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The Erie Railroad now possesses, ac-
cord1ng to the Scientific American, the
largest locomotive in the world. It
has been constructed especially for the
purpose Of drawing trains up the steep
grades near Susquehanna. The locomo-
time weighs 100000 pounds, and is ca
pable of exerting pull of $4,000
pounds, which may be temporarily in
creased to 10000 pounds 1t is of the
Mallet type, one immense boiler sup
plying two engines, one of high and the
other of low pressure Although en-
closed in the same body, the two pairs
of cylinders are carried Oh separate
trucks, each operating it's own set of
driving-Wheels. All the cylinders have
the same length Of stroke, IS inches.
the diameter of the driving wheels is
81 inches, and the wheel base Of the To-
connective is 80 feet inches long.
President Roosevelt in his latest mes.
sage to Congress says some striking
things about the work of the Biological
Survey. 1t has shown, he says, that at
least forty-three species Of birds prey
upon the ACKNOWLEDGMENT; that fifty
seven species feed upon scale insects,
which attack fruit-trees that cuckoos
and orioles destroy leaf-eating cater
pillars, that hawks and owls, except
few which attack poultry and game
birds, are benefactors in destroying
grasshoppers and mice; and that
'woOdpeckers, as class, by destroying
the larvae of wondering insects, are
so essential to tree life that it is doubt.
full if our forests could exist without
them" The plumage of these birds
should be admired and respected as the
uniform of a winged army which de-
tends man against some Of his worst
foes
Commenting upon a recent German
book on the interior state of the earth,
DR.. A. G. Lane, we'll known for his re-
searches Oh this difficult subject, makes
a very interesting remark. He says
that without making a sweeping state
ment at the start, as to the gaseous in
terror Of the earth, it is perhaps safe
to say, in view of what we know, that
"sOme of the elements Of the earth's in
terror are in a gaseous condition, and
the earth, for them at least, might be
likened to a toy balloon, but one in
which the gas was so condensed, under
such pressure, that one could easier
dent q steel ball than it, Under con-
ditions Of temperature not easy to dis
prove, that should be the condition Of
all the earth's elements toward the cen-
ter" Doctor Lane adds that the study
Of seismic vibrations will probably set
tie this question.
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Death of His Stepfather Recalls
Memories of Americas Most
Desperate Outlaw.
WAS A SLAYER AND R0BBER.
outrages Upon His Family melted
Him to Deeds Of Maniaca1
Fury.

Recently the death Of DR.. Reuben
Samuels. of Missouri, has been an
nounced in a line. To the majority Of
readers this item conveyed no sig
nificance Yet Doctor Samuels was q
figure in the guerilla warfare that
made Of Missouri and Kansas settings
for the bloodiest and bitterest strife
ever waged by banded assassins. Sam
uels was, however, passive figure, the
accidental center of affairs In which he
took no part Conflict waged about
him, its fiery pillows surging up to the
threshold Of his home. For he was the
husband of the mother of Jesse James.
a woman with the heart of a lioneSs,
loving her own with an intensity as
fierce as the hatred she felt for her
enemies.
The death Of Doctor Samuels recalls
the mad career Of Jesse, as intrepid
freebooter as ever murdered and
robbed; man who for years, moving
In q community where everybody knew
there was price on his head, never
flinched in the presence Of danger
James was a man Of curious paradoXes.
He was strong in friendship, terrible,
unrelenting in battle, whether under
the black flag Of Quantrell or warning
on the society that had made him an
outlaw. To his mother he was always
kind and affectionate; to his wife a
model husband His children found In
him, so far as their tender senses could
appreciate, every desirable element of
fatherhood For long time he as
sumed the name Of Howard There was
no better citizen than "Mr. Howard"
no mofe thoughtful neighbor. Shortly
before he was killed there had been
municipal procession In st. Joseph,
marking local event At the head Of
the parade was a platoon of police.
Immediately behind the police rode
Jesse James on blooded horse, his
little boy Jesse held before him. Such
were the chances the bandit took.
There have been attempts to exalt
Jesse James. That he was driven into
the hard school of Quantrell must be
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-23
Could See For Himself.

Clarence Foster ("Pop") the old ball
player, was always busy sewing in his
spare moments in the clubhouse. Eos
ter was q handsome fellow and took
pride in keeping himself looking neat
and natty as far as his attire went,
and he was as particular as an old
maid regarding his clothes, SO was
kept busy doing the tailor act with
the needle and thread. One August
Pop was taken Ill and was ailing
for some few days. The fact of his Ill
ness got into the public press and so
became common talk among the play
ers A few days after the announce
ment was made that Foster was Ill
the st. Louis aggregation blew into the
Washington grounds. The first day
Foster was discovered sitting in front
Of the clubhouse, busy at his everlast-
ing sewing.
Hello, Pop!" shouter Catcher Joe
Sugden. II heard you were sick, but
how are you now?"
"Well, Joe," carelessly responded
Foster as he paused a moment in his
tailor stunt, 81 have been sick. but
Just at present, as you can see for
yourself, happen to be on the mend"
Washington Star.
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to this torture. and was left senseless
and bleeding Jesse had been obliged
to look on. Then with whips he was
scourged up and down the corn rows,
prodded with bayonets. Little wonder
that there arose within him tumult of
hatred. Unwittingly the visitors were
training him for a place with Guam
trell, that grim individual who with
his own hand had slain thirty out Of
band Of thirty-two that had killed a
brother.
Leaving Samuels to suffer, the inter
lopers next demanded Of Mrs. Samuels
that she betray Quantrell. II am like
Marion's wife," she responded, what
I know 1 will die knowing" They did
not kill her. A little later she was
taken to jail in Liberty, and there, with
her daughter, subjected to hardship and
grossest insults. She was a Southern
sympathizer and, far from denying the
fact, gloried in it. In community
af1ame with excitement and prejudice,
growing accustomed to every express
sion of violence, this was offending
enough
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THEY GROW
Good HumOr and Cheerfulness from
Right Food.

Good HumOr and Cheerfulness from
Right Food.
Cheerfulness is like sunlight. 1t dis
pels the clouds from the mind as sum
light chases away the shadows of
night
The good humored man can pick up
and carry off a load that the man with
a crouch wouldn't attempt to lift.
Anything that interferes with good
health is apt to keep cheerfulness and
good humor in the background. A
Washington lady found that letting cof-
fee alone made things bright for her.
She writes:
-Four years ago l was practically
given up by my doctor and was not ex-
pected to live long. My nervous sys-
tenn was in a bad condition.
but 1 was young and did not want
to die, so 1 began to look about for the
cause of my chronic trouble. / used to
have nervous spells which would ex-
haust me and after each spell it would
take me days before / could sit up III
a chair.
II became convinced my trouble was
caused by coffee l decided to stop 1T
and bought some Postum.
1.-THE first cup, which l made accord
ing to directions, had a soothing effect
on my nerves and l liked the taste.
For a time l nearly lived on Postum
and ate little food besides. | am TO-
day healthy woman.
MY family and relatives wonder IL
I am the same person | was tour
years ago, when l could do no work
on account of nervousness. Now l am
doing my own housework, take care OF
two babies-one twenty, the other two
months old. l am so busy that | hard
ly get time to write letter, yet do
it all with the cheerfulness and good
humor that comes from enjoying good
health.
81 tell my friends it is to Postum |
owe my life to-day"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs. There's Reason
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men fittingly described as crossed be-
tween highwaymen and tigers. He was
smooth-faced boy, yet soon there was
not one of his comrades more dan
gerous fighter. He was as good rider
as any, a better shot than any, and
the ferocity that had slumbered within
him was reused to pitch that made
him as demoniac as the rest of the mi
quitous brotherhood Of butchery.
The exploits Of the guerrillas, In
which Jesse soon took active part
were almost beyond belief in their
reckless daring, their frenzied brutal
ity. The affair at Centralia illustrates
the actuating spirit One day-it was
September "a. 1S64-a train bearing
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twenty-four Federal soldiers rolled into
the little station. Upon the platform
awaited Bill Anderson, one Of Guam
trells most savage followers, and
enough of his associates to overawe the
soldiers. The twenty-four were march
ed out Of their car, stood in line and
slaughtered to man.
Soon after 300 troops under Major
Johnson sought to punish this deed.
and approached a rendezvous where
there were 262 Of the guerrillas. John
son adopted suicidal tactics. Evident
ly he did not understand Quantrelps
way. He caused his men to dismount
and thus they stood awaiting the on
slaught. On came the guerillas like q
whirlwind. They could not sbe with
stood Human courage could not en-
dure against these grinning devils. who
rode with teeth barred and holding the
reins. After one volley the troops fed.
They were pursued as foxes are DUR
sued, and of the 300 only eighteen es.
capped. The rest were not wounded
They were dead.
In this charge Jesse James, having
the best horse, was in the lead. It was
bullet from his unerring revolver that
laid poor Johnson low, and many others
were accredited to him that dreadful
day The guerrillas lost four men. Such
was their usual fortune. By expert
ences Of this kind Jesse James was
hardened. He was a butcher Of men.
An incident characteristic of Jesse
James may be related here. After the
war, travelling in Tennessee, he found
the widow of an old comrade. 1t hap
pened that a mortgage upon her home
was to be foreclosed that day, and she
was momentarily expecting the Sheriff
and the money lender. The sum she
needed was $780, Jesse had this with
him, but no more, and he was far from
home, but he gave it to her. Then he
secreted himself by the roadside, watch
ed the officials and the lender arrive
and depart. and stepping from ambush
with leveled pistols, made them dis
gorge the entire amount, with which he
went on his way, happy in having saved
the widows home at the cost of a tri-
fling Inconvenience not in itself disa-
greeable
When fully launched upon his crimi-
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admitted. His mother was a native Of
Kentucky, and when the mutterings Of
civil war were first heard her sympa-
thies were with the South. So were
those of Doctor Samuels. In these SYM
pathies 1t was but natural that the boy
ganization had operated before the dec
laration Of war. 1t was a sinister
group, wholly without mercy, hideous
in it's methods, it's members made up Of
social renegades STEPPED in crime, and
bent upon revenge.
QuantrelIs GuerrilIas.
Quantrell had grievance against
some of the maurauders Of the border
Others had sworn to kill all the Fed
erals they could in reprisal against
outrages committed by sympathizers
with the cause Of the North. AS Guam
trell gained prestige some soldiers de-
serted the Confederate ranks to Join
him, impelled by blood-lust not to be
satisfied on the battlefield. They craved
the Joy of murder. They gave no quar-
ter. No prisoner was spared. AS fight
ers they were demons. They relied up
on skill as hOrsemen and with revol-
vers. When they went into action it
was with a fendish zest that could
not be withstood.
1t was the practice of every Guam
trell follower to take the reins in his
teeth, guide the horse by pressure OF
the knees alone and, with revolver
in each hand, plunge at full speed into
the heart of the enemy. There was no
preliminary order, "Trot, gallop!" but
the trained horses sprang to the utmost
gait on the instant. The rush was il
terrifying spectacle, pitiless, awful; a
veritable swath of death.
Bad as was Quartrell as monstrous
his cruelty and measureless his passion,
there were bodies opposing him that
lacked none OF his malignity of pur-
pose, but did lack his leadership. One
day the representatives of one of these
bodies rode up to the Samuels home.
They found Doctor Samuels at work
with Jesse in cornfield. With oaths
they demanded the whereabouts of
Quantrel Samuels could not tell
them. They hanged him to tree and
kept him suspended until nearly dead.
Thrice did the doctor have to submit
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TREES POISON GRASS.

1t is a matter of common observation
that grass does not grow so well close
to trees as in the open. Experiments in
this country and England have shown
that the deleterious effects of the near
neighborhood Of grass and trees are mu-
tual. The trees suffer as well as the
grass. This is especially true of fruit
trees.
The cause is ascribed to the excretion
of the trees, on the one hand, Of sub
stances poisonous to the grass, and by
the grass, on the other hand, of sub
stances poisonous to the trees.
1t thus appears that the failure of
grass to grow well near trees should not
be ascribed to too much shade, nor to
the exhaustion by the tree roots of the
food supply needed by the grass.-Balti-
more Sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-23
GAS ORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s Rssss the Of LZ<HAZzzS3
THE LITTLE WOODEN BARREL.
Turned Out in This Country in Millions
and Sold All Over the World.

Among the all but endless variety Of
things of wood produced in American
factories are little wooden barrels. They
are turned out of white birch, and come
in many sizes, from tiny affairs an inch
and half high up to barrels 10 inches
high.
The biggest of them are turned with
a hand manipulated tool, but those rang
ing from 8 inches downward are turned
each with a cutting tool having an edge
so formed that it turns the barrel all at
once. They set block of wood in the
lathe and adjust the cutting tool and 1t
turns the barrel into shape complete as
quickly as a man turning with hand
tool could have turned one of the hoops
on it; and on the smallest barrels one
man can run three or four machines.
These little barrels are sold in the
aggregate in great numbers, millions of
them yearly. A single tack manufacture
ing concern buys them in carload lots,
1000 gross, or 28S,000 barrels at a time.
Great numbers are used by confection-
ers, who fill with them with candy, and
they are used to contain a bottle of per-
fumery.
Many are sold to be given away at
fairs or in other ways, being filled with
sample of a staple product of the re-
gion, perhaps of -four, or it might be of
sugar. Many Of them are made with
a slot cut in one end, or head, through
which coins can be dropped, the little
barrels in this form being used for saw
ings banks, or given out by Sunday
school teachers to their pupils to make
collections in for some specific purpose.
Individual purchasers buy the little bar
rels to use for button boxes. and great
numbers of them are sold for toys.
So in this country there are used mil
lions of them annually, and for all the
various uses to which the little barrels
are put they are exported in large num-
bers to countries all over the world
New York Sun.
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DIR. VAN EDEN. and the prOhtS or
each belong not to the individuals, but
to the community as a whole. 1t is
the belief of the theorists that event
ually these colonies will spread and
increase in wealth and power till all
Holland becomes a communism.
DR.. van Eeden founded the first
clinic on hypnotism in medicine in Hol-
land, which was the third Of it's kind
in the world. In 1908, when there was
a lockout in Holland and much power
ty, he took the head of relief move
ment and established cooperative shops
which gave employment to 300 persons,
in which all those who bought were
stockholders in the enterprise. The
sudden growth Of this enterprise
gained 10000 members in three months
was too much for DR.. van Eeden's
resources and the shops failed. The ex-
pertinent cost the doctor 100000. They
have been revived since and are IN
operation all over the little kingdom.
DR.. van Eeden is the pioneer OF school
of fiction, poet of note, and he has
two plays now on the stage In Holland.
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As Bait.

Mrs. A. lover phone)-Can you send
me ND a cook to-day, Mr.. Dryer? Head
of Intelligence Office-Sorry l can't ac-
commodate you, Mrs. A., but we have
only one in the office. Mrs. A.-But
why mayn't 1 have her? Head of In
telligence Office-Oh, we have to keep
her as a sample !-Harper's Weekly.
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Massage, Blind.

In London massage by the blind is an
accepted and successful profession. Some
doctors will employ no others. In Japan,
until recently, none except the blind
were allowed to do massage, and i'll
Yokohama alone it is stated that out of
1000 masSeurs earning Il livelihood 800
are blind
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"Elsie says she is going to improve
her mind and join a Browning class"
what on earth made her think of
that?''
"She has to make some sacrifices, you
know, this Lent, and it was either join
ing the Browning class or giving up
chocolate caramels, and she wasn't re-
ally equal to that. baltimore Ameri-
can
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poe t a n d play
wright. DR.. van
Eeden is the found
er Of the communist
ic colony of Wal
den, the first of a
chain of such col
onies in Holland.
They have grown
very rich as colo
MES, since the I'M
earned increment
a
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Value OF HumOr.

The man who becomes humorist Is
the man who contrives to retain GER
tain childlike zest and freshness of
mind side by side with a large and tell
der tolerance-CoTnhill Magazine.
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tell what agony l en-
dured from backache.
My limbs were swoll-
en- twice natural size
and my sight was
weakening. The kid
ney secretions were
discolOred and had a
sediment. When /
wished to eat my
wife had to raise me
I'M in he'd. Physician MS
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were unable to help me and 1 was go
ing down fast when 1 began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. After a short
time l felt a great improvement and
am now as strong and healthy as
man could be. 1 give DOan's Kidney
Pills all the credit for it,"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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A VERSATILE DUTCHMAN.

Distinguished COmmunistic and CO.
Operative Organizer.
One of the most interesting Of our re-
cent international visitors is DR.. Fred
erick van Eeden. the Dutch author,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-23
The Coop.

This fat is a mere COOP
Eyes john" said his wife sweetly
land the cook has just flew it."-Pitts-
burg Post.
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Slaughter of Troops.

It was enough, too, to drive Jesse
from the perils of his threatened home
into the ranks Of tie Quantrell guerril-
las. There he found himself among
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Probably the best salye for healing
the broken heart of woman is mix
ture Of time and another man.
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RAISED FROM A SICK BED.

After Being an Invalid with Kidney
Disorders for Many Years.
John Armstrong, Cloverport, KY,
saws: 81 was an invalid with kidney
complaints for many years and cannot
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It's surprising how many clothespins
a little woman can hold in her mouth.
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1t is always a sign Of weakness to
take compliment seriously.
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of strictly military schools there
are 175 throughout the land. New York
has 80, New Jersey 8, Pennsylvania IL,
North Carolina Z, Texas 8, Wisconsin
4, California and Illinois 5.
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Advertise in this paper, and make your
wants known to your home people.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-13

when hle called Frank Beale to bis lss
MorN, he gave him the same command
/ hoW TAI thiuiiy he Kept &c. We who knew
Gnu ioFeu hlm can testify In the Northern
49, Ni'ere De- was reared aud speut the
cary years of his ministry az well a. in
'hi- region, ~ here he labOred foreo many
aehre. re lid an amazing AMOUNT ofgood
Mere hie hundreds of homes vvher.. 30
naue an imperishable Impress and fbere
are lhou78ncs az souls To whom he hos
eAehea brothers hand. and who have
Deeh coh.iorted. strengthened. saved
through his instrumentalitv. So few
l1eli am 20 3 us nave been given a career of
49,. -. u-eiAihess- As a leader In his Rsso-
.t' et,1'Ion' e7 "a preacher of the gospel. a.
tne pastor OF bis people. as a citizen of
MS country, as a friend among men whom
snail W. look upon his ike again
ny friends, Jet Us dry our tears md how
uoWn 10y the eide OF this dear form ana
thank Dod Tor The good he did. the vrear
D'esslng he was to the world. What az,
INSPIRATION ms Tile has been aud will 10
through the coming years
We cannot look upon his life so true
so uuseihsh, 80 high minded without
hobier impulses and stronger dssire sor
worthy achievements In the wears To
come " hen these men and women sbeU
SPEAK oi him % the little children who
never knew him 60 will with a fervor ana
enthusiasm that viii ki1dle the ambition
OF the little ones, and so, though dead. he
viii be yet speaking.
A1e inay mot point you TO the reward
OF thlo lie SO nobly lived2 What II he
has toiled and spent himself for otba-
people a. few men have2 What n he has
borne astrain o. labor that would have
put most OF Us in our graves long ago.
W nat II his career has been cut short ia
the very prime OF his usefulness! HIS re-
Wero Is rich beyond expression. The ad-
nlrSton, confidence, and undying love
OF Tho people here today, of thousand of
/ 0thers all over this State, are worth far
more than all his labors and sacrieces
tie loved his family and friends with a
devotion we seldom see. but he loved his
saviour more. Who that knew hin. has
not seen this love blazing ia his lace
trembling ON his lips, quivering in his
voice And such love 70 never unrovvar,i.
Ell. Ills place had been prepared. He
n with his Lord. His soul is satisfied
" mere palm Ia unknown, where sin il not
found where an tears are wiped away.
where every worthy desire Is vratifed
where love Is perfected, where the snoiis
OF the Lord IS the feast Of the soul. tbere
De aoides today, there he will abide for.
ever. de j. at home, be Il in his Father
mouse. What more can we saw o rich
ana glorious rcwardi Better and Sweet.
er q thousand times than an the pomu
aud power %. the world. Farewell be.
loved. How can We give you up2 How
can We lace the tolls and hardships and
sorrows OF the Gays to come without
your inspiring and sympsthizlng pres
ence2 But
80 how sweet It win be IN that beautl.
iul land.
SO 80 free from all sorrow and pain,
win songs on our lips and harps in
our hand,
To greet one another againr'