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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
Spanish Reefsteak.

Have cut a slice Of round steak
weighing about two pounds and an
inch thick. Cover with -four and pound
with a mallct until thin. The -four
causes the meat to retain its juices.
and the pounding breaks the thick
fiber and makes it tender. Season with
salt and cayenne pepper and cover
with slices of thin salt pork or fat ba-
con. Roll the steak and tie it firmly
with a cord; put it into a casserole or
other covered dish and pour around it
half a cupful of milk and a cupful Of
water. Cook for two hours. basting it
occasionally. in a moderate oven.
Serve with the liquid in the dish as
gravy. Cut in slices.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
Lost Balls Cost Thousands.

If all the baseballs which are hit into
the stand and over the stand at the
Polo grounds during a season could be
recovered enough would be saved to
pay the salary Of any New York player
except Christy Mathewson.
The Giants paid somewhat over $4.-
600 last year. and the expense Of the
Yankees was almost as much, making
q total OF $1,000 in round numbers.
The balls are sold to the clubs ut SIS u
dozen.
The Boston Braves spent even more.
The expense in their case was traced
to the short right field fence. Charles
6omers Of Cleveland reports a wastage
of So. 7G5. and Schuyler BrittOn had to
write a check for 1926 for the 1876
dozen balls that were used by the
Cardinals last year.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
Famous Diamond.

OF the worlds famous diamonds
none has a more ancient history
than the koh-i-nur or kohinoor,
meaning mountain of light" It
is supposed to have been carried
5000 years ago by Karma, an East
Indian hero. However, it made its
positive appearance in history in the
fourteenth century, when it was
brought to Delhi by Ala-ed-din. In
1878 the grand mogul sold it to
Tavernier, the diamond merchant.
It then weighed only 800 karats,
previously weighing 793; This de-
cline was owing to tle unskilled
work Of u Venetian lapidafy. The
East India company finally purchas-
ed it, and in 1850 presented it to
the English crown, when it was re-
cut and its weight again reduced.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
Washing Blankets.

Blankets should be washed through
three waters. warm, not hot. The first
should have strong-very strong-soap-
suds, the second less soap. and the
third just enough soap to make the wa.
ter appear milky. They should then
be wrung slightly. thrown over the line
and then pulled straight. IL they
should not be dry when evening
comes. fold them and put them In a
wash basket and hang again in the
sun the following day. and the day
thereafter. ii necessary. until they are
perfectly dry.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
BRANDING the Bachelor.

Trieste, which once proposed to
make marriage compulsory, might
have taken a leaf out of the book
of Korea. In Korea until compare
lively recently a man was not al
lowed the dignity Of trousers until
he had taken to himself a wife.
Your gay bachelor had to wear a
skirt and brand himself in the pub
lie view as one who had not yet at
tanned a position in which he could
support a wife.-London Chronicle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
Treated Like a Lady.

Little Miss Nine-year-old went to
the theater with her father. They
had the best of seats and q box Of
candy. Her father treated her as =
grown up. The light opera was
drawing to a close.
"Father," said the miss, don't
you think I'm getting old enough
to be taken to supper after the
show?"
And it cost father So to make
good his promise to treat her like q
real lady.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
Ne hurry.

A lecturer one exceedingly rainy
night addressed an audience which
might have been much larger with
out taxing the seating capacity Of
the hall. Naturally be was willing
to curtal his address, and. having
reached what he considered the
psychological moment, he said: 'I'm
afraid I've kept you too long"
Whereupon a voice replied, .No,
go on, it's still raining"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
Goldfish Balls.

Pick to pieces half a pound Of dried
selt Goldfish. scald it and drain it; COW
er it with cold water and bring to boil
ing point. drain and repeat this process
twice. press dry and add four good
sized potatoes. the yolks Of two eggs.
half a teaspoonful Of salt, a tablespoon
full of butter and a tablespoonful of pep.
per; mix and form into balls a little
larger than English walnuts. dip in
beaten egg. roll in breadcrumbs and
fry in hot fat. Serve plain or with
tomato sauce-for breakfast preferably
without the sauce.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
Charlotte Russo.

Use the sponge cake left over or else
lady fingers. Cut the sponge cake in
narrow strips the size Of half a lady
finger or else split the fingers; line long
stemmed glasses with the cakes. and
all in the center with cream whipped
and Favored with vanilla and q little
sugar. A beaten egg or two may be
mixed lightly with the cream. Top
each glass with a candied maraschino
cherry.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
cl.an;na Plaster Casts.

The following is d simple but ::enec7
tive method for removing the CRIME
which plaster statues. etc.. gather in
the atmosphere Of cities. A thick solu-
ton Of starch. such as laundresses use.
is made and the object IL covered with
it, care being taken to have it penetrate
every crevice. The starch paste is then
allowed to dry. whereupon it crumbles
away. carrying with it the dirt Of the
surface Of the plaster.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
INFECTED SHIPS.
The Way They Are Handled When
/. Thav Reach an American Port.

The way They Ars Handled When
f They Roach an American Port.
Progress in the administration
of the public health laws at the
ports of the civilized .world'is illus
trated in a bulletin issued by the
public health service, in. which. the
treatment accorded infected vessels
under the modern system and the
system pursued in the sixteenth
century are briefly set: forth IN
der the modern system it is possible
to disinfect a ship and restore it to
work within twenty-four hours, in
most cases, while in the old days a
period of, two months might. elapse
before. the laborious and cumbef-
some method of fumigation could
be carried into effect. The bulletin
says:
"Today, when an infected: vessel
arrives at an American port, she
is visited Immediately by officers Of
the United States public health
service, who, after determining the
status of the ship, endeavor' first to
expedite the landing of mails, and
next to separate the passengers and
crew who have not been exposed to
infection in order that they may
not be ~needlessly detained.
"The sick are removed to COM
Portable and specially adapted hos
pitfalls at the United States quaran-
tine stations under the public health
service, and those persons who have
not yet sickened, but who have
been exposed to infection T put
into comfortable quarters to under
go detention for the period of in
cubation of plague, which is. seven
days. ">
"While the sick and other pas
sengers are being removed, in order
to save time to the vessel, the latter
is fumigated for the purpose of de-
stroying rats, through which the
disease plague is transmitted. This
process requires only twenty-four
hours of time, and at some of the
quarantine stations special steamers
are fitted with apparatus which en-
ables the process of fumigation to
be performed in less than six hours.
After fumigation the vessel pro-
ceeds to the dock to unload"
The amusement of. persons de-
tanned in quarantine has become 8,
fine art with the officers of the pub
lie health service. The period Of
detention varies as to different dis
eases as follows: Cholera, five days;
yellow fever, six days; plague, seven
days, and smallpox, fourteen days.
Not only do the cabin passengers
on the overseas vessels expect COM
Portable and clean quarters, and
wholesome food in quarantine, but
the steerage passengers not infre-
'quently expect even better quarters
than they had aboard ship.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
Havana Not Eiatsd.

Havana does not seem to be highly
elated over the prospect Of watching
Jack johnson aud Sam McVey in ac-
ton. One Cuban paper calls attention
to the fact that the island has its own
race problems and does not relish the
idea Of two negroes furnishing the first
big Astic attraction there. The hope
Of a big influx Of spectators from the
States also is challenged. That $4,000
purse for johnson begins to loom up
as rather ~extravaGant.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
Mseka1ism q The Carp.

People marvel ct the mechanism
Of the human body, with ito 400.
bones and sixty arteries, but man i
simple in this respect compared.
With the carp. That remarkable
fish moves no fewer than 1856
bones and muscles every time it
bresthes. It has 1920 veins and
ninety-nine muscles.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
QuiaIsy Teaches Dancing.

From Junction City. Kan. comes the
Intelligence that Umpire E. C. Quigley
Of the National league staf is teach
ing the fox trot to the natives. with
Mrs. Quigley." a dispatch says. "he
has completed a course In the latest
dances and is now organizing classes
over the circuit where he formerly
played baseball and umpired. He has
q class Of thirty-five at Concordla,
Kan" All Of which proves that an
umpire can get away with almost any
thing. Shades of Terpsichore!
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
Rusty Curtain Hseks.

For rusty curtain hooks place them
in a bowl and cover With cloudy am
monia. Leave for half an hour. and
then just stir them around with a stick.
The hooks will look like new. IL the
points are dinicult to put through the
fabric push them into q bar Of soap.
and they will slip In quite easily.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
Whv Austin Jumpsd.

Jimmy Austin. the Browns third
baseman. who jumped to the Feds, is
hardly to be blamed. Austin knew
that all the clubs in the American
league had waived on him aud that II
the Browns should turn him loose he
would be relegated to the minors. So
he did business with the Feds, and for
the next two years will draw q salary
three or four times as big as be would
have been offered had he gone to the
minors.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
Lizzie Would stay.

Mrs. Atwell had had . quarrel
with her maid, Lizzie, and the maid
remarked that she would leave.
"Tizzie," said the mistress severe
ly, '.you must stay until l get an
other girl"
II intend to, num-" said Lizzie.
"Shure it's only right some wan
should tell her the kind Of . wo-
man 70 are."-Exchange.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
c...m l-o.t III. Nerve.

Bob Groom. who jumped the Nation
als. had 40 awful season. He won
only a few games and lost a batch.
Groom was discouraged with the
change be made, and he never display.
I'd his true form.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
The Gift

Accused Of begging" exclaimed
the magistrate. @Why, you are the
very man who was begging 1t my
door yesterday"
"Yes," assented the vagrant, with
q sheer, @and you didn't give me
anything"
swell,. I'll give you something
now-ten days"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
PLANNING Baseball School.

Plannine BASEBALL SehooI.
Bobby Guks. former Cleveland Amer.
acan league baseball scout and last
ysar's manager OF the Montgomery
team Of the Southern league. is prepar.
ing to open q school for baseball play
ers In Pensacola. Fla. he will make
. specially Of i~nstrscting recruit pitch
lrs and catchers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
SEINE Excuse For the Sun.

Artist There, sir, is my latest
picture. Ingenious Friend-Weu,
you haven't economized paint on it,
have you? What title have You Civ
en- to it? Artist-What do I.call
it? Why, sir, that ID. an autumn
sunset Ingenious Friend You
don't say 80! Well, I don't blame
the sun at all for setting.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
sPotate cakse,,

MIX mashed potatoes With a little
melted butter and cream until they are
creamy and smooth: then form them in
very small cakes and roll them in
-four. Fry In deep fat. sprinkle wikh
minced parsley and serve.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22
Haieysn pay&

The term 'shalcyon days. is de-
rived from a pretty little. fable Of
the Sicilians, who believed that dur
ing the seven days preceding and
following the winter solstice, Dec.
Fl, the halcyon OF kingisher aoated
onsthe water in = nest in which her
young were deposited and that dur
ing this time Of her brooding the
seas were calm. Our Indian. sum
mer- corresponds to the. 3halcyon
of the Sicilians.-New York. Tele-
gram.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22

hsEothsrsArk.
Seene-Village school.
Wears W1e-Now, can any Of
you bright little children tell me Of
another ark?
Model Scholar can, mum.
Wears Wife-Yes?
Model Scholar-"'Ark tho Krald>
Angels Sing."-London Globe.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22

The name ssblue laws" was given
to the first collection Of laws franz
ed for the government Of the New
Haven colony. They were publish
ed in collective form in 1850, the
volume bound in blue cover, which
gave rise to the name that has
chung to the laws ever since.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-22

csnvsnisnt eubl;e utilities.
Harassed Parent Ito bus ccoanduc-
tor)-This child ride for nothing?
Bus Conductor-Yes.
Parent-And this child ride for
nothing? /.
Bus Condacter-Yes. I,
Parent-Then take them along,
please; wen walk.-London Stand
ard.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-06-18
SAVE WILLIAM PENN'S CHAIRS
National Heirlooms, About to Fall
Apart, Have Been Repaired
by Blind Women.

Two quaint and graceful chairs that
once belonged to William Penn have
Just been repaired by two women who
have never seen the chairs, says the
Philadelphia Ledger. The two women
are inmates of the Pennsylvania In
dustrial Home for Blind Women. The
chairs are preserved in the east room
Of independence hall, on the second
floor. Year by year the cane bottoms
of the famous old relics have been
gradually cracking and falling out.
The committee in charge decided that
unless the cane was replaced the
woodwork might soon collapse. But
they did not dare to let the chairs
be taken out of Congress hail.
So they sent for Miss Ira Frost, mis-
tress of handicraft at the Industrial
Home for Blind Women, and she
brought with her to the room two of
the blind women who understood chair
repairing. The work was peculiarly
difficult, for it was impossible to erect
in Congress hall the Gaming table need
ed to hold the chairs firmly in place,
and, moreover, their woodwork was
soft with age. But the deft seeing
fingers Of the bling women did the
work in spite of all the difficulties, and
now the precious William Penn chairs
are safe.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-06-18
CHAPTER v.
The Golden Autumn.


Sabron longed for change with au-
tumn, when the falling leaves made
the roads golden roundabout the Cha
teau d'Esclignac He thought he
would like to go away He rode his
horse one day up to the property OF
the hard-hearted unforgiving lady and,
finding the gate open, rode through
the grounds up to the terrace Seeing
no one. he sat In his saddle looking
over the golden country to the Rhone
and the castle of the good King Rene.
where the autumn mists were like ban
ners floating from towers.
There was a solitary beauty around
the lovely place that spoke to the
young officer with sweet melancholy.
He fancied that Miss Redmond must
often have looked out from one of the
windows. and he wondered which one.
The terrace was deserted and leaves
from the vines strewed Ii with red and
golden specters Pitchoune raced after
them, for the wind started them flying
and he rolled his tawny little body
over and over In the rustling leaves.
Then rabbit, which before the ar
rival of Sabron had been sitting COM
fortably on the terrace stones, scut-
tied away like mad, and Pitchoune
somewhat hindered by his limp. tore
after il.
The deserted chateau, the fact that
there was nothing in his military life
beyond the routine to interest him
now In Tarascon, made Sabron eagerly
look forward to change, and he
waited for letters from the minister of
war which would send him to new
post.
The following day after his visit to
the chateau he took a walk. Pitchoune
at his heels. and stood aside In the
highroad to let yellow motor pass
him, but the yellow motor at that mo-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-06-18
BRYAN RESIGNS
CABINET POSITION
SECRETARY or STATE GIVES UP
POST BECAUSE OF DIFFER
ENcEs WITH PRESIDENT.
Could Not Agree With Wilson on Note
to Germany, Urging That Reply
be Made That Would Make
War impossible.

Washington. ~ William jennings
Bryan, three times Democratic candi-
date for the presidency Of the United
States, and author of nearly thirty
peace treaties with the principal ma
tons Of the world, resigned on Tues
day, June s, as secretary OF state as
dramatic sequel to his disagreement
with President Wilson over the gov
ernment's policy toward Germany.
The resignation was accepted by the
president. The cabinet then approved
the response which had been prepared
to the German reply to the Lusitania
note. Acting Secretary Robert Lans-
ing will sign the document and it will
be cabled to Berlin.
It was learned that Secretary Bryan
intends to continue his political sup
port OF the president.
Rather than sign the document
which he believed might possibly draw
the United States into war, Mr.. Bryan
submitted his resignation in a letter
declaring that the issue involved is
Of such moment that to remain mem
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-06-18

Der of the cabinet would be as unfair
to you as it would be to the cause
which is nearest my heart, namely,
the prevention of war"
The president accepted the resigna-
ton in letter of regret, tinged with
deep personal feeling of affection. The
letters constituting the official an
nouncement of Mr.. Bryan's departure
from the cabinet to private life were
made public at the White House at 6
o'clock Tuesday night
Following is Mr.. Bryan's letter of
resignation as secretary of state in
President Wilson's cabinet;
Secretary of State.
Washington, June s, 1915.
My Dear Mr.. President: 1t is with
sincere regret that have reached the
conclusion that should return to you
the commission of secretary of state
with which you honored me at the be-
ginning of your administration.
"Obedient to your sense of duty, and
actuated by the highest motives, you
have prepared for transmission to the
German government note in which /
cannot join without violating what |
deem to be an obligation to my coun-
try, and the issue involved is of such
moment that to remain a member of
the cabinet would be as unfair to you
as it would be to the cause which is
nearest my heart, namely, the preven-
ton of war.
Il therefore respectfully tender my
resignation, to take effect when the
note is sent, unless you prefer an ear
lier date. Alike DESTROYS of reaching
a peaceful solution of the problems
arising out of the use of submarines
against merchantmen, we find our
selves differing irreconcilably as to
the methods which should be en-
ployed.
1T falls to your lot to speak official
ly for the nation; | consider it to be
none the less my duty to endeavor, as
a private citizen, to promote the end
which you have in view by means
which you do not feel at liberty to use.
In severing the intimate and pleas
ant relations which have existed be-
tween us during the past two years,
permit me to acknowledge the pro-
found satisfaction which 1t has given
me to be associated with you in the
important work which has come be-
fore the state department, and to
thank you for the courtesies extended.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-06-18

breeze without me. He had been run
over by bicycle and he needed some
very special care"
Miss Redmond's hand was on Pit
choune's head between his pointed
ears. She looked sympathetic She
looked amused She smiled
II was question OF life and DEATH
wasn't III" che said eagerly to Sabron.
Really, 1t was just that answered
the young officer. not knowing how
significant the words we're to the two
ladies'.
Then Madame d'Esclignac knew that
she was beaten and that she owed
something and was ready to pay, The
chauffeur got upon his seat and she
asked suavely:
Won't you let us take you home.
Monsieur Sabron?'
He thanked them He was walking
and had not finished his exercise
AT all events" she pursued, now
that your excuse is no longer good
one, you will come this week to din
ner, will you not?"
He would. of course. and watched
the yellow motor drive away In the
autumn sunlight, wishing rather less
for the order from the minister of war
to change his quarters than he had
before.
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ment drew UP to the side of the road
while the chauffeur got out to adjust
some portion OF the mechanism. Some
one leaned from the yellow motor win
dow and Sabron came forward to
speak to the Marquise d'Esclignac
and another lady by her side
How do you do. Monsieur? Do you
remember us?r
HAD he ever forgotten them?) He
regretted so very much not having
been able to dine with them in the
spring
And your sick friendgs asked
Madame d'Esclignac keenly. did he
recover
Yes" said Sabron. and Miss Red.
mond, who leaned forward, smiled at
him and extended her pretty hand
Sabron opened the motor door.
What a darling dog!' Miss Red
mond cried What a bewitching face
he has! He's an Irish terrier. isn't
her"
sabron called Pitchoune, who di-
yerted his attention from the chauf-
feur to come and be hauled up by the
collar and presented. Sabron shook
OF his reticence.
Let me make a confession" he
said with a courteous bow. This is
my very sick friend Pitchoune was
at the point OF death the night of your
dinner and ] was just leaving the
house when | realized that the help
less little chap could not weather the