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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26

VIZ ASHINGTON.-Corrugated battle
W ships will be the subject of tests
this winter by Naval Constructor Da-
vtd w. Taylor, on duty in the bureau
OF construction and repair, in the ma
val testing tank at the Washington
yard. Four vessels for the merchant
service have been built in England on
this plan. Two outward curves, %
inches deep, run the length of the
ships between the load line and the
bilge. Between the convex curves is
a concave surface of equal depth.
This partial application of the tube
principle greatly increases the
strength of the hull. So much
strength is added that the stringer
plates may be dispensed with. This
increases the space available for bulk
cargo. In addition, however, it is said
that the corrugated hull saves fuel
and lessons the effect of waves on
the steadiness of the ship.
English reports indicate that a cor.
rugated hull will save 16 per cent. in
fuel over the cost of driving q smooth
hull of equal displacement Two mod.
els, of equal weight and dimensions,
each about twenty feet long, will be
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
Spanish Minister Rejoices in Fifty Suits, Etc.

TT was stated IN an authetic quarter
/ the other day that the Spanish min
lister, Senior Don Juan Riano. has oU
suits of clothes and corresponding
" large number of accessories Spa
cious and perfectly equipped quarters
are required to accommodate this
wardrobe, and in selecting the new
legation special attention was paid to
this feature.
The present legation. in New Hamp-
shire avenue, has commodious dress
ing rooms and closets for each suite,
but such an outfit as Senior Ramos in
order to be easily, handled and ac-
cessible has Jc aaVe a room to itself.
and, If possible, one SNilt for the pur-
pose.
The garments are classified, and
that they may be easily found an in
ventory is fastened on the door. Ac-
cofding to the most advanced authorL
ties wet" and "Gry" rooms are neces-
sary for the complete wardrobe. The
wet room removes the creases and
takes the place Of sponging; the dry
room hardens the costume in the lines
1t has taken.
Whether Senior Ramos new home Is
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
Making SmithfieId Hams.

After the hogs have been killed and
the meat thoroughly cooled the fresh
surface is sprinkled with fine salt
peter until the meat is white, says
the Farm Magazine. About three or
four pounds Of saltpeter is used to
1000 pounds of hams. Fine salt is
then rubbed over the entire surface
and the hams are packed in bulk not
deeper than three feet. In ordinary
weather they should remain thus for
several days, at least three. Then
break the bulk and resalt with fine
salt and again pack. Each ham should
remain in bulk at least one day for
each pound of weight. The hams are
then hung up and gradually smoked
for 80 or 40 days with hickory or red
oak bark. When the smoking is COM
plete they should be repeppered and
placed 81 canvass bags to guard
against vermin. The Smithfield hams
cured as indicated improve with age,
and are considered about perfect.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26

almost entirely Of the skimmilk and
mill feed until l can cut my earliest
painted sugar corn, which l plant
every two weeks from May l to July
|. Is, to be fed to them, stalk and all.
This l give them once a day all they
will eat in addition to their other feed
, until late in October, when put them
on feed of new whole corn for about
two or three weeks to harden them.
also give them at intervals during
the summer all the charcoal and wood
ashes they will eat and once or twice
treat them to a dose of cholera spe-
cific, In which / have always been q
great believer.
With this hog and this course OF
feeding l killed two lots last winter.
The first at eight months old. made an
average of 1924 pounds and the last
at five days less than seven months
old, made an average of 178h pounds
of beautiful pork. nicely streaked with
lean and a perfect Berkshire ham.
still stick to this breed as the most
profitable for me.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
Army

TT is now estimated at the war de-
4 partment that more thans SO per
cent. of all army officers now on de-
taehed service will have to be re-
moved from their present posts at
once, owing to legislation by congress
turing the last session. This means
that more than halfso the officers now
serving as military attaches at Amer
ican legations and embassies abroad,
as Instructors in the military academy
at West Point, as instructors in the
Army Service schools, as instructors
Of state militia organizations and as
instructors in various military acade-
mics in foreign military schools will
be ordered back to their regiments.
The law, as one officer put it. is
excessively mandatory" inasmuch as
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
Army Officers on Detached Duty to Be Removed

| it requires that any officer responsible
for failure to obey it to the full
shall forfeit his pay and allowances.
Consequently every officer who has
not served at least two of the last six
years in command of troops will have
to return to his regiment before De-
cember Is. 1t has also been found by
the law officers of the war department
that about third more of the officers
on detached service will have to be
removed within six months. A large
number Of officers on detached duty
in Washington are caught pretty Sc
verely by this order.
1t is said that there are officers who
have not been with their commands
for years, as they have had pull
enough to keep them in easy jobs here
in Washington, where they can do
their stunts and not half try, and fill
III the rest of the time doing society
acts.
Washington society without its
army and navy officers is mighty slow.
There has always been feminine in
fluence to keep plenty of the young
men on detached duty in Washington.
OF course, this order of congress is
obligatory.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26

The question of which breed of
hogs to raise in order to obtain the
biggest profit, has proven very seri-
GUS one with many farmers. Some
people say, raise the breed you like
best, and you will be successful"
but that Is not always the case.
The following experience of a Mary
land man may help other swine breed
ers.
From an experience of over 30
years In hog raising during which time
! have tried almost all of the popular
breeds l have settled upon the Berk-
shires and their crosses as the most
profitable hog for me-. Thirty-one
years ago broke away from the ra-
zor-back, and invested in pair Of
pure-bred Essex pigs but soon found
that they were too small for profit.
then tried the Chester Whites, but
! found that in our climate l generally
succeeded in raising larger crop of
mango than did of hogs and when
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
SUPERIOR POINTS
ON DAIRY FEEDS
Relative Qualities of the Different
RationS for Milk
Cows.

Alfalfa meal, more convenient to
handle than hay, much easier to adul.
terate, price usually excessive, rich
In protein.
Beet pulp soaked up, a good sub.
stitute for silage or roots but higher
priced.
Bran (wheat), light, bulky, appetiz-
ing, high in mineral matter, high in
crude fibre. Relatively expensive at
present prices.
puckwheat, low In protein-usually
pays to sell 1t and buy back the mid
dlings.
Buckwheat middlings, heavy usual
ly economical source of protein, tend
to make soft, oily butter.
Bulky feed, bran. gluten feed, ajax
fakes, distillers' grains, corn and cob
meal
Constipating, cottonseed meal. corn
fodder and hay.
Corn, easily digested, usually cheap
est source of energy. Pays to grind.
Corn and cob meal, bulky, consid-
cradle crude fibre, nearly equal to
corn meal in ration because of bulky
nature. Grind fine.
Cottonseed meal, high In protein,
heavy, should be fed with something
else, makes for hard butter. relative
ly cheap source of protein, ordinarily
should not constitute more than one
third of the mixture.
Distiller's dried grains, rich in pro-
tein, very variable in composition
bulky, must be fed with other feeds.
Dried brewers corn grains, light,
bulky. high in protein, not readily
eaten alone.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26

did raise - hog from them it was all
fat and had It. be made into lard.
Next / tried Jersey Reds and
found them q very coarse hog and
very hard to clean on account OF the
thick coat of wool they invariably had
underneath the hair. So | discarded
them to take up the Berkshire. and
was so well pleased with them that !
stuck to them until the popularity OF
the Poland China became so great
that l was induced to try them.
found them fine hog. with one ex-
ception. While they made a large
hog when matured, they would not
take on fat like the Berkshire while
young and growing rapidly and l had
to make the hog first and fatten him
afterwards.
Just here | concluded that l could
make cross that would give me the
hog l wanted, for while l liked the
early-maturing, easy-fattening points
In the Berkshire, wanted a large
hog, so bought pure-bred Berk-
shire boar and crossed with some OF
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
Show Average Of $86

ings bank of the United Kingdom in
1910 held $112,66S,566, out of a grand
total of s1,076,2 65,509 in private and
postal savings banks. In round mum.
bers the postal savings deposits in the
United States are about onohalf of
one per cent. Of the combined depos-
it's In postal repositories aad savings
banks. while in the United Kingdom
the postal savings coDstitasa about
1h per cent. of the combined depos.
it's in private and postal savings hanks.
In France, according to the latest
available figures, the postal savings
in 1909 aggregated 1915, ,S66, or an
average of about $57 for each depos-
itor.
Postmaster General Hitchcok's fig
ures show that 1857 banks have quail
fled to receive posta! savings funds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
Etc

provided with all these comforts is
not known, but that every means has
been adopted to keep the minister the
best dressed man in town." as he
was considered in Paris when con-
nected with the Spanish embassy
there. is certain.
And it may be mentioned in this
connection that as much care is eAer.
cised in the selection and proper
preservation of the so-called "ac@es-
series" as in the actual suits. These
accessories" include many articles
of personal adornment little known to
the ordinary man, but are considered
absolutely necessary in mind of the
Spanish Don. OF course, under this
head, may be considered first, tae
very latest in hats. gloves and ties
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
PROBLEM OF MOST PROFITABLE BREED
OF SWINE IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE
Many People Say "Rase the Breed You Like Best and You Will
Be Successful" but That Is Not Always the Case-Experi-
ence of Maryland Hog Raiser May Help Others.

my best grade Poland China sows,
and today l have an ideal hog for
profit, a pig that is always ready for
the market from a month old, always
fat, a rapid grower and one that has
dressed for the past three years that
have been raising them, all the way
from $50 to 23O pounds at from seven
to eight months old, and which l
think Is the most profitable age to Kill
them.
do not care to winter any pigs over
SO sell all the fall filters and have
my spring pigs come about the first
of April. All of my sows are then
in pens and as soon as the pigs be-
gin to run about raise the doors high
enough to let them in and out on the
lot, where teach them to eat mix
ture of skimmilk and mill feed till
they are six weeks old, when / shut
them In the pens and turn out the
sows. They are kept in pens till they
are butchered, their feed consisting
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26

1t Is interesting to learn from the
seat Of war that the experiment OF us-
ing the aeroplane in war operations
was tried at Adrianople with result
which went little further than pre-
dicted. Lieutenant Popoff, aviator
with the Bulgarian forces, made a
flight not for the purpose of attack by
dropping bombs. but to view and re-
port on the disposition Of the Turkish
forces, says the >Pittsburg Dispatch.
In doing so he got within the Turkish
line Of fire, and a shot from the Turk
ish cannon killed him and wrecked
his machine. Much attention has been
given, especially in Europe, to devils
ing means to repel aeroplane attacks.
Army squads have been trained IN
firing at kites, and specially mounted
rapid-flre guns have been invented.
But eat Adrianople an ordinary field
gun loaded. with shrapnel was sufti-
cient for the purpose. This gives a
hint of what could be done with guns
of longer range. specially adapted to
the purpose, in the line OF repeliing
aeroplane housekeeping attacks
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26

1t is remarkable under what diff
culties the crusade for fire prevention.
which is one of the leading issues of
the day, is being pushed. No danger
is greater, more horrible nor more
imminent than that of fire, yet the
apathy OF the average person to
means of protection from this worst
of the elements is little short of mar
velous. The majority go on, inviting
destruction by living in the conditions
of fire traps, and resenting all inter-
ference with this criminal careless
ness, trusting to luck that the, DANCE.
SO courted will not come to pass. With
Cordial cooperation with the efforts
OF the authorities in the matter of
this defence, the large cities could be
made practically almost fireproof:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26

The London Sphere asserts that
there is a national awakening to the
persistence of ancient errors in the
training of boys in the public -ele-
mentars schools. IT is now seen, the
Sphere says, that to teach a boy read
ing, writing and arithmetic only and
to dismiss him from school at fourteen
or younger without further training
either of his hands or his mind is
suicidal for the boy and for the ma
ton, too, inasmuch as boys thus,
brought up ultimately tend to SWELL
the ranks of adult nondescript labor,
of the unemployable. or even of hooli-l
gans The Sphere praises the results
which have been achieved by tecR
uical training schools where boys ara
taught manual crafts, and, after a
thorough course, are watched for three
years with view of seeing how far
they win out in the battle of life. The
careers OF these trained boys are said
to be very encouraging.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
Navy to Test Battleships With Corrugated HuIls

constructed here, one with a CORFU
gated and the other with plain hull
Each will be attached to the travelling
crane which spans the experimental
tank at the Washington navy yard,
and the resistance of the models to
the water when pulled at given rate
of speed will be accurately registered
on the delicate gauges attached to the
crane. II the corrugated hull presents
less resistance to the water the fact
will be instantly indicated on the
gauges. No vessel of this type has yet
been constructed in this country. The
first corrugated vessel was built In
England in 1909.
Capt. G. S. Mac1lwaine OF the Brit
ish navy, recently asked the admiralty
to make a test of corrugated ships
He spent a month on the Baltic in
ship in which the ordinary stiff bilge
keel is replaced by keel bearing
deep horizontal corrugations. His OBJ
servations convince him that the cor
rugated ship il vastly superior to the
ordinary type in strength. stability.
speed and carrying capacity. Captain
MacIlwaine claimed that the idea OF
the corrugated ship was worked out
by Arthur H. Haver, naval architect
The seventh vessel of the kind to
come into existence is now being built
for Norway. The British officer says
that corrugated vessel is carried
about twenty per cent. further with
the same amount of coal than a plain
ship of similar dimensions. This in
a warship means either increase In
effective range or increase OF armor.
armament, etc.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
NEEDLESS NOISES.

1t is possible to have a big town
and a prosperous town without max
Ing so powerful much fuss about It.
There Is a large amount of unneces-
sary Sin about everyday traffic. To
begin with, we build a lot os our
streets out of brick and granite when
we might Just as well construct them
OF material that is less productive of
noise and less calculated to bring
wagons and other vehicles to state
of premature debility and disrepair.
Then we tolerate all sorts Of nui-
Bances that ought not to be tolerated
In a civilized community for the SIM
pie reason that "everybody's business
is nobody's business" and everybody
lie so absorbed in looking after his own
personal affairs that he has neither
time nor inclination to do much for
the general comfort and welfare. Pos
sibly about seve.,-teaths Of the noise
incident to city existence could be
subtracted without any especial detri-
ment to the progress of industry and
commerce and the ordinary transact
ton of business, and with undoubted
relief and pleasure to persons Of su-
peralundant nerve and others who
delight in the quiet life. Under such
conditions the average city, however.
would lose its attractions for that
more self-assertive element of human
ity which revels in racket and believes
in "whooping 1t up" all along the
line.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
PERU'S PRESIDENT OF ENGLISH DESCENT

Doubtless with a view to the open.
ing of the Panama Canal no country
in western South America is doing a
finer stunt of advertising that Peru.
with an immense coast line on the
Pacific ocean extending from Ecuador
on the north to Bolivia and the az
gressive state Of Chill on the south;
The new trade opportunities should
be of great interest to Pittsburgh.
Peruvian newspapers have just ar
rived giving an account Of the In
auguration of Guillermo Eduardo Bill
linghurst as president of the Peru
Wan republic, and 1t Is something OK
a story in view of the near Inaugural
ton of another president OF tho
United States While President Bill
linghurst is a native Peruvian, haV-
ing been born at Ario in 1851, he Is a
scion of one of the oldest real Eng
lish families, tracing his lineage to
Adam de Billinghurst, who was given
a manor of that name by William the
Conuueror While native to the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
in TIL TWILIGHT
STARTS PLAN FOR MODEL DANCE HALLS

THE supervised dance hall Is pay
ing proposition"
This Is the verdict of Mrs.
Charles H. Israels, who is known by
reputation to every dancing hall pro-
prietor in New York AS chairman of
the committee of amusement resources
for working girls, Mrs. Israels has
made detailed study of the dance
hall problem for the last four years.
With committee Of seventeen, she
has investigated dance halls of every
type and In every district she has
secured legislation resulting in the
dance hall license act of 1910, and az
an evidence of her belief that the
supervised dance can be made to pay
she has started plans for series of
model dance halls in all the larger
eastern cities.
Mrs. Israels and her committee
are at present making vigorous eff
forts to drive the turkey trot'' and
its popular companions from the
field and substitute a less objection
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26

elected presidency In
comment
OF mention
outside of Peru
his Bilngurs with another egu
Miguel Ehenlque
president elected That the Peruvian provision for
country
The
the British who in some
Ills
president remained South America and at
Bnghurst the most ma
with high office in what are called the
habtaton
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
Last DAYS Of the Ranches.

The day of large ranches in Texas
Is passing away, but there are still
four with an area of over one million
acres each and quite large number
of over 100000 acres. Much of this
land Is bought as low as 20 cents per
acre. and is now worth 81 to 81 per
acre. These ranches are being con-
tinually divided up into large farms.
last wear over one million acres OF
ranch lands were sold to small set
tiers for general farming purposes
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
JOHN SINGLETON MOsBY REPORTED ILL

News from Washington of the Sc
rious illness OF Col. John S. Mosby
brings into prominence again one OF
the few remaining prominent officers
of the army of the Confederacy.
Colonel Mosby stood in the front
rank of Confederate raiders in the
Civil War, being particularly haras-
sing in the 1864 campaign Of General
Sheridan In the Shenandoah valley
which ended with his brilliant vic
tory at Cedar Creek. There was a
long line of communication 10 be
guarded from Baltimore to Harpers
Ferry and then down the valley. and
from Washington by way of Manas-
sas and Front Royal Colonel Mosby
devoted himself to breaking these
lines and raiding his enemy's forces
Wherever possible. No one else In
the army wSz so mathematical as
was ne. That S=ch rebel against
the government could not only have
escaped with his life after the sur
render. but should actually later have
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
Remarkable. Indeed.

"TIow well Mr. and Mrs. Grassw1G
seem to get along together"
Yes, it is quite remarkable. tins
more so because she wears necklace
that was presented to her by her first
husband and he keeps a picture of hls
first wife in his watch case"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
rx.a,ient Super Bats.

In the production OF comb-honey
there will always be on hand large
number Of leftover, unfinished Sec
lions. and these make excellent bats
in the supers for the late flow, and
should be jGdiciously distributed
through the supers that can now be
nut over the strong colonies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26

A three years course in practical
house decoration has been added to
the curriculum at Columbia university
It consists, it is rumored, of the best
ways to secure sofa pillows, burnt
wood work, sketches AMI paintings
from fais goods.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
Eeedinu Poultry.

At the high price of grain the man
who has to buy all of his feed must fig
ure very closely and make the most
of every pound of it in feeding his
poultry. else he will come out at the
little end Of the horn in the spring.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26
CALLS CHINA A NEW UNITED STATES

$50 many of us Chinese repub-
licans. graduates of American col
leges. are Americans through and
through. that, in the intervals OF
fighting against the imperialists at
Marking, we actually discussed foot
ball like any other American college
men,"
So says Ching-Chun Wang, M. A,
Phi. D., Yale 'O8, veteran of the bat
ties that overthrow the Oldest en-
pire in the world, now back in this
country as a member Of the fifth in
ternational congress of chambers Of
commerce. held in Boston. Also. he
is associate director of the Peking-
Mukden railway. A man OF many
t;tles-titles hard to remember
But there is no difficulty In remem-
bering Dr. Wang's words when he
talks about the new China. He is an
enthusiast, sayer of startling
things, describer of conditions that
you would not imagine possible in
the phlegmatic east, a prophet of
the fire of his enthusiasm, still appea
gasp.
THE new China Is a new United
makes plenty of convincing statements
ince of railroading alone he shows ;
dreamed could be evolved--a China =
complaining bitterly because Japan, a
plans for the betterment of Manchul
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-26

The Los Angeles council endorsed
an action whereby men are allowed to
carry nippers to clip off the ends OF
offending hatpins. Many theatergoers
wish that scissors would be included
TO trim the piumage.