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rHE TIMES
Newspaper and
Commercial Printing
ELS tVi . OSCAR, Editor.
Published Every Thursday.
>2-00 A YEAR. The Only All Home
rmt Weekly Newspaper in Bayfield
bounty.
HEDGEHOGS.
fMBi of the Most Poisonous Snakes
.Does Not Affect Them.
An interesting fact about hedgehogs
frh&t perhaps not many persons know
that‘the bites of even the most poi
fsonons serpents nave no effect on them
whatever. Mr. Lenz. a naturalist, once
watehed a fight between a hedgehog
mud a viper and gives a most interest
ing description of it. He says that
when the hedgehog came near the
"snake she began to smell it, for the
sight of these animals is so poor that
they depend almost entirely on the
sense of smell, and then she seized its
bead with her teeth
In a moment the snake had freed it
self and, darting at the hedgehog, bit
it several times, but the little animal
oui not seem to mind the bites at all,
and when the snake was tired out with
its efforts she again soizetl its head,
which she ground her teeth,
poisonous fangs and all. Then she de
voured almost the whole of its body.
M. Lenz also tells of a pet hedgehog
that he kept in his house in a large
<bo:x. Several times he put some ad
\E?.rs into the box, which the hedgehog
did not seem to fear at all, but at
tacked them fiercely and, as in the case
•off the other, was never in the least af
fected by their poisonous bites.
A. man who had a pet hedgehog
r m his possession for a long time says
tfcat he had often seen it throw itself
off the top of a wall fourteen feet in
Jtetgbt. Without pausing a moment it
would contract itself into a soft, fluffy
Anil and fall to the ground so lightly
that almost immediately it would un
fold itself aud run off.—-Chicago Chron
icle.
; DIVISIONS OF TIME.
Me4kJtnremeiitM of the Days, Months
and Years.
JL '“solar day” is measured by the ro
tation of the earth upon its axis and is
different lengths, owing to the ellip
ticity of the earth’s orbit and other
causes, but a “mean solar day” is
twenty-four hours Jong, as reckoned by
the timepieces.
An astronomical day commences at
moon and is counted from the first to
twenty-fourth hour. A “civil day”
■eoramences at midnight and is count
ed .from the first to the twelfth hour,
sod then again commences with one
anil finishes with twelve. A “nautical
Tiay” is reckoned the same £s the “civil
-day,” only -that the reckoning is begun
tiX noon instead of at midnight.
A. “calendar month” varies from
twenty-eight to thirty-one days. A
* 4 mean lunar month” is twenty-nine
days, twelve hours, forty-four minutes,
t£w© and two-thirds seconds. A “year”
xiivided into 365 days. A “solar
year,” which is the time occupied by
tche. sun in passing from one normal
ufeciox to the other, consists of 364.-
23:244 days, which is equal to 365 days,
-T> hours, 48 minutes, 49.536 seconds.
A “Julian year” is 365 days even. A
** Gregorian year” is 365.2425 days.
The error in the Gregorian mode of
lime reckoning amounts to but one day
3n each 3,571 years.
I*l7 '
.Ti Good Eater.
When Gustavus of Sweden was be
•ueging Prague, a boor of extraordi
nary aspect gained admittance to his
tent aud offered, by way of amusing
ids majesty, to devour a large hog in
Tils presence. Old General Konigs
a jiarek, who was in attendance, at once
suggested that the man -with the Gar
gantuan appetite should be burned as
•.witch, whereupon the boor, whose
feelings were hurt by this observation,
exclaimed, “If your majesty will but
TUialte that old gentleman take off his
and spurs, I will eat him before
I begin the pig.” This was accom
■jiaxiied by such a “hideous expansion
the jaws and mouth” that the gen
era?, though lie had given his “proofs”
m tmany a field, turned pale and fled
incontinently 'to his tent.
Two Handles.
£&verything has two handles—the one
sort and manageable, the other such as
will not endure to be touched. If, then,
your brother do you an Injury, do not
rake it by the hot hard handle, by rep
resenting to yourself all the aggravat
ing: circumstances of the fact, but look
rather on the soft side and extenuate
it much as is possible by consider
ing the nearness of the relation and the
friendship and familiarity be
tween you—obligations to kindness
which a single provocation ought uot
to dissolve. Aud thus you will take the
riddent by its manageable handle.—
15$pietetns.
The Hungarian Crown.
T3ie Hungarian crown, the royal head
&3>*ss worn at their accession by all the
Austrian emperors, is the identical one
nasafede for Stephen and used by him at
tiste time of his coronation, more than
ss*B® years ago. It is of pure gold and
TOdghs nine marks and six ounces
{a&uut fourteen pounds avoirdupois).
Il as adorned with 53 sapphires, 50
rabies, 1 emerald and 338 pearls, but
so -diamonds, it being a notion of the
royal Stephen that diamonds were un
lucky.
Some illustrations from a dairy and
hay farm near Augusta, Ga., one of
which is here reproduced, serve
Hoard’s Dairyman as the text for a
suggestive little sermon as follows:
There has been a good deal of talk
in recent years—and not without some
very excellent reasons—about the “new
south,” but we are firm In the belief
that the south will not fully come to
its own until scenes similar to those
here depicted become somewhat com
mon in every southern state. Without
stopping to inquire at the present time
for the specific reasons why such re
sults follow, we state the simple fact
that in the absence of dairying, wheth-
HOME ON A GEORGIA DAIRY FARM.
er in the south or north, the west or
east, the soil deteriorates and the in
habitants grow slack and despondent—
not every individual, but by averages.
On the other hand, in dairy communi
ties the soil improves in fertility, the
crops increase in amount and variety,
markets improve, thrift Is apparent
and Intelligence abounds.
Too complacent dairymen in higher
latitudes are apt to forget that the
dairy belt is rapidly increasing in
breadth as well as length, and this
fact emphasizes the necessity for
abandoning the old tools and old meth
ods and adopting business principles
in the conduct of the dairy business.
There is no danger of any great or
permanent oversupply of dairy prod
ucts. The demand for first class milk,
butter and cheese will be equal to the
supply, but with better cows, better
feeding and more intelligent care the
production must be increased and the
cost of production decreased.
BUTTERMAKING.
At .What Point to Stop Chvrnln(.
Washing and Salting.
It Is important to know at just what
point to stop churning. For best re
sults in freeing the grannies from the
buttermilk and incorporating the salt
it is considered that the butter granules
should be about the size of beans or
grains of corn, possibly a little larger.
The churn is then stopped and the but
termilk allowed to drain. After the
buttermilk is well drained from the
butter granules an amount of water
about equal in volume and of the same
temperature as the buttermilk should
be added and the churn given four or
five revolutions slowly, so that the wa
ter will come in contact with every
particle of butter aud wash out the
remaining buttermilk.
As soon as the wash water has drain
ed well from the butter granules salt
should be added. The amount of salt
used will depend entirely on the de
mands of the consumer. Usually about
an ounce of salt for each pound of but
ter will be necessary. If the ordinary
barrel churn is used, which is perhaps
the best form made, the salt may be
added in the churn. By giving the
churn a few revolutions the salt will
be quite thoroughly incorporated with
the butter. It should stand in this con
dition for a few minutes, until the salt
becomes more or less dissolved, before
the working of the butter is begun.—E.
H. Webster.
Change In an Old Standby.
It may be worth while to call the
attention of those feeders who do not
stop to figure to the fact that the de
velopments of trade the last few
years have made our old standby corn
not always now the cheap feed it
was at one time, says a writer in
Home and Farm. East, especially of
the “corn belt,” the market price of
corn rarely falls below 50 cents a bush
el and frequently advances consider
ably above it. With grain corn sell
ing at 50 cents, cornmeal will cost,
from S2O to $22 a ton. On my desk as
I write is a quotation for fine western
bran delivered at my station for $19.60.
Cornmeal and bran mixed far outrank
cornmeal alone as a cow ration. At
these figures it will manifestly pay me
to exchange at least part of my corn
for bran.
Champion Cheese County.
The Sheboygan county (Wis.) dairy
boards of trade sell annually 8,000.000
founds of cheese, or almost one-half
of all the cheese sold in this great
dairying state of Wisconsin. But this
is not all. Of the 116 cheese factories
in Sheboygan county only sixty-five
sell their product in the county. All
elements considered, $1,500,000 is paid
; annually for Sheboygan county cheese.
—National Magazine.
“Tick Worry” Shrink:* Milk.
The cattle tick is not only the carrier
of the Texas fever infection, but is a
parasite which deprives cattle of much
blood, retards growth, reduces the milk
ing capacity and induces an irritable
state known as “tick worry.” The
shrinkage in the milk production of cat
tle harboring many ticks has been esti
mated to average a quart per day.
AN HOUR’S WALK.
Y'u Would Hardly Think It Meant
Traveling 85,253 Miles.
Have you ever thought of the dis
tance you travel when you are out on
an hour’s stroll? Possibly you walk
three miles within the hour, but that
does not by any means represent the
distance you travel. The earth turns
on its axis every twenty-four hours.
For the sake of round figures, we will
call the earth’s circumference 24,000
miles, and so you must have traveled
during the hour’s stroll 1,000 miles in
the axial turn of the earth.
But this is not all. The earth makes
a journey around the sun every year,
and a long but rapid trip it is. The dis
tance of our planet from the sun we
will put at 92,000,000 miles. This is
the radius of the earth’s orbit—half the
diameter of the circle, as we call it.
The whole diameter is therefore 184,-
000,000 miles, aud the circumference,
being the diameter liftiltiplied by
8.1416, is about 578,000,000.
This amazing distance the earth trav
els in its yearly jourpey, and dividing
it by 305 we find the dryly speed about
1,586,000. Then we#st the distance
you rode around the sun during your
hour’s walk, divide again by twenty
four, and the result is about 66,000
miles. But this is not the end of your
hour’s trip. The sun, with its entire
brood of planets, is moving in space at
the rate of 160,000,000 miles in a year.
That is at the rate of a little more than
438,000 miles a day, or 18,250 miles an
hour.
So, adding your three miles of leg
travel to the hour’s axial movement of
the earth, this to the earth’s orbital
journey aud that again to the earth’s
excursion with the sun. and you find
you have traveled in the hour 85,253
miles.
CRUDE HOUSEKEEPING.
Domestic Methods In England In the
Fourteenth Century.
Carpets were unknown luxuries in
England in the fourteenth century, but
the fashion of strewing the apartments
with rushes was being gradually aban
doned. Rushes were still used in the
retainers’ hall, but for the better rooms
sweet scented herbs and fragrant twigs
were usually employed.
Windows were apertures filled with
glass so as to admit light, but to ex
clude wind. The walls also were fre
quently hung with cloth or tapestry to
protect the inmates of the room from
tbe many currents of air that pene
trated the strong but badly built walls.
We leam from various ancient docu
ments that it was the duty of the serv
ing men and pages to sweep out the
principal apartments, but as the use
of water is rarely mentioned damp
and fragrant leaves and twigs must
have aided not only in collecting the
dust, but also toward refreshing the
atmosphere In such constantly closed
rooms, fresh air being only admitted
through the doors opening on to the
battlements or balconies.
From old inventories at Thurleigh
and elsewhere we ascertain how scan
tily furnished were these ancient man
sions, although they seem to have been
abundantly supplied with flagons t and
drinking cups in gold, silver and finely
engraved pewter, besides an infinite
number of black jacks or cups made of
leather.—London Standard.
Gem* and Disease.
Many curious stories of the healing
of blindness aud diseases by gems are
to be found in ancient works, and it is
said that the Emperor Theodosius was
cured of blindness by a stone of great
brilliancy which was laid on his eyes.
What this stone was history unfortu
nately does not say. The diamond,
ruby, emerald and opal were supposed
to warn the owner of danger by chang
ing color. Pliny says of the diamond
that it is not only an antidote to poi
son, but that it has the power to free
the mind from vain fears and to give
bravery. Worn in the ephod of the
high priest it determined innocence or
guilt and was used to detect accused
persons. This gem is dedicated to
April, and, worn by those born in that
month, is lucky.—Myerson’s Magazine.
There Is Plenty of Coal.
Every now and then some statistician
with too much liver utters figures show
ing that the world’s coal supply will
last only a few hundreds of years.
Make it many, many thousands. China
has coal to bum—4oo,ooo square miles
of coal fields, some say. Japan has
plenty more. Roumania has enough
for the Balkan states if ever they stop
burning powder and one another’s
houses. America’s bin will be full for
centuries on centuries. Great Britain
and Germany will not be coalless soon.
Let us worry about something else.—
Everybody’s Magazine.
Tennyson's Prediction.
Tennyson predicted the day of his
death. Just a year before his death
friends of the poet were visiting Aid
worth House. The late Lord Selborne
turned to Tennyson and remarked,
“You ought to be happy here.” “Ah,”
sighed the poet, “I have only a year
to live!” His hearers laughed at the
i remark, but it was a prophetic asser
tion that was verified to the minute.
A Girl’s Way.
Have you noticed that when a girl
| has short skirts she is always teasing
to have them lower, and the very day
she gets them lowered she starts to
hold them up?—Detroit Free Press.
Its Finish.
The Governess What happened
when the man killed the goose that laid
the golden egg, Margie? Little Margie
—Why, I guess his goose was cooked.
A man of Integrity will never listen
to any plea against conscience.—Tome.
Excursions.
Personally conducted excursion
to Los Angeles and Sau Francisco.
The Omaha will sell tickets for the
above at rate of SIBO.OO for return
trip to include sleeping car, fares,
meals en route in dinning cars and
dinning stations four davs at hotel
at Los Angeles and three days at
St* Francis Hotel in San Francisco.
This trip will route over North
western line to Omaha and from
Omaha to Denver over to Union
Pacific,thence D. & R. G. to Colora
do Springs to Salt Lake, thence San
Pedro. Los Angeles and Salt Lik
Ry. to Los Angeles’ Sothern Paci
fic to Santa Barbara, to Monterey
and San Francisco, returning via
Southern Pacific, Ogden and Union
Pacific. Various side trips have
been arranged aud will be in charge
of an experienced manager. The
trip is of twenty days duration and
includes a day at Denver and one
at Colorado Springs with visit to
Manitou and Garden of the Gods and
other points of interest.
Please call upon Omaha ticket
agent, M. O. Lincoln for further in
formation.
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A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the
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Course in English for the beginner.
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Pupil.
How to increase One’s Vocabulary.
The Art of Conversation.
Should and Would: How to U-e
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Pronunciations(Century Dictionary).
Correct English in the Home,
Correct English in the school.
What to Say and What not to Say.
Course in Letter-Writing and Punct
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Alphabetic list of Abbreviations,
Business English for the business
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Compound Words: How to Write
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Studies in English Literature.
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Countv Officers,
County Judge - - - - W. H. Irish
Municipal Judge - - - A. M. Warden
Municipal Judge, Second Municipal Court
_ K. Bauve
Spend • H. j. Ciulin
Clerk N. M. Oscar
Treasurer ..... John Froseth
Register of Deeds - - Nels Myhre
Clerk of Circuit Court - - F. A.‘Bell
District Attorney- - Chas. F. Morris
Superintendent ofchools - Miss J. Smith
Coroner - H. G. Me men
Surveyor - - - Hugo Nelsons
City Officers.
Mayor - \V r . fl. 4 Irish
Treasurer - . . Nels Lee
Clerk - - - - R. A. Hering
Assessor - . . L. H. Lieu
Chief of Police - - , - O. Wescott
School Boards,
L. M, Clausen president: K. A, Hering
■secretary; E. E. Kenfield, vice-president
Washburn Public Library Board.
N. N. Oscar, president! W. H. Irish,
vice-president, C. O. Sowder, secretary; W.
H. Irish, Charles Peterson, Mrs. Wrn. O’Neil,
D. E. Cameron, E. Biyan, Mrs. James A.
Sheridan,
CHURCHES.
NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN
REV. o. E. BORDAHL.
Services every Sunday at lu:30 a. m. and
7:30 p.m. Suuday School at 12 iOO a Prayer
Service every Thursday at 8:80 p. m
SWEDISH LUTHERAN,
Services every other Sunday. Pastor’s
residence Cor. Pine Street and Seventh Ave.
West.
ST.JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rev. G. La Pea Smith,|Vicar.
First Sunday in the month; Mornin°-
prayer Litary and Sermon at 10:30 a. m”.
Other Sundays; Evening prayer and Ser
mon at 7:30 p. m. Sunday School every Sun
day afternoon at 3:15.
ROMAN CATHOLIC
HEV. FATHER ULRIC PETRI
first Mass Ba. m.; Hign Mass, 10:30 a. m.
Baptism, 2p. m.; Instructions, 2:30 p.m.;
Vespers, p. m.
Friday 7.3 J p. m. Stations and benediction.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
REV. BUOENE COOK.
West Fifth street. Services every Sunday
at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sabbath School
at 12:00 n. Epworth League at 6:30 p. m.
All are invited.
GERMAN EV. LUTHERAN.
Services will be held at 10:00 a. m. except
last Sunday of the month. Sunday School
every Sunday at 11:00, O. Gutekunst.
Pastor.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
J. R Weise. * ast r
Services every. Sunday at 10:45 a. m. and
7:30 p.m. Sabbath School at 12 m. Christ
ian Endeavor service at 6:30 p. m. All are
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