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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
CANAAN SMOKING.
Evils of a Practice Hindus Have Brought
to the West Indies.

In California and down through Cen
trail America and the West Indies the
practice of smoking ganjah, or Indian
hemp, has been introduced within re-
cent years. A rubber planter from Brit
ish Honduras. who is familiar with the
Pacific coast and all tropical America.
described the practice and some of its
effects the other day.
"Ganjah smoking" he said, follows
the Hindu. The plant is indigenous to
the tropics and was used to a limited
extent by the Aztecs of Mexico. In
India it has been a curse for centuries.
"When the East Indian laborer was
introduced into the West Indies about
thirty years ago he brought it with
him. and revived and encouraged the
use of the weed among the natives. More
recently he did the same evil turn for
California. so that at the present time
ganjah smoking is prevalent from the
Canadian border to Panama.
'The plant needs no cultivation. 1t
crows luxuriantly, usually in patches,
wherever the climate is warm n the
ground is moist. The leaves are charged
with a powerful narcotic. and the meth
cd of use merely consists of gathering
them when they are half dry, examining
them into a pipe and inhaling the heavy
white smoke.
'HTen OF twelve inhalations produces a
pleasant stupor. This gives away to
q buoyancy of limb and a desire for
action. The smoker becomes very quar-
ralsome and is obsessed with the idea of
blood. This is backed 2p By q convic-
ton of his own courage, no matter how
timid he may be in his normal state.
AS the drug gains further hold upon him
he snatches up the first weapon at hand
and rushes forth to kaa
wherever ganjah is smoked murder
is a comparatively common crime. Most
Hindus are physical towards, but ON the
other hand they do not regard death with
aorrcr. Some of them believe in the
! reconsideration Of souls, while the more
ignorant think that their disembodied
| spirits are permitted to return to India
to dwell among their friends and rela-
| rives who are still in the flesh. There
fore when they have a crouch against
any one they use ganjah to keep them
selves up to the point of Killing him and
do not worry about the consequences.
"Taken in smaller quantities, say fve
or six inhalations, and on an empty
| stomach. the drug has the effect of i'm
parting an unnatural energy. Tasks re-
curing great strength and powers OF
endurance become easy, and for several
hours the smoker feels no fatigue.
'"The persistent use of ganjah weakens
Ms brain and impairs physical strength
rhe victim becomes a wreck"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
CARP PROTECTED, I'm OHIO.
Catch from Lake Erie Melted the Fisher
men 100000.


The much despised German carp Of
twenty years ago has come into his own
Last year there were 100000 pounds
of carp caught in Lake Erie and the
tributary river, which brought in the
handsome sum of So, 900 to the lucky
fishermen. Twenty years ago the carp
was depised by all fishermen and a bill
was introduced in the Legislature to
pay a royalty for his determination.
Now a bill has been passed to protect
him. 1t was made a fine last week by
the present Legislature of Ohio to catch
carp under 10 inches in length, and the
fisherman who undertakes to market
carp under that length is liable to be
hauled before a court; of. justice and
heavily fined.
This law, however, applies only to lake
Erie and the rivers which flow into it.
Carp that are to be found in other
streams in Ohio have been found to
lack in size of the lake fish.
The German carp, which is the only
carp to be found in the state, was first
introduced in Ohio twenty-five years ago
several years for him to become accli-
mated to the waters of. the rivers and
lakes, and only in Lake Erie and its
contributing waters has he ever devel-
oped into a marketable product. 1t
has been found totbe a prolific breeder
and in the last four or five years has be-
come one of the most important CONNER
cial fish along the lake front.
The bill just passed by the Legislature
also has reduced the size of white bass,
perch and other fish that may be mar
keted, it having been found that net
fishing is materially reducing the produc-
ton of fish of all kinds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14

an exceedingly fruitful text. It car
ries in it a whole harvest of fact and
smile, of symbol and doctrine, of law
and gospel. 1t carries in it unlimited
possibilities. A grain of wheat is a
small thing. When l hold it before
you in the pulpit, there is not an aye
here that can discern it from the
furthest pew, or even from the center
of this holy temple. But plant it, and
keep planting it; give it seasons
enough, and it will multiply itself suf-
flCiently to fill this ediice from cellar
to roof with it's overlooking harvest.
The horizon of it's life looks circum-
scribed; but it is circumscribed only
when it is left implanted. Planted
and r%eplanted, it's horizon of life is
infinite. A grain of wheat is a whole
world of thought.
At the Worlds Fair in Chicago 1
saw a grain of wheot which had writ
ten on it the whole of the Lords
Prayer. The writing was put there
by the aid of a microscope. AS l read
the writing by the help of a strong
lens, | felt that this was just the place
to write the petition of that prayer,
Give us this day our daily bread"
To inscribe the whole of the Lords
Prayer on a single grain of wheat is
a marvel of human handiwork. But
there is greater marvel than that, the
greatest marvel is what God has writ
ten on every grain of wheat.
In a grain of wheat the forces of
heaven and earth meet. All hands in
the universe must work to construct
each grain and build it into the power
Of life. The great sun in the heaven
works on it, and pours his sunshine
into it; the vast ocean is interested In
it, and sends the cloud chariots to 1T
t. supply it with refreshing draughts.
The mighty atmosphere gives it the
breath of life. The soil contributes
to it all the fullness of it's hidden
springs. In it are all the sunshine and
the dew, and the cloud, and the atmos-
phere and the best of the soil, and all
of the seasons. God is the great
power in the ~kernelseed, but IL the
COTn Oh wheat Is 10 COuCluuS, anu IL IL
is to multiply, man must put him.
self into it. He must put his faith
into it. He must believe in it to such
an extent that he will pillow, and SOW,
and reap. He must take his money
and with his money buy the seed
wheat; then he must plant it and trust
to God to do all the rest. Anything
that compels the trust in God upon
the part of man is worth its weight
in gold; for when a man trusts God
successfully in one thing, it is easier
for him to trust God in all things.
The man who can trust God for the
welfare of the body ought to be able
to trust God for the welfare OF his
soul.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
"HEAVEN UPON THE EARTH"
Bv Rev. Hugh Black

Therefore shall we lay up my words
in your heart and in your soul " :"
that your days may be multiplied in
the land = 3 " as the days of heaven
upon the earth."-Deut. 21:18-21.
The permanence of the, life promised
springs from the quality of the life
lived. The continuance of IsraeIs ma
tlonaI existence as the seed shall be
as 1.-The days of heaven upon the
EARTH This has been the dream OF
man always; this the hope of the faith
full, the vision of the seer, in some
form or other, the great consummatlon
that inspires the work of the reformer-
the philanthropist and the missionary,
the hope of the future, "as the days
of heaven upon the earth
Even in this life we live much in
the future, and if our thoughts of the
future are right, and our prospects are
based on right intentions, that future
Of which we dream may be a source OF
inspiration to us individually as well
as socially. When we wish man we'll,
are we not dealing with this dream
which we have traced through the
Bible. and which we have traced
through human life at it's very best;
are we not asking that this dream
shall be realized? AS men, we dare
not let go of hope; we must work for
this or we slide back to lower levels.
When our hearts are warm and our
minds are full of generous thoughts,
we can always use these very words
of our text, las the days of heaven
uron the earth"
Speak not of failure to the man
who dies in faith. He may not have
seen what we call "the days of Heaven
upon the earth" and though his Wis
ion seems to have played him false,
he dies within reach of that ladder
II, which the angels are ascending and
descending. Call not a failure the
man who dies with his face toward
Heaven.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14

(t}EIDRzl5AR
Y&GFT
STRIKING POWER OF GOD.

oy IOOVs oN5N
And he said, Thy name shall be
called no more Jacob, but israeli lot
as a prince last thou power with COD
and with men, and hast prevailed
Genesis 1928.
Few Bible characters furnish us a
more striking illustration OF the won
derful change that may be wrought IN
a mans life by the power of God imam
does that of Jacob.
Both in heredity and training ne
was handicapped. His mother was
deceitful and treacherous and we are
little surprised that her son lnherlteo
so much evil tendency. The birth
right" deal revealed in him a cunning
deception and deep s~elfishness. He
was inwardly, outwardly and through
and through a liar. How is 1t that
he became a chosen servant OF COO
and a channel through which great
blessings were transmitted to the hui
man race? How is it that he stands
out as one of the three great men IN
early Jewish history?
In the first place, he was mo- the
man to sit down and Whimper over
the hardness of his lot, saying fate
had fixed for him his destiny. He was
up and doing with a passion to
achieve. In the course of his life and
the success with which It was crown
ed he teaches us this great lesson
that a man need not be the victim OF
heredity and evil circumstances
man can rise above them.
In the second place, jacob was a
dreamer and followed in the light OF
his dream, his ideal. He was not a
man of passing whims and impulses,
but a man with a purpose. His ideal
keeps him moving onward with a de-
liberate, settled purpose through years
of hardship, toll, patient waiting, ex-
lie, each veal adding something to
his success until he rises a giant in
character and strength. How different
from his brother Esau, who through
his vacillation and weakness, his lack
of faith and principle, became a help
less victim and slave to his own pas
sions. The two started on pretty equal
footing; one gravitated to a low level,
while the other rose through self-mas-
terry to the higher plane of great serv-
ice and usefulness.
In the third place, Jacob was a man
who desired friendship with God. 1t
may have been the consciousness OF
his own which led him to
seek divine aid in overcoming his in
nate disposition. This was the DOM
mating influence under which we
see him gradually gaining the vic
tory over his evil tendencies. One by
one his faults are overcome in his
choice Of better things. His course
took him through the hard struggle,
but he goes up from it a new man,
softened, subdued and purified
prince with God and men.
What God did for Jacob he can and
will do to-day for any and all who
wish to rise to places of honor and
trust and be a blessing to the world.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
COL WITH US.
By Rev. J. F. S

By Rev. J. F. Stout, D. D.
Text-"Cry out and shout, thou in
habitant of Zion; for great is the Holy
One of Israel in the midst of thee"
Isaiah 1876.
This whole chapter is a shout of
of the chapter and contains the reason
of the shout. 1t is evident that we
have a strong desire either to bring
all things to a materialistic basis or
to try all truths by the crude tests of
u materialistic science, refusing
to believe all that will not respond to
our tests. The teaching of the text
is a splendid antidote to this modern
trend, for it recognizes the existence
of truth in a higher realm than that
in which our senses rule.
The movement known as Christian
ity has a record that reveals not only
it's Divine origin, but also the con-
slant fostering care of Him who gave
it to the world. 1t counts among its
trophies the arrest of organized sys-
TENS of evil, the gradual overthrow
of tyranny and oppression, the pro-
gressive abolition of slavery, the de-
velopment of every race that has Civ
en- it a trial, the developing progress
sion of the individual citizen, what
ever his rank, to the exalted station
of brother in the great family of
which God is Father, the unsealing of
the mysteries of nature which lay
the treasures of the world at human
feet, the overcoming of obstacles and
prejudices seemingly insurmountable,
and the salvation Of millions of souls
who have accepted the conditions
offered; such a record in short reveals
that it is not of men but of God, and
in it's trophies, declares the eve abid-
ing presence of Him who from the
foundation of the world formed the
plan and executed it according to
His purpose.
The New Testament gives us the
record of three great epochs which
called for thanksgiving, since over the
cradle at Bethlehem, the cross on
Calvary and the opened tomb in the
SdrueH Oh Joseph CucI0 WdS SIedteSL
praise. The angels sang over the
cradle, and lowered over the tomb
until allowed to touch the sealed
stone, but only a redeemed people in
the light of later revelations can shout
we the cross. The three were evi-
dences of the presence of God. There
is still another time which belongs to
all generations; it is when a human
soul becoming conscious of his sin
and need casts himself into the arms
of divine clemency and finds from his
reception that his days of mourning
are over, and times of gladness have
dawned such as only come to the n
of God, while before them is an out
hook into the mysteries of eternal life
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
Brief Farm Hints.

Celery is getting to be the best pay
ing crop the garden grows.
1t is a great mistake to feed pigs
sour milk when they are learning to
eat.
Milk the cows clean every time if
you would keep up a uniform flow of
milk.
The man, the cow, the feed, are
three essentials to successful dairy
ing.
Choose for the breeding mare a
solid color-dark bay, black or chest
nut.
The disposition of a horse has a
great deal to do with his value on a
farm.
A farmers wife will not find it hard
to get private customers in town for
genuine fresh eggs.
Do not keep COWS for a side issue;
make it a business, like any other
branch of farm work.
Examine seed potatoes to see they
have not sprouted at the bottom, al.
though the top may look all right.
Get a garden. Make up your mind
to live we'll this summer. Life is too
short to live on the husks of the farm,
The fact that a hog will eat almost
anything and turn it into meat does
not imply anything will do for the
hog.
Stick to the old stand-bys for the
main crop, and touch the novelties
lightly. Some of them are fine, how
ever.
Put in an ornamental or other tree
in the front yard. They will double
the value of your property in a few
years.
A COW that gives rich milk and is
kept in good condition will produce
a butter that does not need colorine
matter at all.
If after churning the butter is moi
firm try leaving it in the buttermllk
a few hours. This often makes 6
wonderful change.
An inexperienced man with a pail
Of sharp pruning shears will do NOR
harm in an orchard in n day thar
all the insects combined could do II
a year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
N

Many believe in the discipline OF
suffering, providing others take 1t.
Many talk so freely of religion be-
Cause they have never met the e a
thing.
The trouble with the se%lf-conscious
saint is that he knows his true
self.
The mushroom Of em~otionalism usl-
ally pities the slow growth of the tree
of character.
IT'S NO use praying for your nus
band while the potatoes are getting
scorched.
When a man has his religion in his
wife's NAME, he always kicks on his
taxes.
It is easy to make the Bible a curse
by using it as a barrier between you
and your brother.
You cam no more become pfous by
studying theology than you can be-
come a pilot by the study of charts.
Some men must regard religion as a
rowboat, because they are never sure
they're headed for religion unless
they're facing the other way.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
Box for Sitting Hens.

I have often been troubled by hav-
ing hens fighting over their eggs. The
hen that wishes to lay always prefers
to get on the same nest with the hen
that is sitting, and the result is sew
eral broken eggs. I have fooled them
by making a box like the n shown in
the cut. Each door opens into the nest
where the hen is sitting, and from this
nest there is a little covered runway in
which the hen can exercise.
The nests are made 14x16 inches
and the affair will accommodate six
hens. When a hen wishes to sit / put
her in one of the nests and give her
three or foul china eggs until she has
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
Her Individual Cup.

Marjorie is a day pupil at a private
school. Her mother disapproved of her
drinking from the common drinking cup,
and bought her an aluminium collapsing
cup of her own.
The next day Marjorie came running
home: and with a kiss, exclaimed:
"Oh. mother. all the other little girls
ut school like me so specially much, and
we nave the most fun with my new cup!
They all stand in a line and take turns
drinking with it?"-Housekeeper.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
Won derfuI Work of Cow.

According to modern standards of
measurements Of dairy cow, one that
gives 5000 pounds of milk a year, is
but an ordinary mixer. And yet to
elaborate this amount of milk, this
cow must manufacture not less than
$50 pounds of milk solids. The cow
may weigh more than 500 or 900
pounds, and the dry matter of her body
is only the half of this amount, so we
see the cow may manufacture new
material annually amounting to more
than twice that contained in her own
body. To do this wonderful work she
must be in the best of physical con
dition and must have an abundance
Of material containing the elements
she needs.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
Hog Makes Meat Quickly.

No animal on the farm is better
adapted to turning good feed quickly
into marketable meat than the hog,
and none al better repay, from a mar
ket standpoint, a discriminating sys-
tenn of feeding. This is particularly
true as to first costs, for the hog is
by nature planned to utilize the least
expensive feeds and will manufacture
into tootlsome pork much that might
otherwise be reckoned of little value,
if not waste. In any phase of farm
economy the hog is a feature, and his
proper feeding has in innumerable in
stances been the factor that kept a
farms profits on the right side of the
ledger.-From Coburn's Swine in
America"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
Alfalfa for Cows.

Where there is an abundant supply
of alfalfa, do not feed the dairy cows
any timothy hay, but let them have
all the alfalfa they can consume with
out waste. A mixture consisting of
400 pounds of ground corn, 800 pounds
of bran or oats supplements the al
falfa very we'll. Seven or eight pounds
of this combination is sufficient to pro-
duce one pound of fat when fed with
all the good alfalfa hay an animal
will consume. If the droppings Of
the animal seem somewhat dry, do not
hesitate to recommend the use of one
pound of oil meal per day.-Farmers
and Drovers' Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
DcN,Ts FOR

Don't forget that the friends you
buy will always be ready to sell you
out.
Don't fail to observe that only a
wooden man can wear a ready made
opinion.
Don't overpay for the goodness you
get by refusing to be good until you
know it pays.
Don't overlook the big command.
ments by spending all your time on
the little ones.
Don't hesitate to make people think
better of themselves if you would wor-
ry less V your own epitaph.
Don't fail to learn the difference be-
tween being blind to the faults OF
friends and winking at their vices.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
Rom and Cholera,

OF the two diseases, says a poultry
man, wesfear roup more than we do
cholera. The best remedy for a bird
in the advanced stages of roup is the
Ratchet. Upon the first appearance of
any disease, the ailing birds should be
isolated and the poultry house thor
oughly renovated and disinfected. 1t
is always well to have some good roup
remedy at hand, as the time lost in
sending for a remedy after the fowls
become affected only gives the disease
a chance to get firmly established.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
ROSY COLOR;
Produced by Postum.


when a person rises from each
meal with a ringing in the ears and
a general sense of nervousness, it is a.
common habit to charge it to- a de-
ranged stomach.
II found it was caused from drink
ing coffee, which I never suspected
for a long time, but found by leaving
off coffee that the disagreeable feelings
went away.
"T was brought to- think of the sub
iect by getting some Postum and mis-
brought me out of trouble.
at is a most appetizing and invig'
Grating beverage and has been of such
great benefit to me that / naturally
speak of it from time, to time as op-
portunity offers.
"A lady friend complained to me that
she had tried Postum, but it did not
taste good. IN reply to my question
she said she guessed she boiled 1t
about ten minutes. l advised her TO
follow directions and know that she
boiled it fifteen or twenty minutes, and
she would have something worth talk
ing about. A short time ago | heard
n of her children say that they were
drinking Postum nowadays, SO l
Judge she succeeded in making it good,
which is by no means a difficult task
"The son of n of my friends was
formerly a pale lad, but since ne has
been drinking Postum, has a fine color,
There is plenty of evidence that Pos
tum actually does make red blood as
the famous trademark says"
Read The Road to Welfville," found
in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A
new n appears from time to time.
They are genuine. true, and full OF
human interest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
Care Of the Teeth.

Do not be spasmodic in their care.
Remember a little cleaning every day
is better than scrubbing to the gum
bleeding point when you happen to think
of it.
or whitening lotions. Your enamel may
be ruined before you learn they are not
what they are advertised. Get a relia-
BILE make. and stick to- it..
Clean the teeth after each meal, if
possible; before going to bed without
fail. :.
bedtime. 1t counteracts acid and length
ems life of teeth. Milk OF magnesia.
limewater, or plain baking soda in water
are all good.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
Selling Eggs.

A real "potltryman" in the East
sells his eggs in a sealed package, on
the outside of which is printed the
following: eff the seal of this pack
age is unbroken, l guarantee the eggs
contained therein to have been LAID
OF the date stamped on the seal. The
eggs are guaranteed sterile and to be
the product of hens in perfect health,
kept under the most sanitary condi-
lions and fed only sound, wholesome
feed"