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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26

though one Of the largest and most
widely distributed trees in the Pacific
northwest, it suffers from the preju-
dice against the eastern hemlock, 9
closely allied. but much inferior
species, and for this reason has almost
no commercial value. It grows at its
best on the cool damp slopes Of tho
Washington and Oregon mountains,
where 1t is frequently zoo feet high and
10 feet in diameter, or even larger IN
favorable situations. 1t occasionally
forms a dense, pure forest. but Is o
often mixed with Red Fir, the most
important timber tree Of the north
west, and Is usually left standing by
the lumbermen because there is no
sale for the lumber. The wood of the
western hemlock is less apt to De
shaky, is stronger, more durable, ana
more easily worked than that of the
eastern species. The bark IS said 10
contain much more tannin. BY the
present method of numbering, immense
quantities of hemlock are destroyed
annually, for it is left to be burned by
the fires which frequently follow the
removal Of the fir. 1t is believed that
if this 'hemlock can be given its true
value before the public, logging meth
DDS may be modified, and even If the
market develops slowly, there will be
a greater effort to prevent waste. An
important feature of this investigation
will be to ascertain the rate Of growth
and the time required to produce a
merchantable stand. The western hem
lock possesses remarkable powers OF
reproduction and may be counted on
to refores: logged-of areas.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26
horticultural Observation.

We believe that the orchard should
.be kept clean. Dead wood should not
sbe permitted to accumulate on the
trees, and after 1t is cut off it should
not be. permitted to lie around on the
!, ground. 1t should be raked up with
the dead leaves and burned, and this
should be done at least once a year.
The fence should not be permitted to
become a windrow of rubbish and
weeds should not be permitted to grow
'unhindered along it. This harbor foc
insects and fungous diseases should tie
abolished Or never permitted to exist.
1t is about as hard to convince some
~,orchardists that they should spray as
it is to convince. others that they
should insure their houses against fire.
The two acts are in a way similar.
The expense may be looked upon in
either case as insurance. The man
that Sprays his orchard may never see
that. he has escaped disaster, He may
never appreciate the good he receives
from spraying. His enemies are SO
small that he does not see them ap-
preach and perish with the poison that
has been placed in their way. But
whether he sees the results or does
not see them, they are there.
The writer this week went past an
old orchard that had long ago seen
its usefulness. It is in the midst OF
a plowed field and bears evidence OF
being cared for to some extent. But
it should be cut down and used !or
firewood, as it has passed the period
of profitable bearing. No pruning can
recover it. Most of the tops are gone
and those that remain are filled with
dead wood and m%ultitudes Of twigs.
Yet the old man that is still holding
onto it remembers the day of his youth
and of it's youth, and still hopes. If an
orchard is to be there at all it should
be a new orchard. Without doubt
there are many such cases of de-
6arted glory on the farms of Illinois.
The fruit growers of the north seem
to have an advantage over the south
ern fruit growers at the present time.
1t used to be thought that the men
that went to Georgia and Florida had
taken to lands of eternal sunshine and
to the growing Of fruit where condi-
lions were so favorable that failure
could not result. But during the last
few years the fruit plantations IN
Florida have suffered repeated disas-
tiers. The orange groves have been
cut down by cold again and again. In
Georgia the immense orchards Of peach
trees that promised to swamp the
northern markets have been killed
back to such an extent that 1t will be
some years before they regain their
normal conditions. In the north fruit
growing has not, suffered SO extensive
" as in the south.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26
Sheep and the. Root Crop

Reports from England as to the last
years crop Of sheep give some indica-
ton as to the extent the English de-
pend on the root crops for the feed
ing of their sheep. The writers on the
sheep situation of last year say that
one Of the difficulties the sheep men
had to contend with was the shortage
Of the turnip crop. this shortage
amounting to not less than III tons.
per acre. In some of the districts it
was not less than 2 tons per acre short.
What American farmer would figure
the turnip crop as n of the important
factors in the successful management
Of the flock? English mutton is noted
for its fine quality, and 1t is doubtful
IL better-mutton is made anywhere, To
what extent is this due to the extern
sive use Of turnips in feeding? It seems
likely that our own farmers are neg
lecting a food that is especially adapt
ed, to the 8 of sheep.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26
Much
You Eat

IS not the question, but, how much you d.
gest, because food does good only when It
is digested and assimilated, taken up by
the blood and made into muscle, nerve,
bone and tissue. Hoods sarsaparilla re-
stores to the stomach its powers OF diges-
ton. Then appetite is natural and healthy.
Then dyspepsia is gone, and strength, elias
ITCHY and endurance return.
Stomach Troubte-"My mother had
a very bad stomach trouble. She weighed
only Ill pounds. After taking four bottles
OF Hoods Sarsaparilla she weighed 1873
pounds. She took 1t again after the grip
and one bottle got her up" Miss OrlE
Mccoy, SOB Lafayette Ave-, Lebanon, Ind.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26
p,,nty Of Phy.lolans in Germany.

A Munich medical journal has just
nublished q tabulated statement show
ing the number of physicians in Ger
many, and how they are distributed
through the different states Of the em-
pire. According to this statement
there are in Germany 26.6S9 physicians
for a total population Of 52,251,917,
making an average Of one doctor for
every 1857 inhabitants. Since 1886
the medical profession has increased
by 63 per cent, while the increase Of
the population during the same period
has only been a trifle owe II per cont.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26

ga. n.-Jinson weed tDassre stronso~sssN; Q
aevssine spray; ,. ftuiting oapsu's-eoth 90
third natural sise.
high, with a coarse, green stem. large.
faccid leaves. and white. heavy-scent-
ed flowers two to four inches long.
Gases Of poisoning in adults arise
from excessive use as . stimulant or
a. . medicine. Children are sometimes
tempted to eat the fruit II they are
permitted to play where the weed is
found. Children are poisoned by eat
ing the seed and. by playing with the
flower in the mouth. One y two In
stances are recorded in which cattle
have been poisoned by eating the
leaves In the hay.
Unison weeds should be removed
from vacant lots by moving the plants
while in flower or BY cultivating the
soil.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26
,Jimson Weed.

Among other names, this plant is
called stinkwort and stinkweed. The
jimson weeds are rank, ill-smelling
plants, with large, funnel-shaped flow
ers and prickly four-valved seed pods.
They are mostly weeds that have been
introduced into the United States from
Europe and tropical America. The
species illustrated here is q stout,
smooth, bushy annual. two to five fee.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26
Tho Westarn Hamlock.

The western hemlock is to be the
subject Of q special investigation this
summer by the division Of forestry and
q party Of experts will spend several.
months In the Puget Sound region,
making observations and measure
ments Of that species Of hemlock. Al
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26
cnrio.itx save Life.

A package marked quinine was sent
to a woman. but. being curious. she
took 1t to a druggist, who said it was
arsenic. A like inquiry into some OF
the medicines offered will certainly de-
tect the false from the true. For half
a century Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
has been curing indigestion, constipa'
ton and dyspepsia.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26

Some miscreant out In Kansas
chopped down a cornstalk and felled It
across q railway track. Presently It
was discovered before, q train came
along, and no lives wers lost.-Kansas
City Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26
As to

Al to Ingredients.
Customer-Aren't you afraid Of this
canned maple syrup?
= Dealer-No. I'm not: I sell the fact
ory's New Orleans molasses they it
of.-Indianapolis Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26
A Useless Adjunct,

"Lou:se. what has become Of your
French poodle?"
"Why. Harry made the dealer take
him back; he didn't understand a
word of our French."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26
under the Innuence,

She-Do you believe in hypnotism7
Helm some cases. You for in
stance. could make me do anything
you wanted me to.-Somerville Jour-
nal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26

In most parts Of the state there is
. good prospect at the present time
for q fair crop Of fruit. In some places
the trees r still dying from the effects
of the severe winter weather Of one
year ago, but the live trees have
plenty Of live buds in most instances.
The. following shows the prospect for
an average crop of the various kinds
Of fruit in the state: Apples, 81; pears,
Is; peaches. So; plums. 70; cherries.
IS; small fruit, 81.
In regard to the question care
peach orchards being sprayed for curl
leaf?" % correspondents answer "yes''
and 269 mo" Itrhas been demonstrat-
ed that by spraying thoroughly early
in the season this disease can be coz.
trolled and there is no doubt but what
careful fruit growers will eventually
adopt the practice. In regard to the
question "Are trees still dying as a re-
suit Of the cold weather Of February,
1897" 217 correspondents answer Eyes,
and 1853 mo-" Correspondents general
" agree that it is too early to tell
definitely about the fruit crop and the
reader should remember that the fig-
ures given were the result Of ~investiga-
ton made in the last days Of March
Justus 8. stearns, Secretary Of State.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26
T1nM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.

sson,e Up-to-D.te Hint. About Gull
I walton Of tho Soil, and Yields
Observation-Disclosures, viticulturs xnd
Horticulture.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26
For Leso Majestic,

For Leso Majestic.
Private Secretary-Your majesty.
the audience don't want 1.-THE Iron
Tooth"
The Kaiser-Haye it pulled.-New
York Press. . '+
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26

destruction which confronts our effete
and moribund civilization. All hail to
the new woman, the new morals, the
new civilization, the new social order"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26
pro.peot for Fruit in Missouri.

The prospect for fruits in this state
has not materially changed since my
last report in February.
The strawberry crop. will be less
than half Of last year.
The raspberry will not give more
than half a full crop.
The blackberry will be a good one
never better.
The currant and gooseberry' will
fruit about as usual.
The grape gives promise of an
abundant crop.
The apple prospect is bright and we
hope to see one of our usual good
crops again. and be able to supply the
markets of our land.
The pear buds have not been in.
jured thus far.
The peach buds have been about one
half killed and the trees are short of
their full amount Of their bearing
wood, hence we can expect about q
half crop from our large orchards.
The plum will hold its usually good
crop.
The cherry buds are all sound thus
far.
The ounce crop will be a good one
also.-L. A. Goodman, Secretary Mis-
souri,, State Horticultural Society. 4
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26
Not Even !. minorit

NOT Even o m1nOF1ty.
Askit-But. even IL her family did
object. why didn't you elope7
Tellit-lThe objection was unani-
mous.-Baltimore American.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26

DIR. J. H. nrNDLAUB. Specialist.
Eye, Ear, Nose ana Thront.
Fargo, N. d.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26

.2L rtEEeE EF< " HrEar-'rL
Tuberculosis Infection. ~ Generally
speaking tuberculosis (consumption) Ia
not inherited. It Is transmitted in
certain ways. The first way Is by
the animal or person coughing up
some Of the matter and having 1t dry
till the particles float in the air, when
It .is breathed in by other beings. The
second way is taking It through a tu-
berculous udder,- by which the germs
become scattered through the milk.
The germs while wet cannot be
breathed into the lungs for the reason
that they lie where they fall. Care
must therefore be taken to keep tuber-
culous COWS from feeding with other
cows, as their sputa may become the
SOURCE Of infection for the whole herd
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26
Washing Wool.

sheepmen are quite generally aban.
doning the washing of wool on the
sheep or any other way. The prices
received for washed over unwashed
wool is now not enough TO pay for
the work and for exposing the sheep
to colds from the water. The cen
trifugal machines that wash the wool
so quickly and thoroughly r too
keen competitors Of the shepherd.
Perhaps the washed wool Is really q
little more valuable, but II. 1t is the
buyer is unwilling to make induce.
ments in the way Of better prices.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-26
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-18

iy due mainly to the destruction OF their
market through the interruption OF the
building trades by strikes in Chicago and
elsewhere. There is no labor trouble at
Anderson. but 500 men are thrown out of
employment there by the shutting down of
works attributed directly to the paralysis
in the building trades caused by strikes
elsewhere. The president of the company
owning the twelve plants which have shut
down says: Labor troubles are at the
bottom Of it, Our market has been de-
stroyed by the stopping of building labor.
and we have had TO shut down until the
accumulated stocks are Sold Thus in
period of great prosperity and at the be-
ginning of a season which promised 10 be
remarkable for extensive building opera
tons. these operations and the factories
which supply them are paralyzed by
strikes which involve some very unreason-
able demands. and which, in as far as
they involve any just ones, should have
been submitted to arbitration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-18

the Kentucky House of Representatives
and is said to have been rocked since in
fancy in the cradle of Democracy, and now
the appreciation of her loyalty 10 that
party. as shown by her political speeches
during the last presidential campaign. has
found fitting expression in the support
which Kentucky Democrats unanimously
gave her in her election to the office she
now holds" 1t is further averred that "she
is mounting to an enviable place on the
ladder of well-merited fame. and the po-
litical world will be stirred by her elo-
quence as. from State to State, she will
again plead the Democratic cause in the
campaign of next fall" What could a
woman who wants to be in politics ask
more than this?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-18
BAILEY HAS SURE THING
NO OPPOSITION FOR SENATOR IN
THE LONE STAR STATE.
Horace Chiffon Withdraws from the
Race on the Ground of Poor
Health-NO Show Anyway.

AUSTIN Tex April 17-Political circles
here were greatly surprised to-day by the
announcement that Senator Horace Chiffon
lad Withdrawn from the United States
senatorial race, leaving Congressman
Joseph Bailey a clear field Senator Chill
toms withdrawal is based upon i'll health
and an inability to make a canvass Of the
State. Yesterday Mr.. Bailey carried Travis
county, in which the state capital Is 10
Gated, in the race for senator by about
100 majority. Primaries held within the
last week or two in about a dozen coun-
ties had given Bailey a lead In the race.
The announcement of Senator Chilton's
withdrawal was made to-day by his cam
paign manager. who made public the fol-
lowing note from DR.. c. A. Smith, the SEN
ator's physician:
..Hon. Horace Chiffon since his return
from Washington has been suffering with
a severe case of grip and overwork. With
absolute quietude and rest he may recover
his health in five or six weeks. He can
only sit up an hour or two day. He will
not be able to leave his home under five
weeks.
Mr. Stafford saws: Upon taking charge
o1 Senator Chilton's campaign / thought
hat within a few days he would be able
TO enter the canvass pei sonally, but row
know that his illness is of such nature
that he will not be able 10 leave his home
within four or five weeks. If then. IL Is a
source of great pleasure and pride to the
friends ever the State that MS private sife
is pure without flaw or blemish and that
his services to his State as United States
senator have been able, faithful and con-
scientious, and he stands in the front ranks
CT his fellow-senators- Aftiicted as he Is
and unable 10 visi. any section Of the
State or even read the communications OF
mis- friends, while his opponent is making
a vigorous active precinct campaign in
almost every county in the State. Ii Is
readily seen that he is at great disadvan-
tage. Without criticism or asperity toward
his opponent or those who have seen prop
or TO espouse his cause. and his gratitude
To- his faithful friends who have so zealous-
ly and earnestly supported him, he with
draws his name as a candidate for re-elec-
ton To the United States Senate and re-
quests the announcement be made public"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-18

The action of the Indianapolis Board of
Trade and of the Commercial Club indors-
ing the proposed Indianapolis Southern
Railway and pledging their cordial sup
port is timely and commendable. No rail-
road project of recent years has promised
more for this city or better deserves the
cordial support of all classes of citizens
than this one Traversing a new country
and penetrating a new part of the State.
it would give access to important mineral
deposits, open up new markets for the
city and bring the capital in touch with
portions of the State with which it does
not now possess ready communication.
Support of the project should not stop with
paper expressions. but should take SUBJ
Stantial form.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-18

New York Evening Post
The appointment of George B. Cortelyou
to succeed John Addison Porter as secre-
tary TO the President is not only COM
mendable in itself. as the deserved promo
ton of efficient subordinate in the
White House staff, but IL also serves to
show how much humbug there is in the
claim of the spoilsmen that there are a
host of offices which ought 10 be excepted
from the operation of the civil-service law
because they are of confidential nature.
Mr.. Cortelyou has served first as conf
Dental clerk TO the fourth assistant post
master general, and then as clerk i'm a re-
sponsible position at the executive man.
sion. under both Democratic and Repub-
can administrations. and high officials of
each party found his services entirely sat
isfactory. There Is no reason In the nature
of things why large proportion of the So
called confidential positions" should be
kept outside the competitive system, and
the case of Mr.. Cortelyou shows how weak
is the excuse for leaving such places TO the
spoilsmen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-18

Not Becoming to Congressman to Tall,
of n ''Subsidized Press"
phiIadelph;a TelpQraph

of q "SubsidiZed Press
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Mr.. Dalzell, in a moment of anger and
excitement had the audacity to style the
newspapers which have been voicing the
almost unanimous opposition of the Re-
publican masses of the country to the
tariff provision of the bill as the 'subsi-
died Republican press" but he was forced
to swallow his words, which he did with as
bad grace as possible. If there has been,
or is to be, any substituting In this miser
able business, IL is on the other side of the
question Never before in the history of
the Republican party has there been such
a general revolt against any particular line
of policy which the self-constituted leaders
of the organization have attempted to
force upon it, Evidences of this revolt
have come from every section of the coun-
try, and have been so nearly unanimous
that almost every Republican newspaper
of standing and influence has opposed the
and earnestly demanded that Congress
should heed the original demand OF the
President for the performance of our
plain duty to Porto Rico These papers
were not Subsidized they were not even
misguided" Mr.. Dalzell insisted that
he meant when he was forced to withdraw
the obnoxious word. Upon them will fall
the difficult task of explaining the action of
Congress in ignoring our pledges and shirk-
ing our ''plain duty" to the people of Porto
Rico in the coming campaign. How they
will go about Ii, and how they VIII sue
ceed remains to be seen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-18
Said Carter,
at didn't mean it, them"

The National Educational Association
announces through committee in whose
hands the matter has been placed that it
will give a series of prizes, amounting in
all to $780, for essays in school hygiene.
For the best essay submitted on each of
the following topics: The seating, the
lighting the heating, and the ventilating
of school buildings. $500; for the second
best essay submitted on each topic. 500.
1t is expected that valuable and much
needed enlightenment will be secured on
this important matter. The essays must
be submitted by February, 1901. Among
the members of the committee are w. T.
Harris United States commissioner of ed
ucation, and George p. Brown. editor
School and Home. Bloomington Ill. The
chairman OF the committee. TO whom in
quiries are TO be addressed. is A. r. Taylor.
Emporia, Kan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-18

Washington Special I'm Chicago Post.
Republican congressman to-day are
counting their costs The flood of letters
which have reached certain congressman
from all directions of the country leaves
no doubt that the legislation for Porto
Rico is unpalatable to the majority of the
members of the Republican party The
final enactment of the Porto Rican meas
ure has provoked more emphatic protest
than before from constituents and from
leading men of the Republican party who
have not come under the spell of the inffu-
ence which whipped unwilling Republicans
in Congress into line That there is immi-
nent danger of the loss of the House of
Representatives to the Republicans is gen.
orally believed. The Democrats are jubi-
liant and predict overwhelming Demo-
cratic victory at the polls next November
The Republicans rallied their forces to-
day with show of confidence that
things would be righted and the multitude
would see the light