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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
WAldinal by COHESION,

II sheets Of plhAe glass be piled up
horizontally tx. Il considerable height
without the. Drecn1tion Of separating
them by sheets OF plper the glass in
certain, places :dlferes rs tightly as II
1t were cemented. so that it il neces-
sary: to. rcm0we' it bit by bit. This is due
solely to, cohesios. which il the prop
erty Of bodies to adhere as soon as
their molecules are in contact. 1t is al,
most Impossible 70 make surfaces 81
smooth and to- exert pressure 30 great
that the. molecules Of the TWO surfaces
will: actually be In intimate contact. but
in, certain machines tlis does occasion.
ally take. place with both steel and
lead. eireetins y sort of welding so per.
feet that eveh the microscope cannot
detect the plss1 IF uniOn.-New York
WOCidL
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
An Indianant Poet.

Berangcr, the famous French poet.
whose greatest gift lay in writing lit
tie poems which he called songs. was
particularly dependent upon the chance
visits Of the muse
He was once visited by the author
and academician Viennet. who said tC
him:
You must have written sevcra
.ongs since | saw you last"
II have only begun c answered
Berangcr.
Only one? am astonished!.' ex-
claimed Viennct.
Beranger became indignant.
"Humph!!" he shouted. DO you
think one can turn of u song as ono
turns of a tragedy?"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
That's Al.

The borrower. ut the phone: Ills this
you, Miller? Yes. pretty well. Say.
Miller. I've got half a dozen books OF
yours that you let me.take last spring.
I wish you'd stop for them as you 60
by. And. say, Miller. l want you to
bring over your set of Plutarch and
that early edition Of 4Pepys and your
French dictionary. film not at home
you can leave them with the maid
Yes. that's all. Goodby."- Cleveland
Plain Dealer. s ~
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
KEEPING HOUSE IN FRANCE,
Economy Rules, and Food For One
oay Only II BOUGHT at q Time.

Economy Rules, and Food For on
Day Only 10 Bought at . Time.
In the French markets you can buy
any portion Of food you may wish
Nothing Is too small. No tradesmaI
stares If you say, "M'sieu, 1 want ont
egg." or Il will take a miquart (Which
Is an eighth Of a pound, Of butter
And IL you ask for a half pound OF
| meat lie doesn't cut it to weigh three
quarters Of" pound. You don't lei
| him, and he knows 1t. The French
housewife has been for generations ed
ucating the French shopkeeper to sell
in the way that she would have him.
1t is popularity supposed by some
people that there is economy In buy
ing in bulk. But the FrenchwOman
says otherwise. She says that Of a
large quantity some Of it is almost sure
to spoil, and in the end you lose more
than you have gained even by your
wholesale price. So she buys her but.
ter, as everything else, just enough for
the day. And she has a marvellous In.
tuition for guessing what that amount
will be down to the very sou. The test
Of her skill in housewifery. she con
siders. is an empty cupboard at sun
down. Then she requires no ice to
keep things over until the next day.
The cost of ice. which in many an
American household amounts to 81 a
week, would be an un%thinkable ex
travagance in France. There is no ice
box among the fittings of the Paris
kitchen. Instead, there is in every
apartment the cold storage cupboard.
set in the kitchen wall with shutters
on the outside. through which there is
always a circulation Of air. A wire
netting OH the inside Of the shutter pro-
tects the food from dust.
The cupboard is an entire success in
keeping food for the length of time
that the Partisan. housewife requires,
else, you may be sure. she would not
use it, for she eve throws anything
away. Not to waste the smallest scrap
or crumb is a fundamental dogma of
her housekeeping creed. Even every
stale crust of bread must be saved. 1t
is grated to reduce it to crumbs. These
are kept in the tin car that sets on the
cheminee shelf over the stove. There
are five or six purposes for which you
use breadcrumbs-for French toast. for
bread soup or for pudding. for fill
ing poultry or in frying %croquettes OF
"breading" chops. or, very important
indeed, is 1t to know that by mixing
an equal part Of them with chopped
meat worth only 10 centimes and an
egg and rolling all in a cabbage leaf
to bake in the v e they serve the
clever purpose of making the meat 80
at least twice as far again. Yes; ii is
some fussing to fix it: But it doesn't
matter at all that this takes time. The
Frenchwoman applies always but one
test, SIS it cheaper?"-Pictorial lie
view.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
DAYTIME Aurora.

serfbceI by II. 4. Collier in the Journal
Of the Royal Astronomical Society Of
Canada. The writer was at Viking.
Alberta. tn latitude is degrees north.
and observed the aurora half an hOnr
before sunset ON April ~ Its visibility
was due to the fact that a cloud hung
or screen against which the aurora
could be seen. The observer states
that "numerous bright. hazy. usilklike
streamers. appearing to have their
sparce just l,eloH the cloud. darted
upward. rising about fifteen degrees"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
.Pr;xe.stery erimi.nts.

Gems from a recent short story prixe
rOMpetiticn:
"Oh. II my poor old mother could sit
UP in her cold. cold grave AMI see me
how happy she would be-"
MADELINE seated herself at twilight
on the w%isterized piazza"
ETHEL decided to prepare something
applicable for her husbands supper"
adelaide was accustomed tn have
her eractu.oue horse brought around
every morning before breakfast. 40
that she might take an exhilarating gal
lop through the Paris bOurse. Rock
man.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
Rusty Steel.

Onions are good for cleaning steel ar
ticles that have rusted. Rub the rust
spots with a piece Of onion and leave
for twcnty-four hours. Wash and pol
ish with bath brick dust. m0istened
with turrentine. Wash again in *ud>
and scald with clear water. Knives
that have rust spots of long standing
should be plunged into an onion and
allowed to stand for. some time. Fin
ish the cleaning process as above.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
Gunrskton. Amhsr.

'Nitroeotton. that produces such pow.
erful powder. also produces q beautiful
imitation. Of amber: Cain is made
that IL n buys a meerschaum pipe
with an, amber piece. six inches long at
what, seems to- be- an unusually low
price,. MT may rely upon It being COL
lodion-a solution Of gu1cotton in eth
Ell. The. cloudy effect which some
smokers like is produced by a large
amount Of camptor' in the solution.
NitroeottOn' also produces q fine sub.
stitute. fer tortoise shell
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
OutjaWry.

Outlawry existed in England and
Scotland from very early days. Earl
Goodwin and Hereward the Wake We're
famous political outlaws. At one time
the sentence was used; to punish any
one who would not pay the were" OF
blood money; to the ~relskive% of q '1saa''
he had killed. In. evil proceedings II
was abolished in; 1879. In the old dAxs
IN outlaw could be killed whenever
or wherever he was encountered. hui
this part Of the penalty was abolished
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
A Modern Solomon.

A Philadelphia police magistrate was
called ON to decide the ownership of :,
dollar bill which was found In the
street by Il negro and claimed to have
been lost By a white man. After hear
Ing the story Of each claimant tho
.Olrt said:
II. believe the dollar belonged to the
white man. but since the negro found
1t he IL entitled to n reward. there
fore decree that each take 50 cents and
call 1t 4 days work."
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
BookPLATEs.
FERNS ssd Styles In Use and . Lsbs''s
Place In q Volume.

FERNS sxd Styles In Use and . Lsbs,'s
Place In . Volume.
Bookplates are not Of modern inven~
ton. Their beginning was in the latter
half Of the 6fteenth century and their
accredited first home Germany. But as
q bookplate has the same merit in a
library that a sesrecrow has In the
grainfeld, a polite hands or to. the
too ready and forgetful borrower, the.
fashion Of this mark Of ownership has
increased. not decreased, until today
M finds bookplate collections in msiL
titudes as well as bookplate users.
There are three forms OF plate. tie
engraved plate. the photogravure and
the nAe cut plate. The engraved plate
has for q long while been 90 popular as
It. IL beautiful. but recently there seems
q shifting In fancy toward the photo
gravuse-just why nobody knows. Per-
haps u IN the lesser cost, for the en-
graved plate mounts up from 500 tc
$500. whereas the photogravure. may
be had foT $25. and the line cut. II one
= clever enough to draw ones own de-
sign. costs q mere triae for a. simple
design. Once one has ones plate. how.
ever. the. printings therefrom are but a
tpt6e.
There are four distinct styles i'm
plates. The 6rst is the armorial. In
this the crest or coat Of arms ts used
and sometimes the owners name add
ed thereto. The second style is the
decorative. in which allegory or pure.
decoration creates the basis Of the idea..
The third is the pictorial plate. This:
shows the owners tastes and ~inclina.'
tons. A. college boy. for instance. may
have o plate which will show a tennis
racket golf sticks. a football. The
fourth and. last style is seldom seen.
Still tt exists. 80 ii is worth mention
ing. It is classed as %pOrtraiture and
consists. of the book owners picture or
portrait, framed In some decorative
scheme. And. as far as good taste goes
it. is questionable.
Where, to place the bookplate when
once it is a, possession also rends the
soul of, many. Common usage and
common: ems show the best place to
be 'On'the inner side of the books front
cover. for a plate pasted between the
fly leaves of. the, BOOK defeated it's own
purpose. Being well obscured. it Is
rarely noticed. When a husband and
wife combine, libraries It ia often usual
to find the plate Of one in the front of
the volume and; the plate Of the other
In the back. or one may be added in
smaller size. beneath the other.-New
YOrk>Stln
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
Needed Inventions.

\ rocking chair that will murmur
'Step to the right" when you are
about to fall over 1t in the dark.
An electric collar button that will au-
tomatical!y tight up when 1t escapes
you and disappears under the bed.
A latchkey with q magnet attach-
ment that viii invariably f1nd the key
hole.
A square brimmed straw hat that
may blow Oh. bit will not roll away
Judge.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
Should % Wsieems

0nOut0 % WoSeOusSs
II see you state that a certain citi-
zen was ninety years old today"
"Well?" said the editor. =
us that item Of any great impor-
tancey"
Maybe not. But It Is q sort OF re-
lief from the casualty news."-Pitts.
[hurgh Post.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
rh. pranar pl.ea.

Applicant-l've got a head full OF
ideas. sir. that would come In handy IN
the management of your business.
Ross ito nearby clerk,-Here. Jack.
;;ake this chap down to the unloading
department.-Judge.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
aura cure.

MY love-. l wish you wouldn't paint"
.'All the women do, dear"
But Il looks like an admission on
your part that you are not already per-
feet. and that pains me-"
What could she do but stop?- Kansas
City Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
Meth;na oratis.

-You can't get something for nothing
10 this life"
.~rhat's right" replied the gloomy
citizen. IF I want even q few kind
words about my disposition and some
hope Of future success I've got to 60 to
. fortune teller and pay for them
washington Star.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26

To wish is Of little account. III sue
coed thou must earnestly desire. and
this desire must shorten, thy sleep
Ovid.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
want this man punished?'' said
Not Quite.

How is the baby getting along, in
trying to talk?'
"Well, I must say his efforts have
not as yet met with pronounced sue
cess."-Baltim0re American.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
Wise JUDGE.

A Montana woman sued for divorce
because her husband kissed the serv-
ant girl.
".You want this man punished?" said
the judge.
II do" said she.
'Then I shall not divorce you from
him. said the Judge.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26

The battle is weak that is waged With
one hand.-EuripideA-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26
Plenty on HAND

TVouSy on tJNUpst
'.Have you W wondered about
3lfeour husbands past?"
Dear me, no. I have all l can do in
kaking carr Of his present and worry.
ne shout his future."-Boston Herald.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26

Opportunity seldom comes with 4
letter Of introduction.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26

Tnc greatest trust between man and
jaaD 10 the trust Of giving counsel
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-26

c4EERFuLNEss

). Aaee without c.esrfuinsss 70 Q
" Garihnus winter without sun, and
/. the, spirit Of ehesrfutnsss should
!. be- encouraged in our yout3, If
: wrwou'x WISH to h.vs ths bsns-
!. fit: Of it in our old sss. Time
:. will make ., generous wine mel
:. low. but Il will! TURN tlfst which, /.
. 10. ennlN On the fret to vinegar
/. caitum
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-18
Street Beeears in Rome.

An amusing anecdote of the old
Rome of Papal days is told in Prin-
cess Lazarovich's Pleasures and Pal
aces" Passing the beautiful Palazzo
Barberini, once the home of w. w.
Story, the old American sculptor and
poet" she writes, Il remembered an
incident he told me in London.
"It was, it seems, at that time al
most impossible for a man to pass
through the streets of Rome with any
thing in his coat pocket and not miss
It on returning home. The little laz-
zaroni thought it their right to see
to that.
Several times he and his friends
tried to keep watch and surprise the
operation at the instant of his perfor-
nance. but in vain; the beggars were
too sly and swift.
"One day Mr. Story cut red silk
bandanna into strips and left a tiny
edge of it peeping out of his coat pock-
ct as he and friend started out.
"It was hardly moment before q
ragged, brown legged little imp ran
in front of them, fiatnting the tattered
bandanna in their faces and scream
ing angrily: Mean! Mean! Shame!
Shame!'"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-18
HIGHEST TYPE OF COURAGE
Prisoner That Can Smile is Truly Man
Without the Slightest Trace
Of "Yeliow."

You have heard great deal said
about "the man who smiles" etc. At
the risk of being found monotonous 1t
might be added that the man who
smiles and keeps on smiling, In prison,
is worth some notice. II he isn't fee
ble-minded, he is game and gameness
excites admiration in dog. A game
grasshopper has 1t on the katydid
forty ways. To keep pleasant face
in prison is simon-pure grit.
When a man gets down in the
mouth, with only acid showing on his
countenance. he makes war on him
self.
Once upon time a little middle
aged man was sent to prison. He was
past middle age, and left behind him
a lot more than shattered fortune.
Four nights he walked his cell and
was four days and nights without
sleep. Opiates were resorted to and
he woke up with a smile. From that
day to this he wears smile wherever
he goes. game as a pebble and with
out yellow speck on him.
That is gilt-edge grit bulldog
couldn't beat. It is more than that; 1t
is the refinement of human courage
From the New Era, published at the
federal penitentiary, Leavenworth.
Kan.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-18
EXACTLY WHAT ne MEANT
southernsr Knew How to Word Adj
vsrtIssment to Produce the Do
sired Result.

No small amount Of credit for thet
development Of the short EDITORIAL
paragraph to its present state Of per-
fection belongs to Col. Emmit @. Lo-
gan, one-time fellow workman with
'Marse" Henry Watterson, editor I'M
chief Of the Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
His brief. breezy paragraphs were
a. famous at Watterson's broadside,
one-page editorials. Colonel Logan
used to contend he wrote what he
meant and stopped only because
"Marse" Henry had consumed all the
editorial space and all the kings Eng
lish; therefore. It was his power and
pleasure to set forth with the scraps
and as filler what "Marse' Henry had
started out to say. but forgot.
When Colonel Logan washed print
ers' ink from his fingers he retired to
the life of country gentleman on q
farm near Bowling Green. KY. Ono
day he appeared at the ONCE of the
local newspaper to insert an adver-
tisement, and asked for a pad OF
paper. What he wrote was character
istic. k4
Wanted.-An ole niger cook for. q
farm. No milkin. No washin. Moth
in but cookin, eatin and sleeping.
He got cook.-Wall Street Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-18
By WILLIAM A. RApFoRD.

On all farms devoted to diversified
farming live stock Is considered one
of the main money crops.
The average successful farmer de-
rives profit from many sources. He
raises grain, has a small orchard.
keeps q few dairy cows. and raises
colts, calves and pigs. He would like
to breed some good sheep, were 1t
not for the night-p -prowling dogs of the
neighborhood.
Farming conducted along diversified
lines requires suitable buildings to
house and properly care for the farm
live stock in winter. There is a dairy
stable where the milch cows are care
fully provided for, the work horses
have their warm, comfortable stables,
but there always is an overflow, sort
OF "riff.raff" composed of animals Of
different ages. There is no room for
them in the regular stables, but to Sc
cure the profits they must be taken
care of and fed with intelligence.
Young stock requires some kind Of
inclosed stable, where they may be
housed during severe weather. They
also require good winter feeding
shelter for milder days. It pays to
stable stock In severe weather to pre-
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-18

vent shrinkage, but the greater part
OF fall, winter and spring is made up
Of temperatures above freezing.
Rain is more detrimental than se-
we're cold. Large quantities of heat
producing food are necessary to evap-
crate cold rain out of the hair of
domestic animals. II the animal can
not eat enough or is not given the
right kinds OF feed to produce suffi-
cient heat, then 1t must draw on it's
own store OF fat. The natural result
is shrinkage in weight. When an ami
NAL forms the habit of burning its in
ternal fat 1t soon goes wrong. The
"critter' Is on the down.grade, and
will soon need doctoring, which we all
understand Is serious business.
The illustrations show an open
stock shed, to be used in connection
with the storage barn, corncrib, and
silo.
The shed is built in the form of a
right angle, which faces the south and
east for protection against the cold
north and west winds. The shed is
A feet across the west side, and the
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-18

things that trouble can bs avoided
Besides the foundation wall there
are five concrete piers supporting the
inside posts. After the shed II built
the ground IL carefully graded TO
drain away to the southeast corner:
then q concrete fioor 10 laid, which
forms . square A feet In diameter.
This concrete barnyard floor II made
the same ~ sidewalk. by making
blocks feet square. First by 10
graded and lined up and staked into
place. feet from the cement wall.
Cinders are placed ON the ground. and
. lean mixture of cement. sand and
gravel is pounded down ON the cin-
ders. leaving about . quarter OF an.
inch space between the top Of the
rough concrete and the top Of the by
4. This Quarter-inch 10 then surfaced
with . richer mixture and struck on
even. The 2 by 4 10 then moved feet.
and the process repeated. Short
pieces of by 4. five feet long. are used
for the cross pieces. The Joints be-
tween the foot blocks allow for ex-
pansion and contraction. so the floor
will not crack.
After the floor is finished out to the
farthest corner, feed racks are built
on the ground close up against the
edge of the concrete. Feed is carried
to the feed cracks by an overhead
trolley track. which may pass over
the feed racks and dump directly into
them to save labor.
The labor problem is the most seri.
Gus difficulty that diversified farmers
have to contend with. One of the first
things to consider in laying out q
farm building is the labor of using
the building after it is completed.
The old-fashioned way was to attach
the feed racks to the shed posts,
which curtailed the space and caused
great deal of hand work to get the
feed into the racks. They were also
greatly In the way when removing
the manure. II is easy to get to the
outside Of an angle, but sometimes 1t
is difficult to get to the inside OF Q
shed with fodder enough to satisfy q
lot Of hungry animals.
Feed racks for this purpose should
be built for feeding hay and silage
and grain. This requires rack to
hold the hay, and low-down trough
for silage and grain. To save waste
the bottom should be made tight with
matched boards.
A gate or heavy door may be
hinged at each corner of the shed to
fasten the cattle inside when neces-
sary. II this is done. the feed racks
will form two sides of the inclosure.
The construction of the shed is
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-18
Small Japanese Houses.

A number of causes have affected
the size of the Japanese house, which
seems much too small for a comfor-
table habitation in the eyes of a for
eigner. In the first place, the people
themselves are small, the average
height of the Japanese male adult be-
ing five feet three and one-half
inches. AS it is the usual custom to
sit on the floors upon cushions. with
the legs bent beneath. great height of
ceilings is not desirable. The low
ceilings may be attributed to the lack
Of any heating systems other than the
small charcoal brazier known as the
''bibashi." The frequency of earth
quakes throughout japan has been q
largely contributing cause as well. and
the question Of expense in country
where economy reigns supreme has
also had a powerful influence.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-18
When Mark currIer Woke up.


Mark Currier OF Newburyport was
somewhat deaf, says "Wit and Humor
Of the American Pulpit" and he had
acquired a habit of sleeping at in
tervals throughout the sermon. Rev.
Mr.. Milton made up his mind to break
his worthy parishioner of that very
deplorable habit and he gave Mr.. Cur.
rier fair warning. Of his determine
ton.
On the next Sunday he gave out an
unusually long hymn, on which the
bass viol sawed away 80 long that
at its close Mr.. Curriers' head mad
fallen back on the railing of his pew
and his mouth was set for a fiytrap.
Quietly the parson rose in the pulpit,
and exclaimed, in aSToice of thunder.
"Mark!'"
In an instant Currier jumped to his
feet, and before he could realize
where he was, answered the supposed
call upon him with an equally and
loud -Halloi"~ > - %{'
Perfectly regardless rof him, Par
son Milton continued: "sMark,rI say
the perfect man. and behold the up
right: for, the end sof. that man II
peace !. You will find these words In
the thirty-seventh Psalm and thirty.
seventh verse;"
During the sermon that followed
Mark 'Currier, II need not be added
was wide awakes-Youth's Companion