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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
is A UNIVERSAL PROvIDER

The British postmaster general is
what Londoners call universal pro-
WIDER, regular department store of
public functions. says the Telephone
Review
He will insure your life, give you a
little bank to hoard your pennies in.
take care of your savings, sell you an
annuity, a postal order or foreign
draft, invest your spare capital in a
nice little government bond and pay
weekly pension to your aged mother
or aunt.
He carries letters and other mail
matter, transmits kilograms, cable
grams and wireless messages, main
tains an enormous staff of messenger
boys and conducts an express COM
pany business for every sort Of par
eel, from a half-penny packet up to
shipments of eggs. dressed poultry and
fresh fish.
He collects all the worn copper coins
for the British treasury He has fac
tories for making his supplies and an
electric central station of his own in
London for lighting his IS. bring
ing the current through is cable
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25

was the only pay station in the vii
lage, and was told to drop 20 cents in
the SLOT
"But-but don't happen to have it."
he replied. That's what want to
telephone about-money!"
Il don't see how you can do it with
out the 20 cents" replied the post
master
but can have a hat full Of money
up here by tomorrow"
Better have dollar or two now.
You won't find this town easy to work,
and you may get into trouble try
ing
Mr. Hilton went down to the depot
to try the railroad telegrapher. A ten
word message would be 25 cents. No;
no messages sent collect from strang-
ers. They had got through that sort of
thing long ago. When the stone broke
man went to the inn. He had watch
that had cost him $3.50 He laid it
down in front Of the landlord and
said:
Il want to stay for day or two un-
I'll get some money up from the city
by express, and this will be your
security. Please provide me with a
postage stamp, that may write let
ter"
The landlord hefted the watch as
he would stone, drew the chain
through his fingers, and then winked
long. lingering wink and replied:
Stranger, it was 40 years ago that
] was spring chicken and gobbled
up gravel FOR corn"
What do you mean?"
"Bill Stacey, the constable, will be
around here pretty soon and I'll tell
him what mean! Bill can get on to a
sharper quicker'n any other man in
the state"
Mr. Hilton walked back to the depot
with resolve in his heart, There
would be train in about an hour,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25

diligently and to the best advantage,
Secretary Wilson caused experts in the
bureau of chemistry to investigate
the subject and prepare Farmers Bulle-
tin No. 474 calling attention to the
economic Importance of painting farm
buildings and equipment and giving de
tails as to the cost, purchase, and care
of brushes, cost of the ingredients
needed, how to mix and apply them.
Paint conveys to the casual reader
the idea of a mixture of pigment with
linseed oil, but the general conception
of the word includes both whitewash
and calcimine, but not varnish, and
the bulletin gives several very valu-
able recipes for making both of those
excellent coatings for both out and in
side of buildings.
1.-The secretary in addition to urg-
ing the proper use of paints for both
useful and ornamental purposes, for he
does not think anything too good or
attractive for the farm homes, EN-.
phasized several precautions: do not
Of lead about stables or outbuildiEgs
where the fumes from decaying or.
ganic matter occur, since these gases
are likely to darken the lead paints
Do not use with lead compounds any
pigment which may liberate com
pounds of sulphur. For example, ultra
marine blue which contains sulphur in
form in which it may be set free
is a beautiful blue and may be used
with zinc white, but should not be
used with white lead or any other lead
pigments. Prussian blue, on the con
trary, does not contain sulphur and
may be used with lead pigments.
Remember that turpentine anG
benzine are very inflammable and es
pecial precautions should be taken moi
to bring paint containing these sub
stances near any light or open fire.
Many pigments are poisonous, anc
the workman should be particularly
careful to remove all paint stains from
the skin, and not under any circum
stances allow any Of it to get into his
mouth A man should not eat in the
same clothes in which he has been
painting, and before eating should not
only change his clothes but wash all
paint stains from his skin. 1t is not
advisable to use turpentine or benzine
in removing paint stains from the
hands, but by oiling thoroughly with
linseed oil, or, in fact, with any fatty
oil, and then thoroughly washing with
soap, the paint may be removed, pro
vided it has not been allowed to dry
| too thoroughly on the hands
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
PECULIAR WHlTEWASH

When travelling through the rural
districts of Uruguay. says the Ameri-
can consul at Montevideo. ones at.
tention is attracted to the fine white
color Of the farm buildings, even dur
ing the wet season. To obtain this
neat effect a whitewash is used which
is made with the sliced leaves of the
common cactus, macerated in water
for "a hours, producing a solution OF
creamy consistence. To this lime is
added and we'll mixed. When ap-
piled to any surface be it wood, brick
iron. or other material, beautiful
pearly white appearance is produced
which will endure through storms and
frosts for. many years. 1t is suggest
ed that tn sections of the United
States where the cactus is a nuisance
the plahts might be utilized in this
manner
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
Rural France Losing.

At a recent French Congress on Ru.
raj Depopulation it was reported that
in the department of the Cote dor,
which mainly produces wheat and
wine. the problem OF depopuIation in
the rural sections of France is of a
most urgent character In the so
years ending with 1901 this rich de-
partment lost at the rate of $40 per-
sons per annum, and since the latter
date and up to 1911 the decrease has
been from $4,000 to $4,000.
The same conditions exist all
through France. From 1916 to 1906
the urban population increased from
S,751, 900 to 16.500.OOO. while the rural
population decreased from 2665O.OGO
to 27.715.000.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
PROTEIN is MOST IMPORTANT
SUBSTANCE I'm ANY FOODSTUFF
Composed of Nitrogen Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen Sulphur
Phosphorus-It Makes Up Muscles Tendons,
LigamentS, Connecting Tissues, and
Almost Everything but Fat.

Protein is the substance which
builds up the body. The muscles, ten
dons, ligaments, connective tissues,
skin, hair, hoofs, part of the bone, and
in fact every part of the body but fat
are made up of protein, together with
mineral matter and water. d
The next important class of sub
stances is the carbohydrates, which
contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen,
but no nitrogen. sulpnurs, or phos-
phorus; they include starch, sugars,
etc. These. are used for practically
the same purpose for which coal or
wood is used in the steam engine,
namely, to furnish energy and heat
The third important constituent of
hay is its oils. Small quantities Of
oil are present in all kinds Of hay
These oils serve the same purpose as
the carbohydrates. A pound of these,
however, will furnish two and one
fourth times as much energy or heat
as the same quantity of carbohydrates
1t can readily be seen, when the chem
ical analysis Of hay is considered, why
the price of the different grades or
kinds. of hay should depend, first,
upon the amount of digestible nutri-
ents contained, and, second, upon the
purpose for which the hay is fed. If
the concentrated feed. e., the grain
in the ration-lacks protein, then the
hay that is high in this substance is
more valuable than one which con-
tains little but carbohydrates, and vice
versa. There Is quite range in the
amount Of the different classes of
nutrients in the various kinds of hay.
On an average, in 100 pounds Of al
falfa hay the digestible protein
amounts to 1888 pounds; in cowpea
hay, 1919 pounds; in alsike clover
hay, SIS pounds; in red clover hay
1913 pounds; in redtop hay 4.80
pounds; and in timothy hay, 2.Se
pounds.
In 100 pounds of redtop hay the
digestible carbohydrates amount to AT
pounds; in timothy hay, 4372 pounds;
in alsike clover hay, 41.70 pounds;
in alfalfa hay, 1888 pounds; in cow
pea hay, 3S.40 pounds; in red clover
hay, 36.15 pounds.
When fed for protein, timothy hay
ranks last, but when fed for carbo-
hydrates it stands next to redtop,
which heads the list. If the total
nutrients are considered there are a
number of different kinds of hay which
are equal, if not superior, to timothy
hay for feeding purposes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25

rule rather than the exception in some
sections to see houses and agricul-
tural implements sadly in need of re
paint
OF course paint does improve the
appearance of property, but it is far
more useful as protector ratherethan
an ornament. The expenditure of a
small amount of money and time in
painting valuable piece of farm ma
chinery or a building will add great
ly to the length of its life. Another
useful object accomplished by painting
is. the improved sanitary conditions Of
buildings and outhouses. The cost of
such work is small, the necessary
equipment not expensive, and with
proper care will last long time.
In order to supply information which
will enable the farmer to purchase the
paint economically and apply it in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
TO KEEP WITCHES AWAY


Some curious superstitions are
gathered round even SO eminently a
practical thing as beer. In Scotland
it used to be the custom to throw a
handful of salt and little dry malt
into the mash to keep the witches
from it, and the cautious housewife
in houses where they brewed their
own beer used to throw a live coal
into the vat to save the liquor from
the frolicsome interference of fairies,
The addition of salt, by the way, to
beer in the course of brewing was
supposed to be for the unholy purpose
Of exciting thirst 1t may possibly
have been used to this end by the I'M
scrupulous, but the real reason was
legitimate. Salt mcderates the Ter
mentation and makes the liquor fine
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25

There is an old saying to the eff
feet that when man goes a-fishlng
he doesn't know what may happen.
Perhaps Mr. Guy Hilton had never
heard anything about it, but he went
a-fishing and many things happened
that he did not look for.
Mr. Hilton went with a little party
Of three, and the quartette camped on
Loon lake and fished. 1t was called
Loon lake, because no one unless he
was looney ever went there thinking
to catch fish. After couple Of weeks
Mr.. Hilton was taken with chills and
had to go to a farm house and call a
doctor, and the other three broke camp
and went home.
In two weeks the patient was cured
and ready to follow. Then came an
other unexpected thing. When the doc
tor and the farmer had been paid Mr..
Hilton found himself stone broke.
When man is stone broke he hasn't
got nicked in his pockets 1t would
be all right, however, when the pen
niless man got down to the village Of
Rockford. Some merchant there
would cash his check on a city bank.
Mr. Guy Hilton didn't look like a
confidence man. He wasn't sly, sleek
and slick. Like any other man with
fair bank account and a reasonable
trust in human nature, he wrote out a
check for four dollars and asked the
leading merchant in the town to
cash it.
THAT game is too old even for this
village" was the reply.
Game? Game? have money in
this bank" said the astonished young
man.
''But you ought to have it in your
pocket instead"
'You can telephone the bank and
make sure it's all straight"
but of what interest to me? am
not here to help folks out of troubles
they get into"
HoI foolish the stone broke man
had been to apply to stranger, when
he could telephone to a friend in the
city and have hundred dollars sent
up. He went to the postoffice. which
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
Yucatan Scientist Seems to Havc
Found Effective Agent for Exter-
mination of Dread Plague.

In South Africa the locusts or grass
hoppers have been destroying crops
and grass to a greater extent than
usual during the last few years. The
International bureau, maintained by
the French, the English and the Portu-
guese, that has been collecting infor-
nation concerning the determination
of insect pests, has been unable to Of
fer the farmer anything better than
the standard arsenic and sugar spray
This method is very dangerous as well
as very expensive. Still. it has been
used In spite of many drawbacks; and
1t has been calculated that for every
dollar spent last year in applying this
spray, there was saving of 500 in
crops.
One method of fighting insects that
has developed in recent years has
been that OF finding some enemy of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25

Very little remains to mark the
golden age of Bagdad, though one con-
stantly comes across the yet more an
cient bricks bearing the stamp of
Nebuchadnezzar that have been
brought from the ruins of Babylon
and are used in modern buildings. We
do not know even where the famous
palace Of Haroun-al-Rashid stood.
From this epoch remain only the
tomb of Zobeida.- Haroun-al-Rashid's
favorite wife, here pictured. and Khan
Ortma "a handsome and extensive
caravanserai.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
Bacteria Fatal to Locust

the insect, and encouraging it to de.
stroy the pest. 1t was on this prin.
ciple that the lady bug was encour.
aged for the protection of trees against
plant lice Where disease-producing
parasite can be found, the chances for
discriminating the pest are increased.
Such parasite for the locust has
been found by nj. d'Herelle, in Yucca
tan. In the intestines of dead To-
Gusts he found certain bacteria-of the
coccus group, which produce fatal
disease among the locusts. and which
spread rapidly among them. These
bacteria have no effect whatever upon
poultry rabbits or guinea pigs Yucca.
tan has suffered very little from the
locust this year.-Harper's Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
FIGHTING MALARIA

In Athens a sluggish stream, with
its nuemerons wide and shallow pools,
was cleaned out and deepened, thus
making it flow faster, and every week
the new made river bed was swept
rid of mosquito eggs All this began
FIVE years ago. The first year the ma
laria in the school children dropped
to go per cent. and the year followi-
ing it fell to 20 per cent, and the
next year it was only three per cent.
and from that it fell the following year
to one per. cent, and last year there
was no more malaria.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
VIOLIN MADE OF MATCHES

A violin made Of matches is an
unique conception. This is what w.
NJ Finstad, of Bay City, Wis. has ac-
-complished. He has actually made a
violin from matches. using $3.50 of
the infiammable sticks and a years
time in its construction. 1t has full,
sweet, mellow tone. and undoubtedly
there is not another one like it in ex-
istence. 1t was exhibited at the Min
nesota state fair and attracted great
deal of attention.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
Good Liberal Education.

One of the best Investments that
any farmer can mak@ with a view tc
helping his boys ara girls in the flu
ture, is in giving those boys and girls
a good liberal education, that will
enable them to colraete with others
and hold their own n the future. One
thousand dollars ara good educa
ton equip a young nan much better
for his struggles in life than will two
thousand dollars and no education.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
This Is Worth Trying.

For the window boxes in which to
start vegetables next spring take up
now quantity of loose rich soil and
burn it to kill old vegetable life. This
can be done by burning wood over the
soil before it is taken up or on piece
of. sheet iron over fire. Put this in
ibarrel and keep In perfectly dry
place. ~
When your seeds come up from this
soil 4extspring they will be free from
weeds,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
Best for Younn Earnner

Many young farmer with small
capital would probably do better tt
go east and buy run down farm
with substantial building and fencing
on it rather than pay two or three
tines as much for raw land in the bit
Ter climate Of Canada.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
EVERY FARMER
CAN USE PAINT
Adds 20 Appearance of Place and
TO the Dura biIity of Any
Kind of Farm
Building.

Any man can do an average job of
painting, and can thereby not only i'm
prove the appearance of his place, but
can add greatly to the durability OF
the buildings.
The average farmer, If there is such
a thing, seems to think that paint is
used solely for ornament, and he is of
all men most keenly practical, he
eschews what he regards as an I'M
profitable luxury. 1t is, perhaps, the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
SAME OLD STYLES

From the fresco paintings of women
in Cretan palaces of the period about
1000 B. c., it is learned that the
women of that time pinched in their
waists. had flounced or ACCORDION
plated skirts, wore an elaborate Golf
fure. shoes with high heels ard hats
which might have come from Pa
risian hat shop, while one woman
might be described as wearing a iupe
culotte.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
SKIN FOR SANDPAPER

An ancient mariner and fisherman
says he well remembers when : the
dried skin of the dogfish was used
for sandpaper, and good sharp cutting
stuff it was. too The old salt furth-
er says there are many sorts of imi-
tation dried cod on the market and
that the tail of young dogfish is fine
fried
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
JEWEL WEIGHS 243 POUNDS

Jewel experts throughout the world
have been thrown into a state of ex-
element by the appearance of a
beryl that weighs 243.1 pounds. and is
1879 inches high. and from 1875
inches to 1913 inches in width This
is the largest beryl ever found and is
reported to have been sold by it's
finder for nearly $4,000. The beryl
was picked up by Turk in the state
Of Minas Geraes. Brazil.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
Horses in the Shrine

Horses are always higher prices in
the spring than in the fall because
many men sell in the fall having nc
use for their teams during the winter
and the farmer who has good animals
t. dispose of at spring prices is the
ole who reaps the benefit.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25

eral was firm, and had the law behind
him. When Sydney Buxton and the
postmaster general got together on
this matter, however, there was NO
difficulty. because at that time Sydney
Buxton and the postmaster general
was the same person.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25

The automobile pillow has arrived.
You. sit on cushion with steering
gear in your hands, and down under
meath the machine the blades of a
pillow are fixed. BY this device II
acses~ of land can be plowed in day,
and life is made easy for the farmer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
Work Of Experiment. Stations.

Forty years ago congress endowed
agricultural stations. and experiment
stations later. for the purpose of help
g the farmer, and wonderful things
ave been accomplished during that
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
Mistress MOT In.D

Mrs. Back Bay shall want you to
be dressed by 3 o'clock. Ellen. to re-
ce.ve any friends that may call
Ellen-Ch. Tor mum! Amt yoS
goin TO be in?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
PAPER FROM MlLLET

The japanese make much of theis-
paper from millet stalks. of which ma,
terial Manchuria furnishes about 245.
0G0 tons a year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-01-25
CBy Fl. B. M'CLUREo

The nutritive substances in hay or
feed may be divided into two classes
flesh forming and fuel or energy pro-
ducing substances. When the proper
amount of these two classes of sub
stances is fed the ration is said to
be balanced. If an unbalanced ration
is fed, as one containing more fuel or
energy producing substances than are
needed and less f1esh-forming mate
rial, the ration is partially wasted, and
such unwise feeding will not bring as
good results as the feeding of the same
amount of a balanced ration. Each
class of substances has different Of
fees to perform in the body. If
not enough flesh forming substance is
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1912-06-04

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fauer bleiben iuulleu. Sic 3cit ipo
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uno tOnnen III 3 bnlb an6rcfen.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1912-06-04
Ynblic Shupf Spitetn.

@on Der ei~nseborenen iarbieen
SebDlterung iinb 30.5 Yrosent hes
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