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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06
THIS WINTERS DINNERS.
Courses Will BE Fewer, but VIII
Include All the Luxuries.

Courses Will BE Fewer, but VIII
Include All the Luxuries.
In a way dinners are to be simpler
this winter than before. They are not
to be composed of less rich or luxuri-
Gus materials (indeed, the use of lux
uries in food will be of greater vogue
than ever), but according to the pic
ture, the simplicity will be present In
the form of fewer courses and less
elaborate of dishes. t8sa
Dinners will begin with one of the
hundred canapes, with caviare or with
oysters. The grapefruit as an opening
course for dinner is quite out of it.
1t comes first to the luncheon table
frequently, but when it figures in the
dinner it is as a salad. And salads of
any sort must be removed as far
as possible from the ornamental vari-
ETY.. Above all, they must not be
mussy or messy.
Yet this appearance is not to be
avoided if several kinds of vegetables,
for instance, are collected In the salad
bowl. Three vegetables make the very
limit Of those that may be employed,
and included in the three is the let
tuce that is the background.
The French vegetable salad, to be
sure, consists of several kinds. But it
should not make it's appearance in
formal dinner of courses 1t is for a
luncheon or for a dainty home dinner,
which consists of but soup, chop
with vegetable, salad and a light
dessert with crackers and cheese.
Wines, it goes without saying must
be of the choicest variety to form a
harmonious note with the simple din
ner composed of luxuries- paradoxi-
cal as that may seem. And the pleas
ant custom of serving an hour or so
after dinner an imported mineral
water will be more popular the COM
ing season than ever. A short time
after dinner a dryness Of the throat
is often experienced, and this mineral
water is refreshment at such a time
to be appreciated. 1t is also to be re-
garded as an excellent digestive.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06
HOW THE DRUG MAN "sTUNG.'
MIXED UP a Few Things for 10 Cents
Got so Cents for 1t.

Mixed UP a Few Things for 10 Cents
Got SO Cents for 1t.
DR.. Charlie Hearn, of Swarthmore.
always has a new joke to tell, and in
his latest a prominent advertising
man OF this city was the victim, the
Philadelphia Telegraph says. The lat
ter had a touch of indigestion, and,
meeting doctor who was a friend of
his upon the street, asked him what
to take for it.
"a little bicarbonate of soda, few
drops of aromatic spirits of ammonia
and some water" advised his medical
friend
Write it down, will you, doc?" ask
ed the advertiser. The doctor did so.
The man went directly to a drug store,
DR.. Hearn says, and asked for cents
worth of bicarbonate of soda and also
5 cents worth of aromatic spirits of
ammonia. The drug clerk got them
FOR him and was wrapping them when
the purchaser pulled the prescription
blank from his pocket. Say" he ask
ed, this just says put them in some
water. How much ought I to use?"
The druggist leaned forward and
took the blank. '1'll fix it," he said,
and disappeared.
A little later he came back with a
bottle labeled.
II added the water" he said, tri-
umphantly. Fifty cents, please"
Fifty cents!' roared the customer.
You said it was only 10 cents! Do
you usually charge 40 cents for a bot
tie of water?"
The druggist frowned. This is a
prescription he said, land we never
put one up for less than SO cents"
And the customer, whispering
"stung!" left the shop, wiser and poor
er by 40 cents.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06
Bringing the, Lesson Home.

Isabel had been making heroic eff
forts to get on with the boy who had
recently moved in next door-and who
wanted the lions share of everything.
eff we're going to play together, Billy
Bond" she finally announced, firmly,
being at the end of endurance, you've
Just got to be more generous. Mother
says we've all got to be generous to
each other"
Whats gen'rous?" demanded Billy
Bond, specifically.
why, it's giving some of what
you've got to the other one and Isa-
bel began eloquently to expound the
doctrine. IF I've got two nice, jointed
dolls, n you haven't a single one I'd
give you one of mine if you wanted it,
an that would be generous"
HUH" commented Billy Bond.
Cor if I had two beautiful Shetland
ponies "-Isabel began to draw on the
imagination-"and you didn't have
any, I'd give you one. And if you had
two lovely automobiles, you'd give one
to me, and
"And if you had two fox terrier
pups" instructed began now to
show real interest. and I didn't have
any dog at all, you'd give me the one
with the yellow spot On"
"No, wouldn't" interrupted the in
structor, with an emphasis borrowed
from the impact of fact, cause I've
got 'em, an you'd be just mean
enough, Billy Bond, to askl'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06

A dozen men in the wilderness up
beyond the gateway of the st. Law
renee where the shreds of civilization
fray out against the barrier OF the
great North link UP the world with
the wilderness of the Atlantic and the
wilds of the Arctic regions. They do
it with a wireless key and the mes
sages they receive and send pass over
barren wastes where no man lives and
land wires have never been strung.
A dozen there are who serve as
operators; others of the repairing
crew and the supplying department
come and go, but these dozen men are
year after year held practically pris-
oners on the bald cliffs of Labrador
and Newfoundland before the key of
air the tales of ships that come and
go, reports that may interest ST.
Johns or Montreal shipping ex-
changes; relay from the one to the
other the meagre commercial mes
sages that must pass from dealer to
fisherman; send down to the land
telegraphs the occasional news of
shipwrecks and sea sufferings that
find way into the papers. At Battle
Harbor Gordon Sprackling, a young
Nova Scotian, Is the Marconi opera
tor, and Leonard Stephenson his en-
gineer. Compared with some of their
fellows Sprackling and Stephenson
are fortunate In the environment of
metropolis.
But the wireless men are far from
the maddening crowd even at that.
To reach the wireless station requires
a nice training in alpine climbing,
sure foot and an undisturbed sense of
balance. Here, in a cleft below the
summit of the cliff is the wireless hut
and in this hut less than two months
ago events occurred which need re-
cording. They should be recorded be-
cause they measure the stamina of
the men who work the wireless in
this cherries country.
lie pOldI oulp IOOSGVSIL WORKED
her way into the narrow harbor one
sunny morning, and while the town
seethed with excitement Commander
Peary climbed the crag to the wire
less station to interview Spracklin. He
told the operator that he wanted to
send to the world below his account
of the discovery of the north pole.
He believed that he could put it on
the land wire at Chateau Bay down
the coast, but the wireless man at
Indian Harbor had told him that the
Dominion government had abandoned
that land wire since last he had come
down from the North and he must
use the wireless. Could the wireless
do it?
Spracklin said that it could. Then
he called the man at Belle Isle over
the strait hundred miles away, and
told him to pass the word along the
line that there was big work ahead
The word was passed down to the Of
flee of the management in Ottawa.
Spracklin worked twenty hours out of
every twenty-four for five days alone
and unaided save for the relief his
engineer gave him while he was eat
ing his meals. Spracklin and all the
others pounded the key during those
five days, not knowing at what min
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06
CHANGE IN 1NGL1sH SOCIETY.
Lady st. Heller Describes the Life Sh,
Led as a Girl

Leo as Gill.
Lady st. Heller, who has Just pub
Iished her "reminiscences, says of the life
of a young lady in the eos: Nothing
could exceed the simplicity and economy
practiced by the young ladies of my
time. Our allowance was very limited:
e10O year was considered princely, es-
peciaily when it was augmented by our
parents providing our court dresses.
1.-THE real cause of the lesser cost of
our toilettes lay in the fact that amuse-
ments were fewer and were generally
confined to an occasional afternoon party
and ball, so that only two changes of
dress were necessary, even among those
who went out great deal.
"A certain number of people rode in
Rotten Row in the morning, but there
were no luncheon parties and no evening
parties: Nottingham and Ranelagh were
unknown, and girls were hardly ever
asked out to dinner.
Evening receptions were rare, and
they were generally only attended by
older people, girls being usually put to
bed at s O'Clock to sleep until $50. when.
they dressed for their ball.
'As a rule there was only one ball
each night and, though there were ex-
ceptions, but few people went to two, so
that the evening ended not later than
l:3O, and if on rare occasions the invaria-
BILE rule was broken; the event found no
favor in the maternal eye.
''It is very difficult after the lapse of
so many years to compare the physique
and beauty of English men and women
then with those of today. If | were
critical ] should say that women now
Edays are prettier than their grandmoth-
ers-suonge, better developed, better set
UP and certainly more Independent and
more seIf-reliant than they were forty
years ago; but ] DO not think that the
men are as handsome or physically as
strong and as finely developed as their
grandfathers. New York Sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06
Not That Kind of a Jim.

The practice Of abbreyiating words in
general conversation and speaking of
a '.gym," when you mean gymnasium;
saying chip instead of hippodrome and
"aufo" when you should say automo-
bile, sometimes leads to ludicrous situa-
tions.
The other day Milwaukee young lady
who practices gymnastics, went into a
shoe store to buy pair of slippers.
a gym" said she.
The clerk took down several pairs, and,
evidently in doubt as to just what size
she desired, finally asked her: What
size does Jim wear?'
"Ohv' exclaimed the young lady, with
a SMILE Il am the Jim l want the
slippers for the gymnasium"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06
HABITS CHAIN.
Certain Habits UncOnsciOusIy Form
ed and Hard to Break.

Certain Habits UncOnsci0usIy Form
ed and Hard to Break.
An ingenious philosopher estimates
that the amount of will power neces-
sary to break a lifelong habit would.
If it could be transformed, lift a
weight of many tons.
1t sometimes requires a higher de-
gree of heroism to break the chains
of pernicious habit than to lead a
forlorn hope in a bloody battle. A
lady writes from an Indiana town:
From my earliest childhood l was
"a lover of coffee. Before l was out of
my teens I was a miserable dyspeptic,
suffering terribly at times with my
stomach.
Il was convinced that it was coffee
that was causing the trouble and yet
i could not deny myself cup for
breakfast. At the age of 36 was in
very poor health, indeed. My sister
told me ! was in danger of becoming
IA coffee drunkard
But ! never could give up drink
Eing coffee for breakfast. although 1t
kept me constantly ill, until l tried
Postum. learned to make it proper
I1y according to directions, and now
I'VE can hardly do without Postum for
breakfast, and care nothing at all for
lcoffee.
Il am no longer troubled with dys-
lpepsia. do not have spells of suffering
with my stomach that used tn trouhIe
lme so when / drank coffee"
Look in pkgs. for the little book,
EThe Road to MELVILLE" There's a
Ressop,"
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true and full of
human interest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can
not reach the seat OF the disease. Catarrh
Is a blood or constitutional disease, and in
order to cure 1t you must take internal rem
edies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nal1y, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not
a quack medicine. 1t was prescribed by one
of the best physicians in this country for
years and is a regular prescription. Tt IS
composed Of the best tonics known, combin ed
with the best blood purifiers. acting directly;
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect COM
bination Of the two ingredients is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in curing Ca
tarrh. Send for testimonials free.
r. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation!
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06
THRESHING CUCUMBERS.
Novel Sight on Some Western Irrigated
Farms.


In western Kansas and eastern Colo
RADIO, where most vine crops grow to
perfection On the irrigated lands, hun
dreds of acres of cucumbers, cantalOupes
and watermelons are reserved for seed
by seed companies and by farmers who
grow them for the seed houses. 1t is a.
common sight from October to the first
of December to see the seed threshers in
the fields of cucumbers and melons
threshing them for their seeds, says
writer in the Kansas City Star
The growing of cucumbers for seed is
considered very profitable, and often the
owner clears from 500 to $3.50 an acre
as the seed brings 81 to 81 pound.
While the cucumbers might be sold to
canning factories, many farmers prefer
to let them remain for the seed, as the
expense of gathering is not so great the
income an acre being about as much
The threshing costs reasonable amount.
The cucumbers are grown In rows SIX
feet apart both ways, and the seeds are
planted the last of April or the first OF
May. After the plants come through the
ground, they are hoed and irrigated, the
burrows for the water running length
llse with the rows and close to the hills.
A cultivator is used to stir the soil and
keep 1t mellow until the vines are run
ming well between the rows, then the
cultivation ceases. The cucumbers are
left to grow until the latter part of Sep
TENDER, when they are gathered and
piled for threshing. About FIVE rows of
cucumbers are piled together.
The cucumber thresher Is built on a
wagon-like frame, supported by great
wide wheels and drawn by two horses.
At the rear of the machine is stationed a
little two-horse gasoline engine, which
operates the machinery of the thresher.
Just in front of the engine is the crusher
that looks like q common cider mill. 1t
contains two iron rollers, moving togeth-
er and crushing the cucumbers as they
pass between them. Against the crush
err sits the framework containing the
seede,a
Cucumbers pass from the crusher into
this large cylindrical seeder, which sits
horizontally. The outer surface of the
seeder IS a wire netting with mesheS
large enough to permit the seed to drop
through into the vat below, but retaining
the crushed cucumbers. The front end
of the cylinder being lower than the
rear, the cucumbers are rolled slowly for
out at the horses heels.
When the vat beneath the cylinder is
filed with seed, seed box is drawn on
low sled to the opening at the side Of
the machine, and the seeds are allowed
to run out a spout into it. The thresh-
ing proceeds, and the seed is hauled
away to a place where it is thoroughly
washed from all foreign matter and
spread out on screening wire enclosed in
frames to dry.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06
The Musicians Long Hair.

"Why do musicians wear long hair?''
said the barber. ''Pshaw. l thought
everybody knew that. They wear long
hair to protect their ears, of course
their sensitive ears.
"All depends, with musicians, on the
ears. the same as all depends on the
eyes with painters. And the ears Of
musicians are delicate, liable to take cold,
liable to aches. inhammations and what
not So they protect them with long
hair. and you have no more right to
laugh at the name of pianist or vio-
linist than the protective shields and
pads of your favorite halfback"
adelphia Bulletin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06
Save This Recipe for Colds,

mix half pint of good whiskey with
two ounces of glycerine and add one
half ounce Concentrated pine COM
pound. The bottle is to be well shaken
bach time and used in doses Of tea
spoonful to a tablespoonful every four
hours" Any druggist has these ingre-
dents or he will get them from his
wholesale house. This is wonderfully
effective.
The Concentrated pine is a special
pine product and comes only in half
ounce bottles each enclosed in an air.
tight case, but be sure it is labeled
concentrated"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06
Harner,s Condition Serious.

Fletcher Harper, the polo player and
son of the magazine publisher, whose
horse fell upon him, crushing several
bones while he was following the hounds
of the Westchester Hunt club, is still in
home of Eugene S. Reynal, on the out
skirts of White Plains, and is under the
care of specialists. He is conscious at
times. and then suffers agony from his
broken bones Three of his ribs, which
were crushed, punctured his lungs, and
delicate operation had to be performed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06
Feminine Resource.

Mr.. D went to the club, leaving
Mrs. D with lady friend whose
abilities as a scand aEmonger and mis-
chiefmaker were pre-eminent. When
be returned he just poked his head into
the drawing room and said, with a sigh
M relief: THAT old cats gone, 1 sup
poser
For an instant, there was a profound
Etience, for as he uttered the last word
be encountered the stony stare Of the
lady who had been in his mind. Then
his wife came TO the rescue.
''Oh, yes, dear" she said. II sent it
to the cats home in basket this morn
ing''-Tit-B Bits
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06

The announcement of Frank Marshall
of Brooklyn, who has just won the chess
championship of the United States, that
he will probably retire from the game
because of the great mental strain that
it imposes on a player who undertakes
long series. of games is testimony from
an authoritative source that mental ex-
ercises such as chess players indulge iii
are injurious when they occur too fire.
quietly. like all straining for achieve
ments in the realm of physical exercise.
This does not condemn chess as a health
full mental recreation, but puts upon
players the same duty of restraint that
is imposed by common-sense upon de-
voices of any mental or physical diver
sion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06

Boys will be boys" but there are
some things done by boys which show a
perversion of high spirits and can not
be excused ON the plea of boyish prank
ishness. At Trenton, New Jersey, a
few night ago, boys tied rope across
a sidewalk after dark, and William
Steinmetz, a blacksmith, tripping on the
rope, while on his way home, fell heav-
lily to the pavement, fractured his skull,
and was picked up dead. The Trenton
police are unable to identify the boys
who tied the rope. 1t is a good practice
for policemen everywhere to keep an
eye on every boy gang that frequents the
streets after dark.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06

The news that $4,000 eggs were seized
on the Fall River line pier at New York,
by officers of the Department of Agricul-
ture. who booked them for destruction
will appall many housewives until they
learn that the eggs were ancient hen
fruit in a liquid state and destined for
use in bakeries. Then the housewives
will be appalled, to think of what pastry
can be made to hide. A liquid egg sold
in angels food brings a higher price than
the egg that is warm from the nest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06
oThe Skin of a Unit"

The blunders of children are often due
to bad teaching. '"This," said teacher
to her class of arithmetic, lis unit"
She held I'D a pencil This book is a
unit, too" she said, "and these are
units" And she showed them a ruler,
a flower and an apple. Then she peeled
the apple, and holding up the peel, said:
'Now, children, what is this? Silence.
"Come, you know what it isl she urged
A little hand went up slowly. We'll.
Wil1iamy' said the teacher. please,
ma am, the skin of a unit."-Journal Of
Education.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06
Ski for Postmen.

Recent experiments made at Braemar
with ski for the use of postmen when
the country is showed up have proved SO
successful that the postoffice officials in
various other districts in the Highlands,
including Speyside and Donside, are to
be similarly equipped. Frequently during
the winter the conditions In the remote
Highlands are quite Arctic, the country
being impossible to ordinary traffic. 1t
has been found that the use of ski ena-
bles the postmen to cover their journeys
even when the snow is soft and badly
drifted Il london Daily Mail
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06

The current number of the Nautical
Gazette contains description of forty
foot motor boat which is equipped with
gas producer that furnishes the fuel for
its internal combustion engine. During
the past season this little craft travelled
a little over three thousand miles with
out failure in a single instance by the
producer to provide the fuel necessary
to keep the craft in motion. This is evil
dence of reliability worthy of note, and
it is supplemented by record as to cost
that ought to make motorboat owners
think seriously of the gas producer as
an Improvement upon the dangerous gas
oline tank
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06

A large New York dry goods store has
opened a department for the sale of
goods made by the blind. They include
a large catalogue of staple articles rang
ing from wooden boots and baby socks
to rugs and hammocks. The department
has opened well, and if it proves perma-
nently successful it will afford many
blind workers the means of maintaining
themselves in comfort by their own
labor. The idea is one that with good
effect might be put into practice else
where.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06

1t is notable that Baltimores million
dollar fire swept district that was not
devastated by the great conhagration in
that city, in 1904. The old fire district
is covered by buildings that will not con-
tribute fuel to accidental fires, and when
the new fire district is rebuilt conditions
will be safer there also.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06

Secretary Cranefeld of the Wisconsin
State Horticultural Society predicts that
Wisconsin will take rank as fruit state
with Michigan and New York, as soon
as young men discover its possibilities in
that direction. The quality of Wisconsin
fruit. judged by the eating is better
than that of some that looks finer and
comes from afar.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06

And now they're claiming in the East
that it is impossible to raise turkeys on
account of disease called blackhead,
and that the disease is spread by the
English sparrow. Funny, if the sparrow
spreads it, that it is not common in the
West-the sparrow is.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-06

The good demand for coal-carrying
tonnage reported from Cleveland, and an
advance in rates, is proof that although
winter must be almost ready to swoop
down and seal up things with letters of
ice, there is a call for fuel from the
western distributing docks. There is still
opportunity for runs through the lakes,
even with wintry weather, as in the days
of sailing craft attempts were made to
sneak down the lakes as late as the
18th of December. Unless thick ice
should form in the interlake channels,
there is no reason except insurance con-
siderations why big and powerful steam
ers should not be able to get through by
selling favorable opportunities as late
as Christmas. All will depend upon the
weather.