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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
Growing Drugs a New Industry
Production Of Herbs Necessary in Industrial Arts and Med
icine is Daily Increasing.

medicine.
increasing leaps
furnished
unobtain
able
America
valuable
Florida
southern California.
acting of
of besides
profitable experimenting
botanical
In succeeded the
bestq quality a profit,
of
0
methods
being produced in this
which
The University Minnesota cu
Yates government
o
scale
afwh experimental with diff
seal expensive difficult Twenty-Five
pound Sc pound
root and narcotic
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
American Medal of Honor
Is the Hardest to Gain;
The Most Rarely Awarded

Naval and military men of America
claim that their medal of honor, the
equivalent to Britain's Victoria Cross,
is the hardest to gain, the most rarely
awarded, and therefore the most pre-
cious and least known of all such dec
orations throughout the world. When
a man is entitled to wear an inconspic-
uous bronze star pendant from a blue
ribbon on which are 13 white stars. it
is certain that he has performed a
deed of almost superhuman fearless
ness. The Medal Of Honor is five
pointed star with a medallion in the
center bearing the head of Minerva
and around it united States Of Amer
lea" in relief. On each ray of the star
is an oak leaf, and the points them
selves are trefoil-shaped. A laurel
wreath in green enamel encircles the
whole, and this wreath Is surmounted
by the word "Valor," which In turn
is surmounted by an eagle that at
taches the decoration to its ribbon.
The holder of this decoration, If an
army man, wears, when in service uni
form, button or badge, six-sided, and
made of blue silk with Is white stars.
If in the navy the decoration is repre-
serted by a small red, white and blue
bow knot.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
WHY WOMEN DREAD
OLD AGE

Don't worry about old age. Don't worry
about being in other peoples way when
you are getting on in years. Keep your
body in good condition and you can be as
hale and hearty in your old days as you
were when kid, and every one will be
glad to see you.
The kidneys and bladder are the causes
of senile Affections. Keep them clean and
in proper working condition. Drive the
poisonous wastes from the system and
avoid uric acid accumulations. Take GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules periodical,
" and you will find that the system will
always be in perfect working order. Your
spirits will be enlivened, your muscles
made strong and your face have once
more the look of youth and health.
New life, fresh strength and health will
come as you continue this treatment. When
your first vigor has been restored continue
for awhile taking capsule or two each
day. They will keep you in condition and
prevent a return of your troubles. j.
There is only one guaranteed brand OF
HARLEM Oil Capsules, GOLD MEDAL.
There are many fakes on the market: BE
sure you get the Original GOLD MEDAL
Imported HARLEM Oil Capsules. They are
the only reliable. For sale by all tirst-class
druggists.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
Food Administration Urges
Test for Wheat Waste; Tells
How to Rectify Operation

A matter of unusual Importance to
grain growers is the food adminiStra-
TONS official test for clean threshing,
says indianapolis News. By this
rule any farmer can test the work of
the threShing machine he has hired.
The test is made by directing the straw
blower against a blanket, sheet or can
vas during the time the weighing de-
vice trips five times, recording two and
one-half bushels. If more than one
pint of wheat is winnowed from the
straw on the canvas, bad work is indi-
Gated. One and one-half pints indi-
Gates a loss of 1 per cent. If more
than three pints is found-which
means per cent losS-reasOnable
time should be given to correct the
bad operation, and second test should
be made. If improvement is not OBJ
tanned, steps should be taken through
the county threshing committee to dis
continue operations until the avoidable
waste is corrected.
Most threshing committees have for
mulated detailed rules for the guild
ance of threshing crews in effectively
stopping waste of grain. But more eff
fective than the rules and regulations,
the food administration believes, has
been the eagerness with which farmers
and thresheCmen have accepted their
harveSt-time responsibility and the dill
igence with which they are now stop
ping every source Of grain waste.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10

ships vault, and cargo valued at $5-
100000. Much of the latter is be-
lieved to be uninjured.
The great ship lies on the shifting
sands at the bottom of st. Georges
channel, in 270 feet of water. Divers
and poltOons cannot operate at this
depth, SO an entirely new type of sal
wage ship has been designed by ma
rine Angineer, Carl J. Lindquist. AT
the surface it will be only about thirty
feet IN length and half that in width,
but weeping downward is hult
which may be extended to a length
of 300 feet, and which is mounted on
big wheels, resting upon the bed OF
the sea.
Near the bottom is large search
light, capable of Illuminating the wa
ter for distance of thirty feet or
more, and by means of this the helms
man, far below the surface. will direct
the operation of a hollow, flexible steel
rod. When the sunken ship is located,
powerful stream of water will be
forced through the rod, to clear away
the sand which has drifted high around
the lost craft.
-Four enormous perpendicular pom
toons of hollow steel will then De
sunk, two on each side of the ship,
and to them will be attached huge
cables, passing under the sunken hull.
When all is in readiness the vessel
may be lifted to the surface. There
the gaping wound in her side can be
repaired and the ship foated into port.
This is but an outline of most in
genious plan, one single feature being
the hinged bases of the pontoons,
which permit them to sway back and
forth in stormy weather without re-
| leasing their burdens.
Nor will their usefulness end with
the raising of the Lusitania. The ocean
bed off the west coast of Europe is
dotted with rich prizes. Near Havre, in
$50 feet of water, rests the Parthenon,
with 100000 cargo; the Healdton,
an American ship, carried $3,OOO,OOO
worth of goods to the bottom off the
Dutch coast, while but ten miles from
the Lusitania the Arabic took her
fatal plunge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
FATTENiNG
TURKEYS

The turkey, being somewhat of a
wild fowl, does not take kindly to
small pens and is usually fattened on
the range. Birds that are to be mar
keted for the holiday trade are given
all the cracked corn they will eat
twice a day. When freezing weather
comes early and destroys insect life
it is advisable to furnish some form
of meat feed such as commercial meat
scrap, where birds can have easy ac-
cess to it.
In case a local market is to be sup
piled it is possible to feed turkeys in
crates. The birds are put in small
crates in a quiet, protected building
and fed three times day on batter
made of cornmeal, low grade flour,
meat scraps and small amount OF
bran mixed with buttermilk. This
method is more expensive and only
practical where markets are to be sup
piled. The old range method of fat
tening is more desirable as well as eco
nOmical.
Care should be taken to remove all
breeding stock from the birds select
ed for, market, as it is not desirable
that those to be kept over should be-
come too fat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10

fame or abusive, contemptuous and the
like. The penalties are $4,000 fine,
Imprisonment up to 20 years, or both.
For persons who shall do anything
with intent to obstruct the sale of
Liberty bonds or other United States
securities, the same penalty is pro-
vided. Nothing in the way of false
statements and reports regarding
bonds is safe except bona fide advice
that is not dislOyal. Wilful attempt
to obstruct recruiting or enlistment in
the United States service and many
other acts are classified in the same
way. Among them is the display of
the enemy's flag. This is specially
enumerated for punishment when will
fully done.
Any speech, writing, publication or
language advocating curtailment in
production which would hinder the
United States in prosecuting the war
is likewise an offense if intended to
interfere. Finally, "Whosoever, when
the United States is at war, shall by
word or act support or favor the cause
of any country with which the United
States is at war or oppose the cause
of the UnitecbStates therein" subjects
himself to the fine and the imprison-
ment mentioned.
These laws were approved by the
president May Is and violations since
that time are subject to investigation.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
Mental Hygiene, Distinct
Innovation in Army Work

'eF'or the first time in the history of
warfare" says New York Medical
Journal, mental hygiene as practiced
among the soldiers is given the prom
inence it deserves, and, profiting by
the experience of England and France
in the present war, the surgeon gen.
eral was impelled to inaugurate an
elaborate organization, both in num-
Der and plan, to take care Of any men
tai disturbances detected in the camps
or among the soldiers during the war.
This is a distinct innovation in the
army medical work, for the subjects
of mental hygiene and of mental and
nervous diseases in general, as occur
ring among soldiers in war time, were
for many reasons either slightly treat
ed or neglected altogether"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
What Is Sugar?
BY the u. S. Food
Administration

Sugar is food as well as a flavor.
One Of the simple food lessons the
United States food administration has
driven home is Food Is Fuel for Fight
ers." Sugar is one of the conspicuous
fuel foods. It's great advantage is that
it is quickly burning, and gives it's en-
ergy to the body more rapidly than
other kinds.
The commercial graduated sugar we
buy at the store is mot the only sugar
on the shelf" Some of these other
sugars have popular names which de-
note their origin, such as grape sugar,
fruit sugar. milk sugar and malt sugar.
Their technical names are, in order,
glucose or dextrose; fructose; lactose /;
maltese.
The beet sugar or cane sugar that
we buy from the grocer is also az
''ose." 1t is called "sucrose."
The department of agriculture tells
us that while the canes and the sugar
beet are the only commercially i'm
portant sources of sucrose, this form
of sugar is also found in the stems
and roots of sorghum and cornstalkS /;
in the carrot, turnip and sweet pota-
to; in the sap of some trees, such as
the date palm and sugar maple; in
almost all sweet fruits, and in the
nectar of flowers.
When a SucroSe, or ordinary SUI
gar, is taken into the body and goes
through the process of digestion, it is
changed into glucose and fructose.
Lactose goes through much the same
process, forming glucose and galact-
ose. Maltese, too, changes into glu-
coSe.
We need to remember that all the
sweeteners the United States food adj
ministratiOn asks us to use in place of
sugar" are sugars, too, and though
not always in as convenient form,
they give approximately the same food
value and flavor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
Gen. Horatio Gates Gibson,
Oldest Living West Pointer,
Celebrates 91St Birthday

Gen. Horatio Gates Gibson, the old
est living graduate of West Point, vet
eran of the Mexican, Civil and Indian
wars. recently celebrated his ninety
first birthday in good health and spir-
its, says the st. Louis POst-Dispatch.
Among the guests of the soldier on
his birthday were "a few surviving
members of the Aztec club, which was
formed by officers of the service in the
City of Mexico, II years ago. There
is only a squad of the original men,
bers of this club living General Glib
son is one of them and In the organiza-
TONS president,
1t is probable that this veteran
thought as a young soldier, after cam
paigning from Vera Cruz to the City OF
Mexico under the leadership of Gen.
Winfield Scott, that the Mexican war
was good deal of a war. 1t is likely,
also, after serving as an artillery
chieftain through the campaign from
81 to '65, that he thought the Civil
war was about the biggest thing in
the shape of war that ever happened
or could happen. Today this man Of
service, ninety-one years of age, is un-
der the necessity of readjusting his
earlier thoughts on the comparative
magnitude of conflicts between ma
lions.
It is of interest today-Or, at any
rate, seemingly it ought to be-to re-
call the names of some Of the original
members of the Aztec club, of which
General Gibson is president. Grant,
Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Da-
Wis and a score of other men whose
names doomed large later in the his
tory Of the country were charter men,
bers of the organization. The late
Col. Parmenas T. Turnkey of Highland
Park, ILL.,, who was StOnewall Jack
sons roommate during the four years
course at West Point, signed the rolls
in the City of Mexico as charter
member of the Aztec club. 1t may be
that one or more Of the original mem
bers still are living in the middle West.
The memories of the Aztec club men,
bers cast long shadows.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
,1vernment Has a Law to
Punish for Insult to Flag
Under the Espionage Act


FOR the first time in United States
n story, the federal government has
a law to punish for insult to the Amer
lean flag, according to a digest of
amendments made by congress to the
espionage act, received by representa-
tives Of the department of justice. The
sedition law now provides drastic pun
ishment for many things that were dis
loyal but not punishable before.
Regarding the flag, the uniform of
the army or navy, the military or ma
val forces, the Constitution and the
form of government it will be unsafe
to utter, print, write or publish"
anything that can be shown in fed
eral court to be wilfully disloyal, pro-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local APPLICATIONS as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness.
and that is by a constitutional remedy.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the System. Catarrhal Deafness is
caused by an inf1amed condition Of the
mucous lining of the. Eustachian tube.
When this tube Is infiamed you have q
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result. Unless the Inflammation can be re-
duced and this tube restored to Its nor,
NAL condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases of Deafness are
caused by Catarrh, which is an infiamed
condition Of the Mucous Surfaces.
case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by HALLS CATARKH
MEDICINE.
All Druggists 75c. Circulars free.
r. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
JUST BE GLAD
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Oh heart of mine, we shouldn't
Worry so!
What we've missed of calm we couldn'
Have, you know!
What we've met of stormy pain.
And of sorrows driving rain,
We can better meet again,
If it blow!
We have erred in that dark hour
We have known,
When the tears fell with a shower
All alone
Were not shine and showers blent
AS the gracious Master meant?
Let us temper our content
With His own.
For we know, not every morrow
Can be sad
So forgetting all the sorrow
We have had;
ct us fold away our fears,
And put by our foolish tears.
And through all the coming years,
Just be glad. eftg
James Whitcomb Riley.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
Bronze Powder Is Now Made
In America, Not in Germany.

The United States Industries use
practically 100000 pounds of bronze
powder annually, and 80 per cent of
our total consumption was formerly
imported from Germany, but it is now
made in America" For many years
German manufacturers have been
practically controlling the bronze
powder trade in this country, due to
the fact that they have been Offering
prices which were less than those of
the American producers. Bronze pow
der is manufactured in over 200
grades, differing in color and texture.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10

Lusitania May Be Raised
BY a New Salvage Machine
That Also May Save Others

1t is not unlikely that one Of the first
great undertakings after the war will
be the raising of the Lusitania, notes
New York World. The vessel car
ried a huge treasure to the bottom Of
the sea. It's value is estimated at $14,-
100000, of which 100000 is in gold
and silver, brass and copper; like
amount in jewelry and other per-
sonal valuables; $5,0OOOOO in negoh-
able and unregistered securities in the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
Words of Wise Men.

Keep thy spirit pure from
worldly faint by the strength of
virtue.-Bailey.
Be what your friends think
you are; avoid being what your
enemies say you are; go right
forward and be happy.--Pome-
roy.
The bigot is like the pupil of
the eye-the more light you put
upon it the more it will contract.
Holmes.
A man can never be true
gentleman in manner until he is
true gentleman at heart
Dickens.
The price of liberty is eternal
vigilance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
ceyIon Tomato Salad.

Peel and chop three solid tomatoes
after removing the seeds, add tea
spoonful of salt, a tablespoonful of
lemon juice, a tablespoonful of chop
ped onion, the same of green pepper
and half teaspoonful of paprika.
Mix and turn into the dish in which 1t
is to be served. Stir coconut cream
until thick and pour four tablespoon
fuls over the tomatoes and serve.
To make the coconut cream, CRATE
a good sized c0conut and pour over it
a pint of boiling water, stir and let
stand until all the goodness has been
washed out of the nut. Turn into a
cheesecloth and press dry. Let this
milk stand over night and by morning
a good thick cream will be formed
over the top. Remove the cream and
use the milk underneath for various
sauces.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
Thorough.

'Do you want to sell that muller
'Whur do you all live?" inquired Mr..
Erastus Pinkly.
"What has that to do with it?"
'T ain gwinter transfer him to no.
body dat lives less dan two hundred
miles away. When sells him wants
to git rid not only of de mule but OF
ali conversation appertainin' to him."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
Their Real Worth.

One day as leading lawyer and
judge, both of Boston, were walking
together the lawyer said:
Judge, let's go into partnership.
You furnish the money and I'll furnish
the brains"
The judge quickly pulled out two
cent-piece from his pocket, and hold
ing it in the palm of his hand said to
the lawyer: Every well, old chap, COW
er that"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
List of Foods Which the
U. S. Food Administrator
Advises Everybody to Eat

This is list of protective foods -
Brussels sprouts.
Cabbage.
Cauliflower.
Celery.
Collards.
Lettuce.
Milk.
Onions.
Spinach.
Swiss chard..
If we include some of them in our
diet every day, we will be sure Of get.
ting enough mineral matter. These are
all foods which the United States
food administration advises you to
eat.
BREAKFAST.
Hominy Grits With Top Milk.
Toast.
Coffee.
LUNCH.
Welsh Rarebit.
Buttered Beets.
Pear Salad.
DINNER.
Pan-Fried Perch.
Dreamed Potatoes.
Scalloped Onions.
Brown Betty With Cream.
California irrigates SO, 1852 FARMS GOV.
ering 1864, 104 acres.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
Not Made for a Soldier.

Not Made for a Soldier.
81 understand your hired man has
been drafted"
eyes," replied Farmer Cobbins. "But
I'm just bit dubious about the kind
OF soldier he's goin' to make"
"Hes not cowardly, I hope?"
"It amt that. / was thinkin' that IL
he doesn't show any more get UP an
get in handlin' bayonet than he does
when he's got a pitchfork in his hands,
he'll never make German soldier yell,
"Kamerad ="
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
Purchase of Danish West Indies.

Under the terms of the sale whereby
the United States bought the Danish
West Indies-now called the Virgin is
lands-from Denmark, it was stipu-
lated that German vessels in the har-
bors of the islands should not be COM
mandeered in the event of the United
States going to war with Germany.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10

be by kindness. There is no policy
like politeness, since good manner
often succeeds where the best tongue
has failed. Politeness is most useful
to inspire confidence in the timid and
encourage the deserving .-Magoon.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
For Reflection.

There's nothing so unimpOr-
tant as self-importance.
The man who is always well
coined at home is usually well
coined everywhere else.
Success is nothing more nor
less than doing well at the right
minute something that the world
wants done well.
The reason some men succeed
is because they are determined
to make the knockers and the
scoffers take back what they
said.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
MERRY JESTS
Qualified.

Sergeant (after
investigation as tC
parentage). Mon,
We seem to haze no
qualifications for
entrance into a
Scottish regiment
IT h | n k, n 0 o,
think haze We nae
property in Scot
land?
Recruit (hope-
fully).e Well, yes,
7 hayesa pair of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
Shipyard ElevenS Expect
Many Scrappy Games With
Soldier and Sailor Teams

Professional football will be played
Bruce Smith, for four years star half
back of the Notre Dame team, is now
q shipbuilder in Seattle, and with Tad
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
French Increase Wheat Crop.

The total production of wheat in
France This year is estimated at 50,-
100000 quintals (183,50O,OOO bushels)
being an increase of mare than % per
cent oyer last years cro1, according to
tie iAlEnsigeant.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
Money That Flew.

"Riches have wings!"
'John," said the woman with the
weary voice, II wish you'd stop read
ing about the reports of that airplane
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10

He-You don't love me-you a1e
nerely flirting with me to make Jack
Jealous.
She-Oh, no; I'd have picked cut a
etter-looksng man if ] wanted tc do
ant.-Boston Evening Transcript.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
CeIIuIoSe Dressing.

Swedish physicians have perfected
a cellulose dressing for wounds that
is made in thin sheets like tissue paper
from chemical wood pulp.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10

Jones is making plans for several ship
yard elevens to be pitted against SOL
der and sailor teams. Smith was
captain of Notre Dame eleven in 1911.
A large number of former college
and high school football stars are now
working in the shipyards of the North
west, and Smith believes it will not be
difficult to recruit some strong elevens
among these workers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
Turning of the Worm.

Iurnin9 OF tuc WoIU.
Friend Wife-Henry, drop that gar
den work for while. want you to
come in and lace up my shoes.
Mr.. Pewee-Id love to do 1t, my
dear. But I'm afraid If the provost
marshal general should happen along
and find me working as lady's valet
he'd put me In the army.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
Exalted Men.

Hollow trees are always the stiffest,
but the mightiest oak, if sound, can
bend. The more exalted q man Is by
station the more powerful should he
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10
Suitable Attire.

"Why is Miss Prim wearing only
half mourning for her brother?"
Because he was only her half
brother. you know"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-10

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