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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
FORKS ARE OF RECENT DATE.
No English King Before Henry VII
the Owner of One.

No English King Before Henry VII
the Owner of One.
Knives and forks are a luxury of
comparatively recent date. Some 300
years ago each man had his own knife
and at dinner seized the joint and cut
from it such portion as he wished and
passed it on to his neighbor, who did
the same The knife then cut the meat
into smaller bits, which were put into
the mouth with the unoccupied hand.
None Of the sovereigns of England
had forks till the reign Of Henry VII.
All, high and low, used their fingers.
Hence in the royal households there
was dignitary called the ever, who.
with set Of subordinates, attended at
the meals with basins, water and
towels The survival of every was evil
dent after forks had come into fash.
ion. When James 1. entertained the
Spanish ambassador at a dinner their
majesties washed their hands with
water from the same ever, the towels
being presented to the king by the lord
treasurer and to the queen by the lord
high admiral" The Prince Of Wales
had ever to himself, which was after
ward used by the ambassador
The first royal parsonage in England
who was known to have a fork was
Queen Elizabeth, but it is doubtful
whether she ever used it. Forks came
ca SLOWLY info 1850 that thnv vuoro or1-
ployed only by the higher classes at the
middle of the seventeenth century.
About the period of the revolution, 1888
few English noblemen had more than
a dozen forks Of silver, along with a
few Of iron and steel. At length the
steel fork came in for general use and
was manufactured in Sheffield. At first
they had two prongs, but afterward an
other prong was added.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
A $4,000 Return on 10 Cents.

John Roberts of Watkins, Schuyler
county, we'll driller, last week pur-
chased of Angelo Dupree, junk dealer,
an old pump for 10 cents. 1t was appar-
emily of no value, but he thought there
might be some parts that be could use
in his business. When Mr.. Roberts and
his assistant took the pump to one OF
the wells they were drilling and started
breaking it up they were greatly sur
prised to see gold coins drop out Of the
$50 gold pieces. Who the pump belonged
to at the time the mo, money , was J, hidden or
tery. The latest date of one of the
coins was 1883. Mr.. Roberts at once
deposited his find in the Farmers and
Merchants bank at Watkins. He is
willing to surrender the find to anyone
who can prove ownership, but no claim
ant has yet appeared. The junk man.
will make memorandum to examine
the inside of every old pump before dis
posing of it at any price.-Utica Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
QUEEN OF ANARCHISTS.
Emma Goldman the Most Trouble

Emma Goldman the Most Trouble
some Woman In America.
For more than half decade the en-
tire secret service Of the United States,
assisted by the postal authorities and
score Of city police forces, has been
striving without much avail to compel
one little woman to hold her tongue.
Laws have been made especially to
deal with her and whole corps Of de-
tectives trained to enforce the laws.
But espionage threats, arrests and i'm
prisonment have failed to check the
fanatical activity Of this champion Of
pests, Emma Goldman, internationally
known as the Queen Of the Anarchists.
Emma Goldman was born in 1870 at
Koono, Russia, and was educated there
and at KOenigsberg, Germany. In 1884,
her parents having preceded her, EN-
Helen, came to America and settled
with her relatives at Rochester, n. Y.
Here she engaged in dressmaking, and
claims to have been successful. She
was married in 1886 to Joseph Kirsh-
ner, the ceremony being performed by
q rabbi in accordance with the faith in
which she had been brought up. This
union, however, did not prove happy,
and the couple soon separated by mu-
tual consent, but remained friends.
It was about this time that Emma
Goldman began to take an interest in
anarchistic teachings. Then came the
bomb-throwing episode in Chicago, for
which Parsons, Spies, Engel, Fischer
and Lingg paid the penalty on the
scaffold, and Emma Goldman's course
in life changed. She forthwith took
up the preaching Of what she calls
with unconscious irony, "the higher
doctrine of humanity" and has stuck
to it since, through many vicissitudes.
At 81 the Queen" is still a well-pre-
served woman. She is only five feet
three inches in height, and weighs
about 1872 pounds, but her youthful gait
and carriage give no slight impress
sion Of nervous energy and determine
ton.
In 1888 she opened a dressmaking es-
tablishment in New York, joined the
Pioneers Of Liberty the oldest
anarchistic organization in the city,
and soon made her powers Of persua-
sive speech felt. 1t was during that
year that she first met Alexander
Berkman. whom she has since taken
as her husband" according to the
teachings of anarchy Berkman soon
after attempted the life of Henry G.
Frick, Pittsburg millionaire, and was
sentenced to twenty-five years impris-
onment
The next four years she spent in COM
parative quiet, speaking whenever the
chance offered, and by persistent effort
developed into leader of considerable
power and influence until she: had won
the title Of Queen Of the Anarchists"
In 1892 the police Of Newark and
Paterson, N. j., broke up numerous
meetings at which she was scheduled
to speak. 1t was in 1893. while speak
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
A Novel Substitute.

An electrical substitute for the pneu-
matte tube is OIL trial by the Berlin
suits. 1t consists of miniature electric
trains running automatically in a tunnel,
Each train consists of a locomotive and
three cars, and the double track tunnel
in which it runs is six feet wide by two
and one-half high, with trench between
the two tracks deep enough for man to
walk in. The current is taken from a.
conductor running along the tunnel roof,
and the trains run quite automatically,
stopping by means of electric brakes on
reaching their destinations. A block sys-
tenn prevents collisions. This system has
been actually in use on an experimental
section of track, for some time, and if it
is successful, as it seems now likely to.
be, it will probably be introduced into
other European cities
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
Scandal Will Not Down.

The Tilton-Beecher scandal emerged
from the dust of years the other day,
when correspondence. manuscripts and
documents pertaining to the notorious
case were sold at the Anderson auction
rooms, New York city. Only two bidders
were present. The contest was brief
one before the collection was knocked
down to MIR. Stevenson" who is sup
posed to have represented the Tilton
family, for 1912. The opposing customer
was an out-of-town book lover who had
placed a $500 limit on his offer. The
collection comprised 1000 written and
printed pages. Theodore Tilton's chro-
nology of the trial, used by him in the
courtroom; letters that passed between
Tilton and his wife and their children,
written in the years 1S64-1S77; the
narrative of Mrs. Emma r. Moulton,
ton of Mr.. Moulton were in the collec-
ton
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

that Samuel must be their guest or he,
too, must forego the picnic.
On the ride to the ferry Samuel. finger
in mouth, declined all invitations to be
seated with the rest of the party. and
eagerly absorbed his picnic experiences
standing up. On the ferryboat ana all
the way to the beach he also trusted
only to his legs to convey him safely.
and by the time luncheon was served it
was very weary but still valiant and
interested Samuel who leaned against
his big brothers knee. The club leader
who had been wondering how much long
er Samuels chubby legs would hold out,
tried to coax him to SIT BESIDE ner 4, p 1,l
reply she get. Then big brother patted
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
SNAKES IN OLD PAPERS.
Poisonous Reptiles Among the Peers
Archives.

Some time ago it was reported in the
hress that while working men searching
for certain documents in the archives of
the House of Peers several snakes ap-
peared from among the dust-covered vol
umeS-
The panic-stricken employees immedi-
ately fed, and absolutely refused to re-
turn to such a dangerous occupation.
The presence of the snakes has never
been accounted for.
Recently, however, all the documents
were carried to the underground archives
of the ministry of the interior.
Today it is reported in the press that
while the documents were being sorted
out a flat-headed snake suddenly wrig-
gled out, biting the employee on the lip.
1t then disappeared among the piles Of
documents. Half an hour after the man
died in terrible agony. The body turned
black and was horribly swollen.
Notwithstanding the government OFF,
Gals entreaties all the employees refuse
to descend to the archives.-Lond0n
Leader.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
me.

The incumbent OF an old church in
Wales asked party of Americans to
visit his parochial school. After recita-
ton he invited them to question the
scholars, and one of the party accepted
the invitation.
Little boy,' said he to a rosy-faced
lad, "can you tell me who George Wash
ington wasp
"Iss, SURF" was the smiling reply. s. 'E
was a 'Merican gen'ral."
s'Quite right And can you tell me
what George Washington was remark
able for"
''Iss SUR. e was remarkable eos e was
a 'Merican an told the trewth." The rest
was silence.-CasselPs journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
How Could He, Indeed!

1t was the day of the big brothers clubs
picnic. Five-year-oid Samuel had never
been to a picnic, but his visits to the
settlement, which was the meeting place
of big brothers club; had been product
i've of sundry pats of encouragement, to
say nothing of occasional posies and red
apples, and he knew that the picnic, for
which his mother had prepared an enor-
nous luncheon, must be altogether de-
sirable, and he then and there made up
his small mind that it was high time he
formed the acquaintance of a picnic.
Therefore, when the club assembled big
brother, with much disgust, produced
Samuel and told his fellow members
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

is occurring In the United States The continuance of
the process of combination and consolidation is to be
limited only by the finding Of men who can guide and
control these great movements.
The who give most promise for such guiding and
controlling are college for they trained
men They are trained to think. They able to weigh
evidence. They values, assets They reduce
multitude Of discordant phenomena to the truth
which unites all into a harmonious whole They
able to the irrelevant and to point out the
tia and necessary They can discriminate motives and
show how motives become movements.
1t u.s. of course, superficial, and think it is almost
superfuous, to say that college graduates have mo-
nopoly of such conditions and forces Greater
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

Mrs Lenora Bodenhamer, R. f. D. /,
Box 80, Kernersville, N. c., writes:
II suffered with stomach trouble
and indigestion for some time, and moth
ing that l ate agreed with me. l was very
nervous and experienced continual
feeling of uneasiness and fear. l took
medicine from the doctor, but it did me
no good. a.
Il found in one of your Peruna books
description of my symptoms. then
wrote to DIR. Hartman for advice. lie
said had catarrh of the stomach.
took Peruna and Manalin and followed
his directions and can now say that l
feel as well as / ever did.
II hope that all who are afflicted with
the same symptoms will take Peruna, as
1t has certainly cured me-"
The above is only one of hundreds who
have written similar letters to DR..
Hartman. just one such case as this
entities Peruna to the candid consider
alton of every one similarly afflicted. If
this be true of the testimony of one per-
son what ought to be the testimony of
hundreds, yes thousands, of honest, sim
cere people? We have in our files great
many other testimonials.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

Sandy Hook lightship is to be removed
from it's historic post because the COM
pletion of the new Ambrose channel
leading into New York bay takes steam
ers so far from ''the Hook that there
is small likelihood Of their touching upon
it. But mariners will miss the old ship,
and there will undoubtedly be clamor
for it's restoration. The transatlantic
racers will have to chose a new mark
for the completion of their westward
VOYAGES
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

The report that cranberries are to be
high in price because of a short crop is
discredited by accounts from Cape Cod,
where the growers are said to be holding
back their product because free selling
would flood the markets and lower
prices. 1t is evident that there will be
plenty of cranberry sauce for this win
ter's turkey dinners.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
That Awful Routine!

Every employee of the Bank of Eng
sand is required to sign his name in a
book on his arrival in the morning, and,
If late, must give the reason. The chief
cause of hardness is usually fog, and the
first man to arrive writes ''fog" opposite
his name, and those who follow write
ditto" The other day, however, the
first late man gave as the reason, wife
had twins and twenty other late men
mechanically signed ditto underneath.
-Eyerybody's Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

The reported branding with acid in
a high school fraternity initiation at
Los Angeles is sample of the insanity
which characterize many of the frater-
nifty pranks. If Los Angeles has not
started a movement against Greek let
ter societies in high schools it ought to
begin without further delay.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

THE Netherlands has waited long
time for Castro. Away back in May it
fixed November 1 as the date till which it
would wait for the revocation of his de-
cree prohibiting the transshipment OF
goods for Venezuelan ports at Curacao.
The date has arrived and passed. 1t the
will probably be blockade of Venezuela
Netherlands decides upon resort to
force to attain her end. the next move
an ports.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

Chicago's commissioner of health de-
clares that six tons Of SCOT are annually de-
posted on an acre of ground at Michigan
avenue and Park row, by railroad loco
motives. This statement accentuates the
desirability of electric traction at rail-
road terminals. and also reveals room
for improvement in the burning of coal
by which this waste may be prevented.
Thousands of tons of fuel are blown
through locomotive stacks by the ex-
haust pipes every year, in the United
States.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

The official order for the abandonment
of Fort Keogh, Montana, will recall to
many the stirring times of thirty years
ago, when that part of the country was
infested with bands of hostile Indians.
Things have changed since Custer and
his heroic band were slaughtered to
man on the Rosebud.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

New York city has thirty-seven rec
reation piers, which usually remain idle
during the winter months. But it has
been suggested that the piers be inclosed
for the housing of 10000 of the idle men
of the city who are without homes, and
the dock commissioner intends to do this
unless legal obstacles intervene. This
idea of utilizing city property may sug-
gest similar schemes to the officials of
other cities which are faced with the
problem of providing for unemployed
people during the winter.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers

Superior reports that seventeen wolves
lave been shot in Douglas county during
the past week. Hunting of this kind is
of a preventative character, as hundreds
of deer are killed annually by voracious
wolves
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

they grow gray before they discover that with certain
women a fit Of tears means more than fit of pro-
family for They surely patient in their
own way But neither 1t be denied that in their
choice of friends they sometimes stupid to heart
rending degree In the main, Anglo-Saxon mans
friends little Of his choosing the shape Of his
nose One can the list in the dark His fam
lily friends his wfes friends the wives Of his friends
Then the inconsiderable residuum Tin sze), the
friends whom he has chosen for himself Here will be
where plumbers will show but the worst like to be
birds Of passage Perhaps he made them during his col
ege days when the haze every pretty girl whom
met. 1t is too much to expect lad to pick the girl
of really fine nature and sweetness. Nor does he; he
admres the girl all the other fellows admre-a pretty
fppant little creature who isn't afraid to talk USUALLY
he is y and dance like dream. But will men
tinue to admire missy? trow not.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

Fish must be plentiful off the Atlantic
coast. The steamer Ligonea was struck
by tidal wave off Diamond shoal light
ship, and her officers state that the re-
ceding water left so many fish on deck
that the crew filled the icebox with cod,
bake and haddock. But sailors are born
romancers, and this may be the prize
fish story of the year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

the sand by his side inyitingly, and said:
Come along, Sammie, and sit down by
me-"
Jaw" said Samuel, reproachfully,
show kin l sit down when I've got on
me best pants ?"-New York Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

The Wisconsin Teachers Association
has doubled in membership since four
years ago. Its annual convention which
will gather in Milwaukee this week will
be the largest and most important it has
ever held
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
SENDING A SON TO COLLEGE.
By Charles F. Thing, LID

"Why did you send your boy to college?"
asked the president Of a great railroad. BE
cause he will have hard problems to solve
The college training will fit him to solve these
problems" The problems which American life
is to solve in the future are Of tremendous
completely, perplexity and comprehensiveness
They are social, financial, governmental, indus
trial. The massng of the great forces Of life
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
A Plea for Extravaganza.

Beautiful dressing is an art. The world
would lose something of its grace and
charm without it. Men have left off
wearing picturesque and lovely clothes;
really somebody must do it. Is extrava-
gance in woman's dress so very wicked,
then lady.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

The slowness of tho immigration bust
ness at the present time is shown by
the fact that six great ocean liners re-
Gently landed the record aggregate of
steerage passengers for any one day dur
ing the past twelve months, although the
total was only 1923. Under normal eco
nomic conditions, the immigrants on
these steamers would have numbered
fully 10000. But light immigration is
desirable when business is depressed,
and there is no complaint on that score
except perhaps on the part of the steam
ship companies, whose receipts from
steerage travel have been heavily re
duced.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
MEN AND WOMEN FRIENDS.
BY Octave Thanef.

Chivalry is an old-fashioned word; but the
thing itself, though less in evidence was never
SO much In action as in our very own time.
Men show it in their whole attitude toward
their women friends. They handle our feel
ings with their lightest touch, they walk among
our prejudices on tiptoe; they take off their
hats to our bigotry If we call it religion they
accept our squeamishness for refinement and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

There are sixty-four countries IN
which protection is afforded TO inven-
tions. To get out patent IN each one
would cost about $4,000.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
Uneasy Lies the Head.

Snicker-I dreamed last night that
was millionaire.
Kicker-Well, / might as well nave
been one for all the sleep l got last
night.-Bohemian Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

In new automobile the dust it creates
is sucked up by a pipe into box where
it is moistened and returned to the road
again.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

The fight with fire on the passenger
steamer Luckenbach, which arrived at
San Juan, Porto Rico, with fire in
her hold that had resisted efforts to
extinguish it for four days, is an incl
dent which reveals what GOODNESS and de-
termination will accomplish in the face
of odds that are terrifying to the average
man. The captain of the Luckenbach
acted wisely in bottling up the fire and
fighting it in way that would not per-
Git of the ingress of air to feed the
ZINES, and the passengers owe their safe
a..ival in Porto Rico to his good judg-
p>ent.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

ships run by electric power There will be coal smoke
no sickish odor stale STEAM blazing caverns in the
hold where human beings with staring eyes and black
faces their lives that the pulse OF the
engines may not STOP The storage battery will take the
place of coal and fire and water Instead OF coang the
great ship will quietly and clearly renew its batteries
at it's journeys end and If coal used it will be far
from the linen and noses of men.
In time coal will to be our only source of en-
ergy In every land Of science patiently study
ing the problem of utilizing the energy Of the sunsto
ing it. in fact so that the generation Of electric force
may cheapened by it's point where the storage
battery large scale will be economic as well as
an academic possibility The wasted energy in coal
now used may the interval be brought to do it's work
and so bring the monster storage battery
than we now expect But sooner or later we shall en-
slave the suns rays to USES have the other
products Of his being.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
WHEN WE ENSLAvE THE SUMS RAYS.
Bv GuoI;eyro Marcori Wireless Telegraph Ii

In all ways science is more and more study
ing to perfect the practical comfort and well
being of the world. OF course there will al
ways be ships upon the sea. The mysterious
primeval voice Of the ocean will continue its
spell over the human Imagination.
But there will not always be steamships.
They will pass the way Of their predecessors,
and before long we shall cross the ocean in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

The Mohonk Conference contends that
the coastwise shipping act should be
modified in the interest of fairness to
the citizens of Hawaii. The Hawaiians
are now prohibited from travelling from
the islands to the Pacific coast in for
eign ships, on pain of 5000 fine, and as
American ships are few and far be-
tween, it may be necessary for Ameri-
cans to wait sometimes as long as ten
days to secure a ship which flies the
American flag. This is troublesome
when they are hurriedly summoned to
the coast from the islands in emergen-
cies. The act should be amended so that
travel will be as free for Americans be-
tween the coast and the islands as it is
TO foreigners