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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-05

Rapids before goins west. Mr.. Collin
Is forester and will be employed by
a large nursery concern at Niles.
Mr.. and Mrs, Hugh Cornick and chill
drcn are visiting mt various points IN
Minnesota with friends and relatives.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-05
MRS. WILLIAM ASTON DEAD.
Was Stepmother Of Former Lieutenant
Governor ]. c, Mi9iman.

special 10 Tines Repu pIic.n.
Logan, Dec. 5--Mrs. William Aston.
aged IS, died at the home Of Mrs. f,
Trip, Sunday evening. OF dTopsy and
heart trouble after long Illness of
several months.
Mrs. Aston Is survived by her step
son. former Lieutenant Governor J c.
Mill;mar: a nephew. William Proctor,
OF Newport. England, and = niece Mrs,
July Briggs. OF Long Island City, Y. Y.
The funeral services were held at the
Methodist church this afternoon Al
O'Clock. with interment In the Logan
cemetery. The Rebekah lodge o. Lo-
gan had charge o: the services at the
CeTetery
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-05
UnanswerabIs. u

Policeman-What are you standins
ere for?
Loafer-Nuffink!
Po,iceman-WeIl, just move on.
everybody was to stand in one place,
how would the rest get past !---Cnris-
Han Register.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-05

The Roman catacombs have been re-
Gently determined TO be $50 m'ies In
extent and TO contain 15.60e.ooo oodies
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-05
csids Cause Headache and Grip

Colds Cause Feaoacne ana DRIP
LAXATIVE BROM9t QtINlNE re-
moves the cause. There - only one
"Brono Quiniue" Z. w. Groves sig
nature is on box 25c.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
Notlce to CONTAGIOUS

The undersigned, board of Public
Works for the City of Washburn,
will receive sealed proposals up to
the 28th day of July, 1916, at 7:30
O clock p. m. for the construction
of storm sewer in the City of
Washburn, Wisconsin, described as
follows: commencing at the man
hole in the intersection of Washing
ION Avenue and Bayfield, Street
East, thence running northeasterly
to the west line of First Avenue,
pursuant to the resolution passed
and adopted by the Common Council
of said city on the 9TH day of July,
1916.
The material to be used in the
construction of said sewer TO be
furnished by the contractor.
The contractor bidding for said
work must specify in said bid the
amount per foot for which he pro
poses to lay the sewer pipe and the
amount for which he proposes to
cons truct the man holes. such price
to include connection of the sewer
with existing sewers whenever
necessary.
All of said work shall be con
$ tructed so as to conform in all re
spects to the plans and specifica
tions'thereof now on file in the office
of the undersigned, Board OF Public
Works. said office being in the office
of the City Clerk of said City.
A form of contract, with sureties.
to be entered into by the contractor
aud the City Of Washburn. for the
doing of such work has been pre-
pared and is now on file in the flee
of the undersigned, and may be ex
amined by parties desiring TO bid on
said work.
Dated July 18th, 1916.
BY order of the Board Of Public
Works.
ByL N. Cfausen. City Clerk.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
TOLD BY THREE FIGURES.
A Sum In Arithmetic That Would Take
Many Lifetimes to Work Out.


Many Lifetimes to Work Out.
What is the highest number that
can be expressed with only three fig
ures? Such is the question put by
the Journal of the Astronomical So
ciety Of England. At first glance it
But it is nothing of the sort; 900 is far
away too small. What, then, is the
number? 99-that is to say, the ninth
power of the ninth power of 8.
To ascertain what this number actu-
ally is we must refer to a table Of
lOgarithms, for it would take several
lifetimes to do the multiplication. The
number contains 369,693, 100 figures.
To write it out we should have to fill
% volumes of 300 pages each, with
$4,000 figures to page, and the num-
Der would be greater than that Of all
the atoms in creation.
Henri Coupin points out in La Ma
ture that there are stars so distant
that their light, travelling at 1S6,320
miles a second, takes a million years
to reach the earth. Astronomers have
taken this as a unit and called 1t a
million light year." The number Of
atoms in a sphere Of platinum that
had that radius would be 225, fol-
lowed by 8S zeros. Now, sphere that
contained the number of atoms ex-
pressed by the ninth power Of the
ninth power Of would have to have
IN EerI1 ~
1929, followed by 1913, 231 900 zeros.
And yet this colossal number can be
expressed by three figures.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
IRIS SURPRISING

That So Many Washburn People
Fail to Recognize Kidney Weakness
Are you bad back victim?
Suffer twinges; headaches, dizzy
spells?
Go to bed tired-get up tired?
It's surprising now few suspect
the kidneys.
It's surprising how few know
what to do,
Kidney trouble needs kidney
treatment.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for the
kidneys only.
Have convinced Washburn people
of their merit.
Here's Washburn case; Wash
burn testimony.
Kidney sufferers hereabouts
should read it.
Mrs. Andrew Faux, Third ST.
Washburn, says: "My back was SO
lame and sore that I couldn t move
without misery and mornings il
was task for me to get up | had
to go around ali bent over for quite
awhile and I had dizzy spells. !
finally began using Doan's Kidney
Pills and two boxes rid me of the
backache and all the soreness and
lameness left me, l have been in
good health ever since. :"
Price SOC at all dealers. Don I
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mrs. Faux had. Foster Mil
burn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. 7.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
Notice of Meeting of Board of Review

State of Wisconsin. J
Bayfield, County, SIS.
Town of Bayview. }
Public Notice .is Hereby Given
That the Board of Review for the
said Town of Bayview will meet at
the office of the undersigned, Town
Clerk thereof, on the Goth day OF
June 1916, at 8 O'Clock IN the Fore
noon. for the purpose of reviewing
aud examining the assement roll OF
real aud personal property in said
Town, and all sworn statements and
valuations of real and personal pro-
perty therein, and bank stock, ano
of correcting all errors in said roll,
whether in description OF property
or otherwise, aud to perform sucE
other duties imposed by law.
Dated this 18th day of June 1916
Harvey Irish
Town Clerk.
The above meeting has been ad
iaurned to July 10. 1916 at 8 o'ciocl
a. m
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
FAMOUS HORSEBACK RIDERS.
Men Who Won Fame In the Days OF
the Old Pony Express.

Men Who Won Fame In the Days of
the Old Pony Express.
Buffalo Bill Cody, it is believed, holds
the record for the longest horseback
ride of which there is authentic rec
ord. He was one of that gallant band
Of fourscore pony express riders in the
sixties. On one occasion young Cody
he didn't become Buffalo Bill until
some years afterward-rode without
rest for 800 miles.
When the pony express was started
for the purpose of carrying mail from
ST. Joseph, Mo-, to Sacramento, Cal,
distance of 1896 miles, it was planned
that each rider should cover seventy
five miles in day on three different
horses.
1t was soon found that twenty five
miles was too much for the horses for
a regular unbrol1en gallop, and the
distance was reduced to from ten to
twelve miles. For that distance ev-
cry horse was pushed to his limit
The shortest time in which the en-
tire distance Of 1906 miles was COW
cred by pony express riders was made
in March, 1861. They carried Lincoln's
inaugural address to the Golden State
in seven days and seventeen hours, an
average speed Of over ten and one
half miles an hour.
A rider named Haslam dashed off
100 miles In 8 hours and 10 minutes.
Another pony expressman covered one
ten mile stretch In 81 minutes, which
is better than most Of the Rocky
Mountain railroad limited trains can do
The news that Fort Sumter had been
fired upon was flashed from st. Joe to
Sacramento in eight days and four
teen hours.
Jim Moore once rode $50 miles at an
average speed Of eighteen miles per
hour. The horses were the best that
could be obtained, and, as stated be-
fore, they made short runs Of from
ten to twelve miles.
No wonder that sometimes letter
had $27 worth Of stamps upon it when
carried under such extraordinary con-
ditions!-Philadelph Ledger.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
Let's Go
Chatauqua, bayfield,
July 18th to 21st
Offers to the Public
Music, Oratory, Play
Art.

All presented by highly
trained musicians in SYM
phony quartet, trio and solo
work. both vocal and instru-
mental, including the Wiscon-
sin University Band; speak
ers that include Prof. A. B.
Hall, Gabriel Mcguire, Bert
L. Nowkirk, Hon. HI. S. Big
Glow. Prof. Albert Stump,
Mrs. G. P. Carey and Silas
Evans.
Community music and child
welfare are daily parts of the
program.
Prices for tickets is $500
for adults, $1.O0 for children,
This includes the entire
course and two extra num-
bers-Father Bowling and
Paul z. VoeIker.
Fourteen high cl-,ss enter
tainments at fourteen cents
each if you purchase season
ticket, or seven cents 70
children.
Single admissions fifty
cents, children twenty-five
cents.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
An Object Lesson,

II shouldn't care to be the wife
of a man who never smoked"
"Well, it is comfortable to see
ones husband sitting down after
dinner to enjoy his cigar, and, be-
sides, there is something rather
soothing about the aroma Of good
tobacco"
ooh, [ don't care about the COM
fort of it or the aroma, but as long
as my husband smokes it will al
ways be so easy to tell him how to
begin when he insists that we have
got to economize. "-Exchange.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
Earcical Roles.

An American actor of versatile tai
ents was asked recently what type or
role is most difficult to play. "The
farcical," he answered. "To enact
farce successfully one must play with
deadly seriousness Half the effect is
gone once you begin to act your part
lightly. The constant strain to main
tain this mock seriousness is, of course,
exhausting, since you have no outlet
for your emotions"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
A Slap at Whistler.

A young San franciscan, the
owner Of a large and valuable collec-
ton Of autographs, once wrote to
James Mcneil Whistler, politely re-
questing his signature. The letter
was sent in care of the London Roy
al academy, with which the famous
American painter was at outs. Aft
er four months the letter was re-
turned to the San Francisco adj
dress from the dead letter office in
Washington. Covering the envelope
was the word, repeated numberless
times, unknown"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
HE Factory System.

The factory system began with
the introduction Of machinery. 1t
is thoroughly modern, there being
nothing at all like it in antiquity
or even in the middle ages. 1t be-
gan with the invention Of the loom
by Arkwright, about 1775, and was
at first wholly confined to the cot
ton manufacture. AS mechanical
invention and discovery advanced
and other industries were born the
factory system broadened out along
with them until finally it was the
dominating feature of the commu-
nitv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
Duration of a Dream,

One evening Victor Hugo was
debating letters to his secretary.
Overcome by fatigue, the great man
dropped into a slumber. A few
moments afterward he awoke,
haunted by a dream which, as he
thought, had extended over several
hours, and he blamed his secretary
for sitting there waiting for him
instead Of Weakening him or else 60
ing away. What was his surprise
when the bewildered secretary told
him that he had only just finished
writing the last sentence dictated to
him.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
Tame Silk.

There is more silk in the world than
the silkworm ever knew. AS a matter
Of fact, much of the silk which is
worn is merely guncotton in new
dress. 1t is merely cotton dissolved in
a bath of nitric acid. kept water free
by the strongest vitriol. The jelly
like result is then forced through very
minute tubes. and the fine threads so
produced are dropped into water and
rendered innocuOus by ammonium sui
phide This "tame silk" has Il fine luS
ter and has all the fieXibility of the
worms work. In fact so close is the
resemblance that it needs an expert
to distinguish them.-London Chroni
Gle
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
No Wonder.

GLOW was it DR.. Knowit got such
a big fee from Talkative?"
because when he was called to
attend Mrs. Talkative for a slight
nervous trouble he told her she had
an acute attack Of infammatory YER
bosity."
"Well? ?"
"And recommended absolute quiet
as the only means of averting parox-
ysms of cacoethes loquendi. She's
scared dumb" Baltimore Ameri-
can.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
Minute Jellyfisk1.

In the northern seas there exists
an extremely minute jellyfsh, term
ed Lizzia koelikeri, which are so
transparent that single individual
can scarcely be seen in clear water
and so small that a wineglass Of wa
ter can contain 5000 of them. Yet
this jellyfsh occurs in such numbers
off the coast of Greenland that the
sea is at times tinge1 brown by its
presence.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
Do not be like shadow and follow
your friends only when the Fun shines.
Youths Companion.
Meanings of Several Names.

Asia means morning or east; Eu-
rope, evening or west; Australia
means lying to or in the south;
hence we may consider that these
names mean eastern land, western
land and southern land. Asia is a
Greek word, Europe is a Hebrew
word, and Australia is a Latin word.
The origin of the word Africa is un-
certain. Some conjecture that it is
a Semitic word meaning Gland of
wanderers"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
DIRECTOR
City Officers.

Mayor A. w. MacI
Clerk I'm. Ola,
Assessor In. Kin
Chief of Police A.M.K
Health Officer PHI.
Aldermen-Henry Johnson, j. A. Sher
Il. X. Thomas e. A, White. A. Hol
Andrew Faux, Chas. p. Lysager. A.
Axelberg. Ole Thoreson, Carl Kinney
LIEN, John Enouf.
- Standing Committees
Judiciary. Rules and Ordinances--Chas
Lysager. Andrew Faux. Ole Thoreson.
Finance and Claims-J. A. Sheridan, II
White. Henry Johnson.
Education. Public Buildings. Public Pr
erty and Public Grounds-Stationery q
Printing-John Enouf. ole Lieum, ca
Kinney.
Sidewalks. Grading and Paving Stree
Repairs of Streets and BridRes-Her
johnson, ]. A. Sheridan, Albert Holgren.
Charities and Cemetary Grounds-A
Faux, X. Il. Thomas. ole LIEN.
Andrew Faux. Ole Thoreson. Nick Nurse
ner.
Sanitary Affairs and Sewerage-Albt
Holgren. Chas. p. Lysager, John Enouf.
Fire and Water Notwithstanding Sire
and Public Buildings-Ed. White. AK
Axelbery, Carl Kinney.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
Restaurant Episode.

"Why didn't you interfere when the
cook chased the waiter with cleaver
and the waitress yelled murder?''
al thought it was an ordinary caba-
ret feature. | couldn't understand
what the waitress was yelling.
thought she was singing. Louisville
Courier-JOurnal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
Estray Notice

Notice is hereby given that there
strayed unto my premises on Section
2 and 3, township 48, Range 5.
known as the Wannebo place, on or
about June 9Th, two yearling steers
color black with slight touches of
white. Owner can have same by
proving property and paying all
charges. G. N. Dean, Route l,
Washburn, Wis.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
Wanted It In the Bond.

Auto Agent-Of course you under
stand that if you fail to meet the first
note we will take the car away from
you! Jones-But you cusses will prom
Use anything! Just put that in writ
ing!-Puck
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
Explained.

"Look here. you promised to have my
suit ready two days age. and it isn't
finished YETI"
eyes, know; but, yol see. you prom
ised to pay for it as soon as it was
done, and thought I'd give you lit
tie more time. "-Exchange.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
A Ruin on the Rhine.

Said to be the first place in Germany
where cannon We're mounted, the tow
er of Ehrenfels, built in 1910 by Philip
Won Bolander, governor of Rheingau,
has been a dismantled ruin since 1859.
1t is one of the romantic features of
the Rhine near Bingen, with Bishop
Hatto's mouse tower" opposite.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
Day and NIGHT Clothes.

Ragged Rogers-Dey say dat some
Broadway swell never wears a suit
more dan once Prayed Philip-Well.
neider do we-only it's longer once.
Boston Transcript
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
The Washburn Times
SUPPLEMENT
Thursday, July IS, 1916
Woof. Moot!

"This story about the dog show"
began the city editor.
"Want me to bite it off short?' ven
tured the reporter.
mo. 1 want it whole lot more
snappy," grumbled the editor.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13

The fire i the flint shows not till it
ne struck. -Shakespeare.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13

Land for Sale-Ten acre tract
Just outside city limits. Address
Box 595 or inquire at the Times
Office.
For Sale-Second hand McCor-
mick bidder in go cd condition. In
quire at Nels Westerlands stoie,
west Bayfield, street.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-13
Commonplace.

Commonplace.
He-Was there Ony one worth know
ing at the reception this afternoon?
She-Not a soul. 1 knew everybody
who was there. = Richmond Times
Dispatch.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-06-05
REMEMBER That
'ChurChWell Sells ItfOr Less
Come to this sale on
Opening Day, May Sth

We are positively going to sell YOU
better merchandise for less money.
You can't realize how hard it is to sci
goods this cheap, when the wholesale
houses today are asking as much and
on some things more, than you can buy
them from us for.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-08-08

Just as coal. when It burns. leaves
behind certain amount Of incombus.
t.ble material In the form OF ashes. 30
the food and drink taken day after
day leaves in tho alimentary canal .
certain amount Of indigsstible ma
tsrial. which II not completely elm.
mated each day. becomes food for the
millions Of bacteria which infsst the
towels. From this mass Of leftover
waste material, toxins and ptomains-
Ike poisons. called uric acid. ID form.
ed and then sucked into the blood
where It continues to circulate. col
lscting grain by grain In the Joints Of
the body much like rust collects on
the hinge shown above.
Men and women who suffer from
iumbago. rheumatism or sore. sti6.
sching joints should begin drinking
rhosphated hot water. not % means
TO magic relief from pain. but to pre-
vent more uric acid forming In the
system. Before eating breakfast each
morning. drink . glass Of real hot
water with . teaspoouful OF limestone
phosphate In Il. This will hrst nsu'
tralise and then wash out OF the stom-
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-08-08

United Press Service
pI,lLADELrIIA, Aug g. II IL an
..,..a TIM, 5000 nonnnion htrcclcnr
...r.,on have agreed TO attend IN"
.,a..r meeting tonight TIL" sil''a'
,lon Is rrwinr more ""r'"h''
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-08-08

are peasants. and thus either directly
or Indirectly interested In Zemstvo
work.
Imagine again every city council OF
forming one association to aid the
army. This body would be like the all
Russian Municipal Union. which
brings city dwellers into public work
Lastly. II American country folks
and city people should join hands by
means of n joint board to control
things and prevent over.lappings, the
flesult would be what the Russians
have achieved in their central commit
tee OF members chosen by the all.Rus
sim Zemstvo Union and by the all
l.ussian Municipality Union,
There Is another s'oup Of citizen
workers called the war industry com
ilnlttee. This committee co-ordinates
! tie work Of the mid6le-sized down tc
the tiniest shops capable Of manutac
turing munitions. With the big works
the government can work directly
but not go with the tiny ones scat
tered over the empire. The war In
iustry committee does this. Autoraat
lcally the war has worked wonders fol
Russia, The great Russian word
"nichevo." ("what dies 1t matter'"l
Is fast becoming obsolete. Labor fol
the common good has put the Russian
In very cheerful frame of mind. ant
things do matter lot with him. HI
has greater confidence In himself. HI
Is more independent.
Russia has been accused Of be!ni
too Oriental, II this charge was true
this also can be taken as true: She Il
moving further westward every day.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-08-08
WarHasChangedRussia
Unto a United Country
Differences That Rent Country Are For
gotten in the Greater Questions of
the War-.Every Peasant Working
for Some Public Good.

! Poles. Armeninns. Cossacks. orthodox
priests and fee thinkers. so mixed a
body with such Yaried interests that
people have said II never could do
valuable work because IT never could
agree, Here Is what happened In the
duma when the war broke out
on August S, a week after hostilities
began. the two houses met At tho Win.
ter Palace OF the czar. The emperor
made short speech. saying;
Il am persuaded that all OF you Will
be in your place to assist me to sup
port the test. and that all. beginning
with myself. will do their duty. Great
is the God Of the Russian fatherland." :"
4 great cheer went up from the duma,
one by ono party leaders came for
ward and pledged themselves to work
for the common good, Even Purish'
kivich. the implacable leader OF the
gnli.semites, abandoned his principles,
To-Day the duma places the army's In.
terests first.
This IL no time to sQuabble over re-
forms" Radzlanko. the dumas press-
dent replied when ! asked him II any
important reform bills were on the
present sessions program. And again
when asked him why such short Sos.
sions and long recesses, he said;
"Duma members are mostly farmers.
We can do more good for the army
plowing than we can talking"
The Russian duma Is probably the
most really representative body OF the
sort In the world. and when It's presi-
dert said that. he was not merely
sounding a phrase. II was evident
that he was In earnest. Every duma
member with whom I talked said the
sane thing, TO take advantage of Rus
sia's situation and use 1t to force
through even cherished reforms ap'
pealed to duma-ites as unfair They
feel that rows in the duma would
weaken the nation In her fight for life.
Citizen organizations for aiding Rus
sia make war have made It possible Tor
millions to take part in public worl'
who until now never knew what such
work was like. This is boosting the
spirit Of the country wonderfully. I'm
aslne every county of every state In
the United States having a council OF
representative citizens--farmers. land
owners, villagers. Now II every one
Of these organizations Joined In SIN
gle body to help the American army 40
its work. such en- organization would
be similar to the all-Russian Zem'
styo Union. only--there are nearlysOo''
100000 Russians. 90 per cent Of whom