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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
NAV Fiqht Battles in Air, Says General Wood

THAT 1t Is the opinion of the militar.
i experts Of this country that the
laeroplane in the future will determine
the victor of battle, whether on LAND
ior sea, was evidenced by statement
made the other day at the War col
Ilege by Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of
staff of the army, just prior to start
ing on his annual tour of inspection of
the army posts.
81 wish 1t were possible" said Gen.
eral Wool, "for every officer in the
army to make a flight in an aero
plane with the army ayiators.. / be-
lieye that by this means we could OBJ
tain enough officers willing to make a
life study 9; the great possibilities Of
the aeroplane as an instrument of
war-to make this country the fore
most In the world IN aviation. We
were the first to recognize the posi-
bilities of the aeroplane in warfare,
but have been handicapped in further
ing their study by the small numbers
of officers willing to enter the avia-
tion school. Other countries, follow
ing our lead, passed us in the appli-
tation Of the aeroplane to military sci
ence. They have large corps of men
studying every possible phase of the
aeroplane in warfare.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
Has Not Doubt That Man Came From Monkey

and more especially those of geologic
antiquity, shall present marked
morphologic differences, and that
these differences shall point in the d.
rection of more primitive forms.
mo conclusion can be more firmly
founded than that man Is product of
an extraordinary progressive differen-
tiation from some anthropomogenic
stock, which developed somewhere In
the later tertiary among the primates.
He began then as an organism that
in brain and body was less than man,
that was an anthropoid. From this
stage he could not become at once as
he is today, though in some stages of
his evolution he may have advanced
by leaps, or at least more rapidly
than in others. He must have devel-
oped successfully mcrphologic modifl-
cations called for by his advance to-
ward the present man, and have lost
gradually those features that inter-
fered with his advance or becon.e use
less-progress which is still anfinish-
ed"
Among other things that man lost
on his way from monkey to man is a
long and hairy tail. Mr.. Hrdlicka
does not say SO, but he indicates 1t.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
HARMFUL LITTLE
ENGLISH SPARROW
Expert of United States Biology
Cal Survey Urges War
on Small Bird.

The frequent and vigorous condem-
nation of English sparrows finds sup.
port in a recent statement OF the
government made by Ned Dear
born, an expert in the United States
Biological Survey, who files bill of
complaint against the sparrow. and
gives reasons for waging war upon 1t.
1t is so vigorous and emphatic In de-
tail as to remind one Of the swat the
fly" campaign that has been promi-
nent for several years. 1t has been
stated that the sparrow feeds upon
insects which perform useful serv-
ice in agriculture and that there are
about 80 counts against one In his
favor. It is said that he is guilty of
destroying fruit, such as cherries.
grapes, pears and peaches, and fur
Their says:
He gobbles up buds and flowers OF
cultivated shrubs, trees and vines.
He causes havoc in gardens by nib
bling at the peas and lettuce. He is
destructive to wheat and other grains.
Some idea Of the extent Of his depre-
dations is gained by the statement
that a flock of fifty of his fellows re-
quire daily the equivalent OF a quart
of grain. Hence the annual loss
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
Diplomatic Circle Is Remarkable for rs Versatility

sung at many private entertainments.
The members of the family of the
Costa Rican minister and Nine. Calvo
are versatile musicians, and their
friends often have had the pleasure or
hearing recital by the younger ones,
Viscountes Benoist d'Azzy. wife OF
the naval attache of the French en-
bassy. could easily make her living,
should it be necessary, by fash
Joining novel favors for cotillons. She
entertains a great deal in Washington
and when she is at home in Paris.
For her cotillions she usually invites
several of her friends to help her
make the favors, such as fancy pic
ture frames, little French baskets and
attractive waste paper baskets OF Tan
cy cardboard and crepe paper. she
is regarded as one of the most glfted
amateur actresses in Paris and Wash
ington
Another accomplished young men,
Der of the diplomatic circle is MT.
Henri Martin, charge d'affaires OF the
Swiss embassy. He can write ram
tastic verse with the ease of pro-
fessional poet, can cut all sorts OF
fancy figures on ice or roller skates
and can dance a clog with the finish
of a vaudeville performer. Mr.. Han
iel, charge d'affaires Of the German
embassy; Mr.. Alfred Horstmann, also
of the Germa nembassy, and Mr.. De
Bach, of the Russian embassy. also
are fancy dancers.
| Mr.. Mitchell Innes, counsellor OF
the British embassy, directs his ener-
gies to more practical things when not
engaged in diplomatic affairs. AS
gardener he has had success and he
| finds his chief recreation in ''putter'
| ing around the garden Of his home
: in Washington.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28

III ASHINGTON-Now that the sea-
w shore and mountains have prac-
tically closed their seasons and each
steamship is bringing its quota OF
Americans from Europe, society in
Washington is preparing for the sea-
son. Changes in the diplomatic corps
fortunately will take from the capital
only few of its gifted and versatile
members. Foreign governments have
long made it point to send to Wash.
ington gifted representatives. Nc
sooner had Marchese Cusani, the Ital
ian ambassador, been appointed to
Washington than it became known
that in his own country he had repu-
'tation as portrait painter. His por.
trait of the late King Humbert is re-
garded as a masterpiece. In the en-
bassy are many products of his brush
Mr.. James Bryce, the British ambas
sador, Is, of course, one of the noted
scholars and writers of the world, and
Mr.. Jusserand, the French ambassa
dor, possesses literary gifts of high
order.
These serious activities on the part
of the elder diplomatists are balanced
by the talents of the younger men
and women in the foreign colony
Jonkheer Loudon, minister from the
Netherlands, is an accomplished plan
dst and violinist. Nine. Loudon also
is a brilliant musician and she has
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28

block. can never expect to make any
real profit out of his cows.
or course, the vast majority of cow
owners are those who do not sell
milk and butter, and expect to sell
veal calves or yearlings, not kept to
be butchered at home, do not get any
returns from keeping cows except
the milk and butter, and now and
then some beef or veal from an anil
NAL butchered on shares in the
neighborhood OF course, this is no
small thing. / have been associated
with a neighborhood club a great
deal Of the time, and we lived where
it was handy for a bunch of neigh
bors to take turn about and butch
er a yearling and divide among
them.
/ have found that we got more out
of an animal in that way than where
we sold to a butcher to be paid for
in fresh beef or cash and bought
fresh meat with the money.
If half dozen families join in this
plan they can begin killing in Novem-
Der and keep it up till March, and
thus all families keep supplied with
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
Washington the Home of

YYYASHINGTON is known as the
w home of the man on horseback
and 1t gets this somewhat unique title
because of. the number of equestrian
statues in Washington. Most Of the
outdoor sculptures in the National
capital are of a military order. and
most Of this statuary has been sup
piled by military organizations. And
while these organizations may be
powerful enough in hauling in the
money they certainly do not know
how to spend it artistically, for a
greater lot of rubbish never Uttered
up a city than these equestrian
statues in Washington.
Among the soldiers of the Revolu-
tionary war represented in the cap
itals squares and circles are Wash
ington and Greene. Jackson and
Scott belong to the period of 1872;
the latter also to that of the Mexican
war. OF Civil war leaders there is
far more plentiful supply, among them
Sherman, Sheridan, Thomas, McPher-
son, Mcclellan, Hancock and Logan,
with Farragut and Dupont thrown in
to represent the navy. ~
Another special military group is
that of foreign soldiers in the Revo-
autionary war-Lafayette. Rocham-
beau, Won Steuben, Kosciusko and
Pulaski, and, surrounding the Lafay-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28

Will the apple ever again become
an article of common consumption?
Or will 1t remain in the luxury list,
somewhere, say, between truff1es and
bacon? There have been no eating
apples within the range of any but
the latest pocketbook for many sea-
sons, while the character of the pie
apple is such as to require uncommon
aptitude for the composition of the
crust to make pie fit to eat; or else
the cost of the filling has required
that the pie must be nearly all crust.
A big crop is now in prospect and
new orchards are coming to fruitage
every season; such is the temptation
Of the soaring quotations, says the
Providence Journal. At this juncture
one of the orators at an apple grow
ers' convention has the nerve to pro-
pose an advertising campaign. lest
there be .overproduction. Does not
this proposal mean that the growers
are determined to maintain prices as
the supply Increases? Something is
said about instructing women in the
theory that eating apples beauties
the complexion. That ought to create
a market, to be sure. But there need
be no fear of lack of demand. APP
pies will need no advertising II the
price Is right And any artifice cal
culated to maintain high prices should
be frowned upon by the hard-pressed
consumer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
Wood

Il am in favor of encouraging
aviation in every possible way, for
firmly believe that it is not idle talk
to say that battles in the future may
be fought in the air. If had the pow
er l would increase ths pay Of the
officers who enter the aviation school.
There should be some compensation
for the risk to which they daily put
their lives. ! hope congress at its
next session will pass the pending bill
increasing their pay 20 per ceft-
Our recent army maneuvei's, in
which the aeroplane was used sxten-
sively, proved that aviation is no long.
er an experiment, but practical SCH
ence. General Bliss ir his report to
me of the maneuvers States that the
value of the aeroplaue for scouting
and bomb throwing purposes was
clearly demonstrated"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28

be to arrange with a butcher to
slaughter the beef and buy the bulk
of 1t from the club, and 1t would not
then be long before the club would
be ready for another one. And, really.
it is good plan, il 1t can be arranged,
to Save the beef club continue in
operation as much of the time as
possible, so that beef may be had
more or less all the time from the
middle of fall till the middle Of
spring.
OF. course, each member, If he is
like me, would want some fresh pork
as we'll as cured bacon all along dur
ing the beef period. Maybe the time
will come when there can be farm
ers' cold storage warehouses on a
small scale to keep meats fresh as
well as help in keeping fruits in
sound condition. If such things pay
the meat packers and butchers, they
would pay farmers as well. But this
is one of the things that not many
have given any thought to. Yet both
health and comfort require some such
method of keeping meats, fruit, etc..
fresh and sound.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
How He Saved the Day.

Three bright young men were
spending their vacation in camp, and
they had agreed to draw lots to de-
termine which one should do the cook
ing. 1t was also agreed that If any
one should complain about the food,
he should be required to take the
cooks place. In the drawing. Slash
er, the young doctor, lost, and cheer
fully set about his culinary du-
ties.
When the toast was placed on the
table McAfee, the law student, gave it
a look and yelled:
Eye gods and little fishes! This
toast is burned to a charcoal on one
SIDE" Then, recollecting the penalty
in store for complainers, he hurried
on to say: "But that's the very way
like it, though-fine, fine!"-The Path
finder
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
Really Simple When You Get
the Combination.
Young Woman stocked Up" When
She Realized She Had to Face a
Party of the Literary High
broWS.

Her fluffy golden hair and pair
of dimples didn't look the least bit
literary, nevertheless the highbrows
one by one dropped out Of the con-
test with her, ceased to spout poetry
and only could sit humbly around
gazing in wonder at the wealth of her
knowledge of bellies lettres. Even her
most intimate friend, when the studio
party was over and they were home
ward bound. said Il had no idea you
knew so much about books and writ
ars."
Il DON'T responded Miss Fluff
promptly and shamelessly.
"But-why-you know more than
all those people put together. They
all had to quit trying to talk about
literature for fear you would see how
little they know"
want to know how / did lit" Miss
Fluff was of an obliging disposition,
as dimples usually are. Its quite
simple when you understand. | went
to a public library station, found
nice girl who didn't look too tired
and told her I'd give her dollar to
make me up as long a list as she
could afford for the money of the
least known authors in the world,
sprinkling in few quotations. Then
/ went to man | know who writes
book notices for publishing house
and got list from him of books that
of.f11x off hn
was to make me seem terribly up-to-
date. / studied real hard one night
on those two lists when | knew | was
to do this studio party, for | didn't
want those highbrows to have any
thing on me. When they spoke of
Maurice Hewlett 1 said, you may re-
member, that he had taken many of
his ideas from ingomar Devrelli Of
the 18th century.
II don't know a thing in the world
about Hewlett nor if there really
was such a person as Ingomar Dew
relli but neither do these highbrows.
When they mentioned Mrs. Humphry
Ward l languidly referred to that re-
markable woman of che Alexandrian
library, F1avella Somolla. Of course
there never was such a person. In
fact, the wilder / became in my state
ments the safer l was, for nobody
present knew enough to trip me up.
/ soon become quite Independent OF
my list, except the new books. Even
those, however, were too new for the
highbrows, so / think / gave them all
the run for their money they will
want for some time, don't you think?
It's very easy to do literary talk If
you don't get scared Same with art
and music. Just get the lingo and
the names of few pictures and ar
lists that nobody knows anything
about and you can make the biggest
kind of a hit."-New York Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28

throughout the country amounts to a
large total.
Furthermore, he is pirate and a
disturber in the bird world. He preys
on some of our most useful and att
tractive birds, among the number be-
ing bluebirds, house wrens, purple
martins, tree swallows, cliff swaL
lows, barn swallows, the wrens, cat
birds and hooking birds.
This is matter of Importance to
farmers as we'll as to city jewellers.
for the sparrows are getting out
further into the country each year
and are now found where they vera
unknown year ago. The birds upon
which If is said to prey scattersmore
or less widely from the locality where
Matched, and are of inestimable value
to farmers in many ways. The meth
DDS of destruction named by Mr.
Dearborn are tearing down nests,
catching the birds in nests, shooting
in large hocks and poisoning. A sys-
tematic movement In villages and
small cities Is recommended for their
destruction.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
WHERE FARMER DOES NOT SPECIALIZE
LITTLE ATTENTION IS PAID TO QUALITY
Result Is That On Vast Number of Farms Where No MIX,
Cream or Butter Is Sold Cows Are Mostly Inferior
Poor Foundation for Success Il

fresh meat during the entire time
when it is cold enough to keep
the meat till each family can
get it's share. The only drawback to
the plan is that the beef is often on
hand at a time when the hogs are
killed and the meat sailed down, and
there are few families that do not
like fresh pork SO well but that they
eat lot of 1t, both fresh and sailed,
before it is made into bacon.
Of course, this fact interferes with
the consumption of much beef on
farms after cold weather sets in; but
no family, no matter how well they
like hog meat, ought to eat 1t too
freely.
Personally, like both pork and
bacon better than any but the best
and tenderest of beef; but, of course.
every farmers club ought surely to
have as good beef as can be had any
where. ..
Several times on my own farm we
have taken a quarter of 700-pound
yearling, and 1t kept hanging in the
smokehouse from the last of Novem-
Der till we began to smoke the bacon.
and it was as good as we could get
from the best butcher. Our club
claimed to divide thu animal into
quarters, and we rotated the hind
quarters and forequarters among the
four, that being the number In 1t.
After the hogs are killed, OF
course, almost everybody eats pork
in some form most of the time; but
think it would be well to go on with
the beef club as long as the weather
keeps cold enough to keep it sound
farm, we could keep beef fresh long.
er than some of the others.
Probably the best plan of all would
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28

Recent investigations into the hours
Of work by officials of the French de-
partment of navigation have brought
TO light a record in government en-
ployment in the shape of an official
whose daily hours of duty" amount
to exactly two minutes. This man
dwells at place on the Belgian from
tier, and his arduous labors consist in
fetching from one Office a list of the
number of barges thai have entered
FrezSsk territory the previous twenty
four hours sad handing tbs said list
in at another Office. # the rcsssfen be
a sinecure. the pay p not high, the
remuneration amounting s1.40 a
month.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28

Unless we are actively engaged In
the dairy business, or raising beef
cattle, we are not apt to pay much
attention to the quality and money
value of our cows on the farm. The
result OF this is that on Il vast num-
Der Of farms where no milk, cream or
butter is sold, the cows are mostly In
ferior.
| OF course, this is no reference to
the men wac go IN for beef breeds OF
cattle rather than dairy breeds. But
there are great many men who
do more or less in the dairy line, and
who nevertheless keep inferior stock,
says writer in the Farm Progress.
In most cases l think it likely this is
due to the fact that the owners of
such stock are not sufficiently IA
miliar with cows and COW values to be
influenced to secure better stock.
| AS have owned a large number of
COWS, l know very well what a poor
investment a lot of inferior cattle
are. But, Judging from what is seen
on the majority of farms over the
country, COWS are cows" and so
long as some milk and some butter
though it may not always be in abun-
dance-are supplied, the owners let it
go at that.
AS a rule, men who have that sort
of Indifference to their cattle, also
have scrub hogs and poultry, and in a
general way all the features about
the farm are of the scrub type. l do
not believe any man of this type can
ever be a very successful farmer. The
same interests that make a man a
successful business man make the
farmer successful one.
The farmer who owns poor scrub
cows, not good for either milk or but
termaking, and worth little on the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
the Man on Horseback

cite statue in Lafayette park, Ro.
chambeau (again), Duportal, De
Grasse and d'Estaing. Among the
statesmen and jurists Franklin. Mar
shall, Webster and Garfield have me-
MORALS, and congress has recently
authorized a memorial on a great
scale to Lincoln. Bills were passed
by the senate the other day providing
for statues of Hamilton and Jefferson.
These memorials are all in addition
to the contents Of Statuary hall at the
capitol, to which each state is en-
titled to contribute two figures. In
that assemblage the whole gamut Of
merit is run, both in artistic repre-
sentation and in historic distinction.
1T is said that the statue of Gen. Geo.
H. Thomas in Thomas circle is the
finest equestrian statue in the world.
but It has very few companions as
works of art in Washington.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-11-28
HOW She MADE A HIT MADE GOOD ON HASH
Still Little Wife Had Doubts
About the Matter.
Dinner a Success, According to Mr..
Roberts, but in the Background
There Was Mrs. Roberts to
Consider.
Where are you, Frances?"

where are you, Frances?"
1t was half-past six, and Paul had
just returned from business. AS no
answer came he repeated his call.
I've brought Roberts home to din
ner with me. Where are your"
I'm my ROOM" came a muffled
voice from above, and Paul, with a
word of excuse to his guest, bounded
up the stairs.
Are you sick? Is anything the
natter? he asked breathlessly, push
ing open the door
Frances met him with a tragic face.
mo, | am not sick, but for the
love of mercy, why did you bring
that man to dinner without sending
me word?"
PauPs countenance assumed the
hang-dog look peculiar to the hus-
band who has brought home unex-
pected company and found it incon-
venient.
Il just met him coming out on the,
train and he seemed forlorn-said
his wife was away"
WISH yours was. raul. lueTe
not thing for him to eat!"
What were we going to have?"
Corn beef hash-I know you don't
mind it for dinner once in a while"
mo vegetables
Eyes, of course, stupid! Rice and
eggplant. But hash for dinner;
can't put man. down to that"
I'll bet Roberts would love it,"
II don't care if he would! I'd be
mortified to death to have any one
know we had hash for dinner!"
well, | wouldn't! What's good
enough for me is good enough for
Roberts or anyone else. Why, Fran
ces! You're not going to cry?"
How do you know I'm not?''
quavered Frances. IL could do it
without any trouble at ALL
Come, dear, don't be silly. I'll
tell Roberts you're not well and take
him out somewhere and get Bit"
you won't do anything of the
Sort" said Frances, dabbing a little
powder on her Redeemed nose. "If
you can stand that hash III try to
bear It,"
rs there enough 0f it,"
"I'll have some poached eggs on top
of it to help out"
rs this what you call pickup din
ner and apologize for?" asked Mr..
Roberts an hour later. Il consider it
a banquet"
The meal had begun with tomato
soup, continued with the egg-topped
hash and vegetables, followed by
branded peaches and wafers-Fran-
ces having raided her emergency cup
board-and concluded with black cot
fee.
Hardly banquet with hash as the
principal DISH" laughed Frances.
I'm not so sure of that" returned
Mr.. Roberts. IF my wife could make
such hash as yours I'd insist upon al
ways having it for company dinners!"
Nov, aren't you ashamed you
cried?" leased Paul, after their guest
had gone.
Il didn't really cry only shifted.
And your friend, Roberts, may say
what he pleases, but bet his wife
will sniff In different way when she
hears we gave him hash for dinner!
But 1 don't care, so long as you are
satisfied. If you shifted l couldn't
stand ft!"-Los Angeles Express.