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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
Rainey Collection of Animals Ar
rives at Washington.
Many New Species Are Found by
Hunter In African Trip-Edmund
Heller VIII Aid in Preparing
Specimens.

Washington-Th final shipment Of
the extensive natural history collec-
ton made by the Paul J.. Rainey
expedition in British East Africa, num-
bering some fourteen barrels and thir-
teen cases, has just been received at
the United States National museum,
and is being unpacked in the taxider-
my shops. The collection is of i'm
mense size, INCLUDING some 1000 speci-
mems, more than seven hundred of
which are those of large game
Edmund Heller has been the guest
Of Mr.. Rainey on his African hunting
trip, and accompanied the expedition
for the purpose of preserving the ami
mails obtained. Mr.. Rainey has de-
mated the entire collection to the Smith
sonian institution and the National
museum. While Mr.. Heller had
charge of the preservation of mann
mails in general, he paid special atten-
ton to collecting carnivores and ungu-
lates.
In a Smithsonian publication, now
In press, Mr.. Heller describes twenty
four new species of African rodents
found in the collection. During the
trip Mr. Rainey granted Mr. Heller
every opportunity to make a complete
survey of mammals. His assistants,
twenty or thirty trained negro skin
ners, porters, etc, were employed by
the safari
Among the material obtained is the
famous. series of lions captured by Mr..
Rainey's American bear hounds, as de-
scribed in his well-known lectures
There are also many specimens of diff
ferent kinds of antelopes, including
The hartebeestes, wildebeestes and wa
terbucks, as we'll as buffaloes. zebras,
cheetahs, monkeys and rodents. A few
hippo skulls and rhino skins and one
elephant were also collected.
A large number of birds were Sc
cured, including some Of the rarest
species. Many are game birds, among
them guinea fowls and francolins
| (which resemble our partridges), and
plantain eaters, crows, bustards, vul-
lures, vulturine guinea fowl, owls,
hawks, kites, secretary birds, horn
bills, pigeons, parrots, sunbirds, fly
catchers, etc., are represented There
are also four ostrich eggs.
The party remained in the field
nearly year, having sailed from New
York for Mombasa on February 18,
1911, not dispensing until February 15
1912, at Nairobi.
The territory traversed was mostly
to the north and east Of that covered
by Colonel Roosevelt on the earlier
Smithsonian expedition, and included
the country lying between the north
ern part of British East Africa and
southern AbySsinia.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
White Net anc colored Ratlste.

Some of the newest dresses for mid
summer show combinations of white
net and colored batiste. The sleeves
and under-arm sections of the waist
are made of net, as we'll as the upper
portion of the skirt. Embroidered
panels of light blue batiste in English
eyelet pattern are used from the
waist yoke to the bottom edge of the
skirt.
Narrow fiounces of embroidery ap-
pear in three successive rows in the
sides of the skirt, and are joined to
the panels Other dresses showing a
similar combination have pink en-
broidered batiste in solid pattern
combined effectively in both waist and
skirt with the white net. Another
colored model is made. of pink wolfe
with embroidered patterns worked out
in white linen floss.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
THAT coNsoLlNG CUP OF TEA
Traveller Is Wise Who Provides Her
self With Materials for Making the
Cheering Beverage.

In travelling both at home. and
abroad, there is great comfort in your
own cup of tea. On the steamer, par
ticularly, you miss your own brand,
and the well-versed traveller who is
wise in the lore Of creature comforts
never wanders Tar from home without
her tsx caddy. It adds greatly to her
popularity, too. "Oh,+if only had a
eoed cup of tea" is the general cry
ca shipboard, and then this far-sight-
ed woman produces the cheering
leaves. and she becomes the center of
attraction, and his her little coterie
every afternoon. There are some who
prefer it for the morning meal, too, in
stead of the usual mediocre coffee with
condensed milk.
For this poignant need of the travel
er, charming little tea boz OF ma
hogany containing a small silver tea
caddy and little tea ball, reproducing
in miniature tea kettle, las been put
upon the market 1t is very simple in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
Summer Porch Pillows.

One of the most popular materials
for porch pillows is wide pale pique,
resembling corduroy. 1t requires no
decoration except wide self,border
with wales running vertically and
stitched on with cotton of contrast
ing color.
Burlap, too, is an effective and dur
able fabric for the manufacture of
pillow tops for outdoor use Some of
the most attractive Of these are in
, the brown shades worked in designs
carried out in tones of burnt orange
outlined with black, and with blades
of grass and willows in green and
blue green.
Cotton reps in tan shades are very
good looking when treated with a cen
trail design outlined in harmonizing
colors The background is solidly
stitched. This leaves the design in
a spaciously outlined relief.
Whipcord in tan, brown, dark green
and red shades makes hard wearing
pillow tops.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01

thing really troubled her, John felt
it at once his right and his privilege to
know it and seek remedy.
1t was tantalizing that he could not
go straight to her-he had Aunt Mar
tha's Sunday school boys in charge,
to say nothing of the old folk from
the poorhouse whom Aunt Mary had
insisted must be brought to the bas-
ket meeting. Since it came off upon a
Saturday rather than Sunday it owned
a holiday aspect in which there was
nothing of sacrilege.
The countryside for ten miles
round about, and almost the whole of
two villages, had come together in the
big shady grove trimming Asbury meet
ing house, to sit under brush arbor
famed by winds from heaven, hear
glad tidings of great joy, then between
sermons eat the fat and drink the
sweet and hear the news of whole
year.
Norma was looking out for the
Ware dinner baskets, helped by slim
darkish young fellow wholly strange.
John wondered, raging inly, If the
dark fellow could be her perplexity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
Jury Frees Slayer

eminent claim in the mountains OF
Trinity county and of his going w
there alone and working in the hope
of making a home for himself and.
wife; the hardships he suffered during
the winter; the sudden GOODNESS OF
the infrequent letters of the woman
for whom he was working aroused his
suspicious and he returned home unan
nounced; how he hid behind the por
there's until his wife returned with
Thompson at midnight, and what he
saw that caused him to whip his re
volver from his pocket and confront
the pair has been told. Character wit
nesses testified as to his honesty, gooI
habits and desire for home. His at
torney overlooked no point in hisi de-
Tense, and the jury agreed with him
Prescott's wife was not in court wher
the verdict was given.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
PREDICT DOOM TO SOCIETY
Time Coming When All Will 81
Under the Influence of Ether
or Morphia.

RoIne.--A posthumous work by
Cesare Lombroso has just been dis
covered in Italy, The subject is State
of Society in the Next Century,.
AS usual, he takes very pessimis
tic view and especially of the inhabf
tants of the United States, who, he de-
clares to be all suffering from neu
rasthenia. He calculates that mad
ness increases in the States with
three times the rapidity of the in
crease of population, and that this
malady will increase for divers rea
sons.
He considers that the human brain
will become larger, but that the abuse
of alcohol will become worse and that
this In turn will be abandoned foI
stimulants of greater power. He pre-
diets time when all will be under
the influence of ether or morphia.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01

rib into curves along their entire
lengthy Two large muslin and chif-
fon roses mounted at the base of the
plume finish the model, which is an
excellent example of what may be
done with single plume.
One of the most beautiful hats
shown this season is portrayed in the
Rembrandt model with short upstand-
ing ostrich feather. 1t is a double hat
of the softest and finest Milan braid,
and is cleverly shaped into its out
lines by means of ribbon laced
through slashes in the straw. Such
a hat needs almost no trimming, but
the single standing plume with I'M
curled ffues is especially fitting on a
hat with so much dash and style.
JULIA BoTTOMLEY. +
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01

The bravest man in New York made
his appearance in a Broadway store
one day last week.
He carried an enormous bandbox
which contained an enormous hat, on
which the man wanted what he con-
sidered an enormous amount of money
refunded. The man was pretty mad,
and, while booking for some one VINO
had the authority to negotiate the
transaction, he talked loud enough for
everybody to hear.
my wife bought this hat" he said
"She doesn't need it. She has already
bought three hats.
"She paid s35 for this onea She has
never worn it. 1t just came home last
night. / can't afford to throw all that
money away, and want you to take
the hat back. She wouldn't bring it
down, so / undertook the job myself"
"By the side of that man Napoleon
Bonaparte was cringing coward, ("
said the young woman who had made
the sale. Imagine Napoleon flourcing
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
New York Dentist Will Work Out
General Opinion by Treating.
School Children. Il

New York. That receding chins
breed weak character rather than
tEat weak character is indicated by
a retiring facial alignment, is the the
Org advanced by, a. New York doctor
and dentist, who is to be given an OPP
portunity to test his unique theory
upon the pupils Of one of the city S
Industrial schools.
The serious contention is made that
the conformation of children's teeth
has much to do@with their mentality.
The lower Jaw controls the devel-
oument of the bones of the head"
says the exponent of the .new~theory.
These are expanded or contracted
according to the position of the low
er jaw, which in turn owes much to
the condition, or, more particularly,
to the placing of the teeth"
missing tooth is held to be a
calamity which will impede mental
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
Doctors to Decide Theory

progress. AS the children upon which
the experiments are to be made are
the wards of charity an examination
disclosed. plenty of material for the
.benefcent ministrations of science.
Whatever may be the result, as prov
ing or disproving the chin and charac-
ter theory, the subjects of experiment.
alton will at least be the gamers in
point of appearance and will receive
lot of expensive dentistry gratis.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01

The single ostrich feather, uncurled
and more or less heavy, is mounted
very fcleverly on the smartest of mid
summer dress hats. Two models
worth studying are shown in the pic
lures given here, one of them in two
views The beautiful Leghorn with
upturned brim is covered on the upper
brim and crown with chiffon in a
color like that Of the straw. Pompa-
dour chiffon, by the way, is highly
favored for this purpose and is useful
where one wishes to remodel straw
hat that is soiled. A single long plume
with unusual width of f1ue is mounted
at the right side and stands almost
perfectly straight until the natural
bend of the rib tits the end down
ward. Some plumes are bent in the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
READS BIBLE; is ROBBED
South Orange IN. ID Collector Of
Rare Canvases Loses $4,000
Worth of Art Gatherings.

South Orange, N. J.-Methods Of
picture thieves in the Louvre were
initiated here, it has developed, in the
robbery reported to the police of $50,
900 worth of oil paintings from the
home of Herman G. Hoskier,, a. col
lector of rare canvases, who is now
engaged in pursuing Biblical studief
in the library of the Vatican in Rome
According to the report of the loss
$50 oil paintings in the temporarily
unoccupied Hoskier residence here
have been cut from their frames and
carried off, The local police, with the
assistance of New York detectives
are working on the case.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01

arrangement, compact, and easy to
pack and makes really practical
gift.
There are many places on the con-
tinent where good tea is a real luxury,
and many an unsophisticated Amer
icaR is astonished when she pays her
bill for what she considers a very
simple repast. She finds that her cup
of tea costs more than a very elabo-
rate dessert, and SO it is a great econ
omy as well as comfort to carry your
own tea with you.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
RENDERING Unto Caesar.

Rendering Unto caesar.
w. B. Mckinley, Illinois representa-
tive, is a magnanimous chap. Some
months ago he took party OF friends
over his electric railway lines in q
special ear. When it was over they
all began to make fuss over him,
telling how nicely he had arranged
everything for their comfort and
pleasure. Mckinley dragged in his
superintendent, introduced him to the
crowd and graciously declared:
You're making big mistake in
thanking me. Here's the fellow that
really did It."
AS he was about to begin speech
last fail out at Champaign, Mckinley
said: THE facts and figures ] am
about to give you are mine, and |
stand ready to vouck for them; but
the oratory, eloqueDes and fiowin
periods are my
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
New York to Have "Fly SQUAD"

New York-A picked squad of New
York policemen will hereafter be
known as the Fly squad" being as
signed to duty with the city health
department to make war on the
house fly. The Fly squad will not
kill flies, but will turn attention rather
against breeding places, such as ref
use heaps, uncovered garbage cans
and other sources Of the fly nuisance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01


the reply young Smyser was alleged
to have made.
Smyser said that he had hazy rec
objection of sitting in a rocking chair
in somebody's house, and that a man
whom he did not know was standing
before him. He said that at a. m
the next morning the girl told him
that they had been married.
Asked what he then did, Smyses
answered.:
II took the first train could gel
out of Newark and beat it for New
York"
The young woman was not In court
She learned that Captain Smyser was
not wealthy and she decided not to op
pose her husbands application.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
Want Death Penalty Abolisned

San Petitions are in cir
culation in every county in California,
seeking to secure the signatures of a
sufficient number of citizens to have
the initiative measure, abolishing cap
ital punishment, voted on at the gen.
eTal election on November 5.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
Diamonds in Rats Nest.

Neenah, Wis.-Seven years ago
Mrs. Charles belong lost trace of two
diamond earrings valued at 5000,
Carpenters remodeling the house found
the Jewels in PARTITION where rats
had 2 nest. Incidentally an apology
was made to servant who had been
indirectly accused of the theft.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
Bureau scarfs.

The white linen embroidered scarfs
with eyelet work. pinch work or de-
signs in satin stich are always in
good form and wear pretty we'll. For
a scarf that Is little out of the ordi-
nary one may find most attractive af-
fairs made of bands of cluny lace and
openwork scrim. These, especially
when over color or figured cretonne,
are especially nice for cottage use.
They are finished with an edging Of
the cluny.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01

Murdered Man Placed on Railroad
Sheridan, Wyo.-The mangled re-
mains of George Snyder were found
on the railroad track near that place
with portions of his body strewn along
the track for 100 feet. Dried blood
stains found in the grass some dis
lance away and the trampled dowr
condition of the grass indicated fou
ya1ou .
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
Not to Us.

Mrs. Exc with paper)-"I see the
market report says that money is cas-
Ter" Mr.. Exe-"That must refer to its
going; I'm blamed if it comes aDy
easier" Boston Transcript.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
Small. Flat Jabots.

Small and rather fat plated jabots,
which are only sufficiently large to
fill in the neck opening of the coat.
are being worn, and there is fancy
for fat lace bows with fan-shapel
falls of lace.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
Annlied Economics.

aren't you afraid to use such an
unreliable piece of rope to swing the
hammock"
"No," replied Farmer Corntossel,
"the individual must expect to make
sacrifices for the general good. When
that hammock breaks some one per-
son is going to get hurt little and
scared whole lot. But think OF what
a laugh all the other boarders will en-
joy!"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
We Change.

No story is the same to us after the
lapse of time; or, rather, we who read
it ere no longer the same interpreters.
Geo ge Eliot.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01
True Heroisr11

into a Partisan millinery shop with a
hat that he didn't want Josephine to
buy! He could not have done It,"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01

Queer how waiter can raise the
deuce by dropping the tray.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-01

Tiny flowers of satin are dotted ovee
some dressy skirt -
The Washington times., 1912-12-02
PUPILS RETURN To
BOOKS TODAY AFT TER
THANKSGIVING FETE
If They're Unwilling, Teach
ers Are Not, for Today
Is Pay Day.

The ghost Of Thanksgiving turkey
which follows the annual feast will be
as nothing TO the bagaboo which con.
fronted the small boys and girls this
morning. as the short vacation Of four
days. including Thanksgiving. ended
this morning. and thousands Of young
folks "crept unwlllingly back to school,
II Ii pointed out. however, that this
Ia not for long, since the annual Christi
mas vacation will begin December ".
This will give two complete weeks to
spend In holiday enjoyment, for there
Will be no lessons until Friday. Janu.
ary 2.
The donation 0f Monday, December
q. as a holiday. is a pleasant feature
Of the school schedule this year. not
only to pupils. but to teachers. since
II permits those who may wish to
travel to utilize Sunday, December y.
Besides, not much work can be done
on that day. anyway, II is said. on
account Of the break and tke antici-
patcd holiday.
Another prominent feature Of this day
is the fact that salaries for teachers
will be dispensed today. The ghost
Of study for the children will thus
BE- replaced by the ghost that walks"
for their instructors. There will thus
be two paydays this month. the latter
occurring just before Christmas, to pro-
vide funds for Christmas presents. II
Is asserted by those imbued with the
spirit OF giving.
The Washington times., 1912-12-02
RED CROSS WILL
EXTEND ITS WORK
THROUGH DISTRICT
Rural Nursing and Disaster
Aid Will Be Conducted
From Capital.

Elaborate extension Of the work Of
the District chapter Of the American
RED Cross will take place a. the result
Of q decision reached at q meeting OF
the executive council held at the home
Of Mrs. W. J. Boardman. Dupont circle.
Rural nursing and emergency and dis.
sster work are the departures ordered
by the council with Miss Anna J. Green
lees at the head Of the nursing com
m,ttee. and Corcoran Thorn In charge
OF the emergency work. This emerg-
encv committee will be prepared TO take
hold ana give relief In the event of
great disaster happening In washing
ton or the. vicinity. The rural nursing
COMMITTEES will see that such work 40
the Visiting Nurse Association does IN
the more congested parts OF the DIS.
'rict IL carried on among the poor IN
the suburbs and among those nvinf
In the District on farms. or In Isolated
II vas aiso voted at tho meeting that
general publicity meeting be held "
the spring at which time speakers will
set forth to those present the scope
and objects Of District Red Cross work.
General Davis Presides.
In the absence Of Chairman Admiral
N. e. Mason. who 10 III with grip. the
first vice chairman Of the District Chap
ter. Gen. George b. Davis. presided. II.
The Washington times., 1912-12-02
ST. GIRL
HAS MANY APPEALS
Child Who Missed "Rebecca' Because iii Is Urged for
Christmas Gifts by Her Brother, Aged Nine-Gid
Wants Dole Which Will Stay Put"

fof her bitter disappointment.
Another letter reads:
Dear santa Claus:
ten. Ali / want is . pair Of bali
Ss tSsm so me Christmas Nobody viii.
for my mother IL poor. and has no
sopourt. Yours truly, -
Dear Santa Clause, reads another
letter. I amt never had q doll baby
but my own sister. she has been my
baby, but now she is too long.
Please e, hs' ,asy s,nta that VIII s,ay Sos Sos
TO school and 10 home. I will always
be good so you will remember me.
ROBERTA 8.
Real Baby Too Long"
Now there's . chance for some good
fellow to help to make . little girl hap
py. No wonder Roberta 10 tired Of TAX
Ing care Of . real. sure-enough baby.
There are q great many people who re.
bel long before the babies get too
long" a. Warrington is we'll aware.
That Roberta shall have q real doll this
time. guaranteed to stay one size and
which will remain where II IL put, with
out any remarkable noises and which
will be . Joy to Roberta's heart for
many days to come 10 the st. Nicholas
Now, here's another letter which
surely ought to bring a response: ii
- indicative OF little higher ambition
for culture than the majority OF the
letters which are sent to the st. Mich.
olas Girl's desk. VIII you let It pass
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me pair Of shoes,
stockings. toothbrush. toothpowier,
hair ribbon, and dress. Many
thanks for these things. l am q lit
tle girl sig years old. and my name
washington Is waking up to the re.
quirements Of the St. Nicholas Girl!
who has undertaken to provide . Christ.
cSsn ssa' ts shs ss happy ss e.: e linz T.
The Sunday Times. which asked fol
people to help mend toys. brought forth
the following letter:
Offers Services.
II Is copied just as It was written:
st. Nicholas Girl:
Have noticed In The Times that
where you ask for the help Of an
all.round man who can repair toys.
Tho st. Nicholas Giri would like T.
hear who has any old toys they do moi
need or any money which they thinl
will be better spent In helping out thii
Christmas mission than in any othe,
way. A small donation will be a. thank
, fully received as . larger. one. Toys
money. and. later. help will be sladl,
see ST. Nicholas 3 airi care The VAST Wssh,ns,o, % tor
Times, and she will do the rest,
The Washington times., 1912-12-02
PRINTERS REMEMRER
DEPARTED BRETHREN
Typographical Union Conducts
Memorial Services for Thirty
Members.

OF impressive beauty were the
services In memory Of the dead con-
Quoted by members Of Columbia Typo.
graphical Union. No. 101. In Typo
graphical Temple. when the thirty
members who have died during the
past year were httingiy remembered.
The eulogy for the dead was deliv-
cred by John q. Dickman. president
OF the union. and the roll call was
read BY George @. Seibold. secretary.
Prayer was delivered by the Rev. c.
"a Fultz. pastor Of the United Breth-
rem Church.
A feature Of the affair was the
reading of brief biographical sketches
Of the dead members Selections OF
music were given BY Miss Mabel
Louise Eenzler. Forrest Grimes, Miss
Helen STEINER. Alfred J. STEINER.
John r. Purvis. Benjamin A. Line
back. and Miss Katherine NJ. Ellis.
Joseph Z. Cotton was one OF tho
speakers.
The committee in charge Of the af-
fair was composed Of Joseph NJ. John
son. chairman: J. Louis Ferber. John
II. Davis. Nelson p. Meyer. and Miss
Nellie l.. Carr.