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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-15
Housekeeping Women need Health
and Strength.

The work of a. housekeeping wo-
man makes constant call in her
strength and vitality, and sickness
comes through her kidneys and
bladder oftener than she knows.
Foley Kidney Pills will invigorate
and restore her, and weak back,
nervousness. aching joints and ir-
regular bladder action will all dis
appear when Foley Kidney Pills are
used. Engbertson's Pharmacy
Adv.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-15

Henry A. Johnston, business
man of L'Anse, Mich, writes: =
For years, Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound for coughs and colds has
been our family medicine. We
give it to our children, who like II
on account of it's pleasant taste. II
is a safe cure for coughs and
colds" 1t contains no opiates.
Engbertson's Pharmacy.-Adv.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-15

There isn't much good in the man
who can see no good in others.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-15

Practice in all courts.
Office in e. P. Johnson Bldg
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17
OUR OLDEST ENGLISH HOUSE

Data duly recorded in the records
of Princess Anne county, Virginia,
show that the main portion Of the old
house shown in the illustration was
erected in 1910 by Adam Thorough
good. Adam did such a thorough
good" job that not a brick has been
loosened by the elements in that stout
old>wall since it was built 273 years
ago. 1t is without doubt the oldest
house Of English construction in
America. The builder came to Amer
lea in the year 1926, 10 years after
Jamestown was founded. He was an
influential man, both in England and
in America, and was granted large
tracts of land on the southern shore
Of Chesapeake bay, and this old house
is on a portion of the original grant
from the English king. Loop holes
in the end walls and dormer windows
in the roof enabled the occupants to
observe the approach of Individuals
with hostile intent, and the thick
walls afforded ample protection from
attacks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17
SHARING SARDINES

In tin boxes by women seated at long
tables. The boxes are claSsed as
wholes. halves and quarters. The
quarter box contains eight or ten sar-
dimes and is the most familiar size.
Sometimes pimento, sliced lemons and
pickles and other codiments are put
in the bottom of the box
The filled boxes are placed on large
trays and carried to the oiling room,
where the voids are quickly filled with
oil flowing from a row of taps which
the operator controls with one hand
while with the other she brings each
box In turn under stream of oil.
The boxes are sealed either by
soldering or by folding and pinching
the edges. In the former case the
soldering iron is continuously heated
by blowpipe as it passes along the
edge Of the box, which is clamped to
turntable. A single blower furnishes
the air blast for so to 60 frames, tend
ed by as many men. In the newer fac
tories soldering has been replaced by
the more rapid and more hygienic op-
Grafton of folding and pinching, which
is performed by special machinery 50
perfectly that the lid is Theoretically
Joined in the box.
The sealed boxes are sterilized at a
high temperature in autoclaves and are
then rolled in sawdust to remove oil
and other impurities from their ex-
terror.
A curious and important fact in the
biology of the sardine is the sudden
ness with which the little fishes appear
in great numbers and subsequently
vanish, probably in consequence Of
changes in oceanic conditions. Accord
ing to M. Charles Rabot, sardines ap-
pear in dense schools wherever they
find the most favorable degrees of
temperature and salinity and disap-
pear as soon as the water has been
replaced by current OF different char
acter. Unfortunately, we know moth
ing of the physical conditions which
the sardine seeks or of the movement
of various strata of water along the
coast. We do not know whether the
sardine prefers warm or cool water,
very salt or moderately salt water, nor
do we know the temperature and sa-
Unity of the sea at different seasons,
depths and distances from land.
In Brittany sardines are caught with
vertical net, from 1000 to 1900 feet
long and 26 to 33 feet deep, which is
supported by corks fastened to it's
upper border and is attached to the
stern of the boat by cord several
yards long. AS the boat moves slowly
against the current the sardines are
lured to the net by sailed cod thrown
on the water. The net is made of
thread so fine that it is almost invis-
ible and the meshes are of such dimen-
sions that the sardines thrust their
heads through them and are caught by
the gills.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17
FAMED APES OF GIBRALTAR

Travellers to Gibraltar are always
the rock, the only wild monkeys in
Europe, and will be interested to
learn that their threatened extinction
has been averted.
Until about twenty-five years ago
these monkeys held undisputed pos
session of the upper part of the rock
and were seldom seen; but when the
fortification on the summit was be-
gun the animals spread to the lower
levels and were one of the sights of
the place One locality, Bruces Farm,
they avoided for years. The story is
that long ago they became very trou-
blesome to the owner by raiding his
fruit garden After various expedients
to get rid of them had failed, some
one caught young monkey and tying
it to a tree left 1t to starve to death.
This cruelty was resented by the
band which, 1t is said, carried away
the dead body and never afterward
approached the place.
Tan years ago there were fifty or
Gixty apes on the rock, but many were
shot or trapped, and three years ago
only three old females were left to
represent the stock. When this came
to the knowledge of the commandant
he issued orders for their protection,
and imported from Morocco a male
and four females; but the three old
females attacked and soon killed the
newcomers. A second experiment was
equally unsuccessful, but in 1911
third male was obtained who fought
his way into the good graces of the
old females and became the sire of
several young monkeys that will now,
1t is expected replenish the stock.
Unfortunately. this sire became so
dangerous, viciously attacking the
people who would befriend him, that
he was lately condemned to be shot.
The sentence, however, was COM
muted to Imprisonment for life in the
London Zoo, whittier he was trans
ported on a battleship and where he
now dwells in an admired captivity in
Regent Park.
The Gibraltar ape, which is not a
true ape, but a macaque, is especially
interesting to zoologoists because Of
the isolation of it's species In the
northwest corner of Africa, for 1t Is
restricted to the mountain Businesses
of the Barbary States. All the other
members of the genus Macacus are
Asiatic,. it's nearest ally being the
rhesus or sacred monkey of India.
The monkey the Japanese depict so
constantly in drawings and carvings
IL another near relative.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17

A recent British writer says that an
indispensable requirement for success
in public life in America is "unim-
peachable rectitude in private life. p"
Limiting the application of this to high
official places, it is true. The scru-
tiny to which a candidate for national
or important state Office is subjected
puts the man with past out of the
running. There is no double stand
ard as between women and that frac-
ton of men whom we choose to rule
over us.
This scrutiny and the rectitude 1t
commands are excellent. But there is
a sort of widowed, unwholesome per-
version of the scrutiny that is most
distinctly not excellent. The effect to
"get something on an official is usu-
ally reserved for such time as he has
shown a purpose to give real public
service. Then every keyhole has a
nasty politicians eye glued to it. Ev-
cry transom is peeped through. Every
closet is opened for disclosing hoped
for skeleton. The former places of
residence of the man who is trying to
serve are raked for something discred-
liable.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17
INEEEICIENCY.

When analysed, inef1ciency amounts
to one of two things, either 1t is igno-
rance or dishonesty. If one is ignor-
ant of how to do thing there is some
excuse for him, but when dishonesty
is to blame for it, it is a time for ret
ribution. Still, some people look up
on inefficiency with Indifference and
some, strange to say, with approval.
Efficiency of a man speaks his char
acter. A community is depraved If 1t
is made up of ignorant and dishonest
men, or, what is the same, inefficient
men. That is largely the trouble of
many communities. They seem to toll
crate the inefficient man; to sympa-
thize with him, as if his misfortune
was not his own fault. A man who
can do SO worth of work in day is
placed no higher in public esteem than
the man who earns only 81 doing the
same class of work But the former
is a truer man. He puts high est1-
mate on duty. He strives to make
himself worth what he gets. If he
doesn't, he is a fraud. Fidelity to
ones trust is the mark of real man.
The fellow who soldiers" on his job
is an untrue man. There are many
men of this kind-they do as little as
they can. They will be happy if they
don't do So worth for their So. There
are men who have no scruples about
cheating an employer who happens to
have more money than they have.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17
Brief History of Fishes From
Ocean to Palate.
Mysteries Concerning Habits of FInny
Denizens of Western Coasts of
Europe-Is a Very I'M
portant Industry.

New York.-When you purchase a
box of sardines, or when you open 1t
and devour it's savory contents, do you
ever think how many hands it passed
through before it reached you? The
little silvery fishes have been sub
jected to a long series of operations
by the fishermen who extricated them
from the meshes of their nets, the
women who cleaned them, cooked
them and immersed them in a bath
of oil, the tinssmith who sealed the
boxes, and supplementary host of
packers, carriers and wholesale and
retail dealers.
When the fishing boats arrive at
their home port the sardines are taken
to the factory, where they are behead-
ed, dressed and thrown into watts Of
brine, in which they remain from Is
to As minutes, according to their size.
On their removal from the brine they
are laid on grids, which in fine wealth
er are carried to an open drying yard,
and in bad weather are placed in
racks mounted on carriages, which are
placed in chambers traversed by a
current of hot air.
When the sardines are dry the grids
are taken to the kitchen, where they
are plunged into huge vessels Of boil
ing oil. This operation is watched by
women, who take care to remove the
sardines before their flesh has been
heated to excess.
After the sardines have cooled they
are deprived of their tails and packed
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17
WOMAN WON GAME AND DIED
Aged Hartford, Conn.,, Widow Laughed
Herself to Death Over
Bridge Victory.

Hartford, Conn.-Overjoyed at unex-
pected playing the winning card of a
trick which won a rubber Of bridge,
Mrs. Mary Trelkald, widow, seventy
four years old, began laughing over
her victory and died, still laughing, be-
fore physicians could arrive.
She had been deeply interested In
card games for years and was play
er who was always anxious to win.
She was playing game with her
grandsons in which it looked, near the
end, as If one Of her opponents had
played the winning card. Mrs. Trel-
kald held the taking card, however.
and when she played it and saw the
discontinue of the other side at los
ing the trick she laughed herself into
Mysteries.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17

mother and sister had been sent to
Jail, where they were forcibly fed. The
boy soon surpassed all his competi-
tors in post-box raids.
Operating from his own home, the
youthful raider Is said to have fired
ninety street post boxes. Post boxes
were his speciality, but he is also be-
lieved to have devoted some OF his
time to the destruction of golf
green's
Because he was not suspected, the
boy was able to raid boxes in neigh
borhoods where woman could not
have escaped detection. The police
may have some difficulty in locating
the boy, who has been persuaded by
his family to desist from the cam
paign on the plea that he has accom-
plished quite enough to avenge his
militant relatives.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17

Police Court: 1t is impossible for us
to look after these goats while we
have to go out and support a family
and also do homework. If the depart
ment of health would take care OF
these goats and not have them going
around dumping ash cans.
Honorable Judge. the department
of street cleaning doesn't come around
for days at a time. and, therefore, are
full. They go as far as tearing grapes
off doors of houses, and l think they
should be done away with"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17

ham. Before going to Atlantic City
Mr.. Sanders announced the receipt OF
the letter.
The attorney generals office is ex-
pected to gather all the facts in the
case and Mr. Carmody has been dl-
rected to hold a public hearing on
June 10, either in Brooklyn, where the
Forty-seventh regiment is CHARTERED,
or in Manhattan, at which all who
wish to testify will be heard. The at
torney generals findings will be sub
mitted to the governor for action.
Governor Suffers letter states that
while he is governor the Jew shall
have equal opportunity with those OF
other races and creeds and that ii
Sergeant Littman has been barred
from promotion solely because he is a
Jew punishment by court-martial is
promised for those concerned.
Mr. Sanders was greatly pleased that
the attorney general was to make the
investigation, for, being outside OF the
national guard, he could hold an I'M
partial inquiry.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17
SMALLEST DYNAMO IN WORLD

The smallest electric dynamo in the
world was exhibited recently before
the French Academy of. Science. So
small is this dynamo that it's base
would not occupy all the space on a
penny. The instrument is a perfect
miniature of a large machine and is a
practical model in every respect. 1t
works with a hum that sounds like
the buzz of a mosquito. 1t weighs
only one-fifth of an ounce, and is six
tenths of an inch thick. The little
dynamo can be used not only as a gen
orator, but as a motor, consuEsing i
this latter case, two anlperoH cG
trio current at a pressuro
half volts. A sn1en
will operate 1t.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17
WENT TO MORGUE TO DIE

To the morgue to die went an old
bay horse in New York the other
night. The animal ambled down mis-
cry Lane" late at night, stopped at
the door of the morgue and whin-
MED. The night superintendent
phones to the police station that
something unusual was going on and
asked that Investigators be sent. Two
patrolmen found the old horse, his
head against the morgue door. Their
discovery greatly relieved the morgue-
keeper, who was beginning to believe
that ghost had come to keep him
company. The horse was found suf-
fering from glandeYs and was dis
patched with a bullet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17
SULzER STANDS UP FOR JEWS
New York Governor investigates
Charge That Race Prevented
Sergeant's Promotion.

New York.-Governor Sulzer has di-
rected Attorney General Carmody to
make full investigation of the Forty
seventh regiment, national guard, to
ascertain If it be true that Jew may
not be promoted to be a commissioned
officer" according to letter received
from the governor by Leon Sanders,
a justice of the municipal court, who
is grand master of the Birth Abra-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17
BOY AIDS MILITANT RAIDS
London Police Seek Youngster Who
Has Been Burning Mail and Ruin
ina Golf Greens.

London.-Edwry Clayton, the Rich
mond chemist who is charged with
conspiring with the militant suffrar
gettes in an arson campaign, is not
the only male supporter of the Anna
IONS, for the police are now looking
for fourteen-year-old boy who is
said to have left trail of destruction
behind.
This boy, whose name has not been
learned by the police, enlisted in the
campaign of destruction because his
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17

children not yet ready for school take
bottles of beer with them to the play
ground. The majority of German
school children, girls and boys, in all
classes receive alcoholic drinks, and
when past their twelfth year they par
take, as matter of course, in the
habits of their parents-'mornings
after are nowise uncommon among
children, and there is deep-rooted
theory that beer, wine and schnaps do
children no HARM"
The congress demonstrated by sci
entific descriptions, by tabular proofs
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17
A UNIQUE STABLE

What is probably the most unique
stable in the country is to be seen in
Lewis county, Washington, where the
stump of a giant fir has been followed
out, making a room large enough to
house two horses. 1t is 10x11 at the
base, and to render it impervious to
rain a roof was added. 1t stands on
the homestead of George Berries. who
first used the partially hollow stump
as a potato storehouse, finding room
in it for seventy-hye sacks. Later he
enlarged the interior to its present
dimensions.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17

member for West Clare, made inquiry
as to the salary, perquisites and privi'
leges which were attached to the Of
fee. The premier admitted that ne
did not know the exact duties of the
post.
Swift Mcneil, another Irish mem.
Der who is known as the wit of the
house, suggested seriously the revival
of the post of kings jester. Another
member promptly suggested Mr.. Nc
Neill for the post.
Capt. Lynch wound up the discus
sion by asking whether butt of sack
was not an intolerable deal of sack for
a ha'porth of poetry.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17

iacs. Therefore 1t wouldn't have sur
prised Tony had one made off with a
mess of fish or portions from the skip
per's table.
But to have on swoop down and
make away with perfectly good set
of false teeth was more than enough
to excite Tony. 1t happened on Gov
errors Island while Tony was return
ing from a fishing trip off Boston
Light. Millions of gulls were follow
ing the craft, intent upon a meal
from scraps thrown overheard from
the daily mess
Skipper Tony was engaged in bait
ing travis and laid his false teeth on
the deckhouse. He turned for mo-
ment and beheld a gull making off
with his molars In his claws.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17
THIEF EVEN TOOK HIS SHOES
w. G. Canary Also Gave Up His Wal
let Containing $685. to High
Waymen.

Kansas City-"What size shoes are
those you have on?" one Of two high
waymen asked W. G. Canary.
"They are mines and l just bought
them tonight" Canary replied.
"They are just my size and you can
get busy and take them off," com
manded the highwayman fourishing
a revolver.
Canary sat down on the walk and
took off his shoes. The highwaymen
also took his pocketbook containing
$685.. He told the police the rob-
berry was committed by two young
white men.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17

A Washington chauffeur has been
sent to Jail for three years for taking
a joy ride in his employers automo-
bile without permission. Courts and
public are realizing that drastic meas
ures are necessary to break up the
joy-riding practice and the stealing of
motor cars for this purpose. The jail
sentence is a good experiment along
this line. 1t might be extended to
take In all speeders on the public
highways.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17

An Italian kidnaper in New York
has Just had his sentence of 25 to SO
years in prison upheld by the courts.
Kidnapings have stopped since this Sc
we're sentence was imposed. More
crimes might be checked in the same
way if an unwise and dangerous senti-
mentality did not so often intervene
to lessen the deterrent effect Of pun
ishment and turn criminals loose up
on the community.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17


enterprng considerable
Temple and
they
400 in all With the exception
smaller
In Maron chapel
Justly for the size their trunks
viewed from the hillside the
avn
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17
PHYSICAL TRAINING A HELP
DR.. g. J. Fisher Tells Foreign Dele
gates to Y. M. c. A. Conference In
Edinburgh of Its Influence.

Edinburgh, Scotland.-The progress
of the Young Mems Christian associa,
ton in America engaged the attention
of the delegates to the worlds confer
ence at the opening session. National
Secretary Piene of Norway showed
that the European branches had gain
ed 100000 members in six years. Dele
gates from four countries asked the
reasons for Americas superiority. Dr..
G. ]. Fisher answered with an address
on the influence of physical training In
the making of Christian manhood.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17

DR.. Bell says that transoceanic fly
ing is bound to come. It looks i'm
probable now, but nothing can be pro.
nounced impossible in the face OF
what has been accomplished In fact
the favorite occupation of the science
Of today is trampling on impossibili
ties. But every triumph has its trag
edy, and the toll Of human life which
will pay for this achievement will fur
nish the latter element.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17
GOATS EAT GRAPE OFF DOORS

An undertaken in the Bronx, New
York, has complained to Magistrate
Murphy In the Morisania police court
that the goats up his way were eating
the Grape off the door knobs. To
make his complaint look like busi-
ness the undertaken put his grievance
in writing. Here's the very note: .F
"The Honorable Judge, Morrisania
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17

A humanitarian penitentiary war
den proposes to teach the science Of
ethics to his charges and will erect
a building IN which the convicts can
debate ethical questions. Penology
seems to have gone theory-mad to such
an extent as to be showing the educa-
tional entry it's heels. Convicts are
fast becoming the most coddled class
of the country, simply because the re-
formatory idea has dispensed with the
illumination of flashes Of common
sense.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17
GERMAN YOUTHS DRINK HARD
Seer Is Taken to School by Many OF
the PupiIs-Babies are Given
Schnaps.

Berlin. - Some revelations about
beer drinking by German children
have been made recently at the first
German congress for the non-alcoholic
upbringing of children.
According to Doctor Won Strauss
president of the first administrative
court, Babies are given schnaps and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17

Seven policemen in New York were
recently decorated with medals for
conspicuous bravery in the discharge
of their duty. The incident ought to
make It remembered that the rank
AID file of every police force is full
of potential heroes, who need only
the occasion to make themselves &C
tual ones, and this should offset to
some degree the disgrace brought
upon the profession by the grafters
in high places and the rascals in the
ranks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-17

A Danish inventor has evolved an
automatic substitute for soldier
which will spring out Of the earth,
where it is buried, and shoot at the
enemy. If the nations generally adopt
this weird invention and wage war
with automatic armies, the great bat
ties of the future will be fought by
the allpervading modern device of
pressing the button and letting the
automatons do the rest.