The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

her three cats llVeu M. Taft was to
live in the Field homestead and care for
the cats, but upon the death of the cats
the entire property was to go to Mrs.
Nettie Ho,brook, a relative of Mrs.
Fields. During the meantime. Mrs. Hol-
brook was to see that Mr.. Taft who
is 60 years of age and not in very good
health. was to have good care Two of
the cats were found dead recently, and
the third disappeared. Mrs. Hobrook.
because of the death of the cats, has
advertised the Fields homestead for
sale. but Mr. Taft still remains at the
house and declares he will stay until
forced out by law, as he believes the
cats didn't die a natural death.
Relating his experiences during explor-
alton in Bolivia to the Royal Geographic-
al society, Maj. 2. HI. Fawcett remarked
that voyages up the Amazonian rivers
were not without their dangers.
There are anacondas giant snakes).
crocodiles, electric cells, sting rays. and
the perania, small deep-bodied fish
with razor-like teeth and an unappeasa-
BILE appetite for blood. Men unfortunate
enough to fall into the Paraguay-where
the perania is most prolifc-may be
picked clean before they can be rescued.
The anaconda is ubiquitous. moves by
night land has a weird cry. The majors
party killed one 60 feet long, and anoth-
err party reported killing one S5 feet i'll
length.
Insects are legion, and render life a
torture. Mosquitoes are the least often
sive. Il places one is covered from head
to foot by bees inside ones clothes and
outside, in ones ears, nose, eyes, hair
and mouth if it is opened, pungent-odored
and seeking salt perspiration. Feeding
by day under such circumstances is out
Of +hO &c -hn1o Ict
of dreadful and obscure diseases, and the
Brazil-nut tree, dropping it sheavy fruit
from 100 to $50 feet, often breaks q
travellers head. There is also a tree
which drops a colorless liquid which
causes the body to swell and gives acute
pain.
There are rumors which cannot be dis.
proved, since no one knows the heart of
the continent, of a white race with blue
eyes and red hair. There are also tales
Of strange beasts and huge and ancient
ruins, so that South America may well
hold for the explorer surprises greater
than that of the African pigmy and
okapi.-London Mail.
A physician advised the Sauers, who
live on the fourth floor of $50 Ninth ave-
nue., to dispose of their cat and her five
kittens because he feared that they
| old, who slept in the room with the cats.
Orders were obeyed as far as the kittens
went but the family decided to keep
the mother cat. The old cat disappeared
about the time that the kittens were
drowned, but she came back and started
a search for her offspring. She decided
to investigate the baby carriage i'll which
Harry was asleep. The baby woke up
| and screened loudly as the cat nOSed
among the bed clothes. At this the
| jumped upon the child and scratched
| him badly. Then splitting and scratch
ing, she dragged Harry out of the car
riage and let him drop to the floor. Mrs.
| Sauer ran in from the next room and
found the cat clawing the baby's face
She called for her husband, David Sauer,
and the cat turned on her, scratching
; her about the face and arms. David
arrived with a broomsticR and drove the
animal out of the room. By this time
! the whole house was astir and several
of the men tenants come to the rescue,
| driving the cat, which had lots of fight
left, down stairs to the cellar. Two
policemen who were called found her
backed up in q corner of the cellar still
splitting. Policeman Thorn held her down
with his nightstick while Policeman
! Stanley shot her. Mrs. Sauer and her
baby were taken to Bellevue hospital
and later returned home. The dead cat
was sent to the board of health
In a food packing suit for which testi-
mony was given before a master in
chancery of the federal court at In
dianapolis, a New York doctor declared
that the tests of the Roosevelt referee
board and it's results did not prove that
the use of 6enZoate of soda is non-in-
furious. On the contrary. he asserted
: ba re NV mr. IL
Wiley of the Bureau of Chemistry OF
the department of Agriculture showed
that the use of benzoate of soda is in
furious and from his own observation, he
is of the opinion that the giving Of ben
zoate Of soda Unfortunately in food
products is undesirable, because benZOiC
acid liberated from benzoate of soda in
acid foods causes digestive disturbances
The use of the benzoate of soda disturbs
the normal temperature of the body, and
tends to reduce it.
You can't always believe rumors re
garding what is going to happen at
! Washington. Not few times measures
recommended by President Taft have
| been reported beaten, but have picked
up enough votes TO go through. Several
! Wisconsin newspapers which have pub
| lished editorials explaining how the
S250,OO0 appropriation for the tariff
board was cut out will have to revise
their statements or let their readers
go misinformed; for the appropriation
was made and the board will contribute
important information helpful in the sci
entific revision of the tariff There have
been numerous reports of the absolute
failure of the railroad bill, but up to
date they are unjustified by what has
actually occurred. The railroad bill will
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but there is at present no ground for
saying that it has failed. In spite of
the rumors to the effect that postal saw
ings bank legislation is doomed, there
is still possibility that a postal savings
bank measure will be enacted at this ses-
sion. The organization for the obstruc.
ton of legislation recommended by Pres
ident Taft makes a great deal of noise,
but does not always secure the results
at which it aims.
Those were very interesting revela-
tions which Senator Depew made yester-
day in Washington. If Queen Victoria's
intervention prevented Premier Sails
bury from bringing about war between
Great Britain and the United States at
the time of the Venezuela excitement
during the second Cleveland administra-
ton, it was a REPETITION of the veto
which she placed upon a similar out
break during Palmeston's occupancy of
the post of premier. Queen Victoria had
a good heart and a strong sense of duty.
She may not have gone so far as Frank
lin who said there never was a good war
nor a bad peace; but certainly she was
always firmly set against war between
Great Britain and the United States
and it was blessing for both countries
that their differences on both occasions
were adjusted without recourse to armed
strife.