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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-11-08
BRITISH IN LEAD AS. AIR FIGHTERS

some machines, why the British serv-
ice goes after the information.
At the end Of the day it may be
necessary to make report admitting
that more British than German ma
chimes were lost; but what Of that?
The needed observation was taken, or
the highly important photograph was
secured.
"The British operate their service
not with view to saving their ma
chimes, not with a notion of avoiding
dangers as much as possible; especial
ly not with the idea that to lose more
machines than the enemy loses is a
showing of inferiority, Of defeat.
'The British aviators are not spoiled
with laudation and heroics. They re-
gard themselves very much as so
many Tommies in the trenches do.
Their business is to go up when they
are told and get what they are sent
for; just as Tommy's business is to
hang on till hades freezes when he's
attacked, and to go over and never stop
when he's ordered to attack. Neither
one of them feels particularly enthu-
siastic about his job as a means to
winning honors or distinction; he
doesn't think much about that part of
it. He attends strictly to the job.
''It's the sporting instinct that makes
these Britishers such good flying men.
They're the greatest daredevils in the
business; do anything, and get away
with things the Boche wouldn't think
Of trying. They don't look on their
work as a great series of personal adj
ventures but as part of an organized
mechanism with objects good deal
bigger and more important than the
interest of any one man.
$50 the British don't take SO much
interest in the individual feats of PROV
ess of favorable fiiers. Air duelling is
not the object of flying. The object
is to get the information ones sent
for and to get back with it.
"As soon as flier crosses the line
he must count on the great danger of
being shot down by these guns as well
as on the chance Of meeting an en-
envy in the air and having to fight him.
"Of course all this means losses, and
when they've toted up at the end Of
the day or week or month this part of
the showing may indicate that the
Boche has had all the best Of it.
'But If there could be pitched into
the scale on the side Of the British
service the results gained, the value
of information gained about the en-
envy and Of information he has been
prevented from gaining about our own
lines, the showing of movements ac-
curately planned because of superior
information, of positions taken or ar
tillery fire accurately placed, of SOL
diers' lives saved because of better In
telligence about the enemy's weak
places-then the showing would be q
lot different.
Suppose a set Of photographs is
needed by the staff showing some sec.
ton OF the enemy's line perhaps con-
siderable distance back of the front.
To have those photographs may decide
WneIHeT pdI IiSuidI nOFS 10 W DC uu-
dertaken and how; so the airmen are
sent after 'em. Maybe two or three
will be brought down and their ma
chimes smashed up; perhaps some be-
hind the enemys lines-possibly some
body will fly for the last time. The
point is that if one camera gets back
with the pictures wanted the thing has
been successful"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-11-08

youth cost his father $50. for it so hap
pened the following morning the milk
inspector took a sample of the milk
and cit was found to contain water.
The father is a milk producer.
When the elder Arnold was brought
into the police court on a charge Of
having watered milk in his possession,
the defense submitted a letter writ
ten by the boy from Acton, in which
he told his mother what he had done.
The court was not convinced and Ar
mold was fined $50.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-11-08
Mocha sheepskins.

The worlds supply of Mocha sheep
skin is obtained by about dozen buy.
ers, who have their native collectors
in caravans collect the skins at various
centers. of which Mocha, Berbera, ley
Iath. and Hodeidah' are the main
points, from which they are sent to
Alden, a British coaling station, which,
on account Of its excellent location, is
the shipping point for skins sent to
London, the continent Of Europe, and
the United States.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-11-08
Oldest Inhabitants Of Europe.

Albania, the population of which APP
proximatess ], 100000, is inhabited by a
race that has nothing in common with
the Italians. Nine-tenths of the Al
banians are Moslems. and only half
the rest are Roman Catholics. They
speak language which is a mixture
of Slavonic and Greek derivationa, en-
gage in primitive occupations arS lead
a more or less primeval socia. J.fe.
The Albanians are considered the old
est Inhabitants of Europe, their history
going back to times immemOrial.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-11-08

riots may force a serious government
III climax. Some rem lrkable de-
tails of these riots are only now APP
pearing.
The riots continued several days.
and the authorities We're obliged TO use
machine guns while some barbados
were destroyed by bombs thrown from
airplanes. This is the first time
planes have been used for such a pur-
pose.
Official figures have not been an
nounced as to the killed and wounded
in the riots. Estimates vary from
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-11-08
MILKMAN's BOY HAD IDEA
He Put 1t Into Effect and Father PAID
$50 Fine Aftes Milk Inspector
Got Through.

Brockton.-In an alleged effort
to make sure that some company
should have sufficient milk for break
fast. Kenneth Arnold, aged thirteen,
son of John B. Arnold of Belmont
street. East Bridgewater, added water
to can.
This performance on the part OF the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-11-08
SERIOUS RIoTIMG IN ITALY
Authorities Compelled to Dispense Tur-
buIent Crowds by the Use OF
Machine Guns.

Turin Italian parliament, just
reopened, may prccipitate ministerial
crisis because of serious riots in Tu-
rsn the latter part of August. due in
mart to the delay in providing the town
with sufficient bread, and in part to po-
litical discomfort.
Investigations ana discussions OF the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-11-08

so to go dead to 500. non-Italian au-
thority in Turin giving the latter num-
Der.
Another matter that may force
cabinet crisis is the food crisis
throughout Italy. which led TO resigna-
ton of the food controller, Giuseppe
Caneppa, who has been succeeded by
General alfieri The situation is grave,
especially regarding wheat, coal and
wool. Italy must import all the coal
she needs. Her wool is insufficient,
owing to immense conscriptio2 for
military clothing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-11-08

Mrs. John Purroy Mitchell, wife of
the mayor of New York, takes an &C.
tive part in the work of the Red
Cross. The picture shows her as she
appeared in the recent parade in New
York.
ships were compelled to fight off o.
boats. In one instance destroyer
conveying a troopship was firing at a
submarine on one side while second
undersea craft appeared or was de-
tected near by the destroyer. There
was reason to believe that the water
bomb dropped by the destroyer at the
second submarine was effective in it's
object.
The voyage from America was made
in good time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-11-08
NEWS REVIEW OF
! The PAST Week
Germans Capture 0esel Island
and Defeat 0vermatched
Russian Fleet.
stAVs RESISTING STOUTLY

kaIser's Hurried Trip to Bulgaria and
Undergraduates Destroyer Tor
pedoed, One Man Being Killed
President Wilson's Latest
Move Toward Bottling
Up Germany.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-05-19
HIGH COST OF A SOLDIER
K Requires $1,000 Year to Keep Him,
and Much More to Kill
Him.

Measured by their debts. il has cost
England. France and Germany about
81 900 a year for every soldier and sal
or on duty during the war. "Girard
writes in the Philadelphia Ledger.
French writer's say that Russia has
still G,OOO,OOO good soldiers to equip.
The United States could equip and
maintain in the field half that force,
or 5000, 900 Russian troops, for year
at an expense of $3,0O0,0OO,OOO.
And that S3,OOOOOOoO0 would not
more than equal the sum which the
United States has already made out or
this war.
Lincoln called for 10000 troops to
suppress what was then thought to
/ be n modest Civil war, and 100000 vol
unteered in day.
That rate of volunteering now would
bring a million and II half men under
the flag Immediately.
A few years ago Il French military
critic said il cost $4,000 to kill one
soldier in war.
II has cost the allies about S23,OO'
TO kill one of their foes in the pres
ent war.
These estimates take no account o.
the wounded and prisoners who 90 int
the bloody scales for excess measure
1t cost England nearly $4,000 t.
kill an American soldier during tn
kcvOlutiOn.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-05-19
Cost of a Cough.

A patient German StatiStician has
calculated that Il patient who coughs
once every quarter of an hour for ten
hours expends energy equivalent To
two hundred and fifty units of heat,
which may be translated as equiva-
lent TO the nouriShmCnt contained in
three eggs or two glasses of milk. In
normal respiration the air is expelled
from the chest at the rate of four feet
nrr second. whereas in violent cough
ing If may attain Il velocity of three
hundred feet This waste of energy
is especially important, because it oc-
curs for the most part, in persons
whose aSSimilativc functions are al
ready working under difficulties; CON
sc0uently the ingcstion of the CORE
sponding quantity of nOuriShnent 10y
no means COmpcnSatcS for the "Xcr-
| tion. II follows that persistent cough
/ * nor Sc Il cause of cmaCiation, though
/ tbcre are many other factors which
/ fond in the same direction; hence thf
desirability of restraining cough with
in safe limits, especially when ii IS due
IN irritative reneXcS, such as are OK
cited by laryngitiS and pharyngitiS.-
From the Medical Critic and Globe.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-05-19

fcoIly. perhons but less resolute. less
spiritually consecrated. less divinely
obsessed. dropped out Of the rank that
pitted itself in furious futile, but sub
lime fury against the wavering wall.
Some of them fell backward and lay !
still. Some had fpintrd and some OF |
them were half dc9d \ few here and !
there SINK down on the rr9npled. mud
DIV emhanIiInrnr and buried their heads
in their hands. sobbing Historically.
Pm most still blind. mad. sublime.
held on. And the paliSadc dil not fall.
I; did NOT bend back any further.
Tho throh thar told of n. tr,urn-
d,rs ,,r...s,,r, If rh,. waves the ol;ver
~, ax,,,ri.,rn c,,,It feel ~. nrrIuln
~ rairrr. began ~ III. AWAY. to stop.
WI.ar ala - ,,conq TIL. fhguH.r grpw
still fn,. rain diminished. II ceased the
clouds broke. some great hand as of
God. swiftly tore the bluch vault of
the heavens apart. Faint light began
L. glow over fI.n Soddrn land. Through
Tho rirr r.rv saw dimlv one great peak
of mighty range. What had huppru"df
Here" Sold y.ul.yrptcr.
How whit. p. looked how hag.ard.
s,r...I. ..r .,,..... 10. III. li.,rl. r,otr tha+
; b,1 r,,, hon. r,..,..r. l,,, his eyes
: v..r. tr.,,in.- H., ,...,- ..tfl ,,,. iDdom-
. i,,rI. ,r,f.., eff ,i... >,...,.r.r band The
= ncarrSr rr.au ya,,. arr - hand. He
q clYuhrrrI Ir p, nf. former vantage
e rpiut ON tn,, Of rr,. HIGHEST log, of tho
. Srnckadr and stared down. The rise
i nr tho waiter had ,,.rrrd, lie could
d not holievr II. Vet r. was true. Nh.
rain had ceased u-uin. hut hy every
k natural law the drainage from ~" i+l',
" would continue for some time in fu
II volume. Yes, by all rights the dan
was doomed The water >lliI tr'rt.",
\ through the palisades in many ~ma'
streams. That had been q gallant #
\ fort they had made even if vain "a'
| For ten minutes he stood silent. 'y
! ri, IN s,u. The waite
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-05-19
CHAPTER Xxx.
The Victors.

Meade knew that they were fighting
n losing battle. Every one of the
higher grade men knew ii also. The
subway was entirely inadequate, but
it suddenly flashed into his mind, with
that consciousness of the hopelessnesS
of the struggle, that perhaps there was
another way to discharge the flood.
The same idea might have come TO
any other of the more intelligent of the
| men from Vandeventer down If they
had taken moment for reflection. III
they had not been so frantically, so
| friChtfully engrOssed in their present
puny hut gallant efforts to save the
dam. they certainly would have remem-
bered. That the possibility came to
Meade rather than to any OF the others
was perhaps due to the fact that ne
had noted the situation later and had
studied the conditions more recently
Those solitary rambles of his, those
careful inspections of the terrain OF
the valley. had been made long after
the original surveys and the results OF
his observations were still fresh in hi:
mind.
The water was rising so rapidl!
since the clOudburst and he saw tn
inevitableness of the failure so clearl.
, that he did not dare to waste time Z
, look up Vandeventer, tell him his plan
and get his permission. Every secon
, was of the utmost value. When tn
thought came, he acted instantly. IL
q was in the position of the commando
q of a small force to whom is student
q presented the bare possibility of wres
a ing victory from defeat by some spleT
, didly daring and unforeseen undertaI
n ing. And he was the man to seize sue
a possibility and make the most of
o He had endeared himself to some
n the men and the respect in which |
: was held by Vandeventer was share
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-05-19
HINTS FOR PLANTING TREES
kprIe- Require Much Space. While
Peaches and Plums "li 10 Win
Less-USe Coed Soil

pnr.t try Z" 'run'"4E. '. ~.""". NM
loss II Is "'~""'''. ''''--..|. .hiI"'
'"""S n'"d N'"'N "' '''.." ..T'
r-.1 Way I~ h"'" 700 H'.'"
i. is possible '' -'' -''''' ''.-'''.> ''..., i
closer by f'.'h- ava LUZ.
il- Peaches and ftH.H~ go we" o"
..'' apart hNJ = l''' is 'r'''.'
l"'"~ >n"a." AWAY we '..'.''' .'
-.''. ~''.'. b. .''' .'.' .'
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He had cut off a shorter length of
fuse for Il torch, the better to carry the
fire from one blast to another. As ii
Sputtered into flame, he touched the
first fuse. then the second. and turned
and ran for his life after Murphy and
Funaro. They had just got safe dis
lance away when with Il mutIicd roar
the two blasts went off nearly together.
When they ran back they saw that
two-thirds of the hillock on that side
of the ravine had gone. \ wall Of
earth through which water was already
trickling rose between the great gap
they had blown out and III" lake, the
upprr level of which was much higher
than the bottom of the great crater
they had opened.
"Hurrah." yelled Meade, the others
Joining in his triumphant shout. Nov
another hole right there" he pointed u
the foot of the bank. Drive II II
Slauting and il will do the job.
"Wf!I the dam be after holdlh !''
sor?" asked Mike Murphy, Selling III
pick.
Il hope 50, but, for Gods sake
hurry"
With two men working, the last h"I
was completed before Meade wa
ready. Funaro. indeed. came t" nj
assistance in preparing the cartridge
Presently all was completed. li"jec'
Ing the pleas Of both men. Mead
struck the match. and this time, sine
there was hut one blast to be fired, h
r touched it directly to the fuS" an
, waited q second to see that 1t Ia
| caught and ran rs before.
$ Al safe distance they drew hac
I and waited. Nothing happened. y f'
seconds dragged ON. They SAW n" 81
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-05-19
TO CONTROL SCALE INSECTS
Lime Sulphur Spray With Soluble
oils, Is Effective When Properly
Applied, Says Ohio.

Spraving fruit trees with lime'sui'
uhur wash and with soluble oils con
rroIlcd san Jose scale when proprIy
anpIfcd. while powdered sulphur com
mounds gave promising results IN eH'
detrimental tests conducted by en-"
mnln.i.'S Of the Ohio Experiment s'a
tfon. Curo-aIls were UNSUCCESSFUL.
Little difference in effectiveness was
noted between homc-hoiIcd hhe-'ul.
,hur and the commercial form iniAeu
with seven parts Of water and aPpleu
In carly spring. Soluble oils, miAtu
,,'fh - r"rts Of water, are also rec
commended.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-05-19
FORMULA FOR GRATING WAX
Notbino Better Than Combination OF
Resin, Beeswax and Talio"-
Roll II Into Sticks.

There is nothing better than the old
and well-knOwn formula OF louI
mounds resin. two pounds beeswaX ana
one mound tallOw for grating wax
shave the bccSwaX into thin slices ana
nulvcriZe the resin so that the mate
rails will melt quickly when subjected
10 heat. As soon as the materials are
melted. pour the liquid into cold water,
then pull and work it like molasfes
candy rolling II into sticks ~ inches
in diameter and six inches long. Nher
rropcrlv made. the wax has g"od
,,r,in * touch and Of light yellowish
white color.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-05-19
MARRIAGE.

coorce AIDE said OF it, you'll re-
rret it if you do and you'll regret it
r. Won don't" Previously Socrates had
s,id somewhat to Wit, young man,
whether you do or not, you'll be sorry
Cor il" The conservative nature is
shv of it. unwilling to take chance.
rIe element Of chance in it is what
r,,,,,,fIes others. It has, however,
wholly admirable aspects. The very
rsafu and excellent sentiment Of
home is perhaps its best product
summing up briefly the Whole history
nf human experience, We feel moved
90 s,v Of marriage, 1T is well. Let il
oo,tirue." Ut continueS)
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shouted at the very top of it. Winters
Joined in, and even Helen IllingwOrth
found herself screaming. The three
men below were not more than five or
six hundred feet away. but evidently
they could not possibly hear in that
tumult of nature. No voices would
carry through any such rain and wind.
They were too intent on their paths
and on what they had To do To look
upward. They rounded the shoulder
of the mesa and disappeared in the
! pines at its feet.
The three on the top looked at each
! other.
"The dam still holds said Rodney,
quite unSuSpecting what was in the
wOman'S heart.
Even as he spoke, Helen Illingworth
turned away. She ran heavily in heE
sodden garments along the broker
mesa top past the house to the upper
edge. There below her We're the three
men just emerging from the fringe %
trees. Rounding the end of the mesa
they had at last struck firmer ground
Helen Illingworth could see then
through the pines on the old trail. Tn
T going was bad enough, but it was moth
, ing compared to what they had paSse
over and presently they burst out q
= the woods and ran along the greas!
I well-rOunded hogback that divided tn
:. valley from the ravine.
d The woman had no idea what wa
@ toward, what was their purpose. 81
@ could only stare and stare at the RAJ
IL idly moving far-Off figure indOmitabI
l. in the lead. and the others folloWlr
e after. There Winters joined her.
T. Rodney sent me to look after yol
n he feels that he must stay back al
h watch the dam for his paper"
ut Look" said Helen, pointing f
d, down. The men halted at the We
h narrowest part of the hogback. Tn
were clustered together. The bag i
i'd on the ground behind. them. One IN
20 bent over it, evidently opening
:" Another man swung the shovel viciOl
ng ", the third grabbed the pick. w
re tiers had been too far removed from
'ss cheering even yet to figure out WI
his was toward. They could only wat
nd and wonder.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-05-19
He Was as One Dead.

of life in the fuse. no light. In spite
of the care they had taken, it had got
wet. Ii would not work. The precious
moments were flying. They stared
agonizingly at the fuse through the
rain.
"I'u have to take look at it," said
Meade desperately.
Funaro and Murphy caught him by
the arms. They all knew the tremen-
dous risk in a nearer approach. Inc
fuse might he alight still. At any sec
ond the flame might flash to the deto- !
nator and then Yet Meade had 10
90. That charge had to be exploded II
no aletonated it by hand. he thought
desperately. and he had not come so
! far and worked so hard TO fail now.
Don't GO" cried Murphy.
1T ees danger" shouted Funaro.
Rut Meade shook them off and babe
them keep back. What was his dam
ger compared to the issue involved!
That last charge had to be exploded
He stepped quickly toward it, and as
h. did so he threw his eyes up toward
the gray, rain-filled heaven in one last
appeal.
Did he hear the blind roar, did he
see the upburSting masses of Sodden
eorth was he conscious of the fact
that the whole side of the hillock had
heon blown away, that the last eXplo-
sion had completed the SCATTERING work
If the first-that they had succeeded?
[ Did he mark the whirling water, driv-
| on backward mt first by the violence OF
! the explosion, returning and rolling In
VAST mass through the great opening,
5 did he see it plunging down the slope
p tbrouoh the trees and bushes, and
/ nour thunderously into the bed of the
rovineP Did he see the tremendous
rush of the water from the great lake
o ,bot man had created tear earth from
r eorth and ever widen and deepen Tho
h opening as it crashed in a foamlng' ter
n rihIe red cataract through the outlet
e striking down great trees, roaring
IF boiling wildly to the bottom OF TN
III gorge far below?
II No ne saw nothing. Broken, bcatel
It down by huge bowldcr that had bee
IT, thrown inward by the explosion an
=, had struck him on the breast an
lying n"''t''' u''',, 49,. ,,,, ,1n,,
-. stones and earth, he was us one u'''
TIT "Rv hcavens ~ cried Winters in grei
~ excitement on the crest OF the HI
on hes done it. He's saved 'he u'"
oS that's IL man."
- Don't you know HING screaih'
~ Helen Hlinsworth in his ear.
ks NO"
.or Meade"
,or Winters caught her by the arm
- Hes dead" she cried hgh III
no shrilI. but he saved the dam ana u
ho bridge and the town. He's made atom
30. ment."
~. ayes. yes: don't faint cried WI
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-05-19

10y the others. When he called two
of the most capable Of the workmen,
big. hurry freshman and a stout little
Italian, 10 follow him, they did il
without a moments hesitation.
The rest of You keep on here" he
shouted as he left the sang. Murphy
and Funaro. come with me. Keep il
M: | think know a way To help he
yelled back through the rain as he
scrambled off the dam UP the rocks IL
the spillway. II was not his fault that
they could not hear and could not I'm.
derstand.
The water was rushing through the
spiIlway about knee deep, and the
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-05-19
Pear Psylla.

tcmperature is rising and is about ~
degrees or more. You will then XIII
many of the psylla which winter IN
,he mature stage.
In spring just before the blossom
buds open at the end spray with WIN
ter strength lime-surphur, l to 3, by
that time the eggs are deposited ana
are very susceptible to injury. Two
applications year made in TINS way
will hold the psylla in check.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-05-19
SPRAYING FOR PEAR PSYLlA
Just Before Blossom Buds Open at
End in Spring Spray With Lime
Sulphur Solution.

Nicotine and soap are the best ma
tcria.s to use for controlling pear
pSvlIa. Use one pint nicotine and four
pounds soap to 100 gallons "1 Water'
The soap helps to make it stick. Spray
in November or December after spell
of cold weather, on day when the
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-05-19
Tou-Wcrking Trees.

plan ~ do some top-wortinc ms
errip,. This is a good way to gel r.
rurn, from unproductive trees thai are
thrifty.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-05-19
rx.eIlent Definition Of Luck.

.Juck." said Uncle Eben, us what
,o, talks about when somebody else
,yor,s hard an gifts what you was try
in ~ grab offhand.'