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Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-08-27

The housewife finds herself constant.
ly submitting her purchases to this
test. Her broad experience develops
her senses Of taste and smell TO
high degree. and her Discrimination is
often sharper and more accurate than
she herself realizes. The manufac.
tGTer who has developed his natural
senses most highly appreciates best
the assistance or collaboration OF the
chemist, who can often come to his
relief when his own powers do not
aySil. So the housewife, by a few
simple chemical tests. can broaden her
field Of vision and detect many i'm.
purities that are not evident to the
senses
DETECTION OF SALICYLIc ACID.
The determination OF salicylic acid
can best be made with liquids. Solid
and semi.solid foods, such as Jelly,
should be dissolved, when soluble. in
sufficient water to make them thlnly
liquid. Foods containing insoluble
matter, such as jam, marmalade and
sausage, may be macerated with wa.
ter and strained through a piece OF
white cotton cloth. The maceration
may be performed by rubbing in
teacup or other convenient vessel with
heavy spoon.
Salicylic acid is used for preserving
/ fruit products Of all kinds. including
beverages, It is frequently sold by
drug stores as fruit acid. Preserving
powders consisting entirely Of sail.
cylic acid are often carried from house
10 house by agents. 1t may be detect.
ed as follows:
Between two and three ounces OF
the liquid obtained from the fruit
products, as described above, are
placed in narrow bottle holding Ave
ounces, about quarter OF teaspoon.
ful OF cream Of tartar Tor, better, a
few drops Of sulphuric acid) Is added.
the mixture shaken for two or three
minutes, and filtered into a second
small bottle. Three or four table.
spoonfuls Of chloroform are added TO
the clear liquid in the second bottle
and the liquids mixed by somewhat
vigorous rotary motion, poured into
an ordinary glass tumbler and allowed
10 stand Til the chloroform settles out
in the bottom. Shaking is avoided. as
It causes an emulsion which is difficult
TO break up. AS much as possible Of
the chloroform layer (which now con.
taiRs the salicylic acid is removed
without any admixture of the aque.
GUS liquid by means OF medicine
dropper and placed in a test tube or
small bottle with about an equal
amount Of water and small fragment
"a little larger than a pinhead-of
iron alum. The mixture Is thoroughly
shaken and allowed TO stand till the
chloroform again settles to ,the bot.
tom. The presence Of salicylic acid
is then indicated by the purple color
Of the upper layer Of liquid.
DETECTION OF BENZoIC ACID.
BenZoic acid also Is used for pre-.
serving fruit products. Extract the
sample with chloroform as in the case
Of salicylic acid; remove the chloro.
form layer and place II in a white
saucer, OF. better, in a plain glass
dish. Set a basin Of water-as warm
as the hand can bear-on the outside
window ledge and place the dish con-
tanning the chlOroform extract in II,
closing the window until the chloro'
form has completely evaporated IN
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-08-27
DETECTING BoRIc ACID.

ish black. II too much hydrochloric
acid is usea the turmerlc paper may
take on a brownish red color even 10
the absence OF horlc acid In this
case, however, ammonia changes the
color to brown just as. 1t does turmeric
paper which has not been dipped into
the acid solution.
DETECTION OF FoRMALDEHYDE
Formaldehyde is the substance most
commonly used for preserving milk
and Is rarely, II ever, added TO any
other food. Its use is inexcusable and
especially Objectionable In milk served
to infants and invallds
To detect formaldehyde in milk
three or four tablespoonfuls of the
sample are placed in a teacup with at
least an equal amount Of strong hydro.
chloric acid and a piece Of ierric alum
about as large as q pinhead, the
liquids being mixed by gentle rotary
motion. The cup Is then placed in a
vessel Of boiling water, no further
heat being applied and left for Ave
minutes. At the end Of this time, II
formaldehyde be present, the mixture
will be distinctly purple. II too much
heat is applied. a muddy appearance lie
impaired TO the contents Of the cup.
Caution.-Great care must be exercised
IN working with hydrochloric acid, az II
IL strongly corrosive. II must not come
in contact with the fiesh or clothes OF ,he
operator Sor with any metallic vessels
and must be greatly diluted with wa.ef
before Il 10 poured into che sink.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-08-27

I. ACTOks.'
I've stood him on by telling him tina,
| thought sardou could fit him better
Every day he drives up to my ranch
in hanson to find out II Sardou has
cabled yet
I've just punched out a parcel OF
paragraphs which ! shall turn in to
Tommy.
think II will DO him good.
MY Dear Tommy: have al last
secured a play for you
THE author wanted $4,000 for 4,
but we compromised He took So
cents in cash. and promised him the
rest.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-08-27

At the meeting Of the Wisconsin
Society Of Sons Of the American Rev
olution in Milwaukee a few days ago
Neal Brown, Of Wausau, was one Of
the speakers. In the course Of his
humorous remarks he rather ruined
the feathers Of some Of his hearers
by declaring that the Msyaower must
have been loaded down with furnl.
ture; that nearly every household in
the 9oGntry contained q relic in the
shape OF q chair or q table that came
70 the country in that old historical
ship, while nearly every American
citizen traced his ancestry back to the
passengers or crew or TO men who
who Taught in the revolutionary army.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-08-27

and the stakeholder is ladling out the
gate money.
Tommy has an ldeathat Il would be
like finding money to dramatiEe Mai.
Ponds "Eccentriclties OF Genius" and
let him play all the people from Ann
Eliza Young to Bill Nye.
Tommy has been after me 70 se,
Dave BslascO 10 write him q plAv. 6uI
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-08-27
SIMPLE TESTS FOR CERTAIN FORMS
OF FOOD ADUlTERATION.

The Housewife moy Determine the Purity Of Various Articles
Dcommon Uss-corefully Observe PreeoutioDs Given.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-06
DEhHoFF VOICE

w. II. Rohrer, wife and two
sons, arrived from Atlanta, ILL.,, on
Friday last and will make Denhof[
their home. Mr.. Rohrer is a jewel
er and matchmaker, and will make
Goodrich, McC Clusky and Merer on
different dates, at which places he
will solicit business in his line.
Atty. Grethen and wife have
moved into the house recently va
Gated BY Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Will
kinson.
Mrs. II. Gray is spending this
week visitine her brother, Will
Hazelgrove. who lives south Of
Goodrich.
Otis Boody, Of Eldora, Iowa, will
start for Denhoff, soon after Easter
and will be employed at the Dem
hof Voice.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-06
Mclean Co. independent.

Charles Stanley and Herbert
O'Hare have been busy this week
moving up from the ranch. Their
families will come in tomorrow.
.Loui Bale and Miss Sanderson
Of Minneapolis were married at
Underwood Saturday. The Misses
Matte and Anna Bale and Messers
III. E.Dale and Geo Robinson at
tended from here.
Mrs. O'Hare returned from Bis
marck Monday where she has been
making an extended visit with her
parents.
Pastor Mowry is building resi-
dence and is expecting his family
and car of goods the last of the
week.
Nels Mikkelson returned Tues
day from Denmark where he went
last fall to spend the winter.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-06
Turtle Lake wave.

Wednesday, the water tank fol-
lowing the snow plow jumped the
track below Denhof and delayed
traffic few days.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. G. O. Mel
son of Wiprud, on Saturday, Mar.
"a, ten pound boy.
w. V. esarrived Friday from
Goldfeld, Iowa, and assumed his
station as assistant in the Wave
office.
Albert and Sarah Stevenson and
Pearl Darling returned Fri, from
Wasioga, Mimi, where they have
been visiting the past few months.
They will probably do some farm
ing on their claims this summer.
Fred Dodd started for S. D. last
week with 78 head of horses which
he intended to sell at his place.
At Bowdle, S. d., he unloaded the
bunch to sell a few. During the
night. as we hear it, some one let
them all out and at present he has
been unable to find but 9 head.
John E. William, law student of
Grand Forks University, is spend
ing a weeks vacation with his part
ner, Fred L. Larson Of this place.
He will finish his course in June
and then locate for business here
at Turtle Lake. Mr.. Williams is a
great foot ball player and holds the
position of captain of the Grand
Forks University team.
Henry Delger spent the first
of the week visiting relatives near
Boden. His brother Charley, has
a new Reeves breaking outfit and
will break some twelve hundred
acres near Jamestown this spring
He expects to keep the machine
going both day and night.
Karl Klein and A. T.. Allshouse
of Washburn were in town Thurs
day afternoon discussing telephone
with our business men. The Wash
burn Telephone Co. intends put
ting in a line to Goodrich; through
Turtle Lake. It is now up to the
people along the route to organize
and tap the line with a local sys-
tenn.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-06
cronna Introduces 1lll to
Protect Depooltor8.

Washington, March I. Con-
gressman Gronna has introduced a
bill to protect the depositors. in
national and state banks reported
to the comptroller Of the currency
from individual loss. The bill
provides that by virtue Of the
banking laws. United States ma
tional banks shall pay to the comp
troller l per cent of the capital
stock and surplus for the purpose
Of creating fund in trust Of the
comptroller to be used to protect
the individual depositor from loss
ofhis deposit in event Of the banks
failure. It is Gronna's idea that
such a bill would tend to restore
confdsnce 3 II s and J !. put money q, sinssthe m / The
banks whic Sisnow il safetyade-
post vaults, secret money chests
and stockings, and would have q
tendency to increase circulation.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-06
WILTON NEWS.

Charles Anderson who has been
confined to his bed with sickness
during the past three weeks is now
able to be around again.
The stork visited the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hit at the
Washburn farm last Friday and
left a fine six pound girl.
John Sundquist received a tele-
gram from Iowa last Friday an.
nouncing that his mother was un-
dergoing an operation and was not
expected to live. He boarded the
first train and went as far as Bis
marck, where he received another
message stating that she was out
of danger. He then returned to
Wilton Saturday.
At the sale of Mclean county
school lands held in Washburn to-
day the southwest quarter of sec
tion 36, just east of town, was sold
to John r. Larson for 1922 per
acre. r. O. illness and j. F..
Dahlgren bought the northeast
quarter Of the same section, at the
price of Sill per acre.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-06
Examine Your Cattle.

A stutsman county farmer writes
as follows:
Now is the time to kill the grub
which is lodged under the skin on
your cattle. Run your hand along
each side Of the spine of the ami
NAL and you can easily feel the
Jumps or tumorsif there are any.
These warbles are slairs Of the
larvae Of the OK xgad-ay. They can
be easily squeezed or picked out,
or apply a little turpentine in the
opening in the warble and this will
prevent the development Of a fly.
Every farmer and stock owner
should do his duty in this, The
CAD ayadoess mt MT travel far; 40 il
this plan were generally carried
Iout the hy would be extermin mated;
Sgss 4 li.s y - Y ss'
Threshlng Machines Insured in
ilod line Insurance Companies.
see OF write e. E. Funk, 1st. Natl
Bank, Washburn, n. D.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-06
School Notes.

Miss Rose Little has been teach
ing a term of school in the south
ern part of Roosevelt district. Miss
Little is highly qualified as q
teachersand does excellent work.
A directors meeting was held at
Garrison on March 80, and nearly
all the districts who had been
called upon sent school officers
there. The meeting was unani-
mously in favor of securing text
book and library-book records and
of having manuals for clerks and
treasurers drawn up and printed.
Miss Jane McGinnes has been
teaching a successful school in the
Roosevelt district.
The spring schools in Hackett
district were opened April2
Roseglen district is to build two
new school houses the coming
summer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-06

The politicians who are strain
ing themselves to placea candidate
in the field against Gov. Sarles are
looking to very unsafe and un-
sound means to aggrandize their
peculiar spirit of political dema-
gogism. Gov. Sarles has given the
state good administration, and
there is little cause for faultfnding
on the part Of those who appreci-
ate ability, sincerity and fairness
in chief executive. Ifthe COVER
nor has failed to minister to the
personal ambitions Of petty dis
gruntled politicians, who consider
themselves worthy Of more especi-
al mention than the interests of the
state as a whole, the governor is to
be commended for his wise action.
Cavalier Chronicle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-06

Over the state, the feeling seems
to prevail that whatever changes
and improvements in conditions
come, must be through the instru-
mentality Of the republican party.
Side shows cannot bring these
things To pass. Forum.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-06
MCLEAN COUNTY GAZETTE.

Miss Bertha Fisher, of Indiana,
arrived this week and will begin
teaching in the Oliver school
house April LIST. Miss Fisher has
graduated from several schools in
Indiana and holds good recommen-
dations as teacher.
Mr.. BurtoA of Saltwater, MINI,
arrived last Tuesday to look over
Mclean couaty with view Of To-
eating. We acknowledge pleas
ant call, and assured the gentle
man that in locating here he was
certainly 'hitching his wagon to a
lucky star. =
Miss Mae Washburn arrived
Sunday evening to take charge of
the McClusky school. Miss Wash
burn has taught several successful
terms of school in Nebraska and
comes well recommended, she has
also taken a course at one of the
Fargo colleges and the parents as
we'll as the children can congratu-
late themselves on the good luck
of getting so capable a teacher for
the school.
.S North Dakota - q wonderful
state the fertility of its soil is as
founding the Standard Of its
population in energy and intelli-
gence, is unexcelle ed and the op-
portunities offered here to the new
comer ara Without Ia. parallel. NIT
i no Yondsr tIat thsssl d ross
ing. and that its develo lopment is
more rapid than even those best
acquainted With its vantages,s be-
lieved possibl ble. Fargo Forum.
~
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-06
TWO BROTHERS MEET DEATH.
Overcome by Gas III Well North Of
Garrison.

Overcome by Gas Ii We'll North Of
Garrison.
On last Saturday at 8 o'clock in
the morning Nicholas Zenz, aged
"a years, and John Zenz, aged 2l
years, sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Zenz, who reside fourteen miles
northeast of Garrison, lost their
lives in we'll, being overcome by
gas.
The boys for some time had
been operating a we'll machine in
their home neighborhood and were
engaged at this time in putting
down we'll on their fathers farm.
Everything had gone nicely until
they reached the depth Of eighty
feet, when they struck coal which
gave them considerable trouble.
Several times on Friday they were
compelled to go into the hole, but
there were no signs of gas. Dur
ing Friday night it must have
formed and on the fatal morning
things did not work right so
Nicholas decided togo down. A
windless was used and when down
about sixty feet the rope suddenly
became slack and John realized
that something had gone wrong.
He called to his brother but re-
ceived no reply. Instantly, and
certainly without thinking, he
seized the rope and started to slide
down it to rescue his brother who
was undoubted dead in the bottom
of the we'll by this time. A young
er brother says John had only gone
down short distance when the
rope again slackened, VIII ic h
showed that he had been precipi-
tated to the. bottom of the we'll.
The younger brother at once Sc
cured help. Owing to the pres
ence of the gas it was found neces-
sary to use hooks to bring the life
less bodies to surface and this re-
quired fully four hours.
The coroner was notified and he
appointed DR.. Ray to look after
the case as acting coroner, and the
above facts were secured from him.
Upon testing the we'll, by letting
down a lighted lantern, the doctor
found that the light would be ex-
tinguished within three feet of the
top, thus providing that the hole
was entirely filled with the deadly
fumes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zenz and family
are new comers to our country,
having removed here from Bel
grade, Minnesota, only last Octo-
Der and are not widely acquainted.
Several members of the family had
taken homesteads, including the
decedents, and all had started out
in an industrious manner to make
themselves homes.
Funeral services were held at
the home Monday and interment
took place on one Of the claims
northeast Of town. The bereaved
family had the sympathy Of the
community in their sad affection
but will only find comfort when
they fully realize that God knows
best. Garrison Times.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-06
County correspondence.

Items Of Interest from Special Corr
respondents and from the Various
Newspapers of Mclean County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-11
nY MAGARET 10. sANGsTER.

tCopyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
 Penelope came in with frown on her brow. Her pretty race was puck eredA Her mouth dropped at the cor. Icing in a very had temper, Penelope lis one of rqy greatest favorites. and l was sorry to see that with her the wind was in the east ''What on sarth
 has gone wrong, my deary l said, anxiously. With whom are you vex- , cd, and why are you out of sortss Have you lost your purse, or your place in the class, or fallen out with your chum, or are you convinced that you never will conquer irregular verbs. or
 what is the matter?"
 The matter" said Penelope, lis my monthly report am awfully dis turbed about it, and ashamed to show 1t at home. and l am angry at MISS --. who might have made 1t a great deal better if only she had chosen, but am not one of her pets. l have had good marks in French and in astron- omy, in algebra and geometry, some days, anyway, if not every day, and | here am marked B and c and C minus and ! have not single A in the whole month. My teacher handed me this very reprovingly, and said that such | report was as great moruhcation I to her as it could possibly be to me ! and she trusted would do better another month. apd not have to take
 such record home again,
 Possibly, Penelope she said, you
 are graded too high and would better
 drop some of your work and fall back into a lower class. Do you wonder, stormed Penelope. that I am turious2 | Who wouldn't beT
 i T hardly see, dear unild." l answer
 ed why you should be furious. as
 you cali it, although I think your un- | lz. &-n tAA fsrhf
 be indignant. What is the reason that you have done so badly? The work Is
 not too much for you, your health is perfect, and you ought to be at the head o- your class, bringing home re- rorts sprinkled all over with As, like
 stars in the sky or daisies in meadow
 tn June, You must be shockingiy care-
 less, or you would get on in school as we'll as anyone else, Where IS the loose plank? Something is wrong in your
 way of working. If we could find out | just what it is and where t Is we
 might mend 1t. Don't you think so?"
 You are very cross" said Penelope,
 "and not a single bit synpathetic, and | I wish I hadn't come. But maybe I might get on. as you call it. a little
 better if .t wasn't Eucn hard work to
 start in the morning. I am so sleepy that cannot wake up when I am called: then have to scramble
 through dressing and breakfast and fairly fly to reach school in time. Very
 often when there I find that I have | forgotten $ book that l need, or my
 pads &nd pencils, and I am so upset 1 that it takes me almost an hour to l. feel quiet and composed. My day sone-
 how runs off the track every morning
 and does not get back until the af- ternoon %"
 By this time Penelupe's scowi had
 vanished and she dimpied and biushed
 and finally laughed, f1ke the sweet good tempered girl she IS.
 'sYou dear" I said. You have put your fingers right on the weak spot
 Your whole trouble comes from not be- e:nnig the day aright"
 =
 So many schoolgirls have exactly the
 same trouble that I wonder very much
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-11
NOTIONS ON BANKING BREAD.
superstitIOns Prevail In Different PartI

or France
 There are some curious supeFstir tioffs about baking bread in the course of religious seasons which seem so easy to prove fallacio that one has difficulty in understanding whey they are still believed. One would think that some day a mistake would occur and the discovery be made that there was no force in them.
 Probably, owing to the constitution of the believers, the failure of the ex- Lected result would be asqribed to some supernatural cause hathen than the real one and the belief would be con- tinued. Most of these expectations are found in France the greatest bread eating country on the globe.
 For instance, in upper Brittany bread baked on Good Friday, 1t is de- clared. becomes black.
 In charante 1t Is heid that. he who eats of bread baked on All Souls day will become diseased. The flames will burst out of the oven m ones face if bread is baked on the feast of St. Nicholas, say the good people at Aubs, so 1t is not dope. In Burgundy the people believe that If bread is baked in the course of Rogation week all break baked during the remainder of the year will turn moidy. The in- habitants of the Black mountains be- Iieve the same thing. The Siciilans . refuse to bake on Good Friday, be- cause they fear that in some manner they will burn the Savior.
 The beliefs which other Europeans used to have in early times demon- strate how illogical is all this super stitlon.
 These used to think that bread balS. ed on Good Friday wouldnotGrov Enoldy and the hot cross bun was in- cluded in this belief. Some one has sbrewdly suggested that the spice pre-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-11

the skin or insignificant hurt of any character will become a sore that refuses to heal, and remains for years, eating into the surrounding flesh, resist ing treatment and sometimes terminating in Cancer.
 The poison in the blood may be the remains of some constitutional disease, the ef- fects of a long spell of sickness leaving disease germs in the system, or the absorption of refuse matters of the body which have not been properly expelled through the channels of bodily waste. But whatever the cause the vitality and pur- ity of the blood is so weakened
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-11

style. Nevertheless. in her chosen line she is a lofty parsonage, and to her as is meet and right, the daughters of our millionaires will turn, the wives of our city magnates look, and ehe brides of the coming season, if their fathers have long purses, will accept her dictum as to their trouseaus.
 When a bride centers upon herself the adniring attention of a nation, when the rich brocade for her wed- ding gown is woven as if she were q queen, on an exclusive loom, by an exclusive pattern, never to be repro dueed, 1t is in the order of things that her finery shall emerge from the hands of some dFessmakeP of renown.
 Such artistes. the fashionable dress makers of the period. have their dis tinctive place at the top of the trade.