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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
PlG-EATENG HABIT
ONLY IN Old S0WS
Characteristic Never Laid at
Door of Young Mother Rem
edy. Found in Exercise

It is. a well known fact that the pig
eating propensity isian attribute of an
old sow; the characteristic is never
laid at the door of the young mother.
If not the old it IS the mature bred
SOW; she"with the second or third lit
ter, and il will be found that she is
usually OF the slow, sluggish disposi-
ton.
An argument put forth is that this
is the failing of the domesticated, but
uncivilized hog alone. Under natural
conditions the mother will sacrifice
her own life for that of her young, but
the reverse has never been heard of.
Why, then, with this fact should we
be led to believe we feed our hogs
too much; that the cure is more ami
NAL food and protein? Why cultivate
a taste for meat?
Which SOW is it that most needs
protein? Is it the gilt that must grow
both her own frame and her litter, or
is it the mature SOW that has only
her litter?
1t is q known fact that on stock
farms where as many as fifty or more
brood sows are kept they and their
progeny run after the cattle.
The only feed of these sows may be
corn in the winter, either fresh or in
the droppings of the cattle. In the
summer corn and grass. In this bill
of fare it is seen that protein is con-
spicuous by it's absence, yet from
these farms come no reports of pig
eating sows.
Instead, the complaints of the SOW
with a tooth for her own offspring
come from farms where the sows are
kept in small Sx10 pen, living life
of idleness and suffering from a slug
gish liver, constipation, malnutritios.
anaemia, melancholia and various
other ills, and durable, all of them, ac-
cording to expert merits in turning
them out to exerc Use and securing for
q mornings. breakfast.
However, if exercise must be de-
MED, the man who must needs keep
his sows in this Sx10 pen can at least
see that her bowels are well exer-
cised
A little amount of bran is good
thing to add 10 the ration. 1t is used
for mechanical effects only, SO enough
should be used daily to keep the bow
els open, their action vigorous and the
passages soft.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
"i'm a Thankful Man."

beyond it. The place has tenant
Hap was assured of this as he noticed
a great washing out on the line in
the yard
1t required skill, bravery, and the
stoicism and endurance of North
American Indian to get over that
barbed wire fence, but at length Hap
negotiated the adventure successfully.
He started leap with an "OuchH' and
he ended it with a "Geewhillikens!"
but he was now on it's field side and
made tracks for the shelter of the
barn
Slipping through the open doorway,
barricading himself behind heap Of
hay, Hap proceeded to carry out his
plan to secure attention and succor.
"Oo-hoo, O-lee-o!"-all the halls
Hap had ever heard he now proceeded
to deliver, first in feeble venture
some voice, and then more audibly,
and with some irritation.
There's nobody at home in that
house, that's sure" he decided at
last I'll investigate. Maybe l can
find some door or window open. Just
let me get some clothes don't mind
whose they are; | don't care what
they are-jumpers, overalls, tennis or
bathing suit, I'll grab them quick. This
is a horrible predicament, and / am
a desperate mani"
Hap and his umbrella made the tour
of the vicinity. No one was in the
house, as he had surmised, nor was
there any avenue of inlet easy of ac-
cess.
I'll do it, I've kot to do it," de-
cided Hap grimly, ;:s he stood looking
over the line Of family washing hang
ing up to dry. There's white one
no, that would be too prominent The
blue one is bigger and becomes me
better. Yes, the problem is solved,
and am saved. Ha! hal"
Hap became tragicaily jolly and the
cddity of the occasion helped to make
him SO. He almost chuckled with re-
lief as he took blue dress and sun
bonnet from the line, and he smiled as
he thought of how he would recite his
unique adventure at his club in the
city.
Then Hap repaired to the barn.
When he came out he carried the
umbrella closed. The dress was roomy
and long, the sun bonnet was comfort.
able and sheltering.
I'm a thankful man." he said de-
voutly, and started down traversed
country road carrying the spot of his
ruthless pillage well in his mind
''This outfit looks as If it belonged
to some old farm DAME" he rumin-
ated. "Ail right. She shall have the
finest silk gown and Sunday bonnet
in town tomorrow for this timely ac-
commodation. Hello!"
Hap lodged behind a tree. The
moon had come up and just then with
vivid scream a young girl turned
a curve in the highway. In hot pur-
suit was a browsy, bold looking indi-
vidual, whom Hap at once recognized
60 his despoiler at the brookside.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02

MISHAPS OF Mr.. HAP
Rv AUGUSTUS G. SHERMAN


BY the banks CT a Sylvan stream,
gazing vacantly into the far distance,
stood Hapgood Dorsey. His friends
called him Hap for short, and he need
ed those friends sOrely just now, for
all that Hapgood Dorsey wore on the
present occasion was an umbrella
I'm done for he stated lugubri-
ously, using the umbrella as shield.
What in the world am l to do?"
1t was serious question. Hapgood
Dorsey, young bachelor on his an
nual vacation outing, two miles from
bis country hotel, night coming on,
no habitatiOn in sight, had come out
of the water after a vigorous swim
to find his clothes missing.
ut was that tramp ] saw lurking
around in the distance Hap now told
himself II don't care for the clothes
it was an old suit, and nothing of
value in the pockets, but-how am |
going to get to shelter?"
Hapgood, Dorsey did not rage or
swear. He was a sensible, reputable
young man, rather shy and reserved,
especially with the ladies, but mana
ger of large manufacturing estab-
lishment and on the way to further
business promotion.
It's a mean trick, was the hardest
thing he could find to say. Il can't
go back into the water and stay all
night, can't walk into town in this
plight. I'm up tree, or, rather. l
wish l was!"
1t was. some time before HapGCod
Dorsey could make up his mind what
to do. He had a dim idea that in his
stroll from town to the present spot
he had passed farmhouse. He final
ly started in the direction of the no.
tel, lodging past the open spots be-
tween trees and bushes and the UNI
brella in constant play.
Never was a man more thankful
than he that it was growing dusk
Somewhere, he vaguely remembered.
he had read a poem Oh 1.-THE Dying
Day" He wished this one would stay
dead, with no afterglow. Alas, there
was a line or two about "the sable
garments of the night" Hap wished
they might become tangible.
What luck." What luck" he
chirped, as he struck barb wire
fence and made out barn and house
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
(By J.. M. BELL.)

r.. (By J. M BELL.)
Twenty-odd years ago the writer
met a. New York horse dealer; this
same dealer came to Virginia and
bought a farm. He wanted to raise
colts in addition to small farming.
First there was a pure bred Perch
eron stallion, then a number OF well
set, we'll made draft mares-good in
dividuals, no nOndescript, but as this
article deals with the colt proposition
we'll get back to it..
At thirty-six hours of age they were
battered and left in the stalls-one
to stall, of course, as their dams
slept there at night.
Very soon the colts were perfectly
haIter-broken Qong before they were
weaned) and in being halter-broken
they were taught one of the, most i'm
portant things in horse breaking,
namely, to stand tied when hitched.
This one quality is about half of the
education of a horse, and without it
no horse is properly broken.
The dams of these colts were
worked regularly on the farm, earning
their own living and at the same time
making something for their owner.
When old enough to eat solid food
they we're fed each day and later on
turned out to pasture, but still were
given some extra feed and their mo-
Tiers milk ghtil ready to 'wean, when
they were put out in good grazing
field
The dams we're well fed and regu-
larry worked at least eleven months
out of the twelve, if the weather per
mitted.
They kept in good working order,
did good work all the year round and
four out of five raised thrifty colt.
Never let a colt grow to- any age
and size without halter breaking him.
Hundreds of valuable young horses
are much injured in disposition by let
ting them run until they are from two
to three years of age and then for the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02

first time cornered in a stall by sew
eral farm hands, which may be frol-
ic to the latter but quite contrary to
the former.
A wild, green colt is as strong as a
bull when thus cornered, a man tries
to throw moose over the terrified
animals head, he misses, the colt
springs to the far side of the stall,
rears and attempts to break over the
partition; back he is forced by a fell
low with the handle of a pitchfork or
some other equally serviceable wea-
pom.
Again they try the moose, and this
time successfully. The sweating,
plunging young animal is now drawn
up to the partition by three husky
farm laborers. bride is placed on
his head, the doors are opened and
with bound the colt plunges out.
Men are hanging to the end of the
long rope, an end of which is run
through the bit.
The colt reaches the end of it's
tether with jerk which nearly dislo-
Gates his jaw; he is brought suddenly
to q stop, when one of the men walks
up to him.
The colt backs, the three fellows at
the end of the rope jerk and swing
on it until the colt comes to a stand
still, with eyes staring and the sweat
running out of ievery pore.
Now he is forced to move. Away
he springs, to be jerked back sudden
ly In the course Of an hour the men
and the victim are equally worn out
and the colt, having received his first
lesson, is put back in the stable with
the bride on and the rope dragging to
be left in this way until another day,
when the same idiotic performance
will be repeated.
So much for this kind of halter
breaking. There should really be no
kind of halter-breaking except the
sort that takes place when the colt is
from three days to three weeks old.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
Old Passion Play.

Since 1901 the peasants of Vorder-
thiersee,, remote village in Tyrol,
have had passion play of their own.
It's text dates, however, from the mid
die of the sixteenth century. The last
performance was given in 1906 the
next one will take place in 1915. In
preparation for this coming produc-
ton, these peasant players reached
the conclusion early this year that
they needed new scenery, new stage
and also a new road that would bring
visitors in greater numbers to their
mountain festival. To raise the
amount required they gave during the
months of July and August series Of
performances of the drama, "Juda
Ben Hur,' drawn from General Lew
Wallace's famous novel by one of their
members, a peasant who appears to
have produced an altogether satisfac-
tory dramatization.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
suIqrave Once Robbers Nest.

Sulgrave, whose manor house, the
ancestral home OF the Washington
family, the Peace Centenary commit
tee desire to purchase as a place of
pilgrimage, has associations not en-
tirely of a peaceful character. For the
smiling Northamptonshire village to-
ward the end of the eighteenth CEN
fury was the headquarters of a gang
of highwaymen, known as the Gull
worth gang. Chief of the band was
the parish clerk of Sulgrave, who al
lays went to church fully armed, lest
justice should catch him unaware. The
booty was stored in the church, so
that the bold, bad clerk might be at
hand to protect it. But treachery
stepped in, and four of the gang were
hanged in 1887 at Northampton. Lon
don Chronicle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
Justice to Napoleon.

When Napoleon was in Moscow,
says a recent book of travel, he sta
bled his horses in a church. THE
Russian nation has long since for
given his wild dream of conquest, but
never has, and never will, forgive
him for that act of sacrilege." The
Germans also treasure a grudge
against Napoleon for turning the Ca
thedral of Cologne into barracks.
Yet these acts were probably not in
tended to be sacrilegicvs, for another
recent. book, says lit Is among the
many things to the credit of Napoleon
that, as soon as he came into power.
he restored all the desecrated
churches of Paris to their original
uses as places of worship
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
VALUABLE QUALITY TO HAVE
Man Who Can See the True PossIbliI-
ties of Other Men Is the Ono
That Succeeds.

Seeing" men is an art. 1t amounts
almost to second sight. Often, in a
business line" some man makes his
way mysteriously and rapidly to the
top, or near to it. He does not seem
to have greater trading ability than
many others, nor has he been favored
by larger capital of more magnetic
personality. But he rises. His fac
ulty of seeing men has been the
magical force.
1t is no trick at all to discover the
man who has triumphantly made a
record, who is already a personality
in this trade or that Unfortunately,
such man is unfailingly costly.
What he has done, moreover, Is no
positive guarantee az to his future ex-
ploits. Men of great reputation as
heutenants many times prove great
disappointments when they shift. The
chief who sees" picks a man whose
reputation is yet to be made, and
thereby gets the profit himself.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
Hens That Exercise:

According to Samuel u. Mahan' oil
st. Paul, Mimi, the egg yield of hen
can positively be increased if means
are taken to give her plenty of eXer.
else. A dispatch the other day related
that Mahan had established a sort OF
treadmill in connection with his
chicken coop, says the New York SUM-
and compelled his hens TO walk the
rungs constantly for ten or fifteen
minutes at time, so that exercise APP
proximating two hours daily was ia
ken. A 80 per cent. increase in egg
laying was reported within period OF
nine days.
When news of the achievement
reached some of the college analysts
they began to figure on the likelihood
of change in the component parts OF
the egg. What the result will be, as.
slning the hen exercise story to be
true. leaves all kinds of room for spec.
ulation. It is a well-known fact that
cattle worked hard make tougher
eating when killed Building up OF
muscle gives greater strength. but the
tenderness vanishes. .-.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02

Give up that watch" be was Shout.
ing I'm going to have It."
The terrified girl must have trade
out Hap She ran frantically Up to
him.
"Oh, lady, save met" she pleaded,
clinging frantically to Hap.
Huh! an old woman!" reared the
tramp. I'll GemnIish both OF you if
you don't give up that watch!"
Let go, please" pleaded Hap in an
embarrassed way, and at his mascu-
line tones his charge uttered a Gew
shrek
"A mani" she quavered
Luckily for you, and something Of
an athlete" Wanted Hap, rather
proudly-biff.
Down went Mr.. Tramp, scientifically
bowled out and gasping for breath,
PROSTATE on the ground.
Run for some help" Hap direct
ed the bewildered miss, and We'll put
this bold highwayman where he be-
longs"
He stood valiant guard over the dis
comited thief with a club until the
young lady, running back to neigh
boris, returned with two men armed
with pitchforks.. In the meantime Hap
learned from the thief where his
clothes had been hidden.
why, say, Miss Rose," exclaimed
one of the men, pointing to her res
cuer this one can't be right, either
man dressed up in a womans
dress!"
Yes" futtered Miss Rose Barton
land it looks like mammals dress
tool"
Il will explain" observed Hap, and
he did.
And then, clothed In his right mind
and in his own attire, Hapgood Dor
sey felt it a duty to pay visit to the
Barton homestead the next day.
I've come to return what l borrow
ed" he reported, handing a neat pack
age to Roses mother after an introduc
ton from his blushing hostess. YOU
will find a silk pattern, also, Mrs. Bar
ton-a slight acknowledgment of you'
kindness in unconsciously assisting
my-escape.
Young man, you did bravely last
evening"" observed the practical
housewife, land l want to thank you.
Only one thing could come of a
blight, sensible young man like Hap
meeting lovely, affectionate country
maid like Rose.
It was an engagement, and the silk
pattern came in finely for a gown for
Mrs Barton at the wedding.
Copyright. 1913, by w G. Chapman}
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
Washable Veil
Both Charming
and Fashionable

vTSHESE two wells have, in addition
L to the advantage of being clean
ly, at least three others: they are be-
coming, they are durable and (what
means more to the eternal feminine)
they are fashionable.
Many more wells AID other dress
accessories are made to stand wash
ing than in former seasons. Each
year manufacturers of fabrics In
crease their efforts to find stable
colors and methods of strong weav-
ing, for nearly all articles of apparel.
All fabrics appeal more surely and
permanently to the buying public if
this item of stand;2g the wash is
among their virtues. For cleanliness
is an essential of elegance. Women
have taken to heart the axiom that
to be elegant things must first be
clean. The veil of fine meshed net
has widely scattered embroidered
dots end a graceful border made by
applying Renaissance braid and fine
cord. The latter is chain-stitched by
machinery to the net. Such wells are
always in fashion, more or less, and
will last a lifetime. They sell from
fifty cents up to two dollars apiece,
as an average. The more elaborate
the border, the more expensive the
veil; therefore there are patterns
that cost more than two dollars.
Even at a higher price this veil is
not bad investment since it may be
used as a fschu, or for trimming a
bodice or as a founce. Two wells of
this kind made a beautiful decora-
ton for a dressy waist.
A newer weave is shown in the
veil Of shadow lace made of mercer
lied cotton. This design is unlike the
older laces and had its birth in the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
akOcierv.

Many women have the mistaken idea
that because shoes and stockings are
so much in evidence with the new
slashed skirt modes they should wear
sto kings that are nothing less than
daring. Those thin light gray silk are
positively vulgar, as they. are so sug
gestive Indeed, flesh color stockings
would be less objectionable-and, as a
matter of fact, these are very pretty
and dainty with summer frocks. How.
lever, black stockings with black shoes,
land white with white, still remain the
most refined.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
Flowers Suitable for Eveninc

When selecting flowers for the din.
ner table or other decorative purposes
under the condition of artificial light
bear in mind that all yellow and blue
flowers appear much paler and rather
dead by artificial light, while white
flowers and the brilliant hued flowers
stand out with more snap. On the
other hand, the soft green foliage ap-
pears to greater advantage under
artificial light than does the very dark
green foliage, though bright greens
show up far better under these con.
ditions
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02

TWO views of the STRAIGHTFORWARD
4 coat, cut away in front above the
waist line, and hanging straight from
the shoulders, shows how easy and
comfortable looking it is. The waist
line is not defined either in the
blouse and skirt or in the coat. The
blouse deserves it's name as it hangs
over the top of tie skirt and the eff
feet is apparently to make the waist
large rather than small.
Other models in these coats are
longer in front and gathered in to a
loose belt or band, placed at the nor
NAL waist line or a little below it.
And there are a few models for pres
ent wear with shorter sleeves. Three
quarter length with turned back or
lingerie cuffs. 1t must be conceded
that they are smart-looking on trim
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02

figures and those not much beyond
the normal in size.
The straight back is a godsend to
one who is a little round shouldered'
The collar stands away from the
back Of the neck and the curve from
the neck to shoulder blades is very
slight. There is no curve from that
point to the bottom.
But the straight-back is not for
everyone and there are plenty OF 9TH
er models to choose from. All the
new designs may be said to hang on
the figure rather than to fit it. Among
them the Russian blouse is sure to
appeal to many for in point of style
there is nothing smarter. 1t is cold
weather garment, however, and 10 be
discussed a little later
JULIA BOTTOMLEF.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
Every Woman a Touch of Color.

Grace Margaret Gould, fashion edi-
tor of the Woman's Home Companion,
reports the new fall styles in that
publication. One point is as follows:
1T is the touch of color that counts
this season in the new frocks. OF
course, not all women will favor the
startling, dazzling color combinations
made the vogue by the Cubists and
Futurists, but the woman who would
be stylish must not scorn at least one
touch of brilliant color in her gowns"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
cool in Eace 81 Death.

One of the most extraordinary cases
of sangfroid on the scaffold occurred
some time ago, when Macdonald, who
murdered a Miss Holt, paid the pen
atty of his crime in England The
hangman had forgotten the white cap
to place over the prisoners eyes, and
Macdonald, noticing what had hap
pened, remarked to his executioner:
put your hand in my breast pocket
and you'll find silk handkerchief.
That will do to bind my eyes, won't it?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
richus to Be Worn This Fall.

From Paris comes the announce.
ment that in fall neckwear fichu eff
fects, to be worn either with separ.
ate blouses or with the fashionable
and popular one-piece dress, are to be
strongly favored. Old lace, if one ia
so fortunate as to possess such a
thing, is used more advantageously
in fichu than any other type, but
innumerable fabrics are thus en-
ployed. .s.4
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
pnkar an Italian Game.

Poker is probably development OF
il frusso, an Italian game of the fiji
teenth century. A similar game called
primiera was played in Italy in the
sixteenth century, and thence jour
neyed into Spain. In France this be-
came ambigu, and later appeared in
England under the name of brag.
Poker is distinctly an American game,
and seems to have descendes more
directly from the game of Drag than
from any of the others
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
Alfalfa and Sweet Glover.

Where it is difficult to obtain a
stand of alfalfa it is quite possible
sowing sweet clover year or two be,
fore seeding to alfalfa would prove
advantageous. Sweet clover will ~
oculate the soil and put it into good
condition for seeding alfalfa
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02

places this one decoration whers It
will call attention to some pleasing
feature in her face, perhaps the soft
curve of her cheek, or the fine line
Of the jaw, or perhaps the exquisite
modelling and coloring of her ear.
Sometimes this single figure is out.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
WOMAN FEELS
10 Years:
YOUNGER
Since Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Re-
' stored Her Health.
Louisville, Ky.-"I take great pleas
ure in writing to inform you Of what

Lydia r. Pinkham'S
V e g ct a bic Com
pound has done for
me. / was weak,
nervous, and cared
for no thin G blu {
sleep. Now / can
go ahead with my
work daily and feel
ten years younger
than before Istarted
taking your -medi-
o;no T will advise