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gether whenever possible. Mr.. Glenn
ons was on his way to call on Mr..
Rogers when he learned Of his death
and was so overcome that he could
barely express his grief
Henry H. Rogers was man of
striking and contradictory characteris-
tics. He was a tremendous worker
and all his life it was his habit to be
up by $3.50 or o'clock in the morning.
He was devoted friend to those
whom he liked and an implacable enc
my to those who saw fit to fight him.
He was at once man of tenderness
and a man Of steel. On Wall street
he was adamant; at home and among
his friends he was genial warm-heart-
ed, lovable. His intimate friends were
drawn from two extremes of life. The
brilliance of Mark Twain and the late
Tom Reed was his delight. To them
he showed side of makeup that few
others outside Of his family appre-
ciated. On the other hand, there have
been for years in Fairhaven natives
who would never speak to him except
as Hen" They were his intimate
friends also, each in his own way, and
they saw side of the man that Wall
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JUGGLING NAMES IN KANSAS.
Ruling of Attorney General Out There
of Interest to the Married.


The attorney general of Kansas has
raised question of some social interest
by rendering an opinion that a married
woman does not have to take the name
of her husband unless she chooses, that
a husband may take the name of his wife
if he sees fit, or that both may change
their names without even resorting to
the courts or the Legislature In short,
says the Indianapolis News, he holds that
the whole matter is regulated by custom
and not by law. The change of name
on marriage, like the change of title from
Miss to Mrs., has come about through
custom and convenience. The words
Miss and Mrs. are both authorizations
of mistress which originally was ap-
piled Unfortunately to a married or AN
unmarried woman. The distinction be-
tween Miss and Mrs is of comparatively
modern origin. AS for the change Of
name at marriage, in some states the
courts have held that married woman
may continue to employ her maiden name
in business if she wishes to do so. with
out incurring any moral or legal censure
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-17

Afrfca's Second Story Worker with
the Long Distance Neck.
The giraffe is the second story work.
er of the animal kingdom. 1t Is a
merger Of the zebra and the camel and
Is also distant relative of the palm
tree. The giraffe consists of eight feet
Of neck equipped with a body at one
matter of neck it has all the rest Of
the animal kingdom beaten by a
length. The giraffe's mouth is located
so far from its stomach that 1t has to
eat to-day to appease to-morrow's ap-
petite. Many giraffe has starved to
death while the first meal 1t had eaten
for two weeks was slowly travelling its
transcontinental esophagus.
The giraffe looks as If 1t had start.
ed out to be zebra, but, having reach.
ed the shoulders, had kept on going.
It Is very dark In color, marked by
yellowish brown stripes In handsome
linoleum pattern. 1t lives on tree tops.
eagles nests and rainb0ws. During the
Boer war the British army had some
difficulty with giraffes, which formed
Q great liking for war balloons and
frequently nibbled them during their
flight In order to inhale the gas.
Why does the giraffe have a long
distance neck? Persons given to the
use of common sense will realize that
Africa Is rich in insect life as we'll as
animal life and that all African ami
mails carry innumerable parasites on
their hides. The giraffe's head Is so
far from his body that long neck Is
absolutely necessary in order that he
may reach down and grab of a tick
from his fetlock when necessary. Even
a child could see this.-Collier's Week.
ly.
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Vienna,s Plague of Pigeons.

Vienna is suffering from too many
pigeons and the authorities are at loss
to know what to do to mitigate the nui--
sance. The birds, which number some
thousands, have privileged existence;
nobody molests them in any wayAso that
they flourish and increase rapidly. Re-
Gently SO many complaints have been re-
ceived from house owners of the dirty
condition of the facades of buildings
caused by the pigeons that the Vienna
magistracy decided something must be
done to reduce the number. In their
perplexity the magistracy appealed to
the Vienna Society for the Protection of
Animals to aid them in a legal slaughter
of the offending birds, always having re-
gard, however, to the provisions of the
new birds protection law. The society
answered that it would be hardly con-
sistent with their principles of friendli-~
ness toward animals to engage in mas
sacre of pigeons, and therefore they must
reject the official appeal. The magistracy
are now wrestling with the problem
alone. Perhaps the unemployed of
Vienna might help them.-Vienna Dis
match to The Pail Mall Gazette.
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Joseph c. Mott. but her parents Sc
cured a divorce for her and later she
became Mrs. Coe.
Mr.. Rogers wealth Is estimated at
from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000. He
was exceedingly generous in his benev-
olences and had devoted at least 3d.
100000 to making Fairhaven a city
beautiful. His summer estate has long
been recognized as one of the show
places of America. Among his gifts to
Fairhaven were a grammar school, a
library, a town hall building, a Ma
sonic building, a magnificent Unita-
rian church, parish house and parson-
age. He also purchased a mosquito
infested swamp, filled 1t In, converted
1t into a park and gave 1t to the city
Chiefly at his own expense he macad-
amized every street in town, placed
walks at all crossings, curbed all the
sidewalks and paved the cutters.
Mr.. Rogers was recognized as the
closest friend Of Samuel L. Clemens
mark Twain. and the two were to-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-17
What Willie Wanted.

An atmosphere of solemn grandeur
pervaded the church. The choristers in
their somber robes had just finished the
Te Deum, and the clergyman in reyerent
tones was informing the Litany. It was
the little boys first Sunday in church.
Say, pop" His voice took ON the
sibilant hiss of stage whisper.
'Sh-h-h-h!' came an equally sibilant,
if more cautious, whisper from his par
ent.
.'But, pop. 1 want to ask you some
thing, pop"
willie, remember where"
But, pop, what"
willie, if you
Pop, / only want
It'll take you right"
but, pop"
There was hasty gathering of hats
and coats, and as the pair wended their
way down the aisle shrill voice was
heard exclaiming:
'Boo-hoo-hoo! I only wanted to ask
you what was the feminine gender of
hymnalv'-New York Times.
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go WTEsH2
PAPERS 3 7Hp PEOPLE

ond to Great Britain in the output of iron and Steel
To-day output equals all the rest of the world we
live well and have happy homes filled with comforts
and luxuries. Yet saving people
We have in savings banks $3,50000O.OOO, IN natonal
banks 81 SEQ 100000 and State banks $4,000 600
in ALL $4,000 100000 The per capita OF money IN the
country is larger than in other save one France,
and amounts to $35 for each of 80OOO0OO people
The business of the country amounts to over $3OOO
600 600 annually How do we do such monstrous
business which is also profitable? 1t is because we
have in ourselves and the other nations or
the globe have confidence in us.-Leslies weekly.
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shorn head on the pillow. His dull,
fevered eyes met Emily's. He had not
recognized anyone all day, but he knew
his wife. :Emily!" he whispered.
Emily drew his head close to her face
and kissed him passionately.
"Stephen, I've come back to you. For
give me--forgive me-say that you for
give me-
'It's all right, my girl" he said feebly.
She buried her face in the pillow be-
side his with a sob.
In the wan, gray light of the autumn
dawn the old doctor came to the bed
side and lifted Emily to her feet. She
had not stirred the whole night. Now
she raised her white face with dumb
pleading in her eyes, The doctor glanced
at the sleeping man on the bed.
"Your husband will live, Mrs. Fair, .
he said, gently. Il think your coming
saved him. His joy turned the ebbing
tide in favor of life"
THANK God!" said Emily Fair.-L. NJ.
Montgomery in the Springfield Repub-
lican.
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Bold Chinese Brigands.

Whole districts in the province of XII
angsu are reported to be terrorized by
brigands. East of Yaowan, on the Grand
Canal. close on 100 cases of kidnapping
have occurred during the last winter.
Scholars on the road to school, rich men
and even men worth only $50 or 500,
have been caught and held for ransom.
The prices paid have ranged from 500
to $1,000. Schools are being closed, and
men are afraid to go from home In
Pichow the conditions are said to be
worse. Recently man who was acting
as a spy on the robbers was found by
the roadside with his heart cut out. The
hrigands have established a regular tar
iff of blackmail. While the supineness of
the authorities is largely responsible,
their difficulties are increased by the fact
that the people compound with the rob-,
bers and agree not to report and prose-
cute on the promise of immunity.-l.on
don Telegraph.
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NO TIPS IN FINLAND.
Maids Surprise on Receiving Money
from Mistress Guests.

A country where there are no tips and
where small services are rendered to the
stranger without hope of reward, would
seem hard to find-yet such a country is
Finland.
So far the tourist has not appeared in
any great numbers, and consequently the
commercial spirit which his advent al
ways marks has been absent AS an ey-
ample of this, Nine. Aino Malmberg, a
Finnish lady, who is paying a visit to-
this country, tells an amusing story.
Two English friends whom she had met
while over here had been staying with
her at her house in Helsingfors, and on
leaving gave the maid tip.
She was very much astonished and did
not know what it meant. Seeing Nine
Malmberg's son coming downstairs, she.
ran to him and said, 'They gave me
money. Did they give you any?' Hear
ing that they had not done so, she was.
much mystifed. II cannot understand
why they should give it to me and not
to you, when they know you much better
than me-" was her perplexed comment on.
the incident.-LondOn Post.
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WESTON ocEAN-To-0CEAN WALKER,

Said recently: when you feel down
and out, feel there is no use living. JUST
take your bad thoughts with you ano
walk them off. Before you have walked
a mile things will look roster. Just try
it," Have you noticed the increase In
walking of late in every community!
Many attribute it to the comfort wnicn
Aliens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder
to be shaken into the shoes, gives to tn, the
no,lIions now using it, AS Weston has
sa;a ssT+ has real merit" 1t cures tired,
aching i feet while you walk. $4,000 testi..
mnnials Order a CSC. package to-day OF
any Druggist and be ready to forget you
Enot-Eo.. sent FREE. Address Alleni
s. Olmsted, LIE Roy. n. Z.
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er trees, diseased and killed nearly all
it's inhabitants, which, when at last they
We're grubbed up, became very healthy
and, wholesome place."
Cattle scarcely touch the elder, and the
mole is driven away by the scent. Cart
ers often placed branches on their
horses heads to keep off flies. Nothing
will grow well in the company of the
elder. and when it has been removed
and all its roots carefully grubbed UP it
is some few years before the ground be-
comes perfectly sweet and good for any
thing.
The berries, besides feeding the birds,
make excellent country wine, delicious
with soda water in summer or taken hot
in winter. The wood is particularly good
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-17
APPLE BLOSSOM WEATHER.

1t is apple blossom weather,
Just the fragrant, vagrant kind,
Petals like ring doves feather
Drifting down the wind.
Sunny, sunny, oh, how sunny!
(Set the golden cup TO lipD
Honey bees are boarding honey,
You can almost hear it drip.
1t is apple blossom weather
((Boles a-thrill from tip to rooJ),
With no thralling gyve or tether
For the gypsy foot!
Thrushed tuning, fnches twitting,
Bluebirds breathing liquid vows,
And the oriole a-fiitting
Like a flame amid the boughs.
1t is apple blossom weather,
Let us share it, you and l,
Farihg forth affair together
Underneath the sky.
Sloughing every wintry burden
("Joy," the winds and waters s1ng)
Garnering-O precious guerdon.-
All the glamour of the spring.
Clinton Scotland in New York Sun.
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THE PASSING OF H. II. ROGERS.

Former Grocery Boy of Fatrhaven,
Mass, Who Became q Money King.
The death of Henry Huttleston Rog-
ers, multi-millionaire and Standard
OIL magnate, came as shock to the
men of the financial world. Mr.. Rog-
ers died of apoplexy, an ending which
he had reason to anticipate, for nearly
two years ago he had suffered from
stroke which compelled temporary
retirement from business activities.
Henry H. Rogers was a native OF
Mattapoisett, Mass, and was 60 years
of age when death brought to a close
his marvellous career. AS boy he
attended school In Fairhaven, Mass,
where his father was grocer-a town
which years afterward was the recip-
lent of his financial favor In many
ways. He began his business career
selling newspapers and driving a de-
livery wagon for his father. Then he
worked as a clerk in New Bedford for
So a week. After five years he became
a railroad brakeman and baggageman
at $1.16 per day. Shortly after reach
ing his majority he went with his
young wife to the Pennsylvania oil
country, taking with him his savings
of $780, There he came into contact
with that group of Oil City boys many
of whom later were to be numbered
among the financial kings of America.
In 1866, after five years in the oil
fields, he went to Brooklyn as partner
in the firm conducting the Charles
Pratt Oil Works.
In Standard OIL.
In 1874 the union Of the chief oil
refiners In New York, Philadelphia,
Cleveland and Pittsburg brought into
existence the Standard Oil Company
and Rogers was in on the ground floor.
Second only to John D. Rockefeller,
he was responsible for the remark
able success of that organization and
second only to him he reaped the
greatest financial reward.
Two great ideas Mr.. Rogers contrib
uted to the development Of the oil
business. He invented the machinery
ny WHICH udputud WdS uISI buCCSSS-
fully separated from the crude OIL,
thus making the way for all that has
been done since in the use Of naphtha
and its kindred products, and making
the handling and use Of the residual
oil far safer than it had even been
before because the volatile constituent
had been removed.
OF late years Mr.. Rogers, with Will
lam Rockefeller, left the matter Of oil
production and distribution with 9TH
ers, and devoted himself to the man.
agement of the many millions Of dol
larse which make the Standard Oil
Company one Of the great financial
powers of the world.
Mr.. Rogers first wife was Libbie T.
Quilford, of Fairhaven, Mass. She
died fourteen years ago and year
later he married Emma Augusta Ran
dali, daughter Of the head of big
diamond firm, and former wife Of Luz
cius R. Hart, whom she had divorced.
His wife and four children survive
him. His children are: Henry H.
Rogers, Jr.; Mrs. w. Benjamin, Mrs.
Urban H. Broughton and Mrs. William
r. Coe. The youngest daughter, Mae,
at the age of II, eloped in 1893 with
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The B T. b G.

The Berlin railway station, porters,
well known to travellers by their white
tunics, have formed themselves for mu--
tual protection into a limited liability
company, which bears the proud title of
Bahnamtlich Zugelassene Berliner Ge--
erungsgenossenschaft NIT
Beschra enkter Haftung. Should the call.
for an official of the society not trip
readily off the tongue, nervous travellers
will be relieved to ohear that the Ber-
liners themselves find the name rather
cumbersome and that the organization
is nopularly known as the B. =. B. q.
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Wedding Month in Germany.

In Germany the month of April is the
chosen time for weddings. One must,
however, be careful to select lucky
day for the event. The lucky days, SO
say those who know, are the second,
fourth, twelfth and twenty-second. The
unlucky DAYS are the seventh, eighth,
tenth. sixteenth and twenty-frst.-Birm-
ingham Age Herald.
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we're dull pain in the right side ana
back that troubled me great deal
and 1 had frequent headaches ana
dizzy spells. Doans Kidney Pills re-
lieved me at once, however, and nave
made me better in every way"
Sold by all dealers. so cents poX'-
Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo. n. I.
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Some people think the fact that
Meredith left instructions for the crema-
ton Of his remains accounts for the re-
fusal of the Dean of Westminster to
grant the novelist the honor of tomb
in Westminster Abbey. But it is more
likely that some of the radical poll
cies he advocated supplied the real
cause of objection. 1t is not so very
long since Meredith startled his country
men with his proposal of trial mar
riages." The English church, which is
almost as rigid as the Catholic
Church in its insistence on the indis-
solubility of the marital union, could not
consistently sanction a proposition so
revolutionary as that. Lord Nelson
killed in battle at the height of his fame,
and beloved by his eountrymen as che
greatest naval hero in the history OF the
world, was denied the honor of inter-
ment in Westminster Abbey because of
the scandal associating his name with
that of Lady Hamilton.
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Gov. Hughes of New York has signed
a bill which provides that 'any chauffeur
or other person who, without the con-
sent of the owner, shall take from a gar
age or other place an automobile or mo-
tor vehicle and operate the same for his
own profit, steals the same and is guilty
of larceny This declaratory statute
ought to put an end to ''joy riding" and
if it does, it ought to be adopted by ev-
cry state in the union.
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WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers

The receivers report of the finances
of Tracy & Co., the collapsed brokerage
firm, ought to go far to cure lambs OF
the costly habit of speculation. There
is convincing evidence that there is
nothing in the business for the lamb but
To lose his fleece
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times out or ten, IL
is due to sick kid
neys. The only way
to find relief is to-
cure the Kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills,
have given sound,
strong backs to-
thousands of men
and women.
Mrs. L. Spicer,.
3O4 S. Seventh ST.
De Kalb, ILL.,, says:
"There was a Sc
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The London Punch has discovered
another centenary, neglected by the COM
pliers of the list for 19O9-the centenary
of the death of Daniel Lambert. Dan
iel Lambert, it must be admitted, was a
good deal of a fellow. He died in 1909;
age, 40; weight 739 pounds.
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THE WITCHES TREE.
Superstitions Regarding the Influence of
the Elder.

Country people speak of the elder tree
as 1.-THE witches tree" and planted it
near farm buildings and dairies to keep
off witches. They also say that the roots
should never come near a well. still less
grow into it, or the water will be spoiled.
Evelyn's opinion was also unfavorable.
He says: Il do by no means commend
the scent of it, which is very noxious to
the air.
1--WE learn from Biesius that certain
house in Spain, seated among many eld-
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The people in England who have been
seeing German airships at night have a
sense of vision as acutely developed as
was that of the people in Boston who
heard the firing of an invading fleet
threatening the coast of the United
States during the war with Spain.
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At what age does the devil develop
in boy? We saw a 4-year-old boy
splitting on another boys shoes this
morning, because they had just been
shined.
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been spent for coaing this feet alone What benefit
has the received from that expenditure? Over IS
per cent of this counrys due to the army
and navy. In 1907 the spent in this way totaled
1855 900 000-the largest sum spent by any nation.
There never has been nation that built great army
or navy but that got into war. Peace born Of force
IL only temporary. Not until all nations settle their
differences by arbitration will the world enjoy
Ieslie's Weekly.
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A Distinction.

Post-I don't see the difference be-
tween playing bridge for prizes and
gambling for money.
Parker-There's a lot. When you play
for money you get something worth hav-
ing.-Bohemian.
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An impending Calamity.

Miss Smith-You must remember that
children have their uses, if only to per-
petuate your name. Now, when /! ole,
I'm afraid the name of Smith will die
with me-The Sketch.
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School children OF Liege, Belgium,
had on deposit in the school children's:
savings banks last July the sum of
S71,77S.
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Government scientists who have been
measuring them say raindrops vary in
size from the merest speck of water to-
2 inches in diameter.
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FLEETS TRIP MONEY WASTED.
BY Justice Brewer.

The assertion that the best way to preserve
peace is to build up great navy and army
shows an ignorance of history. The trip OF
the fleet around the world, as boastful show
of our naval strength, has been nothing but
q waste of money.
After all its folly, its influence on the
Orient has not brought peace one day nearer.
Over five millions of the peoples money has
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for skewers. and the curious jews red
fungus grows on elder stumps. A spe-
cies of elder in the Tyrol is covered with
beautiful scarlet berries. Selborne's
Magazine.
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best and sincerest compliment ever paid you we u"e
greatly upon what parents teach their children but we
to record in equal detail on the opposite side of
the ledger what our children teach
Tt would be difficult to which side the balance
would be found to fall The child is not merely the
ideal pupil but also the greatest teacher In the world
The lessons that learn from him. If we approach
him with proper humility, the most valuable part
of our observation-disclosures Magazine.
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LEARNING FROM THE CHILDREN.
By Woods Hutchinson.

Treat the child more as an equal-not as
hopeless inferior. There isn't so much need
of coming down to his level as OF giving him
ap opportunity to come up to yours-which
will not require such frightful effort on his
part as you sometimes imagine. II you can
get child to recognize and treat you as his
equal you will have gained the highest posi-
ton of influence over him and earned the
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Advertise in this paper, and make your
wants known to your home people, and
stimulate enterprise in our vicinity.