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Documentary EVIDENCE.

Her Mother. "T should rather YOU would
rot 20 sailing with that young man, Clara
l don't believe he knows n thing about n
sallboat"
Clara: ooh. but he does. mama: he
showed mo letter OF recommendation from
II New York firm he used to work for. and
they speak very highly OF his salesman-
sllip.0-Clrcla MnCnzlne.
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y Pttsburs Judge rules that no kiss
is worth $4,000, And the little star
eyed blondes Of Royal Richmond laugh
the low, knocking. laugh of superlative
derislon. .S
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Chr Clmrs Ssasy y Dlgpaifh
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

euslncss onlec....... .ois r.. Main Street.
washington Bureau. 1851 Munsey BuiidinE'
Manchester bureau. .,.....ilo2 Hun street
Petersburg Bureau. .....ao N. Sycamore st.
Lypchburr Bureau. 2i5 Eighth St.
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Contains No Quinine

Yet Babcls is tile most effective REM
ody for Colds. La Grippe. .Chilis and
Fever. Mr.. j. ~ Oerlet. Vienna. Va,
says: "1Iave used 1t in my family for
t6 years. 1t liz more than you claim
for it. 7 have known Of three doses to
stop chllls."
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If he should de- could have ano.hcr7''
Merely Necessary Precautions.

The sexton of a swell colored church"
In Richmond was closing the windows one
b!rstery Sunday morning during service
when be was beckoned to tho side OF a
Thomas.
why is yo' shettin' dose winders Mr..
Iones?" she demanded In hoarse whisper
DE air In dis church is suHcatin' now!"
cts dc minister's orders" replied tho
sexton. obstinately. TITS a cold day, Mis-
Thomas, an we amt goin' TO take no chance
on losln' any o. de lambs of dis fold while
acres a big debt overhangin' dis church,
--Cleyeand Leader.
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on tho Appomattox. and may her tribe
increase! PROGRESS.
Walkertorl, Va.
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JOHN s. MosBY.
Washington City, August 81. 1907.
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MERELY JOKING.
A Careful Imitation.

a Careful limitation.
Ruth" said the mother of little miss
who was entertaining n couple CT small play
mntes, "why don't you play something in
Ctend of sitting and looking niserable?"
Ruth: "Wo're playing we'ro grown-ur
women making call."-Chicago Daily News
Ills Attorney.
man arrested for murder was assigned
q shyster whose crude appearance caused
the unfortunate prisoner to ask the Judge;
rs this my lnwyer?"
Yes replied his Honor.
rs he going to defend me?"
Yes"
IF he should die, could have ano,hcr9
Yes"
Can see him alone in the back room
for Il few minutes ?"--Short Stories.
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E4OSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

to-day. IT cures Poor Appetitsa, m ,,.a,a
ache, Elntuirney, Dyspepxtn, lng ~
ton. Colds. GrIpne and Ikidnes uiA'
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sTUART's CAVALRY IN THE GET
TYSBURG CAMPAIGN. BY John
s. Mosby. Moffat Yard &c Co., 81
East Seventeenth Street, New York
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by IlIhUH-D IHpHRuII NHTTIur r1VIr'o's -
vice in Richmond tand suburbs) Manchos-
tst and Petersburg
one Week. o,o Year.
Daily witt Sunday. ...1i cents $3.50
Daily without Sunday. 10 cents 4.5o
Bunday only .......... cents .So
Gyearly subscriptions payable IN advanceo
Entered January 81. 1908. ~ Richmond,
va, rs second-class matter, ander act OF
Congress OF March D. 1879.
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And yet anon repairs his dropping head
And. tricks ht7 beams and with new
spangled eye
Flames In the forehead OF the morning
eli
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-17
+ The Grand Canyon
+ OF the Colorado River !
+ j. f. II .s.+a..3i

Congress, at its last session, was
asked to appropriate money for a monu-
ment to John Wesley Powell, to be
erected somewhere on the rim Of the
Grand Canyon Of the Colorado. which
he was the first white man to explore.
His achievement differed from those of
other explorers in that they followed
routes or trails more or less known to
the aborigines, while his way was
through a chasm so tremendous, so ap-
palling in its vastness, so filed with
hidden perils that even the natives
feared and Stunned it. Until after
Powell and his companions passed
through the terrific depths of the Grand
Canyon what the world had known Of it
was mostly based upon mythical tales
told by the Indians, or some hunter or
prospector. Stories were related of
parties entering the gorge in boats, and
being carried down with fearful We
locity into whirlpools, where all were
overwhelmed. Others told of under
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se0IOR PHOTOGRAPH

fingham appears to be about the latest
development in the progress Of photog-
raphy. The picture itself shows some
nine colors, with the various shades
and tints absolutely true to nature. Inc
subject Of the photograph. a young
woman. is seated in an oak chair, and
even the delicate grain Of the oak is
faithfully reproduced. The young wom-
an wore a red dress, with red gloves,
and a yellow straw hat, with various
kinds of flowers, and the result was as
perfect as though it had been done by
painter.
Prof. Raymer is Of the opinion thar
it will be some time before the process
will be so perfected as to permit OF
printing the photographs. He states
that the principal difficulty in taking
fiashlike color pictures is the large
amount of flashlight powder which
must be used. The present pictures
themselves can never be transferred to
paper, although this problem is now
agitating the entire Photographic pro-
fesSiOn.
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posed of particles following the path
of Halley's comet If this is fact, he
thinks these meteors should become
more numerous as the comet approach
es perihelion, probably in May, 1910.
The Leonid and Andromedid mete0rs,
both of which follow the paths Of com
cts, congregate more thickly near their
perihelia. Mr.. Denning also remarks
that since the Aquarid meteOrs are Wis
ible nearly every year, they must, like
the Perseids, form a complete ellipsc
about the sun. If, then, they really fol
low the path of Halley's comet, they
present the spectacle of an elliptical
ring Of meteors extending from the CEN
ter of the solar system to point be-
yOnd the orbit of Neptune.
A prominent scientist describes the
electric fish of the Nile, of which the
Egyptians made pictures thousands of
years ago, and which still inhabits the
waters of that river as being provided
with an electrical organ that incloses
the whole body. 1t is situated in the
skin, and when viewed with a micro
scope is seen to be composed of about
100000 beautifully formed little disks.
superposed upon connected rows of
minute compartments in which are the
terminals of nerves. The shock is pro-
duced by an intense current that ira
verses the entire organ from the head
to the tail of the fish, returning through
the surroundings. 1t stuns small fish
in the neighborhood. The authority
quoted likens it's action to that Of a
self-loading and self-discharging gun.
The electromotive force of the organ in
q fish only 8 inches long can, he as
serts, attain the surprising maximum of
200 volts A single giant nerve-cell at
the head of the spinal column is the
source of the impulses that discharge
the organ
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eighteen or twenty miles to the top the
climb is comparatively easy. 1t follows
a stream of clear, pure cold water
which comes tumbling down narrow
canyon on the western side, and Major
Powell during his first memorable eX-
ploration of the canyon called 1t the
Bright Angel River because it was such
a grateful discovery.
People are beginning to find their
way to the Grand Canyon. Last year,
which was the first since the railroad
was opened about 10000 people came.
This year, if the present average keeps
up, there will be from 10000 to $4,000
visitors, and every one who comes goes
home a walking advertisement for the
place. There is nothing to compare
with it anywhere in the world. 1t is
impossible to exaggerate the grandeur
the sublimity, the impressiveness of the
scenery; and its fascination cannot lie
accurately described. It is impossible
for one man to express his emotions tt
another.
1t is singular fact that three
fourths of the people who come to the
canyon are women. A large number
Of them are well along in years, and
the endurance and the nerve they show
is extraordinary. Nearly every woman
who comes insists upon going down tc
the bottom Of the canyon, while only
half of the men show that amount OF
energy.
Were a canal Of the size of the pro
jected cut at Panama to be dug IN The
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-17
If Napoleon Had Won.

If Wellington had been defeated at
Waterloo, it would have been blessing
to England says Thomas e. Watson in
August Munsey's. The principles of the
French revolution would have gone on
their way, bloodlessly conquering. The
benefcent work which Napoleon had
begun would not have been interrupted.
There would have been no White Terror,
no holy alliance, no gibbeting Of Demo
Gratis because they were democrats, no
claiming up again of hand and tongue
and pen and mind by despotic monarchs;
Had Napoleon won in 1915, there would
have been no Austrian tyranny over
Italy, no French army to pin down ltal-
ian patriotism and uphold the temporal
power of the Pope. There would have
been no suppression of the German
peoples by the Metternich policy of keep
ing things just as they are" There
would have been no horrible reaction IN
Spain, and no rechaining of the Spanish
people under a medieval autocracy.
Had Napoleon won in 1915, even
Great Britain would have been blessed.
The grand principles for which Charles
James Fox so long contended would
have gained the ascendant over the mar
rowing tendencies of Pitt, Castlereagh,
and Burke. The reign of terror wherein
so many good men lost their lives for
the crime of being democrats would new
er have disgraced English history. After
NapOleon's final overthrow, free speech
and liberal principles suffered a long and
dreary eclipse in Great Britain, and 1T
was not till another generation had come
into the world that the lost ground was
recovered.
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The first color photograph ever made
by f1ashlight has been successfully
taken at Ef1ngham, Ill. For years color
photography has been the goal that
photographers have been striving to
attain, and during the past two or
three years some successful expert
ments have resulted. But it was only
dring the last six months that the first
successful color photograph by fash
light was taken, and the news that 1t
had been done came as a sensation at
the recent convention of the National
Association Of Photographers held at
Detroit, Mich.
So far no method of printing photo
graphs in colors has been discovered,
but it is predicted that this will shortly
be done. Meanwhile the fashlight pho
tograph taken by Prof. Raymer at Eff
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the action of the water. That seems
reasonable.
MYSTERY OF LOST MEMORY.

Not an Uncommon Occurrence for
Persons to Forget Names.
A young Partisan actress who had for
weeks held the title role in popular
play, recently, it is said, was, while on
the stage, suddenly afflicted with for
getfulness and was utterly unable to
repeat the lines Of the last act, though
she had successfully passed through the
three preceding ones, says the Indian
apolis Star.
1t is not an uncommon happening
with stage people, lecturers and others,
and seems more likely to occur when
the matter memorized has been so often
repeated that +forgetfulness would APP
pear impossible while intelligence re-
manned.
The same thing happens in less
marked and conspicuous way to great
number Of people, its most common
manifestation being forgetfulness Of
proper names. A name ordinarily IA
miliar and just about to be spoken will
vanish from the mind at the instant
and be to the one about to utter it as
if it had never been. His consciousness
grasps at it in vain, and, as it were,
beats against a blank wall. 1t is al
ways a disagreeable experience, this
momentary failure of the memory, and
sometimes extremely embarrassing.
Often it happens when the victim is
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-17
Three Ways of Using Grapes.

Grape Tapioca-Press enough concord
grapes through sieve to make a quart
of juice. Mix half a pound of sugar
with pint of water, and simmer to
very clear syrup. Add the juice of the
grapes as well as the juice of one lem
on, and, finally, about half a cupful of
tapioca that has already been properly
softened. Cook slowly until the tapioca
is clear; cool near the ice, and serve
with plenty of whipped cream.
An excellent breakfast dish may be
made by combining Concord grapes with
they are very soft, then press through
sieve. that all but the seeds and skin
may be extracted To each quart of
pulp add teacupful of the cereal and
a little salt. and cook for fully three
quarters of an hour in a double boiler.
1t is better to make this dish the day
before it is to be used. In that case it
will have time to harden, and may be
served cold, in slices, with sugar and
cream.
Grape Pie-Use one-third Concord
grapes and two-thirds berries, and
sweeten with more sugar than would
ordinarily be required, even in making
fruit pies. Dust the top lightly with
-four before adjusting the top crust, and
bake like any other pie.
Grape Pudding-There are several re-
clpeS IOf the making OF grape puuulHS,
some of which are served hot, while
pudding that is desired, squeeze enough
grapes to make pint of juice. Dis
solve half box of gelatin in cold water,
and when it has become soft add a
coffee-cupful of boiling water, an equal
quantity of sugar, the juice of one lem
on, and, finally, when it shows indica-
lions of stiffening, fold in the stiffiy
beaten whites of two eggs, and set near
the ice until very cold. Before sending
the pudding to the table unmold it, and
cover with well-sweetened whipped
cream.
To make hot grape pudding, butter
an earthen baking dish, and fill it with
alternate layers of seeded grapes, sugar
one of crumbs. and bake in moderate
ly hot oven for about half an hour.
Serve with hot sauce.-Delineator.
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ground passages of the madly rushing
river, into which boats had been car
ried, never to reappear. 1t was cur
rently believed that the river was lost
under the rocks for several hundred
miles, and that any attempt to ride its
surface meant certain death. There
were stories of great catracts, from
which the roaring music of the waters
could be heard on the SUBMITS Of dis
tant mountains, and there were ac-
counts Of parties wandering on the
brink of the canyon, vainly endeavoring
to reach the waters below, and, finally
dying from thirst within sight and hear
ing of the river. which seemed to mock
their distress. The mysteries of the
canyon were woven into the mouths of
the religion Of the Indians.
The Grand Canyon of Arizona is
within a government forest reservation
sixty by eighty miles in size. About
two-thirds Of it is on the eastern and
the other third on the western side
The timber is in fairly good condition
There was bad fire two years ago
which ruined several hundred acres of
fine forest, but there is little danger of
its recurrence because of the vigilance
of the superintendent and his corps of
fOresters.
1t is thirteen. miles from one rim of
the canyon to that on the opposite side,
and there are two trails by which the
western side may be reached. One of
them, the Bright Angel Trail, is op-
posite the new hotel, and although it Is
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about to greet an old acquaintance, or
when it is desirable to introduce two
men, each Of whom he knows well.
Doctors do not clearly explain this
occasional defect in the mental powers,
but those who experience it know that
it occurs when they are especially
weary or overworked, and they may
therefore assume that it is a form Of
brain flag and as readily accounted for
as a lameness of arms or legs. That
1t is most often displayed in connection
with proper names is perhaps due to
the fact that these are each held In the
memory by separate and arbitrary ac'
ton and not through association, ana
are therefore most easily lost. But
whatever the cause, the multitude OF
persons who forget names will have a
sympathetic comprehension of the state
of mind of the French actress when she
helplessly sought to find the words OF
her play.
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M]DW[p(y[l&A[D &
YG&5GGDgJ5F SCI5k}'

An alloy that gives of showers of
ing not only gas, but alcohol soaked
wicks-was a recent accidental discOv-
cry Of Auer Won Welsbach. 1t consists
of iron with cerium, lanthanium or
other Of the rare earths used for mean
descent gas mantels, and the sparkling
is found to reach maximum with the
percentage Of iron at 30. A use for ig-
hitting explosives is suggested.
Acting on the instructions Of the
Russian war minister, number Of ell
gineers and other experts are engaged
near the town of Zlatoust in construct
ing the necessary buildings and placing
apparatus for a wireless telegraph sys-
tenn between ST. Petersburg and Vladi-
vostok. Communication will take place
through Kassatooy, which is the high
est summit Of the Ural Mountains, near
Zlatoust, where the state iron and steel
works are situated. The engineers rec
ommend the erection of a high tower
for the transfer of messages. The only
serious difficulty hitherto encountered
is that of obtaining sufficient electric
power, seeing that the number of ma
chimes is inadequate.
AS we look up through the transpar-
ent atmosphere on clear night and see
the moon beaming brilliantly down up
on us, we may think, what a wonder
full sight the continents and oceans of
the earth would present if we could
view them from the moon!' But az
cording to the conclusions of G. G. Alb
bot, the director of the Astrophysical
Observatory OF the Smithsonian Insti-
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not. There is great difference between
being annoyed and being sorry.
Il am glad that you are annoyed
She dug her parasol viciously into a
clod of earth and set a number of in
offensive beetles scurrying in the widest
alarm. Anything is better than your
cowardly complacency.'
1.-The mistake is that we never met
before I said. "When you came out,
[ was running over Europe with Uncle
Joseph"
THANK you" She sat up stif1y. eff
we had met before the return OF your
parents"
II did not mean that I said quickly
"And you were not, therefore, hyp-
Noticed into unwilling" she continued
viciously.
ooh, come, Miss Wemyss!" I cried.
unwilling obedience to their COM
mands,' she sailed on serenely, "you
might have conveyed to me the dis
TASTE
Il should never have done that" I as
serted.
"There; You are still acting under
their infiuence!" she cried. with the
triumphant air of clinching an argu-
ment.
"However much I felt it, I continued
'Oh!" Her back became rigid.
You were going to indulge me with
an explanation, Miss Wemyss," I ven
tured, after nn interval.
eyes. Here it is. I do not agree with
my parents"
Really? I have found them most
agreeable"
ut is they who throw me at your
head. [ am merely passive She &C
lively assaulted small pebble with the
point of her parasol.
'When you walk, drive and play with
me-yes. But surely there is a way
out. Tell them frankly what you think
of me''
''Mr. Courtenay, I could not. They
have a very high opinion of you, and ]
may-I am willing to admit that am
fallible-I may be misjudging you. ]
could not seek to destroy their-thei1
opinion of you. l hope you do not mind
my frankness?''
''Not at all. It is refreshing" I
spoke viciously. No man is quite un-
ruffied at the adverse opinion of a pref
ty woman. [ think l have stated that
Marian is pretty.
"Of course, you don't like it. No man
ever can stand the truth. 1 have shown
you that it is impossible that I can 60
to my parents. As a matter of fact,
you have been thrust down my throat
ever since 1 left school, They-they
have set all their hopes upon-upon ac-
complishing their DESIRES"
''Your frankness is not so discernible
now, Miss Wemyss. You mean they
have set their hearts upon making a
match between U.S."
IF you prefer that crude way of put
ting it-yes. And so 1 cannot-you see
my position. Now you" She turned
round suddenly and smiled at me. Ma
rian has fascinating smile. 1t blazes
out suddenly from eyes and lips-like a
sun slipping round the edge of cloud.
"You wish me TO-
Exactly. You cannot care for me-
you give me hope-you are awfully
good to me-" [ spoke humbly. Hum
bleness, if adroitly used, is often of
much weight. "But I think I had bet
ter speak TOTO her first, don't your"
perhaps it would be BETTER" she said.
She stared vacantly at belt of trees
l shifted my seat little.
Il have been a fool" commenced.
''Is that worthy of COMMENT" she
asked.
"a complacent ass. But [ am cured.
Marian, remember you gave me hope.
l thought there was none
honestly did. But you said Is there
any hope, Marian?"
There was. And SO we discovered the
solution.--Walter E. Grogan in the
Sketch
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Grand Canyon 1t would appear hardly
larger than a baby ribbon to a spec
tator on the rim. 1t is estimated that
TO obtain enough earth to fill the Grand
Canyon 1t would be necessary to exca.
vate 10000 Panama canals.
The Grand Canyon is like an inverted
mountain range, PIT miles long. reach.
ing a depth Of 1880 feet, with series
Of depressions averaging 5000 feet CHS
eled out of the earth by the erosion Of
ages. 1t is the generally accepted the
DRY that this great chasm is solely the
work of water-of the floods that come
down from the mountains every spring
and summer-but Mr.. Ordonez, dis
tinguished Mexican geologist, who
came here not long ago, made sugges-
tion which may not be entirely new but
is worth mentioning. 1t Is his idea
that, while the earth was cooling, the
sol! and the rocks contracted and split
deep and wide assure in the surface
Of the plateau, and that its sides have
since been worn down and polished by
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tuition, a man on the moon would catch
but feeting glimpses of the outlines of
our continents. 1.-THE true radiating
surface of the earth, as planet" says
Mr.. Abbot, lis chiefly the water vapor
at an elevation of 1000 meters $4,000
feet), or more, above the sea-level.' In
consequence, the man in the moon
would see the features Of the earth
dimly outlined in the glare of light re-
Elected from the atmosphere.
Mr.. W. f. Denning, the English as
tronomer, who is particularly known
for his studies of meteors, points out
that the meteoric shower radiating
from the constellation Aquarius during
the first week in May seems to be COM