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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-18
OUR NATIONAL DISEASE
Caused by Coffee.

Physicians know that drugs will not
correct the evils caused by coffee and
that the only remedy is to stop drink
Ing it.
An Arkansas doctor says:
81 was a coffee drinker for many
years and often thought that could
not do without it, but after years OF
suffering with our national malady.
dyspepsia. attributed it to the drink
iag of coffee, and after some thought
determined to use Postum for my
morning drink.
'T had the Postum made carefully
according to directions on the pkg. and
found it just suited my taste.
"At first used it only for breakfast.
but I found myself getting so much
better, that had it at all meals, and
am pleased to say that / have been re
lleved Of indigestion. / gained l9
pounds in 4 months and my general
health is greatly improved.
''T must tell you of a young lady In
Illinois. She had been in Ill health for
many years, the vital forces low, with
bit little pain. wrote her Of the good
that Postum did me and advised her to
try it.
"At the end of the year, she wrote
me that she had gained 40 pounds in
weight and felt like herself again"
Name given by Postum Co., BATHS
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
REGULAR Postum-must be well boiled
f5c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum--is a soluble powder
4 teaspoonful dissolyes quickly in {
cup Of not water and, with cream and
sugar, makes delicious beverage IN
SANITY. 30c and soc tins.
The cost per cup Of both kinds Il
about the same.
There's q Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-18
Wants Some Thinkinu Out.

Pensive Patrick gazed into the
pigsty and fixed his eyes and knitted
his brow, on the fat little object that
snugly snorted to itSeif.
"H'm!" he muttered. as, shifting into
different position, he viewed the pig.
sly from another angle.
Along came Betty O'Hoyle, but
even her pretty face could not lure
Patrick from his contemplation.
"An' how's the pig, Pat?" she asked
slightly piqued by his Indifference.
He's Twin wonder" came the
emphatic answer.
"Shure, an how's that, Patrick" in
CURED Betty, drawing nearer the sty.
'Bejabbers," exclaimed the contem-
piatiye one, ''he just guzzled two pail
fuis of milk, and then I put him In the
pail. and he didn't half fill it,"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-18
Woodchuck "RiIe EN- Eust. y

Horace Kephart once asked old I'm.
Gle Bob Flowers, one of his neighbors
in the Smokes: did you ever eat .
woodchuck?"
Reckon / don't know what them
is."
"Ground-hog."
20, la! dozens Of EN-. The red
ones hain't good, but the gray ones!
Man, they'd Jest make yer mouth wa,
teri"
How do you cook them?"
Cut the leetle red kernels out from
under their forelegs; then bile 'em
fust-all the strong is left In the
water-then pepper 'em and sage 'em
and put 'em in pan and bake 'em to
a nice rich brown, and--then don't
want nobody there but me!"-Buffalo
News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-18

the peppered silhouette that faced
Westerling's desk. What they had
done repeatedly in drills and maneu-
vers they were now doing In war, me-
chanically az marionettes.
Come on! The bullet Is not made
that can get me! Come on!" cried the
giant Eugene Aronson
Nearly all felt the exhilaration OF
movement in company. Then came
the sound that generations had drilled
for without hearing; the sound that
summons the imagination of man In
the thought of how he will feel and
act when he hears it; the sound that
is everywhere like the song snatches
Of bees driven whizzing through the
air.
That's 1t! We're under fire! We're
under fret" flashed a crooked light
ming recognition of the sound through
every brain.
There was no sign of the enemy;
no telling where the bullets came
from.
Whish-whish! Th-ipp-whing! The
refrain gripped Peterkin's imagination
with an unseen hand. He seemed to
be suffocating. He wanted to throw
himself down and hold his hands in
front Of his head. While Pilzer and
Aronson were not thinking, only run
ming, Peterkin was thinking with the
rapidity of man falling from high
building. He was certain only that
he was bound to strike ground.
IAN inch is as good as a mile!" He
recollected the captains teaching.
only one of a thousand bullets fired
In war ever kills a man"-but he was
certain that he had heard a million
already. He looked around to find
that he was still keeping up with Eu-
gene and felt the thrill of the bravery
of fellowship at sight of the giants
flushed. confident face reveling in the
spirit OF a charge. And then, just
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-18
CHAPTER TX.
The Baptism Of Fire.


All the landscape In front OF Fra
casse's company seemed to have been
deserted; no moving figures were any
where in sight; no sign of the enemy's
infantry.
Family the town clock was heard
striking the hour. From eight to nine
and nine to ten Fracasse's men wait
ed; waited until the machine was
ready and Westerling should throw in
the clutch; waited until the troops
were in place for the first move before
he hurled his battalions forward.
They did not know how the captain at
their back received his orders; they
only heard the note of the whistle,
with a command familiar to trained
instinct on the edge Of anticipation. 1t
released spring in their nerve-cen-
ters. They responded as the wheels
respond when the throttle is opened.
Jumping to their feet they broke into
o run. bodies bent. heads down. Ike
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-18
Press-Gang.

The press-gang was an Institution
which flourished in Great Britain IN
the olden times when impressment
was the mode resorted to for manning
the navy. The practice, which had not
only the sanction of custom, but the
force of law, consisted in Selling by
force. for service in the royal navy,
seamen, river watermen and at times
landsmen. The press-gang. an armed
marty OF reliable men commanded by
officers, usually proceeded to such
houses In the seaport towns as were
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-18
Prosperity.

There's a Yankee landlord on the
Maine coast who keeps his old hulk
Of a summer hotel filed every year
With welI-todo guests from the cities,
who pay high prices for the wonderful
scenery and the good meals, philosoph-
ically accepting the bleak rooms, the
BhaDby wall paper, the the thread
bare upholstery. A New York man
asked him toward the close of the sea-
son how he had been doing.
wal" the Yankee replied, I've
lust about going over the books, and
we've netted about $4,000 this sea-
son. reckon if we do as well another
year I'll paper the parlor!"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-18

then, Eugene convulsively threw up
his arms, dropped his rifle, and
whirled on his heel. AS he went down
his hand clutched at his left breast
and came away ToI and dripping.
After one wild backward glance. Pc
terkin plunged ahead.
"Eugene!" Hugo Mallin had stopped
and bent over Eugene in the supreme
instinct of that terrible second. sup
porting his comrades head.
1.-THE bullet is not-made-" Eugene
whispered, the ruling passion strong
to the last A flicker of the eyelids, a
gurgle In the throat, and he was dead.
Here, you are not going to get out
this way!" Fracasse shouted, IN the
irritation of haste, Shaping Hugo with
his sword. 60 on! That's hospital
corps work"
Hugo had glimpse of the captains
rigid features and last one of Eu-
genes, white and still and yet as if
he we're about to speak his favorite
boast: then he hurried on, his side
glance showing other proserate forms.
One form a few yards away half rose
to call "Hospital!" and fell back.
struck MORALLY by a second bullet.
That's what you get If you forget
instructions" said Fracasse with no
sense of brutality, only professional
evaporation. Keep down. you wound
ed men!" he shouted at the top Of his
voice.
The colonel of the 12Sth had not
looked for immediate resistance. He
had told Fracasse's men to occupy the
knoll expeditiously. But by the com
mon impulse Of military training, no
less than in answer to the whistles
call, in face of the whitening fire they
dropped to earth at the base OF
knoll. where Hugo threw himself
down at full length in his place in line
next to PeterkiR.
Fire pointblank at the crest IN
front OF you! / saw couple OF men
standing up there!" called Fracasse.
Fire fast! That's the way &c keep
down their fire-pointblank. tell you!
You're firing into the sky! want to
see more Gust kicked up. Fire fast!
Well have them out OF there soon!
They're only an outpost"
Hugo was firing vaguely. like a man
in dream. Pilzer was shooting to
kill His eye had the steely CLEAN
Of his rifle sight and the liver patch
on his cheek was a deeper aue as he
sought to avenge Eugene's death.
Drowned by the racket If their own
fire. not even Peterkin was hearing
the whish-whish of the bullets from
Dellarme's company now. He did not
know that the blacksmith's son, who
was the fourth man from him, lay with
his chin on his rifle stock and tiny
trickle of blood from a hole in his
forehead running down the bridge OF
his nose.
.
Young Dellarme, new to his cap
tain's rank, watching the plain
through his glasses, saw the move
ment of mounted officers to the rear
of the 12Sth as a reason for summon
ing his men.
Creep up! Don't show yourselves!
Creep up carefully-carefully!" he
kept repeating as they crawled for
ward on their stomachs. And no one
Is to fire until the command comaa.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-18
The Chance.

at used to be-" declared old Brother
Bombershay, dat when Brudder Mau.
ley and his wife was uh-squabblin' dey
had it up and down like see-saw,
sometimes one of 'em gittin' de best
OF 1t and den de yudder. But now, bless
goodness, dey dess goes round and
round IKE merry-go-round, and nc
body kin prognosticate which In aheaA
!. PUCK
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-18

Hard-Luck Stories.
HAS De Broke told you his last
hard-luck story?"
al hope So"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11
LITTLE ISLAND OF ST. ANDRES
SCENE OF TRIPLE TRAGEDY
Nntlre Physician Kills American Girl,
Her Father md Then Ends His
Own Life.
Correspondence of Associated Press.

Correspondence OF Associated Press
! PANAMA. Friday. April 2.-The little
Island OF st. Andres, Off the north
coast of Colombia. has just been the
scene Of triple tragedy. involving
an American and his daughter and a
native physician, who recently grad
hated from 4 medical school in Mem
phis. Tenn. According to information
arriving by schooner. Dr. H. Puzy first
I Killed Miss Robinson and then shot
h"r rather. Theodore Robinson. later
! turning his revolver upon himself,
blowing out his brains
For some time the doctor had been
frequent visitor ut the home of the
ltooihson family, and finally paid Miss
Robinson marked attention. His suit.
however, was not viewed with favor
by the young woman's parents and
NE physician was given to under
stand that he must cease his visits
ON the morning of March % Miss
robinson. accompanied by friends.
started on horseback ride into the
country. short distance from the
httie town they We're met by DR.. puzy.
who demanded that Miss Robinson ac-
company him I" his Office This she
refused to do. The doctor then fired
one shot from his revolver into the
back of her headE killing her instantly.
Later the physician met Mr.. Robinson.
VINO mad heard of his daughters death
tie also was killed instantly. The doc
Tor then went 10 his office, where he
committed suicide
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11
ROBERT w. PERKINS, JR.,
RECEIVES APPOINTMENT
Newport News Man Named Az Govern
mcnt Attorney in Porto
Rico.

Robert w. Perkins. Jr., of Newport
News has been appointed to the staff OF
the Acknowledgement OF Porto Rico. He
is son of Robert w. Perkins. for many
years n prominent figure In the business
and political life of the Virginia Pen
insula cities. The elder Perkins. now in
business in Newport News. is warm
friend OF Major Miles NJ Martin, Of
Richmond who recently assumed his
duties as United States attorney for the
District OF Porto Rico.
The young lawyer from Virginia who
won the important office to which he
was appointed. is a graduate OF the
Harvard Law School. class OF '13, but
TOOK his degree as a master OF arts at
i'rlhceton, when President Woodrow
w ilson was at the head of the faculty
RE owes his appointment 10 the SPLEEN
ana showing he made in his classes at
Harvard
Dr. Charles Thayer. dean Of the Law
Hchool OF Harvard College. was request
ed by the Attorney-General Of Porto
Rico TO select for the Office young
Harvard man whom he could recon-
mend Dean Thaycr suggested the
Newport News man
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11
HAVE PURE BLOOD
Hoods 81 'upnriiIn Makes Pure. Rich,
Red Blood.

Your heart works night and dav
without n pause. 1t Is the principa
organ of the circulation OF your blood
II liz of the utmost Importance that /,
should do its work we'll The Quality
ana quantity OF your blood have much
TO do with its action. II this fluid Is
pure and abundant. your heart AND
other vital organs act with more en-
crgy than when II is defective In
quality or deficient In quantity.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes the blood
pure and abundant II is the one OF
reliable medicine. tina, has been sol,
for forty years for purifying thu
blood There is no better blood rem
edy. appetizer, stomach tonic or nerve
builder.
BE sure your druggist gives yo,!
Hoods. for nothing else can possibl,-
take its place. Get IL o-day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11
TEST OF WEBB-KENYON LAW
Adnms Express Company Appeals From
Kentucky Decision.

WASHINGTON. April lo.-Briefs were
filed in the Supreme Court to-day in a
case to determine the constitutionality
of the Webb Kenyon law. applying to
liquor shipments from "wet" to dry
territory. as interpreted by the Ken
lucky state courts. which held that ii
prohibited such shipments for personal
use as distinguished from sale
The Adams Express Company. on APP
peal. contends that the law is uncon-
sututional II ii has such an application.
We contend" says the brief for the
company. that the Webb Kenyon la W
does not authorize Il State TO interfere
with interstate shipments for personal
use. or. at any rate, the law does not
authorize Interference with such liquors
unless the State, by law otherwise
valid makes IL an offense for citizen
TO personally use liquors. or have them
in possession for use"
Cases involving the Interpretation OF
the law have arisen In Kentucky. Della
ware. Tennessee. Texas, Alabama, North
Carolina and Virginia
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11
WHAT WARNING NATIONS CLAIM
IN THEIR OFFICIAL STATEMENTS
German.

BERLIN. April 10 (by wircless.--
The German War ONCE report to-
day reads:
Engagements between the Mouse
and the Mosellc continued yesterday
with undimiuiShed violence.
NO engagement yet has taken
place near the towns of Fromezey
and Gussainvillc. which the French
report as having been taken by them.
Both these places are situated far in
front of the German lines.
Between the River Orne and the
heights OF the Meusc the French
were severely defeated. All the
French attacks from the heights of
Combres, north of st. Mihicl. and
on the Ally Apremont front, near
Flirey. have been repulsed. Near
l'lirey. in consequence OF former
heavy French losses. the fighting
yesterday was less violent.
Further attacks on the Roe
meanwhile front and in the forest
OF lie Prctre ami the attempt to
conquer Bezangc- Ia -Grandc, south
west OF Chateau Salines, resulted in
failure
Five Belgian officers and l22 SOL
dicrs. two French officers and lO1
soldiers were taken prisoner by us,
together with seven machine guns.
I'm the Nosges there has been no
change.
Russian attacks 10 the east and
south Of kalvarya have been re-
pulsed. with heavy losses to the Rus
SLAMS. Otherwise the situation on
the eastern front shows no change"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11
KARL BITTER, SCULPTOR,
DIES OF AUTO INJURIES
Chief OF Department OF Sculpture OF
the Pnnnmn-Pncihc Exposition nnd
Well known Throughout Country.

NEW YORK, April 10.--Karl Theo.
dore Francis Bitter, chief of the depart.
ment OF sculpture OF the Panama-Pacinc
Exposition. and one OF the best known
American sculptors. died in a hospital
mere to-day OF injuries received when
lie and Mrs Ritter were run down last
night by an automobile on Broadway
, Mrs HitterS injuries are not serious
Mr. Bitter WAS director OF sculpture
OF the Buffalo Exposition and chief OF
the department OF sculpture OF the st.
Louis Exposition. lie had executed inn
portant private commissions, including
the statue of Carl SEIZURE here and
works in the homes of Coils T. Hunt
inSton. Cornelius Vanderbilt and other
wealthy men. He was member OF
the National Institute OF Arts and Let
tcrs and an academcian OF the National
Academy of Design
Mr.. Bitter. native OF Vienna came
to America In 1889, and made his home
In this city. He was forty-seven Years
old
Mr.. Ritter made his advent into
sculpture as skilled laborcr. lie was
empioNcd in that capacity by firm OF
architectural decorators when he en-
tered contest for design OF the 5000. :
w" bronze doors at Trinity Church.
known az the Astor Memorial Gates.
lie won the contest. and. with this
money RS foundation. opened a small
studio and started his career as u
sculptor.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11
Russian.

PErlioGRAD, April 10 (via Lon
don. April lp.-The following Rus
sian official statement regarding the
lighting in the eastern thcater OF
war was given out here tonight:
TO the west of the Niemcn River
nj dawn on Friday we attacked the
German positions between Kalwari
and ludwinow, and, after a stub
born haNonet fight. captured two
lines OF trenches. We took 500
prisoners. among whom were sew
eral officers and eight mitrailleuscs.
lin the Carpathians. in the direc-
ton Of MeZolaborcz, We took the
offensive from q position near IA
holocz and dislodged tn" enemy from
Wirawa. At Noliamichova we cap
turcd height 900. which means that
the enemy has been driven back
Cipal chain OF the Carpathians in
the region OF our offensive
In the direction of Rostoki the
enemy received considerable re-en-
forcements Thursday and made vio-
lent counterattacks. We repulsed
them and captured 1000 prisoners.
including twenty officers. Our Of
fensive from the line OF Mimi
Destusxica -Nolosate- Bukowecz to-
ward the south continues. notwith-
standing the excessively difficult
local conditions.
Forcing their way through snow
more than seven feet deep, our
troops at several points approached
I.
ley. Near RoCzachaz and Rozanka
IA" enemy made two attacks. which
We're blocked.
There is no important change in
other sectors OF our front"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11
Austrian.

VIENNA, April 10 (via London).-
The Austrian War Department Of
hcial statement to-day said:
In the wooded mountains TO the
east OF Czsok Pass severe hghtins
opened yesterday. German troops
captured height to the north OF
Tucpolka. which since April had
been holly contested and stubbornly
defended by the Russians one
colonel and more than 1000 men
were captured, and fifteen machine
guns were taken.
strong attacks against the Ger
man and our positions in Opor VAL
ley. in the district Of Stryj. failed.
with severe losses TO the Russians
Yesterday we captured also pris-
oners on the remainder OF the
front there were no changes"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11

thirty miles, then swing nor;hward up
The east shore of Knik Arm. crossing
that inlet AT its head. and follow the
Susitna Valley to Chulitna Pass,
emerging on the banks Of the Chulitna
River. Following the Chulitna 10
Broad Pass. the line would make IA
right angle 10 find its way via the
canons Of the Ncnana River TO the
banks of the Tanana. along which the
final stretch 10 Fairbanks would lie.
1t was suggested that during the
summer months l<nik iiarbor on the
east shore OF Knik Arm would he an
available terminal, saving ll5 miles
of rail haul TO and from Seward. The
harbor is icc-closed IN winter. while
seward and COrdova are both ice-free
roadSicadS.
Cordova harbor. il had been report
ed. is more desirable for terminal
of the line because the great depth
of water at Seward makes anchorage
difficult. The Seward route. however.
WAS closer 10 the coal fields and to
the known mineral belts than the
IOrdova line. and It was argued that
made II subject 10 the moods of the
glaciers. among which it threads its
way into the river mouth.
All reports looked to the eventual
extension of the system to the Yukon
from Fairbanks and also discussed adj =
diticnal branch lines to tap other pro-
GU"tiNe localities.
Probably the greatest tonnage for
the system eventually will come from
tn" coal mines of the Matanuska or
NcrIuE River regions Whether the
RerlnG neld would supply suitable
coal Tor navy use or moi has been a
matter OF controversy for years \
Tep"r' on navy tests made in 1912
Was submitted 10 Congress last wear.
Wh'ca SAID the Berinp coal was no,
suitable for the navy unless higher
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11
French.

PARIS. April 10 (via Londonl.-
rhc French War Office this after
There is nothing TO add to-day to
the official communication OF last
night other than the receipt last
night OF supplementary reports re-
latinc that the two attacks which
Yesterday made us masters OF the
last German positions AT Les
EpargeS led to desperate bavonet
lighting"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11
PURE FOOD TAGS BURNED
Enough To Inst LOCO Yenrs Destroyc,I
In Alnbnmn state Capitol.

MONTGOMERY, ALA. April l0.-A
premeditated fire was staged at the
Aiabama state Capitol to-day Pure
iood tags bearing a face value OF s2@5.
""o were destroyed. These tags would
nave lasted LOCO years, and were pur-
chased by former Clerk c. II. billings
ley. or the state Pure Food Department.
hil!ihssley is now fugitive, being
sought on warrant charging him
with the misrepresentation of $1,000
OF State funds.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11
SENTIMENT FOR SEPARATE
PEACE GROWS N RUSSIA

MILAN, April via Paris. April
10.-A srccial dispatch from retrograd
says the insistcnt reports heard in the
Russian capital OF negotiations for a
separate peace with Austria are based
on the suppositiou that Galicia. and
probably some other territory. would
be exchanged with Russia for ruaran-
tees of the preservation OF Austrian
Integrity in the Transatlantic provinces
Sentiment in favor or a separate peace
with Austria is said 10 be increasing In
Russia.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11
FRENCH CAPTURE
IMPORTANT POIN1

IL LONDON. April lo.-Thc French. with
the capture OF Les EparTes. have OBJ
tanned one OF the main objects of their
advance, southcas from Nerdun.
The position at Les EparScs dominates
the plains OF the WoeVre. and It's oc-
cupation by tho French Is announced
officially. Progress from Nerdun means
heavier pressure on the northern flank
of the Germans holding. ST. Mihicl.
while the southern flank is threatened
By the French advance between Pont-a-
Mousson and the Mouse
In tho southern part Of this field Of
operations the Germans are delivering
almost continuous counterattaclks. They
have made fifteen assaults on ono point.
II is evident that the French are
not only attempting 20 capture 81.
Mlhiei which always has been Il danger
point since its wedge was driven into
the line OF the allies. but are at the
came time seeking 10 aid Russia by
preventing the withdrawal Of German
corps FOR the relief or the hard pressed
Austrian and German forces in the
Carpathians
Humors that Austria is about 10 con-
clude a separate peace grow in num-
her and persistency every day These
arc accompanied by evidences tina, Italy
is showing increasing uncasiness over
the situation.