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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
OUR CROP OF NAVAL STORES.
We Lead the World in Production Of
Resin and Turpentine.

Rosin and turpentine, known tech
nically as naval stores from the fact
that for many years their principal uses
were maritime, are produced. from two
species of southern pine, the long leaf
and the Cuban, but it is quite probable
that a number of other species will be
employed within the next twenty-five
years.
The crop of naval stores, including A.
100000 pounds of rosin and 1920, 600
casks of spirits Of turpentine, has an APP
proximate annual value to those en-
gagged in it of at least $30,000,0O0.
For how many centuries commercial
use has been made of the sap of the
pine cannot be determined with any de-
gree of assurance, but according to The
National Magazine the custom was gem
eral in south France at the time of the
invasion of England by the Spanish
amanda.
For many years the industry was con-
fined to the south of France and Aus
tria, where it still fourishes on small
scale, and it was not until 100 years ago
that intelligent effort was made to es-
tablish it on this continent.
For fifty years or so the Carolinas
and Virginia were the chief turpentine
producing states, but with the opening
up of the pine forests of Georgia the
scene of operations was gradually
shifted southwark, until before very long
Georgia had become the center of the
industry. At the present time Florida
is in the lead, with Georgia and Ala
bama close second and third. The de-
pletion of Florida's forests, however, is
gradually extending the turpentine area
westward, and it is quite possible in
twenty-five years time Louisiana, Missis-
sippi and Texas will be in the lead.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
MYSTERIOUS DIAMOND THEFTs.
Facts Concerning Recent Disappearance
of Gems from Tiffany's.

A mysterious theft Of diamond neck
lace, valued at $4,000 and princess
ring, set with four rows of diamonds
from the workshop of Tiffany & Co..
New York, is furnishing puzzle, which
a score of private detectives so far have
failed to solve. The gems disappeared
only few days apart, despite precau-
tions that would seem to make such
thefts impossible.
When the necklace was sent in for re
pairs it was placed in the hands Of a
trusted jeweler in the main room of the
fifth floor, where a number of men, boys
and girls are employed in cleaning, pol
fishing and resetting gems. The jeweer
was instructed to have the necklace
ready the next day, as the owner desired
to wear it at a social function Just
before noon the man left the room for
five minutes, after putting the necklace
in box on his work table instead of
locking it in a drawer with which each
necklace was missing. He notified the
superintendent and a search of the work
room followed. Every one on that floor
was questioned and finally personally
searched. No one was allowed to leave
the room, even for lunch, until long after
the usual closing hour. Private detec-
tives, with the heads of the concern. con-
Quoted severe cross examination and
personal search of each employee. No one
wherein the working jeweler asserted he
had left the box. Yet this necklace had
disappeared from the table and from the
room, every nook and corner of which
had been searched. Some of the best
men of a private detective agency were
detailed to aid the Tiffany detectives. The
men at the benches nearest that from
which the gems vanished were put
through a third degree examination. The
jeweler in whose care the necklace had
been was not allowed to leave the build
ing on the evening of the day of the
theft, but was locked up in a cage the
firm long ago provided for such an
emergency. He was not discharged. but
ever since ne has been Swallowed night
and day.
The diamond princess ring, which dis
appeared four days later, vanished in an
even more mysterious manner. After
the theft of the necklace steel cages
were constructed about the work bench
of each jeweler handling the more yalu-
able gems. When the workmen came in
they were locked in these cages and no
one was allowed to approach without
permission of the foreman, who held the
keys. And yet this ring, entrusted to a
jeweler in one of these cages, disap-
peared. The ring is set with four rows
of diamonds, four diamonds in a row.
and each stone of one karat. The work
man who repaired this ring says he sent
it to the office. A notice posted in the
workroom offering $500 reward for the
return of the necklace has had no effect
The Tiffanys, following their rule, have
refrained from notifying the police and
have sought to keep their losses secret.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
A Chinese Smuggler.

An ingenious instrument for smuggling
was discovered at Rangoon, when a
Chinaman named Oheng was arrested
at about o'clock in the morning as he
stepped ashore from a sampan. The
prisoner was carrying what appeared to
be a tin of kerosene, but on examination
of the tin cunningly contrived SNUG
Cling outfit was discovered. The corner
of the tin, where the opening to admit
the oil was situated, was in the shape
of cube inches square and the other
part of the tin was used as receptacle
for contrabrand, the bottom of the tin
sliding out. In this hidden receptacle
the excise Inspector found fifty-five tolas
of beinchi and fifty-two one-eighth
ounce bottles of cocaine.-Rangoon Ga
zette
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
EDISON AND ASTOR.
The Inventor and the Millionaire Me
chanical Engineer Have Experience.

One day Thomas A. Edison met Col
John Jacob Astor. The Menlo park es
Enlistment, where Edison was trying
with electricity to convert ore into stee
and obviate the Bessemer process, was
losing more money then than Edison was
making. But the wizard still had faith
Astor asked him how he was getting
along. Edison told him the truth. you
have made millions for other persons, .
said the colonel. Hereafter, instead of
creating corporations, come to me with
any scheme you may have. I'll promote
it, back it, and you and l will go into
partnership. l have money"
The two were at luncheon. They
talked about business, they went into the
dwelt upon the happiness of his married
life, the domestic felicity that reigned in
his household. But he said, Il am lone
some. | have nothing to do. There is
nothing in Wall street My financial af-
fairs are in the hands of agents. I'm
weary of the humdrum of life, of the
lack of commercial and industrial inter-
ests that come along my way to make me
forget that 1 am rich and independent.
I'll come over to your place and put on
jeans, work with you, and I'll have you
what training you may give me, | will
become an inventor, famous, too, before
the world knows anything about my hav-
ing abandoned Fifth avenue.
One morning Edison got a new idea.
To put it on the market would cost a
lot of money. He did not have it. He
thought of Col. Astor and went to him.
'How much would it take? Easy, easy.
| will have it to you by noon tomorrow.
And when / bring it / shall bring along
also my working clothes. ] am going to
help along in your shop he continued.
Never another loafng day for me-
never" After luncheon the colonel APP
peared at the Edison shop in an automo-
bile and turned over to the inventor a
cashiers certificate for $1,OO0,O0O, say
ing, Here's your money, and there is
more if needed. Show me what | am
putting the million into.'
Edison gave the colonel seat. Then
he began explaining. This piece of ma
chnery was tested. Then another. For
another hour he was enthusiastic-al-
ways talking, always touching something
of metal-but, as complying with one of
his axioms, never looking at the things
never glancing at the clock. By and by
he was finished. He turned to his Wis
itor. Sound asleep was he, his chin
buried upon his bosom, his hands list
lessly hanging by his sides. Here
you!" exclaimed Edison somewhat rude
ly. stake this check back and get away
from here. Quick, scatI"
And do you know said Edison, tell
ing of the incident, that that dog gone
chap had the impudence to make it
known that he wished to be governor of
New York? Dear me, the nerve of
some peopler'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
A GIRLS SACRIFICE.
Marries to Prevent Worthless Fellow
from Committing Suicide.

Lillian Randall, the 22-year-old daugh-
ter of Christopher Bussman, Brooklyn
carriage manufacturer, who married
Walter Randall, ito save his life" had
the marriage annulled in the supreme
court. Lillian was Is years old and
Walter was two years her senior, when,
on February H.. 1905, they were mar
ried at the Little Church Around the
Corner. She told the court she never
lived with her husband, returning to her
own home the night she became bride.
why did you marry WalterY' the court
asked. Il knew him about two and a
half years. she replied. He kept ask
ing me to marry him and I told him l
did not wish to, and one day he said to
me, If you don't marry me am going
to kill myself and he showed me the
pistol. We were walking along Riverside
drive when he told this to me. So |
said to him, Rather than see you do that
| will marry YOU After did marry
him | regretted it, because he did not
treat me right Bussman said that
three weeks after the secret wedding,
Lillian took him to the place where Wal
ter was at work and said, THAT'S him,
pa" Young Randall" he said, turned
and addressed me as follows: We'll, this
daughter of yours is my wife. l want
my marriage with her annulled'''
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
FERRER'S DAUGHTERS.
They Profit from Sympathy, Although
Discwned in Their Fathers Will.

One of the beautiful daughters oil
FSenor. Francisco Ferrer, whose execu.
ton in Spain has stirred two continents
lis a heroine in certain circles of Paris
Senorita Paz Ferrer has been much adj
mired on the stage both at the Odeon the
alter III Paris and the Theater Ceiestine
at Lyons. But her fame as the daughter
of a martyr, for so her father is called
eclipses her reputation as an actress.
Portraits of Senorita Ferrer are being
eagerly purchased in Paris, and pho
tographers and artists are besieging her
for sittings.
Senorita Trinidad Ferrer, the other
daughter of Senior Ferrer, was employed
in a biscuit factory in Paris and is mar
ried to an artisan. The notoriety into
which she has been brought by the petit
ton to King Alfonso, in which she Joined
with her sister, has already made hel
financial future more secure, and her chill
dren will be well cared for, and educated
by interested sympathizers.
Surprise is felt in Paris at the news
from Barcelona stating that the will of
Senior Ferrer disinherits both Senorita
Paz and her sister Trinidad in favor OF
POrtet, his associate, who now lives IN
Liverpool and Soledad Villafranca, who
has been referred to as his second wife
Ferrer made it plain in the will that he
wished to disown his daughters
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
Wins the Prelate,s Prize.

Archbiship P. J. Ryan of this city
owes the children at the crphanage
maintained by the Altoona diocese Of
the Catholic church a treat of candy
and they are impatiently waiting for
him to return here SO he can buy the
best.
tending the ruby jubilee of Bishop E.
"A. Garvey, was taken to the orphan
age at Cresson by the bishop, and
delighted the little folks with his IA
nous stories.
"Why is a stick of candy like a
horse 2" he suddenly asked.
81 know" piped bit of lad.
".Cause the more you lick the faster
it goes."9aa
The joke was on the archbishop,
and ne graciously promised to send
home the candy as soon as he re-
turned home.-Philadelphi Record.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
WORTH KNOWING.

Simple Remedy That Anyone CaA
Prepare at Home.
Most people are more or less subject
to coughs and colds. A simple remedy
chat will break up cold quickly and
cure any cough that is durable is made
by mixing two ounces of Glycerine, a
half-ounce of Virgin Oil Of Pine COM
pound pure and eight ounces of pure
Whisky You can get these in any good
drug store and easily mix them in a
large bottle The mixture is highly
recommended by the Leach Chemical
Co. of Cincinnati. who prepare the
genuine Virgin Oil Of Pine compound
Dure for dispensing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
SPRING IN NOVEMBER

When Autumn's purple banners
Are flying on the hills,
And lost is all the wonder
OF Springs gold daffodils;
When Haunting flags of crimson
Are torn in shreds, and hurled
Through many a windy valley
Across the lonely world,
pine for that young beauty
The valiant April gave,
And strive, above the moaning
At the Years solemn grave,
To hear the skylark utter
His old, lost, silver tone
And To-! while earth knows Autumn,
Spring is my very own!
Charles Hanson Towne in November Lip
pincott's.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
Partisan Politeness.

'"That the French are the politest peo.
pie on EARTH" says a New Yorker. who.
Spends a bit of his time in Paris. "I
nave nav ALWAYS always been PC and
fee accorded me additional confirma-
ton of that belief.
81 entered the dentists anteroom inst
as patient-an exceedingly woebegone.
expression on his countenance-was APP
preached by an attendant.
! "Whom. m'sieu,' inquired the attend
have the misery of announcing to M. lie
Docteur Y-Lippincott's
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
New Works. Budget.

Jacob III. Schifs, the head of the Wall
street banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb &
Co., has protested to the board of esti-
mate against an addition of 100000
to New York city's annual expense ac-
count, otherwise known as the budget.
Mr.. Schiff declares that the city ought
to to- save Non money and that 1 Smaller bud
ible. ''The people of New York. he
says, "believe that only good and no
harm need come from expecting the city
to live next year within 100000, OOO."
The tentative budget which was under
discussion footed up $163, O49,4 S0.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
SIZED On.

eyes," remarked the fat man on
Nhe rear platform, II once refused to
buy the site Of Chicago for four clam
HEELS and a quart of rum"
Ehe tall passenger was silent.
2elehhone patents for eleven Mexican
dollars and brass watch" continued
he fat man, ''but ! turned 'em down. .
No response.
"You are not interested in my re-
miniscences, friend ?"
IT am not" answered the tall man
candidly. I'm selling airship stock.
You don't want any" Washington
Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09

yer medals for those who had incurred
positive risk in making rescues, bronze
medals for worthy rescues and certif-
Gates of honor. The medal winners
were called forward one at time and
the medals pinned on them by Supt.
w. E. Longfelow. Miss Mamie Kava-
naugh, 10 years DID, who on August 3,
1908. rescued a 12-year-old boy from
drowning in Jamaica Bay, got the most
enthusiastic reception. Herbert Elder,
13, who rescued Gladys Conklin on Sep
TENDER 2, 1908, at South Beach, also
received an ovation from the crowd.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
Harriman,s Ambassador

''Mr Hartman, for all his wealth. was
not purse proud" said New York brok-
er, "yet he thought lot of money. He
used to tell with good deal of sympa-
thy, story about the Russian ambas-
eador to the court of Louis XIV.
Louis XIV, playing cards at Yer
stopped to look for il. Then Mr.. Harri-
mans Russian ambassador, who was
very rich, said, with a scornful laugh:
"'Let me assist your majesty
''And he took out a thousand-fran
note. lighted it and held it near the
ground for torch. Washington Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09

A dispatch from Los Angeles states
that California grower of grapes for
raisins has been unable to market his
product of fifty tons, and that raisin
grapes have proved so improbable in the
Cucamonga section that they are being
used as feed for horses. This is a dis
couraging report, but it is not unprece-
denied. There was time when not all
Wisconsin wheat-growers could market
their crop for enough to pay for draw
ing it by wagon to the lake ports in
which it would sell. There was a time
much more recent-when farmers in
Iowa and Nebraska and Kansas used corn
for fuel, because they could better afford
to throw the cereal into their stoves than
to sell it at the price then current and
use the proceeds for the purchase of
coal. These sacrifices of raw material
are no longer practiced, because trans
portation facilities have been enlarged,
and freights from the Mississippi valley
to the Atlantic seaboard are low enough
to give the products of farmers in this
region easy access to the coast. 1t is
not difficult to imagine that sooner or
later transportation at reasonable rates
will be available to the farmers of Cali
fornia. Then there will be no tempta-
ton on their part to feed raisins to their
stock. The completion of the Panama
canal is going to help.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
Life Saved by PROMPT Obedience.

Raymond Shearer, aged z, implicitly
obeyed the order of an approaching
train on the Evansville & Terre Haute
tracks at Farmersburg, and thus escaped
death. The little fellow was sitting in
the middle of the track when freight cars
were backed upon him. Conductor Bur-
ton. on the rear car, shouted the order.
When the train stopped three cars had
passed over the youngster, who was
taken out uninjured.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
Taxicabs Crowding Out Hansoms.

Taxicabs are crowding hansoms out of
London. Police statistics for 1908 prove
this. Two thousand and eighty-two new
taxicabs were licensed last year; in the
same period 1925 fewer licenses for han
SONS were issued than in 1907. The ex-
tinction of the hanson is proceeding more
rapidly this year, so that in another
twelve months perhaps the hanson, once
London's typical vehicle, will have dis
appeared from her streets, except those
in outlying districts, where the hanson
may linger for years.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
Died of Nose-Bleed.

Irving Slower, subway guard in
New York city, died of nose bleed while
on duty. He bled to death on station
platform. A few minutes before he APP
parently had been in the best of health.
At 18TH street he opened the door and
nose bleed started Slower walked over
to one of the waste paper receptacles
and leaned over it. In few minutes
he sank to the stone platform lifeless
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09

the end of 1910. The original reserva-
ton in 1870 was forty acres, but now it
includes GA acres, exclusive of the
Vancouver grounds. All branches of the
military service will be represented at
Sam Houston when the additions now
under construction are finished. These
will include infantry, cavalry, artillery,
signal corps and hospital corps.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09

The common notion that a tent is
specially hygienic is Incorrect A tent is
far less hygienic than d wooden shack.
because the air is more confined and
there are no windows to open. The best
shelter for invalids camping in a dry
region, like the Arizona desert, is made
OF four posts supporting wire netting,
into which branches of some tree have
been woven, leaving just enough light to
read by.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09

Congressman Parsons, having the
right to fill vacancy at West Point
throws open an opportunity to all the
boys of New York. The cadetship will
be given to the one who makes the best
showing in a competitive examination.
This is altogether better than privately
handing over the appointment to the
son of political friend.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09

Absence of snow in the ''north woods"
is making it difficult for hunters to secure
deer in return for railroad fare and
wearisome marches through the forests.
But they are having what may be truly
styled hunting, just the same, and there
will be more deer in the future because
of the escape of animals this year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
The Largest Army Post.

Fort Sam Houston is to be made the
largest army post in the country, with
quarters for 1000 officers and men. Al
ready there are accommodations fol
240O men and 100 officers, and by the
end of the year there will be quarters
for 800 more soldiers. The plans for the
full number will be materialized before
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09

The fact that the Culebra cut was half
completed ON the 23d Of October is her
aided from Washington as evidence Of
the progress that has been made in the
digging of the Panama canal. The larg-
er part of the work of excavation is on
the Culebra ridge, and when the ditch
through this projection shall have been
completed work on the remainder of the
canal will be practically done. The Gu
Zebra cut will probably remain for all
time the worlds greatest task of digging.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
THE WASHBURN TIMES.
WASHBURN, WIS.
WAsHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers

And so the hunters are not shooting
many deer in the north woods. Is it be-
cause they have used up so much of
their ammunition shooting human be-
ings2
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09
Medals for Heroism.

Aid Reginald S. Doull presented sew
enty-fiye medals at the city hall, New
York, for heroic rescues from drowning.
The medals are given to the United
States volunteer life saving corps every
year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09

1t appears that some of the river
people learned thing or two about the
Mississippi with President Taft, dur
ing his journey down the big stream. A
steamboat agent of st. Louis discovered
that there are traffic possibilities on the
lower river. and now announces that he
will endeavor to develop them. This
corroborates President Taft's assertion
that the present facilities have not been
utilized, and admits that it is inconsistent
to ask for further improvem ants so long
as those which have already been made
are ignored.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09

The aeroplane record for duration of
fight is now held by Henry Farman, the
English aviator, who remained in the
air four hours and six minutes, and COW
cred a distance of one hundred and for
ty-four miles. This travel was in cir
cles, however, and it will not impress
the general public as to the value of the
aeroplane half as much as would a voy-
age of half that distance straightaway.
The fight Of Bleriot across the English
channel will remain the spectacle of the
year until somebody takes an aeroplane
over long stretch across country, be-
tween two centers of population. A
fight from Paris to London, for in
stance, would go long way toward con-
vincing the world that aerial navigation
is IN accomplished fact.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-12-09

Six of the nine men who lost their
lives by the burning of celluloid fac
tory in Brooklyn were on the ground
floor when they were overcome, and
could have escaped were they not
prevented by barred windows which re-
sisted their own frenzied efforts and
the strength of would-be rescuers on
the outside An establishment in which
material so infammable as celluloid is
manufactured should have been perfect
as to safety conditions, and the fact that
it was impossible for men on the first
floor to escape conyicts somebody of
carelessness. To bar the windows of a
celluloid factory is as unwise as it would
be to bar the way to fire escapes.