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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21

The MILDLY blouse is one of those
modern conveniences which matches
up so well with the athletic girl that
1t has come to stay. Whole establish
ments are given over to its manufac-
ture, and there are middies-and mid
dies. The enthusiast in golf or ten
mis- and the all-round sportswoman is
a keen judge when it comes to choos-
ing sports clothes fitted to her needs
and style. They seem to have had
the lions share of attention lately.
If we include those designed for skat-
ing and for the benefit of southern
tourists.
Among the costumes, short, flaring
skirts in wide stripes worn with plain
coats in the color of the dark stripes
are very chic. The circular cut of
these skirts gives snappy variety in
the direction Of the stripes, which
manage never to run straight up and
down.
Checks, in strong contrast, are of
much the same character and are
worn, like the striped skirts, with
plain coats. Velveteen and jersey
cloth, serge and gaberdine are the ia
vored fabrics for sports clothes. The
winter resorts will show how strong
an influence these styles will have on
those of the coming season.
To return to the MILDLY, of which an
example is pictured here, it is fix
ture like the sweater in the wardrobe
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21
PROVEN SWAMP ROOT
AIDS WEAK KIDNEYS

The symptoms of kidney and bladder
troubles are often very distressing and
leave the system in a rundown condition.
The kidneys seem to suffer most, as al
most every victim complains of lame back
and urinary troubles which should not be
neglected, as these danger signals often
lead to dangerous kidney troubles.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root which soon
heals and strengthens the kidneys is
splendid kidney, liver and bladder remedy,
and, being an herbal compound, has gen
tie healing effect on the kidneys, which Ia
almost Immediately noticed in most cases
by those who use it.
A trial will convince anyone who may
be in need of it. Better get bottle from
your nearest drug store, and start treat
ment at once.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N, Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21
'CASCARETS' FOR
SLUGGISH BOWELS
No sick headache, sour stomach,
biIiousness or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box now.

GeC a lucent DOX now.
Turn the rascals out-the headache,
biliousness, Indigestion, the sick, sour
stomach and foul gases-turn them
out tonight and keep them out with
Cascarets
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by a lazy
liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom-
ach.
Don't put il another day Of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach;
remove the sour, fermenting food;
take the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the constipated
waste matter and poison in the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 10-cent box from
any drug store means a clear head.
sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chill
dren love Cascarets because they
never grippe or sicken. ADV.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21
To Clean White Belt.

To clean a white belt, make rather
thick paste of cream of tartar and
cold water. Rub the belt with 1t.
Leave for an hour, and then rub with
a mixture of alum and fuller's earth
in equal parts. Next day brush the
belt with a clean. soft brush till all
the powder is removed. Rub again
with some coarse oatmeal, to which
little powdered whiting has been
added.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21
Saving the Trees.

The cementing of holes in trees is
now quite common. On old estates,
where trees have been showing holes
in their trunks for years, they are
now being cemented, both to add to
the stability of the trunks and to
arrest further decay. Huge trees with
holes in their trunks large enough ,or
a man to stand upright in are now
filled with cement, the cement being
painted the color of the bark.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21

covered with Grape put on plain. A
large, full-blown rose, grapes, leaves
with stems and tendrils, are all made
of white Grape with exceptional clever
ness and neatness and are used for
trimming.
The all-black turban is made entire
ly of Grape also. 1t has round crown
with the Grape put on smooth and a
band at the sides laid in folds at each
edge. Clusters of grapes, with leaves,
form the trimming and they are made
with the exquisite care which makes
at least half the beauty of mourning
millinery.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21
Sleeves Modlsh.

Evening dresses are sleeved! Some
times the sleeves are mere wisps, tbs
true, but yet they cover to an extent
milady's pretty shoulders and make
them even prettier for the yelling. A
few evening dresses will be sleeve
less, but they will be the exception.
The 1860 drop shoulder is also fore.
ing itself upon fashionable notice and
a few extreme evening gowns show its
charming lines.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21

of the well-equipped, whether at home
or afield. 1t is made of strong wash
able linen or cotton fabrics, usually
in white. The model shown is of
heavy butchers linen and is banded
with blue The front is fastened with
blue lacers at the neck opening.
The pockets are laid in shallow box
plaits with the blue banding stitched
to the center plat, and they are roomy
enough to be practical. They are set
on before the blouse is hemmed up,
and are made stronger by this arrange
ment. The sleeves are finished with a
deep hem.
This design is simple, but very
smart. 1t would be hard to improve
upon it in any way.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21
Iet Hess Rest in Winter.

Hens that have rested the winter
through and have been Injured to cold,
coming OFF hardy and well, will show
the largest percentage of fertile nggs
when they do begin laying.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21
FOR BABY RASHES
cuticura Soap Is Best Because SO
Soothing and Cooling. Trial Free.

If baby is troubled with rashes, &C.
zemas, itchings, chafngs or hot, irri'
tated skin follow Cuticura Soap bath
with light application Of Cuticura Oint-
ment to the affected part. Nothing so
soothing, cooling and refreshing when
he is fretful and sleepless.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold eyerywhere.-Adv.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21
Green Food Needed.

Do not forget that the fowls need
green food. II change of yards is
not possible see that some is Ted them
daily.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21
Two-Year-oId Trees Best.

W. CdI-OF0 ETSCS 0SSss
It is mistake to set out trees
more than two years old. Many good
orchardists prefer yea-iings, but two
year-olds generally produce the best
results.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21

Why does selfish man expect the
whole world to mourn for him when
he is gone?
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21

Driven by electricity, machine has
been perfected for opening letters at
a rate of 800 minute.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21

Few women are up to date in the
matter of birthdays.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21

Two tablespoonfuls of graduated
sugar to one white of egg will make
excellent meringues.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21

New York city has SIG mounted po-
licemen, Philadelphia 4S5. and Chi
cago 1856.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-01-21
When all others fail to please
Try Denison's Coffee. \

why isn't canned fruit pdt-up jobi
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-07
That Treacherous OmeIet.

For some time, so runs LIE Matin,
many Partisan merchants noted the dis
agreeable fact that eggs were being
subtracted regularly and with mathe-
NAUTICAL precision from their cases in
the merchandise station of Vanguard.
An inquiry finally localized the place
where the numerous thefts had taken
place, and the surprise of the police
was great to note that the perpetrator
of the greedy deed carried out his dan
gerOus scheme in the station proper,
right under their very noses. Although
the strictest surveillance was eXer-
cised, all attempts to secure the Gull
prit were vain. A few days ago an
employee, one Jerome Gennekerque by
name, having finished his daily work
started for home. AS he was leaving
the station, the ''bOn hOmme" had the
ill luck to fall. Immediately an I'M
slightly yellow stream treacherOusly
proceeded from the pockets of his
jacket, thus proclaiming the unfortu-
nate Jerome as the pilferer of the COW
eted edible. He is now taking pro-
longed rest at the depot
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-07
Had a Good Voice.

Zenatello, the tenor, like all noted
opera singers, Is besieged by all sorts
of people with requests to hear voices.
But he has an extraordinary sense Of
humor. One day a lady asked him to
hear her daughter. He and his wife,
Maria Gay, heard her sing Butterfly"
and it was difficult for them to refrain
from laughing at the earnestness of the
girl. The mother asked ZenatellO for
his opinion and he asked, do you real
ly want the truth?" The mother said
she did. "Then I advise your daugh-
ter never to sing again." The mother
was indignant, but the daughter said ::
II am sorry you think that, but l am
really obliged for the truth, because 1t
will save me years of wasted time"
Zenatello smiled and said: 81 told you
that to see whether you would become
angry. You have talent and very
promising voice. Work and never
waste your time on anger and you will
succeed"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-07
Suspended Animation.

1t has been determined that the
fluids of insect bodies, for instance
freeze at Al degrees Fahrenheit, any
vital function becoming impossible. al
this temperature. At temperatures be-
tween this point and the temperature
at which death will occur, q strange
condition of suspended animation ex
lists, the organism being, as it were
between life and death. In such 8
state the vital functions stop work, an6
as there is no activity in the body, nc
food is required. Animals placed in
this state are readily restored by the
gradual rise in temperature. This con
dition can be compared with that of 8
clock with stopped pendulum, the
mechanism of which could be at any
moment started again by a slight i'm
pulse given to the pendulum.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-07

shipped in carload lots by owners than
any other class of live stock. Cattle,
hogs and calves follow in the order
named. In sales to local buyers hogs
lead, with calves, cattle and sheep fol-
lowing in order.
The study discloses that the time of
buying stockers and feeders and the
selling of finished animals is restrict
ed too generally to a few months OF
the year. Should stock-feeding opera
tons be better adjusted to market con-
ditions, a decided influence toward
more even distribution Of the supply
would be the result.
Cooperative associations of cattle
laisers are becoming an important fac
tor in marketing, the report shows.
Seven hundred and fifty organizations
which market cattle in cooperative
way now exist in Is states. -Four
hundred and thirty of these organiza-
lions are primarily livestock shipping
associations. The greatest activity OF
this sort was found in Minnesota,
where 215 cooperative livestock ship
ping associations are located. The de-
partment specialists declare that these
associations bring greater returns to
the farmers because of the reduction
of marketing expenses and the reallza-
ton Of the prevailing prices at the CEN
tralized markets, and that they are also
valuable because Of their educational
features.
The system of centralized livestock
markets in the United States is the
largest single factor in the marketing
of meat animals. 1t is noteworthy that
this system is peculiar to the United
States, no other country having de-
veloped such markets for their live
stock. Not only is live stock sold for
slaughter at the centralized markets,
but large proportion of stocker and
feeder cattle also passes through these
market centers.
The chief outlet for food-producing
animals in this country, the study dis
closes, is wholesale slaughtering and
meat packing. Such industries usually
are associated with the great central
lied markets. More than 1000 slaugh-
tering and meat-packing establish
ments were operating in the United
States in 1914, and turned out products
worth S1,651, 765, 424. The specialists
| report that one of the striking features
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-07

Ills name to bit of worthless paper,
10 buy her jewelry. You had the mat
ter hushed up, but it's known. And
there are the witnesses who'll swear
to it. tell you, governor, you can
choose right now between signing that
bill and saving your son."
Governor Peters drummed his hands
on the desk. rs that all?' he asked
quietly, when Lloyd had finished.
well, amt it enOugh?"
you confess to having trapped him?
You have been spying on the boy, lur-
ing him on to ruin me? That woman,
Sadie Du Pas, is one of your people.
Everybody knows who she is and what
she has been. Everyone knows she
was paid by you. How will that
lOok?"
'"Look?" snorted Lloyd. "Why, l
suppose people would say, that's a
smart trick Boss Lloyd pulled off on
the governor But they won't get a
chance to say it, because you'll turn
down that BILL"
Very deliberately Governor Peters
stretched out his hand and took
document from his desk. With steady
fingers he wrote his name at the bot
tom. There's your answer, Mr..
Lloyd" he said.
Lloyd sprang to his feet, his face
white. 'YOu-you've done it," he
stammered. "All right. You'll see
what mercy that kid will get. That's
your last word, is it?'
NO" answered Peters. He rang a
bell, and his secretary, specialized
young fellow with sandy hair, came
in. Johnson" said the governor,
you heard all that?' t
EVERY wosd,' replied the other.
"Have it prepared for the press
exactly as it occurred, and explain
why we used the dictaphone."
Boss Lloyd laughed contemptuous-
ly. 'That won't co." he retorted. Il
guess the people will think the laughs
on you, not me. A governor turned
policeman and using dictaphone to
trap a caller! Maybe someone's used
the dictaphone on you"
Perhaps" said Peters. care you
going to have the boy arrested?'
"What?" shouted Lloyd. 'Im go
ing to send him to Jail, and the news
is going to be front-spaced on every
paper in the state"
II don't think so,'' returned Peters
quietly. II have no SON."
Say, that's something new, amt
it?"
'NOt at ALL" said the governor
quietly. Hes only an adopted son.
His father wanted him, but, having
found him, thought it best to let him
grow up unashamed. However, ii
seems to be in the blood, and [ wash
my hand Of him. He's yours,
Lloyd"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-07
Officers DARING Cost Life.

An accident during bombing practice,
which caused the death of Lieut..
George Stanley Charles Baker, twenty
years old, of the Duke of Cornwall's
light infantry, was investigated at
Freshwater, Isle of Wight, says the
London Chronicle.
The young officer, who had been to
the front, was in charge of bombing
class, when the last of the party, a
young soldier named Boyle, in throw
ing his last bomb, failed to clear the
parapet. Lieutenant Baker endeavored
to catch the grenade when it rebound
ed, but let it slip and while trying to
regain it the missile burst and killed
him.
Sergeant Instructor Allen, who
grabbed Boyle and threw him into safe
ty, said Lieutenant Baker had time to
reach safety If he had not attempted
to throw the bomb clear. He had sue
cessfully thrown away bomb dropped
in a similar way the previous day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-07
SPLENDID SPECIMENS OF BEEF TYPE.

! of the industry is the concentration Of
ownership. Packing establishments buy
directly from the producer in Califor-
MIA to a greater extent than in any
other state or section. This practice,
which in the opinion of the specialists,
will continue to be important in those
parts of the country remote from Gen.
tralized markets, is most characteristic
of the western group of states in gen.
eral. There is a decided difference of
opinion among producers, marketmen.
and packers as to the effects of this
practice in sections supplied with cen
trail markets on the general market
prices of live stock and on the pros
perity Of cattle raiSers.
Municipality owned or controlled
abattoirs are becoming increasingly i'm
portant in the local marketing of live
stock, the report shows, and are dis
placing rapidly the old type of Slaugh-
terhouse. Public abattOirs have been
established in % cities and IL states.
Local conditions should determine
whether or not a city should build it's
own abattoir, and thorough examina-
ton of conditions, therefore, should be
made before definite action is taken.
Great variations were found to exist
in the losses of, and damage to, live
stock in transit on different railroads.
On one road the claims paid amounted
to 10 per cent of the revenue during
certain period, and on another to less
than per cent. The total claims for
such loss and damage in 1913-1914 on
81 railroads were $1,245, 477.S1. The
average rates on live stock for the
years 1911 and 1913 were found to be
10 cents per hundred pounds for east
ern or official territory, 11.9 cents for
southern territory, and 14.9 cents for
western territory.
The correlation between average live
stock and meat prices over relatively
long periods is closer than is generally
understood. When the price of live
stock rises or falls, meat prices tend to
change in the same directions, but the
meat prices are not subject to abrupt
daily fluctuations, which are one of the
most adverse features Of livestock
market conditions.
In order to secure information as to
the relative cost of the different fac
tors or steps in the processes of mar
keting animals and the proportions of
the final price reaching the farmer and
other parties to the transactions, the
specialists traced several typical lots
of beef cattle from producer to con-
sumner, both through centralized mar
kets and where the animals were dis
posed Of locally. In the former case the
farmers share of the gross returns
ranged from "a per cent to 50 per cent,
while from per cent to 5 per cent
went to pay market expenses, 2 per
cent to 9 per cent was received by the
packers, and per cent to 80 per cent
by the retailers. In the local sales,
from 60 per cent to 81 per cent of the
gross returns was received by the
farmer and from Is per cent to 80 per
cent by the retailer. The detailed fig
ures indicate, however, that even when
account is taken of the fact that lower
grade stock is sold locally the returns
from such sales are not as great rela-
lively as those from sales through GEN.
tralized markets.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-07
The More Effective Way.

The sign, boy Wanted" is more fire.
quent, in windows and in advertise
ment columns, than 1t was year ago.
Between improved economic condi1
tons and laws enforcing school attend
ance, it has come to pass, lin the Unit
ed States, that few lads who want
work need go unemployed. On the
other hand never were school and col
leges so crowded. and administrators
so put to it to find room for pupils of
high school and college age. In this
way, far more effectively than by spe-
cific statutory enactment is child la
Dor being reduced.-Christian Science
Monitor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-07
MExICANS NOT ALL BAD MEN
American Woman Gets a Glimpse OF
the Good Side of Bandits Who
Follow Zapata.

This afternoon my beauteous guest
met up with another phase of the Mex
lean situation. All our menfolk had
driven into town to an international
committee meeting. Unknown to me,
Miss Eleanor saddled Israfil, Jim
juniors donkey, and rode off down
Ilalpam road to explore. Presently
she came pelting back through the
gates, her serious face flushed and
eager, with a band of 40 Zapatistas
gallOping at ISrafil's heels. These SOL
diers We're extremely tired, she ex-
planned, dashing into the patio, where
l sat, aghast. Could they not halt a
few minutes, for q drink of our icy
cold we'll water, and a dulce or So,
perhaps?
Well, 1 was simply scared blue.
There wasn't man on the place, eX-
cept the servants. And Jim has given
most stringent orders that no soldier
shall be allowed inside the gates on
any pretext whatever. But said yes,
quaking. With half the countryside
wells poisoned, it seemed too inhuman
to deny them and their poor beasts.
Anyhow, they were already shoulder
ing inside.
l needn't have been such "a 'fraid
cat. They rode up the drive as majes-
tic as SO many barefoot hidalgos, and
saluted me with dignity, then swarmed
around the we'll and drank and drank
with a frenzied thirst. Never have l
1t was the devouring thirst of men
who have fought. Very decCrously,
too, they partook of the lemonade and
fresh-baked bread which Annina and
my futtering maids brought out. Very
courteOusly they bowed to me again,
and set forth. I drew a long breath.
1t had been Shaky quarter hour. But
right then Emily Ann came tOddling
down the steps, all pink and dewy
from her nap.
The whole troop stopped dead, and
stared at her. The leader put out
big, hairy arm and picked her up, and
wondered over her fluffy white dress,
and her fat little legs in pink stock
ings, and her flaXen hair, which he
touched cautiously, curl by curl. At
last he set her down. "Little Madon-
na," he said, very gravely and gently.
Then, at a gallop, he and his raga-
mullins were up saddle and away
Katherine Holland Brown, in Wom-
ans Home Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-07

NEW YORK, N. Yin a recent dis
course DR.. e. Sauer, Specialist, OF this
city said: If you were to make an ac-
tual blood test on all people who are
i'll you would probably be greatly as
tonished at the exceedingly large num-
Der who lack iron and who are i'll for
no other reason than the lack OF iron.
The moment iron is supplied all their
multitude of dangerous symptoms dis
appear. Without iron the blood at once
loses the power to change food into liv-
ing tissue and therefore nothing you
eat does you any good; you don't get
the strength out of it. Your food
merely passes through your system
like corn through a mill with the
rollers so wide apart that the mill can't
grind. AS a result of this continuous
blood and nerve starvation, people be-
come generally weakened, nervous and
all run down and frequently develop
all sorts of conditions. One is too
thin; another is burdened with I'M
healthy fat; some are so weak they
can hardly walk some think they have
dyspepsia, kidney or liver trouble !;
some can't sleep at night, others are
sleepy and tired all day; some fussy
and irritable; some skinny and blood
less, but all lack physical power and
endurance. In such cases, it is worse
than foolishness to take stimulating
medicines or narcotic drugs, which only
whip up your tagging vital powers for
the moment, maybe at the expense Of
your life later on. No matter what
anyone tells you, if you are not strong
and well you owe it to yourself to