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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17
CLEAR-HEADED.

Head Bookkeeper Must he Reliable.
The chief bookkeeper in a large bust
ness house in one of our great West
ern cities speaks CT the harm coffee
did for him:
my wife and / drank our first cup
of Postum a little over two years
ago. and we have used it eyer since,
to the entire exclusion of tea and cof-
fee. It happened in this way:
About three and a half years ago
I had an attack Of pneumonia, which
left a memento in the shape of dys-
pepsia, or rather, to speak more cor
rectly, neuralgia of the stomach. My
cup of cheer had always been coffee
or tea, but I became convinced, after
q time, that they aggravated my stom-
ach trouble. l happened to mention
the matter to my grocer n day and
he suggested that l give Postum a
trial.
Next day it came, but the cook
made the mistake of not boiling it
sufficiently, and we did not like 1t
much. This was, however, soou RENE
died, and now we like it so much that
we will nevei change back. Postum,
being a food beverage instead If a
drug, has been the means of curing
my stomach trouble, / verify believe.
for l am a we'll man to-day and have
used no other remedy.
"My work as chief bookkeeper in
our Co.'s branch house here is of a
very combining nature. During my
coffee-drinking days | was subject to
and the blues in addition
20 my sick spells. These have lef:
me since l began using Pc IAN and
I can conscientiously recommend it TO
those whose work confines them to
long hours of severe mental ex~ertion."
There's a Reason"
Look in pkgs. for the little book,
'1The Road to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above letter? A
new M appears from time to time.
They r genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17
IMMIGRATION TO N A
Average Wealth of Those Who Come
from the United States Is $1,000.

immigration from the United States to
the Canadian west during the last year
far exceeded all estimates or anticipa-
lions. More than $4,000 have come in
in excess of the highest calculations.
Early in the year it was thought that
$4,000 might be expected, but there have
actually been 90,14S.
The immigration commissioner esti,
mates that the average wealth of each of
these is $1,000. which means S90,000.O00
in cash added to the wealth Of western
Canada. In addition to this, there has
been realized from the great wheat crop
another $120,00O. 900, which means a
total of $210,000,0O0 of new wealth this
year, not calculating the proceeds Of
dairy, ranch and coarse grains. Ameri-
cans have taken up in homesteads and
prescriptions on 100000 acres of land,
which at the lowest estimate means
100000 acres added to the crop next
year. immigration from Great Britain
and the continent of Europe was slight
" in excess of the American, amounting
to 81, 522.-MOntreal Gazette.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17
Treated in a "Dryn Town.

Arthur Anderson, a young man resid-
ing at Cotton visited in Sioux Falls a
few days ago and upon his return to
Cotton, which is a dry" town, had a
bottle of whisky with him, from which
he treated some of his friends. Some
who are minors are alleged to have been
given some of the liquor, and as a result
Anderson was arrested and taken before
a Cotton justice, who is his cousin, and
who held him for appearance in the state
circuit court of Sioux Falls. When it
came time for young Anderson to secure
bondsmen all of those who had aided
him in drinking the bottle of whisky
were not to be found, and Anderson had
to call upon others to go upon his bond.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

crete or stone wall, and the other the
armored safe proper. The wall Sec
ton is stationary, but within it the
armored safe is revolved by means of
an electric motor fitted close to the
lower ball bearings on which the safe
is pivoted.
During business hours the safe is
stationary, entrance to it being GAIN
ed through the doors. During this
period electric accumulators within
the safe are connected with an out
side charging circuit, which nne
ton is broken when the closing hour
approaches. A time switch, likewise
within the safe, is set to stop the
motor at any given time the next
morning or the following morning,
should the day be Saturday. The
doors are closed, and the motor is
started by an outside switch, which,
however, Is not capable of stopping it
again.
The safe then commences to %revOlve,
and continues this movement at d
speed of about three feet a second
until stopped by the time switch. Ro-
tating at such a speed, the surface of
the safe at any given point is con
tinually changing which makes impos-
sible a successful attack by cutting
burners" Again, as the safe is de-
signed as a %polygon, the distance be-
tween the armor and the melting in
strument in the hands of the burglar
is changing constantly, and with
proper distance. Any contact between
the burner and the rotating wall
would, to say the least, place the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17
EARLY GRECIAN COINAGE.
Mark on Gold Ingots to Guarantee
Weight and Purity.

The invention of the coinage is due
to the Greeks, most probably to the
bankers of HalicarnassOs and adjacent
Asia Minor Greek colonies, which to-
ward the end of the Eighth century B..
G.. began stamping the small gold cleo
tron ingots which passed through their
hands as currency with Il mark of some
sort intended to guarantee the weight
and purity of the metal; such ingots
regular shape, which we find already
in old silver coins from Aegina, nearly
contemporary with Asia Minor beans"
Curious to say, none of the surrounding
peoples with whom the Asiatic and Eu-
ropean Greeks were in constant com
munication. political or commercial. took
up the wonderful invention which at
present seems to us of such obvious ne
cessity that we scarcely realize how the
civilized world of old could have got
on without it, says the Saturday Re-
view.
AS a matter of fact, however, neither
the Phoenicians. with their practical
commercial sense. nor the Lydians or the
Persians who claimed the supremacy
over the cities where the new currency
was initiated. nor of course the Egyp-
of Alexander disseminated Greek civil
zation all through the eastern world.
The Romans came to know it through
the Greek cities in Sicily and Magma
Braecia. and began striking silver coins
toward the beginning of the third cen
fury B. G..
In the meantime with the Greeks die
sinking, like everything else, had fallen
within the domain of art, and their coins
remain forever a standard of beauty
for the artist and a model of perfec-
ton for the die Sinker.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

A German writer calls attention to a
"life saving awl'' which is in use in
Holland and Switzerland and preserves
many lives every year during the skat,
ing season. The awl is carried in he
pocket or slung over the shoulder on a
string. Every skater who has n of
these avis can fasten on to the edge
of the ice with it when he falls in-if
he does not lose his presence of mind.
There is another preventive against
drowning which some skaters are pru-
dent enough to affect. 1t is to avoid
going upon thin ice or rushing into
places of obvious danger.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

Having asked for a return series of
games of baseball, with university teams
of the Western conference, the Uni
versity of Keio, Japan, should have her
wish granted without delay. The base
ball contingent of the University of Wis
consin were well received and given
sportsmanlike treatment on the diamond
when it visited Japan last fall, and the
Japs should be shown how we return
such courtesies. Outside Of university
circles, the proposed visit of the Japan
csc players should have considerable in
terest from the fact that the Wisconsin
players found their Japanese antagonists
worthy of their best efforts.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17
THE NEW ROTATING SAFE.
Vault Is Always i'm Motion h
Locked and Is Burglar Proof.

Vault Is Always in Motion When
Locked and Is Burglar Proof.
The improved melting methods now
in the hands of expert burglars in tie
Eorm Of gas cutting burners" has so
greatly impaired the burglar-proof
qualities of existing safes as to war
amt serious attempts to devise some
new type that will resist their power
full effects. All the safeguards so far
devised in this country against such
burners are based on reducing their
efficiency by increasing the thickness
of the plates.
The unique safe shown in the illus
trations, the invention of a German
safe expert, and already installed in
several of that country's largest banks,
is entirely on a different principle.
Instead Of reducing the efficiency of
the burners it makes melting of the
metal by such means absolutely i'm
possible.
1t is a safe divided into two parts,
n part being the surrounding con-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

Shutdown civilization of the east that
Japan and China wear white. But no
longer ago than the time of Elizabeth
the unfortunate Mary of Scotland wore
white on the death of Darnley. Even
now the hearse used for children ia
white, and in England the ,mourners
at funerals of young unmarried per-
sons wear hatbands and sashes of
white. A queer English custom is that
OF decorating the black hearse horses
with long black tails. They attract no
more attention on a street of an Eng.
lish city than do the black nets used
In this country to cover the horses.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17
Thawing Frozen Pipes.

The fact thai thawing frozen water
pipes caused many fires during the
cold snap recalls directions recently
given by a farm journal for the thaw-
ing of frozen pipes without the use
of fire, which nearly always causes
trouble. Procure unslacked lime and
pack it around the pipe where frozen.
Moisten the lime and cover it well,
and it will generate heat which will
quickly melt the ice. The plan is in
expensive, and is attended with no
danger, and it would save the tax
payers the expense of many runs by
the fire department.-Rochester Her
aid
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

tons prevail? Because the frivolous set
our fashions, because the ar Of dress is
a degraded art" Mrs. Boynton wore a
loose fitting dress of the Grecian type,
which furnished a strong contrast to the
elaborate feminine creations worn by
many of the hundred women present.
Youthful in appearance and the mother
of five beautiful children, Mrs. Boynton
made a plea TO her audience 10 give their
children moe care. Mothers. / appeal
to you,' she SAID. Sin the clothing of
your bodies remember the children. Let
every one of us forego the home Of eX-
~travagance and cleave to the bone of spir-
it: q home so much more beautiful than
the home Of the extremely rich" Mrs.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17
PaderewSki Prizes.

The award of the three 1909 Pade-
rewski prizes for musical compositions
was announced recently at Boston by
the judges, George w. Chadwick, Hora-
tic w. Parker and Frank van der
Stucken. as follows: First prize, $1,000,
to Paul Allen, Boston, for a symphony
in ID major; second. $500, to David Stan
ley Smith, New Haven, for a cantata
third. $500. TO Rubin Goldmark, New
York, for 4 quartette in A major for
piano and strings. The judges found
great difficulty in making the awards
owing to the unusual number of manu-
ScriDtS.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17
Described.

Robert w. Chambers was congratulat-
ed at the Century club in NeI York on
the success of his last novel.
"Directness," said Mr.. Chambers, sis
a factor in a novelist's success. Every
novelist before launching into ten pages
on a sunset should remember the man
whose little boy said:
Papa, what is descriptive writing?
Descriptive writing the father re-
every one skips.' Washington Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

The artificial lake to be created by
the La Crosse Water Power Company
by the construction of a dam across the
east fork of Black river, above Hat
field, will be fifteen miles long and
contain water enough to furnish power
for five months sufficient for all the
electric power required in Winona and
La Crosse. 1t will not only furnish pow
er for vast industrial developments, but
will serve as a reservoir that will equal
ize the flow of water down stream. This
latter feature of water impounding en-
terprise is in harmony with the plans of
engineers to conserve the water sup
plies at the heads of streams by the
construction of reservoirs from which
the water can be drawn during the sum-
mer months, when low water is now
the rule because of the immediate flow
from tributaries of the spring MEETINGS
and pluvial downpours.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17
To Trade Children.

The Socialists of Leipsic, Germany,
ing the brotherhood of man in a practical
way. BY next spring they hope to. hav,
in operation a scheme by which the off
spring of German Socialists will be given
in temporary exchange for the children
of foreign Socialists. BY this means it
is hoped to efface national prejudices
among the Socialists of the future and
make the organization international in
the fullest sense of the word.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17
Ashes Scattered On the Pacific.

Howard Graham of Albany, n. y,
brother of George Edward Graham, the
we'll known newspaper man, who died
recently at Los Angeles, where he vas
an editorial writer of The Examiner,
received word that the body had been
cremated and the ashes cast upon the
sea. in accordance with the late Mr..
Graham's expressed wish. George Ed
ward Graham was, Albany correspondent
for the Associated Press and during the
Spanish-American war was correspond
ent aboard the Brooklyn with Schley.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

Luther Burbank, the plant wizard, is
trying to cheer meat boycotters with the
assertion that the spineless cactus may
in the course of time take the place OF
meat on the table. But the meat eater
of the present will, without discredit-
ing the Burbank production, feel salts
fed to let the spineless cactus solve
the meat problem of the far future.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

Surely a charge of undue haste can
not lie against the New York bar, which
has just disbarred Albert L. Patrick, who
has already served ten years Of a life
sentence for murder. Patrick has been
practicing in his own behalf for a dec
ade. from his secluded Office, and he will
go into history as the most successful
lawyer that ever hung out a 'shingle'
from a Sing Sing cell.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

Neglect of a cough Or cold often
leads to serious trouble. To break up
a cold in t~wenty-four hours and cure
any cough that is durable mix two
ounces of Glycerine, a half-ounce Of
Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure and
eight ounce of pure Whisky. Take a
~teaspoonful every four hours. You can.
buy these at any good drug store and
easily mix them in a large bottle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

An ancient Egyptian moralist, writ
ing to his son, said: IF thou takest a
wife try to make her happier than any
Of her women friends. She will be
doubly bound to thee if the tie is sweet
to her. Accord her what pleases her.
She will appreciate the effort"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17
R E OR
Woman's Duty Pointed Out by a Cali
fornia Woman.

eff women would give as much atten-
tion to their children as they do to ex-
%travagant dressing there would be better
men and women in our country" said
Mrs. Charles G. Boynton of California
during a lecture before the Women's Re-
city. ''The great trouble with our wom-
EN- is that they are luxury mad" she con-
tinued. IF a painter should paint Il
group of angels and clothe them in mod
ern dress and ~headgear he would be CON
c;defed sacriligious. Why do these condi-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

Mrs. Jeremiah McClelland, aged eighty
one years, walked from her home in Kit
tanning, Pennsylvania, to New Beth
lehem, and return, a distance of twenty
four miles, which she terms a mere
jaunt. Walking is a good exercise for
women as we'll as for men.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

The Widows CAP Dates Back to An
cfent Egypt.

cient Egypt.
The widows mourning cap dates
back to the days of ancient Egypt.
Egyptian men shaved the beard and
the head as a token of mourning. The
women, instead Of cutting off the hair.
concealed it with a close cap. The
Romans, who were as a race clean
shaven, shaved the head in mourning
and wore a wig. The black band on
the sleeve as a sign Of mourning comes
to us from the days of chivalry. The
lady tied a scarf or napkin, as the
handkerchief was called, about the
arm of her knight. If he was killed
in battle she wore the band in mem
DRY of him. Black has so long been
the color of grief in Anglo-Saxon coun-
tries that it seems a part OF the up
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

They say there is no poetry in this age.
Here is an idyl from Greenwood, Dela-
ware:
Every morning a hen belonging to Edward
Hastings flies to a kitchen window anu
pecks on the glass. The window being
opened, the intelligent biddy takes possess
sion of one end of the long wood box at
one side Of the stove, and, lowering OWN IN
the darkened corner for a short time, re-
appears with a joyous cackle, which an
nounces that a freshly-laid egg is IN the
hoy
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

The report to Congress of the Immi-
grafton Commission, which has been OBJ
serving conditions in the ~congested por-
lions of the larger cities of the United
States, is complimentary to Milwaukee,
because it shows that there is less
crowding of the poor in tenements than
in other cities of four hundred thousand
population, or over. 1t can be truly said
that Milwaukee has no slums which
reek like the slums of other cities of her
size, but this does not imply that effort
has not been required to prevent the de-
yelopment Of such conditions. 1t is cred
table to the charitable and philanthropic
people of Milwaukee, to the capitalists
who own property in the congested cen
ters, and also to the city authorities
within whose province lies the mainte-
nance of moral and sanitary social condi-
tions, that buildings and their convent
ences and surroundings are such as
to keep the city above the level of other
centers in this respect.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17
Mark Twain Improving.

Mark Twain has relinquished hotel
life and is living at the home of w. FL.
Allen. son of the former United States
consul at Bermuda. His principal pas
time is driving, but for the past three
days he has not INDUCED in it. His CON
dition is improved, but he feels tired and
is glad to escape publicity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

The Cunard line has stated in ~jusiii-
cation of its act in putting a compare
lively young captain on one of its giant
turbine steamers, in preference to a
tried and true veteran, that older cap
tains are not equal to the strain of run
ming big liners at the rate of twenty
four knots an hour. Perhaps veterans
are not inclined to run the big steamer
at top gait when so doing seems like
inviting disaster. 1t requires i'm
petuosity and daring to lower transat-
lantic records by making speed through
storm and fog.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

material prosperity, even though its silver lines are set
on a background of squalid poverty and lawless schemes
of revolution.
The nervous restlessness which characterizes life in
western cities is not the mark Of true progress or sound
civilization. This is felt to be so by the cultured few
who are puzzled and amazed at the "upto-date' craze
which is slowly but surely quenching the spirit and so
running the most valuable asset alike Of the individual
and the nation.
1t is folly to call this wide expansion of sensuousness
and worldliness an age of progress. Sages declare that
cities get filled with the rural population when love of
fnery and amusement dominates the minds of the people.
The flight of the country into towns, known already to
be too full of the unemployed and the unemployable, is
like the rush of insects into a bonfire lit in a tropical
night, and affords positive proof that the spread of
sensuous ideals is breaking up the foundations Of society.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

Senator Smith of South Carolina is
pushing a bill in Congress providing for
a national commission to reclaim over
flowed and wet lands in the South. AS
there are many large areas in that sec
ton. including Carolina swamps, there
might be a tremendous undertaking
wrapped up in the proposed measure,
not only from the standpoint of agricul-
ture. but also from that of the drainage
engineer and the rice farmer who wants
lands than can be overfowed at will in
place of the present inundated lands.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

burner out Of commission and endan-
ger the operator. The same may be
said of any other tool used in an at
tempt to break the safe open.-Popu-
lar Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

Evidence placing the responsibility for
the wreck on the New York Central rail
road, in which Spencer Trask was killed,
upon the engineer of the freight which
crashed into the passenger train was
produced by officials of the road before
the New York public service commission.
Tower men and signal operators testified
positively that the signals were operating
properly and that the engineer of the
freight must have passed two danger sig
mails. set to warn hin not to enter the
block. The fiagman at the crossing be-
fore which the passenger train stopped,
swore that he spoke to the trainman
twice before he started back with the
signals.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

Investigation of cold storage condi-
tions is progressing in Jersey City be-
fore a grand jury. The disclosure at the
outset of a single warehouse containing
36,O00,000 eggs which have been held
since last March and 100000 pounds of
poultry held since last April affords an
indication that the investigation will be
Illuminating and will convince the public
that the cold storage business needs
raO1lafi0n
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

were no ignorance to educate, no vicious to reclaim, re-
formers would be denied the pleasure of aiding the i'll
born and lifting up the depraved on to the higher planes
Of moral consciousness and a better life. The test of a
speculation, or of any theory, is its practicability. What,
then, is the result Of a 1000 years belief in reincarna-
ton upon Hinduism?
Did the Hindus discover the potency of steam, did they
put the railway system in practice, did they discover
the Morse Geographic communication, did they discover
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

The average price of common brick
at the kiln decreased from So in 1907 to
S5.73 in 1908, while for vitrified paving
brick the cost in 1907 was SHOP as
against 5000 last year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17

Schools are being established in
every part of the Chinese empire and are
being put in charge of educated Chinese
who have studied in Japan, Europe and
the Tinted States.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-17
Tour of the World.

A series of so post cards in colors will
be mailed to any address upon receipt
Of Is cents in coin or stamps. Address.
The Evening Wisconsin Co, Milwaukee,