davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
The Future of the Classics.

The languages and literatures OF
Greece and Rome will always remain
attractive fields for students whose
tastes and natural capacities are chief
ly literary, and especially for men OF
letters, authors, and professional stu
dents of language; but it is certain
that they are soon to cease to make a
prescribed part Of general secondary
and higher education, writes Charles
w. Eliot in the Atlantic. There are
too many histories, too many new
sciences with applications of great i'm
portance, and too many new litera-
lures of high merit which have a va
riety of modern uses, to permit any
one, not bound to the classics by af-
fectiOnate associations and education
al tradition, to believe that Latin can
maintain the place it has held for
centuries in the youthful training Of
educated men, place which 1t ac-
quired when 1t was the common
speech of scholars, and has held for
centuries without any such good rea-
son. For this loss Of status by Latin
genuine classical scholars will natur-
ally console themselves with the re-
Election that 1t has never been possible
to give an unwilling boy any real ac-
quaintance with the Latin language
or any love of Latin literature by
compelling him to takS three units"
of Latin at school and course or
two of Latin In college.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26

dismay. The bell rang. They looked
at each other helplessly. Then the
mother said: LET him In, Jane"
Jane complied, and ushered III the
stranger
"Are you Mrs. Turkeen?" he asked,
addressing the elder lady.
Il am. And you are"
"NIr. Turkeen's attorney, Mr.. Moore"
he interrupted. 81 came to see"
EYES," put in Bessie, 1--WE know
what you came for" And she pro-
ceeded to explain the situation in Wig
orous terms.
YES" supplemented Jane, "Bess has
worked early and late to try to keep up
the interest on that hOrrid old mort;
gage. She's engaged to an awful nice
chap, but they can't get married, be-
cause he isn't very rich, and BeSS
won't let him know she has to pay II"
Jane had paid no attention to the re-,
monstrances of both the women, but
went on: "But what does he care,
mean old miser!"
II think perhaps you do him an in
justice" said Mr.. Moore. Il don't
think he knew matters were quite so
serious with YOU
"Well, why didn't he know?" blazed
up Jane. "He didn't even answer
mothers letter about fathers death"
about that time," answered Mr..
Moore, 'AIr. Turkeen was going
through the most terrible experience
of his life. He lost his wife and only
child in an accident in Cape Town.
He nearly lost his mind, and had to
be kept in sanitarium for months.
Some well-meaning person, fearing the
news of his brothers death would
prove fatal, withheld the letter, and
being amongst strangers, it was some
time before he heard"
"But when he did know" protest
ed the widow.
Eyes, yes; 1 am not entirely excusingI
Mr.. Turkeen. Undoubtedly he has
been careless and selfish-I think he
would admit that himself-but he was
very bitter against his brother, I think
with cause. You may not have known,
that he was nearly Impoverished Dy MS
spendthrift brother, that he kept on
letting him have money till at last he
was obliged to refuse him. Then
George repaid his kindness by forging
his name to q check. Jared was so
exasperated that his only terms for
not prosecuting his brother was
mortgage on this property for the
amount of the check and the threat of
prosecution If the interest was not
promptly paid"
The expression on the three wOmen's
faces was enough to convince the law
yer they had never known.
perhaps I should not have told
you," he said, "but it seemed to me
mere matter of justice"
"Well l should think so.' said the
elder girl with conviction. "And Pm
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
Six Cities One Should See.

There are at least six cities on th.s
continent which everyone should see,
says Julian Street in Golfers. EVSfy-
one should see New York because it is
the largest city in the world, and be-
cause it combines the magnificence,
the'wonder, the beauty, the sordidness
and the shame of a great metropolis ;
everyone should see San Francisco
because it is so vivid, so alive, so gold
en-; everyone should see Washington,
the clean, white splendor Of which Is
like the embodiment Of q national
dream; everyone should see the old
gray granite city Of Quebec piled on Its
hill above the river like some forti-
fed town in France; everyone should
see the sweet and aristocratic city of
Charleston, which suggests a museum
of tradition and early American ele-
gance, and Of course everyone should
see New Orleans.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
The Soma Birds Moods.

All our birds use what we call their
voices, just as we use ours, for the
purposes of expression generally, and
am convinced that bird song proper,
though oftenest the expression Of some
phase of the tender passion, is not con-
fined to such expression. In limited
way birds have their lyric and their
dramatic moods, their serious and their
comic songs, their recitatlve and their
oratorical methods. Bird song has
come, 1t seems to me, In response to a
growth Of the natural desire for a
means of expression. Language Is the
highest mode of expression, and bird
song is a beautiful and witching, but
very imperfect, language.-Exchange.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
REALLY WENT UP SALT RIVER
Action of Defeated Office-Seeker in
Kentucky Gave Rise to Saying Now
Used All Over Country.

The people of the United States have
always been prone and quick to catch
happy or unhappy remark or phrase
in politics and to make the most OF II
to the advantage of one or the disad-
vantage of another party, observes the
Christian Science Monitor.
Some leaders are happy even in their
most casual expressions. Lincoln was
one Of these. Grant was another. 1t
used to be said that the difference be-
tween Lincoln and his greatest general
was that, while one dropped pearls Of
speech, the other dropped the pearls
of silence. Nevertheless, when Grant
said that he proposed to flight it out
on this line If it takes all summer" and
when he said, LET us have peace" he
furnished his friends with political
campaign material of the first order.
They were sayings as simple as with
charity toward all; with malice to-
ward none," or "You can fool some or
the people some of the time, but you
can't fool all the people all the time"
were remembered.
Once, long time ago, defeated Of
f1ce-seeker, in order to get himself
together" left home as soon as he be-
came aware Of the result Of the polls.
A friend. inquiring for him a little
later, was informed by member OF
his family that he had gone up Salt
river. Salt river was and Is modest
little stream chat rises in the hill coun-
try of Kentucky, and after flowing
through q more or less picturesque dis
trict for about a score of miles, emp
ties into the Ohio. 1t was In those
days a good fishing creek, and the
kind of stream a jaded and disappoint-
ed politician might naturally fancy.
There was not a thing wrong about his
excursion. Yet his political enemies
got hold Of the remark that he had
"gone up Salt river" and used 1t to i'm
ply that this meant the end Of his pub
lie career.
The saying spread from Kentucky
into other states and for more than
half century it has been used to ex-
press the idea that a politician has
been "driven to the woods" for good.
"He's gone up Salt river" has come
to mean, In fact, that politician has
"been put out of business" has been
so badly beaten that he cannot "come
back" "has seen his finish"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
Its Chief Functions.

"The councils chief functions are /:
The coordination of all forms of
transportation and the development of
means of transportation to meet the
military, Industrial, and commercial
needs of the nation; the extension OF
the Industrial mobilization work of the
committee on Industrial preparedness
of the naval consulting board. Com
plete information as to our present
manufacturing and producing facili-
ties adaptable to many-sided uses of
modern warfare would be procured,
analysed, and made use of.
zone of the objects of the council
will be to inform American manufac-
turers as to the part they can and
must play in national emergency. 1t
is empowered to establish at once and
maintain through subordinate bodies
Of specially qualified persons an aux
Hilary organization composed of men of
the best creative and administrative
capacity, capable Of mobilizing to the
utmost the resources of the country"
The details of what the council of
national defense is doing or will do
probably never will be made public.
The means which a nation takes to
prepare itself for warfare are not to
be publicly proclaimed lest the enemy
profit by the information.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
Sarcastic Jehu.

The man was going on n holiday
and at a busy London station the cab
man had assisted his fare to carry his
various hampers and packages to the
departure platform, for which he re-
ceived twopence over and above the
bare fare.
He waited until the 'twopenny tip
per" had ensconced himself in q cor
ner of the comfortably filled compart-
ment, then, hat in hand, approached
the carriage. Holding out the coppers,
he said, with biting sarcasm:
Its very kind of you, Mr.. Carnegie,
and all of us cabmen are very CRATE
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
Equal to Potato.

A number of starchy roots, tubers,
and corms of vegetables, including
Jerusalem artichokes, casavas, dash
Gems, vans, yautias and taros, in adj
dition to the well-known sweet pota-
toes, have food values and degrees of
digestibility approximately equal to
those of the Irish or white potato and,
like the latter, merit extensive use as
q part of mixed diets.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
TRAINING FL|ERS
FOR AIR SERVICE
Good Progress Made at Govern
ment Aviation Field at Hemp
stead Plains.
LEARN their DUTIES QUICKLY
Practice Work in Problems of War Ia
Principal Task of Instructors
Officers Well Pleased With
the Efficiency Shown.

New York.-At the big government
aviation field on Hampstead Plains
good progress Is being made in train
ing fliers and working out tactical
problems. The biggest thing yet at.
tempted was flight by 25 airplanes,
the largest number ever to take the
air this side Of the Atlantic. They
went in search of theoretical enemy.
Some of the machines were manned
| by regular army officers and others
| by civilians under training. An en-
envy regiment-so dispatches" had
reported-was encamped in the vicin-
| ity. The problem was to find their
| trenches, such Of their forces as were
on the march, their motor transports,
and their artillery.
The fiiers took the air at three
o'clock, and within an hour and %
minutes all of the information
was in the hands of the officers
at headquarters on the aviation field
Pleased With the Test.
Most of the airplanes had returned
within 40 minutes, but the squad as,
signed to locating the motor truck
did not accomplish it's mission until
| the truck was within three miles of
| the field.
| The army officers and the flying In
structors were much pleased with the
test, which was made without any
mishaps and according to schedule
The 20 planes took the air in squads
to each one Of which had been assigned
special mission. They assembled to
heights varying from 5000 to 5000
feet, except the squad which had been
ordered to detect the artillery fire of
| the enemy, which flew at about 1900
| feet.
A trench about 100 feet long had
been dug about three miles from the
I camp. Near it was an imaginary regi.
ment represented by strips of white
cloth. The motor truck which started
from Far Rockaway represented sup
ply train, and was covered with black
and white stripes. Smoke bombs
were sent up to represent artillery
| fire.
| In each machine were an observer
and pilot. They took with them
maps Of the country, sketching pads
and cameras. Capt. J. w. Butts OF
the First Signal corps, operated 9
camera by revolving propeller
which permitted the taking of several
hundred photographs within short
period.
Do Their Work Well.
The artillery fire was located first
and soon afterward a second squad
returned with news of the position OF
the imaginary regiment. The trench
also was found within a comparatively
short period. The motor in the mean
time had been continuing its run tC
Mineola, meeting on the Long Island
parkway a number of other machines
from which at q great height it was
hard to distinguish it. 1t had arrived
at Hampstead village before the avia-
tors discovered it.
The airplanes maintained squad
| formation during their entire flight. All
signals from the officers In command
of the different groups, they executed
different scouting formations.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26

which brought me out of it all right, so
am now well and do all my housework,
besides working in my garden. Several
Of my neighbors have got well by TAX
ing Lydia E. Pinkham' 8 v Vegetable Com
pound. Mrs. VIOLA FnICAI, Wagon
or, Okla.
Such warning symptoms as sense Of
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread Of impending evil, timidity,
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness should be needed
by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through the crisis.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26

for Splitter. He was approached by a
bunco man in Oakland, who gave him
$1,000 in currency to bet on a horse
race. Instead of betting the money
Splitter rushed for a police station.
When the Oakland police announc-
ed that they would keep the $1,000
as evidence, Splitter let out a wall OF
anguish. No arrests were made anG
the $1,000 was put in the city treasury
of Oakland.
Splitter sued and won his case in the
lower court. The appellate court has
affirmed the finding of the lower court,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
Overheated Air,

A rise of temperature In the sur
rounding air diminishes the amount Of
oxygen consumed and the amount Of
dioxide discharged. A fall Of tenn
perature has the opposite effect. In
addition. the overheated air forms a
hot Jacket around the body. which pre-
vents the radiation of heat necessary
to keep the body in healthy condi-
ton. With q sedentary occupation a
temperature of from 60 to 40 should De
maintained for comfort and health.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
News to Him.

The Judge stopped to have a word
with the colored man Of all work, and
asked him If he went to church. Eyes
sub. All goes to church every Sunday"
he said. "Are you member?" Eyes
subj" "What church?' "Prespe-
teeryn." "Do you believe in the doc
trine of electionT "Yessuh." do
YOU believe am elected to the savedT
"Law, Judge, All didn' even know you
all was q candidate"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
Cure for Hiccuns.

Rockaway, N. Y.-Hiccups suffer
e-s. here's a cure: After ten days suf.
fering with hiceups, James T. Nc
Cabe obtained relief from Tonquir
musk, a French Indo-China drug. I;
sells at So a grain. end cost him s1e]
TO be cured.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
BUNC0ED, TURNS TABLE, WINS
North Dakota Man Gets Revenge Aft
er Four Years for Fleeing
at Richmond.

San Francisco.-James G. Splitter
of Salina, n. D., who was fleeced out
of $500 at Richmond in 1912, has
got nearly one-half of his money
back and he is now looking for more
bunco men who are seeking an easy
mark.
February IL, 1913, was the big day
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26

Miss Rose Young of New York, we'll
known newspaper woman, has been
chosen by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait
to direct the expenditure of the 81 ,O00,-
600 left to Mrs. Gait by the
estate Of Mrs. Frank Leslie. The
courts have just settled the litigation
following the will and Mrs. Gait has
already received 100000 of the
amount. Miss Young has leased quar-
tiers in New York where she will d.
rect the activities Of a travelling suf-
frage school, which may be enlarged to
several divisions. Part of the fund
will be distributed on the Carnegie
plan to state organizations which are
conducting suffrage campaigns, but
none of the money will pay routine ex-
penses or organization expenses of any
organization.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
Plain Words,

II have hired lawyer to"
"Don't say you have hired a law
YER" protested the finicky person. 1T
is more elegant to used the word re-
tained.'"
maybe so, but I told the lawyer
that If he didn't win the case he
wouldn't get fee, so / guess he's
hired"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
Believe La Tomorrow.

The essence of optimism Is belief
in tomorrow. If you believe In to-
morrow, you will not hurry to get
things done, bat will accommodate
your ardor to the pace of the deliber-
ate universe. And if you do not be-
lieve in tomorro ", why hasten to get
things done? For If there is to be no
tomorrow, what you do amounts to
nothing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26

going to pay it if it takes the rest Of
my life"
The lawyer looked questioningly at
the girl, then he said: Il shall write
fully to Mr.. Turkeen, and l am quite
sure he will extend the time"
A few days later when Bessie re-
turned from work she said to her
mother: ~ saw that Mr.. Moore COM
ing out of Mr.. Dimler's private office
today. 1 suppose he's been spying
around trying to find out about me-"
The next day she burst in with
'sWhat do you think now? He's been
pumping Tom! Yes, Tom asked me
what it meant! Jane, you got me into
fine mess!'
Just O week after his first call the
imposing form of the lawyer again
doomed up in the doorway of the
widow.
"Mr. Turkeen wishes me to hand You
this paper" he said.
"Is-is it q foreclosure2" asked the
little woman, turning white.
at is a clear title to the property"
"Oh!" cried the three women in
chorus, all getting fearful at once.
Then strange thing happened. The
lawyer also got fearful. He asked
them if they could forgive his decep'
ton. He was Jared Turkeen himself.
He wanted to know the truth, and he
was glad he came, and he wanted that
wedding to come off as soon as pos
sihle, so that he could make some more
plans for his heirs and assigns.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
DEFENSE COUNCIL
TACKLES BIG JOB
JEWELER PUTS In
MEAT AS SIDE LINE

Calexico, Cal. - Cartoonists
and photographers have not been
so very extravagant In their de-
pictions of Fl. G. of L. if one is
to judge by the innovation of a
Main street jeweler here, who
has actually put in meats as a
side line. The store presents a
dazzling array Of diamonds,
steaks, rubies, pork chops, pigs
feet and amethysts. The old talk
about casting your pearls before
swine now seems to acquire an
added significance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
Tho "MuItican and pivider."

Clara had come home from school
hungry and very cross.
IF 1 had been away al day hav-
ing a good time," said her mother, II
should come home In better
humor."
"Having good time," shifted Clara,
land teacher fussing with you because
you can't tell which is the multican
and which the divider?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
Inherits Fiancee's Fortune,

Chicago.-Samuel Fl. Hodge, bache-
lor and clubman, inherits the fortune
Of Mrs. Lucy A. Whitney, his fiancee,
who died suddenly several weeks ago,
few days before the date set for
their wedding, Her will makes him
bop hoir
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26

ia bic Compound
because during
Change of Life /
was in bed two
years and had two
operations, but all
the doctors and op-
erations did me no
good, and I would
have been in my
grave today had It
not been for Lydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
etable COMPOUND
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26

an opinion by Associate Justice Rich
ards stating that Splitter twas in sole
and peaceable possession Of the
money" when the city clerk took IL
from him.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
Modern Romance,

Brooklyn, N. UT was an elope'
ment-she squealed with delight-DO-
lice thought it an abduction-arrest-
parents' forgiveness-married. That's
the romance of Mary Cerulli, twenty
two. and James ChickerelIa.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
His Listener.

"Does Smith tell fairy tales to his
children?"
"No; to his wife,"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
The BOTTLE TrAa

The trunk of the bottle tree" forms
uniform cylindrical column, from
whose summit the branches Issue O.
from the neck of a bottle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot-Ease
the antiseptic powder for the feet. Shaken into
the shoes and sprinkled in the foot-bath, Aliens
Foot. Ease makes tight shoes feel easy and gives
instant relief to corns and bunions. Try IL I0day
Sold everywhere, 25c. For FREE trial package
address, Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26

full but we don't need no libraries just
now, so I've brought you the money
back"
The mean man WINGED, but made no
reply.
"Oh, very well, Mr.. Carnegie" OBJ
served the sleep and ruddy Jehu, "see-
in as 'ow you're so set on chuckin' yer
wealth about, I'll keep it. I'll build no
free Libraries with it, but in case such
generosity is ketchin'. I'll lay 1t out in
birthstone and fumigate the cab"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-26
Mobilization of the industries OF
the Country Is Its Princi-
pal Function.
MADE UP OF LEADING EXPERTS
Will Lay Down a Policy of Industrial
Preparedness for the Nation-To
Point Out to Manufacturers
the Part They Can Play.
BY EDWARD q. CLARK.

washington Correspondent of the West
ern Newspaper Union.)
Washington. time ago the
United States congress created coun-
Gil of national defense. The body owes
it's creation to the fact that the law
makers held that the country which
best is prepared for peace is also best
prepared for war. Whether peace
broods over the land or war strides
through it, it is necessary that the in
dustrial fabric of nation "be organ
lied in the most effective way"
The council of national defense con-
sists of six members of the presidents
cabinet, the secretaries of war, Of navy,
Of agriculture, of the interior, of COM
merce and of labor. An advisory COM
mission of seven persons leach of
whom shall have special knowledge of
some industry, public utility or the de-
velopment of some natural resource, or
be otherwise specially qualified" has
been appointed. Its members are Dan
lei Willard, Samuel GOmpers, Howard
e. Coffin, julius Rosenwald, Bernard B.
Baruch, DR.. Franklin Martin, and DR..
Hollis Godfrey.
The council of national defense has
two lines along which it must pro-
gress. It's endeavor is to lay down q
complete policy of industrial prepared
ness for the nation, and it is now en-
deavofing to determine facts concern
ing the personnel, the material, and
the economic and industrial resources
to give effect to it's policy and to be
able to maintain it. The members of
the council are determining facts con-
corning nitrates. All things necessary
to make powder in abundance are to
be found within the United States ex-
cept nitrate salts.