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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
"GRAND OLD WOMAN rs DEAD.

Msss Spence OF Australia Was a
Friend of Children of Her Country.
When Miss Catherine Helen Spence,
the grand old woman of Australia"
died not long ago the children of her
country lost one of their best friends
It was Miss Spence who, in conjunc-
ton with Miss Emily Clark, initiated
the Australian system for the care Of
dependent and delinquent children, a
system which is the envy of social
workers in more than one other coun-
try. Old as she was, according to the
New York Tribune, she filled up to
the time of her death a seat on the
state children's council and also on
the destitute board of South Austria
liza. But Miss Spence was never really
old, though she had lived IS years
when she died. She took the warmest
interest In all that her friends were
doing. She mothered and brought up
one after another three families of
children. Her public work was many
sided The English colony in South
Australia, to which, as a young girl,
Miss Spence went from Scotland, was
not at all like the colonies founded
later by gold seekers. 1t was a colony
established by idealists, with dreams
Of just laws and pure electoral con-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

Pests OF various kinds cost the
American citizen the staggering sum
Of $2,000.000,000 annually, according
to the Washington Post. off," said
Henry Wethersbee Henshaw, I'VE could
get Congress to appropriate $1,000,000
for the determination of the English
sparrow-which we couldn't; and hav-
Ing the million could thereby ex.
terminate the aforesaid English spar
row-which again we wouldn't-it
would be million mighty we'll in
vested!" That sounds rather startling,
but DR.. Henshaw is assistant chief Of
the biological survey, and speaks as
one having authority.
And that Is not half so startling
as some Of the other figures they can
give you at the Agricultural Depart
ment on the cost of little things
things some Of them almost microscop-
ically small According to experts in
the biological survey, the smaller NAM
mails, for the most part rodents, cost the
farmers Of the country something like
$130,000,000 year. And that's a pref
ty big board bill! But 1t pales into in
significance beside the tribute exacted
from the same farmer by the insect
pests. According to G. L. Marlatt, as
sistant chief of the Bureau of Ento-
mology, injurious insects cost the
farmer about 10 per cent of his prod
uce
According to the last Agricultural
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

which Is specifically a wheat pest,
though it also does considerable dam
age to rye and barley.
The aforementioned Hessian fly In
fiicts more damage on wheat than any
other one insect does on any one 9TH
er crop. 1t is credited with mini
mum destruction of 10 per ceIt OF tbe
wheat crop = say of $60,000,OOO, as
crops are running now-and with
easily $10,000,O00 damage each year to
rye and barley. And there's another
$70,000,000 and a few more Dread
noughts accounted for!
Next comes the chinch bug, which
attacks both corn and wheat, and to
certain extent the other cereals. 1t
is estimated as accountable for per
cent of the corn crop and per cent
Of the wheat crop-about $3O,OOO,OOO
on each, and some slight damage
few millions year perhaps-to other
crops. Chalk up $60,OO0,000, anyhow,
to the chinches, and let 1t go at that.
While the great farm staples pay
toll to destructive insects to the tune
of about 10 per cent of their value,
the fruit and truck farmers lose dou-
BILE that. The coddling moth, for in
stance, costs the apple growers some
where between $25,0OO,OO0 and $50, 000.-
900 q year. There are the various
scale insects, including the San Jose
scale, whose depredations were at one
time regarded so seriously that it was
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
Petition for Morse at Yale.

The movement for pardon for Charles,
w. Morse is being circulated among the
members of the senior class in the aca-.
demic department at Yale university. 1t
is to be forwarded with others to Presi--
the Yale corporation, and his SON, Rob
ert. the Yale debater and society man,
will be one Of the signers of the petition.
The chief reason for the movement at.
Yale is the fact that Edwin Albert
Morse. the son of Charles W. Morse.
is a member of the senior class and is
one of the most popular men in Yale.
His roommate. Edward G. Roberts of
Hartford. son of ex-Gov. Henry Roberts.
of Connecticut, is getting the signatures.
for the netitiOn
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

drew so near that he could hear her
quick breath and the rapid beating of
her heart. With all his remaining
the lover sprang forward and
clasped the maiden's form to his
breast. What was not his grief and
establishment when he found that his
arms elapsed not the maiden he loved,
but strange plant the like of which
he had never seen before The maiden
had awakened just as her lover over
took her, and, frightened at her sur
roundfngs, she was transformed She
had raised her arms just as her lover
caught her and her uplifted hands
were changed to ears Of corn and
where her fingers caught her hair the
maize bears beautiful silken threads"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

Pretty Legend About Corn.

There is a beautiful Seneca story
Of the origin of corn in Canfield's
Legends of the Iroquois," as follows:
Long and earnestly a young brave
wooed beautiful maiden and at last
gained her consent to live in his wig
wan. Fearing that she might be sto-
len by one of her many admirers he
slept by night in the forest that he
might be near to protect her. One
night he was awakened by a light
footstep and, starting up, saw his
loved one stealing out of her lodge
as sleep walker He pursued her,
but as if fleeing in her dreams from a
danger that threatened her life, she
ran from him like a fieet-footed hare
On and on he pursued and finally
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

Stanley Y. Beach, of the editorial staff
of the Scientific American, has produced
an aeroplane with gyroscope attachment
with which he hopes to win the New
York Worlds prize of $4,000 for a sue
cessful flight from New York to Albany.
The gyroscope is attached directly I'M
Ger the motor, where it rotates at the
tremendous speed of ten thousand revo-
buttons a minute. and offers resisting
force Of nine hundred pounds one foot
distant from its axis This force in
creases with the diameter of the gyro-
scope and takes from the aviator all
worry as to stability, enabling him to
devote his attention entirely to steer
ing, diving and ascending. The gyro-
scope rotates in vacuum, and will con-
tinue for hours from its own momentum,
thus making the stability of the aero
plane independent of the propelling
mechanism.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
WOMEN AND LOVE.
Only the Isolated Girl Able to Keep
Illusions as Time Passes.

Only the Isolated Girl Able to Keep
Illusions as Time Passes.
In Harper's Bazaar Gertrude Ath-
erton, the novelist, has an interesting
article on love. She knows her sub
1ect well. Among other things she
says this:
I'VE all know that the older girls
grow, the more difficult are they to
please in the matter Of man; that is
to say, when they have the opportu-
nifty to meet q reasonable number of
men. It is only the sidetracked girl
Generally in small towns deserted by
the young mem or the too sheltered
girl, who keeps her illusions. Women
that see too much of men soon lose
these. In mixed colleges the process
Of disenchantment begins just that
much earlier-and in the most plastic
years Of the human mind The girls
who, almost shamefacedly, announce
their engagements Immediately upon
the close of their collegiate career, are
the undeviatingly maternal, those in
whom love of children is so deeply
implanted that no amount of contact
(save matrimoniaD can rub off the
masculine halo. Others may have
quite as much good looks and even
charm, may even have a certain youth
full element after romance, but the ma
ternal element in them does not pre-
dominate, and that leaves them free
to pause and think, consider; to see
the male animal, with which they
have rubbed elbows for several years,
exactly as he is. Therefore, they con-
clude to wait few years and seek the
opportunities TO meet men that can
companion them, give them something
more than a brief romance, a family,
or an establishment. Sometimes these
girls, particularly if they discover
ability enough to make an interesting
career, do not marry at ALL No man
fulf1lls their ideals of what life COM
panion should be; they conclude that
happiness is to be found alone, not in
the surrender of liberty to some one
man who may develop all sorts of de-
testable traits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
Con siderate.

What shall we do, john" said the
farmers wife, who had retained much
of her sentiment through twenty-five
years of married life--"what shall we
do to celebrate our silver wedding?"
Reckon up, where all the silvers
gone to in bringing up our family"
grumbled he.
"Oh, no, John; it must be something
real good and out of the ordinary.
tell you what Let us kill the latest
pig and give banquet"
Maria" said the husband solemnly,
II don't see how the unfortunate ami
NAL is to blame for what happened
twenty-five years ago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
Exercise for Double Chins.

If you do not go in for rubber bands.
steaming, trained messages, and various
other devices for getting rid of double
chin. at least, try this simple exercise.
Put fingers of each hand on back of
neck near base of brain, with thumbs
rubbed grease into flesh to prevent fric-
ton massage heavily both front and
back. This is done by moving thumbs:
with rotary movement over the rolls of
flesh from tip of chin down, at same time.
working fingers on muscles at back of
exercise. varying it frequently with
head as far back as it will go while
working across the rolls of the chin and
improvement should soon pc noticed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

tons and interviews with farmers during
twenty-five years of cycling in that re-
gion, coupled with Farmers Bulletins
issued by Uncle Sam, together with some
knowledge of chemistry and botany; de-
spite these things, the results were graft
flying to me and surprise to some far
mers. -Four hundred ripe tomatoes fror,
peas, a half bushel of shelled butter
beans when they were selling at so cents
a quart, over twenty summer suuashes,
seventeen messes of string beans. each
one over a half a dishpan full twelve
hungry mouths to feed, onions every
day in the year, to say nothing of rhu-
barb, cucumbers, okra, beets, radishes,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

time if you did," interposed rather
grim voice. Stanton Drew was watching
from the half-opened door and servant
stood behind him.
Il apologize" said Chalmers sulIenly.
"Only just in time, my friend
"4ou-there's some excuse for me con-
sidering all things.
Don't he u fool. Are YOU going?"
Yes, you thief"
Stanton relinquished lis wifes arm.
and stood with bis fists clenched
Get out-quick," he said, and the.
visitor went, while Esther'5 lips met her
husbands i'll passionate thanks VIII
frid L. Randell in London Taller.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
Vanderbilt SURPRISES Frenchmen.

William K Vanderbilt has astounded
the French by doing 'the impossible"
and changing the course of a public road
that ran by his training barns at Poissy.
Passing automobiles frightened the nery-
Gus thoroughbred colts and FLIES.
LET us move the road" said Mr.. VAN
derbilt to his superintendent.
Impossible, monsieur" answered the
Frenchman, as conservative as all his
people.
1--WE will see,'' retorted Mr.. Wander
bilt
By using proper influence and expend
ing 100000 for labor the roads course
has been turned from the farm.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
Rules for Graduates.

Bearing the signature of Margaret
Glover. chief marshal for the senior,
class. nine rules specifying the sort of
clothes the girls may or may not wear
at commencement were posted at Rad
cliffe college. The new rules, calling for
extreme simplicity, follow: 1, long
sleeved white shirtwaists plain as posi-
BILE; g linen collar 3. ties will be provid-
ed; 4, plain white skirt-no rufties, en-
broidery of buttons; 5, skirt. inches
from ground; 6, gown 2 inches above
skirt: Z; absolutely no jewelry and no
bows in hair; g. black shoes and stock
ings. Feet must look dainty and trim :.
9, no fancy combs and barrettes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

The three girls of Garden City, Long
Island, who achieved considerable notori-
ETY. by starting on a fast of seventeen
days, switched from water to milk at the
end of three days, and made another
switch at the end of the first week of their
proposed abstention from food, going to
beefsteak and enjoying the change huge
ly. Fasting on milk is merely living OH
reduced allowance, and the feat of the
girls proved nothing except that beef
steak is good for the hungry, and that
casting is unnecessary if people will be
wise in their eating.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
Control of Naturalization.

Holding that the federal courts have.
jurisdiction over perjury committed ina
naturalization proceedings in state
courts, the supreme court of the United2
eral courts in California, which SEN
fenced Gustav Holmgren to pay a fine
and to Imprisonment for three years on.
a charge of perjury. Holmgren was in
dicted in 1905 by federal jury at San
Francisco on a charge of perjury. II
was alleged that he had sworn in the
naturalization proceedings of Frank
Werta that he had known Werta for five
years, whereas he had known him, it is@
alleged, for only four years.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
TASKS FOR GEORGE.

Who'll put a stop to angry words
Between the Commons and the Lords
And make them sheathe their verbal
swords?
Let George do it.
Who'll bark to Egypt's bitter pea
And peace i'll Pharaoh's land decree
By larger grants of liberty?
Let George do it.
Who'll put an end to threat and boast
And lift the war-cloud from his coast
And bid the German Kaiser ''pros'tY'
Let George do it.
Who'll make his name forever stand
Among the great by helping hand
TO gain Home Rule for Ireland?
Let George do it,
No task is here that he should rue it,
The path is plain if he pursue it;
The question now is, Will George do 1t?
Maybe he will.
Richard Linthicum.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
A Banker Fined.

As the result of an action brought
against him by Atty.-Gen O'Malley i'm
behalf of the state of New York, Will.
liam Highly Nichols, private banker of
Hancock, has been compelled to pay the,
state a penalty of $3.50 for using the
word savings in his banking business.
without legal right. The use Of the.
word is prohibited by any persons or cor
porations other than savings bank or
savings and loan association incor-
porated under the law of the state.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
GARDEN EXPERIENCE.
What "Greenhorn" Raised on Little
Cincinnati Patch.

There are those in our cities who
would be better off morally, physically
and financially if put on a farm and
taught how to get the most out of it,,
My experience in thirty by forty foot
patch in my back yard in Cincinnati con-
firms this belief. In spite of the fact
that it was or q side hill and had to be
terraced; that could work it only early
in the morning, after 6 p. M. and on
Sunday, and that my only knowledge of
agriculture was cleaned from observa-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
COW GIVES ICE-CoLD MILK.

realistic representation may be had of
the milking of cow
"The portion of the body of the i'm
itation cow not occupied by the milk
receptacles is utilized for the storing
of ice to maintain the milk at a proper
temperature. The imitation cow stands
riveted to wagon platform, and is
drawn through the streets in the same
manner as an ordinary milk cart
Scientific American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
Manifested the Makines.

Alderman Smiths baby was being
christened, and everybody present was
complimenting the happy parents.
II believe" said the proud mother,
that he is going to be great poll
tician some day."
"Why?' asked the ruddy faced IA
Their.
''Well, because he crawls out of
everything so easily" said the wife,
smiling up into her husbands face
Lippincotts.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

Edward Mahoney, the New York po-
liceman, who picked up a bomb with
burning fuse and plunged it into pud-
1le Of water, did as brave an act as was
ever performed in battle. He doubtless
saved many lives, and his heroism should
- roxx,ardoJ
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
Discontinued hv the Pope.

Count Salimsi of the papal guard, who
the banquet given by the mayor
of Rome to the Prince of Monaco on
his recent visit, has been suspended by
the Pope for one year. Reports pub
lished in some of the newspapers that
the count received this punishment for
a banquet to Col Roosevelt
are erroneous.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

The destruction of a fireworks factory
near Seattle by explosion and consequent
fire was a rehearsal for the Fourth OF
July with the natural concomitant-v1c-
tins for treatment at the hospitals. Re
form in the celebration of Independence
Day will eventually make fireworks fac
tories few and far between.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
IN SACKCLOTH.
Paris DEGREES That Women Must Be
So Dressed.

Paris DEGREES That Women Must Be
So Dressed.
The woman of fashion is to be dressed
in sackcloth. This is the latest decree
of Paris, for the newest material for
women'S dress is very good imitation
of the ordinary sacking. Numbers of
Parlsiennes have already become wearers
of the sackcloth. These dresses. it is
stated, are of the color of tow or toast
Occurrences is the tone of the dress of
the present season. Woman is adopting
a modest pose; she is once more the
modest violet type. The large fat
plateau hat would assist this pose by
shading sorroWful eyes that have a re-
pentant look: The new sackcloth ma
terial is an imitation of coarse packing
canvas. And yet it is in reality an exz
pensive fabric. Stacking is the newest
material for dresses" a representative
of a well known Paris firm in the west
end said. ut is very effective, however.
and is used to make charming afternoon
toilettes. 1t is a mixture of silk and
wool. At present we have received only.
one model gown made of sacking. but Il
is already a fashion in Paris, and We
are expecting more" Sunshades made
of the same material are also to be used.
These are to be embroidered with floral
wreaths. Paris seems to have created a
drab fashion, as a contrast to the bril-
liant blues, cerises and yellows which are
worn, by introducing tow, toast and a
new shade called crue de la Seine The
last named shade is supposed to be the
color of the Seine mud.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
Be Mentally in UNITY with Health.

Understand that if you are mentally
unified with sickness, old age and death,
no amount of desire or affirmation can
make you well, young, or long lived To
be healthy, you must be mentally in unity
with health; to remain young, you must
be mentally one with youth, and to live
long, you must be mentally unified with
life, says Wallace d. Wattles i'll the
Nautilus.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
Booths Name IN Sacramento Directory

When moving into the new city hall
a few DAYS ago the city clerk discovered
a musty old volume, city directory of
Sacramento of 1855. The most illus.
trious name in the old book without a
doubt is that of Edwin Booth, the TRACE
dian. Booths name appears in the APP
pendix. His occupation is given as
tragedian and his residence as ''Mrs.
Torrey's." Mrs. Torrey's place was a.
fashionable boarding house which now is
the center of the japanese quarter Other
names Of people who afterward became.
well known throughout the nation are.
Newton Booth, afterward governor and
senator; Mark Hopkins Charles Croker
and G. 2. Huntingdon Sacramento,
Corr. Los Angeles Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

ditions. Miss Spence took all this in
at the impressionable age and all her
life she preached and worked for the
voice of the people in government. In
1893 Miss Spence travelled in America,
speaking at the Worlds Fair in Chi
cago and in many other cities.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

1t transpires that the terrible dyna
mite explosion which killed thirty-fve
men and wounded nearly one hundred
and fifty, in the barracks at Pinar de
Rio, Cuba, was caused by the careless
ness of a carpenter who was uailinf
down lids on cases of the explosive. Thf
fact that so dangerous an act is permit
ted is evidence of the recklessness al
around. The incident should cause &
Tightening of regulations everywhere fol
the handling of high explosives.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

The need of close inspection by agents
of the state dairy and food departments
is indicated by the fact that during
April one hundred and twenty-one OF
two hundred and forty-four samples ex-
amined in Minnesota were found to be In
violation of the laws of that state.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

arrots, parsley and mint for mM
sauce), were the outcome. This ma
seem a large yield for such a small plot
but it was done by Intensive" cultiva
ton. AS soon as done bearing, the pes
were pulled up and beans planted II
their place, and so on. If |, with my
limited knowledge and inexperlence
could get these results without assist
ance, it seems to me persons OF average
intelligence. coached by experts, could
do better. They would certainly get be-
ter food.-William d. Kempton, in New
York Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

Farmers will be interested in recent
facts showing the Importance OF the as
sistance afforded by bees to the profes-
sion of agriculture. New Zealand, which
now exports clover seed, could not grow
any till cargo of humble bees was
sent over. and a number of California
fruit growers failed till bees were kept.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers

If more of her kind could be raised,
the Superior hen which laid an egg
weighing four ounces would soon have
the honor Of inaugurating the mOoted
system of selling eggs by weight
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

Besides carrying insurance that the
government intends to compel honesty
in the labelling of food products, the
mulcting of Chicago packing company
to the extent of two hundred dollars, by
Judge Lands, is evidence that glaring
falsifcations such as selling cottonseed
oil for olive oil has been practiced even
by those who are supposed to be beyond
deception of that kind with the honor
of established trade to maintain.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
Octogenarian Regains Sight.

Coincident with the celebration of his
eighty-fifth birthday anniversary. Prof.
George Davidson, Of San Francisco,
scientist and author, has recovered his
sight. For almost year Prof David
son has been totally blind because of q
cataract Two operations, performed in
the last six months, proved their success
when the clouds that obscured the aged
scientists vision were partially lifted.