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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

Nearly all of us who live on farms
one or more colts every year. About
half the time these colts are medi-
OGRE animals, neither draft, road,
pillow, nor general purpose animals,
says a Nebraska writer in the Farm
Progress. Most of us have come to
the conclusion that the big horse is by
far the best animal to have on the
farm, and yet we pay but little atten-
ton to growing the work horse of
that ytpe.
Power blowing is many long year
away from the little farm. And there
Is constant tendency to break up
the big half-farm, half-ranch of the
middle west into small allotments.
The point / want to make is that
there is going to be an indefinite de-
mand for heavy animals-horses that
are big enough to pull a mower, a
binder, heavy pillow and other ma
chineFy without being exhausted at
the end of a days work.
A big mare or two and stable
big-boned stallion will make it easy
for the farmer of 1913 to have big
draft team or two on his place by
1916. The stallion owners will get
the stations into the country if there
is enough of a demand for them.
am tired of raising cat-humped, scis-
sor-hocked little horses, weighing
1000 and 1000 pounds, and kill
ing them off" during the crop sea-
son. We might just as easily have
big animals-not too big, but strong
enough and heavy enough to pull a
14-inch pillow through the dirt.
have seen one neighborhood
change it's type of farm horses en-
tirely in a space of five years. An
enterprising horse and mule buyer
with stables in that neighborhood
brought about the change by show
ing the farmers there was profit in
the change A few of them stocked
up with big mares and heavy stall
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
ONE convenience
FOR FARM HOUSE
Soft Water Adds More Comfort
to Home Than Almost Any
Other Thing.
(By MISS ]. L. SHEPPERD)

Few other home conyeniences will
save so much labor and add so much
comfort as soft water, hot and cold
right at hand. The carrying and lift
ing of water, and the emptying OF
tubs are things that are extremely tax
Ing and that could be readily accom-
plished by mechanical means. TC
open a faucet and lift plug is all
that should be necessary for filling
and emptying tubs and washing ma
chine. Water is needed, not only III
the laundry but all over the house.
the laundry being mentioned espe'
cially because wash day is the hard
est day in the week, requiring the
greatest amount of heavy lifting
which is hard on the back. Wash day
also entails much danger of sickness
because of necessary exposure when
water must be carried in and out in
cold weather.
The entire family should be inter
ested in this needed Improvement, be-
cause it would confer personal ben
eft on each one.
Soft water is better than hard for
all kinds of cleaning, washing dishes,
woodwork, floors, and also for bodily
ablutions. Who enjoys the harsh,
sticky feeling of hands washed in
hard water, to say nothing of chap
ping incident to it's use in cold wealth
er. The wash basin, the wash boiler,
everything used with hard wa
ter, give silent evid ,nce of this char
acteristic, consuming time and re-
curing extra labor in securing when
simple washing alone would be neces-
sary if soft water had been used. Cis-
tern water is not best for the pur-
poses of drinking and in preparing
and cooking, and it is not the inten-
ton of this article to recommend it,
but simply to insist that in case but
pne can be had in the house, let that
be soft.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
WAYS OF FINDING PARTNERS
Some New and Original Ideas Which
Intending Hostesses May Find
of Real Value.

A correspondent kindly tells of
these ways to find partners:
"One girl had conundrums written
on cards and given TO the girls; the
answers to these were handed to the
gentlemen and they were numbered
corresponding with the numbers on
the girls cards; they were told to
find who their partners were. An
other girl had the girls names writ
ten backward on cards and handed
them to the gentlemen and told them
to make out who their partners were.
Another girl had a small piece cut out
of the card; the pieces were given to
the girls and the other portions of the
cards were given to the gentlemen
and they were told to look for the
girl who held the card corresponding
with theirs. Another put the girls
names on cards and they were put in
envelopes and sealed and hid in DIFF
ferent places in the parlor."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

1t is natural that people as scrup-
ulously regardful of their attire as the
Parisians should be the first to set
themselves seriously to the solution
of the problem of preventing the be-
scattering of pedestrians by automo-
biles. Flying mud mixed with motor
oil makes a stain that never comes
off. A series of experiments has been
held at Versailles to determine the
comparative value of different devices
intended to act as mudguards for the
protection of people walking in the
streets as well as of the occupants
of the automobiles to which they are
attached. The world at large is con-
cerned in the result of these expert
ments, for undoubtedly when the most
effective mudguard is discovered and
demonstrated it will come into use
throughout the world at large.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

THE newly-rich and others attempt
4 ing to climb the social ladder are
not the only ones who need design
er of coats-of-arms. Witness the fact
that Uncle Sam needs one himself.
and needs him SO bad that he pays
him a great big salary and gives him
an office in the magnificent $7.000,000
marble and gold library of congress.
Uncle Sans official heraldist is Gail
lard Hunt, and he is one of the best
heraldists extant. He has an interna-
Lional reputation as a historian, and
has written lots of books on all kinds
Of historical subjects that students
Of history buy when they want to find
out Just how some important histor-
ical event happened.
Whenever the government wants
a new seal for one Of its bureaus or
for some new territorial possession,
an official calls Hunt UP over the tel
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

A New York hotel, one of the promi-
nent ones of that city, has scheme
which it has just put in operation by
which it hopes to solve the tipping
question. The management has de-
cided to make a reduction of 10 per
cent. on all checks of more than so
cents, a reduction supposedly equiva-
lent to the average tip. This act will
relieve guests of the necessity of pay
ing twice for service. This probably
is the best scheme yet presented as a
solution to the tipping evil. It is
sane, and while assuming that ma
jority of guests would resent request
not to tip walters and recognizing that
it would be an impossibility to en-
force an order to prevent walters
from accepting tips, the management
has taken the dignified way out of the
difficulty.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
New Gloves.

Kid gloves when put on for the
first time require time. They should
be carefully stretched and worked on
slowly, care being taken that the fin
ger seams are in their right position
always Button the second button
first, after which fasten the first one.
Much depends upon the way a glove
is put on, not only as regards the fit,
but also the wear of the glove. If
you do not manage to fasten the top
button the first time of wearing you
will rarely succeed in doing so after
ward, for the glove will have stretched
in other directions.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

Mayer of Claysville. These were I'm
doubtedly on board the matrimonial
train.
Eighteen is merely the number who
have stated their intention of getting
married on this trip" said Mrs. Gill
But l expect as many more will leave
Washington as safely tied together as
licenses and ministers can tie them
l believe in matrimony for every one
and I believe that divorces are just
mistakes which will occur in any per
fectly proper plan. My idea is to lei
young people marry and nine out OF
ten will stay married"
Mrs. Gills party remained at the
capital sightseeing for several days
when the Honeymoon Special de
parted for Richmond.
Mrs. Gill is not a matrimonial agent
but Is matron of the Richmond Male
Orphan asylum. The proceeds of heI
yearly excursions to the capital are
devoted to the maintenance of this in
stitution.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

| lion was imported. Now there would
be no chance of getting that com'
munity to change back to the non
descript type of farm horse common
there ten years ago.
Any man who tilis the soil, un-
less he is a truck farmer, wants
horse that is capable of meeting any
sudden demand for hard pull. He
wants a horse that can swing stead
lily along in front of a binder all day
without being exhausted at shutdown.
Roads are none too good in most
rural communities, and it takes
horse with lot of meat on his frame
to GO against the collar on a ten
mile trip to town and return.
The light animal is fine for sum-
mer road trips, but when it comes to
hauling out a load of lumber,
dozen sacks of fertilizer and the or
binary winter load of farm supplies
through mud that is hook deep, the
heavy animal with lot of en-
durance is the horse that l want to
drive.
farmers who admire the draft type
of farm horse that everybody will
take up the rearing of heavy weights
and there will be no market for them.
| don't let that bother me, for this
reason: 1t will be a good many cen
turtles before everybody sees any one
proposition in the same light.
A lot of men will go right ahead
breeding their mares to any old kind
of a stallion and rearing the same
old nondescript colts. Another thing
that is to be considered is that ev-
cry man is not able to grow good
draft colts and take care of them
after he has grown them. have
seen draft colts spoiled by foolish
handling on the part of owners, who
seemed to think they we're feeding
and breaking young bronchos. A
draft animal must be treated accord
ing to his type.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
WI ( IN 4 4 Zee Rlzz7E
&52Eg3[}A#||RB y v -,
Quite English, Old Top, Under the Dome of Capitol

neighbor in a moment of absent-mind-
edness mistake it's object. Then we
sit bolt upright and wait for things
to happen, looking very owlish and
wise meanwhile.
There won't be any letters to write,
no papers to read while some fell
low is making the welkin ring with
oratory for home consumption. And
it's going to be in the spring of the
year, too, and fishing time Why, it
will be just like sitting in school and
listening to the. bees humming out
side and the yaf1erhammers calling.
Il suppose we will be referred to as
the benches on the right and the
benches on the left | don't know
what kind of benches Cooper and Len
root and them Republican insurgents
will be. Maybe they will fall between
two stools. Maybe too, we will have
a bell as they 90 in the French par
lament, instead of a gavel, to call
us to order.
Wonder if the sergeant-at-arms
when he parades the mace will have
to wear knee breaches and be called
the gentleman usher of the black rod?
l hear that it is the thing in Eng
land to serve awfternoon tea some
where in the parliament building. Is
that SO?
We'll, we've got fine terrace out
side. swept by the breezes from the
Anacosta flats, Buzzards point and
the James creek canal, and we might
have four o'clock tea out there. !
think it would be fine society note:
And Judge Rucker of Missouri
poured
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
In Pastel Shades.

1t has become quite fad to have
the combinations, corset covers, pet
ticoats, gowns, ETC., in colored batiste
to match the costumes with which
they are to be worn, or else to harmo-
nize with the decorations of the bou-
doir, particularly in the case of gowns
and petticoats. The trimmings are
usually lace of the shadow or val vari-
ETY.. Cluny, baby Irish and venise are
used on gowns and petticoats. This
fad will probably continue until hot
weather arrives, at which time there
is nothing better than white.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.

MARHIAGE ANU DlNOHCE.
The question Of divorce could be
solved If the more important ques-
ion of marriage were properly settled
irst. There would be as few divorces
N the United States as there are in
europe if the same safeguards which
protect marriage in the older coun-
:ries were thrown around marriage
IN this country. A uniform marriage
Jaw is more needed in the United
States than a uniform divorce law.
It is the essential preliminary to any
effective handling of the divorce prob
EN-. Divorces in this country would
be reduced in number by two-thirds
If, as is the law in England, no mar
rage could take place until the banns
have been published for three weeks
If no girl could marry without her
parents consent until she was twen-
ty-one years old The causes allowed
for the granting of divorce in Illinois
are all reasonable, says the Chicago
Tribune. Incurable insanity should
be a cause for divorce. Certain dis
eases should be sufficient cause, as
we'll as incurable diseases concealed
before marriage The English divorce
commission has recommended the rec
ognition of these three causes. If the
Illinois commission on uniform di-
vorce and marriage laws will take the
Divorce Beast by the horns and not by
the tail there will be much better
chance of mitigating the divorce evil.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
Summer Livinq-Room Rugs.

Rugs are problem, summer or
winter, but particularly in the summer
we long instinctively to get rid of
those with a deep velvety surface. One
of the best summer rugs made of wool,
appropriate on that account for all
seasons, is the homespun rug. The
weave is fiat, without nap, and the
colors are very soft and cool-looking.
These rugs cost from three to three
dollars and a half a yard, according
to the color and quality.-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
PIayinu Safe.

Father-That young man of yours
has more brains than l gave him credit
for.
Daughter-Oh, papa, you don't really
mean it?
Father-Yes; instead of coming to
see me he called me up on the tele'
phone.-Philadelph Telegraph,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
Care of Lars

When emptying fruit cans or jars
Of any description, wash them clean
at once before putting them away,
says the Commoner. Put the lid away
with the jar, and is the rubber is good
put that away with the can or jar,
though when you fill the jar again
you should use new rubber. For
many things which may be put i'll the
Jars the old rubbers will serve, as they
will not need to be alright.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

The building of biggest" steam
ships having passed the size where
the docks at New York are too small
for them has now reached the dimen-
sions where the Clyde is too small to
launch them. The Cunarder Aquitai-
MIA has been held on the stocks until
they could deepen the river enough to
float her. Which indicates that we
are approaching the limit.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
Dairy Cow Is Necessity.

Making the farm yield more with
out increase in acreage can be done
by using alfalfa and silage. These
two agencies will do more to increase
the capacity of the land than any
thing else. Of course, it is under
stood that the dairy cow must be kept
in order to get the best returns from
the alfalfa and silage.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
Hano Up BIouseS.

To keep blouses fresh and unrum..
pied screw five hooks into a piece of
broomhandle about two feet long. OPP
posite the middle hook fix large
screw-eye through which the bar may
be hung from small pulley attached
to the cupboard or wardrobe ceiling.
Put the blouses on clothes hangers
slip one on each hook, and pull th
whole up into the empty space In ce,
ter of cupboard
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

A judge in New York told a man
arraigned before him for sentence for
abduction that he was unfit to live
and Immediately sentenced him to a
maximum term of seven and a half
years in prison. In matching what is
with what ought to be the law some
times makes itself something of a
farce.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

Ladybugs are being gathered in
California to save the canteloupe crop
by devouring the insects which prey
upon the latter At least, this is one
instance where masculine ingenuity
has turned to advantage the feminine
instinct for destructiveness.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

Columbus, O., farmers are trying to
secure a law enforcing all pedestrians
to carry lanterns on their coat tails
after dark as revenge against au-
toists who demand the same Of NOV
ing vehicles. Making light of the SUBJ
ject all around.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

Tea drinkers will shed few tears
when they learn that Collector Loeb
will dump 10000 packages of tea in
New York harbor, but this event is
hardly likely to be chronicled in his
tory like the famous tea party of the
early Boston days.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
Modern DairYinu.

Most CT the principles of modern
dairying have been established for
ten or fifteen years. Alleged discov-
cries are often nothing but a rehash
of the same old ideas. Not much IS
new, but much remains TO be done IN
spreading the simple truth already
known.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
Covered Shed for Cows.

A good covered shed, wellbedded
with straw, will make a fine place for
the COWS to lie in on days when they
cannot go out in the fields 1t will
also help you to get nice lot OF MA
uure.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
Treat Cows Kindly.

Don't kick the COW or thrash her
with the milking stool when she
seems cross. Cows are very sensitive
creatures and such treatment only
makes them worse. Besides being
cruel it interferes with the flow of
milk.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

A woman authority on the question
says there cannot be an ideal husband
without an ideal wife. This dictum
will probably go far toward settling
the vexed question:, as it makes the
argument too personal to be pleasant.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
Avoid Drafts.

There is a good old saying that a
foot of boards equals pound of beef.
So, if you want beef and milk. yes, and
eggs, too, remember this old saying.
ventiiate of course. but avoid drafts.
Warmth Is life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

Somebody in Boston says that it is
possible to live forever by subsisting
on vegetables. If he means onions.
many persons will refuse to consider
the proposition.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

1t is announced shat China needs
money. Outside of very few the sole
oppression of whose lives is the fear
of dying rich, China but shares the
universal need.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01
keepino out Dirt.

One way of keeping dirt, flies. etc,
from dropping into the pail while
milking is to cover the rail With claar
cheesecloth and milk through it
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

Brainless people never are insane,
Esys scientist. On the basis that
whatever happens, they don't mind.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-01

Ribbon drawn through lace and tied
in fat bow at the left side makes
an effective trimming
The Washington times., 1913-07-19
Major Barden to
Quit at Barracks

Along with other important changes
in assignment of officers of the Corps
of Engineers, Major William ]. Barden
is to be relieved of his duties as COM
mandant at the Washington Barracks
and his work at the Engineers School
at that post and will enter the next
class at the Army War College He will
be succeeded as commandant by Lieut.
Col. Joseph E. Kunn. now in charge of
rivers and harbor work at Philadelphia
The Philadelphia post Will be taken
by Lieut. Col. George A. Zinn. now in
charge of similar work at Philadelphia
and he, in turn will probably be sue
ceeded by Major Harley B. Ferguson,
now assigned to the post at Milwauk ee
The contract division of the office CT
chief of engineers in this city will be
taken by Major James A. Woodruff,
now in charge of the third Mississippi
district at Vicksburg, who will succeed
Major William b. Ladue. Major VIII
liam Kelly. who has just returned from
the Philippines, has been assigned TO
duty in the rivers and harbors division
of the office of the chief OF engineers
Capt. Edward \. Johnston, who has
served as assistant to the chief of engi-
neers for about five years, has been
given leave of absence of four months
to visit Australia, where, at the instance
of the British government, he will assist
in the preparation of plans for irlprov-
ing the navigation of the Murray river
in New South Wales.
The Washington times., 1913-07-19
GOVERNMENT WILL
REFUND S3.OOO,OOO
Importers of Wood Pulp From
/ European Countries to Get
Duties Back.

Approximately s3,O0O,OOo is to be re-
funded by the United States Treasury
to importers of wood pulp from Ger
many, Sweden, Norway. and other
countries of northern Europe under
claims of free entry.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
has just decided to acquiesce in the
decision of the Court of Customs APP
peals in the most favored nation clause
cases affecting all importations Of wood
pulp and print paper. This means that
no appeal will be taken by the Gov
ernment to the Supreme Court, and
that the Government will stand the ad-
verse decision of its Court of Customs
Appeals.
The issue arose under the only pro-
vision of the Canadian reciprocity pact
that became law, despite the disinclina-
ton of Canada to accept the pact. I'm
der this provision wood pulp and print
paper imported from Canada was grant
ed free entry. Norway. Germany,
Sweden, and other countries having
reciprocity treaties with the United
States containing favored nation claus
es. claimed equal privilege of free en-
try under these clauses, maintaining
that the United States under its treaties
could not grant the privilege to Canada
without granting il to them.
The Government held otherwise, and
the case was taken by the importers
to the Court of Customs Appeals. The
court gave its decision against the Gov
ernment several months ago, and since
that time an appeal to the Supreme
Court has been under consideration by
the Treasury Department.
The Washington times., 1913-07-19
NEW AUTOMOBILE
BUS LINE STARTED
Machines Running Between
Washington and ForestviIIe,
Prince George County.

TIL third line of passenger automo-
biles to penetrate to nearby parts of
Prince George county, Nd, has been
started. 1t will be known as the Metro
politan Auto Company of Washington,
and E. W. Duvall is the manager. The
company began the operation of
twelve-passenger bus this week be-
tween Washington and Forestville,
Prince George county, Nd
The two other lines were started last
year. They operate automobiles be-
tween the city and Silver Hill. Brandy
wine and adjoining sections of Prince
George county. The new line will serve
a more remote district. one in which no
bus has been operated before II lies
in a different part of the county from
the one served by other lines
A schedule is being arranged and will
be announced next week. 1t is intend
ed to make the start each morning at
$50 o'clock at Forestville. The city
terminus will be at Sixth street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest The
route will be by way of Pennsylvania
avenue southeast and through Bradbury
Heights. The office of Robert F. Brad
bury. in Pennsylvania avenue, will be
one of the stopping points.