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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
ENSIGN ONLY OFFICER LEFT
Incident Shows tho Fierce Nature OF
the Fighting at the Battle
Of Tippecanoe.

The Indians returned to the attack
with redoubled fury. An entrance into
the camp was effected, and for few
minutes 1t looked as If the soldiers
might be overwhelmed.
Many officers went down under the
fire of the Indians. Harrison's horse
was killed. He mounted another and
quickly disposed his troops to better
advantage. When his lines were re-
established not an Indian that had
reached the camp was alive.
A story is told that illustrates the
terrible losses of the Fourth Indiana
regiment. General Harrison, riding
furiously toward the point Of greatest
peril, encountered mere boy with
blood-stained head working heroically
to stem the Indian attack.
Young man." said the general,
where is your colonel"
Dead, SIR
Your MAORI"
Dead, sir"
"Your captain?"
Dead, sir"
who commands the regiment?"
II do, sir, Ensign Upton, Fourth In
diana. sir."-Kansas City Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
Earninu His Tin.

Now, guard" said Mr.. Pilkington
to the English railway official, re-
member if l have this, carriage all to
myself for the entire journey, you will
receive a whole half crown from me"
Very good, sir" said the guard, and
he locked the door and went to his
brake to think how he could invest
that half crown when he got it. All
went we'll till they got to station
about the middle of the journey, and
then an irascible gentleman pulled at
the door Of Pilkington's carriage.
Guard, guard" he called, "open
this door! 1 know your tricks. I've
got the right 70 travel in this carriage,
and I mean to do it,"
The guard hurried up; but, wonder
of wonders, he whispered a few words
to the irascible gentleman. after
which that gentleman went quietly
away to seek room elsewhere.
How did you manage it?" Pilking-
ton asked the guard at the end of the
Journey, as he pressed the promised
half crown into his hand. How did
YOU manage to get that bad-tempered
old chap to go away so quietly?"
"Oh, that was easy" replied the
guard. II only just told him you were
a bit wrong in the 'ead."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

kept getting worse. My limbs from
my ankles to my knees swelled and
my eyes were so swollen that ]
couldn't see. AS last hope I thought
would give Dodd's Kidney Pills a
trial. I gradually improved and kept
on taking them and they cured me
thoroughly"
Dodd's Kidney Pills, SOC per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co..
Buffalo, N. Y. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tab
let's for Indigestion have been proved.
soc per box.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

inc of sites merely nominal
worth
and already greatly
In applications hveacre tracts are pour
petentous homes
lake
present in the OF at
bathing fishing
activities forest service is
has control
rapidly possible Now it is realized
to be
collected available
but have neither the
be
choose their
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
Irresistible.

John d. Rockefeller tells this story
on himself:
Cooling one bright winter day, l
had for caddie a boy who didn't know
me. An unfortunate stroke landed me
in a clump of high grass.
my, my!' said. What am l to
do now?
"'See that there tree said the boy.
pointing to tall tree mile away.
Well, drive straight for that
II lofted vigorously, and, fortunate
ly, my ball scared up into the air, 1t
landed, and it rolled right on to the
putting green. snUs p ("
Flows that, my boy?' l cried.
"Gee, boss he said, it had your
strength and you had my brains, what
a pair we'd make! "-Tit-Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

come to light that the kaiser is not
wasting $4,000 torpedoes of 10000
yard range on little 900-ton coast
ing steamers and trawlers.
The Germans, as soon as they en-
barked on their famous submarine
blockade, began turning out torpedoes
in five months time. These, instead
of carrying $50 to 500 pounds of gun
cotton, carry charge of 100 pounds
or less. They have range of only
1000 to $500 yards, so that much of
the intricate steering and propelling
mechanism is omitted. These new
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

maintain that the ink ADDS TO the
champagne
cooked But Will
been joying him
cooked
imagination overtime and ought to be
denta ant a chef or bon want
present
nartook of the of
insisted could
had tasted ink
handed Mr.
for eight quarts champagne of the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
Would Re Worth While.

Two Irishmen were walking into
Dublin from one of the outlying VIII
lagos and fell to discussing the war
and the consequent increase In the
cost of living.
But have ye heard the latest
news?" says Tim.
mo-" says Pat. "Phwat Is its"
There's a penny off the loaf"
"Bedad," said Pat. Il hope it's OF
the penny ones" ....
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
ONLY A FEW PIMPLES
But Many More May Come II You
Neglect Them. Try Cuticura Free.

Cuticura Soap and Ointment are
most effective in clearing the skin OF
pimples, blackheads, redness, rough
ness, itching and irritation as well as
freeing the scalp of dandruff, dryness
and itching, besides satisfying every
want of the toilet and nursery.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Z.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
HAS CUT COST OF ToRPED0Es
Germany Is Now Turning Out For
nidabie Weapons at a Compare
lively Small Cost.

The fact that it takes from ten
months to year to construct tor
pedo may account for the sparing use
of them by some of the belligerent
nations. Germany's reckless expendi-
ure of this highly expensive and to-
'iously-made instrument of destruction
las amazed the world, but it has just
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
Asked and Answered.

DO you believe in marrying for
lover" asked the sentimental girl
whose face was her principal misfor-
tune.
mot necessarily" replied the gray
haired parson. CAS- a rule / usually
marry for money"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
At the Wronu place,

did you hear that there was man
eating shark discovered In the harboF
Yesterday" breathlessly asked tho
summer girl
well, there's one good thing labo0s
it, he'll die of starvation" said the
second summer girl.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

have been blessed
with good health ever
since my cure. When
the doctors pronoun-
ced my case Bright's
Disease / was in such
a serious condition
that they could not
do ANYTHING for ma
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

According to Finish scientist, the
air around pine tres is purer than
that around others because their
needles disseminate electricity into
the atmosphere.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

miniature torpedoes cost only $4,000.
and are amply able to blow up the
small merchant vessels which have
been the chief victims of the blockade.
Germany, too, manufactures sort
of intermediate torpedo, with range
of 1000 to 1000 yards, that costs about
$4,000.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

of the gastronomic argument was
taken by TONY" Richardson, local
real estate man.
The other day an experiment took
place at "Shoemakers," retreat of
statesmen, artists, publicists, and lit
erary lights. Prof Gus Noack, ana
lytical chemist, was called in as ex-
pert. Eight quarts of each liquid were
used. Mr.. Noack arranged the gas
stove and made sure that the ink man
had not substituted grape Juice.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
Friendly Advice.
IA hero is NV photOgraph.

And here is my photograph
Now, grille" said the reporter, i
have described you as lovely. graceful
and beautiful. Why take chance at
swelling it all by printing photo
graph"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

encourage the out-of-doors movement
than in any other equal period of time.
First came the bid for greater recre-
ational use of the national forests,
and now the general land office has
completed a sale, without precedent,
of sites especially for villas on the
banks of the beautiful Flathead lake
in Montana.
To attract larger numbers of va
cationists to the vast forests owned by
the government, the forest service Sc
cured legislation that permits the leas-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
The Genial Adviser.

Who's the man with no raincoat,
umbrella or rubbers?"
THAT'S Shocks, the celebrated writ
err On OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES YORK
Man.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
A Fast Goer.

"Hows the new servant getting
along?"
Rapidly. Next Tuesday she'll have
been gone a week. "--Detroit Free
Press. ="
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
Not True to Nature.

Young Spooner-DOn't you think
this picture looks like your sister?
Little Bob-Nah! 1t Just looks like
her when she is havin her picture
taken.-Kansas City Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

Mrs. Bartlett Boder of Whitestone
Landing, l.. l., who has returned from
France, where she has been engaged
in the strenuous work of driving an
army motor ambulance. She has come
home to organize her own motor am
bulance detachment for service with
the allies and will soon return to
Europe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

cambered asceaed
shovel without
ting omuchas a his suit shoes
limit set by will house all
will magnificent
struc
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
Newton, in SpotIess Attire, Runs Steam Shovel

~ HE ground for the construction
ocated at the beginning OF
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
Some Difference.

Nov, dis am de question, pahsun,"
stated Brother Shinpaw. when de
millinnium comes will folks quit work.
ing?"
mo, sah!" replied sage old Parson
Bagster. "Dey will quit bein' worked"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
CURED OF RRIeHT's DISEASE.

Mrs. A. L. Crawford, Medfield.
Mass, writes: "Dodd's Kidney Pills
cured me Of Bright's Disease, and l
am healthy and strong to-day and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

Lots of girls put on airs, oven the
air of innocence.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
Feast on Ham Cooked in Ink to Settle Dispute

OR prominent quarreed
ham cooked in
nkcooked is Frank Cong former
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
When all others fail to please
Try Denison's Coffee.

Many men find it difficult to live up
to the reputation acquired by making
one chance hit.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

the excavation Tor the new HuIne UI
the interior department.
The assistant secretary didn't pick
ND a shovel and turn a bit of earth in
the old-fashioned way. Instead Mr..
Newton, who was clad in Palm Beach
suit and a spotless pair of canvas
shoes, climbed aboard the high plat
form of a huge and greasy steam
shovel and pulled wire which
dropped several hundred pounds OF
dirt into a waiting wagon.
He was photographed in the midst
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

Badness among Indians and negroes
is almost unknown.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
Uncle Sam Promotes the 0ut-of-Door Movement

members of his big family should be ecouragea
in suddenly uncle
perhaps the past twelve months to smuae aa
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

the
landed safely
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

the
ditch that snen
visitors
the fort ana De pre-
a feature of A
had signal stations operation during the ep
Richardson
andF Seminary Potomac 4
appropriateness preserving Fort lie
OF
could easily be made particularly
Notifications which confronted Genea
1864 stronger
Stevens
wouo NO dou
havee enter Rock Creek valley
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14

Round of Manassas, Va, who was
designated to arrange for the reopen
ing Of the wartime signal stations
during the encampment, wrote to the
board of. control of Rock Creek. park
requesting permission to open sta
ton at Fort De Russy. Certain I'M
provementsl were necessary before
this site could be utilized and Lieu
tenant Round proposed that they be
made with a view to permanently pre-
serving the fort. In addition to other
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-14
Old Fort De Russy May Be Partially Restored

park
baons and otnef
outcome OF the IT, H.
George Carr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29
The Problem of Being a Mother

'Do you advocate raising children for
county charges, the poorhouse, what?
am mother OF seven children and feel
that have my right to ask. Perhaps you
have never had the experience of raising
seven children on $50 month and then
suddenly losing the position and have
your house threatened with foreclosure"
Mrs McHonney to Theodore Roosevelt
MIR. ROOSEVELT has yet to meet Mrs.
1Yl McHonney face to face; and he has yet
TO meet her argument in any fashion what
soever. He tells her "to keep right on being
a mother. the best, highest, most worth
while job on earth matter what the tenn
porary conditions that surround 1t may be-"
But he fails to wonder whether such condi-
tlons are really temporary for most mothers
of the poor, whether the job of being a
mother is more worth while on a basis of
quantity or quality, and whether It can be
better improved by individual initiative or
by social forces Perhaps the European
war may give a little light.
Germany and France supply two glaringly
contrasted methods of dealing successfully
with the mother problem. Germany stood
for a high birth rate, for more minds and
more workers. but she also stood for the
essential concomitant of protecting that in
crease of minds and workers from the pow
erty and destruction that their very num-
bers would otherwise bring. France took
the opposite view. She fell back on indi-
vidual thrift. She cut down the birth rate,
and the chances of poverty took care of
themselves. Germanys policy undoubtedly
was suited to a nation in a period of renais-
sance, Frances was the product and the fit
accompaniment of more stable conditions.
Both achieved more or less prosperous
and happy people
But what about England? England has
practiced both racial profiigacy and social
profigacy Do we want to follow her?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29
The Cure for "PIaying Hockey

A RECENT issue of that useful little pub
IA lication Of the Bureau of Municipal
Research, Citizens Business" announces the
plans of the Board of Education for provid-
ing a school where habitual truants NAV be
cared for and trained back into a normal
outlook on life. This parental school," as
these institutions have been called since
Boston founded the first in 1896, will take
the place Of such methods as boarding out
truants in good families or sending the more
incorrigible to reformatories Psychopathic
cases also will thus be stilfully cared for by
the school as they have not been before
The analysis of habitual truancy and the
part the city must play in its cure can
hardly be more succinctly or better stated
than in citizens Business:
Among these causes are (a) poor home
conditions. (b) bad companions (c) dislike
OF school, (d) desire to work. (e) Illness (fN
feeble -mindedness. Death, desertion dl-
yorce, intemperance poverty. insanity and
degeneracy are constantly taking their toll
OF young lives. beginning with truancy a
stepping stone to vice and crime over
most of these contributing factors the child
has no control. The community, then is re-
sponsible and must work out plan TO arrest
incipient social wastage.
There are ways for the community to aid
besides through a parental home. One OF
the most potent is to elect a Councils which
viii strive for the best of living conditions
IN Philadelphia and not sit back contented
with the worst
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

THERE comes TO hand from the University of
i Neuchatel a very timely and interesting
pamphlet by Professor van Gennep. entitled
THE Spirit of Organizations Contrast of the
French and English Formula Opposed to the
German" in which he states what may call
the democratic-indvidualis point Of view as
opposed to the German conception Of order.
very brilliantly and ably, He chooses Pro-
fessor ostwald as his antagonist, and he writes
his case against the German idea, be 1t noted
with scarcely a mention of either Netzsche or
Bernhard So shifts the front of the intellect
ual conflict. The Germany of 1915 has passed
away from Bernhard; ostwald is its prophet
Professor ostwald fares badly In this pamphlet
both as dialectelah and as patriotic and
amateurish ethnologist; but Professor van
Gennep has the wisdom and generosity to go
behind the n-advised forms and phrases
OF the great Germans expression. to his funda-
mental proposition. That fundamental proposi-
tion is this that "lndividuallsm" a stage OF
social development has to give place to organ
ization"; and that Organization Is a now and
higher level 70 which Germany is leading the
nations. It is not difieult for Professor van
Gennep TO show that in social, intellectual and
economic development as distinguished from
political elaboration America and France and
England and not Germany were the pioneers
OF organization. and that the real opposition in
tended is not between order and chaos, Pro-
fessor ostwald imagines. but between authoH-
tative State socialism and volunteerism-a a
synonym for which Professor van Gennep fire.
quently uses the word 'eo-operation."
At the present time the English mind is In no
mood to accept Professor van Gennep's inter-
probation OF its motives. It is very largely oe-
eupied with a number OF the less pleasing con-
sequences OF the indiyidualist formula IN prac-
tice II Is out Of tone with indiyidualsm.
Many American minds must also be md
ing an interest In consequences OF kindred
sort The hrst Of these less satisfactory con
sequences OF indiyidualism Is the relative In
effectiveness OF a democratieally chosen govern
ment IA al practical things.
And the deficiencies Of the 'liberty state" aa
Ne know L are BY no means confined 10 the
badness q its governmental product. that IS
merely the iniasl weakness q an extensive
system of failures that thls var enables very
many rsopls % feaiiss nos ios the Afat Cine
1h1 azsl g thase pfablslaz IS fsiazs Is 80
hQ = a.azel m EslatIea sAe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29

thesis of democracy is that there is nobility
In men and a power in public opinion that will
make all free citizens who are conscious of their
citizenship exert and sacrifice themselves for
the general good to an extent greater than
they would do under any sort Of compuision
An immense note of Interrogation hangs over
this proposition at tho present time. That the
disposition of the majority will be to do so is
unquestionable; the perplexing question for our
democratic States is: What happens In the case
of the exceptions, and how do these exceptions
AFFECT Immediately and ultimately the morale
of the general body?
Through books, newspapers. pulpIts, theatres
einematographs, schools and colleges the mind
OF people can be systematically nodded and
modified. Professor ostwald's Organization
State" is prepared to do that not only with its
own people, but, the recent German press
campaign in America shows, with the minds
OF any other peoples who stand in Its way.
That campaign has been clumsy ana unsueeess-
ful so far. but there is no intrinsic reason why
it should always be clumsy and unsuccessful.
The individualistie democratic state has no sure
protection whatever against that form OF at
tack.
1t is possible then for firm believer in free
dom and democracy to read Professor van
Gennep's eloquent assertion OF these ideals az
the present time in a very critical and chastened
spirit The relative feebleness. the practical in
competence, the forensic quality OF democratic
governments may excuse doubt whether. IN
the method Of election bs a single nontrans-
feFeble vote. democracy has really found its
effective method OF governing; the existence.
prosperity and predomnanee Of evaders. seif
seekers and prohteers may open the question
whether an unrestricted "go as you please Is
the ultimate rule OF freedom; ana the unlimited
possibilities in free press run for gain. of
Yenality yuigarity and treason the fluctuations
and iight-mindedness Of such a press may per-
force open up the prospect OF ultimately maxi
ing the press power IN the State At least az
responsible as the States educational organ
ization. The strains and experiences OF thls
world conflict may, IN fact be bringing - 10
realize that democracy IS not only q newer
thing in the WoEld than the authoritative STATE
II seeks e destroy. but also that Il Is ssms-
thins maea less mature. al,h oomplster ds-
feioament "a ifs poWaFs and eanplstsr mental
qIaazaiaa -tHl b some At test i nay IS
- e 4Ha lhan an nlanE & A1els
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-29
WHAT PHILADELPHIANS READ
Fiction of Course Is Most Popular but There Is an Ason
ing Demand for Works Sociology in the Mill Districts
Religious and Mechanic Books Trail Behind.
BY EDWARD R. BUSHNELL

! science, political economy, law, admlnistra.
! tIon, associations and institutions, education
! commerce and customs Next to aotio,
then books and periodicals on these subiec,,
constitute the most important group OF boot.
which the Philadelphia public reads. Durin,
the last fiscal year the Free Library oircn
lated 156,129 books dealing with sociooricsi
topics, or about per cent of the total mum
ber of books taken out Tho actual percent.
age Of such books read and studied wa.
probably greater than this, because many If
these books belong to tho reference class
and as such are either too heavy to tako
home or cannot be taken from the libraries
In several of the Industrial centres tho
number of books belonging to this class
which we're taken out surpassed the AVERAGE
of the city. For example in the Kensineton
branch. located at 2O55 East Dauphin street
the number Of books on sociology taken out
was 9166 out of n total of 96O94. This was
nearly 10 per cent, or per cent. above the
average. Statistics from the Richmond
branch, at Indiana avenue and Almond
street. disclose the fact that out Of 641ss
books called for 9O37, or approximately IA Der
cent, dealt with this same subject In the
Lehigh avenue branch, located at LehiRh
avenue and 9Th street, out of total of 1s3,7ss
books taken out In a year 1851 dealt with
sociological matters.
Drawing too positive deductions from the
statistical reports of the branch libraries a
a hazardous business. The interest of Phila-
delphia in religious subjects can hardly be
measured by the number of books asked for
and circulated on religious topics. AS a mat
ter of fact, in the 10 classincatons of books
circulated, those dealing with religion are
third from the bottom of the list. This Is
probably due to the fact that most persons
get their religious instruction from churches
and similar organizations and from their
personal libraries. Under the classification
of religion are grouped the Bible books on
natural theology, the church. church his
tory, etc.
Significant Figures
To give some conception OF the character
OF books circulated by the Free Library
there is given herewith table showing the
number of books called for and circulated on
the four general groups of religion, sociology
useful arts and fiction in the main and the
25 branch libraries of the city: