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The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
To Fireproof Clothes.

Dissolve one pound Of ammonium
phosphate in one gallon Of cold water
and clear solution is formed in which
the fabric to be fireproofed should he
soaked for five minutes. The gar
ment can then he taken out and allow
ed to dry. after which it may be worn
with perfect safety, as it is absolutely
fireproof. The solution produces no
more harm to the material than would
yhe same quantity Of ordinary water
1t will keep indefinitely, is nonpoison-
Gus and can he used for several suits.
Ammonium phosphate is common
white crystalline powder, not patented
in any way. and sells for about 25
cents a pound at any drug store. Any
article fireproofed by this method will
remain noninfammable until washed
or drenched with rain.-American So
ciety For Fire Prevention.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
RURAL AMERICA.
Our Country as II Was In the Time Of
Georoo Washington.

Our Country as Il Was In the Time Of
George Washington.
The America Of Washington's day
was primitively, racily rural. The
country outnumbered the city thirty to
one. 1t outvoted and outinhuenced the
city. The country was countrifed
without urban qualities or depend.
encies. Not even the cities themselves
were citif1ed. Philadelphia, the great
st Of them all, with the finest shops.
the best houses, the most extravagant
people, was but poor, small triangle
Of houses, with it's base on the Della
ware and its apex stretching timidly
toward the west. Its people. though
reputed gay and luxurious, went early
to bed. rose early and were without
the opportunities and distractions of
modern urban life. There were no
great factories, no armies Of workmen,
no extended commerce, no horse cars,
no omnibuses, no sharp differentiation
Of the city into business and residence
sections. Like envious New York and
aspiring Boston. Philadelphia was still
half rural.
A great city was not desired nor
even contemplated. To 'the fathers"
the very conception had in it some
thing unwholesome. A city was q
dwelling place Of turbulent. impious.
ignorant mobs, of congregation OF
"rnproductive" artisans, wastrels. Grim
finals, Sabbath breakers. 1t was n
blister on the social body. tumor
which absorbed the healthy juices.
The city was vaguely associated with
royalties, courts, armies, beggars and
tattered, insolent. rascally mobs; the
country was the cradle of republican
virtue and democratic simplicity. JEFF
ferson, having in mind the squalid ag-
glomerations Of the old countries, con-
graduated America on being rural. De
Tocqueville in the thirties believed
that the absence of great capital city
was zone of the first causes of the
maintenance of Republican institu-
tions."-Walter Weyl in Harper's Mag
aZtne.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06

fcient quantity, in Kitchener's opin-
ion, to defeat any possible army that
may be landed.
Admiral Jellicoe's great task, as has
been seen, Is to keep the German feet
out Of the open sea. II he fails In
this the chances Of success viii be all
in the kaiser's favor. During every
International crisis in recent years the
British feet has gone to its stations in
the north to prevent this dash for the
sea, and any attempt Of the German
feet to get out during period Of
strained relations would have meant q
battle, war or no war. Winston
Churchill secretly modified the feet
last summer and sent it north two
days before the Austrian ultimatum
was sent to Servia.
If these main facts be kept In mind
the British naval strategy will be per-
fectly obvious. Jellicoe must concen-
trate his strength so that he can op-
pose a superior force to German feet
attempting to break out of the North
sea at either end before the attempt
can succeed. He must also keep his
first line ships, during the period Of
waiting, safe from submarine attack.
There have been two naval actions
fought in the North sea. known as the
battle of the Blight Of Helgoland and
the battle of the Dogger Bank. In the
former the Germans lost two small
cruisers and some destroyers, in the lat
ter the cruiser Blucher went down.
Both were fought by England's flying
squadron under Admiral Sir David
Beatty. Beatty commands the battle
cruisers Lion. Queen Mary and Prin-
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
SHIP CANALS.
Each Has Troubles Of Its Own That
Require Constant Care.

Require Constant Care.
Leave any ship canal alone for even
a year and it would no longer be fit for
navigation. Within five years small
boat would be unable to go through it.
The United States has anXieties over
the Culehra cut in the Panama, but not
more so than the Germans over their
waterway, the Kiel canal, for the
ground through which the latter is cut
is in most places nothing but peat
rotten black stuff which keeps on
breaking up and falling back into the
canal.
Also the bottom continually bumps
up," thus lowering the depth of the
passage The craft that use the Kiel
canal have to crawl along They say
that if cruiser were to make dash
through ut top speed it would take a
year and several millions Of money to
remedy the damage done by her stern
wave.
Each canal has its own special trou-
bles. That of the Panama is land
slides. Many have taken place during
its construction. Many more will have
to be dealt with in coming years. 1t is
estimated that IL the dredging work on
the Suez were abandoned within less
than ten years the Turks or any one
else could cross 1t dryshod. On both
sides of the canal stretch miles of dry
desert. from which every wind that
blows lifts the sand in edging spirals
and carries it in great clouds. A sin
gle storm may drop thousand tons Of
sand into one mile Of the canal.
OF late years a great quantity OF
trees have been planted along the
banks in order to prevent the sand
from drifting into the water. yet even
SO great steam dredgers are always ut
work scooping from the bottom the
blown in sand and dumping it along
the shore Another trouble of those IN
charge of the Suez canal is caused by
fresh water springs which burst up in
its deep bed and pile the sand in ridges.
Exchange.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
An Effective Cough Treatment

One-fourth to one teaspoonfua
Of DR.. Kings New Discovery,
taken as needed, will soothe and
check coughs, colds and the most
dangerous Bronical and lung all
ments. You can't afford to take
the risk of serious illness, when 50
cheap and simple remedy as
DR.. Kings New Discovery is OBJ
tainable. Go to your Druggist
today, get a bottle Of DR.. Kings
New Discovery, start the treat
ment at once. You will be graft
fled for the relief and cure OBJ
tained.-Adv.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
Canned strawberriss.

To can strawberries so that they will
keep their shape and color after the
berries are picked over put them in a
jar, with a layer Of sugar and then
Of berries until all are used. Set them
in the cellar overnight, and the sugar
will penetrate them. and no water
must be added (there will be sufficient
juice. Have a sugar sirup on the
stove hot, put the strawberries in and
let them boil up gently; then Ill cans
with the fruit and juice all cooked to-
gether. Screw on the cover, stand the
can upside down few minutes, then
turn again, changing 1t in this way un-
til it is cool and the berries will not
rise to the top. This, way preserves
the shape, color and favor of the fruit.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
Most Children Have Worms

And neither parent or child
know it, ye~ it explains why your
c'"''d is nervous, pale, feverish,
backward. Often children have
thousands o. worms. Think Of
how dangerous this is to your
child. Don't take any risk. Get
an original 25c. box of Kickapoo
Worm Killer, a candy lozengc.
Kickapoo Worm Killer will posi-
lively kill and remove the worms
Relieves constipation. regulates
stomach and bowels. Your child
will grow and learn so much
better. Get a box today.-Adv.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
Some Burned Letters.

Sir Walter Scott once made an itin-
erarv of the borders. in the course of
which he wrote lawyer friend in Ed
inburgh close and realistic account Of
everything he heard and observed. e.-
cry quaint location and droll custom.
But the stupid heirs of the recipient of
these priceless epistles consigned them
to the flames and thus rendered what
would have been charming book Inn
possible.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
A Matter Of Location.

"When 1 was a boy" said Mr.. Wa
terstock. II wanted to 60 to sea and be
a pirate"
.And you changed your mind" re-
piled Miss Cayenne. Ito the extent Of
deciding to remain on land. Wash
tngton Star. 5
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
P;cki.d Grapes.

Prepare the grapes as for preserving
by removing the skins and seeds and
boiling the pulp. 10 five pounds OF
fruit add cupful of cider vinegar, a
cupful Of grape Juice, three pounds of
sugar and spice bag containing two
ounces Of cinnamon, one ounce of
cloves. IL small piece of ginger root and
one whole nutmeg. Place in preserv-
ing kettle over slow fire and cook
until Of the consistency of marmalade.
stirring constantly to prevent burning.
Turn while hot into jelly tnmblers and
cover when cold with paraffin.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
Master Of Many Tongues.

Elihu Burritt. the learned black
smith," was born in Connecticut in
1910. Burr!tt taught himself French.
Latin. German. Italian, Greek and He
brew while an apprentice at the forge
and in early manhood mastered San
skirt, Syriac. Arabic. Morse. Spanish.
Dutch. Polish. Bohemian and Turkish.
Chinese and minor languages We're ac-
write and speak in sixty different
tongues.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
Dainty Bread Boxes.

Cut bread into slices about an inch
and Il half or two inches thick and d.
vide these slices into as many cubes
as they will make. With a sharp knife
cut out tue crumbs in the center, leav.
ing box shaped cavity. Butter the
bread boxes and set in the oven to
rrisp and brown lightly. Just before
serving time Ill with leftover fish
faxed fine. mince Of chicken, deviled
eggs. chopped ham or a mixture Of
veal and ham. pour thick cream
dressing over box and contents and
serve hot
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
Pl.a.ant Emploxment.

Stubbs-Your old friend. Weary
leigh, has got him Job at last that is
exactly to his liking. Grubbs-You
don't say SO? Stubbs-Yes. He is en-
ployed by a big dairy company. and
his duty is to wait till the COWS come
Unconstitutional Times Dispatch.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
Notice

My wife Violet E. left me
April 28th, 1915 and l will not
be responsible for any debts con-
tracted by her.
L. R. Stroth,
9-S-15 Coal Harbor. N. D.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
spicsd currants.

Six pounds currants. one level table
spoonful cinnamon. four pounds sugar.
one level teaspoonful cloves. two
pounds raisins. one level teaspoonful
allspice and one cupful of vinegar.
Pick over the currants. wash. drain
and remove the stems. Put into a
preserving kettle. Add the sugar.
raisins and vinegar. and cook until It
commences tn thicken. Add the spices
and cook to thick sauce.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06

MACHINERY, If IN need Of
a plow, drill. harrow, harrow
cart corn-planter, cultivator, wa
gon, buggy or any other farm
machinery, 60 to the MandaR
Merchants Co. All machinery
guaranteed.-Adv.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06

The simplest Of oil the clothespins
which have been invented is that which
has recently been designed and patent
ed by resident Of Texas, who finds
it un effective means Of securing the
washed garments to the line. The
spring wire loop has one end bent
around the other by half hook which
will hold the two ends securely to-
gether by its own tension when one is
Tapped over the other. and which may
be easily released when desired. Aft
er the clothes have been placed on the
line the two ends are engaged by mere
ly squeezing them together around the
line and drawn down so that the clothes
and line are held together between the
two ends of the wire. The weight of
the depending loop holds it in place
and prevents the pin from becoming
dislodged
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06

ADMIRAL JELLICOE.
cess Royal, with an appropriate COM
plement of light cruisers and destroy
ers.
To sum up the whole situation, the
English strategists have so arranged
matters that the German feet, escap-
ing to the north, will be met by the en-
tire strength of the grand feet. II the
Germans try the southern exit the
ships at Cromarty cannot get down In
time to engage them. so that only
Lough Swilly's sQuadrons will be avail
able, but the English are certain that
no German feet can get through the
strait of Dover and the English
channel without losing half of its ships
before it meets a Dreadnought flying
the union jack.
Watchful Waiting Of Submarines.
What are the English submarines
doing? They are watchfully. waiting
of Helgoland and in the Skagerak.
They will go on waiting until the Ger
mans come out.~They cannot go in any
more than can the surface ships. Ger
man mines have made that impossible.
There are ninety English submarines
now in commission, including eight Of
the new F class. even superior to the
newest u boats. King George recently
slipped down to Hull and inspected
these eight under water cruisers. the
existence of which is not known to the
British public. Twenty more subma.
rines Of an earlier type are soon to cross
the Atlantic from Canada. All these
under water craft operating in the
North sea are based on Hull and other
east coast cities. and they are working
Just as hard us the German U boats.
although they cannot sink merchant
ships and get their names in the pa
pers.
Strength Of Fleet Increased.
The strength Of the grand feet. rela-
tive to the high seas feet, has greatly
increased since the war broke out.
Jellicoe now has eight super Dread
noughts which were not completed last
Augustine Agincourt and Erin. taken
over from Turkey: the Canada, taken
over from Chile; the Emperor of India
and the Benbow and three sister ships
to the Queen Elizabeth with fifteen
inch guns. the Barham, Valiant and
Warspite. Against this increase Is to
he placed the loss Of the Audacious.
Won Ingenohl has received the battle
cruiser Lutzow and probably by the
time these lines appear the super
Dreadnoughts Salamis and Kronprinz,
three first line ships in all. SO in terms
of Dreadnoughts the English are four
units better OF, relative to the Ger
mans, than they were last August.
Why, then. did not the Germans
make their break long ago? The rea-
son Is military, not naval. It II going
to take many corps Of first line troops,
the Germans admit, to conquer Eng.
land. Until Russia has been put out
of It for long time to come these
troops cannot be spared without put
ting the German frontiers In peril.
The present situation on the Russian
front indicates that Germany may soon
besable to slacken her efforts against
the exhausted Muscovites.
II this Is tree the day may be closs
at hand. Us.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
Sour Milk Biscuits.

One pint Of sour or butter milk, one
teaspoonful of soda. two teaspoonfuls
Of melted butter. Flour to make soft
dough. just stiff enough to handle.
Mix. roll. cut out rapidly with as little
handling as may be and bake in a
quick oven.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06

Cameras can be had at the
Studio. Yon can nse them or
buy, as you wish. Adv
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06

You will never ''gets the,e' II you are
content just to ''get by Youths Com
panion.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
ro.c,e.n {; sinks.

70 .clssn Sinks.
Coal oil Will clean badly discoloTed
sinks or bathtnbs and slso
will remove fresh paint stains.
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
England's Defense.

There are at present at least 80, 600
men Of Kitchener's newSarmy training
on the east coast. Trenches have been
dug In all strategic positions. Great
stores OF artillery and munitions are!
being Kept In reserve. Britain may be
loyal to France and devoted to Bel
gium, but Britain,s first duty, the war
once believes, is to herself. This ex-3
plains why with more than 2,500 ,O00
British under arms there are less than
10000 in Flanders. Until th6 danger
ss,of German invasion y over trained
pops WIN be kept IN England IN snf-
The Washburn leader., 1915-08-06
ROLE Of NAVES /
DECISIVE ACTION !
kaiser's Fleet May Attempt
Dash to Sea; Two
Routes Possible.

an enemy could land troops on the Ger
man shores. With submarines left be-
hind to operate from the German har-
bors, as they will be when the feet
goes out, such an,attempt would be too
foolhardy to be tried. The Dardanelles
campaign proves how powerless ships
are against Notifications which, COM
pared to those Germany has prepared.
are like sand castles on the seashore.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21

this city suddenly. leaving behind him
a string OF debts amounting TO $500.
HoXey recently purchased an auto
mobile OF "a local firm giving a mort
gage in part payment This week he,
in company with a well known local
woman and another couple. Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Johnson, drove 20 Chi
cago. and Hoxey's failure TO reappear
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21

up to the present time has started an
investigation.
The auto agency Friday received
word from Chicago that he had at
tempted 10 sell the mortgaged car
there. and the First National bank
here Friday was compelled TO return
a check given at a town west OF here
for a new tire purchased on the Joy
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21

which ended in Smith shooting Hol-
hngsworth and then turning the re-
volver upon himself. II was said to-
day that Smith objected 20 HOllings-
worth's abuse of Mrs. smith, his
daughter. and that Smith accused his
father-in-law of being unkind 10 MS.
Smith whenever HOllingswOrth was
drinking =
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21
ONE DEAD, ANOTHER
DYING, AFTER QUARREL

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 2O.--Marcel-
lus HollingswOrth, IS years old, a
farmer Of near Augusta, is dead and
his sOn-in-law, Cassius c. Smith, is
dying today as the result OF a quarrel
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21
ROCHESTER MAN LEAVES
SUDDENLY. DEBTS BEHIND

ROCHESTER. Ind. Feb. 20
Frank Hoxey. manager OF a local
branch store for Chute and Butter
PERU piano manufacturers. has left
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21

ride. 1t is said he has a wife and
three children in Peru. his home. s.
A. BouslOg, sales manager OF the
piano company, is here today and says
that Hoxey's accounts viii be adjust
Oh
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-11

wouldn't think of doing 1t them
selves. and in the second place !
would never allow such a thing.
Il don't mean to say ] am unal-
terably opposed to barefoot dancing.
believe It is permissible OF profss-
SIGNALS. 1t is art. But here-these
young women-never! To circulate
such a story is a shame. II is I'M
fair. II is mean"
The thing that is disturbing the
minds Of the ordinary. unofficial peo-
pie OF Boston Is exactly where to
draw the line OF prohibition respect
ing bare feet. In their town bare
feet in public are evidently taboo I'M
der any neutrality-suspicious. or
amateur, high art or for vaudeville
performances. The two most cele-
brated barefoot dancers who ever
performed anywhere in this country
are Isadora Duncan. with a famous
revival OF a whole ancient Grecian
dancing and pantomime system for
her ethical background, and Anna
Copyright. 1915.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-11
Why the Bravest Airmen Get "COId Feet I"

whether anything was trying to Jam
"'Cold feet may lead merely to
proper caution, or Ii may lead to
complete loss Of nerve. A pilot may
have cold feet Of a certain machine
and so fly II with due respect for It's
peculiarities, or he may have cold
feet OF flying altogether, in which
case he had better give 1t up, for, Il
he does not, he must take TO doping,
which is fatal.
"A particularly malignant disease
is constructors cold feet In which
the victim, always on the ground
himself, watches every machine IN
the air in q constant state OF terror
expecting IL to fall in pieces when
ever 1t is moved by gust, and when
a machine Of his own or any other
make is on the ground, he IL always
paving round It, finding some spot at
which It may break.
But perhaps the most unpleasant
form Of the disease is passengers
cold feet II is a trouble from which
military and naval observers are
particularly likely TO suffer, eope-
cially since so many officers who are
not aviatorE have been attached as
observers.
under war conditions. can never be
absent from the passengers mind
namely, that he has a very poor
chance OF coming out alive II his
pilot is hit"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-11

DROFBSSIONAL aeroplane pilots
have long since ceased to be
\ ashamed TO confess that they
get scared, and that panic OF fear
while In the air may seize them at
any time. Why this Is so is the sub
ject OF an article in a recent issue
of the London Aeroplane.
It appears that fiier with an
imagination is never quite happy,
especially on a long flight in calm
weather when he has nothing 70
occupy his attention One pilot, who
is one Of the finest fiiers in England,
has a habit which Is most disooncert-
ing 10 his passengers, however con-
sohng 1t may be TO him personally.
He will hy without a waver for per-
haps half an hour, then suddenly
the passenger will imagine that a
storm has struck them, for the ma
chine will stand first on one wing-tip
and then on the other, then It Will
dive terrihcally, and then 1t will al
most loop the loop. After that II
will calm down and ny for another
half hour, when the performance will
be repeated. After they have landed.
and the passenger has remarked on
the extraordinary squalls which
struck them when over certain
places, the pilot will casually ex-
plain that he was merely looking
round at those intervals TO see
whether his tail was still there, and
was testing the controls - see
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-11

Baker and Miss Elvira Rhind--both
pictured on this page in barefoot
dancing costume-are favorites
among the society amateurs.
Perhaps these illustrations will help
the reader to make up his or her
mind about when barefoot dancing is
all right and proper, and when 1t
isn't. In all these illustrations 1t
will be noticed that the dancing is
"in character" II is not a case of
Mrs. Noyes or Mrs. Baker pulling
off her shoes and stockings and hop
ping about In her bare feet. There
is an illusion about It. A story Is
told in pantomime and dance. Mrs.
Baker or Mrs. Noyes has ceased to
exist for the moment; 1t is the CEN
trail character In the story that is
doing the barefoot danoing-Bac-
chus, BAcchante, a Faun. a Water
Nymph, and 80 on.
Would you expect Bacchus, BAG
chante, a Faun or Water Nymph
to dance in shoes and stockings2
That Is the theory which is held
to Justify public dancing in bare feet
and flowing draperies. The women
and girls who do ft-even as society
amateurs-have attempted TO oblit-
crate themselves as real women and
girls OF these times, and to re-
suscitate women and girls OF ancient
Greece, or certain minor deities In
Greek mythology.
Do persons holding the convictions
of the Mayor of Boston consider that
II Is impossible for a barefooted
dancing woman to obliterate her own
personality and become a myth.
illogical character? II an actual
Bacchante or Water Nymph should
apply to Mayor Curley for permits
sion TO dance before the Bostonians
would she get It? o. would she
have TO put on shoes and stockings
and become a Mrs. Jones or a Mrs.
Robinson?
Probably Mayor Curley would rule
cut these considerations. as subtleties
beyond comprehension OF the general
Boston public, and not comprehended
IN the law enacted for the protec-
ticn OF Boston morals. He is en-
forcing the law as II stands.
Irrespective - to law. are bare
feet indecent ~, are all bare
feet equally indecent? Are mems
bare feet less indecent for public
display than women's bare feet, or
lights Reserved