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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

a change Of dress to make herself
presentable; helpless father and an
aged mother require all her care and
attention. When she has the wash
ing, baking and cleaning to do at
hight, to say nothing of the innumer-
able other duties, the week rushes by
SO rapidly that she can scarcely keep
burdensome to her if she were able
to save up something. Rent money
must be laid aside, cash for food por-
toned off, medicine must be bought,
as must also coal and lighting.
She cannot have company in the so
called living room, no matter how
much she yearns to enjoy her evenings
in that way. For every scuttle of coal
counts that is taken away from the
tiny kitchen stove the old folks sit by
till bedtime. But when the supply is
low she takes out ten cents from her
slim purse to send them to movie"
around the corner, where they will not
SILVER in the cold room.
She laughs with grim humor at the
false stories she reads and hears about
workingwomen recklessly frittering
their money on cheap jewelry, putting
costly cosmetics on their faces aud
aping the fashions. In her bitter re-
Elections. she knows better. The young
business woman is careful, as well,
as to the kind of man she chooses
as lover She realizes what COM
fort it would be to wed man who
would care for her enough to lift the
burden from her shoulders instead OF
adding to it. In the latter case she
knows we'll she would have to work
the harder in the event of little
mouths coming which would have to
be fed. When women advance in a
business, they are worth more to their
employer. They should not be crowd
ed out by younger prettier girls. When
the business woman gives up her posi-
ton it should be to wed man who
appreciates her for her true worth.
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that
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estimated
The highest
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Of 1872
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Southwest Virginia, a council of his
brigade commanders was held to de-
eide whether or not they should give
up. Several of the cavalry leaders
strongly expressed the determination
that they should put off surrender as
long as the Confederacy had an armed
force in the field, and declared that
an effort should be made to join Gen.
eral Johnston. General Echols was
among these, and for several days,
with large part of his cavalry, no
marched to the south. With each sue
ceeding day, however, they became
more convinced of the iruitlessness
Of their efforts, and finally decided to
follow the example of Lee.
April 8, 1865, was the date on which
the surrender of Lee took place. AL
though terms had been virtually
agreed upon between Grant and the
Confederate commander as the result
of the exchange of series of notes,
the formal drafting of the terms be-
tween the leaders of the opposing
forces took place on this date in the
home of Wilmer Mclean, one of the
most pretentious in the little village
of Appomattox.
The meeting which resulted in the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

They that are to love inclined,
Swayed by chance, not choice or art
To the first that's fair or kind
Make a present of their heart
Is mans friendship for woman sim
cere if it has no halo of romance for
it's setting? Many woman has pom
dered over the query. Most men could
answer it without hesitation, but they
won't.
A man may drop in of an evening 20
call, sure of welcome, though this
means of expressing his appreciation
of her society has not broadened be-
yond the confines of friendship though
these visits have extended over Pc
riod of years. He expects only kindly
regard from her. But the women-ls
there one among them clever enough
to know where the invisible line is at
which friendship has halted ere 1t
took the course which subtly led on
to love?
She studies the situation with all a
woman's disregard of fair judgment.
Would he continue to come if sentl-
ment stronger than that of friendship
did not sway his desire to be in her
company? Would he defer to her opin-
ions if he did not have faith in her?
Last. but by no means least in sum-
ming up the situation, the fact that
he does not appear to call upon any
other woman gives buoyancy to her
hopes that he is interested in no one
else.
Few women can be thrown constant
ly in the society of such man for
period of years and be content to ex-
pect nothing more than his friendship
only in the long run. They are not in
clined to encourage other men, who
might eventually prove to be suitors,
to interrupt the pleasure of his calls.
He has tacitly instilled in her mind
that their regard each for the other is
purely platonic friendship.
While the years increase woman's
hopes, a mans decreases correspond
ingly. During the first year OF MS
visits his inclinations vacillate. At one
time he is on the verge of proposing
marriage, at another he finds waiting
not altogether disagreeable, knowing
full we'll she has no other opportunl-
ties. BY the end of five years his
friendship for the woman has under
gone a change. BY degrees it has
frayed out so lamentably that there Is
scarcely a thread left of it to hold 1t
| together.
Calling upon her has fallen into
| habit with him; and then she makes
such appetizing crullers and biscuits
and such excellent coffee, the like OF
which he can find nowhere else. She
may be his junior in years, but after
| long years of association the thought
becomes fixed in his mind that she is
certainly a good, kind old soul, and
| that he should be grateful to her for
| taking such a motherly interest in
him.
When such men take notion at last
that they need home of their own
and a wife, do they take for life
companion the woman whose friend
ship has grown into a sweeter tribute?
Not at ALL Such a man will wed
merry, saucy slip of girl whom he
has not known half twelvemonth
AS to the long and short of the matter,
platonic friendship between man and
woman doesn't amount to the trouble
she takes to nourish and preserve it
in most cases.
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dence who bring this state of affairs
about. If he is a genial, open-hearted,
free-handed young man, with good
habits and in a steady position, his
married friends have their eyes on
him. He is persuaded to leave his
comfortable quarters at hotel or
boarding house to make his home with
he shall be "just like one of the fam
fly" The best room in the house is
given him, the easiest chairs. A ruddy
coal fire in the CRATE and a warm.
coy room greet him with the latest
books, magazines and the evening pa
per on the center table. His house
coat and slippers are placed close by.
The place is homelike. He can burn
the gas into the wee small hours and
no one calls him to account for it.
He can play his violin, indulge in the
companionship of pet dog, have
just what his appetite Graves cooked
in the way he likes it, in short, an
ideal home life without its worries
with this congenial couple who seem
20 make a study of his comfort and
happiness.
They name their baby after him, and
the other children somehow get the
habit of calling him uncle and vying
with each other to keep him from hav-
ing a dull moment.
They make him feel that he is the
life of the home as it were. They
gain his confidence and are his conf
dants.
If manageable women call at that
home they are adroitly gotten rid of
before the bachelor comes home to
dinner.
He is not encouraged to go to balls,
theaters, dances or any of the amuse-
ments where he might be likely to
see pretty girls Or find a congenial
heart mate whom he might be tempt
ed to WOO and wed. 1t would be
great loss to the family to lose him for
q boarder. He is their meal ticket.
They redouble their efforts to make
him so dependent upon them for home
comfort that he wouldn't think of
changing his condition. And last, but
by no means least, they keep his eyes
closed to the fact that he is fritter-
ing away the very best years of his
manhood and strength to help another
man live we'll and bring up his family.
The bachelor quite loses sight of the
fact that he could have all these
home comforts and privileges in a
home of which he was lord and mas
ter, aye and more-he would have by
his side a wife who would cling to
him. not with the thought that he
was her meal ticket, but because she
loved him for himself alone. If chill
dred came into the home they would
be his very own, and for life.
No matter how pleasant strangers
may make home life for the bachelor
the ties which bind him to them be-
come letters in the long run which
he finds difficult to shake off or break
away from Many manageable wom-
en- wonder why some bachelors are
not lonely. The solution of the query
lies in the fact there's always some
one filling up the otherwise lonely
gaps though he may realize soon or
late that there are ties which he not
only can but will shake off.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
FARMERS WIFE EARNS AUTO
Helps Husband With carpen.-r Work;
He Sells His Wheat
at $3.50. :.

Culver, Kan.-Last summer before
D. III. Knott threshed his wheat he de-
cided to hold the crop for a higher
price. He built granaries and repaired
others on his farm, but the work OF
harvesting and threshing made labor
scarce and he finally secured his
wife's services in assisting in the car
penter work and she make a good
hand. When the work was completed
and the threshing machine was ready
for lis stacks, Mrs. Knott said: Nov.
husband, what am I to get for my
services?"
"Well, when wheat reaches dollar
and half will sell and we will have
a motor car" was the answer.
The wheat is sold and Mr.. Knots
bank account shows that he received
a dollar and half bushel. Mrs
Knott is waiting for the auto.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Miss Braddon's First Success.

Miss Braddon's dramatic entrance
into the authors paradise of success
was in the nature of an accident. The
magazine for which she was writing
Lady Audley's Secret" came to
sudden end and the serial was held up
midway, says the London Chronicle.
Mr.. auckland, actor and playwright,
who had been following the story,
wrote to Miss Braddon bewailing the
catastrophe. t>
He was dying, he said, to know the
end. Miss Braddon, thus encouraged.
found another magazine to resume the
tale, and the publishers Tinsley offered
to produce it in book form at once. The
novelist finished it in haste for that
purpose and it became an immediate
success.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Some Demonstr alton.

Lawrenceburg, Ind.-Renon N.
Probst, age sixty-two, a farmer living
in Miller township. bought territory
in Dearborn coUnry as sole agent for
a patent feed cutter, guaranteed 70
assure safety to the operator. Probst
was demonstrating the feed cutter tc
a number of farmers and was making
safety first strong point, when his
right hand was drawn into the ma
chine. The ends of three of his fingers
were amputated by the knives.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

substance of my letter to you of the
9Th instant, | propose to receive the
surrender of the Army of Northern
Virginia on the following terms, to-
wit: Rolls of all the officers and men
to be made in duplicate, one copy to
be given to an officer to be designated
by me, the other to be retained by
such officers as you may designate.
The officers to give their individual
paroles not to take up arms against
the government of the United States
until properly exchanged and each
company or regimental commander to
sign a like parole for all the men Of
their commands. The arms, artillery
and public property to be parked and
stacked, and turned over to the Off
GERS appointed by me to receive them.
This will not embrace the sidearms
of the officers, nor their private
horses or baggage. This done, each
officer and man will be allowed to re-
turn to his home, not to be disturbed
by the United States authorities SO
long as they observe their paroles and
the laws IN force where they may re-
side. Very respectfully,
"U. s. GRANT,
Lieutenant General"
News Quickly Spreads.
They were evidently agreeable to
the Confederate commander, and Gen.
eral Lee directed that letter of &C.
ceptance of the terms of surrender be
drawn up.
This was signed, and after a few
impersonal remarks the leaders of the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
PLAY AT WAR UNDER FIRE
When Real Shells Burst French Chill
dren Initiate the Red
Gross.

Par;s.-Children are playing at war
all day long In the street of Moselle
frontier village right under the fire of
opposing French rs and Goldman II
field artillery.
q When shell bursts near the edge
of the village the children fall as
though dead or wounded and trans
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15


All that endureS is. the grief.
How do young working women
spend the money they earn? Do they
rise at break of day, swallow light
breakfast, rush at break-neck speed to
their places of business because they
prefer to work outside of their homes
rather than in them?
By no meansl 1t is the mighty dol
lar they need which lures them from
the domestic fireside out into the cold,
harsh world. The bookkeeper, who
has brought up his family by careful
frugality, giving his daughter an edu-
cation, reaches a crisis in his career
when his strength fails him and he
loses his position. He never fully
realized what blessing child was
in the home until his daughter comes
to the fore, bravely telling him net to
worry; she will take his place in the
business world.
The eager, earnest girl who is will
ing to work. u sually finds it to do. She
does not stand back just because it
was not what she was looking for. At
the bringing home of her first pay
envelope, the pathetic, hidden grief of
her life begins. It's a constant strug'
gle with her to keep from looking &C,
tually shabby. No matter how she
longs for the pleasant society of her
friends when the cares of the day are
over, the strenuous life she leads for
bids her INDUCING in it.
In the first place. she cannot afford
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Has Done Much Good Work.

Auguste Lumiere, who has discov-
cred and perfected a system OF anti
typhoid incubation by means OF a
dry powder in capsules, which is
practicable on the firing line, devoted
his earlier studies to photography, in
which he made color work possible.
He then took up chemistry and BAG.
teriology
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

woman haterS o.
any means. Their
day dreams Of a
home of their own
"a wife and chill
dran about their
lSn e e S-are as
beautiful and al
Turing as any
mans romantic
fancy conceives,
but a host of cir
cumstances seem
to conspire to pre-
vent the bachelor
from making his
dreams realities.
1t is very apt to
be the friends in
whom he places
the most. conf.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Peat Rous.

Peat is a vegetable formation, some
times of spongy character (when
recent, and again of a kind approxi-
mating in composition to wood, while
in some instances, at the bottom Of
boys, it approaches Ignite and even
coal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
How Income Tax Law Hits Members of Congress

will
therefore, sub
the
This decision said the might be altered
explained
first difficult to invent and
second because adopting
such The officials hint that decision
vorabs might bad
light
holder fellows intro
responsible the steadily
In nearly
the division applicants information
conducting
campaign reelection this Office
the provisions of the income tax law"
The treasury will not duge the of the thrifty legislators who
subject
capitol ruling
about another.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Say These Would starve First.

Amsterdam.-In reply to the British
threat to starve out Germany, the Co
logne Gazette says Germany has 600,.
900 prisoners and holds in France and
Belgium territory 100000 persons,
and that all these would starve first.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Human Desires.

Henri,Frederic Amiel said that hui
nanity is the dupe of its desires. FIX
,erience has two ways of crushing
s-by refusing our wishes and by full
,!,nr them. But he who only Wills
- God Wills escapes both catas-
ophes
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
LauraJeanLibbeu'S
Talks on
Heart Topics
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure Newspa
paper Syndicate.)

TIES HE SHOULD SHAKE OFF.
Brutes find out where their talents lie;
A bear will not attempt to fly;
A dog by instinct turns aside
Who sees the ditch too deep and wide;
But man we find the only creature
Who, led by folly combats nature;
Who, when she loudly cries forbear,
With obstinacy fixes there.
Single men are often more to be
pitied than sneered at. They are not
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

bird Which in popular parIance Is
called the English sparrow. 1t might
seem that enough generations of this
bird have come into being and have
passed away in the United States to
have it looked upon as naturalized,
but still people interested in birds
continue to look upon this species of
the sparrow as aliens. In the census
enumeration the numerous sparrows
marked as native species were taken
into account. 1t may be that one
roocnr fov Tho evident cIfOht m fho
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

the insists her direct YES or no
otherwise AT
potatoes with
knowledge
When
dferentang the various
student OF
fulfedged
that he make better
while student
authorities ctedNa
ionaMag
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

LLdH III any QUIET Guy III Lu0 CUuHLIy'
tive because the distinguished lhem-
bers of the Supreme court deliver
lectures from time to time. Justice
Brewer and Justice Harlan were very
popular with their law classes, and
legal education is so prevalent that
even in drawing-room conversation
young ladies cautiously state, "In my
judgment this procedure should be so
and So" or Whereas the parties diff
fered, the facts were set forth in this
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

Charlottesville and the University of
Virginia.
There is one feature of Monticello
which has so far escaped most mar
rators, and that is that under the
house, which crowns high knob on
the western side of the mountain, is
subterranean passage through which,
it is said, Jefferson escaped once
when the British cavalry officer Tarle-
ton raided that section.
The grave of the author of the
Declaration of independence is at
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

port the latter on stretchers to a play
hospital marked with play red cross
flag. Scraps of paper are bound on
legs and arms as bandages.
About fifteen or twenty yards away
men are being blown to pieces in the
trenches.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Paws for Stolen Rides.

Newark, N. J.-"Conscience Strick-
en-" has sent 25 cents to the Public
Service Railway company for five
rides taken on street cars and not
paid for.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

descendants as
affection Tor the pace
all of land peos
7S6 the farm just as was
owned Jefferson. -.
almost exact duplicate OF what II was iVV as
the original o Dc
value were ose
Jefferson
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
LEGAL Education Is Paramount at the Capital


college
graduated in the national capital
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Taneoes at One Hundred and One.

Tangoes at One Hundred and One
New Haven, Conn.-Asher Sheldon
celebrated his one hundred and first
birthday by tangoing with Mrs. Sarah
Cook, ninety-three. at a receptio
given by his friend
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

two opposing forces shook hands and
departed.
1t did not take long for the news to
spread among the soldiers, and big
bonfres that evening evidenced the
pleasure of the troops that hostilities
were at an end.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
All Original Plantation Restored to Monticello

ID NJ York entitled to
revolutionary
mountain overlooking
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
English Sparrows Are Still Considered Aliens


consideration
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
A MANS FRIENDSHIP.

They that are to love inclined,
Swayed by chance, not choice or art,
To the first that's fair or kind
Make a present of their heart.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
WHERE THE BUSINESS WOMAN's
MONEY GOES.

The moon returns, and the spring;
Birds MARBLE, trees burst in leaf;
But love, once gone, goes forever;
All that endures is the grief.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
CIVIL WAR ENDED
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Anniversary of Final Scene in
Struggle Between North
and South.
WHEN LEE AND GRANT MET
Historic Event at Appomattox Court
House as Described by Gen. Hor-
ace Porter-Contrast Between
W. the Two Great Soldiers.

Washington.--Fifty years ago, in
the quiet and peaceful little village OF
Appomattox Court House, Va, was
enacted one of the most memorable
scenes in the history of that civil
strife waged for over four long years
between the North and South, the sur
render of the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia under Gen. Robert E. Lee to
Gen. U. S. Grant, commander in chief
of the Union forces.
A half century of time has served
to blot out the memory of the causes
that led up to the conflict, but those
still living who bore arms during the
strife, and especially the veterans UNI
der the immediate commands of Gen.
erals Lee and Grant, can hardly be
expected to forget the day upon which
the leader of the Confederate forces
In the field decided to submit to what
he sincerely believed was the inevita-
BILE.
Follow Lees Example.
Although the surrender of Lee
marked the official ending of the war,
there were some of the Confederate
commanders who refused to believe
that their cause was a lost one and
made strong efforts to continue the
fighting. When the news of the sur
render was brought to General Echols,
in command of the department of