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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-11-29
THEIR FAvoRIre BEVERAGES.
What Some Of the Worlds Great Men
Preferred to Drink.

The entertaining author of "Collec.
tons and Recollections" has been
writing on the favorite beverages of
great men. Thackeray's choice was
claret. He said that our intellect
ripens with good cheer and throws OF
surprising crops under the influence
of that admirable liquid, claret" Mr..
Gladstone, to whom the other pleas
rres Of the table meant nothing, was
a suckler for port, believer In it, a
Judge OF it. Mr.. Russell says that the
only feeble speech he ever heard from
Gladstone was made after dinner at
an otherwise hospitable house. where
wine was not suffered to appear.
Lord Tennyson drank his bottle Of
port every day. and drank 1t undecant.
ed, for, as he justly observed, a de-
canter holds only eight glasses, but a
black bottle nine Mr.. Browning. II he
could have his own way, drank port
all through dinner. as well as after it.
Sir Moses Montefiore, who lived to
complete his hundred years, drank
bottle OF port wine every day after he
came to mans estate. Mr.. Finching.
the wine merchant in Little Dorritt."
thought champagne weak but palata-
BILE and Lord St Jerome, In 10
THAR" was esteemed by the young
men patriot because he always gave
his best champagne at his ball sup
pers. Town and Country.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-11-29
WOMAN IN STRANGE FIELDS.
Exploration and Discovery No Longer
Left to the Sternsr Sex.

Not long ago the triumph Of wo-
man who had ascended one OF the
Himalaya peaks to q height hitherto
uneQualed by any mountain climber
was duly chronicled. few days later
a foreign news item announced the ar
rival in South Africa Of an American
young woman who seeks the jungle
in order to study the language Of the
monkey tribe. She is alone in her
daring quest and appears to have a
full realization Of its perils.
Still another venturesome woman is
Margaret Selenka. of German birth.
who is to head an important scientific
expedition to Java In the early part Of
the coming year She goes there In
the endeavor to establish the identity
of fossil man-ape found on the
island, as the so-called missing link
II is evident that these women are
admitting no handicap because OF
the sex. They are courageously en-
tering regions that few men have pen.
etTated and their action suggests that
{, may not be long before the suprem-
acy of the sterner sex In the fields OF
exploration and discovery will be very
seriously questioned.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-11-29
Hobby Of English Duke

-bs English duke of Rutland has
the walls OF one OF his castles adorned
with thousands of horseshoes, the col.
lection having been begun centuries
Ago. Among them is a shoe given by
Queen Elizabeth and another BY
Queen Victoria.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-11-29
Active English Statesmen.

Despite his 62 years Sir Charles
Dixie is oae Of the most active mem
bers OF the house OF commons. He Is
an enthusiastic sculler and goes
through a course OF training every
year. He u also an enthusiastic
tencer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02
A Little Ambiguous.

A group of interested citizens
was observed standing in front of
a billboard in one of Chicago's sub
urbs reading large poster that had
just been put up. Some Of them
were greatly amused, while others
were highly indignant.
A nearer inspection showed that
the purpose of the poster was to
advertise genuine colored min
strels' entertainment" that was to
be given at one of the local amuse-
ment halls. The particular portion
that had reused the emotions Of the
crowd was printed in great, flaring
letters:
.It will be enough to make mule
laugh! Bring your wives and chill
dren!"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02
Things Had Altered.

"Where is the dashing boarder
who used to be the life of the table
when I was here before, Mrs. Liver
more? ?" asked an old patron, ad-
dressing the landlady.
81 married him." was the quiet
reply.
"1ndeed! He was one of the
yprightliest fellows | ever met, al
ways bubbling over with spirits and
chock full of stories. He's away
from home, I suppose? | haven't
seen him since I returned"
"He's at home. He has never
been away"
"Really! Where is he then?"
"There he is at the end of the
table,"
"What! That quiet, subdued
looking man?"
eyes, sir" significantly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02
How to Succeed In Literature.

The qualities which consider most
conducive to success in literature are
Imagination, coupled with a great
knowledge of the world, concentration,
the willingness and ability to work
hard, a considerable knowledge of
business and firm determination to
!gnore the instructions Of literary and
other agents with regard to what the
reading public may be supposed to re-
quire. If any author once loses his In
dependence in writing he may be cali
ed finished, so far as any career is in
uuestion.-John Oliver Hobbies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02
Lost Dignity.

Irish viceroys are stripped of
their sovereign attributes as soon as
they reach English waters, which
gives point to the following story
told Of one viceroy and lady with
whom he was acquainted. They
both found themselves on board the
Holyhead packet. During the voy-
age from Ireland the lady treated
the viceroy with ceremonious re-
spect. So soon, however, as the
packet entered Holyhead harbor she
said to him, 'Now, Bobby, you're no
longer viceroy, so take my bag and
make yourself useful" p London
Truth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02
QUICK IN REToRT.
Stories Of Some Masters Of the Gentle
Art of Repartee.

Art Of Repartee.
Senator ingalls, was always quick
in retort, although he was himself
a subject of some sharp shafts. Once
he was attacked by Senator Eli
Salisbury Of Delaware, the second
smallest state in the Union. He
disposed of the whole matter by say
ing, II thank the senator from that
great state which has three counties
at low tide and two counties at high
tide for his advice"
John Randolph of Roanoke was
the most sarcastic man ever heard
in the halls of congress, unless Da
vid A. De Almond of Missouri be al
exception. Both Randolph's and
De Almonds speeches drip vitriol,
but they are not epigrammatic and
are hard to quote. Randolph, who
flcurished in the CT, s days Of the
republic, when things were all I'M
settled, was furiously attacked by a
Republican from Rhode Island who
had been blacksmith. Randolph
was descendant of Pocahontas and
of the best blood of aristocratic Vir-
ginia. He replied to the presump.
tuous blacksmith: "What creden-
tials does the gentleman bring
From whence does he spring? And
why has he left his leather apron
behind?" The reply was Kissed
back, 'I sent it to Pocahontas to
make moccasins for his grandchil-
dren."
An illustration of the nimble and
caustic wit of Alexander III. Ste
phens of Georgia in senatorial de.
bate occurred on the senate floor
during heated argument with Rob
ert Toombs, also Of Georgia. Ste
phens, although possessed of one OF
the most powerful brains of his
time, was lame and had a wizened
little body. Toombs was one of the
largest men in the senate and was
of a clustering, sputtering type. He
had argued with Stephens until he
was hoarse and became so exasper-
ated that he threatened to fight
However, consideration of the size
of his opponent deferred him, and
turning, he said, Il won't fight you
but / could swallow you whole.
Stephens quickly retorted, eff you
did you would have more brains in
your stomach than you ever had IL
your head" . Frederic J. Haskir
in Louisville Courier-Journal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02
FELL INTO MILLIONS.
The Slip by Which Rich Gold Mine
Was Discovered.

One of the most productive mines
in California was discovered through
an accidental fall of the discoverer.
He was one of a hunting party that
had gone out from San Francisco
during the Christmas holidays.
While passing along the side of
steep hill on narrow trail his horse
suddenly slipped and with his rider
went down into the gulch.
Happening to be the last in the
line and some distance behind the
others, he was not missed for some
moments, but when his absence was
noticed the party turned back t.
look for him, fearing some unto
ward accident. He was nowhere to
be seen, but the place where his
horse had slipped and fallen over
the bank, together with the traces
of the fall, was plainly visible. Fol
lowing the tracks made by the fall
ing horse and man, and when near
the bottom, the men suddenly came
upon an interesting spectacle. Just
behind clump of bushes which the
man and his steed had crashed
through on their way down stood
the horse, apparently uninjured,
while near by, on a slab of rock
projecting from the snow, the man
was capering like an Indian at a
ghost dance.
The first impression Of the rescu-
ing party was that the man had gone
suddenly crazy, but as he caught
sight of them he suddenly ceased
his gyrations and shouted for them
to approach. They came, when he
showed them several Jumps of al
most pure gold he had hastily
knocked from the edge with a stone
for a hammer and announced his
discovery Of a gold mine. The slid
ing horse had brought up against
the ledge, and the FESTIVE animal,
kicking vigorously in the efforts to
rise, had struck off the moss from
the stone and disclosed the fact that
it was a gold bearing ledge of un-
usual richness. The find was ap-
propriately named "The Christmas
Gift, " and a valuable gift it proved
to be.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02
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 IS. 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 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, 1907-05-02
The Ostrich.

In Its habits, methods of life and
prejudices the ostrich is one of the
most curious creatures of the animal
kingdom. 1t cannot be tanned, though
1t is easily trained to harness. When
taught to race it seems to delight in a
brush on the track or road with a
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
rider and travelling with the wind
this muscular creature can outstrip
any horse.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02
STONlNG A TIGER.
The Punishment of Man Eater That
Killed a Tibetan.

The Punishment of Man Eater That
Killed Tibetan.
Fifty years ago tigers were very COIN
mon even in the high hills Of western
Tibet, writes c.. A. Sherring IN his ac.
count of that country. At the present
time, however, owing to the increase
Of population and the general spread Of
cultivation, they have become rare,
and the appearance of a man eater
who carried off a poor old woman on
the slope of Chipla created consterna-
fion.
On the following day there were
gathered together a hundred grim men
armed only with axes and stones, for
they had not gun among them.
Fortune favored the brave, for the
tiger was found asleep under rock.
At once each man dropped silently into
she cover of the brushwood and piled
a heap of stones near to his hand,
while one of the most trusted of the
party was commissioned to stalk to
the top of the rock and drop hrCc
stone on the sleeping brute.
So well was the work done that the
stone fell true on the tigers back. and
Immediately, With a roar, the wounded
beast sprang up and, seeing his enc
mics, who leaped from their cover,
charged the line.
But a hundred men, desperate as to
consequences, throwing stones with
might and main. are not to be awed or
turned from thcir purpose lightly. The
stones broke the tigers teeth and went
into his mouth. and his body soon be-
came a mass of wounds.
Turning, he tried 70 escape and took
his pursuers up hill for mile. but
wherever ne paused and whatever he
did he could not escape the pitiless
rain of missiles The blow on his back.
first given, effectively checked his
speed, and finally, worn out he came
TO bay under q great cliff
The rest was easy. He was immedf
ately hemmed in, and the stones Were.
showered on him thicker than ever and
hurled with redoubled energy. AS he
sark down the villagers rushed in and
dispatched him with their axes. -
Youths Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02
THE MEXICAN OCELOT.
q Great Jumper Is This Strange Lit
tie Spotted Jungle Cat.

q Great Jumper Is This Strange Lit
tie Spotted Jungle Cat.
One of the most interesting animals
of the new world and yet one of which
little seems to be written. even by
Sportsmen who have spent much time
I'm Mexico and the Central American
states, is the ocelot, the strange little
spotted cat of the dense jungles OF
tropical parts of the two Americas.
They are not nearly SO heavy as the
average Lynx of the eastern woods and
are infinitely lighter on their feet.
They run with the greatest agility up
and down the almost perpendicular
trunks of trees and follow a crippled
bird out on limbs too slender, it would
seem, to bear the weight of the par
rot. let alone the cat. Parrots are the
ocelot's principal food, and their hunt
Ing is done almost altogether by day,
though. like all the cat tribe, they are
thoroughly at home in the blacklist
night
The parrots which they hunt fire.
0uent the thickest of forests, coming
to the ground only in the rare open
spaces and along the banks Of the
many small streams where they drink.
In order to follow them it is necessary
that the ocelots be great jumpers, and
SO they are. When | was following
the hounds through the southern Cali
fornia hills after wildcats and an oc-
casional mountain lion | was wont to
say that the latter was the greatest
Jumper on earth. The ocelot has any
mountain lion that ever walked beaten
q block, length for length and weight
for weight.-Forest and Stream.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02
FAKE Antiques.

People are buying English an
tioues from taste or as investments,
and as they do not part with them
the supply is becoming shorter and
shorter. A result is that the coun-
try is full of limitations. The can
tioues" to be found in country shops
are frequently bogus. We are flood
ed with copies of antique furniture
and engravings. There are shop
auctions in London of whole stocks
of bogus engravings, silver boxes,
Battersea enamels, miniatures and
the like.--London Spectator.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02
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, 1907-05-02
Rainy Day Money.

'Ts your husband putting by any.
thing for a rainy day" asked the pru-
dent relative.
81 think So" answered young Mrs.
Torkins. "I heard him mention several
horses yesterday that he said always
run best on a muddy track."-Wash-
ington Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02
Relief.

Lenders-Bv the way. that Ave dol
lar bill I loaned you Borroughs-I
haven't forgotten, old man. Don't
worry. still have it in mind. Lend
ers-Yes, but don't you think It's about
time you relieved your mind ?-Phila-
Gelphla Ledger.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02
Did Her Worst.

Hicks-She threatened all sorts of
things, ard finally he got desperate and
exclaimed, "Do your worstw 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, 1907-05-02
A Fatal Error.

Borrowes-Nellie, hand me my um-
brella, will you? 1t has commenced to
rain Mrs. B.-I lent your umbrella to
Mr.. Sweetfern last night. Borrowes-
What in thunder did you do that for?
Didn't you know it was his?-Spare
Moments.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02
Smart Youth.

"Young man, there are two questions
In life-'Will it pay?' and is 1t rightr
Which shall you choose"
"Both. I'll use the first up to fifty.
and then can probably afford to
adopt the second. Houston Chronicle
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02
Quite a Difference.

OUIL6 OITTGrGNCG.
"Say. paw, what does it mean to live
to ripe old age?"
when rich man gets to be eighty,
my son, he is at a ripe old age. A
poor man is merely old and decrepit"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02
LUNCHEON WAS EXPENSIVE
Instead of Is Francs 1t Really Cost
10000 Francs.

Instead of Is Francs 1t Really Cost
10000 Francs.
One day three friends III Paris were
taking walk together.
81 should like to have an exquisite
iunch,' said one Of the three.
ST should be satisfied with a lunch"
said the second, (which is little short
of being exquisite"
"And l." remarked the third one,
'tshould be content with any kind of
lunch"
Unfortunately none Of them was pos
sessed of the necessary money. Pres
emily one of the trio was struck by an
idea He led his friends to music
publisher and made him an offer:
BUY from us a song. This gentle
man wrote the text; that one set it to
music, and l shall sing it, as / am the
only one of us with good voice.
well, sing it for trial." replied the
publisher.
The young man complied, and the
publisher seemed to be satisfied. He
paid 10 francs for the song, and the
friends FASTENED joyfully to restau-
rant
The author Of the text was Alfred
de Musset, the musician was Monpur
and the singer Dupre. The so-ag, which
was bought and paid for With Is
francs. THE Andalusian Girl" yield
ed the publisher 10000 francs.-Har.
per's Weekly.
the Cinchona Tree.
The cultivation Of the cinchona tree
IL one of the principal industries of
Java, and the chemical process adopt
ed by the Dutch for the preparation of
the drug is said to produce the best
sulphate of quinine procurable. This
is carried out in Holland, whittier the
bark as stripped from the trees and
dried is exported. Cinchona planta-
lions are frequent on the lower hills
throughout Java, and the trees are OF
all sizes, from the mere sapling up to
thirty feet high
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-05-02

Address County Clerk, Washburn, Wis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10

year, while girls fears are greatest from fifteen to
eighteen. Going over his papers, found that the
fears themselves can be conveniently classified
~ instructive fearS,-that is fears which the child
has inherited from its remote ancestors just it
has inherited gill Sits the verniform appendix and
hundred and twenty other rudimentary organs
(2) physiological fears those due to painful
sensation; and CD mental fears. or those due to
painful or disagreeable idea or belief.
Instructive Fears
Under tie head of instructive fears may be listed
~ the following:
FEAR OF HIGH PLACES AND FALL1NG.-Quite
number of children suffer terribly when they have
to go up IN elevators or towers monuments, to
cross high bridges ravlneS. Some cannot sleep
in an upper story, even look out of window
above the first floor Others are frightened not so
much by the height as by almost irresistible inn
pulse they feel to jump off Some cannot Others
high places without feeling great fear; and some
cannot look down from high places, or into wells,
ride down steep hills. The Slight changes in the
blood pressure and other bodily sensations which
take place heights, the of the situation.
the feeling of insecurity and imagining what would
happen should one by any chance fall.
doubtedly exciting factors: but back of them all is
instructive gravity fear which is inexplicable
as seasickness. Everyone has seen infants, too
young to have imagination or knowledge of danger,
frightened being lifted toward the ceiling, or
even on being carried
FEAR OF GETTING Losr-Many children who
have been lost have this fear highly developed
They cling to their mothers when out walking,
especially when turning corners. Some afraid
to go out and play for this reason. This fear
be explained only by considering it an echo of those
prmeval times when to be separated from the mother
lost for instant fraught with danger for
the defenseess young. To be lost to-day is not par
ticulary dangerous but the instinct of the child
is stronger and more deeply rooted than its
FEAR OF CLosENEss.-Some children have the
horrors when the blanket gets their heads, or
when they shut in dark closets Others cannot
bear to ride in closed carriages enter caves
ravines gorges forests. any narrow place. and
one little girl had this fear highly developed that