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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
VALUABLE HINTS FOR
THE SWINE BREEDER
Pigs Lose Thriftiness and Consti-
tuition When Confined in
Small, UncIean Pen.

In breeding swine, we must consid.
er the type of hog tho market de.
mands.
Never sacrifice good body in order
to shorten the snout or decrease the
size Of the ears.
Buy boar of some reliable breeder
who has been working for years to
get the correct type of a pig, and
who is prepared to furnish the type
you desire.
With well-bred hogs your feed and
care will produce the best results.
1t is mistaken idea that breeding
animals, to do well, must be fed only
enough to keep them alive.
Swine are natives Of tropical eli
mate and should have warm and dry
quarters.
Feed pig all he can eat without
squealing. This can be done only by
watching him eat and knowing just
how much he needs.
Make a "sleeping-bunk" for pigs Of
2 by foot frame set around the
corner of the pen floor in which straw
bedding is put. Have it away from
the feeding trough and dirt. Locate
it in cool, shady place. The pigs
learn quickly IL it is their bunk and
will occupy it. Keep clean.
Is it any wonder that pigs lose their
thriftiness and constitution and be-
come weak in the back with crooked
legs when they are confined in an
8 by 10 pen that is cleaned but once
year, and then when the owner has
time. Stop and figure the losses that
result from pigs that do not do well
and are restless, when all they need
to make them comfortable and con-
tented, is the run of a nice, clean
pasture, where they can leave their
droppings to the benefit of the soil.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
Plain TO Him.

Among those visiting an art ex
hibition held recently in Cincinnati
was an old German, who wandered
about, looking at the paintings with
interest. Finally, he stopped before
a portrait which showed a man sit
ting in high-backed chair Tackled
to the frame was small white pla-
card, reading: "a portrait of ]. F.
Jones, by himself"
The aged Teuton read the card,
and then chuckled sarcastically:
'Vot fools is desc art beoples," he
muttered. Anybody dot looks at dot
picture would know dot Jones is by
himself Nobody else is in der pic
ture."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
Early Strategy.

The origin and the local color Of the
following story is German. The spirit
of it is one which is not, perhaps, en-.
tirely alien to American youth. Hans
and Fritz, two small boys, had gone to
the rink to skate. Hans overcoat ham
pered him and he wanted to get rid
of 1t. The German courtroom person
does not check your coat unless you
pay your fee. The fee was only a
penny, but Hans did not have the
penny. He was at loss.
Huh! It's dead easy" spoke up
Fritz. Give me your overcoat. I'll
take it to the man at the checking
place and say found it. He'll put it
away. When you are ready to go home
you go to him and ask if anybody has
turned lost overcoat in to him. Then,
of course. you'll get yours"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
SIMPLY DEMANDING HER OWN
Recent Discoveries Show That Wom-
an Has Retrogressed Since the
Days Of the Pharaohs.

In the days Of the Pharaohs--no less
than In the days of the Roman empire
woman was on plane of equality
with man. There is thus, perhaps,
nothing exorbitant now in her demand
for the vote. She is only asking for
a little of her own back.
Sir CASTOR Maspero has unearthed
some Pharaonic papyri which throw an
interesting light on the Pharaonic con-
sideration of woman and marriage.
In those days mankind evidently ia
vored a kind of trial marriage, and
this marriage woman entered on terms
of perfect equality, OF even. perhaps
on terms of superiority.
This was the usual Pharonic mar
rage contract, as deciphered by Sir
CASTOR Maspero:
Thou takest me to be thy wife and
thou givest unto me dowry. If 1t so
hap that / tire of thee or that | cast
my eyes on another than thee, will
return unto thee part of thy dowry
and will go where good seemeth unto
me-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
FUGITIVE'S NERVE WINS OUT
EIudes Officer on Eight-Inch Ledge of
Kansas City Building High
In Air.

Kansas City.-A chase along an
eight-inch ledge near the roof of the
federal building ended in the escape
of man wanted on the charge of as
sault. The fugitive climbed to an
eight-inch ledge higher up and made
his way to a scaffolding rope and slid
to safety.
1T am no squirrel, neither am ! q
human fly" said Policeman Lindsey,
who was pursuing the man, "and be-
sides 1 am an 1S-inch ledge man; no
eight-inch work for me-"
The chase was made in view Of a
large crowd on the street below. The
man who escaped was Michael Miller,
q terra Gotta worker.
'Tll take as many chances as the
next fellow to make an arrest, but
believe Miller was just plain nut to
take the chances he did to escape"
said the thwarted policeman
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
LARGE PROFIT MADE
IN RAISING CAP0NS
Most of Work Can Be Done in
Winter When Time Is PIenti-
full With the Farmer.
tBy MILLER PURvIs.)

No one is better situated to raise
capons than the farmer. On the av
erage farm the additional work re
CURED to raise from 100 to 200 ca
pons would not be noticed, and the
most of this work can be attended
to in the winter when time is plenti-
full with the farmer.
There are many stories told about
the size to which capons grow, while
the truth is that the ordinary capon
will grow to but one or two pounds
more than the ordinary uncaponized
cockerel would be in the same time,
and to secure this additional weight,
extra feeding is necessary.
In preparation for capon feeding it
is wise to hatch about twice the num-
Der of chickens as capons desired, for
fully half are likely to be pullets.
The pullets may be kept for egg-pro-
duction or may be sold for spring
chickens, thus securing enough money
to pay for raising the whole flock up
to the time the cockerels are old
enough to caponize, which is about
twelve weeks.
The operation of caponizing does
not require much skill, although the
beginner will probably kill two or
three at the start, which will not be
lost for they bleed to death in about
the same time as if they had their
threats cut and are equally as good
for table purposes as if bled in the lat
ter way.
A set of tools for caponizing costs
from $3.50 to 81 and Wits each set
are sent directions that airy one can
follow.
After the caponizing, the cockerels
become docile and quiet; they lose
ambition and their combs cease to
grow; In fact they shrivel, and when
fed they eat their fill and then sit
quietly around until feeding time
comes again.
Capons always retain that sweetness
and juiciness of flesh that are charac-
teristic of the spring chicken-the rea-
son they bring such high price.
They are fed much as other fowls
are fed, only they get more. About all
they eat goes to the formation of juicy
palatable flesh.
A few years ago capons commanded
hardly any attention in the West. and
do not yet bring the prices they do in
the Eastern cities.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
ROTRE DAME, INDIANA
Nevv Cures

Music is the latest cure for melan-
cholial What marvellous strides the
science of medicine makes!"
The speaker was one of the leading
boxers of the Chicago Athletic club
George AIDE gave him a quizzical smile
and said:
Right you are, my boy. And they
tell me, too, that a summer girl is a
slashed skirt win cure a cold every
time, while as for these new-fangled
one-piece bathing suits like Annette
KeIlermann's-Well, there's nothing
better going for sore eyes,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
By L. r.. CHAPINl


1t Is true that warm water Ia just
as wet as cool water, but 1t is not so
palatable, and the hogs will thrive
better IL they have a cool drink at
least twice day. Water should al
ways be within reach.
Hogs exposed to the hot sunshine,
day In and day out during the sum
mer will lose much of the gains they
make, even though the clover fields
be of the finest.
The main and only point in raising
hogs is to produce flesh that will
bring the most money, and every little
thing that will work toward this end
should be put into operation.
No farmer that continually stuffs
his breeding sows with corn can hope
to secure the best pigs. Breeding
stock requires more clover, bran, al
falfa than corn
The short-nosed hog Is always to be
desired against the long, slender-faced
type.
The SOW should be long-bodied and
the boar short.
1t has always been a disputed ques-
ton as to whether a hog gains any
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
WORK OF WIRELESS
Foo Gun Started and Stopped by
Sound Waves.
System Is Being Applied Successfully
at Several Points in Scotland
Solves Problem of Distant
Control of Fog Guns.

Edinburgh.-A system of wireless
control that is now being applied sue.
cessfully at several points in Scotland
seems to have solved the problem of
distant control of acetlyene fog guns
located at points difficult to access,
and provides means by which mum.
Der of such installations may be op.
Grated from one wireless station with,
out the necessity for visiting the diff.
ferent signals, except for making re-
pairs and replenishing the supply Of
gas. When the gun is started it au-
tomatically feeds and fires itself at
regular intervals until stopped or un.
til the supply of acetylene runs out,
and the wireless control simply pro-
vides means of starting it when
there Is fog and stopping it when the
fog clears, without going near the
signal Furthermore the wireless ap-
paratus is SO arranged and tuned that
1t Is not interfered with by the more
powerful waves that may be sent out
by passing ships or by other wireless
stations. The control waves are sent
out by an ordinary wireless station of
rather low power, while the waves
are received at the fog gun by four
short aerials. The electric impulses
then pass through a special form OF
coherer to relay which is very SEN
sitive but has large movement and
is therefore capable of keeping in adj
justment under all temperature condi-
lions. From the relay the impulses
pass alternatively to two synchron-
izers, each Of which is connected with
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
Pinina for a Communion.

A Buckinghamshire (Eng.) farmer
once wrote to distinguished scientific
agriculturist to whom he felt under
obligation for introducing a variety of
swine: Respected Sir--I went yester.
day to the fair at A. found several
pigs of your species. There was a
great variety of beasts: and I was
greatly astonished at not seeing you
there"
Another farmer wishing to enter
some animals at an agricultural exhi-
bition wrote as follows to the secre-
tary of the society: Dear Sir-Enter
me also for a jackass."
The director of the geological gar
dens was on his holiday. He received
a note from his chief assistant, which
closed thus: "The chimpanzee seems
to be pining for companion. What
shall we do until you return?'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
His pav Of Rest.

Well, Master Jackson said min.
lister, walking homeward after serv.
ice with an industrial laborer, who
was a constant attendant. Sunday
must be a blessed day of rest for you,
who work SO hard all the week! And
you make good use of the day, for
you are always to be seen at church. y
Aye, sir" replied jackson. ct is,
deed. a blessed day; 1 works hard
enough all the week, and then comes
to church o Sundays, and sets me
down and lay my legs up and thinks
O. nothing"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
Five-Year-oId's DisapprovaI.

Five-year-old Herbert. born OF a
bookish family, had learned to read
SO early and SO easily that he scarcely
remembered the experience. When
his little sister began her studies
Herbert watched her progress with in
terest. One day he confided to his
mother:
'Ruthie showed me her new lesson
book today, and it's the queere& thing
you ever saw! Why, it just says is it
a dog? 1t is a dog. Can the dog run?
Yes, the dog can rum and a lot of silly
things like that. Course I didn't like
to say so, but don't think much of
that book, mamma. 1t didn't seem to
me that the style had a bit of juicei"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
GIVING YOUNG Horse a Rest.

The three-year-old colts that have
been worked during the rush season
of the spring and early summer would
appreciate being let out in the pasture
now, where they can kick up their
heels and do some more growing. The
colt should not be worked too hard
during the hot weather-if he is
worked too hard he will never make
the horse that he otherwise would.
Give the three-year-old, or even the
four-year-old, if this is his first season
of work, a rest during the excessively
hot weather and he will put on a big
growth before next spring.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27

your medicine had done for her and 1
tried it. 1t made me strong and healthy
and our home is now happy with a baby
boy. am very glad that I took Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
do all I can to recommend it. ',-Mrs.A.
b. BosCAMP, 504 Il. Howard Street,
Creston, Iowa.
Tons of Roots and Herbs
are used annually in the manufacture
of Lydia E. Pin'kham's Vegetable Com
pound, which is known from ocean 10
ocean as the standard remedy for
female ills.
For forty years this famous root and
herb medicine has been prominently
successful in controlling the diseases Of
women. Merit alone could have stood
this test of time.
IF you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia f.. Pinkham'S Vegeta-
BILE COmpOundwill help yOu,write
to Lydia Il. Pinkham MedicineCO.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by woman,
and held i'm strict confidence.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
Wireless Station That Controls the
Operation of Automatic Acetylene
Fog Guns.

one of two electromagnetic that con-
troll needle valve in the outlet of
the acetylene tank. When one Of
these magnets is energized 1t opens
the needle valve and causes the gun
to begin and continue feeding and fir
ing itself automatically, and when the
other magnet is energized the valve
is closed and locked, shutting off the
supply of acetylene and therefore stop
ping the operation of the gun.-Popu-
lar Mechanics.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
No LONGER Strain on Her Nerves.

For a week after Mrs. Wakefield
gave her colored cook an alarm clock
the family was awakened each day at
6 a. m. by the clang of its resound-
ing bell. At the end of this time 1t
was heard no more in the early
watches of the morning, but Mrs.
Wakefield fancied several times thas
she detected the muffied sound of Ito
alarm toward evening. When ques-
toned on the subject Dinah said with
shake of her dusky head:
well, Miss Wakefield, nah nerves
aim berry strong, as yo' know, an dat
alarm clock jes' riled 'em an up. l
kin STAN it in de ebenin' fust rate.
but ter be woke up sudden upsets me;
SO jes' sets it fo' de ebenin' stead
oh de mawnin' an 1t goes off an
doan' disturb nobody"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
Lime Starts Glover.

In some Ohio experiments on cold.
heavy clay. lying over compact, ar
gillaceous shales, lime was found to
be as urgently needed as phosphor-
GUS. 1t had become practically i'm
possible to grow clover until lime had
been applied, no matter how thor
oughly the land was MANFRED or fer
tilted.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27

Womanl1o0d until i
had taken Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Com poun d. L
would have pains if
/ overw DIRK ed or
lifted any thing
heavy, and 1 would
be so weak and ner-
vous and in so much
misery that / would
be Frustrated. A
friend told me what
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
~cheap Jack" Got Some Satisfaction.

"cheap Jack" Got Some Satisfaction.
A cheap jack" was offering cheap
clocks, finely vanished and colored.
and with looking glass in front, to
lady not remarkable for personal
beauty.
why. It's beautiful" said the VEN
der.
Beautiful, indeed; a look at It al
most frightens met" said the lady.
ing bargain impossible, you had bet
ter buy one that hasn't a looking
glass"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
Crimson Glover Hay.

Crimson clover hay must be cut ear
ly, otherwise the ripened hairs on stem
and head may form hair balls in horses
and mules stomachs. Very few cases
recover.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
.r,h chIlls Quickly.

Nothing chills quicker than new
lamb before it is well filed, and when
once we'll filled few small animals are
warmer or will stand more.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
p.;.. co,. ~ Cows Mill

In case the mare dies or has no
milk the foal may be raised on cows
milk, if the attendant conducts the
work patiently and intelligently.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
Rnostera Must License 10 crow.

Passaic, N. J.-Roosters will not be
permitted to crow legally within the
city limits unless the owner gets 8
license permitting poultry yard noises
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
It's Mature

''Auntie, what is a sad iron?"
x guess it is what they press mourn
ing suits with, dearie."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
MAKING Farming Profitable.

knowledge and skill are the two
things that are making farming both
more profitable and more respected.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
Tax on credulity.

"Smithers said he paid over $4,000
income tax"
well, well! That's rich joke!"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27

Don't think because girls complex
ion is a dream that all dreams are
hand painted.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
Farm abor Problem.

The problem OF farm labor is now
being successfully dealt win by tile
department % labor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27

Being fond of cocktails is a feather
in no mans cap.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
Put Clover In Cocks.

Put the clover in small cocks in the
neld |. cures better and handles more
easily.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27

Fish is no good as brain food unless
it has something to assimilate with.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
Answered.

Stella-Wllat would happen If an il'
resistible body met an immovable
body?
BeIla--He would teach, her to swim.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27
WOMAN WEAK
and NERVOUS
Finds Health in Lydia E.
Pinlxham's Vegetable
Compound.

Creston, Iowa. -'I suffered with fe-
male troubles from the time / came into
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27

Brides with sour dispositions are apt
to spoil honeymOons.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27

The Way.
How do they round up the lambs In
Wall street,"
Same old way--with a crook"
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1914-03-04

is so good to me. Such funny things
happen. That carriage driver out
there asked me if he might shake
hands with me. And do you see this
little bunch of flowers A woman was
waiting at the door of the sanitarium.
She gave me that. She's the mother
of that sick boy, you remember-the
one helped They are having such
time finding the right sort Of nurse
to go with me. I'm quite fussy, you
know, and need such a lot of care.
Why, what's wrong?"
She was looking down at him, and
her eyes we're filled with tears.
Don't he whispered. Il shall be
sorry | came. Cant you see how I'm
trying to brace up? Don't you realize
how it hurts me to go away from
you?"
She suddenly stopped and put her
loving arms around him and kissed
his SCARED face.
"Oh, my dear" she murmured, you
will take me with you and let me
t2re for you-alwaya."
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1914-03-04

particular place has a surface that
looks crystallized. But is that particu-
lar link crystallized In any other part7
1. have never seen one that showed
crystal lization In any other place, sayp.
a writer in the American Machins.sEe
and the only explanat ton ! have heard
was that Of John Coffin, and his claim
was that the link does not crystalline.
but breaks in detail-that Is to say, 1t
starts a crack either where it is weak
est or when 1t is subject to the great
est stress, and repeated stresses carry
the crack farther and farther until
complete rupture results. If wefaccept
this as true, then what takes place,
or what does annealing do?
John Coffin explained and demon
strated before the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers that IL two
pieces Of steel which are perfectly 1T
ted together be heated to a red heat
they will weld together. Now may not
this explain what happens when {. q
chain is annealed? The cracks, lin the
links must Of necessity go IN to q point
where the metal has actually parted
but not opened so 20 admit moisture
to oxidize the surfaces, and then when
heated to the annealing point the crack
Yields up. sS Sss3sss
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1914-03-04
COLORING COPPER.
Process For Producing Wide Range
Of Shades by Oxidization.

Process For Producing a Wids Range
Of Shades by Oxidixation.
Copper and brass lend themselves
readily to a coloring process and may
be worked to all shades imaginable. ex-
cepting the lighter shades, which are
lost on a copper surface, as that metal
cannot be given tint lighter than it's
natural color, says a correspondent OF
lhe Sheet Metal Shop. Zinc colors fair
~ well sometimes through asnarrow
range. while tin is a hard metal to
handle as regards oxide colors.
Copper can be carried through the
entire range Of shades, from. a very
light copper color to the darkest brown
or even black, by merely oxidizing the
surface Of the metal. Make q paste
Of iron oxide and graphite with wood
alcohol or with plain water and apply
this to the article, which Is then heated
b an oven or over gas flame. It Is
better TO use alcohol, as It dries out
much quicker. The color obtained will
depend on the amount Of iron oxide
mixed with the graphite and the length
q time the heat IS maintained. The
more oxide In the coating the darker
the shade given to the copper.
The remains Of the coating shoud
- removed with Z brush or cloth
noistened in alcohol. and when the
surface has become quite clean the
oDlor should be protected by applying
sa1nish, lacquer or pure wax, which
aaAv - laid on with a brush while the