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Newark post., 1910-04-27
Presbyterian Church

(Rey. W. J. Rowan. Ph. d., Pastor)
Sabbath Services:
Sabbath School, GAS a. M; Preach-
ing, II a. m.; Praise and Song Ser
vice, 7.3o p. m; ChriSbian sEndeavor,
64s'p M. Wednesday evening Prayer
niectng, o,clcck. Teachers and ON,
GERS Meeting, 7.3o O'Clock. A cordial
invitation to all.
April I2--Inter-Socicty Debate Athen-
can and Delta Phi Society.
May 3-Annusl Oratorical Contest IN
competition for W. c. I. U. Prizes.
The prizes offered are S3s and SI5
respectively
The Plays The Thing
THE BURGLAR
Lecture Room in the Presbyterian
Church.
Thursday Evening. April 2S.
llomc talent.
FOCAL and Instrumental Music.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
LIZARDS SCARE STEVEDORES
Ugly Reptiles Send Men Flying, but
Norwegian Workers Do Not
Fear Them.

New York.-Battle-ax lizards routed
an army of stevedores from the deck
of the British steamer Parisiana. They
had hardly begun taking out the bales
and cases from the open hatch when
one of the men caught sight of a
battle-ax and thought he had seen the
devil in person, for 1t must be under
stood that battle-ax lizard Is about
the ugliest reptile on earth. His yells
drew the attention of the other work
men, and one look was enough for all
Of them.
The stevedores carried the officers
of their feet in their mad rush for dry
land and nothing could induce them to
return to work. Some Norwegians
were found who were not afraid of
battle-axes or anything else and the
work of unloading the ship proceeded.
The lizards were brought on board
at Calcutta by dealer who wanted to
consign them to New York, but no.
body wanted to assume the care Of
them. The bamboo cage in which he
carried them came apart and they es-
capped into the hold.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
Prof. Amar Believes Human Machine
VIII Never Be DispIaced-Made
Many Measurements.

Paris.-That machinery never can
replace the workingman is the conclu-
sion which Prof. Jules Amar has re-
ported to the Academy of Sciences,
after an interesting study of the man
machine.
Il took as the basis of my study"
explained the professor, "the principle
that a man who eats literally ought
to recuperate in weight every "a
hours. Ii his weight lessons he works
to excess, but If his weight increases
he has not expended the maximum ef-
fort. After hundreds of measurements,
covering considerable period. found
that the human machine gives a profit
OF 25 to 80 per cent. on the expendi.
ture, but that the best artificial ma
chine returns only Ia per cent. 1t is
apparent that man is superior to all
mechanisms. Man, however, always
wastes energy during the first five
minutes of work, before regaining his
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
BULL ON A RAMPAGE
. MAKES WEARER OF HOBBLE
SKIRT HUNT TALL TIMBER.
Animal Chases Autoists and losses
Up Girl With Freak Gown-Fair
Feminnes Climb Trees and
Jump Fences.

POttstown, PA pretty girl auto
Imobilist in a big mushroom hat and
Mobile skirt had lively experience
with an Infatuated bull over in Chester
county in the vicinity of Buck. She
was one of a gay party of six, evenly
divided as to sex, who had come up
from Philadelphia in a large touring
car, and acting on the suggestion of
one Of the men, that a stretching
would do them all good, they got out.
The three girls, charmed by the
rugged beauty of the landscape and
anxious to get some wild flowers grow
ing On a slope of the Chestnut hills,
yentured forth. Their course lay over
a field in which some sleek COWS and
an innocent-looking bull were brows
ing.
The girl wearing the mushroom hat
with it's gay Partisan trimming lin
gered some distance behind her COM
panions, and the bull saw her and
got busy in twinkling. With whisk
of his stubby tail and a snort and
soud believing, he charged.
One of the girls in the lead quickly
hurdled fence, while the other
sprinted to tree and clambered up.
But she who had excited the ire of
the bull seemed doomed. She moved
his fast as she could with the handi-
cap of her hobble skirt, and realizing
that her mushroom hat had put the
bull into action she adopted the
strategic movement of casting it aside.
1t worked, and her enemy stopped
long enough in his pursuit to make it
look as if it had been in a cyclone.
Then he charged again, and the girls
safety hinged on the question whether
she or the bull reached the fence
5irst. She made it twenty feet ahead
of the beast; but that hobble skirt
WAS dead weight to her free move
ment.
AS she reached the third rail the
bull came up, and a wicked jab of his
horns sent her to the other side. Only
a few bruises and some rent garments
resulted.
For goodness sake, don't tell him
who we arei" exclaimed the. three
girls In chorus when a passerby got
inquisitive; and even the license tag
was taken off the auto to destroy any
clew to their identity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
BODY SHIPPED ON LIFE PASS
When the Widow Declines to Pay, Pur.
ser Passes Problem to Higher
Officials.

Portland, Ore.--Asserting that her
deceased husband was just as much
entitled to travel on a pass as when
he was alive, Mrs. John Chadwick OF
Black Bay surprised L. X. Purcell OF
the steamship State of Washington
by refusing to pay freight on his body,
which she had brought to the vessel
for shipment to Seattle.
my husband had a pass on the
State of Washington when he was
alive" she said to Purser Purcell, ''and
no one is going to prevent him tray
cling on 1t when he is dead, poor fal.
low"
Mrs. Chadwick had placed her hus-
bands body In its coffin on the steam
ship and Purcell hesitated to order it
put ashore when she refused to pay
charges"
Finally he referred the problem to
L. A. Miller, general freight and pas.
senger agent.
Miller replied: Let the corpse trav-
ell free and collect pass" Mrs. Chad
wick heaved sigh of satisfaction and
said she knew she would win.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
sROth the name
49, MS to remember
for COUGHS and COLES
He Mas a Boston Boy.

'Your little boy must be very In
te1ligent," said visitor to Boston
school teacher whose five-year-old son
was forming Greek words with build
ing blocks.
Intelligent" exclaimed the proud
parent. "He Is phenomenally gifted
AS an example of his early erudition,
what do you suppose were the first
words he ever spoken"
Papa and 'mamma""
"Stuff and nonsense!" calculated the
father, in tone of disgust. why, the
day he was IL months old he suddenly
laid down his algebra and said to me:
Father, the longer I live the more in
dubitablc proofs perceive that there
is in Boston as much culture to the
square inch as there ever was In the
ambient area of ancient AthensI'"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
SMITH PATCHES HENS BEAK
Lower Jaw Was Short and Chicken
Was Likely to Starve, but Can
Now Eat Grain.

Anderson, Ind.-EIf Delawater has
a hen in his flock that was Matched
with a defective lower jaw. 1t could
not pick up grain and as a result was
near starving to death after it had
passed the soft food stage. Delawater
wanted to- raise the hen to the laying
stage at least and told John Snelson
a blacksmith, his trouble.
Snelson told Delawater to bring the
hen to his shop. He measured the
lower beak and shaped piece Of tin
to fit over the stub, much after the
manner of tooth crown. When the
operation was complete Snelson scat
tered some corn on the floor of the
shop and he admits surprise at tn
ability of the hen to pick up the grain.
Now the hen is as good feeder az
any in the flock.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
HOUND HEEDS CALL OF WILD
Dog Raised In Captivity Now Leads
Coyotes and Returns to CiviIiza-
ton to Steal Chickens.

Portland, Ore.-A greyhound raised
by Martin Smith of Sandy has an
swered the call of the WILD and has
become the leader of the widest band
of coyotes that community has known
for many years.
The hound never returns to the VII
Iage except to steal chickens or other
forage, and residents believe that it's
knowledge of surroundings has made
the varmints it leads much more eff
fective thieves. Several persons have
seen the hound this fall and its espe-
cial companion is large coyote. The
hound pays no heed to the calls that
formerly summoned it from chasing
game of any kind. The dog was
known in the village from puppy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
Hence the Name.

In the service of Baltimore fam
fly is an old negro cook known as
Aunt Sally, and not the least Of her
achievement is the preparation Of sea
food.
In the kitchen one day Aunt Sally's
nephew, a nine-year-old lad from q
point where crabs are seldom seen.
was watching in breathless interest
the old lady's deviling of a dish Of
such crustaceans.
"Aunty," said he, after much ref1eo-
ton upon this mysterious point, docs
debbil crabs come from de debbil?"
mo, chile" promptly responded
Aunt Sally; ''but dey is de debbil to
make"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
CITY OF CONCRETE
Kingston, Capital of Jamaica, Is
Completely Restored.
Buildings Are as Nearly Fireproof az
1t Is Possible to Make Them
New City Is Immense
Improvement.

Kingston, Standardization, the
city which was wrecked by eartn
quake and ruined more completely by
fire in January, 1907, again takes It's
place as the largest city in the west
Indies outside of Havana. The worn
Of restoration is almost complete, ano
although few vacant sites remain
unocupied the principal shopping cen
ters and the residential area have all
been built up. The new Kingston 1s
an immense Improvement upon tna'
which went to pieces in the catas'
trophe, and there are still works OF
public Improvement to be. underta'
ken.
Almost without exception the new
store buildings are of reinforced con-
crete and are as nearly fireproof as To-
cal conditions have made 1t possible.
The principal streets are adorned by
colonnades. some Of very imposing
character. In King street all the pub
lie Offices have been brought togetner
in one block; and another similar
block is about to be erected. Inc
architect of these blocks OF buildings
is Sir Charles Nicholson, VINO came
specially from England to Jamaica 10
study the site and prepare the plans.
The first block has cost $4OO,ooo.
There is sense of public d1sappolnt-
ment at its appearance. For one tnlng,
it is not regarded as being as attrac-
tive as building of its kind ougnt 10
be. The government authorities, now
ever. profess themselves to be quite
satisfied with the results and propose
to have the second block built along
identical lines.
Public gardens and open spaces
adorn the principal section or the city.
the sites of these having been acquired
by the government at considerable
cost, much against the wish OF the
taxpayers The results have, however,
more than justified the expenditure
and Kingston is today more Oh tropl-
cal town than it has ever been before
within modern times.
The government buildings and the
splendid structures of the Bank OF
Nova Scotia have served to alter en-.
tirely the appearance OF King street
from the sea northward. The harbor
front has been completely restored
and there Is now talk of sea wall or
esplanade being constructed, not only
to facilitate shipping. but to serve as
a driveway or promenade. Plans are
also under consideration for the con-
struction of a new park to cover about
| forty-five acres of land.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
So Declares Game Commissioner
of Pennsylvania.
Dr.. kaIbfus Asserts That Those Who
Claim to Have Seen Wild Birds
Are Merely Careless OBJ
servers.

Harrisburg, Pa.-To the ever recur-
rent question, Are there any wild
pigeons in Pennsylvania ?" Chief Game
Protector Joseph Kalbfus once more
answers an emphatic mo-"
DR.. Kalbfus has been investigating
this subject on his own hook, and in
cooperation with other seekers after
knowledge for years, but feels that the
wild pigeon. or passenger pigeon, is
extinct. not only in Pennsylvania, but
throughout the world, Notwithstanding
reports to the contrary.
The cause for the disappearance of
this bird, which existed in flocks of
millions generation ago, can only be
conjectured, but it seems that other
causes beside wanton destruction by
man are found. DR.. Kalbfus sums up
the general situation in a letter on
the subject, which he wrote to a group
of local sportsmen who asked him for
information on the subject. He wrote:
$50 many inquiries are coming to
me regarding the presence of wild
pigeons in the United States that I
think 1t best to write you this short
letter explanatory of our understand
ing of this matter. For some years
past certain individuals have been at
tempting to collect data that would
prove the presence of the wild pigeon
somewhere in the United States or in
the world.
In the Forest and Stream issue of
rxyiD h. IL
by G. F. Hodge, who is connected with
the Clark university, Worcester, Mass,
who has been for some years past
investigating this matter. This gen.
tleman writes that he has received sew
eral hundred communications relative
to this matter, but that up to this
time he has failed to prove the pres
ence OF passenger pigeon anywhere
in the United States.
Many people write him that they
are certain of their Identification, that
they know what wild pigeons are and
are sure the birds are passenger pig
cons. Investigation has invariably
proved them to be turtle doves or the
band tail pigeon, or some bird other
than our passenger pigeon. Mr.. Hodge
says in concluding his article that
while his investigation is not encour-
aging, it does not prove beyond the
question Of doubt that passenger
pigeons may not yet be found and he
proposes to continue his investigation
for another year. This, it seems to
me, covers the ground absolutely, no
difference what reports may be
printed in the newspapers; no single
instance of the existence in the United
States of the presence of the wild pig
con has been proved
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
SWEETHEART A MAN
TOOK THIS SMITTEN SWAIN IL
YEARS TO FIND 1T OUT.
Meanwhile He Has Written a Bale Of
Letters and Sent "Her" Something
Between $1,000 and $6,ooo-Dupe
Has. Recipient Arrested.

Southington, Conn-Having during
the last fourteen years written many
love letters and given between $4,000
and $4,000 to young person he had
never seen and from whom he re-
ceived hundreds of letters, all breath
ing love and affection, George Os-
borne now charges that Miss Gladys
Wilson of Philadelphia. the ideal of
MS dreams, is in reality William
Barnes. mechanic in a local factory.
Barnes is charged with having OBJ
tanned money under false pretenses.
He is accused of having invented the
young woman, and, with the aid of a
friend in Philadelphia, of having car
rled on a correspondence with Os-
borne, who, for fourteen years, was
under the impression he was winning
the heart of beautiful, accomplished,
put s1ngularly glacial young woman.
osborne says that the only times
during the fourteen years when his
correspondence struck the same ro-
mantle key in which his own letters
were written were those times imme-
dlately preceding an invitation ex-
tended to him to send some of his
money to Philadelphia. 1t inks Os-
borne to look back over those tinted
and perfumed notes, now that he be-
heves they were penned by a man.
Under the influence of the related
facts that they all look good when
they're far away" and that every
body wants something he thinks he
may not be able to get" Osborne for
fourteen years remained faithful to
Miss Gladys Wilson" and the postal
department.
He sent bales of letters and he got
plenty back. Whenever he expressed
desire to go to Philadelphia and
meet the object of his affections face
to face "she" always had a high-grade
argument in support of "her" conten-
ton that he should stay in Southing-
ton and attend to his watch repairing
business.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
GUINEA HENS ARE ANNOYING
Neighbors Simply VIII Not Endure
Longer Screeching Of Fowls
Vary Tune Nightly.

South Norwalk, Conn.-Two hun.
dred calliope lunged guinea hens
owned by Miss Sarah L. Davenport of
Wilton are now giving nocturnal con-
certs to the great annoyance of Miss
Davenport's neighbors, whose protests
last spring forced her to get rid of 300
dogs.
Affairs have come to a pass now
where Miss Davenport's neighbors will
extend the freedom of the city to the
dogs If she will only consent to chase
the guinea hens.
In desperation, residents Of Wilton,
a short distance from here, have asked
H. D. Ogden of New York to dig up
a law which will force Miss Davenport
sunset 1t was Mr.. Ogden who pro-
cured the court order prescribing capt.
tai punishment for every one Of Miss
Davenport's dogs, but when constables
went to execute the order the animals
had been shipped beyond the danger
zone.
Soon afterward Miss Davenport es-
tablished a vocal conSerVatory1Or amDl-
tious guinea hens and at the present
time she has 200 promising perform
ers, mostly sopranos, under her care.
They change the opera every night
and on Sunday night give an extra
performance.
An old law has been resurrected
which makes it misdemeanor to har-
Dor any beast or bird that cries,
whines, cackles or barks during sleep
ing hours, and the chances are that
the guinea hens will be asked to show
cause in few days.
Miss Davenport is one of the most in
teresting women in this part of the
state. Of distinguished family, pos
sessed of great wealth. she tired of
travel and settled on large farm in
Wilton about twelve years ago. She
took fancy to dogs. and sOon had a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
MAN ABOVE ANY MECHANISM

equilibrium.
Soldiers ought to be able to march
35 kilometers (21 miles) a day at the
rate of five and half kilometers
(three and one-third miles) an hour
carrying As kilogrammes (99 pounds)
Negroes, whom l studied In Algeria,
show superior resistance, but less in
tensity than white men. The mamma
chine will always be superior in deli
cacy, though naturally inferior in
strength and speed"
Studies of an English scientist, who
has discovered that Mondays labor is
the most inferior and Tuesdays the
most superior, owing to the curious
action Of Sunday as rest day, and
that the workmen who does not rest
gradually loses his energy, are arous-
ing keen interest among French sci
entists. The lassitude Of the French
workman on Monday is proverbial.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
PIGEON IS EXTINCT
.ZISZICE HLdGHES W,kyS ROSZ

Many reasons for the disappearance
of the pigeon have been made; the one
that seems to be the most plausible
to me Is that during the time when
these birds were everywhere, there
was horde Of predatory birds and
animals living upon them, following
them up and down in their passage
through the country, For some rea-
son during the year 1879 vast numbers
of these birds were destroyed either
by geese or by being blown to sea
in the Pacific. sailors reporting that
they sailed for many hours through
floating dead pigeons. This, it seems
to me, depleted the supply to such an
extent that those remaining were not
able to Withstand the attacks of their
many enemies and gradually fell q
prey to those enemies until they be-
came extinct"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
Hen Laws Her EGG Flat.

Athens, Pa.-Athens is to- the front
with hen which lays fiat eggs. This
regularity is accounted for by the
fact that when she was driven from an
irate neighbours garden she escaped
through a picket fence SO narrow that
in making her exit she nearly had the
life squeezed out of .-er.
An effort to hatch these eggs, laid
since her predicament, has proved fu-
tile. owing to the inability of the moth
err hen to turn them during incuba-
ton.
Poultry dealers declare the fiat egg
is one on them, but believe the same
effect may be produced by equipping
hens with corsets properly laced. Flat
eggs would be much safer carried in
the pocket anyway, as they would
take up less space. They could be
piled up in transportation.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
fine kennel, which included Prince
Leo. valued at $4,000.
To Free Game Birds.

Portland, Ore.-Hungarian part
ridges will be introduced into eastern
Oregon and Washington this fall
Sixty pairs of the birds will be or
dered from the east. They are ex'
pected to arrive in about two weeks,
and will be liberated in the hills near
Dayton, Wash.
1t is believed that these birds will
do well in the grain-growing districts,
where they will be introduced. They
are prolific. beautifully colored, hardy
and gamy. The birds will be pro-
tected until 1913, when 1t is thought
they will have become sufficiently
plentiful in the grain fields to allow
of their being hunted.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
Deer In Colorado.

Berthoud, Colo.-Under the strin,
gent game laws and the short oper
season. deer are growing more pIenti
full each year and this year the hunt
ers have in nearly all cases obtained
venfson.
Deer meat was eaten in many Der
thoud homes last week, despite the
fact that the weather has been un
favorable.
In two instances recently deer were
sighted within two hours drive from
the city, several parties going out in
automobiles and obtaining shots.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24
Birdss Lead to a Baby's Body

Pottstown, PA flock of buzzards
led to the discovery of the body Of
a year-old child by Col M. NJ Missi.
ner and George c. Smith, who were
trying out their hounds in the Chest
nut hills in Chester county
The hunters went to a lonely spot
on Cedar Flat. over which the birds
were lowering, and there found the
body.
There was nothing to disclose the
identity of the child, or to tell whether
if was abandoned alive or was carried
there dead.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24


Galveston, Texas.-"Lucky" John
O'Neiil, the oil operator. brought in
two wells, flowing 1000 and 1000 bar.
rels, respectively, on his largest find,
four miles from the Humble field ON
the San Jacinta river, In Harris coun.
ty.
This is new oil field of 18e acres
every 1oot OF which O'Neill says is
proven. Several test wells had been
sunk on the land three years ago and
all proved busters.
Four months ago the owner offered
the land for 5000 and O'Nein, as a
joke, bought it, remarking that if il
ever turned out oily he would give the
owner liberal royalty.
He has refused $4,000 for his in
terest from Texas company
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-24

In couple of noted cases it has
been resolved to debar from society
The persons who have figured in scan
dals. This is the one effective way Of
reaching such offenders. Social os-
tracism can be used where the law
and the church fail to punish, for it
is a weapon whost attack few can
withstand, no matter how strongly
they meet other methods OF punish
rs,ant for moral w5ongdoing.