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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-09-16
Birds Of q Feather

Birds OF Feather
whats the bill for fixing ny nlola
carr" asked the strange patron.
1T figures up to s110, sir, rspls
the garage man.
'Whew! I'll have to give you 4
check. I left all my money Y ns
drug store"
why, are you a druggist
yes"
ooh, in that case the bill will ps 4 I
dollar and a quarter. We Ielloss
ought to stand together
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
New, Vessel of Warfare.

1t is said that tho British admiralty
has decided to build IN experimental.
motor-driven b%attleship, propelled by
An Observation-Disclosures engine. Naval
engineers have long had their eyes
on this type of engine as the ultimate
form of power for naval vessels, and
experiments have been carried on
with the gunboat Rather with salts
factory results. A b%attleship, equipped
with such a motor. would have no
boilers, stokers, MI smokestacks, ex'
cant such vents as arc necessary to
carry of the products Of combustion.
and it is asserted that such a vessel.
Il successful, would, by the economies
effected in weight. space. and cost
OF working, and by the additional
sp9ed due to the absence Of smoke
stacks, render all vessels Of the pres
ent Dreadnought type obsolete.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
Paying by Check.

The peanut vender had a white ele..
plant on his hands in the shape of a
check for $1.05.
"Disa ting no good" he said. II
wanta da mon."
Having ascertained just where the
check came from, a systematic Gus.
toner passed over ida mon" in ex-
change for the check and then start.
ed an investigation of somebody's req,
sons for buying five-cent bags Of peo-
nuts Oh time. Finally the woman who
had introduced q new wrinkle into the
credit system was cornered for an
interview.
II pay for everything by the month, q
she said, absolutely everything-sro-
ceries. dry goods, drugs, stationery.
hair dressing. and church dues. and I
see no reason why I should make an
exception In peanuts"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
ENGLISH MEALS SHORTENED
Tendency Now 10 Toward Decrease Of
Number Of Dishes and increase In
Speed Of Service.

When George Ticknor was in Eng
land more than seventy years ago he
was often amazed at the length Of
time spent over the two formal meals
Of the day, breakfast and dinner. It
was nothing unusual for the former
to last for q couple Of hours. while
. dinner might start at $3.50 and be
%protracted till midnight! And. the
courses were as many and substantial
% the meals were lengthy. But times
have changed. With regard to din
ners recent years have witnessed,
rays q qualified observer, considers
bic alteration a. to the number OF
dishes. Formerly q constant subject
Of complaint with regard to dinner
parties was that there we're too many
courses, but II things 60 OF q they
have been going Of late. guests will
soon begin to complain that they have
had no dinner at all, the fashionable
modern tendency being to give q very
light entree in place of the joint,
which now seldom figures on a menu.
This and another entree. soup, a lit
tie fish, and q very light sweet seem
TO be considered suficient dinner for
even a large party; and those guests
who do not care for the entrees get
practically no dinner at all. In add.
ton to this. everything is served at
such lightning speed that 1t is as
much as one can do to swallow the
few nlouthfuls called dinner before
one'a plate Is snatched away.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
A Chinese end.

One evening, when the beautiful
Kau 81, daughter of a powerful Chi
nese MANDARIN, was assisting at the
great feast of lanterns, she was sc
overcome by the heat that she was
obliged to take off her mask. But to
expose her face to the eyes Of the
profane and vulgar was a serious of.
tense against the law; 50, holding the
mask as closely as possible to her
features. she iuttered in rapidly to
give herself air, and the rapidity OF
the movement still concealed her. The
other ladies present. witnessing thia
hardy but charming innovation, imt.
tatsd II. and IT once some thousand
hands were-duttering some thousand
masks. Thus the fan was originated
and took the place Of the mask.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
inheritance Of Water.

With the thought in mind that watel
is by far the chief element entering
into the composition of IN egg, is II
any wonder that the water supply fol
the poultry should receive the mos
careful attention, first, last and all thu
time? In fact, water composes such &
very large per cent. of all poultry, live
stock and, dairy products, that no In
telligent farmer can afford to overlook
the smallest detail in regard to it,
cleanliness. freshness and purity everJ
day in the year; every hour In TN
day.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
SELECT GOOD LAYING STOCK
Use Of Trap. Nests 10 Sure Way to
Determine Which Are Layers
and Which Are Orones.

In keeping chickens much depends
on the breeding stock. There are sew
eral advertised methods Of telling
what hens will produce eggs that will
hatch out good layers, but about the
safest way is to use eggs from hens
that are known to be hardy. The only
absolutely sure way Of making selec-
ton for breeding stock, according to
the experts of the Maine agricultural
station, is by means Of data obtained
from the 8 of trap nests. Only in
vestigators and an occasional poultry
man, however. can afford the equip.
ment and the expense involved in
operating trap nests, but every poul.
tryman can. by observing his young
stock during the fall, select the pull
let's that are beginning to lay and OBJ
tain for the next seasons breeding a
pen Of birds with the function of egg
production strongly developed.
The work done by the pullets from
September to February OF March is a
pretty good indication of their use
fulness, and their eggs are available
for breeding during the pullet year.
While the chickens from such eggs
IRE generally not * large at maturity
% those from older hens. they do not
appear to lack constitution OF vigor
and there is nc apparent reason why
they are not desirable for breeding
purposes.
Pullets which begin laying first or
the ones that start when quite young
are generally the best breeders. It is
not the largest birds Of any particular
breed that are the best. but usually
the medium-sized fowls. Early laying
is an indication of a strong bird; by
using the eggs from such fowls, it will
not take long to produce a strain Of
layers that will fill the egg basket in
winter, as well as in the early spring.
A good layer usually has a long body
and is especially wide and deep in
fluff.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
Peasant FINDS 4 QUEEN
Covered with Jewels, Her Body Lay
Buried Near Ancient GAIA
In Palestine.

The chance discovery near ancient
GAIA, in Palestine, Of q tomb contain
ing the embalmed body of a woman
gearing a crown and rich ornaments
Is like an Arabian Nights tale.
The discovery was made by a man
named Musa-el-Burtu while digging on
his land, and this is q translation Of
the account Of it sent from Jerusalem
by Prof. Macalister to the Palestine
exploration fund:
when Musa went to his land and
was working and digging in it he
found a little door. He entered by It
into a "a divided into two chambers,
and entering through the second door
he found q coffin of hardwood.
"And he opened 1t, and in the coffin
was another of crystal. And he broke
this and inside it he found one Of the
old queens embalmed. and on her
head a crown adorned with precious
stones and on her neck a necklace Of
pearls and three chains beside on her
breast, and above her head was a
candlestick Of gold and another at her
foot"
Another account from Mr.. Knese-
vich Of GAIA says that the sarcop-
hagus was Of pure white marble and
was strongly protected by a sort Of
vault Of huge stones built over it. The
lid Of sarcophagus was artistically
carved in the exact form Of the mum
my. which vas in excA1lent preserva.
ton.
The hair was loose and the head
bound with q flet the form of which
suggested that the mummy was Ro-
man. but the shoes were Egyptian. No
inscription was on the sarcophagus,
but a book is said to have been found
in it.-New York Sun.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
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0lN9NtE1S2

Get all tho ieaves you can for thu
scratching pens.
We need new breeds when tn
are better than the ones We have.
Lice prevent hens from laying AM
Young chicks from thriving.
Ni!k-fcd chicks have become
standard fancy meat product on sol1s
city produce markets.
II YOU have any little potatoes. TN
hens can make good use OF them
Boil them up soft. and Zee . ratlos
now and then. .h...
dava ia made up mostly Of old hem
and venerable ROSTERS.
start. the incubators for the carr!
hroiIers provided you have 9 suitaDh
MACE to real the youngsters. I.
The Aprtl-hatched pullets should
now he laying. They certainly are. :
thew have been given the proper 1ees
= q not good policy to allow tni
.a,,ne and old stock to run togethep
..nd the cockerels should be separated
from the pullets.
In anme places chickens are pun
chased, confined and ,stsfed mar
sat an milk and g.ourl' feeds, tn.
mix constituting the larger portion Q
the diet. IL,
Let's beginsto code. U hers Will
Inc frst Whit of frosty weather
That softens them and makes then
tender for the real cold that ID cor
ing.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
GRADUATION FACTS
n Hardly Any Two Places Will Body
Fail With Same speed-5earIng
on Rifle Shooting.

A man falling from a three-story
building in New Orleans will not faA
a fast az he would II he were in New
York city. In fact, in hardly any two
places will he fall with the same
speed. This is because as we go to-
ward the equator the force OF grav1ta-
uon gets less, and consequently the &C
CELEBRATION of a falling body becomes
less, and the force Of impact is here
fore less.
While 1t does not make very mucn
difference in the injury to q person
falling from a height, 1t does make 9
Inference in other things. Take q rine
and fire it exactly horizontally, and Y,
the gun is 16 feet above the ground
say at New York, the bullet fired from
such q rife will strike the ground IN
exactly one second after it leaves the
rife. II the bullet has q horizontal We
locity Of q thousand feet q second ~
viii strike the earth exactly 1000 feet
away. Let us take the same rife to .
place where the force Of gravity Is not
the same as at New York, but q good
deal smaller, say two-thirds smaller.
We ind that IL tho gun is placed a.
before and absolutely horizontal. the
bullet will not fall the 16 feet in one
second. but viii take over one and .
half seconds to fall, thus enabling the
bullet to DO IN the air during that
teneth Of time. Therefore It will strike
the ground 1000 feet away, Thus Il -
seen that the range Of . rife 10 In
creased % It 10 taken toward the equa-
Tor.
OF course thsre 10 no place on earth
where the force Of gravity IL two
thirds smaller than at New York, but
there are many places whore the DIFF
terence is considerable enough to Ct.
feet slightly the range Of rihes.-Har-
ser's Weekly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
IS LAVISH IN FURs
SEASONS FASHION DEMANDS
THE MOST LUXURIOUS.
increased Popularity Of Motoring Calls
Forth Fur Coats Of Entirely New
Type-Proves P%arisIennes
Leaders Of Fashion.

Nothing is too luxurious in furs!
This season fashion simply demands
the best.
Just another instance that proves
that P%arisiennes are leaders Of fash
ion. Last summe fair Frenchwomen
wore stoles of ermine with lingerie
frocks-regardless Of heat or cold.
Now, that winter is here, heavy fur
garments are their within.
The increased popularity Of motor
ing has called forth fur coats Of an
entirely new type. These garments
are fashioned on the lines Of smart
mannish topcoats and, Of course,
unique furs were necessary to make
the vogue q success-as every n al
ways wants something different.
Leopard skin, antelope and baby deer
are quite the most popular. although
pony skin and raccoon n also note
worthy.
Fur-lined coats for motoring. az Of
yore, are favored by conservative
women. These luxurious topcoats are
mostly Of heavy broadcloth. lined with
squirrel and with large shawl collar
Of skunk or Persian lamb.
Caracal coats of generous length
r most betting for shopping and
daily events. Broadtail ard Persian
lamb are also included in the same
category.
Evening coats-also worn for for
NAL afternoon affairs-are simply
superb.
Full length coats of Russian sable
or ermine are the most queenly. One
exquisite coat recently seen was Of
snowy ermine with broad band Of
skunk around the bottom, which
curved gracefully at each side Of the
front. Sable and ermine are fire.
quently combined, while white fox
and sealskin is another Joyous har-
mony.
Muffs are simply enormous and alb
solutely fiat. Indeed, some are SO
large and fimsy that they are almost
burdensome. Quite the most extreme
styles have wide centers Of Persian
silk, or velvet, with wide bands OF
fur. The large stoles to match are
fashioned likewise, only SO wide that
they are more like shawls than mere
neckpieces. These particular modes
were created by Madame Agnes-and
Parisiennes have thoroughly approved
them.
Women of moderate tastes are quite
satisfied with the round and pillow
muffs of conservative size, and stoleS
of usual proportions.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24

and back; It is also carried in thu
same lines round the sides and bach
of coat, the fronts and 'V" SHAPED
opening being edged by 1t. Tabs OF
braid and buttons form a furthei
trimming.
The nun and toque r Of vel
veteen to match the costume; botl
are trimmed with ermine.
Materials required: IL yards d
inches wide, about 2 yards Of braid
z yards silk for lining Jacket.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
Tho Narration Of storks.

The Migration OF Seofke.
Reference has been made to tho
departure of the storks from Alsace.
The pathological bureau Of Buda-
pest has recently published the re-
suits Of an interesting experiment.
To the leg Of q number Of young
birds g light disk was attached. stat
ing the place Of origin and In the
event Of capture asking that the label
might be detached and forwarded to
Budapest.
The rings returned show that the
birds have reached Basutoland. the
Transvaal and Cape Colony. Unfor.
tunately only two Of the ten captured
birds escaped death. Eight Of those
graceful creatures had fallen to the
Implying and unerrins aim Of the
sportsman, Improperly 20 called.
&hA
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
Maaple euperstItIons.

MaqpIo 8uperetltIono.
It would appear that some amount
OF superstition ID associated with the
maybe In country folklore; somehow
or other the bird has acquired . more
or less sinister reputation.
This may be due to Its sable plum
age or perhaps to It's artfulness. Thus.
according to one doggerel relic Of SUI
perstition which one often hears in
the south, the appearance Of one mag.
pie signifies sadness, two augnr
mirth, three foretell a death and four
herald a birth.-Agricultural Econo-
mist.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
Entrance for Hens.

highly satisfactory, says American Ag
riculturist. 1t consists Of a frame sci
in the poultry fence. From the top
two doors, each followed out toward
the center, are hung by freely moving
hinges or leather straps. The hen
walking along the outside will see this
opening and push her way through,
The doors will fall of their own weight
behind her.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
FOR ANCIENT CRIME
Blood Tax still Exacted From Bsarn
Shepherds for Murder Of 700
Years Ago.

Seven hundred years ago some
shepherds Of the valley Of Roncal, In
Navarro. were murdered by shepherds
Of the valley Of Bareton, in Bearn.
the crime taking place on the high
pasture lands Of Arlas, in the Py-
renees. It would have been difficult
to bring the murderers individually
to justice, and the Spaniards were pre-
pairing to make war. upon the valley
from which the French murderers
had come, when the French villages
proposed that peace be maintained at
the price Of a yearly tax or tribute,
to endure for all time, and this propo-
sition was accepted.
The payment of this blood tax
originally three white mares, but later
three cows of a particular breed and
color-has been made ever since, the
custom Ut is nothing more) having
survived ven the great wars in which
both France and Spain have engaged,
and the storm Of the French revolu-,
ton.
Yearly the representative men of
the two valleys meet on the frontier,
at a certain stone remote from any
town, and 60 through the ceremony of
presenting and receiving the cattle.
The order of procedure, which is elab-I,
crate and impressive, is fixed by a,
document bearing the date 1876,
though the tax was paid a hundred
years prior to that time. The records
Of each yearly meeting and payment
are duly attested and deposited in the
archives Of Roncalais.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
TASTY vELvETEEN COSTUME
Pretty Effect Obtained by Using
Shade Of Amethyst With Wide
Braid Trimming. q

velveteen in a rich shade Of ame.
thyst is used for this most effective
costume, the trimming being wide
braid that is now so much used, and
which looks specially we'll on vel
veteen.
The skirt has the braid carried
from the front panel round the sides
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
EXCELLENT GATE FOR W
Eliminates Nuisance Of Chasing Chick
ems That Have Escaped From
the Poultry Yard.

In order to. reduce the nuisance Of
having to chase hens that have es,
capped from the poultry yard, the de,
vice illustrated herewith will be found
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
~ Moan Joke.

A Mean Joke. Is
New Arrival cat Eagle Hotel. Smiths
ville)-What are the prospects, for i
young lawyer in this burg?
I.andlord-Pretty darn good. ! should
ray
New Arrival lexpectantly)-You
don't say?
LandlordI sure do-that Is, hls
prospects NV starvin' to DEATH
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
Dancer In Street Music.

There Is danger in street music.
The other day the street organ out
side the shaving saloon stirred tks
narber's tongue. odd how Il IL they
ret those catchy tunes" he said. Il
and myself cumming 'em withoue
knowing n And I've seen a gents.
nan here clipping a customers ali
to the tune-snip-snippety-snip-
IKE that" This writer started up
half shaved. and requested the bar
her. who hoyered with the razor, to
send outside and tell the street or
san to play something that wasn't
a1ncopated.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
Bags for ParasoIs.

Put them In a bag till next season
Make It Of unbleached muslin, cut IL
v shape. Finish at the top with d
drawstring. II the bag is to protect
white parasols, make It Of blue cam
brio.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
p~ocumentary EvIdencs.

what shall I say IL Algernon pro.
noses to, me % said the conhding young
woman.
.sTell him you want time to think II
ever" replied the worldly wise friendss
and then change your summer -
aence so that he win have tos lleG11fs
the matter IN vT1tinEs sss
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
Tho source.

9atient-What is the matter With
ms, Doctor?
noctor-Your wife has been takine
annhjng lessons In a coezospondSpca
hool.-Harpsr's BsEa1.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-24
GETTING Il straIpht

Getting Il Straight
did you notice hh balloox ~
cent?"
"You meal Lis balloon ascent"
srse. I don't; I mean his balloon
s4ocent; 30 accents the first syllable"
The daily Alaskan., 1911-09-25
Is YOUR SILVER
 ENGRAVED?

Where can be found more genuine satisfaction than in beautiful table silver which Is artisticaliy engraved with the name 5r initials Of the owner
 There is nothing that adds to the appearance of a tabls, set for some special occasion like beautiful silver service. and that the choicest and most unique designs can be had right here in skagvay, ls well worthy of note.
 Like all the stock la the Kirmse store. the silver stock Is equaIled in no other store In town, and when it is know that all engraving IS done free of charge. this should be a great luducement to get what you are think ing of buying at the Kirmse store
 It is time to think Of Thaaksgiv-nz. Christmas and New Years dinners. and to make arrangements to have Ia table service which win be in keep Ing with the balance Of the appoint ments of your table.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-09-25
sKAowAY WEATHER REPORT

Daily Alaskan-only Si a month.
 It wis tipped off to a representative of this paper late today that on ac- count of the special meeting of the A. B's., tonight. c. Herman Miller says there will be no work tonight in the Auditors office of the ". p. & r.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-09-25

In witness whereof l have hereun- to set my hand this 18th day of Sept 1911. WILLIAM BRITT.
 Treasurer of the Town of skagways Alaska.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-09-25
R N o r [ c E

Just received a shipment of fresh oysters in shell. You can now get oysters on half shell in any quantity at the Pack Train Restanrant.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-09-25
LOCAL BRIEFS

n Buy The Daily Alaskan n.
 AUG On The Streets For AVS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-22
.AER0PLAhES ARE
USED IN BATTLE
DROP BOMBS IN THE TURKISH
CAMP AND COMPLETELY
DESTROY IT.

TRIPOII, Nov. 21.--~Two engage
ments between the Italians and the
Turks here yesterday resulted in the
death of twenty-nine Turks arid the
wounding of many more. The first
engagement took place about daylight.
The Turks crept UP on the Italian
outposts and attempted "a surprise.
but were discovered. 4 sharp en-
gagement ensued, in which the Turks
lost nine. They carried off their
wounded. In about an hour the Turks
returned to the fight The Italian
grenadiers and artillery replied to
their attacks and again rcpulsed the
enc my. this time with a loss OF TWEEN
". The Italians suffered no casual
ties.
a lively combat also occurred at
Derna, where the Turks took advan
tage of fog to advance on The enc
my The whole OF the italian garri
son went into action and succeeded in
driving off the Turks.
Italian aeropianes during yester-
day dropped several bombs INSIDE the
Turkish camp, completely destroying
1t.
The village If Amrus and the fort
OF Henpi. short distance from Tri-
poll. We're bomhardcd by the Italian
cruiser Carlo Alberto.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-22
MILSTEAD CALLS FOR
WOMAN'S PRIMARY

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. Nov. go
Hon. Il. w. Milstead. member from
Newport News to the House OF Deie-
gates, will probably be assigned to the
Craftsmanship OF the committee on
woman suffrage. AT least Senator
Saxon w. Holt has intimated his in
tention Of doing little missionary
work in that direction for his col.
league.
In any event. Mr.. Miistead has beer
bombarded with literature from the
suffragcttes n various parts of the
State and ing man of gallantry.
he IL always willing to do the bid
ding Of the ladies, II he can only AS
certain what are the wishes Of the
majority.
But there's the rub. He does not
know what the ladies Of Newport
News desire---what are the wishes Of
the better hair OF his constituents
In this city. He desires instructions
and he takes this method Of address,
ing tho ladies' He requests that they
will hold primary election and de-
eide by ballot whether or not they
wish him to vote for the woman sur
frage amendment that threatens to
come before the next General Assem-
bly,. Mr. Milstead says that IL tho
ladies will only issue their edict, he
will have pleasure In obeying.