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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15
Uplift That Would Lift.

The question of farm uplift is still ex-
citing a good deal of discussion in va
rious parts of the country; but the gen
eral conclusion seems to be that the kind
of uplift the farmer needs most is not
the one that will provide every farmer
with a circulating library to be attached
to the plough, or cozy-corners for the
cows to- chew their cud in, but the more
practical sort that will lift the mortgage
off the roof of the armhouse.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15


1t is we'll known that Elias Howe,
the inventor of the sewing machine, not
only enlisted as a common soldier in
the ranks OF the Seventeenth Connecti-
cut regiment carried musket, and did
full military duty during the war, but at
a certain juncture, when national
finances were at low ebb, he paid sol
diers out OF his own pocket. Relative
to this incident. p. T. Barnum used to
tell this story:
"While Mr.. Howe was counting out
the money referred to, stranger, who
was a clergyman, entered the tent and
said that he had heard of Mr.. Howe's
liberality and had called to ask him to
contribute toward building a church for
his congregation.
"'Church. church, said Mr.. Howe
without looking up from the bills he was
counting; building churches in war
times. when so much is needed to save
our country! What church is it?'
est. Peters church, replied the
clergyman.
"sOh, st. Peters, said Mr.. Howe;
well. st. Peter was the only fighting
APOSTOLIC cut mans ear off. I'll go
$500 ON st. Peter, but | am spending
most of my money on saltpeter now =
Baltimore Sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

jecions impaired to the blood Of human beings specific
properties just they protected guinea
pigs against fatal doses of the bacillus
Taking advantage of the almost certain epidemcs of
typhoid fever military camps, Sir E. A. Wright in
sttted an extensive test of ntyphoid vaccine among
the British soldiers the Boer The vaccine
sisted of cultures typhoid germ in broth
for weeks then sterilized by heat and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15
TeIepathv After Wireless.

"Wireless biography is fact We
have it now, and just beyond that is
telepathy," said DR.. John Wesley Hill
at the Metropolitan temple.
''Not long ago 1 met man, friend
of mine. with whom | talked. He said
to me. Think of NAME and l thought
Of my mothers maiden name, and, like
a flash. he wrote it upon a card. That
is telepathy, and that is coming. We
will have it. but it will not come as a
devils sideshow presided over by me-
dunn. 1t will come under the guidance
of Divine Providence.
'The wireless telegraph will yet be
slow beside the lightninglike interchange
of thought-telepathy. We are coming
to a new era of the intellectual suprem-
acy of man."-New York Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15


chance I've had to spend it.
$50
A Matter of Fashion.
CThe printers story as told by the spaces).
Ye prynter name who sets this rhyme
= Il know hime very welle)-
Spendes mostlie allie his leisure time
In cOmpanye wythe Nell.
Ande Nell was faire in face and line
Aye, blythe as we'll coulde be-
And up tile nineteen hundred nine
Conformed tc Styles decree.
Ye prynter name is fatte and rounde,
Two hundrede poundes, wis;
No finer couple coude be founde-
Theye quite resembled this:
| |
Yette time doth mennie changes bring
Ave, changes frequent be-
And now We thin-spaced maids We thinge
By Fashions last decree.
Ande Nell. by womans subtle tricks,
Hath grown bottle thin ande tale;
While he. who weighed two hundrede SIX,
Diminished nOtte at allie!
We leave We prynter name to tell
BY implements of trade
The difference now, when he ande Nell
Go on ye promenade:
John ID. Wells in Buffalo Evening News
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

Hitherto the population of JAPANESE
towns of the empire as whole has been
estimated from the official records of
births and deaths and other documents.
but it has now been arranged to make
commencing at Kobe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15
Diet Extra.


The lady sitting in the great west end
specialists waiting room was certainly
inclined to embonpoint. She was even
plump. Nay, more, she was what is
known as "quite fat" Come, let us
be frank. she was elephantine.
At summons from a powdered aris-
tOcrat in purple breeches, she rose and
waddled into the PHYSICIANS sanctum.
The great man cast up his hands in hor-
ror.
my dear lady" he exclaimed, 'but
you are-ahem!- more inclined to embon-
point than ever! Have you been follow
ing the treatment prescribed. Are you
quite sure that you ate what L ordered!
Everything" answered the portly pa
tient. with a gesture of surprise.
The Specialists brow wrinkled in per-
plexity.
And nothing else?''
.'Nothing whatever" replied the lady
Except, of course, my ordinary meals"
Answers.
"Lawd, Hep de Animiles!"
He gwine ter de canibal country wild bullets
piles !!g on n ?! piles s. lion bic noor,
Lawd, hep de animiles!
De elephant layin' low now, an de word
de giraffe rifles;
De tiger give boiler, an de gator change
his collar
Lawd hep de anmiles!
Atlanta Constitution.
$50
No Hope.
''Wot's hydrophobia % asked Weary
Watkins. as he spelled out the article in
the piece of newspaper which he had
picked up.
''It means hatred of water" replied
his pal, land it is a fatal disease"
'"Then run for the DOCTOR" cried
Weary, as he fell back with a groan.
I'm a dead man. "-Tit-Bits.
Qualified.
"Use the side door!'' roared the guard
of the New York subway train.
"All right, young Teller" replied the
stranger from west of Hoboken. Il kin
use it all right-I'm from dry town.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
$3.50
Ryer-Why so sad, old man?
Dyer-Somebody promised to loan me
$40 today and I've forgotten who 1T
was.-New York Herald.
-.:.-
Two-thirty A. M.
OF all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these, Where have. you
been?' Judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

While in Chicago yesterday, William
Jennings Bryan paid $2S15 for an auto
mobile and admitted that he had his eye
on a seat in the United States Senate.
He is restless in private life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15
VACCINATION FOR TYPHOID.
By DR.. j. c. T0rrey.

Typhoid fever is one of these distinctively
human infectious diseases for which pre-
ventive vaccinations have been attempted.
The results are Of general interest because
of the widespread prevalence OF this fever.
Pfeiffer and Kolle reported in 1895 the phe-
nomena following the injection into man Of
the bacillus typhosus killed by heat. Their
most important observation was that these in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15
The Guest of Honor.

A characteristic story is told of an oc-
casion when Lord Avebury had to I'M
dergo surgical operation. His friends
endeavored to persuade him to take
chloroform mo thanks" he replied,
Il would much rather be present at the
operation. M. A. Z.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

Tolstoy has come out with another
blast against war. He says
If only the nations would recognize the
Christian teachings in their true signifi.
canoe an end would once for all be put to
fratricidal wars and all the malpractices
of governments.
There can be no question concerning
the truth of this utterance. But I'M
fortunately it starts with very big IF. :
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15
as to direct me to an hotel?'

"From the roomful of compositors
came a loud burst of laughter, and an
other man stuck out his head and said
to the bishop in tone of kindly reproof:
:" Look here. old man, you've had
about enough hotel for one night! 20
ON home and go to bed, or you'll get
run in as sure as shootin'.' Boston
Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

That Chicago preacher who declares
that clergymen are in constant danger
from willy women-isn't he unusual!
Possibly the trouble is that he is too at
tractive. but it's more likely that he is
too cnnceited.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

A girl should be given an allow
ance every week, if it is not more
than so cents. It will teach her how
to handle the great sums entrusted to
her care when she marries.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15
GRAVE DANGER OF THE T0O-F0ND MOTHER.
Rv Edith ShackIef0n.

When a woman declares: II am complete
ly bound up in my children" or, Il have no
interests outside my home" chorus Of COM
mendation Of these callous confessions arises.
This overdeveloped maternal instinct, with
it's almost invariable accompaniment Of snob-
bishness, is just as dangerous to the nations
welfare as the overdeveloped self-preservative
instinct that impels men Of the Rockefeller
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

There will be great disappointment in
certain speculative circles if the govern
ment decides not to place duty on
coffee
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15
The Landlords Treat.

Two citizens of Kincardine had the
joke on a Kincardine hotel keeper. They
dropped into the hotel and said they
wanted the bartender to decide bet for
the drinks.
'sGive us the drinks now," said they,
"and you can decide afterward which of
us is tc pay for them"
After the landlord had furnished them
with some good sealed stuff, he inquired
what the bet was.
"Well," said one, che bets that when
tho lighthouse falls, it will fall toward
the lake. 1 bet it will fall the other
way."-Kincardine Review.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15
A Tender Feast.

tenderfoOt went out to Yuma,
And there he encountered q puma
And late they found
Just spot on the ground
And puma in very good huma!
douglass (Ariz.) Despatch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15
Z An Understanding.

Hub during a quarreD-You talk like
an idiot.
Wife-Tve got to talk so you can un-
derstand me.-Boston Transcript.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

1t is notable of the Dimmock- Hall col
lision on the route from Boston to New
York, that the stranded and crippled
steamer was able to call for assistance
with her wireless telegraphy outfit, as
was the case after the collision between
the Republic and the Florida. Had the
colliding steamers been able to flash mes
sages to each other prior to their violent
meeting, the result might have been diff
ferent. Wireless telegraphy ought to
make collisions less frequent by estab-
fishing communication between ships
when everything is obscured by fogs.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

The electric locomotive holds tbs
worlds record for speed. pile in =
seconds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15
No Real American Fashion.

"The insane jealousy of American
women has simply ruined the sartorial
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

The determination of the Confederate
veterans to raise the first torpedo boat
of the Civil war from the bottom Of
Lake Ponchartrain and utilize it as a
monument to the naval engineering skill
of times in which genius had to struggle
against tremendous difficulties will great
" interest all American naval architects.
The naval constructors of the Confeder-
acy were pioneers in the production of
submarine craft for torpedo service, and
their achievements in that direction will
always have a prominent place in naval
history.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

Don't stay up all night because you
can't learn it all in one day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

An educational development worthy of
notice is reported from Manitowoc, where
the school board will provide a night
course of ten weeks in the North Side
High school, for the benefit of young
men who through force of circumstances
cannot be students in the day school.
This plan is in harmony with manual
training and trade developments through
out the entire country. School author
tiles everywhere are being convinced of
the Importance of trade instruction for
the proper equipment of young men for
the work of bread-winning.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

A Chicago physician claims to have
discovered that the dangerous disease
known as Rocky Mountain fever is CON-
municated by the woodtick, and expects
in the near future to announce an anti
toxin for it. Heretofore Rocky Noun
tain fever has been deemed incurable
The progress of incidence is one of the
chief marvels of the age.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15
Psychical Phenomenon.

Prof. Psychs (who has been hit in the
hack by a snowbalD Dan unmistakable
IMPACT as of a blow from a hand! and
not a soul in sight! Most remarkable in
stance of phenomenon shall 1 say
noumena-ex over area of con-
seriousness. Not apparently a priori, nor
from intuition alone, but seemingly trans
cendental Most interchangeable
49,
A Comparison.
Adam and Eve were not, I'm sure,
Like Pittshurg snow at all;
Yet they, like it, wers very pure
And white-before the fall.
-Lippincott's.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

Fourteen of the twenty automobiles
which started for Boston from New
York city Oh an endurance run for tro-
ply reached their destination in good
order. This is a higher percentage of
survival than was achieved only a few
years ago, in test runs of this nature,
and it is evident that the automobile
manufacturers are now turning out We
hicles that will 'stand the racket"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

Steel has solved all the problems of
lighthouse construction except those Incl
dent to securing foundation for steel
columns upon which the skeleton struc-
ture can rest. The steel tower of the
proposed new White Shoals lighthouse,
which has been erected by the Milwau-
kee Bridge company in a sample of the
beacon tower of the future at all danger
points where the lighthouses must be out
in the water in order to be effective.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

French scientists have discovered that
the ultra violet rays emitted by Kro-
mayors mercury vapor electric lamp ster-
ilize water or milk in which the lamp
is placed, acting effectively for a dis
tance of nearly five feet in every direc-
ton. Here is a means of doing away
with pathogenic microbes which may
prove superior to pasteurization. In the
first place it accomplishes the result
without heating, thereby obviating the
loss of any essential characteristic of
the fluid treated. In the next place it
is easy and comparatively inexpensive.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

In Chicago, where high school frater-
mites have been banned by the board,
they still find means, it is said. to car
nv on their promiscious activities. That
these activities are frequently PERM
cious is beyond dispute. Evidence on the
subject is at hand from Dunkirk, New
York, where, boy who was branded
on the cheek with acid while undergoing
initiation to a high school fraternity. the
other day, will carry the scar for life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

What are the girls coming to? Two
fires in the dormitories Of the seminary
at Pennington, New Jersey, recently
are believed by the county officials to
have been caused by carelessness of
young ladies smoking cigarettes in their
rooms. 1t is due to the girls to add that
the trustees and faculty scout the Of
fetal theory and deny that the young
ladies smoke. They insist that the blazes
were started by an incendiary.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15
For the Fighting Apostle.

John d. Wells in Buffalo Evening News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-15

The girl stopped rowing and looked
back at the old man. He had been
watching her with some anxiety. He
noted that the boat was making little
Roadway, despite her steady efforts.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-04-07
NOTICE OF SALE.

Under and by virtue Of a power Of
sale contained in a mortgage dated
January 9Th, 1903, executed by A. M.
Gaines and G. G. Gaines, partners
trading as A. M. Gaines & Bro. to the
Bank Of Wayne, registered in b Of
fee of the Register of Deeds of Wayne
County, North Carolina, in Book So,
Pages 4 to 6, the Indebtedness therein
being due and unpaid, the undersigned
will sell for cash by public auction at
the plant of the said A. NJ. Gaines &
Bro, situate in Brogden Township.
Wayne County, North Carolina, On Sat
urday, April 1.th. 1909, at IL o'clock
NJ. the property Described in the said
mortgage as follows, 10 wit:
One sore horse mule, one sorrel
mare mile, siX dark colored mare
mules AID two dark colored horse
|mules, same being all The mules now
owned by the said A M Gaines and G.
G.. Calrles. also six lO;: wagons two
road wagons, Two carts n harness,
and all other harness for horses and
mules owned by A. M. Gaines and G.
G. Gaines, trading as A. M. Gaines &
Bro, also six circular saws. three
trucks, three boilers, two engines, one
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-04-07
Mr.. S. w. Hancock Dead.

The announcement of the death yes
terday of Mr.. Seymour w. Hancock
was not entirely unexpected, though
it came as a shock to many, and caus-
ed sorrow among his friends. For
some time his health had been poor
and during the past month he had
confined to his home.
Mr.. Hancock was born in Raleigh
married Miss Rosa Jordan, of Wash
ington, N. c., and in Washington and
New Bern spent most Of his life, be-
ing forty years of age at the time OF
his death. He was a lawyer by pro-
f~ession, but being appointed postmas-
ter of New Bern, had taken his time
for the past eleven years, which posi-
ticn he held at the time of his DEATH
New Bern Journal, April 4.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-04-07
PLANT CORN.
Wayne County Farmers Now Know
the Truth.

Through the splendid seed-corn
demonstration held in this city last
week, SO largely attended by Wayne
county farmers and so instructive, the
farmers now know the truth about
corn and cotton-and Eye shall know
the truth and the truth will make you
free"
Fol many years the Southern farm
er has been deluded into the belief
that cotton is king He has heard
the hi~gh-sounding phrase until he be-
lieved it and subordinated everything
else to the sovereign which he gave
his allegiance to. Other crops on the
farm might be subjected to his will
but cotton was king and ruled him to
his injury. From the time the first
tiny shoot showed it's tender leaves to
the light he watched yer his cotton
crop as though it was a child. A
slight frost caused his hopes to lower
son for the welfare of the plant made
him believe that the country was on
the verge of ruin. And did his care,
attention and devotion receive it's just
reward? Never. When a good crop
of cotton was made the price was low
for the manipulators of the market
then declared hat the supply exceed
ed thed demand and when the crop was
short there was always a cry from
these same manipulators of low
grade" The man who is welded to
king cotton to the exclusion Of corn
is a man always in debt and chasing
a phantom which he will never reach.
Corn is the real king. It makes pros
porous states and independent farm
ers. With an abundance of corn the
farmer is king, for then he can hold
cotton until the price is profitable.
Plenty of corn will make cotton king,
but without it cotton occupies but a
very lowly position.
With every farmer in Wayne county
giving the same attention this year to
corn as he has in the past been giving
to cotton the end Of the harvest will
find farmers out of debt and indie
pendent of outside aid.
Corn is the real king of the farm
With it b farmer can live at home
and be happy and contented. With
out it he is in debt and miserable. Let
corn be your king and a full corn Grill
your ambition.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-04-07

rated marble tablets, to cover the
tombs of the knightly heroes, each rep
resented by his crest. Yet l saw none
of them older than the 18th century.
The interior is perhaps over-deco-l
rated. The alleged right hand of John
the Baptist, encased in a glove of gold
with a great diamond on the finger,
was here when Napoleon took the
island. He took the ring and put it
on his own finger. The handsome al
tar rail of solid silver escaped him,
however, as one of the monks was
smart enough to paint it over with
black paint, therefore the famous rail-
ing still adorns one of the affairs of
the chapel.
The governors palace is quite an
impressive building, surmounted by a
unique clock, the hours and quarters
being struck by huge negroes with
sledgehammers, probably copied from
st. Marks at Venice. The armory hall
contains quite a large assortment OF
ancient armour. Judging from their
l size, the ancient Knights of St. JohI
. were not the formidable giants one is
S led to believe, but rather undersize(
men.
e We weEe, perhaps, a few days lat
in coming here, as we might hav'
y witnessed a grand ball given by thu
Duke of Connaugh, the commander o
the post, which was participated in b,
S 900 guests.
The Church Of Monks is quite a fea
:. ture. Here the skeletons of som
1 900 monks which decorate the wall
S in an artistic way. The skulls are il
lsquares of about 160 each. decorate
with the other bones until the entir
n chapel is quite artistically decorated
Yet many of u company did not car
to see this sight. Authorities clair
that on this island st. Paul was ship
wrecked and a chapel is built and ais
a tower called ST. Pau1's tower.
The business is largely in the hand
Of Englishmen, and the shops, thong
=, IT not very extensive, are modern, es
cept in the Arabic quarter, and it /
quite a relief to see a one-price sys
tenn used in the English shops. TIL
garrison consists of about the same a
= Gibraltar, but the police are mostl
native. We left this delightful tow
with regrets, having spent but abou
: ten hours here, though every hou
was good and full.
We will next visit the classic cit
Of Athens. More anon.
Yours very truly,
HENRY WE'LL.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-04-07
THE COTTON SITUATION.
j. e. Latham Says Conditions Point to
Better Times and Higher Prices.

Greensboro, N. c., April 3.-Since
last wrote the cotton market has been
dull, with a tendency toward lower
prices, until the recent past activity
has developed with a rising tendency,
in both spots and futures Conditions
are changing because the English
spinners failed to agree on short time,
and this indicates the large consump-
ton of cotton, even granting that the
mills may be without profit.
The trade reports from Germany,
and also this country, are somewhat
more cheerful. Again the cotton pro-
ducing region is confronted with alb
normally high prices for mules, alsC
foodstuffs of every description. 1t i:
reasoned, therefore, that there will b.
a reduction on the acreage of cotton
and an increased effort to grow food
Again the drought in Texas continues
and should rains not come shortl
the situation there will really be Sc
lrious.
Finally cotton is selling at a rela
lively cry low price, and the risk
. owning it at present cannot be Yer
great to those who have money to il
' vest conservatively, and patience t
await better times.
The settlement of the tariff ISSUE
. not far ahead, and the country is &c
: ing out of, and not into, a panic.
r, J. E. LATHAM.