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Newark post., 1914-05-20
Found Guilty
OF Manslaughter

Mrs. Elizabeth I. Mckinney was
found guilty of manslaughter in
the Court of Oyer and Terminer on
Thursday, after the jury had delib-
Grated from 1918 o'clock until 7.4O
0 clock last night. In returning the
verdict the foreman of the jury
added a recommendation for mercy
and the court allowed four days in
which an appeal for new trial
may be made.
Mrs. Mckinney was convicted of
fatally shooting Delaware Reed,
her cousin, with a revolver at Glas-
gov on the afternoon of January
% Of this year. 1t was testified
that Reed had returned home after
drinking bout at Iron Hill and
wrecked the furniture of the house
and assaulted her before she fired
three shots while he was standing
in the front yard, one of which
took effect and caused almost in
stant death. At the coroner's in
quest, the woman was exonerated
on the grounds Of self defense and
her attorney, J. Frank Ball, made
this contention during the trial.
After the jury had retired they
deliberated until 3.1S D. m. when
it was announced that they wished
to be enlightened by the court as to
the legal points involved in pre-
meditated murder and self defense.
This led to the belief that the men
were considering the fact that Mrs.
Mckinney had planned to shoot
Reed and did not do so in the heat
of blood which was conceded by
both the defence and Attorney
General Wolcott.
Mrs. Mckinney never finched
when the foreman announced the
verdict in a voice that was scarcely
audible and Attorney Ball polled
the jury. She maintained the
same calmness she displayed all
during the ordeal of the trial and
while on the witness stand while
her attorney asked for the arrest
OF sentence pending a motion for a
new trial.
The convicted woman was then
admitted to bail of $4,000, which
was supplied by DR.. John Pal
mer, Jr.
Newark post., 1914-05-20
Recipes for the Course Dinner
= MEATS 49,.

ion and cook until brown. Add
chopped peppers and a little salt
Cook three minutes, then add stock
and tomatoes. When this comes tc
a boil add shrimp. Serve at once
in ramikins with small squares of
toast
CHICKEN WITH ASPARAGUS
2 cups cold chicken cut fine
bunch asparagus
l cup cream sauce
l cup chicken stock
Put in baking dish, a layer of
chicken and a layer Of asparagus
tips, alternately until used, then
add cream sauce and stock. Cover
with bread crumbs and bake until
asparagus is tender. Serve at once
RICE CROQUETTEs
l quart milk
l cup rice
l tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons sugar
Newark post., 1914-05-20

Horace Westover is out pruning
and spraying trees today. Year:
ago he had seven children, but nov
he is alone and Easter was his sew
entieth birthday anniversary. He
still keeps the farm, old Mrs. Mas
ella, the Italian woman who hob
blse around with a crutch, does the
work in the house and blesses him
for keeping her out of the poor
house, for much Of the time she has
no work at all and he gets his own
meals. AS each of his children
died, some when young, some when
older, Horace set the following
spring an apple tree on the West
Hill lot and rose in his back yard.
He tends them as his most import
ant work. The roses, each Of diff
ferent kind, he gathers as they
bloom and sends to some person
who he thinks is a little neglected.
always putting in the card Of the
dead child whom the rose bush is
set for Each autumn he gathers
the apples and sends them in boxes
to people who will be cheered or
helped by them, and the card from
the one the tree was set for always
goes in to indicate that the dead
have sent the fruit. Some think
Horace is a little out Of his mind;
he never does anything wrong, but
he confides to friends that he hears
voices in the moments between
sleeping and waking, his dead
children telling him who ought to
have the fruit and flowers as they
are ready, and sometimes he greets
a tramp who is asking food with a
pair Of clean stockings or some COM
fort tramp is sure to need, saying
his daughter or his son has told
him to have them ready. But if ac-
tiOns spring from a mind deranged
from uncomplaining sorrow, sure
ly it were better if all the world
We're mad. |, seeing him patient
ly at work in the spring glory Of
rising day, remembering his good
works, his scorn of mere grave
yard memorials, feel that perhaps
in the sorrows of his days he may
have pushed aside a little the veil
Of mortality and be in truth COM
with those enlightened
dead who know that honor and
service are one, that under the
clouds Of since grief ever blooms
and blesses the flowers of heavenly
character.
Newark post., 1914-05-20
THROUGH A FARM HOUSE WINDOW
BY ISRAEL ANDIRON
RANDOM TALKS

Herbert Clark's faithful old
horse, which has been cared for all
winter by Merton Thomas, died last
week. 1t was thirty-three years
old; a friend of all the community
sort of institution in the life of
the place.
How often has it's patient indus
try served it's times! How kindly
were its ways, how good its will to-
ward man! 1t had no great reason
ing power, the intellect was not
acute, but it had enough mind to
choose between service and hatred
and it made the very best use it
could of the horse nature. But in
this it lived up to it's race stand
ards. All horses, if they have rea-
son enough to be called intelligent
animals and are justly treated, de-
serve well by their actions. For
tunately the friend of the family
lived and died in a time Of peace.
No army wagon or drawing Of
crushing cannon was put upon it..
Its toll was hard, but it was with
out the dreadful wound of the ex-
ploding shell, the slow misery Of
underfed retreats from doubtful
battlefields when whip and blow
made every furlong agony. The
sweet hay and goodly grass were its
reward for labor done and grain it
helped to grow was measured to it
fairly all the days Of it's life. JUS
tice and kindliness toward an ami
NAL is as much a duty to the God
loving man as justice elsewhere.
For ri ightOusness is not a matter to
be limited by him who receives it,
but of the attitude and action of
the man; it becomes the soul, when
exercised as to a horse, dog or
even the least Of creatures, as when
manifested in the courts or senates
where the powerful rule the nation.
Newark post., 1914-05-20
SWEET BREADS WITH
CREAM SAUCE

Trim and wash sweet breads very
well. Let lay in cold water several
hours. Parboil until quite tender
der. Take from boiling water and
put in cold water to blanch Make
a cream sauce. Cut up sweet
breads, add to sauce, let come to a
boil and serve with chopped par
sley.
SHRIMPS A LA BALTIMORE
l can shrimps
l tablespoon butter
2 teaspoons chopped green pep
per
l teaspoon chopped onion
l cup tomatoes
IL cup rich beef stock
Pick over shrimp, cutting down
back and removing black thread.
Put butter in pan, add chopped on
Newark post., 1914-05-20

| saltspoOn salt
1 eggs
Grated rind and juice Of lemon
Wash the rice. Put rice, milk,
salt and sugar into double boiler.
Cook until very tender. Add but
ter. Beat eggs very light, add gen
tly to rice, stirring all the time.
Add juice and rind of lemon. Set
on ice to get very cold. This is best
made the day before it is intended
to be used. Mould into pyramids,
dip in well-beaten egg and bread
crumbs. Fry in deep hot fat until
a light brown.
APPLE FRITTERS
IL cups -four
1-2 teaspoons baking powder
A little salt
3-4 cup milk
l egg
! tablespoon sugar
Beat eggs light. Add sugar, then
-four and baking powder, salt and
milk. Cut apples in thin slices,
add slices to batter and fry in deep,
very hot lard. When ready to serve
sprinkle with powdered sugar and
cinnamon.
CREAMED MUSHROOMS
Peel and clean mushrooms. Wash
well. Stew very slowly in some
beef stock with a piece of butter.
Make cream sauce while mushrooms
are cooking. Take a tablespoon of
butter. Melt, mix in dessert
spoon Of -four and stir until
smooth. Add milk or cream until
proper thickness is attained. Keep
on fire stirring well, and add four
cooked muchrooms. Season with
salt and sprinkle to taste. Serve on
crisp pieces ftoast.
Newark post., 1914-05-20

A great loss is being sustained by
many women who have not time tc
gather the harvest they own; grow
ing in the soft spring sunshine. The
dandelion will not wait, the map
les are red for the harvest and the
anemones are white upon the hills.
The green o the year, the scarlet
Of wood spaces, the tender leaves of
household flowers around the yard ;
these need gathering with the eyes
and binding with the heart s i'm
pulses and storing in the memory,
lest the advancing season make
them to fade before we have saved
them. The farmers wife should
lay aside her important work; the
cleaning, the pastry-making, the
million duties Of the home. and 90
out now and then to the more i'm
portant work Of refreshing her
soul and resting her mind, while
she sees the revelation of that life
which is God, laid between the or
chard and the lane or spread like a
map of the love of God in the haze
of April as it yields to May.
| gave my horse away today,
though the dealer said he would
give me ten or fifteen dollars for it.
Mary was here at the time and she
remarked that the horse was too
lame to be worth much and would
surely be used by jockeys, who
would fix it's lame joint so it would
appear all right and then use the
horse to swindle some poor man. I
had thought Of that before, so I
told Mary she was not the only
person who had a liking for a fair
deal for an animal, at which she
smiled very sweetly and remarked
that Tom Blackwell was a very hu-
name man and | could give it to
him to use little around the place
over there, and retain ownership so
| could give it a painless death
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-01-02
EIenhants Teeth.

The elephant has no cutting teeth.
like most animals. but only a series OF
molars. These molars or grinders as
they wear away gradually move for
ward in. the jaw. and the remnant Of
the tooth. when the surface Is COM
pletely destroyed. is cast out in front.
The same molar can thus be replaced
as many as eight times. The tusks.
which are only enormously elongated
teeth. can be renewed only once This
wearing process and the election of the
stump of the tooth go on very slowly
during the life Of the elephant. Only
one or two teeth at a time are in use
or in view in each jaw. There are al
ways other teeth waiting to pass for
ward and begin their work, although
there is a limit to this succession. for.
when the last has come into use and
been worn down. the elephant can no
longer chew his food and must die Of
starvation. If he has not already sue
cumbed to old age.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-01-02
Tennyson and the Horse.

Tennyson once arrived at Haslemere
station carrying a parcel of books, and
as his own carriage had not arrived to.
meet him he was glad to accept the
offer Of a lift home. Going up the
steep hill to Breakdown. Tennyson.
with his characteristic consideration
for animals. suggested that they and
the books were too heavy for the pony
to drag. The two men therefore got
out and walked for some distance in,
front of the trap. until they discovered
that the books had dropped out. The
owner of the pony asked Tennyson to
stand at the animals head while be
went back for the books. These he
found a hundred yards or more down
the hill, and on his return he found the
pony had been FESTIVE. but had quickly
become quiet. knowing that it dislik-
ed strangers, he wondered how MI.
Tennyson had kept it quiet. What
was his surprise to learn that the poet
had managed the affair by holding a
watch close to the animals ear.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-01-02
s..in;t. was Defiant.

A story is told Of an alteration BE-
tween Wilhelm Steinitz and Gustave
Epstein. The latter was n Of the
most influential and richest bankers in
Vienna and was very fond Of a game
Of chess. When Steinitz was a young
man lie, used to play frequently at the
Vienna Chess club and on one occasion
engaged the famous banker. The game
became very complicated, and Steinitz
studied the board longer than usual.
His opponent grew impatient and at
last drawled out sarcastically, "Wellf'
Steinitz silently continued the game,
and after a time it went In his favor.
The banker then began to think deeply,
taking considerable time before NOV
ing a piece. Steinitz could not resist
the temptation to utter q long drawn
out "Well?" 'Sir. don't forget who
you are and who l ann" roared Epstein
angrily. Steinitz Immediately retorted,
ION the bourse you r Epstein and l
am Steinitz; over the board l am Ep-
stein and you are Steinitz!"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-01-02
PALESTINE. Water Bottles.

OF all the queer sights to be seen in
the ancient city of Hebron. Palestine.
none is more interesting than the IVA
ter makers market" where the goat
skin water bottles are made and sold
by the thousand yearly. Lying upon
the ground in rows may be seen be-
tween two hundred and three hundred
goatsklns awaiting purchasers. Each
skin is inflated. either with water or
air, so that the buyer may know it Is
perfectly water tight. The majority
of the skins used come from Arabia.
while a large number are received
from the Lebanons. They are brought
to Hebron by the camel caravans and
are purchased by the tanneries and
turned into bottles. They pass through
many processes. and a tanner will
spend a week upon a single skin before
it is rendered water tight and service
able. From Hebron these odd bot
ties are SEN to all parts of the east.
thousands going down into Egypt and
the Sudan every year.-Argonaut.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-01-02
ceuntina by Knota

= was the custom Of the Axtocs -
teen their accounts by means Of
strinrs. The numbers were Indicated
n knots. A single knot was ten. two
sinele knots twenty, and 90 on. The
hundreds were indicated BY double
knots. The color Of the string tndi-
Gated what the numbers referred to.
soldiers were red, gold yellow. silver
white and corn green. This method is
still in use on the sierras OF the Argen-
tina. where the herdsmen keep tale Of
their charges in a similar way. Sew
eral strands depend from one. the nrst
of these strands being reserved for
bulls. the next for cows. the milk and
drv being differentiated; the next for
sheep. and SO on. Knots were proba-
bly among the first mesbods Of man to
record figures-the knot or the mark on
a hit Of stick. In the English hop gar
dens the tallyman generally the local
schoolmaster) goes around with the
tally and its mark, and the most civil
lied Chicagoan still ties a knot in his
handkerchief when he is asked ITO be
sure to remember. Chicago News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-01-02
CUTTING Out Il Meal.

Physicians are commonly advising
patients whose troubles arise from
overeating-and these r legion-to
cut out one meal. preferably break
fast. The London Lancet remarks that
the reason for this is that ''after a
nights sleep the bodily strength. nerv-
GUS and muscular. is at its highest, and
work can be carried on without food.
The machine is running strongly and
no fuel is required for the time being"
Men engaged in literary or intellectual
work can often do their very best In
the early morning before breakfast.
The Lancet deprecates the heavy
breakfast and advocates the coffee
and rolls" which are all that is eaten
for breakfast on the continent Of Eu-
rope. especially for men whose work
is of the brain rather than of the mus
cles. These men. it says. should 'rele-
gate anything approaching a hearty
meal to the period of relaxation. the
evening""
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-01-02
TRADE UNION NOTES.

Seattle wash, Mattresses union
has received a gift Of 81 $4,000 home.
Death and total disability claims
paid by the Switchmen's union In the
past two years total $40. .O18.
Labor unions of San Francisco are
getting photographs of strike break
ers. to be used in the rogues' gallery.
Button strikes are frowned upon
by the Cancellation boards of the Mine
Workers union in the Pennsylvania
coal districts.
Postal employees in st. Paul have
organized "A cooperative company and
opened Il store with Il view Of r4luc-
ing for themselves the cost of living.
The next meeting of the fnternation-
nj secretariat will be held in SAN
Francisco in 1918 The international
secretariat is the World Federation Of
Labor. in which the federated labor
movements of the countries Of the
world are affiliated.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-01-02
Poetic Heredjty.

OF poetic families. the Coleridges.
like the Tennysons, are hard to beat.
The author of "Christobel' had a
daughter and two sons-all poets. The
first. Sara. wrote lyrics which. &C
cording to DR.. Garnett, entitle her ito
rank high among English poetesses."
The eldest son. Hartley, in the same
critics opinion. was a sonneteer
among the most perfect in the Ian
guage." Derwent, the other son, wrote
some very beautiful verses in Knights
Quarterly Magazine Of 1922 and else
where. Derwent's son Mr.. Ernest
Hartley Coleridge. is the author of a
volume of poems. The Hon. Stephen
fColeridge has several volumes to his
credit as a poet. and everybody who Is
a verse lover knows of the late Mary
e. Coleridge. whose beautiful gift ap-
peared through a volume of poems in
1907. And there is an E. P. Coleridge.
who has rescued certain translations
of the classics from ridicule.-London
Chronicle. .
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-01-02
Agreement ILLEGAL.

Judge Mayer and Judge Ward hand
ed down recently in the federal dis
trict court for New York city decisions
in two parallel cases. in which they
held that the agreement under which
the United brotherhood of Carpenters
and .JninerS Of America has been work
ing with the two employers aSsocia-
lions. the Manufacturing Woodwork,
prs' association and the Master Carpen.
ters' association. was illegal. 1t was
held that it infringes both the Sher.
man antitrust law Of the federal gov.
ern.ncnt and the general business law
of New York state.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-01-02
an Newa erom Homo.

00V News FROM SVOU1Os
There are eighteen %consulates in New
York, representing that number Of
Central and South American countries
where Spanish IL spoken. This does
not include Spain. The ''compatriote"
in hard luck'' with a little knowledge
Of the geography Of those countries can
operate among all Of them, in each con-
sulate representing himself a native Of
the country to whose representative he
applies for aid. One Of these beggars,
a negro, unfolded a sad tale to a con
sui general. The official asked the Wis
itor from what part Of his own coun-
try he came. The negro was not well
posted on his geography. for he men,
toned the name Of the capital and
added that he had sailed from there
for this country. The capital happens
to be 5000 feet up in the mountains.
The consul general smiled. then gave
the mendicant a quarter, saying: THAT
is for the valuable information that
our country has advanced to the stage
where they sail ocean vessels from the
mountain tops. 1t has been u long
time since ! was home. and ! really
didn't know it."-New York Tribune.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-01-02
WAGES OF coNWcTs.
Missouri Raises Price Of Prison Labor
70 Contractors.

Missouri Raises Price Of Prison LaoeF
70 Contractors.
The board Of prison inspectors mas
served notice on the contractors leas-
ing the labor Of ~convicts at the Mis-
so,ri state %penitentiary that after Dec.
81 the price per man will be 50 cents
a day instead Of 20 cents. as hereto
fore.
Two prison shoe factories, one c'otn-
Ing. one broom. n saddletree. one
leather finding establishment ana one
saddlery, according to advance inlor-
nation for the 1918 red book. mace
public by Commissioner John 7. F1tz-
patrick. turned out products in l9l2
worth $4,294,494, to compete with the
same line of articles made elsewhere IN
the state by free labor which COSTS
from two to five times as much.
The force of convicts which made
most Of these commodities consisted OF
1,849 men and forty-four women, al
inmates Of the state penitentiary at
Jefferson City. The state received TOT
male convicts 70 cents a day n TOT
women SO cents a day.
Organized labor contends and mas
contended for years that the prison
contractors would have to pay from
S1.5O to. 81 a day for similar labor
outside of the prison. Therefore pris-
on products which are generally sold
for less money. but with greater prof.
its, must be disposed Of first before the
outside competing manufacturer a
n chance with his output.
The proposed increase per day TOT
each ablebodied male convict Is 10
cents. This sum looks small. but speed
ily assumed large proportions when
multiplied by the number of convlcts
worked daily and the number of work
ing days in the year. which are about
$40. In a day the increase for l.649
convicts amounts to $247 divided be-
tween seven prison shops and in the
course of a year to $76,570. The con
tract leasing system will be abolished
on Dec. 81. 1915.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-01-02
Wonderful Cough Remedy

DR.. Kings New Discovery is
known everywhere as the remedy
which will surely stop a cough
or cold. D. P. Lawson Of Edi-
son, Tenn, writes: cdr. Kings
New Discovery is the most Won
derful cough, cold and throat
and lung medicine I ever sold in
my store. 1t can't be beat. 1t
sells without any trouble at all.
1t needs no guarantee This is
true, because DR.. Kings New
Discovery will relieve the most
obstinate Of coughs and colds.
Lung troubles quickly helped by
it's use. You should keep a bott-
lie in the house at all times for all
members Of the family. soc and
$1.00. All Druggists or by mail
H. E. Bucklin & Co., Philadelphia
or st. Louis.-Adv.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-01-02
Jf5SfTfSHEN
I&4IGUPBOARD|
II PLUM PUDDING.

TN some households Christmas with
out plum pudding would be very
tame indeed. The plum pudding
may be boiled. baked. steamed or fro
zen. If boiled you should have a tight
fitting mold In which to boil it. A
bowl with a Toured cloth to 1t
is a poor substitute. for there is al
ways the chance that the water will
penetrate the cover and spoil the
dough. An empty lard or cottolene
pail which has a tight fitting cover is
the best substitute for the mold.
Grease the mold well before putting
the pudding into 1t. Allow room for
the pudding to swell.
Dredge the fruit well with -four be-
fore adding it to the pudding. When
candied peel is used sometimes It is
hard to cut. Put a sharp knife into
boiling water so that the blade alone
will be immersed. When hot take out,
wipe and the peel can then be cut
quite easily.
A Pudding That Will Keep.
The following pudding will keep
well. but when it is not to be served
at once it should be boiled only for
about six hours and then hung in the
storeroom until it is to be used. It
should then be boiled for an hour and
a half. The pudding should be kept
in the vessel in which it is cooked until
it is time to serve 1t. The quantities
given here will make a pudding for
twelve persons.
Boiled Plum Pudding.-Take half a
pound of finely shredded suet. half a
pound Of washed and dried currants.
three-quarters of a pound of stoned
raisins. four tnblespoonfuls of dried
and sifted brradcrumbs. three table
spoonfuls of warm sifted -four, five
of con sugar, three eggs. three
ounces of shredded citron peel. half a
grated nutmeg and a teaspoonful Of
brandy. Mix these we'll together. add
ing enough milk to make it smooth and
boil for six or eight hours.
A Wholesome Pudding.
Graham Plum Pudding two
cupfuls of sifted graham -four and mix
with half a ~teaspoonful of salt. M
half t%easpoonful Of soda, one teaspoon
full of baking powder and one cupful
Of almonds. English walnuts or pecan
meats. a cupful Of raisins. a cupful Of
milk and half a cupful of molasses.
Wash. seed and dry the raisins and
-four them lightly. Slice or chop the
nut meats fine. then add molasses and
milk to the -four. Mix well and quickly.
Add raisins and nuts. Mix thoroughly
again. Butter a pudding mold. pour
in the batter and boil. Serve with
lemon sauce.