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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05
'rale of Torture In Federal Peniteh
tiary In Kansas Is Told by Fugl-
tive Who Surrendered.

Philadelphia, Facilitating tale OF
horrors Of Imprisonment in the federal
prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. An
drew Tobani, "a years old, gave him
self up to the local police as fugitive
from Justice He surrendered" at
Broad street station the other evening,
after the detective department had
been bombarded with number Of tele-
phone messages instructing the OH
Gals to be on the lookout for 3 man
of Tobani's description. These res
sages, 1t was learned, were sent by
Tobani himself. Upon being slated at
the central station the man gave the
.Dauie OF William Jackson, under which
he claims to Lave enlisted in the
United States army at Fort Sam Hous-
ton, Texas, as a member of the Fifth
cavalry.
1t was for an offense committed
while a soldier at that post that To-
bani claims he was imprisoned in Fort
Leavenworth, after an unfair trial,
and he said his reason for asking the
POLICE, by means of the telephone calls
to arrest him, was to expose the in
ilignaties to which he had been sub
jeeted as a prisoner.
u According to Tobani's story, he es'
capped from the prison three months
ago in swill barrel after serving part
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

ding fnery, stands through an entire
morning against pillar in the vii
lsge square, her eyes closed, her
arms pressed to her sides and with
only the narrow base of the column
for foothold, the while ring Of
villagers criticise and comment on
her appearance. l might add that,
despite the stern stuff of which the
Kabyle women are made, the bride
usually faints during the ordeal.
If, after learning Of these quaint
whims and customs, you wish to see
the Kabyle women with your own
eyes, you have only to take passage
to Algiers and train thence, for
some twenty-odd hours, over rail-
way which appears to be suffering
from commissions, to it's terminus at
Tizi-Ouzou. Thence, on horseback,
astride of donkey or afoot, but al
ways with your Arab guide in front
of you and with your hand in your
jacket pocket, and in that hand a
serviceable revolver, you can pene-
trate with greater or less safety into
those wild Businesses of the Atlas
range, where one can buy dozen
beauties outright for the price Of
limousine motor ar.-Metropolitan
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

rest any members that he could find
and bring them in They were
rounded up from their offices and
from the long cool corridors and
cloak-rooms of the capitol where
they were basking in the breezes
from electric fans or in the solitude
Of their offices where they had dis
carded. their coats and were endeav-
oring to keep cool.
What is holding up the adjourn
ment?" was asked a representative.
Its that darn lazy senate" said he,
land lot of men who take up the
time of the sessions with long politi-
cal speeches that hold up the business
that ought to have precedence" The
house could adjourn in three days, I"
he continued, "but they will have to
wait for the bills now before the
senate to pass that body and come to
them for ratification"
There are only two or three Inn
portant bills up before congress that
must be settled before the members
can go home. In the meantime the
statesmen will continue to swelter
Most of them would be glad of the
opportunity to get home and attend
to the work of fixing their political
fences for their reelection this fall.
Some of them feel, perhaps, that they
can't be reelected and want to stay
in Office as long as possible. At any
rate they must continue to stay at
the capitol and swelter until the
close Of the session.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05
Coored Brethren Stirred Up Over Question Of Hell

missions and the colored pastors here
beg to enter a protest against Is abol-
ishment
Others may discard the old time hon
ored hell, but as for the aforesaid pas
tors they propose to hold right on to
it. They reaffirm their undivided be-
lief in the hell Of the fathers; the
same old hell that they have taught
their focks, Of, and that is so hot,
that if colored brother gets in ten
thousand miles of it he will smell
like a wet dog on hot stove.
Some of the younger members OF
the various congregations were In
clined to harken unto the superior
judgment of the Bible Students asso-
citation, and were little inclined TO
turn willing ear to the cooling news.
So gratifying was the intelligence to
them that they were getting real
cheerful, and there was some talk OF
holding regular Publication over the
event, in which everybody would be IN
vited to cut loose and have a good
time" and when doubtless many re-
spectacle persons would have got all
"lit up in honor of the occasion.
The pastors held their meeting, how
ever, and decided to put crimp In
all this wild joy. On the following
Sunday, therefore, at the sundry
churches all over the city, the colored
brother who has been congratulating
himself that he could, when he got
ready, lay depredating hands upon any
unprotected chicken roost without fear
Of having at some vague time in the
future to wrap his system around a
few gallons of molten lava while
splashing around in lake of burning
birthstone, got rude jar that upset
his calculations.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05
Horrors of Prison Told

Of sentence for the theft of an aut,
matte pistol, which he was charge
taking from fellow cavalryman il
Texas. He claims that he was rail
roaded and he did not have time t,
procure adequate counsel to show tina
the trial sprang from a trumped vi
charge.
In Fort Leavenworth, Tobani says
the water cure, the straightjacket an,
other forms of torture were employee,
to compel the prisoners to perform a;
lotted tasks. At last, the man assert
ed he gained the acquaintance an,
friendship of the driver of garbag
wagon which came daily to the prisol
doors, and between them the plot wa
Matched whereby Tobani escaped in i
swill barrel.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

WASHINGTON.- colored breth-
w rem and sisters in the District Of
Columbia and the city of Washington
are stirred up to boiling point over
the question of hell. The pastors Of
the various and sundry colored
churches held meeting the other day
and in solemn conclave decided that
there must be something bidding"
Immediately to Offset the effect of the
recent action Of the International BIZ
BILE Students association in going on
record as believing there was no burn
ing hell
If you take the fireworks out Of hell
according to some of the colored dis
pensers OF de gospil" in this city, you
rob them Of a great lever and club
over their uncertain congregations.
The best way to keep niger" in
line is to convince him there is a hell
and the hotter you make it and the
more awful you can depict his future
punishment unless he walks the
strait and narrow" the more apt
he is to heed your injunctions, accord
ing to the leaders of the various focks
in the District
A regular goodness-burn-
ing lake OF birthstone and molten lead
is the old fashioned kind of hell that
has done yeoman service in making
young negroes see the error of their
ways in the past and has helped might
lily the limited donations to foreign
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05
OPENS WAR ON RATS

Lemon Hill religious services that
Noah built better than the men who
constructed the Titanic. The rain did
not interfere with the services. Hav-
ing decided that the music pavilion
was too damp, DR.. Ely and his congre-
cation held their service on the piaz-
"a OF the historic mansion house.
"Noah's ship was constructed ac-
cording to Gods plan, and therefore
perfectly served the purpose Of saving
man and beast for $50 days against
the worlds greatest food" said DR..
Ely. The Titanic was built by sci
entific men, according to the most Inn
proved plans, to serve the desires of
those who could pay most, but 1t did
not last five days on a comparatively
calm sea,
Sincerity in religion will not in It.
self save man. He who drinks
poison instead of pure water will die,
no matter how sincere he may be. If
a mans religion does not save him
from sin it becomes to him a mere
castle of lies. Any religion that does
not break the power Of sin is. a de-
ception, and is in itself sinful.
More than score of stalwart work
ers from Cramps shipyard attended
the service with their families. The
musical features included singing by
the Lemon Hill chorus, the male
chorus. under DR.. George Conquest
Anthony, and the children's chorus,
under the leadership of Charles f.
Allen. Prof. Francis H. Green OF
West Chester was the speaker al the
evening service,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05
NOMEN OF KABYL|A.
Are Even More Beautiful Then
Their Circassian Sisters.
But Beware Of These Beauties, Az
They Alec Have a Violent Temper
and May Place Yataghan
Between Your Shoulders.

Tizi-Ouzou, Kabylia. the
Mauresques of Algeria and the fair
haired beauties of Circassia combine
remarkable loveliness of features
and complexion with a certain
voluptuous elegance, they compare
with the dignified, graceful, insolent
Kabyle women very much as the
show girls of a light opera chorus
compare with the star.
Even the humblest peasant girl,
grinding the family flour between the
upper and the neither stone in the
doorway of mud hovel, possesses a
distinction of form and feature which
would attract attention in any assem-
blage. With all her dignity, however,
the Kabyle woman does not rise SUI
perior to the Africans fondness for
personal adornment, being so laden
with bracelets, anklets and necklaces
of gold, silver, turquoise and coral
that when she moves she sounds like
an approaching four-in-hand. Her
approach is likewise heralded by the
reek of an exotic and almost over
powering perfume, which, like the
celebrated parfum de Bey of >Tunis,
is composed of nearly score of
blended scents, the odor changing
from carnation to heliotrope, to- rose,
to violet, and so on, every few min
utes
Lest this glowing description of
their charms should start you post
haste for Kabylia, let me warn you
that these insolent- eyed beauties are
headstrong and hot of temper, and
that if you happened to say the wrong
thing to them it is more than prob
able that you would find the double
bladed yataghan, which every Kabyle
maiden wears very much as an Ameri-
can girls wears a bunch of violets,
planted between your shoulders.
They are fond of cold steel, are
these Kabyles, for at the conclusion
of wedding ceremony the bride
groom, walking backward, holds aloft
naked dagger, and the bride, follow
ing him, keeps the point Of it be-
tween her teeth. Another marriage
custom of Kabylia, even more bar
barrie, consists in the part martyrdom
of the BRIDGE, who, clad in her we'd
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05
RooKERIES FOR WILD BIRDS
Audubon Societies of United States
Are Busy in Their New Con-
servation Plan.

New York.-The National Associa-
ton of Audubon Societies as part OF
its conservation plan hopes to obtain
for the wild water birds of North
America permanent and undisputed
possession of the islands, marshes and
lakes where their largest colonies are
found The societies have obtained
either by purchase or gift some of the
most populous rookeries left in Maine.
North Carolina, South Carolina, Flori-
da and Louisiana.
1t is hoped that in the next few
weeks other rookeries equally i'm
pcrtant SSeh these will be takan over
by the organizations.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05
Practical Joke Causes Break Between Senators

the action of John Allen in allowing
his beard to grow out during vaca.
ton OF congress. Throughout the ses-
sion he had gone clean-shaved, so that
on his temperance the following
winter with full beard not even the
negro bellboys at his hotel knew him.
and ne had to introduce himself to
the proprietor. agf
THE only other person to whom the
jocose legislator disclosed himself was
Senator Berry Of Arkansas, and the
latter. at Aliens request, took him in.
to the presence of Coke and intro!
duced the humorist as Mr.. Beeman, a
newly elected member from Missis-
sippi. e. -
Very glad, Mr.. Beeman, to meet
you, said Senator Coke. rising and ex.
tending his hand with great sauvtty.
Shaking the profferedr hand, the I'm.
poster drawled out: Very glad also
to meet you, senator. Senator Coke
Of Massachusetts, / believer
80 No, sir; not fro<= Massachusetts
by d sight answered the hot
tempered Texan, snorting."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

house and the Fronesack baby was
proudly exhibited. He did not seem
impressed.
He's nice enough baby" said the
visitor, "but he's just like all kids"
Whats that?" demanded Frone-
sack, you come into my house and
tell me to my face that this is just
an ordinary baby. l can lick the man
who says that
well, said what said" retorted
the visitor, "and 1 amt taking it back
That baby of ours has got your baby
skinned to"
Bang! Also bling, biff, and BAN!
Fronesack waded into the stranger
The police came finally. They locked
Fronesack and Wosnack up at the po-
lice station. The visitor went to the
hospital. He was unable to give his
name and address there. He wasn't
able to talk
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

GIT HE late Senator Coke Of Texas
and Private John Allen Of Mis-
sissippi were warm personal friends
and for years dined at the same table
at the old Metropolitan hotel" said
Col. Charles A. Edwards. the noted
correspondent, the other day.
"The propensity Of Private John to
work of a joke even on as dignified a
statesman as was Richard Coke came
very near creating permanent break
in their amicable relations. may say
here that the Texan was an intense
southerner, naturally Of an irascible
temperament.
We'll, to get back to my story as to
the trick played him by the gentleman
from Tupeio. 1t all came about through
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05
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TOWN TO SELL POoRH0USI
Brewster, Mass, Hasn't, Had Appl
cant to Enter II In Over
Year.

Worcester, Mass.-Poverty has be
come so completely a thing of tn
past in the town of Brewster, Mass
that the authorities have directed tn
town clerk to sell the poor farm an
poor house to the highest bidder
There has not been an applicant 70
a place in the institution In more tina
a year. It is said. The town has abou
700 Inhabitants.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05
AUTO COWBOYS STIR TOWN
Speeders Arrested After Using Gum
and LarIats IL Streets OF
Marshall, Mo.

Marshall. Mo.-Four former COW
boys. tourists from Oklahoma, passed
through Marshall In touring car a
the rate of sixty miles an hour. The,
were captured at Arrow Rock
eighteen miles east, brought bacl
and left $50 in the city treasury.
All but their driver amused them
selves roping dogs and chickens OF
their way through the city and in thu
country they made farmers sit up ant
take notice with their guns and lari
ats.
The thrashing of wheat was sus
pended until the cowboys were out O
sight, but no effort was made to in
vestigate further.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

weekly dances, when her descent O
the main stairway was marked by
pedal glow that dazzled all the othe
guests. The second pair-which Al
peared at the following dance-wer
not only of golden texture, but wer
heavily brocaded with figures of
bird of paradise. 1t Is said that gol
stockings are considered bargain a
500 pair. You can wear one pal
two times-if you are lucky.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05
CUPID WON'T ACCEPT NAME
Swain With Too Many Syllable
Wants Large Amount Pruned
OFF.

st. Louis, Mo.-Louis Kuhlenengel
ken filed petition In the circui
court asking permission to change hi
name. He asserts that his fiancee re
fuses to be inflicted with an unprc
nounceable name.
Another reason is that he wants t,
register and vote at the coming cleo
ton, and thinks it would be easier t.,
do this If his name was shorter
AS a brief and prcnounceable nam
he suggests the last three syllable
of his present one, and In future b.
would be known as Louis Engelken.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05
WEARS STOCKINGS OF GOLD,

at the Mt Washington hotel. is the
first to bring the alchemistic innova-
ton to Breton Woods, but the excite
rnent and admiration which her gol.
den stockings caused among the
young and old point to rapid spread
Of the new hosiery habit.
Thus far Miss Gordon has worn two
pairs OF the wonderful creations. The
first appearance was at one Of the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

A Pennsylvania farmer has BROOD
OF chickens which can run the must
cal scale. Evidently the nature faker
is making hay while the sun shines
and while the labor of organizing
third parties has absorbed the atten-
zion of the arch enemy OF nature fax
ing in other fields.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

France has built a motor car road
through Algeria for stretch of 750
miles, and Great Britain has one 1000
miles in length through the Malay
peninsula The United States, the
nome of the motor car, has not con-
structed single great highway to
connect her principal cities.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05
Society Girl Startles Summer Colony
at Breton Woods-Are
Valued II 800. ~

Breton Woods. N. H.-Stockings OF
pure gold-the fashion vaguely an
nounced from Ssa Francisco-is
glittering fact In puritanicai New Eng
land.
Miss Allne Gordon 9: New York,
one of the fashionable young people
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

A Yonkers policeman saved about
50 people from death or injury when
ne picked up dynamite bomb placed
against a hotel and pinched out the
fuse, which was within an inch of the
explosion point. 1t was a good thing
for the guests of the hotel that this
heroic policeman happened to be also
one so exceptionally handy at a
pinch"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

1t is announced that New York
girl who has fortune of $4,000, 900
is going to become the bride of an
American. She must be another
young lady who wishes to attract at
tention by doing something eccentric.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05
Cow Produces SO Pounds Of cutter.

Cow Produces SO Pounds Of butter.
Newark, N. ITO Valdessa Scott
H., a Holstein Friesian, owned by
Bernard Meyer of Finderne, n. j.,
goes the honor of being the best Dairy
cowsin the world The COW has Just
completed seven-day official record
in which she produced $3.50 pounds OF
mink. $3.50 pounds of butter fat and
4l.S7 pounds of butter.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

French clerks found to be slow with
their duties had queer cause dis
covered for their lack of speed. They
bad been taking time of to train
snails.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05
The Washburn Times
WASHBuRN. WIS.
wASRBURN PRINTING CO. r
Publisher
SLEEPING IN CHURCH.

SLEEPING IN CHURCH.
It is matter of common experience
that bright lights in chamber. church
Ow hall where numerous persons are
SCATTERED together have the effect OF
producing drowsiness among certain
members of the congregation or audi
srce, says the Philadelphia Press,
This phenomenon is easily explained
by the current knowledge of hypno-
t7sm. The drowsiness produced by
Che lights is a species of hypnosis. 1t
2aas been suggested also that lack of
proper ventilation causes toxic quail
My in the atmosphere to which some
people are especially susceptible, the
Nssult being an irresistible dIowsiness.
sleeping in church has always been
ready subject for humor 1t is related
that on one occasion when proposal
was under discussion to have a series
0e sermons preached on topics Of the
day which were agitating the public
minds, Rufus Choate, as member of
the congregation, protested vehement
ly, saying, II seek my pew, as I seek
Tay bed, for repose" There is also an
sanecdote of an old Scotchman who
was asked if he knew certain man in
the same neighborhood. Know him 2"
Ee replied with emphasis. why, I've
siAeepit in the same kirk WI him for
Torr-ty year." But the majority of
preachers have never been inclined to
take a humorous view of the matter,
~Bny more than Dean Swift.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

The report that the Esperantists
will hold their convention in Boston
1e2ds US to wonder what is the Esper-
aalo word for bean.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05
Maids mot eadabouts" Get Cash.

Maids "Not Gadabouts" Get Cash.
London.--Money gifts left by Isaac
Duckett for maid servants who can
prove long service with the same fam
fly and are not gossips or gadabouts,
we're distributed IN the parish of Sc.
Andrews, Holborn. London, the other
day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05
SAYS ARK EXCELLED TITANIC
Or. Ely, in Sermon to ShiPbuiIders,l
Says Noah Was Wiser Than Mod
ern Marine Engineers. '

Philadelphia, Pa.-Rev DR.. James
B. Ely told large audience at the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

A Michigan boy is paying his way
through college by raising frogs. Yet
ne is evidently not a croaker him.
self.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

Man." says reformer. is the only
animal that smokes" but cats have q
lAabit of staying out all night.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

Following summer habit of butte
the butter inquiry IL to spread.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

''The law does not permit man to
Eeave his wife just because she nags
him." Justice Marean decides. He
meant, of course the law of this state,
says the New York Mail. In Ken
lucky, Missouri and other states,
sungovernable temper" and "indigni-
ties" are cause not only for sepa-
ration, but for absolute divorce and
nagging may certainly be carried to
the point of indignity; while in Ore
gon one may obtain divorce il the
partner of ones joys, and especially
OF ones sorrows, makes life burden
some" And what can be more bur-
eensome than nagging? However,
there ought not to be divorce, nor
even separation, for nagging, because
no court of justice can ever be sure
that the nagging is not justified, or at
least provoked. Some women, for in
stance. are born naggers. Some
achieve nagging, and a considerable
numbers of others have nagging
thrust upon them by a course of con-
duct which may be outwardly courte-
Gus, but which in its essence is in
snpportably irritating.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-05

Boston is to have hospital for "the
blues" the first of the kind in the
world. The institution will be psy-
.chopathic, though markedly different
Ira scope from the wards of that name
attached to Bellevue hospital in New
York city. The hospital for the
blues" will be branch of the Boston
State hospital and will be conducted
on the theory that all insanity cases
are simply forms of physical sick
Aess which can be alleviated with
proper treatment To that end the
place will be sort of clearinghouse
Tor those whose brains are out of
Ee4r. They will be differentiated
and classified, according to the kinds
of mental diseases they show, and
remedies will be sought for each
class Of patients. There will be an
'0ut-patient department. for dealing
with incipient insanity, and it is ex-
pected that this branch of the work
will afford striking opportunities for
the relief of many mildly insane per-
sons without subjecting them to the
stigma of insanity.