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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-13

The vacant room at the top is due
to the fact that there is no elevator
service to help the lazy man.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-13

Garfield Tea stimulates the liver, cor
reefs constipation, cleanses the system and
rids the blood of impurities. All druggists.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-13

IL the
talss
bridge Fifth to the East side
at yet the device
victim from the table the
his onetenth
No leaves suss broke and tna
sunshine Individually the strong arac
with of fire round full n1th Oh
ggresh should be given the black
glory thereof
Morally careless
bent for speculation Wnlcn
dealing others dealing cards.
found expression in suss NOT thaI
Bother weak minded to buck the game WISE
prudent solvent the other about and dealt IT, MS
of operations being 1876 Suffolk street .
There the East SIDE Ihese are o
Easmans" There smaller gangs
allegiance to either the or the otner VI
event OF general
danger belonging either Of these But
there still danger in not belonging to one OF them
and walks The Five POINTS
feud with another and the hre
permitted co die out Membership In
that the extent of its it Will buckle
while live and should you
fall Membership in neither, however means that you Will De
both.
wasHke other Of its kinda
peril of his days and nights
minimum himself with the Five Points
"shtocker strongarm
would part with it, and war like all
fines paid and The
would his Wherefore the Five Points opened
their ranks receive him.
disorganizing setback when
his the river for ten
heels of that sorrowu retirement became
rival claimants for the throne
forth These Richie Fitzpatrick and Kid Twist both
valorous regulations having killed. both with clouds
of their backs.
Twist in who a diplomacy,
Fitzpatrick that conference
friend Of Twist stood for col
lar"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-13

PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS
Your druggist will refund money If PAZO ONT
MENT fails to cure any case OF Itching, Blind
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-13

Many young man earns living
by working his father.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-13

Even the dull man may De able to
make a bore of himself
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-13
CO0LPICHZ BY 2INRSON lLl9 CO.

re somewhere the banks of the Danube and
steeragewise this country about ten years
n ago. what circles he affected he was called The
Bother" He may another name in AUSTRIA but
# since dead and down under the grass roots
Bother phrase Of Identification, should serve
| well enough
The Bother round, inoensive, welldressed, at
| fable. also generous, the East side employs
| the term.
j Rottl yuas mQ
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
President Jordan's Lecture.

President David Starr Jordan OF
the Leland Stanford Universit,
made ont a strong case aRaint wa
( in his lecture, THE Blood of the
Nation," given at Music hall Tues
day evening. This was the open
n ing of the winter course of enter,
hinments, and the large audience
there gave close attention to the dis
'tiuguished speaker, who was intro
duced by Rev II. l.. Garfield
The lecture was very plain talk
free of any artifices of the orator, on
the movement to take "unreasonin.
mger" out of the councils of th'
world. Greatl armaments do utd
make for peace unless it is the com
pulsory peace of armed bankruptcy
war had neversincreased the stock ol
bravery, courage and magnanirnit[
Of nation.
Speaking of, the cost of war and
the war debt Of Europe, President
Jordan gave some surprising figures
and showed how entirely the bust
ness of making war was dependent
upon a nations credit in the finan-
cial world = ";the unseen empire OF
6nance," as he called it.
There are other things in the III
dictment against war - the loss oi
the best manhood of nation, and
he cited many historical instances oi
the inevitable decline Of fighting
peoples, as we'll as sconditions brouRht
about by later wars. But the ex
pense, the burden and the cruelty o.
war imposed upon the common pee
u pie, who do the fighting, was en-
n phasized and brought out eloquently
aud convincingly.
The speaker thought the subjec
was well summed up by Benjamin
Franklin, who said: Wars are no
4 paid for in war time. The bill
come later"
President Jordan has been quit
closely connected with the worlt
movement for peace; he speaks will
knowledge and earnestness, ant
With touches of delightful humor
that win the sympathy and attention
Of his hearers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
Undoubtedly Genuine.

The mistress observed one morn
ing that her dusky butler was wear
ing a ring with a setting almost
large enough for beacon light if
It had possessed the proper brill
liancy. Later in the day she chanced
to hear a conversation between the
butler and the maid.
cam dat a genuine dimont yo' is
sportin,' Jake?" the maid asked,
suspicion and hope about equally
balanced in her tone.
Gam dis dimont?' reproach-
fully. ''Does yo' s'pose I'd buy any
thing else fo' 'gagement ring
Huhl Dis am dimoDt, an hit am
gold what hit sets in.'
"Ef yo' mean yo' bought hit fo'
me yo' will have to tell the price 70
I'll believe hits dimont. I was
fooled once wild brass ring, an |
don't mean to be caught again"
Goose hits dimont, Lucy, Hit
cost $3.50"
"Well, gimme here. Long as hit
am a genuine dimont I'll 'cept hit
fo' 'gagement ring."-Housekeep-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
NEWS,
More Trees for Mt. Peg.

Mount Peg and, it's neighboring
|scres, which was bought by Miss
Billings few years ago, has been
bowly undergoing a transformation
through tree planting and other
|Work there under her direction
thousands of young pines andsother
|rees have been set out there, and
host of them lived and are flourish
|ng path made to the top, which
Ian also be reac he'd by teams.
Next spring more trees and shrubs
will be planted there. the work hav
Ing been laid out by a landscape
hrchitect who was here month or
|wo ago. a thousand pines, which
bre pretty sure to grow wherever
|hey are placed, will be planted
besides 500 spruces, the same num-
|ber of naples and beeches, and ais
4 few oaks and elms.
Mount Peg will also be beautifs'
by barberry bushes. a few of which
we're set out this fall other wild
shrubs and, thorn apple trees, the
latter now being much used in
gardening.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
Wanted Him Anyway.

A dramatic club gave a series Of
matinee performances of an old
Greek dramatic "Antigone" of
Sophocles. At the fall of the cur
tain there were clamorous applause
and some calls for the author.
The performers came forward
and bowed.
"Author, authorp yelled the
"gods." %
The leading actor advanced to
the footlights and informed the au-
dience in reproachful tones that
"the author has been dead over
1000 years."
Quick as thought the answer
flashed back from the gallery,
"Theni trot us out his mummyp-
London Taller.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
White River Junction.

Owing to four cases of scarlet
fever which have broken out in the
primary and grammar classes, the
graded school is closed until after the
Thanksgiving vacation, and the chill
dren have been asked to remain as
much as possible on their home
premises.
No epidemic is feared, but it is
thought best BY officials to take this
method to stamp out the disease ut
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
SHERLOCK HOLMES.
His Original Was Or. Bell, a Mastor of
InduokiNe Reasonina.

induotivc Reasoning.
DR.. Joseph Bell, the distin-
guished Scottish surgeon, was the
original of Sir A. Conan Doyle's
Sherlock Holmes. DR.. Bell, who
was born in 1887, came of a family
which for three generations had
been distinguished in surgery. For
a quarter Of century he was sur
geon at the Royal irfrmary, Edin-
burgh, and Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle, then a young man, was one
Of his students. He was greatly inn
pressed by his professors display of
inductive reasoning, and he has told
many stories in illustration of them.
Many stories are told Of DR..
Bells wonderful powers of observa-
tion and analytical reasoning. For
instance, he could tell from the mud
on a patients boots the part of the
city or surrounding country he had
come from. When giving gratuitous
advice to outdoor patients at the
Edinburgh Royal infirmary he was
fond of mystifying them by giving
them little intimate tidbits regard
ing their occupation or past lives.
al see," he would observe slyly to
patient, "you are suffering from
drink. You even carry a flask ON
the inside breast pocket Of your
coat. Throw it away"
To another he would noncha-
lantly remark, "Cobbler, see,"
having quickly observed the mark
where the lapstone had worn the
mans trousers. To an anxious
mother he would quietly observe,
'fYour first child, my good woman"
the mystified, simple soul wonder
ingly replying, as he had foreseen,
in the affirmative. She would go
away still marveling at the. intuition
of the great surgeon, having no idea
that there could be any significance
in the brilliant tartan cape she had
bought with such pardonable ex-
travagance for her firstborn.
Then a bricklayer would appear
in the consulting room suffering
from spinal complaint, and the doc
tors kindly sympathy was instant
and comprehensive. at aches, does
it? 1 have no doubt it does, and
carrying hod of bricks won't inn
prove it, will ?" he would observe
in his brisk fashion. The afflicted
bricklayer, being a reticent Scot,
kept his surprise to himself till the
end of the interview, when he
asked somewhat canpily, ri am no
saying you're wrang, but wha' telt
ye / was bricklayer to trade?'
DR.. Bell was well aware of the
part he had played in creating the
great detective of fiction and was
proud of the fact. One winter even
ing some ladies were sitting>round
the fire reading and discussing
Conan Doyle's hero when there en-
tered the great surgeon. He asked
what they were reading, and they
told him that it was the "Adven-
lures of Sherlock Holmes" 81
know the man." observed the doc
tor quietly. Returning shortly from
seeing his patient, he came back to
announce with as much modesty as
might be, FT am Sherlock Holmes"
London Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
BIRMINGHAM PICTURES.
They Were Mere Paper. but They Sub
dued the Artist Turner.


Turner, the great landscape
painter, was a curious mixture of
parsimony and generosity, deter
mined money grubbing and unreck-
oned devotion to his art. He would
drive a hard bargain one day and
the next refuse to sell at any price.'
Intending purchasers were some
times excluded from his gallery, and
the refusal of admission was COM
municated in anything but polite
manner.
Mr.. elliott, the wealthy pen man
ufacturer of Birmingham, once
proved himself equal to the task of
storming the castle in the teeth of
the gruff artist and his doorkeeper
and achieving a bargain. A book on
Turner gives the story.
Mr.. elliott was met at the door
of Turner's house by an old woman,
who opened the door and asked the
gentleman's business.
"Can't'let e in" she snapped out
when he told her and tried to slam
the door.
But Mr.. elliott had put his foot
inside the door and without waiting
for permission pushed past the en-
ragged janitress and hurried upstairs
to the gallery. Turner met him
like spider whose web has been in
vaded The intruder introduced
himself and said that he had come
to buy.
'Don't want to SELL" was the an
swer.
"Have you seen our Birmingham
pictures, Mr.. Turner?" inquired the
visitor as calmly as if he had been
received as a gentleman should be.
"Never heard of 'em," said Tur-
ner.
Mr.. elliott took from his pocket
some Birmingham banknotes.
f'Mere paper" remarked Turner,
who evidently enjoyed the joke.
F'To be bartered for mere, can
vas," said the visitor, waving his
hand to indicate the paintings on
the wall. His tone-perhaps also
the sight of the ''mere paper"-con-
quered Turner, and when the Wis
itor departed he had bargained for
several valuable pictures.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
ronnyson az . Star Carer.

Star gazing had tonic effect
upon Tennyson. In some reminis-
cences of the poet Sir Norman
Lockyer remarks that Tennyson
was frequent visitor to Fairfax
road, West Hampstead, where Sir
Norman had erected his Cooke
Equatorial in the garden. Zone
night when the moons terminator
swept across the broken ground
around Tycho he said, What a
splendid hell that would makep
Again, after being shown the clus-
ters in Hercules and Perseus he re-
marked musingly, Il cannot think
much of the county families after
that"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
the outset. The high school con
tinues its regular sessions.
Wounded by a Stray Bullet.

Mrs. Bert Laraway of Stowe, 81
years old, was wounded by a stray
bullet Saturday afternoon while
walking from the door of her house
on Main street to the sidewalk. The
bullet, which must have come from
a distance of at least mile, is sup
posed to have been fired by hsnters.
1t struck Mrs. Laraway in the right
leg, inficting serious, but not fatal
wound. 1t is not known who fred
the shot,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
Clever Idea.

At the services one Sunday morn
ing in church for the colored
folks of Mississippi town there
was observed one dusky youngster
accompanying his grandparents and
sitting as wise as young owl
throughout the long sermon.
At the close of the service some
body congratulated the grandfather
upon the excellence of the child's
behavior.
The grandfather smiled signifi-
cantly. "Dat boy is always we'll
threatened befo' he goes in de
church. Judge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
A spirl. 10 o. tospier.s.

Just where honorable industry
ends and avaricious piling up Of
treasure begins no one can take it
upon himself to say. The spirit,
however, that impels young man
to sacrifice all the nobler aims of
life in order to turn liberal COM
petence into wealth too great to be
spent (and the giving away of
which, unless carefully regulated,
is doubtful source of good) is GER
tainly to be deplored.-Eliot Greg
brv.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
Vermont's Industrial Importance
Burton H. Allbee in the Springfield Republican,

But though the tables
of the hills brings light many
steads Vermont still industrial importance
the world Rutland nexhaustie
nusly of wealth for the The
Barre iarwick Woodbury. and other places producing granite
The and shops Barre the important the world
On the side of the deposits of slate which produce
beautiful stone of this can be found anywhere
The meadows and hisdes have the fertile land lies
doors The free land of the West exhausted Whoever
the price Vermont needs take prompt
advertise is this direction The dairy
ducts of the have long The Morgan
been adopted by the the necessary perfect
horse. Her sheep will day their And
what required? Prosperity beSbased these
which ready for development
There thing which that will benefit the
entire country particularly the nerve-racked denzn of
the city She give him home where athose difficulties
inherent life be orgotten She
beautiful situations for ideal prices
quring them low Her pure high altitude
ons unsurpassed She should capitalize
emoumens which such development would allow This
adopted and carried Happily the Legislature nng past
begun this
the lead of those who have been the need
and partly provide for Concerted required anspo
aon facilities including the roads
held the highest Of efficiency The
be conserved for without them the
Mountains the greatest business this will
irrevocably lost.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
Teachers Meetings.

A meeting of the teachers Of
Woodstock is to be held at the school
on Friday, December 8
at 9 o'clock p. IN, In the evening
at 8 a public educational meeting
will be held in the High school
assembly hall with State Superin-
tendent Mason s. Stone as tb,
speaker. The people of the com
munity are very cordially invited to
attend these meetings.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
Wanted so Paw.

Very much indebted customer en-
ters a butchers shop, remarking,
'T'll take a leg Of mutton, and !
want to pay for it."
"All right" replies the butcher,
handing forth the meat, which GUS
toner takes and starts to go. "Look
here" cries the butcher, "I thought
you said you wanted to pay for it ?"
$50 / do" was the reply, "but I
can't."--London Telegraph.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
His Sohristy.

A gentleman who had grave
doubts as to servants sobriety
one day accused him of intemper-
ance and as a test chalked line
across the floor and commanded
him to walk along it.
The fellow looked at the line for
a bit, then at his employer, and
said: 'eNo jokes, now, sir Which
line do you want me to walk ON ?"
London Telegraph.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
Woman Burned to Death.

Bert Stetson of Stowe returned
home Saturday night to find his
mother, Mrs Mary Stctson, aged
SO. lying dead on the floor of the
shed with all of her clothing burned
from her body.
A lamp, which had been thrown
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25

Frank B. Sanborn. known as the
Sage of Concord, and famous as thu
biographer of Emerson, Thoreau
aud Alcott, has made request for
law sending every automobile II
in Massachusetts TO the barn at III
p. nj.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
A Phenorenon.

'eWhat's this word, pap' asked
Willie, pointing it out in his book.
phenomenon" replied pa.
"Well, what is that?"
"That, my son, is exactly what
you would be if you never disturbed
your father with questions"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
-,
Maxime's Golden G ri. 1928
Rosette's Miss Golden .3.6
Total

The victory of the Short-horns
was decisive and places them where
they should be, namely, in the ranks
of the great dairy breeds.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-11-25
Vermont Reprint No. 49, Published by the Spirit of Age
For sale by the Elm Tree Press Woodstock, VT.

in pail Of water. indicated that
her clothing had taken fire while
she was filing lamp, presumably
lighted.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-06
COUNCiLME EN-:

Ward 1-Irving II. Humphrey ant
Richard Z. Trask: for warden. Orlanc
T. Tolman: for ward clerk, Leon T
Dickson: for constable, Henry VI
Breen: for city committeeman, ROLAND
4. Scribner.
Ward 2-Sorman l.. Bassett ant
George Z. Wilcox for warden. Charles
j. House; for ward clerk. Lester A
Partridge; for constable, William p
Fox; for city committeeman, Byror
Boyd
Ward 3-George NJ. Ryder and vii.
liam II. Fisher: for warden. Charles
II. Dill: for ward clerk. George II
Bangs: for constable, Ira IL. Foster
for city committeeman. Walter II
Davis.
Ward 4-Gedeon Matthew and Hiram,
II. Weymouth: for warden. Joseph 3
c!outier; for ward clerk. John II
Sheehan: for constable. Marccllir
Pnmcrleau; for city committeeman
George y. Cloutier
Ward 5-Arthur f. Percival and
Percy =. Morrill,: for warden. Lester
q. Teague: for ward clerk, Frank w
Damrcn: FOR constable, John l.. Dut-
ten; for city committeeman. Column
bus Cottle.
Ward 6-Aaron d, Ripley and Jesse
Alexander; for warden, Wallace Pur-
lnton; for ward clerk. A. g. Pingree;
for constable, James S. Stanley; for
city committeeman. NJ. S. Campbell.
Ward Nv. L. Currier and Stanley
Is. hawkins: for warden, ]. G.. Kicker;
for ward clerk. T. VI. Harvey: for con-
stable. Henry 7. Morse; for city COM
mitte"man. r. \. Hussey.
Ward 2-Charles f. Pierce and Os-
car lTann; for warden, John T. Fow-
Ter; for ward clerk. George w. Cold
smith; for constable. Amos Berry; for
city committeeman. I. Z. Merrill.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-06
THE MAGNETIC FIELD.

Inc influence of magnet extends
out IN all directions, and its sphere OF
lhhuencc is called Its magnetic field
us form was Investigated by Faradav
by the sprinkling of iron filings over q
sheet of card or glass laid over mag
net. When the sheet is tapped the
filings arrange themselves in strings.
which radiate out approximately from
each end of the magnet, benGing
round, some in small, others in large
curves, to join those of the other end
These lines are called lines of force, =
as they indicate The direction of the
combined magnetic forces for the two
poles. The magnetism is not confined
to the ends. but spreads over corsid-
cradle length.
For purposes OF calculation it is con-
venient to consider the magnetism as
concentrated at point, and accord
inely a point is selected near to each
end. which will give the same mag
netic effect on distant objects as the
actual magnetism would do. These are
called the virtual poles" and the dis
tarce between the tw" points is called
the virtual l"ngth" of the magnet.
The virtual length is from three quar-
ters to fiVe-siXths of the real length,
according to the shape of the bar.
The tines of force of a virtual magnet
are supposed to radiatc out from the
points. and hence do not exactly cor
respond to those IF real magnet. hut
| at distance they are identical. These
| lines of forco may be drawn to repre-
sent not only the direction of the mag
netic force but also its intensity. Thus
| at points close to the poles the field is
very intense but the strength rapidly
| diminished with distance from the
! magnet, and on account of the partial
neutralizinE effects of the two poles
| on each other the strength of a field
due to a magnet IS inversely propor-
tional to the cube Of the distance along
n straight line drawn through the cen
| tire of the magnet. TO give num"ri-
cal value of the lines of force, the unit
strength of magnetic field is taken as
that produced ct one centimetre dis
tance from the unit pole, and is rep
resented by one line of force through
each square centimetre.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-06
tuberculosis.
,Portland Express.

Portland EXprCSS.D
tuberculosis is being fought even IN
Northern Korea, according To- recent
report from DR.. Edwin VI. Kent. re-
Ceived by the Methodist Board ~ For
cign Missions. Or. Kent. who Is a
medical missionary stationed at Hal
ju. says that since he established Il
dispensary at the little hospital IN
that city. the people of the entire COM
munitN are leaving their doors open ut
night, Tor few OF the houses have VIM
dows. The native attendants AT the
hospital are now 50 accustomed t" the
regular Instructions about fresh ar
they they call this sort ot advice "N"G-
GY," and at a sign from thc doctor Viii
dispense volumes OF it u III" un>us-
pccting sufferer. such has become the
hospitals reputation of fresh air ah-
vice that a native living in laiju cN-
pressed himself as only waiting Tor
warm weather hetore going /" the hos
pital. FOR" said he, the doctor will
urge me tn leave the door open and
that is very hard in cold weather
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS S.
chicapn NeINS.D


With the beginning OF the honey
moon il begins to Wane
Marry crank and Your life will he
one continuous grind.
Sometimes an innocent girl with a
squint is mistaken for flirt.
It's funny that a funny show given
by amateurs usually isn't.
Even the healthy dwarf realizes
that he isn't long for this world.
Have YOU more faith in a good-lucl
charm than in your own ability?
You can't always tell what a wo-
mans hat cost by what she says the
price was.
When a man tells YOU he likes hasf
don't he in a hurry to believe all he
says.
4 mans unpopularity has reached
the limit when a porous plaster re-
fuses to get stuck on him.
We once heard of a woman who
married a man To reform him anG
succeeded-at least he died the next
daV