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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17

The United States fish commission
station at Bryan's Point, Md, is now
in the midst Of the shad Matching sea-
son and daily many thousands of the
young fish are Matched in the artificial
waterways at the propagating station.
The eggs are being taken from the
shad by agents of the station at the
fishing shores at Chapman's point,
Fairy Landing, Pomonkey Point and
from the OILERS and trap net fisher
men. Launches several times each
day make trips to the different shores
to gather the eggs and take them to
the station for Matching.
The large catch of good roe shad SO
far this season has enabled the sta
ton to obtain large supply of eggs,
and the total number Of shad Matched
out when the season closes next
month is expected to be we'll up in the
millions. The small fish are sent to
this city several times each week and
are shipped out on the special cars
Of the fish commission to streams
throughout the country where condi-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
EVIDENTLY OUT OF PLACE
Indignant Frenchman Sad Some
Fault to Find With Postmaster
and Said So.

A Frenchman with a name spelled
a la Paris and pronounced something
la Paris and pronounced something
like Ca-choo had never learned to
read or write, but he managed to dis
guise the fact pretty well until he
moved to a new community where the
name was not common. Going to the
postoffice one morning he inquired:
Got any mail for Joe Ca-choo?"
whats the name?" inquired the
clerk.
"Ca-choo, Joe Ca-choo."
"How do you spell it?'
Cant you spell Joe Ca-choo?"
NO." said the clerk, Il never heard
it before"
Then the disgust of the Frenchman,
which had been constantly rising,
boiled over and he snorted:
well, if you can't spell, why don't
you sell your old postoffice to some
one that cam"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
CHAPTER II.
Our First Clue.

Louise and ] sat at dinner together.
Isn't it strange in this world OF
ours how the commonplace follows on
the terrible, how the usual and the I'M
usual intermingle, how the clock ticks
on when the whole universe seems to
be tumbling about our heads! In one
of the rooms upstairs lay Katharine,
still unconscious, with doctor and a
nurse constantly at her side. The bull
let had been removed, and while it
had penetrated the brain some slight
just a chance-the barest chance-that
she might recover. 1t might, however.
be hours, he explained, before she re-
gained consciousness-if she ever did
In another of the rooms lay General
Parrish, more dead than alive. Paraly-
sis had deadened his limbs and tied
his tongue. Only his eyes seemed
alert. Most Of the time since the
stroke had felled him he had been
slumbering heavily.
While the hustle of caring for the
two stricken ones lasted there was
little time for thought, and / was glad
for the activity that kept Louise's
mind distracted. Just at the moment
when it seemed that everything had
been done and there was nothing left
but the anxious waiting-waiting for
the worst-the butler had tiptoed in to
summon us to dinner. Bravely, at
first. Louise and I made pretense Of
eating, each trying to encourage the
other. but the unforgetable events of
the afternoon, the missing faces at the
table and the sorrow that filled us both
made food impossible. Drawing our
chairs together, We discussed in whis-
pers the battling mystery OF Kath-
arine's attempted suicide and her ia
theirs strange terror.
On the table before us lay the scrap
Of yellow paper, the sight Of which
had so agitated General Parrish. AS
soon as he had been carried into his
own rooms l had fastened to rescue 1t
from the floor. felt that, insignificant
as it appeared, it must have some I'M
portant connection with the events OF
the afternoon. Yet as Louise and
puZZleu over IL, there SOCLuCu Aothin6
sinister in the fragments of sentences
that the flames had left all but inde-
cipherable.
The paper, of peculiarly yellowish
tint, was hardly more than two square
inches, the torn corner Of folded let
ter. On sit we could make out these
words:
ba
used sc
sister t
seemed inevita
and disgrace ali
by accident lie
make good
AS we studied the bit of type-writ-
ing, word by word, We tried to trace
in it some hidden meaning, some sim
lister warning, something or anything
that would connect it with poor Kath-
arine's mental distress and her ia
theirs poignant terror. That the let
ter of which this was part had been
in Katharine's possession was evident
from the place where had picked up
the fragment. 1t was equally certain
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
No+bino More TO Live For,

Without question, the Scots curler
of whom Lord Lyveden tells in FTy's
Magazine placed the proper value on
his sport.
During a recent curling-match in
Switzerland, the skip of one of the
teams, who happened to be a Scots
man. was SO delighted with the accu-
rate shot of one of his team, that he
was heard to address him in the fol-
lowing manner: Lie down and dee.
mon; lie down and dee. Yell never
lay a finer stane nor that if We live to
be hundred"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
Swallows Home.

The teacher in natural history had
received more or less satisfactory re-
plies to her questions, The Delinea-
.or asserts, and finally she asked:
What little boy can tell me where
1.-THE home of the swallow" de
Long silence, then hand waved.
well, Bobbie, where is it?"
he home Of the swallow is?"
clared Bobbie, seriously, lis In the
stummick."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
Deduction.

A director of one of the great trans
continental railroads was showing his
three year-old daughter the pictures in
a work on natural history. Pointing
to a picture of zebra, he asked the
baby to tell him what it represented.
Baby answered, "Colty." Pointing to
picture of tiger in the same way,
she answered kitty" Then lion.
and she answered DOGGY" Elated
with her seeming quick perception.
he then turned to the picture of a
chimpanzee and said: "Baby. what is
this?"
Papa. "-Woman's Journal. a.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish to
propose marriage and finds the house in
great excitement over the attempted sui
eide of her sister Katharine. Kent starts
an Investigation and finds that hugh
CrandalL sutton for Katharine, who had
been forbidden the house by General Far
rish had talked with Katharine over the
telephone Just before she shot herseiI.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
Wasted Enerqy.

Nimrod Gust back from fishing)
i got this string in less than an
nour.
Nimrod's Wise Wife-There' fish
store nearer than that, John.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
A Wise Retirement,

$50, you young jackanapes. You
want to marry my daughter. You want
to ask me about it, do your"
II did, sir, but l guess I'll go now.
sec there's q kick coming
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
Not Successful.

Mrs. Knicker-Why don't you go to
the market yourself?
Mrs. Bocker-No, indeed; that's just
the way Jack told me he lost his
money
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17
Matching Shad by Millions

lions are favorable for the growth and
increase Of the fish.-Washington Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17

Mr.. Collier DOwn-Th1s Clicked IS
tough.
Mrs. Collier Down-But the dealer
assured me that it was tender He
wouldn't tell a lie for mere chicken.
Mr.. Collier Down-But he might for
an old hen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-17

have known about the letter, so I am
certain that it concerned Crandall."
''Has Crandall a sister,"
81 do not know" said Louise. Il
know nothing about his family. 1t
seems strange, too, when for months
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-08
AMENDMENT NO. 13
lBv Clio Harperl

Il hardly think any one will
have the temerity to attempt to
over ride the will of over 100000
of the voters of Arkansas" de-
clared Atty. Gen. Norwood, au-
thor of the amendment limiting
the legislative sessions to 60 days
with pay.
There have been rumors that
certain persons and interests
are seeking some means where
by Amendment No. 13 can be
defeated, although 1924 voted
for it, being S,086 more than one
half the total vote cast at the
election. and 69,0i9 more than
voted against it.
1t has been ramored that an
effort would be made to have the
Speaker declare the amendment
not adopted because of some
possible technical flaw, but the
attorney general clearly points
out that the provisions of the law
We're in all respects complied
with and that after all the Speak
er's duty is only ministerial and
he cannot go back of the returns.
Even if he could, his decision
would not be final, as the final
determination would be in the
province of the courts.
So strong is the sentiment in
favor of a short session t h t
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-08

If the present road work is
kept up for the next five years
every highway leading to Pres
colt will be as good as any you
will find. 1t requires less work
on the roads each year. Where
they were graded last year, less
than one-half the time and labor
is required this year to put them
in good condition. Road Over
seer Ward is receiving a great
deal of praise for the work he
has done on the roads leading to
Prescott this year, and he is
justly entitled to it. Never be-
fore have we had the same
amount of road improvement.
Let it be kept up.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-08
OH, How | Itched!

What long nerve-racking days of con-
slant torture-what sleepless nights of
terrible agony-itch--itch con-
slant Itch, until it seemed that | must
Gear OFF ny very skin-then-
Instant reiief-lny skin cooled, soothed
and healed!
The very first drops of ODD Pre-
scription for Eczema stopped that awful
Itch instantly: yes. the very moment
Odd. touched the burning skin the tor
ture ceased. A 25c bottle proves it.
Odd. has been known for years as
the only absolutely reliable eczema
temedy, for it washes away the disease
germs and leaves the skin as clear and
healthy as that of child.
All other druggists have ODD. Pre-
scriptic n-so to them it you can't come
to us-5ut don't accept some big profit
substitute.
But 80 Won come to our store, we are
20 certain of what Odd. will do for you
that we offer you a full size bottle on
this gu .rantee:-1f you do not find that
1t takes away the itch AT ONCE, 1t
costs YOU not z cent,
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-08

there is little likelihood of any
serious attempt being made to
thwart it. Membere of the leg,
lslature are discussing the neces-
sity of both houses holding eau
cuses on Saturday preceding
the opening of the General AS
sembly, for organization, which
might otherwise consume week
in open session.
The-attorney general has clear
ly pointed out to the members
the method by which the great
mass of the local legislation may
be avoided, by recourse to gener-
al laws, and a large per cent of
the members have expressed
themselves as favorable to it.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-08

had entered into negotiations
with citizen of the city by
which he would be able to secure
money with which to have the
street to the Agricultural High
School opened in two weeks. A
warrant was ordered drawn for
5000 to take care of this matter.
The City Recorder was in
structed to proceed with the col
lection of dog license and ask
for warrants for all parties who
refuse or fail to pay same.
The Street Committee was in
structed to enter into a contract
with Sam O. Logan for the pur-
chase of the water wagon, to be
paid for during the sprinkling
season.
Street fund warrants issued
to a. a. Gordon for a rpair of
mules, were ordered taken up
and general fund warrants is
sued in lieu thereof.
The Water and Light Commit
tee reported that in, pursuance
to directions of the Board of AL.
dermen they had employed A.
+. Taylor of Pine Bluff as super
inten lent of the Water & Light
Plant.
The matter of the failure of
the Ozan Lumber Company to
furnish shavings, was referred
to a special committee with in
structions to take the matter up
with proper authorities.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-08

The City Board of Aldermen
met last night at the City Hall.
Those present were Mayor r. P.
Handy, Recorder j. r. York
and Aldermen r. p. Arnold, r.
L. Blakely, Jno A. Davis, H. E.
Doris and Ira Gee.
An ordinance requiring athe
Iron Mountain railroad to con.
struct concrete sidewalks across
it's right-of-way was placed on it's
third reading and passed.
An ordinance authorizing the
Mayor to employ council and
have certain property condemn
ed in order to extend Greenlawn
street was placed on its third
reading and passed.
An ordinance defining the kind
of awnings to be erected within
the fire limits was placed on its
third reading and passed.
Two new ordinances were in
PRODUCED and read the first and
second times, to-wit: An ordi-
nance to require the Iron Noun
tain Railroad Company to erect
and maintain gates and electric
bells at the crossings of Walnut,
Main and Elm streets within 30
days from its passage; an ordi-
nance defining the condition
grade crossings should be kept
in.
A proposition by the Iron
Mountain to pay half of the ex-
pense of thing the ditch on the
east side of West Front street,
was ignored by the Board of AL
dermen on the ground that the
ditch was the property of the
railroad and that the city should
not be required to pay any of
that expense.
The matter of opening up East
Front street below Walters
warehouse was discussed and
the Street Committee directed
to take care of the matter.
The City Marshal was directed
to deputize some competent per-
son to take up and impound all
stock running at large.
The Mayor reported that he
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-08
nesterIy Drug Store
Bulgarlans Too Excited, Fear.

Budapest, Oct. S.-With the latest
break IN the Balkan war clouds. an
unexpected danger developed for the
Bulgarian government, according to
advices from Sofia. The population
has been worked up to such a pitch
of military excitement that unless a
campaign is furnished as a means of
letting off steam an explosion is
threatened.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-08
!, ]. JOHNSON, EDITOR
|UR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

|UR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
L following letter was re-
N by Mr.. Moore in reply to
liter addressed to Superin-
lent Cook:
Little Rock, Oct. 5, 1912.
y. L. Moore,
Prescott, Arkansas.
Sir
response to your letter of
h instant, | beg to advise
NJ children Of school age
htitled to the free school
eges in whatever district
Be the bona ide residence
parents or guardians of
children.
soon as the parent or guar
pfa child or children of
age removes from a school
~ his free school rights
flvlleges cease in that dis
Rud as soon as his residence
Faup in another district he
eS entitled to the free
privileges in that district.
EOalemplated in the law,
Tue statutes and consti-
'hat every child shall
se school privileges in one,
PAly one, school district,
y thls privilege shall OBJ
az times for some specific
and that is the district
! lne bona fde residence
~. ,ne parent or guardian
'aet that the child is not
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-08
A Cure For Eczema.

Eczema in any form. whether acute
or chronic, is easily and rapidly over
come by the use of Meritol Eczema
Remedy. Gives positive relief when
all others fail, and we heartily recon-
mend it to any sufferer. Hesterly Drug
Store,
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-08
CITY BOARD OF
ALDERMEN MEET

Aldermen Transact Consid-
cradle Business L a S t
Night. Street to High
School to be Opened in
Two Weeks; A. R. Taylor
of Pine Bluff Employed as
Superintendent of Water
& Light Plant.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-08
included in the school census in
no sense authorizes the exclusion
of that child from school priv.
leges.
Yours very truly,
Geo. b. Cook,

" "
Geo. B. Cook,
State Supt, Public In
Mr.. Moore informs us that the
secretary of the school board
here insists on tuition for all
children that were not included
in the school enumeration. From
the above letter it will be seen
that every child whose parents
or guardians reside in this dis
trict are entitled to the full
privileges of our public schools.
Mr.. Moore states that two fami-
lies moved from Prescott because
their children were were not
permitted to enter the public
school without paying tuition.
Good schools and churches are
better advertising for a town
than anything else and we have
them. Public schools are for
the public and we cannot under
stand why any parent residing
in this district cannot enter their
children in the schools of Pres
colt without paying tuition.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-08
L Prescott Daily News
PUBLISHED BY
J News Printing co.

kpred as second class mail matter
|mber 4th, 1905, at the postoffice
scott, Ark, under the act OF
Tess, March 8, 1879.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-09-12
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURES SALE
BY ADVERTISEMENT
September 12--9w

NOTICE is hereby given, that, whereas. on
the 18th day of Octol er, A. n. 1905, James
MoDermott and Maggie McDermott, his
executed and delivered to X. b. Mills and
]. ii. Lloyd, of Lake Presto J., K%ingsbury
county. South Dakota, their six Certain
twenty-six dollars ($26.OO), the first due on
he 1th day of October, 1906, and one due
on the 18th day of October of each year
thereafter until fully paid, together with
a real estate mortgage securing same,
which said mortgage was duly recorded
in the office OF the register of deeds, in the
county of Day, state of South Dakota, in
book IS of Mortgages, on page 6l6 thereof,
on the End day of November A. d., 1905, at
eight o'clock. and thirty minutes a. m, and
Whereas default has been made in the
payment of the principal and interest of
the last of said notes, by said mortgage
secured, which note with interest amounts
eighty-six cents ISIS. S6) and
whereas, 1t is stipulated in said mort
gage, that IT the mortgagors shall neglect
liens that may be levied upon said prem
ises, before they shall become delinquent,
or 10 pay the amount secured by a prior
mortgage or mortgages. either principal
or interest, as they shall become due, then
and in thas event, mortgages herein may
pay any and all UGH sums, and all money
shall :be added to, and shall constitute a
part of the Indebtedness, the payment
whereof Is secured by the mortgage herein
lit ittOhCag anu
Whereas, default has been made in the
payment, for the year 1911, of the taxes
assessed against said premises, and there
Is now due the sum of twenty dollars and
eighty-fout cents (S20.S4), as such taxes,
interest and penalties; and default having
been made in the payment of a first mort
gage note and interest note thereto
attached, secured by a prior mortgage.
which said first mortgage note and inter
est note amount TO the sum of one thous-
and five hundred twenty-seven dollars
and hfty-eight cents Isl, 527.5S), and the
mortgages herein mentioned having
elected to pay such sums, there is now
claimed to be due at the date of this notice,
all or said sums amounting in the whole
to one Thousand five hundred seventy
sever dollars and twenty-eight cents
lSi,STI2S) and no action or proceeding AZ
law or otherwise having been Instituted
thus secured by said mortgage;
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given
that py virtue of the power of sale CON.
tanned in said mortgage, and dulv recorded
as aforesaid, and in pursuance OF Ia Stat
utes in such case made and provided. the
mortgage will be foreciosed by sale
the mortgaged premises therein des-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-09-12

Chss F Black, pub and printing 3S 20
Aug Hubsch. witness fees. j p. / 60
Robert Kohlhoff, wolf bounty. l so
NJ NJ Judge. vet surgeon, poor
IdTu .......... ....''..'..' D w
Webster Hardware Co, mdse for
courthouse. .119 IS
w NJ WEIGH Mfg Co, supplies. -. Is 10
NJ NJ Judge, witness fees ........ l 10
Atlas Knapp. board for jurors. 6 80
JIG Garrick, witness fees. j P. l 10
ia Hayhurst. witness fees. ] p. / 60
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-09-12

Spencer; auditor, c. F. Meyers, Elka,
der; treasurer, N. F. Nelson, Lucas;
railroad commissioner, J. H.. Stevens.
Mason City; secretary Of state. H. A.
Morey, Waverly.
II. Fl. Mitchell of Dubuque and K.
J. Stason OF Sioux City we're nominal.
ed for the Iowa supreme court.
The platform adopted endorses that
OF the national convention, reasserts
the belief in popular rule and declares
that the Progressive party is here 20
atay."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-09-12
II. r. DENTON, Editor.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IL, 1912.
HOT

I1ol
THE CITY MAN
Wish | could get away this year.
I'll sure have heat prostration here.
Waiter, another stein of beer.
Gosh, its hot!
THE SUMMER BoARDER
This country life gives me a pain;
i wish i was back home again.
These flies will drive me clean insane.
Gosh, it's hot!
THE sTENoGRAPHER
Course these offices is tony,
But think the firm is phoney.
Wish that / was down at Coney.
Gosh, it's hot!!!
H FISHERMAN
No, not a nibble. Got a light?
Of course the doggon suns too bright
Say, don't those blamed mosquitoes bite
Gosh, it's hot!!l!
THE SCIENTIST
The temperature appears to me
To indicate heat energy
OF molecules upon a spree.
Gosh, it's hot!!!!!
THE PUBLIC
Wher'er we are, we all regret
We are not somewhere else; but let
Us think that there it's hotter yet.
Gosh, it's hot!!!!l!
-Lippincott's.