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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
BOY CONVERTS OLD FARMER
Youth Demonstrates Benefits of Shall
low Flowing of Corn
Burrows.

Manhattan, Kant took a boy IA
years old only few minutes to con-
vince farmer three times his age
that the old fashioned method of corn
cultivation was wrong at Minersville,
near here. The boy, William Linscott.
had been taking the work of the exten-
sion department of the State Agricul-
tural college and was explaining shall
low cultivation at community meet
ing of farmers.
When he had finished farmer arose
and told that he always plowed his
corn deep, and demanded to know
why the shallow method was better.
On the blackboard William drew a
cross section between two rows of
corn. He showed how the roots were
interviewer and how deep blowing
would injure them. His explanation
was so clear that the farmer immedi-
ately accepted the new method as bet
ter than the old fashioned way.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
CHILD'S HEAD
A MASS OF HUM0R

II think the Cuticura remedies are
the best remedies for eczema have
ever heard of. My mother had child
who had rash on it's head when 1t
was real young. Doctor called 1t baby
RASH. He gave us medicine, but 1t did
no good. In few days the head was
a solid mass, running sore. 1t was
awful; the child cried continually. We
had to hold him and watch him to-
keep him from scratching the sore.
His suffering was dreadful. At last
we remembered Cuticura Remedies.
We got dollar bottle OF Cuticura Re-
solvent, a box of Cuticura Ointment,
and bar Of Cuticura Soap. We gave
the Resolvent as directed, washed the
head with the Cuticura Soap, and ap-
piled the Cuticura Ointment. We had
not used half before the child's head
was clear and free from eczema, and
1t has never come back again. His
head was healthy and he had a beau
tiful head of hair. / think the Cuti-
cura Ointment very good for the hair.
It makes the hair grow and prevents
falling hair" (Signed) Mrs. Francis
Lund, Plain City, Utah. Sept. 10, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cuti-
cura." Dept L, Boston.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
THOUGHT FIRST or PETS
Children of Wilmington Man Save Cat,
Guinea Pig and Doll When
Firemen Arrlve.

Wilmington. Del.-Seeing firemen
rushing into the home at 825 Market
street and believing the house was on
fire. the two little daughters of Vic
tor II Bacon. cafe proprietor, for
got all about their own comfort and
thought only about their pets.
One of the girls gathered up a cat
in one arm and guinea pig in the
othey and the second child snatched
I'M her doll. They did not stop to get
a hat or coat. but were making for the
door without regard for near-zero
weather when their mother stopped
them.
some one passing in Market street
had seen exhaust steam coming from
a pipe on the roof. and, thinking it
was smoke. summoned several fire
companies. Mrs. Bacon, who was
alone with her children at the time,
knew nothing about the affair until
tie firemen came into the house, drag
cling lines Of hose after them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
BODY IS BAROMETER
SpeCuIations Regarding Effects
of Surroundings Upon Man.
German Professors Paper, Entitled
"The Geopsychic Phenomena" Has
Made Great Stir in European
Scientific Circles.

Berlin.-Prof. w. Hellpach, OF
Karlsruhe, has published the results
of the first all-round inquiry ever
made into the problem: How far are
the brain and temperament of man
dependent upon natural surround
ings?'
His report, entitled "The Geopsychic
Phenomena, has made great stir in
scientific circles, owing to the bold
theses of the professor, who depicts
humanity as a mere vitalized barom-
eter, which reacts necessarily to the
stimulus of external forces, but has
little independent control over its
own movements.
Landscape, says Hellpach, is of in
finitely greater Importance than eli
mate in forming national character.
The idea that climate is more import
ant Is a delusion. In the United
States the fantastic mountain world
of the great west will in time create
a different and much more imaginative
race than that which exists in the
level east and south. At present
Americas population is too much in a
state of fux to allow of this difference
being determined, but the change is
going on America will thus in the
future have two populations of entire
ly different psychical inclinations and
characteristics
Professor Hellpach gives whole
series of facts to show man in his
capacity as barometer. His activities
depend upon weather fluctuations
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
Wall Street Brokers Draw the
Sex Line.
New York Consolidated Exchange
Firm Likely to Be Disciplined by
Board for Its VioIation-Un-
written Rule Exists.

New York.--A Wall street brokerage
firm has got itself into trouble and
may be suspended by the Consolidated
stock exchange because it recently
opened women's department, fitted
up with few rocking chairs, had
woman in white sweater stationed at
the ticker to read the quotations and
allowed woman spectators to come
down and bring their young ones with
them IL they cared to-which they did,
In some cases. This is a punishable
offense in the street Not the children.
but their mothers are the ones object
ed to. There are no cries of Place
aux dames in the stock market zone.
The establishment with the nursery
attachment to its women's department
is on New street, just block away
from the exchange of which the firm
is a member. It had really only Just
begun to build up the new branch of
its business when the exchange heard
of it and signaled the call to arms of
the board of governors. This had the
effect of clearing the women's room of
all children and of all but two wo-
men, while the person in the white
sweater who had been lingering many
yards of ticker tape was supplanted by
a man.
You may search the rule book of
the Consolidated from cover to cover
for an article or a bylaw forbidding
women TO come down and trade In
stocks like the men, and to bring
their youngsters along with them, as
now and then proud father has done
on half-holiday, but you will not find
what you are looking for. The rule
exists, none the less. 1t simply isn't
printed. The nearest thing to it in
print is rule prohibiting Facts detri-
mental to the exchange" on the part
of its members, which, as one of the
board of governors pointed out. might
be made to cover any number of
things. Among them is the catering
to feminine SPECTATORS, he said The
fact that sort of kindergarten an
mex went with the women's depart
ment had nothing to do with the case
Wall street half expects to see the
proprietors of the New street rocking
chair trading club and day nursery
punished in some way-by suspension
from the exchange, possibly. 1t is
pretty certain that the club and the
nursery will go out of existence. 1t
will have to. Women who want to
dabble in stocks are as unwelcome as
crook below the dead line" All
this in spite of the fact that only
few weeks ago Mrs. Emmeline Pank-
hurst told Wall street any number of
stories about women who had gone in
to business and made success of it.
'It's the experience of hundreds of
stock brokers that the woman who
comes down here to speculate is a
bad loser" said one officer of the Con-
solidated recently. Say what you
please about this being the day of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

There live peculiarly sensitive wet
termenschen' (weather mem, whose
whole nervous system is affected by
thunderstorms. On these tea, coffee
and tobacco, taken during a thunder
storm, act with extraordinary force,
and the most moderate dose of alco-
hoi, which in clear weather would
have no effect, produces violent agita.
ton, and even temporary paralysis.
A second type of weather man is
the SNOW man. we'll known to nerve
specialists. Shortly before a snowfall
their eating, feeding and sleeping are
entirely deranged; and they are thus
able to predict snowfall more surely
than can meteorologist with all his
instruments. Snow men" are rarer
than thunderstorm men" Both
quickly recover from the weather eff
fects, and even feel better than they
did before.
In addition to weather, man reacts
to an enormous number of external
stimuli, sorlc Of which are far off, in
tangible and even concealed from the
senses. Light has precisely the same
attractive effect on men as it has on
insects. The word @moonstruck' is
not a figure of speech, but reality.
Moonlight has a marked effect upon
sleepers, and Is the main cause of
somnambulism. The changes of the
moon produce precise organic effects
upon certain lower animals, and man
is also liable to be moonstruck
Water, though, at distance and in
visible, affects the nervous system and
makes some men conscious of its ef-
fects. Hence the "divining-rod' Is
reality. The underground water real
ly does cause nervous twitchings of
the water-seeker's hands, and this sets
the rod oscilalting. In the same way
OWNERS of hidden coal, ore and other
mineral treasures are quite honest 1T
is established that there exist sensi-
tive men, whose psychical condition
is affected by the composition of the
soil underneath, though of this COM
position they have no knowledge"
And even astrology has basis of
truth. The changes of the earth in
it's relation TO the consultations in
vclve changes of gravitation which
causes nervous disturbances and thus
operate on the brain" In a scientific
sense no man is therefore Independent
of the stars and planets.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
Iowa Town Moved Two Miles

Hope, well and good, declared the
sturdy burghers. but Calliope would
offer no brides. At this the railroad
representative lost some of his suav-
ity, and informed his audience that If
Calliope did not choose to accept the
generous compromise held out to it by
the railroad, the company would make
Calliope come to the road
Then one day an ugly rlmor was
afioat. 1t was whispered from mouth
to mouth that one of the councilmen
who had been most emphatic in de-
nouncing the railroad agents prefer
had bought quarter section In the
path of the projected railroad, and in
company with the railroad advance
agent was laying out the new town.
Further investigation disclosed that
the councilman had bought an even
100 acres of land-what was more, he
had parceled it out in regulation city
lots, had opened cracker box office
and was doing flourishing real estate
business.
1.-The hegira continued. The the
OduG SucVS 6cnIlCludA V1SlJGu Luc
principal merchants of the town and
made them an offer of free site in
the new city If they would move 1t
was too much. Immediately there was
a scramble to secure the most desir-.
able locations in the new city-which,
by the way, he said was to be named
Hawarden-in his own honor. One by
one they set to work to move their
structures which were of frame con-
struction-two miles down the slope
to Hawarden.
ut was no use. And even the old
timers saw it, Mournfully they, too,
babe farewell to Calliope and betook
themselves and their abodes to Ha-
warden, which grew to city of 1900
within a month.
"And Calliope? Well. what was
once Calliope is now a fourishing
cornfield."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
Syrian Groom Is Given a Bath and
Shave by Men Guests at ST.
Paul NuptiaIs.

St Paul, Minn.-Amid the glare OF
400 candles and facing gathering of
600 guests, Moses G.. Toby, son of
George Toby. Syrian wholesale mer-
chant, married Victoria zinnie of
Butte, Mont. at his fathers residence
in this city. The ceremony itself was
the closing feature of an elaborate
Syrian wedding that has been in prog
ress for six days. Fellow countrymen
and wives came from all parts of the
United States to attend what they de-
clare is the greatest Syrian wedding
that has taken place in this country
in twenty years. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Nicola e. YAM
ney, rector of ST. Georges Syrian
Greek Orthodox church. Kearney,
Neb., and was done in purely Syrian
style. The pastor came here especial
ly for the nuptials.
In accordance with the Syrian Gus
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
Community Is Betrayed by Coup OF
Thrifty OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Residents to New City.

Des Moines, Ia.-Wheeling town
two miles overnight!
This feat, accomplished by the resi-
dents of thriving Iowa community,
and the exciting events that preceded
the municipal hegira were vividly re-
lated by former resident of the town
in question The incident occurred in
the early '90s, when the railroads
practically made over the maps of
many portions of the west
"The one great handicap Of Cal
liope--for that is, or was. the name of
the town, was the fact that 1t pos
sessed no railway connection.
But one day man, glorying in a
generous girth and a many hued
waistcoat, arrived in Calliope. To the
village president he signified his de-
sire to meet the village board, and it
was convened in session extraordin-
airy that very evening in the school
house. To this staid and deliberative
body the imposing stranger outlined
his plan for newer and better Cal
Hope. The Mississippi & Pacific
Coast railway-that was not it's name,
but it will serve-he declared had de-
cided to extend its projected line
through Calliope on its way to the
shore Of the Pacific. AS evidence of
the good faith of the company the
representative exhibited map where
in Calliope was indicated by black
dot. whose dimension were exceeded
by none-no, not even Chicago. The
stranger went on to point out the ad-
vantages that would accrue to the
town by the fulfillment of the plans
of the railroad company.
"The supposition, however, was not
well founded, as he soon found. If
the railroad wished to come to Cal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
Brown Bread Breaks Tooth.

Boston.-The damage that slice
of Boston brown bread and a
..kroiled live" lobster may cause is
estimated at $4,000 by two women
who brought suits in Boston courts
recently.
Mrs. John Cullen seeks $4,000 dam
ages from baker for the loss of a
tooth due to biting nail which she
claims was in brown bread bought
Of him.
Miss Cassie Mcneil, passionately
fond of Holsters, claims she lost her
position in a department store be-
cause of illness caused by eating lob
sters which she claims were old
enough to vote" She wants $4,000
damages from the dealer who sold thu
Holsters.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
No True Friend.

There's a Hugh Ford and Harry
Ford at the new theater. The SINH
larity of initials sometimes makes
trouble. The other day perfumed
note came for III. Ford" and Hugh
Ford, opening it, found it was from
woman. The next day Harry Ford
opened letter addressed to I'll.
Ford" Then he passed over to Hugh
the bill marked due and payable"
which it contained.
You're no true friend" said Hugh
Ford. ''You might have paid my bill
for me; kept your date. New York
Letter to the Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
Candidate Remained Silent.

Salem, Ore.-In village convention
near here a delegate made a long
speech, naming as q candidate for
the legislature "a man who for years
and years has been with Jim Wade,
our leading merchant" Called upon
for a speech. the candidate remained
strangely still 1t was found he was
Jim" Wade's clothing dummy
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
Wedding Lasts Six Days

tom the groom was given a bath bv
the men guests at the wedding. Each
held wash cloth and in passing bv
dipped it in the water and applied it
to the bridegroom. The bridegroom
was then taken to the parlor to be
shaved. He was lathered by the guests
and each stroked the razor over Dor.
lions of his face.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
Back in GOOD old Bowl pays

A man of apparent means brought
two boys into barber shop for a hair
cut. While waiting for the compile
ton of the job he said:
Il never sat in BARRIERS chair when
was kid. My brother used to go
over to the engine house and borrow
the horse clippers. Then my mother
would put bowl on my head and cut
around it. Until was q years old
always looked like window washers
brush"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
JOY Kills Pardoned Convict

Philadelphia.-Angele Tomasco drop-
ped dead in the Eastern penitentiarv
when informed he had been granted .
pardon and that he was free to leave
the prison walls. When Warden Nc.
Kentry read the pardon Tomasco
threw up his hands, and with a moan
fell forward. Physicians said joy kill
ed him. Tomasco has been in the
Eastern penitentiary since 1908, when
he killed fellow countryman.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
In and OUT Of Boston.

There is a sign in Boston which
reads as follows:
Washing and ironing and going out
to work taken in here! "-Woman's
Home Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

Time is intellectually long, and every
day is vessel into which very much
may be poured, if one will really fill
it up.-Goethe
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

The better half of the family never
knows quite as much about how the
other half lives as she would Like to
know
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma.
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, Csc bottle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
Even There.

ie-Inhospitable, are they?
Hattie-Yes; I've never seen the In
side of their auto.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

We often wonder what lawyers
would do for living If there actual.
ly was a fool killer
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

Many fiowery speech has been
nipped in the bud by a nonapprecia-
tive audience.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

Some married men look upon home
as a place to rest-and some others
get anything but rest while there.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS
Your druggist will refund money If PAZO ONT
MENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

DIHhS--I saw your UUSS tUudy.
Winks-Who? Old Closefist?
Dinks-Yes; and it seemed to me he
looked miserable.
Winks-He always is miserable in
February. He pays all us fellows by
the month, you know.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

FOR SALE-s0S A. IN WOOD CO., WIS, ALL TILL
able best land in county; well situated improve-
ments; bound to SELL CLARKSON, Box 3l9, Chicago
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

FOR sALE-2Oo AC IN EAU CLAIRE CO., WIS; $50
a. cult; r. house, barn, outbldgs stock, mach,
etc.; near town. KNUTS0N, Box 8l9 Chicago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

FOR sALE-s4O A. IN EAU CLAIRE CO., WIS, 100 A
good market. SANASAO, Box 3ie, Chicago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

goR sALE-7O A. IN MONROE CO., WIS, NEAR
Warren As a. cult. house, stone basement, barn,
sheds, etc. RASMUS, Box 8is, Chicago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14
stronn Union of Printers.

New York city has 1000 union
printers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

2o7 ACR. IN ST. ,CROIX CO., WIS; 165 A. CULT;
dwelling; barn outbldgs stock, mach, etc. Near
Hudson. Win sacrifice. ARMS, Box Sl9, Chicago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

FOR SALE-BHAUTTFUL 1877 A. FARM IN RUSK
CO., wis., 100 q. cult, lake; IL house all con-
veniences: barn, outbuildings etc:i orchard rnacn
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

FOR sALE-6o ACR. IN CLARK CO.. WIS; 40 A
cult; house, barn, sheds, orchard stock machs
etc. Near Granton. KLEIN, Box Sl9, Chicago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-03-14

BEING A WIDOW MUST SELL MY so A. IN CHIP
pewa Co., Wis; IS cult; m house, barn, mach,
ETC.; near town. PETERSON, Box 3l9, Chicago.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-09-09
PURE FOOD" WILL Be
AN ISSUE
GOVERNOR WILSON FAvORS MAKING IT
AND REGARD FOR The PUBLIC HEALTH
LIVE ISSUES IN DEMOCRATIC CAM
PAIGN

New York, N. y, Sept. "a con-
fesson of advocates of pure food"
legislation attended by Governor Will
sen, resulted today in plan to or
ganize workers for pure food laws
throughout the country in an assocla.
'ion to work for democratic success
next November.
Governor Wilson discussed his at
titude on this subject and the demo-
cratic platform, in so far as it related
tc pure food legislation, with Prof.
Irving Fischer of Yale; DR.. Woods
Hutchinson, DR.. Thomas Darlington
and DR.. William A. Evans, former
health commissioners of New York
and Chicago, respectively; DR.. ]. B.
Murphy, of Chicago, president of the
American Medical society, and other
leaders in the movement. At the con-
clusion of the conference Governor
Wilson dicated the following state
ment:
The democratic platform is the
strongest, most direct and explicit on
the question of public health and pure
food The conference which l attend
ed was to organize and develop that
side of the campaign. l expect to
make the question of the proper reg
ulation of public health and pure food
one of the principal features of my
-
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-09-09
ROOSEVELT REPLIES TO
CRITICISM
DECLARES WILSON'S VIEWS ON MINIMUM
WAGE PLANK PURELY ACADEMIC"
HAVING NO WEIGHT WITH THOSE WHO
KNOW LIFE

Spokane, Wash, Sept 9.-Woodrow
Wilson's criticism of the progressive
minimum wage plank was character
lied, by Colonel Roosevelt, in speech
here today as purely academic"
1T is an objection of the school
room and it will not have any weight
with any who know what life actually
is.''
Governor Wilson," continued Col
onel Roosevelt, says he is utterly
against this plank for various reasons,
among them because he thinks employ
ers, if such law were enacted. would
reduce the wages of their employees to
the minimum prescribed by law. Such
fear is utterly groundless. We do
not, at the moment, take up the ques-
tion of a minimum wage generally. We
know that in all matters like this, it
is necessary to proceed slowly. We
sustained the conditions among girls
and women industry and know the suf-
fering, misery, crime and vice that are
produced by wage that is insuffiCi lent
to enable girl or woman to keep body
and soul together in surroundings of
ordinary decency. Mr.. Wilson fears
tnat the employers of these women, If
obliged to pay them a proper wage.
would reduce all their other employees
to that same minimum wage, are
groundless. The employers now pay
employees a starvation wage prove by
that fact that they are paying all their
employees the very least they can get
them to take. 1t is needless appre-
hension to believe they would reduce
them to minimum only If the mini