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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10

EF you are interested in lofty
i broad, noble and venerable oaks the
writer will point you to stately
grove.
In going eastward along the Bunker
Hill road turn to the right at the
crossing of Queens Chapel road and
near midway between the Bunker Hill
road and Rhode Island avenue you will
see on the left of the way the oak
grove indicated. Under the boughs
of the great trees is frame house
with flower beds and fiower-planted
tubs in front and on the sides. The
writer's first idea was that some grand
mansion must once have stood in that
grove of high oaks, but this idea, like
so many other first ideas, proved on
investigation, to be wrong.
The present happy tenants of that
cot among the oaks are Mr.. and Mrs.
Christopher Columbus Murphy. Mr..
Murphy is seventy-one years old. son
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10
SMALL VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE
According to Legal Decisions Few
Men Need Have High Opinion of
Themselves.

That human life is cheap would
appear from a study undertaken by
a well known lawyer of the legal deci-
siops handed down in this country
with reference to the "cash value OF
a man.
1t is estimated that at ten years
of age a boy of the laboring class
is worth $2,O61,42; at fifteen, $4,263.46;
at twenty-five, $5,4SS,03, from which
time the decline is steady, a man of
seventy. by this legal decision scale,
rating at only S1713! BY the same prac-
tical method of computation one eye
is worth $4,000; one leg, $4,000; two
legs, $4,000; one arm, 100000; one
hand. $4,000; one finger, $1,000, and
permanent disability, $4,000. This, it
is pointed out, is merely an average as
far as decisions have been examined.
It should be added that the esti-
mates Of the value OF mans life
are based upon an idea not OF his
value to himself. but Of his value to
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10
CHAPTER |.
A Knock at the Door.

n KNOCK at the door,
Fran knocked at the front door. It
was too dark for her to find the bell:
however, had she found it, she would
have knocked just the same.
At first, no one answered. That was
not surprising, since everybody was
supposed to be at the Union Camp
meeting that had been advertised for
the last two months, and that any one
in Littleburg should go visiting at
half past eight, and especially that any
one should come knocking at the door
of this particular house, was almost
incredible.
No doubt that is why the young
woman who finally opened the door
after Fran had subjected it to sec
ond and more prolonged visitation OF
her small fist-looked at the stranger
with surprise which was, in itself, re-
proof The lady in the doorway be-
1ieved herself confronted by camp
er''-one of those fitting birds of outer
darkness who have no religion of
their own, but who are always putting
The voice from the doorway was
cool, impersonal, as if, by it's very
aloofness, it would push the wanderer
away: What do you want?"
Il want Hamilton Gregory" Fran
answered promptly, without the
slightest trace of embarrassment.
"I'm told he lives here
"Mr. Gregory''-offering the name
with its title as palpable rebuke-
lives here, but is not at home. What
do you want, little grip
Where is he?" Fran asked, I'M
daunted.
HE is at the camp-meeting," the
young woman answered reluctantly,
irritated at opposition, and displeased
with herself for being irritated. What
do you want with him? l will attend
to whatever it is. I am acquainted
with all of his affairs-I am his secre-
tary."
Where's that camp-meeting? How
can find the placer" was Fran's
quick rejoinder She could not ex-
plain the dislike rising within her.
She was too young, herself, to con-
slider the others youth an advantage,
but the beauty of the imperious wom-
an in the doorway-why did it not stir
her imagination?
Mr.. Gregory's secretary reflected
that, despite it's seeming improbable
ity, it might be important for him to
see this queer creature who came to
strange doors at nighttime.
eff you will go straight down that
roadside pointed-"and keep on for
about a mile and half, you will
come to the big tent. Mr.. Gregory
win be in the tent, leading the choir.
"All right And turning her back
on the door, Fran swiftly gained the
front steps. Halfway down, she
paused, and glanced over her thin
shoulder. Standing thus, nothing was
to be seen of her but a blurred out
line, and the shining of her eyes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10

them to set his blood tingling with
feeling of protecting tenderness. Pos
sibly it was her trust in him, for as
he gazed into the earnest eyes OF
Fran, it was like looking into clear
pool to see oneself.
"Nobody's. little girl?" he repeated,
inexpressibly touched that it should
be so. What treasure somebody was
denied! "Are you a stranger in the
town."
Never been here before" Fran an
swered mournfully.
'But why did you Gomez"
Il came to find Hamilton Gregory"
ITO BE CONTINIJED)
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10

sponsibility of dealing continually
with many powerful drugs In most
cases all poisons are kept in special
cuboard, SO arranged that an electric
bell rings loudly as soon as the door
is opened. summoning Immediately a
checker without whose presence
no dangerous drug can be taken out.
These precautions, valuable as they
undoubtedly are, must be supplement-
ed in the patients home; it is there
for the most part that the accidents
take place.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10
Here Is a Man Who Eats Sand for All His Ills

nv He national capital boasts at least
4 one sand eating man. His name
is Julian Emmons and he is door
keeper at the house of representa-
tives. Emmons halls from Mobiles
Vile, Ind, and came to Washington
with the Democratic regime in the
house more than two years ago. He
is sixty-fve years of age, hale and
hearty.
Emmons swallows a teaspoonful OF
sand after each meal He never
leaves home in the morning without
a phial of coarse sand. He says he
was troubled constantly with sour
stomach, heartburn. indigestion and
kindred ills until he started the sand
cure" Now he asserts that he is
never troubled at all, relishes his
food, sleeps like a baby and enjoys
life to the full.
He has one remedy for all ils,> 1t
is sand. If q dark brown taste Is
present upon arising in the morning,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10
He Meant a Wee Nap. Not a Wee Nip.

He Meant Wee Nap, Not Wee Nip.
After Charles Myers, Mason (Mo)
barber, had finished up the stranger
he raised the chair. and his customers
head fell over to one side. The barber
Strengthened him up and shook him
little.
You were asleep" said Charley.
$50 / was-so / was" agreed the
gentleman in the chair. "Well, you'll
have to come round to my place and
take one on me-"
Il don't drink" returned Charley.
Neither do l. I'm the new preach
er at the First Street church. New
York World
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10
caIIo-Roman Villa unearthed.

A Gallo Roman villa has been I'M
earthed in Paris in connection with
the works for the underground rail
way near the Luxembourg. Traces
of Roman remains are being discov-
cred in Paris more numerously every
year, and the remains of the villa just
discovered might, we are told, rival
those of some of the finest brought
to light in Pompeii. 1t is not the first
time that this villa is spoken of, as
parts of the walls and atrium were
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10
Anti-swear Cong.

please do not swear when the bell
rings. That is the signal lady is
buying something out front" This is
the sign that is stuck up in the big
poolroom of Virginia town, where
the young men are inclined to cuss
when they miss an easy side-pocket
shot or scratch" on an easy play.
In front of the poolroom is magazine
and stationery stand, and the owner
found the only way to keep both his
pool trade and magazine customers
was to stop the boys from swearing
when women were near. The gong
does it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10
eve reap what we sow,
We reap what we sow.

Suddenly the evangelist smote his
hands together, signal for song and
prayer to cease.
Having obtained a silence that was
breathless he leaned over the edge of
the platform, and addressed a man
who knelt upon the ground:
Brother Clinton, can't you get it,"
The man shook his head.
you've been kneeling there night
after night" the evangelist continued;
don't you feel that the Lord loves
you? Can't you feel 1t? Can't you
feel it now? Can't you get it? Can't
you get it now? Brother Clinton, l
want you to get through before these
revival services close. They Close
this night. go away tomorrow. This
may be your last opportunity. / want
you to get it now. All these waiting
friends want you to get it now. All
these praying neighbors want to see
you get it. Can't you get through to-
night? Just quietly here, without any
excitement, without any noise or tu-
multi, just you and your soul alone to-
gether-Brother Clinton, can't you get
through tonight?"
Brother Clinton shook his head.
Fran laughed aloud.
The evangelist had already turned
to Hamilton Gregory as a signal for
the hymn to be resumed, for some
times singing helped them through"
h,,+ +bo cound Of irreyerent laughter
chilled his blood. To his highly
wrought emotional nature, that sound
of mirth came as the laughter OF
fiends over the tragedy of an immortal
soul.
Several times he cried, with whit
ened face, 'these services have been
disturbed by the ungodiy." He point
ed an infiexible finger at Fran: "Yon-
der sits little girl who should not
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10

the community. The figures in in
Gividual cases would vary greatly
with reference to the fact whether or
not the persons death caused hard
ship to others who were dependent up
on him.
The value of man to himself is,
it is further pointed out, unimportant
after he is dead-from a legal point
of view His value to society at large
cannot be considered in a cash esti-
mate, since that kind of value de-
ponds upon other than physical re-
sources. His value to those who look
to him for support can alone be esti-
mated on the material side.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10

uncovered years ago, when the works
were in progress for the Luxembourg
station, but now the entire villa has
been laid bare, and it is found to have
consisted of twenty rooms, with a
large atrium and a piscina. 1t faced
in the direction of the Rue Gay LUIS
sac and the boulevard Saint Michel,
and according to all appearances 1t
was the most sumptuous private resi-
dence built in Paris during the Gallo
Roman period.-Paris correspondence
London Telegraph.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10

81 guess" said Fran inscrutably.
you're not Mrs. Gregory"
mo" came the answer, with an al
most imperceptible change of manner
"a change as of gradual petrifaction,
81 am not Mrs. Gregory" And with
that the lady, who was not Mrs. Greg
DRY, quietly but forcibly closed the
door.
1t was as if, with the closing OF that
door, she would have shut Fran out
of her life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10

drum, he maintained his terrible 81
lence. But as he fixed his ardent eyes
upon space, as he moved those impel-
ling arms, a man would rise here, q
woman start up Extraordinarily, or
eagerly, the unsaved would press
their way to the group kneeling at
the front. Prayers and groans rose
louder. Jubilant shouts of religious
victory were more frequent. One could
now hardly hear the choir as it in
sisted
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10

do not fail to reach for the sand bot
tie.
He urges coarse sand, not too
sharp and forswears the fine white
variety because, he says, 1t dissolves
in the intestinal processes and is OF
no value as an aid to the functions OF
digestion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10
The Makeup Forces.

did you ever help put puzzle to-
gether?" mo; my wife always as
sembles herself alone, Judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10

While these words were being doled
out at long and impressive intervals,
like the tolling of heavy bell, more
than half hundred soprano voices
were hastily getting in their requisite
number of half-notes, thus
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10

$50 scatter little scatter little, scatter
scatter little,
Scatter little seeds Of Kindness
The Alaska citizen., 1913-09-01

reHsensical war talk and an end tp petty prejudice born of ignorance. You wh have sent HIS missionar ies to preach the gospel of peace and love. l implore to give Us fa r treatment and equal opportunity. To you who have been the torch bearers of liberty and equality. 10 you who have been the defenders of human right and truth: to you who have. al such great cost. ab lished African slavery. I appeal to give Us justice
 Thus may We he true to the prophecy of one of your brayest statesmen. Ulysses $ Grant. who pronounced his address to the late Emperor of Japan n 1N77: Japan and the United States shall be friends f-r centuries to come.
 Thus may our glorious ensign of the Stars and Stripes. the emblem of liberty and progress, and our flac of the Rising Sun, the symbol of loyalty, honor and enlightenment. etdrnally wave on the oppusitJ shores of the Pacific ocean as the joint guardians of justice and peace forever"
The Alaska citizen., 1913-09-01
A LESSON IN SOCIALISM.

Mike and Pat were two Irish friends and Democrats. One day Mike learned that Pat had turned Socialist. This grieved and troubl- ed Mike who said: Pat, don't understand this Socialism. What is it, now?
 Tt means dividing up your pro- perty equally" said Pat. "Tis this way. If l had two million dollars I'd give you million and keep a million myself-see?'
 And if you had two farms, Pat, what would you do?'
 'I'd divide up. Mike. I'd give you one and I'd keep One.'
 And if you had two pigs, Pat, would you share those. too?"
 Now, Mike, you go to thunder, You know I've got two pigs!"
The Alaska citizen., 1913-09-01

versions on his action
 This state of affairs has created a feud that Is b und to end In a row 1 If Cobb remains with the Tigers He has assumed a sort of thinly veil. ed hostile attitude toward the public. ] They cheer his good plays and he takes that applause as matter of course. Then they roast his fall. ures. and he does not attempt to hide his contempt.
 In the eight Inning yesterday Cobb pulled one of his characteris- lie plays when he deliberately walk ed If first base l. or 20 feet and was caught. Of course the crowd got after him but Ty emitted a ser les of scornful laughs and went to the bench in defiant spirit The score at the time wass to . and if the Yankees had come through with the winning runs in the ninth inning Cobbs action would have been a real scandal. From the way he walked into this put-out it ap. peared that he deliberately sacrificed himself and Detroit's chance far third run
 Cobb hopes to be traded to either he Boston or New York club. It is practically certain that he will he transferred to the Yankees if any shit is made. Frank Chance is alive to the situation and Is in close touch with Owner Navin of the Fig CTS. The IT uhle is that New York has little to offer as trading mater al. The Boston club Is making at traetive b.ds for Cobb. because the Red Sox ars well stocked with out fielders.
 The Taylor interests of the Boston club a few days ago asked Navin tbout trading Joe Wood and Iris Speaker fir Cobb. but since Jimmy McAlecr. also owning big share If he club. cannot see the deal at present trading between tho clubs must he shelved
The Alaska citizen., 1913-09-01
BUILD ROADS ON
 HONOR SYSTEM

OLYMPIA. July 5o. Establish ment Of a model convict road camp on the honor system for the Hood Canal road work has been decided upon hg the state highway board
 The state board Of control. comply ng with the request of the highway
 board, has instructed Warden Hen ry Drum, of the state penitentiary. 0 select twenty-five or thirty suit able men for the work.
 The plan will be to select only men who would be eligible for parole or pardon at the October or January meeting of the prison board With
 such the incentive to escape would be al minimum.
 In it's letter to the board of GOA
 trol, the highway board offers to pay the conV cts 50 cents a day and their , ard for their labor. II Is explain
 ed that the amount of road work is the locality would not justify the erection of regular stockade
 The board of control has made ar engagements, at the request of State
 Senatcr Bethel Of Lincoln County, for another road camp in Lincoln County, and ten eonvicts have al ready been selected for work there 1 with the understanding that whoa the work is done they are to be
 pardOned or paroled if their conduct
 has been satisfactory. In this case. however. 1t is the understanding that the Lincoln County commissioners arc to house them in the county all
 1t night and furnish guards. The county will pay them 50 cents a day and board.
 Warden Drum has detailed the tea
 men selected for this work 10 duty
 about the grounds of the penitsE- tiary, i'll order that they may bs hardened for the road work by the t.me they are to start Cn it. simi- lar course probably will be pursued with the men for the Hood Canal work. as it is realized that the strain of hard work during the first few days on men who have been subject
 to close confinement, is what gener- i ally leads to attempts to escape.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-09-01
INSULT TO FLAG .ExPLAlNED'

SASKATOON. Sask.. Aug 2.-as result of the incident here Friday in which the American flag was trampled by Canadian militia, all officers of the 106th fusiliers have resigned.
 Their action follows the dismis- sal of Lieutenant Atkinson, leader f the bugle band. who snatched the flag from the hand Of young Amer can woman The officers declared tonight that they will take the case before the imperial parliament at London.
 According to Lieutenant Atkinson he deliberately was slapped in the face with the flag by the yoans woman.
 The lady slapped me in the face three times before l took any notice Of it." he declared tonight. "I then broke ranks and threw the flas oa the ground. l would do the same thing over again if the occasion Of fered."
The Alaska citizen., 1913-09-01
F|ANCE IF MISS
 JESSIE WILSON

{ Francis E wes Sayre the fiance of Miss Jesse Woodrow Wilson. the second daughter of President Wilson. is said to bear a striking resemblance to his illustrious future father-in-law He took his examinations for the bar last month, and expects t be admitted in the near future
 MT. Sayre and Miss Wilson, who are to be marr.ed at the Wh te House in November, met each other at house party in Lancaster about two years ago.
 In an interview in New York re- gently it was suggested that per haPS the fact that both he and Miss Wilson were interested in social work might have had something to do with drawing them together.
 She is such a f ne woman" came back the reply quickly that Y uld have been the same whether she was interested in that sort of work or not. l don't think that made ally difference"
 Then he picked up a newspaper in which q picture of his fiancee had been printed.
 T wish if they must publish these pictures that they would do her justice" he went on Not half of them show how really attractive she $. It is only occasionally that find one that really looks like her. "
 IL was with difficulty that he was led to talk about himself.
 'l was graduated from Williams . he finally said, in the class of 1909. and three years later was graduat- cd from the Harvard law school. I spent two summers with Dr. Gren- fell ill Labrador and was much in crested in his missionary work 1 have travelled all through Alaska. and have spent cons derable time in hunting big game in the Rocky noun tains and have been all through southern Mexico.'
 You must have had some interest ing and exciting experiences" it was suggested
 Well, once I started out with Dr. Scoville Clark of Yale to tramp across northern Newfoundland It was only forty m les, but mighty hard going and each of us carried nothing but a small pack. We de pended on the caribou that we were to shoot for f cd, and then found that they had all migrated south. 1 We got to the north of the path We 1 had marked out and ran out of food. i It looked pretty bad for while but we finally reached Flowers cove after going sixty miles further than We intended. After that every thing was all right.
 Another time l started cut from Nome, Alaska, with a small schooner and with a Russ an trader as com panion. We took turns standing al the wheel We sailed across Boring strait and up by northern Siberia 2,0O0 miles above Vladivostok. We came back to Alaska by Cape Prince of Wales. But (deprecatingly) there wasn't anything very exciting in that Just an ordinary cruise. When Perry got back from the North pole met him in Labrador and came down with him..
 My chief interests have always been in social work While in liar yard l worked in the Boston Settle II cnt Lot c. .: c am now tE,? prc>i dent of the Williams college civic scrt ,e committee, a New icrw or eani.a. .'on which was formed for lEt purpose of interesting the young aluni in social welfare"
The Alaska citizen., 1913-09-01

NEW YORK July 31-Trade winds blowing through the City of Straits continue to fan the future of Tyrus Raymond Coob. the temperamental star of the Tigers. Cobb was gen eral favorite here when the Ben gals were winning pennants, but since they abandoned that habit the fans are not so fond of him.
 Cobb cherishes the idea of round ing out his baseball career in a big city like New York or Boston. He has come to believe that Detroiters blame him for the failure of the Tigers to operate in the first division and he wants to go away from there. Criticism of Tyrus Raymond has not helped his ball playing. The fans continually remind him of his big salary, and every time he fails to get hit they want to know what he is doing to earn his money. One might think they were digging down in their own pockets to pay Cobb. so personal are their animad
The Alaska citizen., 1913-09-01

Some girls are such liars that they
 will tell you they are fond of music land then go and play the piano for
 an hour.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-09-01

Says correspondent in the Seat tie Sun:
 You might not guess it, but "Chief' Meyers, star catcher of those ire sistible Giants-the famous Indian player of the American metropolis is probably the best educated play, CT on the New York team. If you should happen to know Meyers per sonally you would not have to guess for the very words the Chief speaks indicate the education that the great silent Indian is possessor of.
 This information will be of great | help to you when those vagrant | thoughts of What would he do il he couldn't play ball?" go a-rompine across the inside of your brow. 9th erwise you might be as foolish as We. We were foolish enough to imagine the Indian according to :he popular imagination of an Indian l with pa mt on his face and nothing
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17

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$500 $500 upon acceptable security
Can use few shOTt-term purchase
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National Bank RuildinR
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