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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-07-23
FRIEND OF CLEVELAND

f. Cornelius Benedict, who is the head of
successful banking house in New York although
his nome is in Greenwich, Conn., has several
claims to the interest Of the readers of newspa
pers and students of events One is that he was
perhaps the closest personal friend and most init.
mate confdant of the late ex-President Grover
Cleveland, although he never held a public office
and could not be induced to accept one
He was one of the little group of intimates
whom the late executive gathered about him at
various times during the last quarter century OF
his life. and whose affections he held, even while
he was being attacked and abused in the partisan
newspapers and from the radical stump The late
Joseph Jefferson another member of the
little COmpanY. and his sweat lnYahlo nha.aa4a.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-07-23

Sorrows gather around grea' M
as storms do around mouhtain'' and
like them, they break the s'o.~ .oal
purify the air of the plain w.
them. Richter.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-07-23
In THE LIMELIGHT
NEW SECRETARY OF WAR

Gen. Luke E. Wright, who has succeeded
William H. Taft as secretary of war, was until
quite recently a Democrat He got his military
title in active service, when he was attorneygen'
eral of the state of Tennessee for eight years lie
cinched his right to the appellation later, wnen ne
became encouragement of the Philippines. III
that place, also, he succeeded Mr. lalt the ial.e'
having been called home to washington 10 Aol'
low Secretary Root in the cabinet
Gen Wright is much the Roosevelt style OIL
man-outspoken fearless energetic and given To
doing things He comes of a family that mas long
been identified with the important history OF zen
nessee. in church, state and military ahairs his
father was chief justice OF that state, and the son
naturally leaned toward the same proIessioh' nc
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-07-23
TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA sySTEN
A Nj KlfII.D UP THE JILL. -.

Take the Old Standard GKON Els IA at ,.su,
CHILL TONIC. You know what You are S haI.
The formula is plainly printed on ever, u ysss
showing ii is simply Quinine and IRON IN t,s gos,
form, and the mos. eifectuat loFm. ="
people and children. Soc.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-07-23

seemed to form fitting complement to the d'gged driving
Daniel
member the cabinet Wilson Bsel postmaster
probably
rodor two-Benedct
fishermen
lie frequently
fishing
rumble of the ascending
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-07-23
Hicks, capudine Cures Women.

Periodic pains. backache, n ,sa,eIy ADD
and headache relieved immeuiahs,ys eIans
assists nature Prescribed by pnEp ,srulf
with best results. Trial bottle loc. n0e
size 25c and soc at all druggists
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-07-23

For thirty years Lydia E. PM
hams Vegetable Compound. mazda
from roots and herbs, has been ths
standard remedy for female ii.
and has positively cured thousandso|
women who have been troubled viii
displacements, inflammation. ulcen.
ton, tibroid tumors, Irregularities
periodic pains, backaehe, that bear'
ipg-down feeling, hatulency, indisas.
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostration
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all .,cl
women to write her for advice
She has guided thousands tn
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-07-23
FOUR GIRLS
restored to Health by Lydia :
PinkhaHasV Vegetable Com no1
Road IDhat They ia.

M MissL Lillian Ro,, "a.
East East Saith Street ~ ~
I York, writes: II "i. Nss
, y. Pinkham's ye ssai,
! Die Compound s ,sss.
came G; am. irregularitisSs',ce,s
4 l as,l suffering, ~
nervous s.o headscbSsssa
a ai.er everything a az.
mad naa I failed to help n lus
az; ana IL ! feel it a duty1 =
let E others know Of II, =
1.i Il atharin Y! craig, s n
l Lafayette St., Dsaa;rysss
| to Lydia E. Pinkbbssnmi'..
yegetable Compouunadd;
am well, aftersuffer;;uu..
Ior months from ny!
vous prostration.n 1'''
Miss Marie Sto,,,
man, OF Laurel, IL
writes: " was in a mn,
i Tered fromsuppression'
indigestion, and I uOo,
circulation. Lydi%s =
r rinkham's Vegetable
compound made ma
well e,. and strong.o
Miss Ellen N. Ol,oo
OF All N. East St., X
vance, Ill, says:a Nv.
dia e. Pinkham'syeos
table Compound cussS
me Of backache. s;Ss
ache, and establishsSs
my periods. after ths
best local doctors h,d
failed to helm mn
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
MY FARM.

1 love the dear farm life: 1 love to go
At early morn-say, somewhere about
ten
And speak cheering word to the good
Who in the meadows plough, or reap, or
NOW;
1 love to SOW the yellow corn with my
Or plant the bird-seed in the tceming
land.
Why, l could sit all day in harvest time
Beside a haystack, or purling brook
With jug and straw, pipe, perhaps a
book,
Some clever novel or smooth flowing rhyme,
And ask no more, so very sweet to me
This simple and yet arduous life would
be-
And then drive home, such rest does glad
toll bring,
The corn all moved, the birds all har-
vested,
The wine and oil, as t were, all gath
So glad of heart cannot choose but sing.
And then to slumber sweet-mayhap to
dream
Of red ripe berries and of double cream.
No more for me, this stoutly aver,
The city's mad'n1ng rush, its ceaseess
din,
Where straight. tips never tell which
horse will win.
And falsehood smites as doth the cimeter
No janitor to stir my peaceful soul to
wraht,
No landlord lurking in my daily path
Give me instead the farm with bounty rife,
It's bursting barns and bins, and-wel
maybe
An annual run in countries oversee:
Give me this modest, free, untrammeled
life.
Give me, / say, calm natures cup to
Guaff,
Give me my noble acre and half.
-Lippincott's.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03

horses made trips over this railway
carrying passengers. The car was a
big stage coach, or rather three stage
coaches in one, for there were three
compartments, each Of which resem-
bled small stage coach. and it had
the name John Mason" painted above
the center door.
About twenty years later the Sixth
avenue street railway was built and
the street car craze began. 1t really
amounted to a craze, for thirty street
car companies began business during
the next five years. During the ter
years from 1860 to 1870 eighty-five
street railways were built. The census
twenty years later showed 769 street
railways in operation. In two years
this number increased to 9S7.
The street railway was a success
therefore it was the object Of various
attempts at improvement, for in Amer
lea, whatever Is a success must be I'M
proved. People wanted to go faster
than the one poor horse could pull the
car, and so many were satisfied to &C
slow that the little car the one horse
pulled would not hold them all. They
made larger cars and hitched two
horses to them, but two horses coulo
not go any faster than one horse since
they had doubled the size Of the car
so inventive genius kept the patent
office UP nights examining their claims
for improvements in street railways.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
SELF DELUsIoN.

Many People Deceived by Coffee.
We like to defend our indulgencies
and habits even though we may be con-
WINGED of their actual harmfulness.
A man can convince himself that
whisky is good for him on cool morn
ing, or beer on hot summer day
when he wants the whisky or beer!
It's the same with coffee. Thousands
of people suffer headache and nervous
ness year after year but try to per-
suade themselves the cause is not COZ
fee-because they like coffee.
While yet child commenced
using coffee and continued it," writes
a Wis. man, until | was a regular
coffee fend. l drank it every MORN
ing and in consequence had Dilhulns'
headache nearly every afternoon
my folks thought 1t was conee tnat
allied me. but | liked 1t and wouiu hoe
admit it was the cause of my trouDie'
So I stnck to coffee and the headaches
stuck to me.
"Finally. the folks stopped buying
coffee and brought home some fosluni'
They made it right directions on pig,
and told me to see what difference :.
would make with my head. and DURING
that first week on Postum my oia d.
Fiction did not bother me once fiom
that day to this we have used notnng
hut Postum in place of conee-neau-
aches are thing of the past and the
whole family is In fine health.
Postum looks good. smells good.
tastes good, is good. and does good to
the whole body" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to Well
yille," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? a
new one appears from time to time:
They are genuine, true, and full OF
human interest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03

Sprague's electric railway, however,
was about twenty years wide, and 1t
was filed with numerous attempts to
help the eager passengers to hurry.
The first cable road was laid in San
Francisco in 1873 by Andrew S. Halli-
die, Henry Root Asa E. Hoevy and
William Eppelsheimer. The originator
of the idea, however, was E. S. Gar
diner, Of Philadelphia, who suggested
the plan some time prior to the actual
building.
The cable served it's useful purpose
for eighteen years, when it was electri-
fed by the motor car promoters; that
is, electric conductor rails were strung
in the cable conduit and the wire rope
hauled out. The dynamo had been per-
fected and electricity was a CONNER
cial motive power; therefore, the cleo
trio street railway of 1888 was a sue
cess. Before that, attempts had been
made to operate street cars by various
kinds Of magnetic engines. In 1885
Thomas Davenport blacksmith, built
a railway in Springfield, Mass, over
which he operated a car driven by an
electric magnet motor, and twelve
years later Prof. Moses Farmer brought
out another electromagnetic motor, but
they never passed beyond the expert
mental stage.
The real beginning Of the American
electric street railway, system was the
Union Passenger Railway Of Richmond,
Va, equipped by Lieut.. Sprague and
opened for service on the first day of
February, 1888. 1t was ''troller" line
trolley" is the word in use now. City
officials soon saw the danger of over
head wires in the crowded city, and their
precautions led to the underground sys-
tenn, system that is familiar to all.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03

thought, 'to feel so about man have
never seen! i must be very susceptible
l supposed l was immune"
Resolutely and loyalty she put al
thoughts of Wendall from her mind and
went to sleep, but the next morning, the
first thing that met her eye on awaken
ing was a box of violets. Scrawled on a
card was From your Domino"
Her heart throbbed for a moment, but
she steadily kept Edna in mind and went
to her room, where she found the young
invalid clad in a negligee and arranging
some gorgeous American Beauties.
Look" she said with glowing eyes
These just came from Wendall, and a
note, which | have not read"
Marian's heart sank.
HE sent me some violets, too" she
said and her searching eyes found the
disappointment in Ednas glance.
Edna's face cleared, however, as she
read the note.
''He is darling" she said with shin
ing eyes, 'and l must hasten to dress.
He is coming this morning to see how
[ feel"
Two hours later Marian, at Edna's re.
quest, went down to the library in re-
Spouse to Wendall's card.
EDNA is much better, she will be
down directly" she said, and she felt
great load lifted as she looked at him
and talked with him. He was a good
looking youth with an engaging, frank
manner, but beyond mere liking, he
did not appeal to her in the least.
"I was music-mad last night" she
thought ut shows what environment
will do"
When Edna came in, and after little
conversation, Wendall prescribed a ride.
II wasn't sure" he said, OH her ac-
ceptance, chat you'd be able to 60, so
[ only brought the runabout, but you
can 90 back to the garage with me and
will get my car. Then we will return
for Miss Glenn"
Marian smiled at the righteousness of
this scheme to see Edna alone. A few
moments after their departure, voice
behind her said, Marian
At the sound of n we'll known voice
she turned quickly.
"Godfrey!"
"There," he said triumphantly and ten
derby, a moment later, "its all over, |
hope-the foolish quarrel and the re-
solve not to speak first.'
"But you did speak first, after ALL
she said triumphantly.
ooh, no. You spoke first to me-last
night"
last night! You are not"
"Your domino!''
81 don't understands
81 came yesterday to sec Wendall. He
kept me over for this hall. AS we were
donning our robes a message came call
ing him to a town of a few miles dis
tant. We exchanged dominoes, and
was to explain matters to Miss Wester
man, whom | have never met. When
you spoke knew your voice, and gave
myself up to the pleasure of dancing
with you-the first time we ever danced
I didn't dare risk unmasking. When
Wendall returned early tLis morning
and was sending roses to Miss Wester-
man | took the liberty of sending you
the violets, Marian!"
She looked up.
81 am glad, Godfrey, that"
'That we had our hearts on our
sleeves. Bell Maniates in the New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03

Three hundred years ago Samuel de Champlan, the
French explorer founded settlement Of Quebec In
commemoraon Of it's tercentenary the city Of Quebec
recently had the greatest celebration In Its history and
one Of the greatest ever held in the New World Inc
city gave itself up to festivities for ten days. and Ca
nadans of both British and French ancestry Joined in
making the event to be remembered The celebration
was attended by the Prince of Wales by representatives
from the principal governments and by the greatest
collection of warsps comprising English French and
American vessels that gathered in the St Lawrence
river The United States represented by Vice Pres
dent Fairbanks and Rear Admiral W. S. Coves brother
in-law of the President
CIVIL religious military and naval authorities par
cipated ceremonies and festivities There
were huge and costly pageants fetes military parades
and naval reviews charm both eye and ear The cee
bration was attended by nearly all Canada, and thou
sands of expatriaed Canadians gathered from the va
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
Growing Lettuce While You Wait.

"Yes." said a florist, 81 can work
miracles in my business. For instance, l
can grow you lettuce while you wait
sweet, crisp lettuce that you may eat
for your dinner with the broiled spring
chicken.
II do it in this way. / take hand
full of lettuce seeds that have been
soaked overnight in alcohol, and plant
them in a box containing three inches
Of loan and quicklime. l water this soil,
and in ten minutes the seeds burst.
"They burst. and in twenty minutes
two tiny leaves push through the earth.
The leaves grow and multiply. In an
hour they are as big as half-dollars.
Then you may pluck and eat them.
They are delicous-a fairy salad.
Sometimes, when / give dinner
party, l have one of these little prepared
lettuce beds in the center of the table:
The guests see the LETTUCE grow, and
when the times comes for the salad
course. there is their salad blooming be-
fore them, all ready for them to pluck"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
Slaves of the Harem.

The members of the harem are still
Young slaves bought in Circassia, Geor-
gia, Armenia, and other places, and prac-
f;callv educated in the harem itself on
the chance that the Sultan may one day
notice them, writes a Constantinople cor
respondent of London paper. 1t ap-
pears also that civilization has not made
great strides III the management of the
royal harem, and that corporal punish
ments are still frequent, eunuchs, called
..beating eunuchs." still being kept for
refra Glory persons. Poisoned coffee is
also not entirely out of fashion, while,
grimmer still, the terrible sack, flung in
TO the Bosphurus even now does its sin
lister work. 1t is piteous to learn that,
Notwithstanding ali this, many parents
willingly sell children to supply the enor-
nous colony which constitutes the harem.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03

foreign countries in which they have made their
homes The landing of Champlain the shore of the
St Lawrence and his selection Of the spot on which Que
bec oldest French settlement Canada is built
reproduced great historical pageant was given lum
mated floats representing different events in the history
of Quebec. There parades in which the various
crack Canadian regiments took part Premier Laurer
and other noted speakers made addresses. There
review Of the English French and United States vessels
in the st, Lawrence river Thanksgiving mass held
the Plains of Abraham by the Catholics Of the city,
headed by the Canadian primate and thanksgiving
ices held in the Episcopal cathedral. There
great shore parade enacted representing the
landing of Woes force the ascent the heights and
the battle OF the Plains of Abraham Then farewels
were exchanged British squadron depar
The next day the French followed suit and
finally the New Hampshire heaved anchor fare
well to Quebec
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
CALIFORNIA BROWN PELICAN.
Method of Fishing Attracts Attention at
Seaside Resorts

MCCuOO VI TlSuluS AtlldCtS AIlCut1OA at
Seaside Resorts.
The pelican familiar to the visitor at
the seaside resorts of southern Cali
fornia is known as the California brown
pelican. His length is from four to FIVE
feet, and his wings and tail are of silver
gray streaked with seal brown.
The breeding range Of these interest
ing birds is off the coast of Mexico and
lower California. May and June are the
nesting months. Occasionally they build
it is on the ground. 1t is loosely con-
structed affair, built Of weed stalks and
sticks, and lined with grass.
At the seaside the pelicans are seen
lazily flying through the air. 1t is their
fashion to fly one behind the other.
Each, following the signal from the
leader, gives five or six strokes. and then
wont is to drive the fish by noisy beat
ing of the wings to a point close in
shore, when the birds will dive from con-
siderable heights. This performance is
quite spectacular, as with closely folded
wings the bird drops as a ball headfore-
most into the water. Under the water
they evidently turn somersault, as the
bird invariably energies head first
The pouch or game bag of the pelican
will hold ten or fifteen pounds of fish,
and as the bird is provided with no
means of defense, he is the victim Of
sure-thing operators and confidence work
ers in the form of the predatory gulls.
Too lazy to fish for themselves, these
thieves will pursue and attack the peli
can, causing him to dive as a matter of
self protection. So closely are the peli-
cans pursued by their more agile enc
mics that finally, half exhausted, they
give up the trophies of their chase. This
they do with a cynical smile as they see
their hard-earned gain gobbled by the
gulls-Los Angeles Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
Is Pe-ru-na Useful
for Catarrh?

Should list of the ingredients of Pc
pert, of whatever school or nationality,
ne would be obliged to admit without
reserve that the medicinal herbs COM
posing Peruna are of two kinds. First,
standard and well-tried catarrh rene
dies. Second, well-known and gener-
ally acknowledged tonic remedies.
That in one or the other of these uses,
they have stood the test of many years.
experience by physicians of different
schools. There can be no dispute about
this, whatever. Peruna is composed Of
some of the most efficacious and uni
versally used herbal remedies for ca
tarrhal diseases, and for such conditions
of the human system as require tonic.
Each one of the principal ingredients
of Peruna has reputation of its own
in the cure of some phase of catarrh or
as tonic medicine.
The fact is, chronic catarrh is a dis
ease which is very prevalent. Many
thousand people know they have
chronic catarrh. They have visited doc
tors over and over again, and been told
that their case is one of chronic catarrh.
1t may be of the nose, throat, lungs,
stomach or some other internal organ.
There is no doubt as to the nature of
the disease. The only trouble is the
remedy. This doctor has tried to cure
them. That doctor has tried to pre-
scribe for them.
No other household remedy 80 uni
versally advertised carries upon the
label the principal active constituents,
showing that Peruna invites the full
inspection of the critics.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
Evolution of
the Street Car


Three hundred years ago an English
coal miner laid some wooden beams In
the muddy road leading from his col
liery, for the wheels Of his coal carts
to run on the other day a coal mine
owner from the same country boarded
an electric car in New York and made
tour Of the subway. The boards in
the muddy road were the ancestors Of
that street car. writes B. R. Wilson.
The little expedient Of the English
miner, which made heavy hauling light,
marked the beginning Of the "tram-
way" the great-grandfather of the
railway, the thing which made street
cars possible. These wooden beams
served their purpose very well until
they began to wear out. Inventive
genius was equal to the occasion the
wooden beams were plated with iron.
Thin iron bands were fastened to the
top Of the beam to take the wear Of the
cart wheels. This was all right as far
as the top was concerned, but the wood
en- beams rotted on the bottom; so they
made them out Of iron entirely and laid
them on short pieces Of wood which
could be cheaply replaced when they
rotted. To keep the wheels Of the coal
carts from running off the rails was
the next problem, and they solved it
by putting flanges on the outer sides Of
the rail- In 1889 William Jessop, the
father Of the street railway, took the
danges off the rails and put them on
the cart wheels and the real evolution
Of the street car began.
A clumsy omnibus car drawn Nv