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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
The Way In Turkey.

In the days when NJ. Paul Cambon
represented the interests of the French
republic at Constantinople Nine. Sarah
Bernhardt, who had been touring in
eastern Europe, was DESTROYS of giving
a dramatic representation at Yiidiz
kiosk. The sultan was willing, and tie
terms were duly arranged with the
keeper of the wardrobe, the worthy
pasta who has the control of all enter
tainments at YildiZ. But the pasna
held out his land for more backsheesh
than La Belle Sarah felt inclined to
give, and so the long looked for rep
resentation did not take place. Sarah
Bernhardt lost by it f1.00O and the
coveted order of the Cbefekat. Her.
mann, the conjurer, knowing the ropes
better than the French actress, squared
the keeper of the wardrobe, gave his
show and got his thousand pounds
Exchange.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
RenOdcIeG.

After being injured by bull of pc
culiarly savage temper John Wesson
was under a doctors care for a con
siderable time and thereby incurred a
heavy bill for medical attendance
When he was almost we'll one of his
old friends who had called upon him
said he congratulated him on looking
so well after such a long illness.
Looking wellr' echoed John. 81
should be looking we'll. There's been
$3.50 spent in repairs on me lately, and
I'm not finished yet.''
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
A STUDY I'M EYES.
Michael Angelo had hazel eyes.

Michael Angelo had hazel eyes.
Mohammed had coal black eyes.
Milton had gray blue eyes, clear and
round.
Beethoven had small brown eyes.
very mobile.
Dante had, according to Boccaccio.
large black eyes.
Isaac Newton had blue eyes, small.
bright and piercing.
Cowper. physically timid, had weak
blue eyes devoid Of animation.
Harvey, the discoverer of the circu-
lation of the blood. had small eyes. full
of spirit.
Carlyle's eyes were described as "the
very handsomest ever seen in a mans
head-dark blue"
Bismarck had eyes Of steely gray,
deep sunken, almost hidden under
bushy eyebrows.
DR.. Johnson's poor health SO affected
his eyes that they were dull and life
less, of a watery blue.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
RIFLE SHOOTING.
Develops the Arms. Lungs and Chest
and Trains the Eye.

and Trains the Eye.
It Is not only the muscles of the arm
which are tested by properly organ
tied rifle shooting. 1t supplies an ex-
cellent exercise for the chest and
lungs. One of the first things the young
rifle shot has to learn is how to take
deep breath. to fill the lungs with air.
and then to hold the breath Willie the
rife is kept absolutely steady and the
trigger. \ glance at any successful
rifle shot Will show you a man with
deep chest and full powers OF. breath
ing.
ANY form Of recreation which trains
the muscles of the arm and exercises
the chest and lungs would seem likely
to be beneficial to health, but if that
is not enough there is the uneQualed
training which rifle shooting gives to
the eye and to the hand working with
the eye. The writer remembers hear
ing musketry instructor boast that
he had heightened not only his own
sight. but the sight of scores Of boys
whom he had taught how to use their
eyes in aiming at target. by two or
three hundred yards, simply by con-
tinued practice at long distance shoot
ing. 1t is astonishing what results can
be obtained in this way by placing a
rife on a sand bag raised on tripod
and making the pupil aim as accurate
~ as he can at any distant object. The
eye can be trained, of course, equally
we'll, though the sight will not neces-
sarily be heightened, by aiming at OBJ
jects close at hand-London Spectator.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
IThe Name "Fife.v

The origin of the name Fife is not
known. One historian tries to show
that it comes from the Celtic word
veach, Pict, and means that the dis
trict was inhabited by Picts, but that
is obviously absurd, as Fife was not
specially the home of any of the Pict-
ish nations. The tradition that finds
greatest favor is related by monk.
who states that the first known pos
SCISSOR of the district which has since
grown into the kingdom of Fife was
one Fifus Duffus, a famous chieftain
whose date is lost in the mists Of an.
tiquity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
The Huns.

The first mention of the Huns in his
tory is in China B. G. 30. They con-
quered that country and were after
ward driven out by the Celestials and
marched clear across Asia, penetrating
the country now known as Hungary in
BIG A. D. For a time they threatened
to overrun the whole of the continent,
but were defeated in the heart of
France and driven back to the banks
of the DanELo-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
The "Maaa'' who Minds the Cows.

In the Basque country the children
begin to work at an early age. They
learn to tend and guide the oxen,
which are used entirely for agricultur-
al and draft work, and as if by instinct
obtain complete control over the ami
mails while barely able to reach their
heads The sturdy urchin Of four years
is up at daybreak, and barelegged and
bareheaded he goes with the cows to
the pastures. If one should stray on to
q neighboring patch he is after it with
his long stick and Basque adjurations
End brings it scampering back, general
~ holding on to It's tail meanwhile
Strand Magazine
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14

Address County Clerk, Washburn, Wis.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
MODERN CIVILIZATION.
Its COmpIexity, Hurry and Worry
Shortening Our Lives.

Shortening our Lives.
Not long ago while travelling I chanc-
ed to stop at village on the river
Rhine. where | found an astonishing
number of old people. There were a
dozen over a hundred years of age and
many from eighty years old up to the
century mark, yet straight and vigor-
GUS. One woman nearly hundred
years old was earning her living by
picking hops. Her grandchildren were
middle aged. 1t was quite wonderful.
But there was no mystery about it. 1t
was merely the effect of simple life
spent largely in the fields, with plain
diet, consisting of few vegetables
and fruits, little meat, and native beer
and wine for beverages.
Nothing can be more obvious than
that the very complexity of our mod
ern civilization is shortening our lives.
But of all the evils that aftlict us the
worst and most destructive are hurry
and worry Hurry drives the body ma
chine beyond its capacity, while worry
racks it inWardly. OF the two worry
is probably the worse. This might in
deed be called the age of worry. Be
cause of the intense nervous strain to
which we are subjected we do vastly
more worrying than did our forbears.
The average man of today is continual
ly surrounded and pursued by phantom
troubles, which, though few of them
ever materalze into realities, haunt
him continually, running his peace Of
mind and injuring his health.-Reader
Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
He Cheapened Pens.

Sir Josiah Mason was, according to
his biography. walking in Bull street,
Birmingham, in the year 1923 when he
saw some steel pens, price 3s. Cd. each
Josiah was hard up maker of split
rings. No sooner had he seen the pens
than he went home, made some better
than those in the shop, sent them up to
London and got a large order by re-
turn. At thirty years of age Mason's
capital was 80 shillings. At sixty he
had given away 100000.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
The Privilege of Peers,

There is a curious case in Fortescue's
reports relating to the privilege Of
peers, in which the bailiff who many
years ago arrested a lord was forced
by the court to kneel down and ask
his pardon, though he alleged that he
had acted by mistake, for that his
lordship had a dirty shirt, a wornout
suit of clothes and only sixpence in
his pocket, so that he could not be-
lieye that he was a peer and arrested
him through inadvertence.-Green Bag.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
He Died Anyhow.

This was the way a native physician
In India filed out a death certificate
81 am of a mind that he died Cor lost
his life for want of foodings or on &C.
count of starvation. Maybe also fol-
other things for comfortables, and
most probably he died by drowning"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
The Original "viIIage Blacksmith e'

Dunchurch, near Rugby, claims that
it's smithy is the original forge which
inspired the famous verses on 'The
Village Blacksmith 1t is a pictur-
esque old place, and the spreading
chestnut tree" still fourishes in front
Of it-London Strand.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
No Need For "a Leader.

The society reporters always speak
of bride being lied to the altar" just
as though bride couldn't find her own
way there blindfolded. = Philadelphia
Record.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-29
~
Arw5
"Cream Ale.n

For some time past in different parts
Of the State there has been on sale a
certain brew or connection which has
been labeled Cream Ale.n Sheriff
Lott of Covington county being advised
OF the extent at which the brew was
being sold in his section and of its eff
fects on some of those who drank it,
procured samples and sent them to
State Chemist Hand, at the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College, for
analysis Prof. Hand reports that he
finds the percentage of alcohol carried
by the beverage is rather less than that
found in ordinary beers, though the
materials contains as much alcohol as
many light beers. The result of this is
that the sale of Cream Ale" is likely
to be stopped.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-29
GAINING NEW SETTLERS
Constant tide of Home-Seekers Flow
ing Southwark.

One would scarcely guess that the
south had received in the past twelve
months so many as 10000 immi-
grants, yet the Baltimore Manufacture
ers Record estimates that during that
period 10000 to 100000 settlers
not mere laborers-have been attract
ed to the south, and that they have
bought between 100000 and 10000 600
acres of land. As a mere guess such
an estimate would have very little
value, but when the statement is
made by the Manufacturers Record
that this estimate is based upon re-
ports furnished by leading railroads
operating in the south, it appears
worthy TO be depended upon
70 the ordinary observer of move
ments making for adyancements in
the south, the impressive thing about.
these figures is their present size not
only but also the fact that they are
only a beginning of what is likely
to be- for years to come, a constantly
increasing tide of home-seekers flow
ing southwark This means that with
in the next five years, or a shorter
period even, the gains which the
south will make in population NOV.
ing hither from other parts Of the
country will be equal to the addition
of one or two new states These npO.
pie will bring with them no small in.
crement of capital and other material
things; they will add their own brain
and muscle to the building energies
of the south; and the presence of
these home-makers, their energies and
their capital amongst us can not fail
to influence our farming interests and
our farm values.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-29

A story is told OF Senator Knute
Nelson, who spent some of his early
years In a logging camp He theEe
discovered the necessity OF certain
emphatic language in order to make
mules move. AN varieties OF
tongues were in demand in that camp:
Scandinavian, German, Itallan-but
none OF the words used seemed to
have the explosive force to adjust
the tempo OF the mule to the desired
pace. Along came a strapping Irish.
man, who used some popular exple-
tiyes, usually indicated in print by
blank, blank, or --- ---. The mules
moved! There's language all
mules understand" said the Irishman
-"and it's not me mother tongue,
ayther. Joe Mitchell Chapple. In
National Magazine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-29
SOUTHERN
AGRICULTURE
DISCARD THE HOE.
Labor Too Scarce and Too High to
Use Old-Time Methods.

That many have succeeded in max
ing a crop without using the hoe is a
most important fact 1t certainly be
hooves us to learn their method and
to pattern after them as much as pos
sible. If We cannot succeed in dis
carding the hoe altogether. the more
We can dispense with it the better,
since il is the most expensive work
we have to do in making a crop. The
secret lies in the manner Of planting
and in the use Of the weeder and har.
row to prevent the young grass get
ting a start and thinning the cotton by
the use Of these tools instead OF chop
ping the cotton TO a stand. A machine
has been recently invented to burn all
the lint from cOttonSeed without de.
stroying its terminating power. This
will enable us to drop cottonseed as
We do corn. If this is a success as
they claim, II will work a revolution
in cotton planting. BE this as It may,
we are here to learn and to improve
by every suggestion of value. All
wide-awake cotton planters will give
this matter careful consideration and
learn to do without so much hoeing
Labor is too scarce and too high to
use the old-time methods. Then cot
ton choppers are on the market that
will block the cotton for you Ex-
pertinent along these lines and work
out a method that will be satisfactory
to you. twenty-five years ago Mr.
Tom Boughn, down in Coweta county
would take a V-shaped harrow with
spiked teeth and run across his cot
ton rows twice and thin it as we'll as
kill tho grass, He would cultivate his
cotton with less than half the hoeing
given by his neighbors. If you will
run the weeder over your cotton Just
as it is coming up, and then every
week for two or three weeks, you can
save wonderfully IN the cost of cult,
waiting your cotton and the hoeing nee
essary will be light,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-29
THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIE.
Whole Body Covered with Cuban Itch
--Cuticura Remedies Cured at Cost
of SeventyFiVe Cents.

"My little boy, when only an infant
of three months, caught the Cuban
Itch. Sores broke out from his head
to the bottom of his feet. He would
itch and claw HIMSELF and cry all the
time. He could not sleep day or night,
and light dress il all he could wear.
l called one of OR best doctors to
treat him. but he seemed TO get worse.
He suffered so terribly that my hus.
band said he beUsyed he would have
to die. had almost given up hope
when lady friend told me to try the
Cuticura Remedies. | used the Cuti-
cura Soap and applied the Cuticura
Ointment and he at once fell into a
sleep, and he slept with ease for the
first time since two months. After
three applications the sores began to
dry up, and in Just two weeks from the
day | commenced to use the Cuticura
Remedies my baby was entirely well
The treatment only cost me 75c, and
would have gladly paid 800 if l could
not have got it cheaper. | feel safe II
saying that the Cuticura Remedies
saved his life. He is now boy of five
years. Mrs. Zana Miller, Union City
r. f. D. No. /, Branch Co., Mich, May
II, 1906"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-29
WIN a prnvlkn.

when universal peace is finally es'
tablished," said Alfred II. Love, the
president Of the Universal Peace un'
ion, in an interview in Philadelphia,
then many q man who now ridicules
the peace movement will claim to
have been its lifelong champion. 1t
is always so. We thump and kick
poor, weak, struggling movement at
its inception, and when it has succeed
ed and no longer needs our help, we
give it the most soicitous support,
There was once a young lady whose
betrothed, very poor young man
was about to set out for South Amert
ca to seek his fortune in the rubber
trade. As he took his leave of her the
night before his departure, he said
TREMENDOUSLY; And you swear to be
true to me. Irene? Yes, Heber, cried
she girl. 'yes--if you're successful. D.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-29
PROFITS IN BEEKEEPlNG.
or All the Pursuits It Is the Least Ex.
pensive.

The latest authentic statistics from
which We can estimate the profits in
beekecping are the census reports
made in the year 1901, According to
these reports, as published in the Year
Book for 1901 the aggregate value of
bees in the United States, June 1,
1900, was $1O,1SG,513, and the aggre-
gate value of honey and wax produced
for the year 1900 was $6,G64,90 This
shows gross profit Of about G5A per
cent on the investment, a profit not
excelled, if equalled, in any other pur-
suit in our country And this is the
more significant when it Is remem-
bered that Of all the pursuits beekeep-
ing is the least expensive.
Assuming, which is reasonable, that
Bookkeeping has kept pace with other
pursuits, there is now at least % per
cent more bees in value than there
were on June I, 1900 tor seven years
ago., there would now he bees in this
country amounting in value to $12,-
73314l, and the gross annual income
from which would be the sum OF
$S,331, 1870.
In the reports above referred TO-.
every State in the Union is represent
ed, and, as to profits, it is a notewor-
thy fact that no one State has a very
great advantage over aonther, and
what advantage is shown seems to be
the result of the mode of keeping the
bees and not because Of any climatic
influence. The per cent of profit in
Texas and Massachusetts is about the
same, and the same is also true with
reference to Wisconsin and Alabama.
To beekeepers it is encouraging to
know that their little pets are not re
spectors of climate or sections of our
country, Whether north or south Of
Mason and Dixons line, or on the
chilly shores of northern lakes. or
basking in the eternal sunshine of the
South, they roll in golden treasure
without stint for the human family.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-29
HOG RAISING IN THE SOUTH.
Primers Should Take Advantage OF
Favorable Conditions.

An Illinois hog feeder says in Cole.
mans Rural World: Two years ago /
took an extensive trip through the
south, going as far as the land would
let me go. 1t is not necessary for me
to say tnat / saw a great many things
which Interested me. for this was my
first trip in that direction, In almost
every branch of agriculture. | found
something that appealed to my inter
est But, being a swine specialist
my observations We're more centered
on things pertaining to that industry.
All localities which | visited We're not
highly adapted to hog rasiing, but
most places seemed to be ideal,
My location for a hog farm is not
in the heart of the corn belt l pre-
fer country where land is cheaper
and more adapted to forage crops,
Forage crops are more cheaply raised
than corn and generally bring a lar
ger net income. Good corn land is not
always the best for such crops as COW
peas, sofa beans sand yeteh, winter
rye and other such crops which
might mention. Although l found but
little of the best corn land, hardly
found a place in the south where
the above named crops would not
flourish.
As a persons is always more i'm
pressed by the failings of strangers
than of his old acquaintance. | was
surprised to see how few OF farmers
were ayailiug themselves of their
superb natural conditions, but were
allowing their hogs to make them
selves upon free range with only
enough grain at the last to make them
90 on the market, They would give
as their reasons for doing this that
the grain or growth made upon free
range cost nothing, while raising so
much corn is hard on the land.
found that oftentimes these free-range
hogs would not weigh zoe pounds at
a year old, while two years was often
required to attain such weight In
the corn belt hogs are made to weigh
as much at seven months when pushed
and it is a very easy mater to make
whole droyes of them to weigh it at
eight months AS to the injury to the
land hogs require a balanced ration
for most profitable results, the raising
Of such ratious also giving a balanced
ration to the soil by way of proper
crop rotation, to say nothing Of the
fertilizer saved by keeping the hogs
on land intended for cultiyaton The
proper raising of hogs would increase
the farmers income and would insure
him larger crops by virtue Of increased
fertility
I am glad to say that l found a
great many farmers who were taking
advantage Of their favorable condi-
lions and are experiencing results by
which ! have derived my favorable
conclusions regarding the adaptable
ity Of the country for swine raising.
l was much impressed with the eX-
cellent quality and flavor of the pork
/ produced on these well-managed plan.
tations. Yet notwithstanding this
fact ! am informed by reliaDIe an
| thoMty that a large proportion Of the
/ meats consumed in the south arc
/ shipped in from uOrthern markets
/ have wondered if our farmers here in
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-29

In Europe guinea fowls sell for good
prices. 1t is said on good authority
that poultry raiser near Leipsic has
for years made 4 specially of these
birds and has sold the product for an
average price of 75c each. The same
writer says that in Paris birds are
sold in summer for soc and in winter
for 60c each, while the eggs bring
twice as much as hens eggs. In the
United States the price Of guinea
fowls varies greatly with the season,
the locality and the individual mar
ket, but has in general advanced con-
siderably during recent years. Where.
as a pair formerly sold in New York
at SOC to 9Oc they now bring 90c to
$125 or more.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-29
To Be Put to the Test.

The Mississippi railroad commission
has decided to put its order Of July 7,
1906, relative to intra-county telephone
service, to a practical working test by
summarily commanding the Cumber-
land Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany to build trunk line between
Centreyille and Woodville, in Wilkin,
son county, in order that subscribers of
the exchanges at those points may OBJ
tain the benefits Of intra-county service.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-29

One day Marjorie, aged three, want.
ed to play doctor with her sister.
Marjorie was the doctor" and she
came to make a call on her sister
who made believe she was sick. "Do
you want to know what you've got?"
the doctor asked, after a critical ex.
animation. YES" family assented
the sick woman. you've got dirty
hands" said Marjorie, dropping in dis,
gust the wrist on which she had been
feeling the pulse.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-29
Just the Size,

81 understand dat dere will be sew.
eral bogus animals on de STAGE said
the long and lanky tramp as he read
the sign "Supes Wanted"
Yes replied the short and stout
wayfarer, Il am going to play de head
of de elephant and me fat pardner is
going to play de hind legs"
HIM Then l suppose dere is no
chance for a tall, thin supe like me-"
ooh, yes, pard, you could play de
neck of de giraffe"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-29

At the death of a much-loved pas
tor some years ago the vestry of a
prominent New York church resolved
to place a tablet to his memory in
the vestibule of the church, tells
Harpers Weekly. In due time the
tablet appeared in its place, where it
still remains. 1t has caused not a
few smiles; for, after reciting list
of the former pastors virtues and la
bors, it closes with the quotation
"Now the people of God have rest"