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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
McsIer Traditions.

Ramadan is the month exalted by
Moslems above all others. In that
month the according to Mos
lem tradition-was brought down by
Gabriel from heaven and delivered to
men in small sections. In that month,
Mohammed was accustomed to retire
from Mecca to the cave Of Hira, for
prayer and meditation. In that month
Abraham, Moses and other prophets
received their divine revelations. In
that month the doors of heaven are
always open, the passages to hell are
shut, and the devils are chained" So
run the traditions.-The Christian
Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12

Twice, as the bus slowly wendell It's
way UP the steep Cumberland Gap, the
door at the rear opened and slammed.
At first those inside paid little heed;
but the third time demanded to know
why they should be disturbed in this
fashion.
whist" cautioned the driver,
doan't spake so loud; she'll overhear
u.s."
''Who?"
''The mare. Spake low! Shure, Ohm
desavin tn crayture. Every tonne
she ears tn door close, she thinks
won o. yez is gettin' down ter walk
UP tn hill, an that sort O. raises her
sperrits. Success Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Fidelity TO Parole

Judge Grain of the Court Of Gen
eral Sessions has just held a recep-
ton more worthy of note than any
ball, banquet or other high function
OF the season. 1t was held in his
courtroom at night In response to
its summons came lit men and wom-
en-, some old, some young every one
of whom was victor over some form
of temptation; an example of what
human faith can do to help human
weakness to redeem itself and be
strong.
Each of the company had been con-
victed Of some first offense against
the law, and. each had been permitted
to go out on parole of future good
behavior. Each had kept the faith.
The word was as good as a bond.
Those who might have gone down in
the struggle had found way to rise
and fight again. They were all able
to report good work done and bright
prospects ahead.
Time was when no one was trusted
on his word save men of high degree.
Fidelity to parole was deemed q
princely virtue. Perhaps it is. There
was nothing in Judge Grains recep-
ton to disprove it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
No Slanu for Her

slip me a brace Of cackles!" or
dered the chesty-looking man with a
bored air. as he perched on the first
stool in the lunchroom.
"a what?" asked the waitress. as
she placed glass Of water before
him.
Adam and Eve fat on their backs!
A pair OF sunnysiders!" said the young
man in an exasperated tone.
you got me, kid" returned the
waitress. 'eWatcha want?"
Eggs up" said the young man.
Eggs the kind that come before
the hen or after, never knew which"
why didn't you say so in the first
placer" asked the waitress. You'd a
had 'em by this time"
We'll, Of all things" said the
young man.
II knew what he was drivin' at all
the time," began the waitress as the
young man departed. But he's one
of them fellers that thinks they can
get by with anything. He don't know
that they're using plain English now
In restaurants"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
ExaaoeratIon.

On her arrival in New York Nine.
Sara Bernhard, replying to compli-
ment on her youthful appearance,
said: "The secret of my youth? It
is the good God-and then, you know,
/ work all the time. But / am a
great-grandmother, she continued,
thoughtfully, $50 how can these many
compliments be true? I am afraid my
friends are exaggerating."
Nine. Bernhardt's laugh, spontane-
GUS as a girls, prompted chorus Of
mo, mol"
Eyes," said the actress, "uncon-
scious exaggeration, like the French
nurse on the boulevard. Our boule-
wards are much more crowded than
your streets, you know, and, although
we have numerous accidents, things
aren't quite as bad as the nurse sug-
gested.
"Her little charge, a boy of six,
begged her to stop a while in crowd,
surrounding an automobile accident.
Please watt the little boy said, Want
to see the man who was run over.
No; hurry his nurse answered.
There will be plenty more to see
further on
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12

law of affinity, all things needed to manufac-
ture the elixir of life"
Further on he says: "The beginning and end
of the matter is to supply the lacking princi-
pie, and in molecular form, exactly nature
furnishes it in vegetables, fruits and grain.
To supply defciencies-this is the only law of
cure"
The natural conclusion is that If Phosphate
of Potash is the needed mineral element IN
brain and you use food which does not contain
it, you have brain flag because It's daily loss is
not supplied.
On the contrary, if you eat food known to
be rich in this element, you place before the
life forces that which nature demands for
brain-building.
In the trial a sheer was uttered because Mr..
Post announced that he had made years of re-
search In this country and some clinics of
Europe, regarding the effect of the mind ON
digestion of food.
But we must be patient with those who
sheer at facts they know nothing about
Mind does not work well on brain that is
broken down by lack of nourishment.
peaceful and evenly poised mind is neces-
sary to good digestion.
Worry anxiety. fear, hate &C., &C., directly
interfere with or stop the flow of Ptyalin, the
digestive juice Of the mouth, and also inter-
fere with the flow of the digestive juices of
stomach and pancreas.
Therefore, the mental state OF the individual
has much to do (more than suspected) with
digestion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
What About Brain Food?
This Question Came Up in the Recent
Trial for Libel. H.#.

A Weekly" printed some criticisms of the
claims made for our foods. 1t evidently did
not fancy our reply printed in various news
papers, and brought suit for libel. AT the trial
some interesting facts came out. sia
Some of the chemical and medical experts
differed widely.
The following facts, however. were quite
clearly established:
Analysis. of brain by an unquestionable au-
thority Geoghegan, shows of Mineral Salts
Phosphoric Acid and Potash combined (Phos
plate Of Potash}, 2.91 per cent Of the total,
5.33 Of all Mineral Salts
This is over one-half.
Beaunis, another authority, shows yPhos
phoric Acid combined" and Potash 7344 per
centsfrom total of; 101.07.
Considerable more than one-half of Phos-
plate of Potash.
Analysis of GrapeNuts shows: Potassium
and Phosphorus (Which join and make Phos-
plate of Potash), is considerable more than
one-half of all the mineral salts In the food.
-Dr~Geo. W. Carey, an authority on the con-
stituent elements of the body, says: "The
gray matter of the brain is controlled entirely
by the inorganic cell-salt, Potassium Phosphate
phosphate of Potash. This salt unites with
albumen and by the addition of oxygen creates
nerve fluid, or. the gray matter, of the brain.
OF course; theressis a trace of .other salts and
other organic matter in nerve fluid, but Potas-
SUM Phosphate is the chief factor and has
the power within itself to attract, by its own
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
The LEAGUE of Polfteness.

The League of Politeness has been
formed in Berlin. 1t aims at inculcat-
ing better manners among the people
of Berlin. 1t was founded upon the
initiative of Fraulein Cecelie Meyer,
who was inspired by an existing or
ganization in Rome. In Difference to
the parent organization the Berlin
league has chosen the italian motto,
"Pro gentilezza." This will be en-
blazoned upon an attractive little
medal worn where Germans are &C.
customed to wear the insignia Of or
ders. The idea is that a GLANCE at
the "talisman" will annihilate any in
clination to indulge in bad temper or
discourteous language. ANY polite
person" is eligible for membership.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
NOW MAKING RADIUM|

gram had been extracted at Lime
house, but the process is now going on
continuously and the works are laid
out to produce one gram a month. So
far only five or six grams are known
to have been produced in the whole
world
ut has been supposed" said Sir Will
liam. that Austrian pitchblende is par
ticularly rich in radium, but it is no
richer than any other. Moreover, the
supply of pitchblende in Cornwall, as
far as can judge, is much larger than
in Austria. There is no other source
of supply of such magnitude known at
present. The supply of radium in
Great Britain is assured"
Sir William remarked that poloniuns
Zone of the discoveries of Nine. Curie)
could also be extracted by a simple
process from the ore on which they
were working. 1t had not tseen done
at present, because polonium had new
er been brought into the market, but
1t was probable that later it would
be found useful in medicine
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
All Need the Earth.

There is an Antaeus in every one
of us and in the whole of us which
needs the EARTH" says Henry Dem
Arrest Lloyd in his posthumous book
"a grandmother was spreading before
the vision of a beloved child picture
of the beauties of heaven with its
gates of pearl and its pavements of
gold. What said the scornful boy,
unpactivated, no mud?' There spoke
the real philosopher. We are earth
animals, and we need contact with
all the aspects of nature, human ma
ture, and other nature. They who
feed wholly on. white bread and the
tenderloin and the sweetness and
light Of the best people, art for the
arts sake, cannot get phosphates
enough and soon develop the ricketts,.
The man heard say he liked to eat
with the common people once in
while, the woman you heard say that
she thought it was her duty to as
sociate with the middle class, confess
the approach of extinction. They are
losing touch with the source of all per
sonal and social power"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Add to Cost of LIvinq.

The American Magazine reprints a
letter which was sent to thee Massa-
chusetts cost of living commission. It
goes as follows:
ut seems to me that the elimination
Of waste is nearly impossible in house
holds where there are numerous serv-
ants; at least, / have found it so,
with only one, and the waste rises in
geometrical progression with the num-
Der employed. I have now been doing
my own cooking for nearly year and
feed my family twice as well on
about two-thirds the cost A large
part Of the saving comes in the eco
uomical use of meat. I make a de-
licious dinner with few scraps of
meat that a cook would give to the
dog.
''Then I depend a good deal on
soups, which l invent to suit my
larder. A few cold baked beans, with
little tomato and bit of meat on a
bone, or little left over gravy, make
soup that all eat with much pleasure
and it is SO nourishing that 1t goes far
to make the dinner Most people do
not understand how different a soup
is when it has simmered a good many
hours. The soup that has been boiled
fast a couple. of hours will taste fat
and uninteresting, whereas the same
soup five hours later will have such
a delicious blend of fiavors that all
you know is that it is nice without
being able to distinguish the ingre-
dents. Again it is time that counts.
Cooks waste the coffee and tea hor-
ribly. Mix the coffee with cold water
the night before with an eggshell
and bring it to. boil in the morning
and you do not need a great deal for
a good cup of coffee. The tea In the
kitchen is piled into the teapot and
thrown out with but. little of the good
ness extracted. Another frightful
waste is the coal. I use less than
half as much as any girl ever had
and my stove @bakes better. never
complain Of the draught, as she does
or did after burning all the goodness
out of her coal in the first hour after
lighting"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Beans at $500 a Barrel

New York.-The highest price on
record for beans-$15, 900 for thirty
barrels-has just been paid by a New
York bonding company. They were
neither charity beans nor prize beans:
just plain, ordinary beans of the favor
its Boston variety. The bonding COM
pany sent its check for the beans to
United States Commissioner Shields
OF the federal court, who applied it in
satisfaction of the forfeited bail of j.
F. Ehrgott, formerly bean dealer. In
1902 Ehrgott was indicted on the
charge OF having smuggled thirty bar
rels Of beans into the United States
from Canada. The duty on the Snug
gled beans was $9280
Ehrgott was held in $4,000 bail for
trial. He put up $4,000 in cash with
the bonding company and then left the
country. He has never come back and
his bond is declared forfeited.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Home Tho,Ioh+

1T must have been frightful," said
Mrs. Bossim to her husband, who was
In the earthquake. "Tell me what
was your first thought when you
awakened in your room at the hotel
and heard the alarm"
my first thought was of you," an.
swered Mr.. Bossim.
"How noble!"
Yes. First thing knew, vase off
the mantel caught me on the ear;
then a chair whirled in my direction,
and when jumped to the middle of
the room four or five books and a
framed. picture struck me all at once"
Even after saying that, he affected
to wonder what made her so angry for
the remainder Of the evening Mack
National Monthly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Where He Was Queer.

The negro, on occasions, displays q
fine discrimination in the choice OF
words.
Who's the best Whitewater In
town." inquired the new resident.
ALE Hall am bond a'tist with q
whitewash brush, sah," answered the
colored patriarch eloquently.
well, tell him to come and white
wash my chicken house tomorrow"
Uncle Jacob shook his head dubi-
ously.
"Ah don believe, sab, ah'd engage
Ale Hall to whitewash chicken
house, sah."
why, didn't you say he was good
whitewasher?"
Eyes, sab, powerful good white
washer, sab; but mighty queer about
a chicken house, sab, mighty queer!"
-Mack's National Monthly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Lo. the Rlch Indian.


The per capita wealth of the Indian
is approximately $3.50, that for other
Americans is only "a little more than
$1,000. The lands. owned by the In
dams are rich in oil, timber and other
natural resources of all kinds. Some
of the best timber land in the United
States is owned by Indians.
The value of their agricultural lands
runs up in the millions. The, ranges
which they possess support about $780,
600 sheep and cattle, owned by lessees,
bringing in a revenue of more than
$272.O00 to the various tribes besides
providing feed for more than 100000
head of horses, cattle, sheep and goats
belonging to. the Indians themselves.
Practically the only asphalt deposits
IN the United States are on Indian
lands.-Red Man.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Sir William Ramsay Expects to
Turn Out Gram Monthly
Factory Erected at Limehouse for
Manufacture of Precious Mineral
on Commercial Basis-keep
1t In England.

London.-Radium is now being pro-
duced In appreciable quantities in the
east end of London.
This announcement, which Will
arouse considerable interest in the sci
entific world, was made by Sir William
Ramsay, who had the satisfaction OF
showing to party at the radium fac
tory established in Thomas street,
Limehouse, by the St. Ives consoli-
dated mines, sample of the precious
mineral which had been manufactured
on the spot.
1t will be remembered that it was on
the recommendation of Sir William
himself that the factory was buift. He
experimental with some high grade
pitchblende concentrate obtained from
the Trenwith mine, and reported that
he had recovered from this ore con-
siderable portion of radium in an ap-
proximately fair state"
So the factory at Limehouse was
erected for the manufacture of ra-
dunn on commercial basis, and no
statement had been made as to the re-
to the present $500 milligrams of 10
per cent radium Cor $50 milligrams of
pure radium) have been produced.
Arthur Schiff, a director of the COM
pany, informed a reporter that they
proposed to put this amount upon the
market in the course of a day or two.
He thought it would fetch anything
from 10000 to 100000. I'VE shall
try to keep it in this country" he add
ed
At present the radium is being
stored In specially constructed safe
lined with lead and asbestos and re-
markable precautions are taken to in
sure its safety.
The process which is being adopted
at Limehouse is much more rapid than
any in use on the continent. In de-
scribing this process Sir William Ram
say said that the pitchblende ore was
delivered in concentrated form. The
uranium, and iron and uranium was
dissolved, and the next stage was to
precipitate the radium out Of the clear
LIQUID.
When precipitated the radium was
converted into radium bromide. Then,
by repeated Capitalization this bro
mide was separated into various
grades of commercial STABILITY The
actual time occupied in getting the ra-
dunn liquors was week, said Sir
William, and the capitalization which
went on afterward took couple of
months The latest continental proc
ess which he saw described last week
occupied year.
AS illustrating the certainty Of the
process In use at Limehouse, he men,
toned that of $50 grams produced only
one milligram would be left behind In
the liquid. Up to now just over half a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
New Process Of STAINING Glass.

INCW TIOSSSo VI SbdfiiiHS 0tQSos
The art of coloring glass has been
lost and rebound, jealousy guarded
and maliciously stolen so many times
in the history Of civilization that 1t
seems almost impossible to say any
thing new on glass staining Yet
process has been discovered for ma
king the stained glass used In windows
which is departure from anything
known at the present time What the
Venetians and the Phoenicians knew
Of 1t we cannot tell
The glass first receives It's design in
mineral colors and the whole is then
fired in heat so intense that the col
oring matter and the glass are indis-
solubly fused. The most attractive
feature of this method is that the sur
face acquires peculiar pebbled char
acter In the heat, SO that when the
glass is In place the lights are delight
fully soft and mellow.
In making large window In many
shades each panel is separately mould
ed and bent and the sections are as
sembled In a metal frame.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Carl Woermann of Hamburg-American
Lines to Transport Wild Animals
In Vessels.

New York-That Colonel Roosevelt
did not bag all the game in Africa is
shown by the fact that the new Ham
burg-American liner, Carl Woermann,
about to establish direct service be-
tween the United States and the west
coast of Africa, has made special pro-
vision for the transportation OF wild
animals.
Heretofore all trade between the
United States and the west coast of
Africa has been carried on by way
of Hamburg or Liverpool, necessitat
ing trans-shipment at these ports
with additional danger in handling
and increased cost Of transportation.
By the direct route the animals may
step from the jungle onto the deck
of the steamship, so to speak, and
with all the comforts of home set sail
for New York, where the ostrich at
least promises to become somewhat
of a problem to the customs officials.
In it's bid for wild aniHlal patronage
the Hamburg-American line gives out
the following unique schedule OF
rates: Animals no larger than an
ostrich, $25; animals no larger than
a lion, tiger or leopard, 800; animals
no taller than a giraffe, 5000; animals
no larger than an adult elephant, $3.50.
Any of the jungle elite desiring de
luxe accommodations must make spe-
cial arrangements, the above prices
being the minimum rates and provid-
ing only for the jungle passengers be-
ing Grated and fed by the ships crew,
although the line will not be respon-
sible for the delivery of the animals
alive and healthy.
likes and dislikes to be catered to.
the cuisine for animal passengers will
be conducted on the Dutch treat"
system-each passenger supplying his
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Why He LAUGHED.

Miss Matte belonged to the old
south, and she was entertaining a
guest Of distinction.
On the morning following his arrival
she told Title, the little colored maid,
to take a pitcher of fresh water to
Mr.. Firman's room, and to say that
Miss Matte sent him her compliments,
and that if he wanted a bath, the
bathroom was at his service.
When Tillie returned she said:
II top him, Miss Matte, en- he
laughed fit to bus hisself."
why did he laugh, Tillie?"
II dunno"
What did you tell him."
Jus what you top me to-"
"Tillie, tell me exactly what you
said"
II banged de doah, and I said, Mr..
Firman, Miss Matte sends you her lub,
and she says, Now you can get up
and wash selfi"-Lippincott' Mag
azine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
1t May Be Brought From Castle VOL
fegg, Wurtemberg, for Inspection
If Guaranty Given.

New York.-Americans may have a
chance to see in the near future the
famous map on which the word
America" appeared for the first
known time in the history of map
making.
To have It brought to this country,
however, from Castle Wolfegg, in the
kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany,
where it was recently discovered,
President Taft will have to give some
comprehensive guarantees. Among
them is one that the document be
safely returned and another is that
the transfer to America be effected
with the proper respect, dignity, safe
guard and ceremonies due to the i'm
portance of this hallowed document,
say the convoy Of squadron of bat
tleships."
These stipulations are contained in
a letter which has been sent Presi-
dent Taft by Heinrich Charles Of this
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
One From the Cashier.

The harmless customer leaned
across the cigar counterAand smiled
engagingiy at the new cashier. AS he
handed across the amount his dinner
check called for he ventured a-bit of
aimless converse, for he was OF that
sort.
Funny" said he, "how easy it is to
spend money"
We'll" snapped the cashier as she
fed his fare to the register, IF money
was intended for you to hold on to the
mint would be turning out coins with
handles on 'em."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Economy.

The late former Governor Allen D.
Gambler of Georgia was famous in
the south for his quaint humor
Governor Gambler" said a Gaines
vile man, "once abandoned cigars for
a pipe at the beginning of the year.
He stuck to his resolve till the years
end. Then he was heard to say:
"'By actual calculation, l have
saved by smoking pipe instead OF
cigars this year sos. But where Is
itY"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
SEE FIRST MAP OF AMERICA

city, representing, he says, Ibis high
ness, Prince Macmillan Won Valid
burg Auf Wolfegg Bel Waldsee," who
has the map in custody and who is
willing under such conditions to allow
Americans to inspect this unmatch-
ed heirloom of history"
Mr.. Charles, in his letter, says that
this specimen is the only one Of the
world famous mappe-mundi" in ex-
istence. 1t was made in 1907 on a de-
sign by Martin Waldseemueller at the
city Of st. Dio in the Vosges. and bore
the name America" within fifteen
years of the discovery of the new
world by Columbus
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
The "countrv cburchv.rd /,

Those who recall Gray's "Elegy in
a Country Churchyard" will remember
that the peaceful spot where "the
rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep"
is identified with ST. Giles, Stoke
Poges, Buckinghamshire. In the pro.
sale pages of a recent issue of the
Gazette there appears an order in
council providing that ordinary inter.
ments are henceforth forbidden in the
churchyard.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-12
Thanks to Burnt cnrk

Gosh! But the colored race is a
comm to the front fast!" whispered
innocent Uncle Hiram, at the vaude-
vile shcw, as the black-face comedian
was bolsterously applauded.
3 YES, indeed smiled the city man;
anyone can see that that fellow is a
self-made negro"