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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
THE SHROPSHIRE SHEEP.
characteristics That Indicate Quality
In This Popular Breed.

characteristics That Indicate Quality
In This Popular Breed.
The Shropshire breed of sheep, hav-
ing it's home on the downs Of England,
is very symmetrical and stylish in
form. The head should show refine
ment in every feature with moderate
length, says the American Cultivator.
A characteristic attribute is for it to
be closely covered with wool, the cap
between the ears being dense running
to the bridge of the joining that
which covers the cheek and the lower
part Of the head. The ears should be
far apart. pointed and moderate in
thickness and preferably covered to
the tip with fine curly wool. There
should not be the least evidence of
horns. as the places where these some
times appear should 6e covered with
wool. The neck should be nicely at
tached and full of sufficient length to
carry the head with peculiar style.
The body to possess this characteristic
smoothness and symmetry must be
somewhat circular and round ribbed.
The back should be straight. strong
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
OPPORTUNITY FOR
ROAD ENGINEERS
Can Improve the Present Con-
dItion Of Highways.
MUCH TO CONTEND WITH.
Must Learn to Make tho Best Of Local
conditions-Poor Material 80! lnex-
perienced Workers Hamper Progress.
Good Roads Built For Service.

One of the principal reasons for the
poor conditions of the roads in many Of
our states is the lack Of competent en-
gineers to handle the work and the at
tendant lack of an educated public
opinion which will demand first class
work in all cases.
The employment of county engineers
has been relatively as much neglected
as the creating Of state highway de-
partmcnts. 1t is the exceptional county
where an engineer is regularly EN-
ployed from one years end to the
other. In the larger counties. particu-
larly those having large towns or cit
les, the annual expenditures for road
Improvement are seldom less than $780,
600, frequently two or three times that
amount.
The usual rule in such counties Is to
have a county engineer who prepares
plans and supervises all work. though
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
SHEEP MEASLES.
Methods Of Preventing the Spread Of
This Parasitical Disease.

Methods Of Preventing the Spread Of
This Parasitical Disease.
The sheep measle parasite has re-
Gently become common in the United
States. 1t attacks the muscles, says
the Orange Judd Farmer. In heavy
i%nfestations it may cause the animals
death. Fortunately it has been proved
to be the intermediate stage of a dog
tapeworm, not of the armed tapeworm
of man, with which species it has gen
orally been identified in the past.
Sheep. become infected as a result of
swallowing the eggs scattered over the
pasture in the excrement of dogs har-
boring tapeworms. Dogs in turn ac-
quire the tapeworm after eating the
carcasses of infested sheep.
Preventive measures are, first. syS
tematic treatment to keep dogs free
from tapeworms, thus removing the
source from which sheep become In
fected; second, the proper disposal Of
the carcasses of dead sheep and the
complete prohibition Of raw mutton as
an article of food for dogs, thus pre-
venting the possibility Of the parasite
reaching its canine host. The destruc-
ton of will also reduce the
chances Of the transmission of the par
asites to coyotes. which may also to
some extent act as hosts. though these
animals are probably much less i'm
portant as carriers than the dogs
which constantly accompany sheep on
the range.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
How Paris Was Named.

Among the villages which Caesar
conquered was one built Of reeds, rush.
es and mud on 81 swampy island in the
Seine. Mud predominated to such an
extent that the Roman name for the
place was Lutetia. or "MudtOwn."
The Celts. who inhabited the place.
were called PARISH" and they burned
their town of reeds and PUSHES and
mud on the approach Of an enemy
rather than surrender. Caesar was
not slow to see the advantages Of the
situation of the village. and he ordered
u wall to be built around the island
and Il temple to Jupiter to be erected.
A town sprang up almost at once about
the temple. and later this was called
after the ancient inhabitants, PARISH.
Thus we can fix the date of the birth
Of Paris at the time of Caesar, B. C. 20.
Rich Romans took up their resi-
dences on this island, and Julian was
proclaimed emperor in 800. He built q
great palace for himself on the left
side of the river, and soon about this,
as about the temple. u growing popula-
ton swarmed. Later the two towns
were united. and the Paris Of today
has grown from this beginning.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
a WORD TO TIE N

There is a type ut we'll meaning
folks-and most of them are women
who ought to be suppressed in some
effective way without serious phys.
ical injury. The type in question was
described by a friend in a converse
ton a few days ago. He said his wife
had not been we'll for some time past
and that when the neighbors came in
the majority Of them would dwell
with long faces upon the i'll or ills
from which she was suffering and
some Of them suggest ailments that
had no connection with her trouble at
all. So did this poor woman
become as a result of these sympa-
thetic and neighborly visits that she
nearly went into a state of nervous
collapse. In the name of decency and
humanity. you ladies who belong to
this tribe. when you call on a neigh
Dor who is depressed and in poor
health. talk about the sunshine. the
fresh air. flowers. birds and other
things that make life sweet and worth
while and even discuss the latest
STYLES in dress and headgear. but don't
dwell upon the causes. results or posi-
bilities of her i'll health or give a har-
rowing recital of your own pains or
disorders. What she needs most is
cheering up and to forget for a little
while her own distress. This form OF
service hasn't quite the standing OF
converting the heather and sending
them money and old clothing. but 1t is
one Of which there is dire need.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
a censistsnt carssr.

..Times are not as they used to be-
We hear the old refrain.
There Is but little hope to ses
The classic days again
When Greece advanced with splendid
grace
And dazzled all the throng.
A leader of the human race.
OF mind and body strong.
To arts Of war they still return
While seeking to advance
Our opportunities to learn
OF polished elegance,
And as we view their modern works
We honestly enthuse.
Abroad the Greeks are fighting Turks.
And here they're shining shoes.
Washington Star.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
Applied Mathematics.

sometimes wonder what's the use
OF squaring the hypothenuse
Or why, unless it be to tease.
Things must be called isosceles.
OF course l know that mathematics
Are mental unit and ~acrobatics
To give the brain a drill gymnastic
And make gray matter more elastic
Is that why Euclid has employed
Trapezium and trapezoid. n
1 wonder?-yet 1t seems to me
That oil the plain geometry
One needs is just this simple feat:
whate'er your line. make both ends meet
Annie w. Young In Harper'a
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
WORTH TRYING.

The school patrons in the vicinity of
Rome. S. c.. are carrying out a plan
in connection with their local school
that would seem to be well worth re-
peating. Some little time ago a butter
scoring contest was. held. and this
aroused SO much interest that the pa
irons Of the school decided to erect a
dairy barn and milk room on the school
grounds so that the children might
learn dairying as a regular part OF
their school work. Accommodations
have been provided for five cows. and
the instruction in connection with this
new clarifying" department is In charge
Of an extension worker from Clemson,
Agricultural college. There are a good
many localities over the country-thon-
sands OF them. In fact-where either
centralized. cooperative or private
creameries are conducted and where
such o department al outlined might
well be established. for in these Sec
lions tens of thousands Of farmers are.
still milking cows. about which they
merely guess in very general way O..
to the total production Of milk and
cream Of each COW per. year. II such
Q dairy department were established
ana did nothing more than get farmer
to weigh ana test their milk It would
be more than justified:
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
The spaeder. Excuse.

T met a wild eyed motorist.
Who drove at frightful speed.
Ills hair was streaming in the wind.
He was a sight indeed.
i callei and asked him to explain
The reason. for his haste.
He said: my gasoline is low.
N0atime have to waste.
i.If 4 should Jog sedately on
My Journey. you must own. !
My fuel would all be used up
Before 1 got to town"
Louisville Times.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
No Use For Sympathy.

A Yorkshireman suffering, from tooth
ache went. to a dentist to have the
aching tooth out. The dentist pulled
out the offending tooth and was then
asked to pull out the double tooth next
to it.
.But that is a sound TOOTH said the
dentist 1.-The pain is only sympa-
thetic."
.Yank it out. doctor. Hang such
sympathy" replied the Tyke.-Tit-Bits
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
Ths Question.

RVhat ID III question OF the hour?
ID man Of wealth says .labor's power,
The brewer thinks ..the price,gof hops."".
The broker answers. State Of crops"
The housewife rays. with no rnisgiving.
Tho increase In the cost OF living"
1@The tango" declare moralists;
But Mexico diplomatists: s5s%
The currency the bankers sigh;
'.,T1s Panama. tho English cry:
The tariff. politicians roar.
But Europe mutters. Balkan Wal. 4
These are the answor1.5 short o long.
But every single ons 10 wrong
IN This % the question Of the day: \
FiaaS the slit skirt come ID 70 sstayf
s5g a -R. c. Reads n JudgAL
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21

have found that Shropshires are
the most profitable sheep among
the mutton breeds. says a New
York sheep grower. ! have ham
died and fed all the mutton breeds.
In the first place, Shropshires do
not eat as much as other breeds.
and they bear more wool. l shear
ed $50 breeding ewes last year. all
sucking their lambs, and they av-
eraged eleven pounds Of wool apiece
and one and q half lambs apiece.
They make good mothers to their
lambs. good mixers and are long
lived. We run about $50 in a bunch.
They are the only mutton breed
that you can u in big punches.
4 You are never troubled in Shrop-
shires with having goitre in the
neck.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
The Same.
'yVhat nice. large peaches! said the

what nice. large peaches" said the
lady.
Eyes. ma'am: they are beauties.
ma'am.' replied the dealer.
How do you sell them?"
Zone dollar a basket. ma'am."
And are they just the same at the
bottom Of the basket as at the. top?
.'Oh. yes. ma'am: 81 a basket. ma'am.
JUST the same."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21

you seem very much impressed BY
all these explanations I have been
giving you about banking and cur
rency."
YES. Charley dear" replied Mrs.
Torkins. SIT seems perfectly wonder
full that anybody could know as much
as you do about money without having
any."-Washington Post.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
Severely Practical

81 feel that It is my duty to scatter
sunshine said the man who is labori-
ously cheerful.
you're late In the aso with that
line OF weather goods replied Farmer
Corntossel. And. anyhow. what We
needed this year was rain."--Spokes-
man-Review.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
The Difference.

'Twixt modest ma and egotist
The difference 10 wide.
One thinks he never would b missed
If he tomorrow died.
The c&hsr thinks when he sheds tears
That every scene u bleak ss
And fancioGGS3 that the whole world hsarD
Whap 10 wears shoes that squoak.
-Chicago Rsoord-E3eyald.ss
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
A Endsarina Act.

Wife .pieadingly)-Im afraid. Jack.
you do not lore me any more-any-3
way. notsso wellfSas yon used TO.
Husband-Why4
Wife-Because 3ton always let me get
up to light the Ore now. II { 7
Observation-Disclosures my love! Your
aeetting up to light the 1re makes me.
Ioys you all the more..-Exchange.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
HOG 6.

The greatest foe Of the pig is
hog cholera. and the greatest
enemy Of hog cholera is cleanli-
ness.
Never select a heavy, lazy SOW
for a breeder nor one that has
q bad temper.
The best boars have heavy
bones. Watch this II you are
about to purchase one.
Many hogs r bothered with
worms. Examine the droppings.
To make fall pigs do well they
must be provided with warm
sleeping quarters.
Provide charcoal for the hogs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21

Fashion, reports say that skin tight
suits will be worn by men the coming
season. and that is right where mere
man is going to get eve with the hob
BILE skirt.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21

There is much speculation over the
question. but little hope that Colombia
will. so to speak. put on a silk hat for
the canal opening and discard its pan
anna. -
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
7ovehlS

.tNo don't have any grass growing
ia our styaets,'s sneered the New
Yorker. s.; 3sSaS II
NO. i dare says not replied the
sPhHadelphian. u suppose your street
car: horsueasa nibhle' Il % ~ they birroWss
lalong. .- I.lppincOtt ssSa
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21

It has been estimated that British
suffragettes have destroyed $2,700.O00
worth of property. And yet they say
a woman can't throw a brick straight.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21

The Wise Widow.
The man who didn't advertise
Was dead. extremely dead.
His widow placed. of mammoth size,
A stone above his head.
She put his name
Upon the same
In letters large and clear
To tell the eye
OF passerby
Her man wal sleeping here.
Folks thought her sorrow must be great
To raise a monument.
They did % know-she did not state
Her actual intent.
One day there came
A former fame.
Who read. then soothed her signs.
And as she wed
She slyly said.
''It pays to advertise"
Seneca (Mo.) News-Dispatch.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21

THANKSGIVING POEM BY JOHN GREENEEAF WHITTIER
IN the banks of the xeuii the dark Spanish maiden
~ Comes up with the fruit of the tangled vine laden.
And the creole of Cubs laughs out to behold
Through orange leaves shining the broad spheres of gold.
Yet with dearer delight from his home in the north
On the fields of his harvest the Yankee looks forth.
Where crooknecks are collins and yellow fruit shines
And the sun Of September melts down on his vines.
All. on Thanksgiving day, when from east and from west.
From north and from south. comes the PILGRIM and guest;
When the gray haired New Eneander sees round his board
The old broken links Of affection restored;
When the care wearied man seeks his mother once more
And the worn matron smiles where the Girl smiled before.
Whist moistens the lip and what briehtens the eye.
What calls back the past. like the rich pumpkin pie?
Oh. fruit loved Of boyhood. the old days recaHins.
When wood grapes were purphne and brown nuts were falling;
When wild. ugly faces we carved in its skin.
Glarine out through the dark. with 4 candle within;
When we laughed round the corn heap. with hearts all in tune,
Our chair q broad pumpkin. our lantern the moon.
Telling tales of the fairy who travelled like steam
In a pumpkin shell coach, with two rats for her team!
Then thanks for thy present. None sweeter nor better
Fer smoked from Al oven nor circled 4 platter.
Fairer hands never wrought at q pastry more fine;
Brighter eyes never watched Ger its baking than thine.
swens my heart that thy shadow may never be less.
That the days of thy lot may be heightened below.
And the fame of thy worth like a pumpkin vine erow.
And thy life be = sweet. and its last sunset sky
Golden tinted and fair as thy own pumpkin pie.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
Flying Post.

Set a circle Of chairs facing inward.
Let one child sit OH each chair and let
the 'it'' stand in the center Of the ring.
Twist up Il buster Or large handker-
chief into Il ball. The seated players
have to throw it from one to another
across the ring, while the lit" has to
try to catch it as 1t passes.
The seated players must not get up.
Ii the buster falls outside the ring they
may lean down and pick it up. but they
must not leave their places. When the
ut" catches it or secures it from the
floor the child who last threw it gives
up his place and becomes lit" in the
middle of the ring.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
Blind Mans Buff With a Wand.

'SeSSt0 - ~ VvSvs0s -H ~
Blindfold one of the company. Aho
stands inside Il circle formed by the
others with "A light cane or wand In
his hands. The children circle round
the blind man" until a rap with the
stick calls Il halt. He then points his
rod. and the one nearest it takes hold
and must reply to three questions
asked by the blind man, who tries to-
guess who it is. The captive. of course,
uses every means to disguise his voice.
II guessed correctly he takes the place
in the center. M
An Autumn Fancy.
Jack Frost is q wonderful artist,
With pupils by the score, .
Who flock at autumn to paint the trees
With gold n reds galore.
At twilight they take out their paiettss
And work the whole night through,
And not TIL the dawn Of the morning
9 mortals see what they do. p.
The tress then all sparkle and simmer
And stand out one by M
With their flaming leaves Of painted hueo
Aglow In the rising Sun.
! think when the moonlight il beaming
n the night IL crisp and chill
III slip out into the woodlands
And st there quiet and still.
And I'll watch the elves with their br,ysbas
IN To zee just what they do.
And when the next night darkena
They'll nndstnS painting TOD.
.ENtsAt %N-Al6NSFrfAn 44Nrs ~
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21
A NEW EGG c

"WhltS IN q ame may well ,De
asked Of the hen at the Oregon agri-
cultural college that has lately broken
the worlds record for a years egg
production. She is numbered like q
convict in a ~penitentiary, and her des-
ignation is c $40. and during the past
year she laid POI eggs. This exceeds
by nine eggs the former record held by
a Canadian hen and by ten eggs the
record Of the former American cham
pion owned by the Missouri expert
ment station. G 543 is a cross be-
tween a Plymouth Rock and a White
Leghorn and began her remarkable
years performance as a pullet at five
and a half months old. being Matched
on April %. 1912. and laying her first
egg Oct. 16. An interesting feature
in connection with her performance is
that for half Of the period she was II
of a flock of fifty hens and for the re-
mainder of the time in a flock of forty
hens. These hens We're kept in a col
ony house Z by - feet. and open ut
one end. They were given a moist
mash in the morning. moistened two
or three times a week with buttermilk
and other mornings with water. Whole
oats and wheat constituted the grain
ration, while green food was given in
the shape of kale or clover. Beef
scraps kept before the hens constantly
completed the ration. A running pen
SO by 100 feet was provided: also a
scratching shed made out OF rough
lumber.
JEFFERSON ON AGRICULTURE.
In a letter written in the year 1903
by President Jefferson and lately pub
lished in a biography is the following
paragraph in reference to the i'm
portance of agriculture. Its sentiments
are most timely now. 40 years later,
and should be carefully considered by
all and, in particular, by young men
fitting themselves for a life career:
1.-THE same artificial means that have
been used to produce a competition in
learning may be equally successful In
restoring agriculture to its primary
O1SulCy III Tic eyes VI u1SA' ~ 10 q
science Of the very first order. 1t
counts among it's landmarks the most
respectable sciences. such as chemistry.
natural philosophy. mechanics. mathe-
matics generally. natural history and
botany. In every college and uni
versity a professorship Of agriculture
and the class Of it's students might
be honored as the first. Young men
choosing their academical education
with this as the crown Of all other
sciences. fascinated with its solid
charms. and at the same time when
they are to choose an occupation. in
stead Of crowding the. other classes.
would return to the farms Of their
fathers. their own. or those of others
and ~replenish and invigorate a calling
now languishing."
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-11-21

"Only n woman out of a thousand
can whistle" says a contemporary.
Sure. brother: she doesn't stop talking
long enough to get the right quicker.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-10-24
Avoid sedative Cough Medicines.

II you want To contribute directly
to the occurrence OF capillary bron.
chltls and pneumonia use cough
medicines that contain iodine, NOR.
phlne, heroin and other sedatives
when you have cough or cold. An
expectorant like Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy Is what Is needed. That
cleans out the culture beds or breed.
Ing places for the germs Of pneumonia
and other germ diseases. That Is why
pneumonia never results from a cold
when Chamberlain Cough Remedy
Is used 1t has a world wide reputa.
tion for It's cures. 1t contains mo
morphine or other sedatlye. For sale
by all dealers adv
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-10-24
The Youths Companion in 1914.

Seven cnllepe presidents and il mum
Der OF college Instructors. including
ex-President Taft. will c0nlr bute Ia
The Youth, Companion during 1914.
Then there i Gene Stratlon Porter.
whose stOrns Il Indiana woods and
xwamps have made her famous, aud
Kate Douglas Wiggin, who never
wrote dull line Ia her life, and Mrs.
Barton Harrison, who rene mbers
when convais ition was really an art
as practi>ed in Washington and in
the manor houses Of Virginia. And
this j, l~t IA hegi ming OF the list.
If you know The Companion, you
have pretty clear idea of what is 10
store for neXL years readers. II you
du not know. ask us To send you
sample copies-for instance, those
contaiuing the opening chapters OF
Arthur Slanwood Piers fine serial
"His Fathers Son." Full Announce
ment for 1914 will be sent with the
sample copies.
For the years subscription Of So. 90
there is included The Companion
Practical Home Calendar for 1914,
and all the issues Of the paper for the
remaining weeks Of 1918. dating from
The time the subscription Is received.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION.
l44 Berkeley ST., Boston, Mass.
DW New Subscriptions Received at
this Office.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-10-24

Spokane, Wash.-Every standard
variety Of apple grown in every dis
trict Of the Pacific northwest will be
represented at the sixth National
Apple Show and Fruit Products
congress, in Spokane November II to
%. Elimination Of carload exhibits
is having a good effect by enabling
growers TO devote more attention ia
the one, 10 and Is box displays, which
Will make the most representa- live
and comprehensive showing OF apples
ever assembled 10 the Pacific north
west.