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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24
The Only Difference.

Clorinda was as black as night and
of heroic proportions, but in every
possible way she copied her slender
young mistress, for whom she had a
great admiration. II like to look jes'
as much like you as I can," she often
said, "'cause you looks jes' like a
lady orter look, Mis- Hend'son."
Clorinda entrusted all her shopping
to Mrs. Henderson, and scorned the
bright colors and pronounced styles
affected by her own friends. One day
she asked her mistress to buy her a
pair Of low shoes. AS she made the
request, she glanced with admiration
at the slim little foot showing beneath
the edge of a dainty skirt.
AN I want 'em jes' exactly like
yours, Mis- Hend'son," said Clorinda.
mo Offence, 'cepting dey's gotter be
wide mines, so maybe de buckle might
pear better if twas a teenty mite
larger'n yours"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24
The New Indian Woman.

Glare-in-the-Sun, a member of the Spo-
kane tribe, whose forebears hunted and
fshed and smoked, as they were inclined,
while their faithful squaws did mental
tasks without a word of complaint, Gre
ated a sensation AMONG the old-timers in
Spokane when he appeared in Riverside
avenue carrying a papoose with an ease
and Indifference seemingly born of pra,c-
tice. His squaw, gowned in a bright
dress and shawl. walked by his side, APP
parently unconscious of any irregularity.
Glare-in-the-Sun is a wealthy Indian and
owns several tracts of land on the Column
bia river.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24
QUAKER CITY POLICE METHODS.
Brutal Treatment of Women Arrested
on Charge of Inciting Riot.

on Charge Of Inciting Riot.
Miss Martha Gruening, daughter of a
physician. and a New York society girl,
thus relates her experiences in Philadel-
phia, following arrest on a charge of in
citing to riot while she was aiding the
shirtwaist strikers:
II wanted to find out for yself whetll-
er the stories about the brutal and lille
gal arrests of the strikers were eXagger-
ated and | determined to go to one of the
factories and observe what went on. [
did not go there TO do picket duty, and /
did not approach a single girl as a pick
ct. So that | would not attract unusual
attention, l procured an old coat and
slipped it on in place of my fur one, and
that is why the policeman thought | was
one of the strikers and a picket. They
rang up a patrol wagon and | was hus-
tied off to the station house at Front and
Master streets. | was taken up to the
matrOn's room in the police station. They
did not take me to a cell, as | expected.
A few minutes later | heard the bell Of
the patrol wagon ring, and three of the
strikers were brought in. They were tax
en- to cells, and when | insisted on the
same treatment l was led to the same
cell with the other girls and stayed there
for the night.
.'The other girls were all young girls,
nice girls. We had a terrible time. The
cell was small, and had nothing it it but
a hard bench. 1t was disgustingly dirty.
All about us were other prisoners
drunken men and women, cursing and
making the place hideouS. Non OF us
was used to such filth and such language.
and we we<e shocked beyond expression.
Later on, toward morning, the one small
cell became unbearable, and | called 4
turnkey, and he put me and another girl
into a different cell. By and by daylight
came, and at Z o'clock we We're taken be-
fore Magistrate Scott. The magistrate
held me in $500 bail, and we were put
back into the cells until 10 o'clock, when
the prison van came to take us to, MOya-
menSing.
AS soon as we were convicted the ell
tire attitude of the police changed, and
they handled us roughly and swore at
us. We were literally showed into the
narrow wOmen's compartment in the van,
five of us in all. A drunken woman was
put in with us four. / protested and
begged the police not to do it. Their
answer was to literally throw the drunk
en- woman in on top of us. 1t was so
terrifying that two of the other girls al
most went into Mysteries. We were
damned right up against each other in
the foul place. Fortunately Tie drunken
woman fell into a stupor, and after an
interminally long humping over the
streets. we arrived at the prison, all of
us sick from the fearful strain"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24
PAPERS b 4np PEOPLF

you will. And after this greater civilization a still
greater, which will distance the greater as the greater
has distanced us.
We must somehow get joy out of the pain Of life. We
must see the beauty and the wonder of the world misery.
We must admire the evil as we admire the good. We
must lick the dust with the homage that we pay the
heavens. We must realize the sweet in struggle, in de-
feat, in restitution.
We must know the world as perfect in it's imperfect
ness, as finished in it's incompleteness, as satisfying in
its unsatisfactoriness. Working for our fellows as pur-
posely as we will, we must realize that they need no
working for. That we need only to love and enjoy them
which is true. While looking to a better day we must
perceive that it will never come. That it is here.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24
The Boys in the Lower House.

Representative Adamson of Georgia,
who is fat and above 40, was strolling
through the subway connecting the
House office building with the capitol.
"Say, judge" queried a newspaper
man, when are you folks going to get
in automobiles in the subway. The Sen
ate has had them for months"
1--WE fellows in the House don't need
them at ALL" chirped the member from
Georgia. "We are frisky and vigorous.
These old. decrepit senators aren't able
to walk to and from their offices. They
have TO ride. I don't guess We'll ever
ask for automobiles"
show his youthfulness. = Philadelphia
Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24
SUNSHINE.

A little gold amid the gray;
That's sunshine.
4 little brightness on tho way;
That's sunshine.
A little glimpsing of the blue,
A little widening of the view.
y little heaven breaking through;
That's sunshine.
4 little looking for the light;
That's sunshine.
A little patience through the night;
That's sunshine.
A little bowling of the Will.
\ little resting on the hin,
A little standing very still;
That's sunshine.
A little smiling through the tears;
That's sunshine.
A little faith behind the fears;
That's sunshine.
A little folding of the hand,
a little yielding of demand.
A little grace to understand;
That's sunshine.
Stuart Maclcan.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

chilling the body if the latter has an
outer covering of wool. In this Gil
mate, where houses and offices are gen
orally overheated in winter and the
transition from indoors to outdoors
is attended by a far greater change
in temperature than in milder eli
mates, where the houses are not kept
as hot as they are in America, it is
better to wear cotton or linen under
clothes and to rely upon heavy outer
garments to resist the cold air.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

keep him from the public hospital for the
insane. The fact that Mrs. Borodkin
had to sacrifice the music masters priced
cello to the ~pawnbroker shows the
straits in which the family finds itself.
There is little left in the fiat beyond two
touches and some cheap cooking utensils.
The doctors on Wards island hold out
little hope for Borodkin's mental recov-
cry. They say he is suffering from acute
melancholia, with a tendency to violence.
The wife smiles at this verdict and does
not believe it. She is intensely proud
and averse to charity even when She is
hungry Shes remembers that her hus-
band was decorated at Port Arthur. and
that he holds a reputation abroad with
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24
Des Planches' Mission.

Baron des Planches, who is succeeded
as Italian ambassador by Marquis Con-
~falianeri, is recalled by his government
TO undertake a delicate diplomatic mis-
sion as the royal commissioner to bring
about Italy's withdrawal in 1912 from
her alliance with Germany and Austria
AS soon as the dissolution of this alli-
ance is brought about a new organization
of world politics will probably be at
tempted by France and England, and the
development of the United States i'll the
field Of diplomacy may draw her into the
new alignment.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24
The Editor and the Office Devil.

Enraged, over something the local
newspaper had printed about him, u
subscriber burst into the editors office in
search of the responsible reporter.
"Who are your" he demanded. glar-
ing at the editor, who vas also the main
stakeholder.
Pm the newspaper" was the calm re.
ply.
"And who are you?" he next inquired,
turning his resentful gaze on the choco-
late-colored office devil clearing out the
waste basket.
"Me?'' r~eioined the darby, ~grinning
from ear to ear. "Ah guess abs de
cul'ud ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24
Digest of the Banking Laws.

More than half the states in the Union
have no banking commissioner to look
after their state banking institutions. ac-
cording to the digest of the banking laws
tional Monetary commission. Other of
fcials are relied on to keep a more or less
careful eye on the banks. In Alabama,
for instance, it is the state treasurer who
looks after the banks, In Arizona the
auditor. in Florida the comptroller, in
Kentucky the secretary of state and in
North Carolina and Virginia the corpo-
ration commission. The digest is the
work of Samuel A. Weldon, = New
York lawyer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24
NOTED CELLIST INSANE.
Borodkin's Beloved Instrument Pawned
for Food and Medicine.

A tragedy of the orchestra is being
written these days in the fiat of Jacob
Borodkin. a Russian %'cellist of note, at
80 East One Hundred and Second Street.
The mind of the master of the bow went
to pieces two months ago, and his wife
dealt out the savings of four years
for specialists and a private room in a
sanitarium. Recently the bank account
was emptied and Borodkin became a pa
of the city on Wards island. The
wife had fought to the last dollar to
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

The decision in favor OF the adoption
of standards for asphalt pavement, made
by the convention of city officials which
assembled in Chicago last week, is sup
plemented by a determination to subject
all material used for street and sidewalk
work to chemical test. Durable pave
ments will surely result. if contractors
are held rigidly to fixed standards, and if
the materials which contractors use are
put to required tests.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

Even without the recent addition of
the great Cullinan diamond, the jewels
at the command Of the Queen of England
would form the vastest and c~ostliest col
lection in the world. From the accounts
of the costumes and ornaments worn by
Queen Alexandra and the Princess Of
Wales at the first court ball of the sea-
son, at Buckingham Palace last night,
it would seem that no woman was ever
more regally attired than was her
British royal highness at last nights
brilliant function.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

The story from San Francisco that he
United States steamer Tennessee took a
weather report from Table Bluff, on the
coast of northern California, when she
was five days out from Honolulu on her
way to the Admiralty islands, and 1880
miles distant from the bluff, establishes
a record for wireless telegraphy that
may have a depressing influence on the
market for telegraph wire. 1t also gives
the Weather Bureau a wider zone of in
luence than it has ever before served.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

A bill has been introduced in the New
York Legislature providing that after
the first of January next there shall be
a penalty Of one dollar for every milk
and cream bottle made, used or sold
which does not show in plain letters how
much il contains. This method of doing
away with the short" bottle swindle is
worthy of imitation in every state in the
TniOu
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

Error of Judgment in the location OF
habitatiOns ON the mountain side. the
result of inexperience, is suggested by
the destruction of twenty-five families
embracing about seventy-ive persons in
the aggregate, by an avalanche near
Wallace, Idaho. And yet experienced
dwellers in river valleys are repeatedly
caught by floods and made to suffer loss
which could be avoided by location OH
higher ground. The excuse for such &C.
c%urrences lies in the fact that with the
main chance in view, humanity becomes
Injured to the risks of life either on high
lands or lOwlands.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

James A. Patten. notorious for his
gambling speculations in the peoples
food. would have shown better taste and
stronger sense by keeping still than by
rushing into print with the statement
true enough though it be-that "Ameri-
ca is an e~Xtravagant nation" r.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

Harry ards declination of Yale's chal-
lenge for a Yacht race at New Lon
don at the time of the annual row.
ing race in June has caused Yale to
look elsewhere for an opponent. Sail
ing as a university competitive sport
will be a novelty, but why should not
the students perfect themselves in the
art of handling sails and boats? There
is commercial value in the art if it is
carried into business life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

Charles ]. Glidden. president of the
Aero club of New England, plans an
ascension in the balloon Massachusetts
next May with Prof. e. c. Pickering, of
Harvard, and other astronomical author
tiles to observe the antics of Halley's
comet and to photograph it. Mr.. Glid-
den believes interesting data can be OBJ
tanned and excellent photographs taken
at an elevation of three miles.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

Sacred cattle are slaughtered and
shipped to Paris to help out the scarcity
of beef. In far away Madagascar ore
great herds. several millions of cousins
to India's breed of sacred hump cattle.
and the far-seeing French, as protectors
of Madagascar, pronounce the meat of
these animals equal to beef.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

The deficit in the federal governments
receipts during the first eight months
of the current fiscal year has been only
~$24,G0475O. compared with sos, 16S,OSO
during the corresponding period of the
fiscal year 1909. The country is doing
better than it was.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

The United States navy is conduct
ing a series of tests to settle the question
whether depth of water affects the speed
of ships steaming through it. These
tests probably embrace trials over depths
beyond what is classed as 'shoal WATER"
for it is well known that steamers are
:mpeded when they are passing over shall
lows, by the swirling and suction of the
water under the bottom. Steamers do
not steer readily under such circum-
stances, and sailors explain this by say
ing that the ship "smells the bottom"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

The Illinois Legislature showed good
sense in killing the waterway bill. The
legislature of the nation, when the lakes
to-gulf folly calls for appropriations, will
do well to be minded of the prudent
course of Illinois and to $50 and do like
wica
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24
For Preference.

Does your daughter play Mozart?"
inquired the young man with gold
trimmed glasses.
II believe she does,'' answered Mrs.
Sanders, affably. 'SBut | think she
prefers tennis"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

The fact that storks which spend a
portion of the year in Prussia have been
found in the Transvaal, more than five
thousand miles distant from the Kaiser's
dominions, may explain the innate tray
cling propensities of folks in general.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., . Publishers

The Illinois Legislature is finding it
easier to get into deep trouble than to
get deep waterways. 1t is apparent that
all of the people of that state cannot
be fooled all of the time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

Gave Him What He Deserved.
ut seems to me that / have seen
you before"
You have, my lord. 1 used. to give
your daughter singing lessons"
Twenty years"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24
Want Roosevelt at Head.

A cablegram offering to Theodore
Roosevelt the director-generalship of the
New Orleans-Panam exposition was
sent him in Africa. The exposition will
be held to celebrate the opening of the
canal. 1t is planned to spend $780,
900 on the exposition.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

his cello. If ever he comes back from
the island of the insane there is a good
job waiting for him in the orchestra of
the Metropolitan opera house. New
York American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24
That Would Helm.

$50 you want to become a first-class
stenographer?"
81 do. Does it take long?"
Cali depends. Dc you know how to
spell to start w;th?'-Louisville Cou-
~rier-Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

Of them.
No. Grecian and Roman glory do not dazzle him. He
knows that every civilization has its bud. And that in
COMPARISONS bud must be matched with bud, bloom
with bloom. shriveled stem with shriveled stem. Our
civilization is Seeding. The American race is yet I'M
horn. 1t will only begin to be born when the many
divers people from everywhere gathering here will have
mingled and blended, and fused into a wonderful one
people.
But when our flower time has come it will be followed
duly by the fruit and harvest time, and then the winter
barrenness and death. And after us another civilization
as much greater than we as we are and shall be greater
than Greece and Rome or any other past marvel that
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

900 tons of coal annually wasted in improper methods
of mining. with the similar waste of water power, forests
and all our resources.
There is probably not a dollar more expended in
church property than is actually needed somewhere. The
trouble is that it is not expended to meet real needs;
that it is wasted so far as the real interests of the king
dom of God are commemorative Delineator.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

Ell !; ;: So: s: s.: ): E: !: f.: : !: Is: i: &. Is: : s: $: !: !: u.s.: q: :; g.: :: : IS: !: !: s: s: +: :: I: 1: :
E6lMSAg problem Of handling it's surplus. This experiment promises
EGDN@GI to lend new vitality to the insurance business of the world
and the unique departure will be watched with interest by
insurers and insured. The company in question has et a blank form to
each of its policy holders in New York. Should a policy holder become Ill
he is TO mail the form and the moment it is received a trained nurse VIII
be assigned to him.. While the case is progressing the insured is given Tally
attention without cost beyond his regular premiums, with the chances dis
tincuy in favor Of his recovery and a like gain in the mortuary books OF
the corporation.
help deserving nurses in their work, at the same time that help is extended
to the sufferers who are policy holders in the company. In addition to this
is the advertising which will ron such a undertaking II III a d
dtiona1 talking point. it will give the company's agents. 1t is we'll known
that life insurance companies are at war with consumption and every other
recognized plague of civilization, and, they argue, if the spread OF any
known disease is checked it is not only a humanitarian nut a good business
proposition to get into the work of nursing the insured to health.
That the experiment is likely to prove popular was eJidenced a toTt
night g when a prominent New Yorker, becoming acquainted with the
proposal, donated ninety acres of land in the hills not fifty miles from the
metropolis, together with 100000 in cash, for the erection of a sanitarium
The donor is not a stakeholder in the company, but wa convinced that
such al undertaking N the part Of a big insurance company would spread
until it comprehended similar organizations throughout the country, thus
providing hospitals for thousands Of people who otherwise would be I'M
able to avail themselves of proper treatment II care.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

A mans bump of intellect is a dent
if he tells a woman the whole truth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

The reported merging of the Interna-
tional Asbestos Company, the North
American Asbestos Company, the
Wyoming Consolidated Asbestos Com
pany. the United States Asbestos & Min
ing Company, and the Amalgamated As
bestos Company, the last mentioned con-
trolling ninety per cent. of the asbestos
output of Canada, ought to be fireproof
against hot competition. The demand
for asbestos is growing tremendously be-
cause of extensions of the use of the
mineral, and the organization of a trust
to control its sale is of general interest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

The report that the American Expo
sition in Berlin, Germany, may be ADAM
doned because of hostility displayed by
the manufacturing interests of the
Kaiser's empire does not do justice to
American determination and courage.
If the Exposition is to be an American
affair, those who are in charge of it
should pitch in" and make it a success
so far as the exhibits are concerned. The
German people may be counted on to
give the display respectful and earnest
attention. whatever the German manu.
facturers may do to discourage attend,
ance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

Bees were unknown TO TIE Indians,
but they were brought over from Eng
land only a few years after the landing
of the Pilgrim Fathers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

who are long-distance optimists.
These are the true teachers of the time. These are
the men who see the rottenness cankering the whole So
cial and business fabric of our modern civilization, but
who never for a moment are disheartened, because they
know the nature of the plain, everyday, average Ameri-
can; and, by the grace of that knowledge, the certainty
has been given them of the ultimate triumph in this
nation of right ideas and ideals. They propose to
cleanse what foulness exists, and not to ignore nor to
gid it. For they are not deluded by the ancient lie
that whatever is is right."-Success Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24

The maj who doubts the reliability
of banks is also apt to believe in
spooks and other foolishness.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-03-24
NEW IDEALS ARISE AS MAN PROGRESSES.
By Ada May KreckeI

The old men sigh for the good old times.
Their minds are senilely unfit. They look at
Yesterday with a microscope. The youths
burn for the better new times. Their minds
are puerilely unfit. They look at tomorrow
with a telescope. Somewhere there is a mel
low philosopher who sees every day as a yes
terday and a tomorrow. He is agreeable to
the old mans faded glory and to the youths
But he finds to-day as good as either