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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
ATTACKED BY AN ALLIGATOR
Pampered Pet Dog Has Most
Exciting Experience.

There are no children in this house
In North Alabama street. They have
grown up, married nd gone away.
Their absence is partly relieved by a
small dog, lively little terrier. This
dog, as he is not permitted to asso-
ciate with the rude dogs of the street,
has playthings of different kinds, much
like those that in other households, are
bought for small boys and girls, says
the Indianapolis News.
The other day new maid came into
the house. She was tidying up the liv-
ing room, and when drawing her broom
from under a couch she gave Shrek
of terror and ran into the yard, where
some carpenters were at work.
There's some kind Of a beast in
there" she said, land I'm scared al
most to death.
A gallant young carpenter offered to
60 in and tackle the animal in its lair.
He armed himself with a strip OF
scantling and went in.
A moment later he was heard to
strike, The new domestic, looking
through a window, begged him to be
careful and take no chances. "1t
jumped at me-" said she, when hit
1t with the broom and it made an awful
screech."
The gallant young carpenter had
been so fortunate as to cover the beast
with the board and was standing on
the scantling. When he had stood on
it for five minutes and thought life
must certainly be extinct, he stepped
off and removed the board.
AS he did so there was a strange
noise from the animal which jumped
at the carpenter, who ran out to get
assistance. BY this time the mistress
of the house had returned with the
dog.
"For goodness sakes," she said,
'what on earth is the matter? Why
all this excitement?" Before the ques-
ton was answered the black-and-tan
terrier ran into the house and out into
the yard.
In his mouth was the beast. 1t was
one Of his playthings, an India rubber
alligator about eight inches long.
"Land sakes !" said the new maid.
But the gallant young carpenter said
something different.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
How Hilda
Held the Fort
By Hi Akers
Copyright. 1917. by w. G. Chapman.)


Copyright. 1917. by w. G. Chapman)
Nov, Hilda, it wouldn't interest
you in the least, so why bother"
This was only another form of the
same kind of answer that Mrs. Park
invariably got from her husband when
she asked him anything about his bust
ness or any of the big municipal move
ments in which he often took part. She
felt disappointed and repulsed. 1t
seemed that the feeling of, sympathy
and companionship with which they
began life together had entirely van
ished, and become a thing of the past.
Hilda Park had logical brain, fine
mental development, and a reasoning
mind, and she and Richard had begun
life partnership as close companions.
He had forged ahead, made a great
deal of money, and was recognized as
q man of affairs. Hilda wondered why
they had in some things drifted so far
apart She could not doubt his loyalty
to her, and he was a good father to his
children. So one day she sat down to
stake account of stock" balance up
the ledger, and try to find where the
break had begun. They had been mar
led twenty-one years. The eldest child,
a son, was away at college, the daugh-
ter of seventeen was also away at
school, the boy of fifteen was at home
attending the high school, and the next
younger boy had died three years ago.
Thinking over her married life she
began to find the solution of the rid
die. When the children began to
come she had given them her whole
time and thought She remembered
now they had completely absorbed her
life. Their fine, mental and physical
development were a beautiful reward
for her care and devotion. She had no
regrets for having been a good mother.
Often Richard had let her know that
he felt and appreciated that. But now
the children, all but one, had flown
from the sheltering nest, and he soon
would go away. In little whileSthey
might all be scattered, and absorbed
in their own careers. At any rate the
heart and time consuming business Of
mothering was over. Her occupation
was gone. What was there to fill the
breach?
When her husband had come to her
for counsel in the old days she had
been too tired or full of anxious care
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

should be bred this spring. By breed
ing them this spring the feed given
them through the summer will have
been more completely devoted toward
food production. It will help to pro-
duce a greater meat supply and sup
ply ready for market six months ear
lier than if they were not bred until
fall. Breeding such young gifts will
have no bad effect on the farm herd.
Results at the Missouri experiment
station show that the young pregnant
SOW continues to grow under proper
feeding and that the size Of the litter
is not appreciably reduced. Sucking
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
SowS must be bred before the end of
June if fall filters are to be obtained.
The pigs will then come before the
last week in October, and will have at
tanned growth enough to be ableEto
shift for themselves before cold wealth
er arrives. If the breeding can be
done in early June or in May, so much
the better.
Under no circumstances, this year,
should breedable sows be carried over
the summer INBRED. The food supply
needs to be increased, and under COM
nonsense management, fall filters are
profitable.
Scruples over breeding immature
sows should be forgotten. While in
normal times most hog raisers do not
breed the gifts earlier than eight
months Of age. There are thousands
of young gifts narrowed last fall and
winter which will take the boar and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
PHYSICS and Agriculture.

One reason why the farmer so often
looks upon the representatives of sci
entific agriculture as impractical may
be found in the neglect of the study
of physics as applied to living mat
ter. Our studies of physics have gen.
orally been confined to mechanical ac-
ton in the soil, and the physical func-
lions of the plants processes of
growth from physical soil conditions
have been neglected. A study Of the
physics of the living as well as the
dead matter can do much toward
bringing light to many of the farmers
most perplexing problems, and make
for everyday cooperation between
practical and scientific farming.-Los
Angeles Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
Not supernaturaI at All.

There used to be a belief that rats
never went on a ship that was destined
TO founder at sea. This has a fine
supernatural ring; but, as matter OF
fact, has a good deal of truth at the
bottom. Unseaworthy vessels in the
olden days were likely to be leaky and
contain much hilge-water. The rats
would naturally abandon such damp
quarters for a drier berth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

the sow or of that breed which pre-
dominates in the SOW. This will result
in a more uniform lot of pigs and an
upgrading of the breeding herd. For
the young gifts and small sows a
breeding crate may be necessary if
the boar be large.
The pregnant sow should be fed a
ration consisting of bone-making and
muscle-making feeds. She should
gain weight but not be made fat. Pas
ture with a small grain ration proves
excellent for carrying the pregnant
SOW until she is almost ready to far
row.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
sHoATs FOR EARLY MARKET
Give MiIIfeed Stop Twice Daily In Con.
nection With Good Green
Feed.

Shoats for early market should have
millfeed slop twice day in connec-
ton with an abundance of green feed.
Keep a box of wood ashes and. char
coal Ca small quantity of salt may be
mixed in the ashes) under cover in the
feeding pen, where they can eat what
they need.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
Iananese Have Mo Beds.

The Japanese do not sleep on Eu-
ropean beds, but on many thick, soft
puffs piled one on top of each other
upon the floor. For bed covering they
use more OF the same kind of puffs.
1t is said that the Japanese emperor
has 20 such puffs. One of those which
cover him is made in the shape of a
kimono and has velvet collar.
Probably he creeps inside of this, II
he feels cold in the night
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

will have to die as there is no help for
me- She got me one of your little
books and my husband said I should try
one bottle. ] stopped the doctors
medicine and took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. 1t soon made q
change in me and now / am strong and
do all my work. Mrs. AUGUSTUS
BAUGHMAN, Box So, Enhaut, Pa.
Why will women continue to suffer
day in and day out and drag out a sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?
If you would like free confidential adj
vice address Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

the ground, it burrows for a time in
the ground, is changed into the pupal
stage, and from this the mature fly
energies in about one month. Some
claim that the egg matches on the hair
and the larva makes it's way directly
through the skin.
Grubs cause cattle to fall off little
in flesh and milk, and they greatly de-
preciate the value of the hide. 1t is
well to press out the grubs, using a
knife, if necessary, to enlarge the
opening. A quicker way to destroy
them is to apply few drops of kero-
sene through the opening with an oil
can. To keep the flies away from the
cattle, use pine tar or one of the coal
tar dips.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

anu nervous IeenuSo
and my head both
cred me. / would
often have crying
spells and feel as il
/ was not safe. If
/ heard anyone COM
ing I would run and
lock the door so they
would not see me.
i tried several doc
tors and they did not
help me so / said to
nv mother II p11esa
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
ARMY Elects Leaders.

The army basket ball and hockey
teams have disbanded for the season
and elected new leaders for next year.
William R. Gerhardt Of West Virginia
has been elected captain of the basket
ball team, and Edwin j. House of Syr-
acuse, n. Y, has been chosen to lead
the hockey men.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
Serious Work to Do.

"Are you going to take any city
boarders this SUMMER"
NO." replied Farmer Cobbles. me
and tn hired men will be so busy rails
in food crops that we won't be able
ter entertain 'em with our quaint rural
dialect and unsophisticated ways"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
Feeding GosIinqs.

Goslings at first should be fed a
mash of two parts shorts and one part
corn. At the end of three weeks this
menu may be changed to equal parts
shorts and cornmeal, with per cent
of beef scrap and grit.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
By Their Fruit,

The animal or the crop which does
not return anything for the time and
money and labor spent on it is no
good for the farmer or for his Gus
toners.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
Silence the Bells.

Sunday Understanding has put
me off my game this morning, caddie.
Its them church bells, mister. They
hadn't ought to be allowed. Life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
Kill Irish Potato Bug.

One tablespoonful of arsenate of
lead. one-fourth to one-half pound of
lump lime, and three gallons of water
sprayed will kill the Irish potato bug.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
Med of Our Pastures.

Do not forget that we shall have
need of our pastures long after the
wheat gamblers have failed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
He, Was the TARGET.

"He looks like fashion plate"
Eyes, his wife throws that at him
along with the platter"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
SUSPICIOUS.

81 can't find that record by Sousas
band; do you know what became of
it9r
'Nol 1 guess somebody stole march
on Us"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

Do not try to grow two beets where
one should grow.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28

Autos haul plows around Greens
burg, Pa.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-28
SICK WOMAN HAD
CRYING SPELLS
Restored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
lIlIIjIilIIjjjIiIi

Enhaut, Pa. -"1 was all run down and
weak inwardly. I had female troubles
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27
RAILWAYS REFUSE FREIGHT
Mountains Of High Priced Fish Spoil
Ing for Lack of Transportation.

Correspondence OF The Associated Press)
CORK, Ireland, May 19.-Altho
politicians and newspapers in Eng
land are talking about food famine,
thousands of barrels of excellent food
are going to waste in the Irish fish
ing ports, owing to the hapha2ard
and demoraliZed conditions Of trans
port. Catches around Cork and
Kerry have never been so large as
this season. but fishermen often find
II impossible to dispose of their
catches profitably, altho the prices
ruling in England are double those
of normal times.
Railways in the southwest of Ire
land decline to receive consignments
of fish this year unless the charges
ere prepaid and as the fishermen are
mostly not men Of capital and un-
Nsed to this method Of doing business.
this has meant In practice a prohi'
bition of traffic.
Another hindrance to shipments has
been the impossibility at many places
of getting crates or barrels to con-
tain fish bound for the markets. In
normal times the empty crates were
returned In three days or less, but at
present "empties" are often as many
weeks en- route.
Last week $4,000 worth of fish
belonging to single shipper was
allowed to spoil on the freight plat
forms here, the railway refusing to
take It, owing to some congestion or
shipping between Ireland and Eng
land
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27
MARM0N FAV0RITE FOR
LONG DISTANCE TOURS
Lightness Insures Economy in
Spite Of High Powered
Engine.

The great responsiveness OF the
lightweight Marmon - to all controls
has made 1t favorlte among motor
lists who enjoy long tours Lightness,
the powerful engine, balance that to
all practical purposes is perfect, and
many mechanical refinements in con
struCtiOn give the MarmOn ease In
handling that makes the most diff
cult situations encountered on long
drives easy for driver and passengers
alike.
LIghtness makes the Marmon eco
nomical. both In fuel consumption and
wear on tires Balance makes 1t ride
easily under all conditions confronted
In any kind OF driving where an auto
mobile can go. The powerful motor
drives il at high speed where high
speed is desired, and pulls the car up
hills with the most pleasing ease. The
Marmon combines all the serviceable-
ness OF the utility - with the refine
ments of design AID the passenger
comfort OF highgradc luxury car,
an ideal combination for touring
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27

g. u1yr "a 1910 IHrI tuHTiuE "tr
and sine, standing over winter ] lind
that it fires back thru the ctruurotur
and only one and two cylinders hlt
Thot the trouble was lu the COLL so
bought new one. ana row ! cannot
start It without the master. and then
only one and two HIT Have also all
new spark plugs IL ;.
\ Look Ia YOUR valves. They are
probahk sticking and not closing
propcrly should you In any way have
got the leads or primary wins Of cyl
indcr~ , and reversed. the engine
will act IL Nuu describe. The cylinders
should fire l. =. 3 and 1.
Before fu.~ing with the electric de-
vices - g. II you are getting spark
IN the cylinders bN taking the leads
off one AT a Time and holding them
about an eighth uf AN inch from the
metal Of the engine. II you get a
shark then YOU know that the ignition
j. not at fault and You should look To
compression and then to the Carbu-
r,tor. Drain out the old gasoline.
Failing to get n spark, trace the wir-
ing and SOC that all make good and
clean contact. Al-o rub u piece of fine
cloth between the platinum points.
and clean the commutator with "A lit
tie ga~o.in".
. MS ear Is Ford 1914. ! sent
my magnetic to the ,) works and
had the magnetic rrcharged and they
came back % Is. ! had them put on
and car put together again. but sull
Q iuI"d % WORK just right II seems
to fire ON two cylinders the back and
front mostly / had some juice iu the
front cylinder, but not enough 10
make much difference with the rum
ming Of the engine. Now when ] had
the car down / tested the coils ac-
cordiug To- the directions Of the man
putting tho ear together.
got current or spark thru each
coil Sow. / want to know II this field
coil can be- fixed. and what YOU think
about it, Before putting the car
back together / sheilacked the coil
good and took "a knife and scraped
the shrllac on tho points OF contact.
put on four coats and let II dry good
before putting 1t back together In,
trying To- get the engine To run We
tried "a new set uf coils and platinum
points. but It made mo- difference. Now
what do You think can do with it,
\ The fact that you have had the
magnets rcmHgnCtiICd and that You
are getting some juice makes me won
der II the trouble Is In the magnetic.
Try this test: First thoroly clean the
collector brush of the magnetic. and be
sure that the trouble il not in il. Then
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27
AT TER WEIGHT AND MEASURE
l.. opoNe Adoption of Metric and Other
Decimal Systems.

LONDON, May 19.LThe whole
question OF the substitution OF metric
and decimal systems for the present
Er tish system OF coinage. weights
and measures, is now in the hands Of
committee under Lord Balfour OF
Iur'c gh. Tho committee is acting
u der he dire ton OF the prime min
lster's Committee on reconstruction
W'er the war" winch was appointed
several months ago.
ne assoc ateu chambers of COM
mcrce has .ust adopted resolution
recommending the adoption of the
metric system in modified form, and
has also ,ccunU ended that all con-
tracts for sal of agricultural produce,
% G.nE i.. bc legal only when
made hy weight
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27

borrow . storage battery (siN volts
or st of five dry cells. and afi"r
taking the lead from the magnetic off
it, binding post ON the coil box, con-
meet wire from the battery Ia this
SINE binding post and the other @
the ground. and ~,r' II you now get a
spark. II YOU de-. then the magnetic
i at fault. while II You do not then
the fault j. somewhere else. Failing
to get a vibration. take - coil out and
after testing II bold the wire which
Nou have fastened tu the binding post
of the coil box against one Of the
metal screws ON the side of the coil
boN and hold IL Ia the other ~'r,w on
the coil. If some one viii now crank
the engine for YOU. YOU should get a
Nihration II YOU do not. then the
trouble l. In the primary wires be-
tween the cuii box and the COmmu-
tAtor. or in the commutator Itself II
YOU do get "A vibration then the trou-
bic l. Ia the coil buN, possibly the
switch or the connection to the bus :
bar. doubt that YOU need To look 10
,hc secondary.
Assuming that the magnets have
been Replaced property uhc north
poles should be together. and also the
south polCsl, You seem u haN" done
the correct thing with regard u the
magnetic The p'lc pieces Of the
magnetic should bc about n thirty--1-c-
ond OF an inch ava, from the coil
ipoCls.
q have "a 1919 iH) touring
car which after having been run
about 5000 miles showed "A loss Of
compression, SO that had the motor
taken down and put in one t)
piston riag at the top ot each piston.
As this ring fitted So well ! was afraid
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27

try IA heavier oil and II this fails 10
help I nm afraid that placing another
set of rings on the pistOns will bc the
only remedy. | take IL that YOU did
not have this trouble before putting
on the new rings. and 50 assume that
there il nothing else - the cause of
the trouble. You may bc using too
much oil. because YOU are feeding II
too fast. Tho float may ~ stuck or
punCturcI aud - give YOU the i'm
preston thrt the crank casc t. empty
when ~ n matter of fact IL T. over full.
.. Can you tell me II an owner
must have a license 10 drive car In
New York city? II 50, what must he
do TO get one? G.. *. O.
\. rhc New York state law re-
quirc> only "a license for chauffcurs.
chauffeur i defined rs one who
drives n man n an employee or as a
business. All cars must bc registered,
however.
@ / recently had slight puncture
because OF "a small nail. re
moved the nail and had Il new tube
put in and this very soon punctured.
could not find what caused this new
puncture. and when | patched the
tube and put IL back IL soon became
punctured again. with the exception
OF tho Luy hole the fabric OF the shoe
Seems IN perfect condition. Odn you
suggest what causes this constant
puuoturing9 L. Z. VI,
\. That tiny exception l. the cause
OF the puncturing. \ comparatively
thin tur under eight pounds pres
sure viii bc squeezed into the tinic-t
hole and 80 bc pinChci. Get an in
side patch for the shoe and pat this
over the hole. You can get these OF
rawhidr or Of heavy fabric. II there
Is a tire rcp"ir establishment handy il
would be- well to have the repair mad
there - II WIN bc inexpensive and
done better than YOU could do IL Tn
'"Ss done iu.i ri'-ht the patch itself
win pinch tie tabs.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27

patterns being the favoritss ss, for they
40 not show travel stains as readily
as the light colors.
Girdles, hats and shoes are chosen
20 match, to be worn with the sepa-
,ate sport skirts. The sweater coat
matches the dark shades in the plaid
Stitched hats OF the plaid are also
worn with the skirts, and hatband
to match the firdle or beaded one is
worn around the hat. Gloves are OF
the soft, washable variety, either in
chamois or in doeskin, those of fabric
materials being unpleasant TO wear IN
warm weather.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27
Taken Literally.

50 you went u church last sunday
ASKED the doubtful one. Then to
PROV" il. what was the text
The text was lie giveth His Be
loved sleep
you're all right. How many Of
tho congregation were there"
AN the beloved. 1t seemed to me"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27
TO EC0NOMlzE ON LAWYERS
Men Thrown out OF Employmcnt ASK
"tGmpa s.onatc Allowance"

LONDON, May l9|Tho nation Is
saved $125.OO annually by the lbolI-
ton OF 90 revising barristers Uawyers
who revise the voting hstsD provided
for I'm the new registration bill. The
lawyers thus affected. many OF whom
have lucrative practices strongly OBJ
Jcct 20 the action of the government
and have addressed to ii Il petition
In which they say they ought to re
&C.. We "cow passionate allowance" for
the loss Of their occupation
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27

Now. said a Boston school teacher
TO his class iu English. "can anyone
give me word ending In 'ous,' mean
ing fun Of as dangerous fun OF
danger. Hazardous, fun of hazard f'
For a moment there was dead
silence Then a small boy raised his
hand.
We'll" qucricd the teacher, "what
is your word" Then came the reply.
10 'Piuus.' full Of pie