The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09

THE WASHBURH TIMES.
WASHBURN, WIS.
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers
The Lake Mohonk conference, devot-
ing itself to the cause of international
arbitration as a substitute for war, is a
good second to the Hague Peace Con-
gress.
A dispatch from Paris says there are
only seven happy married couples in
that city. Too many distractions in the
gay French capital! Married happiness
thriyes best in the simple routine of
quiet home.
The mild March of 1910 has been fol-
lowed by what old inhabitants of this
region must recognize as "seasonable
weather" but doubtless before loug
there will come a chance for those who
long to be out of doors.
The expectation that the Interstate
Commerce Commission will be unable to
undertake an inquiry into express
Iofo fol
an incentive to Congress to provide at the
present session for the parcels post.
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The number of people who have &C
cumulated sufficient knowledge to enable
them to write volumes on What Don't
Know About Comets is by 10 means
small, and some of them are men who
have put forth considerable pretensions
as astronomers.
From Juneau. Alaska, comes the re-
port of a harpooned whale which
wrecked the whaleship Sorenson by
blow of his tail, giving her crew hardly
time to escape in the small boats, as
she sank in four minutes. The tail of
whale is of irmer texture than the tail
of a comet.
Pennsylvania has a new sensation.
Funds appropriated to be used in fight
ing tuberculosis have fallen into the.
hands Of grafters The money involved
is three million dollars, but just how
it has been sequestrated is not yet ex-
planned. Count that day lost when no
new graft scandal is uncovered in the
old Keystone state!
Second place in the interstate collegiate
oratorical contest at Omaha, Nebraska,
last night was won by a colored boy,
Henry f. Coleman, of Cornell College,
Mount Vernon Ohio; and the subject of
his grafton was 1.-THE Philosophy of the
Race Problem" There is something for
consideration by the unreconstricted ne
gro-haters of the South.
Objection is made to the remark by
the Kaiser the other day that Mr.. Roose-
welt was the first civilian who had ever
reviewed Germany's soldiers. Colonel
Roosevelt's military record might easily
be overrated: but at least he has been
under fire and has commanded troops
in action-and when did the Kaiser ever
make record like that?
China's abolition of slavery is a d.
rect result of the awakening of the gov
eminent of the Flowery kingdom under
the influence of contact with the Occi-
dental world. China has noted Japan's
advance as a nation, and she is ambi-
rious to make similar progress. There
fore she may be expected to do every
thing that will increase respect for her
among the people of other nations, and
at the same time push forward industrial
and commercial enterprise.
The fact that the new battleship
Florida had to be launched with pro-
peller and rudder in place, and a large
part of her armor plating bolted to her
lower sides, because the drydock at
Brooklyn is too short to receive her for
work below the water line calls atten-
ton to a problem that has been troubling
navy builders who are bent on keeping
up with the procession. Big ships must
have docks to match or there will be
double trouble when injuries are suffered
below light watermark.
Congress having approved the bill APP
propriating one hundred thousand dol
lars for the raising of the Maine, the
work will be undertaken Notwithstanding
opinion that the amount provided will
fall far short of requirements. 1t may
be necessary to build a cofferdam around
the sunken ship, and this may be very
expensive because of the depth Of the
sludge at the bottom of Havana harbor.
Piling may be driven around the ship,
and the hull thus raised and bulkheaded
SO that it can be foated away after the
piles are Withdrawn.
Oil cake from the soya bean. upon
which duty has heretofore been as
sessed at 20 per cent ad valorem, will
hereafter be admitted free of duty by