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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
A Distinctive Work in Journalism

The following interesting write-up
of our former tOwasman John K.
Jones, recently appeared in the
winged Foot" the New York
Athletic Club magazine and shows
how Mr.. Jones made good in the
new work that he has undertaken at
Washington in establishing the
United States Press Association.
cat little gathering of magazine
men at the New York Athletic Club,
recently, 7. E. Jones, who founded
the United States Press Association,
declared that che home printed pages
of local newspapers would become
the adverting mediums to supplant
the big periodicals, and cited the
methods adopted by half dozen
great advertisers who have already
''seen the light. F."
The interesting Mr.. Jones printed
weekly in a county seat town in
Wisconsin for dozen years, most OF
which time he enjoyed monopoly
in selling the postage stamps to the
people of his city-a very good COM
bination. Six or seven years ago he
came east and was connected with
the National Magazine as member
of its staff. Later in New York we
find him managing editor of fnan-
cial magazine in Wall street and
con tributing to some of the best
publications in the country. 1t is
told of him among his friends, that
one night three years ago, he walked
across Brooklyn Bridge with Mayer
Gaynor, and conceived a plan that
opened the first big discussion favor
able to the parcel post, which later
swept the country.
The Wall Street magazine parted
reluctantly with Mr.. Jones and he
was offered a large interest If he
would remain and direct its affairs.
81 had been maklag frequent trips
to Washington in connection with
magazine assignments" explains
Jones, sand had noticed that each
year number of people started to
furnish letters to the newspapers
back home; also observed that after
a time they all quit. No one had
ever had the nerve to tackle the
proposition as real business and so
] fitted up offices in the best build
ing in the Capital and took the
plunge. My difficulties have been
to overcome well-grounded pre-
JUDGES created by the many sporadic
experiments, mo cure. no pay paten
attorneys aud the publicity agents
with bills to boom or candidates to
promote. !"
In comparison to the big feature
stories carried by the principal
magazines, the Jones copy is de-
cidedly superior in quality. The
writer remembers talking to Mr..
Jones before he opened the Wash.
ington office, and he declared then
that he would do the work better
than anyone else could He has
won, and the reason is that he justi-
fies confidence, and can write happy
smiles into dry pages of statistics. :"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
M. E. Church
y N CAIIAwAY PASTOR

G. N. GALLOWAY, PASTOR.
Morning Service at 1890. Subject,
"The Atonement." Sunday School ane
Bible classes meet at ll:50.
Junior League at $50.
Epworth League at Gas. Subject
THE Facial Material: My Neishbor.
Leader Mrs. Torkelson.
Evening Gospel Service at $780, Sub
ject of Sermon; "A Crown of Thorns."
The men will meet on Monday and fol
lowing evenings att o'clock in the base
ment of the Church to build booths etc
for the bazaar. The ladies will meet a
parsonage Tuesday at 7:30.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13

Board called to order at 100 pur-
suant to adjournment, with all mem
bers of the morning session present.
The following presented appllca,
tions for the position OF Highway
Commissioner: Thos. Moore, John
Sundell. A. G. Nelson and H. Marion
Juel.
Upon motion it was decided that
the board vote informally for High
way Commissioner and to continue
voting informally until one OF the
candidates received a majority
Motion carried.
Chairman appointed Supervisors
Mertz and. Robinson as tellers.
First informal ballot resulted as
follows: Whole number of votes cast
"a of which number John Sundel
received 9, w. Fl. Nettleton l. Peter
Soronen, Jr. l, H. Marion Juel o and
A. G.. Nelson 5. No majority.
Second informal ballot resulted as
follows: Whole number OF votes
cast %, of which John Sundell re-
ceiyed IL, H. Marion Juel z, A. 9
Nelson W. H. Nettleton !. Nc
majority.
Third informal ballot resulted as
follows: Whole plumber OF votes cast
%, of which John Sundell received
IL, H. Marion .Juel 9, A. G. Nelson z.
The informal ballot was upon mo-
ton declared. formal an John Supdell
was declared elected Highway Com
missioner for the unexpired term.
The following resolution was pre-.
sented.
Resolved, that the Chairman ap-
point committee OF three to confer
with officers OF the town OF Banks
dale, they to secure the services oil
competent engineer to 90 thoroughly
oyer the proposition of building
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
The Heaviest American Brain.

DR.. Edward A. Spitzka, the brain
specialist, credits the late Edward Fl.
Knight with having the heaviest Amer
lean brain on record Mr.. Knight was
well known in Washington and was
patent attorney Of note. At the time
of his death his brain weighed 1874
grams General Benjamin f. Butler
had a brain which weighed 1,75S
grams, the next heaviest recorded, &C
cording to DR.. Spitzka. The heaviest
brain on record anywhere in the world
is given as that Of the Russian poet
and novelist, Turgenev. which tipped
the scales at 2,012 grams.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
Quaint English Surnames.

There are still the quaint surnames
redolent Of the soil or the early expe
riences in the hill country Of the Cots
wolds. A correspondent tells me that
there are four men working on one
farm on the Cotswold hills named re-
spectively PHI. Fouracre. Pothecary
and Greengrass-men clearly who have
gained their surnames from some kind
of idiosyncrasy or fact. men who may
some day send the surname OF Pill
into fame. London Telegraph
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
The Sponsor.

"Say, you told me Balleigh was mar
ried and had a large family, and !
find him to be a confirmed bachelor"
"He is, In a manner OF speaking, but
he is welded to his art, and he has
large family Of unpaid bills. Why,
man, / stood for most of them."-New
York Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
Sand Cure For Fatigue.

One of the most efficacious cures for
fatigue from overwork consists In
walking barefoot in sand. The nerves
of the sole and heel are slightly irri-
tated by coming in contact with the
grains and accelerate the circulation
of the blood in all parts Of the body.
The effect produced is highly tnvigor,
ating. Besides this, the monotony OF
an ample extent Of yellow sand exer-
cises a soporific effect on the brain
which induces sleep.--Exchange.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
Pictures on the Rocks.

Art dealers who go to picture sales
have a curious expression which they
use when the bidding for a picture
stops at a price much lower than 1t
was expected to bring. They look at
one another and remark, "Its on the
rocks already" When they utter that
cryptic remark a wreck usually fol
lows.-New York Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13

Accidents will happen, but the
best-regulated families keep DR..
Thomas eclectric Oil for such
emergencies. Ii subdues the pain
and heals the hurts. For Sale by
all Druggists. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
Not Becoming.

81 didn't think Mrs. DE Browne look
ed very attractive at the opera last
night" said Dubbleigh
80? Why, usually she is radiant
What did she have onY asked Win
kletOp.
"A large sized crouch" said Dubb
leigh.-Harper's Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
The Caller.

''Mary, has any one called while ]
was out?"
Eyes, ma'am; Mr.. Biggs was here"
'.Mr. Biggs? don't recall the
name"
'tNo, ma'am; he called to see me,
ma'am."-Strand Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
Modern Cleverness.

There goes one of our cleverest
men,"
"Why clever2"
"Well, he's done all his stealing le-
gally."-Detroit Free Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13

A healthy man is king in his
own right; an unhealthy man is an
unhappy slave. Burdock Blood
Bitters builds up sound health
keeps you well. Sold by all drug
gists. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
Unconventional.

"But, Maria, why should we make a
trip abroad when we've seen so few of
the places Of interest in our own coun-
try? Let us visit those first"
ooh, John, you do say such dread
fully crude and unconventional things"'
Chicago Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
Meant It Kindly.

Aunt with her two nieces at con-
cert)-Oh. but this is tedious. Let me
take your fan. Ida. so ! can hide my
yawning behind it. Olga-Take mine.
auntie; it's bigger -Fliegende Batter.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
Grateful to Him.

She-Oh, Jack, I'm awfully glad you
proposed. He-Then you accept me?
She-Well. no: but, you see, your pro-
posal puts me even with Kitty Cobb,
who had the most Of any girl In our
set-BoSton Transcript
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
Diplomacy.

If you are thinking OF running for
Office this spring remember that The
Times has full supply of nomin-
alton blanks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-03-13
silk Producino Insects.

SIX producing InseCtss
There are more than 200 species of
silk producing insects, though very
few of these are Of any practical value
to mankind.
Diplomacy.
Wife-Today is my birthday, and
you've come home and forgotten to
bring me present.
Hubbie-But, dear1e, how can / re-
member? You look as young as you
did last year.-Judge.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-08
CHRISTMAS IN MEXICO.

Christmas is the happiest time in
all the year for every Mexican child
The poorest family there is not so
poor that it cannot, on that day,
have some sort Of festivity. This is
called a posada. There is always great
fun for the old people as well as the
children.
It must be great fun to buy Christ
mas gifts in Mexico. One of the
sights which please the children most
is that of the Indian men and women
carrying long poles over their Shout
ders from which hang paper dolls
oftentimes as large as the children
themselves. 1t may be a clown, it may
be dancing girl, sailor boy, or per-
haps a ship with all its sails to the
wind. Perhaps it is dog or horse.
These are all made out of paper, and
are called pinatas. The pinatas are
made Of bright-colored paper and tin
sci, and have streamers of various
kinds, and are very bright and lovely.
On Christmas Day the pinata is
broken open and out falls wonderful
shower of sweets and rattles and
whistles and tops and all sorts OF
things that boys and girls like very
much.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-08

ances, those who knew the girl, almost
without exception, chung to a belief in
her honesty. MARY has never told q
lie," her mistress said: "She has
never betrayed my confidence. I don't
believe that she has begun now" And
after some months, new evidence was
brought to light, which proved that the
girls strange story was the unvar.
nished truth, and that the confidence
of her friends was not misplaced.
It takes little time and more than
a little pains to build up a reputation
of that sort. If a girl loses her tenn
per and flies into passion once in
six months, her friends will not be
ready to assume that she was not to
blame in quarrel. If a girl plays with
the truth occasionally, to meet her
own ends, she cannot hope for the i'm.
plicit confidence which is almost ready
to defy the evidence of the senses.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-08
BIRD SLAUGHTER is COSTLY.
Direct Connection Between Increase OF
Insect Pest and Killing Off of
Little songsters.

DR.. William T. Hornaday, director of
the New York Geological park, esti-
mates that if the bird population of
this country was as large today as it
was go years ago, it would mean a
saving of $25O,O00,0O0 to American
farmers. There is a direct connection
in his opinion, between the multiple
cation of insect pests, which are
among the gravest. problems of
modern agriculture, and the slaughter
of migratory birds.
The most common orchard visitant
of the woodpecker tribe is the red
headed woodpecker (Melanerpes cry
throcephalus). Generally speaking he
is the most sociable of all the bird
folks, frequenting orchards, parks,
shade trees, and the wooded districts
near farms. This tree surgeon makes
a nest near the summit of some dead
topped tree where he and his wife
rear their brood of ten to twelve
healthy, hungry youngsters, each of
them requiring, nay, demanding to
be fed. Practically all this birds food
is obtained by boring. It is impos-
sible even to guess at the number OF
noxious insects destroyed by them in
season. A pair of them nested in
a dead cottonwood near my uncle's
orchard in Yakima valley one year,
and l watched them one day
through a pair of glasses when the
vounC Uorn about half GROWN saws a
writer in an exchange. The two
birds made ninety-six trips in one
hour to the tree, each time carry.
ing a worm. It is pretty safe to
calculate that ninety-six apples were
saved in that hour, practically box
worth, say, one dollar If the birds
worked ten hours per day they were
worth to my uncle ten dollars, or in
three weeks the young were in the
nest 1910. Can you afford to kill a
woodpecker?
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store, and then you will see how the
money goes"
Alec was delighted. He took back
his three dollars and went out shop
ping. Now Alec was a hungry boy
and liked substantial things; he laid
out his money for his Sundays meals
with no stinting hand; Mondays
meals were also purchased, and Tues
day came. But 10! there were only
a few cents left. The boy pushed his
hands deep into his pockets and set
out to buy a roll.
When he returned, his mother
asked where was the food for dinner.
Alec growled something about not
being hungry; he would eat just what
was left.
The mother did not say a word,
though her good heart ached for the
lad. She brought out a cry small
piece Of steak and a potato, left from
yesterdays superfuity, and warmed
them up. Wednesday things were
worse. There was nothing left, and
no money.
But where's the money gone to,
Alec?" said his mother "This is only
Wednesday and you've to live on
until the end Of the week."
Alec looked ready to cry.
Mother" he said, 81 know now
where the money goes. Will you buy
my dinners for me?"
Now Alec had learned lesson for
life. He never asked his mother again
what had become Of his three dollars.
And he made a tremendous effort to
earn better wages.
| And that little grocers assistant
lived to command a ship and be his
own master And good master he
made!
This is a true story, children. And
knew the little boys god-mother, a
holy nun, who was as clever as Alec
in her way, though she never COM
manded ship,
Pittsburgh Observer
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-08
THE MONEY ALEC EARNED.

Alec was a grocer's boy; that is to
say, he worked for the grocer, ran
errands, tidied the shop, unpacked
the vegetables, sorted the fruit, and
now and then, served customer.
1t was Saturday, and Alec was run
ming home full of glee. He burst into
his mothers little house and threw
down three dollars upon the table.
The mother smiled and watched her
boys face.
There, mother" Alec said, there
is my first wage. It is all for you and
will keep us of the street, won't it?
Mrs. Wood smiled again, but there
was some humor this time in the
smile.
t'Well, my boy, three dollars is very
welcome in this establishment, and
am glad to see you have earned a
bit for your own keep. You go on
as you have been ADDING, and there's
many a dollar ash find its way into
your pocket, before you've beard, |
dare say"
Alec was satisfied. He watched the
money drop into the brown teapot
and then settled himself to his after
Moons work-cleaning the boots for
Sunday, cutting wood, filling the coal
scuttle, and peeling the potatoes.
There wasn't an idle bone in the boy,
as his mother said many time when
the father found fault with his sons
tongue or his pushing ways. Two
weeks passed, and Mrs. Wood thought
she noticed a cloud on the boys
brow.
Whats to do, Alec?" she said
one morning. 'You have not been so
spry Of late; aren't you weIl?"
Mother" said Alec, t'Pll tell you,
though it does seem queer thing to
say. l want to know where all my
money goes to? You can't be spend
ing all the money that / get every
week, with nothing lying by! A chap
works hard for six days and doesn't
spend a cent on himself, and yet he
hasn't a penny for a''-he was going
to say Cigarette" but checked him
self in time-"for an apple or a
sweet. I'm sure I could make a dol
lar go further than you do. You see,
when you come to work for money
you begin to know its value"
Mrs. Wood smiled secretly, and
looked down at her sodden hands,
that told so plainly what her profess
sion was. But she entered into the
spirit of the thing and answered:
Nov, my lad, I think that's very
good say for you And Wen just bide
by a bargain. I'll give yer lodging
and firing and clothes, but you shall
find yerself in food. And I'll cook
whatever yer brings to me to be
cooked, and You shall live on your
own earnings with nothing out OF my
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-08
BUILDING A REPUTATION.

She and Kitty quarreled, you say"
The voice of the speaker betrayed as
much establishment as if quarrels
were as rare as white blackbirds.
"Quarreled!" Then with decision, eff
she quarreled with Kitty, she must be
very unreasonable, ill-tempered girl. /"
That rather sweeping statement IL
Illustrates the advantage of a good rep
utation. There are some people so
sweet and reasonable, that if they have
trouble with anybody, their acquaint-
ances do not ask about the right and
wrong of the matter. They simply
take it for granted that all the blame
was on the other side.
A young girl employed in a wealthy
woman's home fell under the suspi.
cion of dishonesty. The story she told
to explain the thing she had done
seemed very far-fetched. A fellow
servant gave evidence against her
which would have convinced almost
any outsider. But I'm spite OF appear.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-08
SLEEPY - SLEEPY - SLEEPY
SLEE-.

AS soon as the fire burns red and low,
And the house upstairs is still,
She sings me queer little sleepy
song
OF sheep that go over hill.
The good little sheep run quick and
soft,
Their colors are grey and white;
They follow their leader, nose to tail,
For they must be home by night.
And one slips over, and one comes
next,
And one runs far behind;
The grey ones nose at the white ones
tail,
The top of the hill they find.
And when they get to the top of the
hill
They quietly slip away.
But one runs over, and one comes
Their colors are white and grey.
And over they go and over they 60,
And over the top of the hill;
The good little sheep run quick and
soft,
And the house upstairs is still.
And one slips over and one comes
next,
The good little, grey little sheep!
| watch how the fire burns red and
low
And she says that l fall asleep.
Josephine DGSk0m Bacon
in The Chicago Post
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-08
A NEW DEPARTURE IN CATHOLIC
LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION.

The Young Ladies' Sodality of Per-
petual Help Church, st. Louis, has
started a new movement in its effort
to obtain travelling library or loan
collection of books from the local
Catholic Free Library. The plan is
simple and should prove interesting
to all who are DESTROYS of obtaining
the benefit of good library, while
avoiding the outlay of funds and en-
ergy that the purchase and organiza-
ton of a new library entails.
The system is simply this: The
Sodality, having first obtained a list
of the books in the Catholic Free
Library, selects about 40 or so titles,
which are then deposited in its own
library and drawn out by the Sodality
members, like any of it's regular books.
When the collection has been pretty
well canvassed it is returned and a
new one installed Or a part of the
collection is returned, after having
been we'll circulated, and other titles
are substituted.
The Catholic Free Library has a
collection of 1000 books, including
books on History, Ethics, Philosophy,
Sociology and Social Reform, Re-
ligious Works, Natural Science, Fic-
ton, Poetry, etc. 1t reaches about
2,100 of the Catholic people of the
city and during the past year had a
record of $500 issues. The library
is situated down town, and while
centrally located, still has the disad.
vantage of being somewhat uncom-
fortably housed The circulation OF
this large library among parish So
cieties furnishes an outlet for its
really excellent store of books and
gives to these societies an oppor
tunity to acquire collection of books
they might otherwise find themselves
unable to secure, the cost and labor
required being sometimes prohibitive,
1t is gratifying to note that the
Public Library has also declared it
self willing to help in this work
Thus it will be possible to secure al
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-08

the advantages of this institution
while obviating it's Objectionable
feature, that of unrestricted choice of
books, among which often are found
some inimical to Catholic teaching
and views and prejudicial to the
furtherance of Catholic ideals and
sentiment.
In this attempt to enlarge the
library special effort is being made
in the selection of books, and to en-
courage serious reading, the ultimate
plan being to form a study circle
among those members particularly in
terested. Under the direction of the
pastor, Rev. FIR. Wentker, this circle
hopes to take up first of all a study of
history as groundwork for the later
study of contemporary activities in the
field of religion, education and social
reform.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-08
SHORTER WORK DAY-GREATER
EFFICIENCY.

A recent issue of the Granite Cut
ters' Journal contains communica-
ton from William j. Crawford & Co.,
Of Buffalo, N. Y, granite dealers, adj
dressed to James Duncan, information
al president The Union Advocate,
the st. Paul, organ of the Trades and
Labor Assembly, reproduces the
substance of the letter as follows:
The president of the company, who
indites the communication, declares
that his company has maintained an
elaborate cost system since it's estab-
lishmeRt, in 1856, and asserts that
these records show that, in the reduc-
ton of hours from ten to nine, each
individual workman has demonstrated,
under the shorter day, the same condi-
tions and the same work applying, that
the character and quantity of work
performed were enhanced. Likewise
with the reduction of hours from
nine to eight the same results were
produced, the record of the achieve
ments of the eight-hour day exceed
ing those of the ten-hour day.
The writer also assumes that the
hours can still further be reduced
with profit to the employer and the
employee as we'll, and states that the
experiment of the seven-hour day in
the case of an individual workman
will be made by his firm for speci-
fed time in the near future, also urg-
ing that employers and union men
work in unison in furtherance of a
still shorter workday.
The 81 per day minimum of the
Granite Cutters union is commended
as being none too high.
The work of granite cutter is ex-
acting and the dust problem seri-
Gus one, and for these reasons the
shorter workday is of important con-
Germ to the granite cutter.
1t is, indeed, refreshing and re-assur-
ing, says the Union Advocate, to be
permitted to contemplate the views
of a broad-minded employer, which
the subject of this article has shown
himself to be.