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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

a circular manager from which cattle
may feed from either side The CEN
ter of the barn is utilized for vast
bins to store feed and here also a feed
grinder has been installed.
The wall second story of the barn
is 20 feet high, and from this the dome
roof is built which rises another 80
feet, on top Of which is a 15-foot
cupola, making the barn in all "A feet
high. An air shaft 10 feet square runs
from the ground to the cupola, giving
splendid ventilation on the ground
floor and the proper airing to the hay
stored in the immense loft. The barn
is @ ntireiy covered with sheathing
and outside this galvanized corrugated
iron. The structure is surmounted by
monument to Mr.. Cottrell's endeav-
ors-a metal Hereford-for Mr.. Cot
trell is engaged in raising thorough
bred Hereford cattle on his 800-acre
ranch. His herd now numbers 155
head of which 100 are cows. However,
the full capacity of his immense new
barn is 800 head of cattle, and the
high loft will hold 500 tons of hay
and the grain bins 10000 bushels.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16
A VISION IN SEPTEMBER.

Today, as by a magic wand
A breeze is waited from the years
Of long ago and from beyond
The city as it disappears.
On far horizons softly lean
The hills against the coming night,
And mantled with q russell green
The orchards gather into sight;
AS through the apples, high and low,
In ruddy colors deeply spread
From core to rind, the sun meltS slow,
With gold upcaught across the red.
And here and there, with signs and calls
Among the hills an echo rings
Remotely as the water falls
And down the meadow softly sings.
A wind goes by; the air is stirred
With secret whispers far and near:
Another token-just a word
Had made the roses meaning clear.
/ see the fields; l catch the scent
OF odors from the fresh split wood,
Where bearded moss and stains are blent
With autumn rains, and all is good.
An air arising turns and lifts
The fallen leaves where they had lain
Beneath the trees, then weakly shifts
And slowly settles back again.
While with far shouts. now homewart
bound,
Across the fields the reapers go;
And with the darkness, closing round,
The lilies of the twilight blow.
William Griffith in Hampton's Magazine
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16
4fRSyNAElE& HlAY7B0}ZiMi HOME

The "hay-box" is not new; it is
used and has been for many years in
Norway and Sweden, and the troops Of
our own army are fed on food prepared
In fireless cookers, says writer in the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat. But it
would take much space and not be in
tensely interesting reading to go back
to the inception of this contrivance;
the main point is whether such an
article can be put together and used
with any degree of satisfaction by the
housewife anywhere.
There is no use telling how food is
prepared for thousands of soldiers, or
Of how some clever men have succeed
ed In patenting various metallic boxes.
fitted up with divers and sundry con-
venient cans and things in which to
place meat, vegetables, soups, desserts
anything for dinner that woman
may want.
To have a homemade hay-box
woman must first get a good. strong
box, rather large than small, and one
that can have a cover closely fitted,
with hinges and hooks that will hold
1t down tight. Because the very sim
pie secret of such cooker is Its fac
ulty, so to call 1t, of retaining heat;
this is the means by which the cooking
is done. In order to retain the heat
with which the cooking process has
been begun, this box must be packed
just as tightly as possible with hay
or excelsior; this. in turn, is covered
with heavy wrapping paper, which is
either nailed or pasted all around the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16
EDUCATING GIRLS OF INDIA.
Prejudice Against Instruction of Women
Disappearing in India.

According to the director of public in
struction in the Punjab the education of
women in that province is, on the whole,
making satisfactory progress, says the
Westminster Gazette. In most of the
large towns a very considerable proper
ton of Hindoo little girls are taught to
read and write their mother tongue. Mo-
hammedan education has greater diff
culties to contend with since Urdu,
which is taught in Mohammedan schools,
is neither their mother tongue nor the
language of their religious books.
The prejudice against female educa--
ton is said to be lessening and the chlef
obstacles to progress are. the lack OF
qualified teachers and the fact that most
of the schools are accommodates I'D
rented houses, which are ill-yentilated.
added to which the facilities Tor physical
EXERCISE is nil
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

edges. Directly in the center OF the
box, or there may be one on each side,
there is left a hole, with hay at the
bottom, also covered with the heavy
paper, in which a vessel will fit.
There may be one, two or three of
these holes" but each must be the
size of some vessel that is to be used
in it and each must have the bottom
well packed and the paper over it..
The box should either be. entirely
without cracks on the outside or 1t
must be also covered with the heavy
paper to keep out the air. The inside
of the cover must also be padded with
hay, and when hooked down 1t should
be absolutely air-proof.
Suppose you have pot roast with
vegetables; you first scar the meat, as
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

usual, in fat; put it into the kettle
that is to set in the hole in the box,
then you brown whatever vegetables
you wish to serve with it, and add
them to the meat; then you fill the
kettle to cover its contents with cold
water, set 1t on the flame Of a gas,
gasoline, coal oil or any stove, and
bring it to boil; let 1t boil for TWEEN
ty minutes; have the box handily near,
lift the kettle, which should have a
cover fitting as closely as possible, and
set it quickly in the box; close and
hook down the cover and possess your
soul with patience for the next four
hours; when you open the box and lift
out the kettle, II the thing has been
rightly done, your dinner will be also
done and delicious.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16
Denatured Alcohol.

The dismissal of several revenue
agents and inspectors from the govern
ment service calls attention to the fact
that the law providing for the manufac-
ture and sale of denatured alcohol has
been a great disappointment. The rea-
son for the failure of the denatured alco-
hol industry in this country is not diff
cult to find. American farmers have
made such large profits from the grow
ing of their staple crops that they have
had no time, and less inclination, to
bother with the manufacture of alcohol
as side issue IN the countries of Eu-
rope, where profits are smaller and the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

Spoiled your weekend rather said
George.
-"Oh, no, I've had a perfectly ripping
time" l protested.
"Still, if it had kept fine You
know, in the country one does want
Must you 90 early tomorrow" said
Murie.
Pm afraid 500
"Well, you must come again, that's
ALL" said Mrs George kindly.
'And come when it's fne,' said
George, "and get little country air
and exercise Do you all the good in
the world. Punch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

The story from Kaukauna that the
cray6sh in the river there are compelled
10 leave the water to get air because of
the poisonous matter that is discharged
into the stream by industrial establish
nents indicates that there will be task
for the health officials in that direction
when the movement for the publication
of streams strikes Wisconsin and COM
pels action in tx interest of the public
health. Eventually, no industrial es-
Establishment which discharges poisonous
waste through its drains will be per-
mitted TO run its drainage systems to
river or lake. but all will be compelled
10 put in chemical disposal systems.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16
Used by Our Best.

Forget it-cast it away."-Haw-
thornes Marble Faun."
''She was a respectable old guy
Thackeray's VANITY Fair
Its sure thing. "-Goldsmith's "She
Stops to Conquer"
Twenty three. Dickens ''Tale of
Two Cities"
Gave Hector a gift-a gilt nutmeg
lemon. "-Shakespeare's Loves Labor
Lost"
'Cut in and win -Thackeray's Van
ity Fair"
Gone 70 the wall. -Bunyan's "Pil-
grim's Progress"
Nothing doing Addison's Let
ters.''
Make good Deuteronomy, which is
a book in the Bible.-Puck.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

utilization of every product to its full
extent is necessary to secure a proper
return from farming, the manufacture
of alcohol for use in the arts and indus
tries has proved remunerative. Some of
these days probably it will prove worth
while in this country, but certainly not
while wheat is bringing more than ST
bushel and other grains are correspond
ingly high.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

The story from Washington that a
British royal commission has reversed
DIR. Wiley in arriving at decision as
20 what constitutes genuine whisky is
worthy of note because of the fact that
there are expert testers not only in Eng
land but also in Scotland and in Ireland.
There is no denying the fact that many
residents of these countries know where
of they speak when they express their
opion on the subject of, whisky.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16
rhe part mat NEVER Changes.

aWhat a very affecting piece, my
dear" remarked the husband as they re-
turned from the suburban theater the
ether night. IT suppose there wasn't
q dry eve in the house."
81 observed. however" said the wife,
@that there seemed to be the usual num-
Der of dry threats. "-Tit-Bjts
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16
wASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers

The burning of the Illinois river packet
Fred Swain, while her heroic engineer
held her ''agin the bank" until the pas
sengers could get ashore, recalls similar
incidents of the palmy days of steam
boating on the Ohio, Mississippi and
Missouri river
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

The president of the University of
California has established a rigid censor
ship OF news relating to the university.
Whether the enterprise of special CORE
spondents among the students or a desire
9pr self-adyertising on the part of GER
tain members of the faculty is most to
blame. may be in doubt; but that a great
deal OF sensational stuff is printed con-
-eerning universities, which would better
,disputing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

Galveston reports that a scourge of a.
new species OF giant mosquitoes has
swept over the Gulf coast, causing great
distress among laborers, who on account
OF the heat cannot wear clothing thick
enough to protect them from the big
borers. Cattle stand neck deep in wa
ter and refuse to come out to eat Even
an Galveston island, with stiff breezes
blowing. it has been found necessary to
use tons of oil to drive away the large
mosquitoes. New Jersey is in danger of
losing her prominence as a mosquito
center through this invasion, but she is
doubtless willing that Galveston shall get
all the credit she can.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

doctor had prescribed medicine which
he wanted me to take four times in the
night. l said I was afraid l should not
wake up at the proper time.
"'Oh, I'll fix that for you all right,
said he. I will instruct the telephone
company to call you at 10, II, 2 and 4
o'clock and to keep on ringing till you
answer 1t is very simple
apparently it was. He gave his in
structions, the girl called me at the speci-
fed hours, I took my medicine and so
a new use for the telephone was born 2
New York Sum-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16
The Real Tune.

"They say everything in life is at
tuned to certain keys. What keys are
the slippery places In life turned tor
81 guess they are see sharp or be
baltimore American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

The project of southern women to
raise a million dollars in the name OF
Susan B. Anthony and to erect a monu-
aaent in her honor shows enthusiasm
for her and for the cause of woman suf-
frage to which she devoted her life.
Could her advice be secured on the pres
ent project, she would say, Concentrate
every effort toward the attainment OF
suffrage, and let the erection of my
monument wait till that is gained.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

Harriman's stock control represents
sotal of more than $400,OOO,OOO. No
wonder that his health is a subject OF
concern. But it need not be supposed
that the bottom will drop out of Amer
lean prosperity if Mr.. Hartman loses
the power to continue his very efficient
work in the railway world.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

east of Irving, Ark, is said to be the
largest barn in Kansas. 1t is round,
100 feet in diameter, the first story
being built of stone with walls nine
feet high. This is used as the stable.
Sixteen feet inside of the wall is built
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16
KANSAS BIG BARN.

Houses soc Cattle, 500 Toms OF Hay,
10000 Bushels of Grain. "a
The big round barn on Fred r. Cot
trell's ranch. short distance north
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

1t seems that opinions differ greatly.
To me there LIS no reason why young
men can not take up the work. II
1t happens that there will be no at
tendance under their charge, then it
proves, to some extent, that the real
spiritual work can not be accom-
plished."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

Dirty milk or milk that is the least
bit sour will often throw a child into
a fever. Commissions are not uncom-
mon with delicate children whose
milk has not been as it should be. A
little carelessDess or a little delay
may mean a house robbed of its sum
shine and the little voice that for a
few short months only was there to
cheer 1t. The only way, according to
sanitary modes of thinking, to be
sure that the milk Is in the right con-
dition for the baby, is to pasteurize
it. This can be done at home. The
method is simple one.
The bottle of milk that is to be pas
teurized should be placed in can of
water, the water extending about one
third of the way up the bottle, the
top of which should be either entirely
OF or else lose. Then the water in
the can should be brought to a boil.
AS soon as the bubbles begin to arise
the can of water with the bottle In
it should be taken from the stove, the
top of the bottle put on tightly, and
the milk and water allowed to cool in
the same position in which they were
on the stove. When cool the milk
should be placed on the ice ready for
use.
The cry of tenement mothers that
they cannot afford ice and that they
have no ice box has been answered.
the Chicago Tribune says, by the
health department, the members of
which have designed an .icebox which
can be made for practically nothing
and operated for less than cents a
day. a'
Secure an ordinary wooden box, 10
by Is inches, with depth Of 1115
inches run their instructions, This
may be gotten from the grocer. In
the bottom of the box place sub
stantial layer Of sawdust. On this set
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16
Some Observations.

Some Observations
The arrival of the ball button in gilt.
The disappearance in Paris of white.
A general tendency toward a creamy
shade which the French call bis
On some of the hats, little pink roses,
covered with puffs of white maline.
A strong contrast between the upper
and the under part of the hat.
That band of dark mousseline re-
places the neck ruche above the collar
Some shoe buckles that are the color
of the dress.
That the Arabian burnous cloak is a
late favorite i'll France.
Actual artificial flowers worked into
the tissue of the gown.-Washingto
Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16
BoastfuI Papa.

Stranger dining at the club)-That Mr..
Jones / just met doesn't seem to be very
popular among the members.
Hest-No; his baby boy is beginning
10 say bright things.-Harper's Bazar.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

And a man can see beauty in the
homeliest woman who makes him be-
lieve that she considers him smart.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16
New Use for Telephone.

81 wasn't sick enough to need a nurse
said the woman who lives alone, 'yet /
was in something of predicament. The
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

The partial destruction by fire at Liv-
erpool of the Cunard liner Lucania was
an example of the main danger of big
ships which are secure against ordinary
sea dangers, excepting collision, which
is inseparable from navigation during
fogs. The aim of the builders of big
passenger steamers must hereafter be in
the direction of fire-proofng. The latest
palatial steamers on the Hudson river
are fine examples of work of the non
ecmbustible type.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

The discovery of dynamite cartridges
in the coal in the bunkers of the British
,battlesh:ps Lord Nelson and Victorious
may be the result of carelessness at the
mines, where men get reckless through
familiarity with danger in the handling
Of explosives, but the fact that cartridges
were found in two ships is certainly sus-
picious. The incident will doubtless put
naval officers everywhere on the alert,
and cause them to maintain rigid inspec-
1iea OF the fuel that is taken ON board
at coaling stations. The destruction Of
a battleship would be certain were a
heavy charge of dynamite exploded in
The fire hold.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

tin pail or can inches in diameter
and high enough to hold quart bottle
sof milk. Care should be taken that
the pail rests on the sawdust-not on
the wood bottom of the box. Around
the pail place a cylinder of tin lit
tie larger than the pail; then pack
sawdust around the cylinder-not be-
tween pail and cylinder-up to the
top Of the cylinder. On the cover of
the box nail about fifty layers of
newspaper. Set the milk bottle in
the pail and pack broken Ice around
the bottle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

The thirty representatives of the jap
Anese Chamber of Commerce who are
coming to this country next month are
10 be entertained under the auspices
of the Department of Commerce and
Labor, which has appointed James J..
Hill. chairman of the board of directors
of the Northern Pacific railroad, to serve
as a government commissioner to enter
tain the visitors. There is no hesitancy
ON the part Of transcontinental railway
magnates in regard to the welcoming of
the Japanese, who are among the coun-
1ry's patrons Of the future, in the Far
East.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

The announcement from Norway that
an electrician of that country has de-
yised a storage battery which solves the
problem that Thomas A. Edison has
been attacking assiduously for some
years past may compel, Mr.. Edison TO
bring out the battery whose invention he
announced a short time ago. Inventive
genius is working along the same lines,
and it would not be surprising were the
storage battery to come out with sew
eral promoters, as did the telephone.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

The system of efficiency tests which
Secretary Nagel set going in the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, is now at
work in the Treasury Department, Sec
retary MacVesgh being a business man
with business mans adherence of a
lot of employees standing about or get
ting in each others way, and keeping
their eyes upon the clock instead of be-
ing occupied at their work. When he
returns from his summer home he will
be furnished data that will enable him to
dc great deal of advantageous wedding
ont. This is one way of saving public
mOney-and a good one.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

Advertise in this paper, and make your
wants known to your home people.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

Advertise in Your Home Paper.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

The Mazuma Mountain Climbing club
of Portland. Ore. this week assembled
Mount Baker. one of the most difficult
SUBMITS to scale in this country. Five
out of the party Of thirty succeeded in
reaching the summit after nearly six
hours climb. They found enormous
fields of ice. two active volcanic craters
and great assures not mapped by pre-
vious climbers. One member, who
knows the Alps we'll, says they have no
snowfield that compares in extent with
the Deming glacier of Mount Baker.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

Charles w. Dood, an alleged mining
swindler. wanted in Boston on charge
of obtaining money on fake mines, was
arrested this week in Oakland, Cal
where he has been making preparations
to begin operations. There will be nc
1t is charged that his scheme was to ad
vertise for a partner in a good mining
venture and then disappear after obtain
ing money.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

Track laying on the San Diego & Art
zono railroad has begun. The first four
teen miles of road from San Diego to
the Mexican line are graded, and grad
ing in lower California will begin at
once. This road will connect with the
Southern Pacific at Yuma, and will
open up rich cattle raising and agri-
cultural country, going through the
heart of the new Imperial colony in the
delta of the Colorado river, which has
soil as fertile as that of the lower Nile
valley.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16

Dr. Taylor of the pathological depart
ment of the University of California,
will establish a poison squad of twelve
students at the opening of the fall term
He will test ON these students the nutri-
tive quaItieS OF sulphured CailIornla
The students will be fed on various kinds
of California dried fruit and other phys
ical condition will be carefully noted.
These tests will be furnished to the gov
eminent referees. to whom the question
of sulphuring fruit has been submitted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24

6-Mrs. Delos Wilbur, sos North Gen.
ter H. E. Wilson; No. Mrs. Robert
Stevens, l07 North Second, Mrs. Hold
gin: No So. NJ. Culley, 512 North
Third, Mrs w. r. Forney; No. 9-AIrs.
George Beasley, 500 West Main,
Charles Butler; No. 10-Mrs. G. w.
Smith, 1105 West Main, Miss Frances
Miller; No. 1l-Mrs. S. w. Morgan,
sos West Main. Mrs. A. K. Smith; No.
12-Mrs. c. H. Baxter, 712 West
Church, Mrs. j. w. Russell; No. 13-
Mrs. Harry Andrews, 405 S. 4th St,
\. +. Miller; No. 1i-Mrs. Gillespie,
South Second. Mrs. A. L. Frazer; No.
15-Mrs. Hobbe. 311 South Third, Mrs.
K. K. Kemble; No. 16-Mrs. r. j. Hus-
ton, 101 South Second avenue, Mrs. E.
E. Carver; No. 17-Mrs. Joe Seibert,
207 South First avenue, Fred Seibert;
No. 1S-Mrs. H. C. Holman, sos East
Church, Rev. L. B. Hix; No. 19-Har-
ry Timer, SOL East Linn, Rev. Samuel
Jay; No. 20-Mrs. Louthan, 126 An
son, Rev. w. NJ. Force; No. 21-Mrs
Craig, South Ninth avenue, Mrs. Jo-
seph Thompson; No. 22-Mrs. A. j.
Gageby, PIP Fifteenth, Rev. James
Rayburn.