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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19

Of his friend. Charles was the black
sheep of the village, and it was often
said that his brother-in-law would COM
plete his ruin.
Commiserating chances were often
thrown at the pretty wife as she
passed by. She seemed so devoted to
her husband. How long would it be be-
fore her eyes were opened? Could she
not read her husbands character in
the f1ashy attire, the money that he
spent so lavtshly, the ever-ready smile,
so different from the sour visages of
Four Falls?
And then, everybody knew that it
was no legitimate business which took
him away. He was not travelling for
any firm.
Miss Plpmtree sat in a daze for a
long time. She must tell Mrs. Usher.
But how could she without betraying
her own breach of trust? She looked
at the heading of the letter again. 1t
was Portstown, of all places, where all
the fiashiest sports went about that
time for the county fair.
Suddenly a brilliant idea came to
her. She knew there was another let
ter in the mail addressed to Mrs.
Usher by her husband. She found it
and looked at it. 1t was mailed from
another city, and, like its predecessor,
it was unfastened. Mr.. Usher was
careless with his mail.
The postmistress quickly exchanged
the envelopes. Then, sealing them
carefully, she handed them to the car
rier for delivery. After that she
waited.
About half an hour after the deliv-
cry Mr.. Charles Black came into the
post office with a singular expression
on his face.
"Any letters for me?" he asked.
''Why, | think there was one for you
Mr.. Black" answered Miss Plumtree
watching him narrowly.
Mr.. Black looked perpleXed and
walked away And Miss Plumtree
squinted out up the street, watching
for her victim. Surely enough, there
she was coming down.
Good morning, Miss Plumtree," said
Rose Usher.
"Goots morning, Mrs. Usher" said
the postmistress. Il think there was a
letter for you this morning
Eyes, I have just received it." an
swered the girl. To the disgust of the
postmistress there was not the shadow
of trouble on her face.
do you know, Mr.. Usher is growing
very careless" she continued, laugh
ing. what do you think he did? He
actually put letter to my brother into
my envelope"
Dear mel" murmured Miss Plum
tTae. Then, venomously, 1T isn't that
he takes anything, you suppose, is it?
she asked.
Rose Usher turned on her with dig
nifty. "My husband is the finest man
i'm the world, / would have you know
she answered.
! She walked out of the Office. The
postmistress watched her. She saw
her go into the railway station. A
train would leave for Portstown In a
few minutes. IL was al noui TuH
the county seat. Miss Plumtree smiled
Ito herself and nodded her head
briskly.
THAT settles you and your man,
she said to herself. II can see through
you; you're Almost as deep as he is
Mrs. Usher, but can see through
you"
. In strictest confidence she told one
Iof the neighbors, emitting all men
ton Of her part in the affair. BY three
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19
The Farmers EXPLANATION.

Every now and then we read about
a lot of quail following a hen up the
road" said the summer boarder.
eyes," replied Farmer Corntossel.
"How do you explain it,"
Various ways. Sometimes the phe-
nomenon is due to the fact that lots
of people don't know the difference
between a quail and young brown
Leghorn."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19
A Cynical Motorisf.

Some machinery seems to pos
sess almost human intelligence" "Tm
not sure it isn't something better"
replied Mr. Chuggins. my antomo-
bile, for instance, would be perfectly
quiet and peaceful If some of us hui
man beings didn't jump In and put
1t up to tricks"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19
Serves EN- Riuht.

Critics have become exceedingly
unpopular" said the manager.
"Yes," replied the bill poster. 81
understand they won't even let the
military critics get anywhere near
the theater Of war"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19
Na<<a,.~f1aef&LSzNk

In one of Philadelphia
schools, situated in a dis.
trict largely inhabited by
poor families, more than
one hundred badly nour-
ished children were selected
for experimental feeding
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19
Doos In Autos.

The dogs love autos. too. There is
no picture of happiness quite so I'M
pressive as when dog is standing
with it's forefeet on the side Of the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19
Rainy DAYS.

"Are you saving up something for
a rainy day."
NO" replied Farmer Corntossel.
what we're troubled with out this
way is an annual drought. IL we had
more rainy days, everybody would
have money."-Washingt Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19

If by music is meant the
combination Of words and
tune, there can be no doubt
that it has aided humanity
in its slow and corkscrew
upward march; but the
question would be still I'M
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19

The first Of a series of
musicals and dances inaugu-
rated by a Boston firm of
cigar manufacturers for the
young women in its employ
was given at the cigar fac
tory on a recent Monday
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19
YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY
SUEARING w l. nnuELAG SHOES

FOR 81 years w. L. Douglas has guaranteed the
value by having his name and the retail price
STAMPED on the sole before the shoes leave the fac
tory This protects the wearer against high prices
for inferior shoes OF other makes. W l.. Douglas
you could how carefully W. l. Douglas shoes arc
understand why they look better, fit better, hold their
shape and longer than other makes for the price.
If the w. H. Douglas shoes not for sale In your
vicinity order direct from factory Shoes sent every
where. Postage free In the Y. s.. Write for Illus
w. 1. DOUGLAS. 40 Spark St.. Brockton, MasR
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19

Chess, "the noble game,
is one which appeals to
people who are endowed
with good thinking quail
ties.
AS the athlete takes to
athletics, so will the intelli-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19
Had None.

"That girl likes to look on the
bright side of things"
THAT must be the reason she Tilted
Bonehead."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19

!: IL: ss: =: S s.:;; ss Rubber Tires
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Write for catalog and Special Discounts.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-23
Aeropiane Kept as Memento.

All that is left of the historic
Wright biplane with which Calbraith
p Rodgers flew from the Atlantic to
the Pacific two years ago is to be pre-,
sented to the Carnegie museum at
Pittsburgh by the late aviatOr's moth.
err The machine was badly damaged
when Rodgers fell to his death in the
Pacific ocean a short time after com,
plotting his wonderful flight. Suisse
quently 1t was used by Andrew Drew
until that aviator also was killed with
it. The machine has been restored to
its original condition. Both Rodgers
and Fowler's Wright machines have
motors of but 3O.hOrsepower, yet they
flew across the continent in opposite
directions at a time when the aero
plane had not been equipped with the
1O0-horsepoWer motor of today, which
makes it much more stable, nor had
1t developed anywhere near the speed
of which it has since shown itself to
be capable.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-23
MOTHER A BETTER SURGEON
Saved Daughter From Being Cripple
by Refusing to Let Physicians
Amputate Her Leg.

New York; would rather see my
daughter dead than q cripple" said
Mrs. Thomas Reilly of 1856 Mulberry
street, Newark, when the physicians
Of the Newark City hospital advised
her that the only possible chance Of
recovery for her eleven.year-old daugh-
ter, Elizabeth, lay in amputating her
leg, which had been crushed by
trolley car. That was ten months ago.
Elizabeth will soon leave the hospital
in perfect condition.
The girl lay In great pain for weeks.
Blood poisoning set in, but still the
mother refused to see her child Grip
pie. Many times she lay at the point
Of death, and then would rally Grad.
ually she grew better. The doctors
told Elizabeth that within a short time
she will be able to 60 home and sdp
rope II she wants h
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-23
HUGO TAUGHT THEM PEACE
To Impress This Principle, the Great
French Writer Gave Children
Dolls and Boats.

Paris.--Leo Claretie has discovered
at Guernsey, where Victor Hugo
lived, several manuscript copies of the
speeches made by the great French
writer at the dinners for poor children
which he used to give every fortnight
about Christmas time. For each par
ty a large Christmas tree was pre-
pared and on it was gift for each
child. Here are the notes Hugo used
for one of his addresses:
my dear little children: Among
the toys to be given you, you will find
neither guns, cannons, swords or 9TH
err murderous weapons, or anything
else which might give you the idea of
war or destruction. War is an abom-
Unable thing; men of all countries are
made for loving, not for killing, one
another.
"AEong the toys that offer you the
little girls will find dolls, excellent
playthings which will commence to fit
them for the role of motherhood which
they will play later in their lives. For
the boys there are little boats, little
locomotives, and in fact everything
which will present the idea of work
and progress, and not that Of destruc.
ton, to their intelligences."
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-23
CHINESE: hiIL|ThNCY
movement Started Away Back in
Year 1905.
mistress Ching, Woman of the Peri.
o. Following Death Of Pirate Hus.
nand, Took Command and ev.
denced Great Abilities.

writers have made quite a TODD re.
ceh'iy ABOUT the feminist movement in
the republic Of China. Chinese women
IN the last few years, it is inferred
nave emancipated' themselves. They
wear NO. shoes, tight skirts instead
u paJamas, attend teas, have culture
elubs, want the vote and every now
ana then smash window Just like
their sisters in more civilized if not
80 poiite' nations; and all this quite
recently.
but mat is all wrong-that is the
recently" part. The militant feminist
movement in China began when Mrs.
fahkhursts great grandmother was a
baby and Dr. Mary Walker still be.
heVed IN Santa Claus. To be exact.
the nrst Chinese campaign to verify
MT. h'pllng's much quoted philosophy
became noticeable in 1906 and one
Mistress Ching, a piratess of gentle
mem and some repute, was it's most
active champion.
IN the beginning Mistress Ching was
an uncommonly good-looking daugh.
ter OF man in Hupeh province, who
operated something akin to the mod.
ern spindle game. She attracted the
fancy one day of a business friend of
her fathers, one Ching-yeh, a promis-
ing and ambitious pirate of the south
coast. Ching-yeh paid the father the
equivalent of $40, the value of Chinese
girls In those days, and the daughter,
ALREADY In love with the handsome
young pirate, went gladly to his pratt
Cal ship.
And they lived long and prospered,
and were happy and two little pirates
came to bless them. Chipg-yeh even
declared himself emperor of the south.
And his chief wife no doubt added en-
press to her title of presidentess of
the Ladies Piratical auxiliary.
But, alas, for the best laid plots of
men and mice, as Bobbie Burns has it,
Ching-yeh fell, was showed overheard
one night and some 10000 pirates
awoke the next morning chieftain-
less.
Each captain Immediately offered
himSelfas q successor for the high ad,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-23
Early SuHragette.

Militant minded women were known
in England before the suffragettes.
one of whom lies in Henry Wis chap
el-Margaret, countess of Richmond.
it's builders mother, with her brass
effigy by Torrigiano. She hated the
Turk, and she made, as Camden re.
ports. a sporting offer to the chival-
rous of her day: con the condition
that princes of Christendom would
combine themselves and march against
the common enemy, the Turk, she
would most WillingiJ attend them and
be their laundress in camp" That
position of laundress to the crusaders
would have been an easy one, for 1t
was the fashion to make VOWS to
change no Undertaking until the holy
sepulcher was regained.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-23

miral, and each one cleared his decks
and prepared to fight for the honor. 1t
locked as If the pirates would start a
bloody family quarrel when Mistress
Ching-yih, with the political expert.
ence of the Ladies' auxiliary behind
her, calmly took command. She ap-
pointed one Paou, an orphan boy her
husband had reared, as chief Iieuten-
ant and prime minister. Then she
summoned all the captains and called
upon them for loyal support. Like the
Hungarian mobiles did when Marie
Theresa appealed to them, the Chi
nese piratical mobiles yanked out their
swords and swore to murder for her.
and her only, as long as she lived.
Thus was the first feminist move
ment-of militant character-in Chi
ma launched.
Mistress Ching (she dropped the
yih part) had wonderful success. Her
force rapidly grew to 10000, the Cpl
rates Own Book" says, and there
wasn't a sea coast city in China but
what could boast Of a visit or two
from her As one Chinese writer par
adoxically put it: "The blackened
ruins of burned cities sprang up like
loathsome flowers In her wake"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-23

partment or agriculture and by other
agencies.
Two-Thirds Of People Farmers.
Land is Ireland's chief source of
revenue. In population of four mil
lions the rural classes, tenants and
farm laborers and their families, are
two-thirds. This population depends
directly for Its daily life upon the
profit from fifteen million acres Of
cultivable land. In continental Eu-
rope the peasant, driven by poverty
from the land, goes to the factory In
the town. Excepting in Belfast, with
its linen, and in Dublin, with it's beer,
and some smaller places along eastern
Ireland, there are no Irish factories
Of consequence. The Irish peasant
who can not pick up living in the
fields goes not to q factory In the
town but to America.
A century ago one-third Of the
population OF the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland was In Ire
land, today only ten per cent Within
sixty years one-half the population Of
Ireland has emigrated TO the United
States. In the last ten years the evil
of overmuch emigration has slightly
abated. thanks to many good influ-
ences. 1t is a curious fact that while |
the proportion of British emigrants |
from Great Britain to countries with.
In the British empire was 80 per cent
during the last twelve months, barely
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-23

q per cent of the cmigrants from
ireland remained under the British
flag.
Sir Horace Piunkett's Crusade.
Improvement in the Land situation,
besides checking emigration, has pro.
NOTED the economic and social well
iare of the people. Wise use of self
help and cooperation, under the
statesmanlike leadership of Sir Hor
ace Plunkett, is making a new Ireland
agriculturally, Returning from ranch
life in the United States in 1888, in
stead Of entering politics as the most
useful sphere Of activity, this great
lrlshman devoted himself to the social
and economic regeneration Of rural
Ireland. Around him gathered men
OF all creeds and every party. Cath
Ollie bishops and Presbyterian preach
ers, Unionists and Nationalists, land
lords and tenants, soon enlisted in the
work. 1t was difficult. if not impossi-
Bile, to make theological or even a
political controversy about better ba-
con and more eggs.
self-HeIp and Cooperation Winning.
Self-help was first in the pro-
gramme. Education must precede
self-help. "You can not have a ma
ton without the elements of a ma
tion," said another great Irishman
Thomas Davis, land one of the first
elements Of a nation is an educated
democracy" AS everywhere educa-
ton was slow and difficult. The Irish
man, not different from others, pre-
ferred to be flattered rather than to
be bettered. Gradually, however, self
help doctrines had their fruitage in
better agricultural methods, in larger
crop yields and in more desirable ru-
raj life.
The Irish Agricultural Organization
society was formed to teach self-help
and aid in the second step toward
rural regeneration, real cooperation.
cooperation" said its promoters to
the peasants, will help you to reduce
your general expenses. to dispense
with middlemen, to be your own bank
ers and your own insurers. Isolated,
you are powerless against competition,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-23
DR.. l0HNS0M'S REAL WORTH
Engian0-s intellectual Giant Fad His
Fai;ings, But His Virtues More
Than Balanced Them.

New York.-When DR.. Samuel John
son died, 1919 years ago, December l3,
1854, England and the whole world
lost one Of the soundest intellects and
one Of the finest pieces Of manhood
that the earth ever saw.
Every one, every young man and
woman, certainly, should own a copy
OF Boswell's Johnson No library is
complete without it; without thor
ough knowledge Of that book no edu-
cation can be complete. Boswells
work is the most perfect biography
In the worid-an almost perfect mir
ror of one OF the n, Interesting per-
sonalities known to us.
Samuel Johnson had his failings,
and realized the fact; but his faiIings
were more than balanced by the great
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-23
WONDERED WHY.
Found the Answer Was Coffee"

Many yale, sickly persons wonder
for years why they have to suffer so,
and eventually discover that the drug
--caffeinee-in coffee is the main cause
of the trouble.
Il was always very fond OF coffee
and drank it every day. | never had
much flesh and often wondered why I
was always SO pale, thin and weak.
About five years ago my health
completely broke down and | was con.
fined to my bed My stomach was in
such condition that l could hardly take
sufficient nourishment to sustain life.
During this time l was drinking
coffee, didn't think | could do without
1t.
after awhile | came to the conclu.
sion that coffee was hurting me, and
decided to give it up and try Postum.
When it was made right-dark and
rich-I soon became very fond of it.
I'm one week began to feel better.
l could eat more and sleep better. My
sick headaches were less frequent, and
within five months l looked and felt
like new being, headache spells en-.
tirely gone.
my health continued to improve
and today am we'll and strong, weigh
148 lbs. I attribute my present health
to the life-giving qualities of Postum"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well.
ville," in pkgs.
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be we'll
boiled.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow.
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
In cup Of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes delicious beverage
instantly. Grocers sell both kinds.
There's Reason" for Postum.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-23
MOSCOW HAS SILENT CLUB
Gestures Are the Sole Means Of In.
tercourse Permitted Members
Within Its "Queer" Walls.

I-ondon.-Most readers will remem.
Der the brother of Sherlock Holmes
and the queer club to which he be-
longed. It seems that there is in real
life a club similar to the one imagined
by Sir Conan Doyle. The Moscow pre-
lecture has just confirmed the stat.
utes Of newly formed club In that
city, the chief feature Of which is
the absolute silence imposed on its
members within the club precincts.
Any infractiou Of this cardinal rule
involves monetary penalty. The
club is we'll appointed and luxurious
ly equipped. 1t is furnished with biz
lards, chess, cards and other games,
Gesture is the only medium of inter-
course among its members.
The same rigid discipline obtains
Mt the club buffet and in the dining
room, as we'll rs In the library and
general rooms. Orders are conveyed
70 the silent walters by means Of tab.
lets they carry.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-23

basic virtues that lie at the foundation
of all real worth and excellence.
Samuel Johnson respected himself,
and made everybody else respect him.
His independence was rock-ribbed. He
would die before he would SPONGE"
he would die a. dozen times over be-
fore he would brook any kind Of con-
descension or any form of insult to
his personal dignity and honor. Moth.
ing finer was ever written than his
famous letter to Lord Chesterfield.
Every one should know that letter by
heart, and be stepped In it's spirit.
Samuel Johnson possessed, to an
extraordinary degree, the thing called
common sense" He saw the world
as it was, and governed himself &C.
cordingly. He was as strong against
the theorists as he was against the
quacks. He would have made a won
derfully great Judge, wonderfully
great and wise king or president.
But great as Johnson was in intel.
lect, knowledge, and individuality, he
was even greater I'm his sterling hon.
esty OF heart. He had his failings, but
he deeply and sincerely regretted
them, and kept at it until, in most
cases, he made them the stepping
stones to something better. He never
surrendered to his faults, but fought
them and conquered them. A wonder.
full man was DR.. Samuel Johnson, as
Boswell photographed him for us in
his immortal biography.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-23

banded together, you will be, II NOT
attpowerful, at least better armed for
the struggle" Apathy among the
peasants, hatred Of innovations, preiu.
dice, party rancor. delayed progress
In spite Of all obstacles and obiec.
lions, however, the society went on
and ireland profits thereby. II trag.
edy is only waste, as a famous Shakes
perian critic has said, the tragedy
which we call rural Ireland is being
transformed by this society and other
agencies, for waste is giving place to
thrift and land-abandonment to land
reconstruction.
Big Proportion Of People Enlisted.
The society differs from most agri.
cultural societies elsewhere Its aim
Is to ameliorate the condition of the
Irish peasant by instruction In self.
help and in the principles and meth
DDS ct cooperation. OF itself, we are
told. 1t has created nothing; it merely
organizes, advises, controls. 1t sends
out organizers, who undertake cam.
paigns in one district after another
and .endeavor to establish cooperative
associations by explaining their aims,
methods and advantages. The par
ent society watches over local organ.
izers. teaches good business habits,
the application Of cooperative rules
In word, undertakes their economic
education. In fifteen years nearly
oRe.sourth Of the population of Ireland |
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-23

gressive agriculture of the best kind
comes in Ireland. The singing and
dancing Gaelic league, with its re-
vival of the old and happy Irish Ian
guage, breathes life and stirs laugh
ter All these are making for the
new Ireland.
Land Situation Improving.
The spade is ever mightier than the
sword. Impassioned oratory in Sack
Vile street Is futile compared with
the use of fertilizer in the field. Ire
land is pre-eminently agricultural and
the chief emphasis in the islands re-
Nuisance has rightly been upon the
use Of the land. Progress has been
made toward the transfer of owner
ship Of land from the absentee land
lord to the resident peasant. Prog
ress has been made In the establish
ment for all Ireland of the Ulster GUS
tom Of free sale, fixity of tenure and
fair rent. Considerable progress has
been made in blotting out the plague
to which Western Ireland has given a
name which Is also picture, rural
'congested districts These things
have been accomplished by the Irish
Agricultural Organization society, led
by that disinterested patriot, Sir Hor-
ace Plunkett, by the government de-
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-23
fearful Vita,

He used to call her the sunshine Of
his life
That's true, but she clouded up
shortly after they were married and
has been raining mere or less ever
sinca."