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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08
Lost Children.

Children lost! lost! lost!
Harken to the ftartled cry.
Children lost! lost! Oh men
your cities are full of them;
and they are your children,
your own tender little ones;
mothers, the babies that lay
in smiling innocense upon
your blossoms; the dear, brave
boys that look up to you in
perfect confidence and warm
imbulse love. Oh, you miss
them now; the darlings OF
other years; you want the
little hands in your own once
more; you want the warm kiss
upon your aching brow. But
life hurries on and lost! lost!
ever rings through the dark
ened aisles of time. One by
one the drunkard's graves
yawn wide and somebody's
darling is gone. The mid
night revel and the gambling
den covers it's ghastly dead,
and the homes are in sack
cloth and sorrow sits a fam
iliar guest by many a hearth
stone. Brave beloved boys,
noble men, fair browed maid
ems and nature womanhoOd.
Oh, how they fall andperish;
and the lands is full of
Rachels, weeping for their
who will not be COM
forted because they are not.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08
A Bible Graduate.

An old darby in Florida was anx-
ious to learn to read SO that he
could read the Bible. He said that
1.-THE could read the Bible he would
want nothing else. A friend of the
narrator taught him to read. Some
time afterward she visited his cab
in and asked his wife how his Bible
reading was getting on.
Claws, Miss Fanny" said this
person, che jes' suttinly kin read
fine. He's done got outen de Bible
an into de newspapers. ".-IndisE-
apolis News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08

The Demure Grown l.....i.'
Holiday All

The Demure Grown g"-.i-
Holiday All:
The japanese college gil 81. :..IH
the fudge party with oripiI;... ;''il
niScenceS.
con every holiday" she Sill = iii
Japanese maiden must rise am: lf'v
her toilet finished before the sun .o;.!
over Fujiyama, our sacred mountain
"And what toilet! The long. co;iis'
black tresses are washed, combed an
creased till the head shines like
knob of polished black marble. Ta'
cheeks are rouged a fine pink. The
throat, neck and bosom are powdered
but at the nape of the neck there arr
left three lines Of the original brown
skin, in accordance with the rules o
Japanese cosmetic art.
"With charcoal she rounds ant
lengthens her eyebrows She redden
her lips with cherry paste. adding
gilt diamond to the center of the pout
ing lower lip. She puts on eight fresl
garments, and she ties her obi, or grea
sash, in symbolical knot. Her sock
she doesn't wear stockings-are yer.
white and pure, and her clogs ar
lacQuereG till they shine like a silk hat
NOW she is ready to set out. Sh
fills her silk tobacco pouch. thrusts he
pipe in her girdle, puts six paper hand
kerchiefs up her wide sleeve and sal
lies forth, turning her toes in and wav
ing her fab with a demure grace
Los Angeles Times
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08

THE NEW railroad which is to
be built along the south shore of
lake Superior promises some
thing even to Washburn. If the
intended construction is an as
sured fact, as it seems to be,
great things may be expected in
the way of development of the
inaccessible territory to the north
of us. Thousands of acres of
the finest farming land is now
lying idle simply because there
is no way of getting farm pro-
duce to market. thousands Of
acres of timb Der land remains un-
cut for the reason that there are
no railroads, so that the build
ing of the proposed line will aid
in a marked degree the develop
ment of this country. as we'll as
building up the towns along the
south shore. Secretary Mcleod
of the Company when asked
about the new road said that a
very enthusiastic meeting of the
stockholders was held at Super
ior Friday. The plan was thor
oughly canvassed and the work
of making the preliminary sur
yey will begin at once. 1t is ex-
pected that the road will connect
with the Northern Pacific at
Slowbridge, and that a part of
the old Peerless grade will be
used. Mr.. Mcleod added that
plenty of money would be forth
coming for the purpose of con-
struction. but that a small
amount of bonds would be asked
for from each of the towns
through which the road runs.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08
Notes From Washington
From our Regular Correspondent.


The International tuberculosis
Congress which is in session in
Washington is likely to have wide
influence in this country on the war
against the dread disease. So recent
is the discovery OF tuoercular bacilli
that there is not a man present
at the Congress but who we'll remem-
bers it's entire history. DR.. Koch,
who was the original discoverer is
himself present. Notwithstanding
the fact that the progress in elimi-
mating the disease is considerable,
as shown by the exhibits of all ma
tions on view at the Convention a.
compared with the work yet to be
done it is trifling. Some startling
figures given by Prof. Irving Fisher
of Yale at one Of the sessions de
monstrated the immensely of til,
Lask still before the profession and
should prove All awakening to thu
public of the nc cessity OF wide and
concerted effort Of all classes If thu
VI! te plague is ev.r q be erndicated
Prof. Irv'ng h,s =; tlrrtd statis-
&c which show Al consumption
ills 1873. 40 Ie.S trs in tn" Unitet
states very wear This is equal to
the deaths from carlet fever, ty-
phold, diph hcria, pptndicitis, mel :
nights. diabetes, small poX and can
Ger all put together. AS it takes
about three years for the disease to
run its fatal course lie estimates the
minimum cost of the items Of doc
tors bills, medicines, nursing and
loss of earnings for each victim at
$24 90. while the possible learning
powe r" if life were not cut short is
put at eight thousand. If this null
tiplied by $4,000, the number OF
these afflicted, it reaches the almost
incalculable sum of $1,000, 600, 600.
| He calculates that of this amount
four thousand millions fall ON the
family, friends, or physicians of tnt
victim and concludes by asserting
that if one quarter of the lives are tC
be saved it would be necessary tC
invest five billions Of dollars, Less
then one per cent of this money is
now being used for the purpose. In
preparing this coldly stastis tical re-
view of the loss in dollars and cents
the professor does not forget o men
ton the more important cost il
broken hearts and disappointed lives
which cannot be measur. d. Five
million persons now in the United
State are doomed to fill consump-
tivrs graves unless the crusade car
| be made more effective.
In another paper on the diet fol
consumpiives he upset one of The
theories upon which many sanitoria
are now working namely that the
victim of pulmonary tuberculosis
must be fed and over fed and stuffed
like Strasburg geese. From the ex-
p5riments of Professor Chittender
of Yale who has demonstrated that
athletes have greater strength anj
endurance when taken off of mea I
and egg diet he has proved to bis
own satisfaction that consumptives
do best on moderate diet of non.
proteid foods.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08
Chivairous Chicago.

In Chicago more than In any other
place is woman regarded in the light
Of thing Of beauty and joy forever.
There Is hardly man in Chicago who
does not esteem feminine loneliness as
something beyond price-something to
live for, to strive for, to suffer for and
II necessary to die for.-Chicago Inter
Ocean
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08

Itching piles provoke profanity,
but profanity won't cure them.
DOan's Ointment cures itching,
bleeding or protruding piles after
years of suffering. At any drug
store,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08

We, the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund the money on 80
cent bottle of Green's warranted
Syrup OF Tar if it fails to cure your
cough or cold We also guarante
a 25-cent bottle to prove satisfact-
Dry or money refunded. Fox Bros,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08
new TO TRAP WILD ANIMALS

new TO TRAP WILD ANIMALS
40 page trap book illustrated,
picture of As wild animals in natur-
al colors, FUR ANIMAL CALEN-
OAR, gun and trap catalog, alss
prices of hides and furs. All sent
postpaid for 1Oc stamps or silver.
FREE to those who ship to, or buy
of US. Address Fur Dept, N. W..
Hide & Fur Co.. Minneapolis, Mimi.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08

If you hayn't the time to exercise
regularly. Doan's Regulets will pre-
vent constipation. They induce a
mild, easy, healthful action of the
bowels without gripping. Ask your
druggist for them. 25c.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08
Mutually Helpful.

Husband Smikeson's wife is away,
and I'm going over there this evening
to cheer him up. Wife-Why don't
you bring him here? Husband-Well-
ERIN not feeling very well and need
a little cheering up myself
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08
Methodist Church Notes.

Presiding Elder J. w. Irish will
preach at the M. E. church Sunday
morning. A cordial welcome is ex-
tended to everyone.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08
The Ticket.

l IlG L ISkOL.
For President
WILLIAM III. TAFT.
For Vice-President--
]. S. SHERMAN.
For United States Senator
ISAAC STEPHENSON
For Governor
JAMES 0. DAVIDSON
For Lieutenant Governor
JOHN STRANGE
For Secretary of State
JAMES A. FREAR
For State Treasurer
ANDREW Ell. DAHL
For Attorney General
FRANK L. GILBERT
For Commissioner of Insurance
GEORGE E. BFEDLE
For Member of Congress
IRVINE L. LENRoOT
For State Senator
A. w. SANBoRN
For Assemblymam-
FRANK HAMMILL.
For County Clerk
NELs M. OSCAR
For County Treasurer
III. o. LIEN
For Sheriff
MAX HAPPLE
For Coroner
FRED J. BURNS
For Clerk of Court
FREDERICK A. BELL
For District Attorney
E. G. ALvoRD
For Register of Deeds
NELs MYHRE
For County Surveyor
EARNEST J. Brigham
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08

Manner is much. A man always
looks better when he carries himself
we'll than when a couple Of friends ara
trying to carry him.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08
Miaht and Name.

Tom Hood, the punster, once describ-
ed the meeting of man and lion,
and in doing SO he said, "The man ran
off with all his might and the lion with
all his name"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08
A Historical Mystery Solved.

The man in the iron mask explained.
II let my wife cut my hair" he
sobbed
Herewith all rendered him respectful
sympathy.-New York Sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08
A Boon to Elderly People

When you want anything in the
line of JOB printing The Times can
supply your wants in first-class
shape.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08
Lady Maccabees

Catholic Knights
Wisconsin Branch No 102
Tim Kearns Pres. Albert Bea usOliel Sec.
Meets at st. Louis Hall first and third
Sundays In month,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08

You can get the weather report
by calling up central.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08

Good Templars
A. p. Stone Chief Tenn. A, Holgren Sec.
Meet every Monday at eehan Hall.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08

Rebeccas
Mrs. Plunkett, N, G, Mrs. Q. w. Frost Sec.
Meets first and third Friday evenings at
Odd Fellows Hail.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08

Wanted to Buy at once. Roll top
desk. four and a half feet wide. In
(quire at this office for particulars.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08
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{ LODGE DIRECTORY
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Equitable Fraternal Union.
Washburn Assembly No 16e
VIM. Dolan Pres, II. p. Axsibcrg sec.
Meets at Odd Fellows Hall every third
Monday in month.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08

sept. 3, t. Oct. 81
State of Wisconsin-Circuit Court,
Bayfield, County.
Musssr Sauntry Land, Logging Manufact-
uring Company, Plaintiff,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08

&nserad at the pOst-Ofttce at WaShburn
Wisconsin, as second-clasS mail matter.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-10-08
WIN. JENNINGS BRYAN

w. G. MAxCY, d. M. MAxCY. @. o. SOwDER
President. Vice President Cashier
The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-21
s5o,ooo JEWELRY THEFT
stolen from Secret Treasure Room of Commodore Bourne.

New York, Aug. 20,--lt became known tonight that jewels valued al more than s5o,oOO have been stolen from secret treasure room in the mansion. of Commodore Frederick G, Bourne at Oakdale. l., I. The treasure room was built when the mansion was erected and its existence was known only to the family. The jewels were those worn by Commodore Bournes three daughters. the Misses Marion. Marjorie and Florence, at the horse show and opera and other society functions.
 The robbery took place some tim. while the family was away. Following the departure of the family for a trir 10 Dark island on the ST, Lawrence river workmen were employed to make repairs on the house and detectives be. lieve that in this way the treasure room was discovered. Detectives, disguised a, artizans, have since been working with the men, and it Is said they have cen. tered their suspicious on two men.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-21
NEW yoRK's NEWEST BRIDGES,
Manhattan structure Most Advanced
 of It's Type.

TWenty-nve years ago the first Brooklyn bridge gave the engineers earliest answer to the traffic problems and became one of the modern won ders of the world To-day there are four bridges built or building. each of the new ones far surpasslng in size and capacity that pioneer structure, and there Is, besides the tunnel under the East river witch was opened to the public early this year Of the bridges. the newest and the greatest in traffic capacity the Manhattan bridge, which after years of delay over the plans ls now being hurried to completion to help take the pres sure off the existing avenues of travel
 The Manhattan structure stands as the latest and most advanced em- bodment of the suspension bridge while as q traffic channel Il possesses. or will possess when completed, the greatest capacity of all bridges vet built That is tho main purpose for which 1t has been designed; to allow the passage of as many cars, vehicles and foot passengers as engineering skill can make room for within the limits of the approved design.
 The total length all over. including approaches, from Canal street, in Manhattan, to Nassau street, in Brooklyn, the Manhattan bridge measures 6.S55 feet approximately one and fve-sixteenth milesl as against 7,2O0 feet of the Williamsburg bridge. It's main span is l,450 feet long and the two side spans each are 795 feet The total length of the spans is thus 29o0 feet The main span of the Williamsburg bridge Is 1,60O feet, the longest suspension span in the world, and that of the old Brooklyn bridge 1.595 feet.
 The Manhattan cables are slung on steel towers which stand 325 feet In height above the mean high ws'o' i level of the East river, 20 feet hi" . l than the Williamsburg towers They contain together 12,500 tons of steel ! The steel construction begins at a 1 point 32 feet above water level. Below bthat the masonry foundation goes | down to depth of 92 feet below the river surface. If not the longest of New Yorks bridges, the new one is at least the highest for the bridge floor at the highest point of the center span l is 143 feet above the river. two and one-half feet higher than the Will liamsburg bridge.
 I The shore anChorages at either end i of the now bridge rest on founda- tons 2S1 feet long by lS2 feet wide. i Each anchorage contains 1l5.00O cubic yards of masonry and weighs 232,Ooo tons.-George F, Mayo in American Industries for August.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-21
DARING ROBBERY
 AT GREEN MICH Burglars Get $6,000 in Home of Wealthy Brewer After Drugging Watch
 Dogs. MISS $10,000 IN JEWELS Servants Hear Thieves, But Ignore Thcm--Robbery Takes Place
 in Broad Day
 light.
MISS S10,000 IN JEWELS

Greenwich, Aug. 20.--After drug | glng three valuable watch dogs that 1 guarded the summer home of Freder- 1 lck w, Woerz, wealthy New York ! brewer, burglars this morning entered i his house at Belle Haven Park, near here and stole $6,O00 worth of jewell ry and sl0O In money. The robbery took place in broad daylight and while two servants and an infant daughter of the Woerz family were In the house, The servants heard the rob bers moving about but as the dogs did not bark they supposed the noise was made by some member of the family.
 When some hours later Mrs. Woerz and two daughters returned home, Mrs, Woerz found her bedroom in great disorder. the bed clothes having been thrown on t. floor and the con- tents of bureau drawers strewn about. Though skilful search had been jewelry in the room was not touched. That taken was found by the marau- dcrs in the bureau.
 It Is believed that the burglars took advantage of the fact that Mrs Woerz and her two daughters had been call ed to the police court to prosecute a charge against Charles Kraft, head gardener of Bellehaven Park, who, she alleged. used profane and abusive language to her few days ago and slapped her In the face with a letter She says the letter was an answer to one she had written to the susper- lntendent of the park complaining of Kraft and Kraft heard It was an ans wer to her complaint and struck her with it Kraft was sentenced to thir- ty days in jail, but later let off with fine.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-21
A FIRELESS LOCOMOTIVE.

Locomotives that run without fire are not common objects of sight, yet there are some and they give great satisfaction, especiallyNin places where caution against fire is first consider atlon, as in cotton plants, powder mills, etc In Germany there is now in use a locomotive that runs without fire and might do excellently well if adopted in this country There is no firebox in it, and, of course, 1t cannot be used in uninterrupted railway ser vice, but must be confined to switch yards so 1t will be near it's base of supply,
 At local power station the tank of the locomotive is filled with steam, and on this steam supply the machine will run from four to five hours doing ordinary switching work. The steam is not taken on at high pressure. The pressure Is about ITO pounds square inch; in other words, 1t is proposed to afford the locomotive steam pres- sure practically the same as that in the boiler of the power station. In order to effect this result the locomo- tive boiler Is filled with water to about three fourths it's capacity. This water is superheated. steam is ad- mitted by means of a steam coupling from the power plant at the forward end of the boiler where low down 1t passes through a steam admission valve This juncture between the To- comotive boiler and the boiler of the power plant is effected by either re- volving pipe connection or by means of a swaylng arm, or 1t may be effect ed by collecting pipe such as is peculiar to hydrants The steam is blown into the cooler water of the engine boiler from the stationary boil CT and gives up it's heat until the tenn perature in the two boilers is about the same
 An official in reporting on this en- zine sums up its good points as fo- lows; It offers absolute safety agains. fire which might be caused by flying sparks, and all smoke nuisance is eliminated. This permits of the ma chine being used in sheds and other
The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-21
ROADSIDE TREES.
Prcseryative Effect of Shade on
 French Roads

In answer to inquiries from the Unit ed States. Consul General Rober P. skinner of Marseilles, furnishes the fol- owing information relative to the ef- , ect of waysidc trees on French roads: 1 II Is proposed to plant trees along the roadsides of New York state in or der to keep the moisture in the road and prevent travelling, and the ques- tion has been raised whether or not | the roots of such trees may spread out underneath the road surface and event ually create great damage In a severe climate where there are extremes of 1 hat and cold. While French roads are not always bordered with shade trees they are so very frequently, and my ln- formation is that the trees are planted not only for furnishing shade, but in order to protect the roads themselves against the effects of excessive heat and drouth. If Is believed that the long, dry summer season Is much more inimlcal to roads than severe cold. The chief officer in charge of the public roads In Marseilles is of the opinion that. on the whole, New York roads would be benefited if bordered with trees, suggesting, however, that only such should be planted as have verti- cally descending roots.
 F, Birot. civil engineer and former conductor of the bureau of bridges and highways, expresses himself as follows on the subject:
 "1n countries where the climate is damp roadside trees are prejudlcial to the maintenance of the highways, as trey prevent the circulation of the air and the drying of the soil; in most of the southern French regions, such plantations are, on the other hand. very useful in dry weather, as they maintain the roadbed in state of freshness favorable to It's conservation, In general, trees should be selected with high spreading branches. such as the poplar, the elm. the ash, and they should be planted generally upon the outer edge of the roadbox and at dls- tances of 10 metres (32 2s0 feet) Each tree should be placed in hole metre (3.2S feeD deep and 12 metres (492 fecD square, and should be trimmed to q height of 2 1-2 metres 820 feeD above the surface
 The earth about newly planted trees should be loosened in March and No yember-in March only after the third year-and thereafter until their per manent growth appears assured small trenches should be directed toward the foot of the tree, in order to secure the benefit of rains, Finally, the tree it. self should be trimmed annually during the first ten years "--Consular Report.