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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30
MUSINGS OF A GENTLE CYNIC.

| Few men believe they are working for
all they are worth
| 1t is hard to be an enthusiast without
being something of liar.
Aside from the moral side of it, bigamy
| is a luxury few men can afford.
Joy cometh in the morning." but not
| if you've been making a night of it,
| Some people are so clumsy that they
can't even talk without making a break
| Virtue is its own reward, but that
| doesn't influence a man to be a good
| thing.
| a mans tire of ambition has been pune
| tured.
| A man might learn lesson from the
centipede, who has more legs, but doesn't
| do so much kicking
| Proscrastination is the thief of time,
but there is one thing we all put off till
| the last minute and that is death.
| Many a man kicks because he hasn't
a free foot.
| Why shouldn't man kick because he
| has his ups and downs? An umbrella
| doesn't.
TO be lightning calculator all that is
necessary is to take a few lessons from
| the gas meter.
| Man wants but little here below, but
| he generally gets more than he wants
| of the things he doesn't want at all.
| n
| inee girl. They both get mashed on
| cheap actors.
| The people who are most firmly con-
WINGED that money is the root Of all evil
are those who haven't any.
| A girl casts her bread upon the water
| in the hope that it will come back TO
her in the form of wedding cake.
Even the man who shutters should be
able to speak a good word for himself
| once in a while.
| Nothing aggravates a woman with q
| bad temper so much as a man who won't
get mad.
| Patience is a virtue when it isn't sim
| ply laZiness.
Beauty is as beauty does. The der
rick isn't handsome, but it has an uplitt-
| ing influence.
The time may come when the spend
thrift won't have the cents he was born
with.
If matches are made in heaven, it is
evident. that they are not to be made
light of.
| 1t isn't always because they are fond
of flowers that people throw bouquets
| at themselves.
A sound argument doesn't always
make the most noise.
| 1t isn't always the forward child that
comes out ahead. L
The presidential bee administers many
a sting to proud ambition.
It's a good plan to face the back-biter.
A great deal of modesty is merely on
the surface.
1t doesn't take an actor to make up
| for lost time.
There are people so constituted that
they couldn't find happiness with a fine
tooth comb.
It's a fine thing to be a leader, but
it is better to follow good example
| than to set a bad one.
You can't always tell when a gun is
loaded, but you generally know when a
man is.
| We sometimes sit down on people only
to discover that they are too sharp
| for us.
Lots of presidential timber will go
| by the board.
Nothing venture nothing have, except
| trouble.
Money is the root of all evil-that is,
other peoples money.
1t isn't always the biggest man who
looks down on his neighbors.
1t is, perhaps, just as well to hide your
| light under a bushel as to stand in your
| own light.
The average man is almost as proud Of
his first baby as he is of his first auto
mobile.--New York Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30
WIRE FENCES FOR TELEPHONES
Used by the Signal Corps In Direct
ing Military Maneuyers.

Used by the Signal Corps In Direct
ing Military Maneuyers.
I'm the West and Southwest, where
there are long stretches of unbroken
wire fences, these wires are frequently
used to convey telephone messages from
one point to another said Capt. John
e. Souder, of San Antonio, Tex, here
on business before the departments, ac-
cording to the Washington Post.
"In some localities the fence wires
are converted into regular telephone
lines, with permanent equipment for
practical use. These lines are often
from ten to thirty miles long, and are
great convenience to people of the
ranches.
''The United States signal corps is
well trained in the use Of wire fences
for telephone purposes. In the mill
tary meneuvers that take place in the
ranch region the signal corps plays an
important part in directing the move
ment of the troops by improvised tele-
phones.
in some localities where the coun-
try is rough or heavily wooded it is i'm
possible to convey the signals from one
point to another by the usual methods
Of flags or other visual signals 1t is
then the telephone is brought into play.
Each detachment Of signal corps
men is equipped with field telephone
attachment. 1t requires the work of
but minute or two to connect this at
tachment with a fence wire and to get
into direct communication with head
quarters.
"The use of the fence wire for tele-
phone communication obviates the ne
cessity of constructing temporary field
telephone lines by the signal corps.
1t sometimes happens that little diff
Guilty is encountered in using the wires
on account of some poor connection or
break, but it usually does not take
long to discover and remove the cause
of the trouble.
ION some Of the big ranches straight
lines of wire fence fifty to seventy-five
miles long are frequently found. These
afford excellent opportunity for mill
tary field service
"As matter Of necessity all ranch
fences must be kept in good repair. To
do this fence riders are constantly en-
ployed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30
PRISONERS OF LOVE.

A garnet window, out Of plumb,
Three raveled heads above the Sill
Ten years, perhaps, their ages sum-
Three prisoners against their will.
Their widoWmother knows no rest;
Her toll must claim her all the day;
Her three black brides in the nest
Must pass the time as best they may.
They grieve a moment, while her key
Grinds in the f1imsy LOCKOUT then,
Once at the window. there will be
famous snow of things and men!
An auction bell, a movers van
With household gear in periled pile;
The swagger of the sandwich man.
With wooden coat and painted smile:
The wee, fat noses flatter grow;
Their startled breathing clouds the pane
That blast of horns, that scarlet glow!
What? Has the circus come again?
No, but a monster strange and rare
In this poor byway comes to. view.
A dazed, yet happy, thoroughfare
The snorting motor flashes through:
But now the street lights dot the mist;
Two slender pointers halve the clock;
The baby's eye has met his fist,
When comes q rattle at the lock.
The weary mother stoOps to lay
Each raveled head upon breast
All warm to him who kept all day
Her three dark fiedglings in the nest.
-Jeannie Pendelton Ewing, in Youths
Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30
THE EXECUTIVE MANSION.

honors for him. Mrs. A. J. Donelson
and Mrs. Andrew Jackson, the young
er, were the leading ladies of Gen.
Jackson's household President Van
Burens daughter and daughters-in-
law made the White House gay in his
time, and Miss Harriet Lane. who did
the honors Of the White House for her
uncle, President Buchanan Is still re-
membered in Washington by hosts Of
friends she entertained.
Miss Elizabeth Cleveland presided
over her brothers household at the
executive mansion until Miss Folsom
became the Presidents bride.
The wives of all the other Presi-
dents have enjoyed the triumphs and
troubles which attend what is called
''the first lady of the land" nobody
having discovered the second lady.
It is said that Gen. Jackson's wife
died Of excitement at his election to
the Presidency, and she never entered
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

the best public service Regulation not prohibit
ton should be watchword in all such matters The
trade agreement, which determines for fixed period
by mutual agreement of employer and employee the rate
wages be paid and the conditions of employment
offers the most hopeful method which has yet been dis
covered to promote and to make permanent industrial
peace under modern industrial conditions and to classify
such agreements though they contracts in re-
strant of trade would be public calamity.
The attempt Of cotton growers to protect themselves
by combination against the combinations that deal in
their products is just certainly unlawful under the
Sherman the business combinations which they
complain but law of the United States powerful
this country u.s. cannot set aside the universal low
that leads in these days to combine and that Reads
to do precisely in proportion they inteI
gent and free.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

the White House. On the other hand,
Mrs. Willard Fillmore, having spent
nearly three years as the honored lady
of the White House, died short time
after she left it.
The first funeral that ever came
from the White House portals was
that of Gen. William Henry Harrison
who served his country one month as
President.
The Presidents mansion witnessed
the funerals of Abel p. Upshur, Secre-
tary Of State. and Thomas w. Gilmer,
Secretary of the Navy, both killed by
the explosion of a great gun on the
United States steamer Princeton, in
1914.
President Gen. Zachary Taylor was
also buried from the White House
so, too, was President Lincoln. Presi-
dent Garfield was brought forth on
mems shoulders to die at Elberon by
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30
All that was needed was a little pres

All that was needed was a little pres
ence of mind
Mr.. Nash became a frequent and well
come visitor at the Pearsons' house. He
came to be looked upon as close
friend of the family; and when the day
came when he asked her to marry him,
her eyes sparkled with happiness as
she accepted Mr.. Pearson made no diff
ficulty.
Pm not looking for money with my
girl ne said heartily. "She has enough
for two I'll see that you are comfort
able; and I daresay even solicitor can
find use for little extra capital.
I'm glad to know that my daughter is
passing into the hands of brave man.
That is enough for me-"
Mrs. Pearson said the same, and
kissed him.
At the wedding breakfast, Mr.. Nash
made the customary speech.
''This is an occasion for presence of
mind,I he remarked humorously. "Of
all qualities, it is the most to be de-
sired / cannot forget that it is to pres.
ence of mind that | owe my present
happy position" The guests applauded.
Lucy understood and looked at him
with shining eyes.
Surely Mr.. Nash should be a happy
man. He and his young wife are very
fond of one another; and he knows that
her love is based on respect for his
heroic qualities. But there is a fly in
the ointment. Deep within him, a still,
small voice tells him at times of the
panic in which he fled from that thea
ter; and he knows, though he tries to
fight the knowledge, that should sim
liar circumstances occur and should his
wife wish to take advantage of his
presence of mind, she will have to do
so by keeping tight hand on his shout
ders.-J. Sackville Martin in the Sketch
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30
|7z{7A5 80 The
W. Z Y y WHIT
HOU)E

Although of late years the building
in Washington set apart by the gov
eminent as the residence Of the Pres
ident of the United States has been
dignified as the executive mansion, it
is much better known as the White
House, from one end of the country
to the other. 1t is a very old house
for new country like ours, and with
in its walls the drama of life has been
enacted as in millions of other homes
in the land.
1t had been built, however, nearly
half century before a President
brought his bride home there John
Tyler, the 10th President Of the Unit
ed States, was the first who brought q
bride to the White House. He had
been married in 1913, and brought his
wife with him to the Presidential
mansion, when, in April, 1871. he sue
ceeded President Harrison, but she
sickened and died at the White House.
and in 1914 he brought Miss Julia Gar
diner, of New York, 7as his bride He
had married her at her hoffSe on Sta
ten Island, New York.
President Cleveland was the only
President that was married at the
White House. The I'd of June, 1886,
he was married there to Miss Fran
ces Folsom, Of Buffalo, N. Y.
Mrs. Washington never entered the
White House as its mistress. Mrs
John Adams came first in the line of
eminent ladies who breathed the Wash
ington air within its precincts.
Mr.. Jefferson, Gen. Jackson, Mr.
Van Buren, and Mr.. Arthur were wild
overs; Mr.. Buchanan an old bachelor,
and Mr.. Cleveland young one.
Mr.. Jefferson's daughters did the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30
VICTOR.

10 have toiled upward through the barren
years,
10 have had courage to contend with
wrong;
And walked in silence when the victor $.
song "
Was justly thine, lest it should reach the
~ the great grieying host of vanquished
showing Christ's mercy to the puny soul
Ihat would have kept thee from the longrd
for goal Ne0u
All these, are victories, oh, worthy sons,
buI f ~ nave oattled bravely, and have
Yet failing, stood undaunted to tho last
Cheering the ones who on to victory passed;
Conquering self, beneath the chasfaninG
Behold victor worthy of his God,
Beth Slater Whitson, in the June Metro
politan Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30
Chrome Mining in Asia.

has been pursued as an industry in Asia
Minor. The chrome is usually found on
mountains from four to five thousand
feet high. and is removed from the pits
to the railway station or market OH the
backs of donkeys and camels. But
while chrome in the neighborhood OF
Smyrna brought f20 ton, it now com
mands very small price, being in this
pays to mine it, and certainly not in
districts remote from railways. AS the
chrome of other countries comes on the
worlds markets that of Turkey, whose
mines have never been worked on q
scientific basis with up-to-date machin-
cry, must necessarily decline in value
London Globe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

Mai. Judson is testing concrete Gals
sons of his own invention in the con-
struction of a new breakwater at AL
gonna, Wisconsin. The caissons are
foated into position and then filled with
stone and sunk. Their use will obviate
the necessity of using timber for the
substructure of the breakwater, and will
therefore effect quite saving for the
government. If the concrete caisson i'm
beds itself without cracking, it will be
an indestructible foundation.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

The Spanish steamer which sunk after
striking a rock on the coast of Spain
drowning one hundred of her passengers
and crew, is described as an old tub.
But she might have sunk had she been
a comparatively new boat, and the fact
of her age and condition does not relieve
the navigator from blame. The lost
steamer might have been kept afioat had
she been provided with compartments,
and it is in this respect that old pas
senger boats are dangerous even when
they are not 'old tubs
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30
Leaving Home.

1 would give few words of encour-
agenent to any young man who NAV
hesitate about leaving home. There is
nothing in the world so good for man,
say, between twenty-five and thirty Eve
years of age, especially if unmarried. as
a visit to distant countries, to learn
experience strange adventures, such as
he may readily encounter by throwing
aside the restrictions of home life and
taking up work abroad.-Frederic Shell
ford, b. &c., in The Engineer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

The coroner's jury in the case of the
killing of five stevedores by a myster-
ious explosion Of the Humburg-Ameri-
can liner Arcadian, while cargo was be-
ing discharged at Philadelphia, attributes
the accident to the illumination of Ger
man pyrotechnics called knoll corks."
Fireworks that cannot bear handling
should not be permitted in shipments
either by steamer or by rail. Their
manufacture could be prohibited with
out loss to anybody, because the people
of the United States are cultivating
sanity in their celebrating.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30
The Word "News."

On the derivation Of the word
news" which has been puzzle to
many learned philologists, there is the
following:
The word explains itself without a muse,
And the four letters speak from whence
comes news
From north, east, west and south-the
solutions made.
Each quarter gives account of war and
trade
Minneapolis Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

A Toxic dispatch announces that sew
eral Japanese emigration companies are
in financial straits as a result of the re-
strictions placed upon the movement of
japanese laborers to the United States,
Canada, and the Hawaiian islands. This
was to have been expected. The Chinese
Six Companies received a hard jolt
when its business of carrying Cinnamon
across the Pacific under temporary bond
age for the passage money was crushed
by the restriction act.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30
Village Income from Golf.

The village of Brancaster has made an
arrangement with the Royal West Nor
folk Golf club under which it receives 4
a guarantee of not less than $50 in any
year, for the use of the land which has
been converted into links. Each year the
money is distributed equally among
householders of not less than twelve
months residence. This years distribu-
ton has just been made, and the club
paid over f63 les, an increase of fS Us
upon last years contribution. The
amount sufficed to give every house
holder in Brancaster 5s and leave a bal
ance in hand.-London Standard.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

The sensational story of the early part
of the week that the twenty-seven war;
ships which Brazil has decided to con.
truct are not for her own use, but will
go to strengthen the navy of Japan, has
been discussed with various shades of
incredulity. 1t will probably be implicitly
believed, however, by those who swal-
lowed the story that, under the pretense
of fishing, japanese divers last spring
We're sowing tOrpedoes in the harbor of
San Francisco for the purpose of blow
ing up the American feet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30
ThankfuIneSs.

Anything to be grateful for?' re-
piled the optimist. II should say so.
Have you noticed the awful shrinkage
of stocks?"
II guess everybody has," growled the
pessimist.
well, I don't own any stocks''-
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30
Recent Railway Decisions.

The right of the state to require a
railroad company to provide additional
rolling stock seems to have been consid-
cred for the first time in state ex rel.
Ellis VS.. Atlantic Coast Line r. Co. 53
Fla. $50, "A So. 213, ID L. r. A: (N.S.l
800, where it is held that the duty OF
providing a reasonable safe and sufficient
roadbed, track, equipment and facilities,
and of maintaining and operating the
property in a proper condition for rem
dering safe, prompt and adequate serv-
ice, without unjust discrimination, may
be enforced by mandamus in proper
case upon the relation of the attorney
general, when no other adequate remedy
is provided by law.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30
Headstone of Glass.

The Pittsburg Plate company an
nounces that it has received several or
ders and will begin at once to manu-
facture headstones of glass to mark
graves. A unique feature of the new
tombstones will be that there can be
blown in the glass a photograph of the
deceased person.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30
Haddnck Snnerstitinn.

The paddock has superstition at
ders, near the gills, it has a dark spot,
tabled to be the impression made by the
finger and thumb of st. Peter when he
took up and found the penny in its mouth
to pay tribute to Caesar with.-London
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

The railroad wreck in India was ac-
companied by narrowing incidents such
as occur when fire destroys the splintered
coaches which imprison the victims. This
will be the experience everywhere until
the adoption of steel cars reduces the
amount of kindling in railroad smash
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

The daylight bill'' before the British
Parliament prompts the remark that the
only legislative body which has tradi-
tional right to monkey with the clock" is
the Congress of the United States when
it cannot adjourn within the legal limits
of IFS existence
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

A wealthy retired farmer near Daven-
port, Iowa, has just learned that there
are ways to play the gold brick game
without the gold brick as an allurement
1t is strange that with all the publica-
ton of swindles of this kind that men
and women will fall easy victims of de-
SIGNING sharDS
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

Warnings sent out by the Postoffice
Department that rural delivery will be
suspended wherever the roads are not
kept in good condition ought to stimu-
late road Improvement wherever it is
needed Farmers ought to realize that
whatever expedites public service is
of value in promoting their own well
faro
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

With the large band of mounted ban
dts capturing towns and robbing peo-
pie generally, and the Yaquis engaged
in their traditional deviltry, Mexico will
have occasion to look after army mat
tiers to the exclusion of the naval con-
siderations which were recently brought
To the front
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

the seaside, and later the victims of
the burning Of the mansion Of Secre-
tary Tracy were laid out in state in
the east room, and their funerals took
place from the Presidents house.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

Bishop Potter will be remembered as
a man who had the courage of his con-
victions. How the extremists did howl
when he lent his countenance to the
opening Of the subway saloon.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

Rear Admiral Erskine of the British
navy predicts that the Pacific ocean will
be the scene of the next naval war. This
prediction is a comparatively safe one
as history is to be made on the Pa
cifc. because of the opening of the COM
merc,al door of China and the trend of
individual and national enterprise in that
direction
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

The new Earl of Derby, it is said. is
organizing social club whose chief quail
fication for membership is to be the I'M
disputed possession of family coat-of-
arms for more than hundred years.
There is a good old proverb which says,
Don't judge of man by the coat thar
he wears" The old Earl of Derby was
accounted one of England's great men,
but he was never snobbishly exclusive.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

A shipwreck at Batavia, in the Dutch
East Indies, is reported to have been at&
teaded by the loss Of six hundred lives.
Particulars are wanting, and the number
of fatalities may be reduced when full
accounts are received. Oriental disasters
usually involve many lives, owing to the
density of the population in many places,
and habit may be responsible for the sen
sational estimate in this instance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

People often get this advice: EN-
Joy yourself while you may" But If
you set out to find enjoyment, you do
not find much. 49,,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

The Prussian Diet is considering a
bill introduced by the government for
raising the pay of school teachers. If
this bill becomes law the pay of male
teachers will range from 1887 to $412
a year, and that of women from 1862 to
1887. Prussia has long been a great
country for education, but it is not much
of a country for teachers, so far as pecu-
mary compensation is concerned.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30
,WASHBURN PRINTING CO., /. Publishers

Lumber is growing so scarce that Peary
no doubt expects to make fortune II
he finds the North Pole.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-30

Agricultural note: Only one thing
may be said in favor of the Cucumber
it stands shipping well.