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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27
STOP EATING MEAT If
KIDNEYS OR BACK HURT
Take a Glass of Salts to Clean Kid
neys II Bladder Bothers YOU
Meat Forms Uric Acid.

Eating meat regularly eventual,
produces kidney trouble in some form
Or other, says a well-known authority
because the uric acid in meat excitei
The kidneys, they become overworkedi
get sluggish; clog up and cause al
sorts of distress, particularly backacht
and misery in the kidney region; rheu
matte twinges, severe headaches, acit
stomach, constipation, torpid liver
sleeplessness, bladder and urinary ir
citation.
The moment your back hurts or kid
aeys aren't acting right, or IL bladde'
5others you, get about four ounces
lad Salts from any good pharmacy
lake a tablespoonful in a glass OF
water before breakfast for few days
and your kidneys will then act fine
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with lithia, and has been used
Tor generations to flush clogged kid
aeys and stimulate them to normal
activity; also to neutral,ze the acids In
The urine so it no longer irritates. thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone;
makes a delightful effervescent lithia'
water drink which millions OF men and
women take now and then to keep the
Kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus
wedding serious kidney disease.-Adv'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27
CAT RECOGNIZED A FRIEND
And Man Wants to Know How He Did
1t If 1t Was Not by Power
of Sight.

There be those" said nature
faker, "who say that domestic animals
do not recognize people they are asso-
ciated with by their sense of sight.
And maybe they are right am no ex-
pert faunalist-but l wish to state a
fact of which l am personally cogniz-
ant and which pertains to the subject
under discussion.
Yesterday morning after | had
breakfasted around the corner l ap-
preached the house where lodge and
from some distance 1 observed our
large black cat, Bill, sitting on the
front steps before the closed door. It
was evident to me, and l am panied to
make the statement that Bill had been
out all night.
Several persons passed as he sat
there before / came within range of
his vision, but he gave no sign to them
what he was there for. He did not see
me until l was within forty feet of
him, so intently was he studying those
nearer, but the instant he saw me he
came running to meet me, rubbing
against my legs and showing other in
dications of his pleasure in meeting a
real friend in need. Then he dashed
ahead and was at the door when I got
to it.
"Once inside he had no further use
for me and scurried away toward the
kitchen. Cats have no power of scent,
l believe, so he didn't nose me out of
the crowd of unfamiliars passing be-
fore him. This being true, how did
Bill know me except by sight?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27

ly he turns her attention to pursuits
most congenial to her. 1t does not
take long for such a couple to settle
down to humdrum existence. The
wife secretly rebels over this state OF
affairs, but her pride keeps her from
showing or speaking of it. The cold
ness between them grows apace.
When a wife shows no pleasure at
husbands coming, or no grief at part
ing from him, she should not imagine
for one moment that his life is discon-
ISOLATE. There are so many on the out
side who are ready to give him
CHEEKY smile that once in a while
wellmeaning man may forget the con-
sequences and fall from grace, thought
lessly Fay too much attention to some
charming woman who is constantly
lodging back and forth across his
path.
There is q class Of women who have
no conjunction about making them
selves agreeable to every man, with
out taking the trouble to inquire If
they are encroaching upon some other
woman's rights. 1t is when their fir
tation is at it's height that the wife
hears of it. His future peace, then,
depends upon the forgiving nature Of
his wife; whether she will overlook
his folly, and. pardoning his weakness,
trust him again.
There seems much for a wife to con-
sider-the slight and indignity put
upon her by the man whom she has
chosen from all others to guard UNI
furnished the jewel of her happiness
when he deliberately shows his pref
erence for some other woman.
Moreover, the wife of such hus-
band is sure to suspect, when he
grumbles over the high cost of living
and assures her that expenses must
be kept down, that he is purchasing
bonbons and flowers that never come
to his home. If, by chance, she finds
out that her surmises are correct there
is apt to be big flare-up, WHEY 60
ing back to mother, or an earnest talk
between the husband and wife. The
scales are torn from his eyes; he sees
his folly, and urges her penitently to
forgive him.
Nine out of ten wives will overlook
the first transgression, and do their
best to fight off the remembrance of
IT. The man who has such wife
should consider himself lucky NOR
tai and never give her cause to rue
pardoning him. 1t takes two to make
q quarrel The same two can make
up, il there's a spark of love left in
their hearts.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27

Women should know, to gain respect
for themselves, that they should GER
tainly speak kindly of other women.
She who dubs this one, that one, every
one, bad cannot be without flaw her.
self.
A man breads paying court to a Cos
siping girl. He realizes that if he
should break off with her, although he
were an angel, by the time she was
through talking about him to her
dear, sympathizing five hundred
friends, he wouldn't have SO much as
a shred of reputation left
Faults of every man and woman
should awaken pity in hearts and not
be ridiculed by tale bearers. There
is never anything truer than that Cos
sip comes back to ones own door.
Those best loved, at their hearthstones,
are victims of it. II you cannot speak
kindly of an absent one refrain from
saying anything at ALL
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27
Franklin's Almanac.

In 1888 Benjamin Franklin published
in the city of Philadelphia the first
number of his almanac. under the fic-
titious name of Richard Saunders. 1t
was commonly called Poor Richards
Almanack," and was continued by
Franklin about twenty-five years. The
spaces that occurred between the re-
markable days of the book he filled
with proverbial sentences. intoxicating
industry and frugality, and these say.
ings were quoted for many years after
the American sage had left this earth.
These proverbs were held in their day
TO be a good second to those of Solo,
mon himself, and many had a strong
Solomonic flavor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27

cried, instead OF laughed like the 9TH
ers, when he was placed on the stool
of repentance wearing the FOOLS cap.
Neal glanced at the Schoolteacher.
She was at some tender passage in
her missMe and deeply engrossed.
Its awful" he uttered, as he
slipped through the window to have
his hand seized by Juttie. and they
ran towards a patch of sheltering
bushes stretching into the woods be-
yond the schoolhouse. There, glOri-
ously flushed and painting, Juttie
dropped little parcel to the ground,
herself, too, and then drew Neal to
her side. She caught his hands and
held them and faced him, her bright
eyes looking down into the yearning,
famished depths of his own.
Now, hsten,' she said, sprightly
and full of her plan. You know
was always your friend, and when
the others laughed at you l cried.
pitied you, too. / was telling the folks
at home about you last night, and
how people say your wicked STEP
mother abuses and starves you. And
papa had just been reading a book
about q boy just like you. And he
got tired of blows and hunger, and
went away, and got rich, and came
back and had money enough to buy
up the whole town. And l thought
about it all night and-you must run
away from home"
Il daren't!" fairly gasped Neal, and
then: Now that I've got a friend like
you, l don't want to leave
You dear boy!" cried Juttie, but
you must I've brought you pack
age of cookies and some sandwiches.
and got so cents out of my say
ings bank, am there they are"
"Oh, no! no! couldn't" exclaimed
Neal.
But you've got to. If you don't I'll
cry all night" declared the persistent
little miss. You see, love you be-
cause you are so poor and so lonely.
And I'm going to wait for you, and
when you come back I'm going to
marry YOU"
Neal Morse dropped his head to her
shoulder and burst into a new flood of
tears. She put her arms around his
neck. She kissed him on both cheeks.
She told him he must go before his
escape from the schoolhouse was dis
covered, and he left her, looking back.
ward till he reached the deep forest,
a leafy arcade framing a picture of
the only friend he ever had, and one
that he would never forget. But as
the years passed on Juttie forgot Life
did not bring her the joy and serenity
her radiant nature deserved. Her
parents died, she married man who
turned out to be gambler, and
worse. When he died her only regret
was that he had left her penniless.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27
ne Fools
Cap
Sg
By
ELSA VALE BLODGETT

The little red schoolhouse was de-
serted except for the teacher, busy
at her desk writing lugubriously to
her fiance of the trials and tribu
lations of the country schoolteacher
and a sad faced, starved looking boy
seated on high stool and wearing a
ounces cap on his head. He had
twisted himself around SO that the
blackboard sheltered him, and. his
forehead pressed against its hard, cold
surface. he was weeping bitterly.
All the afternoon session Neal Morse
had sat thus, the cynosure of all the
scholars. He had missed his lessons
and had been duly decorated. To en-
force her displeasure, Miss Edison had
continued his penance for an hour
after the others had been dismissed.
land just now a provoking Ounce
and dullard to discipline" wrote the
schoolteacher.
If she had said poor crushed soul
broken and bleeding, she would have
been nearer the mark Poor Neal
Morse was what people were making
of him. He was an orphan, his only
relative was a hard-hearted step
mother. He had been made to fee
the cruel stings of dependence and
common jest, until his spirit was ex
tinguished. The children Of the
rich spurned him, the more humble
ones found him unsocial and tabooed
him. All the time his wistful eyes
sought a friend, never to find one.
Abruptly the boy lifted his tear
stained face A low musical utterance
aroused him
SSH"
He looked up to smile in CRATE
full but wan and forlorn way. The
open window at his side framed ar
eager-faced, golden-haired little miss
a warming finger raised. Then il
beckoned, and she said cautiously:
I've got it all thought out about
you. Creep out of the window.
want to tell you lots"
II any other scholar had suggested
this bold proceeding Neal would have
resisted with utter disregard. But
Juttie Marsh! Her eyes seemed tt
lure him, her sweet, friendly smile
gave him confidence. She was the
one soul in the school who had al
ways greeted him pleasantly, and hae
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27
DO MEN RELISH GossIPINe?

They do not trust their tongues alone,
But speak a language all their own;
They read nod. a shrug, look.
Far better than printed book;
Convey libel in a frown,
And wink a reputation down:
Or, by the tossing of a fan,
Describe the lady and the man.
They interpret motions, looks and eyes
At every word a reputation dies.
When a girl thinks to belittle some
Other girl by repeating to young
man some little bit of gossip which
she has heard about her, it may sur
prise her to know that instead of turn
ing his good opinion against the abb
sent girl she causes it to take root
more firmly. She gains his distrust.
No man likes gossip poured into his
ears. The thought comes to him that
If he should marry girl who INDUCED
in it the chances. ten to one. are that
she would hang all day over the back
fence gossiping with the neighbors.
This would get him, as well as her
self. in TO end of trouble with all the
families Whereabouts.
he kIOWS IL udu duy
secrets which he endeavored to guard
zealously a gossiping wife would
spread them. She may not mean to
be a gossiper, but one gossiping wom-
an can do more mischief in commu-
nifty than an army of soldiers. They
can kink a reputation down by the
shutting of an eye, the shrug of a
shoulder, or the significant toss of the
head.
If a girl is seen coming home near
the wee sma' hours with an escort,
they don't stop to inquire into the
why and wherefore; that hurry call
had been sent by a very sick Aunt
Hannah, and the young doctor con-
siderately saw her safe back home to
her door. She may have innocently re-
marked in the presence of someone
that her pulses fairly danced with fear
when she received the sickbed mes
sage. Some gossiper overheard the
word dance and jumped to the con-
clusion. spreading it broadcast, that
the girl was stealing out to dance
halls and staying out to the detriment
of her reputation. A good name
stands in jeopardy when tongues can
fly faster than missiles and hit the
target every time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27
Practical Value of
Musical Instruction
BY JAMES A. BEATLEY. Boston. Mass.

beyond those members who take it. Members of the school
who had thought that they possessed musical ability through
listening the orchestra have taken the playing of instruments since
graduation and have acquired avocon that has proved profitable
we'll delightful Not small number who have attended higher ns
uons learning have paid their by playing orchestra at
of these become professional musicians
The mpan player the grand opera Boston, who has few equals
according Conductor Cont graduated from the English high
school in 1905 that school from the of
Under teachers he
further until his engagements Boston
enabled decline offer western trip at $50 week.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27
Young Men Are
Found Too Slow
| By Col. WILLIAM F.CODY. Cody. Wyo.

i'll effects from the long marches and the exposure It's oil matter
how you brought The open air is the best prescription for lon
gev have been through about much OF
fancy, but feel young did when l was thirty.
the Big Horn basin Wyoming, country amos
completely surrounded by mountains there has been vast change
have good roads and railroads
and being settled rapidly Years told EN- how to get water
grade road Puget the Gulf Of Mexico They didn't believe
them but it's reality The railroads the pilots of civilization
just important and useful be guide for railroad for
army. and have been both. ' - ... T.. ,+
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27
Crooked Body Of
Water In Alaska
BycoL. w. p. RICHARDSON. Goverumeu,
Engineer, Wsshinston. d. c.

whether the river took the word The Meander
called the with wndngs into the Aegean
AIieus
The Idteraud the speak of in Alaska For than
one hundred winds and out and for than that
distance there current
from aeopane it would look like great
cleaning the There current the lderaud
until it reaches Innoko tributary of the Yukon
There bunch of ngd like pocketfu Of silver
coins.
Now and conscience whispers Gust wait till get alone
tonight"
man greater confidence dried beef but for the fear
that he NAV get mule instead of horse
new comet discovered but full details not available
SOWING TO the censor" Looks like excessive caution
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27
WoMEN's UNPREPAREDNEss.

Soon may follow. when friendships de-
cay,
And from loves shining circle the gems
drop away!
When true hearts lie withered, and fond
ones are flown,
Oh! who would inhabit this bleak world
alone?
While warning of our unprepared-
ness to protect ourselves is shouted
to men from one end of our smiling
land to the other, no one thinks to
warn women that, in case of danger.
they, save in rare instances, are help
less as babies in crisis. The man
who is well-to-do reads his morning
paper as he goes to business.
Carefully he keeps abreast of the
times. He retrenches whatever ex-
travagancies he may have INDUCED in.
If the article he has just read in
his paper is of grave Importance for
the minds of American men to pom
der over, he sees to it that every man
in his employ has a copy of it as
well as having the vital points ex-
planned. But the last thing such a
man thinks of is to bring that pa
per home into the bosom of his fam
lily, talking it over with his wife, his
young daughters and sons.
On the contrary, he endeavOrs to
keep from them the stringency of the
times, the falling off Of business. He
does not want them to know care or
worry unless it should become impos-
sible to ward it from them longer.
There was never a greater error.
Women should not be kept in the dark
even before the first note of danger
has been sounded The rich and the
poor should be brought to realiza-
ton of their unpreparedness. What
national disaster would mean to
each and every woman they should
ponder over.
If the husbands and fathers who
have shielded them from the worlds
storms were suddenly called away,
how many of them could valiantly
take up the battle of life and fight
it as the women are doing now in
other lands? Wealth and power may
take flight in single hour. How
are the women who have been used
from the cradle to Injuries, killing
time in girlhpod in the pursuit of
pleasure, to meet dire want and suf-
fering heroically if it is forced upon
them to meet unforeseen events?
Women should wake up to the
grave peril of the situation; take the
jeweled rings from their manicured
fingers and learn the useful art OF
cooking by their own hands home
meal frugally. They should find out
the food that would sustain life long
est and with the most satisfying re-
suits. They should acclimate them
selves by degrees to life in the open.
It is the duty of every woman to
clip off a certain amount OF luxurles
that she will not feel the actual need
of and to do her share to help to
maintain the great cost that is fac
| ing the nation, to become prepared to
resist the foes which might attack
us.
No daughter should be brought up
| in these times as helpless dolls. Every
girl should be taught the value OF
work and how to be self supporting.
They should have thorough knowl-
edge of what is going on; a knowl-
edge of what they can do to help their
fathers and brothers. Every woman
can help in her own way, be it ever
so little. Let their motto be: In the
time of peace prepare for whatever
comes, ready to face duty that lies
| before them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27
When We Eat.

When one is eating chat is. when
he first begins to eaO. the stomach is
not a large open cavity into which the
food is dropped; rather. the food is
taken into a shut pouch, and as lit
tie morsel comes in it is seized, and
then another one comes in and that
is taken hold of, and the stomach
keeps relaxing a little more and more
as the food comes in. Sometimes it
feels as though one could not take
another morsel, but after chatting a
few moments he is hungry again..
n kellogg in Good Health.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27
Privilege Of Living
in These Times
By REV. DIR. A. ]. LEPPERT. Chicago

world merely literary production but the of God which
today bringing mighty changes the days of old IN P
the mighty effects the influence OF such men as
Washington With pride these great telling
youth immigrants that it worth something to worthy
ideals of these statesmen.
that they must be alert real issues Sush funds
and tempting bribery shall not always mslead officials
Patriotic citizens Europe hostile must face
issues matter how difficult
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27

To live in these times o1
tremendous changes is
privilege for which st. Au.
gustine, Luther and Wesley
might envy us-not merely
good tidings, but a divine
plan for the life of the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27
Circumstances.

Believe only that your circum-
stances are those most suited TO de-
velop your character. They have
been selected out of all nassible COM
binaticns of events and conditions. in
order to effect in you the highest
finish of usefulness and beauty; they
would have been the ones selected by
you, if all the wide range of omnis-
Gent knowledge had been within
reach.-F. B. Meyer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27
Inconstant Fiuures.

do you mean to tell me that stars
salary is thousand dollars a week.
"It all depends" replied the man
ager, ION whether we're talking to the
income tax collector or merely for pub
Iication."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27
rr,,thfuI James.

Here's James in his letter Boosting
of all the beatings he helped to give
the enemy. III bet he never beat any
thing"
"Oh. yes, he did. I'll venture to de-
clare that every time there was bat.
tie he beat a retreat
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27

not IOliOW I ii d I
their married life
will be as much
given to lovemak-
ing. After having
devoted the allOt-
ted time to court
ship, and having
gone through the
m a rri a G e cere-
mony, m a ny a
man thinks that
the love race is
over, and he must
turn his attention
to business affairs.
The girl who has
b e e n spoiled by
much coddling re-
sents this sort of
thing. Immediate
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27

There's a river in Alaska
that is the crookedest body
Of water, l think, / ever
saw. They used to say that
it was a question whether
the word meander came
from the river Meander, or
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27

In these days of voca-
tional training the question
arises, Is there any prac-
tical benefit in musical in
struction? Let us see: In
the first place, the school
orchestra extends its infiu-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27

OUGHT A WIFE TO PARDON HIM?
ms. ar mr. H1CZL9E NN14zeEP JZnulc1ZT

I'll no say men are villains a;
The real hardened, wicked,
Wha' hae nae check but human law
Are to few restricted.
But oh! Mankind are unco' weak,
An little to be trusted
If self the wavering balance shake,
It's rarely been adjusted.
No matter how much couple may
bill and COO while sweethearts, it does
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27
And He stiIl Lives.

She-I used to think that maca
roni was stalk that grew In the gar
den.
He-what a macaronious idea.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27
Foolish Question.

Say" shouted the angry farmer,
who gave you permission to fish
here?"
"who?" answered the angler, with
fine contempt. My wife did"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27

ooh, that's plenty good
enough We all, no doubt
have heard that expression
in the home, the school,
room, the workshop; in fact,
where work of any sort is
being done. Especially
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27

Some of these young fell
lows are too slow for me.
I'm used to going about in
a hurry. Just recently l
was in the saddle for more
than eight days and camped
out at NIGHT. but l felt no
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27

new been discovered but full details not available
Sowing TO the censor" Looks like excessive caution.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-01-27

man would have greater confidence in dried beef but
that he may get mule instead of horse.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-20

macy thinks he found yesterday. He
filed information in the municipal
court against four people with offices
in the Republic bldg.
Those hit are: DR.. N. L. Johnson,
DR.. Margaret Otis, G. A. Hockhaus,
druggist, and Mrs. Bertha Yates.
According to the inspectors evil
dence, Mrs. Yates has been getting
large quantities of heroin by the use
of doctors prescriptions which are
not just right.