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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
HOW COCA COLA REFREsHES.

The remarkable success which has
attended the sale of Coca-Cola has been
explained in many different ways. Some
Lave attributed 1t to good advertis-
ing" others to efficient management"
others, to it's delicious flavor" and still
others to the fact that it was the first in
the field of "trade-marked" soft drinks.
In this connection, the opinion of
manufacturing chemist who has analyz-
ed Coca-Cola and studied its history for
many years, will prove interesting. He
attributes the popularity of the drink
in large part to it's quality of refresh
ing both mind and body without pro-
ducing any subsequent depression.
He points out the fact that the chemical
composition of Coca-Cola is practically
identical with that of coffee and tea
with sugar addedD the only material
difference being the absence of fannie
acid from Coca-Cola. He points to the
laboratory experiments of DR.. Holling-
worth of Columbia University and of
DR.. H. G. Wood, Jr. of Philadelphia
which prove conclusively that the caf-
feine-containing beverages Coffee, tea,
Coca-Cola, etc. relieve mental and mus
cular fatigue by rendering the nerves
and muscles more responsive to the
will, thus diminishing the resistance
produced by fatigue. These expert
ments also demonstrate the fact that
the caffeine group of beverages differ
from the stimulants in that the use of
the latter is followed by period of de-
preston which calls for more stimula-
ton. thus resulting in the formation Of
q habit. ADV.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
COST OF RAISING
AMERICAN HORSE
Average Is Found to Be $104.06
for United StateS-Inter-
esting Figures.

Reports have been received from
about 10000 correspondents of the
bureau of statistics of the depart
ment of agriculture upon the cost of
raising colts to the age of three
years. The average for the United
States is found to be $104.06; or, if
we deduct the value of work done by
the horse before he has passed his
third year, namely, $7.52, the net cost
is $9654; this is 709 per cent. Of
the selling value of such horses,
$136.17.
The cost varies widely by states,
from an average of $69.50 for New
Mexico, $71.59 for Wyoming, and
$S2.47 for Texas, to $156.6O for Rhode
Island. $149.9S for Connecticut, and
$141.80 for Massachusetts.
Itemized, the cost is made up as fol-
lows: Service fee, $12.96; value Of
time lost by mare in foaling, s10.06;
breaking to halter, 1922; veterinary
services, $2.04; care and shelter, first
year $4.96, second year $3.50, third
year S6.35; most of grain, fed, first
year $49S, second year $714, third
year 1856; hay, first year $4.14, Sec
ond year 1851, third year $4.48; pas
ture, first year $2.56, second year
s5.41, third year 1921; other costs,
S5.01; total, $104.06. :
The total cost for all feed is $500,
being $21.69 for grain, $19.33 for hay,
$141S for pasture, and $121 for other
feeds. The total cost Of care and sSel
ter is $16.69. OF the total cost. "a
per cent. is charged to feeds, 16 per
cent. to care and shelter; and 80 per
cent. to other items, as enumerated
above.
AS more than half the cost OF rails
ing a three-year horse on the farm
is chargeable to feeds, it is readily OBJ
served how important it is the influ-
ence of variation in prices of feed
stuffs upon such cost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
What She Wanted.

One day in the spring the orphans
from the asylum were taken in motor
cars out to the park. A society wom-
an, accompanied by her stylish little
daughter, was driving through the
park in a big limousine car. They
stopped and watched the procession
of little orphans, and the mother ex-
planned that the little boys and girls
had no homes and no fathers or moth
ers.
After she had finished she discov-
cred that her little daughter was al
most crying, and her eyes were filled
with tears.
why, what's the matter, dearest?"
she asked
ooh, mother, was the sobbing re-
ply, Il want to be an orphan. Can
I?"-Harper's Monthly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
Dies = La Cleonatra.

Cincinnati.-Two weeks ago G. H.
Bishop, president of the @. H. Bishop
Flour company, watched the death
struggles of a cat he had chloroform-
ed. That incident, it is believed, sug-
gested to him a way out Of his own
difficulties. Bishop was found dead
in his home, 1905 Windsor street, and
he had used chloroform to bring about
the end. In note to his wife he said
business reverses and bodily inflrmi
ties had mounted higher than he could
Withstand and that this is tho only
way out"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
ECZEMA IN WATER BLISTERS

.74S Congress ST., Chicago, Ill.-"My
eczema broke out like little water
blisters. Each one was full of water
and would itch until 1 would scratch
it open, then the water would run out
and it would get sore. l first got the
eczema on the back of the hand and l
scratched it so hard I made it all sore.
Then 7 got it on my legs just above
the ankle and above the knee.
II used what they call --- and it
stopped the itch but it got worse.
Then I used . In all l had the
trouble for about two years. One day
I saw the advertisement of Cuticura
Soap and Ointment in the paper. l
wrote for a sample of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and / tried them and
then bought some more. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment left my sores nice and
smooth. l used them for six weeks,
and am now cured; the eczema left no
marks" (Signed) F. w. Horrisch.
Oct. 10, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, BosDn. ADV.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
Even in the Child Mino.

a'his incident was related by Mark
Twain with great glee about certain
little girl friend who "shone as an
authoress." One day she handed her
devoted sympathizer the sheets of q
story which read thus:
"A man was seated in a chair by
the fireside brooding over his trou-
bles. He was sad because his wife
was dead. Suddenly a specter ap-
peared before him, and it was his
wife. She said: Dear, I could not
bear to see you SO sad and discon-
tented, so l have come to comfort
you. You must not be sad. You
must be bright and happy. 1t was
best that l should leave you when 1
did, because l was going to get a d.
vorce."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
Remembered Thrifty Teachings.

A woman who was left to the task
of bringing up two small children be-
gan early to train them to consider
necessities above all else. They
could always look back to a home
trimming with comfort, although the
furnishings were simple enough. They
had warm clothing in winter and thin
clothing in summer, and as they asso-
ciated with the children of wealth
they must have been thoroughly pre-
sentable. Habits are strong, but
sometimes they can be broken. The
son was the first to go out into the
big world and he easily learned new
ways of spending. The daughter pre-
served her sensible, thrifty ways to
the last and she is drilling them into
children of her own by teaching the
value of bank book in addition to
what she learned in her own child
hood
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
BERLIN A COMFORTABLE CITY
Offers Opportunity for Passing Win
ter UnequaIed by Airy Other
Place In Europe.

Eeri;n.-This city is the most COM
Portable city in Europe. This plain
statement of a plain fact doesn't mean
that Berlin is beautiful as is either
Paris or Vienna, but simply that as
q place in which to pass a winter
or to reside the entire year it Of
fers opportunities which do not ex-
list In Europe.
Berlin proper Is not imposing, it's
historic interest is scanty, but the new
Berlin, Greater Berlin, Is a brilliant
city of villas set in a large park,
where the streets are curved, where
every vista invites the eye, where
flowers rule and great spaces delight
Ten years ago Berlin West, say Char
lottenburg, in the vicinity of the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
CROP CONDITIONS IN
WESTERN CANADA
ARE THE MOST PROMISING FOR
MANY YEARS.

The deepest intarest is attached to
the condition Of the grain crops in
Western Canada, especially among
the thousands in the United States
who are financially interested in lands
in that country. This interest is fully
ss great among those who have
friends there following farming and
the growing of grain.
The reports from Canadian govern
ment officials convey the information
that the area under crop this year in
the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta will probably be no
greater than that of last year. Last
fall the weather was such that there
was not as much fall blowing as had
been hoped for. The getting ready of
land this spring made a considerable
portion of the grain late in seeding.
Notwithstanding this, wheat, oats,
barley and fax we're got in in good
shape, although from week to ten
days later than last year. On the
9th of June the reports regarding
crop conditions generally in Western
Canada we're: Abundant sunshine
with timely and copious rain through
out Western Canada gives every as
surance of generous harvest. Climatic
conditions in recent weeks have been
absolutely ideal. Western correspon-
dents agree in predicting every indi-
cation of a bumper crop under favor
able conditions. Wheat should be
headed out in Manitoba between July
10th and 18th, and in Saskatchewan
and Alberta from 18th TO 18th. The
oat crop is looking we'll, although late
and rather short in straw"
This is followed by a report July
9Th: Crop conditions continue In
same satisfactory condition as last
week. Plenteous rains have fallen all
over prairie provinces, followed by
general warm and splendid growing
weather. Experts agree sufficient
moisture for many weeks, while crop
is ten to fifteen days late, prospects
are extremely favorable and condi-
tional upon reasonable weather for
next four weeks. Splendid western
crop is assured
There is, therefore, the best reason
to anticipate most magnificent crops
throughout Western Canada in 1913
Advertisement.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31

cannot praise your Vegetable Compound
too highly. Every woman should take
it at that time. I recommend it To
both old and young for female trou-4
bles." - Mrs. EMILY SUMMERsGILL,
Swarthmore, Pa.
Baltimore, Md" troubles began
with the loss Of child, and / had hem
orrhages for four months. The doctors
said an operation was necessary, but Z
dreaded it and decided to try Lydia F..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The
medicine has made me well woman and
/ feel strong and do my own work. -
Mrs. ]. R. PICKING, 1860 Sargent ST.
Baltimore, Md.
Since we guarantee that all testiDao.'
malls which we publish are genuine, is it
not fair to suppose that if Lydia E. Pink-
hams Vegetable Compound has the vir~
tue to help these women it will help any
other woman who is suffering in a like
manner?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
By A. s ALEXANDRIA

(By A. s. ALEXANDRIA,
While some farmers are beginning
to appreciate the Importance of using
sound, pure-bred stations, the equal
Importance of using sound mares is
not yet generally understood. When a
mare by reason of unsoundness is no
longer fit for anything else, she is
often set aside for breeding purposes
and SO long as this absurd and ruin
GUS policy persists, the penalty will be
paid in the prevalence of unsound
horses on our farms. For corrobora-
ton of this, one has only to examine
the brood mares on a number Of
farms. The unsound mares will be
found numerous and many of their
adult offspring are similarly affected
The following letters from farmers
will help to demonstrate the lack of
comprehension of the principles of
horse breeding.
81 have a thirteen-year-old mare that
has a knocked down hip, the heaves
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
NYe's Humorous Compliment.

Bill Nye was once introduced to
Wagner, the composer. In Then and
Now Dean Hole relates: "Nye, the
American humorist, brilliant as the
best, whose comedy never fails to
charm, and whose tragic death l shall
never cease to mourn, told me that
when he met Wagner he said to him,
Your music is beyond my compre-
hension, but l always feel sure when
| hear it that it is really much better
than it sounds"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
FEED FOR WORK
TEAM In SUM NJ Ter
Bad Management to Stuff Horses
During Idle Season and
Starve Them Later.

One of the worst mistakes farmer
the winter season, when work is
slack, and to feed slightly l. summer
when work continues all day and
every day. Only last week, says a
writer in an exchange, l saw team
owned by a young, but at the same
team was fed during the winter sea-
son all the grain and forage they
would consume.
AS the season advanced the price
of grain and hay became higher.
Money might have been a little tight
perhaps, at any rate feed was sold
that should have been kept. The
working season arrived. Crops must
be put in and cultivated, feed was
short. and the teams suffered.
When l saw them they were living
skeletons, and deprecated rs per
cent, so far as cash value was con-
cerned. This seems to me to be
mighty poor management stuffing your
work horses in the idle season and
starving them at The very time that
they need the best care.
Just think moment, dear farmer,
of the plentiful food that the WON
en-foik prepare for you three times
daily, and most especially during the
harvest season, and then imagine
how the horse must feel that pulls a
vi I'D al
day, and on insufficient feed!
There is no economy, or even bust
ness sense in feeding sparingly dur
ing the long, hot and busy summer
season. A pair of strong, fell-fed and
wellkept horses or mules will do the
work of any four head of half-starved
ones you can pick up.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
pickinn Sweet Peas.

The sweet pea demands Q daily
stripping of every bloom. Producing
seeds is done at the expense of
blooms. However. flowers should be
cut with Sharp shears. never torn from
the plant.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
Soon Due,

Society ladies are taking up the
suffragette causes"
Il always looked for it. Now we'll
see the high handshake in politics. -
Courier-J Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
Already Supplied.

An agent for automobiles accosted
a man who was standing in the main
street of the village.
Nov, sir" he said persuasively,
after recounting the advantages of the
various kinds of cars. II should say
a nice runabout would be just the
thing for you"
Thank you. have one. She's in
this store buying a new gown"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
Saved FROM
OPERATIONS
Two Women Tell How They
Escaped theSurgeon'sKn
by Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Swarthmore, Penn. - " For fifteen
years 1 suffered untold agony, and for

one perlO0 OF nearly
twoyears 1 hadhem-
orrhages and tn q
doctors told me I
would have to I'M
dergo an operation.
but 1 began taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V table Com.
pound and am in
good health now. T
a m all ov err the.
Change of Life and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31

This is the open season for young
men who slip ali the poisoned ice
cream paragraphs from the daily
papers and show them to the dear
girls.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
To Get Rich Milk.

1t is not necessary for the cow to
give only small quantity Of milk in
order that the milk may be rich. One
can use a breed that is famous for
their yield of rich milk rather than to
pet rich milk from a low breed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
Injurious to Cows.

No breed of dairy cows can continue
as frst-class dairy animals if the
calves are allowed to run with the
cows.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
Rye for the SiIo.

Rye may be cut for the silo when it
is in blossom and the most advanced
heads are in the dough.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
Stimulant for Flowers.

Weak liquid manure is just the
stimulant most flowers need when
they bloom. Do not stint them in
this respect.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31

A conceited man is one who wants
to talk about himself when you want
70 talk about yourself.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31

1t may be natural for a woman to
be fat, but it is unnatural for her to
admit it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31

Some people indulge in the pastime
of splitting hairs until they haven't
any left.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
Aio to Flowers.

Another aid to profusion of flowers
Is plenty Of water.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-13
SAGADAHoc PROBATE.
Small Amount of Business, Tuesday,
Before Judge Lowell at Bath.

Bath, Me, Aug. Especially. -Only
small amount of business was trans
acted at the second session of the Au-
gust term of Sagadahoc county pro-
bate court, today. Judge James S.
Lowell passed on the following:
Administered lions granted-Estate of
Edwin NJ. Fuller. late of Bath, Louise
s. Fuller administrative; estate of
Joseph Galusha, late of Richmond,
Susie Z. Galusha administrators; es-
tate of Elizabeth +. Fuller. late of
Bath, Louise S. Fuller, administrators.
Will proved and allowed-Sarah Ann
Thompson, late of Topsham, Edward
W.. Wheeler, executor.
Account alloWed-First and final ac-
count of Charles l.. Barnes, guardian
of Kenneth c. and Arthur c. Barnes,
minors.
Inventories filed-Estate of PAMELA
NJ. Moves. late of Bowdoin, by Cassius
r. Neles. administrator; estate of
Frank d. Munroe, late of Bath, by
James f. Lockery administrator; es-
tate of George E. Wiggin, late OF
Bath, by L. B. SWEET administrator
! estate of Albert II. Thompson OF
| Bath. minor. by Walter s. Glidden
guardian.
J Account filed-First and final ac
count of Isabelle f. Raymond, exc
cutrix; estate of Esther B. Herendeen
! late of Bath.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-13
Southern Child Labor.

The employment of women and chill
dren under telerable conditions has not
been eliminated in the south. despite
vigorous agitation for anti-child labor
laws, according to q letter received
from q citizen of North Carolina by
the national child labor committee at
city. The correspondent tells of condi-
tons under which men work ten hours
n day in the mills and women and chill
dren eleven hours day.
Last week." he says, II saw in two
counties of North Carolina what seems
to me to be about the most successful
hutchery of the laws of chivalry that l
have ever known. Somehow it seemed
to do violence to that instinct which
makes a man lift his hat or do any
service for a woman or show q kind
ness to child.
AT tive different places I saw women
and children go to work at 6 O'Clock in
the morning. There were scores of
them. Just one hour after the women
and children went to work, I saw the
men go to work. They came from prac-
tically the same community. Men are
WOfkliS ten HouiS s.iiu "oHieii anu Shi-
dren eleven hours! 1t is there going on
all the time, aft the week, all the
month, all the year.
IF women and children can work
eleven hours, why not men? They can,
bit they have learned that it does not
;ay to have men work so longf Nobody
seems to have given much thought to
the women and children. They simply
take what is coming. They are not in
n position to raise any objection
New York Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-13
Stores to Close, Wednesday
And Thursday Afternoons, in
Order to Boom Hanks Races.

The following united action by the
merchf hts of Augusta is a commenda-
BILE act in aid and support of a hustling
citizen The following statement and
the signatures tell their own story.
We, the undersigned, citizens, bus
mess men Of Augusta, desiring to back,
by cordial and generous support, our
most worthy and energetic neighbor,
Eden w. Hanks, in his efforts to pro-
duce one of the finest exhibitions of
good horses and good horsemanship
ever seen in New England, agree to
close our places of business, Wednes-
day ard Thursday afternoons, Aug. IL
and IA, respectively. If stormy, on
Friday afternoon, Aug. Is;
c. F.. Bilodeau, j. NJ. Kehoe, Harry
C. Jones, J. +. Bilodeau. II. ii. Hamlers
Co, Beane & Cross, w. w. Morse, II.
Chernowsky, Stevens & Ballard, }. b.
Farrell, &c w. F. b. F. L. Hersey,
Russell & Weston Co., II. }. Merrlek,
Turner Il Price, +. E. Bither, Bow :
ditch Webster Co, Devine Ghad-
bourne. Willis r. Partridge, j. II. Good
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-13

rich, Frank r. Partridge H. L. Sher-
bourne, w. H. Davis. Augusta Fruit
Co, Joseph Williamson. w. j. Ske-
han & Co, w. S. Laid, Purinton Bros.
Co, B. e. Folsom, F. w. Woolworth &
Co., Taber & Reid, CIV. F. b., E. +.
Howard, Allen Wood. Pierce Clothing
Co. Brooks Hardware Co, (Wednes-
day) Harry p. Lowell d. w. Adams
co. Merrill Bros, E. w. Church. II. G..
Barker Co. wednesday,, NJ. L. Wheel
err Malcolm Il Dyer, Swift & Turner
CO. J. II. Cogan e Co. John Coughlin,
n. e. Goodrich, Geo. W. Wadleigh, G.
g. Murphy, John r. Wadleigh, Arthur
TetreauIt, Laliberte Bros. Co, Jas. S.
Theberge, Augusta Flower Shop, Geo.
w. Merrill, n. T. Folsom e. Son, Web
Der & Hewett, John Turner, +. Locke.
All the banks will close at l o'clock
p. NJ, Wednesday and Thursday.
1t is also understood that the East
side grocers will join in this movement.
The BARRIERS brought word, last eve
ming, to the Journal office that they
would close, Thursday afternoon and
evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-13
ualx and Prosperous.

IT is said that Oldham. in Lancashire.
England. is the ugliest town on 'Sarth
end tine most prosperous town in bri-
tain. In and about this place there
are 100000 people. about IS many as are
now claimed for Indianapolis but COM
pared with this city few there are the
world round who ever heard of Old
ham, which has more spindles going
than France and Germany together.
Ugly as it is says correspondent,
there is no town in the world where
so many of the workers own the
houses in which they live" In this
town they have l7.7h0000 cotton Spin
dies. One works employs twelve thous-
and men and boys. But, though thrifty
and money savers, the inhabitants are
the saddest looking people in Lanca-
shire, and the public houses are quite
too literally Observation-Disclosures apoiis
News.