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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
Got License. But Not Girl.

Edward V. Lewis of Philadelphia
seems to be one of those mastepful
men, so highly spoken of by the lady
novelists-one of those men who can
not be spurned, who see what they
want and take 1t. He wanted to mar
ry Miss Mary C. Buchanan, so he went
down to city hall and took out mar
riage license.
Somehow the plan went wrong. BY
all the rules of romance Miss Buck
man should have admired this stroke
OF supreme masculine self-conf1dence
and should have fallen in the bold
young mans arms. But Miss Buck-
man has old-fashioned ideas. When
she is going to be married she wants
to know about it. She thinks 1t
wouldn't be a bad idea for the young
man who is going to marry her to OBJ.
tain her consent first.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02

mented, and she threw them into the
waste, and the hens gobbled the lot.
That was the answer.
The most staid and respectable OF
the biddies were soon lettering round
as If on springs, making vain stabs at
imaginary worms, while the ROSTERS
strutted unsteadily abou. and crowed
hiiariously. One hen died from the
effects of her debauch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
WHAT WORRIED HER
Mr.. Nerviss Ascertained Cause
of His Wife's Anxiety.
Her Suspicious of the Honesty Of
Bank Cashier, Seemingly Verified,
Gave Hubby a Violent Fit of
"Co1ahina."

There was evidently somet1iuS on
Mrs. NervissAs mind For several days
she had been very much preoccupied
and finally Nerviss himself, fearful
that he might in some way have peen
the cause of it, made certain aubtls
inquiries designed to clear the situa-
tion up.
"How's the new cook getting on,
Maria?' he asked, as a feeler Does
she-does she seem satisfied with her
place here?"
ooh, perfectly" said Mrs. Nerviss.
"She remarked only yesterday that
she had never lived with. such nice
felt like one who had travelled far and
found her home at last"
Il hope you didn't mind my coming
in SO late from the cup last Tuesday
night, Maria" Nerviss resumed. Zone
o'clock is an unholy boar l know, but,
really, | couldn't help 1t very well.
You see"
mot at all, James. dear" the good
lady answered. 81 think 1t is a good
thing to do once in a while. If there
is one thing in the world that | should
hate more than another it would be to
have your friends think you were hen
pecked. Really, was glad you stayed
as long as you wanted to-"
Nerviss drew deep sigh of relief.
That little poker game was not the
Of n a
respects his conscience was clear. So
this time he plunged in boldly.
"Then what is the matter with you,
Marian he demanded "You can't de-
ceive me-you've got something on
your mind. You are worrying about
something"
81 certainly am" said the woman,
her voice tremulous. II am very much
worried. Do you think the people at
our bank are honest, 'James?"
why, certainly" laughed Nerviss.
Whatever made you think they
weren't?"
well, something very strange has
happened lately" said Mrs. Nerviss,
"and | think you ought to look into
it, You know you have been giving
me my allowance lately in SO bills.
and | have been depositing them at
the bank"
Eyes. | am aware of that" said Ner-
vlss.
"Well, somehow or other | don't like
the looks of that receiving teller.
James," said the woman, "and so tor
the last three weeks / have been put
ting my initials on every bill deposited
up in one corner, and yesterday. Mr.
Cleayer, the butcher, in cashing a $40
check for me handed me one of those
marked bills!"
We'll, suppose he did," demanded
Nerviss. what of it,"
What OF it?' echoed Mrs. Nerviss
What oil. it? Doesn't that prove that
those bank people are letting other
people use my money!"
1t was at this point that Nerviss was
attacked by violent spasm of cough
ing, which, in her description of it
later to the doctor, Mrs. Nerviss de-
clared was so like laugh at fist she
thought her husband had 21ddenly
thought of something funny.-Iarper's
Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02

and traversed by creek-land. OF
little use save for pasture, but most
excellent for that purpose. On eighty
acres Of this blue grass the breeding
herd is maintained during the pasture
season. The rest Of the year they
spend cleaning up the stalk fields,
straw, corn fodder and other rough
feed of the farm, together with some
corn silage. They get little or no
grain. but convert the coarse feeds Of
the farm into beef and valuable ma
Mure.
During the last five years the calf
crop from the breeding herd has av-
eraged nearly 80 per cent. The calves
are dropped from April to June On
pasture. They are fed on grain dur
ing the summer, hut run with their
dams on the blue grass, where they
grow messy coated, thick and baby
fat" They are weaned In October,
after first being taught what grain 49,
After weaving they have a pasture
that has been allowed to grow since
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
Electric Sleep.

Electric sleep, to be turned on" or
turned off" at will, is the alluring
promise held out to sufferers from
sleepiessness by DR.. Nagelschmidt, Al
German physician.
SO far electric sleep has been pro-
duced only i'll rabbits and dogs. but the
experiments on animals have been so
free from i'll effects that DR.. Nagel-
schmidt thinks human beings can be
subjected to the same treatment with
out danger.
DR.. Nagelschmidt asserts that his
new method also has the power 20
eliminate pain in any portion of the
human body. A condition is produced
in which pin pricks or even the liz
cision of the surgeons knife are not
felt SO long as the patient remains In
an electrified" state.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
TRACED BY TRAIL OF SUGAR

A trail of sugar leading from the
warehouse of the Anchor line in Chi
cago led to the arrest Of George Good
win. who was caught in the act Of car
rying away 100-pound sack of sugar.
Goodwin was unaware that a small
hole in one corner of the sack allow
ed a small stream of the contents to
trickIe out. He had scarcely gone
three blocks when he was overtaken
by John Ohnesorg, a Waterman. who
found a window of the warehouse
open and discovered the sugar trail.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02

While the shrAwd buyer and care
full feeder of beef cattle may secure
profit from feeding cattle good, bad
or Indifferent that he may be able to
pick up about the country, 1t is not
likely that he will succeed in even
turning off a load of market topping
beeves from such stock. Cattle that
can be bought up about the country
are usually of the lower grades and
seldom return a profit to their pro-
ducers, though, as stated before, the
man who buys them and finishes them
for the market may secure a profit
from them, says writer in the Wis
consin Agriculturist. The man who
desires to turn off market topping
cattle or those coming close to the
top prices must breed and grow such
cattle himself.
Frank B. Beath Of Corning, Iowa, is
one of the men in the beef business
who breeds and grows his cattle and
turns them off In the open market at
high figures. Every year for the past
five years he has fed out bunch OF
Hereford calves of his own raising,
In a recent interview with Rex Beres'
ford, beef specialist of the Iowa Beef
Producers association, Mr.. Beath
said: 1--WE used to feed older cattle
and depended on buying them any
place we could pick them up. Five
years ago we got disguised with the
quality of the stuff we were able to
buy. Occasionally we got good load,
but the stuff we could pick up here
and there was mostly tag end, scrubby
stun that did poorly for us and never
looked good even when 1t made US
money. We made up our minds we
would have good feeders, even II we
had to raise them"
According to the Iowa beef special
list, the Beath farm consists OF 266
acres. One hundred and twenty acres
of this Is bottom land, partly Wooded
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
Rrent,s Bear Story.

Jim Brent, ex-sheriff of Lincoln
county. New Mexico, told this story to
Emerson Hough:
Back yonder in the free silver days
Brent had a friend who had raised a
grizzly from a cub and had trained
the big brute to saddle. He used to
ride the bear on prospecting trips.
One day the prospector was riding
up an arroyo when he ran plumb
into a band of six full-grown and un-
tanned silver-tip bears-enormous fell
lows-and they all showed fight.
The prospector dismounted from his
tame bear, unslung his trusty rifle.
and after a terrific battle six bears,
one after another, bit the dust. Then
he mounted his own bear and pro-
ceeded on his way, but he hadn't rid
den more than a mile when he no.
ticed a popularity in the stride.
"Sures you're here, Hough," said
Brent, 'he had killed his own grizzly
and was riding one of the wild ones
home!'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02

their predecessors were sold in June,
all to themselves. Here they get corn
and cob meal, enough to keep the calf
fat in place and add to it little each
day. At this stage Mr.. Beath has
added each year to his bunch Of home
crowns" what calves Of quality he
could pick up in the neighborhood.
All are fed well and kept coming until
cold weather commences and pasture
Is gone.
For the first two years corn and cob
meal, clover hay, corn fodder, and cot
ton seed meal were depended upon
to continue the process of making the
calves into beef. Money was made
on that basis, but for the last three
years corn silage has been an impor-
tant factor in producing this result.
About December ! the silo is opened
and from then on until grass comes
again the calves get about all the ST.
lage they will eat. indeed they eat
some even after grass comes. The
daily silage ration is from twelve to
fifteen and sometimes as high as
eighteen pounds. With the silage they
eat from five to six pounds a day Of
corn and cob meal, until along in
March when the corn is gradually in.
creased to as high as eleven pounds
q day. Some cotton seed msal is also
fed toward the close of tho feeding
period, beginning at half pound OF
the meal per head and gradually in
creasing to pound and a half day.
Usually at marketing time, which
comes In June, there are two loads Of
calves to ship. They weigh around
800 pounds at from eleven to thirteen
months of age. During the past five
years they have gone below the $50
mark but once (191D. They have
averaged better than $50 head for
the five years. Every year they have
made profit. !:
Many of the breeding cows are
still young, growing as well as pro-
ducing. The older COWS are fatted
and turned off as their usefulness de-
clines or they fail to produce calf.
It is a safe estimate that tho average
the herd is better than $50.
While there is nothing startling in
this method Of beef production, there
apparently is sure profit in it. The
COWS are cheaply kept, the pasture
land is well employed and the ele-
ment of speculation involved in buy
ing high priced feeders is avoided.
The rough feed and coarse folders are
all utilized and converted into market
able beef and valuable farm manure.
LATHE corn and no roughage Ii bought
All the crops are raised on the farm
and fed there so that little fertility
is lost from the farm and the cost OF
marketing of the farm products is
reduced to the minimum. Little hired
labor is necessary. Hogs follow the
cattle and consume the waste OF the
cattle feeding and make extra profit
and the farm is growing more pro
ductive. When the methods and re-
suits Of some OF the most successful
beef producers are studied it looks as
IL there is money after all in produc
ing beef on high priced land and those
Of our Wisconsin farmers who do not
want to go into dairying, who have
farms adapted to beef production,
need not let the high priced land ar
gument disturb them in the least
about getting into beef raising at
once.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
DOG THAT SMOKES THE PIPE

That dog is the champion pipe
smoker of the south, and in the win
ter he wears overalls and a jumper,
and he's got more sense than half
the men in town. said John Fortu-
nate, head catcher for the new dog
wagon of the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals of New
Orleans, when the vehicle stopped in
front of the side entrance to the City
hall the other morning.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
BEES TRAIL HONEY THIEVES

When ]. NJ Cornelius, honey pro-
Queer near Sterling, Colo, awoke one
recent morning he found that in the
night Is bee hives had been looted of
SO pounds of honey. He followed the
dispossessed bees to the home Of two
brothers named Bennett, living mile
away. There he found the bees swarm
ing about the house, while the Ben
netts, besieged, had shut the doors and
windows and were afraid to go out.
Cornelius swore out warrants for the
arrest of the BENEFITS. They admitted
the theft.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW

require them, as their eyes are con
stantly washed by the water in which
they swim.
Bismuth and nickel steel both have
the curious property of expanding
when they cool instead of contracting
like other metals.
At st. Petersburg there is clocl
with ninety-five faces. 1t tells thu
time of the day at thirty different
places in the world, and the move
ment of the earth and other planets.
Experiments with thousands of sub
jects have shown that the averag,
man attaing his maximum strength
in his thirty-first year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02

was picked up by DR.. John M. Cover
on the sidewalk in front of the court
house, where the wind had evidently
blown it.
The nest is sparrow's and its max
er was preparing against the attack
of his inherent enemy-man. 1t might
be called a fortified nest. 1t is made
of old sweepings, with hairpins and
nails woven in at the sides.
The points of the pins and the nails
stick outward and remind one of rifles
sticking through the portfolios of a
fertilization.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02

OF Carcassonne
escarpme
Nahonne valley
NORTH and the foothills
holds valley which leads from the Medterra
cose Narbonn their center
in Immediately the
magn'H
which
he sos At
which
that date
castle itself built in 1880 The Vsao
repaired the thirteenth century
The forres hasw sieges
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
CHICKEN HAD TWO HEARTS

Mrs. Alonzo Fisher of Muncie, Ind.
dressing a chicken for dinner, wa,
surprised to find that it contained tive
hearts, the organs lying side by side
and being of the same general sizi
and appearance. A physician who ex
amined the freak said both organs evi
IDENTIFY had been used in pumping
blood. The fowl was pronounced per
fectly healthy and normal, except fol
the extra heart.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
END A 16-YEAR-OLD SMOKE

E. v. Mckee of Clifton Heights, Pa,
has just finished smoking a cigar
which he lighted in 1896, when Bryan
was defeated by Mckinley for presi-
dent. Mckee is an ardent admirer Of
the Commoner, and when Bryan was
defeated he lighted a cigar, which Re
threw to the floor. Thomas Gaffney
picked up the cigar, put it in an en-
velope and kept it for Mckee, telling
him he could smoke it when Demo
cratic president was elected.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02

find that it pays very well. It has
been found both experimentally and
by practical tests that sweet milk,
sour milk, buttermilk- fact, milk In
any form-contains all the elements
found in other forms of animal mat
ter.
Milk contains all that beef scraps
and green cut bone does, but in a
more diluted form, and it is highly di-
gestible, and no digestive troubles
arise from either old or young chick
ems consuming large quantities Of 1t.
Everyone who keeps COWS and
poultry on the same farm will find it
profitable to preserve all the milk for
feeding the flock and dispose only Of
butter fat. It Is the best animal
food that can be given to them. Give
all the chickens all the milk they will
drink 1t will do them no harm.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
CALF BORN WITH DOG FACE

A dog-faced calf was born on the
farm of Henry Krekelberg, near Per-
ham, Mimi, recently. The animal
bore a startling resemblance to a
dog, but unfortunately the carcass was
not preserved. It had the long, mar
row muzzle of dog, droopy ears like
a water spaniel, long lips and the teeth
on the lower jaw were of the canine
variety.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
FATAL ERROR OF THE GOAT

Jim, a goat belonging to John Dun
igan, farmer of Willow Brook, S. L.,
meandered into junk pile to get his
Sunday dinner He came upon what
looked like tempting section of black
rubber hose and swallowed 1t. That
was a very serious error for James to
make, for the apparent hose. was an
active blacksnake, which in the pro-
cess of being digested choked the goat
to death.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
HE GOES BLIND AT NIGHT

Edward r. Suits, twenty years old,
of Trenton, is afflicted with peculiar
form of blindness. While daylight
prevails Suits is able to work and
can distinguish objects plainly. With
dusk, however, he becomes totally
blind. Suits is one of a family of
six children, three boys and three
girls and while all the boys were born
sightless, the girls possess perfect
vision
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
Excellent FEED
FOR ALL POULTRY
Packing Firms Manufacture and
Sell Large Quantities of Pre-
pared Scraps.
NV M. BERNARD.3

The most successful poultrymen
feed some kind Of animal food to
their chickens of all ages and condi-
tons. In the wild state birds secure
both vegetable and animal foods. Bugs
and worms supply the animal food,
and seeds and other vegetable growth
the vegetable food. The animal por-
ton of the food is always a necessity
for normal maturity and good egg
laying.
So essential is animal matter In the
poultry feeds that the packing firms
manufacture and sell large quantities
of prepared beef scraps and ground
bone, which are sold very widely over
the country. Those who use them
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
HENS ACQUIRE A PLUM JAG

Mrs. Harry Stevens of Sabatis, Me-,
tian Temperance union, and so she
was terribly shocked the other day to
observe that all her hens were stag
gering around the yard in disgrace
full state of intoxication. Where did
they get the liquor?
Mrs. Stevens had preserved lot
of plums, but every jar of them fer
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
Feeding for Eggs.

In feeding chickens for eggs the
hens should be given green food at
midday, such rs chopped alfalfa, clo-
yer, rape. sprouted oats or kaie. A
third of the food of fowls should be
of this character. An hour before sun
set the birds should have a feed OF
wheat, cracked corn or other good
grain. Bran should be available in
self-feeders at all times: its value is
already due to its phosphorus con-
tent. The morning ration should con-
sist OF ground grains to which third
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02

in Borneo the most acceptable love
offering in courtship is a human head
captured by the Dyak wooer from
some enemy and presented to the
maid of his choice as proof of his
prowess and his ability to take care
OF a wife. After the head has been
taken a crown of finely woven palm
leaf is made for it and then it is slow
ly dried over fire.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
Obligations.

Never asain will | contribute to a
campaign fund.-" said Mr. Dustin Stax.
-8ut think of your duty as a pa.
triot?"
Eyes, but remember, also, that / am
member of an ant:-noise society"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02

Located in the Businesses of the
Kentucky forest, the high stone steps
shown in the illustration stand out
among the wonders and curiosities OF
old Kentucky. For unknown years
this piece of mans handiwork has
stood the storms of winter and is to
day in fair state of preservation
Many people climb to the top and
view the beautiful panorama Of the
surrounding country. The steps, SO ir
number, were hewn out of the hill
side by brawpy Kentucky pioneers
They are about 80 feet high and are
located on Paul river near Rockport
KY. Naturally many myths and ira
ditions have gathered about the old
stairway during the flight of the years
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02

IN bulk Of chopped green food should
be added; this mixed with little bran
makes ration of high feeding value.
Single-test each pullet before using for
breeding purposes. If they prove to
be good layers they are worth a lot
of money; II they are poor layers they
should go to the kitchen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
Need for the Place.

MY dear" observed the British
prime minister, as he carefully pick
ed one suffragettes gracefully thrown
ak out of his face. while he cleverly
sidestepped the bomb another play
fully heaved at him: Il have been
thinking"
what about, my love?" asked his
wife, as she intercepted bag of -four
as it sailed through the window.
81 think these Biblical students at
the Glen Echo meeting were mistaken
in saying there isn't any such place. I"
Baltimore American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
Another Big Record.

One of the interesting exhibits of
the dairy department of the Missouri
College of Agriculture at the state
fair was the daughter of Jose phine,"
with a greater record than that Of her
mother at the same age.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
Ambitions.

7 Childish--To rescue Her from a
sudden snd horrible death and to die
doing it.
Young Manly-To live alone with
Her on q Desert Island from Now till
Kingdom Come.
Manly-Never to let Her know that
you're bored.
Old Manly-To be sued for million
dollars for alternating the affections
Of the local Cleopatra
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
BIRD NEST WELL FORTIFIED

One of the most curiously con-
structed birds nests ever seen In
Denver is on exhibition at the home of
she Denver Dumb Friends league. II
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
Who's Sick?

who's sick at your house?' she
asked
mo one" she reply
"But I saw a swell motor car stand
ing out In front yesterday
Yes, we OWE it. That makes some
BODY sick at your house now, doesn't
it?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
A Worlds Series Star.

Glow Cid you become an actor? I
suppose you studied Shakespeare and
other masters for many weary hours. -
mot exactly" responded the prom
inent star. II became an actor by
making a three-base hit In a pinch"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02
Time Wilt Tell.

Can you manage e typwriter?"
ASK me in about year. We've
only been married month. New
York World.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-02

weedicide is on the calendar o.
crimes, but to Judge ~ the looks q
some farms this Is not as widely
known as Il should be.