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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-12

At night colored lights are display
ed on the same posts. The lamps
will burn eight days without replen-
ishing, but are refilled every four or
five days. When the home signal is
at stop, the engineer sees the flame
through a red glass. The caution light
on the distant is yellow. A green
lights means go ahead and is used
on both the home and distant signals.
Where two or more lines cross at
grade the general plan of semaphore
arms for day and colored light for
night is the same, but owing to the
complications all signals are con-
trolled by levers operated by men
from a central station. The crossing
and contiguous tracks are governed
by the interlocking system. When
this is in perfect order and the cross
ing unoccupied, it displays stop" to
every track approaching the crossing.
Any change must be made by the sig
mailman, and to display proceed" he
must first lock all other approaches
with the stop signal.
There are now about 1000 miles
of railway equipped with the block
system. The only line thus protected
every inch from Chicago to California
is via the Northwestern. Union and
Southern Pacific. One-third of the
II 900 miles of automatic signaling is
on the Hartman lines-and the North
western has more miles of double
track automatic than any other rail-
way
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-12
HOW BLOCK SIGNALS WORK
Operation Of Ingenious system That
lnsures the Safety Of Railroad
Passengers.

Comparatively few people know
Just what is meant by block signals
when they read that railroad has es-
tablished the system on it's lines.
The block is length of track which,
on double track roads, has at it's en-
trance post and movable arm, and
on single track lines one at each end.
To say that line has every inch
protected by this system means that
the entire line is divided into consec-
utive blocks. Only one line from Chi
cago to New York is thus protected,
and of the total in the United States.
one-third is on the Union and South
ern Pacific.
The operation of the block system
is simple but absolute. In a few
words, it means that a train cannot
move from one block into the next
until the latter block is empty. AS a
train moves forward, the signal arm
is set to show that the block just left
may be entered by the next train
following. When a train enters a
block it so affects the en-
nart of civ
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-12

zontal until the block is
vacated, when the arm
automatically drops and
points diagonally toward
the ground. Therefore,
as long as the engineer
sees only dropping sig
nails he can keep on 60
ing, but the instant he
finds the arm stretching
out over the track, he
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-12

nomc outview and pushed it forward into lines
velopment which in all probability would otherwise
have been delayed for many years Even prior 1879
fhe nitrate fields for the part by for.
Jegners the Bovians themselves being engaged gold
and silver mining But the from nitrate produc.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-12

is in reality less a mountain range
than line of huge cliffs. The table
land is itself 10000 to $4,000 feet
above sea level and slopes gradually
1000 or 5000 feet up to the crest of
the western hills and then falls away
abruptly nearly three miles down,
$4,000 feet, to the desert land lying
between the foot of this immense line
of cliffs and the Pacific ocean. To
the east of the table-land lies the
high Andes, the Cordillera Real, ris-
ing in lllampu, Illimani, Ancochuma
and Sajama over 21,000 feet. North.
east and south from the Cordillera
Real the land falls away to the great
lAmazon' and Parana plains This
Eountry, three-fourths of Bolivia in
area, is but little settled, but is in
natural resources and soil one of the
richest parts of the world.
1t could easily sustain an agricul-
tural population greater than the
whole present population of South
America.
The first and most pressing need
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-12

block it so affects the en-
ergy that is a part of sig
mailing that the sema-
phore arm remains hori-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-13
National Nicknames.

Like individuals, the nations of
the earth have nicknames. The ap-
propriateness of some is quite evil
dent. But to explain the origin OF
others would be difficult.
Englishmen have submitted to
the name of John Bull as suited to
the national character. A Scotch
man is Sandy. The, Irishman gets
his nickname, Paddy, from his ma
tional patron saint, while an an
Gent nursery rhyme records the
fact that Taffy was a Welshman.
In England the Frenchman is some
times rather contemptuously allud-
ed to as John Crepaud. But in
France he is Jacques Bonhomme or,
as a bourgeois, Monsieur Prud-
homme
Cousin Michel is the nickname by
which the German is known to the
continental nations. Mynheer Closh,
an abbreviation of Nicholas, is the
name applied to Hollanders, and
the Switzer rejoices in the name of
Colin Tampon.-Boston Post.
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DUMPLlNGS.
The Difference Between "Drops" and
"Draps" Explained.


"Draps" Explained.
Some time ago we undertook a
study in luxury for the benefit of
our readers who are fond of the
best things to eat and explained
how to make "drop dumplings." "
They must be dough of real corn
meal and cooked in the boiling
liquor in an iron pot, out of which
the ham therein just boiled had
been lifted.
But we received from person in
North Carolina named Pence this
communication:
"You are all off about them drop
dumplings. You can't have 'em
'cepting with billed hen"
It is this man Pence who is off.
He has simply COMPOUNDED drop
dumplings, with an Co." with drap
dumplings, with an ga" Your drop
dumping is made of cornmeal !;
your drap dumpling is made OF
wheat flour. The one is cooked in
the liquor in which a ham is
boiled; the other is cooked in the
pot with fat hen. Drop dumplings
are to be eaten in the season be-
tween backbones and spareribs and
hog jowl and turnip green's, where
as drap dumplings come In be-
tween the black eyed pea soup of
the September and the backbones,
spareribs and sausage of the early
December, Immediately succeeding
the glorious Indian summer.
Get your hen, and be sure she is
fat, so fat indeed that but two eggs
can be coaxed from her from a
Sunday to a Sunday. After she is
properly dressed separate her cor
poreal elements until you have
breast, back, neck, legs, wings, head,
feet and giblets, including the egg
bag. Put this on to stew in an iron
pot and add some rashers of fat
and properly cured bacon. Let it
simmer for hours and when about
done put in some pods of okra, a
spoonful of boiled rice, black and
red pepper and salt to taste. Then
come your dumplings-the dough
left over from the sweet potato pie
crust. Drop them in, let it stew
till just done and then serve. That
is drap dumplings.
They are very good, but nothing
like as excellent as your drop
dumplings, made of cornmeal and
cooked in ham liquor. The one is
for surly March; the other is for
radiant Washington Post.
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Curious PRAYERS.

Of curious prayers writer says
ri have heard a layman utter this
petition during his prayer: % Lord,
be thou with us in our upsittings
and our downrisings'-a variant of
the text in the Psalms, Thou know
est my downsitting and mine upris-
ing A minister occasionally in
troduced Latin sentence into his
prayer and forthwith proceeded to
translate it. Another minister in
his early days experienced consider
able difficulty with the long prayer
before the sermon. In monochrome
list churches this usually occupies a
quarter of an hour, but long before
this period had been reached he
was wound up. On one occasion,
while in this dilemma, he startled
his hearers with the words, 'And
now, 0 lord, I will relate unto
thee a little anecdotep London
Standard.
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SUNDAYS
Read these Connections

The e:15 9. IN, boat out of Ashland connects
with the morning N. P. out of Washburn
The tbs a. M. boat cut of Washburn con-
meets at Ashland with the outgoing morning
trains on the N, P. and Omaha. All of the
5ncoming morning trains at Ashland connect
with the $50 a, m. boat for Washburn. The
morning N. 2, the train from Duluth con-
meets at Ashland with 1850 q. M. boat fer
Washburah The P. m boat out Ut Wash
burn connects at Ashland with the afternoon
N. P. for Duluth. $40 p. M; the Omaha for
st, Paul. $40 p, M and the @. 4 n. W, fol-
Hurley, 1920 p. ~, The 500 p. m boat cut
Of Washburn connects at Ashland with the
evening south bound trains. The w. o. O..
&N w. and N. P. evening trains connect at
Ashland with the 7:25 boat for Washburn
and the evening N. P. at w ashbu IN connects
with the P. NJ. boat for Ashland.
LISTEN:-2 whistles are blown Is minutes
and whistles minutes before leaving time
CAPT. JOHN E. DoHERTY. Manager,
New Phone Nc al No. Fifeld Place
Ashland Wisconsin.
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CROSS SECTION WORKBENCH.

a workroom. Two pieces Of 2 by 4
inch scantling, each sixteen feet long,
will be sufficient to construct the
framework Of the bench. All lumber
entering into the construction Of the
workbench should be thoroughly sea-
soned and dressed to uniform width
and thickness.
A clamp for holding materials should
be constructed from piece Of hard
wood and attached by the aid of car
penter's bench screw. This clamp
should be provided with notches or pin
holes at the lower end SO that it can be
set to hold materials Of any thickness
Along the front Of the bench two or
three holes should be provided, into
which pins may be set for supporting
boards or other materials that are too
long to be held rigid by the clamp
alone.
A "stop" for holding materials that
are to be planed can be inserted in
the top of the bench, near the left
hand end, as shown In the cut. II
regular stop is not employed its place
may be taken by small piece of
notched board nailed on top Of the
bench
pair Of trestles or sawhorses, each
consisting Of piece Of 2 by 4 inch or
2 by 6 inch timber, about four feet in
length, supported upon four legs, as
illustrated in the second figure, are
very convenient for working upon
while marking, saving, boring or CHS
cling. The sawhorses are an accessory
to the workbench and should be con-
structed at the same time. The cost
Of the materials with which to con-
struct both the workbench and saw
horses should not exceed SIS. Among
the accessories to the workbench
there is no device that will give great
er satisfaction than a good inter box,
to be used for saving small wood ma
terials either square or at an angle.
For the construction Of inter box
three pieces Of board one inch thick,
six inches wide and three feet in
length should be selected and nailed
together In the form Of a square
trough, taking care that the nails are
driven well out toward the edge Of the
boards. Vertical cuts are sawed
through the sides to the bottom board
to guide the saw when the box is in
use. Near one end q cut is made at
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DOLLAR OUTFIT.
the right angles with the length Of the
box to be used in making square cuts
For making bevel cuts for a right an
gled inter joint the sides Of the box
should be sawed down on oblique
lines running at an angle Of forty-five
degrees with the length Of the box.
For the benefit Of those who contem-
plate the purchase Of tools for use on
tho farm the following combinations
are suggested:
For q two dollar and fifty cent out.
nt-a Ratchet, q handsaw, small
square, a screwdriver and pair OF
pliers.
For q ten dollar outfit-a Ratchet, q
hand ak, a twenty-six inch handsaw, q
twenty-four inch steel square, draw
ing knife, a brace and six bits Zone
quarter, three-eighths, one-half, five
eighths, three-Quarter and one inch), q
pair of pliers, screwdriver, a cold
chisel, twelve inch fat file, a monkey
wrench, jack plane, two chisels Zone
half and one inch), a rivet punch, a
riveting hammer, leather punch and
a small oil can.
Other outfits, according to the arti.
cles desired, can be had for from SO
to $25.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-13
A Great Newspaper Bargain.

The regular price of the Times is
$500 per year.
The regular price of the Milwau-
kee Journal. daily by mail, is 81 per
year.
The Regular price of the two is
81. 90 per year.
A THIRTY DAY BARG AIN.
The two papers for the next thirty
days will be sent for one whole year
for only 1926 in advance.
The Times will give our readers
all of the local and county news and
and keep our readers thoroughly
posted upon local conditions.
The Milwaukee Journal is the
great Independent Daily which has
beer making such tremendous strides
with the newspaper readers of the
state. More people read The Journal
every night than read any two
other daily newspapers printed in
the state. The reason for this is
that the Milwaukee Journal is the
peoples paper. The Journal is abso-
lutely independent and gives the
people the news fearlessly and fairly.
Remember the two papers for one
entire year for only 1926 IN advance.
A trial subscription to The Journal
for five months only 81 in advance.
Address,, Washburn Pity, co.
Washburn, Wis
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from the Press

The saloon interests in the Harbor
City received an awful jolt the first
of the week by the city authorities.
The matter is in regard to the SUI
dav closing law. and the authorities
have issued orders to the chief OF
police to notify all saloon keepers
that their places of business must be
closed from Saturday night at twelve
o 'clock and for them to remain
closed until Monday morning.
Screens, curtains. etc.. shall be so
moved that view of the interior of
the saloon may be had from the
street. Now that this order mas
been issued it is up to the police de-
partment to enforce the law aud re-
port all Determinations to the
authorities to permit them to pro-
coed with the proper punishment OF
the transgressor. The move on the
part of the new board is commend
able, ard it is hoped they will not be
slack in performing their duty, now
that they have issued the order.
The city will under the new order.
undoubtedly greatly improve, and a
further regulation of the traffic,
such as women and minors being
permitted in saloons, will meet with
the approval of the residents as a
whole. It is now up to the police
department to cause strict adherence
TO the law, and it must be done or
the citizens themselves will take
action.
Captain John Doherty made a call
here with the ferry boat Mary Scott
Monday Oh his way to Duluth to 60
in dry dock. On her return she
will again take her run between
Washburn and Ashland.
The steamer S. B. Barker of the
Booth Line. started on her regular
run among the Apostle Islands
Tuesday. On her first trip she had
on board 100000 lake trout fry
which were planted near Gull island.
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bayfield, COUNTY
7 7 7
IRON RIVER

From the Pioneer

From the Pioneer
Last Thursday the adjourned an
nual meeting was held and the bust
ness was all desposed of and an ad-
tournament taken sine die. The COM
mittee appointed at former meet
ing 10 check over report of the
town treasurer and the report of the
school clerk, brought in their re-
ports and they were accepted. The
committee fonnd that there was a
difference of sixty-two cents in the
reports of the town treasurer and
the town clerk and as yet it has not
beer discovered where the slight
clerical error crept in.
The funeral of Joseph Yerden,
whose death occurred on Wednesday
of last week, took place in this city
on Sunday afternoon from the resi-
dence of Albert Johnson, the obse-
quies being in charge of Brownstone
lodge, I. 0. 0. F., of which the de-
ceased was /. brother member, Al
ter I. brief ceremony at the residence
the remains were taken to the Con-
gregational church, where the pas
tor, Rev. E. E. Day, preached an
IL f,,oouo1
The interment took place at the
city cemetary, and all that was NOR
tai of this respective and prominent
citizen was laid at rest.
The portable mill of A. g.. Nelson
has just started cutting lumber for
DIR. Fred Johnson and Andrew Sven
sen on their place on the Port Wing
Iron River road about mile and a
half from Bena. There will be con-
siderable timber to cut and it will
probably require the little mill two
months time to complete the job.
1t is the present plan to haul the
lumber to Bena and there ship il
by rail.
Mrs. G.. A. Herman was taken tC
st. Joseph's hospital in Ashland
yesterday morning by her husband,
were she was placed under medical
care. Mrs. Herman has had more
than her share of illness during the
past few years and her friends hope
for her early recovery.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-13
Oddly of Dreams.

Nobody ever feels pain in a dream"
said psychologist. Rage. terror, joy,
grief-these emotions stab us as poign-
antly in dream as in reality. But
physical pain. no. | have interrogated
suffered dream palms. Yet they have
dreamed of dreadful motor accidents,
fortunes. death. One young girl, in
deed. dreamed time and again of be-
ing eaten alive by cannibals, yet even
in that horrible nightmare she felt no
Dain"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-13
SALES AGENTS WANTED.

SALES AGENTS WANTED
$4,000 per week or 400 per cent
profit. All samples. stationary, and
art catalogue free. We want one
permanent agent in this locality Tor
the largest picture and frame house
in America. Experience unneces-
sary. We instruct you how to sell
our goods and furnish the capital,
II you want permanent honorable.
and profitable position, write US to-
dav for particulars, catalogue and
samples. Frank w. Williams Com
pany, 1914 W. Taylor ST., Chicago,
I'll.
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Downward Course.
Fast Being Realized by Washburn
People.

A little backache at first.
Daily increasing till the back is
lame and weak.
Urinary disorders quickly follow:
Diabetes and finally Bright's dis
ease.
This is the downward course of
kidney ills.
Don't take this course. Follow
the advice OF a Washburn Citizen.
Mrs. M. Taberman of Third street,
Washburn, Wisconsin, says: II
was a victim of kidney trouble and
rheumatism. I suffered a great deal
from pain in the small of my back
and in my sides and limbs. I had
dizzy spells and dull dams IN the
back part of my head, felt weak
most of the time and had no energy.
The kidney secretions were also un-
natural. I finally heard of Doan' s
kidney Pills and sent to Sweets
Drug Store for them. I have been
improving steadily since l began
their use. My back seldom hurts
me now, my kidneys are much bet
ter and I have gained in strength.
| give all the credit to Deans Kidney
Pills for the change in my condition.
For Sale by all dealers. Price 30
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Uni
ted States.
Remember the name-Doan S
and take no other.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. man or

WANTED-Trustworthy man or
woman in each county to advertise,
receive orders or manage business
for New York Mail Order House.
$18. 90 weekly; position permanent;
no investment re required. Previous
experience not essential to engaging
Spare time valuable. Enclose self
addressed envelope for full particu-
lars. Address, Clarke Co., Whole
sale Dept, l0a Park Ave-, New
York,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-13
Tariff Tinkerino,

To take the tariff law in hand
And fit it to the taste
Is quite an easy task if one
Has several years to waste.
To cut little here and there -
And add line or two
Is such a simple task if one
Doesn't have the work to do. >,
The man who daily sits around
The little corner store
Can tell you how to cut it up
And confidence restore,
And any one who wasn't near
The place where it was done
Would say that to revise it right
Was just the same as fun.
But when a fellow on the job
Gets busy with his knife
To prune away the surplus words
He meets a deal of strife.
Each infant industry declares
With moisture in it's eye
If any of it's corns are pared
That it will surely die.
And that is why a congressman
Nay earn at least his pay,
For when the case is up to him
And he must whack away
He cannot figure on results
Nor answer at glance,
And SO he has to shut his eyes,
Strike out and take chance.
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Subscribers of the Bayfield, Co.
Telephone company may obtain the
daily forecasts and special warnings
of the weather Bureau of the United
States Department of agriculture
from central after IL a. m. These
forecasts usually cover the 36-hour
period ending at 8 p. m. of the
following day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-13
Rev. Nv. Williamson's Letter.

Rev. I. w. Williamson. Hunting
ton, w. Va. writes: This is to
certify that | used Foleys Kidney
Remedy for nervous exhaustion and
kidney trouble and am free to say
that it will do all that you claim for
it," Foley's Kidney Remedy has
restored health and strength to
thousand of weak, run down people.
Contains no harmful drugs and is
pleasant to take. @. ", Frost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-13

''My child was burned terribly
about the face. neck and chest.
applied DIR. Thomas Electric Oil.
The pain ceased and the child sank
into restful sleep. Mrs, Nancy M
Hanson, Hamburg. N. Y.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-13
Got Even With the Clerk.

Mr.. Jawback-This gown is not be-
coming to you. and it is expensive
Why did you buy it? Mrs. JawbacsS-
Because the clerk looked as if he
thought l thought | couldn't afford it.
Cleveland Leader.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-13
You Lose Weight During the Night

Don't rush off at once to the doc
tor if you find that during your
sleep you have lost nearly four
pounds. And don't get worried if
you find that a brisk walk has in
volved a similar loss. Scientific in
vestigation shows that the healthy
human being is losing and gaining
weight through the whole twenty
four hours. You are lightest just
before breakfast, but one hour later
bou may have gained twenty-eight
ounces, while, after losing and gain
ing off and on during the day, a
good dinner in the evening will add
no less than thirty-four ounces to
your avoirdupois. The biggest drop
takes place while man is in the
arms of Morpheus, the average loss
being three and a half pounds
London Scraps
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A Vacation.

Little Willie's mother had been call
ed away to see a sick relative. Before
going she had a motherly talk with
that hopeful
you must be good boy when am
away"
"Yesem."
"And not be lonely"
"Noem," adding under his breat tn,
land l won't wash my ears for a
whole week."
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He that rises again quickly and con-
tinues the race is as if he had never
fallen.-MOlineuY
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Double Cross.

Double Cross.
Johnny has the whooping cough;
Molly has the humps;
Charlie broke the gas jet off;
Fathers in the dumps.
Bridget said the furnace broke
When she shook it down;
Parlor CRATE begins to smoke
Like a factory town.
Things are going to the bad,
Trouble by the peck.
Looks as if our good luck had
Got 1t in the neck.