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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23
A White Lobster.

Through the courtesy of r. Blake of
Ventnor. Isle of Wight, we are enabled
to inform our readers that the white lob
ster, an account of which appeared in
The Globe on the I'd inst has been
cooked and eaten, as was feared, but is
in safe keeping:
Mr.. Blake writes: Gas regards the
white lobster mentioned by Mr.. Aitken,
it was quite right as to it being white,
but it was red underneath most Won
derful thing, for we have not heard OF
another ever being seen. | might men
ton that l communicated with the man
ager of the Brighton aquarium and he
wired me to send it on at once. Since
then 7 have heard from him, saying it
arrived solely, and so far as | know, is
being exhibited there now."-London
Globe
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23
LADY, warwick's Socialistic Parsons.

The Countess of Warwick, whose So
cialistic opinions and active propaganda
are well-known has used her influence to
put a Socialist clergyman in charge of
the historic and beautiful church at
Thaxted, Essex. Her ladyship is patron
ess of the living Ghat is, she has power
to appoint the incumbent of the parish,
and she has given the vacant ylcarage 10
sneaker and writer. This is Lady War
Wick's second Socialist parson. Some
wears ago she appointed Rev. e. G. Max
fed. whose political views agree with her
own. to the living of Tilty. Both par
ishes are on her ladyship's land, belong
ing to her Dunmow estate.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23
Lepers Have a "High Time.o

An extraordinary riot has taken place
at the Robben island leper station, off
the Cape of Good Hope. The lepers
found washed upon the beach a sixty
four gallon key of rum, which they
preached and consumed, afterward run
ming amuck. The full strength of the
deavored to quell the outbreak, but they
had serious difficulty in doing so, as they
are not allowed by the regulations TO use
force. Three lepers have died from the
effects of the orgy
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

The United States has the swiftest
submarine in the world. The Salmon
established a new surface record OF thir-
teen and one-quarter knots in a run off
Proyincetown. and a new record below
the surface of twelve and three-tenths
knots. Travelling under water at this
speed is remarkable. What it means can
be understood from the fact that twelve
and three-tenths knots is faster than
the average speed of the big freighters
on the Great Lakes. and faster than
steamers generally could be driven only
a few years ago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

Baseball is scoring SO many victims this
year, at the very opening of the season,
that devotees of other games which have
been considered unnecessarily dangerous
may point to this as evidence that their
particular sport has been misjudged.
But when the number of games of ball
that are in progress every week through
out the United States is considered, 1t
will have to be admitted that the NOR
tality from the national game is small in
proportion to the number of players in
VOlyed
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23
King Edwards Racing Stable.

1t is officially announced that King Ed
ward bequeathed his racing and breed
ing studs to King George, who will car
ry them on as heretofore. There are
twenty-five horses training in the royal
stable at Newmarket, and most OF them,
when King Edward died were fully en-
gagged until 1912. His death auto
matically voided their engagements. 1t
is believed that King George will follow
his fathers example after Queen Vic
toria's DEATH and lease his horses TO.
some partician member of the turf until
he makes his own debut as an owner.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

Disaster attended the race between
crews Of Washington and Leland Stan
tord universities, on Lake Washington,
at Seattle, because those in charge were
so blinded by enthusiasm that they un-
der-estimated the roughness of the wa
ter. The shell of the Stanford crew
was swamped four minutes after the
start, and the coxswain was saved from
drowning with difficulty, and the boat
of the Washington crew broke her back
on a comber and dropped her crew into
the water. Shells are for racing in
absolutely smooth water, but crews will
persist in driving them through waves
as though they were sea-going craft.
A barge race should have been the fea-
ture of the rough day at Seattle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

III. u. Ransom, M. A., teacher of
mathematics and civil engineering at the
Harvard Summer School, and an assist
ant professor of mathematics at the
University, is working as laborer IN
ditch in the excavation of the Cambridge
subway. His object is to obtain prac-
teal experience which will famillarlze
him with construction work. Undoubt-
edly he has chosen the right way to Sc
cure reliable knowledge. What he is
doing constitutes an extension of 1.-The
laboratory method''-the only method of
learning anything thoroughly-the meth
cd of ''learning by doing"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

30
hack few in the story of our agriculture to see
the miracle steady increase that has been achieved
Eleven ago the value of all our farm products
single year reckoned at $4,417,0OO,OOO You have
already seen how that figure doubled by 1909 Dur
inc these wears the sum total that the soil has yielded
the farmers $7OO00000000 The advance is so steady
and sure that you can almost calculate it by
year.
in steel or any industry and will realize
never before how agriculture keeps the even tenor OF
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

A lull in package freighting on the
Great Lakes is said to have caused some
of the steamers in this trade to take coal
on the upward passage. This fluctuation
in the volume of traffic for package
freighters illustrates contingency
which makes MISUNDERSTANDING uncer-
tain as to profit, and explains the pres
ent insignifcance of the lake pas
senger trade in comparison with what
it was in the sixties and seventies. Peo-
pie now prefer to go with railroad speed,
it is true, but there would be more travel
by the lakes were the facilities therefor
ample and the rate of fare lower than
that now charged by the palatial steam
ers which occasionally run up and down
the lakes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23
The Kennel Story.

The story printed i'll London In an.
mother and Mrs Keppel had met at
King Edwards bier is absolutely with
out foundation. The admission to the
death chamber was limited exclusively
to royalty, ambassadors and cabinet
ministers. Mrs. Keppel has not stirred
from her house since the death of the
King
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

The reported invention by George
Westinghouse of a pneumatic spring to
take up the jar from the trucks of auto
mobiles, so that the wheels of the power
vehicles may have solid tires of non
elastic material, is of great interest for
manufacture of rubber tires, and dealers
in rubber. incidentally it will interest
the wild spectators in London who have
been driving the price of rubber shares"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

starving become Prizes OF TareSt uSter Wnat IS
so precious to the aged man as those golden hours
which in his youth flung away like grass? The joy
that is vouchsafed to-day may be magnhed In retro
nect by future adversely and should be the
Nv enjoyed that account. In like manner present
disasters will be the better borne by considering that
they may serve to heghten the pleasure OF comforts
that are the way. 3
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23
Many Will Sail in Iune.

More than 1880 first cabin passen-
gers will sail for Europe during June.
according to the bookings of the varions
steamship lines. This is 5000 more than
the number which made the trip during
the same month last year. They will he
carried in fifty-eight steamships and will
pay fares aggregating something like So
100000. it is estimated.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

its prosperous way unmindful of panic depression
Why? Simply because land is stable, and, given proper
methods of farming the you take out of it the
more valuable it becomes 1t cannot be moved away;
it is truth the very foundation of the nations ma
terial welfare would take $4,000 900 to buy our
farm lands and their value is real and not watered
save by observation-disclosures
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

The departure of Capt. SCOTS stea-
mer Terra Nova from London, for the
Antarctic regions, is the first movement
toward the South Pole since Lieut..
Shackleton returned after making very
near approach. The Britons seem to be
determined to hoist the Union Jack at
the South Pole, as a fitting complement
to the Stars and Stripes, which is fgur-
lively flying above. the ice at the other
extremity of the earth. An American
expedition will probably start next year,
but. with a long lead in point of time,
the Britons ought to be able to get
there first. But races of this kind are
not always for the swift
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23
Foolish Question.

Hasker-Hello, Crabbe! What are
you going to do with the camera?
Crabbe-Going to bore an artesian
well in our dining room with it. You
didn't suppose I was going to take
pictures, did you?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

The reported loss of two million dol
lars by James A. Patten, resulting from
speculation on the Chicago Board of
Trade, will arouse no sympathy. Patten
had reason to know that there are sharp
fellows on the Board of Trade ready to
put up all sorts of shrewd games to get
the money of incautious spectators.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23
EXCUSES FOR ADVERSELY.
BY Willard DiIIman.

By exercising sufficient good will, it Is
possible to believe that every adversely has
it's appointed use. The reviving breath OF
spring has no meaning in land where win
ter is myth. Health, which in its album
dance is hardly held at pins fee when it
has once been lost will be diligently sought
after at earths furthest ends. Bread and
meat, common to the point of being despised,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

jected railways Had the locomotive awaited us ss-
nal from the people, it would not yet have started.
When the electric telegraph shown to us we
brushed it aside toy, and laughed Its inventor to
scorn when he offered to sell mis- rights for few
thousand dollars. We put into jail impostor the
first man that brought anthracite coal to market. We
broke pieces Howe's sewing machine invention
calculated ruin the working classes and we did the
same thing the harvester and the binder We scorned
the typewriter paything. We gathered together in
mass meetings of Indignation at the first proposal to
install electric trolley lines and when Dr. Bell told us
he had invented an instrument by means of which
might another the town responded
with accustomed ridicule and only the reckless
us contributed to it's being-The Atlantic
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23
No Questions Asked.

1t is strange that people who pay real
cash for nondetectable counterfeit bills
never ask why the makers of the spuri-
GUS currency forego the pleasure of ex-
pending it themselves.-Philadelp
Public Ledger.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers

There are many badges, but the bronze
button of the Union soldier is still the
badge par excellence in the estimation of
Americans who feel the full significance
of their country's history.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

A livestock report says that the steer
supply is short. But think of how many
''steers" there are in politics and in the
stock market. However, most of the lat
ter kinds are not to be relied on.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

There has been little excitement over
the motor boat race from Philadelphia
to Havana. Notwithstanding rumors of
disaster to one of the competing yachts.
This is not surprising, as the motor
boat is no longer novel, and people ex-
pect it to ''get there" if the engine does
not break down or disaster is not en-
countered. The race is to the craft
which can be packed full of engine and
power and as the boats are out of sight
and far away, enthusiasm is not engen-
dered as the race progresses. There
fore the demand for long-distance racing
will not be strong enough to cultivate
sport in that direction.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

At Dayton, Ohio, a Big -Four passen-
ger train trying to make up lost time
crashed into a wagon and killed three
persons. Items of news of this kind
will be repeated so long as grade cross
ings are permitted to exist.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

Homestead entries in Canada In Jan
uary, 1910, were 1888, or twice those
of January, 1909 immigration from
the United States is expected to ex-
coed 100000 this year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

been repeating itself in great measure WIN the price
of the round trip ticket money for meals in his peck
ets the young to-day cover in hours territory
which required weeks and months in the early 7Os.
Many of these young have been doing this; more
of them will follow.
The old westerner to-day decries the degeneratng
of the west as found it, 1t is lacking in most OF
those old hardshps privations which required all
his manhood to withstand when he was pathfinder in
the wilderness Sharp present day comparisons may
be between the city and the west the old weserner
looks upon it as chd's pay--dilettante efeminate.
He has forgotten thta his hardshps half cen
tury behind him He overlooks the fact that the
desert upon which settled has been poisoning for
many years But bossoming as it may have been
civilized as the to-day is that young man
from the centers of city life will find crude towering
of the wilderness compared with the diversions and
ease of the city which he has left far behind him.
He will need all his fortude spirit of his fathers
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23
Beating the Impossible.

Some of the spring hats for women
not all of them-prove what would have
seemed impossible a year ago, that the
milliners had not then done their worst
Providence Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23
UNPROGRESSIvE AMERICA.
By Clifford Howard.

We of this big republic complacently al
firm the glory of our national achievements,
and are not without temptation to acclaim
them as proof Of superior craft and judgment.
But herein do we forget that we are on rec
ord as having cast our vote against every
move that has contributed to the present cen
tury's development We raised our voices IN
contemptuous protest against the first pro
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23
AS Good as Refused
she refused you?"

AID she refused you
Practically. She said she would
marry me as soon as l settled down
and went to work at something worth
while. Chicago Record-Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23
FARMER OWNS NATION.
By Isaac F. MarC0SsOn.

The farmer, not the money king of Wall
street, is the real owner of the United States.
The CLEAN of his fields is another Aladdin
story, only instead Of rubbing lamp he has
simply scraped the ground.
Our cereal crops last year were worth 3d.
600 900, which is sufficient to pay for all
the TOOLS implements and machinery of the
whole of American industry. While this sum
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

The most disgusting liar is the loaf
er who claims to be as good as an in
dustrious man.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

Advertise in this paper, and make you.
wants known to your home people, and
stimulate enterprise in our vicinity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23
PIONEERING STILL COMPARATIVELY HARD.
By John A. Rowland.

Forty years ago the United States saw the
great movement to the west. Everywhere in
the Mississippi valley country the resident
saw the white prairie schooner drifting, as if
with some vast tide wind, westward. Kan
sas, or Bust'-any other place westward, "or
bust"-was the motto painted upon the
weather beaten white canvas of the wagons.
Within the last year or more history has
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-23

her services she receives the extra
ordinary sum of As or so francs $50
or 500 month, besides her home, of
course
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-05-11

Try not to think of you uuKindly. But
you must promise me soIemnly not to
make any attempt against your life. :"
u promise nothing" muttered I'm
derwood doggedly.
But you must" she insisted. ct
would be a terrible crime. not only
against yourself, but against others.
You must give me your word"
Underwood shook his head.
u promise nothing"
But you must" persisted Alicia. 81
won't stir from here until have your
promise"
He looked at her curiously.
III my life has no interest for you.
why should you care?" he asked.
There was note Of scorn in his
voice which aroused his visitors
wrath. Crumpling up his letter in her
hand, she confronted him angrily.
Shall tell you why I care?" she
cried. Because you accuse me In this
letter of being the cause OF your death
Il. who have been your friend In
spite of your dishonesty. Oh! it's des-
picable. contemplate! Above an. it's
a lie"
Underwood shrugged his shoulders.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-05-11
CHAPTER VIII.

Hello. What's that?"
Startled out OF his Gargantuan
slmber by the revolver's loud report.
Howard sat up with a Jump and
rubbed his eyes. On the other side
Of the screen, concealed from his OBJ
servation. there was a heavy crash Of
q body falling with a chair-then all
was quiet.
Scared. not knowing where he was.
Howard jumped to his feet. For a
moment he stood still. trying to col
lect his senses. 1t was too dark TO
discern anything plainly. but he could
dimly make out outlines OF aesthetic
furniture and bibelots. All. he re-
membered now! He was in Under
woods apartment.
Rubbing his eyes. he tried to recall
how he came there, and slowly his be-
tuddled brain began to work. He re-
membered that he needed $4,000. and
that he had called on Robert Under
wooi to try and borrow the money.
Yes. he recalled that perfectly well.
Then he and Underwood got drinking
and talking. and he had fallen asleep.
He thought he had heard q woman's
voice-a voice he knew. Perhaps that
was only a dream. He must have
been asleep some time. because the
Lights were out and, seemingly. every
body had gone to bed. He wondered
what the noise which started him
could have been. Suddenly he heard
a groan. He listened intently. but all
was still. The silence was uncanny.
Now thoroughly frightened, How
ard cautiously CROPPED his way about
trying to find the electric button. He
had no idea what time 1t was. 1t
must be very late. What an ass he
was to drink so much! He wondered
what Annie would say when he didn't
return. He was a hound to let her
sit up and worry Ike that. Well. this
would be lesson to hint was the
last time he'd ever touch drop. OF
course, he had promised her the same
thing a hundred times before. but this
time he meant it. His drinking was
always getting him into some fool
scrape or other.
He was gradually working his way
along the room. when suddenly he
stumbled over something on the floor.
1t was man lying PROSTATE. Stoop-
Ing. he recognized the figure.
"Why-it's Underworld he ex-
claimed.
At hrst he believed his classmate
was asleep. yet considered it strange
that he should have selected SO IN
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-05-11
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--.al~4a ulat uriogeu ME ana death.
he had completely forgotten Howa5d's
presence in the room. On the thresh-
old OF a terrible deed, his thoughts
were leagues away. Like a man who
is drowning. and close to death. he
saw with surprising distinctness a
kaleidoscope view OF his past life. He
saw himself an innocent. impulsive
school boy. the pride OF devoted
mother. the happy home where he
spent his childhood. Then came tie
association with bad companions. tho
first step In wrongdoing, stealing on.
ofsa comrades pocket In school. the
death OF his mother, leaving home
with downward progress until he grad.
ually drifted into his present dIshon.
est way OF living. What was the good
OF regrets! He could not recall his
mother to life, He could never rshab-
ilitate himself among decent men and
women. The world had suddenly be.
come too small for him. He must 20.
and quickly.
lingering the pistol nervously. he
sat before the mirror and placed II
against his temple. The cold steel
gave him a sudden shock. He won.
dered II It would hurt. and II there
would be instant oblivion. The glare
OF the electric light in the room dis.
concerted him. It occurred to him
that 1t would be easier in the dark
Reaching out his arm. he turned the
electric button. and the room was i'm
mediately plunged into darkness. e1.
cept Tor the moonlight which entered
through the windows. imparting a
ghostly aspect to the scene. On the
other side of the room. behind the
screen, a red glow from the open fire
fell on the sleeping form of Howard
Jefrries.
Slowly. deliberately, Underwood
raised the pistol to his temple and
fred.