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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15
Planned by People of Pittsburg
and Surrounding Towns.
Peach Trees and Vegetable Seeds
viii Be Set Out by Youthful Farm
ers-Fertilzer and Implements
Be Looked After.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Pittsburg promises
to become one large. peach orchard
and vegetable garden if the plans of
several organizations meet their Just
reward, and only the introduction of
poultry and dairy farming will be
needed to make it seem just like the
old days on the farm.
Under the direction of Mrs. S. L.
Mccullough about four hundred peach
trees, raised from seeds planted by
children of the city last year, will be
set out in the yards of their homes.
Vegetable gardens FOR grownups of
Oakland is prospect of the Oakland
Board of Trade, which expects to Sc
cure the use of large tract of vacant
land to be divided into gardens. These
will be planted and tended by citizens
of Oakland, whose names will be fur
nished the Board of Trade by the As
ISOLATED Charities and other civic
workers. Harvey H. Smith is chair
man of the committee in charge of
these gardens and the furnishing of
SGGuS. lCI luu 1luPlClnCALo Will
be looked after by the committee.
The Young Mems Christian asso-
citation is planning to open gardens
for boys in three of it's centers of
work among the foreign population.
It's plots of ground will be divided in
to small gardens, about 20 in one lot,
and the work will be superintendent
by gardener employed by the asso-
citation
This work will be done in connec-
ton with that of the Pittsburg Play
ground association, which is also plan
ming five large garden plots for the
children at Arsenal Park, near the
Holmes school in Oakland, at Ormsby
Park, in Mount Washington, near the
Hardwood station, and in the West
End. The Playground association also
has a fine greenhouse in Washington
Park Each garden plot will be sur
rounded by flowers planted by the
little gardeners.
The Playground and Vacation
School Association of Allegheny will
also have garden plots in the parks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15
GARDENS FOR BOYS

and the children of Woods Run are
looking forward to again growing
vegetables and flowers beside the PEN
itentiary
In addition to its peach culture tho
civic committee of the Congress Wom-
ems Clubs of Western Pennsylvania
will plant several flower beds in the
city. The New Era club has two
beds in the grounds Of the Hancock
school; the Council of Jewish worn-
en- has bed at the Hospital for Chin
dren; the Saturday Afternoon club
has one at the Curtis Home; the
Women's Club of Pittsburg will have
one at the Pittsburg Home fer Babies
in Center avenue, and the Travellers
club will plant flowers in front of tho
Workshop for the Blind Several
flower gardens have also been plant
ed by the committee in Grafton and
Sheriden.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15
SCIENCE IS LACKING
English People Make Exceptional
Man Shift for Himself.
Germans Outstripping Britons Be-
cause Are Willing to Back Their
Faith With Money-Employ
Best Brains for Tests.

London, England.-Sir James De
war, Britain's greatest chemist I'D
celebrating today the thirty-fourth an
niversary Of his professorship in the
Royal institution.
I'VE are not a scientific nation, AZ
said, "as the people make the exeep,
ticnal man shift for himself, and IL ID
only faith and work almost super
human that can enable him to 1oiio~
to the end the true lines OF his genius
Look at this institution and CONSIDER
the names of the men who held my
honored chair before me Young,
Davy, Faraday and Tindall. 10 them
belongs the credit for discoveries on
unreasonable benefit to mankind
Here Davy first showed the arc
lamp, Tyndall conducted his 1nvesu-
cations of radiant heat and magnetism
and Faraday made discoveries IN
magno-electric currents which form tns
basis of electric lighting and the
transmission of power Yet we nave
an endowment of only 96O,OOO t$5VvS
OOO) after 112 years How do we 90
on? Well, that question is puzzle 10
every savant that comes our way. "A
foreigner seeing what we nave anu
knowing what we have done remarks
Your endowment must be enormous
When we say we have no endoWmenI
to speak of he shrugs his shoulders
and exclaims: England is natlonaA
enigma
"Why is Germany outstripping us IN
science and it's practical applications
Because the Germans believe In sch
ence and are willing to back their
faith with their money. Without any
trouble at all the kaiser raises 85OOS"
600 ($2,500,0O0) for research alone
The German firm of Bayer has estao-
lished a gigantic business on the rum
damental discoveries of British chem
lists. In 1876 Bayer employed 119 pe0-
pie. Now lie employs 5000 workmens
$50 clerks, 26O engineers and l60
chemists-mark, chemists! For AAs
this British research into coal tar
opened the path.
Germans employ the best brains IN
the universities for specialized ex-
periments in the commercial laborar
tories the results are inaneaat
profits exceeding the widest dreams
of avarice. Do you know that tho
Germans spent in a quarter OF cen-
fury e1OOO,OOO (s5,OOO,OO0) on sym
thetic indigo? They subdivide the ex-
pertinent and drive the inquiry to the
limits of conceivability.
"Our national failing Ia that we 40
not provide chemists and other scien-
tific students to carry on the lines OF
work developed by our outstanding
geniuses in discovery. In this country
the exceptional man is the cheapegs
of natural products"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15
SYNOPSIS.
" pILLlNGHAN COMPANY

Howard Jeffries, bankers son, under
the evil influence of Robert Underwood,
fellow-student at Yale, leads life of dis
sipation, marries the daughter of a gam
bier who died in prison, and is disowned
by his father. He is out of work and IN
desperate straits. Underwood, who had
mother, Alicia, is apparently In prosper.
GUS circumstances. Taking advantage OF
his intimacy with Alicia, he becomes
sort of social highwayman. Discovering
his true character, Alicia denies him the
house. He sends her a note threatening
suicide. Art dealers for whom he acted
as commissioner, demand an accounting.
He cannot make good Howard calls at
his apartments in an intoxicated condi-
ton to request a loan of $1,000 to enable
him to take up business proposition.
Howard drinks himself into maudlin
condition, and goes to sleep on q divan;
draws a screen around the drunken
sleeper. Alicia enters. She demands
take his life He refuses unless she will
renew her patronage This she refuses.
and takes her leave Underwood kills
himself The report S Of the pistol awe ave-
Capt. Clinton. L. notorious for his brutal
treatment Of prisoners, puts Howard
through the third degree, and finally gets
an alleged confession from the harassed
man. Annie, Towards wife, declares her
belief in her husbands innocence, and
calls on Jeffries, Sr. He refuses to help
unless she will consent to a divorce. To
save Howard she consents, but when she
finds that the elder Jeffries does not In
tend to stand by his son, except finan-
cially,. she scorns his help. Annie appeals
to Judge Brewster, attorney for Jeffries,
ST., to take Towards case. He declines.
It is reported that Annie is going on the
stage. The banker and his wife call on
Judge Brewster to find some way to pre-
vent 1t. Annie again pleads with Brew
eter to defend Howard.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15
CHAPTER xv.-contInucd.


You're not afraid to help him."
she said. Il know that You just
said So"
Judge Brewster raised his fist and
brought it down on the desk with a
bang which raised in cloud the ac-
cumulated dust of weeks. His face
set and determined, he said:
You're quite right! I'm going to
take your easel"
Annie felt herself giving way. 1t
was more than she could stand. For
victory to be hers when only a mo-
ment before defeat seemed certain
was too much for her nerves Al she
could gasp was:
"Oh, judge!"
The LAWYER adjusted MS eyeglasses,
blew his nose with suspicious energy,
and took up pen
Now don't pretend to be surprised
you knew / would. And please don't
thank me. / hate to be thanked for
doing what l want to do. If didn't
want to do it, l wouldn't
Through her tears she murmured:
I'D like to say thank you
We'll, please don't" he snapped.
But she persisted. Tenderly, she
said:
May | say you're the dearest. kind
est
Judge Brewster shook his head.
"No-no-nothing of the kind"
Most gracious = noble-hearted -
courageous" she went on.
The Judge struck the table another
formidable blow
Mrs. Jeffries!" he exclaimed.
She turned away her head to hide
her feelings.
ooh, how I'd like to have a good
cry" she murmured. IF Howard
only knew!"
Judge Brewster touched an electric
button, and his head clerk entered.
MIR. JONES'" said the lawyer quick
", "get a stenographic report of the
case of the People against Howard
Jeffries, Jr.; get the coroners inquest,
the grand jury indictment, and get q
copy of the Jeffries confession-get
verything-right away!"
The clerk booked inquiringly, first
ct Annie and then at his employer.
Then respectfully he asked:
DO we, sir?'
I'VE do" said the lawyer laconic-
ally.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15
stomach Telescope" Has Been Found
Useful In Almost Endless Va
riety Of Ways,

The stomach telescope" or CASTRO
scope, invented at the London hos
pital, has proved to be of the greatest
value in the diagnosis of stomach dis
orders. An eminent surgeon recently
referred in the highest terms to the
advances lately made at that hospital
in the early detection of diseases of
the stomach by means of this instru-
ment, which will in the immediate fu-
ture probably come to be part of the
equipment of every up-to-date hos
pital. The gastroscope now enables
the physician or surgeon to actually
see for himself the exact condition Of
the whole of the interior of the storn-
ach, the slightest liberation, growth
or other abnormality in the lining
membrane being thus readily observed.
To be able to do this is of the very
greatest Importance in suspected can
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15
HALF TON OF HONEY FOUND
Workmen Tearing Down Tavern Built
$50 Years Ago Make Pleasant
and Profitable Discovery.

Lenox, Mass.-One thousand pounds
of honey, some Of it mere than sixty
years old, is on exhibition at East
Lee, village near here The entire
quantity was obtained by workmen
while tearing down tavern built 150
years ago. They discovered in the
garrett more than fifty swarms of bees
and their half-ton accumulation of
honey. For more than century the
tavern has been in the hands of
single family No person now living
can remember ever having entered the
garrett
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15
yellow Snow in Alps.

Geneva.-Yellow snow has now fall
len in the Engadine. This is far
rarer than the black and red snow
which has fallen on several occasions
in different parts of Switzerland dur
ing the last few years.
Yellow snowfalls occurred in the
Alps in 1850 and 1867, on both occa-
sions in the month of February, being
caused by combination of winds,
in which the African sirocco played
an important part blowing the minute
sands of the Sahara across the Medi
terranean and Italy and over the from
tier Alps into Switzerland.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15
ANGRY DUMB MAN SWEARS

Judge; then, without waiting to apol-
ogize for the "cuss" words, he threw
down SO bill and rushed from the
courtroom, shouting and laughing.
leaving his pack of soap behind.
Allen was arrested by Policeman
Schaefer tie other night and spent
most of The night in violent efforts
to shake down the grating of his cell.
In an effort to find out if the man was
taking. Sergeant Charles Harrington
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15
proclalms His Feelings.

Without the doctor and my better
half | have my doubts whether there
would have been an opportunity to
write this. and this reminds me to say
that, against protestations. I'm pre-
pared to say, there is no easement to
to the afflicted and no satisfaction
SO intensely intense as when you are
sick and pain seems unbearable to let
your voice proclaim the feeling. Stoi-
cism is very noble. to be sure, but
when nature demands the tribute of
hearty groan or grunt from a suf
ferer she is apt to revenge herself II
it is suppressed.-Ocala Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15
OF Much Value to Surgeons

Ger Of the stomach, where the only
hope of cure lies in the eradication OF
the cancerous growth at the very
earliest moment. This means that the
increased use of the gastroscope will
in the future save many lives that
would other wise inevitably be lost
through that disease.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15

head clerk had withdrawn, IF we are
must get to work, and you must help
me-"
His visitor looked up eagerly.
I'll 90 anything in my power" she
said quickly. What can l do?"
''Well-frst of ALL" said the lawyer
with some hesitation, Il want you
to see a certain lady and to be ex-
ceedingly nice to her."
Lady," echoed Annie, surprised.
What lady?"
Mrs. Howard Jeffries. Sr.." he re,
piled slowly.
"Howards stepmother!' she ejacu.
lated.
A clerk entered and handed his en-
ployer card. The lawyer nodded
and said in an undertone:
Show her In" Turning round
again, he went on: "Yes-Howard's
stepmother. She's out there now. She
wants to see you. She wishes to be
Of service to you. Now, you must
conciliate her. She may be of great
use to u.s."
Annie's face expressed considerable
doubt.
Perhaps so,' she said, but the
door was slammed in my face when i
called to see her"
That's nothing" answered the
Judge. "She probably knows nothing
about it. In any case, please remem-
Der that she is my client"
She bowed her head and murm,lred
obediently:
"I'll remember"
The door of the office opened and
Alicia entered. She stopped short on
seeing who was there, and an awk-
ward pause followed. Judge Brewster
introduced them.
Mrs. Jeffries, may ] present Mrs.
Howard, Jr.?'
Alicia bowed stiff and somewhat
haughtily. Annie remained self-pos.
sessed and on the defensive. Address
ing the bankers wife, the lawyer said:
u told Mrs. Howard that you
wished to speak to her" After pause
he added: Il think, perhaps, I'll leave
you JOg0Ln0T. Excuse me.
He left the Office and there was an
other embarrassing silence. Annie
waited for Mrs. Jeffries to begin. Her
attitude suggested that she expected
something unpleasant and was fully
prepared for it. At last Alicia broke
the silence:
"You may think it strange that /
have asked for this interview" she
began, "but you know. Annie" In
terrupting herself, she asked: "You
don't mind my calling you Annie, do
your"
The young woman smiled.
Il don't see why should. It's my
rage" There was an ironical ring
in her voice as she went on: "Rela-
tives! 1t seems funny, doesn't it, but
we don't pick and choose our rela-
tives. We must take them as they
come"
Alicia made an effort to appear con-
ciliatory.
"As we are-what we are-let's try
to make the best of it"
Make the best Of it?" echoed An
ME- God knows I'm willing, but I've
had mighty little encouragement,
Mrs. Jeffries. When l called to see
you the other day, to beg you to use
your influence with Mr.. Jeffries, not
at home was handed to me by the
liveried footman and the door was
slammed in my face. Ten minutes
later you walked out to your carriage
and were driven away"
Il knew nothing of this-believe
me-" murmured Alicia apologetically.
Its what got just the same" said
the other dryly. Quickly she went on:
But I'm not complaining, understand
I'm not complaining. Only / did
think that at such a time one woman
might have held out helping hand
to another"
Alicia held up ner hand protest
ingly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15

co is printed from it by photogravure.
This means that the actual photo
graphs are printed, and anyone can
have family portraits on sofa cush-
ions.
1t is, of course, cheaper than any
other kind of calico printing, and the
delicacy and artistic beauty of the re-
suits are extremely beautiful All the
colors can now be transferred by the
three-color process.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15
Win $4,000 Opera Prize.

New York-Horatio William Parker,
professor of the theory of music at
Yale university, and Brian Hooker, for
merly assistant in English at Columbia
and later instructor in rhetoric at Yale
were awarded the Metropolitan Grand
Opera prize of $4,000 for their opera,
Mona"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15
Fined by Judge for Violating City Or
dinancs, He Curses-His First
Speech in Ten Years.

New Rochelle, N. Y.-So enraged
was Albert Allen, deaf and dumb
soap peddler, when Judge Samuel F.
Swinburne fined him $40 for peddling
without a license that he swcre.
He wcs so astnished at recovering
is voice that he stared wildly at the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15

attempted to hold conversation with
him, but could not make him hear.
Then they conversed with pad ana
pencil, and the man told the sergeant
he came from Albany and had been
left deaf and dumb by illness ten
years ago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15
No Boy Scouts for Finland.

Helsingfors, FiLland.-The Bor
Scout movement- which had been max
ing rapid Roadway in Finland. hzo
met with check, the Russian authog~
tiles not considering it fitting recrea-
ton for Finnish boys.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-06-15
CHAPTER XVI.

Now, my dear young. woman, said
Judge Brewster, when the astonished
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19
Champ Clark Disciplined.

CHAMP CLARK is genuinely religious.
- Not that he Is ostentatious about
it, but it's part OF him. He lives it. lie
became a member OF the Campbellfts
Church very early in life, and thereby
hangs a tale.
While still young man he went TO the
town OF Louisiana, Mo, TO establish him
self. The town was a lusty, bustling, typi-
cal Mississippi river town, of the steam
boat era, and there was good deal OF life
there in which Mr.. Clark became a fac
tor. Evening parties to take moonlight
trips up and down the river We're very
much in vogue. and one evening the
young lawyer went up the river on one
of these parties which had chartered
barge called the Mamie, in tow of tho
river steamer War Eagle. There was
dancing all the way up the river and
back. and Mr.. Clark. i'm the. youthful ex-
uberance of his spirits, was one OF tie
gay throng.
When the next Sunday rolled around
and young Clark went as usual 10 the
Camphellite Church where. a few weeks
previous. he had put in his letter
from the church he had belonged to back
east, his case was called up, and after !
swift but formal trial before services at
the bar OF the church he was ignomini-
ously expelled from membership. Cha
grined, Inundated and crestfallen. young
=
mood. but after walking around for 4
time he returned, re-entered the church.
took his seat in rear pew, and sat al
tentfye during the sermon. AS the
custom in the Campbellte Church. al
invitation was extended by tie pastor at
the end of the sermon for repentant sim
ners to come forward and kneei at the
chancel.
When this invitation was extended,
Champ Clark solemnly arose. marched for
ward to the mourners' bench, and. to tho
astonishmcnt OF the congregation, took
his place with the penitents The pastor
rarily at their wits end to know what TO
do with the repentant brother who only
that morning had been expelled from the
congregation. But a. hurried consulfa-
ton resulted in the unanimous conviction
that there was absolutely no course open
TO them except to embrace the erring
and repentant brother and receive him
back to fellowship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19

many entertaining things about a place
comes the desire to see it. | have jour
neyed all over this country. and after
few visits to the older world l am
more and more interested in my own
land and its marvellous natural resources
Being a native Iowan, my own state
claims my attention to a large degree.
We have such a wonderful state and
there is so much to study and. from the
political sense. so many propagandas to
aid. We have much to develop in Iowa.
and yet it is our proud boast that al
ready we feed the universe. Our corn,
which is the pride of every true Iowan,
goes the length and breadth of the civ
iliZed globe, and is the seed from which
a vast proportion of the corn crops of
the world are produced. For some years
seed corn has been the special pride OF
Iowa, and it is its richest export, bat
we are proud of our wheat also. and other
cereals which help to form the bone and
Sinew OF the nation. We love to tell
strangers that the income which the
state gets from the sale OF corn alone
equals the value of all the minerals. gold
silver, copper and lead. which are taken
from the soil in the whole of the United
States and Mexico. Therefore, we read
moral lesson and tell those who are fol-
lowing will-o'-thc-wisps in gold and silver
mines to come to Iowa and raise corn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19

CHE Is Distinguished
OHostess in Her Home
City, Des MONIES, and An Ex-
ceptionally Interesting Wom-
an in Many Ways-A Bril-
liant and Successful Journal
. list, She Has Aided Her Hus-
band for Over Thirty-hve
Years, and While He Was
Absent in Cuba, During the
Spanish-American War, She
Was Editor and Controller of
the Paper Which He Has
Conducted for Twenty Years
in Des Moines-Mrs. Young
Is a Native of Dubuque, But
Was Educated and Has Lived
Nearly All Her Life in the
Capital, Des Moines. and
Was, Before Her Marriage,
Miss Josephine Bolton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19

times there was to be noticed some
thing under those incongruities. Some
times it has seemed to us that we could
observe peeping through, here and there,
an indication of a heart of gold. 1t has
almost appeared to us as if, imperfectly
concealed beneath these incongruities.
lurked a keen understanding. a clear
Judgment, broad mind and a disposition
as calm and unruffied as a May morning
in a land some poet dreamed Of
And. this being the case, it has almost
come into our mind that these interior
qualities being thus. If a woman gave
them time they might. as it We're. soak
through. and presently harmonic the
most incongruous outside. Haven't you
noticed yourself once in while that you
Will meet some woman about whom the