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The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
SAVED FROM MOOSE BY TEARS
Many Man Who Really Deserved to Dlc Has Escaped Because of
 Sympathy.

Tears, just ordinary everyday tears, have saved many a man who really deserved to die from the hang mans moose and the electric chair, :" was one of the favorite sayings of the of the common pleas court of Cuyaho- ga county, whose death is just an- nounced.
 When I was an ambitious young barrister in Summit county I always tried-in a murder case-to get one or two sympathetic men on the jury. was the attorney for the defense in over ninety cases down there, and my recollection Is that lost but two.
 One case, particularly. was a pal pablo instance of guilt. The chances were 100 to 1 against the man I was employed to defend. When we were picking the jury I noticed man in the venire who, I thought, would weep easily
 The state had exhausted its chal- lenges and I picked this man. In my plea to the jury I made him cry. He hung the jury and there was no yer dict The next time we went to trial the vote was seven to five in favor of acquittal. and the third time we got a verdict of not guilty all because one man on a jury could be made to weep"
 Judge Mckinney was. for many years. regarded as the most success full criminal lawyer in northern Ohio. When the news of his nomination to the common pleas bench came to him. Judge Mckinney was on tour of the old world with the late Judge Henry c. Ralney. It is said that Judge Mo Kinney tore the cablegram into shreds. tram rred 1t under foot, and, turning to Judge Ranney. said:
 Let's go in to dinner. I want to forget some bad news I've had from home"
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
HIS REASON WAS ASTOUNDING
Prosecuting Solicitor Attempts to Be little Testimony of Witness With
 Dire Result.

It was at the police court. A wit ness for the defense had been exam ined. when the prosecuting solicitor stood up to crush him.
 Solicitor-Why did you hide Sulli- van in your house on that Saturday night?
 Witness-I did not see Sullivan at all on that night
 Solicitor (knowingly)-Win you swear your wife did not. hide Sullivan on that night?
 Witness (hesitatingly)-Ye-es.
 Solicitor (more knowingly)-Wih your wife swear that she did not hide Sullivan in your house that night?
 Witness (more hesitatingly)-W -I-don't-think-so
 Solicitor (most knowingly)-Ah And perhaps you can tell the court how it is you can swear your wife did not hide him, while she cannot swear the same thing. Speak up now, and tell the truth.
 Witness (unhesitatingly) = Well. you see, I'm not a married man.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
FRESHIES FAIL IN GEOGRAPHY
River Rhine Is Placed in Asia and Memphis, Mobile and Venice
 Are Strange.

Madison, Wis. - Many freshmen when they enter the University of Wisconsin, cannot locate important cities, rivers or mountain ranges, in their own or foreign countries, accord ing to recent tests made by the de- partment of geology in the classes in physical geography. The results of the examinations this year corrobo- rate those of previous years.
 Surprising ignorances of the loca- tion of prominent cities in the United States was discovered. Many could not tell in what state such well-known cities as Richmond, Mobile, Memphis, Butte, Syracuse, Nashville, Spokane, Atlanta and Scranton were.
 Some of the students could locate only four of the following ten cities by telling what country each was in Vienna, Venice. Lisbon, Bombay, Bue- nos Aires, Hongkong, Athens, Mos COW, Shanghai and Melbourne.
 Fully one-third showed remarkable ignorance in regard to even the ap- proximate location of the Rivers Rhine, Volga, Ganges, Orinoco and Euphrates. Some placed the Rhine in Asia and others in South America
 In trying to locate the Pyrenees, Caucasus, Himalaya and Sierra Ne vada mountains and Mt. Mckinley, nearly half of the freshmen missed two or three out of these five.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
BUYING FAMILY MEAT
MARKET CONDITIONS SHOULD BE
 CAREFULLY STUDIED.
No Matter What Cut Is Selected It Can Not Be Utilized to Best Advantage Unless 1t Is
 We'll Cooked.

The choice of meat cuts should cor respond to the needs of the family and the preferences of it's members. Careful consideration of market condi- tions is always useful not only to make sure that the meat is handled and marketed in a sanitary way but also to take advantage of any favor able change in price which may be due, for instance, to large local sup ply of some particular kind or cut of meat. In towns where there is oppor- tunity for choice, it may sometimes. be found more satisfactory not to give all the family trade to one butcher; by going to various markets before buying the housekeeper is in a better position to hear of variations in prices and so be in position to get the best values Ordering by telephone or from the butchers boy at the door may be less economical than going to market in person as the range of choice and prices is of course more obvious when the purchaser sees the goods and has a chance to observe market conditions. Each housekeeper must decide for herself whether or not the greater convenience compensates for the smaller range of choice which such ordering from description en' tails. No matter what the cut, wheth- CT expensive or cheap, it can not be utilized to the best advantage unless it is we'll cooked. Poorly prepared meat dishes are almost inevitably wasted at the table. As an illustra ton of the losses arising through un' wise selection and poor cooking may be mentioned facts observed in die tary studies carried on by the expert ment stations. In many families where the income was fairly good the table and other conditions were far from satisfactory. In such cases the marketing was quite commonly done by child or someone. without knowl edge or experience. In particular instance the selection was expensive steak, which later was so badly cook ed that 1t was hardly possible to eat 1t. A cheaper cut well cooked would have been much more satisfactory as well as more economical
 There is sometimes an advantage in using canned meat and meat prod ucts, and. if they are of good quality, such products are wholesome and palatable.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
INCREASE OF CANCER DENIED
Timely Warning Against Popular Terror Created by Mass of Liter
 ature on Subject.

Denials of any modern increase o1 cancer are being made by those who are competent to judge, both here ana in Europe, and it is a timely warning against the popular terror which has been created by the mass of lay liter ature on the subject
 There is no doubt that more cases are reported since we learned how to recognize them, so that the statistic increase does not necessarily mean an actual increase.
 Again, there are more people who survive early diseases and reach the cancer age" so that there should be an actual relative increase of number of cases, but that is far from saying that a person in the cancer age is any more liable to contract that disease than were those who lived 50 years ago.
 Taking into consideration all the available data, it has been decided by those who have looked into the mat ter exhaustively that the proportion of the population of cancer age who contract malignant disease is the same as it always has been.
 A few thousand years ago, when our fighting ancestors rarely reached 45 years of age, or even 35, there were mighty few cases of cancer, but the proportion was probably the same as now. Thus vanishes another of the bugaboos due to improper study of modern medical statistics.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
She Could, loo.

Soon after the removal of a certain Indiana minister to California, the father took Elizabeth. aged five. out for a walk. Looking at the noun tains around the city. he remarked:
 Just think, Elizabeth, God made these beautiful mountains. Isn't it wonderful?"
 Elizabeth. not being in spiritual mood, replied:
 "Hm. could. too, if I had the
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
MUSIC AS A uFE-sAvER
Tale From the Nasty Deep That Proves Truth of Song WarbIed
 by Poet.

Up from the vasty deep comes a tale that proves the truth of what the poet sang when he warbled to the effect that music hath charms to sooth the savage breast"
 The story has been delivered in New York by the crew of the bark Pallas, which was wrecked on Grand Cayman island in the Caribbean sea during the recent tropical hurricane. When the vessel struck 1t was in the night, and in order to cheer up their comrades during the hours before day light, two of the crew, who happened to be musicians, ground out tunes on a fiddle and accordion That the per formers escaped to tell the tale must be put down as remarkable evidence of the fortitude and forgiveness on the part of the men who were facing death in watery graves.
 However, no murder was done, ana when day broke the natives of the island were seen hurrying to the res cue in such boats as they could com mand They explained that they had heard the music and had come down to investigate the strange occurrence. The whole lot of shipwrecked men, as well as some chickens and a pig were taken ashore, and grand barbecue with fiddle and concertina accompani- ment, celebrated the rescue.
 All of which points to the moral that when one goes down to the sea In ship he should carry some pro ducer of sweet sounds-even if noth- ing more than jewsharp-along as q, life preserver.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
oId-fashIoned DumpIlns.

Chop into quart of flour that haa been sifted with a teaspoonful of salt and a teaspoonful cream of tartar one quarter pound suet. Add one-half tea, spoonful soda dissolved in a little hot water and enough cold water ol milk to make the four into a rather stif
 paste. Roll out, handling as lightly as possible, cut into squares and put in the middle of each a fine juicy ap pie, peeled and cored. Fill the core cavity with sugar wet with lemon juice and a clove or a little marma, Jade. pinch the edges of the dumpline together and tie up in a small square cloth dipped in hot water wrung out and houred on the inside before the apple is put in. For this purpose many old-fashioned housekeepers have crochetted dumpling bags made from stout cotton. In them tie up the dumpling fast, leaving room for 1t to swell. Boil one hour. The water must be boiling when the dumplings go iu and not stop boiling an instant un, til the time is up. Turn the bags several times during the boiling but keep them under water, as they must be covered all the time. Serve as soon as done. as they get heavy standing.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
Sweet Potatoes au eratln.

Boil sweet potatoes and cut in slices after peeling. Butter a bakfna dish and fill with alternate layers oi the potato. a little chopped green pep per and some cream sauce. Cover the bottom of the dish with the sauce then alternate with the potato and chopped pepper, and every now and then bit of butter. Have the upper layer very smooth and bake till brown Take an egg and separate the yolh from the white. Beat the latter to a cream and place in a drift-Iike ar engagement on top of the potato. Al low a place in the center and lay the yolk of the egg in this depression Return to the oven. and leave there for seven minutes. The egg will be cooked through and the white ambush a delicate golden color.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
shIp Narrowly Eseaped MeteorIte.

0nip NdTTOWiJ GSCdPCO tUSIC0tIICs
 The Hull trawler, which recently recorded that during its voyage in the North sea a meteor fell a few yards away from the vessel, shaking It from stem to stern and rendering It's compass useless, was not the first vessel to have narrowly escaped dis aster by the fall of meteorite.
 The African Prince of the Prince Line was nearly engulfed in the At Iantic from similar cause in Octo- Der, 1906, and the captain on reach ing Liverpool gave an interesting ac- count of the escape. He and the sec ond officer were on the bridge when the bolt fell from the blue and it seem- ed to them as it entered the water close to the ship. to be a huge mass of molten metal poured out of the sky Had 1t struck us" said Capt. Anderson, i've would have been to- tally annihilatetd without doubt another mysterious loss of vessel in every way fitted to undertake a voy age
 q am of opinion" he added, that to some such cause must be attrib- uted losses so. mysterious that neither seamanship. engineering nor ordinary theories can explain them. "-LOndon Daily News.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
Swallows His Teeth.

Marion, O.-Charles Smith. aged thirty, of this city, is in Grant hos pital, Columbus, having swallowed his false teeth with the plate attached. Doctors say he will recover. Smith swallowed his teeth in the night when on hunting trip in Richmond county.
 An X-ray examination disclosed the teeth crosswise in the esophagus. Later, by muscular contraction, the teeth passed into his stomach, where they still remain. Gastric juices will eventually eat up the plate.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
TRAP FOR KILLING INSECTS
Novel Method of Destroying Moths and Other Insects Which Are
 Harmful to Grapevines.

A novel method of killing moths and other insects which are harmful to grapevines has been adopted near Rheims. Posts supporting five-candle- power electric lamps were placed in the vineyards, and from each post dish containing water, with top layer of petroleum, was suspended. During the first night these traps were placed in three parallel rows at distances of about 200 feet from each other. the distance between each lamp being about 75 feet. On the first clear evening the current was turned on about eight o'clock and the lamps re- mained burning until an hour or so were lighted the insects swarmed toward them and were rapidly killed, either by the fumes of the petroleum or by the petroleum itself. The same operation was resumed the next clear night. but the lamps of the two out side rows were placed about 25 feet closer to those of the center row, and this was repeated on each of five sub sequent clear nights, so as finally to bring the three rows within about 50 feet of each other. During the sue ceeding six or seven clear nights the movement was reversed, in the same manner, so as to return the lamps to their position of the first night. As to the position of the lamps, numerous experiments were made during these trials, and it was proved that the greatest number of insects were killed when the petroleum dish was only few inches above the ground.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
Pomona Rice.

Core. pare and bake six tart apples Steam one cup of rice in two cups of salted water. three-fourths of an hour With a fork stir in one large table spoon of butter, a little cayenne and more salt if needed. Make molasses sauce with one cup of molasses, one ta, blespoon each of vinegar and butter and a pinch of salt. Simmer ten min. utes. Put the rice into a dish, lay the apples upon it and pour the sauce over them. Serve either hot or cold. We are very fond of this, especially used as an entree with roast pork
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
A Food Combine.

"Oh. John." exclaimed Mrs. Bayside laying down the paper, isn't it just lovely! You remember that young couple who were upset off here last summer in their sailboat? Well, they fell in love and got married. And they're so well to do, too. Her fathers a rich packer and his father is pros porous farmer"
 "Oh," sniffed the summer hotel keep CT. "a sort of corned beef and cabbage combination, eh?"
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
Fame at Last.

whatever Is the matter. Percy?" asked the poets wife. why are you tearing your hair so?"
 70, Scribbler's Magazine has sent me an acceptance for a poemi"
 Why, that's grandl You have been trying to sell them something for so long,"
 Well. perhaps 1t Is. but I find the sonnet I meant to send them Is right here on my desk and what sent them was the backing sheet that I've been using on my typewriter for the last three monthsi"
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
Roosters on watehdoa Duty.

San Francisco.-Two game roosters have been trained by H. T. Holmes to guard his home. The arriving stranger at the Holmes house Is met by these birds with crow, which notifies th- inmates of the house, and if the stranger insists on entering, the birds fly at his head and peck his face. AS a substitute for watch dogs. they are g success.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
our ThouohtfuI covernment.

Hiram Hawkins-Say, Lem, what d yew suppose them thar .pustal savings banks air fer, anyway?
 Postmaster Perkins-Wa-al, peers tew me, Hi, they air fer folks thet's bin gittin' a hull lot O them pictur pustals from all over tn world, an bein' thet they want tew save 'em, why. tn guv'ment's startin' up them kind O banks round tn country Judge.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
Maple Cream Candy.

Two cups of maple syrup. butter the size of walnut, one-half cup of chop ped walnut meats and figs. one tea spoonful of orange extract Cook the syrup until 1t hairs" Remove from the stove. add the butter and beat until creamy; add the nuts. figs and aavoring; pour into buttered tin. Mark Into squares and cut when cool.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
sreakino the News.

Minnie, are you reading Home Hints'?"
 Yes. darling.
 will you look among Home Reef pes and see if there's anything about taking stains out of carpets. Merry Thought.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
Difficult Eating.

Mother Cat lunch)-Yes. darling. these little sardines are sometimes eaten by the larger fish.
 Mabel (aged flve)-But. mamma. how do they get the cans open?- Ideas.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
The Poor GranoerI

Little Willie-Say. pa, what is a poor, down-trodden farmer?
 Pale Is one of those fortunate in- dividuals. my son. who have real cream in their coffee.
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
The Impossible.

"A man can do almost anything when he discovers that he must"
 Have you ever felt that you must get upstairs at two a. m. without waking your wife?"
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10
Or Did He Escape.

'T met Miss Elderly and Miss Seer going for a tramp, yesterday.
 (Which one of them got him"
The Holbrook news., 1911-02-10

EsteIle-Does Miss Scads spend much in charity work?
 Edith-Ohl yes. It was only the other day that she paid $100 for stunning gown.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-26
Notice For BIDS

The Township of Underwood
and the village of Underwood
Jointly advertise for bids for the
following road work, between Sec.
ton 20 and 81 and 20 and 20 Un.
derwood Township, cut and fill
amount of dirt to be moved about
1000 Gu yards, bids to be received
by Township clerk of Underwood
n. D. up. to (noon) II O'Clock
June 3rd 1911. Successful bidder
must file a bond for twice the
amount of bid for the faithful per-
formances of said work according
to contract.
Board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids. Work to be
completed by August 18th 1911.
Plans and specifications on file
at clerks Office. Bids to be by
cubic yards.
g. W. Cannon, Twp. clerk. j.
b, Miller, Village clerk, P. O. Ad-
dresses Underwood, N. d.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-26

-%"s Ia.. E.TE, -LN *E-HEIS.I ~. EFF4cIrts' SS
The merchant who talks hard
times to every customer, who
comes into the store is doing his
own business and the business Of
other merchants in the same town
more harm than he could do in
any other way says the Sheldon
Progress. Talk dull times TO q
man for ffteen:cistwssnty minutes
and he begins to think that times
really are hard, and: resolves to
hang onto every dollar he has like
grim death to q dying porcupine.
ZIG business is dull wake up and
rustic for more instead Of mopiinlg
aroundsthAstors and discouragiinrea
every customer from spending hia
money Turn up the corners 81
POM { mouth t, end grin-ju % se.ez
how i feels. Think abont the
good crop thatsis coming. If:yo1
can encourage i customer d
spend ppQneys Will you,3 don dis!
courage him 81 lime
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-26

The Mclean County Independ.
ent the official paper Of Steven.
son Co., is doing good boosting for
Mclean county. In its last issue
it published a cut of the boats and
docks at Washburn and told of the
pleasure of boating on the Missouri
river a pleasure that the citizens
of Washburn have enjoyed for
years and are anxious to share
with all new Corners who want to
not only exist. but live.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-26

other, with two suitable stays
between posts, nearly equally
dividing such space in three parts.
Three strands of ordinary barbed
fence wire shall be we'll stretched
and firmly fastened to such posts,
uprights and stays, with the upper
strand not more than ~forty-eight
nor less than forty two inches
above the general surface Of the
ground hereunder, aud the lower
strand not more than eighteen nor
less than twelve inches aboveTthe
general surface of the ground, and
the middle strand nearly equally
dividing the space between the
upper and lower strands; provided,
that all corral fence exclnsiyelNfpr
the purpose Of. inelosing etacks,sH
outside Of any. lawful Enclosure,
shall not be less than sixteen feet
distant from such stack so inclosed,
shall be substantially built with
posts not more than eight feet
distant from each other, and with
not less than five strands of barbed
fence wire, and shall be not less
then five feet high. ANY other
kind Of a fence or barrier which is
effective for the purpose of a fence
as that above prescribed is hereby
declared sufficient and lawful.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-26
Notice For Bids

Underwood Township advertises
for sealed bids for grading roads
between Sec - and q Underwood
Township. Bids to be by the
cubic yard, plans and Specifications
On file ut ufice Of Twp. clerk.
Work to be completed BY Sept. /.
lAll.
uccessful bidder to give bond
fot twice the amount Of bid fol
the successful performances Of
.ss.rk:sccording 10 contract.
Bids I / filed with twp, clerk.
~ Is q .oofO 70 O'Clock June 3rd.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-26

49," Er ~ -
The perplexing task Of convincing
people to realize the benefits of trad
ing with their local merchants, says
Hudson's Magazine, is about the most
herculean task that the small towns
Of the country have to contend with.
Money is just as well invested in the
small town as in the big one. as far as
getting full value is concerned, and
we must not fail to remember that
when we leave it here it is only taken
out Of n Of u pockets and put into
another pocket, while when we spend
1t. in a metropolis we never see it
again.
There it goes to put more gasoline
in the millionaire's automobile and to
buy him more luxurious cars, to build
up His city, to make It clean, to fur
ther beauttfy its parks and recreation
grounds and to enrich and make more
prosperous their already prosperous
citizens and merchants, while we small
town people sit here and wonder why
we are not able to cope with cities in
mercantile projects.
Most of US have no faith in our re-
spective towns. II a thing purchased
at home is unsatisfactory in any re-
spect a person never hears the end Of
1t; but, on the other hand. IL the same.
article had been purchased in a big
city any amount Of excuses would be
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-26

Quartette.
''Columbia the Gem Of the Ocean,
School Children.
"Lincoln's Gettysberg Address
Miss Grace Forbes,
Where Are the Boys Of the Old
Brigade Weatherly
Male Qnartette.
Address Hon. D. Streeter.
Afternoon
March to the cemetery; column
will form at the N. p. church 200
b q Al: the Cemetery ~. ...ss.
"The Home Over There Wallace
s.. ! -Washburn Band.
prayer Rev. D. D. Mitchell
"H E7L!l owed Memories" Milton
80 -. Washburn Band.
Address Rev. W. q: Hume.
The memorial sermon. will be
preached at the M. E. church
Sunday May % at 1870 by Rev.
D. D. Mitchell.
Marshall of the day Waiter g.
sJertann.