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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-05
Where Ignorance Is Bliss.

George W. Cable, the southern writer,
while in England one time made de-
vout pilgrimage to Stratford on Avon
and spent several days wandering
about the neighborhood, intensely in
terested in it all. One day he met
countryman and. pausing. said:
MY friend, envy you your life here
amid the fields that knew the great
poets youth. What sublime thoughts
must come to you as you tread the
paths his feet trod!'
The rustic simply stared, and Mr..
Cable demanded if he knew of whom
he was speaking, whereupon a prompt
negative was the reply.
"Why, of Shakespeare, man. You
must know him." declared Mr.. Gable.
with undisguised horror.
Finally the man recollected that he
had heard of Shakespeare and believed
that he had wrote for ''summat."
And have you any idea for what he
wrote-was it the Times?" demanded
the American.
"Oh. it warn't the Lunnon paper
the man said. Il know it was summat
solemn like think it was the Bible.
belize"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-05
LOCAL NEWS

A. p. Kent and family of Clerinda
Iowa, arrived in the city the first o
the week and moved unto their farm
located at Mile Post IL on the
Northern Pacific Railway. Mr.
Kent has a dwelling erected on bis
place and will begin the work Of
opening up a farm.
The regular monthly meeting Of
the council has been adjourned un I'll
Tuesday of next week.
John Walsh returned the latter
part of last week from his campaign
tour through the state with Secretary
of State William Jennings Bryan.
While away Mr.. Walsh delivered
several speeches for the Democratic
party.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-05
Lose Only Child

We are indeed sorry to learn
Of the death of Vera, only child
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Hazelhoun
of Mason, death having occurred
last Wednesday. 1t is only two
years ago since the Hazelhouns
lost their only boy through
diphtheria and this proved a
severe shock for the family.
Now that they have lost their
only CIR, their affection is hard
to bear. Mrs. Hazelhoun was
formerly Miss Myrtle Hubert
of this city and the many friends
of the family in this city extend
their heartfelt sympathy to the
family in their sad bereavement.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-05
Conditions of Contest

for ten weeks in this paper and ONE
DOLLAR will be given for the first
correct answer is each weeks con-
test. The envelopes will be placed
in box and drawn out; the first
correct answer will be entitled to the
dollar.
All answers must be received at
The Times Office before Wednesday
of the following week
No answer received by telephone.
A Notice will be published in the
following issue stating what words
were left out of these words and
who is entitled to the dollar.
EACH WEEK $500
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-05
In the Same Boat.

Owen Davis. the playwright stepped
into the washroom of a Broadway
restaurant to find two English actors
there. Both the actors were slightly
under the influence of something they
had imbibed, and both were engaged
in the favorite national pastime of a
certain type OF English actor-they
were knocking America and the Amer
leans.
'Frightfully ignorant race, old chap.
these Yankees" one of them was say.
ing as Davis entered. '''Pon my word
/ never saw so much ignorance. I've
been over here five months now. and
every time | meet an American ! ask
him If he knows what mica schist Is
And. do you know, I've never found
one yet who knew what mica schist
was. not onev
''Most extraordinary mdrnured his
companion. ''To think of people SO ig-
norant as all that. By the way. old
dear, what is mica schist?'- Saturday
Evening Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-05
Died Tuesday

Johan Arntso2 (Nervick) age
So years and 5 months, died
Tuesday following a paralytic
stroke. The funeral was held
this afternoon at two O'Clock
from the Arnts On residence.
Mr.. Arntson has been a resi-
dent of this city during the past
two years, coming here from
Virginia, Mimi. He is related
to the Arntson family of this
city.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-05
Be Strong.

Be strong
We are not here to play, to dream, 10
drift.
We have hard work to do and loads to
lift.
Shun not the struggle; face it; tits Gods
gift.
Be strong.
Say not the days are evil-who's to
blame?-
And fold the hands and acquiesce-oh.
shame!
Stand up speak out, and bravely, in Gods
name.
Be strong.
1t matters not how deep intrenched the
wrong,
How hard the battle goes. the day how
long.
Faint not: fight on. Tomorrow comes the
song
-Maltbe d. Babcock.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-05
Canny Andy,


AS Herbert Corey tells it. he went to
a dinner once where Andrew Carnegie
was a guest.
AFTER the eating was over and the
speechmaking had started said Corey.
'.Mr. Carnegie reached in his pocket
for something and pulled out a hand
full of small change A dime got away
from him and fell on the floor, and at
the first chance Mr.. Carnegie got down
under the table and looked for it,
did he find it?" asked one of the
audience to whom Corey was narrating
the incident.
did he find it?' echoed Corey. He
found Is centsr'-Saturday Evening
Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-05

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word has been Intentionally left out.
Read all the ads carefully and see if
you can supply the missing words.
Write your answer plainly on a
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ads and the line in the ads in which
the words are missing, giving the
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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-05

Services at the church next
Sunday morning. The Young
Peoples society will meet to-
night at the horne of Mrs. Amos
Nelson on west 4th street.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-05

Big sale now on at the Nelson
Millinery. You cannot afford to
miss this opportunity. A large
assortment OF trimmed hats at less
than cost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-05

A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Olson Tuesday,
For Sale-One gray mare. Inquire
of A. Splitter and Sons.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30
cHIMNEYLEss STEAM BOILER
Combustion Gases Disposed Of by
Passing Them Into the Steam
Of the Engines Cylinders.


The chimneyless steam boiler and
furnace now in operation on a Rus
sian torpedo boat. the invention of a
Russian naval engineer named
Schmidt disposes of Its combustion
gases by passing them into the steam
of the engines cylinders. Liquid
fuel. easily yielding to combustion with.
out smoke, is essential. The combus-
tion gases are cooled from about $500
degrees to 1900 degrees F. on leav-
ing the heating surface of the boiler.
and they are then passed into a tube
into which a fine spray of cold water
is injected under pressure. This cools
the gases to between $50 degrees and
900 degrees F.. converting the water
into superheated steam of the same
Temperature The mixture of steam
and combustion gases Is led to the
upper part OF the boiler, where 1t is
mingled with the boilers ordinary sup
ply of steam. and is sent into the cyl
inders. The boiler. besides requiring
no chimney. is claimed to have the
further advantage Of very high eff
cheney, utilizing 80 and even as high
as 81 per cent of the heat OF the fuel.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30

ly the course OF boulevards and high
ways that connect the city with the
outside world. Here and there. in the
very heart Of 1t high spots of illumina-
ton. veritable aisles of light reveal
parks and public squares.
Viewed as a whole. it's wonderful
glittering marvel Of eye-dazzling illu-
mination. And then, by way of con-
trast to think that ten years ago New
York was down and out as a well light
ed city.
Electricity long freely used in other
towns had hardly come into use and
feeble gas lamps with open fame were
in the majority. with only here and
there. at rare intervals. arc lamps and
mantle gas lamps mixed in.
Then. one day, Just a decade back.
the people woke up. They were tired
Of stumbling home through dismal
streets. and of being held up and re-
lieved of their valuables under cover
of the darkness. A general demand
was made that something be done
quickly to improve the street lighting.
The city was heard. and then, as AL
addin rubbed his lamp electricity be-
ued and the arc lamps were practically
gan to come into its own. The flick
ertng open fame lamps were discontin-
doubled In number at avenue and
street intersections. and symmetrical
ly arranged on street house lines. The
city began to be really lit up.
City engineers and central station
men worked like beavers to improve
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30
LAMP CAUSES EYE DISEASE
Safety Device Seriously ImpaIrs Sight
Of Underground Workers, Es-
pselaIiy Coal Miners.

While progress in science has en-
abled Industrial concerns to greatly
increase their output and has made
the life of the worker much easier. at
the same time 1t exacts its penalties
and 1t has recently been discovered
that the safety lamp used by the mod
ern miner has greatly increased the
prevalence of an eye trouble which Sc
riously impairs the sight of the under
ground worker. especially coal miners.
This trouble has been known for some
time and is believed to be caused by
the great eye strain to which the
men are subjected when working in
the dim light of the safety lamp. In
mines where an open-aame light or
candle can be used. the disease Is
rarely found. In Great Britain records
show that some 1913 miners were
found to be suffering from the disease
during one year. and the loss in money
Is estimated at more than $4,000.
represented by the compensation paid
these men under the law. This. of
course. does not take into account the
reduced earning capacity of the men
during the progress Of the disease to
that point of acuteness which made
them eligible to compensation under
the law. This Is one OF the occupa-
tional diseasea to which much study
is now being given. though no real
remedy has yet been found.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30
LEARN HOW TO READ WELL
Absorption Of Thought, Not the Hur.
ried GIaneine Over Printed Pages,
10 to Be Desired.

When Bacon wrote, "Reade not to
contradict and refute. nor to believe
and to take for granted. nor to finde
talke and discourse, but to weigh and
consider" he uttered sage counsel
which most of US might well take to
heart In this century of ours. when
speed is such an important element in
the daily round, this statement, with
all its force and philosophy. is likely
to fall on deaf ears; for the reading
public of the present day, while hav-
ing taste in general for learning, is
not prone to regard it as an art or a
matter for serious contemplation. Yet
this state of things is to be deplored:
for what greater pleasure is there in
the whole field of education than to
read book critically. with the object
not only of getting out of 1t all that it's
author would convey, but to ponder his
reasoning? The advantages of a
course of reading such as this may not
at the moment be apparent, but it will
surely lead the reader into realms of
which hitherto he has been oblivious.
Thoreau write: ITO read well-that
is, to read true books in true spirit
is a noble exercise and one that
will task the reader more than any ex.
ercise which the customs Of the day
esteem. It requires a training such
as the athletes underwent, the steady
intention almost Of the whole life to
this object. Books must be read as
deliberately and reservedly as they
were written."-Exchange.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30
OId-EashIoned Rug.

Save all your rags of various colors.
cut them in strips and sew them to-
gether. Some evening when you have
nothing else to do go through your
rag bag. select rags Of different col
ors, put them in separate bags. Then
another evening cut these rags In
strips, sew them together, wind them
in balls. Then some nice sunny af-
ternoon when you are sitting on the
porch and wondering what to do, you
can begin to make one Of the old-fash-
ioned rag rugs in blue or pink. with
a border of white or black. "Stock-
ing tops" make splendid black strips
for the border. Purchase the largest
bone crochet needle you can find and
crochet as you would round dolly
in the usual manner. These make
attractive rugs for the guest room or
bedroom.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30
MAKE LARD AT HOME
ALWAYS SUPERIOR IN QUALITY
TO BOUGHT ARTICLE.
Method OF Rendering Presents Few
Difheuities-Flre Must Not Be Too
Hot and Pot Needs TO Be
Carefully Watched

Since homemade lard Ii DO superior
to anything in the same line that can
be bought It seems strange 30 many
women buy their shortening ready for
use. Frying out the fat Is very little
trouble and homemade lard Is not
more e1pensive than that bought in
the can. Leaf lard. the fat that comes
on the thin under portion Of hog meat,
costs from 25 cents to 40 cents for two
pounds. according to the location OF
the butchers shop. rather than the
quality of the lard.
The method of rendering lard IL
simple. For instance, the fire should
not be fiercely hot when the pot il
set on the stove and care must be
taken not to spill any fat while on tho
fire, because 1t might burn. There will
be less danger of this II cooked over
slow fire, and as the fat should be
melted with gentle heat a moderate
fire is best all around.
Cut the fat into small pieces and put
without water into the pot. Set over
the fire. and when steam ceases to rise
from the vessel the lard is sufficiently
cooked Then a little salt should be
thrown In, also a pinch of baking soda.
The first causes the sediment to settle
quickly and helps to keep the lard.
while the soda tends to whiten it
Strain through cheesecloth into
small Jars rather than large ones. Old
lard cans may be used. but 1t is
good idea in any case. that is, II much
lard is made at time. to cover the
tops of the jars with layer of cotton
batting before putting on the lids.
Always keep lard In cool. dry
place. In England the scraps left
from the lard are considered quite a
delicacy among the poorer people. In
this country they are usually thrown
away, but l have used them very sue
cessfully in the place of suet, chopping
them fine and working them into the
flour with the tips of the fingers. And
speaking Of suet reminds me very
cheap and excellent shortening can be
made for family use from the suet
taken from the beef flank. 1t is called
cod fat and makes much softer and
better shortening than the ordinary
suet. This can be melted down like
lard after cutting into small pieces.
When ready to come from the stove
the melted fat is poured into clean.
cold water to harden. 1t can then be
taken OF. wiped dry and be packed
away for future use.
Some people object to animal fat.
preferring cottolene. This can be
made at home: then there will be no
question as to its purity. Six parts OF
cotton oil to four parts of oleostearine
are melted together and strained into
jars.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30
SCREW MADE TO HOLD FAST
Supplied With Slot Along Length With
Edges Which Prevent It's
Easy Withdrawal.

Carpenters and woodworkers will be
interested in a screw of new design
which has been recently patented for
the purpose of preventing the screw
from working loose after 1t has been
once driven into place. In the, manu-
facture, Of much medium-grade furni-
ture screws are made use of, although
they are tabooed In the first-class pro-
ductions. In furniture the screws are
bound to work loose after the piece
has been in use little while, and If
not given attention 1t is not long be-
fore the furniture will fall apart. In
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30

he made for side hedge, got through
1t, hurried to his home and shut him
self up in his darkened study.
Rhoda. advised by the servant, came
tripping towards the summer house in
a culver Of pure delight. She was dis
mayed at the inexplicable disappear
ance of her visitor. She did not see
him all the rest of that week Sunday
morning substitute took his place In
the pulpit.
Have you heard the news?" in
quired Myrtle. with her usual gossip
Ing buoyancy meeting Rhoda on the
street.
Concerning whatr' inquired Rhoda.
"Mr. Joyce. He is Ill. they say. and
Deacon Brown says he is talking of
restgning his charge"
'Oh. surely mott" burst forth Rhoda
irrepressibly.
What! SO far gone as that?" de-
rided her tormentor. II hope they
send more impossible successor"
Rhoda went home with a strange
pain at heart. She never realized how
much she thought of Arnold Joyce un-
til that n oment. Somehow a sugges-
tion of mystery, of trouble for the man
she respected and believed in crossed
her mind.
He Is i'll, he needs friends surely
now, II ever" reasoned Rhoda and
within an hour was at the rectory. Ita
door was open, no servant appeared.
She penetrated to the corridor beyond
and glanced into the study.
There sat Arnold Joyce at reading
table. He held something in his hand,
his eyes f1xedly regarding 1t. She saw
what 1t was-a rose. the one she had
seen him secrete.
Suddenly, sadly he crushed Its brit.
tie leaves to powder and murmured
the words.
"Rhoda-good-by!"
"oh. Mr.. Joyce! cried Rhoda i'm
pulsively. her heart full to overfiowing.
you are i'll? You are going away"
Il am being punished" he said
gravely.
"Punished-for what?" she inquired.
For reading q written page telling
of the f1ance I never suspected I
could not help 1t. And since then"
His face fell into his hands. Rhoda
knew the truth.
oh. letter had received from
my cousin"
Then"
Then you have misunderstood" !"
said Rhoda and turned her blushing
face away.
Arnold Joyce did not leave Millville.
Why should he-when there. always
by his side, was his helper, his wife?
Copyright. 1914. by w. G. Chapman)
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30

conditions. once their interest was
aroused. and in the short space of the
time mentioned, the street lighting Of
New York was revolutionised until its
present effectiveness IL the admiration
and wonder of all visitors.
In Now York today there are S3.746
street lights. both arc and incandes-
cent. There are 1880 arcs and 1891
incandescents and every one Of them
is burning every night in the year. In
the borough OF Manhattan alone 1854
arc lamps are employed to light the
city's main thoroughfares and cross
streets, as we'll as 1897 incandescent
lamps, the last being used principally
in park lighting.
Fifth avenue. once q dark and
gloomy tunnel. began TO attract attsn-
tion as a particularly we'll lighted
street, beautiful vista OF glowing
arcs, when in 1892 It was FIRST lighted
with the Ward type Of multiple two-in-
series. and the installation Of these
lamps was ..e foundation of the pres
ent efncient arc lamp equipment in
New York streets.
The city is still experimenting In
street illumination. looking to the i'm
provement Of the system in general.
The Great White Way which attracts
at night the visitor to the city like the
magnet does the needle. il. of course.
the brightest spot on Manhattan
island. But 1t il not the city. but the
Individual, the advertiser. who makea
1t so.
New York merchants stand in line
and fight over their position for the
use of some electric sign sites, SO
eager are they to add to the general
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30

shown In the illustration are a recent
invention and have a number of novel
features. The tank is filled with wa
ter.and as there is a substantial cover
on 1t the water does not seriously suf-
fer by evaporation and the buckets
are at the same time hidden from
view. Another Of the novel features
is the weighting of the handles on the
buckets SO that the bail of the top
bucket is always upright and extended
above the level of the water and as
1t is seized and raised from the tank
1t is filled to Its full capacity. There
upon the bail of the next bucket
swings upward ready for use.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30
SaIllno for Women.

Every year the number increases OF
women who can not only handle boat
but who own their neat little craft,
enjoying this latest invasion into man.
ly sports.
A group of New York women whose
husbands are members of the Bayside
Yacht club own a quaint little feet OF
sailboats known as the Butterfly
Fleet" each boat being named after a
butterfly. beginning with the Van.
essa" of Mrs. Willard McGregor.
whose husband designed the style OF
boat for his wife's pleasure after she
had learned to handle his catboat-
They are just large enough to hold
the skipper and one passenger. and
IT is a pretty sight to see the minia-
ture feet assemble for a race.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30
Fire Extlnuulsher.

1t was quite by accident that the
discovery was made that ammonia
would extinguish burning oil. A bot
tie of ammonia saved family great
loss by fire. The gasoline stove
sprung leak and the fluid caught fire,
spreading rapidly. One of the older
children coming into the room could
not reach the sink and get water to
throw over the blaze as he thought
ought to be done. but had enough
presence of mind to pour over 1t the
contents of an ammonia bottle that
stood near. As 1t happened, 1t was
the very best thing he could have
done, as it quickly extinguished the
fire which water could not do. Now
the family keeps ammonia on hand in
two-quart sealed jar, anticipating the
time when 1t may be needed again
for the same purpose.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30
chrx.aoere with Golden Back.

A list of the pets of famous men
and women would doubtless prove
very interesting. And its range would
be indeed startling. Monkeys and
parrots, canaries, dogs, horses and
cats would be among the more usual
pets. Gold fish, too. and sometimes
turtles would be included. and there
would be many unusual animals
Sarah Bernhard shared the liking of
many other women of the stage for
live pets. and her favorite was tor
toise which she called Chrysagere.
It wore a gold shell on Its back, set
with small topazes of blue and pink
and yellow. so It was no ordinary tor
toise, but quite feast for the eye.
There was another tortoise, smaller
and covered only with his own shell.
and the smaller tortoise used to follow
the other around like a shadow. They
both amused the great actress very
greatly, and her grief when they were
killed in a fire was real.
The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30

way. One single man will pay from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year for a good
site. and he's glad to do It, 1t is esti-
mated that more than million dollars
is spent yearly in site rentals alone.
Displays on Broadway.
AS near as can be estimated there
are at least 800 electrical displays on
Broadway between Twenty-third street
and Fifty-ninth street, having nearly
q million lamps.
That the cost OF lighting the Great
White Way for ten or twelve blocks
In the environs OF Forty-second street
mounts into millions each year is gen.
orally admitted by electric experts
just how many they cannot say.
1t must not be thought for an in
stant that the white-light district is
the only section Of the big town In
which electrical signs are to be found.
as aside from those on Broadway at
least 5000 Of them are distributed In
various other sections OF the borough
of Manhattan. These contain at the
lowest estimate 100000 lamps. which
contribute 100000 added candle
power to the general illumination.
Brooklyn has 1000 more electric
signs to It's credit. which are respon-
sible for 100000 additional candle
power, while in the Bronx. Queens and
Richmond sections many more cleo
trio signs are to be found doing their
part toward making Greater New
York at night the most brilliant city
IN the world.