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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
Painful Truth,

Miss Singwell had been a men,
Der of the choral society ever since
it had been in existence, and it was
undoubtedly true that her first
youth had waned. But the choir
master was astounded recently by
the news that she had resigned her
membership.
"Resigned" he gasped. "What
for?"
"Well, l don't know exactly"
said the secretary, "but it strikes
me that it may have something to
do with the solo we picked for her
at the next performance"
"Why: What is it,"
"Don't you remember: 1t be-
gins, q once was Young, but now am
old.'"-London Mail.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
Making the Little
Farm Pay
By c. c. BowsFIELD

Neglect Of the pastures is a common
fault Of American farmers. Owners OF
small places cannot expect q full meas
ure of success unless they get proper
returns from every acre. The land
used for %pasturage is fully as impor-
tant as the rest OF the farm and should
be made to yield good results.
Whether the dairy is used for the
production Of high class butter or mere
ly to provide a common grade Of COM
mercial milk. the owner will find q DIFF
ference Of So to $50 in the yearly earn
ings Of each COW as between q poor
pasture and n good One. Not only this,
but twice as many animals can be
maintained In Il good field as in a poor
che. This difference III dairy results or
IN live stock feeding may be the differ
cnce between success and failure.
Mixtures Of grasses are much better
from every point Of view than grasses
grown separately. Mixtures yield more
when cut for hay and provide more
season when used for this purpose.
There are several reasons why mix
lures should yield better and stand
longer than grasses grown singly.
Some grasses are drought resistant.
others Fan stand a good deul Of mois-
ture, some make a good growth early.
while others come later. II nonlegumes
grow by the side Of legumes they may
be fortified all through the growing
season and forced to make a much bet
ter growth than II grown singly.
If timothy. rcdtop, small clover. large
clover and blue grass are sOwed to-
gether, for example, you are bound to
have a better pasture than II any one
or two kinds only were used. The
blue grass will start early in the spring
and furnish p~asturage before other
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
Sight Tests.

Some interesting experiments have
been made in the German army to find
out at what distance one soldier can
recognize another. A soldier with good
eyes. it was found, could recognize a
person he had seen once before at a
distance Of eighty feet. He can rec
ognize an acquaintance at a distance
Of 800 feet and an intimate friend at
Il distance of 500 feet.
An expert riieman can distinguish
the various parts Of Il mans body and
detect any decided movement at a dis
lance of 300 feet. At 1900 feet a man
appears as a spot on the landscape and
cannot usually be seen if he keeps still
and his dress does not contrast with
the background.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
Snaed of Birds.


The fastest bird probably is the
swift. 1t car fly $50 miles an hour,
OF three times faster than an ex-
press train. And it will spend a
whole day in the air too, When it
migrates it flies thousands of miles
at a stretch.
Wild ducks, swans, geese, cranes
and storks are splendid fiers. Wild
geese commonly fly at an elevation
of 5000 feet over enormous tracts
of land and ocean. The condor Of
ten attains a height of 10000 feet
and stays up there for hours at a
time.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
Old Laws Against Smoking.

Prussia's laws at one time in
iicted penalties for smoking, not
only in railway carriages, but i'll any
public place. In 1910 the prohibit
ton was so far relaxed as to allow
cigar smoking in the streets, pro-
vided the lighted end Of the cigar
was protected by a kind Of wire
cage, which was supposed to obviate
the risk of fire from flying sparks.
This was soon found to be an I'M
workable regulation, and after end
less petitions the government allow
ed the smoking of naked cigars in
public.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
Gems In Verse
OLD FAvoRITEs.
SONG OF The CAMP.

SONG OF THE CAMP.
cried,
The outer trenches guarding,
~ While the heated guns of the
camps allied
Grew weary of bombarding.
Give us a song!" the guardsmen say.
1--WE storm the forts tomorrow;
Sing while we may; another day
Will bring enough of sorrow"
They lay along the batteries side,
Below the %slumbering cannon.
Brave hearts from Severn and from Clyde
And from the banks of Shannon.
They sang of love and not of fame:
Forgot was Britain's glory:
Each heart recalled a different name,
But all sang "Annie Laurie"
Voice after voice caught up the song
Until its tender passion
SWelled like an anthem rich and strong
Their battle ewes confession.
Dear girl! Her name he dared not speak,
But az the song grew louder
Something on the soldiers cheek
Washed OF the stain of powder.
And once again a fire Of hell
air OH the Russian quarters.
Midst scream of shot and burst Of shell
And believing of the mortars.
And Irish Nora's eyes are dim
For a singer dumb and CORY,
And English Mary mourns for him
Who sang of annie Laurie"
Beyond the dark'ning ocean burned
The bloody sunsets embers.
While the Crimean valleys learned
How English love remembers.
NAh. soldiers. to your honored rest.
Your truth Inc valor bearing.
bravest are the tenderest:
TIL loving are the daring!
-Bayard Taylor-1868.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
THE SUN AND THE EARTH.
Our Seasons and the Why Of the
LONGEST and Shortest Days.

Our Seasons and the Why OF the
Longest and Shortest Days.
Why is June Fl the longest day
in the year? Every schoolboy can
answer this question if he remem-
bers his textbook, but it has been q
long time since most of the grown
up readers of this page left school.
They might have forgotten, so to
refresh their memories we print the
following scientific version of the
seasons:
The causes of the regular changes
of conditions known as the seasons
are the passage of the earth around
the sun and the inclination of the
earth's axis to the plane of its orbit.
As the orbit of the earth is clip
teal, one axis is longer than the
other, so that the earth is not al
ways the same distance from the
sun. As the axis of the earth is in
clined to the plane of its orbit at an
angle of twenty-three and a half
degrees, the same part of the earth
is not always inclined to the sun
and the suns rays are not always
perpendicular over the same place
on the earth.
In the season known to us as
spring the suns rays fall perpen-
dicularly upon the equator, day and
night are equal all over the earth,
and the event is known as the YER
nal equinox, March 21.
In midsummer, June 21, the suns
rays fall perpendicularly upon the
tropic of Cancer, the northern
hemisphere experiences it's longest
day, and the event is called the
summer solstice because the sun APP
pears to remain stationary on the
ecliptic for a day of two before 60
ing south again.
In autumn, Sept. 81, the SUMS
rays fall perpendicularly at the
equator, days and nights r equal
all over the earth, and the event is
called the autumnal equinox. In
winter, Dec. 21, the suns rays fall
perpendicularly upon the earth at
the tropic Of Capricorn, and the day
is shortest in the northern hemi-
sphere and longest in the southern.
The event is known as the winter
solstice.
Don't you remember how hard it
was to get this through your head
when you were in school?-Chicago
Herald.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
Baby Specifications.

The indianapolis Medical Journal
gives in a digest from IL recent maya.
zine article the following requirements
to guarantee an ideal baby:
At birth he should weigh at least six
pounds: at a year about twenty-oDe
pounds.
At birth he should measure twenty
inches: his sister may be slightly
shorter.
The first year he should increase
seven inches. the second three more,
and from the third to the tenth year
two inches each year.
The fontanelle or soft spot on the
head should close about the nineteenth
month.
Three to Four and q Half Months
Grasp an object that is placed before
him. Hold his head erect. alone.
Seven Months.-Sit alone. u%nsupport-
ed, and reach for toys.
Eight to Ten Months.--Start to creep.
Some babies never creep. but start to
walk instead.
Ten M0ntha-ShOuld start to stand,
holding some object.
Eleven Months.-Stand entirely alone.
Twelve to Fourteen Months.-Start
to walk,
One Year.-Say mamma and papa.
Two Years.-Talk quite plainly. know
names of animals. persons and objects
and put two words together.
Should distinguish one object from
another at four months. He must hear
well. and his teeth must make their
appearance at from five to seven
months.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
LAND USED FOR PAsTURAaE SHOULD
YIELD GOOD RESULTS.

things even wake up. But the small
clOvers will not be far behind. They
will come Oh easily by the time the
blue grass is ready to quit for the sum-
mcr. And by the time it is pastured
down the large clovers and timothy
will have a good start. Again, after
all have quit for the winters rest, II
there he plenty of fall rains. the blue
grass will come again aud last until
| well into the winter.
A good mixture for Il permanent pas
ture OH upland IS timothy. little red
clover. English clover, redtop. white
clover and Kentucky blue grass. For Il
permanent pasture on lOwland such Il
mixture as timothy, medium red clio
yer. alsike. redtOp. orchard grass and
blue grass is best. These same mix
lures also make the best and most pro-
ductive meadows. They might be still
further improved by adding other va
ricties. such as sweet clover and fes-
cue.
Sowing good mixtures Of grasses for
both meadow and pasture is undoubt-
eddy Il cOmmendable practice. but buy
ing grass mixtures is quite another
thing. 1t is tempting the fates a little
too much for Us to jump at bargains In
seed mixtures. Weed seeds and such
things cannot he detected SO easily in
mixtures as in pure seeds of kind
only. Then the proportion Of the
cheaper seeds may be increased and tho
amount Of costly seeds reduced with
put any one being the wiser until It Is
too late.
Kentucky blue grass and white cl"
yer have long been the crops W 4
which the pastures Of the corn b.lt
states have depended. And it is tr'' .
that they are our most important T. =
iure grasses. because they are soon al. :.
TO produce and maintain a good ). I
and also to sustain themselves IL" l
reasonably keep up the fertility Of til, /.
land upon which they grow. Much IT
the valuable fertilizing material Of the
plant is returned to the soil in the mt
nure that is left on the ground, and MI
enrichment Of nitrogen is also added
by the nitrogen gathering bacteria
which live in the nodules on the roots
Of the white clover plants. The blue
grass is one of the most palatable and
nutritious Of all pasture grasses. Then.
too. it grows early in the spring and
late In the fall. Its weakest point Is,
however, that it cannot be depended
upon to furnish feed during weather
that Is hot or dry.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
YOUNG FOLKS CORNER
Black and White.

To play this game one player is cho-
sen as leader. the rest are divided into
equal parties. Each player in one par
ty should tie Il handkerchief on the left
arm to Indicate that he belongs to the
whites; those in the other division are
called the blacks. The players stand
around the ground, the whites and the
blacks being mingled together.
The leader is provided with a fiat
disk, which is white on one side and
black on the other, and hung on a short
string to twirl around. He stands on
a stool and twirls the disk, stopping
on one side visible to the players. If
the whole side should be visible the
whites may tag any Of the opponents
who are standing upright.
Should the black side be shown. the
party of blacks may tag the whites.
ANY player tagged drops out Of the
game. The party wins which puts out
in this way all of its oponents.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
1haekerax,, Correction.

A distinguished foreigner visit
ing Epson downs in Thackeray's
company noticed many men dressed
as sailors who were not to native
and experienced eyes the real arti-
Gle.
"Ah," said the visitor, "thesc are,
| suppose, what you call your Brit
ish tars?"
"No. no." replied Thackeray;
"only Epson salts"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
Fruit Rasket-A Game.

An interesting game for indoors is
called fruit basket. AS many players
rs like can play. They all sit inca cir
Gle with a player standing in the cen
ter. who gives each player a name of
some kind Of fruit. Then he calls out
some two names of fruits. These two
exchange places while the player in the
center tries to get either one Of the
places Of the other persons; no matter
which place he gets. the other contin-
ues the game by starting all over again.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
Naval Cod. Books.

No naval secret is more carefully
guarded than that of the code book.
The box in which this volume is
kept is weighted with lead and per-
forated, SO that it will sink on be-
ing thrown overboard-the last act
Of Il captain when a ship is taken
into action.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
Use For Old Waists.

Make use of your embroidered waists
that are out Of style by making them
into slip-over corset covers. Cut out
the sleeves and open hnderarm seams.
sew up the back or front. finish with
small tucks or strips Of lace. Cut out
the neck large enough to slip over the
head. Cut in shape from shoulder to
underarm. finish with lace and put o
draw ribbon around the waist.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
Great Plain. Ono. /. Sea

During the latter half Of the creta-
ceous period the sea covered what is
now the region of the great plains and
the Rocky mountains as far west as
the Wasatch range. in Utah. and ex-
tended from the gulf Of Mexico to the
Arctic ocean. The entrance of the sea
over this area was due to the relative
sinking of the land.-United States Ge-
illogical Survey.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
Corn.

Short. immature corn should be ai-
lowed to stand until nearly dry before
putting into the silo-that Is, the leaves
should be nearly dry-the stalk shoSid
be pretty well filed with sap. II tho
corn is put in while too green It may.
make sour silage.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
Hidden Trees,

HIodeh trees.
l. When interviewing the chief 1 re-
called my fathers advice.
3. Without further ado u knot was
tied.
3. We were told to help Alma all we
could.
4. Grace darted forward, unafraid.
5. We placed a tulip in each PERSONS
hand.
Answers.-1. Fir. 2. Oak. 3. Palm.
4. Cedar. 5. Pine.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
What Chalk Is Mao, Of.

The chalk seen in the cliffs on the
south coast Of England and the chalk
used Q N blackboards are the remains of
the bodies Of tiny sea creatures press
ed together. The remainder of the
minute bodies has disappeared long
ago, but the carbonate Of lime. which
is chalk. has not been altered.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
FORTUNA.

f- rHI lH s. VIVA
TIME wind blows east, the wind
blows west,
And the frost falls and the rain:
And weary heart went thankful to
rel
And must rise to toll again. gain.
And must rise to toll again.
THE wind blows cas-, the wind
blows west. !,
And there comes good luck and
bad;
The thriftiest man il the cheerful
IT'S a thriftles. thing to DO sad.
sad,
It's a thriftless thing to be sad.
THD wind does blow al 1t lists al
way;
Canst thou change this world to
thy mind?
The world will wander its own wise
way:
also will wander mine. mine.
also will wander mine.
Thomas Carlyle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
Rahsadina.

Behead a difficulty and have a sig,
Of mourning.
Behead again and have a vegetabl,
fed to sheep and cattle.
Behead again and have q monkey.
Answer,--Scrape. Grape. rape. ape.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22

Not the Same Thing.
Miss Rangles-I am always outspo-
ken. Mr.. Rangles--And I am general
" outtalked.-Smart Set.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-10-22
Hikino Ration..

Hiking Rations.
For four boys, three meals.l
Four pounds breadstuffs, in bag or
waxed paper
One pound bacon, sliced thin, with
out rind, in waxed paper.
One pound cheese, In waxed paper.
One dozen eggs, In carton.
One can e%vaporated' milk. not sweet
ened.
One-half pound butter, in tin.
One-half pound sugar, in bag.
One-half pound dried fruit, in waxed
paper, or lemons.
One-quarter pound ground coffee, in
bag.
One can jam.
One-sixth pound salt. in joint Of bam-
boo, corked.
Pepper. In waxed paper.
Game Of Rimes.
Rimes is a good game to play when
you are tired of all the others.
The children all sit in a circle. and
one starts and says, I'm thinking Of q
word that rimes with rip Though any
word may be chosen,. .
Then each in turn tries to guess what
the word is by asking a question thus:
''Is II something that sails on the scar
If wrong. the one "it' replies. mo. not
q ship" #
Another perhaps asks rDo we part
ly speak with ftp mo. not lip" "Can
we do 1t with a roper" cries a third.
"Yes." answers the one who is st.
the word Is skip"
Then the guesser chooses a word. and
the game begins again.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-27
JOHN |. TELLS OF
GREATEST BATTLE
Former Champion PugiIist De-
SCribeS His Victory Over
John BaT|eyCOrn.
(By Nlxola Greeley-Smith.)

John l.. Sullivan is fighting again.
He has Joined with the a%nti-saloou
forces, is making speeches and using
his influence against the liquor traf
fic.
| caught him while he was in New
York and got him TO give me a fun
account of how he fought the great
est battle of his life, a ~ten-year bout
in which he finally knocked out his
former c%onqueror. John Barleycorn.
For it has been ten years since
John L., once almost as famous for
hitting the booze as for furnishing
men in the ring, has taken a drop of
alcohol.
John l.. had been IN love for TWEEN
ty years with a Massachusetts school
teacher, but because of his drinking
habits she had refused to become his
wife.
1t was only when he haG driven the
wagon five years that she accepted
him.
ION March 5, 1905, | took my last
drink OF liquor" he told me. IF
had kept on the way | was going in
all probability there would be, some
where, a little tombstone marked
John L. Sullivan
II am ifty-six years old. Strong,
healthy parents gave me a strong,
healthy body and great resolution of
spirit. | became champion of the
world. But old John Barleycorn
knocked me out. He is the champion
of all champions. No man has ever
conquered him in a fight to the finish.
And I'm not ashamed to say the only
way | could lick John ~Barleycorn was
by climbing out of the ring and run.
ming away.
whisky has knocked me down
many a time. But / got right up and
went back, only to be put out once
more. | was the champion fighter OF
the world. They used to say every.
body was afraid of me; but booze
a always challenging me, and il
was a long, long time before | real
lied there never can be but one finish
to a bout with booze.
II am talking about myself because
| want to bring home a deadly par
allel to young men.
Every young man Is a potential
John l.. Sullivan-not in the ring, oil
course, but every young man has il
In him to be a champion i'm his line
by putting forth the best that is In
him.
II count every man a champion
who surmounts obstacles, sticks tC
the game. never loses courage anC
makes good.
mo mar who is a booze fighter car
make good.
"I know booze leads to bad com
pany and bad company leads to bat
places. Bad places lead to disease.
Booze weakens the moral strength
81 never licked John B~arleycorn un
Ill I ran away from him. ] advise
every young man who wants TO be {
success to do the same"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-27
cow CASE
Novel Adjustment Made In Hayti's
Sow Case"

Hayti, Oct. 27.-A Cow case
which has attracted much attention
during a term OF state circuit court
being held here has been adjusted in
I novel manner
Judge Sherwood made snort work
o the Ease when II was called for
trial. Fred Mangels was charged
with grand larceny. complaint in the
case having been niade by l.. w. Ball.
Nangel's COW liked the grass on Balls
land better than that on its home
grounds and when the animal tres
passed on his land Ball made a pris-
oner OF the animal. locking 1t in a
shed. Mangels pulled the staple out
OF the door and rescued his COW,
For doing this he was arrested on
the charge of grand larceny.
Judge Sherwood promptly dismiss
ed the action. and assessed the costs
Of the case-amounting to s3S-
equally between the two men, so now
Mangeis has q high priced COW and
Ball II the owner OF some expensive
grass.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-27
ARRESTED AT ABERDEEN
Youth Attacks Little Girl in Mime
apoIis.

Aberdeen, Oct. 27.-Arthur Adair,
wanted In Minneapolis and Anoka
county, MINI, on a warrant charging
him with an attack upon a female
child, was arrested here Saturday by
Chief OF Police G. w. Hurst, and will
be held pending the arrival of the
Minneapolis and Anoka authorities.
Adair Il the 10 of a Minneapolis
book store proprietor residing In Col
umbia Heights. and Is n OF a num-
Der OF young men being searched for
On the same charge. He has been
working near Waubay, but came here
to get an express package be was ex
Decting which contained clothes he
had written his father for.
I Sheriff u. s. Pratt of Anoka and
City Detective j. b. Staples of Min
heapolis were here earlier In the
week looking for Adair.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-27
HOWARD
Minnehaha County to Honor Old
Settler.

Sioux Falls, Oct. 27.-A. G.. Risty of
Brandon township. chairman of the
committee selected to raise funds for
the proposed c. X. Howard memo
rial, writes c.. III. Craig, secretary OF
the Minnehaha County Early Settlers
association. under whose auspices the
memorial fund Is being raised, that
his COMMITTEES has raised the appor-
tionment made for that township,
$50, which amount has been for
warded to o. s. Thompson at Baltic,
treasurer of both the Old Settlers as
ISOLATION and the Memorial fund.
TnIa' shows that the sum apportioned
to each township and precinct in the
county can be raised IL the commit
tees will put their shoulder to the
wheel. A number of other commit
tees have reported, some having rails
ed all the sum apportioned to their
precinct or township. while others
have done little or nothing.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-27
A OF BABY BOY
Takes Fatal Plunge Into Boiler of
boiling Water.

Platte, Oct. 27.-Thinking he
could have some great sport splash
Ing In the water. the 3-year-old son
III Mr.. and Mrs. George DeHart, re-
aiding on q ranch near here, crawled
into q boiler which was full of hot
water and was SO severely scalded
that he died in terrible agony a short
time later. The mother In making
preparations for the family washing
had placed the boiler of hot water on
the floor In the room where the child
was playing. and stepped outside for
. moment. When she returned she
was Mortified to discover her little
son In the boiler OF scalding water,
bis little body horribly burned. MIR.
and Mrs. DeHart moved from Platte
10 the ranch only about a month ago.