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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

willow, for baskets to hold bread at
meals; white and yellow willow bas-
kets are used for corn meal: those Of
red. willow as colanders for washing
wheat and hominy, and those of MAX
tsu-tsi as sleeves for wheat and beans.
White willow baskets are painted with
white clay, stained red, yellow or black
with native dyes or now dyed with
aniline dyes, for use in dances. Either
white willow, or all the different kinds
of willow mixed together, are employed
for this purpose. Sacred baskets, tina
li-nai, are used to hold plume sticks
and masks.
The women have a dance in the fall,
called Ahyuna, in which they use bas-
kets painted with different colors. It
is said that the name is Pima, and that
the dance, which is to secure rain, was
brought to Zuni not many years ago by
two old men who visited the Pima with
Mr.. Gushing. An inverted painted bas-
ket, corresponding with the box or
gOrlrd resonator of the HOpi, is put
under the notched stick, ki-wi-a-nan-
mai, which is scraped with a stick as
an accompaniment to dances.
The Zuni also manufacture small
globular baskets of salt willow in
which they collect locusts used as food.
Painters to carry peaches, melons, Gu
cumbers and other fruit are made Of
red willow Twilled baskets of yucca,
similar to those seen at other pueblos,
are used to dip up salt from the Salt
lake. The art of making these bas
kets. which are called hO-tsi-lai, was
learned from Acoma. The Zuni also
make a rectangular twilled tray of the
same material, with an edge Of cedar
or oak, which they use to put paper
bread on, or to lay long plume sticks
or images upon at the yellow and blue
corn dances. Swallowing sticks were
formerly placed upon such trays at the
stick-swallowing dance.
The Zuni formerly had a number Of
old coiled globular and jar-shaped bas-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

hands. She glanced at the basket. There
had been thirty-siX punches in it; there
were now thirtythree.
The wind came scurrying through the
market square, tossing up white frag-
ments of paper, twirling the vendors
aprons. and beating into the air fine
showers of dust.
The old woman shivered. ut be main
cold; 7 had best be agettin' home, as
he said. IT'S a tidy climb to Saint Ste
phen's. Maybe l shall sell bunch or
two on the way" She caught up the
basket heavily, and half-turned to shell
ter herself against a new buffet of wind.
She faced now flower stall, and as
she braced herself rigidly a couple moved
toward her, turning away from the stall.
The girl was bearing a great bunch of
double yellow daffodils, vivid and riot
Gus. Her face was radiant. "They are
glorious" she said. Il am not sure that
| don't like them quite as well as the
single ones after ALP
There are some single ones!" ex-
claimed the young man.
The girl gave little cry. $50 they
are-single! "a basketful, and single ev
cry one of them! After we have searched
everywhere, Dick!"
"They are rather poor" he said con-
solingly.
Not bit of it, Dick They are love-
ly. All single daffodils are lovely. And
that poor old soul-she looks half
dead!"
The pity that mingled with the radi-
ance on that girls face was too much
for the lover. He touched the daffodil
sellers arm as she was moving away.
''We want to buy your flowers" he said.
She looked at the couple in a dazed
kind of way. Here were customers at
| last-radiant and glad and young. She
had been waiting for such all day, and
now that they had come she could not
take the fact in.
! "They are so eautiful-single daffo-
dis said the girl Il wonder you did
not sell them long ago"
A faint color crept into the old cheeks,
the faint flicker of the old pride. The
flower seller told the story again, al
most gladly now. "He planted the bulbs
hisself, my man did, afore he died. And
he were that happy over it; amt seen
none happier nor he were then. l amt
never sold the flowers afore. not till this
year, when they was that fine and plen-
tiful I knew he'd want folks TO have
'em. And I wasn't wantin' to sell them
to any but happy folk"
''You must love to see them come up
year after year-to remind you of him,
said the girl. She looked at her lover.
The old creature was sorting the
punches together. She said softly to
herself-they stopped to catch the words
1T be better nor the parson and the
| resurrection of the deado
They bought all her flowers; the
young girl took them tenderly into her
arms, the peaky, dwindling blooms
Then they watched her walk away, rap
turous, happy, talking to herself as she
went Her heart was full. She had
sold his flowers; they had been sought
after-sought after by happy folk.-Ag-
mes Grozier in The Sketch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
The Autos Wings.

The great car stopped, and the driver
leaned back and cleaned his goggles.
1--WE made so miles an hour that trip
made it easy" he said. did you ever
stop to think how wonderfully the speed
of autos has developed?
I'm 94, in the famous Paris-Rouen
race. the winning car, a 3-hOrsepower,
averaged thirteen miles an hour. Won
derful.' the world said.
''In 90, from Paris to Bordeaux and
back. 655 mile course, it was thought
impossible to beat the "a record, but
to his own amaze the winner did it. His
average speed was 14.S miles. Motor, 4
horsepower.
'The Paris-Marseilles race Of '96 was
another record breaker. Motor, 6-horse-
power. Average time, 15.5 miles an
hour.
I'm '97, in the Nice-Monte Carlo run,
they got up a 17-mile speed
I'm '9S, from Paris to Bordeaux, the
speed was. q miles.
I'm 80, from Paris to Amsterdam
they averaged 27.2S miles an hour
And so the speed development has
gone on, until today your 200-horsepowe1
machine does kilo at Ormond in 1914
seconds-that is to say, mile in 49,
seconds-111.4 miles an hour.
''Think Of it: 10 miles an hour in '94-
III miles an hour now"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
TIMES VAGARIES.

1t took one day to make the, EARTH.
1t took just forty days to drown 1t.
1t took one month to form trust,
1t took just forty years to down It.
1t took one hour to get q loan,
1t took one hundred years to pay IT,
1t took four years to write march,
1t took nine minutes, ten to play 1t.
1t took an age to build a town,
1t took one hour or less to burn 1t.
1t took one year to spend sum, :.
It took four decades work to earn IL.
It took twelve hours to cook Dean'
1t ok two seconds time to eat II.
j. a trice to sign a note.
). full seven years to meet 1t.
I've years to build ship,
five hours, five to sink IL.
age to age old wine,
lght seconds straight to drink 1t
day to build a trap,
ne moment more to set II;
III -aa -hour to catch a skunk,
Tx ie fortnight to regret IL.
ok ten years to make nome.
Il took ten minutes just to deed IT,,
If took a week to write this pome,
1t took one e. u. mark to rea1 II.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

I know a man in this very town,
rather intelligent man at that, VINO
keeps constantly in his pocket horse
chestnut to keep away rheumatlsnl
That man never had the rheumatism IN
his life. but his best friend couldn't IN
duce him to throw away the chestnut
"Some of these amulets of the ages
that have gone are very curious propo-
sitions One, the preparation of which
was attributed to one OF the early
popes. was preparation OF dried toau'
arsenic, pearl, tragacanth and other IN
oredients. and was in it's time worn by
naonle around their necks, and never
removed. During the cholera plague
in London, people wore arsenic amuiets
as measures Of precaution, and a favo-
rife method of driving away chills AID
fever at one time was to wear neck
lace of spiders.
"Where is the person who mas not
some regard for cast-off horseshoe
At one time horseshoe was frequent
ly nailed over the doors OF houses 10
lxeen off witches. Now they are regard
ad NV thousands of folks as good luck
charms. All this shows where imagl-
nation is at work.
"Coming back strictly to medicines, l
can say that in my time, and nave
dispensed drugs for more than a thlrd
of a century, the doses administered by
physicians are greatly changed. The
blk heavy boluses our fathers used 10
take have been relegated to the rear
and, as a general thing, the doctors put
fewer ingredients into the compounds
they prescribe. All the old medicines
that our ancestors used to believe IN
are with us in stock, but rarely are
thew called for In another half cen
fury there is bound to be new school
of medical administration, but | won't
no here to make a note of II"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
The Lunch Joints Triumph.

The clerk pointed sadly to a great
bean of music rolls, chatelaines, hand
cameras. paint boxes, silk reticules and
legal looking bags of green baize.
''These." he said, shave stopped sell
ing since the revival of good times. They
are all lunch boxes. you know. They
are the ultimate development of the two
story tin dinner pail, and without shame
the fastidious and elegant shipping clerk,
the beautiful, proud stenographer with
them.
During the hard times they did carry
them, too. Even the bosses carried them
in some cases. But now prosperity re-
turns. the quick lunch joint has every
thing its own way again, and the in
genious manufacturers of the apothe-
osized lunch box must depend, as here
tofore, upon the export trade"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
Wise Savings for Everybody.

1T takes a certain amount of push to
master even a wheelbarrow."
'They are never alone who are accom-
panied with noble thoughts"
God educates men by casting them on
their own resources.-Newell Dwight
Hills.
"As soon as a man begins to love his
work. then will he also begin to make
progress"
What we would do, let us begin today.
Every good we would have must be paid
for in strokes of daily effOrt.-William
James.
A name that stands for character, that
is synonymous with integrity, is the best
advertisement in the world.
Great minds have purposes; others
have wishes.
"They fail and they alone who have
not striven."
'That man lives twice who lives his
first life well.'
Be like the sun which never sees the
dark side of anything.
Its not the position but the DISPOSE
ton that makes men happy. "-Success
Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
Oh. Lizzie! Listen!
llOH Via l.
Magazine.

Laura Jean is going to dramatic all
her sob stories and there are thirteen of
them. The gallery gods and the classy
audiences will have something to appeal
to their emotions next season. They
are each in four acts and guaranteed to
bring forth the sobs and throbs. Here
is the list: Don't Judge Her Too Harsh
" Till You Know Her Sad Love Story"
"Another Mans Treasure" '"The Aban.
doned Bride" do You Love Me, Dear?'
1.-THE First Kiss ''The Heart of Saucy
Susalyn," ''Love Me and l Am King,
love or Honor ''Look Before You
Leap" IF the Heart Is Truly Mated"
SIN Moment of Temptation" In an
Unguarded Moment and KNOWING All,
but Trusting Him Still"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
The Irish-American Dressmaker.

''The Irish-American woman dressmak
er is the equal of the French man dress
maker" said a Parisienne at tea in
New York. Her skill amazes me. 1t is
no wonder she gets on.
II have Travelled all over the east. ana
in every city 1 have found the finest
dressmaking custom quite mOnopolized
by Irish-American women. All the real
~ fashionable shops are conducted by
Kate O'Relly, or Madge MuldOon, or
Mime. Rafferty,, or a person of some such
Hibernian name.
'Why the Irish-American should de-
velop in the United States such talent
for dressmaking is a thing | can't ex-
plain. But there the thing is-you can
see it plainly for yourself-and the
American woman who pays Nine. RatfeI-
ty or Madge Muldoon 500 of an East
er gown is more likely to get her mon
ey's worth than if she bought an import
ed costume at twice the cost"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
OFF THE BEATEN PATH.
The Institution Smell.

A reporter, at the end of tour of the
Eastern penitentiary in Philadelphia,
said:
What I like about this place is that
I don't notice here that unpleasant and
peculiar smell which / have always
found heretofore in prisons, almslouses,
reformatories and such like places"
THE institution smell is what you al
lude to- said the resident surgeon, with
gratiied smile.
"What causes it?" asked the reporter
Dirt" was the reply This odd and
nauseating smell, as alike in the most
distant institutions as two bottles of the
same cologne are alike, is caused by dirt,
and the conductors of prisons and aims
houses and reformatOries feel that they
have reached the height of perfection in
their work when they succeed, by eternal
cleansing. in driving this smell away.
"A criterion of institution management
is the institution smell"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
A Wife's Duties.
3,916,472

Speaking of wives duties" said the
Manayunk philosopher, Il once attended
service at a Unitarian church in Brook
Iyn when the pastors voice went back
OH him. Went back altogether. it did.
He stood there before us in the pulpit
silently opening and shutting his mouth
like a fish.
His wife came quickly from her pew,
and mounting into the pulpit, she waved
her husband aside, took up the sermon
where he had left off, finished it elo-
quently, and afterwards brought the
morning service to conclusion with
prayer"
listener. :,
said the philosopher. He called it Of
ficious, was quite angry, said his wife
had been trying to show off.
The question is.' the philosopher con-
eluded, '.can a wife in her helpful zeal
90 too far?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
ZUNT INDIAN BASKETS.
Made by Expert Women and Colored

Made by Expert Women and Colored
to Suit Intended Use.
The Zuni Indians make great use OF
baskets, especially in connection with
grinding -four. They commonly employ
for this purpose coiled baskets which
they obtain by trade from the Apache
and Piute, and value highly. They,
themselves, manufacture wicker bas-
kets which are not much esteemed. The
industry is entirely confined to women.
They employ an awl of deer bone, and
use some six kinds of willow, which
they make into circular trays and
bowls. tsi-lai. One kind, salt willow, is
used for baskets to hold paper bread in
the house, the willow giving it salt
flavor, and another kind. smooth"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
Odd Belief About Butchers.

Butchers never serve on juries in
murder trials said a court cryer.
''They are always challenged if they
try to.
''They are challenged because they
are thought to be cruel. They are
thought to hold death too lightly. 1t is
feared that they might vote carelessly
to hang a man where strict justice de-
manded the mans release.
"Of course, l suppose, it isn't true,
this belief about butchers, especially
nowadays, when, thanks to the meat
trust, butchers don't slaughter. But in
the past, when every day they killed
cows and sheep and calves, butchers
must have inclined little towards cruel
ty. at least towards recklessness regard
ing death-don't you think so, eh?'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
A Bit of Forestry.

do you know how to tell a hard wood
from a soft wood tree?" said a forester.
iii tell you how to do it, and the rule
holds good not only here, among our ia
miliar pines and walnuts, but in the An
tipodes, among the strangest banyans,
baobabs and what-not.
Soft wood trees have needle leaves,
slim, narrow, almost uniform in breadth.
If you don't believe me, consult the pine,
the spruce, or the fir.
Hard wood trees have broad leaves of
various shapes-the oak, the ebony, the
walnut, the mahogany and SO on"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
Wiser,

Hes been in Paris for year, l be-
lieve. He must be very wealthy"
swell, he used to have more money
than he knew what to do with
"You mean he isn't as wealthy as he
was?"
"Oh, no: l mean he has been in Paris
long enough to acquire more knowi-
edge Philadelphia Press
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
Striped Guns Now.

A sailor was painting a big gun in
stripes of red, yellow and blue.
''That is the newest wrinkle" he ex-
planned. ''It makes a gun practically in
visible. Germany's the inventor
''All sorts of tests have been made
and the results show that cannon
comes. against no matter what back
ground, the nearest to invisibility of any
visible thing known. The next step
and you'll see twill be the painting of
warships red, yellow and blue, and the
adoption of red. yellow and blue for
soldiers and sailors uniforms"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
About Time.

At last the drammer recognizes the i'm
portance of the toiler, as witness. the
following:
ssNeIIie, the beautiful Cloak Model"
EDNA, the Pretty Typewriter.
Bertha, the Poor Sewing Machine
Girl
elaine. the Elegant Cook Lady"
Others in Observation-Disclosures
Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

You're looking for new quarters, l
hear" said Kidder, at the breakfast ia
BILE.
''Yes,'' replied the laxative boarder.
"Why?"
Here's an ad in the paper that
should interest you particularly: To
rent-Nice room for gent with gas.'"-
Philadelphia Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
Oldest Man in the House.

Representative Nehemiah d. Sperry OF
Connecticut, is the oldest man in the
House of Representatives. He will be
81 years old in July. This is his seventh
term. He was postmaster in New Ra-
ven under Lincoln, and helped to make
the Monitor possible.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

The American car engaged in the au-
tomobile race from New York to Paris
has reached Alaska by steamer, and will
push its way to the end of the American
run, part of the distance on sleds. The
race is sort of mixed proposition that
puts to test the nerve of the chautfeurs
as well as the material in the machines
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
In Quest of Proof.

"Charity begins at home,' remarked
Titewad to the beggar.
"That SOP replied the mendicant
"Sposen you ask me up to your house
for dinner, then? Philadelphia Led
ger.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

The first Of the Italian experiments Tor
the testing of reinforced concrete as
protection for warships has proved I'M
satisfactory. but Sig. D'Adda says that
ON account of insufficient preparations IL
was not a fair trial. AS Italy has not
facilities for manufacturing iron and
steel as cheaply as her neighbors, she is
disposed to make the most OF concrete
and will not give up the idea until con-
WINGED that it is impossible.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

Senaar Hale has issued a warning to
tsae less that increased military eX-
onses invite a deficit. The cutting
down of the naval programme may dis
please Hobson, but it will be applauded
by citizens who realize that the financial
resources of a people constitute the real
SineNvS of war
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

The announced determination of the
Canadian Pacific railway to build an
other line to the Pacific coast is evidence
of the increasing competition among Ca
madam carriers for the trade of the
growing wheat section. Canada will
eventually be gridironed with rails, lead
ing to the Atlantic and Pacific sea-
boards
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
The Poetry Crop.

The poetry editor of one of the duller
and more expensive magazines took out
his notebook.
'I'm compiling statistics of the way the
poetry trade is trending," he said. Last
years crop was a good one. 1t totaled
up to 3,916,472 pieces. I'd classify 1t
about like this:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

The Senate committee on interstate
commerce has decided to, extend for
twenty months the time in which the
scoal roads" can dispose of their coal
mines and thus place themselves within
the pale of the railroad rate law. This
will be generally acceptable, as the diff
cuIties incident to the reimbursement are
many and perplexing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

a writer in the April number of the
Contemporary Review refers to won
derful weapon of war which can impart
by the application of electricity an initial
velocity of $4,000 feet per second, and
send missiles to a distance of 800 miles.
This would enable nations to ''open up
on warlike neighbors without stirring from
their doors, and would thus save much
weary marching for the soldiers. But
perhaps the contributor to the Review
may De overestimating the efficiency of
the new guns.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

Plans for the construction of an addi-
tional subway in New York city, to cost
S6O.OOO,O 900, have been approved Dy the
board of estimates. The money spent
in New York and vicinity for bridges.
subways. and tunnels, during the past
ten years, reaches an aggregate COM
parable with the estimated cost of the
Panama canal. This is an era OF great
rnderta kings.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
Where He Was.

Caller-Is the professor of applied
physics in?
emf occupying the chair of applied lath-
er.-Harper's Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

The naval programme reported to
House cuts the administration
gramme in two, so far as Tw vessels
are concerned. But tTo 0ltlleshl
and eight submarines WI be & consider
able addition to tl1e fo m -acsc ilnos
of neace
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

Rear-Admiral Thomass views as to
the public's interest in the navy are
justified by tie widespread popular IN
forest in the movement of the feet which
made the long voyage to the PACING
ocean by way of the Straits OF Magellan.
This interest is worthy OF cultlvatlon'
and everything concerning the warshlps
should be given out, except where pup
LEGATION would be Incompatible with pub
lie interest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
,WASHBURN PRINTING CO., /. Publishers

The question now is, How long Will
the business dullness last?-in other
words, How long before nit profits will
give way to net profits?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07
Still the Panama.

"The Panama hat will still, be the
most correct hat for summer wear"
said a Broadway halter "Only fine
Panamas will be worn, though | am
stocking nothing under So.
1.-THE Panama will always be correct
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

kets, the origin of which is not def
nitely known. The pitch-covered water
bottles, which they use come from the
White Mountain Apache Or the Navajo.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

The Milwaukee steamer Fred Pabst,
which was valued at 100000 before she
was struck and sunk in st. Clair river,
last fall, has been sold to the wrecker
who raised hr for the sum of $1,000. This
shows not only that a ship must be kept
afoat 10 maintain her value, but that
wrecking masters can sometimes secure
a good thing in a comparatively short
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-05-07

One of the most widely practical sug-
gestions that has yet been made IN re-
gard to the utilization of wireless tele-
graphy in navigation is that of Senator
Delhaye of the French Academy OF
Sciences, who proposes the simultaneous
transmission of signals at noon and mid
night, Greenwich time, for the guidance
of ships at sea. This is interesting, but
the fact that wireless telegraphing is
difficult during the day may interfere
with the proposed noon signaling.