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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-06

Human Temple These lectures
are free.
Mrs. Fowler Chumoa. In con1unc-
tion with the lectures, will hold
readings and health consultations
daily from -. m. to 2 y. m. at the
Electricity 20 cure disease viii be
taught IN classes. beginning Tues
day, December 10. at s:so and f,se
II. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-06

who ruled the great Eastern EN-
plrc. with constantlnoplo as the!I
capital. for hundreds OF years. un
I'll the Turks overthrow tho Empe
ror Constantine Paleoicgus. IN
1853.
The princess has documents u
prove her descent from the iasi
Constantine. and In the even, OF the
Balkan staten driving out the Turks
from Europe. she hopes to have the
throne OF her forefashcra restored
TO her,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-06

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-06

Counting 10000 an hour and
working 10 hours a day. sir days
Week. II would take a man
eight years 10 count TO 5oa, 0eo. 900
an AMOUNT believed to be \ con,
scryat!ve estimate Of John ID
RookofcIicr's wealth. But at that
tie easier 70 count II than "a
earn u.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-12-06
ACCIDENT DIDN'T
AFFECT HER LOVE

WILkEsBAKKE. Pa. Dec e.
Though be had loaf both legs. Alex
Walters led Mics Anna Paah 70 the
altar here, where he promised 10
love, cherish and support her. Wal.
tsrs. who IL % years old, had both
his legs cut off az the thigh last
March In mine accident He IL
now forced 10 use his hands when
be walks" Since the accident he
has made a living by mending
shoes. He oourted Miss Pash be-
fore he met with his accident
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21
KEEPING POULTRY
FREE FROM LICE
Recipe for Making Ointment Rec
commended by Prof. Graham
Also Kills FleaS.

What many breeders consider bet
ter than powder for killing lice and
mites is an ointment recommended
lby Professor w. r. Graham OF
Guelph. Canada, one who has made
life study of poultry in the Domin-
ion.
1t is composed as follows: Mercury,
so parts; lard, rs parts; beef suet,
90 parts: oleate of mercury, 2 parts,
The suet, If bought from the butcher,
will have to be rendered over a fire
and poured into the lard while 1t is
warm, and then stir in the mercury
and oleate of mercury. Use a
table knife or spoon to do the
stirring. Do not put hands into
it. Should 1t prove too stif to
easily apply as an ointment, thin with
"a little cotton seed oil. All ingredi-
ents should be weighed rather than
measured. Put it away in small vas
cline bottles or boxes well covered, and
it will keep for months. This ointment
will rid poultry of head lice and Texas
fIeas. For other mites and lice rub 1t
in well about the fluff below the vent
and under the wings. 1t will not only
kill the live vermin, but destroy the
nits as well.
1t is valuable thing for turkey rails
ers to use on the old and the young.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21
Uncle Sam Makes 1t Much Easier to Secure Farm

mer years, and consequently fewer ap-
plications for homesteads.
According to the latest report of the
land Office there still remain to be dis
posed of in homestead, timber, coal,
mineral and stone lands 695, 401 ,259
acres, situated in what are commonly
known as public land states. About
one-quarter of these lands have been
surveyed.
In order, then, to induce entries on
the remaining lands, congress recently
passed law providing that certain
restrictions on these entries in the
way of cultivation, residence, etc., be
moderated so that settlers would find
it less difficult to live up to the speci-
fications set forth in homestead laws.
One of the most attractive features of
the new law is the three-year resi-
dence clause. This provides that in
order to entitle a person to patent
upon a homestead it must be shown
that he has resided on the farm for
three years. Honorably discharged
soldiers and sailors are entitled to
claim credit for the period Of service,
after they have resided upon, i'm
proved and cultivated the land for a
period of at least one year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21

Each year some person of good in
tentions comes forward with the sug-
gestion that the clocks be set an hour
ahead in the summertime. The OBJ
Ject is to haul people out of bed while
the day is young so they will have a
chance to get their work we'll along in
the cool of the morning. But every
hot spell demonstrates afresh that
such scheme Is a delusion and a
snare. On hot night you never get
off soundly to sleep until after mid
night, says the Kansas City Star. It's
too uncomfortable in the early part
of the night. Often you are up and
down trying to cool off until well to-
ward morning. About five o'clock the
morning chill gets in it's work and
you are having your best sleep. To
chop that off sooner than need be by
an artificial time scheme ought to
cause revolt. Talk about it's being
hard to get UP early in cold weather!
It's lot harder to get up early when
It's hot-at least, it seems that way
until winter gets around again.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21

Policemen in West Philadelphia
who escaped electrocution the other
night consider themselves exceedingly
fortunate. In some way a police tele-
phone wire had become heavily charg.
ed by feed wire. One patrolman
was killed by shock which he re-
ceived upon inserting the key into the
patrol box. Another was knocked un-
conscious. A sergeant answering the
telephone calls at the station house
was thrown across the room Many
on the circuit who received only slight
shocks attribute their immunity to the
circumstance that they had on rubber
boots. 1t was very serious situation,
and illustrates what may happen at
any time when an uninsulated electric
wire carrying heavy current crosses
telephone wire. Hence the neces-
sity for vigilance in the observance
of precautions which will prevent that
dangerous mischance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21
Improved Outfit for Diver.

When clothed in the ordinary div
CTS suit topped with the heavy brass
helmet diver is helpless. The air
that is pumped down to him fills not
only the helmet, but the entire suit,
putting it out to such an extent that
heavy weights are required to keep
the man down. The work that he
can do is limited One of the annoy
ances that he has to endure is the
fact that he cannot reach inside of his
suit to ease any discomfort. A diver
once discovered a June bug in his
helmet when he was down under wa
ter ana he was obliged to endure all
the torture of having the insect crawl
over his face without any possible
means of reaching it to destroy it or
even brush it away. Recently, how
ever, a French inventor devised a
divers outfit which dispenses with
everything but an abbreviated form
OF helmet. Air is pumped to the
diver in the usual way, through pipe
which is attached to his helmet at
the back of the neck.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21
TWO WaXs.

A hunter of the old school, who
lives among the foothills of the Al.
leghenies, was leased into making a
wager of $40 that his antiquated gun
would shoot bullet through a rail
road cross-tie. The old hunter was
confident Of winning, as he had test
ed his gun on cross-ties, hickory, oak
and even ironwood.
The bet was to be decided in the
lumber yard back of the depot. The
old hunter arrived at that place in
advance of the others. He arranged
several of the thickest cross-ties for
the test by standing them against
piles of lumber with their fiat sides
forward. Imagine his establishment
when the man with whom he had
made the bet upon arriving, exclaim-
ed:
Railways! Are you daffy. man?
Turn them endways"
The hunter of the old school lost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21
Washinqton's Sewerage System Pronounced Best
SXT ASHINGTGM'S sewerage system |
w has been prony1nced the finest |

dN ASHINGTCMS sewerage system
w has been pronv1nced the finest
in the world by party, including
some of the foremost sanitary en-
gineers. This party, which included
DR.. John Watson, chief sanitary en-
gineer of Birmingham, England, and
formerly chief sanitary engineer OF
Toronto; DR.. George w. Fuller OF
New York, author of the standard
work on sewerage systems; DR..
Soper, president of the Metropolitan
Drainage commission of New York
City, and James C. Webster. chief
sanitary engineer of Philadelphia.
were escorted over the system by SUI
perintendent Asa E. Phillips just at
the close of the Congress of Hygiene
and Demography. 1t was the unani-
nous opinion of this party that no
city had a better system except the
German municipalities, which were
considered to be a model in this re-
gard. Washington is underlaid by
600 miles of subterranean rivers, an
average of nearly nine miles of river
to every square mile of land These
are really underground rivers, be-
cause they take off the flowage from a
half dozen or so streams which used
to drain through what is now the
central portion of the city. In addi-
tion, they handle all the drainage
from Washington houses and all the
immense amount of rain that falls an
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21
Woman MAY Be LEGISLATOR.

Quite a hubbub surrounds the ques-
ton of whether Frau Beatrix Kunetitz-
ky, the young Czech writer, should be
allowed to take a seat in the Bohemian
diet, according to the wish of the vot-
ers of Junghunziau. 1t is up to the
governor of Bohemia to decide, for,
though there is no specific prohibition
of woman legislators In the electoral
laws, no woman has ever been elect
ed before, and the opponents of wom-
an in politics are straining the mean
ing of certain words to make them APP
pear to indicate the eligibility of men
only for election. But the governor
in a cautious man, and his present idea
liz to let the diet decide as to the
admission OF Frau Kunetitzky at an
early sitting.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21
Had to Deliver Message.

They're q queer bunch on Wall
street. Always running always breath
less, always in a hurry-and always
willing to pass two hours and three
quarters watching a stray cat have a
fit with every circumstance of osten-
tatious publicity. The other day a
hatless, catless, breathless man dashed
out of the entrance to one of the larg-
est buildings, overturning an limo
cent squad of crap shooting messen-
gers as he did so.
ANY one-see-see-ta man
black beard-white hat-go out?" he
gasped.
All the messengers had seen him.
They had noticed which direction he
had taken.
"Hur-hurry," painted the excited
man. stop him! Don't let him get
away"
The boys boiled toward the corner
the tall man had turned They had
visions OF a reward or glory accruing
to them Tor catching a defaulter OF
counterfeite~ or bomb thrower or,
something. SeSeral thousand people,
deeply immersed in their own affairs.
turned and pounded heavily after the
fleet of messengers. The boys freed
the tall man at the corner of Nassau
and Liberty streets. The excited man
who had started it all pushed his way
with difficulty through the throng. He
found the tall man with the black
beard and the white hat assuming a
defensive attitude. Several thousand
persons cast their ears forward in an
effort to hear all about it.
Il say, Jimmy" said the painting
man, don't forget to bring out Mary'si
pickle forks tonight! "-Cincinnati
Times-Star
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21
Suggests the Mounting Of American Boy Scouts

sembled at Lepsinsk, mounted on
small and rough but hardy ponies
They marched 500 miles across coun-
try to Kabul-Sai on the Tashkent rail-
road where they entrained for st. Pc
tersburg toward the end of July.
Arriving in st. Petersburg, the 20
boys rode around the city seeing the
sights for several days, and they were
then given a place in the grand re-
view. The next day they gave spe-
cial drill before the emperor. Inc
drill consisted of little troop work
in close order, of the Cossack exer-
cises in the saddle with the pony at
full speed, and ended with all the
boys standing in their saddles, advanc-
ing in line and singing their native
songs"
1T was difficult to say who enjoyed
it the most, the few spectators or the
boys themselves. 1t made very pref
ty sight and the thought at once &C.
Cured to me: Why, if Russia can 40
this much for it's boys. cannot Ameri-
ca at least do as we'll for it's sons?
Would it not be possible out of the
vast annual expenditures to devote a
few dollars as a reward to some small
troop of boy scouts-to equip them
temporarily with the few things need
ed by troop of boys, to give them
trip to Washington and let them see
the president?
1.-The horse and all that pertains
thereto is fast being forgotten by the
people at large. Is it not worth while
to again instill the love of riding?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21

nually in the District. The system
was started in 1910, when an initial
appropriation of $3.50 was granted for
that purpose. The present sewerage
system has so far cost S12,000.OOO
and the annual expenditure for sew
erage runs about $35o:cSOr and the
annual increase in mileage IS about
Is miles. To get rid of mosquito
breeding, all of the catch basins, of
which there are about 5000, are
thoroughly flushed biweekly, and then
dosed with mosquito oil during the
season. 1t is estimated that the av-
erage cost for this treatment is about
six cents a BASIN In the hot dry sea-
son these basins, uncared for in other
cities. hold water and offer breeding
places for bugs. mosquitoes and other
insects. Washington can we'll feel
proud of the splendid reputation for
her sewerage system given by these
eminent scientists.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21

KU ASHINGTON.-C Guild, Jr.,
w American ambassador to st. Pc
tersburg, desires to see mounted boy
scouts. He believes the United States
government should furnish ponies for
the boys, give them instruction in
horseback riding and train them in
skill in riding and develop their hardi-
ness.
He outlines his plan in letter to
the state department, which has been
referred to James E. West, chief scout
executive of the Boy Scouts of Ameri-
ca. West is enthusiastic over the
scheme. The scout leaders are taking
the matter up with Ambassador Guild
and the officials in Washington.
Ambassador Guild got his inspira-
ton from seeing 20 Cossack boys drill
before the czar last spring. Eat recent
events" he writes, Gin the presence of
the emperor at Krasnoe Selo, there
was one thing of particular Importance
as 1t opened new vista of the posi-
bilities of the boy scout movement.
Early in May some Cossack boys,
ranging in age from eleven to four
teen years, left their villages and as
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21
CAPTURED IN M|D-A|R
Here Is a Fish Story That Has
the Real Flavor.
Bird on the Wing Rewarded Efforts
OF Club Commodore, Whose
Verscity May Not Be Called
In Question.

Sitting on the float of the Palisade
Boat club in Yonkers, several mem
bers and friends were relating vaca-
ton adventures of this season. Fish,
snakes and other reptiles had been
favored with their innings. Bear,
deer, birds, canoe upsets and rescues
from drowning also had received
yeracious attention, when former
Commodore William ]. Lord of the
Yonkers Yacht club moved his chair
TO the edge Of the group.
Friends and fellow citizens" said
he, 81 don't expect any of you to tell,
but it doesn't make much difference
to me, for the narrative is true. Most
of you know" the former commodore
went on, that / put in three weeks
al Watkins Glen, on Seneca lake. One
evening, shortly after sunset, took
a pole and line and went down to the
water. The hook was baited with q
salmon fly, and l thought some kind
Of fish would strike at it. / was dis
appointed. After making probably
100 or more casts at different points
Iii the lake, was getting discouraged.
Just as | had resolved to go back to
the hotel, | made another cast. /
watched to see and hear the faint
splash in the water. 1t did not come.
The fly did not touch the lake. And
not tree or other obstacle for it to
strike was within 500 yards. l was
amazed.
Suddenly the line Strengthened.
Next came series of jerks, short and
long pulls. The line sawed up and
down and from side to side. / had
bite in mid-air. But no fish of my ex-
perience ever behaved In this fashion
after taking a hook. For possibly
two minutes the tugging continued,
when the pole was twitched out of
my hands and saw it go sailing in
land at height of perhaps 80 feet.
l followed the fishing tackle. Soon
t caught in clump of bushes and
there the outfit remained. Selling
the pole at the butt, l began to wind
up the line on the reel. Nothing else
moved for some seconds, but when it
became taac there was a commotion
among the leaves. Then l found that
had safely secured my catch. My
prisoner was a cheiropter of good
size. The fishline was twisted about
twig and held the captive fast.
Ana there it was hanging. 1t had
swallowed the fly and also the hook,
which it had mistaken for the real
thing while in the air"
Commodore" said a young lady,
breaking the abysmal silence of the
listening group, what is a cheirop-
ter?''
"A cheiropter," the commodore re-
FLIED, lis a bat-a bat that eats in
sects.''
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21
Railroad Puts Engine in

NNE of the big railroads having ter
~ minals here has equipped loco
motive with modern fire-fighting ap-
paratus and put it in commission to
assist the district firemen in extln-
ruishing flames IN the railroad yards,
particularly near New Jersey and
Virginia avenue.
Because of the high speed of which
the engine is capable and the fact
that it has right Of way all the time,
it's service will be Invaluable, as has
already been shown by its efficiency
in putting out small flames, in the
yards without the assistance OF the
municipal department. The excellent
switchboard service, operated from
the towers, can give it right OF way
with scarcely any delay.
The primary use Of the engine VIII
be in the yards, but it can be brought
to the Union station or elsewhere
along the road if necessary. The ter
minal has been so constructed that
water can be reached at any point IN
the yards.
This is not an inno<ation. as the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21
WASHBURN PIG. CO
THE REPORTER.

Among the sons of men there Is
none who really knows a great city
except the man who has been re-
porter In It. He has sounded its
depths. He has come to know the
Douse OF crime, the house OF worship.
and the house of festival. He Is IA
miliar with the church and with the
neither world. He has seen the great
er and the lesser wheels of admins
trative machinery in motion. He has
learned how to reach that supreme po-
tentate, the police sergeant, behind
his desk, and how to unravel and knit
together the varying tales of bystand-
ers. The streets of the city are known
to him, barred in gray morn, when the
vast commissary Of a great city is
converging on the markets, thronged
by the rising and @bbing tides of
those who go to theft work and re-
turn from 1t jostling in the crowded
hours, suddenly empty in mid eve as
the tide sweep strips the estuary of
its water and full again when the the
In the Columbia Quarterly. He knows
the streets of danger full of news, and
the streets of safety full Of newspa-
per readers, comfort clogged. He
comes to have an instinct as to the
trail of news, and he discovers, as
perhaps no other man does, how often
the intelligent, the educated, the we'll
bred, and the advantaged are dull and
hackneyed by safe life, and how keen
and swift and quick comes to be the
great guerrilla horde that knows the
street as it's hunting ground and wins
by wit and not by work
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21

ENEROUS Uncle Sam who for over
VI a century has been giving away
homesteads in the west through his
general land Office here, has decided
that in order to make these lands
more attractive to the prospective set
tiers he must make some concessions
which will render them easier to &C
quire. AS a result of the constant
granting of homestead tracts, ranging
from 40 to 800 acres, since the enact
ment of the homestead act of 1868,
during which time the government has
given away gratis more than 123.540.-
355 acres in final homestead entries,
the land Office has found it had on it's
hands lands less suitable for cultiva-
ton and farming purposes than in for
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21

My market ducklings are all raised
from White Pekin ducks, which have
the range of a half acre, five ducks to
one drake, says writer in the Poul-
try Journal. l use hens for mothers.
setting the eggs about February 1. l
sell them at ten weeks old, when they
weigh from five to six pounds, and
secure IA to 16 cents a pound live
weight. When the ducklings are first
Matched / keep them In small quar-
tiers and feed about six times a day,
giving mixed feed, little corameal,
cut clover and plenty of sand after
the first week, about four times a
day. At six weeks / give them all
they will eat of clean, mixed feed, corn
meal, clover. with fresh meat from a
rending place. feed two quarts Of
meat, with plenty of sand, to Is duck
lings. The little fellows get fed every
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-21
DIDN'T KNOW PASTOR
Divine Even at First Mistaken for
Visiting Drummer.
Voice and Face Familiar. hut other
Characteristics Were Lost 20
the Memory of Regular
Sunday Attendant.

Being a devout member of the First
Presbyterian church, Yonkers. Cap
tain and former Supervisor William
Welsh is not only a regular attendant
at Sunday services, but there he has
pew. This pew he has occupied with
his wife. When the Rev. DR.. Steven
son was installed as pastor he listen
ed eagerly to his sermons. This con-
tinued for six months, but the captain
had not spoken to or shaken hands
with the minister.
One morning tall man of good
presence entered Captain Welsh's
store, where he was selling window
shades. Waiting until Welsh was dis
engaged, the visitor approached him
with a smile and outsretched hand.
He was cordially received, but there
was 10 sign of recognition on the part
of the merchant, who had woD his
title in the Civil war
you don't seem to remember me-
captain" the caller remarked.
The captain shook his head. Il
can't say that do, stranger" he re
piled. "You see, a great many drum
mers come in her to sell goods, and
don't remember all their faces
But, captain, you see me often. In
fact, we are face to face at least once
in every seven days, should say You
must recall me now"
Again the veteran gazed long and
earnestly at the face of the man. Once
more the captain shook his head.
Your voice and your face are famii-
isr,' he said, "but don't seem able to
place you In my mind"
The captain called his partner, for
mer Mayor James M. Weller. do you
remember this man, james, was the
captains query.
Weller, who also goes to the First
Presbyterian church occasionally, said,
mo, l don't believe that I've seen
him before in my life"
I'm afraid, sir" the captain OBJ
served, you will have to introduce
yourself and let us know what line OF
goods you are carrying"
my line," the caller explained, rs
straight gospel goods, delivered every
Sunday from the pulpit OF the First
Presbyterian church. l am the Rev.
William P. Stevenson-your pastor
Welsh and Weller were astonished.
They never had seen the clergyman
except in clerical garb.
Welsh was the first to speak. THAT
beats ALL" he said, land l guess It's
my turn to treat. Come, doctor, have
some window shades on me-"