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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

BY studying on a map of Brazil you
can see that the Para river extends
almost due west, south of the island
OF Marajo, to a network of narrow
streams, known as the Passes, which
connect the Para with the Amazon.
These numerous channels are from 20
to $50 yards in width, and some Of
them are nayigable for vessels Of IS
to 20 feet draught. These passes are
interesting enough to those traversing
them in small craft, but to the officers
and sailors of such steamers as the
United States ship Wilmington they
are trebly so. At night there is little
to arrest the attention other than the
weird, dark shapes of the banks,
which ever seem close aboard. The
land being low and fiat, and the trees
near the waters edge, it seems as if
the ship has forsaken her natural ele-
ment and is running overland On in
visible wheels. When daylight comes
III a sudden burst of light like the un-
heralded flash of the theater's illumi-
nation, there is revealed on each side
of the narrow channel the forests
solid wall, exposing to view a piano.
rama of overhanging vines, of creep
ers and foliage and branches brilliant
with the m%ultitudinous hues of tropi-
cal vegetation. There is a strange
chattering of animal life and a whirr
of winged insects. The discordant
cries of myriad parrots echo from the
trees. There is human life, too. Here
and there empowered in the. jungle
a be seen little wooden huts, with
matched roofs and sides open to the
cooling winds. These are the houses
of the rubber CATERERS, who labor day
in and day out collecting the milky
sap of the Hevea brasiliensis. This
rubber. gathering is interesting, and
the Wilmington's crew watch curious
ly as the winding channel reveals lit
tie groups of natives at work along
the edge of the stream. Those on
board who have read the descriptions
tell others of the manner in which the
.half-naked Indians labor, Of how each
ldlully WOThS WudI Ii CdAACu ia -
trada," or street, a path through the
forest, which embraces as many rub
Der trees as can be conveniently tend
ed, of how these trees are slit with a
machete and a cup fitted in the cut to
catch the sap, and of the manner in
which the ownes makes his daily
round and brings to his hut the col
lected juice. There is also interest
in the description Of its next stage,
when the sap is dipped up by a stick
and revolved over a smoky fire. The
smoke causes each layer to coagulate
on the stick, and when the desired
amount is formed it is removed and
made ready for shipment. These balls
of crude rubber usually weigh in the
neighborhood of twenty-five pounds,
and are of a dark, lustrous hue. 1t
was a novel experience, this visit OF
the Wilmington's crew to the home
of the. rubber gatherers. and the clos
est attention was paid to the yer
changing scenery al the white cruiser
steamed slowly along through the
Passes.-Ainslee's Magazine.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17
Heating Cap.bil,ti.. Of wood.

Heating Capabilities OF Wood.
From time immemorial soft wood
has been regarded as comparatively
yalueless for heating purposes. Hard
wood has brought high prices and has
been in much greater demand than
soft. ON account of this generally pre-
vailing notion. Experiments with
woods of various sorts have demon
strated that the linden, which is one OF
the softest Of woods. gives the greatest
mount of heat. The value of other
woods in their order. as ~ascertained, is
follows: Fir with 0.99 heating
next follow the elm and pine
with 0.9S: willow, chestnut and larch
with O.97; maple, spruce and fir with
o.96; black poplar with 0.95; alder and
white birch with O.94 only; then comes
the hard oak with 0.92; the locust and
The white beech with OIL, and the red
beech with 0.90. Hence hard wood
heats the least" It is one of the re-
markable facts of the day that so many
theories that have been held for many
wears are fast giving way before the
analysis of science.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17
DRAMATIC SCENE
At y Hanging Owing to . Mistake
About q Roprleve.

At y Hanging Owing to . Alstaks
About q ReprlevA
"The dramatic interruption OF the
Wright hanging over in Gretna." said
a New Orleans lawyer, reminds me Of
q strange and tragic episode which oc-
Cured years ago at a little river town
in Kentucky, where l first began the
practice of law. I'll tell you the facts
in a few words. A worthless white
man named Jim Early had murdered
an old farmer under very a%trocious cir
cumstances, and was convicted and
sentenced to death. AS is often the
ease with such men. Early had a most
excellent and devoted wife, and b
moved heaven and earth to save his
neck, but without success. She did ev-
crything humanity possible, and the day
before the hanging, when she finally
realized that her efforts were IN rain,
she made a formal application to the
court to be allowed to have her hus-
bands remains, which would otherwise
have been turned over to a medical
college. The next morning the judge,
in glancing over his papers. happened
to remember that he hadn't written the
official order for Early's body, and, do
ing so in some haste, gave it to a clerk
to deliver. The clerk in turn handed
it over to an old deputy, saying, Here,
take this over to the sheriff right away.
The judge has granted that order for
Mrs. Early The old man, who was
half blind and deaf, totally misinter-
preted the remark, and. %supposing. the
paper to be a reprieve, started bare
headed on a ruiz for the Jail. He ar
rived just as the poor woman was bid
ding her husband good-by In front of
his cell, and thrusting the paper into
her hand he bawled out: Stop it! Stop
everything! Here's a reprieve!' For a
moment everybody stood petrified.
Then one of the officers began to un-
bind the prisoner, and Mrs. Early, Sob
bling and weeping and calling out that
God had answered her prayers, flung
herself into his arms. The paper had
fallen to the floor, and the sheriff
picked it up mechanically. He told me
afterward that he felt as If he had re-
ceived a bullet through his heart when
he read the contents. Instead of a re-
prieve it was an order for the mans
dead body! l was present, yet ! can
hardly tell what followed. I only
know there was a scene of terrible con-
fusion; that they dragged the woman
away by main force, and proceeded
with the execution as quickly as they
could. The terrible double shock left
him so stunned that I doubt if he knew
what was happening when he went
through the trap."-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17
singing Spiders.

A NATURALIST who has given many
eears of study to some of the smaller
forms of insect life has discovered that
certain sorts Of spiders are possessed
Of organs for which there seems to
he no use save to create sound. They
are mostly used when the little crea-
t,,res are alarmed, although the opin-
ion is held by some that this is their
means Of calling to their mates. The
alarm idea. however, has some support
IN the case Of the rattlesnake. which
fs provided with the means Of making
Its presence known wherever an enemy
approaches. Whether the possession, Of
organs for creating sound is designed
merely as q protection or warming is
Z potnt to which n~aturalists are giving
careful and enthusiastic attention.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17
NEW SYSTEM OF RREAD-MAKlNc
French Process Supposed to BE Filled
with Nutrlment.

french t>fOC0SS supposed 70 1oO III
with Nutrlment.
Bread-making Is so important a fact
of economy and existence that it v e
interests the officials of the United
States government. The United States
consul at Roubaix, France, recently
sent to. the state department a very ac-
curate description of the Schweitzer
system of bread-makins, which is now
being operated at a suburb of Paris,
and which is to be established in all
the cities of France by a society or
ganized for that purpose. 1t is claimed
for the Schweitzer bread that it con-
tains more nutritive heterogeneous prop
critics than bakers bread and double
the phosphates to be found in the lat
ter. The system consists of converting
the wheat into bread within a short
time after it enters the mill. to be
ground into flour. At the Schweitzer
establishment the wheat is first treat
&c to a cleaning process, being brushed
and washed. Then each grain is split
in two, after which rhe wheat goes to
the grinders, which crush it in such a
way as to retain in the flour all the
gluten and other nutritive properties,
the bran alone being expelled. The
freshly ground flour is mixed with
yeast, salt and filtered water and car
ried at once by machinery to the knead-
ers, which are operated by steam. 1t
is possible to knead 4,409 pounds of
dough per hour. When the dough
comes from the kneaders it is carried
automatically to a room, where. it is
cut into loaves of all sizes and shapes.
The bread is then baked in gas ovens
of a peculiar device. BY this system
of bread-making it is said to be posi-
BILE to get 100 pounds Of wholesome
bread from 100 pounds of grain. This
bread is sold at the rate Of less than s
cents for a loaf weighing over two
pounds, which is nearly 2 cents a loaf
less than the usual price for bread.
Ten big two-horse wogan loads of
bread are sent out from the establish
ment twice q day and the trade is
growing.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17
DOM Paul % . Solomon.

Here is another Of the innumerable
stories of President Kruger. A Ques-
ton about a division Of some property
as to which two brothers had q dis
pute, was referred to him, and It was
agreed that his Judgment should be
accepted. After hearing both sides.
said he to the elder one: II decide that
you, the senior, should have the divid-
ing Of. this property; but" he added
with q twinkle in his eye. Il also de-
eide that your brother shall have his
choice Of the two portions!"-Collier,s
Weekly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

Women

are Invited 10 write 10
Hrs. Pkslllbas,, for free
aafvloo about their health.
Mr6, PAnkdbas,s 10 q WOO
" you have paLnfuI
periods, Or
any Of M5o'nsos,o 8orkou8
Ills Of w0s,,enI write "a
Mrs. Pxnkhlbas,,S she has
heLpod nsulfifude6. Your
koffar will 10 6oorodW
confidential
Lydia e.
Negotiable Compound Is
known vvl5erever tho Eng
Msh language Is spoken.
Nothing eLse oan possE-
bly, 10 90 sus-0 10 hozp suf-
fosan1 women. No other
medicine mas hoLpod SO
many
M this whom
something else ks 8ug-
No8fod
Mrs.. ad-.
dress Is lynn, Mass.
Her helping hand Is
always Oufsfrolol1ed to
8ufforlnu women.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17
Achedulea.

"And none shall know Of. our en-
gagement," whispered Walter.
Largely sol" replied Hildegard,
steadfastly. "For see! Our author
has used his portrait for q fronts
piece, and accordingly few, II any,
will read the story Of Dur love!"
Walter and Hildegard, as may be
well imagined, were characters in con-
temporary fction.-Detroit Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

Recruiting for the Transvaal.
Recruiting Oficer-I'm afraid you
are not smart enough for a cavalry.
man. We want men who a ride
right over everything If necessary.
Applicant-That's all right, sir. I've
been q London cab driver for seven
years.-Collier's Weekly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

Mammon is the largest STAKEHOLDER
n the world.-Saunders.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

If marriage is sometimes a failure it
*. probably because so many people
marry without experience.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

To know how to grow old is the mas
terwork Of wisdom and one Of the most
difficult chapters in the great art Of
living.-Amiel.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

The happening Of the unexpected
never worries people who are not pre-
pared for anything IN particular.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

shall recommend Piso's Cure .for'.Con.
sumption far and wide.-Mrs. Mulligsn,
Plumstead, Kent. England. Nov. 8, 1855.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

THE GRIP CURE THAT DOES CURE.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets removes
the cause that produces La Grippe E. w.
Groves signature is on each box. Csc.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

Luxuriant hair with its youthful color assured by
using PARKER's HAIR BALsAN.
HisDrRcoaas, the best cure for corns. 1scts.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
asmmation, iiays pair, cures Wind sc . bottle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

elTa Psrmsnentiy Cured. Nonss ornsrvousnss after
afst day's use Of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorsr.
0sud for FREE $500 trial bottle and treasisA.
e. B. II. kline, I&d.s 81 Arch St. P0uadelphta, PA
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

A Book Of Choice Recipes
0ant free BY Walter Baker b Co. Ltd, Dorchester
2ass. Mention this paper.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

DIR. J. H.. RINDLAUB, Specialist.
Eye, Ear, los and Throat,
Fargo, N. ID.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17
GATHERING RUBBER.
HOW THE MILKY SAP IS COL
LECTED.

Gives Employment to Industrious Colo
mics on the Para River Al Soon
From no United States steamer VIII
mington. 81
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

Never speak ill of your neighbor. L
,ives him license to talk about you.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17

The individual who frequently goe
sn q tear is. seldom able to pay the rent
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17
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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-17
You
Look Old

Its impossible for you not
IA. With the color Of seventy
ye.rs in your h,ir1 Perh,ps
you sre seventy. and you like
Jtour gray han. And perh.ps
aptl
Dark h.ir foryouth and ngor:
yr.yhair for oldage and decline.
H you viii use Ayers Hair
Visue. IN less than a month
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your head.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-12-04

demands-that by no miso,-
no loss of self-control, shall fans,
discords be revealed to stra~iJ
children or servants. eeFs,
An uncontrolled voiceis aIvvo
manly and undignifed. '0a-
A readiness to give up in 3 ~,
thing is the most tactful = ''''
sible for a return Of conrtosn POS.
other times when the matter mon 81
of Importance to US. ''
Personalities that are made to !.
duty as family jokes are never fn,~
to strangers.-Mrs. Burton Kin
land in the December Ladies' Hon..
Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-12-04
The Home Circle.
WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNK1N.

When the frost is so the punkin and the folders in the shock,
And you hear the kyouck and gobbe of the struttin turkey cook'
And the cackin' of the guineys, and the cluck1n ot the mems,
And the roosters haIylOoyer as he tPtoes on the fence;
Dts then's the times a Teller is a-feeEn' at his best,
With the rSin' sun to greet him from IA night II peacetul resi-
AS he leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes out to feed the SUocK'
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder s in the shock.
They's something kind o. hartylke about the atmosfere
When the heat of summers over, and the coohn' fall here
Of course w miss the flowers, and the blossoms on the trees,
And the humble of the hummin' birds and buzZn' OF the bees;
But the airs as appetizn'; and the landscape through the haze
Of a'crisp and sunny mornin' of the frosty autumn days
Is pictur' no painter has the cOlOrin' to mock
When the frost is on the punkin and the folders in the shock
The husky, rusty russell of the tOssels of the corn,
And the raspn' of the tangled leaves, as gOldeTn as the morn,
The stubbe in the furries-kind o. lOnesOme-hke and still
Apreachn' summons to US of the barns they grOwed to I'LL;
The strawstack in the medder, and the reaper in the shed;
The horses in their stalls below-the clover overhead
O. it sets my heart a-cEckin' like the tckin' of a clock,
When the frost is o the punkin and the fodder in the the shock.
Then your apples all is gathered, and the one a fellow keeps
Is poured around the cellar floor in red and yellow heaps;
And your cidermakins over and your wimmern folks S through
With their mince and apple butter, and their sOuse and sausage, too;
I don't know how to tell it-but if such a thing could be
AS the angels wantin' boardin', and they'd call around on me
I'd want to 'commodate email the whole induin' flock,
When the frost is o the punkin and the folders in the shock.
James WHitcOnb Riley
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-12-04
FOR P N

DEAR AUNT JENNIE At this sea-
son, many persons are troubled with
chapped hands, rough skin or eczema.
Having used the following remedies,
I know them to be very good. What
will benefit one person will too often
be unavailing for another, but these
are we'll worth trying:
FOR CHAPPED AND ROUGH HANDS.
One-half gill ~glycerine, One-quar-
ter gill each of alcohol and cologne,
one-eighth ounce of gum tragicanth
dissolved in one pint of water, one
quarter ounce of tincture of benzoin.
Or try equal parts each of glycer-
inc, bay rum and aqueous solution
of witch-hazel, to which a few drops
of aqua ammonia may be added.
Scent with a few drops of any per-
fume you prefer. E. II.
Genesee Co., Mich.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-12-04
THE BAD MANNERS OF OUR Girl.

American girls, admired at bo,..
and abroad for their beauty and j.
telligence, still rest under the -
prOach of possessing bad manna,,
and no one who is unbiased can ono,
ton the justice of the general 70,
dict on this subject. This is n -
those true things said which ouobt
not to be true. American girls. thu
happiest, ~healthiest, most indeDend
ent girls in the world, should ho
faultless in their manners, or nearlv
faultless. Then why are thev So
remiss in this important particular,
The good fortune of the American
girl doubtless leads to her want Of
polite manners. Accustomed to hav
ing her ''own way" devoid Of defer.
ence and respect for her parents, Or
for any one else, not sensitive to the
feelings of others, because she has
not been trained to observe them
the American girl goes on her wav
rejoicing, and does not realize thu
careless selfishness of her attitude
until she finds herself, perhaps, with
very few friends and no admirers
Ada G.. Sweet in the December Wo-
mans Home Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-12-04
FROM TOM.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE The Progress
sive Farmer of November goth,
contains a lot of splendid sugges-
tions for youngm To begin with,
the advice of Polonius to his son,
Laertes, as quoted from Shake
speare's immortal Tragedy of Ham
let" ought to be committed to mem
DRY by every young man.. What a
splendid chart did Polonius give his
son just beginning the voyage of
life! And how enthusiastically,
muLtum IN pdrUO! 1t is hardly pos
sible for any young man who lives
up to those precepts to make life a
failure.
Then follows Henry's Wallace's
Letters to the Farm Boy" In it
there are "a great many "hits," but I
expect that his inquirya as to whether
all of us that are complaining of
limited opportunities have gotten
everything we can get out of the dis
trict school was one of DR.. Wallace's
most effective shots. Let us think
about it, and see if we are really
making as good use Of the opportuni-
ties that we have as we ought.
The farm boy who above all things
desires to live in town also comes
in for some very thoughtful obser-
vations. I have studied that problem
some myself. A great many people
who understand very we'll that there
are many rich people in cities
never seem to realize that there 7
also thousands of wretchedly poor.
If you have no love for farm life, but
have a natural talent and love for
some kind Of city work, supplement
ted by unyielding determination
and a good education, the city has
something to offer you. But if you
are hunting an easy place, and dis
like farming merely because it is
hard work, then you are certainly
doomed to failure in the city. And
don't go to the city too early. Two
thirds of the most successful men in
our cities we're reared in the coun-
try Before coming to town the
hard work of the farm had taught
them industry and had given them
strong bodies good, sensible parents
had taught them the sturdy healthy
morality and faith of the Bible; by
hard study they had acquired a prac-
tical education. Coming to town thus
equipped, they soon Outstripped the
town boy lacking in such qualities.
On the other hand, you will find in
the Sums and in the most disagree
able parts of the cities many dis
heartened men-me who feel that
life is a failure-that we're raised in
| the country. Some of these went to
the city to find soft jobs some of
them to "have a good time" They
have learned a lesson that other
young men should heed. It is this
"The qualities that make a man a
success on the farm will make him a
success in the city !; and the qualities
which make him a success in the
city will make him a success on the
farm"
It is all in the man-not in the
place where he lives.
CARELESS Tom.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-12-04
GOOD N AT HOME.
Some Of the Little Things That Go to Make
Life sweeter and Better.

Some Of the Little Things That Go to Make
Life sweeter and Better.
Practical jokes are rarely INDUCED
in by persons of nice perceptions,
and teasing passes the bounds of
good taste when it ceases to be a
matter of pure fun on all sides. In
quisitiveness is always bad form.
"Whom is your letter from?" ''What
makes your eyes so red?'' are inter
ferences with ones rightful privacy.
A closed door should be respected
and give assurance of seclusion.
One who is so Gisloyal as to repeat
to any outsider, however intimate,
anything to the discredit of the fam
lily deserves to forfeit all family
rights and privileges.
There are no terms strong enough
to condemn the vanity of parents
who will allow a daughters charms,
prospects and advantages to be ad-
vertised in the public prints.
Society requires that whatever
their private relations, husband and
wife face the world as a unit. har-
monious and with interests identi-
cal.
One thing good form imperatively