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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
He Posed as Prince of Wales

stretched before him on both sides
of the noble river, and I have only
to shut my eyes to see in fancy the
shores dotted here and there with
large and small groups Of people.
anxious to get a glimpse of the fu-
ture ruler of England. Through it all
the prince was very affable and &C
commodating; he was always ready
to step to some conspicuous place
upon the upper deck of the steam
boat and courteously acknowledge
the salutes and cheers which came
to him from the shores.
Some miles before the boat reached
Poughkeepsie there was brought
aboard it by special messenger a
pouch of mail for the prince. He had
not heard from home for some time
and he was anxious to read the let
tiers; you must remember that the At
lantic cable, though laid, was not
working at the time. So, taking the
heavy mail with him. the prince went
into the pilot house and soon was
deeply immersed in his letters. He
was still reading when we arrived at
Poughkeepsie, where it seemed as
though the entire city and all the peo-
pie for miles around about had turned
out to greet him.
Hastily, word was carried to the
prince that an enormous crowd, COW
ing away back to the foot of the hill,
was anxious to give him the tribute of
their good wishes. But, as luck would
have it, he was in the midst of peru
sing an especially important letter and
was not willing to be disturbed.
Therefore, stepped to the railing of
the boat upon the upper deck, to give
some intimation to the crowd that the
prince was in retirement, when, of
sudden, l discovered that the people
below me had taken me for our dis
tinguished guest. They set up great
cheering, hats were thrown in the air,
women clapped their hands and waved
their ndkerchiefs-every eye was
fastened upon HE.
What could | do? / could not tell
them that l was not the Prince of
Wales, put only member of the gov
ernor's staff; l could not have made
myself heard three feet away in all
that welcoming uproar. So, almost in.
voluntarily, l bowed and made a mill.
tary salute.
For perhaps a minute l received
the enthusiastic greeting of a city;
then the boat started and all Pough-
keepsie returned home, satisfied that
it had seen the prince. In fact, years
later l heard residents of that town
telling with not little pride how
they had been bowed to and saluted
by the prince. They never knew of
the mistake.
But as soon as the prince had fin
ished with his mail and returned to
the deck, related to him how l had
been mistaken for him. And the
story amused him greatly-not in the
sense that it was an absurdity that 1
should be taken for him, which it
was, nevertheless, but because he
seemed to see In his minds eye a
vivid picture Of that great throng hail
ing plain citizen of the United
States as the prince of Wales"
copyright. 1910. by E. ]. Edwards.)
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
Story OF United States Bank

that the amount you give us is right?'
SO the stranger went away, returning
speedily with a hand barrow filled
with notes. and all the rest of the day
the bank force was occupied in count
ing them.
That task over at last, the manager
of the branch turned to the stranger.
The amount you stated is correct,
sir" and your silver is ready. Can
we help you in sending it anywhere?"
You've got the silver here" gasp
ed the stranger. You're going to pay
me in silver on the srot?"
Certainly" said the bank manager.
isn't that what you asked for?"
But" began the stranger
Yes" smiled the other, 1.-TWO hun
dred thousand dollars in silver does
make very bulky parcel. | suppose
you will take it to a vessel?"
The stranger hesitated, doubtless re-
fiecting that If he took the silver it
would cost him a pretty penny for in
surance and another for freight. At
last he saidf We'll, think will take
drafts on New Orleans. on the whole,
they will do just as good"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
The Riuistan of Samarkand.

The Rigstan of Samarkand.
from the Volga and the Danube rivers
to the Gauges and from the Indian
ocean to the polar sea. The tribute oil
a thousand tribes and the homage OF
seven-and-twenty conquered nations
were laid at his feet here. But all this
glory has departed and for five centu
ries Samarkand has been dying.
All the imposing structures that
once gave Samarkand it's reputation as
the finest city in Asia have either dis
appeared or are in an advanced stage
of decay and dilapidation. They have
been almost entirely stripped Of the
adornments that made them famous
and the earthquakes that occur every
few years diminish the number of tur
quoise and azure domes and the dimen
sions of the enameled walls, and in.
crease the heaps of debris which now
cover the ground. No effort has been
made by the government or the priests
or the people to restore or even to ar
rest the ravages of time or to protect
or preserve the architectural monu
ments that have stood here for ages
against the vandals, the earthquakes
and other destructive agencies that
have made Samarkand a wreck of its
former magnificence.
You would think there would be suf
ficient pride, piety and patriotism in
the Mohammedan world to perpetuate
monuments and institutions chiefly &C..
clesiastic in their origin and purpose,
but the same conditions appear in
every country where Islam prevails,
except in Constantinople. Cairo and
one or two other cities.
Islam is a dying religion. 1t has
reached a hopeless stage of decay, ii
the appearance of it's mosques and me
dresses, it's shrines, the mausoleums OF
it's saints, its cemeteries and other pub
lie institutions may be accepted as evf
dence. | have never seen new
mosque in any Mohammedan country;
| do not know of one that has been
built within the last century, and few
have been repaired. Everywhere the
indifference is the same; everywhere
the same degree of dilapidation may
be found, even in the most fanatical
cities like Bokhara and Damascus.
The Persians used to call Samar
kand the center of the universe, the
hub, like Boston. 1t was the Athens OF
Asia for learning and culture, but a
Babylon for extravaganza and vice.
The luxury and immortality of its
rulers and it's citizens was the cause
of it's decay. It's population at the
zenith of it's glory was a million; now
it has scarcely 175,0O0 inhabitants.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
She Took No Chances.

A. happily-wedded matron is. the
principal of an odd incident, which
one of her dear" friends relates.
Before the matron's engagement to
her present husband was announced,
she met her dear" friend on the
street The new matron was hurrying
toward one of the large jewelry stores
of the city. y,>..
"John gave me an engagement ring"
she explained, without shadow Of
embarrassment, land 1 am going down
to see how much it cost You see, l
got the jewelers. name off the box"
and she hurried on. -. - = 81,
The same friend said that another
bit of information the matron got was
the commercial standing of the pros
pective husband, which she secured
by paying for a special report from
a commercial agency. - IL
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
"A Story OF General Grant

armies, Mittie received the news that
her husband had been wounded. She
was wild to go to him, but the Gordon
was drawn tight around DiXieland; it
was hard to get through. Learning
that Mrs. Grant was at our house in
ST. Louis, the wife of the southern
soldier fastened there to implore her
girlhood friend to do what she could
to get her through.
The wife of a soldier herself. Mrs.
Grant understood to the depth of her
sympathetic soul the terrible anxiety
of her friend, but even she was un-
able to find the way. BY rare good
fortune, however, Genera Grant came
to st. Louis about that time He
listened quietly while the distraught
young woman told of hc- message
from the south, she should reach her
husbands side at once, be the dan
ger what It may.
"You can imagine what such a plea
meant to a soldier like Grant. To
him the woman in the hospital, on
the field where the battle had been,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
How the Famous SoIdier-President
Responded to a Distracted
Woman's Plea.

Mrs, Louisa Boggs, an eighty-six-
year-old resident of st. Louis. tells
the following story of Gen. U. ).
Grant, who was her cousin and whose
memory she lovingly cherishes. The
story is being passed around in Wash
ingtan.
Julia Dent, the generals wife, was
a southern girl, you know. Her fam
lily lived just west of Jefferson Bar
racks, south of st. Louis, and while
stationed there Lieutenant Grant met
and fell in love with her. Julia had
a girlhood friend whom / will call
Mittie. They grew up together, warm
hearted and loving. Their tastes, ac-
complishments and ambitions were
much alike. Both married soldiers.
Mites husband cast his fortunes
with the south and rose to the rank
of general. When the southern cross
began to go down before the far
reaching sweep of the northern
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
How Head of the Savannah Branch
Forced Stranger to Carry Away
100000 In Silver and
Checked Plot.

The most famous president of the
United States bank. which President
Jackson forced out of business, was
Nicholas Biddle of Philadelphia, who
after being director of the bank for
a matter of four years, became its
president in 1923 and remained in that
post until the bank went out of bust
ness in 1886.
Nick" Biddle, as he was known to
his associates both in finance and So
c1ety-he was a member of Philadel-
phia's exclusive set-kept firm grip
upon the affairs of all the branches of
the United States bank from his desk
In the banks headquarters in Phila-
delphia. He VAS very careful to get
reports from the branches regularly
and as speedily AS the mail facilities
OF the time could deliver them to
him, and he studied these reports with
minute care =.
One day he. notl> ed that a report
from the Savannah branch did not
show the average redemption of bank
notes, and each subsequent report
showed constant failing off in re-
dempttons, so that Mr.. Biddle became
very much disturbed. AT last he said
to himself: There's going to be trou-
bic of some kind at THAT branch
Somebody is collecting Savannah
branch bank notes and they may Of
fer them all of a sudden for redemp-
ton. But l will see to that" There
upon he caused large amount of sill
yer money to be collected and shipped
to Savannah. Then he waited.
A few weeks after the silver had
reached the Savannah branch
stranger called at it and stated that
he had some bank notes which he
would like to have redeemed at once
in silver. He was asked what was
the value of the notes. 1.-TWO hundred
thousand dollars" he replied.
Very WELL" said the official of the
bank, who was acting under instruc-
tons from President Biddle. bring
your bills here so that we can count
them" Whereupon, the stranger pro-
tested at the delay. What" exclaimed
the bank official. you surely do not
think we are going to redeem notes
until we have counted them and seen
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
Confusing.

:
Craig Biddle, at dinner in New
port, was describing the changing
odds on the Jeffries-Johnson fight at
Reno.
Eight to four and a half on JEFF
fries-nine to six the other way about
three to one and a quarter-it''s
rather confusing, isn't it?" he said.
I'm fact, it's almost as confusing as
the two girls talk about secret:
Mary said the first girl, told me
that you had told her that secret /
told you not to tell her.
""The nasty thing said the other
girl. 4 told her not to tell you told
her.
well, said the first girl, I told
her I wouldn't tell you she told me-
so don't tell her 1 did,"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
Eow Col. George Bliss Was Mistaken
for Edward by the Enthusiastic
People of Poughkeep-
sic, NJ. Y.

This story of the late King Edward,
when, as the prince of Wales, he
travelled in this country, was told to
me several years ago by the late Col.
George Bliss, who at one time was
United States district attorney for
the southern district of New York,
and whose "Bliss's Digest" is one of
the standard legal works throughout
the United States.
AT the time that the prince was
here l was serving upon the military
staff of Governor e. D. Morgan Of
New York." said Colonel Bliss. land
was detailed to represent the COVER
nor in certain ceremonies. and partic-
ularly upon the occasion of the trip
of the prince of Wales up the Hudson
river to West Point and Albany.
81 remsmber wildly how interest
ed the prince was in the scenery that
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
PUZZLED j.. ia
Hard Work, Sometimes, to Raise
Children. - !.

Children's taste is ofttimes more &C
curate, in selecting the right kind Of
food to fit the body, than that Of
adults. Nature works more accurate
ly through the children. =:
A Brooklyn lady says: "Our little:
boy had long been troubled with,
weak digestion. We could never per-
suade him to take more than one taste
of any kind of cereal food. He was
a weak little chap and we were puz7
zled to know what to feed him on.
"One lucky day we tried Grape
Nuts. Well, you never saw child
eat with such a relish, and it did me
good to see him. From that day on
it seemed as though we could almost
see him grow. He would eat Grape
Nuts for breakfast and supper, and I
think he would have liked the food
for dinner.
"The difference in his appearance is
something wonderful.
my husband had never fancied &C.
real foods of any kind, but he be-
came very fond of Grape-Nuts and has
been much improved in health since
using it.
eve are now a. healthy family, and
naturally believe in Grape-Nuts.
ga friend has twe-ehildren who were
formerly afflicted with ricketts,. | was
satisfied that the disease was caused
by lack of proper nourishment. They
showed it. So l urged her. to use
Grape-Nuts as an experiment and the
result was almost magical.
"They continued the food and today
both children are well and strong. as
any children in this city, and, of
course, my friend is firm believer IN
Grape-Nuts for she has the evidence
before her eyes every day." :,
Read "The Road to Wellville, found
in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
are genuine, true. and full of hulaan
interest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
Mark Twain and Warner Wrote 1t to
Show Their Joking Wives Just
What They Could Do When
They Tried.

The late Stephen A. Hubbard, who
was for many years the managing
editor and one of the owners of the
Hartford Comm Courant when Jo-
seph R. Hawley was editor and
Charles Dudley Warner, the author
and humorist, co-editor, told me this,
the real story of the manner in which
Mark Twain and Mr.. Warner came to
write "The Gilded Age" which was
published in 1873.
After Mark Twain came to Hart
ford to live," said Mr.. Hubbard, "he
early made the acquaintance of Mr.
Warner, being especially attracted to
him because Of the success of the de-
liciously humorous book, My Summer
in Garden which gained Mr. War
ner national fame, and which was the
first Of his separate writings. The
acquaintance ripened into intimacy.
and the families of the two men were
frequently together.
1T happened that one evening,
when the Twains had the Warmers at
a family dinner, something was said
dUOuL Lu0 SUCCESS OI luuOC0uLS
Abroad Thereupon both Mrs. Glenn
ems and Mrs. Warner began to twit
Mark Twain; they made all manner
Of good-natured fun of his book, called
it an accidental hit, and finally ended
up by defying him to write another
work like it.
I'm high humor Mark Twain turned
to Mr.. Warner. You and l will show
these ladies that their laughter is I'M
seemly and "a cracking of thorns I'M
der pot he cdied Well get to-
gether and write a story, chapter by
chapter every morning, and we will
so Intervene our work that these
wives Of ours will not be able to say
which has been written by Mark
Twain and which by Charles D. War
ner; for once week we will gather in
my library and read the story to them
as it has progressed under our pens.
What was spoken in jest was acted
upon in the spirit of jest, Mr.. Warner
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
rs GLORIES ARE NOW DEAD
Samarkand, in Russian Turkistan, Once
the Worlds Most Splendid City,
Now a Ruin.

Bokhara, Asia-At one time Samar.
kand in Russian Turkestan was as
much the source of power and infu
ence in the affairs of the world as
London is today; its architecture was
as much admired as that of Paris OF
Vienna; its scholarship was as famous
as that of Athens and its ecclesiastical
prominence as great as that of Rome.
It's universities were sought by stu
dents from every corner of the earth,
like those of Germany are today, and
pilgrims came from every part of the
Mohammedan world to worship at it's
shrine.
The empire of Tamerlane, of which
Samarkand was the capital, at the end
of the fourteenth century extended
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
TURTLE ASPHYXIATES CHICKS
Pigs Also Die When Gas Pipe Is Bit
ten in TWO by Connecticut
Snapper.

South Norwalk, Conn.-Funeral
services for 100 chickens and three
pigs were conducted behind the barn
of Herman Jacobs and swapping
turtle that endeavored to qualify as q
gas meter inspector is being fattened
for slaughter as the result.
Jacobs caught the turtle some time
ago and tied it to a stake in the bach
yard. The turtle broke loose and
made for the gas meter in the barn
In his Investigations he bit off the
gas pipe close to the meter and the
chickens and pigs were asphyxiated
Two farmhands who endeavored t.
rescue the unfortunates were made III
by the fumes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
Oldest American Ruins.

Phoenix. Ariz.-The very oldest
American ruins are to be found in
either Arizona or New Mexico. These
are the cliff dwellings along the Colo
RADIO river and the Rio Grande. which
were built centuries before Columbus;
and approaching them in antiquity
are the mysterious adobe compounds
whose walls, labyrinths, subterranean
chambers and battlements were lately
dug out of an Arizona desert sur.
rounding the ruin of Casa Grande, now
believed to have been the temple OF
the chief priestl of a sect Of sun wor
shippers once inhabiting this region.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
Standardization.

Religion should be native. 1t
should be concrete and applicable.
Religion is the natural expression OF
living, not set of actions or of hab-
it's, or posture Of the mind added to
the daily life. The type of religion,
therefore, is conditioned on the kind
of living, and the kind of living Is
conditioned, in its turn, very large
~ on the physical and economic Ell
fectiveness of nge. The religion or
the open country should run deep into
the indigenous affairs of the open
country.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
Even the Chair Groaned.

Young Rector Gin evident embarrass-
ment)-My dear Miss Clara, Trying
to leave the chair believe l have
formed an attachment and
Miss Clara (blushing furiously)-Oh,
Arthur mean, Mr.. Greene-this is
so sudden! / must
Young Rector (frantically)-Beg
pardon, Miss Clara, but was about to
say that have formed an attachment
to this chair, due to the presence of
a bit of cobbler's wax placed here by
that unregenerate young brother of
yours.
And even the chair groaned in sym.
pathy
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06

was as a saint, as replendent as an
angel. His eyes glistened as he sat
down at table and picked up a pen.
He wrote her an order that would
carry her through the lines with as
great Difference as would have been
shown the president. Not only that,
but he gave her great roll of Con-
federate money-the sort used in the
south.
Fake this he said, briefly; Il
hope you'll find - getting along
all right and then he left the room. "
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06

A Poughkeepsie man who went to
California to accumulate a fortune
rapidly has just returned after an alb
sence of 81 years. The old gentleman
will probably put in the rest of his
days reading all the get-rich-quick lit
erature he can find and giving it the
ha ha.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06

Smuggling diamonds through the
the scteerage is a dodge which failed
to work with the alert New York Gus.
toms authorities lately. The smuggler
argued that the authorities would not
think of looking in the steerage for
valuables, and the authorities argued
the steerage might think just that
way
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
OF Course.

-They say woman always reads a
love story backward"
II take no stock in that claim. II
SO, the managers would be giving
plays with the last act first. Louis
vile Courier-J ournal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06

Esperanto will never offend against
the pure-food laws, unless it's advo.
Gates, being merely human, revolt
against its limited expressions for
emotional relief. It's vocabulary does
not contain single swear word.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06

In the presence of all this wonder
full aviation on the other side of the
ocean it would seem to be high time
for Americans to do few stunts; or
is it to be said that an aeroplane is
to have no honor in it's own country?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06

The uncle Of the King of Portugal.
who saw man killed in a street fight
among ruff1ans in New York, is now
In position to go home and write a
book about American civilization.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06

Army experts who claim that it is
hard to hit an airship with rife ball
will merely whet the aspiration of the
prize imbecile who thinks it a joke to
shoot at passing aviator.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06

Correspondents are arguing that a
lie is occasionally justiiable and a
Brooklyn Judge decides that dam" is
not profane. Being good is becoming
easier.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06

Canada has discovered that it has
$3s, 900, 100000 worth of peat boys and
it is wondering how it can induce it's
people to use peat at a low cost in
preference to coal at high cost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
Immune.

81 never worry about my health any
more'
How lucky you are. Don't you
ever feel ill?"
"Oh, yes, often; but I've had all the
operations 1t is possible to undergo"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
he Nurse-The doctor brought the

The NurSe-The doctor brought the
baby yesterday morning.
Willie Jagged 6)-Better not forgit
where the doctor lives.
The Nurse-Why?
Willie-Cause If the baby needs
hand or a leg, you'll have to get new
parts for him, won't you.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06

The language of the North American
Indian and the Japanese contain no
cuss words. What handicap when
an aborigine hit his finger with pre-
historic ak!
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06

England is now figuring on a gas.
driven battleship to render, obsolete
all vessels of the, Dreadnought typo
People over there must sit up nights
thinking of new ways to spend public
money. =
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06

An Illinois man has patented a safe
ty pin with two points. However.
wearers of the gallus are still waiting
for the two-headed nail.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06

In Paris f1let of beef is worth so
cents pound and only cheap cuts of
horse meat are as low as 20 cents.
No wonder they call it that dear
Paris
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-10-06
Concentration.

Concentration is the secret of
strength in politics, in war, in trade
in short. in all management of hui.
man affairs.-Emerson.