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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
REMEDY FOR A BUNDLE FOOT
Trouble Often Caused by High Roosts
or Frozen Ground-simpie Treat
ment 10 Recommended.

Bundle foot is caused by q bruisa4
This may come from frozen ground.
or from flying down from a height
to q hard-surfaced floor. Often roosts
are entirely too high, and the force
with which the bird strikes the ground
Injuries the foot.
Whenever q bird is seen to be limp
ing, examine the bottom of the foot
II there is pus. make q eros on the
sole of the foot, d%isinfect with any
household disinfectant, and apply q
soothing ointment. Bandage we'll
and put the bird in q coop on sod
litter.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
The Chinese feed their goldfish OF
lean pork dried in the sun and reduced
to a fine powder.
II you suspend q small bag of sui.
phur in the bird cage this will effec
lively keep out insects.
H WORLD OVER

The cotton waste of Lancashire,
$75, O0O,0 .
The re-export coffee trade leaped
this year from almost nothing up to
61,491,9 03 pounds.
Except along the Caspian coast, Per
sian agriculture is dependent almost
entirely on irrigation.
According to the last federal census
there were at that time 13,394,213 for.
eign-born whites in the United States.
Five per cent of the population Of
this country earns it's living directly
OF indirectly in the electrical business.
Paper automobile tires. made expert
mentally in Europe, eem to have the
strength of metal and the resiliency Of
rubber.
Measures have been taken by the
Dutch authorities to prevent the ex.
termination of birds of paradise In the
Dutch East Indies.
The Royal Astronomical society has
just had it's charter amended SO that
women are eligible for election as fel.
lows and associates.
Fear Of contamination from the
books of q public library seems to
have been overestimated. The dust
gathered during q cleaning Of the Yale
library was found by chemical analysis
% be entirely harmless.
The railway system of Japan Is prao
tically q government monopoly, only
265.5S miles of railway being privately
owned on March 81, 1915 (the latest
date for which statistics are avail.
able), out of q total mileage of 5,944.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
HAVE CLEAN NEST MATERIAL
Percentage Of Dirty or soiied Eggs
May BE Materially Reduced by
Proper Management.

Poultry keepers may easily reduce
the percentage of dirty or soiled eggs,
and losses entailed to insignificant
figures. First, an ample number Of
nests is, Of course, necessary, but an
ample number means no more, than,
and probably no as many as, are 8
ally directed by poultry writer's. Lay.
ing houses are, as a rule, provided
with a sufficient number, but where
the keeper falls down is in failing to
supply enough nesting material and
floor litter.
Obviously the nesting material must
be clean, or the eggs become soiled by
contact, and it must be sufficient in
quantity. or the eggs are often broken
by dropping upon the hard floor of the
nest.
In houses where the dropping-boards
are above the nests, and the custom
is to sand the boards, small stones
often drop into the nest and breakage
results when newly-laid eggs fall upon
them. The condition of nests should
be noticed daily, and the nesting ma.
terial replenished when necessary
Plenty of nesting material prevents
breakage and insures clean eggs.
An ample and clean litter on the
floor is also very essential when an
AL clean product is sought. Particu,
larly Is this true when the hens are
allowed outdoors during wet weather.
The litter acts as q food mat for the
hens on their way to the nests.
Clean eggs bring better prices thar
dirty ones.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
Trap for Chicken Lice.

work about the perch, 80 as to be ready
for subsequent visits. The features 81
the new trap is that It enters into the
construction Of the perch. There aYs
holes along the length of the percl
which make inviting harboring places
for the vermin; but when they enter
these they are overcome by the fumes
Of Q germicide contained in trays
which are disposed Of within the in
terror of the perch. For convenience
in cleaning these trays may be with
drawn from the ends without disturb
ing the perch.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
UNIFORMITY in EGGS URGED
Separate park-colorsd Eass From the
Limit and Keep the Different
Sizes by Themselves.

Il will be worth an experiment to
assert eggs before selling them, by
separating the dark-colored eggs from
those that are light, and also having
the different sizes together.
Appearance il worth . great deal
IN the selling Of an article, and eggs
will sell quicker than anything else II
sent to market In m attractive man.
ner, which adds Ct least one.tourh
nore TO the prices.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
LOVER PAID FOR HIS WIFE
labsan Chief Called Her N. p.uoht...
But Sweetheart Found She Was
a White Girl.

Inere lives in q small city In one
OF the western states a happy old cou.
PIE who passed through many thrillius
experiences during those times when
the West was tr the making. The old
man Is fond Of relating these expert.
ences, and he often tells Of how he
FOUND . wife among the Brule Sioux,
who were at that time the most rest.
less and troublesome of the plains In.
dams.
At the close Of the Civil war this
mar was about twenty-five years OF
age, and of an adventurous nature.
He went to st. Louis, Mo-, where he
fell in with a party of traders bound
up the Missouri river to barter for but.
falo skins with the Indians. The ven
tu1e was successful, and after a year
spent in the wilderness the party start.
ed back, their fiat boats loaded with
the baled buffalo hides.
One evening the party stopped for
TIN night near a n Indian encampment.
and here the young man met what he
considered to be the most beautiful
Indian girl he had ever seen. She
was apparently about twenty years Of
age, and although she was dark com.
;plexfoned and had beautiful black hair
and eyes she did not possess the fea
lures of an Indian. Anyway, the
young man gave little thought to her
nationality. 1t was a case of love at
fret Siohf ord ol&bo,,oh h;o oo~pon.
ions resumed their journey the follow
ing morning, the young man remained
to court the maiden, who it appeared
was the daughter of a chief. He won
her hand, and, according to Indian
custom, paid the chief the purchase
price Of the girl.
The girl, according to the chief, was
not Indian, but of white parentage.
She had been adopted by the chief
when she was a baby, her parents hav-
ing been killed by the Indians on one
Of their raids against the frontier set
Elements. Subsequent Investigations
proved the truth of the chiefs story.
and eventually the girl was able to
get In touch with many of her rela-
tives in the East.
The young man took the girl to st.
Louis, where she was placed under
the care of q relative to learn the
white mans language and ways of liv.
ing. A year later the marriage took
place. After q few years spent In the
East they returned to the prairies,
where thew took up land and where
they have resided happily ever since.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
MAKING A CHEAP TRAP NEST
Simple and, Satisfactory Device Can
Be Constructed From Orange Box
at Small Expense.

Here is a trap nest that can be
made from an change box for less than
81. writes Thomss Mayberry of Penn,
slyvania in Farhp and Home. The
box is "a inches iPng. - inches wide
and IL inches high. It is shown ready
for the hen to enter. When she treads
on the platform. c, to go to the nest
she closes the door, A, behind her and
her weight will not let her out. 3
is made n by one-fourth inches, with
two small screws to fasten it on each
side to the platform, seven and one
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
Veal cutlsts in Gravy.

One slice veal steak. Remove bone
and cut in size you wish to serve.
Place in frying pan with one cupful
water, cover and allow to simmer.
Add seasoning and good piece Of but.
ter. Turn and let cook slowly about
one hour, and Just before removing
add one-half cupful of milk or cream.
Easy to cook and tastes like chicken.
For those who like the flavor add one
small onion when the seasoning ia
added.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
GRAMMAR IN DECAY
MODERN cARELEssNEss OF Dis
rlNcTioN Is CRITICIZED.
Vocabulary Has Become the Despair
Of Dictionary Makers, But the
Proper Usage Of Words 10
Little Considered.

Whether our speech is to serve us
as a mitten or as q glove depends on
the pains we are willing to take with
distinctions like those in Should" and
would" what" and that" the
boys" and "of the boy" a writer in
the Boston Herald observes. For our
thought, both in seeing things and In
nulling them over, is far subtler and
more finely shaded than the CORE
spending string of words that we ad-
dress to our friends; in such expires.
sion as we can reach, We depend on
the trim distinction of our grammar as
directly as the typist on the distinc-
lions Of her keyboard or the wood
carver on the differences Of his gouges.
To lose from good usage even one
well-based grammatical distinction Ia
to lessen by just that amount our
means Of matching our thoughts with
our words.
Unhappily u careless use Of the
mother tongue is confusing forms and
dropping distinction that even colo
quail wording can i'll spare. Our enor-
nous vocabulary grows faster than the
dictionary makers a issue appendix
and new edition; but our grammar,
like an aging tree, is decaying at the
tips. Take for instance "would".and
Should" Here in New England the
distinction fingers. In the middle
West and beyond would" has hope
lessly merged with its own service
that of Should" The smoother
phrases II would like" and II would
be grateful" already appear in formal
writing, and only the verbalist is
vexed. The distinction of who" from
that" for all the good examples in
the talk Of street and shop and in the
common version Of the Bible. is as
good as gone from our modern books.
In "a running fight" "by running a
race" Il saw John running" Il saw
Johns running" how many of US can
tell apart, as adjective, infinitive, par
ticiple and verbal noun, those four
'runnings"? Is it any wonder that we
are letting slip the good distinction
between "Ae didn't like Tom inter-
rupting'' and HE aidn't like Toms
interrupting"? A graver loss has
come Of our laziness with subjunctive
forms. Our school children think US
quaint when we say, IF he were" or
wherever it be-" Shades of Demos
themes and Cicero! What could even
the orators have done had Rome and
Athens dulled their stilettolike sub
junctives into blunt indicatives?
Language ia the worlds oldest won.
der. No one really knows how it be-
gan or how 1t attained it's structural
perfection. The Greek grammar was
finer than the Roman; the Sanskrit
finer than the Greek. Language is the
one taking argument for a prehistoric
golden age. It's laws have been studied
and named and marveled at by men
like Grimm and Mueller and our own
Whitney as If human speech had some
mysterious life of its own. The least
the rest Of us can do is to pass it to
the next generation with the least
possible damage from u own using.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
For the Farmers Wife.

FOR inc WIG.
Steel knives and forks should not
be wrapped in wooden. Good, strong
paper is better, as steel is injured by
lying in wooden.
Woodenware should be scalded of.
ten and tinware should be kept dry.
A dress shield cut in two pieces
and tucked under Q baby's fancy bib
will absorb the moisture and keep
the little dress from becoming damp
and soiled.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07

Fowls Need Plenty Of Air.
Do not be afraid to give your bird,
plenty Of air during the cold month";
Open the doors and windows wide or
sunny days, but be sure to shut them
up again before the goes down.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07

half inches from screw to steel rod K
A is the door covered with one-half
inch wire netting. The platform 10
held of the bottom by wire staples
and rod x goes through It. A, the
door, has staples for the rod to 60
through, as shown at the tip. and one
inch from that 10 where the screws
hold. d is q partition three inches
high to keep the nesting material ID
place.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07

Leaky Roofs Cause Trouble.
Does your henhouse leak when;sh
rains Of the snow smelts7 Many win
ter poultry troubles. are caused b.
leaky roofs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
To Save Toll.

Clean your bathtubs with whiting
and kerosene oil. Little rubbing 10 re.
quired, % the oil removes the high
tide" line readily and It will not In.
lure the enamel Of tub, which cannot
bo said Of all cleaning powders. Last,
y, wash with warm suds and polish
With dry cloth.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
RadIeh oarnjshee.

Radishes arc .. pretty garnish for
all cold meats. and the better In that
they are eatable-parsley IL not eaten
by many. Always leave on the two in.
uer leaves and cut OF the tip or make
the radish tulips.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
WHIST She Thought Of II.

Whist She Thought of lt.
II saw you at the concert last
night"
Yes: me and Hiram are both %
fond Of music. you know
What. did you think Of sawmore's
technique!"
Well. to tell you the truth. l didn't
notice Il; but / thought bis nddlin' wss
Just grand" i
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07

Keep After. the veryrn.
It pays to fight lice winter and SIM
mer. II you don't see them, Just i'm,
agine they are around and keep aftg
them.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
HINTS ABOUT PETS

Pugs are bad house dogs.
Tortoises are fond Of strawberries.
Dogs should be fed only once 9
Lay.
Tea leaves in small quantities may
be given to rabbits.
TO keep canaries In song q fro
quent change Of diet is necessary.
At the age Of fifteen years a dog
Is more decrepit than a man of eighty.
During the winter the cage Of q
canary should never be hung in a room
without a fire.
A little birthstone put occasionally
In the milk given to cats is q proven.
tive of disease.
The Chinese feed their goldfish on
lean pork dried in the sun and reduced
to a fine powder.
II you suspend q small bag of sui
phur in the bird cage this will effec
lively keep out insects.
Parrots should not be kept in places
where they are liable to hear disagree.
able noises, such as street cries and
boys whistling, or they will initiate
them and become too noisy to be toler
Rteu.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07

Place Dust Bath in sun.
Place the dust bath where the -.
can shine on it;;.then the hens YIN -
u more freely.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07

Take Care o. Fovts.
Better have fewer fowls and *ta,ruaa
. Of them properly, than many ana
neglect them.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
Ruatx Eiat lrons.

H0oty eIo f0n8.
To remove rust from fatirons satur.
ate . piece Of flannel with ammonia,
then rub the irons. Dry with Q cloth
sprinkled with powdered hath brick
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
OF WOMEN

Missouri has over eighteen 'thous.
and female schoolteachers.
An order Of honor solely for women
will be. one Of the new diplomatic
decorations soon to be established by
the Sultanate Of Egypt.
The "Women's Automobile Club for
the Transport Of Wounded" in France
10 composed Of over.forty society WON.
IN who drive their own cars.
The Norwegian government has e.
tablished . domestic science school Ct
stavanger. 20 a. to afford . complete
course in housekeeping to young girls.
NEEDED INVENTIONS
enough strip for griddle cakes.
sslf-acting piano player annihilatoss.
Elevators that will be on your aoor.
when$you want them.
Cigalr band which will come OF with
ont brsaking the ,wrapper:-Philadet
phiesslnQuirGI.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07

Ctxar band which VIII come OF With,
out breaking the ,wrapper.-Philadsa'
pAiesslnQuiraI. s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07

Elevators that will be on your 40
when you want them. \,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
NEEDED INVENTIONS

Enough strip for griddle cakes.
sGf-acting piano player annihilatoss
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07

The cotton waste of Lancashire
England. has an annual value oil
SIS, 0O0.0v
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-11-12
KEG OF BEER CAUSES FIGHT.
ON CAR AND AUTO .SMASHUP

ST. LOUIS, Mo. Nov. 11.-A key OF
beer and three men were passengers
on a Cherokee owl car at 2 a. M
Three regular fares and a car ticket
for our little friend. said one OF the
three to Conductor Homer Cook. The
latter looked from his cage to see lie
the little friend was more than.
10 years old and spted the keg Of
beer.
You three can ride. but there's a
rule Of the company that bars your
little friend Cook told the men. The
three attacked Cook and jumped of
the car.
Three patroImen, who were passen-
gers. pursued the men. firing several
shots. Patrolman May joined in the
chase and ran in front of the automo-
bile of Charles Schultz OF Cravers ave
nue. and Osceola street. Schulty turned
sharply and his chr overturned He
was cut and bruised The men es-
capped and the car crew kept the keg
of beer
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-11-12
solely to cover his expenses of con-
.veying the documents to Washington.
GRAVES AN .Ex57 CONVICT
FROM CITY OF EDINB rig.
tpr 4uuoeiArro pREss,

NEW YORK. Nov. 11.-Dr Arm
gard Karl Graves as he was then
known. first came to public notice IN
this country when he was convicted
in july. 1912. by the Scottish high
court OF judiciary at Edinburgh. Scot
land. OF spying and sentencedSto serve
eight months in prison. 1t was al
legged that notes concerning the guns
under construction for the British
government and other discriminating
documents were found in his posses
sion.
Graves appeared in New York in
June, 1913 and was quoted as maxi
ing 4 long statement to the effect
that he was released from the Scotch
prison upon condition he enter the
British secret service. but that after
he had performed the services re-
quired of him the British government
refused TO pay Him a reward that had
been promised.
,Phe question as to why Graves was
released from the Edinburgh prison
was discussed several times by the
House of Commons and finally III No
vember. 1914. a representative OF the
British foreign Office repudiated the
intimatfon that the foreign Office had
Entrusted ITO Graves a. mission to n
foreign country.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-11-12
MOTHER SAVES
SONS LIE. BY
CHOKING A DOG
She Fights Vicious Canine for
Halt an Hour. Receiving
Many Wounds.

OMAHA. Neb. NOV. Desperately.
Offering herself TO the attack of n
vicious bulldog which clawed and bit
her terribly, Mrs. Inez Haney 5000.
Sherman avenue fought with bare
hands. for nearly half an hour to save
the life OF Vernon, her S-year-old son,
who nlthe animal had first attacked
She succeeded finally in choleing the
beast into submission and chasing it
froh her Then she tainted.
Police Surgeon Meyers found her.,
with her hands and face torn and
shredded. The boy was also in a SER
ious condition MS n result OF the dogs
fierce attack. and had it not been for
his mothers heroic interference he
would have been torn to pieces.
The dog lisa big English bull. and
had been kept chained III 4 coal shed
on account of his feroclty. ThcIIaney
home is nearly a hundred yards in
any direction from the nearest neigh
Dor. When Vernon went out into the
shed the dog leaped on him, knock
ing him down. The boy screamed for
help and fought with all his strength.
Mrs. Haney heard the screams OF her.
child and ran to his rescue. The dog
had slipped out OF his collar and
was biting the boy when she came
up. There was not a weapon handy. so
she met the attack OF the beast with
her bare arms, at the same time Civ
ing the boy chance to run into tho.
house. She screamed repeatedly for
help, but her cries were unhaard. and
for nearly half an hour she battleG in
desperation for her own life.
Mrs. Haney is a little woman. weigh
ing less than ninety pounds, but she
finally tired the big dog out and got
away from him. She and her son are
under the care or physicians.
Orders were issued TO the police to
shoot tho dog.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-11-12
Code Of Signals to
Save Lives in Woods
Perfs OF Deer Shooting Season
May Be Reduced by New
Plan Tried Out.

MARQUETTE, Mich. Nov. Il Signals
for gunners who may be- in trouble
during the deer shooting season, have
been prepared by Thomas B. Wynan,
secretary OF the Northern Forest Pro
sectlve Association Of the upper pen
Will be provided with them that nee
essary help may be rendered as soon
as possible,
Here are the signals:
Help-F'our shots in quick success
Intured-shot, pause. two shots,
pause. shot.
Lost-Three quick shots. pause. shot.
quick shots
Large placards are being placed in
the woods by Wyman to keep the sig
nails ever before the minds of the gun
ners.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-11-12
He HAD $500
HEADACHE ALL
THAT IS. LEFT
Girls Lure Lonesome Stranger
Into Park, Where He is
Beaten and Robbed.

MINNEAPOLIS. MINI. Nov. little
heart of James Schenck, 65 years old,
was heavy recently as he stood at
Washington and NicolIet avenues
watching the people pass He was
friendless. Even IN his home town.
Princeton, n j.. he doubted if any
one would remember him, for he has
Travelled for years trying to enjoy his
wealth. He longed for friend.
FIJI Two young women approached in
the crowd. He saw them and they
the Wistful look in his eyes, for they
stopped and spoke. For a few mo-
ments they talked and then, one on
each side Of him, they started up the
street.
~ The girls seemed to take an inter-
est in him and James enjoyed himself.
He loaned Florence SIS when she men
toned that her finances were low. He
tried his best to make them enjoy
themselves 1n-return for his own good
time
One Of the girls suggested they
so for a car ride and James prompt
" took UP the idea. They boarded a
Lake Harriet car. The girls described
the beauties of Lake Calhoun by night
and promised to show them to him.
AT Thirty-sixth street they left the
.car. and started to walk around the end
of the lake.
It seemed to Mr.. Schenck that it
was altogether too dark to enjoy any
scenery, but he went alo1fg without
protesting. He had just decided that
1T was time to turn back and had
made the suggestion to his co1npan-
ions when out Of the darkness sprang
two men. The old man felt blow
on his head
When he regained consciousness he
so wasa roll of $500 he had been car
srying, and SO was his faith IN human
nature. All he had left was head
ache. AZ -