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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09
CAL the Better, Lady,"

young people together. You amt so
old, lady, not forty, I guess"
60 along with you, Abraham! I'm
only thirty-six!" exclaimed Miss Lisa,
flushing furiously.
''All the better, lady. I've married
worse ones than you. You got bet
ter chance than some. l married a
lady of siXty-eight last MONTH
Abraham, how dare you'll
Its all right" said the peddler
"All the womans says that. They
got to pretend they amt never
thought Of marrying But they'll al
ways take a chance. Now let me
marry you, miss, and You won't regret
it. There's a fine fellow in Sidmouth,
only forty-one-Mr. Frank Jones'
with big farm and horses to breed.
You'd like him, lady
Abraham, will you go, Or I'll never
buy anything from you again?"
"All right, MISS" returned the in
exorable peddler. And maybe when
marry you you'll let me take the or
der for furnishing your home"
The cause of Miss Lisa's trepidation
may or may not have been known to
Mr.. Abraham. The fact was that the
said Mr.. Jones had been an old sweet
heart of Miss Lisa's, years before, one
among a number, when she was vii
lage belle. Since then they had met
several times, but there had never
been any thought Of courtship.
It was the following day that Abra-
ham renewed his proposition, this
time to Mr.. Frank Jones, before whose
door he stopped.
Mr.. Jones, why amt you never got
married." he asked, with a winning
smile which could not possibly have
given offense.
why, Abraham don't know,
really. 1 suppose none Of the girls
wanted me-"
Then 1 got just the girl for you"
said Abraham. Such fine girl, Mr..
Jones. in Hobart. .e's Miss Lisa
Quentin. She loves you, Mr.. Jones"
What the-what do you mean,
Abraham" exclaimed the farmer
engrily.
Its all right said the unperturbed
Abraham. "All the mems says that at
first. They're skittisher as the girls.
No. she didn't tell me she loved you,
Mr.. jones, but / read it in her eyes.
You can get her-and then maybe
you'll let me take the order for fur
nishing the home-yes?
Left alone, Frank Jones began think
ing over the old days Of his wooing
of Miss Lisa. Lisa Quentin had GER
tainly been one of the sweetest girls
in the neighborhood. The middle
aged man found himself recalling in
cidents that he had forgotten years
before. things quite unsuited to the
reveries of substantial, hard-headed
farmer.
In the end he took the occasion to
pay visit to Miss Lisa when he
was buying cattle at the Hobart mar
ket. He dropped in for pleasant
chat, and, though he made no allusion
whatever to Abraham, he saw that
Miss Lisa was not ignorant of the
peddler's scheme, as was evinced by
her red cheeks and sort OF timid1ty
in her manner new to her visitor.
When Jones left they felt like Old
friends again. Il chall come often,
he said, taking her hand.
You will always be welcome. Mr.
Jones'" answered Miss Lisa.
Nevertheless, when he had gone, she
knew that Abraham had been speak
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09

to the United States geological sur
vey, may be nearly pure quartz, or
quartz and feldspar or quartz, feldspar
and mica, and it may vary in texture
from the fine to the coarse. Some
sandstone is so coarse that it will hold
six quarts Of water to the cubic foot,
and underground deposits of such
sandstone form excellent reservoirs
which may yield never failing sup
ply of water.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09

Late one evening / re-
ceived a telephone call from
the promotion manager OF
a New York magazine of
wide national distribution
81 have just thought of
you," he said; "after adver-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09
Ginuham Paper Dolls.

There are some cut-out dolls or
bingham and paper that children like.
The bodies are traced On checked
gingham, and the colored paper arms,
legs and head are cut out and pasted
On the bodies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09
soIidifyine Decomposed Rock.

Decomposed rock can be soliditled
again either by applying great pres
sure or by injecting cement or by do
ing both. Thus sands are formed into
sandstone, clays become shales, and
calcareous deposits yield limestone.
Aside from their cementing materials,
sandstones differ in composition exact
" as did the sands of which they
ere composed. Sandstone, according
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09
Demonstrated.

sour cook, my dear. has decided
views on the tariff" Nov, Henry,
what on earth do you meanT Il see
by the way shc has put raw materials
on the schedulas"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09
al Star Spangled Banner
Is Public Favorite
BY Alfred Briggs. Evanston. iii.

broadly national merely flag song is almost
SHIPPED deed vastly large proportion of the nations popuace
this song of the musical called
patrioc selections is however, almost useless far singing
of its melody extended making it impossible
anyone musical artists Of large vocal range to sing it.
Dxe" merely minstrel jig" Yet it has the power apparently
spontaneous noise Appaudng it probably only silly habit
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09

This nation has no an
them, none ever having
been officially adopted by
congress. The "Star Span
gled Banner is held a sort
of favorite by many mill
lions Of people, however,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09

One element, sometimes
lost sight of in the eager
modern search for the last
atom of efficiency, is the
mental attitude of the hui
man machine, which will
not respond in all respects
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09

Many Newspapers in China.
A few years ago China was without
a native press. Today several hun
dred newspapers are published.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09

What is the difference
between a planet and a
comet? A planet IVAN
derer) is a solid body Of
rather large proportions,
shining by reflected light,
which it receives from the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09

In a day when so marked
an emphasis is being laid
on the value of secular edu-
cation, the church does not
fail to appreciate the vital
Importance of religious in
struction.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09

There people who if they could get bread and butter
it. would then ask the Lord to spread it for them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-09

'rayer is polite out work is aggressive and selfreant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-16
MasOn-s Jar Caps and Rubbers
at Wholesale.
Fine Kansas Potatoes

Our Fin Zinc - Bread &c and SC
Ca" for zoe Red salmon Ice
Can Table Peaches (4yater 10o
pacl<ed) .......... AoN
Fine Dry Onions O0o
A7cCIA
An order will save you money and
please you. Phone Orders 419S.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-16
TO PRISON UNGUARDED
q. s. Officials Trust Aged Swindler
to Go Alone to Atlanta.

New York. July 16.-Unaccompan-
led by guards, David Essacson, con-
victed of swindling, left here today to
serve a sentence of a year and a day
in the Federal penitentiary at Allan
ta- Ga.
The experiment of allowing Essac
son 20 go to prison alone and unguard-
ed is a new idea of the federal author
tiles here The United States marshal
trusts Essa cson to appear at the pen
itenJiary on time, chiefly because he
is so years old, in feeble health, and
because his bond does not expire until
he delivers himself to the warden.
Essacson was head of the Kalos
Manufacturing company and is said
to have derived 100000 from the sale
of outfits for making medallions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-16
BOOST FOR Big FAIR.
Country Gentleman Endorses the Free
Feature of the Show.

ct is believed that the Kansas eX-
pertinent will prove successful and Will
help to open the gates to all our great
xhibitions'' The foregoing is the
sentiment of an editorial appearing in
the last issue of the Country Gentle
man. recognized as one of the great
est agricultural magazines of the
world. The favorable comment OF the
Country Gentleman is only one of the
many editorials and comments on the
Topeka fair appearing in papers and
magazines throughout the United
States Following is the Country Gen
tIeman's comment:
This years Kansas State Fair, at
Topeka, is to be free to every person
who chooses to come. The plan has
been agitated in several states. but
this is the first of the big fairs to adopt
1t.
Constant effort on the part of the
fair boards and secretaries has been
value of the big fair. During recent
years the active participation of agri-
cultural college extension departments
and the federal governn ent has helped
to develop many fairs into what
amount to short courses in good farm
ing. The cheap side-show and it's
partner, the gambling faker, have been
quite generally eliminated. and the
stockman and general farmer now at
tend the fairs more for educational
benefits tnan Tor entertainments
1T is believed that the Kansas ex-
pertinent will prove successful and
will help to open the gates of all our
great exhibitions. New problems in
the financial management of the show
are introduced, but most exhibitors
realize the Importance of increased at
tendance sufficiently to be willing to
stand a slight increase in entry fees
to sustain the premium list Exhib-
itorS are attaching less Importance
these days to the cash value of the
premiums than to the benefit to be de-
rived from meeting customers And I
the time may not be far in the future |
when premiums will be largely re-
duced to an honorary basis, or at least +
to such sums as will merely aid in /
defraying the expenses of exhibiting, 4
which is about all they amount to now. 4
From mere entertainment events 4
crowded with vaudeville features. our 1
great fairs are rapidly assuming the I
of annual agricultural /
with every interest of the
farmer represented" /
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-16
HE WRITES TO WILSON
Topeka Man Wants Help Withheld
From the Allies.

A Topeka man, w. B. Gasche, of
the Alliance Cooperative Insurance
company. has written a letter to Presi-
dent Wilson. protesting against the
loaning of money to the belligerents
in Europe and the sale of war NUM-
tions to the allies Mr.. Gasche sets
forth that such transactions serve &c.
prolOng the struggle and that the
Americans who send money and sup
plies to Europe have ceased to be-
come neutral.
Mr. Gasche says in part: Some of
the people of the United States have
been furnishing money to the allies,
it is said to the amount of three bill
lion dollars. with which to prosecute
the war. Others have been and are
engaged in the manufa of arms
and ammunition and are selling them
to the allies. With this financial obli-
CATION on the part of the allies the
moneyed men of this country want the
allies to win SO that they may get
their money back. These men are
no longer neutral The manufactur-
ers of munitions want the war to con-
tinue in order that they may sell their
product.
therefore some of the people of
the United States are responsible for
the prolongation of the war. He who
furnishes a weapon to an individual
knowing that it is the intention of
such individual to use the weapon to
take the life of another is amenable
to the law as an accessory to the CRIME
Wherein should nations differ from
Should not congress con-
vene and prohibit the expectation of
arms and ammunition?
THE common people of this nation
are protesting against the continual
ton of these things which every day
are helping to fill unmarked graves
on the bloody battlefield and are
bringing misery and anguish to mill
lions of people beyond the power OF
words to describe"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-16
CUMMINS TO SPEAK.
Probable Presidential Candidate VIII
Appear at Pittsburg Chautauqua.

Pittsburg, Kan, July 16.-The first
gun OF the 1916 campaign in Kansas
may be fired in Pittsburg next Tues
day. United States Senator Albert B.
Cumnins of Iowa will speak at the
Pittsburg chautauqua. He is consid-
cred a certain candidate for the Re-
publican presidential nomination.
Senator Cummins is not coming as n
lecturer sent by chautauoua bureau
he is coming as an invited guest to
deliver an address at PittsDtrg's home
made chautauqua. He is the most
noted speaker on the list of noted
speakers and plans are being made to
entertain many visitors from south
eastern Kansas. Senator Cummins
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-16
PAY IN $10,M1.10.
Oil Companies Contribute a Large
Sum in Fees.

State oil inspection fees for June
totaIed $1O,441.10, according to a re-
port filed today with w. E. Davis,
state auditor, by Miss Bertha Fitch,
office deputy in the oil department.
Most of the fees reported for the
month were paid under protest and
are being held by Earl Akers, state
treasurer, in a separate fund pending
decision on the constitutionality of the
state oil inspection law.
The report shows the inspection
during the month of 104,411 barrels
of gasoline and kerosene Inspection
of kerosene during the month totaled
1851 barrels, while $500 barrels of
gasoline were inSDected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-16

will speak at o'clock in the after
noon at Lincoln park.
The chautauqua is being held TO
provide funds to pay for insuring the
buildings at the State Manual Train
ing Normal The Chamber of Com
merce is in charge and the services Of
speakers and musicians on the pro-
gram have been donated. The chau-
tauqua will begin Monday, July 10,
and close Sunday, July 20.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-18
scoRcHED BY GASOLINE.
Belle Fourche Man Mistook ii for
Kerosene.

Belle Fourche, S. D.-Paul Cunning
Is carrying a badly disfigured conn
tenance as the result Of an accident
Sunday afternoon in the Chuning
garage. He was attempting to en-.
courage the fire in the heating stove
by adding a few dashes from a gal
Ion can of what he supposed to be
kerosene. The can exploded, throw
ing burning oil over his face and
shoulders. Rushing out of doors and
rolling in the snow the fire on his
clothing was o o extinguished but
the skin on his face and neck received
a fearful scorching. His zap was
completely consumed and several
holes were burned in his clothing, but
he saved himself from injury except
where the flesh was exposed to the
flash of fire. Paul has necessarily
been on the retired list for a few days
While sustaining no permanent injur-
les, the dozens of big blisters will
keep Paul mindful for a week or two
that he passed through a narrowing
experience and probably escaped luck
ily.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-18

tended that any legislative law re
ceiving a two-thirds vote in each
branch of the legislature should be
exempt from the referendum, we
would have said SO in the constitu-
tional amendment.
Having succeeded in destroying in
great part, the referendum by judicial
decision, the opponents of popular
government attacked the initiative, by
an act of the legislature making it
almost impossible to secure sigma
lures to a petition to initiate without
a very strong organization back of it.
In effect the legislature to a very
great extent nullifies a law adopted
by the people.
Encouraged by their success In en-
Iasculating the referendum by judicial
decision, and the initiative by legis-
llative enactment, this same reaction
airy element think that they can now
by legislatice enactment safely repeal
the only law (the Richards primary
1aW) initiated and adopted by the
people; and surprising as it may seem
1T is this same element who talk so
much about the sacredness Of the
constitution. II
It may require Just this act to wake
up the friends of popular government
to the necessity OF action. II SO ]
for one will welcome the contest; and
will once more consider it the pare
mount state issue.
The repeal of the Richards primary
l1aw will not be the issue; that will
be an incident. The issue will be our
state motto: Under God the people
rule" and the result will be to amend
and perfect the law so that South Da.
kota will once more take her rightful
place in the van Of live progressive
popular government states.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-18
Washinaton.s Good WORK.

George WashIngton's surveying done
In 1861, when as q lad Of nineteen he
ran lines through the Virginia wilder
ness for Lord Fairfax, was checked up
recently By government surveyors.
who found the work perfect. Washing
ton. running his lines with primitive
Instruments and bonfires on hilltops,
left monuments and boundaries to
which technically educated surveyors.
using accurate modern methods. have
been able to find no variation.
From the top Of Middle mountain. in
the Massanutten range, the old Fair
fax line may be distinguished without
the use Of instruments and can be fol.
lowed by boundary fences dating from
the earliest days and by blocks Of tim.
Der. Washington survey blazes. cut
into the trunks of trees and long grown
over, have been rediscovered, and all
are several feet higher from the ground
than those woodsmen Of today make.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-18
FOR HOMELESS BOYS.
Col. Woods Tells What the Home Did
for Him.

That South Dakota will give every
boy who plays square as big a chance
as any stae in the union is the opin-
ion expressed by Colonel Dick" r. j.
Woods of this city, known through
out the northwest as a live wire
personality, in telling of his own ex-
periences before the banquet to the
delegates at the National Children's
Home society convention last evening
in response to the toast What South
Dakota Can Do for a Homeless Boy
g" am going to tell you the story
Of a homeless boy whom l know" he
said. "In 1880 ten boys came here
from the Lincoln institute in Phila-
delphia. They reached this section
about the time that a blizzard had
struck it. For two days they stayed
at a small hotel situated on the site
now occupied by Brown & Saenger.
Then they were sent to farms. They
mingled with the work, They grew
into manhood. perhaps not as well as
they should, perhaps they have not
occupied as big a place in life as
they should, but your humble servant
was one of those boys. Sioux Falls
Argus-Leader.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-18
aiN a BAD Way"
Many a WatertoWn Reader VIII Feel
Grateful for This information.

Many a WatertoWn eader VIII Feel
Grateful for This information. /.
II your back gives out;
Becomes lame, weak or aching;
If urinary troubles set in,
Perhaps your kidneys are lin a bad
way"
Doan's kidney pills are for weak
kidneys.
Local evidence proves their worth
Mrs. r. r. Haight, 416 Second st.
ES. w, WatertoWn, says: Some years
ago / was laid up by kidney trouble
and lumbago. I endured agony from
pains through my loins and at times
they were extended into my shoulder
blades. The kidney secretions gave
me a lot of annoyance. My hands
and fingers were so swollen that
was obliged to have my wedding ring
enlarged. / doctored and tried mum
erous remedies with little or no bene
fit. Ny health was all run down. ]
lread about Doan's Kidney Pills and
decided to try them. got better
after the first few doses. One box rid
me OF the trouble and have since
had no cause for complaint
Price Soc. at all dealers Dom
simply ask for a kidney renedy--ge,
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same tina
Mrs. Haight had. Foster-MiiburI
Co, PROPS, Buffalo, N. ADV. 81
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-18


BY Nile rise ths pyramids. wrapped in
fhc shades
0i sizes that passed ~ the waves on
fhs sAore,
sAad karnak maIcstic. whose vast esIos.
nAdes
A sod might hays fashioned for man 10
adore:
ard Bsalhek upliiss. siks . vision divine,
Ito wonder Of beauty BY Lehanon's wall:
HI cspfiye and slave reared in sosrow
fhe shYfh&
The palace. he temple, the pyramid taft.
- frsedoeA Pstomac's proud obsiisl
towers.
Ard Kssn.k and Baaibsk In beauty
cuSvieaI
~ washinsson's glory sts Grandeur an
s Powers,
And freemsn with Joy piled its stsnes
~ The siies.
Q symbol d iiheesy. maichisss. Sublime,
Sill soar from the msadows 10 mate
with the sun.
And ses ihy republic. 10 uppermosf time.
Tho noble. thE pserless. the many In oneI
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-18
FOR RECITAL ON WASHING.
!. TOMS BIRTHDAY.

EsnUEepEE "a
First Boy-The brave, the wise.
the good.
Second Boy-Supreme In war,
In council and In peace.
Third Boy - Valiant without
ambition. discreet without fear.
confident without presumption.
Fourth Boy-In disaster calm.
In success moderate, In all him
SELF.
Fifth Boy--The patriot. the
Christian. the father Of nations,
the friend Of mankind, who.
when he had won all, renowned
all and sought 10 the bosom OF
his family and OF nature retire
ment, and In the hope Of religion
immortality.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-18
WASHINGTON FOR EXPANSION

Urged Acquisition Of Western Tsrritory
10 ksep Foreigners From Getting it.
Very interesting TO all students OF
American history Is a letter from
George Washington to Jacob Read OF
E0uth Carolina. who served as a major
OF volunteers during the Revolution,
sgas taken prisoner and was confined
for four years at 81 Augustine. Ella.
He was afterward q member OF the
Continental congress and United States
senator.
The letter Is dated Mount Vernon.
Nov. s. 17S4. and deals with various
matters intimately connected with the
future prosperity Of this country,
Washington complains that specula.
tors nre ~recklessly seizing lands on.
the northwest side Of the Ohio and
thereby making war with the Indians.
He then proposes d remedy.
Purchase. II possible, as much land Of
them Immediately back of us as would
make one or tmo states. according to the
extent congress- would design or would
wish 70 have them Of and which may be
fully ~adeqnatetto all our present purposes
FIN s5ch a price upon tho lands 40 pur-
chRs6d aa wauld not be too exorbitant and
hurthansorne for real ~occnp5ers. but high
al,ougil no discourage r~nonopo,ixera. De-
clare alt stepa heretofore taken TO pro-
cure and on the side OF the Ohio
copsrary 10 the prohibition uf congress-
IA 10 be null md void, and tisat any person
thereafter who shalt presume Is mark,
4 surysy a. settle lands beyond the iisnits
s#scfs the new states and purchased lands