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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24
IN LIEU OF ICE CREAM.

However men may talk Of rising SUI
perior to the pleasures Of the palate,
the desire of the individual on short
commons for something good to eat
with intrude itself in even the gravest
situations. That in time Of battle
ones thought may be occupied, not so
much with dread of the bullet as the
wistful recollections Of a generous
and tempting bill of fare, Is shown
by Frederick Palmer's experience, told
In With Kuroki in Manchuria." Mr..
Palmer and a fellow war correspond
emit had spent the night sleeping on
tie stalks of corn-f1eld.
When we awoke, the flashes Of the
Russian guns were playing. Drowsily
we rolled out Of our blankets with the
comprehension that the artillery fire
was going on, as it had yesterday, and
that we were hungry and there was
no breakfast in sight. Probably the
artillery fire would go on forever;
probably there were no soft beds and
no square meals anywhere In the
world.
AS we dressed, Collins broke in
with:
What l should like would be, first,
some grapes, all dewy, of the ice,
then =" but would not allow him to
go any further.
We had little rice and some cof-
fee. He boiled the rice and I made
the coffee, and I assure you we did
not ovsrtax our stomachs.
And after had topped off with
ice cream" said Collins, reminiscent
ly, II think I'd go to sleep with or
ders not to wake me-ever."
We had something that tasted as
good as ice cream to the diner-out in
town. A spring dubbed out of the
plowed earth, dubbed carelessly, cool
ly, from filter Of sandy loan, laugh
ing typhoid to scorn. When l looked
at it remember wondering how such
COOL water could come out Of a corn
field on such hot day.
If linen cloth, and spotless nap
kins, and Collins idea of a breakfast
had been realized, could not have
felt much happier than I was to have
my turn at this fountain of JOY. You
felt each swallow trickle down until
you were full to the throat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24
~ mW.V
PAPERS b 4r,p PEOPLF

the United States Our rate is twice that or SWtzer
land thrice that of France five times that of Ger
many.
The figures dissipate many false impressions
is often assumed that many couples separate prec1p
lately before they have given marriage fair trial. but
the average interval before separation exceeds six and
onehalf years. and is not diminishing Since more than
half the couples lived together above four years. while
in the majority of the duration OF marriage eX
ceeded it would be rash to srmse that peo
pie forming risky and unstable unions in full view
of their easy dissolution.
Nor is divorce usually sought in order to remarry
In Connecticut, during period Of years, the number
of divorced persons married about 40 per cent OF
the number divorced in the same time In Rhode
Island from 1889 to 1896 the proportion was only 70
per cent Remarriage is one Of those in which,
Dr. Johnson put it, hope trumphs over experience
and Is not at all certain that the rate for divorced
persons much exceeds that for widows and wtdowers
Of the Certainly the restrictions that many
States imposing remarrage do not seem to at
feet appreciably the divorce rate.-The Century.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24
used Telephone in Hunt.

Of all the thousands Of ways In
which the telephone contributes to the
needs and luxuries Of mankind, the
most remarkable one SO far recorded
is it's use as an auxiliary in hunting
coyotes.
Leroy Moreland, says the Gridley
(Colo.) Herald, of Gridley Colony No
8 saw a coyote sneaking up toward
his chicken Enclosure. He procured
his rife and shot at the animal, break.
ing his leg. The coyote is fairly MIN.
BILE in a getaway with only three legs
and this one was making good prog.
ress out of the cou1try, when Mr..
Moreland went to his house and tele.
phoned Harry Turner to pick up the
"varmint," as it was going his way.
Mr.. Turner had but one shell for his
shotgun and he used 1t without eff.
feet. He then telephoned to w. L.
Harkey that the animal was bound his
way and for him to get him Mr.. Har.
key shot the coyote and killed 1t.
The animal had evidently been driv.
en- out of the river bottom covers by
the high water and was forced to for.
aging In the open. This is the first
coyote seen by the settlers on the Col.
onies In several years
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24
TORE HIS SKIN OFF
In Shreds-Itching Was Intense
Sleep Was Often Impossible

In Shreds-Itching Was Intense
Sleep Was Often Impossible
Cured by Cuticura in Weeks.
"At first an eruption of small pns-
tules commenced on my hands. These.
spread later to other parts of my body,
and the itching at times was intense,
so much so that 1 literally tore the
skin off in shreds in seeking relief.
The awful itching interfered with my
work considerably, and also kept me
awake nights. l tried several doctors
and used a number of different ONT
ments and lotions, but received prac-
tically no benefit. Finally l settled
down to the use Of Cuticura Soap,
Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills,
with the result that in few days all
itching had ceased and in about three
weeks time all traces of my eruption
had disappeared. have had no trou-
BILE of this kind since. H. A. Kruts-
koff, STA Wabash Ave, Chicago, Ill.,
November Is and %, 1907"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props of Cuticura Remedies, Boston.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24
"THINKING" A FLOWER.
How Katherine ConsOled Her SICK
Friends without Expenditure.

How Katherine ConsOled Her Sick
Friends without Expenditure.
Dear Miss Katharine" said the
childish, uneven writing, "the mishun
school has sent me a Easter lily ana
it is in the window where l can see 1t
and I love it. I could not send you
any, but please l want to tell you that
1 thought you fiower-the butlfiest
white one you ever had. | thought 1t
to you before any one was awake this
morning. Your Little Friend,
"JANEY."
Katharine Sedgwick felt q mist be-
fore her eyes. All through the day be-
fore she had been girding at economy;
not economy in necessaries,-that was
easy,-but the sordid economy that de-
MED one the luxury of sending Easter
flowers to friends who were especially
needing comfort. Oh, for box of sill
yer dollars-kept sacred for flower-giv-
ing! There would be poetry in that
And now, from a little iron bed in
a charity hospital, a child who had
been perhaps three times in her mis-
sion-school class had sent her this bios
som-"the butifiest white one you ever
had"
That was year ago. Since then
Katha inc Sedgwick has given more
flowers to her friends than in all the
other years of her life together. Some
times she sends them in little white
envelopes; sometimes by telephone.
Only yesterday she called up a neigh
Dor whose three children are strug-
Cling UP from scarlet fever.
II want you to know that I'm think
ing you two dozen pinkroses, she said,
after hearing the daily bulletin from
the patients. They're on the mantel
in your room, reflected in the mirror.
And there's a bunch of violets for that
darling little Priscilla right on the
white stand by the head of her bed,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24
BUFFFAL0ES GUIDED THEM.
Instinct That Supplied Chart to Plains
men in Texas.

Col. Charles Goodnight, the plainsman,
who has been experimenting with cross
ing cattle with buffalo upon his big
ranch near here, was riding over one of
his pastures the other day accompanied
by visitors.
THE buffalo possesses some mys-
ferrous traits of character" Col. Good
night said. ''In the early days it was
common thing for frontiersmen to make
their way across the plains without the
aid of a compass.
IF the sun was shining one would say
that trip of that kind would not be
difficult; but suppose the day was cloudy
and there was no landmark by which
the traveller might take his course. How
ascertain the direction under such cir
cumStanceS!
Scattered about over the prairies and
along the watercourses are small clumps
of trees. All traveller had to do when
he got lost was to hunt up tree and
observe which side had been rubbed by
buffaloes
ut is a remarkable and unexplained
fact that buffalo always rubs tree on
it's south side. In all my experience
with the animals | have never seen one
of them rub the north side of tree. In
the early days there was not "a tree
upon the plains that did not pear lne
marks of buffalo rubbing and these signs
were always on the south side. Why
one of these animals will not rub the
north, east or west side of tree l am
unable to explain.
''The buffalo is much better
weather prognosticator than the weather,
bureau. / am able to tell several days
in advance from their antics that a
change in the weather is impending.
They seem to be able to tell far in adj
vance when a norther is going to sweep
down upon Them
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

it. Before / had taken one boJtle l
was better, and now I am completNe4l ley
cured. LENA V. HENRY, Route NO.
8, Adrian, Ga.
an operation or drag out a s ae Ky
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the ioy of living, when they
can find 6 health IN in Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?
For thirty years it has been EEL the
standard remedy for female MS anu
has cured thousands of women VINO iS
have been troubled with such al, all
ments as displacements, Inflammation lat e n,
liberation broid tpmors sn lrr iggdiges-
ties, periodic pains, DackaaG; nn
II you have the slightest DOUBT DOUBT
that Lydia T.. Pinkhams s1sU
table compound will help st : y you,
write to IN Mrs sd Finsn1Y Your letter
MAJ he i9 absolutely confidential,
and the advice free.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24
Is Cheap Denatured Alcohol at Hand?

An inventor of Seattle has come to
the front with device which he claims
will solve the problem of cheap dena-
tured alcohol. The Daily Times of that
city prints a picture of the contrivance,
which is a special still for the production
of what is known as proof" spirits. 1t
is explained that this still makes proof
spirits by the first distillation, while by
the process now in vogue only one-third
of the percentage of purity is achieved
through the first distillation.
1t is claimed for this special still that
it can proftably utilize anything contain
ing starch or sugar. As most of the
waste products of the farm contain these
necessary elements, the inventor declares
that when his still is generally intro
duced farmers can better afford to feed
their cattle with hay than with corn
stalks, because the latter can be more
proftably utilized in the manufacture of
alcohol, which he says can be produced
at the low cost of eleven cents gallon.
The apparatus is quite simple, and as
the inventor states that it is also low
priced, the day may be at hand for a
realization of the rosy expectations of
those who advocated the enactment of
the law which abolished the tax on alco-
mol denatured for commercial use.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24
Brain and Muscle.

The superintendent of factory went
into the storehouse one day and saw the
storekeeper tugging away at big case
of goods. His face was red ana the mus
cles of his neck were bullying out.
Hold on there, jack cried the super
intendent; ''allow me to demonstrate to
you the power of brain over muscle"
He then grabbed book that was on a
shelf and stuck it into the case, and, Civ
ing it quick jerk, he fell backward into
a pile Of rubbish. He arose as graceful
ly as he could, saying to the storekeeper,
BLAINE it. the handle was loose!"
Eyes, sir" replied Jack; that's why r
didn't use it"-Lippincott's.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

and dozen red carnations for each Of
the twins. The carnations are on the
chiffonier. Dear! How | wish ]
could make them all come true!"
Come true!" was the echo, for the
neighbor to whom she spoke is WON.
an who understands. BLESS your
heart! I can see them everywhere,
and this house is full of their fra.
GRANGE. Child, there isn't conserva.
tory that can grow thing to com.
pare with the blossoms Of remem.
brance you're always sending
Youths Companion. :.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

DIR. X. Saito, director of the AOjama
hospital for the insane in Toxic, de-
clared to New York reporter, the other
Gay, that civilization is bringing insanity
1to the Island Kingdom. Fifty years
go,'' he said, insanity in Japan was
very rare. Thirty years ago it began to
increase, and after the Chino-J japanese
war there was further increase. The
increase was even more marked after tbs
war with Russia" This is testimony of
interest to alienists, as Japan has been
revolutionized in character during the
past half century, and the struggle for
existence has undoubtedly been made
more keen by the adoption of new habits
in social life. The Jap of today would
probably starve on an income that only
a few years ago would have permitted
him to live in comfort under his own
cherry tree.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24
THE FLORIDA STINGAREE.
A Terror of Fishermen and Bathers That
Hides in the Sand

".
The stingaree is the terror of the south
Florida fishermen who work with their
nets in the shadows of bayous and in
let's, while the cry Of "Stingareer' will
cause more fear among bathers than a
RATHER could on dry land.
The stingaree is square shaped mem
Der of the ray family, with a head not
much to look at ON one corner, and on
the diagonal corner its weapon, the wick
eldest kind of TAIL The other two corn
ers flap it along with a wavy motion
only to be compared to the opening
waves of Loie Fuller's old butterfly dance
while she was warming up.
The beast scoops out hole just deep
enough so that when it is in it its back
is nearly level with the sandy bottom.
AS the young are almost sand colored on
top they are not easily distinguished.
Step on a stringaree and up over its
back comes that tail striking like sti-
letto. A stab thus inflicted in the foot
will continue to burn up along the leg
to the hip. Owing to the depth and pc
culiar shape of the wound it is difficult
to cleanse and heal. Fishermen have
been laid up for months with such a
wound.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

els dealing with the affairs Of people quite common
place in every respect that of human interest or
moral passion, gradually felt in the sphere of the
drama The pedestrian realism and middle-class pre-
occupations of Richardson, Of Fielding of Rousseau
set I'D movement in fiction which first met acceptance
in the at the hands Of Diderot and found fur
Their and higher development through the instrumental
ty Of Dumas ls Augier Ibsen, Bjornsen and the mod
ern school Of playwrights.
The anecdotes and adventures which constitute the
material Of the earlier drama lost their hold upon
the modern world because they longer furnish
that thrill Of immediate actuality that vital interest
of contemporaneous circumstance, which live only In
the atmosphere Of today.-North American Review.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

In the Hams murder case the denial
OF new trial and the sentence Of Capt.
Peter T. Hams, Jr., to Imprisonment
for an indeterminate period of not less
than eight nor more than sixteen years
at hard labor in the state prison are in
accordance with the finding of the jury
convicting the prisoner OF nanslaughter
in the first degree. This outcome is
also in accordance with the general con-
clusion of the public which has read The
testimony in the case.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

The Cuban House of Representatives
will authorize the establishment of lot
terry with three drawings month, which
is expected to yield the government an
income of between $1,0O0OO0 and ST.
100000 a year. The Cubans have a
right to fool away their time and money
in the effort to get rich by buying lot
terry tickets, but under the law the enter
prise will have no leave to do business
through the postoffice of the United
States.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

A judicial decision of interest to Wom-
en- was handed down at Oakland, Cali
fornia, in a personal injury suit against
a street railway company. A woman
who was injured by severe fall caused
by the catching of her heel on the car
step had her case thrown out of court on
the ground of contributory negligence,
because she wore ultra high-heeled shoes
at the time of the occurrence. Small
heels are liable to ct caught on projec-
tons over which broader heels can pass
without trouble.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

Th2n q minute at d
time. My doctor
said an operation
w a S the only
chance / had, and
I dreaded it almost
as much as death.
One day | was
reading how other
women had been
cured by Lydia E.
.Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound,
and decided to try
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

Rear Admiral Sigsbee's recommended
ton that the wreck of the battleship
Maine be removed from Havana harbor
with dynamite is practical, and coming
from the man who had command of the
ship when she was blown up it will sway
a good many who have been advocating
All expensive task of wrecking for pure
" sentimental reasons. 1t is doubtful
whether raising and docking of the
twisted hull would furnish evidence that
would clear away existent doubt as to
the real cause of the explosion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

The early references to the Queen OF
Hollands little heir as the princess Of
Orange were incorrect. According to
the constitution of the kingdom, it ap-
pears that title can be used only by the
consOrt of the Prince of Orange. The
royal infant is called Juliana after an
illustrious ancestress- Juliana, Countess
of Stolberg, wife of William of Nassau
Dillenberg, who was the mother of the
five brothers, William the Silent among
them, who helped to free Holland from
the Spanish yoke.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24
SOLVED.

Each May we've moved from fat to fat,
But now We'll have no more of that.
Each May we've suffered and endured,
But now that annual i'll is cured.
We've hit upon a splendid plan
We've settled in the moving van!
Wilbur d. NeSbit in Chicago Evening Post
$500
Mary's Little Hen.
Mary had little hen
Upon her little farm.
Against the wolf before the door,
1t proved to be a charm.
Each day it laid a little egg,
Which Mary sold at town,
And thus she bought her groceries,
And now and then gown.
The years passed. and Mary paid
The little mortgage due,
And sent her giEl to boarding school,
Her boy to college, too.
She has a nest egg in the bank.
And even keeps a cook,
And everything about her has
thrifty, wellkept look.
Says she, to those who daily fail
With needle, brush and pen:
eff you would do as we'll as /,
Just keep little hem
daisy Field in report of Kansas Board OF
Agriculture.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

The Gar of Russia has performed a
good deed in ordering the release Of Gen.
Stoessel and Rear Admiral Nebogatoff
from confinement in the fortress of St.
Peter and st. Paul, to which they had
been sentenced by court martial. The
court martial was ravenous for victims.
Stoessel and Nebogaton were like goats
sent into the wilderness to satisfy de-
mand that something should be done to
appease the chagrin of defeat. The Gear
evidently realizes that they have been
harshly dealt with, and under the cir
cumstances his exercise of clemency is
a humane and righteous act.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers

If true, the statement of Nathan
Strauss that consumption is making gains
in New York, in spite of the anti-tuber-
culosis campaign is important. But is
it true? 1t will be interesting to hear
what the doctors and the official statis-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

Frank Holten, city treasurer OF East
st. Louis, found rats turning on the gas
in his kitchen range, when he got up
early in the morning to discover the rea-
son of a suffocating odor in the house
that had disturbed his family. This is a
new count in the Indictment against the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

-Scipio Africans was one of the
greatest soldiers. save julius Caesar, in
Roman history. He defeated Hannibal
and his Carthaginians at Zama, a city
of Carthage. on October 10, in the year
202 B. c., and gave to Rome the ascen-
dancy over the then known world
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

Seven millions of gold has been
shipped this week from New York to
Paris, Rotterdam and South America.
This is more than the total for the
month of April. New York's loss Of
gold since January 1 has aggregated
S6O,OOOOOO. There are those who pre-
dict tight money in Wall street later
in the year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24
MODERN DRAMA REFLECTS LIFE.
By Prof Archibald Henderson.

The drama typical of our day is bourgeois
in character, dealing with the thoughts and
passions the loves and hates, the comedies
and tragedies Of the sort Of people we meet
every day on the street They are people
with like passions as ourselves and the in
cidents of their lives are constantly being re-
produced around us In real life.
The Influence of the first truly realistic nov
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

The success of a wireless transmission
experiment at Omaha, where four thou
sand lamps at the Electrical Show were
lighted for four hours by a current sent
to them without wires is something to
cause uneasiness among the holders of
shares in electric lighting companies, and
carry a feeling of satisfaction to munic-
qualities which have refused to be tempt
ed into street lighting ventures.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

A man who was found lying on his
back in Central park, New York, and
endeavoring to catch electric currents
from the sun and moon was arrested
and taken to Bellevue hospital for OBJ
servation by alienists. The scientists
who are striving to signal the inhabi-
tants of Mars should take warning from
this incident and give New York city ''a
wide BERTH"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

"A French company, Clement Bayard,
was the first to go into the sole business
of building airships, and the second con-
Germ of this character is to be in the
United States.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24
ticians say,

The ice fields of Newfoundland which
are troubling steamers and sending some
of them limping into port, doubtless IN
clude a sprinkling of icebergs. This
spring experience is what makes the st.
Lawrence route so uninviting for passen-
ger travel.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy.
Compounded by Experienced Physicians.
Conforms to Pure Food and Drug Laws.
Murine Doesn't Smart; Soothes Eye Pain.
Try Murine in Your Eyes. Ask Your Druggist.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24

The women of Paris have discovered
a new method of stimulation in the tea.
cigaret To make one about as much.
tea is required as would make two
strong cups of tea.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24
Can You Beat It!

She--I always begin novel in the
middle.
He-Why do you do that?
She-Then / have two problems to get
excited overflow the story will end and
how it will begin.-Boston Transcript.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24
Corrected by His wife.

Hubby (modestly)-I was taken by
surprise when you accepted me.
WHEY (sarcastically) Us that SO?
You were taken by mistake, if any
thing.-Kansas City Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-06-24
OPERATION
HER ONLY
CHANCE
Was Cured by LydiaE Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound

Adrian, Ga. -"I suffered untold
misery from a female weakness and
disease. and I could not stand more