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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05
'sWhat the Dickens Do You Want to
Expose Your Hand For, Dan?"

woman of raven hair and olive skin
and sad, accusing eyes that ever re-
preached him, that ever seemed to
say: you were cruel, Daniel-al-
ways cruel' They did not know that
when often he gesticulated to no end,
or that when he Numbered his loudest
and appeared most abandoned to the
feverish excitement of the pit, the up
braidings of the ghost were cutting
him to the quick, we're flashing him the
| hardest.
| As the days passed Fitzhugh'S pas
sion for showing off, increased amaz-
ingly. Ever prolific with freaks of act.
ing, he kept his associates on tenter-
hooks of curiosity. None could imag-
inc what he would do next. He 81
ways did the unexpected Nothing
was too fantastfcal. Once during &
Saturday noonhour he started furore
in the rotunda of the board of trade
by striding through the crowd playing
boisterously on a mouth-organ, while
| round him capered several monkeys.
borrowed from some Forquer street
Italians; anon at a dinner in his apart
ment one evening he received his
guests in war paint and feathers and
the full regalia of an Indian chieftain.
Yet those who knew him intimately
AS Hunt and two or three others
were not long in noticing change had
come over him. When he thought he
was unobserved he was given to long
periods of brooding, and, as they right
~ supposed, all his bizarrerie was not
the real Fitzhugh, but only mask.
all his theatrical excitement not genu-
inc, but only cloak for an inner un-
happiness
It was curing one of these dark
periods that he stole secretly away
not even Hunt knew of his where
abouts-and for nearly week was un-
seen In Chicago. The day he returned
he Went to his safety deposit vault and
locked therein packet of papers.
These papers, obtained at great price
and with commensurate difficulty. were
the deeds to the Fitzrandolph home
stead in Maryland And still
he was not happy. Still there remained
the void, the dull gap he could NOT fiji.
Time and again during his first year
of grief FitzTugh had endeavored
with characteristic audacity, to see
Kathleen, but always substantially in
vain. He had followed her to New |
port, whence she flew with her moth
er after the rupture, found she had
sailed the day before for Switzerland, |!
had taken the next steamer. only to
miss her again. and for three months !
had. played Observation-Disclosures
with two defenseless women over the /
major part Of the continent. often stay
ing in tAe same hotel sef never catch /
iag more tlltN tlise' si5innse 9f the
ore he 'r'.e'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05
Father Youngest of Family.

Age is trying to get back to youth
and it is resentirg the semi-contempt-
uous respect OF the younger genera
tior. There is one eminent artist in
London who absolutely refuses to ad-
nit that he is any older than his
youngest child-and he has many chill
dren. The boys and girls 90 not call
him "sir" or even father" They
all call him George" And George
remains the youngest and the most
popular of the family.-London Chron-
icle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05
CHAPTER xI.-contInued.


She had rushed to the adjacent
room. The door slammed. The key
turned in the lock. He stared at the
barrier. When he spoke to Otis, who
had renewed his attack with redou-
bled frenzy and threats of legal pun
ishment, he was markedly calm
II will go quietly now"-putting his
antagonist aside. II apologize for
what I've DONE"
AS he descended the staircase, leav-
ing Otis with his daughter, the bevy
of servants in the hall ceased their ex-
cited whispering. and rendered him
silent ave.
-
Fitzhugh did not go to his Office the
following day. but motored far out
along the north shore. His mind was
a blank until his car was turning In
and out through the mesh of traffic In
State street. The newsboys, ever vo-
ciferons at the days end, seemed TO
have an unwonted note of excitement
In their hoarsa cries of Extra J" De-
at the crossing, he tossed the news
vendor on the corner a quarter-doi-
lar and ordered all the papers. The
first one he opened was pink-and-
black sheet, damp from the press, and
s blazing on its first page this:
WOMAN WOULD KILL RUSSIAN
ENVOY.
DIES BY OWN HAND.
This much he read in one hurried
glance What followed he devoured in
snatches. getting the gist of the mat
ter in a minutes perusal:
Esther Strom Anarchist
plot Assassinate ambassador
B. & O.. station Secret
Service -. Swallowed prussic
acid Found dead in CELL
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05
MOSQUITO ANOMALY OF AFRICA.

Africa has at least one anomaly in
the mosquito family that is almost in
credible. In certain areas q mosquito
is round which flies about ones eyes,
threatening attack. and yet seldom, If
ever bites. 1t is almost transparent.
and has skeleton-like appearance,
which, with it's slow movements, prob
ably suggested It's name to the natives.
who call it nkinda'nero, which means
ghost of an old man.''-R L. Garner
in the Century Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05

ments. BY an act Of the Continental
congress of September 26, ITS, the
treasury was organized with an au-
ditor, comptroller and treasurer, and
the same officers still run the treas
ury under the secretary and his as
sistants, and all paper money and
bonds have. the seal, not of the
United States of America, but of
the treasury of North America. 1t
was the United States of North Amer
lea which made treaties with France
and Spain in 1778, Benjamin Franklin
acting as commissioner for Congress.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

"Bayer Tablets Of Aspirin" is genu-
inc Aspirin proved safe by millions
and prescribed by physicians for over
twenty years. Accept only an unbroken
'Bayer package" which contains proper
directions to relieve Headache, Tooth.
ache, Earache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism.
Colds and Pain. Handy tin boxes Of IL
tablets cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger "Bayer packages" Aspirin
Is trade mark Bayer Manufacture Mon
oaceticacidester Of Salicylicacid.--Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05
In the Summer

In the summer, when the days are
hot and long, there is nothing better
than the glory of the moonlighted
nights. when the shrill cries of the in
sects fill all the air, and the firefiies
are everywhere, and Whit of salt
ness comes up with the tide. In Octo-
Der the river is bright steel color and
blue. The ducks rise and fly away
from the coves in the early morning.
and the oaks ard naples dress them
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05

storm, OFTEN or VAST extent,
characterized by high winds rotating about calm
center of low atmospheric pressure which moves
onward witt, velocity Of from 20 to 80 miles an
hour"
The tornado, on the other hand, is funnel
shaped Cloud like water-spout, sand-coumn or
dust-whirl, Withs very violent and destructive ed
dies and whirs of wind, progressing on narrow
path for many miles over land. The wind Is too
violent to be measured and the barometric pres
sure falls rapidly that wooden structures are
often lifted and burst open by the air within
them"
But Kansas calls them cyclones. SO cyclones
they shall be here. For upon time, not
very long ago. the east thought Kansas grew cy.
clones or made them or produced them-whatever
the right word Is.
"To the early settlers of Kansas, coming as
they did from distant eastern states where such
phenomena are almost unknown, these storms
of the wonders of a new country, to be
told and to visitors and sent as special
items of news to papers that gave them wide pub
licity," says S. d. Flora, Kansas meteorological
1.-The result has been that the expression Kansas
cyclone has become almost an idiOm of the Ian
guage, and the reputation of the state for vista
lions of these storms Is greater than that of any
other part of the country, when matter OF
fact, there is no reason to believe, in the light CT
available data they any more numerous here
area considered, than in any other states in this
part of the country"
Anyway, Kansas became "the cyclone state"
and the thing eventually became such scandal
that soon after the Civil war Uncle Sam decided
to investigate and sent out army officer to trail
the cyclone to its lair. The report Of this nvesti-
gator is still among the dusty archives Of the
United States weather bureau 1t contains facts
both Of scientific and popular interest.
For example, he tells about the woman who lost
her hair He says she was woman with excep-
tonally long, hair; that the storm cut or tore
most of this hair from her head, twisted it into
rope and left IT lying her, while the hair left
upon her head was tightly curled into many little
wisps filed with sand.
1t was the same cyclone, according to this Off
cial report, that bore down upon large house
exceptionally well built of logs and heavy native
timbers, hit one corner of 1t resounding whack,
veered off, whirled out around the barn and at
tackled the house from the opposite side, dssipat-
ing it over the landscape so thoroughly that much
of 1t was never seen again.
He describes trees in which sand had been drv-
en- entirely through the bark into the wood of the
tree. And this was not merely side of the
trunk, but around its entire circumference. In
another place he found trees still standing, but
stripped of every particle of their bark
So you see, for a beginner, this official investi-
gator did pretty we'll
OF course, the weather bureau has accumulated
a mass of s'cyclone literature" Here's an inter-
esting bit:
"They may form after several hours of light
wind or during violent thunder storm. Persons
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05

selves as they please, as If they were
tired of wearing plain green, like
everybody else. and were going to be
gay and set new fashion In the cool
er weather. You no longer drift laz-
lily with the current but pull your boat
as fast as you can, and are quick and
strong with the oars.--S. O. Jewett.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05
United States
Treasury Notes

The words "Thesaur: Amer: Sep
tent: Sigil," on every treasury note Is
sued by the government are abbrevi-
ated words for "Seal of the Treasury
Of North America" The Revolution
airy government Of the United States
was continued under the Constitution
without any change in some depart
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05
Lived With Needles in Heart.

A woman physician under treat
ment in lunatic asylum in England
told her nurse a year ago that she
had stuck needle into her heart. The
nurse found what seemed to be two
simple pin pricks over the heart. The
woman died in August, and an au-
topsy revealed two needles sticking
into the heart.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05
Fortune in APRICOT Stones.

More than $1,250,OO0 is made every
year from apricot stones In California.
Nearly 1000 tons of stones are OBJ
tanned from the fruit, and from these
the chemist extracts two oils, one
known as bitter oil of almonds, the
other as new substitute for olive oil.
A ton of stones produces materials
worth almost $500.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05
Save Feelings Of nelties.

While repairing a temple the Chi
nese cover up the eyes OF the idols
in order that the deitieS mag not be of
Tended at the sight of tie disorder.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05
Have You one7

A stone is considered precious II
ii is perfectly, transparent, is bright
ANA clear in color and possesses great
I,,ilIintacn
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05

a great commotion in threatening cloud or more
commonly, two clouds come together From this
whirling the characteristic cloud descends
until, in the case of damaging storms it touches
the earth. Sometimes the cloud Is really funnel
shaped; more commonly it is described as resem-
bling an elephants trunk or gigantic snake as it
writhes and sways back and forth in it's progress.
Other observers have stated that it reminded them
of rope swinging back and forth from the clouds.
Usually in the case of slender cloud the color is
milky white except near the ground, where it is
dark from flying dust and debris Clouds of large
diameter usually much darker"
still better smile. it would seem, is that of a
gigantic balloon scuddng low across country be
fore the wind and dragging an enormous cable
which trails along the ground, twisting and
turning and creating fantastic destruction.
1t seems TO be established that west of the
Rockies and east of the Aleghenies there isn't
much danger from cyclones But anywhere in the
Mississippi Valley It's keep your eye open. Chi
cago has thought itself immune, owing to some
peculiar influence exerted by the Great Lakes, but
this spring real twister visited its suburbs to the
northwest.
1t is estimated by the weather experts that "for
any specific area farm of one square mile the
probability of being visited by tornado is less
than Lie of a per cent per century"
There is popular feeling that cyclones, like
lightning do not strike the same spot twice. New
Kan, was hit three years in succession on May
20 at the same hour of the day.
The crop of 'cyclone stories" Is very large every
year The plain truth is that almost anything that
is told may as we'll be believed There seems to be
no limit to the fantastic vagaries of these twist
ers For example, here's what an official weather
bureau record says, in part:
''The freakish occurrences that result from
these storms will tax the credulity of a person who
has never seen them. The often recited instances
of straws being blown with such violence that they
are left sticking in the bark and the wood of
tree or post have to be seen in order to be appre-
ciated. Chickens are sometimes stripped of their
feathers and left alive though often they are
killed.
'An instance has been related on credible a,-
thority Of dresser being smashed to kinding and
its mirror being carried some distance and ser
down against fence without being cracked; also
of window sash being blown from railway de-
pot which was demolished, and laid down on an
adjoining lawn with heavy iron scale weight on
it without the glass being broken
"One of the remarkable features noted is the
number of almost miraculous escapes
1t is easy enough to understand that house
may be exploded = the passing twister creates
partial vacuum and the house, if tightly closed is
blown to pieces by the pressure of the air inside
it. This vacuum also explains why feathers are
pulled off chickens, since the quilts contain air.
But when wheat straws driven into green
tree--then it's time to wonder
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05

If man ever feels religion. it,
when he finds himself 10 tight place.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-05
lCuticura Soap
- SLAVES -l
Without Mug
KnowIedoe Dearly Rouuht.

knowledge Dearly Bought.
"Did you get anything in return for
your campaign contribution"
eyes," answered Mr.. Dustin Stax.
IT got some information. thought a
taxicab was the most expensive We
hicle on earth until tried band
wagon"
The Caldwell tribune., 1920-12-24

roulette, three card monte and faro. all
claimed a wide circle of devotees, most
of whom were familiar with the games
and who gave the bankers some anx-
ious moments. Tuesday evening, Dick"
Beatty, mayor of Red Gulch, turned the
crap table to the wall, some person
having extracted every penny that
could be begged or borrowed from the
bank to finance it. He was promptly
"kangarooed" and assessed the full val
ue of his winnings, but managed to
conceal wad of bucks from the
court. A portion of his fine was re-
mitted upon the express understanding
that he was to operate the game for
the house.
So successful from every angle has
been this years reproduction of "Red
Gulch," that the Legion has already in
timated that the venture would be re-
peated next winter
The Caldwell tribune., 1920-12-24
Andrews to Head
1921 CHS. Team
Battling Guard Captains
Next Years Foot
ball Squad.

Bob Andrews, star guard on the
championship Caldwell high school
football team, was unanimously se-
lected captain of the 1921 football
team by 10 letter men who met at
the high school gymnasium Thursday
morning. Andrews won his first let
ter in high school athletics this year.
He was practically a green man at
the beginning of the present season
but by virtue of hard work and con-
scientious training not only earned
his place on the team but developed
into one of the stars of the squad.
He is a junior in high school and one
of the most popular members of his
class.
Thursday evening the high school
team was entertained at party given
by the senior high school at the GYM
nasium. Capt. Andrews made brief
address on football prospects for 1927.
The Caldwell tribune., 1920-12-24
Close Activities
During Holidays
Schools Conclude Fall
Term With Fitting
Exercises
Exercises.

Caldwell schools closed Thursday
for the Christmas holidays and will
not resume until the morning of jan
uary 3. Fitting exercises were held
in every school during the last few
days of school work.
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock, the
gymnasium at the high school was fill
ed with members of the school and
parents for the Fore-fathers Day pro-
gram The pageant given by the mem
bers of the history classes was very
much appreciated by the audience judg
ing by the applause. The scenes were
the Drawing of House Sites by Lots !;
the Meeting With Indians; the Scene
Between Priscilla and John Alden; and
finally the Procession to the Thanks
giving Day meeting. This pageant
was original
The Boys Glee club and the Girls
Glee club sang while the school or
chestra supplied the music for the
marches. Miss Esther Hare read her
prize essay on "Our Pilgrim Fathers,
after which the Rev. w. S. Hawkes.
awarded her bronze medal in behalf
of the "Sons of the American Revolu-
ton.
After the program in the gymnasium
the parents met for a session of the
ParentTeachers' association in the
high school assemly room.
The senior high school gave its
first party on Thursday evening. The
sophomore class presented short
lplay as part of the evenings pro.
gram
The Caldwell tribune., 1920-12-24

They had no provisions with them,
and the colony soon was in the midst
of the Starving time" It seemed
certain that the crops would fail; there
had been no rain for weeks. It was
time of despair for even brave hearts
but rain came, and soon a new ship
arrived with more colonists and some
provisions.
They were not without trouble
from the Indians but Captain Standish
was the protector of the colonists.
The Indians called him "the Sword"
and declared that his totem was too
strong, much stronger than their own.
The life was not, however, all sor-
row and hardship. Who does not
know of the romance of Priscilla
Molines and John Alden? and all the
Pilgrims had their social meetings
and joys.
How indebted are we to those
brave men and women who risked
their very lives to worship as con-
science dictated. Those earnest, in
dustrious, deeply religious" people
who are the fathers of the American
nation which is so loved and honored
over the world today. They were
the ones who first proved the prac-
ticability Of a government "of the peo-
pie, by the people, and for the people. "
Their town meetings and later repre-
! sentative assembly were the beginning
OF what is now our own democratic
form of government.
why are Americans today respect.
ed by all foreign peoples7 Why il
our land SO eagerly sought by aliens
who desire to become a part of this
great nation3 Why is the United
States looked upon by. small, weak
nations as just friend and protec
tor? Why are we proud to be Ameri
cans? The answer Isl Our countr,
had preserved and respected, and
holds as its own, the same principle.
of righteousness and the pure ideal.
of that brave group of men and won.
EN-, our Pilgrim Fathers"
The Caldwell tribune., 1920-12-24
"UP IN MABEL'S ROOM"
PLEASES AUDIENCE

The delightful1arce comedy of up
in Mabers Room" at the American
theatre Monday night was played to a
fair sized crowd, the play was amusing
from the start to the finish and at
times kept one guessing just what
would happen next. All the trouble
and fun centered on one little thing,
rose pink chemise which had in
scribed on it To Mabel from Garry
and had been sent to her some two
years before when Garry was in Paris
on business trip and the two at that
time were engaged, but later the en-
gagement had been broken and Garry
had married another girl so in order
to cause little excitement at a fash
ionable house party Mabel threatens
to show this little piece of lingerie
to Garry's wife and keeps Garry in
great worry and leads him to do
some daring things in order to gain
possession of the coveted article but
it all ends just as it should and every
body is happy even Garry The parts
were well acted and the stage scenery
as well as the costumes were pretty
to look at
The Caldwell tribune., 1920-12-24
ne-Year-Old Girl
Accidentally Killed
Emma Tidwell Shot at Maple Grove
by Her Young Brother Mon
day Evening.

Emma c. Tidwell nine-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William J.
Tidwell, was shot and killed, acc cident-
ally, by her brother, Jacob, l3-year-
old lad, at their home near the Maple
Grove school house Monday evening.
The heavy charge from shotgun en-
tered her hip.
William, an older son, had return
ed with shot gun from duck hunt
ing trip. He placed the gun in bed
room where Jacob went with the in
tention of cleaning it. At this junc-
ture Emma went into the room where
her brother was cleaning the gun, to
get lamp for her mother. In some
unknown manner, the gun was dis
charged while Jacob was extracting
the shells. The full charge struck the
girl at short range
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at Nampa, and the body was
shipped to Wellington, Utah, for bur-
ial. Mr.. Tidwell was in Salt. Lake
when the accident occurred Mrs. It'd
well and her son, William, accompan-
led the body.
The Caldwell tribune., 1920-12-24

the markets of this product. Coinci-
dent with the decrease in the freight
rate granted by the Union Pacific and
approved by the interstate commerce
commission, the Kansas City hay
market slumped somewhat but the be-
lief is entertained that the surplus Ida
no hay, particularly the higher grades.
can be sold in the middlewest at a
price to warrant big shipments
Some arrangement remains to be
made relative to organizing farmers
before the cooperative shipping is un-
dertaken. A pool is proposed where
by the returns will be pooled and di-
vided according to grades and on the
basis af all sales, rather than the
amount obtained for single lots.