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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

An English specialist in nerve dis
eases has been recommending all who
suffer from any kind of mind disturb
ance to take to digging, for he says
there is something about mother earth
that gives steadiness and balance. If
every woman who is a victim of neu-
ralgia, nervous headache or irritability
would take spade and dig a little
patch in her garden every morning
before breakfast and then interest her
self in this little patch so far as to see
what can be grown in 1t he is Of the
opinion that she would soon forget her
troubles The remedy is simple one
and worthy of a trial by those who
find 1t within their reach. 1t is cheap
er and more agreeable than travelling
to distance for baths and other cures
and If used with discretion can do the
patient no harm.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

showing the faces of Harrison and
Morton and Cleveland and Thurman
in 1888, the first buttons in America.
Political buttons were still rare at the
time of the second HARRISON Cleveland
campaign in 1892, but by 90 the craze
was fairly on, and there were dozen
different photographs of both McKin-
ley and Bryan in that year. If this
young mans collection is any cri-
terion, 1904 was the greatest year,
both for volume and variety, in cam
paign buttons Since then they seem
to have declined somewhat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

ant at 81 a day. At Fl young Schwab
was working hard in the field with
an engineer corps. Five years later
he was appointed chief assistant of the
division engineer, and under his direc-
ton the famous plant at Homestead
was built.
An orphan at the oge of s, Thomas
F. Ryan was cared for by his grand
mother, and at an early age sought
employment His first position was
with a dry goods commission house
in Baltimore. He had saved enough
money by his nineteenth year to come
to New York. He entered business
actively and became a member of the
stock exchange in his twenty-fourth
year.
The study of law was engaging the
time of Joseph n. Choate in his TWEEN
ty-first year and for several years
thereafter. He was graduated at Fl
from Harvard, with Phi Beta Kappa
honors, and entered the law school at
Harvard He was graduated with the
degree of LII. B. at %.
A variety of occupations had been
followed by Samuel L. Clemens before
he had reached his twenty-first year.
The greater part of his time had been
spent in printing Office, where he
became an expert compositor. At the
age of 81 he was threading the diff
cult channels of the Mississippi river
as a regularly licensed pilot. His
newspaper career followed
At Fl the future Senator Tillman
was living on farm with no ambi-
lions for political career. He had
entered the Confederate army when
but II years old and had been retired
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02
COST OF AN EDUCATION.
Public Schools of the Country Spend an,
Average of $685. a Pupil

The average yearly expenditure a pu-
Pill in the public schools of this country
is given as $28.25 in the recently pub
ished report of the commissioner of ed
ucation. In 1870 it was only $3.50.
Nevada has the highest yearly expen-
diture. S72.16 a pupil, followed nv New
York with $51.5O, Montana with SAG. 40
and California with $49.29. In the south
the expenditures a pupil range from
1857 for South Carolina to 5000 for
West Virginia. The new state Of ok
lahoma spends $3.50, New Mexico
$19.46. while Arizona with $40.41 spends
$5.16 a pupil year more than Okla
homa and New Mexico combined.
One-third of the states spend from $50
to $40 a pupil. The fact that one-fouxrttSS
spend more than $35 is an indication,
says the commissioner, of the great vari-
ETY. in support of public education, andy
I believe. in the opportunity afforded for
school training in our various common
Wealths"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02
WHEN They WERE Il
Occupations of Well-KnowD Men
of To-Day at Time of Their
Majority.
TAFT WAS A YALE GRADUATE
Beginning Of Careers Of Belmont,
Maxim, Corey, Ryan, Choate,
Schwab and Others.

At the age of 81 William Howard
Taft was graduated from Yale, and
second in large class says the New
York Times. He was salutatorian, re-
ceived Phi Beta Kappa honors and d.
vided the first prize on his graduation
In law. His plans for the future study
OF law were undertaken the same year.
In his twenty-frst year the future
Rear Admiral Evans was serving as
lieutenant In the United States navy.
his twenty-second year.
At 81 William Dean Howells was an
active newspaper man in small Ohio
community. He entered his fathers
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

partner in the commission house of
Clarke & Rockefeller, where he had
been established for more than two
years.
James j. Hill was educated with the
idea of becoming physician. His faith
ness, when he obtained position in
a country store at the age of IS. Later
he moved to st. Paul, and in his TWEEN
ty-first year was engaged as shipping
clerk in that city, with the Mississippi
Packet Company.
First as a school teacher, then a
printer. Hudson Maxim fought his way
against unusual odds. BY the time
he had reached his twenty-hrst year
he had become printer and publisher
of subscription books, and in selling
these he travelled about the country.
His spare moments at this period were
spent in experimenting with high ex-
plosives.
From his first job, at 81 a day,
William E. Corey advanced rapidly in
the great Carnegie steel works at
Pittsburg. His twenty-frst year was
spent in perfecting the famous Car
negie REINFORCED armor- plate. Shortly
afterward he was appointed superin-
tendent of the plate mills.
Charles M. Schwab started to earn
his living as a farm hand. Next he
became the driver Of a coach, and
later a clerk in grocery store. At
10 he became civil engineers assist
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

newspaper Office, working first as a
compositor, later occupying an edi-
torial position. He was appointed news
editor of the local paper in his TWEEN
ty-second year. His appointment as
consul to Venice followed two years
later.
After graduating from the English
high school of Boston ]. P. Morgan
went abroad to study higher mathe-
matics at the University of Gottingen.
He returned to New York and began
his business career just before reach
Ing his twenty-frst year.
In his twenty-f1rst year August Bel
mont was graduated from Harvard.
He spent several months thereafter in
a trip abroad, when he returned to
New York and entered his fathers
banking house.
Following an academic education
Nelson w. Aldrich plunged into mer-
camille pursuits. He was an ardent
Republican from his first vote, and
early took an active part in local poll
tics. He became president of the COM
mon council of Providence shortly af-
ter reaching his majority.
Joseph G. Cannon was busily en-
gagged in studying law in his twenty
first year, and for several years there
after. Following an education in the
common schools and in law, he was
admitted to the Illinois bar.
Long before his twenty-frst year,
John d. Rockefeller was well estab-
Hshed in business, and had given evil
dence Of his genius for organization.
He went to Cleveland when Is years
old and obtained his first position.
Two years later he was engaged in an
oil commission house. At Il he was
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02
$1,000 FOR A LEAF.
An Australian Pays That Sum for Bit
of SnineleSS Cactus

An AuSIId1au rays 4udL QUIZ luz q Dill
of Spineless Cactus.
Wizard Burbank says that though
some dishonest dealers both in this coun-
specimens of the so-called Burbank
spineless cactus for two years the first
genuine specimens were put on the mar
ket only last summer.
He has been experimenting with the
production Of spineleSs opuntia, or
prickly pear, for twelve years. Speci-
mems were sent to him from all over the
world and thousands Of seedlings were
raised every years, but most of them
were grubbed up as unavailing.
The original successful plant has
grown in three years to a height of 6
feet and is over 6 feet in diameter. The
thornlesS varieties cannot be raised from
seed, but are propagated only from cut
tings, which must be first wilted in the
sun for week or two before they will
grow. "After that" says Mr.. Burbank
in the Philadelphia Record, "they will
root anywhere any end up-even in your
overcoat pocket or on the floor back of
the stove"
A single leaf of the best variety Of the
thornless cactus, the Santa Rosa, was
sold for $1,000 to John M. Rutland of
Melbourne, Australia, with the right to
sell in the southern hemisphere, and one
leaf of another variety was disposed OF
to the same Australian horticulturist for
$500.
''The foliage proposition continued
Mr.. Burbank, sis by no means all there
IS to cactus culture. The fruits have
wonderful possibilities. Many of my
helpers prefer pear to appricots or
peaches and l myself find it delicious.
There is great variety in the taste of the
different sorts, and my ambition now is
TO produce a type that will bear distinct
varieties of cactus fruit, the same as
different varieties of apples are char
acterized by different favors."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

At present, but one section of the
catacombs has been completed with ac-
commodations for "a bodies in the con-
crete inches. But the section can be
extended underground in four direc-
lions, and at any time an addition for
u more bodies can be made. For a
cryptal burial there is lift set into
the door of the chapel to lower the
body to the level of the crypts. The
record for burials at Calvary indicates
that the mortuary chapel will be in
almost constant use. The burials aver
age 20 day and often run as high
as 12O.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02
A remarkable Chapel.

The most remarkable mortuary
chapel in America is located in Cal
vary Cemetery, Long Island City, N.
Y, and cost s1S0,0OO. The crypts or
catacombs are for the burial of priests
of the diocese of New York, under
the charge of which the cemetery is
maintained, says Popular Mechanics.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02
Home-Loving Wanderers.

The English, who are so fond Of home,
are of all Europeans those who trave
the most, and who most often leave
their native land to establish themselves
in foreign countries. Change of scene
is for them a panacea for sickness, sor
row, unrequited affection and the spleen
Paris Figaro
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02
Texans Against the Negro.

iAngelo, Texas, it was decided that all
negroes except those who possess prop
erty must go. A committee was APP
pointed to visit the Kansas City, Mexico
& Orient railway officials to request that
negroes who were recently brought to
San Angelo be sent back whence they
came, and steps were taken to make sure
that the request is properly granted.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

swelling of the ankles and joints andi
general feeling of weakness. I used
about everything said to be good for
kidney trouble, but Doan's Kidney
Pills brought me the first real help
and three boxes cured me-"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, n Y.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02
CAREFUL DOCTOR
Prescribed Change of Food Instead
of Drugs.

Prescribed Change of Food Instead
of Drugs.
It takes considerable courage for a
doctor to deliberately prescribe only
food for despairing patient, instead
iOf resorting to the usual list Of medi-
clues.
There are some truly scientific ply
sfcians among the present generation
who recognize and treat conditions as
they are and should be treated regard
less of the value to their pockets.
Here's an instance:
-Four years ago l was taken with
severe gastritis and nothing would
stay on my stomach, so that was on
the verge of starvation.
81 heard of doctor who had sum-
mer cottage near me-a specialist from
N. Y, and as last hope. sent for him.
after he examined me carefully he
advised me to try small quantity of
Grape-Nuts at first, then as my stom-
ZACH became stronger to eat more.
81 kept at it and gradually got SO
could eat and digest three teaspoonfuls.
Then began to have color in my face,
memory became clear, where before
everything seemed a blank. My limbs
got stronger and / could walk. So
steadily recovered
Nov after year on Grape-Nuts
weigh 1913 lbs. My people were sur
9rised at the way l grew fieshy and
strong on this food"
Read the little book, "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

The deep waterways convention at
New Orleans has come to an end leav-
ing the situation practically unchanged,
except for the appointment of commit
tee of five hundred boomers to storm
Congress next winter, in behalf OF the
plan for the digging of fourteen-foot
channel from the lakes to the Gulf of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02
SKIN TROUBLES CURED.
Two Little Girls Had Eczema Very
BeGly-In One Case Child's Hair
Came Out and Left Bare Patches
-Cutfcura Met with Success.

Came Out and Left Bare Patches
-Cuticura Met with Success.
81 have two little girls who have
been troubled very badly with eczema.
One Of them had it on her lower limbs
did everything that could hear Of
for her, but it did not give in until
warm weather, when 1t seemingly SUBJ
sided. The next winter when it be-
came cold the eczema started again
and also in her head where 1t would
take the hair out and leave bare
patches. At the same time her arms
were sore the whole length Of them.
took her to a physician, but the child
grew worse all the time. Her sisters
arms were also affected. / began using
the Cuticura Remedies, and by the
time the second lot was used their skin
was soft and smooth. Mrs Charles
Baker, Albion, Me-, Sept. 81, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corps, Sole
Props. of Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02
Paderewski an Inventor.

London concertgoers will soon have al
opportunity to hear a new instrument
It is called the tonituone, and was il
vented by Paderewski to give the effec
of far-distant thunder in his new sym
phony which will be performed for th
first time in England on the 9Th of Nc
vember.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

dull, tired feelings
will find hope in the
advice of Mrs. M
Working, 315 Fulton
Ave-, Rochester, Ind
who said: Il suffered
everything with pain
in the back, too FREE
quent passages of the
kiduav cacrntionE (
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

By the courts decision Mrs. Yerkes,
widow of the street railway magnate.
will come into the possession of two mil
lion dollars. This is trife compared
with what she expected at first. but a
great deal more than seemed likely 10
come to her during several crucial stages
of the litigation over the estate which
has been in prograss during the past
three years. One effect of the situation
in which the settlement places the widow
is the necessity for abandoning the Fifth
avenue home. The ground on which the
house is located is valued at S1,5OO,OOO,
and even if she retained the establish
ment she would find herself cramped for
means to keep it up.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

The putting down of the naval revolt
will tend to strengthen the government
of Greece on the land as well as on the
sea. King George has shown many
good qualities as ruler, and there is no
likelihood that the people OF Greece
would gain half as much as they would
lose by pushing him off his throne.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

The reception of the remains of Prince
ito at Toxic was an impressive cere-
monial. His countrymen recognized him
as the greatest of 'the Elder States
men''-the group to whom Japan is in
debted for her present proud position
among the nations Of the world. Some
day he may be remembered in Korea
with softened feeling. Just as the South
reyeres Lincoln. now that he has been
long dead, Korea will some day see that
Prince Ito. notwithstanding the fact that
he represented foreign rule in Korea, was
a good friend of the Korean people in
many ways. Under his direction Japan
emancipated Korea from corrupt court
and from venal public officials.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02
All Upset.

A doctor prescribed rest and chane
for small boy, saying that his sys
tenn was quite upset. After he had gor
the little boy said:
II knew / was upset, mamma, becaus
my foot's asleep, and things must
pretty bad when you go to sleep at I'll
wrong end. "-Tit-Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

One of the largest lumber plants in
California was destroyed this week, when
the Weed Lumber eompany's drying
plant was burned, the loss being $780,
900. This plant is on the California &
Oregon railroad line, near the Oregon
border
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

Kentucky and Tennessee report cleo
ton tragedies as evidence that the "gun
habit" is still ingrained in the South.
1t will probably take many years more
to make people in the south come to
view the "gun" as anything but neces-
sary personal adjunct. In Breathitt
county, Kentucky. the ''gun' seems to
go to the polls quite regularly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

More than 100000 worth of bire
were imported into this country durin
the year 1908 They were largely pa
rots and canaries.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02
THE WASHBURN TIMES.
WASHBURN, WIS.
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers

The New York result may be summed
up by saying that the mayor is Gay
nor, but Tammany is loser.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

A womans ambition is not only to
have both ends meet, but to lap over
and have enough for her kin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

The faculty of William Jewell College
at Liberty, Missouri, has decided that
theology students should not use tobac-
co, and that those who do are not en-
titled to receive payments from the
ministerial aid'' fund, which is main
tanned for the purpose of enabling poor
students to complete their studies. Ger
tainly tobacco is luxury, and there is
a degree of inconsistency in it's inclusion
in the list of articles of daily consump-
ton by men who are in training for
profession whose members are supposed
to live lives of self-denial and are too
poor to support themselves.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

New York city reports that during Oc-
tober twenty-five persons were killed and
thirty-four seriously injured on her
streets by automobile and horse vehicle
accidents. This is large list even for
a big city, but the dangers of the streets
in cities large and small have increased
since the advent Of the automobile, which
is "shod with silence" and which startles
pedestrians with it's horns, making them
nervous while on the street crossings
and therefore liable to close their heads"
in emergencies. The accident insurance
companies could doubtless compile inter-
esting statistics in regard to the in
crease in street accidents due to the
change in wheel traffic.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

In an address to the electors Of Mid
lothian, George Lambert, civil lord of
the admiralty, has given solemn assur-
ance to the British public that the out
cry to the effect that Englands naval
supremacy will have vanished by 1912,
on account of the more rapid increase of
the navy of Germany, is a false alarm.
He declares that by the middle of the
year named Germany will have thir-
teen Dreadnoughts, but Great Britain
will have twenty, and that these with
the acknowledged superiority of her navy
in other respects, will assure the continu-
ance of Britain's supremacy on the sea. At
the same time articles in the Berlin press
afford evidence that the German public
is heartily discontinued with the contin-
uance of burdensome taxation for the ex-
pansion of the German navy. 1t has
been clear from the beginning of the
naval competition between Germany and
Great Britain that a time would come
when public opinion in both countries
would revolt at the tax burdens which
it imposes. Perhaps that time has ar
rived.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02
NEW v1aoR FOR BAD BACKS.

How to Make a Weak Back Better.
Women who suffer with backache.I
bearing-doWn palms. dizziness. constant
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

antique dealers, and, oddly enough in
this respect, he was imposed upon in
the same way as Richard Mansfield.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

The success of the annual motor boat
races to the Burmudas has been such
as to prompt an extension of the course,
and next years race will be from point
off Market street, Philadelphia, to the
harbor Of Havana, Cuba, distance of
fourteen hundred nautical miles. But
the motor boat enthusiasts have wisely
made room for larger craft by making
the maximum length of contestants one
hundred feet and the minimum length
fifty feet. The only criticism OF the
Bermuda contests was that the craft of
about fifty feet were too small for COM
fort in a run of that length in the open
COG
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

Often the opinion has been expressed
that tip-taking is incompatible with the
dignity that should characterize citizens
of a free country. Now comes a Chi
cago jury commissioner with the declara-
ton that men who make their living by
accepting tips are not Of a character to
make good jurors, and that therefore 1T
is the practice in Chicago to ignore por-
tiers, cabmen and walters in selecting
veniremen. Walters ought to demand
and receive fair wages from the pro-
prietors of the hotels and restaurants
in which they work. Their employers
should be ashamed to force them to prey
upon the public.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02
Newso Union 9 Madison Lists.
4 NOTRE DAME LADY'S App

To all knowing sufferers OF rneum
whether muscular or of the JOINTS, Sc
lumbagos, backache, pains IN tne <
or neuralgia pains, 70 b mFire se nn1
Gil ~ tbese fortunes. She feels 1t he
IN send it to all sufferers FRLE. 70
vourself at home as thousands will te
no change Of climate being necessary,
simple discovery banishes uric acic
tns blood, locsens the stiffened joint
fies the blood, and brightens the eyes,
elasticity and tone to the whole systt
the above interests you, for proof
Mrs. M. Summers. Box 8, Notre Dan
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-02

FOR DEEP SEATED COLDS and coughs,
Aliens Lung Balsam cures when all other remedies
fail. This old reliable medicine has been sold for
over 40 years. 25c. &c., 81 90 bottles All dealers
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-06
DIVERSE FACTORS DISTURB
COURSE OF SPECULATION
Scaling Down of Commitments on
New York Stock Exchange
Still Continues.

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Various fac
tors served to disturb speculative
sentiment in the stock market last
week. Ever since the Bank of Eng
land began to assert it's opposition to
the extensive employment of credit
in speculation and to force up the
London money market evidences of a
scaling down of commitments in the
New York stock market, have been
observed.
The political crisis in England,
which eliminated in the rejection of
the budget last week by the house of
lords, constrains the Bank of Eng and
to maintain it's extraordinary proper
ton of reserves and continues London's
control Of New York gold supplies.
God went to South America last
week on London orders in an undi-
minished stream and combined with
the special requirements of the De-
cember requirements and some large