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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-05-12
sArcHgLoeA a cANol5ATs.
Prominent Arlington Lawyer Enters
the Contest for the Nomination.

In response 70 q letter from Editor F.
e. Howe of the Bennington Banner in
curing il be is candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for governor this
year, and il so, asking that be declare
himself on certain leading state issues,
Hon. james K. Batchelder Of Arlington
replied in q communication which fol-
lows. Mr.. Batchelder is one Of the lead
ing lawyers OF the state and was formerly
active in political affairs, but OF late years
has kept out Of politics, owing to the de-
mands Of his large Law practice.
lie has been four times a member OF the
legislature and was twice speaker of the
House, in which position he served with
great credit. During the past few weeks
he has received scores OF letters urging
him to enter the canvass.
Frank E. Howe,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30

| Canton and from Hankow to See huen.
ii. 2. Dawson, member of the firm
of }. z. Morgan Il Co., who has re-
turned to New York from Europe where
he represented the American syndicate
desiring to participate in the loan, took
part in conference with German,
French and English bankers, which. he
says reached satisfactory conclusion,
the outcome as to the loan now depend
ing upon whether or not the Chinese
Will be able to raise sufficient money
IN their own country to carry out the
terms.
Very disquieting rumors have come
from China of late, along with, intelli-
gence indicating a strong desire on the
their country into line with modern ma
terial progress. The worlds fair opened
Monday at Marking affords equally
with the project for building railroads
tangible evidence that the rigidity of
Chinese conservatism has relaxed. On
the other hand are the stories of Boxer
uprising to drive out foreign devils,''
and the repeated assertions that a large
part of the army is in sympathy with
the Boxers.
But the prediction was made with con-
fidence that the opening of the fair
would be, the signal for the Boxers to
strike. The fair has opened, and the
Boxers have not struck. 1t may be that
the government is as sincerely committed
to progress as has been claimed since
the beginning of the new reign, and
has the situation more fully under con-
troll than was generally supposed. The
awakening of China may turn out to be
more than a phrase-it may turn out to
be reality. If the great empire of four
hundred million people, naturally keen
in intellect, and with longer record of
civilization than is possessed by any
other part of the habitable globe, throws
aside outworn industrial methods and
seriously sets itself to the development
of it's vast natural resources with the aid
of machinery and processes familiar to
the Western nations, the transformation
will be momentous in its Importance to
China, and will exercise influences which
will be felt in every quarter of the
world
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
DESERTER RETURNS RICH.
Brings Wealth to Wife He Left Twenty
five Years Ago.

Charles e. Carter turned up in San
Antonio, Tex. the other day after a
mysterious absence of twenty-five years
and hunting up an old friend, Jack Nc
Carly, made inquiries concerning Mrs.
Carter and three children he had desert
ed at the time of his disappearance Nc
Carly told him that Mrs. Carter and
two of her children were living in To-
ronto, Canada, and the other child, a
daughter, was married to a wealthy min
ing man named Horace McMillen and
was living in Chicago. The deserted
wife of Carter, coming to believe herself
a widow, had remarked several years
ago, her second husband being T. T.
Graves, a retired businessman of To-
ronto. Graves died year or more ago.
Garter left for Chicago to hunt up his
married daughter, with the intention of
then proceeding to Toronto in the hope
of making proper amends to his wife
and the other TWO children for his long
absence. While in San Antonio Carter
showed bank deposit certificates and 9th
er documentary evidence that he is a
wealthy man. Ee is said to have esti-
mated his wealth at more than 1,000,
900. Most of it is mining investments in
Alaska and the far northwest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
THE LEPERS AT MOLOKAI.
Escape from the Settlement Practically
Impossible.

No greater misconception of any public
institution prevails today than the gen.
eral idea of the leper settlement on the
island of Molokai, says writer in Har-
per's Weekly. Instead of the entire is
land being used for such purpose the set
Element comprises only eight square
miles of a total area of 261 square
miles.
1t occupies a tongue of land on the
northern side of Molokai The north,
east and west shores of this tiny spit
are washed by the Pacific while on the
south side rise precipitous cliffs of from
1900 to 1000 feet. which make the iso-
lation seem even more hopeless than
the beautiful deep blue waters of the
dangerous trail, constantly manned by
government guards, foils escape, if it
were ever contemplated, by the land
side.
Naturally the fear of being isolated
at the settlement caused the natives to
thwart segregation. Generally it was
done by secreting their afflicted, yet
lence to resist arrest. The necessity of
severing ties of the strongest affection
involved grief of the deepest description,
and many are the cases of abnegation
where the clean have accompanied the
afflicted to the settlement to die there
with them,
Then. too, by degrees there grew up
the belief among the natives that ter
ribIe mistakes of diagnosis by the ply
sicians were consigning innocent and
helpless people to tho living sepulchre.
And as each year failed to eradicate
the disease. as had been represented,
but still claimed it's toll, the belief be-
came almost universal that a larger
proportion of those committed were sac
rifces to the despotism and ignorance
of the white mans medical science that
boosted but could not cure.
the inability of the afflicted to care for
themselves. conditions were improved,
until finally the authorities took entire
charge of the lepers, and today the APP
for the maintenance and
care of these wards are most generous,
and exceed S125.OO0 annually.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
OUR EARS.
Nest Distinctive and Characteristic of
All Features.

Science now declares that the ears are
the most distinctive and characteristic
of all the features. On this account
criminolOgistS rely upon them largely for
purposes of Identification. There is not
anywhere in the world a pair OF ears
exactly like your own. There are plenty
OF noses like yours, mouths like yours
and eyes like yours, but no ears that
are duplicates of the ones you wear Is
it to be supposed, then, that there is an
exact standard in ears? Decidedly yes
Such standard has been established by
the anthrOpOlogists, who have reduced
the matter to definite specifications. The
ear should be of a certain size, should
occupy a certain place on the head, and
should be of such and such shape.
The requirements are so definitely set
forth that it is easy for you to ascertain
whether you yourself have perfect ears,
or, if not, how far and in what respects
they vary from the correct and ideal
standard. A woman's ear ought to be
two and a half inches long and one and
half inches wide. 1t should be set ex-
actly half way between the front and
the back of the head. Its top should be
on a line with the top of the nose, and
the tip of its lobe should be on a line
with the tip of the nose. 1t must be
set vertically. e., without slant-and
must lie fiat.
An odd point about ears is that no pair
of them are ever perfectly matched.
They may be nearly alike, but never ex-
actly so. If you will examine your own
ears you will find that they differ in
some way from each other. 1t may be
that they are not exactly alike on your
head This often happens. Many per-
sons ears are SO unlike that they might
more appropriately belong to differenf
individuals
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
MONEY FOR GENIUS.
Inventions that Would Bring in Wealth
Galore

1t is agreed on all hands that inyen-
ton offers one of the surest means of at
tanning fame and fortune, and one of
the shortest. too. Now, there is no lack
of inventive genius; there never were so
many clever persons in the world as
there are today, but somehow their ener-
gies are not always applied in the right
direction, and so they fail. 1t is just
the old story of ''eyes and no eyes,"
Observe a plumber laboriously pouring
melted lead over pipe joint and smooth
ing it down with leather pad. Can
you not think of a way to join these
pipes cold and to do it quickly and tho
roughly? If you can there is a fortune
waiting for you.
Then. too, there is a nice, easy little
invention that will certainly bring you
thousands annually-that is just a sim
pie and effective means of fastening
panes in window frames. Surely it is
a slur on the inventive genius of the
age that we should still have to resort
to putty in this enlightened Twentieth
century.
Have you ever watched car driver or
motorman lean over with a long crow
bar to shift the switch at junction, or
a man at the corner with lever for the
same purpose? Devise a plan whereby
the driver or motorman, by simply press
ing footplate on the car platform,
ever way he desires, and many car COM
panieS throughout the country will take
up your invention.
The wealth OF a Rothschild is waiting
for the inventor of a satisfactory paving
material. AT present the rule seems to
hold that what is good for the wheels is
bad for the hoofs, and vice versa. That
IS to say, where the read is smooth and
the wheels run easily there is no grip
for the hoofs, and where it is rough the
vehicle is hard to drag. Then there is
the motor to consider. Propelled by the
back wheels. it is bound to skid if the
surface be at, all greasy. What is
wanted is a smooth, hard, absorbent sur
face with at the same time a perfect
grip.
There are scores of little things want
ed. and wanted urgently, for the inven-
tion of which no technical knowledge is
required. One of them is a really good
can opener, something that would cut
the can open with one round sweep,
without risk of gashing the fingers or
running the temper
An envelope that could not be opened
without detection would be welcomed by
the manufacturers.
The bottle that cannot be reflled is
still asked for. There are several on the
market it is true, but the right one is
yet to come. And a word should be
added as to shoe and glove fastening
Consider how much time is wasted in |
acing shoes. Reflect how often the !
shoelace breaks. A neat quick and sim
pie little device is Notwithstanding |
hat would cost little to produce, and |
could easily be replaced when worn out. |
Invent it and you are wealthy for life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30

Still the One Means of Communication
in Canary Islands

In Gomera one OF the smallest of the
Canary Islands, the ''silbando,' or
whistling language, survives, according
to the Chicago News. A correspondent
writes: "a traveller must land at the
little port of San Sebastian and there
find a muleter from the interior. With
him he must ride up the steep bride
paths that wind through the mountains.
When no longer any living thing is with
in sight and the wilderness is only broken
by the crimson flower of the cactus
growing in the clefts of the rock. the mu-
Letter diSmounts, sets his fCfefingers to-
gether at right angle and places them
in his mouth. An arrow of piercing
sounds shoots across the ravines and up
the stony terraces in the Businesses of
the mountains. A moments pause and
there comes a thin, almost uncanny an
swering whistle from far away.
Conversation begins and, as the sounds
rise and fall, are staccatoed or drawn
out, so they are faithfully echoed and
transmitted by the hills. Then comes the
ghostly reply and then quetsicn and an
swer follow without hesitation or mis-
understanding. Perhaps the stranger
will ask: What are you doing there?'
Answer: There is traveller with me:
one of our mules is lame. Can you bring
us a fresh one" Yes, l can; do you
want anything eIseY You might bring
some milk along, if you have any, and
so on.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30

conversation with loquaciaus guide.
said: 1t seems to me that giraffe is an
unusaIly tlin one, although al of them
are n IL enough"
But surely, he is of an extraordinary
thinness." said the guide. look ng 1T the
giraffe with an air of Affect nate sOlic-
itude. And they say he grows ever
thinner. For myself believe it is h S
pride that so affects him He sees the
obel.sk and the Eiffel Tower. monsieur
and he is jealous of them. What would
you have? He is jealous, and therefore
lie starves himself, and grows continually
less. YOUTHS Companion.
49,
Too Expensive.
''This cigar tastes like it was made of
cabbage" growls the customer
Hull" replies the clerk. IF you
knew the wholesale price of cabbage this
year, you wouldn't insinuate that it could
be put in a 5-cent cigar. Judge.
49,
Harmonious Pun.
How would you like to take part in
cantata?'
I'D jump at the chants. louisville
Courier-J ournal.
Like Some Other Epitaphs.
81 was called in by a close-fsted old
merchant the other day" Boston law
yer remarked, smiling. "He wanted me
to draw his will, and this i proceeded to
do, following his verbal instruction.
Presently he said:
To each and every clerk who has
been in my employ continuously for ten
years, give ten thousand dollars"
''This seemed like a considerable sum
to me, and | ventured a slight protest,
as he had a number of daughters and his
entire fortune was not large.
"'Oh, that's, all right, he said with
a little crooked smile. You know peo-
pie have always said that l was close
and hard, and l want them to think we'll
of me when I'm gone
81 was little touched, and said some
thing, but he waved it aside and we
continued with the draft. When it was
finished and as ] was about to leave the
office, the old fellow smiled again his
little crooked smile.
"'About those ten-thousand-dollar
legacies.' he said, there isn't clerk in
my place who has been with me over two
years-but it will look well in the pa
persr THE Green Bag.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
A Chestnut Farmer.

G. r. Sober, the paragon chestnut
farmer of Irish Valley, Northumberland
county. is spreading the chestnut grow
ing cult beyond the borders of the Key
stone state. He has shipped seven cars
of trees from his Irish Valley farm this
spring They have been shipped chiefly
to the New England and middle states:
At present Mr.. Sober has a corps of
twenty men engaged in grating seeding
chestnut trees. Barring accidents they
will graft about $4,000 trees. The trees
shipped vary In height from 21a to 10
feet Two hundred and fifty of the larg-
er trees. when properly packed, fill car,
and 1000 to 5000 of the smaller sizes are
required to make a carload.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
The Awakening of China.

The thousand miles of railroad in China
upon which construction work has been
begun and for which the thirty million
dollar loan so much talked of lately is
being raised are intended to form the
beginning of a vast network of lines
that will reach far into the interior, and
that will make available the mineral
riches of the Middle Kingd including
beds of iron ore and coal equaled no.
where else in the world except in the
United States The present loan will
be used on the lines from Hankow to
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Queen Mary an Ahirt

Queen Mary consort of King George
", is an. accomplished artist. One of
a charity fail at HULA small Nater
color entitled. son the Marshes at Set
tisham, near the Queens Bungalow
the ''bungaloR' being Queen Alexandra, !,
retreat on the Norfolk coast, near Sand
bingham. Tie picture, which is a fine,
broad treatmnt OF landscape and clouds
will probabl! be acquired by the Hui
municipal gallery. The special interest
from LondoI when the royal artist wa;
Princess of Wales, and reached Hui
after she had become Queen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Gift of Tulips From Holland.

The Queen of Holland has made
charming gift to Paris. Twenty thou
sand magnificent tulips, all sizes, kinds
and colors, arrived from the celebrated
collection at The Hague and have been
planted at Bagatelle, Bots de Boulogne:
France, Marie Antoinette, lived in seclu-
ci0
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
FUNNYGRAPHS
Waltonian ADVICE

W aIJOnIau ADVICE.
Ike Walton was gOodly man,
AS good as one could wish:
Ye brave advice he handed out
Regarding We shy fish;
He tod where lurked We biggest one.
And where to cast We fly,
And how to land with artists hand
Ye great fish high and dry
Long years ago old Isaac died,
And yet We book he wrote
Lives now, and many carry it
In pocket of We coat;
But, spit of all We fishermen
Who read We book each day,
And spite of all advice therein,
Ye big fish get away.
Denver Republican.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Well Hit Off.

Speaker Cannon, at dinner in Wash
ington, praised a Washington physician.
1.-THE doctor has neat way he said,
''of hitting off case.
There was a Kentuckian-from the
Blue grass region, you know-who called
to be treated for red nose
"'Doctuh, the Kentuckian said,
what shall 1 take, sub, to remove the
redness of NAH nose, subj
Take nothing-espeeially between
meals the doctor MISUNDERSTANDING
ton Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Gentle Solicitude.

Charley, DEAR" said young Mrs. Tor
better care of your health"
What do you mean?"
Several times you have said that
when you were out playing cards you
got cold feet. l suppose these red,
white, and blue discs found in your
vest are cough lozenges. "-Washington
Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Seventy-6ve Years Hence.

What will this blazing comet see
When it returns once more?
Will statesmen tenderly agree,
With all dissensions DER?
Will women have the right to vote;
Will kings still be on view,
And will the man who rocks the boat
His annual joy pursue?
Will people still buy bricks of gold
Or play the Wall street game?
Positions that the ball clubs hold
oh, will they be the same?
When. you complete your turn through
space
No mortal tongue can say
What .'ologieS'' will then replace
The ''isms'' of today"
Washington Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Why He Objected.
Natures Fire Department.

Jap Miller and James Whitcomb
Riley the Indiana poet, were firm friends,
and since Riley made Miller famous In
one of his poems Jap has been called the
mayor of Brooklyn, small village where
he runs a general store.
The other day Jap got letter from
company that manufactures fire engines,
asking what protection Brooklyn had
against fire. Jap answered: Rain
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Quite Serious.

A veracious contemporary says that
courageous ST. Louis girl chased Jack
the-hugger" six blocks. How sad!-
Louisville Courier-J Journal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Jersey Real Estate.

Monte Cristo'' was playing to
crowded house in a New York theater.
In box sat man who had looked on
the wine when it was red. When Monte
mounted the rock in the sea and ex-
claimed, ''The World Is Miner the man
in the box shouted: ''What'll you take
for Hoboken ?"-Brooklyn Life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Belated.

Then up and trill the roundelay
With voices hoarse but ever gay.
For spring, atchoo, is on the wing
| md Wretched bluebirds soon will sing
| GOpla, the merry roundelay!
Tor off the track and clear the way,
nh 'pring ding bling, is on tn wing;
| T Tho ocus croaks, the bluebells ring,
| For Isnise again the roundelay
roi 0pl is somewhere on tn way.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Same Old Story.

'How shall 1 break the news to my
parents that 1 have failed in my
exams?ii. =.
Merely telegraph them: Examination
over. Nothing new" "-Fliegende Blaet-
ter.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
A Lingering Death.

An English soldier supposed to have
been killed in India was entered on the
books of his company:
Died on the Oath of June" &c.
few days afterward it turned out
that he was still alive, and the honest
sergeant made the following entry:
Died by mistake"
At length there came letter from the
minister of war announcing the death
of the man at the hospital when the SER
geant recorded the fact as follows:
"Re-died by order of the ministry
Louisville Herald
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Up in the Thousands.

r. A. Gardiner, the golf champion. said
one afternoon on the famous Wheaton,
links:
THAT chap ahead of us plays very
poorly, doesn't he? Let us say nothing
to him about it, though. His poor play
ING IS often enough rubbed in on him.
His caddie, one day when he was in
particularly bad form, lay down near
the ball in a bunker and pretended to
sleep.
'SThe man looked up from one of his
many vain swats at the ball and growled !:
Say, you must be tired, boy, lying
down.
az amt tired of carryin', said the
boy. but l certainly am tired of coun-
TIM New York Tribune.
>.:.-
His Description.
4, Charles. two and half years old. has.
naturally a limited vocabulary, yet he
usually manages to express himself and
his emotions very clearly.
The other night a skunk was wander
ing near the house, and Charles learned
for the first time what the awful pres
ence meant, for bolt upright in bed he
sat, and gasped out, "Oh, mamma! Did
you smell that awful noise "-Youth's
Companion.
LOO ELL HdIlC.
'sThe engineers find Gatun Dam
safe" read Mr.. Jones from his news
paper headlines to grandma, knitting at
the other side of the table.
Well" she said, looking up over her
glasses in panied surprise, Il don't know
anything about the safety of Gatun, but
l think family newspaper oughtn't to
use such language In print."-Emporia
Gazette.
Why He Objected.
Grant Allen relates that he was sit
ting one day under the shade of the
Sphinx, turning for some petty point of
detail to his Baedeker. A sheik looked
at him sadly and shook his head.
Murray good" he said in a solemn
voice of warning; "Baedeker no good.
What for you see Baedeker?"
mo, no; Baedeker is BEST" answered
Mr.. Allen. 'Why Go you object to Bae
deker?'
The sheik crossed his hands and looked
down on him with the plying eyes of
Isham.
'Baedeker bad book he repeated;
Murray very, very good. Murray say,
Give the sheik half a crown Baedeker
say, Give the sheik a shilling pitts
burg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Fresh Discovery of an Old Truth.

Helen's enjoyment of the party given
in honor of her ninth birthday was near
ly spoiled by the ill-tempered outbreaks
of very pretty and well dressed little
girl, who was among her guests
a plain and rather shabby child, who
proved herself yeritable little angel of
Cact and good will.
After her playmates were gone, Helen
talked it all over very seriously with
her mother. She summed it up in this
piece of philosophical wisdom:
swell. I've found out one thing man.
ma. Folks don't always match their
outsides. Home Companion
Let Us Hope Not
Does a higher tariff
On foreign paprika
~ Swell the cost o. llvin'
In Costa Rica?
~ &C. W. 7
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.

Stephen G. Williams, who, it is said,
is the last survivor of the historical party
of gold-seeking pioneers who came to
California on the old ship Mantle, and
landed in California on July 5, 1S49, from
New York, died at San Francisco at the
age of SO years. He was direct de-
scendant of John Massey, the first white
child born in Salem, Mass, in 1851.