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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12
CURIOUS HOTEL CUSTOMS.
where Every Cuss Word Costs a
Penny.

Where Every Cuss Word Costs u
A curious custom prevails at an Edin-
burgh hotel, says Tit-Bits. Whenever a
customer is heard to swear he is re-
uuired to place a penny in a box on the
bar counter. It is not a matter for
surprise that the landlord hears much
less bad language than some Of his fell
low publicans in the capital Of Scot
land.
The following is a quaint idea for
providing funds for picnics and social
evenings. 1t is carried on with much
success at an Ashton-on-Mersey inn
A knocking club" is connected with
the inn, and when a customer calls for
refreshments he is expected to knock on
the table or counter before drinking. If
he fails to do this he is fined n penny.
Any one who wrongfully accuses anoth-
er Of breaking this unique rule is also
fined. The money thus obtained pro-
vides funds for many enjoyable outings
and pleasant evenings during the course
Of the year.
At another hotel, known as the Old
Hundred, customers are allowed only
one drink. If one is not sufficient to
quench their thirst they are obliged to
20 out Of the hotel and take a walk be-
fore they are allowed to have another.
Till recently the proprietor of an old
time hotel in Warwickshire used to in
vite all his customers to accompany him
and his wife to the service at the parish
| church on Sunday mornings, which was
situated on the opposite side Of the
road, the house being closed while they
were away. On returning each custom
err was invited to partake of refresh
ments offered by the hospitable landlord
free Of charge.
Visitors to a certain hotel in Aber-
deenshire who wear brown boots must
remember to keep them in their room
over night. Otherwise the boots will be
BACKED, regardless Of the original color
of the same. In one Of the rooms Of a
Dumfries public house is al old arm
chair which is said to have been fire.
Quently used by the poet Burns.
A small hotel in Wales until quite re-
Gently was used by the Catholics as a
place Of worship on Sundays, and po-
lice court proceedings were held on the
premises during the week.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

one room Of a cold storage warehouse
to all the other rooms in it, we should,
theoretically, be able to distribute 1t
from a central point Of houses, Office
buildings, theaters and the like, at a
distance, as is done with gas and steam.
"But the size and the cost Of the
plant required, the impossibflity OF de-
veloping a degree of cold which will
not be dissipated in transit unless
pipes Of prohibitive size are employed.
has placed the idea in the category
Of laboratory dreams. Even the use
of liquid air or liquid hydrogen would
not obviate this last objection. The
cost Of the production and the distribu-
ton would outweigh the benefits.
Science does not recognize the I'M
possible, however, and If Prof. Unnes
has produced a liquid which, forced to
distant points through pipes small
enough to be strung like telephone
wires, is so cold that such distribution
cannot materially impair its effective
ness-and this seems to be the case
science has achieved a most revolu-
tionary triumph"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

the secondhand man will have nothing
but whole papers and they must be
clean, at that" This little m%onologue
may be heard most anywhere. The con-
ditions are about the same in any city
Of large or medium size. There is a
great deal Of accumulated material
around a house which is quite difficult
to dispose of. It might be burned, but
an effort to dispose Of the mass in an
ordinary stove would more than likely
lead to disaster, even if the stove is
of suitable proportions to accommodate
the collection. Most of them are not.
The ho~usekeeper's quandary has led
to the invention Of a model device to
be added to the equipment Of the house
hold. 1t is a refuse Instructor, in
which the ~accurnulations of the house
hold are to be disposed of by burning
in the back yard without danger. The
destructor is a basket of wire built on
an iron frame, supporting it several
inches above the ground. Into this the
household accumulations are dumped,
as we'll as the sweepings. A match ap.
piled soon reduces the big pile to q
handful Of dust Such a device solves
completely the problem of the disposal
of a great deal of material.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12
EMPTY HOUSES IN LONDON.

Fifty Thousand Of Them at Present
Said to Be Lacking
Fifty thousand empty houses In Lon
don! John Burns made this startling
announcement in the house Of commons
recently, says Tit-Bits. Large as this
number is there are those who believe
it is under rather than over the mark.
A remarkable change has taken place
during the past five or six years.
Whereas, formerly landlords were mas
tiers of the situation, tenants have now
the whip hand in nearly every district
and are offered all manner Of induce
ments to take houses.
1t is not long since that a premium
or, what amounts to the same thing,
key money"-was demanded by prop
erty owners in some parts Of London.
Today numbers Of such men will act
ually allow tenants a discount, which
consists in the case of small property
Of the expenses Of removal up to FL,
or else Of so many weeks occupation
free. Usually no rent is required for
the first fortnight, but in certain To-
calities the competition between prop
erty owners is so keen that the period
in some cases is one month, making the
discounts about f2 Is or f2 5s.
A more curious bait Is free insur-
ance. One company gratuitously In
sures each Of it's tenants against fire |;
while another, besides safeguarding
the householder against this conting-
ency, relieve him of apprehension re-
specting any damage to his furniture
by lightning or flood.
Certain separate charges have also
been swept away, particularly In the
case Of flats, which, it is said, are nov
a drug in the market. Some landlords,
for instance, made one for the clean
ing Of the common staircase, this, with
the extra" for gas, amounting to
about Is Cd per week. The IS pence
was really rent, and the reason 1t was
not called such was partly to evade
payment Of rates. When-this is an
actual Casa man owned about fifty
flats and returned their rent as 10
pence per week each less than 1T really
was, his assessment was considerably
lower than it ought to have been, and
consequently he did not pay his due
proportion of rates. But, Of late Eek
tras" have frequently been cut to the
amount formerly set down as trent"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12
Not Every Nurse Knows.

That orange juice with cracked ice can.
often be taken by aspatient who can re-
tain nothing else. +
That orange juice, being laxative, is
excellent in most. sick. rooms; is some
times even prescribed for typhoid fever
patients. soe
That chocolate, though n%ourishing, oft
en- causes dyspepsia when the digestion
is weak. ..r +
That the nervous patient should have
eight or nine hours of sleep.
That sleep will be slow in coming if
pany just before bedtime or. listens to-
exciting reading.
That one should never ask a sick per-
son, what can l do for you?"
That dainty service often counts more.
than quality or variety in the invalid's.
meals. -.
That the nurse should never save stems
when the patients appetite is capricious.
A small portion often tempts where a
larger one nauseates. An extra trip TO
the kitchen is better than heaped I'D
trays.
That a sick room should never be
made a ~thoroughfare or the gathering
place for the family.
That sponging with alcohol and water
will reduce fever several degrees.
That, if possible, a patient should be,
induced to give up tea and coffee during
conyaleScence In a weakened condition
they are apt to induce nervousness and
sleeplessness.
That having a patient hold her breath
Will often prevent a spasm of coughing.
That toast water is a soothing and
heal1ng drink during attacks OF bron-
chitis.
That persons subject to rheumatism or
weak heart should not take baths that
are ice cold.-New York Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12
DO IT NOW.

Why, friend. defer till the morrow
That which may be done today?
With a soul inspired, and with ardor fired,
Wherefore, l ask, delay?
For future pleas and excuses,
For present promise and vow,
You will have small need, if the voice you
heed.
That tells you to do it now.
1t is we'll to have high ideals,
And well to be able to plan,
And ways to suggest which seem the best
For the good of our fellOw-man:
But vain are our nOblest impulses,
And fancy is far from fact,
While courage We lack and ignobly hang
back,
When the time has come to act.
And cur prayers, like our hopes, may fail
us,
For we pray oft, I fear, unaware
That God commands us to use our hands,
AS we'll as our voice, in prayer.
In art and letters, the greatest
And grandest dreams of men,
Have died, I ween, ere they touched the
screen,
Or found their way to the pen.
Henry Reed Conant in Los Angeles
News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12
Parting of Irving and Terry.

I stayed on, as every one knows, when
the Lyceum as a personal enterprise of
Henry's was no more, when the farcical
Lyceum syndicate took over the theater,
/ PLAYED a wretched part in robe
spierre" and refused f12,000 to so to
America with Henry in Dante"
In these days Henry Irving was a
changed man. He gave the whole thing
up-as a producer. / mean. As an actor
he worked as faithfully as ever. Hen
ley's stoical lines might have been writ
ten of him as he was in those last days:
Out. of the night that covers me
Black as the pit from pole TO pole
7 thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
Tn +be fell clutch of circumstance
7 have not WINGED nor cried aloud.
finder the bludgeonings of chance
NV head is bloody but unbow'd.
Henry Irving did not treat me badly
I did not treat him badly. He revived
S'Faust'' and produced DANTE / wonIS
lave liked to stay with him to the end
of the chapter, but / could not act in
either of these plays. But we never
quarreled. Our long partnership dis
solved naturally. 1t was all very sad.
but it could not be helped.-Ellen Terry
in McClure's.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12
NOTES OF

The Torrens land title act which was
passed by the California Legislature two
years ago has just become effective.
Owing to the strict wording of the law,
it is not likely that the new system will
come into general use for some time. In
fact it will be necessary to amend the
law before it can be of much use. Be
cause of the destruction of real estate
records of San Francisco in the big fire
it was necessary to provide some means
of restoring titles. This was done by
means of a special act of the Legisla-
ture called the McEnerney act. But little
requirements for proof of title under
this law are much less strict than those
of the Torrens act, and in consequence
McEnerney titles cannot be registered
under the Torrens law. Until a change is
made in the latter law, there is no meth
cd by which land holders can furnish
the evidence demanded for the registra-
ton of titles.
William Tod Washington, champion
shoe sinner of Ohio, who lost a 500 dia-
mond shirt stud a week ago, has it
again. Washington's diamond snapped
out of his shirt front and a bull pup
swallowed it. The situation was compli-
Gated by the fact that there were sew
eral dogs on hand at the time and in
the chase that followed the loss of the
jewel no one could be sure which dog
got the diamond stud. Washington says
he got an X-ray machine and put all the
dogs under the machine in turn. He
says he never was SO surprised in his
life as when his wv dog, Bouncer Bull,
was put under the X-ray and the dia-
mond was discovered in his midst.
DR.. Frederick E. Cook, Arctic explorer,
is believed by Anthony Flala of New
York, to be close to the north pole, if he
has not already reached that target Of
many historic expeditions. On March IL
last he was about $50 miles from the
pole. When he wrote he was on the eve
of making a dash for the pole. DR.. Cooks
attempt to reach the pole was unpre-
meditated. A year ago last spring he
started on a hunting expedition with
John r. Bradley, a wealthy New Yorker.
The hunting trip ended the latter part
Of August, 1907. DR.. Cook decided to
remain and make a one man try for the
pole. a8Tks
In the presence of Capt. Ed Coppers,
as referee. II witnesses David Benson
OF New York, seated in a chair before
an improvised table in the corridor of the
criminal courts building. ate in rand
succession fifty ears of green corn. The
ears of corn, which were served IN tC
him boiling hot, were of unusual length
but the gernels were tender. Mr.. Ben.
son consumed a pound of butter with
| the corn.
Jacob, the 9-year-old son of r. B
Rrenneman, a Harrisburg, Pa, florist
was drowned in the Susquehanna river
here this afternoon, while men in a boat
nearby looked on. Jacob and some com
panions had gone in swimming from thu
public bath houses, and, Guiding the
guard, had ventured far beyond the life
line. When he sank his companions
cried for help. 1t is common for boys tt
raise false alarms in this way. and the
men did not respond at once. This is the
first fatality along the local park system
Of which the bath houses are a part
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12
Another Find at Pompeii.

Pompeii is still yielding remarkable
'fnds.'' The latest. unearthed near
Ports Nolano. is a mans perfectly pre-
served skeleton. By its bony hand lay a
little bog of coarse cloth containing fifty
ancient coins, uninjured by 1929 years Of
burial. The coins are nearly all of sill
yer and beautifully minted: nothing like
them is produced by the scientific appli-
'ances of today. The skeletons posture
proves that the living man, fleeing with
his money, was overwhelmed by the
lava and mud from Vesuyius. The place
where the skeleton was excavated is a
new field for exploration and other inn
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

lection by some tax on his physical
condition-some extra work which
has depressed his bodily powers, some
worry which has preyed upon his
mind, some loss Of sleep, some undue
exposure to atmospheric changes, or
some dietary indiscretion.
For indiscreet eating is n of the
most prolific and yet the. least recog-
nized Of all the predisposing causes OF
a. cold.
Let the hearty eaters of rich food
who suffer from repeated colds, try a
course Of abstinence during the coming
winter, and they will become con
WINGED of the truth of these remarks.
In this case the proof Of the pudding
is in the not eating Of 1t.-Youth's
ComDaniOn.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

Three hundred engineers, architects
and contractors who visited the Edison
cement mill at New Village, New Jersey,
are unanimous in the declaration that the
Wizard of Menlo Park has revolutionize1
cement making and ushered in an era of
cheaper construction. This is important.
as concrete construction is rapidly taking
the place of the older systems, because
of its comparative cheapness and its SUI
perior strength and durability.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

The ''true sardine' is said to have
appeared in numbers ON the coast Of
Maine. If this be true, the Maine fish
ermen should restrain their operations
until the fish become thoroughly habitu-
ated to the region. 1t would be a nov
city if Americans could eat "true sar-
dimes that were caught and canned on
this side IF the At ntic. Hitherto all
sorts OF minnows have figured as the
s'true cardines" in the American can.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12
New Field for Penny Dreadfuls.

A stroke of journalistic enterprise that
beats anything that Yankee inventive
ness ever suggested is reported from
France. In a small village, when al
most everybody was at work in the
fields, the local newspaper announced
that in the busy season all the impor-
tant news would be condensed in a single
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

A new mark for speed for fighting
ships is established by the British cruiser
Infexible's 27A knots in her official
trial. and the remark in the dispatch
chronicling the achievement, that "her
speed would have been greater had not
the fog hindered'' is an indication that
the new mark is not to stand very long.
The improvement in the speed of heavy
warships during the past decade is one
of the most important features of ma
rine DrOgreSS.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

lection of papers,
scraps and paste
board boxes, the
roundup Of the
regular weekly
cleaning. "T b G
ashman declines to
take anything but
ashes, the rubbish
man picks out only
such as he car
find use for, and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

The Countess Lydia Rostopchine, spin
ster. who has just arrived from Russia,
declares that old maids are happier than
married women. But how can a woman
be qualified to illuminate conclusions on
that subject who has had experience of
pnly one of the states which are com
rarnd9
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

There are hopes of discovering valu'
able diamond mines in Pike county, Ar.
kansas. The region is said to exhibit
characteristics similar to those existing
at Kimberly. Diamonds to the number
Of 1873 have rewarded a few weeks
search. The largest of them weighs
seven carats. There is certainly reason
for strong hopefulness among people
owning land in Pike county.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

The latest estimates of the crops of the
Dominion by the statistical department
of the Canadian government is 1861
GOO bushels of wheat, 80, 723,OOO bushels
of barley, 267, 651,OO0 bushels of oats,
and 1,SS9,O0O bushels of rye. These fig
ures f~oreshadow activity and profit for
the business men and the carrier, includ-
ing lake tonnage which must move the
wheat forward to eastern and foreign
consumers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., . Publishers

If after their annual scorching expert
ences the people of Northern Wisconsin
and Michigan are not awake to the ne
cessity of closer fire patrol in the for
ests, nothing can stir them short of COM
plete eviction by seas of flame.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

New direct steamship service between
New York city and Brazilian ports has
just been established with a schedule
which provides for sailings at regular in
~tervals. 1t is evident from this that
transit facilities between North and
South America are improving with the
development of export business, without
which steamships cannot afford to run.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

Color is said to be so large a factor
in the New York apple market that deal
ers there are paying So per barrel for
red apples, and asking consumers from 81
TO So for the rosy-cheeked fruit. Other
apples are selling at wholesale from $1.5O
to So. In view of the recent past, con-
sumers in this section will be content
with sound apples of any kind, if they
can purchase them at reasonable prices.
high rates.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

portant discoveries are expected there.
But the fruits of DR.. Waldstein's new
explorations at Herculaneum are await
ed with even greater Impotence, for
Herculaneum is incomparably richer in
art treasures thar Pompeii.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

A conference in Boston of the govern
ors of the New England states, for the
promotion Of the interests of lat part
of the country, favored a uniform policy
for the conservation of the fish supply,
especially Holsters. Uniformity of game
and fish avs should be established
wherever several states border pom for
ests and waters which abound with game
animals and birds and food fish. Unless
the laws are made uniform in such
cases, the carelessness of one state will
always nullify the efforts of others.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

A sixty-foot spite fence between flats
in New York is the record height of in
dignation thus expressed. But the sky
scraper offers possibilities of achieve
ments which will make this fve-story
spite fence look like a fireplace screen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

short paragraph and that the remainder
of the sheet would be smeared with a
1y-killing compound, instead of print
er's ink. In a brief article the editor
said: 'In this way we will be able to
give our readers appreciate advantages
which are: First, the possibility of
learning all the news of the day in a
few minutes; second, the means of re-
ducing the plague of noisome insects
which poison the countryside and dis
seminate a number of Diseases"
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, 1908-11-12

Notwithstanding there is an average
of 225 deaths a day in New York city
the population is being increased by
births alone 125 each twenty-four hours.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12
MILWAUKEE, NEAT MARKET

noine $4,000 monthly, is for sale; old estaD-
Mshed. high class trade; located on S;and ave.
III interested, write JAS. L.: WARNEs $40 Al,
kaubra Bldg milwaukee,, WIS.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

The United States battleship fleet is
fighting its way through seas made tur-
bulent by monsoons, but it will reach
Japan in good condition. The washing
overheard of two men, reported by wire
less telegraphy, is evidence that the
good ships are being swept by the seas.
The ability of the modern battleship to
withstand rough weather has been fully
tested on the long cruise.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12
REFUSE BURNING BASKET.

Device for Getting Rid of Household
Accommodations.
"Oh, my! Whatever shall I do with
all this rubbish?" exclaims the house
keeper, beholding a miscellaneous col
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

King Alfonso of Spain has set Oh foot
the construction of a telephone line from
Madrid to Paris, which will cost $780,
600. His object is to secure direct COM
munication with his Queen during her
prolonged visits to her mother at the
Isle Of Wight. The King has so far
been an exemplary husband, but if he
turns out like his father and the ma
jority of European aristocrats a time
will come when he will think such IN
outlay merely to secure facilities for talk
ing with his wife a piece of t~houghtless
extravaganza.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12
The University StyIfst.

This editorial from the weekly paper
of Missouri University shows what
higher education does for lucid writ
ers: Sometimes during the year there
arise certain occasions whose circunl
stances are peculiar in that all Of then
force the onlooker to the same conclu
sion. That is, a person is not enabled
to consider the various phases of suci
questions, and then announce it as his
belief that the matter has two sides
and that as such is the case he intend:
keeping the affair off his mind as much
as possible. On the contrary, this type
of situation car allow of but one opin
ion, for the reason that every motive
exists for adopting n course as right
and decrying the other is wrong"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-12

Jose Limantour, secretary of the
treasury in Mexico, declares that re-
ports concerning the development of anti
American sentiment II Mexico are ut
terly ~groundness. He says the MeAicans
nave only the friendliest feelings for
americans, who are heartily invited to
cooperate in the development of the
resources of the republic. 1t would be
surprising were Mexico to turn against
rne Americans, as capital from the Unit
ed Stctes has assisted largely in the de-
velopment of Mexico's mining industry.