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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12
That 100000 Pearl

The London Daily Mirror, after quot
ing an item from New York paper, to
the effect that "a fine pearl, formerly
belonging to the royal family of Spain.
has been sold for the sum Of 5000, O0O,'
says that the head of a well-known Bond
street jewelry company stated that the
price seemed fabulous as the five or six
pearls in existence valued at 100000 or
over were all marked" They were all
drop pearls. none IF them less than
three-quarters of an inch in length. All
these had been dealt with in London
at one time or other, but of the one men
toned he had not heard. 1T is more
than likely" continued the dealer, that
it has come straight from the Spanish
regalia, for, as is well known, in Spain
and Brazil pearls are valued more highly
than any other stone. 1 can say with
confidence that this particular pearl has
never been in London-or, at least, not
for the last twenty-five or thirty years."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12
Before Their Time.

Mortimer Singer the millionaire de-
scendant of the sewing machine inventor,
lies with many broken bones in Cairo.
the victim of an aeroplane accident.
Mr.. Singer was a pupil of Henri Far
man. A bird man." apropos of this.
said at a recent. luncheon in New York
'"They tell story about Farman and
his pupils. 1t seems that pupil said to-
'Farman one morning, as he turned up
his Gnome motor at Issy:
"I had a dream about you last night,
sir
Yes said Farman.
eyes. | dreamed fell from my BIZ
plane and died, and assembled to the gold
EN- gate. st. Peter said, Who are you?
i mentioned my name, and st. Peter
summoned the reckoning angel with his
book. The book was searched long,
time. but in vain.
'''What did you say your name,
was?" the recording angel asked
81 repeated it, the place in the book.
was found, and st. Peter said:
"'"Why, you've got no business here.
You're not due here for another fifteen
years."
Mr. Farnam said [ stammered
"'"Oh. interrupted the recording an
gel. you're a pupil of Farnam's, are
you?"
Then he turned to st. Peter and
grumbled:
s. '"Better let him in. That Farnam is
always upsetting our arrangements.
though. y Washington Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12
OSCILLATION.

Don't let him kiss your hand.
Daisy Bliss;
Don't ever let him do it,
Pretty Miss:
There's danger in the act
Of oscuiation-'tiS fact.
IT'S so subt.e-the impact,
Daisy Bliss.
New York Sun
Don't heed the horrid Sun.
Daisy Bliss,
III Il kiss there's lots of fun.
Daisy Bliss;
It's a thing that no one misses.
And. bes, des, these very kisses
Often make Il Miss Mrs,
Daisy Bliss.
Rochester Post Express.
Just to hear these news men tax.
Daisy Bliss.
We girls knew how they'd baik,
Sister Bliss,
If we didn't kiss at all,
Or they thought we'd kiss at call
We use tact, or else we pail,
Daisy Bliss.
Boston Transcript.
Do you note the Boston dame,
Daisy Bliss?
Seems to think she plays tn game,
Daisy Bliss.
Yet tn kisses of these shes,
As each chronicler agrees
When they plant 'em always freeze
Daisy Bliss.
cleveland Leader.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12
MARLBOROUGH GOSSIP.
Rumors as to a Reconciliation, and the
Reasons Therefor.


An apparently we'll founded report of
a reconciliation, either impending or ac-
complished, by the Duke and Duchess OF
Marlborough, comes from Nice. The
duke has been buying land at Nice for
winter residence, and surely he is not go
ing to live in solitary state in an estab-
lshment without the financial backing OF
the duchess. 1t is we'll known that King
Edward favors a reconciliat ton between
the estranged husband and wife and
wishes to see the duchess accompanied
by her husband at all court functions;
for she is the handsomest and most dis
tinguished duchess in his dominions.
William X. Vanderbilt and his tactful
wife also favor reconciliation. The Ouch
ess is said to have tried philanthropy and
literature as cures for her unrest, but has
not found the balm of Gilead in either.
A Nice correspondent states that the
duke promises stricter control of his iras-
chile temper, which he is said to have
inherited from his ancestors.
The Marlboroughs will be a welcome
addition to many ducal families who
have winter quarters at Nice. The Duke
of Westminster, the Duke of Anhalt, the
Duke de Rivoli, the Duke de Montebelle,
the Duke de VallOmbrosa and the Duke
de Pomar all have handsome villas at
this southern capital, and the American
duchess would be queen of them all.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12
nearly or quite disappear with the ad-

nearly or quite disappear with the ad-
vent of cold weather.
The next spring it returns, and
now there are digestive troubles added
pain and distress in the stomach
after eating, diarrhoea, and often YER
tigo headache, and persistent ringing
in the ears.
In the winter these troubles again
become less, but return in aggravated
form the next summer. and with them
appear mental symptoms-delirium
and profound melanchona And so
the disease goes on until death puts an
end to the patients sufferings.
This description is that of the dis
ease as it occurs in chronic form in
Italy. In this country it is apt to be
more acute and rapidly progressive,
without the winter remissions OBJ
served in the European cases.
Pellagra occurs generally only
among the very poor and those living
under the most unhygienic conditions;
but although poverty may predispose
to the disease, it's sole cause so far as
known is the eating of diseased maize.
This grain trouble is a corn-smut, a
form of mold which attacks the grain
stored in damp places.
The prevention is simple-the use
of flour and meal made from good
grain only; but in the conditions I'M
der which many of the Italian peas
,,,fz two fc
sounds.-Youth's Companion
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12
The Servian Princess.

Princess Elena of Servia has been pay
ing long visit to Queen Elena of Italy,
her aunt, staying with the King and
Queen of Italy at their private residence
in the gardens of the Quirinal palace
During her visit the princess has attend
ed the court balls given by the great
Roman hostesses. She is very fond of
dancing, and dances with the natural
grace of her country. Blue is her ia
vorite color as it is of Queen Elena,
who is her godmother as well as her
aunt. The princess is only % She
is much liked in Rome, and it is regret
ted that there is no prince of the royal
family of suitable age to marry her
Court Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12
500 Reward, SIOO.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
being a constitutional disease requires a
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
OF the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing it's work The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials.
Address: +. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12
Effect of Heat.

When one stands before hot fire
the face becomes red, as we all know.
This result is the effect of the action
of radiated heat on the nerves con-
trolling the small blood vessels of the
skin. These tiny vessels are normally
in state of moderate contraction.
Under exposure to heat they relax
and become distended with blood The
same process. under the mysterious
connection of the vasomotor nerve sys-.
tenn with mental impressions, pro-
duces ordinary blushing.
In regard to exposure to direct heat
the reddening of the skin, together
with the uncomfortably warm feeling
accompanying it, may be lookeS upon
as one of the useful little danger
signals with which we are surround
ed. Persons who from any cause have
lost their susceptibility, as is the case
in some forms of paralysis, may eX-
pose limb to heat until serious in
jury results.
The reason that the face chiefly
Pushes is that in the ordinary posi-
ton near fire it is most directly ex-
posed to the rays Of heat, while most
of the body is shielded by clothing;
that the nerves of the face are partic-
ularly sensitive in this respect and
that the skin there is more abundant
ly furnished with blood vessels Lon
don Standard
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12
MICROBES JUST A FEW.
A Small Matter of 1876 Billions in One
Corner of the Human Body.

: The alimentary canal is the most per
feet culture tube known to meteorological
science. No part of the body is so dense
ly populated with heterogeneous. 1t is
estimated that in the alimentary canal of
the average adult about 10000, 100000
microbes come into existence every day.
They crowd this region so densely that
scientists originally believed that they
. were Indispensable to human life. Ac-
cording to a writer in McClure's, Pas
teur, who first discovered them, main
tanned this view, but recent investiga-
tons have rather disproved it.
There are many animals that exist in
iperfect health without any intestinal bac-
terra at all. Polar bears, seals, penguins.
elder ducks, arctic reindeer-these and
other creatures in the Arctic zone have
few traces of these organisms.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12
Inhammable Collars.

Where borax is used, with starch, in
the dressing process to produce high
glaze surface, or where the laundry PEG
pie use chemicals in the cleaning pro
cess, there way be some degree of inflam
inability attaching to cotton collars. OF
even to union, or linen collars: but /
would be absurd to imagine that the
ordinary collar of commerce is a source
of danger-The Outftter.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

AT SO Napoleon was Emperor of
France; Phil Sheridan rode on foaming
steed twenty miles, seized his retreating
army and hurting it upon Early, snatched
victory out of the jaws of defeat, send
ing him, with his hosts, flying up the
Valley of the Shenandoah Wolfe scaled
the Heights of Abraham at Quebec, dis
possessed the French of their possessions
in Canada and gave two provinces to
England; Corregio had produced his
three world renowned pictures, THE AS
sumption of the Virgin" 'Ecce Homo"
and The Petitent Magdalen;" George
Stephenson made his first locomotive;
Edison had harnessed electricity to the
uses of man; Gray wrote his 'Elegy;
Poe his Raven" and Thomas Jefferson
the Declaration of independence.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

And now Doctor Wiley has come out
on the subject of cold storage. He has
studied food problems with a thorough
ness that gives prestige to his opinions.
Doctor Wiley declares that nine months
is long enough for any food to be kept N
cold storage or in cans. He says that
holding over the product of one season
to interfere with the output of the next
exceeds the limits of reasonable economy
and practical hygiene, and concludes
that ''the storage of strictly seasonable
products should be prohibited by law
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

A novelty chiffon Marquisette of rose
color is used here as an overdress for a
lingerie gown. It's fine way to re-
juvenate last years creation; and enc
overdress, being entirely complete in
itself, may work its magic on several
gowns.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

Six firemen lost their lives in a fire
at New Haven, Connecticut, because of
the explosion Of gasoline tank, which
penned them in a cul de sac with a wall
of flame. The growing use of motor We
hicles and gasoline engines is increasing
the number of gasoline tanks in business
houses and in garages. These should
be all located where they can be inspect
ed by the building department and by
the scouts that are sent out by the In
surance Patrol and the Fire Depart
ment.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

Surely no member of the G.. A. r.
would join in a plot to blow up the
statue of General Lee i'll the capitol at
Washington. No wonder that the police
do not regard seriously the sensational
story telegraphed from New York.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

Think of French titled families hang
ing up counterfeit paintings in their old
chateaux, that they may sell them as
old masters to gullible Americans. But
one American victim has turned. She
has brought suit in a French court to re-
cover money thus obtained from her by
fraud. If she wins, it may check the
INSCRIPTIONS daring of titled exploiters
of rich Americans
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

Secretary Wilson's cook book bids fair
to become as popular as was Secretary
Rusk's horse book, of which many thou
sand copies were printed by the govern
ment. The high price of food products
has made housekeepers study economy,
and there will doubtless be demand for
all of the million copies of the Wilson
book that have been ordered by Con-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

The effort of John d. Rockefeller and
the trustees, faculty and alumni of johns
Hopkins University to raise two million
dollars for the expansion of that inst-
tuition is not likely to fail if all the par
ties to the undertaking do their level
hest
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

The Sane Fourth movement is neither
dead, nor sleeping. 1t viii save the fin
gers and eyes and lives of a great many
young Americans next July.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

Like other professional military men,
Lord Kitchener breaches the doctrine Of
preparedness. He favors universal peace
while he carefully looks after the condi-
ton of armament and the munitions of
war; He would not be a soldier if he
didn't thus attend to business, and his
position is no criterion for civilians who
are asked to tax themselves for stupen-
dous military and naval programmes. A
happy mean between serenity and alert
ness will best please those who have to
foot the bills.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

hilarating sport great favor throughout Great
Britain and Europe. In England falconry died out
popular sport during the time of the Stuarts that
by the end of the seventeenth century little attention
was given it.
In France falconry most practced in the first
half century, especially during the time
of Francis His grand falconer had yearly revenue
of 1000 FORMS nearly $4,000 Under his direction
there fifty gentlemen and the number of fall
coners the whole establishment costing that monarch
about $4,000. While this is rather modest sum-
we view those things today it the French King
thought he keeping this royal sport in royal
way By the time Louis XIV. assembled the throne of
France institution had become really quite
sive. Louis XVI tried in vain to reduce the expense
of maintaining the royal falconry. remained for the
Revolution to sweep it away in France
In Germany falconry retained its existence pop
uar and national sport until near the close of the
eighteenth century 1t also favorite pastime in
Italy and other countries of Europe In Asia the Per
slams developed great skill in the art training faconers
to hunt all manner of birds, and many of the
smaller animals of that region, such the gazelle
this is due in great to the fact that
this sport had its origin in that part OF the world
Old prints and engravings depicting the sport
ticed in England give one little idea of the spirit with
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers

Horseless carriage; wireless teleg-
raph; fireless cooker; dustless brush; tail
less comet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

The use of the gas furnace for forg--
ing tempering and hardening steel is
spreading among the workshops where
cutlery and tools are made. The old
'hearths" are disappearing, replaced by
small. clean gas furnaces.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12
Met Occasionally.

Occasionally you meet man who dis
likes to attract attention. But such
men are extremely rare.--Atchison Globe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

Gov. Pothier of Rhode Island has af-
fixed his signature to a law which gives
the Southern New England Railway
Company a projected auxiliary branch
of the Grand Trunk Railway, direct
line through Rhode Island with a seaport
outlet at Providence. The reaching of
the Canadian lines through American
territory to seaport terminals is evidence
that the st. Lawrence route is not re-
garded as the best for export or coast
business, even by the business men Of
the Dominion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

A woman said to-day: Its harder
for woman to work that it is for
man." Please consider this as an OBJ
lection to that statement.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

Two automobile testers were killed at
Detroit when the front wheels of their
vehicle ''dished" and they were thrown
against trolley pole with the wreckage
of the vehicle that failed while they
were going at high speed. Fire from
the exploded gasoline tank contributed
its share toward the tragedy. The test
of an automobile shows only that the
vehicle is equal to the strain put upon it
for the time being. The next time a
similar strain is imposed there may be
disaster and death. The only safety lies
in rational going.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

When Mrs. Russell Sage goes into the
business of lending money to the deserv.
ing poor she will enter into sharp and
perhaps fatal competition with the mort
gage loan sharks>o New York. 1t is
TO be hoped and expected that good
care will be taken to protect the princi-
pal which she uses in this benevolent
way. The charging of a reasonable rate
OF interest will be no more than right
it will help 70 pay for keeping the
loan bureau in existence. Perhaps, it
may eventually build up the fund to a
magnitude permitting the extension of
money-loaning from the Sage fund to
poor borrowers of other cities Loan
sharks of the more rapacious varieties
are ignoble beasts of prey, and the more
frequently and extensively they are de-
prived of victims the better it will be
for the case of humanity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

The hatpin has proved itself a weapon
of defense in new particular-defense
against the tricks of impostors. In
Brooklyn, New York, the other day, a
young man fell in the throes of a simu-
lated fit, and sympathetic young lady,
who CHANGED to lend a hand in his resus-
citation suddenly said: "I'll revive this
fellow" and jabbed her hatpin into his
arm. The fakir, who had been playing
his fit game for sympathy money, in va
rious parts of the city, yelled couch!
oh! oh!'' and quickly got up and followed
a policeman to prison.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

OF the one hundred and eight thousand
immigrants who entered the United
States last month all but three thousand
knew not only just where they were go
ing to locate but just what they were
going to do for a living-only three
thousand came on the mere chance of
procuring work. Some were ont of en-
ployment on account of depression in the
countries whence they came. The Unit
ed States has resumed it's old aspect
OF the Land of Opportunity. From the
standpoint of the census takers, those
who have formed the intention of com
ing to America this year will do well
to come early enough to be counted.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

A widow and her fortune are soon
married.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

ENTRAL ASIA is doubtless the home of
falconry. There is no mention of the pop
ular sport among the Romans until after
the time of Vespasian, but it is known
to have been practiced by them as early
as the fourth century. From that time
until a comparatively recent date this eX-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12

Advertise in your Home Paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-02-05

Resolved by the Board of Trustees of the City of El Centro, that said Board of Trustees deem 1t necessary to incur an indebtedness in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5OO0.0O) for the pur- pose of boring, drilling and completing an artesian well or wells for obtaining and supplying the said City of E Cen tro and the inhabitants thereof with pure water for domestic use, that said in- debtedness is and will be in excess of the money in the treasury applicable to the purpose for which such indebted ness Is to be incurred, and that a special election by the qualified electors of the said City of El Centro be held on the Fist day of February, 1910, to determine whether such indebtedness shall be in- cured and such special election Is here by called to be held on said day to de- terinine whether an indebtedness in the sum of Five Thousand (s5OOO. .OO) Dollars for the purpose of boring, drilling and comple,ng an artesian well or wells for obtaining and supplying the said City of El Centro and the inhabitants thereof with pure water for domestic use shall be incurred; that notice of said special election shall be given by publishing for two weeks in The Imperial Valley Press, a newspaper printed and published in the said City of E Centro, the following notice, which shall be issued and signed by the City Clerk, and said special cleo tion shall be held in accordance with law and the provisions and directions of said notice as follows, to-wt