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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Remarkable TyroIese Dance.

A student of the Tyrol and Tyrolese
people describes remarkable dance
in which the male dancers beat time
on the ceiling with their feet.
In Brandenburg and one or two
other Tyrolese valleys which boast of
a particularly muscular fair SEX" says
the writer, "the girl at the conclusion
of her SWANS fantastical Jumps
catches hold of him by his braces and
hoists him up in the air. He of course
helps by jerking himself upward when
she lifts. and tLen, balancing with
his hands on her shoulders, he treads
the ceiling of the low room to the tune
of the music and she continues to
dance around on the floor of the room.
Such dances are rapidly falling into
disuse, and it is almost impossible for
the ordinary tourist to witness one
nowadays"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28

John Driscoll, an ex-saflor living
in ST. Helens, Eng, who had been be-
reft of speech and hearing for eight
years, has been suddenly restored to
both these faculties in a remarkable
manner. "a queer feeling came over
me Saturday night" he told doctor
after the occurrence. IT stood up but
became so dizzy that l fell, and re-
membered nothing for some time.
IT have been told since that I was
so violent that it took five men to
hold me down. They tell me that
struggled and shouted, and they be-
came very much alarmed. After that
I Gained down again.
II still felt queer, but / could hear
them telling me that could speak.
It all seemed like a dream to me.
went hot and cold in turns, and 1 felt
as weak as child. But o, the joy
and wonder of myself and friends aft
er the strange fit had passed, when 1
found that my long lost faculties had
been SO miraculously restored"
While at Bermuda in 1901 Driscoll
had an attack of yellow fever, and
when he recovered twelve months aft
erwards he found that he could nei-
Their speak nor hear.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
PET DOG USES TOBACCO

People who assert that tobacco will
kill dog, horse or pig will be sur
prised to learn that the pet Boston
terrier owned by F. H. Smith of Nor
way, Me-, chews tobacco and enjoys
it together with an abundance Of good
health. The dog is a finely bred ami.
NAL, and does number of tricks,
He has used tobacco several years.
One day when Mr. Smith threw away
a "quid" he was greatly surprised to
see his pet pick it up and swallow 1t.
Fearing that the dog would suffer he
made an effort to remove the tobacco
from its stomach, but without avail.
The dog showed no Ill effects from
use of the weed" and watched Mr..
Smith when he placed another Chew"
in his mouth. When this was thrown
away the dog seized 1t as before and
then began a strange habit that has
lasted several years. Inseparable COM
panions, the dog and his master en-
Joy many hours together and the dog
barks happily when his accustomed
allowance of tobacco is thrown to him.
The dogs special pleasure is when his
master will cut bit of un-chewed to-
bacco from the plug for his benefit.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
TRAPPED BY HIS WHISPERS

An odd little adventure, more hui
morous than tragic, happened in hotel
at Seattle the other day, the victim
being a guest from Salt Lake City
named Morris Steigers, who rejoiced
iin the possession of a twenty-eight
inch growth of flowing whiskers.
AS Katie Merrill, who handles the
linen on the top floor of the hotel was
tripping down hallway she saw ap-
parently hanging from a. door knob
what looked like a woman's switch.
: It was gray and fully twenty inches
hong.
Mercy" quoth Katie what a
peculiar place for SWITCH"
Then Katie looked closer and dis
covered that the bunch was held fast
in the door jamb. With pass key
she opened the door, when Steigers
toppled backward very much exhaust
ed, but once more a free man.
Steigers, while writing letter, had
felt draught and gone to the door
to close it. A guest of wind waited
his whiskers outward and they were
caught when the door slammed 1t
was a catch lock and he was held a
prisoner for over an hour because he
could not unlock the door, and he did
not wish to lose his much treasured
patriarchal beard.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Feminine Nature of Crowds.

Crowds are everywhere distin-
guished by feminine characteristics,
not always revealing the best in
stincts which are associated with the
nature Of woman but this crowd was
remarkable for its kindly tolerance,
womanly tenderness and consideration
for the woman and children and for
those who were overcome by the long
hours Of waiting and the sufferings
Of the heat and thirst. So much at
tention has been paid to the criminal
actions Of crowds that the influence
they exert has come to be looked upon
as necessarily demoralizing. History
has many instances of the heroism Of
crowds; it is by witnessing the dis
interested unselfishness Of such a
crowd as this that one can hope to
realize in some measure the devotion
and self-sacrifice of which collectiv-
tiles are capable.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
BLIND MAN CLIMBS STATUE
Goes to Top of Liberty Monument
and Is Told of Sights He
Cannot See.

Coming over from the Statue OF
Liberty in New York harbor, pas
senger fell into conversation with a
blind man who boosted that he had
climbed to the top Of the statue.
1T was pretty good pull" he said,
but have done better. Bunker Hill
monument tired me a lot more, sand
the Washington monument In Balti'
more was something of clip; but the
climb that pretty near tuckered me
out was, coming down the monument
in Washington. Maybe you can't call
that climbing, since it was walking
down instead of up, but for a man
who can't see the coming down from
these high places is always harder
than going up.
Everybody you meet on top Of a
tower is mighty good to blind man.
They point out the bay on this side,
the river up yonder, the islands to
the front and the tip end Of the city
over there. While l was doing Liberty
statue a shipload Of immigrants
passed within hailing distance. I
couldn't see them. but q woman told
me all about them. how they were
all packed together in the bow of the
ship for their first glimpse of the city
ana everything. 1 suppose some folks
wonder why a man without eyes is SO
anxious to climb 400 or 500 feet to the
top Of place that Is noted for its
view, but the charm is not all lost,
and anyhow I've got the satisfaction
Of saying I've been there"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Kill Sick Fowls.

When fowl becomes Ill the best
cure in many cases is to kill 1t. Only
in trivial ailments or in the case of
valuable birds which in all probability
have been infected from outside, is an
attempt at cure at all recommended
and even then when the disease is SO
defined that the treatment is fairly
certain. By exercising good care,
with all that it includes, correct SAM.
tary conditions, good houses, well
summed and aired, proper food, exer-
else and cleanliness and prompt atten-
ton to birds who seem indisposed, will
often prove effective in checking what
otherwise might turn to be very Sc
rious epidemic. Remove all sick
fowls from the rest of the flock and
see that all conditions are correct for
preventing the spread of the disease to
other members of the flock.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
WHERE THEY LEFT MARGARET
Reckless Chauffeur Who Was Tardily
Informed Of the Loss OF One Of
His Passengers.

Speaking Of automobile speeding"
said man who drives his own car, ST
heard good one the other day. A
young Irishman who, having left
home and made lot of money, was
visited by his two married sisters,
neither of whom had ever ridden in
an automobile. So, he planned for
them trip in his automobile, think
ing they would enjoy both the novelty
of the ride and the city sights. With
view to little fun at his sisters
expense, he told the chauffeur to let
'er out as much as was consistent
with safety. at the same time warn
Ing the sisters that they shouldn't
speak to the chauffeur as he was
very nervous man and mustn't be
disturbed when he was driving car.
Everything was quiet In the ton
neau while the driver went rushing
out into the suburbs and through the
parks. Sometimes 1t was on four
wheels and sometimes on two, but
there was no protest. He had en-
tered into the spirit of the affair, and
he made up his mind he would make
those women cry enough So he
picked out some rough going and
bumped the bumps for half hour.
Finally the younger sister leaned for
ward and touched him timidly on the
shoulder.
Excuse me- she said trembling,
7 know 1 ought not to speak to you,
but thought 1 ought to say that we
left Margaret some ten minutes
back. columbus Dispatch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
| MAKE FARM HOME BEAUTIFUL
Shrubs, Properly Selected and Care
fully Attended to, Will Insure
the Best Results.
(Bv EVA RYMAN-GAITI.ARD)


Shrubs furnish one of the most eff
fective aids in making the Farm
Home-Beautiful, but to get the best
effects from them they must have good
care, which includes intelligent pru-
ming, after they are planted
Pruning, whether it be pinching out
the bud or saving off limb is simply
cutting away one part of plant for
the betterment of what is left, yet the
majority of amateur growers seem to
think that pruning and destruction
are synonymous terms. instead of be-
ing the surest way of improving the
bush and forcing 1t to produce finer
foliage and flowers, and more Of
them.
Each class of shrubs has it's own
requirements but the grower who
learns very few general facts will
make no mistake as to what these re-
quirements are.
For instance the lilacs that bloom
In May produce the flowers at the tips
Of branches that grew the year be-
fore-in fact the buds are stored away
in the branches during the fall
months.
AS this fact is equally true of all
early-fowering shrubs anyone giving
the matter consideration will know,
without being told, that cutting the
branches back in the spring is cutting
of the buds.
The same bit Of knowledge makes
equally evident the fact that shrubs
Of this class should be pruned i'm
mediately after blooming to force
them to send out new branches in time
for the wood to ripen and the buds de-
velOp before the end of the growing
season-ready for opening the follow
ing spring.
Watch shrub as it grows and
blooms until it's habits are known
whether 1t blooms on wood formed
the year before or whether wood and
blooms are produced the same year,
and no other knowledge is needed in
order to know the right season for
doing needed pruning.
When the question OF how often
and how much a shrub should be cut
back comes up widely differing an
swers are given: Some saying "a lit
tie every year." and others advoca-
ting severe pruning at longer inter-
walls but, in the experience of the
writer the condition of each individual
shrub has seemed to indicate, plainly,
when any cutting is needed and how
much.
Sometimes there are heavy, woody
branches that need cutting out enti-
rely and midsummer is good time
for this work because the wounds
heal more quickly, with less loss of
sap, when the bush is In full foliage
and crowding or criss-cross branches
are more easily detected.
If a shrub is not too densely wood
ed and Is in good form with plenty of
blooming points there Is no need Of
pruning every year, but watchful
eye should be kept on them and any
branches that take from the beauty
of the bush removed as soon as found.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
CARE OF COWS IN FLY TIME
Pestiferous Little Insects Cut Off
From 80 to 40 Per Cent. in
Receipts of Creameries.

A few calves will occupy but little
stable room and will require but little
additional food and attention.
We can MAKE no greater mistake
than to compel them to suffer day
after day fighting flies in the blister
ing sun.
Some dairymen keep their COWS in
side during the worst part of the fly
season, allowing them to run out
nights.
After a run out in the pasture they
are put in the stable in the morning
and it is darkened so that the flies
will remain outside.
A little green forage fed while
they are kept inside during the day
and the loss in milk and flesh is re-
duced to a minimum.
Few dairymen can afford to with
stand the losses that are due to the
fly pest.
1t is claimed by good authorities
that In some cases an animal loses
more than a pint of blood each day
and such losses and suffering mean
that they can return no profit at the
pail when they are handled in this
manner.
In nearly every dairy section flies
cut off from 80 to 40 per cent. in the
receipts of the creameries.
No dairying section can afford to
stand such severe losses.
Until we find some fly repeliant Of
lasting qualities we must avoid losses
from this source by keeping the anil
mails where the plague will be re-
duced to minimum.
The scientific work Of handling the
fly problem should be encouraged I'M
til In due time we are In position to
handle the question.
If we can plan to keep all but one
side of the stable darkened the flies
will not bother the calves or cows as
badly as when there is no light at all,
for they will fly toward the light and
get lost and not be able to find the
stock after flying toward the light.
When we stop and consider the in
innate relationship between the COM
fort of the COWS and calves and their
milk and growth we will not hesitate
to do all in our power to improve
their condition during fly time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28

literally toss out big mountain trout
with scoops.
Fish Lake is fed by streams flow
ing direct from mountain snow, so
the fish in 1t are first class. A stream
runs from Fish Lake to Clear Lake, a
deep body Of water three-quarters of
a mile away, and as this lake is al
ways full of trout the connecting
stream insures good supply of trout
in Fish Lake.
This lake lies along the Willamette
valley and Cascade mountain wagon
road near the summit of the Cascade
mountains, seventy-seven miles east
of Albany. Because the lake dries up
almost every summer it is not de-
sirable camping place and no resort
has ever been established there. This
lack of accommodations as well as
the hardship of a drive of sixty-five
miles from the nearest railroad point
keeps people away. Consequently the
supply of fish In this lake has never
failed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
TROUT WITH A PITCHFORK

Think of finding big speckled noun
tain trout in such clusters that you
could throw them out of a stream
with a pitchfork. Many people have
tossed little eandlefish or some other
varieties which run in schools out of
the ocean when a whale drove them
on the beach. but the experience of
throwing out trout in that manner is
rare. You can do it for day or two
almost every summer in a lake far
back In the Cascade mountains in
Oregon.
This lake was called Fish Lake by
the first white men who saw it be-
cause&fish were so plentiful in its wa
tiers. Splendid mountain trout can be
caught there in large numbers on any
good fishing day.
The lake Is wide and shallow and
goes dry almost every summer. The
waters gradually recede into a small
stream which runs through the GEN.
ter of the lakes bed. Into this stream
the fish crowd and for day or two
after the waters have receded into
this channel men can walk along the
marshy ground beside the stream and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Tall BuiIdino for Bees

The tall building idea is found to
be successful with bees as with city
folk. Many beekeepers claim that bees
swarm because they have not enough
room for their work. Swarming is
the bane of the beginner in the indus
try. 1t will be found that a colony
can be started out with single story
hive. AS the season advances a Sec
ond story can be added. Then a
third and on until the capacity of the
hive will be about so pounds. This
method has been tried with success
by beekeepers of experience.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Well. Wasn't He Rioht2

The minister was addressing the
Sunday school. Children, I want to
talk to you for a few moments about
one of the most wonderful, one of the,
most important organs in the whole
world" he said. What Is that that
throbs away, beats away, never stop
ping, never ceasing, whether you
wake or sleep, night or day, week in
and week out, month In and month
out, year in and year out, without any
volition on your part, hidden away in
the depths, as it were, unseen by you.
throbbing, throbbing rhythmically all
your life long?" During this pause
for oratorical effect small voice was
heard: 81 know. It's the gas meter"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Use of the Hardy Ferns.

Graceful effects may be developed
in fairgrounds, in drives through
glades, and in many other positions
by the bold use of the larger hardy
ferns. Few people seem to give much
attention to hardy ferns, and in most
gardens, If there are any at all, they
are usually planted in some out of the
way spot where no one sees them.
Rarely do we find them we'll grown
or an important item in the garden
picture. The bold and handsome ferns
of our own and other countries de-
serve something better than to be con-
demned to miserable existence
among lot of decaying roots, which
the conventional idea always associa-
ted with them.--Garden Illustrated.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
The Orchard in AUGUST,

The first thing to do is to turn In
stock enough, hogs or cows, to eat
all the dropped, wormy fruit from
the ground. This is important, as
it stops the increase of insects. If
the orchard is in grass, and no fruit
and cannot be pastured, cut the grass
leaving it to rot upon the grounds. If
pruning has been neglected do it now,
cutting out specially the misplaced
new growth.
If your trees are old and decaying
haul in the manure scattering half
load under each tree.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28

A search for mammoth bones is ex-
citing the folk of the Yorkshire sea-
side town of Filey. A big tooth. with
the ivory in perfect preservation, was
found sticking out of the cliffs there
the other day and identified as having
once adorned the jaw of one of these
prehistoric monsters. The tooth
weighs nearly thirteen pounds, Is a
foot long and nearly four inches thick.
1t indicates the presence near by of
mammoth remains bigger than any
hitherto found, although quite num-
Der of these antediluvian relics have
been discovered in the neighborhood
from time to time. The finder, local
surveyor, values the tooth at more
than $25, and it will probably be
placed in the British Museum.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
The Miser of SAD Harhor.

Economy" said Daniel w. Field.
the millionaire shoe manufacturer Of
Boston, who at the age Of forty-fve
has entered Harvard, economy is es-
sential to wealth, but by economy
don't mean niggardliness.
TOO many men fail to attain to
wealth because they practise a
cheeseparing and mean, economy that
gets everybody down on them.
"They practise, in fact, an economy
like that of old William Brewster Of
Sag Harbor. William, you know, would
never buy oysters because he couldn't
eat shells and ALL
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
ELEPHANT STEALS A RING

Alice, the wefl-known elephant of
the Bronx Zoo at New York, got into
trouble the other day; but whether
she will be arrested like any other
common malefactor remains to be
seen. While a visitor named Miss
Elizabeth Morrell was surreptitiously
feeding Alice, the animals eager
trunk detached the diamond ring from
her finger.
A search did not discover the ring
and it is presumed that Alice swal-
lowed it under the impression it was
particularly hard shelled peanut.
Alice is esteemed to be worth more
than the ring, so that it is unlikely
there will be any interesting surgical
operation
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
DISOWNED TWO OF TRIPLETS

When she rallied from the anes-
thetic and saw triplets as the stork' s
nrst gift to her, Mrs. Lokodia Rorosky
OF 179 Glenmore avenue, East New
York, refused to believe they were
hers. Her husband, Joseph, had hard
work convincing her that the boy and
two girls were her own At first she
gladly accepted the boy, but insisted
that the girls belonged to another
woman who was trying to foist them
on her. The children were born in ST..
Johns hospital. 1t was only after long
pleading by Rorosky that his wife
grudglngly consented to accept the
two little girls as her own.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
TRYING TO Satisfy Him.

Squeamish Guest Gas waiter places
water before him) -Waiter, are you
sure this is boiled distilled water?
Waiter am positive, sir.
Squeamish Guest Quitting it to his
lips)--But 1t seems to taste pretty
hard for distilled water.
Waiter-That's because it's hard
boiled distilled water. sir.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28

were very unhealthy and the secre-.
lions much disordered. The dropsical
swellings began to abate after began
using Doan's Kidney Pills and soon I
was cured"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Must Keep the Roads Dry.

The most important thing in the
building of roads is to prevent or less
en- the ravages of water; yet no fea-
ture of the work is SO neglected as
this. Many road supervisors seem to
give no consideration to the question
of the drainage, and the result is a
regular mud blockade during several
weeks or months of the year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Looked Like a Pattern,

"My DEAR" asks the thoughtful hus-
band, "did you notice large sheet
of paper with a lot of diagrams on It
about my desk?"
"You mean that big piece with dots
and curves and diagonals and things
all over it?'
"Yes. 1t was my map of the path
Of Halley's comet. | wanted to"
"My goodness thought it was that
pattern l asked you to get, and the
dressmaker is cutting out my new
shirtwaist by iti"-Chicago Evening
Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Bermuda Grass In Orchard

To rid a young orchard of Ber-
muda grass, plow as late In the fall
as you can turn the sod and leave
the roots of the grass to freeze. Plow-
ing and narrowing in the dry, hot sea-
son Of summer will also destroy 1t,
especially If the roots are exposed to
the sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Why Papa Stayed at Home.

Mamma" asks the little boy, "who
are the Highwaters?"
"Highwaters?" answers the mother.
Il don't know any such family. Why
do you ask"
Well, I heard Mr.. Perkins ask papa
If he'd be over to the little game to-
night. and papa said he'd be there in
spite Of Helen Highwater."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Trees MINED NV Frost

If9the tops of your trees are nipped
by excessive cold next winter do not
chop down the trees at first sight.
Wait until the leaves start, prune off
all dead wood and cultivate the
ground thoroughly. This will put new
life into your trees.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
KILLED HAWK WITH A STONE

Robert Downing, who lives in Or
we'll township, Bradford county, Penn
sylvania, threw a stone with such un-
erring aim that he struck and instant
~ killed hawk perched on limb Of
a tree thirty feet from the ground.
The hawk measured three feet and
eight and one-half inches from tip of
the wing to tip of the wing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
His Fatal Error.

Said He-Miss s:Roxleigh -Clara--I
dream of you day and night. May I
hope to claim you for my own?
Said She-Your hopes would be in
vain
Saio He-Do you really mean that?
Said He-Certainly. The man
marry must be wideawake. No dream.