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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
WHY HE TURNS FROM HER.

We should not trouble borrow;
Joy is never sure;
Today will die tomorrow;
Time stops at no mans lure;
Love grown faint and fretful,
With lips but half regretful,
Signs, and with eyes forgetful,
Weeps that no love endures
When nine men out of ten propose
marriage to their sweethearts they
do not ask the young woman what
kind of man she prefers, but start in
without ado to draw mental picture
of the kind of wife they are looking
for. They present clearly defined
home picture
She whom he crowns with his
love and his name is always expect
ed to be at the door awaiting his
homecoming with it's ever welcome
kiss. No matter what she is engaged
knocking, sewing, entertaining cal
lers-everything must be dropped that
she may be at her post watching and
waiting. She is expected to be equal
10 his mother in preparing the deli
cacies which he likes-a veritable
model In all housewifery affairs.
He seldom or never tells her that
he wants a companion to GO to the
theater or opera with him or to go
riding with him or assist him in enter
tanning his friends: in short be his
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object should be to produce as many
as possible of the same general we'll.
fixed characteristics: uniformity of
size, style, conformation, general quail
tiles and color markings. The nearer
a lot of animals conform to the same
ideal the higher price they will COM
mand.
Just to give an example of poor
selection of sire, l will cite case
l saw recently. 1t was a herd of
swine numbering over two hundred.
There were ten brood sows-no two
alike in. any respect, color not ex-
cepted, as black, red, white and black
spotted, as well as some red and white
spotted. Let us look at the sire. He
was of the nondescript class-neither
a bacon nor a lard hog, with long
nose, long legs, rainbow back and
large ears. What would you be willing
to pay for such pigs? 1 can give you
the sizes, as 1 saw several six-months-
old pigs weighed by the butcher who
had purchased them. They averaged
SO pounds! Just think Of it! One
weighed 81 pounds, and it was not
from lack of feed, for they were well
fed twice a day.
This shows the influence the sire
has on the herd. Had this breeder
kept good sire, he would have raised
an entirely different lot of pigs and
some in which a profit could be an
ticipated over and above the expense
of raising.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
LEGU MES ARE GOOD
NITRATE PRODUCERS
On Average Farm Such Crops
Should Be Depended Upon to
Act as Soil Benefactors. i

"The legumes as source Of nitrate
are rather too slow in action to give
real immediate profits when used to
produce great money crops" This is
the statement made by an advocate OF
the use of nitrate of soda on American
soils.
Such a statement should not lead
anyone away from the main fact that
legumes grown with other crops in
field benefit those other crops the first
year. The second year the soil itself
is much better from having grown the
legumes than if nitrate Of soda had
been used and no legumes grown.
Legumes are our natural nitrate pro-
ducers. The nitrogen is cheaper, too,
when furnished us in this form. And
yet we should remember sodium nj
trate for it's value in getting quick re-
suits. 1t is beneficial to almost every
crop when applied In the right
amounts and at the right time. For
quick results when starting pasture
on poor land, as an application to or
chard soil for fastening fruit, in mar
ket gardens where crops demand much
nitrogen, and in many other places
sodium nitrate is Indispensable Such
crops as potatoes, garden and truck
crops grown in, colder sections need
quick-acting nitrates in addition to le-
gume nitrogen to push the crops be-
fore the organic source is ready.
But on the average extensive farm
let us depend largely upon the legume.
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Appropriate Response.

In a certain country town there
lived an old Frenchman named LIE
Blanc. One night some of his friends
gave him surprise party and pre-
scented him with watch chain. That
week the local paper printed an &C
count of the affair, saying that in ac-
knowledging the gift Mr.. LIE Blanc re-
sponded in "a few well-chosen words"
Curious to know what the old French
man said, someone asked the reporter
who was present what those well
chosen words were. We'll, I'll tell
you," he answered. when Charlie
finished his presentation speech and
held out the chain, the old man-who
had been eying it greedily all the while
suddenly snatched it from his hand,
and exclaimed, "Py chez, dat was a
good e!"-Youth's Companion.
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companion through lifes pleasures.
Consequently when such sweethearts
become wives, they believe they are in
duty bound to be all that the husband
has fondly hoped for-an excellent
housekeeper and model cook. They
hear their old grandmothers tell, with
wise mods of the head, to keep hus.
band much depends on how you feed
him and on keeping the home as neat
as wax.
The bride foregoes her moonlight
walks when the honeymoon is at it's
zenith to sew buttons on his shirts and
darn his socks. When he drives up to
the door in his buggy, to take her for
pan hours outing, she denies herself
the pleasure of going to make fine
cake for his dinner. The maid of all
work doesn't launder his shirts to suit
him. So she does them up herself.
In fact, she turns herself into the
woman of all work for the privilege
Of wearing his ring and his name.
Does the average man appreciate
such state OF affairs? By no means!
1t wasn't what he bargained for. In
gaining wife, he lost a pleasant COM
panion, exchanged pretty sweetheart
in dainty white dress and blue ribbons
for woman with frousled hair tucked
under busting cap, dainty form
hidden by a huge work apron-feet
encased in big felt slippers.
The woman who slaves hard all day
soon. forgets the art of smiling and
the charming art Of coquetry which
fascinated him. While the home is
spick and span, all that could be de-
sired, nine men out of ten do not
relish the change in the woman. She
who does her own homework should
snatch half an hour from the busy
day life to doll herself UP before her
husbands homecoming. Don't scrub
and wash or look unlovely before him
if it can be avoided. That is one OF
the prime reasons why many man
who is fastidious falls out Of love
as quickly as he fell into 1t.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
ESSENTIAL TO KEEP
ALL PIGS THRIFTY
One of Most important Things Is
to Stop Leaks and Get Rid
of the BoarderS.

A large part of the profits in hog
raising depends ion the thrift and
health of the herd. The pig that is
stunted never is so profitable as the
one that is kept thrifty and growing.
One of the most important problems
hog growers have to solve is to stop
the leaks and get rid of the boarders,
lice and worms, says Farmers Mail
and Breeze. Going out Of the hog busi-
ness is not the remedy. 1t may pre-
vent direct losses in an occasional
year such as the past one has been,
but It will not utilize the feed grown
on the farm and keep up the soil fer
tility.
Failure to use the feeds available
to the best advantage Is one OF the
biggest leaks in the hog business. 1t
is poor policy to try to raise and fat
ten hogs on pasture without grain.
The successful farmer will provide
pasture for his hogs every month In
the year if possible, and he will feed
enough grain in addition to the pas
ture to keep his breeding hogs in good
condition. The grain fed ought to
provide some growth material as well
as fat-forming material. Loss often IS
due to failure to recognize the fact
that the fattening period with most
hogs is but continuation of the grow
ing period, and that the greatest dif-
ference in the rations used during the
two periods should be in the amount
rather than in the kind Of feed fed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
BY WILLIAM G. CHR1sMAN.)

(By WILLIAM G. CHRISMAN.)
The selecting of the head Of a herd
Is a question which deserves much
more thought and consideration than
the average farmer thinks when the
subject first presents itself; and yet
it is one of the most important ques-
tons with which the breeder has to
deal. Why?
Because the sire is the foundation
upon which the herd is built; just as
no good structure can be erected with
out a firm foundation, neither can a
good herd be established without a
good sire at it's head.
In selecting a head for your herd,
the record must be closely examined,
not only of this particular animal, but
also the record of his sire and dam
for generations. If he is an animal
Of good type, possessing the charac-
teristics peculiar to his breed, and has
well-established blood lines, you can
feel pretty we'll assured that he will
transmit these characteristics to his
cfSpring.
Since the male represents exactly
one-half of the foundation Of the herd,
it is much cheaper, from business
standpoint, to purchase and maintain
one good animal that represents so
much blood of the herd and has such
a marked power or influence upon
the characteristics of such large num-
Der of animals.
In raising animals Of any kind one
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
UNNECESSARY LOSS
IN MANURE HEAPS
Escape of Nitrogen Through
Heating Where Piles Are
Deep Is Considerable. !

City manure can be bought more
cheaply in some seasons Of the year
than in others. 1t is common practice
to throw the carloads OF manure in
large piles to wait for use later on.
The chief losses come through heat
ing and teaching when manure is left
exposed. The amount of loss depends
upon the conditions under which the
manure is kept.
Heaps may be made so deep thai
there is relatively small loss from
teaching, but in such case the escape
Of nitrogen through heating is very
great. Under average barnyard con
ditions a loss from 20 to so per cent
is expected from piles of manure ex
posed for few months.
Even at the best, when manure is
kept under roof and is hard packed
and is supplied with the right amount
of moisture to prevent heating, the
loss is supposed to be 10 per cent.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
HAD GREAT CAREER
MatanzaS Was Some Sea Rover
in Former Days.
Yankee Rarkentine Which Went Down
Recently in Storm Off Bermuda
Had Been War Prize and i.
Smuggler.

New York.-The old Yankee barken-
tine Matanzas, which has succumbed
| to the god of storms in her twenty.
sixth year, had picturesquely adven.
turous career. She had more ba0 luck
| and more good luck than almost any
other vessel along the coast. She left
| Newport News for Cadiz on her last
voyage, and nobody thought anything
could sink her.
A hundred miles to the eastward OF
Bermuda she ran into heavy gales that
plucked out her masts. She fioun
dered, her cargo of COAL 400 tons
shifted, and Capt. E. H. Nuss and his
crew of nine had just time to leap into
the long boat.
On the second day in the drifting
longboat death took his first victim.
All hands bailed night and day. Ten
days were passed In that unspeakable
longboat without food or fresh water.
At the rate of about man day they
persisted. The absence of their weight
-providentially, perhaps, for Captain
Nuss-made the boat more buoyant.
Four men died on the fifth day and
three on the ninth.
Then the schooner Bayard Barnes
rescued those that were left, Captain
Nuss. the steward Of the lost Matan-
zas and one sailor. They were taken
to hospital in Para. Captain Nuss
left the two men in the hospital at
Para. He came here on the steamer
Rio de Janeiro and has gone to his
Connecticut home.
This vessel was an unofficial snug
gler, prize Of war, tanker (molasses,
water or oil, according to charter),
blockade runner, mail packet in time
of war and drogher. She was re-
paired and re-repaired, rebuilt, refas-
tened, new spared, new rugged, sur
veyed and specially surveyed, and was
still good risk.
Bill Rogers, the shipbuilder of Bath,
did an honest job when he showed
overheard the Matanzas. During the
Spanish war w. D. Munson & Co.
owned her, and she was once a sailing
York.
Before the Munsons owned her she
carried clandestine cigars, which,
however, were handled by her thrifty
crews, not by her owners. A sailor
who had a growl because he was left
out of the speculation gave away the
smugglers to the collector. He said
she brought in $4,000 cigars at a
time. Her mate was caught trying to
smuggle cigars ashore, and in the
galley were more smokes within q pot
of beans.
Two years before the Spanish war
she had been equipped with tanks of
10000 gallons capacity for bringing
molasses. She never stopped going
light to Cuba on account of any war
at least, she didn't wait for war to be
declared before staying home.
In the early stages Of the conflict
in Cuban waters the Atlantic fleet
had to turn back the Matanzas to save
her hide. So when she got along to
about the latitude of Key West and
found that Admiral Sampson wanted
fresh water, what more appropriate
than that she should take a govern
ment charter to carry Schuylkill
water from Philadelphia to the fleet?
Next she fitted out as mail ship to
carry code dispatches from Florida for
the Cuban revolutionists. On her first
trip in this new character she bore
Joaquin Aloina, the representative in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22

Costa RIGA of the Cuban party, land
ing him safely on Cuban soil.
Pendleton Bros. were her next own
ers. The epileptic of the coast was
next reported flying signals Of dis
tress while making trip from Bruins
wick, Ca, to Philadelphia.
On another trip she lost her rudder
off Body's island on her way from
Wilmington, N. c., for New York.
Again she had to display off the North
Carolina coast in her rudderless state
the familiar signal. Again they were
needed by the faithful policeman, On
ondaga, which gathered her in, towing
her safely inside Cape Henry.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22

Mrs. Wolf permitted the baby to drink
hydrant water. Within short time
the infant became sickly and lost
hesh. Treatment for indigestion was
given, but it did not reach the seat
OF the trouble. Then an X-ray exami-
nation disclosed a black spot on the
stomach, and an operation resulted
in a frog weighing more than half
pound being taken from the infant.
Doctors who operated said they be-
leved that when the child drank n.y.
drant water at Syracuse tadpole was
taken into the stomach, and that the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22

joy a good sum-
mer outing. You
needn't worry
about me. A fell
low of twenty is
certainly no baby.
/ can take care of
myself. There are
plenty of good
restaurants | can
get my meals at,
and l can sleep at
home, to keep an
eye on the house"
A mother may
be a little doubt
full as to whether
her young sons
can carry out
these resolutions
and set the WOrrY
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in her heart to rest Youth and age
she knows to be different. If his ia
Their had concluded to remain home,
all responsibility on her part would
have ended there. She had heard the
old saw "Old heads cannot be put on
young shoulders But her sons
seemed to be somewhat smarter than
others of the same age and, conclud-
ing that she had made every prepare
ition for their comfort and safeguard
ing, with tender kisses and instruc-
lions over again which she impressed
them with, off they went, bag and
baggage.
Hardly were their backs turned
from their domicile when feeling of
relief came to the younger son. I'M
mediately he began to whistle the re-
frain: I'm master of all I survey!
My rights there are none to disputed"
He rolled up the curtains to the top
notch, leaving the windows bare for
possible gazers in. No longer he
stinted himself with one gas jet. Let
there be light" he said, as he pro-
ceeded to flame every Jet of the chan
delier. He could smoke in any room
of the house now, as the rugs and
portieres we're out of his way, packed
in camphor.
The tastes and habits of young
Son who has been left alone are bound
to show their tendencies. The long
ing for some human voice to break
the monotony steals upon the rosy day
dreams of a while ago and arouses
the solitary occupant to find some new
strolling fellow, situated as aimlessly
as he, with nothing to do but kill
time Sallying forth in his quest, he
ran across a jovial, congenial mate,
who had just parted company with
kinfolk leaving him to wander wher-
ever fancy willed. by Jove!" A re-
sponsive chord has been struck, old
chap. in our hearts! Come on home
with me and we'll make the welkin
ring" he insisted. Nothing loath, they
stroiled across lots and were about to
run up the steps of the shut-up home
when whistle, almost at their elbow,
arrested their attention. A couple of
amateur musicians, strolling in search
of pastime, formed a link of four,
lively comrades, each wellknown to
the other. Boys" broke in the young
host, Il see you have brought your
violin and cornet; with those together
with our Victrola, and a dandy bass
drum we have, let's put in the time
and forget how laundering hot the
place is
From the time they rushed pell-mell
into the lonely house until long past
midnight there rose pandemonium,
brought out by the screeching violin,
the shrill Victrola, and the deep bel
low of the bass drum. This caused the
peaceful neighbors to wake from their
slumbers, with a shrek of terror, as
they rushed to the window, awaiting
new developments. At the outer door
they were confronted by a dark figure
within the shadows. The young men
rushed toward him convinced that he
was a prowling intruder. 1t was the
elder brother, who had returned from
seeing his best girl home quite awhile
ago and who had sought quiet rest
and companionship with his lonely
brother at home. All these innocent
pranks enter often the hearts of young
fellows who are stay-at-homes When
they sing out Everyone should have
a good time off awhile!" they are
speaking one word for their parents
and two for themselves.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
BURNED HOUSE A GOLD MINE
Coins Worth $4,000 Found in Ruins
of Authors Home in New
York.

Peekskill, N. Y.-James Hooper,
while digging out the ruins OF a
burned homestead at Tompkins Cor
ners, near Peekskill, thought he had
struck gold mine. He began picking
up all sorts of American and foreign
gold coins. Before he finished his
days work he had found 357 coins of
various kinds, but all of gold. 1t de-
veloped that Thomas Upp, an author,
who lost his life when the homestead
burned some time ago, had kept
numismatic collection. This account
ed for the discovery of $4,000 in gold
in the ruins.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
CHILD GULPS DOWN TADPOLE
Dies of Pneumonia After Operation
Which Disclosed Conditions Sur
geons Thought impossible.

Goshen, Ind.-The eighteen-months-
old child of Mrs. Harry Wolf Of Chi
cago, is dead. following an operation
which disclosed conditions that many
surgeons had declared to be impossi-
BILE.
While Whiting her parents in SYRIA
cuse, Kosciusko county, last summer,
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frog developed and lived on milk,
which was given the patient in large
quantities. Following the operation
the child improved rapidly, and COM
plete recovery was practically as
sured, when pneumonia developed,
causing death.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
Poor Soils for Alfalfa.

Alfalfa will not grow where the
soil is acid or wet or where the sub
soil is too hard. If you have soil that
has any Of these things the matter
with it, you would do we'll to attend
to it If you desire to grow crops OF
any kind that are worth while.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
Robbed the "Cop."

Elkhart, Ind. - While Abraham
Pearce, policeman, slept in his home,
a thief with pliers turned the key on
the inside of the door, entered the
home and got 500 worth Of Mrs.
Pearce's jewelry.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
Steals Auto: Can't Bun Il.

Roslyn, n. Y.-Because he could not
operate 1t, thief who stole Mrs.
George e. McLean's new automobile
was forced to abandon the machine
after going half mile.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
Trim Tree Suckers.

Suckers that start from the trunks
of trees should be promptly trimmed
off. They are neither useful nor orna-
mental, but they sap the vigor Of the
trees
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
Sentenced TO eternal sobriety."

Jamaica, N. Y.-Mrs. Margaret AS
kins, charged with neglecting her chill
dren, was sentenced to eternal So
briefly" by Magistrate Miller. She ac-
cepted the sentence and promised to
abide by it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
Keep Cows Clean.

Send your COWS to the pasture with
clean TANKS instead of leaving them
incrusted with dried manure. And
then watch the result.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
Cause Of Rreaehy Animals.

Poor pasture makes "breachy" ami
mails. Fix the fence up good ana
strong, but see that the animals have
plenty of feed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
Cause Of Thick Neck.

Don't throw the dirt up around
onions when cultivating them or yen
will have a lot Of thick necks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22
humanity,s Friend.

He who plants fruit tree or a
berry bush, or an ornamental shrub,
is humanity's friend.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22

Miss Jessie Rossfield of New York
was awarded the $3.50 prize offered
through Mrs. Mildred Johnston Lam
don by the polymuriel committee for
her design for a gown for women
that can be suitably worn on all oc-
casions. The gown is especially de-
signed to bring freedom and comfort,
without any loss of effective lines,
to both body and pocketbook.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-07-22

If SONS ARE LEFT AT HOME.

The flying rumors gathered as they rolled.
Scarce any tale was sooner heard than
told;
And all who told it gathered something
new,
And all who heard it made enlarge
ments too,
In every ear it spread, on every tongue
it grew.
Pack up your trunks, mother! You
and father can go right along and en-
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oh. in this hooking world too fast
The doubling fiend o'ertakes our youth!
Better be cheated to the last
Than lose the blessed hope of truth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-03
Accidents of a Day,

While playing in a vacant house at
1st and D streets northeast last night
about o'clock George Smith, seven
years old, fell and fractured his left
wrist.
Joseph McIntire. nine years old, 507
H street northwest. was knocked down
by an automobile yesterday while play
ing in front of his home. He was not
injured.
George Turner, colored, eight years
old, 1908 9th street northwest, stepped
on piece of glass yesterday while
playing, sustaining a painful cut across
his foot
Walter Bynum, colored, 1741 johnson
avenue, was treated at Emergency
Hospital yesterday afternoon. One
wheel of an ice wagon passed over his
foot.
John P. Moore, 11O1 T street north
west, fell and cut his head yesterday
while alighting from a Capital Trac-
ton car at Pennsylvania avenue and
7th street northwest.
Harry Smith, colored. 1449 Corcoran
street, was struck by freight elevator
yesterday while working in the Munsey
building and injured about his head.
Harry Blandy, fifteen years old, LOG
Sth street northeast, was injured when
thrown from his bicycle yesterday at
Girard and 14th streets as a result of a
collision with an automobile.
James Holden, colored. 300 Quinn
court southwest, fell from a street car
night and sustained slight injuries.