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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-06

A bowling tournament which has been
going on at the Capital bowling alleys
for the past two weeks was brought TO
a close Saturday night.
The honors went to Post.
The individual averages of the three
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
Bungle's Bad Break.

Mr.. Bungle always takes a deep and.
sympathetic interest in the welfare OF
his fellowman. While out for a stroll
one day, he met friend who seemed III
a great hurry.
''Hold on, JONES' said Bungle, grab
bing his friends arm, "why this rush?'
''Bungle," said JONES' removing his hat
and wiping his brow. Pm hot-footing-
it to a specialist; l believe my brain is
affected"
Mr.. Bungle, to allay the fears of his.
friend and show the customary commits
GRAFTON, said jovially:
''Pshaw, Jones, you shouldn't worry
about such little thing as that"
"Wh-hatY'
81 mean you shouldn't let such a little
thing as your brain--that is, Mr.. Jones,
you shouldn't get so excited over moth
ing-of conrse-ah, good day, Mr.. Jones'"
Bohemian.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
THE GREAT TOBACCO
WAR IN KENTUCKY
Revolt of Farmers in the Blue
Grass State Against the
Tobacco Trust.
had MANY TRAGIC FEATURES.
Vow the Fight Was Forced on the
Growers-Night Riding and
Its Grimes.

Kentucky Is the tobacco State. While
she produces hemp, wheat, corn, horses,
hogs and cattle In abundance and with
profit, tobacco is her great cash crop
OF the ITO counties (mountain, blue
grass and Westerly there are few If
any which do not consider the plant a
staple. 1t Is the crop which costs the
most to produce, calls for the greatest
amount Of labor, most rapidly debili-
tates the soil and, under normal condi-
tions, brings the greatest returns.
Kentucky may be divided into four
large districts, with four separate and
distinct types Of tobacco, none compel
ing with the others. In the extreme
western part of the State is the dark
tobacco district (Which includes about
twenty counties in Kentucky and ten In
Tenressee). There the growers are or
ganized into what is known as the
Planters Protective Association, with
headquarters at Guthrie. The tobacco
grown in this district has a very large
almost black leaf While some Of it is
used in domestic manufacture the bulk
Of the crop is exported to England.
Then comes the stemming district Of
seven or eight counties, so called be-
cause the stem Is removed from the leaf
before marketing. Nearly the entire
crop is exported to England, France
and Italy.
The Green River section includes six
or seven counties and produces a to-
bacco midway between the dark tobac-
SO and the white hurley. 1t is used in
both the domestic and export trade.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
ORIENTAL SECRET TELEGRAPHY
Strange Power of Communicating New:
Over Great Distances.

The hope that the movement of troops
against the Zakka Khels will prove "a
regular surprise" to these erring tribes
men leaves out of account the mystic
oriental power of rapidly and secretly
communicating news over vast distances
An instance of this strange faculty was
furnished during the Indian frontier ex-
petition against the Waziris in 1895.
Seventy-fve miles as the crow flies and
100 miles by mountain roads from their
base at Sheik Budin the British troops
defeated the Waziris. Heavy mist pre-
vented the news of this success being
photographed until the following day,
when. communication being opened up,
the British officer at Sheik Budin anti
cipated the news of the victory by stat
ing he had been Informed of it by natives
on the very evening of it's occurrence.
The most famous instance Of this sort
is associated with the assassination of
Lord Mayo by convict in the Andaman
islands Within few hours of this muir
der an English official at Simla was told
by his Pathan servant that the viceroy
was dead. kilograms announcing the
news did not arrive until the next day.
How such messages are transmitted
are hidden from Europeans, but again
and again in India, as also in Egypt dur
ing the Sudanese campaigns, and in
South Africa during the Boer war, the
authenticity and speed in such native
telegraphy were proyed.-Dundee Adver-
tiSerS.
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By far the largest district is that
where white hurley Is grown. This in
cludes from forty-two to fifty-five coun-
ties and, roughly speaking, embraces all
Of the State east Of Louisville, Mays
vile and Mt Sterling. Two counties in
Indiana and three in Ohio also produce
white hurley tobacco. This peculiar
grade can be grown nowhere else in the
world. It Is used almost entirely In
domestic trade and from it the very
highest type Of plug chewing tobacco is
made.
The tobacco producers of the stem
ming, Green River and white hurley
districts are very generally organized
under the Kentucky Union Of the
American Society of Equity.
The American Society Of Equity Is
national organization of farmers. Its
objects are the Improvement Of meth
DDS Of agriculture, the introduction of
new and improved seeds, social inter-
course, and, more than all else, the Sc
curing of fair and equitable prices for
farm products. In many respects it Is
to the farmer what the trades union is
to the craftsman
The American Tobacco Company,
otherwise known as the Tobacco Trust,
is an organization Of capital which we'll
nigh controls the manufacture of to-
bacco in this country, which is gradu-
ally invading the retail cigar and to-
bacco trade, and which has such
strength and such extensive ramiflca-
lions that it dictates the price Of raw
material to the grower.
So much for the fundamentals Of a
condition which has produced the pres
ent tobacco war in Kentucky.
When the tobacco market was an
open one-that is, when there was OPP
position among the bidders for the raw
leaf-the price Of white hurley was
about Is cents per pound, and Of the
dark tobacco about or cents. Then
came the Tobacco Trust. Opposition in
bidding was eliminated and prices
were hammered down and farther
down until the dark tobacco was bring
ing 3 cents and the white hurley 6
cents. Such reduction meant ruin
for the farmers The actual cost of
production, reckoning mans labor at
81 per day and teams services at so
cents, would be just about this figure.
There was no allowance for the terri
Bile drain upon the land itself, for the
fact that in the rush seasons the farm
ers were forced to hire extra help at
$1.20 to 81 per day, or for the fact
that the work is the hardest and most
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
THE INDIAN WEAVER.

Yonder amidst the blistring sands,
The Indians rude-built hogan stands,
Under the blue and f1owless sky
Meath which fair crest and canyon lie,
Patterned with mystic, strange design
With square and fretWork and bar and
line
Here on the loom behold it grow:
The blanket of the Navajo.
Ploddingly woven, thread by thread,
In white and black. in the gray and red,
Emblems bearing of life and death,
The lightning's path, the storm-cloud S
breath.
Slope of mountain and drench of rain,
The four winds, issue of peak and plain,
Village, and journey long and steep,
The blanket fills while Craze the sheep
Patient the swarthy toiler weaves;
For friend or alien alike achieves;
Pictures country loved right we'll;
Thereof old legends; and may not tell
Whether q paleface eye afar
Will only a rug regard, bizarre,
Or see, Interpreting the lore,
The Painted Desert on his floor.
Edwin L. Sabin in Craftsman
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
To Exterminate Rats.

A party of rat exterminators, bound
for Little Cumbrae, an island in the
Firth of Clyde, belonging to Lord Butte,
recently left London. They carried with
them special preparation which, its m
ventors say. while harmless to other am
JittIe Cumbrae is a sparsely populated
island. overrun by thousands of rodents,
Which, terrify the few inhabitants there
are, The new rat poison is not unlike
bread. 1t is saturated with microbe
that has fatal effect on rats only.
child can eat it with impunity; dos, ana
cat have eaten a large quantity with no
i'll results; but rat will die soon aIter
if has tasted the first morsel, a London
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

exacting Of all farm labor, and that
much Of it must be done in the most
inclement season.
The producers had nothing to say as
to the price. The trust made its offer
and it was a case of take it or leave it
alone. The farmers were rapidly being
reduced from an Independent and pros
porous condition to one Of almost servi-
tude and with actual want staring
them in the face.
Finally the dark tobacco growers or
gained as the Planters Protective AS
ISOLATION and pooled their tobacco.
They held out for two years before sell
ing a pound. Then the raw material
in the market became exhausted and
the trust was forced to come and buy
at the pool price Of 9 cents instead OF
its own price of cents. These organ
lied producers and the American To
bacco Company are now working I'M
der fairly harmonious agreement and
have been for two years.
With this splendid example Of the
power Of union before them the OF.
pressed and individually helpless farm
ers of the great white hurley district
in November, 1906, organized as the
Kentucky Union of the Society Of
Equity. Each member agreed to pool
his crop with the others and to sell
only through the officers of the organi-
cation. Warehouses were purchased or
erected in various places. The pooled
tobacco was either brought to these
warehouses or stored in the producers
barns. At Winchester samples Of all
pooled tobacco were kept and the Equi-
ty farmers demanded that the pur-
chaser, instead of going to the farmers
or having the farmers come to him,
should purchase by sample of the Equi-
,ty officer. At the beginning the Equity
people, when the Trust price was or
61a cents, made out price list which
would make the average price on all
grades of an average crop Is cents,
some higher and some lower.
OF course, by no means all of the
growers came into the pool. Many re-
fused and continued to sell to the trust
at the best prices obtainable. But,
owing to the pooled and stored tobacco
making scarcity in the market, the
trust was forced to raise its price from
6 to 101a cents and Is cents. This was
highly satisfactory to the non Equity
growers. They were loud in their
praises of the organization which had
increased the prices, but they neverthe-
less preferred to take advantage of the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
Don't Fold Your Arms.

BY folding your arms you pull the
shoulders forward, f1atten the chest and
impair deep breathing. Folding the
arms across the chest so fattens 1t
down that it requires conscious effort
to keep the chest in what should be Its
natural position. As soon as you for
get yourself down drops the chest
We cannot see ourselves as others
see us. If we could many of us would
be ashamed Of our shapes. The POSI-
ton you hold your body in most Of the
time soon becomes its natural position.
Continuously folding your arms across
the chest will develop fiat chest and Il
rounded back.
Here are four other hints which
should be made habits: Keep the back
of the neck close to the back Of the
collar at all possible times. Always
carry che chest farther to the front
than any other part Of the anterior
body. Draw the abdomen in and up Il
hundred times each day. Take a dozen
deep, slow breaths a dozen times each
day.-Evening Doctor.
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situation without joining in the strug-
gle or making any of the sacrifices.
The Society Of Equity kept hard at
work and daily added new recruits to
it's ranks so that a much larger pro-
portion of the crop of 1907 was pooled.
The annual crop in the white hurley
district Is from 100000 to no.
100000 pounds. OF the crop of 1906
the Equity has now on hand about
100000 and of the crop Of 1907
about 100000 pounds. Practically
all the non-pooled tobacco has been
sold. Within the past few weeks the
trust has come forward and bought
100000 pounds Of pooled tobacco at
Equity prices and the independent
manufacturers are buying a little.
With about 100000 pounds Of
hurley tobacco pooled, the Equity
growers decided that it would be mad
visable to increase the store until the
trust was forced, from lack Of other
supply, to purchase what is already in
hand. Their slogan became "No tobac-
co crop for 1905" and it is the effort
to enforce this mandate upon it's mem
bers and upon other growers which has
resulted in the night riding which has
attracted so much attention.
The Equity owners recognize the
hardship which would be incurred by
cutting out the crop of 1908, but they
agree that it is better TO receive is
cents pound for two years crop than
to be forced to accept about 6 cents
for three years crops. Meantime they
would turn their attention to other
crops and, best of all, give their lands
rest
The sympathy of the great mass Of
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The Oldest of Temples.

The oldest temple in the world has
been discovered by explorers excavating
at Bismya, in Central Babylonia. The
walls of tower were uncovered, the
summit was cleared. and the first inscrip-
tion discovered upon the surface was a
brick stamped with the name of Dungi,
of 275O B. G. A little lower appeared a
crumpled piece of gold, with the name Of
Naram Sin. of 1850 B. c. Just below
that level were the large, square bricks
peculiar to Sargon of $500 B. g, prob
ably the first of the Semitic Kings OF
Babylonia. A large platform was dis
covered two and a half yards below the
surface. constructed of the peculiar con-
vex bricks which were the building ma
terial of 1900 B. C.-London Globe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

City Attorney Kelly, in his speeches
for the Republican city ticket, gives
deserved credit to a good man when he
praises Comptroller Paul Bechtner for
what he has done to head off the folly
of pushing at this time for the construc-
tion of a municipal electric lighting
plant. There are two reasons why the
municipal electric lighting plant project
needed to be headed off. One is that
the well-being of the city does not re-
quire it at the present time. The other is
that the city does not possess and could
not at present acquire the means for
carrying it through. The course which
Comptroller Bechtner has pursued has
operated to save the peoples money
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

of the faculty of Princeton, sis most
amusing at times. A member of the bar
in Philadelphia. a man more remarkable
for the vigor of his addresses to juries
than for his learning. was not long ago
commenting on the proceedings of the
other party to a suit under trial.
81 do not know what gloss said he,
my learned friend may put upon this
matter, but / will not mince my words.
/ denounce this thing in plain. downright
Anglo-Saxon English as nefarious and
transaction of the most un-
kind "-Harper's Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
Spring Cleaning of the Idols.

The festival Of the Hindu Srianchami
Puja has been recently brought 10
sion Of images in the Ganges. From an
early hour in the afternoon of the day
the images of the goddess were carried
out from Bengal houses and some car
ried in procession along the main roads
in the northern part of the town to the
river. where in accordance with the
ceremonies they were immersed. Each
idol is carried in two boats tied together,
which separate in mdstrea@i t Plungihs
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
How They Drink at Rawhide.

.sTex Ricard? Where have I heard
that name?'' unused a guest at the St.
Francis as a boy came back from the
dining room calling aloud "Mr. Tex Rio
ard! Mr.. Tex Ricardo
'1rhat's him over there fornnst the door
the fellow talkin' like lightnin' and
chawin' cigar, sittin' on the sofey.
''They thought he was dippy at Raw
hide when he paid $4,000 last week for a
little old corner lot bout the size of this
office, but he run up a buildin' and start
ed the sixty-second saloon in the town"
''They must drink a lot in Rawhide.' y
'"They drank enough in two days to
pay for Tex Ricard's." San Francisco
Chronicle.
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Too Free Speech.

''blasphemy'' raises the whole question
of courtesy and kindness in nublic dis
cussion. Ridicule and sarcasm are per-
MISSILE, and effective weapons in de-
bate, but mere vulgarity and abuse, or If
reverence in dealing with subjects that
are sacred to others, are not to be con-
founded with free speech, and cannot be
olerated.-Lloyds News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

The royal rush for American heiresses
continues undated, despite a number of
divorce incidents which should natural
" have an effect upon papas with big
bank accounts and young ladies with
brilliant financial prospects.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

This woman says she was saved
from an operation by Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
LenaV. Henry, of Norristown, Ga.,.
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
CT suffered untold misery from fe-
male troubles. My doctor said an opera
ton was the only chance had, and
dreaded it almost as much as death.
lone day 1 read how other women
had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and decided to
try it. Before had taken the first
bottle was better, and now I am en-
tirely cured.
every woman suffering with any
female trouble should take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

The Cornell boatmen nave taken to
the water like ducks, and the oarsmen
of other universities will do likewise
as soon as the ice breaks and disappears
from their practice courses. There is
never too much time for practice for the
June reGattaS.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

The latest III regard to the Erie canal
is that the waterway will be thrown open
for navigation on the 9Th of May. 1t
was hoped that the boats could start
earlier. but if the canal is ready on the
date named, the grain blockade can prob
ably be raised and room made for fresh
receipts from upper lake ports by the
time lake navigation is resumed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
Musical Warmth.

Miss Jeanette Glider was one of the
ardent enthusiasts Of the debut of Te-
trazzini. After the first act she rushed
to the back of the house to greet one
of her friends. Don't you think she
is a wonder?' she asked excitedly.
'She is a great singer unquestionably, :"
responded her more phlegmatic friend,
''but the registers of her voice ave not
so even as, for instance Melba's."
''Oh, bother Melba," said Miss Glider.
''Tetrazzini gives infinitely more heat
from her registers. '-Everyb Maya
zine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

The American automobile engaged in
the race from New York to Paris won
the American end Of the contest by
arriving at the Pacific coast ahead of its
competitors. AS the race is above all
an endurance test, and as American
roads are VIGOROUSLY bad. the achieve
ment of the American machine is note
rrnrfhV
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

Oleomargarine may be sold in New
York if it is offered as a butter substi-
tute, on its OWN merits. The appellate
division of the supreme court has so de-
cided. This is only just. The poor
should be given opportunity to purchase
butter substitutes when the price of the
real article goes beyond their financial
rooch
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

The sixty Japanese merchants who
have started Oh a tour of the world in
search of commercial and industrial IDEAS
will find much that will warrant the cul-
tiyatien of peace for the Island Empire
Japan is heavily laden with debt, and in
order TO shake off her burden she must
devote herself exclusively to business for
at least a quarter of a century.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
FACTS FOR SICK WoMEN.

For thirty years Lydia u. 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, fbroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostratlon.
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, 1908-04-30

The order for ONE hundred and forty
eight locomotives by the New York Cen
trail railroad is an encouraging sign.
Business is slowly but surely improving,
and the railroads must be prepared 10
handle the freight.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

And so that mysterious w. H. Thorn
son who admitted to being NJ. Bertrand
du Fresno is really the Prince de Sagan
after all. who has come all the way from
Paris to press his suit for the Gould
millions Well, if Anna Gould doesn't
send him packing home again she is en-
titled to whatever misery ensues.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

The blowing away of twelve feet of the
muzzle of one of the battleship Mis-
souri,s 6-inch broadside guns caused no
injury because the wreck was all out
board 1t is only when accidents oc-
cur at the breech that men behind case
mates and armor are injured.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

The blizzard in the northern tier of
western states is preferable to the floods
that are causing damage and drowning
people in the river country" further
south. When the wind and snow subside
and the sun shines the trouble is over,
whereas the flooded section must drain
off and dry while discomfort reigns.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

Explorer Peary is said to have sur
prised real estate dealers by his shrewd-
ness in cornering the islands in Casco
bay. on the coast of Maine, in andcipa-
ton of a demand for seaside cottage To-
cations. Considering the Commanders
recent business, a venture in ice would
have been more. natural.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

The average American laboring man
who is out of work devOtes himself to
iob-hunting with singleness of purpose
that leaves him no time to participate in
''parades of the unemployed"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
$4,000 AT.LEAST.

When lovely woman stoops to folly,
And learns, too late, that lovers skip,
What balm can heal her melancholy,
What course can give her grief the slip:
The Iady's only satisfaction,
The only, way her tears to dry,
Lies in a. breach of promise action,
With damages almighty high.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

IN Englishman has made the discov-
cry that the north pole is moving south
ward. Perhaps Dr. Frederick Cooke
has discovered the blawsted thing,
and is carrying it to the United States
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

The aggregate value of the power
boats owned by members of the Lake
wood Yacht Club at Cleveland lis placed
at 100000. This rapid development of
yachting with motor-boats seems to in
dictate that such craft are to figure large
ly in the lake yachting of the future.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
The Omen.

Mr.. Newlywed-But, my love, why
Mrs. Newiywed-Oh John, John!
lust peeped into the kitchen and saw
that cook has on her travelling gown
Harper's Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

When Charlemague Tower took his
departure from Berlin, the Kaiser's last
words to him were, Tell the President
/ am very angry at him for not keeping
you in Germany The Kaiser has not
explained the reason why he likes
Tower from America and declines to re-
ceiVe q Hill,