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Nodded Beet Greens.

Wash the green's through many wa
ters to be sure they are well-cleansed,
add boiling water to cover and COOK
until tender. 1t will take about three
hours. Drain and press out all the
water possible, remove a few OF the
beets that are as large as walnuts and
slip off the skins in cold water Slice
the beets and press against the side
of an earthen mold. Chop the green's
fine, season with salt and pepper and
butter and fill the prepared mold. Set
a plate with a weight above the vege-
tables and let them become chilled
Serve sliced with mayonnaise dress
ing.
Any stalks of asparagus left over
from a previous meal may be used for
a most delectable salad using the fol-
lowing dressing:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
AN ATTACK OF GRIP
USUALLY LEAVES KIDNEYS
IN WEAKENED CONDITION

Doctors in all parts of the country have
been kept busy with the epidemic of grip
which has visited SO many homes. The
symptoms of grip this year are often very
distressing and leave the system in rum
down condition, particularly the kidneys
which seem to suffer most, as almost every
victim complains of lame back and urin-
airy troubles which should not be neglect
ed, as these danger signals often lead to
dangerous kidney troubles. Druggists
report large sale on DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root which so many people say
soon heals and strengthens the kidneys
after an attack of grip. Swamp Root,
being an herbal compound, has gentle
healing effect on the kidneys, which is al
most Immediately noticed in most cases
by those who try it. DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, offer to send sam
pie size bottle of Swamp Root, on receipt
of ten cents, to every sufferer who re-
quests it. A trial will convince anyone
who may be in need of it. Regular medi-
UNI and large size bottles, for sale at
all druggists. Be sure to mention this
paper.-Adv.
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$3,OOe,7e1,9O7.15

!
until it is realized that 5000 words
set in type will fill seven and a half
standard magazine pages. Details of
what appears to be an epoch-making
achievement must be withheld for
military reasons. 1t is a war inven-
ton and has for its chief purpose the
liberation of hundreds of expert oper-
ators for the signal corps without dis
organizing our much-needed CONNER
cial lines. No secret is divulged, how
ever, when the apparatus is described
as a printing telegraph system, de-
pending upon universally used re-
cording instrument that has never be-
fore been associated with telegraphy.
Messages are handled in any language
or cipher with equal facility and RAJ
pidity.-Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
Women War Workers.

American women in France are TAX
ing their place in war as unhesitating-
ly as the soldiers in the trenches are.
This is the word that has just been
brought back to America from France
by Mrs. Luther FL. Quick, formerly of
Brooklyn. now Of South Casco, Me-, di-
rector of the Camp Fire Girls of
America, who recently spent ten days
in Y. M. G. A. hut at Toul, as near
the American front lines as women are
permitted to go. At the point where
she worked, each woman in the can
teen is provided with gas mask, In
case of sudden need Of 1t.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
No Established WheatIeSS
Days, but Pound and Half
Should Be the Very Limit

The United States food administers
ton has made wheatless days and
wheatless meals optional in private
homes. But that does not mean the
lid has been taken off. 1t only means
that the question of which day or meal
shall be wheatless is left to the indi-
vidual household.
In other words, the food administra-
ton has made the reduction of wheat
consumption a test of good citizen
ship. Each citizen In the land is
asked, as a good American, to cut his
individual wheat consumption to a
pound and half a week. That means
to cut the ordinary, peace-time con-
sumption in two. 1t doesn't matter on
what day or what meals that is done,
just so it is done. In that regard the
food administration says:
In making optional the observance
of wheatless days in private homes
the food administration lifted no re-
strictions upon the consumption of
wheat products. 1t is merely asking
the American people to reduce their
per capita consumption to not more
than LIZ pounds per week,
"This is an absolute military neces-
sity. The method of saving is being
left entirely to the individual. If it
can be done without foregoing the use
of wheat at any specified meal or on
any day, the food administrations ur-
gent plea for further conservation will
be carried out to the letter."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
eeseseesesssssseeseeese,
THE BEST POLICY



Would you win eternal fame
And immortalize your name?
Do you covet praise and pelf and self
esteem? ~
Then give your utmost best
And do it with a zest--
To the job that's yours, however small
it seem,
And when you've set your mark on high,
pursue It;
For it's not the thing you do, but how
you do 1t.
Would you find the pot of gold
With its blessings manifold,
But with it have your conscience free
from blight?
Then cut your wants In half,
Make thrift your daily staff,
And keep your credit and your honor
bright.
And when the tempter offers graft, for
sake it;
For it's not how much you make, but
how you make 1t.
Would you build your monument
Ere your busy life be spent;
Or would you the applause of men com
mand?
Then purge your soul of greed,
Hear every call of need
And scatter blessings with an open
hand
If money easy comes. do not abuse 1t,
For it's not how much you save, but how
you use it,
William Davenport in Forbes Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
Nel11 Nlek9elQ
Government Appeals to
Patriotism of Sp0rtSmen.

The United States department Of
agriculture appeals to the patriotism
and true craftsmanship Of all persons
to cooperate with it in the enforce
ment Of the federal law for the pro-
lection Of migratory birds, especially
at this time when the problem Of con-
serving the food supply is taxing the
ingenuity Of the world. 1t is crafty
ing to know that the majority Of
sportsmen have observed the federal
regulations and this fact has con-
tributed largely to the successful re-
suits accomplished. A sense of pa
triotic duty should impel every one to
conserve this natural food asset, thus
perpetuating the species and increasing
the supply for the benefit Of all the
people.
The department has planned to In
crease greatly It's force of wardens,
who will be actively engaged during
the spring migration in securing evil
dence upon which to base prosecutions
against those who may violate the law.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
How President Kruger Decided
Problem for Two Brothers

That very canny person, President
Kruger, was once called upon, as King
Solomon before him, to pass judgment
in a matter of ownership. The case
was that of two brothers, who had
been left farm and could not agree
as to the division which had to be
made. They agreed that, rather than
take the matter to the courts, they
would let President Kruger decide.
President Kruger appears to have hes
itated about as little as King Solomon
did. He instructed the elder brother
to make what he considered fair d.
vision, and then he gave first choice
to the younger brother. A solution,
like Solomon's, both mastery and sim
ple.-Christian Science Monitor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
Lawyers in England.

Some one has, inadvertently, of
course, spoken Of the '"great lawyers
who drafted Magma Carta." But be-
yond all debate there were no lawyers
in England till very long after that
time, writes Walter Clark in Case and
Comment. Not only were professional
lawyers unknown in England until au-
thorized by Edward in 1921, but I'M
til the statute Of Merton In 1886, 81
years after Johns Magma Carta, every
one was required to, appear in court in
his own behalf, both in civil and Grim
inal cases. That statute authorized
the appearance by another except in
cases Of felony, as to which counsel
were not allowed in England to appear
for a defendant until within the last
hundred years.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
Consumption, of Sugar Goes
Up to 81 Pounds Per Capita
Since Revolutionary Period

The American who during the
worlds greatest war must get along
with one lump of sugar instead OF two
in his coffee will be Interested III the
fact that the Revolutionary patriots
had much less or none at all Oh the
sweetening food material.
A century ago, says the United States
department of agriculture, the people
of this country consumed less than
one-tenth as much sugar as they do
now. In 1791-1795, just after the Revo-
luton, the estimated annual consump-
ton was rs pounds per capita. In
1821-1S25 the average per capita con-
sumption was 8.3 pounds and was prac-
tically the same 20 years earlier. But
in the five years ending with 1915 the
total consumption in the United States
was approximately S,00oooo,o0O
pounds, a yearly average OF about "a
pounds for each person. or 37S pounds
for an average family (4.5 persons).
Reasons for the increase can be
found not only in many new and ex-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30

of the Braves. When Mitch was Stall
ingS assistant in Boston he had many
a run-in with the manager, and he adj
mits now that Stallings thinks more OF
a man who will answer him back on
occasion.
Stallings is a firebrand in baseball;
never laughs, rarely smiles, doesn't
Jest, and roasts the daylight out of
man who makes a slip. He is also a
nervous person, and becomes enrap-
tured on the bench while he is watch
ing game, and plays the whole con-
test over, solo, as he sits on the play
ers' coop.
StalIings Is merciless in calling down
a player and criticizing his work.
"a fellow made a bobble once while
StaIlings was watching from the
bench" said Mitchell. "Look at that
boob said Stallings. What bone
head! No, he isn't bonehead; his
head is made of Krupp STEEL"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
EatMoreRice
Nutritious Food That is a
Good Substitute for Wheat
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural

Here in the United States it is diff
cult to realize that there is no other
edible product, except perhaps meat,
upon which more people in the world
are dependent for food than rice, and
that we might advantageously con-
sumo much greater quantities of this
nutritious food and grow the increase
in our own rice fields. An increased
production and consumption not only
would expand q profitable industry,
but the eating of more rice in the
place Of wheat would release a great
err quantity of the bread grain for
shipment to the allies.
The average per capita consumption
of rice for food in this country is
scarcely 6 pounds year, and most
of this is consumed in the Southern
states. The high esteem in which rice
is held in other countries is indicated
by their per capita consumption. Nor
way and Sweden consume over Q
pounds per capita; Russia over III
pounds; England, % pounds; France,
"a pounds; Italy, over 101 pounds, and
Germany more than 90 pounds. But
even these European countries do not
begin to eat as much rice as Japan
and China. There, rice is the most
important article of diet. Each man,
woman and child in Japan, on the
average, consumes lat pounds of rice
each year, and those in China, 15S
pounds.
The placing Of such dependence
upon rice as a staple food certainly
proves beyond doubt that it is high
ly nutritious; analysis Of rice supports
this proof. Pound for pound rice is
about as nutritious as wheat. Every
100 pounds of cleaned rice contains
ST. pounds of nutriment, OF which 8
pounds are protein, 0.3 pound fat, 70
pounds carbohydrates, and O.4 pound
ash. The analysis of wheat flour
shows that it contains ST. pounds OF
nutriment in each 100 pounds, of
which 1913 pounds are protein, IL
pounds fat, 74.8 pounds carbohydrates,
and O.4 pound ash. Thus the total
nutriment in rice is trifie greater
than in wheat. Wheat has the advan-
tage in protein and rice in carbo-
hydrates.
Although rice is the great foodstuff
of the Orient, it is not used there In
making raised bread. In this coun-
try dieticians have made excellent
bread by substituting as high as 70
per cent of rice for wheat flour, and
have obtained white yeast bread Of
excellent flavor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
PLAN AHEAD FOR
BETTER POULTRY

One must plan ahead in order to be
successful in any line of endeavor.
Poultry keeping is no exception, writes
an authority. If you do not have the
breeding birds you need for the seas
on of 1918, now is good time to get
them. There is countrywide scare
ity of good birds for breeding purposes,
and one must expect to pay somewhat
higher prices than in past years. 1t
will not pay to get inferior birds in or
der to save little of the purchase
price.
If you are just starting, or If you
want new blood you can buy either
stock or eggs for Matching. Men are
more likely to buy stock because they
do not usually handle eggs so care
fully as women and also because usu-
ally they have more money to spend.
To buy stock is the safer plan, OF
course, and on the whole is better, but
it costs more money. For both stock
and eggs prices are high and will con-
tinue so. One cannot expect to buy
eggs for Matching in 1918 in quantities,
at So per hundred. Such low prices
are now absurd for eggs from stock Of
any decent quality at all.
Most poultry breeders, except those
who have a large number of birds Of
superior quality, are compelled to re-
plenish their flock with new blood al
most every year. Our focks either
go up or go down. Just because prices
are higher than normal we must be
careful to get good quality in what
we buy. This is time when poor
stuff will not pay. There never was
a time when it was so true that "the
best is none too good" 1t does not
pay to keep inferior fowls now.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30

tended uses for sugar but also In nu,
merous sources of the product. Do
nestle cane and beet fields supplied %
per cent of the sugar we used in 1911
1915; the planters of Hawaii, Porto
Rico and the Philippines furnished 20
per cent; while Cuba, supplemented by
small amounts from other foreign
countries, furnished 81 per cent. Dur
ing these five years the sugar consump-
ton of the United States averaged al
most 160,000,000 pounds per week. The
supply for u weeks came from foreign
countries, our island possessions fur
nished supplies for Ii weeks consump-
ton, while the product of the United
States proper was equivalent to II
weeks average consumption.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30

well and feel fine in the morning and
able to do my work. / gladly recon-
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to - make weak nerves
strong. - Mrs. ALBERT Suite, 603
Olmstead St., Winona, MINI.
How often do we hear the expression
emong women, IL am so nervous, cam
not Sleep" or cit seems as though I
should fly" Such women should profit
. by Mrs. Sultze's experience and give
this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, trial.
For forty years il has been overcom-
ing such serious conditions as displace-
ments, inflammation, liberation, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains. backache, dir
ziness, and nervous prostration OF
women, and is now considered the stan.
dard remedy for such ailments.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
With the Inventors.

A glass bottle blowing ma
chine with capacity OF 2,OOO
bottles an hour has been invent
ed in Europe.
Electrical apparatus for tap
ping trees, which can be left
without attention for months,
has been invented.
Spring pads to be strapped to
the knees have been invented
for the comfort of persons
obliged to kneel at their work.
To prevent rubber fire hose
cracking while dry an inventor
has patented a reel that keeps
it filed with compressed air.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
Father and Son.

IT don't know but I'll get into this
war myself before it's over" unused
Farmer Corntossel.
"Wouldn't that be fine" exclaimed
his wife. maybe you an Josh would
be in the same company"
cit wouldn't do. Josh has had too
much start in the chance for promo
ton. Like as not he'd be under the
painful necessity of disciplinin' me fur
not speakin' respectful'to my superior
officer"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
The Concrete Ship.

Faith, the new concrete ship. has the
appearance Of concrete cellar founda-
ton. This may be the very thing some
unseen and unknown barnacle has been
waiting to cling to. Our bold expert
ment will bring out some surprising
discoveries, no doubt. If 1t shows a
new way to use cement there will be a
boom in cement stocks. We have no
end of raw material for cement MAX
ing and no conservationist can tell us
when we shall be shy of the stuff that
makes ships If the Faith is a winner.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
Military.

An army officers wife wrote to r. A.
M. G. officer, saying her child was suf-
fering from teething. She addressed
the letter, CDR. Brown"
The recipient returned 1t with the
remark that he should be addressed
brigade Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel
Brown"
Whereupon the lady wrote back:
"Dear Brigade Surgeon Lieuten2nt
Colonel Brown: / am sorry about mis-
itake.-Yours, Mary Jones.
"P. S.-Please bring your sword to
lance baby's gums. "-Tit-Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30

They were shaped like cones. AS their
bottoms were pointed they would not
stand erect. When man had his drink
ing horn filed he disposed of its con-
tents at single draught and did not
lay it down until he had drained it.
These horns were tumblers in the sense
that they would not stand upright. AL
though our modern glasses do not have
this Objectionable quality, the name
that originated in early Saxon times
still persists.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
Conserving Horse Hair.

The American army is about to out
do the Germans as an exponent of eff
ficiency, at least in one direction. An
order issued from the war department
directs that the names of all draft
animals shall be clipped or reached and
that the hair removed must be pre-
served to be disposed of according to
instructions to be issued later.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
England to Grow SunfIoWerS.

The production of sunfiowers is
being encouraged in England. The
ministry of food and production de-
partment has issued instructions on
how to grow sunflowers and advises
all persons to grow them, explaining
that the seed is rich in oil and makes
an excellent chicken food.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
Six Thousand Words a Minute
By New High Speed Telegraphy

A seven-league stride has recently
been made ip high-speed telegraphy.
An apparatus which in actual tests
has proved its ability to transmit
over a single grounded wire 5000
words minute has been evolved. The
real significance of this escapes one
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
Egyptians Fond Of Pigeons.

Certain Egyptians carry on to re.
markable degree the business of rails
ing pigeons. On one estate the ii pig
con towers, each composed of about
1000 clay jars, set one upon another.
Each jar forms comfortable house for
the family of pigeons occupying 1t.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
chiffonade Dressing.

Chop fine the white of hard-cooked
egg, add the yolk pressed through a
sieve, tablespoonful each of chopped
chives, parsley, capers :and cooked
beet. half tablespoonful of scraped
onion, half a teaspoonful each of salt
and paprika, half cupful Of oil and
three tablespoonfuls Of vinegar. MIX
and beat until thoroughly blended.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
A Victim Of Fate.

"Wnen i began
business" said
plutocrat YEARLY.
II made a solemn
vow that when /
had made an even
million I would
quit"
"B ut you've
made that many
times over" said
the other man,
"and still you are
accommodating"
"That's t h e
curse Of it. When
ever I think I've
made an even mil
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
HAVE ALAUGH
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
His Temptation.

81 hope my husband won't get IN
veigled into any games with those card
sharks"
ooh, he'll know when they are try
ing to cheat him."
'Pm not afraid of that, but you
know, he's a sharpshooter."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
Down South cornbread.

Sift together one cupful OF yellow
cornmeal, half teaspoonful of salt,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
beat one egg and stir into the dry in
gradients, with one quart of sweet
milk. Turn the mixture into a we'll
buttered baking dish. Add two table,
spoonfuls Of butter cut into bits.
Bake in a hot oven twenty-five min
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
Has Horse Beaten TWO WAYS.

.T likes dishere automobiles" said
Uncle Eben, "'cause likes animals. A
mean man kin keep beatins an starvin
a boss. But If he gifts rough VIII a fiiv-
yer he's liable to break 1t an If he
DON keep up de gasoline rations it jes'
naturally quits"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30

w 0e~~%
st at night
would lie awake and
get so nervous /
would have to get
up and walk around
and in the morning
would be all tired
out. / read about
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound and thought
! would try it. My
nervousness soon
loft mo I alaau
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utes. Stir often until the bread be-
gins to thicken. Serve with spoon
and from the baking dish. This may
be served as a dessert with grated
maple sugar or with sugar and cream.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
Up-to-Date.

"Has your cook anything deleteri-
Gus in your daily diet, Mrs. Comeup p,
"Sure, she has. We have everything
now that's the style.'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
Foods in Season.

Asparagus, beet green's, spinach
and all the other tender garden
things which are so wholesome are
now found in our markets.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
Mental Industry.

"It's wrong to
say I don't work,
mister" said
Flooding Pete.
"What work do
you do?"
"Brain work. I
have to think up
a terrible lot Of
excuses for not
acceptin' jobs"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
Twenty Years Ago.

Bicycles were as common as
legs.
Automobiles and millionaires
were rare.
Table board was So a week,
or S. a week with the "best
room in the house"
Hotels had a "bill of fare"
and the "menu" with prices
marked opposite was almost
unknown.
Appendicitis had just been
discovered.
Nobody wore white shoes, and
palm beach suits were iD the
9alpaca stage"
Jules Verne had a monopoly
on the submarine.-W Washington
Times.
-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
An Excusinu Spirit.

didn't I see the grocer's boy kiss
you this morning, Susan?'
"Yes'm. But he amt to blame,
ma'am. Twas the iceman set him
the bad example"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
A Patriot.

Hes real patriot, anyhow"
"What makes you thing SOP
Hes taken big government con.
tract for the same profit he'd charge,
a private corporation"
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lion ! find on figuring it up it's either
a little more or a little less, and I've
got to renew the heart-breaking strug-
GLE" And the unfortunate man sighed
heavily.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-30
sardine Toast.

Remove the crust from carefully
toasted bread and spread with butter
mixed with teaspoonful Of lemon
juice and minced parsley. On each
place three sardines and put the toast
into the oven to heat. Serve at once.