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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
How ROYAL Ladies Propose.

When a reigning queen is to be mar
ried, she must be the one to breach the
subject first to her future consort. The
same rule holds good with regard to all
royal ladies who marry commoners
Queen Victoria has told how she man
aged to "ppt the question to Prince AL
bert--how she first showed him Windsor
and it's beauties, and the distant land
scape, and then said: "All this may be
yours" The Queen of Holland, on like
occasion, simply sent sprig of white
heather, begging Prince Henry to look
out its meaning in a book of flowers
and their meanings. The Duchess of Ar
gyll took the following means of pro-
posing to the Marquis of Lorne: She was
about to attend a state ball, and gave it
out that she would choose as her part
ner for the first dance the man she in
tended to honor. She selected the mar
auis, who subsequently became her hus-
band.
But perhaps the most interesting of
all ways chosen was that of the Duchess
of Fife. She took the earl, as he then
was, to drawer and showed him its
contents. There he saw a number OF
trifies he had given her at different times,
including sprigs of several kinds of flow
ers, now dead, he picked for her at diff
ferent times. He was much impressed
at the sight, nor did it require words on
her part to make her meaning plain
Western Scout.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
MADE COINS OF ALUMINIUM.
Many Millions of Pieces Struck Off fl
Circulation in Africa.

Nearly 100000 coins made of
aluminium have just been struck from
the Royal mint for circulation in
Uganda and the Nigerian protecto-
rates, says the Detroit Free Press.
Each coin bears the value either OF
/ cent or of 2 mills, and is perfo-
rated in the center like Chinese coins
in order to permit the natives to
string them together. The advantage
of aluminium as a coin is due to its
light weight and the fact that is is
the best non-germ- bearing metal
known.
Bronze coins, as we'll as some sill
yer, are circulated on the west coast
of Africa, but in the interior the ma
tives use little shells, known as cow
ries, as fractional currency. 1t is
primarily to replace the cowries that
the new coins have been struck.
Ellison Mccartney, the deputy
master of the mine, is very enthusiast
tic over the use of aluminium for
coins. He believes that is will shortly
take the place of bronze, copper and
nickel throughout the civilized world.
In speaking of the new coins he eX-
planned how their low value rendered
it necessary to make them of sorne
extremely light metal; hence the
adoption of aluminium.
THE smaller the amount the great
er the cost of coinage, he remarked.
"Half-pence are much more costly to
coin than pennies and yield far less
profit So far as 1 know, these are
the only aluminium coins in the
world"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
LINCoLN'S INN COURT.
Same Condition as When Jarndyce VS.
Jarndye Dragged It's Weary Length.

Jarndye Dragged It's Weary Length.
The 200 years old lawsuit concerning
Sir Robert Geffrey's almshouses, in
Shoreditch, which is about to be revived,
quite puts into the shade our old friend
Jarndyce against Jarndyce, says the
London Chronicle. For the famous Jen-
mems litigation, which Dickens had in
his mind. dated back only to 1898. 1t
was, however, a well established case
when the novelist was a solicitors clerk
in Gray's Inn, little in rank above the
office boys he describes as clubbing to-
gether" for saveloys and porter on their
way home. His frequent visits to Lin
coins Inn hall, where the lord chancel-
lor sat, gave him an indelible impression
of the sleepy old court and it's tortuous
proceedings, which he afterward repro
duced in the wonderful opening chapter
of ''Bleak House."
Not only is the court in the same con-
dition as when Jarndyce against Jarn-
dyce dragged it's weary length, but If
one strolls round the corner to Chiches-
torrents, where Krook, the rag and bone
merchant, met his death by spontaneous
combustion, and where crazy Miss Elite
lived, one can see any day line of I'M
attached copyists, known to the trade as
''wallers," because they prop up the high
wall of Lincoln's Inn. They are patient
ly waiting for a modern Mr.. Snagsby of
looks court to come along and engage
them, when they will work, like Mr..
Memo, regardless Of time, meals or sleep,
until the tale of folios is finished For
the law is very conservative, and type
writing is very modern.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04

81 am planning to have all the tobac-
co used here by the prisoners cured and
cut by the prisoners and believe / can
save the state more than $500 year, Z
said Warden f. III. B. Jones of the peni-
Tertiary today.
1.-THE tobacco now served to the men
is purchased at contract prices and costs
the state $52SO a year. While west in
speeding the prisons found that most of
the tobacco used was cured and cut by
the prisoners, saving the state about half
of their tobacco bill.'
All the men who use tobacco are given
the weed twice week The tobacco bill
of the penitentiary runs 1882 a week.
The average per capita cost month is
25 cents.-Columbus Cor. Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
JOURNEYS WITH HOLMES.
Noted Traveller Announces Series of
Lectures for Fall Season.


After summer spent in circling the
globe for the fourth time, Burton
Holmes, the we'll known lecturer on
travel, announces a series of travelogues
under the attractive title From the In
dian Ocean to the Arctic" In this COM
prehensive manner he proposes to give
to his audiences the personal incidents
of his travel in Ceylon, Egypt, Sicily,
Italy and Norway, and his experiences
en- route. All of these travelogues are
new; Sicily and Ceylon have never been
touched upon by Mr.. Holmes, while
Egypt, Italy and Norway, although hav-
| ing been the subjects of former ex-
ploitations on the part of Mr.. Holmes
a number of years ago, are this year to
be taken up by him in novel manner
and so refreshed and brought up-to-date
with new illustrations md incidents as
| to make them equally lew. The journey
! from the Indian ocean to the Arctic will
| TEEN with everything that is fascinating
and entertaining; from scenic point Of
view, the series will be one of marked
contrast, and from the point OF human
| interest, no less so. Ceylon with its
| tropical lOvlineSS as compared with the
awe inspiring ruggedness of Norway is
equaled in contrast by the difference in
its people. Egypt and Italy both offer
peculiar charm, the former as shown
by Mr.. Holmes, interestingly contrasting
the cosmopolitan life of today in Cairo
with the prehistoric customs and cos
tunes of upper Egypt, where the civiliza-
ton is that of along dead yesterday.
Sicily stands alone in it's loneliness, in
it's romantic atmosphere and the reminis-
cences of its ancient popularity. BY
means of colored lantern slides and realis-
tic motion pictures, the journey which
Mr.. Holmes offers to his patrons will
| be an excellent substitute for personal
travel. Mr.. Holmes will give two parallel
courses at the Pabst theater, course A
on FIVE Tuesday afternoons at o'clock,
and course B on the same Tuesday even
ings at S:15, beginning October II.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
MONKEY AS AUTHORS PET.
Quick Disposition of Manuscfipt-Dis
playing Orders.

A Paris contemporary dealing with
the love of great men for animals
gives an amusing account Of Cha
teaubriand and his monkey. When
he was engaged in preparing Fon-
tane's works for the press on return
ing one day ne was met by his mon
key.
''Ah, you rogue, said Chateau
BRAND, your shamefaced look tells
of mischief" The monkey was
chained up but as things did not ap-
pear much disturbed Chateaubriand
thought no more Of the matter until
it was time to resume work. Fon-
tanes' manuscripts were not to be found
At last Chateaubriand looked into
the waste paper basket and there
we're the manuscripts. The monkey
had watched his master, and as he
had seen him fold sheet of paper
and tear it into four, so he had dealt
with FontaneS writings. With much
labor they were pieced together and
afterward published.
Chateaubriand thought it advisable
to see what else the monkey had
done. His orders had disappeared
from a drawer which was always
kept closed. The servants searched
everywhere for them, but they were
not to be found. Nearly a week
elapsed before they were traced, and
then a domestic noticed that the
monkey had suspended them to the
cornice in q quasi symmetrical way.
The monkey was given his congo
and Chateaubriand replaced him by
a cat, which was allowed a place on
his masters writing table, and great
was the pleasure which he derived in
playing with puss.-London Globe.
Rev. DIR. John H. DeForest, a vet
eran Congregational missionary at Sem
Day, Japan, has been decorated by the
imperial government with the Order of
fhe Rising Sun
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
THE DUTCH.

The Dutch took Holland years ago
With bold heroic bravery,
And ever since have ruled 1T we'll
For freedom, not for slavery;
And later on they Hudson sent
To unknown lands exploring,
And soon he took Manhattan Isle
And found the place alluring.
Then up and down the Shatemuc
On Half Moon sailed at leisure,
And found the land quite fair to see,
Which gave him joy and pleasure.
And when at last he reached his home
To tell his deeds of during
They toasted him with schiedam schnapps
And then began the swearing.
They damned the Mas and damned the
Rhine
And damned the Zuyder Zee
Until the air around was blue
AS such damp air could be.
They then began to dig canals
And dam them too, with bikes,
And fish in them for cells and sprats
With trawling nets and fykes:
Then windmills built along their banks
OF every kind and size
TO pump up water which leaked out
Or rained down from the skies.
Holstein cattle then they bought
And marked them black and white:
So they could see them long way off
In dusky evenings light.
And milk the cows each night and morn
Beneath the shady trees,
Then skim the milk and sell the cream
And then make Edam cheese.
They raise all kinds of ducks and geese
And from them pluck the feather
To make those soft and downy beds
So warm in wintry weather.
They pickle everything in sight
OF fish and flesh and fowl,
And of the meat of sheep and swine
They smoke both ham and jowl
They make ten thousand kinds of cake,
OF sugar, nuts and spice,
And cover them with frost and cream
And various kinds of ice.
They are the neatest folks on earth
a truth we're pleased to utter.
Each day they scrub the house and stoop
And then they scrub the gutter.
An honest, temperate, frugal race
That can't be praised too much,
For, take the people all IN all,
There's none can beat the Dutch.
-Fitz Nigel, in New York Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04

months use of them. Mrs. S. A.
WILLIAMS, r. f. D. No. Ia, Box 3d.
Gardiner, Me.
No woman should submit to a surgi-
cal operation, which may mean death,
until she has given Lydia E. Pinkham'S
Vegetable Compound, made exclusive
" from roots and herbs, a fair trial.
This famous medicine for women
has for thirty years proved to be the
most valuable tonic and remover of
the female organism. Women resid-
ing in almost every city and town in
the United States bear willing testij
mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
It cures female ills, and creates radi-
ant, buoyant female health. IF you
are i'll, for your own sake as well as
those you love, give it trial.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn. Mass,
invites all sick women TO write
her for advice. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
wHITEWASHING COAL.
Not Done for the Sake of Neatness but
to Prevent Thefts.

Persons who have been somewhat as
tonished by having whitewashed coal de-
livered to them will be interested to
know that the whitewashing is not done
to improve the appearance or to increase
the burning qualities; the treatment
neither improves nor harms the fuel.
1t is a detective scheme on the part
of the railroads to locate and prevent
theft of the coal as it is hauled from
the mines to the consumer. These dep
relations amount to thousands of tons
annually and the railroads are the suf-
ferers, as it is up to them to deliver as
many tons at destination, often thou
sand miles away, as was weighed in
when the car was turned over for trans
portation.
Two or three tons may be removed
from carload containing forty tons
without attracting attention to its de-
creased quantity until the car is again
placed on the scales. To locate the loss,
says Popular Mechanics. lime water is
sprayed over carload of coal In a
short time the water has evaporated
leaving load of white coal. Then re-
moval of any coal leaves big black
spot which is quickly noticed by in
spectors and station agents and the leak
found and stopped.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
The Statue of Liberty.

The statue is of copper sheets, about
one-tenth of an inch in thickness. The
total weight is about 100000 pounds
of which about 10000 are copper and
5000, 900. The height of the statue
itself from the heel to the top of the
head is ITO feet. and from the base to
the top of the torch is $50 feet. In re-
gard to the preservation of the work,
perhaps the words of M Bartholdi him.
self are in order: sSince all the elements
of it's construction are everywhere visible
on the inside, in all their details, it will
easily be kept in good condition. New
York American
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
A BANKERS NERVE
Broken by Coffee and Restored by
Postum.


Broken by Coffee and Restored by
Postum.
A banker needs perfect control OF
the nerves and a clear, quick, accurate
brain A prominent banker of Chat
tanooga tells how he keeps himself In
condition:
up to IL years of age | was not
allowed to drink coffee, but as soon as
/ got out into the world began to use
it and grew very fond OF it. For some
years | noticed no bad effects from It's
USE but in time it began to affect me
unfavorabiy My hands trembled, the
muscles of my face twitched, my men
tai processes seemed slow and in 9th
er ways my system got out OF order
These conditions grew so bad at las
that had to give up coffee altogether
my attention having been drawn e
Postum, began its use on leaving OF
the coffee, and it gives me pleasure
testify to it's value. | find It del
cious beverage; like it just as we
as I did coffee, and during the yea9
that I have used Postum | nave bee
free from the distressing symptom
that accompanied the use OF coffe
The nervousness has entirely disst
peared, and and am as steady
hand as a boy of 20, though am mo,
than go years old. l owe all this
Postum" There's a Reason. Re.
the little book, The Road to We
VILE" in pkgs. Grecers SELL
Ever read the above letter?
new one appears from time TO tin
They are genuine, true, and full
human interest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
oNA INDIANS WE'RE DESTROYED.
White Man Coveted Their Land for
sheep and Used Treachery.

sheep and Used Treachery.
In his article on his adventures
among the Ona Indians of TERRA del
Fuego in Harper's, Charles F. Furlong
charges the white colonists with hay-
ing wantonly destroyed this once
strong race.
Less than three decades ago the
primitive inhabitants, the Ona Indians,
lived, hunted and fought from Ana
garda point in Magellan strait to
Beagle channel
Had the whole island been like the
southern half, to-day the Onas, in all
probability, would be in control of
practically all of their original domain.
Had it been like the northern half.
the world would undoubtedly look
upon the hunting grounds OF an ex-
tinct race. As it is, within less than
thirty years the Onas have shrunk
from perhaps 1900 to 800, and all be-
cause they possessed land the white
man coveted for his sheep, and had an
Unborn courage and ferocity strong
enough to oppose him.
with the establishment Of the first
sheep range, in the early SOS, began
cruel and persistent warfare on the
part of the white man. In reprisal for
the land from which he was driven,
the Ona raided the range at night for
the white guanaco.' as he called the
strange animal, the sheep, which he
found not only easily captured. but
sweeter and more tender to the taste
than the wild guanacos Of his island.
These raids were SO persistent and
assumed such magnitude that it really
became case of Indian or sheep, and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
After an Eligible Man.

The Wilson Creek. Wash. bachelor
rancher, Edwin w. Hyde, who won a
homestead valued at $4,000 in the draw
ing for Indian lands in the Flathead res
ervation in western Montana, is now
carrying his mail home in wheelbarrow
He lie besieged by widows, spinsters and
romantic young women who are eager
for the position of housekeeper on his
new ranch. He has also received half
hundred proposals of marriage from
women in New York, Chicago, Boston
ard other large centers
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04

the scattered settlers with their rang
ers began a warfare Of determination
In which hirelings were engaged and
the 'chunkies' shot on sight. Occa-
sionally a large number with their
women and children were rounded up
and shipped to Dawson island, where
Observation-Disclosures quarters soon &C
complished their work. 1t being a
case primarily Of bullets against ar
rows in an open country, the result
was obvious. In treachery the white
man outdid the Indian. He invariably
took him at disadvantage and played
false with his truce, even resorting to
poisoning one of the Onas' main food
supplies, the blubber Of stranded
whale"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04

4 an0aS6Y6re female
| weakness. i h 9
doctor saidI would
have to go to the,
hospital for an
operation, but /
could not bear to-
think of it. 1 de-
cided to try Lydia
e. Pinkhan's Veg
etable Compound
andSanative w ash
and was entirely
cured after thrAa
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
No Demand.

Motorist (entering country store)-I
don't suppose you keep sparking-plugs
IN stock?
Storekeeper-You s'pose kerrect, mis-
ter. If any of the boys round these
parts ever wore plugs when they went
sparkin' they'd be joshed clear crazy,
I'll wager!-Judge's Library.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04

The Cunarder Mauretanias further
lowering of the west-bound transatlantic
record to the extent of forty-four min
utes is an addition to long line of proof
that the engines of steamers and also
the hulls of steam craft must be Tim
bered up" by use before the best results
of speed efforts can be achieved
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04

Peace" Leisure and Happiness .My
Desire Is Satisfied" s'Friends and
Quiet" my Wife and l." mot So
Bad" To say the least, any one of
these would seem to indicate more of the
genuine sentiment of the householder
than can possibly be expressed by the
.'Belle Vues'' and "Cedars'' of Suburbia
Westminster Gazette
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
The value OF His Time.

Young physicians in the smaller
towns have an idea that appearing
very busy will help them greatly In
starting a practice. The following is
told by ex-senator Godfrey Hunter of
Kentucky DR.. Hunter had call the
afternoon following the hanging out
of his "shingle," and started through
town in his buggy at terrific speed. A
policeman stopped the enterprising
physician.
Doctor he said, 'it is against the
city ordinance to drive at the speed
you are going. You must accompany
me to the judge and pay your fine"
What is the fine?"
give dollars"
The Doctors hand flew to his peck
ct. Here's ten dollars; | have to
come back just as fast as | am going.
Success Magazine.
The bass drum covers a multitude o.
~, Al - hoy n
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
House Names in Holland.

A recent traveller in that land of dykes
and windmills has been at pains to make
notes of the names bestowed by the
Dutch merchants upon their country
houses. Here are a few examples trans
lated: "Our Contentment, Joy and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04

Orville Wrights fight to a height of
1913 feet before members Of the German
royal family at Berlin affords proof that
aeroplanists can seek the steadier air
currents far above surface influences and
thus secure better conditions for long
cross-country fights The heavier-than-
air machine is rapidly getting up in
the world"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04

The Bureau Of Standards of the De-
partment of Agriculture has before it a
duty nearly as important as that which
is being performed by the Bureau of
Chemistry in insrring purity in foods.
1t is endeavoring to establish a system
under which consumers will get packages
of full size and full weight. 1t is said
that the shortage in flour delivered in
jute bags averages four pounds TO the
barrel, aad that purchasers of cereal
products ia board cartons do not get full
weight. 1t is well known that bottles
are smaller than full pint and quart re-
ceptacles, and the public has accepted
the fact as am eceeatrieaty of trade; but
the establishment of standards may rem
edy the bottle shortage as well as the
shortage in weights in board cartons
holding breakfast and other foods.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04

The highest court in the state of Maine
has sustained as constitutional the Bar
Harbor ordinance prohibiting the use OF
the streets of that seaside resort by auto
mobiles So far as the constitution of
the state of Maine is concerned, the Bar
Harbor decision gives the authorities full
power to make automobiles mindful of
the rights of the public.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04

Sanitary engineers will soon probably
have a fertile field for service through
out Central New York, as the question
is being raised whether communities
which have been unconcernedly running
their sewage into the Erie canal will
be permitted to continue this unsanitary
practice when the daepened and broad
ened canal is ready for BUSINESS, and
power craft are stirring up the water
as they pass eastward and westward.
There is a growing feeling of opposition
to tie pollution of New York lakes and
streams, and it is believed that the
states authorities will seize the oppor-
funity to set an example by prohibiting
the pollution of the waters of the en-
Iarged canals. This would be an encour-
aging act on the part of the state, which
with other states will have to adopt
stringent sewage regulations in the inter-
est of the public health.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04


blind
able
a FORM
with realize
brakemen
S Illustrated London News. ##F
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04

When the north pole is eventually tax
en- into court it will be pulled to pieces
by the contending lawyers who may try
to club each other with the remains.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers

If woman is to have buttonless
dress, why can't man have buttonless
collar?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04

remarkable dives recently made
high The midnight
captain OF
F. Ceilings member the
which
unable to stand abreast One there
leader
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04

According to Sir William Crookes,
the noted English scientist by 1881 the
worlds supply of wheat will be unequal
TO tie increase in population.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-11-04
ANOTHER
WOMAN
CURED
ByLydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Gardiner, Maine.-"I have been a
great sufferer from organic troubles