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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-06
House Plant Showers

Shower your plants two or three
times a week to wash the dust off
their leaves and prevent the ravages
of the red spider. This pest 1ourishes
in hot, dry atmosphere. Keep it
moist and he will not do much damage.
A showering, bear in mind. doesn't
mean a slight sprinkling. 1t means a
real shower, and the result of it is that
your plants are wet all over.
There is only one thing better than
a thorough showering for house plants
and that is a dip bath. Fill large
tub with water and souse your plants
under leaving them submerged for
two or three minutes, and you have
the satisfaction of knowing that water
has got to every part of them. No in
sect can possibly escape such bath
as that.
If the red spider has begun to injure
your plants before you were aware Of
his presence, heat the water in your
tub to 100 degrees and immerse the in
tested plants in it, allowing them to
remain under about half a minute.
This will kill the spider without in
juring very delicate plants.-Eben E..
ReXford in Outing Magazine.
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At the End
OF the w aitt.
By WFf.LRAM II. HANDY.
Ennuriphted l0lr III u IL Cnnninrhan-
By Wn.gPAk2 II. HANDY.
Copyrighted. l9a7. by II. NJ Cunningham

A deep feeling OF content and salts
faction possessed David &c he looked
across the hills and valleys to th1
south.
Yes" he sara Within himself. she
viii like THIS when she, colaias."
He bought the plateau ca top CT the
hill. scarcely more than forty acres i'll
all. and hired men 90 clear it.
He took iii TX and WeIt with them
into the timber. fer. although David
was Il dreamer, he could work wiSa hi:
hands even while flle visions wee UP
on Linn.
Before autumn game lie ground W@S
cleared. aud then fruit tree; ana he"-
rieS were set cut TIE house which
David built Was pfanncd <.arcfu!ly thai
it might be Il rest TO tIgP body AMI
pleasure TO the taste Z half Dozen
oaks had been lett growing ia the y-2:~:t
and q hedge Of roses VAS planted &!
the way around IL. Walks were laid
and flowers pfantcd beside them.
David had some money-n0t much.
but enough Still he chose to work
every day among the trees Or in the
garden. Every evening he sat on the
porch and dreamed ana waited.
When the orchard WAS bearing and
the rough places had been made
smooth David's Lodge on the hill Was
the admiration OF the community.
Visitors were brought to see it, and
tourists, who sometimes came 10 the
Ozarks, went our of their way to see
the hill that bloSSoued rs 4 glrden.
David still worked and dreamed and
waited. Sometimes at evening as be
sat alone upon the porch and locke.
out over the silent pgaces-fhe hills anil
the valleys-a sense OF loneliness came
over bin.
Suppose she should never come?
Even the shadow of doubt made him
grow sick at heart. But she would
surely she would Somewhere was the
girl of whom he dreamed. the ore that
loved the things he loved and thought
the thoughts that came to him.
Some time she would grow tired and
turn aside to the hills. Then she would
find the faireSt one OF them all, and
when she climbed TO its top the home
would be ready, and he would be there
waiting.
One day when the apple trees were
in bloom and the oaks were brown Da.
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been, there hers had gone also. and
whatever she had felt or dreamed he
had, too. understood.
Often she turned her wide open,
frank eyes upon him in wonder at
the keennoas and power of his
thoughts, his seemingly unbounded
knowledge.
Il wonder" she said musingly. why
you are not out in the world
Il am" he laughed. unless you call
this paradise"
'But you are not ambitious?" she
questioned.
mo. Why should / be?''
'"There is SO much to do in the
world" she said, and you have so
much ability
Il work every day" He smiled.
'But there is SO much to be done to
help people, and they need it SO much"
whenever | see a fellow that needs
help | help him if I can" he replied
cheerfully.
'But think Of the multitudes you can
never see here" she argued.
do you believe that everybody was
made to quit his work and go out and
hunt for distress?" he asked.
''No, of course not everybody"
eff there ever was one that was not,
that one am |. l was made for this"
and his gesture took in the hills and
sky. 81 was made to live and dream.
I did not make humanity suffer, and
Cn1 Lott ho iaIH Of
curing their diseases and distresses,
except such as l meet in my daily
work"
ct is a pleasant philosophy" she
said, with a slow smile, "but fear it
is selfish"
She seemed to be troubled as they
went down the hill and said little.
For two weeks he did not see her
again. He waited poised dizzily on
the narrow ledge that runs between
darkness and light.
If she was really the dream woman,
after a little struggle with the sense of
duties that, although never hers, had
been laid upon her. she would see as
he saw and come to know that this
was her life too. But if she were not
the one for whom he had so long wait
ed she would go away and he would
never see her again.
1t had been another day of doubts
and fears. Perhaps she had already
gone. Possibly he was a crazy dream
er, after all The sun was down and
the robins had begun their good night
song when he went to the house. AS
he came near his step quickened and
his heart beat fast. She was on the
porch, just as he had seen her that
first time.
AS he hurried toward her she arose,
her soft hair blowing lightly about her
face, and, with smile of timid con-
fession, held out her hands to him.
He took them both and held them
tight. The lids dropped and covered
her eyes, and the blood came up until
it bloomed a beautiful confession in
her cheeks.
81 knew you would come, dearest. AS
1 dreamed of you it was always like
this
YES" she said softly; sit was al
ways just like this" =
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-06
German syrup

We want to impress on our readers
that Boschee's German Syrup is
positively the only preparation on
the market today that does relieve
and cure consumption. 1t contains
the specifice, such ah pare tar, ex-
tracts Of gum, etc, ETC., which have
been so highly endorsed FOR the cure
of coughs, colds and consumption
by the great medical congresses.
The consumptive, whether his disease
is in the throat or lungs, must have
rest at night, aud be free from the
spasm of dry and racking cough in
the morning. The diseased parts
want rest, neanng and soothing
tseatment, and the patient needs
fresh air, good food, etc, German
Syrup will give free and easy ex-
pectoration in the morniIg with
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bottles 25 cents; regular size, con-
tanning nearly four times as much,
rs cents. At Frost & Spies
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st KNEW YOU WOULD CONE. DEAREST

Il KNEW YOU WOULD COME, DEAREST.
vid felt as he worked in the orchard
strangely torn between doubts ana
hopes.
A vision would cone of coy
hearth. with the dream woman sitting
where the light fell on face and hair.
Then it would fade, and he would see
himself, old, lonely and disillUsione"
by time, the wreck OF Il foolish hope.
1t was after shutdown when he came
to the house. As he entered the yard
he saw a girl sitting on the edge or
the porch looking across the hills to
the south.
She did not turn, and rs he stool
still watching her his pulse grew
strong and rhythmical until every
nerve in him sang.
This was the dream woman.
"Do you like it.' he asked directly.
She did not start at the sound of his
voice, but locked up and smiled. Eyes;
it is perfect
He SAT- down On the edge Of the
porch near her. 81 am visiting my
aunt" she explained, land / wanted
to climb this hill When / got here it
was so beautiful and restful couldn';
leave"
For a few minutes they sat in ST
lence The south wind came from over
the valleys laden with the incense Of
the wild plum and the wild grape
They breathed the clean, sweet air IL
narfect content
She arose to go fIe went with her
to where the road turned down the hill.
"You viii come again:" he said.
EYES," she said. II would like to-"
II will show you the place" he prom
Used.
Two days later she came again. They
went through the orchard and garden
and then to the edge of the hill whore
it falls away almost perpendicularly.
They sat on fat rock and watched
the sun go down
"Isn't 1t restfulT' she sighed. $50
quiet, but full of thought
They talked OF trees and vines. the
hills and the seasons, OF books and
people. Wherever his thoughts hal
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Close Quarters.

Gilman - Yes, we've got to move
We've got a nice servant girl. and we
don't want to lose her.
Subbubs - Objects to your present
place, eh?
Citiman-Yes; her room in our fiat is
by 5, and she's easily 2 by 6 feet her
self.-Catholic Standard and Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-06
THE WORD "QUACK."
THE TIMES.
Its Origin Traced Back to the Sixteenth
Century.

Its Origin Traced Back to the Sixteenth
Century.
The original and acquired meanings
OF many an old word have been clear
ed up in the law courts. When 'quack'
had its turn, Sir Edward Clarke. who
was probably quoting a dictionary. de-
fined the word as "a boaStful pretend
er to medical skill" "Quack" is IN
doubleday derived by suggestion from
the quacking of duck. The quack
doctor has always substituted volu-
bility for knowledge "Quacker' and
''Quacking cheat" were sixteenth cen
fury words. "Quack' in its present
sense is certainly as old as 1896. when
1t was included in the earliest of our
slang dictionaries. The original word
was "quacksalver," travelling empiric
who quacked about his salves, and,
according to Henley and Farmer. the
dramatist Wycherly first shortened this
word to ''Quack."
The full term, quack doctor, is found
at least as early as 171O, when these
words were used as title to the Earl
of Rochester's mountebank speech on
Tower hill. This witty and prOf1igate
nobleE1an Che is always called witty
and profigate) took it into his head to
disappear from his friends and appear
to the mob on Tower hill as a quack
doctor. The speech he made on that
occasion has been preserved, and it
shows that quack oratory has gained
nothing since.
It is not all printable in these polite
pages. but the following passage will
show it's character:
''The cures l have done are as in.
credible as innumerable. Toured Prester
Johns g0dmother of stupendous dolor
in her os sacrum, which had like to
cost the good lady the perdition of her
buckle bone. 1 cur'd the Empress of
BoOlmapO of cramp she got in her
tongue by eating pork and butterd
parSnipS. | cur'd an alderman of
Grand Cairo of a scarlet, burning, rag
ing fever, of which he dy'd. l curd
the Emperor of Morocco, who lay sew
en- years sick of the plague. I cur'd
him in forty-two minutes so that he
danc'd the serabrand, fipf1ap and Som
erset to the admiration of his whole
court. For my pains he presented me
with 5000 Hungarian ducats and a
Turkish cymeter. Yerbum sat sapienti.
No cure, no money"
doubt very much whether Sir Ed
ward Clarke vas right in saying that
the word "QCack" was revived by
Carlyle after ii had died out So use
full word is not likely to have been
dropped, though in Carlyle's vocabu-
larry of denunciation it certainly took
on new Importance. 1t was from a
court of law, by the way, that Carlyle
obtained the word gig" which, with
ferocious glee. he never ceased to use
as symbol Of SNUG responsibility.
The trial of Thurtell at Hartford as
sizes for the murder of Mr.. Weare pro-
duced the following dialogue:
What sort of person was Mr..
Weare?"
HE was always most respectable
person"
"What do you mean by respectable?v
''He kept gig"
Carlyle's sardOnic humOr seized on
this, and ever after when he was
Storming at responsibilities and unreal
tiles gigs" were not far from his
mind. He even applied the word "gig-
mainly" to those classes of society
which held the gig ideal.-Jo Ohm
OLondon in London Taller.
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No Great Loss.

He had just been introduced to the
widow of a man who had married for
money.
'What kind Of a man was the late
lamented?' he asked.
"Well," was the suggestive reply, "he
was Just an expense. st Louis Re-
public.
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Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
BIG TURBINE IN
TERRIFIC GALES
MAURITANIA EXPERIENCES A
BAD TRIP OVER
Propeller Loosened, Waves Wash the
Deck, Flooring Buckles and Then
Vessel Hits Delaying
Fog Bank

NEW YORK, Sept 19.--For more
than half an hour last Wednesday the
great turbine steamer Mauretania,
with all her cabins filled with fright
ened passengers, rolled and pitched
helplessly in midocean with waves con-
stantly breaking over her decks.
She had run into the storm hours be-
fore, but had been kept under head
way until one of her propeller blades
flew off with a crash that alarmed
nearly every one on board.
So tremendous was the force of the
blow which the loosened propeller dealt
the ship that the whole middle section
seemed to rise. the flooring buckled un-
til tacks from the carpet were hurled
against the ceilings and passengers
were thrown about the cabins.
The engines were stopped at once
and the big ship, losing her way, began
to wallow in the trough of the seas
while the passengers besieged the cap
tain, imploring him to tell the nature
of the accident.
Every effort was made to quiet the
frightened ones, but the intense ex-
element did not subside until the
steamer started once more on her way,
The severe weather continued
throughout the voyage, and yesterday,
when Sandy Hook. at the gateway of
New York harbor was reached, the
steamer ran into a fog bank which
compelled her to lie at anchor for more
than nineteen hours. She came into
harhor today and to her dock.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
FAR ARTIC NATIVES
TO LIVE IN SEATTLE
Reach Puget Sound Metropolis with
Tools, Sleds, Reindeer and Dogs.
VIII Reconstruct Village
at Fair
TBy Associated Press.I

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 19.-When
the big Nome liner Olympia docked
this evening she brought from the
Arctic ocean the first exhibit for the
Alaska Yukon exposition, to open June
/, 1909.
The vessel brought twenty-four ma
tives of the Arctic region with their
dogs, sleds, reindeer, carving tools and
all else that goes to make up COM
plete reproduction of their native land.
1t was necessary to get the natives
and the necessary equipment to recon-
struct the village here this year, for
they could not have been brought out
before July 20 at the earliest next
season.
They will be taken to the mountains
If it is found that the climate is too
warm for them here.
The natives range from months OF
age to Ga years.
Kleehatzwah, a 5-year-old boy, was
the favorite, and it is certain that he
will be one of the biggest hits of the
exposition.
The natives were totally absorbed
in looking at the city last evening when
the Victoria was coming into port, and
they jabbered away in their own
tongue in an excited manner, telling of
the wonderful sights which were pre-
sented to them as the big steamer came
slowly up to the dock.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
ARMY OFFICER TRIES
TO COMMIT SUICIDE
[By Associated Press.]

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19.-While
confined in the general hospital in the
Preside First Lieutenant Felix w.
MotIow, Artillery corps, yesterday at
tempted suicide by slashing his throat
with a razor. He was discovered by
one of the Hospital corps soldiers and
given immediate attention, but because
of his enfeebled condition his recovery
Is said to be doubtful.
According to the statements of
brother officers, Motlow has been
brooding over the fact that his brother,
Second Lieutenant w. @. Motlow. be-
came mentally unbalanced a year ago,
and has been confined in st. Elizabeth s
asylum, Washington.
It is stated the younger brother
feared that he was to be overtaken by
the same fate.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
VICTIM HURLED
OVER PRECIPICE
BAY CITY MAN FOUND IN A
DYING CONDITION
Pockets Turned Inside Out, and Police
Suspect He May Have Been
Robbed--NoW lnvesti-
eating Case
[By Associated Press. !

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19.-Frank
S. Carroll, who resides on Dolores
street, was found unconscious early to-
day at the foot of a. cliff at Bernal
avenue and Randall street.
A passing policeman found the man
and Immediately had him taken to the
central emergency hospital, where an
examination revealed that one arm.
shoulder blade, collar bone and several
ribs were broken.
The surgeons also thought that he
had sustained a severe fracture of the
Skull and declared that Carroll s
chances for recovery are slight.
The cliff at the foot 0" which he was
found Is a sheer wall between forty and
fifty feet high.
While the indications point to Carroll
having fallen from the cliff, the fact
that his pockets were turned inside out
has led the police to commence an in-
vestigation to ascertain If the man had
any money and was robbed and thrown
over the cliff.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
CHANGE OF SALVAGE SLIM;
AEON BREAKING TO PIECES

VICTORIA, B. c., Sept. 19.-Inquiries
by salvage companies regarding the
possibility of saving the steamer Aeon,
wrecked on Christmas island have dis
closed the fact that the engines have
broken away and the hull is breaking
up. No hope of salvage is entertained.
The Canadian-Au line agents
say the steamer Manuka will undoubt-
edly call at Christmas island, as in
structions to that effect will be cabled
from Sydney, to which port the sur
vivors of the Aeon will be taken.
III. NJ s. Algerine. now at Esqui-
lnault, is preparing for cruise to
Christmas island, the scene of the Aeon
wreck, and other islands of the south
Pacific.
Until a few years ago, cruise was
made annually to the islands of the
south Pacific to investigate the possi-
bilities of castaways being found on
uninha abited islands, etc. With the at
tention of the Algerine to the Pacific
station. the practice Is being revived.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
PUPILS WIN FIGHT
[By Associated Press.

PACIFIC GROVE, Sept. 19.-An
cause for dissension among the stu
dents and faculty of the University Of
the Pacific was removed last night. At
a session held here of the board of
trustees Of that institution ]. H. Brush
of Santa Rosa was elected president;
Rev. A. J. Hanson, d. D., vice pres
ident; Rev. H. L. Mines secretary and
Jere Letter treasurer.
Rev. NJ. S. Cross, who for two years
has been acting president and at whose
removal the students were up in arms,
is retained as vice president, with an
increase in salary of $500 per annum,
while Rev. w. w. Guth Of the Epworth
church of Cambridge, Mass. is made
permanent president, though at present
holding an eastern pastorate.
Mr.. Guth belongs to California, hav-
ing spent his youth here as a student
at the University of the Pacific and at
Stanford.
Rev. DR.. Cross today expressed him
self as amply satisfied with the new
arrangement.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
PENNSYLvANIANS
HIT BY DROUTHS
WORST DRY SEASON IN MANY
YEARS GENERALLY
FOREST FIRES ADD TO SERIOUS
NESS OF CONDITIONS
AZ Shenandoah Farmers Bring In
Water Instead Of Vegetables,
Selling II by the
Gallon
rRv Associated Press.J

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 19.'-Prac-
tically the entire state of Pennsylvania
east of the Allegheny mountains is suf-
fering from one of the worst drouths In
years.
In some parts of the state no rain
has fallen in more than two months
and rivers and streams are so low
that many industries have been inter-
fered with, and in some instances
plants have been shut down for the
lack of water.
Forest fires are burning in several
sections and some localities report tnat
cropg will be entirely ruined unless
rain comes soon.
At Shenandoah, in the antnrASlee
coal region. the water supply is SO low
that farmers are bringing water to the
residents in the town instead OF vege-
tables. as there is more profit IN maui
ing water than peddling produce wa
ter sells at SC a gallon and many are
connelled to walk three and four miles
to get a supply, even at that price.
Several coal mines III that region
have been closed because OF lack OF
water to run power plants.
River Lowest In Century
At Duncannon, near Harrisburg. the
susouehanna river is lower than 1t has
heen in more than 100 years. In Sep
tember. 1874, the river was lower tnan
# had been since 1903, and a stone in
the susquehanna opposite DuncannSn aS
was marked and dated. Yesterday the
stone showed that the river Is now ten
inches below the mark placed there In
1874.
In Philadelphia the Schuylkill river
is lower than it has been at any time
since 1869 and canal boats are strand
ed at different points In the river be-
tween here and the coal regions.
Forest fires which have spread from
the railroad tracks to the timber ianos
are causing much excitement and CON-
siderable apprehension about IoDy-
hanna and other places on the Pocono
mountains at the eastern edge OF the
state.
A careful estimate places the area
already covered by the fire as 10000
acres. and the loss sustained thus far
by various property owners is great.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20

in receivers hands in June by Judge
Kohlsaat of the United States court, is
a Maine corporation capitalized at
81, SOC, 900, equally divided into common
and preferred stock.
The company was organized in Janu-
ary, 1907, the officers being Birch,
Thomas P. and Edward F. Rhodes,
Miss Minnie c. Scully, who figures in
all the Rhodes corporations, and Will
liam l.. Sheriff..
The prospective stock purchasers now
represent that the company was to
be an agency company for the sale of
Central Life Securities company stock.
and that the proceeds were to be used
to establish a great bank in Chicago.
Although the preferred stock was is
sued at q par value Of $40, much of 1t
was sold at $3.50, $14 and even higher.