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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31

1t is reported from Ionic. that q
shrapnel grenade suitable for use with
ordinary army rifles has been tested with
success by British and foreign military
experts. But as the range Of the grenade
is only from 500 to 1000 feet, the new
missile will not be Of much service, as
the modern long-range rifle compels
armies to fight at distances far beyond
such short throws of shrapnel.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31

England fears a meat famine as a re-
suit Of the outbreak of the foot and
mouth disease in the United States. This
fear is not among her farmers, how
ever, as they are willing to provide all
the beef that may be required at famine
prices. The embargo upon meat may
have a benefcent influence in showing the
Britons where they are att in the mat
ter of meat supplies, and make them
more c0nsiderate of American products.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31
1t Happened in Boston.

Mrs. on-Ayres-Waiter, you may
bring me a culinary mosaic, slightly UNI
berated.
Waiter Cat the slide)-Hash, and have
it brown.-Boston Transcript.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31
JINGLE SANS PROD|GAL GIFTS
FROM THE PQBUC DOMAIN.
Government Has Given to Settlers Ill., Acres and Has
More than Enough Lett to Make Four States Large
as Texas-Vast Projects of Irrigation.

No wonder the world calls us rich.
What other country could make the
prodigal gifts to it's people which IN
Gle Sam has made from the public do
main. This government has already
given to settlers 112,00OOOO acres Of
land.
But what the government has given
away Is only small garden in COM
parison with what it has to give. The
public domain, taking into considera-
ton land Of all sorts, good and bad,
amounts to the colossal sum Of 754,-
S95, 2S6 acreS-more than enough to
make four states as large as Texas.
1t is true that almost half Of this vast
area is In Alaska, where farms will
always be about as valuable as as they
are at the north pole. But it is also
true that there 26O,Oe0,0OO acres Of
public land in the United States proper
that, sooner or later, will be devoted
to agricultural purposes. In the arid
West 1t Is all a matter Of getting water
on the land. In the cut-over timber
regions Of the numbering states all that
is needed Is to keep off the forest fires
and give the soil an opportunity to re
cuperate.
Water Did 1t All.
The United States government owns,
in Utah, for instance, more than
enough land to make another state as
large as Michigan. Nobody who has
ever climbed the foothills Of the Wah-
satch Mountains and seen what Brigh-
am Young and his followers did for
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31

Marathon races are becoming so nu-
merous that there is danger of OVERRIDING
on the part of ambitious young athletes.
To run or to skate twenty-five miles at
the highest possible speed is to put the
heart to a severe test, and no athletic
association or skating club should ar
range for Marathon contests without
providing for medical examination of
would-be contestants as a necessary pre-
iiminary
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31
BURIED Money to Bank.

A customer of the Pioneer Trust COM
pany handed in $1,000 in currency for
deposit this morning.
fYou have had this buried?" the re-
ceiving teller asked. The bills were,
mouldy and widowed and had the an
pearance of having been underground.
eyes, buried it last year in October
when the financial depression started
said the deposition. Yesterday / dug il
up.''-Kansas City Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31

One of the Herreshoffs having turned
to the manufacture of automobiles,
yachtsmen are looking for the produc-
ton of something that will put existing
records in the shade. But there are limita-
lions in mechanics beyond which wizard
~ in shaping an automobile cannot go,
and there may be disappointment such
as has not been experienced with Her
reshoff productions for sea service.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31
Taking No Chances.

She-I'm going to cook the dinner to-
day myself. What would you like, dear?
He-Er-cold beef and pickles.-Meg-
gendorfer Blaetter.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31
Busy with Irrigation.

But things have changed since then.
The government has become very busy
in the irrigation business. 1t is pour
ing out money like water for the pur-
pose of getting water. At this very
moment the government has under way
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31

A New Yorker writes a newspaper of
that city the confession that he made a
mistake in retiring from business at 80.
Now, it seems, he finds himself doomed
ito read daily five hours, walk three
hours, and attempt to sleep seven
hours,'' which still leaves ''a residue of
about nine hours for dreary introspec-
tom There is pleasure in work for
those habituated to it, and there is dull
monotony in idleness.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31

The Great Northern railroads pro-
posed line from the boundary to Winni-
peg has been surveyed, and construction
will begin in the spring. This will make
another commercial tie between Canada
and the United States, which are to
know no boundary so far as traffic move
ment is concerned. Freight will follow
the lines Of least resistance, and rail
road enterprise will endeaEor to estab-
lish such lines.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31

When the members of standing
committee meet they usually sit down
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31

A man who has fished much can
readily detect lie in fish story.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31

Advertise in this paper, and make your
wants known to our home people, and
stimulate enterprise in our vicinity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31

The engine tender combined are eighty feet long
and weigh 2S615 The alone weighs 200 tons
1t was built the purpose of assisting trains the
grades of the Erie Railroad Susquehanna and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31

JOSEPH LETTER, capitalist and
mine owner, was born in Chicago, De
cember 4, 1868, the son of Levxi u.
Letter, the Millionaire Chicago merchant,
who died in 1904. The younger Letter
was educated at Harvard university,
where he graduated in 1891. After ne
left college he acted as an agent Tor ms :
father in some of the latters comm ne
came into public prominence in an en-
deavor to corner the wheat market. He
bought wheat on the Chicago board of
trade to such an extent as to make him,
at the beginning of 1898, the largest indi-..
vidual holder of wheat in the history of
the grain trade His deal collapsed, how
ever, and the consequence was that the
Letter fortune was depleted by severa q
millions of dollars. The late Lady Cur
zon, whose husband was the British wee
roy in India, was a sister of MIR: Letter..
and another of his sisters is the Countess
Of Suffolk.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21
How Mrs. Spider Cleans House.

Like all careful housekeepers,
Mrs. Spider has her cleaning days,
but unlike other careful housekeep-
ers, she wears her fine clothes when
she works.
Maybe you have seen her all rig
ged out in her yellow and black
velvet gown, sweeping and busting
her web, but just remember she Is
not as extravagant as she seems.
Clothes never bother her. She does
mt have to go to a dressmaker when
she needs a new gown. She has only
to step out of her old one, and, 10,
just under 1t is a fresh one all ready
made and a perfect fit!
No, Mrs. Spider is not extrava-
CANT. She is very economical, in
fact; for, instead of throwing aside
her old dresses, she rolls them into
a ball, and eats them.
There are no old-cIothes men IN
the Spider world.
Well, to tell about Mrs. Spiders
house-cleaning. She has neither
brushes nor brooms nor busters; so
she begins her work by raising one
Of her eight claws, and giving her
house a shake which reaches to
every corner She Is careful, how
ever, not to injure it, but she makes
the dust fly. When this Is done to
her satisfaction, she looks her web
over first from the top, then from the
bottom, and then from both sides.
If the walls sag, or are the least
bit broken, she rolls them into a
ball and eats them, just as she does
her old clothes. Then she replaces
them by new ones.
When everything Is in thorough
order, she sits down for a rest, and
to make her own toilet.
AS her whole body and legs have
a rough, hairy covering, she needs
quite a little time to Ak herself
properly.
In her mandibles, or jaws, are the
teeth with which she combs her hair,
and her claws serve as brushes for
the other parts of her body.
After a careful dressing, she is
ready for dinner, and woe to the fly
"a OIACA nuNhACoo 4ASOCL IWAkCA 40
caught in her webi
She spends much of her time eat
ing, and all her food goes into the
back part of her body, which, you
know, looks just like a soft round
ball. Here it is changed into q
thick syrup. This Is the material
of which her web Is ade. It Is
forced through her spinnerets, the
tiny knobs at the back Of her body,
and hardens into a thread when 1t
comes in contact with the air.
AS the web is in constant need of
repairing great deal Of material
is required, and Mrs. Spider must
eat much and often.
She will neither make nor mend
her web in cloudy weather.-Se-
lected.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21
What o Boy should Know.

4 boy should intimately know the
English Bible. He should know It
as literature quite aside from It's re-
ligious teaching. He should know II
from having had It read to him from
his earliest years. and from reading
and studying II for himself. Under
this same kindly home influence, and
with the same tactful personal in
PRODUCTION, every boy should have an
opportunity TO know the worlds
great stories. such as Robinson Cru
soc, Gulliver's Travels. The Swiss
Family Robinson. and The Pilgrims
Progress. A mind well stored with
poetry and a taste cultivated to the
love OF the best Is a treasure to a
boy. To give this seems so easy, If
the home influence and interest begin
early. II only requires a wide-awake
boy to become possessed OF these
books. The public library Is aces
sible to very many, whether they live
In village or city. There are also
very cheap editions of most OF them
which may be gotten. The difficulty
| however, Is not that boys do moi
have a chance to secure them, but
that they are too often left like rare
plants without any attention. No one
suggests to them the real pleasure
in an occupation which leads to such
knowledge as best fits their growth
1t Is not strange then that In very
important sense the boy Is left toe
often to grow wild. The common
sense way Is for each boy to keep hi
eyes wide open and take the chance
that brings a suitable book within
his reach. Always he may take uI
the Scripture, and its records have
for generations charmed not alone
grown people. but the children, too
Review of Reviews.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21
Left-Handed Compliment.

We heard recently of a helpful
husband, who tried to tighten his
wife's work, says the Rural New
Yorker. He arose very early, and,
being fond Of doing little jobs
around the house, he decided that
the front porch was dirty, and that
it would be fine thing to clean 1t.
Chuckling to himself to think how
surprised his wife would be when
she came down, he went to the kitch-
en-, got scrubbing-brush, and a
package of what he thought was soap
powder, and bucket OF water, and
started in to work with an apron
tied around him. It was very early,
the neighbors were not yet stirring,
and he thought it was a great lark.
Gayly he sprinkled the soap about;
and then, moistening the brush, he
got down to work. But the more he
scrubbed, the more pasty was the re-
suit, and after a while bubbles began
to show themselves In a mess Of
what looked like yeast. Just then
his wife appeared at the door.
why, Jack!" she exclaimed,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21
In the Country.

1t seems to me I'd like to go
Where bells don't ring, nor whistles
blow,
Nor clocks don't strike, nor gongs
sound,
And I'd have stiffness all around.
Not real stiffness, but just the trees
Low whisperings, or the hum of bees,
Or brooks faint babbling over stones
In strangely, softly tangled tones.
Or maybe a cricket or katydid,
Or the songs of birds in the hedges
hid,
Or just some such sweet sounds as
these
To fill a tired heart with ease.
If weren't for sight and sound and
smell,
I'd like city pretty we'll;
But when 1t comes to getting rest,
like the country lots the best.
Sometimes it seems to me I must
Just quit the city's din and dust,
And get out where the sky is blue;
And say, now, how does it seem to
you? Eugene Field.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21
Something Left Undone.

Labor with what zeal We Will.
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
Waits the rising OF the sun.
By the bedside. On the stair.
At the threshold. near the gates
with menace or its prayer.
Like q me ndicant IL waits.
Waits. and will not go away:
Waits. and will not be gainsaid:
By the cares OF yesterday
Each to-day Is heavier made.
TIL at length the burden seems
Greater than our strength ear
bear.
Heavy as the weight OF dreams,
Pressing on US everywhere.
And we stand from day TO day,
Like the dwarfs OF times gone by
Who. as Northern legends say.
On their shoulders held the sky.
-Longfellow.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21
The Source In Us.

The source of nearly all the evil
and unhappiness OF this world is
selfishness. We know 1t; but we
still keep on being selfish. We see
that the world might be made ideally
beautiful il only all people would
live unselfish lives; and yet we keep
on being selfish. We strive after the
things that will administer to our
immediate satisfaction. and hate
people who get in our way and him
der the attainment Of these things
And so we keep on. and the world
Jars and is unharmonious and IL
darkened and Is miserable; and We
wonder why God has not made
things more fair. when 1t is we our
selves who are marrlng the purpose
of God, which we can plainly see.-
MinOt j. Savage.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21

Subscribe to The Caucasian.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21

Be furnished b. ,hess ana.sur art
lists.
The old game Of Il an going 20
China" may be played In . Bee way.
Choose sides. and proceed on the
plan Of spelling down. One falling
TO give word whiIe any other mem
Der of the opposite side can still
think OF one must drop out OF
course We take first TO China" all
the things beginning with A. then
with 3. and 30 on through the al
phabet.
with the refreshments may be
passed the following questions These
ia succession must be answered with
the first ten letters of the alphabet
The answer may contain more than
one word II so desired. but each
word must begin with the required
letter.
]. Who are you? An active AMI
NAL
2. What is your business? Boss
baby tender.
3. What Is your favorIte name!
Charles Clifford.
4. What do you like best to eat!
Delicious dreamy dates.
s. What Is your beseting sin!
Envy. egotism.
6. What will constitute your great
est claim to fame? Fetching fea
lures.
Z. What Is your active study
Girls.
| s. Who or what would you ratheI
be IL not yourself? Helen's husband
| g.. What is your favorite occupa
ton? INDUCING In imbecilities.
10. Do you like parties? Jus
jolly.
Christian Endeavor World.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21

what in the world are you doing7"
"scrubbing the porch" replied
Jack.
Mrs. Jack picked up the package
which the jealous husband had sup
posed contained soap powder.
Good gracious!" she cried
you're using buekwheat four"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21

why thus longing, thus forever
signing.
For the far off, unattained. and
dim,
While the beautiful, all round thee
lying,
Offers up It's low perpetual
hymn"
Shall we withhold from a full sup
ply?
Shall We not heed that others die?
Shall We not give of means and mind
The hungry to feed, the lost to find
A call is now sounding for you and
for me,
Not only from nations far over the
sea,
But it comes from the lands that
lie at our feet,
1t comes from the sinful We pass OF
the street,
1t comes from the homes of wan
and of woe,
1t comes to our ears-where We go
o hear! The Master is calling"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21
An Alphabet Party.

To the alphabet party are hidden
twenty-six guests, to each of whom is
assigned a name, each name begin
ming with a different letter of the
alphabet. During the evening each
must be addressed by no other name
than the one assigned, and forfeits
will be required at the close for
every failure to respond when ad-
dressed by another person, and for
every mistake in speaking the name
of others.
The first thing to do Is to tell an
alphabet story" Each person must
either write or tell story of twenty
six words, the words beginning with
the letters of the alphabet taken in
succession. This may be varied by
having the story told around the
room, each one contributing a word.
The following is an example:
agnes, beautiful, capricious, dom
ned eagerly fashionable gown. Her
intense joy kept long-suffering NAM
ma nervous. Order, Peter" queru-
lously roared she. Tonight unex-
pected visions widen (e)xciting
young zealots.'
The following list, including most
Of the letters of the alphabet, Is to
be supplemented with the name of
the author and the work in which are
found the names of the well-known
heroes and heroines selected.
1. Enoch Arden.
2. Noddy Bofin.
8. Cordelia.
4. Dora.
5. Evangeline.
6. Sir John Falstaff.
z. Sairy Camp.
6. Felix Holt.
8. Imogen.
10. Jessica.
II. Aurora Leigh.
IL. Mrs. Micawber.
IS. Lydia.
IA. Old Mortality.
Is. Pecksniff.
16. Quilp.
IT. Rebecca.
Is. Harold Skimpole.
10. Titania.
20. Una.
| 81. Dolly Warden.
| %. Mr.. Worldly Wiseman.
%. lamont.
| Procure one of the juvenile books
known as the alphabet book" and
cut out separately the verses belong
ing to each letter. Pictures to illus
trate each one may be drawn by. the
guest whose name corresponds with
the letter, and much amusement may
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21

Let us be only patient; and let God
our Father teach His own lesson His
own way. Let us try to learn it well
and learn it quickly; but do not let
us fancy that He will ring the school
bell and send us to play before our
lesson is learned we'll. - Charles
Kingsley.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21

child urinates too often, if the urine sca1ds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made miser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
" druggists, in fifty ST.
cent and one-dollar !3$3
size bottles. You may 3 IT,
have sample bottle z4se @ ~
by mail free, also Home Of svamp-RooG
pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root
including many of the thousands of test.
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghanton, N. Y, be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad
dress, Binghamton, N. Y. on every
bottle.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21

Be noble! and the nobleness that lies
In other men, sleeping but never
dead,
Will rise in majesty to meet thine
own. Meredith.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21

vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. IF the
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21

Every hour comes with some little
fagot of Gods will fastened upon it's
back.-F. w. Faber.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-21
Women as Well as Men Are Made
Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessons ambition; beauty,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-11-05

ESTATE OF POLLY cRossMAN.
State Of Vermont, District Of Hartford So
The Honorable Prohate Court for the District
aforesaid.
TO the heirs and all persons interested in the
estate OF Polly CroSsman, late Of Rochester. IN
said District, deceased, Greeting:
Whereas. application hath been made &c this
court In writing. BY the administrator Of said
estate praying for license and authority ~ sell
All q rial estate Of said deceased situate In this
state representing 20 said co RI that Ii would be
beneficial TO the heirH and all persons Interested
In the estate Of said deceased, to sell said real
estate and convert the same into money.
And bringing into Court the con-ent and ap-
probation in writing. Of all the heirs said estate
residing II this state. and setting forth the
situation Of the real estate.
WhereupOn, the said Court appointed and
assigned the 18th day 81 No sember. 1908. at the
Probate once IN Woodstock IN said District, 70
hear and decide upon said application and
petition, and ordered public notice thereof 20 be
given 20 all persons interested therein. by pub
fishing said order, together with the time and
place Of hearing, three weeks successfully IN the
Rochester Herald. newspaper which circulates
in the nei hborhood Of those perfons interested
In said estate, all Of which publications shall be
previous II the day assigned for hearing.
Therefore, you are hereby noticed 10 appear
before said Court at the time and place assigned.
then and there In said Court 70 make your OBJ
jections TO the granting Of such license, II you
see cause.
Given under my hand at Woodstock in said
District, this 46th day OF October, 1868.
THOMAS o. SEANER. judge.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-11-05
GRANVILLE

Miss Lillian Hubbard was at homs
from Warren over Sunday.
e. A. stimson Of Roxbury was at
George Sargent's last week.
N. l. Boyce OF waitsneId was guest
at the Central House Sunday.
e. n. Hemenway Is putting a gasolene
engine in his bowl mill this week.
Mrs. A. II. Ford went to Randolph
Tuesday. She will visit in Broolxield
and East Randolph before she returns.
C. NJ. Bowden OF Cleveland. o.. Is in
town to put in the new iron bridge that
was given the town BY Mr.. King Of the
King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, o.
Jerry witherell Dumas died Oct. n,
after a long and painful illness. Of con-
sumption, He was born in this town
and was 30 years old. He Left q wife and
three children, a mother. i've brothers
and Ave sisters. The funeral was At his
late home Saturday, Oct. "a. The friends
and relatives from out Of town present
were Louis and Charles Dupont OF Wild
or, William Dupont, wife and daughter
OF Ticonderoga, N. Y, Bert Dumas and
wife of Roxbury, Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon
Dumas Of Stockbridge, Miss Mary Dumas
Of Middlebury, Mr.. and Mrs. LAramy Of
Stock bridge.