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Blue-grass blade., 1909-01-17
PROF. WAkEMAN'S PLAN.
A Liberal Educational and Correspo ndence
Bureau.

The editor of the Blue Grass Blade IA
Education by Correspondence, and thinks
that as the President of and professor in
the Liberal University Organization H. u.
o., | should be the center and manager OF
it, and so take the place of the educational
work he had in hand.
1t is true that the l.. U. o., Incorporated
in Oregon and Missouri, is still legally alive,
and that its officers, according to its chart
ers, hold over until their SUCCESSORS are
appointed. 1t may be that after fifty years
of law practice, as well as other profession
al literary Liberal work, | may be able to
give useful information and helpful advice
especially to those who wish to pursue
liberal lines of education. What of value
there may be in this suggestion may be
learned by trying it on.
Those who would like to consult me for
purposes herein suggested, may do so with
the certainty of careful attention and the
best answer possible from my experience
and the Libraries and helpful friends still
around me- will be given.
Remittance to cover the expense should
be in the first letter Payment for services
to be then agreed upon, and one half there
of to be paid to some editor OF the Liberal
press, as the sender may suggest or we
may agree.
T.. b. WAKEMAN.
Coscob Conn.
Blue-grass blade., 1909-01-17

We must buckle up our armor tight
More firmly grasp our weapons and rush on
To press the raging conflict
We shall not stand alone.
million other yearning hearts
will march beside us in the fray:
multitude of other hands are raised
to help us lay the ugly giant low
And We shall conquer, my great brav,
Heart!
We shall be victors yet
With all the mighty host
Who, since the dawn of love upon the earth.
Have striven for the Right,
We take our stand;
And, though we may be dead a thousand
years,
Yet we shall victors be
When liberty shall shine in everys land
When Honor, Truth and Love shall shane
mems deeds,
And Justice rule the earth.
Blue-grass blade., 1909-01-17
BLUE GRASS BLADE
THE CROSS.
(By The Chaplain.)

(By The Chaplain
Back in historys early dawn, when ftful
CLEANS of light
Are struggling family through the mists of
old barbaric night,
Two sticks of wood cross-formed are seen,
the Phalic symbol life,
Now worshipped as the cross of Christ
throughout all Christian strife.
The Phallc symbol born again to cruelty
a man,
Conceived by Christian priests of old to
carry out plan
OF wholesale robbery on earth of those
made mental slaves
Through fear of something after death and
faith in one who saves.
Behind the glare of the fagots blaze they
raised the cross on high,
While lightning flashes played around the
night medieval sky,
And brave men died that we might live on
Freedoms dearest soil
Without the wash of their bloody lamb,
that makes the mind recoil
The Phallc sign upon the breast of Chris
tian women dear,
Sends thought to flowing: So I smile and
and say it's very queer
Why won't they learn plain common sense?
Why will they be such fools?
The willing slaves of clergymen,-their
coin-producing tools
Blue-grass blade., 1909-01-17
GOT WHAT THEY WANTED.

a good old Georgia brother, who hal de-
cine 10 leave an uh ''mIn, "ltivn charge
iindng it impossible 10 collect his salary.
said in his farewell sermon:
Il have little more to add. dear brethren.
save this: You were all in favor of free
salvation, and the manner in which you
have treated me proves that you have got
it!'-Atanta Constitution.
Blue-grass blade., 1909-01-17
CHALLENGE TO DEBATE.

THAT the Hebrew God and Nature. or the
Material Universe Are the Sef-Same
Thing"
For terms, address
MARION w. MARLEY, 6ucklin, Kan.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
KILLER
BED OF RIVER YIELDS RELICS.

While wOrkmen were removing rock
and debris from the old channel of the
river between the second and third
chutes to make way for the big power
dam Jon the American side, they UNI
earthed in one of the pot holes in the
rock remarkable collection of Indian
weapons and other articles. arrowheads,
sturgeon fshhOoks, etc, all made out OF
pure copper and hardened TO the consls-
tency of steel.
The articles are bright in appearance
and are of superior workmanship, being
evidently the work of the prehistoric race
which fashioned the mounds, ornaments,
and utensils Of the early days. That
these people possessed the knowledge or
tempering copper is evident from the
specimens. How they came there is
mystery, but the general belief is that
a party of Indians, while endeavorlng 10
land or make a portage, lost control OF
their canoe and were swept over the
falls, the canoe being overturned III the
descent, causing the contents to go to the
bottom of the river or be carried down
stream
Perchance it was a party of warriors
returning from battlefields in Wisconsin
or Michigan with the spoils of war and
rich in copper weapons, these articles
having undoubtedly come from the
places mentioned.
That these articles were together is
proof that they must have been tied IN a
leather sack or some such receptacle.
They were found packed together in the
hole which had doubtless been caused by
centuries of swirling waters and gravel.
Fort Francis. Ont, Dispatch to Min
neapolis Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
SOURCES OF RADIUM.
Obtained from Pitchblende After the ADJ
straction of Uranium

Considerable surprise and great inter-
est have been caused throughout Eng
land by the discovery in Cornwall of
large Quantities of pitchblende, from
which radium is produced, after the ex-
traction Of uranium, says the Boston
Globe. Heretofore the tailings from the
Cornwall mines have been regarded as
useless, but it has recently been found
that the residuum is the mother of RAJ
dunn.
Pitchblende ore is chiefly obtained in
the Erz-Gebirge, in Bohemia, and so val
liable are the finds that the Austrian
government has prohibited further ex-
portation from that country.
The process of extracting radium from
the ore is extremely tedious and expen-
sive, tons of pitchblende yielding only
the minutest quantity of the precious
metal, which is theoretically worth $780,
100000 pound. The total world produc-
ton thus far has not equalled one grain,
or 1-4S0th of a pound. 70 be appreciably
cheaper it must be derived from uranium
minerals, when obtainable in large guam
titles from surface deposits. The Corn
ish mines are already fitted with machin-
cry for the treatment of the residuum
as ore, and the company contemplates
the treatment of pitchblende.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
RELICS FROM A RIVER BED.
Finely Tempered Weapons from Chan
mel on Canadian Border.

While workmen were removing rock
and debris from the old channel of the
river between the second and third
chutes to make way for the big power
dam on the American side they UNI
earthed in one of the pot holes in the
rock q remarkable collection of Indian
weapons and other articles, comprising
tomahawks. spearheads, arrowheads,
sturgeon fishhooks, etc, all made out of
pure copper and hardened to the consist
ency of steel.
The articles are bright in appearance
and are of superior workmanship, being
evidently the work of the prehistoric
race which fashioned the mounds, orna-
ments and utensils of the early days.
That these people possessed the knOWl-
edge of tempering copper is evident from
the specimens. How they came there is
a mystery, but the general belief is that
a party of Indians while endeavoring to
land or make q portage lost control of
their canoe and were swept over the
falls, the canoe being overturned, caus--
ing the contents to go to the bottom OF
the river or be carried down stream.
That these articles were together is
proof that they must have been tied in
a leather sack or some such receptacle.
They were found packed together in the
hole, which had doubtless been caused
by centuries of swirling waters and
graveI.-Fort Frances Cor. Minneapolis
Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
SORE EYES CURED.

Eye-baIIs and Lids Became Terri
bly, Infiamed-Was Unable TO Go
AbOut-AIl Treatments Failed
Cuticura Proved Successful.
"About two years ago my eyes got
in such a condition that / was unable
to go about They were terribly in
famed, both the balls and lids. l tried
home remedies without relief. Then ]
decided to go to our family physician,
but he didn't help them. Then | tried
two more of our most prominent ply
sicians, but my eyes grew continually
worse. At this time a friend of mine
advised me to try Cuticura Ointment,
and after using it about one week my
eyes were considerably improved and
in two weeks they were almost we'll
They have never given me any trouble
since and l am now sixty-five years
old shall never fail to praise Cuti-
cura. G. B. Halsey, Mouth of Wilson,
Va, April 4, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. of Cuticura Remedies, Boston.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01

pears In herd. and a larger per cent
II vaccinated before the disease is In
troduced. Time will demonstrate the
practicability of this method. The
bacteriology department Of the Kansas
State Agricultural College is also
working along these lines. but Is not
yet ready to announce anything but
progress.
When symptoms of cholera appear
in herd, it is wise to dip the whole
herd, disinfect their quarters thor
oughly, give them slight change in
feed, and add to this about five drops
of tincture of prickly ash for each
hundred pounds Of hog once or twice a
day. The old remedy of wood ashes
and salt is good in many instances. A
little powdered sulphate of copper,
dried sulphate of iron or charcoal
given daily when the animals are not
perfectly healthy frequently does much
good. After all, the old adage, an
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure, holds good here.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
Earnings of Good Cows.


To demonstrate that all the good
COWS are not confined to any one breed
and to show that the net profit per
year is from a good cow attention is
called to the records Of the best five
cows at the Wisconsin experiment sta
ton as follows: Johanna, Holstein,
13, 1862 pounds milk, 444.96 pounds fat,
average test, 1852 per cent, net profit
1851; Marcella, Jersey, 1881
pounds milk, 442.33 pounds butter fat,
average test, SOS per cent, net profit
$8OO1; Margaret, Guernsey, S,652.7
pounds milk, 4O325 pounds fat, aver
age test, 4.66 per cent, net profit
$3.50; Christiana Ayrshire, 9,0974
pounds milk, 366.58 pounds fat, aver
age test, 4.06 per cent, net profit
$66.21. The cost of feed at market
prices has been charged to each COW
and the figures represent the sale of
butter. fat less the cost of feed. The
skim milk, calf, and manure are pro.
ducts in addition.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
Every Dish Of BANQUET Made of Potatoes

One of the most remarkable menus
ever drawn up must have been that of
the feast to which Franklin, Lavoisler
and other distinguished men sat down
as guests of Parme1tier. Every dish at
this banquet was made of potatoes, and
even the brandy and liquors were the
product Of the same vegetable. This was
Parmentier's final proof of his sceptical
fellow countrymen that potatoes were
hot poison, as they persisted in belieY-
ing. Louis XVI himself was one of
iParmentier's earliest converts, granted
him land on which to grow his plants,
and did not disdain to wear the potato
flower as a buttoniere. Then Parmentier
cleverly posted guards around his potato
fields by day and withdrew them by
night, so that people were tempted to
come then, steal, eat and be convinced.
The all potato banquet was the climax
of the great mpaign.-London Chroni-
cle
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01

inches long. The Stats should be nailed
to a crosspiece about one-quarter the
distance from the top. A couple of
nails are driven through the box and
into the crosspiece to swing on. Half
way back, on the inside, narrow
piece of board is nailed, back of which
the nest is made.
To set the trap simply raise the
Stats inward from the bottom s or 8
inches high and place small stick
under one of the Stats. AS the hen
enters the door is raised off the stick,
which falls to the floor There should
be about five Stats for box II or IA
inches in width, Stats close against
inch strip at bottom.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
The Bow Told the Truth.

Justice Brewer of the United States
supreme court says that it is usually an
easy matter to pick out the truth among
a lot of conflicting evidence. By way of
illustration he tells the following incl
dent which took place in a little village
near New York:
a house hunter who had just got off
the train, stepped up to a boy hanging
around the depot. with this salutation:
MY lad, am looking for Mr.. Smith
sons new block Of semi-detached houses.
How far are they from hereY
''About twenty minutes walk the
boy replied.
Twenty minutesr exclaimed the
house hunter. Nonsense! The adver-
tisement says five
well, said the boy, you can believe
me or you can believe the advertisement,
but l amt tryin' to make a sale -
Judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
A Quaint Tract.

A quaint tract entitled "Woe to
Drunkards,'' being a sermon by Samuel
Waid, preacher of Ipswich. was printed
in London in 1927. The preacher based
his remarks upon Proverbs xiii, 29-32
is red," etc), and illustrated his argu-
ments by examples from various parts
of the kingdom of Goods judgments ON
drunkards." Among other instances he
quotes the following one from Tenby
SAT Tenby, in Pembrokeshire, Drunk
ard being exceedingly drunke broke him
self all to pieces off ain high and steep
rock in most fearefull manner, and yet
the occasion and circumstances of his
fall SO ridiculous. as j thinke not fit TO
relate. lest in so serious judgement
should move laughter of the Reader. =
Cardiff Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01

etable Compound had helped her, and
/ tried it, and after the third bottle
was cured. Mrs. ALvENA SPERLINGs
IL Langdon Street, Chicago, Ill.
If you are i'll do not drag along at
home or in your place of employment
until an operation is necessary, but
build up the feminine system, and re-
move the cause of those distressing
aches and pains by taking Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made
from roots and herbs.
For Shirty years it has been the stan
dart remedy for female ills, and has
positively restored the health of thou
Eandsof women who have been troubled
with displacements, Inflammation, Ill
ceration, fbroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, bearing-down
feeling, flatulency, indigestion, dizzi-
ness, or nervous prostration. Why
don't you try itp
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
AS Usual.

He bought hoe, rake, spade,
Some little seeds to sow,
At last he got the garden made
And saw the green things grow.
He work'd the rows and beds each day ;
Each little plant he knew,
And as he smiled and sweat away
Oh, joy; how fast they grew.
No floods came down to wash things out,
No frosts to kill or blight;
No neighbours chickens scratched about
No kline strayed in at night.
Each seed he planted did its best
And not a one did rot
No other garden, East or West,
Such vegetables begot.
But still this man did not enjoy
These vegetables so new,
For every night neighbor's boy
Stole what the garden grew.
Puck. '0
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
Mother of Pearl Industry.

| The mother-of-pearl shell industry in
the Malay archipelago during the last
year has exceeded the enormous output
Of previous year. The shells from which
pearl buttons are made are shipped to
London, and thence distributed over Eu-
rope and in America. Pearls for neck
iaces and other ornamental use grow in
these shells, and are mostly taken from
the shells at their place Of origin A
number CT these pearls, however, are
overlooked, and are frequently found
when the shells are bought and used for
manufacturing purposes. Stories are
told of the pearl button manufacturers
getting unexpected finds of pearls worth
scores and even hundreds of dollars.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
study Fertilizer.

A few simple fertilizer maxims are
so important that they should be
fixed in the mind Per cent is only
another way for saying parts in 100.
Fertilizers may be direct or indirect
in action. The former contains need
ed plant food, the latter enables the
plant TO get food from sell or air.
Lime is not plant food under common
conditions. Il eorrects a bad condition
of soil-scurness- unlocks soil
materials. Sulphate Of iron "copper"
asl, sulphate of copper (biae stone).
sulphate of magnesia EPSON ssltsl
and sulphate of lime tgypsum) are
among these Indirect fertilizers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
To Electrifv Swedish Railroads.

Within the near future definite plans
will be formulated for the electrifcatioI
of the more important state railways Of
Sweden. The first line to be taken il
hand will be in all probability that be
tween Kiruna, the center of the great
iron ore fields of Lapland, and the Nor
wegian frontier, distance of about
eighty-one miles.
To meet the present largely increased
demands upon it and enable the man
agement to run heavier trains at higher
speeds this section must be either recon
structed with double tracks or electrified
and of these alternatives the SECOND
seems from every point of view the wiser
and more ecOnomical.-Cos Maya
zine
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01

a rod that leads to the handle of the
bucket, controls the flow. The top of
the rod is connected to a crossbar,
which runs under the handle of the
bucket. This bar is in close reach,
and, when resting on the top of the
bucket the valve is open. To close the
valve the operator merely extends a
finger and lifts the bar, thus shutting
off the fertilizer. The valve flares at
the bottom, spreading the fertilizer in
a broad, fine stream. For small farms,
gardens and lawns this device is of
great convenience, and is a money
saver.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
The Turtles Cunning.

Although not credited with any high
degree Of intelligence. the turtle when
about to deposit its eggs exhibits con-
siderable cunning 1t scoops out a hole
as if to prepare repository for Its
eggs. but in order to delude birds and
other enemies the turtle throws the
sand again into the hole, leaving the sur
face rough, and waddles off TO another
spot, where it repeats the process.
Sometimes this is done three times and
eventually the eggs are laid in an exca-
walton within a few yards of the sham
nest. the surface being smoothed and
fiattened down. When hunting for eggs
the Queensland blacks probe the sand
in the vicinity of one of the sham nests
and are usually ccessful.-London
Globe
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
IDENTIFICATION BY VEINS.
New Prison Method Suggested by an
Italian Professor

A new method of identification of pris-
oners has been devised by means of pho
tographs taken of the veins on the back
of the hand. Prof. Tomassia, an Italian
professor, the inventor, bases his meth
cd on the observation that no two per-
sons have the veins on the back of the
hand so much alike as to allow room
for confusion-less, indeed, than with
finger prints.
The prisoners hand is held downward
for several minutes, or the. pulse at the
wrist is restrained, and the veins are
then photographed The photograph,
Prof TOmassia says, will always
be available for explicit proof,
whereas criminals now understand
that with an ordinary razor they can
operate on their own hands without
much pain or Inconvenience, and may
change the pattern of the finger print
beyond chance of Identification.
To burn the finger tips is more painful,
but perhaps even more effective. On
the other hand, as Prof. Tommassia
points out, only serious and dangerous
operation can modify the yeinal system
II London Evening Standard.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
War IN the Nun Moth

crusade was begun recently against
the nun moth, which has caused havoc
among the pines of the Lausnitz moun-
tains, in Saxony. Two big refectors
municipal electric light plant of the
citv of Zittau. All night long two great
streams of light were thrown on the
wooded mountainsides, about half mile
away. The moths came fluttering along
the ribbons of light by the thousands,
and were drawn in by the exhaust fan
and destroyed. The result of the first
dead moths. and besides these, thousands
were destroyed by the arc lights of the
city from which the globes had been
removed. ~. t A@
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
Lifting Grain by Suction.

At the Millwall docks, London, new
installation of grain handling and stor-
ing appliances has recently been put to
work, including pneumatic elevators
which draw grain out of the hold of a
ship at the rate of seventy-ive tons an
hour for each elevator Four work sim
ultaneously, each dipping into separate
hold, The grain is lifted through flexible
pipes to an elevation of 80 feet. Band
conveyors, electrically driven, having a
total length of two and one-quarter miles,
carry the grain to the granary on the
1uay.-YOuth's Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
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Farm Telephones.


In some parts Of the country tele-
phones are becoming very common. 1t
seems. that once a telephone is estab-
lished in the family it is there to stay.
Other sections of the country are very
much behind the times in this respect,
probably because no one has gone
ahead with the preliminary arrange
ments.
A farm telephone is not only great
luxury, but it is fast becoming an abb
more business to the farm every year
and the scarcity of labor anything that
saves steps is worth money. When
you get accustomed to doing business
over the telephone you realize its
great value
A short time ago | heard farmer
order 100 bushels of seed oats by
phone from another farmer about ten
miles away. He had seen a sample
at the fair last fall and made the ne
gotiations accordingly. The business
was transacted in about five minutes
while the farmer was sitting at his
desk after reading his morning mail
left at the box by the rural delivery
man. 1t would have taken him all
day to get his mail and drive to the
other farmer and buy his seed oats.
But there Is a social side to farm
life that is fostered by the telephone.
1t often happens that woman is left
alone for the day and she can easily
make arrangements to have a neigh
Dor call and spend the time pleasant
ly, instead Of feeling lonely. Then it
is so easy to make social arrangements
for evenings or to meet friends as oc
casion requires
There are always people in neigh
borhood who are public-spirited
enough to go ahead with the necessary
arrangements to establish a telephone
service. Others should encourage them
promptly by subscribing to the fund
required. Everybody is benefited, be-
cause the arrangement is mutual in
the neighborhood. Agricultural
Epitomist.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-01
USE OLD NEWSPAPERS.
German Firm Makes Railway Tickets
from the Scraps Left in Trains.


One of the cleverest young business
women in Germany, well known in Ber-
lin society. and considered one Of the
prettiest girls in the German capital,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer, has
just procured, on behalf of the. COM
pany of which she is chairwoman, a
contract from the Belgian state rail-
ways. which marks the last thing i'll
railway economy effected by a foreign
government. Miss Stoete's syndicate
has received permission to collect all
newspapers and paper of every descrip-
ton left in carriages on the Belgian rail-
ways. and in return contracts to manu-
facture and supply free of charge from
the paper thus obtained as many card
board tickets as the railways may re-
quire.
1t is estimated that the company will
make a profit of from II to 10 per cent.
year.