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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
Chemical Fertilizers.

Strong chemical fertilizers should
not be given too lavishly to growing
plants. Nitrate of soda is good as a
source of nitrogen, but you can not
grow a plant in pure nitrate Of soda,
acid phosphate and other actual food
substitutes; not even if they are mixed
with the most consummate skill. Look
at clay soil it is generally regarded
as pretty poor one for growing plants,
but it has more actual units of food
in it than any other sort of soil you
can take, and it is improved by throw
ing in the solid grit of sand or the
rubbish of ashes from the furnace.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
A Farm Dairy.

The accompanying plan for a farm
dairy will give a general idea of the
requirements for such building. Ac-
commodation is made for handling the
milk of thirty cows and making butter.
A cement floor is in every way superb
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02

ire spiked, and if they are not spiked
there is danger of too great openings
ind finally filling the box with sedi-
Glent-Exchange.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
FIVE MONTHS I'M HOSPITAL.
Discharged Because Doctors Could
Not Cure.

Levi P. Brockway, S. Second Ave-,
AnOka, Mimi, says: after lying for
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02

This woman says Lydia e.
Pinkham's. Vegetable Compound
saved her life. Read her letter.
Mrs. T. G. Willadsen, of Manning,
Iowa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
ST can truly say that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound saved my
life, and 1 cannot express my gratitude
to you in words. For years suffered
with the worst forms of female COM
plants, continually doctoring and
spending lots Of money for medicine
without help. wrote you for advice,
followed it as directed, and took Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
it has restored me to perfect health.
Had it not been for you should have
been in my grave to-day. I wish every
suffering woman would try it," \.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

( For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address. Lynn, Mass.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
Hatches rs CHICKS from 1s Egr,,

Phoebe" a large hen owned by
Mrs. T. q. Bush, of Birdsboro, Pa, for
long time has had a reputation of
laying an egg every day and sometimes
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11

without waiting for bidding zerko
Witch came quickly in. Lukovitch was
behind and with him Lepage Ter
minutes before the valet had ridden uI
to the city gates, waving his handker
chief above his head.
Sophy gave a cry Of pleasure at see
Ing him. "a brave man. who loved his
king and served monseigneurw she
said as she darted forward and clasped
his hand.
Zerkovitch was as excited and hur
ried as ever. He thrust letter into
her hand From Stenovics, madame
for you to read" he said.
She took it. saying to Lepage witt
touch of reproach, Are you Genera
Stenovics' messenger now, NJ. LIE
page?"
Read 1t, madame" said he.
She obeyed and then signed to Luke
Witch to take it and to Dunstanbury t.
read 1t also. ITS just what you've
been saying" she told him, with 6
faint smile. as she sank back in the
high oaken seat
II am to add, madame" said Lepage
that you will be treated with every
consideration-any title in reason, any
provision in reason too"
$50 the generals letter says"
"But l was told to repeat it." persist
ed the little man. He looked round or
them. Lukovitch and Dunstanbury hac
finished reading the letter and were
listening too. eff you still hesitated,
was to impress upon you that the gun:
would certainly be in Slavna In les.
than a week, almost certainly on Sun
day. You know the course of the rive
we'll. madame?"
"Not very well above Slavna, no."
"In that case. which General Steno
vics didn't omit to consider, 1 was t,
remind you that Captain Lukovitct
probably knew every inch Of it."
II know it intimately" said Luke
witch. II spent two years on the tim
Der barges Of the Krath."
"Then you, Sir. Will understand tina
the guns will certainly reach Slavns
not later than Sunday" He paused To-
moment, seeming to collect his mem
ory "By Wednesday evening Colone
Stafnitz will be at Kolskoi. On Thurs
day morning he'll start back. On tina
evening he ought to reach Evena, OF
Friday, Rapska." Lukovitch nodded a
each name. Lepage went on method
ically. ION Saturday the lock at Mi
klevni. Yes. on Saturday the lock a
Miklevni!" He paused again and look
ed straight at Lukovitch.
Exactly. the lock at Miklevni." sale
that officer. with another nod.
"Yes. the lock at Miklevni on Satur
day. You see. It's not as If the colone
had large force to move. That nigh
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11
ROCKEFELLER MAKES Jokes.

Tells Press Humorists He Passes OFF
Their Work as His Own.
The following letter from John d.
Rockefeller was read at tie convention
of American press humofists. held in
Denver recently:
Forest HILL Cleveland. O.
Gentlemen-With the pleasant memories
OF an official call by the American Press
humorists. l send you my best wishes for
q successful convention. The echoes at
Forest Hill still laugh now and then over
the quips sprinkled through our quiet at
mosphere by your members. My own
success In approaching those jokes OF
yours and In passing them off as my
own has made me feel that l am almost
entitled to union card in your order.
May you always be able to collect for
your witticism on the union scale.
Speaking seriously. as one should to
professional humorists. the rest of the
world owes you real gratitude and the
best OF good wishes, gentlemen. You AZ
the true specialists in dyspepsia. Charity
Is born Of good. hearty, honest laugh
It spreads kindlier feeling among man
KIND. l wish you collectively and individ-
ually all success. l am sorry that / can
not attend your sessions. I hope to re-
ceive you again some day at my home.
FrateGnally yours.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER.
The convention of American press
humorists elected j. Edmund Vance
Cooke Of Cleveland secretary treasurer
and reelected Frank j. Seabrght Of
Los Angeles president
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11
T0L ST0Y .;,' &c, f.,; 3,,,
Aristocrat. Peasant, Philosopher. Reformer,
Agitator, Humanitarian and Literary Genius.

A descendant of Count Peter Tolstoy,
Peter the Great. Count Lyov, or Leo
Tolstoy, WAS born at Yasna Polyana
on Aug. 2S. 1898. At an early age he
was left an orphan, but he received
good education. as do all Russian no.
bles, being placed under private tutors
and afterward attending the university
at kaZan. He pursued his studies and
Travelled widely until 1851, when he
entered the army and went on an eX
petition to Caucasus.
Early in youth Tolstoy had been
thrown in contact with the gay mill
tary life of Moscow. and when he ex-
changed that life for that of the uni
yersity 1t meant. to u large extent, only
continuation of riotous living. But
of sudden the nobler passion In him
began to stir. The dormant genius
began to wallen and to look what hour
it was on the clock of self emuncipat-
ing humanity. Tolstoy the mau be-
gan his great life struggle with Tolstoy
the Russian, He grew ashamed of his
life Of dissipation and, tearing himself
from his carousals with his prot1igate
companions, tied, year before his
graduation, to his country estates,
there to exchange the books of the uni
yersity for the implements of the field,
the prospective life of lawyer for
that of a farmer Five years he spent
on his ancestral estates. living partly
the life OF student. partly the
life OF master of peasant slaves
and partly as dreamer Of beautiful
dreams of their emancipation. He was
aroused from these dreams by the ma.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11
Wax From SUGAR Cane.

The West India Committee Circular
states that application has been made
for patent for a process of extract
ing wax from the sugar cane. 1t seems
that. the rind of the cane contains a
certain proportion Of wax. which has
hitherto been lost with the refuse By
the new process this wax is now recov-
cred from the filter refuse and turned
to commercial uses. being very similar
In its characteristics to beeswax or
Carnauba wax. which can be used for
precisely the same purposes. The wax,
which resembles that now used very
largely for making cylinders for so
called talking machines, is exceedingly
hard and capable of taking high pol
ish. 1t is understood that many facto.
ries in Java will this year be using
this process
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11

more strongly. Human love is the love
of man for man--for every man as a
son of God and therefore brother.
Whom do you love in that way? No
one. Who loves you in that way? No
one. You are feared as the hangman
or a wild animal is feared, all Of you,
from the lowest to the highest accom-
plices in murder"
In his second philippe Tolstoy de-
clared that tormenting the distributors
Of his writings. while l, the chief
cause not only Of the distribution but
even of the existence Of these books,
am left in peace" was not only ''re-
voltingly unjust. but also amazingly
stupid" The Russian subject, he said.
had been forced to obey his car before
his God
"An illiterate peasant" declared Toll
stoy. may get drunk, roll in the mud,
use bad language, fight. break COM
rade's jaw, beat his wife and steal a
horse. but l cannot imagine peasant
In the whole of Russia who either
| when sober or even when drunk
would venture to say that a man ought
to be punished for circulating book
which says that working people can
only arrange their life we'll when they
live a 'godly' life = that is. live III
accordance with the gospel command
ments-to kill no one, not to quarrel,
and that to live 'godly' means to fear
and obey God more than one fears
the police officer. the governor or the
czar, and when police officer, governor
or car commands anything that God
forbids one must obey not police Of.
hcer, governor or cZar. but God, and
that killing is forbidden by God. And
yet 1t stands written down, sealed and
signed by senator, that the man who
spreads such thoughts must be pun
1shed. and this is headed by an an
nouncement that all this is done in
RUSSIA In 1908 by his imperial majes-
tvs ukase"
These two incidents are characteris-
tic Of man who for the past quarter
| of century has been one of the great
| est Intellectual forces at work in all
Russia. Tourists safely accredited to
penetrate the domains of the little
father" uniformly have had two OBJ
| 1ects in yiew--0ne to be presented at
| court and meet the car because of the
| awe and glamour that attach to the
ruler of the worlds greatest autoc-
racy; the other. to meet Tolstoy ideal
| list, champion of the brotherhood Of
man. halter of war injustice and op-
preston, author whose works have APP
peared in fortytive languages, lover of
| liberty and peace, literal follower Of
Christ.
Dormant Genius AWakens.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11

" lectual czar OF all the Russians
aristocrat, peasant, philosopher
reformer. agitator, humanitarian, liter
airy genius and lover of everything that
lives, launched one of his daring, au-
dacious philippics against the car be-
cause the death sentence was being in-
dicted upon SO many Russians and an
other because people who distributed
and read his books were being arrest
ed, tormented and ruined The first
philippe was inspired by report that
twelve peasants had been hanged for
an attack with intent to rob on land
ed proprietor's estate. With the strokes
OF master Tolstoy painted graphic
word picture of the executions care
fully arranged and planned by learned
and enlightened people of the upper
class" denounced the secretary of the
court, the premier and the car as lin
direct participators in the iniquities
perpetrated every day" and appealed
to them to cease their bloody work for
the sake of their souls and for the God
who lived within them The will that
sent them into the world, he declared,
desired only one thing from them
love from man to man
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11
ITO be- cnnttnued)
FOOD law,
Helps Foreign Trade. Says United
States Consul Murphy.
STATUTE TO COMPEL PURITY.

Has Benefited, Not ttampered. Euro
pean Countries-lncreases In Espor-
tation In Many important Foodstuffs
In France Shown In Report
That the United States pure food
law instead Of humpering foreign
trade has benefited it and seems to
have carried with it u greater respect
for foreign labels is the opinion ex-
pressed by United States Consul Dom.
mic 1. Murphy. at Bordeaux. France.
former commissioner of pensions, in Il
report on French exports to the United
States.
Consul Murphy says the records of
the Bordeaux consulate. one of the first
places which would naturally feel the
effects of changed conditions. show
that the declared values Of exports of
French foods and food products to the
United States during the first year of
the operation of the pure food law ac-
tually increased
The value of alimentary paste. maca-
1907 as compared with 1906. jams and
jellies increased $19,921, olive oil $63.-
753, preserved fruits S34, 7OS. preserved
vegetables 500, 1872. still wines $46 7Sg
and sparkling wines $500. Other ar
ticles classed as foods showed decreas.
| ed expectation. but the decrease In al
most every item may be properly &C.
counted for without reference to the
pure food law. says the consul
Exports of brandy fell off Sl1.2S5
but the records show much greater
falling off in 1906 compared with 1905
The decrease In preserved fish. which
was considerable. was due solely tc
the practical failure of the sardine
| fisheries. the packers here having been
! utterly unable to supply one-hun
| dredth part of their American orders.
AS for liquors. the slight decrease is
due to the provision of the pure food
law forbdding the use Of certain col.
ored matters and the difficulty the
manufacturers have found in obtain.
| ing proper substitutes.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11

S0S~
take longer He'll be able to move his
company as quick as the barges trav-
sl"
"The streams very strong. They
travel pretty WE'LL" said Lukovitch.
But hundred men-it's nothing to
move, Captain Lukovitch." He turned
round on them again and then turned
back to Sophy. That's all my mes
sage, madame" he said.
There was a silence.
$50 it's evident the guns will be in
Slavna by Sunday" Lepage concluded.
'If they reach Miklevni on Saturday
any time on Saturday-they WILL
said Lukovitch. "And up here very
soon after!'
"The general intimated that also,
Captain Lukovitch."
"The general gives US very careful
information" observed Dunstanbury,
looking rather puzzled. He was not so
we'll versed In Stenovics' methods as
the rest. Lukoyitch smiled broadly
and even Zerkovitch gave little laugh
page?" the last named asked.
Lepage smiled little too. General
Stenovlcs is in full control of the city
during Colonel Stafnitz's absence
SIR" he answered
They've quarreled?' cried Luke
witch.
"Oh. no. sir. Possibly General Steno
vics is afraid they might" He spoke
again to Sophy Madame, do you still
blame me for being the generals mes
senger?
mo, NJ. Lepage. but there's much tt
consider in the message. Captain Lu
kovitch If monseigneur had read this
the general meant?"
Lukovitch's face was full Of excite
ment as he answered her:
"The prince wouldn't have cared
what General Stenovics meant. HI
would have said that the guns would
be three days on the river before they
came to Slavna, that the barges would
take the best part of ~ hour to ge
through Miklevni lock, that there wa.
| good cover within quarter of a mil.
Of the lock-
Sophy leaned forward eagerly. Eyes
yes?" she whispered.
"And that an escort of hundred
men was-well, might be-not enough!
"And that riding from Volseni"-
Zone might easily be at Miklevni be
fore Colonel Stafnitz and the gun!
could arrive there!
Dunstanbury gave start. Zerko
witch chuckle, Lepage quiet smile
Sophy rose to her feet; the star glowed
there was even color in her cheeks be
aides.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11

TONS call TO arms. Un rne pveaAlng
out Of the Crimean war he was sent to
Sebastopol, there taking command Of
mountain battery and assisting In the
defense of the citadel. At the close Of
the war in 1856 he resigned his COM
mission and devoted himself to the lit
erary career which was to make him
world renowned.
Immediate success crowned his eff
forts as writer He was as greatly
surprised as anybody at this instan-
taneous success. From the bloody
fields of war he had fastened to St.
Petersburg, where as the most famous
author Of the day he was welcomed
with open arms by society whose
only virtue, to judge from his writings,
seemed to lie in its not being virtuous
The period of probation reached its
end at last. Thrown again into the
whirl Of the gay world he had drained
the cup Of sin down to its dregs, and
In utter disgust he snatched it from his
lips. He turned from his wicked self
and thus ended absolutely. like the
drama Of "Fauett." the first part of his
life. Tolstoy the Tartar persisted; Toll
stoy the philosopher was born.
Two Literary Periods.
His writings represent two periods Of
literary work before and after his re-
ligious crisis In 1889 Childhood"
his first story, was printed anonymous
ly and was great success. Then came
"Boyhood," Youth" 1.-THE Cossacks,"
'Sevastopol Sketches" Family Hap
piness." War and Peace" Anna Ka-
renina" and many other short stories.
His tales published during the Crimean
war caused Emperor Alexander ii. to
order the general under whom Tolstoy
served to take care Of the author and
not to expose his life to any danger.
The stories named above belong to Toll
stoys first literary period. To the Sec
ond belong My Confession" what
Believe" The Kreutzer Sonata" and
other religious, philosophical and socio-
logical productions.
The Tostoy cult, developed since
| that day when the Tartar was trans
formed into the philosopher, astonish-
ed the world. That part of it which
| deals with the relations of state and
individual is not very different from
widely held Socialist views in many
parts of the world. that which deals
with the church is repugnant to the
orthodoX-it led to his eXcommunica-
ton by the Greek church several years
ago and that which deals with the
tender passion is at variance with the
| conventional view 1t was the treat
ment Of this last phase of the cult In
THE kreut2er Sonata" that made the
novel the sensation Of two continents.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11
Hawks Attacked Swimmer.

HaWks Nttacked SWIMMER.
Two immense fishhawks had fun In
the ocean at Asbury Park, N. j., with
William Prell. musician employed at
Congress Hall The musician was
bathing in the ocean about a hundred
yards from shore when suddenly
school of weakfsh surrounded him,
and he had hard work keeping afloat-
In the midst of his troubles the fish
hawks spied the fish and attempted to
get hearty meal. In doing this the
hawks nibbed at Prells head occa-
sionally. The musician, now nearly
frantic, yelled for help, and Life Guard
Jackson heard the cries. launched q
lifeboat and soon had Prell safe on
shore.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11
Love of Man For Man.

"But what are you doing? To what
are you devoting your spiritual
strength" he asked. Whom do you
love? Who loves you? Your wife?
Your child? But that Is not love. The
love of wife and children is not human
love. Animals love in that way even
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11

DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
are prompt and thorough and will in a
very short time strengthen the weak
ened kidneys and allay troubles arising
from inflammation of the bladder. They
are recommended everywhere. Sold
by E. 7. Tomas.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11
They Take the Kinks Out.

81 have used DR.. Kings New Life
Pills for many years, with increasing
satisfaction They take the kinks out
of stomach liver and bowels, without
fuss or friction" says N. H. Brown,
Pittsfield, vt. Guaranteed satisfactory
at P. A. Clemmer's drug store. 25c. F
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11
Mail Orders.

Motto Co., want your Mail Orders
Special attention given them. Send for
samples and Ladies' Home Fashion
Sheets. Very truly yours,
2tf MOTT & Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11

dig cuts or little cuts, small scratches
or bruises or big ones are healed quick
ly by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye. 1t
is especially good for piles. Be sure to
get DeWitt's. Sold by E. T. Lomas.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11
Tramps sanest Class of All.


DR.. A. f. Tredgold. prominent Eng
fish medical man. who made extensive
investigation in behalf Of Il royal com.
mission on the feeble minded. makes
the astonishing statement that tramrS
as class are the sanest people in the
community He says that the percent
age of feeble minded among tramps is
less than any other class This he at
tributes to the method and the fxity
OF purpose that must be employed by
an itinerant getting about from place
to place
Nature has provided the stomach with
certain natural fluids known as the di
gestive juices, and it is through these
juices that the food we eat is actec
upon in such way as to produce the
rich, red blood that flows through the
veins of our body and thereby makes
US strong, healthy and robust, and it is
the weakening of these digestive juices
that destroys health. 1t is our owr
fault if we destroy our own health, anC
it is so easy for anyone to put the
stomach out of order. When you neeC
to take something take it promptly,
but take something you know is rcli.
able--some thing like Kodol For Dys.
pepsia and Indigestion. Kodol is pleas
ant to take, it is reliable and is guar,
anteed to give relief. 1t is sold by f.
I. Lomas.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11
OAsTo1IA-.
Bears the z1hs Kind You Nave AMgs Bought
''s. .; LsH2zzzsl

DeWitt's Early Risers, the famous
little liver pills are sold by E. T. Lomas.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11

q a s. TO r Z "A.
Bear. tn. r'A Kind 1I@ You Ha!s Always Bought
as, ct ANAzzzx
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11
n the threshold of his eightietl

birthday Count Tolstoy. intel
lectual czar of all the Russians,
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-13
Don't Send Me One Penny

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