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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-18
THE PRIME MINISTER.
He Is the Real Ruler of the Great Brit
ish Empire.

He Is the Real Ruler of the Great Brit
ish Empire.
The real ruler Of the British en-
pire is not the titular sovereign nor
the hereditary nobility. 1t is the
leader of the political majority, who
derives his power solely from the di-
rect vote of the people. The prime
minister Of England is subordinate
neither to the king nor the house
of peers. Every man who shares
with him in the work of the gov
eminent is his subordinate.
Following a general election the
sovereign sends for member of the
majority party and instructs him to
form a government. This is one Of
those fctions of the constitutional
authority of the sovereign to which
the English people cling as to the
heritage of tradition. The sum-
mons is delivered, but it is merely a
form. The party leader is such not
by the grace Of the sovereign, but
by the choice of the majority; not
by election, but because he has the
qualities Of leadership.
The leader, having received the
sovereign's instructions to form a
government, becomes by that man
date the autocrat of the empire.
His power is absolute. Like the
president, he may appoint whomso-
ever he pleases member of his cab
met, but, unlike the president, he
is not influenced by geographical
considerations, nor does he have to
submit his nominations to the SEN
ate. In both countries the mem
bers of the cabinet hold office at the
will of the appointing power, but
the tenure of office is even more
precarious in England than it is in
the United States. Here a minister
may differ from the president on a
matter of policy and not feel it in
cumbent upon him to resign. In
England there can be no differences.
Either a minister agrees with, his
chief or he resigns.
In England the cabinet is an ex-
tra legal creation. Nominally it is
one of the committees of the privy
council, whose functions are to adj
wise the sovereign, but this is sim
ply a survival of mediaevalism. The
cabinet is under the sole control Of
the premier, unhampered by royal
or other interference. But-anoth-
er survival-no member of the cab
met may make public any matter
discussed by the cabinet without the
express sanction. of the sovereign,
and when the premier issues sum-
mons to a cabinet council, which
meets at irregular intervals, accord
ing to the exigency of public bust
ness, the minister is requested to
attend a meeting of his majesty's
servants. "a. Maurice Low in Ap-
pleton's Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-18
The Richest Man in the world.

The richest man in the world can
not have his kidneys replaced nor
live without them, SO it is important
not to neglect these organs. If
Foley's Kidney Cure is taken at the
first sign of danger, the symptoms
viii disappear and your health will
be restored, as it strengthens and
builds up these organs as nothing
else will. Oscar Bowman, Lebanon,
KY, writes: Il have used Foley's
Kidney Cure and take great pleas
ure in stating it cured me perrna-
rentIy of kidney disease. which GER
tainly would have cost me my life. !"
%, w. Frost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-18
Dentist Painless Extraction.

M. Poppe uses the best anes-
thetic for painless extraction.
The new suction chamber
used in plate work. (Can not
drop.
Office next to post Office. Of
fee open evenings and Sunday
mornings.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-18

For Catarrh, let me send you free,
lust to prove merit. a Trial size Box
Of DR.. Sleeps Catarrh Remedy. 1t
is snow white, creamy, healing
antiseptic balm that gives instant
relief to Catarrh of the nose and
throat. Make the free test and see.
Address DR.. Shoop, Racine, Wis.
Large jars so cents. Sold by NJ. M.
Sweet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-18
The New Game Law

deer that any one hunter may
kill from two to one may be a
good thing, if necessary for
the preservation of any deer
at all. Such a measure is on
it's way through the legisla-
ture; and there is another re-
strictive provision to the bill
about which there seems to
be more question. 1t is that
provision that requires that
all of the shooting be done in
fifteen instead of twenty
days as at present.
One deer for any one hun
ter in a year may be enough,
although it is not a lot Of
deer; but just why all of the
hunters who want a deer
should be compelled to rush
into the woods all in a bunch
and just why the open season
should last but two weeks, SO
long as the penalty for shoot
ing more deer than the law
allows is ample and is amply
enforced, is not SO clear.
The season is now from the
10th to the Goth of November.
If this season were to he
heightened from the LIST of
November to the Goth of Dec
ember, the proposed restrict
ions on the number of deer
that may be killed remaining
the same, there would not be
such a rush of hunters to the
woods on the first day, the
game would not be so harried
and driven as it now is; there
would not be a tenth part of
the drunken crowd in the
woods at any one time. and
consequently there would be
fewer casualties among the
hunters.
With fewer hunters in the
woods at any one time there
would be a better chance for
the game wardens to see that
the law is not violated, and as
no hunter has any right to
any deer In excess of the
number of tags on his license,
the whole business of guard
ing shipments and the num-
Der of animals killed would be
simplified.
There is one other thing
that the legislature might do
with advantage; and that
would be to make a more sew
ere penalty for game wardens
who wink at violations of the
law. It is the generally I'M
derstood thing in the wood
country that a settler" who
kills a deer out of season has
only to send the resident
warden a liberal chunk of
venison, sand the hunters go
ing into the woods with llc-
enses in their pockets, but
getting no deer, can us ually
find out from game warden
where they can buy an animal,
if they are ION the q. IT,
about it.
Deer are killed all the year
through, when they are good
by the settlers, who claim
this, for some strange reason,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-18

The word idea formerly meant q
completed performance, whether men
tai or physical
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-18

Call on Meehan for monographs
on easy payments. New stock
of records received weekly,
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12
oaudy Pews for Church.

Allentown. Pa.-Joseph Held, John
Gait and Clarence Hobart have start
ed suit for $16S wages against CARTS
e. Dolly, contractors, who painted the
interior of Jordan Reformed church at
Walbert's last summer. The defend
ants claim that the consistory had
withheld part of their money because
the pews were painted yellow. green
and chestnut, altogether too gaudy for
a church"
More money was held back, they ex-
planned at the hearing before the al.
'derman, because they hadn't been able
to finish memorial window for lack
OF proper material The Reading
firm, which had contracted to supply
this. had sent colored glass designed
for barroom window instead of an
ecclesiastical scene.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12
DOING AWAY WITH HAND WORK.
Device Sought by Which Poultry May
Be ArtificiaIly Plucked.

Six turkeys slain that morning re-
volved slowly on a kind of spit in a
small room ON the ground floor of a
great poultry farm, and as they re-
volved they were miraculously plucked.
Invisible hands stripped off their
plumage; the air was gray with fall
ing feathers.
wind plucked turkeys-it is an ex'
pertinent" said the foreman. Those
birds are being plucked by cross-cur
rents of electrically driven air But
experiment is not a commercial sue
cess.
For many years we have tried to
invent a poultry-plucking machine. We
have not succeeded well. Air 'pluckine
seems to be the idea that offers most
promise, but it still wants a lot OF
working out Yet eventually, l have
no doubt, these turkeys that now take
a half hour and cost ten cents apiece
to pluck by air will be air plucked in
few seconds, and at no more cost
than ten cents thousand"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12

boasts Of one whose choice Of occupa-
ton is perhaps the only one being fol-
lowed at any place in the United
States-that of snake dentist.
For nearly % years f. b. Armstrong,
of the country near Brownsville, Texas,
has been in this business. He operates
on choice clientele of customers, for
he only handles the business of his
majesty the diamond-back rattler. And
he makes handsome living out of his
strange and grewsome occupations In
fact, he has grown well off in worldly
goods, and is now able to retire com
fortably from following his more or
less hazardous calling.
Mr.. Armstrong actually does dental
work on the big snakes that he han.
dies. He extracts their fangs and poison
sacs. and he does this to thousand
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12
LAWYERS AVOID DEAF CLIENTS.
Are Handicap to Their Efforts In the
Courtroom.

A man in the Tombs for theft con-
suited three different lawyers, each OF
whom seemed unwilling to undertake
his defense, says the New York Press.
The fourth man interviewed was also
on the point of declining the case.
Look here" the accused broke out
angrily, whats the matter with you
fellows anyhow? This isn't a difficult
case. You ought to be able to get me
off easily, and I'm willing to pay
1.-THE trouble is this said the fourth
man frankly You are very deaf. No
lawyer likes to defend deaf man I'M
less he is hard pushed for clients or is
going to receive q tremendously big
fee. A deaf man is so very likely to
queer his own case. If he would only
trust implicitly to the lawyer he would
be all right, but that is something he
seldom does. He cannot hear what is
going on about him, so he flies into a
panic and fancies his lawyer is neg
lecting his interests, and the first
thing anybody knows he blurts out
something that ruins the case. / really
can't blame those other men for turn
ing you down. / shall do the same
thing unless you will promise upon
your honor not to speak only when
tell you to-"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12
GERMANS PREFER HANGING.
Distinguished crlmlnologist Declares
Electrocutlon Undesirable.

Berlin.-Prof, Prudential the dis
tinguished German criminologist who
went to New York to study the use of
electricity in carrying out death SEN
fences. advises against it's substitu-
ton for the system of hanging and of
decapitation now in vogue in Germany
Prof Prudential witnessed an ex-
ecuuon by electricity at Auburn
prison, New York, He says that the
chsir is prefer able to the gallows or
the block from the standpoint of the
Spectators because the human agency
whereby death is caused is not so APP
parent, He insists. however, that this
advantage does not compensate for
the torture the spectators suffer In the
uncertainty as to just what moment
death occurred, or If 1t had occurred
at all
On the occasion when Prof. Freu.
denthal was present the spectators
had a distinct impression that the
heart of the condemned man con-
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12
PERlsHEs WITH HERMIT.
Faithful Dog Refuses to Leave Master
In Flames.

Rehersburg, Pa.-Frederick G. Wit
man. aged rs. a well-known character
in western Berks county. met with a
horrible death by burning in his her
nit home in Tulpehocken. George
Yeakley, who lives some distance
away, heard cries coming from the old
mans stone home. and when he
reached there he found 1t all ablaze.
He tried to get inside, but the lone
occupant of the place had each night
secured the doors and windows with
strong wrought iron bars.
Through rift at one of the win
dows Yeakley and his mother beheld
a horrible sight. Seated on his old
wood chest, where he had lounged so
much all his life, they saw the figure
OF the aged man. He was in flames
from head to foot, and his clothing
and hair had all been burned Off. The
arms were partly raised and his fea-
lures terribly distorted, indicating
that he had died in fearful agony.
Witman's old shepherd dog, that
had guarded his master. for many
years, was pacing up and down In
front of the wood chest when Yeakley
finally cut away the door frame and
gained admttance. The oog, al
though badly burned. could have beer
saved but he snarled and bit when
an effort was made to take him out
Finally he dragged himself over tc
the chest and died at the feet of his
master.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12
CAT CURE FOR RHEUMATISM.
Black Hide Worn in Form of Belt is
Panacea.

Nashville, Tenn.-"The hide of a
black cat dried in an autumn sun and
worn around the waist in the form of
a belt will keep rheumatism away
said Mark Duvall of Alexandria. La,
at the Hotel Duncan. Now, don't
laugh, and wait until after you've
heard the story. For three years |
had symptoms of rheumatism--very
painful symptoms. | lay awake nights
and suffered a thousand deaths
mentally and physically, One day an
old negro working on an adjoining
plantation told me of the black cat
hide remedy. OF course. didn't be-
lieve in it, but, like a drowning man
grabbing at straw, though J would
give 1t trial, as lEow the old time
southern darI 70 I've a real 500 doc
tor { had p 'b.4-k cat killed IN Oc-
-argf ana let ths hide stay out for
lb6us 10 days to Try. } then cur It
M ard made belt about ore inch
wide out of It, l put on the belt and
wore Il for eight weeks. Believe me
when / say chat my rheumatic pains
hai entirely disappeared the third
week. have never had pain since,
and still have my black cat bert"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12

Is SIX inches long and so closely re.
sembles the human form that at a
glance 1t would be taken for a newly.
born babe. 1t is marked so as to re.
semble the eyes. nose, mouth. neck
breast, waistline, abdomen, thighs and
iegs OF human being. In a letter
which accompanied the radish Mr.
Thompson says that in looking over
an English record in which were
shown illustrations of peculiaritles in
vegetable growth he found nothing
among the illustrations or descrin.
tons that equaled this one.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12

among the professions. There are
more teachers and possibly more law
yers than there are persons who make
their living wholly or in the main part
by writing; and possibly there are as
many physicians. But il you could
count the reporters and correspond
ents. the special writer's for the news
papers, the makers of textbooks, the
writer's for magazines, the novelists,
the playwrights, the writer's of gov
eminent and other public documents
and all the rest who make their liv.
Ing wholly or in main part by writ.
ing, you would be astonished to see
how large company they are.-Wal
ter H. Page, in Atlantic Monthly.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12

OF them every year. The poison wheE
extracted is sold to chemists and ply
sicians who find 1t highly useful in
medicine, and he also sells many Of
the harmless snakes which are In
much demand, also, so that he does
good business without advertising, and
always has more orders than he can
ill.
Armstrong; method of handling the
snakes and extracting the poison from
the little sacs which lie at the base of
the fangs is unique and original. From
each RATHER he extracts from one to
two tabespoonfuls Of the potion, which
Is a green. syrup.like liquid and has
distinctly sweetish taste. The poi
son is comparatively harmless when
taken internally, though Armstrong
would not advise anyone to make a
habit Of swallowing much of 1t crude
For the purpose of extracting and
saving the liquid poison the captor
uses specially constructed box which
has sliding glass top. This box is
so constructed that Armstrong can
hold the snake securely while operat.
ing on him, and at the same time keep
an eye on the snakes movements In
| the box. The snake is hauled out of
/, the box In which it had been placed
when taken from the fattening pen,
where 1t has been kept for weeks and
| perhaps months. and Is then induced
| to enter the operating bog which Arm
strong facetiously calls his dental
| chair
By their united efforts Armstrong
| and his Mexican helper then press
the rattler's head backward over the
sliding top, which forces the snakes
mouth open. The lid is then pressed
| tightly against the protruding neck.
BY this time the snake has become
furiously angry at his undignified
treatment and is ready to strike at
anything and strike deep and hard.
| At the opportune moment Armstrong
| places the rim of small glass in the
snakes mouth, the Mexican helper re.
leases the head Of the reptile for an
| instant and 1t Immediately clamps its
fangs on the rim of the glass. The
| terrible fangs dart forth (they are
| shaped exactly like the claws of a
cat when they are unsheathed) and
the poison is quickly emptied into
the glass.
| In its ferocious state tho snake
drains its glands of all the poison
they contain, and for long time II
remains harmless, so far as danger
from its poison is concerned. Mr..
Armstrong then has little difficulty in
removing the fangs with a pair of
ordinary dentists forceps.
From six to eight of these fangs
are grown by the rattlesnake in the
course of his lifetime. and they are
from one-quarter to a half inch in
length. are curved and as sharp as
needles, The snakes from which the
fangs have been extracted find ready
sale at fancy prices. Armstrong keeps
a large lot on hand all the time, how.
ever, in order to supply the demand
for the poison.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12
A Vegetable Freak.

A freak in vegetable growth has
been added to the collection in the
museum of the geological division of
the Pennsylvania state department Of
agriculture. This freak was a radish
which grew in the garden of Martin
Herzog, a Tyrone cigarmaker, and was
sent to Harrisburg by Representative
Thompson of Blair county. The radish
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12
A RisL

Many man has by simple econ.
omy laid the foundation of a for
tune" ioi'
yes answered the man who
doesn't figure closely, but by the
time you get your fortune you are On
liable to be grounded in habits %
economy that you won't enjoy snend.
ing the money" 'p'nu-
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12
A Mlstaken lmpresslon.

"of course" said the analytical
questioner, there is great deal to
be said on both sides of the question"
Yes, answered Senator Sorghum.
TOO many OF us are getting the idea
that all a public question is fit for
nowadays is TO serve as the topic for
a good talk"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12
Brute.

II shall never speak TO you again."
declared Mrs. Jawback. reduced to
tears at the end of the argument
Just like woman" scoffed Mr..
Jawback, brutally. IF you can't get
your way in aLv other way, you resort
to bribery"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12

tinued to beat after the first applica-
ton of the voltage. A second appli-
cation was therefore made. Prof.
Prudential also finds that the length
OF the torture suffered by the con-
demned makes the adoption of cleo
tricity undesirable in Germany.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12
innocent chiIdbood

Little William-My father no.
charge of over 20 men. mas
Little Jimmy-Hub, that's noth,ro,
my father has charge over your fa.
Little William-Wen, my fa,no.
makes more money than your fath" e
He doesn't own the shop.-Bohem Ier'
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12
TEXAS SNAKE DENTIST
r. 3. ARMSTRONG FOLLOWS HAz.
ARpous OCCUPATION.
Makes Good Living by Extracting
Fangs and Poison from Rattiers
Reptiles Then Sold for
Fancy Prices.

Weatherford. Tex.--Men have adopt
ed many strange and hazardous occu-
pations and callings by which to gain
a livelihood. but the state of Texas
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12
Statistics of Writers.

And the writer's craft Is now be-
come very large craft. In numbers
1t ranks perhaps second or third
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-12-12
What's the matter @
with | D A H 0 I

Thousands OF acres of land have
been reclaimed to cultivation oy
irrigation in that State during
the past 10 years, Thousalla9'
more will be reclaimed witml
the next 10 years. This mean,
an opening for many thousahu'
of homes.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-25
A L PROPOSALS.
ESSEX COUNTY PARK COMMISSION.
u

ESSEX COUNTY PARK COMMISSION
PROPOSAL.
Sealed proposals for the construction OF s.
inch telford roadway at Weequahic Reserva-
ton, Newark. N. j.. will be received at the
Office of the Essex County Park Commission.
800 Broad street, Newark. N. j., up to 1880 p.
M. Tuesday. July Both, 1907.
Plans and specifications can be examined
and blank form of proposal obtained at the
office Of the Engineer, 60 Clifton avenue, New
ark, N. J.
Proposals must be submitted on the blank
form furnished by the Engineer.
The Engineers estimate of the work to be
done by which the bids will be tested Is;
5000 square yards telford roadway.
The Essex County Park Commission re-
serves the right OF increasing or reducing tbs
above quantity.
A certified check for FIVE hundred dollars
$500, payable to tho Essex County Park
Commission, without any conditions indorsed
thereon. mus accompany each bid. and be
forfeited by the successful bidder unless he
enters into a contract should the same be
awarded to him; tho successful bidder will be
required to furnish a bond from a guaranty
or trust company of satisfactory standing to
the commission, in the sum Of five thousand
dollars $4,000. for the faithful performance
Of tho contract.
The Essex County Park Commission reserves
the right to reject any or all bids and re-
tains the right to accept any bid which In its
Judgment is for the best interest Of the
county.
A. CHURCH,
Secretary. Essex County Park mmiss
jy16. Is. 20. %, 25.2T
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-25
west Hudson Realty.

JERSEY CITY, July 25.-The following
deeds and mortgages affecting property In
West Hudson were recorded Yesterday:
Harrison Conveyances-Mary G. ant
Thomas J. Butler to Charles G. Caparn e
nix, west side of Washington street. 13s
feet 8 inches north from Warren street
25x142 feet 3 inches. 1000.
william II. Anderson ct TX. to Josephine
d. McClave, Harriet N. Currier and Ada
A Jones, undivided one-ninth OF south side
of Newark and New York Railroad at the
cast line of the Passaic River, east l,lA
feet by south l., 595 feet to the intersection
OF the Passaic and Hackensack rivers. by
north along the Passaic River A feet by
north 290 feet by north 429 feet by north
1876 feet by north SOS feet by north 1872 feet,
81, 500.
Walter Anderson ct ux. to Josephine D.
McCIave, Cyrus N. Ctrrier and Henry p.
Jones, undivided one-ninth OF south line of
the Newark and New York Railroad at
the east line of the Passaic River. east
1.140 feet by south 1886 feet to the inter-
section of the Passaic and Hackensack
rivers by north along the Passaic River
north "A feet by north 800 feet by north 429
feet by north 1876 feet by north 66S feet by
north 1S2 feet. 1880.
Kearny Mortgages-John Roche to Secu-
rity Savings Bank of Newark. northwest
corner Of Halsted street and Kearny ave-
nue., 2O0x100, SIS, eco.
Jacob SaWelson ct uX. TO William j. B.
McGlennon. south side Of Pomeroy VENUE,
2g5 feet east from Devon street. 21x9l, $50.