The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
THE WASHBURN TIMES.
WASHBURN, WIS.

WASHBURN, WIS.
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers
The French Chamber of Deputies has
passed a graduated income tax bill; but
French espionage has long been by
word the world over.
'The light of other days. is not good
enough for King Edward, and at consid-
cradle expense he is having electric illu-
mination provided for Windsor Castle.
The Ameer Of Afghanistan is TO have
telephone. 1t will be interesting to
learn what he DEGREES for Central
when she tells him "The line is busy
Considering the fact that 81 per cent.
of the European Russians can neither
read nor write, the absorption of an
archlst literature in Russia, which gets
into the country despite the rigid cen
sorship, is really wonderful.
The Chinese talk of boycotting Ger
man products in resentment of the arbl-
trary conduct of German officials station
at Kiao-Chou. If the Germans don I
believe Chinese boycotts hurt, they may
have occasion to change their minds.
The verdict in the suit of the United
States against the American Sugar Re
finery Company, at New York, Tor I'M
paid duties, awards the government
$134. 116, and it is hazarding nothing to
predict that the amount will be collected.
The 32-page pamphlet of the Simpliiied
Spelling Board, containing 1lOO words
misspelled according to the Carnegie
Roosevelt system, will be furnished free
on application. Many people are OF the
opinion that it is worth no more than II
costs.
DIR. Bumpus of the American Muse
UNI of Natural History is said to assert
that the prehistoric duck found in Wy
oming is 100000 years old. Isn't the
estimate exaggerated? If it was
boarding house chicken the Doctor might
get somebody to believe him.
The accepted design for a monument
10 Illinois soldiers who persisted at An
Jacksonville has been described as "a
hump-backed angel with the stomach
ache" Well it isn't the first soldiers
monument of which the intention was
more admirable than the execution.
1t is reported that q peaceable adjust
ment of fractional differences in Cuba has
been effected by the reconciliation OF
Vice President Zayas and President
Gomez. Evidently the vice-presidency is
an altogether different berth in Cuba
from what it is in the United States.
The next innovation in Great Britain
will be the establishment of national
labor exchange, where any one out OF
work can register his name and any
one in need Of laborers can procure
them without cost. 1t is the same thing,
on q larger scale. as the free employ
ment bureaus conducted at state expense
in many states of the Union.
The report from Oakland, California,
that a young woman of that city is
facing invalidism for life, because of
misunderstanding contracted from careless
handling of carbon paper for manifold
ing, should be a warning to typewriters
in general. The coloring matter used in
carbon paper is said to be dangerous
when it gets into the throat or eyes.
A Boston man is reported to have in
vented a machine for collecting power
from the rays of the sun for use IN
lighting his home. There is no reason
why it should not work. A great deal OF
heat and light and an inconceivably vast
amount of power that might be utilized
by man are going to waste about him
every day. Sooner or later, as a matter
of course, most Of the available sources
Of energy on the earth will be turned to
account.
The financial secretary of the Bowery
Mission in New York is of opinion that
many of the men in the famous bread
line' at the Mission would be faithful
and efficient workers on Wisconsin farms,
where the problem of obtaining help has
been urgent at busy seasons for several
years. 1t is to be hoped that charitable
or economic ingenuity will prove equal
to bridging the distance between hungry
men in the East and waiting jobs in
the West.
Andrew Carnegie's peace proposal that
the United States defend British ports
on the Atlantic coast in return for