and half
his property to his wife and family in
Japan. After his death he was deified
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04

Wanted: by Chicago wholesale
and mail order house, assistant
manager oman or woman) for this
county n d adjoining territory.
Salary $50 and expenses paid week
ly; expense money advanced, Work
pleasant; position permanent. No
investment or experience required.
Spare time valuable. Write at once
for full particulars and enclose self
addressed envelope. SUPERIN-
TENDENT, 1872 Lake ST. Chicago,
I'll,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
The Ostrich.

In its habits, methods Of life and
prejudices the ostrich is one of the
most curious creatures of the animal
kingdom. It cannot be tanned, though
1t is easily trained to harness.. When
taught to race it seems to delight in
brush on the track or road with
horse. The gait of the ostrich is
numbering sort of jog trot, which be-
comes delightfully."- easy when the bird
is travelling fast Unhampered with
a rider and travelling with the wind
this muscular creature can outstrip
any horse.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04

March 81 to April 11)
Notice to Creditors.

STATE OF ISCONSIN-COUNTY COURT
FOR bayfield, COUNTY.
In the Matter OF the Estate OF Ira l.. Pierce
iDeceased--In Probate, ,s#4ses - tets
Notice is hereby given that the claims and
demandsofall persons against Ira l.. Pierce,
deceased, late OF the City of gWashburns in
said County of Bayfield,, will be examin ned
and adjusted by the County Court of Bay
field oounty,o at the regular term of said
Court, to be held at tho Court House in the
city of Washburn in and for said County, on
the first Tuesday Of October, AID, 1907. " j. Z
Also that six months from and after the
10th, day of March, A. D. 1907, is the time
limited for creditors of. said Ira L. Pierce,
deceased to present their claims to said
Court for examination and allowance. i.
I By the Court,
Dated March 18th, 1907.
ffi r "a WIN. H. IRISH
4 County Judge,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
Machinery and Labor.

A generation or two ago men and
women worked very long hours, and
children had to work, too, in order to
produce enough to support the work
ingman's family. The growth of capt.
tai and the employment of machinery
have added so much to the efficiency
Of labor that long hours for adults are
no longer necessary, and the industrial
employment Of children under fourteen
can be entirely dispensed with.-Amer-
lean Review of Reviews.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04

You should be very careful of
your bowels when you have a cold.
Nearly all other cough syrups are
constipating, especially those con-
tanning opiates. Kennedy's Laxa-
tive Cough Syrup moves the bowels
contains NO opiates. Conforms
to National Pure Food and Drugs
Law. Bears the endorsement of
mothers everywhere. Children like
it's pleasant taste. Sold by M. M.
Sweet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
'-tat MAR IA to APR 49,
STATE OF 'WISCONSIN-IN CIRCUIT
COURT FOR bayfield, COUNTY
National Candy Company, t2
4cd Fu.. u s.a Plaintiff,


4cd Las Y $3.50 Plaintiff,
IGa NJ. Welcome
Il Defendant.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of an
execution, issued out Of and under the seal
of the circuit court of said county. on the 9th
day of March, 1907, upon a judgment rendered
in the above entitled action, have levied up.
on the following described real estate, situat.
ed in Bayfield, county. Wisconsin,, to-wit:-
The south west, quarter of the north west
quarter Of section sixteen 49, the south
westquarter Of the north west quarter of Sec
ton thirteen N3) and the north east
quarter of the south east quarter
of section fourteen Q4), all in township forty
five (45). north OF range six (6) west. also the
southeast quarter of the, north east quarter
Ofsection two (2, in township forty five (45)
north OF range I've 6), west, and that / will
on the 9th day of April, 1907, at ten o'clock
in the forenoon of said day, at the front door
of the court house, in the city of Wash
burn. in Bayfield,, county, Wisconsin,, offer
for sale and sell to the highest bidder, all the
right. title and interest that the said defen-
dant Ida NJ. Welcome, had in and to said
real estate at the time of the .docketing OF
said Judgment.
Dated March 9th 1907.
4 .rf,.ef d "A. B, SEvERSON.
,s Sheriff of Bayfield, Co.,
4 hsC Wisconsin
JOHN WALSH,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
Ole Smith,
Defendant

e Az Defendant
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of an
execution. issued out Of and under the seal
of the circuit court of said county. on the
9Th day of February, 1907, upon a judgment
rendered in the above entitled action.
have levied upon the following described
real estate of the above named defendant
Ole Smith, to-wit:
The south east quarter of the south west
quarter of section twenty six (26), in town.
ship forty nine (49), north of range five t5),
west, in bayfield, county, Wisconsin. which
said real estate, and all the right title and
interest that the said defendant had therein
at the time of the docketing of said judgment
Twill offer for sale at public vendue and sell
to the highest bidder, at the front door of
The court house in the city of Washburn,
in Bayfield, county, Wisconsin, on the 2Srd
day of March, 1907, at ten O'Clock in the fore
noon OF said day, Hfm
Dated February s. 1907.
A. b. SEvERsON.
Sheriff of Bayfield, County, Wis
JOHN WALSH,
Attorney for plaintiff.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
Waste Not-Want Not.

Doctor must know what you have
eaten today in order to understand
your stomachic disorder
Patient-Oh, doctor, only a little
pork. It was left over from last week
and was perhaps not quite fresh.
Doctor-Would it not have been
more sensible to let the pork spoil en-.
tirely rather than to upset your stom'
ach?
Patient-But, doctor, you can cure a
diseased stomach, but what can you do
with spoiled pork p liegende Batter.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
Girl Friends.

Nell = Did you tell her 1 couldn't
come? Belle = Yes, and she seemed
surprised. Nell-But didn't you ex-
plain to her that I've got the chicken
pox? Believes; that's what surpris-
ed her. She said you were no chicken.
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
A Fatal Error.

Borrowes-Nellie, hand me my um-
brella, will you? 1t has commenced to
rain, Mrs. B.-I lent your umbrella to
51r. Sweetfern last night. Borrowes-
What in thunder did you do that for?
Didn't you know it was his9Spare
Moments.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
Got che Habit Later.

Ina sermon preached in1a small
church In Glasgow the pastor, after in
Weighing against sslothfulness, said by
way Of climax. ado you think Adam
and Eve went about the garden OF
Eden with their hands In their peck
etsY'--Harper's Weekly. fn,st hre @
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04

W ETt~ISI| ~Ft-%l 4 = : =. -
''You need five drugs said foolish
physician to patient water, food,
air, sleep and exercise" But the pa
tient sought another doctor, and the
foolish physician died poor.-Saturday
Evening Post
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
Did Her Worst.

Hicks-She threatened all sorts of
things, and finally he got desperate and
exclaimed, do your worst" Wicks-
And what did she do? HickS-Very
coolly she began to play the piano.
Wicks-I see. She took him at his
word
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
Quite a Difference.

'Say, paw, what does it mean to live
to ripe old age?"
''When rich man gets to be eighty,
my son, he is at ripe old age. A
poor man is merely old and decrepit"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
Mich II to April III
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Attorney for plaintiff.


STATE OF WISCONSIN-COUNTY COURT
FOR BAYFIELD, COUNTY
In the Matter of the Estate of george
T. Wooddisee Deceased-In PROBATE.
Notice is hereby given that the claims
and demands of al persons against George F
Wooddisee deceased, late of the city of Wash
burn, in said county of Bayfield, will be ex-
amined and adjusted by the county court
of Bayfield, county, at the regular term of
said court, to be held at the court house in
the city of Washburn in and for said county
on the first Tuesday of October, A. D. 1907.
Also that six months from and after the
10th day of March, A. ID. 1907, is the time
limited for creditors of said George f, Wood
disco. deceased, to present their claims to
said court for examination aud allowance.
By the Court.
Dated March 10th. 1907
VIM III. IRISH.
County Judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
Matrimony In Central Africa.

Quails are plentiful at Lake Nyanza,
and after being shared in the grass by
the natives they are kept in small
wicker cages strung on a long pole
stuck in the ground When sufficient
number of quails have been collected
they can be exchanged with a neighbor
for all the world like coupcns-for
wives. -Brevet Major r. G. T. Bright,
@. M. G., In Wide World Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04

Turn your sorrows outward into cur
rents of sympathy and deeds Of kind
ness, and they will become stream Of
blessings
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
One Dry SPOT.

Angier-Hang 1t! Is there dry spot
IN this boat where Il can scratch a
matchf Boatman (who has been dis
appointed as regards refreshments
Try my throat, sir.-London Punch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
Ona of Them.

Mrs. Hoyle-My husband says that
when he met melt was case Of love
at sight. Mrs. Doyle-There are lots
Of instances Of defective vision.-New
York Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04

Alkaline @. Dowd Individually and as trustee
under the last will and testament of Tim
othy b. Dowd deceased, Alkaline G. Dowd
and Quincy L 0owd, executors under the
last will of said Timothy B. Dowd. Quincy L.
Dowd individually. Ralph w. Emerson and
Jennie T. Emerson, his wife; Nellie A. Con-
signy and Alfred III, Consigny her husband,
Gertrude Emerson. spinster and Jesse T..
Emerson bachelor. sole surviving heirs of
Catherine Emerson, deceased. Lille
Neill, Wesley Neill and Charles H. Pratt.
Defendants
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. To the
said defendants
You are hereby summoned to appear with
in twenty days after service of this sum-
mons, exclusive of the day of service, and
defend the above entitled action in the
court aforesaid; and in case of your failure
so to do, Judgment will be rendered against
you according to the demand of the COM
plant,
A. w. MCLEOD
PLAINTIFFS Attorneys.
Postoffice Address, Washburn, Bayfield, Co.,
Wisconsin
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04

The word idea formerly meant a
completed performance, whether men
tai or physical.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
(Eeh8 to Mar Is,
County Judge,

(Feb3 to Mar 15)
STATE OF WISCONSIN-IN CIRCU 1T
COURT FOR bayfield, COUNTY.
Washburn Go operative Store, = HaaG at
D Plaintiff
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
Attorney for Plaintiff.
JOHN WALSH,

March to Apr III
State of Wisconsin In Circuit Court fol
Bayfield, County
Washburn Land Company,
y Plaintiff
The Nome daily nugget., 1907-11-06
BOYS I'D
 DEBAT E:
TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT HAS CHAMPIONS AND FOES IN
 MONIES SCHOOLS.

The question of territorial govern ment is now agitating the breasts of the pupils of Nome's public schools, and one of these days a great debate will take place on the subject between boys representing the high school and some representing the eighth grade
 Each considers the other easy and both are now drinking in the deep learning that can afterward be poured forth in thunder for the demolition of opponents.
 Some of the boys are said to be strong anti-terrtorialsts while others are carried away by the glittering cry of freedom, and d rhetorical outburst is expected to occur that will settle the matter once for all, notwithstanding the work done by the delegates in Sc attle.
The Nome daily nugget., 1907-11-06

That the third beach line has re- gently been picked up near Spruce creek and that most promising pros poets have been found thereon is the substance of the statement clicitcd from Leo Schimerle, who has arrived from that ueighborhood after having worked there constantly for several months.
 Spruce creek is about 10 miles east of solomon river. Mir. Schincrlc states further that the beach which had been
 last spring in the vicinity of Uncle sam mountain has been proven to be the fourth beach line. but the one recently found iS undoubtedly the one sought for
The Nome daily nugget., 1907-11-06
PICKED tjP THIRD BEACH
 AT SPRUCE CREEK

After tEc discovery bench marks were set and the third beach looked for
 The third beach was picked up just before the close of navigation.
 Above the 2ta feet of beach there is foot of yellow clay which shows 15 to 70 fine colors to the pan.
 Another beach has also been picked up in the same section about 20 feet above the level which carries pros poets also and to which Mir. Schifferle will devote some attention later on.
 He will resume operations immedi- atcly and will not return before Christmas.
 several laymen are going to operate there this winter, and much may be expected from it.