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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-16

do you good. too; from what hear.
you have been going the pace and
those cheeks of yours are little too
pale for SO splendid a girl; you look
too tired under the eyes for youth and
beauty"
| Il believe l am not very it," said
the girl. land If father will permit
"Of course, of course" said Stephen
Maitland, you are your own mistress
anyway. and having no mother"
Ends mother had died in her in
fancy-'I suppose that could not in
terfere or object IL | wished to, but
no marrying or giving in marriage.
Remember that"
Nonsense, father" answered the
young woman lightly. Il am not anx-
| ious to assume the bonds of we'd
lock-"
well, that settles it." said Robert
Maitland. We'll give you royal
good time. l must run up to New
York and Boston for few days, but
l shall be back in week and ! can
pick you up them"
what is the house In Denver; is 1t
er-may ask, provided with all mod
| ern conveniences and" began the
! elder Maitland nervously.
Robert Maitland laughed.
What do you take us for. Steve;
!, do you ever read the western news
| papers?"
II confess that I have not given
much thought to the west since
studied geography and-the Philadel-
| phia papers have been thought sufi-
Client for the family since"
Good Lord" exclaimed Maitland.
"The house cost half million dol
lars, If you must know it. and If there
| is anything that modern science can
! contribute to comfort and luxury that
| isn't in it, l don't know what 1t Is.
/ Shall 1t be the house in Denver, or
the ranch, or real camp in the
wilds. Enid?"
First the house in Denver" said
! Enid, "and then the ranch ana then
the mountains"
''Right-O; that shall be the pro-
| gram"
''Will my daughters life be perfect
ly safe from the cowboys, Indians and
! desperadoes?"
"Quite safe," answered Robert, with
deep gravity. THE cowboys no longer
shoot up the city and it has been years
since the Indians have held up even
trolley car. The only real desperate
in my acquaintance is the miIdest gen
| tie old stage driver in the west
do you keep up an acquaintance
with men of that class still?" asked
his brother in great surprise.
''You know | was sheriff in a Dor
der county for a number Of years
| and"
"But you must surely have with
drawn from all such society now"
"Out west" said Robert Maitland,
when we know man and like him,
when we have slept by him on the
! plains, ridden with him through the
| mountains, fought with him against
| some border, terror, some Dad, nan
thirsting to kill, we don't forget him,
we don't cutxhis acquaintance, and 1t
doesn't make any difference whether
| the one or the other of us is rich or
poor. | have friends who can't frame
a grammatical sentence. who habituaL
ly eat with their knives, yet who are
absolutely devoted to me and to
them The man is the thing on.
| there" He smiled and turned to
| Enid Always excepting the SUI.
premacy of woman" he added.
i How fascinating" exclaimed the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-16
BIG COAL DEPOSITS
Russian Scientific Explorer Tells
of SakhaIin.
Declares Its Agricultural Possibilities
Are Small, but Says There Is Good
Pasture for Cattle-Deep Bor-
ings Made for Naphtha.

st. Petersburg -Sakhalin. the for
lorn easternmost island of the Russian
empire-once the grimmest of convict
settlements, and now, since the Ports
mouth treaty, Japanese territory in its
southern parts attracting consider
able scrutiny as to its natural re-
sources. Russia is doing much to
open up her Amur territory, and the
process would be helped if Sakhalin,
"the cork of the Amur bottle" were to
prove an economic asset A Russian
scientific explorer, M Polovoy, has just
given the st. Petersburg Geographical
society an estimate of its resources
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-16

conceive it to be something opprobri-
Gus. You can say what you like about
me and mine, but of Philadelphia. no"
"Oh, the towns right enough" re-
turned his brother, not at all i'm,
pressed. I'm talking about people
now. There are just as fine men and
women in the west as in New York or
Philadelphia.
II am sure you don't mean to be
offensive, Robert, but really the asso'
citation of ideas in your mention of, us
with that common and vulgar New
York is er--un--pleasant, fairly shud
dered the elder Maitland.
Pm only urging you to recognize
the quality of the western people.
dare say they are of a finer type than
the average here"
From your standpoint, no doubt
continued his brother severely and
somewhat YEARLY as If the matter
were not worth all this argument. AL
that want of them is that they stay
in the west where they %elong and not
strive to mingle with the east; there
is a barrier between us and them
which it is not we'll to cross. To per
nit any intermixtures of er-race
or"
THE people out there are white
Steve" interrupted his brother sar
donically. Il wasn't contemplating in
Producing Enid here to Chinese. OF
negroes, or Indians, Or"
Don't you see," said Mr.. Stephen
Maitland, stubbornly waving aside
this sarcastic and irrelevant com
ment, from your very conversation
the vast gulf that there is between
you and me? Although you had every
advantage in life that birth can give
you, we are-I mean you have changed
so greatly" he had quickly added
loathe to offend.
But he mistook the light in his
brothers eyes; it was twinkle, not a
flash. Robert Maitland laughed
laughed with what his brother con
ceived to be indecorous boisterous
ness.
How little you know of the bone
and sinew of this country Steve, he
exclaimed presently. Robert Maitland
could not comprehend how it irritated
his stately brother to be called
Steve" Nobody ever spoke OF him
but as Stephen Maitland but Lord
| don't blame you," continued the
westerner. ANY man whose vision is
barred by foothill couldn't be ex
pected to know much of the main
range and what's beyond"
There isn't any danger of my fall
ing in love with anybody" said Enid
at last, with all the confidence Of two
5 triumphant social seasons. II think
must be immune even to dukes" she
said gaily.
II referred to worthy young Amer
leans Of" began her father who, to
do him justice, was so satisfied with
his own position that no foreign title
dazzled Dim in the least degree.
"Rittenhouse Square," cut in Rob
ert Maitland with amused sarcasm
well, Enid, you seem to have run
the gamut of the east pretty thor.
oughly; come out and spend the sum.
mer with me In Colorado. My Denver
house is open to you; we have a ranch
amid the foothills, or II you are game
we can break away from civilization
entirely and find some unexplored, un
known canon in the heart of the noun
tains and camp there. Wen get back
to nature, which seems to be impos
sible in Philadelphia, and you will see
things and learn things that you will
never see or learn anywhere else. It'll
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-16
Christmas Luck.

Apropos of Christmas luck. Kyrie
Bellew used to tell story of his
sheep farming days in Australia.
'Tn hard luck one Christmas morn
ing" so Mr.. 8ellew would begin. Il
accosted eagerly a mate of whom
I'd heard grand news. "'Tim,' cried,
they say you've found half dollar?
Is it true?
Els 1t true?' said Tim. Look at
me- Amt I sOber?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-16
Home RuIe BIZ Liked

London-John O'Callaghan, nation.
al secretary of the United Irish
League of America, was the guest Of
honor at dinner given by nationalist
members of the house of commons. t.
P. O'Connor praised Premier Asquith's
bill as the best measure for home rule
ever introduced In parliament.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-16

Winsted, Gonna. Thomaston, a
grain dealer. received car load Of
baled hay from Canada this week, and
when the shipment was being unload
ed a white Leghorn hen was discov-
cred between the hay tiers Biddy
had laid several eggs while in transit
The car containing the hay and hen
left Canada two weeks previous and
Biddy had no food or water during
that time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-16
Promise Reduced Rates,

Liverpool Frank L. Brown, chair
man of several committees, sailed on
the Mauretania with the promise of
several steamship companies to grant
reduced rates for European visitors
and exhibits for the Panama-Pacific
exposition.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-16

He had to leave the girl with an I'M
easy conscience that, though he had
her half way promise, he had her but
half way won. He had snatched the
ultimate day from his business de-
mand to ride with her on the first
stage OF her journey to the mountains,
The Washington herald., 1912-03-03
UNLIKE THEIR ANCESTOR.
Descendants of Napoleon Mt West
Point Lacked Military Genius.

Washington Letter TO the Chicsgo Evening Post.
A granddaughter OF Napoleon the Great
graduated at the United States Military
Academy at West Point. He showed no
evidence OF greater military genius than
did the rest OF his classmates. A curious
story is told at West Point OF another
Bonaparte, great-gTandnephew OF Ma
poleon !. The collateral descendant was
given an appointment to the United
States Military Academy, but lie did not
report at the institution with the other
''plebes" of the year. The class which
he was wanted to enter had been exam
ined physically and mentally and its
members had either been found pro-
ficient or deficient
Then young Bonaparte, accompanied
by relatives, came to the Academy and
was taken Immediately to the hospital
where there was board OF surgeons
assembled. They examined him and said
that he was not physically strong enough
to undertake the academic course.
The cadets at the Academy heard at
the time that the Bonaparte boy was
rejected because he was not tall enough
10 meet the service requirements. II this
were the case, II is possible that the
service regulations were responsible for
an unwise objection. Napoleon 1 was a
short man, and in many ways was phys
ically frail man. Size does not make
the soldier.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-03
MONOPOLY IN YELLOWSTONE.
objection Raised 10 Plans Proposed
by the Government.


From the Boston Transcript.
A little group OF progressive" states
men from wyoming, including friends
OF the present governor, Joseph NJ.
Carey have started to attack Secretary
Of the Interior Fisher for countenancing
a monopoly which now controls the
business OF Yellowstone Park. In one
sense the story Is an old one. because
ever since Yellowstone Park was bought
by the government the same financial
group has held the hotel and transporta-
ton facilities fast in its grip. But there
Is a new phase TO the matter and a new
chapter OF the old tale has just been
opened In Washington.
It appears that the people OF Cody
Wyo., town partly owned by and named
after Buffalo Bill. after having secured
an excellent automobile road up the
Shoshone Valley 10 the Sylvan Pass en-
trance to the park. are desirous OF going
into the tourist business, n trade which
Is becoming more and more profitable
every year In the neighborhood OF Yell
lowstone Park. But the people of Cody
have ran up against the monopoly afore-
mentioned.
As the matter now stands the yellow
stone Park Hotel Company, the wylie
Transportation Company. who have con-
troll over the transportation and tourist
business, are refusing TO allow any COM
petitor to enter the field. The people of
Cody tried to secure permits from the
Secretary OF the Interior for permanent
camps within the park substantially the
same as those already established by
the companies mentioned. an this way"
says a Wyoming complaint, the cody
people could properly handle the tourists
who come through Cody. But this prop
osition has been turned down by Mr.
Fisher, who asks that the Cody trans
portation companies make arrangements
with the monopolists to handle their
guests. The monopolists, however, will
not give the Cody companies the rates
which they demand, and consequently
they feel themselves virtually to be ex-
cluded from the park. This" adds our
informant, is due entirely TO the fact
that the monopoly now controlling this
business is controlled In turn by men
who have large political power in Wash
ington and who are naturally opposed
to the Cody route as an entrance into
the park, because IL would mean the
cutting down OF business by the way of
a hitherto popular entrance at Gardi-
ner, Mont"
Naturally Wyoming is up in arms be-
cause she wants her fair share Of the
summer tourist business. She feels that
Montana and Idaho have hitherto made
all the money that was TO be made out
OF carrying. feeding, and otherwise en-
tertaining Eastern tenderfeet, and that
It Is high time for the Department OF the
Interior TO Cooperate, IL need be, with
the trust-bustlng Attorney General and
dissolve combination In restraint of
trade which, she declares, is annually
losing thousands Of dollars to her citi-
zens.
Such controversies as this, by the way.
have their use in demonstrating the need
Of a national park bureau to deal with
just suCh questions.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-03

younger member of this household"
He looked at the daughter OF the house.
Now, my dear girl, il is your turn.
Can you equal your mother with mar
rativel"
Il will try" replied the daughter of
the house.
The next installmcnt Of this un-
usual series Of tales will appear In
the Fiction section next sunday.
Watch for ~.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-03
4 Dark Secret.

From Judge
wnIle-"say, pop. who elects the alder
men?'
wise father-"Hush, my son! You're
too young to know"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-03

Why mother, you never told me
that" said the duchess daughter.
How much of that is fiction and how
much Of that is truth?" asked Arthur
Brittenstone with truly legal intona-
ton.
But the earl interrupted. "Now, no
chatting, my good friends. / am sure
that each one of us is entitled to the
belief from all assembled that his own
narrative is strictly the truth. As a
matter of fact, / have made notes on
this last and intend to send it to a GER
tain magazine know that they will
be delighted with such a tale. But now
we have had one member of the family
tell a story; come, let us have the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Senate's Fine Action the
Model in Canal and
Navy Legislation
The Question Will Come Up Again This Session Congress
and Should Be Acted Upon Speedily and Properly.

The United speaking through the majority Of its
members without regard party has illustrated fine
American sentiment than great national and nterna
measure o he las congress
When the house standing and stoid opposition
the preservation of the American It's high
the nations the senate majority OF both parties stood seadfa for
batleshps and ample American navy, until
compromise cut down to batteshp conference
When the interstate commission reported its Pan
canal bill without recommending privileges exemptions
for American vessels the house amended by xempg American
coastwise vessels from toll.
senate majority added amendment granting FREE
TOLLS TO ALL AMERICAN SHIPS as blooded and vigorous
Americansm would prompt American statesmen to do.
But again the house down American rights timdly
coaswse ships and the compromising conference committee
agreed
President started the canal matter with the
splendid American assertion: THE CANAL IS OURS WE
TO CHARGE TOLLS FOR IT'S USE"
But the legal mind timid mind-go in its work The
president began to balance legal points, split hairs be
and afraid He considered arbitration with apprehension
He wanted to provide for foreign countries suit
American He would give all nations the right fight the canal
the United States He emphasized repetition
treaty country desire to repeal
any part of the ayPauncefoe that nterferes with the
rights or interests of the country.
This question will up again during the present
1t question of simple and of simple American
spirit courage summer to think of it. and
presidential election to clear view of its relations.
The house of representatives branch of craftsmanship has
rmphed the grave bunder permitting England all alone
to interfere in canal built entirely with money AND EN-
TIREIY IN TERRITORY WHICH WE OWN AS ABSOLUTELY
AS WE DO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
experienced any have declare
that this of territorial ownership destroys
hict which free American tolls might make with the
ote treaty Other wise and experienced
that if had acquired the territory the
treaty interfere with control our own canal
than England s control of Suez
Between the lines of opinion any resoue high spirited
congress of American ought straight in the
line of American national rights and American
The has frankly esoutey all along and
has commended itself to the country by doing The president
of further
by aggressive and redeem months
of his administration.
And 81 has the house
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
San FranCisCo's Needs Are
National
And so has the house

What would the world think of a government that would
permit its exposition cy-the beautiful metropolis of its Pa
cfc suffer for lack of drinking aud bath
ing?
The time rapidly approaching when San Francisco is to be
the host of all nations behind the swinging gates the Pana
Exposition.
People from every counryand millions from the Orient
this American city the type and
the glory of the growing American republic
These people will think government niggard in enter
and duard policy if they should water famine
IN San Francisco perpetuaed by the sku lobbyists cor
poraons and by the apathy of the department interior
The present conditions appeal sense and the com
humanity Of the department
In the outlying districts there not enough water even for
household needs Hundreds of have not water to battle
their babies No obanable the daylight hours when
the downtown consumption heavy Householde have TO set
their and buckets under the faucets clock
ing Other busy h6useepers forced carry water four or
five blocks away their did primary DAYS of
40"
The Francisco people leave to build magnificent
the lIetch Hetchy valley Yosemite park will
he perpetual the park perpetual supply of
Secretary Garfield San Francisco to build and
the city appropriated S450000O0 expended 81
preliminary work
Then Secretary Banger who reasons of his own
which evidently not of sound public policy suspended the
order The matter again before Secretary Fisher
INTERIOR with the camOrOu necessities of
by the lobbyists the Spring Valley Corporation that wishes 70
the Sierra foothills.
The time is all too short this Yosemite reservoir and
oe ~ time for the World FAIR within Western gates
The MAYOR and his experts better what they wish and
Nna San Francisco mpeatvey needs the interested cor
ioranonS that would exploit the city for gain
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09

into consideration the amazing in
crease of the race since that era,
in America, And there were no
such organizations as exist now for
the distribution of healthful ideas
and no such armies of workers for
the public well being
Children and animals were not
then protected by law from brutal
treatment or neglect.
Whatever YOU know of the pres
eut age that is evil and ignorant,
and selfish, and bad if you will in
vestigate the conditions which ex-
listed 100 years ago, you will find
they were tenfold worse, when you
take into consideration the i'm
proved laws and the active bodies
of men and women who are work
ing today for human betterment
Alcoholism has decreased. knowl-
edge Of hygiene has increased, and
the old epidemics of smallpox and
other plaques, which used to sweep
over the land periodically. carrying
of hundreds and thousands OF hui
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Tiger Possesses This Power.

Travellers have recorded the fact
that a band of zebras standing in
the midst of a sandy plain. where
stunted bushes are scattered about,
and where the color of the soil
closely resembles that of the skin
Of the animals, will sometimes be
unrecognizable, as long as they re-
main mOtionless, the black bands
on their TANKS looking exactly like
shadows.
But the tiger too, possesses this
power of concealment, although in
his case the purpose is rather to al
lay the fears of his victims than to
hide himself from his enemies. The
color of his skin and the shadowy
outlines of his markings enable him
to lie in wait close to his quarry
unnoticed by the poor beasts that
are about to feel the weight of his
claws. Adventures in tropical for
ests sometimes almost put their
feet upon a huge yari- colored ser
pent before recognizing 1t.
In many cases the resemblances
are so arbitrary that no reasonable
theory of definite purpose seems
to fit them The wings of some
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
The Book Reviewer
BY PERCY SHAW.

DERHAPS you've had yearning
/ To display wealth learning
In win the plaudis OF carpng fellow
Mark these rules with precision,
clarity vision,
And start instructions with flourish your
Take a novel-'tis
If It's phychic
Read backward forward sideways with microscopic view
Make mind up what there's
Think it a minute
Then procure dictionary and begin a
Gather words obscure meaning
With Ango-Latin leaning,
And above all else be careful avoid all hint
Make long paragraphs and
IF would be s
Say thing about the hero, how where what
To be deity analytic
Is the mission o
But
That 10 ordinary being
Has the slightest chance of
The of meaning the workings brain.
The world will then acclaim you
Buuding genius then viii you
As the wonder Of all wonders in the literary brook
But be never, never
Never, NEVER, NEVER
Tell your ondy dong readers what think about book
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09

which so exactly resemble dried
sticks that you can not recognize
their real nature until you feel them
squirm under your fingers. But
some of the largest animals also
exhibit protective mimicry'' in as
toniShing ways The beautiful ze-
bra is a striking example of this.
The black bands that mark its
tawny skin so closely resemble lines
of shadow cast by brilliant sun
light shining through the branches
of a thicket that a group of these
animals standing motionless in an
African forest may escape the no.
tice of their sharpest- pur-
Suprs
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
Divorce Must Run Course.

Divorce has increased, and must
run its course like any other mall
ady which arises from ignorance.
After two or three generations
there will be a decrease of this
fever, because sex hygiene is being
taught, and young men and women
will not go into marriage ignorant
Of all it means, as they have done
since the beginning of civilization.
This most important subject of
all has been left in darkness and
silence until the very last, and in
the darkness and silence it has be-
come corrupt and caused a pesti-
lence in the land,
Light and speech have now come
to its rescue. but the evils ii has
produced can not be cured in one
generation.
Men are just beginning to know
that their deeds of lust bring awful
calamities upon themselves" ana
upon their offspring to the third
and fourth generation; and that be
cause the world has condoned their
deeds It does not follow that they
are exempt from penalties
When all our colleges have a sex
hygiene course, as they will, and
all youths and young women are
educated in knowledge of the law
of cause and effect in these matters
marriage will cease to be a prob
lem. and the divorce court will go
out of existence for lack of patron
age