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COST OF FLOWERS
Total of $4,000 Annually for
White House Blooms.
Propagating Gardens and Greenhouses
Kept by GoVernment--Plants in Co.
ioniaI Gardens South of Ter
races Surrounded by Hedges.

Washington.-To provide the Wlaite
House with cuS flowers daily and the
grounds surrounding it with shrubs
and blooming plants in season, the
United States pays out every year
$4,000 No other appropriation for
the needs of the executive mansion Is
expected to prove as interesting to the
present FIRST lady of the land" for
Mrs. Wilson is a lover of flowers
even more so, IL report be true, than
the wife of any president In recent
administrations.
From the Roosevelt regime Mrs.
Wilson has inherited, as did Mrs. Taft,
improved facilities for supplying the
White House with flowers for state
occasions and daily use. Originally
the White House Conservatives were
located on the west terrace. In 1902,
while former President Roosevelt was
in Office, they were removed to the
south side of the Washington noun
ment, where they now form part Of
the propagating gardens.
In all, 16 greenhouses are main
tanned in the propagating gardens for
the exclusive needs of the executive
mansion and grounds. Congress ap-
propriates annually $4,000 for their
maintenance and $4,000 for repairs
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sYNoPsIs.

Mrs. Keziah Coffin, supposed widow, is
ton, following the death of her brother,
FOR whom she had kept house. Ryan
Pepper, Widower offers marriage, and Is
Indignantly refused. Capt. Elkanah Dan
iels, leader of the Regular church offers
Keziah q place as housekeeper for the
new minister, and she decides to remain
in Trumet. Keziah takes charge of Rev.
John Ellery, the new minister and gives
him advice as to his conduct toward
sensation by attending q "Come-outer"
meeting. Ellerys presence Is bitterly re
scented by Eben Hammond, leader of the
meeting. Grace apologies for her
guardian and Ellery escorts her home In
the rain Capt. Nat Hammond Eben's
son, becomes a hero by bringing the
packet into port safely through fog ana
storm. Eilery finds keZiah writing a let
ter to some one. inclosing money In re-
Spouse to a demand. She curiously
startled when informed of the arrival of
ops that they have been lovers since
youth. Daniels demonstrates with Ellery
for attending "Come-outer' meeting. Ell
1ery is caught by the tide and is rescued
by Nat. They become friends Ellery
meets Grace while walking in the fields
and learns that she walks there every
Sunday. The clergyman takes dinner
Sundays with the Daniels. Annabel the
captains daughter, exerts herself to
tees with veXation his desire to get away
every Sunday at certain time. She
watches him through spy glass. Nat
again importunes KeZiah to marry him
He rays he has had a quarrel with his
SathNT, who wants him to marry Grace.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
The Indian Monsoon.

The Indian monsoon, which having
begun rather feebly in the interior is
being anxiously watched throughout
the country, should be well establish
ed by now over great part of both
eastern and western India. The Off.
cial date for the opening of the rains
in Bengal is June Is, and in normal
year they begin to fall copiously be-
tween the Goth and 25th.
They are somewhat later in the
northwest Of the Punjab, where tina
rains begin with a terrible bars;
which is far more impressive spec
tacle than the comparatively gentle
arrival of the bay monsoon over the
Gangeic delta. A weak opening OF the
rainy season is by no means always
discouraging sign, for the deficiency
is frequently made up by heavy falls
in August and September.-Westmin-
ster Gazette.
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Tho removal of the Conservatives
of the general RENOVATION of the
White House which took place during
the Roosevelt administration, and cost
the government approximately $500,
600.
After the executive mansion had
practically been made over, Mrs
Roosevelt became interested in the
question of improving the White
House lawns, and, at her suggestion
two large flower gardens were laid
out. These are known as the colonial
gardens, and they not only received
the personal attention OF Mrs. Roose
welt, but was a source of pleasure tC
Mrs. Taft.
No new flower gardens were laid out
in the executive mansion grounds dur
Taft, and it is not likely that any
will be added while the Wilson's are
occupants of the White House, for
expert landscape gardeners have de-
clared that the present arrangement
cannot be improved upon.
But the next four years may wit
ness the installation of facilities fol
increasing the productivity of the prop
agating station, which supplies the
nations mansion with flowers.
The first duty of the officials in
charge of this station is to see that
the White House is supplied daily with
cut flowers, and that the floral deco
rations for the state occasions are
the best that Uncle Sam can produce
Huge bouquets are placed daily in the
rooms of the executive mansion and in
the office known as the president
workshop. Even the presidential
barouche is not sighted
Propagating Gardener Charles Hen
lock and his assistants face their prin
cipal task in preparing for the big
state occasions. The White House
then is literally a bowed of flowers
Particular attention is paid to the
color scheme and only one kind Of
flower is used.
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CTO BE CONTINUED)
German Cures.

In Germany one finds all KINDS Of
cures. Every enterprising town hhs
one. Often the cure house is the fiji
est public building in the city. A Ger
man talks of going TO his cure as az
American of going to his vacation
There are milk cures and mud cures
wind cures and water cures, mountain
cures and surf cures; Aut my cffoice
is the forest cure.
Not only does it be4% please my
personal taste but l notice shat it gets
the most serious cases-thJse where
radical and heroic cures are needed
First of all there are the tuberculosis
patients strewn about on their cots
under the pungent shades OF the Black
Forest as about Dr. Trudeaus camp il.
the Adirondacks.
Then there are the devotees Of III
digestion and the nervous wrecks, biz
ious, alcoholic and society wrecks.
drug fiends, bridge fiends and every.
body; that f. everybody who can
spend the time and money to come
hither for the forest cure. Naturally
in Germany, as in America, folks who
have to work and support families
cannot afford to be cured. They can't
even afford the disease in the first
place.-Womans Home Companion.
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But Ezekiel Bassett was leading, for
Captain Eben Hammond had not made
his appearance. Neither had Grace
Van Horne, for that matter, but Cap
tain Eben's absence was the most as
tonishing.
In the Regular parsonage Keziah
sat alone by the sitting-room table.
Prayer meeting and supper she had
forgotten entirely. The minister had
not come home for his evening meal,
and food was furthest from the mousse
keepers thoughts. What should she
do? What ought she to do? How
could she avert the disaster so certain
to overwhelm those two young people
the moment their secret became
known?
She rose and again donned her bon
net and shawl She was about to
blow out the lamp when she heard
rapid footsteps, the sound of some
one running along the sidewalk
in front Of the house. AS she listened,
the footsteps sounded on the path.
Whoever the runner was he was COM
ing to the parsonage. She stepped
to the door and opened 1t.
The runner was boy, Maria Hig-
gins boy Isaac, whose widowed moth
er lived down by the shore. He did
the chores at the Hammond tavern.
His freckled face was dripping with
Precipitation and he pulled and blew
like stranded whale.
"Have ye--have ye." painted Ike.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
Women Who Can Do Thinos.

Gen. Sir Robert Baden-Powell be-
lieves in the women who can do
things, and the other day he held up
Lady Baden-Powell as an exponent Of
this much-desired art. The chief and
founder of the Boy Scout movement
was describing tour that his wife
and he recently made in Algeria. Il
saw Lady Baden-Powell," he said, mot
so long ago in-what is the feminine
for shirt sleeves ?-scru5bing out a
saucepan. We were living the simple
life in the desert. We had only one
pan, and that was a saucepan. 1t
had to do for frying our fish in the
morning and also for boiling our cot
fee in. After the lady had done the
fried fish she had to get some grass
roots and sand and scrub the pot out
so that we could make our coffee in it,
The lady was quite able to do it, and
she did it we'll. She also did the wash
ing. But" General Baden-Powell add
ed. Il must stand up for the Scouts
and the mere man-she had to fall
back upon me to do the ironing"
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and so sick that I had to go to bed.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
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to convince the most skeptical. Why
don't you try it?
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FRIENDS HELP.
St. Paul Park Incident.

"After drinking coffee for breakfast
/ always felt languid and dull, having
no ambition to get to my morning
duties. Then in about an hour or SO
a weak, nervous arrangement or the
heart and stomach would come over
me with such force l would frequently
have to lie down.
Tea is just as harmful, because IL
contains caffeine, the same drug found
in coffee.
cat other times had severe head
aches. stomach finally became AFFECT
ed and digestion so impaired that 1
had serious chronic dyspepsia and
constipation. A lady, for many years
State President of the w. c. T. u.
told me she had been greatly ben
Gifted by quitting coffee and using
Postum: she was troubled for years
with asthma. She said it was no
cross to quit coffee when she found
she could have as delicious an
article as Postum.
Another lady who had been trou-
bled with chronic dyspepsia foryears'
found immediate relief on ceasing cor
fee and using Postum, Still another
friend told me that Postum was
Godsend, her heart trouble having
been relieved after leaving off conee
and taking on Postum.
$50 many such cases came 10 my
notice that I concluded coffee was the
cause of my trouble and quit and
took UP Postum. l am more than
pleased to say that my days of trou-
BILE have disappeared. am we'll and
happy"
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, "The Road to Wellville.''
Ever read the above Ietter2 A new
ONE appears ftoln time 90 time. They
nre genuine, true, anG full OF humaA
interest.
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HAUNTED DESERT OF COBB
Mysterious Singing and Wailing and
Distant Music BeguiIe the Trav-
eler in the Waste.

Slowly we travelled across the great
waste of Dzungaria, the 'soul-appalling
Gobi' of some writer's, but to US land
of beauty even if of somewhat ter
rifying character. For her, more near
ly than in any other land is beauty al
lied to terror.
These silent steppes, the natives
believe, are the haunts of "genii"
and the rendezvous of evil spirits. AS
recent writer has said: 1.-THE great
sandy desert of Cobb has been looked
on as the dwelling place of malignant
beings from the days of hoary an
tiouity." All luckless travellers in this
region, from the days of Marco Polo
onward, have recorded strange stories
of weird beings that inhabit the depths
of the wastes. Mysterious singing and
wailing, beating of drums and dis
tant music are said to beguile the trav-
eler and lead him off the track until
he is hopelessly lost in the wilder
ness. A recent Russian explorer gives
quite a detailed account of the wild
men of the desert. Listen to the
strange story told by Kosloff, who
traversed the desert of Dzungaria in
it's widest part not long ago:
These wild men, the Kyz-Kyks, as
they are called, are covered with short
wool, similar to the fur of young
camel. They have long black hair and
black eyes. They are of the ordinary
size, but rather long-legged. They
roam the steppes in pairs, and when
harassed by man they scream, whis-
tie and snarl as they run away. The
native Kirghiz claim to have caught
them occasionally, but the captives
refuse food and drink, and die after
a few days'-Douglas Corruthers in
the World Wide Magazine.
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and What was It you Just said?

and What was Il you Just said
IL don't b'lieve l heard it right.
II said that daughter of yours, or
niece, or whatever she is, this Grace
Van Horne, has been meeting young
Ellery, our minister, in Peters's grove
Been meeting him and walking with
him, and kissing him. She's met him
in those pines every Sunday afternoon
for a long time. She was seen there
with him this afternoon"
"Who-who saw herr"
Never mind. The one that didll
never tell-unless it's necessary. They
are fixing to be married, and
Married! She marry a Regular
minister! Oh"
FLUSH! Listen! They amt married
yet We can stop em. you and |. II
We get right to work. 1t isn't too late.
Will you help?"
"Will II Go on! tell me more!"
1--WE can stop 'em. / know it would
be a good catch for her, the sneaklng,
designing Well, never mind. But 1t
can't be. It shan't be. You've got to
tell her so, Hammond. We folks OF
the Regular church have pride in our
society; we won't have it disgraced.
And we have been proud Of our minis
ter, the young, rattle-headed fool!
Well save him If we can. Ii we
can't''-the speakers teeth grated
then we'll send him to eternal
smash or die trying"
"But / can't believe it's true. It's
mistake; some other girl and not
Oracle Why, she don't even know
him. She wouldn't But she has
been out every Sunday afternoon Tor
weeks. If it should bel"
The chair creaked Evidently, Cap
tain Eben was rising slowly to his
feet.
"Well?" repeated Elkanah.
"Elkanah Daniels" said Eben SLOW
ly, his voice shaking from nervous ex-
haustion and weakness, but with fine
ring of determination in every word.
"Elkanah Daniels, you listen to
me. I've heard you through. II
your yarn is true, then my heart is
broke, and ] wish l might have died
afore | heard It, But | didn't die and
| have heard it, Now listen to me. |
love that girl Of mine better'n the
whole wide world and yet Id ruther
see her dead afore me than married
to a Regular minister. Disgrace to
hi lfcrr n
church! What about the disgrace to
mine? And the disgrace to her? Ruin
to your minister! Ruin to my girl
here and hereafter is what I'm think
in of; that and my people who wor-
ship God with me. I'll talk to Grace.
happen t. him or you-or any of your
cantin', lip-servin' crew. I'll tell her
to choose between him and me. And
IL she chooses him, I'll send her out
of that door I'll do my duty and read
her out of my congregation. And I'll
and that's worse'n the poorhouse.
That's all tonight, Elkanah. Now you
better CO."
The lock turned; the door opened
and closed Grace, clinging to the bal
listers, heard Captain Hammond cross
the room, slowly and feebly. She
heard him enter the sitting room. BY
and by, pale, but more composed, and
with her mind made up, she came
down into the hall. Drawing a long
breath, she turned into the sitting
room to face her uncle. By the light
shining through the dining-room door
she saw him on his knees by the hair
cloth sofa. She spoke his name. He
did not answer nor look up. At her
touch his arm slid from the couch and
he fell gently over upon his side on
the carpet
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CHAPTER XII.
In Which CAPTAIN Eben Makes Port.

In Which Captain Eben Makes Port.
Half past eight. In the vestry of the
Regular church John Ellery was con-
Quoting his prayer meeting. The at
tendance was as large as usual. Three
seats, however, were vacant, and along
the settees people were wondering
where Captain Elkanah Daniels and
his daughter might be. They had not
missed a service for many day. And
where was Keziah Coffin?
At the Come-Outer chapel the testi-
flying and singing were in full blast.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
penper and Salt.

How is your husband this evening
Mrs. Bones?" mo Improvement, doc
tor, one way or the other"
Every married woman is personally
will sit right alongside OF a stove and
let the fire go out.
A western editor in describing 6
storm wrote: THE wind just sat or
it's hind legs and howled."
Mrs. Jenkins complained during the
evening that the turkey she had eater
for dinner didn't set well" Prob
ably" said one of the guests. lit wai
not a hen turkey
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
Not Becoming.

II didn't think Mrs De Browne
looked very attractive at the opera
last night" said Dubbleigh.
so? Why, usually she is radiant
what did she have on?' asked
Winkletop.
"A large sized crouch, said Dub
bleigh.-Harper' Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

Secretary of the Navy Daniels the
other day called attention to the fact
Reduce Number 1s1s "l tHe ' unwb SU,
of Middioc of appointments to
the naval academy
will be reduced one-half, each senator
and representative in congress being
of two as at present
The opinion of department officials
is that congress should so amend eX-
listing laws as to permit the appoint
ment of at least ten candidates at
large by the president Provision for
this was contained in the naval bill
of the last session of congress, but
was struck out in the house on a point
of orde9.
The academy can accommodate
many more midshipnen than are now
there, and it is fea%ed that If more
appointments are not authorized the
shortage of naval officers will inc
crease.
The revision of the curriculum of
the naval academy at Annapolis has
resulted in decrease in the number
of first-year men dropped for de-
ticiency in studies, according to Sec
rotary of the Navy Daniels. 1t has
been found that the lessening of the
proportionate count given to examina1
ton marks has had beneficial result!
The recent extrance examinations
also showed an increase over the usual
percentage passed. Out of 1876 ext
amined this year, So per cent. upassed4
while the average for TIE last six
years has been about Al per cent,
passed.
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Bashful Youth-T'm so afraid te
see your father. Did anyone else evOa
ask him?" The Maiden-"Yes. Az
thur, and they suffered like AaTCaR
The Club-FallOw.
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WOMAN'S ILLS
DISAPPEARED
Like Magicafter takingL Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
North Bangor, N. Y. -"As I have

uSeu Lydla II. PINK
hams We geta Bile
Co mp oun d with
great benefit / feel
it my duty to write
and tell you about it.
l was ailing from fe-
male weakness and
h ad headache and
backache nearly all
the time. Iwaslater
every month than l
should have been
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
Its WEIGHT.

"Cholly complained of having some
thing on his mind"
Il know what it is. ! saw him
strike his head against a lot OF cob
webs in the corner"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
Inst "Between You and l."

She-Why, her and me were the
best of friends before him and her
met. OF course, this is between you
and I.--London Punch.
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not only have enriched the farmer, but
they have served
wages VI Tdflii to increase the
,aI.i,o u;o.hor wages of farm la
"o' MI borerS. A bulletin
issued by the department of agricul-
ture the other day declares wages
paid to such laborers have increased
about 30 per cent. during the year and
Z per cent during the last two years.
Since 1902" says the bulletin, 1.-The
increase has been about "a per cent. "
The current average rate of farm
wages in the United States when board
is included, according to the bulletin
is by the month $20.S1; by the day,
other than harvest, $1.14; at harvest,
$1.54. When board is not included the
rate is, by the month, $29.56; by the
day, other than harvest, S1.47; by the
day at harvest, $1.87. The wages vary
in different parts of the country.
The wages paid farm labcrers now,
when compared with the average
wages during the sos, are about 53
per cent higher; when compared with
the low year of 1894 the present wages
are about 65 per sent. higher, accord
ing to the departments figures.
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True Love.

"And would you die for me?"
Certainly not. I would rather live
forever than to give you such cause
for grief"
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AnSWe

I'm about to give an opera party
What boxes should l take?"
"Any, except chatterboXes. Judge
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

There's always some man around to
second any kind of a motion-except
a motion that looks like work.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
tion, allays pain cures wind collie, 25c bottleAw
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

The export trade of Ehe United
States for the month of February fell
Shrinkage in 0oo4s1s1s,41o. to
Cvno,+ rrodo be exGft-as com
-"P"'e ~"' pared s9ith the ex-
ports for the same month East year, &C
cording to figures issued ''he other day
by the department of commerce. Ex7
ports for February aggregated 1884,
025,916, as compared with $198,S44,7
326 for the corresponding month in
1912.
On the other hand, the imports of
United States for the same month ex-
ceeded the imports for the correspond
ing month of last year. The total val
ue of imports last February was $149,7
569,214. For the same month a year
ago they aggregated 1884, 188,438.
The excess of exports over Imports
for last February was $44,456,7O2
while for the corresponding month
of 1912 the excess amounted to 1884,
655,S8S. Of the imports that entered
this country last February those that
came in free of duty amounted to &c.,
$4,000.
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The benches which are to take the
place of the swivel chairs and desks
:, which have been
A. =. 1Ia the house cham
Hi0 W 'o'"0' Der of that body,
are in place on the floor of the cham
Der
The new benches have comfortable
backs and arm rests. No desks are
provided for the members except as
they have charge of bills which come
up for consideration, or when they
plan to address the house on some
special subject Then temporary ia
bles will be placed before them.
The substitution of the benches for
the chairs and desks has been made
necessary to accommodate the in
creased membership of the house. I'm
der the apportionment made after the
last census. the house membership
has been increased to 435. There was
not room in the house chamber to give
chairs and desks to all the new mem
berS.
The new arrangement Of seats was
contemplated in time for the opening
Of the extra session. The change,
however, may be only temporary, and
the new benches are to be tested be-
fore any move is made to dispose of
the old chairs and desks. Should the
benches not prove satisfactory, the
chairs and desks may be returned and
the size of the chamber increased, as
at one time contemplated.