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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
WASHINGTON PIE.
A Difference of Opinion as to What
Really Constitutes 1t.


Almost every one has heard of Wash
ington pie, but there seems to be no
agreement of opinion as to what member
of the pie family rightly bears the name
of the Father of His Country.
Washington pie?" says the man from
sway Down East, which is beyond Bos-
ton, repeating your question. ''Why,
sure, / know it. There are three layers
of spongy cake, with two layers of jelly
white frosting on the top. It's bully,
too. and l wish l could get it here"
"But that's not Washington pie" in
terrupts the woman from the west,
'that's simply layer cake. Washington
pie, though, is something like cake. But
there are only two layers of cake, and in
between is a creamy filling made of
eggs and milk and sugar and a little
favoring. And you put powdered sugar
on the top"
persons from Boston itself, who speak
with the assurance that betrays their
habitat "And what's more, we never
heard of Washington pie. Do you think
at fitting to name pie after an import
ant historical fgure?'
''I've been making Washington pie for
years. interposes mildly a woman who
lives in Brooklyn and isn't ashamed of
lit, s'and my Washington pie is pie and
not a cake. l grind apples into pulp
and mix the pulp with sherry and use
that as a filling for an ordinary open
face pie. The completed article looks
much like pumpkin pie, and it's the
toothsomest thing | know"
Now what is Washington pie?-New
York Sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

pleasures of seeing the 3:40 go
through, but little confidential chat
on the joys Of the band practice.
figure that 1 am qualified to speak on
the subject, not only because my ia
Their was leader Of the band and the
only man in town who could solve the
mysteries Of an e fat cornet, but also
because I qualified as member OF the
band myself, having with some diff
Guilty mastered the alto horn.
81 had uniform with just as much
gold braid on it as fathers had, and
when the Jonesville Cornet Band
went over to the county seat to play at
the Fourth of July celebration l walked
at the head of the parade and was the
envy of all the small boys of my size in
the place.
81 said the band practiced in the
village council room. That shows how
important the band appeared in the
eyes of the village.
one end, that were never used except
the time when fifteen tramps were
rounded up in the neighborhood fol
lowing the robbing of clothing store
in a nearby town. The band instru-
ments could, accordingly, be left in the
cells with perfect safety, where they
shared quarters with the polling
booths.
"When Thursday night rolled around
the citizens of the town assembled
in front of the calaboose. as the Town
Hall was called. They had to go early
because the band practice always drew
a lot of farmer boys in town, and the
few seats in the council room were al
a premium.
"Along about 8 o'clock the band
would also begin to congregate, anC
shortly afterward each man would try
out his instrument. When the leather
lunged tuba player entered into The
contest with the snare drummer which
could make the most impression OF
the community and few others play
ers Joined in by running the scale, usu
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

us, and the best and will be devised By
those who do not think Sane methods should never be
abandoned, matter how quaint they are ~hey have
stood for many years, and under them the enduring
things of the world have been accomplished
By methods sometimes thought too slow our fore
fathers results which stand as landmarks in
the progress of the They not always swift
but they intended always to be right Their judgment
and example should not be forgotten now We should
remember conspicuous is not always great that
high places do not always make great the sound
Of water does not always the ocean, and the land
scape may be painted husk.
entertain the firm belief that the problems which
dshearten us will be decided right Political ques
lions may sometimes go by unheeded but the problems
confronting involve the elements Of honesty and
fair play These moral questions, to be decided by
conscience and education These two together not
likely to go astray.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
CHARACTER IN WALKING.
Traits Which are Readily Disclosed
by Ones Gait.


by Ones Gait.
There's a conceited man coming
down the Streets said the girl in the
group on corner. How do 1 know?
By his walk. l can tell the chief trait
of any PERSONS character by watching
him or her walk. For instance, if a
man walks with a heavy lift to his
hips he's sure to be obstinate. If he
sinks down a little on his heels he has
a comfortable attitude toward wife and
the world in general-in fact, he's bit
lazy. That woman coming down the
street now is gossip. Any one could
tell that because of her mincing, fussy
gait. Indecision is the chief character
istic of that woman's character across
the street Don't you see how she
swings her foot rather hesitatingly in
the air before she puts it down?
''The man who walks with his knees
leading is sure to be of the pious type
the disagreeably pious type, mean.
You see that old codger who is cross
ing the road with his stomach SEEM
ing to lead the rest of him-well, of
course it is evident that feeding is his
chief delight. When an intelligent
man walks his heads leads. That girl
who sways so is self conscious. Yes,
that girl going down the street has
pretty walk, gliding and quiet, but
watch out for her; she is treacherous
in the extreme.
1.-THE man who puts his feet down
especially solidly is heavy and some
what stupid. That little person cross
ing the road with a quick, clean step
is energy personified, but he has the
sort of energy which has no regard for
the rights or feelings Of others. The
girl coming out of that store has an
ugly streak in her nature. Don't you
see how she puts her foot down IN
willingly as if she were saying: Il
won't! I won't' 1 shouldn't advise
any man to marry her.
"Of course 1 don't pretend to know
thoroughly persons character by his
walk, but I do discover his FREEDOM
mating characteristic"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
SECRET OF RIPE OLD AGE.
Eminent Russian Savant declares

Eminent Russian Savant Declares
Sour Milk the Diet.
If YOU wish to live to good old age,
rich food should be avoided. Nj.
MetchinkOff, the eminent Russian
savant, who is the present subdirec-
tor of the Pasteur Institute in Paris,
suggests that the best diet might be
sour milk, which does not sound very
palatable. Still the fact remains that
races which live on sour milk are
noted for their health, strength and
longevity The microbes of turned
Tactical appear to have the peculiar
mower of waging war upon and de-
stroying the bacilli in the human
system which are supposed to De the
causes of death, thus serving not only
as a food, but as an antiseptic.
This question of the prolongatlon OF
life is one which has long occupied
the attention of the scientific world
and there is no worker in this neld
whose researches are of more I'M
portance than NJ. MetchnikOff. In his
latest work he states the reasons
which lead him to think the three
score years and ten Of the Psalmls'
are not the natural form of human
existence.
He points out that the animal and
vegetable worlds contain many ex
traordinary examples of longevity
And. finally, he holds that by care
for health and the employment of the
same methods which have led to such
remarkable results in the culture OF
vegetables. it should be possible, not
only to prolong life, but to make olo
age vigorous and healthy. Men or ot
or 70 would retain their force anc
Younger men of q would no longer DC
thought mature or capable OF taking
part in public life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
THE VILLAGE BAND.
It's Delights Are Unknown to Boys
and Girls Brought Up in Cities.

It's Delights Are Unknown to Boys
and Girls Brought Up in Cities.
when 1 was a little shaver and
didn't have anything to do In the day
time but go down and see that the
3 40 train got in all right and had no
where else to go at night except on
Thursday. when the Jonesville Cornet
Band met in the village council room
for weekly practice, I used to envy
the city chaps and think 1 was having
a pretty rotten time of it," said the
man from the little prairie town in
Illinois that has never made up the
decrease in population caused by his
removal to the city. "Now that l can
see how city boys really do spend their
young days, feel like giving three
cheers for my youth.
'eThis is not an informal talk on the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
HOUSE OF LITTLE NELL.
Where Dickens Conceived His Famous
Story-Place to Let.

The announcement that the house in
Bath where in 1910 Charles Dickens
first conceived the idea of his immortal
Little Nell in "The Old CURIOSITY Shop,
is to be ''let or sold'' is fact OF con-
siderable interest to all Dickens lovers.
At the time that the novelist was first
attracted to his theme by the sight or
poor little girl at Bath. he and his wife,
his land Landor's) biographer, John For
ster, and the painter Maclise We're on
visit to Walter Savage Landor in that
fair city. and the nciqent Is tnus re,
ferred to in FOrsters Life OF Landor:
1T was at celebration of his birthday
in the first of his Bath lodgings, 80 st.
James square, that the fancy which took
the form of Little Nell in The Old
Curiosity Shop first dawned on the
genius of its creator. No character IN
prose fiction was a greater favorite with
Iandor. He thought that upon her Juliet
might for a moment have turned her
ewes from Romeo, and that Desdemona
might have taken her hairbreadth es-
canes to heart, so interesting and pa
thetic did She seem to him; and when
some years later the circumstance nave
named was recalled to him, he broke into
one of those whimsical bursts of comical
extravaganza out of which arose the
fancy of Boythorn. With tremendous en-
phasis he confirmed the fact, and added
that he had never in his life regretted
anything so much as his having failed to
carry out an intention he had formed con-
corning it; for he meant to have pur-
chased that house, 80 st. James square,
and then and there to have burned 1t to
the ground. to the end that no meaner as
ISOLATION should ever desecrate the birth
day of Nell Then he would pause lit
tie. become conscious of our sense of his
absurdity and break into laundering
peal of laughter"
Thus in his somewhat ponderous
fashion. does John Forster tell the story.
1t is certainly a great pity that the nov
elist did not carry out his expressed wish
to purchase the house in Bath; but at
that time he did not think he could af-
ford it. 1t seems Dickens had gone to
America, meanwhile, and was sojourning
there when Forster's Life of Landor''
reached him. In allusion to the fact that
he Dickens had himself intended tC
tell the story in 'cold print" he wrote
to John Forster from America: Il see
you have told, with what our friends
would have called wonderful accuracy
the little st. James square story which q
certain faithless wretch &C. d. was tc
have related. Pail Mall Gazette.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
PREACHER LENT A HAND.
Made Most of the Concrete Blocks for a
Big New Church.

Rev. w. w. Delhi and his congre-
cation of Sterling, ILL.,, have just finished
a large and unusual stunt in the line of
church work. The labor unions may get
after the pastor and call for his union
card, but it will be too late. The pastor
mas done the job.
Mr. Delhi, who is Methodist Episco-
palian, has broken the record in building
up his church, that fayorite ambition
with ministers: He has done the thing
literally, and the result is one of the larg-
est churches west of Chicago. 1t seats
100 persons, is $50 feet by 100 and If
built by contract would have cost at
least $4,000.
The pastor and his flock pitched in and
made the concrete blocks of which the
building is constructed. They have been
two years at it, but the work is finished
now and the church was dedicated a
week or two ago.
The minister himelf made more than
half the blocks, and owing to the saving
effected by his work and that of other
industrious members of his flock the cost
of the Quilting was brought down to
So, 900.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
BeIlewOrt,

. The botanical name of the Bellewort
is platycodon grandif1 oraum. 1t is a
ihandsmoe Siberian plant wonderfully
hardy in light, dry soils but impatient
of damp and undrained situations where
its thick, fieshy roots are sure to de-
icay.
The flowers are 2 or 3 inches across.
deep blue and borne at the end of each
branch The branches are about 10 inches
high. Perhaps the best position for the
plant would be overhanging a ledge in
some sunny corner of the garden as it
lis easily bent down by the winds owing
Ito its slender stem. There is a white
variety, which is not so good as the
blue. The plant is grown from Seed
which are readily procured.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

ally in a far from perfect manner, the
harmony wasn't any better than some
of Wagner's effects.
ut never feazed the citizens assem-
bled inside and outside the calaboose,
though, and when the rehearsal finally
got under way it wasn't possible to get
even standing room within fifteen
yards of the place. Sometimes the re-
hearsal lasted until along on to mid
night, butado you suppose any small
boy got tired and sneaked off home to
bed before the lights were put out?
He didn't unless he went at parental
orders.
"You couldn't find one of the citi-
zens who would admit that there was
another band anywhere in the world
as good as the Jonesville organization,
and l was convinced at the time that
there wasn't either. I've heard bigger
and better bands since then, but I am
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
According to SIGNS.

!. An Irishman was walking along a
road, when he was suddenly struck be-
tween the shoulders by golf ball. The
force of the blow almost knocked him
down. When he recovered he observed
a golfer running toward him.
care Won hurt 90 said the player.
"Why didn't you get out of the way,
An why should I get out OF the
way?" said Pat; II didn't, knowy there
were any assassins around here.
.But I called FORE" said the player,
.a'and when / say fore that is a sign
"Oh. it IS, is it?'' said Pat. well,
thin, whin l say 'foive' it's sign that
you're going to get hit on the nose.
sFoiYe.' n-P Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
Nervousness.

Nervousness is often due to some
tpoison formed in the blood by the de-
composition of undigested food-in 9th
Ter words, often arises primarily from
indigestion.
Nervousness when due to this cause
may sometimes continue through many
years without causing dangerous condi-
ltions. On the other hand nervous dis
iturbances due to this auto-intoxication
or self-poisoning may be Immediately
fatal.
Many people, however, suffer from
''nervous Indigestion" as they call it,
for twenty years or more without fatal
termination. In these cases there is
of course a gradual weakening of the
general system which predisposes to
many diseases, and death is always pre-
mature, usually being traceable to what
is called heart failure. Health Gull
tture.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
HEEL PFUL
ADvICE

You won't tell your family doctor
the whole story about your private
illness you are too modest. You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Your
letter will be held in the strictest con-
fidence. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that will
help your case. Such letters as the fol
lowing, from grateful women, es-l
tablish beyond a doubt the power OF.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

The Atlanta Constitution looks upon
a reaction from hysteria as the sure fore
runner of better times. If the South
wants capital to assist in the develop
ment of Southern resources, it says,
there is only one way to get 1T, and that
is .'by letting the world know beyond
bubble or peradventure that the South
is a safe and profitable field for the in
yestment of capital; that we have done
with hysteria and injustice and reckless
and destructive agitation; that we have
turned our faces to the light, absolute
", resolutely, beyond the hazard of
return to folly" The dawn of reason is
shining in Georgia when its leading
nnrusnaner talks like that.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
By United States Senator Albert J. Bevel

The man who stopped thinking
decades ago and who therefore be-
ieves that all questions are spurious
except those about which he was
thinking in his prime. but which
have been settled long ago, cannot
even grasp the meaning Of public
life to-day. Indeed, the latter is a
real obstacle to the solving Of our
present-day problems.
Such a man forgets that every
year a full million young men and
1ro11nr runrr1an come of age whose
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

for the master minds Of antiquity this universal be1eI
has been waved aside pagan superstition Reincar
nation is found to interviewer with the texture or
all schools of philosophy and all systems of religion 1t
is imbedded in every scripture and forms the corner
stone of common daily life In India now in the
elder days. every peasant recognizes an unqueson
able fact that been many times reborn EARTH
and prepares himself for coming reb1rth reblrth Is
an active factor in his daily life.
When once we realize the grandose scheme Of human
evolution then that what call sin is only ig
norance lack experience youth of the unfolding life
There height of splendor into which man may not
grow for he truly God ncarnate upon EARTH and the
Cbrsts of the but the fair first fruits of the
universal human harvest which the future shall dis
close Power of brain, strength of WILL deftness of fin
GER nobility of characer-they are all of our own weav
ing: we make the garments that Not one Of
the miserable waits foulest sums but shall, by
repeated births rise to perfect manhood to manifested
divinity Such is the promise contained in the word
reincarnation.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

When high school electrical apparatus
in Missouri can 'pick up wireless mes
sages sent from Santa Cruz. California,
and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, there is
small room for anybody to operate spe-
ciai and exclusive line. 1t is evident that
wireless messaging is to be a go-as-you-
please method of communicating, as free
as halloaing over pasture lot.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

A ninety-ton auxiliary schooner be-
longing to the New York Yacht club has
lust returned from cruise of l2,OOO
miles with her owner and family and a
number of guests The cruise began
last August, and throughout her yoyag-
ing the little craft met with no mishaps
even to her spars. This is remarkable
record which shows that American
yachts are seaworthy, and that they are
sailed by men who know how to handle
them under all conditions of wind and
weather.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

The Brazilian military balloon fatal
ity at Rio Janeiro should admonish the
growing number of amateur aeronauts
that there is danger in every ascent.
The lieutenant who lost his life was
carried away by the balloon, which
afterwards collapsed, before things were
ready for the ascension.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

The explosion and panic in Chicago
business block, resulting from an accu-
mutation of gas in the basement through
leaking pipe, recalls similar incidents
in the early days of natural gas exploit
tation. But there is less excuse for fail
ure to discover leaks in Illuminating gas
pipes, as the gas can be detected quickly,
while natural gas is almost odorless.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
HEIGHT of Land. Depth of Sea.

The mean height of all the land now
above the sea is referred to by Lyell as
being 1000 feet. The mean depth of
the ocean is at least $4,000 feet, that is,
lit exceeds the height of the land twelve
times. This is because the extreme
heights of the land although probably
no less than the extreme depth of the
the ocean maintains its depth over enor-
NOUS areas. Owing to the fact that
the surface of the ocean to that of the
land is as two and a half to one the
ocean would accommodate the whole of
land thirty times over were it all pitched
Unto the ocean areas.-Knowledge and
Scientific News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

A roller lift bridge company at Chi
cago has received an order for the con-
struction of a bridge across the Nile at
Cairo. Modern Improvements are grad
ually changing Old World views, and IN
wears to come the traveller will find ia
miliar things where erstwhile there were
only relics of the enterprise of the misty
No CT
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

Illness in a Minnesota which re-
shifted from the consumption of ma
pie syrup that bore the label "Guaran-
teed Under the Pure Food Law" should
signalize investigation on the part OF the
governments inspectors, to ascertain the
character of the syrup. The label guar
antee is a fraud upon the consumer, be-
cause it is meaningless.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
LYDIA Z. PIN fEHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

to conquer all female diseases.
Mrs. Norman r. Barndt, OF Allen.
town, Pa, writes:
ssEver since I was sixteen years Of
age had suffered from an organic de.
rangement and female weakness; in
consequence had dreadful headaches,
and was extremely nervous. My physi-
clan said Il must go through an opera
ton to get well. A friend told me
about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and / took it and wrote you
for advice, following your directions
carefully, and thanks to you am to-
day well woman, and am telling
all nv friends of my experience"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

The collapse of circus seats at Chicago
should warn tentmen of the need of par
ticular care in providing for the shifting
weight of enthusiastic patrons. The cir
Gus seat requires bracing against lateral
strains like the grand stand in baseball
and football parks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

Ports on the Columbia river, including
Portland, on it's big tributary the Villa
mette, doubtless feel chagrined over the
fact that the mighty Columbia cannot
receive the big ships of the navy. But
the fact cannot be gainsaid that shifting
sands make navigation at the mouth of
the Columbia very dangerous for ships
drawing from twenty-five to thirty feet
of wafer
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18
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, flatulency, indiges-
tiOn. dizziness, OrnervOuSp rOStratiOn.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

The proposal of the United States
that an international anti-Opium confer
ence be held in Shanghai, China, on the
LIST of January next, should elicit gem
eral endorsement. The opium habit is
menace to China, and it is so firmly seat
ed that patient cooperation will be
necessary to eradicate it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-06-18

People who have reached middle life
and who have kept their eyes open will
not dispute DR.. HeXamer's declaration
that prohibitory laws have done less
than beer for the cause of temperance
in the United States.