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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
&C. q. D."

The steamship Republic. an Ameri-
can liner, was rammed and sunk by
the steamship Florida. near Nantucket
Iightship on January %, 1909. The
Marconi operator. Jack Binns. sent out
the &c. @. d." the code signal then
used in calling for aid. and several
steamships quickly answered and
steamed TO the spot. They saved 761
persons. This was the first use of
wireless to save lives Of passengers
ON an ocean liner. By a strange CO.
incidence this event happened on the
eve of the sevenfy-flrst anniversary of
the day on which Samuel Morse first
publicly exhibited and demonstrated
his code Of dots and dashes" now
SHOWN as the Morse alphabet. The
exhibition took place al the .Sew York
university on January "A. 1888.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
COMFORT AT LITTLE COST
INV. rtor Tells Of Idea Which EnabIes
Fam to Have Hot Bath at Prsc-
ticaiIy No Expense.

Dr.. Alexander Graham Bell, in
veni r of, the telephone, speaking Of
the Importance of little things, in Peo-
pies Magazine, tells Of one of his own
homemade devices.
Speaking of comfort In the home"
he says, 'I've thought about the hot
water problem. j do most of my hard
est work late at night and in the very
early morning; and I like to have q
bath between 2 and a. m. But, as q
rule, the water heated by the kitchen
stove has cooled in the boiler by that
time.
II got zinc tank and put it into a
wooden box much larger, so that there
was space Of three or four inches
between the OUTSIDE walls of the tank
and the inside Of the box walls. This
whole space filed with wool. Hot
water, poured into the zinc tank, !
found, kept it's heat, far longer under
those circumstances than in con-
tainer unprotected by the wool--along
the lines of the thermos bottle, you
see.
''But how to heat the water? And
without waste? All! i was wasting
heat every night, wasting it dreadful
lyI Think of how it poured from the
chimney of my students lamp! / ran
two pipes from the zinc tank into a
hood over the lamps flame, thus es-
tablishing circulation of water. then
proceeded with my nights work.
"Next morning the water in the tank
was little warm, but not warns
enough. found, however. that In the
evening when I relit the students
lamp there was still warmth in the
water from the zinc tank. So! 1t be-
came a cumulative process. and in a
few nights l had the water in the
tank too hot for me to hold my hand
In It.
THAT tank Is now In the attic of
my Nova Scotia house, and it's wa
ter, heated by my student's-lamp idea
and protected by it's wool covering,
gives me nice warm bath every morn
ing. The only difference is that I get
the heat from straight pipe run down
the inside Of the chimney to my open
ire In the study"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04

The invention of some form OF pro-
tective covering or armOr for the body
dates back long way in the history
of the world. Homer, in the Had, the
story Of the great siege of Troy by the
Greeks, which was written some hum
dreds >of years before the Christian
era, has much to say, incidentally
about armor. He describes more than
once the full armor of an ancient
Greek warrior, greaves, corselet, >hel-
met, shield, sword and spear, and tells
us how each article was put ON.
Greaves are metal or leather protec-
tons for the legs, in fact, something
very like a pair Of modern cricket
pads. One contingent of Greeks, at
the siege of Troy, seems to have made
a speciality of them, for they are con-
stantly referred to as "well-greaved
Achaeans. Christian Science Moni-
tor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
Term Sob" Lona in use.

The word "gOb" is very old in the
British navy, where it has been used
from time immemorial. Sailors were
called 'gObbies" and soldiers were
called "swoddies." The word "gOb"
in the language of the Northumbrian
means mouth, and the expression Is
often heard as hold your gOb." mean
ing hold your tongue, or keep quiet.
It is generally supposed that. the word
is Of Irish origin. Gobs, COB ships
and gobbie ships are known In the
Scottish dialect. DweIly, in his s'Gae-
lie Dictionary" says that the COB ~
the pee. bill or point of an anchor; ;
that is, the part beyond the fiuke.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
tieyt .RAIee,, can,e Into Use.

The origin Of miss" Is curious,
and. oddly, snough, an almost exact
date can be assigned when 1t first
came into use. This was 1862. when
notable women Of doubtful reputation
and unmarried were so called, the
miss" being a flip abbreviation of
Mistress" title Of respect for both
married and unmarried women. The
word 'miss." however, filed so long
felt want that the public seized upon
It, ignoring its earlier connections.
and within so years It was well estab-
lisheA
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
Peru Alarmed over Chinese.

The continued influx of Chinese in
to Peru is being viewed with alarm
and agitation is being carried on by
the recently formed Anti-Asiatic
league, which has as its purpose the
securing of more stringent immigra-
ton laws. The chief fault found with
the Chinese is that they enter into
,xmall businesses and sell at such low
prices that local business men can
not compete. Feeling has run high
on several occasions, with disastrous
results to the Chinese merchants.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
STARTING the Baby Rioht.

There are various methods Of as
surfing good luck to an infant. In
rural England, If its right hand Is
bound up for short period soon after
birth it will surely become wealthy.
The Spaniards sweep their children's
faces with pine boughs to assure good
fortune, while to keep the Irish baby
from harm belt of woman's hair is
placed about it, and to achieve SIM
liar object ROumanian mothers tie red
ribbons around the ankles of their Off
spring. In Holland garlic, salt, bread
and steak are put in the cradle of the
new arrival. while to protect their
babies the mothers Of Wales put IN
their cradles pair of tongs or knife.
In Iceland, when the first tooth makes
it's appearance, a lamb is presented to
the child. to be its Every own"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
Massachusetts Unoer Fire.

A western congressman was joking
with a congressman from Massachu-
sets. "My congressional district"
said he, "is several times as big as
yours. In fact it's bigger THAN the
whole state of Massachusetts"
well, well, that explains something
I have never understood replied the
Bay State man.
"What is that" asked the West
erner.
sit explains how you happened to
be elected to congress-" replied the
politician from Massachusetts. II sup
pose that most of your constituents
have never even seen your
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
Clothes.

Sir Walter Scott tells US I'M SWAN
hoe" 'men wore one thickness Of
clothes. whether of wool. leather or
velvet. The shirt was invented, but
for long time was worn only by the
nobility and gentry. Then followed the
waistcoats, breaches. and then the
trousers. The sovercoat. which sue
ceeded the medieval coatcIoak. was
rare until the seventeenth century.
The dates are not known"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
son,ethlna Wrona.

Here's the announcement of a head
walters retirement" remarked Mr.. Jib-
way.
Wealthy, presumed" said Mr.. Dub
waite.
Fairly well to do, but / don't un-
derstand how man could be head
waiter for twenty years in fashion
able restaurant, as this fellow has
been. and not accumulate a fortune Of
more than 100000, Birmingham
Age-Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
Speaks Truly.

Cora Cooington-I don't see any
harm in kissing Harold Hugamore. I've
kissed him ever since we were chill
dren.
Aunt LUCY know, but when a boy
is old enough to wear mustache kiss
ing Is ticklish business.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
Had Il On Solomon,

Mr.. Weekend-Yes, my dear; when
come to think Of it, it is a pleasure to
pack your trunk.
Mrs. Weekend-Why the pleasure?
Mr.. Weekend-To think that I'm not
Solomon and have to pack 700 trunks
for my wives.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
No Tonic Needed.

"Your hair is getting thin" said
the barber as he ran his long fingers
through the stray hairs of his victim.
"Now, we have the greatest tonic in
the world, guaranteed to-"
ooh, but put something on 1t ev-
cry morning!" said the customer.
"May inquire what. sirT
"My hat"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04


With open Linds and free TO
use their best Judgment, unin-
structed delegates to the Re-
publican National Convention
have started their activity to
make the election of the entire
ticket complete. All factions OF
the republican party appear to
have united TO bring about the
election Of all uninstr ucted dele
CATION, feeling that the BEST in.
terests of the country demand
That delegates go to the National
convention with open minds and
free to discuss and act without
being pledges in ADVANCE.
"Our standing as repu blican
state will be measured, to some
extent, by the delegates, who
will go uninstructed 10 the con.
vention", said Geo. A. West.
chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee. 1T
lis highly important, it seems TO
me-, thai the men who are elect
ed to speak for Wisconsin should
be free make their votes count
for the party's pres dental
nominee.
Nomination papers for the fol-
lowing complete list of delegates
from Wisconsin to the national
convention have already been
sent to Madison, the fling date,
being not later than Feb. "a.
Delegates at large.
George A. West, Milwaukee
Otto Bosshard. Lacrosse
William II. Hatton, New London
Emanuel L. Phillip Milwaukee.
1ltn District Delegates
Morris H. Barton. Rhinelander
Lucius K. Baker, Ashland.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
Just What Did She Mean?

Hewitt-My wife is cheerful sort
of companion.
Jewett-How is that?
Hewitt told her that I had taken
out 2O-year endowment ON my life.
and she said that she hoped wouldn't
mature before the policy did.-Life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
Each Had a Reason.

A neighbor who had been working
hard all day decided she wanted a
little recreation, so she remarked to
the family at supper that she was go
ing to show tonight, just to get out.
The little 3-year-old daughter looked
up and said: "Tm going to the show
lust to get In"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
It's Agility.

"How on earth could my watch bsve
gotten from che side of the bureau,
where I laid 1t, to the Other?
"Why, dear boy, have you never
seen a watch spring?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
Bearing Up Well.

"Can't get much work out of that
hired man of mine," said Mr.. Cobbles.
Maybe he's troubled with dolce far
niente."
"He may have it, but 1t don't seem
to trouble him none"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04

Association, whose duty it will
be to I'M prove and beautify the
premises. Washburn's GENE
tary is in need of beautifying
but under Council management
has not been a success. With
a body of people chosen by those
interested, to see that rules and
regulations are adopted and
plans for beatifying made,
something will undou btedly be
done along that line. Every lot
owner is a mem Der of the asso-
citation which means that every
mem Der will be interested in its
success.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
picturescueIx Put.

Disguised Cop (at crossing)-Somt
chauffeur, you arel Say. If you Vert
crossing the Sahara desert you'd run
into q hydrant--Boston Transcript.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
Proper Thinu

Reporter-What shall do with this
article on "a Leaderlss Party?"
Editor-Give it to me and I'll put a
head on it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
Discard Ahead.

"This artist married his lovely mod
ell, eh?"
"Yes."
"And they are happy now?'
sim afraid not. He has hired an
other model who's even better look
Ing than the one he married"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
Sizinn lin a Town

II size up village by it's bank and
its hotel"
sold stuff. Give the local picture
palace the once over"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
comina TO Facts.

slow was the reverberation in the
cave?"
ST don't know anything about that,
but the echo was ane."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
Defeats.

Knicker-A defeat is when the en-
envy drives you back home.
Outlate-Or else when you don't dare
TO go home.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04

The Cry Codncil perfor ed
a wise act at their last meeting
in turning over the affairs of the
public CEN etary into the hands
of the Washburn Cemetaay
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
A PLEASING Perfume.

Spirits of lavender poured over
Jumps Of bicarbonate Of soda makes
a pleasing perfume, which is also an
excellent disinfectant.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
Exact INSTRUMENT.

'I hear your son has taken up music
as study. Does he play con amore?"
mo. sir. He plays the fiddle"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
AS Theories gsyive

Each generation tests its wit
On various public questions,
And coins new phrases that will fit
Some very old suggestions.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04

New Musical instrument.
New in the musical instrument line
is whistle with two tubes that is
PLAYED like a slide trombone.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
Decorun.

Children should be good. they say,
And kind and gentle, too,
And not conduct themselves the way
Their parents sometimes do.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04

"Say Hubby I had great luck to-
day. Found a place where I could
buy two pounds OF sugar all at
once"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
Reflections on a Head.

Professor-f the gentleman in the
back row will kindly remove his hat
will continue and point out a con-
ere &c example.-Yale Record.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04

EVERY NOW and then we hear some
person ranting about the graft"
there is in public office. The persons
usually making these assertions are
men who know very little about pub
lie affairs and what is worse they
make no effort whatever to learn,
but they GO or the theory that every
man holding Office is there for the
money there is in it. They accuse
public officials of classifying records
and making false reports. They be-
lieye that the figures officials use in
their reports are made to suit their
own OCCASION, even though such re-
ports be sworn to. They believe that
they are the only honest persons and
all Others are crooks. They refuse
to listen to honest argument and
they refuse to investigate for them
selves. They are of bolshevist
nature and are more to be pitied
than feared. They are usually the
persons that holler the lowdest and
think the least. Every community
has them, but thank the Lord they
are few in number.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04

Bug--I always heard there were
uch nice cool breezes around the
lat iron buildingi
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
The National Capital
By j. E. Jones.
Returning the Railroads

Ding" the famous cartoonist who
lives in Iowa and draws for a
New York newspaper pictures that
make the whole nation sit up. and
take notice, had cartoon the other
day, depicting the return of the rail
roads to private operation. The
scene was laid in a village door.yard
ut the front door were standing faith
er and mother, representing the
owners of the railroads, and on the
porch were group of boys who had
dragged into the yard badly used
toy railroad train. Thank you for
letting us play with this, said the
BOYS; and one younester asked,
somewhat bashfully: please may
we borrow them again sometime!'
The railroads that the government
is now turning back to the control OF
the owning companies, after two
years of war service, certainly show
the effects of hard usage, and it is a
tough job that has been put up to
the managers to restore the railroads
| 20 frst-class condition.
M -, T1oa1 om
The new railroad law is not ideal.
No laws ever are. But it is an
honest effort ON the part of Congress
TO provide a sound basis for the
future development of our railroads.
1t makes it mandatory for the Inter
state Commerce Commission to pro-
vide level of rates that will provide
for the greatly increased payrolls
and the higher costs of materials.
How much this increase in rates will
be has not been determined, but it
! is believed that there will be All
average increase in freight rates of
Is per cent.
Suspended Newspapers
Until within recent years news
papers never quit--they just passed
on from one owner to another. But
now publishers fail in business, just
like other business men. Publishing
has become matter of first i'm
portance i'm the nation, and likewise
it's hazards have increased. The
time has passed when you can take 2
dull boy and make an editor out
of him." as the poet Will Carleton
put it. Twenty-Five hundred news
papers have suspended publication
since July, 1918, but still the post
Office Department cries sayagely for
niger rates for second class mail
matter. They lay their deficits at
the door of the publisher, and even
try shifting some S5S. 900. 900 annual
loss in the rural free delivery service
TO the newspapers.
White Print Paper
1t would be pleasure to report
that there was prospect that the
government would limit the size Of
some of the big city papers. The
excess fat that cannot be classified as
news" in Sunday editions consumes
enough white print paper to provide
thousands of small weeklies and
dallies. But the government is not
intercede, and meanwhile the big
publishers with their sinche on the
white print paper supply are the big
fish in the pond whose greediness
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04

WELL THE railroads are back to
private ownership again after the
government having operated them
for a period of about two years. All
this talk about the railroads being
turned back to the owners in much
worse condition than they were when
they were taken over is partly bum
combe. During the time OF govern
ment operation many improvements
to roads were made and it is safe to
say that they are in better condition
today then they were before the war.
Ii is true that the number OF rail-
road employees has increased by leaps
and bounds and under private con-
troll many of these men will likely be
discharged, but under the eight hour
day law more men will have to be
employed than i'm former times.
The turning back of the railroads,
we hope, is one step toward normal
times again. There will still be
government regulation in = more
stringent form than in the past, but
the railroads are now guaranteed a
fair return on the money invested
which ought to cause betterments
and improvements in order to handle
the increasing business of the country.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-02-13
Million Packets OF
Flower Seed Free

We believe in flowers around the
homes of the South. Flowers brighten
up the home surroundings and give
pleasure and satisfaction to those who
have them.
We have set aside more than one
million packets of seed of beautiful
yet easily grown flowers to be given
to our customers this spring for the
identifying of their homes.
Hastings 1920 Seed Catalogue is
now ready. Brilliant cover in natura
colors, 100 pages of garden and farm
information, profusely illustrated. It's
the one worth while seed book fol-
southern gardeners and farmers. This
catalogue is absolutely free to you or
request. Your name and address or
postal card or in letter, will bring il
to you by return mail
This 1920 Catalogue will show you
just how you can get five packets OF
flower seeds Give different sorts) alb
solutely free of cost this spring. Send
for this catalogue today without fail
No obligation to buy anything unless
you want to. II. G. HASTINGS CO.
Seedsmen, Atlanta, Ga.-(Advt)
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-02-13
SARDIS

Rev. G. S. Bond filled his appoint
ment here Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Alfred Casteel and Miss Willie
Osborne were married Saturday. We
wish them much happiness.
Miss Lydia Foster and Miss Annie
May Brown spent Saturday night
with Miss Mary Lou Smith.
Mr.. William Moody, of Paulding
county, has been visiting his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Moody, of this
place.
Little Bertha May Sonford, who
has been quite sick is better at this
writing.
Mr.. Henry Barfeld is very sick at
TINS writing but hope he will be out
again.
The school at this place is progress
ing nicely under the management of
Miss Lydia Foster of Athens. Ga
principal, and Miss Annie Nav Brown
OF Smyrna, assistant. We have the
best school we have had in wears
Mr.. Perry Petty, of near here has
been very sick. We hope or him a
speedy recovery. Brown Eyes
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-02-13
NEWS FROM OUR
CORRESPONDENTS
OLIVE SPRINGS

Mr.. and Mrs Cicero Darnell had
visiting them during the past week,
their daughter, Mrs. Emma Fowler,
and her three children, from Tate,
Georgia.
Miss Rosa Martin spent Friday
night at Gilmore with relatives. She
was accompanied home on Saturday
afternoon by her cousin, Miss Lottie
Mae Herren, who stayed until Sum
day afternoon with the Misses Mar
tins.
Mrs. W. J. Edison has the smallpox
at her home on the Atlanta road.
Mr.. j. L. Reed and son, Chester,
spent Sunday as the guests Of Mr..
G. W. Argo and family, near Orange
Hill.
Mr.. j. A. York, of Atlanta, spent
Sunday here with the families of Mrs
j. H. York, ST., and Mr.. Geo. L.
Shaw.
Miss Eva Thomas, who is teaching
school at Mt. Zion, spent the week
end here with home folks.
Miss Dovie Reed is nursing the lit
tie child of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Ham,
by, Of New Hope, who is very ill with
pneumonia fever.
Mrs. J. M. Findey and little son,
Carl, of Floyd, spent Saturday after
noon with Mrs. j. H. York.
Messrs Cicero Darnell, G. E. Grove
and John Camp who were confined
to their rooms during the past week
with severe colds are now able to be
out again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jessie L. Daniel had
as their Sunday guest Mr.. and Mrs.
John Standsberry, Mr.. Mart Fish
back, Mr.. H. D. Barber and wife, with
their two sons, Messrs. H. D., Jr.,
and Clifford Barber, of Atlanta.
We are glad to learn that Sarah,
the little twin daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. Geo. V. Grove, who has been
quite i'll is doing nicely at this time.
Mr.. J. H. York, Jr,, is having a
room added to his residence.
Miss Rosa Brisendine is now a
music pupil of Mr.. G. o. Brown.
Misses Babel and Eunice Thomas,
and brother, Master Charles Thomas,
of New Hope, were members of our
Sunday School here on Sunday morn
ing. -Clvde