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The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1909-03-04

Fact is stranger than fiction. A two
million dollar airship is being built for
travel between New York city and st.
Louis. Is the present year to see
realization of practical flight over long
distances? Men with the money be-
lieve so and have contracted with
V.ouis Nixon. the ship builder, for a
monster craft which is intended to
sail on the air. not on the water
This original air liner will sail, &C.
cording to present plans, between New
York and st. Louis. Because of the
frequency of travel between the two
cities 1t is probable that the route will
run by Chicago BY the air route the
time between the two largest cities of
the country will be reduced to much
less than the present brief time of the
limited trains of the two most promin-
'ent railway thoroughfares. There will
be saving Of time because the route
will he more direct, all the meander-
1nSs necessitated by rivers, lakes and
mountains being eliminated in the uu-
trammeled air.
that the speed of the airship will be
much greater, ordinarily, than has yet
been attained by steam or electric en-
gines.
Railway officials claim that a IA.
hour run between Chicago and New
York is perfectly feasible. Their claims
have been substantiated in actual run
ming. Fancy, then, reducing this record
by four or more hours! That is the
claim set forth by the inventor and
the capitalist hackers and the builder
of the leviathan which is going to plow
the air, just as the wonderful, swift
ocean liners push their way through
the water.
This representation Is not an idle
dream of novelist. Actual work has
already been started on an airship to
have carrying capacity of 1000 pas
sengers, and which, If the experiment
proves successful, will some time dur,
Ing the early summer be launched with
imposing ceremonies and undertake its
maiden trip from New York to Chica
so and st. Louis.
The material for this air-going ship
is now being forged and collected in
the shipyard of Lewis Nixon, on Stat
en- Island. N. Y. 1t is to cost roundly
s2,000,OnO, and the capital has beer
furnished by number of wealthy
men who have faith In the future o.
aerial travel as a profitable invest
ment
Among these men, located In variou!
parts of the United States and else
where, are Oscar B. Bergstrom, New
York banker; Arthur Lewis of the
Standard OIL Company; James II. Rob
erty. ex-comptroller of the state O
New York; Walter G, Allison, PhiIa
delphia capitalist; II. w. Denison o
the Allis Chalmers Company; Georg,
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1909-03-04

and misery. / advise all suffering
women to take Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound" Mrs. EMMA
WHEATON, Vienna, w. Va.
Lydia e. Finkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
full drugs, and today holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases of any similar medi-
cine in the country, and thousands of
voluntary testimonials are on file in
the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, from women who have been
cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation, ul-
ceration, n,displacements,f fl ibroid tumors,
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every such suffering woman owes it to
herself to give Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound trial.
If you would like special advice
about your case write cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free.
and always helpful.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1909-03-04
Tapioca Jelly.

Soak one-half cupful of tapioca in
one cup of orange juice over night and
cook in one cup of sweet milk until
soft and transparent. Add one-half
cup of sugar, pinch of salt, the
grated rind of one orange, the beaten
yolks of four eggs, one-half pint of
sweet cream, and lastly the beaten
whites of the eggs. Pour into a but
tered baking dish and bake in a mod
crate oven for 20 minutes. Let get
cold, then run knife around edge of
pudding and carefully remove from
dish on to plate.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1909-03-04
DeImonico Potatoes.

Cut cold boiled potatoes very fine
and to each pint allow one cupful of
cream, two tablespoonfuls of butter,
one teaspoonful of salt and dash of
pepper. Season the potatoes with salt
and pepper, put them in a shallow
baking dish, add the cream, which
should not quite cover them, and pour
over them the butter (melted). Brown
In quick oven.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1909-03-04

II. Plnkham'S s V ege-
table Compound.
Eleven years ago 1
was a walking
shadow. 1 had been
under the doctors
carebutgotnorelief.
My husband per-
suaded me to try
Lydia e. Pinkham's
V ege ia BILE Com
pound and ditworlSed
like q charm. 1t re-
I,a-oI oil NV ,N,,Uc
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1909-03-04
OWES
HER
LIFE TO
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Vienna, w. Va. - "I feel that owe
the last ten years of my life to Lydia
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1909-03-04

cream, one cup
chopped raisins.
one cut chopped
butternuts, one
quarter pound cit.
ron cut fine, two
tablespoons mo.
lasses, butter the
size of a large
egg, two eggs,
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1909-03-04
DISHES THAT TEMPT
RECIPES FOR THOSE FOND OF
PIES AND CAKES.
Swedish Cookies, II New, Well Worth
reparine-Deliclous Spice Cake
Orange or Lemon In
Jar Gives Flavor.

Butternut Cake.--Two cups flour,
one cup brown sugar, one cup sour
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
The Pitt Diamond.

While Pitt, the grandfather Of Lord
Chatham, was governor Of Fort st.
George in 1903 he became acquainted
with a jewel merchant named Jam
ckund, who brought a diamond or
great size for sale He asked t3O.OUO
for It in the rough. 1t should, OF
course, have been bought on behalf of
the company, but Pitt, seeing money
in it, could not resist the temptation
Of making private bargain. He be-
came the possessor of the stone for
the sum of f2O,400, and he was quite
satisfied that he had behaved honor
ably when he paid the man, who on
his part was also content. But the
diamond was known to be worth more
than Jamchund had received, and the
transaction gave rise to good deal
of gossip, which in no way decreased
when later on Pitt had the stone cut
in England and sold it to the regent OF
France for 9135, 900. Even that enor-
nous sum did not represent its true
value The stone was set in the royal
crown of France. 1t weighed 4lO
carats in the rough, but the cutting re-
duced it to 1876 carats.-Mrs. Penney's
Fort st. George, Madras"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
A Tartar Courtship.

Among the Tchulian Tartars curt
GUS mode of popping the question"
exists. The Tchulian bachelor in
search Of a wife, having filled brand
new pipe with fragrant tobacco,
stealthily enters the dwelling of the
fair one upon whom he has bestowed
his affections, deposits the pipe upon
conspicuous article of furniture and
retires on tiptOe to some convenient
hiding place in the neighborhood, local
etiquette requiring that he should ex-
ecute this strategic movement appar-
emily undecided by the damsel of his
choice or any other member of her
family. Presently he returns without
further affectation of secrecy and looks
into the apartment in casual sort of
way. A single glance at the pipe he
left behind him enables him to learn
the fate of his proposal. If it has been
smoked he goes forth an accepted and
exultant bridegroom; if not, the offer
Of his hand and heart has been so IT.
revocably rejected as not to be even
worth pipe of tobacco.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
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METAL MONEY.
The Greeks Started Coming Long Be-
fore the Christian Era.

fore the Christian Era.
The invention Of coinage is due to
the Greeks, most probably to the bank
ers of Halicarnassos and adjacent
Asia Minor Greek colonies, who to-
ward the end OF the eighth century
B. c. began stamping the small gold
and electron ingots which passed
Q mark Of some sort intended to guar
antee the weight and purity Of the
metal. Such ingots very soon assumed
a round and more regular shape, which
we find already in the older silver
coins from Aegina, nearly contemporary
with the Asia Minor Oceans"
Curious to say, none of the surround
ing peoples with whom the Asiatic and
European Greeks were In constant
communication, political or CONNER
cial, took up the wonderful invention
which at present seems to us Of such
obvious necessity that we scarcely
realize how the civilized world of old
can ever have got on without 1t. AS
matter of fact. however, neither the
Phoenicfans, with their practical COM
mercial sense. nor the Lydians nor the
Persians, who claimed the supremacy
over the very cities where the new
currency was initiated, nor, Of course,
the Egyptians, ever had coinage till the
conQuests of Alexander disseminated
the Greek civilization all through the
eastern world.
The Romans came to know of it
through the Greek cities in Sicily and
Magma Graecia and began striking sill
yer coins toward the beginning of the
third century B.. c. In the meantime
with the Greeks die sinking, like ev-
| erything else, had fallen within the
domain of art, and their coins, above
all those struck during the fifth and
fourth centuries B. c. by the Dorians
Of Sicily at Syracuse and Agrigentum,
have never been equaled and remain
forever standard Of beauty for the
artist and model Of perfection for
the die sinker.-London Saturday Re
view
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
Pronunciation.

. DR.. johnson would not have consent
ed to pronounce wind" differently In
prose and In verse. He insisted upon
making the 81" long always. The story
goes that. In order to crush somebody
who preferred the short 'f' in ordi-
nary conversation, Johnson, rhyming
ALI threei words with timed" re-
marked, Il cannot find it in my mind
to call it wind, but'-rhyming all three
words with "blind''-"I can find it in
my mind to call it wind" But his ad-
versary got the better Of him. John
son himself always pronounced "gold'
as "goold." IF 1 may be 80 boold,"
said the other, II should like to. be
toold why you call it goOld."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
A, FAMOUS BANKNOTE.
The One That Cruikshank Drew and
the Crowds 1t Drew.

The One That cruikshank Drew and
the Crowds 1t Drew.
One day about the year 1918 George
Cruikshank was passing Newgate on
his way to the exchange when, seeing
a crowd collected, he went forward to
learn what, was the matter and saw
that 1t was the execution of several
men and women. He was Mortified at
the spectacle and on inquiring learned
passing counterfeit one pound notes.
He learned also that this punishment
was quite common thing. even
though the poor ;wretches often sinned
In ignorance being the dupes of men
who sent them to buy some trifies and
return the change to them. Wrung
with pity and with shame, Cruikshank
went home and Immediately, under the
inspiration of his feeling, sketched a
grotesQue caricature of banknote
He called it a bank restriction note
/ not to be initiated. He represented on
1t q place OF execution, with spaces
about filled in with halters and mana
cles, a figure OF Britannia devouring
her G hildFen, and transport ships. bear
ing the lucky or unlucky ones who had
! escaped death to Van Dieman's Land,
or, Australia: while in place Of the well
known signature OF Abraham Newland
was that Of 81. Ketch."
he had just finished this when his
publisher, Hone, entered and, seeing it,
begged to have 1t for publication. So
Cruikshank etched 1t and gave it to
Hone, who exhibited it for sale in his
window with. startling effect. Crowds
quickly began to gather and purchased
50 eagerly that the issue was soon ex-
hausted. ~
|. Cruikshanks was kept hard at work.
making more etchings., The crowds
grew 80 great that the street was
blocked, and the mayor had to send
soldiers to clear it. Hone realized over
f7OO in a few, days.-London Standard.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
Value Of Laughter.

"Having vainly tried many and vari-
GUS remedies to restore to health a
business man whom 1 know and who
had fallen into a morbid condition
owing to years of Overwork, famous
Baltimore physician at last persuaded
his patient to take a course Of funny
stories, one at each meal, with an ex-
ira two at dinner" said a Baltimore
man. "The patient, a solemn and
gloomy fellow, at first rebelled, but
finally, falling in with the idea, adopt
ed the course recommended and was
in the end restored to health, the eff
feet Of laughter being entirely to
change his mental and bodily condi-
ton. Laughter, in fact, is one of the
cheapest and most effective of medi-
cines, breaking up stagnation of mind
and body and sending healthy vibra-
ton through ones system. There is
very little the matter with the man
who can enjoy hearty laugh. Nash
vile Tennesseean.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
DISCUSSES FAILED.
Experiences Of Emperor Napoleon !. ~
Masked Bail.


Masked Ball.
The Emperor Napoleon ]. once an
nounced to his valet that he intended
on a certain evening going to ball at
the Italian embassy and requested
that complete costumes should be sent
in advance. The valet, Constant,
obeyed and attended his imperiOus mas
ter and commenced to dress him In q
manner which might, had the emperor
followed the Wallets advice, haye de-
fed detection. Constant had some
trouble with Napoleon over one or two
minor matters, but when it came to
changing his top boots for shoes the
emperor resolutely refused.
Going into the ballroom, Napoleon at
once relapsed into his accustomed at
titude and, wishing to engage lady
in conversation, approached her with
his hands behind his back. 10 his
first question she pcefaced her reply
with ''sire." Turning away abruptly,
he went back to his room and said:
You were right, Constant. I have
been recognized. Give me another cos
tune and shoes this time"
The valet redressed his master and
warned him to keep his hands at his
side. No sooner had he entered the
room the second time than once more
he relapsed into his natural attitude.
This time lady addressed him, "Sire,
you are recognized" Once more the
emperor left the room in disgust.
Returning to his room. Napoleon
was disguised for the third time. His
toilet complete. he went back to the
ballroom. which he entered as IL 1t
were a barrack room, pushing and
staggering He was at once detected,
and some one whispered to him,
''Your majesty is recognized" An
other disappointment and another
change, still with the same result, and
in the end the emperor left the en-
bassy convinced that it was tmpossi-
BILE to conceal his identity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

An Old Time Hoax That Caused a Riot
In a London Theatsr.

In 114S there appeared in the news
papers of London an advertisement
stating that on certain night re-
markable coniurer would. perform in
the Haymarket theater. He would, the
advertisement ran. borrow "a aconmon
walking cane from any member OF the
audience and t'thereupon play the mu-
sic of every instrument new in, use"
1t was also promised that he asw ould
take an ordinary wine bottie.a place it
on a table in the midd lea of the stage,
get into it Sin the sightwof all the
spectators, and sing while init. In
the same issue of the NEWSPAPER was
a second advertisement announcing
the arrival. Of Signor Capitello jun
pedo, "a surprising dwarf no taller
than a tobacco pipe. who engaged to
perform with and Guido the bottle con-
jurer," comforting himself ina all man
ner of shapes and finally Opening his
mouth wide and jumping down his
own throat This feat, not without
reason, Signor Jumpedo described as
the ''most wonderfulests wonder OF all
wonders as ever the world wondered
at"
The night set for this dual display
Of "wonderfulest wonders found the
theater packed from roof to pit. But
as the time passed and the curtain re-
manned down catcalls and Kisses be-
gan to be heard. Then man in the
pit stood up and in a calm voice an
nounced that if double prices were
paid the conjurer would get into q
pint instead of quart bottle. At once
the audience realized that they were
being hoaxed. Somebody threw q
lighted candle into a box, and this was
the signal for riot. Benches were
torn up and boxes pulled down, while
the timid rushed for the doors, with
great loss of wigs. hats, swords and
canes. Those who remained, r-e0-
forced by roughs from outside, com
pletely destroyed the interior OF the
theater and finished up by dragging
the scenery into the street. where It
was burned in a huge bonfire. NOT
was the author Of this imposture ever
discovered, although It was commonly
attributed either to an actor who bad
been discharged OF to q miSchtevonS
nobleman bent on winning q wager
New York Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
The Enu'S Kick,

An emu can kick as hard as any
donkey The bird stands on one leg
and with the other delivers at will
quick and generally very accurate
blow. Il never would have believed
that a bird had such power" says a
recent Australian traveller, "had l not
had ocular evidence of it during our
trip. After two or three of our men
suffered from the terrible kicks Of
these birds we did not venture near
them, but, after running our horses
until we got close enough. would bring
them down with our rifles. We killed
them for their feathers and also hunt
ed for their eggs, but we took good
care not to go within kicking distance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
Haunting Him.

1t was housekeeping time, and Mr.
Stub was removing the dusty pic
lures from the walls. The frames
slipped, the stepladder creaked omf-
nously, and the perspiratiOn rolled
from Mr. Stubb's brow. In the humor
to bite a nail in half, he turned and
discovered Mrs. Stub laughing.
That's itr' he roared as the step
ladder swayed. Laugh and show your
gold teeth"
And still she laughed
"Do you think there is anything
funny in my moving these pictures"
he spluttered in fiery tones.
mo, indeed, john" said Mrs. Stubb
soothingly; ''but, you know, you look so
funny it looks like a moving picture
show"
Then Mr.. Stub swallowed pint Of
dust and simply fumed. = Chicago
News
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
The Mathematical Problem.

Little Marion was busy at her 'home
work" After a great many perplexed
frowns and much nibbling at her pen
ell she looked up and said:
1.-THE only answer I can get to this
example is fave and threezfcuTtES
horses Do you s'pose that is right,
mamma" = Il.
swell, don't know" answered her
mother cautiously. cit sounds rather
queer"
A long pause; then the small sarith-
metician's face lit up with q smile,
'Oh, / know" she cried; ''I'n reduce
the -fourths horses to Jcolts!"-
Woman's Home Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
Wrong Diagnosis.

A song with the title There's Sigh
In the Heart" was sent by a young
man to his sweetheart, but the paper
fell into the hands of the girls father,
a very unsentimental physician, who
exclaimed:
"What wretched. unscienti6c stuff is
this? Who ever heard of such case"
He wrote on the outside:
mistaken diagnosis; no sigh in the
heart possible. Signs relate almost en-
tirely to the lungs and diaphragm"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
A Caustic Critic.

The Paris critic Martin once only
had taken his chocolate in a place
other than the Cafe Foy,s and he then
found it not good. This happened at
che Regence, and the young woman at
the desk, to whom he expressed his
displeasure, said: "You are the only
one to complain. All Of the gentlemen
Of the court who come here find it
good"
'They also say, perhaps, that you
are pretty" he replied slowly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
Lucky.

Little Walter was whispering into
the ear of his dog.
"What are you saying to Rover,
dearY' asked his mother.
"Oh, l was just telling him how
lucky he was" replied Walter, "'cause
he didn't have to have his neck washed
and his hair combed or go to school,
Chicago News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
Missed thu Name.

Guest of the Doctors Gate home
from the theater)-Hurry up, old chap,
and let me in. Absentminded Doctor
(who has forgotten all about his vis-
itor)-Who are you? Guest--Mr. Trane.
Doctor-Missed train. have your
Well, catch the next.-London Fun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
CefAnseless Man.

A woman writer in one Of the maya
zines says women are sacrificed. by
thousands in the name Of marriage.
Yes, but what about the dsfenseless
men who are each year torn from
their comfortable homes and dragged
to, the altar?-Columbia g. c. State.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
Wall Enouuh.

Didn't tell you to let well enough
aloneY said the doctor to the conva-
descent who had disobeyed and was
suffering a relapse.
Eyes, DOCTOR" whined the patient,
"but / wasn't we'll enough. Detroit
Free Press
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
An InfIiction.

"Your tickets were mplimentary,
were they note"
"Well," replied the man who had
seen a painfully amateur entertain
ment, II thought they were until l
saw the show"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
Passionate Fondnsss.

do you think that most people now
adays worship money!
"No;. won't go as Tar as that" an
swered the home grown Philosopher,
"but I will say that the love Of money
Is seldom platonic New Y ork Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
Ontimism.

"Eome .fsh ate the bait right or my
book" she said.
"Cheer up. He'll be all the bigger
when, you do catch him." he responded
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Express.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

In his better moments stormy Car
lyle used to say, Kindness is the sum
of life. the charm to captivate and the
sword with which to conquer"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
Social Progress.

'"The Pilters are getting on rapidly,
aren't theyY
Indeed, yes. They used to employ
a washerwoman, but now they have a
laundress." -Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
Whv He Is Solid.

"How can you tell he is solid with
the firm? Does he come in late and
go away early"
mo; he comes in early and goes
away e."-BuffalO Express.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

The swan Is the longest lived Of
birds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

The man who does not advertise sim
ply because his grandfather did not ought
to wear knee breeches and a queue.
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