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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-06-28
A STEAM Pillow.

There recently appeared in The st.
Paul News an article describing a steam
pillow. II this pillow were started in the
northwestern part Of Dakota on st.
Patrick's day, it would have every acre
of ground in the territory plowed, har.
rowed, perfectly pulverized and seeded
before the school boys began to play
April fool jokes on each other. Accord
ing to all accounts, this steam pillow is o
regular earth-hater, and, guided by one
man, it will make our rolling prairiee
fairly roll over each other to get out OF
its way. Furthermore, this pillow is So
simple in device that its appearance
would not in the least disturb the calm
peace of mind of IL Georgia mountain
Ger. When blowing with it a farmer
a successfully dodge the stumps in a
New Hampshire clearing, or skim over
the hard-heads of a Michigan Opening
OF course a New Highlander invented
this steam pillow. 1t contains twenty
knives on . cylinder that revolves 800
times O minute. The soil is as perfectly
~pulverized as the finest garden bed ever
made. Soloose is the filth that a straw can
be run to the bottom Of the furrow any
where, just as a housewife probes a cake
with a broom-splint. The plow is oper.
ated by one man, al beperfectly guided
and turned, cuts a seven-foot furrow,
and can seed and roll at the same time.
It will turn. harrow and seed say
twenty acres per day, at a cost not ex.
ceedinr 81 per acre,
1t fertilizes the soil by so thoroughly
aerating it as to take up increased guam.
titles of nitrogen, and thus enlarges pro
ductiveness.
It hastens termination and growth.
One man says he saw q field of oats
sown upon soil plowed by this machine,
that had sprouted and grown to a height
of three inches in eight days.
It will cut stiff prairie sod SO fine, cut
ding turf and roots, that the field may be
seeded at the same time.
We shall be OH the watch and If we
learn of anything more that this steam
pillow will do our readers shall be duly
informed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-06-28
Death Of a Famous Parrot.

George Clough's parrot Polly died
Tuesday afternoon, aged over 40 years.
Polly was the most wonderful parrot
ever known in this state. She could not
only talk, but carry on conversation un-
derstapdingly, and she bowed with great
courtesy when she said elbow so you
do?" and "Good-by." She could sing,
too, and sing well, giving whole stanzas
of songs which took her fancy without
missing a word or note. She had notions
in regard to the use of language, and abso-
lutely refused to say some words, though
perfectly free with their equivalents.
Among the obnoxious words were yes
and no, which she never was heard to
pronounce in her life. Polly was brought
to New Hampshire by James Elliott, and
wa afterwards given to Joseph Morgan
in Bow, where she had her toes frozen
off. She was sold by him to Mrs. Thomas
Sergeant, whose husband kept the rail-
road station at Robinson's ferry. and was
purchased by Mr.. Clough about thirty
years ago for $50. She could talk fluent
ly at that time, and continued to inn
prove until she became almost master Of
tho language. She was visited by hun
dreds Of people annually. and was known
all over the state .-Concord Monitor.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-06-28
oaxorA's THOROUGH ADVERTISING

Dakota as a territory, and the Dakotaa
as states, have this year been written
about and talked about from one end Of
the country to the other. The aristocratic
daily press, the great army of weekly
papers, and the heightened magazines
have all had their say, and even those
publications devoted to financial affairs
have delved and sifted for inside truths
about the two states. Special writers
for all classes of publications have been
among us in great numbers. Everything
has been said, and said vel again, and
nearly everything has been written with
red ink. An occasional dyspeptic with q
very black pencil, has tried to make his
readers believe that nothing good could
come out of Dakota because nothing
good could be found within. All such
grumbling only made people pry deeper
into our material, financial and social
condition, in an effort to learn the exact
truth.
Our public officials, headed by the
commissioner of immigration, have done
everything possible in publishing and
circulating reliable information about
Dakota's and advantages, and
the good work has been materially for.
warded by the newspapers Of the terri.
tory.
AL this public inquiry, On private ex.
animation, and thorough investigation
has helped Dakota and will continue to
help the new states for years to come,
because what was well-known before il
known better and more generally now
that, taken all in all, Dakota is the best
place for the poor man to locate and pro.
vide himself a family and a home with
comforts and plenty, if he is willing
to work. It is the best place for farm.
ing, because the soil is unsurpassed and
the climate is oil right, and the rich
men. or capitalists who have hesitated
about putting their money into Dakota
enterprises, have been doubly assured
that in holding off they have only lost
golden opportunities, and that they need
hesitate nc longer,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-06-28
A Fowl

The description Of Prince Nikolaus' re-
cent return from st. Petersburg to hia
loyal subjects in Montenegro reads Likes
leaf from a medieval chronicle. The
%princeling had made a visit in the Rus
sian capital for the purpose of letting
the car of all the Russians pat him on
the back. After according the prince
ling the proper amount Of embracing,
bullying and feting, which usually takes
place between big and little sovereigns,
the car started him home on the impe-
rial yacht Greif. The princeling landed
at Cattaro, mounted a horse, and, with
q few of his most important officials,
rode off toward Montenegro, while his
family and attendants followed in car
riages. At the border q vast crowd of
his subjects awaited him. AS soon as
he came in sight they shouted and
cheered and thanked God that he had
lived to come back to them.
Just on the boundary line the princeling
dismounted, uncovered, made the sign of
the cross three times and prayed. Every
one in the vast crowd before him did the
same. At the close Of his prayer the
~princcling put on his hat. Every one in
the crowd did the same. Then the prince.
ling shouted:
"God help you, men Of Montenegro"
"Welcome is your return, O prince!"
answered the crowd.
GLOW goes the world with you, O
brothers, asked the princeling. "What
Is the news i'll my beloved Montenegro!
How is your health? How are the crops;
Docs the drought again threaten them?'
While the crowd were answering these
inquiries the carriage of theroyal family
crossed the border. The shouting and
well wishing which had greeted the
princeling were repeated. The Princess
Militia was received with the loudest
cheers of all, and many of the men in
the crowd kissed her hand, the first
hand they had ever kissed in their lives,
fer in Montenegro it is customary for the
women to kiss the hands of the men,
New York Sun.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-06-28
Died Of Thirst in tho Desert.

q
A gentleman who arrived from Ense-
NADIA, Lower California, brings the first
particulars Of the death Of E. Singletary,
which occurred on the desert, about
seventy-fve miles from Real del Castillo,
about the middle Of August. Singletary
and two friends started out on q pros
pecting trip, and their water gave out.
They pushed on until they reached .
point about a mile from the water, when
singletary SANK down exhausted and.
could proceed no further.
His two friends left him and continued
until they reached water. md securing .
quantity Of 1t, returned Immediately to
their exhausted companion. They found
him lying dead on the trail, with his
tongue %protruding from his mouth. He
was buried where h0 died.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-06-28
ABOUT STORING ROOT CROPS.

The methods of storing root crops ct
present differ but little from those in use
Tor many years past. The plan
most followed is to store beets, carrots,
passnips, potatoes, turnips and cabbage
under q covering of earth, banked with
straw or vines. This is a successful
scheme, so far as preventing freezing OF
rapid decay, but when the frost tightly
seals the whole pile it is not convenient
nor easy to use the supplies. When his
root crops are stored in bins the farmer
can use them with convenience, but the
cellar or barn that permits of the keep
ing Of beets Or carrots may not be well
adapted for potatoes, as the former can
endure o or less freezing,
but any sudden change of tempera-
ture, which permits of a higher degree,
d sometimes injurious. To avoid this
II has been found Of advantage, in some
portions Of the West, to pack the roots in
layers, In bins, uaing sand or clean, dry
dirt for filing the spaces between the
roots. This prevents sudden changes in
the bin. and permits the use Of the crop
. required by removing the earth as the
roots are taken out, but even this method
depends on the dryness Of the cellar OF
barn.
Qne or two winters experience with
cellars, barn, bins or properly con
structed pits will give the farmers Al
opportunity Of testing the modes mos
advantageous for the purpose, q
the climate must be considered, ant
when the proper facilities for storing
laxee crops Of bulkysroots have been pro
ytdedi II will be found profitable 70 grow
thsm q necessary adjuncts 70 the wintel
Ipnnly q food for stock.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-06-28
NEWSFROM THE DAKOTAS.
NORTH pAKOTA.

NORTH DAKOTA.
Replies to a Fargo board of trade cir
cular show some poverty in North
Dakota but not much restitution or star
walton.
The certificate of Representative Hans
brough, Of North Dakota, was the first
received by the clerk of the house Of
representatives from the United States.
Indignation is expressed in Fargo at
Mayor Newman's policy of retrenchment
in vetoing a bill against the city for en-
Pertaining the territorial legislature dur
ing one of its junketing trips last year..
The steamer Bachelor, from Bismarck
to Pierre, with a cargo Of beer, struck a
rock and sunk fifteen minutes after
wards. The loss is estimated at S4O,O BOO
The Bachelor had on board part Of the
cargo Of the steamer Missouri, which
met with a like fate rome weeks ago,
The crew and passengers all escaped.
A sensational rumpus occurred at the
Hotel Windsor, in Grand Forks, N. D.
A boarder sent a scurrillous letter to the
wife of Sam Parker while the latter was
absent. Upon his return Parker forced
his way into the writer's room and sc.
verely pounded him, loosening all his
upper teeth.
A masgue ball was held last week un-
der the auspices of the commercial trav-
elers of the Northwest at the Hotel
Dakotah, in Grand Forks, the proceeds
to be given for the relief of Ramsey and
Nelson county sufferers, was a brilliant
affair. It Melted 5000.
Rev. T. F. Hopkins has resigned edito-
rial management of The Dakota Cath
Ole, the state organ of the Catholic
church. His SUCCESSORS are Rev. j. J..
O'Riordan and Rev. L. A. Ricklin. Rev.
Hopkins will in a few days go to ST.
Cloud, Mimi, where he becomes vicar
general Of the diocese under Bishop Ear
detti.
Collect, the agent and grain buyer for
the Northern Pacific company at Arthur,
Cass county, who claimed to have been
robbed of s., 500 some time ago while on
his way from Hunter to Arthur, where
he had been to get some money changed,
confessed to having showed the whole
wad down his own pants leg. It is UNI
derstood that the company will not pros
ecute Collett.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-06-28
Catching a Salmon Second Hand.

Deputy United States Marshal w. w.
Roberts has returned from an extensive
trip through southern Oregon, serving
subpanas. Though Mr.. Roberts is not
a professional angler, he came in posses.
sion of a large salmon trout in a manner
that is peculiar, to say the least. He
saw a large hawk engaged in 4 fierce en-
counter with some creature in the water
near Slearcr bridge, in Wasco county.
He watched the performance some time,
and then, taking deliberate aim with a
trusty rifle, he shot the hawk through
the heart. Upon rowing up to the bird
in n skiff, he was surprised to see the
hawks claws imbedded in the back of a
salmon trout, measuring four or five feet
() in length; and there was nothing but
water to drink in that locality. either
Portland O%regonian.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-06-28
TARIFF LITERATURE FOR ALL.

The NrRrcANP PROTECTIVE TAR1FFLIAou1
IS publishing o most valuable series of Tariff
documents. These are prepared With q view
70 state the facts and arguments for Protec-
laborers, merchants or professional men.
Each issue Of the series appeals to those en-
gagged In separate industries, dpreeents IN.
64aeR }iyinS. a aaSSt ot6er %apFsa1aamsSsansts 81 sS EsFSs; Sc &c
Any single one win be sent on receipt Of 2
.S Ts9fsi !" % sts%Rs x dn4 Sg se nM feE : ca a3ytins and
The whole list will be sent for a0cents OF
any. twelve for % cent?, or q five for 10
cents. postage paid. ORDERLY number.
I."wages, Living and Tariff" E. A. HAHrss"
2-"The Advantages Of . Protective. fsri9 to
staseg" Eirst Prize Essay. 1857. cRAw- =.
'-'H eve sRr cow r2'es saa " sss sssd T. e ssRi
Commodities required for the People Of
fss Selssa q as sssss e eoa Assdsess 1 aq%s
aible without 8 PROTECTIVE Tariff" First
4-"wfessts s az si R:1; ssssrls &; ! p W a9R1 re- ;:i Raw 8
M snd Tndus e Ady e tSs Mn, e re hst la5os
F rs i fTiss asssx 3 1850 s.. 'a Gaissa 5. Sss1l q
s-"sS Ssss Yis Z ~ So IS T Bs1e! 3 N pa % %
1.-THE PROTECTIVE TaTi9: Its Advantages for
a-.rtsss S M South frtsr q l. I: MDM11 W: Iifi ..r:..c. g 3
o-"Protoction Us. ~Free.Trade."-A Historical
~ Review. d. q. HARTMAN ............ 20
1O-.The Farmer and the Tariff.s Col. THOMAS
1l-"pro.e saRal =. Public Policy: a.oasi /. :
II. Rs sSS1s Is lie ire;sideni's flse:;;irids Mes. -
,.-.w ssssi" R;P :n Ro re Ts1i,i g
ll-"'The Vital Question: ShallAmer1caA Indus.
tries be Abandoned and American Mar
1s sIsas e Se1mss, Vii :
16-"TAe Progress Of One Hundred Years"
15-.Protection ior american iihippini1 .S:.....
Tariff Not TAX, HoNHfB DmEiL..S
e . lr1!shm s SHOULD e Protsctionists. 9
2l-'What o eTari67 !" AngWerstoa WORKING
e-.rh %a ame Sassa %co 81: i ::ii;;;y;;s i. H:x1
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1e-"ProtectiDn and the ayma eenator 9. y.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-06-28
Mclean

h Paradise of North Dakota A Half Million Aees Of Fertile Agricultural Lands
still open to settlement M al undmlaidw with imnnense veas Of Coal.
MCLEAN COUNTY is situated IN the Missouri river, and adioins Burlgh county
on the north. It covers an ara o 92S square miles, and contains Ga 100 acres OF the
fnestq quality of farming land. The soil Isl rich black loan, from eighteen inches ia
three feet in DEPTH with clay subsoiL and is capable of producing enormous crops Of
cereals ant vegetables; it also has fine grazing and meadow lands, oieding nutritious
in abundance.
WAsHBURN, the county set is admirably located, being m beautiful plateau at
the "Hg Bend" of the Missouri river and commanding an excellent view Of the river
for severalm miles in each direction. Several mail and transportation lines diverge
from here, and it is the most important point on the Bismarck, Washbun 4 Coal
|Harbor Steam-Packet Line. It is also the terminal point of the projected Aberdeen,
Bismarck & Northern railroad, nov merged into the great $500" line, which has SUR.
veyed the line and secured the right of way to Washburn.
All kinds of building MATERIAL excellent blue sandstone, good timber, and fine clay
for brickmakng, ian be found in the immediate vicinity of Wahburn and have boon
used extensively by the citizens of the county. An excellent quality of brick as we'll
as the best of lime, arem manufactured OF the outskirts of the tow.
Washburn has a fine courthouse and jail, two large hotels a substantially built
|5OIbarrl -four MILL three general stores, q blacksmith and wagon shop, and q number
of Substantially residences
OUR COAL FIELDS.
Mclean county is noted for it's extensive coal fields, which underles nearly its en-
tire area. In fact, there is coal enough in Mclean county alone to supply tho state
of North Dakota with fuel for half a century. tits found In all parts in stratas vary
ing in thickness from three to fifteen Feet and it a matter Of but a short time whom
this coal will yield ar immenser revenue ito the enterprsing owners O the land.
The extensive stock ranges the superior agricultural lands and the cheap fuel in
wood and COAL of Mclean county offer the greatest inducements to settlers
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-11-14
SUGAR BEET SEED.

The latest attempt at a free-trade
scare is the rumor that Germany,
out of revenge for the passage of
the Mckinley bill, will refuse to
allow sugar beet seed to be export
ed to the United States, hoping IN
this way TO crush out an industry
which the bill protects and in
which California is particularly in
terested.
This Is certainly a weak inven.
ton of the enemy. 1t SO happens
that California already produces
sugar beets in considerable guam
tity, certainly enough to supply
seed to the whole United
States as soon as the demand
for it arises. More than this,
the quality of the California sugar
beet is superior to that of the Ger
man beet, the former carrying from
16 to % per cent. of saccharine
matter as against from II to 10 il
the German beet. In fact, it is more
than likely that if Nebraska anc
other Western States go into sugar
beet culture on an extensive scale
the demand for California suga
beet seed will become very larg
and the demand for German sees
correspondingly small. - rs. +
Chronicle.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-11-14

anchors, Chains,
Cocoa Mats, Kettles,
Sauce Pans, Fly Pens,
Bedsteads,
Fence Wire,
sheathing Metal,
Roofing Iron,
Cane Kniver,
Cutlery.
Sole Leather Trunks,
White Lead, Red Lead,
Boiled Linseed Oil,
Castor Oil, Betting,
Coal Tar, Water Tanks,
Fire Brick, Red Brick, Alum,
Red Ochre, Fire Clay,
Bags, Irvine,
Filter Cloth,
Soap, Groceries,
Boots and Shoes,
D. p.,aho.
Croore, se,s
Dressing Cases,
M;rrors
Saddles
Brides, Felts, Whips, Spurs,
Blankets, Sheeting,
Dry Goods, Merinos.
Shawls, Handkerchiefs,
Victoria Lawns,
Velyets, Embroidered Dresses.
Flannel.
Rasket Trunks
Picnic Hampers.
Rugs. Mats. CARPETS.
| Hosiery,
Scarfs.
Sp;t;ngs in latest stvIes
r,. p-
CT. p;,,on,s
| Gu. v1o,,,;
C.:.o. C.-.p;
T-L,e
Dust oleaa.,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-11-14
Builders Of Steam Machinery

In all its branches.
STEAMBOAT, Steamship Land Engines Boilers,
High Pressure or Compound.
sTFAN VESSELS of all kinds built complete,
with bulls OF wood, iron or composite.
ORDINARY ENGINES compounded when ed,
visable.
STEAM LAUNCHES, Bsrgss and Steam Tugs con
structed with reference to the trade in which
they are to be employed. Speed. tonnage and
draft of water guaranteed.
SUGAR MILLS and Sugar Making Machinery
made after the most approved plans. Also, All
Boiler Iron Work connected herewith.
WATER PIPE, of Boiler OF sheet Iron, OF any
size made IN suitable lengths for connecting
together or Sheets rolled, punched and packed
for shipment, ready to be riVeteo on the
ground.
HYDRAULIC RIvETING, Boiler work anc water
Pipes made by this establishment, riveted by
hydraulic rivetiRg machinery, that quanty OF
work being far superior to hand WORK
SHIP WORN, Ship and Steam Capstans, Steam
Winches, Air and Circulating pumps, made
after the most approved plans
SOLE Agents and manufacturers for the Pacific
Coast of the Heine Safety Boiler.
PUMPS-Direct Acting Pumps for irrigation OF
city works purposes, built with the ceieorateo
Davy Valve Motion, superior TO any other
pump.
JOHN DYER.................. n onoiuiu
Ism Room No. 8. upstairs. spreckels BIock
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-11-14

GEO. w. LINCOLN,

,J>HE BUILDER, THE FIELD AS CON-
all kinds
belonging his trade
all kinds appean-
enabled
all worth doing WELL
Thanking the public for past favos,
Iremai respectfully
q. GEO. w. LINCOLN
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-11-14

Germany produced in 1889 1872
Alb tons of wheat, 1858, 426 tons OF
rye, 1,938,419 tons of barley and
4, 197, 124 tons of oats.
Madrid, Oct. IA commission
appointed by the Cortes to consider
SPANS commercial relations, ad-
vises that the Government, at the
expiration of the treaties in 1892,
to restore the old protective tariff
of 1887.
The signature of Christopher
Columbus brings higher price
than that of any ether dead and
gone celebrity. 1t is quoted in the
Paris market at 10000, while that
of Titan only fetches 3,0OOf, anc
Rafael's is worth 1,500f.
1t seems more than likely tina
the Passion Play will never agar
be done at Oberammagan. The
sentiment at Rome is against tn
performance, and there is an i'm
preston among the Roman Cath
ohcs that the play has a democrat
izing. influence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
A FIGHT FOR GERMAN.
Lutherans Will Vigorously Oppose the
Passage of the Bennett Law.

Lutheraus Will Vigorously Oppose the
Passage of the Bennett Law.
CHICAGO, April 5.-The Lutherans of
this city are jubilant over the success Of
their brethren in the municipal elections
held in Milwaukee last Tuesday. They be-
lieve that the Bennett law in Wisconsin
will receive a deadly blow in the election
next fall, and that it will result in the
amendment of the Illinois educational law.
In an interview, Editor Christian Koer-
ner, OF Milwaukee, says ne believes that the
issue will be made direct in the next State
election, and that he firmly believes the re-
suit will be to swamp the Republican party
both in Wisconsin and Illinois. Pastor
Henry Wunder, of this city, who has charge
of the Illinois district of the Lutheran
church, said to-day that in every respect he
agreed with Editor Koerner. at is not the
Republican party" he said, that we will
fight, but the educational law. If it finally
results in the defeat of any party, why that
is all right. The law must not stand as it
does now To say the least, it is unconsti-
tutional. The German Catholics and
Lutherans are with us in force. Editor
Koerner is right; the fight will be vigorously
taken up in Illipois, and we hope for sue
cess.