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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24
GIRLS ALONE ON VACATIONS.

Self-reverence, self-know,edge, self-con-
troll
These three alone lead life to sovereign
power.
Yet not for power (powsr by herself
Come uncalled for). but TO live by law.
Acting the law we live by without fear;
And, because right is right, to follow
right
Were wisdom in the scorn of conse-
quence
No one longs more for vacation time
to roll around than the young girl who
is wagearner in office, shop or fac
tory. The hard treadmill Of work has
stolen the roses from her cheeks and
the elasticity from her step. She
would have fortnight's rest free from
care.
But can she go away from home
alone? Her father says yes, of course
she can-why not? The right kind of
a girl can take care of herself any
where and under all circumstances.
The mother is not quite so sure of that.
She knows that 1t is the companions
with whom young girl is brought in
contact during the summer vacation
trips that can make or mar her life.
The chaperoned girl is not lonely for
want of comrades. The working girl
yearns for someone to speak to. In the
most famous hostelries or to the coun-
try town inn comes the vampire wOm-
an always ready to prey upon feminine
innocence. She ingratiates herself in
the good graceS Of girls who are alone
on their vacations, and therefore I'M
protected, and introduces them to a
class of young men they should not
know. It is she who beguileS them in
to the habit of staying out late at
night, to accept treats in the shape of
sodas from these men who think it a
great lark to substitute something
stronger for the pink lemonade or soda,
laughing hilariously at the girls plight
and subsequent discontinue.
Girls going away alone on their va
cations cannot be too careful in regard
to forming new acquaintance, male or
female. Girls should be told at an
early age the necessity and RESPONSE
bility of guarding themselves and ward
ing off danger in whatever form it may
come to them.
Women should take to heart the
warning regarding summer treats. In
nine cases out of ten man has no fur
ther intention than being gallant. The
tenth man may not be so noble and dis
interested in regard to the conse-
quences. 1t is not always possible for
girl to find vacation accommodations
among friends or at place where she
can spend a few pleasant days or
weeks for the small sum she can af-
ford to pay. Girls camps are boon
to girls who must go alone on their
vacation outings. There is always an
elderly woman or two of the highest
responsibility and love for her duty,
to mother the girls and watch carefully
so that no eve lamb wanders astray.
Under such chaperonage the hearts
of the anxious ones at home know no
worry. There is world of comfort in
knowing that girl is in safe company
that she can enjoy every moment of
her vacation and no harm assail her.
Rather than consent to let your girls
go alone on their vacation summer
outings to places you are not we'll ac-
quainted with, send them to girls
camps.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24

Enthusiastically, adding: "They love
you. dear, already quite as much from
your letters to them as for my sake"
The bride-to-be, seeing that he has his
heart set upon it, is reluctant to say
him nay.
In the far-off boyhood home the old
folks are greatly excited over the JOY
| full intelligence that Charlie has really
consented that the honeymoon Of his
bride and himself shall be spent with
| them. They inspect the spare room
carefully. Are the old-fashioned fur
niture and the faded carpet good
enough? Aunt Hester turns up her
nose at the query. eff she's a sensi-
BILE young woman, she will take things
as she finds 'em. If she's an upstart,
you couldn't please her if you refur-
nished the place from top to bottom.
NV advice is to keep her in her place
from the first minute she crosses the
threshold. If she sees she can boss
and can get the upper hand, you'll
have trouble with her from the start.
With this and sundry other warnings
ringing in their ears, the old couple
await the coming of the suspicious day
and the bride and groom with fear
and trembling.
Father goes to the station to meet
them. Instead of the buxom young
woman they had somehow pictured
her to be, he beholds a frail young
thing in bridal gray-fron gray tulle
hat with it's pale blush rose to the
smart pearl-gray boots and gray
gloves. The lovely apparition almost
takes his mothers breath away. No
wonder such lovely girl had taken
her boys heart by storm. She feels
timidity about approaching and Of
fering a kiss to the beautiful city girl
even though she had just welded
her Charlie.
Aunt Hester frowned her disapproy-
al Of her on sight. shell want to
sit right down and be waited on like
q queen" she whispered sharply in
her sister-in-law's ear. "You'd better
let me manage her." She led the
bride up to her room to inspect 1t
while mother and son were crying and
laughing in the same breath in each
others fond embrace. Quite as soon
as Aunt Hester gets the bride alone,
she proceeds to take the starch out
of the stuck-up thing" as she men
tally phrases it. "You won't find this
q hotel, an there's no maids to wait
on you, so you'd better be prepared to
do for yourself. We eat breakfast at
eight o'clock sharp, and you'd better
be on hand. If you want any eggs
cooked any new-fangled way, you'll
have to do the cooking of 'em. IT 1t
rains be sure to pull down those win
dows. Goodnight"
The little bride does her best to
keep back her tears as Charlie strides
briskly into the room. Didn't you
love the old folks on sight, kidd" he
asks blithely, continuing: Il knew
YOU would. And isn't Aunt Hester the
dearest, kindest soul in the world!
We will have a delightful honeymoon
here. Everyone will make it so pleas
ant for u.s."
The bride kept her own counsel. She
wasn't so sure about happiness. She
wished she hadn't consented to spend
her honeymoon with husbands rela-
tives.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24

most burst. I got where I was almost
walking skeleton and life was burden
to me until one day my husbands step
sister told my husband if he did not DO
something for me I would not last long
and told him to get your medicine. So he
got Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for me, and after taking the first
three doses I began to improve. I con-
tinued its use, and have never had any
female trouble since. feel that ! owe
my life to you and your remedies. They
did for me what doctors could not do
and I will always praise it wherever /
GO" Mrs. G. o. LowERY, 419 Whom
.terey Street, Denison, Texas.
@If you are suffering from any form Of
female ills, get bottle Of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
commence the treatment without delay.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24
ORIGINALLY Latin Phrase,

The origin of the phrase: 'All my
eye, Betty Martin" comes of mispro.
nunciation of the Latin 80 mihi, beats
MARITIME" which is literally, 80 blessed
Martin (help) me" and is found in
several litanies of the middle ages,
Now it is slang for a lie. There are
several such Latin phrases which have
been degraded or transmitted. Hocus
pocus is derived from the solemn "hoe
est corpus" and siserary is q corrup
ton Of certiorari.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24
Somewhat Different.

The circus was in town, and on a
prominent corner Bunko Pete was try
ing to initiate an old farmer into the
mysteries of the three-shell game.
"Here, your exclaimed a policeman
who happened along just then; "don't
you know it's against the law to op-
crate game Of chance on the public
thoroughbred"
"Dats all right, partner" replied
Bunko Pete. "Our friend here amt
got no chance"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24

ne is SO soon 10
make his bride to
consent to spend
their honeymoon
with his folks. If
he can only spare
two weeks from
business, and his
folks, whom he
has not seen for
years, live in a
distant city, he is
usually extremely
anxious to "kill
wo birds with
one stOne," as it
were.
"Y gu will be
sure Of the heart
lest Of Welcomes"
ho doolarna en-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24
CARE FOR CALVES IN SUMMER
Chase Young Animals Out to Craze
Early in Morning and Keep in
Barn During Day.

BY chasing the calves out to graz
ing early in the morning; then driv-
ing them into a semidark building
during the excessive heat of day, they
will escape much Of the torture usual
ly inflicted on them by the flies, at the
same time, avoiding the exposure to
the glaring sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24
Nitrooen Is Cheap.

Nitrogen obtained from the air and
plowed under in clover, costs less than
three cents per pound, while purchased
nitrogen will cost very much more per
pound. The nitrogen that is grown has
the additional advantage Of adding to
the humus supply in the soil.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24
Wine Mud off Mower.

Sometimes, especially in wet wealth
.r the mower gets spattered with
muddy water. If put away with that
ON it. when it is next used it will be
badly stained. Be proud enough of the
appearance of your farm tools to wipe
off every bit of that water, and soon,
ton
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24
A Subtle system.

'What we want to get" said the
editor of the household publication, els
a good series of articles on how TO
manage q husband"
"What for?"
"In order to buy all the fashionable
things we're going to advertise wom-
an will have to have the husband thor
oughly trained"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24

ferlng with female
trouble and could
hardly do my work.
I was very nervous
but just kept drag
| ging on until la st
summer when I got
where I could not do
my work. . I would
have a chill every
day and hot flashes
and dizzy spells and
lmy head would al
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24
Ceramics.

Blink-He thinks ceramics is fool
lsh hobby.
Blank-Yet I've seen him deep in his
cups many and many a time.-Town
Topics.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24
Inst Trvind to Boss.

Sometimes" said Uncle Eben, "a
man gifts de notion that he's upliftin'
de human race when he's only tryiD'
to boss it around"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24
Avoid Short-Teated Cow.

Life is too short and time too val
liable for one to waste time pulling
away at the short-teated dairy COW,
when ''the other kind" can be had at
no greater cost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24
nisnnsition of Pea Vines.

When the pea vines are through
hearing, feed the tender branches to
the cows and dig under the rest for the
benefit of the soil
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24
An EnIister.

81 thought you told me you were on
your way to enlist"
81 am" replied Flooding Pete. "Pm
tryin' to enlist sympathy for me large
an unsatisfied appetite"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24

The curiosity of others enables some
men to make q good thing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24
Don't Poison Baby.

AGO almost mother thought her child have
PAREGORIO These drugs will produces
h and will
FROM WITCH THERE IS WAKING Many
mum and morphine product Druggists
children
ANYBODY labelling The definition narcotic"
produces but Which In poison
produces commissions and DEATH The and
sold the
of Drops Cordial "Sootng should not permit
without physician know
Of hat is composed CASTORIA DOES NOT
of Fletcher. ./< [&ZxNZ@..
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24

You may not get all that is coming
to you in this world, but look out for
the next.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24

It's as risky to praise woman's hus-
band to her face as it is to criticize
him.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24

Half the world doesn't stop to con-
slider that it is none Of its business
how the other half lives.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24
ReuretfuI Memories.

What has become Of the old-fash-
toned steer that grew the cheaper
cuts?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24

The fools money Is the wise mans
game.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24

It's awfully hard for the average
man to look in a mirror and believe
he was once a cute baby.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24
HUSBAND SAVED
HIS Wife
Stopped Most Terrible Suf.
fering by Getting HerLydia
E Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.

Denison, Texas. "After my little
girl was born two years ago began suf-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24

A wife can be loyal to her husband
and still nag him occasionally.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24

When saying mo" 1t is not neces.
sary to think long before you speak.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24

HONEYMOON WITH HIS FOLKS.
Go to friends for advice;
To woman for pity;
To strangers for charity;
To relatives for nothing.

Every young man means well, no
doubt, when he urges the girl whom
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24
Real Forebodinus.

do you think it will storm soon"
81 don't think anything about 1t.
I know 1t will as soon as 1 get home"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-24

She to him will reach her hand,
And gazing in his eyes will stand,
And know her love and weep for glee
And cry: Long, long I've looked for
fheaS'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-23
Brooding Temperature,

1t is impossible to state for each case
at what temperature the brooders
should be kept to raise young chicks.
However, it will run from 80 up to 100
degrees, says the Orange Judd Farmer.
Some broods Of chickens seem to re-
quire more heat than others. An aver
age Is SO to IS degrees for the first
week or ten days, when the tempera-
ture is gradually reduced to IS degrees
for the following ten days and then
lowered to 70 or Is degrees for as long
as the chickens need heat. This de-
ponds somewhat on the season Of the
year and the number of the chickens.
The heat generated by fifty chickens
would raise the temperature under the
hover to higher degree than the heat
given off by lesser number Conse-
quently the amount of heat furnished
by the lamp or stove will have to be
regulated accordingly. AS the chickens
grow larger and need less heat the
lamps may be used only at night and
later only on cold nights.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-23
Farm and
Garden
KEEPING CABBAGES.

Can Be Stored For Winter Use In q
Barrel Out Of Doors.
When the cellar is too warm and you
must devise plan to keep a few cab
bages for family use try putting them
In barrel out Of doors, says a con-
tributor to the Iowa Homestead. Put a
headless barrel into the ground, leaving
the top slightly above the surface. and
put in the close trimmed heads. Leave
room enough at the top to put in a
little clean straw or hay-or PAPERS
and spread an oilcloth over it or some
boards to keep the rain out.
It does not harm even If the cabbage
freeze, and you can open your cache
any time In winter and take out a
head.
But one may say: "Oh. that's no
good. I've tried it and they all rotted."
The answer to that is. "You may
have tried it, but you didn't do your
work carefully" Failure will follow
shiftless disregard of rules.
In following any such plan use IT.
tie good horse sense. You must plan
to keep water out of the barrel, so let
it be tight enough to keep out seepage.
Then so fill up and level the surface
that the drainage will be away from
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-23
Farm and
Garden
DIGGING The DRAINAGE DITCH

Should Be Started at Outlet and Dug
by Line.
Prepared by United States department of
agricultural
Unless farmer has had consider
able experience in drainage work and
knows how to run levels accurately it
will usually be advisable for him to
employ some one who has had this
kind Of experience to assist in plan
ming and laying out the drainage sys-
tenn. Tile should have a fall of not
less than an inch to 100 feet if pos
sible, and a greater fall than this is de-
s1rable. Where little fall can be OBJ
tanned, particular care must be taken
to secure a true grade and alignment
for the drain. If the land is level the
drain must be started deep at the out
let in order to get the fall If the
ground surface is level for 1000 feet
two inch fall to 100 feet can be obtain
ed by starting the drain five feet deep
at the outlet and running to three feet
four inches deep at the upper end.
A ditch should be started at the out
let and dug by line It must be kept
clean cut and straight, for any crook
that occurs in the top is likely to be
greater in the bottom. If the direction
Is changed it should be done by an
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-23
DAIRY ana
CREAMERY
PURE AIR FOR COWS.
Lack Of Barn Ventilation Cause OF
Serious Losses to Dairymen.

Lack Of Barn Ventilation Cause OF
Serious Losses to Dairymen.
One of the great functions of the
COW is that Of conveying digested nu-
trients from the digestive apparatus to
the udder, where they are made into
milk and butter fat, says KimbalPs
Dairy Farmer. This process is accom-
plished by the blood which circulates
between these two parts of the body,
absorbing the nutrients at one point
and depositing them at the other. To
fulfill its mission the blood must be
frequently and thoroughly purified
Nothing except oxygen will do this
The only oxygen the COW finds avail
able is in the air she breathes. The
COW with small, closed nostrils, shall
low chest and a small heart girth is
lacking in constitution because she does
not have the capacity for utilizing large
volumes of air containing oxygen to
purify her blood readily. 1t is for this
reason that cows Of large breathing
power and extensive heart and lung
capacity are considered more valuable
than those lacking in these respects.
When cows are on pasture they do
well, and one reason is that they are
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-23
Tying the Calf.

1t cost me some good calves and q
lot Of real sorrow to learn that no calf
ever should be tied about the neck
with a rope and common knot, writes
a correspondent of the Iowa Home
stead. Put strap and ring around
the neck and let the rope be fastened
to the ring. A better way than this
Is to get chain with a swivel and
snap at one end to pass through the
ring, or, rather, to be snapped into it.
Begin early to groom the calves, too
1t ought to be done every day. If
calves are cared for we'll they will
come through to spring in fine shape
and not skin poor and stunted,' as we
80 often see them.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-23

afforded by nature unlimited amount:
of air and oxygen Too often. how
ever, men who realize the value OF
constitution when they select COWS fol
purchase do not realize that, regard
less OF how large the cows nostrils
may be, how deep may be her chest O,
now we'll sprung her front rib, she is
no more valuable than a COW showing
less evidence of constitution unless she
is afforded an abundant supply of
fresh air. Because of this on thou
sands Of farms cows are stabbed in
barns that are dark, cold, damp and
poorly ventilated. Cows are compelled
to breathe air which contains only a
limited amount Of oxygen. Because of
this it is absolutely impossible for
them to do their best work. Even
though they may milk largely when
hrst stabbed, under these conditions
they gradually decrease in their milk
how and finally become Improbable
and In many instances fail to live long
Under such conditions the germs of
contagious abortion. COW pneumonia,
calf cholera and many other diseases
thrive to greatest advantage. Farmers
would not Willfully subject their cows
TO such conditions, and the reason they
90 so in many instances is because
they have not given the subject their
careful thought and consideration.
What many barns need more than
anything else is an efficient ventilat-
ing system. Such system permits
the entrance OF an abundance of fresh
air loaded with oxygen and removes
the foul air in which there has been
substituted carbonic acid gas, a poi
sonous product. in place of the oxygen
winch has been used up by the ami
mails that inhabit the barn.
Many dairymen wonder WHY their
COWS do so poorly in winter time when
they feed them so we'll and care for
them in the most excellent manner
they know how, furnishing them in
abundance with the choicest Of feeds.
They wonder why their herds are trou-
bled with contagious diseases of every
sort. why their veterinary bills are SO
high and why their death losses so
great. Lack Of ventilation is the great
est reason.
1t should be borne in mind that moth
ing will take the place Of fresh air
and oxygen. Regardless of how prop
erly cows are fed, how thoroughly they
are groomed, how we'll they may be
exercised or how regularly they may
be attended and MIXED, if the barn
in which they are stabbed is not prop
erly ventilated, they will not do good
work. and they will not remain
healthy. Therefore they cannot be a
source of profit.
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Making the Little
Farm Pay
By c. 6. BOWSFIELD

diversity Is just as important in
nu1t growing as in any other kind Of
farming. It pays to make a long sea
son BY having both early and late
fruits.
In carrying out this idea with tree
fruits the June plum comes prominent
" into the scheme. Strawberries, BUSH
fruits, cherries, harvest apples. ETC..
open the season, and for four months
there may be a good income from these
products.
Just here would like to emphasize
the Importance of farm canning OPERA
lions. BY simple canning methods
which every intelligent housekeeper
understands and which beginners read
fly learn fruit products are doubled in
value and may be kept almost indef-
n1tely. There is large waste Of gar
den and orchard products unless the
owner employs preserving and cannitikr
processes.
Plums, as rule. are hardy and pro-
life. The June plum is worth 81 per
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-02-23
The Full Crop Hen.

You can help to decide which hens
are kept at a loss by going through the
house just after dark and feeling the
crop of each bird. Those hens whose
crops are packed full are in all proba-
bility the hens which are laying we'll
You may we'll be suspicious OF the hen
which night after night has only a
partly filed crop.