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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-10
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Henry l.. StubbS, eX-tfeaSurer Of
Penohscot county. died suddenly late
Tuesday night, at his home in BAN
gor He was born in Pennsylvania. 60
years ago, and was for some time n
railroad engineer. He WAS assistant Ia
County Treasurer Il. b. Thomas OF
IIampden, succeeding him al his death
in office and was reelected for several
terms. lie was prominent in Repuhli.
can politics.
The farm buildings in Dexter on the
place owned by Ernest Seavey and
occupied by Robert Cuthbertson, We're
destroyed by fire, Wednesday after
noon. Ten head of young stock and
several hogs were burned to death
\ large quantity of bay was also de
stroyed. The Cuthbertson family saved
their furniture. The loss is partially
covered by insurance. The fire origi-
mated in the barn.
Services We're held for the first time,
last Sunday, in the new st. Marks
Roman Catholic church. at sheridan.
Rev. FIR. A. Pelletier, the pastor, cele-
brated the first mass and the sermon
was preached by Rev FIR. l.. T.. Huot,
pastor of st. Dayid'S church. FIR. Huot
congratulated FIR. Pelletier on his ex-
ceilent work and had words of praise
for the parishioners. He also thanked
the many non-Catholics who have
assisted FIR. Pelletier.
Mrs. Mary s. Durham of Portland,
agent for the Children's Protective So
eiety, has petitioned the Androscog-
gin county probate court for the APP
pointment of a guardian for Ralph
Paine, the 19-yearold young man re-
Gently removed from the Holy Ghost
and Us Society at Shiloh. Judge New
ell has ordered a hearing on the pc
tition at the probate court in Auburn,
next Saturday morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-10
RUPTURE AND PILES NOW
DURABLE.

DR. A. W Turner, Boston specialist
has published pamphlet explaining
how rupture, piles, fistula or rectal
troubles may be cured to stay cured
without using the knife.
OF course all sufferers are interested
and letters are coming to the doctor IN
great numbers from other physicians
and from ruptured people
TO al, inquiries the doctor sends the
pamphlet by mail without charge ,.
gThe doctors address is A. nv, Turner
NJ u. NJ E.. Hotel Pelhain s4p BoyIston
ST.. Essston. Mass. ls4nts noye-s-lO
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-10

Charles Smith, aged 20, of Kenne-
bGnkpart, arrested in Bangor, Tues
day, on a charge of setting fire to the
house owned by Ralph G. Downes on
tic Kennebunk road Aug ), was
brought. "Wednesday noon, to Saco
Late that afternoon he was arraigned
before JUDGE r. f. Cleaves in the po
lice court on a charge of arson. He
waived examination and was held for
the grand jury in the sum of 5000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-10

The Witherslack plate of $50 soVer-
eigns for year-olds. distance five
frulongs. was run at Liverpool,
Thursday. and won by Charles Car
rolls Miss Malaprop. Sunny Lass was
second and the Witty Girl filly third,
There We're nine starters. The Stew
ards plate handicap OF $50 spver7
eigns for S-year- and upwards.
distance six furlongs, was Won by
RUM mede. owned by J. +. keene.
/ .aye,t was second and Grahimont
third Fourteen horses ran.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17
CHAPTER v.

Unannounced, there entered the room
a slender woman, whose face was half
hidden by huge, Hopping, bushel-
basket type of hat, the brim OF which
was drapec with Haunting, Tapping
lace, and from whose crown lifted into
the air gorgeous array of feathers
and ribbons and flowers. A tight-fit-
ting gown, with the skirt so hobbled
that her steps were painfully mincing,
encased her form. and from behind
her drifted the most remarkable train
that ever was. She tottered In on
her high-heeled shoes and peered
about the place with mingling Of
coyness and assurance that was amaz-
ing. Harry looked up. saw her, and
groaned. Then he lapsed back furth-
er into the chair and mentally gave
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17

Every stockman and farmer knows
the advantages of some sort of feed
ing floor, writes Percy II. Wilson in
the Prairie Farmer. Wooden floors
are all right for short time, but
they soon become rotten and infested
with disease germs.
In concrete the farmer has found
an ideal floor material. Such floors
not only affect saving in feed, a
shortening in the time of fattening and
a decrease in labor, but also afford
perfect protection to the health of the
animal. Concrete floors do not soak
up water and therefore cannot be-
come infested with disease germs.
Their surfaces. can be easily cleaned
and thoroughly disinfected with oils
and dips. Rats cannot nest under
them. Careful. tests have shown, that
concrete floors, through the saving of
grain and manure alone, pay for them
selves In the short period of one
year.
Feeding floors are merely several
sidewalks laid side by side, and the
same general rules of construction APP
ply to them. Choose site in the lot
where the ground is slightly sloping,
well drained and wind-protected and
convenient to feed and water.
Excavate to a depth of IL inches for
the drainage foundation, and around
the outside edges of the entire floor
dig a trench IL inches wide and IS
inches deep. (This trench, filed with
concrete, prevents hog wallows from
undermining the floor and keeps the
rats from nesting under it, Fill all
of this space Except the trench) to
the natural ground level with we'll
tamped coarse gravel, crushed rock,
the tile culls of brickbats. This oil
forms the drainage foundation as for
sidewalks.
The floor must be graded or sloped
SO that water will not collect on it in
the winter and SO that the manure
washings may be caught by the cutters
and run to the water-tight manure pit.
Ito shape the gutter, make a mold or
temple by rounding the corners on the
fat side of six-foot length of four by.
six-inch timber.) A gentle slope, to-
ward the lower corner, of one-eighth to
one-fourth inch for each foot of length
or width is sufficient This is secured
by. the use of a heavy grade stake
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17
MANY ADVANTAGES OF USING
CONCRETE FOR FEEDING FLOOR
Ideal AS 1t Saving Feed
Shortening I'm Time of Fattening nd Decrease
Labor But Also Affords Protection to
Health ofAnimaI-Keeps Out Rats.

at each corner of the floor, a straight
edge or a grade line, and spirit
level.
1t is an advantage to have a feed
ing floor it's full thickness above
ground: Make light floors four inches
and floors subject to heavy loads six
Inches thick. For the forms use two
inch lumber of a width equal to the
floor thickness Begin on the low
side of the floor. Mark the grade height
Of each corner stake and set the forms
to a grade cord stretched from stake
to stake Use only good materials and
mix the concrete, one part Portland
cement to two and one-half parts sand
to five parts screened gravel or crush
ed rock, or one part Portland cement
to five parts band-run gravel. Measure
the materials exactly; count one sack
of cement equal to one cubic foot.
Always begin placing the concrete
on the low side of the floor, so that the
rain from sudden showers will not run
from the hard onto the newly placed
concrete. Fill the trench and the
slab section OF the forms with con-
crete. Bring the surface to grade by
drawing over it straight edge with
its ends on the opposite forms or with
one end on the form and the other on
the finished concrete. Four inches
in from the edge. on each of the low
sides, temporarily imbed the rounded
four by six-;nch gutter mold and lamp
1t down until its square top is even
with the surface of the slab section of
the floor. Remove the mold and finish
the surface with a wooden float. The
day after the concrete in each section
is placed, carefully throw on a cover
ing of hay or straw and keep it thor
oughly wet for a week. Connect the
cutters with the manure pit by means
of trough, another gutter, or by large
drain tile laid underground. If con-
crete feeding troughs and racks are to
be built at some future time, make the
necessary mortises by temporarily Inn
bedding blocks or wooden frames In
the soft concrete.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17
CLEVER USES OF BASKETS
Make Very Pretty Jardinieres by Use
Of Cheap Materials and Little
Artistic Skill.

A woman who likes to have her
house full Of growing plants in win
ter has discovered the baskets which
can be bought for 10 cents make very
pretty jardinieres. These baskets, In
old-fashioned willow-ware, come In
dark green, deep red and brown, and
any Of them are effective with the
green Of the plants, says the New
York Tribune. If the baskets are
bought In a 10-cent store 1t is most
likely that one will need only to go
to another department to buy for 10
cents the pans that will exactly fit
them. Before being filled by the for
list the pans should be painted grass
green. or to match the basket.
One of these baskets may also, with
little more manipulation, he made
to fill the more prosaic sphere of
work basket, lined with Persian silk
in harmonizing colors. On one side
is pocket of silk drawn up by mar
row elastic, and small bows holding
in place an emery ball, a bodkin, a
glove member and needle book make
a pretty decoration along the edge.
The outer edge is trimmed with a
modest little fancy fringe.
Newer in style is the brown one,
with yellow added for brightness
There is a mat in the bottom cut from
cardboard and covered with brown
silk, which is fastened to the under
side with glue. The little silk cush-
ion, which is of the tomato order,
measures four and a half inches
across. Both. mat and cushion are
held in place by two stitches C. strong
silk that go through the bottom of
the basket A yard and half of rib
bon three and quarter inches wide
will be required to hold the spools
and to make the bow. A quarter Of
yard of wider ribbon in the sane
shade will do for the cushion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17
CARE OF THE GIRLS ROOM
Trick of Having Apartment Beautiful,
Attractive and Clean Is Simple
and Easily Learned.

A girl can learn nothing more use
full than the simple trick Of having
her own room beautiful, attractive
and clean. It Is not always possible
to have the furniture, but one can
have a honey looking" room One
thing is absolutely necessary; a room
must be clean, bedspreads. pretty
linen dresser pieces, and chair cush-
ions are necessary. Cover the trunk
(if kept in the room) with a cretonne
cover, and have a scrap basket to
hold little odds and ends which must
be burned. On the table have well
selected books and magazines. Keep
gay postal cards in neat postal card
book. Do not decorate the walls with
them, for pretty as they-are they soon
hang crooked and make room look
untidy.
Have place for shoes, for If any
thing makes room upset 1t is pair
Vt tan shoes lying. pigeon-toed. under
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17
Horsehair Turban.

Among the comfortable hats that
have been invented for summer wear,
especially when travelling or motor
ing, is a turban of colored hofsehair.
The French call this material by the
name of GRIN, and 1t Is woven out of
such silken threads that it has prac-
tically no weight.
The form of these turbans Is East
Indian. They are wrapped or swathed
around small frame of milliner's
wire and lined with white China silk.
They are excellent for steamer wear,
because they have no brim, and one
can lean back against the chair with
entire comfort. OF course, for the
woman who must have her eyes al
ways shaded from the light these tur
bans are impossible, but for the ordi-
nary mortal they are both stylish and
comfortable.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17

ry sank weakly into chair and
awaited the blow.
tits all over" he said to himself.
Carolyn tried the door, but it would
not open.
why. Harry!" she said. "Your
room is locked"
"Eh? oh! What?" Harry said.
Locked? Now, who could have lock-
ed it?"
He fumbled in his pockets, mean
while listening acutely for the sound
which would tell him that Mrs.
Blazes was presenting herself. But,
blessings upon her head! She did no
such thing. With gasp of relief Har-
ry said:
1--WE left the key somewhere. I'll
look for it after while"
Lucy looked at Carolyn with an
awe-stricken face.
rs that Harry's bedroom?" she
asked, in Mortified tones.
why, yes!" Carolyn answered.
"And l desired to see it! Oh! Har-
ry, what must thee think of me. And
how nice it was of thee to tell me it
was only junk ROOM"
She went out with Carolyn, leaving
Harry sunk deiectedly in big chair.
IF had tried to fix this up for my
SELF" he said, signing deeply, lit
couldn't have been worse"
But it could be-and was about to
be-much worse.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17
Combinations Quick Sellers.

Combination garments have taken
SO well with the trade that they are
now made In the cheapest grade, an
well as the highest priced numbers.
says the Dry Goods Economist. FL
fectiye corset-cover and drawer com
binations are made of wide emhroid-
cry, the corset-cover being made OF
one piece. The embroidery being
wide enough to form the leg of the
drawer, narrow yoke joins the cor
set cover and drawer section. So lit.
tie workmanshipis required on these
numbers that the quality is exception
ally good In the cheap grades, as the
extra cost is put into the material.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17

and fiuttered her hands as though she
had been asked to pluck few stare
from the sky.
II can't make another" she said
There aren't any more like the orig
inal. | had two models, but they're
both gone.s One l sold to Mrs
Blazes-" a~s
Mrs. .Blazes!" Harry interrupted.
YES" Daphne said, Mrs. Genera
Blszes."
Harry looked at the door of his
room, expecting Mrs. Blazes to come
forth andsenter the discussion. What
construction Daphne might put or
her presence, concealed, in his house
he feared to imagine. This, coupled
with his old Irritation with Daphne
and her sensistively jealous DISPOSE
ton, would be sure to make things
unpleasant for him.
"Why?'' she asked. What is Mrs
Blazes to you?"
Nothing" Harry said. fervently
Absolutely nothing"
We'll, you acted queer. You al
ways did act queer" Daphne said
Anyway, the. other hat was sent
here, and l want to get It,"
But it isn't. here" Harry assured
her. IF 1t were, l wouldn't let you
have it, because / want one like it my
self. Can't you make one for me?"
Il might Daphne said, assuming
the coy air that she fancied to be sc
sirresistible why. do, you want a hat:
Is it for your sister?'s
mo, Daphne. = You see, it's this
way. I'm tof have a guest-two
guests. A young lady I'm greatly in
terested in-you see, it has been SO
long since we parted that / am sure
you have forgotten me-and so-well,
this. young lady isy to visit my sister,
and-well, I've got to get that hat"
: rs the hat for herr" Daphne asked,
interestedly.
$40 BE CoNTINUEDy
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17

himself up to the inevitable with the
words:
"Ye gods! Daphne Daffington!"
She looked him over coolly. and
said:
"You!" :
He nodded his head weakly. Things
had been piling themselves up too rap
idly for him to be able to- face the
situation with any assurance what
ever.
After all these yearsi" she ex-
claimed. ITO find you at last Where
have you been all this time?" f@
"On''-confusedly-"Iv been here
and there-first at home. and then
away off," r.
Well" she said, pursuing her lips
determinedly, you're away of. if you
think you can shake me as easily now
as you did the last time"
I'm sorry, Daphne" Harry told her.
II know you have right to think
harshly of me-"
"A right" she said, scornfully.
Il know" he confessed, that you
think l treated you stability"
stability" she shifted. "You only
call it shabby to ask me to go to a
ball game, and leave me under an
awning in a pouring rain-and that's
the last l see of you in two whole.
long, weary years."
Il guess that wasn't right, Daphne"
he acknowledged. ~. !.
You said you were going fors a
cab," she accused him. - -
Harry jumped up suddenly.
'I'll go and get you one now" he
offered. Sc
Daphne stopped him with a steely
glance, and demanded:
Where's that hat l sent here?"
Harry stared at her for the moment
with utter Darkness. Then it slowly
altered through his brain that she was
the milliner to whom Mrs. Blazss
had telephoned Daphne misinterT
preted his stare for one of admiration,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17

ACES and nets are more generally
used in making hats for mid
summer than for many seasons
past. They are fine for remodeling
shapes that have been worn but are
available for second or third season,
as leghorns and milans. If the used
shape is discolored or not in perfect
repairs, ruff1es of lace, sewed one row
above another, may easily cover the
upper brim entirely. With a crown of
net draped over thin silk for the
top, no part of the original shape is
visible except the under brim. Such
q hat is shown In Fig. 1. The lace is
a German val pattern and Is knife
plated, making ruf1es a little less
than two inches wide. These are slip
stitched to the brim.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17
aye Gods! Daphne Daffinstonl"

Daphne, the milliner, are your"
None other" preened Daphne.
"You see, have risen to fame and
achieved my ambitions, while you
have been content to remain In OBJ
security"
ITO my sorrow" Harry replied,
that is too true, Daphne. But about
the hat, l really know nothing OF 1t.
There must be mistake
ut came here, all right" Daphne
replied. THE party who got 1t
wouldn't give his name. He just gave
this number"
"Well. l wish such hat were here.
The messenger must have taken it to
the wrong house. Now. Daphne, !
want just such hat as that, and I'll
pay you good price for it,
Daphne shook her head judicially,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17
GOOD QUALITIES
OF PURE-BREDS
Value of Hogs Depends Largely
on Care and Attention Given
Them-More Uniform in
Color Style and Finish.
By E. E. AxL1NE. Missouri.)

CBy E. E, AXLINE, Missouri)
The value of pure-bred hogs de-
Ponds largely on~the care and atten-
ton given them. Care and attention
pay we'll when given to any kind of
live stock, and if we have pure-breds
we naturally feel more interest in
them anu will take better care of them
3 than if they were grades of inferior
quality.
Pure-breds breed evener, are more
uniform in color, have more style and
finish. They feed quicker, mature or
develop earlier with less fat than most
grades. This makes them more profit
able for the farmer and feeder to
grow and feed and of course they are
better sellers.
AS breeder for more than twenty
years, have found that it pays to
breed pure-breds and as a farmer and
feeder for over thirty years know
it pays well to raise the best for feed
ing purposes.
A car load of pure-breds of any
breed of "a uniform style and color
will always command premium on
the. market. Pure-bred dams are
generally of quiet and gentle dis
position and can be easily handled
at narrowing time, which Is a great
help in saving filters, especially when
farrowed in bad weather, in winter
or early, spring, when it is very essen
tial that the young pigs be looked aft
err. E..
Pure-breds of the best quality are
ready for market at any age. A pure
bred of from 100 to $50 pounds will
often sell for more per pound than
heavier and older hog.
If disease should get in your feed
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17

The wreath of buds and foliage
about the crown at the base is all that
is needed to complete the hat.
A leghorn in Fig shows the under
brim covered to within an inch and a
half Of the edge with a dotted net in
pale blue. A big pulled crown of the
net is draped over wreath of n.y.
drangeas, which grows wider at
the back, where 1t climbs to the top
of the crown. Very little of the upper
brim Is visible and the crown of this
hat is almost wholly concealed. On
the crown the net is draped over plain
chiffon q trifle lighter In tone than
itself. This is another excellent de-
sign for hat which is to be remod-
eled from one that shows signs OF
wear JULIA BoTTOMLEY.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17
Feed for Cows.

While there is difference in the
value Of feed consumed by different
cows in the same herd, this difference
in most herds will be less than SIS,
and will rarely exceed $40, yet the
returns from the different cows IN the
herd will vary from $50 to $50, or, to
state it another way, 81 worth of
feed will produce less than 81 worth
Of milk from one COW, while In the
same herd another will produce more
than 50 worth of milk.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17

and with remarkable Imitation OF
shyness, she asked:
DO you think my new gown is be-
coming, really?"
IT'S beaut," Harry informed her.
IT'S a beaut. How do you get 1t on!
With a shoe horn?"
There you go again!" Daphne said,
accusingly. "You were always so full
of sarcasm that you acted sour.
want that hat sent over here"
"You never sent any hat here"
Eyes, did. A yellow hat, trimmed
with red poppies. 1t was duplicate
of an imported model that l sold to
one of my best patrons"
'I've heard of that hat" Harry
unused. Then he said, brightly: why,
you're not the renowned Mile.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17
Crocheted cuff Llnks.

Cuff links for wash waists may be
made from two crochet buttons, sewed
together like the parts of dumbbell
link with strong thread loop of the
right length, which is then button
holed over and over. These links Will
wash, are pretty and are not easily
lost, besides being economical.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17
Buffalo Grass.

Farmers are not using much feed.
but stock are doing well on buffalo
grass, which cures up like hay. It
does not Come up new each year like
other grass, but all the dry blades
become green again. Russian thistles
cured like hay are mostly fed here.
andswhat threatened to be pest has
been a blessing
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17
SYNOPSIS.

Harry Swifton is expecting visit from
his fiancee, Lucy Medders, Quakeress
whom he met in the country. His auto
a beautiful woman and German count.
The woman's hat is ruined and Harry
escapes. His sister Caroline, arrives at
his home to play hostess. Socrates Prim-
mer cousin Of Lucy's, arrives with
hat intended as present for Lucy. Har-
ry is trailed to his home by the Count
hat, duplicate of which she says has
been delivered at Harrys house. She is
in great fear lest her husband hear of
her escapade. Lucy Medders and her
father arrive and the count is hidden in
one room and Mrs. Blazes in another.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17

lot or even in your immediate neigh
borhood your pure-breds are ready
to go to market at any age and they
willIalways sell higher than grades Of
any breed of same weight
1t pays well to breed, feed and sell
pure-breds of the. very best quality
of any breed in preference to grader
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17

the bed and another pair of black ones
under the dresser Keep the closet
in order so that when the door is
opened you will not be ashamed to
have anyone see how you keep your
clothes. If you put things away as
you use them you can have room
like this. Have one palm or fern
grace your room, and if it dies get q
new one.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-17

An odd but beautiful evening gown
is of chamois colored tulle, with en-
broideries worked on real channels
leather In Japanese style with floss
silks. The designs are chrysanthe-
NUNS in lovely shades of yellow. gray
and drab, and here and there dra-
gon worked in silver thread.