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

| the surgeon. Many life is lost be-
cause those on the ground do not know
what to do, and either do nothing at
all or do the wrong thing.
The boy makes friends with the
horse, studies his habits and learns
how to handle him. The true scout
never jerks or leases or beats the ami.
NAL he has in charge, and he acquires
the art of stopping the runaway steed
in the street, and takes it upon him
self to reprimand the non-scout who is
caught abusing his horse. He learns
what to do in case of fire, how to
enter burning building for the pur-
pose of saving life or property, and
how to escape from one in the safest
manner possible. Many other prac-
teal lessons of everyday life are in
Guided in the scouts course of in
struction, and through all of it runs
the note of self-reliance and resource
fulness. He is made to use his brains
to face problems and think out the
solution, to conquer difficulties and
surmount obstacles. And all this is
given to him in the guise of play!
In the woods the boy acquires a
great deal of real information con-
corning plants and animals. He studies
the tracks of certain animals that are
good for food and fur, especially those
that are a constant menace to the
chicken roost, and learns to trap or
shoot them and then cook them SO
that they will be palatable to a woods
man with a ravenous appetite and no
finicky notions about what is proper
to eat. The boy with the puniest ap-
petite and the most foolishly indul-
gent mother comes home, after an
encampment with the scouts, ready to
eat anything that is set before him.
He has been impressed with the idea
that it is effeminate and weak to be
critical about his food. The real,
hardy scout can eat anything that is
not poisonous, and relish it. And he
gets over the notion that cooking is
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07
GOLD BILL MACABBE. %

Saw HaIIey's visitor from Deck of
the Constitution i'm 1885.
Probably one of the most Interested
spectators of the comets journey from
the eastern to the western sky last
night was William Macabbe, an in
mate of the United States Naval home
at oath street and Gray's Ferry Road.
the Philadelphia Inquirer says.
"Old Bill" as he is Familiarity called
by his comrades at the home, is 106
years old, and when Halley's comet
made its last appearance in 1885 he
was sailor, 81 years old.
When seen yesterday Bill was
propped up in bed, for he has had a
broken leg which has kept him in
doors for more than year, and when
asked if he remembered seeing the
comet seventy-fve years ago, the old
sailor, taking another pull at his corn
cob pipe, said, yes, believe [ do"
Nov, since it comes back to me, l
remember the night distinctly. 1t was
my watch, and We all had been on the
lookout for the comet to cross the
sky for several days. do not re-
member exactly what boat I was on
at that time. but think it was the
old United States frigate Constitution.
Il had been pacing the desk for
some time when / suddenly spied the
comet, and l called some of my ship
mates to witness it as it trailed
across the sky. 1t was not very large,
probably as big as a head of cabbage,
and it had long, milky tail. We
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07
Something Worth Painting.

A great landscape painter. speaking at
a banquet in his honor, dilated on the
yagaries of the popular taste in art.
'"The popular taste in art" he OBJ.
served, ''is apt to be peculiar
"Once in Wharfedale, little above.
Bolton abbey, l was at work in a by
road upon picturesque bit of woodland
"a lane, an old gnarled oak, charming
effect of sunlight and shadow-when a.
hand fell heavily on my shoulder.
Looking up / saw beside me burly,
broed -shouldered old farmer, who said:
Eth. man! what art a-waastin' thy
time picturin' that little piece O. laan fur E
Tha cum along o. me, and Ah'n show
tina summat worth paintin'-a three
mile stretch o. strife rooad. awl just new
mettled and rowed smooth Scraps.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07
IWONDERn WHY.

I wonder why the cooks we like
From US are always on the hike.
I wonder why food scars sky high
When biz is dull and money shy.
Why my last summers suit viii do
But wife must have one that's new
1 wonder why the stork makes friends
With folks who cannot meet both ends.
l wonder why when home l seek
At one, the stairs so loudly creak.
Why skeeters round my mug will play
When there's a peach two steps away.
Why when an outing l have planned
1t always rains to beat the band.
And when advancing stocks 1 buy
Down, down they go-I wonder why?
C. H. ". in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07

consider the others, for courage and
ingenuity are enough to start with.
The scout is the idol of the small boy,
because he is brave and resourceful,
and to call boy scout is to make
him desire to be these two things,
brave and resourceful.
Gen. Baden-Powell knew the boy ma
ture far too we'll to begin with high
ideals and practical work. He gath
cred together small company of in
teresting little chaps and told them
that he wanted to train them as scouts.
That was thrilling and the youngsters
took to it with avidity. Others came
and when they had been on camp a
few weeks they spread the news that
they had had the time of their lives,
and that their friends could do the
same things next summer if they would
join the order and learn the prelim-
mary lessons. The result was that the
idea spread like an epidemic until
there is no part of the British empire
that does not boast it's boy scouts.
The scout badge is not bestowed I'M
Ill lie UUy las acquired great uedI
of skill and information. He must
learn about wild animals and how to
track, trap and dress them. He must
achieve skill in woodcraft and the art
of building boats and bridges, must
know how to set up tent or, in the
absence of tents, he must be able to
construct shelter of such materials as
he finds in the woods All the appli-
ances for saving life must be mas
tered. The scout knows what to do
when he sees a comrade overmaStered
in the water, and how to resuscitate
the victim, who is all but dead when
he is rescued. He can swim and dive,
can paddle any kind of boat that is
seaworthy and repair, with any tools
at hand, the one that leaks to the dan
ger point He is taught the simple
rudiments of gun-shot surgery, so that
in case of accident he can give intehi-
gent aid to the injured while awaiting
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07

Information comes by way of Victoria,
British Columbia, that the japanese are
hurriedly equipping an Antarctic expedi-
ton which is to be commanded by Lieu
tenant Shirase of the Imperial navy.
They hope to get their expedition away
before the end of June for the purpose
of anticipating the latest British expe-
dition under command of Capt Scott.
The japanese have a reputation for get
ting along with short allowances of food,
and they may be able to find the South
Pole. 1t will be recalled that Lieut..
Shackleton failed because he lost pony
in a crevasse and was thus robbed by
accident of supply of meat on the hoof.
The Japs might not need pony or a
mule under such circumstances, as if re-
port be true they can satisfy their hun
ger with an onion, mouthful or two of
rice, or something equally light and
therefore easily transported.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07

Henry Clews, the veteran Wall Street
operator, continues his opposition to the
project of a central national bank. Adj
dressing the Connecticut Bankers As
sociatiOn. he declared that such an in
stitution would exert disastrous influ-
ences on the finances of the country and
would place n great temptation in the
way CT the political party happening to
b.. in power. '"These men," he con-
tinued, would use it for their own pur-
pose, and it would often be within their
power to put stocks up or down by sharp
ly raising or lowering the rates of money
OIL stock collaterals." Certain banking
publications have been making a per-
sistent campaign for a central bank of
issue, but it is impossible to discover
anything but distrust of the project
among the people.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07

saw it after that. foe two or three
nights, and then it disappeared.
Il have seen many comets while at
sea, and several times 1 have seen
huge meteOrs shoot through the sky
and fall with a loud hiss into the
ocea4, while column of steam
caMeA by the meteor's contact with
the water rose into the air."
Last night "Old Bill' was wheeled
out on the naval hospital veranda to
see the comet He has been very
much interested hearing the other in
mates of the hospital ward where he
has been for SO long a time talk about
it, and he expressed desire to again
see the aerial visitor on it's journey
across the sky.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07
WEALTHY UNIVERSITY.

Harvard Might Use Its $4,000, 900
to Teach Useful Subjects.
Harvard University presents the an
nual report OF the president and treas
urer in a laig &c volqns filed with in
teresting data. The institution starts
off with nearly $23,0O0,00O of invested
funds which produce almost million
dollars annual revenue The plant
is worth some more millions, while
the current receipts are large AS a
going concern Harvard seems to be a
very prosperous corporation.
This must be very gratifying to Pres
ident Lowell, who is just completing
his first. year, but under the present
system it is fraught with some danger
He must look upon this as a starting
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07
Fireworks to Protect Crops.

The great grain fields of the. Sandborn'
ranch in Shasta county, California. are
ingeniously protected at night from the
vast focks of wild geese and other
aquatic fowl that do immense damage
to crops by means of a display of fire.
works.
Skyrockets and Roman candles were
bought in large quantities by the man
agement of the ranch. and men are sta
toned at various points. Whenever a
flock is heard honking in the distance
several skyrockets or a shower of co.,
ored balls from Roman candle are spnc
upward and as result the birds rive
the ranch wide berth.-Popular Me-
chanics.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07

When there is uncertainty as to the
future of the weather careful seamen
will not pile on all their sail. Recent
developments regarding the government
and the railways have made the latter
somewhat uncertain as to what to expect
next. No wonder that careful managers
are trimming their programmes relating
to extensions. They will let the extern
sions lie in allegiance till they can be as
sured that conditions inimical to their
business will not be forced upon the
country by the policy OF the federal gov
eminent interpreting existing statutes or
by new enactments of Congress.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07
Tie Hope of Singapore.

The hope of Singapore is for a great
trunk line railway running from this
southern point of the Malay peninsula
northward through Siam to Burma and
on to India, and a branch line through
Cambodia into China. Some day that
hope will be realized. Within radius
of 2000 miles of the little island on which
Singapore is built there is a population
of OOO,-Weekly Consular and
Trade Reports.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07

Sir William G. Van Horne, president
of the Cuba Company and the Cuba
Railroad Company, has returned from
Cuba with the information that recent
reports of disturbances on the island are
without foundation; that the people of
Cuba are prosperous and that business is
increasing. Railroad traffic is growing
and the amount of sugar raised and
transported is increasing annually. This
news from Cuba is cheering, as it indi-
Gates that the people of the island have
come to see the wisdom of maintaining
a stable government and in cultivating
business relations that will conduce to
the prosperity of the republic.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07
1RE ViSABl5BE TIMES.
WASHBURN, WIS.
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers

The declaration of DR.. Donald w. G.
Hood of London that appendicitis is
caused by microbes, and that it is con-
tagious accords with the common belief
that there are more cases of the disease
than in former years.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07

The United States consul at Chemnitz
has sent to the Bureau of Manufactures
sample of a new substance called resi-
mite, invented in Germany, which can be
used for the manufacture Of articles
which are now made of celluloid. The
material is produced in a variety of
notifications by the union of formal
dehyde and carbolic acid in connection
with certain metallic salts. 1t has many
advantages, but the most important in
comparison with celluloid is it's resist
ance to fame-it is non-combustible. This
latter quality ought to make resinite take
the place of celluloid in a short time, as
the infammability of the latter product
is so great that people who use articles
made from it are in danger whenever
they approach fire.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07

This is the month of roses; this is the
month of sweet girl graduates; this is the
month of June brides. 1t is a note
worthy month among all the months of
4he year, and the fact that has concluded
70 stop the weather strike with which it
began and be Johnny on the job is rea-
son for cheerfulness.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07

The steeplejack who tried to cross
from the American shore to the Cana
dian side. Immediately below Niagara
Falls. while hanging with his teeth to a
sliding sheaye, had to be pulled back
from a perilous position because the
sheave became damned. There will be
no trying over, however, for the motor
boats which are to brave the rapid, and
this bit Of Niagara freak bravado may
end in way to discomfort further plays
of that kind for a morbid public.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07

81 came to Milwaukee to see the most
interesting city in America said Miss
Eastman of New York, who represents
the Empire States Legislature as a
gatherer of statistics on the industrial
insurance problem. Milwaukee is and
for a long time has been an interesting
city. There is no doubt about that.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07

Everybody loves a hero long way
off, and picks unfairly at his neigh
bor next door.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07

Chicago is striving to keep up with
New York. She is to have thirty-story
hotel towering three hundred and ninety
feet above the street, and penetrating
the earth to a depth of fifty feet for
four endorsements. New York burrows
in rock for the roots of buildings of this
kind. but Chicago will have to dredge
down into prairie mud.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07

The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railroad has contracted for enough oil
to enable it to use liquid fuel wherever
coal cannot be had with equal economic
advantage, having found that oil reduces
the cost of round-house service on the
furnaces and the cost of handling fuel;
moreover, that it eliminates fire dan
gers incident to flying cinders.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07

Your second thoughts may be best
If they arrive on time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07

1t was a very warm night-so warm
that the youngest members of the party
were strolling in the grounds. There had
been several guests to dinner at the
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ever may be the ultimate judgment
 of mankind concerning Christian Science" And doubtless that is a fair
 estfnsate of this wonderful woman,
 who became the protagonist of a
 new religious system and lived 10
 number her followers by the hun
 dreds Of thousands. Quite aside from
 the philosophical hypothesis of the
 world movement of which she was the originator and the abiding in- spiration is the histrionic fact that this woman was able through the force of her teaching and her person. alIty to bring to the support Of her doctrines multitude of the coun- try's intelligent citizens
 Christian Science must be left to the verdict Of time If the doctrine taught by Mrs. Eddy contains germ nant truth, 1t will live and receive Insting vindication. For uer, the last word is written and the last ad- monition given Whether for final or ultimate obscursdioE, the name Of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy now passes into history. We of the present moment, lacking the gifts Of prophecy or even of perspective must estimate the life, character and the achievements of this founder Of new religious and philosophic school on baeds Of persouial observation. To be just we must take rightful &C., count of the wonderful influence Of the Christian Science faith in our rodern life. From ocean to ocean n this country stand the fashioned to this movement and en-
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grayen on each temple of Christian Science worship is the name of Mary Baker Eddy. Thousands of intelIi- gent and serious minded men and wo- men have accepted her as their spir-
 itual leader. Her theories have brought soface to many d.scourag- ed goul and peace reigns in thou sands Of families where before was doubt, unhappiness and dred. This much We know.
 Christian Science may or may not be the ultimate solution of the gray est problem of life. Possibly in its exact form as outlined and present ed by Mrs. Eddy this new religious system may revolutionize a perplexed world. Possibly Christian Science may be modified and moulded into har- monious relationship to other great religious propaganda Possibly Chris tian Science as now known may pass away. But thoughtful men and wo- mem unblinded by prejudice must pay a tribute of respect and admirat on for this earnest and forceful char acter who made such an imprint up- on modern thought.
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wholesome common sense. It is par tjcularly encouraging to those inter-
 ested in the general movement to simplify legal procedure and free the courts Of the cobwebs and red tape that have grown up in the passing of the years.
 In Oklahoma one man killed anoth- CT. It vas plain enough case, appar- ently, and the murder was tried and convicted and sentence was passed upon him. But resorting to tme- honored methods of cheating justice, the murderer's attorneys immediately began looking about for some tech nical excuse to stop the decree of the court. They found that the con demned man had not bcen arraigned according to customary legal form. IT'D WUc O plCLiOuo dlcIOtCly Hdt sort of thing had let many guilty man free and these attorneys grasped the opportunity with avidity. In all respects it was 'tan error within the meaning of legal traditions. So all appeal was taken with confident as- surance. The higher courts had al- ways given weight to such "errors" and there was no reason to expect anything else from the Oklahoma court of appeals. But something went wrong with these calculations. It appears that the judges of the Oklahoma court of appeals have no deep veneration for technicalities and subterfuges. They got together and concurred in the opinion that the lack of formal arraignment does net a trial. They instructed
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JUSTICE VS. FORM.

Justice has triumphed over musty precedent in Oklahoma. This is on- ly another way of saying the right has overcome tecbnicalitfes in deal ing with a man convicted of crime against society. The court of appeals Of Oklahoma has broken the fetters and handed down a decision that is most refreshing by reason of it's
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the lower court to resentenee the prisoner
 There is something inspiring about this opinion and we quote from it in it's most interesting part:
 We must confess to a want of sympathy with precedents of this character. They have no application to the law and to conditions existing in Oklahoma. A reversal of this con- viction simply because the record fails to show that the defendant was arraigned would prove that this court attaches more weight to form than to justice.
 We believe the world should be ruled by the living and that it is our duty in construing the laws of Okla honla to give them a common sense construction, So as to secure just ce and accomplish the purpose for which they were enacted. We think the forms of the common law are only to be followed when they are based upon reason and justice, and appli- cable to the existing conditions. Thus far will we follow them and no farther.'
 This is just what President 1aft and all other sincere advocates of legal reforms desire. Where justice can be expedited by the exercise of common sense and where forms, es- pecially in criminal cases, can be dis regarded in the interests of right, there should be no delay in. transac- ing the business of the courts.
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First Church of Christ Scientist.

First Church of Christ Scientist.
 Services Sunday morning at eleven o'clock, Sunday evening at 7:45; subject: God the Preserver of Man. Sunday school Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Wednesday evening testi- monial meeting at 7:45. Reading room open daily except Sunday from 2:3O to 5. All services at 108 Pine St. Visitors welcome.
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The Church of Christ.

The Barren Fig Tree" will be the pastors morning subject. At night he will continue his stereopticon views of the land and the book. He will take hls audience from Dan to Betrsheba and show them the points
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 AT CHURCHES. ' ' ' '
At the First Baptist Church.

At the First Bapust CnurcH. Sunday school at 9:30 a. n. Preach ing at eleven o'clock in the morning and at seyen-thirty in the evening by the pastor. Subject of the morning sermon, Christian Citizenship" Euangelistic services at might and baptising at the close of the service. The B. Y. P. U. meets at 6:30 p. m. one hour before the evening ser vice. This will be Father and Mothers" meeting led by MT. U. w. PO6s.
 s. D. FULL, pastor.
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THE WORLDS TALLFST
 ELK IS DEAD

John Proteus of Paducah, Ky, Was
 Six Feet Eleven Inches.
 Paducah, Ky, Dec. 10.-John Pro- teus, the tallest Elk in the world died here yesterday of tuberculosis. He was 26 years of age and won the distinction which he bore with the Elks lodge at the Denver convention in 1907. He was six feet, eleven inches tall A special coffin had to be constructed for the body.
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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. Delivered By Carrier
MARY BAKER EDDY.

When informed of Mrs Mary Baker Eddy's death, William E. Chandler of Boston, who YVES counsel for her children in the litigation over Mrs. Eddy's estate said Mrs. Eddy was n very remarkable character, what
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Lutheran Church.

East Sixth avenue and Florida St. English Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Eng fish service 10:45 a. m. German ser vice 7:30 p. m. A cordial invita- ton is extended to all.
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RECEIYER'S SALE

FOR SALEIFour head of cattle, 30 hogs, two wagons, 6 sets of har- ness, farming implements.
 Sale at Murphy and Smiths plan- tat;on, miles north of Humphrey, Dec. e, 1910. 12 15t
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eutside df JerusaB.m, both in paint
 .4 qa0tographs. See.ng is believing The prayer service will be led on Wednesday might by G. W. Seymour.
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. Ring up the Amer1can-Excelsior .Ay Co.,, when you have some clothes @ clean and press.
 cou0rO0 cry
 FOR FlE1CHER'; c PASTORAL A
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t--C. s. McNew devotes his time to erts. 106 Pine at