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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
"Lucky" Baldwin's Trick Will.

The smart trick by which Lucky"
Baldwin, the California millionaire, en-
deavored in his will to get the better of
his wife would not avail in Wisconsin.
on the Pacific Slope, Baldwin was once
a Wisconsin man, by reason OF which
fact Wisconsin people take especial in
terest in the stories of his cratic ca
reer.
Baldwin was of Lothario disposition,
and his loose living brought about
separation from his wife many years
ago. In his will he leaves her one
third interest in the Baldwin Annex. a
vacant lot in San Francisco valued at
$4,000. One-third of $4,000 is $685.,
600, and $4,000 is very tidy sum;
but there is no such plum in store for
Mrs. Lilly Bennett Baldwin unless she
can have the will set aside in her favor:
for the Baldwin Annex is mortgaged
for $14OO0O. and probably would not
bring more than that if disposed of at a
forced sale. In Wisconsin the law pro-
tects the rights of woman i'll her de-
ceased husbands estate Section PHI of
the Revised Statutes Of this state pro-
vides that if any lands be devised to
woman or other provision be made for
her in the will of her husband. she
shall make her election whether she will
take the lands so devised or the pro-
vision so made, or whether she will
claim the share of his estate to which
she would have been entitled if he had
died intestate-the widows third"
Wisconsin was one of the pioneer
states in the Union in making laws con-
tanning liberal provisions for guarding
the property rights of women. and her
statutes on this subject have furnished
models for many of the other states.
The value of the estate left by
Lucky" Baldwin is estimated at $50
100000 to $4O,OOOOOO. The chief bene
ficiaries under his will are his three
daughters. One of the curious clauses
of his will provides that any person who
can prove himself an heir shall receive
$40.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08

wrestling crops, without irrigation,
from lands that heretofore have been
regarded as irredeemable desert.
In the fiscal year of 1908 there
were 1862 homestead entries, cover
ing 2,29S, 7O4 acres and go desert en-
tries, covering 162,430 acres. Four
fifths of these entries were made by
''homesteaders" from other parts of
the country-men and women attract
ed to the southwest by it's fine eli
mate and its farming possibilities. In
two years there have been 10000 home
stead entries in the Territory, cover
ing more than 100000 acres, and
Gov. George Curry estimates that New
Mexico now has population of more
than 100000. In five years Roosevelt
County. in the southeastern part of
the Territory, which was regarded as
hopeless desert a decade ago, has
grown from 5000 population to 10000
Mot alma iS Naw Mpyino haino dot
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
A Good Word for the Irish,

President Eliot of Harvard Univer-
sity, who is at Atlanta, Georgia, repudi-
ates the deduction from reports of a
recent newspaper interview that he lacks
appreciation of the civic and moral vir-
tue of citizens sprung from Irish and
other foreign stocks. He says:
Nobody familiar with the political history
of Boston could fail to have deep apprecia-
ton of many good influences which Ameri-
cans of Irish descent have had in our poll
teal development. The progress Of Irish
voters toward liberation of all religions and
toward honest and efficient government In
towns and cities has been more remarkable
and much more rapid during the last TWEEN
ty years than that of men of English blood
who were earlier Corners
This voluntary testimony may well be
accepted by the sons of Erin, who are
preparing to celebrate tomorrow the
memory of Ireland's patron saint. as
pleasant evidence of the high esteem in
which they are held by one who as an
American of the Americans is qualified
to speak in representative capacity for
the descendants of those who preceded
them in the tide of European immigra-
ton which has peopled their adopted
land
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
$4,000 acres, and is increasing rapid

$4,000 acres, and is increasing rapid
ly.
Santa Fe, the ancient capital of the
Territory, is one of the most interest
ing cities in America. 1t had been an
Indian pueblo at the time of it's dis
covery and occupation by the Span
iards in the latter half of the six
teenth century and has remained the
seat of government ever since. In 1850
the Indians revolted and drove out the
Spaniards but after fourteen years
the latter regained the ascendency and
the Spaniards and their descendants
the Mexicans, continued to govern the
Territory from Santa Fe until the
Americans. under General Kearney,
took possession. in 1916.
Two-thirds of the present popula-
ton of Santa Fe is Mexican. The
boys who drive the wood-laden burros
from the distant mountains are Mex
leans. The man who sells you gro
Omitted States" and official docu-
ments are printed in the language of
the Dons as well as in our own unor
nate means of communication. The
influence of the Spanish pioneers is
everywhere visible. One sits in the
plaza in the center of town, and looks
upon the long, one-storied structure
that was graced with the name Of
palace" by the long line Of Spanish
governors that lived in it.
One hears the silver tinkle of an
ancient bell, and it calls him to old
San Miguel Church-the hoariest re-
ligous structure in the country, save
one. The adobe walls of the old
church have been repaired but in gen
eral outlines it is the same as when
the old Spanish pioneers built it. A
little way from the old church one is
directed to the oldest house in the
country-and so one wanders through
the streets of Santa Fe, sometimes
amused, but always fascinated.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
Art and Ethics.

Rabbi Schulman, of New York city.
speaking of the influence of the stage
on morals, delivered a practical utter
ance for the ethical guidance of work
ers in all the fields of art when he
said:
The things we walk away from in actual
life should not be presented for our delecta-
ton by the artist. Dirt, disease, brutal
vice, the disgusting and hnmiliating, phe--
nomena of mental degeneracy, should not
AS soon as a play implicitly defends i'm
morality because by a false .pathos if
sophistically breaches its unayoidablen
realism and becomes morally pernicious. II
is then the duty of leaders of opinion to re-
move it.
This is very true. The substance of
it has been said before, but it is q
verify that should be reiterated till rec
ognized by all the world.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
DRYING UP SWEDEN.
More Than $4,000 Distilleries Closed IN
the Last Half Century

Instead of going dry in any of the
various ways now being tried in this
country Sweden has invented method
OF liquor traffic control which can show
some extraordinary results.
The novel features of the law enacted
IN that country so long ago as 1855 con-
sisted in the provision that local COM
panies or committees might be formed
in various communities to conduct the
liquor traffic in such a way as to elimin-
ate all private profit, any gain that
might result from the traffic being direct
ly applied to the promotion of public
utilities calculated to serve as counter
attractions to the saloon.
At that time there were more than
$4,000 distilleries in Sweden, and it was
said that liquor could be purchased in
almost every hut in the kingdom. When
the new law had been i'll force six years,
according to McClure's Magazine, the
number of distilleries dropped to less
than 600. In 1896 it was 132.
Meanwhile the saloons shrank away 50
rapidly that in 1869 there was but one
for SO2S of the population, and eleven
years later only one for 1880 lnhabl-
tants-fgures that gain clear significance
if we reflect by way of contrast tnat
Jersey City, for example, has saloon
for every thirty-fve voters.
The per capita consumption OF splrltuH>
Gus liquors decreased in Sweden from ~
liters in 1851 to - liters in 1896. In,
stead of s quarts (the equivalent OF
IL liters) per capita the consumption IN
this country is over II gallons for every
man, woman and child. This is the
average given by the census reports for
the year 1900, when the total consump-
ton of liquors in this country was 1922
100000 gallons.
The system which has accomplished so
much in Sweden was first put into OPP
GRAFTON in it's developed form in the city
of Gothenburg, and hence came to be
generally known as the GOthenburg sys-
tenn. 1t was adopted in due course by
all the chief cities and by many of the
smaller cities in Sweden. and it met
similarly favorable reception In Norway
and in Finland.
For a long time it spread no further.
Yet it furnished an object lesson that
could not be indefinitely ignored.
Thoughtful Germans came in time to
ask themselves why it was that the
kingdom of Sweden, with 100000 in
habitants, has fewer places for the sale
of spirituous liquors than are to be found
in the single city of Konigsburg, with
10000 inhabitants, or in Bremen with
it's 10000.
Thoughtful Englishmen asked why.
they must needs have drink shop for
every 243 inhabitants, while one for b.
900 sufficed in Sweden. They proceeded
to develop form of the Gothenburg
system which, in the hands of prominent
Englshman, has accomplished a great
deal, even without the aid of special leg
tiOp
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
LESS MEAT

Advice of Family Physician.
Formerly people thought meat nee
essary for strength and muscular vigor.
The man who worked hard was sup
posed to require meat two or three
times a day. Science has found out
differently.
1t is now a common thing for the
family physician to order less meat, as
In the following letter from a N. Y.
man:
ST had suffered for years with dys4
pepsia and nervousness. My physician
advised me to eat less meat and greasy
foods generally. I tried several things
to take the place of my usual break
fast of chops, fried potatoes, etc., but
got no relief until / tried Grape-Nuts
food.
after using Grape Nuts for the
cereal part of my meals for two years.
/ am now a we'll man. Grape-Nuts
benefited my health far more than the
$4,000 worth Of medicine had taken
before.
"My wife and children are healthier
than they had been for years, and we
are a very happy family, largely due
to Grape-Nuts.
''We have been SO much benefited by
Grape-Nuts that it would be migrate
full not to acknowledge it."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read 1.-The Road to Well
ville." in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
Z srl.as Genuine true and full of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
COVERED WITH HIVES.

Child a Mass of Dreadful Sore. Itch
ing, Irritating HumOr for Two
Months-Little Sufferer I'm Terri
BILE PIight-Cured by Cuticura.
"My six year old daughter had the
dreadful disease called hives for two
months. She became affected by play
ing with children who had it. By
scratching she caused large sores
which were irritating. Her body. was
a complete sore, but it was worse on
her arms and back. We employed
physician who left medicine, but 1t did
not help her and I tried several RENE
dies, but without avail. Seeing the
Cuticura Remedies advertised,
thought 1 would try them. / gave her
hot bath daily with Cuticura Soap
and anointed her body with Cuticura
Ointment The first treatment relieved
the itching and in a short time the dis
ease disappeared. Mrs. G. L. FridhoT,
Warren, Mich, June 80 and July ID. 'OS."
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. Of Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
A Berlin Device for breaking the Ice.'


Breaking the ice" is everywhere and
always problem for hostesses entertain
| ing companies brought together ON the
basis of acquaintance with their enter
| tainer, but including individuals not in
all instances known to one another. A
German woman has hit upon an expedient
which a Berlin correspondent has
| thought worthy of setting forth for the
benefit of the world at large.
| The device is very simple and appar-
emily very practical. Already it has
been widely initiated in Berlin. Frau
Hofberg is it's originator, and her plan
is to ask each lady invited to furnish
her card with a brief photographed
inventory. Here is an example of what
these cards contain:
Fraulein Agnes-:Very musical. Loves the
theater first-nighter whenever possible.
Saw "Salome" and Electra" An attend
ant at Professors x. US lectures on Ma
turp. Has travelled much in Switzerland
and Italy Expects to visit London next
year. Conversation-Travel, music and art,
advanced literature.
Suppose that Frau Hofberg introduces
to Fraulein Agnes Herr Schmidt, and
asks him to take the young lady in to
dinner. Suppose tnat at the time of the
introduction she hands Herr Schmidt
the young lady's photographed card.
There is no likelihood under such cir
cumstances that the pair will dolefully
resign themselves to conversational
utilities like the weather or the table
decorations. If Herr Schmidt also has
been called upon the fill out similar
card, which is placed in the possession
of Fraulein Agnes, it will permit the
broadening of the field of discussion
should the fraulein feel so disposed.
Even where the partners for the table
are known to one another the employ
ment of the card system may prove
amusing-and it is not absolutely essen
tial that the photographed idea shall
always be adhered to.
The Frau Hofberg's plan is calculated
to relieve the unimaginative and stimu-
late the lively-to make those talk now
who never talked before. and those who
always talked now talk the more-to
enliven dinner parties and miscellaneous
social gatherings all over the world.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
Cured Sweeney and Removed
Sn4vin.

Cured Sweeney and Removed q
SPAWN.
DR.. Sloan's Liniment and Veterinary
Remedies are well known all over the
country. They have saved the lives of
many valuable horses and are perma-
nent institution in thousands Of stables.
Mr. G. T. Roberts of Resaca, Ga, r.
F. D., No. 1, Box 43, writes :-"I have
used your Liniment on a horse for
sweeney and effected a thorough cure.
/ also removed a SPAWN on a mule.
This SPAWN was as large as guinea
egg. 1 regard Sloan's Liniment as the
most penetrating and effective Lini-
ment 1 have ever known"
Mr. H. NJ Gibbs of Lawrence, Kans.,
R. f. D. No. 8, writes Your Lini-
ment is the best that have ever used.
l had a mare with an abScess on her
back and one SOC bottle of Sloan's
Eminent entirely cured her. I keep 1t
around all the time for gals and small
swellings and for everything about the
stock"
Dr. Sloan will send his Treatise on
the Horse free to any horseman. Ad-
dress DR.. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass,
Station A.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
A Sponge That Works.

Here is clever notion-a fog bell, y
said an old New England fisherman.
On bleak, gray afternoon they
stood at the seashore-the old man and
his city cousin from Boston. A great
bell hung from scaffold, and under
metal cover hung a great sponge.
This here machinery is wound UP
regular" the fisherman explained, land
this here sponge is kept under cover
so as the rain can't get at 1t. In dry
weather, Materially, the sponge is dry
and light; in foggy, though, it gets
heavy with fog solicitations, just heavy
enough for to press down the lever that
starts the machinery a-going. Then
dingdong, ding-dong, sounds the bell in
the fog, savin' many a fisherman from
wreck on this rock bound coast"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
The Upas Tree.

The upas tree, which thrives in
Queensland, ensnares and kills insect
life, and sometimes birds. The seed yes
sells of the upas tree, which are produced
on spreading, leafless panicles exude a
remarkably viscid substance approaching
Sad is the fate of any bird which, blum
dering in it's fight, happens to strike
against any of the traps which the tree
in unconscious malignity hangs out on
every side. In such event the seed clings
to the feathers, the wings become fixed
to the sides, the hapless bird falls to the
ground, and as it struggles heedlessly
gathers more of the seeds to which
leaves and twigs adhere, until by ag-
gregation it is inclosed in mass of veg
etable debris as firmly as a mummy in
it's cloths
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
A Good Character.

They were trying an Irishman,
charged with a petty offense, in an Okla
homa town. when the judge asked:
"Have you any one in court who will
vouch for your good character?'
''Yis, your honor" quickly responded
the Celt: there's the sheriff there"
Whereupon the sheriff evinced signs OF
great amazement.
"Why. your HONOR he declared, 81
don't even know the man."
Observe. your honor" said the Irish
man triumphantly, "observe that I've
lived in the county for over twelve years
an the sheriff doesn't know me VT
Amt that character for ye?'-Kansai
Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08

ted with homesteads, under private
irrigation enterprises and in the dry
farming" districts, where no water
can be secured, but the United States
government is constructing some of it's
greatest reclamation works in the Ter
ritory. The Carlsbad, Hondo and Ele-
plant Butte projects, under the recla-
nation service, are well under way,
and will reclaim over 100000 acres, at
a cost of something like $15,000,000.
These government projects rival in i'm
portance the work the British govern
ment has done in the valley of the
Nile New Mexico also has an arte-
sian belt which is proving a wonder
full source of wealth, in the matter of
water supply. Chaves and Eddy Coun-
ties alone have $50 of these gushing
wells, and cultivation under artesian
irrigation has reached more than
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
TO EvADE ARMY SERVICE.
Some Clever Tricks Resorted to by
COnscripts Abroad

OOHscrIpts ADrOau
In the countries Of Europe in which
the military CONSUMPTION exists many
tricks are resorted to by conscripts in
order to escape service. Often mer
have been known to mutilate them
selves, as by cutting off a forednger
In order to render themselves unfit for
the service. Pretended inability to see
is exposed by the surgeons without
great difficulty, but pretended deafness
sometimes battles the examiners.
A counter trick on the part Of the
officers was for some time effective
against this fraud. The recruiting Of
ficer, after a conscript had pretended
to be deaf, remarked in an ordinary
tone Of voice: You are unfit for the
service, and are, therefore, free" In
many cases the recruit showed by evil
dent signs of satisfaction that he had
heard the remark.
He was then recalled, told that he
had been detected in his fraud and
sent to the barracks.
After a time, however, the conscripts
became too wary to be caught in this
trap. They had heard Of the trick and
were consequently on the lookout for
this remark and when it was uttered
they made no sign of intelligence.
Lately the French officers have in
vented a new trap, the success of
which is a curious illustration Of the
ingrained courtesy, or at least the as
sumption Of courtesy, on the part of
Frenchmen Of all classes.
After the "You are free" has failed
to excite any sign Of understanding in
the recruits face the command to 20
is shouted at him. He starts out Of
the room, the door of which is held
open by mechanical means. AS he pass
es through it the officer says:
"You might at least shut the door 20
This little unjust impeachment Of
the mans politeness is said in nine
cases out Of ten of pretended deafness
to result in quick turning of the
mans head. He is then called back
and told that he has been found fit for
the service.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08

has been abandoned for Capitol
building and a mansion that are the
last word of modern utilitarianism.
The patient burro-New Mexico's chief
means Of transportation for genera
tions-is being met on the highways
by automobiles, and Jose, the burro
driver, has gazed with mild wonder
upon the goggle-eyed chauffeur. And
out on the broad plains, that have
known only sheepherders and cowboys
since the days of Coronado and de
vaca, homesteaders have made a ver-
liable checkerboard of ranches.
According to the Postal Guide, more
new post offices are being opened in
New Mexico, in proportion to the pop
ulation, than in any other State or
Territory. Not alone are thousands
Of acres being reclaimed under irriga-
ton schemes, but, dry farmers" are
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
NEW MEXICO.

Old Order of Things Is Now Yield
ing to the New.
The Territory Of New Mexico, which
has been knocking for admission into
the sisterhood of States, has witness
ed a great struggle in the last few
years between the old and the new
order Of things, and the old has been
forced to give way. The ancient adobe
churches erected by the Spanish friars
when the Is colonies were in their
swaddling clothes, still stand, and the
bid bells that were cast in Spain at the
height Of that nations glory still call
devout worshipers to service. But
next to these old churches one is apt
to stand in the shadow of a modern,
steam-heated office building. The an
cient Governors palace, at Santa Fe,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
A New Type of Brick.

In a recent lecture before the CONNER
,ial club of Portland, Ore, San Fran
cisco architect described the Bruner
building, just finished in Oakland, across
the bay from San Francisco, as the
highest type of fireproof construction.
This is tall building of REINFORCED con-
crete, the walls of which are faced with
brick of unusual shape. This brick mas
a groove cast on its inner edge, that the
concrete may be dovetailed in the brick
as the walls rise. The brick is the usual
size, and the wedge shaped groove is
the invention of an Oakland man, who
had observed how difficult it is to keep
brick facing in position in a concrete
wall in a agration.-Cement Age.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
Making Himself Solid.

"Step this way, ladies and gentlemen,
exclaimed the lecturer in the dime mu-
scum, ''and gaze upon one of the great
est wonders known to medical science
the Ossifed Man, a human being per-
fectly normal in every other respect, but
who has turned to stone"
"How did he get that way?" came a
voice from the awe-stricken throng
Love replied the lecturer, lowering
his voice confidentially; love did it. He
fell in love with a beautiful maiden, tried
to make himself solid, and overdid it.
We will now pass on to the-"--New
York Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
HOW TO COOK A 'PoSSUM.
Peculiar Equipment Is Required and
Constant Attention Is Demanded.

Peculiar Equipment Is Required and
Constant Attention Is Demanded.
A 'possum requires careful treatment,
and to cook one to perfection a peculiar
arrangement is necessary, says the At
lanta Constitution. A pan on legs should
be provided with hole in one end which
can be plugged. Goals placed under the
pan will slowly cook the 'possum, and
as the greace runs out of the carcass it
should be drawn off from time to time.
All the time the carcass should be bast-
ed with a sauce made of pepper and
vinegar. In the meantime the potatoes
should be boiled. When the 'possom is
almost done the potatoes should be
packed in the pan around the 'possum.
little sugar sprinkled over them, and
then the gravy which has been drawn
off from the pan should be poured on,
after which 'possom and potatoes should
be Drowned to a turn.