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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02

ally accurate astronomers explain that
it is not a patch but rather something
which becomes visible by reason Of the
anomaly that it contains nothing that
Is visible. The lay mind, preferring
bald reality to abstract truth, is some
what startled to learn that an object
is seen because there Is nothing in 1t
to see, but no one can dispute the fact !;
the coal sack Is visible because it con-
tains nothing that is visible. In other
words, it is q vast hole in the stellar
system in which there is not even a
pinch Of stellar dust to shed flicker
Of luminosity. 1t is typically and abb
solutely the quin tessence Of blackness.
Because it is SO, and in contradiction
Of all preconceived notions, the human
eye can see 1t without the aid Of tele-
scope or other instrument. Between
the stars Of the Milky Way there are
many little holes in the stellar system
little by comparison, that is to say
but one must have telescopes and pa
thence to find them. One need only
cross the line to the southern hemis-
phere and locate the Southern Cross in
order to see the coal sack.
With the wealth Of legendary tale
and fable woven around the northern
stars by the highly gifted races gazing
on them through the ages that are
gone, one is tempted to speculate what
tales would not have been constructed
around that fathomless mystery had
1t appeared north instead of south of
the equator. When it rouses the poeti-
cal impulse within the brain of abor-
iginal Australians. what might it not
lave done with the ancient Greeks or
still more ancient Egyptians? But
they were denied 1t. The aboriginal
uses it, as he uses most things, in a
topsy turvy fashion. To him the world
is a fiat plain crowned with a dome
shaped roof.
When a man dies he has to 90 up
to the roof and slowly journey over it
till he can Chamber down to the fat
again and squeeze through, once more
a man. The coal sack is the hole he
goes through to get onto the roof, and
to get up to it Is a very long climb.
The journey over the roof Is also very
long, and 1t is hard to squeeze through
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
Degree of Dining.

In Chinese hospitality of an official or
der there are two classes of banquets
says 2. 7. O.; the birds nest soup feast
and the cracking off sucking pig feast
The pig is so highly considered by the
Chinese that their estimate of its flesh
amounts to a species of gastronomic
veneration. AS a dish, sucking pig is
supposed to give a cachet to any dinner,
but while it would be Incorporated
among the important features of the
birds nest soup feast. a cracking Of
sucking pig feast implies the exclusion
of the more choice and costly dishes,
such as turtle, stays cartilage, seaweed,
fungus, birds nests, and lotus seed,
which figure in any banquet of the first
class. Thus a birds nest soup feast,
while including all the dishes of the
banquet of the second standard, en-
braces the choicest as we'll as the most
extraordinary products of the animal
and vegetable kingdom. Moreover, it en-
tails very much greater expense upon
the host, whose social standing is in
variably judged by the class to which his
banuuetS belong.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
CASE OF ECZEMA IN SOUTH.

Suffered Three Years-Hands and
Eye Most AGected-Now Well and
Is Grateful to Cuticura.
'My wife was taken badly with ecze-
ma for three years, and she employed
a doctor with no effect at all until she
employed Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
One of her hands and her left eye were
badly affected, and when she would
stop using Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment the eczema came back, but very
slightly, but it did her a sight of good.
Then we used the entire set of Cuti-
cura Remedies and my wife is entire
ly recovered. She thanks Cuticura
very much and will recommend it high
ly in our locality and in every nook
and corner of our parish. l. M. Robert,
Hydropolis, La, Jan. 5 and Sept 1,
1906"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
QUEEN WEARS FAKE RUBIES.
"Aren't They Beautiful" Asks
Alexandra.

"Aren't They Beautiful" Asks
Alexandra.
Queen Alexandra is having much
amusement with the imitation rub1es
which she, possessing some Of the most
magnificent jewels in Europe, can dare
to wear. Her majesty rarely wore any
thing but pearls and diamonds former
ly, so the rubies attract the more at
tention and arouse admiration, which
the queen perfectly understands, Is not
provoked utterly by their beauty.
When any one praises the rubies her
majesty says, as if much gratified: do
you like them? Yes; they are very
fine, aren't they? Beautiful But
then she adds, smiling:
Between you and me, they are imi-
tation."
The rubies are such astOnishingly
good counterfeits that only an expert
in gems can discover that they are
false.
The Duchess of Roxburghe, the
queens close friend, bought some Of
the rubies, from a foreign peddler for
a joke, and then Alexandra first saw
them. She purchased some, too.-The
Record
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Explained.

The well known explanation that the
stuffiness of the atmosphere in a church
is the cause of sleepiness in members
of the congregation is according to the
Revue Scientifque, insufficient" Ii
this hypothesis were tenable, argues our
authority, it is manifest that the, con-
gregation or those members of it who re
act readily to a soporific agent would
90 to sleep before the sermon began.
Now, it is notorious that the sleeping
is done during the sermon. The true
explanation is that the auditor uncon-
sciously hypnotizes himself or herself by
concentrating the gaze for a long period
on a single object; whether the counte-
nance of the preacher or the pulpit or
what not. The more desperate the eff
fort to heed the sermon the surer this
effect of self-hypnOtizatiOn Those who
sleep during the sermon are consequent
ly the very members of a congregation
who are entitled to a higher praise for
their conscientious effort to follow the
words of the preacher.-Current Lltera-
turo.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
THE DOCTORS GIFT.

Food Worth It's Weight in Gold.
We usually expect the doctor to put
us on some kind of penance and give
us bitter medicines.
A Penn. doctor brought patient
something entirely different and the re-
suits are truly interesting.
1.-TWO years ago. writes this patient,
81 was frequent victim of acute lndl-
gestion and biliousness, being allowed
to eat very few things. One day our
family doctor brought me a small pack
age. saying he had found something Tor
me to eat at last.
HE said it was a food called Grape
Nuts and even as it's golden color might
suggest it was worth its weight IN
gold. | was sick and tired, trying one
thing after another to no avail, but at
last consented to try this new food.
well! it surpassed my doctors fond
est anticipation and every day since
then | have blessed the good doctor and
the inventor Of Grape-Nuts.
81 noticed improvement at once and
in a months time my former spells OF
indigestion had disappeared. In two
months / felt like new man. MY
brain was much clearer and keener, my
body took on the vitality of youth, and
this condition has continued"
There's a Reason" Name given by
Postum Co.. Battle Greek, Mich. Read
1.-THE Road to Wellville," in pkga
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
The Wisdom of Experience.

There was no doubt in the minds of
the Hobart family that young James
had a remarkable gift. It remained
for an obscure uncle from the Cape to
drop a word of caution and Of world
ly wisdom.
you say he's wonderful far-seeing.
and can tell folks just how things are
going to turn outY' he inquired.
eyes, it seems So" said James ador-
ing mother.
"Well, now, if you want him to be
the most unpopular man anywhere
round, you just let him fOretell and
prophesy and forecast" remarked the
old uncle, grimly.
eff you want him to keep a few
friends you must shunt him off onto
some other track. Let him work out
sums In his head. That's a harmless
practice"
But why?" faltered the mother.
Just this" answered the authority
from down on the Cape when he
prophesies things'll go wrong and they
do go wrong, the heft Of the blameIl
be laid straight on his shoulders When
he says they'll go right, and they do
folks'll be too busy enjoying them
selves to remember your James. And
when he says they'll go wrong and
they go right, they'll call him a fool
Now Pm above 70, and you mind what
l tell vel"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02

he had lived there only since last Sep
TENDER. In preparing his body for
burial It was found that he wore a steel
chain with sharp points adjusted to
pierce his flesh constantly. He came
from Paterson, n. j., to which city the
remains were sent for interment. In
Paterson Father Heinrichs had charge
for three years Of st. Bonaventura's
church. Previously he had been in
charge of an italian congregation at
Crogan. N Y. He was born in Koeln,
Germany, Aug. Is, 1867, entered the
Franciscan order in 1886 and was or
dained in 1901
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
Transportation a Vital Factor.

A conspicuous example of the determin-
ing influence in trade of favorable freight
rates is reported from Europe in the
award to German steel makers of large
order from South America for the filing
of which steel makers in the United
States had made bid. The order went
to the Stahlwerks Verbund, the Ger
Queer of steel rails in Europe, and which
handles about 80 per cent. of the steel
output of the German empire.
There is no better metal OF its class
than the steel produced in the United
States by the mills Of the United States
Steel Corporation, and if the placing of
the order was dependent upon the
doubt as to Americas standing in COM
petition She would at least be on an
equal footing with the producers of the
very best in the Old World. But it was
the cost of shipment to South America
that settled the matter. Under the most
favorable conditions, the cost of delivery
ing the rails from the Pittsburg district
to Rosario, the South American destina-
ton. would have been Sc a ton, OF an
aggregate of $4,000 for the full con-
signment The Germans can deliver the
rails in South America for $3.50 ton,
probably because the transportation IS
entirely by water, and thus effect saw
Ing or SSl ,OOU LUZ Tie
against the total cost of material and
Shipment from the interior American
mills.
Pittsburg's handicap in this instance
was the rail haul to the coast. This
will probably be eventually removed by
the establishment of steel mills along
the Atlantic. A writer in the current
number of the Engineering Magazine
states that eventually the coal and low
grade iron in the Appalachian fields
along the Atlantic coast will be utilized
for the manufacture of steel in con-
junction with rich foreign ores at points
adjacent to water transportation. lie
points out that the duty on imported ores
would be rebated on foreign shipments
of the finished product, but ''even with
out this provision the ores used by
seaboard plant would not cost more than
lake ore at Pittsburg." This is of great
interest in connection with the loss of
the South American order for steel rails
to the German steel manufacturers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
A Winter Industry in Iowa.

The freezing over of sloughs along
the river has given opportunity for a
new winter industry hereabouts. 1t is
turtle catching. The turtles are easily
seen under the ice, where they remain
half stupefied from cold until the hunt
ersr chop holes in the rivers covering and
catch them Many men are taking part
in the turtle hunt every day and are
making good money shipping the turtles
to New York, where they are given
fancy names and are served in restau-
rants at fancy prices. Both soft and
hard shelled turtles are used. They are
barrelled alive and shipped + east, remain
Clinton dispatch to the Des Moines Reg
lister and Leader
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
Experts Fees.

DR.. Howard A. Kelly is of the opin-
ion that $500 a day is not an eXorbitant
fee for highly trained and skilled ply
stefan with a reputation behind him to
receive. In this opinion he will doubt
less have the support of all others who
secure gilt edged stipends for their serv-
ices. A noted portrait painter who gets
$1,000 to $4,000 for a painting re-
marked that the difference between these
portraits and the ones for which he re-
ceived $50 as young and struggling
artist is that he can now command the
larger figure and then he could not. AS
Dr. Kelly pointed out, the measure of
the fee is the measure of the man, or
vice versa.
There is absolutely no reason why one
person should receive payment for sery-
ices vastly out of proportion to what is
received by another for services of SINH
lar order, except that the one has a
reputation that the other has not been
fortunate enough to achieve.-Baltimore
American
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
Australian Nicknames.

Leisure is regarded as so notable
characteristic of Tasmania that it bears
the nickname of 1.-The land Of lots of
time'' or ''the land of sleep a lot" while
it's inhabitants are called ''Tassies'' and
liam eaters" the latter being an allusion
TO the islands great fruit farms. Corn
stalks" as our general and sporting ap-
pellation of Australians, applies in strict
ness to the people of New South Wales
only, ON accoutn of their height and
slimness Because Victoria is noted for
it's gum trees Victorians are required to
answer to the inelegant sObriquet of
''gumsuckers,' while South Australians
are ''crow CATERS" in reference to the
use of crows as food in times of drought.
The large banana plantations of Queens
land gives it's people the name of banana
EATERS and the hot and arid wastes
of West Australia explain the term
"sand gropers. London Daily Chron-
icle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
BUILD A CHURCH AT NIGHT.
Work of a Congregation That Could Not
Afford to Pay for Labor.


With the light from a dozen lanterns
helping them to see where to place
joists and how to nail on weatherboards,
ten members of the Yecker Avenue Bap-
fist church worked until after IL o'clock
last night on their new church building.
The Yecker Avenue Baptist church
was organized about three years ago. I'm
til recently the congregation worshipped
in a small frame building. Additions to
the congregation made a larger building
necessary and it was decided to build q
church.
But the congregation was not a
wealthy one, and the members felt that
they could not give money enough for a
new building. Then Rev. William l..
Harms, pastor of the church, had an
idea.
1--WE can afford to buy material for
new building and each one of us can give
little of his time in work." Mr.. Harms
said. The congregation agreed and the
material was bought.
Every day and many nights, under the
direction Of some Of the members of the
congregation who are carpenters, the
work goes on. Those who cannot work
by day give a little of their time at night,
and the women of the church have coffee
ready for the men when the work is
over-Kansas City Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
KOREAN INSURGENT LEADER.

vi Kang Nyan, the accredited chief
of the insurgents, is the same man who
was the head of the volunteers in the
year of VI Mi, when the Empress was
murdered, and who after quieting down
came to the front again in the conclu-
sion of the last Japan-K agreement
and urged his countrymen to rise and
defend their country.
He has since met the japanese in
many engagements, and in one of them
was severely wounded. Owing to his
remarkable daring and courage recruits.
are focking to his side in large num-
Der. 1t is said that he is rigid disci-
plinarian and that only short time ago
he had his son-in-law shot for a breach
of discipline.
All villages and towns are quite safe
as far as his own particular force is
concerned. while even the Japanese
speak highly of him for his courage, hon
esty and humanity.-Korea Daily News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers
NOVEL USES OF ICE.
To Keep a Car Comparatively Warm ir
Zero Weather.

Zero weather.
A government expert has devised a
novel method of keeping a car or COM
partment comparatively warm in zero
weather: not by fire, but by the utiiiza-
ton of ice A we'll insulated car is fitted
at each end with four galvanized iron
cylinders reaching from the floor to the
top Of the car In summer these cylinders
are flied with ice and salt to keep the
car cool. In winter they are filled with
ice to keep the contents of the car from
freezing.
Ice is nomnally at Il temperature of
b degrees Fahrenheit, and is sub
stance that changes temperature re
luctantly, being a poor conductor of heat
or cold Consequently when zero wealth
er prevails outside the cylinders of rela-
lively warm ice prevent the escape of
heat; in other words they maintain the
temperature within the car.
Another method whereby ice is en-
plOyed for protection against cold con-
sists in throwing a plentiful stream of
water on the car when the tempera-
tUre is near zero point, which freezes
at once and forms complete coat over
the car. The action of this ice is the
same as in the case of the cylinders filled
with ice. A similar plan is frequently
adopted in the transportation of bananas
a fruit particularly susceptible to cold
National PrOViSiOner.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
WHISKEY FOR RHEUMATISM.

The increased use Of whiskey for
rheumatism is causing considerable
discussion among the medical frater-
nifty. 1t is an almost infallible cure
when mixed with certain other ingre-
dents and taken properly. The follow
ing formula is most effective: ITO one
half pint of good whiskey add one ounce
of Toris Root compound and one ounce
Of Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. Take
in tablespoonful doses before each meal
and before retiring" Toris Root Com
pound is a product Of the laboratories
of the Globe Pharmaceutical Co., Day
ton, o. Many prominent druggists
state they fill this prescription often
and have seen its good results.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
last of the "Water Drinkers"

The last representative of the once
famous society of water Drinkers" has
just died in France in the person OF
Leopold Desbroses The deceased gen
tleman, who was an engraver by pro
fession, was in the habit of receiving the
members of the society at his house,
where art, painting and literature were
the subjects of discussion. There Muir.
ger. the author Of "Vie de Boheme,' .
used to resort, and when his fortunes
were at their lowest ebb was kept by
the hospitality of NJ. Debroses. 1t is
said to have been at this house that Muir
ger met the two characters whom he
afterward portrayed in the famous book
and opera under the names of Rodolph
and Schaunard.- London Globe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02

grated affairs, albeit the most embrolled, olsen
tangle and clarity as If by magic; the people meet
have only amiable things to tell the letters
pect arrive charged with everything desre it is
these days that should ask for sure to re-
ceve, to seek, because in seeking to find.
Good huor is often nothing but the consciousness of
being loved. When we in position where we feel
ourselves loved we know that all pleased and
joyous humor AS general rule, order produces
good humor disorder embitters Make every day
ought be not remit do not let accumulate
the necessary obligations In order to be in good hui
it is necessary and it is enough that we do our
duty
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
IDEAS ON GOVERNMENT.
BY Gov. Charles Hughes.

There is nothing that I desire
more than to see our institutions work
as they were intended to work, with
every department Of government per-
forming it's functions to the highest
degree Of efficiency, with every man
true to his oath Of Office, and the en-
tire administration revealing no i'm
projections except those that are the
invariable result Of our fallible hui
man mind. In other words, free in
situations for the benefit Of all, with
a majority in control, and energetic
effort on the part of all to make that
majority intelligent and expressive Of
the real progressive sentiment Of the
American nation And On If is that
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02

underlying all we think do Is the determination that
shall be alien hand placed upon the admnlsra
ton of government that there shall be perverson of
it's administration, which shall be impartial to the
ice of any particular interest; that there should be
equal justice ability and intelligent desire to the
interests Of ALL and that all complications of
policy should be swayed by desire to win the favor
of the moment but by constant desire to build
during structure In which people live happy
useful lives.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
FATHER HEINRICHS.

Priest Who Was Murdered While
Administering Holy Communion.
Father Heinrichs, who was murdered
by Giuseppe Guarnaccio, an avowed an
archist, while administering the holy
communion in st. Elizabeth's Roman
Catholic church in Denver, was Fran
ciscan and popular in Denver though
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
Old Railway Track Found in River Bed

A half mile of ties and railroad iron
have recently been discovered in the AL
legheny river between Oil City and
Franklin. The rails show the trademark
81. B. |. Co. indicating that they were
turned out by the Brany's Bend Iron
company, the first to manufacture iron
for railroads west of the Allegheny
mountains. AS the Franklin branch of
the former Atlantic & Great Western,
now the Erie railroad, and the Franklin
railroad originally followed the banks of
the river closely it would be probably
difficult matter to determine which of
these roads lost section of their line
years ago by a landslide. The Brady',s
Bend Iron company has been out of bust
ness for nearly or quite forty years.
Philadelphia Record.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02

when he reaches the fat again. So
long does it take that by the time a
man has completed the journey not
only his hair but the skin has grown
white with age. Wherefore tie black
fellow who has made the journey re-
joins his tribe as a whitefellow Thus
it was that when the white man first
came to the land the aboriginals re-
garded him as a long-lost comrade.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
Philosophy.

after ALL" said the optimist, 1.-THE
best of luck is only what you made it
yourself"
Its all well enough for you to
talk" growled the pessimist, "but l
never get anything but bad luck"
"Well, then, it's up to you to make
the best Of it.'-PAiladelpha Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
The Editor of the Rural New Yorker.


than whom there is no better Potato Ex-
pert in the country, says: "Salzer's Earli-
est Potato is the earliest of SO earliest
sorts, tried by me, yielding 464 blu. per
acre." Salzer's Early Wisconsin yielded
for the Rural New Yorker 1876 bu. per
acre. See Salzer's catalog about them.
JUST SEND 10C IN STAMPS
and this notice to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, and they will
mail you the only original seed catalog
published in America with samples Of
Emperor William Oats, Silver King Bar
ley, Billion Dollar Grass, which produces
II tons per acre. Sainfoin, the dry soil
luxuriator, ETC., etc., etc.
And if you send 14c we will add a.
package of new farm seeds never before
seen by you. G. n. q.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-02
THE COAL SACK.

Astronomical Mythology of the Aus
traIian BlaclxfeIlow.
Immediately below the lower stars
of the group which forms the Southern
Cross there is black patch in the
sky, dark, sack-shaped and mysterious,
says Macmillan's Magazine. Scientific