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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-28

All letters addressed to the king and queen
of England are sent direct to whichever OF the
royal residences they occupying from the
general postoff1ce in London in specially
sealed bags says the Strand. In the case OF
Buckingham palace this bag arrives, as
rule just as his majesty is finishing dinner.
and is taken charge OF by the secretary on
duty, who opens it and proceeds to sort out
the contents. Such letters as will ultimately
demand the personal attention of King George
are placed before him the same night. but
1t is not often that he deals with them at the
moment, save in matters that will not brook
delay. He glances through them, makes
few brief notes upon them, and they are then
placed under lock and key until he is ready
for them on the following morning
He has barely had time to deal with these
before the royal breakfast is served and al
most simultaneously even larger bag OF
correspondence arrives. Only those who nave
beer called upon to handle them can realize
the vastness Of the royal postbags, the con-
tents of which often range from private
communication from some amiable lunatic
who considers that his claim to the British
throne is superior to that of King George. By
the organisation Of well nigh perfect sys-
tenn however this heavy correspondence is
dealt with in remarkably quick time Lord
Stamfordham, should he be on duty, opens
every communication, and glancing at 1t,
places the bulk of it in the large crimson
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'sWHY SHOULD | USE
CUTICURA SOAP7"

There Is nothing the matter with
my skin, and thought Cuticura Soap
was only for skin troubles" True, it
is for skin troubles, but it's great mis-
sion Is to prevent skin troubles. For
more than a generation It's delicate
emollient and prophylactic properties
have rendered 1t the standard for this
purpose, while its extreme purity and
refreshing fragrance give to 1t all the
advantages of the best of toilet soaps
1t is also invaluable in keeping the
hands soft and white, the hair live
and glossy, and the scalp free from
dandruff and irritation.
While its first cost is few cents
more than that of ordinary toilet
soaps, 1t Is prepared with such care
and OF such materials, that it wears
to a wafer, often outlasting severa,
cakes of other soap, and making It's
use, in practice, most economical
Cuticura Soap Is sold by druggists and
dealers everywhere, but the truth Of
these claims may be demonstrated
without cost by sending to "Cuticura."
Dept. L, Boston, for a liberal sam
pie cake, together with a thirty-two
page book on the skin and hair.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-28
HEALTH FOR THE CHILD.

The careful mother, watching close.
ly the physical peculiarities of her
children, soon learns that health Is in
a great measure dependent upon nor
NAL healthy, regular bowel action.
When the bowels are inactive. loss of
appetite, restlessness during sleep, ir-
ritability and dozen and one similar
evidences of physical disorder are soon
apparent.
Keep the bowels free and clear and
good health Is assured. AT the first
sign of constipation give the child
teaspoonful Of DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin at bedtime and repeat the
dose the following night, If necessary.
You will find the child will quickly re-
cover its accustomed good spirits, and
eat and sleep normally.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is far
preferable to salts, cathartics and
purgative waters which are harsh in
their action. Syrup Pepsin acts on
the bowels easily and naturally, yet
positively, and causes no gripping or
discomfort. It's tonic properties build
up the stomach, liver and bowels, re-
storing their normal condition.
Druggists everywhere sell DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin In sec and $1.OO
bottles. If you have never tried this
remedy, send for sample to DR.. w.
B. Caldwell, 201 Washington ST., Mon
ticello. Ill. He will gladly send a
trial bottle without any expense to
you whatever. ~
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seeds. When sure that the reproduction
has been acquired, proceed with the secon-
Diary cut. taking but one tree in two to
three. more or less, depending upon whether
spring frosts are TO be feared A secondary
cut may be necessary in the Judgment OF the
forester, two years later. before proceeding
with the final cut Clearance OF the seedlings
Is almost always necessary, as the young oak
is slow and apt to be beaten out by young
beeches and naples during the first few years
of Its infancy. Thinning: Up to the age OF
low thickets the stand can be left very dense,
but from that time proceed drastically In
favor of the dominant trees, intervening when
you culture necessary to aid them and in
general leaving enough of the dominated and
suppressed trees to protect the trunks of your
dominants-the trees of the future. Return in
ten years, or earlier If conditions are favora-
BILE, and take out all dead and dominated trees,
and all of the domnants that are getting
crooked or being left behind, the rule being to
keep the tops of your best trees always with
a little space TO meet in, which space is filled
with second stage dominated trees. Leave in
the beech subgrowth and any other tolerant
trees which add leaf-fall to the humus. The
trees will reach eight inches diameter in thirty
years and you will thin about one hundred per
acre every trip. From that time on they add
great deal more to their volume every year.
since they grow new ring all around the
trunk which by this time is over two feet In
circumference OF course. as you Will start
with forest with some grown trees on 1t,
you will arrange 1t so to always have some
mature cutting to do. as well as thinning cuts
on all other sections. The management OF a
forest Is always a paying proposition, 80 long
as you choose to keep at 1t. and while you will
never see the final crops cut Of the sections
that you regenerated you have had good
deal of business out of the old forest and the
thinning cuts of the new, and your forest or
woodlot has increased in value, not deterior-
ated, under your hands.
Closely allied to the white oak, and sold
with 1t. is the Swamp White Oak. Quercus BIZ
color good for your wet soils and creek bot
toms. Know It by the heavy-ended slightly
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man has no terrors for you. there Is no
reason why you should not set 1t out In
white pine, or sylvester pine. or what
ever species your state forester specifies as
suitable for the soil and climate. Keep cattle
and running fires out of the woodlot, plant out
your spare acorns every chance you get, use
up the weed trees for cordwood, and take out
worthless trees wherever they are crowding
the young oaks, and you will soon be In fair
way to own q valuable oak stand The same
is true of small forest tracts of a few hundred
acres, the ideal sportsman's retreat. You can
practice an immense amount of culture for
estry during your hunts and camps and wan
behring's about your tract Here and there will
be predominating areas of valuable species
which only need a little encouragement to take
UP the whole land. You are always using fire
wood out Of the tract. Make that frewood pay
by planting the room each tree leaves with
halfdozen oak or pine seeds, or, better, keep
little nursery of white pines and white oaks
and draw from it as you take out worthless
stuff white pine twelve years old is very
respectable little specimen twenty feet high
and three inches across the butt In six years
1t is higher than your head and wants at least
twenty square feet of room, So before you
know it, what was once clump of soft naples
and white birches is now a thicket of thrifty
young pines. AS regards the oaks, sharp
stick and your heel is all they need to put the
acorn down two inches into the mulch There
ought to be one Seeding every ten PAGES, with
a reasonable chance at the sun, all over that
part of your forest where oaks are wont to
grow
AS the oaks the most important family
of the hardwoods, and one in which every sports
man Is interested, l will just run over In re-
view the most widely distributed members OF
the family in our country We are blessed
with many species, suitable to all kinds OF soils
and climates. At the head of the family stands
the white oak. quercus alba, the noblest tree
in our forests You will know him by the
familiar deeply notched leaf with nine regular
lobes disposed four on a side with one at the
end. Along In October II turns fine copper
color and then brown. hanging on all winter,
so that when snow is on the ground. II you
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your memory against the time you want a
very hard wood Otherwise leave it severely
alone, except to clean 1t out forest weed
1t belongs to the bristle-tipped and pointed
leaved families of oaks of which the red oak
is the representative and most valuable spe.
cies. Seeding Is biennial Sylvicutural treat
ment of red oak about the same as white oak
except that the seeding cut must be triie
more open. The red oak is claimed to be q
faster grower than the white and 1t GER
tainy overtops 1t and crowds 1t out In direct
competition. / am of the opinion, however
that IL the white oak Is given an equal amount
Of sunlight 1t will give crop of mature trees
within ten years of the corresponding pjanta
ton OF red oak. From the carpenters point of
view there is no comparison between IL and
tho white oak nor is there when it comes to
market value as the white commands nearly
double the figure Personally find red oak
much easier to work. rather brashy, and no
where near so strong Sc the white. 1t Is q
hardy. aggressive grower in the forest. and
you will know 1t by its large, dark green
shiny pointed lobed leaves and It's big blunt
acorn with the fat saucerlike cup. This acorn
Is the distinguishing feature as the black oak
hes a very similar leaf but It's acorn Is half
enclosed in green, scaly cup The red oak
has the smoothest bark OF any of them
nearly black. greenish tnged on the north
Slu0 Leaves turn q deep reu, tate IN OctODer.
Now that white oak Is getting so high priced
the red is used great deal In interior house
trim. 1t will grow on dry soils, which fact
often decides its choice as the forest species
when choosing between it and white oak
Its cousin the black oak and the scarlet
oak q cocinea. are SO like 1t in leaf that all
that can be said is that the leaf is more deep
ly notched and heavierveined. You must
look to the acorn to be sure Both scarlet and
black have deep-cupped, scaly acorn. and the
inner bark OF the black oak is orange-yellow,
making a fine dye, used in medicine as querci-
iron and in the industries for tanning Wood
sells as "red oak" The scarlet oak is much
smaller tree, growing best In plenty of sun
light; inner bark reddish kernel of the acorn
is white while that of the black oak is yellow
Both of them have gorgeous orange and scar
let foliage in October, and are useful for orna-
mental trees.
All through our moist ravines and creek bot
toms you will find tall slender oak growing
in natural pure stands, with notched, peaky
leaf like the red and black oaks But under
the tree you are sure to find abundant small
round acorns with shallow cups, almost
smooth The little acorns are half an inch
long and very pretty, sometimes with delicate
light stripes running longitudinally. This tree
Wood Is coarse and not durable; sells as sec
ond" red oak. Pin oak, beech and black gum
are, however, the three toughest woods in the
forest. Sylviculturally the tree has no value;
when you take one out replace 1t with a swamp
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this region has been infested by
snakes and the settler, being curious
to know from whence they came, fol-
lowed the snake 10 the place of dis
appearance. Lighting a piece Of pa
per, Smith threw 1t into the hole.
which was about two feet in diameter
at the mouth, but which ran back into
cave OF larger proportions. and was
horri1ed to see hundreds of snakes
crawling about, some coiled and many
lying apparently dormant.
Within an hour the news reached
Three Forks and hunters came armed
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tished commercial enterprise with US, whereas
our present system of taxing annually the en-
tire value of the stand is most unjust and one
of the biggest hindrances to the introduction
Of commercial forestry In place of our present
speculative numbering.
The Prussians have worked out commercial
forestry to a mathematical science. They
know to a dot just how long given forest OF
kiefer, or sylvester pine, will take to reach ma
turity, Just how much thinning is best and wnen
TO do Il, just the right age and soil for the
plantations, every known disease OF the tree
and It's remedy, and Just where to market ev-
cry splinter of it at maximum pront- And
their government encourages them with COM
pulsory fire protection from the railroads and
lust tax laws. The same system prevails with
the spruce and flr OF Saxony and the hard
woods OF Hesse and Westphalia. % that they
make from $3.50 an acre per year in the spruce
pf Wurtemburg to $3.50 In the sylvester pine
FORESTS OF Prussia, and the annual yield from
but thirty-nve million acres OF forest is four
and one-haif billion board festl But We are
Far from any such exact knowledge of our tree
species as this, and we nave over hundred
species where they use but seven. And 1t Is
d well-known fact that many Of our expert
snAnts in clear cutting and planting have SO
Tar failed. After ten or twelve successive gen.
erations OF foresters have studied out our best
species for pure stand raising ana we nave, as
it were grown up with our forests and know
them as do the older nations, this system will
be applicable on a large scale with US. 1t Is
being applied now to certain extent with
white pine as witness the numerous success
ful, though young, stands of white pine in New
England. The total area of planted forest with
us is now about 100000 acres. The total land
that would yield best on planted forests Is
more than 56,000,000 acres
The French system of futaie regulaire, or
standard forest, is the more likely one for us
to use, or rather to grow into, for we are in
FOR at least fifty years Of selective forests be-
fore any extensive use of standard forest can
be introduced. In the French system three
cuts are necessary when the forest reaches
maturity: The seeding cut is first made, let
hing in sun on the forest floor, and varying in
amount widely depending upon the species of
the tree The next fall of seeds from the seed
Ing trees results in dense floor OF young
shoots, for the suns warmth is present to ger
inmate and to feed the young trees with sun
light Then follows the secondary cut when.
the trees have reached the age OF five years
and are tough enough to allow cutting opera
lions without too many of them being killed.
This cut takes nearly all the old trees, leaving
enough to protect the young thicket from wind,
frost and drought The terminal cut follows
when the young trees reach about ten years
of are. and takes the last of the old stand.
First thinning begins Ave years later and con-
tlnues every ten years until the main STAND
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-28
From THE NORTH COUNTRY
Where the Winters Are Cold and the
Shows Deep.

Writing from the vicinity David
he was an habitual coffee drinker, and,
although he knew it was doing him
harm, was too obstinate to give it up,
till all at once he went to pieces with
nervousness and insomnia, loss of ap-
petite, weakness, and a generally
used-up feeling, which practically un-
fitted him for his arduous occupation,
and kept him on couch at home
when his duty did not call him out.
While in this condition Grape
Nuts food was suggested to me, and
began to use it. Although 1t was In
the middle of winter, and the Their
mometer was often below zero, almost
my entire living for about six weeks
of severe exposure was on Grape-Nuts
food with a little bread and butter and
a cup of hot water, till was wise
enough to make Postum my table bev-
erage.
After the first two weeks / began
to feel better and during the whole
winter l never lost trip on my mail
route, frequently being on the road
or hours at time.
"The constant marvel to me was
how person could do the amount of
work and endure the fatigue and hard
ship as / did, on so small an amount
of food. But found my new rations
SO perfectly satisfactory that have
continued them-using both Postum
and Grape-Nuts at every meal, and
often they comprise my entire meal.
'All my nervousness. irritabil;ty and
insomnia have disappeared and healthy,
natural sleep has come back to me.
But what has been perhaps the great
est surprise to me is the fact that
with the benefit to my general health
has come remarkable Improvement
In my eye-sight.
IF good appetite, good digestion,
good eye-sight, strong nerves and an
active brain are 20 be desired, | can
say from my own experience, use
Grape-Nuts AMI Postum" Name given
by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, The Road to
Wellville." in pkgs. There's reason"
Ever read the above ae<tors A rev
one appears from time to time. They
are geaEine, true, and full Of huSaan
tnterest.
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Too Thin.

"The greatest curiosity ever came
across in the course OF long expe-
rience," said the first broker, is a
man who comes into our office every
day, watches the ticker like hawk
for five hours, and pays cash for
everything he buys
II can beat that by mile" replied
the second broker. "A man came into
our place while ago and started to
trade actively in Reading and Union
on fiye-point margin. He had $4,000
when he began. In six months he
had $4,000. Then do you know what
he did? He put his money into first
mortgage bonds-and quit"
The first broker looked almost
dazed. Il hate to do it," he muir
INJURED, "but I've just got to-. You're
a liar! Puck.
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with stones, sticks and guns. A noise
was made at the mouth o. the hole
and the snakes, becoming angry, sal
lied forth to fight When the noise
failed to bring them, long poles were
used to prod the reptiles. AS the
snakes emerged from the cave they
were slaughtered, and at the end OF
the killing. 240 dead ones were count
ed. None of the attackers had beer
bitten. though some had narrow eE'
capes. Some of the snakes were frona
three to four feet in length and had
many rattles, while many were young
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-28
ON A PRoFIT-sHARING BASIS
Managers Offer Most Generous, Still
1t Is Possible That the Greaser
Rejected It.

A common method of dealing with
gTeaser laborers in the new state of
New Mexico is to have them work on
shares. A somewhat original applica-
ton of the system is told or we'll
known managers of one of the 10000
acre ranch corporations.
A certain Mexican had been ac-
costing the manager several times
and asking for a job.
well, come over to my Office" the
boss told him finally, land maybe
can fix up something with YOU"
Now | need lot OF postholes dug"
he began.
What will you give me?" asked the
Mexican.
well" replied the employer gener-
ously, Il will give you half You can
dig my half ON my ranch, and can put
your half wherever you please-pick
out soft ground for them if you
want to.'--Metropolitan Magazine.
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reaches maturity.
The thinning cuts
are worth about
one-third the value
of the final crop.
This little outline
will give an idea Of
how much knowl-
edge and judgment
Is demanded of the
forester. Unless he
knows exactly what
he is doing, the
method Is danger
GUS and apt to re-
suit in failure of the
reproduction, reQuir-
ing excessive plant
ing. In France sue
cessive generations
of forests have
worked IL out to a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-28
Romance Of the RalI.

1t was In Pullman car. The man
who travelled for gents furnishings
had succeeded in working up con-
versation with the lonesome-looking
young woman. He leaned over her
and breathed In her ear:
Peaches. I'm taking little trip to
New York DON; you want to go
along?" y
"Sir." she said. angrily. "you are go
ing too fart"
But she didn't object to accompany
ing him as far as Schenectady.
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lobed leaf. and the
rather small bottle
shaped acorns. in
pairs on q stem
anywhere from an
inch to t b r e e
inches long. The
leaf Ia something
like that OF the
black jack, but the
acorn, the bark
and the size of the
tree will prevent
confusing 1t. A
third tree in the
white oak class is
the Burr Oak, but
with harder and
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CAVE CROWDED WITH SNAKES

stead settler. who ran all the way to
Three Forks to report the find and to
get assistance. At least one hundred
men and boys went to the scene and
three hundred rattlers of all sizes We're
killed.
Smith was prospecting in the gulch
When he saw rattlesnake crawl in
to hole several yards above his head
on the slope of the ravine. For years.
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shot With a knlfe.

Years ago in stock performance OF
a famous old melodrama, the villain,
Charles Wolcott, suddenly discovered
that he had left his revolver In the
dressing room. In much confusion, he
fumbled in his pocket and found a
penknife which, he figured, would do
just as well for the bloody deed:
Imagine his CONSERVATION when, after
plunging the blade into the heros
breast. that player failed to change
his lines and screamed at the top Of
his voice: Heaven forgive you! I'm
shot"
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ests in Europe. Seeding
cut somber, giving a quite
shady forest floor with
not very many trees re
moved. and be careful to
do 1t evenly 90 that no
very open spaces are left.
Scratching up the humus
with the three tined for
est rake TO allow the
acorns to find plenty OF
crevices to drop into Is
imperative Just before
the fall Of the acorns.
Seeding should be COM
Dleted In one fall of
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trees have many little tufts OF twigs up and
down the trunk which will develop into side
branches If the least sun gets down to them,
The wood is strong and fine-no comparison
with such q brashy specimen as the red oak.
Just try the two with plane and saw. and
report on the difference In working None but
sharp-edged tools need apply with white oak.
In forestry the white oak, that is, it's equiva-
lent Quercus robur is grown, pure, in big for
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tougher wood. 1t is also called the overcup
oak, technical name quercus macrocarpa. Leaf
has big lobed head with two very deep
notches about halfway down. Bark of twigs
always has corky wings, and the acorn is very
large with scaly fringed cup. This tree grows
across the whole United States to Montana, as
far south as the latitude Of New York City. par
allel 40 degrees. All these white oaks VIII
grow sylviculturally under the same treat
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The Biblical Injunction.

A Washington clergyman made q
call of consolation upon woman who
had suffered sad bereavement. II
hope" said the pastor, that in your
bitter trial you have found some ray
of comfort from the Scriptures"
Indeed / have, SIR was the conf
dent though fearful reply.
That's grand, sister," was the SYM
pathetic observation of the minister.
MAY / ask what passage of the Good
Book helped you most?"
Grin and bear it,"
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white oak, The
name pin oak
comes from its val
lie for tree nails for
house building.
Two more oaks
that have their own
peculiarities are the
Willow Oak, q.
phellos. with tiny
scale-cupped acorns
and long willow-like
leaves, and the Shin
gle Oak, with per-
fectly smooth mag
nolia-like lie ayes ,
smooth bark and
small shallow-cupped
acorns. Both of
these woods split
easily, and the will
low oak is tough