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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-06
Good Name.

A rather young, Episcopal minister
had been appointed to a certain west
ern locality as he was considered by
his bishop, to be sufficiently able to
successfully establish church, even
in that rather sparsely settled COM
munity. Later, in talking to friend
the clergyman remarked: Il was
obliged to go from one house to an
other and borrow from each the diff
ferent articles that were needed" The
sympathizing friend suggested that he
should call the church "St. Charles the
Martyr" The minister smiled in his
characteristic way. and quickly re-
sponded: mo. San Carlo Borromeo
would be more appropriate"
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that night, but managed to meet Leila
on the street.
ooh, If l only had that scapegrace,
Cyrus Moore!" cried Leila, when Ned
had narrated his dismal story.
"Why, what has Cyrus got to do
with it?" asked the uusophisticated
Ned.
HE has played one ef his practicaii
jokes on you and | will take delight
in boxing his ears when he puts in
an appearance again!" declared the
irate little miss. about two years
ago some jokers got papa to join,
the Sons Of Monus.' They gave him.
terrible initiation and he never
forgives even an allusion to the host. ,"
81 certainly have put my foot. in
it," groaned poor Ned.
;. you certainly have" agreed Leila.l
what can l do?"
GO and see papa and explain" adj
vised Leila.
Somehow Ned could not summon
up the courage to do this. He
passed the Allen home the next eve
ming. There were no lights in the
house and he took UP his station in
che shadow of big tree.
"The family have gone out to some
neighbours, l suppose" he reasoned.
9TH stay here and catch the judge
as he returns"
It was nearly one-half an hour
later when Ned pricked up his ears.
The gate latch of the Allen place
clicked and some one came out. He
recognized the light overcoat the
Judge wore. AS the pedestrian passed
him Ned stepped out from covert.
"5ust a word, judge" he began
biff! .
The wearer of the overcOat shot
out his fist, dropped something he
was carrying and put down the street
on run.
well, this is 'queer!" commented
Ned, staring vaguely after the fugi7
tive. HE dropped a package, l de-
clare!"
Ned stared hard as he opened pill
low case to find it stuffed full of sill
verware, documents and jewelry.
He guessed the oracle speedily-a
burglar had looted the Allen. home.
taking the judges overcoat as we'll.
Ned sat down on the front steps,
to await the return Of the Aliens,
Soon Leila and her father came into
view
. why, Ned" exclaimed the daugh-..
ter.
THAT young mani" growled the
judge. You'll find a better password
than your last one, If you expect to
| stay around here"
Yes, see-this is my password on
the present OCCASION" explained Ned,
as he handed over the stolen plumber
and explained about it. >#
The judge was fairly delighted to
recover papers Of great value, he de
clared. Ned took heart.
Judge Allen" he said .manfully,
there's only one password TIL ever
use, if you consent to my plea for
happiness"
And what's that" asked the
judge.
Leila first, last and all of the
time-Leilai"
| Copyright, 1913, by W, G. Chapman.)
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HIS ONLY PASSWORD
BY GEORGE ELMER COBB.

by GEORGE ELMER COBB.
I'm sorry for you. Ned" observed
Cyrus Moore.
I'm sorry for myself" responded
Ned Dayton, rather grewsomely
Look here. Cyrus, you're my best
chum and you are the cousin Of the
girl love. You must know her ia
Their and his ways pretty well. Is he
reallya the terrible tyrant they de-
scribe him?'
Ned explained Cyrus solemnly,
hes a regular ogre. He'll probably
gnash his teeth and jump on YOU
and maybe throw you from his of
flee window. l know two fellows
who made up to Leila and submit
ted their prospects to the old man
One has left town and the other is
running yet"
Ned looked pretty much concerned
If he had not been so much in love,
he might have noticed sly twinkle
in the eye of his misunderstanding
comrade'' 80 :
!. Well, observed Ned after mo-
ment of serious thought, "Tll beard
this, desperate. lion in his den, come
what may"
Ned was inspired with no ordinary
love for pretty petted Leila Allen,
the alleged ogre's only daughter. He
had come down to Hopeton at the in
vitation of Cyrus Moore, his chum.
,ta3meet his fate. 1t was decidedly up
Ito him now to advise stern dignitied
old, Judge Allen that he wished to
enter his family as a son-ineIaw. H.
There could be no possible objec-
lions to this, except that Ned had
no business experience and was cred
ulous and innocent Of the ways. of
the world. !. If this latter had not
been true he would have discounted
Moore's lurid references to Leila's
father and have recalled Moore's rep
utatfon as a practical joker on all
occasions.
- Ned had. not. as yet seen Judge Al
len except at a distance. Of a
verify the judge was a rather severe
and -dignified looking person.
Ned could show up pretty well, how
ever, as. to- family income. and pros
poets; iff'he was only given. a chance
to present his claims. + -
That's just it, you see" declared
Cyrus, the sly tease. Its breaking
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-06
sELF-IMPosED TORTURE

An extraordinary scene was wit.
nessed'in Calcutta recently, when a
small trolley, studded. with rows Of
iron spikes, on which.;a Hindu was
lying at full length, was. being pulled
through the streets: A large crowd
was following. Inquiries elected the
information that the man was doing
penance, and was on his way to the
temple' of the goddess Kali. at Kali
CHAT. The Hindu had been several
days on the journey, and was in ter
rible condition.
The spikes, which numbered about
800, were quite sharp, and the man
wore only loin cloth. He must have
been suffering acute pain from. the
fact that his body was bruised and
lacerated all over as result of lying
on the sharp nails. Neither the police
nor any passerby made any attempt
to stop the self-imposed torture.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-06
ROMANCE OF A JEWEL

A jewel with a most romantic his
tory was exhibited at the Royal So
ciety's conversazione recently. 1t is
priceless ornament of carnelian, lapis
lazuli, and turquoise and was made
by order of the Pharaoh of Egypt 3,4OO
years before the birth of Christ. 1t
was given by the monarch to- one of
lis favorites, and when the latter died
it was buried with him in his tomb.
Some years afterwards the tomb
was entered by a thief, who was about
to steal the precious gem when the
heavy slabs that formed it's roof fell
on him and killed him. In the course.
of centuries all traces of this ancient
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-06
LIONS FOR FOUNTAINS


Most of the things that are custom
airy with us had some good reason for
their origin, though we are apt to &C.
cept them and not inquire what that
origin was. The water in great
many public fountains, whether for
man or beast, comes out of a lions
mouth. Did yojl ever stop to think
why lions head should be chosen in
preference to any other design? This
is said to be the reason: Among the
an Gent Egyptians the rising of the wa
ters.. Of the River Nile was the most
important event of: the. year, as il
meant life and prosperity to the whole
nation. f.'
The rising of the waters always took
place when the sun was in the con
stellation Of Leo, or the lion So they
adopted the shape of "a lion. as, the
symbol for the 'life-giving waters OF
the. Nile, and all THEIR fonntains>wers
carved With a lions head. +. +.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-06
RUINS OF M0RHAM CASTLE


The ruins of Norman castle, stu
ated about six miles above Berwick
and about the same distance north of
the battlefield of Flodden, are init
mately associated with the history of
that battle The castle stands on a
steep bank overhanging the Tweed,
where the river. is still the boundary
between Scotland and England. It
was built in the year 1871 by Flam-
bard, the waFlike bishop of Durham
and was repeatedly taken and retaken
during the Anglo-Scottish wars. When
James w. of Scotland invaded Eng
land in 1913 his first act was to cap
ture Norham castle The time lost
in the plumber of the castle enabled
the English to rush reinforcements to
the scene and take the offensive Nor
ham is celebrated for the description
of it's hospitality in "Marmion."
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OSTRICH: FEATHERS =

Twenty years ago there. were few
ostriches in captivity and most of the
plumes that adorned the ladies hats
were taken from the wild ostrich. But
today there are great ostrich farms IN
this country and abroad. the largest
being in South Africa. A.
The white ostrich feathers are not
fully developed. There are also black
and drab feathers on the same bird
but when the white feathers are fully
developed they lose a great deal <.,of
their Wilderness, and in the olden days
had to be bleached. =,
Now the ostriches are. blindfolded
with a hood and led into sort of
crate-like coop, where the black and
drab feathers are carefully pulled out;
but the white feathers are never pull
ed out, as this would so damage the
great sockets in which the large quills.
grow that no more would be forth:
coming, so the quilts of the white
feathers are carefully CUTOFF and the
quilts allowed to remain for several
months, when they come out naturally
and the new feathers start. = /
Fifty years ago there were only 81
tame ostriches known in all South
Africa. And in that year only 16
pounds of feathers were. exported, .and
they came for the most part from
wild birds, brought down by the hunt
ers. Last year there were about $780,:
900 domesticated ostriches in South
Africa, and nearly 10000 pounds of
feathers were exported at value OF
more than a million dollars.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-06
ANTHONY COMST0CK, FOE TO VICE

Like the good fairy who appears in
the nick of time, waves her wand
and confutes the powers of evil, An
thony Comstock has again issued
forth and squelched another infraction
of the code of decency. 1T is almost
staggering how wickedf, New York
would have become haeg there been
no godfather to civic morality in the
person of the resourceful and untir-
ing Mr.. Comstock. But there he is
still on the job, virulent, active, de-
spite his seventy years, constant
fee to vice for almost half century.
Storms of abuse, calumny, hatred and
revenge have broken over him In the
years of his labor and left him as
the mighty oak, tower Of strength
to the righteous and a living warning
to those OF urclean minds and morals.
Anthony Comstock began life as a
poor Connecticut boy on the firing
line in the great struggle between
north and south. taking the place OF
brother who was killed at Gettys'
Z to New York to seek his fortune. he
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-06
TURKEY TRAINS

. The Thanksgiving and Christmas
turkey shipments from East Tennes;
see last year totalled probably 100000
birds. and represented roughly half a
million dollars. There were numbers.
of carload lots shipped from this ter
ritory, but the more important ship
ments were assembled at Morristowr,
Tenn, and hurried to Baltimore Phil
adelphia and New York by special
trains. The largest single shipment
was a train of "a cars, which went
through to New York for the Thanks
giving market. A special turkey train
which left Morristown, Wednesday
night, Dec. 10. reached New York
the following Saturday morning. with
10000 birds to supply the Manhattan
demand.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-06
One ON the LAWYER.

Here's "a bit of cross-examination
dug up by. a jovial lawyer from his
fund of "reminiscences:
Q.-Now, what were the exact words
used by the prisoner when he spoke to
you?
4 Ale said he stole the watch.
f Ono. no.. He wouldn't have used
the third person s,.s-
. ,A.-But there was no third person;
only the two of us.
Q.-Then he must have said: 81
stole the watch"
A.-Begorra, maybe you did, but he
didn't squeal on you.-Cincinnati
Times-Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-06
New Rook-Marker.

A welcome little gift to a man or a
woman of any age-providing that it
is a person having the reading habit
lis the newest thing in book-markers.
This is simply a double eight-inch
long and twoinch wide strip of pin
seal, morocco or alligator leather fin
ished along the side edges with heavy
machine stitching, and at the ends
with a two-inch cut fringe of match
ing pelt. On both the fiat sides of
the strap in letters of gold, silver OF
ebony is the legend. Here I Stopped"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-06

. The illustration shows. a curious
chamber built onsthe east side of the
porch of Kingsland church, Hereford.
shire, England, and known. as the
.'Volca Chamber" It is entered from
the porch, and window, seen above
the stone coffin, looks into the church.
The theory of its use was that on
Good Fridays the interior of the church
was darkened by covering UP all the
windows. A torchlight procession was
then formed inside the church and the
host carried out and placed in the
stone coffin in the chamber. There it
remained, guarded night and day, by
two priests, until Easter morning,
when the windows of the church were
uncovered, the procession reformed.
and the host carried back into the
church. There are 'Volca'' chambers
in other church, but the Kingsland
chamber is unique, owing to its I'M
usual position adjoining the porch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-06
SAYS BOOK OF JOHN WORLDS BEST WORK

The greatest book in the Bible.
and in the world. is the gospel OF
John" declared Sir William Mitchell
Ramsay, Great Britain's foremost au-
thority on sacred history, the other
night at the Moody church in Chicago.
.'The gospel Of John far surpasses
the gospel of Paul The latter only
finds the heights of greatest spiritual
inspiration at odd intervals. He is
continually dropping from his high
level and suddenly soaring again.
Besides the writings of Paul, the
only book of the Bible fit to be, COM
pared with the gospel Of John in
point of excellence Is Johns own book
of Revelation This, however, has a
defect because of the animus against
the Roman empire which seems to
prevade it.
When it is considered that at the
time this was written John was under
sentence of hard labor at the Island
of Patmos, a sentence which was
equivalent to one of death, 1t can be
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-06
( CURIOUS places and EVENTS

quent sandstorms it lay buried deep
under the sand. 1t was excavated,
however, last March by Prof. Flinders
Petrie, the great Egyptian. archaelo-
gist. The crushed body of the thief
in the act of stealing the jewel was
found and told, its own story, and the
beautiful gem.was brought to England.
1t is worth a fortune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-11-06
SAYS DIPLOMATS NEED NOT LIE

DIR. Henry Van Dyke, recently ap-
pointed minister to the Netherlands,
just before his departure for Europe,
said:
There was a time when the popu-
lar idea of diplomacy might have
been described as a game of skill
Between accomplished liars
Perhaps there was as much JUS
LITIGATION for that ancient idea as
there was for the old notion that
business was a device for getting the
best of your neighbor without break
in the law
'At all events, both of these no
lions are worn out now. A man can't
stay in business unless he delivers
his goods up to sample A diplomat
can't hold his place unless he speaks
the truth
"But he must speak 1t politely.
Consequently, he must learn to
listen as well as to talk And he
must not say more than he means,
as most people are inclined to do
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SNAKE RIDES BEAR =.

From Spring Creek, :" Rockingham
county. Pas, comes a1remarkable com
;bination .snake-and beart story.
"A party .0f young. people, while
camping in the mountains. were start
led. by the approach of. a. huge black
lear. To, their amazement they saw
that a huge black snake, was nestled
on the back of the bear. with its coils
around Bruins meek. Fortunately
the beast and reptile appeared to be
lin conference, and, the enlightened
young folks hastily retreated to camp
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the first ice with the judge that
counts" :
Say, couldn't. you introduce me?"
suggested Ned with eagerness.
me? WHY" declared Cyrus, .:it
would doom your case at the start.
Truth is, am down in the judges
! bad books for''a joke + I played on
him. Mixed up some law references
he had in an important case. and
made a monkey of him in open court.
He never forgave me. Oh, >say!'
fairly shouted Cyrus, as though struck
by a sudden idea of tremendous
force,-"the very thing!"
What 'is?" inquired Ned hopefully
why didn't I think of it before!"
exclaimed Cyrus, magnificent! 1t
solves the problem. l can put. you
in just right with the judge-hur-
rah! I. D. L. A. S. o. NJ
Eli" stared the bewildered Ned,
wondering if his friend was taking
/ leave of his, senses.
: : a''T Dearly Love A Son OF
Momds'-see?". propounded Cyrus,
Il don't" confessed Ned In hope
less wonderment
Secret society: Great go in town
two years ago. Got the judge to
join. Ieitiated him. First thing you
do when you see him shout that at
him. Then give the password y
What is it?" inquired Ned in his
artless way, catching on.
'Sesquepedalian."'
'Whatll he do them"
Recognize you as brother mem
ber-take you to his fraternal and
paternal arms. Oh, how lucky I
though of it!". and Cyrus chuckled
till he wriggled - =
In. perfect good faith Ned Dayton
called at the Office of Judge Allen
the following day. He stated his
name. Yes; his host. had heard him
mentioned by his daughter" but he
said so gruff1y and he scanned the
young man over IF he was on the
witness stand.
Judge Allen" spoke our hero, II
have come. on very particular err
: rand, but first-T. D. L. "A. s.. o. M. >"
Wndl! =
The eminent jurist turned black in
the face. He gave his innocent. wis
:. itor a. terrible look. 90 4.
/" Sesquepedalian,' added the eyer
confident Ned with a.lcnowing smile.
"Why-why!" fairly shrieked the
Judge, jumping TO his feet and seiz-
ing. law book. did you come here
to insult me? If you don't get QUIT of
this Office double quick I'll break
every bone in your body!"
Bang! smash! clatteri-the per-
turbed Ned got through the doorway
just as the ponderons Law tome
grazed his head, shattered the class
in the office door and preceding him
on rushing roll down the stairs and
to the street.
Ned sought his friend Cyrus for
consolation, but found that he had
suspiciously and mysteriously left
town on fishing trip. He dared not
venture to call ct the Alien home
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1t
canona
which makes little read today
The gospel john written after his release
his
we'll animated with the
ofvi t S greatest book In the world
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they excited
ut
which
Sometimes
the newspapers full of wrath and threatening
Then the task diplomacy the intercourse between the
dihcutyin
which is certainly the chief
Diplomacy, least it's peacemaking
large
u of it
making quarres That is only it's
Of the
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the early
months
gathered
the fall
with waing winds and naked woods
cheeK
o chill
Looking squarely people ready
previous question"
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STARTS SPEECH WITH PERORATION

There is only one man in congress
who starts to speak with a peroration
ON his lips. The rest Of them all
have to take a running start, get up
speed, throw in the high gears and
with closed eyes and clinched teeth
go ripping into the peroration with
the flourish of circus rider jumping
Through a burning hoop.
But not Finley Gray of Indiana.
When he speaks the house stands
still He gets more applause than
any ten men on either side combined.
He knows all the gestures ard all
the positions. Just listen to the
speech he made when Carter Glass
gave him one minute-just one little
minute. Could you imagine any one
working up a peroration in one min
ute? 1t would take about eight weeks
for most people, and by that time the
audience would have been dead. But
let Mr.. Gray speak. He was referring
to the tariff bill:
4
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RashivaIayas, of
derives name He
which built the others being at Bnares
renembered divided
twelve snoAes Taurus GeminT Cancer Leo Virgo
of
the House Of Cancer with
pi:tu Of crab -. : ?
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He guarantees that if this rule be fol
lowed everybody would be so sickened
at the sight there would be little op
position to private bebeadings.
GENEVIEVE CLARK TO EUROPE
Daughter of Speaker Says She viii
Not Lose Time in Learning How
Governments Are Run.

New York.-Miss Genevieve Clark,
daughter of Speaker Champ Clark Of
the house of representatives. arrived
here from Washington with her moth
er recently to meet Mrs. George B. NJ.
harvey, wife of the publisher. with
whom h is going to Europe.
4 have seen in the papers that [
am going to study the governments
of Europe" said Miss Clark. Il am
gong for a pleasure trip, for I 1--we
Just finished school and | want recrea-
ton. and l want to see Italy. But |
don't intend to lose time in gaining
new knowledge. l have no definite
itinerary. Mrs. Harvey's daughter,
who is nearly my own age, is in
school in Rome and will join US on
my Alice in Wonderland trip. That's
what | want it to b."
What are your plans for the future
is 1t a specific work or is it marri-
age?"
The pretty dimples about the mouth
came and the pretty face broke into a
smile. Maybe both; who knows?
But one thing is sure; | have yet TO
meet a man like papa-my ideal. My
present plan is to return after this
trip and go to my mothers alma
University of Missouri. |
intend to specialize later on educa-
tional work to aid the mountain folk
OF Tennessee and Kentucky.
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FILM RECORD OF WEDDING
Relatives Of Couple Unable to Attend,
So Ceremony Is Conducted Be-
fore Movies Machine.

Denver, Colo.-Harry L. Rand Of
this city and Helen Stanford Of Salt
Lake City wanted to repeat the mar
riage ceremony in the presence Of
their families. Circumstances pre-
vented the appearance Of any rela-
tives, SO it was decided that the entire
ceremony would be taken on motion
picture films.
Therefore, every action of the young
couple, from the time Rand kissed the
bride-to-be at the station until the on
clusion of the ceremony, was recorded
on motion-picture films.
Rev. A. A. Tanner Of the First Con-
gregational church of this city per-
formed the ceremony.
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LIFE INSURANCE BY WIRELESS
Banker Applies For and Receives
5000 Policy on Steamship
While at Sea.

London.-The first instance of life
insurance being contracted at sea by
wireless was reported from an ocean
liner. Among the passengers was
Arthur p. Williams, a New York
banker, who met a London insurance
broker on board. Thew talked insur-
ance. with the result that the broker
wirelessed his company. proposing
Williams as a $1,000 life risk. He also
wireiessed the report of the shtp's
doctor approving Williams. The com
pany flashed its acceptance.
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HADLEY is SUED BY AN ARTIST

$1,lS5 against Colonel A. Houts and
three other members of the state leg
islature, who. it is charged, have re-
fused to order the payment Of the
sum because the portrait was changed
after its completion.
According to Miss Huntley, who is
now in Italy, the former governor be-
fore vacating his office ordered her to
modify the hard expression in the
mouth of the likeness.