The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29

THE WASHBURN TIMES.
WASHBURN, WIS.
PRINTING CO., {. Publishers
The proposed ban on cigarettes in the
navy is not liked by the sailors, but is
approved by medical men. If the sailors
did not use cigarettes to their physical
detriment, there would be no suggestion
of the rule.
People in a hurry, who sometimes
forget the necessity for thoroughly
washing small-fruits before placing them
upon the table, will be reminded by the
story from Louisville of the death of a
6-year-old girl from swallowing a spider
contained in dish of strawberries.
Rumor has it that cheese is the next
article of food under which screws
placed by spectators will be twisted till
the price is up in the air. Forewarnings
are supposed to be beneficial. Let there
be cogitation to see whether in some way
this impending peril can be averted.
The "joy rider" is to get his proper
desserts wherever he takes out an auto
mobile without the consent Of it's owner.
New York leads the way with a sentence
of not less than two years at Sing Sing,
nor more than three years, for a chauf-
feur who helped himself to vehicle for
a ''bit of fun
The American Embassy Association,
recently organized in London, has begun
a campaign among Americans travelling
in England to secure their infuece with
Congress in favor of the plan to provide
American embassies in foreign countries
with suitable buildings. The idea is
good one and worth keeping alive.
Consumers will be gratifed by Secre-
tary Wilson's report that the special in
vestigation of the meat inspection sys-
tenn at st. Louis, which was assailed as
being disgraceful and unsanitary, has
resulted in the finding that the charge
is unfounded. Indignation would be gen.
eral were it found that after all the
harmful publicity Of several years ago
there had been backsliding.
There are dried apples-why not dried
potatoes? Germany is trying practical
experiments in the direction of the latter
economy, and several potato drying
plants are in operation, in different sec
tons of the empire. 1t takes $50 pounds
of potatoes in their normal condition
to make 220 pounds when dry. A brisk
market is found for the product, owing
to the advancing price of grain.
President Taft seems to have plenty
of influence with the present admins
tration of the White House. He has
pronounced for retrenchment of ex-
penditures in all the departments of the
government, and Mrs. Taft has de-
clared that she cherishes no desire to fol-
low the precedent of purchasing special
chinaware to go down in history as the
Taft set, but is able and willing to get
along with the dishes already provided.
The little farmers of the public schools
of New York. who were encouraged on
Arbor Day to try their skill in garden
ing have made an exhibit of their crops
at the Board of Education Building
Their achievements are remarkable for
city children, and should recommend sys-
tematic encouragement of gardening as
a recreational and at the same time USE
full occupation for children by parents
and school children throughout the land.
The statement from Semmering that
physicians have advised Mr.. Hartman
that he must eat plenty of cereals, milk,
and meat, and drink malt beer, shows
that one completes a gastrOnOmic cycle
in amassing millions and approaching
retirement as a result of financial sue
cess. There may be comfort in this for
those who aspire to live like retired mil
ueSplle tue dUSeuCS VI UduA
accounts or holdings that occupy safety
deposit boxes.
An expert of the Bureau of Ordnance
of the Navy DEPARTMENT is said to
have invented a more powerful and eff
fective tropedo than any now in use
among the navies of the world, and the
United States therefore has an advan-
tage in this respect; but new devices of
this kind are hard to keep secret, and in
Il few years after first actual use there
is always general adoption or imita
ton that places everybody on practically
equal footing.
The German company which is build
ing a non-rigid dirigible balloon with a
lifting capacity of fifty-four persons has
evidently not been frightened by the fate
of the big non-rigid California dirigible
which broke under the weight of large
load of passengers and dropped them to
the earth. Unless the weights beneath a
non-rigid airship are carefully adjusted
the strains are apt to be dangerous to
the envelope when the ship is driven