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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
Thouuht He Was In India.

AS a consequence of the frequency
with which venomous snakes are met
with in India Anglo-Indians spend their
whole lives in thinking Of their lives
and watching out for snakes. When
Mr.. Kipling reached London from In
dia in his search for fame and fortune
he lodged in some small rooms on vii
liers street, Strand, up two flights Of
stairs. One morning a friend called,
and when he found himself in Rudyard
Kipling's sitting room he was surprised
to see handsome mirror which stood
over the fireplace smashed to smither-
eens."
Snakes" said Kipling, noticing the
look of establishment on his friends
face. 81 was doing in my chair yester-
day evening, and my foot slipped out
of my shoe, which for comfort I had
unlaced. Half waking, felt with my
foot for the shoe and began slipping
it in when my toes touched the leather
tongue Snake flashed across my
sleepy brain. l gave one desperate
kick, and when the shoe struck that
mirror l realized that was in London
and not in India"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
CLOSING His Mouth,

A very sensible bit of advice ex-
pressed in homely language was given
by a man not long ago to an excitable
and quarrelsome friend. 1t was in a
backyard, and two of the workmen
had engaged in an angry dispute
which eliminated in a fierce encOun-
ter. In the skirmish one of the COM
batants was hastily hurt on the head,
and the employer, who happened to
come on the scene of action when the
fight was finishing and was a man Of
more temper than discretion, advised
the injured one to get a warrant for
the others arrest. While the matter
was being discussed by a number of
workmen who had gathered round a
big, burly fellow who had heard ev-
erything and seen the whole affair
made his way to the man with the
damaged Uranium and said:
"You don't want to get no warrant,
Bill. You just go to the chemists shop
and get yerself two pieces of plarster-
good big ones-and put one piece on
yer head an the other on yer mouth,
an you'll be all right. Mail.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
A Place of Safety.

Wits which are serviceable only in
fair weather are not of much use to
the pioneer of new country. All sorts
of vicissitudes present themselves to
the dweller of the wild regions. Mr..
Wiley in his History of the White
Mountains" gives an instance Of a
man whose ingenuity withstood a cy-
clone. The incident took place in the
early days Of Jackson.
A terrible tornado passed over the
little settlement 1t was so strong
hardly anything could stand before it.
Houses and barns were leveled, trees
were whirled about in the air like
sticks, and men and women were
caught up and carried along for rods.
One house was RACED to the ground,
and chairs, tables, beds, bedding and
children went flying about in the wind
The father Of the family, snatching his
babies from the rude grasp Of the mon
ster, thrust the little folks heads
through two rails Of fence and left
them thus secured, with their legs
dangling in the wind. He then went
to look after his other property.
The five little children remained safe
in their fastening and, uninjured, out
rode the tempest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
Esriy LAMPS and Wicks.

1t would be hazardous to conjecture
what the first wick consisted of, but
when we come to consider the iron
lamp, or ''crusie," we know that the
wick commonly used was the pith OF
the rush. which was gathered anC
partially stripped of it's outer green
covering, cut into proper lengths, dried
and tied up into bundles ready for use
The iron lamp was hammered out OF
one piece of iron in a stone mold. This
was usually done by the blacksmith
and the molds are still to be seen in
museums, in the hands of private col
lectOrs and no doubt at some Of the
country blacksmiths' shops. They are
OF one uniform shape, with some slight
varieties. The lamp consists of two
cups, one suspended above and inside
the other. The suspender is so fixed
and nOtched as to enable the upper
cup, which holds the oil and wick, to
be shifted to keep the oil constantly in
contact with the wick. The lower cup
catches the drip of the oil, which can
be easily replaced in the upper cup by
lifting it off until the oil is poured into
1t. The upper cup has sometimes
movable lid.-Chambers' Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
BARGAINS In Babies.

Among the deacons of Presbyterian
church in an Ohio town was a good
old gentleman Familiarity known as
"Uncle Thomas" Although too deaf to
hear, he was always in his accustomed
seat at church, and his zeal in religious
work was untiring. Owing to a short
age of song books in the Sabbath
school some additional ones were or
dered by "Uncle Thomas" who appris
ed the pastor Of their arrival, and the
latter agreed to announce the fact from
the pulpit on Sunday morning
The pastor made the promised an
nouncement, among others, concluding
with this one:
parents wishing their children bap-
tized will please present them at the
close of the service"
The good deacon jumped to his feet
and in the loud voice peculiar to the
deaf bawled out, "Those who haven't
any can get them at my house for SO
cents apiecew
AS "Uncle Thomas" and his wife had
always been childless this startling
information almost broke up the meet
ing.-Success Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
Carneqie's First Investment.

1t was due to Thomas A. Scott that
Andrew Carnegie made his first invest
ment, ten shares of stock in the Adams
Express company, valued at $500. This
he did with considerable trepidation
He had labored hard for the money he
had saved up while he had worked as
a telegrapher. 1t is part of railroad
history how he later fell in with the
inventor of the sleeping car, saw the
enormous advantages which that man
ner of travel held out to passengers
and promoters and how he interested
others in the invention of Mr.. Wood
ruff. This occurred shortly after his
return from Washington, when the
problems of transportation were still
uppermost in his mind. He was now
on the road to success and wealth as
he then pictured earthly possessions.
The Pennsylvania oil fields yielded
large returns when Carnegie and 9th
crs turned their energies in the direc-
ton Of the newly discovered territory.
In one year land purchased for $4,000
increased in value so that it paid div
idend of $1,000 Exchange
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16

The dog is mans most faithful
friend. A man may lie, but a dog
won't; man may get drunk, a man
may SANDER his neighbor, man may
embeZzle and defraud, a man may bor-
row money, man may steal money,
& man may go into politics, man may
knife his best friend, a man may run
people down with an automobile,
man may gamble himself to ruin,
man may waste his substance in riot
GUS living, a man may go to heaven,
but dog won't. Can these things be
truthfully spoken of the other friends
man has about him? There is strong
affinity between man and the dog. 1t
must be the affinity of contrast. Yet
any man will resent being called dog.
Possibly the dog would resent being
called a man If he UNDERSTOOD do
not know. I only know that the
maxim works but one way, and If we
should say, MAN is the dogs most
faithful FRIEND" there would be many
10 cavil, saying that it was mighty
rough on the dog.-Success Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
Queer Auctions.

A Dutch auction at Cape Town is
frequently exciting. If house is to
be sold, the auctioneer offers $50 gold
en- sovereigns for the man who first
bids $4,000" Nobody bids. A pause,
and then $50 golden sovereigns for the
man who first bids f4,900." This is
kept up until a bid is secured. But it
by no means follows that the house is
sold to this bidder No, the auctioneer
is then at 1t again. Say that "a, 400 is
the first bid. The auctioneer cries,
'"There are 25 golden sovereigns for
the first man who has the courage to
bid $4,000" Perhaps no one has it.
Then EOS is offered for f4,550 bid. If
there is eventually no bid above the
f4,40o, the man who made that bid Is
saddled with the house. Otherwise he
pockets his bonus and gets off free Of
it all.-Westminster Gazette.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16


and she was free to go. The elevator
had stopped running, so she and her
helper faced walk down eight flights
of stairs. For the third time in as
many hours Stella told herself that
this was the last straw.
She was not used to the grinding toll
of the city, and even the regular work
came hard. When her father had died
and his wife had followed him to the
grave within a few months all of the
little savings had gone to the physician
and the undertaken.
Stella faced the task of self support
bravely enough, but there were times
when her Overtired nerves were rub
bed to rawness and even the little
things Of life bore heavily upon her.
The extra work coming at the close
Of particularly trying day had ex-
hausted her vitality. Listlessly she
climbed aboard an uptown car and
sank into a seat, glad that the home
going rush was over and that she did
not have to stand up all the way.
The approach of the conductor
reused her from her absorption, and
she opened her purse. AS she glanced
into the change compartment she gave
a cry Of dismay. The pocketbook,
never well filed, even on pay days,
was bare of coin.
Feverishly she tumbled its contents
into her lap, replacing the articles
after shaking them out one by one,
but the 35 cents which had been there
when she returned from lunch had dis
appeared.
"That bluff don't gov The conduct
or's voice was hard and unfriendly.
He had had row with the inspector
on the last trip, and his Ill humor had
not yet subsidized.
you'll have to pay or get off," he
added as Stella looked up with the
tears trembling on the heavy fringe of
1ashes. 1--WE don't have to take tears
for tickets. Got the coin?"
Not daring to trust her voice, Stella
shook her head and thought Of the
three mile walk ahead of her. The
other last straws became insignificant
in the face of the new trouble.
The conductor reached up to pull
the rope, but across the aisle a man
rose and checked.him.
Don't get off, miss"
Stella looked up into the friendly
face and smiled her thanks through
her tears.
''I've got the change handy"
"You must let me send you the
money" she said. ST am very greatly
obliged to you"
81 forget where 1 live" was the IN
blushing statement. "Just you forget
1t, too, until you see some one that
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
READING a Horses Face.

Every horse carries an index to his
temper and intelligence in his face.
The teachable, tractable animal is
broad and fiat between the eyes; the
bony ridge of his face dishes slightly
from the point where the face narrows
toward the nostrils. His ears are well
set, sensitive and far apart, with
well defined ridge of bone extending
across the top of the head between
them. Always feel for this ridge in
judging a horse. The eye should be
large, clear and bright, with a prom
inent ridge of bone along the inner and
upper edge of the socket-London An
SWprS
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
7 he Last
StrAWS.
By Curl Eg1flffoU1s.
By Curl ae,fTIfoms.
Copyrighted, 1908, by Associated
Literary Press.



Though the windows were opened
to the fullest, no breath of air seemed
to enter. The awning ropes hung limp
and lifeless. The scallops that were
bound in gay braid did not stir.
From the hall came the clatter of
the cleaners as they worked in other
offices already emptied of workers,
and once or twice one of the women
poked her head through the open door
to see how soon she could get in to
clean room No. 802.
Stella bent YEARLY over the type
writer, her flying fingers writing in the
addresses from huge list on the desk
beside her, while at a nearby table the
Office boy slipped in the circulars
which the envelopes were intended to
carry.
straw when just before closing time
the office manager had brought her
the voluminous list and had ordered
her to see that the circulars were sent
out that evening. He was going out
Of town and had left early.
The other clerks had slipped out as
soon as he had disappeared, and with
only the assistance of the boy she had
to send out 300 circulars. In his hurry
to get away the manager had not even
left the usual supper money! so she
would get nothing to eat until she
reached her boarding house. 1t would
be long after the regular dinner hour,
and she would be lucky to get any
thing at all.
1t was nearly when the last en-
velope swallowed up the last circular
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
Where Swallows Go.

The swallows all spend the winter In
Central America and the south part of
Mexico. They appear in the southern
states as early as the middle of Feb
ruary, but seldom get as far north as
New England until the month of May.
The robins winter in the southern
states and in northern Mexico. They
through in the gulf states.-Exchange
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
Plausible,

1.-THE trouble with this TOOTH sail
the dentist, probing it with Il long
slender instrument. lis that the nerve
is dying"
ct seems to me, doctor" groaned the
victim, you ought to treat the dying
with a little more respect"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
An Unhappy Answer.

The Curate-Good gracious. Giles,
Whatever makes you keep such a spite
full old cat as that? Giles Well, sir
you see, it's like this-I've felt bit
lonely since my old woman died!-Lon
don Opinion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
At the End of the Voyace.

Jonah diSembarked.
''The only trip don't have to tip the
steward" he exclaimed.
Herewith he regarded the whale
half approvingly.-New York Sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
nifferent Points Of View

"It's hard to be poor" sighed the
seedy pessimist.
That's queer" replied the ragged
optimist. 81 always found it easy
enough
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16

Successful guilt is the bane Of SO
ciety.-Syrus.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
Bayfield, County Plat Books

Compiled by Seo.ge II. Calder
Published by n. DeenA< and IT. E1ts"ho1se
This Book shows the ownership of every piece OF land IN
the county Also shows railroads. wagon roads, school
houses, government land, state land, etc.
You can get this information from other for the
same amount of money.
Address County Clerk, Washbum, Wis.,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16

Whether riches really have wings or
not, they certainly are hard to overtake
on fOOt.-Dallas News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16

Everybody's friend-Dr. Thomas
Electric Or. Cures toothache, ear
ache, sore throat. Heals uts,
bruises, scalds. Stops pain.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-09-12
Says Uyortunate Leper
 Should Be Chlorotormed

LOS ANGELES, September ll.-AlI & doubt as to whether Mrs. Isabella Ward. R well is suffering from leprosy was set x tied yesterday when Miss Willimina l..
 Armstrong, who for seven years devoted her time to the care of the sick in In dia, and lepers in particular, declared that the yoman is suffering from an I advanced stage of "young" leprosy. Miss Armstrong also made the state ment that the only merciful thing to do IS to chloroform the womman, as she
 Is not only menacing the health of thousands, but is suffering such exeru- eating pain that death would be re hef' Miss Armstrong went even fur ther and advocated the formation of a society for ridding the world of people suffering from like ailments. As an alternative, she declared that the United States government should send people with leprosy to an island Tn the Pacific, and not only put them away from healthy people, but segre- sd'e me sexes as well.
 Miss Armstrong, with representa- l,Ye of local newspaper, called upon Mrs, Wardwell yesterday at the county hospital Glancing at the widow s hands, she pointed to the thumb of the fghr hand and said to her:
 You are suffering a great deal from
 Mrs. Wardwel looked astonished, and replied:
 Yes; but how do you know2 I do not want them to know I suffer, for want to leave here-I want to be free : nave suffered for nine years, long be- lore lt broke out, but I do not tell them Aerc."
 ,.. me woman talked freely of her con '''on to Miss Armstrong, realizing mat she had found some one who un- .1tFStood, and whom it was no use try Ing to deceive.
 NJ. My husband is dead, :" she said to MISS Armstrong. "We used to live in "a"'eIIe. l contracted the disease while
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-09-12
Freckles Picked From
 Faces of Fair Fairies

1 Its only freckIe," was the blush. ing reply.
 "Come here till I remove it" was the stern command.
 What, my nose'' was the indignant query. Not on your life. No mallet and chisel treatment for muh.
 '' You silly little goose, l don't use instruments. Come here and I'll place that freckle in your paw in five min utes.D
 "oh, do, Mae! Let her try" came in grand chorus. Miss Dal5 stepped up, and after her nose had been showed all over her face and loosened at the roots, Mme. Swift waved the freckle triumphantly over her head. The girls cheered this sue cessful experiment and then watched the teacher putty up the hole where the freckle had been. Alice Els. May Black, and Gladys Weymouth. Kitty Owen and a score of others had their faces renovated and refitted but when Marion Hartman whispered that she desired an absolute divorce from d mole the men present were requested to with draw.
 "That will do for today, " said Mme. Swift, brushing aside the heaps of eye brows, males and dimples. "WeW have three sessions week. Stick to my treatment and we II put every old ladies home in the country on the blink
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-09-12

that will help her. Cooling ointments will relieve the, pain when it gets bad. but nothing-nothing but death-will bring permanent relief. ''
 Miss Armstrong is small woman. pale as wax, with short hair-because she got a "touch -o' sum- in India s torrid cline and cannot let her hair grow by reason of it.
 For generations her male relatives have been physicians. She studied medicine, but was too young to receive her degree. In the meantime she went to India.
 T visited 2s4 villages on foot, " said Miss Armstrong. "I did not travel on horseback or by carriage, for then I would be called foreigner. was doing it for the~people and I was of the people l traveled the way the old teachers and mystics travelled. A run ner went ahead of me and told the peo. pie of my coming The sick would gath. CT and weuld attend their needs. Then the lepers would assemble and I would put healing or rather cooling ointments on their sores. One morning 1 attend ed eighty-two before I breakfasted. Il could not cure them, but l did my best to help them bear their sufferings.
 have been away from India scv- eral years. l expected to be back there now, but my spine was broken in street car accident years ago As soon as l am strong again will go to India and devote the remainder of my life to the people there. I know the risk will take, but some one must take t, and why not I2"
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-09-12

nursing my brother. v
 When asked whether her father also suffered from the same ailment. Mrs. Wardwell replied that she did not re- member.
 , "This ease differs from the ones that l have come in contact with in India, - said Miss Armstrong, Gas most of the cases there are old leprosy. | mean by that it is inherited from generations, centuries back, while this poor woman $ is of recent origin.
 "There is only one mercifu thing to do for Mrs. Wardwell and that is to chloroform her. l suppose civilization is not sufficiently advanced to agree with me. Perhaps not one person in thousand agrees with me in the view I take, but it is because they do not know or understand. That woman will die a terrible death; the pain will be exeru- eiating, besides she is a menace to the health of others.
 "A society should be formed to take matters like this up and judge when people should be relieved of suffering If hanging it right, why isn t cbloro- forming for humanity's sake?
 ''I do not think the woman has the stamina or constitution to live long. Death will soon relieve her sufferings She is wearing her heart out now. Her mental agony, to say nothing of the physical pain, is something awful.
 zone thing I was gratifed to see and that was the attention given her by the nurses and doctors at the hos pital.
 "There are five kinds of leprosy. Two are dangerous, two not dangerous, and one dangerous only when it reaches an advanced stage. With the latter Mrs. | WardwelI is afflicted Her s is the nod ular leprosy, and the pain becomes the worst when the sloughing begins. The cases that are not dangerous are those on which only scales form and which never slough.
 'There is no medicine in the world
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-09-12

l NEW YORK, September 1l..-Prima donnas, show girls, chorus girls, squabs pigeons and broilers in the "Mimic | World,o now at the Casino theafer, reused themselves from their first sleep at noon yesterday and hurried through the rain to the theater, where Mme. Helene Swift, professional face fxer. was scheduled to lecture on and demon strate "How Stage Women May Be Beautiful at Ninety"
 While most of the girls looked as if nature had been lavish in distributing good looks among them, truth compels the admission that there were at least half dozen of the seventy-fve who appeared to be within reaching distance of the time limit set by the lecturer.
 Mme. Swift balanced her generous girth on shaky soap box in the center of the stage, and the girls all gathered around the throne.
 !" Now ladies, if you II stop giggIing and grinding gum I'll get down to business" was the teachers opening splash. ''Some of you appear to be sceptical as to my ability to keep your pictures in the billboards until you re near the century mark. promise to make good in every particular. Take a good look at me and you'll see a breathing demonstration of what my method can do.
 :" How old are you, teacher, asked Marjorie Cortland, timidly.
 Seventytwo my last birthday, 1" was the wholesale numeral reply that stunned the stage maidens. "I defy anybody to guess my advanced age un. less l choose to tell them. You don t see any cracks or crows feet on my front page, do you! guess not. I'm as young as l look and I could qualify for the pony ballet right now. ."
 ''She doesn t look half that large amount of age, whispered Doris Cam eron increduously.
 "Who says l ain t seventy-twoW shouted Mademe Helene, taking what is usually considered a compliment as a direct reflection on her profession.
 Any of you ladies that are carrying | lopsided ears, oblique eyebrows or phony dimples step forward now and II give you the first demonstra- ton, " continued the teacher.
 The girls looked from one to the | other, but no one accepted the invita- ton to expose her facial shortcomings before the rest of the flock Some of the girls who were featuring home made lead pencil dimples started to back away from the teachers searching gaze
 "What s that on the end of your | lose'" she yelled at Mae Daly.