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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-08-31
The Bayard
of The Beers

EEL 49, ~ nAg - E
It Is not generally known that De-
larey, the Boer leader who rushed the
British rear guard at vlakfontein q
few days ago and thereby precipitated
u sharp and bloody engagement. was
one Of the few conspicuous Beers who
opposed the sending OF IN ultimatum
to England. He neither liked nor
trusted Kruger, and during his il
years Of service in the volksraad he
invariably discouraged, any policy cal
culated to provoke friction between.
the two dominant races Of South AZ
RIGA. His service In the field has been
marked by energy, skin and Judgment
and by powers Of recuperation which.
are simply wonderful when one con-
siders the vigor and effectiveness of
his attacks at vlakfontein in connec-
ton with his disastrous defeat some
months ago at the hands Of Gen. Bab-.
bington. He has suffered priyations
innumerable during the progress Of q
;waraof which he did not approve, and
his personal sacrifices have included
the loss Of q cherished SON. who fell
when Methuen forced the passagego I
the Modder. &
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Instructed Is to His Duties.

"a young clerk in a wholesale house
has been spending a large portion Of
his salary for the last few days buy
ing cigars for friends who r ION" to
a joke that was perpetrated on him.
says the Albany Journal. His en-
ployer engaged q new boy and as soon
as the boy came to the establishment
he was Instructed In his duties by our
friend, who had been promoted to the
position Of assistant bookkeeper and
given q small ONCE by himself. About
an hour after the boy started In, the
boss came arpund and seeing him
working. asked: Has the assistant
bookkeeper told you what to dog"
Eyes 3 r.wsas the prompt reply; he
told me to wake him up when say
you coming around..'n
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DelArey. Who Rushed
tho British al vlak-
fontein.

care you badly hurt, my boy?!' De-
larey Is reported to have asked as the
wounded lad was being carried to an
ambulance.
Yes. I believe l am going to die
sGood-by. my boy
"Good-by, father And Delarey
went back to the firing line and the
boy was carried to the field hospital,
where he died an hour later. The In
cident, as above detailed, may OF. may
not. be true, but 1t is certainly char
~acteristic Of the stern, silent man who
fought Kruger and Krugerism In tho
.volksraad for more than a decade
without once engaging In. debate. And
to his eternal credit stands the fact
that Of all the Boer leaders he alone
has refused to impress into his service
men who have taken the oath Of neu-
traality. Delarey Is the Bayard Of the
Transs,ynaasal, without fear and without
l%reproach.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-08-31
MlAcnroni Wheat, the
--latest suSsestion for
West

from Russia, where, from the use that
Is made Of 1t. It received its name.
Macaroni 10 no very uncommon article
Of food this country, especially In
the citieg. while In Italy It Is q uni-
yersal food. It is q paste OF dough,
prepared originally and chiefly In Italy
from the Glutinous -four Of hard va
rieties Of wheat pressed into long
tubes If pipes through the perforated,
bottom Of a vessel furnished with
sspindals and afterward dried in the
sun or BY low heat. limitations Of 1t
are made In this country from ordi-
nary flour. Mark Alfred Carleton, the
agricultural departments %cerealist, In
q circular sent out to d country says
of the nature Of macaroni wheats:
"Macaroni wheats differ radically
from the ordinary bread wheats and
in the field look more like barley than.
wheat. I. The heads are fiat, compressed
and bearded, the beard often being
black; the chaf is usually golden vel
low, but sometimes black, and the
grains are large, hard, yellowish white
and clear, or In wheats of the best
quality sometimes translucent. There
are also occasionally velvet 'chaf varie-
ties. In Europe they + known sim
ply as hard wheats, or durum wheats.
Z The grain is much harder than that OF
the hardest bread wheats, and In the
best varieties contain an unusual
amount of nitrogen and a correspond
ingly small amount of starch. The
quantity and quality Of the gluten
make them extremely valuable for
making macaroni. They are extreme
~ resistant to drouth and resist the
attacks Of leaf rust and smuts to an.
unusual degree. On the other hand
they will not Withstand the hard win
ters and are usually grown as spring
Wheats:s This fact should not be a
strong objection to them, however, for
they will behave very differently from
the ordinary spring wheats grown in
Kansas and Nebraska. South Of the
thirty-ffth parallel they may be sown
in late autumn. He adds: I'm seek
ing for crops suitable for semiarid dis
tricts we usually have especially in
mind the benefit Of the region and not
the crop itself. In the Ease of maca-;.
roni wheats. however. it is not only
true that they can be grown in dry
districts, but they must be grown
there in order to produce the best
quality Of grain and up to a minimum
Of about ten inches annual rainfall,
the drier the better, provided the rain
falls in the proper time and the soil
Is Of the right kind."-Chicago Chron-
icle.
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~ROCKEFELLER's N G

It Consists OF $4,000 Acres In Kiows
County, Kan.
Down in the southeast corner OF
Kiowa county, Kan. on one Of the
finest ranches of the boundless west,
Frank Rockefeller, brother Of John
and William Rockefeller. spent the
summer. Ranching can scarcely be said
to be a recreation with Frank Rookie
Teller, for he makes 1t a business, the
object of which is to raise blooded cat
tie for money. In the winter Frank
Rockefeller, who is the youngest Of
the brothers, lives in Cleveland and
attends to his interests in stocks and
oil. but in the summer he thrpws him
self with vigor into ranch life. For
half Of his fifty years he has owned this
~14.00O-acre ranch, which is called Sol
der Creek Park, from the sparkling
stream which waters it. As he takes
his family to live with him here In the
summer, Mr.. Rockefeller's group OF
ranch buildings are unsurpassed in the
state for -luxuriousness. The large
frame house is equipped with modern
Improvements. On his ranch is raised
all the necessary grain to feed his
stock. There are $500 acres. under
cultivation. 800 acres being in alfalfa.
a desirable feed for fattening purposes.
He can raise three crops Of alfalfa
in a single season and then have a
good fall pasturage on the field. There
are 300 acres in wheat, 300 acres in
rye and the remainder in kafir corn.
The fine qualities Of these lie in their
stability for feeding and forage. A
large orchard has lately been put out,
many Of the trees already bearing
fruit.-New York Press.
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NO TWO ACT ALIKE.
How the Majority Of Smokers Show
Their characteristics.

How the Majority Of Smokers Show
Their characteristics.
A man may possess q most secretive
nature, he may have . face a. desti-
tute Of meaning - q stone wall and q
manner Of speech absolutely nom
committal: but watch him over his
cigarette; note his manner Of holding
1t between his lips or his fingers; SEQ
how he pufs the smoke out Of his
mouth, what he does with. the ash, IL
he consumes the cigarette to q mere
stump or throws 1t away half finished.
and, sure as fate, you will read his
character like a book. Cigarette, I
said, for a cigarette and a cigar in a
lesser degree r much better char
acter revealers than a pipe. "A man
sticks a pipe into the side of his mouth
and pufs away, and there's an end Of
1t. You discover next to nothing UNI
less, indeed, he happens to pun very
violently, which is a certain indica-
ton of nervous, irritable temper.
From the filling of a pipe, to be sure,
many luminous little hints may be
gathered. You see a man stuff his
bowl quickly and lavishly, letting
loose threads Of tobacco bangle over
the brim while he applies the match;
If he be not good natured, generous to
a fault, careless, indolent, quick to
make friends, quick to forget them, I
shall be much astonished. One no.
tices men very often taking their
cigars from an upper waistcoat pocket
into which they have been stuffed. Too
poor to buy themselves a cigar case?
Not a bit of it, but too untidy to keep
one or too lazy to arrange their
cigars into one. And the same men
almost invariably bite the tips off their
cigars, instead of using a penknife or
a cigar clipper-a shocking habit that
not merely fills the mouth with to-
bacco grit. but d%isarranges the outer
leaf. often spelling an otherwise ex-
cellent smoke. The cigar once hap
PLY prepared for smoking, observe
how your young man holds it between
his teeth. But stay! The operation
Of lighting has also its interest. The
tobacco epicure grips his cigar not
merely with his teeth when applying
the match, but with the finger and
thumb Of his left hand also, and be-
tween every third puff draws the weed
from his mouth and examines the
glowing end, in order to make sure it
has been ignited equally all round
Royal Magazine.
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business and Boards.

Whether a New Yorker wears a
mustache, side whiskers or a full
beard, or undertakes to keep his face
clean shaYen often has little or moth
ing to do with the demands Of. indi-
svidual taste or good Judgment, says
the New York Times. II a meeting Of
physicians at the Academy Of Medicine
in Forty-third street is fully attended
1t is almost always q safe wager that
there will be less than ten men in the
room who do not wear full boards, and
the chances are completely against
there being over three clean-shaven,
men present. At the Bar association,
on the contrary, q large majority OF,
the lawyers present at most Of the
meetings, are clean shaven, and most
Of the others only wear mustaches.
Downtown, at a meeting Of merchants
In the assembly hall Of the chappber
Of commerce, nearly every conceivable
variety OF sedate, venerable, ornate
and eccentric boards may be seen.
Underwriters r exceedingly diasim-,
liar as to their taste regarding whisk-
ers. on the floor OF the stock
exchange mustaches and clean
shaven faces divide the honorss
to the exclusion Of boards
except on occasions when the older
members FOR some particular fea-.
son are attracted TO the door. Bank-1
srs most often content themselves With
mustaches, but there are manydevia--
TONS AZ FOR government employer
tnSthe subtreasury,, the assay ONCE and
thessclstom house, One never knows
whit toexpect. q
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i
!. !. CereaI

The existence Of vast plains In this
country where because Of the dryness
" the climate agriculture Is but little
PURSUED BY the small population, is .
phenomenon that before many years
Will be radically changed, The In
treasing interest Of great numbers Of
people In the semiarid west is mani
Tested more and more each successive.
S:.Year In the delegate conventions held
to devise measures Il Swater the arid
lands and to interest the United States
government in the work. that certain
iy is one Of the most important Of this.
period. And while so many people
have been thinking on the subject Of
utilizing those plains for agriculture
by means Of a system OF general irri-'
cation the United States department
Of agriculture has been intent upon
finding and introducing crops adapted
to the semiarid districts. During the.
last twenty years a most useful work
has been done In this direction, but
only q small beginning has been made.
Seed corn has been imported from q
certain district in Africa and alfalfa.
from districts Of Turkey and grass
that is a species OF wild oats without
bristles or beard. All have proved Of
value as crops. Especially has alfalfa
proved OF value; there are usually four
cuttings a year Of 1t. or ten or twelve
tons from an acre, and it is excellent
food both for cattle and hogs. The
Cudahys Of Chicago have a packing
house in Los Angeles, and thousands
OF acres of land In one body, some
thirty miles from that city, which are
planted to alfalfa and into which hogs
are turned and allowed to help them
selves to the green fodder. It is sup-
posed to be a profitable enterprise, for
otherwise the Cudahys would not pur-
sue 1t. But southern California is al.
ready under extensive irrigation, and
all the crops that are raised anywhere
grow finely there. It Is mainly Of the
semiarid west. which includes both
the Dakotas. three-quarters Of Me-.
braska, two-thirds Of Kansas. all Of
Oklahoma and western Texas that the
agricultural department has offered its
latest contribution to the agriculture
of the enormous region. This 0
tribution is OF macaroni wheat. which
the department believes to be quite
as important as the other mentioned.
and which may be probably grown in
the plains region Of the United States
far beyond the hundredth meridian,
and only less probably in all the
states and territories west Of the
hundredth meridian to the Pacific
coast. The new wheat was imported
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FOB WOMENANDHOM
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND NATIONS.
Whist women Like In Men-shs No
Longer Marrsss for support, bot Socks
the ono with Whom b Can be
Happy.
WHAT WOMEN LIKE IN MEN.

WHAT WOMEN LIKE IN MEN.
It is true that unmarried American
women are creating considerable dis
cussion among thoughtful members of
the opposite sex. says the Chicago
Post. A foreign observer has dis
covered that the development Of the
Intelligence Of the American girl has
led to a disillusionment whereby men
are seen stripped Of their ideal quail
ties and devoid Of romantic attrac-
lions. Thus seen in the light of the
commonplace, ONE no longer care
to marry them. and prefer to abide in
single blessedness.
Raford Pyke, writing on What
Women Like in Men" in the Cosmo-
politan for July, finds that the Amer
lean woman Of fine perceptions and an
Intelligence trained by reading, by
study and above all by observation and
experience, is becoming more difficult
and more discriminating and less will
ing to marry every year. She no long
er marries for support, nor for the
honor of writing Mrs. before her name.
Public opinion Is satisfied with her
attitude, and the term old maid has
fallen into disuse. She does not marry
because n feels that she will not be
satisfied with any n but the only
man without whom she will be UNI
happy. If this unique individual never
comes her way she manages to get a
great deal Of joy out of life anyway.
In spite of this change In taste.
woman herself has not changed. con-
tinues Mr.. Pyke. She feels the need
Of love az much as ever, she has more
to give than she had in the past, and
consequently she demands more. ITO
the man who can successfully appeal
to her she is as ever an unwritten law.
q creature Of IRE and air. a creature
Of infinite tenderness, of beautiful un-
seldshness, of exquisite submission"
This way Of looking proves that first
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Goats il the
J. !. West

sAk the rate 1t which the Angora
agoatsis nowSsecurfngs afoothold In the
west and the southwest the time ID not
Mar 3distantswh the cost industry
win take .precedsnces over the business us
D cattle and sheep culture. Since.
1S49;s wshensthe 1irstsAng0Fa goats we're
brought 10 CHS country lby Dr, James
81. Davis, 81 South Carolina, who res r
5.ceiyed them present the!
saultan o { Turkey, thezEoat hasSslowlyi
but surely gained aSstanding alnNo1ngl
5the industries ots the west, untilSstherey
iare now nyImoret than assnaailiion;;
ss.goatss Arizona New Mexico, Texas.
Idaho Utahan Oregon.
steckn1en areaWakstipgss the
xrsat possthilif1es IA the@Angpra, and
thissatsassttmsSNh sg thespro6ts of nais-j
fngshsssp andsslcsatttes@sse y 81 g
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"A. dainty little waist to be worn un-
der the jacket has a collar and yoke
fashioned Of embroidery and lace. The
blouse has q full front which is be-
coming to the youthful figure.
In making the skirt are must be
taken to have 1t hang perfectly. This
is emphasized because the whole effect
will be spoiled II the skirt is allowed
to dip in the back.
A simple hat, broad Of brim and
trimmed with q fold and huge puff Of
soft silk. completes the costume.
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1Alu6 VI
useful m o 6
wear in dark blue
or in bright pink
or white for fete
g such a little
dress cannot be
surpa 8 8 e d. The
is trimmed
with bands of ma
terial stitched on
both sid s a d
adorned at will
Win groups VI
small buttons. The
coat has a square
collar en1.ag In
revers, which reach
to the waist. These
are made Of double
material, and will
require no interim
ing. The sleeves
end a b owe the
wrist, and are I'm
with a strap
ping which appears
fasten upon the
Full oIoavo
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Costume Of brown and white cloth
The Jacket and vest are bordered with
a band of natural colored leather, and
the latter, faced with ecru, or white.
silk. fs ornamented with fancy but
tons, and can be worn open or closed.
The turnover collar and cuffs ara
of ecru lace, or embroidered batiste.
bordered with the leather band. Tho
skirt is perfectly plain.-Wiener Chic.
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PARENTS RIGHTS OVER CHILDREN.
a father has the right to the service
and earnings Of his child while the
child lives with him and is maintained
by him-a right. says Harper's Bazaar,
resting upon the parental duty Of
maintenance, and furnishing some
compensation for the service he rem
ders the child. How long this right
may continue Is open to question. but
certainly until the child reaches the
ass Of II. and usually during the en-,
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tire period Of minority. But where .
father refuses or neglects to support
the child or compels him to support
himself the right to his earnings
ceases. At COMMON law a mother had
no implied right to the services and
earnings Of her child, an see was not
bound, like the father. for It's main
tenance. The tendency of the United
States, however, is to treat a mothers
rights with l%iberality. especially II she
be a widow and has borne the burden
of the child's support.
~ .- TyL
HOW NATHAN PROPOSED.
Nathan saw that his time had
come. He sighed, cleared his throat
and pegan: Wilder, ! been 'thinkin:.
a good deal lately, an 1 ben talkin'
some with a friend o. NINE" He felt
guiitlly conscious Of what that friend
had counseled him to keep back. 1--WE
been greatly prospered in my day; In
fact, my cup runneth over.'"
you have been prospered, Nathj
on"
SEEMS ef-seem's eff I'd ought to
sheer 1t with somebody, don't it,"
"Well, Nathan, I don know nobody
that's more generous in givin' to the
pore than you air."
II don't mean, Jest exactly that way:
I mean-widder, you're the NORTH
mean the salvation Of my soul. Could
you-would you-er-do you think
you'd keer to sheer my blessin's with
mean add another one to 'em?"
The Widow Young looked at him In
establishment; then, as she perceived
his drift, the tears filed her eyes and
she asked, do you mean It, Nathan?.'
II wouldn't "a spent 30 much labor
on a joke. wilder"
"No, 1t don't seem like you would.
Nathan. Well, it's sudden, mighty sud-
den. but l can't say nc"
eur these. an all other blessin'A
make us truly thankful, o Lord, NO
ask fur his names sake-Amen!" said
Nathan, devoutly. And he sat an
other hour with the widow making
plans for the early marriage, on which
he insisted.-Paul Laurence Dunbar IN
August New" Lippincott.
"a E D--H --tt41Aala L. sH.fiEsi t.s-1s RE GarI. flrF.H
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RICH MEXICAN.
THINK or a RANCH CONTAINING
100000 ACRES!
tNyell, the Owner Has, In Addition to
that Ranch, Some 100000 scres In
Other Parts Of the Mexican Republic
Estate Of sl0o,o0o.o0o.

capitalist reaches $50, 000, 900 everybody.
In the United States knows who he Is,
and his name is familiar throughout
The civilized world wherever newspa-.
pers are printed and read. In Mexico.
however, 1T is different. There are
Llany men In Mexico whose fortunes
lun W the $4,000. 900 mark, who are
hardly known out Of their W States.
One OF these is Don Luis Terrazas, of.
Chihuahua, formerly Governor Of
Chihuahua. Don Luis Terrazas is
owner Of n ranch in the State Of
chihuahua that, according to the fig
ures Of a correspondent Of the Chicago
Inter Ocean, comprises $4,000, 900 acres.
and he has 100000 acres in other
parts Of the republic. On these ranches
mn average of 100000 head Of cattle,
100000 sheep, and loo, 900 horses Craze
the year round. He markets more than
$4,000 head Of cattle every year, and a
third as many sheep. This great ranch
begins at the city limits of Chihuahua
and extends ITO miles north toward Ell
iPaso. It is over 100 miles wide, and.
extends into the richest part Of the
Sierra Madre mountains. Over 100000
acres of his estate are in good state Of
cultivation and we'll improved. The
Terrazas estate is estimated at $780,
100000 Mexican money. Besides his
ranch interests he is the heaviest stock
holder in the Banco Minero, Chihua-
hua; Agricultural and Mortgage Bank.
City of Mexico; Banco Central Mexi-
cano, City Of Mexico; Anglo-Mexican
Banking Company, City of Mexico, and
Mercantile Bank of Monterey, and con-.
trolls the Chihuahua wooden mills,
-four factory, packing company, cloth
Ing factory, brewery, and street car
system, besides being n of the heavy
owners Of the Chihuahua and Pacific
railroad. With all this colossal fortune
General lTerrazas lives a modest life.
He has an Office and private bank in
his residence in Chihuahua, where
twenty clerks r employed to attend
to his affairs. He seldom travels, pre-
ferring to take q trip to his ranch to
1Ou1AA6 eA0 NOuAAtAys 0A0 LOO 'VAoAS0u
.bhe United States only twice. Courte-
Gus, obliging, and unassuming, the
multi-millionaire has made himself one
Of the most popular men in Mexico. He
gives away thousands of dollars to the
poor every year, and Is now supporting
several churches and schools. He is a
believer In education. and all Of his
ave children have been educated in the
United States He has done more to
bring American capital into Mexico
than any other man, and the develop
nent Of the mining resources Of North
ern Mexico are largely due to his
efforts. The humble beggar and the
millionaire railroad promoter are re-
ceiyed alike in his Office, and he neyer
turns . man away without q hearing.
Hei is now nearly 20 years old, and gives
little OF his time to his business, leav-
ing everything in the hands Of his
three sons. Old as he is. General
Terrazas maintains the active control
of his vast estate, looking after all the
details as carefully as a man Of 40.
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Time Coming When
They VIII Supsrseds
CHt.ls and Sheep.

the establishment % immense herds
on the mountain ranges. and In sew
eral instances ia Witch sheep have
been excluded by helepartmtent Of
the interior from the forest reserves
goats will be turned out 7 pasture.
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Of all the author 10 Z man OF chivalry
and q believer Of romance. In SUM
ming up what women really admire ~
men, he throws aside the itsm Of good
looks. No q need desire beauty In
order to win his way with the Opposite
sex.
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a candy dealer Of national repute
says The American women eat more
candy than any feminines on the face
Of the earth" S