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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24

| MISS WHOf HE ASKED BRUSQUELx.
wiping a speck of dust from a candle
stick and moving the vase Of fresh
flowers out of the sunlight.
| ALI at once she sank into big rush
bottomed chair and became confiden-
tial. MY dear. there is something odd
about this room. Sit down in the rock
er by the window there. ! hope you
won't mind sleeping here"
l was puzzled by her manner You
mean 1t Is hauntedY | questioned
laughingly.
mo, hardly that. Let me tell you
about 1t. Every article Of furniture in
this room was purchased from differ
ent family. and each time 1t has been
under stress of some sort. The bed
came from the Crosbys. 1t belonged
to Grandmother Crosby. but the fami-
~ became hard up and parted with 1t.
| needed the extra furniture to put in
this room. SO | bought it. The high
boy came from the Glenn family.
Ralph Glenn went away. the family
broke up. and bought this highboy
The table came from the Orvises and
the dressing table from the Chases and
this chair from the Winnicks. Some
thing queer happened in each of those
two families. but am not at liberty to
say what 1t was. | thought would tell
you the history Of the furniture. so
that you might be prepared 20 see all
sorts of spirits at the mystic hour of
H." She looked at me from her
bright. keen eyes. as II testing the
quality of my courage
II always read until midnight. Miss
| Dorinda." ] explained frankly. land II
spirits want to walk in lamplight they
won't disturb me particle"
Miss Dorinda smiled cheerfully. u
am glad" she said simply. THAT you
are so sensible. Mrs. Stone occupied
the room one night and declared she
didn't sleep a wink for the whisper
ing. told her II was the coffee she
drank before she went to bed. | will
erOn. Getting here so late In the
evening. you will want good rest"
| The supper came up and was eaten
before small fire suffering on the
| wide hearth. for gentle rain was
falling outside. and it was cool in the
large mahogany chamber. ! prepared
leisurely for bed. turning back the
snowy. lavender scented sheets with a
delightful sense Of anticipation In the
dreamless slumber should enjoy
| Contrary to my usual habit. | did not
| lie awake and read On the contrary.
I extinguished the lamp. flung a win
| dow wide to the soft wet air and went
to sleep. watching the Pickering fire.
light against the polished mahogany
| furniture.
| had not noticed the striking clock
In the room. but 1t was there on the
mantelshelf. Ten and II had chimed
from ats depths. but had slept undis-
turbed. Suddenly sat up In bed
awake, alert, with the last strokes of
u sounding in my ears. The fire was
burning brightly. and I could see that
the hour was midnight. A little shiver
Of dread went over me. I could not
help listening intently for those whis
pering voices which had disturbed Mrs
Stone the night she occupied the ma
hogany room.
There was not sound except the
ticking Of the clock and the gentle fall
Of rain on the tin roof Of the porch
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24
TIE MAHOGANY
ROOM
A Mystery Is Happily
UnraveIed
BY CLARISSA MACl<IE

Miss D0rinda Page ushered me into
the large east bedchamber. IL must
put you in the mahogany ROOM" she
apologized. "All the other rooms are
filed just now. but you will find 1t cUol
and pleasant here. and it's quiet too"
Its delightful, Miss Dorinda. and !
know shall fall in love with that
bed" l approached the mahogany
four poster and ran my finger along
the fine carving. II suppose this is a
Page heirloom?"
"No; this room is filed with other
peoples heirlooms. All of this furni-
ture has been bought from time to
time and placed in this room; hence
its name" Miss Dorinda's slim figure
moved sedately from highboy to an
cient dressing stand to the spindle leg
ged table. rearranging dimity cover.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24
VISION OF VULTURES.
Amazing Sense of Sight of These Keen
Eyed Birds of Prey.


Compared with our human eye
sight, the vision of birds of prey is
marvellous. The bird student is Of
ten amazed at the immense dis
tances at which hawks, eagles and
vultures can distinguish objects.
1t is well authenticated fact that
vultures do not find their food by
the sense of smell. Many years ago
Charles Darwin experimental with
the carrion birds of South America
and found that so long as the food
was concealed from sight, no matter
how putrid and i'll smelling it was,
the birds failed to detect it. Other
observers have reached the same
conclusion. A correspondent writes
l was detailed for service with
some troops that were moving along
the Mexican border. One evening
we camped near small stream on
the western slope of the hills east
from San Diego. During the night
one of the wagon mules died. We
took the body a short distance from
camp and partly concealed it in a
clump of willows. The next morn
ing, after the column had resumed
its march, l rode to the summit of
the highest hill, some three miles
from our camping ground, and
swept the country through pair of
powerful binoculars.
As the glasses moved along the
horizon a vulture, a mere speck in
the distance, came into their field.
He was sailing in great circles in
the blue heavens, miles away far
beyond the ken of the unaided eye.
Suddenly he paused in his flight,
turned sharply and headed directly
for our abandoned camp ground. ]
watched him until / was convinced
that he had discovered the dead
mule.
Then I recollected that years ago
I had read in one of Captain Mayne
Reds books something of the hab-
its of vultures, and l began to look
for others. In few minutes an
other appeared, black speck in the
sky, speeding in the wake of the
first. Then another and another
came, from different points of the
compass. Then more and more, all
hurrying toward their loathsome
feast.
While I watched the gathering
vultures I made little calculation
When the first vulture discovered
the carcass he was not visible to the
naked eye and was but a specb
through the binoculars. That is
adding the three miles I had ridden
from camp to eighteen, the range
of the binoculars, the bird must
have been nearly twenty-one miles
from the carcass. That the vulture
depended upon his vision alone il
evident, as enough time had not
passed for any putrefactive changes
to faint the air.
Another interesting thing wal
the promptness with which the
other vultures took the hint wher
the first made his discovery. There
was only one in sight to begin with
Ia ten minutes there were fifty
Youths Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24
TRAINING A MODERN
DEMOSTHENES.
4 Statssman's Early Schooling
In the Art Of OratOry.

There IL an almost unknown circum-
stance in the life history Of Speaker
Champ Clark that deserves to rank
with the ever green story Of Demos
themes, who cultivated clear speech
with a mOuthful Of pebbles. Speaker
Clark bears the reputation Of having
the clearest enunciation in the house
of representatives and of being the
most easily understood speaker in that
body.
when 1 was a boy In Kentucky"
said the speaker in explanation Of his
clear diction, my father determined
to train me to talk without mounting
or mumbling my words, so he cut a
little piece Of wood, just long enough
to stand endwise between my teeth
when my jaws were well opened.
Then, with that impeachment to the
movement Of my lips,~I was required
to practice articulation. The treat
ment was heroic, but 1t taught me
plain speaking."-Washington Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24

We have just added cement build
ing blocks and silo blocks to our line
When in need call on William Olson
for prices.
See William Olson when you need
plaster board, patent plaster
Universal Finish, Cement. Lime,
Salt and all kinds of building
materials. A full stock always on
hand.
For any itching skin trouble,
piles, eczema, salt rhem- hives. itch
scald head. herpes, scabies. poan s
Ointment is highly recommended.
Doc box at all Drug stores,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24
Did He Mean III

Senator Thomas P. Gore, the blind
senator from Oklahoma, was presented
to a big banquet In Washington one
night as the POSTMASTER Of the occa-
sion. After a few opening remarks
Senator Gore said blandly:
Nov, friends, l do not intend to
bore you with a speech. but will In.
troduce q man who will"
Whereupon he introduced Repre-
sentative Henry D. Clayton of Ala.
bama. but the banqueters treated him
kindly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24

Harry exclaimed The little
boys mother, eff you don't stop
pulling that cats tail l will pull
your hair and give you chance to
see how you like it yourself"
Harry ceased for moment and
then said:
'FMa, please give me quarter"
'eWhat for?"
81 want to get my hair cut. p
Exchange.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24
Not Vet Answered.

Mayor Gayhor, discussing at a
Brooklyn dinner party the efficacy Of
prayer. smiled and said:
"There are some people who are too
impatient and cynical over the matter
Of prayer. They are like little Tommy.
"'Pa,' said little Tommy, you know
Jim and Horace? Well, pa, Jim and
Horace say their prayers every night
and ask God to make 'em good boys
GLOW very NICE said the father.
How very nice
"'But he amt done It yet, pa the
urchin added."-Los Angeles Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24
new TALES
that ARE TOLD
When Underwood Won.

When Oscar Underwood, Democratic
leader of the house of representatives,
was a very young lawyer without ex-
perience of any sort he appeared In
his first case In Birmingham, Ala. with
Judge Bricknell, who had been chief
justice of the state supreme court. as
opposing counsel.
Bricknell, famous for his hammer and
tongs method Of abusing and ridiculing
young attorneys, put the yenthful Un-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24

of patronage between two OF our To-
cal business men, Messrs. B. Un-
prodt and E. Bergman, E. Berg
man having received in all during
that period the sum of 1914 66 while
B. Ungrodt received sums aggrega-
ting 81, 1922 during the same
period, and further that the same
condition exists amongst the gro
Gerry men of the city and
Whereas it is not the intention of
this council to discriminate against
+, anyone and that We insist on an
equal distribution of patronage of
the city's business with our mer-
chants in all lines of business, viz !:
the purchase of or for the city of
sewer pipe, cement, groceries, etc.
Therefore be it
Resolved, by the common council
of the city of Washburn in regular
session assembled that the various
committees aud its officers be and
are hereby instructed to give the
city's entire trade from now on to
E. Bergman until the total pur-
chases have reached an amount of
So, 1927, after which time the pur
chases shall be divided equally be
tween the two, and it is understood
that this resolution shall have no
bearing on any purchases which by
law must be advertised and let un-
der competition bids. and further
that the purpose of this resolution is
that wherever there has been dis
elimination the same shall apply to
all business men for the same period
and
Be it further resolved that the city
clerk be instructed to serve copy
of this resolution on all officers OF
the city who have the power to
purchases for the city. Z
Dated this 18th day of April, 1913
Signed r. A. Herring"
Mr.. Alvord, the city attorney,
was called upon relative to the mat
ter of the resolution passed by this
council at its regular meeting last
February, instructing him to COM
mence action against the Bayfield,
County Bank for violation OF its
lease to the city. Mr.. Alvord brief
lly explained the matter to the coun'
Gil.
Alderman Herring reported that a
break in the sewer on lower bayfield,
Street has taken place and it being
necessary to have this repaired at
romeo he stated that this has been
done.
The application of Tim Manning
for the position of dumping ground
master was read, and as there were
no other applications on file, it was
moved and seconded that Mr.. Mann
ling be reelected for another year.
This motion was unanimously carri-
ed and Mr.. Manning declared elect
ed.
| tt was moved and seconded that
the city attorney be instructed to
draw an OF dinance for the regula-
ton of the sprinkling of streets and
present same at the next meeting OF
the council. This motion was unan-
imously carried.
| No further business appearing,
upon motion the council adjourned.
L. N. Clausen. City Clerk.
| Mrs. Paulson. Mrs. Kinney and Mrs
Bergman went up to Bayfield, Saturday
afternoon in the Bergman auto and
Il spent a shurte;me visiting with Mrs. II
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24

Holsteins For Sale. Woodland
Stock Farm. Young bulls, service
able age, bull calves, also few COWS
and heifers. All registered and Of
choicest breeding, Are first class
individuals, tuberculin tested, light
or dark colored. Write Edward
Freese, Mgr. Cornell, Wis. BIB
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24

Max Kaufman, secretary to Health
Commissioner. Starkloff, tells story
with a moral,
The story: "a man drove a stake
wagon through the archway into the
inner court at the city hall. 1t was
heavily loaded. The top Of the wag-
on bed barely cleared. The wagon
was unloaded and the man tried to
drive out. The wagon bed would not
clear. The rebound Of the springs
made 1t too high. He was prisoner
and had to take the wagon bed of be-
fore he could drive out"
And the moral: "a man with load
on can get by. but he can't come
back."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24
School Boards,

WASHBURN. WIS.
Pres. Chr. Christensen. L. N Clausen. Sec
S. A. Oscar. City Superintendent
Accidents will happen, but the
best.regu lated families keep d..
Thomas .eclectric Oil for such
emergencies. 1: snbdues the pain
and heals the hlrts. For Sac by
all Druggists. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24

derwood on the grill and roasted him to
a rich dark brown. Underwood too&
all the abuse, sarcasm and irony with
out a murmur, and at last his time
came. Addressing the court, he called
attention to a deciston Of the supreme
court which he proceeded to read.
IL think this decision Is sound" he
said, "and ask verdict for my client
on the strength of 1t. 1t was handed
down by that distinguished expounder
Of the law, Judge Bricknell, when he
was chief justice"
Underwood won.-New York Trib-
une.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24
Sympathy.

'HThe Harduppes have twins"
'FWell, they have my sympathy"
s'Who have?"
'The twins, of course" = New
York World.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24

have snap to cffer on forty
acre tract of land located three miles
from the city in good farming dis
trict. Good bouse and barn and
small clearing. Owner is in need
of money and vii. sell cheap. For
particulars inquire of W. A. Robin
son at once.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24

The Fairmont Nurseries of Fair
mont, MIMI, Box 1856 are Offering
$4,000 Apple Trees for spring de-
livery at from &c to 16c each.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24

Mrs. Paulson. Mrs. Kinney and Mrs
Bergman went up to Bayfield, Saturday
afternoon in the Bergman auto and
spent a shurtt;me visiting with Mrs. II
C. Mertens.
We neglected to mention in this paper
last week that Mrs. ]. S. Fletcher enter
tanned a party Of friends at her home last
week. Those present reported pleasant
afternoon spent.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24
FOLEYSHONEYMbTAR
stops the cough and h calls lunGs

w. q. MAxoY, d. M. MAxCY. NJ. T JACOBS
President. Vice President Asst. Cash
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-24

Wanted-Man and wife for work
on farm. Inquire at Times office.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-09-24
Denmark Eaas Heaviest.

The French chamber of commerce
in London has recently made an ex-
animation OF the egg market and as
certained that the largest eggs sold
there come from Denmark. The Dan
ish eggs are the most popular as well
as the heaviest. The great majority
of them weigh more than two and one
half ounces The average American
egg has been found to weigh as much
as the heaviest French eggs. This
investigation classified the eggs as to
country only. Some years ago obser-
vations were taken as to breeds OF
hens. Records were made of the
weight of eggs that several hens OF
well known breeds laid during pc
riod OF six months. 1t was found that
the largest eggs were produced oy
light Brahmas, the average weight be-
ing two and one-third ounces. Pull
let's eggs did not exceed two ounces
in weight.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-09-24
:. z. Noyes is Again President.

The Wisconsin Daily League Of
Publishers listened to several inter
esting talks along the line of coop
GRAFTON of publishers and between
publishers and advertisers at "A
luncheon given in the red room of the
Hotel Pfister. Milwaukee.
The luncheon was preceded by a
business meeting at which routins
business was transacted, officers elect
ed and new members added to the
association.
The old officers were reelected as
follows: President, Frank E. Moves
of the Marinette Eagle and Star; vice
president, o. j. Hardy of the Osh-
kosh Northwestern; secretary and
treasurer, H. II. Bliss of the James
vile Gazette. The following papers
were admitted to membership: Mer-
rill Herald, Neenah Times and
Stoughton Hub.
The members at the luncheon
heard an address by Jason Rogers of
the New York Globe, who discussed
the value of cooperation between
publishers. Mr.. Rogers pointed out
ways in which publishers could work
together to great advantage in cut
ting down expense and saving money
which now goes to outsiders.
He advocated the ACCESSIBILITY of
ascertaining the exact cost to the
publisher of every line of advertising
which went into his paper. Then he
could, the speaker said, know wheth-
er he was getting what the advertis-
ing was worth or not.
Other speakers were Henry Brock
bank of the Bernard Stern company,
Milwaukee; J. L. Sturtevant of Wau-
sau, F. J. Rickert, secretary of the
Wholesale Grocers association, and
President c. J. Dexter of the same
association.
Mr. Sturtevant said newspaper ad-
vertising was worth much more than
national magazine or periodical ad-
vertising. Surveys, he said, had
proven this beyond question There
should be cooperation, he asserted,
between the newspapers and the manu-
facturers and wholesalers.
Mr. Rickert said there was no
question that local advertising assist
ed the distributors. He Endorsed the
statements of Mr. Sturtevant in re-
gard to the relative value of newspa-
per and magazine advertising. The
interests of the newspapers and the
distributors he said, were Identical.
Mr.. Dexter briefly Endorsed what had
been said by other speakers.
In addition to the members of the
association there were present at the
luncheon wholesalers, business men
and publishers of Milwaukee dailies.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-09-24

at the mines stops for the day and
by seven O'Clock the men and women
begin to gather around the Office and
set up their little stands for the sale
of dulces, lines, pomegranates sugar
cane and oranges. BY nine o'clock the
place has taken on quite a holiday
aspect. Groups of senoras, each with
a black eyed baby in her lap, sit on
the ground and crochet lace or idly
gossip Men wrap themselves close in
their serapes and wait stolidly for ten
o'clock, when they will be paid off
All the people, men, women and
children, come from miles around on
foot, on burros, on ponies and In all
sorts of nondescript wagons. The
hacendado comes in from some neigh
boring hacienda, looking very pic
turasque in his silver Despangled
buckskin, while his pony, with silver
trimmed saddle is a match for his
r1der. When they have all been paid
yhey must get rid of their money at
the store.
Each man wears sround his waist
square piece of white cloth folded
diagonally and tied so that the point
hangs down in the back. This cloth
serves a double purpose; it acts as
belt to hold up the trousers and as
receptacle for all purchases made.
The man removes this cloth, spreads ii
out on the counter at the store and
into 1t are dumped his purchases
packages Of cigarettes, boxes OF
matches, few cakes of soap, two or
three kilos of corn and perhaps
couple of meters of cloth.
No wrapping paper is used, but
everything, lard excepted, is dumped
into this cloth. Crackers he takes
either inside his hat or on the out
side He never looks at the quality
or asks the price. for it is case OF
,Hobson's choice. Time is no object
with these people, SO it is almost
night before the last one goes away
The fiesta OF Santa Cruz the day Of
the holy cross, is the miners day OF
the year, when all the mines through
out the country stop work. Crosses
are placed on all unfinished buildings
as we'll as a huge one in the plaza,
and are decorated with flowers, bits
of ribbon and glass, while around the
main cross are placed palmilias with
their Ave feet stocks of beautiful
white flowers. There is incessant fir
ing of guns throughout the day and
the celebration ends with music and
dancing in the evening.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-09-24
To Mark Cardinals House.

A memorial tablet is to be fixed Gu
Cardinal Manning's old house in West
Minister, London, which, as will be re-
membered, was originally the Guards
institute, and was bought for small
sum. The cardinals establishment is
said to have been ruled by his butler,
Newman, who guarded his master like
a dragon, and saw to it that he was
not troubled with callers at out-of-the-
way hours He would warn a late Wis
itor that the time for bed had arrived
With the apology: You see, sir, the
cardinal doesn't jump straight into
bed like you or me. He has little
reading to do"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-09-24
universal Language" a Failure.

During his student days at the
lycee of Barbecue. NJ Poincare, pres
ident of France, helped to compose
a universal language. His coIlabora-
tors were his brother Lucien and an
other school fellow, Pol Brouehot.
The work was apportioned between
the three, the future president being
responsible for the substantives, his
brother for the adverbs and adjec-
tives and M. Brouchot for the verbs
and other parts of speech. The pre-
cocious philologists managed to per-
suade local printer to publish the
'Ixessoire" lexicon, which resulted
from their fabors. The edition was
limited and the copy preserved by the
president in his library IS the only
one which has survived.