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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27
BELLS OF THIN IRON PLATES.
Curfew in Middle Ages-An Early Peal
of Bells. 4

There are several old bells in Scotland,
Ireland and Wales; the oldest are often
quadrangular, being made of thin iron
plates which have been hammered and
riyeted together. At the monastery of
st. Gall in Switzerland the four sided
bell of the Irish missionary st. Gall,
who lived in the Seventh century, is still
preserved; but more ancient still is the
bell of st. Patrick in Belfast, which is
ornamented with gold and gems and sill
yer filigree work.
The curfew bell is that about which
most has been written and said. 1t has
been thought that it was only used in
England, but it was quite common on
the continent in the Middle Ages.
The ringing Of bells by rope is Still
very popular in England, especially in
the country, where almost every hamlet,
however small, has its church with it's
peal of bells. which are often remark
ably we'll rung. The first real peal Of
bells in this country was sent by Pope
Calixtus III. to Kings college, Cam
bridge, and was for 300 years the largest
peal in England. Abouta the beginning
of the year 1900 sets of eight bells were
hung in few Of the large churches.
In the middle of the Seventeenth CEN
fury man named White wrote a fa-
nous work on bells in which he intro
duced the system of numbering them 1
2, 3, 4, ETC., on slips of paper in differ
ent orders, according to the changes in
tended to be rung. 1t is calculated that
to ring all the changes upon twenty-four
bells at two strokes a second would take
III billion years!
One of the most famous bells in the
world is the first great bell of Moscow,
which now stands in the middle of a
square in that city and is used as q
chapel. This bell was cast in 1888. but
was in the earth for over a hundred
years, being raised in 1886 by the EN-
peror Nicholas. 1t is nearly twenty feet
high. has circumference of sixty feet,
is two feet thick and weighs almost 200
tons. The second Moscow bell, which is
the largest bell in the world that is ac-
tEally in use, weighs 1913 TONS There
are several bells extant which weigh ten
tons and over. of which Big Ben, the
largest bell in England, weighing be-
tween thirteen and fourteen tons, is one.
Big Ben is unfortunately cracked.-Lon-
don Globe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

tinent is long one, and freight is often.
delayed on the way. The route by way
Oh the Suez canal is also very long, the
course being across two oceans and the
Medlterranean sea before the Pacific
ocean is reached. For passenger traf-
nc nc the ran route across the continent will
ne preferred to either the Suez or the
IehIuantepec routes, except by those who
seek sea travel as diversion. When the
Panama canal opens there NAV be
rush OF passenger traffic by that route
Dec because tn e. OF the novelty of going from
ting off tremendous mileage of ocean
steaming. The passenger service by wav
of the canal may persist even when The
novelty wears off. as it will be conve
nlent to take steamer at New Yorlr
and have stateroom facilities all thronph
on shortcut route. Convenience in
this regard will give the Panama routn
the preference, and after it is opened
the Tehuantepec route will be confined
strictly to freight competition
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27
HUNTING ROCK HARES.
Fleet Little Animal Found Among the
Sand Hills Of Arabia.


How long the Arab has inhabited the
deserts of the near east is a much dis
cussed question. How long he has in
dulged in the old time sport of falconry
it is equally difficult to say. Sure it is
that this keen blooded race has now
lived all these centuries in those sun
scorched wastes without some sort of
recreation, and his delights today are
probably much the same as those of his
ancestors a couple of thousand years
ago.
Curious to see what natural sport
these barren regions could afford, the
writer accepted an invitation to join a
party of Syrian Arabs for a weeks hunt
ing. Our quarry was the rock hare an
animal about the size of an English rab-
bit but with very finely developed ears,
which frequents these deserts in small
numbers. living on what scanty heritage
she can find.
We started straight away in search of
her by forming a chain about a quarter
of mile long ana drawing likely tracts
of desert in long sem1-circuiar sweeps.
The heritage was very scant indeed.
These sand hills, being scorched by a
tropical sun and having a yearly rain
fall of only some inches, support but
few plants of any kind. l noticed a
few insectivorous birds pursuing their
prey with keen voracity, as though they
found it hard to make a living, but saw
no trace of wild animals.
On we marched in silent order, mere
ly following the lead of our falcon bear
er. whose face seemed invariable, his
manner unmoved. Hours passed by; it
was now IL o'clock; the sun was hot
above us, drying up our parcheG lips.
began to think that rock hares must
be myth, when suddenly the hound
leaped forward with a great bound, our
horses inStinctively following at full gal
lop. But we had not far to go; it was
only "garbour." The hound was soon
up to it, and l thought it was all over,
but no. the little creature leaped, as it
were. right out of his mouth.
One spring brought the greyhound
alongside again, but again this agile
quadruped had slipped out of the grasp
OF his sharp teeth. The speed of the
tiny thing was SO great and his actions
so sudden that it was as much as the
eye could do to follow him at all. Again
his great pursuer sprang upon him,
again this nimble animal slipped from
his very jaws. But it was no good; he
was outclassed in size. These great
leaps shook the very life breath from his
frail body.
At last he fell an easy prey to his re-
lentless enemy, and one crunch put an
end to his miseries. He was an interest
ing little beast, his body about the size
of a rat he carried fine long coat, was
gray on the back with white under the
belly, having a long bony tail with a
pretty tutt at the end. Rnt his hind legs
were his great feature. They were very
long, being like those of the kangaroo.
specially adapted for jumping. 1 noted
too that each hind foot was provided
with only three toes, whereas on those
of the forelegs, which were very short
there were the normal five. Altogether
he was most interesting and sporting
Specimen.-Near East.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27
Revealing What the Panama Canal Will
Do

Frontiers of traffic to the Orient from
Atlantic coast and Gulf ports by way
Of the Tehuantepec railway are revealing
the extent of the betterment that will
follow the opening of the Panama canal.
and the. establishment of facilities for
the sending of freight by the short route
without breaking bulk. The American
Hawaiian Steamship company announces
in New York city special sailing for
Japan. China and the Philippines, via
the Tehuantepec railway and connecting
steamers on the Pacific ocean. This new
service enables American merchants in
the Eastern and Southern states to land
their goods in the Japanese markets in
forty-two days from New York and in
less time from Gulf ports, at reasonable
rates. The time consumed by shipments
by this route is less than half that which
is usually required for the transportation
of freight by the Suez route.
This schedule relates only to freigLi
shipments. The rail haul across the con
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

caribou. but Canadians say they will
do as WE'LL The caribou are plentiful
throughout the Canadian north. OF
course our people will have to catch
these animals and train them, but to
a people who are building an empire
that is a trifiing matter.
1.-The most active advocate of using
reindeer or caribou in the development
Of northern Canada is Fred S. Law
renee, who lives at Fort Vermilion, on
the lower Peace River. He has made
his home in the north for twenty-five
years. He suggests that start might
be made toward domesticating Cana
dian reindeer by inducing Laplanders
to emigrate to Canada. The Lapland-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27
SHE DIES AT LOG.
Thanks to FamiIy's Magic Beads,
MichIa SchiIotzly Lived Long.

Thanks to Fami1y's Magic Beads,
MichIa Schi1Otzlxy Lived Long.
Mrs. Michla Schilotzky died recently
at the Home Of the Daughters of
Jacob, at 3O2 East Broadway, at the
age Of 100 years, says the New York
Sun. She came to New York from
Asiashuf, in the state Of wilma, Russia,
twenty-four years ago, and had been
at the home four years.
The last year of her life she spent for
the most part in the hospital Of the
home. About Christmas time, how
ever, she attended an entertainment
given by the home at the Grand Cen
trail Palace, where she served as
judge Of casotzosky, a dancing con-
test in which the dancers were men
who had passed their hundredth year
Mrs. Schilotzky came Of long-lived
family. She left nine brothers and sis
tiers in Russia, the youngest of whom
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27
Elephant Ear.

The elephant ear is one of the most
striking plants for use in bedding, bor-
ders or for clump planting on the lawn.
1t grows from six to ten feet high and
its large green leaves grow to be three
or four feet long and two and one-half
feet wide. 1t has been used with great
success in sub-tropical gardening in the
central and southern states. 1t makes
an excellent plant for the margins of
aquatic gardens. as it thrives best if
given plenty of water.
1t grows from tubers which are best
started in pots in sand and grown in
doors until June, when they should be
planted out in well drained, warm, light
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27
BEASTS NOT AFRAID OF AUTO.

Occupants and Coax for Food.
So commonplace has the motor car
become that it no longer strikes terror
to man or beast In remote sections of
the world where such things are slow
to penetrate. Instances have occurred
in out-of-the-way posts In European
and Asiatic countries where the starv-
ing herds Of the plain and forest have
not hesitated to approach autcir obile
parties and coax for food from the
occupants Of the machines
This was the case last winter in the
thick forests Of Thuringia. Deer, prac-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

ing crowded, owing to the great num-
Der Of their reindeer, are looking for
some part of the world to which they
can transport their herds and families
and establish themselves anew. The
reindeer is fleeter and can be more
tor could maintain himself for year
with ten head of reindeer. If his pro-
visions gave out he could eat the rein
deer"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

a step from intense mental CONCENTRATION to madness
He said he could hardly describe what he felt in the
moments when his sensations abnormally acute
and intense that everything about him seemed to be
alive that seemed to be ravng and scarcely
tain that he really existed.
Analogous are the Impressions Of ST. Paul, Netzsche
and Dostojevsk And the ilustrious Beethoven says:
Musical inspiration is to that mysterious state in
which the whole world appears to shape itself into
vast harmony where every feeling and every thought
have to resound within where all the forces
of nature seem become instruments for me- where nay
whole body seized with violent shyerng and my hair
stands up end"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

James J. Hills announcement that
every farmer in the northwestern wheat
belt is ''plowing for bumper crop" will
be reassuring for those who have been
giving full weight to bull predictions as
to the relation to supply and demand in
the near future. There will be bread
enough to go around, and whenever there
is belief to the contrary farmers will
sow for bumper crops and supply the
necessary wheat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

in a regiment under his command in the
old Indian fighting days. This corporal
was much chaffed by his comrades for
his oft repeated expressions OF belief IN
fatality and destiny
One day it appears that the corporal,
while off duty, was preparing to take a
little horseback exercise and recreation.
A private observed that the corporal
took care to attach brace of pistols
to his saddle.
"HelIo!', shouted the private to the
corporal. "What are you taking the guns
for? They won't save you If your time
has Gomez
'aTrue for you,'' grimly responded the
corporal; "but may happen to meet
an Apache whose last day has come"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

The era of fast clipper ships is recalled
by the fact that the steel ship Erskine
M. Phelps has just arrived at Norfolk
after run of one hundred and four days
from Seattle, the fastest time on record
between Puget sound and an Atlantic
coast port. This remarkable voyage will
tend to make investors wonder why the
sailing ship cannot be retained to adj
vantage for service over long distances.
1t ought to make them feel that perhaps
auxiliary ships would be worth while
ships that can use sails when conditions
are as favorable as they must have been
to the Phelps to carry her around the
corner over 1880 miles of water in so
short time, and which can turn on their
motors when the winds are battling or
light.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27
A Tooth in His Tongue.

David Mitchell of Union, s. c., had a.
tooth imbedded in his tongue for four
teen years. and never found it out till
the other day. Mr.. Mitchell was shot in,
the left Jaw fourteen years ago, the ball
knocking out one of his teeth and driv-
ing it into the center of his tongue,
where the ball and tooth lodged. Re-
Gently he again became annoyed by q
hard substance " his tongue, and the
tooth was found and extracted.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

tically running wild, sometimes ap-
preached automobile travellers and ate
from their stock Of food. These par
ties usually were of the hunting class
and made it a point to visit the out
posts with their snow-climbing motor
cars
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27
PAPERS b 4np PEOPL 7

the surface On landing SKINNED along the surface
rather like toboggaD, coming to a standstil a few
yards from starting point.
With regard to the art Of flying Mr.. Wright and his
machine seem to work together one unit The man.
agement of machine of this kind in breezy weather is
not at all At the time it can only require
patience and careful practice before any intelligent man
possessed GOODNESS good Judgment learn it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

The explosion on the Italian submarine
boat Foca, by which eight men lost their
lives, was due to the ignition of the ben
zine reservoir. The ship was literally
torn to pieces, and bodies of men were
hurled into the air like rockets. The in
cident was a terrible illustration OF the
dangers attending the use of volatile
fluid like benzine in the confines OF
submarine boat. Had the explosion oc-
Cured while the ship was submerged at
practice all hands would have been de-
stroyed with the ship.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

Even Germany is not exempt from for
est fires. Children playing in the woods
the other day started a blaze which con-
sumed 10000 pines and almost complete
ly destroyed the town of Hagen, near
Munich
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27
MADNESS AKIN TO HAPPINESS.
BY Prof. Cesare Lon1broso.

Geniuses enjoy moments Of supernal fe-
licity. These are the moments Of creative
frenzy which in 50 many respects resemble
the psychic excuses Of epieptics only, since
not an ordinary brain is being agitated by
commissions, but great mind, and instead Of
some atrocious bestiality or dark crime there
results work Of lofty character. Beacons-
field wrote that he felt as II there were but
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

The public is looking with interest for
further developments regarding the snug
Cling system which was discovered at
New York, and which may have defraud-
ed the government of millions of dollars.
The stopping of the contraband impOrta-
tons will give American "fine feathers"
a better chance than those which have
been brought from ''far BIRDS without
paying toll to Uncle Sam.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

Considering the extent to which Abb
dull Hamid feels for his family, it is
strange that he should have been willing
to keep his brother-now his successor
a close prisoner for thirty-three years.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

New Jersey has placed on its statute
books a law prohibiting the marriage
of persons affected with transmissible
diseases. 1t has also enacted marriage
license law similar to that which is in
force in Wisconsin. South Carolina is
now the only state in which marriages
may be performed without a license.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

The discovery that pious sailors at
New York used missionary yacht to
facilitate smuggling valuable articles in
hand baggage during visits to floating
church for which the yacht served as
tender, reveals the necessity of extreme
watchfulness on the part of the revenue
officers. Piety is cloak that has prob
ably covered a great deal Of sin of this
narticular kind
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

the world to buy what they make and to supply them
with what they do not make Homes in days of old
tangles of all the handicrafts Of domestic nter
est But they do little but make beds and cook.
ALI other household labors performed in spe
calized center-the curtains cleaned in shop the
rugs in another the laundry done here the dresses
made there.
The nnovator is the that makes the world move.
He inaugurates change takes things from the old rus
forms grooves. Without him we should still be
leading the simple life smplicmus Of the savage and
the stone age With him have wireless teegraphy,
and flying machines and steam heat, and printing
presses and a number of other things equally pleas
ant.
Society will not tolerate weeds. 1t will insist upon
filling the world with flowers. Already it is allowing
its to help In the worlds work and already it
Is beginning to instruct it's erate. The al
ready set into motion end In nothing short of the
munity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

ter find all child faculties waiting to be recog
nized and appropriated.
Many cases Of failing memory mistaken ones, due
to unreasonable expectations! How many grown-ups
forget as many times a day any child does? The
trouble is expect to compel ourselves to remem
Der great burden Of nconseqent and irrelevant things
that the brightest child earth could not remember;
and preoccupied trying to carry these things
mind that minds half absent at least, from
the new things that happening and that ought
to have full attention, they would have chlds
full attention--The Nautilus
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

From the standpoint of the Western
world. the humor exceeds the pathos
when the captive ex-Sultan expresses So
licitude for his family.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers

The first test of the new government
of Turkey will be it's efficiency in stop
ping the massacres of Christians.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

The bands which are first worn by the
youngest member of the family are now
hand knitted. They make a very sensi-
BILE and practical gift for the little one.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

The War Department will in July and
August next use the new military tract
near Sparta for drill purposes, and give
northwestern National Guard batteries
an opportunity to drill with the ''regI-
lars" Wisconsin. Ohio, Indiana, Mich
igan and Minnesota guardsmen will take
advantage of the opportunity to receive
instruction on the new range. The Ma
tional Guard of this state is now amply
provided for in regard to camps, drill
grounds, and ranges, with this govern
ment reservation at Sparta and the state
reservation at Camp Douglas.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27
Something That Survived.

ut is my ambition" said the earnest
young man, ito write something that
will be handed down to posterity.
.Well," answered Farmer Corntossel,
"all I have to say is to be careful how
you go about it. My grandfather wrote
his name to a mortgage on this farm
and it looks as If my grandchildren
will have to go ahead struggling with
t."-Washington Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

this morning" When all ready took my seat on
the flyer. The roar Of the engines commenced, the
starting weights released, and off went with
bound Once Of the ground, the feeling of secur
ty was perfect We tore along at forty miles an
hour. The machine at the will Of the operator tits
up gracefully when taking turn Those accustomed
to motor racing will appreciate the effect OF this which
is that taking curve a flying machine will be &C
tually safer than in automobile
Our speed caused tears to roll down our cheeks
After flight Of several miles descent was begun for
landing At the right moment the engine stopped
and we came to ground so gently that found 1t i'm
possible tell exactly when the runners first touched
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

The government is soon to expert
ment with an acetyline beacon ON Bran
ford reef, few miles beyond New Hav-
en- harbor, in Long Island sound. 1t is
proposed to install an acetyline light
which can be seen for five or six miles,
and operate this light with what is
termed a sun valve, that will turn on
the light with the disappearance of the
sun, and turn it off when the sun re-
appears in the morning. At first blush
this scheme appears to have fault III
the fact that the valve will not operate
when the sun is obscured by clouds;
but this will simply keep the light ablaze
while the dark weather continues, and
when lights are required earlier in the
evening and later in the morning.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27
THE SURE CURE FOR OLD AGE.
By Elizabeth TOWne.

The cure for hurry is the cure for old age
to take time every day, maybe several times
a day, to become again as a little child, in
terested in one thing at time as If that
were the only thing. Instead of whirling all
the time dizzily on the rim Of life we must
take frequent times to get back to the CEN
ter again for our bearings-back to the silent
center whence we came At that silent cen-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27

soil. A rich soil and frequent waterings
with liquid manure will produce excel
lent results. In the fall all the leaves
except the central ones should be cut
back to within two inches of the crown.
Let it remain in this condition for a few
days to ripen and then take up and
store in any cold frost-proof place.
These plants have variety of uses be-
sides ornament. In the Pacific tropics
they are made into drink The starchy
roots are edible and in japan are used
much like our potatoes. The young
leaves are also edible when boiled.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-27
A Rough Riders Disappointment.

A Rough Riders Disappointment.
Young Lochinvar had come out OF
the west.
"It's no use!" he cried. "This ad-
ministration doesn't care for cowboys"
Herewith he confined his trip to ro-
mantle adventures.-New York Sun.