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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-04-11

An object of some little interest has
been brought to the house of commons by
u Lancashire NJ. p. This is an English
one pound bank note bearing the date Feb.
IA, 1917. The note was one of the last ever
issued, and has been half round the world.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-04-11

The southern author Cable is a man of
slender physique and medium stature.
His beard and eyes are dark, and his high
forehead is surmounted with u head of jet
black hair. He has a soft, almost feminine
voice. and is As wears old,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-04-11
A Sleep Fast Contest.

DETROIT, Mich, April George Cum
ningham to-day completed a sleep fast of
1853 hours. He was the only one of the
six contestants to complete the pre-
scribed limit. Townsend, an old time
pedestrian, avoided sleep $50 hours and
then collapsed. He exhibits strong symp-
toms Of insanity.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-04-11
Wi,consin's Fair APPROPRIATION.

MADISON, Wis.,, April 3.-The legisla-
tive JOINT committee on claims has re-
ported in favor Of the passage of the
Worlds Fair bill appropriating $780,.
OOO-$75,OOO this year and $4,000 next
year. (.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-04-11
Mandan's Election.

MANDAN, April 6.-Both the candidates
for a we're democrats and Williams,
sheriff, beat George Peoples by So ma
iority.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
A Man Who Lives in a Trunk.

Opposite the pOstoffice, on the east side
of jackson street, stands a row of the old
est and most ''ickety shantieS in San Fran
cisco They are so ancient and tumble,
down that they seem to hang together by
the shrcds Of rusty tin and zinc with which
they are covered. The plastering disap
peared from the walls long ago, and now
the rotten aths and scantlings are break
ing through.
Dirt besmears the walls, and spiders
have hung NJ great masses of webs that
run from one end of the room to the other
To one unaccustomed to such places the
floors seem about to give way, and he
walks as if treading on eggs. Perhaps the
most wretched of all the dens is No 312
The number is on one side of the door in
red chalk This place was once occupied
by carpenter named Curtis, but he is
dead and another occupant has taken pos
session.
The new tenant is an old man named
Jimmy Moore. He is a peculiar man all
around, but his chief characteristic is the
manner in which he sleeps. Although be
has the whole tumble down apartment at
his disposal, rent free, and rickety old
lounge to lie on, he prefers to sleep in a
trunk. It's a Saratoga of the vintage of
1850 AS old as Mr.. Moore himself, it stands
off in one corner beside a brick chimney
1t is only four feet in length, while the ten
ant is five feet three inches How he
crowds himself into it and sleeps at all is
one thing that Mr. Moore alone under
stands The edges are covered with dirty
pieces of old carpet.-San Francisco Call
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
Show Animals.

The comparatively high prices fixed
by their owners on the best animals
shown at fairs are not fancy" and
should not discourage any from attempt
ing needed improvements of their own
stock. The pure bred stock in many
cases produces enough more from the
same feed to warrant large part of the
price demanded for it, The rest is
abundantly justified by its ability to re-
produce its valuable characteristics in
its progeny. 1t costs comparatively little
for any farmer to grade up his stock il
any desired direction, and this will al
ways pay. When his grades show the
expected improvement and begin to pay
it will be comparatively easy to begir
purchasing and breeding thoroughbreds
American Cultivator
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
Words of Praise.

Oliver Ellsworth, of Connecticut, who
was one of the most conspicuous men of
the country during the administrations of
Washington and Adams, seems to have
had at the beginning of his career no ex
pectation of becoming eminent. His am
bltlon was limited to gaining a living for
himself, his wife and children.
But one day, while arguing a case in
court, he heard stranger say: "Who is
this young mani He speaks we'll"
Those WORKS made Ellsworth chief jus
tice of the United States, minister to
France and United States senator. He
went home after court was adjourned, told
his wife what he had heard and began o
think of rising at the bar. In his old age,
looked up TO and respected as Christie 4
statesman, he used to say that these worus
were the turning point of his life
But young Ellsworth was not only sensi-
tive to praise, he was an industrious young
man, who did many things which had no
reference to the law because it was his duty
to do them
When, after graduating at Princeton.
and having become member of the bar at
Hartford, he began to practice law, his
father gave him an AK and a wood lot.
oliver" said the old man, who was a
pioneer, ''if you wish to get ahead, you
must work foe it
Oliver settled on the wood lot some dis
lance from Hartford cleared the land,
split rails to fence it, built log house and
there received the clients who sought him
When the term of court began he walked
down to Hartford argued his cases and
then returned home to his wood lot. On
coming into court the spectators observed
that the younG lawyers hands were swollen
and pierced with thorns. That fact did not
dlscredit him with the farmers who served
as jurors and witnesses, But after he
heard the words of praise, he paid more at
tention to his books and less to his farm
Youths Companion
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
He Kept His Youth.

There was one man in New London
before the college boat races had ended
who was a refreshing treat to those Vino
were in the Connecticut town. He had
a son who was rowing in one of the big
university boats, and he was an example
Of the paternal college spirit which may
grow old, but which seldom dies. Here
was a man sixty years old, who spent
three weeks in New London following
college oarsmen from one end of the
town to the other You might see him
with coup,e Of young men whose arms
were locked in his No years could rob
him Of the sentiment which hung around
his memory Of his college days.
He was an undergraduate again with
the undergraduates who were classmates
Of one of his sons. Whenever he saw a
college man whom he knew, whether the
youngster We're 100 or 500 yards away,
the old man would hurry off, crying
after the other, "Halloa, old man, wait
minute" That college boy forty years
graduate was one Of the most popular
men to be found near the famous old
four mile course on the historic Thames.
New York Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
A Companion Hero.

A day or two before Frederick Brokaw
lost his life there was enacted at Wash
ington, Pa, a scene more tragic and
not less heroic than that. Walter Jones,
aged fourteen years, and three younger
companions went in bathing and got be-
yond their depth. Jones could swim,
the others could not. But, instead of
saving himself, as he could easily have
done, he set about trying to rescue his
drowning companions. He succeeded
in plotting one of them safely to shore
and was in the act of landing the others
when the death grip of tie boys about
him bore him down and they all three
persisted together,-Pittsburg CONNER
cial Gazette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
AmericaniSmS.

We know now that the mother tongue is
a heritage and not a loan. 1t is ours to
use as we needs must. In America there
AmericaniSm to exist. The cause is won
No American writer worth his salt would
think of withdrawing a word or apologize
ing for phrase because it was not current
within sound OF Bow bells The most
timid of American authOresses has no
doubt as to her use of railroad, conductor
grade and to switch, despite her possible
knowledge that in British usage the equiv
alents of these words are railway, guard,
in fact, there is visible now and again, es-
pecially on The part of the most highly
cultivated writer's, an obvious delight in
grasping an indigenous word racy of the
soil.
There is many an American expression of
a pungent fir ;hness which authors, weary
of an outworn vocabulary, seize eagerly.
1t may be a new word, but it would not be
in accord with our traditions to refuse
naturalization to welcome newcomer: or
it may be survival fOurishing here in our
open fields, although long since rooted out
of the trim island garden on the other side
of the Atlantic, and in such case we use it
unhesitatingly today as our forefathers
used it in the past, following" as Lowell
remarks, the fashion of our ancestors,
who unhappily could bring over no Eng
lish better than Shakespeare's." -Brander
Matthews in Harper's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
Entrance to Chaff Hives.

G. Gere, Of Pennsylvania, who utilities
boxes received with plants and fruit trees,
says il Tho American Bee Journal: The
bottom boards Of my hives extend out
about six inches III front of the hive. This
being nailed to two pieces of by 4 scant-
ling. | take bottom board, place it in
the box with the front end close up to
the front side of the box and then make
an entrance through the front side Of tie
box on u level with the bottom board.
Then put the hive on the bottom board
in the box, and if you want q three inch
space between the box and hive take Il
piece Of board that wide and one inch or
more longer than you want the entrance:
nail to the under side OF this board clea
three-eighths Of an inch thick, place thi
between the hive and the box to CORE
spond with the entrance Of each; then
crowd the hive up to it and put in the
packing. This makes an entrance so that
the bees can fly whenever the weather IS
suitable. A. every part of the hive is
packed you will have to nail piece on
the outside of the box for the bees to
aligh1 on
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
French breeds of Poultry.

The question has been asked why it is
that one finds SO few of the French fowls
In American poultry yards. There is no
country in the world where poultry IS
more popular or where excellent qualify
is more imperatively demanded than il.
France. The edible quality Of their
poultry is n matter of comment. Why.
therefore, are not the French breeds
which give such satisfaction at home
popular with us?
In reply to this query The New York
World says that the fact that the French
breeds are all non-settorS, or at least in
cubate but rarely, is doubtless one rea-
son why they have not become as popu-
lar in America as they deserve to be-
There is no question but that they will
repay the careful attention of the m2r-
camille poultry breeders, possessing as
they do in Il high degree the important
points of great weight and excellent
quality of flesh, with d remarkably
small proportion of bones and offal. A
second reason why the French breeds
are not popular is the fact that their
merits are not generally understood.
The breed most preferred in France
for the quantity and quality of its flesh
Is the Creyeccour. In form these birds
are very / Ill and compact, and the
plumage is mostly black. They rarely
sit, and are moderate layers of very
large white eggs. They are somewhat
delicate in constitution. being subject tc
roup and throat diseases. which fact
doubtless has also to do with their rare
occurrence here. The merits of the
Crevec@ur, briefly summed, are: It's
edible qualities, early maturing, facility
with which it can be kept in confine,
ment and is large, fino eggs.
The Houdan is the most popular OF
the French fowls in this country, and il
many respects it resembles the Dorking
1t is Il handsome fowl with notified
plumage and q crest of black and white
feathers In it are combined the size
quality and form of the Dorl1ing VII
earlier maturity. The hen is 4 prolific
layer Of fair sized eggs. The chicks are
easily reared and yield an ample profit
on good feeding, both in eggs ant
flesh
The La F1eche resembles the Spanish
which, however, it exceeds in size Thu
hen is good layer of large white eggs
the flesh is excellent. The breed =
however, very delicate, and does not lay
well III winter, except under favorabl,
conditions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30

FL. Stewart tells in Rural New Yorker
that if there is any one useful special
fertilizer in use, it is lime. When lime
is used in its common form, as air slaked
quicklime, it furnishes the lime in sol
uble condition, and, SO far as it goes,
provides 6 needed plant food. But it is
one Of the most active Of chemical agents.
1t attacks the inert organic matter in the
soil and develops nitrates from them
which furnish nitrogen. It makes the
various silicates in the soil soluble to
some extent, and thus releases potash,
soda, magnesia and phosphoric acid from
their combinations and makes them
available. Thus it provides all the ele-
ments which are required by the crops
and rarely disappoints the farmer. But
tits easily seen that it adds nothing to the
soil but itself, and as it draws the others
from the soil it will in time rapidly ex-
haust it unless these others are returned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
How Gas Lime Is Best Used.

Gas lime has little, if any, manurial
value in itself, but may be useful in
Fastening the decomposition of other
substances of vegetable nature. and by
its chemical action upon insoluble min
erals contained in the soil, making them
available as plant food. Where soils are
full Of vegetable mold lime in some
form is highly beneficial, even if the
land already contains sufficient lime for
the use Of the crops. Lime from gas
works contains some properties that, if
largely applied without correction,
would be Injurious rather than beneficial
to vegetation, unless previously exposed
for some months in the air. Conse-
quently, if spread upon the ground I'M
mixed with anything else, it had better
be done in the fall than in the spring.
On sour, damp soils, disposed to moss Or
fungous growths, gas lime may be ap-
piled in moderate quantities at any
time. Commonly the best way to pre-
pare it for use will be to compost it with
other substances. such as swamp muck,
or in alternate layers of lime and dry
earth, turning over and mixing together
the contents of the heap before it is used
Mixed through piles of weeds, coarse
grass, or vegetable matter of any kind
in the fall, it may be made useful, but
it should not be composted along with
animal manures.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
FARM, FIELD, GARDEN.
SUBJECTS SURE TO INTEREST COUN-
TRY AND SUBURBAN READERS.

Results of Experiments in Scientific
Farming Made AZ the Ohio Agricultu-
raj Station-The Cabbage \ pllis, It's His
tory and a Preventive for Its Ravages.
Next to the cabbage worm the worst
insect enemy Of the cabbage is the aphis,
or plant loug2, which is SO often found
upon the leaves and in the heads in
great numbers. This is a small, blush
white insect, that subsists upon the sap
of the plant and multiplies with great
rapidity. Like most Of the peculiar
family to which it belongs, this insect
has the power not common among in
sects of bringing forth living young. but
with most Of those that have been care
fully studied there is in the fall a sexual
generation by which the true eggs are
laid, and IN this egg state most Of them
pass the winter. But although the cab
bage aphis has been known both in Eu-
rope and America for more than a cent
uary, the sexual generation has never
heretofore been found, and entomo1ogists
did not know where or when the eggs
were laid, nor how the insect passed the
winter
Neutrality-suspicious. however, carried
on at the Ohio experiment station by DR.
G. NJ. Weed have shown conclusively
that the sexual generation develops late
In autumn on the cabbage, and that the
eggs are laid on the cabbage leaves. The
true male is a small winged creature,
with q more slender body than the other
winged forms. The egg laying female
has no wings and is pale green in color.
This discovery of the fact that the insect
passes the winter in the egg state on the
cabbage leaves has an important eco
nomic bearing. It suggests as one of the
best ways Of preventing the injuries of
this pest the destruction during winter
of the old cabbage leaves with the eggs
upon them, instead of leaving them I'M
disturbed until spring, as is too often
done.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
A Pioneer Palace Car.

Our wagons, or the Reed wagons" al
they were called, were all made to order,
and | can say without fear of contradic-
ton that nothing like our family wagon
ever started across the plains. 1t was what
might be called a two story wagon, or
pioneer palace car" attached to regular
immigrant train. The entrance was on the
side, like that of an old fashioned stage
coach, and one stepped into small room, as
it WERE in the center of the wagon. AT the
right and left were spring seats with com
Portable high backs, where one could sit
and ride with as much ease as on the seats
of Il Concord coach. In this little room
was placed a tiny sheet iron stove, whose
pipe running through the top of the
wagon, was prevented by a circle of tin
from setting fire to the canvas cover.
A board about foot wide extended over
the wheels on either side the full length of
the wagon, thus forming foundation for
large and roomy second story in which
were placed our beds. Under the spring
seats were compartments in which were
stored many articles useful for the journey,
such as we'll filled work basket and full
assortment of medicines, with lint and
bandages for dressing wounds. Our cloth
ing was packed, not in Saratoga trunks.
but in strong canvas bags plainly marked.
Some of mammals young friends added
looking glass, hung directly opposite the
door, in order, as they said that my mother
might not forget to keep her good looks,
and strange to say, when we had to leave
this wagon, standing Ikea monument on
the Salt Lake desert, the glass was still I'M
broken. | have often thought how pleased
the Indians must have been when they
found this mirror which gave them back
the picture of their own dusky faces.-Mrs.
Virginia Reed Murphy in Century.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
Coal in a River.

During the several freshets which have
occurred in the Susquehanna river the
past spring a vast amount of ''culm"
from the anthracite coal fields foated
down the river with the debris coming
out of the North Branch and its tribu-
taries. Large quantities Of this culm or
coal dirt, which was washed from the
huge banks Of that material at the coal
breakers, lodged at the heads of the sew
eral islands opposite and above the city,
and recently parties have secured tons
of it by digging it out Of the sand and
screening it, producing a good quality
Of pea and chestnut coal for boiler use.
A considerable quantity of egg or
larger sized coal is also gathered from
the bottom Of the river, where it has
lodged among the gravel, and is removed
in perfectly clean state. All the larger
sizes of coal have become more or less
rounded by the action Of the water
Tons Of this material are gathered dur
ing the summer when the river is low
Harrisburg Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
A Stafue of AndreaS Hofer.

The emperor Francis Joseph has Wis
tied the sculptor Matters studio to in
spect the statue which he is completing
OF Andreas Hofer, the heroic Tyrolese
who defended his country and was shot
by the French in 1909 The statue is to
be the central figure of a monument to
be erected on Mount Isel, facing Inns
bruck, with a tablet bearing the inscrip-
ton, Fur { oft, Kaiser und Vaterland."
The figure of the handsome peasant in
the picturesque Tyrolese costume will
stand bearing on high the Austrian flag.
The bearded face surnounted by t. ,
simple broad brimmed hat is copied
from a good picture Of Hofcr taken dur
ing his life, end now the property of the
Count of Meran. who has lent it to the
sculptor Inc emperor was very much
pleased with the statue Of the popular
national he~o.-London News
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
An Indiana Snake Charmer.

Joseph Freibur, of Cincinnati, has &C
quired reputation in this vicinity as a
snake charm n. Yesterday was his first
opportunity to display his powers. He
and Samuel Benz hired a rig, and &C
companied by Mrs. Benz drove to Tas-
well. seven miles distant. En- route they
alighted to gather some wild raspberries,
when they were attacked by rattlesnakes
They were in a rattlesnakes den. a
small terrier which accompanied them
was bitten, and almost instantly swelled
to twice his size. Mr.. and Mrs. Benz
fed and called for Mr.. F. to follow, but
he stood his ground, and the snakes,
which appeared to gather from every
quarter, began to huddle round his feet
and act as if they had found long lost
friend.
Mr.. F. now picked up one and ordered
Mr.. B. to get an old barrel at a house
near by. This was procured and Mr.. F.
put the reptiles into it and brought them
back to English. While in English Mr..
F. gave several exhibitions of his power
over the snakes, such as wrapping them
round his neck and body, and stirring
them around in the barrel with his naked
arm.-Indianapolis Sentinel. =.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
Why Tinkeas Are Abhorred.

In Spain, France, Ireland and some parts
of England a tinker is held in such abhor-
renee by the common people as to make it
almost impossible for him to get q neal or
find lodgings for the night. The reason al
legged is that when the blacksmith was
ordered to make nails for ChriSt's cruel
fixion he refused, but the tinker made them
and Christ Condemned him and all of his
race to be wanderers and never have a roof
of their own TO cover their heads until the
worlds eud.-St. Louis Republic.
Relics to Go to the National Museum.
General Grant, the acting secretary OF
war, has decided to cause the transfer =
the National museum of large collection
of relics that have hitherto been stored in
the war department at Washington, in
Guiding the captured battle flags and the
pistol with which Booth shot President
Philadelphia Ledger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-30
"Shut Your MOukh,D

George Catlin wrote pamphlet entitle d
Shut Your Mouth" to show the bad eff
fects of breathing through the open mouth.
He did not tell us how to keep the mouth
shut during sleep.
| have seen an apparatus imported from
abroad, at a cost of seventy-fve cents, pat
ented, like headstall of bride, to put on
1t night.
| take clean white cotton string, fifteen
or twenty inches long, put the middle part
of it in my mouth and tie it loosely on my
neck, just behind my mouth, my lips and
tongue seize it and hold it as long as it is
in my mouth. This process is not patented
and costs nothing. Cor Halls Journal of
Health