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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-09-16
MERELY MENTIONED.

Between $4,000 and 10000 immi-
grants arrive at New York weekly.
AS many as 5000 have landed in a sim
gle day.
Pasco county, Florida, boasts of hav-
ing the oldest soldier in the United
States. His name is Jonathan Pratt,
and he is claimed to be 1903 years old.
Miss Elizabeth More, who is de-
scribed as u pretty young lady, has
built with her own hands a neat little
cottage ut Edgworth, Pa, aided by a
girl friend.
The famous Treadwell mine in
Alaska, which has yielded more than
So. OOO, 900 in gold bullion, was pur-
chased by the man for whom it vas
named for $500.
II nm as happy as though I was 60
ing to b. married." was n of the
queer sentences of Il note left by Vito
Miraglio, VINO committed suicide at
Philadelphia by shooting himself.
Prof. Josef Well of Newark, N. j.,
recently bought u picture for 500,
which proves to be "a genuine Rubens
and companion to one now in the
Royal, academy, Munich, valued at
$l25, 900.
The Royal Sovereign of the British
navy is the most powerful war ship
afoat. Besides her heavy armament
she has several rapid firing guns to
keep off torpedo boats. They are
worked with wonderful quickness.
While workmen were excavating a
trench for new gas pipes at Norwich.
Conn, recently, u humming bird, in
its swift fight from the trees over
head, came III contact with the up
raised pick of one of the worklnen and
fell dead at his feet.
Rev. L.. NJ. Fitzpatrick of Opelika.
Ala who is an editor and a bishop of
the African Methodist church, says
mat state contains many co.ored men
who have made large fortunes, and
that the colored people of Alabama
are worth at least $lS, 'AO, 900.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-09-16
CRAl,ls OF GoLp.

Fear not a lasting teacher of duty.
BE at peace with mankind, but ut wal
with their vices.
No mar can be free unless he is
strictly governed by himself.
Men are more civilized by their pleas
ures than by their occupations.
lie always at leisure to do good;
never make business an excuse to de-
cline offices of humanity.
He who is putfed up with the first
gale of prosperity will bend beneath
the first blast of adversely.
The very thing that men think they
have got the most of, they have got
the least of, and that is Judgment.
When you are in danger from ex-
ternal enemies, Look out. When the
peril is from your own unbridled pas
sions, look in.
F%alsehoods, artifce and tricks are as
sure a mark of a low and poor spirit,
as the passing of false money is of a
poor, low purse.
A smooth sea never made a skillful
mariner. Neither do uninterrupted
prosperity and success qualify a man
for usefulness and happiness.
The storms Of adversely, like the
storms of the ocean, rouse the faculties
and excite the invention, prudence.
skill and fortitude of the voyager.
The really efficient laborer will be
found not to crowd his day with work.
but will saunter to his task surrounded
by q wide halo of ease and leisure.
High minds are as little affected by
such unworthy returns for service as
the sun is by those fogs which the
earth throws up between herself and
his light
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-09-16

st. Paul Pioneer Press, Sep. 8. The re-
suit of the pretty thorough anvas of the
situation IA it is known up to date through
the reports of the superintendent of the
country elevators in the three states, it il
to the effect that the wheat crop of Min
mes ota and the two Dakotas will fall quite
below the estimated figure of twelve bush
els to the acre. Ten bushels mill be near
er the truth, and it is the opinion of a
number of elevator men that this figure
will have to be shaded a triie later on.
The wheat movement this year has been
the slowest for several years, and from
this fact the grain men find greater diff
Guilty in accurately sizing up the situation.
For the first SIX days of this month the re-
ceipts were 10000 bushels, as against
$50, 700 bushels the preceding year, and
1.54S,23O bushels for 1891. But a very
small portion of this years receipts repre-
sent the country to the north and west,
and it is harder from the fact to get thor
ough information of the condition Of af-
fairs in the northern and northwestern dis
tricts of the great wheat belt. South
Dakota and Minnesota will give an aver
age of eight or ten bushels to the acre.
Half or more of North Dakota will do
better than this. The northern tier of the
counties of that state, however, give much
fairer promise. The returns up to date
from that section justify the expectation
that the yield there will be from twelve to
fifteen bushels to the acre, which will be
quite a factor in increasing the aggregate
average to Il figure very near to ten bush
els for the three states. In this favored
northern section yields of from twenty to
twenty-five bushels to the acre have been
reported, and stories of eighteen are COM
mon enough. While the general average
as to quantity will fall somewhat below
that OF last year. on the score of quality
the honors will be in favor of the present
crop. The great. bulk will grade No. l
Northern, with here and there a specially
favored district that will send in No. l
hard almost exclusively. Along the sew
eral lines and branches of the Great North
ern in Northern North Dakota comes the
cheering news that fully so per cent of the
crop will grade No. l hard.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-09-16
OFFICIAL PAPER OF MCLEAN co.
New York, Sept. 6. The bankers and

New York, Sept. 6. The bankers and
interested just now in the question Of
time money, and there Isl decided variety
of opinion on the subject. A we'll known
and conservative broker said to-day =
"Time money is undoubtedly now in sight,
and call money promises to be easy, is, in
fact fairly easy now OF course, money
will not be a drug in the market until the
clearing house certificates are retired, but
the time when their retirement will be be-
gun is evidently M very far distant.
Many things are combining now to make
money. plentiful simultaneously with the
repeal 'of the Sherman law. S%uperduous
currency is Icing returned from the West.
Country banks, which were impressed with
the idea that they would need large sums
kept all the money they got and got all
they could, borrowing rs much as possible
from their agents to meet possible and ex-
pected emergencies. In this way they
drew down their balances in this city. 1t
follows, therefore, that these country
banks are much better prepared than
usual to provide money for the removal OF
the crops, to say nothing of the expedi-
ents that have been resOrted to, such us
certified checks, clearing house certificates,
lct., to exc out the money supply. Con
sequently the demand ON the banks of
this city for money to move tho crops is
likely to be much lighter than usual. That
is shown by the fact that the banks report
this week q very slight demand for redis-
counts. Then, too, the banks in the New
England and Middle states are finding
that they have no use for their large sup
plies of cash on hand and are firing Of
keeping so much money lying idle. I'm
der the law, they are permitted to keep
part Of their reserve IN deposit with APP
proved agents in reserve, and they are
taking advantage of that provision again
to send money to this city and receive in
terest on it,"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-09-16

The device of issuing clearing house
certifcatesby the New York banks to set
tie their balances has more than once
proved of immense importance to those
banks and to the country in tiding over
crises of financial stringency. The sug-
gestion has been more than once made
by high financial authorities that the ex-
tension of the same system to all the
national banks in the country, under an
act of congress incorporating clearing
houses IN districts, and permitting GER
tain groupe of them to Issue certificates,
under safe conditions, not only to settle
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-09-16

St. Paul Pioneer Press Although the
law requiring the purchase of 100000
ounces of silver monthly is called the
Sherman law, Mr.. Sherman appears as
ono of the most earnest advocates of its
repeal. Indeed, he introduced Il bill last
year to suspend the operation of the law,
but failed to get any support from the
Democratic side of the senate. Blu he
nevertheless defends the bill to which his
name is attached from the point Of view
which led him to introduce it in 1890 as a
temporary makeshlft or compromise mea-
sure to ward off the worse legislation for
free silver which had received the support
of both bodies. He thinks that for a year
or two it served a good purpose inasmuch
As the silver certificates issued upon this
bullion formed a useful addition to the
currency ut a time when the Barring fail
uro and the collapse of South American
securities caused immense English hold
inss III American securities to be thrown
back or our market. But he holds that
the continued purchase of silver under
that act would eventually lead to the sin
gle silver standard. AND hence he holds up
both hands for its repeal. But he con-
slders it of equal Importance that the
government should be empowered to issue
bonds enough to make sure of all the gold
necessary to protect it's parity of our gold
and silver coin. and also to provide for a
possible deficit in our avenues Of the
government. Sherman's views on this
question will have weight with both par
ties in congress-.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-09-16

Tho Illinois Trust and Savings Bank of
Chicago, received 100000 in gold from
France, this being the last of the banks
engagements. President Mitchell SAID
that within the next week about $2.O0O,OOO
would be offered on wheat loans. This
bank has already loaned $1,5CO,OOO on
whelt and $500, 900 to the stock exchange.
Several other Chicago banks are prepared
to place largo amounts in this way, and
some of them are Offering to send curren-
CIV to New York for Chicago exchange.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-09-16

Edgeley Mail. Representatives of a
colony of 200 families in Rockford, ILL.,,
have inspected lands west of Pierre, and
have decided to have the colony locate up
on these lands and go into farming and
the stock business. The colony is COM
posed of shut out employees in manufac-
tories.
In times like these, when factories are
closing down, and labor is a drug on the
market, there is always a move from the
cities to the farms. As indicated above,
the movement has already begun.
This is an opportune time to put forth
efforts to secure the settlement of the un-
occupied lands in this vicinity, of which
there Is a great deal, largely, of course. of
farms proved up on and deserted, or held
for speculation. These lands can be had
at bargain now, and their advantages
should be brought to the attention of peo-
pie looking for farming lands. A we'll
settled country surrounding a town is the
surest aud safest dependence of the bus
mess interests of the town. Well settled
farms mean a live and progressive town.
Now that the depression in the east is
driving labor to seek our farms, EdReley
should seq to it that it secured it's share of
the new settlers. United effort should be
made in this direction.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-09-16

A number of wells in the Turtle Noun
tains are said to be 80 deeply covered with
coal oil an to be of no use for Watering
purposes This is taken as an indication
that there must be an immense oil reser-
voir in that vicinity. Who knows but
what North Dakota will yet shine by the
light of her own natural oil wells.--.Argus.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-09-16

Edgeley Mail: Treshing is now going
all through this vicinity. Senator Kin
ter's wheat yielded about 9 bushels per
acre on the best land. Louis Twete 8
bushels. P. Peterson Ii bushels per acre
on The best. In the valley south of La
Moure. it runs from 6 to IA bushels per
acre. In Lltchville township it runs from
2 to 6 per acre.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-09-16
Mclean County.

The paradise VI North nkot A Hall Muno Acres of Fertile Agricultural Lands
still open to eulenent. ad all undcrlad with immense gins of Coal.
MCLEAN COUNTY is situated on the Missouri river nd adjoins Burkigh county
on the north. 1t covers III areao of 928 square miles, ant contains6 14120 acres ofthe
fnestu quality If farming land. The soil is a rich back loan, from eighteen inches to
thpef feet lin depth, with clay subsoL and is capable of producing enmmousc pps of
md vegetables; it also hast fine grazing and meadow landa oiedng nutritious
i'll abundance. .
the "By Bend" of the Missouri rvera nd commanding al excclent view Of the river
for severlm miles in leach direction. Several mail and transportation ines diverge
from err, AM it is the most important point on theB Bismarck ashburn d Coal
Harbor Steam Packet Line. tits also the terminal point of the projected Aberdeen,
Bismarck & Northern railroad, low merged into the treat $500" line, which has SUR
veyed the line and secured the right of way to Washburu.
All kinds of building material excellent blue sandstone, good timber and fine clay
for brikmaking, can be found in the immediate vicinity of Washburn. IN have been
used extensively by the citizens of the county. An excellent quality of brick as veil
az The best of lime arem manufactured o. the outskirts O. the own SLY @-
Washbun has fine courthouse n jail. two large hotels a substantially buit
5Obarrel -four mill. tme orals stores, a blacksmith n wagon shop, anda number
o Substantial residences . #@" @
@ OUR CCnL FIELDS.
Mclean county is nota for its extensive coal fields which underisn nearly is n
ire area. In fact, there Mc coal enough in Mclean county alone to supply the state
o North Dakota with fuel for half a century. Its found in al PARTS SIM tratas vay
ing in tAckness from three to fifteen feet and it a matter of but a shortti time when
this colw will yield al Immense evenue to the enterpriing owners of the land.
The extensive stock ranges. the superior agricultural lands n the cheap fuel r
wood and COAL Of Mclean county offer the greatest inducements to settlers.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-07-20

CHARLOTTE counted yesterday an
other victim of the cigarette habit.
The roll of death caused in this State
annually by these destroyers OF the
human race is long one, and in both
of the insane asylums their victims can
be found. a few months ago the
brightest boy the Observer ever had
in its service lost cases in its compos-
ing room because his vital energy had
been destroyed by cigarettes and he
was no longer fit for work. Every
body is ready to jump on the victim
of the drink habit and on the maker
and seller of whiskey, but nobody ever
tries to stop the cigarette-smoker in
his mad career and nobody lifts up a
voice against those who make and sell
cigarettes. Yet the whiskey-drinkers,
while they may be greater in numbers
than the cigarette-smokers, are not
travelling toward Warehouses and
untimely graves any more surely or
any more rapidly than are the victims
of the cigarette habit.-Challotte o.
| SSfTer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-07-20

SUPPOSE bank presidents, cashiers,
confidential book keepers and men in
all positions Of trust throughout the
country could boast Of a record for
honestly and faithful performance of
duty equal to that of Maj. w. w.
Vass, Of Raleigh, the veteran treasurer
of the Seaboard Air Line, who has
recently retired after forty-eight years
of service. What higher testimony TO
his worth and character could be
written than the following. The New
York E0ening Post speaking of Maj.
Vass says:
alt is said of him that during his
long incumbency Of the office of Secre-
tary and Treasurer he never expended
a cent improperly, and that his &C
counts were always absolutely correct. !"
That is indeed a fitting inscription
to be 'graved upon any mans tomb
stone. An honest man is the noblest
work of God, and it is a sad fact that
in these degenerate times he is also
one of the rarest. The Wilmington
Messenger we'll says: Maj. Vass
was model Of scrupulous integrity
and unbroken devotion to duty. He
is an honor to his race and State.'
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-07-20
BUILDING FACTORIES,

Is it an advantage to a town or
community to aid in the establishment
of manufacturing enterprises? Well,
yes. TO lllustrate-a short time ago
the town Of Eufaula, Ala, subscribed
$4,000 towards the building of new
factories, and the investment has grown
to such proportions and is on such a
sound financial basis that dividend
of 5 per cent. simiannually has been
declared. An industry that pays 10
per cent. annually is something for any
community to be proud of, and every
thing should be done by them to
induce to their borders such enterprises
when they can get them by adding to
the capital stock in the way of sub
scriptions. Could not Henderson do
something in this line? Would it not
be to her vital interest, financially and
otherwise, to do it? We know oil
small towns now in the State where as
much as from $4,000 to $500 are
paid out weekly in wages to operatives.
Would not this amount of money
turned loose in Henderson do vast
deal of good? Most assuredly it
would.
Every business would receive new
life and everybody and everything
would be bristling with renewed
activity. People would come here to
find employment; our population
would grow in numbers. Other indus
tries would 60 up on all sides, and a
new town would be presented to the
view Of those who had seen it before
this revolution.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-07-20
JUDGE PEARSON AND DIR. LANIER.

DR.. Kingsbury relates in the Will
mington Messenger, the following
"reminiscences of gentlemen we'll known
to many of our readers:
In 1876, we heard Col. L. c. Ed
wards, prominet lawyer and fine ad-
vocate, say to Col. James S. Amis, one
of the purest lawyers and truest of
men, and both of Oxford, that Chief
Justice Pearson inquiring as to Mr..
Lanier's (now NJ. Y. Lanier, Ii. D. }
health said" If there is any more
learned lawyer in North Carolina than
Mr.. Lanier he does not appear before
the Supreme Court" This brings up
4 somewhat amusing scene in the Su-
preme Court good many years ago,
as told to US recently by lawyer. DR..
Lanier was making somewhat prolix,
elaborate argument on a point Of law
that seemed to c. ]. Pearson as of
minor lmportance-as not requiring
SO much elaboration. He felt very
kindly towards the Doctor and said
pleasantly-"It not brother Lanier
rather excessive in arguing this point !?
Would it not be better to presume
upon the Courts knowledge of the
law?" DR.. Lanier looked with twink
ling eyes at the learned Chief Justice
and Replied" don't know about
that, may it please hour honor. l did
that in five cases l recently argued
before the Court, taking it for granted
that the Court knew the law, and lost
every case" This foored the great
Jurist who dropped his head and did
not interrupt the pleader again. DR..
Lanier is indeed very learned in the
law and is also learned out Of the law.
He reads Greek, Hebrew, Latin,
French, German and perhaps other
languages. He las the German poets
IN many large volumes and reads them
reoIil,-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-07-20
NICE-PRESIDENY WINDER,

Capt. S. A. Ashe writing in his
paper the Nfzos- Observer Chronicle,
of the recent election of Ma i. Winder
as vice-president of the Seaboard Air
Line says:
We are glad to learn that Maj.
John G. Winder, who has been so long
connected with the Raleigh & CASTOR
Railroad ard who in recent years has
been the General Manager of the
Seaboard Air Line system, has now
been made vice-president of the
company and will continue as General
Manager. His promotion is fitting
recognition of his high integrity and
fine abilities. 1t also is an illustration
of how merit eventually commands
success. Years ago, just after the war,
when we were conductor on freight
train, Maj. Winder was employed as
road master on the Wilmington &
Weldon Railroad, although even then
known to be one of the best civil
engineers in the Southern States. He
never has undertaken duty which he
did not perform in mastery way,
because his learning, his training, his
skill, ability and energy we're equal to
| any endeavor.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-07-20
THE STATE OF TRADE

Baltimore Money shows a tend
ency toward improvement. The de-
mand has somewhat decreased, and
the supply has improved. At no time
have fancy prices been charged by the
banks here, 6 per cent. being the figure
on loans, both time and CALL From
present indications a steady improve
ment is expected. General trade also
reports Improvement in condition and
better payments than in past weeks.
Orders are being received in fair
numbers, with the buyers showing an
inclination 10 buy conservatively. On
the whole the outlook is believed
somewhat more encouraging.-Braa-
Streets.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-07-20
ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

The plays of no dramatist are re-
ceiyed with such eagerness as those of
William Shakespeare, and his writings,
prose and verse, are, because of that
peculiarly fine and spicy wit and
excellent wisdom, read with pleasure
and delight by all who have seen
them. Walt Mason, writing in the
Washington Evening Meas, says if he
were now billed to give a reading
none would go to hear him, not if
there was a prize fight that could
be seen as easily, that there would
hardly be a corporal's guard at the
opera house. The thought is suggested
to US that men so often live whose
services are not appreciated while they
are in our midst. A man may live for
years-even spend his whole life
among us. He may be a man of
means, may spend his money, time,
energy, influence, his all, for the well
fare and advancement Of the COM
munity in which he is pleased to make
his home. Yet there are those who
are prejudiced against him because of
the stand he has taken, because he is
successful in his business, and no word
of encouragement or commentator
does he receive from any one. After
awhile, when he has spent his sub
stance and labor in the interest of his
community, he dies. What then ?
The people then miss him. They
begin to realize what he was to the m
and theirs. His real worth and un-
firing efforts in pushing ahead that
which would benefit him for awhile,
and for which he received no thanks,
are now more clearly realized by all.
Resolutions of regret are published
his acquaintance every where are loud
in praise of his public services, and the
newspapers take it up and his memory
is sung to the outward world, which
probably had never heard his name
spoken before except in terms of envy
and disparagement. He never dies, as
it were, in their memory now. But
why is this? Well, it's just so, and that
is all we KIN ow.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-07-20
Worlds Columbian Exposition,
Chicago Illinois.

The Richmond & Danville railroad now
has on sale tickets to Chicago, ILL.,, and
return. Reading via Richmond, Lynch
burg, Charlottesville, Va, Washington,
D. c., Atlanta, Ga, and Paint Rock, n
c., passengers have choice OF several
routes. These tickets will be honored
on the great Washington & South West
ern Nestibuled Limited Trains. For full
information as to rates, routes, stop
over privileges, &c, call on
\. BUFoRD, Agent,
Henderson, NC.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-07-20
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1898.
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ALL honor to Gen. Dabncy II.
Maury, Of Richmond, Va. He IS one
man who values his good name above
"Glthy lucre." 1t is said Of him that
be recently refused a $4,000 a year
position rendered him by the Louisiana
lottery company.